, 1873-07-10
s,kaet Sound 1ispateh.


lie, ard WAS to have been determined
b, IL bearing before the Commissioners
at !, ,npia on Saturday last. A dele
gatiou from each # the rival points ap-
reared before the Commissioners q
that occasion, " th definite propositions,
after hearing of which, the Tacoma
delegation, tacitly admitted that the
Seattle proposition was the best, by ask
ing that fifteen days time be allowed
them in which to increase their bid
The Commissioners granted this pray er,
giving to Seattle the same privilege, and
We trnst the time will be improved by
our citizens, and the able and energetic
committee which they have selected to
represent them to make their conces-
sions sufficiently ample and i'll an un-
mistakable form AS to relieve the Com
missloDers from any embarrassment and
secure the prize without cavil from any.
From long personal acquaintance
with Capt. AInsworth and IL knowledge
of the uniform reputation of Judge Rice,
we know of no two me Ii i'll whose lnteg
ri.y, good faith, sound discrimination
and fair dealing we could. place greater
confidence, bnt We must recoilect the
fact that We have to oppose "A powerful
combination, heretofore In control Of
the railroad whose lnfuerce they can
not utter! ignore. 1t is the Old, old
conflict between the sreculators and the
settlers, which ever attends the growth
of all new counties and every pubic
enterprise. With the Inauguration OF
this grand enterprise ring comblla-
lion Of private Spectators was formed
to control the project Ill such manner
as to force contributions both from
stock holders Ind the settlers. he
agents of this ring. ostensiby represent
ing the railroad Company, Cause to this
Territory in advance OF the railroad sur
veyors and goboled up on private ac-
count all tn, best sections Of public
lands snbject to entry, and all their D
sequent efforts have been directed to
make the railload snbserye their own
| ,,,ivate interests, regardless alike of the
! n'rresis Of the road or the rights OF
b lholtlcrs. Ihe location of town
s.es, routes and railroad stations have
all been made to Improve or enhance
the value of land, belonging to the land
| ing instead Of those belonging to the
rallroad The only considerable town
ihus far established upon this end OF the
road is Kalama, the title 10 which l.
vested in the land ring the only market
able vaiue to which over o'her lmpro
ed Wild lands being made at the expense
Of he railroad company, and all the
profits arising therefrom accruing 10 the
oeu, tit of the land ring.
The contest raised by Tacoma is onl,
a continuation of the same managing oi
this ring of Spectators, who by the
force Of circumstances which ,hey couie
not control. have b en- thrown out ol
the manag. ment of the Railroad Com
pany. By combining with local specu
la,ors they have putfed the wild region
covered only by Il paper town Into al
,mupr ant rival to Seattle, and offer Il
he railroad company large tract OF
wild land. bearing only IT speculative
value as ar Offset to the city property
already made valuable by the Improve
ments, thrift and enterprise of popu,
liIon numbering nearly three Thousand
seattle by It's superior natural advanta
ges has become the commercial centre
Of the sound with millions o. dollars
invested Ill permanent improvements,
while Tacoma has only SAW mill Ill the
wilderness, surrounded 10y loggin-
mps, with no value to Its lands fol
town purposes other than would be CIV
TN il by railroad improved ents for the
bel efS OF Spectators only. The leo-
pie OF Seattle, representing the largest
population of any town upon the sound,
offer to share with the Railroad Com
pany the results of their own industry.
while the Spectators who own the town
plat of Tacoma, represt nting no popu
l.ttion, only offer to share the net pro
ceed- OF ii speculation TO which the eX-
pendiiures of the Railroad Company
can alone give any value. At present
values, which are the best test OF ulti-
mate pr fits the amount Of property
and money otfe, ed by Seattle would buy
not only Tacoma, but the whole OF
Pierce county. I superiority OF Seat
lie i'll natural advantages Is manifest Ill
its present growth and prosperity and
lis geographical iooi.i"h az WV ~N A.
extremity Of the navl9abie waters OF the
Sound. F,om the nrst conception OF
the project OF upl,lng the navigibie Wa
ters OF Lake superior with those oi
Puget Sound, every competent engineer
Who has gwen any attention To the euo-
Jecl, has uneqmvocaily Indicated Eiiiot
b ;, as The proper Western TERMINUS
AMI uolhing but private speculatlons
have ever diverted the attention oil iaii-
road men from that clearly marked In
dica,ion More anon.
HE IEEMINU QUESTION As we nave
already shown, Seattle possesses every