, 1873-07-24

SAN DIEGO. A noticeable mark of the
growth of the terminus of the southern
Pacitir Railroad. is the fact Of the luin-
Der and piles being shipped to Sar Die
go. The Port Discovery Mill Co. has
lnrge contract for San Diego. and the
bark Glover and ship Revere are to be
sent there. 1t will be Interesting to
watch the respec i've growiLs Of the ter
mini of the Northern and Southern Pa
cific RailroudS.-Aryus.
The comparison, as showing the re-
spective resources Of the two sections.
is unfair for various manifest reasons:
San Diego is the western terminus of IA
transcontinental railway; Tacoma is
such only in name. while in fact it is
but the eastern end of road having no
railway connection or commerce at Its
western end. Sab Diego is owned and
controlled by its own citizens, every one
of whom is interested i'll improving his
own property and in the growth and
prosperity Of his own tow: Tacoma is
owned exclusively by non reslden. spec
ulators. interested only i'll levy ing con-
tributions upon the means and labor OF
settlers for all the profit upon their in
MISUNDERSTANDING nothing TO. and TAX
ing everything from, the town. The
railroad to San Diego is managed by
Col. Tom Scott. who manages the at
fairs of the Company only with ii view
to the success of the enter rise and the
interest OF the stoc. holders, and to this
end fosters private enterprise and favors
populations upon the line of the road
as contributing to its successful opera
tions; the road to Tacoma Is Controlled
exclusively i'll the Interests of an inside
ring of INSCRIPTIONS Spectators. utter
ly regardless of the interests of the road
beyond making it subsidiary to their
own personal interests. and with no
care for the settlers but to pluck them.
The Southern Pacific Railroad is pub
lie blessing to the people OF that section
III stimulating enterprise, opening new
channels of commerce and encouraging
immigration; the Northern Pacific has
July been a perpetual curse upon the
people of this section from its inception;
its agents preceded its surveyors and
bought up all the available public lands
ubject to entry, or'pIlposes of private
speculation, and the balance Was subse
quently Withdrawn from IN .rket under
The railroad grant thus putting IN al
most irsuperable barrier to immigration
and settlement; has paralyzed all enter
prise by holding III abeyance for nearly
three years the deter1nin ton Of the
route and connections of the road; has
materially injured the prospects and bn-
siness of thousands by The fa'se promis
es and broken agreements Of its repre
sentative men; has opened no new chan
nels of the least possible benefit to the
country, and done nothing to encourage
any new industry or trade; it has made
unceasing war upon all established cen
tres of population and comrelce. and is
properly regarded by all disinterested
and unprejudiced citizens upon Puget
Sound as a public enemy, as faithless
and unscrupnlous as Modoc. 1t has
conferred no benefits of any kind, brit
upon a few hundred Cinnamon, who
contribute about as much to the pros
perity of the country as band of To-
Gusts. and its own ring Of speculatore,
When San Diego has become prosper
GUS and leading commercial city. built
up by the 'hlift and intellig mt enter
prise Of its resident propert, holders,
Tacoma will be a decaying village,
populated chiefly by played out specu-
lators, gamblers aid shysters, without
visible means of support. left there by
the rece sion of the tidal wave OF specu
lation which is the only foundation of
the agglomerate town. Its parallel may
be found in many rui Is along the line
of that other magnificent swindle, the
Union Pacific Railroad. now fortunately
in other hands, as the Northern Pacific
must be before it can command further
credit or public confidence.