The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-18
'IEE S. & W. ". RAILROAD.

SEATTLE. April l.tb. ls,.-
ID. l:;rELLrcENcER In eur ed
it0' 1 in this mornings issue, think
YOU truck the nail on the heal III the
foil wing se,steuce--" An extension Of
our road (raiiFoalO fifty or sixty miles
would solve the problem, as then the
gram could be hauled 10 me-, it"
Perhaps you will admit = few further
,itou- nts upon this subject vii not
say that you dove the mai, sufficiently
dep for think that a. least 10 al
Citl0naI mile will be required To make
the road accessible to the present grain
growing region Tina. The time ba,
Come, is now a. har3, for the most
vigorous effort iii this direction, must
be apparent To every one Who gives
this subject careiui thronsht. The
present outlook OF i long aud desperate
war III Europe is one great incentive,
aud the very doubtful prospects Of the
Northern Pacific K. X. Co ever build
ing their branch road. Is another. The
Oregon people are wide awake 10 these
i'm 1ortaut issues. and are making The,
most bold and Ingenious effort 10 turn
them Ia their benefit ut the expense
Of the people Of Washington ierri-
tory. At our expense In attempting
to take from Us land grant which
was given for oar ben, fiji ing Eious
i'll their arttul' devices 10 make the
people believe that our Seattle and
Walla Walia X. T. (or any other
railroad through either of our passes)
is both imprac,icable and needless Let
them succeed IN their efforts to Get the
land grant Of the y T. X. r. for their
branch road, transferred 10 the Port.
hand. Salt Lake and South Pass Com
pany. and Page, Sound is set back ten
or twenty years, if it doe, not lose
Eastern Washington altogether. 1t is
claimed by some. that the y Z. r.
X. Co. will, ut the next session Of Con-
gress, in their effort for an extension
of time in which tn build their road.
attempt to. hold their branch land
grant, and offer their present coal road
as so much of their branch road com
pleted This would he far better for
the interests Of Puget Sound, than to
let the Portland Salt Lake Co. have the
grant. and our people would be
justified in extending their aid in this
effort, were there even a shadow Of re.
atty in it. The fact that they are
building this line nearly parallel with
their main line. and within~ The limits
Of its land grant. Is quite suiiicisn,
proof of their intentions. tossy nothing
OF the many other Obstacles II tue
way. Our salvation. laud the only in.,
mediate cae which tcan sea-. is 10 Sc
cure this branch land grant OF tue Y.
=. X. r.. 10 the interest of the Seattle
aud Walla Walla Railroad" As to
how this may be accomplished, is left TO
wiser heads than milne. Certainly our
Seattle Company can bring to bear
much stronger arguments in vor Of
their rights, than can possibly be
brought i'll the interest Of the Portland,
Salt Lake Company"
The .. 5 n. Company. | am told
are building several boats suitable tor
transporting grain from the Cascades
direct to Astoria. and | should not be
at all surprised to hear that freishts
had dropped 20 to 80 per cent, (for the
time being on the Columbia river
Significant omens. that they are grid
ing for the fight" on the Oregon Pa.
cifc" again. Let the Seattle snd Wal
la Walla Company" chip in and make
it four hundred this time. The victory
is not always to the strong The "ur-
der dog in the tigh.." often receives the
help OF others, to get on top. There
are certain principles and impulses in
human nature which, when brought to
bear at the right time and in the righ,
place. outweigh even the god of the
world''-,hc almighty dollar. The
Congressman who could resist the rights
of Washington Territory "a against the
rights Of Oregon to the transfer Of the
land grant of the North Pacific branch
line. mus be BOSS Tweed" lie facfo
NJ ). BooTu.