The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-02
CITIZENS MEETING.

Hall last evening. % cCr slider the Tui
ter e the restoration 20 the public do
n.in. OF the lands in this county held
By the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany
The meeting was called 20 orGer bv
tie chairman. Mayor Weed, aud L. B.
Andrews va, elected secretary. in the
absence If F u. EllsU orth After .
few opening remarks by the chairman
the com mittee on resolutions submitted
their repor. a. follows:
WHEREAS. the people Of Washington
Territory have been long aud patient
sufferers. III consequence OF the with
drawal from sale aid from settlement.
by homestead and presumption claim
ants Of every odd section Of the pub
tic lands over nearly the entire area Of
said Territory. in favor of The North.
.rn Pacific Railroad Company. thereby
preventing com pact settlement If neigh.
borh"ois. with the advantages Of roads,
school, and churches. and increasing
! the price II double the former mini.
mum VI the remaining public lsBds;
aud
WHEREAS, The said Northern Pacific
Railroad Company have located tlyr il
terminus on Puget Sound a, Tacoma. in
/ township NJ. 20 north. range 3 east.
Thereby fnrtclting t.sir right To ali
wtthiraHsls on their main line north
! If that point AID.
WHEREAS. The said cumpsny have
+ abandoned their branch liuc Of roai
over the Cascade Mountains ria the
Skaget Pass, aud flied in the office
/ of the Commissioner IF the General
/ Land Office map of Route for sid
/ branch line over the Cascade mountains
/ RIA the Matches Pass. which last named
route they have never surveyed, have
no legal right to adopt: and.
WHEHEAs. l. Is a notorious fact that
I the said company do not propose to
/ build read over said Matches Pass
| and,
WHEREAS, Said company are now
| building local coal road from Tacoma
in southeasterly direction up the Puy-
! alup river. for distance of 81 miles, to
| certain coal mines the said coal mines
/ and the entire line Of said coal road be-
( ing within the limits Of the earned
lands Of said company. on the main
| line IF :heir road trom kalama to Ia
coma; and.
WHEREAS. 1t is the avowed purpose
OF said company to claim and il pos
sible TO obtain the full benefit
OF their land grant OIL this branch line
via the Natchess Pass. for the building
OF said thirty -one miles Of coal rod.
Of forty sections TO the mile, or .93, 900
acres tor the 81 miles and the right to
make selection Of the same north of the
adjusted limits Of their earned lands on
their main line; aud whereas the
legal title tn all lands i'm the aforesaid
withdrawal still rest. in said company.
and can only be Invested by an &C. of
Congress
Now, therefore, be it
Resolred. That it is an i'm portant duty
on the part of the people Of Washing
ton Territory. in order to further their
most vital interests, and secure the
welfare and prosperity Of the whole
country. by all just and lawful means,
and in the most speedy manner, to pre-.
vent, il possible. the misappropriation
Of the public lands for the building of
sad coal road from Tacoma up the
Puyallup river. Ill vioistion Of both the
spirit and the letter of said land grant.
aud also 10 procure 4 restoration Ia the
government Of all lands in said Terri
tory north Of the adjusted limits Of
the said entered lands cf said COM
pany on tho main line Of said read, aud
. all lands on the branch line or lines Of
said road, which have heretofore been
withdrawn In favor Of said company.
TO he dealt with rs other public lands.
Hes0|red. Also that in order TO accom-.
plish this most laudsble purpose the
chairman of this meeting appoint
committee of five persons. whose duty
1t shall he 10 raise by SUBSCRIPTION or
otherwise. q sufficient amount of money
IN their Judgment. 10 defray the ex-
pense and cost Of carrying out the OBJ
Iect and purpose. Of these resolutions.
and that the money So raised bc de-
posted with the banking house of Dcx-
ter Horton Co. subject Ia the order
of and TO be disbursed by said commit
tee, in procuring the Necessary lesis-
lation, IN such manner as in their udg-
ment will accomplish the desired result,
AMI
Hssoirfd FURTHER. That said committee
te and the SAME are hereby instructed
10 invite the cooperation and assistance
Of the people In all parts of the Terri
tory in this undertaking
john j. MCGILyRA,
+. MATTHIAS.
JAMES NJ CoLMAS
IL wa. moved aid seconded that these
resolutions i.e adopted 10y the meeting,
which MAS carried
\ committee Of five Was then ap-
pointed by the chairman for the pur-
pose as pr. sented in the resolutions, as
follows: J McG,lvra, Bailey G.trert
Dexter Horton. 4 Nacknto.h. and N
V Il Stacey
M Mcs,iisra then made brief
statement, Of the matter under oonsid-
Grafton. l'e >poke of the land granite
which covered a large portion If the
whole Territory. he frs, Of which Was
rrooarei by the Northern Pacific Rail
road COMPANY IN ~ and the second in
u aud claiming that the C,,muany did