, 1878-09-21
SATURDAY SEPT 81 1878
Railroad Mass Meeting.

Seattle on the railroad situation
Yesler's large Hall was filled b,
an Interested audience at an ear
~ hour last evening. Irwin.
Ballard, Esq. called the meetin.
to order, and on motion, Berial
Brown was elected chairman.
The Chair, after stating th,
objects of the. meeting, bore tes
timony to the fidelity and ability
with which our Delegate hat
represented the interests and de
Tended the rights of the people
of the Territory against corpo-
rate power, not only as evidenc
ed by the records, but by the
voluntary statements Of col
leagues opposed 20 him political
ly.
Judge Jacobs then appeared
upon the platform, and proceed
ed to state, chronologically and
circumstantially, the history OF
the n. 2. Railroad for the last
fourteen years: the OF -anizatlon
. OF the company, connection OF
the same with the ''Lake Super
ior and Puget Sound Land Co. y
under q charter from the State
of Maine; with the clown Site
Co.," under a charter from the
State of Pennsylvania; and with
the q Oregon Steam Navigation
Co.." how the railroad managers
had used the lana subsidy, ar
propriated the money Of the
bond holders and stockholders,
bankrupted the company and
forfeited the land grant, in the
sole effort to enrich themselves
through these parasite companies
which drew their vitality from
the mr ficent donation intended
by Congress to aid in the con
struction OF a great national
highway through the public do
main, through which the home
less and lanaless might find land
and home upon their own natu-
raj heritage, instead Of which,
fer more than ten years nearly
one half Of the land within orr
iorders have been withheld from
market and the balance isolated
from settlement, aud not a mile
OF railroad has been constructed
by that company in an eastern
direction. And now extension
OF ten years more is demanded
on the same terms. He explain
eI his connection with the legis-
lation asked Of Congress, to the
entire satisfaction of his audi
cnce; OF which we shall remark
more fully hereafter.
&. II. Hanford offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, which Were
unanimously adopted:
Resolced, That the construction O
g railroad across the Cascade noun
tains to connect the vast timberless,
but rich agricultural regions Of the
east side, with the equally vast tins
Dsr and coal fields and the fisheries
ana commerce OF Puget Sound. is
l.os only an enterprise Of great i'm
,.ortance to the whole nation, but
:.hsolutely necessary for the further
Growth and developement OF our
'..crrItory.
Resolsed, Therefore, that all good
citizens should in every way land by
al means, to the full extent OF their
abilities, assist every practical and
and bona fde undertaking to build
such railroad by any pass or soute
whatever.
Resolced, That while it is the duty
Of all thus to aid the enterprise, it
i equally duty to exercise COM
,aon sense and prudence in the
manner of its bestowal, SO that the
,,uLlic benefactions may serve to
forward the enterprise without OBJ
,tructing the improvement and de-
yeiopcment of the country.
Rssolred, That it is manifest that
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pauy has no present intention Of
iuaking bona fide attempt to con-
s.ruct the so>called branch of. the
road to Puget Sound.