The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-03
A STRANDED sAPR.


Iudicrous predicament. Some time
since, becoming slarme st the Ionaa-
grafton that destroyed the Courthouse
OF Worth county, together with the re-
cords be purchased Of y orth bern hrm
. safe sufficient 70 accom- MEDIATE the
books aud archives If his own county
The safe ia about Elk feet deep. ten feet
high and ten feet long, resembling very
much one-half Of q freight car, weighs
some 5000 pounds, and il entirely fire.
proof /. was delivered q month since
in Monte,ums, about twenty miles from
Vienna, its destination. How 20 trans
port it over these remaining miles Of
hill and dale q, oace became the popa-
lar conundrum.
A contractor was found. however.
who. for and IN consideration Of the sum
Of $3.50. agreed 10 undertake the Job,
and week since, after infinite labor, il
was gotten on four wheels and-drawn
By twelve mules-moved Out cf Monte
yuma in good order. Some three miles
out the safe got tired Of riding, and sat
down to rest. Since that time il has
remained in the public road, the vehi-
cles passing having o;taks tothe woods.
In spite Of repeated efforts. no human
power has succeeded in budging it an
inch. The concern still occupies the
road, looking in the distance like
dismounteI photograph gallery.
Agreeable TO the popular will three
commissioners were appointed. il seems.
to take charge Of the affair; these com
missioners have issued q circular dated
"Headquarters Of the Dooly County
Safe" in which a reward Of 800 Is
offered for any plan suggested by which
thu concern can be moved to It's desti-
nation at small cost.
Your correspondent visited the scene
O day or two since, and was received with
mucn courtesy by the chairman Of the
committee. whom be found asleep in
side, was shown the various plaus which
had been % far submitted. together
with the answers and objections which
bah been attached and filed preparatory
tos report A copy Of these answers is
hereby submitted; perhaps some one
, else can come To the rescue:
PLAN NO. /.
'Baild q railroad from the safe to vi.
emma
This proposition. while practical. is
not, we think. advisable; it would add
about 5000, 900 to the original cost. aud
make the safe worth more than the
county; the safe is for the county, not
the county for the safe.
TSigoedl COMMISSIONERS
PLAN 40. 9.
Dig a canal and float her out
This ides is good one, but nothing
smaller than river steamer would float
her. Besides. it is uphill all the way.
and 1t is about as easy to run the safe
up as the water.
ISigned COMMISSIONERS.
PLAN NO. 3.
Make a summer resort out Of it and
apply the revenue derived towards the
purchase Of another safe
The county don't want another safe.
Signed COMMISSIONERS.
PLANS nos. 4 AND ).
Move Vienna up to the safe
The commissioners thought OF this
plan, which would necessitate but Il
small outlay. but the fatal objection
is that the courthouse Of Dooly would
then be over in Macon county; this
would be an unequal distribution Of
courthonses. and might provoke criti-
cism. Signed COMMISSIONERS
PLAN No. G.
rig up u balloon containing 10000
square yards Of silk. get Matt. Thorn
ton. OF Atlanta. to supply the gas, and
with block and tackle float il off,
The commissioners never thought of
this before, and don't think much OF it
now; still the plan has some good
points. The chief objection seems to be
the lack of the amount Of silk and
knowledge Of how far up tho safe will
60 when it starts. There is an uncer-
taiEty. also. Of how far down it will
come VIXEN it descends. IL anything
happens, 1t seems to us. that safe of
this description. falling o couple Of
miles. would make Mountain of every
valley in China and shoot the islands Of
Polyponesia into eternity. We are not
Of the narrow minded class who believe
that the Chinese shonld GO We don't
think No. a safe plan.
Signed COMMISSIONERS.
PLAN No. l.
Fit up tho concern with boiler and
smokcstack and run il rs road wagon
We don't think the plan will work;
the machine wouldn't hold steam
enouga to move it, besides. a burglar
could nj any time afterwards come
down the smokestack aud steal the ar
chives. Signed COMMISSIONERS.
These are all the returns received up
TO date In the meantime the commis-
sioners reside IN the safe and pass the
time playing cid sledee or fishing 10
the neighboring creeks. I, is now be-
lieved than effort will be made at the
next Legislature to change tho county
limo 30 ~ to include the safe in Dooly:
Ia which event Plan No. 4 and ) will be
adopted, and Vienna moved up TO tho