Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-09
BILL KING DISCOTERS THAT BILL
WASRBURN rs A HOG.

The morning paper in this city, controlled
by Bill King, has taken occasion to review
an article of the Minneapolis Tribune evinc-
ing hostility to the people of Saltwater and
every other part of Gods creation outside
of the corporate limits Of Minneapolis.
Kings henchman appears to have suddenly
discovered-what everybody knew long ago
that Bill -Washburn is short-sighted,
biyoted, hoggish fellow. Having made THE
discovery he will not hereafter play second
fiddle to smiling William, at least in the
st. Paul and Saltwater ends of the her
maphrodite concern. The secret of Wash
burns opposition t, Saltwater people, and
his selfish action in the premises, will be bet
ter understood by reference to a few facts.
It Is no secret now that the Washburns
have been promised large portion of the
valuable water power at Taylors and ST.
Croix Falls. if they will construct road
from the St. Paul & Duluth line to the Falls
Now Washburn knows very we'll that
the speedy completion of the North Wis
oonsin road is an assured fact, and
that that road and the St. Paul & Duluth will
have twice the capacity requisite to carry all
lake freights, and that the Brainerd branch
will always furnish competing and addition
al lake outlet. That under these circumstances
capital can not be secured to build new
line from Taylor Falls to the lake. His OBJ
ject therefore is to take advantage of tho
present railroad excitement and under color
of an additional lake outlet to get
the means to build to Taylor Falls and
thereby secure the valuable water
power and have control of road to be oper-
ated in the exclusive "hoggish interests" that
Kings henoiman has indicated.
Fortunately other railroad managers are
not SO narrow-gauged. as our Bill Washburn
Some years since the Lake Superior & Mis-
sissippi railroad company, finding that it
must look for support elsewhere that ought
to have been furnished here or stop operat-
ing their road as competing line,
and hoping that the business of
Saltwater and Red Wing would
sustain their road, built branch from White
Bear to Saltwater, and secured by purchase
and otherwise the property now desirable
for the right of way for the Taylors Falls
extension. ThsSt. Paul & Duluth company is
willing to aid the people of Saltwater by
giving the Taylors Falls road the free right
of way over the track of its road to the
point of departure north of Saltwater, only
asking the Tsylors Falls company to give the
St. Paul & Duluth road the right to nse their
track to the mills below Myrtle street. and
thus reciprocally use each others track. This
would benefit the city and save thousands of
dollars for right of way. Instead of attempt
ing. like Washburn, to defeat the construc
ton of the road from Saltwater to
raylors Falls, the Duluth COM
pany propose to aid our people and
the people of Saltwater by donating the
necessary right of way 1t was announced
at the citizens meeting in Saltwater Thurs
day night that the St. Paul, Saltwater and
Caylors Falls road would extend their line
to raylors Falls if the people of Saltwater
would secure the right of way throu- h the
city. Ibis offer practically settles the right
# way problem, and the people of Taylors
Falls are in a fair way to secure a railroad, as
the. GLOBE told them they could, without
loading themselves down with taxes.
1t is pleasant to contrast this liberal policy
of the st. Paul & Duluth company with the
'selfish and hoggish policy of Bill WASH
burn. It is surprising that Washburn
should have been able to fool the Fort
Dodge people and get the Q ntrol of that
branch which legitimately belongs to the St.
Paul & Sioux City road, yet as Washburn
has an abundance of cheek and assurance if
70 has neither money or credit, we must ex-
pect people to be gulled. He is after any
thing lying about loose and we see no rem
edy until the Legislature enacts Dick Jones'
tramp law. That will catch him sure.