Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-23

the shores Of Lake Washington, Squak
and the Snoqualmie, at our command.
Is destined to be a great city. even with
out outside influences, provided we will
help ourselves. A fact not generally
known, is that the tonnage Of Puget
Sound at present il far greater than that
Of the Columbia river, and a. our 70
sources are developed this tonnage vii
propor ionately Increase"
ave want TO raise two hundred thou
sand dollars TO grade and tie the mrs.
thirty miles Of our road. Mr.. fealez
has subscribed $4,000; Captain
BENTON $4,000, and six or seven more
gentlemen have each taken $1,000 OF
stock In the enterprise, thus leaving
&l0O, 900 to be subscribed by the people.
and the road il assured. Every man IN
Seattle who owns $1,000 worth Of prop
srty, could afford to take $500 worth OF
stock, even IL he never expected TO re-
ceive dollar of it back directly. ! sin
cereiy hope that We can unite IN this
matter and build the road. l was
chosen manager Of the Seattle, Walla
Walla and Baker City Railroad, and
accepted the position for the purpose OF
getting the enterprise under way. /
neither have tho time nor ability to
build a railroad; and as the object for
which / have worked ia accomplished,
and the people are thoroughly alive to
the necef Eity Of the road, | now give mo-
tice that, AZ the next meeting OF the d.
rectOrs Of the company, l will resign the
management Of the company and let
the stockholders choose the person who,
in their Judgment, will carry the work
forward. My heart il in the enterprise,
and will take $4,000 worth of stock a.
sta.ter.
NIB. COLLINS
Was called upon for bis ideas in the
matter. He said:
There are only two coal measures on
the Pacific Coast, one in British COlum-
bia and the other in King County. The
product Of the King County mines
should find their way through the most
natural channel. and that is, as all
agree, by way of Seattle. /, for one, am
in favor of the people uniting and build
ing standard gage road from Seattle
to tho Cedar and Green River coal fields.
Tho cost of producing 1000 tons of coal
per day, at $1.5O per ton, would alone
to half a million dollars Per
year, and this money must go, in great
measure, to build up city somewhere.
OF course, if We furnish the outlet for
the coal, We will reap the advantages of
this vast expenditure of money. The
people are amply able to raise SOC, OC0,
or 100000, for that matter, without
feeling it. In fact, they are better pre-
pared to raise q quarter Of million
dollars now than they were to raise &c.,
OOO when We built the first twenty miles
Of the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad
seven or eight years ago. There is a
for our bituminous coal, all that
san be produced. There is no danger
aboat the road not paying. There is no
question that, when the road is CON-
pleted, 1t will pay handsome divi-
lend.
Was next called for. He said: / went
10 Iowa in 1854. On one occasion
started ON journey. Before going to
bed, paid my fare over the road, and
eft orders to be called in time for the
,OacL. BY some oversight, did not
wake up till eight o clock, and found out
hat was left and had to walk twenty
Tour miles to my destination. Now,
fellow citizens and members of the
Chamber Of Commerce, I've Just found
)ut, within the past ten days, that we,
ss community are left, and we have
paid our fare too. don't believe the
people realize what il going on. went
20 Tacoma the other day and saw i'm
nense coal bunkers being built there.
Of course they were for the
lse of Central Pacific Railroad c0mpa-
ny, which owns coal mine up the Puy-
sllup, but on inquiry l found they were
icing built by the Oregon improvement
company for the purpose of handling
our Green river coal by way Of Tacoma. |
When come home / took q map and
O0ked into this thing and I found that |
W had been buying and paying for the
right Of way for the main line of the
Northern Pacific Railroad. and had sent
clear up into Pierce |
county to secure Alright of way for this
hostile corporation. Ilearn that no less
.han$3N, OOO have been expended by the
Y. p. X. X. Co., during the past year in
.rying to find practical pass down the
3reen river to Tacoma, and that not less
han eleven surveys have been made, |
md still they have failed to find as
rood route as exists by Way
If the Green River. asked prominent
nan in the company why they did not
accept the Cedar River route, knowing
{ to be tho most practicable, and he |
'eplied:' Mr.. Prescott says that route
,omes too near Seattle The; Northern
Pacific c0n1P any will, as soon as they
'an find practicable route, build q line
Up SO as to carry the Green River GOAL to
Tacoma. Mr.. Willard put his hand in
he pockets of the people of Portland
md took out six millions of dollars, but
n return. for that he has increased the
1alue of their property twenty-five mil
ion dollars, SO that they were gamers,
'ather than losers, by tho operation.
Let us raise the necessary 500, coo with
q the next ten days, and commence
hrowing dirt by the first of January
The report Of the committee was then |
adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Leary the Chairman
appointed q committe, consisting of |
Aessrs. Jacobs, Miller and Collins, to
,onfer with the Directors of the Seattle, |
Walla Walla and Baker City Railroad
Company, and arrange for canvassinR
he city for subscriptions to the stock Of
he proposed road. The people are q
init In this matter now, and every man
Who owns foot Of property should sub
'cribe something toward it. Every lit
lie helps, and il every citizen does his
AIS duty three days viii not be required
% raise the necessary $4,000.
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