Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-02
OFT N THE C0LD.

discovered that they have been
badly left by the willy managers OF
the Northern Pacific RailroaIin the
matter of railroad connection, and
that they have been as but a mere
cats-paw in the hands Of the con-
trollers Of that corporation IN adj
vancing the interests Of the rival
town OF Tacoma to the dotrimcnL of
themselves. Even the fi!msy titu-
lar baublo Of "Quoon City Of the
Sound" SO graciously bestowed on
them by the railroad people, as a
sop to their ovcrweening vanity,
does not seem TO reconcile them for
tho loss Of tho railrUa |. La Seattle
they have Chamber Of Commerce
but just what need there is for
such an institution in town of four
or five thousand inhabitants is not
apparcnt-and a meeting was held
one evening last week for the pur-
pose of having "klosh wau-wau"
on the impending danger to the city
from the maneuvers of the railroad
company, which is at present con-
structing branch road to tho ex
tensive coal and iron fields between
Cedar and Green rivers, short dis
tance from Seattle, and will convey
the product of these mines directly
past the metropolis to New Tacoma,
from whence it will be shipped to
San Francisco and other points, thus
leaving Seattle entirely olt in the
cold. Naturally enough the Queen
Citizens feel rather sore over this
matter, and the grand army of land
boomers>are jumping around st II
legged, looking for an opportunity
to unload. The Chamber of Com
merce are now about devising ways
and means to checkmate the y. z.
!, 4. by building road Of their own.
1t is said that al undant capital can
lie obtained in California to cons
piete the road after the first forty
miles of road-b are laid. We ap>
: pend the remarks Of Judge Lewis
on the subject at the meeting above
referred to. He said:
On one occasion I started on n journey
Before going to bed paid my fare, and
left orders to be called in time for the
Couch BY some oversight did not wake
up until O'Clock, and found out that
was lett aud had to walk "a miles to my
destination. Now, fellow citizens, I've
jus. found out within the past len days
liiat We AS community are lett, and wc
have paid our fac too. d ut Believe
the people realize what Is going on.
went to Tacoma the other day and saw
immense coal bunkers being built there.
! suppo, ed, of course, they were for the
Central Pacific Railroad, which owns II
4nal mine up the Puyallup, but on inquiry
found they were being built by the Ore
gon Improvement Company tnr the pur
rose of handling our Green river coai by
way of Tacoma. When / came home
look map and looked into this thing,
any found that We had been buying and
paying for the right of way for the main
line OF the Northern Pacific, and hid sent
commissioners clear up into Pierce county
30 secure II right OF way for this hostile
corporation. | learn that no less than
S300,00 have been expended by the n.
j. r. during the past year in trying to
lind practicable pass down Green river
40 Tacoma, and that not less than eleven
surveys have been ma,tc, and stiIl they
! ave iaile 10 find as goo a route rs cX'
lists by way of Green river. | asked IA
prominent man in the company why they
lid not accept the Cedar river route,
showing it to be the most practicable, AID
iic replied: "Mr Prescott says thst route
,nmes too near Seattle" The Northern
Pacific will, as soon as they can find a
practicable route, build line up So rs t.
airy the Green river coal to Tacoma. Mr..
Willard put his hand in the pockets of the
people OF Portland and took out $6,000,-
$50, but in return for that he has in.
.eased the value Of their property S2j,-
100000, SO that they were gamers rather
IAN losers by the operation. Let raise
iIe necessary 100000 within the next
Ten days, and begin throwing dirt by tic
lst OF January.