Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-01
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The people Of Seattle. knowing that
shey have one Of the best harbors on
Puest Sound. and with this they have
wealth in coal lands, Few
miles east, and they occupy the best
point for q railroad terminus coming
over the Cascades, and furthermore see
inc that no one Of the great Railroad
companies have chosen 70 ooosidsr sne'f
advantages, bat IGNORED them for osnsf
nisoas not a. veil situated, have dstef-
mined to plan and work for themselves
bv protesting q railroad across the
mountains eastward and resolving to
build the same either with or without
help from abroad. If they can obtain
help from abroad they viii accomplish
the work sooner, bat II they do not they
are confident they can build It within a
few years. and when it IL built they viii
command the trade Of the east aide OF
the Cascades In preference TO any other
point and become city of no mean
magnitude. Already gince they have
detsrnioed upon this road San Fran
cisco capitalist has pledged them the
iron and rolling stock for thirty miles OF
the road and other capitalists from the
East have given them assurances that
they will aid them TO extend the road to
the Columbia river and Mr.. Villnrd see
inc that they are in earnest has found 1t
sxpedieut for him to place surveyors IN
the field ~ extend tho Kalama road BE-
vond Tacoma to Seattle. Such II tbs
practical result of . people showing a
sesl and confidence IN their own place
70 such an extent a. 70 be willing +" help
themselves by projecting enterprises ana
sxpsnding their own money to push
them forward, instead Of waiting, MI
cavber like, for something To turn up,
or for lightning 70 strike them and yet
them ON fire. Walia Walla has suffered
By the expectation that tie railroad
companies would do all for them with
out their own help, and they now begin
to 600 their mistake. Lewiston has al
ways stood in its own light. Having so
many advantages, her people have all
along thought that outsiders would and
must come here and build it up whether
hsr own people showed any public spirit
or mot in regard to enterprises of pub
lilo nature, which are calculated to build
no and progress AZ people. The old
provsrb There is that that giveth and
iuoreaasth and that that withhoideth
and il tendeth to poverty is rs true now
a Il was when Solomon first published
Il and il is az aptly illustrated in the
history of towns NJ we'll as of individu-
ais. Lewiston has ono Of the best nat
ursl positions for n town In the whole
upper country, and today she should be
very far in tho advance Of all surround
ing towns considering her ago and tho
advantages she has enjoyed. But her
spirit for public enterprises calculated
20 build her up have not kept pace with
the spirit for individual private gain.
Every man who comes here from abroad
n marks shat this town has ono Of tho
BEST locations for a town and wonders
Why it has not grown greater during the
twenty -one years OF its existence. We
are now 40 situated that We must exer:
ourselves or become circumvcnted by
other towns who DO exe1 yuUrusctvss.
We want railroad to tap the country
east of 10 and bring its products 10 this
place for further shipment. We Gan
have this il We will put our efforts to-
gether and work for it with united good
will. We need not wait for the action
Of the U. Il. q N. Co., or OF the Northern
Pacific. II Ia now claimed that the
management Of companies have pro-
posed TO tap tho countries cast Of Us by
q railroad extended from Moscow
through the Poltach and down into Clear
water, thence up that stream avoiding
Lewiston entirely. Although no con-
tract has bsen let for the grading Of
said road 40 announced by our oontem.
porsry. nor has any survey yet been
made, but that suoh movement In con-
tsmplated thcre IL little doubt.
They now propose to tap the country
east Of N and carry the surplus products
Of that section BY the unnatural route
Of rising from tho Clearwater 10 the t.
bic lands north Of rs and reaching the
Northern Pacific via Moscow and Col
fax At . point atout 10 miles north Of
Ainsworth, and thence down via. tho
Columbia river. This -route has a
greatly increased distance over that
down the Clearwater and the Snake riv-
srs, or over that via Alpowai and Pata-
ha 10 WAlla Walla. We. Of Lewiston,
should have something 70 say In this
matter. She can have something to say
IL she will. What W want il road
down The Clearwater and Snake 10 con-
meet With the Seattle road across the
Cascades, or II the people Of Walla Walla
ass disposed 70 afliliate at al with Lew.
istou in the matter let the road be built
direct from here 70 Waila Walls and
form . connection with the Seattle
road at that point and then walla walla
also will derive some benefit from a
road tapping the country sess Of ~.
These matters must BE- looked after
carefully BY the people Of Lewiston be-
fore tho lines arc sst against a.. Let
svssy man embrace his opportunity.
Lsscsfen Teller.
The Dolly Repsbi.cor people Of Mil
vankss tavs bpuRht the Daiiy Sessiss'.
ard have united the two papers under
NJ double name OF RspSblieoa-Seafise'
This arrangement ends long wranRls.
and much litigation, and makes better
paper for the city than IL ever had b.
tore, and ono that will probably pay its
nwn vav v3thouA \ ns,aala IN the rsackAta