Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-25
Dln,Y PoSf-lBfELLIaEECER.
ncr o. WAY TESDERED.

Tt following letter from Mr.. Leary
vii explain itsslf, II will be seen from
this letter that Mr.. Leary will at once
piye to the Columbia d Puget Sound
and the Oregon & Transcontinental
Railroad Companies the right Of way,
free Of I'll charge, over number OF very
valuable lots and blocks along the city
front. These lots and blocks have COST
lGf. Leary thousands of dollars, and the
Tree grant Of right Of way over them 20
~ sailssad companies shows . degree
Of publle Gl1it hishly psaissworthy and
chersetsfsAs Of oar activs and enter
pridng fellow townsman. We com
mend his spiritedsexample to others.
This matter of the right of way along
ths city front viii now be satisfactorily
oomplstsd in q fsw days:
HaArTIs, jane "a, 1882.
HON. THoalA9 BU1B
Dan Huns-Kslatiye to the fumor cir
oulate6 about town, menfioned BY you
last EVENING. 70 the skeot that ] am OBJ
structinR IL Columbia 4 Puget Sound
Railroad Company and the Oregon 4
Transeontinsnh1 Company, In their ef-
forts q Obsain chs right Of way along
the city front, / take this occasion to
inform you that this rumOr il without
any Foundation in fact.
1vouid not put the slightest obstacle
in the way Of the Oregon q Transcon-
tinsutal or any other railroad company
desirirQ 20 bald railroad TO seattle.
On The contrary, no man in this city, IN
proportion TO his ability, will do more
than TO aid and encourage Those and
all othsr companies to build roads here.
am not IN obstructionist and never
hsve boen. Ihave always favored the
Duudlng mp OF every material interest In
this city and country, and contributed
as largely of my means to that end as
auy other resident, aud in this matter
of the right Of way lam willing to do
even more than the companies should
in reason ask Of me.
Thess companies have kept back,
without, as I think, any shadow OF
right, about $4,000 Of the purchase
price Of the Seattle and Waila Walla
railroad. Ny share in that $4,000
amounts to upwards Of $4,000. need
this money TO carry on important I'M
pfoyements in Seattle, but 1t is withheld
on the claim that the present compa-
MES are entitled to it, to pay for the
right of way along the line Of the old
Seattle and Walla Walla railroad. As
have already said, there il, in my judg-
msnt, no shadow Of right in their claim:
but have taken this matter into the
courts and am willing to abide their de-
oision.
Now, of the property through which,
a. understand it, these companies
want the right Of way l own individu-
ally andin conjunction with others. seve
raj hundred feet of water frontage along
the line of the Seattle and Walla Walla
railroad, now called the Columbia and
Puget sound railroad, none of said
property being north of the cOmpany's
present coal bankers; arm ready and
willing to grantthe right Of way through
and over the said property to said com
panios, Yeserving the riparian rights
and my right and that Of my grantees,
etc., 70 wharf out to deep water, without
have or hindrance frsm these compa-
miss, their SUCCESSORS or assigns.
You are therefore authorized to state
the foregoing to Mr.. Armstrong, the
company's representative in this city, 50
that no misunderstanding as to my in
tentions in this respect will Longer
exist. Yours truly, JOHN i.EARY.