Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-02
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,hrpz-a re coiumEs vi seis FORMAL
tea. james ii. q IN. n nad resigned AS
slant suseTiT.ers1ens Of fte Cslarn-
bi. 4 Puget r.ggnd s.zil-osd. position
he has held saucs tie organization OF
tie company. said resignation TO take
effec, Jsnuary first.
f. IN needless for as TO Say that Mr..
ColInau has been most useful and val
a able man 20 TIE company. In tbs nrst
p.zee he IL a mechanic without super
lor, If be has an equal. on the P@einc
coast: an Indonitaole worker. without
lazy booze 10 has body. and a man of e1-
tsuslvs and varied business experience.
When be took hold of tue old Seattle Il
Maila waiIa Railroad many predicted
he would fail on account Of LACK OF rail-
road experience, yet ne carried the
project through and has remained ~
tae head of the company up 10 the
present time.
On receiving MT. CoIman's resigns-
ton Nr. Howard came 10 BE ts1ie ia or
der 30 induce that gentleman, II posi-
Bile. 81 remain IN tbe employ. tins We
know from stateiuAEts made by Dir.
no ard 10 the writer, but there We're
sey raj reasons way Mr.. Colman coaid
uos remain In the first place his
health demanded that he should take q
rest; secondly, ne mas long desired Ia
MS Ike VISIT 20 his old homs in SC t
land; and thirdly, he has private bu.i.
ness interests winch he hiss neglected
for want ~ time. whina need his entire
attention. aud sufficient amount Of
lille capital, which, If invested rs he
Knows how ~ invest money, will bring
him far greater income than the com
psny could possibly afford to pay hin,
although there was no question of sal
Ar9 between MIR. Colmdn and the COM
pagy.
When i. was found that Mr.. Coiman
really would not continue the company
sss s.bsuI 20 ind a man TO I'LL the va
casey. and rendered the position to
James Walsh. a practical raiiro I'd man
iz.. Of California. as Acting Assistant
Superintendent of the Columbia and
itua.rs Sound Railroad. said appoint
iaent 10 las. ez.-ct Ee ruary 9th, 1888.
Mr. ~ ash has accepted, and Is expected
10 arrive en- saturday evening. air.
Goldman wsil pgoSssh.y Remain With the
csmaAGy fer a seek or ten days, in or
der 10 assist his Successor III getting
q sriei and also 10 1nisa s1rae work at
me mines which be has r2aer way.
A. soon IS Gr. CoiinSa can get his
Affairs ~ snare. probably by the first OF
next month. he siil start on visit TO
his oii home IN scotland, taking bis
.. a a in hs.ir
retain they VII visit the principal man
afacrnTing cities and railroad centers of
ths, Union. Their absence will not ex-
ceed i've months, and possibly they
m8y not be gone more than four. On
his return dF. Colman will take hold of
sos8e enterprises nat will be of VAST
benefit and Importance - Seat lie, the
naturs of which II is not advisable at
this time TO mention. Ar. Colmsn has
large property interests here; he has
seen Seattla grow from small village
10 its present proportions, his home II
here. his heart Is here, and here he IL
wiling to invest his capital and put
forth his energies for the best interest
of his adopted home.
In Mr.. Colman's resignation the rail
road people loss a man whose place 1t
will be difficult 10 It'll. but Mr. Walsh is
highly spoken of by those who know
him, and be enters npon his arduous
duties with our best wishes for success.
HIGa WATER IN THE WILLAMETTE
0rsgonian: The rain storm which COM
neneed here on the 23d continued
almost without interruption till noon
yesterday. and during that time seven
inches of rain fell. South of here, at
!.osabarg and vicinity, the rainfall was
much greater and the weather was. very
warm for the season. the thermometer
rising TO 81 degrees NJ Roseburg yester-
day. This has c.sused the snow on the
foothills to melt, and in consequences
the river here has riser rap .diy. Dur
ing the "a hours ending at noon yesser-
day the rise was five feet, being the
greatest known in that space of time
for many years. Lust evening the river
vac over 10 feet above low water mark
and several of the lover docks were
flooded. Parties who had wheat and
Hour stored on other docks little higher
became alarmed yesterday morning.
aud commenced removing it. Green
wics, Pacific and the steamship docks
were ci-Ared ont, 200 tons of wheat
and Hour on Columbia dock belonging
to Allen u Lewis Was removed to place
or safety, AS WIS also 1863 tons on Cen
tral dock belonging to- Sibson. Church
" To. The removal of this vast amount
OF produce Was no small job. and gangs
OF men and teams were kept busy far
into tho night. At dark last evening
tue water lacked only five inches of
covering the lower central dock. The
river .as covered with drift ali day aud
tue stark street ferry WAS not able to
run for sore tina ia the forenoon. The
locks at Oregon City were closed on ac-
count of the high water. Lite last
evening the river was AZ stand and the
weather growing colder. 80 the proba-
hiiity IL thas the water will not rise any
higher. This is tue third Willamette
lood for the winter.