Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-12
nEETrsE OF THE CuAMBEa OF COM.
MkkGE


A specisl meeting q the Chamber of
Commerce was held Ia their room Ia s.
evening TO consider certain matters to
be brought before that body
One of these matters was tie
stretched condition Of affairs 2. the
postothcc, occ 2s5oned By the extraordi-
nary pressure of business upon that es-
Enlistment and the gross Insdeqaaey
of tie service provided by the Depart
nenf, q service no more than saftcien.
for population of 300 souls
The resolutions following were pre-
sen.ed by Judge Jacobs and unani-
nocsly adopted:
wHEEEAs. The postal facilities afford
ed st the postofice II the city Of Seattle
are wholly inadequate 20 meet the wants
of our city.
During the last month the business
done at the Office has been a. follows:
SO money orders hava been is
sued, the fees for which amount
tos...'.........-.......... sla
Box rent received for the month llU
Stamps and envelopes sold. ..... l.a4
xl,l9t
The office ID crowded from 5 q. m. TO
8 ?. ~. daily. There Is but one de-
livery, and but one clerk allowed, at
xj962 Der month. There Is resident
population of 300 and transient
population o. 900 supplied at the Office;
and
WHEREAS, Our present Postmaster, by
giving sixteen hours per day and en-
ploying three clerks at cost of Sli5, Is
wholly unable TO transact the business
necessary; and
WHEREAS, The business of the office
demands at least two deliveries and two
delivery clerks, one money order clerk,
one distributing clerk and one night
clerk, with large amount Of additional
Office room; therefore,
Resoised, by the Chamber OF Commerce
of the city of Seattle, that the Post
master General be at once notified OF
the condition of our postal affairs, and
earnestly requested to afford Us imIne-
date relief.
Resolscd, further, that a copy of these
facts and resolutions be forwarded 10
the Postmaster General and our Dele
gate, and that the following telegram be
forwarded to the Postmaster General:
"Our postoffice facilities wholly in
adequate. We ask immediate relief.
Our Office supplies population of ten
thousand. Receipts for the past month
fifteen hundred dollars We need at
least five clerks"
The matter of the Snoqualmie wagon
road was then called up, Walter A. Bull,
President of the Seattle and Walls Wal
la Wagon Road Company, which is
prosecuting the work, being present.
President Lewis made few pointed
and effective remarks on the subject
He gave his own observations in Walla
Walla and elsewhere of the immensely
of the traffic that resulted from the
opening of roads into towns from and
through agricultural regions like those
OF Eastern Washington.
Judge Jacobs at greater length talked
upon the same subject. He entered into
calculations to demonstrate that the
trade of the people of Yakima COUNTY
which the opening Of this road would
bring to our merchants, would amount
to the grc..2 sum of $4,000 the first
year. upon which would be clear profit
Of $40, 600, or more than enough TO build
the whole road. This trade would Ger
tainly be doubled the second year, and
would probably be further increased the
third.
Messrs. Jennings, Taylor, Bigelow and
Stone were enthusiastic in their express
sions concerning the value of this read
and had suggestions and remarks of in.
terest to make.
Judc, LEWIS thought Investments in
the stp' X i l..s Wagon Road Company
would - L.Su,y roitable az pecuni.
airy Ven ~. bu. e,3n IL the stock never
paid a cent IN ttt way of dividends il
would be an enterprise of general good
to the town worth many times the
amount OF money put into it.
The following was presented and
adopted without dissent:
Resoired, That 1t is the sense of this
chamber that the city of Seattle anG
County of King ought TO contribute lib.
orally towards the building of the Seat
tie AZ Walla Walla Trail and Wagon
Road.
A committee of three, consisting OF
Messrs. Jennings, Scott and Jacobs. was
appointed TO accompany Mr.. Bull in {
tour among business men today solicit
ing subscriptions to the stock of the
company.
1t was declared to be the sense of the
Chamber that the citizens of Seattle
ought to have representation in the
company's board Of trustees. which Mr.
Bull said the company would be pleased
to grant.
The idea prevailed in the meeting
that fifteen or twenty thousand dollar
could be raised here in aid of this enter
prise. The Seattle subscriptions vii
be deposited in one of the home banks
and the money drawn only for the pay
ment of work done on that part of tn,
road lying west of the mountains.