Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-07
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From q comprehensive and evidently
veil studied article in the San Francisco
Chronicle Of O recent date Ne Risas SONS
facts and projscts Of interest 10 the
people OF Washington Territory and
Puget Sound. Rsspsctina the shipment
Of and rules for the carriage Of frssRhs
1t ID alleged that the policy Of the Nor
them Pacific Railroad viii Be liberal
and lost, and not in any sense b mod
sllSd after that Of the Central Pacific,
which has never seemed TO realize that
the killing Of the goose stops the pro
duct Of golden eggs. The article says
that ~vhsat viii Be shippsd 70 tbs tide
water from all points In Oregon and
Washington Territory as the same rate.
regardless Of distance, thus placing ell
the farmers on tbs numerous lines OF
road controlled by the Willard combina-
tion on the same footing. Should this
rule be continued the most rernotsv valleys
viii be a. valuable for wheat raising
and a. profitable for settlement a.
thoss nearest the ssabeard, since the
price viii be tbs sams at eli tbs stations
along the roada." Another and the
only juss rule viii be exactly the oppo-
site Of that enforced by the Central Pa
cidc management, and which 10 an at
temps 10 avoid unjust Discrimination.
The charge on all freights from the
East left at way points on the line VII
pro rata 70 thoss points and not what
the rate would b IL the goods we're ia
ken to Portland and then returned east
ward 70 the same points. This rule viii
be clearly in tho interest Of the country
dealers and not in that Of the wholesale
merchants and jebbefs- Il has been
the policy Of the Central Pacific to pur-
sue course exactly opposite. For years
all through frsights from the East des-
tined for points in tbs interior OF Cali
fornia and Nevada, have been subjected
TO Q through charge to Sacramento or
Ban Fransisco, 70 which have been add
Cd way rates back 70 the point Of desti-
nation, In most instances several hun
drsd miles nearer the plaos Of shipmen,
than the two places named. The result
hiss been thss . carload Of freight upon
which the charges from Chicago or Nov
York voald b say 800 st Sacramento
or San Franeisoo. would cost delivered
q Reno, Winnsmueea, Battle Mountain,
Palisads or Elko, points ssverally from
zoo 10 600 miles east Of tide water, more
than double that amount. There il
therefore mot . Wholesale house N the
State Of Nevada. and bat few large job
bling houses. The effect Of the adop-
ton Of the policy Of pro rating viii very
plainly have . somewhat depressing e.
feet upon Portland wholesale and job
hing houses, bat IL win sventuats in .
vast nving 10 The psopls along the line
Of the railroad, and render possible the
creation Of sxtsnsivs business oeuters,
not tributary. save In q general way. 10
any special point o. city. II 10 never =
far-dghtsd policy 70 build up q city at
the expsnss Of other and smaller towns,
Or Of the country In which thsy are sit
satsd. Cities and country should
grow toasthsr.
Rsfsrring 10 the Northsrn Pacific CON.
nsctiona. the trade Of the northwest and
the impending struggle for control
thereof the article says:
Work on the Oregon and Californis
Railroad 10 proceeding under the CON-
paes made bstweeu Willard and the Cen
oral Pacific too pears ago. Il vas NOT
the arrangement 6an Franoisco hoped
for, nor Will Il b Of any particular ad.
vantage 10 California sxcept in furnish
ing an all-sail route 70 Portland 70 those
Who diaiike $50 travel. The route II
vas desired Mr.. Willard should select
vus the one through the northern coest
counties, which still lack effective means
OF eommuuicatiou with San Franoiaco
Bay. The Central Pacific II pushing
north from Reddin9 and the Northern
Pn0iAe hrs already reached q point
dxty -6ys miles souih Of Rossbure. 70
which Il = running IL cars. Mr.. Vil-
lard, in his speeches in Portland, stated
thoe the delAy We owing 20 the want Of
rnsans, which have nov bean proyideei
In euoh abundance O. will enable the
rosd 70 b ccnplstsd nsxt spring and
The cars 10 b running bslvoer San
Es~s<n{a~< s~A n~-ka~~I A. A. : A-tf-
ing June. The Union Pacific has al
ssaoy come into sharp composition With
the Northern Pacific In Idaho and Mon
lana, IL dispots arriving ostensibly
fso9 . deate a each corporation 10
eensso! ~ bnAks river country. The
district h. however, hardly worth fight
ing o.sr. Thu trouble iiss deeper and
= really transsontineutal. The Union
Peclac. ending IN The deserts Of the
middle u The oontiasnt, 10 reaching
nlindly out 10 and new connections,
shas, u the Reuerai struggle for supre-
macy. Win enable IL 10 survive and DO
Psoetahee - ~ owness- Could e reach
Oregon Il voald u time have valuable
inserssee IN That region. But the North
ere faeteo propoosa TO retain the Ore
f0a and Wana1n4eou tAshc In il own
HANDS. and - do this must meet every
competing road before il enters on il
private domain. Fer lie purpuspe the
6nake rivss country viii do swell A
any cthar. The gap hs4wesn the Utah
md Northern. - u u called, and The
Willard linss. b some thfes HUNDRED
milea, . epAcs which The Uniou PaciAc
vU1ld no6 have crusssd In years. With
~ DIVIDED counsslA and which both
roads viii b spms time Ia osuouinQ.
suppuoinG The agreement 10 have hem
mAde - stA1sd h the diepatnhea. The
Union Paddle b The uaoss unpleasantIv
a1&uasod 1t Ill The tsannpnutinsnt.l
lima u sesna 70 b. unable either Ia
rsaeA Oregon By IN indspsndsns rouse.
% 10 and - way cut of The Utah d.
erte 70 Tie PAai6e ~ any fsaaihle rcats
south q Ogdsn. Ii plnn 10 build
oouthvsetSard from Hah Laks CITY bv
. roats they have for some time con-
trolied and On which some vork ~
besu dooe, y noe likely 10 Be Carried
m0aA further b the iacs Of shs plans Of
ths ChicaRo, BuslinGtou and Quincy.
Thsss aEe nDnsrsas othsr schemes
a1ss1ing NJ rseiAc ooass more or len
dirsstiy, of which mention b made, q
fel,cwu:
The California 4 Nevada, which thu
Csutsal HaniAe has fooehs IN snch de
n1nosAhas vaye s9ill exists and main
saans - o.Hanisaaiou. with tie eonA-