Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-25

meant, because vas conscioos Of hav
toR 0vsn authority % eaeahalnh q nsu
station some mo0ths ago, and sup
poesd tue work bad beea commsoesd
bot- ~ he informs ms Geoeral Andse-
eon, chisf euaineee VI The company, 4
tIylnR 20 ovorcome some onainosR1ns
oamcoiiise here in the approach % tfa
station: l Vas not swaSs Of this fnal
until M. buekJeJ infosmed ms of Il
~ General AndorDOn vnn OeOnsang IN
consanens - vas coming out, did no!
meet nim; bus yen may take it foa
Granted that the new stataoa will b -
tabllsnsd. and Ne propose % make it,
20 far 40 the building II concerned
worthy of your town and iss great pros
poets. tApplaose. believe the ciii-
zssns nov understand that this ID an -
tablished fact.
AZ regards the second irtsfruRatory
relative ~ the construction Of Q hotel,
wnsn R0enR oveg your town, l Waa
struck with your SHORTCOMINGS In
that respect. Although you haze . hoesl
named after me flAuQLtery lam free 70
say it - not s0ch ~ Taco0A ought 70
nave f1r tbs pQrp0se Of entertaining
ssfsngsfA fApplauas.) f0o knDw the
futors Ot yOur town u really b the
hsudes noe of tbs NoftheTn PaGi6e rail-
r0ad oempany, but a ths Tacoma land
company. am NOS pessidont Il that
corporation, bat Is u presided over BY
your best friend, Mr.. Chas. b. Wsighs,
OF Phtladslphia, Who does moro fox
your town than any one else know Of.
tApplauss J Il II Tacoma all the time
with him. (Appaauss.) He visits me-
oftencr than onos q month, and ! will
Sssoro you il Il all Tacoma when hs
calls. tApplauss.) He wrote me q
letter before left New York, and short
ly Afterwards called ON me, and when !
saw him, knew he had come about
Tacoma. He broached the subject Of
providing for ynur town u respectable
and comfortable hotel 30 meet your
present requirements. ! told him be
was taking care Of Tacoma anyway,
and he ought 10 take care Of the hotel
too. MAS building railroads, and not
hotels, that ID, did not wish to build
the hotel. have been obliged, am
sorry ~ say, 20 tak0 the building Of
hotel IN Portland, for, with all the
wealth in that city, there IL not enough
enterprise among the citizens 70 pro-
vide hotel for visitors. Mr.. Wright il
anxious that I should look into the
most suitable location for hotel here,
and agreed to do 70. While in San
FrancisCO met Gen. SpraRus, Who sub
mitted u plan he had prepared By an
architeot-l believe the same gentleman
Who u boilding the Episcopal church.
Cen. Sprague indicated that he was
not quite satis6ed with his plan, and
after looking It over, agreed with him.
IL 20 happened that had an architect
from New York with me, and ] sug9et-
I'd 70 Cen. SpraRue that hs look uvor
the plan; and upon arrival here Wo both
bOked at the ground 70 sse what could
be done. We did 90 yesterday, and TO-
day practically decided ON . location,
and the h0s.l will be built without
doubt the money 10 ON hand, and !
shall ses shat no time will be lost In be-
ginning the work. (Applauss.) Only
the day before Yesterday i received
letter from Mr.. Wright re-
mindin9 mo Of Il, and a. you have
heard. have paid proper attention 70
the reminder. Mr.. Wright viii b here
himself about tho middle Of July, and
JON will, Of course, give him hearty
welcome. / trust bv that time the work
on tie hotel will bs fAirly started.
NV 10 como to the third and Last
question of your oommittee. vhioh r.
lates 70 the erection Of a Grain elevator
at this point. / will state the simple
facts in the case. When here hefors
Aid not sneak of sleyators lint crnin
warehouse. PeruonalIv / have sivava
been a very strono adyocate Of tke
establishm. MT OF grain elevator sys-
teu in Oregon and Wsahinoton Terri.
tory-the system that has been eatab.
lished in the wheat growing portions Of
the West for many years. In Minnesota
and Dakota there Il hardly . station
along the Northern Paoihc-main limo
and branehee-where there u mot
grain elevator. Il can b said, indeed,
that tas entire grain business along tho
line Of the Northern Pacific, and Ill The
other leading railroads in The country.
10 done BY means OF elevators. For
this reason I have always bsen very
much In favor OF eotablishing the grain
elevators in this country; but, - in duty
bound. have had 70 refer the question
70 enQinsers and experts, and am
sorry 70 say shat souae OF them do nol
quits agrss with my viswa 6ome Of
them pc0poaed, and they are those
whose advice ] have 70 take in suoh
matters, that II viii take Z long time to
teach ths farmsfs and wheat producers
Of WashinRton and OREGON 70 Abandoa
their pressut prAetice Of shippinR vhsat
N sacko. This psaoetco = - deeply
rooted tAnt it viii tako The work Of
yeass 70 change IL. More than . year
ago had An engineer, NJ. Mallory, 70
look over The around and ssloet . loca-
tien Tor . grain elevator. as eame back
and reported IN favor Of building ans
at this point ! authorized him - 60
ON. and 10 made . contract with him %
pssp.sSs p..os s ~. Sna .s sRsoaassia,oos :s;a src
ooast. Ihe work q epeeinoattous has
bssn peoasonted stnces ard v.e neasly
oOmp1eted Wheo ! LET'S New York. ]
directed HI. Mallory 20 prepare 20 come
out here as soon = The plans and spsoi-
Aeations vess aniahed. have e1pestD
on the ground. compeeeae enR,neen
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