Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-22
nluY POST IBfELLlGgBCER,
RAILROAD RGNOA.
From the Oreeonian.

From the Ofcgonian. Il
svillard has ordered all WORK sloppeo
IN Portland: be has given pefefnpsofy |
ordera 70 quit work On the haiama |
h,anch. he has instructed the superTis-
;no engineer to make final survey OF |
the location of line from saS 'onFes
70 Kalana: he will bridge the Columbia
a. ar near Vancouver; be has decided
10 Immediately construe. the line ifOnl
Eo,esf Grove TO As.oris: with the INK
.,s,ar,ie4el between Corvallis and June
fion ALI the business of the sass anu
vest aide roads will be turned 70 Astosi:.
~ Forest Grove, and never car WIZ
Thereafter come into Portland, ana
oYass viii be growing la First street ~
less than five years s
This Is a synopsis OF the rnrnofs
which greeted the local stan OF me ore
oonian Yesterday afternoon as tney re
norted Tor the days dnty. IL was ,he
tall of the street. Real estate faeh
we're. 80 TO speak, paralyzed, and, after
the first shock was over, began 70 c9ih.
fort each other With The tnooIhs ..1-'
thew could easily move TO Astorsa, EseN
Tacoma or Seattle, as occasion iEl2n,
require. No fewer than 80 men, anu
most of them substantial citizens were
discussing the matter, and uyia9 70 "a
the blame for this Sudden cnah.s ~
Mr.. Wizards plans. One crosd, az VIZ
corner of First and stark streets, sRreeo
that Mr.. Willard had simply tired OF lie
hoQgishness Of Portland IN geneFsi. ne
had never wanted bat one favor. VIZ.
hotel, and this was refused. lie nalu-
raliy hated Portiand's letharsy ana al
mired the enterprise OF Seattle, ana SAG
10 in 80 many words IN his speech ~
New Market thcater. One mar Ia ths
crowd said he believed tue reason Tor
the startling orders was the oI'poSiiion
of few moss backs 10 the psoposso
bridge. He said, Kills u. hughes
49,, ahout serving an in
junction as soon as work on tue pfioke
Is commenced. I'd like 70 sho" ~ho
he will act for bondsmen. You cant
get out an injunction IN an entefpiiso "
tbs magnitude without giving indemni-
Sv;ng bonds for a quarter or half mil
lion. and don't believe any person III
Portland ia going to be foolish enough
20 jcopardize his property when the
chances are about even that he VIII
have TO pay damages.
Another crowd at Eppinger's down
town place were inclined 10 believe the
minors, because Mr.. Willard, In his re-
nort 10 the Board of Directors, brief
account of which WAS published In fri-
DAVIS Oregoniaa, did not even mention
Portland. and this Was evidence enough
for them he intended sooner or later, 10
give Portland the 'go by
The reporters Of this paper were IN
structed to run the rumors down To
their source. The farther they got
away from the Office the wilder the re-
ports grew. II Is needless to say that
there was absolutely no foundation for
the absurd st ories, yet tbs fact remains
that great many people were seriously
alarmed. Inquiry OF the various rail-
road officers relative To the rumors was
of course met with prompt denial. After
dilicent search, in which probably
thirty miles Of walking and no end OF
talking was done, one reporter got TO
the bottom facts. A gentleman largely
interested in Astoria received dispatch
from Nov York, giving him the infer
nation that Willard had decided to
build the line from Forest Grove to
Astoria Only this and nothing more.
The recipient of the dispatch IL Free
Mason, and impaired the information
70 a brother ION the square" The news
then spread like prairie fire.
A reporter met MIR. Hughes, the law
yer, and asked him whether the report
that he intended to enjoin the Northern
Pacific Railroad in the matter of the
bridge was true. Mr.. Hughes replied
shat 60 soon as work vas commenced
he would make application for an in
junction.