Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-27
DAILY POST INTElllGEHctR


trsl Pacific Railroad, u ~ sAASs0~ A@@A
WITH the opening Of The DeT trsnsoonr
,;nsn.sI route via tbs Sostberu PseTne
from San Francisco, On TIE Paeihe' 70
Newport News, On the Atlantic s'de Of
the United Ststes. the Central Pse7ise
syndicate will rest from its hsb0rs IL
railroad Building. The only portion 81
the great system remaining TO BE- b1iit
ia the uneonple.ed seetiOn Of TIE Cali
fornis and Oregon road, which can Be
constructed q. leisure II IL expected
that the opening Of the nss line 10
Newport News will oocar about ocso-
heY LIST.
lis worthy Of note that On tie stn
dsv Of psrs month is viii De twenty
years sincs tie Central Pseihe Railroad
Company vas organized 10 less than
i've years from that day trains were
running over its eozpsetsd road ffors
san Francisco 70 oe6s1- over so niasa-
thsrs connecsing With tie Cni0z Pa
eiae. buiit Ia the sane perSod, for
Omaha and tie great East. In The
tssnty years since that day tss Central
Pacific syndicate bias balit and &C
qaired over 1000 miles Of railroad
about sns-tEslfth the total rniisa2s 81
the United States. IL also Owls and
operstss several fsets Of oeezn steam
ers. and il, a. tefssIy stated by 81 eI-
change, .1ths greatest commercial
transportation agency IN the world.
This syndicate Of railroad builders
and operators has, since the Central
Pacific Railroad was completed, pos
ssssed and utilized the greatest, tue
most complete monopoly Of ancient OF
modern times. II has taxed the indus
try of a large and energetic population
at its will it has diverted To its golfers
q great portion Of the proceeds Of TIE
mines Of Utah and Nevada II has IN
equally and uniustly divided with the
miner, the stockraiser and the farmer
the product Of his care and toll u has
subiuoated the commerce of ran Fran
cisco TO its demands, and forced the
people Of the whole Pacific Coast TO
paw extortionate tribute 10 its enter
prisiug greed. To accomplish this 1t
has bribed legislatures, courts and State
officials it has purchased and elected
anI Eun IF the
United States. IL has, In turn, dis
rupted and defeated both the kepubli-
can and Democratic parties Of the Gold
on and Silver States. II has corrupted
the very fountains OF justice made
honesty in politics q symbol OF defeat,
and Independence of thought and at
teranee In civil affairs a byword and
reproach. II has seized upon the ma
chinery of partisan organizations and
used them for its own purpose, only to
cast them of as It's selfish interests de-
manded. For hfteen years IL has domi-
mated with despotIsm, elsewhere I'm
paralleied and unknown, the business
and political fortunes Of the bravest
people and the fairest Land on this
green earth. This monster combina-
homegrown % by the methods herein
briefly ouilined-has been both bless
ing and q curse. 10 it ran Francisco
10 indebted for Der remarkable advances.
To ii the interior Of California and
Nevada justly ascribs oppression. dis
examination and resultant effects. to
Wit slow growth In wealth and popa-
l2rion. Ii Gas built up favored city
81 the expense Of t4xridsen and i'm
poverished intsrior communities.
Bot through this eloud 81 oppression,
in!assice and desposio domination, one
facs shines brightly. One redeesnine
feature is apparent. and justice eompels
ia recognition. This syndicate, these
four men. three Of whom are nov living.
we're and are railroad bailders. They
have had pluck, stamina and indomi-
table persistence. At the outset Of the
enterprise they risked their private for
tuoes. these were small, it is true. as
compared with their present posses
sions, bat ell they bad was invested and
involved in the success or failure OF the
gigantic work they undertook. In less
than seven years from the granting of
the charter by Congress the Central Pa
cific Railroad was completed and in
operation They were In earnest. they
showed good faith. they earned their
land grant under the terms Of their
charter. No one has ever Questioned
that. No one has ever desired 20 do so.
Every acre granted is legally aud equi-
tably theirs, because faith Was kept,
both with the Government and the
people.
Compare this record Of railroad build
ing with the history of the Northern
Pacific Company. LIS charter was given
two years later. Its land grant Is twice
as large per mile. It's line of railroad
penstrates the most valuable and fer
tile regions Of the great Northwest,
What has IL accomplished Is there
any record Of private means invested in
its construction by its owners and man
ayers F? Have they ever pat single
dollar into the building OF the road |
The liabilities of the company are xlss,-
100000, s4s.ooo.ooo of which represents
bold. unblushina fraud. The baiance
stands for cost OF the road and steal
ings. IL took six years for the owners
OF the Northern Pacific Railroad fran
ehiss 10 pat things in proper shape to
saddle upon the people of the North.
west an membranes in the shape OF
interest TO be collected in freight charges
for couple Of generations. Then they
parceilsd the stock-the proceeds OF
which should have built the whsle road
among themselves. IL cost them no
thing. Neither did the railroad proper.
~ II represents and controls. The
bondhelders built the read. the Govern.
ment with lavish hand furnishing the
sa~nrStx klt rresi t..as, "a. -. ~.