Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-13

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for yOur arElcfe IN y91r 0a2lg - Ia
dste Seufember 6th, besded Scheos
Sopsbbse on Salmon Bay. Eusf nsvs
ben irving his hand 1T making some
thing out Of nothing. ! have more
faith N that theory D0S Than oe1oEe
seeins your article recognizs TIE
force Of the truisrz thai tie paoile press
i the palladium Of liberty. the vstez
dog of public treasures tie gnafolAn
of personal and nstsoBAl merry. tsF
ron ssxis of right and the fezr e. AZ
rsizumeuf of crane. N na2n 2oo -
nlanes- before the bar Of p7baic opgnsoE
which ia often BIT The preface O. tne
graver tragedy Of retrIbofISe 1as1aoe-
havun IN o1r cJurts and tsrnin4tIEa2 =
rJyIsors and On sezfoads. Grln Sno
sraud. and CORY and tai where =
drained the dregs Of crime > uatfsf eAsa-
/ recognize the fscf also thai grave re-
spooslbsiIfies rest upon conooctors %
pablic journals; that II - tneaf o11t -
see ts II ss far ss poszols tsAi tonSoe1h
r.srfies are not needlessly p2ra1sd De-
fore the public ss criminals on s0ssacaoa
merely, on az the insslea1son OF Irrespo1-
gih,e persoss ast1zted By aenooie ED9-
tiyes. And vet there are cases OF s1
raj corruption and IF private wseked
mess 40 craftily concealed. taaf 0nis TIE
eating guns Of the public pres, srec
At random. can possibly dlsaooee tntcn'
and although minor c2s1Aises 1sy
hsuuep 70 innocent parties ourIns the
boInbardnenf. The editors Themselves
are generally the first on the nsid sIta
oil and wine. splInt and bandaee. lrue,
no one Was hurf by the missile hurled 81
the Salmon Bay school district. and The
suiruus of your informant 10 81 con
tAnutibls. and the ckgrRes made 20
grossly false that / feel hamilisied II
having 10 notice them; bot others are
imuiicated ia the charges OF uaisfnan
aosusuf and oosruptsoa, vao h-ve re
ouested me 10 give the paol1e ike
facts Ia the case, lest u mlehi
imagine thas the accusations we're. pos
sibly. not wholly the eiervesoeni scum
Of A raalsvoienf Rind. The article re-
ferred TO starts Oui By saying: Ins
Salmon Bay people are 10 peck OF
trouble over q school house" The nrsi
sentence il xilfuliy, meanly false. One
persop only IN the di strict has given
kiusslf auy trouble whatever about
our school house. True. be has done
his hes, to dissatify Others and get the
district into ferment, bat has met WITH
rnerited oontempi everywhere. Not an
other r,ersou in the district bat - per
fectly satisfied with the building aud It's
location. His next lie 10. They wanted
a buildine last year, and there was
contest between two rival points 10 sc
cure the Iocation.- There Was neither
eoutesi nor rivalry about the location
Ii vas the direeiors' business 20 select
the location. Twas one Of the directors.
and live on The south side. aud the other
directors and the clerk live on the north
aide of the district. In order 30 avoid
shadow Of rivalry, left the matter en-
tirely 20 them. saying / would be PEI
fectly satisfied With their choice They
said Andrew Nelson had offered 20 do
nate q site, aud wanted 10 knox II !
wozld do the same. told them yea.
provided they did net select locstseu
too remote from my residence. the
next time / saw them they said they had
accepted Nelson's offer, and told them
| was perfectly satisfied. Soon after
ward they came again, and said Nelson
had refused them the land be had prom
ised after they had been az the expense
Of surveying il, and told me they had
selected buildinR site on my land near
Nelson's. told them they could have
an acre quarter of a miie nearer my
house for nothing, bat | would charg"
half price for that They refused the
present. and paid me half price for the
ground selected. This explanation
covers the sext charge, viz "One point
was chosen and go paid for the ground.
though az the oihur point the Land VS.
offered for nothing. NEXT, at Is SAID
by the disappointed ones that no title
has yet been given, though the money
has been paid and a house, nnneces-
sarily expensive, erected" Mr.. Nelson
being the only disappointed person IN
the district for he vas very wreth at
the reelection of the Directors, must
be the party vho furnished this in
formation, and this statement, thongh
true, wss unfortunate for him, from the
fact that his clerical binnder created
the necessity Of the special tax CON-
planned Of and nos 70 be levied. He
reported 10 the Directors thai $lo00 was
in the treasury to the credit Of this dis
trict. svaiiabie for building g school
house. On the strength of that report
q school meeting voted that sam for
clearing and fencing the ground and
b1lidinR a schoolhouse and outhouses,
4@A8 = SsAsA ~ N11 k&NC1 W h1E syHErt
bidder for the work. When, however.
the house vas bali finished and an or
der given the contractor for the frss
payment. it vas discovered that 5000
had been assessed, but only a little over
one-kalf had been paid. Ii vas then
too late TO 80 back or the contract, aud
the only way out was % face the ten
msil music by issuing scrip and levying
special tar for 1854.
Toe disappointed ones say no title
has been given" No; bas a bobd was
given, and title has not been asked for,
because Il cannot sose be given.
Next, . 20 60 % a schoolhonse expense
Of between two and three thoaaAnd
dollars tor fifteen Or sixteen children
viii seem excessive 30 most persona
Here the disappointed one Is again
N ersoz, a. seen By the above state
Enenfs xiuo only being the COS; Of clear
Ing. fencing and building.
10 b the clerks duty 10 furnish state
menf OF assessahie property. This he
refused 10 do. because the bond for the
school lot. ne said. vas worthless.
took The trvnbie 20 procure . written
statement from Mr.. Renalds. Depu1y
District Attorney. telling him % pro-
coed with the ass ssnent. Next he re-
fused on the plea thai TIE school house
had not been formally accepted by the
direcsors Thus required Q written
st2tenent from them 10 the effect thar
is had been accepted At oer last school
meeting, and be had SIMPLY neglected
TO record the fact He then procured
the Lisa 81 prcpsrsy, accompanying II
With the statement that $500 vuald COW
or dencienci<s, bat recommended &ssO
tax, and Immediately FASTENED 10 com
plain OF the directors fur ievyiRe an
exorhissnt TAI
The Last assault Is characteristics OF
the nazn. and would simply be amusing
II you had net pablished Il. He says
Talk OF I0bbery In the construction
has been freely given uftersnce, and
there 10 talk on tbs part Of some persons
u carrying the matter inso the District
Cosrtn In the name Of neadieVuns and
disappointed district clsrks, What Is 10
become Of ns now We have wish-tood
al his abuse ever since the school lot
vas selected without mach alarHa or
snosson Of any kind. and after having
qsietly overeome all the obstacles he
has sitempted 20 throw in our way. 10
be dragged into court Rsd forever dis
grsced. is simply TO bad. too bad.
However viii wager the cigars that no
ene ever beard 81 either charge OF threat.
exoeps from the lips, or their echo, OF