Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-13

A waIls WaIlan has written the letter
sogIoxins to the yosy7saI Of that city:
The editorial in she Daily Union Of
MAY stn does not express the Mt
snents Of the people Of Eastern WASH
ingtou In its Comments on the action 4
the peopie Of Seattle IN sending q Del =
gate 70 Washington. and tue efforts Of
said delegate. ". Il White, toward Sc
caring a forfeiture Of tks Cascade rail
road grant IN srder that Capitalists
vilI invest in the coslst nefion of q road
from Seattle 20 Walls Walla and East
sru Oregon and Washington; and we do
not saw tins ~ the interest of Seattle.
or with any desire to So sea'tls n greet
city. but TO sse our own city II Nalls
xaila have some means of life and
growth and our immediate country behe-
fited.
OF Whist advantage has the Northern
Pacific Railroad been TO a.. d"iag bust
ness here, up 10 the present time
Ii hss fixed tariff rates on goods 80 as
20 make IL impossible for as TO use IL.
The best evidence we could have of this
ID To visit the freight depot and see the
piles of goods that consignees Will not
take. because the goods are scarcely
worth the freight charges over the
Northern Pacific. We can ship goods
At the present time around the Horn,
aud even by the Union and Central Pa
cific across the continent. At less than
We are nov charged by the Northern
Pacific
We Of Walla and Eastern Washing
IN want an outlet due I 90 the sea, IN
which We shall have an interest and
some control. What better would lie
our condition If the Cascade branch be
built by the Northern Pacific I Would
we not still be IN the hands Of the same
monopoly that Is now trying to crusa
u Z And after said company has built
the road and got the laid. We have then
10 remedy. Capt tai viii not lid IL
buiding q competing line. Seattle IL
she bes. town has the most natural r.
sources Of any city on the North Pac &c
coast. aud ~hile Portl md, railro DIS
Tao ma and even quill drivers OF
Halla MaIla lpFofase Ia gr.- sing tie
sentiments oi the pe.,ple. r, pr-sssi IA
notLing bot their coats and 4 ale. bAv-
beeh 6ghting her. ste has been rap d Y
sdvsbcing III wealth and pFssgsr ~ AL
the tire. and Is TO-DAY the ilxelless city
III tlfF fsufkI Nr~t tt84st. one ffALAe UU
her own foundation. has had no aid
from outside combinations. railroads
and capital. and henoe cannot be ms-
isriEily injured by such means IL tue
noneyeo men Of Walls waiiz bad half
Of the gel up-snd DDS, Of the men Of
Seattle, we would have had a road JOIN
lag the fvo cities today.
True. there has been much said for
the last SCI years IF q road 20 Seattle.
snd bat little done. bot undoubtedly
the grea,e railroad event thai eauIo
be brought about for Maila Walla,
Eastern Washington and Seattle would
be railroad joining tie two cities. in
which ve should have an interest and
hence some eoutrol- Many articles
Which we want could De purchased 81
chesp or cheaper than IN New York.
And then We want their coal We want
their fine tiuber they are now burning
n log heaps They want our wheat
irusf. vegetables. etc
We may never ses IN our DAY roa
from here 20 Seattle. bnf such \ road
vii De uuils by our more -utes p-'sine
nd less selfish successors. and IL Nalls
NAilA editorial writers cant do any
thiue Tor such grand. unqssst4onAbly
practical enterpr self ans Il ~ Will
not and 10 push IL along-thsn. IN tie
name of jnsta-e gnd sommon sense lei
those alone who are making an effort IN
sA9t direcfioa. MI.