Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-29
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's "a, June 10 1855
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4 a;,o, Of the Walla Walla States
x,itten and published the open
,o,,oxipe TO Robert Harris, fresi-
M ,bs Northern Pacific Company
s'..In your first visit TO this con,;
h..sisIlv through the agrieultnral
IT, y she interior, yon cannot fail 10
sna, ~ IMPRESSED with our Immense
H.a and the progress We have
ra Sn,;no the past twenty years, pre-
esos whieh time the Whole country,
IN .ss srceptiou of Walla Waila, was
nn ns.,isd ~ and undeveloped. What you
-. served has been TO great ex-
AVE- svsoomplished by our own energy
Wy sSso,s the era of railroads, and
iDa assistance whatever from out
W. n'a.s,;taI ~ Walla Walla WAS the first
" " NV city existing for many years,
"a y. from here the other prosperous CIT
~ n srouud us received their tiTst I'M
- 0or citizens were Interested In
x. "a Ar. attempt TO navigate the Colum
y. p;vsr Diva With steamboats,, and In build
49, lroads afound the rapids at diff
-, roints. walla Walla capital and
.a.rg, a Euilt the first railroad to connect
S,ss - valleys with this Columbia River,
"A vhsneyer the necessity arose for
- snsefprise which had for its object
49, vslfare OF the whole oOuAtrv, our
ssizsps we're ever 10 the front with en-
.orrsoemeut and money. During the
riding Of the Northern Pacific Kali
red vs lent it every announcement.
/. vas ali many lived for. in the hope
,hst on its final completion, We should
\ released from the fetters which. In a
amer. bound us 10 other cities Tar
inv and built them mp at our expense.
wake this liberty in thus addressing
,sa through the Statesman on the
,uunds that 1t Is the Oldest newspaper
4 Washington Territory and has ever
Irt lis influence toward your read. 1t
IA fought Your enemies successfully,
nd now simply asks that you lend the
vsjpht OF your Influence in behalf OF
xslla Walla and the country at large.
VI ask you to consider seriously II Il
void not be better policy for you to
,sis. the struggling cities OF the in
xdor, 10 foster and develop the coun
tn which IL now all your own. who have
made yoar road a profitable possibility,
instead Of, by discrimination In favor
aci,ies on the ssaboard, whose trade
wa will he compelled to divide with
cher lines. forcing US To continue pay
nq iribu,e to- them. IA we have done
ln thirty years past.
wala Walla business men have been
~ pioneers-they have prspa fed the
r5ior these who came late. By their
s1srpy and enterprise they have devel
yd the resources at the great interior.
III they ask new of your company II
hat the system of roads be completed
n projected. that your rates be so eqnlt
ably arranged that trade otn divide IT.
elf eeoara phically and MT be prohibit
cry as at present.
We hold il to be sound policy for
niltoad corporations which have un-
dsrtaken 10 farnish u country with
transportation facilities, to 40 adjust Its
nies as to beat promote the general
prosperity of its tributary country. IL
b q lamentable fact that the present
peicy Of your company does not meet
ihs expectations of our people; that a
iselinQ OF encouragement and depres-
slen exists at time when they should
b hopeful and prosperous. As you
dfve around our streets, you can see
Evidences OF what HAS been accom-
pshed in our public buildings, churoh-
=, schools, stores aud private resi-.
dnccs. This il sufficient Ia show you
Mat YOU are among n live and energetic
wmmunity. Why not then by giving
q q fair chsnce allow Us to show you
shsi We could do with your assistance
What man has ione. man can do"
md With the knowledge that the North
sfn Pacific we're our friends insteAd of
enemies, as we believe, and as the past
pciicy has shown, we could in the fu'
safe With the advantages you certainly
go ave us, II you are So minded, over
Aadov our work in the past and en-
courage as 10 enter immediately upon
70 Upward snd onward career that
would Nil the country with every indus
~, Increase our population and bene
" your company ia the same ratio as
@r prosperity increases.
having thus voiced the sentiments oi
sas business men and producers of this
nsefiof. | remain, very respectfully,
Nar obedient servant,
IHr EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.