Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-07
TEE BENEVOLENT" CORPORA
TION.

The paragraphs following, from a
single issue of TIE Walla Walla Watch
man, plainly indicate the sentiments OF
that journal on the great issue now
pending between the people and the
Northern Pacific Company, and they
are a pretty strong evidences of the OPP
preston being visited upon the people
by that grasping, plundering monopoly ;
The excursion program of the Wash
inpton Territory Pioneers has been in
definitely postponed. for the reason
that the liberal corporation running a
railroad eastward has no rates to offer
for the deiectation of an old timer in
this beniRhted region.
An impression has been sought TO be
conveyed that the Oregon Railroad end
Navigation Company was responsible
for the outrageous freight charges OF
" all the traffic would bear" because 1t
had the Northern Pacific in chancery,
40 10 speak. The East Oregoaidn speaks
oct In meeting and says its freight bills
on paper have been raised one cent per
pound on the Northern Pacific alone.
with no raise on the o. X. d n.
Two of our we'll known citizens. who
are popularity supposed to be on the in
side for board -cf-trad and other ser
vices. have had it played on them by
the Northern Pacific in a way they
must have despised. The bill on car
load of furniture consigned TO them
crept up uncomfortably close to $500.
OF course they did not pay the bill. but
explanations, adjustments and the alb
iect apologies of the stupid clerks who
made up the freight bill will follow
that's all.
Parties direct from the new mines say
that disappointed ssampeders are
threatening vengeance in the way OF
train wrecking and bridge burning. IL
would be deplorable If Innocent people
should suffer for the living greed of a
reckless monopoly but IL its reprcsen-
tations should prove as false az they are
certainly exaggerated, there will neces-
sarily be sort of retributive Justice in
the loss from the diversion of travel
rom a line so managed and 30 exc
Grated by men they have deluded.
The kind feeling the Northern Pacific
mas for wheat growers and millers do
ING business on lands that corporation
il striving to have confirmed to it, is
disclosed in a transaction Mr.. Costello,
dswn from Thompson Falls last week,
recently had with the company. He
received a car load of goods from Chi
cago. 1900 miles haul, for which he paid
$il0: he received car load Of -four
from Waila walla. less than $50 miles
haul. for which he paid $267. The poor
devils In Columbia valley evidently
have no rights the Northern Pacific is
bound to respect.
Senator Slater writes TO MIR. X. l..
Dashiel of Dayton that the Northern
Pacific cannot take lieu lands in this
I territory for lands lost In any other
State or Territory. The language of
the lieu land resolution is: /" In the
event of Their enot being.in any State or
Territory in which said main line or
branch may be located. at the time of
the final location thereof, the amount
Of lands per mile granted by Congress
20 said company, within the limits pre-
scribed In its charter, then the said
company shall be entitled under the di-
rections Of the Secretary OF the Inte-
rior, 10 receive so many sections of land
belonging to the United States and
designated by odd numbers, In sach
State or Territory, within ten miles on
each side Of said road, beyond the
limits prescribed in said charter, as
will make MP such deficiency.