Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-19

call very good order considering it,
neWness- We are liable to slides il
some places, and havs to 60 very care
In.ly over those parts Of the road.
Don't you exercise too much on tn,
oomp OF the government. Mr.. Henley
repoft, and | mention his because IL wa
the strongest that was made. saws th3'
ths company renders a service that th.
United states say to the COMPANY. il
Vou VIII build a railroad We will Civ,
you so much land If Won will build til.
railroad We will pay yOu SO much land
NOV, as matter of fact. as some o.
tue gentlemen present well know. tn.
state of Mass acusetts, after it alrsad,
had road from Boston to Alb ,ny, in
vested sl6 0G9,l1o in a tunnel thr1upt
the Hoos.c Mountains, and when thG
constitution went into effect in 1874
which prohibited the aiding by town,
and counties OF railroads by bonding
SO,cDD,DJ have been voted throughout
tie state of Illinois for railroads, and
the State of New York has given mill
ions 10 the Erie and the State OF Peun
syiVanIa has given millIons-I don'I
Know hoE mucn-to the Psnnsylvania
Central, and Washington Territory has
not given cent; here the government
owns the land. All the people, not onl '
the people of Washington Territory,
but all the people, they are giving the
land away. The people of the Tsrri-
tory. in point of fact, have never given
any at all. They are giving just exactly
IN the proportion of 10000 to G0.0O0,
90. The public land belongs TO the
whole people, and it no more belongs
to the people of the Territory than it
dOss 70 the citizens of Rhode Island.
Judge BIrke-We have TO pay fl25
more per acre for the land within the
railroad limits.
Mr.. Harris, contiuuln2-rhe Govern
ment does that; IT could give il awav If
II wanted to. As | said before, We will
make all the land great deal more val
liable. will say five times. | could say
ten, and We will sell for $50 An acre
land that IL worth $40, or $50. or what
ever 1t may be worth by reason of the
building of the road. The "b Dated
monopoly as notice in the N Arxet of
New York. is not very blo4tsd. Take its
preferred stock, that was $4,000, ,009
In 1910, and they have had an eleven
cent dividend year and half ago, and
now they are selling for ~.
Somebody says-43.
MIR. Harris-Probably tney know it
all, out here. Laughter Those are
the Jints that | mention as being what
We object to; We OBJECT to its being said
that We have beeR running since 1864.
Ii ia only since 1870, and nearly all bus
mess WAS suspended in 1876. and IA
soon as We could begin il again we
put IL through In a rem lrkably short
space Ut time, as quickly aud rapidly as
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company. We are going on, and we
are showing our faith in going on;
have great confidence in the people of
this country; there is no people that can
be so trusted as they. We are going To
build as much road this summer as We
can. We will build somewhat los. by
reason of the delay that has been caused
in Congress. | should have been here
two months ago had it not been that |
wanted to be as near New York As pos
sible, TO See what | might need to do in
case of a more adverse action. The po.
sitlons of tbs company have been
brought ont ard discussed, and Con
gress has been 80 we'll informed Of the
Northern Plcific matters, and the Pc
cent Congress, starting in under the
leadership of Mr.. Holman. who wanted
to weep the whole Of the land grants,
thought they ought to be swept of; and
they got through rule allowing them
to call il up at any time, and finally.
when il was called up, they voted il
down two to one. The whole thing
should change. it should change very
much. When u person Games up to this
thing uniformed and sees what they
have failed t. do, and what they have
been doing, and what energy and vigor
they have been using In dong it, then
what they have not done will vanish
Only thoss can judge who know hoR
much hard work has been expended in
dsing II. And they are the ones, and
those most clearly qualified, who have
been there and helped To do it. | have
been asked about freight tariffs: Now
We are here, and when we get the
road in shaps | will try to see tina, there
Is no discrimination, nor shall you have
any Just grounds for complaint.
Judge Burke-Tnere has been some
complaint about the breaking of bulk
at Tacoma.
Mr.. Harris That ia a question be-
twsen the Oregon improvement Com
p1ny and the Northern Pacific. 10 get
all those things working smoothly takes
some little time. Mr.. Howard is well
informed in regard to the condition of
things, and it IL simply from the fact
that the officials VIII } have manage the
business did not understand their busi-
ness properly. Gentlemen, l am very
much obliged TO you really for this op
pbrtnnity Of expressing myself as fully
IA have. Ii has been done with great
fraukuess, As you see and AS mentioned
in the beginning. ] was very glad to
meet you. because | was willing to ad-
init that We had some faults, bat there
is nothing at all serious. The main
thing is TO place tun nei Of two miles
IN the Stampede pass, and to pat you in
full communication with the East, and
then you can 90 down to Tacoma as
often as Won want to.
Judge Barke-We will never want to
90 there.
JAMES M'sAUeHr
Spoke at length concerning the deeds
aud contracts of the company coming
under his notice as the attorney fer the
company, and that there had been only
one complaint of the same in the Ter
ritory. He said that the only other
persons who. to his knowledge. had
complaiued. were three lawyers in this
CITY, He said: | knew this. however,
that until the past fail and winter, the
people of Seattle and the business men
of Seattle we're heart aud hand With the
Northern Pacific Railroad, aud they
were IA favor OF ret lini AZ the Northern
Pacific land grant. They we're in favor
of extending Aid and assistance to that
corporation. But IN a verv fec weeks q
ch ange came over the spirit OF their
dreams. The poPulace and people OF
Seattle we're in favor OF forfeiture. Bat
think can safely say 10 the President
OF the Northern Pacific Railroad that
the business men of Seattle have never
been, and are not nov. IN favor of for
feiting the land grant Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad. II it will construct its
road across the mountains; and when
yon commence that construction, AID
the people are convinced that YOU in
tend To complete that read. | believe
the sensible part OF this community. and
toe business interests of the community
will SAY that We, considering that the
Government has promised you this land
IL yoa build that road. now we are con
ten, that you should have the land.