Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-28

aro held By this e,mpany. heve trsv
Sse0 al over TINS country, cas-, ana vest
ana % person Who has 10 postec
himself in regard TO those valleys the,
are . perfect revelation. capable of pro
oocinQ more In money value than Ii
famous Santa Cara valley of California
/ At this point Judge Lewis, or behal
/ OF the committee, made a report thu.
We found the people unit on tn,
question OF forfeiture, and wiling I,
contribute literally of their money I.
further the cause. We ask for furthe
time To report the name of our choic'
Tor delegate to go Oh to Washing on
On motion the Committee WAS granite,
/ I'LL next Saturday evening, At winch
time tue selection of the committee vii
De gwen to the meeting for ratification
JAMES NC sAUGHI,
Attorney for the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company, being present WAS IN
vited to speak. He said Tnis Is IN,
love feast. The one on last Saturda,
evening was yours. For Il years nav.
been 10 S@attie, and have attended svery
rtlirotd meeting ever held In the town
/ and have always contributed If my
means to help along the enterprises tina,
have been started here, and by 81
doing have helped bni up the town
as we'll as benefited my own pocket.
don't think the people have had sIffi-
Client cause for ali tais demon tratIon
on their part against the railroad con-
pany. Inc ptp-rs here hav. worked up
Tremendous tidal wave In favor of for
feitnre, which Wa first It .rtei by the
PosT-lSTKLLI0ESCEB In attacking the
Northern Pacific land grant. The
chronicle followed, and i'm ,ily the
Heratd fell into line, and the question
has been agitated almost to the exclu-
sion Of all others. The statement that
the Northern Pacific X abroad Is 70
tsrding the growth of the Territory Is
not true. aud the road across the noun
tains will be the means o! bringing
happiness. wealth aud prosperity TO
many homes. After your meeting Sat
urday night, | autographed TO Mr.. Har-
ris. President of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, tn It the people of
Seattle felt that the railroad company
was discriminating against them, am
tn my dispatch | received The following
rep'y today:
NEw YORK, March q, 1884.
james McNaugGt, Settle, w. ii
You may say to the people of Seattle
that II In the policy and intention Of the
company 10 push the CascAd-s division
to completion Al speedily as practicable.
Definite liue of location over the Cas-
cades has not been made Company
Will adopt the pass tlat Ia best for
crossing Cascade range without regard
to the Interests of any special Voint,
and 1t will be the aim of the CON yany
to serve the business Of Seattle and all
other points on the Sound with com
plete fairness. ROBERT HARRIS,
President.
Mr.. McNaugh. continued: When NJ.
Willard WAS President he adopted IL
policy sat .sfactory to tho people of Sc
attic. tie made this city n conInon
point with Portland and Tacoma. He
told you that the engineers favored the
Stampede pass for the Case ,de division.
That has not been chang, d. Willard is
no longer n representative man in the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
but In his place stands one of the abiest
railroad men in America Robert Harris,
who has risel from Common iaborvr
on a train to the high and honorable
position he nov fills.
MIR. Mcknight talked for nalf an hour
or more Ia defense of the com oany lie re-
presented, but cout dn't Set forth single
good reason WAY the une.rned land
grant should not be forfei Ell. la .e.k-
Ing Of the various companies knO 81 rs
the Wizards. McNau Iht said: Each
company stands on its own bottom |
mean those that have bottoms to 81 md
on. Ii am any judge, and eid the
signs OF the times rightly, the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company is
welded to the Oregon Short Line. aud
Portland Is more Interested III the
Union Pacific and the Oregon Il ,ilwsy
and Navigation Companies than n the
completion of the Northern Poetic. and
1 do not believe the Northern Pacific
Will ever bulid down Columbia Rlv-
or to Portland. but will build across tho
to Tacoma and Seattle.
W. II WHITE.
Let US get back to the point. We are
here To determine wuethoI 1t Is right
tlat the unearned land gr ant be forfeit
ed or not. | have favored this forfeit
uro ever since the land grant lapsed,
and never propose To wear railroad
cOllar." Mr.. White then severely criti-
cised tue railroad exemption law passed
by the last Legislature. He was no
hut lie believed il dealing
with railroads the same rs individuals.
In some States in tue East. where the
own no land but their right of
way, their earnlhgs are taxed inst rad of
ghe right of way, but every piece Of de-
pot ground and other property Is taxed;
but here, where the railroad owns, or
claims t. own, nearly one half the
land of the Territory, It Is an outrage
10 exempt all their vast holdings, and
only tax their gross earnings in the
and take their word for that"
Two rou ing speeches were then made
by Judges Lewis and Burke, IA synopsis
of which will be published tomorrow.
after which the meeting adjourned till
saturday evening.