Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-23


and the night TO mine she same. and |
provide that. should the purchaser tall
in any respect TO comply With the con- !
ditions therein. be shall forfeit the |
land. thereby giving him bat shadow
Of title, Of no commercial value. By |
80 reservine all minerals thu company
controls absolutely the entire coal de-
posts along its line. and prevents q
zholesome competition IN an article OF
absolute necessity to the whole people.
Whereas. Congress intended IN grant
ing such magnificent empire Of land
to this company TO gain some CORE
spending compens .tIon 10 the people
BY ope,ane nP aud developing tie
csyuntry and securing tn5 buLeft-,
through conpetItion- OF jas. aud re-
-onable rates of transportation which
any corporation % generously and mn
Efficiently endoved coold richly AFFORD
10 give and
Whereas, Is mediately upon the in
stiiunon Of through traffic over its line.
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
entered iato an agreement with the
managers of the two other trsnscot IL
mental roads, FIR the .voaed purpose of
avoiding coui. etition, and of adopting
and p.rpetuatInx the discriminating
and sxtortionate freight and passenger
tariffs heretofore established and nam
tanned BY said cornpanie-. thus ahurd
ing no rslief To- citizeus OF the Plcrfic
Coast, and defeating tie said beneiicent
mt ut of Congress. and
Whereas, The said Northern Poetic
Rliirg.o Couu .sany nas ADDED To tni- iu-
iIstice by ad Jptin. sy stem of tariff al
Hlaeyi mt N q and
destr active to the esta blish m-nt and ex-
tension of trade and manufactures along
ils line, by charging at all interior
pyints through traffic rates TO It's ter
mini pins local rates back to the plscs
of consignment. thus compelling pay-
meut If tue larger SUN for tue lesser
service, a policy AMI practice nauifestly
Inequit.bie and injurious, aud
Whereas, On or about the Eth dav of
February, the accredited agent of the
Northern Pacific Railroad came to this
city, and after two days of earnest labor
with, and solicitation of. the members
of the Chamber of Commerce. induced
them 10 reluctantly, and against their
convictions, adopt resolutions against
tine forfeiture of tue grant to said Com
pany, and
HfECAS. .J1iiA fSooAuttohT "Ctc bol
then, a ID are not now, expressive of the
sentiments of the people of this city
and county, or Indeed of the members
of toe said Chamber. as IL evidenced by
the fact that nearly all of the members
| thereof are active participants III this
meeting, and endorse the sentiments of
these resolutions, and
Whereas, There Is traffic enough to
pay A very large percentage upci. the
fair and reasonable cost of any sensibiy
loo ited road, FROM Paget Sound across
the Cascade range to Eastern Washing
ton and idaho, and any company would
be- muniiioentiy recOmpensed for build
ing such road. without any subsidy
whatever In lands or money, therefore
be il
Resofred by he psople of Seattle and
| NJ ug county, ~ ntdsS meeting assem-
bted. That We repudiate the resolutions
adopted At the instlgatiou and ,licita
ton of the Northern Pacific Railroad
| Company by the Seattle Chamber Of
| Commerce on the 18th day of February
| 1884, and i.ttiriD that said resolutions
were contrary tn the almost unani nous
sentiment of the people of THIS CITY and
county.
Resotced. That We heartily approve of
the forfeiture bill reported favprablv b,
the III ,jprity of the Committee on Pho
iIo Lands of the House of Represent.
tives. and ask that / Deco.ne law and
that Congress bs requested To pass !,
resolution directing the Secretary of the
Interior to restore to the public domain
aud declare open To entry and settle
ment all of the lands illegally with
drawn on the line of the coal road run-
ming from Tacoma thirty-o miles
eastwardly.
ReSoired, That Congress shoaid by ap-
proprlate legislation forbid said com.
pany from imp 5sing discriminating
and extortlopate rates, and should reg
ulate the price at which all III Sc lands
to which II shall be determined the
company has title shall be sold. and for
bid the impositiou of conditions by i,
which can a any way interfere with the
free and uutrammeled alienation of the
entire and absolute fee thereof by it,
grantees.
Resolved. That the people of Seattle
and King county hereby pledge them
selves to blild, or cause to be built, q
railroad across the Cascade range t.
the Columbia River. without any subsi
dy Ia lands or money, provided sud for
fixture bill becomes law
Hesoleed. That copies of tNese resolu
tions be forwarded to the President and
to each Senator and Representative In
and Delegate to Congress. the Secretary
of the Interior and the Commissioners OF
tie General Land Office.
VIM. IL. White, Esq, was next called
for. lie was not a member of tn.
Chamb,r OF Commerce, aud cense
quently not compelled TO eat crow.
came here as II simple citizen to lend
my voice III the cause of justice and
right. place myself on this high, III.
selfish plane. and | stand hero to insist
that this great corporation, the n North.
ern Pacific Railroad Comp my, entrust.
ed with this mupiticent grant from the
government, be compelled to return the
land for want of good faith in earn ina
1t. Many years ago our govern neut
sent out wogreat and good ,nen-Oapt.
George Il. Mcclellan aud General |. |.
st 5vens-to view out, survey and loo ,te
a route to connect the waters of LAX.
Superior and Puget Sound. not for the
purpose Of enrlching few men. or
booming town sites, but to esta b.ish a
great public ana military highw ~
4 lCIosS tue Coutiuout. luey MauS the
survey, found n practical Route, and re-
ported III favor of the line running
through the Snoqaalmie Pass to Elliott
| Bay. Then came the civil war, and one
of these great and and good men, Gen.
Stew, ms WAS killed. After tiuIe certain
men ", mt before Congress and asked to
be entrusted with the building of this
road. For the benefit OF c. b. Wright ?
No, For the benefit of the people. The
Government allowed them to take tins
vast land grant and mortgage 1t t. build
the rad. The first thing the people
snow, by some hokus pokus, the man
line is changed from Paget sound, and
laid OUT down the Columbia river. Ex-
tensions of time In which to complete
the road were granted from time to
time. but these have all long since ex-
pred, and now We demand that the I'M
earned land be restored to the public
domain. Mr.. White then paid his res.
poets to Q. b. Wright, and declared that
whenever he secs man build church
for his ows ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. instead of
for the cause Of Christ. he put him
down AS fraud Some Years ago when
An tempt Was made 10 give Seattle a
black eve, the people united and bull, n
railroad that has brought wealth and
prosperity To our CITY. Mr. White then
SPOKE III fiaIter,ng terms of Willard. and