Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-25
DAILY PoST.INTEllIGENCER'
seuR SUGGESTIONS AND CoRkEC'
TfaNs.

A., torther contest against the eisim
- the Northern Pacific to one-third OF
the public lands of this Territory NooI0
rostnone construction of the Cascads
R,snsh. and thereby delsy the grown
of tAis city. We srs not disposed 10
argue a question of 50 vital ana para
mount importance to the present ano
,,,n,s welfare of Washington Territory
t,oro a merely local standpoint. H. a.
claimed by the Herald, forfeiture OF 'ne
1.na Gran, in aid of the Cascade Branch
vould result in delaying completion OF
G mnch desired railroad tsn years
which We do not admit nor beiieve-tne
onsat,ou whether speedier completion
vouIa be worth the price demanded
vould even then be worthy OF discus
zion. The Northern Pacific proposes 70
charge for building that road forty
.auare miles of land for every linear
mile Of railroad constructed This Iand
in situate in the heart of this county ana
,he claim embraces On the east side OF
the Cascades. half the beautiful and
fertile valleys of Kittitas and Yakima
Il will include half the coal and timber
i.nas from Puget Sound TO the Cascade
Mountains in a strip forty miles wide.
Are the benefits 10 be received comrneh-
snrate With the price demanded : Even
al local proposition is it good business
sense 10 pay such price for railroad
at this time We sincerely think 'ne
ur,ce too great. We believe that We can
oct a railroad for less money. We think
that business demands and assured 10
gisimats profits will secure a RAILROAD
over the Cascade Mountains from Sc
attic within the mex. Ave years. We are
promised one IN three years, but have
NO guarantee save the greed and Tears
OF the Northern Pacific, management
that il will be built. =.
The Hsrad "cannot honestly adfni'
that the Northern Pacific Is SUCH q
grinding monopoly "a the Central Pa
cific Of California" Perhaps not ; II
il vet Young in this Territory and its
Cylinders" have not become fully de-
yeloped. Wait and see. II has begun
we'll, and certainly 10 an apt scholar
No sooner was CONGESTION made via the
the O. X. d N. Company's road with
tide water at Portland and Puget Sound
than il entered into pool arrangement
with the Central and Southern Pacint
Railroads with the avowed object OF
maintaining the outrageous freight ano
uasssnpsr tariffs enforced by those com
uaniss. Ii was alleged at the time this
agreement was made that bonus ol
100000 Der annum was 10 be- paid BY
the Central Pacific and Southern Pacift
Railroad Companies 70 the Northern
Pacific in consideration of its subscrip-
ton 20 this agreement. However that
may be-, the rates have been maintained
practically upon the basis then estao'
ished. Il has, moreover, adopted and
daiEy enforces the discrminatlve tariff
programme of those roads, whereby IN
terror points along its line are compelled
10 nav higher rates from the East and
West than are charged for through
transportation or in other words, y
charges greater price for lesser ser
vioe-s principle aud practice arbitrary
unjust aud which should be made lille
gal by national statute. Ii initiates
other land grant roads in neelecting &c
take out patents for lands IT claims az
earned for the purpose Of escaping TAI
alton. it has not yet meddled greatly
with local politics, bat is plainly enough
paving the way TO initiate its before
mentioned prototype. In fact, 1t II
treading in the steps. following tho
course and will develop policy and o.
say to practice methods identical Will
those which have made the Central Pa
clio synonym for brutality. tyranny
corruption in government and q terror
30 every one who dare oppose its
schemes Of spoliation.
The land grant TO the Northern Pa
eifc Railroad in this Territory alone ID
worth in gold more than all the land
given 10 tie Central Pacific Railroad
Company In the Territory Of Utah and
State Of Nevada through which over 70(
miles Of It's road extends. Tha'
railroad runs for hundreds OF mile'
over desert wastes, not susceptible oi
cultivation and absolutely verdure'
less. Not ten per cent Of its whole land
grant In shoss regions IL or can be made
marketable. Such Ia not the case viii
respect TO the Northern Pacific grant IN
this Territory. A very large proporticr
thereof 10 marketable. and some Of it,
no thanks 10 the cerporation--has BY
reason of contiguous settlement, become
already very valuable. The coal land
Il claims are not susceptible Of vslua
ton at the present time. Those Of the
Government are listed al go per acre
and are not easy 10 obtain. There Il
really no comparison between the lanc
grant to the Central Pacific and that q
the Northern Pacific. Besides beins
double In area, tina. of the latter Ia vast
~ more valuable. Admittedly this land
will Be worth more when traversed By
railroads. They will be built as bust
ness justifies. nor II we may judge Oh.
future by the past will they be con
structed prior TO thai time by the North
srn Pacific, or any other railroad com
pany.
FuNNv.
That was funny editorial In last eve