Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-06
MEETING OF BusISE.s men.

A number of our leading business
men met at the ROOMS of the Chamber
of Commerce last evening to talk over
the railroad question, and to devise
some means by which the necessary
funds to complete the Cedar river sx-
tension can be secured. Mr.. Howard
Was present, and made the statement
that the company was ready TO COM
mence work Just as soon as the $4,000
IL guaranteed by the citizens of Seat
tie. The committee reported that $50, :
600 had already been signed, and that
$1,000 more had practically been prom
ised. leaving $4,000 still TO be raised.
DIR. Minor offered the following rssolu-
ton, which vas unanimously adopted
RssoIred, That We deem IL of the ut
most importance to the future prosper.
ity of Seattle that 500. 900 IN aid of the
Cedar river extension should be at
once raised. and we pledge our utmost
effort to this end.
Ii vas finally decided that another
and anal effort would be made today TO
swell the amo1nt to the necessary sum
Those who have not yet subscribed are
earnestly called upon to do so,and some
of those who have subscribed will be
called upon to increase their subscrip-
tons. The crisis is ut hand, and nov
il the time for every friend of Seattle to
come forth and prove his faith by his
works. Some. OF necessity, have been
overlooked by the committee. Fol-
their accommodation, a list will be
| opened at the office of Roswell Scott
Il mill haw The ay.
| cuse to offer that he or she was not ask
ed. Let every citizen do his duty, and
| by the first of next week work will again
be commenced on the Cedar River ex-
| tension. which road will tap the great
Green River coal fields. We must have
that road; We must secure the trade OF
| that vast and rich country, and Seattle
mast and shall be the shipping point fol
| the product of those immense and In
exhaustible coal deposits. There is but
one way to secure these things. how
ever, and that IL by prompt and unaui'
nous action on the part of our citizens
some Of those from whom the most was
expected in this matter. have 80 far
done the least. Some hold back, saying
they will DO their share. That is no
business. Let every man subscribe to
day what he Is able to. and the amount
will be raised before night. He is {
fool who will not do that which is cal
culated to benefit himself aud the com
munity in which he lives. and he is a
hog who is able to do some
thing, and who will stand bach
and see his neighbor expendias
his time and money to benefit him ahC
refuse to lend him a helping hand
Have we fools and hogs in Seattle il
the shape of human beiaes? 1t il to bt
hoped not, but a few DAYS will decide
| this question. Seattle has the reputa
ton all over this fair land of POSSESSING
a GLASS of citizens who unite and pol
together on every question calculated tC
advance the public good. Such repu.
tation ia something to be proud of, and
something that is of inestimable value
to US as a community, 80 let us not al
this time. by thoughtlessness or failure
| to act, lose one iota of that boosted her.
itage. Seattle IL the Queen City, anC
her citizens never undertake anything
they cannot carry out. They have de
oided to raise 100000, to be loaned &c
the Columbia d Puget Sound Railroad
Company to assist in the completion OF
the Cedar River extension, and il will
require individual effort to secure that
amount daring the next day or two. We
state here and now, on authority that
cannot be questioned, that, If this sun
10 raised and Seattle secures the road tC
the Green River fields, no road will be
built 10 those fields from any Other
point on the Sound, and further, thai
unless Seattle does secure that road this
fall road will be built TO those mines
from point further up the Sound. As
stated before. the crisis is at hand, anc
now is the time for our patriotic citizen.
to come forth aud stand in together.