Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-17
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r. nj snnnal report Of shs Northern
psoies Railo,ad Company ID vssy inter
e~esn, rsedinc. TIE llruf thirteen paese
8. oceupisd 81 The report Of Presidsnt
Harris.
Nexs follows summary Of the zrRu-
msut soainsf the forfeiture Of is IN
serned land grant, made last February
q Wsshiuoton before Congressional
r,ompittsss ~ Chief Attorney George
f,r.v. "a whish twenty -siebt paees are
devoted 70 an sndsavor 70 prove shst the
conditions Of the grant 70 the corpora
don were Of no Consequences whatsoever !;
that shs Northern PaeiSo ctartsr confsrs
NINA that company IN fndsfeasiDie
title 70 its whole grsnt without refer
suos 70 the conditions upon yhlsh y
vss made; that Congress divesssd ifse'f
of the right 20 rssntsF upon breach Of
ssid conditions; that time was not Of
tbe essencs Of the contract bstween the
company and the Government; that the
rieht reserved By Congress 70 do any
ssd ill acts and things which may be
needed and nseessary toinsure speedy
completion Of said road does not IN
clude shs right 70 divssi the company OF
the unsarnsd portion Of its grant; thss
the reservation by Congress, In the con
oluding section, Of the right % alter,
ascend on repeal the aot' = invsiid ana
inopeystive; that, In fact, black ~ white
and white h black; and that the Eng
Iish language IL capable Of expressing
one idea when construed In the interests
Of the Northern Pacific, aud tbs exact
opposits when hostile thereto. lis an
argument chiefly remarkable ana
worthy Of vensration for It's antiquity
and the facility with which II has been
KNOCKED into smitherssns by half q
DOZEN reports Of Congressional Commit
tees, and will be again when Is presents
its swollen head and mnch marfed VS.
sQs before the courts Of the country.
The Auditor Of the company presents
formidable array Of figures. covering
fourteen pages. the most interesting item
being that which declares that nearly all
the net earnings after paying interest
on the bonded debt were invested In
equipment. This item for investment
IL set down at e.. 10J, 239,29.
The -four concluding pages of the
pamphlet are devoted 10 the % Land
Department" There Is coed deal of
" meat In these Of interest 70 others
than stockholders. The Northern Pa
cific sold In Washington Territory In
thu twelve months ending June 20, 1884,
l47.l50.49 acres of land for the sum OF
8693,Si1.7l, or at an average price of
over SAT- per acre. The average price
per acre Of all lands ssld by that COM
pany was $4.57, showing that IL realized
for land cold In Washington 20 cents
moro per acre than elsewhere along It's
line Of road. The total number OF
acres of land in this Territory selected
and certified 10 the company last year
by the Government iosfhfa the granted
limits was but II ,G52.32 T; within f,sdem-
nifty limits, 1876, 1893 SO total, 177.s46.i4.
The total acreage OF land In this Terri
tory selected and duly certified 10 the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company by
the United States up 10 June 80, 1884, is
1s0, 2.22. Of which but l4.G5S4O acres
are within the granted or 10 mile limit,
the balance being selected from inaeu
nifty or lieu landslide 10 mile limit
outside the grant on each side. Prior
TO June 30, 1853, not an acre had been
selected and certified In this Territory
by the company within the lieu limits,
and but 5000 acres within the lines Of
its grant, yet In the past three years II
has sold 1861 .000 acres Of land located
therein. One hundred and Ave miles
OF its railroad, for which land grant
Ia claimed, was completed In Is73-to-
wit, the section from Kalama to Ia
coma. Il calls for 2,6ss, 1000 acres of
land. nearly IL times as much as has
boon certified to that company on 40
count Of all its railroad construction Ia
ths Territory. II II belongs 10 the
Northern Pacific, Il should have been
sssessable and assessed for the past n
years. For the Is mile section Of the
Puyallup coal road. the company will
claim $4,000 acres Of land, or 81 times
,rore than ali n ha. haa .al..,., 49,,
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nau osftinea 70 IN the territory. That