Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-04

DrsHoSoRABLE TREATMENT. - Some
weeks ago, when Mr.. Fulton, Assistant
Freight Agent Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company. was in Seattle, he
assured our merchants that IL they
would have their freight coming aver
the Northern Pacific road marked, "Aii
rail TO Seattle" il would be sent
through, and not transferred to steam
boats at Tacoma. Relying upon the
statements made by Mr.. Fulton, our
merchants tele9raphed to their various
agents to have all shipments marked
"All rail-" since which time the goods
have been 80 marked; but the mark as
we'll as the promises of Mr.. Fulten have
been totally disregarded, and Seattle
freight is transferred TO the boats at
Tacoma. On Tuesday three car loads
of hour, one of which was for O. p.
Stone, came over from Albany, Oregon.
The -four was plainly marked, "All rail
TO Seattle" and the shipping receipts
we're indsrsed "Ail rail- bat nolwith-
standing all this, the -four was dumped
into Tacoma warehouse, where 10 re-
manned some time, and vas then
trucksd through the rain and mud on
10 one Of the D. r. q N. Co.'S steamers
and finally landed at seattle. Mr.. stone
received the hour only because be vas
nearly out. but the other two car loads
have not yet been received, and prob
ably will not be. Mr.. Stone says the
transfer of his flour at Tacoma dam
aged t fully twenty dollars. Several
sacks had been rolled in the mud.
several others were broken, and
all of them we're soiled from repeated
handling. Our merchants nearly ali
have warehouses along the railroad
track, 90 that when their freight comes
by rail they can unload it from
the cars directly under their own
roofs, while ON the other hand, when
freight comes by boat, IL has to be
trucked, at considerable expense, from
the wharf to their warehouses. This
cenduct on the part of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company toward oor
merchants 10 shameful, and no honora-
BILE corporation would be guilty OF such
contemptibly small conduct toward It's
customers. Oar merchants declare they
will hereafter buy their hour in Cali
fornia and have Is come by steamer. II
they cannos get 10 all rail frem Ore
gon. The object of this Outrageous
cssduct on the part Of the Northern Pa
OH comp V80y - mAhtfo5s huu IN tWS
fold. First, 10 desires to favor their
town Tacoma at the expense Of the peo-
pie Of Puget Sound and secondly. IL
does not desire that the Shore Line road
from Tacoma 10 Seattle should pay. be
cause when that read Is properly oper-
atsd 10 virtually makes Seattle the ter
minus Of the road. II the Shore road
can ees It's legitimate traffic, it viii pay
very largely. and sven now, while CON-
peIled 10 suffer all the disadvantages
and inconveniences that are heaped
upon il by the Northern Pacific Compa.
nv. IL gays mere than running EXPENSES
and its local busiusss 10 constantly in
creasiuc. TeiecrsDs were sent 20 Elijah
Smith Of New York. John Mnir and
other officers of the road yesterday.
shoxine hev outraeeously the promises
OF Mr.. Fulton we're being disrcearded,
and 20 vhas needless and unwarranted
expense and injury our merchants are
being subjected by some small minded
narrow contracted agent or emrloyee
OF the great Northern Pacific kAiirsad
Company. -