Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-30

fyTEREsTIxG REVELATIONS.
.-.xfh ef North Eaktma-A sFeat
n,wG Came-Confrtbutis 20 WI.
t.rs-Dtstrfburfen or fefTtfertAi
.cor,sspondeace waiIa Walls JournsLl /
EoErH YAKIMA. W. T., May u.
gosxissstandin9 tue III o0ens Snlcn
,ro- kers and melancholy prophets nofi
y the town from wlthia AND sinsuA, IL
,oatinues so aroE 81 marvellous fate'
nd il nos has twice a. N .ny innsnIt-
lnfs as had Yakima II Es pAlniest Gays
BUSINESS men. inspired oy the iAme OF
he place. are coming from 81 oIec
800 an ,he outlook for lscAtiOn, ana /
- n ioritv Of them eoHelade toat the |
al u rssehed. and proeSsd 10 settle |
5o~n Here il where the danger viii |
! Tise and the place experience q set
bank II will grow too fsst for the /
-onntry. II will build ana build With |
o1t ms people back Of il to make the |
hni,dine nav. Tie town and it, envI- |
will resemble sa1poie IN pos
sessiug a large head with q very Insi2- |
nitieaBt foIlosinS. The country, how
ever. will settle no in time. fer II - ca
psbIe of Ciiversifd faFming. All the land
must be irrigated, bus this - CUES
tions bic dra gback 10 q country that Is
20 r,lentifuliy interested vItA streams
The system of irrigation becomes more
attractive to NE daily, as note IDS
vorkines, and see how eheapiy u Is
perfected and the little need thereafter
Of trust in Providence No record -
gent here Of the rainfall, bat old set
tiers ali conSede that il increases year
by year as the sod 10 turned under. Mr..
iAoroe Goodwin informs ms that -
years ago, when he came into the 1ak
ina valley, not a drop Of rain fell IN
a period Of over a year, while during
the psst week there were three well de-
fined and soaking rains, besides several
little showers
MAMMOTH BLUFF.
Last evening, while party were
killing an hear over apollinaris ana
CARA, an irrepressible man, who shall
De nsm-less, but who is known By all
throughout the, Territory and many
over the vide stretch OF States, as-
ruptly broke out with, LIo yen know,
sir, that the stoppaRe OF work on TIE
Cascade division Is the termination OF
big bluff made at the U. X. d n. Co.!
IN. III
heavy stake, the Northern Pacific In
tended TO bring the river road to terms
and secure a favorable lease. 1t was
expected to pat up $50, 900 on the hand,
but some one blundered--evidently IN
the interest of Ellensburg-and over
ROO. COO has been expended. A bead or
Two will have to suffer for this. Tacoma,
where all the heavy stockholders of the
Northern Pacific are largely interested,
and where the terminus Is certain to be,
can only be reached via the Stampede
Pass by building 20 miles more of road
and the expenditure of 81 500 COO more
than is necessary If the Matches Pass is
chosen. Besides this. the switch back
system is practicable over tina Matches
Pass and not by the other route. Wright
and Billiaes know what they are about,
and when ACTIVE work is again resumed
on the Cascade division, the Matches
CANYON and pass will be the scene of
the operations. viii they abandon the
road to Ellensburg? you ask. Ne, of
course not. Ii will be finished slowly,
as funds are provided, and will simply
be branch 10 tap the magnificent
Kittitas Valley"
RAILROAD HoDGEPoDGE.
My friend continued: "They talk
ABBOTT completing the Cascade road in
two years, but il cannot be done. | have
talked With the leading contractors
who have bid on the Stampede tunnel
and will likewise bid on the Natohez
tunnel, now thSt the bluff is over, and
they coincide on the point that the Dor
ing cannot be finished inside of three
years-and their three years, in talk.
means four when it comes to the accom-
piishment. Willard never intended to
build the Cascade branch. He was
working for the glory of Portland. He
was great mar, but he rose too rapidly
asd HIS head swelled in cons& qaenoe.
| The fact that he was able to draw so
much capital and from such conservative
sources shows bis greatness. / contrib
uted 1926 .0O0; Washington Territory
donated 81, 500, COO; Portland came up
with $6.000,0l0, and, Indirectly. With
| "a, 000, 100 more for the Aibina bubble.
Yes, he was great man; a second and
greater Ralston-the poor mans friend.
| Had his career not come to an end when
it did, with his greatness, he would have
svamped the nation"
THE CAPITAL SCHEME.
| Judge J. X. Lewis, of Seattle, is in
town. and with him have just finished
Q most pleasant conversation. He feels
| confident that North Yakima will be the
| future Capital OF the Territory and
State. The time is now ripe, be says,
| for the change, and an effort to attain
that end will be made at the coming
session of the LEGISLATURE. Much dis
satisfaction liz expressed with the pres
ent location, and az some provision will
have to be made for Territorial build
| inrs at once, tie Insane Asy lum being
especially In bad condition, the oppor
tunity is favorable to settle the moOted
| question. Nerih Yakima Is centrally
located, and 10 has ne sectional auta9-
onisms. Should an endeavor be made
| to relocate the Capital on the Sound,
Eastern Washington would raise a
WOW. wuuapas and wiot," and should
it 20 to the far east of the Territory the
vest would eruphatically kick. Spo-
kane Is Jealous of Walla Walla, and
Tacoma Of Seattle. Ellsnsburg thinks
she needs the Capital, but, as she 10 now
side tracked, can make bat slight
claims. The plan, as l understand il,
ia to make North Yakima the Capital.
and apportion out the various institu-
tions as sugar teats to the influential
sections. Seattle Is to retain the Uni
yersity with an adequate appropriation.
as an Offset 70 her paying one nth of
the Territorial taxes; q deaf and dumb
asylum il TO be built AZ Vancouver. as
the allotment 10 the river counties ;
WallA Nalla is 10 be given the PeAiten-
tiary, and Spokane Falls the Insane
Asylum. A glorious scheme. truly, and
one said to be hacked by the Represen-
tasives Of King. Pierce, Yakima and
Klickitat eounties, uith less fiery but
still warm support By Representatives
frcn mazy sections. As a leading in
dncenent North Yakima is 10 offer 100
acres of land, situated within half a
nile of the depot, and said TO be worth
SO, GOO. T. NJ. REID.