Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-07
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We htse ssassvsd sbe agss nEsIhsF 81
tie YaazEsa sss, wss,A, s0eoFsasrz % iss
satisfactory, - - not a,EsekiY or raiorsaiI.
bot viii naks iss ap,Safsacs sAsass7r
tie soeNi psS5as os Yakima CITY s@s Is
20 vuhiish IL - viEttis@ss sad 6sfsEs'a
thsss eisJ sEd property fts'na tse stacks
u any aud aIl psssosa shss are ssskinis
By false FeExsa-usatiozss 10 sfaas sfss@s
ead rsssdsg thar ksKass and pFossFfJ
sorshIsss.n
In other words, Il - 70 ks ses SsgaB
Of tie psopIs Of Yakin-s Ctsy 70 s5s
ssrnegls for the life Of sseir sosn, which
ths short siehssI polisJ Of shs stSgEssrs
PssENs Railroad TOM gsny and iis had
spessi&sing allies hsa foresG spoas ssess.
Ths YAkiHs CITY tFsafsla 81 Only COS
more disqualification Of the gssslSaf
thaory Of saiIroadiitz entertained b
tins northern Psaifs taanaasEnsnt-
With few sEssp$iors they have rejsesssa
sha established town, wkaeh lad groSa
40 Ia the eount1y .ravsfssd Sy their
Hns, and have soaast to create nsv
loves bseatsS 1p0r htDds owned By the
company OF By souss of ice ssFeestss.
Portland is The only bid easy whieh hss
escaped 8 visitation Of this railroad
clan. Every other ,Sas along ths Inns
has sither been siishlsd by she sS1pany
On has ssen rivals backed By railroad
inaasnss spriag sp 10 the t@srit0Ty tri-
batary 10 u.
This Effort b. " move" faksma City =
the latest aud boidst attempt IA th&a
Iins. Here an established t5vn Of a.
most th0nssnd inhisiatants, is 30 aorf-
psssely ignor@i by tbs company thai
srains ran directly through Il Eith0ns
stopping, 70 Gsposit their freight and
paassnesrs al tbs depot Of q railroad
town located three and half mites
away. The laitsr had no sxisssaes -four
naontha ago, 4nd is started purely a. =
spsouIatioz. Out u thslF kindasss 81
hssTt, however. the railroad owners Of
the nss town site offered lot free "a
ell residents Of toe old town Who wouid
CONS 10 swell the population Of she ssw.
Bslns sf The Ysaiina psople availsd
themselves OF this ,1ff,r. The greater
number. however, did not, many being
unwilling and Others unable ~ move
10 the too towns LGRin rivalry whieh
eanno. bat be LASTING isiary 10 fakins
county.
The people Of tais old tawn mast leok
forward 10 bitter and long con.inaed
struggle, With ths Odds against thea
10 far o. thsir rsiyais fostanss sre aoi1
oerned, 10 would probably BE- better foi
them 70 yseld Al onas and take ap theiI
residence wherever the autocfat maj
cheese 10 place .llsm. So far a. ths
principle at stake "a concerned, they de
ssrvs the highest eomnsndasioa fol
standing by their city. II the North
eFn Pacific hnds u al easy matter i'
move Yakima In the manner attempted
no town Or city in ilIs Northwest eoalt
feel secure, and sAsh one would b.
liable 20 be shifted about one or m0f'
times, % this os thai pSftisaiAr cliqas
al landowners secured tbs apper hand
In the eouneils Of tils sompang. With
Affairs tn saeh a condition.. ths baildini
Of Large oiiy in the Northern PaeiAe'
territory would be impossible. Capiis
would shrink from Investment, sud ID
people wenId beoonis AEn,oss as nomadi'
10 thsir habit. ~ The Ar,bs themselves
They would not, hewavsr. have ih'
Arabs freedom 10 eitooss che aro4nd os
which 10 pitch bis sant.