Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-14

YAkima Farnsx.

An EsDsGsaNf PEoPER.
Yakima Farmer.
Ine pt0ple hereehoafs feel veFy sors
ogss tos rflIUsy eompan5 paIIinQ OF
~ ~ sFainh e1eept three q geek saeh wsy
Before the railroad vas bailt, vs hsd
osaly PASSENGER, express and mail ser.
zee ff.tD The Dallss for years pa.
Inc railroad, owned BY . foreign cor
pofataoE that spends bas Iittls money m
oaE m.dst, has managed 10 get ali s.ail
sesvics ~ the Yakima country Suspend
20 txeepl On The daily stage 20 Eilens-
nqrR. the cross mails 10 Konnswoek and
rort siaieoet and hsss IN violation Of
tfb daily mail contract fhas the con-
pAiny made. arbitrarily redacet tbs ser
woe from hsre 10 Paseo Jsncfiou 70
tnree times q week. The postmaster
here and 81 Paseo. and every ofiss oa
she line should rspsFt 20 th department
each and every failure Of the company
to perfoism the daily mail service, and
sss5set this proud corporation 20 .
heasy hns for each odsnss. ThiAes
hare come 10 pretty pass when Q cor
poration that spends bot little OF its In
come atnong the reopie, can hoId the
Rovssnrnent 70 q land grant Of millions
Of iAcref. WHISTLER the road is built In tAe
time specified in the charter, or In ten
of nfhHn years thereafter, locate the
grant by the Hkagis route In '73. noat
the grslnt over and locate it By the
sn0queiinic route In 10 and again move
Il 90 the Yakima and l3tampeds route IN
~ without permission Of Congress; and
asn run rough sh0d over the people By
moving the towns Of Ainswofth, Pssco
and fakima aeninst the will Of
prepasty holders and disoontinas the
oorstfustion Of the road indefinitely;
legisisfe % - 10 exempt all its lands,
rolling stock, mines aud other property
from taxation, and then manage 10 de-
prive ns Of daily and other mails. that
10 had fcx years before the railroad was
built. A petition has been teleQraphed
TO Washington asking that the daily
serpife on the oars be exaoted. We adj
visa the rlilroad company that Il viii
be bsss for them II they press their high
handed outrsees Q little less, % they
will find more peopsein.favor Of radical
Fefofm than those who wrote tbs letters
10 President HarFis, threatening the d.
strnffion Of Ainsuorth bridge and the
road bed. The Farmer does mot advise
nor aympAfhizs with lawisssness, bat We
writs this open letter in pure Friendship
and love for the railroad company. The
pectde are exaspeEa9ed, and no portion
0f tl,e northwest fsels the wrongs tn
ilsssd more than the hitherto patient
settlers of Yakima. There is not today
single man In this section Of the
sorIitFy who would on any jury trial de
eide except a. against the Northefn Pa
ciiie Railroad, and Who would vote kt
any eiecsion except against ell railroads
and IN favor OF tbs restoration Of wagon
trains and stage coaches Is preferable
mediums Of communication with the
outside worid.
Tbe plea for pulling Of the service 10
thai u dosa NOT pay 10 opsrate the
tfaina, yet We are Informed that the
Oaslcade division has been yielding Q
handsome surplus In earnings over and
above the operating expenses.
Many business men, aRrigulfufaiists,
Rr3Eefs and miners have been indaced
% ,sn9aae IN bosiness along the line on
thu strcslgth of Giided Representations
THAI have bsen made as 20 what the
railroad company would do 70 develop
ths oountry. Tho enterprises that citi-
zsns have gone into are 20 Be left to take
ess's of themselves. Individuals are In
formed BY the acts OF the company that
ths,y may conduct their business at .
iosa, but ~ for the corporation doing 20
for single week. that Is cot Of the
question.
Handreds Of hemes have been msrui-
iessiy aud mereenaFiiy broken up, and
huadreds Of new eomeFs hass been de-
Iuded into settling here by tbs Foseate
husd MISREPRESENTATION made, and
now all are 90 bs dropped and left on
uatensble ground sotake care Of them
selves.
In the United States Governmsnt has
not allowed itself 10 s4 Fesolved into Q
railway government aImply, and with
oua shadow Of aehauee for the masses
70 have proper recognition Of their
riahta, the Authorities ct Washington
will sarcly take ooRnizaacs Of the series
OF 0utrklFes that have baeu heaped upon
this oomnnnity and see that the laws
are equat bly, administered and abuses
corrected; and II the Federal powers
allow Justioe 10 be biindfeided In sne
sye. and the optio on the ether side Of
khe fnee 10 continually wink at the
snpngs imposed By corporations, the
people will BE- held blameisss By the
prsss u they seek their ewn remedies,
By Huoh blows O. freemen have IN every
aQe Unlisted &c Q dsrRicr resort.
AZ 70 IL not paying 70 ran trains
daily thai Ia not eorrset. for an observer,
counting the numser Of tickets sold at
North Yakima oa Manday, compnssd
thai the sum Of money resolved from
ons days salrs would pay the expenses
of apsrafing she train three days. II
mails are carried only every other day
the company receives only half 90 much
paw. Hesides the inooavenience 10
mails and passengers, the tfi-weekly
sahe(7uIe detcrs Strangers from visiting
shhs place. They figure thss Il Q ooun-
try, doomed aa CHS has been, will not
sappoFt ! daily train, this b ns country
Tor settlers. The large shipments OF
psrishalilc fruits, Vegetables and nsh
will fall ef materially.
The policy ef The railroad company
sstfns u be 10 stranQis The country, and
eagNNially North Yakima. One mef-
ehKat told us tbs other das thai be
hoin1hk load Of prpdnca Of fafmer
fripea Kittiias, and thst be Immediately
drove bis team ON 20 The Dallss. whare
he ooald bay bic Supplies 70 eetscr I'D
vanlaQe than here, because The Oregon
RAilsay and Nsvieation CompAny's
fraiaht rata b proportion1tsly lower
than the Northern Peciie Railroed
Cumpany's rate 10 North Yakima.
I'm >empany thas ve have % deal
With here seem 10 taka every oocasisn
10 = hresthe the word of nrsehise % shs
ear And break h 10 the hsss and nos
thlAt they ima8ine they have this town
cufrAkxh enc of Ne oe5sIAla says be
. will always 90 back a. any csntrace
noh redpos6 % writing. and that u h
cur enenHiez thaf - xnant ieok eas for.
% caf frien6s will take care Of thsna-
seivss.s
'Fhs psopis exaggerated ~ saeh .
eoirss sFe - ion0er eispsssd 70 endure
tAaae WRONGS pakientIy.
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