Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-01
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roaa buliaina. Rsa1s ar bsilG plAn.ea
an slaas. and q \ aItoEsihsF psooa-
H. Ghas msny q fbsss pssisetsd roads
wisI 81 far o. ~ uag - ocEplsilon -
fors snsskar yunr ahali kags pse.ed-
whils ths vnrious railroad protests
ere BEING sbouehf o. an8 dissusasd
eummsndaa b sozs I'D ridielae4 p
oshsrA hOuspur, ~ psopis - seAtii'
assa 50 kass foaR0tlsn ons Toad-a roae
oaly q fsw niles b Isngsh and witch
aan b oonsirustsd e . comparatively
aEiaine sxpsnss, b. whioh Seasa1aial
- ths oontiunsd ps1spaxity e ths city
Prsbahiy % road W0uld Be ~ ersais'
aAvantnas e he peopie e Seattle, and
osrtniniy nons Which Oosid BE- 60
utrnotss q 20 iIiainE ~ expsnss. wsaid
b q arsassr adsaniaes. shsa sns eon-
nssslna Ne oosaE River sxtspsion q
sha osfumbia and Press s0and ksii-
rod win Ne osseads division e the
Nosshan Pssiao e fhs so-eallsd oon-
ma pofnf. sush q Fsad has lonH ben
eonfsmpIasad. as8 souas foE q uas
sasvsysd aons yssEa ara Ths connse-
tion souid b sassisd b ne sonstEuo-
tisn q only six o. sieht miles q track,
ana he E01ts prssensa 20 diAoultiss
whieh v0ald reader tbs vosk expensive.
ghort e tas distance 70 BE- tEsvsrsod
=. hsseVsF, he sonstEustioD Of he
rod wouid mean 70 TIE merchants o.
Gsalfis 9 contest On mare lAan sven
tarno for Ne trads q laEzs section o.
oountsy which Otherwise might b losi
% ~ Il vould rssdeE Tributary %
Seattle . distgist valuable fer les mine
ri wealth and Eich 10 is agricultural
oapabsliisss-a distFiet which h malta
rally 0ur svn and which musi not be
allowed 70 slip from us bssanas Of apa-
thy or nseliasnce.
The OoiumbiA 4 Puesi Sound Rail-
road Company has Iona been looked 10
for The eonstruetioa Of this ROAD. les
officials have repeatedly dealarsd that
4 would b. constructed as soon e. she
early esnpleii0n Of the Cascade Diyi.
sian should appear % be assured, and
the people have come 10 look upon its
aonstFustion - g matter Of oourss. Az
yet, hewevaF, no move has bsan made
IN the dlrootisn Of q fulliIlmsBt Of thsss
sxpeetaiiona. The matter has slept and
ne eaort has been made 10 awaken e.
THIS read must Be built. II is an Cd.
aoluis nsesssity 10 Seattle. Il eouid Be
speFatsd 10 advantage only b. lhs
Columbia a Puget Sound Railroad
Csmpanys and FOR that reason that con-
pany has been relied upon 10 construct
a. Il has iaken No steps IN that dirae-
zion, however. and "a 10 fell time that
tbs business men o. Seattle were NOV
Ina In The matter. IL there Il any rea-
sun wig ths road should not be built, Il
IA n0i apparent. Il would Increase The
yalns Of the Columbia a Puget Sound
road b. many times the amount which
~ construction would cost II wouId
viElunlly complaas q Fsuta from Pueet
Hound 70 Kaatarn Waahisgtou shorter
b. many miles Than The Cascade dlvi.
aion. u would supply . missing link
In the railroad systsm Of Washington
Territory.
Why IL this railroad MOI buihf Why
"a thia link noe sappliedG The business
Interests Of seattle reqairs an answer
10 thesa Questions. The business men
Of Beatiia cannot permit thai gap, mar
row a. u is, 10 Ftmain open.