Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-21
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TnR MtsDAS nEnsElAL
Ian nov q ursniuoos chores is
hard from that portioo Of the press OF
the Territory which 10 under contrast
mot 10 upjostiy crisieiss" the ssrfe-
sru Pacific Railroad Company. against
the passage BY the Legislature Of any
memorial TO Congress prasinR for The
forfsisare of the lands sopdtiionsiIy
srsnssd 70 that company twenty too
wears ago 10 aid In the eons'Tussioo OF
a railroad aersss the Cascade Moont-
ssns 10 Puget Soapd. which sfsnt sr-
usred By HGitstion nearly nine years
seo. This frss psss brigade ssssnss
vithoos fact or asgsmeus. and esstrsry
70 all erpssieucs and sens, that tbs
only vay 10 get railroad seros Soc
mountains 10 70 oontinue the policy
which, for twenty. too years- has failed
70 accomplish the boiIdine Of t~o h1n-
Srsd and FIFTY miles Of not ditficali
road. The Northern Pseine Company
and its iscksys have always mAsninso'
and ssill Confines TO magnify, the asfn
s.lssss in the way Of baildieR such
rad. The PosT ISTELLIoKscEn yhIos
10 no enc in the desire N see the 100
s,esioes OF our Territory united BY
bands of steel. and 10 oonndeatlf e.
pssss 10 Gee that result Accomplished
within too yesrs, and before ths North
sru Pacific can complsts Ia tunnel.
Before soethsr year rolls aroand Is ea-
peoss 70 ses even that company strain
Ing every nssve-s thing 70 tss nos
done, and 10 not doing nov, la spite oil
load saIk-to ospisse the Cascade Di
vision, and that, too, With or without
land Rraas. The time has nov arrived
when q road across the mountains vii
psy, and roads will b baiis for that
vsr, manifest reason. The land grant
having failed 10 induce the Northern
Pacific 70 baiid the line for all shes
many yssrs. 10 10 fair or decent that the
lssds should nov be z ven 70 this DON
key vhso the hay ct the end Of the pole
in the shsps Of rich tssfAs sarninss- y
What 10 sboat 70 make him polls
Tue Conmissisosr Of the General
Land Once In his sunsai report gives
abundsns facts and axures TO su'tain
The sssssssou whiob DO makes that land
grants have proved 10 be hindrsnoe
rather than an aid 10 tbs construction
Of needed railroads, eOatrarJ 70 toe
bsssnosns ietenfion Of Congress IN
making thsus. rhs eXpesisnss Of this
Territory - - fosth and subaantisssd
In Mr. Manday's Forfeiture Memorial
printed elsewhere In this paper. and the
faots sivss below oopslusiveiy corsooo
rate tbs Comuissiossr statement az
10 the psrnioioas, oorrupsipa and de
noraiis M influences 81 lana afants. %
far at least ~ she Hortheso Pacine
A
Railroad Compsny 10 soncernsd. q
brief examination Of the history and
financial oper stious Of that COMPANY
viii show this 70 % true
Not mile Of the Northern Paeiss
Railroad vas ever built at time oth' I
than when ioe oond''soe .. voc n'An
49,. A. n
siai markets vas suoa 'as' ooha' oa ="
most any security would ss''' snssos'
Tho company on nne mem vas soos''
dised OF nnsoosid'zeo' COCO gao VI III
oihsress Socn vas sns oono'''oa VI
shArs snsn Say oo'As ossan ~ :.
is'O. and soen Vas 'ne oonc''ion 70 io''
when biilisRs unosfsooA 70 Juno 'as
Missouri ana reno oofiehe D's's'on'
and the condition vas sun more fo',
vnen, 10 oaoter' iooo' n'ilines heeo
siased the general mortgage oona' YIN
which 10 conpisss toe hhs sefess 'us
noastains 70 sse fsoino' sno we
markets were sin booming Snsn 'hA'
work sss begun IN iooi'
Aimoss numeer'sss instances can De
eissd OF IRE soeoestui nosnns OF MI
Ilons upon m'llsonso o. oooo''n '''o'i.''
i''o' ioS'' ioo1 ana 'oo a0oa eoss'
pfisss pssses'ne no' Que ns,' vi voc
ssf's OF 'ne N'fsnsfn rs0'oo' s'sn
wisnoes any '.sd grant
3d. stripped OF al sopo's'fS' 'es 10
ssai sis'suds OF 'ois COMPANY nas q
ways BEEN We vih oo''o VI" foso
whenever ses ismos' we oe"f peop'e'
WI pay cur oonos' ana 'osss iano'
mus % nsso iof gar osoen' ss'h 'aeo
sins % the 'ia"es vhi advances tie
necessary esse 70 saso's % 70 pas 'ne"
inso our peose's isere nAs oesn no
nns sanos 1870 Snsn voc pf'sa's ief-
sonss OF ne individual owners sno
managers OF tnss 'osn Entsrps'ss
The holders Of the 70 called "Propris-
tasy kishss-vsrs nos amply safncisns
70 push snis vosk visn vieor. IL vm
20 oe 70 ~ snss sos lands mare 70 sne
ssssas OF the oondeoiders. because
sArsfsi sxAminAsisn Of see land shsifs
ct the oonapssy VII psooshly show thai
The grant hes bsss. and saill 10, skilfaliy
manipulated. % % 70 tuurs 20 the ~.