Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-05-04

pseiaiiy s0onE cosposssioos, Of eseao-
ltsssd posttioe and eousosssb.s ssssass.
b tsssTd esnssssstisu. LIST veil
eeossh ssons." IL one Of the nsSias
cf :asisi; and in old ard conservative
comnunisies IL Is good aud safe rule
Of business. Bat 10 q nsv aud stirring
CITY, where eset month MARKS . dissines
inesesss 10 population and In the vol
ums u basinsss. more iesSrisieR
ret1ot 10 essential. Ia Seattle. for En-
ample. TO '.ies well esoaah alone" -
sh tiras. voaid be 10 ten behind the
procsssien;" snd In the esss Ct shairs
cansse.ed viih ins pab.ls Welfare. 70
obsansf tbs progressive uaovsmsnis Of
TIE tue.
Tas spiris shies 10 noi content With
well ssoagt. :" ba. which seeks % make
the most Of every opportunity, has been
tbs salvation Of sssts.c- This spirit
has osaqaefed. Ia part. tbs greedy DIS
crinieasisn Of tss Northern Pacific
sailrosd agaiSs. Ssasls; !: bss dsvsi.
o9ed the oozl mioes sdjsosn. n ibs
CITY; 10 has ESTABLISHED . trade osesnisa
Goa here and heid Tbs osssnsss OF the
D uud Bssin; IL is pov gushing a rail
road across tie Cascade mountains into
tAe Colnmeis River Bsio and another
aioag The West Coast 10 British Coiam-
bis; u IL creating maDasas.orss bese.
aud la bundfe1 otner Ways II pro-
msting toe iatsrssss Of oar city and
Territory. Without this spirit. Sat-
ties many Advantages would have been
naiIi5ed by tbs outrageous ps.isy Of the
Nosthsrn PAe,ds, aud What 10 nov
o!iv. pre-eminsusly lhs city Of tbs Pa
GO. sosni Blsln aud u Washipa,ou
Territory. would have oesn . say mill
siiisEs. OF, At m9ss, small local trad
Ing point.
Hsvieg won this splendid triomrh,
Seattle mus, not sit In idlsaess and fall
bsbina Der opportunities. 10 enc CT
two masssrs Of great pobiia importance
thsre are s.sos Of ls,tsray and to thsss,
: pastiua asics private ssleadships. which
can never be asIo~ed g. ssent IN ths
way OF public duty. she Posr -fxTsLLi.
orxoss mus, now rsfer in plain terms.
Ths water ssfvios Of the city is moi What
II onett TO be. The Spring Hill Wafer
Company. vhios practically has mo-
nopoiy OF this important service. 10
not mse.irg Wish proper energy tie
growing Dr. msr dshsrr. Mains adspted
20 thu wants Of a small town are not
saited 10 city Of twenty thoasasd pop.
ulaiioa. ircfeasir= a. tbs rats Of nearly
one thousand pr moats. Larger mains
10 the mare coapast parts Of the city
sse Ieedsd irparasivciy. 10 the 1ssss
Districts development Ia hinuefed 30.
cause there Is no va'er sapply 81
oil; aud there IL TO movement
on the CART OF tie water oSm-
paus 20 msst thess pressing re-
Quirensnts. Jackson street, Madison
street aud other streets In their never
extensions need water aud ought 10
have IL. II 10 the duty OF the Spriua
Hill company. Is . public carrier Of
water. TO soprly il; aud II Il does not
supply u ptenpsiy OF is own motion
the city council ought. Ia the public in
sersss. 20 apgiy the strong hand OF au-
thorsty. There are methods ~ doing
this effectively and the ogunoii ought
TO see that they ara applied. The cor.
poFaiion water sssvics 10 notosiousiy
bad. fss amount paid BY the city IL
snfiiclens GO h deemed excesxiss by
uanyl for pessecs ssfvlse. hu. the
cisy does NOS have tat what cost to
tho pubic u IL noi necessary "a this
time 10 set forth.
Another irs'snee-although the CITY
pays a large srm Ger elesrss lighting,
larger Ia proportion than any city on
The Pacific Coast, rs ssfesss are wretch
eds alsuaai ~ n.sh,. Here. TOO, there
Ia argent demand Tor regulation by the
CITY council.
These are matters % hiah pahiie i'm
pessanes aud as sach the fosT- ISrxLti-
assesa treats Of then In .erms Of plata
Criticism. Fsiealships ats Gee private
life and rsasri Tor persess Who M, he
interested IN tns eG.sr.risss under re.
viss shall not psessps the truth tell.cS
which a. this tins sssu4s essential 10
tha rabiic sooe.
Very shortly there will oe city cleo
ttoo When eosneiiasen u..i be chosen,
asd here Is sae cspcs'anity to enforce
ncess3 tsfesase. The eeepls whose
welfare Is isvolvea IN ass selfass OF
Seattle, saenls zee Ia " taas only soase
are elssss4 veo wia ssan5 Cor sae serve
fte Tahlie Interests.