, 1888-04-12
Dispatch From the Mayer of
Seattle.
sPEEC HES BY THE PRESIDENT OF TIE
LAKE SHORE AND SEATTLE r. -
ROAD-JUDGE BURKE, PAUL
MOHR, AND OTHERS.

Shore and Eastern railroad, arrived in Tins
city and at once repaired to the Grand,
where rooms had been engaged for them by
the Board of Trahe. Later on they were
dri ven over the city in company with A.
NJ. Common, IL. Bolster, A.. ii. Clarke and
Mr.. Patterson. The visitors were evidently
very favorably Impressed with tue city aud
expressed themselves as agreeably siirpriaed
at the evidences of its rapid, yet substantial
growth. AT noon, lunch was served at the.
hotel the party being joined by several
prominent citizens, and in the evening u
company og thirty sat down to an elegant
little banquet.
Eurly in the evening our citizens began
to assemble Ia the Opera House, aud AZ
$50 o'clock, when the meeting vas called
to order by Major Routhe, the house was
crowded both ilpur and galleries.
Mr., Jas n. Clover was elected chairman,
and called upon Major Rputhe to explain
tue Obj cot OF the meeting.
The Maj or stated that the meeting had
been called to consider the proposition of
the Seattle, Lake Shore aud Eastern rail
road 10 begin to build their road westward
from this city within thirty days, provided
the citizens will take stock to the amount
hit. which the city would derive from this
railroad are obvious. 1t will stimulate trade.
enhance the value OF property and assure
the prosperity OF the city.
Judge Burke, attorney of the road was
then introduced and said he had not been
in Spokane Tor seven years, and while he
had heard Of tue rapid growth of the place
he was not prepared To &c. the wonderful city
of to-day. Spo, ane Fails migbt,well be call
ed the surprise ofthls surprising coui try In
future she would no longer huvet to contend
with villages, but with cities. Nature has
been lavish To the place, but natural adyan-
tages are not enough to make city. That
depends upon the people, and at the invi-
tatlon Of the Board uI Trade, President Me
Donald aud himself had come to talk to
the citizens of the best way to make sure
the future of the city. Until place
has two railways its progress must be slow.
To becOuie e great city "a place must have
many railways, but to have many it must
have at least Two. Not only does the com
ing Of the proposed railway givea connect
ing link with the coast, but 1t means that
from Spokane the road will be extended
east.
Continuing he said the part of the road
now in operation is ing better than any
road in the west. When the road is con
tinued to Spokane IL will do as much trade
as the o. X. IL n.
Among the many advantages accruing to
Spokane are that the construction of the
road into the Big Bend county will bring
this years crop from that district into the
city, and that fact will double the popula-
ton within eighteen months. (Great APP
plause)
When a place has but one railroad man
ufacturers will not come. BY January there
will be connection with Vancouver aud
flour from the Spokane mills can be taken
there and shipped for China, cheaper than
from Oregon.
The proposition of the railroad is liberal.
The railroad has been built on the princi-
pie that the line on which it hasl been
marked justities the construction of the
railroad. They want to come to Spokane
because they want the citizens to cooperate
with them in the construction Of a trans
continental railroad. Spokane will get tho
greater benefit now, but Seattle is looking
to the future. The road asks the ciJizens to
take $l75, 900, Of stock pay able as the road
progresses, not q dollar asked for until $5
of work is in sight. The traffic in coal alone
on the road to-day amounts to ) LOCO u
day and by August next the daily traffic
will amount To $500. The road runs
through very rich region which assures a
heavy traffic. lti now paying double the
amount which was represented to the cana
talists who furnished the money to con-
struct It,.
In eighteen months he ventu red to say
tHaJ tue SIOCh Will De On par, but ~ IL WIS
not worth a cent on a dollar, the offer made
Spokane is a glorious one. The city can in
the year 1909, have population of loO,-
600 and the country can sustain city OF
halfa million, Tue citizens cannot afford
to sit still and not make an effort to i'm
prove their advantages. The Indians had
them for years aud what did they make of
them?
In conclusion he said that he hoped to
see the two cities bound together by
bands ofsteel. l.--Spokane the metropolis of
eastern and aud Seattle of western Wash
ington.
President Mcdonald was then called up.
on, but stated that he was not u speaker
and could add nothing to the remarks OF
Attorney Burke.
Mr.. Paul Mohr was called and in grace
fu manner stated that he was IA worker not
aspeaker aud begged to be excused. ZAP
plause).
Mr.. Winston WAS then called upon aud
said that the proposition was 81 simple one
ard the answer equally simple, the citi
aens must go down and dig up the mon
ey. The history Of Seattle aud Spo-
kane is suilar in that they have both
rose against great odds by the pluck of
the people. IL has been said that some-
one is going to make money out OF the
road. lf that WAS not true we would not
want To see the road come. We, like
Hnaided, and il The outside world will
not give us chance 10 get at it we will
make money out Of each other. [Great ap-
plause,l Ho favored a liberal system Of
public expenditure.
Whatever nioney is spent oh improve
ment comes back TO the pockets of the
spenders on Saturday nights. This is IA
good system OF protection. [Great
applause and laughterl He regretted
that the territory or municipality could
not subscribe The amount necessary TO
build the railroad. We wantcommuniea-
ton with the outside world, and then II
they can get the best of us they are well
come to do 1t. The present meeting con-
stitutes great crisis i'm the history of the
city, and would go far to decide its fste.
There is ~ use to wait for Mr.. Hill OF
anyone else to promise to bring roads.