The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-27

Port Townsend il : Fever
Heat u Excitement.



rsss - KAssy De1ses.
PoEr Tesxssss. ~ T.. Nay H.
The streets of Port Townsend It this
boar % p MI arr . srene o. f1rmoil
and not. The Coast seamen's Cnion
hare lust forriliy tsken from bosf
The sailors shipprsi for the ship suma-
TIRE. although the sailors were wiling
70 %. The citizens have II last woke
up and the exeitemeutis At fever heat
6one Of the citizens ere arming them
selves, and Il these sailors are found
they win b. forced on board The 6uma-
ira n any cost Any resistance on the
part Of the Coast SeAmen's Onion viii
be resoiufely mes. and ~ both sides
appear 70 be firm, riot il immipenS
sheriff sheehan has just taken the
union agent 10 his ONCE, apparently
under arrest The action Of the union
caps the climax Of outraecs, and the
citizens are thoroughly aroused. This
Il the second attempt Of the union
this afternoon 10 prevent the shipment
Of sailors ON the Sumatra.
TACOMA TOPICs.
Ipseressang Meeting 81 the city
Cesse1l-GsaeFsl Budget
TACOMA. May B.--At the meeting Of
the city council today Orchards street
railway ordnance providing for .
cable or electric line from Pacific ave
me up Eleventh to X streets and
thence t. Thirteenth and 80 to Pacific
avenue. Was put upon its fourth read
ing and final passage, 1t was con-
sidered by sections and number OF
amendments incorporated. Hall the
line must be completed within one
and the whole within two years; ten
instead OF two round trips must be
made per day; salty brakes are re-
quired: the company shall plank and
Keep in repair two feet on the outside
Of each rail.
TnK QUESTION OF TAXATION
Was discussed az length. J. H. Hough-
ton offered an amendment Tin keep
ing with q similar provision In the
Bennett ordinance) that after three
years the council shall impose tax Of
not less than one nor more than three
per cent OF the gross earnings. Liliis,
/ Collint, Steele and Zinram favored the
amendment. J. b. Houghton and J.
d. Caughran, however. opposed IL 50
stoutiy that Mr.. Houghton, saying he
did not wish 10 be an obstrucfionist
and there aot being n majority in
| favor of It although there were five),
withdrew the amendment The reason
advanced by J. b. Houghton and
Caughran were that the amendment
was arbitrary and calculated to defeat
the enterprise. No one could tell what
three years might bring forth; the
company might be running at a loss
and in that case il would not be fair to
compel them to Day tar. 1t was
better to trust to the coancils to inn
pose tax when such was proper.
Mayor Drum suggested that the
| funds for such roads were generally
raised upon their bonds, and that such
| q provision would greatly interfere
with the selling Of bonds and thus de-
feat the enterprise. The amendment
was withdrawn.
The work Is to be done under the
supervision Of j. II. Houghton. The
work on the Bennett road had been
poSE TO SUIT BENNETT
And without regard TO the rights or
interests Of the city. he said: the road
had been planked in many places but
one foot on each side of the rail, al
though the ordinance requires two
feet in many other places the ties
extend beyond the planking so that
driving over them is impossible. This
road Is down now" he said, land We
cannot without trouble, perhaps, cor
rect Il, but We want to see that such
work Is not repeated"
Neither Eleventh nor Thirteenth
street are graded, and after consider
able discussion an amendment was in
serted providing that the company be
not required 70 put down the road un-
Ill they were graded. The ordinance
as so amended passed.
OTHER MATTERS.
/ Notice was given the council that at
n meeting Of the fire department A. +.
Hoska had been re-elected chief and
Emil Kratz first assistant and I'm ae-
cordance with the expressed wish the
elections were confirmed.
The plats of Chambers and Rail-
backs adnitions to the city were APP
proved.
Upon request OK person desiring
an expression from the council, q
motion prevailed that in case a saloon
keeper wishes to sell out. his license
may he transferred 10 the purchaser,
subject to the approval of council.
A resolution to condemn such land
as is necessary to extend Jefferson
street through Spinning's and Byrd 5
additions was passed, and the matter
Of Strengthening the balance of these
additions 20 conform 10 other streets
was referred.
By resolution the city clerk and
| attorney were instructed to get printed
blanks Of petitions and all other mat
tiers for the relief of COMMITTEES and
citizens having business with the coun.
ell Council adjourned.
THE BENNETT LINES.
1t is positively stated now that the
street railway will he running on Mon
day. Some difficulty has been expe-
rieneed in getting up Ninth street, as
the rise from Pacific avenue was
found TO be so abrupt that the plat
form of the cars hit the rail. The diff
ficulty was remedied by raising the
grade slightly. II is also stated that
Nelson Bennett will begin labor on his
cable line up Ninth street on Monday.
THROUGH THE TUNNEL.
Tomorrow, Sunday. the trains on
the Cascade division of the Northern
K Pacific railroad will abandon the old