The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-14

ported because it might authorize th>
eon nsssscn - ernpsoy civil sagineer
isEric~-I TIE commission might assu
eznp psoy . psle-siriver Or Aavshing siss
that might facilitate is work. There
= as little legislation IN this as IN Anv
SEXTON thar has he<n ssscpses. II
merviy reserves this ssriP cf water
front IRON sale.
BE sgJssyKD IN TIM rxrvcsFTs.
Stiles helieve In establishing har.
ssor Inrs. and | don't ohfecs ~ rs h<-
ing rlscsd q la the constitution knt |
do obie<f 10 this swensy-fezr foot
limit Let the commission make the
lsnc where il - seSt Cites would ie
BY this limited in their improvements
70 = nA-row strip that mighs he at q
cossssderahle distance from the shore
hnes What l want Ii the cities 20
make the greatest improvements that
viii do the CREATES; good.
sTff1 AxayRxR soLrricS
!. ssowryi dem think the hands os
legislature ought to be tied. and offer
ihe following amendment 10 the
amendment.
ssstke car the frs; Sx lines ana snhsss.
~ Y +xzt lstaAN8fbE
'ssEFTfaS /. The iexfsssfure sAaa ssraxs.ss
BY sAw fs,s .sscariax sis.f xSsahlssAirsc h.r~
Dor HINES IN she nasssshic " ssssS IL all bar.
tssss. estaarzss. lays ~cI In asss. ID siax sssse
wherever the same he xtsAia as Ia srou,
81 she essfseTafs limits ct Any city,
The committee al this point arose
and teak recess until = c'eiock.
Aftern.on ssssgon.
olysFEs. Aug. fS--in the afternoon
Crowley asked IL IL would be I'm orler
To refer back the article on elections
and electoral rights, defeated this
morning. 81 the committee with in
stractions Ia make new report. The
chair responded that IL would not un-
less unanimous consent were given.
No objection was made and the article
WAS - referred.
The convention then in committee.
resansed consideration of the article
on harhorS.
wEIss MINORITY RECONSIDERATION.
Convey asked aud was granted leave
10 Withdraw bis Amendments "a give
Mr.. Weir chance to introduce the
following
The legislature shall provide sy iaN for
uniformly establishing hArisor lines along
the asreor sgssIatAre of syery city now Ia
eeTisornfed within the state, on the shore
OF nssigzbie toe water, aud when such
barber lines are 80 established DO privilege
OF franchise shall ever be granted to any
individual Ut corporation f0g any s.rsastasrs
y ahasftcr % exfera het0Ess. their limits 81,
ward such navixshie water. Every aani.
cafai corporation - situated snau have the
right ~ extend is strects and htghwaes
across sny intervening shore ur tide lands
10 such limit, and shall have iaii fower ss
safatfel, for TIE purposes Of whsrves- wsre-
houses, and ktncred improvements the
entire lsngsh Of its hsrsos iiae ar frontage
so established ana limited and the area
between such limit and thu hoe OF orsit~
nery low TIDE. and such area shall never
se siienaied ffoln the state hy LEASE, grant
of Franchise. bai such area shall he for
such purposes under control OF serh mani.
eipai corporation. subject. hewever, 10 ss.e
Superior right OF the state 80 resume con
;roi cf tae same 50 any fime-
DIFFERENCES EsTwYEs rHg ErroRTs.
Weir then explained bow he came
To offer his minority report. The ma
jority report and the minority report
differ in this. The former fixes an
outside line Of minimum depth; while
the minority report places no ressric-
~
ciple sf both reports ~ 20 give each
city absolute control for the purpose
oi regulating Wharfage and warehouse
charges. The cities. Il will be noticed,
are permitted TO extend their limits.
There Is another Importance between
the tao. The majority proposes that
from the outside limit to high tide the
lands can never be alieaaied by the
state This j. what the speaker pro-
posed 20 combat.
Dnrie inserlosed an objection that
this was not what was proposed.
Weir-i haven't Yet finished my
statement concerning the majority re
port. The substitute proposes that
where the outside limit il established
by the state, the srea that shall not he
sold shall extend only TO low tide.
The commenGsbie feature oG this is
that II enables the commission To suit
the lines easily 10 all conditions. N
the reserved area IS to extend to high
tide mark IL will take up nine-tenths
OF the tide-lands of PnEet sound. |
don't know that IL wopld in Seattle.
but IL would in Port Townsend and
Tacoma. The speaker then went on
90 speak of the merits OF the two
and declared against the
policy of leasing the tisic-lansis.
The speaker dweit for xeme time
upon the tide land question. and occsl-
pied the attention Of the convention
for fifty three minutes.
wuEaE TsE LINZ worLp Rgx.
ksnnear answered by claims that
the substitute would locate the harisr
line apon The shore between high and
lo1 water mark. IL says that the line
shall be locates ION The shore Of nsvi-
gable tide water, and this could not
mean anything else than what IL said.
PRIVATE IsTrREsTs NOT PARAMOUNT.
Turner said the substitute was the
same as that which had been voted
down this morning tpower's amend
mentl. He recised the objections
which had been urged this morning
by Gritfitts, Stiles and others Now
Weir claimed that this strip, proposed
by The majority report. would obtrude
upon che private Interests Of riparian
owners. The case OF Barney ".
keokuk. ai United states Decisions.
" as cited by the speaker a. the latest
aud best decision on the subject of
riparian rights. Ira this il WAS heisi
that the state l. owner Of the tide
lands. and can rclinqslish ia title to
riparian owners or can maintain il.
jast as il sees fit Ii improvements
are in the way OF this measure the
state might pay for them. bat why do
these people who never had title to
the tide lands obsrtlde their supposed
private rights against public interests
Riparian owners never had any right
10 tide lands, except 20 wharf out to
deep water.
THEy sEk ALkEAby RxsDNPGssxp.
Bark-I want 10 tnow IL the gentle
man means 20 say that these PEOPLE
who have come here with millions aud
invested Ia sharve-. rsanufaetories
and canneries are intrndersg
Turner-i did not say anythiag OF
the sort, but 30 say thai for eTsry
dollar these people have put In they
have taken out three and have il IN
their pockets nsw.
In the Barney Va. Keokuk case
cited by Turner. the csty authorized q
packet company ani railroad COM
psny 10 fiiI in 20 feet below high
water mark for railroad ard naviga-
fion purposes. Barney claimed the
fee under water 10 the middle of the
Mississippi river. The cegrt held that