The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-26

An Tnafgnant Protest Fzom . we'll
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IA fna1En8MS fEu1Gst Ez0m WFf1-
Known Citfzsn.
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To~Hx EnEron. F0r q waHk @ sWo I kxvs
Iooked exresni1y izs0 the magning and evenfas
papers q seaftss tor stroaz. Indignant pT0<esf
Agktnst fhe isweTsax of Second street, w@seh Ehe
ssrees semmfsstons< 10 enssssd apon. bit. 70 ray
graz surprise sra merttfezttoz hare 3coksd
II vaEn
ne g-xas Of Seccaa sf-esf wzs. sozne time
etnee after mature des3bsrztion. estshlieh9d ~
isw. cuzfsrEzshly 70 sEzis Grade. eoStis business
blocks hsve been ezscssa On TIE sass side Of ne
seFecs. one Ct fheEa- the Bas.cz block, cess he
Puses sonnd imp-0EemeEt Company over flzss-
&C. Other expensive Azoeks hare been planned
= accordance with tbs Krxde.
A aozlbls i1ne eaecfrse street railway las besz
hs1slt on s5e street.. The Grade wss satisfactory
street. #hfcA Is fast sprz1gsng into srn7oFsMncs
= haMBe3 street. II eveT grade was iexsiax.
rTupe-iy and satisfactorily est4sizaeds Il WIS
fhas Of second street Yet what 90 we seq
Ef3ncax the eozeuxxence az tke ewnerz Of the
prpEax1y Aicnx TIE street. wsfh0g1 any ncsaee q
warning 90 then: wasaoms 9nT Consideration Of
their rtghfs o. regard for tie aesTy investments
made ~ fAen n TIE ereefscz Of h1Sinesz
bIecks Epon IL. wifhos1 needing the wishes and
-fghfs ct the general pzAlfe. who sre % BE taxed
fer the work now In progress On that street.:
without any care for The arpezr2nce and h1<s-
nezs ennTeasenea q seasflsss lex4ing retail
street. the city azfhexfties pguceed - lover Il
severkl FEET. and 70 In5ure & permanently IS .
esnrnerezAi fhsronxhfare.
The work OF vandalism proceeds wifnont in
tsvruptIon Eevsa ON sanEsyA ~ e Il haa heen
orikzned by . sHprsna and angry power, whom
- ucrtsl wussd dare 20 resSzs-
where IS ozzr bnMsee6 rwblSe gr1rits Was Is
consumed n TIE co1zaEr2ss8n Of Jnnee Were
are The men EAo, tust after that catastrophe
ssoQnently demanded new. Symmetrical. beat
tifui Seattle where sre tia men who APP
pasa<isd tAat dez-aad 20 the eehos Are they al
dead and bnsie1s Wky Is the Pages Sound Izn-
pgoversent conpsnv silent.
Why are Al the other property owners On the
east side Of the street sfIense Do they al accept
the outrage az sort Of provfdcut1al visitation,
watch if we're profanity 70 qaesftOny Everybody
one meets CO the street expresses indignation
a The hzrbArisn. Why DO not the principal vic
nenf against ixg are they lacking in pubic
spirit ard moral courage whilxt they remain
Inactive. the rev sr&perS and general pubic
nay be excused from doing TIER whole duty.
II this great wrong Be perpstrated WsthoBt
evoking pablo disapproyal IN n emphatic way.
nay not tire city sathorfties reasonably count
upon public submission 30 any and al manner
Of arcags and onsrzges hereafter A SQUAD
pubic opfnien w0ul6 not tolerate the Second
street outrage II such opinion prevailed here.
the sU.-nge would not have been attempted.
The lowering Of second street. affects in5uri-
oakiy large part Of Seattle, and particularly
Third streeR For several blocks north OF Cherry,
the lowering virtually makes Third street fnae.
cesSlhle from the water front for business puF-
pessE- The grade was sleep enough before loE-
eFinE. II IL row too steep for bHsfness. Other
streets east Of Third wei as the czoss streets
are injured: and a. business replaces residences
On then. they vii feel this injury Increasingly.
1ust after the Are IN the REPEATING oE the city.
II was wisely decided 90 raise the grades On Yes
Ter avenue. Commercial street, and al adjacent
streets, fo- The purpose Of reducing the grade
between them and the streets lying eastward,
and thus rendering the latter streets mere easy
Of access. The lowering Of Second street ID q
reversal Of this policy.
L Seattle too busy 20 pause and consider the
slfuation7 Was lie enthusiasm for metropolitan
system and symmetry. last June. mere Cash IN
the PAM what Il II going 70 DO aeons the inde-
feasible lowering Of second street, Why Is this
work OF destruction carried on q . time when
the eifys labor forces gre sorely needed On other
ssrestEe ". f. Boone.