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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-19
THE REALTY BOARD.
twenty-five Trustees Chosen and Arti-
cles Ordered Drawn.

The Seattle Industrial and Realty Board
met Wednesday night and selected the fol-
lowing board of trustees: Percy w. Roch-
ester, John b. Denny, Daniel Jones, Ellis
Morrison, D. A. Mckenzie, Clarence b.
Wood, E. C. Kilbourne, j. F. Eshelman,
H. A. Schrader, F. A. Bell, L. K. Knapp,
]. W. elise, Stewart Smith, c. T. Conover,
L. D. Ross, Dillis B. Ward, James A. Pant
ing, Will B. White, James A. Moore, VIII
Russell, Fred a. Fay, Douglas Young,
Frank Stewart, L. d. w. Shelton, Z. b.
Livermore.
Action upon the bylaws was deferred
until the next meeting.
A list of seventy real estate men who
were willing to take stock was read and it
was generally understood that the board
should incorporate with $500 capital
stock
The trustees held meeting, at which a
committee of I'VE, consisting of l.. d. Ross,
James A. Painting, Percy w. Rochester.
II. a. Schrader and Douglas Young, was
appointed 10 file the articles of incorpora-
ton and negotiate printing of the stock.
The committee on Touring mills sub
mitted report, exhibiting Ggures show
ing the cost of producing dour IN Seattle,
from which il may be clearly seen that the
manufacture of nour can he carried on as
cheaply here as at any point on the Coast.
The accruing heneits would also be as
great. No further action was taken by the
meeting, as il was deemed best TO let the
matter go as it now stands TO the manu-
featuring committee. which will be named
next meeting, after the board is organized.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Johnson, of Walla
Walla, are at the Rainier hotel. Mr.. John
son, who came to the city TO attend the
meeting yesterday of the regents of the
State university, is proprietor of the Walla
Walla Union and one of the best known
newspaper men in Washington.
Mr.. Ellis L. Motto and Mr.. Henry Fl.
hotel. Mr.. Motto, who is connected with
the Realty Company, of Boston, is making
a short trip through the Northwest on
business.
Hon. J. S. Sallee has returned from a
hunting trip to Klickitat county. He
brought back with him a very Lne lot of
prairie chickens and jack-rabbits.
Mr. W. s. Leckie, Mr. L. Klein, Mr.. l..
S. Simon and Mr.. A. q. de Vincent, of San
Francisco, are among the guests at the
Grand hotel.
Mr.. Z. F. Mullen, IT,. Mr.. f. L. Robin
son and Mr.. w. b. Keller, of Snoqualmie,
are at the Snoqualmie hotel.
Mr. F. Rydelnnger, of San Francisco, a
prominent California mining man, is at
the Grand hotel.
Mr.. William Getty, of CoIfax, Ia, and
Mr.. C. L. Hancock, of Emporia, Kas., are
at the Arlington.
Mr. D. Blanchard and Mr.. George B.
Blanchard, OF blanchard, are staying at
the Arlington.
Mr. c. F. Peterson, Mr.. D. C. Meyer and
Mr.. AL. Meigg, of Chicago, are at the Ar
lington.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Mead, of Pierre, S.
D., are at the Diller hotel with their three
children.
Mr. j. D. Moody and Mr.. and Mrs. D. B.
Shepard, of Mukilteo, are at the Grand
hotel.
Mr. Fl. J. Wetmore of Kent, is stopping
with his son and daughter at the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Corbett and their
child, of Kent, are at the Diller.
General and Mrs. j. w. Sprague, of Ia
coma, are at the Rainier hotel
Senator George f. Thompson, Of Walla
Walla, is at the Grand hotel.
Representative J. e. Candy, of Spokane,
is at the Diller.
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aid the right of the state has gone. Congress
he's asserted the power of the government ana
the establishment OF harbor lines has Dcen
placed in the hands of officers OF the national
government.
II the constitution OF the state could authorize
the location OF the harhor lines 60 feet VIDE, IL
could authorize lines 5000 feet wide, and even
embracing the entire sound and could STOP
ships from entering the harboT. The state may
lease 10 some persons who viii put fence
around the harbor lines and make every vessel
pay toll.
The state has not been generous giver,. but
gave to it's citizens these rights on condition
that they would improve the property and
increase the revenues OF the state and help 10
build up her cities The value OF the coal bunk
ers alone is almost inestimable when we come
10 look at the great number OF vessels coming
here for coal and the various advantages accru-
ing from the increase in our commerce.
Mr. Yesler was one OF the OF the earliest pio-
neers of our city. He came here when only In
dams resided on the sound. He and others
have paid out millions of dollars in improve
ments in constructing wharves and now the state
proposes 10 take them without compensation,
but the state and the commissioners are exceed
ing their power and are going beyond their lur-
restraining power of the courts 10 prevent their
eneroaehments on private rights.
Colonel Haines concluded his argument
at 80 o'clock last night, and Judge Lich-
tenberg then adjourned court until 8
O'Clock this morning, when Judge Burke s
argument will be heard. During the
lengthy arguments of counsel the MEM
bers of the harbor line commission seemed
deeply Interested in the proceedings and
remained in court until the adjournment.
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BREyITIEs.

George Graham, Tim Shay, William
Redding and III. Thompson were arrested
last night for yagrancy, by Officers Cave
and Corbett. They are pretty troublesome
characters that hang about the water front
saloons and refuse TO work. The two for
mer were released from the chain-gang
only few days ago.
The following licenses to wed were is
sued yesterday: Charles 4. Doane and
Jane A. Stovar, Seattle; c. A. Harris and
Esther L. Rose, Eagle Harhor: Harry F.
Parker and Eldora NJ. Williams. Seattle:
John Anderson and Minnie Lundberg. Sc
attic; Edward e. Butler and Catharine NJ.
Benn, Deception.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr..
George II. Park, who is connected with
Dexter Horton Il Co.'S bank, and Miss
Jessie |. Manning, daughter of Mr.. G. /.
Manning, at st. Marks church, on
Wednesday evening, December a.
Tom King and Dan Cunningham, two
Migrants, were arrested Yesterday by
O.hcer George Sheehan. They belong to
gang that loiters about the water front and
the railroad yards, and one that the police
arc anxious 10 break up.
There will be an entertainment tomorrow
evening at Turn Ferein hall, Fourth and
Jefferson streets, given under the auspices
of the children of Sacred Heart church
Mrs. Pratt Hammond will have charge.
George Pye, i'll with typhoid fever. was
brought to Grace hospital from Kirkland
yesterday. Mrs. Teitschack and y Deg
Finger were discharged. Two patients
were received and two discharged at Provi-
dence hospital.
The funeral services of Mrs Isabel Hatch
took place yesterday morning at 1880
O'Clock from the house, at the corner of
West and Grant streets. The body was
inferred in Mount Pleasant cemetery.
Trinity church win engage in q CONVEX
satione ut the residence of Hon. w. III.
Hughes, so Temperance street. at 5
O'Clock this evening. Everybody well
come.
c. ]. Callahan, the prisoner who escaped
from the chaln-gang about ten days ago.
was captured again yesterday He will
serve out the balance Of his sentence.
Edith Nay, infant daughter Of J. Sparr.
Of Fremont, died yesterday afternoon OF
! heart trouble.
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THE HARBoR STRIP.
Ex-Governor Semple Says Bellingham
Bay Wants the Lines Laid.

Ex-Governor Semple Says Bellingham
Bay Wants the Lines Laid.
Ex-Governor Eugene Semple, who is a
member of the harbor line commission,
said yesterday:
CAS- soon as these writs of injunction are
settled in the, courts, the commission will
go ahead and complete its work. Prac-
tically the lines are laid down, but the
commission has power TO reconsider, of
course; and the most careful attention
will be given to the suggestions of the
Chamber of Commerce. Any suggestion
would receive attention, but whatever
comes from such representative and hon
orable body as the Chamber of Commerce
is worthy of careful heed.
alt is a fact that the people living around
Bellinghan bay have offered to pay all the
expense of the surveys, if the commission
without waiting for another appropriation
from the legislature will come up and To-
cate the harbor strip rs soon as possible.
The people there think that the state
ownership of the water front will be big
advantage to the city in giving it low
wharfage rates Then, too, the tide land
commission cannot well go ahead until we
have laid the harbor lines. So the Bel
bingham bay cities are anxious TO have the
lines located that the tide land commits
sion can go ahead, the tide lands be sold
and Improvements begun"
Mr.. III. II. Dearborn, who has just re-
turned from Victoria, said last evening, in
talking of the same subject: From the
start | have advocated keeping the strip as
far in toward the shore as possible, in
order to give more harbor room outside.
This is against my immediate personal adj
vantage, as | own water front property,
and would like to run as far out as may
be. But think that the more harbor room
we have the better off the city will be.
The present action of the Chamber of Com.
merce should have been taken at the start"
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AS TO RATE WARS.
Union Pacific Railroad Man Talks Of
the Situation,

"A Union Pacific Railroad Man Talks OF
the Situation.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Y. Newlin, of Fort
Worth, Tex, are at the Rainier hotel. Mr..
Newlin, who is brother of the late W.
w. Newlin, of this city, is the general
passenger end freight agent in Texas for
the Union Pacinc system. From all can
learn" said he last evening. 1.-THE Union
PACING is going to come up to the Sound
country, although it looks as if there were
going to be more trackage arrangements
and less unnecessary paralleling of roads.
Some people have an idea that a
rate war is benent to COM
munity. That is a mistake When
rate war is carried to point where a
road is run at loss--and loss is frequently
the outcome of such strife-somebody
has to bear the burden. The road must in
the long run charge more to get back its
loss. But the merchants suffer most from
uncertainty of rates. When rates are low,
they buy more than they need, and lose by
the interest on an unnecessarily heavy
stock. Then, too, with ductuating rates
this merchant who buys q few days later
than that one is given an advantage, or
put at disadvantage-whichm makes bust
ness a speculation.
"Transcontinental rates are very low
now, and if kept steady will build up
trade.
when a road is earning fair dividends
1t spends money all along its line in new
stations and freight houses, in repairing
its track and bridges, improving the road
bed, and lettering the property generally
But losing road can do none of these
things"
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DOWN ON DEADHEADS.
Proposal to Abolish Passes on
Street Railways.
THE EVIL EFFECT OF RATE WARS
Fairhaven g. Southern Construction =
Street Railway improvements -
shorter Time to the North.

The superintendent of all the street
railways in the city met at the Office of the
Madison street line Yesterday morning to
consider the pass system, the lines repre-
scented being the Front street, Madison
street, Yesler avenue, West street, James
street and Seattle Electric railway. 1t was
proposed to form combination to issue no
more passes after January l, to either en-
ployes, stockholders or directors All the
roads were willing to go into such a COM
bination except the Yesler avenue road,
whose representative, Frederick J. Grant,
refused TO go into any combination. The
meeting adjourned until tomorrow, hav-
ing reached no conclusion. One argument
In favor of abolishing passes was that it
would enable the roads to dispense with
spoilers. The pass system, it is claimed,
is wrong from business standpoint, and
renders it difficult to keep check on the
conductors. Hence the employment of
spoilers is necessary, though without
passes thsy would be unnecessary. 1t was
also urged that the councilmen, who were
most entitled to passes, had returned
them.
+. J. Grant, president of the Seattle City
Railway Company, operating the Yesler
avenue road, said to a observation-disclosures
reporter, regarding the employment of
spoilers: 1--WE have no spoilers on our
road, and have never employed them, for
we believe our men to be honest. If we
did not we would not employ them"
street railway director says of the
policy of abolishing passes altogether: Il
don't think we can fairly abolish passes
altogether. Nobody is under such ohliga-
tons to many people as street railway
company. We have to depend upon police
men to clear the tracks of obstructive
teams and employees are certainly entitled
to ride on the cars without paying. As to
the councilmen, the fact is that only three
OF them have returned their passes. There
IS no doubt that the pass system has been
abused, but it would be an extreme meas
ure to abolish il altogether
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Railroad Notes.

B. w. Garland, travelling passenger agent
of the Wabash railroad is in the city.
A. G. Barker, general agent of the Chi
cago & Northwestern railroad at Portland,
is in the city.
Thomas Graham, travelling passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific railroad, is
here.
]. w. Allen has succeeded w. B. Spen-
Ger as local freight agent of the Northern
Paci..c railroad.
The arrivals of grain yesterday were
eight carloads of wheat and three of bar
ley.
Seven carloads of cattle passed through
the city yesterday from Sprague consigned
to g. w. Becker at Whitman, on the Sc
attic & Northern railroad.
B. F. Bush, general superintendent of
the Oregon improvement Company, went
to Tacoma yesterday.
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THE UNIVERSITY REGENTS.
A Large Amount of Routine Business
Transacted by the Board.

transacted by the Board.
At yesterdays meeting of the regents of
the State University General ]. W.
Sprague, of Tacoma; Mr.. P. B. Johnson,
of Walla Walla, and Judge Richard Os-
born md Mr.. John Leary, of this city, were
present. Judge Osborn was made secre-
tary.
Mr.. Leary was appointed a committee to
examine and report as to the uses to which
the building known as the "Young Natu-
ralisss' building" in the Univerity grounds
is put If the building is being used for
the purpose of individual gain. such use
will be stopped; but if the use of the build
ing is legitimate, there will be no interior
ence.
Mr.. P. B. Johnson was appointed COM
mittee to appear before the legislature and
urge the appropriation of SIS 900 asked for,
and urge all other matters for the benent
of the university. He will also try to get
from the legislature grant of some piece
of school land near Seattle, and at the
same time get permission to sell the pres
ent university grounds, By selling these
grounds the university can get money
enough to erect better building in place
more suitable for school purposes.
Mr.. Johnson is also instructed to look up
all matters concerning the land grant of
July II, 1854, the lands heretofore disposed
OF by the regents, and the lands selected
bat not yet approved by the commissioner
OF the general land Office.
Another point to be examined by Mr..
Jonson is the quantity of land yet due the
university under the land grant; the
amount of notes and other Indebtedness
due the university.
Judge Osborn, as secretary, reported in
regard to cases in court affecting the title
of what are known as the university lands.
The attorney general of the state-so the
report ran--claimed that it WAS the duty
of the county prosecuting attorney to
appear in these cases and represent the
interests of the state. E. NJ Carr, the
prosecuting attorney, had already appeared
in the cause.
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Stole a Caddy of Tobacco.

Frank Overman was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Officer Townsend on the
charge of stealing forty-pound caddy OF
tobacco at the Northern Pacific depot.
Oyerman was seen earlier in the dav by
Officer George Sheehan carrying the To-
bacco along on Jackson street. and started
after him. Overman dropped the tobacco
and started toward West street. Officer
Sheehan was joined by Officer Townsend
in the chase, but the thief made his escape.
His liberty was of short duration, how
ever, as Townsend run across him in a
couple of hours and arrested him. The
tobacco belonged to the firm Of Fisher &
Mcdonald r.
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Passed Forged Checks.

L. E. Levy, sign-painter, is wanted for
forging the name Of the Claussen-Sweeney
Brewing Company to several checks. Levy
was employed by the urn to paint num-
Der of signs and was paid by check. In
stead of cashing the paper at once he kept
it for seed, and few days later appeared
with number of checks purporting to be
signed by the firm. The forged checks, so
far as known, were four in number, and
Levy secured about Sis from cashing them
at various places. He is supposed to have
left the CITY.
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a QUESTION FOR CITY FATHERS.
What Is to BECOME of the Grants to the
Union Pacific?

"A question / would like to see settled"
said Mir. Charles H. Kittinger yesterday
sis what is to become of the grants the city
has given to the Union paciuc, if the work
on the extension from Portland to Seattle
is temporarily suspended? You remem-
Der the Union Paci..c has right-of-way
thirty feet wide along Railroad avenue
from Smiths cove. 1t also has the strip
across the tide uats from the east side of
Commercial street to the west side of
Third street. And in behalf of the Union
Pacinc the city vacated South Second
street. Then the terminal property to be
condemned makes total OF about 102
acres.
Il do not believe the suspension of work
will last for more than few months, but
the city fathers and other fathers should
see 10 it that an effort be made to keep the
road TO its end of the bargain. We granted
a greet deal to it, and we want fair equiva-
lent in RETURN
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ACROSS THE BOUNDARY.
A Gap of Five Miles to BE Filled
Clearing the STORMS Wreckare

\. J. Borie, assistant superintendent of
the Fairhaven & Southern railroad, who is
in the city, said to PosT-INTELLfGE NcER
reporter yesterday: Our track is now two
miles beyond the boundary, and there is a
gap of five miles between il and that of the
New Westminster Southern. In this gap
we have three bridges TO build, hut con-
nection will Toe made January /. We NAV
then run through ears over the Canadian
Paci.c, INT nothing has been vet decided.
We came through the storm Yesterday
all right, and our trains were not DELAYED.
Tor We sent relief train ahead to saw
through the fallen trees and blow them up
with dynamite, if necessary"
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shorter Time on Northbound Trains.

Another change will be made about Jam
uary in the joint schedule of the Lake
Shore and the Fairhaven a. Southern rail-
roads. The afternoon northbound tram
will leave Tacoma at so p. M, leave Sc
attic at S:45 instead of 4:05 p. M, and ar
rive at sedro at $50 p. m, which is thirty
se,lro ii will make close connections with
the Fairhaven g. Southern train, arriving
at Fairhaven and Anacortes at S 80 p. In.
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Denied Rest in Holy Grnnna.

The funeral of Josephine Miller, the
young woman who committed suicide by
taking morphine, took place yesterday
morning from Bonney & Stewards rooms.
The remains were buried in Masonic Gem
etery. 1t was the desire of the girls
parents that she should be buried in the
Catholic cemetery, but her violent death
precluded il.
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Everybody Epioyed the Dinner.

Representative Albert |. Adams was at
the dinner al Tacoma on Wednesday night
given by the Pierca county Republicans
to the delegates 10 the last Republican
state convention. In speaking of the oc-
casion he said: 1--WE had good dinner
and a Jolly time all around. The speeches
were unusually line, and everybody had a
pleasant time"
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Bazaar for the sisters Academy,

\ bazaar and supper were given last
night at Chisholm's hall for the BENEFIT of
the Academy of the Holy Names. The
fancy tables had most attractive display
of articles made by the sisters of the acad-
envy and their pupils, and a splendid mu-
steal and literary programme was given.
The bazaar is TO he continued tonight
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Railroad Men Dine Together.

Several out of town railroad men were in
the city yesterday. E. Oscar Stark. for
merly ticket agent at Omaha for the Chi
cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha.
passed through on his way to Bellinghana
hay, where he viii become assistant to ],
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Rainier Arenue Road Nearly Ready.

The dynamo for the Rainier Avenue
Electric railway will be here today, and
will be Immediately placed in the power
house at Hills brickyard. Cars will prob
ably run over the road before Christmas,
and must run before the new year in order
that the company may earn its subsidies.
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The Astoria s south Coast Road Sold.

Portland telegram announces the sale
OF the Astoria & South Coast railroad to D.
Z. Thompson, the banker, and late Re-
publican candidate for governor OF Oregon,
Tor $4,000. The road runs from Smiths
Point, below Astoria, to Clatsop Beach,
4 distance of seventeen miles. It was
built and put IN operation last summer,
and was intended a. part of line c. p.
Huntington was 10 build from Portland TO
Astoria. Mr.. Thompson says he viii
sell IN
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TO BRING THE ROAD TO TIME.
The Belt Line Called Upon to Repair a
Renton Street.


The county commissioners heard the
complaint of citizens of Renton in regard
10 the usurpation of one of the villages
principal streets by the tracks of the
Northern Pacific e. Puget Sound Railway
Company for the Belt Line railroad. The
citizens complained that the street had
been INSTRUCTED and ruined. The railroad
company had secured its right-of-way
from resident named Smithers. who had
previously dedicated strip of land thirty
feet wide along his land for the street.
After hearing the statement of both sides
the commissioners issued an order
to the prosecuting attorney to
notify the railroad company that
it must fill the street to a level
with its tracks. and place proper crossings
at each street intersection, and in theevent
of the work not being properly and speed
lily done to commence injunction proceed
ings restraining the road from occupying
the street with its track.
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He Thinks the Union win Build.

TACOMA, Dec lS-Vice- President Pres
colt, of the Northern Pacinc, today gave
as his opinion the belief that the Union
Pacific had already expended too much
money to suspend work permanently on
its Washington extensions.
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North seattle Gable Road.

The substructure of the North Seattle
extension of the Front street cable road Is
completed as far as Thomas street The
rails are expected daily, and when they
arrive trackiaying will begin and follow up
the laying of the timbers. The pulleys,
which were made in Seattle, are all ready.