The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-31
AN OLD PATHFINDER.
THOMAS i. cANFlELp.s Work.

THOMAS r.. cANFlEl 0sR Nr1nw
- Aspsaes Aals-EalnlleA RrophsU
- New York Peaitleaa raaaer
:
Among the enosb at ths Dainler 4 : vhifa-
haired, white boasded I'd ronflemen s whom.
- muah = . any otaer. ~ PACING Northvest
Owls ~ present aaeo Of dovelopmert IA 4
Thomas n CanneId. 81 Burlineton. ". ana IS
y the ptOnoeg railroad builder a me Nor4hveef
having boen tho chief promoeer a the Noethern
faelnc rnilroad. He e Hss Who buflt he ANT
beginninu Of the Chicago = Northweetern ~
tam In 1162, : system which nov cornpeaaee { 90
miles Of railroad. He setd is the couy.e 81 -
interview with Pos1.Inrr1r1oxrcrn reporfer
yeeterday:
IT was Whfla hnsfdin~ s,ss ,,.a 4, ,es. :.
1854 hist eeye nv atterfiar er6 st,,1. 3, ~
idea 81 conssynctinc srrc ~ .,.st -. = -
1dsa which had been advoc.fed s. ~ GS,ssr
r. johnson. Of Bnf1fnston n 8, s,.4,.e-. -.
ineut - his profes.ioss g ~. .ss a
II viaised he sonnd fventv vss,. - -, !
vf.ffee n.~.. ~. - Sasy yeaxs - Wn.n
s Denny Thers 49,. ,Saa :. ls ~ sno =
at Seattle ana none n 1s~cr.. -'s~s 1920
I'm 1871 i rissfed ~ &c., = r.,.-. -.
U00Ine z 80 ~ vw,,xS,n 49,. k.~..,.-
1aeoma nov q h.,t -rs.h -. 49, =.
dense forest Whst =. s 49,
now q ne .s.,,-.... neIe
tnen thought wouid be the resulk then be-
nsvsos ana stu believe, that the great city Of
we recinc coest viii b on the waters Of the
coanes tne Ae0ieerxaueen Of America / don't
Wnem h1to the tmpr0vomeuts afe great
- ~ aEe only the beginning Of great future.
sl .. same - VAN the cities on Lake Superior.
psueve me Northern Pacific railroad = des-
uu0u % oe the Rreat highway acrues
tne continent Il y the only ro4d rum
nlae from the lakes to the ocean. and
- nov sending vast commerce through
we iak0 ~ way Of the eault Ste Marie
canal One third more tonnage passed through
snat canal which cot only >sOoo,ooo. this year
- ~ $500 snfoaeh the saex canal which cost
soO'uO when We get the now locks built
.of winch Ne ere aaking on appropriation Of
So.OuusU0 nom the government. We ahall In
clesse the tosM immensely. By working night
anu usy tney now pass eighty-nve vessels
soiou8n tne iocks IN twonty-four hours, and
Win only fifteen leet Of water the LOCKS foat
- 10y cs1Iyang lW.ouo bushels ct grain. The
uew i0oks VIII g1vs Is twenty-one feet OF water,
ma tnen tney can pass veasels Of 10000
Dusne1
~. Vanusld y ABOUT q years OF ago and still
- NE iuu vie0r Of mind and body. fact
wnicn ne attributes . his abstinence from IL
cononc drinks ana tobacco. He il in the city
on private bustneas and viii leave here tonight
.o1 ourhnsson, which has been his home for
1osV yeexA
Nj. d. Il. Afnavorth. ar eandv Cvaet N.v
York. Il at the Rainier hoeei - Ain..c..h
thopah san : vonnr NAV hsa . r.rr,s,sr., 5.
being one 81 the hesf iurv - vnr. n hi. scs-.-
oswego. Last year he might have had ~ ofhcs
az conntv ,,n.sers, =. 80. =.
the Repubiicsn n.rtv Int IN oc. ~ ;1 n ~ s
enough g meke Il Al indncemsnt - sccert
He Il looking through the West and NAV ~.
hape locate here ssMv wife $ ! wsesSrn
woman" said he last NIGHT. sand has aIvsv.
wanted 20 get avav from tha Fast a A,.t
thoueht Of cominr no furthey th.n Nsn-.sr..
but now that / am out here, IN atronsly Il
favor Of Seattle. and NAV. indeed. aeftle h.rs
You have everything 20 nromise : erest sntn,s
for the city. everythinr ia indnee s nan -
come i ehail atav hare anma davs ~ .~.,rtr.
the business condition. herr .
M. Aiusworth has been prominant n Ma
York ssase poli.ics ana for forr yeers ranresent.
ed his county In the lower branch. The assam.
bly, Of the New York iexfslafuse Nd, -. ~,
tsrm. that OF 1seo. Be- VA elected -ffnont on-,<.
sition. In speaking Of the poiitacal onnfittionn
there this fan he said: II fhink ~ nsmocrsts
really have M hono a. carrvin~ tha levfsis,r,-
and Of electtpe : senator "a sucneed Fvsrts
The talk now q that chauncsy n. Depew csn
BE electod nnnator IL ~ chooses = ~. ~
pl0co. e&CHeJ0xY yt46Y n not much nD0k n
and state senator Fassetk whose chancas No.
boeu much discussed would have 10 vais IL
M Depew wanted it--eud he could AFFORD to
wait, for he s. stiil Young man. m NJ nenav
Il recognized g I man who womb rrnca thn -.
sitiou ana think ali parties vould aecer.t hiu,
without opposition for nothing can - rr0ea
against him. and everything can b aid fnr
him."
Nj. Ainsworth was . central figure in what IA
one Of the most farnoua POLITICAL chsntara IN
the history Of New York state and 81 waa :
leading actor in two Of the most dram.tsc
scenes that ever took place in the New Yurk A.
sembly-scsnes which the writer had the for
tune 70 witness.
The matter in questson va the notorious
ssceiling scandal Of the winter of 1859 Tha
legislature OF 1858 had ordered the stone ceiIing
Of the assembly chamber TO be replaced.
Through some ones carelessness or connivanca
the contractor had been allowed to subst,trse
papier mache Tor OAK in the ceiling. The a.
sembly OF 1852 ordered an inyestiea alton of the
fraud, and the appropriations committee az
which Mr. Ainsworth was chairman. va gfvsn
the work OF con Quoting the investigation.
The committee did not get along fast enough
TO satisfy the Newspaper correspoudants ana
they opened q hot Ere ON Mr. Ainsworth from
Ill parts Of the state. He ID not . large man.
but he II compactly built and full of burninr
energy.
Reused by the criticisms ON him. he made hfa
reply in one OF the notable speeches of ths -.
sion. Hurting his defance q the nevspaper
men, he declared that he was conducting the