The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-15

member of the council had . draft a. The pro-
posed ordinances granting this iranchiee. In
council meeting af the council chambers In the
presence Of citizens not members Of the council
or connected with the railroad, every provision
Of the pfop0 ed ordinance was gone over;
changes were sugUested and made By diR,rent
memben Of the council. new and more stringent
provisions were inser cd. until ae lengtn
the ordinance stood the strongest In the
public interest of any that had hitherto
ever passed the council Never have known
the city council " take more care with an ordi-
nance than II did with that one. All this - per-
fectly well known here, and It 4 an inexcusabls
outrage for you. occupying the ofhcial positi n
that you do, to attempt to give currency TO the
stale and exploded ISLANDERS introduced into
your letters. AZ soon as the Northern Pacific
found that the Great Northern had determined
foreseen It would do, its tactics OF obstruction
It bcnt every energy towards preventing tho
Great Northern from coming hers. 1t sought by
every means In III power to get the city 70
break faith with the Great Northern II was
then Tor the frst time that hue and
CRY was raised against Railroad ave
nue 1t remained for the Northern Pa
tiic, the ancient and steady enemy OF
the city. to discover that Railroad avenue and
all the franchises granted In it were great out
rage; and 1t sub gested to the city the repudia-
ton Of all grants made In the avenue. But all
such Efforts pr vet unavailing, and the result
WAS that the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific
followed the Great Northeru in quick successi0n
70 the city. In very short time the trains OF
these three great transcontiuental lines will be
running into this city, competing for it, uamc.
In addition to this msy say that shortly alter
ward did everything In my power TO AID the
Onion Pacific IN securing franchise into the
city and upon Railroad avenue. Ever since the
LAKE shore was sfartel it had been the earnest
~ md Af I n ~
the Aanitoba-now the Great Northern-butld to
Seattle. It was foreseen by all that II the Mani
tobs could be induced to build here
seattle's grest future was aosursd
beyond all doubt or controversy. 1t
has come here. II - now building its 70 lro ID
sands OF dollars into the state aud will ng
millions more. And all that It has ever ssked
Of the city OF Semitic 10 the privilege OF building
its railf ad into the CITY, the very thing the city
NEEDED above oil thugs else You nave now
the history of Railroad avenue and Of the iran
chises granite to il What 10 there in that his
tory that any one need be ashamed Of? Do you
think that a. an officer OF this state you are do
ing your duty to your employer wHen you
spe1d the time for which yOu are paid IS day
in abusing and eliminating me for the part
have taken in opening Railroad avenue and as
sisting in bringing Of railroads into the city?
Dies such conduct comport with your
iOIty COucSptlOu u Out!s OVu you. SuAuA
you would be better and more periodically
employed: don't you think you would be
serving your city of North Yakima and your
state better ii you bent your efforts toward
getting one or moro add tiOnal railroads into
the promising city OF North Yakima? This
avenue Ii pat To the best possible use it can be
to serve the pus.lic. The people Of this city
found IL an unused waste OF waters. They have
made IL . handmade to com nerce, of incal-
culable benefit to the city and to the state. You
have displaye throu. Tout your letter special
malignity ward toe Seattle 4 Montsna Rail-
way Company. The public may we'll wonder ct
the evidence you have gwen of your bitterness
toward that company. How has the company
offended you? Ii the explanation of that
malignity TO be found in the fact that.
while acting - one Of the board OF
harbor line commissioners in Seattle
you approached the PRINCIPAL oficef of
the Seattle 4 Montana Railway Company with
the suggestion that the company should lease
land Of yours in the neigh borhood of Salmon
bay for . purpose for which the land was plainly
unfir, and that the officer. knowing your Official
positl. n, very properly declined to comply with
your 81 gesti0a7 Was this the rebuff that
opened your ey . TO the wickedne>s OF the Seat
tie 4 Montana Railway Companyf Bat think
one OF the most shameless and impu lent state
ments in your whole letter il the following: "If,
some years ago, wni q joining In the hue ana
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, because Of
tts land grant, Judge Burke and his associates
could succeed in hoodwinking the city Of Seattle
into making grants and franchises Of
an Illegal and unwarranted character, he
should not 60 into Mysteries because, al
Pac nc Railroad Compe ny to hold those grants
and franchises, he finds the same tactics will
not succeed with the state, nor has he any right
TO compla q If the members of the board of har-
Dor lire commission refuse to become part ceps
crtnsanis with him and tn m in schemes which
are nothing more nor less than plans BY which
tie state may be robbed and plIndered, It's leg.
isation nuliifed. and commercial interests OF
inca culable value, when should always re-
main under Its control, trans erred to a few in.
dividuals and corpora IONS" Let Us anslyxa
this for moment The only franchise that
aud my associates got IS me years ago" was
the franchise for the Seattle, Lake Shore 4
Eastern Railway Company. Aud you have the
matchless impudencs now to say TO
the people Of Seattle and Of this
state that I Joined in the 'shue and CRY
then being raised against the Northern Pacific"
In order Ito hood winK this city into granting
the franchise to the Lake Shore road. Do Won
mean o ssy 10 this CITY that the hue and cry
against the Northern Pacific was then q false
one? That il was unfounded? You have the
effrontery to go further. You say in effec that
the franchise granted the Seattle, Lake Shore q
Eastern Railway Company By this city was
illegal and unwarranted. AMI that was in some
sepse criminal for getting the city to grant il
On that point the people of 81 attic will answer
you Let them say wheiher the mann who
makes such statement 10 q friend or IN enemy
OF this city.
In conclusion, have this to say: That II your
plan for doctoring she harbor of Seattle should
be carried out 1t would prove q calamity to this
CITY compared with viii the long and oppres-
sive Determinations o. the Northern Pacific.
and the desoiaion by hre, would be but the
merest tribes, aud this opinion IL shared with
me by the ahlest aud most far-seeing men OF
this CITY, THOMAS BuRKR.
Ex-Governor Eugene semple, member of the
har00r line commission, was In the city yester.
day. THE hearing on the harbor line in the
courts Will be b.. Id on the 10Th. - said he. ..and
Attorney General Jones, OF spokane Falls. with
Co onei William r. Prossef, the chairman of the
comm - on. wilt arrive in the city on the 18th.
shan have hand In the defense OF the com.
mission in the coHrtA I have read Colonel
INrELLIoEEcER, and 1t states the position upon
winch he commission is practically unsni-
NOUS. do not know that should concede N
much to the other side.
"As to the chances of compromise I am not
prepared to say anything Al first the water
front owners came to Us with proposal which
was simpy preposterous, namely to nut the
inner inc q depth Of ifry feet at low water.
In hat case the line would clear ali the existfne
wharv,s and the purpose OF the constitution
end statutes would be practically uui,ifiad
The plan OF the state IL to have the water front
owned BY no individuals, bur by the state. AZ
that the valuable VIVA # priv eges shall not get
Into the hands OF corporations or porsons Win
may ge m mop lies but that these uriytleoee