The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-02

Tacoma Globe.

The city Of Seattle IL beginning to realize the
truth OF what the Globe pointed ont som0 days
ago. viz. that by granting the franchise it did
20 the Seattle 4 Montana railroad, 70 has practi-
caily shut out all other roads in the country. It
has put 10 throat In the hands Of Jim HiIl Of &C.
Paul Two weeks ago the town went wild over
the announcement that IL was 70 b made the
terminus Of the Great Northern transcon finertai
route A special meeting OF the council had
been held. st which . rightof- way sixty feet in
width. the whole length OF Railroad avenus,
running through.shs city from north TO south
along the water front. and much more
valuable property. for freight yards. ETC., had
been voted away. 4 local company, which had
long struggled between life and death. bat
which by TRANSMISSION Of blood from the new
monopoly nov seemed 70 have new hope of life,
already held . forty foot right OF way, and only
twenty feet were left for Gil the other roads that
shail ever come this way. To Set ono tranocon-
tinenial connection which cannot be made for
at least two years 20 come. three great lines
already built via: the Northern. the Union and
the southern, were shut out forever, or else left
10 get in Is they could through the favor OF the
monopoly. to which all the city hsd to of,er had
already been given.
More than this. the coed people Of the town
had raised . handsome subsidy to secure the
proposed tfanscontfnental connection. whose
nearest approach was still many hundred miles
away. Old moxshacks who had never Siyen
anything for any parposs before had come down
literally and surprised everybody. some Of
them had siven sso.ooo. ssD.oO and even 10000
while more enterpEianz people had been quiss
- liberal Is usual and even mole So In every
way the town had done the handsome thine
For . fev days II MAS supremacy happy Al last
plans were perfected aud the means arranged 10
put IL on an even footing with it, young bat
iusEy rival Tacoma
But the Joy ~ having gos IL IL being RAPIDLY
fs4t xIas{as ~
for IL II 10 not the auaoans given that appals
bat the tact that % little remains Railroad
avenue 70 only 10 feet wide. IL can never b
made wider. - Is already covers al the T.ound
lying between the steep side hin on which the
city 10 buili on one side and the bottoalsss hay,
whiea seattle calls harsos. On the othes. OF
this 10 feet the seattle 4 Northern and fss asly
the seattle. Lake shore Eastern, owns 100
feet Only twenty feet rsnAsns For tais
twenty frst two great inxs airea4T here and
ready for bassness. have pstaroned They also
need and have asked for taif share OF shs 100
feet guaranteed 70 the monopoly. and sesstie u
hopeieeiy hunstng far some plan by witch
they nsy BE accom- nodase2- A special meet
Ing OF she coancl has neen called sos nexs
Wednesday - consider The matter. ana refer.
ring 10 the oesecss Of that raeecng me posr-Ix-
rElIIsEScEa Of yesterday hopefully says.
Representatives Of al the rcsds snrersse~d.
sncladins al who have received ana Ill vAc
sesk priviasgea VII Be invited 70 nass with The
council spon shas occasion 10 coasadey. prssun-
ably. vAys tor s6sc<zng . settlement shas viii
be mutually sasisiacsosy. Eoue zach vay ces.
tssniy ought 10 b. faurd Thaos % WHOM prsv-
Legss have airsady been sraassd ore tAesr Cd
sansAes waoIsy % ne fscs that sAey have snnrsed
sAsmsssves 20 - trus h1snAs 70 TIE inssrssn at
tAe CITY And havs ossn tuxseA q ssch. TAey
have ncw TIE opensfunasy % demansxrnss shas
sais eooAfecss wAs susfsaed hey cuxAs q -
willing an4 ~ Relieve VII . vssl3n9. . soka