The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-02
mi BAY STATION.
.nber Of Commerce Urges
It's Continuance.
.cess OF CENSUS RECOUNT.
- Aren't Prosch Reports Upon the
- Done and Draws Interesting
c.mpsrisons Other Matters.

-oatbly meeting Of the Chamber Of Com
-. srrau last night with the matter Of the
zs-s station at Neah bay. The letters
~ he subject, already published, were
9srx included the letter to the Port
"a Chamber of Commerce by Mr.. Kim
"A ~ inspector, stating the reasons for dis
1000 the station, namely, that 1t was I'M
--srv. The reply and protest from the
sr~rpseud chamber was also read. giving
...u.< for the continuance of the station,
"a .~el,ing q number OF cases OF shipwreck at
xeah bay Port Townsend urged thst
s-..eur inc ficient station be replaced by
<xr,.es me The Seattle Chamber Of Com
- waz ssksd TO unite in the protest On
- If General Turner. seconded by Mr.. J.
rI1utl;ne. it wss decided to join the Port
.sseud Chamber OF Commerce in requesting
he government q complete life-saving
ion ct the point mentioned.
COAST BOARD or COMMERCE.
= meeting OF the Pacific Coast Board Of
nmerce. to be held at San Francisco Septem-
u was next discussed. Judge j. R Lewis,
aad attended former meetings of this or
ton, explained that the membership of
IN the board OF commerce would be of
fneft to the city By bringing 1t into closer
1rreiai relations with other places on the
~ me Invitation to membership was &C
- md then Mr. John E. Aver moved, and
1hamber decided, that any member who
g from Seattle should be furnished
: credentials aid should act for the Seattle
-. Mr. Prosch said that the Northern
~ Would give free transportation 70 Port
End the Pacific coast steamers would give
n1ls 10 delegates.
WORLDS FAIR CONVENTION.
g president was authorized to appoint
ieIexafes to attend the convention at
61e. September Q, to make arrangements
nhington's representation at the Worlds
nbian exposition in Chicago.
litter OF Crawford & Conover complain
<at the Chamber of Commerce had taken
- sobriquet, THE Sound State,o instead
IN Evergreen State" as Crawford 4 Como
"a suggested, was laid on the table.
rs HONOR OF ". c. Hill.
EkLa Kloeber presented n resolution ex-
rdne the regret of the Chamber of Com
s. It the death of the late MIR William C.
md suggesting that committee of Eve be
elnted as an escort for the remains on the day
sre taken from the city. The resolution
9adspted.
REPORT on THE RECOUNT.
|ne report of Mr.. Thomas w. Prosch on the
ms recount was read as the report OF the
~ committee on the subject. The report
Nfoth that the demand for q recount was
uptly granted by Superintendent Porter,
@(Enperyisor w. d. Renkins gave every as
nce. The three districts where the count
lev incomplete were recounted and ,o35 names
sd In addition there were l35 names
|11ath one eaumerator lost wholly. Had it not
"a for this accidental loss, the census of the
~ would have been put down at over 1900.
[ksupplemental count, taking people omitted
hfhe regular count, secured 1921 names. The
Sznber OF these accepted is unknown, but Mr.
iuch believed that fully one-half OF them
|1se As further result of the
'ehtion the district Immediately south
"a vest of the city. known as East Seattle.
BIT Seattle and South Seattle. was recounted.
[Ening LILO souls. This region will no doubt
= included before long in the city limits. In
use gains, amounting in all TO 5,S96, the
amber OF Commercs is entitled to credit The
nsus bureau has published King County as
ring &, 443 inhabitants in 1890. In 1860 il had
and was the eleventh in rank of the sixteen
ties In the territories. King is now, by long
"A the leading county. It's gain upon the
kel the commonwealth is shown by the fact
xthirty years ago its population was between
~ per cent of the whole; ten years ago it
nbetween and 10 per cent. while today it
|nsearly 20 per cent Of the population of the
~ An important matter connected with the
nus is the legislative reapportionment. The
nber of members to which the city
SEATTLE and the county of King
&mtitled has been increased at least one or
|nshrough the action of the Chamber OF Com
1ne. With los members distributed among
4Nn inhabitants, each $500 win have a
1nbsr. That viii give King twenty members,
|tRsen more than now and Seattle thirteen. or
Number at present assigned to the whole
1my. The results of the census, gratifying to
i people of the whole state, are especially
paiymg to the people OF King county and the
n u Seattle.
3 noticn of Judge Lewis, Q vote OF thanks
= passed for Mr.. Prosch and Supervisor Jenk-
NEW MEMBERS
" H. l. Wood, of the Morning Journal: Mr..
{ Durham. president of the Seattle. Lake
IN Eastern railroad; Mr.. d. o. Finch. and
". N. McClintock were elected regular
enhefs. and Mr.. B. o. Van Bokkelen, an asso-