The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-19
FOUR DOLLAR LOTS.
The Free Gift" Bait Thrown
Out in the East.
An ADDITION NOT ON THE MAPS.
= Seattle Concerns Objectionable Meth.
ods Of Disposing OF sswildcatv Prop
erty-Its Advertisements.

W..
~ Court street, Utica, n Y The paper. which
= evidently intended for circulation among the
young people oil the Lutheran church. contains
very GOOD Class of reading, and the advertise.
ments usual in such publications Occupying
l ' snan quarter OF the last page--the pages
are smal-is an advertisement Offering free lots
An an addition to the city of Seattle In one
corner IL cut OF the King county Courthouse.
IN smother the Hotel Denny: in another the Ma
eonlc temple, showing seven stories, and in the
lest corner the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tlon, showing four stories Down one side of
yne advertisement il printed In large letters ga
Eree Lot for You," and down the other zone
eucn Chance in Lifetime" The advertise
ment itself reads az follows:
NEVER AGAIN
tunity ~ sFpoA
!. We are Just opening up our grand addition to
sne city OF Seattle, and we have decided, sim
pty q pig advertisement for us, TO give away,
eDsoiuteiy free, every second lot in the entire
tract. which viii greatly increase the value of
re other lots, which win be sold for building
purposes. This offer to donate lot for adyer.
Using purposes IS only good to readers OF this
paper VINO Will promise TO tell their friends
apout us Seattle is the most prosperous and
promising city OF the United States today. As
q y bound 10 rival New York and Chicago, the
value OF our great residence portion iron
which the saloons are forever excluded by title
Decd will greatly increase. We have free lot
1or every reader of this paper, but the values
are not all the same so the one who first writes
snd answers this advertisement will receive
deed Ior the most yainable lot, the second the
next most valuable, and on. These lots are
absolutely
FREE GIFT.
70 the readers of this paper And we hereby
agree TO donate lot to every one that answers
during the next thirty days from the date OF this
paper. Although this viii cost us an immense
sam OF money, we can afford TO do il ms gigan-
tic advertising scheme Our reputation il at
N y hat
We Aay. These lots will be decided to readers OF
this paper without any cost to them whatever,
except the small expenses OF making out tae
deed In legal form, which are as follows: Deed,
u; abstract of title, 81; tax statement, 81, and
cerfi1cate OF guarantee, 81, making total of
ga four dollars expense charges. which we re
quire you TO send US when you write. Upon
receipt of your letter we will send the deed, alb
stract OF title, tax statement and certificate of
guarantee by registered mail We want to give
lots only to those who will appreciate them,
and 30 viii pay no attention TO letters unless
they promise TO tell their friends about us and
enclose the 81 necessary for the expense charges.
We have thousands OF pleased customers, who
make the best reference: and we also refer
70 the New York GAsisspn Nation and the Seattle
The publishers Of this paper have been salts
He'd as to our reliability. This advertisement
viii not appear again. Address the Washington
yMilroad and impToveHaont Company, Pioneer
t7Hn,0p0
81 ii losT-ISrELLIGEscER reporter, who went for
SCI afni days In succession to the "land Office"
Of che Washington Railroad d improvement
Conpany,iAt room 22l Pioneer building, failed
"a ind anyone in On the door, however, was
EDte1 a zmalI piece of paper with the inscrp-
IN ri gsno one Is in write to box l273." At the
a(lc1 n J. d. Lowman, who has charge OF the
tafxag. the reporter learned that Arthur ID.
ne rented the room In question, but he
not occupy Il much of the time. Yester-
fsernoon. however, no was in The room
r. II oh.
] No chairs and a small table, at which Mr..
sxnchrane was seated. He was apparently send
~ out circulars, for he had q lot of 2-cent
*t>1mpe lying in front OF him.
When questioned, he was very reticent as to
- location of the company's addition In Sc
IR1& 'sThe matter is OF no great consequence
the people here" said he, ''and we arc not
IN 60 announce the exact location OF our ad-
Hilton, because the plat has not yet been fled"
4 In response TO further inquiry Mr.. Cochrane
confessed; 'of course we are not giving away
lots in the heart of the CITY,"
"well, If you want TO know, the tract which
We own hes between Lake Washington and
Lake ssmamish; exactly Where 1t b don't care
to tell just now Perhaps matters can be fixed
up within a week SO that can. We expected to
have the plat filed before this, but certain
things have interfered. As a matter OF fact, we
have received but one or two answers 10 the
advertisement, that the filing OF the plat does
not make much difference yet.
"Do we own the land? Oh, yes, we have forty
acres which cost $50 an acre. Since there are
ten lots In an they cost us SIS piece. We
get 81 for them, as you see by the advertisement,
but that does not net us enough to pay for the
advertising. We dispose of them in this way
only 70 advertise our land. We want 10 start
town something like Columbia: aud you see we
make everyone who receives a lot promise to
tell his friends all about it." and Mr.. cochrane
smiled blandiy.
GLOW do you reach the place? Well, don't
know that ought TO say, but it's by the boat
which runs across TO the Mercer slough
Further information Mr. Cochrane would not
vouehsafe He said that he was the land agent
Of the Washington Railroad and Improvement
Company. Mr.. :, Gimour Ia the secretary, but
he IA out OF town--aecording to Mr.. Cochrane.
The directory states that the company was or
xanizee December "A, 1890, with capital of
d owoD The officers given there are presi-
sieat. j. Hill Case: vice president, Rev. 8 Dell
Johnston; secretary, NJ. :. Armour; assistant
.arretary A. ID. Cochrane MT Coehrane refused
"a tell Yesterday who the stockholders were.
He ssid that Mr.. Case had handed in his resig-
nation as president, but that the resignation
had not yet been acted on
Mr. case declared that at the solicitation of
Rev. Z Dell Johnston he had consented 10 set
- prekident for about week, but since that
eir,a he had had nothing To do with the con-
Germ. -, -. ~ -,
Mr cochrane also stated that Hon. Fremont
cole. of this city, formerly speaker OF the New
york state assembly. was the first president of
ana ann nanv. but he had resigned. In regard
!, This matter Mr.. Cole said: "A young man
.,a,naf t,ochrane came TO me about year ago
x~ssh = letter from some one IN the East. Coch-
80 r.nrexentcd himself as having been
s,r,,,arlv ON the staff OF the New York Weekly
rr,tasss a weil-known religious journal lie
.ss.,ssi =, he an honest fellow, struggling for
ss~ailhoos for himself aud family, and when he
..kea RE IL he could use my name as reference
=. ~. business matters foolishly consented.
a.g,.rwsrd. without my knowledge or con-
-. b. had me elected president Of accompany
s.s.ri,as by him aud called the Washington
raslv,sa 4 Improvement Company. As soon
rsaund out this fact resigned and turned over
81 him hundred dollar share OF stock he had
sent me. At the same time forbade The fur
sher use of my name by nam,
ssshc,t,v after that got letter from she bust
- sssssyer of the New York Mail ead Express,
- ~ al on the understanding that 1 had
sss,ssrc 20 do with tia company they had
ss'..,.s 20 do some advertising for IL on
credit "a, ro,As,. - a.
- 49,, CONCERN and that In my opinion IL was
r.sound hsYe not changed nay lafnd since
- nall Johnston, when seen last night by
80 swrrr.yaENcgR reporter, had the follow
- - ~ his connection with the affairs Of
49, w..n,nSton Railroad and Investment Com
..When the company was organised
rer, into Ii, in connection WIN MT l. h4ii Ease
sna other gentlemen, IS business ventura 1
naa howeyer nothing whatever 20 co wath the
.etsve management OF the CONCERN, hasFcIs mold
ing stock. and never ausnoflAe1 .ne nss 81 NY
-, y, srv Of its transactions Al that time
nasae ~ si- -. y .n,slfnr some shelton prop-