The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-02
WANT 10 BE ANNEXED
Citizens Of the Suburbs Discuss
tho Question.
SCHOOL BOND COMPLICATION


oonGl0er he pgupoGitiou q anuexakfou 70 esatr
q, the poOpae q Fremont and TIE othsr north
esn subufhs net n Fremont hall q hat p1sco
last evening 4 large crowd ~ n attendance
md r. =. HIM. a Grsen lakav ~ unanimously
cA0sm chairman
The Fremont bcas hard fur1iGAed musie and
tended - iucreaso The enthuGaam Of TIE crowd
In fsw words Nh. Hin thanked the meeting
for thus houoring him, and then sxplained Whist
Il had ben called for-to discuss the all-inpof-
tnnt question Of Incorporating Fremont Edge
water. Labona, Roas, Green Lake and Boulevard
within the city limits Of Seattle. With . few ex-
esptious The crowd ws heartily In favor Of
auz.fioas the only dmHisy arising vps the
se1ool bona question Thspeopls Of Fremont
hid q slecsion tody TO gose SlSooo worth u
school bonds and Il W. sseknown whether tie
voting Of thess bonds would have any tendency
10 cause trouble II the town wm annexed In
other words, the people wanted to know whether
Ffemont would have to be responsible fog the
1900 worth Of bonds should she vote b annex,
or would 6eattls stand her share Of the bonds
without dispute.
The chaiTmaWWns In favor Of annexatson and
after addrsssing the meeting briefly, he intro
duced Judge William D. Wood. who spoke -
follOws:
~we aFsnotm et hers tonight 10 maksspeschea,
but 70 compare ideas b. asking and answering
question: A ron know. / live up at Green
lake, and you Ill probably know that I'm IN
favor Of going into the city. II mistake =
made, Of coune IL VIII AFFECT N more than IL
VII you Who are nearer 70 the city, bat think
I'm right. and for one am willing 70 tAke my
chance& When We approach this question. We
Of e0urse, want to consider The Indebtedness.
Now, Seattle - in debt. and We are not, but that
should NOT b taken q IN argument foE cur mot
going ineo tho city, for Il r settled
TACT that he indebeednam a the city
previous 70 The date of mnsxations
VII mot a6ec4 ~ In the leask We
shall mot have 70 share the debts Of the city
that We did not assist in incurrins: Seattle
VIII have to stand good for her own debts Il
We 50 In now No wiz mot have TO pay taxes fce
ISL Some people want to incorposats ana
some do n0t, While Others want separate cor
poration. II Fremont had been included
in 6eattle's limits two yea1 ago she
would have had two people where she
| has one, and would have 3 where q IL now in
vested 6eattls has mot half - attractive places
| - either Fremont or Edgewater, but these
places are now rendered unastractive b. their
| muddy and ungraded streets. II We are In Se-
| attic we shall have our streets graded and have
many other public Improvements made.
~Fremont cannot initiate Ballard yet She can
| not have manufactures until Ballard Il built
For time, ct least. she must depend upon her
| excellent residence sites q means Of develop
menk Whsn the canal comes we shall have
| nanufactOsies and our property VII 90 up.
There r no use in talking; We cannot build
| up here By ourselves, for We must have monsy.
We have everything here but money
Judge Wood spoks at length on the money
loaning question and argusd In favor of annex
| alton from this standpoint Continuing, he said:
"Some people think that IL win cost N mor5
| 70 make improvements out here IL We have the
| city government make them, but when you sift
| the matter 70 the bottom IL II the only proper
| way to make public improvements. Il every in
| dividual only improves his own property, the
| work does mot harmonise. Everybody's business
q nobody's badness Such public works should
| be cone by the government
The objection u made that the city govern
ment Il extravasank Seattle had to bear heavy
expenses since the IRE: but that IL over now,
ard believe that In two yean We shall have
one Of the cheapest city governments on the
Coast o. anywhere"
Referring to the school bond matter. Judge
| Wood recommended that Fremont people allow
that matter 70 rest until the present question Of
Incorporation b finally disposed OF
'sSome Of N are Of the opinion that We ought
| to wait until Fremont Il larger, and can have
more recognition from Seattle before No moor
| ponte within her limits think II ID . wrong
| opinion. II ID way probable that Seattle WIN
continue growing, and though we continue
| growing also we viii always be the same siss,
relatively, 70 Seattle - We now are. The sooner
| We annex, II We are going TO. the better for us
81 have always had tenderness for Seattle.
When / came 30 Seattle did not have dollar,
and IL have anything now I feel that owe it
| to her, and would like 70 work in her interest
think IL ID to our interest and the interest OF
this territory to 60 into the city Of Seattle"
| fApplause.l
BIZ. Day, one Of Fremonfs weaithiess resi-
dents, then spoke briefly q follcvS: II am in
px&f aS.u att and hat al~ hooxI
| owe to Seattle what I am and though they
should double my taxes. I'll pay it without .
murmur. When was travelling through Cali
fornia, / always registered 1t the hotels - b.
+. Day. Seattle forgot came from Ere
mont"
Mr.. Day was strongly in favor Of annexation
and argued that il would benefit Fremont from
every point Of view 10 incorporate within the
citys limits; that their streets would be graded
and lighted, and they would have . school
house instead OF ramshackle barn.
Isaac Burlingame said he had always been in
favor OF Incorporation since he had been In
Fremont. He said that ii they had been In the
city they would have had . schooihouse long
ago. He said: '.If We don't get into the city
now, there viii always be q split, and we won't
pull together 1t viii damage our town. If We
go into the city this school question viii be set
tied, and we win have great deal finer school
house built for us than We can build ourselves
D. T. White was in favor of annexation He
said: 81 know OF q suburb at ST. Paul that II in
the same position with regard 10 that town a.
Fremont 10 with regard TO Seattle. Many peo-
pie did not want TO so in, but they were over
powered In their votes and were taken In. Now
they do not regret il They have q fine school
house, graded streets, FIRE department and cleo
tric lights-"
There were several persons In the meeting
who opposed the proposition of annexation, but
they were not loud in their objections. w A.
shorey, C. b. Reynolds and A. ]. simmer were
the principal Directors The vast majority IA
vored the proposition. Other speakers in favor
OF annexation were c. E. Ramsherg, William
Moran, J. w. Downs. John w. Rosen and W. L
Lvesley.
Then the question OF the school bonds came
up-whcther or not the issue 70 be submitted