The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-06
Work of the Waterway Conven-
ti0n at Walla Walla.
DEATH OF A PIONEER WOMAN.
Taeoma's Chief OF Police Now Is
Between Two Fires.
Sad Suicide of . Swain at Spokane Falls
Who Loved widow-Death OF .
Pioneer Woman at North Yakima
Steel Barge Works for the Sound.

WALLA wALLA, Feb. 5.-[special. l-walla
Walla was crowded today by delegates to tho
waterway convention called TO devise ways and
means TO hasten the opening of the Columbia
and Snake rivers Delegations were present
from Portland. Spokane Falls. Astoria, Pome-
roy, Waltsburg, Lewiston, Asosin, Dayton,
Arlington, wallula, Pasco, and from halfa-
dozen Farmers alliances. Very great interest,"
was shown At 2 O'Clock the convention was
called to order, and organization was effected
under the name OF the Columbia and snake
River Auxiliary Waterway Convention. w. r.
Cray, OF Paseo, was elected president; s. u.
Cosgrove, of Pomeroy, vice president: c. >.
1renehard, of Astoria, secretary; J. f. Fricke, Of
Arlington, assistant secretary; John Gill, Of
Portland, treasurer.
The chairman appointed the. following
a Hpnt9ngtdS Committee oa q, resolatiOns sha
George T. Meyers, Portland; w. d. May. Pom.
eToy; ]; y; D. Gray, Astoria; W. II. Upton,
Executive committee-N G. Blackjack, walla
Walla; A. c. Dickinson, Waitsburg; G. wingate,
Astoria; George Pope, Portland; Harry Krutz,
A dispatch was sent TO Senator watkins OF
Wasco county, at Salem, endorsing his bill for q
portage railway on the Cascades.
Ieiegrams received announcing the passage Of
Representative Painters bill to approprlats
100000 to establish iute factory at the peiten-
tary caused much rejoicing among the granger
delegates. Adjourned until tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock.
The committee on resolutions, who have been
at work all evening, have just completed their
labors. A reporter was shown rough draft Of
the resolutions. These are to form memorialo.
One is 10 the Legislators OF Washington and Ore
gon, and asks for separate appropriationsO& O &100,
0Oo for the construction at the Cascades and tho
Dalles of inclines TO the railroads and to build
cars and engines, besides making laws controls
Ing trackage charges 70 be collected by
the companies owning the railroads. This
plan is formulated by Captain Gray, of
Astoria, and is explained by him briefly to b =
plan is TO have the inclines built at Cello and
the Lower Cascades, and then have the use o1
the Union Pacific track, the whole
the benet o the ppeducsrs ans srsse Ss
charges being only sufficient to pay expenses.
The committee ON resolutions have also drafted
to congress at considerable length statement
that their grievances are excessive transportar
tion charges, the dilatory manner In which tie
work on the Cascade locks Is going on, and the
inadequacy OF the appropriations made for thao
purpose. They pray that the Dolph bill b.
passed: also the Senate bill providing for port
age railway around the dalfes OF the Colurnbls
river, and McConnelIs bill nppropriating 4100.-
600 for the removal OF distractions on Snake
river. The memorial also asks that in future
work arrangements be made TO have the work
on the locks done by contract under the supsr.
vision of the war department., and the
contractor to be allowed the Use Of the
government plant now in position. The general
sentiment OF the convention il that II tho
legislatures of the states memorialized refuse %
make the appropriations asked, joint stock
company should be organized, the money
obtained by subscription, the work done and an
effort made at the next session of the Legislature
to sell the work to the state.
Charles Herman, assistant general manager OF
the Oregon Il Washington Territory railroad.
left this morning for St. Paul, to be gone about
ten days.
Thomas Green. hackman, had his left eye re-
moved this afternoon. His eye was injured In
early youth.