The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-05
RATES ON LUMBER.
Union Pacific Railway Cannot
Lower Them.
ANOTHER FoG-HoRN WANTED.
Matters Which Came Up Before the
Chamber of Commerce Trustees
WILDLY Island Mails.

At yesterdays meeting of the Chamber OF
Commerce trustees z. o. Graves, Thonas ~
Proseh, A. r. Burwell, w. K. Ballard, urllnan
Davies, Senator W. r. Forrest. Major James NJ
Hayden and Dr. Z. C. kilbourne were present.
Several committee reports were receiver ailu
several letters read-one from The mon 49, 49,
officials announcing the impossibility OF IheT
making the same rates as the Northern racine
on Puget sound lumber. This letter, slgheu os
B. Campbell, general Western freight agent was
as follows:
Replying TO your favor Of the 2Sd. enclosing
copy OF proceedings OF Il meeting OF your 10y
and calling my attention partcuIali!, 800
question OF the Union Pacific making the same
rates on lumber to transcontnental potmmnss .a 80
now apply via the Northern PacIne lne i a
from Seattle to Portland which the Union I a
cifc would be Obliged to absorb In maA maxi
through rate is such as 10 make the business VI.
remunerative, and you already nave az ou.
via the Northern Pacific that could be reached
by the Union Pacific, there wouIu oe no.niH i
particularly gained by the InanuH "a
having the Union Pacific do TINS all t .h1
as you would not be benefited, We 90 no. .ninA
there is any necessity for our acHns on ti!a' eus
gestion until such time as our own Iihe 10 coih-
pleted to the Sound country
The following letter from the Port townsend
Chamber of Commerce was referred to Captain
w. r. Ballard
petition has been sent this chamber asking
our assistance in securing an appropriation 1or
a fog horn on Point No Point ana Dell on Mar
rowstone Point. We consider the signals more
TO the advantage of the upper souno cities than
to Townsend, to which you Will certainly agree
In consideration thereof we trust you VIII pre-
pare a petition and have II signed oy those IN
terested in maritime affairs, ana use such other
means an lie in your power to cause the signals
placed.
The letter from the postoffice department an
nouncing the present impossiDility OF improving
the mail service between Seattle and Island
county was read. Mr. Burwell OF the special
committee on the subject, said that he had been
unable to secure from any OF the transportation
companies reasonable rate for handling the
mail on this route The lowest bids were $1,000
for weekly service aud $4,000 for a tri-wcekly
service. Mr. Burwell said the Great Northern
road would be able to handle this mail in con-
nection with the short steamer line to the island
points within month or two. 1t seemed that
no change in arrangements could be made until
that time
Professor Frank ]. Barnard, who has returned
from the Toronto convention of the national
educational association, appeared before the
board and told as stated in Mondays PosT-IN-
TELLdGENCER what must be done TO secure the
convention for Seattle in 1892. He said that the
committee of the association to which the
choice is ultimately left would visit Seattle
about the middle of this month. The chair ap-
pointed the following as q committee to receive
them: A. P. Burwell, Joshua NJ Wrestling,
Senator w. r. Forrest. Professor Frank J. Bar
nard and Professor p. c. Richardson. vote OF
thanks was passed to Professor Barnard and the
others representing Seattle at Toronto.
Thomas w PTosch was appointed chairman of
a committee to arrange for "A celebration of the
completion of the Great Northern railway con-
nection into this city.
The committee on printing and advertising
recommended issuing pamphlet of statistics.