The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-08

should have been allowed by CTR Seattle
frirnds 70 take 90 complets posscsslon OF
the statc exhibsL"
This letter w.s Forwarded By A. =
Ward. Mr. HIS secretary. 20 Hon
Thomas Burke. 10 uhcrn Mr. Ward said.
sYou vii also notice that pages s. and
st. aneer the heading Kos 10 Get 20
WsshIngt0n.' give . description Of the
UnIon Pacific route shica does nof touch
Fages sound and make no mention what
ever Of the Norshexn Pacific or Great
Northern lines"
AZ she sa-ne time that he wrote 70 Mr..
Hill, Mr. Tuck wrote 30 DR.. Calhoun. the
executive commissioner. calling his asten-
tion 10 tie omissions complained of and
received the following reply. dated octo-
Der s:
II am in receipt Of your two pOstais of
the ~ inst. In reply oeg 20 say that the
Washington Woridss far commission was
not created By the ctr Of Seattle. nor in
is exclusive interest Its duty IL 70 repre-
sent the whole state. without reference 70
localities.
II send you under separate cover copy
OF the Washington State History and .
copy Of the Evergreen State Souvenir. the
former being published under cur super
vision. and 10 rs near accurate a. it vas
possible 20 make IL The souvenir re-
ferred 70 u purely . private enterprise.
To this epistle Mr.. Tuck replied from
New York on October y Is follows:
II am in receipt Of your letter Of October
q. also copy Of the state history. which
have not before seen, and for which / am
very much obliged. Ii appears 20 give
complete information IN regard TO the
products OF the state. and also in regard 70
ats cities and towns
s-rSx s~sT 80 k~sTf a .x~~
the only book which had been offered for
distribution and which saw on several
counters. was the Evergreen State Souve-
MIR i found on the second page of il .
certificate stating that it was the only
book authorized by the exposition de-
seripsive of the state of Washington and
its resources, and therefore did not look
for any other. l found in the book an
account of the various towns in the state
--Colfax. Everett. Pullman, 0costa, etc,
etc.--Faost of which have never heard of.
and | was surprised in the table of con-
tents to find no mention made of the city
OF Seattle, which have understood 10 be
one of the most important in the state. /
notice from your letter that the Washing
ton Worlds fair commission was not ere
ated by the city Of Seattle, nor in its ex-
elusive interest. / had already inferred
this fact after observing the aboye-men-
toned official publication. Ienclose eight
postage stamps and III You VIII kindly post
10 me three or four copies of the Washing
ton State History / shall be under obliga-
tons"
On the same day Mr. Tuck sent DR.. CAL
houn's letter and copy OF the souvenir
to Senator Squire, saying OF the letter
the first paragraph of which somewhat
surprises me- and continuing;
AS know of the great interest you
take In the development OF the state and
also thinking il due 20 you as citizen of
the town of Seattle, ] have thought il
might be we'll to bring the whole matter
TO your attention. although have no in
terest in II except 10 see fair play. Since
my first examination of the book. have
found an advertisement on the last page.
evidently in the interest of the city of
Seattle, but this seems to be entirely
apart from the contents of the book.
which, as have said before, apparently
contains no reference to the city
The whole correspondence was handed
over TO the Chamber of Commerce, but
the close of the fair was SO near that ii
was impossible to accomplish anything by
agitating the matter any further. so the
trustees decided TO give the facts TO the
public and let them speak for themselves.