The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-22
PUrALLUP AND tn. CAPITAL.



Chamber u Commerce Rotlt1uoOd to
Help the VALLEY City.
That Puyaliup really wants the state
capital and is keeping up it, fight to get it,
was evidenced by the presence OF . COM
mittee of her citizens in this city yester-
day to confer with the Chamber Of Com
merce with view 70 getting its support
for the movement. Last Saturday the
chamber received letter from the Puyal-
lup Board Of Trade, asking the chambers
support of bill to Be presented to the
legislature to locate the state capital at
Puyailup. The communication stated that
sixty acres, favorably located, would be
donated for capital purposes. and that
proper quarters would also be provided
pending mpletion of the capitol building.
A committee from the Puyallup Board
of Trade was in the chamber and held .
consultation during the session Of the
trustees. It consisted of Mayor Hill, of
Puyallup; s. b. Dusinoerre and J. B.
Stewart, and also 7. V. Eddy: now Of Ev-
erett. formerly of Olympia. The commit
tee did not present itself to the trustees.
however. and no action was taken. The
committee will probably meet the chamber
1T its meeting on Tuesday next.
President f. o. Graves spoke Of his
meeting on Sunday with the legislative
delegation from this city and reported on
the status of bills in which Seattle had an
interest.
In the matter Of G. w. Farrington's
proposition on behalf of the Worlds fair
directory, it was reported that the distri-
button of advertising matter ON the fair
grounds would be prohibited. and the mat
ter was left in statu quo until this could be
ascertained positively.
Tho Tacoma Commercial Clubs request
that the chamber aid in defeating senate
bill No. 147, to tax mortgages, was referred
to committee consisting of Jacob Furth.
E. o. Graves and Angus Macintosh, with
authority to act. The same committee
was authorized to take action on house
bill No. 10, to tax notes and stamps the
same. House bill No. 2i8, to prevent COM
bination or pooling of fire insurance CON-
panies. was referred to the same COM
mittee, to report back to the chamber.
Letters were received from the chambers
Of Spokane. Tacoma and the Tacoma Com
mercial Club, commanding the action Of
the Seattle chamber in its attitude of
hostility to house bill No. 141, regulating
taxation for school purposes. A letter
from the Spokane chamber calls attention
to q house bill authorizing . bounty on
beet sugar to be produced in this state. 1t
was referred to the same committee.
The secretary reported that it was i'm
practicable to obtain information ~ to
manufacturing industries from county
commissioners for the purpose of . state
census, and recommended that the census
of the United States be taken for the
states presentation at the Worlds fair.
A letter was received from the weather
department of the United States bureau Of
agriculture stating that . competent oh
server would be selected for the Seattle
station. The committee composed of DR..
Samuel Ramsey. A. p. Burwell and Jacob
Furth reported that, having made fuller
examination thereof. they would recon-
mend favorably J. o. Hestwood's propo-
sition to decorate the panels in the Wash
ington state building ut the Worlds fair,
and also his proposition to publish . SOU
venir of tho state. setting forth its re-
sources and business advantages. Mr..
Hestwood obligates himself to put sixty
paintings of scenery on the panels and to
circulate 12S-page souvenir in the Wash
ington state building at Chicago.
He also asked that tho chamber recon-
mend the souvenir to the citizens of the
city, and this the committee did. The re-
port was adopted.