The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-04

foes The bonds ne disposed Of be h - ~
csfvs tins check payable il cold
l. c. Diiiman asd Chsxsss G. Rssdsr, 81
Spokane, rspressrtinx . syndicsts Of esp
isalssts. sre ss the head Of the movement.
They ask ths state 70 Grsrs ntes bonds "
the sxtsnt Of tcoo co, Ia which event loan
eompaaiss reprsssntsd By Resdsr VIII tsks
the beads - soon - sections Of TN males
of TIE Irrigation bitches sxs completed
The stats would not. Mr.. Diiimsn says, Be
ssksd to pus MP penny. inasmuch - the
states guarantee would sufIlcs 20 carry the
schsms into working operation with SS.OO
or SO. loo which be individually and othsss
vii pat up in cash fmmsdiatsiy.
The plans Contemplate three irriEsting
systsms, comprising rs miles Of bitches
and covering 5000 20 100. 900 acres Of irri-
gable ianda One ditch will extend ffcm
PRIEST rapids toward Prossef falls. on The
uest side Of the Columbia river. and water
5000 acres: the second exssnds from Wal
iuIa 70 Ainssorth, embracing 5000 scres.
and the third leaves sraks river near
Riparia, - the crossing OF the Union Pa
cific railroad, and srsversss the Eureka dat
through 5000 sores.
a part Of the schsms y 70 sell tsn-acrs
sFscss 81 the land as reduced rats 70 the
msn employed In constructing tbs ditchss.
and 70 encourage the building BY them Of
homes and filling. the soil IL II expected
by the interested capitalists that 80 per
acre can be raised on bonds on lands COW
cred by the ditehss, and that the systems
whsc completed will represent m invest-
ment Of from 500. 900 TO q. 0O. COO Land
under the irrigation bitches. Mr.. Diiiman
says. viii command IN average Of SIS Per
acre.
II kr. Dillnan fails 20 secure the stats's
GUARANTEES Of ths irrigation boads hs ssys
he viii place the 900 Coxeyitss who
are at Spokane ct work upon the bitches
In accordance with the same plan pro-
posed to the state officials. Dillmsn can
imagine only one objection TO the scheme
on the part Of the Common veaiers, and
that ID that they may say: There u .
chance for the capitalists represented 70
make money" II has been stated fire.
qusnsly that IL work and water for bath
ing purposes we're made part Of their daily
life, 70 per cent Of them would run
away. Mr.. Dillmsn says:
1.-THE proposition was prepared yesteF.
day, with the expectation Of placing It be-
fore Gov. MeGyaw. / did not zee him.
and further consultation has seemed to
indicate that he could not act upon the
suggestion. therefore we have added two
more suggestions, a. foiiowS: Let the
emergency board of the state issue to us
$50 600 TO 500. 900 in supplies and ws will
guarantee the amount with bonds In the
irrigation proDosition: or let the Boards OF
Trade Of Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane get
say 500 persons in each place 70 take ten
acres Of our lands 1t 80 psr acre. $23 cash
down, $25 In thirty Gays, aud in ell 500
cnsh inside Of six months, the balance on
time, = contract TO be issued for the pay
ment Of the same. Then whom the bitches
are completed 10 per cent. Of the profits
wili'go 70 the boards OF trade participating
In the enterprise Arrangements viii
also be made whereby the men who
will have all their earnings, with per
cent interest added. turned over to their
estate and their widow In case they should
die. Time checks to be issued by the
construction company will b guaranteed
by bonds of the company, which will be
placed in banks, and all interested work
men or others will have the privilege Of
buying lands ct Is per cent discount The
wages to DO paid the men who work upon
the bitches are TO be fixed by . committee
Of one from each board Of trade and one
man from the Commonwsal armies Of Spo-
kane. Seattle and Tacoma"
Mr.. Dillman says J. n. Buckley. of Spo-
kane, A. A. Smith. Of this city.
and two other prominent gentlemen
whose names he cannot disclose at this
time. arc interested In the proposition.
The plans will b. drawn up in typewriter
from tonight and will b forwarded to
Gov. NcGraw tomorrow.