The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-30

OF that system. ! 10 not believe il should
20 into TIE general fund 70 help pay the
current expenses 81 the city. ! understand
about $4,000 Of the water receipts have
been transferred - the general fund.
Hence the water consumers are helping 70
pay the current expenses OF those people
who are not residents o. our city and
lessening the taxes OF n0n-ressdents who
Own their thousands and tens OF thou
sands OF city lots. (Cheers)
Mr.. Ramsey, continuing. said he was a
bus. ness man fresh from the fields and
was sure that TIE gravity system would
cost al the outside only Ssoesl. or 81 per
cent. % the estimate He was asked by
Mr.. Furth II he had ever figured on the
east OF a dwelling house. and admitted
that IN one case his estimate had been 800
too small. He then launched into decia-
ulation. predicting that many immigrants
would soon come 10 Washington. AMI with
them prosperity. After that" ne de-
clared. the bung VIII De taken out" but
the speakers conclusion was lost in a
roar OF laughter and cries OF Good.
good.
Angus W. Young stated that II few of
the members. including himself. had not
taken the position they had al the previ-
Gus meeting. the entire chamber would not
have had an opportunity 10 vote on the
question. but he id not believe In only a
few setting such a question. He arose TO
say that he wanted the vote taken by the
ayes and noes. so that fifteen years hence
his boys and girls would be able TO look at
the record and see that their father had
voted correctly on the water question.
Frank Z. Upton favored the ayes and
noes for the same reason.
Hull Predicts Victory.
By this time the chamber had grown i'm
patient and cries OF vote, VOTE" came
from all over the house. There was 10
doubt 10 what the result would be. but
A,onzo Hun arose and insisted on being
heard. Il know how this chamber Will
vote he shouted, but il won't do YOU
any good. / also know how the people are
going 10 vote at the coming election. You
viii read on the morning after the election
that the ordinance has been carried"
In the same breath ne mentioned the Sc
attic Power Company and the Post-Intel-
Egencer as in league to defeat the ordi-
nance. Every gentleman except Judge
Wood. TO support the notion" he said,
has studiously refrained from saying any
thing about the advantages to result 10
the city from the adoption Of the gravity
system" He then entered into statistics
TO show that the cost of the proposed sys-
TEN would be much lower than the esti
mates. The city could save more than it
would spend by 5000 month. and that
sum could be applied 10 the payment of
a
he continued. and the fertile Imagination
of the Post-Intelligencer has lined the pipe
line Of the power company with men all
the way from the lake to Seattle" The
water OF Lake Washington, he declared.
was impure, and daily the Market street
and the Bush street sewers were pouring
their filth into the lake, and there was
mot word from the Post-Intelligencer on
that point" Already consumers of water
were using filters; what would they be do
ing five years hence? The majority re-
port said the city already had an abundant
supply OF water. There never was
bigger falsehood than that" said Mr.. Hui.
Last summer / had TO draw water at
night in order TO have it in the daytime"
He referred 10 the Schwabacher IRE, and
like some of the speakers preceding him.
remarked that without the fireboat the
town would have been swept away, and
next took up the question OF insurance
rates in some sections of the city as high
as Pa per cent. He closed his remarks
with a sweeping denunciaton of the power
company. saying that it would have no
more influence on election DAY thah the
Post-Intellgencer 1t is allnost painful
TO see the labor and travail of that paper,
he shouted. with its two or three articles
a day on the water proposition.
The cries of question" were repeated at
intervals during Mr.. Hulis speech, and
they were redoubled at its conclusion: W.
l.. Boone, one of the committee, took the
floor for few seconds. in reply TO Mr..
Hun. and submitted figures to back up his
position. lie denied that the two sewers
were polluting the lake. AS soon as he
had finished Mr.. Huh again sprang 10 his
feet and insisted on making another arSu-
nlent as to the financial aspect of the gray
ity system. He then acclaimed again that
the power company's motives were not I'M
impeachsble. THE corporations are here
for greed. like everybody else he said.
and the speaker Vas slightly fiurrled by
the burst of laughter at his expense
Mckenzie Raises storm.
At this point D. \. Mckenzie carried Mr..
Hull of his feet by asking him why II was
that as a councilman in 1890 he had been
opposed TO extension, at time when the
city was in much better shape TO make an
extension than today. Then, Mr.. HUI
repudiated BeneZette Williams" said Mr..
Mckenzie but now that he il no longer
a plain business man but a political lead
or. he is able to foretell how his follow
ers viii vote ten days before an election
This was too much for Mr.. Hull. He
angrily arose. and In a torrent of denun-
citation. interspersed with violent gesture.
his voice rising almost 10 a shrek, called
out that Mr. Mckenzie had tried To infu-
ence him 10 sell the plant TO Mr. Under
wood. OF Denver
That Is not true" called back Mr.. Nc
Kenzie Instantly the house was In tur-
mol. Several OF the staid business men
arose in an attempt 10 make point OF
order. and President Graves declared Mr..
HUH out OF order. but the nose
was so great that scarcely
any ones voice rould he rs
tinguisaed In n few seconds quiet was
partially restored. but Mr. Hulls persist
ency again raised a storm, and for the
first time since its organization the hiss
was heard In the Chamber Of Commerce.
The room was still in a ferment when
Tracy H. Robertson. secretary Of tho
chamber. who had made several inef-
fectual efforts 10 gain The floor, arose
and said in angry tones:
Not Trying 10 Influence Votes.
81 wish. not as an Officer but as a mem
her OF this body. 10 take issue vita the
gentleman who last spoke. / believe that
ne is honest IN his opinion and sincere
in his conclusions. but when he holds out
this threat about how the people are GO
ing ~ vote, for Il Is an implied threat, I
wish 10 place myself on record a being
opposed to the expression Of such senti-
uen,s az meeting of this organization.
applause As "a matter Of fact. the peo-
Pile / believe. VIII vote against this ordi-
nance. bat whether they 90 or not. the
Chamber Of Commerce is not catering 10
popular prejudice l. has an opinion or
as own.
"lt IS . commercial body composed OF
business men. and 81 Is going TO express
that opinion. rot from any Thought %
popularity OF az unpopalar.ty. but upoa
the merits % the question" (Applause)
The Vote I'm Detail.
The Chamber BAD long been ready 70