The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-06

t>a5ous rsers OF rr-le mar
T~~ roel road IN isE8 Seattle has
- 80 ITO RE recognized railroad
trs1ss ss,e Northwest. and = today TIE
80 - srtf,at Western terminus Of the
- x-~-sTe-n system: the actual. II rot
80, ss-.nsn1s % the Northern Pacific
-. ss,e American terminus Of the
-, pacific railway. and the anttci-
..~-rsnrs OF the Union Pacific. The
- -sersssny ras secured q Fizht-os-way
- r]~f,znd 70 Seattle. and expended 10
- 5eraoos o. 4 million dofsArs N
- rozs,rucfton. portion OF "nscn
"a oat on r.ght-of-Eay ana tsTraina4
s.r.ssds 81 Seattle ,
- s@d.ts0n 70 these tfanscofstaAesstsI
- xs have the Seattle q Interssa a.
- ps road IN operation % ne Cana
sr.nAsry and a branch Inc 20 the
ssses-,gs yaHey. and the Columbia &
-. so~sna road. tapping tire fertile val
ss.,.s rlch coai feds Of tns southern
= 80 Of Klng county.
.st..s,s to al these Seattle has IN fS1e
.t..-s.,rho1d OF 10 mics % RAPID transit
-, ear Enes, extend ng In every d.
80 ard from Green Jake on the north
3 YS1 son on the south.
-. su.runner OF eli the reads ter
s,srx IN Seattle vas the Seattle r.
go WA railroad. a narrow gauge az
=. --ssser.ed ard bulk by the citizens OF
-. IN fs7s-5-s. ard afterwards sold 20
- ysl,ard and his associates. and re-
80 'ss..spsd the Columbia d Puget sound
-, ne t.rne ss7at Mr.. A. A Denny and
:. ...aeIates FIRST STAGED their Claims on
8. .ssres Of Elliott bay they looked for
- !. the time when the Northern Pa
- .sgrsad should be bus and Seattle
: asre5ally declared Is terminus. GoS-
srv,rf I. stevens .n his first report on the
.s..s Of the road mentioned Seattle as the
.rssb,s po.nf Of the s~ound for the reed -
ss~ssnsfe. and Senator Howard, OF Hichs-
-. one OF the greatest friends the
ssr.ssny ever had, frequently stated in
I. spseehes on behalf Of the corporation
= sss rcor OF the senate that Seattle
.sad be the Western term nus or the
80 However. on July i6, 1873, the fond
srsss Of the lnha 5.tants OF the ftfle Wiz
- gers dashed 20 the ground BY the
e., announcement that T'ac0ma had
- dsanteiy selected as the Western
..-rr.nrs o. the road So long as Seattle
sss depend .ng upon the NortheEf Pacific
eAought nothing OF railroad building on
= oxs account. but when the people real
:.es that - they secured the services OF a
s..sroaa they must build Il Themselves,
-, began to heztir themselves and de-
<ssa 70 erFanize company and begin the
e.rsructon Of a narrow gauge road
tzreagh the snoqna.nie pass 20 Yakima
I'D on TO. walla wal.a- In commens ing
= he Tacoma location ard on the local
tssea. tbs paper. on July ~. 1873. sad:
sNs have nothing 20 fear from the rivalry
II terminal city which Is only the ter
rsas FOR the Columbia river Inc. and not
s,se for the line across the mountains.
Or work and auty then Is plain. In THIS
s:ss 4 IL a TIE and death struggle for ls.
Es must AZ once 20 10 work, organize a
smpany. secure capital and build rail-
nd for ourselves across the SnoquaiHss
.ssx That alone viii be our permanent
AVIATION. With II we can defy al rival
n. without IL we are forever dead as A
sssness point. We have offered as do
sxson 20 the Northern Pacific Railroad
csnpany s7iT,e0 in and and money 10
ens here. a sum greater by si5.0o than
c sAa assessable property OF Pierce coun-
=, We have been refused. We must now
s<sxe three times that amount for a road
eur own. which we shall own and con-
u. Walla wAlsa farmers. merchants
i capitalists and all Eastern Washing
i are directly interested with us, and
~ be sure TO help Us In this underak-
eg'