The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-03

Protest Filed Against Their Occupa-
ton Of Pioneer PIace-Thr
AT~amss~rs' Club"

A protest =As fled in TIRE city comp
tEoiiers Office yesterday b. TIE property
owners and tenants Of Ire buildings 'front.'
Ing on Pioneer place. against tae a1owing
Of teams AID trucks 20 occupy the streets
conveying al Pioneer place and within the
sqlzre proper. The subject OF the teams
standing in such a public pars o. the city
has long sgftassd the portion Of the CON-
mantty that makes its living around the
margin % Pioneer place and which Is just
~ proud OF the imposing architecture that
lines the streets and OF the tiny park IN
the center OF the triangular campus In
anticipation CT the coming OF summer. the
objections 10 ths teams. string OF vans
and the attendant 6.rt that a dozen or two
Of horses. standing all day, contribute. has
led TO the hanx Of a popular protest
During the winter there existed among
the drivers and trUckmen what was face
;iously called the Transfers Cub and
ffs operations along lines calculated 20 Kill
the long hours of tue dun days. when the
rain or snow pe!ted down and the lsaaen
sky and long shadows carried gloom eS-
erywhere. served for xAile 20 aEause Oh
servers. bat the unSightIy string of big
wagons eventually impressed al with the
idea az a frontier town. and was generally
commented on By strangers who paused
In the principal business section OF the city
10 admire the buildings ard then passed
on. 10 wonder thai a place OF the preten-
sl0ns OF Seattle allowed it's best CONNER
Gal vtstas 70 be biockaeed.
The organization was not set up In oppo-
sition 20 the Rainier or Washington clubs
nor the Athletic Club. but was a unique
affair. original in itself The club was the
possessor of stove which. was moved
from one truck TO another odd jobs
might come along and the member who
secured the work reluctantly drove away.
Fssaxr ha Cf ha IA hs.
game of 'seven-up' and the tovial bad
image that few fast and furious as the
beans were lost and won. All sorts of
stakes were put up-tohacco. matches
and small change-and the smoke OF the
little stove and the blg pipes foated out
aud mingled with the big fog banks that
during the winter settled down In Pioneer
place. 1t was coy arrangement for the
members of the club. and the dreary
months sped on until the bright days Of
the last week put out the FIRE IN the stove
and people began To think that the trucks
and drays had better be moved away.
Last week the series of outdoor sports Of
the club took shape in a tug-of-war be-
tween two of the biggest trucks and teams
Of horses. The trucks were dashed end-to-
end and the teams were started in the at
tempt TO haul and pull until the club
which acted as referee was satisfied that
one team was the superior. The horses
pulled and strained and the factions
eheered on their favorites. Finally one
team got its second breath and then slow
- the other was dragged. amidst furious
lashings on the part OF both drivers. all
around the square.
II the petition and protest find support
In the council the +teamsters club Will
be moved away. The absence OF license
for truckmen and drivers OF teams should
make the matter en- easy one. While pic
turesque enough In their way the trucks
do not contribute 10 tho general beauty OF
one OF the most impressive sections of the
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