The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-18
OF skAGWAY.
TOTAL VALUATION Of PROPER l.
.aMoCxTs TO s-a4s:s.
mnEicsSa1 Expenses for the Year
Fire Enxioe 10 s3e Purchased-
LopHsher~ pea WSxc War Endea

sKAGwAY. March E.-Tas city coun-
Ct. has made lis. OF tbs properly n
Ezasway and finds that 81 pEesezs prices
the real property La vai.-ed a. ss<2.a.s-
Tsse personal property fco-s I'D sI..ga.
1ssasiag a total real aud personal. OF fsSfs-
I1s There are 1S acres tn sns city limits.
Tire Estimated expense Of e9n@nGgIng
tie city government Tor tbs ensuing ysaF
In si..at1. OF this amount. ss.sssi IN santed
far paying the sa.@Ty 81 town clerk and
&xyeas@a Contested with mis- office. 4
c.efz.Cas sggias Ia 10 he p2FEaaSed and
. hook ard ladder and haQs- wrfe&sng
Catsit. These VIII coss q. 90. aaa In coE-
GeCfion with thu wafer system. which 10
new boaTG pa1s IN, Xl4l give saen fire pro-
teet!an that taa Insurance companies Sfli
be ssiis.az To write policies In the city.
For .ae police department. s2,ss ss desired
BY ffia council. i city hall and jail ara
to be fitss.i up with this amount. For
sanitary department, including the Sup
pert Of the hospital. tise sum Of $3.50 Ii
needed.
The land litigation case of the pespie
Of tbs Town against Bernard Moore and
bis Canadian company, il IL estimated
viii cost ss.fsa The ease Is - be- re-
opened st altsa on March -. The case
was aeaai 10 be beard In ire land ofisca
onee. but has never reached a hearing,
Moore is after the people who claim own
efshlp. and fge g,fopis mist now employ
an attorney ard secure witnesses. Some
tssg has already been spent, aud the In
sentlga II 10 carry the case Through the
Es.ka oFllcs to the RAJ Land et!Ise.
Tire council admits that IT has no legal
power 10 levy or collect taxes. but Il as
sunes thar the people are willing 10 pay
fer the government even without the reg
rlaf methods OF communities which have
laws fer their guidance. by the plans OF
the eoIneli the saloons. dance ard glTnb-
Inns houses are 10 he made 10 pay about
one-third Of the expenses OF the city
through q system 81 fimes aad licenses. Ii
recommends that the 500 necessary TO
be raised for the year shall be collected
3n four equal quarterly iHsfaliEsents.
An agreement has been reached between
the Pacific Coast Steamship company aud
other steamship cognpa MES on one hand
and tha -Ieugsaeremen on the other.
which eitls tag a. which has been going
on fer aSa3a months about wages The
loagaho4 @U 6sse been getting the worst
of II a.a~e f.sa faeiac Coast company
Showed them tIst L could get along
withoul saen. Isus although the steam
ship e9tapani Eato been able 10 get
the v9rk sioEe. II ha~ not been done N
satisfactorily as he regular tongshore-
men. trained 10 the business. do It, and
expensive and ex8zpsraiing delays have
been tho result The iangshoreuscn have
been demanding, and N some cases get
ting IS cents per hour for day work and
81 per hour for night work They have
now agreed 10 work day NIGHT for 20
cEGA per hour and the steamship CON-
paaias have agreed 10 give them that
figure.
The steamer Queen arrived yesterday,
after Is very suopta trip. Win av-r siS
hundred passengers. While attempting 10
tie up 10 the wharf tu furious wind she
was jammed against the wharf SO vio-
ientiy that nBe cad Of h8r bridge was
torn away and the railing on the hurri-
care deck badly smashed The wharf
got out of the accident With the breaking
Of hall a dozen piles.
While the crowd was getting of the
steamer City af Seattle today a team at
tached 10 a load or baled hay. became
frightened and ran away The wharf Is
very narrow and the tide waa OUT. The
team plunged it's way through the crowd
nj the imminent risk Of IN. lives Of the
hundreds Of people on the high wharf.
There WAS little room on ihc sides for
MEN sna women - get out % the way,
and there IL nu rafting - protect them
feet the team ran or Of Tho wharf ana
the horses. ,iet,rhing thtmse.Vrr fean
the harness as1a wagan plunged down
on tn the sand ard rocks Some thirty
feet below Almost tremendously, neither
horse was seriously hurt. They both
picked themselves NJ and were driven
SwaY a few miantes later.
The mai' hioekads at tAls p,ssca canifn-
nes and the rfcpie ara becoming more
ana more exaggerated ~ the inability OF
The postoi'sce "a handle the letters
II Ia row believed shAt ! 4 fTo;ga,s
and Miss Jessie wilkins. t9th ~ Port
and w~fe Passengers on the ni-fatea
Clara Nevada Mr., iloigate was tate an
emploSe CT the First National bank os
Portland.
Ar. ard Mrs 4. Il. RAGS and child, and
q Mr.. tordsn. oF Linden. were also PAS
sengere, The last three purchased their
tickets through w +. Roas. Of this place
VINO has their names On "a Yaeuaoga nsiafa
which he keft. Iou3su.s name IL if1tis
Sref, and Mr.. Ross cannot tell exactly
what the name Il row
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