The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-23
PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP
THE PASSING THRONG.

NVW ID. president o. the Baut
" " Canyon CO al AtfipS c"fa'I-'-
~. 20 Z -Iuteiigeflcer re-
porter at ths Hotel .ezftie yesterday ar
ernoou. TIE company and other Puget
es0und -oaf companies supplied an Immense
atuous.s Of csai - :he United States gov
eminent ny % Inc tiTRe Enat the war
broke oGt, but no@ al of t5As b'4sl,.sss
y0es 20 Canadian coal companies ne
facts nave been fully stated IN the Pest-
Iutelsigancsr from time - me. and Y ~
nog expected saat faa and complete IN
ysss!gs4tss.n vii os made, an Mr.. Bgo@dei
has registered a strong cGgnp~AinS v~fn
snrat9rs and congressman from several
northeastern states and the matter A
uke.y % ta. brought Up IN the house ar
senate al any tlsac. Puget Sound coal has
until = shorG time been USED On all of :he
crack aEs4.s@xs All yesseis " i1seh have b@en
tn tbs northern waters, AID !; II now ;he
firm intention u the operators TO asfsr-
tain Ray fre business f1as been taken away
from them ard gwen 20 companies In an
Other country. NJ. Bloe1sl said.
After the monitor I0aaGnock secured
q Hupply Of ccaI a fcgrnDx. ] immediate
ly wrote 70 Commodore Bradford. chief -
tbs bureau Of equipment, ard ne replied
that 20 would give va a chance 70 bid
wherever TIE EVFernn1eut vas ifi meet u
coal Commodore Bradford recently sue
ceeGsd Captain Chadwick, .ho now
has charge Of the aagsbip Kew York. aaa
e. may Dg possible that the new chief -
Influenced Nv old engineers &ho have al
WAYS been pfejadiced agT4nsf Puget sound
coal At anE rate. Il - oar intention 70
have the matter fully investigated and
be given fair treatment. contract 70
furn.sn EG6a tons q coal 70 the Port
Orchard navy yard Il soon To be let. and
the folly - allowing Il Canadian coal COM
pany 10 furnish { a. S. per ton, when
We cen furnish a superior quality OF coal
at - per ton IL obvious.
1t occurs 70 mo thar Com0x coal was
M. usod hv ,hs Rrtrish navy at the
F.sou.fnat naval station. In the press
Gl.ratches IL was reported that 900 tons "a
Cardiff would be shipped 10 t.squimat
from Wales 20 10 stored for future use.
II seem sto nle that coal not good enough
for the British navy Is Tot good enough
for ours
ssTf,ere Is So 0sa1rD capital employed in
Washington c0al nl'nes and almost 5000
men employed dtgeetiy and indirectly. Tie
product Is 2satso tons for local, domestic
and railroad purposes ard for the Pacific
merchant marine
'''f'he government Is now paving 3 more
a ton Ter coal than l. necessary and II
there IL anything crooked about the man
ner IN wlaca the contracts we're awarded
IL should Be Investigated at once"
H f. Brown. Of spokane is registered
at the Hotel Northern Mr. Brown va.
she young editor IL Montana who vent 80
Afr.ca aud made a fortnne. Now he has
mining interests In nearly every
mining country In the world. and
Victoria Spokane aud san Fran
cisco Mr.. brown returned frvfn London
OF Il short t.ma ago. and ~ now on the
way To- Victoria. In speaking Of the Re
publ.c and Eur Ia camps. MI. brown
sad.
~.
since returned frons London. but have
men there who are authorized 20 secure
any desirable property which may be of
fered for sale. | can't say with any de-
gree OF certainty ths value Of tile new
Inds but WAS told by Patsy Clark. one
of the principal stockholders in the Re-
public. that the Gre takaa fram h.s mine
has showed up we'll. and ! Nave reason to
believe that such IL the case.
II am not acquainted with the value OK
any other property other than the Hepue-
lie aud OF course would not believe The
country as rich as It has been presented
90 be until * Is proven. j hesr good re-
ports however. from these camps. also
boundary creek. and. I'm fact. from all dis
srIcts throughout the siocan country. and
hope they Will prove 10 he true. as II
Viii be 81 great thing for this state. Wash
ington has nevsr developed any rich gold
Ifs.fles. ana the bFusht - lie derived from
good mining property csunot ae overesu-
mated This state has coal mUes. hut the
gold mines are yet 10 be developed"
In speaking Of the war feeling IN Len
don. Mr.. Hrowu said.
sympathy a London e. entirely with
the United state Tasse l. strong feel
.ng - fraterusze. bat not 90 an All aaco as
Il IL spoken of In thla country. | believe
thai the war has moved this country for
9ard about a ha1f a century from "A hus
moss and every other standpoint. Amer