The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-27

Il
n any one thinks that one branch Of
a city government can neglect or refuse
to do he duty without similar symptoms
appearing elsewhere, he is making a
grave mistake n the arm is paraiyxed.
n u because there n deep-seated trouble
in the system: and where public interests
are denied In one particular. they viii be
In others.
A. an instance OF this. and an evidence
Of how seriously II may AFFECT Seattle on
the material side. we point 70 the facts
relating 10 the road between the city an;
the army post All OF our forces have
been joined for months In an effort 70
have more OF the governments army
business done from this center And all
are neutralixed, for the present at least.
BY the extraordinary failure Of the prop
~r authorities 10 put this highway into
decent condition.
The emergency. he II noted. II nst q.
sudden or unexpected one. For months
the hulk OF municipal apathy has been
hammered upon by those most Interested.
and the necessities OF the case have been
stated In the most pressing and positive
terms. ~ long ago as July the quarter
masters department protested against
the condition OF this road. and announced
that II n were not improved business
-.
aeneer presented the facts. and everybody
believed that their seriousness would
canse immediate action TO be taken.
-Four months have passed. In the mean
time there has been some tinkerinx here
and there. but the road to the post IL eth
unns for the uses TO which Il would have
to be pu, n TROOPS we're embarked or
landed here. to say nothing OF the embar-
rsssm~nt and injury 60 everyday travel.
A prominent cI,isen not long ago. fear
Ing the consequences. tried 10 stir up
somebody, He found. as the representa-
tive of the acknowledgement -tiii finds.
thar members OF the board OF public
woyhssre away attending q good roads,
convention. and that nothing Is being
done. and there IL apparently nobody "a
care whether anything ever Is done or
not.
" is fstiie TO try 20 explain this sl,us-
ton by iusginw in controversy bet ween
the city and the street railway company
"a 20 which Of them IL responsible for tha
needed Improvement. That II Ia needed -
fart enough for a wia-.awake city gov
eminent. u should have been made. arss
OF all. a. rapidly as msn and money eouil
do ~ and then the question 81 financial
| responsibility could have been fought out
sftsvward. Instead Of that. one side 4.
| waiting FOR the other side 10 do some
! thing In thu meantime Seattle gets a
BAD name and a ta@es eye In quarters
where =, Il important 30 stand we'll. and
alt that pal,lle- sparsisd rsprsssnsstsv~- 81
toe sisy can 90 ia nessrsesi and nulnned
BY ihis ostcisi perfection In the at %
aoius no,hing
| uar people viii sometime come to IN.
derssand we hUps before II Il teo late,
isst faithle~snese 20 ps1hsic daty cannot
ssgaae one department ~ tbs puAAc scr.
! vses wfss high degree ~ efficiency
Hs@intssnipx itssis elsewhere. when the
sreai pa'bile Interest Is lost sight ~. When
personal relations a. Questions ~ polite Al
vxfealssey pteyan n sne quarter. l.
hks snsrefoeias contagious disease sooa
~ late shs whoas eily fesl- ne eject
oar e1siasss prospects ar harmed and
asF smsiae~s nsea are labssea ~ the neg.
beci sAiea ~s hsve pointed aal. ana wascA
has new rscsiaeea consequences that 40
aus can anaga 10 .snugw