The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-22
/ 10 DEFENSE At ALL.
A Russell Says Mr.. Semple's
Reply Is Unsatisfactory.
- LAND FIGHT WAKES WARM.

~Ssrb Are Pertinent to the Is
MIA Commissioners Bridges
-. Faith With Tide Land own
wn.. lie Granted Extension.
..,,on OF whether or not the state
- s.,,,ssioner. Robert Bridges, act
.se hest interests OF all concerned
~ natter OF the extension of time
vas recently granted the Seattle
.ss washington Waterway Com
which TO avail itself OF the priv
"a conditions Of the contract orig
.rsered into between II and the
.,,i continues TO be an engrossing
* - slscussion between the advocates
u -sronents OF the extension.
~. "a RUSSELL who Is said to be one
largest owners of tide lands in the
49,. Affected, and who claims to be
e..,a,hly posted regarding the true mer-
"a the controversy, yesterday made
s.u,xlng statement Of his view of
ss,ustlon 20 a Post-Intelligencer re-
pau:
sss..ks GOV. semple's Statement.
= rad this morning in the. Post-Inteili-
s.r.r ex-Goy. Semple's defense In the
a. land controversy. and II appears to
y ,est II Il no defense at all. but a
xrsv,rr array Of facts, much of which
~ nertinent 10 the issue, and is silent
: those matters In which hts company
= totally failed.
sus sneaks OF his company having Sc
.u,,d rUoOoo, 90 be expended In Seattle.
IN a. a matter OF fact the governor
- Knows that his company has not Sc
rs.d any such sum of money, but they
~ slnnply made a contract with firm
xh,otsrs 10 market the lien certificates
81 perhaps for some insignihcant ad-
wsees for Office expenses.
N ths waterway company really de-
~ 20 furnish information through the
- the public would like to know the
rsisn.s OF their contract with the Mis-
srHxl Valley Trust Company, made
sAouf Ave years ago, and also those re-
sfly made with Messrs. Morris a White
- the Portland brokers.
ms Seattle Was Humbugged.
Gov. semple appears TO forget how the
wsols Of Seattle were humbuggcd five
,esu ago BY his company and It's col
ssrxs into the belief that the tide lands
ssad Be filled and a canal dug to Lake
pushington by hts company: that the
u Louis capitalists were to spend 5000. 600
battle.
re- a acknowledgement reporter had
VI Henry Semple Ames, one OF the
h Louis capitalists, on March 90 1895,
n Ames stated then that the St
leuls capitalists would invest 5000 900
the carrying out of these tide-land
fAng contracts.
statements and promises To this effect
ves made repeatedly by members Of
n waterway company and used as
af'ai TO gain influence for the under
ak.ns. and how well they succeeded
vas told IN the columns of the Post
Izi,Essncer IN the daily ISSUES following
hsHfy semple Ames' arrival In Seattle,
which IL told how the company and
~ ~ Louis capitalists asked for sub
asY Of $4,000. how the people of Seattle
isrsd cut en- masse. first ut Chamber
Commerce meetings, and when the
rlhusissm reached others Il was nee
ssry 70 bold the meeting i'm the armory
D< e0ho was subscribed. and today
nsty who We're friendly 10 the under
AEshg, and many who subscribed to the
ms<dy are opposed to the extension of
tine askei for by the waterway COM
pmy.
Fseuer Advocates Now Oppose II.
-Pruminent among those subscribers I
snce the names of Brawley and kinnear.
s,e subscribed the largest amount of any
Msls subscriber. namely. the sum Of So
TODAY they are opposed to the extern
~ OF time. Why2 Because the water
ay company did not keep faith with
ZEN. and because they have come 10 real
y me injury this company would do Sc
sie BY securing an extension OF time on
DER contracts
Ameng the other subscribers who are
" opposed 10 an extension OF time are
. Black, who subscribed 100. and J.
= ffnk. who subscribed Sl.Ooo. The lat
w has been most emphatic IN combating
n "a f,F
ess protesting against such extension TO
y hrdges, the commissioner OF public
satier
E.Gov Semple charges unfairness.
- 81 good faith and that false repre-
ssauons were made 20 Mr. Moody in
.slshd by me. In the first place. | was
N*nt as an emissary by any one. and
.AAehge the governor To give the particu-
ns 70 what he terms We're mlsrepre-
@.ssuons I made the charge that his
s.s.W had failed utterly TO do as
$500 $3.50 " That II what he calls mlsrepre-
"@Auoh' then admit having done so.
Did bridges Keep Eaiths
ID. = ao not agree with him also on the
.rnhuon as 10 whether the tide land
sher " entitled 60 notice OF "A proposed
s !, ot time and entitled TO a hear
as wei as a number ~ others have
-seu IRON time To time for months
80 Robert Bridges. as commissioner
asoae lands, against granting an eX-
n. NJ OF time on these contracts and
- hldges promised US that when a Pc
&c aa was iled by the waterway company
extension Of time he would notify
49,. 49, having the fact published IN the
MsstSsets ana set time for hearing
u,snsion 3'N'''e '''
s, aAaen, again. IN section 2 Of an act pre-
In N.aN a.