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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-07
now oTnnas HAVE FAMED.

Seattle, Jan. 8. 1900.
To the Editor: In regard to the Discus
sion a. to whether the streets should be
vacated as asked for on tho Seattle water
front by the Northern Pacific Railway
Company. I would like to call the atten-
ton OF the public to three cities located in
New York harbor and tho effect that rail-
roads owning and controlling the water
front Of ona Of them has
In neither New York city nor Brooklyn
do the railroads own or control any large
tracts Of lands on the water front In front
Of the business portion Of these cities. but
on the contrary the water fronts Of these
cities are cut UP for the use OF the many.
That this policy on the part of the munich
pal authorities has been for the best pub
aic interests no one who has walked along
these water fronts can doubt.
In Jersey City. however. the opposite pol
icy has prevailed and the railroads, mainly
the Jersey Central Railroad Company and
the Pennsylvania railroad own and occuhy
the whole water front of that city, except
ing only two or three small pieces. The
result has been to make q railroad town
Of Jersey City. It has no fine stores, pub
lie buildings hotels. theaters or diversified
manufacturing AZ New York city or a.
Brooklyn, but on the contrary, its real
estate not occupied by the railroads Is
mainly occupied by cheap hotels. corner
SToCcEleSs shtoOuSs sdllor DudIuiuk Housco
and a low grade OF residences, and north
Of Jersey City and adjoining It Is the city
of Hoboken in the same condition, occu-
pied by coal bunkers and the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western railroad To any
thinking man who has seen the condition
OF Jersey City and Hoboken, cannot UNI
derstand how they can lend their support
to the ''bottling up Of our most valuable
water front In favor Of any railroad.
The fact Of the necessity of some roads
running their trains in transit along the
water front Of Seattle IL bad enough with
out the city allowing them to use Railroad
avenue. as It is now being used. as freight
yards. The petition to vacate the streets
crossing Railroad avenue made by the
Northern Pacific Railway Company goes
still further, II understand this correctly.
and that is in addition to making a passen-
ger depot they propose to establish their
own freight yards on the property between
West street and Railroad avenue.
Every thinking citizen who owns proper
ty in this city should oppose the vacation
Of these streets to the Northern Pacific
railroad or any other railroad company.
G. B. RUSSELL.
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UNDERGRADUATE A. D. T.
representatives Of m Eastern Syn.
dicate visit seattle-Local Of
nee Has Not Been Advised.

Within the past ten days representatives.
Of an Eastern syndicate have been III Sc
attic looking over very quietly the Amer
4can District Telegraph Companys field.
while they did not visit the local once It
u said they secured much data regarding
the business of the company here and are
now In Portland where the same thing Is
being done.
The local men with whom they were
consulting decline to discuss the matter.
From an indirect source, however, 1t 10
learned that gigantic syndicate has been
formed In the East with the purpose Of
securing the A. ID. T. services in the
principal cities in the West and organizing
them under one general management.
Already several large services East of St.
Paul have been secured and representatives
Of the company are looking over the field
IN the West before any formal proposition
% purchase Is made.
The American Dietrict Telegraph Com
pAnies In nearly all cities are local organ
lxationA In some Western states one cor
poration controls the service of several
hitles. but does not do interstate business.
"As yet no open proposition has been
made to the local company" Manager Cot
ton when asked regarding 1t yesterday
said: Nothing has been said to me as ret
about buying or selling the local A. D. It.
Company's business Our company is in
corporated In this state and its stockhold-
ers live in various sections II a moves
pent to consolidate is on foot / am rot
Aware OF It."
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WILL NOT OBsTRUCT GROWTH.
Seattle. Jan. 4, 1906

Seattle, Jan. 4, 1900.
To the Editor: Referring to the discus
sion now going on relative to the PROPOSE
ton of the Northern Pacific railway to
build depot on its water front property,
regret to observe that in some instances
strong personal prejudices seem to char
acterize the utterances which, OF neces-
sity, divest the expressions of argument.
The fact that the old Northern Pacific
Railway Company, compelled by force of
circumstances to locate Its terminals at
Tacoma in 1873, accepted the situation, and
by the expenditure OF millions, with ali
the advantages of location. as compared
with Seattle, against It, succeeded in
making Tacoma what II did, appeals to me
as one Of the strongest arguments in its
favor at this time
When 1t saw. under it's reorganization
management. that 1t was an absolute
necessity to locate at Seattle. In order to
secure advantages to be found at no other
point In the Northwest, II did what any
wise. sensible business man would do I'M
der similar circumstances, and established
itself here. and has already purchased
property Of great value. Does any one
think for a moment, with this city uni
versally conceded to be the coming great
city of the Pacific coast, with the vast and
ever-increasing business of which Seattle
Is the natural and accepted distributing
point. the future possibilities of which are
beyond the conception OF the most san
guine, that the Northern Pacific, or any
other corporation (railroad or business),
is going to do anything that will in the
slightest degree retard or obstruct the
growth and prosperity of this city, on
whose prosperity its own business life de-
Ponds? That Is simply an absurdity. II
might as well be asserted that the large
proportion Of enterprising business men
who have located here from various other
towns in Western and also Eastern WASH
ington, after devoting their energies and
money to the building up of their re-
spective towns, in competition with Seat
tie, and who, finally recognizing the fulfil
ity of such efforts, are now enthusiastic
believers in the future of Seattle, showing
their faith by their work, would place OBJ
structions in the way Of our growth which
would be detriment to their own BUSH
ness. We expect to be the terminus of
several other transcontinental lines besides
the Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
and we want 1t distinctly understood that
we have room for them all, and would be
willing to make any concession that might
be for our mutual advantage. One can
not be benefited or injured without cor
responding gain or loss to the other That
is the inevitable law Of business. Yours
truly. F. c. HARPER.
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sirabie q place for the freight depot. I
believe that the wholesale business win
in the future be located south Of Yeslef
way, and that the freight depots should be
down in that direction.
Regardless Of this however. II the North
ern Pacific wants to como In here. a. they
evidently do. believe in giving them such
facilities ~ they need. just a. far a. 1t
can be done without working injustice to
our citixens I do not believe in Juggling
into the matter things relating to what the
agement, fifteen or twenty years ago. VS.
need improvements in that vicinity badly
enough, every one knows. The present
condition of things around the foot Of Co
lumbia and adjacent streets Fl q disgrace.
and IL the railroad company can make 1t
better. I say let them do 1t.
ISAAC COOPER
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DOES NOT BLOCK WATER 'FRONT.'.

Seattle, Jan. s, 1900.
To the Editor: ! notice much has been
said in communications opposed to the
Northern Pacif1cs plan for the rearrange-
ment of their Seattle terminals, concern
ing what their writer's call the blocking
up of the water front. I feel sure that
these gentlemen take an erroneous view,
both of present conditions and of the re-
suits Of the proposed alterations.
As regards the first, I would state that
the vessels in which corporations rep
resent have an interest, have for years
locked outside the present tracks. and
have taken on and discharged passengers
and cargo over them without further in
convenience that would be expected from
the necessary nearness of the rails to
the shipside-a circumstance so essential
as a time-saving element in handling
goods from ship to car, and vice versa,
that we have regarded 1t as more than
offsetting any possible disadvantages
arising from the requirement of exercis-
ing due care In working In proximity to
moving trains. Even II we call this an
inconvenience, It would be much more of
an Inconvenience not to have tracks and
ships thus close to each other, on account
OF the far greater expense in transship-
ment OF freight in either direction.
AS to the consequences of remodeling
Railroad avenue to some extent, do not
think that with the means for reaching
the water front. included in the proposed
plan, there would be any augmentation Of
danger nor to the public any increase Of
difficulties. Comparatively few people be-
sides those engaged in employments
which require the presence Of locomotives
and other machinery OF transportation
have occasion to cross Railroad avenue
except at stated points where facilities
for getting to the docks are to be pro-
yided; and all whose business takes them
to the water front day after day readily
become accustomed to attending to their
work in the midst of the surroundings
prevalent there, with as little distraction
or danger as the machinist or mill oper-
alive carries on his labor in the noisy
shop.
There is no call for anxiety In regard to
the mosquito fleet. The facilities for that
branch OF Seattle's shipping interests are
not liable to hindrance. Their trade had
grown in size and Importance from year
to year under conditions no different from
what they would be under the proposed
tirely at docks owned by the Northern
Pacific that they have had their landing
stages, and their commercial relations
with the railroad are so mutually, profit
able that It Is not supposaple that any
course would be taken to curtail them In
tho slightest degree. It seems to have
escaped the notice of many that neither
Marion, Spring nor Seneca streets was
ever plated below the east line of Rail-
road avenue. consequently the city would
not be closing water front privileges OPP
uosits those streets II the Northern Pa
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SUGGESTS VIGOROUS nnAsunns.

Seattle, Jan. s, 1900
To the Editor: The city Of Seattle that
ID making such strides to the front and
whose fame has spread to the uttermost
parts Of the earth, can I'll afford to send
out to the world, as Is being done through
the columns Of the daily papers, such q
record Of hold-ups, burglaries and high
way robberies as we have read OF FOR the
past two years It would seem to me that
the remedy lies in the hands Of the mayor
and citizens. 1t Is probable that another
hold-up on the Ballard car line will not
be attempted for the present, at least. and
why? Simply because Of the bravery and
quickness of action Of two Of our citi-
gems, one Of whom Is now suffering from
a serious wound az the result OF his valor.
1t seems to me that this action on the
part Of these two men should be recog-
nixed by the citizens in some manner, and,
while do not think either one IL a sub
1ect for charity, 1t would at least be ft-
ting for the city Of Seattle to pay the ex-
penses incurred by reason Of such wound.
/ would further suggest that at least q
vote of thanks be passed, a copy OF which
should be sent to each.
And last. but perhaps not least, would
suggest that the mayor, with consent OF
the council, suggest to every careful citi-
zen the duty Of arming himself when he
has to 60 upon the streets In the evening,
stnntial reward for every burglar or high
wayman captured or killed by citizen.
within the next six months. think such
action would result in scattering of
thieves. and at least partial security to
our citizens.
e. r. BUrrERwoRrH.
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FROM THE PEOPLE.
Continued From paxe -Four.

MAT Al ths Scc1 - ". 6isc-, st-..t the S,re-
nost si,n mi rsrn.sr s,,sf q \ = ana The
cstv 80 r,ste All ~ - ~ c,.,ir. a.
ths foot a cciurcss. srS IInivsrs,tv
streets. Marion. anrirr ana Gepscs streets
hsvs never heen nissfs6 nevcnS Raiifoad
sven,,a Nv the.. thsrS 80 rr~ M 0irect
annros chss ~ ana 40, srort Nv the
nronoss6 sn,nrcvsr,"nts ps,,ro.a Avenue
WIN III IA ~ dsnvsvs,,,. - i,ss ard linn
than ut ths nrS.ent t,,,s' ana the city
Will he ,ssS NAM - ds,r.ss su,ts occs.
stoned ~ Rst,rc~a svsrs,n ga ths cross
strests nj hs,r~ 49, a. rsrS,r
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-07
MILLS ALMOST READY.
improvements Made in Single
Plants During Shutdown.

Puget sound shingle mill men, who dur
Ing the past sixty days of inactivity, have
preparatory to starting up during the COM
Ing week, have, 1t Is stated. greatly en-
larged their cutting capacities. Several
OF the larger plants, finding their output
restricted by lack of sufficient NUM-
Dor Of dry kilns have put more Of them
IN.
Log ponds at various mills have been
deepened and widened so as to increase
their holdings. new boilers to furnish
greater power. have been put in and me-
chemically the mills are In better shape
than ever before. At all the mills a good
supply Of shingie bolts have been laid in.
The Ludgate mill, at the foot Of Repub-
Ncan street Is fast nearing complexion The
superstructure is about finished and within
4 few weeks the machinery will DO in
place. This plant, It is said, will be one
of the most complete on Puget sound and
within sixty days 1t is believed will be in
operation.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-07
Great Northern VIII Offer a Big
Block in February.
SOLUTION or LAsoR pRoslEM.
p1en the Recomnendation Of Presi-
dent sIili, 1880 900 VIII he sofa
~ Pas to Engineers, Conductors
and other Enployes Earning Less
Than $4,000 . year-some Of the
1seneAts That Are Looked for.

The Great Northern Railway Company.
e Il announced. will place $7.60000o Of its
Axtra stock voted at q meeting of the board
of directors held In New York week ago,
within the reach of employees OF tho road.
Word to this effect has been sent along
ths line. and there Is general rejoicing
among the men.
Upon the Recommendation OF President
Hin the stockholders have voted to In
sreasA the capital stock Of the road 10
per cent. February !. Tunmsdiaeely there-
altar, according to the plan outlined, this
amount will be placed on the market. ana
IN opportunity given every employe to in
vest at par. taking a. many shares as they
may wish. It Is also stated that q con-
siderable amount aside from the employer
block will be set aside for the officials OF
the various departments. on the same
The employee stock may be purchased
only by those whose salary Is $4,000. year
Sor over S ns an AMOUNT %nS viii II b Hs
4 10 local OfiScis, q the read. in speaking
ssady there az sa many Employs q the road
on the Pacific Coast division who are own
err Of Great Northern stock. They have
I f tSs . Anne s e s ' ou.d IL:
"a points oaxs ~ 4fnoSsS q many tines Within
e se q wa ss would Be-
tidered 4 handsofrie profit. 90 far a. I
have learned none has done 80 They all
realize that II what has been predicted
comes to pass, Great Northern stock stands
: good chance of reaching 200.
1.-THE new plan II not by any means
new one, as 1t has been tried with great
success on the Illinois Central and other
Eastern roads. TO buy any OF the Great
Northern stock now in the open market
would cost moro than par, 20 It il a good
'There is another reason why the move-
meft. to- encourage employees to become
stockholders is to be encouraged. A mar,
once stockholder. IL no longer bound 50
strongly by labor laws He Is interested
IN the road, its earning capacity, and well
fare. The dangers OF strikes and troubles
are lessened, and at the same time en-
enlargement IL given to make all matters
Of detail work more smoothly.
1.-THE cooperation Of the employees will
invest The stock win be Issued in lFebru-
nry, and In it, distribution, should there
be any rush to secure 1t, preference will
be given to the veterans In the service of
the road. In classifying the men a. to
eligibility to secure stock, the different de-
paFtments will be listed according to term
Of service. There will be one list of en-
gineers. with the Oldest in the employment
Of the road at the top. There win be an
brakemen, and all other departments
"A rumor OF such action by the directors
has been along the line since shortly after
the issuance OF the annual report, and
not man have heard speak of 1t but 3
DESTROYS OF taking all he can carry. For
this reason there will probably not be any
too much in the block Of stock offered"
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CONVENIENCE MOST IMPORTANT.

seattle, Jan. D, l9OO.
To the Editor: would like to see the
Northern Pacific have a suitable place to
build its depot and warehouses. and IL the
matter of the closing Of certain streets
can be properly arranged, think the pres
emit Is one Of the best locations in the city
for such purpose, although 1t would be bet
ter for my own personal interests to have
the depot further south, on account of the
benefit such improvements would be to my
real estate on the south side. Certainly
the better location, the better buildings and
accommodations any railroad has. the bet
ter 1t can serve the people in all DEPART
ments Of railroad traffic. The council
should be very careful about closing streets
and should use their very best Judgment,
SO as to protect the water front while at
fording the needed facilities for the trans
action of the large business between the
railroads and Seattle citizens.
The absolute convenience to our people
of having the place Of arrival and depart
ure close to the business center Is the con-
sideration OF first and greatest importance.
But beyond this, the effect upon strangers
arriving for the first time is worthy of
account. First Impressions, 1t is said. are
lasting. and we do not need to study deep
ly to see the difference Of the impression
produced upon new arrival, be he an in
tending immigrant, capitalist looking for
favorable investments. a prospective mer-
chant or manufacturer, seeking location
for hts business, or a tourist travelling SIM
ply for pleasure, between stepping from
his train In the midst Of the busy scenes
of our water front. close to the best mer-
camille houses and hotels, the most at
tractive streets and convenient to car lines
diverging to all parts, and being discharg-
ed in a region surrounded by gas works,
packing and slaughter houses and machine
shops. with the vacant lots filled with shall
low water and a stretch of uninviting ter
rltory to traverse before reaching his des-
tination In the city 7. F. JONEa
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ONE MUST NOT CONTROL.

Seattle, Jan. 3, 1SU. ?
TO the Editor: In HIS letter to your vaiua-
bic paper this morning. Mr.. q. w. Dick
inson, until recently In the employ of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company. and
lately appointed manager Of the new Seat
tie street railway combination, comes out
cquarely In favor OF giving the Northern
Pacific Railway Company q monopoly OF
the water front from Yesler way to UNI
verAty street for freight yards and freight
sheds, as well as for a passenger depot.
He says among other things, ITO my per-
sonal knowledge, the water front improve
ments Of the Northern Pacific in Tacoma,
handling their business as they do. con-
trolling the wharfage charges. make that
harbor the cheapest offered on either the
Atlantic or Pacific coaet to the commerce
Of the world"
BY . parity Of reasoning, I suppose. he
would argue that It would be greatly to
the advantage OF Seattle II the Northern
Pacific were given the control Of the wharf
age charges and the water front Of this
city.
what say you to that proposition, citi-
gems Of Scatter Do you believe that It
will make Seattle the cheapest port In the
world II you give to the Northern Pacific
Railway Company the same control here
that II has In Tacoma? We had always sup
posed that the Northern Pacific monopoly
at Tacoma gave commerce Of all kinds
there such q cold chill that It nearly died
aborning."
When the people who advocate the va
cation of the streets for the benefit Of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company so that
that company may turn the water front
into freight yards for Its own use and to
the exclusion OF other companies, are
forced to the position that 1t would be for
the best interests of this city to turn the
control Of our water front over to the
Northern Pacific Railway Company, their
case must be hopeless one. Is 1t not
perfectly notorious that one Of the liandi-
caps that Tacoma has always been under
Is the fact that tho Northern Pacific had
an iron grip on It's water front, enabling
1t to control the wharfage and thereby
control the commerce Of the city? Seat
ties commerce, on the other hand, has
grown and fiourished, In spite of the oppo-
sition of the Northern Pacific, principally
because Seattle was free port. No one
man or corporation controlled its wharves,
and these wharves were like SO many de-
pots from which a score of little boats
went out all over Puget sound like so
many trains over different lines of rail-
way. Seattle was saved from the destruc-
ton aimed at it by the Northern Pacific
Railway Company because 1t had Gods
great highways at Its door. Now the
Northern Pacific Railway Company is at
tempting to control that highway. and this
that company must never be permitted to
DO. THEODORE N. HALLER.
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cifiss pstition were granted q ne sueA
water trent ownership by the city exists.
Tho vacation asked for includes only the
short sxtsnt between Raiaroad and West
srn avenues.
I sincerely trust that our city oounoii
viii see its way TO grant such conoessicu
asked BY the road ~ VIII enable Il 70
make use Of the property In the way that
will be most advantageous to railroad
company and city alike
In this matter their interests are COM
Elementary to one another. and both
would be best served by the carrying out
of the company's plans substantially on
the lines proposed. A. H. ANDERSON.
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woRKMEN WILL RETALIATr.
Lndgate MIL Matter n Factor in Van
cOuver Municipal COMPANY.

Daniel whitman of Vancouver. who is
spending a few days in Seattle, says that
In the coming city campaign In that city
the action of the city council in refusing
TO allow Theodore Ludgate to erect his
sawmili on Deadman's island will be most
important factor.
greatly disgruntled over the action Of the
council" he said yesterday, "and will leave
no stone unturned to retallate at the polls
for what was q direct blow at them The
.-crldasmen were greatly exercised at the
time, hut the feeling has been intensified
e,pce Ludgate has secured site at Seattle
"a majority OF the citizens of Vancouver
regret the driving away OF such an In
dustry."
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Found nm Uncle.

James G, Goodrich, who has been an In
mate of the county poor farm at Pendle-
ton. Or, arrived In the city yesterday en-
route 70 Port Angeles, where he claims to
seen since 1866. Goodrich states he has
an estate. willed him by his father, In the
state Of Illinois, which his stepmother II
keeplng from him.