Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-20
THE piSHEE SPIRIT.

THE BiSBEE SPIRIT.
 The Review spoke the other day about the Bisbee spirit We are re minded again of the subject and one , that should be prt .ominant in the 1ipjs of every tT Bisbeeite. Seat ile. the keenest, ] ieliest city today bn the Pacific Co st, has just cele- 3rated the thirtieIL anniversary of the opening of the Seattle and Walla rail Soad Although never heard of to- day among railroad men, this road was the project which gave Seattle her first lead over the other saw-mlil- ing towns of Puget Sound, and started Der on the road which has placed her tn the commanding position she now enjoys as a commercial city.
 Thirty years ago the Northern Pa eific R. R. lthen buiiding) sent com Sission out searching for a western &erminus, and Seattle was an aspirant Cor the honor. The people of the lnen little burg offered the company half af all the land within the town limits. an abundant water frontage, conces- sions and grants that would have been worth millions Of dollars to the com Qany today. some reason known only 10 ther,m 5 the company de f11ned the oEs-. d selected Tacoma &nstead l. C stated without de &racting froE , hing to the credit H Tacoma, thaS lne Northern Pacific Vas paid dearly for its folly. Just <O acquire a tithe of what it once re Arsed it has had to pay out millions, and Seattle has forced the company's secognition.
 When the railroad company turned Che people of Seattle down, and she &ad only 3,000 population then, they Cook hold with more determined spirit |Ghan ever to develop the resource. Uhich lay at her door. This was tne Airth Of the now famous Seattle <: .L .- .-.i-,.iai to.... Hardc~ tAga eyer Tie pioneer :cs.- 6snts rated as poor men in the tinan- Ges Of today, organized company to s16iIiid . railroad to the coal mines at Black Diamond and Franklin, only ( Sew miles away, and ultimately to &uild over the Cascades to the won 6oTful wheat fields in Walla WaI,a czuDty. The money for the first shir Gtad of rails was ralsed by popular Nhscnptjon, anu then one day the G-,,ire population C, the town turned da. s.Ij graded 6 rart of the railway Eca under the d;rec of volunteer esinsf~s {~c" 3ng their number <n the same ma4i.iv.' rolling stock va: Flilt at home or bought by populai subscription The little railroad va: 6nilt and the coal brought to the ship: af the docks. A new trade was be 8In. Fleets of vessels began 10 fiocl .lhto Seattle harbor for cargoes, ant the city grew and prospered- Sh {eaped forward with bounds. Sh 0ufsrew all surrounding towns. an
 rer since has led all other communi e4kd OB Suo f1C2uC SOoSt- iNos MI dannted Seattle Spirit has sent tn seorned village of the Northern Ps etHc railroad rolling forward to ne Suresent position of being the grea commercial seaport she is, and keep Snn Francisco on the anxious sea Ghree hundred and sixty-five days l Che year.
 And right here is the lesson for Bi: bee; the energy. community pas-io Nm and independence to do thing Shr one's S Seattle did not Ia duYn arc EEzAe about ccrpora' greed and csgstzifstic favoritism whe
 turned down, but set about creatir
 trade and transportation for herse
 which was denied by a great corpor
 tcn, and when it could have gathert
 tie entire wonderfully rich region in
 its own keeping This is the kind
 sSirit -LAt w.a=- Com1aGaity [
 triotism and faith in ones home tow
 is the basis for this spirit. If v
 encourage this we are sure to W
 success. Let us get together on u
 Bsbee spirit.
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