The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-01-28
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II senator ebert plies accomplish
ea all the taaha delegated 10 him hy
the chamber Of commerce and bust
ness mon throughout the county.
aud the state. too. for that matter.
he has n strenuous career ahead OF
him In the halls Of the national
congress- King county projects.
pfllcularly. which have been slight
ed for want Of federal encourage
ment. Will now again beb rought 70
the fore. as IL Is believed that Seat
tie has AT last an opportunity TO re-
gain lost ground
Il have not fully recovered from
my joy over the election Of Mr. piles
yet. said Secretary Mciklc. Of the
chamber OF commerce this morn
ing. Ills victory means much for
teh state and It's metropolis Sen
ulor Foster has done much, but Il
has been impossible for him to uu=
defstand local conditions. az least as
well as Mr. Piles does The fact
that Washington IS Al last repre-
scented In tho senate BY a Seattle
man will be an Indispensable factor
In building up "A great trans Pacific
trade We certainly need Nj Piles
FOR the upbulldluE Of the commercial
interests Of this state and this city. 2
King county al the present time
wants more than 81 600 600 81 np=
preparations from the federal gov
eminent. bat these are relatively
uulmportant conaideratlaus com
pared Wlth the indirect benefit -
be received Lack Of proper polit=
ical representation IN Washington
has undoubtedly done much - re
lard the progress Of Seattle and
the Puget sound country In many
ways not apparent To- the casual oh
server II has resulted In improper
attention To the Puget Sound navy
yard and discrimination against To-
cal steamship companies and ship
building concerns
Particularly Is this true Of the
awards OF bids for Carrying forage
10 the Philip Just now local
chipping men are anxious To nee
that all lumber shipped from Puget
sound 10 Panama goes In American
bottoms aud similar eEiEeneles Of
immense importance 20 this county
and state are continually coming pp.
ono 81 the first htniga that Mr..
piles will be asked 20 obtain will be
an appropriation Of $500. 600 for the
construction Of an addition to the
federal building. That the latter
will be inadequate to the needs Of
the city IL already evident although
the building g. not half completed.
shipping men are also agitaiiug
the proposition OF obtaining an ap=
preparation uf $500 600 for the con
structiun OF a customs house at this
port Since Seattle has become the
most important entreport on the
sound. the quarters to be given the
customs house Ia the federal build
Ing will be entirely inadequate The
location Is very undesirable. ship
ping men want 20 see separate
customs house building somewhere
la easy reach OF the waterfront
The appropriation needed for the
completion Of the Lake Washington
canal is 5000. GOO This will be
needed in partial amounts as the
work progresses
An appropriation Il also desired
FOR the Improvement Of the upper
and lower reaches of the Columbia
river.
Something like $50 900 Il desired
for dredging out the DuwamlSh riv-
sr
In fact. Seattle citizens arc deter
mined. now that they have a United
States senator. 10 reap some OF the
benefits OF federal representation
that other cities are getting. Seat
ties federal building. for instance.
ia TO cost only $500 900. while IA
Omaha. Sch. a city not 30 large a.
this. the government Is expanding
s. 000. 600 on such a structure.
The appropriations for the Inn
provcment 81 Fort Iavfon have
also been ludIcrously inadequate.
One OF Mr.. Piles tasks will be TO
make Of this post the important for
tilted center that its important
strategic position iustines