The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-05-05
G STREET MEN ASK QUESTIONS
Laugh at Hireling's Efforts to Make it
Appear to COuncilmen That Mil
waukec Is Behind Mckee Line.
Editor Herald.

Editor Herald:
Residents and property owners
along G street would like to have q
few questions answered before they
believe that the proposed extension of
the Yakima Valley railroad is in any
way connected with the Milwaukee, or
with any other than the Northern
Pacific.
We know that Mr.. Donald was in
the employ of the Northern Pacific
railroad during its construction; that
he has lobbied in it's interests and
that he has opposed all other pro-
posed railroads.
We would like to know why the
Northern Pacific railroad has assisted
the Yakima Valley railroad as it has
If it has no interest in it?
Some Questions Asked.
Is it the policy of the Northern Pa
| cific railroad to assist other railroads
to invade its territory? Does 1t give
a right-of-way on its main line to a
competing railroad? And furnish the
engine and cars for the construction,
as it has on the Yakima & Valley rail-
road? Was not the said road built.
in part at least, with secondhand
Northern Pacific rails?
If the Yakima Valley road is in no
way connected with the Northern Pa
cific why did Mr.. Donald take Mr.. Ell
lott, president Of the Northern Pa
cific. over the proposed road before
anything was done toward purchasing
| a right-of-way to the Mckee, which we
know he did?
FavOrs to Competing Lines.
ficials have said that they intended to
build into the Mckee valley and other
parts of the Yakima valley. Such be-
| ing their intention, would they show
the favOrs to a competing line as they
have to the valley road? Has that
been their policy with other proposed
lines in this valley or elsewhere?
We would like to know when the
Yakima and Valley road got back
into the Milwaukee fold?" When did
Donald give his friend Elliott the
double cross?
Rails Can Carry Traffic.
We are not trying TO prevent the
building of the road to the Mckee but
believe it can be built on II street as
easily as on G street and with much
less damage to property. We believe
that is where it should 60 There is
already one track there and we fail
to see why the track already there
can not be used and with much less
damage than on G street We believe
that one track will accommodate all
the business of a 12-mile road and
also the business of a sawmill We
don't believe the business would ex-
tIAf l.
track roads even if he runs his hot
air car"
Would Welcome the Milwaukee.
We do not believe that the North
Yakima & Valley railroad is in any
way connected with the Milwaukee
or any other competing company
built, and that would be a benefit to
the city and valley, for then we would
share in the benefit derived from it
and it would largely offset the damage
to our property.
But we can see no evidence of it be-
ing anything but a little jerkwater
branch of the Northern Pacific, faith
cred by it and built by a man who has
always served it.
We believe it to be a part of the
scheme of the Northern Pacific rail-
road to bottle up this city and valley
and prevent any other road from
building here, as well as to hinder the
completion of the electric line.
Electric Road Throttled.
We know that with branches of the
Northern Pacific built into the differ
ent valley the harder it will be to in
terest capital in building the electric
line which we so much need. 1t
seems to us that If Mr.. Donald wanted
to engage in railroad building for his
own interest and the good of the city
and valley he would have given his as
sistance to the electric line.
We believe that the assertion that