The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-11
pAID ADVERTISEMENT
Seatlle'S StOCkade He'll
and
Quarantine He'll
by Edwin J. Brown

This week. am going 10 take
you TO Firiand Sanitarium. and
then into court with my petition for
wriA OF habeas corpus. but first
have "A suggestion to offer on this
SIS. 100000 street car deal.
IL will be remembered that the
street car purchase was originally
based upon the theory that the
stress OF war necessitated the pur.
chase Of the car lines. 40 as to give
better service to our shipyard work.
era.
The public records viii show the
appraised value. by the state tax
commission Of all the property be
longing 20 the Stone Webster cor.
poration in King county TO be
about 1906. 900: that is. everything
they own In King county; light.
power. real property, street car
tracks. equipment and their coal
mines. their street railway and
equipment comprises about one-half
OF their holdings in King county.
the valuation OF which should be
about $4,000. 900. Upon this basis.
the people Of Seattle are getting in
the neighborhood OF n t7.000. 900
lemon handed TO them when they
buy the car company at 5000. 900
under the present price and arrange
ment. nor IL that all. because the
people OF Seattle are being betrayed
The original bargain for the car
lines provided that the lines were
TO bc paid for from the net earn
ings. and that the company would
take utility bonds secured by the
car cornpany's property only, but as
the bonds now issued provide that
the car lines must be paid from the
gross earnings before the operating
expenses are paid, we see that II
the roads do not take In sufficient
aung expense. the bonds will have
TO be paid from the gross income.
and the operating expense will have
TO be paid by general tax levy on
the people OF Seattle. and in that
event the bonds would probably be
held by the supreme court as gen
eral bonds Of our city. This will
Exhaust our constitutional bonded
Indebtedness to our credit limit. 10
that our development OF water
power for furnishing electric power
would be at an end. and we would
find ourselves at the mercy OF the
Stone Webster corporation for
power. Our skagit power site would
be lost because our debt limit had
been reached by the purchase Of the
car lines at twice their value.
There in too much deception. too
much bunk. too much doubie-dealing
on the part OF our city adninistra-
ton about this car line deal. The
agreement Of purchase that the PEG
pie OF this city sanctioned by voting
to buy the car lines Ii not the agree
ment OF purchase entered into by
the mayor. Mr.. Fitzgerald. Mr..
Thomson. Mr.. Moore. Mr.. Hesketh
and Mr.. Bolton.
Public Ownership is one thing and
betraying the people and robbing
them II another. This street car
purchase begins TO smell bad and
II In time for the people OF Seattle
to look into their political woodpiie
and find the black man in IL.
MY TRIP TO FINLAND
The people of Seattle may well
be proud OF Firland as an insutu-
ton for tuberculsr people. did
not get TO talk with many patients.
I did see and talk with men who
are in need OF warmer wooden I'M
derwear. socks. overcoats and the
like. talked with some who com
plain bitterly about having to work
when they are not able and strong
enough.
was remindful OF the striking
contrast between the treatment OF
the sick at Flrland and those at our
filthy stockade and city Jail. who
are held under the fake quarantine
OF the Seattle Health Department.
THE WRIT or HABEAS
CORPUS
Magma Charta itself was necessi.
tated and brought forth TO re-estab.
lish human rights. and even after
that the servile action OF judges In
induiging eubterftive tn avoid ar.