Year: 1873

Well directed enterprise, backed by in
tegrity, ensfgy and courage, will always
comt1and capital. Cofavince the world
tkat you are in earnest in this work,
that you are a united people, that you
have faith in it, and are willing to stake
in it your own earnings to the extent of
your means, and you will inspire con-
fidence among capitalists that will com.
mand all the money you need for this
work.


While you have beer waiting, and
giving all your hor es and your influence
to tbs Northern Pacific Railroad-which
now proves to be a cheat and bank
rupt concern-capital has been seeking
investment in newer territories Offering
much less enducep,ents than we have to
Offer. Denver, in Colorado, has been
mace large and prosperous city by
becoming the focal point of a system of
narrAw gauge railroads, running through
mountain defiles. out upon the unculti-
waited plains. and far into the Indian
territory. A narrow gauge railroad,
more than twice the length of our pro-
posed road, is now ia the course of con-
struction from Salt Lake to Montana,
through wild, mountainous region for
a greater portion Of the route. Let
our situation be fairly represented at
the money and business centres; that
the plar upon whi.t the Northern Pa
cific railroad was projected, OF connect
ing the East and the West by Che short
est railroad line across tie continent,
has been practically abandoned by that
Company; that the way is now open for
direct line from Puget Sound to con- |
hect with the Union Pacific; that the
people of Washington Territory are as
near unit upon the subject as it is
possible to be upon any project. and are |
willing to aid in the work to the extent
of their ability and resources; it will
not be a remarkable or difficult under
taking to negotiate on easy terms the
funds necessary to complete tho work. |
But this viii depend in great measure
upon the spirit and disposition mani
tested by our own people; if they show
lack Of confidence or an indisposition
to invest. they certainly can beget no
confidence among money lenders; the
basis for loan must first be created,
and that guaranteed by such assurances
of good faith as will establish confidence
n theundertaating.


A CowARDLY ATTACK.--The subsidized
osgan of the N. P. R. Land Ring at
Walla Walla, publishes communica-
ton dated at Seattle which while pre-
tending to advocate the Seattle and
Walla Walla Railroad, betrays the ami
mus of its author as well as the publish
er towards the project, by the following
false and malicious chalges against its
projectors:


believe that such system of roads
can be and will be built. But have no
faith in the Company which has been
incorporated at this place called the
Seattle and Wa,la Walla Railroad and
Transportation Co. TIE management
of that concern is in The hands of q set
of men who have been in ring together
for years; a most contemplate clique,
they are trying in the very outset to
make a good thing out of it themselves
by gouging everybody else. We might
CONSENT to be gouged by these scalawags
lif they would build the road, but they
will never build the road; they haven't
got brains enough for such an enterprife.
1t seems to be the curse of the age that
every enterprise of this character must
get into the hands of selfish or incompe-
tent men. These directors have not as
yet put any of their own money into the
enterprise. Some of them that have
money aay that they are going to. Per-
haps they will if they find it is going to-
be a success, otherwise not. If one of
them owns q piece of land away off
somewhere that is not worth the taxes
he has to pay on it, he is pretty SIRE to
turn it into railroad stock and it will be
valued at high figure, but if an out
slider offers them land that Is really val
liable, they will appraise it ve,y cheap.
On these terms they ask the people to
subscribe their land and they require
the deeds to be executed at once giving
them the lands in fee simple; instead of
taking bonds for deeds until q aisuHicient
amount has been subscribed to insure
the building of section of the road.
they must have deeda at once 40 they
will get the land, whether they ever
build any road or not.


Such an assault upon the character of
the men engaged in this work, if made
only in Seattle, would but provoke de-
rision or contempt. The men charac-
terized as scalawags," and in the ag-
gregate as Contemplate clique, are:
A. A. Denny, II. L. Yesler, J. J. Nc
Gilvra, James Mcknight. F. Matthias,
John Collins, A. MackintosH, Dexter
Horton and J. M. Coleman, representing
O larger amount of taxable property and
a greater di, ersity of interest and parties
than any other like number of men who
can be selected in Ring county, and
were the subscribers to large majority
of the munifcent subsidy rendered to
the N. p. Railroad conditioned upon
the location of the terminus at Seattle.
These men were never before known
associated in any party. clique or ring.
and upon all other public occasions
have maintained diverse and conflicting
views. They were severally selected
unanimously for their present positions
by popular vote in one of ths largest |
public meetings ever held in this coun-
ty, and each has subsequently declared |
his readiness to resign his place to any