The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-05

SIDE, and the accessible and magnificent water power
Budds Inlet, being the extreme southern terminus
OF the sound Is the point at which Olympia is stu
ated and about half Of the present improved town
plot is subject to overflow during few hours at ex
treme high tide, although it is in contemplation the
coming summer to construct an embankment and
levee 70 enectually prevent any inundaton beyond
prescribed limit, and extend piers to deep water for
the accommodation of shipping. High tide on the
inlet Is from ten to twenty three feet allowing the
largest vessels to arrive, discharge load, and de-
part at convenience in close proximity with our bust
ness houses, without expense Of pOtage or t0wage,
and with perfect safety.
lthas been pretty thoroughly understood for Sc
res OF years that the only nducement or advantage
acerung to Great Britain by retaining possession Of
the Canadas may be found In the worth of their val
liable fisheries and timber and the superior quality
of the latter article afforded by the Baltic, is rapidly
depeciatng the value of the Canadas in this respect
Independent Of these considerations, so abundantly
possessed by Northern Oregon it Is supposed that
vein OF coal extends throughout the entire territory
north of the Columbia river. Discoveries have been
made at divers places adjacent to navigation the
Sound, and specimen forwarded to the Secretary
of the Navy, from the Steilaquamsh river, by gem
tleman Of this territory, and thoroughly analysed by
Mr.. W. r. johnson, practical geologist, has been
pronounced by that gentleman the purest Ameri-
can coal he had ever examned-neary free from
sulphur, and its burning attended with brilliant
ana eau s et OF we hays
having been made on the Skookum Chuck,
Chckeeles rivers, and also on Vancouver's
Island and that company deeply interested in the
OF coal, and of almost unlimited means and fac
tes were completing arrangements for the trial Of
sufficient quantity to test its utility for purposes Of
steam and if found practicable to enter at once upon
the use of the means which will ultimately supply
full demand for the wants Of the Pacific coast. The
Skookum Chuck coal fields from which the trial will
be made, situated but few miles from the head
of Puget Sound. from which railroad conld easily
be constructed to ship navigation; and as soon as the
ton advantageously weunderstand that adequate
supply for thorough test will at once be transmit
ted to San Francisco.
On the supposion that its adaptation for the man
uacture OF steam may be successfully and fav0rably
demonstrated, and the supposed extent prove equal
tOpresent public anticipation, what immense store
house Of wealth, what vast field for labor and enter
prise, will this one important article OF commerce
open up in northern Oregon.
We are informed by gentleman who has the
means of obtaining the most reliable information on
the subject that the amount of coal at present con-
sumed on the Pacific coast cannot fall short of thir
teen thousand tons per month"; or hundred and fifty
six thousand tons per annum. This amount would
be augmented by the demand of an incre ase in
the number of ocean steamers, by the demand which
would soon be made manifest from various islands in
the Pacific, from the CALIFORNIA;. Mexico, and the
South American States; it would soon employ very
respectable feet OF sailing vessels, thousands Of la
borers in the mines and on shipboard, and millions Of
dollars for an active cash capital favorable report
would at once influence dense population of our
territory build up our cities, and make the failure
state OF Columbia powerful and opuent as her golden
sister.
When to this one important article Of export is
added the valuable timber and lumber which at
present constitute principal articles of trade-our
fisheries made to yield their abundance under the
sagacious management Of the thrifty denizeDs Of
occupied land brought under subsection and made
to swell the tide Of commerce-the surplus OF our
farmers domestic focks and herds finding profta
BILE foreign consumption through the safe and tran
quill waters of the SOund-when these elements Of
her future greatness shall be embraced by capital,
enterprise, and labor commensurate with the neces
sary requirements-then will northern Oregon
divorced from unjust territorial bondage, dictate
own public trbunals-afiord to be magnanmous for
former neglect and injury, and be enabled to return
good for evil So mote it be.
FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAsT-ULTIMATE M
PoRTANCE TO NORTHERN OREGON, ETC.
1t is neither for the edifcati0n of the people Of
northern Oregon, nor from any hope of imparting to
citizens and important information, that we
have heretofore been led to the examination and dis
cussion Of the resources of our new and beautiful
country. We are all familiar with the fruitful pro-
ductiveness OF our soilthe winter mildness, summer
grandeur, and general salubrity Of our climate-the
extensive praiIfes and magnificent forests with
which we are surronnded-the immense bodies of
coal being developed in our midst-our two hundred
miles Of inland navigation and harbor afforded
by Puget Sound and the liberalty with which the
various pursuits of industry rewarded these are
subjects with which all OregoDians are familiar. But
it is that these things may be known abroad-that
those DESTROYS Of mmigrating to this portion of the
Pacific coast may know something of the character
Of the country to which their attention may have
been directed, and some Of the inducements which
invite their footsteps hither, that we have so fire.
guently devoted portion of the columns of the
Columbian to matters connected Herewith.
To the commercial class Of the community on the
Atlantic coast an inducement, standing pre-eminent
and highly attractive, is the magnificent fisheries
known to exist on the shores of the Pacific.
1t is asserted by persons who have spent some time
in the examination of the fishing grounds of the
sound, strait and coast that in their opinion the
business could be prosecuted more successfully
less danger and exposure, and labor crowned with
reward infinitely superior to that attending the
fisheries of any other country in the world. And
that fOr cod salmon, halibut, DC, the grounds
ferred to are unrivaled in quantity and quality
Astounding, likewise with profusion of mackerel,
herring with myrads of every variety Of the she'll
fish order.
for the information of the people of the Atlantic,
that these fisheries have been thus far suffered TO re-
main almost undisturbed-that salmon is the princi-
pal article OF Indian substencetbat what little has
been done in the business Of securing the salmon
has been done solely by the Indians, through their
crude method and slender appliances, and that their
lazy and worthless habits prevent sufficient be-
stowal Of time and attention in furnishing any consi
sites, and what is required for present home
sumption. The schooners Mary Taylor Franklin, De
marscove, Cynosure, and others, have been engaged
in the traffic of what oil and salmon the Indians of
Queen Charlottes, Vancouver's, and those of Cape
Flattery may have had to dispose Of auxiliary in
the completion OF their cargoes and during the year
just closed have procured for the San Francisco
ket several thousand barrels of each; and although
the business is accelerating the tardy movements of
the Indians towards increasing the supply the trade
will not at present justify the exclusive attention of
the above vessels being given to it, nor WILL until
the sbarpsigbted capitalists from Nantucket, New
Bedford and other portions OF the Atlantic coast,
display their skill, daring, and enterprise upon our
shores, and by going into the business after their
own method, render it at once highly important and
vastly profitable
Assuming it for granted that the fishing grounds
of the Pacific coast are in every respect without
superior in the world, in climate where the bust
ness can be carried on during all seasons of the
year, and with harbor large enough to shelter in