Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-03-14
Pacific CITY.
The California papers are filled with notices


Bay. in this Territory, while from the tone of
the Portland papers, it is plainly to be seen,
that the dcnizens of that place greatly fear
the power of their new rival. The Argus
thinks great commercial town should be
founded somewhere near the mouth of the CO.
lumLia, but not on the Washington side, (of
course not,) and paradcs the superior odvan-
tages of Astoria over the point selected. The
incorporation is composed of some of the
most wealthy and energetic men in Califor-
MIA, among whom we notice the nanc of
Frank NJ. Pixlry, Attorney Gcnaral of that
State. One hundred families, tho head of
each of which had been paid 500, in coin,
with several hundred laborcrs, We're to have
sailed on the Hermann, last week, for the new
city, to commence forthwith the erection of
wharvcs, warehouses and buildings. The
capital of the incorporation is estimated at
considerable over Il million of dollars, IN coin
1t is proposed by the incorporators to place
a line of steamers on the Columbia to ply be-
tween Pacific City" and Cascades, with.
out stopping at any intermediate points, to
connect with a line of steamers on tho upper
river for the mining region. 1t is rulnorrd
that the citizens of the Dalcs have Il finger
in the pie, and are pledged to aid the new en-
terprisr. If Portland lacked tic energy to
raise Il few thousand dollars to remove the Oh
structions TO ocean steamship navigation in
the Willamette river, she is nU likely to prove
a serious drawback to the new city. The San
Francisco Herald and .Miy1r thus comments
OH the enterprise
81 he other day we male mention Of Pa
ciiic City, a new town to be- located near the
mouth of the Columbia, in Washington Ter
iitory. We now learn Tie enterprise is fixed
fact and that the company which propose to
build the city has been organized and will be
Immediately Incorporated, Those ut the head
of this enterprise are men OF energy and
means. and know what they are about. The
new city, next to San Francisco. will have the
best location on the Pacific coast and will
eventually command all the trade of Oregon,
Washington and tie mines Of British Column
bia The wealth and resources of Oregon
and Washington are just beginning to be de-
veloprd; ere many years that region will be
the seat or a great population and immense
wealth and Pacific City will become the sec
ond commercial city of the Pacific coast.
1.-The new town will doubtless attract the
greater portion of the trade which now CEN
trrs at Victoria for want of Il better place.
That town is 50 nconvcncn,ly located and
its Government is SO exclusive aud illiberal
that American merchants find it unpleasant.
These will always be distinguished traits of
Victoria.
"Arrady large number of those who are
to be the advance guard in this new march Of
Improvement and enterprise have been engas-
ed, and will soon proceed to the site which is
soon to be that Of the emporium Of the North,
for the purpose Of erecting warehouses. build
ing wharvrs and opening roads. Pacific City
is so located as to be the natural receiving and
distributing reservoir, both by land and water
carriage, of all the region north of the State
of California, hence there can be 10 question
of its rapid growth and its future greatness
That its founders may live to become million
aries, rs have Brannan, Lick and other San
Francisco pioneers, we do not doubt. Tribu-
tary to the new city will be some of the most
extensive and productive agricultural, mineral
and lumber regions known. willie the climate
is as good us the Pacific coast can boast
r-s, 'IJo n.,vo,, Sy,,/c RrnuLI;r0n saws