Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-09-09
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tu'are uer,l,d 10 Insure future growth AMI
advancement w-,e papGla'ioa and capital
TO aid the development OF our many ma
t-rial resources. To secure these e>s-n-
,ial elements of wealth and progress. i,
was necessary tina, our claims should be
heralded abroad, tina, the attention Of the
public Of the Eastern States should he di-
rectrd hther that we should receive recog-
milton at the hands of men of energy or
capital willing to invest, such men as aid
in the growth of States or communities.
who build up settlements. We have long
been overshadowed by the luxurient
growth of California and Oregon. Our
people have waited too long on "the hope
Deferred" but daylight at las: appears
and the harbinger future success we may
now welcome with an assurance that our
time is about to come.
If evidence is required that we are not
enthusiastic, or oversanguine, the most de-
spondent will find it in the interest now
pervading the American public In regard
to the Pacific slope, and especially the
Northern Territories. American states
men are no longer content to take the
statements of others they desire to see
for themselves the evidence that on these
Pacific shores there is to be the center of
commerce and the homes of milEons that
from here is to come the wealth which is
to recuperate the our National finances,
and lift the load Of debt from our devoted
Government incurred in its late hallowed
struggle for Union and human freedom.
Puget Sound the great Mediterranean
of the Northwest, now has kno,cn
place on the map, as we'll as in the minds
Of the Great Republic. Men Of capital
recognize the fact that here, upon this
great inland sea. the Tyre of the Pacific is
to be built, and hither the commercial eye
is turning for its site. 1t will be found in
the terminus of the great inter-oceanic
railway, the Northern Pacific road, the ra-
tional, shortest and easiest connection be-
tween navigable wateis-viz: from the
headwaters of the Missouri, communicate
ing with the shores of Puget Sound. and
crossing the head of navigation of the
great Columbia. Nature proves the adj
vantage Of that route by the close proxim-
ity of natural highways and the facilities
they afford each other in solving the prob
lem of transit of the continent. The album.
dance Of wood and water, such aids in
railroad construction, demonstrate its econ
omy over all Other proposed routes or lines.
That these features are becoming known
and appreciated, we need no better evil
dence than the two visits recently made
by the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives and his distinguished compan.
ions, and the more recent visit of the Chair.
man Of the House Committee on Terrific.
ries. accompanied by a distinguished civil
engineer. Col. John B. rockingham, of
Massachusetts. long Engaged on many of
the railroads Of New England. Ohio, Hin
OILS and Michigan.
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ried resources. to re our people. to take
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