Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-02-04
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procur. the modification OF ropes. Of An otious
or oppressive restriction.
But some one suggests that kslama is on
the north side of the Columbis river, and that
the trade and commerce OF Oregon will not
cross the river to reach the town. Those who
RELY upon such reasons forget that New YORK
city is upon an Island, and rs broad river -
the Columbia has TO be crossed 70 rcseh il in
any direction. The present, and emily Railroad
that is, or ever will be constructed in the
neiphborhcod Of Portland is separated from
that town BY the Willamette river. Another
asserts that Portland has too great a " start"
and too much capital invested to fear any rival
commercial point. The antiquated town Of
Plymouth might as well plead the "start'
that the accidental landing Of the Maytower
gave it. jamestown might as well assert its
superiority derived from Captain John Smith,
or vincenncs-thc oldest town in the West
might as well refer to the start it got in adj
vance of St. Louis. This is an age in which
the necessities Of commerce supcrcede all such
" starts"
The aggregation of capital in building M
commercial centre, is dependent somewhat up.
on the use that is made Of it, and Judging from
the difficulty which has been experienced in
collecting a few dollars in aid of the construc-
ton of the West Side Road, ! infer that the
liberal use of Portland capital will never inter-
fere with the progress of any rival Town.
town that has never had the enterpr to con-
struct q mile Of decent wagon road, to enable
the farmers to meet the ships with their wag-
ous, may as we'll subsidc and dry up its boasts
about the lavish use Of capital, which for all
practical purposes might as we'll have remain
ed in the mines from which some more enter
prising persons extracted it.
1t is true that the present terminus Of the
East Side Railroad is opposite Portland ut no
distant day pray that the East Side will be
continued down the Willamette river nd make
connection with the North Pacific road. If
this is not done, Holiday will run his ferry
boat from the present terminus to transport
the East Side produce to the deep waters Of
the proud Columbia. In either event Kalama
will be the practical terminus Of the rosd.
The removal OF the distractions IN the Will
Ianette river, and the booking Of the falls, az
Oregon City, will then open the entire river
to free navigation, when steamboats, can load
ct Eugene City, and proceed over Swan Island
bsr and the other distinctions, to Kalsua
and discharge their car20es into large sea-go-
ing ships. When these things are completed,
rs firmly believe they will be, Portland will
be respectable ray station, and bear about
the same relation to the future commerce of
Oregon that Champoeg and Milwaukee DO to
the present. Those who labor under the de-
fusion that the people of Oregon will not aid in
building up a great trading centre outside the
State, know nothing Of the necessities of COM
merce, never hesitates at State line. The
people of the interior care nothing about Port
land, and it l,as receDtls been pretty well de-
monstrated that the people Of Portland care
nothing about the people Of the interior-a
happy state Of indifference, which leaves each
party free to look after their own personal in
tcrcsts.
The foregoing is an outline Of the events to
which the finger of destiny unerringly point
this realization will be neither fastened or re-
tarded. or their severity increased or mitigated
by any opinions of mine. give them to the
public with the honest conviction that they arc
now in progress, and that less than five years
will witness their FINAL contamination.
W. FOOT.