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desirable thing per Sc for us to have =
rnad that could take through trains
f.om the East. But it is questi ,nable
whether there is man in the world,
who can refute Mr. Galfelds's chain OF
logic on this point; or in other words
to prove that in view Of all the eircum-
stances, it is sxpedient for MS to attempt
to 4bnili d broad guage road. infhe
light OF bis hIminus asgnments--foS
which he deserves the sincere thanks OF
the peopleaf seat:le-,t appears evident
that Seattle's opportunity is the pract-
icab;lty Of obtaining road to the "op-
uer Columbia" that can be built and
operated SO much more cheaply than the
corkscrew affair OF the Y.
5. N. N. P. r. Il. Co.. as to render
competition hopeless on their part. lie.
MS lust accomplish this thing-then
:. may Israel say. verify the Lord hath
delivered the Philisfines into our hands
But there we're one or tw points IN
Mr.. Larfielde's speech which will bear
:, little discussion.
He asserted that the Canadian Pacific
R. r. would be built. and terminate at
Esquima-t anu that therefore, the N. x
r K. Co, would have to pull up stakes
at Tacoma and go down on the west
side Of the Sonud to terminate as near
the ocean as practicable ill order to COM
pete with that road. What we ask, ls
there on the Straits of Fuca for these
two gr. at roads TO compete forf Inc
growth of local commerce and produce
tion is to determine this railroad ques-
lion on Puget Sound altogether. The
relative superiority Of position OF Es-
imllt over Seattle is really much less
than that Of Astoria over Portland.
What We may also ask, can this Ca
madam enterprise compete with us forl
The trade Of Eastern w. T. and Oregon
and the Rocky Mountain basin? I'M
possible. The carrying trade OF Aslaf
We must wait and see how good and
short road they can build and how
GREAT Inducements they can offer to the
wo, Ids great communities of consumers
10 use Il i road for their exchanges, be-
fure an answer Can be giver. Inc
great stake we are really playing for, Is
to have our country become great
center; and for this pur-
pose our facilities an .esomc ces are so
great that no Canadian Pacific, nor even
North Pole Pacific eau prevent US
tium achieving our destiny. The mere
transit OF through freights through
territory. disconnected. entirely from To-
cal industry. will benefit it not muco
more than the passage OF ships ot nens
AN equal III ca of the ocean.
British America west Of the Lake - q
Q Id, barren and inhespitable country.
Ours is rough enough. out that Is worse.
Mr.. Galtielde gave IA chain OF reason
ing whereby Judge Rice proved by some
hocus pncus of equation Of gradients
aud curva'ures and that sort of thing,
that The distance from the month OF the
Yakima TO Tacoma by railroad cia Ka-
lama wonEd be practically little greater
Than that to Seattle rid the Snoqualmle
Pass broad guage rond.
Assuming this reasoning to be true,
measure on IA MAJ the shortest practlcaoio
route of the North Pacific, as determine
ed by actual surveys and computations,
Ms it meanders from Lake Superior away
South to the Yellowstone had waterss
then away North to the British line,
ner,h of Lake Pend Oreilles: then away
South TO The mouth Of the Yakima, and
Kalama; and finally away north to Pors
Townsed. Imagine all the minor curves,
con,ortions und Observation-Disclosures,
reflect that this is practically the short
est route for a Northern Pacific railway
obtainably though the territory OF oni-
ted States; bear in mind that the fur
ther NORTH you go tie worse this west
etn county gets tangled up; AMI then
ask Yourself: Could railroad be p"ac-
tically built through the howhng wastes
of British Columbia. of less length
than 2. 500 miles ? Wouldn't the opera
ton of such a road be something like
Uncle John Denny's practicable wagon
road over the Alleganies-One nigger
known to have started over and never
come back :? Mind we are proceeding
now on Rice and Garfielde's Tacoma
aud West side logic.
The snoqualmie is the only practi-
cable railroad pass through theCascades,
except the Columbia. and Seattle is the
only practicable debouchure of that
pass Oh Puget Sound harbor.
Now then. il Mr.. Garfelde's argu-
men,s can be adopted as premises. I
can tell the N. P. II r. Co., what they
will have to do in oder to compete with
the Canadian and otherP Pacifcraiiroade:
it is this: get Congre-s to so amend their
charter that they can build a ''a1Tou
wruge road from Seattle to Lake. Super
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