, 1874-07-09

country. destitute Of coal. and cont
ng but little wood or timber. -
The records Of the General Land
ice show that in Walla Walla and Y
ma Counties there are two millions
six hundred thousand acres of first
agricultural land. The average yiel
.heat is estimated at forty bushel
acre. % y ~ tIis eslsal ON -
walla walla County in 1873 ai.ios
produced one million bush
els surplus of yheat. The a
!, cost of transporting this 4
wheat to San Francisco was
IS cents per bushel, total $3.50
The county also exported in
1873, barley.rye, cattle, oats,
fruit, hogs, sheep. wool, &c.
the freight OF which is about
one half that of wheat $425
The farming implements. gro i.~
ceries and other merchandise =
shipped to- Walla Walla
in 1878 aggregated 10000 yir
tons freight; cost from San
Francisco per ton, $55 4 55Q
There were 2. 900 votes cast in
WallA sWalla county at the
last election; it is o fair es- A.,
innate in this purely farm
ing country to say that If
teen hundred Of these voters
- are householders, and will
consume 20 cords of fire.
wood per family per annum.
Total cords, 80, 600: cost per
cord, .$12 ao7 36(
Total amount of freight in Wal
la Walla county for year
1879. including wood, u 4 q2,l8'
On a three foot guage railroad
the cost Of moving a ton of Il )
freight per mile is one cent;
lsee repcrtof National Rail- I
road Convention for 1872; u
II H =
report of Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad for 1879 ?,
{ Allowing one cent per ton
per mile for profit, &c, the d
price perton- per;mile from
SeattletoW Walla Walla would
zbsl = 4cssahtss 81 81 psf ssf',b ,bhashsi ah shot lSf
wheat. Freight is now cdr
ried from Seattle to San
Francisco for 81 per ton by
sailing vessels, OF about 12
! cents aE hushel for wheat. 4
Cost by this road and sailing
vessels from Walla Walla to
San Francisco Per bushel
2611aa cents. For 100000
bushels -ernfs19 26
For other exports Of Walla
Walla county, at same ratio 13
Imports shipped from San
Francisco to W4lla Walla,
10000 toms at $3.50 pr ton. 8
One ton of the Seattle coal is
said to be equal to two cords
of waIlaWana wood. The =
col esn be miped for siE20 fG
per ton and transported to- 4
Walla Walla for $3.50 per .
ton; allowing So per ton for
profits, coal would thus cost C)E
80 per ton, equal to $50 forsh "
seach family, 1900 families 13!
Total amonnt Of freights on
exports and imports, inclu- % 6.
ding fuel, per year, by this
road, for Walla Walla Co. 62(
Total saving to walia walla
county. by this road, with
the present population and T
predscing and consuming ' . :
capacity of the county 1866
Which Is fnore than six times the
the county Is asked 10 take stock II
road.
Tho market report Of prices i,e Il, in NJ
1873. quote lumber in Seattle from
10 $40 .per thousand feet. anS in y
walla from s25 to s4a.so.
| srnm,s.r n, h,;ia;.,5, ...sl 49,. !.
not ,ncludsd in .he ass;ma.. n,H 1;,u - ~
and.s56ofts Above stasad 5
The market ranorts ~ M.rch /,
quote wheat in Walla wslla .. 40 a
Der ushh buusshel.. !. and Il Seattle a. from from =
to 81 Il Flour In wa,la wsIkos
per barrel; in Semitic, ffom 81 to ss
barrel. Salt at Seattle 81 to 81 so
cwt,. or $40 to 30 per ton. in "
walla, from 81 50 to SIS per cwt.
from ssoto 80 per ton. The caus'
difference m prics Is cot of transpc
tlon. , ....., t....a 81. 81,
TO ship wheat from Walla Wall,