The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-25
County and City Official Press.
Monday. Sept. %, 1879.
THE RAILROAD.

Itisa familiar saying that ''well be-
gun is half done" We hope il will
prove true In the case Of our trans mon
tame railroad The outlook, just now.
10 certainly very promising. With IA
miles in operation this Fall, and
strong sentiment in favor of State
Constitution and admission into tho
Union. there IL fair prospect for the
rsrd prosecution Of the enterprise and
It's early completion. The road runs
directly from this main center OF trade.
and omnscts even now with several
productive coal mines. with prospect
Of gathering new trade as fas. as built.
ell along the line. Being constructed
chspply, on u practical plan. aud with
local means, 1t will most likely be re-
maneratiye from the start. aud instead
Of being a suction drain TO the Golfers
OF foreign bond holders. will pour and
distribute the wealth il gathers into
Our own city and throughout the region
which IL developcs.
There are now two points TO come
under consideration and be worked up
by the time for the resumption OF
operations in the Spring how much
further can the road be carried next
season. and how much help can we
muster from the other side; We are in
the situation now, where to stand still
means TO 90 backward. What has
BEEN already done. has tended in a
great measure 10 stimulate confidence
on the other side, but still the cavil is
made that it is only local understak-
ing and not intended to extend beyond
the coal mines Of Mox LIS Push Let
us once thoroughly dissbuse their minds
Of that fancy. and it will ensure a
general rally on the line all the way to
Walla Walla.
Tho present section affords access to
the already respectable coal yield OF the
county and to its agricultural product
Another short section will reach more
coal and fine tracts Of timber. The
neat, the iron. copper and other valua-
BILE mineral ores of the mountains, and
the next. the great grain and
cattle trade of the interior The event
of reaching this region will mark
= new departure in ue life of our city.
II will make this port u leading grain
mart and one Of the great shipping
points of the country
The burden of the work will not
hereafter fell alone upon this city.
The settlers on the other side are prob
ably ~ anxious for its SUCCESS Is the
people of Seattle We are informed by
. prominent citizen Of Yakima county,
that the people of that section have
lately turned out and made wagon road
from Kittitas to Priests Rapids on the
Columbia, IS miles eastward, in the
hope that they could thus obtain an
outlet. But in this they were disap.
pointed. - they there found themselves
% much farther away from market. aud
now regret tina, the work was not ex-
pended in tho direction Of Seattle. He
states that . railroad to the Sound is
there regarded As the great hope Of that
country. and that as soon as the rail-
road company gct IS miles built east
ward from here. they will turn out ca
asesss, and make . good turnpike to
connect with Ii on this side the summit.
Aost Of the settlers. he says, would con-
tribute 100 days work. each. toward it.
or eaoo in money, and he himself would
give $500. Furthermore. he assured
W. that ~ scou a. 20 miles are finished.
The citissns Of Ki,,isas alone. would
grade the rosd-bed to meet il. from the
trade center Of tha. valley
The necessities Of these people in the
way Of commercial Recommendations
should not he neglected by the mer-
chants Of Seattle, And though We
build solidly aud safely. as for all time.
sod therefore /, may be slowly. We
ought, ~ least. 10 build 81 much each
year - 20 convince them that the road
u sare to ccue. and. ere long the busy
wheels on the iron track ring merry
harvest home through the grain fields
u the Yakima and Walla WAlla.