The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-09-11
Railroad to Walla Walla.

Id. ~ ELLiGEN NJ XIX. - mere Is 10
better investment for capital than to
tap the grain lands of Yakima, Stevens,
Walla Walla and Whitman counties
To prove this We will give facts and fig
ures. If a narrow gauge read were built
from Seattle to Wall, Walla, wheat
coud be PLACED on shipboard at this
pc at - per cent l-ss expense than is
req ir Il Ia take it % Portland. This
can be shown by actual facts. The
leak sge on heat by h h4ndling ten
m am urt' t. ) pr c-,t. This
saved b. GU 70 tie, in al liti0n 10 the
saving hat uld he effected Of light
eraSe, pilot,ge, insurance etc, would
save 10 the farmers of Walla Waila
alone s3l2 300 this year, on their e,t-
mated wheat crop of $4,000 tons. val
ued 1T the low figure Of go per ton.
Now let the fact be known OF sure
outlet tor their pto iucts, and instead
Of 50,0Oo tons the crop would soon roll
up to 10000 tons Tor The counties Of
Waila Walis, Columbia and Whitman.
Adding 10000 tons tor the quota of VA
klma aud Stevens, we have grand to.
tai OF 100000 tons, which at s. 50 per
ton would afford revenue Of IL, 300
600 for grain treights alone.
Now. this million and a half dollars
after paying interest on $1,000, 600,
which, allow for cost of the road. Mt 10
pc cent, would still leave surplus of
5 1000, to say nothing of the back
froIghts of merchandise, coal and lum-
b'r, and the coal and iron business this
side, passenger fares, etc. which GER
tainiy would pay operating expenses
and wear aud tear of the road
If million and half could be
raised and expended, the balance could
be easily raised by first mortgage bonds
at 20 per cent per aunum. How quick
ly the counties of King. Yakima. Ste
vens, Whitman. Walla Walla and CO.
lumbia could raise the amount, if we
had State government. Under cur
Territorial organization, those counties
could not bond themselves for any
amount.
y good suggestion from q Walla Wal
la merchant TO US was, send a good
speaker from the Sound to visit the
Fair this Fall, aud let him gather facts
Of the yield, and of the capacity for big
crops, and let him 60 east and negotiate.
at once; instead of raising Il few hun
dred dollars for lobbyist to fight the
n. L. X. r. Go S claims TO the odd sec
tlons of land
The people OF Walla Walla valley are
in earnest and begin to see the need of
an outlet eid Puget Sound
DR.. Baker has saved the farmers this
year by his read, say on 10000 tons, at
u saving OF 81 per ton over the old slow
method by teams, $l2O.O0O Mr. 5.
Schwabacher informed Us that it cost
IS, and rs high as Sl2 per ton has been
paid. to have wheat hauled to Wallula.
DR.. Bakers road cost 1927 900. The
cost of transporting his material was
immense, ria the O. S. N. Co.'S Route
Now, if our ROAD is pushed along from
the end of the 20 mile section already
about completed, SO az to ship material
for the advance right along on the
track. - saving of % per cent. would
be effected in the transportation of ma
terial alone. When at Prize SITS RAPIDS.
on the Columbia. material then could
be easily shipped to WalIula.
Why this matter has not been ae;tat-
ed by our citizens, instead Of the great
ado about raising money to fight the
N. L. X. K Co, Is n wonder. Money
and influence should be used for the
raising of funds to build Narrow
Gauge Railroad RIA the SnoQualmic
Pass. to connect with DR. Bakers road
a. Walls Walla. Let two or three
thousand dollars be invested the hir-
ing of good speakers and writer's
printing the facts as to the enormous
yield of wheat i'll Eastern Washington.
Let it he known the average this year
in Walla Walla valley is little over
IS bushels to the acre, with the volun-
teer crop deducted Fifteen bushels per
acre for the volunteer crop was a fair
average this year What other country
under the sun can beat this? Seventy.
five to eighty cents per bushel is the
average price this year at Walla Walla.
Those who are posted say that farmers
can make money raising wheat and SELL
ing at 80 &c 40 cents per bushel
The great drawback is the want of an
outlet and when direct communication
by rail to Seattle is completed. Eastern
Washington Territory and Oregon can
control the wheat trade of the Pacific
for foreign shipment. c.