The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-06-25
tsunty and City Official Press
Monday, June %. 1877.
THE COMMERCIAL SITUA-
TON.

4ueeSiDg III answer W VIC WIG
pertinent inquiry:
The question here with many IL elz''
Win your town, he the metropolis on the
sand. after your country once be-
cpasss developed This presume will
b. owing 10 = great extent to the
speedy completion Of the 5. L W W:
3 r., ct least = far ~ the heai OF
navigation or the Columbia r,ver. II
you can with good ground for the STATE
upsut give such assurance through me
calumns IT yonr paper. it would te
the sseaus of rapidly increa<ing your
tOpulstion."
To this practical qu' sion OF ou' chr
respondent, We Can answer thar IL Is
ous own settled belief that Seattle not
oslv l. now but will forever be.he me-
trspolis Of the great State II Is now
rapidly growing up in the IN Of the
Columbis aud along P e. Sound.
This opinion is aud Of rss'ty must
be shared In BY eli who lf1thoroughly
conv.s.an. with the gs;;SS'phy of the
coansry. and who are Viaainsed with
the history and laws sthe growth OF
cities.
Ii. se...,. and ALA Wall. rail-
road 10 being built. lie by little every
wear: and .. stead progress. however
slow. /. sure to rem the goal. its COM
ple.ion in QUO to may BIO considered
oertsia. The Dal business already de-
veloped aloaIbs line already in OPP
.r..ioo or under contract, will
make II ty'ess paying piece of rail
,oad Of Angth on the Pacific Coast.
Il. sr,.! lsiness. however. will not be
o,,snedt until it touches the wheat
.,o.; belt Of the columbia basin,
uhs1esin' 50 miles east Of Seattle
us arc some points demanding
sxlnation psrhsps Ms to the effect
70 the completion Of other rail-
is, prospect,vely or possibly to
- built. may have on the situation.
fIAl principls. thst there will never be
E railroad built in this Territory which
will not contribute directly or indirect
II = the growth and wealth of Seattle
That b our declaration of political prin-
slples which We nail to the masthead
prepared 10 maintain against all chal-
lsagsss.
Tho maritime debouchure Ut the
Yakima valley aud the CENTRAL plains
Of tbs Columbia is the harbor of Seat
tie. With her road built. Seattle can
cay. without irreverence. Il am the true
deer. Verify. whatsoever cometh not
by 20. but entereth by some other way.
i~sc ths sheep.fold. the same is u thief
and . robher."
There is u great domain. rich and
full Ut resources. throughout ell the
central and northeastern sections of
The Territory. which the Seattle and
WAlla WAlla Railroad can call exclu-
sivsly it, own. No other railroad that
b either seriously contemplated or like
u ever to DO built, can accommodate or
the regions in question. Even
should the Northern Pacific Railroad
hsrsafter decide to s:.percede the boats
III the D. =. N. Co on the Columbia,
and extend ITS line parallel with that
river from KalAma to where its
eastsrn extension will strike the
head Of navigation east Of Wallis Walla.
u voald not then tap the fertile north
err and central valleys Of this Ter
uiaosy.
The only other contingency is " beth
sr the N. +. Il. II, Co. will attempt to
baild branch roai across the Cascade
Mountains by some other route than
Seattle. A knowledge Of the country
settles this question by resiaetie al
s6sSriam. We read that the closed
gate Of Paradise Was guarded by an
angel hsand;shing sword Of flame.
TIL. analogy holds goo, in soms re-
spscta in the case Of our terrestrial par
adisc in the interior. Some Of those
sho wesld dictate the policy of the n.
=. = X. Go. in the interest of s3<xs.ls,.
fiaa instead Of commerce. have been vi.
neAting 10 their schemes between
Blnget Pass to the nor,h Of Seattle and
NAeheas Pass 10 the south uf Seattle.
81 Ia ths way Of each OF these gates
tsr passed. Providence has planted a
lEosy ssosi angsi Of giau. proportions
I'D tari6c mien. whose voice Of pro-
ok1eeioe In the avalanche, aud which
eavs occasionally been seen to brandi.h
y the air sword of volcanic
esAs. The northern one 10 called
AouAe Baker. and the southern Que
kosse Tscoma. Fer our eastern cor
rnsasaoa 10 aoaader through such Al
ptm o6seAcles in this northern latitude
NJ its broad track railread. aud ell
~ giofy. would completely eclipse
bdoapArtes passage of Sc. Bernard OF
1scioosids exploit, Of The splu.
ga. g make saoh fes, par divi.
asods seaa eompAny woata BE es.lired