, 1878-02-16

summer; Cne Oeatti0 uuu w All0
Walla Railroad, % miles in
length, also completed to the
coal-fields last summer; also the
Newcastle road, which has been
in operation in connection with
a steamboat line for about five
years. This last line is about 20
miles in length. The coal de-
llvered in bunkers on the Sound
is worth four dollars gold coin
per ton. Coal outside of Wash
ington Territory is not abund-
ant on the Pacific coast. There
is little in Oregon, also in Cal
ifornia, but it is limited in guam
tity and inferior in quality. We
supply California, and especially
the Central Pacific Railroad and
the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
large quantities annually. Thus
it will be seen this industry is
but in It's infancy; that it has
grown to large proportions with
in the last six years; that it Will
soon equal in volume the lum-
Der trade, and afterwards be-
come the leading industry in
Western Washington. In this
regard Washington Territory is
the Pennsylvania of the Pacific
coast. With iron ore in the
greatest abundance and Of su-
perior quality, contiguous to the
coal-felds, and with forests such
as cannot be found elsewhere on
! this continent, wealth, with a
rapidly increasing population
with all the elements Of perma-
nency, are assured.
The value of the canned and
sa!ted salmon of the Columbia
river and Puget Sound put up
the last year is estimated at one
million and q quarter gold coin.
About one-half of this ought to
be credited to the Territory, the
other half to Oregon. The oys-
ter beds Of Shoalwater Bay yield
their owners over 100000 an
nually. Oysters and clans are
abundant on the Sound, but as
yet but limited quantity has
been exported.
The heavy timbered lands of
Western Washington are rich in
all the elements necessary for
the successful production of clo-
yer and all of the tame grasses.
No finer meadows-no richer
pasturage can be found any
where else in the United States.
They are not like the pine lands
of the South and West, valuable
only for their timber. The fir
and cedar timber of the North
west stands in Il heavy but rich
clay soil. 1t needs out the re-
moval of the timber and the gen
ial warmth of the sun, to pro-
duce the grasses, and vegetables
and even the cereals in abund-
ance. The above is predicated
of the timber lands proper. Be-
sides these there are in Western
Washington q wide area Of val
leys and tide lands. The first
named are covered with a heavy
growth Of ash, cedar, curl maple
vine maple-eottonwood, and
where the soil is clay, cedar.
Both are or ineXhaustible fertili-
ty. No where else can the pro-
duction Of these lands be equal
ed SO far as the cereals are con
cerned. 1t is safe to say that
fifty bushels of wheat, seventy
five of oats, and sixty of barley
is the average yield per acre Of
these lands.
| These valley lands, as we'll as
those of Eastern Washington,
are eminently adapted to the
production OF the hop. This
plant, grown upon these lands,
is free from mildew and all other
diseases, excellent IN quality,
and is extensively cultivated.
Not less than ten thousand bales
were raised last season. Sixteen
hundred pounds per acre the
second season, and twenty-five
hundred the third year and af-
forwards is an average crop.
Eastern Washington is mostly
prarie country. Its surface is
that Of long and heavy swells or
undulations. These are covered
! With n t,,xu,.;apt wrou,fb of h,,pob