The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-11-12
gATLs or ADVERT ING
Tuesday. Nov. IL. 1878.
The RAILROAD NECESSITY.

wc,d is :. t, IS pee cord. aud hard
wood from 81 10 sic With the IN
crease Of population, the supply OF
wood Is ra,isly diminishing AMI the
prices incr~a iag -ccDriia-lg. With
out .ons oiaer source II supply han
the present.. that oou4try. with its mar
velous agricultural "a, abb tiles, will be
nearly destitute OF fuel. fencing and
bulldog material IN few wears The
opening Of the Cnlunbi. river to fire.
nav,g ton will MT reduce the Co.'S; Of
fuel, or materially diminish the price 81
lumber which Is now from 5 - TO $40
per NJ in Walla Waila. and coal can
no, lie procured there for less than &e3
per ton. A raiirvai 10 Portland would
tap no base Of supplies of either coal or
lumber. The only hope for, aud the
imperative necessity TO that section. is
railroad connection with Puget
Sound. Ga the completion of the
Seattle and Walla Walla rsilrosd coal can
be- laii down in Walla Walis nj . COS,
no. exceeding IS per ton, and one ton
Of Seattle coal is equal 10 three cords
OF average WOOD ia generating beat.
The average CONSUMPTION of wool by
each domicil is not less than . cord
month; twelve cords year. at q cost
of at least Sos at present rates. Four
tons of coal. costing $50. woald pro-
dace an equal amount of heat at say
iug o. SO to each family ard business
hous-. Estimating the population OF
tina, section a, 81. COO which would
soon exhaust their present supplies
with COCO domicils to be supplied
with fuel at the present average rate of
60 per cord. the aggregate cost would
be $6iS. 600; C al 10 srprly the same
demand al s. per ton. would cost
$isa GOO; saving Of si56 900 not les-
than ten pr cent upon the taxable pro-
perry of the o,.untry, which lost. must
impoverish or msterially impair the
prosperity OF any cou.try. The saving
on lumber by the railroad would average
$50 per NJ. For the past three years
over !, 1000. 600 has beersnnnally used
in and abont Seattle. by population
which at the commencement OF that
tune did not exceed 3,a0D. aud has
since inc,e scd 10 alb N, 500. Before
the railroad can p 1ssibly be completed.
the population OF Eastern Washington
will BE- At least $4,000. aud
its Increase thenceforwari will surpsss
that OF Seattle AID King county hereto
fore; aud AZ the same rate Of demand
for lumber, il will require SO. 600 n feet
year to supply the demand. A saving
Of $40 per NJ 90 that amoun, world ag-
grcgase $6ou. GOO, and on the coal and
lambcr the aggregate saving to
= population Of ) 900 wou'd be 81 .o5S,.
600: over ~ per cent Of their taxable
property; over So to each inhabitaat.
and ahoa' $i'0 to each tax payer. All
this Is the advantage over the Colam-
aiA river Route, or any other proposed
route, when caano, farnish these essen
sial supplies. and only Includes the
savings On freight one way. and woald
give t. railraaa the srsnsp art alton Of
1000 tons Of cssal Tor domestic pur-
poses OILY. 50. oe0, 900 feet al Lumber.
Il an aggregate freishtAge Of over
$soo,ooo. la addition to the amour,
which would be transported by the Col
ameis river route. whether by river or
by rail The present cost Of shipping
wheat from any paias in Eastern Wash.
iagsea H. San Francisco. is net less
than % cents bashel. The cost by
railroad 10 Puget Ssani and from there
by vessel 10 San Francisco would not
sxesea IS eesss - hnshel. which weald
make esSvssnce OF 81 81. coo on ; o(se..
eaa bushels la Gre years after the
esaplsslsa ea the railroad to Pu-e,
sana3 The sarplas prsaacs Of wheat
N sAss s-csioa rsaia Dot be less than
as.aAeesa ha-aris annnaliy, the ssriax~
a. vasch- ~ IS c-ssss . hashel. would
amaaat 70 &s.sa.eoa. tso ,hssas al
va'ca road bald AID eSasp . nxrre.
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