The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-20


the impossible barrier which Nature
has placed at its mouth. threatening
with death and destruction all who
may be daring enough to venture within
the circle of its influence ? Or the great
railroad excitement which has again
seized the people of the United States.
and is being extended on all hands at a
rate hitherto unknown, and which 10
expected to result in many thousand
miles of new railroad this present year.
Oh. this is the country for all homeless
and provisionless ones to come and eat 4;
but remember. clans have no eyes, and
| in order to be eaten somebody must dig
them. Aye, there's the rub. We wish
much we could say that nature had pro.
vided it with the power of locsmotion.
aud could furnish the Ibivslve TO order.
50 that no trouble or exertion would be
nAcessary to realize full meal Of this
d-iicacy. But there is always some
thing to mar the realization OF life's
most exquisite pleasures.
But speaking about railroads leads Us
to ask what are the people OF Seattle
doing about the 8 & w w Railroad !?
Arc they contemplating its extension
tins summer? Have they rustled
around and sscertained how much cap
ital csn be obtained from the various
counties through which it is to pass ?
Have they had the route surveyed. So
% to be able TO convince capitalists that
there il practicable route across the
mountains to the valleys beyond' Have
they sufficient data on which to rest q
substantial showing that the route will
be paying one9 Have they estimated
the amount Ut traffic that such road
would be likely to realize from the
present development of the country.
from its mineral and agricultural re-
sources IS well 40 its timber! Can
they. from the past history OF that
portion Of the road already completed,
make showing Of sufficient business.
20 that the proceed. would warrant
capitalists in inyesting sufficient capital
to complete the road at the earliest
possible date, and place il on good
working basis with fair prospect Of
success 10 the competition with other
aud parallel lines! In other words. do
the people Of Seattle mean business in
this matter. or are they merely talking
to the wind and cheering themselves
| with their own nusic! Three years,
and even two years ago. they were oil
talking railroad at such Q rate that enc
would be led to expect ere long to have
the air filed with the humning Of the
busy wheels of commerce, and only a
few years would suffice to outrival more
preteutious places in the business Of
the Pacific coast. But al there is in
the air now are the unfsunded rnmors
of the purchase of the road by Jay
Gould or some other man or corpora
ton. and meanwhile precious tine is
passing away. II there is sufficient to
warrant the building of this road. all
that 10 necessary to secure such a" con-
summation devoutly to be wished is
to be able to lay these facts in order
before capitalists, aud I will guarantee
in ninety days the arrangement of such
preliminaries, with full power to act,
that all the capital necessary to effect
the object can he secured for tbs pur-
pose. The banks and security vaults Of
San Francisco are filled to repletion
with idle capital seeking opportunities
for remunerativs investment, not al
such fabulous rates as formerly were
realized. but 1t s. 9 and 10 per cent.
aud no better PLAN could be devised to
turn such idle capital into channel OF
channels that would benefit oil this
part Of the county in general. and Sc
attic in particular, than the one under
consideration.
We feel . deep interest in whatever
affects Seattle. She will probably be
our future home. Be it so or other wise
5rattle 10 the natural metropolis OF this
inland GOA sHsr har Dor advantages ii,
her geographical position Her natural
drainage. her background occupied BY
= good body of fresh water in Lake
Washington. her capital. her energy
her mining and numbering interests,
with her manufactures now in active
operation added to those in contempla.
tion-these are only portion of the
salient points in the argument for Se-
attic. But. and above all the rect, i.
her natural location and facilities Is the
grand outlet for the cnuntry east OF the
mountains. Portland, with all its ricl
agricultural resources and the enter
prise and energy Of its citizens. is more
thAa neutrAliscd ~ the future metrop
oils Of the Northwest coast by natura
barriers 10 commercs at the mouth o.
the Cclumbia. To carry the crops and
mineral productions Of the vast region
east OF the mountains manue nut any
necessitul millions to be expended nov
TO remove this obssraction, bat q con
tinuauce Of such expenditure M would
be wholly unwarr1nted by the natur,
! OF the case. Seattle has done well il
her past efforts in railroading, but d,
not stop. Put on the steam aud q
ahead. Commerce reaches out no
hand for help to carry her burden I,
tho great consumers Of che world. ans
sooner or later . response will be had
| Do not let the npportune moment pas
unimproved. Act now. o Temporal
/ O moresl
II JUPITER.