Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-10-28
Exalted View Of the Situation.
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Il. not know. really vlc.Lc,
ven 1.n # Portland rrJ.r>.:,,..
MAJ las already i,cn fnnn .r,
WIZ; +. sure 20 b2 du.. fer ,.nr j.,
,Icnyt few years. i v.s i.Il,;,,
thu. n.ley .l,.v with a merchant hare
anI incidentally a~hcl him wLe.b..,
!, hal any IDEA how: ,aucb railroad
mileage wa. today tributary t, tho
~ 81 Portland. He said he had
nrvcr civea tie suhiec. mach re-
d,r,jon- And lie vas utterly sur
,y.cl when | told him that ovjno
- til, combination os ,Yarsror.atiou
lines that !l4vc been able to c;irc.
.lr~e is t3.dA nearly w.l miles 81
s,ar,]all.-au,o road. and nearly j.,,l
miles Of narrow -au.ge r,qI trihutarv
20 III, city. This is bnr he benin.
nino Of what there Will h ma sort
Anne Within three yea. from TO.
si,v Won will find vourse],,s hcre in
pn,tl,n1 the focus tie cca.cr thn
yory heart. so to sueak. O. y local
~vstam uf Transformation lines 40
.rrono+in.- fu)lv > Oc0 miles of stanI-
,rl.oar~e roiI. IApnlau.e And
notonly that but Portland the tcrr,i-
ms Of q SYST IN Of railroads rcacl;no
from Chicaco-I saw Ch;caro-an,l
lake Sunerior tbronnb Ninnoco.,
Dakota. Montana. WASHINGTON Ter.
ri,orv and OREGON 70 the confines ot
vour citv-Iapplauso Ia system re.
nresertino a total mileage of over
5000 miles. lApplause. l say this
to YOU with the utmost positiyeness
because 7 know we have the canitol
10 create these two system. local an,
sranscontinental. and it is only n
question of time and wise exnanditure
Of money. Now, the question has
naturally suggested itself to nae
during nv present STAY. is this citv
Of Poltland prepared for what is be-
fore it? Is it prepared for this
enormous r,aterial deyelopement
which is sure TO follow the creation
of these systems of railway local
and transcont;rentalo And T say
to you with the utmost franknes:
that I 10 not think tbe CITY is IS
fullv nre,,ared rs il ouobt TO lie In
the first place T find AMONGST Won a
certain nettv sn;rt in loolirn If IN.
effect which the construction of this
or that line NAV have mon nort;c-
MAR branches Of business he,e-,,n.
on the methods of doing business
anon This Pacific coast T find y
narrow minded onrrebcns;on omono,
some Of Won tbot s yyonll bn hottor
at least in certain directions TO con.
t;nue tbe nresent ;.olat;on If Port
land Now 7 fake the hioh and
broad oround that anv tronsnor.
tation line whether J;recilv con pect.
ir1 Portland wifi anv other No rt;on
of tho country or doino il merely
indirectly which viii resnlt in no
DEVELOPMENT Of the material resour.
ces of this state md tha od;o;n;ng
territory cannot be ANYTIME hnt g
1re.+ hoon ia Won oil Somo of Won,
have told me that if wonlJ he bettor
for Portland not 70 bova q d;rect
railroad connection with Pnoet
Sopnd Otheys have told mo thof Il
would hurt Portland TO have n direct
communication with S,n Francisco
Now say this is a very narrow view
10 take You have here the occnm-
niated exnerience knowledge If tha
counlrv and cani,ai canned dur;ng
The thiytv Years Of vonr existence 90
a town. You have an enormous nd.
VANTAGE over every other local;tr on
PUGET Sound or INV where rl<e
Aud it seems to ma Tat If wou,d he
the easiest THING in the world to
maintain vopr commerc;ol snnrnmocv
hereafter rs Won have maintained +
hitherto MISUNDERSTANDING the con.
struction of anv line .hat nav omen
access TO other towns within his
State or the adjoining Territory T
have been MAXIM some addrcs:es 1T
different Puret Sound towns Per.
haps you have read some of them
took the pround in them tbat #
WAS orr duty as TRANSPORTATION com.
panies in ti,e first Mace IN seek all
the PAVING business wa could f;nI
and. in the second nlace 70 mt eorh
locality as far rs nroct;roble nm tho
same footin" as re@ar1s transoor.
tation rates and faciI;t;es. AS far
as NV observation has come T cannot
see any reason why onv Portland
merchant shonlI oh;aot 70 vhoot
Deing shipped from any port on
ruSet Sound instead OF being ship
pea down the Columbia. If it is
tfue as 1t IS claimed, that wheat cali
oe shipped cheaper from Puget
oound than down the Columbia. 1t
~ so much more money IN the pocket
ol the merchant who ships it. Now,
as toid the people OF the Puget
ssoand towns, they are not prepared
10 tnplO9 IN the whpnt Cb1pnI p