The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-19
DAILY INFELLIGENCER.
WARRINGTON TERRITORY.

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The letter following. from our Gov
ernor 20 an old friend in New Jersey,
we take from the Monmouth Inqrirer
If June goth:
OLYMPIA, June 10. 1881.
Ny DEAR Col. APPLEGATE-You
recent note Of inquiry concerning the
cost of travel from New York 10 Puget
Sound. reminds me forcibly of an obli-
CATION which / am conscious Of having
too long neglected, TO write to you per-
sonaIiy IS my warm and valued friend.
and through your journal, to the in
Vulnerable friends of my youth and
manhood in Monmouth County. the
birthplace. and the burial place of
my kindred for many generations,
the home of an intelligent, ad-
vauced and prosperous people, who
have done me so many honors. and TO-
wards Ahon my heart will ever turn
with affectiouate RENE mbrancs and re-
spect.
am pleasantly located at the Capt.
tai of Washington Territory, Olympia
a beautiful city ut the head waters Of
Puget Sound. situated upon an elevated
peninsula extending downward two
miles into the Sound, bordered on either
side by an amphitheatrical elevation
covered with evergreen frs. From the
Capitol. which contains the Legislative
Halls, the Executive Chambe and the
Territorial Library-an which is built
upon the highest point. at the center Of
the semicular elesstion-there can be
seen one OF the grandest views in the
world. The Sound in front stretches
towards the Straits, ornamented with
sail and steam ships, Sound steamers,
Indian canoes; the Coast range. Olympic
and Cascade mountains, with their per-
petual bues Of white. purple and gold.
lofty and grand a. they may be dwin-
died into comparative insigni6cance by
the monster mountain Rainier, run
ming mp into the heavens fourteen thou
sand five hundred feet; and at intervals
along the Cascades. its companions.
st Helens. Baker. Adams and Jefferson.
all covered with the everlasting SHOWS.
The Snoqualmis and theSpokane water
tails are equsl in beauty, and exceed in
height by several hundred feet the falls
Of the Niagara. These with the i'm
mense forests. make up and constitute
q scene unsurpassed in grandeur and ex-
tent. The city Is arranged in avenues
and streets intersecting each other at
right angles; is provided with public
plazss, large and numerous public
buildings, and not few handsome res
licences. II is the center for the re-.
ceipt and distribution of productions
and merchandise for large surrounds
ing region which is rapidly improving:
and 10 destined, on account OF its CON-
mercial. agricultural, timber, min
ing and manufacturing advan-
tages. to become q place of large
commerce aud trade. Two hundred
miles from the sea, sll the vessels of
the world can ride on its harbor. A
railroad connects the city with the
Northern Psclic from the SQUAD to
the Columbia. Bat / must content
myself with an abbreviated account OF
this great country.
Washington Territory borders on
British Columbia on the north, is sepa
rated on the south from Oregon by the
Columbia river. and the forty sixth
parallel of latitude; is bounded by Ida
no on the east. and the Pacific on the
west; contains seventy thousand sorare
miles. msking forty FIVE millions of
acres-sn area equal in extent to the
STATE of New York and all the New
England States except Maine. At a
space two ffths eastward from the sea
are the Cascade mountains, which run
nearly north and south, and divide the
Territory into Washington East and
Washington West. which regions differ
entirely from each other in physical
characteristics and climate and largely
in productions. The West contains
mountains, forests, waters and miner
ais. alluvial bottoms and rich, mex
haustible grazing and agricultural
lands. There must be twelve or fifteen
millions of acres of white. yellow and
red frs. cedars, maple. alder, spruce,
pine and other varieties OF forest trees,
and much Of ii such timber as is not TO
DO found elsewhere; the FIR and cedars.
| especially are Of enormous extent and
growth, The average Of the full grown
| fir is perhaps five feet in diameter,
many of them ten and twelve, and some
OF them are measured for fourteen feet.
A friend informs me that he has
cut twenty-five thousand feet of lum
Der from single tree. The cedars, al
90, are Of stupendous growth. know
OF enc specimen Of cold wood which
measures sixty four feet four inches in
circumference. Two hundred million
feet OF lumber were shipped during
the last year 10 the markets of the
world. Coal deposits exist In large Va
ricty and In absolutely inexhsustitls
proportion; nearly. If not quite oil of
the Puget Sound basin being unlerlaid
With anthracite. bi.uminous and coke
making coal. Many Of the mines bor-
der on the navigable wassrs. are easily
worked. their productive easily trans
ported TO the markets Of the Pacific and
areIreadily available for manufacturing
purposes. These mines are already open
by rail to the Sound and the Columbia.
and more are soon to be developed.
Iron. bog. magnetic and hemssite. and of
the very best quality. is found in great
abundance. aud several foundfies and
other iron. works are In successful ope-
ration. The iron 10 said to be very
we'll adapted to the manufacture Of
car wheels. Gold. silver, copper, en-
nabar. lead. plumhago and tin are
found in many Of the mountains, and