Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-08

mensions, giving in the three rooms 90
purposes. These thinas are called into
existence By tae nasrow-ga2e railroad
and our various routes Of water car
Rage. But, if the marrow gage rad
were destined 70 BE-
TIE DB-ALL AND 1HR KHD-AhL
OF orr railroad system, there would b
no necessity for such extensive and ex-
pensive works. Very soon AFTER Mr..
Willard purchased the rad he sold 1t to
company now known a. the
CoLUABIA AND Ruox1 SOUND
Railroad Company. Avoiding tedious
explanations ii is only necessary to say
that this road is closely related 70, in
fact, Is an integral part Of the Vallard
system. and to Is Seattle is t. look for
Connection with the NortheRn Pacific
at least for the present, which cOn1ec-
ton ID TO link her With the outside
world via kalama and Portland. In
due time the rad will, in fact must, b
built over the Cascade range, when this
c1ty Will como by her own, BY q direct
and natural rosie.
The immense warehouses now in
course Of construction are intended for
the storage of grain from the Puget
sound region, Oregon, and Eastern
Washington, whence j: viii Be- shipped
70 San Francisco and foreign p0rts, and
We state upon unimpeaOhable authOri-
~ that the wharf will be
THE HEADQUARTERS
For all the steamboats, Of tho Oregon
Railway d Navigation Company end
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much for this branch of the Abject.
The construction of q coal delivery sys-
tenn capable Of handling 200 tons per
day would hardly BE- justified BY TWEEN
ty-mile narrov-RaRe road. Let the
Of the RentOn and Newcastle coal
fields, the products of which nosd .
About year ago orders were given for
the extension Of the narrOw-eags road
to these fields, but for certain reasons
unnecessary to state they we're counter
mAndsd. Since that time the o0nssruc-
ton of the long talked of standard
gage road to connect with the KalamR
Division of tho N. r. r. r., has been de.
cided upon. Ten miles of tho narrow
gage road will 30 Utilized in making the
connecting link by q third Fail. This
road, SO constructed, will tap the BIZ
luminous fields above alluded TO, and
their products, following the natural
route down the Cedar river valley, will
then tax these extensive bankers to their
utmost capacity, and IN all probability
necessltats the erection Of additional
ones.
In what We have written We have
| briefly outlined our present railroad
systsm and facilities. There yet 70
mains mu0n to be said about other sys-
TENS which are on the tapis, but extend
I'd reference to them will be reserved
| for future occasion.
| The connection about 80 be made
through tho insIrumentality of tho Co
lumbia and Puget Sound Railroad Com
pany between Seattle and the outside
world, will, and must. in the very nature
Of things Guidance our Importance, At
| tract attention to ous resources, demon
strats our superior fitness for the trans
action Of tue receiving and forwarding
business of that vast inland empire to
which Puget Sound il tho natural gate
way. Twenty i've miles nearer the
ocean than any other feasible, We may
say possible, port ON the sound, the
natural laws Of trade will tell irreslssi
bly, IN our favor. With firmly establish
eli commercial relations, is will ~ as
easy t. increase the area Of tue circle
III which they are bounded, st will be
| impossible for envl0us rivals to narrow
it. Under all tho circumstances, and
viewing them In every possible light,
the outlook Is encouraging, the system
which has bsen inauguratsd worthy of
being fostered, and Its enlargement
made the subject which, more porhaps
than any other. should engage the intel.
ligent action of our citizens.