Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-31
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A. eaf;mate OF the future prospects OF
the vast and rich region whose prooucs
IL TO be drained by the Noftnefn rsc'ue
Railroad and its brancnes Is nea.Iy
disoounted by the mistake made oy tne
Goyernment in not taking fuii oTnel-
sh;n and control when the Jay Cooke
indicate WI failed and threw mp the JOB
HaS the Government built the road on
;ss ovn mar bonds at three per cent, fo'
sav thirty years, the cost OF the worA,
fnilv equipped, had been many miiiions
jeaa than the COMPANY has made y, 81 ~
-. ;rte,esf ACCOUNT at least F2,uO,ut
~. Saar lea This 100000. probably
"a m 0O. In the premium which TIE
s,,y,sssters Of the road will be taxed Dy
she cnrnoration over and above tne
. ~. vhich the United States, as the
ovner and operator Of the road, wouio
have CHARGED. II is an enormous ois
eount on the resources of the country
and the energies Of the people Du'
sfilI the natural resources OF Ofeeon'
Warrington, Montana and Dakosa are
% vas4 IN coal. iron, timber, lumber,
- ,sh;i;tiea for cereals, and the precious
1870 that mt even this huge discount
est upon them can long resaro "ikn''
development. c.,,orr;.
now produces one-tentn OF All 'ue
wheat of the country, ana more .nal'
one-Hfth Of the wheat exports, tina. ~
AZ th,s with an area OF not more tnan
z 600mO acres planted IN wheat, that
WasRinrtou aud Oregon have three
timee a. many acres better adapted 20
vhsat than ours, AID that within the
railway belt of the Northern facinc.
ve begin 10 form al understanding OF
the future actual possibilities OF our
northern neiQhbors, whose resources In
ooaI. iron and lumber are even greater
than the cereals. Given a shipping
terminus on the deep water OF Puget
9ound. eoual in facilities Tor large
shiua With those of San Francisco, ana
Il needs no prophetic mind to foresee
the creation Of q city there wnicn VIII
reach the magnitude of our own IN the
hnIk of its experts and imports AT u
future time. within the present century
and the lives of young men now Jost
locking around for active business.
There ia nothing astounding in this
hopeful forecast OF events, bearing IN
mind the growth Of many other Ameri-
can towns from trade not 30 extensive
q that which may be reasonably reck-
oned upon in this North Pacinc region:
Twenty Ave years ago the population Of
Kansas City was not much over AU.
Il was dirty little country village. II
q nov the second shipping port OF the
MieeOuri river. with ever S0,OOO lnha0-
itants, Denver, st. Paul and Mime
apolis are similar examples of what en-
tsrprise, railways and good backing
from the country can do for towns
growth. Mono Of these places have sne
shipping advantage which the Puget
Sound terminus Of the Northern Pacific
Railway will have. Neither New York
nor San Francisco has better. At least
one great metropolitan city on the
Sound il an absolute certainty In the
not distant future, with the chances IN
favor Of q second one at the terminus
Of the Canadian Pacific on Burrard In
Let, for the natural resources OF the vast
region that will be drained by the west.
ern half1of that road are also great, and
the capital In not wanting, both IN Eng
land and America, for their rapid de-
The answer to the question, viii this
be good or bad for San Francisco? 10 no
doubt silently revolving In many minds
here. Il cannot but Dc good for this
city and State to have q great CITY OF
two or half q dozen on Puget Sound
and the straits of Georgia, and that
vast country stretching from the sound
70 the Rocky mountains transformed
from the haunts of savage beasts and
Indians into the home Of civilization
and its accompanying industries. st.
Louis Is all the better for Kansas City,
Chicago for st. Louis, Cincinnati for
I.nnissitla and MinnAanolis for st. Paul.
They mutually and reciprocHIly create
wealth and trade tor each other by de-
velopinQ the resources Of the country
on which all depend. When the popu-
Iation Of Oregon, Washington and
BYitish Columbia enters the millions
they will give California better and
reader market for her wines and semi
tropical fruits. The necessary increase
in steamships plying between this bay
and the sound will cheaper rates OF
transportation by land al well IA by
water. And We may fairly apprehend,
too, that where coal, iron, lumber and
timber are - cheap and abundant, the
Of steamships and sailing ves-
BSls will become new and very CON-
siderable industry az soon an capital
learns that vessels Of wood aud iron can
be ~ cheaply made on Puget Sound as
Dn the Delaware or the Penobscot or the
Clyde. Il would be very stupid bust
ness for us to 90 10 Chester or Glasgow
3r Bangor for eur ships after We had
acquired the capital and skilled labor to
construct them here quite as cheaply,
Dr for our steel rails either.
One other drawback upon the pro-
press Of our northern neiRhbor Ia likely
10 result from the temptation that will
- held out 10 the Northern Pacific Di-
'eetory 70 dispose Of its huge land grant
u large blocks to spectators for the
,aah that viii be required TO round ont
heir railway system. Land monopoly
\ this State has been only second In it,
yad influences 70 the Central Pacific
compAny5s monopoly Of inland trans-
portation. But for this curse, partly On.
|ailed on % by the conditions Of che
from Msxico and the terms Of
lsttloment with this country, but still
more by the enormous grants Of land
made 10 the railways, California might
now have : population Of 100000 in
Head Of the les than ]. 0o0 600 she has,
with oorrespondinRly large productive
power. The land % far sold By the
Northern Pacific has averaged nearly "a
~ aofo. They have probably 10000.
0O0 acrea IN Oregon and Washington
b0th timber and wheat lMnds-vhich
any wealthy syndicate, purchasine in
large blocks n n an acre, could hold on
speculation with fair prospect OF real
I1ina four or i've times the cost within
twenty pears. Pressed Tor means, a
he company viii Be, and having only
10 land resources TO rely on, the tempta-
tiOE 10 eell 20 Bpecuiators will BE- very
Rreat. Just In proportion a. this policy
pfeyAilo the future progress Of the ooun-
Try n population, production and wealth
must b discounted. Il vas the settler
On hin eighty or l60 acres. and NOT the
who built up such States -
Illinois. Indiana. Ohio, Michigan, MIN
neoueA and created such cities q Chi
0eRo. Minneapolis, Sc. Paul, 81. Louis,
Cleveland and Cincinnati.
LOCAL JoURnAlasm.
Gome Of The friends Of the 81 Paso
xaan Star want n IN onrna ont A. = s1~Slv