Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-06

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TIE Cascade branch line 20 Page:
Sound hes 50 many advantages to rec
o1oms1d Il 10 public favor tina. the
boiiding Of i: caanos be postponed much
longer. The great cost that il said to
be necessary to bald j. has been pat
forth Is 51gsboo to deter other coz
Paciss frou s1,ering upon The venture.
The probable cost has been estimated At
s9.no1.W0 20 $1,000, coo, when the fact
Is there IS no. 80 miles from Airsvoyth
70 Puge. Sound that viii cost $40, 600
-c:le 20 build, and th-ee-focrtns Of the
line viii 10. cost 70 exceed $4,000 per
mile. So Il you make calculation On
this 5zsis you viii discover that less
than S5,0c0,.GG will build the line from
Ainsvor.h 20 Seattle.
There ars large tracts of excellent
land IN Yakima coCniy that never can
be settled without the aid of a railroad:
because the distance from timber Is so
great tina. materials 70, building. fenc-
ing and fuel cauno. be procured much
short of 50 OF - miles. The prairie
lands are so situated that nothing be.
meaesr supply OF fae, Is q: all accessible.
In some countries sage brush has been
utilized for purposes of fuel. Il Is poor
make shift at best, and IL very poor
dependence for the country herein al
stanted growth aud is only good TO
make a fash FIRE. This isolated dis
trics il of large dimensions and al
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settler will have to depend Oh digging
for water both for house use and for
stock.
The necessities of the times are 90 fast
conspiring 10 bring about the achieve
nleni of this SO much desired project
that capital will soon step to the front
and take hold of IL and push it to sue
cessfuj termination. The people of
Puget Sound hare long been convinced
Of its feasibility; the people Of the en-
tire bunch grass country as well know
that our country can never prosper to
the degree wished for without bringing
the two sections. east and west of the
mountains, into close and economical
business relations. They belong nat
urally together and to keep them di-
voyced much longer is disastrous to both
aud the Territory as whole can never
become what it is destined TO be so long
as there are two distinct divisions kept
up by the intervening Cascade noun
tains. Break down the barrier that d.
vides Us and our trade and prospects
will expand to vast proportions.
The Webfoot nation is bending every
energy 10 encompass our defeat in
reaching tide-water by any other means
than through the channel they are pre-
pairing for us. 1t is all right for every
community to work for its own pros
perity, and in this move on the part of
Oregon there is a oneness of purpose
never excelled and seldom equaled
The great trouble with our people Is
they are not united; and in this respect
are very unlike our neighbors across the
line, who have captured the managers
of the capital that is employed in build
ing the roads through this country, and
have succeeded in diverting it from the
lines that are full of profit ultimately.
In union there is strength, and in this
behalf the writer would urge that the
people here and in Western Washing
ton come together and agree upon q
plan that will bring the two sections
together at the earliest practicable Pc
Rod.
1t is useless to dwell upon the advan-
tages that would inure to both sections,
as it has been SO fully set forth by other
more able pens, by railway connection.
II has been cried down as q non-paying
route, because of a lack Of way traffic,
but the same objection lies against the
Blue mountain road and the Columbia
ror1te throuoh the Cascade unounta;po
The growth and development of the
country bordering ON the Cascade
branch route would be unsurpassed by
the building of a road through it. Con-
certed action in this behalf, if earnestly
carried forward, would doubtless attract
help toward its accomplishment, and
finally result in the realization Of our
hopes in this regard. Let the press en-
ter upon the work and give the project
all the assistance possible and, perhaps,
IN time, We may get the road.
JUSTICE.
WALLA WALLA, March /, 1883.