Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-02
naaav AND WEEKLY:
TINE pOsT-lMTeillcEMCfR PUB. CO.
Seattle. June 10 is<A
rae ELIZA AxDERs0N ExCEKssON
PARTY.

PARTY.
fWritten for the Posi- ISTELLtaE Ser
ROCHE HARBoR, SAN JUAN ISLAND,
TaUBsDAY, Sept. n, 1888.
In nv last letter said We had arrived
h,ck af New Westminster after our trip
up Fraser river.
New Westminster il growing rapidly.
There is no reason why great CONNER
cial advantages cannot be obtained by
encouraging trade with Seattle. A
Yevular line Of steamers could be put on
this route. IL it is done. Seattle can
and will supply the trade of Fraser river
better than either Victoria, Portland or
San Francisco&
New Westminster being port of On
try. a direct trade could easily be estab
lished. Everything depends upon the
energy OF the merchants of both cities
to create reciprocity of trade, and, if
carried ont, immense advantages will
accrue from the effort.
Il will take years, even after the CON-
pletion of the Canadian Pacific Rail
road, to build up a coDmerce at Port
Moody. The country Immediately back
OF IL is vet a wilderness. The aRricul-
turai country lies south OF Fraser river
and il and will be for years to come
controlled by New Westminster. Let
our citizens combine to put steamer
on that route. touching at the ISLANDS
OF the lower Sound, and the result will
be an addition to the expsrts OF our
CITY amounting to hundreds OF thou
sands of dollars annually.
should the Canadian Pacific syndicate
iu the meantime grant a privilege -
bnild a branch line from Chilllwhaok,
on the Fraser, to Our boundary. aud a
line of road be built to connect with
them from Whatcom, it will enable us
TO control large proportion OF the
trade of the Fraser river country and
divert large trayel to Sound ports.
While living opposite New Westmin.
ster lowering boat to return our genial
pilot to the shore, and while the docks
were crowded with people, Mr.. John
Leary proposed three cheers for the city
aud the western terminus OF the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad, which were Justify
given, aud three responsive ones return
played by Capt. Tom Wright ON the mu-
sicai calliope, We bid adieu to New West
minister.
The weather being chilly on deck, our
party preferred to remain in the cabin.
We made our way down the river and
through the gulf ia southeasterly di-
rection, a dense fog hsnging over the
water and msking invisible the shores
on either side. In fact, from the time
We entered the gulf until Orcas island
was reached. no land greeted our sight.
Passing through the Douglas channel,
between the northern extremity OF Or
GAS and Waldron Islands, We came to
anchor in COwlitz hay, on the west coast
OF Waldron Island, q small, we'll pro-
teoted harb0r.
On the following day 1t was o'clock
pun. before We weighed anchor, the fog
being 80 dense that it was impractioable
70 start sooner. Passing through Spic
den channel aud past the southwest ex-
tremity Of Spieden Island, We entered
Roche Harbor, a we'll protected inlet ON
the northern coast Of the celebrated San
Juan Island. THIS is port OF entry,
and in the immediate vicinity Is the
lime quarry and kilns of Msssrs. Sourr
4 TO.
Stssming up to the dock. Va were met
by John NJ. lzatte, the collector Of cus-
toms at the port, who invited us to make
visit 10 the lime works. The invita-
tion being accepted, most OF the party
went ashore. The lime quarry Is bnt
800 yards distant from the landing, and
consists Of an enormous deposit of lime
rock averaging I3 per cent. The whole
face Of a mountain Is ono solid mass Of
this valuable material, and the vein
leads back for one s-fonrth of mile. A
tramway leads from the quarry to the
limskilns near the landing and little
above. The lime rock, ON being brou sht
from the quarry, ia unloaded into shutes
which run dawn into the kilus, two ia
number, each 70 feet high and Is feet
square, with furnaces below. After the
rock In sufficiently burned, which takes
about three days. il IN transferred ON
cars short distance To the barrel fac
tory at the landing. where il IL barreled
for export. The annual capacity il O, :
O0O barrels, uiost 0f which II sent to
Portland, though Victoria and San Fran
CISCO receive portion.
The Government IL building at this
plaC0 n new custom house, ana other
buildings are in course of erection.
Having secured the services of Mr.
lxstts as pilot, we determined TO visit
tbs celebrated British camp which vas
occupied during the boundary dispute
regarding the San Juan group, between
the years lshs and 1871. In io.S dep
uty sheriff Of WhstcoR county came
over TO the islands 10 levy on some hogs
belonging to British subject; renon.
STRANGE took place and British Admiral
and Sir James Douglas, then frosinclal
Governor. were sent for. BY the inter-
ceasion of SIR James Douglas the matter
was held in abeyance and referred to
Washington, d. G. Gen. Winfield Scott
Vas then Bent out 10 adjust the difncuity.
After various consultations he assented
10 q general military occnpancy by the
Americans and British until the question
could be settled, which was done IN
1879.
In the course OF an hour the remains
Of the old camp came into view. The