, 1883-02-22
OUR REPORTERS BUDGET,
IoMr ANarLE,. Fob. II. lNN3.

Pour ANGELES, Feb. II, lNN'}.
. FRrSp ARGUS: After the last severe
gale. which damaged SO many vessels mp
Sound. ] noticed an article III your
ro,w.u,. giving list u noted hurhors
in this territory, saying Port Angeles
Was Il good Uarbor but small Allow me
to correct You 50 that You will not make
/ that mistake again | don't wish to IL
more the many good harbors on Puget
/ sound, such rs Port Townsend, Seattle
/ and Bcl,ughom Bay, hut when You say
/ that Port Angeles is too small, ! think
/ You have not paid much attention 10 the
| charts. as it is one Of the largest and best
! harbDrs in the territory. If YOU will take
/ the chart you will find it to lee five miles
long. two miles and quarter wide, with
! good anchorage for large vessels III any
| part of it, and perfectly safe III any wind
| he heavy northeast winds do not reach
| here for some reason, and the southeast
wind is unknown only as zephyr. The
prevailing gales during winter and sum
mcr are from the northwest and south
west, which makes this harbor perfectly
| land.lOckcd and smooth. During the
recent gale which damaged so many yes
sells up Sound, three large vessels lay at
anchor in this bay perfectly safe.
When Gen. W. Scott was in this har-
Dor, twenty years ago, he called 1t the
Cherbourg of America, and by that name
it went for some time. 1t is true, as the
Seattle Post says, it requires capital and
brains to make Il city Of Importance
which, am sorry to say, we lack to u
great eXtent--in tact the place is in its
primitive state, owing TO the government
having reserved nearly all the water front
and mile back for military, naval, GUS
tom house and hospital purposes, which
takes in all the best Of the water front;
also having surveyed a town site and sold
lots, many of which have been sold since
by the county fortaIes. Your correspond
ent bought one twenty years ago, paying
$50 for it, and the lot is here yet like
many more, awaiting the brain and cap
ital to enhance their value. The few
struggling settlers in this vicinity are do
ing their best to make an honest living,
with strong hopes like MacawOer, wait
ing for something to turn up-your hum
bic correspondent with the rest. Yet
we of Clalam county are very tender
footed when any of you up-Sounders,
who seem to be luxuriating on the pros
poets Of the future, speak disparagingly
of its harbors or resources, for it is
well-knOwn fact that any shipmaster who
knows anything about Puget SQUAD or
the Straits OF Fuca, feels safe in any
weather when he has Port Angeles under
his lee And l don't pretend to be
prophet, yet | will say right here, that il
ever the T.. z. Il. crosses Johnson straits
to Vancouver Island it will not stop
short Of Barclay Sound, when, perhaps,
you up-Sound people will hear more Of
Port Angeles than you will like. The
settlers in Clalam county are very quiet
peaceable set of people, and are perfectly
willing that Seattle and Port Townsend,
should have all the boons ut present, yet
are very sensitive when anything is said
against their principal harbor, which
only awaits the capital and brains which
the Seattle Post says is required. The
harbor we have is only 5j mileslr the
sea, and the capital and brains will soon
arrive, and don't You forget it."
HUSTLER.