Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-25
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nav.ys affords ~ peculiar pleasure
70 note the growth in population and
business Of our sister cities and towns
on Puest Sound. We have asserted
over and over again that there would Dc
in tAs psar future bosinsss enough to
build up and sustain several smart ana
bustIine cities on the shores of this ma
iestic harbor and this desire to see
our neiahbors prosper Is not entirely
unss,Ash. for vs recognize the facs fna'
whatever tends TO add to their pepoia-
tion and increase and extend their bust
meas mus benefit Seattle in even
more marked degree. Wherefore when
our busting, albeit Jomsvhss fanciiui
contemporary, the Tseons Ledger, al
leess that q pIsn on fcsf for building
q fifty-toa stsansr, with headquarters
at New Taeoma, which, in addition TO
doing the towing for that city, shall
transport 70 points on the Sound ana
Hoods Canal tbs freight distributed
from that oommsroiaI eutrspot. We re-
ioice sxossdinely. Troe. the fast that
il u sxpsstsd that 20 small craft can
handle ~ vose Wholesale business OF
DOR n1iehboe may, 70 stranger, mill
tate somsuAat against the claims OF the
Ledger az 70 the extent and amount OF
that trade. This, however, should not
and wia not prsiodios the people OF this
city or the Sound, who are fully aware OF
the im6snss commerce oentering at the
terminds," and the insufho'ency Of
the pressnt4onnaas 70 handle It. This
oitv. With a dozen or moro steamers and
toos Of tbs kind proposed, 10 lsborina
under similar disadvantages. Beyond
this. even, We hail the project an
nounoed by the Ledger as an omen that
the eitixsns Of New Tacoma have oone
10 realize Ire fact that cities on tide
water are not builded by railroads
that railroads 60 where business oen-
tsrs; that the Mathematical or legal
end Of Q railroad may not be at The
most important point that the susi-
ness end Of . wasp 10 just beyond it,
body; that 1t Ia very easy 70 sxtsnd
railroad communicates and that suoh
extensions are always made 70 reach
trade oentsrs. Ths Northern PaSine
Railroad can aid the citizens Of New
Tacoma 10 building mp q permanent
and fiourishing town. That II will do
10 liz 70 be expected. But that It will
attempt to enforce Q policy which will
discriminate against the other towns
and ports on. Puget Sound with which
1. will be connected BY rail, and from
which the major portion OF it's business
10 TO be derived, y 70 devoid OF reason
and 20 directly oppossd to its an
nounoed and 7olGrspsatsd policy a. to
bs unworthy 81 notice. mnch less Of be-
lief. With every legitimate attempt TO
extend its trade sud increase it, popu-
lation this city 10 in accord with its
neiehboy q Oommsucsment Bay. 1t is
only wlitnf ~ claims are ~ outrageous
" prspostsrous as 10 excite ridicule, or
IL local pssss attempts 10 run n muck
against NJ sntsrpriss Of An older. larg-
Or, and. TO ssy the least, equally pros
porous colnmunity, that harsh criticism
Ia evoked. And even then the structures
are not directed at the citizens Of New
Tacoma. bdt At the paper which mis-
represents them. The Posi- isTxLLI-
aExoER has NO personal axe to grind.
1t IL not the organ OF any man or set of
men. Il aims to be fair and impair
tial commentator upon all matters OF
public interest; to advocate whatever
will lsgitimatsly aid In the growth Of not
only Seattle but the whole Northwest.
RsprsssuAing a. truthfully as possible
the interests Of the people from whom
It draws support. and with whose success
iss prosperity 10 identified, II has no de-
sirs In - doing 10 rsAasd the growth or
pull down the structures Of its neigh
bors. II aims 70 maiutain the position
Il nov oocspiss ~ reliable Newspaper,
a free and fair advocate and represen.
tasive Of the best interests OF Washing
ton Territory.