Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-28

ands. It would still pay them to come
here at reduced prices and seek carRoes
Of wheat for their return voyage. He
therefore WAS firm In the faith that the
wheat feidsof Eastern Warrington and
Oregon would still continue to pay trib-
ute TO Portland. and that a. more land
vas reduced TO cultivation and the
country filled up With settlers and pro-
ducers, the city would grov in size and
wealth.
II Portland il not 10 grow to a good
sizs aud become an important center,
Mr.. Willard and his friends would seem
TO be making large mistake in spend
ing so much money in their terminal
operations and facilities here. They
are spending millions OF dollars, and
have already spent millions on beth
sides OF TIE river. His so-calied Ter
rninai Company h building q great dry
dock, a great grain elevator, gre.,
Union depot and great hotel. and also
great bridge. The work going on and
projected, "a we'll as that already done
covers a vast expenditure; and inasnuch
a. Mr. Villards Pacific coast hackers
are Liostly wealthy Portland uen, who
have large real estate interest, at stake
/. seems reasonable that they are putting
their money where it will do them the
most good.
That which has thrown 40 much IN.
certainty over the future of Portland, ia
addition to the obstruction at the moQth
of the Columbia, 10 the fact THAI over al
New Tacoma, on the Sound. the North
ern Pacific road. or rather an inside risp
of that road. under the auspices of Mr..
Wright Of Philadelphia, former Pres
ident of the road, organized q mammoth
land company, and have for years past
BEEN peddling out lots to settlers until
they have built up town over there OF
about 1000 to 500 people. They have
very little good country tributary TO it,
(aimost nothing in that way) and the
chief importance Of the place ia de-
rived from the workshops of the N. p.
road and coal dump for loading YES
scis With coal from tho Carbon river
coal fields.
THE TOWN OF sxATTLx.
Despite of these purely artificial ad.
vautaQes, town of twice its size (Seat-
tie) has grown up within Is miles of il
on the Sound. BY the way, Seattle Ii
the town that expects TO be the Sound
terminus of the Cascade branch OF the
Northern Pacific the branch that de-
fleets from the main limo at Wallula, IA
miles east of Portland, and crosses the
Cascade range at high and expensive
grades to the waters of the Sound.
have described the place TO you in my
CORE spondence from the Sound. 1t II
tho most important rival of Portland
north of San Francisco, and 10 the seal
of a vast lumber industry. What it viii
depend on when the lumber is used uF
cannot see, but as that day is good
way of as yet, no doubt that citizen
John Leary. VINO is big man of the
town, would say, sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof"
There il another speculation that ]
have heard sroachod in connection with
wheat shipments from the Oregon and
Washington grain regions that may be
Of some interest in this connection. A
curious person said TO me the other day,
why will not this wheat go over the
Northern Pacific to Fort Benton, on the
upper Missouri, and thence be carried
down in barges to New Orleans? Fort
Benton IL about 5000 miles above st.
Louis, and IL the head Of navigation on
the Missouri. II il some TO miles east
Of Portland. luasmuoh ~ tho wheat
harvest 10 late ON the Pacific coast, and
inasmuch A. the upper Aissouri freezes
over early in the winter, ! do not sup
psse that such q project could amount
70 much. And the same objection ap-
plies 70 Duloth a. winter port Of ship.
ment. Wheat must move all winter
from this coast, unless stored in eleva-
tors ON speculation near the source OF
production. And. by the way, there
really 10 q big elevator scheme ON foot
that embraces the building Of thirty OF
forty elevators by one company in Ore
gon aud Washington for the storing of
wheat, issuing elevator certificates the
same aAin Chicago or any other elevator
point, thus enabling the farmers to held
the wheat az long asthey desire by So
curing advances ON it.
/ conclude. from all that have seen
and heard during my ak weeks of So
iourn aud travel on this coast, that
Portland Is the most important point on
IL, both now and prospectively. IL II
goes into manufacturing, as 1t seems
somewhat disposed to do, and depends
less wholly ON commerce, its future will
10 all tho more certainly assured. On
fortunately for the farmer, this IN not a
country Of diversified industries. IL has
but ore occupation, that of raising
wheat. The farmer here, unlike his
brother Of the Ohio valley, sells his
products at tho minimum prios and
bays other peoples at the maximum.
He depends wholly on foreign market
for the sale Of his surplus.
A. w. q,