Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-07
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POST MTELLIGENCER.


2f2xk1 80 49,
rs csep,e Of the provincial ci'y OF
49, westminster are loudly cianoring
e. . firoct mail service With ruoe.
I'D. They wan. route estso'Isasa
er,, thei. CITY 70 'his, and regular
e.oaubcat communication PLACED upon
Il. As 10 whether the service shall &c
dovn the east shore of WILDLY Island.
Via Laconner and whascom. OF vhsther
Il shall be By way Of San Jusn Island,
they are undecided. They also want
the mail every day. Tbs call TOR daily
mail We regard premature and cannon
belisve e will be granted By either Gov
eminent. A semi weekly mail, howsv-
ar. Ia but reasonable, and especially 20
In view Of the fact that the mail Is noT
carried twice q week to all Q. 5. post
offices south Of the line. All that u
needed is an extension from Whafcom
or Semiahmoo, the tvo nearest places
on the route, and that extension can
easily be made With the present con-
tractors by the Canadian Governments.
One thing is in the way OF trade WITH
New Westminster, and that 10 the lack
Of a port Of entry on tue American side
a ssmfihmoo. fit were possible for
vessels 70 enter and clear there. trade
would be greatly facilitated. This lack,
thouah, n oos easily supplied, bot IL
one that should b supplied at The car
iisss moment. This IL move Of great
iutsr>st 70 New Westminster, and Of
little lees interest TO Seattle and Puget
Sound.
In this connection 70 reproduce the
following from the BrsstsA Coiassbiss;
Whal the people Of New Westminster
and the mainland want y tho most d.
foot communication with tho nesres.
potns on the Northern Pacific Railway.
fbae point, at leass for many ycars 70
eosuo. viii b Seattle; and u seems to
% tha1 everything we can do should be
dom % accomplish 30 desirable thing
q daily communication between seattle
ana Ues, Westminster. When the miss
ias link in the Northern Pacific Rail
Vsy has been supplied, passengers and
fre1Ght FROM the east for this provinces
viii undoubtedly como over that road.
Il 10 expected tho link will be completed
soae time next July. and 1t IL not too
soon, therefore, for us to be moving for
Q direct mail route. There seems 10 be-
an earnest desire among the people
sc9oes the Sound ~ have direct COM
uunicaaiop With the mainland, aud II 10
scarcely necessary for rs 70 say that
their wish for tho establishment OF the
proposed route il fully rsciprocated By
tho mainland Of British Columbia. II
may bo very difficult to agree upon .
route that shall meet tho approval OF
all the places interested. IL would
manifsslly DO absurd 70 expect a daily
line over the entire coast Of Puget Sound.
Bot the most feasible proposal appears
70 NJ to b. 10 run tho limo TO New West
minister direct, and unite the western
termini Of tho two most northern trans
continental rail gay lines. The quaint
y Of TRAFFIC which would fall In the way
Of this line must amount 10 q consid.
eeable item bsfoFe many months, and
the Subsidy required should not b great
We hops tho matter will receive The
must earnest consideration Of cha PEG.
pie Of THE province, and that the daily
mail line may become an accomplished
fact before tho end Of tho present sea.
con.