Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-04

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From the Oregonion Of Jan. 2 W take
the following concerning that part of
the Territory west Of the Cascade Noun
tains:
Any attempt TO describe Puget Sound
can give TO the reader but poor idea
of its beauties. and must seem spiritleD
and weak to those Who have seen It.
Briefly, il il an arm of the ocean, . hun
dred miles inland, and extending north
and south parallel with the coast for a
hundred and fifty miles. Il varies in
width from five to fifteen miles, and in
tersects its shores with hundreds OF
BAYS and little ports. A long, bread
strait, running east and west, connects
its northern extreme with the ocean.
and its salt waters rise and fall with the
ocean tides. Everywhere it 10 deep, and
MAGNIFICENT evergreen forests crowd lfD
shores, and almost into its waters on
every side. Hundreds Of wooded isl-
ands afford q panorama OF the pictur-
esque, and rugged snow mountains IN
constant view give touch OF grandeur
and complete a beautiful picture.
But beauty is incidental, and goes for
but little by itself. OF greater import
ance il il that ships can foat on Puget
Sound, that fishes swarm its waters,
that the bays and ports afford good an
chorage, that the timber is the finest IN
the world for spars and ships and
houses, that its climate Is mild and
heaithful, that the lands which lie near
its shores are fruitful, that the noun
sains Yield iron and coal-that natural
conditions for the living and happiness
of million people are here.
The great industries of Puget Sound
are timber and coal production. Nine
largAmerchaut mills are located along
its shores, and their daily lumber cut Is
nearly q million feet. These mills, IN
almost every instance, are owned by San
Francisco capitalists, and their product
is carried by sail vessels to the San
Francisco markets, and to foreign c0un-
tries. South America is the largest for
eiQA. purchaser, and. Australia Is the
next. Coal from these mines, all owned
by non-residents, is carried by large
iron steam golfers TO San Francisco and
Portland.
:. The monthly output of coal from
these mines is nearly thirty thousand
tons, and it could easily be increased to
several times that amount. The other
industries Of Puget Sound are local, but
small because local. The principal city
of the Sound is
sxArr1x.
Il is located on Elliott Bay, on the
east shore of the Sound, about half way
between it9 northern and southern eX-
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excellent institution, 10 located here.
The natural wealth of King County,
Washington Territory, consists of coal,
timber, iron and fine body Of agricul-
tural and pasture land. The natural
depot for the sale and shipment of the
products of this region. and for the re-
ceipt and distribution Of its supplies, il
Seattle. Beginning near Seattle, the
rich valleys Of the Duwamish and Cedar
Rivers extend east for fifteen miles,
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