Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-04

1850, add viii be abou. 10 per cent. NOR
IN 1883. These are Q few cate
hRures, which indicate as fully as vol
umes Of minute detail the present pos
ition Of the city. II has reached il :.
the supply and export center of Wsst
ington and Oregon, embracing the ric
wheat lands Of the Willamette, Cmatill
and Walla WaIla valleys, the pine an
hard timber of Washinetoh. .theC Columbi
river and Puget Sound fsherie.
and the scarcely developed Goa
and iron mines with which the noun
tains abound. This section is of limite
extent. and ye. of scan!y population
though It has been settled for genera
fion-b1t of varied and marvellous rich
ness and splendid capabilities. Portianl
IS supreme within IL as a trade center
She has already shaken of dependence
upon san Francisco, her merchants ant
manufacturers buying direct from New
York and Europe, and almost her tota
export trade going by the broad oceaI
road. OF the three elements of Pert
lands prosperity. this one is pre.t,
sure to De enduring. She will remain
tae Joboing supply point and expor
depot for the rich agricultural distric1
OF Western Oregon. II she does moi
grow TO be the great commercial and
manufacturing center os the North Pa.
cine Coast, It will be because Q ereaaul
rivxl grows up on Puget Sound-not Be.
cause OF outside competition.
PoRTLAxp's POSSIBLE sIvAIS.
Portland's weakness lies in the de-
nciencies Of her harbor, and in the fact
that the city is not, after all, the west
ern terminus Of trauscontinentaI line.
The mouth Of the Willamette 10 100
miles from the Pacific, and this is 100
miles OF river navigation which only
aupendous and successful engineering
can ht for the large uses of ocean trade.
The difficulties Of the river itself may
be overcome; indeed, little dredging
seems all that is necessary TO make the
Columbia river fit for the largest ocean
steamers. But the bar at the mouth is
more stubborn obstacle. It is the
double product q the current and tides,
and shifts here and there under their
opposing influence. The channel may
NOT be two days in the same place, and
the most skillful pilot may be at fault.
frequent fORs make navigation more
precarious. and the surf Of the Pacific
makes quick work of vessel ence
firmly grounded. The wrecks OF two
ocean steamers, lost within few years,
still stick on the bar within sight of the
bills above Astoria. At best, the chan
mel has only "A feet at high water; and
the only hope for permanent
and safe entrance for ocean traffic is a
tedious, costly and elaborate artificial
Jstty, which may possibly give TO the
mouth OF the Columbia what nature
has given in far amples measure 70 Pu-
get Sound. Here is the rivalry Portland
has to fear from some seaport of the
future on this magnificent northern
Mediterranean, cutting deep into the
western coas. with hundreds of miles
OF shore line, almost every line a land
lccked harbor, and without bar or
shallow to obstruct the entrance Of the
greatest marine leviathan. Puget
Sound is an ideal harbor in it's safety
from storms and its phenomenal depth
Of water-from 80 TO 500 feet 70 the
very edge of its wooded shores. The
only objection urged IL lack Of anchor
age, and to this Is ID answered that the
largest vessel may well anchor at any
point in its sheltered breast without
strain enough on ifs cables to DRAG en-
anchor on the smoothsst rock bottom
o. steam fearlessly to the very edge of
its shores snd throw cable 70 wharf or
wooded hillside. Il 10 hardly conceive
BILE that this stupendous hsxbor Of ma
tufe's providing ahall not ovsrcorne
all the artificial advantages pri-
vate, corporate and government
wealth may give Portland, and assume
il natural Office a. the exchange be-
tween the trade Of the Northern coast
md the Northwestern interior and that
0f the world. Should the center Of
commercial gravity shift from Portland
70 some psint on Puget Sound, il will
carry the industrial center
with It. Most Of the materials of the
manufactures sp9inQiue mp In Portland
come from the shores Of Puget Sound.
The lumber and coal are there, aud
probably there 10 an abundance Of ison
also The question Of the actual rail-
road terminus u still In suspense, and
IL does not seem 70 be the policy Of the
company to hasten It's solution by inter-
ference. The road ID after business.
Now business 10 70 be found at Port
land. II II il 90 be found later ON Po-
get Sound in paying quantities the road
will certainly remove She sliQht obstruc-
tions to through traffic between Port
land and Kalsma-if the game promises
r. pay for the candle, il will even pierce
the rugged Cascade range with q direc:
line from the Snake River to the Sound.
AT HONE ~ PORTLAND.
Eominaily, vs spent . wesk In Port
land. Actually, We spsnt one day there
a. . party, slept there two OF three
nights, and scattered oysr shs whole Of
Western Oregon and Warrington in
the gensFous intervals. Not favorable
eoudisiono for deaibeeate sight SEEING,
bat ve made the most 81 them. The
public reception Of tho frst day, dread
"a a. bore after 800 miles OF bouting
and speoch- matinQ, vas . deIiGht IN
the vsristy and good taste Of the deco
nations. and the unexpected exhibit OF
the finished produces VI matuEed in
dusfxiAi and eommorcial eivilhgatjOo,
vhsre ouly IN unrips Frontier town was
looked foR. NohtnR of The same sort
on the tEip bad % much intsssst for
the Eaa1ogn guoGes - tbe Portland "a
hibit. The private invsseigatious of
membsss Of TIE party vseo indu1tsi0os
and fruitful They veso mainly ooo4n-
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dint nadIy s1sye1 = Wild the eocp-:
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ear pogteD and vaiteB; hung eboot
tbs eloGDd doues ~ Chhs6s gnukblinR
houses. and sofoFtb-csoser inspection
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streets and in the S1ops- John y Dot .
rspu.xiye study. HIS op5sesionabis
qualities do moi iie Aboye The saTfsce.
BE IL clean. quick -witssd. Osl,efng and
fAiskfui. That most 0f - knew be-
fore. What we were not prepared Tor
vss the quality Of the trtelIiesncs dis
played By tns wealthy aid succesful
Cksnxmen Of tbe mercantile elsss- They
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forms fhas are nee wholly repcisiye.
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within o leg ys4Ts-aye suFroundtnR
fheussisso With families. 1hD women
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