Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-10
PoRr angeles. ". 7.
fCorrespondance Arpas. |

Correspondence Argas.
We of Port Angeles have had nothing
to do With the petitions in circulation
to make this place sub port of entry,
nor did we know anything about II un-
III told by outsiders for We are aiming
at higher game. No subs for us, bat a
full commercial port of entry-which 10
only question of time-Vhen the word
sub" will be signed by towns further
in the interior. Meantime | will, for
the benefit of the friends Of Port Town
send and others, give the history OF the
present movement TO have deputy col
lector. or an inspector with that power,
established here.
1t in a well known fact that nearly all
the coal vessels running between hrit-
ism Columbia and California are Ameri
can. Not alone coasters, but large deep
water ships, which are waiting for
wheat cargoes, and in the meantime
make a few trips in the coal trade.
Heretofore all these vessels went to
Esduimalt for tugs to take them to Ma
naimO and Departure Bay, at great ex-
penss and loss of tine. Since the
freight on coal has been reduced 50 low
that vessels can rarely clear themselves
after paying all expenses, the masters
and owners must practice the strictest
economy and have abandoned the Esqui-
malt route and taken the Port Angeles
route, which ia nearer, mere safe, easier
of access, and by far the cheapest. Ship
masters bound 10 any port IN British
Columbia must 60 10 Esquimalt or Port
Angeles for tugs. They could not go to
Port Townsend, which would add to the
expense and about 10 miles of distance
to tows.
After taking everything into consid
Grafton, they have adopted the Port An
gelos route, and in the future all Amer
lean sailing vessels bound for British
Columbia will make Pert Angeles their
stopping place to await orders or tugs,
as they are signalied off Cape Flattery
and reported here, and there IL no delay
getting up steam when they arrive.
Now ali this tempest about the sub
port of entry being established here
WAS for no injury to Port Townsend, for
the vessels would on no account 90 there;
IL would be cheaper to go to Esquimalt,
and save day or two IN time. The Pc
sitiou, il any Ii in circulation, for sub
port of entry at this place, was gotten up
by masters of tugs, their agents and the
ship masters. To the tugs 1t would be
great convenience. as when they had tax
en- their ship TO Nanaimo or Departure
Bav, they would come here on their way
TO the Cape or for another vessel waiting
here for them, be inspected and pro-
coed on their way; whereas now they
must go to Port Townsend to be in
sFected, csmino from foreign port.
which causes great delav and expense
and no one IL benefited by il in Port
Townsend. The loss falls on the tug
owners. These vessels or tugs coming
to Port Angeles are no benefit to the
residents of the place, as they merely
drop anchor and wait a few hours tor a
tug, and are gone. The only benefi.
this place will receive from it will be
the notoriety il will create, which this
port needs very much. The name of
Port Angeles IN scarcely mentioned on
Puget Sound for some reason, and it Is
about time something was done to draw
attention to this splendid harbor, which
awaits for its share of the many indus
tries that are springing mp around II.
Situated in the center of some of the
best timber land In the Territory. per-
fectly land locked, with every require
ment for one of the largest sawmills in
the Territory, and would make the saw
ing of two days time between il and
Francisco without tug, IL seems that
il would be netting more than right
for those who are interested here to en-
courage its notoriety by every legiti-
mate means.