Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-23


f~ . apnssakien 20 Il ~ hssu
kn0wn tkak 49, ase $1,000 deroe.
- = tgun On = - Sknnjt ennnsrv,
WnentnGesn Tessioery. H. - =
Grset exteuk and II ono poettun thoe1
= nlmooe : mounfain of tke pnrune oee
- - ne1Ghboghood o. - Inn ~
o1e0upptnGs of bituminouo 60 -
se0suhne further inland Iaxro deuontfn
e Linz q 1ne quality. If vas To- shi1
point thne IT, vnxicos oyndicates tha1
operated the Nux1heRn Pncfi1o aimed q.
pevm1neot among than b1ina - lSts
railway prsa5aenf, Hsnry Willard Ihe
9!eaeeg portion of ths land throuah
waioA = braneh q tho Northern Pnoifc
would poss - rsaeh Ghip Harbor ~
been oeeured by that company. bat 81
aoass. vhan ths eollapes q iaak ysax
came there was sunucun5un a. nuy A.
ranGsments that may have bssn Ia
pfoRren fog the bui1dlnG of nneh :
heanoh- LA2 woek NJ. @. 8. Turke1-
eony of zaeoma. arrived = yio1oria from
- inlande n1d peuoeedod - Taeoma 10
0eef number of EnRlish capitalists
whom be ropreoents. IN ordos - take
toam oses - ground. They havo been
over t4ero new for several dnys. and II
evssyehlnG y - sepFo1sntea there y the
prooa6ility of N Immediate expsndi-
fure Of . coup1s Of milliou dollars Ia the
essaolmhmeot q extensive works for
toe purp00s Of rednoing the 6kaeit ore
into 20 iron- The project il to build .
me OF Sailway from Ship Haxbor 10
the mines. - that the ore can b
or0uRht from These 10 FidaIQo Island,
where n y proposed 10 establish the
workA A. N evidence that such Q
eoheme = IN eontemplation. it = fast
that all available land On that IalAnd
has beon secured By The syndicate for
the purpoee. The establishmant Of
euoh IN industry as this point has 4
great many advantages il its favor.
Besides the cloes proximity Of ooal and
huss u is IN dirses line With Tsxada
lsiana, whese orc would have 70 b util-
i1ed IN tho production Of nrst ciass
IRON, - also probably anothee Rrade 81
ore. Eauaimo, with its mnoniaoeut
coal, b also easy 81 aooaas from Ridaleo
lsland. Not the least important. thouoh.
and peFhaps oue Of the most impartsut.
70 tho pressncs cf Victoria, thirty milee
from the projested irou works. No
douos u vsuld add greatly 10 Viosoria's
trade - have snch an inssitntiou so
near 70 her. Ship Harbor . one Of the
ltrReet and safest hArbors on the Pucet
51und basin, and Knowing ones ~
that u will eventually 30 the "a
terminus Of the Northern Pao;6c
Railway. 4 glance n Boeman's map
Of PuRee sound will show what . short
would have 20 be made hy
the Canadian Pacific Railway with this
peint to bring it within 80 miles Of Vie
eotss. should ever snch . routs be
adopted, and there are many unlocked
for thsnRs occurring that may mate
rally change mattsrs, ie will bs at
once sen what an immense gain there
would Be IN Victoria actually being the
terminus Of the two great transosntin-
sutal roads It would Be the stopping
md coaiinR station for one of the great
- merchant fleets on the seas, and
would make il what it, inhabitants have
70 leaR thought IL would be, the metro
politAn city Of the Pacific Coast. How
sver, the change Of route Of the Cana
tian Pacific 10 only theory, that will
have 70 b practically demonstrated in
he future.
We understand that arranesmsnts
have bssn 90 TAR gone into By the syndi-
,ate ~ 70 secure practical msn In En-
gland for the purpoas Of Operating ths
sorks, and the cost Of produotion
figured out % ~ TO show . reasonable
profit On the investment. Besides En-
llish capital, u 10 rumored that soms az |
he large atockhOlders interested In the |
Port Townsend mins are also promoters
II this scheme, which has on the surface |
sf u greater prospect Of sucoess than |
has Of Port Townsend mines.