Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-08


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A reoalt Of the recent visit OF the
saitor Of thu WaIla Walla SsssesDsaa,
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the Publication q - axsacse ioiovinR'
men nv brothers, men the workers,
Always reapinR something nav,
That which they have done hut earnest
Of the things that they shall do"
Seattle and Walla walla have always
hsen idenfified With each ether in the
easf. and their Names arc % intimately
coonected With eyervthine thas viii in
c,eea. the uroer.aa and preeperity Of
the Territory. that the ara looked upon
:. |. nnit in the nrnblcm vet 70 be soived
IN she mated al = rnilrnad aoroa the
Caacsde noontains Chat shall ioin them
in iron bonds. Al seattle pruspers, 80
will WaIin WALL. and aieo the country
.nrronndipg. The rresent IL INV firss
visit fo, thirtv months. and in that pe-
nod seattle has increased moro in size,
ooooIation and vealth than all the
other cities and towns in the Territory
combined. Portland With all her
preud presensions 10 superiority grow
elIed in the dust 20 railroad magnates
in ertler to induce them 70 build sta
tons. hotels and railroads which would
ADVANCE the commercial interests of
their eity, which had been established
for thirty wears. and vet with all il
wealth cannot TODAY boast of hotel
which can b considered first class.
Seattle on the other hand has never lost
her DIGNITY bv asking others to perform
what she could veil do herself, and to-
lav II roaming the reward that enter
prise, prudence, energy and perssver-
enoe ALWAYS brings. There 10 q class Of
men here Who have no superioFs in the
above business VIRTUES: thew have made
| a CITY in the heart of Puget Sound thas
will, a. surely q the SON rises and sets,
BE- some day the commercial rival Of
SAN Francisco, and second to her alone
ON the mighty Pacific Coast in wealth,
business, magni6oence-and wicked
ness.
Alreadv its fame has gone abroad,
and here are focking tho hardy immi-
grant with his lares and penates and the
business man from the East looking for
fresh woods and pastures new" The
| people naturally In their migrati0ns
gravitate to the sea shore, a. is natural,
for here are the mighty cities of the
earth. We Of east Of the mountains
have wondered Why, with all our vast
undeveloped resources of minerals,
stock and agricultural lands, moro i'm
migration has not stayed With us, but
the secret will be found in the above.
As the soa ports become settled up and
filed with population and the matter
of existence becomes . problem, our
turn will come, and then our large
wheat fields will 10 divided into smaller
holdings, ana q dozen families will
profit where one does nov. There IL
but ono thing wanting to. complete the
status Of Seattle, and that 10 the long
talked of Walla Walla and seattle rail-
road across tho Cascade range Of noun
tains. Time and again have PROPOSE
tons beeu made from the people here
70 those ON tho other side of the range
70 Join in and build it. It is acknowi-
edged on all hauds that the road will
b q most profitable investment If q
narrow gage 10 built. We could then
obtain our coal, lumber and 6sh at one
half the price Ne now pay, and in 70
turn they would receive the yield of ouI
golden grain fields aud lead the SCORES
of deep water ships that would bo there
to receive it. Our farmers and all eth
srs would benefit greatly in that they
would have to pay much lees freight pei
ton than 1t present, a. the great charges
placed ON deep water vessels for towaRe
pilota9e, insurance and other dues IL
Portland would amount TO mere nom
inal in seattle a. compared with the
other. There are NO dangers, real Ol
imaginary, to b encountered By ships
entering Puget sound harb0rs, ana con
seQQently the producers will not have
to gay, for It u . well known maxim
that " the farmer pays for all" Onol
this narrow gage line 10 established, and
Waila Walis will be to the interior what
Seattle 10 ~ our tide water front. WheI
the road 10 fact our farmers will have
their wheat loaded ON tho ships 1t q
cost not exceeding Is per ton, and VI
shall receive coal in return at prio(
not exceeding 81 per ton. The people
Of Seattle are ~ anxious now az ever e
zee this Condemnation Of their desires
and Waila Wslla has only to lend {
helping hand and the thing il done.
In the course of my harvest Of infor
nation l discovered that in SkaRit and
Whatoom counties there N much re
claimed land thas is very rich in ali Cd,
essentials that NJ 70 make fertile soil
In fact it il altogether too rich 20 rails,
wheat. aud barley and oats are the priu
cipal cereals raised. bat Il il Veil adapt
cd TO fruit and vsQstables. Az in Hol
land, this land ia saved from the "a b,
baing dykea, and over lOo miles an