Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-07

a fiea'ant Ptrssr~ sf an Interesting
1ewn.
lvictori. Timesl

sictoris Times
In October. 1851, or ueariy thirty three
Years sinee. Z. W. Pettygf We sud his
partner, l.. b. h4ssIng-, arrived in Ca
Zoe fIOm Oly mpia. W. T.. at th,s now
important point. Tuey found IL warm
ing With indians, as they had found on
the baInnce OF the Sound. Ihsre w.re
sso di 'tInct tribes at aud near ,pe pres
ent site OF the town, tue Ci4IIams and
tne china :ums; tie former was a relia-
Ole and friendly race. While the lntt,r
Was the very oppO-ite IN every regard
AFTER ths two WHITE men above named
Dad decided to take up their future
aoodss here. they each took up doa4.
tion oiaiin Of 90 crss, and afterwsrd
oro1ght their families. For "A consIdrr
able peri. d. at the beginning 10 their
sojourn, Msssrs. Pettygrov. i Hastings
kcpt store. With everything suitable
Tor trading with Indians. After tune.
noSever, induced by the hostile attituse
OF the Northern Indians, aud The dan
ger coRBecttd with thni mode of life,
these gentlemen detern ined to ab andun
t1o sore and tnrn their attention to
farming. Besides themselves and their
families. there we're thrive white men,
sho1 they found living with the Iu
dians- They PREPARED sp4rs and got out
pIies, for which a ready market soou
sprang sp at San Francisco. In 1853,
PettyRrove, Hastings aod Plummer laid
out the town Of Port Tosnsend. bat up
~ 1867 there had only been five or SIX
famiiies added TO the orfgiHal settlers
shipping interests kept increasing, and
Fort .losnsend WAS made port of en-
sry, and 10 today the only ono on the
whole sound. Here il may be we'll to
aivorRe little from the story ami POINT
out the advantage this fact alone gives
TO the American steym tugs over those
of British Columbia.
NO BaITIsH COLUMBIA ruo
an pass Port Townsend for any other |
point ON the Sound. Tnese tugs eau
come here, bat no farther. Ships must |
take AN American tug from This point, |
which subjects them ~ double towage |
rates II they At first have had British |
Columbia tug. American tugs can hitch |
on to vessels going to anv port of entry |
IN British Columbia, V ictorla. New West |
Iniuster, Barnard Inlet, Naaailuo, etc, |
and 10 direct aud as che4piy AZ those |
BELONGING. to British Columbia, and, of |
course. can to any port on tue Soond. |
This gives the Aincrican tugb ,ats about |
nftoen chances more than the British |
Columbia tugs have. as the latter eau gu |
TO Port Townsend and NO farther ON tue |
Sound. Now, 10 obvlate that hardship
anu Rlaring wrong, This should be don, : |
Let all vessels entcring at Victoria be |
permltted ~ clear az other ports. This |!
wuuid project our. own steam tugs jast |
~ the Asnerioans have done theirs On |
the other side. and would To as far t.
tnem 40 To as, and - only Just to our own |
interests. So lopg AS Vessels can clear |
Al the other poi1ts, any hardship Is Oh |
Waited. Uncle SaW's motto IL '' Protec-
tion to our own people" Let Us follow
II aisu.
Now, 70 revert TO Port Townsend. All |
her Interests kept spreading and grow |
Ing, aud IN 1850 lew N Ire families |
uains Ia, and tue valleys Kept ilnug np. |
SawmIlis we're stArtcd nt III fferent POINTS |
ON tue SJuud, which gave fresh i,spe-
tus To TN iusss ~ Port townsend, aud |
tho grown has siuce been sure, ihuug h |
gIaduaI. lt 10 now n prosperous, solid |
and healthy community VI about loOO
Persons.