Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-26

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- suoogAaans WAGES RoAo.
We hsv, before rsfsred 70 ths wagon
roed pcojss>sd end partly bsildsd fron
ov.r .he Csseads Noastains through
the snoqualmis Pass. In cur judgment
the complstion Of that road 70 sesss's
II one Of The msss Import Ant works 70
which puhais attention can b d'reeteo'
For Aftssn ysan past. Or since TIE Nne
vhsu atssotion vas hrst called 70 'os
fertile valleys Of Yakima. kl'ek'ss' ana
Kittites eoontiss b. the protested ooilo
i.ese ~ Caseads division Of the NOTE
arm Pseisc railroad. population has been
saovlv osntsrine shsssin- Never anos
ths 6rst settlement vas made mas mere
b..n. anti daring tbs past winter .
feasible vay Of esssina over 70 Foess
sound Win Stock and agricultural proc
uets. Every prodsss Of chat region. and
almost every assisls i@postsd for ~
M. has beeu taksn CT and IN from toe
vsssr by loo9. eireaitoos and s1psn-
ave rouss. Thb hes operated - oat
TO svifs asvsloposst and bssn inimseA
to the peospssisy II ths settlers 10 ss's'
eountisa.
L.s< summss this ssoi isolation b.
,r~>dural,la. and Q few men I'M
Asrsoek 10 bsild . rod ovss ths noun
teiae % Gssa1ls. & vas hsavy under-
taking for msn Of limited means IN
yolvinx tbs bsildin9 u seventy 1--we
MIL of u,oontain road, vnieh, though
u.ssaally sasy Of construction, could
not b mt in Arst-elass condition for
travel q I'll seasons Of ~ year tor iss
than $4,000. By vigorous effort, bow
ever, and ~ sxpssdituss Of over ~,
600 . section Of about thirty miles OF
this road hss ben eomplsssd, and dur
ing the whole winter kept opsn for trav-
Il. Bands Of castje and Other live
stook have from tine 70 tims, during
every month Of the wiatss, been driven
over the nsw road, arriving hsse In nrst
GLASS condition, in far lss time and at
lees than half the expense involved
when driven and transported around By
the DaIlss and Portland 70 this city. IL
hss already had the eject Of greatly
rsdooing frsights By way OF tho old
route. The nsw road shortsns the dis
tanes between Yakima and Seattle over
700 miles, and IL completed will render
ths settlers east Of the Cascades abso-
lutsly independent Of the Oregon Rail
way and Navigation Company aud The
Northern Pacific Railroad Company un-
I'll TIE Cascade division 10 completed.
and even then bs Of great utility ~ q
competing line over which stock may
be driven and grain hauled unless fair
rates are given BY the railroad oImpa-
mics.
A bill has besn introduced in Congress
sppropsisting $4,000 fos tbs oonstruc-
tion Of this road. II will probably NOT
b warmly ehampionsd BY frisad. and
Lobbyists Of Tie No.thssn PAsihc Rail
road Company, for, - indicated here
sosoes, Il will b 70 some sxtent . com
pstiae Linz. YET The bill should b
passsd peomplly, the road built at onoe
aad dsslassA FREE 70 psblis ~. While
eospofats monopoly u straininG svsry
effort 70 hold on 10 lands mot earned
While millions Of Ne best lands out-of
doors ass withheld from settlemen
avaitiae the pleasure Of q few Wal
ssrsst maGnAtss, . Iietls attention 70 tn
~ Assds Of the common people viii b
in order. A good wagon road over III
Oasasds range, through the Snoqualmi'
pen, Vould a6osd direct oommunica
ttoa bstwsea swo sessions Of Washing
ton Territory. With vast mutual bsnsAI
70 rssidsnos Of bosh localities.
II O0n0rsae refuses - do this work
the people Of Seattle should ct ono,
lend thsir neiehbon scron the noun
tains hslpin9 hand. ALREADY over Z
third Of the road has bssn constructed
and With To opening Ut spsine shs 10
maindsr shoald b bails. King county
should ss ooes, thsoaah IL Commits
sionsrs. build . Arst-elasa, broad. turn
pike road 70 the foothills, there 70 con
nest With Ne mountain division. Tai
should b. owned b. the county and b
frss Of tails. Meanwhile our cuisines
men, Who are most interested. shoul(
paa their hands In their pockets AND
hslp baild The balance. There will b,
. large immigration into the region easl
Of ths mountains during the cominI
sammss. Much Of this vouid conn
THE side The Cascades and al up tn
vallsys lying Ill around %, we're the
road bailt direct aofoe1 the mountains
But VIXEN sompsllsd 70 travel 800 mile
0ot of Ne way 70 ct here, many b
como disheartsnsd and drop BY ths
vaysids. Much Of tAs psodesss Of III
counties named would b marketable
hsso were this road bailt. Flour, fssd
p,easess and I'll kinds Of garden pro
dasts v0old cone over the roAA thil
vay. rsdasln9 prices and ehsApsnins
ths eose Of living. while nearly every
thiaR sold o. manufactured IN Ssattl,
would and ready and profitable mar
BET q ths other sids Of The mountains
The Cascade division NAV b. completed
BY ths end Of -. bat With chs expert
sess Of abest svsnty ysan in visv, nc
one ean vouoh for that rssalt. Mean
While smigration b coming this way
L. - make h possible tor inesadine
sssalss - seasA hsss BY ~ direct Z
ssals = poasibls.
aas.s
In View of Ne aeitasiou q Washing.
ton over - easseion u social lsadsr
ship amoaG Ne ladiss q Court, tn
snappish saaReslien Of q erussy old
bsshslos that the reason Why Prssidss,
ArthsR sajsyea he Ysllovueoos trip q
0oeA ~ oamunes vas sbonnss thar
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