Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-01

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tk.s srsesion Of u1=kx tcr = great mari
ne Estior-
The country also Affords - u-ag
sites FOE UAter peEsr - suF other.
On this Soand zrs already sifuatsd
fhxIviEz IoScs and cities bi4ding for tAs
s1sas rz@rcs Of toe SDs3s-
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- feet. ia ors and oas fgurth Eiiss uss-
:ac. from the Ss7rds and - e7EneEted
sta Il hyA ar III stream catering into
Salmon Bay. Tie eastern SHORE Of LAKE
Union Il separated froa1 LAKE Washing
ton By i3s is.haEs sixteen hundrei
fess! vide.
L4k- Warrington rs 81 E7tE % s.
sqaATs GILES. r. miles q shore hn7 aud
"a average cspgh o. 20 feet, With nn-
Hssroas land locked karbo.A. fsis lake
Is sonnfot@d BY sIouRh, Aasigah.e sor
sIa2il ssssuserE. With @sn4smiss lake, 3
mites l8azj and drains eo1atry rieh IN
nssnfzl resources
Daring she year covered by tsis repoT.
4 cempanY has besa formed, and the
S0sk fairly eonmsneed, 20 nons.ruet
ship canal connecting Lake Washington
By way Of Lake Unioa giih Pagst Sound.
n this ship canal ear be completed. Is
will. among other advantages. afford tce
finest known facilities Cor bsildinE aGd
repairing ssaeoiag shirs Of the greatest
sapse.sy. iE eees secessiols fresh water.
vEsRs tus tegedo can do 10 damage, and
sill enable the United States Govern
msnt 70 establish great navy yard 90
the Pacifs coaat under tbs mos. fssOfa-
BILE oifsaInst Ancea-
| belfegs tie Government eonid well
aaJri 70 aid the e0mpistioa 81 this canal
By saitAbie legislation. sash ~ v called
for by those engaged 10 the vork; and |
understand 40 appropriation 10 asked
Tor except q donation OF lands 10 be r.
cIai.zsed on the borders Of Lake Wash
ingten BY draining the waters thereof
t. lover level through the proposed
canal This can be easily ACCOMPLISHED,
inasmuch a. the surface Of Lake Wash
lngton Is eleven feet higher than that of
Lake Union. and that of Lake UnioE. Is
seven fee. higher than .ne waters Of the
Sound at high tide.
The Government could also properly
reserve suitable tody Of timber for
naval purposes.
The mast important Fivsrs emptying
int0 Puget Sound are as follows: the Des
Chutss, smptying into Budd's Inlet at
Olyn pia. notable for its fall and its Wa
- ..s.-..,. a. DugaIlrrx anptan ehsauUh
q ROB valley mainly devoted to hop cul
tore snto Commencement Bay, near Ia
coma; the nayigsble Duvamish, with Us
tributaries. the White, Elaok and Cedar
rivera, fertiiizing ricA bottom lands,
shiea enters Elliott Hay near Seattle; |
The navigabls Snohomish, with its trib |
1tary the Snoqualmie, which makes a |
sublime psrpendIeuisr lsap Of 20 feet,
celebrated az the Seoqualmie Falls; the |
SkaRit, also navigabse aud fertile IN It's |
the Swinomish, entering |
INTO Bellingham bgyi the Lummi. which |
aas the Nooksack for its tributary and
also empties into Beliinghsm Bay. Near |
he outlet Of the latter stream are the re- |
,lzirned sidslands. remarkable for their /
mneose GROSS Of wheat, oats and bar
ey; the Skokomish il the largest stream |
smptyine into that arm of Puget sound |
iailed Hoods Canal.
All these streams are servicesbSe for /
be shipment OF logs to tidewater. except /
q instances where the dsbris from the /
o.eat has lodged snd formed snags, ia /
st.cpiinR navigation.
For this reason IL h important that
be Government shoald make ample
by appropriation for clearing
u. these streams. Thc immense wealth
4 this country in les timber calls for
he utmost consideration on the part Of
ho Government in favoring sbipments
hereof 10 tidewater.