Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-02
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report q prOcssdinEH IN tie hoass Of
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Mr.. Brsuts-I desire 70 call % fef
,,raeaut consideration the biL q. a
E,19l for the erection OF paatle o5l.c'
ino AZ Por1 ToSnseEd. NAsn1ugstE lti-
ritorg. ,,.
The bill zzs read, e. felsss'e
~ n ST..gf,gf. g.. Thai the oseEeSasS
=, shs Trsasary Be- and be 10 hsresy az
sho-;~.d 80 directed % plFehs&e = safe
g. - cnuse 70 be erected thereon,
ssit.hIs hcjkding. with nrepT9of Ssn.s
,hs-sin for the aecoiBootstI9n OF 'hs
.~s..-1, houss. bonded waEeESoase, pOst
~@7.s Ard ether GoyefDmsnt of2csa; a.
ara cFtx az Port Tovnfend, Mssb- Inc
rIs,ss speeifications. Rpd full estimates
sor sd b1iIaing shall 10 pfeFloosly
rnads and approved according 70 m%
and shall NOS sxcsed for tbs ste s s1a
buiIdiuo complete tht sura OF $3.50
Prosided, That the site shall Leave lns
buiIdinR unaxposed % danger iso"l lle
m adjacent buildings By ~ open space
~ not Less than forty f6et. inoiaainR
atKees and alleys; and no n10Ges apPsso
priated for this puEpote shsh DC es-' i.s
bls untiI valid title 10 the ate tGr siio
building shall be vested IN tH~ OHi'ea
S.ateB-
Ths speaksr-CndeE the rule I'VE MN
n.ss ne nov allowed tor debate IN sslp-
uort Of this Dill and I've inmates IN op-
position 10 II:
Mr.. Brenis said
Mr.. SPEAKER The tauTt time allowed
me 1 ahaII not attempt more than par
tiaI abatement Of she facts IN this oass.
Port Townsend Ia the port 81 entry OF
the Puget sound customs district. "a
Get Sognd, With its 1884 miles OF shore
line and over 900 aqulIre miles OF @uI
fAee. aayiRahle throughout IFS Nhois "a.
tent for the IaFp.sgt deep sea vseseiA, !
ons OF Che Qrandess hArsoFs IN toe ~ofin'
It's ooinmere9 il very great and - rapidly
expanding. During ths last nscal ysar
A Greater number Of American steam
vessels engaged 10 the foreign trace en-
tered and cleared az this port than ~
any other port ia the United States and
their tonnage was only sxeeedsd by we
tonnage of the same class OF vessels tha1
entered and cleared al the port OF Ne1
York. The pumber entered vas 1iO,
with q tonnage Of 14,t56 tons, againss
Z39 az New York, With tonnage OF dol.-
673 tons; l65 at San Francisco, With
tonnage Of xD, 100 toni; l49 at Bose',a
and ChArleat0Wp, with . tonnage OF loc-
lI4 tons, and II, at New Orleans, Win
tonnage Of bat aJ, 7sS TINS. The num
Der cleared was gs3. With An aggregate
tonnage Of 2s6.75l toIsa, against "a %
New York, With tonnage Of 58sssl5
tons: Ie2 AZ san Franoisoo, With ton |
maze of xSl, sED tons: llb ct Boston and |
ChariestoWn, with Q tuanaRe of loS,OO7 |
tons; and only 50 at hIw Orleans, with |
Q tonnage OF bat 35.79s tons. Il
OF American vessels, both sailing and |
steam, the number was emily exceeded BY |
the porf Of New York, aud the tonnage |
by the two ports Of New York and San |
Francisco. The number entered vas |
SIS. with tonnage 81 3l2,09O tons, |
against 1868 az New York, With ton
mage Of zoos. $50: 65i at Boston and |
ChArleatoWn, With tonnage OF 3O4 BIG |
tenn, Az at Philadelphia, with tonnage |
of Z22,255 tons; ZIG AZ San Franctsec, |
with o tonnage of t25,59 tons; ZIG at
New Orleans, with tonnage of 5l,6IO |
tons: l87 al Baltimore. With tonnage
Of q, h,7, and ell others Htill less both IN /
number and tonnage. There we're cleared /
700 Of this olass Of vessels, with ton
mage Of 333, 6A tons, against l442 at New
York, with tonnage of ssf9, 7Gg tons; All /
1T San Francisco, with a tonnage OF /
go, 667 tons; 8.2 at Philadelphia, with q /
tonnage of iS3, 4sIs tons; ie5 at Baltimore
with tonnage of but 81 6S'i, and all the
others of the 13l ports IN the United
States still less IN number and toms 70. /
l grant you thA. this class of vessels
predominatos largely in our shipping. |
but when We take into calculation all
GLASSES OF vessels, steam and sail, Amer l
loan and foreign. the number that en- /
tered and cleared in thu foreign trade
dusing the last year IL only exceeded by /
seven other ports In the United States:
new York, Boston and CkRrieatown, san
Francisco, Philadelphia, Nsw Orleans,
Huron and Osweg0, and In tonnage by /
only nine other ports in the 'uited States,
those iust named and the poFis Of Baiti-
more and Superior added.
The amount 81 cOmmeres has doubled, /
for the last tive or six years. every two
years. In 1850 tke number OF vessels
entered and cleared was sa2, with ton
mage Of BOZ, 40 tons: in ISL, tisss. With
tonnage Of 3la, t6s tons; in 1882. I6g.
with tonnage Of iSi .slt tons; in 1873,
l0d2. with q tonnage OF sH ,s2l tons: in
1854, 1887, with q tonnilee OF GSI .0sfa
tons; and In the hrst half Of the pres /
eat year over 100 vessels entered and
al - -
tonnage Of aboat 4lsl.0e0 tons.
Mr.. Sseele---is there United States
court held al this placer
Mr.. Brents Yes; thera is United |
States court held there. and oi course
large amount Of admiralty and other /
business Ia transacted, IN will be APP /
parent from the amount Of commerce |
there.
Mr.. wellhorn What Is the population
OF Pert TowhMndl
Mr.. bfeuta-~P Perhaps Ahoat l0.0O0. |
Here alto 10 the postolfiee through |
which all The rasil 10 anil from Alaska |
aud 10 and from British Cloluaibia must |
pass, and In which they must be exam.
tned, inspected and rated ~, and, in |
largo part, Distributed.
Mr.. Wailborn- What is the revenus1
Mr.. Bsents-The reveniIe In 1870 was |
about $ie,ooo: In 1881 over go, OU0; in
lssS2 over t4h.0oD; tn 1883 ever 5000; |
IN lisa ever 81 900; and for The present
nseal year, beginning lass July, tho fees
cslieotsd viii auoant % mort than the
cost Of this building. and during the
whoie year, a. I am assured by the col.
teetuf Of The port. wtll ~ up 10 ninety
o. cas hundred thoasand dollars, while |
only seventy thoasAnd dollars IA provid
ed for In tho bill.
Mr.. siorm--l will ASK fer the reading
Of the report.
The report sas read. as follows.
Mt. Reese. from the tsoEnnaitsee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, submit
Ted the following report, 70 accompany
bill II. Il. 494ss
The COMMITTEES on huldle buildings
and Grenada. having considered the hill
"a. H. s:Asl for the construction Of a
public euildtna al posS Townsead,
WAsh., beg leave 20 report ~ toiiewss
In tts relathln 10 eotamerce. Port
Towneand, thO port Of en'uy Of the Pa
Re4 Suand castoms district. occupies q
placp IL eonaidaFahls inaloEtancs. Iss
location b saoh that all vessels from sea