Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-06
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Watson C. Squire, Governor Of Mssh-
iugson Territory. h a. the Pzises hSsei- /
To-day be will leave fof seN loik, n
tsnalSe 70 vixt Washington and hew l
0,tssns hefor,s his refnrn. Governor |
souire zuereeted Governor hsTeil N 1
Inlv Last He il an Improvement ovsr /
"a prsdecessor, being II fOrcI5le b1z |
aaat,le character, and with kssH iBGgs /
rrent and practical business i5eas. 4
Yesterday An Ala reporter tnissTisSsG 1
him, Tie task was easy, tse S5Fsraof /
Speaking freely and giving a go'od CO.. I
line Of tie condition u tue IeruERy' |
washington IL pf'sspeFO1a, a. ~Ai1 1
ssbuf ruopsy IL IN asstise de1Aoo @AS
brings good rates. OymPiss AAS''1a'
Reaftie. Port Tawnsepd aud al zoe
points on she Sound. need more IAObs5 |
for devel0praent of natural EesoStoss'
bu4 Neutrality-suspicious. THIS neea. AL zoe
$780, and citsra are doing we'll DC
atasnati0n Of the lumber trade has naa
are druressinQ esiect III western
Waahtpotob. pheFs the i1mber S1sinss7
i Ar excsssdinRJy important industry,
hnt the psopis reap \ bsnsns N ons
yav. BEING aba, prastssAlly. 20 u pricss
and buiid chaaply. There ~ gfsa1
6eId for farmers. The fertility OF vac
soil j. vondsTfal. and many ffuits ahs
ali kinds of vegetables can D. rslse1
profitabiy. There h some complaint
that
sARn LAND
In western Washington IL dlfnenb 20
ele.r. bal do nos think the diraealty y
Greater than formerly IN ONO Ana osbef
FsaaAvn States where Astonishing 70
anlta nave been attained. far1srs WHO
Rave besn in Washington q few years
havs made great improvements and are
rrnanerine. There ~ q great demand
r. ysoetabIss and fruit, Of which large
nnantitiss are reoeiyed from San ffan
eiaoo. and thsfe il p3enty of room Tor
Farmers 10 0YUx produce for home con
sun,ut,en. A man With sHO0o or tSDo
can do well Ia Washington, ana
nan With $1,000 10 $1,000 vii be able
10 and many opportunities 20 nAndle
his msney 20 advantage. Iho SOL
vislda largely la root erops-Rrass"-
and hops, and 30 on. lara AeeAe'
and John p. Stewart. IN the fa1saap
Valley, have raised ~ much as so
pounds to the acre. In New iofA lscO
poands IL great yield. Ia some sec
lions, where yegstablrs could Do grown
20 splesdid advantage. the coil Is given
ever almost wholly 20 hop raising ne
cause hops Eetnrn the most money.
Among the comparatively De" lhous
tries brick making has been quite
active, although prices are loNsr tn's
vssr than eyer before. An important
factor In tho growth OF washington 10
TER CASCADE DTyiaIoN
IN the n. r. Railroad, connecting East
arm and Western Washington oy cross
inc she Cascade range of mountains.
llnt ~ Ires than 800 miles 10 be covered
there have already besa accepted some
eixty miles OF road westward from fak.
INA, and twenty five miles eastward
from Tacoma, with twenty hve miles
more awaiting examination and except
anoe bv a United States Commission,
which In showed in on the y. X. and J.
Company's road At Bonneville. when
the Cascade division u completed, aii OF
Washington Territory will be benefited.
because its commerce from East
err Washington can md an
ocean outlet without going o.
Portland and coming over the Colum
bia bar. This will help greatly TO de-
yelop Western Washington, creating
new business ali along the Sound. AZ
present there are points along the Gas
cAde lire that can produce Tor export,
bat in the present absence OF transport
alton facilities produce II grown Tor
only local consumption, which. IN
those sparsely settled districts, il
small. One thing that e1em
plines the strength OF the Territory ~
the fact that with all this Immense cut
laws for building. street grading and
founding different institutions, the PEG
pie have not suffered from single i'm
p0rtxnt business failure.
RENTS IN gxATTLK
Have decreased about 70 per cent this
year, and there has been falling OF in
rents in other places, but real estate
ha., mot lost iu Vaiue-.tkat Is, holders
viii not offer at reduced prices, and
while comparatively few transfers are
being made, most owners prefer 10 hold
property instead OF making any liberal
0oncessioua hi Heures. Nearly ell PROF.
srty owners have faith In the future OF
the coantry, and seem able aud willing
10 hold for easter times. Nov Is good
time for investors to 80 into Washing
ton Territory. There Is n great deal
ef dissatisfaction among the indus
trial GLASSES Of the Hast, and many
Of them will turn 10 Washington
Territory TO better themselves. The
class Of immigration IL uniformly good.
Nearly every one coming into the Ter
ritory has q little money for invest.
ment. nearly all are willing 60 work,
and the incoming population is OF the
right material with which 10 build up q
sterling state. Quite number Of new
mills can be seen In various sections.
Furniture feniories have been es.Ab
lished and are doing well, aud lately a
good deal Of attention has been surned
toward the
DEVELOPMENT on rRos oREs.
The country IL immensely rich in
iron, coal and ether minerals. and
Whenever large capital 10 put In 10 de-
velop aheas resources tnteilieently there
will be en- era OF marvellous prosperity.
In Tacoma resent expeFimebts With
iron ere from the Skagis region, ia con
neaikon with eake psedueed from the
coal Of Pierce Csnaty, have shown IL to
be very sainAhAss Ihe Cascade region
10 fulfef minerals, with qnAfries OF the
finest marble, and the discovery of COX
ina eoahs In sevarai places foteshadows
great possibilities in the iron manufae-
turcs A parry Of English capitalists
has BEEN attracted to this feature of
Washineton's advantages, and the "pu
get Sound Iron Company IL one OF the
resnlss, with the probability Of unusu-
ally important Developments King,
ekaQit and Fierce coantiss are espe
oiaily rfch In mineral resources, aud with
be important for manufactures. The
CArbouado coal mines have been a com.
asAtivsiy hight euipat this gear. bat
they arr doinR fairly we'll. The fire In
the Newcastle saines. back % Seattle.
hes been coaiined. and work i pre-
pressine with fair activity. The Rentoa
mines are also Doing we'll. Anlone
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