Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-04
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HQ08Ec AtttfM 8EAt0 WLf1NM 1tA8 - A--FN
mica fs1euE4d vftss naabeFoas harb0ss.
bays and fnists. sssh With fts psc1star
name, and o0ptaiis xsasneFoas Balsrdzs
inhabited By fars u " iusAtssmeu. herds
men and tbose engaged in qzAETyinx
lime and b1iIdIhs sfoas.
AdnsfraI ChAEtssl " I!kiss hss Vel d.
serioed this prids Of Wakhinetop Terri
tory as folioss:
Nothing can surpass the beauty Of
these waters and tasir safesy. H0s q
shoaI exists w1fhfu the Straits OF yu2n
de Fuea, ASmifalty IhIet o. HOODS nsaal
that can 10 any gay iufsrrupIs taeiE nav
igatiOn BY H-e1n ships
:" / venture nothing - saying tssre IL
no country 10 the wOrid that pcsss sses
waters eqsal 10 fbess. They cover an
area az aks1at z0esqasrs uiilass tie
shores ~ al ife nslsas and bsyssfs re
narkattsf soI6--eD Esseh % that stip's
side would Iooeh tlss shore before Ter
heel would strike the erOand.
Tbs country .ay Shien thess wstars
are surrounded - remark soiy ssiubTi0ne
and sfords every s1vantaRe for the 90
oomnodAtI0n Of d usss eoansteesI and
military marine, With cobsrsieooe for
doei1gg aud arsstgssuy stsss fof toEps
aud essisa. 81 "a tlmts eslii sapplIsd vTie
watss, as,A esp&tfs q besaR wsll pro
yiJsd with every thing y The enFfouod
ing country, wbi0h IL veil adaptsd for
aRFicalteFess 1fsfuaz ri > a
sThe Ssraita of yusn de F0ca ara %
miles in length and have an ayefsR-
width Of eleven niiIse AZ tbs entrance
(eieht nfles in eA4hl no dABshE sIIsis
aud u may Be safs.y naFlgaied tnroaa a.
out.
mo part Of the world Affords 6neF
inland SQUADS OF @ greater number OF
harbors ttzsss are found wishin The
Strata Of J can de Fncsi. capable Of re-
esiyinu the largest 0lAss u vessels, and
withous . danegr IN them thai y not
yisiblA,
sFrom the riss and fall OF The tids
l1s festl -AssEy fssilltE Ia aHasdsd -fof
the sreosioB OF works for great mar
"Ths country also sfosds e. Easy
sites for water power a any other.
On the sound are already situated
thriviuR towns aad eifsss hiaShng Ter the
oommesus Of -tke world.
On the eastern iaas Of the Soond.
near the ettJ Of lsestLie, are situated
two inptgssnt IRISH isstSs lakes, u
great depth and b,anty. and bordssed
By great fssssss and rich dsposiss q
Lake Onion, stIs snaAIer Of thess, has
On area Of sixsqnsrs mites. six rniiss o.
shore line aud 40 average depth Of -
feet. Il 10 ems And cue fourth miles
distant from the Soand. and is connect
cd vssA, b By = ansii stream entering
into kelnen Bag The eastsrn shess u
| Lake UaifIu h SEPARATED fseni LAKE
Warrington by loS isshmus li'Oo feet
Lake washlnssla h,.s IN area Of %
aquass .miaes. rs @ilss of shors Inns aian
an average arDvs ~, 40 teet, ylsh nan-
erous land locked hsrsofs lhi. lake -
Connected by = siongh, savisa bic fes
smsn sieameEs. vita s'emssnssh Lake, y
miles long. and ains esantsy rioA "
Daring the year eoytred by ttIs report
Q eompany haa bean formed, and ths
work saiTly eesnssaesa, 10 eosstfeot a
ship canal aonaesting Lake Washing
ton by eny % Lake Uniou vita PuRe,
Sound. IL this ship eanai can be eosa-
pisssd, IL gill, among other advantages
afford the finest knosa faeiiilies To-
buildina and fepairiElR asaaoinN ships
Of the rreatest 0spacity Ia dssie, ascss
FSa-ss "a iii $50 -.
T.,.S,t 49, III ,osns ~ s,ssahlIsi
= grsst rsSvs,,,sI -, sha P.ciHa 900,
1ndsr ara sa-s s.vornhie risran
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eailaSssfaF ~. tkoea - osoed p ~,
work. smnd sadsrstnna ~ ar,or,,r,ria
tion M ssha6 ia sxcsut 4 aos,rs,nn q
isnds 10 ~ reei,imsd IN ina h,s,iss,
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waf2re thsraoY IA. a iowat fsvsi an
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