, 1886-06-24
": gIcatcr rapidity This brings rs
10 consider the

no exception to the rule-yet the
Cascade branch Is a necessity. Ii is
a necessity to oUr vast inland empire
as a competing line against the Q.
Il. Il Mas an additional outlet for
the surplus products which must
find a market somewhere. The for
feiture advocates with Charley Noor
hees at their head, have gone to the
extreme Of playing directly into the
hands Of one OF the most rapacious
corporations on the coast that
too directly against the interests of
the very people whom they profess
to serve. The most extreme forfeit
ure politicians two years ago said:
I've would be glad to see the North
ern Pacific company get the full
benefit Of he Cascade grant if We
could be convinced that It really in
tends to build tie road" Today,
alter al contracts have been awarded
on the tunnel and uacompletcd
portions of the road, they say through
Senator Van Wycil: Take away
the grant and stop the completion Of
the road" People throughout east
ern Washington are becoming
aroused as never before, and are
telegrap!iins ringing protests against
the Van Wyck amendment to Dolph's
bill. They realize that the road is
JaecesSitH to dispense with which
would be commercial ruin to them;
that the land grant is Indispensable
to the company as a basis Of credit
upon which to build the road-and,
they want the road, must have it.
They realize that it may be better TO
get the road first, and fight the COM
pany afterwards. 1t would not be
rash to predict division of the ter
ritory within ten years were that
road not completed. Such q result
would be little short of a calamity.
The leading products of the two sec
tions are widely dissimilar; an ex-
chaneg would bebeneficial to both.
The road Is needed to cement both div
isions INTO a commercial unit. With
the road entirely within our own
limits we cannot only regulate and
restrain its greed by Legislature en-
actmcnt, but we Can shorten the
artery of commerce, Tighten the bur
den of transportation always heavy
upon produce) and open up inland
markets to Puget Sound products.
The Port Townsend Board of
Trade might make itself heard upon
the Cascade land grant question
with propriety ana public benefit.
SPOKANE FALLS
May be taken as representative
town of The finland empire" 1t is
located on Spokane river, flowing
from lake Ceur GAlene, about 80
miles distant; and while it had less
than so inhabitants nine years ago,
began to corporate existence only five
years ago. and has had railroad but
four years, it now numbers a thriy-
ing population approximating 4,000,
with tax roll footing up last year
S1,1S5,000. 1t is located where the
river tumbies over broken wall of
rock making a decent of hundred
feet or over within an eight of 4 mile
and forming q most
MAGNIFICENT WATER PowER
RiYaling Niagara in beauty and
grandure and furnishing q driving
power sufficient for all the
factories in the territory. 1t has up
wards of fifty buildings of various
kinds in course of erection as we
write, and is doubling its population
every two years. The water power
already drives three Touring mills
with a present aggregate daily out
put OF $50 barrels and a capacity for
1000 more; a sash and door factory
employing II men, a saw mill with q
capacity for 10000 feet daily, a''fac-
tory for the production of tanning
machines, pumps, washing machines,
Office furniture, &c. The extent of
the water power may be inferred from
the fact that 1t is estimated at up
wards of 14,000 horse power at the
lowest stage, and ordinarily at over
100000 horse power As a basis of
supplies for large mining region,
farming country extending over
the Palouse country, the Big Bend
region, the Rockfort and Pennington
countries and of the Colviile and
Chewelah valleys, Spokane Falls is
on the high road to future greatness.
1t already has three banks,a daily, two
weekly and monthly among its
thriving newspapers, q college with
l25 pupils, six churches, and other
evidences of solid THRIFT, among
which are numerous fine brick builds
ings, &c But this letter is already
too long. From here We go to Col
fax and Walla Walla.
Spokane Falls, June q, 1886.
Spokane Falls Re1ieU: We had a
call yesterday from \. Weir, editor