Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-03

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- foreEs- fFinRea lnianda, ia Wfndtae
Gaosee, tie outlying footh1fla Of TIE Gas-
esus range, . nfiiowy sea II unbBOksn
io1ssts Eoaahing far ausy, ths ootlinss
u rs range heanG dimlg sen ID tns
sEoke Of The fafcst hFea IL the
soGsheaat
nAmrza FEERcEs INA GOODS,
And lifm its orown e pearl into the
snnltRht q the uppeE ar. We're toe
day clsar, se saoaid uoe Msuns H0ad,
Wl&h 10 daadem Of pnKest Wh1en, far
ausy; While noFthward tne glaciers q
Mouns Baker alsam u tns neonday
sun.
Already several Of The wsll-to-do
faaidnnts of seattle have ch0asn tae
samm1i q he ridge for their fnfafs
nomes. Ihe eastern uindeWs uiii l0ok
COS npon q lnnasoape ns a1poFaaI for
seantY e. that wnloh Baagsn's PIleFtm
benaid from the CnmmbeF Of Raacs 10
tne Palace Beantifat, Wnen be looked
toward the aunflso and bebeld she Do
Isatabie mounfainH aud Gho land OF
Beulah; wh1is fsom khoiE western bal
ooniss fhag viii behold the tides ecu
nud fog. ships from egsry land spread
lng thslF White wings, ana 10 The settina
sun eoldon al0Tiea ensireitng tue bead
Of O8ympna. not WondoE that the
people o. seattle take pride In their
location, 81 thEt they confidently expeof
tnat seattle viii maintain ila commercial
supremacy. Is ocntinues 80 GFOWi its
oommeToe il increasing; fts oitiEena haVe
accumulated wealth and are fall Of en-
tsFpfiss. The coal hsids Of Green river
ara has little more than 70 miles dis
tant. and there are deposits Of rich iron
ere IL she 6noqualmle pass Of she Ue9-
oade range. Ihe men Of push and en-
tsrpriae are beginning the oongtTussisn
81 q railroad which Will bring the ore 70
Saattle. ThaFe IL no other locality on
the tasi6o coast uhere
En0a MANUFACTURE can M oARRrKD on
With equal advantage. The oons ump-
zion Of iron west Of the Rocky Mountains
ia becoming very large, especially mill
iron. California 3. no coal, bnt hare
10 the foothills Of the Cascade range are
coal and iFon. Oa the Island Of San
in b, which the EmporoF Of Germany
gave 20 the United states IN tho settle
ment Of the dispute With England, ia q
me quality Of limestone, which can be
landed az Seattle 81 small expense. Inc
Gentlemen engaged 10 the enterprises ex
peot TO begin the deyel0pment Of great
industry. which will make seattle the
Industrial center Of the Pacific coast.
The esta bliahment Of one industry brings
others The butchers and bakers and
eendieatink naakern."
Seattle 10 the center Of trade In wesi
Washington. You DO not see many ear
FtAees IN the sfreets. Compared With
eastern cenfera Of trade u mIght seem q
very qniet, sleepy place; but one must
keep IN mind The fact that the waters Of
Admiralty Lalet are she great highuay.
From the WhaExos Of Seattle light
aFaught steamers depart 70 every bay
and inlet on ths Sound, transporting
passengers and freight, cheap and ex-
peditions method OF travel. They are
sternWheeleRe, 90 light that, In the Words
Of President Lincoln, they can run
where 10 IL g little moist.n The steam
ers we're bnilt at Seattle and are owned
there, aud they give the town 3 suprsm-
aoy Of local trade which Il viii be likely
70 retain. There 10 no other town 90
lavofably situated 20 command the
trade Of this wonderful inland sea.
One car zee that, 10 the coming years,
this body Of water will literally swarm
with steamboats,. ThoFe will not be-
many roads in Western Washington.
Ltisa
RERCuLEAH TAsK TO CONSTRUCT A Road
rhFoaRh q forest where the gigantic
trees stand as thickly As the stake 10
an Illinois oornheld. You must not
only fell the trees, bat must get them
0at Of the Nay. You must come with
an anger and hFchFand, beSing holes In
the stumps and trunks, enc slantinR up-
sards TIE other downward, commnnioat.
ina, makioe q hreplaos and funnel.
APPLYING the torch, the ere does Ire
work. it costs upon an aver Qe fuily
SiuO per aofe 20 clear she la q, hence
tho slow Developments Of agriculture and
the few roads. Admiralty Inlet and is
oonneoltng waters viii ev.e Be- tbe great
hiRhway, open the year roaod. without
3 Vostiao o. Ice 20 imp de navigation.
Tacoma, being az The head Of Admiralty
Inlet - miles further up. can hardly
hops 30 eeoafe the looal trade. Cen
moFo8 ia many sided. fl marks out iss
oWn paths. Feaioe VS. once the mis-.
tres Of trade, b1s nov oaly here and
there may one deaoFy Q luogsF spreading
its iattson sails upon iia shailoW laeoons.
Tia world has passed By on she other
side. Many vessels, Is yeaEa aeo. round
I'd The Cape Of Good Hops-t01ay hou
faSl What q heet % Endisman onoe
catered Sales harbor, bringing TEA
IRON China. HaM any citiasn % that
port undef middle hfe ever seen an East
indiA ship sail proudly np 70 Phillips
WhaFff Commeroe, like Che t;ca, ehbs
and GaWa. To make eouan sfoe Won
must have demand, natural advantaRs-
environmsat, e. Joseph eok Would say
-enarsy, enieFptiss, long look ahead.
1he time 10 near % hand when
cosnEKncH on rHs RAoryIc COAST
d 10 have . rev devslopuaent ana take
neW airectinna. TIE Oregon Navigation
Comuany a. present oontrols the tFafio
Of Eastern Waabington aud Oregon.
The yiald Of grain east Of the Cascades
prooAely aggregates l0.0o0000 bushsls.
VITA eha completian OF the northern
Paaiac 20 she Sonnd. fuily oae-half Of
the grain vii seek thai oailst. WHISTLER
the ahippina point wiil b a. Tacoma OF
Seattle remains 20 b seea. Il i 20 the
disadxantAoe ef Tacoma that The towaee
on vessel 10 that port II ahout 800
more than 10 Seattle. with two dAya'
moFe time.
The taciors are 90 EnAay that even the
fart6eEl SIGHTED cannot SAY today iust
where fore an coEnmefoe is 70 cantraliga.
fha relative positions % Tacoma aud
seattle remind one 81 tha rivalry be-
tuoen St. Paal and MinneApoiis when
both are uinninz. Iacoma is ths of3cinl
termincs 81 tie greet FailFo a. but thu
railroad, Ter tts eva welfare. may YEA
zee 80 10 give seattle ila fuls ahRFa az
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