, 1888-08-09

water works. Such proximity can
not he long tolerated.
Mayor Lcarncd's recommendations
have tho ring Of the truo metal about
them. We hope the new city gov /
erment viii follow his lead, and we
feel assured that public sentiment .
will sustain them.
Our city mn5t not DO slow to adapt /!
itself to It's new conditions. There |
are certain changes that ought 10 be /
made. Our slaughter houses are
very much too near the city. They |
must be removed from their present |
locations.
To, 1,; a,in ~ TTn}2e of or lfa? 1; a
streets anu avenues that sadly need
reconstruction. Learneds Avonue is
one. Its connection with Tyler
Street is very narrow-simply au al>
ley. This mars tie beauty Of the
city very much indeed
Port Townsend should be sending
out printed advertising matter by the
barrel, and by the cart load these
days. II We wero doing as much in
this line as Seattle and Tacoma are
doing, we would move forward much
faster in acquiring population and
wealth.
Hastings pasture is very much too
near the city for the grazing of bunch.
grass steers. 1t is a very dangerous
thing for foot passengers to encoun-
ter some of these fellows, and with so
many strangers IN the city it is natur>
al that some of them should walk out
in that direction. There ale now
about eight hundred children in the
city and with the ordinary love for
blackberries OF the usual small boy,
it is truly a wonder if some of them
are not killed in the pasture if it cons
tinues to be used as now.
California has been booming dur
ing the last year wonderfully.
Many of her towns made marvellous
advances, But it was mainly done
on climate Puget Sound not only
has the mild, equable climate neces-
sary for an earthly paradise, and is
blessed with natural resources which
California never had. When capi-
taiists come TO realize the facts as to
our coal, iron, limestone. marble,
pottery clay, timber, building stone,
etc, to say nothing of agricultural
advantages, they see at once the
force of our claims. We have some-
thing more substantial than climate
cn which to base boom-and hence
our prosperity is more substantial
and lasting. We can press the mat
ter more urgently and with better
success. In fact, it does not need
pressing. People can sea for them
selves.
ALI this uncertainty and delay
about our public building is speedi-
ly coming to an end-thauks to en-
ergetic effort on the part of Dele
gate Voorhees, and the Oregon sena-
tors. Congress is finding time |
enough from political discussions to
inquire into the Importance and |
growing demands OF the Puget Sound |
Customs Collection District-snd is
to realize that we have
necessity at Port Townsend !
for the speedy completion of that
public building, and on scale soms-
where near on par with present
and prospective necessities. Our
customs officials are cramped for
room, and have tons of valuable rec
ords exposed to danger from fire in
a wooden builping. The public
building, according to plans at first
adopted, is found to be entirely in,
adequate, SO that new plans will be
a necessity. The work done thus
far will not be lost, however, as the
foundation projected for the main
will answer for a wing.
As to the reduction of the Tariff
and It's results, we would be glad to
have the advocates of the measure
study the problem of the restriction
IF Chinese laborer, oD the Pacific
coast Five years ago a Chinaman
could be hired at 75cts. per day, and
white laborer at from S1.25 to SI5O
)ar day. New in Port Townsend
Jhinamen demand $500 and white
aborerS receive $3.50 per day. This
'esult is exceedingly favorable to the
White laborer. We have never be-
ore known a time in the history of
he world when common day labor
Y could command such wages where
'rices of living were so low. This is
low emphatically the poor-man's {
ountry. Laboring men can get for
a home in less time and
With less outlay of muscle than in
my country under the sun. Now n