, 1888-07-12

PROSPEROUS.
No effort has ever been made (
Eouln Port Townsend. Whila Seat
tie. Tacoma and .ther cities hav,
send cgt thousands ~ dollar,
worth oT ADVERTISING matter broad.
cast over the country, the F,oIt-o:~an-
/ try ha7 never expended q dine il
this direction. Yet. Within -,
years, it has don led il population.
I grown from a conservative !istlr IOyrI
Of about I550 to Il prosperous city UI
nearly 1000 people What lesson
does TINS teach? j means that tke
natural and inherent advantages ot
our charming city have asserted
themselves, broke through the crust
OF oblivion under the ouerous load
of lack OF enterprise, and attracted
to our midst Il good share of the peo
! pie and capital who are hieing them
to the sun-kissed shores Of PHget
| Sound.
Moreover, "a change has come over
the spirit OF her dream" Her citi
zens ara uD in arms aud resolved to
make the Key ity what Nature de-
| creed her to bp-a great commercial
and manufacturing city. A syndi-
cate of gentlemen got together a few
months ago, put up $1,000 each, and
sent surveyors out TO examine the
feasibility of a railroad connecting
Quimper peninsula with the Colum-
bia river The most faVorobIe re-
port was received to. wit: That the
highest grade such n road would have
| to encounter would be 80 feet. The
Port Townsend Southern Railroad
was then organized, and the work be-
gun of getting a subsidy and right of
way from the citizens. To-day this
subsidy is the largest ever offered,
1895 acres, speaking volumes for the
generous spirit of the people, and ex
hiblting the enterprise perspicuity
that is bound tn win in the race for
greatness.
Meetings are held weekly to fur
ther the interest of the road, and
work is sure to be begun on it within
a very few months, perchance weeks.
Handsome business blocks are be-
ing erected, hundreds of private resi-
dences are going up, several large
manufacturing ente' prises have re
Gently started mp, and the ring of the
hammer and sounds of industry are
heard on every side, the peaps of
peace and plenty that are sweeter
than the songs of triumph in war,
and tell of the teeming thousands
who will wend their way to the Key
City, and build another Frisco ut the
gateway OF Puget Sound.
WHY YOU SHOULD CONE TO PORT TOWN
SEND.
Because by virtue of its beautiful
aud commanding situation on Quinn
per peninsula, at the Gateway of Pn-
get Sound, 1t must be the future
great city Of the New Northwest.
Because the construction of the
Port Townsend Southern Railroad,
now assured, making this city the
terminus of transcontinentGl line.
is the only thing necessary to insure
that greatness beyond all poradven-
ture
Because it has the finest harbor in
the world, and more shipping enters
and clears at this port than at any
other city in the country, with the
exception of New York.
Because il offers unrivalled faciIi
ties for Manufacturing Enterprises,
aud the Port Townsend Business EX
change will yield to no city in the
country in procuring tho most liberal
subsidies to the inaugurators of La
Dor employing institutions of any
character. On the completion of tho
p. L. S. r. r. shipping facilities will
be unrivalied by land as they are
now by water.
Because rich copper mines have
recently been discovered adjacent to
the city, and strong companies are
now being formed to operate them
Because the evidences of an abun-
dance of coal equally near are con-
elusive.
Because our climate is the most
salubrious of any city in the sun
kissed Sound basin.
Because Port TownseDd's innu-
merabls advantages are becoming
known abroad, and hundreds of
strangers are pouring in and making
fortunes in real estate, AMI you can
do likewise.
That Harrison will carry Indiana
there is excellent reason to believe.
Add Connecticut with Indiana to the
column of sure republican states
and the republican ticket will win.
Cleveland carried Connecticut in 1S-
81 by a plurality Of only 1876, and
there considerable prohibition vote,
which will probably be smaller now.
Moreover, Connecticut is hive of
manufacturing industry, and the tar
if question as now presented will
have great influence i'll that state 1t
will be seen then that there is reaso n
for confidence on the part of the re-
publicans. They may expect to
hold every state carried for Blaine in
1884, and have but to carry Indiana
and Connecticut to make their tri-
umph sure. They may carry New