, 1889-01-24
= Great Puget Sound Port.

/ In the Cape ANA idCeritScr, pub
Iished al Gloucester, Mass. there ap-
peared recently an interesting letter
written from Port Townsend The
writer, lady, has been with her
husband, a sea captain, on many
voyages, and is able to Judge as to
the advantages Of sea port places.
Concerning Puget Sound and Port
Townsend We quote as FLOWS:
Here is an inland sea, two hundred
miles IN length, "A magnificent sheet Of
water, where ships may anchor in the
shadows If the bluffs, a harbor for the
! fleets of the world. One OF three bays
/ on the coast line of the Pacific of ten
! thousand miles-oGe at Valparaiso, one
/ at San Francisco, and one on Puget
Sound. A port to which two continent
! Ia! railway lines are already constructed, :,
tho Canadian and Northern Pacific The
natural port OF entry f,r tie vast wealth
| Of that empire of AIaska, which Seward
! gave to us, and whose discovered riches
! 10 man cau approximate. Its waters aud
| those of the coast adjacent so TEEN with
/ fish, that the fishermen OF Gloucester are
/ abandoning the fishing grounds of the
| stormy Atlantic, and are going there to
| supply the world. This industry alone,
when fairly established. will put mil
! hons iuto the hands of the enterprising
and energetic who have undertaken it.
50 much rearer IS 1t 10 the AsiGn coast.
that ships bearing the merchandise of
| the Orient, destined to the East and
| Europe, do not charter for San Francis
! co, but for Puget Sound, where their
cargoes, with one handling, may be un-
| loaded into the cars, and taken without
shifting to their destination on the At
lantIc coast. Is this not the place for
The fUundrius ard factories? Vast for
ests which come to the waters edge,
mines Of coal airs ady employing hun
dredg OF labDTcrs. mines of iron which
need but the magic touch of the finger
OF industry 10 change their burdens into
plOnghs and ships. Do you not think
the wesieruer Is wise when ne says here
( Is the home of the next bJom?
You are wasting your life-you who
on this December day are huGging New
England stoves and thawing out Your
frozen fingers. Conc to the great
Northwest. where a gentle warm rain is
the worst punishment with which nature
veEes The earth, ana where your only
care VII he to unlock the storehuuses
and take out the wealth.
The vast fortunes of New England
were never made from the natural re
sources OF thnt land. They came from
the sea, from the commerce OF the world
The resources Of the Northwest need the
gold OF the East To develop them, and
give them to the markets OF the world.
) on who are content with four per cent
per annum Tor your money in New Eng
land are asleep. It will bring YOU ten,
aye, twenty per cent. here, and Your Sc
curlty viii be manifold. There is Il
boom founded upon the natural wealth
of Il great land. 1t viii not he OF Inush-
room growth, and it Will be set moving
by the strong arms, the dcft fingers, the
quick brains, the tircicss wills and the
acquired wealth of the sons of the Puri-
tanS.
Thirty years ago the smoke from the
lew lo2 cabins designated the location OF
Il little settlement upon one of the pictur-
esque bluffs of Puget Sound. The crack
of the Indians rifles and the splash of
his paddle were the only sounds that
broke the stiffness, where few adycn-
turous brave men and women cast their
lots IN the wilds OF this great unknown
country. Their wears OF toll and hard
ships have been rewarded by the ample
fulfllment of their hopes and ambitions.
BY their undomitable viii and energy
they have succeeded in building up
busy thriving town, which now claims
population OF 1000 inhabitants. Within
the past four years improvements have
been steadily going on. \ fine Custom
House, for which the government has
made an appropriation OF three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, is i'll process
OF erection, tracks Tor a steam motor are
being laid in the principal streets, pre-
tentiOus brick blocks are being construct
ed in the business portions of the town,
and innumerable dwellings are being
built to accommodate the vast numbers
who are continually pouring in from all |
quarters. Skilled artisans are in de |
mand, and business of all kinds paving !
well.
The ground has been broken for a |
railroad which will give communication |
with Portland. Ore, as well as with 9th |
er ports on the Sound. Port Townsend |
will then he the natural shipping point, |
IN competition with all other points here |
for wheat, lumber and fish Men are at |
present employed on this road and the |
work will be pushed steadily forward. |
With the productive farming lands, a |
harbor unequaled by any one on the |
Sound (where ships can anchor i'll from |
to 20 1athoms and lie safely in all |
weather., and the facilities the railroad |
will give her, Port Townsend will soon |
rank first among the cities of the great |
Northwest. Inns.