The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-01

Eruns II Menxesznn pruss<ted f0r
ard tAe trains. i - -x<5sn<z1
w1H nzzke Eegzsax tripe % ssaiz pom
before khe rear - en5rzs
WkzE<nfurmed uen ~ 9sEEapiz and
o<za<e posnzk aic1x The Ilne express
great con1x<nce ss1x kAe 0IJ'mpza
Ef1e1kaz5. Ezz@Ey ro1d with IN
terminals ~ Mozt<s4nn. viii i,< buis'
within rear. This wszz sasiis Men
seSarzc - the wnraa hy mx1ofas7' ESzk.
Tie Eezrrxliz Il Erxya Haxhux ro1E
h2s heen h>cAted ant IsrRe sarzz q
yszay N securing terminal facilities 81
direct - Nnntssano. with Tie lpossibiz
itF q making Is at least Ter time -
terminus. il Is beEcved ssy usax thal
tie Northern Pacific Is bahfnd TIM
enterprise
The Part Iownsexa5 & eorfhssrz rail
r8a<s i already nnaer eoarse OF c0n
ztrucTian. ard its c9x1s cDnEA sfion &
the Eolarsbia i 10 longe- d doubt
Thss railroad. Gu . dsrsxt hre lsAves
Monseszna g the west but fozxf msses,
snd iii hardly pass Grey7s hiirhor n
20 slose = distance without ne1shinz
oct fer . sh&ve ct rs commercial nd
yansAess.
Thus Monsssxro Is SIRE nf hzvins
ore road INA me<slatels. two or three n
the rather near future. wssA tha fourth
81 10 distant day Well raay tire geo
PIE see1 heKzfnl
IL i suggested tsy the critics and
erpakers that Montes1no Is TOO Isl
up the river. TOO f1r from the ssr5sd
waters from tsse hzxbor Bas ships
thar cezss to ether points II the hxr'
Dor can come 20 M0ntessno While
the river Is not verT hruzsl. Is IL deer
and the channel changes Fsr.F little
The distances 70 the mouth at the bar.
bar Is short and vessels 20 oisf on a
single Hide TIE wealth thxs gn<x oct
for the wovad' trade comes frsnn the
ins<fScr. Wafer Il cheaper than land
transportation The laws 0f trads
place commercial towns 81 near tht
interior - can he reached b. the
cheaper method of transportation.
Landoa. the miShfzest CTR evez
erected by the GENTS or foI Of m1an.
is axay up fhe Thames. risfer bal
little broader than the Chehalis, which
requires constant dredging. Glasgow
oresat the worlds great cornnsercial
eentevz, i twenty miles sip tiIe mar
gow Clyde Clerk is twenty-five miles
ap fhe river Lee, Antwerp over thirty
miles up the narrow Sehelx1t. Phila-
deiphsa Is up the Delaware. Bangor i
ND the narrow Penohscos aud New
Orleans seventy miIes up the Missis-
siDpi Almost constant dredging i
necessary 10 enable the worlds com.
rneres TO reach the worlds commercial
eenferS. and ships IN the nsoss ~ these
waters are turned BY the aid eG tugs
OF course this reasoning Ii weakened
when ae remember that these cities
were hesore the nexvy-draft vessels
bat the Chehalis may - dreigezf and
made nsvigabie for any ship that noE
enters Puget sound for a small frgr
ton Of what Il would cost 70 build 4
railroad down the hArkoy I'D deer
water. These fears for the future al
Monsss4Eso may dissolve Ike the n1isi
< hen weighed By the test 81 esHnmer
cal experience.
Grarss harbor Il q shorter cheaper,
more direct and safer cHtiet for q
large interior country than any othel
point IN the Pacific ocean, north oi
san francisco. Examine the mar
and frozu al important points on fhs
great North Pacific railroad, ind foi
sDx the valley Of the Chehalis sioxn Il
Montsszro. the head OF tide wateE
navigation, and see how short ard di
rect an outlet there is for q greaI
country. Be- the great belts OF rail.
roads. M0nsesano II bszt trife further
fr0rn the East than Tacoma o- Seattle
while il Il nearly so miles nearer 5az
Francisco or other outside ularkets
The business Of the world nnst soon
be Sone on small profits. Eesweer
proff and loss there Is narrow mar
gin IN cheap, bulky products, Eks
coal, lumber hay, vheat. etc, q small
difference IN transportation viii cE2ngs
a handsome profit 10 crushing loss
Sow ship on the lower Sound i al
least go miles further frons oHtzifae
markets than st MOnt~sano. sra In
formed that the average DOSAGE or
one Is SEQ. on the other $50 4 day Oh
two Is consumed IN towing one 10 sea;
the other goes out on q single tide in
side CT SIX hou-s- Load tao vessels
With coal. eco tons each, ere On the
lover Sound and one 1T MoateSano
The cost Of toxage On enc souId
eauaf sixty cents per ton on tile otbel
less than ten In san Francisco o.
ether markets the Moatesantl vesse
would have fifty cents advantage Ii
the com petition, and II least q das
the start in finding a bssyer. The
saEse soaid Re tree OF all fts,s buIks
PRODUCTS sent from this country
Other things being essnzl, this aloEs
L y =
outlet Tor Eastern Washington, Idaho
and Montana Bot insufficient deptk
Of water. i Is cIainssd By those inter
ested n other points. renders iinpra
tiraEze this apparent sdyaEtsge. Blu
shIs objection Is largely ovefxirxwn
any ship asw In the Puget sourxe
trade car enter Gray's hara<Ir viii
perfect safety
The channel at the outer bar 1
TWENTY-FIVE feet deep NJ lev water
With an Average tide Of zine feet. Thl
zoxid let u almost any ship On "a.
Pacific without the least danger. Th,
@hssf obstacles. and what has giver
che harhor It's 'shAllow" reputation
arr the short bars ia15s1e- While ths
Average tide 1t the outer bar ia bu
nEne sect, i. plies 50 as Is fowls TO th.
frfersar nntA Ef reaches fourteen fee
az sfOusesano- There il q short hA.
helow HoqzziAEn. where 81 flzlI i'd.
there Il bur seventeen % nineteen fee
az water. ard one between Heaaiar
ard Aberdeen w5th but sixteen e
eswhteen fest Between Cosinopeii.
and NOnt&s21o there are txsl with /
Little less tnAn AZ the other bars at Eox
tide. hzxt * fgiIi tide there Is about tht
same 5xpsh
The bar OF the Ea1ash CT the hag
hay ia engz posed Of sand, zrasei anG
shsl1s ~ there are 10 great eurreEfl
or tszrfuI~zxe IL the waters. tfss. ef.za
rel wares little n aepsA or Issarien
The bar. boo. ~ very narrsw. xz1c
whsrz sss==sztgiag i reeessa-y IS can b
desc as.gunn t1aFatIvely small cost TIA.
inside hzsz are not osals short aEf, 4.
I ara Informed. they are c0ln Poses
ssEAls CT clay aEsi graxei deposits anE
maV n8s on5y be ea<ssy ard ssfseapgs
s-eagexf. has when arev1gesi to ssstifs
cent depth the channels w5a rgnaaiF
cutie permanent ~ there y ssnt AttEs
shsfksng sassd 80 81 them
While Hziilssns Nre being zFYxe pr
afesi Ess- drezfgiEg ard improving al
knawr ard Useless bars. rfxsYs ant
ssssssk nzsuzss. ws~ sh0uid ws ssar ina.
caa wrsss woaI4 faa 90 make = reason
assEa aFpsorrIafsan for izapxDTnsg shis
crest gunaGerv54i channel WEEE
Ma@ASEEs0u nEsrr 5 state ard the aEs
ExsvsMnse ct fSray > EAr5or 0res known
ard recognized, tie work og sfxss eass
IT'S exuvensent rens&sns bet qgesTaas
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