, 1889-06-27
TACOMA WINES.

AO0 oAo iOOhiIS- IA4S CITY Iet4S
that it has passed its age of infancy
or dependency, and can ROW strut
around like boy with his first pair
of copper toed boots.
In the article referred to, the
NelpS attempts, but fails, to show
that the statements that the Union
Pacific is seeking an outlet to the
Sound by extending its lines to Port
Townsend, are mere balderdash.
by an argument which is both il
logical and unphilosophical it en-
deavors to prove that there Is no
advantage of a road running from
Portland to Port Townsend, because
OF the more freightage that would
be charged by rail over that by
water.
AT the very beginning of the ar
ucle misstatement is apparent, for
all who know anything about the
question know that the charge for
towing vessel from deep water to
Tacoma is not $780, as stated by the
NemS, but about $500 Besides this
amount OF towage, there is the time
to be considered which it takes to
ship cargo of wheat from Tacoma
to deep water. If time is a valuable
element IN the shipment of grain.
then Port Townsend possesses advan-
tages that Tacoma has not, because
she IS from one to three days nearer
the ocean. Vessels necessarily must
stop at this point in order to secure
their clearance papers, which DELAYS
vessel day or SO.
While considering this question
We must examine the expense in
Cured by ship owners on account of
the difference in time between Ia
coma and Port Townsend and deem
water. The ships crew has to be
paid for the time that is lost in sail
ing from Tacoma to deep water-for
the time is lost, when il there was a
railroad from Portland to Port
Townsend it could be saved.
1t may not be known to the News,
yet nevertheless it is a fact, that
tWenty-four cars can be transported
Yer route from Portland to Port
townsend cheaper than can four
teen cars over the Northern Pacific
road.
Considering everything Port
Townsend has advantages that
Tacoma can never possess. At the
last named point will always be the
serious drawback of want of anchor
age. Tacoma's harbor units her for
a large shipping point. Vessels
must have anchorage and it must be
secured with as little inconvenience
as possible. No city possessing
sixty fathoms of water can hope to
compete with a city whose harbor
has from ten tc twenty.
1t is amusing to notice the bonn
bastic1 air with which the Nelrs
speaks of Tacoma. It says:
Tacoma, however, more than any
OF its competitors, can afford to be
indifferent to the intents and pur-
poses of the powers that be. She
has long since outgrown Mr. Vii
lard's ideas and the Northern Pa
cific railway, and will soon be inde-
independent of both. Her situation
Is impregnable, and she views the
proceedings with an equanimity that
comes from conscious strength. Mr.
Willard may pour honeyed words
that are meaningless into our ears
or he may coquette with Portland or
Seattle. It's all the same to the |
City of Destiny"
'SShe holds the key to the situation
Elijah Smith and the Union Pacific |
may bob for suckers at Port Towns
end or Seattle. We still have the
satisfaction of knowing that Ia
coma is the Mecca of their hearts
desires, and the same is true of Mr.
Van Horne, the general manager of
the North Pacific, and his transcon-
tinental line"
Everyone knows, who knows any
thing, that Tacoma owes her exist
ence to the Northern Pacific railroad.
Without that roads assistance there
would not be any place upon the map
known as Tacoma All who know
anything of the affairs of the North
ern Pacific, are aware that that road
by mere fate of fortune made
Tacoma its terminus. The financial
stress under which that road labored
for number of years, rendered it
impossible to extend its line, hence
the creation of Tacoma. Upon what
meats doth this our sister feed that
she hath grown SO great?
The NelrS believes that the Union
Pacific is going to extend its lines to
this point, and also realizes that
Tacoma will suffer commercially
thereby, or, it would not go ont of
the way to write the article hereto
tore named. Port Townsend's star
is in the ascendency, and Tacoma
feels that it is incumbent upon her to
put obstacles in the way of her ad-
vancement
Tacoma owes Its prosperity to its
own impregnable position, and to
nothing else" The only thing that
We know of that is impregnable about
Tacoma, is the bottom of her harbor
That has never been found.
The treasury of Walla Walla
county has surplus of $4,000.
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