, 1889-01-31
Quimper Pc lnsu'a

regular ran ~Lat' "ill'L L'li- rNt IN
to the waters of Fuca Sea. with Fuy.
Discovery, Port Townsend aud Fnra
Straits rs its surrounding waters.
This peninsula Is evidently the
SITE FOR a GREAT CITY.
Nature has alway- to hr consulted
as to the location Of the great cities
of trade and commerce. There are
places where such cities must rzi-t.
and where they viii flourish. There
nre other places where such d city
could nos possibly flourish. \ fow
places on the carth's surface a.e lav
far more favored than otber-. We
hazard nothing IN affirming that no
place on the face Of the earth Is more
favored of nature for 4 great ne
tropoIis than our own, Port Town
send. We have made iiligent -tuIy
of the map OF the world AMI hav"
read aud studied the best pcn-pic-
lures of the great coutor, Of trade
and commerce in tho whole earth.
and We are sure that We risk nothing
in the assertion We nave made Port
Townsend Is in
THE LATITUDE OF E1uTEE.
We ate in the same latitude as
Paris. London and Berlin are north
of us. Pekin and Rome are but lit
tie south Of Us. Between 30 and so
degrees north latitude lies every I'M
portant seat of power on the face Of
the earth. Port Townsend. in lati-
tude 4S, is in the very center Of this
belt of power.
THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION.
The location of our city is on the
western shore of the third continent
in size OH the face of the globe andis
the seaport of the centre Of this con-
tinent. 1t is in the very heart of the
finest waterway of the world at the
intersection of the Straits of San
Juan de Fuca, Admiralty Inlet Ca
nal de Haro and Rosario Straits.
Every point on Puget Sound is cas-
lily accessible and the whole is by fan
more easily accessible to us than tc
any other one spot on the Sound
1t is the door of the nation for its
whole Pacific Ocean commerce. Nc
other point can possibly compete
with it. 1t is nearer by ten days foI
a sailing vessel to Japan and China
than San Francisco, and it is Just as
near to Australia via Sandwich Is
lands. 1t is the natural point of dis
tribution for all Alaska ports 1t is
the point of departure for all the
outgoing lumber and wheat of the
Northwest British Columbia ship
ping points all center here.
THE MARINE APPROACH.
Our advantages of location in re-
gard to the ocean are unparalleled
in the whole world. Ia round mum
bers we are 100 miles inland. Thi:
prevents the dangers and discomfort:
of residence on the Immediate sei
coast, such as cold winds, dense fogs
high waves and sudden changes oi
temperature While this is true, AT
open water way, sixteen miles wide
and a hundred fathoms deep, leads
directly up to our city front. JUS
here, however, it divides up into
three great arms and reaches out il
every direction in broad, navigablt
channels of immense depth. This j,
true of no other spot on Puget
Sound. In fact, more than twice as
much territory can be reached from
Port Townsend without duplication
of route than from any other poin
on the Sound. 1t is the natural com
mercial centre of the Sound. Ever
community in Western Washington
can be easily reached from Por
Townsend. The great grain field
of the Snohomish and Samish ar,
naturally tributary to US. The grea
country surrounding Hoods cana
must find its natural outlet here
South of US, light draft steamers ar
safe. North of US deeper vessels ar,
needed This is the point of chang,
in steamboat connection which vii
be more and more marked as tn,
years go on.
LAND APPROACHES.
Quimper peninsula Is the elbow o
Puget Sound. This, of course, throw.
the city to the westward of the grea
waterways and yet it is on the main
land. Nature has provided a grea
roadway with easy grades to tn.
westward of Hoods Canal and g. tht
southwark of Puget Sound. All tha
is needed to build a good road is en-,
ergy and capital. The distance !!
far less than one would suppose, a
it has been dem m77st~a+e5 shat bu
few miles more of road will reach
Port Townsend from Portland thar
will reach Seattle. 1t will be yer,
easy to reach here from Tenino o.
Tacoma via. Olympia or Chehali.
valley. Any road out from here
would cross every other important
road in Western Washington.
This is the natural terminal point
for any west side road and will un-
doubtedly soon be the western termi-
nus of a great transcontinental rail-
way system.
Again the eastern side of the
Sound is easily reached from Admi-
ralty Head, only SIX miles away, cas-
lily connected by ferries. When we
remember that every transcontinen~
tai road, save one, reaches New York
City by ferries, and that no incon-
venience Is experienced fyom that