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

the financial transactions incident 10
the reception and reshipsnent abroad
Of inland products and the recesps and
forwarding OF miscellaneous carxoes
from foreign lands At the most
available points steamships xia meet
railways. and al that point Is certain
70 be found IN course OF years. the
great metropolis Of the Northwest.
IL would seem 70 he q plansihie
theory that such metropolis will be
located at a point which i hest reached
By raj and Al the same time
offers the quickest aud easiest conmu-
nicafion to the sea Such require
rnents Seattle possesses In 8 degree
ssnequailed by any other place on the
sound She rests on bar which has
/ good anchorage. ample protection,
and from which leads out 70 sea. the
shortest, safest and most direct char
mel. that can be nayigate3 AT all sea
s0ns Of the year. and at all hours Of
the night or day. Ia the matter Of
time, towsge and insurance, therefore,
she viii az all times have advantages
oTer any other port
EtsY oF ArPRoAeH Bv RAIL
Another fact, and one OF great i'm
/ poTtance, Is that the railroad grades to
+ the North, South and East, are easy and
gradual. With the completion Of
two miles Of track, as now eonteTa-
plated. from Franklin 10 the common
Z point on the Northern Pacific road, an
easy grade viii oe obtained 10 tide water
at Seattle. at a saving Of Is miles. with
a total saving in the cosrse TO the sea
Of over IS miles. Moreover, the po-
sition Of the city Is 80 admirable as re-
CARDS the surrounding coHstry aud
{ territory as q whole. that the railway
lines approaching the Sound can make
connection with II more easily than
with any other seaport. Thus il Is
that Seattle viii shortly have through
! and direct connection with the Cana
dian Pacific over the lines of the West
6 telAtG- fOL4 t4tlOAE-A hAAENN N0sA-
nection with the Northern Pacific over
the line Of the Columbia and Puget
! Sound road through and direct con-
nection with the Southern Pacific or
/ Oregon & California road over the line
Of the Seattle and Southern; and con-
nection with the Union Pacific over
the lines OF the Seattle, Lake Shore
and Eastern. With all these roads
tapping different sections of country
and bringing the products OF each 70 a
common center, il Is impossible TO
reach any conclusion other than that
that common center will become a
railway point, jobbing center and
shipping port of the first magnitude.
RELATiox TO EASTERN WASHINGTON.
In the near future two roads will
penetrate the fertile valleys immedi-
ately east OF the Cascades, and they,
T ii they seek the nearest and largest
seaport town and select the easiest
grades 10 reach it. win ship the pro-
duets of their ranges, fields and fruit
farms to the city OF Seattle. Then,
too, direct and easy communication
will be opened with the grea. wheat
fields OF the Inland Empire, and this
cereal. If il follows the nearestrcu to
tide water and the shortest course TO
the sea. will be forwarded by rail to
Seattle and reshipped to foreign lands
in vessels from that port
Ss-srHE METROPOLIS or THE SOUND.
These facts indicate the relationship
of the city TO Eastern Washington and
the Northwest in general. A glance at
her location for the purpose of noting
her advantages fer controlling the
business OF the Sound is instructive
and convincing. Saattle is seated in the
very midst OF the most prosperous
towns and villages OF Western Wash
ington, all of which have for years,
owing to this central location, looked
TO her for supplies. She Is neither
too far north nor too far south. but
happily placed within easy reach OF
these places which lie at the extreme
ends of the great inland sea.
Thus it Is that for years
steamboats, large and small have
made Seattle their headquarters
and. darling out across the Sound,
have found their way into bays and
inlets along each shore and up all the
rivers and small streams that offer a
few inches OF navigable water. The
people OF the Sound basin therefore,
have looked and win continue to
LOOK To SEATTLE
For their merchandise, and in re
turn they ship back the products OF
their farms and mills The large job
bling houses are located here and the
people of the farms. the mills, the
logging camps and the mines look TO
them for supplying their varied wants.
Seattle at an early day, became the
Sound center for business because OF
natural conditions surrounding il and
trade still centers there because those
conditions are permanent. II Is the
nearest good harbor from the sea that
can be easily reached by rail, and TO
these advantageous features Is the adj
ditional one that on every side OF her
and within easy communication are
cities. towns, villages and mill ports,
which can deal with her more con-
venienily and with greater saving OF
time and money than with any other
point on Puget Sound.
COUNTRY IMNEpIAFELY TRIBUTARY.
Another factor, TO which is attribn-
table 10 no uncomfortable extent the
Importance Of Seattle, is found in the
natural richness and easy accessibility
OF the country back Of it, Leading to
her very harboT OF within easy dis
lance are some Of the richest river
/ valleys in the territory. Much Of the
sssnsf mas ne<n eIeafcd and produces
abnn1antly 81 hAy. oAis, fruits and
/ veeeeahaes. Ix> aasp<a1ility 70 hop
| erowjse il to- we'll known 10 call for
| rrpetifton here. along The valleys al
! fke White and snoqaskmie rivers,
| hnlk. - which s~e svsk~t-rv - srStstr
are yearly grown and baled tons upon
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