, 1889-02-14

during t-e deuse-t lrr. Above E.r-
Townsend the navigation become.
more intricate in dick weather @.H
vessels have 10 proceed with great
caution
During some years, ia the later
summer and autumn. fo-- ara v,l--
dense, and may las, from Lalf q G.-
20 more than eight I.vs. as was tlr
case in 1871 In DIV saa~on- FOG f.
moro enduring. I,.rr Intensified Er
smoke of cz,en-.y. forest fir. Dag.
ing H.. prevalence IF tie 7n- that
year tie ocean steamer lIa-l.r bound
from SaartIe and G-rr.r.ra Il. T-,r--
mali far outgoi.- mail and ra--.r-
gers. was fog bound thirty hours IL
one and sixteen hours in the Other
port, while steamers were arriving 1T
and leaving Port Townsend daily.
without detention. This same at
mospheric state Of dense fog is Eallo
to occur every season. and the fact
that Polt Townsend can be reached
in safety at all tines. even during
the densest fog. by steamers comfDo
in from sea. Is known and comment
ed on by every ocean steamer CAP
tain who enters Fuca Strait.
Second: Convenient apchorare
Vancouver. who discovered and
named Port Townsenl in 1877, SAYS
in MS report that it iza vorv safe an:
capaciaus harH0-. Eavino very rnu-
ular soundings from side to s,F.
from 10 to 20 fatloms Of water. with
good holding ground 1t has the
most convenient anchorage. over 2
larger area, than any harbor on
Puget Sound. and its length OF over
six miles with a width of from one TO
three miles give ample room for the
accommodation Of vast fleet of YES
sells. Vancouver also says of Port
Townsend: "To describe the beau
ties of this region Will, on some flu
ture occasion, be a very grateful tasL,
to the pen Of the skillfuI panegyrist.
The serenity of the cIimate. the in
Vulnerable pleasing Iandscapas. and
the abundant fertility which mas
sisted nature puts forth. REQUIRE on.
ly to be enriched by the industry of
man with villages and mansions.
cottages and other buildings, to
make it the most lovely country that
can be imagined"
Third: 1t is the key to Puget
Sound and where the Notifications
will be erected. In 1867 General
Alexander, who had been sent by the
War Department to select military
reserves, reported to the Secretary
of War that he was in favor of max
ing Neah BAY harbor of refuge. of
placing the principal fortifcations
at Point Wilson, with heavy batter
les at Admiralty Head, MarroWstone
Point, and Partridge Point, and on
Protection Island and at the en-
tran,e to Port Discovery Bav. and IN
tba avant of war IN fnr.bar nrotoct
the enfrance TO Pupet Sound Inv
roeans of iron clads and monitors
which youId make barbors IN Port
Townsand and Port Discovery Rovs
General AIexarder's pIans have never
beon cbanged bnt ramaip anprovad
in tbeWor Denartrnent waitino tbe
action of CONGRESS- m devaIona them
The naval stat;,p sbonld he with
IN and naar tbo limo of Notifications
IT. Iooo+a y ~, tho Sound 1v,rI5 ho
IiLo n,o,in, a. pr,oI-l,,n Nov, yord
toA1bony. now yossoIs do NOT rooniro
% 90 i,fo .bo woods or frosb wato,
lakes for safetv. their ,,Iaca ie ON tbo
ocaan and +boI ebo,ld bo within oaev
snnroacb Of - II .. oil n1oir ,ro,i
from CaDa FIa+torv 70 pvt rTouDs
and bpt above AZ. ,1ooo -. a.
Sound or tbronc,b tba ,,.,h;roIoao
of Islands to RaIIi,bobo,, To-. a.
NAVIGATION is mora iDtricato
Fourtb. We have at the bo,5 90
this bav. opposite IrondaIa m ov-
tensive ledge of blue sandstone easily
ouarried, When William IT Saward
was on Puget Sound in 1867 or ,6S
he was accompanied by Col. Won
Schmidt. the celebrated engineer
who constructed the dry dock at
Hunters Point. San Francisco. and
other great harbor engineering works
The navy ward was talked of then as
now, and manv were the hay seed
recommendations to Mr.. Seward for