The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-25

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As remarked In the introduction 10 this
tssiele. Port foNnsend has grown 10 iss pres
Ell dimensions simply on account Of nat.
Essl advantages ~ a seaport ID vas be-
ssass es The commanding situation that
ha lAF-sighted fonnders of the town
pitched their tents there nearly forty years
NJ aad are new enjoying the fruits OF
htf toll. With tranheontinental rail-
sasd making Us Terminus at the safest and
Hass accessible barber on Puget sound
shsss tie cars and the immense ocean
Alspsng shall meet. who. at the presen:
kMss dare % picture She future Of Port
fesnsena9
hmast be remembered. In considering
~ psugFess Of Port Townsend, that her
bssiss & the head of sail navigation on
tssss sound for ihn largest sixed vessels.
Nffoeesd further than Port Townsend re
Ssfek the services OF a tug. No vessel
- Aenf that expense II q cargo Is Ia be
~ q tae FIRST port Hence Port Town.
rnd = destined 10 be the shipping point
- large sbsss ol ths wheat grown In the
t@asnela river basin.
fuxs Townsend has been The point al
sassasrnsent sor ali Alaska greiyhtS. The
Hf3 sad fisheries Of eur Northern terri.
NJ ass naw being rapidly developed. and
= Y tine 10 come Port Townsend must
W base 81 supplies Nature has liked
3 Us aataral course Of events the mon.
Fels Is tie fur seal fisheries in Alaskan
tsssss AUST s.sen he broken and instead
"a IsN steamships ifoned and controlled
~ Francisco hciag employed in the in
49, hunsrcd OF perhaps two hundred
ssE@slsient srh0onerS viii engage in this
ssssSe business. Their headquarters
= p n Port townsend Of necessity. be.
49, hey can SELL t. Port townsend aud
*fNeAw. Here shey xsll discharge their
49, and bay their supplies FOR the out
ksa susaxe.
sEst - With the halihut and cod indus
Mes which considerable start has been
ssss HAliaut ASKING on the Atlantic
- = aew al unpF0asatle industry. while
sstsfs IL the straits al fsaea ard the
- sesAa from Care kiatsery 10 Alaska
ksA wish hailbas aud cod which arr
= mlnimam nf COST Most Of the
must tind market east Of the
pps. hence must he shiRpsa on ice
NsH estimation. The fishing sehoansss
~ - further than rsFt Townsend,
sesss Der catch will ae discharged and
*ss& aata cars. Capt. solomon JacvsSzs.
-Neasssser. Ma. has already put three
ssssts INTO she Industry With goed ~
-. its recognizes sAs fact that hall
= ~ ss can rot X carried on excessively
-. - sen Townsend has through raj eon-
VIII TIE East. because FFompsneSs
R<snt snd the minsmam 0t cost for
- sssson arr prime requisites - suc-
-. sc trresy expressed she opinion that
: sxay fren the esanpse7son at Tire
- aess % "a az 40 sekeoasss
- = snEsxess in she halihat and cod
- sssh fass Townsend "a the bead
$50 kss city EsS hassna a. he tue
g sesss It the PAellss. and in . SA0vs
49, = ssf~rsed - see the industry in
- - = sAs ensagssi add 10 fozs Towns
=. permanent population Of - least
! = sAe railroad. ners Townsend wisl
. ssIses y rasisioas At dolizEs 81 i'm
- s.ena. whieh new 80 elsewhere.
49, s*skiF thirty mikes ol water treas
- - sh2rtage. il vii ss strange. IN,
49, ssss~ss sysz aAek qessa dispatch.
= - - ! - nsen& AZ tAss wfss3ng tNavens.
49, = g ss=se 81 business activity
- -. s.s..sss isss- Elss ksspaksss eaasse 4hoas
a. 40 Msth Tie announcement
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