The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-08


fhe~s schemes with some aDexsne<~ ~
they have IN : measure diverted the aEtsE-
tson al c1pd1nI aHd lmnzixrssion bfsher-
10 almost exclusively en1oyed by them
An Instances 81 fhe feeling Of the north To-
vards the soxsth side Is plainly 70 t< dis
covered In the fozzouing from tie An<r-
seen Bslz<<i. Of April -:
TIE ss~rGse eonp<.~s sscrs - scrsa .;
SHEA e fry ~ xxtrense lsw tide soek Of TIE
tee sss which - drilled i7so taassne& lo<<- =
. rlxsess s1ne twenty - EfsY feet sb5ve the
fsds lad. which IL frten6e1 fox anl excszzszssy
vel &9spt<1 60 resL6ene< pfop<xsF- Is - cey-
sssniy spsendid xzse for . stss. - "a - san6
xoex Caisn<l Hsas<xs s&ys positively that hts
road vii he exsers3ed 10 sals point in the SCAR
fasnre and IL - also sssd that fbe sanae road
wsfl go On % sbsaiv hey % Wsllspa hartror-
TIE owners 81 Ocusa have some 1n.00 sect
81 i1nss<r sn The ground with which they
ara eszi11Inx sidewalks - last posss-
bze. au4 promsAe aZss % extend . wharf
- deep water. some q SO fess. sEned'ssesy-
Tfsey are plsnafHx for . city. Well LEI fbs<a-
As~raeea has NO fears Of aay rival The Grays
h.rtcy basin & kax eroaxh and rte1 eaoaxh 70
suppors svo cities. ssd whsss the bafsfta ss net
&C adva<Ass OF sosnsite schesnss IL has no ap-
rnessnston OF spy 81 them hurting Aberdeen
Tnss city 10 too weIl founfsd. has ssseh su I'M
prexnshie position and sarn VAST resources tos
great metropolis that The development and up
bu1lding OF other portions Of the haroor can
o1ly reject On her Let the r1iirosds 60 where
they viii they cannot miss us Let the shfrs
and their consequent tfxfhc come 10 the hafbsr
wsere they may. ve vi resp . portion Of tbs
harvest.
Twenty-s seven thousand feet from the
shore 20 deep water IS. OF course. long
way: bat distance in wharf building Is no
obstacle 10 The city builders OF Grays bag
Dor. The GrAys Hsroor Company has
already constructed . substantial wharf
from its shore 81 Grays Harbor City across
gae tide Oats about 500 feet TO deep water.
These fats, ~ have said. are regarded al
. decided advantage instead OF detriment-
Probably the hackers OF Ocosta contem-
plate even greater things upon their q 90
feet of mud flats than their rivals across the
way with only 1000 Compared with the
former there IL poverty of unsighsiy but
highly seryiceable mud in these 500 feet
that IL almost diseouraging.
All the towns OF Gray's harbor have been
prosperous in an unprecedented degree
during the past year. All have enjoyed .
heavy immigration and their growth has
been astonishing. The resources and inn
portanee OF this region are not sufficiently
understood and appreciated by the bust
ness men and capitalists OF Puget sound
certainly not BIZ those OF Seattle 1t Is not
pleasant to know, but it Is nevertheless
fact. thst the merchants of the harbor
trade almost entirely with Port
land and San Francisco. OF the
small proportion that goes to the Sound.
Tacoma gets more than Seattle. So far as
know. only one Seattle enterprise has at
tempted 10 cover this fed. and that Is the
Posr-fsrELLIsKscEa- The Posr-lsrELLI-
sKscEE has larger circulation IN Grays har-
Dor than the Tacoma and Portland papers
combined. The reasons are two: The
PoSr-IsrEIIIsEscER has csnvassed the
field and more nearly meets the wants OF
the reading people OF the harbor than any
other paper. | think the same thing could
be done by Seattle jobbing houses. even
with the present inadequate means OF
transportation.
omitted 10 mention. when referring to
railroad projects. that Hunt is bound by
contract TO finish bis road in eighteen
months. 1t is known that he is arranging
TO begin construction immediately. his
equipmezo for railroad work is immense,
comprising. am told. about 400 teams OF
horses and filling - ordinary cars
have II on very good authority. and ] be-
lIeve il, that work ON the Tacoma Olympia
4 Pacific viii begin right away. IN accord
ance with promises. The simultaneous
building OF two rival lines both with their
objective points at Grsy's harbor, is
sure TO be witnessed with interest and even
excitement by all residents of the harbor.
EDGAR II. pfFrR-