The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-28
SHE HOLDS THE KEYS
Port Townsend's Position at
Entrance to the Sound.
NO RIVAL ~ THE VICINITY.
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up 20 cesIus. De'o.e .nsse pssns eouia &c
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wouio "sks iscoMa tue es1h'nus-
Wnen necessaV compei'eu acnangc oi
plans. the Nof'nern racine made v'gof.
Gus canvass LOT tnese 'eii-isie msps' ana
destroyed snem. jugs swan. OF TINS city,
VINO Was sne agont o. tne company IN gam
ing iniofmsuon o. possioae terminal points
Kept one OF tnese maps, ana says ne knows
OF no other IN existence. ~ was through
THIS sccident tnss Tacoma sprsng INTO me-
ana ms passed fort townsend IN the race
70 me iront, put the country u SO new ana
the railway projects 20 unoeveioped tnas
It's oy no means certain yes where the
greatest cities OF the state are 70 DC located.
eeasus. Tacoma ana Fort townsend nave
YET 70 kain tnat unaounted supremacy on
tns coast wnicn spokane faiis enjoys IN the
eastern part o. the STATE. ana the matter -
p1ooiem sven 70 the Closest student OF
the progress OF American cues. terrain
IL - tnas witnin TWO years FORT townsend,
the Aey Cny OF Warrington, VIII outstrip
n popu'auon dubuque. the Aey Sity OF
iowa
TINS u not surprising. when the rapid
CROWN Of Warrington cities Is considered.
ana when some OF the projects now devei-
opang UNDER me surface are uncovered.
lev OF these secrets have crepe out Tor the
tenant OF Eastern ears, ana those conserv-
ative cepisaasss VINO nave never visited
tbs land OF mix ana money, hardly realize
what excisement the building OF new
raaifoad causes acre, and will not know
now 20 take advanta9e OF knowledge OF
future enterprises Take this city, Tor in
stance. Propefty values have been in
creasiu& steadiiy ana rapidly Tor the last
lev months. put tney VIII increase more
rapidly hereafter. because Fort Townsend
has yet 70 hear the shriii screech Of . loco
motive. though without railroad 1t has
grown into wealthy, substantial city OF
5000 people.
The reasons why this city was originally
selected ~ the terminus of the Northern
Pacific are just - potent today. and IL now
looks ~ II the first plans Of that road are
10 be carried out by another corporation
equally - powerful. Charles Francis
Adams. the president of the Union Pacific
Was here some time ago and studied the
situation from this old map have men,
toned. Now, the avowed purpose Of the
Union Pacific. which has yet no Pacific
ocean terminal, and only reaches Fort
land. II 70 accept the cornerstone which
the builders OF the Northern Pacific were
forced to reject This has created quite q
stir among officials OF other great trans
continental roads. for the advantages pos
sesscd by Port Townsend as terminal
point are quite well recognized. One rail-
road from Port Townsend south is now in
rapid course of construction. IL is to be
built from this city 10 Portland. and Is
named the Fort Townsend Southern. Ii
has been claimed that this road is being
constructed in the interest of the Union
Pacific, but this the officers OF the road
deny, and Chief Engineer Rogue, OF the
Union Pacific, has recommended that an
independent line be built TO this city.
Rsthcr than give the Union Pacific the
monopoly Of the transcontinentai business
OF this city, the Northern Pacific and the
Canadian Pacific are preparing 20 build 10
point opposite the city and gain entrance
hv means OF ferries.
IL hes been asked why this is such an OBJ
iective point for the railroads. The an
swev 10 this may be found in the harbor,
ore of the three ansst in the world So
far as the protection from wind and wave
il concerned. the entire Puget sound is one
vast harbog, but tac water il in many
places coo To 100 feet deep and anchorage
10 Impossible. Ia the bay In fsont OF Ia.
coma the water Is 50 deer thai no ship can
anchor, but must lie TO a buoy or what