Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-22
OCEAN TO OCEAN.
CITIZEN PETRIE TELLS OF HIS FIVE
MONTHS WANBERINGs.
The knights Templar Conclave at Wash
ington-Progress in the North
west-An Ocean Trip.

Ex.School Director William NJ. Petrie
has Just returned from an extended trip
through the eastern, central and northern
parts of the Union, and in conversation
with a RECORD UNION reporter yesterday
stated that he had very pleasant time.
During his absence of five months he had
seen great deal of the country. Mr.. Pc
trie left this city last fall, accompanied by
his daughter, Lottie, and went direct to
New York. After spending short time in
the great metropolis, they left for Washing
ton, D. c., arriving there in time to witness
and participate in the festivities attendant
upon the Grand Conclaye of Knights Tenn
piar in the Capital. Mr.. Petrie says the
affair was decidedly grand, and the besuti
fol streets of the National Capital were
thronged by uniformed Knights.
Leaving Washington, they again re
turned to New York State, and spent nearly
three months travelling in the central,
southern and northern parts of the EN-
pire State. The beautiful cities of SYRIA
cuse, Rochester and Brooklyn were visited,
and afterward the party left for Chicago,
arriving there on New Years day. Two
weeks passed before the sights of the great
| metropolis of the West had been thor
oughly explored, and Mr.. Petrie then
started for home. via the Northern Pa
fic Railroad. He stopped over at the
growing cities of Minneapolis and st. Paul,
and after short stay took the train for Ia
coma. Wash, the terminus of the road.
He remained nearly month in Washing
| ton and Oregon, and he states that this re-
,afo h -. Ill
the others over which he had travelled.
1.-The people up there, said Mr.. Petrie,
'are workers, and are pushing ahead and
populating their towns at a rapid rate
Already immigration has commenced to
this section from the East, and the night
| came over there were FIVE coaches occupied
| by men and families who were coming out
| to stay. Seattle is rapidly building up, and
although the recent fire destroyed the better
| part OF the city. still business is going on at
| a lively rate, and many firms doing large
trade are housed under canvas. Both
Seattle and Tacoma are thorough-going
towns, and Just after the conhagratIon in
the former city There being no hotel left),
a syndicate of men was formed and in
sixty days hotel was built, containing 400
rooms. People would come TO the town,
could find no place to lodge, and as a con-
4
| spirited citizens couldn't stand this, and
soon had money subscribed and fine hotel
built.
When reached Portland portion of
the city's streets were under water, and
hardly log was left in any of the mills
along the river. One man alone lost
| 100000 logs by their being swept out
into the ocean by the rushing torrents, and
| when boarded the steamer Columbia for
| home we were delayed nearly day in
getting away from Portland, on account Of
The immense quantities of drift-wood float
| ing in the stream When we finally
reached the mouth of the river and looked
out upon the broad ocean, q peculiar and
strange sight met our gaze. For miles and
| miles the sea was covered with drift-wood,
brush and rubbish, and the steamer had to
run through seventy-ive miles of this be-
| fore she came into open water. For two
whole days the ship was blowing her way
| through the drift-wood. One afternoon ell
hands were looking ahead, thinking they
saw ship in the distance, but when the
object was approached it turned out to be
| an immense pine tree standing perfectly
erect in the ocean. The roots of the tree
must have been of such shape as to form a
sort of rudder, which held the top of the
tree out of water"
| Although Mr.. Petrie enjoyed himself on
! his trip immensely, he was glad to get
| home again. He left his daughter at Rich
| field Springs, New York.