The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-14

do good days work. and know OF nothing IN
the world 10 prevent our carrying that lumber,
except that somebody must make II. We cannot
carry logs that far.
In explaining why the Great Northern
cannot come through the Skagit pass MI
Hill said:
1t IS important for you as ii Is Tor us that
we should be able to come here over that line
which will cost the least money 10 realize the
benefits " bieh are to accrue from the building
OF the roaf-that is from line that can haul
ton OF freight from the great lakes 10 Puget
sound. or from Puget sound 20 the East for the
least money, making proht 10 l.self. II must
always have enough profit to pay reasonable
return on its investment, or IL VIII not serve
you or those who build II
Now If with the advantage OF the material
with all the natural wealth you have, and your
harbor fand do not think there Is man N
the room viii admit there Is a better one) If, /
say with all these advantages you cannot keep
your end up. il will not be our fault There is
no reason in the world, gentlemen, why you
cannot have here not only large city, but an
imperial city. [Applausel To do that, if you
viii rardon me- lit IL easier 10 give advice than
il is to take IL sometimes the man who will 10
the most TO open up the natural resources OF
this country behind you-that MAN will do
more 20 build city than the one who
builds blocks and houses. The blocks
there is demand for them. They will be OF
no service to you until there is a demand and
use for them, and that will only come by the
development OF the country behind you. That
it is susceptible OF development that will as
tonish everybody there can be no reasonable
doubt in the mind Of any intelligent man who
comes and examines il; but everything has been
here for a long time. and il might wait long
time unless II can be put to some good, profit
able use, and in putting all these resources to a
profitable use will come your great development
end growth, and without il / assure you you
viii disappoint not only yourselves but every
one, and then the time will come, the opportu-
mites are so great, that somebody will come and
take them and the benefits from them.
Now, we hope in eighteen or twenty months
to be able TO do business between here and the
East, and we hope by that time you will be able
10, here al Fairhayen, show us that you have
the business for 10 do. [Applause.l The
railway il built 10 carry your tonnage. The
more tons we have 10 carry the lower will be
able 70 carry for you. have no doubt as TO the
ultimate outcome. i have no doubt as to the
ultimate furnishing OF an abundant tonnage for
all the transportation we can give, but want to
see II come from and through the hands of
those who came here in the first instance to
open up the country. | want 10 see them realize
the benefit that their own individual enterprise
entities them 10.
We cannot feel otherwise than anxious that
the men in whose hands the destines OF this
great, this wonderful country has fallen shall
use their opportunities well and intellgently for
themselves, and, being next we know that our
success Will follow theirs.