Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-12-31
BERDE EN-.
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Industrial Metropolis Of South
western Washington.
ECION OF IJNEOJALLED RICHNESS AND FERTILITY
;GIoN OF UNEQUALLED RICHNESS AND FERTILITY
Progressive Healthy and Orderly City, Beautifully Located
the Shores world-Famed Grays Harbor
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the immense timber forests surrounding
it began TO attract the attention Of mill
men from the east, and, soon after,
large saumills began to spring up, and
the harbor began to TEEN with lumber
going vessels. Here is perfectly land
locked harbor, where vessels may ride
with perfect safety, 10 matter how the
gale; and when one stops to consider
that this inland sea is in the heart OF the
greatest numbering forests in the world,
headed by great rivers like the Chehalis,
IIumptulips, Hoquiam, Wishkah, Elk,
Wynooche, atsop, Johns. Black and
others, reaching out their long arms into
the mighty forests to bring out their
stores Of wealth; with The broad Pacific
on one side, and transcontinental rail-
way coming in from the other, it is GER
tain that Grays harbor must soon take its
place among the most important harbors
Of our country for the commerce Of the
| world.
Lay before You any good map Of Wash
ington, and study the geographical po-
sition Of Grays harbor. Note the Olympic
mountains on the north with their
boundless hidden treasure; run your
pencil from the entrance along north to
, the Straits of Fuca, then along the
windings of Puget Sound until you find
Seattle and then Tacoma, then on to
Olympia, and note we'll the distance
Now run across from Tacoma via
Olympia. Follow the line to Aberdeen
and note the distance saved by vessel
unloading Or loading at Aberdeen instead
| of Tacoma or Seattle. Besides, it costs
from 5000 to 81 900 for towage from the
ocean to either Seattle or Tacoma, while
the towage into Grays harbor is very
mall item, to say nothing of the diff
ference in time saved by coming into
Aberdeen.
Below will be found distance table
that tells the story more fully. In fact. a
vessel from Japan can unload her cargo
OF tea at Aberdeen before she could get
to the docks of any other seaport ON this
coast.
At this day and age of the world, time
is money; and time saved in rapid tran
sit enters in as one of the factors in build
ing seaport city; therefore. the follow
ing distance table is given for your
careful consideration, showing the rela-
tive position OF Aberdeen as compared
with other seaport towns on this north
west coast:
Miles
| San Francisco to Portland . Cos
san Francisco to Tacoma ....,.. 825
San Francisco to Aberdeen .... SIS
| Yokohama to Tacoma .......... 1880
Yokohama to Aberdeen go. -. AGO
Yokohama to Portland ..... 1914
Yokohama to san Francisco. :. -. 4526
Hong Kong to San Francisco. 49,. .599S
Hong Kong to Portland mas. $3.50
Hong Kong to Tacoma .... 579S
Hong Kong to Aberdeen. 49,. 49,. $500
| Distance in towage for sailing vessels
| is about as follows:
! Miles
From Portland to the sea- ........ ZIG
From Tacoma to the sea. ..... ITO
From Aberdeen to the sea. ........ 15
And one can readily see by the map
that nearly all the grain from eastern
Washington for export must come to
Aberdeen to be loaded, as we'll as great
share Of the coal that is now being opened
up for market.
Chief among the industries Of Aberdeen