St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-22
WITH THE TRAVELLERS.

X. c. Elliott, well known in st. Panl,
having long been connected with the
Merchants National bank. and private
| secretary of Gov. Merriam during his
first term. arrived in st. Panl yesterday
| from Seattle. where he has large bust
| ness interests. and will be at the Ryan a
number of days. Yesterday afternoon
| he spoke interestingly of various mat
| ttrs concerning Washington and the
cities about the sound.
Seattle" said he. "bids fair to be-
come the metropolis of the Pacific coast
Portland is dead. and Seattle over
shadows everything north of San Fran
cisco. At least San Francisco seems tc
be the only city it may not surpass.
Seattle has population of $4,000 good
and strong, some twenty banks, and has
survived the crisis without bank fail
ure, or anything approaching one. The
outside impression seems to be that
Seattle's fine harbor is giving it its
great prestige, but this can hardly be
the case, since Tacoma, Everett and
some other places OH the sound have
equally as good harbors. Seattle simply
has the prestige over the other places
by reason of being the Oldest place, and
accordingly having great start in the
matter of growth. Capital has conferred
there, and cannot be easily attracted
awgy.
Everett, by tile way, is wonderful
little city. and in time may become a
strong rival to Seattle. President Hill,
OF the Great Northern, has said that
SnohomiSh county, in which Everett is
located, Is the most prolific III resources
of any county in Washington. and am
not sure that he is not correct about it..
Everett has now a population Of GOOD,
and a more wide-awaKe lot was never
associated together i'll any community.
The Snohomish river flows into the
sound at Everett, and the people of the
place are about to make a fresh water
harbor.
Perhaps you are aware that the har-
DorS or all Pacific coast points are the
prey of worm called the teredo. This
worm pertOrates the piling of the har-
Dors In short time so that the whole
business falls into the sea. The teredo
does not live in fresh water. Everett
has fine salt water harbor, and with a
comparatively small outlay can make an
equally good fresh water harbOr. An
other reason why fresh water harbOr
is desirable is the fact that ships desire
locality where they can be cleaned of
the mass of barnacles which accumu-
late upon them during every voyage of
much length. The barpacleS will drop
off after the ship has stood in fresh
water short time. To rid the vessel
OF barnacleS i'll salt water it must be
raised out of the water by dry dock.
SO you can form an idea of the adyan-
tageS of fresh water harbor.
''Seattle has fresh water lake two
miles from the salt water. and there is
now a scheme on foot to cut broad
canal from the salt water to the lake,
and thus secure a fresh water harbor.
1t would be very expensive proceed
ing, but an excellent fresh water har-
Dor would be secured. Everett can
securs its fresh water harbor at COM
Darativejy small expense. Seattle
realizes this fact, and it is likely that
Seattle will not delay long the building
OF Its harbor. Notwithstanding the ease
with which Everett can secure an excel
lent fresh water harbOr, am of the
opinion that Seattle will always he the
great city of Washington"
~
j. l.. O'ConnOr, the brilliant attorney
general of Wisconsin, who won ma
tional reputation by his successful pros
ecution of the treasurer of Wisconsin
for malfeasance in office, and by his
exposition of the rottenneSs of the Re-
publican ring which had for many years
held sway in that state. was III the city
short time yesterday. He argued a
case i'll the United States court and then
departed tor home.
1T
AT the Merchants'-L. Wilson. Liy-
ingston; J. d. Dyon and wife, +. l..
Murray. F. K. Leslie, o. H. Hewitt,
Duluth; John Cooper, George TiIeston
and wife, st. Cloud; S. w. w. McEwau,
Alexandria; 0. M. Sprague, j. G. Par
ker, j. L.. Kill, Sank Center; c. w. Cat
tam, Portland, o.; c. E. Daniels, Wa