The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-08
BROUGHT INTO TOWN.
howtT WILL HELP THE FARMERS
Tbey Can Bring Produce tn Town BY
Water Advantages tn the Log
gers and Coal Miners.

One Of the most h0sehchal effects o.
the construction ~ the Lake Warrington
chip canal wiH b. 20 bring the eountry
trlbstary 10 the city on the cas-, 80 close
10 town that the cost % transporting its
products 20 a market in seattis VII he
reduced 10 q minimum. - Tar hack a.
the shores Of Lake ssma mIsn the pro
ducts OF the farm and forest and mines
can be foAded direct on steamers aaN
barges and brought right 10 iHe nsart
Of the city without transfer Inns tHe
advantages OF the canal viii extend over
81 wide area around the city ana VIII hot
be confined 20 the city Itself
The country tributary 20 the lake ~
Of much greater extent than raa a. nrst
thought be- imagined and IL Is rich ana
productive but AZ present difac1f o. as-
cess. several transfers. involving some
expense. being necessary 10 bring IN"
farm products to market. AZ present Il
farmer who has place hack OF Hongh-
ton or any place IN the east side OF inc
lake. has haul bis garden truck. farm
products and dairy output TO the lake
shore and then Il is loaded or a steamer
and brought 10 the Madison street ter
mlnsI. There ~ IL unloaded on the dock
and then loaded again on a freight car
and taken 20 the water front of the city,
where IL In once more handled, and the
farmer then seeks a market. Having
been sold the product Is again carted 10
the commission man who makes the pur-
chase The building Of the canal wiil
obviate all these transfers and be- the
means Of iEnmeasuTably developing toe
large farming Industries Of that Vicinity
II will permit the farmer to load his
products on The steamer. or 10 bring over
team and ali If he so desires. and he IL
then brought across the lake. through
the canal and down 10 the water front
in the heart Of the city. where the steam
or can tie up Immediately opposite the
commission houses OF West street. Hs
can leave his products on the wharf until
he has visited the commission men and
had "A chance to sell his goods al a profit,
necesaitating At most a carriage of not
over a block or so In delivering the
goods ~ thus requires no great stretch
OF the imagination 10 discern the differ
ence the construction OF the canal viii
make I'm favor OF the farmer. With the
building OF the canal will come. as 4
natural consequence. the widening and
deepening OF Squak slough. which can
be done at no great expense. and thus
Lake Samamish viii be open 10 steamers
and will give Seattle three distinct har-
borE. The logging camps along Lake
Samamish viii be enabled 20 dump logs
in the lake where they VIII be made into
RATS. and steamers will tow them out
Of the lake. through Sauak slough into
Lake Washington. thence through the
canal into the Sound to the mills along
the water front. and the lumber thus
made viii be shipped 10 all parts of the
world. At present the timber from this
hack country is hauled by rail 10 tho
Seaftle mills In the shape OF logs. or Is
sawed into lumber at the local mills and
thence shipped ~ rail- With water trans
portation the whole distance the cost OF
producing lumber from the section ia
question VIII be greatly reduced.
II will be possible 10 load coal on
board ship with much greater economy
for narships. steamers and collicrs will
10 ahio 20 take their cargoes almost from
the pit mouth at Newcastle. and instead
of the present twenty -four mile haul by
the Columbia a Puget Sound railroad
from the mines 20 the bunkers at the
foot OF King street. there Will only be a
haul of two and half miles to- the lake
front at Newcastle landing. where they
can take their cargocs and so out TO sea
through the lake and the canal. when
the Newcastle mines were first opened
the coal was hauled 10 bunkers az New
castle landing. whence II was ferried ND
the lake TO the portage between Lakes
Washington and Union. There the cars
were hauled UP a narrow guage road by
gravity TO the summit OF the isthmus
and down the other side along the shore
OF Lake Union and down Pike street TO
hunkers az the foot OF that street where
u waE loaded on board ships. This priu-
alive method OF transportation gave
place TO an all rail- haul when the Coium-
bia a Puget Sound road was completef
from Seattle 20 the mines. The compile
ton OF the canal win probably make the
cost OF producing and loading coal on
board ship at Newcastle as low as at
the Nanaiipo mines In British Columbia.
which are almost 90 the waters edge
Thus the canal viii place the largest
producing coal mine ~ King county IA a
position 60 successfully compete with