The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-16
SHIPMENTS OF WHEAT



Tacoma, O0t. M-opecaal-yn IN vnneAr.
days issue the Portland Oxuwonisn -
printed . paragraph from the Poos-Ynena.s
iixencer Of Aat Monday rorar1sne u -
ports Of wheat from Puget ssuad, ana
followed Il 70 with Cnast uuAecomtra
attach upon The shlpptn0 G raret eern9
porsA The argamsnm advanced - -
article were founded "a nRsatensun -
wso-known facts. and eAo whole intautjusn
seems 70 have osen . misaeaA - rnhain
q 70 the rssAove merits q aho oUunA and
sas SosuEnuA river with reaoeee - che
ocean ahspp<nG. The Orsgsnian ayns
The reason WY nearly 81 - wheaa
or he Inland Empire gooo seward -
way OF Portland = that NJ have Z harlbor
a a. sssy AZ cheap q Aecsaa - any on The
fresh water sor Is. sSns q - = s.
dlse nArgsag and loading. Shsps also make
an average from ten day. to three weeks
rope than frcm The SQUAD sners. he 20 8.
* n Co. can start . traap q fr0m nfty
TO seventh oAzs at the rehosest Inland
ana n ~. Das's sn1g 1ass s.ds g.. y
int 'portland Win the Northern 1000
aAsling over the sseep gndss OF the Cas-
s ssss hean aims. z doanas-heacer In frons
from nfiesn 70 twenty cars Ia train
S Gated to Dad several carxoes. ana the
ING tbs Territory. viii naturally secure
Snss wheat Tor many years to come. but
never saSAsn viii she load 80 large = pro-
she has senajn the ras.s.
The advansaxss thai \sve enabled the
sound cities = make such heavy threads
INTO FcrtiAnd's wheat skipping business
VIII enable them 20 bold fair share az
the exporting trade during tho present
season. ana ultimately make tho Sound
exports larger BY far than those Of Porf-
land In the first place. the Norshsru
Iacfnc Is as axnpiy abba 70 haul wheat
from the Wsih uaila. Zig BEND and n.-
louise districts a. ite Connection. tho q. II.
4 N. and even IL The Orexonian's state-
nlent were true. that the Northern Pa
cine could not haul to exceed fitteen Of
TWENTY cars 10 q train. and these with -
0oubse header and a helper over the Cas-
cades. the fact would not be Of matoeh1'
innuence. seeing a. both companies carry
tho products or the wheat belt to tide
water 81 the same rate Der ton.
But as matter OF fact. the Northofu
Pacific hauis on an average Of thirty
cars OF wheat per train. and this withO0s
even a helper until EAston. On the othon
side OF the Cascades. IL reached HerG
helper IL placed on the train. by whicM
1t is carried 20 she summit. or StAmpe66
tunnel From this on the Northern paa
castc's train OF wheat-lAden cars run 80
easily into Tacoma and Seattle ~ DO those
OF the O. r. q n. into Portland The
trains OF the latter do not average ovee
forty cars per train at tho outside. - an
railroad men know. seeing that - train
OF hrsy or seventy-sive cars would b.
entirely too unwieidy to handle with 81
sing.e engine.
/; IL only necessary 70 compare tho tom
mage of the vessels loading wheat on tho
Sound to determine tho advantages pos
axal 3xxrE sxas II ar,xi
land The British ship DunferTnlino. NOM
At Tacoma awaiting Z oarno of WAoaxs -
q tonnage Of ana: the British shtp Liver
pool. which win load the 0uik q aer
cargo IT Seattle. t.See tons. which SHOULD
head tho list OF wheat charters o. d.
rived yesterday. A2N; British ehiD Drum
clitYe. atsA 40 British ahaD Drumsoc1E.
1fa9 tons viii arrive here oooa - LOAD
wheat shs Il now lischarsiag msrohAm-
OF me sevsntssn sassps sAas Aave satsrea
two pass The 3.ioe aArk These aro tho
British ship pnrbridge ana tha bark Poll.
salock, llSo. With ons e1cept1ou tlAo 9TH
ers all run below the aooo mark The tact
Of the matter u mat tAe larger WAeAe
carriers cannot iead - Portland. The
expense Of lighterage at The Cofumbta
river bar has always baou IN tusurnnounf-
able barrier to the chArtsring Of lAr8o
ehips for grain By he Portland sxpogteeA
II 10 only BY reason Of the fact that tho
tuxboas men and sAippers genArAlly
united In q desperate effort To held what
business Portland enjoyed By makinU
wholesale reductions In tcwagA aghtess
age and other port charges. that Port-
lands wheat shipping thie ecaxon ahouo
UP as well ~ Il Aoes-
Another fact that 10 1t value In Q1o
connection II that wheat growers - to
Willamette valley are just nov pouring
their crops into Portland ana this makes
her grain receipts appear larger. On the
other hand. the Washington farmers have
held their crors hack tor higher pricess
and the movement Of graja has only BEEN
NJ al FREQ during the past two weeks.
since October l. the Northern Pacific has
handled on an average Of e TO 70 cars Of
wheat per day. for Seattle and Tacoma
last Monday " cars rolled into TacCmo
alone. When the season II fairly under
wav on the sound then viii the Portland
shippers b. afforded \ genuine eppoSfan-
,ty TO howl. an occasion for vhieh thsy
had best reserve their energies.
A Northern Pacific of5ictal said t0dAy
that the company wos,i have its share of
the grain carrying during the present ~
son, and without tie necessity OF going
ir.o grain bag combinations ana the No
lation Of the Interstate commafce 90 ~
the payment OF heavy rebates 20 shippers.
Ever shipping man knows tbs advanf-
ages that Sound exporters enjov ~ reason
OF the easy access from the - g
sound ports, and The low cost Of fowsxs
a compared With Portland The Orexon-
ian's statement that ships sailing 3rcm
ths bar-iocked Columbia to Europa have
q quicker passage by from ten days -
three weeks - not backed up ~ tds nets
In the case.