The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16

nectian. the words OF President Hill a /
Great Northern railway. spoken at ah
quet given him In Everett In 1852. may
appropriately quoted. lie said: Your Il
lance from Puget sound 70 Chicago ID h
than that OF any other city on the Sox
or Pacific coast. Your distance IA q
miles. while that OF San Francisco Il Il
miles. You viii see. therefore. that
hauling your freight TO Chicago We stx
out with the advantage OF saving 10 >.
cent m distance. and that IN an impoetng
item in operating expenses. Many u
have seen Chicago grow from a popuissA
of 100000 peopie 20 It's present size. VIA
made this wonderful growth The count
behind that city. That must make ary C
grow, You have on the ground and uE3e.
the ground as much natural wealth ~ "a
portion OF the continent. IL ! were xo:nts
name the wealthlest counties in the eous
try / would name Whatcom. Skaklt Sa4
homish and King. all lying on Puget sous
considering what Is on the ground 81
what IS under the ground. You have ca6s
iron. gold. silver. lead. stone and siynhs
You have the soil that produced that ~
Der. Your timber interests are your syms
est sources of wealth. Next to that msy b
mentioned your minerals and las. vok
agricultural resources. The Palouse co.'s
try is known the world over as the gre4as
est wheat growing country on the coas
nent. West OF the Cascades you have mw
opportunities to make tonnage than U
Palouse country. because your land
more productive. But aside from ta
nature has given you more tonnage IN o
way OF timber and more tonnage can !,
taken from a single acre OF ground !
utilizing your timber than you can prodH
inthe way of grain on the same amount
land In a hundred years. Your princlr
foreign trade will be with Japan. We .
ambitious enough TO nut on a line OF fst
going ships to run from our western Y
mlnal TO japan. Our headlights will III
mine all the slopes or your hills at Eyers
first. You have no reason 10 fear any 6
south of you. You will find that We "
treat you all well. We could not be w
suaded to haui our tonnage any furtn
than is absolutely necessary to reaa
Puget sound"
In bringing ore 10 the Everett smelt
and IN the carrying OF lumber and shineh
to the Eastern markets the Great Norine
has already established a large business
this city. Ore and general merchants
also come by the Northern Pacific ana
Canadian Pacific railways.
The Everett a. Monte Cristo rsilrot,
starting at Everett. reaches the MES
district OF Monte Cristo. sixty miles .
tant. This is standard gauge railru
built at a cost or about S2,oDo.vS. 10 pf@
the ore from this district 10 Everett =
reduction. In addition 10 the developing
or mining properties along the lins
railroad has opened the country for III
cling camps and shingie mills. sfaf
greatly 10 the material prosperity OF
county The railroad passes throw
Lowell. snonomish, Granite Falls, Hm
ford. SlIverton and Robes. affor1ing scce
10 many new mining camps heretofers =
yond the reach OF easy tfsnsporfaM
The road Is under ths management Of -
Croker.
steamer Connections.
In the matter OF transportation EvaN
boasts OF one Of the fastest steamers -
Northwest The steamer Greynoapls
known TO almost every man, woFnza y
child on Puget sound. plies exclussvey
tween Everett and Seattle, making -
round trips a day. This sfesmM
placed on the route on December ~
when the toxin was known as Port 1ssx
ner ana consisted OF bat few rough bu-
inga and shauties on the river side. ana
been running continuously on the fSss
ever since. giving steamer SERVES
point OF speed. regularity and accommM
ton second 20 none on the Pacific CO.
No sound IL more familiar or welsoms
the residents OF Everett than the woes
the .W'up" The Greyho1nd IL manxS0
Mr.. Frank W. Go0dhue. os Seattls. o. :
the most popular and efficient steamv
men on the Sound. and Is repressntee
Everett by Nr G. II. Boynton. o.
Merchants COCK.
The large steamers OF the PacEio 60
Steamship Company give fve-oay -
ice 20 san Francisco. the shipment 81
lion. paper. nails. boxes and other Evs sss
products constituting a very pron.srs
business. For instance. the steamer -
Walia took from Everett on the iiih =
10 tons Of bullion. 100 tons 81 paper. =
feet OF square timber, four tons OF r.
hides and three tons OK general fnefoas'f
disc.
Fverett's Commerce.
Everett "a IN the collection distrfa
Puget sound. and in SUPPORT OF sn'TS
deputy collector OF customs aH1 90 80 -.
InK officer are located here but tse %
not adeonate 70 the growing Otissns~ \.
tbs port and should DE tnefeassa =.
commercial statistics collected ~ -
Schuyler Duryee. general manarsr -
Everett Land Company. for uss p
nection with the rsnort on the har0m .ss
provereni. may appr3ximstsly % -
6uced In this connscii<n. They ccs1
fiscal year ending June %. 1886:
n pDls4a.
List Of steamers totfchsng 81 Evers.
The Tacoma. seaitif down soona
ocean routes:
nAx Draft Pres<s
Name TIA Ls9a1ea- 1r..<ssf
Waiis Waiia ........zs 90 psssss
I'm I.Ina; I, 49,, .ss z prs
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