The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

thai T. Will. a. SIS christening. 1e gwen g
local name
The Army Post.
The question % fo-sEaeattons las cccn-
rsad q grea. deal % the attention OF RE
Chamber dursrg sfe year, and there = no
reas son 20 dou6e that is e.a-etuiiy-pre-
rsrsd representations NJ have their due
eTecE. The nace ssssy & defending th# GOV
ernmsnt's dry dock ~ Port o-caard IS ap-
parent: other sites "a the Immediate neigh
ho-hood have been faForaoly reported
upon for fortiaeaticEs. tAe army Post On
Magnolia bluffs. now definitely decided.
VIII undoubtedly be occupied By artillery:
and the government work generally. OF
his character. already planned cut rTsd
approved. Is on a very large and generous
scale.
The Japan Steamer Line
Another very important mark OF pro-
gre>e for which the city OF Seattle Is IN
deo-et 20 ehe Chamber OF Cornu7ercs -
the establishment tlere Of cas terminus OF
the Japan steamship line, the Nippon Y'i-
zen kaiSha- When the frs- whisper was
heard that this great company was seek
I ing an American connection. the chamber
wrote 70 the Japanese minister az WASH
Esgtoa City. calling MS attention 10 the
superior advantages as O port that SsatT-s
offered. The chamber saso invited mere
and entertained Mkt Satro. the japanese
consul, ard Others.
On july = letter was received oy the
chamber from r. Kondo, president OF the
Nippon Yusen k&i~s1a- stating that MT.
f~anaga would shortly arrive N Seatas
for the purpose of discussing final ne gotta
tons and % complete arrangements Tor
the American terminus OF the line 10 ne
here. On July Is traffic contract with
the Great Northern, by which that rail-
road undertook 70 make q straight frsight
bill from Buffalo 20 Yokohama was signed
at ST. Louis, and many congratufatcry
kilograms were sent 10 the chamber. One
of the guarantees the chamber had 70 give
was that OF 1000 tons OF freight for each
steamer. which seems iaughable now,
when freight has 10 be refused and the
other Japan steamship line may also touch
at this port. But this magnificent enter
prise and now II was conducted by the
chamber, Is made the subject of a special
article, 10 be found in another column.
How tia chamber managed 70 secure for
Seattle the location OF an army post on
Magnolia buns is also too important 8
matter to be treated in this discursive re-
view OF the work OF the chamber, and a
special article has been devoted to II and
the history of the movement. Also The
persistent action OF the chamber In oo-
tanning government appropriations TO
carry out the government canal schsrne.
for the same reason. namely, Its relative
column.
Reducing Public Expenses.
The committee on city and county affairs
OF the chamber met the city authorities,
county commissioners and mem bers OF the
school board. and sitting as an advisory
board. had series of meetings on the re-
trenchment of pubic expenses and q re-
duction of the tax levy. This resulted IN
q very considerable decrease. between IS
and So per cent. IN the controllaoie portion
Of rhe public expenditure.
The Flax Industry.
A great deal OF correspondence has bean
had in regard to promoting the culture OF
fax in this state. Two members OF the
firm OF Barbour & Co.. the great fiax-spin-
ming and hnen manufacturers of Lisburn,
Ireland, came here during the summer,
and concluded that Puget sound had an
excellent climate for fax-growing. On No
vember n letter was received from
them In regard TO tests made of the flax