The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-24
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menl, with advantage compared with Be-
attiel we believe. to the city Of embaEkA-
"A careful reading on your part OF iet-
tern and papers from here on file In your
companytng. w.n. il II hoped. convince
you or the error OF past assertions tnitu-
icai to this port - . place OF embarkAtipn
Hsns hss BEEN % ssa e anS
that vessels could not make good and to-
liable time On transpactdc Voyages by the
noFtnern route. on account OF fogs. storms
there were not euffAbie wharves here for
the loading of transports. the wharves
lacking length. warehouses railroad spur.
etc II has also been alleged that here
there are no drydocks and shops for the
cleaning and repairing OF Ships. Further.
that the pet cost TO the appropriations Of
porting soldiers across the continent VAS
less TO San Francisco than TO Seattle, and
u addition that there was no competition
urged in favor Of san Francisco CISCO were that
Il was one OF the three most natural ports
n the world: that II was midway between
was 81 miles nearer Honolulu.
II IS not necessary TO consider these
statements al any great length at this
time .,. 4 - almost enough 70 say tina, they
and without bearing upon the subject.
Northern Route Best.
I'm refutafion Of the first statement, we
have but to cal. your attention 70 the let
tiers inciosed from the president OF the
agents Of the Northern Pacific Steamship
company and the agent OF the Nippon
Yusen Kaisha- They operate their ships
degree or 1atitude-and have been 10 ope-
rating them for many years. They have
run them on very uniform time. have been
during all their periods OF service and have
time than that made BY the yesseis sailing
fact. the difference In favor OF the north
efn route Is stated by the Canadian Pa
cine president TO average with his line
is hours on the trip from Yokohama: the
san francisco vessels. however, including
Honolulu on the way
Wharves and Repaarlng.
Seattle has wharyes equal to those Of
any city on the Coast, and IN at least one
case quite superior to anything al San
Francisco. Eleven wharyes here have
upon them spurs from transcont.nentai
lines Of railway. The wharves themselves
each. with depths Of water AT low tide OF
from thirty to sixty feet. The warehouses
upon them range from eighty feet In width
Two government transports-the Garonne
and the Athenian-are today lying on the
two sides of enc Of these wharves. and
OF like dimensions Nor Ia this wharf as
large az any one OF several other wharves
on our city front.
The allegation that there is a Jack OF
facilities here for cleaning ard repairing
ships. accompanied "a II has been by the
assertion that in ceses al need 1t IL essen
fial to send ships 10 San Francisco for
Northern Pacific Steamship Company and
Moran Bros Company in letters accom-
tive denial Fourteen miles rom seattle
the United States has It's largest craving
dock. dock which has already taken IN
the eastleships Oregon and Iowa. and
mercantile vessels on the Pacific ocean
The government finds Il absolutely neces-
Francisco TO this dock for cleaning and
repair. Twenty miles from Seattle Is the
largest floating dock on the Pacific coast.
and eevsnty-flye miles distant. at Esqui-
malt. ss the largest craving dock in Canada.
Right here IL marine railway capable Of
taking out vessels OF smaller size. while
n floating dock for larger vessels is now
building. We have also here shops where
any ship work in wood or iron can be
quickly and well done rs elsewhere. In a
local yard two vessels have been built
for the national government in the past
'wo years. and az the same establishments
three United States transports are row
undergoing extensive changes in hull and
Cheaper This Way.
THE assertion that the ne; cost 10 the
appropriations Of the ouartermastar de-
partment for transporting soldiers Is less
10 San Francisco than 10 Seattle Is Q mere
ee aston. and Is explained by the fact tina,
the government does not pay money for
carrying rs soldiers over the Central Pa
ciiic railroad. but instead gives the com
pany credit On the bonds guaranteed a
generation ago and not yet redeemed by
the company
Doing this may not COS, the quar,ermas-
tsrs department anything. but IL costs the
public treasury, just the same On the
contrary. the Northern Pacific Is land
aided road, instead Of bond-asded. By the
terms of its charter and grant IL is re-
auired 10 carry for the government at ono
half the commercial rate, As rates on ali
the llnea ore the same. this Is ene-half
the rate ever the Central Pacific. in other
words IL ~e correctly informed the
government ~ charged I'm gold only one
siaif az much fer It's transportation over
the Northern Pacific an over the Central
Pacific. and why. under the circumstances
Il does not give Il all 60 the northern
reads Is beyond understanding. IL may he
the Great Northern railway makes a cash
rate to the government the same A. that
Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Competitions.
The other assertion that here there
is no railroad competition, while trnpliessiy
there - at San Francisco. IL simply rii,c-
uions. Within I'D miles OF Seattle serri-
nate Eve OF the six fyan~cGntsnentat tines
of railway. all ef which make alike favor
able rates 10 this city These lines are the
southern Pacific. Union Pacific. Northern
Pacific. Canadian raclssc and Great North
ern. Two Of the six actually terminate
here. A third. py traffic arrangement with
. local lire. practically ends here. San
Francisco has has TAO i3Fes. and beth are
controlled hv the same people. Seattle Is
the only texn on the Pacific ocean that
actually has more than one sgcA line OF
railway within sss corr9rate limits. How.
then. there can be cufnes tssirn at San
Francisco and not at Seattle IL beyond com
prsahens.an. Il simply is rot So.
AS "a San Francisco being a natural
part. inference wln have 10 Re sescrsed
10 svr anierrts ndlug. A. 70 sts heinz a
pore IN any WAY comparable with seattle
and Puget sound For Accessibility. sor
safegy. for convenience ard general csm-
meTctai werih. 1t - not In n. Being mid.
way between South America and Alaska
anj nearer 20 Ho0eiuls. are srsnstsYtai
matters Of 40 consequence whatever IN the
Shipments Of nasn ARA supplies from sas
in.;ea States to the Y0lin~iSs islands
u~aer I'm other Ways.
May other thingr HAY ~ said IN favor
os Seattle as the port 81 shipment :ar i.ss
governing IT. SEATTLE te nearer ALI The great
naFtAera cities and states than Saa Frsr-