The Elbert County tribune., 1899-09-14
! TO SEATTLE,
hung Chicago in En-
Crprise, Surrounded
|by a Country Rich
in Resources.
'oDtiuued from last week.

|lgel Dou".'
,usr. a well known scientist,
b.yond doubt a fracture OF
.r,b,s surface, and having
!r,d at and below sea level,
Eormed land-locked gulf,
pumerous harbors, deep and
|nrotected. The shores are
tr.Ily bold and often steep
|eeless. with & narrow beach
u rapidly to deep water.
Sound is deepest in its widest
N. and its bed, therefore,
mol have a grade toward the
as it would have were it a
Of erosion. "
entrance to the Sound is
Iuit of Juan de Fuca, aver
eight or ten miles in width,
nj obstruction in its entrance
The open sea. 1t is possibly
bnly great inland sea or har-
which has no obstruction or
its entrance, and which al
of The entrance of any vessel
floats at any and all stages
ather or tide. The depth is
bwn. as is the ocean-so deep
no concern is felt regarding
e information. Mr.. Plum
description as 'crack in
srth's surface" is as COM
nsiye as any that can be
but possibly the fracture
pane of glass would convey
sme or better idea to some.
the actual shore line of the
l-not including the shore
of the hundreds of islands
b tbe Sounds 2000 miles,
ound's extent from north to
does not exceed no miles;
rms and broadest expanse
ting about fifty miles. Yet
fractures, or inlets and arms
b Numerous and diversified
he extent of shore lines miles
in the least exaggerated.
llation with Government
will show the entire shore
within the Sound, including
Islands, to be not less than
miles.
lery harbor, every inlet, every
y The Sound is a safe and
harbor-sufiicient for the
Fng of every ship which floats
in the wide, wide world.
what are the possibilities of
favored land and vast inland
lhe Mediterranean of the Far
Some Of the Eastern edi-
we're prone to remark that
femed that the residents of
had not yet awoke to
fsllzatiOn of their own vast |
|ollities and opportunities. |
Pay be mentioned that Puget |
n is several hundred miles
h the Orient and PHILIPPINE
rs than San Francisco, and
~ the trade existing between
z ports and the Orient is of
|iaceht proportions.
Splendid map of the Puget
, country, hanging on the
OF the Office is worthy of
Gent study and contemplation. |
lle nearest view of the wonder
IA.
Oeauty of the far-famed Sno-
ME Falls was from a souvenir
~ 10 our hands by the man.
Vi The new electric power
IS T., recently completed at the
these falls drop from a
height of 270 feet, and the
OF water is heavy enough to
ag ,Opa horse power aggregating
wv when needed. 1t may
Oe stated that no water power
IN proximity to Seattle, and
'ie extensive power plant
'eeh established at the falls
y lance from..the city forty miles
,oou' sixty miles from Taco
Oo'n OF which cities are con-
~ J. with extensive aluminium
a's' power houses, etc., ne
sJ ay lor the supplying of un-
" and cheap power.
y construction of these works
!, allar u to that at Niagara Falls,
y mat the fall here is far
.'f u. IN depth than that at Nj
= = lhe size of the shaft, or
y ' Is ~ by 27 feet; diameter
ss,eel ~ receiving pipe. 10 feet;
VI well, 219 feet; steel PEN
! 9 feet; subterrean rock
iOer' 2Oox4Ox3o feet; tail
vSs., vSs exit for water from pow
'neels), \ about 200 feet in
= and u by 20 in dimensions.
4O'iVe power will come from
" vuyciodlcal water wheels and
n O"es'lnghouse generators of
, =; horse power each. These
I, ,"'al facts will also be of in-
! y y the machanic.
'''li u, capacity el developed at
49,. i4'ooo H. P; hydraulic
y wy at fall, double present
''a'lon; minimum IL. P. of
a' falls, 1000, by means of
storage; primary voltage,