The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-19

Anertcaa FootkolA In Siberia.
nEpResENTATivES Of the Russian govern
usat arc now on the Coast looking Tor .
Pacific port to BE- q terminal Of Aest OF
freight steamers. to BE- operated in connection
with the TrsnssIberian railroad. row nearing
completion, iron Port Arthur. Jay v. Adams.
Pacific coast passenger agent Of The Nickel
Plate. West Shore and Fitehburs railways. with
headquarters At San Francisco. 10 authority Tor
this statement
rAyITHIN tho past two months. %
W says. the various ports OF the Pa
eifc. Seattle. Tacoma. Portland,
San Franeiss,o and San Diego, have ali
besn looked into with "a view 10 deiermin-
ing upon enc Into which Eastern freight
can be sitsuped AT the lowest cost. Alter
n most exhaustive search. Mr.. Adams
states. the representatives have disposed
Of all ctaers except Seattle ard san FRAN
cisco. and either ore OF these two Giles
will be chosen for the head office D what
will be the greatest and most important
Pacific.
..The work has been carried on very
quietly" he said yesterday. and In reaiity
the only aid given the commission has
been BY Eastern lines. Their idea was
not to excite any rivalry before they had
an opportunity to thoroughly examine the
merits Of all ports. The commission II
at present In San Francisco and VIII go
east within few days to look after mat
sAr~ In. ftsa rsta connection ard apU&rta!H-
ing to the rate on various classes OK
freight that will. In the beginning. form
q goodsy share Of the export business.
Seattle Well Thought OF.
Seattle has been thoroughly eanvassed
and the members are thoroughly Impress
ed with not only the present advantages
OF this port but also the great future
prospects. You will hear more about the
matter in this city before the port has
been selected.
1.-THE steamship limo IL 10 BE- built just
as soon as the interior branch Of the road
IL connected with the Port Arthur branch
Port Arthur viii be the Eastern terminus
OF the road on account OK its deep water
harhor. VIadivostok has been abandon
ed as an Eastern terminus because It's
hnrbor Ii frozen up during the winter
months.
'.rhe new steamship line will be oper-
continental lines and Atlantic lines. and
will form q new route around the world
The Importance OF Its Pacific port can be
appreciated. aud either this city or San
Francisco will be decided upon. The
decision Of the commission in this mat
ter, however. may not be announced until
after IL has returned home to Port Arthur.
which will probably be several months
yet.
The statement has been given out by
those returning from the Orient and ST.
IBERIA, notably William ID. Whcelwright.
president Of the Pacific Export Lumber
these countries on Monday and passed
through Seattle on Thursday night last.
that within a year trains would ho run
ming over an unbroken railway line from
Port Arthur 10 St Petersburg Already
the Port Arthur end OF the road has been
completed and IL now I'm operation. With
tho few hundred miles constructed that
will join the ST. Petersburg and Port Ar
thur lines together. the construction
work on which Is now going on. the com
r pie, en- Of HI, The srss, TGanssherian road
created by the millions Of heretofore
isolated beings. wiii be opened up tn
American commerce. The doors of this
market. AIR Wheeiwright Gays. are wide
oren To America In preference TO any
other nation.
Fir.t n Military Road.
In 1891 the first work on the great Rus
alan tsanscontinenta line was inaugural
Ell with SiadivoStok on the Pacific as tts
proposed eastern terminus IL was at first
intended as a military or strategic move
rnens. bat soon the demands 81 u people,
progressive beyond the Averages In the
which has resulted In It's extension and
complete turning over ny the government,
To assist In opening NJ and developing the
country.
Much work was done on tue line toward
Siaafvosiok before 1876 when Russia frst
gained a toothoid IN China and became
posseSsur Of Port Arthur. Then II was that
the route was changed from ice-houna
Nladiyostok 10 the southern port which be-
sides being deep wafer IL open all the year
round The Russian and Chinese govern
menss made an agreement for the canssruc-
ton OF line Of railway from the main
line ef the TrsnSsiberian road to the Chin
ese gulf
The southern branch cs the ROAD ts
known as the Chinese Eastern railway and
tssfs from rart Arthur On thu south 20
kidalosa on the north, distance Of about
l,2se miles. wher. l, connects with the ST
Petersburg branch of the TfanNsiharian
line. Already about GO miles from Port
Arthur north has been completed and Is
In operation ana she balance. il is SAIL will
b. ready BY January l. 1881
The chance IN pans neceSSita ted the
Practical abandonment 81 several hundred
miles of the taaiB lire. Nladiyostok Will
now ho reached by q branca So miles IN
length. bat Pert Arthur VIII be tho main
terminus
"A one illustration os the American ser-
eliDent Il - pointed Out that the rapid
progress being rfade iu the construction,
work Is due entirely 10 the Use u American
tools. machinery and methods. American
repFvSen tatiNes have already been or tAe
ground and American manufacturers are
now figuring On the equipment OF the
tremendous t9ne with rolling stock - che
--latest and fno.s improved pattern. Tais
oae isens ef trade alone, n ia estimated
viii rvSIit In tAs expenditure az AZ ssas.
$sa,sss ss-a
by these WHO are now engaged ts su~fh-
eriag the enlargement OF Oriental cSra-
snefce Il Is pointed sut THAI Seattle IS
scarcely laI as FAR frum PORK Arthur as
are any az the European per5s ard TIE
demands made Nv tho trade % ire 0r1eat
"a be carried az So Tire Haasa srpea th.s pors
VIII greatly eahsace its vaiue pcgs fes
the PERT Arss5ttT 3ret and *as cSnaev tsnE
link sa aO aScUu&~Ghewo rsate.
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