The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-17

TT is quite Impossible 20 get mental
conception % what the present cen
fury has done "a the way OF inter
III communication. When Jefferson and
II John Adams died at the same hour.
they were i've days apart. that
Ia. the news OF the death OF Adams
did not reach Monticello. aud could
not have reached H.. until the lapse
Of nearly week. Nor aid the
news reach the son OF Adams. John Quincy
Adams. until the passing Of three days.
Meanwhile he held q public ieyee at Wash
tnxten. Now. such an occurrence would
pass from Boston TO Virginia in less than
five minutes. Indeed. the whole country
would be Informed Of the death of an ex-
president before sunset We close tho CEN
fury with transportation sat the rate OF
sixty miles an hour. across territory that
Jefferson said hs conceived II would take
Loo years TO reduces TO civilization. Wnan
We record m our histories that the early
races OF men found It impossible TO make
their habitations far away from wataf-
courses. We forgot that this difsicuity was
not entirely overcomc tilt the present cen
fury. The early coionisss in Msssach1-
sets and Virginia Invariably built their
homes on tho banks Of the rivers and bays.
because most of their travelling must %
done by boats. All the large settlements
OF Massachusetts,. such az Boston. Ply
mouth and Salem had no other method os
communication. The birch-eark canoe and
the Indian dugout were used by the white
people as the most convenient carriage.
Through the woods there were only mar
row footpaths. for the most part. antll
quite late IN tho eighteenth century. This
explains why our fathers formed tho habit
OF % ruthiessiy destroying the forests
The first Improvement In the way OF nav
tgaiion was by canals ana canal boats.
Tho last century I'll near Its close had
only abou; a DOZEN mails IN the year from
Boston 70 Virginia. To Henfamln Frank
lin We owe the beginning Of regular ana
trustworthy mall Garage. About the MID
die Of the last century the only mall up
the Hudson river was carried by a foot
man. who. IN winter. made his passage on
skates. The frst regular mail from New
York 10 Boston .as IN 1873. but io years
later very little Improvement had been
made. An English Traveller Ia 1925 de-
scrIhei a ride In the stage eoscbes which
were even then few enough. The driver
frequently had 20 call the passengers %
lean cut. first on one side. then on the
other. 70 prevent gFeettins. Now. gentle
men. 20 the right he cried upon which
the passengers all stretch their bodies hair
way cut. to balance on that side Very
soon. Now. gentlemen. 10 the isft. and 80
was built between Pnilaaeipiss and Ian
caster and was already IN operation in
100 fiy isgs there we're 40 stage coaches
arriving in Boston each week. ard az many
leaving
But already the FIRST experiment with
steam had been made. and ia is@s We had
our ffst railroad THIS was two years
after the Darlington lire ia England
Now the total ieGRth - the railway EYs-
TEN 81 the world j. very little short q
5ee.u1o mites. In this country alone
hsvs about - - miles The highest
speed attaines IN fae early roads was
twenty males ar hour. white naw ws as~
travelling three times - fat. with a pos
sibis sisseA 90 -vv times We have q nea
locomotives At work. with oTey - 40 pa.
s3nger cars The nUmAer - tors ~
freight carried per GHuuua s. about ss,
ekoar. and the number ~ pasasnF gers ear
rfes rot far frufs 90 s1 90 ~ Garnet
sortlue our obaerxAtisn 10 nsr Uvn soun-
try, however. for while tire altnf states
has osgtsirspped az ether eountries g. thfa
lire az pragrcss. II soes not a@em irssrro5-
able that Asst AMI Africa viii eutssfiP 80
h~fu~~ the end GO another century Ws
already have Communication by wire sNa
rail 70 coasrai AfFies and shail probably
sooss have continuous lines fr~fs THE Net.
tterranean 20 ths Care - God ~ es
Asia 3. already efoT@@t ~ orr Nae
tnrsa4eh Siberia ard projected tftsea. sBre
81 eeustYuctfon Wftt.su the eext quart
az . century. w4n cpea up every part ~
that continent
Ar nnalysss q shs scciAi prswrsss -
The century wos.ld classify 4 after thts
rssHres ~ ssso - gaining e faa cr~'HYy
We hruko tie p@wNr ~ sg74es1aefbclsra b.
shnrwh. 81 the gnttale fhs 3 ser ~ sshRi
aastetsra IA c<tsezffan. ard a.. the ssase
are feaFirssiy @nsiFEing th4 earisl corr
stfssrtt,sn ns the state. Mefe carefully
sf4sesf lfe pgr~ars fssae - ere taaf pr
rreates es-tr. csssseh ard school ny tne
frxs movement ecS iesSastfctssa let go
control sssrr t-faeattgm sss1 ssaassTS ~
tnss secenA fwfarsB, t~NiHntng win tnr
work as fssTse~ Hama sGf stssr sfiuss&4
syssefE shs~ss og the al nssdBExa.ssza
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