The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-05

hy Present Routes to Republic, This
City Has the Best Of IL.
Special Correspondence.

REPUBLIC. March z4-we have not
counted them. but Il Is a safe estimate tina.
there are all az 30 teams carrying freight
from the Spokane Northern railway TO Re
public and intermediate points at 3 cents
per pound. averaging TWO tons 20 the team
on sieigns. Counting four horses 10 the
team would give us sum total Of over
100 horses in the freight business II re
aUsrss about ten days 20 make the round
trip. In tnis time there liz thus delivered
info the Republic camp and la environ
une!lts -. tons or, IN round numbers. ! so
IONS OF freight per month. at a cost OF
Ao.so. Nov thar The roads are breaking
Np, the price has been raised TO cents
In the summer season II VIII probably be
reduced 10 2is cents but 20 average II up
the year round the price Is cents There
Is some freight chiefly ore shipped out
but IL Is a small item for the reason that
most OF the ores produced are treated here
or stacked ~ awaiting machinery for the
mills The distance by the route patron.zed
by The freiehters from RossbGrg is a tribe
over eighty miles. and from Marcus nearly
ninety miles. The rate by raj from Sao-
Kane 10 Boszburg is y cents per hundred.
and from Seattle 10 Spokane from - cents
10 8 ~ per hundred. according to class
The people az Republic are just az anx-
iouH 10 save. as well make dollars a
are t3oS. on the outside and the business
men mere are beginning to feet the neces
siiy or relieving the pressure AMI IL ia
plainly evident that they VIII give a warm
.sicome 10 any effort from the outside TO
pui money in their purse
Seattle can have she trade OF ReDutlic
Il II Will only shy its castor into this neid
o. commerce ard the way is open. We are
told That The Columbia river is omen for
liEht draft steamers from Wenatchee 70 the
mouth of the okanogan river the wear
round ard from March until September ne
pkanogan river - naTisable TO Brewster
Rn3tng. only seve0ty-uSe miles from Re
pubic. and during .Sh water for a couple
o months IN fae spring boats can ran 70
Klenab,5c landing only forty miles wes,
road open all fhe year from Republic 10
all paints on the okAn0gan river This
read * pronounced the best leading OF: OF
Republic. prominent merchant her.
tells us that hast year the Great Northern
railway made rate Il ~ cents per nam
dF"3 on freight from Seattle, via Wenai
caev. 81 Brewster. and - Repuhlic lag.liur
when water would permit. ~ about 81 r,er
hundred During the worst season az tns
year me cost cu she wagon haul into Re
p3bir rom okanogan river points does net
exceed 80 per hundred ard when the
reals are good from - cents n & ~ me
tR&rt. giving Seattle merchants az asfvan
tase - from !" = 70 g PER hundred eve~
eastern points Upo8 the Hern 81 freight
alone. 10 say nothing &C ,he great saving
~ distance Seattle merchants ran also
sa.e % themselves on tirst-clasx ftcish. the
a3Nerence between " cents lad dow at
brewster and s. laid down a, RoSshtlrg or
Marcus. :" say nothing u th~ distance q ;
between Brewster ~ Republic ana Marcus
- Republic. which Is about ;h., same
Then tasre = 4 saving - b. considered
on behalf % The travelling public 'rbs. uas
snHEer fare from SEATTLE - Republic vla
Marcus and Graa,s Forks. h 4 i 81 a
Eited as follows From s.a:1ie 10 Sno-
ss1s. Sl1". Spokane To Marcus r. ~
thence . Republic. siA az the rsspt@ "a
"ftia'caee hy steamer ana stagc 20 Re
palt'o The fare sfsould act exceed 81
" netS"T these figures sid estimates sra
ce1Frct 'r not. the merchants here xav they
&Ft ApifoXlHlafefY -. Is 3ttin ere nsx, Sfx
tfsettf'os ne tfRS - IAN - x afsts.t- a. Z
~ Double, aff Il Stan&~ -~~atgse ss.Nr,-s MS
IN hg@f so at u@w ~ish she gscxst.ta r.,,-
rose q securing TIE trade ~ the srassttrst
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