The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-30

coal miners and the ioggers and lunl
men of Washington.
The freight shipments from Puc1t M6A
have bean much more pr8ntane
people OF Washington than Tn ~
San Francisco have been TO Col1fNn
Five-sixths OF the freight ehippM g
California was general quaxfefn
supplies. In a large part a WHICH ~
Is little profit TO the part q nv
Such supplies as tents. waDnnA go
lances. saddles, harness ane ~ ~
similar equipments are ~ fuls y
from the East. and the only pfea.
rived by the point OF cubark4slpA = q
their handling.
California anld less than earfOuFth
much forage TO the GuvernsneM ~ 4.
as did the farmers Of Whshinelnn'
only this. but California sold - -
did not receive silo,0la from imasas q
eminent purchases Of lumber.
A comparison OK freight rap
places the balance oyerwhslmiasiy oa
side of Puget sound.
OF the future Of the transpsrt pass''
OF the Pacific II Ii now poesibae g
q prediction most favorable Y
sound. The. year 1854 VIII Re :
greater year for tho franEpoH
than WAS 1900, because Of ths pfcsssss
movements Of troops u snd ff,n
Philippines. Every inaieatloa y ifN
proportion ~ this business epa''os
get sound. especially Of ~ ~ w.
troops. Will be greater than fsff as''
A number OF natural afvAntAfes ~
fiuencing the shifting Of iss Hsass
trade from the southern 10 hs ~
route. The greatest OF these \ ~
that the route from Puget spuna y
900 miles shorter than that t'sn
Francisco. T'hls difference y na1
two iagtR. First and Hoes ifsive' ~. 4
oarfbs curvature and the sid es'sf''f
geometricai prineiple that ~ w
great circle Is the shortest 1870
tween two noiuss on the suftso Il
globe. The route from FiiSss .e
the Orient IL d composite eisEss ~.
points gor caallng and fesfinx Hpsss
animals Dutch hafbor ard MAJ
rsctIy on Inc route, The xreH ss's
lance from san Trafrtaas y MS .',sl
than from Puget agl9d. nnl Nv ., u
silly for q mld-oceaa ecsHnx ~ 49, ~.
vents ships calling from - - 80
lowing u great circie fs'lisf, w = ~ n
20 south to Honolulu WHICH y Z III IN
itude ~ The city o. MOTT 40 j
have to turn 20 the fsaffh y n
proach tho Philippiiies sH' 80 sas5
nacessary Detection from ifF 81 II ~
constitutes the second FfafeH .,,SsAl
feugth IN tha voyage frgm ~ fs $3.50
Government reports siior ~ * ..,ss
fran. puget sgund 10 Maniss = ! - - ~
while from san FrAncists' + y ~ ...as
sn advantage Tor TIE naz'hsfa s. ..s..<
over ~ miles There p AZ sfss u 4
difference fttwsen IA tHe Fqaat 80 4
kahsma. Jaasn. san ffsAs.es s.ssss IN
ing 10 Yokohama asTF 1870
miles, white the distance sf'as
only t.2fa miles. - "a N
In the mstier 81 sayias 100 ~ IN
yense ard III everything sas1 ~ &
taina 10 me GOOD ~ sse sfrgseSt ~
lance Is ~ Yass ifnrurtaf'er' - ~
THE only argument that ~ 80, IN L IN
made against the northern Iy IN s<yx1
ii enters the winter sierfn $50 ~
Animal transports have, s,syssx u
the trip fran Puget seussa $3.50 sess}ss
winter. and that without $3.50 ~ n asusz
II b easily possible for shlls " ~ ss<
Inc great ci-cie route dsr'ns III 800
aad follow / rnanib Iine q ~
course mai would stu isAs ,oss Id ~
lance from Puget spuna ~ v1aj1
than from gan Francesca -, ~
entirely without the sIofmx -
question has ever been rz's 49, ri
ssperlorIty Of the nasthafp -
balance nj fba vssr