The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-11
sDUK[ OF TACOMA"
: VISITS ST. PAUL
Founder of the Puget Sound
City Tells of the Pacific
Northwest.

Col. Clinton P. Ferry known all over
the country as Tacoma" Ferry or the
"Duke of Tacoma" the man who gave
Tacoma Wash, it's name, spent yes
terday in st. Paul as the guest Of Mr..
| and Mrs. George Drake Smith, 100
Paramount avenue. He is a cousin of
Mrs. Smith.
Col Ferry is on his way to France
to visit his daughter. While in Eu-
rope, as representative of the Tacoma
Chamber of Commerce, he will seek to
interest capital in Northwestern en-
terprises.
Col. Ferry is one of the unique char
aeters of the Northwest and man who
has done great deal for his home city,
Tacoma, where he has played prom
inent part since it was founded. He
has made frequent trips to Europe and
has a wide acquaintance with finan-
ciers in the old country. He has talked
about the Northwest day in and day
out and has done much to promote
trade between this country and Eu-
rope, especially in France, where he
spends most of his time. He is vice
consul for France at Tacoma. Much
| European capital has been invested in
the Northwest through his influence.
While living in California in the ear
| ly days, Col. Ferry became interested in
the country about Tacoma, and in
| 1858 made a trip by boat to the pres
ent site Of the CITY, He found but two
cabins located on the harbor, and the
country all about was wilderness, in
habited only by the Puyallup Indians.
Some of the land had been settled upon
a short time before Col Ferry purchas-
ed 800 acres from these parties at IS
an acre. The land was heavily covered
| with fine timber. He laid out the town
and in 1873 took up his residence there.
He decided to call the place Tacoma,
after the famous mountain.
although we had to build the entire
town with other peoples money, we did
not spare any of it, and today we have
one of the finest cities in the North
west. We have combination at Ia
coma which no other city on the face
Of the globe has and which is bound
to make 1t a great metropolis. First,
we have harbor in which the greatest
ships sailing the oceans can load and
unload without difficulty; second we
are located in the center of immense
bituminous and anthracite coal fields;
and third, we have immense water
power. There Is fully 100000 horse
power within rs miles Of the city. At
the present time there are 1000 men
employed in building two large power
plants, nine miles from the city, which
will furnish 10000 horse power. There
is no other city on the globe which
combines immense water power with
| tidewater. t.
Great Northern May Enter Tacoma.
I'VE expect to see the Great North
ern entering our city by direct line be-
fore long. In fact I am fully con-
WINGED that the spur of track now being
built by the Northern Pacific connect
ing with the Great Northern back of
Lake Washington, between Auburn and
Snohomish, will also be used by the
Great Northern, as it will give direct
entrance into Tacoma, and that prob
ably means that the big freighters now
being built by j. j. Hill will touch at
Tacoma, and in time believe that Ia
coma will be the outgoing port of the
line.
''The growth of the couttry around
Tacoma and south toward Portland,
Or, make it necessary that both the
Great Northern and the Northern Pa
cific enter this field The harbor facil-
tiles of Tacoma also make it necessary
that these railroads seek direct lines
into our city in order to more easily Sc
cure their share of the traffic.
What makes me further confident
that the Great Northern will use the
spur speak of, is the fact that the two
ROADS seem to nave come together in
other parts of the state. Recently the
Northern Pacific built piece of track
connecting a spur which it has out into
the wheat country, with the Great
Northern, and can now bring wheat
into Tacoma by using the Great North
ern tracks part of the way by a much
shorter route than formerly.
James j. Hill is doing a great deal
for the Northwest. The Japanese
steamship line, which now connects
with the Great Northern at Seattle, is
bringing a very fine class of trade to
the United States. His proposed new
line Of freighters will also be of great
benefit to the whole country, and es-
pecially the Northwest. His railroads
are also opening UP a vast amount of
fine country which is tributary to the
coast Cities"
Col Ferry and his uncle, Ex-United
States Senator Ferry gave to the city
of Tacoma the famous Ferry museum,
which contains the largest collection of
Indian curios in the world The museum
is especially notable for it's collections
of Indian baskets and totem poles One
of the finest parks of the city Is also
named after Col. Ferry.