Year: 1871

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Three months ago the proprietors of
this paper purchased the plant OF the
Territor;a1 Dispatch and 1tasLa Times,
enc Of the conditions of the purchase
being that they should fulfil the unexpir-
ed engagements of the former proprie-
tors for subscriptions and advertising,
in compliance with which it was deemed
proper to continue the publication un-
der its title until that agreement was
fulfilled. The conditions of the pur-
chase having been mainly complied with,
the existence of that paper has ceased,
and the PUGET SOUND DISPATCH enters
upon a new and independent existence,
all its own, in accordance with the first
design of its projectors, claiaing no
advantages by inheritance, and nesting
its sole claims to success upon its own
intrinsic merits.


This paper is not the creature of ac-
cidental causes or unforeseen cireum-
stances, but of O. deliberate and we'll
considered purpose, conceived and nur-
tured more than score of years ago.
The proprietors and editor We're among
the pioneers Of the northern portion OF
the old Northwest when the now great
States of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Mime

sofa were under Territorial government,
as Washington is to-day, and there was
not town within their territorial limits
enjoying one half of the commercial bu-
siness of Seattle at the present time; the
entire surplus products of the three
Territories dld not equal one-haIf in val
tie what is now produced on Puget
Sound. Even then the project Of the
great Northern Pacific Railroad, con-
Meeting with the waters of the great
chain of lakes on the Atlantic side and
Puget Sound on the Pacific, thus form
ing the shortest portage between the navi-
gable waters of either side of the CONT
nent, and the shortest and most practi-
cable line of communication around the
globe, touching the great commercial
centres, was publicly and privately dis
cussed with intense interest by these
parties, and every thing relating to the
points to be affected by this grand
achievement were sought and seized
upon with avidity. Ultimately associa-
ted in public aud private life, inevitably
inspired by the spirit of adventure and
enterprise which gave to the Northwest
It's marvellous growth, they then mutual
ly agreed, if circumstances permitted,
to be in at the creation of the grand new
empire upon Puget Sound which the
construction of the Northern Pacific
Railroad would be certain to produce,
and a newspaper establishment was to
be the chief instrumentality by which
they proposed to aid in that grand enter
prise. Their paths in life subsequently
diverged for time, their purpose in this
regard was never abandoned or lost
sight of, and when the object for which
they had so long waited seemed near its
consummation, they came together from
far separated homes, prepared to make
common cause with this people and all
who may follow, in building up coun-,
(which may realize the dream of their
more youthful days. In this spirit and
with this purpose they entered upon this
paper, determinedto to make it the expon-
ant of the spirit Of progress and the index
of the energy and enterprise which is
to make Puget Sound rival any other
section of the globe in rapid devel-
opement. This shall be the sole pur-
pose of the paper, which will be indie
pendent of all parties, or exclusive COM
binations. No labor or expense will be
spared to make and maintain for it the
position of a leading journal upon
Puget Sound. A daily issue will be
commenced as soon as daily mail is
established to and from Seattle, and i'm
provements will be made in advance of
the growth Of the country.