Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume], September 03, 1880, Image 1

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WEEKLY “ARGUS.
. VOllO 10.
ll PUBLISHED EVIBY FRIDAY 41'
Port Townsend, Wuhlw-‘on Ten-mu.
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I la?“ "OI “IVE“ DANIEL ,
. By the kindness of Judge Swan
we make the following extracts from
a private letter recently received by
him from Travers Daniel, civil engi
neer, formerly of Port Townsend,
but now residing at Clarksville,
Tennessee:
“Yours of the 10th inst. came to
hand yesterday and was read with
great interest. Indeed all your let
ters are so full of intelligent and
comprehensive informatiOn that l of.
ten find myself referring to them as
texts. With regard to my remtrks
about Puget Sound in my last, they
were based upon the fact that I have
never regarded it as an agricultural
country. There are, it is true, many
rich river bottoms, but as 'a general
thing the soil ‘is thin and graveliy.
There are also some remarkably rich
soils on some of the Islands. But,
even if it were more rich, you are
lacking a market for agricultural
products, except. wheat and barley.
The peculiar wealth of the Sound
are her facilities {or lumber, shi'p
building, fieheries and coal, and as a
grand entrepot for the vast moun~
tainous and mineral region east of it,
and the magnificent agricultural re
.gion still east of those mountains.
Oregon is having her day now, the
Sound will have her day to come, a
day which is already dawning and
which no combination can arrest or
prevent. Facts cannot long be bid
den. There is no parallel in the
whole world to her magnificent sys
tem of harbors, bays and inlets, her
splendid climate, and her command
ing position, just where the southern
sweep of the Kuro Shiwo, the Japa
nese gulf stream which sweeps north
easterly past Japan toward the Ku—
rilo and Aleutian Islands, thence
curring around and passing along
the coast of Alaska and British Col—
umbia, shows its marked influence
oi! the mouth of ihe Straits of
Fuca, the great artery which will
soon carry the life blood (I com
merce to the heart of, the future
State of Washington.
From Cape Horn to Vancouver’s
Island, there is not a single bay' or
harbor that can give even a remote
comparison to the capacity and sta
bility of the harbors of Puget
Sound. While other harbors are
subject to change and damage by
reason of deposit from silt, as coun
try becomes settled and cultivated.
Puget Sound being deficient in large
rivers, is totally i'ree from such dam
age, and the harbors of today will
be the same ages hence. In addition
they are so situated, that while a
ship drawing 30 feet of water, i!
need he, could enter even the most
insignificant ct her harbors with ease
and without danger. The approach
escould at small expense be made
absolutely impregasble hgsinst an
enemy. Port Townsend is the “Gate
City” through which at no distant
day a grand commerce will pass,
PORT TOWNSEND, W. T.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1880.
which will more than realize your
fondest wishes, for the Cascades will
be pierced in more than one place,
and from her shores will be shipped
the major portion East and West of
that enormous trade that now cen
tres at San Francisco.
You have been very sanguine
about Puget Sound, and Port Town
send in particular, for many years.
Ever since you and I were connected
in the old “Port Townsend Regis
ter,” you have constantly contributed
to the public journals valuable infor
mation about Puget Sound. I be
lieve al! your predictions will come
to piss. They will be brought
about, not by sentiment or sympa
thy, but by the square Ledger acts
I f profit and loss. .The Columbia
River Bar is probably the most dan
gerous in the world, and can be fair
ly called the “graveyard of ships."
As the Columbia Valley increases
its plowed area, so will the dangers
of that dreadful bar increase. I
myself have seen the mouth of the
Columbia, from Cape Disappoint
ment to Point Adams one solid
breaker impassable to ships, a fleet
of whom loaded for sea lay at Asto
[it for 30 days unable to get Over
that bar. Such a condition is simply
impossible for Puget Sound, with its
eighty fathoms of water at the mouth
of the great Strait of Juan de Fuca;
where the great trouble is, not to
fi'ld bars, but to find any bottom at
all. I have in times past entered
the Strait without fear or doubt, un
der close reefs, in the middle of the
right before there was even a light
on Tatoosh Island. Every engineer
who has given any attention to the
study of the Columbia river bar,
knows the utter folly of wasting the
public money by attempting to
scrape 011', or dig out the silt and
sand of which it is formed. That
bar cannot be dug out any more than
the bars at the mouth of the Missis
sippi. If removed at all or improved,
it can only be dune by a system of
jetties, such as Capt. Eads has used.
1 am of the opinion that such a sys
tem could be constructed on the As
toriau side of the river which would
force the volume of the water over
to the north side, and, by having the
rOclry barrier of Cape Disappoint
ment to prevent its washing away
the northern shores, would force the
river to scour for itself a channel
where the old north channel former
ly was. But suchaplan would make
Baker's City the rival of Astoria,
and that would never be permitted
by the residents of old Fort George,
so they will con.itt themselves by
futile experiments with government
scrapers. But, let Jay Gould once
got his road to Puget Sound where
he will soon have it, and the North
ern Pacific must follow whether they
will or not, and the natural result
will be, that Pouland will he forced
to go with her road to Puget. Sound.
'lt is with her simply a matter of dol
lars and cents. Which will be the
best, to expend money to build a
railroad to a good and permanent
tharbor on Puget Sound, or spend
money fighting against nature, in
digging out the mud of the Willem
one, the silt from the “Hog‘s Back”
at 'l‘ougue Point and scraping away
the quickssnds at the mouth of the
Columbia river, which last is like
Mrs. Partington trying to keep out
the tide with a broom. But I find
myself getting into an expression of
advice to the l’urtlanders, for which
1 shall reuieve small thanks and .less
pay, and trust you will perdon me
for “cssting pearls before swine,” in
s. Pickwickian «use.
The commencement of the Iron
works et Chimscum is an ers in the
history of Puget Sound which will
goyery fer to advance ite prosperity.
{ sm something oi sa expert in the
production of pigfitan, having lived
close by a furnace in Alabams for
seversl yesrs, and with which I had
a great deal of business, sud em
brsced the opportunity to make my
self familiarly acquainted with every
detail of the, manufacture of iron.
I also established snd carried on for
a long time, s large Steam Fire
Brick works near thee. Iron works
which supplied them end also sup
plied both the Chsttenoogs and Ala
bsms districts with fire brick end
tiles, and the parties to whom I sold
ere still cerrying on the msnufacture
with success. A msnufsctory of lire
bricks might slso he put up near
Port Townsend to supply San Fran
cisco and Oregon, as well es home
demsnd. There are first class me
terials in abundance there.
I notice Ivy the pepere thet there
is e Cougneeiouei committee floeting
around somewhere, of which With—
orne of Tenneuee ie oheirmen. to
select e location for e Nev, Yerd on
the Peoifio. The people of the
Sound ehould do eomething to rep
resent the eleime of Puget Sound,
end e committee of them eeleoted
to weit on the Congressionel oom
mittoo et a very only do, end go for
all thet is in eight. But I doubt if
enything is done till efter election in
over.
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
Pursuant to a call the Demooreoy
of Port Townsend precinct. held a
primary meeting on Saturday even
ing 28th inst. ' .
On motion, J. G. Clinger wee
called to the chair, and J. A. Kuhn
elected Secretary, and F. F. Myers
Assistant Secretary.
On motion, the meeting decided
to vote for delegates to County can
vention by bellot. B. S. Miller spd
J. F. Sheehen were appointed tellers.
The delegates to the County eon
vention ere: Dr. H. C. Willieon,
Torltel Torjuson. H. L. Blanchard,
John LeMsister,J. G. Clinger and
F. W. Pettygrove.
The meeting then adjourned with
three cheers for Hencock and Eng
lieh.
J. G. Current, Chairmen.
J. A. Runs, Sen‘y.,
Tul movement of the m’lroed
building outfit neer Well: Well.
from one pointeo mother, one dey,
recently, mule e cueloade about
two milee in length, composed of
vegan, horses, melee. wheel her
rowe, Chinemou, end white men. It
peeled through the city of Well:
Welle,endimpreued the old reei:
dente‘with an idea of the magnitude
of the enterprises in which they no
directly interested, which some of
them never had before.—Portland
“Telegram."
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A tape". in in circulation in Cali
fornil that the Central Pacific Rail
road Company is negotiating for flu!
puruhno of the Sun Frnnciooo
“Chronicle." Tho price asked is
$1,000,000.
THE Liberal Republicans who sup
ported Greeley are returning to theiv
firu love, and will work for Gurfield
and Arthur.
Fm: Orromum‘rr.—We have a
stocked farm for sale, not far from s
good local market, in J efierson coun
ty. To those who may be seeking
inveitmenteOfthu kind, we deem
the opportunity a rare one. The far
is situated onthe salt water front, in
a sole and eommodiods bay; it co.-
prises 133 acres of 1506.15.00.40
acres of which is fine bottom end
marsh. "About 82 acres are ,elsar
and under fence. Good house, barn,
outbuildings, fences, to, to, that
cost upwards of A thousand dollars.
There are about 175 fruit trees of
various kinds, carefully and well
selected, and including apple, plum,
pear, cherry, prune and other trees
-—sorns 7 years old and all in excel
lent condition. A fine lot of stock
and tools are also for sale with the
the land and improvement, includ
ing 10 cows, 1 yoke of oxen.l horse,
8 head of young stock (halt Jersey)
also bees. fowls, boat, etc. The
place has a cash income of .50 per
yesrl'rotn a logging camp, besides
being near a good market for butter,
eggs, beef, vegetables. hay or other
produce. The whole property is of
ferod very cheap—could be bought
for less than 02900—st possession
will be given immediately if desired.
The owner, on account of failing
health, desires to engage in some
lighter om-upntinn. For particulars,
enquire at the AnGus oflice.
REMOVAL.
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Orauxes. Lemons. Dam, Figs. Baum,
Apples. etc. Allo
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STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS,
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Alden Academv
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This institute. on Fidaigo inlaid. in pn
paml to furnish thmurh nnd econmini
education to students 0 both sexes. The
location is favorable to imith and light
upon-e, and also beam at the quiet and
remomi from city nilmtneutl. Ad
vanwnent rapid. by individual atmttion
by competent tankers. Catsideratlon
paid to Imnnors anti mania. i’lnnta
tactile? oi work done. anti correspondence
inv tel .
To the corps of teacher: has been misled
an experienurd phonograph" and instruc
tor in modrrn iangwlxefi and an. Special
attention to music. them bring ten pupils
upon the organ last year. Book-keeping.
surveying. c.. to.
Terms—OT and 80 'i‘uiton per Qun rtet.
Opens Sept. 1880. Bond o'] .50 per
week.
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Indiana Ila, Indium. will Vlm Seeltle
W. T.. gm. 3d and 4th. 1880. provlded
with no complete and ”Pen-he ontllt at
up man designed lor‘ he trentment of
Bpm.! Dlseuse. In“. and Knee D'M‘lfl',
Crooked Limbs. Lub Feet. Paralysis,
M. Pitt-n Ind Fletuln cured without the
knife. 'l‘lnls Institution has an meqnnled
mpntntlon In the treatment of tlwu: dis
ensee and time: Interested should not full
to see “wee surgeons.
The parties that In; been cutting mm!
and hauling ll from 011’ Block 8. In Al.
Pettygrnw's mulltlon. wlll an expense
and trouble by ptylng the undersigned
lnr the same.
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