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THE WEST SHORE.
January, 1883.
I made Ibis winter. This coal it superior for
domestic and steam purjioses. In the Carbon
Hill seties of veins are coals siirior to the fa
mous Cumberland for blacksmitliing purposes, and
other coals excelling those used in the manufac
tuic of cU at CuwaWJe, Pcini.svlvama, being
rich in fixed catkin. This licars strongly on the
question of iron manufactures in New Tacomi.
Furthermore, in reference to coal, New Tacoma
ii the nearest shipping point for what is known
as the Green river field, and there is reason to be
lieve that it will lie to utilized. In fhort there is
abundant reason to expect that before eighteen
months from the present writing there will be
shipped out of the port of New Tacoma, coal to
the amount of 2,500 tons per day. Bituminous
coal of good promise has also lieen discovered
near Chchalii in Iwis county, aliove mentioned.
Kesecling New Tacoma as the shipping point
for wheat, its history has already begun, the first
ship, named Dakota, having been loaded with
wheat it this place in Oclolicr, 1S81. Several
others cleared since that lime, and with a numlier
now lying at these docks receiving wheat and
awaiting cargo from the fields of Eastern Wash
ington via the Columbia river and the Pacific di
vision.
Eirsl. The Cascade division being the line for
a railroad fiom near the mouth of Snake river as
directly as may lie west to I'uget Sound, is a land
giant line and is, therefore, if for no other reason,
certain to lie built, Ixxause the land is of great
value ; and it is to be built toon, surveys lieing
about completed, and pass through the Cascade
range selected, as apears from Mr. Villard's re
cent annual report, as follows :
" Surveys were continued on this division to
determine the liesl route and the best point for
crossing the Cascade Rnnge. Twenty-one passes
nave lieen examined. the result is that the
Stampede Tans, at the head of Sunday creek,
branch of (.tern river, is shown to lie the best
Hiint for crowing. It it nearly due east from Ta
coma, and can lie crossed by a tunnel Q.loo feet
t .1 ..e - L'v.
m u cirvuiiiiii in ,oos, u'ci aimve tne sea
level. The line from Tacoma to ItlufT Wells on
the main roail is ton miles loni! bv this route
Staniiede I'm has decided advantages in its low
elevation, comparative ease of access, and rniir
freedom fiom slides of snow, rock or earth, in the
paw itself or on any part of the line approaching
Over this division will lie brought in the future
the surplus wheat of Eastern Washington for
shipment alimail.
nccimu. ine stan.tanlgu.ige road south
through the great wheat region of the Wil
1 . IS
lamette alley u separated Irom the Pacific
Division by a gap of lorty miles. Itidi re ,,,
veilised for to close this gap this spring. In an
ticipaiion of thi. M,. Yillard sent Mr. Mallory,
n expe u uom tM ,u Ncw Tacoma to ex
mine and select a site for the const met ion of
targe ami costly l,ra elevators, Mr. Mallory
nn making tne rumination, uid lliM he hai
run met ith any sue more favmahlc f, ,he o.
catiun ,s heal elevators il,an the ground indi
cairn i,y mm n the walrr fumt of New Tr,
Sulssr.,uentl,- Mr. Vill.rJ mie,e, the preparation
of. and there have liccn prepared, elaborate plans
.n n eiev.tors (,iiusi,aiins of which we furn
tat and the w.k of building, i, MwM
ill liegm ratly in the ap,tsaching spring
kerml event, str.mgly sup,, lhc expressions
" ttmunet "wsl by lUnry Vill.td in J,U
cch in New Taccmia on the 4th dav of October
1881. On that occasion, referring to nis amy as
president of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, he said :
That dutv I am free to say, I consider, to a
great extent, identical with the interests of your
town. And I will go further and say that the
interests of your town are largely identical with
the interests of those whom I represent that is,
my friends in the east and elsewhere who nave
united with me in gathering up the necessary
capital for doing for you what you have vainly
expected for many years to be done for you that
is, of giving you a tnrougn ran connection who
the Eastern states. You may be aware at least
the newspapers have communicated sufficiently
about it that the parties who with me formed the
Oregon & Transcontinental Company are stock
holders to a very large extent in the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company. In other words, they
have larger interests in the stock of the Northern
Pacific than in the Oregon Kailway & navigation
Company, or as parlies in interest in any other
enterprise which is to be carried to fruition by
the Oregon & Transconti-''ntal Company.
Now the very fact thai ilie largest interests ol
this controlling company ire identical with the
interests of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany as such, should be the best assurance to you
that we shall do everything to promote the growth
of the Northern Pacific to the utmost extent ; that
we shall use every effort to make our investments
in Northern Pacific stock as lucrative as possible.
I have spoken of our interests as
Northern Pacific stockholders as a guarantee to
you that everything will be done to bring this
great enterprise of the Northern Pacific to its
legitimate fruition. Our interests as Northern
Pacific stockholders, as I mentioned, are para
mount. AJ Northern Pacific stockholders we are
more largely interested than any of you individual'
ly in the fate of this town. That is, the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, as the leading stock.
holder in the Tacoma Land Company, is more
iiuitcmcu in uie growtn ana prosperity ot this
community than any one else residing here or
elsewhere. This additional fact is a further
guarantee to you that the Northern Pnrifio Rail,
road Company, as such, will do whatever can be
done legitimately with due regard to its other
interests as a transportation line, for the develop
ment ol this place." My personality
has betn identified very largely in the public mind
here with the question of the construction of the
Cascade branch. You mav rempmlu-r iht nr.
my first appearance in the Board of Directors of
! rtmnern racitic, 1 telegraphed out here that
the Cascade branch should lie built under any and
all circumstances. I intend to keep that assur
ance and promise. But in connection
w,u. mis sui.jeci t wish to submit a few considera.
..oil. 10 you as practical business men. We
propose to deal with the Northern Pacific, to
conduct the enterprise as a business enterprise, for
lhc lnefit of us stockholders, having due reeard
at the same time for ih im ttrncls vf ik. ..t tl-
Now, you may be aware that it is the purpose of
-...b.i. Ul llIC mmnern racihc and t
-to it,
7. "'ugion lerntory branch from
' " " ry natural thing for the c
Pny to do, to bring about this connection
We intend to mat - . .
v lunnccuon at the ear est
hai' ?r0, r'n? Tna "
point i " wneal slllPPing
. acom. . vv heat sh pp,ng polnt ha) rf k
that the Om.,n i " "7. Mion is
shall build a W C"Lhm'lany
lPPing poinu" ' ms Tacom '
vctSl 2 , eT4CmtAr"- Piously ad.
locate the interest of the t,; , . !
" oq ooiu are
conducted with the ability requisite for newspan,
nf ilia mminn vQt1" r1
vi ius w-Fiiuig lllbiKJIUllS
The stores already established will ,
favorably with any on the coast, and their pro.
pwciuia u a general ruie are enterprising, p.
ing business men.
St. Luke's Memorial Church is a rift tn it,.
city by C. B. Wright, Esq., ex-vice-president of
the northern Pacific Railroad, now a resident of
Philadelphia. It is entirely constructed of stone
and cost the donor the sum of $23,000. The
architecture is the work of Mr. J, Sherwin of
fortland.
The " Fannie C. Paddock Memorial " hospital
was erected in memory of the wife of Bishop
Paddock. It has a beautiful location on the road
way between Old and New Tacoma, stands on
sloping ground, affording natural drainage, and U
said to be one of the best conducted institutions
of the kind on the coast. Rev. E. F. Miles. M.D..
is the physician in charge.
The views we furnish of residences are but
specimens, the city contains many beautiful
places not here illustrated. Those shown will
suffice to give an idea that the people have full
confidence in the future of the city, and have come
to stay.
Since part of this article was in type Tht
Tacoma, the first of the fleet of new colliers men
tioned on page three, has arrived and taken her
place on the line. She is a magnificent specimen of
naval architecture, in fact the finest and largest
collier on the coast.
The Oregonian of January 1st is a perfect en
cyclopedia of the Pacific Northwest. An intelli
gent perusal of its columns will enlighten all about
the progressive strides we are making. The
publisher of The West Shore has just returned
from an extended Eastern tour, and is proud to
record it that, although we made it a business to
critically examine newspapers of all places we
passed through, we have nowhere, with the ex
ception of the metropolitan press of New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, etc., seen an abler conducted
journal than the Oregonian, not even in cities
where the population is four times greater than
that of Portland.
The entire railroad system of the Pacific
Northwest having now 1,380 miles in operation
and more building, is controlled by Henry Vil
lard, Esq. The system includes the lines of
the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
the Northern Pacific, the Oregon and CaliforM
Railroad, east and west side, and the Oregonian
Railway Co. (narrow guage). Mr. Villard 1
controls the ocean steamers from Portland ana
Puget Sound to San Francisco, the princip1
river lines in Oregon and Washington, and nearly
all the Sound steamers. The Northern Pacific RjR
also have eleven hundred miles of railroad finih
at the eastern end. Thisgives fourteen hundred ana
eighty miles of road under one directory.
Tht Northwest News has been published no
for nearly a month, and certainly improves wit
every issue. It looks as if it has come to W
and we wish it unbounded success. There cer
tainly is room here in a growing metropolitan city
like Portland, and there is no reason whale1
why it should not be on the very best of tefl
with all publishers, editors, and the paw 10
general.