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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1888)
TUE WEST SHORE. 1IC l.(fo.ff , 4'H0 . 4Vi.(i , 50.(0 . vn.w . 1.6M if) . un.m , 240(0 SOW 70.no IMI.:. .,.. mu.. our !!.f- U.n-I J'1'1'1' . ... Ithf !;. Ji-K l'k VJ V f ( " J.j i 1. if ' t Ml ! ) J l.w U' T.f t l"t l ' .-t ft lifcif ( IJ.'. I ( V mil tt Ix. f l" lA6 It' f". ;t 'i' i ntu 1,1 trft' t .. . . ( it) IMM 71 He fii Ua U,'.x l ill.li-f li!in;at I'ortlaii'l.ofKM ;.t l a l ill,(..r ..jjijf at hit fvjtiri'l (Taeorna),of 2, (r.'i I'Y Iim . fil f flu mn!ir U un, it will In- wen that the fi iff lart r iJ.jm at I'o t iinl (Tamma). MevelorinK Urv ' (.ftv M-fiii r tun, i I at Tamma only thirty cento; l 1, l.4fj,v !-!!j.t hifr nl k- -tit3--fi renin -r ton, there (-41 j- -i.t, l-f- V'-faiT"" ("t fni'j'lvin; wuliirnrorta l.V00jTman hut-, kill 1'iily ll'.V) t the urtin'l; htit it i not then nnalli-r i!ti.ilit ii.nkf tl.cn-iiiiai't. Tonar, j'ilota anl lihterae l.rft. ott Ui ,ii hko the IU1rt, :v.'70.00-at the im l, pn.n. Hi-re the n-l of tho rlieaer ocean raten it hyM n-nm-l (Tj)?, al the correHjiornling higher priceH I f h . From thia it will U cod that a vowel can take cargo M Tacoma, and get out into tho Pacific ocean, fur N-wml thouaarii dollara lens expenditure than at IWiImhL Ai h conacquence, wheat is worth more at 1V 'in, by from aix to twelve cent per cental, than Kt 1'. 'Ml-and the difference in expenso between thru- .rt, ihich nil itill further widen in Tacoma's favor, mutt inevitably force all of the wheat for ex. rt from tho Inland Ernj.iro to Tacoma. The freight fnua Kwton Wwhington to Tacoma is the Bame m to IVrtUL Not only will tho wheat from that region find nhipmect from Tacoma, but, for the same rrrm, U, ,ur,,lui wL.-at of the rich Willamette val. 17 Lm l-n brought through Portland to Tacoma for Li'rLt tlnml The j.revailing winds off tho coast t the r Ltri&w to tho btraiU of Fuca are northerly during the .ummcr moulln, from May to tho end of CHiU r, and eaatorly tho Ulanco of the year, but dumrg geL,rally i)y up the btraiU to Port Tiyi the ,:rt of cunK.m entry for tho entire ltpnddMncUho. enabling tea,!, to sail in thuut a tug, and the well known frenlom of all ob J rurtM.. or da:,g,r. to navigation, therefore, obviate tl. ux y ,t rio.!,inC a riU Arriving at Ta U.MdMUuLi,,,.in. ,.rton FugeLur t - UVhor in fK,m twelve to twenty fntho 7' , Tr,Ui' lm we Cl1 Mi town du J l,r charge, of any kinl ' .U,,,HLllUei,rt trail, from W, on Vn ing it necessary for vessels coming here seeking car. go to come, in some cases, in ballast; but with the in creasiDg Oriental and other foreign trade it will soon be the exception for a vessel to come in ballast. Ta coma is eight hundred miles nearer Japan than San Francisco, and this distance in mileage is upwards of two days to the average sailing vessel. This being true, consignments of tea from China and Japan can be landed in New York and other eastern cities two days quicker, by way of Tacoma and the Northern Pacific railroad, than by San Francisco and the Cen tral or Southern Pacific railroad. This fact having been demonstrated, has served largely to divert a con siderable portion of the trade from San Francisco to Tacoma, and all of the vessels which have landed at Tacoma, loaded with tea and other merchandise from China and Japan, have found ready charters for wheat, at paying prices, for Great Britain. This trade, which is yet in its incipiency, must rapidly develop, owing to natural laws. At the wharves at Tacoma, the cost of handling merchandise from boat to cars, or vice versa, is reduced to the minimum. Following this idea still further, it must naturally follow that there will grow up at Tacoma large wholesale establishments for sup plying the tributary country, because the wholesaler can get his merchandise from the great trade centers of the East, or abroad, cheaper than any other city north of San Francisco; and lying near to the coun try to be supplied, can furnish his customers their goods at a considerable saving on freight Should the competition between the transcontinental rail roads not give him satisfactory freight rates, he can, without great loss of time, get his goods by sailing vessels around Cape Horn, which can afford to give, and will give, a low freight rate, knowing that they can obtain at Tacoma profitable wheat cargoes. Not only will Tacoma be the emporium at which will be exchanged the various products of this rich territory, but it will also become, as it is fast becoming, the center at which the raw material will be converted into the manufactured product The only steam flouring mill on Puget sound is located at Tacoma, with a capacity of two hundred barrels per day, and another of six hundred barrels capacity, for export rade will probably be located on the water front dur g the coming season. The only smelting works in b territory are being constructed at Tacoma, by Et 7 grtlCmen f exten8ive wealth in the temW r-the richest mines in the 2 I' tributar ter "il to Ta a u herembefore referred to, and for the rea- tTde 1 CbGape! 10 briDS the precious ores to e a I ? 1 VmeUai than U transport the to worked These smelters are to have