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On the 24th of April. Mr. Glasscock, from tke Hooae Committee on Com (ij« rod, submitleed the report following, to HOcoaipHDj Bill No. 6703, making tbi cities of Seattle and Tacoma ports of delivery :Tbs Omiiuittee oo Commerce, to whom were referred the bill lt;H H. 4966 to make Seattle, in Washington Territory, k port of delivery, and the bill (H. R. 4967) to make laooma, in Washington Territory, a port of delivery, beg leave to report the accompanying bill as a sabstitote for. and in linn of, said bills lt;H. It. 4366 and H. R. 4967).The accompanying substitute bill baa been drawn in eomformtty to the sag- I gestions of the Secretary of the Ireaa «rv. and meets wiih bia approval.H th Seattle and l aooma are thriving and Important commercial towns upon Puget Bound, the “Mediterranean of the Pacific,’* which has an inland shore of 1*N miles, is entirely clear of reefs, bars and rooks, and is navigable everywhere by the largest ocean vessels. The shipping of the Pu .et S*»und customs district exceeds that of foor-fiftha of the customs districts in the I nited States, having a documented tonnage of ovlt; r 40.(XX) tons. During the last fiscal year the number and tonnage *f vessels entered and oleared in the for eign trage aggregated 1314 vessels and tons, and was exceeded by only eight ports in the I uited State*. The volume of the ooasting trade ts estimated to be twice as large. in* amount of customs revenue collected has increased from flH,448.m in 1690 to t7*V£?1.05 In I *lt;3. _The great balk of the exports and imports entering into this commerce is received and discharged at Item two t wu*. Tacoma is the western tar mi tius of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a transeoniineutal line, while Seattle is connected with this line by one owned by a separate company. The latter t«»wn is situated about 50 miles and the former about 90 mile* from Purl Town send, the port of entry of th* district. They are the largest towns in the west era wirt of Washington Territory, having tripled their population. values and amount of bnetnese within the last three year*. The railroad* are authorised to carry merchandise in bond : oat, until tbww iowtw ar* mad* livery, warehouses cannot be bonaeo for it* storage while in transit. The necessities of com mere* requi re and th* peopt* ar* anxious to build thsas warnhouse* for bonding. ._Your committee ar* of th* opinion that the accompanying substitute bill lt;H. B 6763i should become a_Uw, and therefore recommend its
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Seattle Daily Post Intelligencer
Seattle, Washington, US
Thu, May 08, 1884
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