The new North-west., 1873-08-23

DAY. AUGUST q, 1873
i IAeol1A, IHt TERMINAL CITY.
i ns 1ke Dsys sgs New nsssssss
Ftoa tAs Olvupsa Tsibuss. July lseA.
A large number OF people were dropped
as Tacoma BY the steamer North Pacific
lest night from all parts Of the lower Sound.
and the Zephyr fmm Seattle consribsssd
her quota - yell. When the sawdust
becomes covered with k,lgrn and the brush
full wc presume The tops of the larger and
softer tir stumps will bc avsiled. Between
tic Aida, Zephyr and North Pacific, this
morning, upward Ut iifiy or sixty others
must have gone 10 the fsvoresi locality.
Among others on the North Pacihc, were
Ar. Fsirhurst With his c.nking equipments,
Uncle Benny with ''additionsls," Gus
Adams with Other sal,on fixtures, Fred
Sahm 10 open = commission house. Others,
- Iessra CoSgan, Pray. T. Coulter. -Hiel
Barnes, r. 8: white, and many more. went
down tor look.
The railrosi company own between thir-
teen and fourteen thousand acres in radius
"fsix mikes of Tacoma I, IL prOposed to have
the cars running into the town In about
ninety days.
COntisctor Montgomery has his head.
quarters on Wari's claim, i've miles from
Steilacoom, and about an equal distance
from Tacoma. Work Is being pushed to-
ward the latter place rapidly, ard It is
thought the road will bs finished to the
Tcrminus In two months and half.
Seattle 10 be'ng relieved Of her popu la,ion,
and they are going IL Tacoma to stay. The
exodus from Portland and Olympis still
continues
J. Il. Williamson arrived ut Tacoma
yesterday with . scuw load Of lumber
assorted, and there is ND longer famine
fol. material among the hundred carpentess
already on the ground
Two weeks since, single hundred would
have included every sou! in tbs place but
to day, an excited Individual from the ter.
minus, whose glasses I'VE fear) magnify
exceedingly, estimates the present popula-
ti0n At seven or eight hundred.
23l.
Rents are fabulously high. The Glen.
dening \ Miller store, for instance, IA little
insignificant place) was leased before the
excitement. for long term, at O. month;
firm In this city have taken It at 435,
paying three months rent In advance some
one else now wants the room, and offers
go per month for Il, and the Olympia 6rm
have been offered tbeir rent back and 800
additional, ,oeusrendeT their contract VI.
cant eligible business locations rent readily
n. one dollar foot per month, aud others at
half that rate, and takers have % for been
plenty.
Mr. honas,es, the Oregon iron founder,
has gone back u Portland to take down his
machinery. etc, and bring .;.em over. His
foundry has been ch'se,l during last year
for want ut business. A building for its
accommodation will soon bc commenced In
Tacoma, to coyer more than halt q block
with It's dimensions. (Nr. Monastes' foun.
dry was destroyed In tie Portland fise !
few days afleI.-.ED N. n. Wy
Tonight hundred thousand feet Of )uu,>
her in scows will be as Tacoma from Free,
port
The Starr Brothers will construct ,mms.
dis,cly two bui'dings, 20 by 80 feet each,
and Two stories high, for rent. Eieh. or
ten buildings, all cheap aud small, are now
in course Of construction.
The steamers this mornins took down the
asst shipment 0f stoves ard linwass fox
iIo6aan 4 Frost. S1arge quantity Of nour
from c. Crosby d Sons Tumwatsr mill,
and doors and windows fenm 9. N. Ooopess
factory.
. We went To Tacoms ayais on Saturday
and found that great change bed taken
place iu the meantime.
Paths ars being opened and s.roets partially
%, and c!;eap little buillipxs are going up |
in oil parts.
When We were there before, there was
but ono Store, the Mill Co.'S; bus one hotel,
S'eele's; but one saloon. Cosgrove's. Now,
there arc three new. grocery stores, ous |
confectionery and nut store, one olasr and
sobscco s'ana, oae takery, one hardware |
store, si4 gin mills, and two more going m,
ono hotel, two restaurants and two bi.
eating>hosAe, two tailor shops, two stables,
= blacksmith and butcher shop, and Chi.
ness wash house kept by Lung Fat
A desk WAS put iuside the Company store.
end shingle OUTSIDE laassed ''Cooks Broth.
en-. Bankers." on Friday, aud business
commenced At once. The first check vas
drawn the same eyeniog b. Capt. Z. A
Starr, and within fous cad twenty hours
between elk and eight thousand dollars had
been deposited. A large sale b on The way
from Ban FAnc,sc. s....
The chief rsilrOad men there wsrs Ju.lee
Rice. Capt. Aiuswos.h, Theodore Hosmes,
+ =. Smith. and Gen. Tilton.
Beside ihs "ld buildings, harms and wood.
sheds, aliof which have besa ssi.ssl upon.
u lea.t six new buildings have been CON.
msnccd and nniahed, ~ many more an in
pE0ccss VI c"nstTuctWn, and psObably
doubIe that number will b. counsaced I'll,
i
week OF course they avs al very cheap,
and nat ope vt thesa has YET, W believe,
Chimney sscc'esl. B,lne sneltsr 10 necessary /
Tor the tvs os three hundred nea lhers, ed
these ssc tnienjed for that paspose.
A little ruon on Tie front street, . BY II
'ssi, - varans, bat csn no seeured b. suy
ore willing 10 pay twenty dallabs noosh
for H. rt
4 gentleman c'nneci-d with tbs servers
assured No the city would b laid out In
With shs shors lius Of The bay,
The blocks are u Be 80 BY go fess; twelve
lots. each 80 ny 10, u The block; oss wide
ailey "f % feet In ssch bl,ck; streets III %
eset In width, snd avenues 100 fess. About
Dnly 60 acsss will bs lsil o6 and pas in
market. IN The csasse, surroundings bean.
ifnlly. y.Sosmed 'unund, VIII b . .ss-acss
pask. A hing and bral avssue frUm the