The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-16
County and City Official Press.
Saturday, Sept. l6, 1879.



A new subscriber from Nelson, Ne
braska, mskes the following inquiries,
which. ~ many other Of our readers in
that and other sections Of the country
may be DESTROYS Of information upon
the same points. we take this method Of
answering in full, according TO the best
data within our reach
QuEsrios--" What is the population
Of your town aud the per cent. Of snnu-
al incrssss
AxswER-About $500 sometimes
sstimsted highsr--and hes increased
from 400 in 1868. 100 in 1870. 200
in 1874.
Q--"value Of business and residence
lo4sg"
A.-Business lots, (60xi2O) from
$1,000 TO 5000. and residence lots
from go to u 500. according Is loca-
ton. 10 each case.
O." town property brisk or dull
sale -
A.-Psoperty Of all kinds in Seattle
has always been ysry steady with ,
healthy increase in the number Of trans
actions and upward tendency Of prices.
Real estate speculation has at times
been somewhat overlone, inducing Sigh,
temporary reactions IS may DO said to
be the case 1t the present time, making
Il an unusually favorable opportunity
for making investments before the next
imitation. which, judging from the past.
may be looked for within year or two.
O." What is the price Of lands in
your vicinity, and what is ths quality
Of tho land I"
A.-There is plenty Of vacant public
land eligibly located, though the best
descriptions and ths most convenient
have. Of course. been seized upon.
Price. 81 25 per acre. double rates
within tho railroad grant. and home
steads Of so or l60 acres. free. AZ to
the quality Of our lands. the following
extract from Meeker's Western Wash.
inston" gives the most minute and cor
rect description that We have besn able
to find:
"Three general divisions or charac.
tcristics may 10 noted to embrace -sif
the variations Of soil and exposure Of
this region, viz
II. The mountainous, or that which
from lie altitude SCENE inaccessible.
-. The lower foot.hill and table
laeds.
-. Tho river bottoms and the tide
lands adjacent.
Tho mountainous region embraces 40
area equal 90 ons. fourth Of the whole
The mountains up TO ths perpstusl snow
line. being covered with forests OF mag
nidccnt timber, that hereafter will in
part bs made available by the channels
ofthc rivers which rise in the mountains
and Aow Into the Sound. - tho timber
nearer O,l IAyigAbls waters 10 consumed
end prices advance In consequences sum.
Gent to warrant the increased expense.
The coil 10 clay and gravel. with patch
~ Of vegetable mould here aud there.
covssing the underlying strsts. In
other exposures the bare rocks rise 10
the surface but seldom interfere with
the growth Of timber.
THE foot hills. os the clay loan dis
trict. b much more extensive than our
people generally suppose. A tract OF II
extends around the entire Olympian
range. with very limited exceptions
Along the Straits and Hoods Canal il
may for short distance b wanting
On Ne western and soushern slopes L y
quite sxteasivs. East Of the Hound.
and along the foot 81 the Cascades. il 10
quite extensive. and probably reaches
6outh 90 the Columbis river. But the
great clay losa district lies between
The Chshslis river aud the Columbia.
IL also includes Lewis county. and the
cmigrsnt will beer mo out in the COO.
clusioa that cuc- half Of the surface Of
cur Territory west Of the Cascade
Mountains. 10 . stroog brown clay loan.
Ssrtile and productive. cminentiy calcu-
lated. when cleared up and judicioasly
farmed. TO make. in our equable climate,
good wheat growing country. - well
~ all other cereals"
The river bottom and tide lands. oi
which there are estimated TO he ahcu,
$500. 600 acres west Of the Cascade
mountains. are the most valuable. and
ere Of marvellous preductiveness and
inezhaustible fertility.
The best Government land 10 be haG
nov. 10 any large quantity, is In Sno-
homish. whatccm and Yakima counties
from forty to one hundrea miles frcu
Seattle. though there are doubtless
many choice piecrs in isolated spots We
70 be hunted up in this and aiiscen
Counties across the Sound. within few
milcs Of the Tsrritorsal emporium.