The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-13

County and City O6lcial Press
ANaWERS TO INQUIRIES.

We have Of lsts been receiving I'D
unusual nuober Of inquiries in regard
5 our country asd climate, etc, from
psstio h the States East Of the Rocky
Mountain. who are looking this way
for new homes. As a specimen we re-
produce the following from resident
81 lows. referred to US last evening by
Nr. Auditor Booth. The writer says:
As there are quite plumber OF Us
that contemplate moving to Puget
Sound in the Spring, you will much
oblise Us by giving Us all the lniorms-
ton you can on the following points:
Z Ques.-About what 10 the population
respectively Of Seattle and Olympia
= Ans-The census txker for Northups
Business Directory Of Seattle, in bis
canv sss made last summer enumerated
) population Of ZOO; but there has been
: steady and rspid increase. 50 that tho
shove figures are now somewhat under
the mark. In Ca.iforlia they est'mste
tho population Of their little cities at
the rate OF Ave for each vote polled
and oftbs big ones At seven tothe vote
Our city last November cast sa6 votes
this 1t ave per vote would give Us
population Of nearly 5000. Olympia
& the Territorial capital, and an At
tractive little city Of about twelve or
Afteep hundred inhabitants.
Qu<s.-How Tar back Of Seattle would
one have to 20 to get Homestead land,
and is there any prairie land subject to
homestead entry in King county!
Ans. - There is no government
land left 10 tho immediate vicinity OF
Seattle, but plenty that may he pur-
chased on such terms - to offer prof.
table bonanzss to purchasers for oc-
cupation and use. Ga tho streams
cmptying into the Sound. aud on the
islands north Of Seattle, from 20 to lOt
liz s.-.--. .;:s ,h"ra"n"a nf the RICH,
settlement, with frontage upon naviga
ton and Of inexhaustible fertility. A
the mouths Of the rivers are large tract
Of tide marsh lands, closely dyked ant
! even moro productive than the highe,
lands Of the river valleys. There is ~
vacant prairie lands nearer than Yaki
ma county IS or 100 miles east of tn
city.
Ques.-Is the railroad from Seattl,
30 Wslls Wslla land grant road ant
have you any land grants?
Ans. - The s. & w. W. X. X. i
entirely . local undertaking. and bein,
pushed by the enterprise of private
citizens Of the Territory. We have NJ
lands grants except that the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company hold the o.it
numbered sections along the line o.
their road for disposition to settlers a,
doable minimum" price-$2.5O pc,
acre"
CUES. What wages do carpenter
and mill hands get--also miners ant
wood-choppers?
Aas.--The first named receive from
- 10 - per day. according to skill
Ceal miners receive tl25 per ton anc
make from % 30 to Is per day Wood
choppers get Gas per cord. wooe
sells in the city at from % to 81 ps,
oprd. delivered.
Ques--Wh~t is the demand for log.
Ard prics paid BY mill men. and wher,
= the greatest demand, ct Seattle o,
&rthcr north.
Aas-The dem md for logs varies 40.
ecrding to the sspply--is generally
6rtsk o. At lssst steady. The price ram
&c FROM N.3o to 81 per NJ. according
to leegth. The cost Of putting them in
b the water IL estimated At $a. 80 per
u. under favorable circumstances
1Ae mills are located oil around the
oand, mostly 10 the near vicinity Of
eeattls. which i the central distribu.
q point for most Of the lumber and
al and other industries of the western
portion or tho Territory.