The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-06-23
A New Corners Impression.


which we make the sabjoinei extracts.
II !. now : o'clock A NJ. May day,
1917, AMI must say, one Of the finest
May dAy mornings ever s4w. awoke
this morning nearly frozen. one OF the
two pairs Of blankets having slipped
Of after shivering there awhile con-
cludci /. would be good idea 10 get
up and e he sun rise. / carried my
heavy oveIco1t down II the office, but
II d.i No. secus - he much colder than
usual. 80 hung 1t up. intending to 80
hack for i. if needed il / thought
when had climbed the hill, ard wished
the thin coat had on was with it.
was too late u see the sun rise, though
+ / was still il the shadow Of the hill. l
passed through a little ravine but could
not zee across 1t on account Of the fog,
though it was not more than fifty feet
across. GA top Of the hill vas fully
rewarded for ny climb yet putting like
= porpoise. 1t was probably q half
mile from the wharf and thr1 hundred
feet above it. The 10 an. stretched alcng
the hillside, u part enveloped In fog.
lay at my feet Eliiot''s Bay Al 8 part
Of Puget Sound were before me, not q
breath Of wind to ruifie the surface, the
vessels III the harb0r looking as ii 1t IN
huge mirror. 4 dense fog hung in
the woody valley Of the White river at
/ the head of tue bay; the little town OF
Freepor,, with the suoke Of its saw
mills just curling up. on the point cp-
Iosite. seeming about a half mile
away when IN reality it is three full
miles; the tim ber- clad shore rising high
out Of the water. green from the base
I up; hill rising above bill, till culminat-
ing in the snow-capped Olympic noun
tains la the distance beyond the oppo-
site shore. The whole picture softened
! by the light and shadow of the morning
sun behind US and few silvery clouds
/ in the sky, is one of such beauty l can
not soon forget. have admired this
landscape for fortnight, but not until
this morning could see the Cascades
now In plain view through the dcpres-
sion little to the righ, of the rising
sun. Running my eyes along the south,
they are shat cat BY the tall frs on the
side of the hill: YET only little further
aud there above the tree-tops. Ia bold
relief in the clear blue sky beyond.
/ stands The ajesiic snow bank, Rainier,
the dome OF our country. It seems al
most perfect dome resting on the tree
tops tu, few miles away, yet both are
illusions, for II Is more thfn evenly
tn,l,, to the three peaks of which its
summit il compos Il. Tacoma, or Mt.
Rainier "A. it IS fsmiliarly called here.
Is II All feet above the level of the Sea,
being only four feet higher than Mt
Shasta, the second highest point of the
! United States. In clear weather Tacs
ma is seen from Victoria to Portland,
Oregon. and the plains Of Western Ida
bo. more than two hundred miles away.
Seattle has ABOUT four thousand people
engaged in mercantile pursnits-lnm-
Der, mining shipping and few manu-
features. ElIiots Bay is one ot the
best harbors on the Sound. and ships
ean come from any part OF the world
directly into it without pilot. 1t Is
surrounded by the finest fir forests In
the country, and ship building will one
/ day be one OF the leading interests of
the Sound san Francisco depends to
/ "a great extent on Selttle coal, mined in
: tt4F MUS II batk VI ttWb.
. The mountains are full Of iron forty
miles back, and across the Cascades the
upper Columbia river country will some
! day equal California in the production
( ot wheat. and Texas III cattle. These
products must find an outlet, aud as the
4 Columbia cannot be made nsvisable
they will seek it by rail. aud the easiest
pass for railroad is back &c Seattle.
and As this Is the best post on the north
west coast this vii! probably bc the
Western terminus The Seattle and
/ Waila Wal'a Railroad has already been
commenced aLd Is ~ operation 10 the
/ coal mines
The river bottoms aud prairies west
/ Of the Cascades are goe farming lands
I but the most q. the country though
/ covered with dense growth of timber
principally fir frees. some II which are
more than two hundred feet high, is
/ at s,ry rich. Hops AT. great in,.u>-
try here. the Puy,llup V lley furnish
i:.g the most AID shipping tGem to al
parts Of the world.
made al excursion TO Tacoma. AZ
the mouth OF the puyailup riser. Ia
A'fss "a - tHt IAtNsitA iAt bhsAG t'E minus
of the Northern Pacific Railroad from
Columbia river. bat think /, Will
never be an important place. for the
bay. thoagh fac shce. of water. - too
deep for COOL anchorage
The weather has lea mos, delightful
since we have been here, Though this
il So much farther north than Rich
moni. the climate j. milisr. the iher-
mome;cr SELDOM guiug below freezing
point, or eighty dcgrees above zero.
The climate. scenery anj natural fe-
sources Of the country. and the special
Advantages II SEATTLE. Will one day
make 1t thriving cIty IL * three
hundred miles ueaiet NV York ibsn
Ssa Francisco aHa eight hundred nearer
China This may seem strange, hu'
We are AZ; Il forget What We learned
~ the Fifth Street School atont Mer-
Gators maps
as this letter Is longer than Intend
ei 10 write. | will leave ths res, tor a
future letter. " hen can t,ll you about
;he horseback ride we exp.ct - take
acsoss the Cascades "a Walis WALL.
passing ou the WAY the SaoQusluie
Fails, s;5 feat hish From Wal,a Wall,
we will & down the Columbia IS>s
the ns.lcs aui the Cascades 10 Port
land HORACE Is REED