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

IL r fAOl Lh4-.
Another ye4rr-ano.her atom Of tune
has rolled back into the shads-s of the
past, and with this lay the aurora Of a
new year break. forth upon the his
tory Of our city. We consider il.
aprqpo. a. this time, from . local stand
point, to take gisnce at the rast year :
work
GosK FORTUNATE.
Tie year which has Just cbbcd from
the confines Of the present. has n',, by
far. been happy and PROSPEROUS one
in the history Of ogr nation. A general
feeling Of uncertainty has prevailed
throughout the Eastern States, attended
by hard times and general business
objection aud the heavy cloud Of e.
nanciAl depression. which ha. for the
past two years hung like pail over
the great commercial marts and cities
Of the Union at the East, has grown
even suore formidablc, and during the
past year. Gas. Is dark shadow over
the husInc.t tcr,.sl- 0f tl. Pacific
Coast -. WILL Eat while The cry Of
hard tln.s hs~ come mp from Caifrr
MA. We. al seattle, have enjoyed .l2uai
prosperity. for which We have great rea-
son 90 congratulate ourselves In fact
Ia speak more generally such bas been
the case throughout the Territory.
Thus far. a. least, the shade of business
prostration has hardly crossei p'sr Tor
'iers ~ Territory.
THE YEARS rHocgEss
At 40 period in the history Of
OR pioneer city hts 1t. growth been 80
rapid rs during the twelve months Just
closed. la fact IL. growth durin. this
brief time has astonishcd the most
sanguine citizens who were wou, to ex-
T'oct biz thing for Sca,tlr. binding
has been going al, "; every quarter.
and large uuni,.T- III mechanics have
been continuaily enploy -! OH public
and private improvements. New IN
dus,rIcs have been inaugurited. new
business firms have established them
selves among Us, and the Older houses
have branch.d out more extensively in
business, and the demands Of trade have
proved 4uite equal 10 the mercantile
growth OF tho city. In fac. every VI hero
and IN every branch II industry the
march of progress has been apparent,
and future generations Will ENJOY the
improvements bora IN the year 1876.
All OF two hundred buildings have
gone up during the past twelve months.
and large number Of these are OF
permanent and substantial character
ka. 1
dwelling houses, which greatly add TO
the beauty and substantial appear.
ancc ot our city. The most colspiei-
Gus among 'hi> class il probably tho
residence OF our present Mayor, DR..
Weed. which would b, IA credit to auy
city.
4 iiae two tory brick building
has been erected by the frauenthai
Bros ou COMMERCIAL street, "a: IA cos, #
$1,000 A new hotel, by far III. finest
IN the Tefriiors, has t..n completed AZ
cost OF abou, ST. 600. A Comfy
jail has also been erected, inclusive Of
the lot ut cost of about $4,000. Two
large buildings for manufacturing pur-
poses have also been constructed, one
by Mcssrs. Hall Il Paulsoi, furniture
dealers and manufacturers, and the 9TH
er by Messrs. Ste,son X Post of the
Seattle Planning Mills. for the inanuiac-
ture of doors, sashes, blinds, etc. Both
Of these will soon be occupied These
are only some of the mos, important
building improvements Ut the last year.
Private improvements in other direc-
tions have been fully proportiona,e.
Bat probably the
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT
Here during the la.t twelve months is
the building and equipment OF the first
fifteen miles If tho Seattle X Walla
Walla Railroad. which il now almost
m accomplished fact. THIS great work
will III few weeks have been com
pletcd AT a cost of abont $l25, 900 In
this the greatest credit - due To our en-
terprising citizen, Mr.. Colman. who
boldly volunteered to take "thc ele /.
pl,ant on his hands" aud push the
work through 10 completion, which he +
has done with the most DmmeEdable
energy. The building OF the road has
given employment to large nomter
of men during the past several months. /
aud greatly stimulated business In /
about month more the products Of the
Rentou and Talbot coal mines will bc
shipped over this lice and the old and
complicated means of transportation /
abandoned but in this We lind only
the inception OF great lsat enter
pr,se--the first step toward the grand
result. During the coming year an
other important step will have been
taken in the building Of this road. aud
III few years. At futthest. we shall
have the : 4 W " X Il. nj! com
pletc. and an extensive agricultural re
glon pouring It's golden grain harves,s
into Seattle. aud contributing TO the
wealth of - populous city. Tor such i.
must certainly become
OTHER M.TrERs
Another importsnt Work la, htcn
gong On here during the pas sl>
months, namely the grading 81 From,
street, and Of portions Of other streets
interesting with II over $4,000
have been expended ia this WAY. and
the improvement, will he lasting and
Of inealcuatlc benefi. 20 the city for
years a. come. Hesiles this s. 600 has
been expended by the city in general
s,cect improvements Heretofore there
WAS no established grade. aud street
matters were managed mucls the same
here as IN = large country village Now
regular system has been adopted. and
our streets will gradually become syul-