, 1879-02-01
HoMsH CITY, WASHINGTON TERRI, SATURDAY, 1919

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ti,r Irt slsrlrtiuu nrnv,r,y 1000 tons "i
,,,sl pr ia, ir,m thr NrWrn,i minc,
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sl'c, Nv accomplished; "ur -, III"
chi'f ,upI'hrts at S-attir AMI greatly
l.uriii i.s il,r uhp :. 5 mn country
l. rnk lnn or ter OiymUiI ~ rally:
ut Ihr Olympiu Il TENN" Dnllr.rd.
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uNncd az her riI,z IA was the "l j''t
accomplished wlSp -hr rallied Tn's
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f'o.u h di>ap o'stu n, yttr / y
e S'und. with IT, great nntuAIl r. s''u rcs
AMI the immense Area uf extra trftl,
agricultural lan,l, there heiny brought
int" cultivation. i,lak.rssi probable '"at
>. II
b"iorr lnng. the lra'p's of th't scit"n,
will hLili local ROAD from, B,llinYhan
BY Ia he FIR 'zirr river; Nhhh will lie
thu beginning at uu * enslvc system ot
local ra'lwIy communication, ut pr,snt,
almost mh 'uslt at: bur suon to attract
great attention, nnd ia tins to he regard
ell ~ vital necessity.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWNSHIP AND
TowN PLAT OF NEW TACOMA.
In writing thr following, free usr lms
, been nndt ut the plais, circulars and
9th r information furnished ty the
trnurtcsy of the officers of the Tac,mA
Ltnd C"mpnrl; although the language
oi such official descriptions lns been
followed M farther .l,an that III v,
would most clearly convey the idea
intended Ia he cxpressrsl.
THE City oi Tacoma, hid off by the
North, rnPag1de Il ,ilrard esmi9aay as
the western terminus of Il cir main line of
road, WIS Hdoptrd as such hy action OF
their b Ar'l at Directors, in sssion in
New York City. Sept. l,h. 1873. II is
sitnnte'l in Pierce county, Washington
Territory, AZ : 15' north latitude and
l22 80 west longitude, upon tht
s'utherly end of Admirdty Inlct. On
G C'mllen"emrnt Dry,sas rasn,d 10y Vn-
conver or 'Chehaulip,' or the Shelter
Bay h the ahoriginal s,lmI,itan,s."
\ Admiralty LIT il onr of the finest Of
that vast series Of waters known M Pn
yet Saun'l, whose shore line of 1868
miles rncloIrs the Mtlitcrr ,ne.u uf th.
Northwest. universal known ~ the finest
body If inland naviga'e waters c"nncc
ted with the Piciti'' ocean on its Mr. Ii
American slitG,s. i; is only rlvalled by
Lac inland sea of Japan and the Mcditrr
ran-nn sg soUthefa Europe
TAceMA, ,hr terminal city. is nsmed
from tie prominent mountain peak of
the C,srnde Rtnge. generally called
Mount Rlinirr. hut whose In,lan name
is Tacoma, which sigHifi~s the snow cap.
ped mountain. This peak is 14,444 frrr
high, Honi'al in shape, and Covered with
eternal snow.
1t is the most conspicuous peak of the
Cascatl" R,ng". and sian,s.in lul ~iew
(Ipne sixty Mills Ia ila cas.war,lJ nf
the town e T"r"nr. T" the west of The
town. also IN view, is thu Oynp'c or
Coast Rlngc of mountains, with their
srrrarrd paints or peaks also covered,
| wilh snow.
The river PuyalIu1, with its valley
thirty miles In length, hy >ix ar eight in
breadth. (thc mouth oI the river hring
| ~ the east rr,l al The water front at the
town. affords the future market garden
at T,cuma. Toi, valley /, in plain view
! from the plateau On whirh The main
I holy of the town lbs; he soil il mostly
DIRK lun, with ,opi -anl, aud some
oi il is.vry icrlilc
Thr forest. ui tue valley are mostly
cuiinuau"d: murh / unclrarr,l aul IN o.
appropriated i,y sr''hf-, a'rhuuph many
have s tiIrd 'a,rr aiIiin thg pl.t lew
y,1r. Toe uirvT. rg the removal ct q
i.W jana VI To-, aal lIl,, cal b. HllIs