, 1879-02-01

uiria,h'r tor ~ N ~,run-rs. nt present
it j. -, hy .mtll boats anh cino-s about
F 10 nr IS mil.-.
+ IL the v,lhy th'r. aTr lhnut 5QnaD
S"r of rrr'il'' Ian ;. % Ooo nf Skirk ssss'
nrw "cru ,i.,l NJ the PUyal'up Iuli n
| Reservation.
Thr town site of Tron,, ~ admirably
a'lp'r'l fra very l,rgr city. u Ing up.a
u plilr,u. nr rather n~rrs oI platraus.
upon thr .uth us slt,rr o. the nay.
THIS. pla'rans nr three iu aumls :.
nnd rr-mrtvrly so 400. 100 :" 200.
and 200 'n 800 lr,r above, hish tide.
II will Ir tuly n hagiatir,nt rify, IL
d.vrl"pe1 arc"r'ling To The plan adopt
rd in 1874.
THE FOLLOWING BEING THE PLAN AD ,pr-
ED. pY WHICH rnE CRY ~ LAID oUT.
''Thr IN !inrrrs ~ the Northern pariif
, r i'ro.d have made Exhaustive surveys
aud Typographical plans 1T the grrund
~ alout twu miles at water front and
ON. nile inlhn'l. with snurlihg4 along
{ he Shore tine, 20 iret of water at bow
tide Tue plan n opted tor tho drvrl-
oprm"m uppp't'" grnnnd of this city /,
snnwwIiat similar I, that of Mrlimur, f,
Aus ralia: hich capital WAS iaii IF Ly
the government of Great Britain, hy
picket nffi 'rrs oi the engineer corps of
that government.
Melbourne is well known to travellers
rs The most brauii u'ly laitl 6ut city 0f
the globe. continuing ~ it ,.o-s all the
requirements of modern civilization. aud
nvai'ing iisdli Of the natural topo graph
ira frninrrs, of thr country to combine
simnpry With nti,i,y; having in view the
necr-si'Ics "f iiiolern drveIlpeInertsl
such ns pass' niger. city y.sey y MI ri
al,re,a.sstissse- ,,s,sis.sards 49,. .,; y
ofnncirnt ""ll4. and parks or lungs for
large populations. rtc.
1t Tacoma are five m.n avenues. tw"
of which are tIiagdnal ano three parallel
neutrality-suspicious. The diagonal ave-
ours "rc framed respectively Pacific AMI
'Atlantir;' fhr otl,"r,aseturs are nrmrd
for Characteristic In,iia'Hltrihes or nouns
, in.. as ,T,coma,2s 'Mufthmah' and
'Yakim,' All fiv. avenues are one hum
,lrca frpt broad. and i@o If them are
about miIr, and ~ qnarterSlpng.
The obiert IL tln, diagonal ,syhnirs T..
to p.rm,t easy grNirs or Apps9nrhe' y
from che wafer NJ the upper sgss gi.sr
pIateaus, and tle use of ytR.s N,
r fch the upptrSir@n,S Stie lSaser ilti I
These avenues aFf Nnksdsesss atos>ks
Of lots on rrthrr -ptl'. thc5l,to:kt lieer
in len ,th. running 100 feet, haCk 10 u
arrow street 80 feet wir; thus avpii-.
ing fl,e harrow and filthy alleys which
,lisf !u:e ~ mlny older cities.
Az the lots are 50 feet br ,ad bysi 120
fct deep. running from the trnad ave-
nurs or streets back t" the narrnS
streets. the avenue or front street can
thus br kent clean; Ill the 'irt ani rrii' q
oi the stores. warehouses and dwelling,
being Collected III Ethr narrow streets
and in these the trucks, draws, nni other
v"hicl,s TOR rxitieT enir,nrsM pIcki ses
pt goods can he nslai, leaving thu ir 'nt
strsts and avcnn's clc,r f,rgp 'sSengrrs,
hauds"me flraucs. rrRmrn'a s'"!' ,
aud for promcnodrrs cust'mrr' "r cnri
ayes, Tree from the apnoynnre4 inci''cnr
tn receiving and disrlnrging merchin
,Iisc hY thr froat cntrnncrs.
l., The b,ck ar narrow streets art a4p
adopted for the laying of gts. npd water
pips. md in some locnlths tor the
sigaller ayocuWna or rmpiuyn nrs Of a
large city. All either strgpts arr so feet
wide, nnd are named al,crg Indian ar
'Ihofi2nh Tribes, lives. clirt-. etc, in
the ngtiye Tongues. all llhnbclical'y
arranged frnm south ,a nn,ih. oG 80
streets rnnhins at right anglca with The
sea 'rnnl ani bugicvul. s
4 ua'aftl msgui 81 feet high. clip.
tica. iu shape, aui occupying Nhont 81
acrgs, iS.0 iees long l.! co LIJaJ. cali