The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-11

sf Mr. Leland. Who waited our c'fy .
frv weeks ago:
The spprosch towards Seattle up The
bay from the sound gives one - coo-
prehsnsive view Of the town - oas
could desire. II b situated upoa ths
northeast sids of the boy aad rsss
grsdually from tide wefss 10 the
summit II the hill bstwess The bay
and lake Onion. The more dsnss and
business portion 10 upon . small Hat
ne1t to the bay. and eootains mary
substantial buildings. soms Of hei;k,
bat mostly of wooden structnre and
built in modern style Of sschitectars.
The two principal hotels ars in this
part Of the town. Tbs New Englaad.
kept by Mrs Harmon il veil fur
nished snd we'll kept houSs. whose land.
lady moves about amoog her guests
with ease and grace. and hes . kind
sympathetic word fur oil and makes
her suests fesl q home. She sna hss
husband were sooog the arst IL The
plaos and grew up With Il ard neds
money. About one ysss ago ~ hse
band disd sadds0ly. aad H. ui1o~s
With two or three children. Who are
With her, carry On The basissss and
seem TO hsye large share Of the pat
ronage Of an apprsciative public.
Upon one or tvo streets. ruaainx pessl
lei with the bay and elevated shove
the q Il are fsw st0sss sod shops. but
with the streets back Of these u the
summit. they are bordersd nostly with
private residences with orchards. gard.
ems aud shsubbssy. The hih y s0v
nearly bereft Of ~ osigiaAI forest
timber that oncs covered &. The site
for town 10 far superior. in our opiu-
ion. to that Of Tscoms. and it 10 olai0-
ed that the waters Of The bay sre hs
better tor ahippisg parpass& 1ros
the town the people have extsndsd .
narrow gusgs railroad distance Of 20
miles up the Du wamish river srd the
north fosk or Black river ~ the coal
mines at Renton and Newcastle. We
were furnished . free ticket over this
road and in company with Mr. Emery.
a lawyer of the rlacs. We rode over the
route and took hasty view Of the
mines. Newcastle has . population Of
four or five hundred. nearly all Of
whom are in some way csnnscied wieh
the company. operating the coal mines.
From these mines ct Newcastle and
Renton. they send down over this rail-
road about GOO tons of coal daily.
which 10 dumped into vssssls alOugsids
OF the companys wharf. aud shipped
~ San Rrsncisco and other perta The
price of coal used at Seattle IL - per
ton. We are informed that il cells for
81 and ~ per ton in San Francisco
Ssn Francisco capitalists own. Opersts
and control these mines. while Seattle
capital nominally own and control the
railroad over which the coal 10 taken
from the mises 10 tide vAtsr. = 10
reasonable to infer that the town
derives much revenue from these mines
aud this road. The farming Dsntry
oil along the bottoms Of the Duwamish.
Black and White rivers, seems to b .
rich alluvial soil, and In many places 10
well improved and the crops Of grain
and hay We saW. sn route. appsersd 70
be the best Of sny We have observed %
the Sound. Lake Washington. which
10 drained BY Black river. 10 . 6ne
sheet Of water aboat 20 uiles loag by
abaus Z miles Wi.is. Aloag IL s0stl.
srn margin are several improved farms.
A narrow cl,ssnsl counscEs this With
Sqnak lake. and thit can easily b con
nected With Union lake. md thjs again
with the waters Of tho Soaad,i By
little artificial labor. which vssA make
continuous navigation for light dsaft