Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-16

4 Strangely VIEWS.
A growIer from Olympia who visited
New Tacoma and Seattle last week has
granted through column Of the Trans
erfpt's space, tho paragraphs following
indicating the ili-hrmor with which he
looked upon these live and growing
towns:
At New Tacoma, the present terminus
Of the n. p. X. H.. extensive improve
msuts are under way. Two pile drivers
are busy constructing wharves and bun
ksrs for the delivery Of grain and coal
IN the near future, while two large clip
per ships that have Just discharged their
carRoes Of railroad iron, are awaiting
the delivery Of the new harvest east Of
the mountains. The new coal buDkers
are being built in a most substantial
manner, and without doobt New Taco
Ua will become one of the principal
points on the east side OF the Sound for
the shipment of coal The erection of
houses that has been going on 80 lively
since last summer still continues. l
counted nineteen stores now going up,
or Just completed on Pacific Avenue. be-
sides two large hotels of three end four
stories, and q bank two or three stories
high Of brick are also commenced. The
number Of new dwellings must he count
ed by the score. The new foundry is in
full blast and the car construction shops
are crowded, some Of the work being
done outside for want Of room. Orders
have just been issued for tbs erection Of
. new machine shop; when built the Car
builders will occupy the old one. The
monthly pay roll Of the n. p. Co. is a
heavy item. And a. tue company re-
quiHes the erection Of buildings on the
sale Of town lots, no wonder that New
Tacoma is a growing city. Bat, take
away the patronage of the company and
what facilities remain for the building
up of q large city! The shipment of
coal alone, cannot do it. Then in view
of the obvious lack Of commercial facil-
tiles that occurs to every intelligent OBJ
server, II il just to the 300 people
said 10 bs now in the new town, 10 ex-
press doubts of its future growth. Du-
luth at the other end of the road, attain
ed population of 500 before Superior
City was selected as a more eligible
place for shipping point. These stric-
lures arc not prompted by Ill telling or
envy. Surely every old resident of Pu-
get Sound Will be glad to SEQ every town
prosper and grow. But where natural
obstacles exist to prevent future growth
1t is but kindness to all interested, 10
point them on:.
After spending two or three days at
tho terminus, 1 took the Zephyr for Sc
attic.
Here the past years growth is evident
on every hand. The forest Is fast re-
treating back over the hill, for one half
mile or more. and leaving cleared
space OF two miles or more in length,
last about the extent of New York City
| fifty years ago when it had 100000 in
habitsnts, and WAS only built up from
Castle Garden to Union Square two aud
a half miles long. But that was when
people rode in slow coaches. and extend
ed their city limits according to the law
of healthy development and growth.
Now, IL u town enjoys a fair, healthy
start, occupying all reasonable limits
that the wants of the vicinity require,
Wuys SnCAs Va GOuISos HlHyCuldtcIS ulu1t
lay of the whole adjacent region into
city lots, and, by imitation and bogus
sales, enhance prices to that extent that
many who invest are seriously crippled.
and much capital remain idle Or is vast
cd. That Seattle Is not an exception t.
this charge, lot new Corners take notice
that ten or twelve years ago lots were
held and sold for three hundred dollars
along the face OF the bluff near the old
coal shute. What the water lots were
sold for down there cannot say. To-
day there is little or no improvement
ON them, after hundreds of dollars in
taxes has been paid. And, what is the
prospect in the future, why that three
fOurths of the business and income of
the wharves that the people of Seattle
have built, is to t,e shortly transferred
to water frontage only a few hundred
feet near the coal shutes. the income
going to nonresident company o
enrich other places than Seattle. Blu.
lately numerous ships come to Seattle.
The wharfage Of their cargoes enabled
the business men of Seattle to make
and keep IN repair their improvements
TheI discharge of ballast gave work to
poor labOring men. Now a few steam
ships owned by nonresident capitalists.
with ballast in water tanks discharged
by steam power, Gisplacs tho many ships
that have mainly built up Seattle. Al
though remained tn town two DAYS,
not u seag0ing steamer or merchant
man was in the harbOr. Perhaps there
was one exception, the Evangei Law mt
the foot Of one of the wharves with
notice very c0nspicuously posted. keep
OIL" BY the way q most suggestive ad-
mOniti0n for Gospel Ship whose
coRnomen should seemingly be the on.
pOsite.
But ! am DEPRESSING. Seattle, to a
stranger, that il within reasonable
limit suggests the idea of stability.
That 1t has come to stay. It must be-
come ono OF the principal cities of the
Sound. and will grow according to the
amount Of trade it can secure. But it
has its drawbacks. The anchorage
during six months is quit limited, being
too deep. II has no outer Larbor, or VI
cinity whore incoming vessels can Law
in safety whilo awaiting charter, 81 MS
to save the cost Of wharfage, etc. The
water front il too deep for the construc-
tiOn Of slips, for four or five ships to
OCCUPY, protected from the heavy
swell that would cause injury TO the
dock without slips to lay in. The ex-
tent Of water front il too limited, not
exceeding two or three miles, and that
Is continually growing less a. the tide
Hats Of tho Duwsmish river fill up the
harbor along the city front.
AFoRruNATx SHoT.-The Daily Erents
narates the followine:-Mr. Henry Mar
shall, the cashier Of the o. /. Company.
in paying Oh. the men employed at the
blaiock hums. yesterday, found that