Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-13
LAST Of WANTS.
En-. Posr-Isrrrrroucxa=

The people % Seattle are da..srina
themselves as to present prosperity and
future prospects; but they should re-
pssrnber that strangers and others, ia
miliar With other cities. see nlauy inc-
perfectioas hicn little energy would
correct. When rs see hous5 nicely
situated, tue grounds and fences Ii
good condition, tie porch or conserva-
tory ornamenfed with choice flowers,
W say the owner is man OF spirit. and
his wife lady Of taste. and there springs
mp desire TO purchase the place. Pre-
cisely Ia this way do we look cpcn and
Judge OF n city. II We fms the streets
ia bad condition, the konses unpaint-
ed and veiything denotilg a sloyenly,
decayiug, don't careativeness We become
Disguised, and seek for more enter
prising people. This charge cannot Be
brought against Seattle, but the city Is
far from being model-far from what
il might he with little spunk on the
part of our citizens. 1t is the same
with cities rs il is with individuals,
about which an inspired southern poet
wrote:
1T is not wealth nor great estate,
But GIT ~ aud git that makes men
great"
Little things sometimes have dis
couraging effect upon visitors and the
bad acts Of q man or company are
charged to the city. Example. Posi-
IDLY wharfage on freight is unreascna-
biz high, but that ia not 50 vexatio1s as
to be charged mt the rate OF eighty
| five dollars n ton on freight from San
Francisco, as was charged the writer OF
this; nor so annoying as to be charged
twenty-five cents for leaving a trunk on
the wharf one Saturday night when
there was no ready means for ita re-
| moval.
Bat l started to give list Of wants.
Some of them have been mentioned in
the Posi- but it will do
| no harm to repeat. In fact, believe
in the great O'Connelrs doctrine that,to
secure any attention from cities or gov
ernments, We must agitate. agitate.
agitate!
| Our streets should be named, and the
houses and business places numbered.
| The city should be we'll provided with
water and protected from FIRE.
| Fire limits should be established and
the erection of wooden buildings with
in such limits positively prohibited.
A board Of health shonld be organized
with power to put the city in good
sanitary condition.
A public park should be provided and
suitably ornamented.
| We want a literary SOC ETY. and libra
~ aoces -ible to all our citizens. No
| sectarian or secret society library can
be of much use to tho pnbiic.
We want a mu1ical society to develop
a higher taste aud skill in music, both
vocal and instrumental.
We want a public clock-One large
enough to make its bell heard all over
the city.
We want military company. COM
posed of first class men. and a club to
receive distinguished visitors.
| We want less secret societies and more
public ones.
Wo want an abatement Of the Infer
nal whistle nuisance" in our harbOr and
| in all places Of anusements. Neither
| Steamboats, nor hoOdlums have the right
to torture sensitive ears with their
screenings.
We want street railroad to Lake
Union.
could write a lecture on each of the
dozen wants mentioned, aud give good
! arguments in support; but it is quite
unnecessary, as every thoughtful person
will concur in their reasOnabieness.
look with some hope to our new city
officers for supply OF some of the
wants mentioned, and to some man or
men of spirit for furnishing us with the
others. SKAHEM.