Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-14
DlILY POST lnfELLIaEECER


UAlOI 4OO4 III 400oA00AsVAS~~
A PEW QUESTIONS AND ANswEEs.
To satisfy J. T. DsBol., of Idaho, and
others We hope, We publish few ques-
lions propounded By him. and accoinpa-
ny them with our replies.
lst. Mr.. DeBolt inquiries il Seattle Q
suitable location Tor large cit5!
No cit, in any part Of the world has a
superior location. It occupies central
and commanding position On P1ges
Sound-4the Hnsst body OF water in tLs
United States. Its harbor is unsurpas-
sed. Il has hundred miles Of inland
lake and river navigation wholly aud e1-
clusively its own. It is in the vicinity OF
large bodies OF a. fine land as can be
found west of the Rocky Mountains. lis
resources are Of the most solid and On
during character, including timber, az
ricuiture, coal, iron, lime, fisheries, man.
ufactures and commerce. Its position 10
such a. 70 have made all this country
tributary to it, and it is as csrtain 70
continue holding it tributary as Port
land. Salt Lake. St. Paul or Denver are
70 continns holding tributary 70 them
chs country immediately adjacent to
those places
I'd. DO You think Seattle will be the
tsrmiuus of the Northern Pacific Rail-
ROAD?
Il win unquestionably BE- ono OF its
terminal points, Tacoma, Portland and
San Francisco being others. and We be-
lieve that ia good tina it will be its
principal point. The line does not yet
extend into this city. but we have the
oft-repsated assertion Of President VII
lard that it soon will. and We expect !:
within a tvelvemontn.
Sd. Do you think Seattle will be the
principal city ON tho Sound?
1t certainly will. In early DAYS it was
the least Of the places then in existence
Il gained ON its nei2hbOrs. and finally
passed them. Its population now mum
bsrs three times that Of tho next lar2es'
town.
18th. Can town lots he bought At reaa
enable figures. and what do they Sci
fOY7
Lots bore are held at about their aciu
a worth, and they sell at prices ranging
along from 800 apiece to $25.oo. Lot
are Of 60 feet width and l20 feet depth.
9Th. Do you think town lots q sate 10
vestment at present prices!
We do. Real estate rises in value
continually. The experience Of tho pas'
has been that those who bought prudent
u and held on. have made large intersat
on thoir investments, averaging in
long term Of years over p per cent. POI
snnum.
9Th. What il the chance for youne
man with but little money?
The chance is good il he has the right
stuff in him, and il willing to work. ]:
he can sst type he eau got a job III tbis
office on the day Of his landing. II ht
oan make or lay brick. they will be gla1
70 got him at any ons Of dozen places
II he il a carpenter he can get all tho
work no wants at "a day, and if only q
laborer, can find all the work no wants
at % 30 and g day. Walters in eat
ing houses are in demand, family ser
wants, sailors, deck hands on steamboats,
lumbsrmsn, GOAL miners, farm hands, all
are wanted, and the biggest kind Of wa
ess await then.
7th. IL tho grocery business a good
one. or IL IL oyerdone?
The grocery business il a good oac,
and quite number are getting rich n,
Il. That IL business though. like the
law, running hotel or printing office
In which more depends on the man con
Quoting it than on anything else. There
10 always room for clever and popular
dealer, one who keeps what the psoplo
want, and who has the knack to sail it u
them.
9Th. Have you healthy clim.se:
There In none more healthy. The
Temperature is very agreeable for this las
itude. Tho range here is about 60 de-
grees per annun,, or from % in the win
tor to Is In the summer. An Iowan dur
Ing the past week told us he had known
range Of $50 degrees in that State in a
single year, from Is below zero to lo-
above.
9th. Are the winters disssreeable?
Onr winters arc characterized by cloud
and rain. They are not no pleasant ss
they might be, put there is nothing re-
mark sbie in that. We know people VIII,
have beCome accustomed to our winters
prefer them to tho dryer and colder win
ters Of the East. aud are invariably glad
10 gst back. To the south Of us the
rainfall II greater and TO the north of us
leessr, while to the east Of Us the winters
aFe colder and more like those Of Idaho
and n ,ntana.
-
That the population Of large cities
and an enormous share of their susie
nance In manufactures is made apparent
b. the census return Of 1850. In Baiti-
more, for instance, 65.2O2 persons we're
% employed that year; in Boston 81, sla,
In Brooklyn 81, 2a6, in Chicago 70,GDi. in
Cincinnati h2 ,l6S, in New York 2f1.9.7,
anA a. DkslaAatrhs. ~ p..u II Z. -.