Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-06

The Ouimette q Littiejohu brick
building on Pacific Avenue,is nearly all
rented. One store will be occupied by
Naubert 4 Co.. ciothiers, and the other
by Mr.. Faucet, dealer in agricultural
| implements. On the second door, Dr..
Vercoe has taken four rooms, DR.. Or
chard, dentist, two, and Mr.. Faucet
two, leaving five rooms to be let.
Williams, Granger 4 Co. are pre-
pairing to build brick livery stable, 50
x1O0 feet, ON their lot in block 1903. Pa
cific Avenue. The building will be two
stories high above the grade of the
street, and two stories below the grade,
fitted up principally with stalls for
horses. This stable will be one of the
largest and best on the north Pacific
coast.
Train No. on Monday was the first
through freight train from st. Paul TO
New Tacoma. The transfer was made
at Kalama without trouble. II brought
and Seattle, eight cars of material for
Of iron and piping for the new hotel,
one car of merchandise for Puyallup,
and one car of Z iron to be used in the
coal mines.
I. Heaton is unloading from q scow
at the wharf 5000 feet of lumber,
brought from Milton. 1t is intended
for a new three-story hotel, 50x60 feet,
to be erected near the new passenger
depot by j. w. Woodland, proprietor OF
the Cliff House. Work will be com
menced at once and pushed enerRetically
ON the new house. Mr.. Heaton says he
found it impossible to obtain lumber
here in time to do the work as soon as
desired, and was obliged III consequence
to go outside for it.
Following up the idea of the Ne1ns
| that Tacoma avenue might not be
ruined in grading, as C street has been,
at an unnecessary expense for resi-
dence street. correspondent suggests
a cheap plan for grading streets that
might be worthy of consideration, and
could be easily adapted to the residence
streets of Tacoma. Grade level road
way twenty feet wide in the center of
street; leave gutter at the edge OF the
sidewalk, and terrace up from the CEN
ter to either side, leaving park to the
right and left, which could be sown with
grass and planted with trees by the
citizens. In Chicago many of the finest
streets are arranged in this way. To
attempt to improve all the streets their
entire width would entail large ex-
pense, and be practically useless, as the
travel will follow a single marrow track
in the center, and the remainder of the
roadway will grow up to grass and ferns
presenting a ragged appearance and
creating the impression that Tacoma ID
in state of decay.
At the last meeting of the City Coun-
Gil Mr.. Ouimette, who Was appointed to
negotiate with the Tacoma Land Com
pany for the purchase of land for city
buildings, reported that he had made
arrangements with Mr.. Anderson, the
agent of the land company, for the pur-
chase of block 707, containing 81 lots
for the sum OF $500, payable one-third
in one year, one-third in two years, and
one-third in three years. After some
discussion the matter was laid over un
til the next regular meeting. Block 70i
is triangular piece of ground, bounded
on the north by South Seventh street
the west by st. Helen's street, and cas-
by the alley between G and ID streets
1t is three blocks west from Pacific ave
nus, on a good elevation. 1t is in q
central position, though in view of tht
J blockade and discOntinuance of Sew
enth street the approach may be moon
venient. Should cable road b located
on this street. however, it would be JUS
in the line of travel. subsequently 1
, committee of three, Messrs. Wingate
Anderson and Ouimette. was appointed
to examine the ground between Soutt
Fifth, South Seventh and South Nintl
streets, east of Cliff avenue, with a view
. u ascertaining the feasibility of obtain
, mg land for city purposes.