Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-25

had been busy day in Seattle, and tina
the nrst kiss of the sun would avaker
hundreds OF vorkmen and would set ,
thousand busy hands at work at all III:
industries men engage in Il was liter
ally suspended amin Atom The en-
sire town presents a new, clean, thrift,
appearance, and betokens energy, thrift
and enterprise TO an unusual extent
Its natural beauty Of location Ia very
great, and it must ever be a clean
healthy and prsttv place.
And now we will have to ask the read
er TO 90 back With as in Retrospective
and objective view of the purposes OF
the traveller II this far away country.
For number Of years il has been vel
understood among all classes of people
that the country watered by the Colum.
bia river and its tributaries, and tbs
coantry surrounding that world famous
body Of water. Puget Sound, with it,
arms and tributaries, vas very rich in
natural resources, and contained within
itself ali the essential elements of q
whistle of the locomotive, plouQhino
ed back across the Rockies, the anbi-
tiO0St LUG 0RSlkSttCs Ana b4C at616ti5n60
of all the old settled communities, in
stead of turning thsi faces toward Nee
ca, or praying with their windows open
toward Jerusalem. have prayed with
faces turned and windows open toward
this country, that, promising nothing for
the hidden treasures of its earth, but
bearing all its promises in its open
hand, has lured them toward it with a
chance of realizing the fruition Of their
dreams. The result of this all has been
that az soon al it began to rain it poured
and 30 for two years Washington Terri
tory has besn settling up faster than any
other portion Of our country, and the
people who settle il are bat a small pro-
portion OF the number who have gone to
look at it and not finding what they
sought, have come away and gone back
to die in the old ruts and among old ao-
quaintances. This argues nothing
against the country itself. Every Wis
itor TO this country has in his mind de-
fined or underlined, a something to DO
satisfied, and this is as varied as the
hopes and ambitions of men. The one
thing upon which most all are agreed
upon as fact Is that some day there
will be
A MIGHTY CITY
On the shores of the Sound, and the
one piece of information after which all
seek Ia, where will this city be located!
For years the writer hereof has been
of the opinion that somewhere on this
mighty inland ocean enough people
would get together to make city which
would be in time formidable rival to
San Francisco, and 1t was to verify this
opinion, and ascertain where tins city
would be that was the principal pur-
pose of his present trip. To establish
the fact that physical necessity would
some day make a great city on the
Sound would involve detailed inquiry
into the varied resources OF the country
and its inherent commercial advan-
taQes. which We have not time or space
enough to make, and we shall therefore
beg the reader to accept our dogmi
that such a city must some day be-
or grant 1t with glance at the main
features of the country and its advan.
tagss. Washington Territory is divided
by the Cascade range of mountains into
two great empires, each radically differ
emit from the other in physical features,
climate and productions. The Part
living between the Cascade mountains
and the Pacific Ocean is commonly
termed Western Washington, and the
part lyiug east OF the Cascade noun
tsins Washington Territory, and the
traveller can 90 from one TO the other
through that great natural link, the Co
lumbia river, or by the artificial iron
link new along Its borders, the Northern
Pacific Railroad. The Cascade noun.
tsins, too, relentinx the unfriendly bar
rier they present dividing the two sec.
lions. now and then release their firm
clasp and break away into mountain
passes not very difficult to get through.
Imagine a strip Of rolling and in SOME
places mountainous country, l6O miles
long and 80 miles wide, bounded on the
west by the Pacific Ocean, on the sOutf
hy the Columbia river, on the east b!
the Cascade Mountains and on tn
north by the British possessions, ever.
| foot OF which appears to the observer =
be covered by dense forest Of fir tim
her and you have a telescopic view O
| Western Washington seen from tn
Government lighthouse on Cape Flat
terry. Descend little more into detail
and divide this area by one-half an
YOU have An area, every acre covered b
q magnificent growth Of FIR, hemlocl
alder, pine and maple, the most gigantl
on this continent, with trees OF ii
average hight of 800 feet and from tbs
to $50 feet, oorrespondinRly large at II
trunk and as straight as an arrow, an
growing so thick to the waters edge
70 appear one waving tree top. Extens
inc many miles through the center
this vast area Is Puget Sound, 100 mill
long. with an avelage width Of 10 mile
With its two arms, the Straits of Fut
and Georgia, affording perfectly 81
iupress and egress to the great Pacif
Ocean. The waters of this Sound a
40 quiet and still that in itself IL 10 OF
'. giant harbOr, aHording complete she
: tar and protection from the dangers
the sea, In life, when tempest-toese
.. men and women have been wont
|, seek refuge in the peaceful ssclusion
J the cloister. SO, In that great worl
the Pacific Ocean, when driven by q
!. tempest or beaten by the waves. q
! GOOD ships have been wont to find
! peaceful cloister In the quiet waters
: the Sound. IL makes no difference be
s. turbulent or angry the ocean may /
in temper seldom ruffies the even disp
= alton Oh tOe 0Uuuos 40 70 ouSos fc
!, bic dropped into the Sound at Seat
viii make ripple on the China shor'
I and the thirteen fest rise and fall Of {
! tide betokens the kinship 10 the oces
This seems 70 b about the only CO..
!. mon feature, save that the water Is 81
II Ia free sailing for the largest vees'
], from one end of the Sound 10 the 9th
Z Along the shores Of the Sound are '
.. rious bays, a6ording ample anchora
!. and Quiet harbors. The balance of
: land on this aide the Cascades consi'
!, Of fertile river bottoms. rich tide lam
= and level table lands spsrssiy cover
= with timber and q growth Of und
I brush, wherever these lands have be
!. cultivated they yield abundantly
= hops. vegetables, fruit and some wh,
. and oats. and AFFORD the amplest facl
ties for stock raising and for dali
!. farming. Immense deposits OF O
- and iron have been found In close pr
: imity 20 the Sound, and great quantit
= OF coal 10 nov annually shipped n
!. here TO California and other coast col
y triee. and considerable coal trade y
s China has already been established q
= fis rapidly increasing. Still. scarcel.
e tithe OF the deposits known 10 81
!. has ever bean toached. and the coun
\ liable TO carry thess deposits Is comp
- stiyely unkn0wn and not prospect