Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-03


front 1t the t,p Of shs blaa What =.
sssupef50r sitsH indeed for . w01id b
metnspolis city, vhs y, except the fsw
buildings near thu shose-few for want
Of SD ce. aud. psthaps. prudentsal res
sons uenf;oued--aosroe buiidlny can
te seen ~ approa ched By water, and
where you havs 20 cGimb the graded cas
msntioned for half mile 70 obtain .
sioht Of tbs town. what . ooosYxst b
there presanssd % The oity Of Seattle.
that, = arprooch4i b s9eamers, burSss
upon the syos u pa0oe0Guu a. . yf11cu
OF uuparaiieIod b6auxy. No hlu6 hers TO
climb, or 20 threaten destruction 70
dwelIsss above and below BY Land
tlidan. that Ne Yead Of from tins to time
~ OoouxTjng - ths corporatson town,
hut pleaaant Yiee affords eQreSs and IN
Rrszs 70 its nreat and constantly irserss-
ing eommeree, till fuFthss back, tbs
siop:nQ Tid9e dividing the grand and
t,eautsfui Lake Washington from tbs
bay, affords - dweliers On either siope
the m0st beacsiful sites for rcsidcnces,
whore either bay, SOUND Of lakes, with
snow-csppsd, towering mountains looas-
ing up beyond, enrssish the eye, whilst
bssween the exparsivs Lsks Washing
tan and the bay nesfies the nivery Lake
Union, soon 70 b enoompnssed BY the
city limits. What other city surrounds
. lake a. viii 6eattls ere many years!
This writer taihs OF it, grand possihil-
ities fer city park on the gravel plains
some miles east from Tscoms-RrAvel
plaina vhsseou . green swsrd u An i'm.
possibility, and upon whish NO oTna.
mental uhrub or tfee osn be made to
grow, il sole dependence for beauty
being some stontsd groves Of svsysresus
that surrounds IL. Think Of tho beauti-
fuI parks @ be bad - Seattle. on tbs
shores Of the magnificent Lake WASH
iugton, only swo " three miles back
from tho bay front, or on the romantic
shores Of Lake Union. lying half way
between, or on Salmon Bay, - the north.
distaneed three or four miles, or some
wheso On ths dividing YtdaS msnsioned,
and overlooking, when the timber Is
oIoaFud, Ill th0so beautiful waters, a.
we'll a. the Sound, - also the Cascade
Mountains 70 the east and the Cesst
Range to The West. and tbsn let impair
ti2I judges say which place 10 % be pro-
fsrred Tor the laying out Of parks. The
early emitting Of tho lake canals will
prove Of inestimable advantage 10 Seat
tie. The Supplying Of the city With
iilimitablo amoans OF puro healthful
water will Of itself compensate hun
dred times the cost. TO appreciate this
fact you haze but to look as the city Of
San Francisco with its constant CRY Of
water! water! Tnen the valuable water
poser Obsained viii Of ITSELF moro than
repay the cost Of construction; but
when to these arc ADDED tho drainage
OF thousands Of acros on the shores Of
Lake Warrington preparing Tor ssttle-
msnt, the Juost fertile sOii TO be found,
and opening 10 market and for o0m-
Inerce it, 200 miles OF shore liue, and
the rich agricultural lands mot tar dis
tant back from It. shores, what pen
can portray she benefit 10 tho city and
the country TO the east?
When she thousands IN search Of
homes and farms eavo located on thsso
fertile and % advantaQe0usly situated
lands, when the putting steams and
white sails Of vessels shall enliven tho
waters Of these SURPRISINGLY beautiful
lakes, bringing to tho city She various
productions Of the soil and carrying 70
She producers tho meyoantile STORES Of
tho city, then Seattle Will experiences
q prosperity surpasaiug even bright
dreams Of the past. Talk no moro of
thu good times oomiug, boys, for 10! IL
has come-is now knocking aS the door;
throw vide open the portal and give IL
4 hearty welcomed hurrah ALT And
then to an inquiring mind please sx-
plain II you can Why shis long delay.
20 srihinQ and its immonss advantages
90 apparent 70 all, postponed tiil this
late dsyf delay that I hesitate not %
say has 10 this time cost she city and
county many times over the cost Of con-
stsuettou: Buy am too happy now to
sold o. md further faalt. Certainly
better late than never; - instead Of
qnarreliuR lot N all Fejoios together.
Int to return to this writer in tho
West Shore ~ found In the Tacoma
feared BY competitor" Why TO DO
feared Z Certainly Seattle has no fear
Of tho resources Of Tacoma; the very
idea b absurd, ~ oil the advantages
Tacoma poaseasi IL poesesscd BY Seattle,
With many othsrs apparent 20 all veil
informed II il her coal neids1 We'll,
o. Seattle ahips from the mines to hero
nearly three oe -four times the amount
VI Vtsea Pot u1U8eass ~Sks otAk1y uOxv ~ No
cause OF alarm. II 1t her one valley OF
bottom lands tho Puyallup, valley. Bnt
seattle proudly points 70 the fertile val
leya Of the Duwamikh, White, Black,
0r0en and Cedar rivers, and nov to tho
illlmitAhls fertile lands Of Laks WASH
inaton. before mentioned. IL 10 her
0ravelly Lake, six or scven miles dis
tant? Bat Seattle u bordersd BY lAkes
that put them 70 shame. II u the CON-
Bay On which il 10 situated,
of which hAve written, and Of which
Tho least said the better. since the best
that oAn b. said Of u II that Il 10 8 very
nAfs hnxbOr exoept during Z stoxmf II 10
he lofty and pssoipitous blu6 on which
b found. After much climbing, che town
of New TaoomAf We'll Emust confess
that this advantage u moro apparent to
The sssidentn, aad tn blasent LsdQsr,
than % any other. True, Tacoma has
nne view Of NJ. Rainiss. But even Thu
rand Fesoorcs friRhtsns NOT ths good
people Of Seattle, since thes also view
This Rfsnd mountain. and Il the view 10
Bouaswhae moro distont, NJ. Baker, 20
he nnRtheaat and ~ finer view az che
coast range and views Of the heeutiful
|akse. eesn tf0msehe city, more, Car moro.
Than compensate The moro distant vtew
Df Rainier.
Take away Ne support Of tho evcrlsnd
and fair Olympia. with iis
valuable water power clos 90 its rear.
md Port Townsend vith ia flne harbor.
would - cucs take prseedenoo 81 this
corporation town, and when In due
oourse OF years overland lines ssAoh
them. - they certainly wtll. the - tcvne
vail ovestAka, and. ewing 10 rsors advsn-
taQeous cites. surpass her in Qrovth,
whilst Seattle, fair Queen Of the hound,
and the then mstropolitan city OF the
RAathes viii bal smilinaly Weloome the
peoeroslty az hsE Sisaee oiliea. AZ that
ttme the oprmfnus a nAny overland
liuea oeoe11a YIN mt envy 1aoonaa her|
beae4e6 eantm oe batnR the oerninua az
~ n. r. b =, vhish = faoe via soon
eeemin1to a ~ Own oa1o an1 oommo-
dioua bay. That Taccsna vim - 4 psua-
porous town ] have 10 1oohG, q viii al
0ieteo a ~ ooond bai q nvoll Tor her
peopao 20 un&ec11Aa3 thnt her claim 70
coming aupsemAoy = bot IN tdlo dream
that viii vanish ineo oblivion h an
peuashinR ysA1a
lshsn / len yous beautiful city, nov
eW0 yoAIa 80 ono pne1. q 80 thea nv