The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-02-18
SEATTLE.
Another Ambitious City of the
Sound.

SEATTLE, w. L., teD. 9, 1883
Editors Herald:
1 have visited this place in pass
ing, two or three times, but believe
L have omitted to make any mention
of it, which omission now propose
to remedy.
Seattle is one of the oldest towns
in Washington, and if her citizens
are permitted to judge, is now, and
hereafter will be, the future city of
the Sound, and candor compels Ole
to say, that nearly every other town
on the eastern shore of this vast
body Of nayigable water puts forth
similar claim.
IhaVe been furnished by Mr.. Thos.
W. Prosh, manager of the Post
I7lteLLigeflceT, very respectable
daily of Seattle, with certain data
upon which to base a few remarks
in relation to the place and which
are hereinafter appended in sub
stance.
Population 1880, 1868; estimated
populationF ebruary 1883, $500; vote
of 1882, 1924; buildings erected in
1882, 800; coal shipped 1882, tons,
Isl 500; oats, 10000 bushels; hops,
1900 bales. Three daily and three
weekly newspapers. THE best
built town in the Territory" A
respectable fire department. Tel
ephone system being introduced.
Ten churches. Probably thirty GIN
mills.) City assessment in 1882,
| $4,280,000. Fourteen thousand ship
ping measurement in port February
6, including five ocean steamers.
Oregon is ambitious of becoming
the terminus of the Northern Pacific
and the Oregon Short Line rail
roads.
Regarding the claim of being the
best built town in the territory,
am unable to judge, not having
| visited all of them, though was in
| formed by a gentleman who has
seen the place that Walla Walla is
larger and better built than Seattle
the latter is, however, beyond doubt
the boss town on the sound, as tC
business and population, New
Tacoma ranking next.
Concerning the claim to be the
prospective!t erminus,of the two rail
roads named, / have but little
knowledge, but must confess tha
the idea of the Oregon Short Line
Co. extending its road to the sount
is new to me, as it may also be tt
Hon, John Sharp, director of the
u Ard touching this terminu!
question, | think l have already
suggested that the fual ending OF
the n. P. has not been decided on
1t is true that on paper, as we'll az
actually, at the present time New
Tacoma is the end, but really an
other organization has been effected
which being in the interest of thu
81. 2. will no doubt be governed by
it. This company is at present con
structing a line of road nominally
from New Tacoma to Seattle, bu
which, in my opinion is destined tx
be continued when required alon1
the eastern border of the tow
touching perhaps at several points
on the water 'front.' until connection
is made with the Canada Pacific
Railway.
1t is further not at all unlikely
that line of road may he some DAY
be built over the Cascade rang,
touching the sound at or near
good harbor on Bellingham Bay, il
which event it may be that rfva
to Seattle may grow up in tina
vicinity.
1 omitted IN the proper place t.
give the number of town lots il
Seattle, a question of too much i'm
portance to real estate dealers to b
left out. Twenty sections of land
making 1880 acres, have been lai(
off into 1854 lots, enough to Civ
every man a chance. There would
have been more lots, however, hat
there been any more land between
the sound and Lake Washington.
Should any of you readers visi
Seattle, l would advise them t.
patronize the Hotel Brunswick
which is good one, kept by Maio
E. A. Alden and A. W. Atkins
, Esq, formerly of Salt Lake City ant
Frisco. IL. d. j.