Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-29

10y nA suo average 0eaytle ma
inhaies. II stirs his blood TO few.
neat, ana real estate has contracted Il
Iniection ana Dne mp at a rate th,
would give member of staid, allow
going community the vertigo. On
tnine can be truthfuliy recorded in Il
vor OF this imitation Of property-it
not based on the mere fictitious specr
iatlons OF real estate agents. A Qres
oeai OF property changes hands in real
,ty. IL ID placed on the market and col
~ vnat must seem to soma absurd fin
ures. Lots and blocks are constsntl
changing hands and money is aotuall
paid m the course OF such transfers
Ihe great rise in real estate il urinci
paiE predicated on Seattie's hopes O
being selected As the final terminus O
the Northern Pacific Railroad. Ambi
tious as this hope may appear, yet i
must be regarded by all ciear-heado<
persons as neither an absurd nor vain
one. Undoubtedly Seattle posses o
manv advantages to support her claim
Tor terminal supremacy. Geographic
ally she Is second to no other port On thl
Sound. She has q safe and capacioul
harbor, deep enough for the very laxassl
vessels TO doat, clustered from heavy
winds and adordinR unsurpassed an
chorage. In addition, she has conosn.
trated capital, unity of interests and
great public enterprise among Che cit
zens.
CITY or GREAT KxPEcTATIoNa.
Seattle appears to haye absorbed and
appropriated 20 her own ADVANTAGE a
large proportion of the Sound business.
Boats, steamers and sailing vessels come
from all points along Washington Ter
ritory and even British Columbia waters
and center about her busy docks. One
who will take the trouble to watch the
various craft in the morning will OBJ
serve that they steam away from the
wharves In all directions. Some 90 up
the Sound and some down. In fact,
they radiate from Seattle as q common
commercial center. The citizens of Seat
tie ardeatly affirm that their town is the
businels heart of all the western Dor
tiou OF the Territory; that its pulsations
supply vitality to all outlying points.
Literally speaking, this is an exaQge-
rated smile; but il any one will divest
himself of sectional prejudice, travel
over the whole of Puget Sound, visit
the several competing points and care
fully and impartialiy compare the rela-
tive advantages and disadvantages, he
will concede the superiority to Seattle.
To the writer there seems no doubt that
the terminal aspirations of Seattle are
based on solid, substantial reasons.
There Is feverish excitement over the
prospects of this towu. Too high hopes
are entertained, and the speculative
mania is pushed beyond a reasonable,
limit nksAr n
very nature of things, follow this infia-
most enthusiastic are realized. Beneath
and exaggerated valuation of property,
a steady. substantial improvement is
everywhere noticeable. Seattle Is rap
idly improving. Buildings are going up
in all portions of the town. Among the
improvements may be enumerated a
large three-story brick block, creditable
to any city on the Pacific Coast.
SIGNS OF RAPID GROWTH.
Handsome residences are being erect
ed on almost every street. In the north
ern, eastern and southern suburbs rapid
strides in Improvement are most mani
fest. Beyond the high ridge on the
north, extending down TO the shores of
Lake Union, new and tasty residences
thickly line the roads (the streets have
not yet been located. Along the east
ern slope OF the hill on the highway
leading to Lake Washington, and in the
southern outskirts of the town, the same
spirit Of enterprise is displayed in the
Of many handsome and, in
some instances, elegant, costly dwell
ings. Three hundred buildings, il is es-
timated, will be erected in Seattle dur
ing the present season. Probably the
amount OF money expended this year in
making improvements will exceed that
of any two preceding seasons. A great
many persons are engaged in the real
estate business. In all directions are
additions to the original town plat. The
whole outlying country back Of Seattle
has been mapped of. Lots and blocks
are offered for sale-and at prices, too,
that would almost stagger belief-two
miles east of tide water. One thousand
dollars in hard cash il asked for q sim
gle lot over one mile from ths water
front. Yet the average inhabitant of
this young and rising metropolis will
stoutly deny that real estate Is held at
unreasonable figures. Property can be
purchased, everything being con-
siderod, much cheaper in Portland OF
even in San Francisco than in Seattle.
Certainly a heavy reaction awaits such
imitation in the near future. When the
present "boom" subsidies, when real es.
tate shall be held at rational prices. and
when through railway connection il 40
cOmplished, then Semitic will enter upon
career Of steady, rapid growth and an
natx~v "a hsuY NJ hnoSUOoo 30
sources and real wealth.
FACTORIES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
Taking all these things into consider.
alton, Seattle 10 fully abreast of the
times in the matter of manufactures
Following 10 q list Of the most import.
ant: Three fouudries, two breweries
three shipvards, one tannery, three
boiler makers, six sash and door factor.
lee, ave machine shops, two furniture
one soda water. one loo factory. ons
Touring mill, six sawmills, three brick
yards, three tish- packing establishment
one 6sh canuery. ono barrel factory
In the lumber manufacture ak sawmilll
are reported, with an aggregate cutting
capacity Of 100000 feet per day. Thesa
mills have been unable for the past iii
uOutuo " uupWy so0 uotnO ooAAsass>s
Seattle supports, in good style, thre'
private institutions Of learninS-Trinitl
(Episcopal) Parish School, the Sisters
| (Catholic) academy, and kinderRar
tan. Four large and hourishing publ,
schools are maintained. Recently |
very large public school building ha
| been erected. The Territorial Univer
city il located at Seattle. and is attend
| ed by great many students from al
parts Of the Territory. The religion
element Of Seattle IN represented by th
| following denominations: Episcopal
| (thrse churches) Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Protestant. Free Methodist
Roman Catholic, Congregational, Pres
byterian, Baptist, Scandinavian Luther
an. In addition the Young Mems Chris,
| ian Association have an organization
with regular meetings, and also q fre'
reading room. without being sbovy o
pretentious, the church architecsure .
Seattle 10 noticeably neat and attrat
tive.
The pres Of Seattle c,nsists OF tn
daily and weekly PosT-lxrELLloExckz
! daily and weekly CArosicie and Erssss
Hsraid. Both the Posr-IxrxLLroEscK
| and the CArosicis receive and p1otia
daily the dispatches Of the Associates
Press.
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