Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-09

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Il certainly will. Undsr ths esrcum-
...noss it il impossible for il 70 do 9th
erviss. That IL must gain In popois-
ton In business and 10 wealth more
r.pidlv during The nsxt twelve months
than Il has gained during the psa
twelve i susceptible Of easy proof. ="
% try IL. -
Comnarsd With other places II u tos
oolv one espsbls Of sustainins iAfRs
Nostino populstion. There isnt an
oxhsr town in the Territory that Two
hundred people suddenly dropped 10
.,II net an to ovsrAoving. Two hun
dred people are taken in hsfs every oay
IN the vssk, while the aGree@ss a"
.ommodssion, Of The town. are god tor
not far from fifteen hundred souis.
strangers are coming 70 the Sound BY
hundrsds and thousands. They viii 20
vhsre they can b fed and lodged, ana
- .hs,s vsrs NO other reasOn for their
coming here this ono alone would %
eu6Aeisnt.
That the place u better known abroad
than any othsr n evident 70 the most
eare,ses reader Of the pssss Of the coon-
try. Probably not far from twenty thou
end persons in California and east OF
The Rocky Mountains are determines
in their own minds TO come TO Seattle,
and ten thousand will como during the
year ensuing. The impression created
upon them when they land here must
be of the mos favorable character. No
other town on the coast prssenfs a bet
tss appearances. No other town con-
tains 20 large proportionats business
life and activity. No other town Is
growing faster, and no other town pre-
ssuts superior Inducements TO those
seeking locations-for investment, for
business and for the earning Of ones
living by the sweat Of his brow.
And further, and more important
than all. this city has the slemsnts OF
growth in IL. II can grow faster than
any Of IL nsiehbors II for no other res-
son than that the material for its growth
can b obtained in the town ITSELF.
Othsr towns adjacent are kept back
for the want Of lamber and brick. Be-
attic has mot oil II wants Of either ma
tssial BY any means, but IL has more
Of both than all the other towns on
Pagst Sound combined. This material
u being put into new houses just A. fast
- Il n possible 70 got It and for the
mechanics 10 no II. Its quantity is
also being increased almost daily. The
local manufacture Of lumber has be-
como 10000 fest day. from 1900 in
1873, from $1,000 In 1850, from $1,000 In
1881, and from 5000 In 1889. One Of
the old mills ID beiog enlarged and four
nsw ones are building. This enlarge
msnt and these nov mills will carry the
average daily cut mp 70 100000 or 300.-
600 fest. The mills will then DO pre-
pared TO all orders good deal faster
than they now como in, and shat they
will then eoms in faster We judge by .
knowledge Of the past. By She incseas-
ing demand Of tho present and BY the
promises Of the future.
Seattle hes The start. IthAs the trade
and Tho work 10 offer ~ Irresistible in.
duoemsnts 70 immigrants. IL has 40
oommodations for the people when they
come, and IL has the material 70 build
With whsn they wish 10 sstablish them-
solves.
The people arc coming. and they are
coming here. and No are prepared to ~
ceive them and make thsm welcome
among ~.
6sattls's 1000 inhabitants will b In
creased 70 10000 before the present year
b gone, and 70 1900 In 1854.