Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-02

H1N HII!'1 uGiil "ltlln year IN Seatti
! aDd others are being projected.
ne mighty forests which al first s.eo II
bar 10 our progress, are oar friend auC
: prosperity. for they are needed for th.
worlds commerce aud will comu,an,
, the attention of the nations.
. But tie wealth is 40. all abov,
ground. The vast coal mines of New
castle ana Carbonate bring abundau1
resources to our field Every ho.rse
steam thistle that calls for coal. has q
bas' metallic rlng that means $40, go q
$ls.JcJ income 10 our people. Cu.
growth of this branch of industrv NAV
be seen by the fllures.
he shipment Of coal AZ Seattle from
1871 70 l--2. inclusive. amoanted to =
U1i,9I6 tons, the largest shiprcen: b-in1
IN ls-2, amounting 70 l5l AIS tons. while
during the first eleven months of ISSs
It has already risen To 10000. assuring
Us of an annual shipment nearly forty
per cent. greater than ever before: and
thousands of men are working il mid
winter to hasten the completion OF the
railroad that shall bring tho Green River
mines to our coal bunkers, and double
our shipments.
The very clouds and curre2ts favor us
| With balmy climate, that brings pros
| perity to our homes. for which We NAV
! be devoutly thankful. Away in this
northern latitude, where tho Summer :
sun fingers IN our northern skies for
twenty hours out of the renty- four
We have had ice but one night this Fall
to date. and meteorological table pre-
pared II Port Blakely for twenty six
months Of lS7I-Ie, gives the lowest tenn
perature as % above Zero, and the num-
ter of clear days IN lS7S-the only full
year repOrted-as 20. with 46l4 inches
rainfall; and thus from the clouds to
the bowels of the earth We have a con
tinned series of productive resources.
combining to make our country prosper
ous and happy.
But We are profoundly thankful fer
the favorable combination of circum-
stances beyond our control by which we
are this year linked to the eastern
world. 1t was great day. long to be
remembered, when the iron fingers from
Lake Superior were clasped with those
stretching out from Puget Sound.
That day We first realized that We are
no longer in the northwest corner of
nowhere" but midway between the COM
merce of two great continents destined
to prove on A direct thorOughfare from
the cultured East to the nncivilized
West, bearing the same relation to the
heather nations beyond that England
did to America 200 years age; with the
| open door before US to revolutioniZe the
commerce. the ideas and the prosperity
of the Mongelisn world.
To as has the prophecy of Isaiah to
Israel been fulfilled: Thou shalt no
more be termed forsaken. neither shall
thy land any more be termed desolate;
but thou shalt be called Hephzibah. my
delight IN her, and thy land Beulah.
(married) for the Lord delighteth in
thee, and thy land shall be married"
Yes, married to the great lakes which
now clasp hands with Puget Sound,
pledging unity Of interest and COM
merce; married to the great wheat fields
Of Minnesota and Illinois, whittier Wal
Ia Walla has already sent her bridal gifts
to unite in making the best flour of the
world; married to the great eastern
commerce which will now exchange
gifts without tribute to the Golden Gate:
pressed nearer to the worlds great beat
ing heart, as we stand between England
and British Columbia, clasping hands
with mother and daughter, with words
of love aud cheer to both; married to
u
world; our future nei9hbor and partner
III business with China and Japan as our
bridesmaids. Already We are shipping
and when it shall awake from its long,
barbarous night, the worlds CONNER
cial center will move to Americas west
ern coast.
We may truly thank An Overruling
Providence that no widespread panic
like that of 1873, has delayed the com
pletion of tho North Pacific for still
another decade, but that today while.
praying for q ans-Cascade railroad
that shall unite Eastern with Western
Washih gton, We already rejoice in the
practical completion of the road from
st. Paul to Seattle.
Every resident Of Western Washing
ton should be devoUtly thankful for the
commercial prosperity which seems
daily increasing by this revolution of
trade through the opening of the North
Pacific highway. We note the wonder
full growth of Tacoma. its terminal
facilities. its immense railroad hotel
(cOstinS $l00, COO, its fine school house.
its hundreds OF homes. its union with
the "Old Town of twain to make
one rew one and its steacy eleva-
ton to prosperous business center.
We remember Whatoom, for twenty
years buried in the wilderness, now
emerging to . new prosperity and a
wonderful growth. We recognize the
prosperity of Port Townsend, its value
as an iron center and q port of entry
increasing continually.
Olympia 10 reaching ont to lay hold
of the Chehalis Valley, and secures a
new lease on life by the Gray's HarbOr
railroad Incorporation.
Centerville aud Chehalis bave doubled
their buildings ard their corner lots
during tho past year.
Seattle, at the crest Of An inflated
boom" last spring. has doubled many of
her real estate values, and moves stead
ily on through midvinter. From our
elevated homes on the hillside We look
out upon the placid bay to note con-
tinuAl transform alton of its water front
by the erection of wharves. saw-mills,
factories and freight warehouses, which
prove the ever increasing demands OF
our commercial interests.
After An absence of several weeks one
is astonished ~ find in So1th Seattle en-
tire blocks redeemed from the sea. By
piled streets aud warehouses;. new rail
IOau tuIcdutuR Nb Wy 6C1OsS Sue sOutu
bay to its newly completed depot; extern
sions to sawmills, foundries, hotels and
business houses. three and four story
buildings going up in mid d-winter along
our business streets from Jackson to
Seneca street; entire half blocks being
excavated at great expense for business
blocks on second and Third streets:
three fabulous palaces, asRregatinR over
800 900. as An evidence Of home made
wealth. and hotel with over 100 rooms,
the largest, believe, in the Territory,
erected one and . half miles from the
central steamship wharf. at Belltown.
We hear frsAi Eastern men Of the de-
prsciated valnes Of our real estate. the
stringency Of our money market and
the bankruptcy Of our city. while
two business blocks erected in the heart
of our city. valued at 100000 each,
two hundred residences of a permanent
character. valued fr0m S15O to $4,000
each. Carpenter shops vacated for
business, and a continued quarrel be-
tween tenants and owners over the oc
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