Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-10
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TACOMA.
Lat ma zee then, hov We stand, how we
apuear 20 the unbiased strangers who
sre eyery day arriving here looking for
4 desirable place 10 locate. They seea
vide-avake and active people inter
ssted. in the sbstfact, in all good WORKS,
md buiIdinq school houses, resadences
and bustuess houses; clearing and ersd-
inc streets, taking about Q teIephf ne
exchsure and selling lots-ai houofsoae
Unconventional and some of them praise
vorfhy. But these unbiased strangers
soon discover that cur houses mot IN
lie. Il Il quite true. those OF all other
niacra on toe Sound, are for most part
kuilt In 3 cheap and hasty way. with IN
euf6cient fou1dsstons and very airy So
uernructurso; that the business streets
are beine crowded With hastily con-
sfruofsd timber b0xes; that IN many
pIaces vhsfe sidewalks are necessary
there are ncns; that vhsge mercantile
houses should b found thsfs 10 On a9gre-
ssfion Of whisky saloons, oome q toem
disaracs 70 the city; that none. OF the
sfreets are liahtsd q night; that owing
10 insuf1cisnt poles force and dafk
streets is II unsafe TO pa1e u night
along tn principal thorouHhfares; tnas
vatsr Il % scarce that tn average
Householder must be setasned WIZ
enough for culinary purposes ana ,
angle scanty matutinal eblufion eacn
day: that that virtue which 10 next TO
aodiiness IL practically impossible, and
that. worst Of Gil, many Of these evils
are regarded With ind.dereucs by the
inhabitants.
No honest Tacomaits, and albeit Ia
comaites are all honest, will deny the
truth of these charges that are actually
made every day by those who have 70
ceufly come here with the expectation
of remaining. Ledger, August
9Th.
SEATTLE.
Lei "a see, then, how We appear to
the unbiased strangers who are every
day arriving here looking for q dssira-
BILE place 70 locate. They SO . WIDE
awake and active people Interested In
the sonsrsts, in all good works, ana build
ING school houses, residences and bus-
mess houses. clearing and grading
streets, having Q telephone exchange
with hundred subseribsss. and selling
lots, all honorable occupations. And
these unbiased strangers soon discover
that the houses being erected are nota-
bly, of the better GLASS, that costly res
licences adorn the hills and cosy co.,
taQes nestle In the outskirts; that sx-
pensivs brick edi6oss for. business par
poses are built and building, with stable
foundations and solid sspsrstructures;
that the business streets are being
crowded with substantial and solid strue-
lures; that sidswalks are TO be found
and are being buildsd wherever needed,
and extended In all directions; that
whore mercantile houses should b. found
they are located; that all business streets
and many residence streets are lighted
with eas all night; that owing to sufh-
oiens and effective police force and well
lighted streets, Il 10 ~ safe by night a.
by day TO walk along the principal thor
oughfarss. That owing to the extern
sivs, costly and permanent water works
the average householder IL not limited
in culinary supply nor in the number Of
his daily additions. and that cleanliness,
that virtue which 10 next 70 godliness, is
practioed with impunity BY all, and
that all thess blessings are regarded by
the inhabitants AZ matters of course,
not worthy special mention.
They will, moreover, find fire de-
partment with two steamers, one hand
engine, a hook and ladder company,
three hose. carts, brick engine house
and another one. also Of brick, now
building; n police force consisting Of
six effective men. q university, i've pub
Ito schools, aud an expensive and ex-
tensivs school house now In progress Of
erection. Episcopal aud Catholic schools
and . kindergarten, In all attended
daily by more than 1900 children and
taught by thirty teachers. They will
tind line Of wharves welt loaded down
with freight Of al, kinds, glasses an1
descriptions, lined with steam and sail.
ing craft; will count 800 buildings in
progress Of construction; will get an
opportunity to bid for the erection Of a
handsome opera house; will note the
most extensivs street improvements OF
any city ON the coast; will SO crowded
highways and business activity. and
above all will And an independent,
broad -spiritsd. industrious community.
confident Of its own resources, secure
In the superiority Of In location, liberal
In means and labor 10 advance the gen.
srai prospsrity, far sighted and united
In interest. aud depending on isssh for
what Il IL and justly expects 70 become.
And the newcomer, b he from the far
sast or the near west, viii and IN hon.
orabls welcome. and u poor. . chance
10 labor 81 fair wages, or II wealthy, an
opportunity 10 ioin his fortunes with
the future Of . city whose past growth
and present STATUE In Ne face VI no
slight opposision are indioss Of what 10
yet TO b.
Every honest 6sattlsits and Seattle
itss are al honest-will conarm The
truth Of these statements, which are
actually made sverv day BY those who
have come here 10 settle, and 4 large
majority Of whom rsmain.
AEvKN WARS 1NC9EAsg.
n 10 peculiarly gratifying 10 ~ 10 ~
cord evidences Of . steady, unbroksn
growth kks that now q our command
In the counties Of Yakima and Walla
Walla- Thess two counties have done
exceptionally we'll during the past few
years. having doubled In population
and considerably more than doubled in
wealth sinos 1876. The asssssmsnts of