Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-17

in its coal and lumber interests 1t is perched
upon the top OF a high bluff. and to get to it
from the steamboat wharf. or railroad station.
one has to mount zig gig road of tremendous
grade. At night the people going up and down
carry lanterns to light their way. and the hill
side has the odd look of two torch light process
sion moving In opposite directions
THE PRESENT BIGGEST SOUND CITY.
The railroad continuation from Tacoma to
Seattle is nearly completed. but for the present
Seattle is reached 10y steamer. Seattle seems
altogether to have the best prospects of any OF
the Sound cities. 1t is the largest. having
population OF 1000. and no place of its size. OF
quadrup,e its size. on the Pacific coast. shows
anything like its pnsh and public spirit The
assessed value Of its property is above 81 600 900.
1t has tire. daily newspapers, electric lights.
roomy school, houses. numerous churches. seve
raj banks. a number of average hotels and
handsome new one nearly finished that would
he u credit to any city in the country. The
business and residence portion OF the city
rises from the water on a series of
hills a0urdlnG ample drainage and very pictur-
esque situation for the place seen from tine
wafer. Street grading is going on at a great
rate RIGHT up the steep hills and fine rtS dences
are SpiinGiny up i'll odd juXtapnsitlon to the
sumps and charred trunks of monster trees.
Seattle has also saw and planning mills furniture
factories fish CanerieS and other industrial es-
Establishments: also large business is done here
i'll lreghtinr lumber and coal. COT which there
are extensive mines near Seattie,) and alto
gtther the place has a look Of robust heath
that iuStities Tacomas jealousy. OF the latter
an amusing exhibition was furnished lately. In
colder folded circuar) issued nv the North
era Pacific company gorifying the country
their route. Seattle was spoken CT as 1.-The Queen
| City of the sound" The ferment in Tacoma
caused thereby was awful and only par
TALLY aplcascd by the withdrawal OF the obnoX-
. ious circulars and the substitution of others
designating Tacoma and Seattle the Two
Queen Cities of the Sound" The Tacoma peO-
PIE. suspect Mr. Willard Of having a Partially
towards Seattle any how. and there was shown
| CO.'S derabIe citation over the report from the
east that he was to be displaced from the presi-
dency of the road. 1t Is more probable. how
ever. that Mr.. Willard, who seems to be a man
ct pretty broad gauge is not botherng himself
with petty schemes for speculation in rail-
road town lots. but is giving his serious atten-
ton to the task Of making the road a success
a whole To this end he will seek feeders from
rs many points as possible on the Sound. and.
after providing them impartiallv with railroad
facilities will leave them to fight out the ques
, ton of supremacy among themselves on the
Darwinian doctrine of the survival of the fitest
il-htst. AS to the matter of the location of the
coming Big City of the Sound that is a question
, that may not be settled for fifty years yet There
are too many great natural harbors upon the
Sound tit to float the commerce of the world
TO rive any one decided advantage in the COM
petition. and it will take a long time for the ee-
nenfS of success to crystaZe at definite point.
THE CHINEE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
Port Townsend. beyond Seattle on the Sound.
is Uncle Sans port of entry. where our custom
house officers in addition to their usual duties
have to keep a sharp lookout for attempts to
smuggle Cinnamon into our territory in viola
ttnn of the laws OF Congress against their inn
portatiOn. In consequence Of reports reaching
Washington OF wholesale attempts at Chinese
smuggling here, the government sent out Major
". H. II. WaSsOn an energetic special agent Of
the Treasury department, to investigate the
matter He finds that while there has been
some pXa LgeratiOn i'm the reported extent of The
smuggling operations there is no doubt of the
existence OF a complete and WeII-managed
CHINESE smuggling organization, having its
headquarters at Victoria, where the Chinese are
Con"regated IN numbers. through having been
employed largely on public and private work
railroad building, and the like in British Co.
lu'nbIa. 1t seems that the smuggers operate an
underground Misunderstanding on the plan
Of That used blythe abolitonsts to run off slaves
They use small schuOners, row boats that
will Garry small sail. and do not usually under
take to run more than ten fifteen Cinnamon
per trip. The sinuggiers get an advance of 2l5
on every Chinanan shipped and Sl5 more
when he is safely landed. They dodge
around among the Islands in the Sound
nue. cutter. they seek the shelter of some of the
myriad places of cOncralment afforded by the
great archipelago. 1t is very difficult to head
them OIL altogether still the vigiiant officers at
Fort townsend have succeeded in capturing
good many cargOes and have quite fleet OF
cOntisCated smuggling boats.
In the opinion of Major WassOn the law needs
an amendment prescribing a penalty for viola
ton by tine or imprisonment. or both There Is
no penalty now whatever, and all that can be
done with them after capture is to return them
to British territory. This involves al expense
to our government OF about $40 per Chiaaman
and is therefore losing business to Uncle Sam:
especially as the Offenders having no fear of
punishment. are no sooner returned then they
come back again. and keep up their efforts to
get through the lines.
VICTORIA
1t is like dropping into another world to leave
the feversh, busting, thousand new-hou
year. latest. fastest American northwestern
towns. and, turning the corner of Vancouver
Island to shoot into the placid land locked har-
Dor OF Victoria. The place has the look of
town finished years ago. The people have set
tied down to the quiet enjoyment of life. doing
business In ielsurely way. and not giving much
tl0e to it. They go to business at or 10 in the
morning. and close up at or in the evening.
acting on Charles Lambs theory OF atonement
Tor coming late to his work in the morning by
going away early in the afternoon. The even
Ing they give up to the discussion of substan-
tiil English dinner and to social enjoyments A
prominent feature of the evening routine in
line weather is a drive over the excellent Eng
liSE made roads in and around Victoria The
English law Of the road prevails here You
turn to the left instead of the right. The men
wear English muttOn-chOp whiskers, and the
women are stout rosy, wholesome looking, with
large features and not at all handsome The VIC
torans boast of their equable. healthy climate,
and 1t does seem to be pleasant place for the
summer Living is high here. however. Gas is
IS a thousand in Victoria right alongside of
coal mines and pretty poor gas. too Butter is
- cents per pound. and eggs Is cents a dozen.
The Princess Louise made herself immensely
popular here by a visit extended to five months.
in which she upset all the rules of court ETH
quette and mixed with the towns people lust as
If she were of ordinary clay Mr. Allen Francis.
our excellent consul at Victoria who was an
intimate friend Of Abraham Lincoln says the
Princess was q great admirer of the martyr
President. and never met him without inourinr
II he could not tell her something more about
Mr. Lincoln. CSN.
Trustfulness.
In peace TIE Cay IS ended. and the night
Faleth Is doth veil upon the sea;