, 1883-05-19


residents who have made their money
here and who are investing /: here The
men VII, OWE Seattle live III S,attle, and
not in Philadelphia or elsewhere. And
these new buildings are ali rented IN al
vancs; the stranger ealxIng through the
I streets i, where greeted by the emnl-
Gus ,eseud For rent, .hs, certain ln-
! dicator of dull times; rapid as Is the
march Of Improvement II Yet does not
! keep pace with the demand 4 dwelling
4 house IS almost unprocursble and fIsht
here let me say that in no place where !
| have been in my western ramhles, have
/ seen such good taste displayed In the
erection Of private houses as here. Neat
! and commodious withou, attempt st taw
I dry ornament one feels that the IT sidents
must be people of taste and refinement.
: and So far As a stranger may Judge such i
the case Still | regret t" notice some
prediliction for my pet ah"nina,ion, rows
of " swell fronts So much the fashion
! of late years, and which when crowded
: together seem especially designed 10 le'
your ncighbor know what :rausPires III
the sanctity of Your iom'Cilr. Oac ain
! ful illustration 81 this evil Is reporttC
lately from Chicago Of caurse) where al
IBquisi,ive person ANNOUNCED through IN
medium of this pern:c;ons style Of archi
lecture the discovery of lady in a room
not her own and arrayed in The airy
costume Of the Cspilotine Venus, which
report led To Investigations and trouble
and rank perjury But to resume; the
lacA of suitable dwellings IS very seri-
"us drawback and is driving many fami-
lies elsewhere, and that the mills are lax
ed % their utmost capacity and yet fail 10
! supply the ever increasing demand for
lumber, tells a very plain Story of the
1. rapid growth Of the city. The hotels
though numerous are crowded 10 their
utmost capacity Two of these are So ex-
cellent as to deserve special mention; the
Arlington which has ali established repn-
tstion and needs no eulogy, and the
Hotel Brunswick recently opened. which
| for gt gtneIal excellence Is almost umeGualled
! north Of san Francisco. Thls honsc Is
under the management Of Maj. \. +,
! Alden for many Years the accountant and
business manager Of Hospital for the In
sane. ard one of th. best known an6
most popular men In Western Washing
ton, aud Mr.. c. H. F,ske 3 hotel man of
long experience, under whose manage
ment the dining room has become the
boast of the town In addition there Is
the new Occidental now building Of bi ick
aud stone which vhei, finished viii he one
of Seattle chief ornaments. Altogether
there are some fifteen hotels here, all
good in their way, and ii the owners are
not getting rich 1t must be their own
fault A much admired feature Of the
city Is the new central school house Just
completed At cost of some $50, 600 1t
isa large stately building occupying
beautiful position overlooking the harbor,
with accommodations for 800 pupils,
and furnished with every modern
improvement. Near It stands the
Territorial University which Seattle has
30 long sustained. when successive legis.
lstures have treated II with a niggarily
hand, moved, it Is 10 be feared more by
sectional jeslou-ly than desire to pro-
mote the cause of education.
One thing Seattle greatly Needs and
that is an Opera House which will be
credit to the town instead OF the pres
ent log shanty which looks AS though 1t
might have been an Old settlers stable
Mice g.llop over its fpor during enter
tainmen,s; the seats are If rough lum.
Der anu hard as the way Of the trans
gresscr, while those III the rear cSn
hardly tell whether the uniucky actor
on the stage is reciting line from
Shakespeare "r singing = T"mmy make
room for Your Uncle" Another thing
am disposed TO ut,er robust grow
about and tha, is the Postoifce a taes,
uretchedly inadequate room frr the i'm
nense business done. | an told that
on an average more rhsn 2JoJ letters
and packages are called for daily at the
ore susli window Used FIR general de-
livery. and from morning TIL night long
lines ii people are waiting their turn
u;.h nor- or less patience according To-
the individual This IS by no means the
fault OF the postmaster; he ard his
clerks are always courteous and oh!is NJ,
but OF the Department which refuses
! TO make the ctice q proper all..vaace
That Do large business should have 20 | e
dune in drn only d; for a cross -.uads, is
q disgrace To ali concerned. The present
population Of Seattle is something sbove
6.5N and is increasing with sr, a, rapidity.
Every steAmb"a, brings It's loads firm al
parts OF the country, and i, i. safe to say
thA, at least 200 Ieaple, on an averase,
ere landed here daily, and Of these large
number remain. Busy as the CITY isl
often wonder how they can al ge, 40 /
and In tact I'M not at all sure ,ha, they do
and would not advise people to come here