New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
THE GROWTH OF SEATTLE.
IT'S POPULATION, BUILDINGS AND INDUS
TRIES.
IFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF The rRiSUSkl


IyRoM ASoccAs1oSAL CORRESPONDENT OF rHs rRIsUSE'l
SEATTLE. w. T., Oct. 12.-Thls city
or Seattle was settled In 1882 and 1883 by Messr'
phillips and Horton OF Illinois, and +. Matthias
Of Pennsylvania In 1858 It had attained popu
lation OF 800 1867, slow had 0een lts gro"U" anu
60 serious ifs troubles with Indians, Seattle contained
only rs houses and 400 inhabitants. But oy the year
1870 seattle outsripped all others on the SOUND ana
claimed n populatou OF 2OO0 and in 1881 II reached
tho census OF 500 Since then 1t has grown to llOOO
~ rnpch more than doubled within two years Inc
steamers from san Francisco via Portland 10 9eatto
and those from San Francisco via Victoria 10 seattle
are br ngng daily 800 people who setue III anu oo'
the oify 50 great has the increase OF popuauon
,tbin the last ak months that 10 is now almost impOss
b 70 md hotel accommodation, so that many are forced
D, can on the hillside although there are eight hotels,
canabo OF holding Of 500 people, besides as many more
OF smaller dimensions.
One Of the citizens Mr. John Collins, Is commentaries
budina 20 be known as the Occidental HOTEL the cost
o, which when completed VIII be about S250OOo The
,dtng faces four srects II viii be composedOf stone
and brick four stories in height with bay windows al
nroupd It, Among other noteworthy DWIdinE' Is the
Tesler.Leary block, ourstory brick building WIN IRON
fronts with large bay windows projecting out over the
ba street aud French plategass windows on the lower
floor and a frontage OF 100 Feet on James-sS
oud I105 on Front.st The corner is occupied
| nv the First National Bank. The cost OF TINS
| building was about $4,000 There are also half
dozen other blocks each Of which was erected at cost
of from $4,000 TO 100000, Ia fact, all the business
bouses erected WITHIN the last year anu na are
substantal and Ia appearance would prove an 9Eh2nGaS
10 any OF the large Eastern cities. Among puOuc Duld
iNgs NAV be mentioned the Territorial University, the
Central North aud South school uldngs eaoh costing
san OOO An Opera-hOuse Is being built at tue cost ol
Sl5OOOO. Besides these buildings are tue churonosI
eight IN number and many elegant resluenoes oIeocu
| on the most eligible points fronting the Sound.
rhe steamers plying between Seattle aud san FTan-
cisco direct are the George W. Elder DaKcLa ana heA
icO making trips every hVe days Inc oregon inprVyo
ment Company has line of coal coers -FOUR IN NUMBER
averaging cargoes of 200 each aud hye trPs Per
month The further commercial Importance OF SeaIGl
san be seen in the stern-wheelers TO the numOer OF
twenty pyi between Seattle aud the different ports on
! the Sound and riyersj there are tweny'ior ProS
| peuers. .,,,-.- s,,or,os Tbare ara
now in oneratton three foundres, five breweries, four
Shpyards tannery, three boiler shOp5 sA saSn si
door works Ave machine shops four lurnlIute
lsh packery, ish cannery, and DareI 20 ybt
addition there carried tue manu- acturo OF D9os
end Shoes copper tin ware aud other snaer mus
tres necessary he growth OF sucn clty lne onle
Industries numbering mining, raising Oh Wheas anu
| hops and general farming on the ryer boIsoL3~