Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-07
on TaE WING.
town - Lakes Union and Washing.
ton.

Good lmpressi0ns OF Seattle - Bell.
ton.
[Cor. Carson New Tribune.
SEATTLE, Got. IS, 1888.
EDITOR TRIBUNE have about taken
in all of interest in and about Seattle,
and the more | see the more / am i'm.
pressed with the certainty f its becom-
ing a great commercial city. Where
pine trees held undisputed sway, houses,
private and business, are growing up,
and when the old mOssbacks realize the
fact that their future good fortune de-
ponds on Offering Inducements for the
live men Of California and Nevada to
bring their capital here a great, a very
large city will grow up all along the
shores of this beautiful bay and the
lakes Union and Washington, but at
present the fossils hold building lots so
high that the ordinary iucomer is scared
and compelled to rent if he desires to
start business.
Apropos of the lakes: Lake Union ia
situated about two miles from the
steamboat landing, and what is termed
the city proper, and is really a lovely
sheet of the purest fresh water and only
three-fourths Of q mile from the bay
shore. This lake is about ten miles in
circumference, and the scenery about it
beautiful as a poets dream. One mile
northeast of Lake UaiOn is Washington
Lake, as beautiful in point Of scenery
| as Lake Union, and more than twice
the size of Lake Tahoe. There is On
island in the center six miles long; both
lakes are swarminR with fish; the banks
are not 30 precipitOus as those nf Tahoe
but on the contrary pleasant sandy
beaches prevail.
A ship canal is in process of f0rma
ton from the bay to Lake Union and
from thence to Washington, so that
ships of the heaviest tonnage can rue
| into fresh water, cleanse their bottoms
and load lumber at the Wharves for all
parts of the world. Sawmills are being
built, and shortly the sound OF the
steam whistles and everlasting buzzing
| of saws will resound over and through
timber and placid water.
BelltOwn, 90 called on account Of an
old resident of that name, who has betn
| in the Territory thirty two years and
suuatted on 80 acres of land, is getting
to be a really beautiful town, and still a
suburb Of Seattle Cit. There must be
at least 1000 inhabitants in Rellt0wn,
and a splendid hotel is going mp there.
A back lot in that locality is held al
from $500 to $500, size 60xlD Sc
you see that parties not possessed Of
capital would be foolish to come here
especially a. this season. Mr.. Bel. with
whom ! aln somewhat acquainted, IL a
genial old gentleman and frankly states
that foreign capital 10 AN actual neces-
sity 10 the future prosperity Of the Ter
ritorv. The rainy season has st in
and employment will be scarce, 30
would mot advise any one to leave Ne
vada TO come here on Dependence OF
securing employment.
| may here state that the women in
this Territory are far superior In ap-
pearanee to the web-feet OF Oregon. fol
here lperhaps owing to the influx Of
Nevadans) the shoe stores contain gait
ers a. small ~ thre-s, whereas in Port
land the smallest size sold il skies. Thu
Seattle girls have . healthy look and
seem to put on but little style, although
they viii learn the business quiel
enough AZ the California and Nevad,
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