Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-11

Lsdgers despairine efforts in behalf Of
It's fast falling prospects and the ,nore
psrseyeriaeiy i. wieiis its weanons of
fsissAood and bOrnbass. Whilst for in
stance, the Posr-IyTgLrIGEScr. rs,S-
Issues the arrival by steamers ss the
Sonnd of the member landing a. all TIE
Porfs-as at Victoria. Port Tuxnssrd.
Seattle ard Tacona, and those destined
tog olympia snd o:her Sound towns
TIE Tacoma Lsd9sr can only find room
fos list of those that come TO gew Ia
coma. IL will give the Startling infor-
nation of the arrival there by steamer
OF % or I'D passengers-pcct tsioaaliy OF
% or bb-but not a word OF the iOJ. or
pesnassS 10, that lsnded at Seattle. 70
say nothing OF those stopping at Vic
toria or Port Townsend VIII boastincly
state tess 10 or more passengers cirns
10 Tacoma In the cars By Tay of kalauna
and tac Cs,l1mhis. hu. not a word con
earning the fact that mora than
two-thirds of tn. number left by
the steamer for Seattle, their place
OF destination, and q portion OF the re-
fntindcr, for other ,sorts Of the Sound.
WIN print IN large size type a weekly
iist OF real estate transfers occupying
perhaps thres or four inches OF space,
bus never refers {, the list of real estate
transfers presented the same week by
the Posi- -IsrHLLIGgycKg-p In
nne PRINT OF perhaps more than ten
times the length Of the Lssigsr's list.
VIII vauntlngiy refer TO exceptional
lots bringing $1,000. bat no. word of
the sale Of business lots At tho metrop-
Oils during the same week for $4,000 a
lot. Will pra Q Of the number of hoases
being bniis in tho town. bai has nothing
to say regarding ths erection in Seattle
City OF at least thros times the number,
some one or more of them costing more
than the entire lis. of houses it presents.
And yet, In despite of these we'll known
facts. its columns ara teening with
boasts of tie overwhelming growth of
New Tacoma, and the failing prospects
OF the metropolis of tho Sound. Bat
the LetiJer Is on'y distressing when il
attempts to bs funny: then it is tina.
men aud women weep in anguish and
dogs howl in distress-as iu late at
tempt. announcing the coming exodus
from Seattle to the exterminns Tacoml.
The editor does not say how soon this
Imagined exodus will taks place, so
will state the fact that it may be ex-
pected tn occnr soon after some great
that will tumble the Sre-
cipitous bluffs (bluffs on bluffs
upon which il located the town of New
Tacoma, one upon another. and into the
bay, when may be expected an exodus
Of the good people OF Seattle With spades
and shovels upon their shoulders, To dig
ont of the ruins the poor, unfortunate
facomaites; till this sad occurrence, by
no means beyond the range Of possibil-
isy. the Ledger need look for no coming
exodus from the terminal city. The
Ledger in the past has never ceased
talking of Tacoma as the terminus or
terminal city, as il can have no further
claim to such title, since the extension
OF the road To Ssattls, certainly not
npsn its completion (as stated by Mr..
Willard in August next is il no. full
time Tor the Ledgtr II Tx upon some
other appropriate title for the town, rs |
stated in my.lasi? "Corporation town.
might answer very we'll, but If the cor
poration succeeds in disposing Of its !
lots to mistaken spectators IL will have |
but little further interest in New Taco |
ma, SO l will propose another name, II ot |
only appropriate but warranted to |
stiok-Bluff Town--how suitable this |
name: you have but to look at the des- |
ccipiion of Now Tacoma To be found in |
a late number Of the .ifiaafic Monthly, |
where tourist on the Sound describes |
1t as town situated upon and under |
bluifs-precipitous blnffs 80 to 100 feet |
high-where, as he says, high flights of |
steps are provided to enable citizens to |
ascend and descend from bluff to bluff. |
Now, would recommend that in place |
of these steps or ladders, as great im
provemeni, that elevators he provided |
Certainly this would save the great |
fatigue in climbing by steps thoss pre-
cipltous hiehts. They might be worked
by stoam engines, some of them OF suf- |
fieient power To elevate and lower load
ed wagons and teams, thus saving them
a travel OF mile or two around. to ar
rive AZ street perhaps not more than
ten or twelve rods 10 one side, though
many yards ADORE or below. OF course
this would DO a great enterprise for the
citizens OF New Tacoma, but perhaps
they might prevail on the Northern Pa
cific company to construct such eleva- |
tors for them. Would it not be we'll
for them TO circulate petitions for that
purpose Perhaps, however, this may
be one Of the momentous enterprises
mentioned in the Ledger, already quot
ed. ALBERT BREwsrxR.
Sonoma, CAL, May 8, 1883.