, 1884-02-09
SEATTLE.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
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SEATTLE, Jan. p, 1854.

7 0Ai- - ASOf-
| Situated on more lis than old Rome
when in the heiehth of its world won glory.
Seattle is admirably adapted for city. Its
water front VII enable deep water vessels
of any ton age TO anchor at its whErves and
Loaf their cargoes with the least possible
trouble and expense II is a natural mAde
seaport, snd was made for that purpose by
the Crea.. r. feel enthusiastic about the
place, thsrs are so many facilities, conven-
fences and factors, to make g commercial
emporium. & =; any man who Is not deai TO
all enter iris NJ !naueLoes, will feel SIS do
ON ifitirg the place sm not in the habit
of going oil calf cooked sbout anything, and
have had time 20 consider wf a. am writing
about, but about Seattle there Is no ''sober
| second thought" to be taken into considera-
ton. The place, n, money aud resources
! are he.e to back 1t and 1t MUST succeed.
From its wharves. every day in the tifsy-two
| weeks of the year, vessels from al parts OF
the Mediterranean Of the Pacific" as Vm-
| II. Seward called it, arrive az and leave its
| wharves loaded TO the guards with every
thing that goes toward makinga a commercial
center. And its surrounding mountain seen
cry is nothing short OF sublime. The man
! who views this in the winter time when
| covered with snow without feeling in his
| lnmost heart ie mi ssry Of thas Ia tie line
Of giants, the Olympisn range, and towering
above, the king Of them all, Mount 'nier,
| must be veriisb'e clcd of clay. While
the ground On which s,coi was bare OF
| sEow, and TIE weather As baimy as the
month If Aaril, the snowfall in the noun
tam hsd cov,r all the Lobie peaks with
| nantes OF dszz!ing sii'eness. and their
ssrrated walls flung a, a nst-the western sky
by the haad OF the omnipotent geaIus of the
Almighty architect was scene on which
memory liDgzrs 1t WAS as though natures
fair goddess had hung out her household
Inca to gladden. in the suprays On those
stupendous hrights. Rainier lowered above
everything, like the form o. some great cap
tain whose stature ana hose valor conferred
upon him the command Of The sens OF Anak,
rooted there, in solemn grandeur through
out the ages. 1t was as a vision OF the Eden
from which Adam was eyicted by the COM
mand of the divine landlord. TIE lights
and shades in the gorgeous sunset, such as
We have recently experienced, we've such as
might wake ;he soul of n'n steenth century
Dante to chant 20 countless future genera
tions of freemen the gorseoIsness OF those
imperial masses.
Ian particular about describing every
tt in come across or l s a be askin, my
self the question OF the Honorable Mr.. + an
ian, of Texas, at G.rfelIs nomination,
Nv nat are ae here for,' am positive In
my convictions that ii one half the gloriss
and resources Of Puget Sound Were Gown
to the outside world tina. our much IA ked
of and long prayed for Seattle and Walla
Walia ra,lcca wo4ld soon be a positive fact,
and that within the next lustrum-.ive years
the wish Of tire hearts OF all Interested
IN the prosperity of this great tide w@ter,
cattle raising. mining, manufacturing ard
forest territory would be more than realized
But in order TO accomplish this every nan
must put his stoaid. 7 TO the wheel and work
for 1t. The road Would open up the great
- ,trx-t he
United States, not excepting even that love
of Projections Pennsylvania, itself From
| within few miles of this center and along
the surveyed rad of tits projected read
there are mines of coal and iron that will IN
future yield subsistence for Thousands OF
| souls Further along in the mount,ms as
the road is built, are forests of virgin tim
Der where as yet the sound of the axe has
not been heard. Across the range in the
mountains bordering on the great Iskima
valley are mines of geld, silver, copper, ga
| lena, iron and coal ; the mountains are lit
erally ribbed with gold and opens bat to
golden keys" In the valleys and foothills
the best out door Iange for cattle IN the
world is to be found, sni wheat country
that y ill annually pay tribute from quar-
ter million tons Of wheat to Seattle and
Waila Wala viii be reached by this road.
| Onr inter ior counties will supply the freight
IN the shape Of wheat, cattle, fruit and min-
erals, and in return We of Walla Wa!la will
welcome the ccai, lumber and f with
which, by the nature Of things, must return.
There is one thing about the people OF the
cities of .he Sound Ike, and that is, they
all pull together for the beae6t Of thar city.
That internal jealousy We have all noticed
elsewhere. so many dirty little ciiques who
care nothing except to enjoy spiteini re-
yenge, and would tear neighbor to pieces
if they thought he was making dollar more
than they were, is entirely unknown here
or if it exists they have to take precious
good care to keep it 70 themselves. There
are no interneceine strifes In Seattle bat all
work for the public good. Tie very cbIi
dren talk Seattle, and how 70 advance its
| interests is foremost in the minds OF all its
good citizens If is as In the brave days OF
old Rome before faction reared its Hydra
head.
Then none was for party;
Then all were for the state
Combined. Walla Walla and Seattle, one
At each end Of the line, can control the COM
merce of an empire richer than any IN actual
resources than anv Cesar conquered. There
are men here who have made the subject
their study and no other conclusion can Il ey
arrive a.-sni they rave facts and heures 10
prove it than that "a lroad connecting the
two points viii pay Large interest on the
investment even in the present undeveloped
state of the territory. So far in my letters
have not touched or drawn upon the con-
tsnts Of my notebook, bu: in my neIt can
| s,feIy prouaise to give some of its contents
| IN the shape of mater al facts which will 20
further to show Seattieis solid foundation
than al the talk In the world.
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