Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-15
SEATTLE.
| WsIla walla Union. /

We have had frequent occasion 10 dis
agree With the pfoposiiiens advanced
by some one or all of tie Seattle papers.
sut We have always admired the spirit
OF ths residents of the Qaeen City OF
fuset Soand. They are for Seattle.
ri9ht or wrong. No matter what comes
up. no matter what the proposition. il il
- Tor the benefit of Seattle, the citizens
OF th@t place are for { as one man. By
WORKING. acting, thinking. plsurix0.
scheming, hiowiuR, fighting aud snbor-
d'natlng all other interests 10 rhsys, If
oe 'ttis. they have made tie place known
All over ine world and attracted TO il
sosne OF the best brains and trained ina.
tsilects of the United States. We arr
proud OF Seattle. glad that sne is A par,
OF washington Territory, and not a bit
leaions because sine has outgrosp MatI4
"aila and all othsr towns IN the Tern
tory, aud We most sincerely wish her A
long continuance of groEth and greater
prosperity In the future than in the
past
A glance through the annual messao4
of Mayor Strive gives stranger d good
Idea or the present size and imports 4nc.
OF Seattle, and knovledge of What has
been accomplished in the past few
years. tie SAYS: up To this time the
registration OF voters fer TIE nexs city
election under the amended Charter ae-
Rre1itss 26O2 persons apportionesi AZ
ioll"Gs: First Ward. 73i; Sscond Ward.
llZS; Ihird Ward. 739 or this number
there are about 675 femaits'' And with
pardonable pride Mayor Strive brags
tnat tins number indicates that Seattle
has n larger permanent population III an
Waiia Walla, Tacoma and Spokane
Falls, the next three largest cities in the
Territory, combined. The total Ils, of
legal voters undoubtedly reaches the
ueiRheorhood of 1900, and it is safe to
calcnlAte that the population of tue CITY
has increased At - sat 30 p0r cent during
the past year"
The outstanding city debt IL $lS.lS8.
Oi, AN increase of x472.Y during the IFS
cal year. The total assessed value of
all taxable prope ~. real aud person.
able, within the city is $8,9D.OO9. This
ls an increase IN Que year of $2,9s0,6l5
On this amount taxes have heen levied
as follows: Road fund, 21 mills fire
fund, II mills; gasliRht faud (levisd
only within gas limits), mill. Total
levy, b mills. IL will be- noticed that no
taxes whatever have been levied to re-
ptenish the city fund. lt IL believed
that the surplus on hand, with receipts
from licenses, will be altogether ads-
quate 10 meet all demands. The total
receipts fiom all Sources, including
licenses, but excluding special taxes for
street improvements, aggregate ths sum
of 7l,l25.52.
Eight miles of street have been
graded, and l3j1 miles of sidewalk Laid,
during the past year, at a total cost of
x2O4, 7ll9l.
There were los deaths during the pre-
cedinR year. which, estlm ,'ing as the
Mayor does, the present population at
$500. gives q death rate OF I2.E per
thousand. The police made 5fl arrests,
of which number Ala were drunk and
disorderly. The total amount of fnes
actually collected and paid into the city
treasury daring the fiscal year il the
sum of $2l3i % while the aggregate
amount of days of imprisonment served
by convicted city prisoners amount To
1900 days" part of the city is lighted
with gas, at n cost If {3306.S6, the sum
Of $5S2.23 for posts, lamps and repairs.
and the sun of Si36 for attendance on
lights. In 1880 the total assessed value
Of Seattle was 8 .626.2 .275, and the tax
lew llS4 mills, or Sll.75 on each $1,000.
la 3SS3 the assessment was x4.0Oi. .73y,
aud the tax levy mills. Ibis year
lSst-the assessed value Is $500. OH,
aud the tax levy f5 ON the thousand.
The City Treasurer daring the past year
dfsbursed $257. .l52S5. aud received a
saiafy of $500 for so doing. Water
works have been built by private par
ties, who agreed To- pat in at least 81
fire plugs, for which the city pays $3.50
per month each.
Muck more OF All interesting eharac-
tor Is to be found in the able and Inter.
estina ines sage of Mayer Stravs. bat We
have extracted enough to show that
Seattle is not all blow and buster.