Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-27


NJ inonarshs Il - fss.s .s1d o..
vsraed 4 portion o. them into i Ioc
ncND 81 r0nRh bo1fa 61ansy. The
nsxt dAy - ~ eooqutrfnx In has con
rnmed he fasfeu t1mbes, uurnps, ro<s
md br1nchs M poaGI6ly tie incendi
arT Torch hn1 kindled . SPARK fer she
eef&tek1 c4hin. anIv % nxks vay fur
The fu4med houss of TIE foIlowinS dsy.
Lharred stuups from six % ssxty kesl
kiQh mand il bsek yard ana ffors yard
~ this new town tr testify ID the far
fsf1 prior claim % tks soiI. vhi1s On al
banda - - the evidences of great CO.
texpSisa N the dne stDns ho&el. Tacorna,
NTH it, eleanut interior on CEDAR flnssh.
and royal good tabie, having for il
northern outlook q great swcep. from is
eminencs ef so fees above the waseY.
the land locked Sound with ~ delight
ful island scenery, and. on she east. no
ls8 . crowned head fhsn cid Mnnut
kaniers newly christianed Tacoma.
With its 1000 feet az glacial ice and snow
Ab0ss the 400 foot snow lima.
Seattle, the oldest and largest town
on PuQef Sound. has 4 popuiation. vari-
eu8zy estimated. from 500 90 1900 peo-
pie. = is beautifully located on range
Of hiiiA slouing gradually 70 the har-
boz, which u due anchorage ground.
and already accommodates large
anaunt Of shipping. Seattle has q
grand future before IL, and. ia evidence.
one hAs only to note the enterprise and
public spirit Of the people Who have
built up % substantial O. town In q few
pears. Large business blocks. flue real
dences, large. frst-cIass hotel. several
vigorous newspaper Publishing houses,
horse RAILROADS, eteara and rail oon1mu
nisasiou with Purtland and With all
parts Of the Sound. fns school build-
inQs 1.-THE Denny School costing about
$4,000, q graded school system, with
eiziciens teachers and superintendent.
fine churches, good administration of
city affairs, with 4 taxabie property
estimated at t9U00, coo; the Territorial
University, with an able faculty and q
eood number Of students, and q people
with genuine determination thai their
city shall be the first on the North
Pacific Coast In all that makes real
prosperity |; ail testify 10 the s0lidity Of
character Of the men and women who
are building this beautiful town, and to
the uncouquerabIe faith which Seattle
has in its own resources. and the growth
which must be realized m the years to
como. We must confess 10 feeling
Of true pride % We rode through she
streets Of that far-of city OF our north
west coast, Ia thinking that the pioneers
of the new West weso the sous and
daughters OF the East, aud that the
wealth they are 80 rapidly accommodating
from waters, forests, mines, sells, CON-
meroe, trade, IL the honest earnings OF
honest toll, educated 10 labor in the
workshops. on the farms, and In the
schools OF the Central or Eastern States.
One Of the sources ct wealth of Seattls
Ii TO be found in the valnabIe coal
mines which have bean opened north-I
east Of the city, and from which then
sands Of tons are taken annually and
shipped to Portland, San Francisco and
other Pacific ports. Very near are the
famous hop fields of the White River
Valley, where the farmers raiee the
largest amount Of hops in she United
States. The average yield par more Ia
about 2500 pounds; the cost of produo-
ton 10 about cents, while the selling
rrice varies from Is cents 20 81 per
pound. We were indebted "a James
Farmland, Eco, and Hon. Thomas
Burke Of Seattle for kind attentions
and for valuable iuforsnation concern
ing the interests Of that growing town.