Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-06

HE HEART ~ PvCsT ssgSDYg
what sAe gassss u sAe wslla Wan.
''ssaaes0as' Has - say q seattle.
SKArTLK. Jan. Is, 1894.
Situated on moro hills than old Rome
when in the hight Of its world Won
glory, Seattle 10 admirably adapted fou
city. Its water front will enable deeu
water veassls Of any tonnage 70 anchor
ae lts vharves and load their oarQoes
with tie least possible trouble and ex-
penee. Il u q natural made seaport,
aud vas made for that porposs by the
Creator. / feel enthusiastic about the
place. there are % nany facilities, con-
v-uiencee and factors to mrke q COM
merctal emporium, that any man Who in
not dead to all enterprisinQ Influences
viii feel ~ do on visiting the plaos. l
am not in the habit of going Oh half
cooked about anything, and have had
time 70 consider what | am writing
about, bat about Seattle there 10 no
sober second shoueht" 70 be taken into
consideration. The place, men, money
and resources are here to back il and it
AuST succeed. From its Wharves, every
day in the 6fty-tw0 weeks Of the year.
vessels from all parts of the "Nediter-
ranean Of the Pacific" a. VIM. H.
Seward called Il, arrive at and leave its
whaTves loadsd 20 tho guards With
everything that goes toward max
tuR - -onnneootnl- eantoe. And III
surrounding mountain sosnery b
nothing short Of sublime. The man
Who views this in the winter time when
covered with an0w without feeling in
his inmost heart the majesty Of that
battle line of giants, the Olympisu
range, and towering above. the king Of
them all, Mount Rainier, must he ver-
liable ciod Of clay. While the ground
on which stood was bare Of snow, and
the weather a. balmy ~ the month Of
April, the snowfall in the mountains
had covered all the noble peaks with
mantlss of dazzling Whitoness, and
their ssrratsd walls flung against the
western sky BY the hand of the 0mnip-
otsnt genius of the Almighty architect,
was scene on which memory lingers.
Il was a. though natures fair goddess
had hung out her hOueh0ld linen to
gladden. in the sunrays ON those st0pen-
dous heights. kxiuicr lowered absve
everything, like she form Of some great
captain whose stature and whose valor
conferred upon him the command of
the sons Of Anak, rooted there, in
solemn grandeur, throughout the ages.
It vas a. q vision d the Eden from
which Adam vas evicted by the CON-
nand Of the Divine landlord. The
lights and shades in the gorgeous sun |
set, such a. 10 have recently expsrisn- |
esd, were such - might wake the soul
of nineteenth century Dante TO chant |
70 countless future generations of
frsemen the RorReouspess Of those i'm |
perial masses.
an particular about describing ev-
erythinR ! come across, or shall - |
asking myself the question of the Hon.
orable Mr.. Flanagan, Of Texas. st Gar |
fields nomination, What are We here |
for 2" am positive in my convictions |
that II ono half of the glories and re-
sources Of Puget Sound we're known to |
the outside world, that our much talked
Of and long prayed for seattle and |
Walla WallA railroad would sOOn be . |
positive fact. and that within the next |
lustrum-five years-the wish of the |
hearts Of all Interested in the prosper
ity Of this great tide water, cattle rails |
ing. mining, manufacturing and forest |
Territory would bo more than realized. |
But in order TO accomplish this every |
man must pot his shoulder TO the wheel |
and work for 10. The road would open |
up the greatest coal and mineral bear |
ing country in the United States, not |
excepting even that love Of Protection
l9ts, Pennsylvania, itself. From within |
! few miles Of this center and along the |
surveyed line Of this projected road.
Ihese are mines Of coal and iron which |
esHt hn fnHA xhasH k<~~
thousands Of souls. Further along in
forests Of virgin timber where a. yet |
Across the range in the mountains bOr-
asring on the great Yakima Valley are
mines of gold, silver, copper, Ralena.
slly ribbed with gold. and open bat
70 golden Keys" In the valleys and
foothills the best outdoor range for cat
wheat country that will annually pay
tribute from . quarter million tons Of
wheat 70 seattle and Walla WAlls will
De reached by this road. Our interies
will supply the freight in the
,hnpe of wheat, cattle, fruit and miner
lls, and in return We Of Walla Wxlla will
Welcome the coal, lumber and fish
which, BY the nature 0f things, must
'oturn.
There 10 one thing about the people of
he cities Of the sound like, and that
o, they all pull together for the benefit
Il their city. That internal jealousy
70 have all noticed elsewhere, 50 many
lirty little cliques who care nothing ex-
)cpt 10 enjoy q spiteful revenge, aud
"A txSap = An sSax IN l
h0uQht he Vas making dollar moro
han they were, ~ entirely unknown
lsro -er II it exists they have to take
Ielves. There are NO int0rnecine strifes
n Seattle, but all work for the public
rood. The very children talk seattle,
ma how to advance its interests 10 fore
noaS in the minds of all its good cisi-
,sns. Il 10 - in the brave days Of old
komo, before faction reared its Hydra
head:
Then none VA for perty;
Then al were for the State
Combined, Walla Walla and Seattle,
,ne at each end Of the line, oan control
he commerce Of an empire richer in
lotual resources than any Cesar CON-
,uered. There are men here who have /
made the subject their study, and no
,ther o0noluaiou can they arrive At
md they have faets and figures to prove |
|t-than that railroad connecting the |
Ivo points viii pay . large interest ON |
he investment even In the pressut IN
developed state Of the Territory. So |
lar In my lesters I have not to0ehed o. |
drawn upon the contsnts Of my note
book, bus in my next l can safely
promise 20 give some Of il contents IN
he ahape Of material facts which viii
no further 70 show Ssastle's solid foun- |
datiou than all the talk In the world.
FLIP.
California Market, Front and seneca
utreets, carries . ane stock Of apples,
oranges, uuts, poultry, game, canned