Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-05
IMPORTATION wAyTsD.

We feel called upon occasionally to
reply to letters Of inquiry received from
the East, and the present is one of those
occasions.
T. W. Morn. % Elgin. Ohio, wants 20
know the wsQce of bIacksmiths and car
pen,ers. md II there are govern n n
lands 70 be obtained in this vicinity.
S. II. Minor OF Covineton, inoisna,
asks about the schools, churches, pop1
l.tion and business Of SEATTLE.
Walter ). Pember # LeadvilIe. Colo
RADIO. wants employment ~ farming
manufacturing or IS clerk in store.
J. &. Kuder Of wapello. Iowa. wants
70 learn about merchandising.
". II. Kinnen Of SIou1 City. Iowa,
axis IL Seattle il a growing town. and
what its pfospscts are.
+. y. Hoffman Of Buffalo. Ses YORK.
zak- Of the tIt0ber and of the Ian Der
interests.
Jehn J. Bachelor II San Jacin,o, In
disns. asks n !; IL healthy here. what II
costs to get here from San Francisco.
and what are the prices Of ioxo ana
country property.
CartJentsrs and blacksmith= have been
in demand during the past two years,
ard at good wages the tr-t named
eettin from 800 10 81 per day, ana
sIacksmiths little more. Government
Issds are to be got here and IN this
vicinity under the homestead and PIE
erpption laws. | pom the forfeItnre Of
the Northern Pacific unesrnsd lard
grant. for which good citizens are nos
earnestly praying, great quantity Of
lands now withheld from settlement
will revert 10 the government. and Will
be zold again 81 tie iOE price Of 81 -
per acre.
The schools here are good. Thew
consist Of fourp ie schools taught by !
teachers. a kindergarten, an Episcopal
primary school, Catholic schools for
both boys and girls, y business college,
| 2 private college and the University of
the Territory. Ikirty-tive teachers find
steady employment here In the instruc
ton % thirteen Or fourteen hundred
pupils. CHURCHES here number II, and
include about all the leading denomlna
iiona. There are also hospitals, relief
societies. benevolent organizations, etc
The population Ia a fixed and perma-
nent one, and Judging by the Assess
ment and census returns Of 1873 ~ one
| of the wealtbIest IN the world.
Farm laborers are scarce here. and
command $40 and S40-a month. More
| i.bUfers are employed in manufactur
| iu4- than in any other pursuit. Wages
| 10 wood working establishments range
| from SO TO 800 per month. with An
average Of between so and $40. Clerks
ere in full supply, and wages from So
to $50 month.
The trade of this section is largely
mere ntile. and that interest Is certain
TO grow more rapidly in the future. This
retail trade il pretty we'll occupied. ba,
the Wholesale il y new and developing
one. in which the future is PRACTICAL,
boundless.
| Seattle IL A growing town. In 1850 il
contained about no inhabitants In
| 1870. 1l20 In 1850. 1858 in 1888. G'j45
and III 1851 ~ supposed 10 contain up
wards OF 10000. TIE next decade II
expected to carry the population mp Il
! 10000. at least. No town IN the UnioI
has better prospects.
| lie principal timber Of the countr,
il iir. spruce, hemlock, cedar. alder
maple aud cottonwood abound, will
considerable oak. ash, pine, yew an
other woods. The lumber interest i
the chief one of Yves ern Washington
The aggregate cut of sawmills within
forty miles OF Seattle will be upward
Of 4OOOOo,0OO feet during the curren
year. Logs sell at s. and upwards pe
thousand feet. and lumber at from 81
to so. These prices are for fir alone
Other woods sell higher.
The climate here is lovely in the ex
IRENE. and As healthy as that of an
part of the country. The rainfall o
the pas; two years has not exceeded =
inches all tod, while the temperatur
has ranged from to 81 degrees abov
zero, these figures representing the low
est and highest degrees for the tw
years. 1t costs so To come here from
san Francisco in first class style, AM
$40 in second class. Town lots are o
GO by 10 feet. and they range in pric
from 425 apiece for Those most remote
10 from $1,000 TO $4,000 for those il
the business heart of the city. Ou sid
property is held ut all imaginable prices
from government rates up TO 800 ant
500 An acre. depending upon soil, nc
feasibility aud improvements.