Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-15

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The Seattle POnI-lHIELLL0kxCEa p0b-
fishes the following ofeditable shosina
Of the 6naness Of sss CITY of Seattle:
rhore - No oisy in she Territory
bsster Axed 6nansiAlly than 10 tbs city
oe Seattle. Five yesrs ago IL Was $4,000
IN debt its paper yas dosn 70 20 cents
on the ddlaf, and - vhele property
sonssSsl 81 6ssosS g MI. .ihen worth
so an acre and the old hand FIRE eai-
gin~. How Is it nov! Its pager u
s0s "a 100 cents On she dollar; iss d-bt is
$8l 06e o., Wtnle the money in the
ffeesury amounss 10 t39, lS0 %. Prac-
tjoAflS there Il no deb. I'll. mooney in
she treasury beinQ over $7O0O moro ta, n
enough ~ pay every iAbilsty. Durn z
the 6ve wears it has beeu SO ID. ~ ac-
cumoaatlug pe,perty, unfil uOw its pos
so<oioas hrve an 8rt ssl cash vaius If
ovsr 34QOO0 These properties inoiuHie
the 20 Acres before mentioned. valued
oow at 1900; ths CT y Hall and k,t,
$l4OuO; the nsw engine house and lot,
t0O00; one steam lire engine, No. I.
t4260; ono sssam IRE snGine. No. 2,
t8250: four hoos carriages, $i2OO; ZsOO
let 1lrst- -clan hose, e56oO; ons hand On
gins. ez6D; 6ce bslia, furniture, ese. The
ek0sasee sf ~ city have gained fapidly
oarsnR eho aAms prri0d. tho outR0 nov
oUta9 tAroo tim1 ersateg thar in 1873,
W1thCut tnelpdiug street improvements,
and eb0ot 6ftssn titnes greater in
etuding seD1ge improvements. No other
tevn u the Union can say mose."
WallA Walla is not much given to
b00mo o. boastinR Of its ever growing
wealth, pop1istion and industrs, end
y0t, vithl, We oan make Gh0Wing
which, II anything, u better than that
Of our sister city Seattle. One year ago
Walia MALTA vas e1OOW il debt, and
her onsip Was hsld 1t l0O cents On the
dollar. DURING ths foods last winter
fosti ways and bfidNes wore wastsd dat,
sntailina an outlay Of ovsr &i6,00O Tor
repairs and neN bridges. A new eNsdne
house Was erected, costing tl2 Loo, and
today the caty's indebtedness il x770O.
While y y true that our city treasury is
about dsplesed. il must 10 taken into
consideration that O0r taxes for she
dsosd year do net become delinquent
until the hrst day Of July next. while in
seattle the tAx roll heC ,me9 delinqubnt
aesansat and TAI hSy For l683, With
and extended city limits, on the first
t6QO n the city Treasury. The in
now in the treasury. viii about carry on
the city essssusaon.. Allowing $40
tor Improvements, the clay Csn pay of
al her obliRasioss and stiil have bal
ance Of $4,000 ON hand with whicn to
sassy ON ne government for the ensu-
ing year. The ciSy has property valned
~ XkO l00 not % kinu into ss<,eSntAApo
sion furniture in the city offices,
engine houses, eto. i Thess PROPER
ties inolude the City Hall and
grounds, $1,000; Washington engine
house and grounds, $8,OO0; 70 acres,
(eemetery) With water works, aextOn's
house, etc., $500; two steam hro en-
Qines, With hose carts. hose, heaters,
sts.. t6AO ssoh--$l2, ,a0O; hook ana
ladder truck and apparatus $120O; II
ger engine. hose cart and hose, $47o0,
pest house and grounds, $500. The
Topography Of the country and great
di6seence in climate has been much t.
the advantage Of Walla Walia, the
maintenance Of and the grading Of
strests costing much less than inSeatt!e,
bat this fact cuts no figure in the finan-
cial standing Of the two cities, as street
Improvements are paid for by special
taxes levied on abottins property. It 10
thus readily sesn that Walla Walla is in
= better financial condition than Sc
attle. Whore the latter city has $73O7
10 with which to Inest tho current ex-
penses Of the ensuing year, and no
debt, Wslla Wsila, free Of liabilities,
will hare ct least $4,000 TO meet the
expenses Of the coming year. Lke Sc
attic our expenses have increased three
fold, but pr0porti0nately tsxss are NO
heavier thsn IN 1879. All this has bsen
aoeompished at . 10 YER rate Of taxation
sNan u lev5sd by the city Of seattle.