Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-04
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A GlANcE AZ 0gg PEeSEssss
A siaooe over TIE years rsesasiT passe1
en- bring No sh0ashis save tSoss OF
sstssfseeion 70 any frisrd Of washing
s,n Territory. of King eountE, or OF Sc
alta. Cold akssss, ranged 10 ross, ass
nos esnsrslly salssIstsd 70 warm to's
hsaxf or inHans the imsgInstion- When
thoss figures are ths INDEXES II past
progress sad the finger posts pointina
the way for fnfaSs eeDrt- h0~e"eT, tht
esss h altered. Then sbs sorksr esnr
nos but look epon them vith psSde. tesi-
ise that they are ls5s foot marks tlsr0oEia
tbs pas. 80 ii IL that retrossect 70
pseasnns. And skere b no more stssn'R
time for such retsospscs than ~ the De-
ginning Of Bsw yssr.
Ths sroxth Of ahs vote Of Territory
10 tie nsost reihIbis indieasion Of TIE
sroszh Of ia population ls lsss zoe
sosAs vote Of Wsshington sas bat sS1s.
o. zoe more than that Of King c11nty al
tbs lsst essettcn. From this sGaah De-
siusine tbs inesesss VS. stesdy throneh
1872. 1877, ie74 sisS 1875. each JsAs not
ing ~ Increase 81 from Eve 70 nfseen
hundred. 1873 as0we1 . gain Of ZIAl,
equal 70 almost onS-haIf Of the vote IN
1863 The gain Indicated By the eisc
ton Of $50 vas sl7s; BY the election
Of 1871, 3g75 aud by the slsesisn ct
1894, Z2,3s4 OF alloVieg 500 for he
vsts Of the nswiy enfranchised, nor
mai gain OF Ists4s. eqaAl 70 almost three
times the total r,es Of 1863. Shich had
incrsassd in the iass named year 70
81. s42. The gain In wealth, ~ indicated
BIZ the tai polla. kept paes wish thss IN
population. Increasing from ti4.ie5 90
10 1874, By . steady aud steadily ns-
srsasisg series NATL il reaehed ssl.0sI.-
~ IN 1854, having almost tEipsed itseli
in zen years
The vote Of Fling county more than
kept paes With the steady increase In
that Of the Territory. ln 1853 II was
han 800; 10 Isiv, ga, having almost
dsablsd In is7.. 500; In 1874. sss: In
1873, 1851 In 1873, 1869 in 1880. 1881
IN 1854, 1911; and Ia 1884. SOFA, OF ailOs
ing 100 for thu fsmsle vote, +o72, M
increase Of 226I, Indicating an inereass
in the population Of the county grease'
By one fourth than the entire populs
sion tvo years ago.
The city Of Sesttle has not been be-
hind ia this march Of rrogress-ba'
svsr besn In the laad. la vote IT.
creased from few units In ls<'9, by a
series Of remarkable strides. 70 i274 In
is6a, and 3aIs la 1884, the lss.sr bsins
one-thistsenth Of the total vote OF tie
Territory, and 1888 greater than that Of
walla wAila. tbs city next 10 size. II
the same time the property assessment
haa increased from an insignificant
amount until in INA ID reached ID,
magnificent surn Of Ss.9oo0l7-aimosi
one SIKH OF the entire assessment Of
she Territory. The city finances havs
also Increased ia the amounts handled
from ycar 20 year, until during the pssi
rear the total disbursements Of the eitJ
government amounted to $i57. tlsd9
asd the total receipts 70 sih5, 1880
During the past rear also the debt oi
the funds for street Improvements
which, on January /. 1854, were in deb
10 shs amount ct Sill, Ts2.s9, has beer
ssdnesd. antil on January l, 1886, 4
announced 10 bat s7o.3so59.
That she trade and connsres Of thu
Territory, county and city have in
Gro sssd In pEopsrtion with this incrsas,
In population and wealth. the figures
indispatahly prove. The coal ship
naants from the port OF Seattle have In
creased from tsfs tons In 1871 20 fs9 .isfs
tons In 1854. tbs latter year showing q
falling Of from the shipments DARING
the year ises. which amounted 10 2iS,
t9e tons The number Of passenger
from foreign ports WIN entered the dis
trict Of Puget Sound In 1881 was bal
3slA In 1854 thu number was t2,0l2--
more than three times the frss uan.
tioned number.
7hA1 figures indicate great deal
They shov . steady and uniform
growth. aud. By their gradual and mar.
NAL inerease, promise continuance oi
prosperity thsoulzh the years Of the
future. There ars no abnormal strain
ines. no years Of unnataral and ex.
haasiive effort, followed by years Of
dsprseaiou. In which all the new made
esin ID loss. Tbs growth Is steady,
normal. irrsaissible. II is from such
h1ures 10 the past that the fatsre can
be determined almost 10 certainty.