Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-26
SEATTLE.
q nesAaSte Aeeesss % The City ana
pts ssxrssndisGs. farstsheA ~
WRITER In 1874.


TIE following 10 taken from an issa.
of the West SAsys Of last year. ThoaQh
odd. il is good; and. - 10 has never bssu
unpublished here. Ne COZ gladly give Il
spses:
I've oity Of Seattle oes1piss pie.ar
esUue site on the shsre % Eliiott Bay,
one Of the NEST besntiful aud psrfee1
haybors on Puget Sound BY her age,
by her commercial and industrial astfv
fty, al . sesscn vh.n caietnsss and sven
aggression " prevalent in The NORTH
vest, and by the combines IN her esn
future. which 10 indicated By heavy fn-
vssfnents Of Ter capitalists 10 indus
tries and b1ildise improvements. In
tpits of the dali tines 20 ensrvstiag
N Len snsfget.o commsnities. this thfis-
me city has fairly earned the title Of
sQussn City st thu sound"
6ssttle 10 20 hetgeliae. spsisaine ap
under the iudusaec OF sou1s railroad
sxsitement; nor has she suddenly leaped
into promlnence a. the county sat ~
some newly created county. rising
quickly frors nothing TO q certain hight.
beyond which progression b-oones
scarcely psreeptihis. Ou the contrary.
she In CITY standing upon q firm foam
3atiou. having within herself all the
slsmf nts OF q permanent and rapid
growth. depending entirely upon Der
own fesonrcss for prosperity, aud Al
tracing, by sheer force Of her natural
slvsntases, population and capital from
"A. This is-dweIiior s'--- -'. ~
s.il i.liaRl bssst sss ssahlissisd plain |
n during The DAN tines that FOLLOWED
abe failure OF Jay cross a Co.. 10 1873
Osher cities rsiapssd into torpif stat
o. aoon, IS cork vss suspended upou the
railroad. from which they we're o-le
~ kenei again by the shriii whistle n
the construction engine when stsam was
once more raised To the boilers. Not 90
With Seattle. All that time she vent
ssesdiiy on working out her own salva. |
ton. The number and capacity OF Der |
industries we're Increased; she advanced |
steadily In populstion and business: the
market value Of real estate continued |
In the Ascendant. and the sascsssd and |
rash value OF property Of ell kinds
largely increased. With such inmate
vieoY II 10 not Surprising. when the nee |
svs davned upon the Northwest. that |
S~attle should take such q prominent |
rank In the line Of progress.
A third Of a centurv has PISSED sines |
sbe settlements we're made which formed |
che nucleus about which the present |
eisy has gathered. Az uaueh that In iu- |
correct has been published In reference |
90 the time and manner Of making those |
initial ssttlemsnts. tbs following state |
uens. signed BY the Surviving members
Of that pioneer band, all OF whom are
honored and influential citizens, will
b considered beth interesting and su-
thositaiive:
sept. i6, 1s5i-HenYv Van Assault, ia
cob Mapei. Samuel Mspei and L. n.
Collins selected claims on Devsmish
river, and moved there On the 18th fron
Oeliins's old claim on the Hisqaally.
Sept. % or 2S-John n. I,ov. Les Terry
and David T. Denny reached Alki Point.
aud Low and Terry located olsins. On
che sssh Terry and Denny laid the foun-
dstion for house. Low having returned
for his family.
Nov. 5-schooner Exact. Capt. Folpsr.
called irons Portland for Puget Sound
and Queen Charlotte Islands. With
psrty af settlers for the SQUAD and
gold minsrs for the Isiands She
p-ashsd Aiki Point Nov. 10. and landed
in. Lev, wm. NJ Bell. @. d. Boren and
A. 4. Denny and their families.
Feb. Is. 1s52-Beii, Boren and A. A.
Dannv located claims on the east side of
Elliott Bay. extending north from What
IL ROW the head OF Commercial street 10
Bells present northern boundary.
Marcb 3i-Dr ID. B. MAYNARD reached
Aiki Point, and Bell and Dsnny moved
their boundary north 70 give him room
fer claim.
April 3-Bsll. Boreu's family and NAY
uard moved on 20 theiP claims before
= lbe return Of Boren and ID. T. Denny,
Jsavjne A. A. Denny and family sisk %
Aiki Point sntii q house eoald b baiIs
for them on thsir claim.
Ia OotoAss, 1859. II. L. Yesies arrived
from Portland. and claims wore reduced
20 N 70 give him room for claim. To-
siadiua the sits for sawmiil, he firss
s1saa mill on the 5sund.
May ~. lsSs-fisss plat Of Seattle
vaa nled for record BY O. ID. Borsu and
4. A Denny. Subsequently,, on the
same day, smother plat vas aisd BY
In the Water Of 1855 4. J. Pisst
arrived. aad. after extensive sIploss-
tsons, built q mill d Appls Tree Cove.
Il vN removed 70 Port Madison 10
:, 10 The .psins Of 1853 Captain Wm.
kensnu came 10 Aiki and built Q mill,
which Vas removed TO Port Orchard
early In 1854.
In April, 1889, Thomas Mercer and
Dexter Horton arrived, And Mercer set-
lied where be nov lives.
In Decemhes, 1851. A. A. and d. +.
Denny discovered and explored Salmon
hay, previously unknown.
tSieusal HKanI vAn AmAIr,
W. N BELL,
II. l.. YssLsa.
DAVID r. Dsxxr,
q. ID. BoREs.
A. A. DsxSY.
Interesting a. 10 would be W trace the
history OF seattle from this infant 81.
Element throneh the changing ysan n
the stnrdy cisv OF today. that PLEASANT
tASk must be left 70 the historian,
wtsie ve speak Il topics possessing
more than an antiquarian interest. The
Seattle Of the prceeps. In the vi2or of
her growth. and POSSESSING knswledpr
Of and trust In her illimitsble res surces,
~ q subject of deeper interest 10 the
basy world OF commerce, ID IL OF this
the capitalist, mechanic. merchant and
manufacturer would learn.
Strangers In Seattle always express q
surprise that In this region, apparently
% nev, where vsst stretches of country
remain yea unclaimed. and where they
have travelled for miles withou, sbeerv-
tns the evidences Of occupation. they
seoald suddenly be n.hervd into q CITY
% popslons and exhibiting such sians
81 eres, prosperity. A brief study Of
be- industries and resources invariably
tcsnlts 10 the feeling of snrprise eiv,ae
vAy TO ooe OF enthusiasm and confidence
IN The bright future in store for toe
Qaeen City.
Tue most striking feature Of the city.
and the ons uoss indicative Of lie pros
psrtty. 10 the great nnmh~r Of large and
handsome bnsiace. hlocks bsick ssrec-
ssrss. that In size and ornamental an.
pearAnce compafe favassbiy with thoss
10 - found In rnash lArser and older
sitseA Thee. v,th The immsnss stccks
- goods dispisved in The salesrooma
atvs The city decidedly metropolitan
afr. soue OF t6ess baildinss have hus
tess ossn cssnpaesed. whiis verb upou
many others " seili in proxr~eH. In
sAes. u may he said that Seattie 10 en-
Melting GREATER baitdias Industry due-
ma the prc.sas year than any other