Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-02
sEATTLE.

sEATTLE.
= rev 81 the Coed Things Eaid Ahea,
thta City BY the iowa Jenrnalisss.
Cedar Rapids Times, JaIy 81
Arriving at Tssoua sitter dark. vs
pass directly from our cars to the boat,
Ehleh awaited our coming to carry us
70 seattle. Bet Notwithstanding the
darkness, the usands Of citizens of IA
s'ar1a greeted rs with music and cheers
ou zoe wharf, and gave a. glorious
sknd-or a. Se launched upon the placid
wsterS OF this beautiful inland sea. The
s1ds down the Sound was a most pisas-
snt txper1encs and a most pleasant
snanRe from oqr long journey By rail.
Ehe air vas cool and braeiDe. the stars
spArksed ehterfally. and the entire CON-
fany voted this night ride on Puget
sousu As among tie most pleasant *
Eerieneez OF the journey Rounding the
IoiDt, within q dgxsn miles Of Seattle. a
asoat enchanting sceue vas presented.
Away in the distance q Brightness hike
the rlslng of the san Vas seen. and a.
uEe drew nearer the scene grew brighter
and more beautiful. We knew toe citl-
Gems OF Seattle we're expecting az, and
Ne knew they would give ns q rsysl vel
csDe, but We did not expect that the
ahOle city would be decked IN regal
spssndor IN honor Of our coming. Bot
H. was. All the principal buildings and
most Of the private houses were bril-
liantiy illuminated. Away up on the top
on the mountain side was the master-
piece of she illumination in the shape
OF letters Of IRE standing out ia bold
relief, and which could be read several
miles on, the words Pubic School" !"
IL vas a yeritabls " schoolhouse on the
hill" but, Of eonrss, tEis far out west
there was nothing said about the /" sa-
loon In the valley"
Arriving at the wharf, We were gree. cd
by hundreds OF citizens whose cheers
reverberats across the Sound, and awoke
to a realizing sense OF she biR-hsarted-'
ness OF tss people We have come amongst
by those OF the party who had besn dog
ing the last half of the trip. Notwith-
standing our arrival at Seattle was at an
unpropItious houF-one o'clock in the
ulerning - the brilliantly illuminated
city, ths hundreds OF citizens Who greet
ed as, and the royal welcome, made ell
thoughts of being tired or sleepy vanish,
and tue momsnt We left the boat we felt
at ho@s. Carriages were awaiting aud
the party was taken to the various eie-
Rant hotels for which Seattle il not d,
sOon all were most comfortably housed
and at rest. In the morning, after an
elegant breakfast. in which red rasp-
berries as big in circumference an
nicksis, Strawberries big as walnats,
and cherries such a. the dsnizsns Of
Iowa never see at home, formed a
conspicuous part, carriages we're la
readiness 10 convey the Ruasts over the
city TO points of interest IN tho neigh
b1Ehoed. Those Who preferred riding
IN street cars 10 carriages we're furnishsd q
tickets, so that all had good opportu-
nifty for "doine this really attractive
city of the So1Hd, the population Of
which IL claimed to be 1900. The
shipping interests Of Seattle make It a
very important point. Principal IN this
line at present are lumber and coal.
The former Is shipped 10 a number OF
faFeiRa ports, the fr lumber being es
pscially valuable, while the pine IL OF
sur erior quality. This locality supplies
vast quantity of ship timber. Is
suands like q Ash story To say that
diuension lumber Is got cut here from
ITO TO LEO feet long, which squares from
three 10 four feet; and although we did
nat see any such. from what We did zee
We are inclined 10 believe that this is
not "wild west story" Oae resident
Of the Sound, in speaking about toe
timber, said We thought We had seen
some big trees on our journey from
Portland, bat we had only seen the
utlderbrush of the Puget Sound country.
There are very extensive sawmills az
Seattle and many in the region round
about, many of them with capacity Of
a quarter Of m;llisn feet per day.
! here are IN the city four foundris.,
three machine shops, one boiler shop.
gas works. street railway, 10 hotels, IL
ehurehes, three national banks, tive pri-
yate banks and Ave newspapers The
GOAL interests, too, are very valuable,
much of the eountry being snderlaid
with veins Of excellent soft coal from 10
to 30 feet thick. The fishing interest,
tob, is important, while the fruit prddnct
ls prodieious. Ihe climate is well
adapted Co fruit of ali kinds. aud lie q
most desirable one FOR man and beast.
Tie thermometer rarely ever goes TO
Ssro, mostly standing from 20 20 30 de-
gr,ses above. aud the summers are NOT
sweltering bot, nights always cool. Sc
attic has many large and fine business
houses and numerous elegant dwellings,
some Of them costing SO. 600 each. Ihe
city as whole 10 an attractive one, and
Que which We opine has an important
future. IL needs more railroad oemnu-
nseiations, and 10 will have them in the
near future, n pusb and enterprise can
sesure them. The Northern Pacific ss
buils to Seattle, bus il not operated now.
Just Why 10 " is hard 30 say, as there IL
quite difference of opinion as 10 the
Feasson between the citizens of Seattle
aud Tacoma, the former sayiAg Il 10
spite work. the latter that IL o. did
rot pay"
After q rnost enjoyable time about the
city our party we're ready TO start; each
enc. on asking his bill at the hotel. was
surprised &C the information that tt was
paid. In addition to this we we're TO-
formed that beats we're ready TO take us
across the Sound TO q elambske. To
tho average Iowen this was something
ne,k. and as interesting As new. How
did they like She elamss Well, We think
ve can answer for the entire party by
relating q conversation We chanced to
hear at the liable, Mother Ciarksan was
sitting on stump wearing resigned
look upon her placid countenance. while
her Jaws were moving &s II she were
chav,ne gum. A lady friend asked
How DO you like clans, Mrs. Clark
sorl"
wsIl." she tho1ahifally replied,
we'll -yes--I Ruses-l like shem-yes-
/ think l like them; bat | guess My
teeth ioa't serve me as they used to-
bail--weli-- guess-thsy are good. !"
We admired her endeavor 60 be eour-
teous toward her entertainers and 10
ahaw her good will in trying 20 est shs
cFiRters and 10 persuade herself that sue
likRd them; bat In witnessing the oper-
asion 90 couldn't avoid thinking Il .
literal representation Of the political
adA9e about eating crow" We ludge
Mira G. experienes Was about the ex
perieacs of the average participation IN
that ciambake. After tryisg one ue