Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-10
sEsrrLE A. SEA IT A VISITOR.

city. wrote the letter following 70 the
Evansville Courier on the 40 Of De-
cenbsr.
l am more and more pleased With
Settle, and shall take no tb- cQdcels.
II nee essary, 10 her behalf with as much
re oinsss a. her most enthss astic cisi
q VINO has half q dozen corner lots for
SAFE She has an ambitious, intelligent,
active population, 1p With the times and
With true Yankee 90 ahead -ati,sness
Daring the wear Just passed she hes er
pended $50 go on Sidewalk aud street
improvements. Besides. within two
Years sh7 has invested $4,000 iu water
WORKS and flJo.uC on her coal bankers.
whether the water works 10 an ele ph.ut.
IKE some l know, rem slDs to be seen.
lac reports OF kipg county show the
nal Output from Jan lst TO Nov. Is,
1873, 70 have been 1927 tons. and in
Pierce comfy fr % January 10 Jul, 70
have been pa tons. TbeSA tso cons
ties have toe bes; vorks q coal mines, bat
there are others whose coal deposits onIy
await she ADVENT of the iron horse To be
developed
Shlpbuilding could be carried % to q
greater extent here than 1t Is, as tney
have all the materials needed aud deep
unruffied harbor. The bill granting the
right of way for canal to connect l. axes
Union and Washington With tidevater
sas passed. the company form and
some work has been done: ba, as the
expense will be heavy, the Government
should take hold Of II, and l. Ike Wash
inRton would be q capital place for oae
vast patio'4al ship yard. The report on
Puget Sound com meroe sh VS. there were
5Si entries and departures. They took
ont cargoes of lumber, Q al, wheat, sal
mon and other produce. There " re
l92 lumber cargOes sent to foreign and
336 to domestic ports. The On .utity Of
lumber shipped was 10 0O0, 900 feet. val
ued at fl2 a Thousand. Two vessels
carried to Europe cargoes of wheat val
ued ct $4,000
The railroads now in operation in this
county are the Columhis & Pa get Sound
Railroad and the Poget Sound shore
Line, vh CD Runs "a miles of standard
gage road from here 10 Stuck Junction,
shers it meets 7-nile branch Of the
Northern Pacific. This Is the Orphan
Railway. Tbs Northern Pacific has also
Il miles of road in this county. most of
1t being the unc lmpleted Cascade divi
sion. Orders have been lately given, I
believe. to resume work on this branch.
Daring the year the SEATTLE, Lake Shore
4 Z ,stern Railway G )mpany WAS organ
ized to build a road from Seattle around
the north shore OF Like Washington,
the eastern shore of Samamish Lake
and across the Snoqualmie Pass to East
ern Washington, There are rich mines
in Snoquslmie Pass Of magnetic iron
ore, said by experts to bs the secoud
best deposit OF such ore. Overlying this
ore is an inexhaustiol Die suoply of good
white marble, 50 in days to come we may
realize our dreams Of dwelling 4" in mar
ole halls" Near TO this iron ore are
rich veins Of copper and silver. This
road would run through three extensive
coal fields of Ignite aud bitaninous
coal, and not only bring these products
to market. bu. it w)ald be short route
for wheat TO she OCEAN. See how every
thing is planned in Gods country" for
the benefit of mankind. Steam is the
civilizsr of the wilderness.
Would ye know the grand song that
shall sing oat the aga?
That shall flow down the world as the
lines down the page?
That shall break through the zones like
north and south river
From winter to spring, nakiug music
forever?
I heard its first tones by an old
fashioned hearth,
Twas an anthems faint cry en- the
brink OF its birth;
Twas the teaksttle's drowsy and droninR
refrain,
As it sang through its nose as it swung
from the crane"
IL goes without saying tn II this city is
a network of telephone and telegraph
wires. aud, like Pack. We can put girdle
round the earth, and tsd4y We can
stand in the dosr of the heart,
With its nerve ravsled out floating free
on the air.
And feeling it's way with ETHEREAL art,
By the fash Of tue telegraph every
where.
And then think. il you can, OF mission
more grand
Than mission to live In this time and
this land"
The work on the building for the cleo
trio light has been commenced. do
not know whether, like Evansville, they
will light the city or not, bat IL certainly
would be an easy task, fer it sssms to ine
that four or five towers set on the top of
the hill. upon the slope OF wnies Seattle
Is buiit, would not only ii9nt the CITY
but the bay, ana even TO shs mountains
| beyond. Tnat y as far as they 10 TX I"
be. Seattle, the Q1een city OF the Sound,
Is qaite an orderly. iaw-aoiding place
Tor seaport town. Inc wno,e police
force consists OF three men ana cnief.
One OF these men Is nost aimseif' al
least ne 70 IN SIZE ana weignt-
The Law department OF the University
has been lately opened; and iass week
listened 10 an aoie aioless from Juoee
Jacobs, VINO noids .nat " requires
wider range, q more snofouRa kos ~ieoee
OF law 10 pfscnse IN iert'toHM courts
than 10 settled states. because there are
no preceaents. ana tne STATUTORY law Is
IN state OF f9Smauon-a chsotc mass
from whence the tair foundA'ion Oh state
laws VII spIia' o - ala.
Chief Jsstice Greene pays quite
compliment, ana yet only tneii lost que,
to the women woen ns ssys IN 81 never
in the history Oh zoe territory nave the
Gases been decided vitn as stfict regard
70 the law and evidence - since the
ladies are on tne Jury. Oqr lawyers
| would have 70 learn 10 say toies ana