Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-17
GREAT NORTHWEST.
- OF SEATTLE IN WASH
Olaa asaToN TERRrrOhf'


ar SEATTLE In WASH
0Ira 0IaToN ri TERRITORY
-, Growtb-A Place Wner'
",srori.e snD",i and Thrift are euro
"' 10 Succeed.
,.. n. Kittlnger, . son Q
oaaIt1Ip o~,,tIpeer, who left this cit!
h,..ars nsars ago to make his bonn
tso y0~h yrorth west, is now here on
'nd %r shpIKitt Kittinger, previous TO Ill
-. I tom this city, held Q PosisloL
tate ta ,Ss ,tv Wilmington and Brandy
s.nk \ " ' bat believing that there va !.
Din.' sor enterprise and push II
a.us .Us West resolved to try his ior'
.isas s.,,;a,sted 10 Seattle, Washing
..tiory' asI Nv. where although he u !, oaI % J
l,'ru ~ nan he is now . mem Der ei .ns
ps I,an s,ng Arm OF Ed ward b Down
paDAh cA tina place. The knowledge
oUi11sd y, I'd while in moueyed circle, y
dn' .itv has proved Of great use e
Sisy w! nav home, and he has safely
.ad IlT ,oany a thousands Of dollars 10
eu s.inn n Tor capitalists In this city,
sC.'Oo Ce,t, interest. Mr. kittinger
p, an V. sid on the staff Of Governor
and during the recent troubles
e. Chinese at Seattle was on duty
,.ia YER, is Nh tbs Queen city Of Washing.
er,ltory, i aud is situated on inge'
7, 9as first settled In April.
nd derives its name from an old
nC eSist who came to the place
IN. d, S. Maynard In that year
t,ng a., most was established by Dr..
"a ds Who also engaged in curing
In october, 1852, ii. 8; Yester
ia came TO the new settlement,
n 1853 be put up the first steam
# 'sn on Pnget's Sound, with a
Nv Of 10, 600 600 feet a day. Others
the settlers, but the growth oi
sv colony was slow, AS It was
"a in A then remote and almost
s.ible region, which was only
n by nearly q year Of painful
over mountains hut little less
insurmCuntable, through hostile
40 the assessor reported . popu'
of two hundred persons In the
hpd property with an assessed
lion Of Si5O, 900 The growth con-
allow. and in 1878, over twenty
aIte- The first white settlement OF
hoe. the population did not ex-
5CO. with an assessed valuation
perty Of but little over 81 900, 600.
h the next twelve years the peo
bmei 10 awaken TO the great natu
pvartse Of Seattle, and In 1885,
ppatiOn had increased 10 II. 600,
u assessed valuation OF property
llI6iO
he 81 steamers registered in that
b. district, 36 were built at
aud there are now AZ steamers
,lous sizes, with an aggregate
. ee cf 5,lO3 tons trading at that
ID addition to these there are 4
seamers engaged In the pas
AID freight business, making
j ;Iips between Seattle and San
fsco. There are sixty miles Of
u in operation in the county,
hs.ng three lines terminating at
one Of which connects with
Elbern Pacific Railroad, giving
y through rail communication
e East.
ha.f a million dollars have been
lei in bricS buildings, including
occidental Hotel. built and fur
at cost Of $4,000, and an
House which cost Sl00. 900. The
has expended S26. 900 on a jail
uhiy offices, and authorized the
Commissioners to expend
IN elec,ln2 a court house, for
an entire block has been bought
.u i9f' Ihere are Two puoilc
D buildings, one OF them costing
and tue other S22, 900, besides
smaller buildings, aggregattnR
lla1 s,vO, 9OO In value.
Sisters Academy is a large and
I've building, aud the Universi
sal'a expensive additions were
A'ie Il now In a hourishing
W. !H'so hne hospitals have
u,a, ',, On DY The Sisters, at an
ie's han $4,000; one by the
1l oAutcl, known rs Grace
n All orc by a private corpo-
!leol'y has sixteen miles Of
,';t streets "hlch cost $3.50 900, and
me- u sidewalks. Water is
j! tle spring Hill Water
y who have a capacity of
" g'Iols per day. Light In
M NJ Wy Ihe seattle Gas Light
~ NaGse works have o
NA;,t.., W tne supply VI
~ fI,lasoItants, and the Edison
L.li Company. There are
a,'' I-oai miles of street railway
,an aTUa, and the city lacks none
h ffJaV9a,slces n eoa or appliances of a
" ,Wy iuhsbItants. There are
"a ci.l Churches of various denomi
CirsDil',i,ae gI1 81 the secret and benevo,
p,,a. ,lI' country; two we'll appoint
srv ars', n.t, besides the Opera House
ci,l,.n, cpy pp'!e nel halls: us
Is4s sIa ,. pay no tribute to absentee
IN, n,,1 Or foreign capitalists. The
piop1t,ion 4. OF the Taxpayers. in
bsnat ostas'rs .s, merchants, shippers
s1r4ioatI..Ctaters, acquired ali they
b. ,iss, s,,l.t IN the placs by their own
fsspayer settled in in isa,sti Seattle bnt bnt
!. 1ls u. ago with a kit Of VasrIs CARPENTER ter