Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-14

b about 5000. though more 10 clsfmed
for H. Is has eli the usual industries In
prosperous operatios-tefee ssvmiiis,
foundries, Q barrel factory, ETC., bsInG
the principal. Street, cars ply slonl Its
streets, and It's vharves present an ami
mated scene from the constant arrival
add departure OF the various steamers
which connect it With adjoining cities
and the islands that dot the Sound A
line Of railway connects IL With the
NsvcAstle and other coal mines, from,
which she output the ye.r before lssi
vas 2lS3I5 tons, o total which mus
have been very largely increased this
year. several new mines having beer
opened.
Tacoma. the next city OF importance,
has population probably OF about 5000
though is. like its big sister," will
probably lay claim to more. Is 10 bsAu
tifully located On three successive pls-
tssos rising above toe shore Of Com
menoeDens bay. With beautiful new
of Mount Rainier and the PuyalIup val
ley. and IN the midst Of surroundings
which can hardly be surpassed for
beauty. The approach from the wharf
10 cus in the face of q precipitous elf
and 10 the only drawback 10 the other
vi perfect site of the city.
Tacoma has been "nursed" systeust
icalls BY the Northern Pseidc Railroad,
and to this fact the great eroxth Of the
plscs 10 chiefly attributable. A land
company, consisting Of the philadelphia
wing of the directorate of the road,
have large interests In the neiRhbor.
hood, and il has been freqaenily
"a ia "a fo Of -
road. and consequently OF the other
parts of the Territory, were somewhat
subordinsted in the WORKING Of the read
TO the advancement Of this side inter
est. However that may be, Tacoma has
made remarkable progress. being nov a
collection of elegant buildings, where
but fourteen years ago there vas
only a labyrinth OF pines and under
growth. Besides the usual industries
carried on in ths average town. Taco
ma has the Northern Pacifis Railroad
shops, Hanson & Co.'S savmill, and two
minor ones and an iron foundry. The
former has q capacity of 10000 feet in
a twelve hours run. There are some
very elegant brick buildings in the city.
the most Of which have been erected
since the recent fire. which swept away
the most of the primitive shantiss Of
the city's infancy. The Tacoma" a.
the leading hotel 10 called, is q fine
structure, and is modelled on the Hotel
del Monte. at Monterey. IL was built
oy G. b. Wright, of Philadelphia, ION
futures," in anticipation of the growth
Of the city, and his hopes will no Doubt
to realized some day IN the near future.
Port Townsend, the next city in i'm
pertsnoe, is situated near the entrance
Of the Sound, on the western side, and
10 very busy place. being the port OF
entry. An idea of the amount of bust
ness brought TO its vharves may be in
fsrred from the fact tina. there we're 54S
entries between the LIST Of January of
last year to the end OF November Of
ships for the Sound.
Olympia, the Capital, il q quiet, easy
going and somewhat sleepy city. The
mudhsts, which reach far out into the
SQUAD, mar very seriously its present
and prospective prominence as a port,
while its only railroad connection, 80
far, 10 by . narrov-RaRe line to Tenino
on the Northern Pacific. The eur
rounding country is. however, above the
average Of the Territory in productive
ness, and the city maintains its dignity
a. the Capital of the Territory in no
unworthy fashion.
Whatcom is a busting little burg al
the bsad of Bellinehsm Bay, With very
good prospects Of becoming one day q
railway center, connecting lines between
the Northern and Canadian Pacific
roads being very likely at an early date
to meet there. Its shipping facilities
are simply perfect, while a very fine
agricultural country lies north of 1t.
Snohomish City, on the northern
bank of the river of the same name. is
9 thriving municipality, and forms the
entrepot for an extensive and rapidly
settling up tract of country along the
course of the Snohemish, Snoqualmis
and Sultan rivers toward their source in
the Cascade mountains.
On the eastern side Of the Cascade
mountains Walla Walla figures as tie
commercial metropolis. Ii is the CEN
ter and shipping point Of an immense
grain belt, the unique characteristic OF
which 10 that it Is entirely unaffected by
summer dronghts, owing to the depth
and porousness OF the soil.
Yakima, in the more northerly part OF
the eastern division, IL at present some
what uncertain as to its location, the
fixing of which depends more or less on
tue will of the railroad company. I,
derives its main trade from the extern
slve farming and grazing interests which
Surround IL. Whether IL will ever de
velop into greater importance than these
warrant on the completion Of the North
sru Pacific system remains to be seen.
Spokane Falls IL thriving city on the
line of the Northern Pacifi, Railroad,
snd il possessed Of exceptionally fine
water power privileges. During the
Cosor d'Alene excite ment, two yeatl
ago, 10 promised to besome quite an ex-
teneive city as q base of supplies fol
the mines, bus az the Influx of mineru
subsided IL fell back into its old dimen-
sions and ways. Ii has & nod coantry
Tributary to Il, and Is assured Of To-
ture Of solid prosperity IL its growth be
bot gradual.