Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1888-05-03
The Queen City.

That Seattle is Il pro>pcrc US, go ahead
city. pcoIed by class Of citizens who
know how to build well aud substantially.
no one who has visited the metropolis on
Elliott bay, studied her resources aud
watched her growth, can truthfully
sainsay. But few cities could have
successfully wi'hstood the seige laid at
her door by such mighty corporation
as the Northern Pacific, and yet, Seattle
has risen above the beniyhted influence
OF this gigantic corporation, trebled in.
population, wealth and importance; her
citizens taught to depend upon their own
ex,rtions and iberality Tor their future
growth. How similar has been the sit
uation of Seattle during the pas. four
years to that Of beautiful Walla Wallas
save that OF water communication. How
different has been the mode of action Of
the different places. Here YOU have
cau'e and effect, SO plainly written tn
the bllud may read as they pass. To.
day there are in course of erection in this
city overa2. buildings ranging in value
from $3.50 to 100000; cable car
''ae live anu half miles long is 10 course
of construction, connecting Lake Wash-,
inE'on with the business thoroughfares
OF the city; suburban line running
nine mlles toward Salmon bay, on which
will be placed half hour trains propelled
by dummies, is fast nearing completion
the horse of the street car is to bs tupe,.
seded by the electric motor docking
facilities are being quadruplcd; the caps-
city Of coal bunkeis are being more than
doubled, and business property is not for
sa'c. Go to the wharvcs and you and
the 40 aud 80 steamers that ply in aud
cut Of Seattle loaded to the guards with
passengers and freight; you find the
draymen la,y; no idle s.ovedorcs, and
hen you solve the question as to where
the future metropolis of Washington
Territory Is to be situated Seattle.
This has been accomplished by the
dosged perseverance aud public spirited
ness Of her citizens. Not alone in
Seattle has her means been Iayished. .
Workmen will soon begin uxpending
their energies on the broad and fertile
plains Of Eastern Washington, opening
70 the laud locked aud freight. t.Lurdened
producers ncw and cheaper market for
their products, aud thus essabiishipv :
new clasp 10 bind the east aul west in =
holy alliance against tho extortions Of
eastern capital personifed in tho two
monopolies that have heretofore blsd the
luland Empire. Work en- the West
Shore road, connecting Seattle directly
with the Canadian Pacific, is being
pushed ahead as rapidly ~ men and,
money can do it, thus not ouly giving ~
another transcontinental road, with Seat
tie as the terminus. bat opening the
most fertile country west Of tho noun.
tains. This, too. is the result Of Seattle
money and push; likewise the cable road
which was given = subsidy Of over
100000. Walla Walla might we'll
heed this lesson, shake from herself the
lethargy which has allowed other cities
to spring up around her and contest fos
the supremacy Of the boundless sea Of
grain fields, whose wealth bows ID unison
to the breescs sweeping over the broad
expanse Of which Walla Walla should Be-
undisputed mistress. It Is lesson
worth learning. Don Raphael 10 the
Walla WalIa Onion.