The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-31

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To rEg ErrTaE- The following
hc.szfni head lines appear In ths Chr
czgo Fafs-0 rrr. October = A Aa-
lon Dollars Were Invested In Chicago
Earth Lat Week Newer Was the
Cityss Land Market IN More Attract
i've shape. In referring % the actual
figures fnd the Chicago city sales
during the week ending October . 20 Be
ST.. 80 As I am subscriber 30 the
Pozr-TxrxkLtGEscKz. Il occurred TO me
70 refer TO the real estate record Of Sc
attic sales - reported In your paper
was asfonishei With theeomparison-
torsd that your deeds foot up $i2.-
81 - o. for the year lSSs, ending
September %. being an average per
week sales Of S5s2 .56s. or over - per
cent Of the sales Of the great metropo-
lis of Chicago. which, 10 make com
more voters than San Francisco
Three months sgo, 20 far as could
learn. Seattle was bot little known
here Should VOC ailnde 10 the place.
the question Where Is seattle % was
sure 20 follow. Nor, Judging from my
experience OF the past week, It appears
| TO me that every one I meet has
friends about 10 leave for your wonder
| fui little city. called at the Office Of
II. ]. Cross, traffic manager Of the c.
b. & O r. r. yesterday. He bad inst
returned from a trip with other officials
10 the Sound country" and he was
/ fuli of praise OF your city. in my
opinion be said Seattle IS going to
/ be khe city OF the coast" This was the
opinion Of all the railroad men In his
| party. Now he added, 81 have not
dollar invested in the city, and was
burgIarixed while stopping there, so
/ you see am more inclined to be pref
| idiced against rather than in favor.
while comparing her with ether Sound
cities.
| In coming from san Francisco two
weeks ago, every railroad man ]
talked with alluded to the wonderful
| immigration to Washington Territory.
The salt Lake Tribune had the follow
| ing:
Mr.. Parker of the Union Pacific says the
occasion OF the Flyers being late 50 often
1 IL the unprecedented wess-bound traa3c
The other day that train had Is cars 10
Granger, half of them being filed with
short Line passengers bound for the rapid
I ly developing parts of oregon and Wash
ingfon Territory. The Union Pacific trains
are crowded daily with people bound for
| the great Northwest.
From an article published in the
Chicago Inser-0cean October n, upon
railroad properties, il would seem
that all roads in the United States
we're passing dividends and suffering
| depression save those entering Wash
| ington Territory. After recounting
the many difficulties in all directions
the article continues as follows:
| the movement of the Northern lines TO
the Pacific has been In happy contrast TO
those OF the Southwest. In spite of this
depression, the handsome earnings of the
Union Pacific, the Oregon short Line. the
Northern Pacific and the Oregon Naviga-
I ton Company are beginning 10 be reelected
BY the market price, and the Oregon I'm
| proyement Company may also be counted
Ia the list. The Union Pacific has more
than held its own for the first eight months
| OF the year. while the Oregon Short Line
shows an improvement 80 large that II has
already more than made good the deficit
/ Of last year, and viii have a Surplus at the
close OF the year to go to making good adj
yaRces BY the Union Pacific In previous
/ years. The Northern Pacific keeps on the
even tenor OF It's way with an average gain
Of about $4,000 day. II is good indica-
ton that without any clique operation the
price OF these stocks has steadily adj
yanced, Union Pacific having touched
! yesterday the highest OF the year and Ore.
gon short Line selling at the highest price
on Wednesday. The only other stocks
which sold at the top notch during the
week were those affected by the lease OF
the East Tennessee to the Richmond 4
/ Danville, which was finally concluded
two days ago. East Tennessee preferred
rose TO 10 and Richmond Terminal
touched the best price, selling at 27sz for
the common and 60l for the preferred.
You thus have before you evidence
Of great opportunity, and if your
business men will remember that
There is tide In the affairs OF men
when taken at the food leads on to
fortune" and will stand shoulder to
shoulder and take the measures neces-
sary. the gentleman's prediction
quoted in the foregoing will be hasten
ed. One OF your neighbering towns
recently occupied full supplement of
one of Chicago's dailies. Portland has
distributed all through this city beau
tifully illustrated magazines-recount-
ing advantages in the superlative
degree. Were Seattle to supplement
her natural attractions with liberal
advertising in the large Eastern cities,
her prosperity would be one of the
wonders OF this era OF city building,
/ her commercial strides would be of q
metropolitan character and she would
+ indeed become the Queen City of the
Pacific. Advertising is the royal road
10 success. 7. X. FLEMING.