The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-07
FROM CHICAGO.
cesnparison Of Chicago and S.
attic Real Estate Markets.


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To rnx EpsroE: The fcllcwing
boastfai head lines appear in the Chi
ear, Faf<~- 1le1sa Ocfoher n "A Nil
Hon Dollars Were Invested IN Chicsgo
Earth Last Week Never Was the
city's Land Market m More Attract
i've shape In referring 10 the actual
fxures / End the Chicago city sales
daring the week ending ocfober 20 10 he
ssks&a. ASf ara subscriber 20 the
Pssr-IsrEEIfeExcEE II occurred 20 me
10 refer 10 the real estate record Of Sc
attic sales 81 reported IN your paper
7 was astonishei with the comparison
/ foand that yoar deeds fc.st UP si2,-
81 20 o. for the year ISIS. ending
September 70. being an average per
week sales Of s5s2 80, or ever - per
cent. Of the sales a the great metropo-
lis Of Chicago, which. 10 make COM
parfson, has registered four times
more voters than San Franctsco.
Three months ago, 50 far as ] could
learn. Seattle Was bat little known
here. should yoa ailade to the place.
the question Where Is Seattle ," vas
sure To follow. Now. Judging from my
experience OF the past week, II appears
10 me that every oae ! NEE. has
friends about 20 leave for your wonder
ful little city. I calleS at the Office OF
In. J. Gross. traffic manager OF the G.
b. a. q. X. II. yesterday lie had jast
returned from trip with other officials
TO the sound country. and he was
| fan OF praise of your city. In my
opipionf' he said .Seaftle i going to
he The city Of the coat. This was the
opinion OF all the railroad men in his
party. Now" he added, Il have not
dollar invested in the city. and | was
burgiarized white stopping there, so
you see am more inclined to be pref
utiiced against rather than In favor.
while comparing her with other Sound
cities
In coming from San Francisco two
weeks ago, every railroad man l
talked with alluded TO the wonderful
immigration 20 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
Il the unprecedented wesf-bound traGic
/ The other day that train had Is cars q
| Granger, hall Of them being Hlled with
Short Line passengers bound for the rapid
| IL developing parts Of Oregon aud Wash
| ingt0n Territory. The Union Pacific trains
| are crowded daily with people bound foI
the great Northwest
From an article published in the
| Chicago Inser-Oceaa October 81, upon
railroad properties, it would seem
that all roads in the United States
were passing dividends and suffering
depression save those entering Wash
| ington Territory. After recounting
the many difficulties in all directions
| the article continues a. follows:
The movement of the Northern lines to
the Pacific has been in happy contrast to
those of the Southwest Ia spite OF this
depression. the handsome earnings OF the
Union Pacific. the Oregon Short Line. the
Northern Pacific and the Oregon Nayiea-
ton Company are beginning 70 be reflected
by the market price, and the Oregon Iu-
proyement Company may also be counted
IN the list. The Union Pacific has more
than held Its own for the frat eight months
Of the year, while the Oregon Short Line
shows an improvement 80 large that IL has
already more than made good the deficit
of last year, and will have a surplus at the
close OF the year to go 10 making good adj
yances by the Union Pscifc IN previous
years. The Northern Pacific keeps ON the
even tenor of It's way with an average gain
Of about $4,000 a day. II Is good iudiea-
ton that without any clique operation the
price Of these stocks has steadily ad-
vaneed, 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
DnnvfliP, which Was finally eonciudau
Two days ago. East Tennessee preferred
rose 20 20 and Richmond Terminal
touched the best price. selling at ~. for
the common aud Coz for the preferred.
You thus have before you evidence
Of great opportunity, and IL your
business men will remember that
There Is tide in the affairs OF men
when taken at the flood leads on 10
fortune" and will stand shoulder La
shoulder and take the measures neces-
sary, the gentieman's prediction
quoted IN the foregoing will be hasten-
ed, One OF your neighboring tosns
recently occupied full supplement- Of
one Of Chicago dailies. Portland has
distributed all through this city bean
tifully illustrated magazines recount
ing advantages in the supersaffye
degree. Were Seattle to sdpriemeut
her natural astractieps with libersi
advertising In tbefafge Easter, cities.
her prosperity would be one of the
wonuegS0f this era OF city building.
here6mmerrial strides would be of a
metropolitan character and she would
indeed become the Queen City Of the
Pacific. Advertising Il the royal road
10 Success r. X FLEMING.