The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-01
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The past Il months have Witnessed
mere substantial growth II Pert Tom
send thsn any previous I've years Of
the city's existence. This statement
w0nid sound ~ e efnanating frDfn
some naeIlitinous land boomer we're i
not supported IL ample evidence ard
attested by Geld statistical fgGges
which in the woT4s Of che prover5.
cannot lie
RAILROAD PROSPECTS,.
The term .'prospecssF in the ab0Te
connection l. scarcely correct a. In the
course Of the year ID has merged. IN tie
sense used. into the NEE expTessivs
word fact That = ~ say a suhsf=fs-
flai start has f,esa made on she road
bed Of the Port Townsend Southern
railroad Though work was com
mence1 late IN the fat. nearly three
miles have been graded. This road,
a. j. well known, i being built - con
summAte the iOng-es1ertshe idea Of the
PORT Townsend citizens. ~ giving tie
city railroad connections 70 some
point on the Columbia river A i i
the purpose Of this notice % giaEiee as
the past rather thaa specyslate or the
future the plans Of the company Ter
the coming year. VIII not lie men
toned. suffice Il 20 say, that e0ns.i-
ton Of the large land subsidy promised
10 the company j.. that the road
should lie completed within two years.
From Port Townsend II TeaIn2.
which Is believed = he the FIRST objec-
tive point 81 the road. + y distance 81
only 10 miles
BUILDING fwFEoyENEST-.
Over two hundred residence blIiis>
ings have been erected in Port ToEn-
send in the term icing considered Ia
this issue. several zhaa<1rsis feet Of
me business hIs5sks have also gone up.
lAk<5nsefvafise estimate Of the amount
n money expended In construction 81
above IS Z qifafter Of q million dollars.
Scme Of tie most notabfe stsuftufes
tsuiIding and nearly 1orBfleted are
Judge Horton'- business block, near
Commercial wharf. cost. $1,000: Bart
let's brick hotel, on Water street,
cost. $1,000; Banker Clapps hotel
I building. same street, cost, $1,000 ;
the Pontfas- HaIlet Office block. on
Washington street, $4,000. the Hast
ings-James block, on Water street
cost. $40, 90; A. w. Bash $ Office build
ing on Water street. cost, $500; +. w.
Devoe's private residence tbTickl cost,
$1,000; William Payne's private resi-
deace. cost, 5000.
PUBLIC IMPEovEMEsTs.
The council recently elected are
making the last half OF the calendar
year a banner period in the regard
here considered. About $4,000 has
been appropriated for street grading
and sidewalk laying. Twenty thou
sand dollars is being expended on a
few hundred yards of Washington
street alone. and the principal thor
oughfares to the residence portion
where the work Il finished viii be
spacious. slightly and easy OF access
REALTY RECORD.
The real estate transfers for the year
will exceed 100000 Values have
not risen to a higher figure. the ten
dency having been to hold them down
and avoid the excitement commonly
known a. boom Numerous new adj
ditions have been plated, and the
prosperous building era is rapidly
extending the city out 20 them.
IMPROVEMENT Is GENERAL.
The increase in the customs receipts
and business for the past year have
been tremendous. The recent upheav-
ais here, changes of officers, etc, rem
der il impossible 10 give comparative
statistics. Port Townsend is the
transfer point for all Alaska freight
and passengers, and the known in
crease in this trade has added greatly
TO her volume of business The tug
boat service, which centers here, has
been much increased, new steamboats,
have been added 10 ply to the san
Juan archipelago in the interest of the
city's merchant trade, and all told, the
city's record for the year is one of
which she may well be proud