The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-08
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II seems almost i~yond belief that many
portions % this state have increased n
rgpaiAflon within the pa, year 30 Tie ex-
tent ~ ~ pee cent. sud that tie increase
In the whole state very closely approx
mates those sgares. That ths iuilax 81
population hzs becg enormous gas appGr-
eIsi even 20 the noaf casual observer bat
exen She a5oss sanEulne woaia hardly have
esiimasesi II higher than - or = per cens.
Fiat toe testimony Of the ballo. boxes 81
the receat election. compared with the tes-
;lmony ef the Same witness less than ore
year ago, ehef the excitement OF pref
dentiai election was calculated TO call ont a
foil vote sia1ss that in Seattle and King
county and is ssgerai other OF tie n3Gre
thriving districts, the increase has been in
cxcsss Of a per cent, and Il il we.l knoRn
that 10 Seattle there were several hundred
electors Who postponed unii too late their
attendance At the polls and we're unable 70
reach ihs wia8ow tn time 10 vote. At one
polling pace the number left in line when
ibe p5lls eiosei was estimated at fully go
iu seattle tie evidence thus given by the
increased vote Is mere than sustained by
observation of the march Of Improvement
ana by the increased Volume OF business
Indicated by clearinghouse reports.
Even old residents who seldom yisi; the
hack streets aud thc suburbs, cannot. when
they do make occasional wanderings in
those directions. refr ain from expressions
Of astonishment at the great number Of
buildings that are constantly springing up
To say nothing about the burnt district.
in which massive brick and stone blocks
by the acre have been built or are In course
Of erection. many OF them four. five AMI
air stories high. further back, on all the
surrounding bills, and away out TO the
shores q Lake { MON and Lake Washing.
ten. innamerahse neat residences, many of
them pslasial, hare been or are being
erected.
Ia many thickly settled districts nearly
every residence bears evidence of having
been put up bat recently, most OF them
within year. In q majority OF the out
side districts at least three-fosrths OF the
finished structures, to say nothing Of the
surprising number under Roadway. show
yesterday. as il were.
Moreover. the increased vote but par
TALLY represents the increase In population.
1t IL = familiar fac, thu many hundred
adalt males. who are here to stay, had been
here less than six months and we're, there
fore. not entitled 10 vote.
Bat the mere increase IN population Is
not by any means the NEST encouraging
fact. OF far more Importance il the fact
that this population. old and new, is at
present prosperous aud full OF confidence
ia the future. Money is plentiful and
cheap, and very large portion Of the Irn-
provemeuts that have been and are being
MADE are owned by men OF moderate
means.
IL would he hard To end elsewhere.
either IN the Atlantic states or on the
Pacific coast. a city four times the size of
Seattle in which SO many mechanics and
lseorlng msa can be counted as regular
depositors in savings banks Every Satur.
day afternoon ard eycning they can lie
seen teFased IN a double line. extending
almost a block, waiting their tuFn IN de-
isosi, their ~sek's savings This class of
deposits - more than one hundred per
cent, greater than i was at this t,me last
year
In sofd. no matter what test NAV Re
spilled. il will be- ioaua that the ballot
hox indications are fUlly sustained, and
tha; rot oaly IN population. bat In wealth.
Improvements. business enterprise ana gen
ersl prosperity. Seattle has advanced fully
forty per cent. within the YEAR.
And this Is hnt ~. heKinnlnr'