The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-12-07

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H. tho f,,bu"ss with iiucrEa.iI'g l,-',l i4oy
Although Seattle has high latitude
think the climate compares tirvorILly will!
that in your neghborhood, the winters be-
ing shorter and milder, while the summer
Is never uncornfortably warm. This is at
tributed to the Chinook" a breeze origina.
ting in the Japan current aud has mar
veilous eff 'ct upon BOTH crops and spirits.
The pnpulace is composed largely of
Siwash Indians, working in season at hop
picking, fishing and hunting 10 realize
money to gamble and procure liquor, the
| Chinaman, az in other places, at the wash
| tub; and the white man, The latter can be
divided into the "Mossback," like the dog
in the manager, impeding progress by hold
ing valuable property in business locations
and keeping Give men, from making i'm
provements, yet expecting his ueighbors to
| build that 1t may enhance the value of his
the mossba+ks, belongings. Next comes the
| 'croaker' generally arriving without being
properly equipped to stand the jostling and
being unable TO obtain proper employ
| failure. These two classes of residents, in a
plentiful degree, are enough to ieopoadize
the we'll being of the best located bu mess
centre ever laid out. Then WE have the
harmless, aud generally br4inIess, "tendrr
foot" expecting % .f,,d money; largely upon
this class lives the 'scnemer;" astly but no;
least | place the workman or Give man,"
with experiences or some capital numo.i
cal'y small but very for I'm ltely BILE t"
build up a metropolis srco;i 10 40 city GA
The western slope of the Rockies
The impedim-nis 10 be overcome in the
building of this city were scarcity of III
form .ton regarding her advantages, and
the Northern Pacific X. II. Strange as this
latter proposition may appear, it occurs
this way. When they built their coast con
nections, laying out New Tacoma as a ter
minus, in order to help along their offspring
this enterprising monopoly began making
unjust Determinations against Seattle to
the extent Of ten cents and upwards per
ton on through freight and causing all man
ner of Inconvenience to passengers, running
trains here at almost impossible hours and
then waiting over halt "a day at the ''City
of Destiny" Co.
As natural sequence some public spirit
ed citizens, failing to see where they were
under obligation to railway company
causing such incou. enience to the city's
trade, organized what is known as the
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern X. r., max
ing junction with the Canadian system
of lines and have direct communlca-
ton with Spokane where a number of rail- |
roads will radiate in all directions. Besides
this the Chamber of Commerce and Board |
of Trade offers to other lines (partieularly |
Southern and Union Pacific Railroads. ter |
minal facilities as special inducements to |
~ AXE Seattle their destination. While the |
link now being built to Vancouver, B. c., |
will probably be finished first, yet not many |
months will pass before we are blessed as |
far as transportation is concerned These |
active measures have forced the n. 2. to see
that their short-sighted policy will wrench |
from her grasp large and productive bust |
ness, caused them recently to equalize her |
freight tariff, giving this city the same ad |
vantages as Tacoma (sxcepting grain) but |
this kind OF maladroit "Blarney" is under |
stood by Seattle's business men and our |
railway lines still go on toward completion. |
To any person intending to come to this |
beautiful and prosperous country I would |
suggest that they be well equipped tinan-
cially as possible, money being to stranger |
the best introduction in any new country.
Very Respectfully, S. Il. II.