The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-17
SxOaOMIsH.
Her Progress Daring The Second
Quarter of 1889.
Prosperity gntns~rrups~d steady
faeseEse al Toeasstias ard
6r0wth 81 Values

cSMH@%EsH, July A1-hSf&azfess a.
the relations o. this place are grou
Seattle. for iss intercourse with the
outside world, the people syrapashixed
strongly in The loss and desfrue-
ton which. last month. fell with such
terrible effect oa Seattle, the pride Of
the Northwest and the Queen CITY of
Puget Sound. Yst, although the loss
og Seattle was Ia 4 practical sense the
sussos Snahonish. also. no enc here.
AZ ans lime. soabged the spirit Q. the
Queen City, 90 her power aad ABILITY
10 arise. renewed and respisn2ens
frorn her ashes. With city front inn
proved, streets Strengthened and wii.
ened. grade raised and buildings
really hre-prsof nailt in place of those
DESTROYED. the present hsss viii he the
gain OF the future city. which right
speedily will soon be more progressive
and aggressive a. we'll more rapid in
rs growth and more powerful and
public spirited than eve before.
The similar calamity which, se ~
Gently has ovsrtaken eur sister city OF
Ellensbarg. alse calls Il, uaind the iacs
thar none os the yoane and pushing
cities OF the Northwest are sale frum
the wrathfGi visitation ct the fire.
god. That In nearly every place. the
slightest accident the m0m.aaEsrv care
lessness 81 q single person would al
most destroy most any OF these active,
e~nterprislng young cities. In many
cases the present loss might. in the
long run be q blessing in disguise, hug
I'm TOO many instances the ruin done
would ne So great that the future ol
not only individuals. but whole com
manities a. Nell, would BE perma-
nentlv marred. Many would never he
able Ia recover from So severe an in
jury
Snohomish has been particularly
fortunate. FeS important fires have
ever visited this plaes. None have
been extensive enough ia cripple it,
trade or business or in any sense inter.
fere with its progress. This has arisen
from the good fortune of the comma.
nitv, rather than from any efficient
means having been devised or put in
practice 10 prevent s2ch = loss. The
rapid growth of the town aud the
many large and solid blocks of wood.
oitentimes three and fourstories high.
that have been built within the past
feg wears seeEI tn invite destruction.
! No adequate facilities for fighting the
fiery demon exist. A slight accident
AZ RIaekman's mill. or anywhere in
the west end OF town. would almost
certainly, if tire should but once set
under way, cause a loss equal To that
at Ellensbure.
There is another way in which resi-
dents here appear 10 have, temporarily
at least, been affected by the Seattle
fire. In the necessaries of life. usr-
chants here have usually sold such
things on a very smat margin above
cost. The means OF communication
with Seattle were always 80 good that.
whenever a disposition u DO other
wise was manifested. people here
could so easily trade there that ali soon
found il TO be 10 tn ir true interest
10 deal fairly hy each other. For a
short time after the Seattle fire this
check was removed. It's need was
soon manifested. IS many here fanciel
that for some time after that fire they
bad to paw over 10 per oent more for
standard groceries and uecesSarieS
VI fAa aAidAs Aft RtNfkA 1t1rk
wise have done. Thus the
loss of one community often be-
comes an injury 10 others far re
moved from the immediate place
where the evil was first inflicted. and
so il is the most selfish and unsympa-
thetic are made TO realize and feel the
loss and suffering far removed from
them.
-. ,rsrnak SCR fhA<n TTAtt.p% I'm
other respects the progress OF the
town OF Snohomlsh for the second
quarter OF lsSl, that is from April !
10 July /. has been all that gould have
been really expected or desired. Prob
ably il has been greater than would
have been anticipated from the out
look presented early last spring.
Although several old firms went out
Of the logging business then. vet some
new ones came in, and the great
amount OF bull ling done and new
manufacturing enterprises started has
kent things going, - these changes
have not been felt. Besides some 90
the largest loggerS did not sell their
logs cut last season until y or two
months ago The money derived
therefrom coming In this season has
contributed materially ~ stave of
hard times anss make The money
market for this year much easier.
The work OF building for this year
did not get fully started before the
middle Of last March. since which
time everything in the bgsiidines ine
laas been Booming All oi the basiness
blocks commenced last Ap*il sre noN
aui>hed and occupied o. nearly deue
Work j. gnimg ahead actively on the
Wsias,r brick hterk. Several h9sineSs
h.tlsfs Tot concentrated last prlHe
are also nearly finished While thus
far this year. about forty resi-
denes.s have been finished and afc
now occuuied. MANY tenement
houses are now the hufues Of two or
more families each. We're loo fere-
ment houses erected forthwith. IN sd
dition IA those now in the place, they
could all be speedily Leased zt A fair
rant.
A noticeable feature Is the great IN
cr~ase In manufacturing enterprises
Lumber il now mtch cheaper than II
was a few months ago. The local de
mafni i filed and lumber sn5 shingles
exported. At s~nohouish and along
the line OF the Seattle. Lake shore q
Eastern railway in suohofnish county
are o at work or building about a
dozen mills Tor msnaiaciuFe at lgm-
her. shingles. cash ard deSsrs. etc.
BlsckmAn Bros. mill j. the largest of
all these. In it they do al these sew
eral kinds OF work. Their machinery,
buildings, ETC. repre- futs an outlay
Of about S75.ksn All abe = different
mills for buildings and psa8f wil
represent a total cost Of abo4tsAH8a0.
They all furnish xork for not far
from 30 uen- At Marysyille. stan
wood aud either parts 81 the county
similar enterprises are spTfngsng up
which ziti 70 . iorg vas towards
opening rp and Improving TIE
country.
To the stranger there seems 10 he
nothing for a railroad, $50 opening for
business ia thee woods. yet ia pro
portion - wealth ana population. no
eountry furnishes - much business
for = railroad, ~ that 81 4 more
profitable character, than Fugs;
sound. No local rsad ever failed n
paving a proft ~ operating ex.
penses.
when work stof ped on t8e Seattle,
Lake Shore 4 Eastern Tire road ended
in the woeeis sse Blies or o north al
~anhornish. The company ey}deaUy
T $1,000 a. h=a-TEaMA ~a~~Fh IS Ea~~ Ara4