The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-19
TIE TuUHS Or cllIfoRln.
M. Bailey GatEert Talks Of His
Recent Trip.


Mz. Bailey G3txert president III the
Chandler % Commerce End manager
Eof sehwah4cher Bros. s}Ce-. who has
been absent fspra the ely for the rsass
two weeks accompanied BIZ his wife,
visiting IN California. returned home
Tuesday night. after afvevy aereeassse
trip In an interview xsth . PasT-
TsTEELsexsgKR reporstr yesterday III j.
Gafzert sid
8 ! visited All the p1tnespsa resorts In
California. inrlndini Los Angeles.
San Diego. Corrr-sssf Riverside. Ray
mofd P4sasna, tnd several other
pisces ] spent t3o weeks At the
magniflceuE Coruntdo hotel. Con-
rernsng the vzrsous|towns. consider
Los Angeles the Heading business
place In California, outside OF San
Francisco They hare good streets,
AID some magnificent structures. as
well AZ good system Of cable roads.
I found Ii 70 be fmuch liyeller busi-
ness place than bad anticipated, SC
leortsing 20 yepar4.. Pasadena il
very nice little tokn, with good sur-
roundings. and his the appearance of
being seif-sustainfng. The same can
lie said of Riverside.
Previous TO my leaving here | vas
rather under the impression that our
people were holding their lands for
both farming ard building purposes.
rather high. and. In some instances.
above their intrinsic yaiue. On this
subject / have changed my views. 10 4
great extent. When | come 10 CON-
pare prices In California. taking into
consideration the vast advantages we
have over them, re find that our
Interests are 80 much more diversified
and offering 90 many more advantages
than the4rs. aside from their fruit
orchards. which require years 10 reach
j state OF bearing. they have nothing
from which the same results ean be
obtained IN the way OF an income
equal 20 ours. Ordinary farming
lands, much Of which cannot be eul-
.ivated without irrigation and az . con-
lsiderabie expense 70 the farmer, are
selling at=from 500 10 800 an acre and
upwards while here, government and
railroad lands can be obtained by
actual settlers at normal figures.
Under such condition OF affairs inn
migration coming 10 this coast is
necessarily compelled to seek homes
tn this northwestern couEtry, and II
il my belief that the tide OF fmmigra-
l.ion setting In here has not yet fairly
begun. / feel quite confident that
within ten years Western Washing
ton. with its many natural advantages,
will have at least half million people.
This entire northwestern country.
ind Puget sound in particular. is now
looked upon as the most promising of
slll other sections. consider our eli
mate fully as desirable as California.
ind in this instance, as well IS In all
my former travels, | was much re-
joiceti TO get back 10 Puget sound. and
particularly SO 10 Seattle. OF all the
cities and towns that have visited.
found none with more lively bust
ness appearance. push and enterprise
than Seattle.
The one fault / find here. in my
estimation. Is the lack OF houses for
business purposes. Our central Iocs-
ton and facilities for business, are
such as To invise much larger num-
her OF business houses, and especially
wholesale houses, to come here and
IT0spert