The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
A CITY ON THE SOUND.
Cas- Prevent the Town frorA De-
coming tine Metropolis OF the Grest
NorthWest-Iss Natural Advan-
tages and Resources.

49,
send. Washington. Mr.. Sisley il senior |,
emb Of the real estate and land bro
kers, Sislcy q Bill, and is one of the most
energetic and successful young business
men Of that wonderful ''city OH the
sound" of which Butte people have heard
80 much during the past few months, |
as large fortunes have been made during
she past year by n number of Butte people |
who were fortunate enough tn invest in |
Port property. A STANDARD
reporter sought out MIR. Sisiey
for the purpose OF elicitinR
from him some Information i'm regard to
the place which might he of interest to
the SrANDA RD's readers. II am on my |
way to Chicago and Boston to visit some
old friends of minc,'' said MIR. Sislcy tn
the reporter, ''and l dropped of at Butte
because I have heard q great deal of this
place and 1 was anxious to see il, and let
me say I am not disappointed. 1 have
always heard that Butte was a very
lively, bustlinR place and ] find that my
previous conception of the place was cor
rect. Or course 1 like to live along the
water, but il I had tn live i'm an inland
town for business and as a place of real
beauty certainly would elect to
reside i'm Butte"
"You are doubtless acquainted with
some of Butte's citizens who have made
successfully Investments in Port Town
send real estate 2" querricd the scribe.
"Oh, yes; l nave met n number of Butte
men i'm our town. The syndicate of Butte
ReltlGulen WHO 1nNeSted ~ lew tlpti>utII
dollars in Port Townsend n few months
ago certainly have no cause to regret av-
ing done so, for In the past four months
they have made fully $50 per cent. on
been known To regret having invested i'm
Port Townsend. Ours is n city that has
that term is usually applied. Port Town
send truly has had n most remarkable aud
even phenomenai growth during the past
two years; hut IL has been a healthy and
substantial growth, fully justified by the
excellent location of the city and the
enormous natural resources which the
fhe truth of the matter is Port Town
send il one of the best situated cities on
the North American c~ontincnt-or, indeed,
in the world. Ii occupies some such II po-
sition upon the coast as Duluth does in
is no comparison between these two cities
in the matter of future possibilities, for
while Duluth is merely a lake port our city
of Port Townsend is the natural point
where the shipping of the whole Pacific
coast, in so far as the United States is
concerned at least, must eventually he con-
ccntratcd. The city of Port Townsend has
enjoyed a steady and prosperous growth
not because its advantages ave been
cause il has been doomed by real estate
owners. but nature. having provided a
site for the city, it's rcsidents have during
the last few years been busy i'm n quiet
way building up a city upon a site TIA !,
city upon the Pacific coast. and thai
within "a few years."
the enthusiastic Townsendite, unfnriing a
pocket map of the new state of Washing
sHG: "f ss.. the ro SssxssPh'ea a=ccu pics.
Of the Pacific. the only possible cutie, fa
finest natural harbor's on earth. l.
there any human power that can he ex
s snsniu which y are sa1 ssp, rrey sf w. .nls t a"d p or,
ulation? OF course there is not; ans
many of your cleverest business men j,
the truth of what I have been telling you
Butte Is a good town and will always re
main SO, because an ~ mas I, me gh. o nn ,,
That is why. Port Townsend is boand .
he a. great city: The bay ut Port Town
water on earth an anchorage are
of about 50 square miles i'm which the waite
=, ~ss irIsh from s,S the 20 o.. .wS'f boa ,a.n :" any n% en-
of the ports on the Sound sail i'm as far a
Port Townsend and have to- he lowed j
to all the ports along the Sound. Towns
ends harbor is II complete refuge from a
storms, and thousands of huge ocean vc'
The ground upon which is sitaa,ed In
city * q charming natural ampithcatr'
gradually asc. linR from the occa
feet high, from which a magnificent vie
of the. Sound. the Straits, and s,Irro,ndin
these bluffs ono of the most inspirir
scene of a mans life may !
witnessed almost any day OF II
year. Far out upon the broa
expanse of water, the countless sails
vessels surmounted by the Hays of all IL
different nations OF earth may bc seen.
n in Townsend bay one Sund;
morning Al large vessels lying at anch6
such a sight is worth seeing. The city
well drained, having every natural N
vantage i'm that respect. The count
surrounding the city is heavily wood
with valuable fir and ceder, while strear
OF water, pure and sparkling, trickle fro
the springs i'm tire mountains behind Z
city: .
population of $500; to-day fully 5000 pc
ple nud comfortable homes with
the city limits. The peoI
ars morrally and Intellectually
"A good class. We pride ourselves i'm q
numerous excellent educational instiI
tions. All the principal religious bod
have handsome and commodious edifio
i'm which to worship. A marine hospi'
maintained by the Federal governme
overlooks the picturesque scenery of I
sound. About S3,OyO,o0O worth of m
buildings have been erected during I
past year. Think of it! Is this not "A tr,
wonderful record?
IT prove the immense volume OF bu
ness annually transacted in Port Tow
send il is fully necessary to glance at Z
government st ltistics which show Il
outside of New York. Port Townse
ranks first in the number OF mar
craft re;,orted and cleared during