St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-28
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TACOMA, WASH, April II, 1889.
DEAR HARRY: Quite number of your friends.
recent visitors here, have told us to expect your
arrival early this summer / hope it is so and that
you will soon receive the welcome that is always
ready for you at the hands of former ST. Paul peo-
pie who have come to this better land. There
paper all that might be said of Tacoma. You know
her past almost as well as l do. | don't suppose
there's another city OF twice her size as well
known as Tacoma. People crowd in by thousands,
look the ground little invest little and re-
turn home to make final arrangements before set
ting here. Now, there's no more convincing proof
OF the reality of Tacomas boasted future than this
continual stream of settlers, home builders
man does not leave paying business and
the metropolitan comforts of st. Paul or Mnneapo-
lis, rich farm in Dakota, or Kansas, or Texas, or
the refnements OF the East and join us here-as
thousands and thousands are and have been doing
without due consideration. The change is made
for various reasons, some finding here better
climate some more abundant resources and better
prospects. and some a freer, happier life. What
ever the reasons, here the people areso many that
it is well-nigh impossible to house them. Each
new conner is followed by score of friends. The
hotels are full, private houses have become public
us during night, and still there is great sur
plus steadily overlooking into Seattle, Puyalup,
Orting and other less important places that are
being enriched out Of our abundance. Tacoma"
"Mother of Rivers To show the crowded condi-
ton of affairs and demand for homes, the other
day gentleman, hearing of the death of resi-
dent tenant, applied to the landlord for the (sup-
posed) vacant house and learned that it had been
rented, prospeetively the first day the tenant be-
came sick.
The past winter has changed our Queenly City
wonderfully Miles and miles of streets have been
graded and sidewaked, and still we are behind the
home builders. Comfortable houses appear in
every direction some blocks beyond the street i'm
provements. What last fall were residence boule-
wards are now business thoroughfares- lots
which sold then for 81, 500 are now purchased
freely for $4,000. Street car, motor and cable
car systems are being extended rapidly, to faeili-
tate communication with these extensive additions.
magnificent theater, fine hotels, substantial bank
buildings, extensive milling and manufacturing
plants, with the necessary accompaniment of
churches, schools, stores, ETC., have risen since
fall The theater will not be completed until June.
sent the plans to you, didn't [? If not please
write to me for them as they worth looking at
and may convince common friends that we
have something ahead besides an Indian poWwoW
and variety performances.
That reminds me-Paul Stoeving plays here
next Tuesday with the Boston Quintette club. You
will be pleased to hear that he has been winning
an honored position in musical circles. The Pa
eife Coast will thank st. Paul for as many such as
she can help us to.
It's pity that all beauty cannot be transmit
ted on paper-the beauty Of mountain, Of water
and of cline. The climate here is almost perfec-
ton.
Comparisons hardly fair perhaps, claim so
much superiority for ourselves but really
is nearly dsagreeable the early spring Of Mime
sota The rains gentle and not at all ncessant
for there few days in the year when no
sunshine The drainage is perfect and when have had
time pave two business streets and perfect
sewage SYSTEM life in winter here will be freed from the
few unpleasant features that mark it
But what few showers, or less, in the pres
of the everlasting gOres which give Tacoma
ton far above the eavs of few disappointed cynes
parasites who came with the preudices and ignorance of
the and found carelessy Independent of their
fnement and criticisms? The truth is we all from the
East This longer the grazing ground Of the buffalo,
the terrific combatS between british beasts
theater of murderous gilmore british savages
Tacoma and Washington Territory have commerce
that is carrying their fame to quarter of the globe
population, cultured able and progressive and natural
beauties which unequaled.
The time will come and when the rugged glory
of the Oympes the west "Great White Sentinel Gas
Mount Tacoma has been styled the the varied
lus of magnificent forests in the middle distaneehe
gently moving waters Of the Sound rejecting and ideaz
ing the wholew be familiar to ALL and
them will be to acknowledge oneself poor American
The practical business man will say "You cannot live
innate haauf of Int utv