The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-06-29
The Busiest and Meat pic.nrc.gue
City of the Coast.


Seattle pronounced Seat tlel, the
largest and wesithiest city in Wash
ington territory, the business quarter
of which has been destroyed BY fire,
vas an insignificant hamlet less than
tilteea years ago. 1t was first occu-
pied by white men in is52, and takes
It's maine from an old Indian chief,
eho showed a friendly disposition
toward the settlers. For more than
twenty years 1t renamed an lso-
lated trading post, inaccessible except
by water, and only important as the
source 81 supply of the scattered saw
bills and logging camps OF its immedi-
ate neighborbood. It's founders chose
wisely the site Of the future city. they
built their hamlet on the east side OF
Elliot bay. broad. well-sheitered har-
Dor, entirely free from distractions,
with good anchorage, snd wafer deer.
enough for the largest sea-goins
vessels. Here they waited in full ex-
pcctaIion that In due course OF time
their settlement would be chosen for
the Puget sound terminus of the
Northern Pacific railroad, for which
indeed, II had heen recommended by
The earliest surveyors a. affording the.
most central harbor of that great in
land sea on our northwestern bound
airy, which has been called. not in
aptly, the Mediterranean of America
and which in reality j. situated AZ the
western end Of the most direc, and
practical route between the head
waters of Lake superior sind the
Pacific ocean. But these long
cherished hopes proved 10 be delusive.
In 1888 an organized land com panv
that vas in control OF the railroad
directory purchased large tract of
wild land near Tacoma. 1T the head Of
Commencement hsy. and that Point
was established a. The PUGET Sound
terminus al the zine
This VAS a s,sre disappointment, OF
course Il the people of Seattle. But
the bnA decision bad the instant
effect es aTo3sing energies that had
been dormant daring the long years
that the advent OF The railroad, with
It's capital and enterprise, had been
looked for. Conscious OF the superior
natural advantages OF Seattle aud the
sAouns!inS material resources that in
yltsd Developments, the citizens OF the
riace, whose numbers az the time did
not exceed 80. began the process nf
"b'seming their town IN tie most
vigorous and systematic manner.
freua ls13 until now the growth
OF the city has been rapis.
and constant, ami its prosperity
= hasesi upon substantial ioanda-
tons. Seattle i pFe-emineu;lv a
tsplgaI Western c.tv, transformed
from & primeval wilderness almost
sstAIn cScaae IN a center % modern
ute and civilization. | nqusst!onzbly
III site = one If the most beautiful
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