The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-03

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seattle stands on fha: part Of Puget
sonnd known ~ Ezkiass's bay The water
srorss vas srrsss up with wh4ryes and ware
houses kesore The Ere which swept away
rssosf OF tie business portion Of the CITY
pu. TIE risarvss an1 warehouses are being
rsbu;Gs ca vssssy Larger plan fhza bsf0re
the Gre. The activity there Is wonderful
II "A tx~fst.e-fsg. Great xha-yes have ~
ready beer csrapsesed ard greater ones are
h~snr hrist. Immense brick warehouses
a-e IN process Of oussaing or are Just nrs-
.shea. a-sl xssiie al fbsse recoass-ErtIve or
creative operations are IN progress,
the commerce o. the SoTrd Is also
ggsng on. not onsy EnsutsYrupssdly. brt on
larger scale .han eve- before Great
ocean-~csrw vessels are unloading flccr and
other merchandise from san Francisco,
harges are diseas-yirr hnxe eargoes OF
brirk. brought Eresa the factories ~ o1fsr-
en-. points on The ear. al Ia sight 20 be
used tn the rebuilding and eni1rginy OF The
CITY NsTse miles away. IA little core
feet Of vessels Is loading With luEas<r n
orss Of the largest mills On the continent,
owned by seattle parties n another dock
carxoes 0i granite are being nnlosded and
hauled away 20 the city, To be Used IN some
OF the many massive blocks nos going Nd.
seattle presents wonderful appearance.
The business part OF the town was literally
SWEPT from exissance. but business goes On
Just the same There are hundreds ol
canvss structure where the former stores
stood. IN which every conceivable kind OF
merchandise goes on. In one Won VIII see
elegant silks and veIyets and other costly
fabrics displayed; IN another carpets,
window drareries: in others furniture,
boots, shoes, gentseusn's furnishing goods.
iewelry, hardware, groceries, clothing,
fruits. harness. saddierv, cutlery. news
paper Offices, job printing, real estate and
Law Offices doctors and dentists Offices,
Iodginghouses. saloons, restaurants. book
stores, photographers and even fortune
tellers. on the business streets many peo-
pie have rented their front lawns for bust
ness purposes. and canvas stores and tents
are erected and all kinds of bu siness go on.
Almost every other place you pass on
the residence streets is advertised as lodg-
inghoase, and yet it is with the greatest
difficulty that people can get room to
sleep in over night. There Is a constant
stream OF corners, some with money TO in
for the mos. part laborers in pursuit OF
work. which they have no difficulty in find
ing. Architects estimates show that 81 co.
600 win be spent for new buildings In the
burnt district alone this year. All over the
city new dweliinghouses and immense Hats
are being built--you can't go amiss OF them
and contracts for this class OF buildings
amount already 20 81 800 90, and as much
x.-,ll - .{s.Jt Tall Il h.
fore January, 1870, making for the year not
less than s. 900 go for new buildings.
Somebody will he asking what there is at
Seattle To justify all this immense outlay
for new buildings. Well, just look on
map OF Washington territory, soon to be
state, and see what sort Of body of water
Puget sound is. There is stretch OF coun-
try nearly 100 miles square that is traversed
or reached by some one Of the hundred sin
uosities OF the great inland harbor, with
water so deep that the biggest vessels
afloat can run up to the shores and tie up
to a big fir tree. Several scores of little
steamers ply between Seattle and the hun
dred little villages at different points on
these arms of the sound. Then there are
lines OF big steamers plying between Seattle
and Olympia, Port Townsend, Vie
toria and the other larger cities, 10
say nothing OF the other lines running to
Portland. San Francisco, South American
ports. Sandwich Islands and Asiatic ports.
A short distance from the city are two
large coal mines and the supply o. pine
timber Is practically inexhaustible. Its re-
sources are large and the courage and
enterprise and brain power OF its people are
greater
Between the wharves and warehouses
there Is room fer two streets-First ard
Second-where the land rises quite a5-
ruptly. and most of the residence portion
Of the city and many business places are
on steep hillsides, giving fine views Of the
water and the distant shores. Seattle Is
the Queen OF the Sound, and is destined TO
be great commercial metropolis. We
shall remember the day spent there as one
o! the pleasantest OF our lives.