The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-26
IISIT TO SEATTLE.
- City Seen by . Walla
Walla Visitor.
roes OF TWENTY YEARS.
wslls wslla Union.

nIIKmt y 1eWsVs
Wsils wslia Union.
,r.,,v twenty-three years ago my horse
-stisd through rough street In = dark
IN ~ / halted in front Of . dimly-
SSs.d large. struggling two-story wooden
.s,,.s With broad porch, which proved
r. ~ Occidental hotel. 1T Seattle, then
- x about $1,000 inhabitants. In the
$500 I examined the place and decided
--e1f stsiking features TO be the large saw
< r.arsd public square in front OF the
..sI "a big square wooden structure
~ III columns on one side, built on .
- ~ peinted white. visible amid the
~ frest which surrounded il on
-. ddes. called the University. In
=. sr,ninr / sat with others around .
~ ssuve flied with brightly burning
ssl s,uu mines Just discovered in the
~.rrtalns back Of Lake Warrington,
i uetened while Selucius Garfeide,
- Surveyor general of Washington
s-t1nv. depicted the possibilities and
'-ssrliiities Of Seattle. Repeatedly
~ I visited Seattle since then. But
49, until my last visit had his predic-
- appeared to be 30 fully realized.
- iow- going Hassalo steamed around
- point hate Saturday night l stood on
~ and watched the thousands OF
80 and gas lights which illumine the
,uln and houses OF the Queen City I'M
- from left to right, and realized
- - 6rst time the extent of
aewth in tventy-three years, and
~ watched the glittering, shifting picture
ri epmpsred 1t 70 San Francisco seen ct
"a twenty-five years ago. from IN Oak
E1 leny boat, my mind endeavored 70
fIturs what the scene will be in 1915.
70 American city situated and snr-
~un1ea - Seattle Is ever died, and the
ABILITIES OF its future can only be
snnsd By the achievements OF its past.
lnntte VS. . commercial emporium of
uudd.wide reputation before Tacoma was
/ nask upon q railroad map. Despite
= sndeavors Of great corporation
eupiae 3 tronscontinental railway. to
NJ % city that would surpass Seattle
3 wealth. population and enterprise. Seat
4 maidsd and alone has kept ahead OF
fIcoma m all things. While the growth OF
lscoms during the past seven years has
I'M magical. the equal growth of Seattle
- besn marvellous.
4 little over six years ago Seattle people,
hiissing themselves agrieved because the
yHsAsm Pacific was doing so much to up
MD tacoma and nothing to promote the
cssth Of Seattle, began war upon the
inss c1poration, and set the very woods
II pearies on fire by their denunciations
\ he Northern Pacific Railroad
Ccnrany and their demands for
q forfeiture OF its vast grant
I lands A young man in the East.
tuasd In the arts OF the demagogue by
~ d the masters. picked up 'the Seattle
-" and with it wiped out the 5000 Re-
pshlican majority and secured a seat in
aapssa He used the same weapon sue
uafniy = second time. but the people OF
Aeterntory had gotten over their wild
tSy, and the third time he sssayed TO be
- champion OF "a downtrodden. corpora
toa-hounded community" he failed.
Meanwhile Seattle vas advertised as no
MN place in America Was ever adver-
It'd. and people of all ages, races and
conditions flocked to her, seeking fortune
snons people brave and self-reliant
noush TO fight one OF the greatest corpor-
s1oas Of the day. Fortunately Seattle was
6essed with land owners who were not
NY willing but anxious to have strangers
wetle near them; men who not only sold
hads for homes at reasonable figures, but
nye lands and moneys to encourage man.
ueffuring and commercial enterprises OF
Y sorts. They not only did all these
hlnss but they developed mines. built
naFoads, steamboats,. mills. fac
hfss, warehouses, and furnished en-
hyment TO hundreds. They
20 small but growing trade with mills,
nenng camps. farmers and small towns
Fuset sound which they pushed and
nxsassd with well directed energy. They
10 struggling newspapers in their city.
sssen they aided with regular. liberal con-
msunons of money. and in every way
moun 70 man advanced and fostered the
postn OF Seattle until today il Is so indie
I'noent OF all railroad corporations that
"ss ones like the Northern and Union are
"pp0ants Tor the right To- enter her limits
sAa partake OF her rich and growing trade.
lev days over ten months ago the hus-
mee portion of Seattle was burned as
'moosniy and almost ~ quickly as - dry
s.apoae neld Is consumed on windy day.
seas Of millions OF dollars worth of prop
av disappeared in smoke in few hours.
'oe.y the places OF the old. nckety wooden
- MICK buildings which had served SCI
s'ae merchants and mechanics for pur-
49, Of trade and manufacture, are oeeu-
80 ~ towering structures OF brick, and
.0ne and iron. models of architectural
.aty- and modern conveniences. in
sucn the men who were burned cut on
= 0h day OF June, 1879. and those who
~ been attracted by the tales Of their
sf'ngs and success, now transact hnsi-
or manufacture various kiads OF
nsschandise.
nafing the year Seattle has added many
- - OF those great modern conyenienoes.
aNe and electric roads. which enable her
r0Ps 20 cover the steep hills back oi .he
Naness part of the city with handsome
"s.uences easy of access. where their wives
- eniidren can breathe the pure. invigor-
- ar that comes from the snow-capped
= ssde mountains. and feast their eyes on
never wearisome. always beautiful
-nsfy OF Puget sound and the Olympic
: end watch the smoke curl from the
- so'ss and business places where they
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