The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-06
10 TIN TOP STORY.
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A1fhOueh thero wero I've panuenaor eIo.
y.tors In buildings IA this city before The
IRE. that useful means by which people ~
mp and down 81 - world really marks il
advent from luna q Befoee the dire The
only buildings In town that had elevators
were the YesIer-Lonxy block, tho Union
block, the San Francisco siosU. he Boston
block and the Occidental hotel. Now there
are more than 1fty In the city, and no
building Of four or more stories in heieht
In the city y planned without ono or more
u thess useful contrivances. The new Oc-
cidensal block Il 70 have lve. and the s.
attla National hank building wiu have .
IKE number.
Beforo he ore the foolsoro hiu colloctor
with . victim Ia : room on The top story
halted e the entrances and laae the musclee
Of his back and lower extrsmities ache II
anticipation Of the oft-repeated lone, long
climb Of tho fights Of stairs. That Vas
ages $40 a time u reckoned In
this dav az hydraulic elevators. dec
tric lights and seven-story sky-scrap.
ers. The modern bill ooliector-and
nethinR Il modern which . more than
year old-viIl come under the ei;ded ceiliuR
Of Z marble colun.n ned, tsssolotod- n0oeod
vestibule. and ensconcing himself - con.
venientlv heated Rating plaoe. decide
which Of the hundred tenanfa above hin
he viii visit fifsk This determined. 10 win
advances 20 . handsomely ornamented
niece Of bropxed iron fretvork. and With
the pressure OF 4 finger on an ebony but
ton. call to his servics ,sthe elevator boy"
rho II he Il strictly an fait. will h A.
rayed in brass button. and ellt bands r.
lore. Tins youth. for he Is generally !
youth. viii with the wave OF ! hand trans
port him "a mid-air regions and face 70
face with hi, most elevated and danselv
cloud screened creditor.
All this. Of course. il moro PLEASANT rad.
inc to the collector than to the creditor.
but there are mora peoY,la than collector
Who use ..the Lift. y and some 81 thsm A.
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