The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01
uoorrAM.
Population 0aadrupted Within ths Past
Twelve Months.

general enterprise deserves, ard. judged
bY this standard, il must be admitted that
HoGHiens comes prominently to the front.
One year ago il was simply milling
paifst With possibly & population Of 30
people. Today il is one of the leading. If
not tho principal commercial Genters OF
tbs region, and could take census show
ing inhabitants 30 the number OF at least
ITO.
Tbe general public improvements Of The
city have more than kept pace with IT'S in
CREASE 81 population. q the following state
nsnt. which il entirely within limits. viii
decidedly show:
Six 10 eight miles OF first-ciass sidewalk
have been Dnit which. With the work done
on adjoining streets. shows Sd outlay Of At
least $1,000. Within the time indicated
eighteen business baiidings have been
built the aggregate cost OF which cannot
be less tnan So Coo; and these are already,
or will ne, as soon IS completed, occupied
with almost every branch of business
known TO commercial interests; fact
which must commend itself TO business
men as worthy OF consideration. As TO
what is TO support these business houses,
the writer has only to say that from 80 TO
20 residences have been erected within
the city limits during the past year, all Of
which are occupied, and that Hoquianl
has as good show for outside patronage
as any ether town on the harbor.
Supplemental to this we submit the fol.
loving list OF practical features which
must necessarily contribute largely to the
general success OF this young city:
hotel 70 cost twenty-five thousand dol.
lars. 20 be i've stories in height, TO be sup
Piled with electric bells. elevator, hot air
heating apparatus, and all modern Inn
pfovements is now well under way toward
completion, and when finished viii be one
Of the finest and best equipped affairs of
the kind west OF Tacoma. the Bank OF Ho-
quiam. recently organized and established
with q liberal capital BY f. ID. Arnold &
Co; the electric light company, starting In
with more capital and better prospects
than any other similar affair on the har-
bors a sewerage system, than which no
other town can boast of q better OF more
practical arrangements, including dykes
and necessary tioodgates, has been inau-
gurAied and promises 10 answer all pur-
poses so far a. drainage aud general sani-
tary measures are concerned. something
which cannot fail 20 be considered of o
special importance 10 any who may be de-
sirosls OF interesting themselves In the town
as IL clearly insures heath, cleanliness, and
security against possible disease even in
this healthy country; another matter OF
Importance is the attention that has been
paid To educational matters in the town, 3
sehoolhouse of four departments. costing at
least $500. having been erected during the
past year, q fact which pats Hoaquiam in
the front rank ~ 10 school facilities.
As 10 increased manufacturing PROPOSE
tons, which are always important to the
wage worker, Hoquiam. aside from its
already weil established character as lum-
Der producing point. has within the past
few months added 10 Is attractive and val
usbie features sash and door and mold
ing and finishing factory. which Is being
conducted in iirst-ciass shape, costing. at
the least calculation. $4,000; q saw and
shingle mill proposing 10 cut fine cedar
lumber aud shingles for the market. the
cost 81 which IS about $1,000. The Hoqulam
Mia Company has also put in kiln-dry-
ing concern which will materially add 20
the convenience Of builders throughout this
entire section.
The town has already attained some
thing OF reputation as a shiphuIding cen
ter. and there Is now on tbs way there the
ksal aud necessary preliminary timbers for
a gour.mnsse1 schooner. eapaole Of carry
ing at least essat9o fnet aE lumber. which
Will he completed a. rapidly as possible.
Speaking OF oatsisle interests manifested
bv inside investments ia the place. il Is
stated as a matter OF fact entirely beyond
controversy, shst within the past year ave
tracts. ineEa1lng something over 39l acres,
have hesn added Ia the original tewasite
This propersy lsas been PLATED ara sold az
figures reaching frosa 500 to i,tsa per bot
sad almost the entire property Indicated Is
row in the h8nas 81 second parties, who
exreet ard Hish Foaa reason. % realize
handsomely On their investments
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course something susceptible II tnyestga-
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