The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-01

past OF the city. So far as my judg-
ment goes you may put Seattle down as
Inc brightest light among ell the cities and
towns which this magnificent country Is
bound to produce. What Long Island is
today, the Puget sound will equal in the
not very distant future. With the develop
ment of the unbounded resources, agricul-
tural and mineral. Of the forest and water.
OF this young giant Of the West. the
Sound will, in q few years. be covered with
mercantile neet representing all nations,
and its shores win be dotted with populous
towns, villages and resorts. Tourists will
flock from all directions to enjoy its
scenery and tempered salt sea and health
giving air. And the natural advantages OF
Seattle must make it tie city, to whose
magnifcence and wealth all the Sound viii
contribute.
From all have been abe to learn, con-
clude that Seattle has the best and largest
natural harbor on the Sound. With the
construction of short canal 1.-THE survey
OF which has been recently provided for
by congress) connecting Lake Washington
with Lase Union, and the latter with the
Sound, Seattle will be surrounded on three
sides with naturally iand-locked and per-
fectiy sheltered harbor. capable of accom-
modating all the vessels which viii ever be
navigated on the Sound. Lake Washing
ton Is about thirty miles long by from five
to fifteen miles wide. Lake Union Is prob
ably three miles long and two miles wide.
Tie construction of the canal presents no
difficulties. Its proposed course seems to
have been by nature intended for river
But apart from the construction of the
canal and the utilizing OF the above named
lakes, Elliot bay, on which Seattle is situ-
ated, affords the most and best harhor ac-
commodations on any place on the Sound.
The Seattle of today, with its AZ. 600 people,
"a cif - of do
The Great Northern Railroad Company has
determined on Seattle as the western ter
minus OF its line. / cannot tell YOU much
OF the mineral wealth of Washington, but
il is said to be. and believe is, very great
Iron OF the best quality is said TO abound
Cooking coal is at hand, and the establish
ment of steel and iron industries only
mines, and these are, in several instances,
either in course OF construction or soon
about to be.
The agricultural capabilities of Western
washington are gre ter than those of anv
other pace l know of. so great that ii /
were to give you the figures at hand you
would. fear, put me down as modern
Ananias. The cereals of Iowa, and the
fruits and vegetables of California each find
here friendly soil and climate. So little
time has. however, elapsed since the tide of
emigration turned this way, and so rapidly
have the cities and towns of the Sound
grown that the demand for -four. vegeta-
bles and fruits far exceeds the local
supply. and is, at present, and must for
some years to come, be satisfied by the
mills of Indianapolis and st. Louis. and
the orchards and gardens of California.
The result is that agricultural land, in
proximity to cities and towns, is very high
priced. Washington wants, more than it
does anything else, more farmers. For
farming the land must be cleared, and this
requires patience and perseverance,, or
money. For those who have either there
is no better field for practical farming that
will pay large profits on the money IN
vested than Western Washington. Prices
are high, the yield large Exceptionally
large) and the demand must, for years to
come, far excel the local supply.