The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-14
THE GREAT SEATTLE.
Report d the House Committee
on Public Buildings.
NEED Or FEDERAL OFFICES.
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pupaie putidin1 ~ Ne city Of seattle:
esaelie = ~ lqfxsGs city III TIE staae a wash
fngsou. II has erown IN twsaty yesn from
popoise1on Of fiG in lsza to . population 81
GS1 Y No. sd nearly three-foaTths ~ this
.1 1870 % 49, 80 pa.es within shs less thrse
yean fnU thcussnd y conservative esd
mate d whss its pcpaiation Win b before The
expsfssson o. ~ current ysar. Il Is Situated =
Ne noffhern "a western end u Tie NcetheFn
nnc1de railroad anA haD been sssected - the
terminus o. eevtfai other great tfanscUntsnsntai
INES new being rapidly CONTRACTED eeastle b
eosmopotsan = we'll . netropolitan An an
ssecouMy located on the eastern shore Of that
Ersnd body Of wster. Puget sound. the tonnage
BOW snsefin9 ard departing ffOm the haRbor
exceeds @oW cay. and includes vessels from
European, soufh American Asiattc and Aus
traiian. - veil - from North American ports
1nere are thirteen banks in fhe city. with IN
assreeass capital and deposiss OF $l4eo0 .oo0
me caeafinshouss resurns average . million
dollars week, aud hare goue - high a. 4 NIL
Lon ana hail. The real euate Transactions
smoeufed IN IL - el50o.oo0 The taxable
property was aneaeed u 1851 IT u. 60ooo0 and In
iss1 q $issess.6Sl The trade Of tho city In the
latter year amounted - e1do03ON The annual
cat OF lumber IN The vicinity amounts 70 nearly
.n.eoo goo Ssct From the coal mines there 10 .
very heavv ouuual output. seattle = political
and busincss cens<r Of the state, and Is the ter-
misai Of many miles Of different rnilrosds CEN
tsrsns there.
1hs people Of seattle, looking forward q :
continually increasing and iumensely greater
population. which they have every reason TO ex.
pect. are building. for public ana privats bs,si-
ness. edi6ces permanent In chasnter end ample
in accommodations. They az the United ssa,es
government 10 do The same Thew ase now over
sixty servants OF the government doan.ci,ed IN
Seattle, AL Of whom should fiud of5ctsl ousrters
In public building Ten yeare sro one man
and girl. In Z r0on renting for SO : mouth.
attended 70 the po1tal business In seattle. 10.
day the possonscs Ands itaelf crowded Win An
entire noor lSxli5 feet aud esveutv-eirht ,,s,r,le
cannot do the votk Tho business 81 tie g.
attle poxto6Ace. Including mon y ortiefu rraches
. mi lion year Within two vears Il has h.en
twice mored, and n rents have riaen from s6oo
70 e 90 year Now adequate and Convenient
recommendation an noe aysilable for icss~ than
800 month. The ordinary receipts for the
month Of April were SS23a
The United States land ofaca in seattle ala /.
greater business In lsep than any other land
once Ia the country million ana ! c..vtar
acres were disposed Of. ana Il q eetirated fhat
the quantity sold hill be double shis vrar
Kleven men are emp1eyed IN the land ossce.
and since the government makes she land ofsee
"a = M -
% make provfsion ar q ont 81 ths;, 80, ..s,ss.
means Three humdred dosssre : montS = s
conservative estimofe Of the cost a. nrcvidir-
them With suitah,o ouartees s.t1,rvuia. 49,. =.
public buildine. =
seattle e the locaslon foe the fnene6eosa ~
Steam vessels foe VAdhfne1ua ana Aissa
~ aaeo rsedlwd ~ l1snIsk tbesr cv1S m -
The custom service d q present sepeeeenfed r..
Seattle b. deputy collector ana Two fnsueetore
This foroe muss BE- LARGELY increased 8 40
care of the rapidly increaainr busines~ Ths
signal service has representative there On.
Gers Of the coast and geodstic survey maize
Seattle their headouarters The uasted $780,
court h,.sr..s I. ~sr.s.sS -. Auen anpotisns
hired ana, ior TIA n ~,
cosrt and ils ofscses conmisaoners and snrnr.
viii necessarily cost several hundred dollars per
month. The supervising architect OF the treas
ury department reports. from authentic infor.
nation fun'shed 70 him. that to provide I suit.
able sits and to erect thereon such : building
- Is needed It Seattle for the Rpverumenf
ofieos. the sum OF $7i5.0QO in al IL required.
In view Of this great Capitalization az ruvern
mcnt interests In ana about Seattle and In vfev
Of the present enormous business and the cs,.
tain great future growth Of seattle. your COM
miftee earnestly recommend the passage Of this
BILL which at the present time simply provides
for the purchase OF . suitable site far public
building while the land can be obtained q in