The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-02

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Many Ftns JoAS7rIals, but one Towers
Above All the ResG
Prinssnl Ink (lgsw York;.
According to che late census. the new state Of
Wsshinston has : population Of about s0o.ot0
4 he's l50 neWspapefa
In respect Is srea, Waahinston 4 about dosble
the size Of Indiana. while IN general outline, .
may be seen from the map. Il somewhat resem-
HES Kauaaa The character Of IL sol and Of
10 other natural resources causes it, population
to b divided into two distinctly sepe. ate com-
munities. with 5ew inte-esn In common. At
the western end lie the Puget sound country
with it Tremendous pessibflittes for commerce
And 1nexbauatible supplies Of lumber. This re-
eion 10 characterised b. wonderful cities which
have sprung up In ashort time. and while now
numbering but from d0,0QO 20 1000 people each,
are laid ont on scale calculated for Z popula-
ton Of hall million. Buildings. pric Of real
essate. and air schemes Of improvements in
these cities conform with this expected increase
In population. When the visitor inquiries
whether the future metropolis Of the Sound ID
likely to become Tacoma or Seattle. the snswef
win depend largely upon the geographical posi-
ton Of the residence Of the person giving the
opinion. There are also some who claim that
the prise will 90 to neither OF these cities, hut
will finally be awarded 70 Anacosta, Whstcom.
Port Townssnd, or perhaps some other place.
Puget sound Is said TO afford nne harbor. md
every foot Of its shores 4 said to be available
for town sites
In the eastern section Of Washington, Spokane
Fails has established its position % the leading
city by reason Of tn extraordinary growth. fits
superior railroad connections. its great water
power and the wheatgrowing country tributary
to it. Its population already exceeds 25oo0.
New buildings, large. expensive and we'll
planned. are going up with wonderful rapidity.
Between the eastern and western sections,
there intervene scores and even hundreds Of
OF miles Of desert land. Although relieved here
and there BY valleys OF exceptional fertility.
~ ehectuAlly as Georgia Is separated from
Louisiana Of Washington's $50 newspapers
about two-thirds are printed within the western
belt while about half % many issue from places
near the eastern line the latter being In regions
manly tributary to spokane Falls In the great
central portion Of the state, including fully
three-fourths OF the entire area, not dossn
papers have fOothold.
As In al the new states. the daily has the
strongest hold. Great eight-page Journals,
handsomely printed, appear daily and Sunday
All seem to be making living, and some are
undoubtedly profitable. Seattle has five such
dailies. Tacoma and Spokane Falls a. many
more. By all odds the best paper in the state il
the PosT-iNTELLIGENcER. of Seattle. 1t has the
strongest hold and Is growing daily All along
the western coast il 10 promptly on hand; boys
CALI in every town and city. It may be classed
~ one of those exceptional Journals of which
the Portland OreooaiaB and Dallas (Texasl Ncrs
are examples Without using the columns Of
such papers the advertiser finds 1t impossible to
reach the best portion OF the community. The
sale of the Posr.INrELLIas NICER Is probably
10000 copies daily. The circulation Il consid.
erabiy more than l0,000]
This average circulation Of the Warrington
papers il not high. The lists OF regular sub
scribers 70 many of the weeklies fall considera-
ably shor. OF 500 Yet. In general character, the
Newspaper press of Washington, as compared
with other states, 10 something Of which its peo-
pie may be proud.