The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-13
SPOKANE'S BIG FAIR.
Mr.. John B. Reavis Talks About
the Eastern City.
MR.. 4. z. BOND VISITS SEATTLE.
The Prominent Southern Iron Producer
Talks Of tho City's CONNER
cial Advantages.

MI John r. Reavis Of Spokane Falls. and one
Of the directors of the Northwestern exposition
Of that place, il guest II the Rainier CiuD. Mr..
Reavis was formerly connected with the New
York World, and came to seattle for that journal
in the carry part Of last year He Afterwards
dnitsd out to Spokane, aud wss % we'll pleased
there that he has remained there ever since.
In speaking Of both seattle and spokane to Z
representative Of the PosT-INTELLIGENcKR yes.
teruay, Mr.. Reavis said he had no tnougnt that
any other two cities in the world had shown
such recuperstive powers alter great disaster
- these had since the terrible fires Of . nstle
more than year ago.
II am now used to the way they have Of do
ing things in TINS country" said he, "bat
must say am sstounded at the progress made
in both Seattle and spokane since the great
fires that swept them both almost of the r. e Of
the EARN. No other people could accomplish
such results except the American pevple. You
have done more building here in Sesttle than
We have In Spokane. You need . great deal
more tnan we 90, for you have more than
third greater population, bat tnink We nave
surpassed you Ia the afchitectual beauty Of our
business blocks, and In the matter OF handsome
residences spokane II ahead Ut any other city
OF double the size. In the country. You have.
however, many noble buildings here. Your
Hotei Denny Is . superb structure, but IS II too
turned towards your beautiful LafDof. Strang-
ers and travellers generally approach the city
from the harbor ana Is the Hotel Denny Is the
most conspicuous structure in the city, il should
be seen o. its best TINS 10 simply friendly
criticism. could indulge in NO end Of compli-
ments ON your city. IL Ia . real commercial
metropolis. / never saw sucG cnange and de-
velopment any wnere - ! nave seen mere. We
have the same kind OF people in spokaue, bat
not 90 many Of Them"
Wnat," asked the reporter, els the outlook
for your expos.uon?"
"Excelienl Oar mineral display viii prob
ably be the most notable feature 90 far Is pro-
ducts OF the state are cOncrraed. 1t wall be the
greatest sincs 1ns mineral exposition ~ Denver
some years ago. think Washington peop.e
VIII themselves be surprised when they SEQ
what we have in miHerai wealth.. Our mines
about spokane are developing with great rapid
lily. They alone will MAKE Spokane Z rich and
brilliant city. IL Will take aDout TWO years to
set our principal mining districts in full opera
ton. In that time We snail handle fully so tons
OF ore day. l think it quite probable the
quantity viii De even greater"
''wnat about the wnsst crop OF Eastern WASH
ingten?"
SIT is the finest We ever had ana the finest ever
seen IN the United States. Over LOO Wv Dusn-
es Will be msrketed frons the Big Bend,
and In Ine Palouse district the yield 10 simply
phenomenal nave seen NUMBERS OF 6elas
that have turned 0ut nifty and sixty busneis Per
acre. The average yield Will not Isil below
tnirty-nve basaeis per acre. Negotiations are
now ia progress for the establish mens Of -four
Ing mills II Spokane with IA aggregate Capacity
Of 1850 barrels oI flour per day, aud an elevator
win q capacity Of l,0Ou,000 pusnela We pro-
pose TO hAnaie good aeai Of our own magnIf-
cent wheat crop each season. Next 20 the min
ing and sneitlng OF gold, SILVER and lead ofes.
the making OF -four aud the haudling Of wheat
viii be the great factors in the growth
and wealth Of Spokane. You ought 70
be proud of ~ We are certainly proud
OF Seattle. We gladly accord you your due.
Seattle y more certainly the great clyy of the
Puget sound region than ever before, and /
think the DAY Will come when abe viii not only
surpxss Portland, but even san Fraucisco That
c0uid be done in dozen years If your rate Ut
increase keeps up 70 the standard you have re-
Gently maintained. tnlnk the next three
years VIII be the years of your most astonishing
growth"
Mr.. II. E. Bond, Of New York. . prominent
capitailst and the general manager OF the Ten
nessse Coal aud Iron Company, Is stopping at
the Rainier with party, consisting OF his son,
Nj. l. w. Bond, Of Birmingham, Ala; Mr.. G. b.
Compton, OF Birmingham, and Mr.. ana Mrs. j.
4. Emmons, of New York In talk with .
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reporter last evening Mr..
Bond spoke with some enthusiasm of the
growth Of the "New south" There are large
deposits of coal and iron. he says, in Eastern
Tennessee. Kentucky, Northern Alabama, and
the Western Caroiinas and Virginia ksiiroads
are beins run into these pages and the ore and
coal gotten ont. Tne ricnest deposits yet dis
covered. Mr.. Bond remarked, are about Biz.
mingAam. Ala. and that place has in conse-
Quence had q wonderful growth, growth re-
sembnng that Of these Western cities. There
are now twenty-five furnaces about this place,
which, according 70 the last census. has about
$1,000 population. There u now . good deal Of
Northern capital going into the South 70 de-
velop the coal and iron mining with the kindred
industries, and immigration Of course goes with
the capital
II don't care TO draw any 0dious companions
between the South and the West" continued
Mr.. Bond, but can say ! am very mucn pleased
with your Puget sound country. am OUT here
to spend some weeks looGlng over it. and of
course / an specially interested IN learning
about Your coal and iron aeposi1 don's Zee
why this state has not every opportunity before
ii. You have an enormous wheat area, which
you have barely begun 20 cultivate; your lum-
Ter is extensive; your hop land, according TO all
accounts wonderful: and then. with coal and
iron, you are pretty completely equipped. Gen.
erai Alger has shown me The results OF some Is
says, and san scarcely believe that they repre-
sent the average Ofc- ~ tucy uo tncn al gu
say is that your iron deposlis are marveilously
rien. OF course your mines are Of no use until
you get RAILROADS. running into hem. What 10
more. your mafxet tor coal and iron viii be linn
tied 10 the coast, unless the Nicaragua canal Is
opened Then trade vial be revoiutionized and
you can ship the heaviest kind Of products TO
the Eastern coast I'm inclined to tn NIX the
canal will be built becanse was talking with
Warner Miller, the president of the Nicaragua
Canal Company, just before came West, and
he is confident OF the success of the csnal. They
have, believe bought some of the big dredges
used in the Panama canal work. Think my
self the canal viii be pat through, and il win
be of the greatest possible benefit to you.
"It seems TO me that you are going to have
one or two veky large towns on the Sound. This
is a. rood place a. San Francisco to enter i'm
ports from China and Japan, for Seattle 10
nearer those ports than san Francisco. and then
the ship In returning would stand . better
chance Of getting good cargo from the pro-
Ducts of the rich country back Of Seattle. Ger
,sinly think that Washington has . great
opportunity greater II tfs ores are g they
have been described.
M T. J. Beane, who is stopping ct the Rus
sell house, Is interested in oil and natural gaa
Last night he told . Posr-ISTELLIGESc1R 10
porter that he had located good many oil and
gas wells in California He had found here fne
'soil pebbles" and he believed there were large
supplies Of oil or gss between the sound and
Lake Washington.
A Hunter Fatally Shot.
SHELTON, Sept. 12.-Word was brought
in Thursday morning by Dave Kelly,