Telegram-herald., 1890-10-02
An ENTHUSIAST.
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James A. RsBtBg'' xas inscrloed ~
: bid baad ca tls Aortoa H01ss rex :
ter YESTERDAY.
The IsxEsKAa-H E0ALD hsd neard or
tAe geatlen4a a. a former RESIDENT 0f
Grand R4p.ds. aud fogthnith proceeded
- hunt hin np. AlF PanEng was ols-
covered ia due tine and gave tae la-
qu.Eef some lde4 Of thzt wonderful
lowa seattle, Wash, whsFe he noa
makes hls home.
There have been some great changes
for tEe better s.nce / attended Prot.
ssensbergs school. sali he, "but Il
Won DO for yoa people y stop You
want 70 keep rigat on "A the Ine q
progress boat b afraid OF expeads-
tuFess they come back 70 yea with
bigger per centase tnan sgead cast upon
tie Waterss.
Another thiag / notice about hege
j. tie tendency lO regard wita distrust
al Eastern Or foreign investments ol
capital. III a BeW man comes ia and
wants 80 push hlngs, ne Is regarded a.
an lnterlOper, and one wno IS sir.Fias
% disturb the solid position the oldest
inhaDtants new AOld with the masses.
That wont DO. sad tais enthusiastic
Nesteruer. You ear stop nalI way.
/ on must advance or reuOgrade.
lou Ve got good start, through
Z your u.ne bat 10 is PLAYED
/ out. and what are YOU dong
70 replace that industry with ? II you
+ haven't cot rapital here 90 invest don't
I te afraid 10 borrow. Look At seattle,
Wash" sad NJ. Painting" and his
/ eyes fairly sparSled with pride OF the
/ CITY OF ms adoption; mot horse car
I in the clly. We have cable and elec
trclty, T. miles OF the latter, with "a
population OF 10000. We have $780,
I COZ 900 invested In buildings. OF course,
\ great deal OF e IS borrowed capital,
and from the east, too. What OF II
The lOanus take a. interest IN the city
where SO much OF their money is IN
vested, aAd from that source alone VT
receive more than enough 10
/ pay tbs interest on the capital
/ borrowed We have buildings
there OF the same scale as those
OF St. Paul and Minneapolis. We have
tlmbepd country with untold billions
OF feet pst begging TO be cut, and We
| propose 10 have the finest saw mills IN
| the world 10 do il with. We have land
! that glYes the biggest wheat yield III
the wOrlc outside of INDIA. Land that,
III some places, yields from eighty 10
one hundred and twenty bushels 10 the
acre, and We are going 10 have mills
worthy OF such wheat, 10 grind 1t. We
have iron mines, the product OF winch
is equal 20 the finest BeSsemer OF your
/ Upper Peninsula. Gen. 4. 4. Alger
and some Engllshmen are now building
enormous steel works 10 utilize TINS
mineral. We have five great transcon-
/ tInental railroads running through US,
and connecting us with all tine
parts of the Occldent, and we are
| buildinga q line of steamships that will
connect us with Yokohama, Toxic and
/ the Orient, and above all, we have the
/ men who have the brains and daring TO
/ take advantage of the opportunities
and benefits that God has gwen US.
! But, mind you, we don't cOnfine our
J selves simply to our own city. We
/ want TO push our State; TO make it the
/ greatest in the Union, and We'll do 1t
/ too. Nowhere else are such natural
advantages accorded, and We propase
| to profit by them"
"DO you return at once TO Seattle"
"No; | am on my way TO the Isthmus
of Panama, on railroad business con-
nected with the coming city of the
/ United States-Seattle."
The TELEGRAM-HERALD is strongly of
| the opinion that, II the rest OF the citi.
zens of Seattle are of the same enthu-
siastic, daring and earnest caliber as
Mr.. Painting, the future OF that city IS
assured, and the further opinion is eX-
pressed that, If few of them could be
| transported to Grand Rapids. the Gock
/ line would be Strengthened and Il water
way to Lake Michigan would material
lze IN mighty short order.