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

tractA IN twenty days from the hFSt OF
January. 1880 Power viii be furnished
BY two 70 81 Is CoriisS engines and two
vertical tubular boilers Is BY .. guaran-
teed to run six miles of cable road. The
additional rails will be laid IS fast rs the
grading il completed.
Meantime, however. plans are being
drawn for an electric railroad 70 connect
wEth the cable belt line. traverse Elliott
avenue sid form adjuncts 70 the system as
the roads are developed. Communication
tickets viii be sold the residents of West
seattle at rate which viii make the fare.
inclusive Of ferriage and car fare. cents
for the entire distance.
Already there is system OF supply OF
the most delicious water from deep springs
which cannot be contaminated within
fifty years owing 20 the perfect system OF
drainage. Stored in great tanks, one OF
which alone holds over 10000 gallons, .
lire Of piping four and one-ha1 mics long
conveys the water TO every lot by means OF
a l6x54 tubular pumping boiler and two
No. 10 Cameron pumps. Besides the pip
ing already laid, two miles more are on
their way. The cost Of this part OF the
plans has already exceeded s21 COO.
But these very necessary aids 70 health,
comfort and convenience are amply sup
plemented by the more aesthetic adrant-
ages of charming surroundings.
Reaching the plateau. whata magnificent
panorama Of natural beauty greets the
sight! Stretching across TIE superb waters
OF the Sound the delighted eye wanders
along the wooded shores OF cambridge
island, with their white edging of snowy
SURF and the varying ;ints OF their perennial
foliage. The western horizon is bounded
by the snow-capped mountains OF the
olympian range. famous for their rugged
grandeur To the north 4 succession OF ro-
mantle outlines forms a vista tending out
ward to the shores OF the Sound islets and
the distant hazy outline of the island oil
Vancouver. To the east the city of Seattle
stretches along Elliott bay in terraced regu-
larity, the sunset CLEANS lighting up Its re-
hecting surfaces till her towering buildings
look like palaces of shimmering crimson
and gold. Farther off to the northeast Mt.
Baker stands out conspicuoasly, while TO
the south is presented the finest view AZ
tainable of the stnpendous Mt. Rainier. the
giant mountain whose massive peak looms
above the topmost clouds. Nesting at the
feet of the pine-clad bluffs which flank the
upper Sound, tiny hamlets and logging
cabins dot the water line, and add their pic
turesque relief TO one OF the grandest and
most varied scenes conceivable.
On the table land of the bluff lies
maiden city of beautiful homes. Fine,
cosy but elegant houses some costing as
much as 81. SEQ and none less than "a, 600.
give life to the scene, and gardeners are
busy around them laying out lawns and
ornamental grounds. Hundreds OF lots
have been purchased during the past four
or FIVE months, and the owners only await
the coming OF spring to put up their houses.
By that time the street works, already
wonderfully advanced for so brief period,
will be In excellent and inviting shape.
The soil has SO much of sand in is and the
slopes are SO gradual that rain does not
lodge, and half an hour after an ordinary
shower the earth is perfectly dry.
Extensive portions OF the townsite have
been set aside as parks ami reservations, .
mammoth hotel is projected at the most
prominent point to be commenced within
seventy-two days. and ON the Sound shore
a fine beach stretches for seven miles and
affords an enjoyable drive. Although the
main circuitous avenues have been made TO
conform to the undulating surface and
will present welcome relief TO the quad
rangular monotony OF city blocks, there
will he three or four fine thoroughfares
running relatively north and south. The
principal are named California, Olympia
aud Washington avenues. and these viii
be transversely crossed b. streets sixty feet
wide. The clearing grading and leveling
has cost altogether 100000.
n The attractions, while insuring town in
The near future of considerable proportions.
are paraileled by the commercial value
which will be added to West Seattle when
The Seattle & Southern railroad is COM
pleted and Seattle becomes a port of entry.
The depot VIII occupy u space 15axi50 feet.
ana be surrounded by wide wharves. af-
fording facilities for handling an enormous
traffic. There Is ample warehouse room in
addition. and the FIRST edifice of the kind
will soon be erected. For 3 mile and q
quarter along The bay shore there is dock
are depth for vessels; and the accessibility
10 railroad tracks, freedom from hauling
and wharfage imposss, and proximity 10
Seattle which will afford return cargoes, all
combine 70 establish West Seattle as the
most important shipping point north of
san Francisco.
land over there two years ago could be
purchased at 500 an acre; now lots are
selling at 81 500 eaeil, although much OF il
is considerably lower At present No a.
tar.pt has been made so far BY the West
Seattle Improvement Company to place its
nroperty on the market, but the quicker
wEttea among those who knew the facts
have already secured lots and many have
already transferred them at considerable
advance. By the time the next New
Years edition OF the PosT-INrKILTGEvcER
ia pnbgishei IA even more striking advance
in values vii have taken place, as All the
heavier work has been done, large nGrn-
Der Of houses will have been erected, the
railroad lire and tributary warehouses
will be building and the attending employ
meat OF large bodies Of men viii have built
nm mercantile business sufficient for 3
good sized town.
IMPRESSED upon all thlS scene Of activity
ard nrogress IS the lndividSslity of Colonel
4. Ewing. one day designing great COM
pyeaaenSive scheg4es o. deseionment. the
merit he is attired as Iaborer superintend-
leg the construction Of sewer. The same
tharouwhness IL insisted upon in every
sessil 81 the work. Coionel Ewing believes
gn making the arst expense the last, and 90
thas ard viii have no material or work
usushsp that IS nos Of the best, fnsusiHg
an endurance which IL the hcsS economy.
yhoae accustomed to the ready shifts and
temporary expesieRts of nss towns marvel
Il tie notion Of having town made 80
order. sfgh completed advantages which
most communities orig sesare after years
~ Gradual enhancement and y slow. ex-
rensiva substitution Of nFst-ciass Tor