The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-30

railroad facilities of the Sound Cheap exeur-
sions can be made TO Victoria ana Esquimait
where the British have elaborate fortincationa'
70 Port Townsend and the Straits OF fuca,
which look out TO the blue PACING; to HOOD
canal, q narrow arm of the sound, stretching
fifty miles into the precIpices OF the oiympaes,
green with FIR trees and white with snow and
ice; 20 the United states navy yard ana
dry dock now building at Port orchard; 10 the
Puyallup, Mukleshoot, Swinonish ana Madison
reservations, where great success has been at
tanned in teaching the Indians; 70 the noun
tains, with their glaciers; 70 snoqualrnie Falls,
where a river leaps over cliff 26s feet high; 70
Tacoma and TO Olympia. Better than all of
these ia the round trip 10 Alaska, which can be
made at q low rate and IN twelve days. That
journey is becoming more popular and more
famous each year.
Seattle itself is = marvel Burnt TO the ground
In June. 1882 ii has sprung UP again complete
and perfectly equipped for business and pleas
ure There are no hLer commercial buildings
on the Coast no better wharyes and bunk
era Everything is new, and business
blocks, hotels and handsome private
dwellings have all of the latest
improvements Three miles east of the water
front stretches Lake Washington, beautiful
sheet OF water twenty seven miles lorg. To the
north are two other smaller bodies, Lake Union
and Green lake. Thus the city is almost sur
rounded By water. The street railway facli-
ties are marvellous, for seventy-eight miles Of
cable and electric track render every part OF the
city readily accessible for scent fare. Two
admirably constructed cable roads and one
electric run cars eyerv FIVE minutes to Lake
Washington, whose shores have been laid out
in attractive parks. Pleasure steamers take ex-
eursions 10 numberless groves and resorts on
the lake, which lies ike a jewel among the
wooded hills. From the decks OF the steamers
or from the rowboats magnificent views can be
obtained OF the olympics and the Cascades. with
Mount Rainier and Mount Baker. One OF the
popular hotels stands on the bank OF the Lake at
East Seattle.
Electric cars carry passengers in twenty min
utes 70 Lake Union, and in few minutes more
TO Green lake, where the fishing is excellent A
ferry crosses the bay on which the city stands,
and on the bluff on the other side IS q pretty
suburb with another fine cable load. For 40 or
50 cents spent in street railway fares man can
ride many miles and see all OF the city and the
surrounding pleasure grounds, with boat
ing and bathing Nine or ten dolls more
would enable tourist to visit most OF the other
points OF interest on the Sound.
Ii Is easy TO infer that Seattle affords to the
philosophical student of human progress rare
opportunities OF observation. Men are working
here in new country under economic con-
ditions far different from those of the East The
natural resources are just beginning to
be developed and utilized. Politics
and society are passing through
experimental stages. Men are trying all sorts OF
plans of cooperation and oiindustrial combina-
ton. The foundations are being laid broad and
deep for the great commonwealth OF Washing
ton. Here is the commencement OF work tis
ished generation ago in the East.
The American, with untiring energy, directed
by high skill, is at his best here, and he ~
drawn TO him men from ali corners of the r:ou.
Every state of the Union has its Representative:
the North and the South, the East apd Inc
West mingle in Seattle to develop
the typical American The Indians, half
civilized, the colonies of Chinese and Japanese
with their peculiar dress and customs yet pre-
served; Greek, Austrian and Italian fishermen:
Swedes, Sorwegians and Firms, Englishmea,
Scotchmen, Welsh miners, Germans, French
men, Irishmen, Spaniards and Russians, lured
by the fascination OF Seattlcs swift progress,
make the city truly cosmopolitan, make her cit
liens citizens OF the world