The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01

tot long since Mayor White received
from Mayor Hart, Of Boston. Mass, the
sum OF IS. raised IN that city for she bene-
rs Of the Seattle sufferers. The donation
brought forth the following response from
the Seattle mayor,
SEATTLE. wash, Dee 3. 100
-, = e hon Thomas H. Hart, Nzyor 81 Boston
y Dsfr sky. J an Ii receipt o. yoss- 5ester CO
SoFss1seT 18th uit., with 81 ez.ssaszre Of six
~ aoilass for TIE benefit Of the sufferers By FIRE
u tnis city On the ssh OF Jvne Isxs.
e eltEzs1s o. Seattle seei grateful 70 The
EssteTn people. and, In fact 20 those os ever
CON unity IN the nation who con syibasfed 10 se
aAaSFl1tion Of or sufferers e that tine Jest
FsEof 70 Ca- disaster By FIRE, Johns.o~a Pa. YES
seTWise8Esed With the eTowniny ese-er. Of that
year, and Our citizens FASTENED 70 tara the al
sssiol % t5s people Of Azsersea from seattle n
tass point, and ge sent telez.a-rs all over ths
eountEy 70 that effect Cur oxn contributions
. ,ne @onns1ov1 sufferers were forwarded re-
gsFal@ss OF the sad state Of sfzairs IN TIE Qreen
Clty Of the yrea. Northwest
% the fsh 81 Juze, fss0. SEATTLE suffered bx
Ere sseh as no otseT american eaty OF equal size
hsa ever been Subjected TO. Eyery hank. every
.Afdessse house every hotel, and nearly ever
store Tas sweps Out OF exisse1ce. Our loss pss
sz8sSJSylB.
While The flames were yet sctive, and while
zee enters we're SIN glowing, TIE work OF re-
Dl'lSiuz Dsgan. The proprietor Of FIRES orera-
house, while looking At TIE ssh hexn e,f ~.
slesSs0 Structure, dictated plans 10. rebuilding
= n more magnificent and costly manner.
"a sDos2er instance, while fbe hose wss pouring
: Stream Of water On the burning debris Of
o1a1asns, wagons we're actually unIoading stone
~ tAe foundation Of a uew bufzdins on the
Sc
sao~ its Partially by leaving nntozched thst
nssnihesnf hvestoTy building known as the
ooStoD block built By Herman Cagusiu ard
osEeEs Of tie Boston National bank. Eh4ch l.
soeste1 n that building, il being the enly brics
building iest in TIE city. Insnfioa these fac.s
By this people - s'7-1'-~
The Ere swept sway sfxty-fve blocks. which
formed TIE very heart OF the city The picture
present 70 yOa today IL new seattle. founded
% me ruins Of the cd Seattle last as there "a
lev chicago founded On tie Old Chicago OF Is-1-
a y0l can fad tine to lay aside your oaicial
onslss long enough 70 visit Seattle. shall take
p..asIfs 10 showing you about the matches
esty o. TIE great Northwest. I will show so,,
nuHfeFD1s business blocks from four TO eight
stories high. ali built since the FIRE and which.
II Placed side by side. would extend q distance
Of more than three and half miles.
vii show yo1 more than s26sGDo worth Of
notes one Of them ane9uaIed By anything On
!. .ss acme coast Our citizens have spent about
s55to,eD IN rebuilding this city, the lumber
aione amounting 10 more than s0q9oJlD feet
while not less than 70l0Do1oo OF brick were used
ioT the same purpose. To the cost above re-
tered TO may Be added more than ssosDOs1 sr,ert
~ building dwellings and improving around
IaeTn- Come out here and viii show ron the
Enest MARION In the world, and dockaze front
oi more than SIX miles and full mile Of wharf
age, with ships representing ever sea OF tse
giobe.
But an not through with the building cues
ton. Let me add the report OF November
which shows 2s new buildings, which, multi
pied by twelve win give completion of nearly
2So pew buildings for the yea;. OF course this
means plenty OF wages 10 mechanics
Again, our real estate transfers amount 70
over szi.o1oy0o for eleven months ending No
sefnDeT 30 and nov comes tie busy season and
IL Is possible that the year isa5 VIII give Us
record OF sZs50oyGoo in the sale OF real estate.
Last year our wholesale trade, despite the fire.
amounted 70 over 100000, and It viii double
Itself before the end OF the fiscal rear
Our commerce penetrz.es the whole Of the Pa
eihc Northwesf-extends TO Alaska and reaches
cut to the countries beyond the Paeiac ocean.
lne maintains around aud about rs are pro-
Lie with iron. coal and minerals, and capital Is
pouring in and forcing the DEVELOPMENT of
these resources in an astounding volume Back
country and Eastern wsshingtou-so prolific
| this year that the railroads are unable 10 de-
liver the goods"
Then come the mighty lumber forests OF wash-
ington, right az our doors. with mills saving
| millions upon millions OF feet daily, with the
supply Still apparently inexhaustible
Iron, coal, wheat and lumber find the markets
OF the world through the harbor OF Seattle. Ten
millions OF dollars worth OF hops we're grown
near Seattle the past year, and the sum Will be
doubled in.less than three years.
What does all this mean? Prosperity. These
facts tell Why Washington the state, and Seattle
| its metropolis, had greater percentage OF Pain
than any other state or city IN $3.50.
Seattle had population OF I.I07 in Is7o In
Iso but 1858. Two years ago il had 1916
while the census OF lest june gave il sASs7. and
! an conservative when place the present poo-
ulstion Of Seattle and its suburbs at 5000 This
peerless record OF growth and prosperity has At
tfacted capital from all quarters Of the globe,
! and what Is 20 be the resuIt9 The raightiesf
city on the west side Of the American continent
We had only i've miles Of railroad IN this state
| In $50 On the first day OF next January We
VIII have 2,io0, so miles OF road have been
| b0ilt 30 far this year. Seattle now has three
railroads and soon viii announce TO the word
| four tzanscontiDentai lines Then viii come
| another harvest Of prosperity.
Oar property assessment now amounts 70
| s26,90-09o, but will be double that in two wears
| ii the ratio Of increase is kept up We have ex-
/ pended $4,000 for orr water system, our bonded
/ Indebtedness is less than sI,no06o. and o,rr
/ tax levy for this year Is but 10 mills upon the
dollar
We have forty three churches eleven public
schools aud the State university We nasu1-
| faeture sI2,l0ono worth Of goods on an invest
! nent OF s. 1000 OF capital
We have nearly 100 miles OF stree! railroads.
1 operating and under construction. and not
/ horse-Car IN the city
1 10 Aay nfte t.
| this size there are no better N America
We manu- iaetured 4Q.lU9.Ee0 OF brick last year
| and shipped I7e,0ss. 90 feet Of lumber.
Our iron industFyi is valued 81 SIS I'D while
steel plant with sS,6o0o OF eapIfa! Is being con-
/ str1cted ard viii soon be in operation giving
/ e1ay loyment 10 several hundred men.
We have fifteen banks, with s7n1Ogo deposits
and slsl00o.600 reserves.
In lsce our postoriee did business Of sas SO
e. while this yesr its receipts gTe three times "a
much, VIZ. S77.S-S.45
New sir. I viii invite you once more n come
/ ont and see Us II Won come in the summer. do
/ not bring ian. ShO9id you come in the win
/ ter season: DO not bring your fEE cap or heavy
ove-ccat to- TINS = country whore Covers
/ bloom - mid-wintsr ana WOODEN blankets ada
I 70 our comfort on summer nights
Three fresh water lakes touch tie skirts Of or1r
/ CITY, ana pressure excursions a-e numerous IN
season. Near by Us Is Mount Rzinier whose
! head, covered with eternal SHOW rises above us
| l+sfsI teet, and presents a picture of msjest.c
| awe.
New. in conclusion. viii s&y that Seattle is
i the Piftsburg OF iron, the Birmingham OF steal
/ the saginaw OF lumber, the Gloucester OF Ssh
the Lancashire OF coal. the ifYsrFgaoI az Vnsa-
! ard the incompatible hop market Of the world
| seattle Is thoroughly cosmopolitan, and repre-