The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-23
THE PASSING THRONG.

have sesn eonbined end sAsn multiplied would
mot have eQualod The gfoas American Wog1ds
fair even In In preeoos uneompleted condition.
don't care how much . man may have Travelled
and sen. nor how great his anuCpations may
b, b VIII b unprspa1ed for the magnificent
sight which awaiss him as Chicago was
amassd; Il was mors like vision than real
ity. 1t r. estimated that the stun covering the
frame walls Of the buildings, which II . stucco
composed OF Umet cement and hemp would
cover . wall four stories high fifteen miles
long. Now. fancy the Columbian directors
Issuing this mandate to the architects
Of the nationt Take this wall Of material and
build rs city Of cioud-capped towers and gor.
seous palaces We place no limit % your fancy
or imagination. Give u the grandest assem-.
blage Of structures the world has ever seen.
How superbly these instructions have been car.
fied out NO picture can give IN adequate idea.
Next imagine this invitation 70 the sculptors OF
America: We desire you to place st all the
grand entrances, upon the walls. the towers. the
balconies. the coEnices and pediments, about
the grounds on pedestals and fountains, groups
OF stasuary OF heroic size symboical Of the aria.
sciences. thought and progress Of the aga
OoeyiDg this behest the most eminent sculptors
OF the country, with IN army OF talented CO
workers, male and female, are now finishing Q
stupsndous work. Perhaps never before have
% many sculDtors been engaged for single
purpose With the wand of genius they have
thrown over the work Of the architect . mytho-
logical spell which even the most ignorant can
not ous fssl With ill this wealth Of fancy To-
Gated on the shores Of great lake. with lagoons
winding In and out among the palaces. the
Wnoie seems moro like . stupendous vision
vouchsafsd 70 lotus-eater than an accomp-
iished TACT and beautiful reality. But whom
one thinks that Ill this magnificent work II but
group Of plastered shells, which must in Q few
months vanish and dissppear like the baseless
fabric OF dream. one IL filed with sadness
that - much and such great beauty should
perish 20 quickly. I experienced . great diff
hculty In getting 70 the exposition from the
city and back again. Every train was loaded
down 70 its utmost capacity. and whom this Il
the case now, before the exposition has been
opened. cannot Imagine how the great crowds
wiz b handled when the show 10 In full blast"
"A little over week ago left 'Loomtston. on
the Okanogan, for Seattle, on horseback, and
managed TO get - far - Ellensbufg, where
had 70 take o railway train ON account Of the
deep snow on the summit Of the pass," said H
T. Cooper, IN old Pacific coast pioneer, at the
Arlington last night sit was the secont time
In my life that ! ever rode on railway, train,
and had considerable misgivings - to whether
should get through safely. II the snow hsd
not been 20 deep on the mountain should have
rode over. ] used to live here until four years
ago. and have ridden all over the
state - . cattle buyer. At that time went
into the Okanogsn country 70 raise cattle and
the last time came out was two years ego
had to take the train then - did this time It
was my frst ride on q railway train and We had
serious wreck at Hot Springs, and the man
who was with me had his legs broken. You
can now understand why did not feel quite 90
safe on the train the other day a. would have
on hosseback. Ny trip down to Ellsnsburg was
rather severe 1t was not 20 very cold, but IL
tra~ afvaw A.sA -
There were two feet OF snow in the Big
Bend country whom ! passed through it.
and the only place on the whole journey
where there was NO snow was from nine
miles out of Wenatcheo to the foothills of
the wsnatchss MONTANA Over the Wenatches
mountains It was snowing and drifting % hard
that should surely have been lost II it had not
been for the sticka and boughs put up to mark
the stage road. The snow was from six to seven
feet deep which had been packed down on the
road, % that travelling was all right 90 long a.
one kept on the beaten trail, but should he get
on that he would 60 down and DO buried up In
the loose snow ct the sides. The cattle In the
okanogans are all doing we'll All Of the
Tsnchers had plenty OF hay 70 feed this winter,
and the cattle are now feeding on the old grass
on the southern sides Of the hills, where the
sun has melted the snow Oh the ground"
''Yes, We shall soon commence work ON some
extensive improvements in our electrical
plant" said r G. Elliott. one of the principal
stockholders Of the Seattle Gas and Electric
Light Company, IT tho Rainier last night "Our
plans are all drawn for hne new central power
station. but - yet We have not selected the
site for Its location. We are now considering
three sites. and the choice will soon be made
and the work begun. The Improvements will
cost probably 100000 We intend putting In
complete incandsscsnt system aud greatly On.
layu inc Wn h.1 al
tinue to enlarge our gas plant and
mains and shall put In all the
latest improvements In gas-making ap.
paratus. have been spending the
winter In Southern California, and although
the tourist crop 10 one OF the richest for that
country. It nevertheless struck me - being very
dull down there, and there seems to b far more
business activity here In Seattle than anywhere
else on the Coast By the way. ! think it would
be . good scheme to advertise Washington At
fractions and resources in that section during
the tourist season. These people usually have
some spending money and lots of leisure. and
often times during tho winter time hangs heavy
comes In their way. even advertisements, and .
great many OF Thorn might b induced to spend
week or two In this section Ut the close of the
season. and perhaps to invest here
James A. Hillysr, formerly Of this city, 10 now
~ cSStdo Win bafupieU VI OIV from o0votal
mining claims which 10 and his partners have
located on the Che -wah-wah river In Okanogan
county, about forty miles northwest OF Leaven.
worth, on the Great Northern road. He ana
james Ross left here last May and have been
prospecting there ever since. They have located
the P.-L. Copper King. Caribou and Ruby
Queen, and about seven miles up Cascade creek
have the Hillysr No. I, No. q Grand View and
Grand Central He has two assays made
Of ore from the P.-L claim, and It
yer and r. In gold These are surface samples
from Q vein about forty feet In width
and nearly perpendicular. A. soon a. the snow
his partners aud begin running tunnel. Only
three quarters Of a mile from the Cascade creek
claims the Little Giant Mining Company has
and six ounces OF gold, or $40 to the ton. Mr..
rushing into Leavenworth, and a. soon - the
snow goes OF Will 60 into the mountaina
Among the tourists In the city stopping ct the
Northern yesterday were Mr. and MrA J. NJ.
Foss OF Vermont: Nr. and MIRA E N. Foss, OF
Boston, and Capt and MrA John I. Wright, of
San Francisco. who are on their way to the
Worlds fair.
william Glynn. of the Rainier hotel. leaves
today for . weeks visit TO the SLOGAN country,
where he, in company with y. V. B. Stacey.
John Collins, g. +. Gund and others. owns some
valuable mining property.
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