The morning call., 1893-05-21

time and he soon made acquaintances.
He got place on the police iorre and
proved himself so efficient that he was
elected Sheriff. He held the effice of
Sheriff for years, then went into the hotel
business. He had in the meantime
brought his family from Maine and was do
ing well, when fire burned him out and
left him again without dollar He had
studied law. however, while he was Sherif
and he hung out his shinge. He soon
gained practice He inyes ted in various
properties and made money. Now he is
pres ident of one of the first banks of Seat
tie and is In independent circumstances.
He is one of the most popular men in the
State, aud when his name was sprung
without any preliminary canvasslng AT the
last State convention he was nominated for
Governor with a hurrah. He was elected
by large majority, and though he Is not
man of political ambition he viii be sooner
OF later In the Uaited States Sena'e. He
is one of the shire widest political managers
as well one OF the best business men iof
this State, and it was through his manage
ment that Squire got his present seat in
the United States Senate.
I'VE call Washington" said Governor
McGraw, "the evergreen State, and we
have no doubt but that 1t is to be one OF
the greatest States in the Union. We are
rapidly increasing in population and the
emigrants follow close on the heels of the
Government surveyors. The State is not
all surveyed as yet and is rapidly being
taken ND, ard we have now more than
400 600 people. We exnectto be the Penn
svlvania. Ohio and New York of the
West We have vast coal fields and great
beds of iron, and the prospect now is that
we have The greatest gold and silver fields
of the world"
"rell me something about this. Cover
nor" said |.
'Irefer." said Governor McGraw. ito the
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by small syndicate of rich capitalists.
including such men as John Rockefeller.
Colgate, Hoyt and Mr. Colby, and rail
road is now heIng bult from here 10 them
at a cost of S3,000,000 The mines lie about
fifty miles northeast of Seattle. They are
surrounded by the most rugged OF noun
tains, and they run in and out OF great
gorgeS The ore is found in large veins,
and some of ii assays $50 of gold and S75
of silver to the ton AID upward. There
are q number of mines in this region, but
the most of them belong to this syndicate.
1t will take fortune to get the ore out,
but it will probably Pay dozen fortunes
as soon as the road is finished and the veins
are opened up."
How was the gold discovered ?''
Its first discovery was made with
telescope" replied Governor McGraw.
out of the side of the mountain four miles
away from where they stood. They
worked their way mp to it and found that
great slide of the earth had left bare this
great vein OF gold. The amount in sight
| am told. is worth millions, and one OF
the ledGes exposed NAY be traced dis
tance of 1000 feet up the mountain side
from the bottom of the gorge, and the
width Of this ledge is from ten 10 forty
feet. The gold seems to run right through
the mountain and it is almost altogether
in ledges. There are no placer mines
fn In
streams. A town is now being built in the
mines, and BY the middle of summer we
will have there one of the livelieSt mining
camps In the world. The way it will be
run, however, will be more as a great
manufacturing industry than as a gold
camp. The character of the mining is
such that it will have to be done with the
most improved machinery and after the
latest and most practical of business
II Methods"
l find that there is little chance
for poor man 10 make money in mining
in Washington. The country has been
very thoroughly prosprcted in the neigh
borhood of the new gold regions, and his
only hope of work would be at regular
wages in the mines. The railroad whic h
the Colby HOyt syndicate Is now building
will take plenty of good workmen there,
There is more money in the buying of
lumber tracts and in investing in hop
lands and in the taking up OF the still
vacant territory of the State.
have now spent two weeks travelling
through the Stale of Washington. 1t is one
of tha finest States of the Union. and
promises to be one oil the most prosperous.
The, population is made up OF Eastern men,
and II is full of enterprise, fire aud vine
gar. It seems to me now to be on the verge
| of boom. 1t Is recovering from its tenn
| porary stagnatI0n and its cities are grow
! ing very fast. Div first stop was at Spo-
kanp. the metropolis of the eastern part OF
the State. and the biggest city between
| he Pacific and 81. Paul. Spokane has
900 people and it is practically only
four years old. 1t was burned to the
! ground four years ago, but it has now
as fue business blocks as you will tiud
anywh here in the country, and its bank
! clearances show that il does as much bust
ness in proportion to its siZe as any town
| in the Union. 1t has one Of the finest
waterfalls in the world and its electrician
| lines, electric lights and great part of the
electric power of the city comes from these
great falls. The city now uses about $500
horsepower from the Spokane River. and
| am told that the falls give a horse power
Of more than 10000. Spokane is almost
entirely populated by New England peo-
| pie and families from Ohio and the north
middle States. 1t Is in the center of an
agricultural country anj it will continue
| to grow.
! One Of the richest cities OF the United
| States is Tacoma. wh'ch is at the head If
navigation on Puget Sound and which
| promises 10 be one of the greatest cities of
the country. fhe town is only about six
years old. but it has n population of about
$4,000 and Is assessed at S43 000000. Its
banks have capital of SS,000000 and its
carshoDs pay ont in wages $4,000 every
mouth. 1t has fifty miles of electrician
lines and it is building more. 1t is the
| tprminug 0f The Norlhprn Pacific Railroad
and 1t has now a line of steamships 10
China and Japan. II is one of tpe great
! lumber ceDters as well as one of the great
shipping ports of the Northwest And it
sent out last year more than 6.0G0.000
bushels of wheat TO foreign markets. Ii
has monthly payroll of nearly $500. .060.
1t has large number of elevators and
| factories. Tacoma is one of the prettest
cities OF the Northwest. 1t has more
millionaires TO the block than any other
town in the country and its rich men have
come to stay. They have built big houses
and IL is a city of homes. The reople of
the East cannot imagine how quickly one
Of the Western cities builds up. There are
residences here that would do credit 10
| New York or Chicago. and drove yester-
dav through mlles'of fine houses.
The biggest property-owne in Tacoma
Is. as l have said, c. B. Wright of Phila-
delphIa, who WAS president of the North
ern Pacific Railroad when the city was
started. and who Is called the Father of
| Tacoma" He owns about S1l.000. 600
| worth of property in buildings and lands
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