Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-19
AT THE QUEEN CITY
The Beauties add Commercial
Importance Of Seattle.
AnucH NEEDED SHIP CANAL.
Prot s~snsoasg 0ssss Rsssoas WAY
L4ks wssa.nxsan sAsuls Be csa-
ssssss VIA Puxss so4aA


tIs . comm ttrs OF cltlsrns cAns oslt
aith . steamer io meet us- They
brought slla them The First rsxrm~nt
bsna. t.oaqu-ss of row-rs. bsdxss and
sck.fs. shscn were 10 % made uss III
Tor entertainments 10 be gwen tursrx
our stay.
On cur ARRIVAL ~ the dock Ne we're
headed ~ TIE band snd city oftel~ls,
~no essortrd us - the electric cara for
"Trip tnsouga sns business portion OF
me city 10 Ls<s Warrington. where .
eoapie % steamers we're N waiting 10
gre 1ss trip on iis beautiful waters
across e. lesier landing. After view
Ing the sea lson4 aud Mid animals We
returned ~ tho cable cara To tas
k.ialef snd Northern n0tels. where Va
we're sutsftaiaed ia the style.
seattle . one 0E the i've ilest elues
se sstea shs.s on Tue fseinc coast.
lts located. Ike al ia- coast e.ties. "a
ths bluffs. xa.eh rise from Puget
sound - = ~ gat ~ from 10 to 500 lees.
The city mas 0ns Of tie osss and most
perfeSs strses r<iw<y systems Of Aay
eity IA 10 coastry. Cable cars are
used OF the streets which run up ths
buds sud electro CARS on those which
rCn parallel sitn the oils
seattle % already great manufsc-
tnriDx center and many new enter
Do scs are nov under consideration.
Extensive iron and coal nance are be-
inx opened ia The 1Eonutxlns. . short
distances away. which will add . new
impetus 10 Is natural growth.
Wash4ngtoa's great industries. Apples.
peaches. pears, plums and All varieties
Of small fruits are raised IN abundance
Sesitle's population n 1850 Was 3,5SJ,
la 1850. 9.o.3, n 1880. ~. 953, and ~ the
time % .uf vls.t they claimed betseeu
GOO and 5000. 10 - nov claimed,
a. 60 number OK inhabitants. TO be the
tnird city lfrontng salt water from
Cape Horn TO the Eering ses. being
exceeded only By Valparaiso and san
Francesca
1r~asportsttoa FaeiiitIss-
seattle has tsenty banks with
tJ.4i5,0c0 capital snd about Al. 0o0. 900
surplusl. nifty churches. thirty papers.
three OF winch are dsllies. The North
ern Pacific and the Cansdian Pxc rc
together with The Seattle. Lake shore &
Eastern. the Seattle, Montana &
Columbia. and the Puget sound roads,
nov sappiy the demand for trsnspor-
tati0n facilities. while the Great North
eru has reached spokane. now heading
for seattle Hopes are entertained
That . wall reach there during snls
year.
The United states survey authorized
by congress Of the proposed ship canal
a. connect Lake Washington with
Puget sound 40 seattle. has been conn.,
pirtrd and the attention az TIE secre-
tsfy OF war has neen respectfully IN
vltec 10 the importance OF this pro-
posed canal. connecting toe eatcrs OF
Puget SQUAD NIta I.aSes Union. WASH
ilkton and o4aa amisn.
lue city Of >eastlo = situated airaost
in TIE esrter OF the fcge. sound dis-
n Ct. aud Las a frontage on salt water
Of 0ser 81 mirs Lake Washington
Les abreast II tbe city To the eastward
TaFslisi WITH the SQUAD ssi4 street.-the =
north and south Tor distancs Of aDcu Z
twenty-five miles, d. = deeply en-
bsycd Dy iss0f mountains. ~ sur
face . sad 10 b. always smooth aud
safe. ia snore- are bold. but not
rocky. Is waters deep, seundlngs show
lag 10 tktn. ms "a places. it, with
near - central section Il ssld ID &c
tour miles. ard It's AVERAGE {
stont taree. at0Tdng ample room
Tor handling tho safxr.. vesse. :
at9at- The absence Of t.ies and cur
rerts renter II waters Ai~ays Tranquil.
Is outlet ~ an easy casginei enters
tie SQUAD vltn.a the present city
limits
Borderst with fertile lands. tackei
Witl .uexnanstiols forests OF fine tim.
b.f sad immense fields OF coal. irun
aid other precious minerals. the -tla-
uou Of TINS iaks does not fail a. At
tract toe attention Of all those vno
visif -. aud especially those vcrsed n
business snd eo1tHercs. Another suca
BODY OF ff~sn water lynx within . lev
mlle- OF . noble ocean sound. with
When Z may De l0sned. capable OF
h@lng converted into sn anchorage
ground Tor the fleets OF the world. doe.
not exist elsewhere. Il seems to have
been provided by nature ass comps
uiens ~ the nstioa's great htrbor sys-
tem. ~nicn ths proposed csasl " II
make perfect N every feature. Puget
~o1nd hss been for many yrsr. marked
a. tn- ssst n coming commercial ct
Ftnsan. M focus OF greatness. Four
- @EtN--Cltl 1aut&l taes OF rhf-
vas sasr selected Its rstsrs for their
teralrl Iso Of them have sirescy
e>is'sshef 0crsn stes ush,p llues "a
80 AL We Oriental islands From
~ Dtfts - TIE World come fleets II
xrt@e % tns i1itui 90 20 co urets
Tor tnr argos vhich - close ~ asnt
~ sfr.Te =. fregnts ~ railways ard
st5erNays spspaiax he continent
Fr~es sf rrs-s wst-r.
TIE tie Of progres. IN trade aud
commerce 50 rsp 4 a. % rna ahesd
ot ne lac itle- provided. and such I,
nselY 10 De tns ease Tor wears 10 cone.
ine sYe 81 80 inta@trIsl east = sstnsr.
iuf'f ioilowng tne star - the vet.
t'1e tti1x seii kaoea q the most
~ ~. s1cn :. that the carry ~ trade
~ tae ~ertt rsp tiv teirx frsa.
fsrfed from e,0dea bottom boats a
huiis ~ IRON and stse snf - at J.
the trensfer - "a made thst w,rd.n
sap Ysrsts ar constantly rofnx ocs "A
coufmiss,a n. a. east this nas been car
observation a. every ship nuatf~v
point VISITED Aesseis .f ~ a.. -
longer tnnuxht ~ a. hefax en5l, 8.
wscd. lrau and see rule toe Shipping
~ al fresh and sst wsfer snas Eve
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