Grand Rapids herald., 1893-02-12
ONE DAY In TACOMA
Professor swensberg Visits the
Great City.
ITS WONDERFUL GRowIH
Ho. II Hsa Kss-n From Sleepy Ham
lss 70 wsds-A~Ake. Enter
pEising City Of $1,000.


estins natlre. on cur arrival ~ the
new and houEishrng city We wefe met
by . committee Of the test men thai
1--we. Carriages were IN readiness, and
the entire party we're taken 70 "lne
Tacoma" where ~e were bgeskfs-ted
ia . most royal manner. Alter ths
refreshing repast reception MAS held,
xnd bret speeches of welcome wtra
made ty II. A. Coreli. president of
the city council, and other prominent
citizens. Mayor Ronald OF Seattle,
was there with bis committee of ctti-
zens, Who embraced the opportunity
&, get 10 their work 10 good advantage
They made soTne excellent speeches,
by which they extended formal inyl-
lation TO the y. l.. A. 10 vet Their
city.
Then came the offerings Of resolu-
llons by both ciuz ms and vssstnis.
whlch were adopted With great deal
OF enthusiasm. Then followed the
drives about the city and rides on the
electric aud cable cars Al aoout =
O'Clock We boarded tho steamer Multi
nognan for . TRIP across the SQUAD.
Tne boat strained slowly through the
water and along the great water front
OF the city. thus glying the excursion
isgs al opportunity To catch = Passing
glance 1T Tacoma's wonderful hartor.
It's Shipping iDtsreTests, elevators and
warehouses, thus securing . most Ia
vorable impression concerning her un-
doubted destiny - ne OF the great
commercial centers OF the northern
Pacific C untrv, as II only can DE en-
loyed. A sumptuous repsst, mt for
kings and queens, had been spread IN
The main saloon and all were served IN
most adorable manner. While
thus refreshing the inner man, stay
ing his hunger and thirst, the
steamer sailed by what Is called the
Qnartermaster Hsrbor to give tho
Newspaper men an opportunity TO view
the Tacoma dry dock. said to be the
floating dry dock in tho world.
The afternoon was universally enjoyed.
We went over to Seattle. Some dis
tsnce out We were met by q steamer
from the latter city. This boat had on
fine band. profusion OF flowers and
the choicest OF vIands. The boats now
steamed side by side, the bands play ne
the choicest OF musc-one trying TO
surpass the other; but We have rs yet
to learn which merited the honors of
the day, Tacomx or Seattle. We ar
rived st the latter city at the going
down OF the sun. which cast upon the
waters and against the highland hills
one OF the most beautiful pictures 1t
has ever been our pleasure 10 witness.
Rivalry Over q Mountain.
We passed Mt. Rainer to the right Of
us, lying to the east from Tacoma.
BY the Tacomans this mountain is
known as Mount Tacoma, and every
body when speaking of 1t uses that
name. But when you arrive at
/ Seattle you find that the name OF the
peak IL changed, and you hear moth
ing but "Mount Rainer," showing
the jealousy which exists between the
two rival coast cities OF only about
thirty miles apart. though some call it
bu, twenty The mount is one Of
beauty and we'll worth claiming by
either city.
Tacoma Is seated on hill in q queen
| like style; its light cannot be hid under
bu.hel measure. The old biblical
| description fits Tacoma. Few cities
were ever more greatly favored by na-
ture. neither were they by men; none
have ever grown 80 rapidly IN so short
time. The census of 1880 showed
a population of 720, and the place 10
said TO have been = struggling and
struggling little hilltop village, with
scarcely any Industries and but little
commerce. Ten years later the official
count by the United States officials gave
this city 5000 people. Ii 10 claimed
that the growth since then, in the city
and suburbs, has ssellec the number
10 fully 10000. There were reasons
for THE phenomenal growth.
People refer to II as the creation OF q
great railroad corporation city. In =
great measure this 10 true; 90 il would
be of any city. But for the Northern
Pacific railroad, or some other rail-
road, the Great Northern, the South-
cru. or tie Central. which are aiming
toward that point OF the compass, Ia
coma would never have been IN exist
ence. neither would number Of other
! great cities throughout the northwest.
| Ii takes large railroad enterprises and
| wlde-awske men to build up large aud
cnterprislng cities, and Tacoma has
been fortunate enough in the securing
! II both. This is one OF the best recon-
mendstions Tacoma or any other CITY
can have. and Il IL certainly something
70 be proud II, aad tho beat rec m
mendstlon any city can have. What
i. all the wealth either on top. or under
the earth good for, without men aud
railroads 10 develop the samey The
shrewt. faF-sessng men who selected
that location for city that should
grow up at the terminus of its great
transcontnental line, did 90 after the
most careful study and examination
Of every available point on the sound,
on the part OF . COMMITTEES OF able and
practical men sent out by tue Northern
Pacific board Of directors.
Tse.ma the Ce.i.r of Trade.
Not only is Tacoma located at the
fsrtnest point from the sea inland for
navigation. but n - claimed To he the
only point that could command the
trade of the coanuy, lvlng between
tae Sound and The Coiambl& river.
Besides that Of the fertile. though a.
ye. undeveloped 70 the vet aud 20 the
south toward Portland. ore. and that
region lving between the sound and
the Pacific ocean southwest. from
Commencement bay down 10 the bfne
BROAD wstefs OF Admiralty inlet O. The
STRAITS. Vessels come from the ocean
direct 70 Commencement hay. and
sa3ie We we're there tue two largest
var snips on the waters came up.
There = not the q Siitsst obstruction 10
navigation TIE water e deep close
gp / the ssorr@. and vessels are sael-'
tered from al storms. Here The
great nav.ss Of the eof.d can ssfe,v
tide.
ftffures4sely Located.
Il = sppFosra~s either hx r.if or
~afar frfrrl fhn n.rsh - -.