The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-19
BRIGHT FUTURE SURE
Judge J. X. Lewis Returns. Still
Confident i'm Seattle.
GOOD RESULTS OF THE CANAL.
Glad 20 Be I'm His Old Home. He Praises
the seattle spirit of Which He
Is a Representative.


Judge ]. r. Lewis after an absence or
year and half from the state, IS back
20 the city, and Is as enthusiastic "a ever
over the outlook for both Seattle and the
state at large. Since leaving. Judge
Lewis has been residing In San Jose. ana
is IN excellent health and spirits The
Judge has been at Yakima for week. at
tending 20 his large business interests in
that SEQ ton. and wiIl remain In this city
for a week or ten days 20 look after his
affairs here. In an Interview with
Post-fntsIligence- reporter at his apart
ments az the Butter last night. Judge
Lewis said.
Am / glad TO get back TO Scatter
Well, indeed I am. have reverence
for this place and the entire state, and
II seems like returning 10 ionged-for
home have been ar Yakima for week
attending 10 my interests in that county.
and when / stepped of the train | was
astonishea to note the Improvement since
my departure for California a year and
a half ago. Fine residences-are going up,
great bitches are being built, and stone
ana brick business houses greet the eye
everywhere. The people seem satisfied
that they have a magnificent country
back Of them. and are spaVing neither
pains nor expense 10 develop ii. l have
country and Seattle are the best points
In the state, and my predictions are bear
ing fruit.
In my opinion Washington will, in a
very few years. rank among the first
states in the Union. OF course. IL is dull
now. but that Is only natural. as the
country al present almost entirely de-
ponds on the timber Industry. and when
the demand for timber is small times are
dull. The people IN the East are just be-
ginning TO find out that the finest lum-
her on the market for the construction OF
bridges is Puget sound fir. and IL will not
be long before there Is an immense de-
mand for il. the railroads all through
the country have for the past two years
been keeping their bridges and cars up by
patching them, and the time is arriving
when they must construct new ones. so
| consequently they will he compelled TO
come here for their fir. Fasteners have
also discovered that our fir makes the
finest flooring In the world and If / am
not greatly mistaken we will control that
market in the near future. Another
! thing We lead the world in is cedar shin
| giles, and shipments have grown so rap
| idly from this state that they are enor-
| nous and constantly increasing.
las times brighten up in the East and
| people get hold Of a little money you will
see flood OF immigration TO this won
|
/ you. The coal and iron industries are
| also growing rapidly and all these things
| taken into consideration. the state cannot
| help but grow and prosper. Ii seems 10
| me that the whole nation is on the eve
1 of prosperity. and with return of con-
| iidenee all the money that is boarded up
| I'm the big business centers will be turned
loose. the nation again placed under Re
| publican rule. and the good old times
! when every one had money be upon us
/ once more"
/ AS Judge Lewis was one of the leaders
| in the movement which stirred up the
| Seattle spirit after the great fire and
caused the rebuilding OF the city on It's
| ruins. he was naturally enthusiastic over
! the revival OF that spirit I'm raising the
| subsidy for the South canal. That sub
| ject was no sooner preached 10 him than
he said:
| Il think the South canal project is a
| first-class one and the proposition feas-
| ihie in every way. The subsidy of 500
GO viii surely be raised. and viii prove
| an excellent advertisement for the city
| all over the country, The results so far
| show that the old time spirit stili lives
| and Seattle pluck and ems rgy will pull the
| town out. When the canal is finished
! manufacturing industries can he supplied
| with fresh water at a nominal cost. This
| matter Of water supply may sound small
| but IL Is a big item i'm the operation of
| manufacturing industries. The canal will
! also furnish in Lake Washington a ma
! rine station for all vessels in the North
| west. as In case of being without a char
| ter they can lay up iu the fresh water of
| the lake. thereby saving owners the ex-
| pense of having them locked The big
| thing In the canal. though. viii be that
| Seattle viii become the grain shipping
| center Of the Northwest. and the ship
| ments over the Northern Pacific and the
| Great Northern railroads viii all center
| here. SElpowneFs will certainly favor
| this city. as their ships will he In fresh
| water while heing loaded with grain and
| will also ne able e. take on fresh water
/ at little or no expense and no bother. In
| numtseriess other ways the canal win
| help the city.
! Looking q the general situation after
| nay long absence Il call IL long. for II
| seems century, I cannot see ANYTHING
! hut Immediate prosperity for the whole
| state. with its great natural storehouse.
| waiting for the hand Of man 20 deveIon
| and open out. We viii spring riaht IN
We win climb up. for We have immense
| facilities for climbing. Seattle viii have
| fully i'otHo inhabitants within two wears
| after the revival. and from that right on
I up"