The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

sracted am added to their numbers chou
sands OF men and women moved by the
same spirit.
Th.s controlling trait OF character first
compelled recognition OF Seattle as the
western terminal OF the first transconti-
mental railway 10 the North Pacific coast.
Later, when the claim OF merit was set
assde IN the interest Of corporate specu-
iators. the same progressive spirit. put TO
the test worked cut plans which brought
three other transcontinental systems and
forced the nrst TO seek, on business bass,
it's share OF the clty's traffic.
And again, when these victories of
progress were Swallowed by the disaster
OF 1853. from the ashes which marked the
ruins of generation Of effort. the same
grand trait OF character rose triumphant
and hunded new Seattle which COM
manded the attention and challenged the
admiration OF the civilized world.
But requires more than . progressive
spirit OF citizenship TO build and maintain
city. Without favorable location. ad-
vantagroas typographical conditions and
abundant tributary resources. even the IN
domtshls Seattls spirit would long since
have spent itself nay, rather. the men
and women possessed OF IL would have
chosen other fields OF operation and there
could have been no Seattle.
The origin OF the average large city may
incidental circumstance IN which choice of
location cut little figure Subsequent de-
velopment came from causes entirely out
side the thoughts or plans OF the pioneer
settler. Not so with Seattle! The men and
women who cams 10 PuEe; sound I'm 1851
ana staked out their donation claims"
along the shore OF Elliott bay, came not
only te establish homes. but 20 found a
city. While general attention had been at
sracted 10 the Northwest by the boundary
dispute, they had studied closely the geog-
raphy 90 The Northwest coast and grasped
the relation % Puget sound 70 the prob
able paths Of the worlds commerce. Only
few statesmen we're fsr~stghted enough
80 consider the boundary dispute az that
day IN tvs relation 70 American control OF
Or.ectai commerce. Had the old cry OF
'-Ftfty-faur forty or fight" been main-
talnsd there would have been today bat
one commercial power GA the Pacine
coast. and the Oriental trade entirely
under American control Rut when we re-
feet that 20 the masses in that day the
entire Northwest Was part OF the Great
American Desert and Oriental commerce
only dreap.r's fancy, & IS scarcely 20 ~
wcna cred that statesmen advocated a sur
render OF every thinE north of ths Csiun-
Pa rather shas take tAs risks 90 war
Hence the cosnproEnlss oG the forty hinth
parallel Was hstl@t as wise cnd bensacen1
ana we OF sais Gay must be thankful shse
under 70 - grand = share OF opportunity
was reserved Tor American enterprise
TIE Seattle pioneers of ISL believed N
thss opportunity % the extent OF sscrtH,-
ing cd aoEaes aud assoeiarous. enduring
privRtteus % primitive travel and relying
toT susteaance upan ths unknown re-
sources 9f . rev country. Even tham the
pr e7s q n railway from the Great Lakes
30 FWK~i souE1 was being suggested l,y a.
few suthus ass. ana r-.ta % came the tfea
rne q great city mus. arise wasrs su-a 4
railway mct ths or.ea.aI eeea-psrce Al
the f'.sc tc coast Nt-a che hope that they
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