The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-26


a1 Irreparabts catastrophe g. = qulte prom
BE hat the seattle % today would nor
b. Fhat 4 f.. for * is dgupiFui W. lnse
any city n the land % It's size can tsoast
~ - many really Enagilii3fsot 3-is'il.s
blocks ard q bushes center u - metro
fgalftza an aurearznce. X cannot oe saia
81 SEATTLE that Il never had q boom TOT
& had. and iis boom. Ike IT'S nFe, iett ~
its wake many metropolitan res 31Fes
znicA & would have required a eaH cen
tury Of conservative CROWN 70 asfe -
aglred. Eut It's location ~ the naluf'lt
se4uoYt q z VAST extent of territory anu
- a Western terminus cf three srea-
transcontIneutaI railway lines which pour
creams 81 freight from the East ana
Middle West through Seattle gaie'Nay 20
ne Orient. has given the city an An-saal
rfcaperatiYc power. and the VISITOR 81 To-
day would suspect that the boom vas
agill OF. for L IS q busy. busting place
with q great variety OF REQUIRES, many
Or which arc only Ia the infancy u tEesr
development.
TIE Puget sound country Il one Of more
marked pecuEarities IN some respects than
any other portion 81 the United States
There Is no section where within 80 In
led ar area can nc found sncn & varsity
OF climate and 50 diversified resources
within 4 circle Of seventy -ive miles. with
Seattle a. . center. Is almost every cli-
matte candition 10 ~ found ia the ha0ila-
There ara sections within thai circle where
The precipitation Is scant twenty inches
per aHnum, and places where Il nearly aP-
proachss one hundred inches. There are all
gradatI0ns OF altitude, from sea level,
with fts almost tropical luxuriancc Of
vegetation. 10 the fOp u Mount Rainier,
vita its n4A feet OF attitude. clad ia
everlasting ice and snow. whore no vegeta-
Die life can exist ana ga the midst Of Jug
cl0udless SKY you can from a hundred
points ia Seattle ste the snow pped
peaks Of Rainier Oh the south. Mount
Baker or the north the Cascade range
On the Easg and the olympic mountains
on the wesl.
Ia resources. at r. front door are enter
iag all the vast riches 81 the ssa and Of
the lands beyond the sea, while al its back
door are the rich products Of The immense
forests covering the slopes OF the mount
aims. while vita them are coming the vast
mineral resources mined from the interior
of these same mountains, and the agti-
cultural resources OF the great Northwest.
seattie's Location.
Seattle built upon site as varied in
It's physical features as are the climate
and resources OF the region. From the
business center It is "a rise IN every diFec-
ton except toward the Sound The ave-
MUGS are comparatively gradual IN their
rise and fail. while the cross streets rise
RAPIDLY 20 the highest points. and the SEN
sAtiOn as you are whisked rapidly 10 The
top OF q iii is similar 10 that Of the no
vice ia elevator travel. But as you Use
20 the top Of ore hill after another and
set the view OF Sound and lake. the sense
Of novelty gives way 10 one Of admiration
Of the grandeur and variety OF scenery
afforded.
Lake Washington. beautiful fresn-w1-
ter lake Of many miles extent and many
islands. skirts the city on the east run
ming parallel with the Sound and about
three miles distant from H. Lake Union.
another smaller frcsh-water lake. nearly
Insects the city lying between Lake wash
ington and the Sound. Owing 10 the pres
euce # these lakes and the peculiar topo-
gfaphy OF the cts. nearly every residence
Tot has a water view OF either lake or
Sound. An appropriation has already
been made by congress to connect these
fresh-water lakes by "a ship canal with
the Sound making not only a hsrbor OF
protection hut the finest place for laying
up warshipS Ia ordinary that this coun-
tI3 or perhaps the world affords
Lake Washington furnishes the present
Mater supply ~ the city which Is pumped
60 distributing reservoirs on the highest
hills So that every portion of the city is
ahundantiy supplied tabout le Co0o9 gal
Ions dsii51 Vi;h water OF excellent quality
as Is proven ~ the fact that there is al
disease such SIS typhoid fever scarlet f.-
vcr. diphtherla ar1d ordinary bowel afTec-
tisns. which arise LARGELY fron ifuuur,.
water. But &c IS feared thal as the city
fills ap and Che rich country about th..
iase develops into small fruit farms that
-" supniE may become unsafe therefore
fhe rI.v Zee which thc water work belepr4
ha~ aireadv expended $50 ON toward ex-
tending the water mains Do Cedar river a
large mountain stream which VIII deliver
an unlimited nupplN o. an parts Of Ire
CITY hV gravity. Over one ana : f7fart,f
millions ~ dollars hes been alrradv cx-
pended upou thc wat works af the city
Owing 20 be peculiar Topography 81 thc
city tae drainage problem hls been one %
sone difficulty iu order to drain certain
valleys ana 90 avoid contamination = the
tnlt1d lakes As these lakes sre s5.ne six
teen feet above tide water it IS au1v a
o#vet.1n of expense 80 completely protect
These watrrs and au extensive ssste-l a.
srWer@ 'nciudlnc two 'arse tunnels have
already been constructed and when The
syetefu IS roWpieted Seattle will ha ot. cr
che naet perfectly protected cities froa. q
e7nitfr} et1rtnolrt therr is f1 the }sud
TIE sali is rrio.Tl'iy SAINT ard gravel
tnleesue Wfh Ffreake ~ elav a0d hard
uf1 fsrnia. Pea ir- or rich aIaval soft
}0 tsese ia.alHes Fhcrr fhr sewersee hae
hsen ueeie-ttd nr .s .ulrf~ftrt some eases
~ @fset-, wsnifeet n'al1r'a4 evmpsorgs.
thNura as ttH.cal a-uy usalaris dea=
rat e~rur. tHr eiN in resnr5 ran b-
saft So - Free from w1'srssl fsfaen-es
THe ordinary Diseases ~ childhood as
Wei - iAe ordinary fevc~s. Nhfls orta-
sieasiit ef-urrire arr NJ vrry m.1l tyrt.
-ut~ IafAwwatarY diseases are fufrt-
oeent ana mf3 fhe death ra.e 80 81 rer
feH at n.rui8-isD hslns orc Of the lowest
cf aae -fsy tn fHe land
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