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



lie citizens 20 establish Industry may Re
estimated when = IS stated thai tbs strip
trc.1ds5 az shs land lying between me
present Hotel Northern and the AaGDou-
gal Il Sou-hwick building ana extended
eastward wfSh that ws1sa - -ae present
WaiIa WaiIa edition. Here = was. n
ISIS. on about the site OF tae present park
IN Pioneer Place. that the mil was erect
cd. which for fully twenty years was Tas
center around which the forests were
cleared and shs little Asmlet grew 20 WI
iage. town and city.
Space viii not allow q further relation of
the interesting historical features OF Seat
tie. X 70 sufficient TO note that the fore
esgat OF her founders has been fully tnsti-
fed. Within q short time after FIRST set
element. the government explorers, led ny
Stevens and Mcclellan. completed their
reconnaissance from the Great Lakes 70
Puget eourd and confirmed the Judgment
OF .he pioneers n their selection OF ter
E1linsi towns.te. A decade Of national civil
war and reconstruction left the Northwest
IN 9 state Of isolation. Then came deveIop-
rnent and great hopes. only % be shattered
for almost another decade by TIE failure
OF Jay Cooke n 1873 and It's consequences.
Once more enterprise resumed control and
the decade from 1850 20 1880 Witnessed de-
velopn7ent unequaied IN this history OF
American cities. From the town OF s50e
slower but substantial growth 10 so.oe0
during the past few years Of depression.
The great fire OF June .. 1883, though de-
etroying 500 $50 worth OF property and
bringing disaster 90 many of her citizens,
gave 20 Seattle an opportunity 10 remedy
errors OF plating and to rebuild On broad
er lines a more substantial city.
AS a railroa- and shipping center Seat
lie stands first IN the Pacific Northwest
and is rapidly moving forward 10 her des-
tiny as first on the Pacific coast. The com
pletl0n Of the Northern Pacific railroad In
1854 was followed within six years by the
entrance OF the Canadian Pacific and
Union Pacific. by traffic connections, and
the Great Northern by an independent line
from the Great Lakes. These, and other
local railways. bring 10 Seattle the prod
gcts OF the mines and forests, the fields
and orchards OF Washington. and take
away supplies from her merchants and
goods from her factories. The mosquito
fleet" which has headquarters at Seattle.
does like service between the metropolis
and a hundred or more mil ports, towns
and villages, scattered along every nook
and inlet OF Puget sound. Coastwise
steamers, covering all points from Boring
straits in Alaska TO Central America, To-
Gus at Seattle and add 10 her commerce.
And, during these closing months of 1885,
the successful Inauguration of trans-Pa-
the Nippon Yusen Kalsha line Ia connec-
lion with the Great Northern railway, has
marked Seattle as the gateway for the
commerce OF the Orient The old dream OF
riches 10 come from trade with Oriental
nations-zhat which inspired the ancient
discoveries and gave America 10 the world
has never been dispelled. The combina-
ton OF trans-Amer.can railways with
transatlantic and Pacific steamers, which
in these latter days OF the nineteenth CEN
fury is being worked out on the shores or
Puget sound. Is but the rnodernized realiz-
alton or the vain search OF ages for the
famed northwest passage" With sew
eral competing transcontinental lines at
her doors and the trade OF the Orient at
her wharves. the dream OF the pioneer that
Seattle should become the worlds harbor
on the greatest OF oceans. is surely being
realized.
Manufacturing institutions. more than
800 in number employing nearly 5000 oper-
atives, evidence the skill and industry
which has been developed from the single
sawmill which was the nucleus Of the pi-
oneer settlement
The fisheries have been developed 10 q
wonderful extent during recent years.
with fnexhaustIhle resources OF food fish
in the adjacent Sound and ocean, and am
pie facilities for handling and shipment.
Seattle has Become the Headquarters OF
c0o. goo pounds OF food fish are now shipped
annually from this port, and IN the varI-
Gus lines OF work connected with the trade
several thousand men are employed.
This mercantile interests OF the city have
moro than kept pace with other forms
OF progress. From Alaska 20 Guatemala
the enterprise Of Seattle business men IS
proyerbial. and the recent entrance into
the Oriental field gives promise OF even
greater mercantile successes.
Amidst the rapid development OF a COM
mereial metropolis, the people of Seattle
have not lost sight OF the various rnunic-
ipal. educational. social and religious ad-
vantages. The varied topography OF the
ctty's site, the grand panorama OF noun
tain and forest, bay and Iakes spread out
on every side have afforded opportunity
for developing park and residence districts
OF rare beauty. A city water system and
sewerage system representing an expendi-
ture OF = ,eoo.e9o. 10 miles OF improved
streets and series OF paved business
streets which are models in appearances
ard soililty, these and many other munlc-
spai advantages might be cited. Ninety
niles Of cable and electric street railways
provide abundant and rapid transit
throughout the city. The state university
and is modern public school buildings fully
equipped. attest the Interest IN and care
for educational progress. Society 4. repre-
scented in all SIS varying forms and moods
The men and women who have made Seat
re brought with them and developed these
social traits and customs which bring 80
much OF pleasure ard comfort In life Sc
c-St and benevolent organizations have
found here fertile field for ef-
fort free public library Of
fsrs It's advantages 70 all alike
S,xtv~four churches, representing every
creed and sect. e1er the fullest opportun-
sites for religious develop n3Nut. while seven
hospitals end homes and organised char
ties prove the general interest ia the vel
Sars of the unfortunate.
With such a character. such people and
such resources. seattle has stood Ike a
rock against the tide - recent Adversely
ard en- the opening day % she rev year
faces the future w.,h courage and conf
dence. "FLETCH EFs-"