The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-24

Tacoma. Olympia and Columbia between
Tacoma and Cnsnsse and japanese ports.
YVES established IN Issz and has proged
successful beyond the hcpes Of It's pro-
tecsors- It IL probably the most profit
able Of any Of the TRANSATLANTIC lines ard
since It's inception has expended more
ta2n $l.epo1o in Tacoma for labor and
suppisex. Regular iirss Of steamers ply
ing between Tacoma and Victoria and
Vancouver IN British Columbia, and ether
lines furnish a service between Tacoma
ard all polnts on Puget sound
Tbs transportation facilities afforded
both these cities By tire various lines en-
ahies the merchants OF the two places TO
share In the Quitting business and as
Puget sound Is the recognized gateway 20
the Kfsraske region. fortune has favored
the twin cities CT the Sound TO a degree
which,. before the end or the century, viii
surely place them among the great CON-
merciai ceufers % the Uaitetd cfases.
Tacoma.s banking facilities are II pro-
portion t. her trade. commerce and man
ufactursne, ard. wirh two national banks
ore foreign, one state and three savings
banks, having an aggregate capital Of
nearly ss0o 90. she Is enabled 20 not onsv
finance the wheat product OF the state Of
Washington, but 10 furnish ample adj
vances for ordinary busress transactions
The ne1G for so much ready cash becomes
apparent when il is known that Of wheat
alone s lSs cars were received at Tacoma
during the past year.
The bank eleslrings for 1851 amounted to
ySo,eoo.ase
however. a city devoted Ia trade. ship
ping and manufacturing alone without
| the adJunets OF sociai, educational. rs-
iigious and other advantages would in
deed be an gnattracsive place aud enc
from which the prospective settler would
turn without hesitation and without fur.
Their investig CATION.
All tourists and visitors pronounce Ia
coma an exceedingly attractive city, in
the makeup Of its streets, which are
wide; In the imposing appearance Of its
public buildings which are aTchlgecturaI-
il handsome, and IL the character of is
homes, wa.eh. while not ornate or elabor-
ate arc beautiful and ample in size. sur
rounded ny we'll kept lawns. and present
q home like ard attractive appearance.
1t seems 70 be generally conceded that
for attractiyeness IN it, home life ana in
! social advantages Tacoma leads all other
cities in the Pacific Northwest. Tnis
may be accounted for n Different WAYS
/ bat principally because these who first
settled here erected their own homes to
large extent ard stiIl own them. There
| Is no incentive for the average tenant to
keep up the property of another ard the
city whose inhabitants in most part own
their own homes IS pretty sure TO become
/ an attractive place in which to live.
Educational institutions In Tacoma are
numerous. and of q high standard. Her
public schools. OF which there are seven
teen. ran. among the highest in the
United States. Six thousand pupils az
tend them. needing the attention IF I43
/ teachers and the school property is val
ued at $4,000. Other educational institu-
| tons ara the Annie Wright seminary for
| young ladiesi, the Puget Sound university
/ tMetnodst), the Pacific Lutheran uni
versity (scandinayianl. College of Dental
| Surgery, schools for boys. business coli
| ieges. kiTdergartens and numerous sec-
| tartan institutions.
| or religious institutions there are
seFenty-one. embracing almost every sect
| and form Of religious belief Aiany Of the
| church structures are handsome in APP
| pearance and contain dit0riufns that
would do credf TO a much larger city.
| \ museum containing many curios ind
| works OF art collected abroad and pre-
scented to the civ by public spirited citi-
| zsns adds to IN. attractlveness of the
| educational Institutions OF the place, In
| that the collection embraces many casts
| and fine pieces Of statuaTy which are
| used in copying by the art classes of The
| schools and univerdties.
| Libraries. public and private, are
| features OF lie In Tacoma, which eire Il
:. metropolitan air. The public library
| and reading room In he city hall is MAIN
| tanned at puolic eXpeIse, while the Mason
| library. at the north md OF the city is
| the gift Of "a generous citizen ami Is main
tanned by him. y yer, fine law library
| Is maintained by the Filsity Trust Com
| pauy In ia building. ant various institu-
| tons In the city, such as the chamber ~
| commerce. y. N. c. n. Athletic club and
| Puget Sound university lave attractive
| libraries and reading roomI.
The parks. theaters and hotels Of Ia
| coma are among its mot attractive
| features. \ tract of forty s.res. known
| as Wright park. lying With, almost a
/ stones throw Of the city hall and court
| house beautifully LAID out with lawns.
| ponds, lower gardens and adorned with
| statuary. serves as a breathing place for
/ the masses while at point six miles re-
! mote. Point Defiance park. OF no acres.
| and one Of the most enchanting no;s on
the Coast. attracts thousands of persons
10 It's shady walks and pcbhly beahes at
/ all seasons Of the year.
| Two well appointed tkeaters. site by
| side. known as the Tacoma and Lyoaum.
| furnish attractions Tor theater goers.
| OF hotels. Tacoma boasts of one Of the
| finest on the Coast besides about thrty
| others OF different grades. The hotel a
| cillties OF the city. together with lodging
| houses Of all descriptions. are ample o
| provide for tho comfort and convenience
| Of those who viii compose the tide oil
| travel that Is setting in toward Alaska
and the gold fields.
| The peculiar situation 81 Tacoma in re-
/ iation 90 the long stretch 81 level prairie
/ IN the south OF the city rcT dtrs outdoor
| life particularly attractive. One may
| mount a bicycle NJ the chamber Of COM
| msrce corner. ami without d!smounting.
| reach American lake. more than ten
| miles distant. in less than ar heur.
| C}nder cycle paths ten miles in extent
| have already been created within the city
| limits IN addition 90 a bicycle bridge over
| ore Of the gulches. 4oo feet long and Isl
| feet hign-said TO Sc the highest and
| longest of it's ktn1 in the world. SO Tar "a
| known-~and i've additional miles Of path
| IRE to be completed IN April next. These
| paths have been built under the direction
! Of the Tacoma Bicycle Association. whose
| members pay annually into the city treas
/ my 81 each as license Zee. ard bccorne
| members 81 the association thereby. La &
! year s. az VAS Tiid iato the treasury. ard
s. 80 VIII come ~ this year. The license
| fee 81 not collected from persons under