The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21
PROGRESS N THO DECADES.
col w. g. KING E0MNENTy on NE-
ATTLEys GROWTH SINCE 1s7a.
Pacific Gemnstt~e - &eeBye Ter
sstass-Hia Prophecy ~ s~sfiie's
Fussr~ Amply JusftaeA. He Thfaks

When Seattle was a zaodsst bazsist.
with sanragsI and a n.ss-soxer stress
blaxes through tbs forss. .. frs an@ cs-
OARS t6as frasSea fas shores q El.tess BAY.
a commit ~ Of railroad fnagnztes. BEAT 81
securing = terminus fo- the rs9rt.sra Pr
ssae railroad. visited siasse saorss. liz tie
party rsm Col. W. =. King. az Msnsea 20
Es sas Intimate frienas q Senator VIII
fsm wtssorn, q Minnesota. ard a. :ssss
ZINE possnsaster Of the house II seprsssn-
szt:gex cas King rstsrgsst - t0s EsS'
wan fssa oonfs.nsson. after IL had failed so
dsanitesY locate tbs terminus 81 the road.
flied wtsss fhs ceaySctIon that Seattle
would some day fskc0sse the sfeai COM
Ezercial metropolis % the Paciae So-ta-
wess He N IN Seattle ;od&y a5es n the
usssssifessr bisslfesS blocxs II the eity.
81 Traits hHxa skgsAtg. - metropolitan
air ans a constantly sgoNf1g e0tDInSfe&s
seeS tbs fsaaanassst OF RS prediction Of
quarter Of century age.
There ~ 10 mas III TIE country better
Informed 50 70 she early history CT the
Northern pasafG gssn Col. King, a'ha
was associated with The enterprise before
she days Of Jay Goose. he vas i0Ftfa-
mestai iE getting congress to increase tSss
land grant 81 fne company 20 forty ssc-
ttons s1r each mile of read. He knsw IN
f.siateiy sne frsi projectors 9f tbs road.
He sag she failure % Jay Cooke AID TIE
changes that were afsegwarG made Ia lac
Northern Pacific. zhlei. injected srtscB-
saslys motive lxto the operations Of tns
boars II directors ia determining tae ao~
cation Of the terminus Of the road IN Pu-
get sound.
interested In Mig Purchases.
Col KlEs WAS Interested witu Pailo
Remington. Ct fhs Rem. s.eiou aFnss Com
pany IN the purchase % valuable acre
sge tract in Seattle about the time @: the
visit OF The Northern Pacific committee
Later. in hts 3esl.n9s With Mr.. ksfn.ng-
ton, he became interested himself III the
tract, which afterwgrd formed ice basis
O: sh4 isrse aeattse holdings 81 ssfssiof
watson e. SQUIRE. There vas much Nti-
cation In the Eastern apurfs over this
property in fact, TIE issues between Co.
King and Dir. Remington have not neea
e&ttifG yet.
But Goa King. In looking about Seat
Gle, 10 M; reminded % his first ventures IN
Seattle real estate He Is satisfied 10 see
aere the fdlfs.ment OF his ~ sdtetions con-
corning the Puget sound country. liza u
confident Of SsaifIe's fssurs. ana In OF
the opini0n too. that the results OF the
war with Spain. particularly III the broad
enlng Of Amer.eaa commerce IN the Pa
cific, will tend to make Seattle the first
city on the Pacific.
rs does not seem swenty-as years since
] ars; al ~ Seattle" said Col. King. 10 a
Post-Intc.lgeEse reporter yesterday. "Taa
progress OF events III this far Western
country are on a scale calculated 70 upset
almost any mans chronology. When /
came 20 Seattle. IN 49,. the people claim
ea A population Of 1850 or 400. There
wac scarcely mere than the latter figure
] believed than that Seattle *as 70 lee the
great city Of the Sound. and yon have