The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09


III northern boundary 10 also the ms
buidine dedicated 20 the university % the
state: and although IL IL an institution De-
iouxinr 10 the entire state its location
Commando particular pride IN and support
Of on the part Of the people OK Seattle
In every direction will be found street
car lines. run By cable or electricity. 70
the extreme parts Of the city. The cry -
lighted BY electricity and gas: plenafui
supply of water is already had by pump
Ing from the lake, and there II now under
construction gravity system from
splendid mountain stream.
Seattle has one Of the finest military
posts In the country, located on COM
manding blum TO the north Twelve miles
from the city is the newest and one or the
finest naval stations in the country. with
q dry dock whose capacity 10 shown by
the fact that il ID now comfortably enter.
tanning the first-class battieship Iowa.
which is being overhauled after it, expert
enee at Santiago. In the city there - also
the newest assay ONCE. which In one year
has handled 81. 60 90 OF gold and become
already the fourth in rank in the United
States.
A few figures win serve to emphasize
the growth and present importance Of the
city. In 1855 il was . town Of 1900 people:
in 1878. including adjoining towns. about
so.oO In 1883 /, had - miles OF street
railway; in 1885, 50 miles. In ISIS its brick
and stone buildings numbered So: in 1885.
as. In the year 1850 over 500 houses
were built In 1858 it had six banks and
no clearing house: IN 1888. ten banks and
. clearing house. with clearances aSgre-
eating $70oSl. 7l2. In lSss there were u
newspapers; in 1898. ~ In ISIS there were
Is churches; in 1885, S.. In 1855 the public
schools numbered &c. in lSS6s 1S7.
G EATrLE is a commercial city possess
~ Ing remarkable advantages in the ex-
tent and character Of its transportation
facilities The largest ships afioat tie UP
alongside its wharves. The average num-
Der arriving and departing daily is six each
Besides it's great coast trade, which in
cludes the employment OF q large fleet to
Alaska. it has vessels plying 10 and from
Canadian ports, Hawaii, Siberia, Japan,
China. Australia, South America. Europe
and even Africa. The net tonnage Of the
vessels arriving Is about 10000 a month.
Seattle is the only town on the salt
water Of the Pacific coast that Is q termi-
nal point for three transcontinental lines
OF railroad The Great Northern railway
system OF 5000 miles ends here, and SO also
does the equally great system of the
Northern Pacific. The Canadian Pacific
sends its cars into Seattle over the line OF
these. 1t has short lines of railroad run
ming into the coal districts and the lum-
Der regions OF the state.
Across the Sound. and tributary to Seat
tie. is the Port Biakeley lumber and shin
gle mills which are almost the largest in
the world. and the fires Of which have
been burning without interruption for
over thirty years. Only a little farther
distant are many other Lumber mills, some
~ ~yht Lob DO fra IA Until arr
Of the globe, and all OF which are actively
employed
Ship building Is carried on extensively,
and at Moran's yard within the city boun-
daries was constructed last year the
beautiful torpedo boat Rowan. which Is
conceded to be one of the finest in mech
anism and finish in the United States
service Near by are ship building yards
which have turned out some OF the larg-
est vessels afioat.
There are in Seattle and It's vicinity 400
manufacturing establishments, which give
employment to 5000 hands and turn cut
goods worth $12.o 900 per annum. Chief
among these are two great wheat eleva-
tors. one at West Seattle and one at North
Seattle: and In the same line OF business
are two mammoth Touring mills. One OF
the principal manufactures Is lumber. to
the extent OF about 100 900 900 feet per an
mum: shingles. 900 per annum: there
Ia turned out 1.500 barrels OF -four q day:
three great breweries supply the Coast
and export beer to the Orient; there are
iron works and establishments for the
manufacture Of iron implements. boots and
shoes. bricks. brooms. soap. and many
other articles During the past year SO
vessels were built, OF about 1900 tons
measurement. An enormous trade is also
done in refrigerating fish and canning 1t
for export.
The remoteness OF Seattle had been a
serious disadvantage until transcontinen-
tai railroads reached It directly. With the
greater facilities. manufacturing is rapid
ly increasing. There is no place in the
United States which affords grander op-
portunities either for capital or for men
OF energy who know how to take advan-
tage Of the opportunities which are open
on every side.