The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-20

as San Francisco. Seattle and Tacoma
together
Portland Is the largest center cs popu-
latien. wealth and culture In the North
west and by the laws OF commercial cen
ditions will keep her proud place
Seattie's Great Growth.
said: Seattle is the metropolis of Wash
ington, the county seat OF King county.
II IS situated ON the eastern side of pss-
get sound. At the mouth of the nuwamish
river. II is surrounded by rich coal and
lumber regions.
Portland early became the center OF all
Oregon and Washington. and IL derived
chief benefit from the peopiing and tEaf-
fic OF Idaho. British Columbia and Mon
tana- 1t has also been a great govern
benefits from the public treasury. In
consequence OF these things Portland.
In 1862 had more than 400 inhabitants.
as declared by the United States census.
while Seattle had a bare 80. In 1870
Portland had over li.oao. Seattle l.too
people. In 1870 Portland had i7.ooo Seat
tie 2sl0 people. and in 1890 Portland had
a. 600 and Seattle 4s,ooe
In another way Portland had sixteen
times as many inhabitants as Seattle in
1850. ten times as many in ls5o. five times
as many in 1880. and In 1850 only ahou,
as many and one~senth besides. The
percentage OF Portland reduced In forty
years from 1900 10 To-
In 1882 the census of Seattle was taken
and showed Else people. The directory
of 1859 estimates the number at A.5Si. II
has increased SO rapidly that $1,000 are
claimed now. and 100000 prophesied for
1904
Portland is five times larger than IL
was twenty years ago. Seattle Is
twenty-five times larger. Should the two
cities maintain their rate OF increase,
Portland In 1890 would have 10000 and
Seattle s.ooo.coo. What Is there to stop
Seattle from catching up with and sur
passing Portlandf
hank CIemrings COMPARED.
For the first time Seattle bank clear
ings have equaied, in 1899. these OF Port
land. During the nine months from jan
uary l TO September 30. 1899. the Portland
bank clearings were sS5. $50. .s4i those OF
Seattle, for the same period, were 81 ass, ,Ias
Seattle exceeded those OF Portland s. 9S2. :
sS4 No; only Is this true but Portland
bank ciearings were 81. So, so less than
they We're during the same months in 1898.
while Seattle bank clearfngs were s2l-
s2i440 more In 1899 than they were In isgs.
Should both cities decrease and Increase
during the next year as In the last Seat
tie will easily double Portland In 800
The Puget sound is a great inland sea.
1t Is spoken of by captains as being one OF
the grandest bodies OF water I'm the world.
The shore line Is i.s0o miles. All the yes
sells of the world could harbor there at one
time.
when the soldier boys returned home
to Seattle fifty vessels went down 10 meet
the Queen, the vessel the soldiers were
on, in the morning about five miles from
Seattle The vessels divided into columns,
with the Queen in the center. When they
came in sight OF Seattle the sick wers
brought UP on deck. whistles blew. bells
rang, hands played, guns and cannon were
fired
Portland could never see such sight
as this because the ships would have 90
come TO Portland one by one.
Harbors and Railroads.
III cost 37.4si.s1 FOR pilots to show the
vessels that came 10 Portland this year
where they were TO go. so as not 20 run
on sand bars. while at SEATTLE all they
have to do Ia TO turn on the steam and
away they 60.
Seattle has three transcontinensal rail-
way lines. Trains and beats arrive and
depart every hour OF the day and night,
for Sound and interior points. for the East.
for Alaska. California and sailing vessels
for all parts OF the world. II has also a
regular line OF steamers to Japan.
Praise Fro mNoted Men.
Here is what some Of the noted men OF
the United States have said about Seattle
and the Puget sound;
Senator Vest SAYS: 4 consider Puget
sound the most wonderful country In the
world
Gen. W. T. Sherman says: God has
aona more fer Puget sound than for any
other place IN the world
Henry Willard says: 4 am simply amaz-
cd at the wonderful changes In Seattle
since the Are
"Gov. Yale. Of Minnesota. says: Seat
t!es business section is almost as fne as
that OF Paris
Robert r. Lincoln says: 4 cannot help
comparing Seattle with Chicago
s'J. n. Aruthers os Brownvilie: There IL
no comparison between Seattle and Port
land"
Sings forttauus Praise.
Miss Altha Moore satf: Portland
carries or trade with China. Japan, 81
IBERIA. south America and o,her foreign
countries. II has many advantages over
Seattle or account of its being nearer al
OF eha Southern points Pors land has a
greater variety ot productions than Seat
tie. Portland ships more lumber than any
other town on the Pacific coast
"a movement is on foo: 30 make a twer
sy-five-foot channel between Portland arf
tffa sea. AZ Portland yeesnls have all the
advantages peculiar 20 fresh water har-
bcrw while IN Seattle they have not.
'fThe construction OF the Nicaragua ca raj
would help Portland more than II would
Seattle On account os Portland being closer
Po.tiands growth has been eteasy. white
Seattle soonns and then dies down again -
Seattle Trade and Enterprise.
Miss stella .IacSson. tfirst speskrr for
'he affirmative. said, 'sSes&iie has n hss:
ter harbsr and Washington has better fruit
and ether products Seattle gets most Of
ts1e Alaskan trade. waieh win srsereaNe
SsaTtie IS nsw. beautiful town compare
bic 10 many Eastern cities. TIA enterprise
II equal 70 that os 81 Paul OF Minneapolis
Seattle IL making pE bile improvements
On scale that would do honor - C.hfss-
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