The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-19
SEATTLE TO THE GOLD FIELDS.
Unsurpassed scenic Beauties Of the
Inside Route 10 the North.

George T.. Adams. in Harper's Weekly.
IL is fitting 10 make brief mention OF
a route to Cape Nome unsurpassed In
scenic effect and enchanting grandeur.
The beautiful and enjoyable days inmor-
talized in book and song do not surpas5
in splendor n day on Puget sound In
early June The pure ozone, the mildly
tempered sunlight. the ethereal blue OF the
cloudless sky, the prismatic tints OF the
sparkling water. the cool. invigorating
breeze from the north. the pink-tinted,
snow-capped Mount Rainier towering
heavenward 14.4A feet. the white-topped
Cascade and olympic mountain ranges,
respectively TO the east and west, and
the hum OF the clty's industry, all hail one
with a hearty and refreshing greeting
while promenading the deck of a paiatial
ocean steamer leaving Seattle harbor OF
n morning in June. AS the steamer feel
ingiy gldes along with "a bone in it's
mouth" there appear 10 the right the
mammoth elevators and docks OF the Pa
ciic coast terminus OF the Great North
ern railway, and 10 the left, ten miles
across the Sound. the largest saw mill
on the globe. a mile farther on, and one
IL under the shadow OF Fort Iawton,
where grim sentinels are trained across.
no ana down the sound ever ready to
deal death and destruction to n foreign
enemy endeavoring to invest the harbor
Two miles farther the West point light
house In passed. A few furlonGs farther
and to ones right Is tho entrance OF tho
projected government waterway 20 n TO-
serve harbor on n magnihcen; body Of
fresh water Lake Washington. Now, un-
der fun speed and stcaming head on into
the balmy breeze. the mind is refreshed
and the soul stirred with evcr-cha ngIng
scenes: now rounding a headlong point,
then through narrow channel between
abrupt hanks oTsrtopped with towering ev-
ergreeu trees, the breeze frelghted with
the baissm sweetness of exnhinR mines.
now end sEain passing hustling young.
up-to-date towns. and ~ a sudden round
ing Point wilson into the magnificent
strait ~ san Juan 10 Fuea. Looking 20
the west ward one hshDiS the broad ex-
panse ~ the mighty Pacific ocean. ana
10 the cast the ever RlIstnnInm snow
capped Mount Baker rising nearly eleven
thousand feet into the skv a beacon m
the mariner One leaves behind the placid
waters md enchanting iandsrapA ~ the
Mediterranean 81 America and f,lows tho
mighty deer FOR thirty miles across. .ha
strait. feeling the steamer sreuhiA IN
the deep sweiis from the ocean. anf hay.
ing tbe usonotory ~ tho surroundings re.
iisved with the pleasure Of watching nov,
and then. a school Of fn-bark whales a,
play - 'he evening shadows gather ,bs
steamer tnUehen AZ Victoria n = A,, a.
soon pushing forward IN the waters 81
Queen Charlotte sound between vancou-
yer island and the British Columbia
MAINLAND Tho moon now adas SIS re-.
nect@d iirht 20 that OF the ziarn nn4
ore enjoys coy mood On de-k untg late
IN the evening. For three DAYS more 81
natures most deiizhtful weather enc 4.
winding among islands that rival On
beauty the Thousand Islands Of the 81
Lawrence river. few hours after the
steamer touches NJ Juneau. the rronoSad
capital ~ Alaska. there comes In sight tn
gateway 20 the Kiondike. and saou one
steps from the steamer 20 the wharf az
sEAg"ay' FFYfalizeG IN mind and body.
the eyes sparkling with health ana me
heart fun Of gladuess and warmth Of
summer.
Standing On the station platform watch
ing. with deal ~ interest the hurryinx
people. the loaded trucks. the ton or more
q mall and express matter going aboard
the train. the sign of industry on every
hand. one ss amazed 10 learn that on this
very spot. less than three years ago. white
man but seldom yentured- One Is soen