The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-05-14

money has hen spenr m uro-,~-t,,. n,-
1e Doubt remains but that the state OF
tMssnlnfton win Be the richest copper
and silysF mines which are kiving indica-
oon8 OF enormous rschnesS Iron, lead.
sSp.um hsnesoms building stone. sub
which. indeed. make q consinafioa IN 10
ps , eouAied are found IN paying GUAM
a. any n he World s aopa I 9ro~ s nSs
wonderfully: Not far from the city are
largs hop neidA. the product OF which
goes direct % England; anything which
can De raised In q temperate climate can
oe Faiaed In this part OF the country and
are unsurpassed Apples are noted for
their beauty and quality. There 10 no
better country for dairtea
Fisheries viii In time Be one Of the
greatest sources Of wealth
The climate IL the most heaithfui, a. IN
shown oy the government returns. Ia
coma has had the last two years q death
rate Of six and seven In q thousand.
when y the lowest rate OF any In the
The city q wen located for carrying on
an extensive manufacturing and shipping
business. at the same time afording such
deliehtful places for homes 90 nearly adj
re Tacoma Of today 10 a city euiit up-
on Q blur, terraced from the water 20
about 800 feet high. Then comes q level
country for miles, which r. a. beautiful
= uaIOr2l park - one Couio desire.
There u no street In Tacoma that n
less than eighty feet wide. It's alleys are
forty feet wide. II has noble avenues 100
feet vide. In the center Of the city Is
which. though only some few years old.
shows evidence Of great care and II
adorned with statuary. Five miles from
IL Ss Nerd Of Derg
This % essentially an educational city.
Seventeen school houses. beside private
schools, colleges and academies. and our
ience; seventy-ons churches testify 70 the
moral character Of the city. This Is the
acknowledged music and art center OF
Tacoma is noted for its beautiful homes
and for Its wonderful wealth OF flowers.
The rose carnival 10 an annual festival
here. and II made successful by the
abundance Of roses we have. IL has six-
ty-tWo and q half miles of electric and
cable roads. Tacoma has q large number
Of factories, employing 1000 men
Tacoma has consular representatives
from England. Germany, France, Chile.
Peru and Japan. The Northern Pacine
railroad has seventy miles Of side track
In the city, which n being Increased 70
accommodate the RAPIDLY growing trace
docks and warehouses on the coast are
on Tacoma's waterfront
Now these features are common 70
many places with hne haroors and trade
established with foreign countries, but
where a such a city on the Atlantic sea-
board which has the crude material for
| manufacturing at its very door, and has
| abundance Of coal and water power al
| most within sight OF its walls, streams
which combined viii furnish power AL
| most. n not quite, equal to that OF Mia
| CARA Falisf Tacoma II the only city that
| has this combination
The coal IL q very nne oituminous coal
| OF many grades II makes as good coke.
| / am Informed, as the Cennellsvtlle coke
Coke ovens are established within nifty
| feet Of the main lines OF the Northern
Pacific railroad Trains can be run from
l any of the mines to the coal bunkers ~
| Tacoma by gravitation- We have mag
niicent coal bunkers, run by electricity.
4 with a capacity of q, 900 tons. The Cen
/ tral and Southern Railroad Companies
/ get their coal from their own mines. sit
/ mated twenty-five miles from Tacoma, %
run their steamers and locomotives 10
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