The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-05-14
A CITY OF DESTINY.
TACOMA. WASH. oRpAlNEp TO
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Tacoma, the CITY Of Destiny, n situ-
ated on Puget sound, 1T q point where
ships meet the cars at the farthest point
So11Sern PacsSc Runway companT o ns s6s
Exhaustive examinations Of the entire
Northwest and decided thar Tacona' Of
iered the best facilities for terminals. The
- now entered on an era cs DtoSperity
Thich win undoubtedly prove lasting. II
n on the established highway OF the ma
dens, the shortest route between the oc-.
eident and the Orient IL Is the terminus
roads-the Northern Pacfhc-whose mag
nIhcent shops. wharves and other ter
mInal convenienees cost nearly 500. 900
line to British Columbia. one through the
center Of the state 20 St Paul, one
branch to Portland. Oregon, and two
sthers to the Pacific coast and harbors
TOPPED the construcfion Of the Grsat
Northern and Union Pacific railroads TO
This city, but no doubt they will come, a.
they expended 100000 on grades be-
tween Tacoma and Portland.
Tacoma Is situated On the shores ~ the
sound. At an elevation Of about 800 feet,
and Is covered by q forest of primevai
giants. many Of them piercing the sky 20
being inteligentiy treated to retain al
its natural beauty possible. The scenery
n Tacoma Is unequaled In any city IN
America, and by but few IN the world.
encompass Il on two sides are Of q beau
dful blue. Extending for hundreds Of
miles beyond u . range Of snow-clad
mountains. the counterpart Of the ober:
and snow-covered crests present In the
morning and evening picture Of beauty
which Is indescribable. On the other side
and in front rises majesficaIly. a high
peak, whose entire proportion can be
seen from this city 30 clearly that Il
seems only mile or two away. though II
arch 10 eternally covered with snow. This
mountain rises from the waters edge at
Tacoma almost imperceptible for miles
snow. from whence II becomes 4 noun
tain peak nearly three miles high, which
challenges the best class Of expert moun-
tain climber 70 scale The Interesting
70 explore; Mt Blanc, in Switzerland,
can be exhausted In q few days
II Is difficult to write truthfully about
The state Of Washington and the city of
Tacoma without writing Enthusiastically,
but there Is no statement made In this
article which cannot be substantiated.
No city Of the same size In the United
hshed. which undoubtedly build great
cities.
Commencing at the very boundary of
the city is a forest. covering A.Ooo. oOl
acres OF the most valua BILE timber In the
world. because II can be used for more
purposes than any other timber. Thirty
miles from the city limits commence coal
fields. a. extensive Is those OF Pennsyl-
Vania
Tacoma f. the wheat shipping port OF
the state. Wheat f. shipped there as
eheaply as II Il possible to ship II At any
place in the world Trains and cars run
BY an easy grade, on solid ground. until
they arrive above q four-story warehouse
Grain Is discharged into these warehouses
By ehutes. and from there pass by cleo
trfcally run appliances into the vessel
he wheat, and that which o. ground into
hour In this city. goes 70 China. japan
and Europa
tAs mineral district, and from what q
Known At present after q great deal OF