Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1901-02-08
WONDERFUL SEATTLE.
Enc rgy aud Activity Characterize Its
Population.

i When You ask the average citizen ~
[ Seattle 10 explain the causes Of It's
rea ~ wonderful growth n population
ano wealth. be replies with CONSCIOUS
| prize somewhat In this way.
4 ae position of Seattle as the out
/ fitt NJ aud starting point for the Yukon
la, bccDme universally recognized and
| pre- we'd by the prOmpinUSs with which
SHE met the emergency of the sUdd,n
rus To the new goldhollS. Trade. like
WI ler. follows the line of least re-
sis ance, aud Seattle had worked for
yc; Is and dug its channels wide and
| dee p. forrSeeing What a mighty stream
mi Int how through them.
! at Seattle does not rest her claim to
/ gr, atneSs on her prc-emincIce in this
dir 'ction alone, although the revival of
no thweSt dates from and is Indebted
to the rush To the Yukon anl her posi-
tio and capacity TO meet the sudden
en- ergency.
cattle is the most American of
American cities. madc up of men from
4
Co 1necticut the farms of illinois, the
silver mines of Colorado the plains of
TelaS. the cotton fields of Gcorgia-n
short, of true Americans from every
where where Old Glory is revered
m,n of industry. intelligence. energy
an filled with that restless spirit
which built the great commonwcalths
an the magnificent cities of the older
country
Seattle was hardly known 100 miles
from home dozen years ago. when it
got it's first newspaper mention as the
scene of lynching, That was in 1885.
In 1889 the east was aStonished by the
reports of the great ire which burned
out the forgotten city of Seattle.
HehoId today city of 10000 people
driving II trade such as few cities three
times its size can hoaSt. 1t occupies an
isthmus between Elliott bay. an inlet
of Puget sound, Oh the west. aud Lake
Washington on tile east with Salmon
bay on the north Ii extends on The
south to the head of Elliott bay. into
which the DuWamiSh river flows
through fruitful valley The city
covers an area of 2S square miles, and
it rests on a series Of hills, one Of
which is 400 feet high.
Its harhor is perfect and safe. II is
the center of district which produces
or manufactures nearly everything
which enters into miners outfit.
Seattle Is the commercial capital of
the state of Washington, which pro-
duces vast quantities Of WOOL wheat.
live stock fruit. vegetables butter and
dairy products and indeed all the prod
ucrS of'a great agricultural state.
1t is the only competitive point hav-
ing three transcon,inenial railroads by
whose hot competition in freight rates
Seattle merchants benefit as do those
OF no other city. Consumers benefit by
the fact than Seattle has more mer-
chants in competition in the same line
of business than has any other city on
the northern Pacific coast Seattle is Il
cheap place 20 live in, thanks TO these
favorable conditions and natural ad-
vantagcS,
The climate is equable and favorable
TO life anu labor, Flowers bloom all
the year round, and the only Ice cvei
seen is machine made, or artificial ice,
Seattle was originally Sawmill
town, aud it is not SO very long ago
that the famous old Indian chief whose
name il bears pitched his lepec on this
neck Of land close to the Pacific To
day it stands. majestic city Nf brick
and granite. with hundreds of miles
OF graded streets, lighted by are aud
incandeScent electric lamps drained
by 30 miles of brick and terra Gotta
sewers and supplied With 9.o0opoo
gallons of pure mountain water from
Lake Washington, distributed through
many miles of mains.
Her commercial center Is composed
Of solid blocks of brick. many of then
seven stories in height. The busines,
streets are paved with vitrilied brct
and wooden blocks. which seems TO bt
peculiarly adapted to the climate OF
Puget sound There are -. miles oi
planked streets, and there is nearly
100 miles of street railway tracks. OF
which cable and electric cars run Il
the suburbs in all directions.
Seattle is proud of her equipment fol
the education of her rising generation
There are over 20 school buildings
with a seating capacity of nearly 10,
600. The University of Washington
maintained by the state, is located a
Seattle, with departments of law an(
pharmacy and a complete curriculum.
Trains go and come over the North
ern Pacific. Canadian Pacific and Grea
Northern railroads. connecting Seattle
with the east, There is n regular
steamer line to San Francisco and {
monthly steamer to and from Mexico
Central American points and the Pan
anna. 1t has Il monthly steamer t.
Japan and China, and it has many
many steamer lines to Alaska, sailing
almost daily during the season.
Seattle is the most northern point il
the United States whence vessels sal
to Alaska. and all steamers, except tn,
Alaska Commercial company's for st
Michael. coal here The time is mucl
shorter than from any other point ant
the route is an inside route" from
Seattle. avoiding the storms and fogs
Of the Pacific ocean,
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