The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-09-05
Growth Of Many Of the Western
Cities Little Less than
Marvellous.
Seattle has Increased its Pop
ulation from LOO in 1870
to 100000 in 1908.
General Notes and Personals
Covering a Vast Area
of Territory.

special correspondents irish Standard
Seattle. Aug. 31.-A brief letter
from this bright, sound city will not be
amiss at the present time. SO much
has been written and said of this sec
ton of the Union that anything new is
next to impossible. The population is
cosmopolitan. People are tlocking to
these coast points from the east and
the west and the Orient is furnishing
no small proportion of the inhabitants,
though this may not be of any par
ticuar advantage. Seattle, Il little less
than 1000 miles from Minneapolis.
was settled in 1888 and named after il
Siwash Indian chief. In 1870 the
population had reached LOO, in 1880
$500 and now it is claimed that fully
100000 people are bona iidc residents
of the city. The rapid increase in
population has taken place in IL par
ticular manner during the past five
years and has been due largely to the
discovery of gold in the Klondikc and
operations in the Philippines and the
Orient. Both Seattle and Tacoma
have splendid harhors and hero max
be often seen some of the most mag
nticent vessels of our own and Of
foreign lands. At Bremerton few of
the great war vessels are ut anchor
and some of the finest steamships in
Use come into these ports. Railroad
facilities out here. too. are excellent
ing both Washington and Oregon.
Particularly may this he said of the
Northern Pacific. Burlington. Canadian
Pacific and Great Northern, known as
the tr;nScontinentHl lines. Some 30
miles north of Seattle. on Puget Sound
is the neat city of Everett. now nllm-
herring in the neighborhOOd of 100000
people. 1t is Il lumber town and saw
mills and other industries are nllmer-
GUS Amongst the many Minneapolis
tanS who have driftch here is.rN Cover
nor David Clouyl. who is extensively
engaged in numbering interests. Ia.
coma. but 30 miles from Seattle, is IL
substantiar city. and like it's rival. is
growing rapidly. And speaking of Ia
coma. this has been one of the best
building seasons it has had for many
years. Everywhere are seen new
buildings going up. an evidence of
vigor anG of prosperity. The Catholic
population is quite large here and am
other church eliicr is being erected in
the heart Of the city. whicI!, when COM
plcted. will prove one of the finest in
this section of the West. There are II
number of Catholic societies. One of
these is the Ancient Order of IIiberni-
ans with Il good membership. Still
another. the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
y. o. II. The officers of these orgall-
cations are as follows: \. q. lI.-Wm
Wclch, presidents: NJ. Dowd, vice-prcsi-
dent: Il. Il. Armstrong. recording sec
rotary: j. II. McGnth. financial sccre-
tary: j. NJ. Boyle. treasurer: James
Gordon. Sergeant-at-Hlms: Nj. O'Con-
nell. insurance secretary. Ladies' Aux
iliary.-AIrS Lizzie Coleman, prcsi-
dent: Miss Maggie Reilly. vicc-prcsi-
dent: Miss Irene Lyman. recording
secretary: Mrs. c. OI.cary. financial
secretary; Mrs Nj. O'Connell. treas
urer; Mrs. Mary McCabc. scrycnnt-at-
arms: Miss Juanita Lyman. sentinel.
VIM. Lloyd is county president of the
Hibcrnins and Mrs. Kate Graham of
the Auxiliary.
Portland Oregon. incorporated in
1851, has over 100000 population ana is
picturcsqucly situated on the Willa-
mette river about twelve miles from it's
junction with the Columbia. 1t is
about 100 miles from the ocean and
has four transcOntinental lines of rail
road, with union depot costing in the
neighborhood of $4OO.OOO Portland
has great jobbing trade, Il number Of
factories and many magnificent build
ings, public and private
In the cities thus briefly considered
your correspondent reviewed old and
formed many new acquaiutances. We
will give number of the names here
Some of them. without doubt. will be
familiar to many of the Irish Stand
ard readers. They are:
Seattle.-P. J. RearlOn, Sheriff Cudi-
hee, Chief Sullivan. Frank Kennedy. !.
]. Brennan. James Gill, Shannon 4