Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25

Seattle is sprawling all over herself
The city is extending into Puget
Sound one way, and into Lake Wash
ington the other. The streets are all
torn up with Improvements" and the
latest craze that has struck the town
is tunnel the big hills.
No one can go TO Seattle without
catching tho infection, and no one
can comO away without brighter bet
ter. more hopeful Views as TO the fu'
ture OF the great Northwest Pacific
coast, and of HIS own outlook on life
Tacoma may be more honey kind
OF place. Portland may be solder,
financially, and have lower taxes, but
Seattle has the wis, vie vim" that the
conjugation class at college knows
so we'll that puts Il In a class by
itself, and no other town gets into ex.
actly that same class with Seattle for
some reason. Seattle certainly has
been filled up with a class OF the
keenest aud brightest business men
from all the big towns OF the East, and
their competition with each other and
for commercial supremacy over tho
Northwest will in time make Seattle
the rival OF even superior OF San Fran
cisco. WIN Seattle get set-bRok7
Possibly, but not likely. Public i'm.
provemonts alone will keep the town
growing Spending two millions
year ON streets. sewers. cement
walks, water and lighting plant en-
ploys laborers, who, in turn build
homes, making employment for build.
ing trades. and a market for real es
tate, and the employment OF all the
idle money that can be found to I'm.
vest. No panic or depression can stop
Seattle or prevent her from remain
ing the possessor Of the proud title OF
Queen City OF the Northwest.
Seattle has many Chicagoosdue ef-
fects-overhung with clouds OF black
smoke towering groups Of tall build
ings screcchlngs OF steamers and
trains and factories at all hours OF the
day and night, rush. disorder black
mud, weltering masses OF humanity,
hanging like flies on the street cars,
tearing about on the perpetual rush,
clanking OF cable cars. continuous car.
fares, and sturdy. rushing class OF poo
pie with a determined. get-there ex'
pression on their faces. that one Boes
lonly IN Chicago or Kansas City.
Only two things are cheap al Seattle
and those are meals and lodging. You
can get abetter meal and a better
room there for the money than you
can at Portland. Two OF as had
enough served us for twobits apiece
at several restaurants, for flve men "a
eat. but the average seattieite gets
away with II all. The travel from
Alaska ia immense and people brine
appetitos back with them that are OF
the Mind the Esquimaux develop.
Seattle real estate men are about az
! good liars as the average. but propor
~ advances over night even beyond
N, limits OF thoir gutta percha lnag
ination. The owner of business prop
erty no more than gets over tho erool
OF one tearing up. when a new i'm
J provoment" ls ordered.
n you buy real estate, pay some
thing down. take a receipt for payment
laf part o. iho purchase prlco undo'
] contract. and then watch your nar
with a gun and the property with
shcrln VIII Gray. of Salem bought
1 or thought he had bought Seattle busi
} .ncss property 10 put up a warehouse
: Between two days the agent iumpe'
B M up $1,000. and Gray was surprised
that he come as near buying u 90 h'
? dld. Between street improvements
b grading down hills. laying new stree
!. car lines. business men have a pre-
cAfions exlstonee.
y Al street work r. vory expensive
Il takes four heavy horses. or ~
: medium horses aud three mules =
o haul building material coal gravel o
q lumber 10 almost any part Of tho cats
o and they arc never sure 70 get ther
. In one day.
e seattle Is a paradise for common d
/ Dor. for mechanics teamsten an
building trades. Expansion Ia ever
!, direction a the order % the day. ~
/" cry trade Is unionized. and hours rro'
/. shorter and pay grows higher
q Family supplies are dear POiaioe
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