The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-24
The Metropolis 81 Puget Sound
Rt,n by Young Men, Like
n OthersWesternsC Cities.
8RIcH REAL Is TA1E OWNERS Y.
Have Made Money With Rapid
i(srowtl, Of City-The Great .
4 Lumber Industry.
BY Frank G. Carpenter.

.tspecial Correspondence Of The Times
iaAgs 84 # 8 Dispntch) 5s 4
$5s SEATTLE, WASH, June isl ca'ie
NinAJ Seattle late Saturday night, anu ~
Before going to my hotel took a carnage "a
drive up and down Second Avenue. ms ms
sAis ono OF the biggest little cities or me ne
United States. Its population IS o ~ ,
100000. but It is doing business . ea .,a.
Il to almost any OF our towns OF twice tl' =.
Il sizai M There are more people here on ID
4 the sidewalks after dark than you VII y
u ses lin Cleveland, Buffalo or Cincihnatl'
4 ana thu crowd Is cosmopolitan br ~ :.
Il minded and Western. Saturday night "
4 4 ee111ed to mo as though, the whole Town
was out OF DOORS Second Avenue was
crowded, and the electric lights were -
II ,naray that 1t made me think OF q worn ;
Tfairs Il asked what was going on, u ',,a
mns told With q deprecntlng air that INC
II Il tys was ouieter than usual. As Went
on Through the streets It appeared ,ha.
9eyAryth hing was wide OPEN It was only
short time until Sunday, but the sa-
|, looms showed no signs Of cloEing, ana Tue
aD-oent theatres and c5-cent operas were.
8stiu running Seattle has moro cheap
3concerts than any town Of its SIZE Il y -
che Union, and one can have any anu lnuse.
4 unent ne wants and at almost my c vs.
.forssthe paying understand that the
NAH business sections, and that t ms
Skeeps the residence quarters free IRON S'l
s1,ch places and thereby adds greatly 70
ithe&welfare OF the people, At he same ~
timn there are plenty OF churches-bap-
dist. 4 Presbyterian. Congregati ona ais
and healthy y. M. Ga
There arc twenty-seven Ale ct nc 'l!'
churches, and the Catholics are strong.
AsTow Of Young M en-.
~ / like tile Seattle crowds. They are
1 =, AZ In 81 iii classes ana conditions OF
men, There are miners from the ISlo on,
dik4 who have made their pile u anu.
come down here to spend 1t; y there tn y, =,
farmers from the wheat lands OF ithe BY 2.
Bend country; log rollers from the tforesss
4 81 the Cascade; fishermen from Puget
$Sourid, and business men from every
state and every part of the world.
n SEATTLE Is a town OF young men, Ihere
are few gray hairs or gray boards. Inc
crowd i is smooth shaver and the wear
an dfear OF fortune-making has painted
wrinkles on soma who would be consul
cred boys II, the East. Tho country mere
has not yet been swallowed up by t \
corporations. There Is a chance TOT tne
fdndiyIdual,s and every one is measured
sa,viwhat he can do and how he does w
Am nK the newcomers are the sons OF
many prominent men. They bring letters
81 introduction and are gladly welcomea.
They are well treated at the start, but, IL
they have no business ability, push s. or
energy, they soon fall by the a"ayslaf'e.
eThis. Is an excellent place for any man man.
Yot,nzlS or old. jhut he must be. q man
Who can stand on his own feet. Th .r
WI no room forSthe youth with the rubber
ba ckbone. and none for him who expects
to5 ride fame and fortune III an au az. -
mobile softened with tires filled with the
gas OF his fathers reputation Inc 1i =.
WILDE doubled up and crushed ~ tne
crowd and the ma chine of the latter Will
be punctured by The tacks of his PETERS
before he has gone many blocks. At the
same time, the niddle-aged and the OLD
must not look for respect to gray hairs,
41yerything here Is on a plain business
basis, and the only criterion is that soi
success. Ssi &8s }t,. h. /,
Il The East Is fast becoming n land run
by the. sons OF their fathers The DIE
trusts are crowdng the brains muscle
and young blood to the West, where there
4 Is ss5istill some chance for Individual Ell
4 forts. A It is always the cream OF colin-
Ntry which emlgrates:5 and Seattle is now
getting a large part OF the cream OF the
States east Of the Rockies
Il !, >. How Seattle Grows.
III The people realize that they have a big
thing, and their fifth is strong In that
seattle will be the. biggest city on the
PACING slope. they claim greater adj.