The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

which opened the eyes or the world
to the wealth of Alaska, the growth
and progress of the city has been
phenomenal the last census, 1900,
giving Seattle population OF SO,-
671, and the next census will prob
ably give her over 100000. To-day,
twenty-five hundred deep sea YES
sells pass in and out of the Seattle
harbor yearly; she has forty wharves
and docks, has direct communica-
ton with japanese and Chinese
ports and the Hawaiian Islands, and
in the last twelve years its freight
business has increased over 400 per
cent. Seattle has over one hundred
and fifty miles of street railway,
and six of the transcontinental rail-
roads now have terminals there
She has twenty public parks aggre-
eating 415 acres, excellent paved
streets; United States assay office;
a public library that contains about
100000 volumes; good water
system; the Washington State Uni
versity is situated within the city
limits; S250,000 High school, and
million dollars worth of public
school buildings-fifty-sev build
ings-many of which we saw, and
they can well be proud of them in
their business section. There are
scores of excellent hotels, and beau
tiful residences, and they have one
hundred and twenty-five churches
of all denominations. Thus you
can see that Seattle's industrial and
commercial growth has been indeed
remarkable. In one of our sight
seeing auto trips, we were taken
to the water tower which crowns
Queen Ann Hill; we climbed to the
observation platform of the tower,
the highest point in the city, and
from there we had a sweeping
panoramic view. affording at a
glance an excellent idea of the en-
tent and situation of the city To
the west of the city we could see
Elliott Bay, an inlet of Puget Sound;
to the east, and but three miles re-
moved from salt water, is Lake
Washington, some 2S miles long
end from two to four miles wide.
| We also visited Capitol Hill, Beacon
Hill, University Place, West Seattle,
Fauntleroy PAX, Denny-Blaine
Park; Washington Park, the Boule-
ward driveway and Fort Lawton, a
| United States Army Post. We took
steamboat ride up Puget Sound
forty miles to the city of Tacoma,
returning by trolley to Seattle after
visiting the Park and the residence
portion of the city.
Tacoma's population in 1880 was
| 1,09S; in 1900, $1,000, and to-day
it is over one hundred thousand
! we mention this so you can form
an idea of the growth of most OF
these northwestern towns. From
a residential viewpoint, Tacomans
can justly be proud of their beauti-
| full city, it's well-paved streets and
can justly be proud of its beauti-
| full parks. 1t is said that the char
acter of city is known by its edu'
cational institutions, and Tacoma
can well abide by a decision on that
basis; 100000 High school
twenty-four splendid grade schools
two colleges, WhitwOrth and the
University of Puget Sound; the
Anna Wright Seminary for Girls
and several business colleges. One
might easily and protitably spend {
week or more visiting these two at
tractive cities, Seattle and Tacoma
and the attractive side trips from
which throughout the adjacen
Sound country are almost number
less.
|, We have visited so many of the
large EXpositions in the past, tha
they all appear, to certain degree
similar For that reason we will onl!
give you a description of the loca
tion of the Alaska-Y ukonPacifi
Exposition, an impression of it
beauty and what, in our opinion
was the most impressive of its eX
hibits.
There could be no more per
feet natural setting for an eXposi
tion, than that chosen, and NJ
location could have contributes
more in scenic beauty. The site i
on the compass of the University O
Washington, tract of two hundre,
and fifty acres within easy reach o
the city, twenty minutes by trolley
and lies upon the banks of Lake
Union and Washington. The lam
slopes back in graceful terraces t
higher ground, which adds to tn
beauty of the picture.
The central feature around whic
the government and other principa
buildings stand, is the Cascades an
; Geyser Basin or Arctic Circle
Starting from the head of the Cas-
; cades a stream of water glide
/ gracefully over several successiv
) steps or terraces toward the geyse
basin, and under these steps and tn
water, are submerged electric lights
which at night are continual
> changing colors causing a beautifu
: effect. At the head of the Cascade
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