The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

r. s-Resldencc Of William Jsnlsh
and taxes are high In the city and
always will be. Hut home In
the suburbs h dlffcren,--there are
no assessments 70 pay. NO high city
taxes and Instead Of the man sup.
porting the home. the home will
support him
California Figures
In 1891 Jos Angeles was only
loo. 900 population. property In the
suburbs was very cheap. there was
scarcely any demand for Il. To-day
Los Angeles Is 600 600 population
aud property In the suburbs Is even
higher than /; ~. in many parts
Of the city. There are more than
20 interurban electric lines running
out OF Los Angeles now.
In 1905 acreage 20 miles south
OF san Francisco was selling from
$500 20 $500 per acre. now n "a
worth s2eoo to $4,000 per acre.
In 1906. acreage IS miles or
more south of Oakland. Cal. was
selling for $500 per acre. today Il
Is worth $1,000 to $1,000 per acre.
People living In the suburbs OF
I.oa Angeles. Oakland or San Fran.
cisco think nothing ~ 20 TO 30
MILES 10 the cities every day.
In 1901 / was In business In San
Francisco. and lived In San Jose
tsi miles SOUTH. made the trip
daily. with hundreds of others. and
the fare each way was 80 cents
and the time two hours. Since that
time the Southern Pacific Railway
company spent five million dollars
in order 90 svoid grades and to
shorten their line four miles he.
I tween San Francisco and San joe.
The running time now between
I these two cities Is one hour and
Z ten minutes. the fare ia only IS
cents for the 81 miles. they run so
trains daily aud something like
800 commuters Giving from 20 10
50 miles out Of San Franciscol
make tine trip every day.
Spent Millions
7 In Los Angeles the same railway
( company spent millions of dollars
establishing their electric lines which
run from 10 TO SO miles out of Los
E Angeles. They have also spent
millions Of dollars on their lnterur.
( ban lines running out OF Oakland.
/ IL Seattle going TO be any differ
en-, than other Pacific coast cities
/ In respect TO in,erurban lines7
( why should IL be7 Seattle can
grow Ia only two directions. north
md sohth. These districts will be.
come populated rapidly from now
on.
Ten years ago there was no cleo.
I trio car service north of 18TH q.
over the phinney line. Only nine
years ago the Everett interurban
/ line was completed. Ten years
ago the Lake Burlen line was not
I In cxistance--today these lines carry
/ thousands Of people daily.
Five years. ago the paved road
TO Botheii and Everett t32 miles,
( was not In existence. nor was the
paved road to Edmopds GIG milesj,
nor was the paved road TO Tacoma
{ On miIesD. Today these highways
are all completed with auto bus ser.
vice over all Of them. and there are
/ ten times as many automobiles In
I Seattle today as there were ten
years ago. Think OF the progress
made In the laat ten years.
1 Within a few years people will
think nothing Of living five. ten or
{ 20 miles outside the city limits OF
I Seattle The district between Sc.
attic and Tacoma should become
populated much more rapidly from
now on than any other outlying
district. There are many reasons
why. In the first place. the in.
dustrial center lies to the south Of
Seattle. and at the present time
there are something like 10000 men
, employed there. and with the fam.
iiles Of these men, probably the
number totals almost 200, 900.
II these people live south OF the
Z city. the men can 20 back and
forth 70 their work without passing
fwhere traffic moves slowly and
without transferring, or. II they
travel by auto they can save
much time by not having to pass
thru the congested districts and
as the Industrial center Is only
three or four miles Inside OF the
south city limits, II means that
most Of the distance would be over
country highways with 30 mile
speed limit instead OF city streets
/ with 8 TO 20mile speed limit.
Soil Superior
/ The soil I'm this district Is far su.
I perlor 10 that north Of the city,
4 in fact II Is generally known that
l there IS scarcely any good soil
north OF Seattle for distance Of 30
miles, except In the Bothell district
and that district is not reached by
any lnterurban car service. Then.
again, there are two electric lines
TO the. south OF Seattle and only
one 10 the north.
The beaches along the sound be
tween Seattle and Tacoma are
big attraction. owing 10 the easy
access, while north Of the city
there are few places on the beach
that are accessible, and those are
not desirable on account of the
Great Northern railway passing
thru and near them.