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SEATTLE.
Seattle, the county seat of King county, Wash
ington Territory, and beyond question, at least
at present, the commercial emporium of the Puget
Sound region has an eventful history, and has
had her full share of the fluctuations and reverses
incident to frontier towns.
Settled in 1852 and 1853 by Messrs. Phillips
and Horton of Illinois and F. Matthias of Penn
sylvania, together with others who are now among
the most prominent and public spirited citizens of
this flourishing city, the town had in 1855 attained
a population of about 300 souls when the Indians
commenced hostilities. For), while the infant
settlement was threatened with extermination,
The barque " Brontes," lying at anchor in the
bay, afforded a place of refuge to many of the wo
men and children then living in Seattle, while
the remainder sought refuge with the men in an
extemporized fort from which, after several
fierce attacks, the enemy was driven back with
serious loss on their part. : The settlers were
aided to some extent by a few shells thrown into
the woods by the U. S. sloop of war Decatur.
this struggle between the Americans and the abor
igines only two white men lost their lives, Messrs.
Holgate and Wilson. i
In 1867, Seattle contained only 75 houses and
400 inhabitants.
In 1872, Seattle had outstripped all competitors
on the Sound and claimed a population of 2,000.
Olympia, the Territorial seat of Government,
coming next, with 1800 souls. ..
Since that time the growth of Seattle has been
onward and upward, only one period of anything
like serious depression occurring during this inter
val of ten years. Seattle, as many other places
have done, aspired to and hoped for railroad ter
minal advantages; and when it was announced, as
it was supposed, authoritatively, that New Ta
coma had been declared the terminus of the N. P.
R. R. system of roads, a wet blanket, meterphori
cally speaking, was thrown over the high hopes
and lofty aspirations of the young city. !
However,' with what has been, by a recent
writer, most aptly termed, "exceptional public
spirit," the citizens of Seattle determined to be
themselves, the architects of their own fortunes,
'" with what results the facta and figures which we
shall present to our readers In the course of this
y article will speak with a force more potent than
whole columns of panegyric and eulogy.
A few words, however, by way of description
may not be out of place in introducing the Grad
grindian portion of our remarks.
Whether the visitor approaches Seattle by sail
or steamboat, from north or south, he or she gets
no hint of the beautiful vision which is to greet
his or her eyes until the boat has rounded West
Point on the north, or Alki or Battery Point on
the south. Rounding sither of these, Elliott's
bay, with a shore line of from twelve to fifteen
miles and a depth from a line drawn from point
to point of say five to six miles, to the shotc, lies
outstretched before him, throned on many hills,
rising terrace above terrace, the fine young city of
Seattle challenges his admiration and surprise.
The white-walled town of San Buenaventura, in
Southern California, presents much such a beauti
ful picture, as the passengers on a coast steamer
paze on it on some 'pleasant summer day. ' We
do not know where, elsewhere, to go for a com.
panion picture to Seattle, Such is the conforma
lion of the land on which this city is built that
from the bay, or say fromYesler's wharf the public
buildings, notably the University, the new Trovi
dence Hospital, the churches and the elegant pri-
viae reridences, of which there are many, each and
all seem to be shown at their very best from these
particular points of view, and alt contribute to the
creation of an impression which closer examination
will but deepen and intensify, that where so much
has already been done by a community Isolated
from the rest of the world as this has been, except
for water communication, much more will lie done
when the barriers which separate tliem from the
rest pf the world have been broken down ly tn
pick and shovel of the railroad builder,
Ascending one ol the many hills which environ
it, town, a panorama of rare and constantly vary
i Wutv unfolds Itself at every turn. Away off
to the southeast, Rainier raises Its lofty pinnacles
1.. A ii mm it of eternal snow. Uwcr
I. dmn downward to the foothills rolieil
sempiternal green, and these In turn slope down
r tn verdant meadows, which mark the en
trance of the Duwamlsh river, swollen with the
waters of its tributaries, the Green and Cedar,
and smaller streams Into Elliott's liny. Follow
ing the shore line Alki, or Battery Point risei
from the water edge. Beyond, the eye catches a
elimpseofPort Blakely, with its mammoth mill
cutting over 200,000 feet of lumber a day, and it.
B ... - 1 .i.Milw fur fhrir rar-
deep sea ships waning imwi....
ernes for many a foreign lanu,
ten thousand
e.iti further away, tne umn
of mountains, lift their rugged columns ami
miles away
their serrated crests, snow crowned throughout the
year, Into a sky as blue ever bent aliove the blue
L. ' w,n northward for many ami many
Eeean, stretcning - -
a league until West Point lift, a curtain of emerald
. 1 .l mitmrinff still
which hides the ur 7"-
. - .h waters of the bay aw
loveiy - ... . .h.
... leflillie irwwiuir -
II hushed," or tossed into white
freshening breeze, afford at once
.t..tf.r- tn 1 leel 01 ve'
tels which,
to Seattle,
cans DV a
r .
I . and a
a nignw.j - , . .,-..
n erv iruwi, I"
.rui. i It understood, is a summer
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.. -.a lw.tjVr. of
when it was his privilege to look for the lint time
on these pleasant scenes. Of course, there are
many days, weeks even, In the year when
clouds will intervene and all this prosct
les. Uni cannot expect It to be summer
always. In calm 01 stoim, however, except when
the line of vision is narrowed to a hand's breadth
y fog or blinding drifts of snow, and these latter
come but seldom, the site of Seattle, and the vis-
ion of its surroundings like the prophet's view of
erusalam is " beautiful exceedingly."
ELLIOTT IIAV.
This indenture 'of fliore line of Puget Sound
extends from Alki or Battery Point, on the south,
to West Point on the north, a distance uf from four
to'five miles across, and runninghock to the water
front of Seattle about six miles, The crescent
shaped slime lines between the two points present
a water frontage ol from twelve to fifteen miles,
almost all, if not quite all, of which is available
for city use. Sheltered by the two points above
named from all prevailing winds, except an occa
sional norther, secure anchorage is found the year
round, and ample space for the accommodation
of whole fleets and navies. It W hardly necessary
to amplify iiion what must be patent to the most
casual ubscrvcr, ,
FACTS AND flUUMKS.
We do not know how we Can better Introduce
the subject of Seattle's presrnt and piuajicctlve
commercial lmiottance than by presenting the
reader with a tabular statement of the steam and
sailing vessels directly engaged In the Iraiispoita.
lion of her mails, licr lnixrls and hei exports.
The list is as follows and is believed to be Com
plete 1 From Seattle to,' San Francisco) the
steamships Geo. W. F.lder and Dakota in con
stant service, arriving and departing every ten
days. It Is lielicved that a third sleimcr will
soon lie added, in which event weekly trips will
lie made. (We were miormeu Uxin what we
consider good authority that it Is Intended to
Iransfoiin the steamer Mississippi, originally a
blockade runnel during the late war, Into a first
class passenger ship, to lie used a the third steamer
just above alluded to.) The Oregon Irnrave
ment Company s line of colliers, the Wslta Walla,
Umatilla and Willamette, averaging cargoes uf
2,200 tons, and five trip a month. The stern
wheelers Zephyr, Messenger and Otter plying
daily between Seattle, Olympia and way porta
the Geo. E. Starr, North Pacific and Idaho, from
Seattle to Victoria, New Tacoma and way ports)
the Lily, stern-wheeler, regular to Duwamlsh,
White and Cedar livers; the Success, propeller,
to I'urt Blakely) the Augusta, to Port Madison)
the Nellie, to Snohomish river and all way ports)
the Josephine, to Skagit river and all way ports)
the Chehalia and Welcome to Mockilteo, Talallp,
Coupevlllc, Oak Harbor, Uisalady, LaConrver and
Whatcom) (lie Hope, to Ssnjusn, Lopes, ridalgi
and Ores Islands) (he Dispatch, iq Nah Bay,
Dungeness, Port Angelos and way ports. All of
die above named boats, excepting the Sot) Fiao
ico lines and the Zephyr awl Mswtfnger, carry
the United State mail. Krigagnl la (astral