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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1887)
YAKIMA AND ITS 8UIU0USDIX(i& aonght to maintain the prctige of the, old town; but one by one, they recog. niml tho handwriting on the wall, ami were wiw enough to too a ormaneut advantage in what appeared toln a tern porary calamity. More contract were daily let to the house mover, until tho movement northward lecnmo a contin uoua procension. Iargo building were in some inatancea cut in two and taken in section, while other were moved in their entirety. Smaller building were mounted on wheel, and drawn aero tho prairie by twenty-mule team. Ho quickly wa thia work done, and m gen eral liecamo the hegira, that the Urge IJarthobt Houae vu taker without in terruption of iU hotel traflic Meal were conked, and all the work of tho ho tel discharged, while, the structure wa in motion, the Kardera eating and uleep. ing in the building continuously. In the name manner, the national bank building, with ita fctone vault and hngu iron aafe, made, the four-milo journey without interruption of iU huhttum The name ipirit of energy and feveriidi netiv ity waa displayed by every one. With. in six week one hundred and fifty build ing wero erected, and tho work of con. atruction and removal continued with out flagging. No one can comprehend this without a feeling of aatoniahmcnt Certainly no one can visit tho scene f this wonderful transformation, without being profoundly imprint! with tl. fu turo Mibilities of a region mp!l with such energetic, intelligent and pr groaive men. Within tLro month from tho time when tho mingled tuft of bunch gra and aago brush alone claimed iominn of North Yakima, a thriving tovn, with railroad dejmt and side track, Wc, residence, a church, and even thousand of ihado twa, were to ! an. Only in the great Wrt d condition nut which rend'-r isch thing M. IW pled with an intelligent, enterprising and active cla, constantly recruited from the !et blood, brawn an I brain of the Kant, it aommplUlie feat of ir.du try and enterprise that may well chal lenge the amazement of older communl tie. The Wet i rapidly filling up with wide awake, active and ambition young men, who find here a broader and more inviting field for the exhibition of their jowem and energy than i juiblo in the older and more im ttl.-d legion from which they come. Th drone, the crip pit a, the e nsily content!, and thi past the era of their greatest activity, remain at home, while the tnunger and more energetic, filled with ambition and a de termination b conquer nucvt-aa by un. lagging e fTi-rt, are crowding lnt tho newer Went, and daily armmplUhlng thing that may well make their old friend and neighlmr oj-n their rtea with aiitoninhment The ial linking illustration of thi i thn city whoe growth, situation and prpcU wo aro now considering. Tho comjany did everything 'lbto f(r the public welfare, to Introduce pro. t sanitary and fire regulation, and t prenervo order anI gmd (internment an. til the town wa incorporated and Ugwi l enjoy tho hneCta of a legnl and com plete city government !noiragemrnt wa giveti to etery legitimate rnbrpriw a, king a lntin, and apteral imr. tant induntri' wero In land to etftl. lih them lie here. A Urgw irri;'it. ing canal wa en true ted from tho Nakl.e rlter to tho lwn, from which trenrhe iww run down etery street JUeh Itouwhi'l l-r wa giteri tho pritl. lego of tapping ti n trench!, fre of ei. i.im, for tho parpoM of o-nvetlrg wa b r ujn hi ground. Tho itrr-U l.ato Uni lined with shado tree - thlrty fiio hundred cttnwoob birch, hot el Ir an I map! l ing art ojt durir g tl.o f.rt thre-j tonth -which gratify tho jw,p!
