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THE WEST SHORE.
tm Jjm ranI'? tho matter of illumination exceedingly
ch'-np. The lights are availed of to an extent un
known in citiVn of Seattle's population and importance
Kmuy. ms j'-w, incandescent ana arc eiecinc
light ktp, w- noht freely. The effect, from the wa-
f It at .... 1 1 . . ' .1 '11 L
ut, f'l mi un can noi ie muy imagmeu wnuuui aee
hc It i erand and beautiful beyond description.
I'fi'llf ii ln'ii tut vhon rintvlrivia rf rViofln lirrVi fa
arc duplicated and extended in the clear and glassy
ni' in il Hi'' liflllV)l. It 10 uut DU1J110U1, WliCU
thw rvIvanUgea and attractions are considered, when
ll ... I 'I . I it 1... ' L. 1 I ii
uinuiry oi int.- piscu is rememoereci, wnen me in
d"MiiJont, cnt-rprising character of the people is
II ll I I . .
mown, wn hjc uriuiant mture prospects are viewed,
tint thn citizens of Seattle are proud of their city,
tint thfy are dcvoUl to its advancement, and deter-
I . i i ; i i 1 1 .i .
raii witi ii nan, in mo race f0r supremacy, die-
lanr.' All WOUld-Oe mala.
The city hM Iwo laid ont with reference to the
nUir of the bay, K that the numbered streets
ra!l.-l thi- (hnro line. Other streets bisect it at
right nKl.., Ull low lots face the water. Lots are
'f the K ii rl dimensions of siity by one hundred
'""'J I-W" wytog j the Dumber 0f
""if loU, nine having eight, somo ten, some twelve
n. some oven more. Street, vary greatly in width'
t e .r,rK, .Jy.BU fce, wj(k
M1IUt,1-,t i. .,ve,ll?,nve feet, Front eighty, Second
V"1 k'n! will probably be widened to
- any new streeU are seventy.four and
eighty fi- t, and here ami there are laid out a number
'f; e hundml feet b width. In
""' 7""r- ,l',.'u"lri! "'"I not have mn h
eefr0,mI,,iDL The citizen of May i lr
o'amm.urate with the demands that m. l J
oi.n ll,.,n .!, ' , " m m1 nade
W.H, ,' '.U,,,on MPwJ million
""I Wic.,1 i, r.ol fct in width.
fuJ the ,,r,., J . l , . 0 ,n'1 811 Biles
i'S An avenue I h f ,L:?D,d
"M'TM e., . W ah n '"0l"'i,k' 1119
' 'I-nutter, v e? " '"
S" Jj i. S,-,.,!; to , ,. " , bl)' ""'ndable,
'-i-u a. : t 7'i.t.
the TerriUr ,-, lhe tp"-i
''-K..TvM.he , lt 0f . rD)rtprc
tNl t,f ,nnr i . w ua i'orosooiRi u
have lately been secured the Someiville tract, of fiyfl
acres; the Denny, of six; the Kinnear, of twenty-one-and
the Washelli, of forty. In recent additions to
the city, provision has been made for eight other
parks, generally of small extent, but in one case com.
prising two hundred and eighty acres. From present
appearances, Seattle will be more generously sup.
plied with parks than any other city on the Pacific
coast
In other respects, Seattle is not behind her sister
cities. The corporation is provided with a mayor,
nine councilmen, a clerk, treasurer, assessor, attor!
ney, engineer, health officer, harbor master, street
commissioner, two committing magistrates, chief of
police, fifteen policemen, board of park commission,
ers, and a complete, well organized, efficient fire de
partment. The cost of maintaining the municipal
government last year was $76,000.00, and will be at
least $120,000.00 this year. Streets are improved by
special assessments, which, during the current year
will amount to $80,000.00. The citv tow n u J
to supervise the expenditure of $200,000.00 this year.
The schools are conducted indfinAndanf W n u
lne property of the citv
i . , , " ' v" .wu iwiD, irru
Dries buildings, one wooden hnildi' f urn ctaom fiA
engines, one hand fire engine, one hook and ladder
outfit, six hose carta, two wlio uj i.
two hundred street lam. aIMa i
Mm, parks, horses, wagons and tools for street work,
fnrmture safes, etc, in all worth at lml m.
WU.W. Ill Citv hftH. ftlun n QH AAA AA l. '1
... nwv,vw.W lUilBIllttUCt),
wnicn will be available as soon as she chooses to
match it with a like
AH this, with $20,000.00 in the treasury, above its one
insignificant debt of 21.0m m m j i:u
inga piled, plank rn thiri tni m j
miles lone:, over tho tMo flna ii i... j . n. .
, v UM tu mo ueaa oi me Day,
r .finest driveway in the territory. There
are thirty miles of tmAcA i . ; i
f rnn aaa m "ccwj, lmprovea ai a cosi
an,m WJel'"kept 8idewaIb ue everywhere,
Bhad6 8trWtS Ue Hned thons8mj8 '
SrTL7 Credi'abIe- Ita i 8
fifty hon,7 ri!fS M mi,Ii011 " dred and
Jo n7 'enhundred and fifty thou
.ystema. .,. .!.y- ..There ue "amber of other
eZ, , rg tbp b' TolZf th6 8prin8 Hi", the com.
kwunj, for four cos of iheu plants not T;n tortnnmnn