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THE WE8T SHORE.
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men, who take proper pride in them. They are first
class in every respect, and have a capacity for supply,
ing a town of thirty thousand inhabitants. Includ
ing buildings, wharf, grounds, gas holders of one
hundred and thirty thousand feet capacity, mains,
etc., the works have cost over $200,000.00. The tele
phone exchange has one hundred and ninety mem
bers. The American District telegraph is in success
ful operation. This is the southern end and main of
fice of the Puget sound telegraph; the northern end
and local head office of the Western Union telegraph;
and the head office in the territory of the Pacific pos
tal telegraph. Seattle is the extreme northwestern
terminus of the railroad system of the United States.
The general agencies of a great many foreign corpo
rations are in Seattle. The Canadian and Northern
Pacific maintain local agencies; also the Oregon Rail
way fc Navigation and Canadian Pacific Navigation
companies. The two electric light companies have
large plants, and all the patronage they can supply.
Bth the Northwestern and Northern Pacific express
companies do a large business, the first named being
a home concern, operating in Washington Territory,
British Columbia and Alaska. There are six banks
in the city, four of th m with deposits aggregating
.3,000,000.00; also, one safe deposit company, with
fire proof building and burglar proof vaults. Five
railroad companies, with head offices in Seattle, have
mileage completed and in operation, as follows: Col
umbia and Puget Sound, forty-seven 'miles; Puget
Sound Shore line, twenty-four miles; Satsop, from
Shelton toward Gray's harbor, fourteen miles; Seattle
fc West Coast, thirteen miles; Seattle, Lake Shore A
Eastern, forty-three miles, the last with forty miles
more under construction and sixty miles to let The
operation of these roads gives employment to five
hundred men. These statements could bo carried on
indefinitely, but enough have been given to enable
the reader to get a pretty accurate idea, with what
will follow, of the bustling town in which the con
cerns above enumerated are doing business.
The religious wanU of the people are attended to
by the Woman's Christian Temperance Uniop, the
Young Men's Christian Association, the Salvation
Army, and eighteen churches. The benevolent and
charitable institutions include an orphan's home, in
which twenty-five little ones receive care; Grace hos
pital (Episcopal), with accommodations for forty pa
tients, and Providence hospital (Catholic), with beds
for two hundred. The fraternal societies are repre
sented by seven Masonic organizations, three Grand
Army post, four Odd Fellows lodges, three of United
Workmen, two Knight of Pythias, two Good Tern
plars, three KnighU of Labor, Patriotic Order Sons
of America, B'nai Britb, Chosen Friends. Among
the many other organizations are the King County
Bar Association, Irish National League, Medical So
ciety, Rod and Gun Club, Liberal League, Athletic
Club, Turn Verein, Clerk's Protective Association,
Catholic Library Association, Illinois Club. Social
clubs, the Marine Engineers, Typographical Union,
Baseball Club, Publh Library, Chamber of Com
merce, Board of Trade, Ladies' Relief Society, etc
The First Regiment N. G. W. has its headquarters in
Seattle, with regimental band in connection. The
local military companies connected with tho battalion
are B, D and E, with a united strength of two hun
dred men. Thcro aro three other organizations of a
semi-military character, but aro not fully connected
with tho service. Tho schools includo tho Territorial
University, attended during the present year by onn
hundred and eighty pupils; tho Academy of the Holy
Names, a Catholic school for girls, with one hundred
and ten pupils; four public schools, with sixteen hun
dred pupils. In addition to these there aro a num
ber of small private schools.
Tho newspapers aro tho Daily, Weekly and Sun
day VoilMclligencer, tho Daily and Weekly Timet,
the Daily and Weekly Vms, tho Daily Heal EAnt?
Record, tho Sunday Star, tho Weekly Trihunt (Oer
man), tho Gazetteer (monthly), tho Iwluttrial Ga.
zettc (monthly), and tho Ihujle Cull (monthly).
Dramatic and other irregular publications abound.
The fire department numbers eight companies, and
two hundred and fifty men. Tho Seattle pout office,
including money orders, did business in 1887 exceed
ing $"00,000.00. Offico forco and letter carriers num.
ber ten persons. 8catiIo's crowning glory, however,
is in her marine traffic This brings to her wharves
daily fifty Puget sound steamers, craft of all size,
from tho diminutive tug of forty feet in length, to the
stately Olympian and Aladan, of two hundred and
fifty feet These boat includo tho two hut named
running daily to Tacoma and Victoria; and tho 're
mier, which connects tho city with tho terminus of
tho Canadian Pacific, Other steamers run to every
port and settlement on Puget sound, thus connecting
them all with this great center of trade. Often half
a dozen of them can bo seen moving about the har
bor at once. Some of them aro magnificent vwU,
such as tho Premier, Alukan and Olympian, vcwli,
that for speed, beauty, comfort and safety, aro un
equaled anywhere on the coast Tho trade with Brit
ish Columbia is enormous, employing many vcli,
and aggregating a daily tonnage each way of over fif
teen hundred. It is not theae alone that stir tho lo
cal heart with pride, but tho deep water craft mi well.
In 1S.S7, thcao maelf sailed into Seattle harbor to
the number of one a day, and out again io like num.
ber, their tonnage, during tho year, aggregating four