172
THE WEST SHORE.
IuthIkA mA (Uy tljnuML'l. Of this vast Bum,
Ihrr-r luiAn 1 ht thirty thouHand tn represented
Ul n to Clif"mia ftLil Oregon port, and the re
r;.inlr vT(i-tA'- wwU with mixed corgoes for
AUka, I'urtUtj'I mil .Sin Frand'aco. As many as
i"ru fi-ftrj t-nrr.hLij'H wore in the Larl)r, loading,
urJ'dir.g or waiting ttVir turn, at one time, while at
hUdUn r tirn, dej whtf-r craft of thirty-six thousand
Unn carrying rparity were in the harbor together.
rrn of t vo-Ih are very fin1. The Umatilla is
Ih rwt HfgMitly fitt'-d mid furnihhed steamer afloat
on th Vnafic (c(an. The Alaska steamers, ylcwt
an ! ihihn, mule Nattle tfVir terminus and starting
iit, r nlii;g ln-ro ami nailing on regular days. The
(itymju'tni did th aam laat summer. The Uo, trad
ing in AUkan waleni, bring all her business to Se-
tll Including coaUie, foreign and I'uget sound
craft, vcuM'Ifl ent7 and d.-pirt from Seattle to the av
frag diily extent of over ten thousand tons, With
uch a hoing, Mil with the knowledge that it is im
proving ( y yw, it would be astonishing if the
Q I'wn Cit K;niUtioo to a wan, woman and child,
did Lot i l uu absorbing intend and intense pride
in th-ir. WW and its bhippirg. Seattle has re-o-ncd
h,r fint abip and cargo direct from Europe
during th ,,wt year. The fot rcase! to arrive waa
th America,, ship Cnrowhki, from Liverpool, load-
ii , , ' ' i"K The next three were the
Ilfitul. Lipi Vcrsnm, Ityhdmcro and Cane JW,
from SJwyport, UiM with t,, raija m fifu
jtm tU A,o,ri,nn .hip Jaii & fy.Wy, also from
uTTu 'V'V1 T,10,t,o were the
nlcc and from Liver--Unh
rn:xl cargoes. Truly, a good kginnbg
ry's metropolis daring past years will be forcibly il.
lustrated in the tables following :
POPULATION.
!'. S. ccmus, 1870
Tfrritori.il census, 1875.
l S. census, 1880
Territorial census, 1883.
" 1885.
1,107
1,512
3,533
6,645
9.087
Directory, 18874,807 business names 14
Kstimate, 1888
CENSUS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
1878.
18.SL
1884 .
1887.
.1.251
.1,581.
.2,826
.3,594
ASSESSMENT.
1879.
1882.
1X80.
1887.
M 967,670.00
... 3,685 .5(i5.')0
... 5,576,475.00
r.. 7,230,385.00
In this connection, it may be truthfully said tlia?the as
sessments of no other two cities in. the territorycombined
equaled, in 1837, the assessment of Seattle alone.
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VOTES CAST.
City election, 1878..........
" " 1881......
" " 1883.,......:!,,,
" " 1880...
Territorial election, 1886...;....
In the election of 1880, womenarttcipatei 'li'&pwbtbta
nnmr of e,g ,t hundred in the city contest, and one thousand
in the territorial. , .- ; -
413
501
925
; . : .2.410
I I i j I I ! , ! n .mn
. . tfty 1 . t
'A'. .J!l I-
8".IU i. tl,e iot ( ju,tip , Kj .
J.y. TI.r o.untr tC.v i;vn nDd
Uwh in to cil,. H,,.;,"
th" territory th innwLip A 1 b 1
rlir,r,tt 1 t. .... ." VU11CJ Mate
CITY KEVENtX -, ' -rtZ'i"
Vear ending MayS! 1883... .; . . ZjijM
1887. ; , ,,, , r::;.i-7s.7M.m
tal Wl ol the M year, ending November 30, 1887.
It is not upon the past, alone, that Seattle prides
tc , but upoa the present and future as welL Dor-
the boom year, of 1882 and 1833, the town gre
'l'lii chief i,,..;.. ... ., " 1 ""' ,ax- worn which it dirl nnt Tu M
II. . t,il . W th, lC W00 in 1835TfLl$l,
anl a bmnrl, r .t " . mllKl Bnnon. .! MnfwnnnrT1110801 the transfers exceed
l-'l-r. tI hull for " ' ""Mora
. il. . ,,ing ..l(l-oa . 1 '"-' Settle
Kro, II, , tht, trrito (
will ?,T loere 18 .re to believe they
S r W0,00000daringth9
'nl f rk D,eW buiIdiD9 of 18S5 numbered
7 YDd.lh08 of 1886 8enty.nioe, In
''"ndfortAheT yMr' r96 10 ibhm-
OOJ.00 Th!l , efeete cost "ceding $1,250,.
The rccord ' 1883 is confidently expected to