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THE TWO CITIES
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Henry Villaril On ihc Sirmph and
Weakness ill Seattle and Tamms.
THE 1MKST IS THE GREATER
The City On Commencement Bav nn
Artificial Creation Kathcr Than
an Outgrowth of Favorable
Circumstances.
New York Post !
There Is much to be said regarding i
the two Puget Sound cities, Tacoma and
Seattle. To begin with the first
named, the city on CVxnmencement bay,
was from the start an artificial creation
rather than the natural outgrowth of
favorable local circumstances. It has
a good harbor, but there are
many other good harbors on the Sound,
and Tacoma would not haw risen but J
for Its selection as the terminus of a
great transcontinental railroad line. !
the Northern Pacific As such termi
nus the railroad company naturally
ought to build up the largest possible
BitU&lll KKI uui'vi up v.... o - r ,
place to swell IU passenger and freight
traffic and to derive the profits from its railroad patronage are, however, now
principal ownership In the town-site. I substantially over, they will have a
This led to the gradual expenditure of; chance to demonstrate what mettle they
millions In local Improvements, which really possess.
gave a start to the town and steadily Nearly twenty years ago the people
promoted Its growtn. Tne apprecia
tion of real estate resulting therefrom
brought a large part of this outlay back
to the railroad treasury out of the town
lot sales. It was taken for granted,
too, that the very fact of Its being the
terminus cf the Northern Pacific coast-
wise trade, as well as a great entrepot
of the commerce between North Ameri-,
ca and Asia.
The place grew from a mere village,
lr. 1S9. In which year the Northern Pa-:
cific woke from Its six years of compuU
cory inactivity and the construction of.
the main line was resumed. Into a cit
of between 40.CiOC and 50.000 inhabitants, ,
In 1S90. It was laid out and provided;
With public improvement for a much;
larger population. There was no busl-j
ness to warrant such a growth, but the
ontlnuous Inflow or new capital ior,
real estate and business purposes kept(
up the iUusive expecUtion of untnter-;
rupted progress. At my visit in isi
the people vere still full of confidence,
and my ill-forebodings brought forth
only derisive smiles and shrugged
ahouMers. The panic of 1S33 made
short work of the artificial fabric and
reduced It to the lowest level. Every-'
thing collapsed, including the great
railroad, and general ruin hung over the !
country. All the banks, except the
.. i tnatit.itmn. fallal
Many business houses closrd, and most
of the surviving ones eked out a profit-',
less existence. Real estate became en
tirely unsalable. The Tacoma Land
Company, the parent of the city, in
whose stock the Northern Pacific was
largely interested, and which had paid
large dividends and commanded a high
premlum, coull not sell any more lots th? prompt succor afforded from
or collect def.-rred pavments and rents v"ry direction, but for days thousands
enough to pay Its taxes, so that they re-i Wfr" f,v' at Public tabk a UP a
malned in default several years, and its! shaded square and supplied from op:-n-ntir,
nmurtv rarno npar twin? bi,i air kitchens. The destruction wis so
for nonpayment. The gnat hotel it un
dertook to erect stands today only two-
thirds finished. There are long busi-
ness streets, on which not one In three
of the buildings is occupied. Even well
improved properties will not bring to-
day more than from a quarter to a
third of what they cost. I can Ulustrat
this depreciation by a practical experi
ence of my own. Against my will I
became the ow ner of a plfce of land In
the outskirts of the city. I had to
take it for a debt at the rate of $4oft per
acre. During my reent ofay I -t out
witn a real estatw agent to flmJ It and their resolute spirit, enthusiastic self
get an estimate of Us value. He aston- corfid.-nce and untiring energy they
Ished me by ottering $25 an m re as the
highest price it micrht por-silily bring.
Thv.fr&et railway system of the city
vas recently sold under foreclosure of a
second mortgagj of $1,350,000, subject to
a first mortgage of P.ZfiW. The sal:
yielded only 5 1-10 per cent, net to the
second mortgage bondholders. Thai'
telling commercial thermometer, the Io- pensive, and compelling precarious ex
cal clearings, likewise disclosed a tensions on piles over tide-v.'ater flats,
greet dwindling awev of general busl- I must confess that the continuous
ness. I growth of Seattle often puzzled me, a
Still there Is visible evidence that it did not seem Justified by the resources
some solid substance Is left In the ur- of the place. Neither the Newcastle
ban body. The residence part of the! nor the other tributary coal mines
city, Inhabited by the better class, con-; op-ned since, nor the adjacent farm
.talns a great number of attractive, well! settlements and lumber camps, nor
kept up homes, most of the own.-rs of the shipping business appeared to fur
tvhich were able to hold on to them r.ish sufficient support for so many
during the hard times. The appearance people. There was also -he s'-rious
of this quarter Is most creditable, and a drawback of the constant partiality
distinctive feature of thp place, showing, shown to Tacoma by the old Northern
fine taste and public spirit, and lndlca- Pacific management. There never was
ting that there exists excellent social, a greater piece of short-gighLedness in
elements. It Is well known, Indeed,' American railroad management than
that an unusual percentage of Intel-1 to leave Seattle without connection with
Ugent, cultured families are Iric'url d the main line. I corrected the blunder
In the community, and to their presence! as soon as I controlled the company's
the high character of the educational' policy, but this did not put an end to
facilities found here may be ascribed, j 'he local outcry for another direct rail-
A r;urreotlon of Tacoma began road line to the wheat regions of Eat
some time ago, and appears to proceed j rn Washington, and still another to
slowly but steadily. The banks once tap the country along the east shore
more nave somotning to do, and the
merchants make gains. The local In
dustries, gr?at saw and planing mills,
and others, are again In full blast, and
even the smelter, which was started to
help the Northern Pacific, but proved
for years to be a losing venture, is In
operation Sjroln Win oiiliirgxHl.
The railroad company has Increas
ed Its working forow at the grwvt v-
pr ho) nrth city. It la not enay
,0 howewr. wh-r the Inoniw of
buintM In to ctme from, which Is ab-
tolutcly nvW to crente new use for
the gtvAt .lumber of vacant buslm-na
places. As Tacoma has but a HmltiM
agricultural hinterland, and as the traf
fic of the neighboring coal mines, the
smelter and planing and saw mills, con
sists mostly In tr.vnit shipments, the
prospect can hardly be hopeful unlet
more local Industries are established
and a larger outside trade secured. But
thepi 1 no capital available for the
former and even If there were, the set
tled policy of the gret Eastern manu
facturing trusts agnituK the building up
of rival undertakings on the Pacific
coast would prevent it
As regards an expansion of trade, a
line of English steamers, has been run
ning to Japan and China under the
name of Northern Pacific Steamship
Company, for some years, it came
flour from the mills on the westward,
and teas and raw silk on the eastward
voyages, but Is has not led so far to
(hv establishment of commercial houses
on the spot for the Asiatic trade. There
Is also a large tonnage of wheat ship
ped direct to England on sailing ves
sels, which disburses considerable mon
ey. Alaska also represent a promis
ing field. A few enterprising citixens
are exerting themselves for a share o!
thai northern trade, and It would be
we for the city If there were more of
the kind. It is said that the people of
xacoma have heretofore relied too
much upon the parental care of the
Northern Pacific, and did not feel the
necessity of s-.-lf help as much as did
llvVCOi i J wi v t
xyiir neighbors of Seattle. As the days
of Seattle, when they numbered but a
few thousand, decided to build the
short railroad from the town to the
Newcastle coal mines with their own
means and labor. Almost the entire
population, men, women and children
turned o(U fof he worfc aU coutrlbut.
ing tj u fo of tMr ablmy
records of Western pioneer life
may searched In vain for a like In-
,anc, of dfV3ttHj co-operation for a
common purp06);. But the, resources of
he detPrmlneJ wvre djspropor-
tj)nate w ther ,heir effortJ fa,,t,d
tQ pUgh endi and dlPe emMr.
rassment for all classes followed. It
was my good fortune to be able to
' ,hltr ue b v the nurchase of ,
m,ne M far ns
qt QKgM lmprowment Co.
which deveUiped ihe mlne and pM.
the and whp(e
they haye ff)rmed t( lh,8 day
Ten years ago I availed myself of the
hospitality of the Canadian Pacific
Company and passed over the whole
length of kts main line from Montreal
to Vancouver on Puget sounn. tm
reaching the latt-T place on June 6.
1S'J9, I learned that a great fire was rag
ing at Seittle. On approaching the
next day by boat I saw vast volumps of
nc"e Dvernnging me cny. im lana
Ing I discovered that the entire business
portion, covering sixty-five acres and
representing JlxOOO.OOO worth of proper
ty, had been reduced to ashes, and that,
as nnt a gr?en grocery, not a provision
"nr a butcher or baker shop, was
left standing, the population was threat
ened with starvation. This was avert-
widespread and complete that It looked
as though a long time would elapse
before the great waste of space could
again. But nothing daunted,
the citizens held a meeting after the
firo ana resoI-ed to rebuild Seattle, and
vtn in nr&r Proportion. They made
good their resolution. Like Spokane,
within two years Seattle h.ad fully risen
in solid form of brick and stone, more
imposing than before.
I mention these two incidents In h
nisiory oi Seattle as the best illustra
ti ins of the character of its people. To
owe their extraordinary success, In cre-
aung out of nothing a flourishing city
of probably between 65,000 and 70,000 In
habitants. Th? creation is the more
remarkable as the location Is not a
well chosen one, the steep hills, along
whose slopes the business streets run,
making development difficult and ex
ot the Bound to the boundary nf P.ri.
ish Columbia. The two lines of the
Seattle. Lake Shore fl nH T'laathr n Doll. '
road Company owed their origin to it,
but only the latter was completed,
while the former remains unfinished.
Both were absorbed by the Northern
Pacific, whose rivals they were tiMomted
to be.
The clly grow and givw, and even
tlv! crash of is;i3 hail but a temporary
effect. As everywhere else, that year
brought si'i'lous Ivinklng tumbles, pros
tr.itcd domestic and exterior trade, and
real estate values shrunk wry badly.
The recovery was hastened by the m
Influential events, vin: the completion
of the t Ireat Northern railroad, the
trancoiitlneiital competitor of th.
Northern Pad :1c. ml the breaking out
of the Klondike gold excitement, which
latter was a ni.vt timely smile of for
tune, from which Seattle has so far
prilltod mon than any other of the
competitive cities. Hy the acvosaion of
th? Great Northcni, Souffle- gained
greatly over Tacom.U It became the
outlet of two gmit systems, while the
latter remains the terminal of only
one. It has also secured tiro benodt of
thj great government drydock and na
val station at Port Orchard on the other
side of Elliott bay, on which the city
' lies, and of a larg government army
j pis', adjoining the city, and comprising
a thousand acres. It has besides u
I floating drydix'k and a shipyard, at
I which several vest Ms have been built
by the I'nlied States government. It U
also the seat of the state university,
which came near being forced to do
at one time, owing to the failure of the
legislature to make appropriations for
It. but It is now a flourishing Institu
tion. Like Tacoma. Seattle has a steamer
line to Japan and China, operated by
a Japanese company, in eoneotlon with
' the Great Northern railroad, which
' caries abo.it the some sort of cargx-s
' as the Tacoma line, with the same llm-
Itod local benefit. The other shipping
' huslness Is. howewr. very considerable,
1 and a large Pugvt sound and Pacific
'coastwise fie of sailing b-xits and
I' steamer Is engaged la It. Grain ship
ping Is not larire compaied with that
of lacoma and Portland. Seattle has
1 ever since the beginning built great
' hopes on the fact that the large and
beautiful Lake Washington lies In lt
immediate vicinity the present city
limits, indeed, ex'.end to It and Is ca
pable of connection with tidewater by
: a short canal, w hich would make the
i lake the only fresh water port on tlK'
! Pacific ocean, -n'.lrely safe from thai
I plague of ships an 1 docks, the teredo.
I So far. these hnivs have not been ful-
Plied, but they are persistently clung
! to, and appeals to Uncle Sam for ap
propriations will continue to be madn.
j- Besides a flour mill, only a number of
small industries are found In the place.
: The reason given for this is the want
of ,evel 8roun(1- owln ,0 the hilly
character of the site, already referred
io. mere is a gren exTeni ot tuie-nats
amounting to 15.000 acres, directly to
' the west of the improved part of the
j city, of which a local company has
! undertaken the filling to above hlgh
: water marlc. under the liberal policy
adopted by the mate to encourage the
utilisation of tide-lands generally, with
in Its jurisdiction. The compa.iy began
operations In 1S9., and filled about fifty
acres, when It came to a halt owing to
financial difficult! s, and has mt since
b"en able to resume the work, for which
several millions are netded. It Is cer-
j tain that more levol building space
needed for the growth of the business
portion, and the enterprise will doubt
lss he carrli'd on sooner or later.
That a large general business is done
in Seattle Is proved by the clearings of
the banks of the place, which work with
a capital of over $7,000,000. The ciear
i' gs for eight months In 1S99 show a
gain of nearly 40 per cent over last
year, and were nnrethan twice as large
' as those of Tacoma, and even larger by
$2,000,000 than those of Portland. The
Klondike gold excitement gave rise to
a very large business In outfitting the
. gold seekers, and In furnishing regular
supplies of all kln.Js fo foe mining dis
tricts. But as rich a harvest as the
local merchants gathered in ISM and
IS was not again vouchsafed to them
this season. There him been a steady
decline !n the Klondike trade this sum
hi -r. The reason Is that the Dominion
merchants and manufacturers have
become alive to thlr opportunity and
are shipping goods In bond through
Alaska to the Canadian gold regions,
w hich method, of course, gives them an
advantage over American competitors
to the extent of the Canadian duty.
But the certain Increase of mining in
terests in Alaska will bring compensa
tion for this lors In due time.
Tacoma is far ahead of Seattle In
the character of Its private residences.
In fact no sui h fine homes are to be
found on the heights of Elliott bay as
may be seen by the score In Tacoma. Se
attle houses are relatively small, und
nt only their lze but their exterior
and the grounds about them reveal an
Indifference to appearance In striking
contrast with the aspect of the rival
city. To speak plainly, the residence
quarter of Seattle Is very shabby, ami
I could not help repeating the ques
tion so often aHked In the past: "Why i
is It that people so pushing and well-to-do
care so little for pretty and com
modious homes?" HENRY VILLA RD.
A DOG WITH EYE-GLASSES.
San Francisco Bulletin.
Pedestrians on Market street this
morning Jostled each other to see a
novel sight. A huge dog, with a neat
drab skin and generally contented look,
plodded along the thoroughfare wear
ing spectacles of large size astride his
shapely nose. The dog was not at all
Inconvenienced, seemingly, and ap
parently was not aware that he wa
doing anything out of the ordinary, as
hi critically surveyed the public
through the spectacle glasses. The
spectacles were much too large for any
human being, and probably were made
with glasses without magnifying pow
er, at the order of some waggish
owner.
' "'" " " ."
The Best
Washing Powder.
Ask Your Laundress to Try It
The empress dowager has picked out
A S-vear-old boy who can't speak Chi
nese to be the new emperor of China.
The old lady will probably sign the
pav roll for him too.
Geo. Noland. H.Hkland, O.. says "My
wife had Hie forty years. DeWttfs
Witch Harel Salve cured hr. It Is
the best salve In America." It heals
everything and cures all skin diseases.
For Sale by CHAKI.KS KOCKRS.
The next time they want to have a
yacht mc In New York perhaps they
will know enough to get a few Kan
sas people to go down there to blow
around about their corn crop. i
"I wouldn't K without IVWltt's
Wllch lluael Salve for any coiwldem
tlon," writes Th.w. It. IthiHles. Ceiiler
lii Id, O, Infallible for piles, cuts,
burns and skin diseases. Hewn re of
iiuiwerfelts. p,.r sale by CHARLES
K'H KRS,
An Inn-rase of ree-ipts and x redur-:
tim of drbt is the nvonl of the Cnlted '
States treasury for .September, all of
whli ii vim accoMipllshed with the ftilt
consent of the governed. I
Dr. 11. II. H.iden. Summit. Ala., says,
"I think Kodol Dysi.psla Cure Is a
spl"ind lnitllelne. I prescribe It, ami
my eontldenee In It grww with contin
ual use." It dlii.-sts w hat you t at ami
iinliisly cures dysp -psi.i und Indigestion.
For sal- by CHARLES ROiiKRS.
Take away from mankind their van
It v und their ambition, and there
would be but few claiming to be heroes
or patriot.
You never know what form of blood
poison will follow constipation. Keep
the liver clean by using DeWltt's Ltt
tl - K.uiy Risers and you will avoid
trouble. They are famous little pills
fi-r constipation and llwr and bowel
troubles. For sale by CHARLES ROO
KRS. Energv will do anything that cun Ik
ibne In this world; and no talents, no
clrrumitunces, no opportunities will
make a man without It.
J. D. Hrldg.-s, Editor "IiemN-riit,"
Lancaster, N. 11., says: "One Minute
Cough Cure is the lnt remedy for
croup I ever used." Immediately re
lieves and cures coughs, colds, croup,
asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis. giipi
and nil throat anl lung irouhles. It
pr-vents consumption. For sale by
CHARLES ItO'lEltS.
Admiral Dewey's new sword Is such
an elaborate and costly weapon that
In all piobablllty he will never em
bark In the pruning business.
"I had dysepHla fifty-seven y.-nrs
and never found permanent relief until
I Ui-ed Kodol dyspepsia Cure. Now I
am well and rel like a new man."
writes S. J. Fleming, .Murray, Neb. it Is
the best dlgestaat known. Cures all
forms of Indigo. I. n. Physicians every
where pieHcrihe It. For sale by CIIAS
R.KJERS.
It Is with wits as with razors,
which are never so apt to cut those
they are employed on ns when they
have lost their edge.
LafJrlppe, with Its after effects, an
nually d-sttoys th.itmands of -ople.
It may be quickly curI by One Min
nie Cough Cure, the only remedy
that producs immediate results In
"mis, coins, croup, bronchitis, nneu-
m uila and throat and lung
It will prevent consumption,
ly CHARLES ROGERS.
E'igland succeeded In placing India
on a gold basis, but she will find it
much more difficult to put the Trans
vaal goose on a silver platter.
Dr. W. Wlxon, Italy Hill, N. Y.,says:
"I heartily recommend One Minute
Cough Cure. It gave rny wife Immedi
ate relief In suffocating asthma."
Pleasant to take. Never falls to quick
ly cure all coughs, colds, throat and
lunij troubles.
In hazarding the prediction that
the world Is coming to an end next
Christmas the prophet undoubtedly has
the Philippine sphere In view.
PISO
CUR
fas. e.ii .
; Sold by Druggist! everywhere.
I
'i lit, J HI Ctiiti Hvmti.
I'fmtifH O'xmJ. I will tlmtj.
Moiil hy imnnmui.
The Plw Vjimmny. Witrrcn, I
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yr
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It Is pretty well nettled that the
American iple are tHt pig, that t'n
tie H un's vessels iuv not tubs, and that
tlen, Wi jier Is not going to Invade the
enemy's country.
It will not be a surprte to any who
ure at all fiimlllur with the good quali
ties of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to
know that etiple everywhere luke
pleasure In relating their exierlenw In
the u' of that splendid meilhlne and
In telling of the IttMieflt they havo re-
reived from It. of lid cold It has
i uiv.I, of threiu-tied attacks of pi u-
iconiu it has averted and of the children
It ha saved fritni aitiu ku of croup mid
wneoping coiiKii. it is a grand, good
imMliine. Kor stile by Chits. Roger.
I
There Is no man so friendless but
that he can tin. I a friend sincere
enough to tell him dlsiigrccahlt-
t ruths.
VSED HY HUITIS1I SOLDIEI1S IN
AFRICA.
Cppt. C. O. D. nnl.n is well known nil
over Africa as the i-otii'iiainler of the
forv,-. that cupturil th. faimtus relM-l
liatlshe. l'lid-r date i.f Nov. f K,,
fiom rluiig, H'i'liuiinuland. he
viit's: "liefDiv starting on the lust
campaign I bought a luuutlty of Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, which I used myself when
! tivuhled with bowel riviipl.ilnt
and hail
givm ti my men. ami In
very en' It
pi ivtil nitwt heivflii.il,'
Clllis. Rogers.
For mile by
The highest point outward things ran
briup on- into la the contentment of
the mind, with which no state is mis
erable. CH AMISEKLAIN'S PAIN HALM
iVRES OTHERS, WHY NOT
YOU?
My wife has liecn using Chiimlirr
Iain's Pain Halm Halm, with good re
sults, for a lame shoulder that has
r.itlned lu-r contlnualy f.tr nine years.
We have tried all kinds of ini'dleltun
and doctor wl'hout receiving any bell
etlt from any of thein. One day we saw
an advertisement of this m-slh-lne and
thought of trying It. which we did, with
the best of satlsf-intloli. She has UNetl
ooly one biidle and her shoulder Is al
ni'wt well. Adolph L. .Rllett, Man
chester, N. II. For sab' by ('has. Rog
ers. A Hrool.lyn preacher says there arc
TW.fKjrt persons In that clly who do not
go to church. Ah, what a wicked
place! Why, ev-n In Peoria, III., the
headquarter of the whisky Industry,
there ate not that many people who
have no religion!
DEAFNESS CANNOT HE CCRED
I.y local application, I I hey cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
Thet-e Is only mi way to cun? deafniws,
and Hint Is by con.illtullonal remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed con
dition of the mu -ous lining of the Eus
tachian Tnlie. When this tube Is In
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
Imperfect hearing, and when It 1 en
tirely closed, .leafness Is the result, and
unices the Inflammaillon enn be tnken
out and this fulie nwtored to Its nor
mal condition, hearing will lie destroyed
forever; nine cases nut of ten lire
caueed by catarrh, which Is nothing
b il an Inflamed condition of the mucous
surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
troubles. ' any case of Deafness (caused by ca
For sale fnnii) that cannot be cured by Hall's
; Catarrh Cure. Hnd for circulars; free.
F. .1. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O
Sold by druggists, 25c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Astoria Public Library
READINfJ ROOM FRKE T ALL.
Ovett erwr r from I o clock to I jn
anil l:H to ItM p. m
Rulwcrlptloa ratna $1 nr tnvum
Wtui Cor. Elevmtb and Duan Strict
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for Consumption
began using Piso's Cure i fi?.
years ago, and believe it saved Tj
me from consumption. My child h
s subject to Croup. Piso's Cure J.
always relieves him. Mrs. B. ajtf
CRANDELL, Mannsville, Ky., j,
.o 9ilS
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IS IN SAMPLING
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PACIFIC DEPART1 HNT.
CHARLB3 Cimi8TEN8EN, MtMfT
B. (JOODWIN. AMlattnt M.tl.Krr.
8l7CalifornlM St., S. F Cal.
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Of New Zealand.
W. P TlmmiiH, Mgr., S;m PrnuciHco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF Llfk't I : Of )LK5.
Stibscribeil Cajiital - f -VOfld.OOO
raid-Up Caiiital 1 ,(11)0,01)1)
Assets 2,.VI;",1H
Assets in United States . JiOO.OOO
Surplus to Policy Holders . 1 ,7 1 8,702'
lias been Underwriting on tbe I'nriljr- ( im.-1 vt'i T t(iitv-tvo years
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Petersen & Brown.
Seasonable Goods
Mince Moat,
Currants,
Cranberries.
Squash, etc.
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