SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 5079065 7 I, /23 LOWMAN & HANFORD COMPANY, PUBLISHERS FIRST AVENUE AND CHERRY STREET, SEATTLE, U. S. A. Copyright, 1915, by Robert A. Reid SEATTLE HISTORICAL buildings of 10, 12, and 18 stories. First settled in 1852. Playgrounds: 20 improved playgrounds, 12 of which are Incorporated as a town in 1865. equipped with apparatus and supervisors. A wonder­ Incorporated as a city in 1869. ful bathing pavilion at Alki Beach. In 1884 first railroad reached the city. Assessed valuation: $219,073,299, based on 45 per cent of June 6, 1889, business district wiped out by Are. Loss, the actual valuation. $7,000,000. Boulevards: 31 miles of scenic boulevard. Wonderful In 1889 city charter adopted. automobile roads radiate in all directions from Seat­ In 1896 first direct steamship line to Orient established. tle. The Pacific Highway, running from the Canadian In 1897 first big shipment of gold from Alaska and the border along the coast to Southern California, passes Klondike. through Seattle. CLIMATE AND HEALTH Harbor statistics—Fiscal year ending November 30, 1914: Average temperature: Winter, 40 degrees; Summer, 64. Foreign imports, $40,165,015; foreign exports, $16,511,- No blizzards, cyclones, thunder storms, cloudbursts, or 711; domestic imports, $49,174,727; domestic exports, droughts. $48,748,494; number of vessels entered, 1927; tonnage, Outdoor work possible every day in the year- 3,893,104; number of vessels departing, 1892; tonnage, Lowest death rate in the world, 8.10 per 1000. Birth rate, 3,765,358; total ocean commerce, $154,599,947, an in­ 15.66 per 1000. crease of $40,469,093 over 1913; number of passengers Obtains water from the Cedar River, piping it in twenty- arriving and departing, 7,151,279, an increase of 3,667,- eight miles. Daily capacity, 65,000,000 to 67,000,000 gals. 378 over 1913; New York has 4676 vessels listed, Puget Rigid inspection of milk and market supplies. Sound is second with 2541; the Pacific Coast has 4778 vessels engaged in trade, of which Puget Sound fur­ GENERAL nishes 53 per cent; New York leads with 1676 steam Population: 1900 census, 80,671; 1910, 237,194; 1912, 281,896; vessels, Puget Sound comes second with 1334; during October 15, 1914, U. S. postal authorities, 329,704. 1914 there were 330 vessels built on the Pacific Coast, Six transcontinental railroads. of which 227 were built and launched on Puget Sound; Sixty-five steamship lines. the total of 227 leads the Union. One hundred and fifty miles of water frontage. Assay office receipts: $8,927,007.28 of gold, over 19 tons. Postofflce receipts for 1914, $1,343,224.52. Improvements: Seattle has spent $45,205,997.90 on local Bank clearings for 1914, $633,061,083.79. improvements. During 1914 she spent $2,557,286.47. Bank deposits for 1914, $77,485,156. No. banks, 29. She has torn down over 27,000,000 cubic yards of earth Building permits for 1914, $12,664,970, an increase of from her hills, at an expense of $9,000,000. $3,300,000. Ranked fifth among the cities of the United Seattle has the largest clay products, shoe, jewelry, and States; 9104 permits issued. condensed milk plants, dry docks, brewery, fisheries, Real estate transfers for 1914, $17,575,308.35. flour, coal, and lumber industries on the Pacific Coast. Area: 94.47 square miles; 221 miles of paved streets, 914 The great Puget Sound navy yard within an hour's sail. miles of sidewalks, 514 miles of water mains, 458 miles Fort Lawton within city limits. of sewers, 22 miles of cluster lights. Best lighted city in America, lighted by municipal plant. Parks: 42 parks, 30 improved, 12 not improved, aggregat­ More than 300 churches of all denominations. ing 1431 acres. Building largest canal lock in United States to connect Schools: The school census for 1914 shows 48,838 chil­ salt and fresh water harbors at cost of $2,300,000. dren in Seattle. Six high schools, 64 graded schools, Work in progress on harbor improvements to cost within several parochial schools and private schools. The five years $20,000,000. University of "Washington has 195 teachers, 3600 pu­ Seattle has advantages over Niagara in power possibili­ pils. The campus contains 355 acres. ties, over Pittsburgh in its facilities for shipment, and Buildings: Seattle has 50 clubs, many owning pretentious over New York in its nearness to countries in the homes, a Carnegie Library with 9 branches, 7 drug market for articles it can supply. store deposit stations, carrying about 233,686 volumes, 100,000 tons of fisheries products are handled annually 6 large theaters, numerous moving picture houses, 300 through the port of Seattle. The principal product is churches, 75,000 hotel rooms, 20 halls and rinks, with canned salmon. The Puget Sound salmon pack for seating capacity running from 600 to 4000, and many 1913 was valued at $13,329,168. o m -M ^ ]t -!-> » 3 g B 2 > !H <J o .B fa cc C/3 h •a CD CO B -*-» T3 al 2 a o £ 4-» 0) en co • 1-1 S3 O M-l •Vc d> UJ 0^2> > O cu -J H T5 H Pi cu CD s < a M-l en PI B 03 B O a 50 cpl Q .5 < a! -4-J Hi en 11 co a o 0) o5 2 a1 o 0 0 t/2 <u B ^3 cu E o B 0 <+-l 8 •r-a>t ^3 o cS >>0 cu *r T3 PI ° Pi CU cu d) bo^-n CU^'" £ <+-) J-> 3 O 01 pi CU i3 a & +J £ CU CU fe co u ^ cu cu cu PI -l-> -l-> "" ° t? Id cu ri co Z •S o ., Id « Mo 2 U -a 4-1 CU z eo O/*! cu o „ < ti cu co CO CO Id U z Pi a bo - 5 O 0^3 Cu SH CD c8 en O CU CO CO cu < •Pi co o.t; 0.2 2^ o a> CO CTJ GO cu >» CO MS Pi CD o SQ PIONEER PLACE _ Pioneer Place is an old historic landmark. Here the first settlers had their shops and saw mills, their homes being all nearby. From Pioneer Place radiate many of the oldest streets of the city : Cherry and James Streets, Yesler Way and First and Occidental Avenues. One of the principal features of Pioneer Place is the totem pole on the triangular grass plot. ctj cu aco RAILROAD AVENUE This great artery of commerce extends for miles along the waterfront, It is covered with a network of tracks leading to piers and warehouses and communicating with the main lines of the eight transcontinental systems making Seattle a terminus. FIRST AVENUE First Avenue was in early days the only business street of the city, and it is still one of the principal avenues of trade. It parallels the harbor front through the center of the city, and continues for miles to its outskirts, both north and south. S3 -»< co _ cu » >- •afi PI O < en >> X. Id J co Id >- U. O X °3.2 H « o O PI z td* D 8 « § Z Id > <U <M<& < £ ° en Q Z uo £ o bo Id CO M 2 JS 5 en •£ PI <U *J cu PI P! £'<« S < pi £« §-^ w8- 8a 3- AT THE CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND SECOND AVENUE Madison Street has one of the three cable lines which climb Seattle's steepest hills. The building at the junc­ tion of the two streets is the American Bank and Empire Building. At the right of the picture and further down Second Avenue is the 42-story L. C. Smith Building. SECOND AVENUE AND MT. RAINIER. Mt. Rainier is fifty miles from Seattle, yet the atmosphere at times is so clear and the mountain is seen so dis­ tinctly that it almost seems as if a few minutes walk would enable one to reach it. This view was taken from the roof garden of the Hotel Washington. FOURTH AVENUE, AT UNION'STREET But a few years ago this location was a section of meadows, dotted with homes and garden plots. Now it is a busy business center with its intersecting streets constantly filled with traffic! Four of the most modern office build­ ings of Seattle—the White, Henry, Stuart and at the right the Cobb building are shown in the view. The tower of the 42-story L. C. Smith Building can be dimly seen in the background. O C0+' oi bo^ cu _ _ rj eo -tJ ,2 &> Id co- 2 D •H BlPBI Z u •<->o Id OH > Pi < <UJ4 •'- bo H <n cu PI bo PI cc O W OS 2 ^> & u. H ^ SaK Id Id o o ^ ^ PDC en >> Z2 +-1 cu <U 2 Id I U +j cu cu D^ CU P •> o g a) H D R H o^ bo CU P< •'- co ctf ,d WESTLAKE BOULEVARD AND FOURTH AVENUE One of the busiest corners in Seattle is the junction of Westlake Boulevard, Fourth Avenue and Pike Street. A never-ending stream of traffic passes back and forth in all directions. A few years back, this whole section was covered with a dense forest of Douglas Fir. A SECTION OF THE WATERFRONT With sky-scrapers and other imposing structures lining the streets upon the terraced hills forming the background, the approach to the City by water is most pleasing and attractive. THE MINNESOTA The Minnesota is the largest freight and passenger steamer sailing from Pacific ports and the largest steamer in the world flying the American flag.