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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.
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