The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 28, 1899, Page 2

“Relerial Hoome and Rusineas Oftee perineum Ste Th SEZatTrwe STAR. RRR nn nanan nn nnn Pp UBLISHERS. Telephono Pike 199 ARAN BN TWARARD WELTER Kirvo he CONE POR FOF arhire, Ne delivered oy poatotice br rt STREET IMPROVEMENTS ARE BADLY NEEDED. ‘The streets of Seattle are in a disgraceful condition, No city of similar size can boast of more mud-holes and pavements, It ta almost impossible t@ drive along certain thoroughfares during the rainy season, There bas been a strange apathy on the part of many persons, to- wards projects for street improvements Property-owners have, in many cages, fought persistently and bitterly against all efforts in this direction. They have preferred to have the streets look like lanes leading up to stock barns, rather than pay out any money for detterments. broken country Madison street js a fair sample of these alleged thoroughfares, It le absolutely impossible to cross from one side to the other in many places, without wading through molten mud over one's shoe-tops, The onty Practical crossings are at street intersections, and even at these pointy the mud is often ankle deep. Cable cars are obli¢ the crossings in order to land their pam @es,"they present a most rémarkable appearance after floundering through Madison street for a blocks, Yet this street Is one of the leading thoroughfares of Seattle. The same conditions prevail on scorem of other streets, some of them equally im- portant Two reasons for the street improvements have existed In the past following the collapse of the “boom,” when realty holdings in the city depreciated in value, and money was “tight,” many holdere did not have the ready means to oven pay thelr taxes, to say nothing of assoas ments for street Improvements, Naturally, under the Uttle was favored in the way of repaving. The other reason given was that Seattle had grown too rapidly to permit of many erential improve mente in the way of fire protection, water supply, Nebting, ete. ete Unless the streets were allowed to take care of themse!ves for awhile The fact was pointed out that other cities had been able to provide ail of these things through a long series of years accompanying the grad- wal development and growth of the communities: ‘There ia no jonger a money stringency in this city Cash is ex tremely plentiful, and thoee property-owners who had some excuse for Plefding poverty three years ago, are now sufficiently well to do in near- ly every case, and are amply able to provide the funds fe im- provements, Their holdings have increased 6 per cent. In value, and there is a brisk market demand for realty, Now is the time, therefore, when some assessments for improvements should be made. As for the claim that too many expenses are falling upon the people at this time, owing to the rapid growth of the city, that will hardly bear inapection. The first and most important need of any community ts good streets, and even the matter of city lehting is of secondary im portance. We are upon the streets all of the time, while the artifictal lights only beam down upon us for a few hours each evening, It te time that a genera! movement should be made all along the line to im- Prove the main streets of the city, and then afterwards, aa fast as pos- sible, the side streets lying back from the business center. eee SEATTLEITES who oBsecT TO BOOT-LICKING. ‘The mass meeting of citizens heli at ‘the Armory hall last Tuesday wentng, has had its effect in calling attention to the fact that the peo- ole are fighting the Northern Pacific water-front scheme. It is not alone the Great Northern that is opposed to the consummation of Mr Metlen’s plane. It happens at this time that the Interests of the row! over which Mr. Hil! presides. are identical with the interests of Seattic Neither party can afford to have the Northern Pacific upon the water- front biceking commerce for ite own selfish purposes. What the city Wants ie more trans-continental rods, and all of them upon a basis of equal advantage. There ie no reason why Seattle should favor Northern Pacific to the injury of the Great Northern, the Burtineton. the Union Pacific, or any other raliway that seeks to share in the com- Merce of thia city and to develop it. The Northern Pacific has been the traditional enemy of Meattie, and is today suspected of an intention to injure its water commerce for the Denefit of Tacoma, which town ft owns and controls in fee simple ‘To men of spirit {t would look like boot-licking to turn to the North ern Pacific magriates and say. “Yes, you've kicked us and cuffed treated us despitefully, but we don't mind that and build your terminals upon our water-front, and you may do just 19 you like with our streets. Mr. Hill and the Great Northern take care of themielves. We are, yours respectfully.” 1 to stop exactly on As for horses and vehi neers plunging and couple of unwillingness of property-owners to advocate During the dull days circumstances, atreet the s. and Only come to our town can AN AROUSED CITIZEN KICKS ABOUT RENTS IN SEATTLE Beattie, Wash., Dec, 28, ‘99. Editor of “The Seattle Star’: Kindly allow me some space to present wpon the question of rents in Seattie. e The rates asked now are abnormally high. If the owners of bulld- Inge persist in their present policy of extortion, they will eventually de feat their own ends, and will seriously affect the future prospects of this city. Intending settlers coming here,from the East and South, are un- fevorably impressed by the enormous rents that they are arked to pay Those seeking to go into trade are discouraged at the outset The merchants who are aiready established are doing a large business, but im order to make up f6r the increased rentals, they are obliged to in- Crease their charges on goods #0! 1 to customers This partiy ac- counts for the era of high prices in Seattle. The burden falls eventually upon the people, and most heavily upon the poor. The merchants do not lke the condition, but they cannot help it. The landlords are to blame. A fair increase in rents, based upon the advent of better times, to have been expected But to the views of many people was increane the rental of stores 100 percent as has been done in some ca and to raise the monthly charge for dwelling houses % per cent.. or even more, is pushing a good thing altogether too far. The property-owners say that these prices are be- INSPECTIO. OF WHARVES Prevented, | Persons in. shipping les have | bewun to agitate the thorough in | apection of all docks in the | harbor, They are anticipating the great ocean tramMfc that will leave from this port next spring. Asid from the Cape Nome trade, the ray tly growing southern CNW Live business, and that with ports in | Anta, will keep heavy loads on the wharves, | At the present (ime Beattle seema to have the bulk of this trade, but | sbippitig men are not uomindful of the fact that one wharf disaster mixht be used to divert businoss to other porta, On this account sever al of the large steamship com | Will make a thorough inmpection of their own w and will try .te lafuence more careless shipping [men to do likewise, | The cotlapse of Baker's wharf jsome years ago and the recent sink ection of Arlington dock supposed to be » ne that t Hot be made On the north water front there are eral old wharves, and while they are not in use for shipping purposes they are a mt menace to the unwary sightecer who venture out jon them. Only a few days ago part | of one of those old wharves fell into | the bay of ite own weight | The question of new ming up for ¢onsideration. The | north water front naturally presents |the best shipping facilities, ‘The | ratiroads have built so close to deep } water, he r, that after a sult letently wide approach has | made, it ts doubtful tf piles could b | driven out far enough to insure a | spactoua dock e BLOCKADE IS NOW BROKEN Steamer Al-Ki, Capt. Nicholson, arrived last night from the north fhe reports thé snow blockade broken on the White Pass @ Yukon Ratiroad The Juneau passengers report a serious fire in the office of the Alaska Dispatch on December i. The damage was about $1.20, and anly about talf of it was cov- ered by insurance. | W. B. Copping, who left Dawson | about December & says there are | many fle men there Be are working for leas than % a day and board. The Al-Ki had 15 tons of j fresh halibut. Her first-class pas gers were am follows: John M ullen, Dan Shaw, Mrs. Dan Shaw Bi rown, George F. Craine. Z Jew fel, M. FP. Bremen, 0. & Robinson W. P. Copping, Frank Brown, Mies \ ero Kaare burg. Naha rr HA Thiet Johnson A ; Mf the local Unit- 1 tate Weather Bureau, has te |aued the owing report covering a | period of t he month of January me the mean r normal perature of each Jar }uary has been 40.5 dew; the warm Jeet January wae in 1891, average of 427 deg; cold that of 1894, 2&4 The average ecipitation t rain and melted snow has “n 4.52 Inches. rGeatest amount < cipitation in any 34 hours was 2:19 Inches, on aJnuary 12 and 13, 1894. A patrolman named Larson was Joating what be catled his dinner but It was midnight. He was hungry erough to enjoy the food that | coming, but there was another r was son why he waa to enjoy the lon half hour he was to spend at the | table. The other reason appeared in a few | minutes carrying a gia land a plate of bread, and @ dis | butter, which she placed in front of | the broad patrotman. She found casion to eay something to him. f water he found himeeif laughing and blush Ing like a boy. Then she went trip | ping back through the swinging | doors to the kitchen once m while hin big blue eyes followed her with such beaming affect Proprietor Gustafron notice was pleased 1 it an ing asked because they made no money during the dull times, They If I could omty way the things should remember, however, that the merchants and the working people bar pee # here that Migr abou when she is gone!” said Patrolman of Seattle saved no money either during those days, and are not, there- | 1, iaaninr Coaienodly fore in any porition now to pay fancy rents, It is hard for a man of Thekia Olafeon wan ¢ nly th family who Is working for @ small salary, to live In this town. There | more cogent reason Patr are thousands who are growing restive mnder the burdens newly im- | ™*" yeh bell ose meat that she broug>t nim for posed. Wages and salaries have not been generally increased #0 a8 | him dinner that night and. other to meet the increased cont of living nights, but she was also the r There is only one redeeming feature about the present situat why he continued to x The abnormal rents asked for buildings will undoubtedly cause a big rent A ‘ te : bullding boom here next spring Tt is quite possible that thousands of stead street station, and a new dwellings will be erected to suppiy the needs of renters, and |the cause of a happening the people who are trying to squeeze extra money out of tenants | brought about with sudder tr turnin oint in fe will be confronted with an unexpected condition—a suMcient number of rs ne pole In b es hs new houses to meet the demand. Then landlords will find that old hous. cond . aia in Ot @s don’t go, and that tenants will have something to say about renta. As needed att for myself, I have a wife and thre children My salary ts $100 a : and =f month, and I have to give up $35 for house rent. Do you wonder that Tl sell pei sgt ere “st kick? never occurred ¢ Patrotn A DISSATISFIED CITIZEN. sntil the hour of hie miént n ed, and he eed that After Denmark Contract Suicided in St. Peter’s ** Paypaactlacr dea By ederBy Tyan BIRMINGHAM, Dec, 2%.—Th NOME, Dec. 2%.—-Hanging from the of a grave sort Daily Post learns that an American! railing around th high altar As Patrolman Larson was leas firm is negotiating for a contract to famous Peter's cathedral the the resturant that might he found supply the Danish State aiw corpme a wule was discovered himself face fa th Liew with all ite needs for five year by horrified priests this morning.| Murphy, his old commander of Ba is believed that the officials at © This profanine of the altar will ne-| Chicago avenue station enhagen will accept the proposition. |cesmitate a reconstruction of the aa Hello, Magnus,” sald the leut cnceamanstarciontetin am jcred basilica ant, “I thought u were at Ha Mail for: Dawaon and Nome| = WT tee diadihavek ‘Watiolinin A. K. Faber, of the Dawson News CTYLERS ARRIVE Larson, “I Just came down for some Express & Messenger Service, will| thing to eat.’ leave on the Al-Ki on or about Dee The first colony of settlers of the Re careful, Magnus It v0¥ Bist. Letters for Dawson Se, Circie | winter arrived yesterday on the, Mighty bad to wee a man this far off City, Rampart and Taennaa, $15) yorthern Pacifi There were 19 o¢| Ni# Pont.” sald the Heutenant as he Cope Nome, $2. Leave letters at si a i went office of Wholley & Sturtevant, room | them from Mirsourt: 16 men and four) 1+ was with many miagivings that 6 Coleman block women, They will locate on the 8.| Patrolman Larson brought himaelf A. K. FABER. | & 1, in Whatcom county, ain | to the point of violating order ‘Disasters Are to Be. Heattle | THE SEATTLE STAR meant provable dismissal. He had Gekt pba ort hg, ntttedtye aga,” Cigarette Fe og. dinuer, "aad that Wass. roma THE BON MARCHE |} THE BON MARCHI y B a eke RCo oR 3 Take Them me [her he would come Love was We’ id thousands of Cal atron®er than duty, In the presence point of trying again to say some thing he had so often determined to price and take them away | aay when bia hands wuddenty drop ped by Nia side and his cheek turned ay etpabae ge the Seas Hl 3 DENNY-OORYELL COMPANY shed in affright, while she involun 714 and 1221 First Ave | ta lly clutehed one of his big hands EEE phen h ger am There's the Loot, and he'll catet ; | ine agein ea bas Success’ in any great matter will entail | why. Rone wate encemer Se sacrifice, and good storekeeping is no exception | “Nothing, but come to eee you to the rule. Sometimes the losses are small, e ckia.” | roi Nadede’ Vise tran ‘ait oainins sometimes great; in any case they are abso- | straight toward the door of the pered Patrolne of Thekia he & n@ainat the co SP CCOCCO COO S OOOH OE® on forgot hin offense rules, He was on the lutely necessary to the health of the business, tqurant was Lieut Murphy. (AN and we never hesitate to Take Our Dose of San Diego Fruit Co lareon. inter Medicine. | iis Pike etreal, semtcine Ghaauadon| You can readily believe that first losses are his hand /49 least. Yesterday we took a good part of the docks is also | ‘The n I don't care if I ¢ Want to Buy a Watch? : cost off the remaining coats and suits, and now sald, growing bray n the Tate of heer, and veesing her little! you can buy: Don't do it until you have 24 in his ponderous big one seen the ‘‘Louis Klodt’’ Phe “Loot” didn't stop, and he . Ss F Z a tdn't come in. He turned hus head COATS '€ COS STUMES PSE ES CAE are and paswed on as if he hadn't seen ASL ‘ 4 ttle money them had changed hia mind. | 4 iw mfg ot ag Rg gee All are in the proper sivien tow 1 perfect st ant I ouis Klodt Magnus, with a sigh of re it and quite up to our standart! $ good tast all we offer, and ad if we lived in He fin tthe of top coat ¢ € Biaes 2 you have bought endid SWISS WATCHMAKER sentence by ammering and getting may not be complete in every 5 thie season. Natur there 624 Second Ave, cor, Marion red in the face color, but there are all sizes are many M4 Bults and as Do you mean that, Magnus?” she somewhere descriptions would be too long, ——— whispered King up ir rv his eyes 6 and $4 Coats of black bou- 4 we place the collection, and » RS Dow te YMAN And we'll be happy together? cle or Kerrey, quite good and} you can choose ephone be I'd be haps cicn datianievel Absolutely correct as to style? Patrolman Larson went back t and fit, $3.99. ) Any $ 7.00 Suit for $ 4.95. his post twirling his club and carry ——- . Any $16. Sult for 8 7.1. | “4 ’ - ARN Atl the Inckets that were $8.50 2 sap es ‘ 4 } ing hi : . na h e. and u ~ ne see , and $9.80 (ané we Any $i Suit for $10.00 , to be caught disobeying orders, [gam Knew of better valu ian Sti Net Seattle Ferry Building brokn kerseys 6 FeReStral SEATTLE STOCK EXCHANGE lined and hand > Tt wan apapital idea and de finished serves the popularity it has A At the Seattle Stock Exchange to BE.OS { stained io Ss "4 ee eee coast has #0 much 1 day are wee a well @ ston aed see Third lot, all the fifteen dol- certainly ought to have . na he only sale made wai zo lar Jackets, will go ne. Here's an opportunity ox Apex at Sc. Quotations were for rf firm, though bidding was strong 5 $ The quotations bid wees an follows $IO.00 } At $3.98 instead of $5 a e Ask. ‘Bid. | { ‘ tn ¢ a” Cuapatre i. @ All the Fur Garments at! Relay Day Sitio of arey ¥ Golden Tunnel Pe eae One Third | acecmeels splendid bargain, © C “6 1 25 1 05 J | Hellan Min. Co mM | 1 | ‘ Made of good feece lined cotton. Many of pereale in the col- é Gunn's Peak 10 | lection. one are worth leas than $1.26, and all are to go at | Caramack G. & © 5 “ 890 apiece Ce yerative Bynd.. 36 00 a2 00 | Come the store and se- 28. G, M. Co | $1.25 Wrappers 98c lect the covering you like and Copper Bell o* = 2 one made 1 > r4 at ‘The story might be continued—odd bric-a-brac, odd holiday have one made in any desired j index Apex 2 2 | ir tune Creek 1% i ee “in, odd lots of china, “Tin rare picking time for bargain atyle. eee Giepher Gotd Co 7 6 overs. tatex wis ur u % ee oe ee Helden & Wilson Farnitare Ca, Weat Hrewing ~ e 1109-11-13 Second Ave. Index Indepenc 3 | | ing « December 31 at Germania . | IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE me ven arb derene ons: Moore-Roberts English Company cans. he committee having the ball TT (and ursda: even! m charge I doing wortihe i 1419 to 1429 Second Avenue and 6 Pike Street 4)” The il . f De Hf land hota Vaan wee oi CEQEQeCeeeeeeeecececece = it silence of Dean Maitland TURN VEREIN’S BALL. The Seattle Turn Verein will give! &@ prise manquerade Where Honesty Exists. People in the small towns up in ® ‘ nnectiout sald the tray an, “appear to be much more THE Sunday, Dec. iat, Four Nights, one family in ten thinks of such a thing aa a burglar alarm, and halt HIRD AVENUE THEATER. wade tke wee) ek wrk At the Seattle Stock Exchange stands on the same W. 0. Rumall Lomesone itanagen moceeote me most hte’ be strat © levelias the man with a thousand; and if properly 3 | cy-iman and peterday watlaede Nearly every town of five thous used on the Exchange, $5.00 will make many Lincoin J. Carter's American Naval and of more inhabitants has several © times as much for you. The mines of Index, wine received and deliversd. ‘Thess pisces |® Silverton, Mount Baker, Cle-Elum, Miller River “Remember the Maine” are generally dry goods of notion) * and Southeastern Alaska are yet in the early ng in ite Realism! Novel 1m “a not keep * Stages of development. Stocks of all kinds have ae ei heen ee eee ity ha nti Sluffed to the bottom figure. Our board lots are e the destruction of the Maine, til 7 or 7:20 In. the ) arranged that the man with five dollars may bak ert hd ga ge oie bid as freely as the man with a thousand. We oe Sete RY t ault all thelr pa . J 7" : tron, ® tan Infrequent sight will furnish you all the information possible con- The Miniature of ie Tait nite! opening ie ye cerning any of the properties listed with us. i "DAWSON CITY bows her ied ~ ws = An exact reproduction of the met- “peng vo sl aig of the Klondike, aurora lights, undry usin reece ht and evening effects, produc- ’ oa = = = A FEW G000 ONES “shoe St SEs a oo cor casts Ges Gaedind On exhibition at 123% Second in the box it would be fished out and pits in an hour ita contents would be in ~ - ce the posszesion of seme dealer In on Sunset, Index Apex, Sea Level, 45, Index GRAND OPENING | ond hand clothing. But up in Con . . " x ) "1c rectiaut tse eheme geome to, Wark Inde, ndent, Copper Bell. OMtie Beebe Aves ry well, and all I pan ay ‘a that THE HOME ¢ r it la a tribute to the general honesty BURLESQUE.” of the community Xmas Week—The London Gatety iirls 6 Concerts; Usual rr * AMUSEMENTS. (SEATTLE THEATER UWE, Manager. ball on the even | MARCH Sature ¥ matinee, David Garrick $1. Matinee AeA ATA eee Index Apex Best Attraction for Public Amusement ERA RARE AAA T AREER RARE TRAE KERR & . $12 50 A new stock on the market rs a most exc Roller Skating at the Armory rtunity fi amail investor The m r » re now open to the > . 9 pegbrnies fbeadl is money " the treasury, work is | . Oye Seupaniie aaa Sona ween gressing ra y. and stock that you n buy f instruction to lad 3 every forenoon. now, will realize you many times that amount insid Mu Wednesday and Saturday, A. D. STEN( EL, Manager. SASABRREAAARRAAAIAR YOU —- se OCIAL “lo a 7 x P Christmas Fr lashlight == 3 Are Cordially Invited to Attend Our * Mavire for Petser at Imperial G R E Sessions at 11 to 12 a. m., 3 to 4 and 7:30 *|\ni'riveall: satistaction or no pay. H to 8:30 p.m., at the at wears 818 worth e ta sine toed: toa Sarees aero eases | GOGD PRINTING : tage STOCK EXCHANGE can Soe common sen : Our Prices Will Profit You how long they A. CORCORAN, Manager 1020 First Ave. SEATTLE PRINTING CO. i z P id Yesier Way Sa i i i i i i i I i i De i i i i i i i ee ee ee Bi SORE LE EF ERAEEEEEESNER ERE ERNE EERE YY -? hem at once. 8) 7 a s . e 1 taf atti let ated 4 NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS, © 3 Feautify By having y Satisfactory Tea... RN Ee RE e Your. Pictures Fy ramed jal meeting of the stockholders of . B oe ; seneee eo tas There 1s a very large varicty of pl avin Bank, a corpor i e Home... Y US eee 1 Gs Weie Se hea Ao Shiboae ace t will be held at its banking AAAAAR Big. FeaitoPlotere frameOe. Si ius store, ann you tay event to aarti ont Gallia ot achington, ¢ Third “Aven t nn nuary, 1900, at wow H 299090009000 900 90000: a better quality for a fixed price than | (P. ‘hey vaearsda ‘ne mon H if ia bb >) | dion aind for the fuxther Dabineee y | WANTED jhe come rial To. Tea Ch. istenans Preenttyltee ef : jd corporation a adopting new H sg MES R (DE: seit aten - Butterworth, & Sons Sraeiset shmwe & SS (0-608 TIRST AVE, COR, COL a as e | Date is 18th day of December, ppg seers aie teoond Ave Ramaker Music C0, | lent 1 this 1st y : — r / - ini ca ih iia ict ali cenit liania