Seattle, Washington - History, 1916

History

Seattle, and one may not speak of King Count}' without encompassiug its great capital, is not merely a city of sordid and cold business houses, and consequent homes, but it might properly be termed "the City of Churches." On her many hills are scattered beautiful religious edifices. All the denominations are represented by houses of worship of the most classic design.

THE Scuttle Muiiicipal Ligiit & Power Plant is known throughont the country as America's forenmst municipal plan I. Keginning' in 1902, when tlie first boiuls were voted, the plant has grown until it serves 42,000 consumers with ligiit and power and earns over |1,000,00 yearl\- Credit for securing the plant for the city is due to R. H. Thompson, who, as city engineer, pointed out the need for sucli a plant as early as 1803, and who led the campaign to secure the plant. Superintendent J. D. Ross, wlio was with the plant as designing, constructing and opei'ating engineer from its ince]ition, is resjionsible in a great measure for the successful administration of the affairs of the plant.

In 1902 Seattle citizens were paying 20 cents per kilowatt hour for light, and paying for their own extensions. Wlien tlie plant was assured, the company's rate caim' down to 12y2 cents. In 1905 the first customers of the niTinicipal plant were served at a maximum rate of 8Y2 cents. The rate has been reduced three times since, and r)ij cents is now the highest rate charged. In every instance the city plant made the reduction, and the oitposition met the rate. Seattle rates ai'e as low as any in the country, with the possible exception of Niagara Falls, and the service is the best in the country.

The main generating station is at Cedar Falls, forty miles from Seattle, where generators of 10,500 kilowatt capacity are turned by water. poAver. The same water is later turned into the city water system, actually improved by its passage through the wheels. A modern steam generating station of 7,500 kilowatt normal capacity, located in Seattle on the east shore of Lake Union is used as an auxiliary source of

|Hiwer at time of heaviest <li'manil and iji emergencies. The city lines cover the entire city with thcii' network, j)roviiling- light anil ])ower to the remotest citizen.

The street lighting system lights 700 miles of streets of which 28 miles are served by the finest ornamental cluster lighting system in .Xmerica, and the remainder by the new nitrogen-filled tungsten lamps.

Alfred H. Lundin

Oil March 17, 1884, in the mining oamp of Lead, South Dakota, where the Home Stake Gokl Mine is located, Alfred II. Lundiu was born. Immediately after graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1906, where he received both college and law degrees, he began practicing law in Seattle. From Jannary, 1909, until December, Mr. Lundin was deputy prosecuting attorney of King County. In tlie fall of 191-1 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, which position he now holds.

Mr. Lundin has selected as his deputies and able assistants Jlessrs. Frank P. Helsell, S. I\I. Rrackett, John I). Carniody. Edwin ('. Ewing, Everett ('. Ellis, Lane Suinluers, Erven II. Palmer, T. H. Patterson, .Tose])h .V. ISarto, and Miss Anna r'avanaugh. Chief Clerk.

Hugh JI. Caldwell. Cori)oration Counsel for the City of Seattle was boiii in Kiioxville, Tenn. He is a graduate of the Xatidiial I'liiversity Law School in Washington. I). ('., and has practiced law in Washington for eleven years. Mr. Caldwell was the first president of the ;Muiii<'ipal League of Seattle, and Avas formerly Cliief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney of King County. He pi-oinised if electe(l eoriioratiou counsel to conduct that di'- partraent of thi' city strictly as a law office, and during the l>rief period that he has held this office appears to be fulfillhig his promise. The office handles an immense volume of work and in carrying this on Jlr. Caldwell has able assistance in tiie following: Assistant Corporation Coun.sel, Walter F. ^leier, Robert II. Evans, Howard A. Hanson, P'raiik S. Griffith, James A. Dougan, Patrick Tammany. City Attorney, Thomas J. L. Kennedy. R. P.. :MeCliiiton, chief clerk: George A. Meaghei-. \V. D. Coviimtoii. II. i\. Kullertun.

Hugh M. Caldwell

No ihiuht this (dassie sketch then wouhl have attracted everlasting attention to the great network of steel rails shimmering in the summer sunlight far to the southward. He would have seen how these threads of steel, spreading out like a fan, converge and gradually merge into the blue haze and disajipear as if through one little ojiening in the foothills.

Put this little gap is no illusion. It's no trick of the atmosphere to deceive the eye. The fact.s are this nari'ow opening - the Duwamish Valley - holds the key to the transportation problem of Seattle from the south.

It is because of this that the first Seattle railroad was built through the gap to lUack River to reach the coal mines of Newcastle. Such prominent men in the early history of Seattle as A. A. Denny and J. i\L ( 'olman conceived and carried out the idea of giving this city its first rail line. The comph^ion of this narrow guage system in 1S76 marked an epoch in the development of the Puget Sound country, and this year Seattle is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of its first railroad.

The line was then the property of the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company. After the organization of the Oregon Improvement ("ompany by Henry Villard in ISSO. this concern bought the road from the Seattle interests headed by J. M, Coliiian, and renamed it the Coluiiibia & Puget Sound Railroad ('ompany. P]xteiisions were made to the Plack Diamond and Franklin mines and a little later to Tavlor.

Planned To Connect Line Whth Northern Pacific

If ill his (h'V(dopmeiit of western I'ailroads ilr. X'illard had been entirely successful the Seattle & Walla Walla or Columbia & Puget Sound would have been extended to Pasco and there connectetl with thi' Northern Pacific. This

Seattleites, however, were not satisfied with anything short of a transcontinental connection. Next, the Puget Sound Shore Line w'as constructed, which connected the Columl.iia & Puget Sound with the Northern Pacific between Hlack River Junction and Stuck Junction.

In order to accommodate the standard e(piii)ment of I he Northern Pacific a tliirtl rail was laid outside the narrow guage track and for years both kinds ol' ei|uipment tiMvi'led over the same roadbed.

Ill 1884 the first trainload of lUack Diamond coal arrived in Seattle. Since then tliousands of trainloads have passed through Seattle or been unloadeil for local use.

In 1!I14 the Pacific (.'oast (.'oal Company erected a l>i-iquetting ])lant at Renton on the line of the Pacific Coast Railroad which is one of the largest manufacturing industries of King (Jounty, engineers having pronounced it the most modern Briquetting plant in the world, and today Diamond IJriquettes have become a household word throughout the Pacific ('oast. The vessels of the Pacific Coast Steamshi]) Company have taken tliousands of tons of Diamond hi'iqiiettes to thi' California country.

Mr. Denton eaidy in his term suri'oun(hMl himself' with a e(ji-ps of thi- ahlesT engineers and technical men in the Xortliwest and too mneli cannot lie said of liis and their spleinli<l work for King County.

Home Of The

The largest plant on the Pacific Coast devoted to the manufacture of Salmon Canning Machinery and Sanitary Can Making Machinery for Fish, Meats, Vegetables, Fruits and other products.

Seattle and its Port contains the second largest dock in America - that at Smith's ( 'ovc On a recent suivcy .tlS.OOO, ()()(( worth of goods ill transit lay in its sheds.

Next to San Francisco Seattle has the greatest system of public docks and warehouses on the Pacific ('oast. They are owned hy the whole pr'0]ile of King County and ari' managed liy three (Commissioners. Messrs. liridges, Remsherg and Ewald.

"The Wealth of a nation is largely ill its farming lands." No more so. however, than the wealth of a county. liesides its great fisheries, coal mines, ela.\- deposits, daii'ying, fruit raising, lumbering, and othei- devtdojied industries we are almost in a virgin state as regards our farms. Time and intelligence, and knowledge of its possible resources, will do much to add to oiii' farm \\ealth.

King Count.N- is I'apidly developing into a iiiainifacturing community. Inducements in the way of practically free factory sites, and veiy cheap ])ower rates are doing much t I forward tlie "gi-eater pa\--

Statehood For Washington

On Xovember 11, ISSI), President Benjamin Harrison issin-d his iiroclamation, signed for him b.v Secretary of State -lames (i. lUaiiie, declaring all pndiminary statehood conditions had been fulfilled and thai the Slate (if Washington was admitted into the Cnion.

On November 18, Justice John P. Hoyt administered the oath of office to Governor-elect Ferry. The Legislatiiie was already in session, and Washington had finally entered upon its career as a sovereign State, and began the real progress of a great state.

Vitrified Brick Pavement

The Allen Type of Monolithic Construction Produces the Ideal Brick Pavement for City Streets and Country Highways. In this Type of Pavement is Secured Economy, Durability, Safety, Smoothness, Noiselessness, and Lasting Satisfaction.

laid in cement mortar on, the soft, unset concrete Ijase. the whole operation being completed within a few hours after the sjjreading of the concrete base. When the concrete hardens the strength of the brick and concrete is combined in a solid mass, thus forming a true monolith.

Tlie cross-section in the fore-ground is drawn by the Artist to illustrate liow brick and concrete form a solid arch under Monolithic construction.

ISfick pavements have generally Ijcett constfiicteil in the past by putting a layer of sand on the concrete base, on which the brick are laid. Cement grout is poured between the brick and, when the grouting sets, the brick are cemented together in the form of an arch. The brick surface then supports the entire strain of the traffic.

If the cement gi-tniting gives \va\-, the afcli In-eaks, allowing a section of the i)avi'iiient to sink into the layer of sand, when the strain of traffic is shared by the foundation, but the result is that the pavement becomes uneven and the brick loosened

With ]\Ionolithic eonstfuction. there is no breaking of the arch, iirick and concrete form a solid mass supporting traffic with their entire combined strength. Brick will not loosen and chip. The Jlonolith forms a durable, smooth pavf-ment and, unlike many improvements, it costs less to construct than the old style.

THIS material solves the problem of giving beauty of ornament and color ti) buiklings witliout ineun-iiig prohibitivi' exiieusc It solvrd tlie probleiii of the Citizriis" Coinniitti'r in charge of the coiistnictioii of the new (.'oiirt House, who wished 111 give Si'Mlilr ii he,-iiii ifiil hnilding at a iiiiiiiinuin of cost.

Tei-ra Cotta has the appearance and durability of stone withoitt its weight. The beauty of the hand-carved or chiseled stone can be reproduced in Terra Cotta at a saving of thirty-flve to forty per cent. It is practical in a variety of colors impossible to find in building stone. It makes ornamental color and design practical and economical in commercial building.

Terra (.'otta adapts itself most pierfeetly to the modern method of construction, - the steel frame building. The steel furnishes the desired strength; the Terra Cotta the desired ornamentation. The famous Woolworth Building, in New York, which is faced with Terra Cotta from the third to the fifty-second story, is the most notable example of steel and Terra t'otta consi ruction.

.Mr. \V<n-(lHll lias l)t'eii Dt^puty ("oinity Aiiditdr for llif i)ast seven years, lieiiig assigned to the ('oiinty ('oiiimissioiiei's" office as their Clerk. lie has hail pei'soiial supervision of all the detail of that ott'iee, which includes the issuing of over .+6,000,000.00 in ('ouuty bonds and the adjustment of the annual tax budget and levy.

Auto Bodies

The publishers of this book are indebted for many favors to Mr. J. F. Douglas and the Metropolitan Building Company, who have erected in a group the finest office and business buildings in Seattle.

Main 1487 83 Pike Street

Our plants are located in the heart of the New World Mining District, Park County. Montana, which is considered by government ofBcials and hundreds of expert mining engineers as one of the richest camps in the world. Over a million tons of ore on the dumps and blocked out in many mines of the District, are ready to be taken to the smelter at the first blow of the whistle.

Prospective investors are cordially invited to visit the office of the company and inspect the books of this corporation in order to convince themselves of the stability of the enterprise.

Machinery

Our concrete material used to construct the Court House, also used in the construction of practically every large building in the city, including the Smith Building, the Hoge Building, the Leary Building, the American Bank & Trust Company Building, the Metropolitan Building Company, including the Henry, White, Stuart and Cobb Buildings, and all Port Commission Docks and Elevator.

And Mausoleum

THE Lake Union Auxiliary Steam-Electric Plant of the Seattle Municipal Light and Power System, a view of which is shown above, is a thoroughly modern steam generating station, of which any city might be proud. The plant was constructed in 1914 to be used as an auxiliary source of power in conjunction with the Cedar Falls station of the Lighting Department, and forms an excellent safeguard to the service given by the City plant. It is held ready to take the load at all times of day and night, - and it has had steam up without interruption since it began service in September, 1914. The plant consists of a 7500 kw. turbo generator with a maximum capacity of 10,000 kw. fed by four 823 H. P. oil-fired boilers, with every modern appliance and equipment, installed in an imposing reinforced concrete building. An idea of the power of the big turbine may be obtained from the fact that it has the strength of thirty modern railroad locomotives rolled into one. Yet so nicely is it balanced that the only indication of what load it is carrying is furnished by the electric meter that shows its output.

In The Dancing Flames

4^TS there a man who does not like to dream before an open fire? I If one there be, he must be a peculiar individual, without memories, hopes or ambitions.

"Dreams! Dreams! They round out the commonplace sum of human life for millions. They turn the sharp edge of adversity ; they temper the bitterness of disappointment; they feed the famished soul with thoughts and aspirations.

"At no time are waking dreams so calm, so uninterrupted as when the dancing flames play hide-and-seek with the shadows in a room's corners and the brisk ci'ackling of the fuel fills the silent chambers with a pleasant suggestion of warmth and life.

"How many memories fly up the black-throated chimney - kind ones trooping, all gay with flowers, from the halls of recollection - sad ones that come, slow-footed and somber-veiled, from the tombs of the mind !

"How many pictures are painted by the tncky flames - of loved faces, and pleasant scenes - or sorrow, defeat and failure - the average experiences of the average man!

"Many a secretive or sensitive soul, who hides self from himself in the garish light of day, sits down before his own fireplace and holds commune with that inner man, whose guardian angels are memory and conscience.

"The long nights of winter! These are the hours for self-appraisement. When nature holds a solemn wake over the dead leaf, the fireplace is the home of a kindly genius whose power it is to wake the hidden monitor in every man - the monitor who is, at once, man's closest friend and sternest judge."