Seattle, Washington, USA
1895 - Seattle

Seattle, se-attel, a city, capital of King co, Washington, is on the E. shore of Puget Sound, about 22 miles N.N.E. of Tacoma, and 47 miles N.E. of Olympia. The city is finely located, and its harbor, called Elliott Bay, 40 miles from the Strait of Juan de Fuca and 130 miles from the open Pacific, affords safe anchorage for the largest vessels. Lake Washington, about 20 miles in length and 2 miles in width, forms the eastern boundary of the city, and within its limits lies Lake Union. The transportation facilities of Seattle include the service of 4 railroads,—the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, the Columbia & Puget Sound, and the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern. The city has almost 100 miles of electric and cable lines. It is the seat of Washington University (organized in 1872), and has also a custom-house, United States court, &c., 3 colleges, 1 academy, 1 seminary, 15 public and 7 denominational schools, about 60 churches, 20 banks, 4 daily and 16 weekly newspapers, a number of monthly periodicals, and manufactures of lumber, shingles, machinery, boilers, beer, bricks, tiles, boots and shoes, flour, woollen goods, &c. According to the census of 1890, the capital employed in all industries reported was $4,284,707, and the value of the annual product $9,207,195. Leading articles of export are lumber, coal, hops, and fish of various kinds. Seattle is the base of supplies for the coal-mines, fisheries, and lumber-camps of this region. Pop. in 1880, 3533; in 1890, 42,837; in 1892 (local census), 57,542.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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