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WASHINGTON STATE BUILDING. (Over.)
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WASHINGTON STATE BUILDING.
Contractor, L. A. Farmer, Seattle, Wash.
Eight upright timbers, cut 110 feet long, 24
inches square.
Height: To top of tower, 140 feet; to top of
flag staff, 18a.
These upright timbers are fir, cut by Tacoma
Mills. All of the timber in this building
was contributed by the Washington Lumber-
men's Association, 306,000 feet.
TACOMA
Is but 32 years old.
Has 800 acres of parks.
Has a population of 75,000.
Is a leading manufacturing center.
Has 33 miles of available wharfage.
Is the electric city of the Northwest.
Has the largest saw mill in the world.
Has over 400 manufacturing establishments.
Has the largest smelter on the Pacific Coast.
Is an educational, musical and literary center.
Is the western terminus of the Northern Pa-
cific Railroad.
Is the youngest of the maritime cities of the
United States.
Is distributing point for lumber, wheat, flour,
coal, and a railroad_center.
Has, in the Tacoma Eastern Railroad, one of
the greatest scenic railroads in the country.
Has lines of steamers to the Orient, Great
Britain, Europe, South America, Australia,
Honolulu, Alaska, all points on the Pacific
Coast, and New York.
Has several institutions of higher learning, a
public library, a museum, many handsome
public buildings, theatres, hotels, churches,
hospitals, and benevolent institutions.
For further information write to
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
Tacoma, Washington.
