ther direction. Its entire area is
94.47 square miles, which includes two large fresh water lakes, Lake
Union and Green Lake, and nearly encompasses the Harbor known as Elliott
Bay. It is gridironed with 237 miles of street car lines while an
elaborate boulevard system of more than thirty miles connects its
thirty-eight parks, which have a total area of 1,428 acres. There are
also a number of children's playgrounds. From nearly all points there is
visible either the Sound with the snow capped Olympics or Lake
Washington and the Cascades.

Seattle is a city marvelous both for its enterprise and for its beauty.
Hills have given way to business blocks and thorofares, and at the same
time have increased the area of the city by supplying material for
filling in the tide flats, now occupied by the most valuable factory
sites. The forty-two story Smith Building is the highest in the world
outside of New York. At Salmon Bay the Government is constructing its
second largest locks in a canal to connect the Sound with Lake
Washington. Six transcontinental lines have their terminals in this city
which is also the gateway to Alaska and the home port of the Great
Circle Route.

[Illustration: SMITH BUILDING, SEATTLE, TALLEST IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE NEW
YORK.]

Within the city one should visit:

Lake Washington Canal Locks, Fort Lawton, West
Point Lighthouse, Loyal Height.

University of Washington and A.-Y.-P. E. grounds,
overlooking Lake Washington.

Lookout Tower at Volunteer Park.

Lookout on forty-two story Smith Building.

West Seattle and Alki Point--waterfront camping
sites inside city limits.

Its many beautiful parks and matchless boulevard
system.

Outside trips should include:

Mount Rainier, via Tacoma, 2, 3 or 4 days--auto or
train.

Sol Duc, the "Karlsbad of America," and Lake
Crescent, via Port Angeles, 2 days--steamer and
auto.

Snoqualmie Falls (268 feet), 1 day by Snoqualmie
Pass Road.

Cedar Falls, Lake and River, 1 day. Mount Si, near
North Bend.

Lake Keechelus, in the Cascade Mountains, 1 day.

Hood Canal, 1 day; San Juan Islands, 3 days. See
pages 29 and 33.

Whidbey Island--Coupeville, Oak Harbor and Still
Park, 1 or 2 days.

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