Tacoma has 800 acres of beautiful parks. Point Defiance Park occupies the northerly extremity of the peninsula on which Tacoma is built. It has about three miles of shore line on the Sound and most of it is covered with giant fir. It is a park of unusual natural beauties and attractions. Wright Park is a garden, twenty-eight acres in extent in the heart of the city, with a great variety of shrubs, trees and flowers.
Opportunities.
Tacoma, the industrial and commercial center of the Empire State of the Coast, is an inviting field for enterprise and effort and offers boundless opportunities for the profitable employment of capital in manufactures, trade, commerce and transportation, and rich rewards for the exercise of brains and well-directed energies.
Decorated for Tacoma’s Rose Carnival.
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED DURING THREE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1904, BY MONTHS.
| Months. | 1901-02. | 1902-03. | 1903-04. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwellings. | Total Permits. | Dwellings. | Total Permits. | Dwellings. | Total Permits. | |||||||
| No. | Cost. | No. | Cost. | No. | Cost. | No. | Cost. | No. | Cost. | No. | Cost. | |
| July | 29 | $ 35,040 | 66 | $ 66,845 | 38 | $ 43,955 | 73 | $ 76,945 | 79 | $ 74,640 | 113 | $ 125,680 |
| August | 23 | 29,990 | 47 | 59,540 | 42 | 42,850 | 70 | 150,880 | 90 | 96,135 | 149 | 120,401 |
| September | 38 | 52,200 | 63 | 137,741 | 39 | 48,660 | 69 | 113,555 | 84 | 88,150 | 144 | 170,345 |
| October | 30 | 21,125 | 61 | 36,941 | 45 | 43,252 | 81 | 120,700 | 68 | 65,720 | 117 | 148,783 |
| November | 22 | 21,290 | 34 | 24,520 | 42 | 39,140 | 77 | 54,095 | 45 | 33,730 | 78 | 122,225 |
| December | 17 | 15,800 | 25 | 31,200 | 20 | 22,075 | 43 | 70,695 | 44 | 35,900 | 84 | 56,015 |
| January | 33 | 34,900 | 55 | 53,340 | 49 | 51,130 | 77 | 84,785 | 55 | 57,360 | 92 | 116,553 |
| February | 37 | 46,650 | 60 | 68,900 | 60 | 75,410 | 100 | 116,725 | 62 | 64,485 | 105 | 121,675 |
| March | 55 | 57,075 | 84 | 109,050 | 71 | 72,505 | 106 | 306,012 | 68 | 72,100 | 115 | 92,950 |
| April | 55 | 57,415 | 96 | 104,320 | 78 | 76,660 | 131 | 190,990 | 83 | 100,580 | 128 | 135,600 |
| May | 72 | 73,460 | 122 | 100,280 | 62 | 67,595 | 99 | 111,743 | 86 | 97,160 | 160 | 234,582 |
| June | 36 | 46,060 | 66 | 76,815 | 74 | 82,463 | 117 | 146,630 | 81 | 97,108 | 144 | 246,296 |
| Totals | 447 | $491,005 | 779 | $869,492 | 620 | $665,695 | 1043 | $1,543,755 | 845 | $883,068 | 1429 | $1,691,105 |
TACOMA BANK CLEARINGS.
| Months. | 1901-02. | 1902-03. | 1903-04. |
|---|---|---|---|
| July | $ 4,318,153.03 | $ 5,409,206.75 | $ 7,715,579.70 |
| August | 4,594,683.55 | 5,945,993.04 | 7,308,197.37 |
| September | 5,252,834,60 | 6,244,709.50 | 8,330,087.33 |
| October | 5,982,652.46 | 8,569,541.60 | 9,268,786.11 |
| November | 5,537,297.55 | 8,460,959.94 | 8,764,691.01 |
| December | 5,031,807.23 | 9,681,493.06 | 10,060,853.96 |
| January | 5,414,839.63 | 8,969,399.35 | 8,719,901.12 |
| February | 4,267,933.49 | 7,521,557.21 | 8,175,534.17 |
| March | 5,243,385.69 | 8,639,380.86 | 9,144,338.91 |
| April | 5,266,410.53 | 8,162,920.94 | 8,231,909.76 |
| May | 5,508,605.51 | 7,965,403.09 | 8,299,838.70 |
| June | 5,736,684.64 | 7,767,707.08 | 8,281,923.53 |
| Totals | $62,155,287.91 | $93,348,272.42 | $102,301,641.67 |