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CHAPTER XVII.
Tacoma, and Olympia, the Capital of Washington.
The City of Tacoma, where I made my next stop, is beautifully situated on Commencement Bay, on the east side of Puget Sound.
Here are the great terminal shops of the Northern Pacific Railroad. This company has built immense elevators and warehouses, and from their docks shipments of wheat and flour are made to the Orient, the same company also having their fast passenger and freight steamships, that make their regular trips on the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Tacoma has numerous saw mills and an enormous business in the manufacture and shipment of lumber. Here is the country of big trees; unsurpassed in size are the fir, cedar, pine and other
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