TACOMA
ELECTRIC CITY
OF THE
PACIFIC COAST
1904
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade
Officers and Trustees 1903-4
| WILLIAM JONES, President. | A. F. ALBERTSON, Vice President. | HENRY A. RHODES, Treasurer. |
J. S. WHITEHOUSE, Secretary.
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This pamphlet is issued by the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade. Itsobject is to present reliable information concerning Tacoma and to interest in this citythose who desire a location on the Pacific Slope in which to engage in business, manufacturing orshipping, or a desirable place in which to live.
The information herein contained is reliable and the statistics are official and up-to-date.
Further or special information of any character will be cheerfully furnished upon applicationto the
SECRETARY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Tacoma, Wash.
- Made in Tacoma——
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Tacoma, the Electric City of the PacificCoast, and the chief seaport of the NorthPacific, is situated at the head of oceannavigation on Puget Sound in latitude 47°15´ north and longitude 122° 25´ west fromGreenwich. Being further north than Duluthor Quebec, Tacoma is supposed bymany to be bleak and cold. A popularmisapprehension among Eastern peopleseems to be that Puget Sound is somewherenear Alaska and that for half of the yearthe people contend with snow and ice.
Climate and Health.
The climate of the Pacific Slope west of the CascadeMountains is tempered by the Pacific Ocean, the “Japancurrent” and the equable southwesterly winds. The climateresembles that of Western Europe rather than thatof the American Continent east of the Rocky Mountains.Tacoma is four degrees further south than London, inabout the same latitude as Nantes, the chief city of Brittany,near the mouth of the Loire. The climate of PugetSound is warmer in winter and cooler in summer thanthat of Southern England, and is the most equable, salubriousand delightful to be found in the United States.
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