The Dream of 'Palatine Hill': A Real Estate Fever Dream of 1888

PALATINE HILL! HOME LOTS! Lots 40, 50 and 60x130 feet. Prices $100 to $150 per lot. The best located, most desirable and accessible property on the market. Situated within one and a half miles of the Seattle Postoffice, via the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern R.R., within ten minutes’ easy walk. A Ross station on that road, four minutes’ walk to Salmon Bay, and one mile to the South Side car shops. This beautiful locality is particularly suited for the location of homes, as it is within easy reach of Seattle center by rail or carriage road. And with the various manufactories already situated there, and the various others that have secured sites to locate there within the next few months, there will be dwellings for hundreds of machinists, carpenters, masons, and in fact all kinds of skilled and unskilled laborers. Ross Postoffice is soon to be established as is also a general merchandise store which will add much to the value. A great advantage is that there is a schoolhouse on the ground for the children. Liberal terms of payment: half down, half the balance in three months, and the remainder in six months, at eight per cent. We also offer five percent discount for complete cash payment.