, 1872-03-07
Port Gamble.


ssa Port Gamble.
After lasr week 5 paper wen. to psess
tic editor took run down to Port Gam
bic, remaining there from Thursday
morning tia Friday noon The weather
was exceedingly unpleasant, so as TO
considerably impair the facilities for oh
serration. notwithstanding which we
saw and experienced enough Of gratiI-
cation to amply compensate US for the
journey and the Indictment weather.
Port Gamble is situated upon one Of
the most beautiful Of The innumerable
coyes extending out OF Puget Sopnd,
upon the peninsula near the junction oi
Hoods Canal with admiralty Inletas
lovely in natural scenery as the poet 3
fancy could picture. 1t eontaing one
Of the most complete and extensive Iun-
Der mill establishments in this or any
other country. owned and conducted by
the puget Mill Company" The year
1871, it is generally known, was dali
year for the lumber business, yet the
following astonishing statistics Of the
BUSINESS OF THE MILLS
for that year, were furnished US from
the books Of the Company, by Henry
Race. Esq, the book-keeper: t-f
Lumber, 100000 feet; 1000. 900
Of which was sent to-foreigl ports;
Laths, 100000; ... ...s-s. j
Shingles. 3.250.G00;
Together with large amount Of saw
ed timber, and great number Of spars
requiring for all, 10000 tons Of shipping
to transport to market. The amount Of
money received for these products, we
did not seek to ascertain bul persons
acquainted with the prices Of lumber at
the ports where it was disposed ofwouh
not estimate the aggregate amount at
less than 5000. 600, ti
AMOUNT OF sHIPP,iIG.
To transport the products Of this
mill for the year would require 40 Yes-
sells of an average tonnage Of 800 tons.
TAe company own q number Of vessels
and have many others under charter,
and have txo good sized steamers; the
Goliah and Cyrus WALKER constantly
employed in towing sail vessels in and
out Of pozs, and in distributing their re-
tnrn freight 70 various ports on the
Sound
On Thrrsday, the 25th, the ship E.
KimbaIl, Capt. Keller, arrived from San
Francisco, after an absence Of only 70
days frona the mill. having carried down
and landed GO u, feet Of lumber. On
the return trip she sailed in company
with the clipper ship War Hawk, and the
70 ships made the run, side by side,
francisco to the Cape il three
days and eign. -a,,in,, q ~ m
she Was six days in -ra sa;,aa s1r
The French bark Jean Pie.
Lquique on the 9th, and the
Bark Triton, for Caliao, on the 1st.-
There were six vessel loading at the
mills and two more daily expected. The
steamer Goliah was undergoing repairs,
which were nearly completed, in conse-
auence of late collision with a sail
vessel at Gabriola Reef, from which she
suffered considerable damage. Captain
Hayden has resigned his command Of
her and will go to San Francisco. n
THE MANAGEMENT. Il
Without knowing the exact rank oA'
positions of the several gentlemen en-
ployed in the management Of the vast
and varied business connected with the
mills, we mention them only in connec-
ton with the duties they were severally
performing; Mr. Cyrus Walker, General
Superintendent; Cap. Noyes, Foreman
of the Mill; Mr.. G. W. Walker, Foreman
Of the Machine Shop; Gen. S. w.
Hoyey, Cashier; Henry Race, Esq.
Book-keeper; Mr.. Llewellyn, Store
keeper. All these are gentlemen Of in
teIligence and refinement. uniting fine
social qualities with good business quail
ifcations. "a &
THE TowE,
.which.is owned almost entirely by the
Iii Company includes, besides the
mills and ware houses, many neat and
tasteful private residences. and presents
quite an attactive appearance, The
brow of the hill il crowned with quite
an imposing edifce erected and occupied
for Masonic Ball, upon the table a
little farther back is a neat looking
school house, and upon a gentle eleva-
ton overlooking the town and the wa
ters Of, the bay, CLEANS through the
green foliage the freshly painted white
fence Of a cemetery, exhibiting degree