Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-09-19
Tsae Eerisainsus.
from tise Tacoma III ilsssi,e u ,lgtlss It'll.

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We we're yesferil:.y ii, llls bay to tie spot
selecttd i,y ilIc R:silfasd t;aiillal.g fol III
conslfucfIansaI tllrif Walslll From Tile Wharf
this way along ille Shore the tiiaal,sr / allt
brush have lsell sl;islesi a, u burning la.
eoiiinieiiccd 1T the e,tIitr end 81 vi li,ei
were employed II that eIns, lsst week, aIit
ltwen1y-ilive more arc 10 l,e added % Til
number This week. ilI surveyors Of tlle
what einap l,ase been atolifisd fIIas fu,o hun
drednlcn viii be iitpIoy cd tflias place mex
month.
The railroad forces are gradually drawing
nearer 10 Tacoma. a force Of tory men are
sarnped 1T GaaIaler's mill. and ale clearing
thcroad Gown to the projected Wharf. Tie
graders are now about eight miles off. and
commenced moving tlnIr camps closer yes
terday.
Same paper, 18th. M
/ There has heen enconsilerable talk here about
building wharf at the foot OF McGaryer
and also Of tie Iailroad wharf up. the bay
SO far as We can learn, the only present him
dranee is the sap in the timber, which, bcing
up, causes the bark 10 peel, and renders Tie
piles more easy prey to the bore woim.
The sap will be down III a few days, and then
the piles will be cut.
The McCarYer street wharf company have
hundred thousand feet or more OF lumber
or Their structure, and no one has any doubt
oi the N. r. II. II. Co.'S ability ard intention
to very soon commence and flush a splendid
wharf and dock.
Another batch of Chinanlan haye been
landed in Tacoma, andiapparently lave set
tled down to stay. To-day with the energy
ttiittsF ffstFe et tie
lumber and built Ii little house about ten fe' t
square 10 accommodate forty or mole Celes-
tils.
4 scow load af timber was taken mp to the
Pnyallnp reserve, ar the head 1T the bay. It
is intended to erect scboo-house on the re-
seryation.
The Railroad Cntnpany are going to treat
the citizens Of Tacoma to II grand bonfire or
Saturday next They have had every tree
cut elpWn OH a tract of land eighty acres in
ia extent, aud next Saturday, Wien things
are a little more slly and iaiiamnlable.t en-
lire tract will be set iii i blaze The .sburnt
district will be first put in market, a.s,l the
site is well ;tliapted 70 business and residence
purposes
gle b:aIer's oven there aro now two IN op-
Grafton. and tie mason work fora third was
completed to day. No other town on the
sound li:is mere than three, and Tacoma is
atfaining a pre-eninenec in that line. The
oven building to day is intended for 4 regu-
lar Geiman and French bakery.
A seoW load of lumber arrived on last
evening from Seattle. Beside Tie Tacoma
mill, Freeport and Seattle have each an agen-
cy hire.
On her last trip. the Eta White brought
from Semahmoo twelve men, ali looking Tor
a profitable field for industry in tile great
works about commencing III and around Ia
coma. ss @
The steamer Phantom arrived during the
Light from Seattle, towing barge loaded
with lumber from 1csler's mill. Considers
bleibulding material is being used up in this
city at present, and the prospect is good for
great increase in the consumption next
month. s
The pews in tile now Episcopal Church
will number sixteen, each intended to seat
Y Y 3 s.
six persons
tsa 1919 lstb.
Enough of tile railroad town site-80 acres
being slashed and ready for burning, fires
were started All over the tract yesterday
Last night and to day The harbor and town
have been completely enyeloped IN dense
cloud of smoke.
18th.
Fifty wheel-barrows and a hundred shovels
were brought down on the steamer last night
intended for use OH the town site. A force
oil Cinnamon are to be put to work with these
tools. fsS go
The Chinese seem to have selected McCar-.
yer street ais their business and abiding quar-
tiers. They have already there two buildings,
an opium store and wash house, and this
morning they commenced erecting three
more--a rice store, tea store and "a wash
house. 0 9 is5
1athb
The lands six miles from town can be
bought at about $40 per acre, and within two
miles Of town, prices are from $50 TO 500
per acre.
a wharf is to be immediately built At 1901
Of MeCarver street. The wharf VIII extend
6Ofeet from the bank. having 9 bridge 80
feet vide, ana Il froat 150 feet long and 60
feet vide. AT extreme low tide there will be
Is feet Of water at the end. Before the end
Of the week, the pile driving will pc COM
menced
The Aida brought np this morning from
Seattle, twenty -flve oil thirty more Chinamen
with their packs, come apparently g assist
Il, the Improvement imlpDir.oo ol Tacoma. Our Chi
nese population at present number At least
between two and three hundred, and & rap
IDLY increasing.
This morning the STEAMER from Fort sake
brought three gentlemen from there to ap-
praise the damages done % Renton, Smith 4
Co., by the Railroad co. - destroying timber
o,a the town site. Of which Renton, Smith q
Go. clalm 10 have lease.
fs,,a.,,s. d q ta.;nu have chartered the