The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-05
From Por: Madison.


PogT MADISON, Jan ID, 1870
Ed. ISTELLlGESCE8 - This qu
milling town has been all life ari jol-
i.y the pas. few days, on the OCCASION
Of mine host. Of the Port Madison
Hotel. p. Visit. taking unto himself
wife. The established custom fixed by
the proprietor. G. A Meigs, that no
spurious liquors should be publicly
used 90 or about the premises was sus-
pended, and a gay time was the conss-
auence. l am pleased 70 state, how
ever. that nothing OF a serious nature
occurred-,hree new plug hats Just
purchased =, pinkhsn's and Sake
were shown me ami they looked Cen
,eunisl like This and nothing more.
visited the Puget SouLd Oh Com
nany's works. Nessrs. Hammond and
Emery are 10 charge. and have seven-
teen men employees They are at pres
en-. manufacturing three HUNDRED gal
ions Of OH daily; have already h'rieied
5000 or 5000 gallons, and before the
run OF herring stops, they expect 10
make 10000 gallons. 10 describe the
indus o,erandi would take too much
stsce ia your valuable PAPER; but sui
nee to say this manufacturing OF oil
from the herring aud dVg fish OF Puget
Sound, is destined TO become TN I'M
por,aut industry OF We..ern Washing
ION. Mr. Hammond iniorms US that
he gets one gallon Of OIL more froul 4
Tar. G. Of herring tins season than last
aud the smoked herring are much
| larger this season than last; conse-
auenly "a superior article. They have
Abou. ready for market something over
| 5000 cases. Mr.. Hammond ha. to my
certain knowledge impaired Informs
ton. aud has writtea many articles tot
the public as well rs private letters
East in regnid to the facilities tor the
manufacture Of oil here. lie Is lot
afraid of comp tition. He thinks II
more manufactures were started. the
accumulation Of the scrape or guano
would be a soIrce II revenue. In the
East i, is .orth $50 per ton, and Mr.
Hammond Informed me that they w.il
have 900 tons ti.is season ready Ia!
shipment Some smart lank Will
come along soon and for u tritic pur-
chase of the L. s y. Co what they
have, say 600 or 500 tons, and make
little fortune. | know whereof
speak, that the oil factories i'll the East
OF Maine sell every pound OF then
scrap 1t $50 per ton. Messrs. II. 4 +
inform me that the herring are 81
plentiful that often at one haul they
have enough to fill their two scows ana
TWO lighters and then open their seine
and let the remainder 60. But to re
. main long about the premises woul'
remind one of Bob. Browns des
cription of some Indian shanties h
4. visited while at Port Townsend-tha
lit smelt kinder ancient and tish-like.
I Just opposite these works, lie at thel
moorings, the coast survey schoone
Yucon and the steamer Lively, hi
away, it would seem, from the gaze G
I the world if not from your reporter
, who has heard it mentioned 10y nautics
men, that the survey might have bee
carried on all season, but the old sayin
d is Uncle Sam is rich enough"
@ Vessvs Enater g. King boiler make
makers. are rebuilding the Pclitkofsky
. boilers, and WHEEL completed. who
will take about four or five weeks lol
= ger, will give larger heating surfst
O THAI before. When this steamer
again running she will rate Al.
=, Point Agate was visited. and, at til
this place. opposite the Old Ma
House, may be found the avcr-hospit;
n ble and genial VIM. DeShaw. who is
n host Of himself; and right here "
would say that any one visiting POI
l. Madison would miss good thing b
not visiting his Bonanza. / will vel
t ture wager that no store in Seatt
- has such variety of articles as hi
and for curiosities. Mr. Swan woul
have done we'll To have called on NJ
I. DeShaw before going to the Centennia
k tor curiosities.
p. UBIQUITOUS.