The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-02
From Renton :.
RESTOS, June 30. 1877.

REST0N, June 30. 1877.
Ed METEOROLOGICAL thought .
few lteDi. from this lively little burg
won!I be OF SINE Interest 10 your read
err, and | am satisfied if oae-lsalf CT
your city rc.idents. the pleasure seek
!ug portion az least, knew what a
splendid resor, Wm r. Smith has a,
his picnic grounds they would he here
- l-a>t once Ii week with tneir fa,ni-
les M Smith las lald out, besides
his own labor, some 500 CT $500 AMI
Cue Il cation, design ard arrangements
are exceedingly inviting. He has dan
eng platform about 30 fec, square.
100 .ee:s ard ~ little stands or
tables .cat,ered around the 2.ove. &c.
dar river. with Is clear ice cool water.
runs by over pebbiy bottom. A.r.
Smith has a nicely fitted up Bazar with
soda fountain, ice cream fixtures, etc
etc.
On the train up we observed that
passengers were dropped Off at every
place they pleased, and the S. 4 W ".
r. Z. is getting to be we'll patronized.
The arrangements now are good, leav-
ing Seattle and Renton ice each day.
A large amount Of freight came up for
the different contractors on the New
castle branch Messrs Harmon & Wal
ker were Oh hand with their two yoke
Of oxen on the arriva. of the train, for
supplies. They informed me they bad
about Is men at work clearing and
grubbing. and will, during the coming
week put on a gang Of men to getting
out square timber FIR the different
trestle works aud bridges
Gum King with a lot of Cinnamon
a. their freight arrived by the one
o ,ock train. He has a store here and
w reh0use near the river, where the
bulge is being constructed. Mr. J.
Dern IS the contractor Of thisaiob and
and the foundation piers already laid.
has gang Of men at work framing.
The timber is shipped from Colman's
mill. Messrs. Frank & Gum King in-
20 med me they would have in the next
ten days over 200 Cinnamon at work
on the grade. They will commence
Monday on twelve foot cut and one
and one-half feet fill with about eighty
men, SO you see, Renton is the initial
point.
Mr. Burroughs. who bought G. W.
Tibbett out, seems to have q rush Of
business and is receiving considerable
of the country trade He is deputy
postmaster at Renton.
The Parker House, Railroad Hotel.
aGdAlki Saloon are all to have new and
costly signs. bearing the finishing mark
of Pike Smith. the rapid sign writers
and advertisers.
We gathered some very important in
formation from Z. NJ Smithers on the
train going up. / called his attention
to the white clover growing on the side
of the road SO abundantly. He says for
dairy business. our heavies- and finest
timber la,dc are far superior for feed
10 any California land for the dairy
business He claims that no country
lays out doors So we'll adapted for cheese
manufacturing rs White river valley.
then interviewed White rive
farmer He said arrangements were
being made tor the organization
Of company for the manufacture of
cheese. l then inquired of John
Thomas. an old King county settler.
about how long he had known white
cover growing in the country, and he
ID the first seeds were sown here by
I. Nj. Alvord. in 1861. ald strange as
i. may seem white clover can DO found,
| will venture to say, on every section
Of land in King county west of Sno-
qnalmie Prairie. In the pasture lands
on the Smi.her's farm the ground 5
nearly white with clover blossoms.
We took q flying trip next up to
Talbot. where we found all life and
hustle The new bunkers are being
rapidly PIT up. and when completed
will be the most extensive coal bunkers
In the Territory. We did not have
time 10 get the full dimensions OF the
structure bnt it is suffieien. to say the
company knows what the capacity Of
their mines are. and when vessels fail
To arrive on time, this receptacle will
hold enough so there need be no delay
in mining the coal.
We found all along on the Duwam-
ish. Black and Cedar river bottcms7
crops looking finely. especially 30 the
crop of hay. In many places it was
lodged. U Bick r