The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-09-01
IIILT IyTELLICENlER.
..,urdsy, September /. 1877

=. forsDsrEs-We 'o,k tramp
" he fsun1rics and machine shops
- -, The city from, yesterday 'n'' found
ss a hard at work. our first
esfyp., the North Pacific Foundry,
~ .s;cb John Nation IS snperlntend-
s m..s we found three small engines
o. ns ss;yinc the finishing touches.
: ,.,ees. i. designed for the steamer
- Ias owned by Captain Brlttan- 1t
Isseor;obt direct acting single en-
SIS sp IA inches diameter Of cylinder
pss - % Feet stroke Of piston. The
~ %, TWO are of the same style but
a's s,.. -. .;ze. being six inches diameter
'n ,.,asr and one foot stroke. One
q ., s Gun Is designed for the new shop
d - Nation is getting ready for the
s smsot of his business; the other
.,e.m launch aow built by Capt.
10 ehs Is Of neat model and
s aa..s feet in length. Besides these,
mi. fsnnary department is casting
'ae = ,ettions for 5. 2. Andrew, OF
Go'es = and fire fronts for ". j. Car
~, NJ. an marble mantel works. They also
s s'..ut.s,urs 10 order stoves for dry
- Next. oar man about town
ID. - George ". Buliene, foundry
ca, be found the men At work on
70 nsw shafts for the Government pro-
,sII.r Lirely, employed in the Coast
s.v.v They are also making the
.s.f,Inr and journals for q large red
-a.,d lsmber mill in process Of construc-
,.sa IN Nendocino county, Caliiorbis,
q, ,bs Meigs Llriher and Shipbuild-
;sg Company Many persons would
:, inquire why this work was
:, lane in San Francisco. where the
s,mpany have their head office. The
.,.ser is very simple one. The CON-
nv ere very we'll pleased with
IL working OF their mill over at
PAT Madison, the machinery of which
Z kent in order by Bullene himself;
.sj |. is with q view OF having this
,,8xood mill resemble it as closely as
.oable, that they have entrusted this
rak to the skill of Puget Sound me
Asuics. We all know that ali the
sua,tu machinery for Montana is done
q san Francisco, though it could be
dane more cheaply i'll st. Louis or
Omaha, JUS. because Pacific coast me-
chsnics know just how this work should
h done. Hence, for like reasons, Pu-
nj Sound mechanics are supposed to
! the most conversant with good saw
nill work. Passing along to the Mad
docks wharf. We come to the boiler
shop Of Foster Il King. These gentle
men have just finished and put into the
.ag Blskely the largest pair Of boilers
ever built on Puget Sound, and now
ssey arc making tor the same vessel a
mokestack eighteen feet long and for
!J.fve inches in diameter. They are
slD getting ready to put new tubes III
b the boiler Of the steamer Toaser. as
veil as new smokestack. The boat
d already moored there and they will
hke hold of her just as soon as they
get through with the Blakely. On the
sme wharf ia Murphy's shop, where
most Of the repairs to the revenue cut.
.er Wolcott were done. We find Muir
ply at work. charging the masthead
nps Of the ship Western Shore. lie al
q forged yesterday pair of eccentrics
be an engine now building at Nation 5
hop. White II Tenney, OF the Puget
Foundry, are making ily-wheel for
tho Puget Mill Co. Of Port Gamble,
which will be the largest casting ever
made in the Territory. They are also
making. from time to time, car-whecls
ie the Seattle & Walla Walla railroad.
~ the other end Of the city, near the
Raila Walla railroad depot, is the
ssslsr shop Of Mckinley & Co. They
have just finished large tubular heater
N The new machine shop of the North
Pacific foundry. II is ten feet long by
sairty.two inches in diameter, aud has
isensy-six hues in it. Take the bust
ses - il stands for the several found
sand machine shops in Seattle and
asy area credit to the city. On the
seent visit of the steamship California
s'sss place. she had her machinery
Msnauled at Nations in a manner
Iaiy pleasing to the captain and
ayineer OF the ship. She is now con-
sasfrd two miles faster than when she
~ afst built All this speaks we'll for
Mskill Of onr local mechanics.