, 1880-04-08
Continued from last week,I

Continued from last week.I
thick, easy of access and OF good quality,
and there can be no question but this in
dustry could be established here and made
to pay, because there is nothing OF the
Kind OH the Sound.
Port Townsend does large wholesale
and retail trade; but the past year or two
have been exceptionally dull in the way
ot business, not only here bur nil over the
Sound-the consequence OF depressions in
trade IN other countries. The war be-
tween Chill and Peru has greatly affected
the western part of the Territory because
these nations have been large consumers
Of our lumber; bnt We anticipate that the
demand for our lumber will soon be great
cr than 1t has ever been before.
SHIP YARD AND MILL SITE.
At the head of Port Townsend Bay ia
probably one OF the best sites for a large
ship yard aud steam saw mill to be found
OIL Puget Sound. The harbor ia so shell
tered that II Is comparatively always calm
while there isa large deep lagoon, capable
oi holding millions of feet of logs, con-
Iected with the bay by narrow channel
suitable Tor driving the logs In and out.
Pure, tresh water is abundant. Shi p build
ing Is destined to become one of the lead
=. So .f,g ,Nf Ian ofnnn NOntn Of
the Territory. and rs this spot has been
visited and pronounced to be admirably
atlaptcd to the business. by souIe Of the
most prominent ship builders of tile U. s.,
1t Is only a question Of time, when it will
be utilized for that purpose. Not a mile
distant is pleaiy ofgood building stone so
convenient to the bay that 1t can he loaded
upon vessels from the quarry without
hauling.
PORT LUDLOW
is a manufacturing town ON delightful
harb0r about thirteen miles from Port
Townsend. Its exports are humber, laths
and shingles. Its steam mills are eXteii-
sive, and millions Of feet OF lumber are
rut there annually. During the past two
wears, however, the mill has been " shut
down " on account Oi the death vi its tor
mer proprietor and the winding up OF his
estate; but In the meantime. the property
has changed hands and an entirely new
and much larger mill has been erected.
1t Is now owned by the Puget Mill Co., a
wealthy corporation owning two other
very large mills on the Sound. who will
renew business here as soon as the mills
are ready and the market jus,iiIes it.
TN, town. with It's line residences clean
iy and slightly location. is IN mriring
place TO live and contains a population.
when the mills aud ship yard are In OPP
cra,ion. OF about $50 ar 40. A good
public school Is kept about Onr-half Oi the
year and daily steamer. bringing daily
mail caIl there. 1t Is convenient 10 the
settlers IN the Chiniarum and furnishes
tIIeni, IN part, with II ready market for
their produce. and an opportunity to
work, N good wages when they desire il.
A goUl hotel is iSaIway. opcn 10 the pubic
and the Company'S we lstocked store will
supply almost anything desired rs cheap
as II can be had elsewhere.
The slip yard Of the Hall Brothers has
been established here since 1873, since
which time twenty-SiX vessels. aggrega-
ting 1900 tons have been constructed, and
two more are now being bult-One =
schooner about 90 feet long and the other,
screw steamer, about l2O feet long
both Tor the Hawaiian island trade. This
is the largest ship yard on the Sound. aud
Messrs. Hall Brothers. Us ship builders,
have well earned IL wide and splendid rep
utatiOu.
The mills. shipyard and logging camps
connected herewith. when all are run
ming, give employment to from 2OO tS 300
men.