The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-24

ing into the sea such an event il OF
rare occurrvnce anywhere. and its al
not aeemens was received xith interest
in all part. Of ;as SQUAD. Excursions
were gos up ct various points. and nap
/ py parties taken tkither by five boats.
TO xit Seventy I've persons by ths
Josephine. aid fifteen by the PLant0sa.
10 n from 6esttis; sbout eighty irou,
| Port Gamble on the Nellie. and score
or more each On the yirginius from PIT
| TozBsend AID 81. Patrick from Union
| Civ. Tbess Eve boats. add 10 tue
mill coInyany's bost Coifsx. made
larger steam feet In port than seabeek
| lad srer before enjoyed Tbs peoilr
ou b ord these steamers, joined 70 the
/ Operatives Of the mill. the wsaseu aud
| children OF the town. the seam. n "n
| the v~esels in port and the ship carpsn-
tsrs flled Seabeck - il Fever q. { II d
before; the cay seeming much like
Fourth Of July. the mill bsiEg shut.
down, flags hy,ng. sthe band playing.
and every body out Ia then best rig and
looking exceedingly happy.
| S-abeck 10 of the usual FOOTE'S Of
travel. aud but few persous have an
idea # its locssioa snd appearance. l.s
location 10 on beautiful bay on the
| east side of Hoed's Canal. eighteen
miles above Port Gamble. The saw
mill, store, cnokhouse. wharvss and
warehouses are on . spa, os beach
| island, bstween which aud the main
land . . long. narrow channel ia winch
the logs are foatsi up To the mill.
Across this channel the town 10 built,
which consist. Of the shipysrd. How
srds hotel, twenty or thirty family
Gotta &c with gardens aud a. many
cabins for the unmarried men. 1t Is
laid out uniiormly. and 10 quite pretty
| toSn. The mall cuis about 1900 feet
of iun ber every working day OF
twelve hours. II has recently been cd
tsd 10, ard 70 pow l. sbapssl. the added
arm being iatenied principally Tor the
getting oat Of ship timbers. for which
purposs It has b--n provided with ma
| chin-ry Of character supesio. to any.
thing VI the KIDD elssshess to be found
on tbs Sound or the mill Mr. Hewitt.
10 foreman. while Mr. Rsymond il book
keeper OF the whole establishment. Mr.
H1lyoks superintendent snd Mr. WI
| Adams. of San Francisco. its sole owner.
The sbipyArd il located about two
hundred yAris from the mill. with
which 1t 10 connected by al elevated
| tramway. The unusual spectacle OF
three large vessels simultaneously
building has there been lately exhibit
cd. and 10 cid Puget Saunders, VINO
have long looked in vain for such
things, it was spectacle we'll worth
seeing. These three vessels We will
briefly describe Ia the paragraphs fol
lowing:
| One is intended for Q steamer. Her
keel is OF i6O feet length. aud her
length on deck l67 feet. her breadth
being "a feet. and her depth IA feet
She is TO be Owned by Mexican firm
| aud run ON the Gulf Of California.
Martin Bilger has superintendent
over the vessel. and will put III her
engines st San Franci.co. Wm Bell 10
boss carpenter. Her hall is two-thirds
done. and after launching. rigging and
loading, she will DO .skcn below for
flashing.
The first Of the tive vessels launched
| was three masted schooner. built for
John Ken,f.ld & Go and Capt A II
Paul. by Chss Murry, builder Of the
barkentiue Discovery and other YES
sells. Her length Of keel Is III feet,
her length on deck 1i1 feet. her
breadth al beam IS fest. and her depth
L - Al 4 L. kA -
tons, and IL expected TO be 9 good car
rier and fair caller. She u ill be com
mandsd by Cap. Paul himself. aud will
engage in the trsde with the Sandwich
Isisnds. ~. 49,
The skSss vessel hauehsd was. . full
rugged ship that has been building the
pest two years by Hiram DoncAster
fer w ] Adams. This ship has 2l2
feet length Of keel. and 237 feet length
on deck. She 10 A feet bread and is I 7
feet deep. She enjoys the distinction
Of being The largest ship Jet built on
the Psci6o Coast aud OF being perhsps
the Target singls-decked vessel in the
) world. and Of being also perhaps the
largest sail vessel In the lumber carry
|, ing trade Of the world. This ship, oW-
ing to her having . single deck. will
probably uot ton up On measurement
above ii00. bat she y expected to carry
] 1.300. 900 fest Of lumber, $500 900 on
deck) which 10 equivalent TO 5000 tons.
This ship 10 built with reference to
speed. strength and uApAcity for carry.
: ING lumber. She d very sharp and has
!: beautiful lines. The DAshing Wave.
Forest Queen. and ether fast sAiiers
will certainly have To exert themselves
10 keep up with her. while We doubt the
ability II any sai. vessel on the ocean to
get awsy FROM her. A million feet of
lumber were used in her construction,
and over hundred toss Of iron. From
the top Of her keelson down 10 14H
fsst Of sslid wood. spiked BY
tstsam hsm1er irnprovised for the pur-
poss. Her esiliug = II inches thick.
and isnusnss timhers are IN all parts Of
| her used fus making her strong ~ The
4 utrcnasst vssssl TIA floats. Her lover
| yards Will b @ ssst. her lower topssil
u feet her upper topsail u feet. her
top gallant 30 teet. her royal 20 feet aud
her skyaail 50. Capt VIM Edwaris.
formerly Of the bark CassAndra Adams.
viii be the proad master Of this fne
ship. which 10 intended for the trade
between San Franc SEQ ADD Seabsck.
Il Preparations fer the launch bad been
under active way oil day. and at bali
past I The men began to get ready to
- A