Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-14
The Puget Sound Mills.

ALSD VIZ mining A"tCASoto vi l.
Sound; but considerable diffidence
has been shown by the various COM
panies, so that in this instance the
figures can be computed only ap-
proximately, with the exception of
Port Gamble and Blakely.
Port Gamble puget Mill Com
pany) is the largest milling corpora
ton on Puget Sound, Pope & Tai
bot, San Francisco,) and Mr.. Cyrus
Walker is resident manager at Gam
BILE. Last year the Gamble company
cut over 30,000,000 feet of lumber,
the year being dull one. The av-
erage number of men employed
about the mill is 100. The new
mill contains one circular, two gangs,
one table edser, two gangs of eds sers,
one lath mill, six trimmers, two
planning machines.
Old mill ,-one circular, one table
edger, one planning machine, one
scantling machine, three trimmers.
The Puget Mill Company own the
large milling establishment at Utsa-
lady. The number of men employ
ed at this place aggregate 60. The
cut of lumber for the past year
amounted to 1G,5OO, 900. The mill
contains one gang, one circular, one
scantling machine, trimmers, lath
mill, planning machine.
The Port Ludlow mill is owned
by the Puget Mill Company, is in
exc llent condition, and capable of
cutting an enormous amount of lum-
Der daily. This mill has not been
operated recently; but is ready for
active work On short notice.
Port Blakely Mill, Renton, Hol-
mes g. Co. Mr.. Renton is resident
owner, Mr.. Holmes living in San
Francisco. During the past year
the Blakely mills shipped Foreign
and domestic) 25,O0O,O00 feet of
lumber. The present size of the
mill is 75x390. Improvements have
been made from time to time until
now these mills for convenience and
economy ore without superior on
the coast. The present capacity Of
the Blakely mills is about 10000
feet of lumber daily; number of men
employed, 100. New store and Of
fees have been recently built, and
the town and company are in flour
ishing condition.
Washington Mills, Adams & Co.
These mills are located at Seabeck,
Hoods canal, present capacity about
10000 feet. During the past season
several vessels have been built at
Seabeck, the company launching one
splendid ship, which is employed in
carrying lumber to San Francisco.
Discovery Mills. S. l.. Mastic q
Co. Situated on Discovery bay, a
perfectly land locked har bor, below
Port Townsend and opening on the
straits of Fuca. Their mills are ca
pable of turning out about 10000
feet of lumber daily; average num-
Der of employees about 100. The
Discovery mills ship foreign large
quantities of lumber and to San
Francisco.
Tacoma Mills, Hanson, Ackerson
& Co. Mr.. Ackerson is resident part
ner, the other members of the firm
living in San Francisco. The mills
as their name would indicate, are To-
Gated at Tacoma, on Commencement
bay. The capacity of these mills is
about GO, 900 feet of lumber daily;
total number of men employed-1OO.
The Tacoma company enjoys large
foreign, trade and are shipping
large quantities of lumber to San
Francisco.
The Milton Mills, E. l.. Marshall.
These mills are situated on Elliot
bay. directly opposite from Seattle.
They have been shut down for two
years.
IT MAKES DIFFERENCE, You
KSow.-It is the man with only one
suit of clothes and u small salary, my
son, who has to be polite and agree
able and a rigid, faultless observer
of the strictest points and forms OF
etiquette. The man worth sou, 900
may tramp on your corns, walk
across your wife's train, and eat pie
with knife, and it is all right; his
standing in society isn't affected by
it. But you-don't you, ON your
present salary, attempt to drink soup
out of the side of your plate, if you
want to marry an heiress. You
can't aff'ort to act that way. just yet.
BARON Rothschild, the head Of the
French branch of the family, is u.s.
ually at the bank before his clerks
are. His wife wears but little jew
elry, and his daughter Bettina has
passed q successful examination as a
teacher.
The whole tax levied for Teyritori-
al purposes amounted in 1880 to
S71, ,127 GS. The tax levy was three
mills on the dollar.