Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-10-07

will require large additional mum.
Der of tunnel cars and small loco.
motive, all of which will be in read;.
ness as soon as the road is completed
The hop houses on the Walker
place, Puyallup, were burned on tb.
night of the 2Sth ult. The BUILDINGS
we're insured for $500, which will
cover more than half the loss on
them. The hops in the kiln and
cooling room were not insured. The
loss on hops to E. Meeker will, be
about $500. The bulk of the crop
valued at $4,000, was insured and
lay in the warehouse, about one
hundred feet distant. They were
saved by turning a stream of water
upon the building from force pump
prov ded for such contingencies.
The cause Of the fire is unknown.
The present run of silver salmon
is simply enormous. The canning
company at Seattle, manage to put
up, about two thousand choice fish
each day, and are com PEELED to turn
away thousands that are offered
them, on account Of the scarcity Of
help, and the limited capacity of the
cannery. Never before has the run
of silversides been more extensive
nor'the flavor and condition of the
fish better. We hope that by anotb.
er season the Seattle Canning and
Packing Company will have more
than doubled the present capacity of
their cannery, and made arrange
ments for all the help they can pos
sibly use in curing the fish.
The U. S. Senate now stands 90
Democrats and SO Republicans.
| giving the latter Malone and the
former Davis, and not counting the
two Republican Senators elected
from New York, who cannot take
their places until after a President
pro tenn of the Senate has been cleo.
ted. In the House, however, the
Republicans seem to have a better
chance to carry things their own way.
With the election of a Congressman
from Maine to succeed Frye, the Re-
publicans have IA members. and m
there are four Congressman to b
elected from New York State, three
of whom are to come from strongly
Republican districts, it is claimed
the Republicans will have at the
next converting of Congress 147
members, which is majority.
The ship DAKOTA, direct from New
York, laden with railroad iron for
the Northern Pacific, touched at
Townsend on the 18th. The f,l,ow.
ing description is given of the vessel:
She was built in Bath, Maine, by w.
Rogers. Her tonnage register is
twelve hundred and seventy one and
thirty one hundredths. Length, one
hundred and ninety-seven feet;
beam, thirty-eighs and four hum
dred,hs feet; depth of bold, twenty
three and six hundredths. Her
model is termed a carrier, with
sharp ends; her stern is elliptic and
her class is the highest in American
vessels. Her frame is Of white oak,
well sailed and picked throughout.
Her system of ventilation is superior
to any heretofore seen on shipboard,
and her plan for draining leakage is
on the most improved principal.
Her arrangement for comfort OF her
officers and crew are irst-class, the
after cabin being equal in finish to
many of our frst-class steamers.
The after saloon is finished in oak
with polished black trimming and
adorned with marble slabs, French
plate mirrors and handsome fur
niture. She carries three boats and
her cost is about sixty thousand
dollars. She unfortunately sus-
tanned some damage in colliding
with the bark ( Ark,crigM in the
straits. Her cargo consists of 5,5l5
rails, 738 axles, 681 kegs of spikes
and bolts, 4 boilers and tenders, 924
bundles of fish plates and 20 cases
of merchandise. She proceeded at
once to New Tacoma.