Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-01
Fo9r GAMBLE ANO IT'S syRRorxo
uNGs.
Headquarters Of q vast lndu.svv a
tew Remiaeseenees or an Uaa..
6hed Tour.

"eaaqaarsers Of vast 1nd~stvy. A
Few Remiseseenees or an Uaaa.
Lhed Tour.
PoRr GAMBLE, Sept. Is. l5sa.-Leay.
ing Seabsck, returned to Port Gamble
where / spent . few days quite pleasant
antly. had the good fortune to fall in
with an old California friend, DR.. IA
Martin. formerly superintendent of
Public Schools of Los Angeles County.
with whom the time not engaged in in.
tervieving people for "notes TO mint >,
was pleasantly spent ia recalling mem
ones of our old home. The Doctor has
happened upon . fiourishing practice in
Fort Gamble and the adjacent country
and may be relied upon BY our NEIGH,
bors 70 lend valuable assistance in thar
educational matters whenever he ia
called upon to do SD.
Port GAMBLE
Is historically interesting. Known in IT,
earlier days as Teekalet, an Indian
name which may be translated freaIv
as the place for throwing the dins"
hence it was great gambling place Soy
the aborigines. 1t was chosen earjv IN
the SOS as the site of ono of tbe lare,s
numbering mills for which Puget SonnS
Ii famous, the world over.
PROMINENT MIL xAs
In another portion Of the Sound vhar
asked him for q description of his
mill. told me he would readily give it
but, said he, II really do not see tina
use OF doing so; when you have de-
scribed one mill you have described
ALL. There is some truth in the re-
mark. Whatever the outward appear.
ance OF one Of these great mills nav be.
however much defaced it NAV lie nv
time, smoke and the work of the els
ments, enter and You will find the same
vast machinery, the same labor-sav-
ing appliances which are noticeable in
the later structures. This ia true of the
mill at Port Gamble. Bush, roar and
clatter are tho order of the hour, and
the tally mon score their
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND
Feet of lumber per day. and the stately
ships come into their haven under the
hill and take ON their carcoee and
spsead white wings for far away ports
and others take their places, and so
the grand procession keeps on its tire
less march.
THE LOCATION
OF Port Gamble ID a pleasant one, on a
bay of ample dimensions At a point
where Hoods Canal and Admiralty In
let meet and mingle their waters. The
business of the mill exclusively has
built up a thriving town Ct several hun
dred inhabitants. Many Of the resi-
dences are well and ornament ally built
and are airly EMPOWERED in fruit trees
and shrubbery. Flowers of almos: end
less variety lend home-like charm to
the front yards and the occupants Of
these homes show that they know how
to ningls the useful with the beautiful
by planting and successfully cultivating
all varieties of berries and small fruits.
TIE 1RArKBNAL ORDERS
Are represented BY flourishing Lodges
of Masons, Odd Fellows and the United
Order of WOrkmen. A presentable
church building, located on the hill back
of the millsite, is pleasant reminder
of due regard for the better influences
which operate on the minds and con-
sciences of men. and a comfortable
school house with large attendance
bears witness in the same direction.
rHH HEADQUARTERS
For long time of tho extensive opera
tions OF the Puget Mill Company, en-
bracing Port Gamble, Port Ludlow and
Utsalady, ths store Of the company has
grown into q Wholesale establishment of
large proportions, and the stock carried
embraces almost everything which the
wants Of the community
could suggest, from a spool of tbs finest
sewing cotton to chain Ct for the right
bower of an East India merchautman.
AvAsT LANDED DOMAIx.
variously estimated from lower figures
mp to 10000 acres. is to be Yeckoned
among the poassasions of the company.
a. we'll ~ feet of lumber ships, banks
and barkentines, and also four of the
MOST POWERFUL TUGS
On the Sound-the Goliah. the Cyrus
Walker, tie Yakima and the FavOrite.
To an old Californian there ia q sugges-
ton Of vanished ysars, of cloudless
skies, of the Golden Gate, Of the grand
and glorious bay to which it 10 the por-
tai of friends who have sailed away
upon q vaster tide, the shoreless ocean
OF eternity, in the sight of the old Go
liah. A quarter of q century agoI saw
her plow the waves of San Francisco
Bay. I am told that many years before
that tine the staunch old craft vexed
the waters of New York Bay with her
keel, bat for all that it is claimed that
from kelson to main deck her timbers
are a. sound a. When she slipped from
the ways of the ship yard into her des:
tined element. The old craft is the typo
of strength, and looks very Triton
among minnows when she heads for
any given point. For old times sake,
if for nothing else, I hope it will be
many a long day before she is sent to
the bone-yard. They may build show
ier vessels of later models, but it will be
a long time before q better or moro
faithful craft supplants the old Goliah.
AT TIE rExKALET HOTEL,
Mr.. John Collins, Of Seattle, proprietor.
and Mr.. James McGraw, manager, as
sisted by an old Swedish gentleman.
whose name, am sorry to say, has e.
capped my memory, | found pleasant
quarters, a comfortable room and clean
linen on the bed; in addition to which
received attentions which to sick man
were V0Iy XIbteIui, IOI WuAcA1 uO0hO "
return my thanks.
REMTNIsCENCEs or TRAVEL
Are numerous nowadays. Books and
magazines are full Of them; and if asked
Why should infict anything Of the
sort upon long uferinR public. don't
know that could give valid reason
for doing 80. Nevertheless, as cOn-
slider myself the victim Of oircumstan-
cea propose TO attempt to recall ono
scene l witnessed on my unfinished
tour, for Q strange fatality seems to
hang over or impend upon my desire,
and my fixed purpose, if live, to see all
there is worth seeing on Puget Sound
and it, tributary waters. either get
sick, or am switched OF from my route
on some frivolous pretext or Other, or self
interest, q strong motive power, leads
me 10 call halt. There il nothing sure
but death and taxes. II, therefore,
do not, now that have chance, recall
the magnificent vision which. I had the
pleasure Of witnessing one day during
nv stay at Port Townsend, eomebody
Who may read these lines might fail TO
be q partaker in the Same delight. and
finding out afteTward what they had
lost, by word Of mouth or written scroll,
might anathematixe me through all tho
dan of their lives. have seen