Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-23

The tug Tacoma is undergoing q thor
ouoh overhauling at the hands OF ma
chinists, carpenters and painters, and
will come into service as bright az new.
A railroad from South prairie. Puyal-
lap branch. to the Xhitworth coal mine,
has been located ard viii be constructed
at once. The grade is an easy one aud
the length OF the road about IL miies.
The delivery of 20 tons Of coal per day
will commence as soon as the conuec-
ton is compisted, and az the coal ID tho
best for steam and domestic purposes
ever found ON Tbs coast, It il safe TO say
the demand viii be very large.
II begins 70 look a. though there
might be considerable railroad building
in this section the present year. Engi-
neer Clark Is locating the road from
near Puyaiiup TO Renton. This line is
prob bly, the only connection Seattle
will set with Tacoma, and will be Of
more value as coal road than anything
else; Sheet; is said to be doing the same
thing on the Cascade division, and ru-
NOR has it that the wh;twor;h coal Will
soon be taken TO market in cars, II hav-
ing been determined To make road
from South prairie for this purpose.
| The United States Penitentiary on
Mcneil Island. Is distant two miles
from SteiIacoom. The building is sab
! stantially built OF stone, we'll lighted
with kitchen, dining room, ETC., c0nven
| iently arranged. The center of the
building is built of brick, and contains
| AZ cells, in tiers of three rows; two are
used as bath rooms, one AS a wash room,
and the remainder, 80, for tho confine-
ment of prisoners. At present there
are Is inmatss-nine for selling whiskey
two for robbing the L. S. malls, and two
for murder. We learned from one oil
the prisoners that their treatment il
kind, and he said, ''much more endur
able than lie expected" The want mos
fel: seems 10 be reading matter, as dur
ing the time not occupied in manua
labor the hours pass very slowly. Per
sons charitably inclined will meet will
q ateful thanks by sending any books
papers, etc, there for the use of tn,
prisoners. During the day time tn.
men ars occupied ont of doors, in tn.
garden, making shiugles, etc, and ar,
glad to have something to keep then
occupied.
The Insane Hospital of Washington
Territory, near Steilacoom. under tn
business management OF Mnjor Alden. il
neat and orderly, and the patients seen
contepted. The present number is ,
total OF lib inmates-U women and 8
men. A visI. through the differen
wards is both interesting and instruc
tive. Geo. Sloan. a Presbyterian minis
ter. who has been recently placed there
seems very happy in his innocent fan
| c,aS and appear5 to know how to pc
along with his fellows and ct the sam,
time exhibi. their peculiarities. Takin.
hold of man who seemed neither &
care nor ask for anything, he told u
from the shape of the mans head h
would make ii great inathmeticlan, i
sane" OF another, she hasn't sens,
enough to take care of himself" and IN
other. this man could leave here in ,
month just AZ we'll as not" We saw
the occupants of one ward at dinner
and were particularly amused by tn.
voracious eating of "a Chinaman. III,
would drink q gallon of tea if allowed
and eat as much rs five plates Of beans
or sup as many Of soup. In the fsmal'
ward is one woman who ima9ines her
self qneen, and will lot eat her Dime
with the rest, but goes 10 the table nnt
carries it back to her room. One CIR
has some kinds Of fits that causes he
to tear her clothes. no. only with he
hands but also with her teeth. SO tina
she has to be kept securely tied. A "a,
case is that of j. N. Maggie, who la
about $4,000 werth Of property in Seat
tie. DE sec us melancholy, and has no
spoken voluntarily since being confined
q period O some yearS,-Ners,