Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-28

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Seabeck stands in the foremost rank.
Approaching from the main channel of
the sound We enter Hoods Canal, near
Port Gamble, and steaminc southvard
thirteen miles to Hazel Point, the clouds
Of steam and smoke rising from the mill,
I'VE miles distant, are brought into sight.
While travelling the remaining distance
an opportunity is given Us to contem-
plate and enjoy the magnificent scenery
that is here spread before Us. For ten
miles to the south the clear waters of
the Sound are seen until the vision is
0bstructed by the cliffs overhanginR
Hoods Point. locality made memoir
able as the scene of tragedy enacted
there many years ago, in which Capt.
Hood and number Of his crew fell vic
tins to the cunning cruelty of the In
dams, who stole upon their camp in the
darkness of the night and destroyed the
entire party. On our right and beyond
the entrance to Quilicene Bay, rising
step BY step and deepening their azure
tints az they recede in the stance, lay
the heavily-wOoded foothills of the
Olympic mountains, whese rugged and
suow-crOwned heads reach to tho clouds
twenty miles toward the Pacific, yet
seeming scarcely five miles away; the
whole presenting a picture we'll worth a
voyage of . thousand miles to behold.
Entering Seabeck Bay, on the east
side Of the canal. We pass the shipyard
and mill ON our left, and are soon
brought opposite the wharf. The town
is laid out on the gently rising slope of
hill, and the neat appearance of the
white-painted dwellings present to the
eyes of the traveller pleasing contrast,
to the dark background afforded by the
thickly- timbered hills above and around
them. The population numbers about
400, most of the adults being employed
in some capacity in the mill and ship
yard. A cOmmodious school house was
built few years ago, the old building
becoming too small for the increased
attendance. Between 40 and 50 pupils
are daily instructed in the ordinary
studies, by a competent teacher. Re-
ligious services are held nearly every
Sunday at tho hall by some one of the
ministers resident in the neighboring
and larger towns. The people compare
very favorably with the residents of
other portions of the Territory, as it has
always been the aim Of Mr.. Adams to
secure in all departments of his works
the services Of steady, reliable men.
Some. of the employees have occupied
positions here for more than II years.
The business is under the superintend-
ence of Mr.. Richard HOlyoke, assisted
by Mr.. Chas. Craig. The mill, stores
and warehouses are built on a sandspit,
and separated from the main land by a
narrow strip of water, utilized for stor-
ing logs and floating them to the mill
as they arc desired 70 be brought to the
saw. The mill was erected in 1867, and
in 1873 entirely new machinery. with the
latest improvements was placed in it, in
creasing its saving capacity more than
one fourth.
In tho same year q new building was
constructed and fitted with machinery
particularly adapted to preparing lum-
ber for ship-building purposes. The
most important labor-saving features in
this machinery are planer capable of
surfacinR timber Mx30 and 100 feet long,
and bevel saw for cutting ship-frames.
BY the use of this saw much time and
labor expended by the old methed Of
hewinQ the timber is saved. The ship
yard is situated few hundred feet to
the north Of the new building, the lum.
Der being transported over the inter-
vening distance by means of a tram
way. At this shipyard, which is under
the immediate supervision of Mr.. II.
Doncaster, there have been built, since
1876, the following named vessels:
Steamers Estado de Sonora and Richard
Holyoke, ship Olympus, bark Cassandra
Adams, barkentines Mary Wiukelman,
Retriever and ]. N. Griffith, and schoon-
ers Eva and American Boy. The Grit
fifth was but recently LAUGHED and is now
at Seabeok loading cargo of lumber
for tho San Francisco trade. All of
these vessels have been constructed with
q view to durability, and no material
has been spared that would contribute
to their strength. The ell-earned rep
utation and dattering record Of some of
the above-named vessels commends the
Seabeck shipyard to the attention of all
on the Pacific.
Mr.. Adams u making preparations to
erect q new mill near the site of the
present ono. This work will be COM
menoed early in the coming year and.
when completed, tho daily production of
both mills will reach $1,000 feet. Dur
ing the year 1881 twenty-five cargoes
were shipped from Seabeck to various
foreign and Pacific Coast ports, beside
the large quantities used in the ship
yard and brought to supply the San
Francisco market, and during the pres
emit year the shipments to foreign ports
and to San Francisco have increased
materially over the previous year. Mr..
Adams, during his prOpriet0rahip, has
always dealt fairly with all his employees,
by whom he is much esteemed, and
evArv thing about the mill ia conducted
in straightforward and business-like
manner, and the result Is that all the
work Is first-class about the mill, and
the magnificent vessels that have been
built here speak we'll for the timber and
finished workmanship Of the workers at
Seabeck.-Afta.