, 1882-11-10

in om article ON numbering.
The best business building in the
Territory is located here. 1t is the
property of c. c. Bartlett, Esq, and
is entirely constructed Of hcwn blue
sandstone. brought from the Belling-
ham Bay quarry the same one that
furnished the material for the Port
land Postoilice, The building, al
though but 55xl0O feet, and two
stories in hight, cost its cnterprising
owner 100000, and is a very good in
vestment when it is considered that
the entire building, with basement, is
required by the firm of G. G. Bartlett
IL Co, in which to transact their i'm
mensc wholesale trade in general
merchandise. The senior of the firm
has been in business here for eigh-
teen years, and no man on Puget
Sound is better known or more high
ly respected than G. G. Bartlett. H $
word is rs good as his bond.
Port Townsend is one of the few
towns in the Pacific Northwest that
has decent hotel accommodations.
The Central" is the property of
Dodd & Pugh, has thirty rooms, all
we'll ventilated and light, has billiard
room and sets a very good table. Mr.
Pugh, who is also proprietor of the
Port Discovery hotel, has been aresi-
dent of Puget Sound since 1S65-Mr
Dodd, since 1869 The Central"
was erected by these gentlemen in
1876, and is credit to them as we'll
as the city.
The Cosmopolitan" is the proper
ty of j. j. Hunt, Esq, who has been
in hotel business for over fifteen
years, and Notwithstanding that his
house has forty rooms, they are al
ways occupied-a very good evidence
that he knows how to keep a hotel.
Another one of Port Townsend's
most enterprisiny citizens is Chas.
Eisenbeis, Isl. He is an extensive
dealer in flour and proprietor of the
Port Townsend Bakery. To accom-
modate his constantly ilc cas- n i,
business, he has just conn le ed a
large store in addition to tie ole al
ready occupied by him. 9th are
constructed of material tai on from
the Bellinghan Bay quarry.
About six miles from Port Town
send, and located on the same bay, is
Fort Townsend, where two compan-
les of the Second infantry, under
command OF 1t. Col. Alexander
Chambers, are stationed.
Irondale is five miles south, but as
circumstances so conspired to make a
personal visit to the place q matter of
impossibility on our part, we use,
with pleasure, the following from the
Post Mtelligencer 1t is from the
pen of A. Il. Hawley, Esq, a close
observer, and one of the most accu-
rate descriptive writer's in the Pacific
Northwest.
Irondale is the seat of operations of
the Puget Sound Iron Co., and is one of
the most interesting places have visited
during my stay in Washington Territory,
being, as it is, the initial point, so to
speak, OF the development ot what must
eventually prove one of the most inn
portant industries of the future State Of
Washington. The company is Califor-
MIA corporation, with the parent office in
San Francisco. John A. Paxton is Pres
| ident, and A. Halsey Secretary. The
local officers are J. M. White, Superin-
tendent, and III. l.. Blanchard, Secreta-
ry. The site of Irond8le embraces about
3U0 acres. Quite village is springing
up with the reduction works as necleus.
The mining region proper embraces
about S0J acres of land lying some two
and one-half miles southeast Of the town
site, where bog ore Of the best quality is
| found in practically exhaustless quaint
lies. A royalty Of % cents per ton is
| paid to the owners Of these lands for the
ore extracted and used at the iron works.
| This bog ore is mixed with tie magnetic
iron ore brought from Texada Island, l2U
miles north of Port townsend, while the
limestone from San Juan Island, is used
as lux. The Jefferson county bog ore
assays from As TO 63 per cent; the Texa-
da ores from IS to Y. The experiments
hitherto made with these ores have been
highly satisfactory; the gross yield with
the first and imperfect blast furnace used
having been about 1,200 tons of bog
iron, which has proven excellent for
foundry, car wheels and railroad iron.
The experimental period may now be
considered past. The old furnace has
been demolished, and new reduction
works ere well along in the process OF
construction. The new furnace will be
80 feet in hight, Is feet square, with a
base of 20 feet with iron castings. The
hot blast will be l3x23 feet inches, with
massive granite foundations five feet
deep The boiler and engine bed will
be 33x13 feet. with foundation 3 feet
deep The furnace is expected to turn
out forty tons of pig iron per day, will
cost between S200,OOO and S25O,OJO, and
will have ell the modern improvements.
| The company have on hand 1000 tons Of