Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-22
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The distribution Of lumber from
Puget Sound Is a. wide IL, it- manU
facture is active In one days cruise
l found vessels loading for Boston.
san Francisco. Valparaiso. tha Sand
wich Islands, Vallejo. Mexico. Japan.
China France. Englanl. Australia
and 5 utn America. The export rs'-
ported in l>Nl was ahnH; !5.l.Unt"'0
feet. Valued n about Sl12n.'tir OF
thi, ;.hout iu>tn'hW wa SHIPPED t"
foreign ports. Tie vi ne %" the ror-
ci.sn r;r.c",,,, Wa ai,:jit 50 .ANl. It
Is a sight t. seq some II the big log
in tn" hoom, l spent Il compile 81
hours ainrm@ them one night. The
electric light, with which almost al
these lnlii@ are equipped. illuminated
III" water f;lraili near, making il look
Xix" silver III quart. or the .pangl"@
on Il ballet girls dress. The log,
were like ~ilil4hei'ing giants in the
gloom, and refused to move as Cap
tain Lo-gic and L stepped from on"
to another Many of them We're five
feet in diameter, and all were barkless.
Mr.. George Braun. foreman of Jack
sons logging camp on the Skaglt
river, lately cut one tree from which
were sawed two legs of b and 2G. and
two OF 80 feet. in all lis feet in length.
The top of the tree measured Gl
inches across. The entire log sealed
about blood feet. AS Mr. Braun said:
That is like raising l0O bushels Of
oats to the acre" which they do on
the tide flats just below his camp.
But all trees here are exceptional IN
size. height and symmetry. They
make the finest possible snnrs and
maats. Firs $50 feet Aligh, pines $50
/ feet, cedars inO feet, are met with III
any woodland walk along Il logging
trail. Ship building, as Il natural re-
suit. is great industry The ship
carpenter at Blakely told me as l
left that he was just completing his
fortieth vessel. He informed me also
that the first saw mill III this region
was erected at Seattle in 1853. 1t
would cut about 5000 feet per day.
Now there are eighteen mills, in any
one of which this pioneer would be
lost. Think of the thick forests -
trees crowded together as close as
they can grow and right on the
shores of the Sound or its tributary
waters, these shores generally sloring
SO as to make tho most facilc of log
ways; countless roadsteads and shell
tered harbors; a climate never too
cold to work, although sometimes too
wet; then the waters of the Sound
for log roads themselves, where a
steam launch can pull raft any
; where. and one can see why this in
dustry grows. Where else do condi-
tons as favorable exist?
Tho lumber business is not carried
on here as it is in the interior or the
East. There are no lumber yards
supplied from the mills. The mills
themselves distribute the lumber
Many of them have planning machines
and elaborate machinery on the
ground floors beneath the saws, where
they manufacture dressed lumber
flooring, ceiling, etc. Factories OF
, barrels, pals. etc, etc, group around
them, subsisting ON what would he
; refuse. a unique establishment is
that of the Stetsons Il Post, i'll Seat
tie, whero house trimmings, doors
sashes, blinds and moulding are man
| ufacturcd in connection with saw
, Brrmmels find pleasant occupation
: here at che clubs and in socle.y
! ! while generals without regiments
and parvenus with country estates
and houses in town pose i'll the sun
at the most popular hoHr of the day
: for doing the three mile drive 10y the
, sea. One day. at the fashionable sea
son of the year. not long since, ]
stood at the door of the Old Ship, and
it seemed to me as if Hyde Park, Re
gent street and Mayfair had just
been emptied, carriages, horses, ser
wants and all, into the Kings Road
cabinet ministers and their wives
peers and pecresses, journalists, az
fists, members OF Parliament, actors
ambassadors from foreign courts
operate singers-a motley crowd
moving along as if engaged in q
formal procession en- route for some
stately rendezvous Harper's fol
December.