Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-07


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In the ses York GrapAie Of Ana. 18th
appeared too pages Of Illustrations Of
the property Of the Puget Mil Company
a; Pors Ladlos, Pun Gamble. Ctsai.dy
and ssn Francisco. tozesEeg with the
rsadzbls sketch following:
Puget Sound IL noted not only for it
natural besQsies, but also for the sope-
rior advantages II offers 20 all CONNER
-lal undertakings Its entrance through
tbs Straits of san Juan de F1ca 10 stu
atsd In Istitnde ~ degrees "a minutes
nurrh. louzjtnde ia degrees - minutes
west Tnro1xh this gateway ali the
shipping must pass that commerce. may
require 20 carry the vast and increasing
pro1acts OF lumber, TIMBER. pal1s. spers,
coal and iron thai Constitute the wealth
Of this region IhHo1zh u, also, nuss
be sAip,oc the surplus products OF the
Immense WHEAT fields OF E2stera Dragon
and Washington. The Straits of k1ca
extend from east 10 ives. distance OF
sishty mics For the Erst forty miles
rs SHORES are straight and bold, ana IL
mid chaun-i lie waters have al average
d-xyfh of 10 fathof1s- Beyond this tie
straits widen into n1rer0as bays and
afssin an ayer sge sldth Of tgsEiy miles
iEe sJ1ia OF American shore Is every
wasre covered with deIse grostu Of
mr.. sprQc=, cedar and EeInlock, extend
ing fro1n tie waters edge 10 tie SNOW
capssi .ss.ks of the Coast Range, pre-
ses.fIng a grand aad picturesque ap-
peeraEce-
From the Straits, for 100 miles In n
southeriy direction, branch at night an
Qies Admiralty Inlet ana Puget Sound.
Here bays upon bays seas after seas.
open bsfore Us. apon whose bosom the
iaaest ship may ride al anchor within a
G s,se's length of shore Hoods Canzl.
L. the sest. Is an important arIE of these
sa,ers. This canal Is about sixty miles
long and two miles wide, and In mid
channel mas an average depth OF forty
fsthoms- A recent act Of Congress has
given the name of Puget Sound 10 these
four bodies Of waser--the Straits of San
Juan de Fuca. Admiralty Inlet, Hoods
Canal and Puget Sound proper; by this
act recogniZ ng the exertions Of VAN
couyer's young lieutenant, Peter Puget,
Who frst 1872 made knOwa 10 the world
the value of these shores The basin OF
Puget Sound il a series of deep water
ways. interiacing islands, capes and Pc
nissuias and piercing even into the foot
mills of the coast mountains, its shore
line being unbroken for 1870 miles. Its
splendid narbors are eEnbOsoEaod In the
thick foliage Of majestic hrs, whose
waving branches are inIrrored In placid
waters. Its green bills form success
sion OF forest walls. Its towering noun
tsins reflect from snow-covered summits
the glorios Of unfiYalled sunsets.
Early IN the history of California far
seeing and enterpr'sing lumbermen
among the pioneer settlers recognized
future demand IN San Francisco and
foreign markets for class of timber
not grown IN California, and felt the
necessity of providing for the same.
With this Object in view they turned
their attention to Puget Sound, at that
time thought to possess the last great
virgin forest in the United States aeces-
sible 20 shipping. Two gentlemen in
particular-W. G. Talbo; and A. j. Pope,
natives of Maine and founders of the
wealthy and enterprising firm of Pope
Il Talbot OF San Francisco-formed in
1852 the design of locsting extensive
sawmiils on Puget Sound, and to this
end perfected their plans and contracted
in Bangor, Me., for the machinery OF
the first gang mill on the Pacific coast.
Capt. VIM. G. Talbot, on the occasion Of
his first visit 10 the Sound, In 1853, 10
Gated the site OF the mill at Port Gam
BILE, recognizing the great natural ad
vantages this port possessed over others.
In the fall of this year the mill WAS in
running order, and from that date to the
present time the Puget Mill Company,
thus established by Pope d Talbot, has
been the wealthiest, most entsrprising
and successful of all the lumber firms
of that distan. country. Both Messrs-
Talbot and Pope have passed away. but
the business Ia still continued by the
cons aud nephew Of Vim. q. Talbot. who
seem to have inherited the energy, fore
sight and business abilities of the found
ers Of the firm. Che general business
of the company is carried on by their
agents, Pope d Talbot, at their office,
No. 2o4 California street. At their yards,
at the foot of Third street, San Fran
cisco, ana at South Vallejo, can always
be found the largest and best assorted
stock of Lumber on the Pacific coast.
The interesting series of illustrations
presented on pages 3iS and 3l9 will en-
able our readers to form some slight
idea of the vast magnitude of the luu-
Der interests of Puget Sound. aud il is
with pleasure that We publish these
faithful representations of numbering
as carried on the gigantic forests of
Washington Territory. We have So
iected The sawmi!ls, lumber camps, &c,
of the Puget Mill Company only be-
cause of their great exteut and of the
superior manner IN which every detail
of their business Il managed. Or the
mills shown in our illustrations the old
est are those Of Port Gamble, which
were built respectively in 1883 and 1870,
near the site of the original NALL erected
in 1858. These two mills have all the
most modern machinery. including three
planning machines, two double circular
saws, two gangs, two table edgers, two
l.th machines and ten trimmers, and
will cut 10000 feet daily. The mill at
Port Ludlow was the second erected on
Puget Sound. 1t became the property
of the Puget Mill Company in 1878, and
has recently been enlarged aud rebuilt
at great expense. The present mill, one
of the largest on the Sound, contains
the latest improved machinery used in
the manufacture of lumber, and is Ca
pable of cutting timber 10 feet in length.
This port h acknowledged to be the finest
and most accessible harbor ON the Sound.
tutsalady, ON the northern end OF Ca
mo Island, near the mouth Of the Skagit
river, is located the fourth mill of this
firm. Ii has daily cut Of 10000 feet.
the Skagit river and in the vicinity of
Utsalsdy are 10 be found the finest and
most desirable tracts Of timber land in
Washington Territory. The view from
here obtained of Mount Baker is unsur.
passed 4 .ittering snow, glaciers and
pinnac,es of ice appropriately crown this
monarch Of mountains.
All the mills of the company are sup
piled with electric lights, and thus the
short, dark winter days are converted
into hours of noontide splendos. One
thousand tvo hundred and fifty men arc
kept constantly employed, and the &C
tuai annual cut rs put down at 81. 00. 900
| feet. In connection wita their mills tine
company carries large and extensive
stock of merchandise of every descrip
ton, including ship. chandlery AID
stores. hardware, dry goods, &C., which
are sold wholesale and retail at Rates as
low as at any placs north of San Fran
cisco. Around the mills small towns
have sprung mp, in each Of which
churches, schools and the usual number
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