, 1883-12-27
Review Of the Year.
Port TIoicnSendS GrOwM During the
Year 1858.
OUR PROSPECTS.

OUR PROSPECTS.
Port Townsend has made a lon;
stride III municipal growth durIuy
the year Just closing, as Will be eyI
deaced by the showing herein made
During the year some thirty fou
new buildings have been erected il
the town, among which ere: TE,
splendid stone structure Cwne | Gnl
occupied by the First National Bank
costing upwards Of seven thou-an,
dollars; the large wooden buiIdin.
used for the Quimper Mfg. Cos sash
md door factory; Townsend Iron
Works, and Hoicomb & Cos livery
stable, also the elegant residence.
Of Capt. r. W. de Lion and lir
Frank Bartlett, on the hill; the for
mer costing about nine thousand do
lars, and the latter probably five OF
! SIX thousand.
QCBiPEE MANUFACTUEING COMPANY
Is one of the institutions that has
sprung into being during the year.
Its building was erected during the
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front south of Water street. Work
commenced only few months ago,
but the machinery Is now IN full run
ming order for the manufacturing Of
sashes, doors, windows, mouldinGa,
and everything in the building line,
the factory being i'll shape 10 turu
out all kinds of finishing work. Tne
members OF tbs firm are Messrs. Flint
Pink and Tucker, ali practical men.
thoroughly conversant with the de
tails OF the business, and able to con
duct it in such manner as to ensure
success. They consider themselves
well warranted IN making the cXten-
sive investment they have made from
the immense amount of building
which is projected in the town and
the adjoining points on the Sound.
The factory is 1l0x50, and the boiler
room l2x24 feet. The boiler Is II
feet long. The machinery was man
ufactured by Gregory & Co., of Port
land and San Francisco. The en-
gine is 30-horse with Il cylinder 9Xl6
The operating machinery consists Of
planers, moulding machines, whip
saw, mortises, shaver, band saw, turn
ing Iatha, &c Twelve men are EN-
pl0ye>. The water leader of 300
feet in length, brings plentiful and
steady supply Of water from the foot
of the hill, in an inch and a hall
pipe. The business being done
already is quite extensive ana amply
lustifes the enterprise The capital
stock of the company Is $500. i
franchise was granted by the Legis-
lature this fall to the company 10
erect a wharf at the end of the street
leading past their factory, and work
IN the same is fairly under way.
TOWNSEND IRON WORKS.
This is another of the new and
magnificent enterprises started Ill
our bustling town during the year.
A company was organized last April
to carry on the foundry and machine
hop business, on a capital stock OF
$4,000. The principal factors were:
Capt. Harry Lott, who was elected
superintendent; }. II. Fitzgerald and
\. l.. Bancroft. The last named suD-
4equently withdrew Early in May
,rouud was first broken, and III the
short space of two months the works
we're ready for operasons, large
lwo-story building having been con
,tructed as if by magic. In the
lower story are the ma ;hine shop,
foundry, boiler shop, and blacksmith
shop. In the upper is the pattern
shop. In respect to the facilities af-
lorded by completeness OF machinery,
It NAV be noted that the firm have
made every arrangement for duph-
.ating every part of the work they
urn out, thing said never before
20 have been attempted on the Sound.
The works turn out, besides general
work, castings iron and brass)- ei.-
gines, boilers and fronts of building.
From twenty to thirty men are en-
1ioyed, who are distributed IN the
machine shop, pattern shop, the
foundry and the boiler shop. The
main building is 55x75 feet, and tn
,oiler shop 2Ox50 A large wharf Is
IN contemplation and ways are to be
constructed on the side street to the
water. The cupola over the melting
furnace is the largest on the Sound.
with capacity OF s tons. The city
has granted to the company the right
of way 10 Madison street fOr 10 years.
lor the purpose OF making ways: The
business done 10y the company Is al.
ready assuming large proportions, IN
iicating that the day Is near when an
enlargement of their premises and an
increase OF facilities viii be necessary.
The only misfortune SO far has been
in attempting rather too much on q
small capital. It is thought, However.
that arrangements may soon bt n
fected by which sufficient amount
of money may be secured to carry on
tt g business free FROM jar or friction.
st this foundry, already. the largest
casting ever turned out on Puget
Sound has been successfully mould
ed, being fly wheel for the Yesler
mill in Seattle, weighing three tons.
Work mas been brought from several
milling ports on the Sound, and
splendid satisfaction given Major
j. J. Van Bokkelen Is at present act
ing president of the company, Messrs.
Lott and Fitzgerald giving their un-
divided attention to the indoor work.
THE SCHOOLS.
These are three in number: Pri-