Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-28

HEADue ron rnE wespsnK
4 tannsfy at Kinaman. Ne. smn,o,
20 0fnsn q bark-pseline.
The tooth -pieE factory at Sebec. Ne
"A: begun tue manufactufs Of eies
lighters.
The carvings Of mahogany In fanc
room at Cleveland, O., made the inf1
nor fnish cost &sOOOo.
| lt 10 stated that buildings are eoina a
N New York sufficient TO shelter 1O.I7
families, or over 5000 people.
| There are said to be fully 1000 pin
iana expIorerS looking over the 81
Ciood, Mimi, district, st the presen
time.
Lately thsrs has been q Jam in tn
Muskegon, reaehine from Hersey, Mich
tovards Big Rapids, 20 miles by th
nyer. IL was represented 70 eontai,
vl,O0,OOO worth Of pine.
z. @. Atkins 4 Co., manufacturers o
sawe, lndianapoiis, Ind, recently mad.
Q shipment 0f two car loads Of cross-cu
saws, over 6000 blades, TO Q hardvar,
dealer Of the Northwest.
Railroad ties being Of slow sale, Lea
than d Co., and the Sturgeon bay Lum
ber Company, Of Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
viii convert their cedar stock, designed
for ties, into shingles.
Western men continue to 20 East u
buy timber laAd. E. @. and George E
Dole. Ut saginaw, Mich, have pur-
chased 1000 acres Of desirable land
near the White mountains, New Hamp-
shire.
II % claimed that there are 632 miles
OF railroad in course Of construction il
Florida, which, added to the $50 miles
already In operation, will make a rail
road mileage Ia the State Of l5Ol miles
Duluth and its immediate vicinity hes
thirteen saw mills, with daily capacity
Of 1,l65.000 feet Of lumber. This year
tho expected ont will be, according 70
estimate. 142,00OO feet ss compared
to 81 2l8.0O last year.
Tho Lewiston, (Me.), Steam Mill
Company employs seventy-6ve hands,
with weekly pay roll of t1,2O0. This
season the company will saw 1890 600
fest of lumber, 100000 shingles, 3OO,-
600 olapboards, 10000 lath and 3OO,-
600 feet of cloth boards.
Tho Biddeford National Bank, of Bid
dsford, Me-, and Joseph Hobson, of
6aco. have sold to Charles 4 Dole, of
Portland. . 10000 acre tract of valuable
timber land, situated in New Hampshire
on the Maine State line, and known as
Beau's purchase.
A large quantity of square timber be-
longing 70 Barnet d Mackie, David
Moore and ]. II. Booth. is being loaded
ON cars at North Bay, Lake NipissinR,
bound for Quebec. Railroad transpor-
tation of square tim Der in Canada ia a
modern feature, and Lake Nipissing to
Quebec il long route.
The freight business ON the st. Paul
aud Duluth Railroad is 20 heavy that at
Duluth the switching facilities OF the
line are insufficient to handle IL. A sim
gle train Of ninety-six loaded cars re-
GENTLY arrived there, and il was sent
back because il could not be taken care
of. Two additional side tracks were
laid a short time ago, and two more will
b put down immediately.
Tho coal mine owners up the Sas-
katchswan, above Medicine Hat, North
west Territory, propose to run the prod
not Of their mines down the river to
Medicine Hat, whore they can get rail
transportation east over tho Canadian
Pacific. The coal barQes will be broken
mp for lumber after their cargoes have
been discharged, because the river is 80
rapid that they cannot be run back up
stream.
The Logger never misses q circus IL it
comes even within advertising distance
OF the neck Of woods In which he 10 op-
Grating. Twelve Representatives of q
logging camp In Maine recently visited
ForepauQh's show at Portland. though
In order to do 90 they had to walk seven
miles TO take railroad train that start
Cd at $40 In the morning, and then ride
1O2 miles 70 reach Portland. Two were
accompanied by their wives, who each
carried baby in her arms.
The Rainy Lake Lumber Company
has . mill on Rainy river at Fort Fran
cis, bat owing TO the fact that its race
was not cut low enough, the power Of
the mill 10 limited, and at present most
Of the oompany's logs are towed TO its
mills at Rat Portage. The country
along Rainy river between Lake Of the
Woods and Rainy lake, u described by
Q late tourist a. 6ne timbered and
agricultural region, and destined some
day 70 support large industrial popu-
lAtion.
Thruush the exeftions Of the ReoRra-
phical society Of Quebec, survey Ia
sbout 20 Be- undertaken Of the mea0erly
known land lying northWesterly from
the province Of Quebec, between lake
Sc. John and Hudson Bay. Alafge pro-
portion Of the cost Of the survey win bs
borne by the governments Of the Do
minion and Of Quebec. A survey of
lake Mastiasini and the adjacent coun-
try, and Of Rupert river 20 Hodson Bay,
and collection Of specimens Of ami
NAL. vegetable and mineral resources of
the country are the main objects Of the
expedition.
The Basin mills Of James Walker 4
Co.. Orouo. Me-. are nov cutting from
10000 10 10000 feet Of lumber daily.
The main b1il0ing . 66xl50 feet, and
the new mill u 66x66 fest. The equip
msut coosists OF four gangs. four cirou-
lars, six lath machines. four planers,
ono clapboard machine, Save, heading
and shinele machines, and throe sets Of
boz machinery. The annual product Y
95OoA0o0 feet Of lumber, 100000
boards, oo0,O00 slaves, 5000 ssts sof
0U8040Ws OoSyOOV OU4~Ds S&psSsS ss.aA o4s<A
yrup barrels. pieks1s and other short
humber. Rmploynsnt = given TO 800
men.
Parties desirous Of investing In prop
eety q Port Moody, B. O., can obtain
rsliahle information oonoseninG the
town BY applying 10 @. D. Rand, at the
o6aes of v. p. Hall. Front and Ohsrry
II yuo are needing booes and shoea.
eall at O. b. Litssil's eaosiaR out sale
and eoe thsm for leo monsy than any
placS On ths Sound No. 81 Front
street.. 1oo
Chaa, 0olde1ein has eneAGsd the eer-
vioss Of Nf. Frank. LsveEs, OF San
Francisco. . peas1ical batter, and =
nov prsparsd 70 do Ill kinds Of repair
Inc, slsenin6 and blocking.
For purs, frsah drugs and msdiCins..
q reasonable priesA 50 % 6sowsll 4
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