, 1883-10-11

,u-l acquaintance with the business
and the UopulaTIty he has attained
among his fellow towuSmcn and uitI-
nal -JIpcriur~. that he viii u" con
riuued in the Office where he has done
such good service. Prominent IA
iced. probably foremost, among tn"
Of the town We find
THE PORT TOWNSEND sAwHIILL.
This extensive factory i owned ty
the Port Townsend Mil Company,
and the majority Of the business men
II the town are interested in II. 1t
has capacity Of 10000 feet per day;
and Is equipped with the newest and
most complete machinery usually
found in in uur best mills. The lun-
ber produced finds Il ready sale III
the immediate ueighboThOOd. The
winter supply Of logs Is now beng
brought in, the present stock consist
ing of 100000 feet. The building
Is 4Ox1SO feet, and consists Of two
stories which contain the planer,
double rotary saw, re saw and edSer,
trimmers, and lath and picket ma
chine. 1t Is situated at the east end
of Water street, and Is under the
management of Mr. A l. Smlth, late
of Port Discovery and BuTrard's In
let. For convenience Of shipping Il
wharf has been constructed 22O feet
long by 100 feet wide, and reaches to
% feet of water at low tide. At the
time of our visit there We're 5OO,OOO
feet of lumber awaiting shipment,
Next we come on water street to
THE QUIAIPER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
These works are given the name of
the peninsula upon which Port
Townsend Is situated-Qulmpcr.
The buildings are new, and have only
recently commenced work, but the
machinery is now IN full running
order for the manufacture of sashes,
doors, windows, mouldings and every
thing in the building line, the factory
being in shape to turn out all kinds
of finishing work. The members of
the firm are Messrs. Flint, Pink "
Tucker, all practical men, thoroughly
cOnversant with the details of the
business, and able to conduct it in
such a way as cannot fail to ensure
success. They consider themselves
we'll warranted in making the exten-
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 50xl10. and the boiler
room 12x24 feet. The boiler is Il
feet long. The machinery was man
ufactured by Gregory " Co, of Port
land and San Francisco. The engine
is 30-horse power with cylinder
9xI6. The operating machinery con
sists of planers, moulding machines,
whip saws, mortises, shaver, band
saw, turning lathe, etc. Twenty men
are employed The water leader of
100 feet in length brings plentiful
and steady supply of water from the
foot of the mountain in an inch and Il
half pipe. The business being done
already is quite extensive and amply
justities the enterprise. The capital
stock of the company Is $500.
Next to this factory, on the same side
of Water street, are
THE PORT TOWNSEND IRON WORKS.
They are the property ola joint stock
company, Capt. H Lott being super
intendent; John d. Fitzgerald, treas
urer and Mai. j. j. Van Bokkelen,
secretary. The capital is $4,000.
The works consist of two stories, in
the lower of which are the machine
shop, foundry, boiler shop and black
smith shop. In the upper is the pat
tern shop. In respect to the facilities
afforded by completeness of machin-
cry, it may be noted that the firm
have made every arrangement for du-
plicating every part of the work they
turn out, a thing said never before to
have been attempted on the Sound:
The works turn out, besides general
work, castings Gron and brass), en-
gines, boilers and fronts of buildings.
Work was begun on July 3rd- Twen
ty-two men are employed, who are
distributed as follows: Six in the
machine shop, two in the pattern
shop, nine in the foundry and nine
in the boiler shop. The main build
ing is 55x75 feet and the boiler shop
8Ox5O. A large wharf is already
piled in, and ways ara to be complet-
ed at an early date, on the side street
of the water. It may be added that
the cupola over the melting furnace
is the largest on the Sound, with a
capacity of s tons. The city has
granted to the company the right OF
way to the side street mentioned
(Madison street,, for Is years, for the
purpose of making ways. The busi-
ness done by the company is already
assuming large proportions, lndloat-
ing that the day is near when an en-
largement of their premises and an
increase OF facilities will be neces-
sary.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
The members of this we'll known
and reliable institution recently re-
solved to occupy a building suitable
to its position and indicative of its
financial status and prosperity. Ac-
cordingly, the board of directors Sc
lected a site almost Immediately op
posite their present place of business
on Water street, and very handsome
and commodious building, such as
they required is rapidly nearing COM
pletion, on the north side of the street
1t consists of one story and a large
basement; is built of the noted
Chuckanut stone, from Bellingham
bay, and measures 27x70 feet. On
the floor which Will be occupied by
the bank is vault 9x10 in the clear
with walls 2 feet thick. In this will
be placed the fire and burglar proof
safe, Halls patent with time lock.
The basement will be occupied by the
we'll known A p Hotaling & Co.
wholesale liquor dealers. The whole
appearance of the building is very fine
the beautiful material no less than
the exquisite design, making it such
an ed1fice as any city might well be
proud of. The company deserve the
thanks of the city for the enterprise
they have shown in erecting so hand,
some and expensive building as an
ornament to it and an example to its
citizens in their future building op,