, 1883-08-09
IMMENSE ENTERPRISE!
$3.50, 600 SAWNiLL AND
SHiPYARD.
PORT TOWNSEND BooMs !"
MessrS. BoOi. SsEdd:emi-t and s;inSgey
to the Front

For several days past Messrs. Geo.
Middlemist, VIM. Bool and c. l.. Ding
ley. of San Francisco, have been nego-
tiating withparties III Port Townsend
and Port Ludlow for land at the head
of the bay upon which to erect a sawmill
and shipyard. These gentlemen tried
to lease the sawmiil ON Point Hudson
with a view of engaging in shipbuilding
there on an extensive scale; failing in
making satisfactory arrangements, how
ever, they went to Seattle, Tacoma, Bel
lingliam Bay and several other points.
After looking the whole field carefully
over they selected spot at the very head
of Port Townsend bay, about three quar-
teFs of a mile south of Irondale, as the
location of their proposed works. Ne
gotiations We're opened with Messrs. J.
j. Hunt and S. Hadlock, of this city,and
r. ID. Attridge, of Ludlow, for the pur-
chase of the land, they being owners of
that desired. From Mr.. Hunt, 30 acres
were purchased outright for $50 per
acre. Messrs. Attridge and Hadlock
each donate a handsome and valuabl e
tract Of land to further the new enter
prise, the former giving eleven acres, and
the latter valuable strip having about
one-third of a mile front, and includin 9
long sand spit and lagoon in which
TO hold logs for the new mill. In con-
slderation of the donation, the new mill
company agree to expend S150,0OO in
erecting a sawmill, shipyard and marine
ways on the land; they are obliged to
commence work on the same within five
months, but say they will commence at
once. A large amount of grading -esti-
mated at 5000 cubic yards be done
preliminary to building operations, and
We learn they wish to let a contract at
once. The mill Will be a large one and
fully equipped with the latest and best
machinery, and the marine ways will be
large enough for hauling out any vessel
that cleayes our waters. Ship building
will be carried on at the yard in connec-
ton with the mill, and on a large scale.
The parties interested in this new and
extensive enterprise are all men of cap
Ital, brains, plucA, enterprise aud busi-
ness sagacity. 1t is not too much to ex-
pect that their operations will approach
IN magnitude those of the leading lum-
Der firms on Puget Sound. We can but
wish them the success which their risk
deserves. As to Port Townsend, and in.
deed the whole of Jefferson county, it is
hardly necessary to say that this new
and important addition to the already
numerous and extensive manufacturing
enterprises on Port Townsend bay is
fully appreciated. Those engaging in it
are doing so after carefully surveying
the whole field opened to them on the
Sound. Our bay has advantages pos
sessed by no other bay or harbor on
Puget Sound, and business men Of ex-
perience show by their acts that they
know it. The spot to be occupied by
the new mill has every advantage that
could be wished for-splendid harbor
facilities, surrounding townsita of the
best, and a millsite OH solid stone. BY
the new move large amount OF foreign
capital will be brought to our bay and
county, and a business will be started
that Will disburse thousands of dollars
every month to swell the amount in local
circulation. 1t is worth a salute. illu-
mination or any other demonstration
our citizens might get up New Tacoma
celebrates the gloric5 OF the past in her
hoLofs to L. b Wright; Port Town
send ought to comm aace celebrating the
events OF the present, and those in pros
pect, that are TO build up a manufactur-
ing and CONNIE rcial city here that will
encircle bay With tea miles Of shore
line, and, in importance and magnitude.
will lake back seat for nobody. Port
Townsend and Port Discovery bays, with