Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-09
The Extreme West.

A Few Jotttngs Regarding the Growth
 and Increase in Washington Territory.
 MT. George F. Evans, several years ago with Berkele & Curtis, on Church street, now cashier of the Puget Mill company at Port Gamble, ". T., writes to New Haven gentleman as follows
 Almost another year has passed away since I wrote to you last and even now the ques- tion arises what shall I write that will be of any interest to person in a land so far away and utterly uninterested as to what is going on in this remote part of the country. We are in portion of the United States that as yet has hardly been noticed by the outside world. But by appearances now the way bus mess has been booming during the last year and at the sight of the great number of emi- grants that are constantly coming in I think we are coming to the front during the next few years with long and rapid strides. Although there are three large steamers plying between San Francisco and Portland and four or five more betw cen Frisco" and the ''Sound, , it appears that they have to leave passengers behind them at Frisco" The North Pacific railroad will probably be completed next fall and the Canadian Pacific, just north of us, is progress sing at rapid pace, considering the rocky section that they are at work on now. One Cau T0Au1lY 1u1dSg1H0 HOW La0 6u1lRTanGS VIII Eour in when these railroads are completed and the territory is once brought inte notice.
 The lumber trade, which is in fact our principal business, has been very lively dur ing the past year on account of the close of the South American war, and the prospects for the future are very promising.
 This company shipped in the neighbor- hood of sixty million feet (6O,O0O, ,00O) last year and the shipments this year will proba- bly be still larger. Saw logs have been steadily raising in price, and are now bring ing seven dollars per NJ feet, where two years ago they only brought five dollars ($5. 00) and of course lumber has also advanced in proportion during this time
 The Puget Mill company (the one that l am with) are getting their large new mill ready to start, and I am anxious to see it in full operation as I expect 8 better position. It is quite large mill, and notwithstanding all the improved machinery that does away with manual labor, it will give employment to some two hundred hands,
 Real estate in Seattle, which is termed the 'tQueen City of the Sound, has advanced at such 8 rate. were to tell you the truth about it, you would naturally think that was stretching" it @ little, but can truthfully say that anyone that invested a thousand dollars ($1, ,OO0) in Seattle five years ago have now quite lit tie fortune. It is still going up and there is To telling when it will stop. Timber land has also advanced wonderfully, and it is bound to go higher, as the demand for lum Der increases. The farmers have not been behind in their share of the spells during the past year. Hay $2s per ton, oats $40 per ton, potatoes 50 cents per bushel (cheap), eggs 30 cents per dozen, pork and bacon very high, and beef 12 cents by the quarter, could buy it one year ago for cents. I expect even the first price would be cheap in the East