Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-28
...,,croS TERRITORY.


- vest ione "a ;ts vester,
u joe line running through th'
! sr5ar' san Juan de Fuca, the Cana
4 ssdis Of = The Gulf of Georgia, as IA
Bsro suS dsoree of north latitude. anc
s.s i*n ;he 49th parallel 10 Idaho
4 s,sH aloi'e ho1uiarv. The Coium
y: D 60 about tue iis:h e',,e, merialan I,
nsa,s nssh east TO the i6;n pa,,,i,el, u
1siissoo,o boundary. The ll7th me
iIsgiston, and thence TO tn'
- 70 i lis eastern boundary. Ii
/ gle r'eI; ;aoton Territory is from 2Ot
- ntb nI@nstb. and at its widest point
II ph aen ,,iles across from east 70
gsSo0I ~ .oa., ength is 2i5 miles
=. a. shore line is l73o mil-s IN ,. ex'
- y sss area is 69,99i square miles
Is y, ~ ,so acres. OF timber land.
100000 acres; Of aiiuvlal
4 - @e @Js about 100000 acres; OF
ssn nnd there are l00OO,OOO acres.
4 pss - Of the acreage IL embraced
covered by the waters OF
Soupd and the mountains. ne
80 Is divided, from north 70
rs tue Cascade mountains lnto
r " dissinilar in soil, climate
pnssy and products. The western
n.Ss Territory is that IN which
Nn,,r puoet Sound archipelago
Ee."I covering an area of over 2OU
- miles; Its waters are deep, ad
80 10 sharfage the deepest arai'
So vessels, while the anchorage Is
81 .Iinate is mild; the average tenn
.,. in spring is 52; summer, 6i
@ v,rter. 80 degrees. The rainy
,ourneuces in October and ends
Nav Snow is infrequent ana only
.saon the ground few hours nun
IA lightning are rare cyclones
s"l storms are unknown. From
.~,,1 October or November the
,,sr IL charming. Warm showers
,.e, ..s0,s.t and the nights are cool.
"a soil Of Western Washington, and
-. especially in Wbatcom county, IS
.sbls Of producing great crops when
4 = timber ls cleared of. The vale, .
!. a biaok loan, with a clay su6soii.
h. Nooksack Valley is rich deposit
s.Ia,inm. and its beaver meadows are
-.,Is celebrated for their fertility.
4 ~. hay boos, potatoes, onions, CAB
/ nes. lurnips, squashes, heets, ana In
l ~ al the vegetables do well: FROM
1 igO 10 5000 pounds per acre OF hops are
4 s,cvn IN The Puyallup and White River
1 HEsgls,s on Puget Sound. DR.. Calhoun:
1 .sIsnonner Skapit county, has raised
! four tons OF hay to the acre.
n isiD the extent and quality OF Its
,;mber that Puget Sound ls most noted,
aud 70 predict the future OF this region
.-vben the forests of Michigan aud
Wisconsin shall be exhsusled-ls sim
nv b imagine Saginaw, a Muskegon.
Luddinpton, or an Eau Claire, every
few miles along its shores. Nothing ia
,hs world CAN equal the timber lands
g,uated between British Columbia and
lie Columbia river, and the PAcilc
ssar and the Cascades, 25,OOO to 5O,OoO
lsst OF lumber to the acre Is not high
sslmAte, and to say that there IL sup
hy Of no less than 10000, goo, 600 feet
lrSm which to supply the markets OF
lke world, Ia no exagseration. 1he cnl
lbs last year on Puget Sound exceeded
k0.0O0, ,OOO feet. San Francisco, Mexico
sDaih America, Australia, China hnc
Japan are at present the chief consum
ss although some small consignment
hse been made to England and France
yery considerable trade in ship-spar'
hcarried on with New York. he first
nvmil on Puget Sound was built "
1851. Captain Roeder and Russell V.
Peabody erected a mill in 1854 At the
mo1th OF Whatcom creek, and IN 1853
ssssam mill WAS built at Seat 10 with n
sapacity daily of from 5000 to 10000
bet per day.
From such = beginning the business
hss developed into its present proper
hsns. The Port Ludlow mill cuts 200,
90 feet per day, while the total daily
apacity OF all the mills on the Sound
aover l,0000 600 feet per day. The logs
ne mary of them enormous, being from
eto " feet in girth, and 120 feet long.
Back from the shore line OF the Sound
snd the banks of the rivers the forests
he untouched. The harbors are so nu-
nefous that mill sites are easily at
hined, but to the prospective mill man
hsllineham Bay offers unsurpassed in
dneemeni in its sloping shores and many
ihhowing streams. whatcom Lake, IL
niles long, Is heavily timbered ON both
ades, aud through WhatcOm creek its
eat OF logs can easily be iioated TO mar
ret The Nooksack River, nearly 100
sailes long by the meander of the river,
kshe loRcer's highway to the market.
ihe Ssmish country with its cut Of logs
y tributary, via Samish River, TO Bel.
hnghan Bay. There are now in opera
non three mills two steam and one water
hill upon the bay. Ship suilding can
9 carried on here upon Bellinsham Bay
h great advantage, as coal aud iron are
Y proximity. while the timber Is nearly
!. good as Ohio oak for ship building
ihe principal growths are fir, pine,
psuce' cedar and hemlock, though
ave OAK, maple, cottonwood, ash, al
ssf, and few other kinds are found in
snsn quantities. OF those indigenous
!" ,ae country, there are three kinds of
= susf, lwo Of tir and three of pine. The
= ma, and the cedar second. exceeds
quantity aud value all the other
sanas OF timber. The yellow fir fire.
saeauy 10 fouad $50 feet in hight; the
pns I0to l60 feet; the silver ar l5G
VI, white cedar 100 feet; white oak 70
~ s'ack spruce $50 feet. Cedars have
80 found 63 feet in girth, and i2e
- ~ hight. Bellingham Bay cannot
s.'pAssed as a point for the manu-
s ,sseuie OF barrels, pals, house trim
~ sass, doors, sashes, blinds, nouldings
ss.s - every variety of wood work. The
- settlement of the county offers
ssne market, and the agricultural re-
eioes are such as to ensure a cheaT
49, 49, suppiy for the artisans At no dis
- uA', which will make Whatcom q
,etous n. and busy manufacturing
- eaaition 20 the fertile soil, ths
sss e's ol Tue Sound are alive with cheaI
osiiclous food. Every river ans
A. am teens with salmSn, while th.
~, p saief Is alive with food fish. Tn.
m boat and net is about 500
AL k'l nets used are from $50 to 80
.,s 's.ns s long and0 feet deep. The seine
~, '.om ioe TO 200 yards long. Escl
ss,a, s eegaeed on the Columbia Rive
sas s.ss s about % 0 Ash during the sra
IT, Sha sha the catch will be as large o'
fll sana' Three average salmon vii
- s'ar W dozen cans. The fishing is th
n ~ a'om May to July. All the stream
ps..' ae ooend abound in trout. Stur
,ss0 1t immense size are careht at b
I.e IJa'os I OF all the large rivers and creek,
ns,ss "natcom Is alive with lake trou,
no. a and pike. Halibut, larger an
Atiss.u ueilcious and tender than Oh
psas, ps Ocean halibut, are caughs 1
4 N. sound, and are retailed hes
Alo,aa aa,com al six cents per pouns
- 'ne coast a small fish about Oh
81 herring. and called an euls
hsas y foand in vast quantities an