Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-03
rear LUDLOW.
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POrt LajIoz sav mill vas founded by
W. L. 5Ayward. aud & Mr.. Thorndyke,
III 1888 In 1873, Arshur Phinney
Zscariah AEaos, and Wm- Hooke, leased
! the property and began businss.
With II. under the frn name of Amss,
Phinoey 4 Co. Business was done By
tae nrm tilI 1853. when Amos and Hooke
retired, Arthur Phinney continuing on
hts Own sooount, which he did up to the
time OF his death, May q, 1877 Mr.
Pninnsy proved himself an able and
soecessfal business man. having built
up the industry wonderfully while be
vas AZ It's head. At she time Of his
death he bad large new mill IN course
OF construction. After be disd opera
tions were suspended for long time.
and serious loss was felt in the county.
In Novsmber, 1873, the whole property
was sold at auction sale, by Geo. Harris,
sole surviving executor Of the will. Pu-
get Mill Co. purchased the site, mil,
etc. for $64,s50. when the new owners
got hold Of il, they left the mill idle for
q considerable while longer. numbering
being dall. After time. however, they
completed the new mill on a scale even
larger than projected by the de-
ceased owner. In October, lsss, this
new mill was started going, turning out
a hundred and twenty i've thousand feet
of lumber per day. It is running at
present, and 10 30 eompiete with labor
saving machinery that it employs only
lG msA. Daring the interim ship
oafidlnR was carried on quite extensive
ly. Hall brothers carried on a shipyard
near the mill. and built thirty one ves-
sells there between 1874 and 1880. Port
Ludlow IA situated on beautiful and
oomelodious bay near the southeastern
boundary af Jefferson county, about
eighteen miles from Port Town.
send, with which il Ia connected
by rsad. II has q population of
about 80. II has one store. one hotel,
a post Office, telegraph office and ex-
press Office, school and public hall.
Mr.. Louis Poole, Who arrived here in
1855. worked in the mill for Mr.. Phin-
ney till that gensleman's death, and is
now cashier for the Puget Mill Comps-
ny. He is also Telegraph operator and
Wells, Fargo's agent. OF the other
employees, z. 8. johnson is book keep. =,
Geo. Evans is time keeper and Geo. h.
Wiswell Is foreman. No mention of
the place would be complete without iu-
Guiding Mr.. Z. ID Attridge, proprietor
of the notel. Mr.. Attridgs case TO
Paaet Sound from Minnesota in 1s59,
and entered In the logging business.
His residence in Ludlow dates from
1856. In 1859 he began the hotel busi-
ness. His present hotel, the Phoenix
vas built in 1874, and has a capacity of
sixty guests. Mr.. Attridgs Is q local
politician of some note, having served
several years a. secretary Of the Terri
toriai Republican Committe, of which
body he ~ still q member. He Ia one OF
the solid men of this ooanty, and 10
quite popular, as attested by repeated
elections TO the board Of County Com
missioDers by large maiofities. He h rs
served aocrptabiy thereon for four years
past, and vas reelected in November.
de is also chairman of the Counfy
Central Committee Of ais party. He n
brother Of Mr.. Arthur Attridge, ous-
toms inspector, His family have a
pleasant home near the hotel in Lud-
loS. IL 10 learned that the Puget Mill
Co. intend making Port Ludlow head
quarters for all their susiness on Puget
Sound. where they have immense lum-
berlng interests, including the mills at
Port Gamble and Utsalady. Ludlow Is
a pleasant little town, and has tine
farming land near by, frsm watch 10
obtained plentiful supply OF vs9cta.
bles, milk, butter, etc.