Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-26

pany. is kept constantly At work in
the interest Of vessels loading a.
their mills.
After building up an extensive
sosin ess and establishing q lasting
Reputation for correct and honorable
dealing. Mr. Hanson found il neces-
sary In 1888 to incorporate the mills.
the better TO enable him to handle lis
Affairs. Accordingly the entire bust
ness, with mills, lands, ships, tugs,
warehouses and stores, was incor.
porated as the Tacoma Mill Com
paHy. and under this name the bust.
ness was carried on.
Hanson 4 Co.. are agents for the
incorporation, and their Office is Pier
II, Steuart street, San Francisco,
AID those interested in their line of
business will mud it to their advan-
tage to address them.
WASHINGTON MILL COMPANY.
The two grea, mills of the Wash.
ington Mil Company are located a,
Seabeck, w. T., and are among the
largest and most thoroughly equip
ped milling plants to be found on
Puget Sound. Their joint capacity
exceeds 100000 feet per day, and
they are supplied with all kinds Of
the latest improved machinery for
The manufacture OF roagh and fin
ished pine lumber The mills are
located where the very best quality of
pine, spruce, FIR and cedar abounds.
The company owns upwards of
~, 600 acres Of these wooded lands.
which, however, they have never
touched. preferring to draw their
supplies from the vast forests which
skirt the shores of Puget Sound ad
joining their own lands. In these
forests the mills have constantly in
operation eight logging camps, which
employ from $50 to 200 men. The
timber when cut is RATED to the
mills, and from this inexhaustible
store they are enabled to meet de-
msnds for any quantity or quality of
lumber.
About 100 men are employed at
the mills and a fleet of vessels is en-
gagged in conveying the lumber to mar
ket. To facilitate the work of load
ing and unloading vessels and log
ging at night, electric lights are used,
50 that darkness never closes in
around the mills. The COMPANY
also owns q large store at the mills,
from which their help is supplied.
They have three steam tugs TO tow
vessels, carrying supplies to logging
camps and tow logs back to the mills.
These tugs save great expense to
vessels In shifting about while load
Ing. and there are no wharfage or
other charges. An important ad-
vantage enjoyed by the company is
the almost unequsled harborage fscil-
tiles at the mills. Vessels Of all sizes
may readily sail into and out OF the
bay without pilot or towsge, and
vessels OF all kinds find a safe harbor
and good anchorage anywhere in
the bay Besides turning out all
kinds Of lumber used for general
construction and building purposes,
the company has given much stten-
ton 10 the manufacture of ship
building material. They have built
all of the vessels and steamers em.
ployed at present in their business
and have facilities for cutting timber
of any size and length. A large
of the output of these mills,
which amounts to about $4,000, 900
feet annually, is shipped direct to
foreign markets, and in the markets
of Mexico, South America, China
and Australia it has high reputation
for its uniform good quality and per-
lection of manufacture.
The Washington Mill Company is
under the management of w. j.
Adams. one of the pioneer lumber
merchants of the coast. He has been
for the past thirty years continuously
in the business, and in 1857
built the first saw-mill erected by the
Washington Mill Company at Sea.
beck. His undergrad and Office
are at Pier II. Steusrt street, San
Francisco, and. in addition to hand
ling the product Of the Washington
mills, he deals in all other kinds of
lumber. His interior trade extends
to all parts of the State. and he has
with numerous large
yards at distributing points. His "a
cilities enable him to take heavy con-
tracts, and among recent ones furn
ished by him was one Of 1000. 900
feet of lumber for the Peter Donshue
building. on Mission street, this city.
In connection with his lumber bust
ness proper, W. ]. Adams Is engaged
in the shipping business, and ope-
rates q number Of vessels both for the
coast and foreign trade. He arrsnges
charters for vessels to carry lum Der,
and his facilities for foreign trade are
greatly increased by this feature of
his business.
FORT DISCOVERY MILL.
OF all the great numbering estsb-
lishments on Puget Sound none are
more favorably located for foreign
trade than that of Moore & Smith. on
Port Discovery bay. II Is fifty miles
nearer the ocean than any Of the
other mills on the Sound and vessels
can sail directly into the beautiful
bay without towage or pilot. Its
ease of approach and nearness to the
coast is a great saving to vessels load
ing there. and this is also the only
mill on the Sound where the Custom
House authorities permit vessels from
foreign ports 10 come without first
sailing to Port Townsend and report
ing there. Ships are allowed to pro-
coed direct TO Port Discovery and
locate there, after which their cap
tains can go In person TO Port Town
send, only twelve miles distant, and
enter and clear there.
The Port Discovery mill Is one of
the largest on the Pacific Coast. is
equipped with all the latest improved
machinery and has appliances for
cutting timber up 10 l25 feet In
length. Its manufacturing capacity
is now given at i25, 900 feet per day,
and when running on full time 49,