, 1885-12-31

ings. erected this year, will compal .
fHvorarly with those for similar pur-
poses III San Francisco.
The board of trade at Port Town
end reports a follows:
showing importance a. the port
Of entry for the Puget Sound cus
toms district We may say.
that during the last fiscal year. i
greater number OF American steam
vessels engaged in foreign trade en-
tered and cleared at this port. than
ut any other port in the ULiej
States, and their tonnage was only
eXceyd yded by the tonnage Of the same
class of vessels that entered and
cleared at the port Of New York.
The number entered was G50. with
a tonnage Of 2Gl,Gj5 tons. against
239 at New York, with tonnage of
35l.S13; I65 at San Francisco. with q
tonnage Of 237,1G9: 40 at Charleston
and Boston. with tonnage Of los.
lI3. and I23 at New Orleans, with a
tonnage OF but 55.73j. The number
cleared WAS 513. with an aggregate
tonnage of 293, ,75i, against 227 al
New York, with n tonnage of 3;}S. SD:
i6j at San Francisco. with a tonnage
of 23l, $50; l45 at Boston and
Charleston, with tonnage of 105,007,
aud only % at New Orleans. with a
tonnage Of but %, 1913.
"Of American vessels, sailing and
steam. til" number was only exceeded
hy New York, and the tonnage by
the two ports of New York and San
Francisco. The number entered was
675. with a tonnage of 3l2.OOO
against 1860 at New York, with a
tonnage of 1.O06,j5G: 924 at Boston
and Charleston, with a tonnage of
30t,3SS; 452 at Philadelphia, with Il
tonnage of Do, ,25S; 416 at San Fran
cisco, with a tonnage os 42S, 500 217
at New Orleans, with q tonnage of
SI.670; 1S6 at Baltimore, with a ton
mage of G9.567, and all other still less
in both number and tonnage. There
were cleared 700 of this class of yes
sells. with Il tonnage of 1888
against 1882 at New York, with a
tonnage of 93S, 1872; 42i at San Fran
cisco, with tonnage of 450,667; 3352
at Philadelphia; with tonnage of
1873. .439; 1S5 at Baltimore with a ton
mage of but 6I,6S9, and all tho other
of the one hundred and thirty-one
ports ib the United States still less
in number and tonnage
when We take into calculation all
classes of vessels, steam and sail,
American and foreign, the number
that entered and cleared III the for
cign trade during the last year Is
only exceeded by seven other ports
in the United States-New York,
! Boston and Charleston, San Fran
cisco, Philadelphia, New Orleans,
Huron and Oswego, and the tonnage
by only nine other ports in the
| United Stetes, those just named and
the ports of Baltimore and Superior
andded.
The amount of commerce has
nearly doubled for the last two
years. In 1880 the number of vessels
entered and cleared was 592, with d
tonnage Of 405, ,320; in 1881, 62S, with
a tonnage of 31S,459; in 1882, 7G5
with tonnage of 417,S4i; IN 1888,
1868, with a tonnage of 534, ,S24: in
1881, l437, with a tonnage of 6S7,
036
During the last fiscal year the
tonnage of American vessels in the
foreign trade which entered and
cleared this port. was exceeded by
four of all the ports Of entry in the
United States, and the tonnage Of for
eign vessels in that trade was ex
ceeded at but six of the said ports.
Only one port in tho United States
exceeds Port Townsend in American
ocean steam vessels in foreign trade,
and the tonnage of foreign ocean
said trade is exceeded by only seven
of said ports"
Jefferson county has a tax roll
footing up in round numbers a mill
ion dollars; her scrip is sold at par.
and her educational advantages are
superior, school being maintained on
an average eight months or more
each year, even in the country dis
tricts.
At Irondale, on Port Townsend
Bay, the Puget Sound Iron Company
have expended about half million
dollars in preparation for manufac-
turing iron, and have the only smelt
ing works north of Oswego in Oregon.
At Port Discovery and Port Lud-
low are two mammoth saw mills,
each having n cutting capacity of
10000 feet of lumber per day, both
operated continuously. On Port
Townsend Bay is another mill in
course of construction near'y as
large.