Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-14

aikscA u NcJStNA 1ss aesf1F s-E-f c-L1
sEo mills ioesteCi 81 Seattle 0ns sa=-
mill and the saker > sssh ard G0oE
factory. The and ou ~bsch tbsse nils
are ipeated = very EzlGaols, 81 y cot
s4sss Of water fFOEt properties covering
several seFes-
The krssinsss Of furnishing logs for
,iasss mHls, called - IogElnz, gives sfo-
tl0yizss.. o. great Gazny CAMPS Win
s.y foTtF men 90 the camp. and 10 pros
uerolss lines u requires lD1 camps or
100 nosfz. -altss1 20 shear different 0c-
~uozti0Els these meg are CHASED as szE
ysra, ehnppers, sks16ers. tesrrsterz, df1-
ysrz a. 4 sookA The camps are 1s2sliY
located near scrzDs timber belt o. river.
aud suo1aetinles on TIE squad Logvays.
OF sl.ids, Ga ties ara eallue, are built
into the stub<r where tie trees are feiied.
zaxs,a ilats logs and hauled by oxen 70
sh. rivers bank. here thsy are rolled n
and are h0ztisd OF driven" &c Is -
called. doxa the stream and Doomed az
the ,north. when q boon - fGii, Il Is
,0Wei 20 some .aEmIil 10 be converted
into ilrzhsr.
The lambsr industries Of Puget Soasd
are nos ID their infancy, and TIE tgEaosf
belts sotifiguosr % Is have sc4rcssy bsen
HIbblad al compared with the vas, 47an-
t1tiss yet untoucEed- 1 &c timber suffers
much frans fires, which frequently rage
fsyr 4 month at time and do great dsn-
age. These fires are usually ezreirssiy
startisd perhaps By some farmer Vho Is
Clearing for farm, or Dy careless camp
eFs TITS sob loct - nOw receiving the
attention OF Congress, aud pCs w1lt
TOO s;bon. fer stringent measures seo1Id
os At ousse edoptsd 20 Rzsrd oar tIdEoer
fron farther saste b. fiFes. j be fatgEe
xeath Of Western y AsAIHgi0n-aud
this, q ,s0Grss, means also much pros
perity 10 Uregon-iargsiy lies In these
VISIT forests. Along Pagei sound exist
5sled facilities fer shipbliiding.
The iunoeT IN sds from ar - splenGldly
sdsptsd for halis ahd tbs ~ spArz make
the isest mgsfs kagWn. This industry
must some iiins be 3 great one on tie
sound, for industries Of all kinds are
more closely dfswIng themselves S1ttiu
tie srszB q proda1tion.
The future Of the lumber business of
the soaad j.. Of coarse, closely linked
xith she progress Of California, Central
aud ,s0atn America, Australia and tie
ISLANDS Of ths Pacific. EveB China.
though not yoHng enuntfy, mcst soon
deyeioe a largely increased absorbing
,yower ior modern fahrieaiIODs- Already
.neh countries are feeling the onward
march of AInsrican enterprise, and al
not very distant day they must sees al
our doors the i5mbeE which aiEays goes
hand il band with all progress last
srn Iumhefmefi have for sou8e time been
looking westward WITH q yleE 20 the
Investment OF capital in lumber enter
prises OH Puget SoGnd; and as the for
ests Of old Maine. Michigan and Wis
cousin are diminishing, the future -
steadily Frightening f0s snca1ndastries
IN the Hex northwest.
$50
Tmr NV SOUTHERN PACifIC CoNPANY
MIR. Leland Stanford, President Of the
Central aad SOathefn Pacific Railroad
Companies, anuo0uces that arrange
mslts have BEEN sfiested by the varloas
railroad companies interested bet xss
New Orleans and San FrauCIseo-coIa-
prlsing the Soathefn Pacific of Calitor-
MA, the Southern Pacific Of New Aexi-
ca. tbs Galveston, Harrisburg a San An.
tonic, tee Louisiana Wa.ern. the Texas
4 New Orleans aud the Morgan. Louis
lana Il Texas Rsiirold-aad sd amship
lines for anihcalion of their JOINT adj
Gtllt1llf Afluus All0 VITA VIEW 70 tLc
more economical vorkins of these prop
critics il has been decided that frUm
March l. 1855, they shall be knox n un-
der one general organizations, tie
''SoutlAera Pacific Company, With head
quarters IN San Francisco. divided into
two sections. All vest Of FL Paso viii
be kn0Wn ~ the Pacific system, and all
east thereof as the Atlantic system.
Ihe gsnSral tTafnc manager, under the
diFeeftan Of the general manager Of the
PAeih's system, viii hs charged xith the
handling of all ihgoueh business IF she
Sonlpa.ny, aad that inseFchanged by, or
which may be pfnpsti;iye A. between.
she PAei5e and Atiaatie systems. Mr.
A. N. I0wns siA ba TIE General Mana
ger u the Southern Paesfie system. With
headquarters at San T ancisco; Mr.. A @.
Hutchinson vail be General Manager Of
thr Atlantic system Eith headquarters
al New Ogieans. Mr.. j. c. Stabbs Gea-
eFal nraEfia MAlaeer, with headquarters
Il San FransisnD. All other ofiieess and
agents wiil be continued on the various
roNds and divisions as under the pre-
vions organization until farther atlce
hy the GaasTal Manager.