Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-01

Live atG~E. HITTER katst HF@a NtAAtNT
yl.lG0; steep, ZOO: sErrs- *ts. spvis
trees. 1900; pan, 100; prune, l0aD,
pear. 1910. Manufactures. Aberdeen.
North shars AID kaapsfoa ssausn
Packing Cs5su ps.riss. t1tsl rssea. 'ss1ss1
Noythwr.sagn, S7Hsh fS~nf ana A5-iaz
Brook lnrsher ryt.ls. - D3.fsp q. and
tie Knaopson bDE fs~t1yy. I5.0DJ boxes.
To8sl vsias Of snugsr'urrd products.
Ssf1,i95. goGuty isys raiif=; assessed
value OF uroesrty. s5Ei l3',. sehOra dis
tFiess, -; school houses. q vsia@ II
s~Aooi houses. $50. school cs;idrsn-
~; issabsfs. u, canntY seat. Oyster
vile.
PtlE-K rgrsfT.
Pierre eOuuiy. osP1nz,d December
nd, nc. ~ "a ast Of tss Osv:oD Issg
stature before Washington vss crested
bv Congressional suzetmeHt. has a area
Of 1888 sqsare mfhs- TIE assesssd
yAlss Of a. property for tire year GOV
ered nv this rspgtt IL k4zps5 CO.. The
county II sell adsptsd ~ agriculture,
fruit growing snd stock rsi-irQ par
poses. AmsGR the products noted are
10000 bushes of potatoes fruit, sp-
plss pears. plums. esa.. ssv 1000 bush
els; bay. gro tnBa. vslne $500: hops,
80 t0ns. vai1a &s,2J 20. butter, y tons,
value klg go; NEST products. beef, taas-
t0n, bacon. etc vs'a-, $4,000 ssh for
export, ksD.Gu0. IiT- stock. 1000
shssp, 100 nest saftle. 800 horses
appAs trees. ECO: plum. prune
and pear. 400 peach trees and
grape VINES 10 Population OF tie
county lsssinhtsd J, 1900. AptnbeT Of
school distrtets ~ the oouHty, %; value
Of school prooertv. {: 5,7T number Of
school children, 2ssz5 average salary OF
tsaehers, 435 per month. Tacons,
tiouEishtne etly with a population OF
about 600 souls, IL the county seat. The
Tacoma Gambler o. Commerce.,
thruaeh its President. GenerA, j. W.
Bpraene. snbmsts the following report, ia
substaacs
8ssilaosom, PuyalIap. Carbonate and
Sumuer are nosAbls ~ flonrishiug towns.
Their are member Of other small VII
lagos. One mile from St@ilaco0m, at
Mn sits of former United States gar
Fis0n. Ia l0cstsd the Territorial Insane
Asylum. Directly opposite Steiiaeoom,
% Mcneil Island, II the Uoited states
psaitsniiary. Banding tbs city OF Ia
sJ1na on tie essi, IL tbs Pnyallup Indian
reservation. containing 1900 acres OF
The Tea. unAlity Of agricultural land.
practically asaless until lt IL thrown
opsn for as.II4uent. On Tnuoh Of the
shore line NJ pugss Sound aud for some
dls.auce back lhe land IL heavily tim
bored With flr, spFucs and other varie-
ties OF the pins family. In the valleys
AMI river bottans the soil IL exceedingly
ron and feFtain, being black sandy
iosm, y, mirAbly adapted 30 the growth
Of she ct pie pHodasss Of this region.
With respect 30 fise climate of this
,psrsiruisr section referens' Resd only
be had 3, the statement nuder the head
Of eiimAts in tbs body Of this report.
Dssr, hssr. dlasks, Rroaee. pheassnts,
Rs.ss and rabbits abound Ia season.
Tue adjzaent waters Swarm with sal
mon, salmon tron', halibu', tom cod,
rock nod. perch. Founders aad herring.
The pFsxreas made 10 industrial fishing
h nesed elsewh@fS.
This chief industfhlI resources Of
Pierce county are coal. lamber, lime
Etens- bsilding stone, hop raising and
manufactures.
Tho GOAL measures of the esunty
embfsce an sfea estimated at
atty tpilsa IN length from north TO
soath, and extending from the eastern
base az the Cascade mountains to the
valleys bordering on Puget Sound.
They ara known as the Carbonado.
South Prairie and Wilkesou coal fields.
During the year 1888 the coal mines
above named shipped from Tacoma as
follows: CsSbonado, ID. t66 tons; South
Prairie, e6.444 tons; Wilksson, 1905
tens; grand total, ltls, li5 tons. Rsti-
mating the price At 81 per ton, the rul-
inG Wholesale rate at the dock In Ia
0ons. the grand total valne for the year
10 <51240. The increase Of the outpnt
tor the year 1883 over 1889 was Ill. si5
sona. Tbs payroll At the Carbocado
inines averages $4,000 par month. The
Othar misss paw their employees In like
yFoportion. The increase of she output
- thsss mines for 1884 promises to be
prsportionatsly a. great a. that for 1883.
The lime kilns Of the Tacoma Lime
Ucmpsny are on the Cascade branch of
The Northern Paeia1 railroad, about
fifteen miles northeast OF Tacoma The
formsaen Is q p@eaiiar one, being
Aneuii ~ corralilne. From appear
nncea tbs sapply Of this kiln may be
naid 10 be good tor half century. Tho
auuaal ossput has helm and nov 10 b.
600 barrels. BESIDES supplying the
home demand 10 q great extent. 10 II
ahippsd 10 Oregon, British Columbia
and ~ far sass % the towns on the
AtWsa44W4W NNtllI lhll&uau III AA0uttnA.
FTasiinaiis iilexhsustibls quarries of
asns asans 81 great taauty and durabil-
Wy ara found In Pierce county. St.
IsokesA MenorIni Church In Tacoma
has bsxn WHOLLY built Of this material.
isnd fiie appearances OF the church after
ekp9Haxre h3afs witness 10 the great de-
a1rebtlity Of tha product Of The wiiks-
200 slime quarry.
fisrps countf ahouuds In The native
NiMbeF of the anaat. which IL found In
asest 1dHnlfties fFem the eastern 10 the
ysss<esn boundaries Of he county.
Riefce rpoDts. ppou the cofupistion OF
the G1ftA6a branch uf the Nnfthgfn Pa
st<ie railroad. may reassnnahly expeat q
Hrest iEefssse In its already enorn,uus
tumhex praduot By reason % the de-
nsan6 froua tha prairie .hnis In East
sn wsshingtnn and Idaho.
al eEperineuts which have bssu
uisae m ttais growing In Pierce coanty
have tended 10 demanstrate the fact
thAt fsait Of the best quality eau Be pro.
aeee6 IN Great abundance both for
hsme consnmptlon and for export. The
ksR LANDS OF shs eoanty are unsurpassed
10 We character and quantity OF their
Teaf !. essszstr,i ~ I'D tsns.
ah1@t&1ta tafNNtru ~ &NtAtssEtAc1tnNuk
nay. . the sstFupolis Of the county.
fls easiet feF shipment. home market
ard head center. In 1919 u vAs vii
Sssnesa Of wposls. In 1854 10 is IN in
eWrperasea esty bf ebsat 600 people.
With vel Efadesl streets And sidswaiks
sawsrA stores. banks. daily newspapers,
eliAeei hoasss. ei,urnhsa and eomfofta-
Ass homea Gas and winter works, saf.
hssent ~ Supply The wants Of . city Of
9looe inhabitants, arr approaching
camplssian. The tsxabla property af
the city Il asssssed ~ f9.6<9.ti5 AZ
NE annual mes ting II the Beard Of D.
faesoFa Of the Narthesn Paeiac Railroad
easapany, GA ti.e i0lh Of Sepsemhsg.
Ma. she CITY Of racomh was adopted -
Ne wcstsrn terminus NJ the Northern
hseshe rRiiroaa Soem after this the
ssanpany parshased ). 900 ncfes % land
faf tewu site. including the land o.
uafeh TIE ctly Of Tacoma 10 located.
subsequently, tha rAtlsead company sold
this isaa 10 ske fAcsma Land Company,
%zoepsiae isna safiicieiat tcs nhopA Dc
90 eaii4ines. side tFaeks and whaFses.
In aAasiian b. shts ths land eompany
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