The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-12
THE HEAD OF THE BAY
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At the head Of Port townsend bay
located In slightly places on deep water,
where ocean going craft can sal direct |
10 the uharves and make fast. are the |
thriving manufacturing towns Of Iron
siaie.and Hadlock. the former less than |
iSve. the latter less than six miles from |
Onion wharf. Port Townsend. AT
Trondaie are located the works OF the
Pugpt Sound Iron Company, OF which !
Mr.. ]. L. Saith i superintendent
After several months of standing still. !
during which time great ifsprove-
naents were made. the works vii start
up in few days. The company has
nos on hand in its shed 81. 90 bushels |
Of charcoal. sufficient for three months
needs. II furnishes employment To
IS men in the works at IrondaIe; 100
men burning charcoal. and 80 chop
ping wood IN the neighborhood, and
80 men in the mine on Texada island.
Since July - the steamer Ferndale.
which was chartered b. the company.
has been employed in Transporting ore
from Texada 10 the works. and up 10
August . had delivered 800 tons.
She viii be kept regularly in this ser
vice. During the recent cessation OF
operations the company burned Leo
COO brick, which viii lie used in build
ing 20 huge charcoal kilns on the
i,eaeh in front OF the works. The
bach was formed by sluicing down n
bluff, the earth being held By q retain
ing wall Outside this wall there viii
De built wharf - feet wide and 800
feet long. for landing wood. Two of
the new kilns are already up and the
remainder viii be erected without de-
lay. They are almost perfect cones.
Each is 90 feet in diameter AT the base
and 30 feet high. These finished the
company viii be in a position to fur
nish its own charcoal supply instead
OF having TO depend on contractors.
Charcoal iron j. worth about S. more
per ton in the market than coke iron,
and the Irondale works output has
always ranked as the best iron that
comes to San Francisco. 1t would be
\ in any market.
Bog ore is secured in large quantities
from Chimacum creek, three miles
distant. A new erusher, having a
capacity of IS to 80 tons per day. was
put in this summer The output viii
be about IS tons per day. which will
be sent 10 San Francisco and points on
Puget sound. A good market is
promised, and the works viii run
steadily all winter. The regular
steamers plying between San Francisco
and Puget sound call at IrondaIe
whenever a shipment IS ready. Every
thing abont the town has an unmis-
taxable air OF prosperous activity.
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One mile further ap the bay Is the
town OF IIEdiock. whose principal in
dustFy is the sawmiIl OF the Washing
ton Mil Company. Mr.. r. kendriek.
superintendent. 1t was built two
years ago by the Western Mil and
Lumber Company, who operated it
only few weeks, when the present
owners bought them out. The mill
has been prosperous from the start.
The daily output Is 10000 feet. One
hundred and twenty men are EN-
ployed in the mill. while logging
camps on various parts OF the Sound
which supply the mill give work
., bent ef.a .,,a-. ..,ar IT.. 49,,
pany own the following vessels
Bark Pearl, ship Guardian. bark DC
turus, barkeuiine c. NJ Griffith and
barkentine Retriever. These vessels
are employed exclusively carrying
lumber from Hadiock, and other craft.
too, are often chartered. The compa-
ny expect 10 load 90 vessels during
the present year.
The min is SO feet long. and - feet
wide ia its widest part. is supplied
with the best obtainahle machinery,
and has the reputation of being the
best single mill on Puget Sound
Port Hadlock has one advantage
over every other portion Puget sound
The teredo does not live there. 1t
happens that the Chimacum creek,
which puts into the bay short dis
tanee below the town. IS strongly inn
pregnatei with iron. The food tide
sets this discolorei water against the
wharyes, and il seems 10 be death to
the inSidious borer. Whether this be
the true cause there is perhaps no
means OF showing, but the people who
live there affirm that the teredo does
not exist in that locality, aud they
ought to know.