The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-26
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Mr. George w. stetson, superin.
teEdent Of the Grayss Harssor Mil
Company, corporation composed Of
all the lafgs mill owners on Puget
sound, Is in Seattle endezyoring to
secure lot Of me- hanirs TO xork ia
the Few NH near Gray's Hzrbor. In
speaking u the rev enterprise. Mr..
stetson said: while / was in san
Franaisco eight months ago. shortly
alter the organization OF the Gray's
Hsrior Nil Company. the directors
OF the new ccncern requested me to
make the plans for a lz-ge, frs class
mil and build tic sasne. ! made the
plans in Seattle. and shea they we're
completed took thesn 10 San Fran
cisco and submitted them to the nsesn-
bers Of the company.
ACTIVE OPERATIONS.
TIE plans we're approved ana an or
der placed for she machinery. after
which I went to Gray'S Ha-isor and
commenced preparing the site for the
mil. ] built piie-dfiveSs. cleared land
and stirred things up generally After
some considerable work had BEEN
done, and one lot Of machinery, valued
at 81 600. shipped for the new mil.
Geo. w. Perry OF Los Angeles. who
owned large mili at CosRopoiis, on
the Chehal.s river, heard We we're 90
ing 70 build an opposition MIL. and
offered TO eli out his plant to as. !
was asked 10 look at the property and
estimate it, value. which 1 dill. Four
days later the purchase q the Cos
rnorosis property was made. and
received orders to stop work
At the nex mill. The purchase price
Of the cosmopolis property was $fea.-
COO. was anxious for some 81 the
men who pct up the money 10 see
what they had bought on my recon-
incubation, but NOS until six months
later did / receive letter from W. RI.
Talbot. OF San Francisco, saying he
would try 70 cone 10 Grayis Hafbor
on his visit TO the Sonnl | wrote
him at Port ludlow to have Mr..
Cyrus Walker come with him
WARN c2=ETlsG.
When / received message that they
we're coming, l arranged 10 Shox them
the country. On their arrival at Go
mo polls, guns were ired and ;ilgs
thrown to the breeze. They seemed
much Pleased at the greeting given
them after their long. tires0ne
journey from Olympia by
stage. They Inspected the SAW
mil, wharf, water works and
looked things over pretty thoroughly.
! had arrangements made with Mr.
Emerson, superintendent OF the He
q aIiam mil, 10 give them an excursion
ont over the bar. We took u little
steamer and started for Hoquiam. At
A Aberdeen We took on AT. Weather
wax. owner Of the sawuaili az that
place. In an hour We reached Eio-
GUAM and Mr.. Emerson was there 70
receive Us. and he had rs fsne a elmer
prepared for the party as | ever sat
down TO- I tell you, he IS trump. A.
soon as dinner was over we boaFaei
ore OF the bar tugs, Capt. Lawsaf. and
started OF. The captaia Is counted
one OF the best tuE men on the coast
and We felt no slsrm. The bar Was
smooth and the weather ane. While OF
the bar the four-masted schooner
Novelty, owned by the Simpsons, sig
nailed Us for a tow, and we sent him
4 hawser and towed him 10 lioqainm.
where we had another fi1e meal. The
next dav MesSrs. Walker and Talbot
looked over Cosnapalis, and after see
ing all there was % see, concluded that
the company had actei wisely in To-
eating there. Orr wharf room was
eramped, and they wanted me 10 get
more frontage. which ] did, and the
face Of our dock IS now 90 feetlong.
rHE SEATTLE OF cRkY's HaRBoR.
II am thoroughly wrapped up in
Cosinopolis. and | tel the people it is
destined to be the Seattle OF OF Gray's
harbor. am now Improving the
mill and wharf, snt getting ready TO
do some big work there, and We expect
TO do a grea; deal toward huiiding up
the place. Our company win open an
immense store 20 supply all the sur
rounding country, and pat on line
of steam schooners to bring iaerchau-
disc up and carry lumber down,
soon a railways penetrate ~ A conn.
try Seattle viii be able t.. 40 an exten-
sive trade with ,...ie people Of the
Chehalis yals-s and GFay's Harbor. "