Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-17
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Thomas Easis 4 Co. finished thar
eo0tsset Of traek laying from . point 90
Sqaak sloash 10 the Gilman mines In
sQuak vsiisy u : O'clock yesterday AZ
ternsos. A. they appssaehsd Tie camp
there vs. great sejsieis9 and mach hi
iasity. Today vili b devoted TO Pot
ting in SWITCHES aod side tracks q and
around the mines. Four coal cars will
Be taken ous today. and on Sunday
ABBOTT sixty tons Of Gilman coal viil be
bsouGht 70 this city for sale. Moss OF
the nrst shipment has been ordered By
COR citizscs, Who are spxtous to give the
oev producs . trial.
A reporter called upon . gentleman
connected Win the Seattle Coal and
Iron company and asked him q number
OF questions In regard 10 the purposes Of
the company, 20 which be said: Oar
retail yard viii be on the wharf between
Mill and Columbia streets, where ve
viil have bunkers, scales and IN Office
foe our retail agent. The cars will b
raised 20 the bankers By IN hydraulic
elevator"
What viii be the prieea?"
we shall place cur coal on the mar.
kes at the sane price charged by the
Oregon Improvement, the Cedar River
and The Black Diamond companies. At
present the prices are very high, In fact
much higher than We expected to charge
for our coal. although wages have also
advanced since 20 started TO open cur
mines. bat Ne shall not to the frst 10
make cnt In retail prices. We expect.
however. that a. soon a. ve gain any
considerable quantity of the retail
trade the older companies will COM
mence cnttina. and we shall bold our
sslves In readiness to follow any cot
which may be made"
How will the cost OF mining your
coal compare With the cost at other
mines1"
I'VE think We will be able 10 produce
our coal and place 10 on the market as
cheaply as any mine 10 King county.
Oar workings are such that u will be
good while before We viii have any
hosting to do We are driving our
9sngvays along on the water level. and
will take the coal from above for some
time to come. This is the cheapest
kind OF mining, IS there IL no lifting
Of the coal from the time IL IL cut until
IL 10 lowered into ths hold"
Have you q freight contract With the
Seattle, Lake shore q Eastern Railway
Companyf"
'Os, yes, we have that matter all
arranged. The coal company pays the
rnilroad company 70 cents per ton
freight, for hAuiiBa the coal from the
mines 10 Seattle. This. OF course,
seems like q small freight for such a
long haul, bat when tell yoa that We
expect to ship from the Gilman mine
alone 1000 tons per day, you will see
that the revenue 10 the road from caal
freiahts from the one mine will b. 500
ser day. a very handsome little revenus
Ia itself. We have superior mine on
Raging river. which will be opened BY
the time the road reaches there, and
unless all signs fail, within the next
Twelve months the road will be reeeiv-
ing from the Coal and Iron Company
from 5000 to $500 per day, or upwards
Of 5000 psr month, and this on coal
!reiehts niore. When DIR. Raffmer rs-
ported 10 the raoueysd men Of New
York thai the resources Of the couniry
through which the Seattle, LIKE Shore
4 Eastern Railway is TO he hc.lt, were
unlimited. be uttered truth that the
logic Of events gill fairy bear out"