The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-21
AT PORT TOWNSEND.
One Hundred Thousand More in
Street Grading.
DEATH or An OLD p'oNEeF
A Innpsstssx NsnsssetarisS Essass1n-
ness and les Essfvsneas-Sews
sf oesxn shivrfsg.

pox~ To~.ssxp. s<vt % As The conn-
esl r,ssssaz tbs evening" The ordinance e.
,skxisasnr The grade Of 5sfssrson street,
wsss~k Vas Loaf on deadlock AZ he iass
y~~ma.v yaes.xrsx q the cosncil, vas recon
.ssss~~a Ard raised unanimously. Grades
~r-~ sIso esfs t,ssxhssf on Jackson. Monroe,
usassya srSs Q4.aey streets by unanimozs
vote.
TIE cost Of establishing these grades vii
exceed 500 0n
The cozreiI also granted Charles Hop
kirs ard associates franchise 20 eSsaD4isn
an eiertric fire alarm system.
Thomas Berger. an old and veil-knoxn
risnesr, who settled upon the sound over
thirty years ago died last evening AZ ms
home. near the head Of Discovery hay.
He came here from Philadelphia where
hi. father was wealthy and prominent
citizen. He leaves three children, ono OF
whom Il Mrs. George White, OF Fort DIS
eovsry.
pogr Towxrgxp, Sept. a0.-Ths Port
Townsend Foundry and Machine Company
viii soon remove from ~ present out
grown quarters TO the neg buildings being
erecses. on the water trent, corner OF Water
and Pierce streets. The new foundry OF
corrugated iron, one t.enty-sight foot
story 5oxiI0. will be occupied Ia about foar
weeks, and work on the new machine shop,
a tvo-story aGxii9 feet brick. and boiler
shop. corrugated iron. t0xao. on the wharf,
will be pushed RAPIDLY. A wharf 10 deep
water li0ro00 feet il well under way. The
plant will be greatly enlarged and i's ca
uss-ity increased two~thirds. The foundry
will be equipped with double hosting crane
of ten and twenty-five tons capacity, and
two Coll!au erpolA furnaces, one with
melting rspacitv OF from FIVE TO SIX tons,
the other OF from twelve 10 fourteen tons
Ter hour. The core oven, IGx@2is feet IN
size. will be centrally located outside OF the
main building. and conveniently mounted
on A t,amwsy from the wharf To the center
OF the foundry building. Four blast fur
nac~s for general brass casting are attached
70 the main foundry from the wharf. A
complete tramway system will connect
foundry, wharf, machine shop and the
elevators, one between the furnaces and
the other in the machine shop. The ma
chine shop will be equipped with the ma
rhinery adapted for the manufacture Of
stationary and marine engines, sswmiil
and mining machinery. In the second
story OF machine shop viii be the pattern
fbtH anu tuC VI hh'
company does an extensive business in re-
pairing and manufacturing tugboat ma
chinery, and IL one Of the large institu
tons of its class on the coast.
Three Cinnamon boarded the North
Pacific yesterday morning for this side,
claiming To be merchants. but were eyi
IDENTITY coolies, and were therefore sent
hack on the olympian IN the afternoon by
the customs officials.
The W. X. Merwin brought in the mail
this morning. the Edith being laid up for
boiler repairs.
The Enterprise towed \ scow load Of
lumber from the Port Townsend mill for
George Lind's new brickyard at Point-no-
Point.
The steam schooner Gertie storie. tender
Of the Central Alaska cannery. was in port
yesterday on her way Ia san Francisco Tor
the winter. with Superintendent ". G..
siorie. of the company. Their pack WAS
- 600 cases.
Hon, w. =. Austin. register OF the land
Office al Vancouver. is In the city today.