The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-21

UHfaa md Al 4<0Nna teaf h~nndaS7(o
shxex u uasef. The tnhabisants q
mont. sifusaed q IL naFfhera shoro. -
Edxxu sfef. near By. are fuanxaFnftux new
eusexpripes asd happening fkpse ALREADY
established. Being one mile outside The
city limits a. Genxrles FremOnt - taking
steps 20 i~ncaEp0rn<e- They have a1so -
iec4sd 3 site for = school house: and, alto
gether, IT. ambitious population Is Inn reas
fnk. - uefl - IN Misunderstanding import
ance- Edxxwater. in u<iGhtnf, o1ay hall
: msie distant b alS0 "a aci1ve aud MIL
ti0Ns little place.
Lake unlon Is bnt swo and 4 quarter
mihs In length. 7ne tanber On the gently
siopinE hills 81 ~ eassera shore 10 NEARLY
81 cleared ausx. leaving The ARA 0nSsd
with Z hnndpomeg mol of green ,
western side or tjmtcrzt slope of t9e lake.
Is being eneroacA<d Upon By the rapid
erection Of t,uildfngs eve extending on
pnIse Is also auxmente1 By b ~ele~tric
eabse rack which Is being graded along
that side al tue shore on 70 ma
beyond
4 RIP o. LAKE UNION
A rosr-IxrEIxIsEScER reporter yester-
CAY waited che lake and viewed its sur
rourd nxs. stepping into = refdnted
street car. he vas soon conveyed TO foe
convenient wharf landing at the lake AZ
that p2are Il . boat house Ten whitehall
boats. eve sk3ffs. and t1o whifeball sail
b0ats are there, aud also . bathing house.
for public accommodation.
v small steamers. the Launa- captain
w. H. Cicugh. and MAID Foster. CAPITA q
Charles Bruwn. leave this inland dock
every o on trips around the lake. stop
ping for freight az passengers Il the SEW
eral stations, and wherever esse white
fiag may be raised alang the shore.
From the eek Of one Of these smUi
steamers. Is the trip Is made 10 Fremont,
may be seen upon the right hand side. or
eastern share D. nny's PARK addition. and
old ranch place known - Deyle.s.
place. aud further along. the portage.
and Fremont, sll OF which are
In sight from the start. The Hilton grove.
IL is said has jast been plated of into
town lots. and the Saith place is contem-
Plated for q summer resort
AND ITS INDUSTRIES.
Arriving al Fremont, the reporter met
Mr.. Il. 4. Shredder. OF the Fremont Milling
"As 10 our milling company
said he, "we have toc many oraers-more
we can I'LL. You see. we are now EN-
our facilities by adding . planning
Ia the mtii proper. II was begun one
month sso, ard viii b. compl led a 81
" tt&AAh aLtA wv We Il III NC
layed awaiting the arriysi Of It's maeain-
cry
Yes, every manufscsory is busy. The
machine shop near by has been running
three wesk ks aud Is crowded with all it can
You notice Z Aew fuilding inst 1t the
west Of IL? Vel, that Is going up for a
shinals mill AID general woodwork sia
Right I'VE here II q large tan
merry. turning out go sheepskinsa month:
bat It's machinery, l arm told. IL capable OF
tanning 600 peltsa ny. II mostly handles
ard deerxkins from all over the
sound and east of the mountains The
wool OF tie hidess They ship that 70 Bos-
in 500 pound bales"
How much tsmhcr Is cut By your mill
ard the others on = X Unsong
Our mill turns out so.tW feet: and At
The Seattle eud Of the lake. the mills there
turn ont lo0.eo feet . day
What other factories are there here in
ave have a foundry near By that has
o been running three mouths; also 4
woo1cn-ware factory, broom factory, sash,
making bar. fixtures. Besides. We
efght retail stores, five basrding
houses, three churches ard 100 residence
1t II safe to estimate the pnpuis-
I o / 1t 50. A 70 other matters. the new
hotel Of Mr.. Sborty Is just finished and
~ Ur VPCaEa tO1t<Hl WftA ~ Sianu R8fl-
THR MOTOR
A. E. Goetx. q citizen Of shat place, was
asked concerning the progress OF work on
the electric motor line. He said:
about $50 men are al work along be-
tween here and the city Iimiss. Fifty Of
them are working 1T this end towards
durirg the past week. You know the lie
IL projected on through Fremont to Edre-
water, and then out through Woodland
pax and on over To Green Lake, one and a
bali mile distant. II Is expected that the
line viii be running between Fremont aud
Seattle within the next sixty days"
EDGgwATER.
Engaging In conversation with NJ.
Charles N. Noyes. a merchant of Edgewater.
he said:
II think this end OF Lake Union ia 10 be-
come the outside manufacturing center.
IL Is already de irable place for residence.
Our little village only half a mile fr m
Fremont ha three stores, = hotel and 200
II see no brick buildings either in Ere.
or Edgewaser.' remarked the re-
porter.
mo; nor saloons either. replied the
although we are miie be-
sof1d the seattle city limits. But it Is the
county commissioners who deal with us,
and 10 not grant rs licenses"
AT IA SEATTLE sipE.
Returning on the steamer La.ona. Cap
TAIN ciough freely ansxel ed the reporters
questions.
"Hew deep is The water In the lake, cap
tain"
From twenty to fifty I et.'' he replied.
but that Is plentg, rs lis only two nad q
fourth miles oyer 10 Fremont
rs business lively on the Seattle shore
of the lake."
Yes, II Is qnite lively. Foster Is build
ing . new ieamer like this one. It's keel
Is laid and its hall nearly sided up. 1t
will be launched within a rnauth. The
Lake shore Mil Company IL builiing an
other stow for the transportation OF inm.
Der on fhe lake. aud that will make four
altogether"
The new electric light works. Oh. their
In up and being rooted with cor
rDgafsd iron IL Is 30 by 100 feet In size
and yearly covered over. aud ! suppose
when that is done the inside will also be
PERSONAL.