The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-07
GRAY'S HARBOR.
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million feet per day. The timber
of this valley consists of fir, spruce,
hemlock and cedar, and the lumber
finds a market in California,
Mexico, South America, Japan,
New Zealand and other foreign
lands, where it is carried by ocean
going vessels which enter the har-
Dor. AS this country is in the fog
belt, the timber is never burned.
Nature has given Gray's Harbor
another great advantage in the
entire absence of destructive ele-
ments in the water. On the Sound
logs begin to deteriorate by the ac-
emulation of musseI shells, CLAIMS
and barnacles, and the gnaWing of
the; destructive tOredO. In those
waters logs are soon injured if left
atioat and the piling along the
wharf must be renewed at great
expense every four or five years.
In Gray's Harbor, owing to the
infusiOns Of great quantities of fresh
water from all directions, none of
these destructive elements exist.
Here piling will last for a genera
ton, and if the lumber market is
dull and an over supply of logs is
fioated to the harbor they may wait
months or years without deteriora-
ton.
The facilities for logging and
booming as well as the faultless
sites for hundreds Of mills, make
this country the grandest on earth
for its possibilities in lumber MAX
ing. Timber land is yet very
cheap, but with the growing de-
mand for American lumber and a
constantly diminishing supply of
material, I can think of nothing
more profitable than for one with
surplus cash to invest it in timber
land on Gray's Harbor. Capital
can now be invested in timber
land here so as to double itself
in a year. In fact one can now
buy timber for % cents per thOus-
and, which in the near future
will be worth from $3.50 to 81 per
thousand. ShreWd spectators are
already looking up these certain
paths to fortune, but they are care
full to enter into no competition that
might raise present prices.
The fishing industry is one of
great Importance on the harbor.
There are several kinds of salmon,
black and rock cod, trout, sole, her
ring and brook trout. There are
edible CLAIMS and crabs of large size,
fine flavor and endless variety. I
am informed that the salmon can
neries are now in operation, and ship
$4,000 cases annually, a case con-
tanning four dozen cans. This is a
very profitable and growing indus
try.
The ship-building industry is
making considerable Roadway.
Major Weatherwax has built two
fine vessels at Aberdeen, and a
beautiful steamer is receiving it's
finishing touches at CosmOpolis.
The towns Of the harbor are as
yet small, but are rapidly filling
up. On the north side of the har-
Dor, Is miles from the outside bare,
Hoquaim, of about 500 pushing,
energetic people, is situated, and
three miles further east, Aberdeen
is located with 400 Inhabitants,
and four miles further up the har-
Dor on the south side, COsmopolis of
500 inhabitants is located.
Hoquaim has the largest mill on
the harbOr, and Aberdeen has four
saw mills, one foundry, one sash
and door factory, one brewery, and
four clnneries.
Cosmopolis has one extensive
mill, the combined cut of the seven
mills on Gray's Harbor is over $780,
600 feet per day, and there are
always loading at the different
wharves from five to ten steamers
and sailing vessels, which sail
to Australia, Central and South
American ports, Alaska and all
Pacific Coast cities and harbors.
There is now one regular line of
steamers from San Francisco to the
harbor and one from Portland,
Oregon, and three stage lines term
nate on Gray's Harbor.
There are two railroads now
building from the outside world to
the harbOr, one under contract to be
finished by September 1st, this
year, and the other to be completed
by June LIST, 1890, and the right of
way has been secured on two more
roads that have been surveyed and
report says that both of them will
be running inside of two years.
The road to be completed by June
1st, 1890, is down grade all the
way, and as it passes through the
most extensive coal fields in the
whole north west, sixty-five miles
from deep water, the engines will
be able to haul as many loads of
coal as they can, take empty cars
back. Experienced coal men say that
the coal can be put by the side of
deep water for S2.50 per ton.
Some of the reasons why Gray's
HarboT is the very best place to in
vest money in real estate to-day are:
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