Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-09-06

The building then erected covered A
by s. feet ground area. The company
soon afterwards added three more re-
torts, and in 1883 added an electric
light service, with dynamo capable
of furnishing 80 lights. This extern
sion OF the business met with imme-
date public appreciation, and this year
the size of the building has been
doubled, being A by 10, ten more re-
torts have been added, and the, capac-
ity of the holder more than doubled.
In the sphng tile Company will put In
another dynamo of SO light power.
The gas mains from the works to the
business part of the town, which arc
now of four inches diameter are to be
replaced by 1O-inch pipe. The num-
Der OF consumers has increased to 125,
and the number is being steadily aug
mented. The main interest in the
works is owned by Mr.. A. H. Cham
bers, one of our most public-spirited
citizens, but his efforts are ably Sec
onded by Mr.. Robt. Frost, Mrs. P. c..
Hale, Mr.. A. Farquhar, and other en-
terprising citlz ms. The quality of
the gas manufactured is of high
order, and the electric lights, of the
Thompson-Houston system, are as
near perfection as any plan of street
lighting yet devised.
THE PIPE FACTORY.
The Puget Sound Pipe Factory, of
this city, was established in the year
1884, with manufacturing capacity Of
about twelve. hundred feet per day, en-
ploying at that time nine men. Every
year was marked by the steady increase
of its work, and the universal satisfac-
ton given by the use Of their pipes
makes the factory today one of the
leeding industries on Puget Sound.
The capacity of the works has been in
creased to 200 feet Of pipe per day.
and it is now giving employment to
from % to % men. The principal ship
ping centers are in Idaho, Montana and
Utah. They have laid some sixteen
miles of pipe in this Territory. Sales
are made all over the country, but
most especially in the above
named places. The iron used in
binding and tipping the pipes is
shipped from Pittsburg, Penn, from
which place they have received already
eight carloads, manufactured especially
for their use. This industry covers
over one and one-half acres of ground,
and the increase of market is such
that more room must be had in order
to permit the necessary work to be
turned out to fill the demand. This
factory is under the supervision of Mr..
C. z. Mason, who is in every way
capable of managing the rapidly grow
ing industry.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Olympia can boast of having the best
of water, taken from the clear, spark
ling stream that flows from Ferguson's
lake, eight miles from town, and equal
" pure water from Nozzle creek, which
flows through the western division of
the city limits. The supply is ample
for culinary purposes, but the company
now has project before the city au-
thorities for doubling their present Ca
pacity, and combining the Holly and
gravity systems to afford an adequate
fire service.
THE EAST AND wESTsIDE MILLS
Are each OF ;&put 30O0Odaily capacity,
and with orr mills at -Tunfwater, give
employment to about SO men, and are
mainly employed in cutting lumber
for local demand, So. =.
STREET RAILROAD.
The iron is ON the way here for .