The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-10
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exonoxrsH. ApriI 6.--In Deceulber.
fses. the xrSter prepared "A srfse1e for
e. po~v.1xrwxr.1rwr-rn ~ks<h go
..rsr:.ss-s s, $500 49, - ..,....
R'41. l +. s. = 8 : y. -.
= nnontn alseF NrlsaHe tnAt aneie, ma
prOyeMentS we're continued WITH
greax scfzTity until al the }ois begun
n fsss we're completed. This vas fol-
lowe.7 80 !. txx, r.,onfhss I,,ll n hr.Sld-
80 49, x,,.ss -,n.sl s-.,,.. -. 49,.
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sne Aeslsr spfin oEA s.Kk Up
again about the mxddie o. March, the
leading improvements now under way
beiux the q. G. ENGLAND block three
srarv bssIIsinv sf1xfss fesf Stevens 4
rs,.. $3.50. :, 800 -, er;sA.s
49, - - 49, !. =,
u tne = D. AUX Diock, Tour
stories. Uxsu ieeSs % cost <eOo0, Eddy.
Dibb & Case, carpenters, and the A.
81. Blackman block. J. g. White. car
penfer. three stories. about 26xtD feet.
70 cost $500. All these are now en-
closed and viii be finished within two
or three months ready for use. viii
bur's brick block Is commenced. Bast,
the well known mason, contractor and
builder, has the contract for the brick
and stone work. This building viii
cost <sDOo. and viii be finished during
the summer.
The Missimer residence. Sfickles
and Craddock dwelling houses are the
three leading dwellings put up this
season They cost about $500. Some
thing over d dozen small residences
have been built. changed ever. or inn
proved, costing about 5000 About
SO 90 has been expended on side
walks and fences since last December,
and shop carpenter work worth per-
haps $500 has also been done during
this time About the lst of January
the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
Railroad Company spent some SIS 900
in completing their railroad from
snohomish northuard some i've or six
miles TO the end OF the grade. Work
was then shut down. Il Is expected
that the gravel train viii be along in
few days, and that work will be
resumed The report Is that 500 men
viii be employed extending the road
toward British Columbia
blackman Brothers have added q
complete ouffit OF sash and door
machinery TO their mill Their mill
Improvements since January !, are
about $zsU IN value. Eddy, Dibb x
Case nave put up two-story sash and
door factory main part 40x50 feet, and
with an addition TO the same 20x30
ieet. Ihls instituuon Will be known
as the snohomIsh Manufacturing
company. Machinery will be put
into this building worth 5000, and it
viii be ready 70 rsn in about two
months. j. b. N0ll had some delay
In getting everything going in his
shingie mill. Ii Is now running in
good shape. Mudgeft reports that
improvements have been made at his
shingie mill so that the total present
value OF his buildings and plant are
worth $500.
Morgan Bros, at their ter-power
sawmiil and sash and door manu-
factory, continue doing an excellent
business Since January Blackman
Bros. hayecut 81 600 600 feet of ium-
Der and 4 10000 shingles. Mudgett's
mill has cut 5000, coo shingles, and
AolI's mill enough more so that the
total cut Is nearly 1900. 900 shingles.
Soon after the opening of the new
year immigration slackened; many
who came 10 this place last fall found
themselves homes IN the regions here
abouts, and although there is now a
large immigration to this town, and
the county population has considera-
bly, Increased, the population OF the
town of Snohomish Is now no greater
than il was three months ago. There
are about one dozen IN the real estate
business. Despite all their exertions.
real estate in the center OF town has
not increased In value within the past
three months. The cause for this lies
IN the amount or land plated during
the last year as additions to Snoho-
nsish, spreading the town over a
greater area and relieving the pressure
at the center. Immediately north of
the railway station Is what Is known
as the Fair Ground addition. This
Was sold some years ago By T.. c. Fer
guson in five-aere tracts. Within the
past year some 10 acres OF these tracts
have been replatfed, subdiyided into
town lots, most OF the lots sold and a
great many homes built thereon. yari-
Gus small tracts near the original town
plats, varying from three 10 ~ acres
each, in all amounting 10 some 40
acres or more, have been divided into
town lots, plated and many lots sold.
IL Is expected that 4. G. Ferguson
will soon file another plat az 40
acres. or over, just west of his original
town plat of Snohomish. Blackuan
Bros. divided lts3 acres of land. north
OF town, into fiye-acre tracts. IN. p.
Niles is now at work resurveving all
piats within corporate limits. 81 a. 10
establish proper initial points ard cure
informaiifies and defects OF existing
town plats. III the town counsel anil
the eornoratiou counsel cag.a .ha
proper record 10 he mace h win IL :
pabiic blessing.
The Eve real estate agency r,,n b,-
&c. III. Packard. editor III the 90 ana
George James. the we'll Euown snr.
yeyor. claims 10 do the LEADING real
estate business OF Snohousisb c.s,,rtv
fhev are weII-xasts~I ,us,, az, .,.s-,,-
thing pertaininv q, the ras,,,fy a. ~
teresfs and resos,rreS and s-a tba
RIGHT ouaS for borps-sa.tra-s - .-..sl'.
~ far informaf;an vsssrs e. 49,
and Elzell cantr,,i sava~sl ,.,,,-,, ,is.,s
recent add,tions - Snoi,a.,;sf 49,
are pushins- tha real .sta,. h,,s,,ss, 90.
iar ali tI,ers Ia Ia l. n - -,
controls = -reaf asnas,,,t - $500.
and i carst,uuallv selli,.y ~ ss,,.,.
n. w fra.i.iors Suann u.sfna~
A,.if a Knpllv S,,i3ar a S,s,,rs..,i
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