The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-01

Several companies are now erecting
lime works, besides those that have
been burning lime for some years The
largest works are located AZ Roche
Harbor, aud are owned by \ Tacoma
company. At these works there are
five kilns burning day and night, and
the ground il being cleared for the cree
ton of five more About - men are
employed cutting wood Guarrying,
making barrels, etc The output IL
ab0at 80 barrels = day: wholesale
prices BY the 100 barrels, <f25- This
eornpany owns the store ard all the
ground around Roche Harbor- The
next most important works are those
owned by MessrS Cowell & Davis
OF San Francisco. also located on san
Juan Island. Mr.. Cowell purchased
these works from Mr. McCurdy. The
output l. about 30 barrels per day
from one mammoth kiln with six
furnaces. On the east side Of 0-cas,
near Point Lawrence, at Esteile, q
large ledge is being opened up by
Messrs. Bird 4 Sheppard, il IS
said lie the interest Of the o. X. & y.
Co They VIII put in three draw kilEs
this winter At East Sound at the
Penrhyn works. Messrs. Bowen Bros.
x Jamison have built one OF the finest
kilns in the archipelago. and are get
ting ready TO burn and ship lime.
They have also opened up vein of
carbonate of iron averaging about 40
per cent. This is good ore for making
steel. Near to them two pot-ki!ns are
being run by Capt Gregg. who has
has recently bonght ont GaPHsn'
! Britain. This ledge was first desel-
oped by Mr.. Mctardy y no stin has an
| interest in the company. Close 70 the
posfoffice at East Sound stin anotheF
ledge Is being developed and kffns
! erected By a new company. the Orcas
/ Lime. Marble, Iron and Mining Co,
/ of which Mr. Luther Sutherland i the
manager.
In East Sound there IS another in
! dustry only in its infancy lumber,
barrel and shingle factory, owned by
the Cascade Bay Lumber and Manu-
I featuring Company, with capital
stock OF $4,000. The mill is run BY
water power, supplied from the mount
ain lakes, one of the finest WATERPROOF
ers on Puget Sound. All the north
end of Orcas Island is in the cretaceous
age and indications point to a good
coal-field. Groupings have been in
4 ftNkiEdtNh - COMPANY AOitN
surface prospecting. 1t Is probable
that diamond drill will be brought
into play next spring. Serpentine and
sandstone lodges of good working
character have also been discovered.
The principal marble lodges are owned
BY the 0rcas Lime, Marble, Iron and
/ Mining Company, Messrs. Bowen
Bros. d, Jameson Messrs. Dixon Il
Reed, Mr.. James Tallock and Mr..
Bird. There are numerous fine beds
of clay all through the islands, one
has been developed by the Messrs.
Bostian, who have already burnt three
kilns
There are u school districts in the
county and children nowhere have to
go over two miles to school. The
largest postoifices are East Sound and
Friday Harbor. There are six
churches, two on San Juan island.
Roman Catholic and Presbyterian;
two at East Sound, Emanuel church
(EpiscopaD and Methodist; two at
Lopez, Presbyterian and Methodist.
At Friday Harbor, which is the eoun-
ty seat, there are two fine stores kept
by Messrs. Sweeney Il Churchill and
Messrs. Waterman & katz, court
house, hotel, saloon and quite large
and important village.
At East Sound village is also grow
ing up around the churches, with two
small hotels and a fine store kept by
Messrs Westfall & Co. At Roche
Harbor there is the company
store; the custom house, f. ID. War
basse, Esq, being deputy collector; a
hotel and the finest wharf in the
county. At 0rcas and Lopez post
offices there are also good stores kept
by Mr.. Sutherland and Mrs. johnson.
Two advantages the islands possess
over mainland points, one that they
are centrally located for all Sound and
British Columbia points, and the
other that water freights are always
cheaper than rail.
During the past year the growth has
been very great, in fact larger than in
any 10 preceding years. Lands have
been subdivided, and large number
of sales made of small tracts, as well
as l60-acre farms. This introduction
of new blood is already beginning to
tell. The most marked growth is nat
urally at the centres; at Friday Har-
Dor by the erection of several new res
idence; at East Sound, where a town
site has been laid out, of rather a vii
lage-site, for the lots vary from aquar-
ter of an acre to five acres or more, by
the erection of an Episcopal rectory.
by the enlargement and improvement
OF the postoifice and hotel, the build
ing of a new schoolhouse, the enlarge
ment OF the Episcopal church by the
addition OF a new chancel,
and by the erection of several
houses and enlargement of the
store and the building of a new wharf
by the coming in of the three new
lime companies at Penrhyn. Hall
mile from East Sound wharf Messrs.
Bowen have erected very substantial
wharf and warehouse, several houses
and offices and their new kiln; at DeS-
perate Harbor. half a mile further
round the head OF the bay, the Ne
Curdy company have erected work
shops, offices, houses. and built 400
foot wharf and two pot-kilns. Mr..
Wright, at this point, has also built
on new wing to his house. Three
miles from the wharf the Cascade
Lumber and Manufacturing Company
have erected new mill and two very
fine residences; and at ESteile, on the
east side OF Mount Constitution,
the Bird Company have erected kilns
W
all over the archipelago have been
slashed and cleared up; nj Roche
Harhor three new iron kilns have
doubled the output of lime, and the
company have erected several very
fine cottages for their men, The works
have been almost entirely rearranged,
on more economical and scientific
basis. and the Skagit Chief engaged 70
make regular trips for lime The out
put OF lime has trebled, and vet the
market is not supplied. Marble and
iron have been discovered, promising
new industries. Crop, have been ey-
cellent and prices realized as good as
ever
There is less rainfall on the archi-
I pelago than in any part OF the Sound
country. and the winters are warmer.
The steamer leaves Port Townsend
three days a week and Sehonie GA the
alternate three DAYS.
ISLAND coUNTY.
This county comprises iust two
Z large islands, in fact the two largest
/ on Puget Sound. Whidby, the larger
of the two has been settled for many
I years .-elnE one OF the earliest settle
( nents on Puget Sound and il essen
I tally farming district, The farms
ON this island rival the weli-kuowu
I farms OF the White river and Puyaliup
! valleys; it, grain fields are a perfect
( picture and the Weld !, very heavy
3 lt excsls all other places in one i'm
portant item, and that j, good roads.
those running out OF Coupeville being