The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01
THE CITY or sNoHoNISH.
Review Of It's Progress During
1899.
List of New Manufacturing Establish
ments-Many New BuIIdinxs and
Large Increase In Busiacss.


The phenomenal growth and develop
ment Of snohomish for 1855 has been con.
tinted during iSs9 The present popula-
ton of snohomish precinct. embracing
Snoh0naish City and is immediate vicinity.
Is now above 5000 Inhabitants. nuslng
the past two years about fwerty townsile
additions to the original town plat have
baeii made, filed in the auditors Office. lots
sold and many houses built. or in process
OF building, on each tract thus suhdtyided
and sold. The area of these town pIkts
now far exceeds the corporate limits Of the
place. Now il Is over one and one-half
miles, both north and south and east and
west, in area. That is. IL the area Of these
plats are to be taken as the ares of the
town
II. 1858, in round numbers. the total of
al railroad improvements, in the town aud
vicinity, was about $1,000. Individual
Improvements here nearly equaled that
sum. In iss9 the railroad made no inn.
provements. other than to rebuild railroad
bridge. keep il from going out IN time of
freshets and to ballast the track. Perhaps
ali this kind OF work would not exceed
$4,000 In value. During the past two
months the railroad company has had a
large force Of men At work, from i've 70
twenty miles north Of town. grading the
right-ol. way of the Seattle, Lake shore &
Eastern railway northward towards the
stillaguamish river, sc present some three
hundred men are thus employed. Ii Is ex-
pected the grade will be completed to the
crossing OF that river before spring.
Many prorhesied that when the railroad
was once built past snohemish there
would be nothing TO sustain the town. that
building and al similar improvements
would cease that the town weuld be more
likely 10 go back than AHEAD. and sim.
liar doleful things. Thus far moth
ing og the Kind has taken
place The temporary stopping OF the
railroad a short distance narth OF Snoho-
mish for 50 long a time has, for the time
being, practically made Snohomtsh a ter
minis with this result. that residents here
have been stimulated 10 make the most OF
the opportunity Ia starting new business
enterprises Then, again, a number OF
logging camps used the railroad 80 hanl
saw logs from their camps up Pill
chuck. down 10 and across tie SRahnmiSh
river 10 Bats slough. dead water slongh
aud branch Of the main river. This slough
Is about one mile south OF town. The rail-
read hauled about S,0o 600 fret of savings
into Bats slough ia iSsa
MANUFACTURES.
MIN men and Others suddenly discovered
that where the railroad ciossed Rats
slough Waald he most excellent place Tor
manufacturers Therefore. when Black.
msn Bros. hig mill AZ Snolimish burned
down last September. In pgace OF building
GA the old site. they began paitins up new
miil on forty acre traet they bad procured st
The railroad crossing al this slough.
This mil Is 5aSNa feet with enc
wing Aaxsa feet. and another e0xifs feet
They have row expended in buildings, be-
sides machinery. fully Sls.ns there. When
competed the new nail sra machinery
win he twice as valuable as the DID, In
fS8 thew expect 10 employ III nsen. and -
run iirsf-clasx sAwmla, shinrle-miii, sash
ana doar factory etc The new location
i enough better than the old that should
they BE successful In their present plans.
ruaks THIS ml.i What they expeci ont q i.
ard BE ahle 10 run II righf along. "a ave
years from nos they vii BE richer than
sAey voabd have heen BY thai time a. The
cid assa bad they continued thslr former
very aaceesslai business there without Gre
er other accidents.
last SepsenhsF many predicted thai ihe
burning If Blaekman's mili. saa ire de-
ssractlon there hy GFs os over sltsasA0
wegth q property would 50 es@pp.e the
town IS g. step a. progress. sat new
uaslis At ance started ap nearly eYe sycne
found wosk. very few seIs te'xa. nsaay neN
eneS cAmS iu. Nsa ln grg weeks nsoTe
mechanics we're 81 work lhAn ever before,
White rsSsie3v few buildings were pct OF
unfI ncx8 spryhk ehat otherwise would
hAve bana huala this fall. yes a present tAAi
j. about a. the efecs e bad on tie growth
IS she so~u.
At he sawsh ems q fhe treSsie forming
the approach Sc tae snoAanisA railroad
hFt8Ee. tae SaohaHaisA fsinssr Ncs.ls fany
Fat az A sssam sawua&.l cspacsss 6 kt'
fees ef lpsab~s PER Gay. wttA NesssS
stevens. lAos. BOYD ara AFchwAy a. ga
eogpafAsorS. ThA 1fA IS 3ast oGe~hslf a
mile soath oS town. hslf way h@tseea
RE&cknan Bros new nlsn ard ta~n-
Mksa Rssckmaa's uasA Nsz earuess, n
sepsvnshsF last. ths Saeh0assA Lana1ssF
Company misl wAs 3lusoss Fsssiy 81 eSsSss'
ssRlRs Ehsy have eeea steadily A. soTt.
ever slnav. employing ahaat fersv naea.
Aad eusslng absaf Ssets feet 81 lEnahsr Fee
dsY. Tass milg has eozs aesFat s. 80
AZ Vasacart gomr nslass s0,ata 81 SasshaH.
tsh. taapSssaus improvements have e.een
go4ns o. 4 shsnwse-ail eortA about
sAasss ard a steam szwuisA woEsh 80.
90 are balA FsnnlAs faase as present
Ia he san mESl, kAsagae-A AL ard logging