The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-05
THE PASSING THRONG.
Gossip Gathered From the
Streets and Hotels.
An ANEcDoTE ABOUT SEWARD.
A Warning Given by a Founder of Tn.
Republican Party-The City
Payroll.

Mr. Eugene G. olmstead, OF Auburn. N. Y.
% stopping ut the Snoquaimie hotel. Mr.. Ohm.
stead, WHO comes OF one Of the oldes, families in
central New York. was formerly in the lumber
business at Auburn. He has come West in
search OF climate that suits him better than
tnst OF MS old home. New York is too cold
Tor me, aud has frozen me OUT said he
tie is an ardent nrohibfhonist and believes
In national Prohibition party iii tho mem
oers OF tho Republican party who ocliev d IN
temperance had turned In with The Prohibition
ists. we might have elected Prohibition presf.
dent In 1885," he declared THE trouble Is
that the Republican party has des arted It's early
principles. William H. Seward predicted such
an event from the start Seward, who lived in
my tewn. Auburn, was one of the greatest men
the party ever had, in fact at one time
you could almost say he was the party.
remember that when he came back 10
Auburn alter the FIRST Republican vic
tory Dig crowd gathered to meet
him and to cheer. He stood on the last platform of
the train and made short speech. He said ne
mad not time to say much, for dear woman
was waiting at home to see him; but he con-
cluded by warning the Republicans TO stand by
their principles, for bad men would creep into
the party and Try to run it, Well, what he then
toEetold has come true"
MI. Fred Ward in speaking OF his plan for
starting sugar refinery here, yesterday said:
Secretary J. w. Dodge. OF the Chamber OF Com
merce. and will probably spend a little while
every morning In projecting plans and getting
people interested in the project / have been
making lew calculations on the subjecf
nnd that the American sugar refinery n. san
Francisco cost about 81, 0oo.0 and can turn out
2 500 barrels day. At so pounds TO the barrel
you have 10000 pounds day. Tue whole
yearly output for about 800 days is Z50,000.t00
pounds The difference in price between the
raw and the refined suga, is cent pound, SO
the refinery gets 81. 800 900 for its work. As IL
costs half cent pound to refine the sugar,
the profit would be nearly sl150,000 wer, only
one-iourth OF cent a pound the profit, the
dividend on the plant would TO $4,000 or
nearly 80 per cent. on the investment One
tenth OF = cent profit would give q very large
return. So I think refinery is bound to pay"
Major W. " Rinehart. of the board of public
works, said yesterday: ut takes some time TO
get the machinery OF the new city government
running smoothly For example, tue auditing
OF the old psyroles wss CON paratively simple
matter. But in the departments under our
control we have each head furnish statement
OF the daily work OF each man. When the pay.
roll is made up at the end of each monthswe go
over it and check 1t by the daily statement
Then II goes to the comptroller who passes it 20
tho two houses OF the city government. This
month one OF them referred it to a committee
for examinaton--which is a perfectly proper
and busness-lke thing to debut while that
committee is waiting to report pay dsy is at
hand and there 10 no appropriation ordinance
passed for the payment of the men. Next time
we shall have the statements and rolls male up
30 that there will be time for all the examine
tions and delays before Pay day actually ar
rives."
Mr.. II. C. Petit nominaIly of Snohomish
but more often OF the great Skagit valley, az
rived in this city yesterday Mr.. Petit has ex-
= L. A. A.
this region by heavy investments. "Rcal es-
tate In the valley is rather quie. at present ow-
ing to the uncertain fnancial situation OF the
country. But we have lost none of our faith,
and the development of the valleys naturai
riches goes steadily on. The latest discovery is
the eight foot vein OF asbestos near Lyman.
The quality of this product is excellent, hbres
fine as silk fourteen inches in length, h wing
been pulled from the blocks taken out"
:. Captain John r. Ryan, water pipe engineer
and diver OF considerable fame. arrived in the
city yesterday for the purpose OF securing
situation In the city water works departinens.
He was at one time a sectional superintendent
on the Panama canal, and has among his rec ON
mendation very iattering letter from De Les
seps. Captain Ryan. in 1883 won conside rable
fame by his ieats of diving in New York harbor
and elsewhere.
Mr.. J. B. crossen. OF The Dalles, is at the nli.
Ter motel Mr.. Cr0ssen, one OF the Oldest settlers
In Eastern Oregon, is well known In his psrs of
the state. He ha served several terms as sheriff
OF Wasco county. Under President Cleveland he
was postm aster at The Dalles. and at the last
election he was chosen county clerk.
Mrs Charles T. Lau ghton and Miss Laugaton
of Olympia, are at the Rainier hotel Mrs
Laughtoa is the wife of Lieutenant, Governor
Laughton, who is now the acting governor.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. d. Campbell, OF Juneau
Alaska, are spending few days at the Airing
ton hotel Mr. Campbell is interested in the
mines about Juneau
Mr.. A. w. Jackson and Mr. +. Z. Ames, who
are connected with the Puget Min Company at
Port Gamble, are at the Rainier hotel
Mr. J. V. Chown. of Blaine, is at the Airing
ton hotel He is interested in the waer-works
OF that place.
Mr. George X. Fischer. OF Denver. is stopping
Mt the Rainier hotel lie is In the gasf:ting bust
ness.
Mr. l. s. Wempsr a we'll known lawyer OF Ta-
coma, was at the Arlington hotel yesterday.