The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-23

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Developments sc the S$agst-k ara feFlan&
c0As mines. of whEea saeztio1 hzS heen
male quite often in your cos4Tsn<. has
caase3 quite q STIR here both IN the zeal es-
tate and AGildsng interests.
Among the neS buildings we noticed q
store 26x&g, two stories. with side nufia-
Ing lsxsa one story; church. ) hack
sEEsisa shop. livery barn AEd ; dexen or
more cory and comfortable cottages.
A. ). noty, of Whatcon, who Is en-
gsged in putting through the ghelan trail.
has noves his family 10 this place and i
making arran gements 70 build two-stery
building 26xs0
Ar. Hamilfon. founder OF the toxin aud
from whom il derives its name. Is having
the lumber sawed TO he used in erecting 4
shse@-sse-y hotel OF large diTaensian
Wsalcn has alreaay been rented To a wsli-
known and popular hotel mAn Work on
this building vii commence in q fen days
ne Methodists 50 we were informed.
are going 20 bald = flne church at this
point in the early spring.
10 casual observer. the future of Ham
ht0n Is as easily read as an open page Of
history. She IS tie center OF q rich
agEEcat1sslE4l country, and directly
hack OF her re millions ard millions OF
feet ot nne timber. while directly in front
AZ her hearths door. are mountains OF
fabulous weath- Work has already begun
on lie development Of the rich stores, and
hey progress Is Only retarded for the lack
OF railroad facilities 70 bring her in closer
connection with The outside world.
site has been obtained here Tor large
smsitlFg works by . party Of Eastern cap
itaslsts, and the work OF erecting the same
Will commence in the early spring, so We
were informed.
W. c. Jones, superintendent OF the
Skagit-CumbeFIsnd coal miaes. leaves this
week FOR san Francisco, where he goes TO
confer with the company in regard 10
further improvements ia the working Of
the mines. He intends making only a
short stay, and upon his return force of
ae0Qr so men viii be set TO work taking
out coai
In addition to the immense fields OF coal
I'D iron at her door, Hamilton ie the
nat1Tal outlet for as tine a belt Of timber
as can be found on the Puget sound, which
Will supply eight or ten good mills with
logs for years 70 come. and we predict that
the day is not far distant when the buzz ei
the sawmiil viii be heard in almost every
portion of her limits.
We paid visit TO the coal mines while at
Hamilton and found Fything as repre-
sented. Work had been suspended on
account of ice in the aume, but as soon as
the thaw comes the wheels will be put in
motion again. A road has been built 10
the bnnkers which will be built upon Mr..
Jones' return. The company have placed
an order with the local mill for 500, coo feet
OF lumber for building purposes.
six months ago Hamilton contained
nothing but a store and postotiice aud one
dwelling house, which Was utilized as a
hotel. Today she has two good stores.
tso hotels, a yideawake newspaper the
&agit County Logger. q blacksmith shop,
8 sawIniiI, church, good school, two
livery stables and about twenty-five dwell
ing houses and q population of about
Z0L ln another SIX months the
change viii be far greater. as
rae mining and manufacturing
interests viii increase the population ten
fold. Already ground has been broken for
the erection OF three general merchandise
stores. hardware store, another sawnill.
church, barter shcp, . saloors thrts.
stc7y hotel aud a gsnta furnishing store.
Taken all in all, we predict that Hamilton
will be second 10 none in the state OF WASH
ingicn in manufacturing interests.