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

efe9ErY. FORT tsB<a1~e A9kh sa~~-ssfr~ $50
pert Toxnaensa hare al aggregate cssFpas
81 s00a01 fees 81 iumber PER aaE- sf.ree
times A. mueh as tw0 years sgo ihe
smelling works al iron4ais pFo1urs forty
tons Of pag-lsDn PER dsy. Four eriekyaTsis
have capacity a lao9s3 bgsek FER Cay.
There are foundry ard machine shops.
sash es.4 door factories, nsh-arying ana
euEiag essAk - naeEts. s1iipyasis. breNefy,
lee factory. ssane-quaryy and the county
i altogether one o. the most prosperous n
tie STATE.
The county has Increased about % per
cent In popnIaslon during the year. Fort
Townsend has expended large amounts ~
roads. streets, briagas. sidewalks and IN
erecting rma4y naw btf4sdsdss DeFe4ot-
nent has hardly begun, for there are vast
nntouehed resources Of coal, srens eiays
minerals. building stone. etc.
The to-rs IL the county are Port Tom
and. Port Discovery. Part LadAowl Fort
HadIock. Trondals. cfsfmienm. IL i he
pualiesn IN politics. Following are figures
for iss9:
Population ss. .,.-.- ....-.,t..., kyaoo
Eniue 81 lard ss.s..se.. tiyaElsss =
Asse3zafse property ~ 81 ~
1axaElsn. issa tHsilIsj ~
The Port Townsend soufhern Is rail-
road now being constructed 20 Portland.
KItsap.
Occupying the greater part Of the PENN
sulA between Puget sound Cor Admiralty
inlet. as Is il marked on the maDsl and
Hooa-s canal is Kitsap county. whose area
il 800 square miles The eounty Is heavily
fsmbesest and rolling. with a large extent Of
shore line and raAny bays The soil IL for
the most part clay loan. or gy6vesiy
ridges. about - FER cent being rich and
productive. The great industry Il lum-
herring The mil at Port Blakeley Il the
Iarkest In the world The puget MiE Com
rany. with shrss mills AZ Ludlow, Gamble
and utsalady. Il the largest milling concern
in the world. snip building i carried on
extensively. Agriculture IL securing hold
Ia kIfsap. many farms being opened up ia
the southern part. There Is produced in
abundance hay, wheat, barley. oats. rota-
ices. apples. pears and All small fruits. The
population has increased - per cent Ia the
year. It's resources in forests. fisheries.
clay, building stone, coal. iron. etc. etc,
have besu practically andiminished. 1t
has in prospect railroad the Port Town
send Southern. It's towns are Port Gamble.
Port Madison, PORT Biakeiey Sidney, Colby
and seabeek.
Population. ...ss.-..... i.seo
Improved lands laercsl .... 2an
Assessed acreage OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. an-gS
Value 81 land ....+...s....4.s.s. ar, 40
Assessahia property. !. ......s...... 81 1ts 40
Rats OF taxation tEnilisl. ...s...s........ lot
Mason.
Hood 3 canal. the large branch of Puget
sound, has is head Ia Mason county. ly-
Ing southwest Of Kitsap aud having an
area Of 900 square miles. The chief indus
try of Mason, like kitsap, is numbering
and its features are much the same
IL has excellent agricultural resources,
and hay, wheat. oats and fruits are pro-
dHced richly. There Is considerable prai-
RE country and stockraisiue Is carried on
70 large extent 0ne-fourth of the land
IL tillahle, all the remainder being timber.
The soil il rich river bottoms with uplands.
Ii IA excellent for fruits
There was heavy immigration into Ma
a 6sray's Harhor was oomelated from
kaniichie 20 Montesano. Chehalis county.
thirty miles during the year. There are
several logging railroads They are the
sassop, running to the headwaters of The
sAssop river: the Mason County Central.
terminating % shelton and built daring
the year; the Clifton. at the head Of Hood s
canal, four miles. with branches: aud the
Coulter, at the head al North hay, four
miles.
fhe county seat is shelton. son popula-
ton. Kamiichie. on the little Skoukum
bay has 20 population. Politics are Re-
publican.
Population ....ss.s..--..4 ........ $3.50
improved lands gacEcsl ...s............. $50
Asseszahso acreage III 5
Value Of lands ................ "a ss,s
Total assessment ....4......... sssS, ~
9Axsston tn1lisl .--... ,s....-........ 2lT
Thursten.
Tharston, one OF the oldest settled eoun.
ties Of the state, hes just east Of Mason.
snd al the head Of Puget sound. 1t has an
area Of Go square miles. les chief indus
tries are lumber ard coal About 1900 90
feet ct lumber are manufactured annually.
and great quantity OF logs are sent 10
lower sound mills. The Rucoda mine has
E large output Of coal. The productions
Of the county are cereals. hops aud roget
ahles, The Olympia oyster beds are faul-
ous and the clans are not less well known.
The Seaieo Manufacturing Company has
q very large sash and door factory 1T Bu-
coda. on the Northern Pacific. There i
Touring mill al Tumwater. using the power
81 the beautiful Tumwater fails. There are
several manufacturing establishments at
Olympia, including = sash and door fac.
tory. and wooden water pipe factory
which turnsd out seventy.fiye miles of plpe
during The year.
Olympia. She state capital, is a beautiful
city. Il has made great progress during
the past year. A magnificent hotel has
beon built NJ = cost ~ SIS gu 4 new
street railway has hsen pat in. an electric
light plant Is in operation, ami ihe tawn is
k4eping pace with the progress of the North.
wsst rs population is 25na. The city il
cannectel with the Northern Pacific Al
Teulno by the olyla ga & Chshalis Valley
railroad sixtsaa ussles, The towns at the
county are uympis, Bucesia. ruuswater.
Tsaiao, Nelul. oakviiie. Little Rock, Black
lake.
Eiae deposits Of brown hsmetlte and
magnetic iron ere have been foan4 as Nc Al.
listers take. six miles from Olympia. coal
& found throaehouI tie county.
Population ........ -ss,
Nslae q re&i estate ......,.... s. 60 "a
Assessahse property ',....,...s. S. $50 rs
TNxastsa isaillkl -.,.s,.-............. Us
Pierce.
North Of Tharsten and directly savth Il
King Is pIeFce. one eI TIE cAaeg esmntses
ef ne stats. is Boundaries extend aercss
che sound. having On sac west side aSoa {
30 Square nlsles Within SIS area Fierce
eeaesv has sitogethsT al extent oE ! ~
square mites ard has AL average lensth and
with os ssxty and thirty rliles respective =.
rs FcSoarcss are Tie sAHae As thu ether
coaates q the soan8 ana are besses lie