The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-16
CITY OF SNOHOMISH.
Progress It Has Made in the
Last Three Months.
GREAT INCREASE or BUILDING.
= suburb to the south-Logging Opera
tioas and Railroad Conatruction-
No Vacant Houses.

snononIsH. Oct. I4.-with much real
progress there has been but little specula-
ton in real estate or booming during
1880. Real estate has steadily advanced in
price. Most Of the purchasers have bought
to build or Improve for their own use, and
not for speculative purposes. Last year .
great many nAN additions" we're plated
and An immense number OF lots sold. This
year, with fewer lots being sold, many
more residences are being erected at this
place than ever before. Possibly the NUM-
Der will Be twice Is great in 1880 as In 1889
or any previous year. II the new resi-
dences are not twice 90 numerous, they
are certainly twice as valuable.
The new business houses are not Is many
as were constructed last year, but some are
OF exceptional value. The brlckwork on
the new Burns block is finished. This fine
building contains three stones besides the
basement. one story more than FIRST in
tended. and it is perhaps the best business
block in 6nohomish county. Mr.. Burns
made his money working for wages in the
logging camps. After saving several
thousands of dollars this way, i'll health
forced him to give up active labor. He
then bought property here and loaned
money. Being single man. of very econ
CYNICAL habits, dressing very plainly and
wasting nothing. his property increased
rapidly. When real estate began to adj
vance here some years ago. he invested
nearly everything in town property. Be
sides this source of wealth from the adj
vance in real estate, his rents now. each
month, amount TO many hundreds of dol
lars, nearly all of which can be reinvested,
30 that for the remainder OF his life his
wealth is almost certain to increase very
rapidly.
"new mil, after their s'hig fre' last fall,
many supposed they were heavily backed
by some unknown capitalist, or they would
not have undertaken so great an enterprise.
1t now seems that they depended almost
entirely upon their own resources. To
secure adequate means they have from
time to time been disposing of other
property. collecting in the vast amounts
due them. closing up their store and many
other kinds Of business, and concentrating
everything at their mammoth milling es
adjustment. This they are now success
fully running. Around their mill and at
South Snohonlish quite town is springing
up. About two dozen neat cabins have
recently been built ct the mill for workmen
there; while on the plated townsite OF
South Sn0h0mish about one dozen valuable
dwelling have been built this sea-
son. Not far from 800 people now live at
South Snohomish.
AtCathcart, Webber's single mill has run
all summer, doing good work. Catbcart,
himself, has pushed logging and farm inn
provement, but has run the sawmill for
only short time. It seems that he
formed q partnership last year, with
stranger. to put up this sawmill. This
man protested to have lots of money and
to be an experienced saw mill man. He
built fine mill at Cathcart's expense: but
when required to contribute his share of
expenses, no money. was forthcoming,
hence stoppage Of mill and litigation to
determine rights Of all the parties.
Valrath's large shingle mill at the mouth
of Bats slough, and the Star Shinele mill,
just above Snohomish. have each done Q
good summers work. The shingle mill
north of town. run by Mudgett & Sons. is
prospecting. The Snohomish Manufacture
ing Co., as well ~ Morgan Bros, have each
done prosperous and increasing business.
Favorable reports are also received from
e. d. Smiths mill at Lowell. Up Pill
chuck. the Dubuque sawmll and Andrus
& Anderson's sawmill have done q good
seasons work; while Missimed 4 Illman
have their new sawmill, on Lake Stevens,
just about completed and ready to begin
active work.
age amount of work and will secure fair re-
e.. ~
is logger who has secured moro than av-
erage success. He came here some eight
years ago. His means were limited. He
prospected the country carefully, secured,
by location and otherwise some choice
timber land. and finally was able to open
one or more logging camps on the upper
portion of the Skykomish river. He has
recently sold his timber land, teams, etc.,
for $4,000. He has farm worth $4,000
and much other valuable property. Hehas.
since giving up his logging interests. pur-
chased of Charles Brakeman valuable Front
street property, and from Blackman Bros.
the lot. also on Front street, covered by
their old store building and wharf, very
valuable piece of property. Mr.. Hagerty is
q shrewd business man. who will use all of
his means to the best advantage of both
himself and the community.
Brickwork on the $25,000 courthouse is
being pushed rapidly toward completion.
A large force of men are at work replacing
the wooden railroad bridge of the Seattle.
Lake Shore & Eastern railroad over the
Snohomish river at this place with costly
and valuable steel bridge. The old bridge
is still in use while the new is being built,
the foundations of the old, added to and
strengthened supporting the new, which is
being built outside OF and on either side of
the old one. 1t is expected that the new
one will leave wide channel for drift and
logs to pass, and not block up the river IS
was done by the old bridge. Traffic con-
tinues almost as if no work was being done
there, trains passing and repassing as
usual.
For year or more there has been no
great increase in the number of merchants
here but noticeable increase in the value
and variety of stock kept. and the amount
of business done. There are scarcely any
vacant buildings; rents are very high, as
high as they should be in place of %, 600
inhabitants. Lumber and brick are cheap
and the present amount of building being
done is not adequate to supply the in
creased demand for either residence or
business purposes.
Since the charter election. the city gov
eminent has been working smoothly. A
great amount of money is being expended
and many men and teams are employed
in grading and improving the streets. 1t