The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16
FITTED In SEATTLE.
Sumptuous New Furnishings
for Cutter WOlc0tt.
THE FINE WORK DONE HERE.
Seattle Merchants and Mechanics Trans
form the Old Revenue Vessels Cab
ins-BeautifuI Apartments.

The trim revenue cutter wolcott leaves for
Port Townsend today after having lain at anchor
In Seattle harbor for a number of days. Il has
not generally been known in the city that her
errand here was reftting and refurnishing, for
usually the cutters go to San Francisco when
any such expenditure OF money Is 70 be made
But Captain Tozier has turned over a new leaf
In speaking OF the matter he said YESTERDAY;
Il made some inquiry, and found that the fur
niture could be bought and the work done right
here in seattle a. eheaply and as well as any
where else. Indeed, you can get woodwork
done at rather less expense than in San Fran
cisco. The cutter Woleott belongs Ia this col
lection district; the people of Seattle do us good
turns like them, and propose to reciprocate
FOR their kindness by spending money here
when I can do so without violating business
principles"
II any one doubts that Seattle contains the ma
terfal for furnishing q vessel handsomely, or
even luxuriously, he should visit the trans
formed wolcott. The cutter is 40 feet long,
with beam OF twenty-five or twenty-three feet,
and displacement OF 80 tons. Though built
twenty years ago and according to an old type,
she Is, nevertheless, q neat and pretty craft.
She was constructed at the Risdon Iron Works
OF San Francisco, for the Puget Sound district,
and she has been at this station ever since. The
excellence of the workmanship in her is attested
by the fact that from the time when she entered
the service until now che has never been thor
oughly repaired and refurnished. The walls of
her cabins were dead, staring white, and there
was no interior finish or upholstery to speak of
Around the main cabin ran a high bench with
wooden back. The furniture was old and ugly;
the staterooms bare and uncomfortable, and the
tableware such as you might find in a second
class restaurant
Since Captain Tozier took command in May
last he has endeavored to turn her into as
modern a cutter as possible, and by means of
the money spent at this city he has had crafty
ing success, for she is undoubtedly the hand
soonest vessel now on the Sound. over her
eleanly washed decks is spread a snowy awning
bought IN Seattle a few months ago. The steps
leading down To the cabin shine with the pol
1shed brass plates and rails. The most notable
alteration is in the main cabin, an apartment in
the stern. about fifteen feet square. Those who
have been in the cherries room of the old VOL
colt would never recognize the place. SYM
phony of reddish browns greets the eye. The car
pet Is rich red brown with strong orange
tints in il. The bench that used
to run around has been made into
low, broad settee heavily upholstered in ma
mahogany plush, with plush rolls. Along each
side OF the ceiling 10 q bronzed rod which sup
ports the hangings of Gghter-colored double
faced yelours The steam-heating pipes are
also dark bronze TO match the curtain rods
On the floor are imported rugs. A mahogany
extension table, with carved legs, stands
in the center OF the cabin, and q graceful
mahogany desk has been made to fit the space
at one end Above this is plate-glass mirror
in a wide mahogany frame
The walls have been tinted delicate shade
turning toward red. All the woodwork of the
apartment, the panels of the ceilings, and the
doors and castings are OF the same rich mahog-
any; and in one door is panel made from
beveled plate-glass mirror.
The frame OF the skylight is bronzed, and the
casing for it is panneled In mahogany. Over
the port windows are delicate silk curtains.
In its present perfection the little stataroom
OF of the cabin is gem. There the prevailing
tone is blue, though the berth has a carved ma
hogany front, and the paneling around the
toilet bowls and of the ceiling is of the same
panels of silver blue; the curtain pole is oxi-
died silver; the carpet peacock blue; the
hangings of blue double-faced velvet, and the
thin silk curtains of the air port of robins egg
blue with loops to match. The toilet stand has
carved panels, a red marble basin with silver
fittings, and q broad plate glass mirror
The ward room is of course less sumptuous
New black walnut chairs have been provided.
and a delicate brown takes the place of the dead
white on the walls The staterooms have been
oyerhauled, repaired and painted.
new table service of Haviland china has
been purchased, and beautiful set OF oxidized
silver of Reed & Barton best manufacture.
The brass fittings, the upholstery and the
mirrors, desks and tables came from o. W.
Lynch & Co.; the curtains from the MacDougalI
& sou.hwick Company: the carpets from Gra-
ham & Daulton; the china, cutlery and glass
ware from the Golden Rule Bazarr; the silver
ware from the Seattle Hardware Company, and