The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01
3, binds Of produce, and railroad

- ~. III kinds OF produce, anu ThiiFodu
8, - have very materially helped.
"a door factories and sawmills
3 n. 8, ,unning at full capacity during
g; - i suppiy local building and ex-
, b e..ssr;al There are hve shingle
'es .h;n the limits of the town which
g -. rnnning constantly. Chehalis
II a. only foundry and machine shop
NJ Portland and the Sound. A
Mill with a capacity of so barrels
:. 1stss been constantly in operation.
4 .t.rurise that Chehalis people are
a. forward to with great interest
4. .ompletion of the Chehalis nume,
MI Il IN be within two months. 1t is
Il am a point on the Newaukum
.s.bt miles from Chebalis, for the
&. e carrying lumber, shingle bolts
~. n chehalis, and for furnishing
Fe 4, mower and domestic purposes.
5 sssmill has been built at the dam,
81 - i, supplied the lumber to build
<.me An electric light plant and
1s~orks system viii be put in capable
:. wing The town for years to come.
. sndeubtedly one of the most inn
&. n enterprises in the country. as it
: ~! q w;thin reach a vast supply of TIM
g =! a soo far distant to be profitable.
!. = q S.ctric light and water franchise has
e -spted TO Messrs. Donahue, Coffman
- - rho guarantee to have lights run
. p <s;ihin ninety days.
=. :, rnion Pacific railroad is at work
: ~ grade through the city for its
'es ANN Portland TO the Sound. This
- =. l.st az the work on twenty-mile
~ extending ten miles each way,
- - sl,s been operated from headquarters
- s.haIis The Yakima & Pacinc Coast
: 49, - Northern Pacific enterprise,
q - ss.sreed early in the summer to build
Z =, rs nom Chehalis to South Bend, and
nnpleted over twenty miles of its
: :. q The contractors are expecting
= dsy to receive consignment of
TX 4 enable them to continue their
aug The line Joins the Northern Just
"a. the city limits. and double track
49,. i laid to the depot.
~ pacinc, Chehalis d Eastern railway
!. mranized in February, 1890, to build
y Il ! Falspa harbor. The Stanley, Cascade
:, = luterp railway has recently been incor-
~. id to build to a point east of the Cas-
5, y" - =. near North Yakima.
= I4ons improvements of the present
S. are q fo,lr-story hotel that will be
-. plesed in January. 1t has 100 rooms
5 q. iii cost $4,000 complete.
: s.; !. lugsAer brick block, eighty feet front,
,ssa s course Of erection, costing $4,000. A
- departure in architecture has been
: =, ksd in the ornamentation of the
!, {. Wing and there is only one like it in
- nate. 1t is being built by the Che
i Improvement Company, which has
: e F Iap capital stock of $4,000.
4 /. b h brick block of the Chehalis First
i 4 enal bank was completed early last
a,r,, zxary and is now occupied.
,tr.s BIT in the year the State Reform
- pa commissioners decided to locate
IaI :, sirsufufion at Chehalis, and three very
tnildings have been erected. A tract
II On, !fy acres was purchased just within
vess kdty limits, and the buildings erected
. e *scredit to the state. Good taste and
ii. Enent has been exercised in
q arrangement and erection. The
a. e selected can be made one of
rther3 most beautiful and slightly places
.fonss ae country. The trustees are Messrs.
inc n Compton, of Seattle; John Dobson,
The hshalis, and Joe Goodell, of Pacific
q 81 cty and the state has been very fortu-
MIA : fin the selection of their board.
Efleen OF twenty new stores have been
aded xid. four large saloon buildings, four
orfv hotels, large packing house and over
b wae ntv houses, amongst them several that
no II <cost rom 5000 to 5000 The total
nm ahuildings erected in ChehaIis will
nberu n $4,000. During the year two
voy pot new sidewalks and over mile of
ira road has been built, and several new
das rs have been improved in substan-
/. - manner.
grad = S0l'nein racine has built over two
its q new sidetrack. 1t has made ar
mia cement to enlarge their depot, put in
am snef waiting-room and extend the
,o,n,i ahouse 100 feet.
4 for. y passenger tickets sold during eleven
.,,sas ms Of 1880 amounted to SIS. 600 The
.ste w sold In 1889 amounted TO $4,000.
ted 4 fEnt receipts Tor the past twenty-four
ousi have amounted TO $1,000, and the es-
g lor the year will not run less than
,ts ii The census of 1890 gave Chehalis
! finn hough there are several additions
oyine nsse since been included in the new
os,ey2 pofaton, which will make our popu-
man Wild those who have since settled
, aese over 2,50o. This is an increase
al q nss years population of fully LOCO
pch wohty seat was permanently To-
,tsrd y ehehalis during the year.
toolxA A. f. PARTRIDGE.