The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01

she il cornpIeted. The four
masted schooner Volunteer, which carries
$4,000 feet of lumber, was built mere, -
were also the schooner Pioneer and steam
tug Printer and steamer Kustler Last
January a sash and door factory was pa.
in operation. The Hoquiam Lumber anu
improvement Conpany's mil mas Juss
been completed. 1t cost about s6o.Oou ana
has capacity of 10000 feet per day. r.
NJ. Davis & Co. have completed 3 sasil and
door factory, and there IS also TO be euiit
an artificial ice factory. a large UrleA-
yard IS in operation at the FORKS OF she
Hoquiam river. A tannery, brewery ooos
and shoe factory. extract works, canneraes'
are under contern plation.
During the past year over 300 buildings
have been erected in Hoquiam. and over
$4,000 spent in Improvements mag
nincent hotel costing over 100000, IS one
Of the chief attractions. Il is beautifui
structure, six stories high, heated BY
steam, lighted by electricity. and nnished
throughout in polished natural woods,
and furnished with all conveniences- 1t IS
appropriately called The Hoqaiarn. There
are four other excellent hotels IN the town,
the Bayview, Gamoge, Brunswick and
Washingtonian-
The theater, built by the Hoquian Thea
ter Building Company, al cost OF sl5-Oo,
is one Of the cosiest and most artisticaliy
furnished baildiRg Of the kind on the
Coast.
Two churches, Methodist and Baptist,
costing $4,000 and 5000, have been built
during the year. There are two National
banks in Hoquiam, the Hoquiarn National
and the First National, each With capital
stock of $J0000. Among the handsome
business blocks erected during the year are
the Heermon's block, costing 200; heg-
lev and Murphey block, costing Slo,-
Goo; 0gden-Chase block, costing 60
coo: Parkhurst block, costing $4,000;
Studebaker block, costing $4,000; Casino
block, costing $500.
The city is lighted by electricity, arc
lights being suspended at all the principal
street corners. A private company has
recently put in a Westinghouse electric
plant that possesses the latest improve
ments in machinery, capable OF supplying
100 arc lamps Of 2,000 candle power each,
and Loo incandeseent lights OF f6-candle
power each. For TIRE purposes the town
has purchased two hose carts and 100
feet Of hose, hook and ladder truck and
a Clapp & Jones No. IRE engine, costing
5000
Hoquiam Is the headquarters OF all boats
plying the waters of Gray's harbor. Among
the steamers owned at Hoquiam are the
steam tugs Traveller, Hunter and Printer,
which are the only ocean-going tugs on
the harbor, and the passenger and freight
steamboats, Cruiser, TiiIie. and tug Rustier,
and the fast passenger propeller Typhoon
has been recently added by the Northwest
ern Lumber Company to the harbor feet.
Hoquiam has q good system of public
schools and churches, and societies are
well represented. It is often considered
that one of the best indications Of the
progress and prosperity Of town IS to be
seen in the newspapers it possesses. In the
WdsAingfoaian this rapidly growing town
has a mt representative. In the short
space of one year this paper has become
one Of the leading publications IN this sec
ton of the state. 1t possesses an excellent
plant, and is issued weekly.
The Hoquiam Tribune is the name of an
other weekly publication recently started,
which gives every promise of success.
Hoquiam has the only incorporated
Board of Trade in Southwestern Washing
ton. This organization comprises all the
leading business men of the community,
and it always stands ready and eager 10
furnish cash and land bonus to any enter
prise of benent to the community that de-
sires TO establish itself in Hoguiam, the
metropolis OF the Gray's harbor basin
C. H PoMERoY.