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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-08
A Credit to Seattle.

While walking along Third street yester-
day a gentleman was attracted by the
splendid display of musical instruments
in the show window of F. Christianer's
music store, 81 Third street. His curios-
ity being aroused he entered the store and
found great transformation had taken
place since he last saw the same room.
Mr.. Christianer has lately refitted the store
and it is now q model of neatness and
good taste. The business of the firm has
been one showing a steady increase Start
ing as it did with two pianos little over
a year ago, Mr.. Christianer now carries
from twelve to twenty pianos, and has
splendid stock OF musical goods. This sue
cess he has earned and merited by strict
attention to business and wise use Of his
knowledge of every detail and department
in the music business. He never misrep-
resents an article in order to make sale.
Mr.. Christianer has supplied over hun.
dred of the best families in Seattle and
neighboring towns with pianos, and has
made himself popular with this class of
people. His wide experience in larger
cities, such as st. Louis and Kansas City.
combined with honesty and integrity and
a .gentlemanly bearing, are large factors in
aiding his rapid progress. He believes in
dealing for the future as well as for the
present, and his word is as, good as his
bond. 1t is a credit to any city to have
such business houses and such men to do
the business
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WORKS AT KIRKLAND.
First Ship With Material for
the First Blast Furnace.
FROM GLASGOW TO THE SOUND.
The Vessel Now 1t Port Townsend-Shs
Will Unload Her Cargo
ot Seattle.

The work Of erecting at Kirkland the
plant of the Great Western Iron & Steel
Company is being pushed vigorously and
without interruption. Those who have
gone to Kirkland and have taken the
trouble to visit the site of the works have
had all doubts as to the intention OF
the company dispelled, if such doubts
were entertained. A number Of substan-
tial and expensive buildings, including a
foundry, machine shop and a pattern
shop have already been completed
and the work of preparing the founda-
tons for the more important build
ings is we'll advanced. The progress
of the latter has, however, been somewhat
delayed by the non-arrival Of material or
dered from Great Britain and by the lack
of railroad facilities for bringing heavy
machinery and building material to the
site of the works. These causes of delay
are about to be overcome. The Kirkland
connection with the Seattle, Lake Shore &
Eastern will be completed within thirty
days, and the first vessel laden with build
ing material from Glasgow arrived at Port
Townsend yesterday. It is to Do
regretted that the efforts to COM
plete the railroad to Kirkland in
time to handle this material on its
arrival have not been altogether success
full. Two landings OF the cargo are thus
made necessary, and although, as has
been said, the completion of the road
within thirty days is promised, the COM
pany expects to find itself similarly situ-
ated in regard to the cargo of the second
vessel, so soon is it expected to arrive.
Mr.. H. A. Noble, one of the managing
directors of the Great Western Iron e
Steel Company. when asked concerning
the reported arrival of the vessel, stated
that the report was correct, and handed
the reporter the following telegram:
Poxr TOWNSEND, March /.
Sreas Wsstsrn Iron e SEE Cempany' Seattle q.
struetions to enter ship at cuatom-h house here.
Shall we do so? If not, we will come to Seattle
and attend to custom house business for the yes
sci and cargo. BARTLETT & STEEL
Cromartyshire would be entered, Mr..
Noble said: II have telegraphed Bartlett
Il Steel to have her entered here, and we
expect-her to arrive on Monday or Tues
day"
"Then you will begin work upon your
plant at once?"
1--WE are already at work, and if you will
back to the location Of the works you will
see a beginning which will convince you
that we intend to do all that we have
promised. Our company has been criticised
for not being more active, but here is our
first cargo Of nearly three thou
sand tons and the railroad into Kirkland
is not yet completed. This necessitates an
extra handling of material, which means
no small loss to us. From present indica-
tons the second ship also will arrive be-
fore the road is finished. Then we have
large amount of machinery which is
awaiting the completion. of the road. So,
you see, the criticism has been unjust
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JIM HILL Is COMING.
Great Northern President to Be
Here in April
CONTRACTS NEARLY ALL LET.
Ne Nay Build Portland RoaA Alone
washington Leads In New Rsads-
Lake shore 1t the Boundary.

Private advices were received In this
city last evening by personal friend OF
Mr.. J. J. Hill, Of the Great Northern, to
the effect that Mr.. Hill had arrived in st.
Paul from New York on his return from
his recent European trip, and that after q
brief rest at his home he would leave for
Seattle. It is expected he will reach here
not later than April 10. Mr..
Hill will come directly to Seattle,
and will proceed at once to make
he trip by wagon from Seattle to Port
land over the proposed route of the Great
Northern.
It is expected that this line will be built
in conjunction with the Union Pacific,
but failing in the contamination of this
arrangement, Mr.. Hill informs his Seattle
friend that the Great Northern will build
the line Independently. Mr.. Hill
further says that the rumors to
the effect that he went abroad
to secure additional funds for the prose-
cution of his railroad work are without
foundation, since he has in hand all the
money needed. The trip was undertaken
for purely personal reasons. He says, in
addition, that but thirty miles of the con-
tract for the completion of the Great
Northern to Seattle remains unlct, and
that the contract for the Seattle Portland
line will be let soon after his arrival here.
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ALMOST AT THE BOUNDARY.
Only Half = Mile Of Lake shore Trac
to Lay.

to Lay.
The track of the Lake Shore road reached
Sumas City, close to the boundary, on Fri
day night, and only half mile remains to
be laid to reach the line. On this half
mile there are two small bridges to build,
and Chief Engineer Talcott, who returned
from the front on Friday night, expects to
have the track finished on Monday. The
surfacing has been done as far north as the
north fork of the Nooksack, and is stopped
at that point by the deep snow. Five
weeks work will finish up the bridges and
the surfacing, and the road will then be
ready to turn over to the railroad COM
pany.
The tracklayers from the Canadian side
of the boundary were still out of sight
when Mr.. Talcott left Sumas The last
heard of them was that they had reached
Mcclure, eight miles north of the bound
airy, where they have a long trestle to
build. They viii probably not reach the
line until about April l.
The delay in the completion of the road
has been principally due TO the Canadian
Pacific people. 1t was expected that they
would push their road through from
Mission, so that the Lake Shore could
bring material over it and carry on track
laying and bridge-building from both
ends. Ii this had been done the road
could have been finished last fall
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BREvITIEs.

Licenses TO wed were issued by the
auditor yesterday for William Tieryer and
Hannah Mccall, of Port Blakeley; c. r.
Lynch and Mrs. r. +. Lynch, of Seattle
Thomas Booz and NJ. A. Hutchinson. Of
Seattle; John HUMPHREYS and Maggie
Bragg, of Seattle.
Would any citizen believe that Seattle
now has l27 business blocks and buildings ?
Yet that is the number whose names and
locations are given in the March issue OF
"Carman's Seattle Guide"
Robert Brown was fined $40 by Judge
Rivers yesterday for stealing a bottle of
beer from Whitechapei saloon-keeper. In
default of payment he was committed to
jail for five days.
Thomas Brown was sent to Jail for thirty
days yesterday by Judge Rivers for steal
ing pair of shoes from B. Garfinkle.
Five cash entries and one homestead
were filed in the United States land Office
yesterday.
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invert at city datum .and that
it be built with an inclination Of
Dos in hundred This will bring It
out at Lake Union slightly more than two
feet below low water in the lake, low water
having been given me by Mr.. Stixrud at
81. This will allow Of continuous
flushing of the sewer. which am DESTROYS
of securing. The diameter should be six
feet internal. As to the lining Of the tun-
mel, believe it will he the cheapest and
best to do it with Portland cement con-
crete made up of pebbles not larger tn an
will pass through one and half inch
ring or screen. Mr. Wilmer understands
fully my ideas on the subject. II thor
oughly hard. durable brick was available
it would make a good lining, but it has
never been my fortune to see such q brick
in Seattle. In fact, none Of the brick that
have run across there would be as good
as cement concrete"
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MUTUAL ASSISTANCE.
Ballard People Ready to Help Each
Others UNDERTAKINGS.

0oAA0IQ K0OR10 hC8Oy 20 nelR LEIGH
Others Undertakings.
The mills of Ballard have been pounding
away steadily for the past month rushing
out orders for all kinds of lumber. Where
one mill had not sufficient drying room to
season their cuts as rapidly as the ship
ment Of orders required, the other mills
would come to their assistance and allow
the use Of all the room they could spare in
their drying houses.
This spirit of fellow assistance prevails
not only among the manufacturers, but
also with the business men of the city.
Legitimate competition has as full sway as
In any other place in Washington, yet
under all feeling of mutual assistance
can be traced and from which much good
to the city at large has emanated.
This working for the common good OF
by the formation of the Chamber of Com
merce. The welfare of the city will be
materially advanced under their guidance.
With the general progress of the city,
which must be even more rapid through
united action, the valuation of property
will be increased many fold.
1t was because of this concerted action
upon the part of the business men that
yesterday was as lively day in Ballard, as
It was. All day long strangers were walk
ing the streets, sizing up the city and look
ing for locations. Business is picking up
beyond the expectations of the most en-
thusiastic.
People are beginning to realize the adj
vantages Ballard presents to the home
property can be purchased for very little
money, while the assurance of such in
vestments being safe is without equal any
where in the country.
Property which could be bought in Bal
lard few months ago for q few dollars
can be sold today for hundreds of dollars.
No better investments can be found in
Washington than right in Ballard. Her
streets cannot be beaten by any city on
the Sound. Her school system has no
superior in the state. The water supply
is abundant and of the best quality. The
street car service cannot be surpassed and
yet the prices of real estate are low.
Owners of property are not naming their
figures simply to put their holdings on the
market in order to unload, but are quoting
prices Of lots ON their actual worth as
resident or manufacturing sites and are
simply selling to induce new residents to
come among them and enjoy the prosper
ity Of the city. All these facts being con-
sidered 1t is no wonder Ballard is growing
as it is.
Bargain hunters need go no further than
Ballard to find the Mecca of their ideas.
Spectators can find more profit in Ballard
real estate than anything they can invest
in. Home seekers here find the garden
spot of all home sites in the Evergreen
state. Every class Of people can find lust
what they want. Capitalist can secure
good investments which will net them
large profits. The poor man can buy him
year for rent in Seattle
Such chances are not long left untaken,
and those who wish to make money or i'm
prove their conditions in any way should
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Hot Springs Hotel.

The hotel at Hot Springs, Wash, has
had large number of guests all winter,
l. G. Mccain, the former proprietor,
having. resumed personal charge at the
beginning Of the year.
The water has performed some wonder
full cures in cases Of rheumatism and skin
diseases.
The Springs are situated in the Cascade
division of the Northern Pacific, eighty
miles east of Seattle
The accommodations are first-class.
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A YEAST FACTORY.
Negotiations for Its Establishment
Nearly COmrl Afad.

Neg0t1ofiOns Tor Its EStobl1shmenl
Nearly Completed.
Negotiations for q compressed yeast fac.
tory in this city have been under way fol
several days, and are now so near to com.
pletion that the success of the enterprise
seems assured. Mr.. J. H. Farnsworth
recently Of Fond du Lac, and
Mr.. Calhoun, Of Chicago, have
been looking over the ground and are now
negotiating for q site through Secretary =.
w. Dodge, of the Chamber Of Commerce.
They propose to establish . plant which
will employ thirty-five hands, and supply
the whole Sound country and perhaps the
Northwest with yeast.
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PERSONAL.

Hon. Julius A. Stratton, ex-judge of the
superior court, has entered into partner
ship with Mr.. James Hamilton Lewis and
Mr.. L. G. GilmaNe and the firm will be
ton will be the office man Of the frm.
Mr. I. Hill Case, Mr.. C. e. Villas and
Mr.. E. Linwood Blake go to Blaine this
evening.
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must NOT TAKE TIMBER.
Land ONCE on the Trail OF Two Wash
ington Railroads.

A. B. Ball, special agent of the land
Office, yesterday received letter from
Louis A. Croft, commissioner of the gen.
eral land Office, stating that he has re-
ceived notice of the appointment by II. s.
Huson of c. W. Griggs, of Tacoma, as
agent for procuring timber from the pub
lie land for the construction of the Yakima
& Pacific Coast railroad and the Tacoma.
Olympia 4 Gray's Harbor railroad The
commissioner states that these COM
panies have no right to cut timber. as
they have not complied with the law re-
quiring them to file statement of the To-
cation of right-of-way and of the timber
required. He instructed Mr.. Ball to see
that these roads do not cut timber con-
trary to law
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A Main street "Fartn. !.

Alexander Glazier, a Main street Junk
dealer, was arrested yesterday on charge
of receiving stolen goods, knowing the
same to have been stolen" His case was
continued until Monday and he put up
500 cash bail for his appearance He is
charged with encouraging boys to steal,
and then buying from them whatever is
offered for sale
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Electrician Snow, of the fire department.
is placing lightning arresters on the fire
alarm boxes for the protection of the alarm
system against destruction by crossed
wires. Without this preventative the
crossing of a wire over the line would burn
ont every box in the city. AS the boxes
cost $l25 each, such an accident would in
cur q serious loss
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meet With Colorado Midland.
SAN Francisco, March The Chronicle
says: The California & Nevada railroad, q
little narrow gauge line in Alameda
county, has been sold to Eastern capital
lists, who will change the road to the
standard gauge and extend it across
Nevada to Phoebe and thence to
Grand Junction, on the Colorado Midland
The name of the road will be changed
to the California, Nevada 4 Santa Fc, and
it IS the intention to build the shortest
and most direct line to Kansas City and
Chicago. The line from Great Bend to
Colorado Strings is to be finished, still
further shortening the distance to the
Fast
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than they ever felt In that state. few thought
old Rainier got loose. The shock Is reported to
have been general from Ellensburg to west Of
AT HOT SPRINGS
Hor SPRINGS, March 7.-fSpeciall IA very
lively shock Of earthquake was felt here tonight
Ut S.40. The vibration was from north to south,
and the duration about seven to eight seconds.
Things were shaken up, chandeliers swayed and
cr0ckery ratified.
ELLEysBURGH FELT IT.
ELLENsBUKGH, March Especial. - Three
well defined earthquake shocks we're felt at As
this evening
CALIFORNIA WAS EARLY.
eAH BERNARDIso, Cal, March IA light
earthquake shock was felt here at II O'Clock
this morning
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A Wade Mecum.

II is not often that one paper subscribes
to another, but the Posr-INrELIIGEScER
has found Carman's Seattle Guide such a
reliable source of information that il has
been placed in the pocket of every re-
porter on the staff. II is indispensable to
the busy man
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LAKE UNION TUNNEL.
Letter From Benexette williams ~ ia
Opera tfous.

OpGTStIouS.
A letter has been received from Mr..
Renezette Williams, dated Chicago, Feb
ruary Is, to City Engineer Gardner, in
which he Acknowledges the receipt of rain
fall tables, which, he says, are sufficient
for his purpose. He asks that the contour
map north of Yesler avenue be sent
without delay, as he is much in need of it,
If, he continues. 1.-THE holes which you
were boring on the line OF the tunnel con-
tinue 10 show "a well as the last one,
would recommend that the tunnel be
started At the bay with the grade Of the
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H. E. Parkhurst, surveyor for the Pacific
Insurance Union, who has been surveying
the business blocks, preliminary to a
rerating of those which will be supplied
with auxiliary Ire alarm boxes, left for
Portland yesterday. He will return in q
few days to make q general survey of the
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The O. 1. Co. Paving More BilIs.

The Oregon Improvement Company yes
terday issued another call for bills for out
standing debts against the company,
amounting to between $40, 600 and $50 900.
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VIM. Rockeeeller Ont on R.tl.

W"' hOcKeIcIIeF Out On BAH =.
New YORK, March I'm connection
with the warrants issued by the coroner
for the directors and officers of the New
Haven railway, William Rockefeller fur
nished bail today.
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WASHINGTON LEADS THE LIST.

Summary Of Railroads Under Construc-
tion and Survey in Each State.
Engineering News.
The following table gives a summary OF the
mileage In the various stages of construction
and survey BIZ states.
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Ballasttnk the Belt Line

A second work train arrived yesterday
for the Belt line road and both trains are
ballasting the six miles Of track laid to the
Colman property.
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MURDERoUs BLACK DEMON.
Young Planters Life Saved by His
Bride-Three Others Slain.

Young Planters Life Saved by His
Bride-Thrce Others Slain.
AUSTIN, Ga. March 14-Three men lost
their lives in bloody quarrel near Maxey
last evening, and white woman trying to
save her husbands life had q narrow es-
cape. Harvey Smith, young planter
living near Maxey, was married only a
few months ago. He had among his en-
ployes q negro, named Boyd Hatton,
whom he had to discharge. While Hatton
was taking leave last night Smith went to
his cabin to settle with him.
Hatton met his approach with q dis
charge from q shotgun. Smith drew his
revolver and fired, striking Hatton in the
shoulder. Bill Hatton appeared to aid his
brothers. and the next shot from Smiths
revolver struck Bill in the heart, and the
next after that struck Boyd Hatton in the
abdomen. Smith then swooncd from his
own wound and Boyd ran up and securing
Smiths revolver shot him, and was about
to fire second shot when his arm was
held back by the young bride, who was
attracted by the firing. The desperate
negro soon died from his wounds.
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BUNCoED AT THE DEPOT.
A Milwaukee Man Robbed Of 900
the Worthless Security D0d1A.

A Milwaukee Man Robbed Of 800 ON
the Worthless Security Dodge.
C. H. Burmaster had $500 ready cash in his
pocket last night when he boarded the train at
the Northern Pacific depot, but he let . bunco
man take 1t, and now he is anxiously waiting
for the police to find the money or the man.
Mr.. Burmaster was on his way from Milwau.
kee to Albany, Or, and when he took his seat in
the car at SS5 he was in q pleasant frame Of
mind, although he was about to leave
Seattle. A stranger came in and sat
down with him and asked his destina-
ton, and when told said that he was
going to Oregon City, and would travel a. far as
Portland If all was agreeable Mr. Burmaster
agreed to be cheerful in such easily
found company. Then. of course the
second stranger appeared and Morgan,
the affable stranger, to pay bill
Morgan had no money, but plenty of
checks and certificates of deposit Perhaps
Burmaster would let him take q triple
like $500 and hold 100 check for security till
they got to Portland. Mr.. Burmaster would and
did, Then Morgan had to go out te the express
Office. And he did not come back
At Puyallup Mr.. Burmaster grew suspicious.
Morgan was not on the train. He took the train
back to Seattle, and at 1855. or soon after, re-
ported his loss at police headquarters
The officers may find Morgan, but the chances
are against 1t. The old bunko game is fresh
every day. but the swindlers do not often find .
victim with as large a roll to give up as Mr.
Burmaster parted with so easily.
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NOT FOR FREE SILVER.
A Montana Man Who Is Dissenter From
His State Creed.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. 6. Knittle and child, of
Missoula, are at the Snoqualmie hotel.
Mr.. Knittle, who has been to Seattle before
to make investments, is interested in
mines about Missoula. unlike most
Montana men," said he, II am
not a believer in free silver coin
age. see no reason. nor have
ever heard any valid reason offered, why
the government should attempt to make
so cents worth of silver into dollar. This
is regulation of the value of silver nv the
government. Why should the United
States so fix the price of silver and not
fix the price of pig iron, copper or
wheat3 The movement will really help
nobody but the few owners of silver mines:
and however pleasant such help may be,
fail to perceive why the fact that man
owns silver mine should entitle him to
such special consideration.
Certainly the mass of the people would
not be benefited by free silver coinage,
and even the man who works in the mines
would get no better wages.
~ do not believe that the silver mine
owners will ever get this concession from
the government"