The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-02
THE PASSING THRONG.

J. r. De Lamar and ". r Houghtsling, OF
New York. srs guests OF the Rainier. Tire latter
Is e gentleman Of leisure, wealthy, and is max
ing his dFsi tour OF The Northwest, under the
wing OF the captain. a. Mr.. De Lamar Is farli-
iarly oailed IN Idaho. where he made such
famous strike in the old Central City mining
district, south OF Boise. A couple of years ago
he sold his property 10. two or three MILL rs 20
an Eng .isn syndicate, am since then he has
been, Is he describes himself, "a gentleman of
leisure" On the admission of Idaho as state
he was q esndidase for the United states senate,
but was defeated He went to Washington
City, however. and By his lavish expenditures
in social entertainments created great seDsa-
ton, particularly As he was chaperoued by no
less person than Russell Harrison NO. am
no: in politics this year." said be. 81 have teen
yachting a. summer, and came out 10 take Q
look a. the mine Then We thought We would
take run OUT here TO see for ourselves about
the boom yo1 are having No, ! have never
been in this section before, and don't know any
thing about your mineral resources We intend
70 pay more attention to real estate. bonds, etc.
We shall take look at the country around here
and then go back via the Northern Pacific. !
think Mcconnell will b elected In Idaho,
however. OF course he is candidate
for Shoup's seat Shoup is sick, you
know. and Mr.. McConnsl's friends say he
can't live out his term They calculate that If
shoup should die Mcconnell would resign the
governorship and the lieutenant governor
would appoint him in saoups pace. But shoup
Is Lot as sick man a. they suppose He's
pretty tough. No. I'm not candidate myself
They couldn't induce me TO take the position
They wanted me to run for governor, but !
wouldn't have anything to do with it No, that
litigation about the De Lamar mine doesn't
amount TO anything. Its only 8 quarrel be-
tween partners. The company owns taree-ff.hs
OF the claim whose apex Is disputed By the
man who owns the ether two-ffths. The Sanpa
people have got the money pledged 10 build
railroad 10 our mine and will commence work
in ths spring. When iha. is built We shall put
up another mill and treble our output A large
part OF our work is now devoted to opening up
the mine. and we now have enough ore uncoy-
cred to pay dividends for ten years 10 come"
Capt James Phillips, Of Everett and Port
Townsend, and manager of the oerge works at
the former place. is guest OF the Northern.
"The work OF laying the keel foc the new barge
TO succeed the Wetmore," sail be, "wfl CON-
msnce in about week. We are now building
shed over the ways. so We viii not be in.er.ered
with BY Indictment wsstier." As 70 wasthe. IL
was good business proposition, standing on its
own bottom. 10 ship plates 70 Everett and there
put them together, tie captain said that one
reason for doing this was tina, vessels Of the
slzs o the new barge could not be GO. through
the welland locks II bull. az Superior. unless
taken through IL sections Tie new barge viii
probably BE- called the Everett: will be $50 feet
long and have q freight capacity OF 400 tons
Col. J. s Mundy. of Fsirhsven, was in the
city yesterday attending the shiugle manrfacs.
urers' meeting. NO. don't think lo-csnt re-
dgetion IN the prics of shingles will do much 70
stimulate the demand Tor the product during
the winter. for the reason that In the region
where we must sell our shingles the dealers
will not handle shingles in the winter The
shingle business IN tais country has been the
salvation o. The state and was the only thing
when obvisted widespread bankruptcy. / BE-
neve that by the first OF the year there viii
have been l,2oo,0o.o1o shingles forwarded,
which will have brought into the country over
so.1Go,00o. ana which wiz mostly remain here As
added wealth"