The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-18

f-sns down into Maryland. where thsrs was $
he-i Of hickory, IRON which our stock
g made. Again Va hs3 % move.
aat thls tire We went to Ken.1cxy, where
vesre u tbs heart OF he hickory timber n -
country. The prices OF articles II our line sre
constantly going higher. and the reason TO- !. .
tae constantly diminishing supply OF hickory
sAaoes. Yea see, nos only manufacturers N or
line use hlekG-T, bu; aIso the big wheel raaar
IaeI9!tss Ess X 20 maze buggy spokes. While
iae hickory trss o. :ha East Is going the way o.
the black walnut ant the white pine. there ere
ne Few forests .! Kris kind o. timber which can
oe ussa when the present ones are exhausted.
except 3 snail belt north of Detroit Ga IRE
ether hard, when iae pine givss out II :hs East
you can supply the demand from you- f0Fasss-
Perhaps " sen there IS no more hickory 70 use
people Will &c. 10 using hollow saes. handles, or
some such substitute
N. l. stangroo1a. Of New whatco-n. general
manager o. tae BsllinghaIa Bay Improvements
tonpany's vario1s enterprises, IS stopping AZ
the Sorsaerl. Business Up our way Is t-A.'
said ae, "oct We have kept large RuEaber OF
people employed Gu puzzle wo-ss. so thai our
city IS going aaeat al he time The company
am with Is interested II eoa. mines il various
parts OF This coast They were the owners o.
the first coal mines n Ca:to-a:s and n Oregon,
and own the Z. sex Diamond mines near iAjs
city. They mined the irsc coal on Bel.iEghan
bay and in he operation OF this property &C.
CURED soma 400 acres OF land N lSe3 some
seattle people wanted very much 70 buv our
land and establish q town, but our pe pie
thought they could so into that business as
gel! IS anybody else AMI now We have 2. The
head of she bay some l5,oo0 population. II ISIS
was sent up thare with instructions 70 bald
the railroad TO meet the Canadian Pac.ac. 20
start wafer WORKS .ectrie IEat com pauies, saw
Kills and say other enterprises Necessary. We
have thus spent great deal of money n New
WAs'con sld are very heavy taxpayers toward
TIE pubic improvement Our rsceat coal strike
OF fifteen feet OF coal is great thing AMI sl-
though the coal trade is depressed a. present,
We can work cur mines more economically than
any others IN Washington"
Oscar Foote, Of Washington City, 10 stopping
at the Northern. He was for ten years q spec 81
agent OF the interior department IN the North
west territories, and resigned aeou. year ago
to practice law in Washington CIty. de vas
one OF the attorneys for Montgomery. ard
helped 10 obtain the decision of Secretary Noble
supporting timber claimants against agrieu.s-
uEaI claimants co1testing as 70 the right OF TIE
former 20 claim timber lands on the bottoms
he secTetarys method Of arriving ct this con-
elusioa was this, said he. 1.-The COS, OF clear
iEg timber land and getting IL ready for c1ltiva-
ton was compared with the current marke.
value of cleared farming land and thadiH.rencs
compare- with the value 0: the timber standing.
THIS land having low as 2,e0,0 COG feet Of tim.
Der De. section would De- worth more Tor the
timber on Il Tran Tor farming, II il should cost
sl5o Der acre to &c: i: resdy for cultivation, De-
csnse only land specially well located is worth
sl5o per acre for farming purposes" Mr.. Foots
IS out hare in the Interest OF some OF hs clients,
and Will remain Oh the Sound several days
W. Il L Lambert, who has been engaged il
building the bridges along the line Of taa Great
Northern railroad, has removed MS family 10
Sidney. where he will superintend the building
Of the government dry dock 81 Port Orchard for
the contractors, Byron Barlow & Co.. o: Is
coma This is the first step toward the begin
ming Of active work on that great enteFpr Sc, and
within two months the WORK will be under way.
Nj. Lambert zaid that so far a. the carrying on
OF the WORK IS concerned Seattle viii reap all
the advantage. as most Of the supplies and ma
ter!als will be purchased in this city, and the
money paid cut in wages Will also come direc.
10 seattle.
Miss Ruth Allen. daughter of United States
Senator Alien, came over from Walla Walla
Saturday evening and Joined her father az tie
Northern