The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-25

ES14sL&s Al1Q Afy& AE81&s 8<4zE EEx1E[H N g
th!s their coxsing station. Next in i'm
portance 10 the coal Industry and closely
connected with IL are the extensive ircn
deposits being developed IN the Puget
sound basin. which muss ere long make
Seattle q great manufacturing center.
Steel earges are already being maaufact-
.ured ~ Everssf. about nifty miles
ern. In the proximity OF iron mines.
The Cascade range is fusi Of rich gold
deposits. The Monte Crisio mine, eighty
Eve miles distant in which Edward
Blewess, formerly Of Fremont. Nee. -
heavily interested. Is turning cut gold
quarts of high grade, and $4,000 have
been expended already n developing this
mine. building snaeiters aud construction
of railroad 10 connect the
The Blewett Gold Mining Company
has a twenty-stamp mil running in
the peshastin district which nov yields
$3.50 day and will soon double its ca
pacisy. Mr. Blewett exhibited TO me .
gold brick valued at 81 800, the output Of
his mine for four days.
The bases OF Seastle's future growth
are Lumber. coal, iron. Wool. hops, grain
and the fisheries (which include salmon,
halihuf and cod, and last. hut not least
superior harbor and railroad facilities.
While the harbor OF Seattle is unsurpassed.
there Is q project on foot that Will give
Seattle commanding advantage as q great
shipping center over all points on the
PacItic coast Way hack in the SOS Gen.
eral George B. Mcclellan, who was al
eminent engineer. urged the construction
of a ship cana between Puget sound and
Loke Washington. with aiview 90 utilizing
the lake. which has q depth of from iso 10
500 feet. as a fresh water harbor, which
would make il the finest naval resort in
the world.
The proposed ship canal would be S. 100
feet long, and can, il IS estimated. be con-
structed for less than *3.UVo,oQ Lake
Washington is twenty miles long and
about two and . half miles in width. Its
waters could accommodate the largest feet.
Its shores are well adapted for " harf pur-
poses Like ali salt waters the waters of
Puget sound are infested with the teredo,
an insect borer that perforafes timber
like gimiet and becomes very destructive
to piling in wharves and 20 wooden yes
sells. Ships become foul in salt water, and
frequently have TO 60 20 dry dock to have
their bottoms cleaned of barnacles, at
a heavy expense. A fresh water har-
Dor would be of great advantage TO ship
ping. Another point in favor ofthe projsct
is the fact that loading and unloading
OF ships on tide water. owing to the
rise and fall OF the tide, becomes more ex-
penSive than loading in fresh water where
the water remains at uniform height and
wharyes can be constructed having in
view the greatest economy in handling
cargoes. The Seattle canal project has
bean before congress several sessions and
will again be among the proposed river
and harbor improvements. Inasmucn as
il has been recommended by army and
navy officers, there is little doubt that
congress will ere long make the necessary
appropriation.
quota tow ard building up Seattle and peo-
ping Washington state. The Fremont
colony. pioneered by Henry Thurman,
who has laid out an extensive addition TO
Seattle. exceeds twenty families. Aside
Blewett, T. +. Quirk. L. II. Griffith. John
Grunkranz. F. w. Walker, Peter Nehr-
bass, Henry Schiaegel, O. ]. Treen and
DR.. Moudy. The most prominent Ne
braskan In Seattle is Mr.. p. T. Shelby, for
many years connected with the Union
Pacific and now vice president and man
sger Of the Great Northern railroad, with
also the steamship interest of that
company. York is represented here
by William I. Scott. ]. F. Hale
and Harry, George and Will White.
Boss Bostwick, Of Hastings. Is here
practicing law, and Paul weinhagen is
editor of the Seattle Demotrak Charley
Kitchen, who had swung around the circle
from Omaha 70 Lincoln and Lincoln to
Leadville, is anchored here and Is now
erecting handsome residence near Lake
Washington. Ike Rockenfeld. an old
timer of Omaha. IL RECALLING Seattle people
with fruit and confectionery. Justice
John s. Morrison is in law partnership
with Joseph Colman at Everett and a
brother of Fred Davis is chief clerk of the
Laxs~ III al tsnx n
James is located at Colfax in this state,
and is said to be prospering. This is. how
ever. only partial list
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