The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-28
THE PASSING THRONG.

I'VE are now trying to charter vessel 70 ship
our initial cargo OF lumber to Japan" said E. NJ.
Herrick, of San Francisco. president of the Pa.
cine Pine Lumber Company. ct the Rainier last
night "Strange to say. this order came to NJ
from our New York agent The stun 10 intended
for the government ship yard at Yokohama and
the financial agents OF the japanese government
In New York were instructed to make the pur.
chase. Like almost all our shipping trade, the
order calls for squared loga For long while
our company has been doing missionary work
In all parts OF the world on behalf of the lumber
OF this region. We have sent circulars all over
the world calling attention to the many ofYicial
and private tests OF our product, and We have
sent cargoss into all the principal ports OF the
world, where those interested may see the stud.
Aside from the merits of the wood being I'M
known, our greatest difficulty has been to sell
any Of our common lumber, and the demand
has been almost entirely for squared logs,
which We have sold at low prices In order to in.
sroduce the stun into the worlds markets. The
reason why timbers are wanted instead OF lun,-
oer 10 90 that they may be sawed mp into spe-
cial sizes. - required BY custom mills ut the
ports whore they are sent In making plans for
buildings. bridges and public works the engi.
neers and architects often require special sizes
OF timbers and plank. The contractors 60 to
the customs mills In their vicinity to get the
lumber, and these mills nnd it very convenient
to have our logs. from which they can cut al.
most any size OF timber required But on small
stun We meet competition everywhere Europe
10 supplied from the forests Of the Baltic, al.
though We are gaining fair trade In deaf ends
in England. This stuff il Of . high merchanta.
bic character, but We dispose OF 1t in as short
lengths as ten feet In Australia We have the
New Zealand forests to compete with. China
gets . great deal OF her lumber from Japan,
which has large foresta On the American At
iantic coast there Is the Georgia pine, and we
have not been able to successfully compete with
these timber areas in the inferior grades and
sizes OF lumber. After awhile, however, when
the world comes to know the value Of our pro.
duct and feels that II cannot b dispensed with
we may be able to make conditions OF sale
whereby we shall either get better prices for our
big stun or insist upon our lower grade .Dg
with it"
II. D. Parment0r and T. W. Bennett, OF Way.
land, Mass. arc tourists stopping At the Rainier.
Mr.. Parmen;er IL . wealthy farmer and Mr..
Bennett is . member OF the Boston firm OF n.
Boynton. sail cloth dealers. This il our
first visit to the Pacific cossr," said MIR. Parmen.
ter. ''and We are greatly impressed with your
enterprise in developing this country. Around
Boston there II q great deal OF building going
on and also in all the principal cities OF Msssa-
chusetts. but OF course we can't grow SO fass ~
you youngsters of the West" twelve years
ago my father made a trip to Michi-
gsn," said Mr. Bennett, land he was as.
tonishsd to fnd cities thsre with all modern
conyeniences, and the same feeling strikes me
now when discover 1850 miles further west
tall metropolitan buildings with passenger elc-
vators. tiled doors. electric lights and cable
caix"
Col W. F. Prosser, OF North Yakima, 10 in the
city and talks confidently OF the outlook for
considerable extension Of the irrigation works
n i'm mi
deal OF boring OF artesian wells Is going on"
he said yesterday. "Many of those who put
down wells last year are buying new machinery,
aud We expect that . number OF new wells will
be bored this year. We expect to handle con.
siderable fruit and 20 ship it both east and west
to the sound and to the mining district to the
east OF US, which consume large ouantit,ea
The experience OF the las. two or three wears
has been very valuable 10 the fruit growers a.
they are now learning how to pack and handle
their product and how 10 ship It They get
their boxes mostly from the sound, believe
from Tacoma. AMI dnd that spruce and cotton.
wood make Inc boxes"
mo. am in no wise interested in the Everett.
Port Angeles ferry and railroad project and is
10 q question whether our mill would be able to
profit much By IL" said Cyrus Walker the vet.
eran lumoermau o! Port Gamble at the Rainier
last night. 'our mill Is seven miles up tia
canal from Port Ludlow and the ferry would
have to make special trips TO our place. Perhaps
some arrangement Can De made. though, ii the
enterprise Is carried OUT
". J. MCGEE, OF Anacortes. Is in the city, on
his way home from visit of several weeks in
the East "Whils in Chicago went ous to the
Worlds fair grounds" said he, 'aud saw the
Washington state building, which 10 now being
finished inside. felt considerable pride In the
TACT that ours is the most attractive of the state
buildings The Big logs OF which the base OF the
structure is composed attracted everybody
wondering attention"
There 10 stili from one to threa feet OF suow
IN swsIk creek" said L. H. Jansen of tna
swagk Creek Bedrock Fiume Compsuy At tina
Arlington last night, land We have not ye; been
able To DO any woEk on the dume But befors
Tie season 10 over We shall be washing gold ous
o. the bed OF the creek We have arranged fo,
asappsy OF water from the Kitt!tas ditch, which
crosses the mouth OF the creek"
Sontrei Of Property OF Insane Persous.
House bill No. $40 approved BY The governor.
fSieies 20 Insane persons ana person non compoe
msGtis residing out o. the STATE of Washington;
prescribing a mode o! procedure for the control
saa management of the estates and prorsrty Of