The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05
THE PASSING THRONG.

ruddy cheeks, bright eyes and portly figure.
He talks in q cool. devlberatc manner, prouably
acquired while he was figuring on tho inven.
ton that has made his name famous in dre de-
partment circles 1t was at the time San Fran
cisco was forming . paid department. that he
was sen, by the Amoskeag Fire Engine Com
pany to set up and put in order six enginea
When he had finished his work and was about
to return to New York the ONCE of superiu-
tendent OF the yard" that is, repair shops, was
created and he accepted the position. In
1s6S he completed the first aerial ladder truck
and tried to get Chief Whitney to help
him introduce it. The chief thought Is an alb
surd proposition and would have nothing to do
with it. Hayes finally got the council to see 1t
operate, and when the members saw IL extended
seven;y-dve feet in the air and q man handling
stream of water from the top. the practicable
ity OF the invention struck them and they pur-
chased ii for s. COO. Chief Whitney Immediately
put it in . shed, where il remained for four
years, and would have been there longer. but .
fire came where the ordinary ladders were use
lesa The loss was considerable, aud in the
morning the newspapers asked the question:
"Where is the $500 ladder the city bought
from Hayes?'
"Its in the shed, and all covered with rust,
Hayes replied.
About this time there was Q change, and
Scanlan. the present chief. was ap pointed.
After considerable talk Hayes went to work on
the old rusty machine and fixed it up with i'm.
provementa Seaman was afraid OF it and did
not like the Idea OF man going up on such q
bean pole. 1t was not called out, and Hayes, As
last resort, got the chief to put it in tho
Fourth OF July parade. AS luck had it. fre
alarm came in, and by mistake truck No. was
ordered to the fire. Hayes went along and ham
died . stream from the ladder at full extension
and got general verdict of good work. The
chief came to the conclusion that it was
Nj nod - A.
pened the same afternoon and the ladder was
used with success. he fell in love with it One
night some time later an axle broke, and the
chief was 80 anxious that he stayed up all
night to have the repairs pushed - rapidly ~
possible.
Hayes built another truck. and with $1,000
went East TO show his invention. He had no
trouble In showing it, but buyers were scarce,
and in the end he spent all his money and had
TO sell the ladder for 800. That ladder u now
In use in the Baltimore IRE department. The
hopeful inventor, with . depleted pocketbook,
made his way back to San Francisco and re-
sumed his labors. 1t was simply question of
time and his services were in demand. Phila-
delphia got him to make the next machine,
and. although he lost $1,000 on the contract
Chief Cantlin said he saved the city half q
million the first night the ladder was run up.
In regard to the supply aud demand for cedar
siding and finishing lumber a member of the
Stimson Mill Company said yesterday: "There
is undoubtedly strong demand for both kinds,
and especially for finishing, and the prospects
are that the demand will grow. But the state
ment that our mill has no siding on hand IL q
mistake. as when we closed our mill last fall We
had 100000 feet of siding strips, which we have
dried for the spring trade aud are now ready to
dress and cut 1t is a fact, however, that not
many mills are equipped with machinery for
finishing the product, although several mills in
this section are cutting strips, which are then
brought here to be finished. But the prospects
are that the demand for wide finishing stuff will
always be ahead of the supply. because it 10 very
hard to get wide clear stuff outside Of the butt
loga The trouble il that is most cedar logs
there are interior knots, except In the butt
logs. which are usually mostly clear when not
hollow or punky. The increase in the single
output and the growing demand for cedar lum-
Der il having the effect OF stifening up the price
for cedar logs Common logs are now worth
about $50, and good butt logs about 50 per 1000
feet board measure. Shingle bolts, too, have
advanced about Is cents per cord. Ballard 10
becoming quite Q log market, - most of the
mills located there buy their logs from loggers.
Some Of the latter also find Salmon bay . good
place to store logs pending SALE"
W. F. Drummer, vice president OF the North
western National bank of Chicago, is q guest of
the Rainier. II am taking brief respite from
the cares OF business" said he last night sand
can stay here only 0 day or two a. my family
are counting the days until l Join them In Cali
fornia have been on this Coast before, but
this Is the FIRST time have ever visited the Pu-
get sound region. take great deal of interest
in your numbering resources. Did you ever
compare the relative values of Q lumber region
with those of an agricultural regi0nf Say as
agricultural region averages thirty bushels of
wheat to the acre worth Is cents or, in round
numbers. $50 an acre for the product which
would be IS, 200 per year for q quarter section.
The same area of timber would produce 5000 900
feet Of lumber, worth In the rough average say
$40 per thousand, or $4,000 But when you
come to manufacture this lumber into all the
various wooden articles OF commerce. such a.
shingles, furniture, boxes, doors, sash. blinds,
mouldings, tubs. buckets, picture frames, etc,
tho ultimate value OF the timber product be-
comes multiplied many times. And then you
have your land left, and as the pine timber of
the East Disappear this SO basis for figuring
your lumber values becomes altogether too low,
for. unlike the price OF grain, your lumber val
ues are sure to advance from year to year. Oh,
think you have . grand county, and regret
that can not stay longer"
John Kangley. general manager Of the North
Pacific Coal Company, 10 in the city, and has
Just returned from the East He,has been to all
the principal Eastern cities and also spent some
of his observations on his trip. he said yester-
day: "Many Of the coal mines in Illinois are
getting worked out, but . new shaft 10 being
sunk here. The coal business II very good all
over the Eastern states, in Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois alike
think 1t is the consequence of the failure of the
supply of natural gas. which is causing manu-.
facturers in the gas belt to return to the use OF
coal At the same time the increase in the in
dussries OF the country has caused an increase
in the general demand for fuel, 10 that the sup
ply OF coal has TO be increased to meet this
demand a. we'll a. to replace natural gas. The
principal cause Of this increased demand 10 the
great growth Of the iron and steel industries.
More iron aud steel are used in buildings and
bridges now than was used In all the railroads
of the country ten years ago."
Representative L Il. Wheeler IL spending Sun.
day in the city. He was kept from going with the
Everett excursion BY important committee
aud granted lands. ofwhich he IL .
member. is now considering the blu
to provide for the management and
disposition Of the public lands OF the
state. This bill II No. 1907. and 10 a
substitute for senate bills NoA III, i5l, 100 and
ll6. and house bill No las 1t 10 one of the
most important measures before the legislature.
a IL has to do with the disposition and man.
agement OF property valued at many millions
now and potentially OF still greater valua
f. A. wadhams. OF Blaine. II stopping at the
Arlington II WAS formerly . salmon Gamer on
the Fraser" said he, "but have sold my iptsr
ssts out there and am now building Q cannery
on Point Roberts. opposite Blaina All the
Fraser river saimon come up along the shores of
Boundary bay and swoep past Point Robarta m