The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-16
THE PASSING THRONG.

TIE purpose OF organizing q ccmpan! 10 manu-
faeture Portland cement He 10 the disccvefss
OF . new process for manufacturing this pro-
duet. and has been FOR some time making II on
q srnal. scale in Victoria 'By my process.
said he, 81 can produce an article OF very high
grade much cheaper than by the old process
With plant OF $50 barrels day capacity. !
caa manufacture the cement and put it on the
market for sl75 barrel, including the barrel.
IL 10 now selling for g . barrel, 90 you can see
that there 10 q fair profit in the business. I
gather from . consular report OF Consul Gen.
ersl New that the consumption OF Port
land cement On the American Pacific
coast aud the states west OF the
Rocky mountains amounts to about S0o0oo0
barrels year. aud OF course - this country de-
velops. the demand will grow greater. plant
capable of turning out $50 barrels o day would
require . capital OF 100000, most OF which
would go into crushing aud grinding machinery
aud kilns From forty five to fifty men would
be employed, most Of them in the mills. and the
Others in the Quarries. A go barrel . day plant
would employ seventy men and need . capital
Of Sl50.oo0 am q civil engineer BY profession,
but / have had six years experience in the
manufacture OF cement at Kent. England. OF
course tho advantages occurring to this city
from the Establishment here Of such an enter
prise, whose product would ind . market fax
and wide, are quite obvious"
putting IN their crops" said Agent C. c. Thorn
ton. OF the Tulslp agency at the Occidental last
night. on his way 70 North Yakima to attend
the Knights of Pythias grand lodge. "They do
not raise very much stuff. still those on the
Swinomish raise considerable grain. Those
down near the agency mostly raise potatoes.
cabbages, turnips ana other vegetables, and ind
at Everett. A very few OF the Indians have =
little money saved up, but the great majority
are improvident Thrift finds no place In an
Indians nature, and the class of whites
with whom they associate do them 40
much harm a. good far Is teaching
the advantages Of civilization. They havc little
chance to miugle with the better class or even
the poor but decent class Of white people. Bust.
ness men who have dealings with them, when
their business 10 over, have nothing more to do
with them. aud if IL were not for tho restrain
ing and elevating influences OF the religious
missions the sort OF civilization they would ac-
quire would be OF little benefit to them. The
original stock is fast disappearing and their
numbers are growing smaller, but the younger
generation nov growing up are much stronger
and healthier than their fathers. This 10 due to
improved habits and the gradual elimination Of
hereditary diseases BY medical treatment"
Joe Shea. the brilliant shoststo? OF the Seattle
baseball team during the season Of 1891, arrived
will remain in the Northwest for . time at least.
Joe, unlike the average ball player. 10 not afraid
of work. He 10 . siRn writer by trade, and -
soon as the ball season closed here he went to
San Francisco and went to work. He has been
employed steadily, and has done we'll. He IL
now working for scott & Gilbsrt, of that city,
and bis visit here Is in the interest of that firm
He will be in a position to play amateur bail il
he remains here.
of Aa~ AnA
travelling for several months In the states OF H.
nnois, Ohio. Pennsylvania and New YORK. is in
the city on his way home. He says that there
Will be considerable travel to this coast in the
fall Everywhere he went he found people curl.
Gus 10 learn about the resources, advantage
and opportunities OF this state These people
had heard about the big crops and big timhcrs
OF Washington. which only Whetted their curl
osity for more information.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Colby. accompanied BY
Mr. Co,by's mother, Mra q. r. Colby. and his
brother. Louis st. Claire Colby. and Mr.. aud
Mira Williams, of Orange, n. j.. came down
from Everett Yesterday. took lunch a; the Raj.
nicr and went to Tacoma in the afternoon,
whence they will proceed on their homewa.d
trip Mr. Colby IL brother of Charles /. Colby.
the Northern Pacific masnats and principal
ssockholder In the Everett Land Company.
Hon. Mason Irwin. of Montesano. Judge OF the
superior court OF Chshalis aud Mason counties,
who Is Filing Judgs Osborns place on tho King
county bsneh during the latte.'s absence In
North Yakima. is stopping at the Rainier.
George Hazard and Fire Chief H. NJ. Willis.
of Tacoma, were in the city yesterday, regis.
tered 1t tho Northern.
Representative and Mrs W. H. Gilbert and Mr..
aud Mira T. 4. Leland, OF Custer. were at the
Arlington yesterday.
Miss A. 4. Vaughn aud Miss Ethel Vaughn. OF
Cambridge. Mass. were guests yesterday OF Rev.
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