Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-18

vi I,OOO people, SuIpOIJeu W tue
Seattle Coal and Iron Company.
The coal mines IF this company
now have daily capacity of 600
tons OF Ignite Goa which the pres
ent management hopes to increase
to 1000 tons per day. Numerous
silver properties along its lmmed.
late route are being developed, ,
aud in short time will add to its
traffic. After leaving Gilman you
reach SnOqualmle Falls. These
falls are one of the most attrac-
tive features of this wonderful land
The river, about the sizo OF the
Shenandoah in Page county, makes
a sheer descent of 2S6 feet in'o the
canon below. V hen | stood on
the brink OF this streau moving
so pIacldly along before making
the mad plunge, aud heard the
roar produced by the fall aud saw
great clouds of INST arising, and
felt the earth trembl9 beneath ny
feet, feeling OF awe came over me
which can never be eff ,ced from
my memory. TniS splendid water
power is only twenty niles in n
direct line from Seattle. Ths road
passes the largest hop farm Of thls
section, containing nearh 400 acres.
II continues to North Bend, where
it suddenly seems t. be cat eff
short in its effort to rel5i the
Denny iron ore deposits, few
miles away, and which are very
extensive in quantity. When
times gets better, it will, no donbt,
be built to this point.
.The main line crosses several rivers
along whose valleys are splendid
yirgia forests and bottom lands.
They all have I0diin names, several
beautiful and others O1tlandish.
You cross first the SnOhOmish, into
which flows the Sloqualmie. Ir
is nayigable to the town OF Snoh)
mlsh, twelve miles from the Sound.
You next cross the Stillaguamish
then the Skagit, said to be navi-
gable 70 miles from its mouth. The
next is the NOoksack, and | have
no doubt, lett out other smaller
streams with unprOnOunceab'e
names. hafnrA we reach British
Columbia. These streams all rise
in the Cascade Mountains, fed 10y
their eternal SHOWS, and cOnSe-
quently are ice cold at all seasons
of the year, and abound with trout
One of the most interesting Incl
dents of this trip was a visit to the
industries of Everett, city OF
three years growth, only thirty
miles from Seattle. Oar train was
switched off at SnohOmISh on to the
Everett & Monte CriSto Road, and
the Paper Mill was the first visited
This Is an extensive plant, and vi
found tho m making paper of va
rious kinds, some to be shipped t
Australia. The material used was
wo.thirds fir and one third cOttor
, wood, or some other kind of sof
wood. The fir is a something like
the yellow pine of the Valley, bn
much larger and higher in growth
and free from knots for great dis
tauce. 1t is from the smooth in
side parts OF this tree the paper i
made, a wonderful revelation t
me. At Everett we were met b.
Mr.. Colby of the Colby X Hoy
f Syndicate, and shown the barg
work, where an iron barge on tn
whaleback principle, OF over 30
feet, is being inishe1, the Smelter
where gold and silver ore
are smelted, and the nail works o
900 kegs capacity. These plant
have all been recently finished, ca
be readily enlarged If necessary
and will commence work very 50 OF
I have not mentioned the impreS
sion made by the land thrOug
which this road passes. The frs
upon 1t, is its magnificent lImbe
crop; a wonderful one it Is, an
will give a large amount OF traiil
10 this road for many years to- con'
. AS the timber goes of, it will /
T cleared for agricultural purpose
q 1 was most favorably impreSse
!. with the soil. In the 176 miles
road | saw no poor land. Ode
4 two ridges or foot hills were eros
n ed, that Indicated a gravelly thl
soil, but IN this moist cllmat
> Shen cleared and not disturbed b
the plow, will make fine grain
{ land. 1t strikes me, that when tn
/ timber crop is removed, it will
r. divided, into small holdings, an
q become ~ productive as any paI
Y of the West. | was most favo
. ably impressed with the poss
', bilities of this road, and the cou
. try it passes through is capable
to supporting a large pOpulalio
Seattle IL now the most importal
10 CITY on Puget Sound, and has