The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-06
HIDDEN 81 Az ALIAS.
Washington Fir Furnishes
N SIS 10 Rival Yachts.
FLAGsTAFFs FOR THE WORLD.
L nder the Name OF Oregon Pine Tt Is
Used a. ~parS and Holds Vic
rorfa-s Flag Aloft.

Puget sound timber goes everywhere.
even into the masts OF the feet yachts
made by both America and England 70
race for the Americas cup But the point
O. most interest 20 the people OF this r.
gion is that the great spars q The noble
Douglas II shipped from this region as
soon as they pass beyond the state line
have fastened upon them the name of
oregon pine" The spars from which the
masts OF the Defender and NaIkyrle have
been made were cut in Sol Simpsons
logging camp ar KamIichie, Wash. and
afterward shipped from Port Blakeley, yet
this IS what the Boston Globe OF August
a says OF the Defenders spars
The massive sticks of Oregon pine
which viii replace those recently in po-
stt3ou upon the cup defender. and which
u Is confidently asserted are OF sufficient
strength 70 Withstand the force Of any
breeze upon her huge sail area. were car
red across the city Of Boston yesterday
on logging truck without exciting any
unusual comment.
At the freight yard OF the y. Y, ~. II.
& H. railroad az Park square, where the
purpose FOR which they were made was
known. they were objects OF great inter
est. Little knots OF freight handlers and
officials gathered about the special train,
upon which they were loaded with ex-
pedltIon Immediately upon their arrival.
lectures as 10 their power. strength and
cost, and upon the outcome of the cup
races, the ail-atsorbing topic.
The spars, the larger one OF which Is
intended for the maiumast and its small
or companion, which will be shaped into
the topmast, were loaded upon train
OF four long fat cars, and rested in a era
die especially prepared for their reception.
After being firmly choked and chained in
position, and every portion that rested
upon the wooden frames carefully pro-
tected from injury by rubbing or friction
BY padding and mats, the order % go
ahead was given, and at 5:0i p. N. the
cars rolled out from the station for a
fast run 10 Bristol.
The spars were furnished by the Bos-
ton Spar Company. OF East Boston. The
sticks are OF selected Oregon pine, care
fully inspected. and chosen for their parti-
cular fitness for the work for which they
are intended. The largest spar measured
slightly over ninety feet In length and
looked fully two feet IN diameter
The Oreg0nian reprints the above clip
ping. along with a statement that the
news that Oregon furnished the spars
VIII be a surprise TO many people OF that
state. In view OF the fact that Oregon
practically has no cargo trade. local ium-
bermen are inclined 10 think that the
oregonians we'll may be surprised. ore
Of which pass around Cape Horn. while
Washington annually sends out at least
100 vessels timber laden. in every direc-
ton. all the way from Korea 10 Australia
and the Hawaiian Islands, and even to the
Kimberly diamond mines and the johann
nesburg gold mines in Africa. IT is stated
that the flag OF the emperor of Japan
flies from a stick of Puget sound timber,
and II is known positively that the flag
STAFF on Windsor castle. from which waves
the Union Jack In the daily view Of Queen
Victoria, is a specimen OF Douglas fir from
Puget sound-a Yankee contribution 10 the
furniture of the monarch Of the British
isles. II is also true that the largest flag
staff In Maine, the Pine Tree state. is at
Lewiston, and II came from Puget sound.
Nor is il a remarkable piece Of timber, as
one comes 70 think who lives in Washing
ton. II is all the Douglas fir. yet it is
known abroad as Oregon pine.
In reference to the particular spars for
the Defender. they were selected by
Adam Pigeon, of the firm OF. Pigeon &
Son. who was in this city about a year
ago, The same firm. Il is understood, fur
n.shed the masts for the famous yacht
Vigilant.