The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-18
WASHINGTON FIR ON TOR.
NO Betfer Timber I'm the World fol
ship building Purposes.

snip FULFILLING PURPOSES.
Capt. Hall. OF the firm of Hall Brothers.
the pioneer ship building firm of Puget
sound at Port Blakciey. was In the city
yesterday accompanied by Mrs. Hall and
were the guests of Fred f.. Sander
There are now two schooners under con-
etrnction AT the Port Blakeiey yards
which will be Finished this fall and will
DE used IN the lumber coas,ing trade. An
other schooner Is talked of and the con-
tract for It's construction may be signed
IN short time The schooners under
construction are being built In the Same
model and will be OF the same size and
style. They Will be four masters. $50 foot
Keel. twelve and half foot depth and
thartyssesen foot beam, each having a car
rying capacity of f7s tons. The third
schooner. which II under discussion. will
Also be four-master. will be Gza tons
burden. The last vessel built at the
yards last season was a propeller steamer
talied the Eyas, She was schooner rig
ged when she left here and sailed 20 San
Francisco. where the machinery was put
In her and she Was taken 80 the Sandwich
Islands where kauaka naule was given
anu she IL now used I'm the island trade
OF that central Pacific vicinity The
steamer was only Of 80 tons burden. but
she was staunch vessel and was we'll
built.
Capt. Hall sounds the praises of the
Washington mr. for ship building pur-
poses and says that no better timber for
the purpose grows Said he.
1T IL not generally known nor can Il be
generally believed unless the test Is ac-
tuaiiy seen that the yellow fir OF this state
can stand a greater test than the East
ern oak. bat 81 Is true, nevert heless. In
sssa was at the Mare Island navy yard
when Constructor Hard received orders
from Washington CITY ta make a coR,psr-
alive tear between the fir and the white
hssk. He 6reSssvi out strip of the oak
tive Inches square and also a piece af f4r
OF The same StEa and placing them side by
side he put ,hcTn - a bending strain test
Hisd the White oak Would break every time
before Ehe ar. The Sir Is more rfgia and
flexible than the oak The strength of
the mr. can be demonstrated ny getting a
rseee OF flooring ixt and placias Il across
two itusscs. \ heavy man viii have 50
SrfsaE ea /; several ttusos before II viii
break. The Sir Is durable and tts lasting
qualities are better sh8a the oak ana III
also has gTeater boayaAcy The sfr also
preserves las fasteniag~ better than the
eak. A gisee II sron driven tnte the wood
and ker' where the salt water cannot
reach - VIII come cat after twenty Years
a. gnos, ayd bright as wAep {; was FIRST
Tut IN, while IN the oak the aci1 sn the
wood will soco destroy she iyssa, The hal
sanl ia the ff Hrcssrs ese the iron. Iron
belts ia the keel " an oak ship VIII only
fss< Aftsft tWsttH 10 lIseSs years
'ti'eerie from the East are 0re9uaiead
agssrsf tAe yellow av We have here. hs.s
shevp = no sosEI rgEsoa shy they Sse1tia
PIE, Whea I first cafae cat here I was
pTefWtiecd also bU. have retten entirely
ever that, fer ao timber can excel ihs ar
for AL round Sh5p hui'a3ug purposes"
TIE two s,shooherS noW esefnE sssitlt AT
the Tort Etskcsey Yards ID NJ owrrsi ~ a
syndicate The Campbell fsoys are inter
sssea IN both OF Them While the fs1Err.
NH Company ess AS en- interest ira c0a Ansi
the Pert sslaketey M!A Ccfurzuy has an
Interest fn tho other. san Francisco ;srs,-
pie ha.o an iateTess 81 hath. Heye Sz,hcors.
era wifi So a scc-s deal 80 Southern tFaae.
running - san picE0. Newport aDA san
I'esro rails war wifi probably witness
az aesa en- ss'ip ssuilsstsg rs rev boats ane
needed ana neae CAa he purchased, and
eoa4 may have Ness lost daring 80.
stnsfns eg tae eeaSi within ths past three
years.