The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-01

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Ballard alone furnished root covering
f'T -.,o%3 or<il-ary cottages.
Inere are 1ow u -ae pelga olrEsl.-i
u forty wholesale dealers in shingles
II the cities ot Tacoma aid S<za-;le
The r-i ces1zx shl1g5e Industry All
Fr0sE~er as tie years ro8 BY They
nave almost entirely displaced white
pine and cypress shingles ~ the Middle
Af-1 - eSterl states. and axe rapidly IL
aiding other fields. The raaSoa so- this
IS thai tia Eastern ulill rn.an 10 longer
4s- tEt-sr b<-St material IL The gEa3.7,1sae-c-
IRE o. sslasses on aco1ua. OF The &C.
cr@aS-fls arEA5Qat of white pine ard the
c'I-sZ-'4 l<-IlC appreciation of tirrstrzr
ts@A14@s. Tie Washington EaiIlz-an makes
sals shingles out Of TIE l-e-st material 90
t%i[aaAoss-, and tssslsies th= valuable quail
LES 81 tEle red cedar u laying fat On
tI@ ROOF - any CLIMATE without H-a-u-
iiAss c4E41ag 1T shrinking and Tie fact
t1at hey are practically tadesrracrik,ge
aids - ltItl= wight T. ths.r selling
Qualities Il i L pity. therefor, that
sir SA@lgls=s ar I'-lng sod d. ta-1 cast
~ Manufacture, and ira, TIE timber l.
given away. This. however, all change
ssao&t.y. as the lands become. cleared ~
cedar and IN. nlI.l.rea are sorcsi 10 de-
pend upon loggers Tor supplies When
that time c1gIleS rhe cost q tiry7is-r viii
- figured n the selling prices and 49,
a. L.e COST u manufacture.
Regarding TIE other Vol working IN
44slE1ss 81 tae state, the manufacture
u sash and doors = the most prominent.
There arr seFeEa! large sash and door
plants On the Sound. bat with The ex-
,'-I'cs5n - o1e - tao he majority arr
conteE3- - supply the l0-ai trade Two
years ago white pine doors from Mn
nzstIso-is 9-r= sosd q, Wajla Waaa AMI
spokane, and there are white pine .a-,rs
frcsn Oshkosh. VS.. - buildings IN Sc
attic and Tacoma. put there during
boom times San Francisco was a. one
tlEDe 4 liberal buyer y white pine doors
manufactured IN Kansas CITY and IN
Iowa. Nm. however. white pine doors
have o~e1 driven OUT OF Eastern Wash
ingTo1. and san Francisco IS supplied
VITA sugar pine doors from Oregon
Lately. top. Ee-i cedar doors have been
shipped further East, but as only che
firm Is in the field The work os intro
duclng them must b. necessarily SLOW.
When the cheapness 81 raw material is
taken int CVgnsiderat{ ton. and the sup-.-
f4o- quality % the doors IS known. *
~s~=rals IL tae writer that in the future
Washington viii supply the East with
doors. as i does now with shingles
Certain & IS ;hat a recent Tacoma ship
FTlerlt made 10 Bangor. Ne. competed
with doors made on The spot
Furniture making will be OF consider
able Importance IN the future There
- one faccory al Caes.a.!s which sells
its output IN san Francisco. while Ia
soma and Seattle import thelr furniture
from Grand Rapids. Rockford and other
Eastern cities. OF course. Il isn't posi-
Die that h&gA grade goods can b. made
from native woods. but there Is q great
field for The cheaper claSses OF goods
Il has been pretty well demonstrated
shat turpenIne. Tes.n. creosote. pyro-
hgneous acid. etc, can BE- extracted
cheaply from fr stuulps ~ tt.s wasting
pENc2ess. Any one who has handled
stove wood probably kaows ~ the
sticky condition % the wood. This pitch
- the basis ~ tarT~ncine One varnish
tactory at San Francisco consumes So
600 gallons of turpentius yearly, spt &,