The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-17

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haven and Nhafcon. on Heslfnrs1=r. hsx
which are practically che same rn1fr
their buildings almost r1esfInx 40 that n
b. sEposssbla for y stranger 10 tell where
ths limits OF TIE one town end snd OF the
other begin. The ooautry t.srxf ~ grsstle
IL quite thick with the trafks 81 tt.s e-@..~.
lines. They extend from s~asfte 10 rntIax
10 Blaine. the most n1rthue<eertx trxs, q,
fsso United States. and Themes, ff1sttv-f1vs
miles 70 South Westminster. g. c.. whence
elsrfrie cars run TO Vancouver The
eaass ifue f. made up OF three orraasz.
tgcfIs. locally known as the ssat,Ia a
Montana, Fairhssen & sostherrs and Mes
Westminster & Southern II ts e,nnbatt.
esiy eoast line. sksrsing the Sound with
the inside track and taps AL important
hsrnofs The chief towns reached ara
Ballard. Everett. MarysvSIie Noun ye~-
nsa. Fairfavsn. New whafcona. Psrnaai.
ard Blaine. The coast Jfne Of the frrea,
Northern has been styled the ssrxkets ~
which the main lire TO tins East Il thn
hantie The entire mileage OF the coast
Hires r. 10 miles
Al Seattle the trains OF the Creas yar.a.
ern connect by rail- with yaueo,,vev r..
coma, Portland. San Francisco and other
PACING coast points. and BY steamer wssn
Port townsend, Olympia. Victoria ana
other Puget sound localities, and win
ALASKA. HAWAII. Japan. China and Aus
trsiia-
Into q New Climate.
On the west side OF the Cascades IN.
atmospheric conditions ARE Changed thn
train within an hour fesungsng from 81,
arid. frrigable district into a region thar
i moist wit. summer rains. aud where
the ferns and soft growshs form
perfect jungle. The range of
mountains Is the dsvld,ng ,,ssa
OF what Ia known as Eastern and West
tyn washington. and the climates of the
two districts are wonderfully different. On
the western slope OF the nnouufsins reach
ing from the summit TO the Sound. the
train carries person through dense for
tsfs or hr and cedar. IL is no anasnaf
essng 70 see trees measuring from ten TO
fifteen feet la diameter and shooting nm
ward over 5o5 feet In the air. The traex
stand very close together, so close an
many districts that when eur bv the
woodmans axe they vail. not fall being
held upright by the trees adjacent, one
reason Why the timber of this etate Ia So
dense TO the square mile. as compared
with other states. Ii NOT only It's immense
Individual trees. but principally It's great
height.
Government officials have estimated that
there IL In Washington 400 CO.. 600 go feet
Of standing timber. IL IL almost impossi
bic TO comprehend what four hundred bill
Hons OF feet means. II can be illustrated
~ assuming that IL IL were all cut down
- the car which Is considered a good
sized load. 1t would make a train go 90
miles long, or long enough TO reach ten
times around the globe
In the valleys following the line of the
streams which reach the railroad, be-
tween the summit and Snohomish, Is much
me bottom land that has as yet never
Been Introduced 10 the woodsman's axe
sr the farmers pillow. With good roads
ekis region would develop into one of the
finest agricultural districts of Puget
Sound.
Wealth Ian the Fisheries.
On the Sound proper the fishing bust
ness Is fast becoming great source of
wealth. IL the fishing people of the At
hhhe were To- come out here they
tesld make money from the start. AS an
tssiance OF the profits this business af-
fns5s the case of n man at Blaine might
b mentioned T@o years ago he started
viii capital of $500. which he used for
purchasing nets. machinery and erecting
baildlng which had only floor and a
nses. as he had not sufficient money left
h ecmplete II. Last year this man can
rel Aao cases Of salmon. on which he re-
aaztd clear profit of 81 per case. The
salmon were 80 plentiful that In one day
n tires back into the hay 2s.o0o fish. as
be haa more than ne could can.
Alons the Columbia river. from Astoria
TIE salmon Industry. and great many
fortunes have been made within the past
i've years The Fraser river also affords
Inducements In the fishing line that are
second ONLY to those afforded along the
Columbia river. bat the best. fishing banks
are IN the vicinity OF Puget Sound
Halihat Founders. cod and smeit are
caught In large numbers on the banks off
Cape FIattery. at the mouth of the
Straits, and afford many men COM
Portable livelihood. In the spring. sum
mer and fall the sea off the Cape Is
Dotted with the sails of numerous fish
Ing smacks and sloaps. Seine fishing for
salmon Is lucrative pursuit which ss
taken advantage of by n large number
OF fishermen Of all nationaiities, but the
supply OF fish is inexhaustible and the
market always good
Timber For the World.
In connection with the lumber industry
might be mentioned that Washington
has for many years been successfully
competing with Norway In supplying the
merchant marine OF the world with masts
and spars, while the lumber from this
region reaches all parts OF the
globe, Australia and England being
heaNy buyers. or late years the sash.
Door and blind industry. In which
red cedar Is used. has been entered
fnto with marked success. IL Is an indus
all inmherman With capital and expert
snce. Bat the shingIc business. above all
others In the lumber line. has been at
uaeiinS worldwide attention. shingles
from Washington cedar being accepted as
having no equal I'm point Of durability.
There Is no building in the state old
enough TO demonstrate how long these
shingles viii last. There are buildings
here that are over thirty years old and
the shingles are stIll I'm good state OF
preservation.
fhiriy-three years aeo the Washington
sate university was built In Seattle and
She roof was shfnGled with REQ cedar
shingles % the od.fashioned split vari-
ETY. The university is stlIi in use aud
while the shingles have never bsen re-
placed she roof is Just as good as new.
Pine shingles which have in the past
been used throughout The Fast. VIII hast
lest about eight years. In the East
~ viii buy enough cedar shingles 10
shtngle a good sized dwelling house As
matter ~ business a man could take
TEE cedar shingles at shis figure in pre-
Ference 10 pine shingles Tor nothing. be-
cause the cost Of reshingilug the house
With the pine article would amount 10
faeTe than the eost OF the cedar. Ceear.
shingles contain no pitch and neither
warp nor cur.
The ~hiugir Industry.
Tn" single industry In this state.
taeAEa Il appears TO have heen somewhat
oFfrtane during the past year. VIII
eventually Ia bae % the greatest indus
tTf"& cf the West, for the worth OF the