The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16

was eight feet vide ard more than I've
miles in length Verify. Eyerstrs paper .
ali right
At Lowell.
Upwards OF thirty years ago = SPACIOUS
Yankee from Maine made his way 20 the
Pacific coast and SCI bis stakes on the
pretty slope that rises from the western
bank OF the Sn0homish river at Lowell.
His name was e ID. Smith He bull:
sawrnnl ard -as the first man 70 engage
IN Jogging or the river. Today there = .
fiourisAlng settlement al Lowell. which the
paper mil has done muca TO foster L
boasts = handsome school building, a pref
" church. two large hotels ard many
pretty homes. besides the sawmsll OF the
Lowell Lumber Company on the site OF
z. ID. Smiths old mill There Is q shirt
OF fraternity In the community and II sup
ports thrifty lodges OF the Odd Fellows
and the Knights OF Pythias.
From the heights back of the town the
eye IL RECALLED with beautiful view Of the
broad meadows formed by the delta OF the
Snohomish river. and having for their
background the deep green foothills Of the
Cascades. topped with their snowy crests.
a Visit 70 the >meiter.
There il no rest for the ssghtseer. and he
realizes that Everett Is city of magniA-
cent distances. even though covered by
the speedy and comfortable electric car.
as II rolls along the street cleft through
the forest and conveys him 10 the smelter.
Here Is a proposition that Is doing much
for the mining interests. likewise for the
industrial and commercial sides Of Ever
EFT II Is attracting ore here from Mon
tana. Idaho. California. British Columbia.
Alaska and even Australia. the schooner
Lazarro being at the date OF this writing
on It's way from Australia to Everett with
1870 tons OF ore. This trade brings vessels
and cars here 20 load back with lumber.
shingles. nails. paper and other products
OF Everett The smelter turned out about
81. 0oo099 worth of bullion last year. With
the purchase and DEVELOPMENT OF the rich
mines at Monte Cristo. the location Of the
smeiter at Everett followed naturally as q
part OF the general plan which the syndi-
cate had adopted The Puget Sound Re-
duction Company. MADE I'D OF the leading
owners of the Mcafe Cristo mines. was
formed with a capital OF 100000. The site
chosen Is on the si6ehill at the extremity
OF the peninsula. where the sulphur fumes
have ample space. at a point reached by
both the Great Northern and the Everett
* Monte Crlsto railroads. The design of
the works is such as TO enable gravity
handling throughout. the successive pro-
cesses OF reduction being placed one below
the other. The buildings embrace fur
mace building 50x95: ore building. 1l2x1l4:
sampling house. 40xS0: roasting house.
Ssxfs3. sulphids mill. 50xl0o: blower house.
2Sx70: boiler house. 3ax50 feet 1t has three
so ton stacks and two improved roasters
with capacity of six or the old pattern.
The smeiter Is under the managemen OF
william C. Butler. who is also manager OF
the mining companies operating at Monte
Cristo. The bullion 10 shipped to San Fran
cisco.
Whalebaek Steamers.
An eventful day in the history of Everett
was October "A. 1884. when the steel whale
back steamer City Of Everett was launched