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

spects and the contract was completed on
time without friction or complaint OF any
Kind. The contractors stated that they
took the contract at the lowest possible
rriceswathonf hope or gain IN orsser thas tse
greatest possible amount o. work could lsss
done with the funds available. Altogether
there were sixteen bidders for thss work,
and their nearest competitors II the build
ing were also local firrns Outside these
local bids the neares, bid to theirs was =
per cent. higher. and The others ranged
uD 10 more thar double theirs These
facts and the manner IN which The work
was done give the best possible evidence
that the benefit OF the work was believed
tn and Il was done for the ultimate good
Of the city rather than for immediate per-
sonai gain.
ITO continue the work as originally
Planned Il Is estimated that <150.Goo can be
profitahly expended during the fiscal year
ending June 81. 1sss.''
II Is expected that considerable work
.il be done IN tho prosecution OF The
work this year
Roads, Telegraph aud Telephone Lines.
Everett has been wide awake 20 the Inn
portance OF opening communication with
the surrounding country. There Is good
Plank road from Everett south 10 snoho-
nilsh. and extending into the territory
about Tuaico. Uniting with the people Of
opened road four mI.es long to that
place. whence Il was extended to Granite
Falls by the people Interested A port
able sawmlll WAS purchased BY the city OF
Everett and Is doing good service In cut
ting timber TO plank the road Valuable
road Improvement has aiSo been made in
the direction Of Silver lake and toward
Hartford and the country about Lake
Stevens. II IL the purpose or the city 10
continue this policy. recognizing that Il Is
for the industrial interest OF the city and
country.
In a busy community liks that OF ES-
erett the telegraph and telephone pay an
fm~ortant part. The Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies each have
lines here. An efficient telephone ex-
change is maintained by the Sunset Teie-
phone Company. The exchange was es-
tahlixhed in the fan cf fsa. and has steadi-
Is increased It's business through the hard
times srcm seventy subscribers 20 40 sub
scribers II IL pronounced 10 be one Of
the best equipped exchanges for a small
pant IN the United Statez In ne Office
Is a metallic hoop board The remaining
equipment Is OF the best. An Increase
has lately been found necessary In the
Operating force. the exchange handling
over 100 switches per day. new me-
salllc loop line between Everett and Seat
tie - now under construction and vii Re
completed in a short time.
The good word fer the COW spoken BY
President Webb. Of the state immigration
association az the useetlns IN Seattle, nnds
n hearty second In SrehoniSh county.
where the fine grazing has direcied TIE
attention OF farmers 20 this nrontah3e
branch OF hurhantry. What has been
Yorcihlv expressed by some writer Is par
tisnfarIv applicable heres With a short.
mild winter. a long cool pasture season.
ana the rnest pasture, Immense felas OF
hay. great crops % gFslp ard roots, 1n-
sorpaSssa aud rarely ecuaie3. and with
a home market az fair prices. Washing
tar snyftss hundreds of daryulea from
nther lands Timothy. red top, Blue grass
ara nart4cnlArly the eieyers. red AMI
,.Nits tsrtve here. When cat FOR hay
,hsy Yield from two 20 Eve tens per acre.
and Of course. pasture In proportion, The
season for pasture : marn longer than
n the East Pasture Is better here on
the FIRST or April than IN Northern Penn
sylvanta or New York on the FIRST OF
NAY. while young cattle colts, dry COWS.