The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-19
GROWTH OF TRAIL.
Pine Thicket Converted Into .
Prosperous City.
A SCENE OF BUSY ACTIVITY.
New RosA 20 Murphy Creek-vS~e8
Of the smeisers-Othss
Mining Newa

Cl& SI Tie many &NA-h8IsS e|~s1~ -
TIE p2st s.w E1oaths - TIE building u re
tcx1 OF Trail. says q resent VISITOR 10
tnaz place. Pleasantly situated a. the
mouth 81 Tra-l creek, o. the eAs. bzEx OK
The C2@ZEa SzA- X sa1 Advantages thai 30
otEsE pace possessed Where. onAy esga-
months ago. Iae pine trees stood ialeA-!
and no sound save ina roar Of the s~iis
Columbia as l. tore ca IL way 20 10 sea
disturbed Eas s-sllEess, now res oGnGs WIN
Gae c.4E1o- II colal4srce. The shrek Of me
engine and rumble Of csrx laden WIN ora.
tAs sxpTsss1zAa. t6e teAIaslsr. the Chinese
gardener and the merchant are pushing
s4oug tie wharf ami depot platform slriv-
tag for his snare OF tie business. Three
steamers cannot handle the freight Tor
TrA.- T-As beach - strsxn With boxes,
bales. machinery. lumber. Household
goods. furniture and mining supplies from
TIE foot OF Suaelts- ain TO tas saw Iail. a.
most a hslf-rntle. A. present Trs.l aas II
hotels. az dong good business L tAls
country Il = necessary E.ar. IN oT1sr 20
secure q saloon license. = hotsl must De
operated n connection One % TIE 1ntss
hotels Ia West kOo1snAy AZ be oDensd n
this place or Monday. II Is the Arlington.
wlta four stories. I0o rooms. and a. me
modern conssniences. The hotel mas
fo4r-lnch stalaplpe running 10 ths ro9t.
hose On every Eoor. aa6 - well protested
Another important feature o. the town Is
the new water sorks. nos in Operation
Wafer VIII be ia Almost every house u
town. The supply comes from springs.
ami Is tneXAaustiole, pure and goo1-
The citizens have completed q trail 20
the Murpaey creek mines This VIII bring
much trade 20 this place, as she prospect
orS appreciate efforts IN their behalf, and
many have turned their faces IN this Gl-
rect4on who traded elsewhere before TIE
tran was cut. Subscriptions sire nov be
Sovereign, on Lookout mountain. The
bridge committee has started work again
on the Big bridge on Bay View avenue.
spanning TIRE mouth OF Trail creek. con-
n~cting the TWO ends Of town When com
psted, this will cost In the nelghboraooi
Of Ioo ali being raised by private sub
scrlpt.cus among the business men and
property owners. That Trail - destin 81
70 be The commercial center and distr.o-
uung pOin: grows more evident every day.
las advantages, IS location on the bank OF
the Columbia. easily reached by the Cana
dlal Pacific railway. and other lines con-
temnis ted. It's agreeable and healthfuI Gil
mate. combined with the charming loca-
ZION. Us natural surroundings and rs ai-
vartages of having a smeiter. machine
shop. sawmlIls wholesale houses. etc. are
features that cannot be overlooked o.
easy of compatit ION. TIE machinery FOR
tac Mae Machine Company arrived by
boat and is now in place In the large two
story buUain. recently erected on the line
- ire Columbia e. Western railroad near
thu be ch. William McMilien. the fnven tor
OF the rock drill wh!ch viii be manufac-
tured here. Is IN charge ot the work and is
SO taken with the business outlook that re
has decided 20 remain ana push me manu-
fscture and sale or his air com pressor
rock drills. In connection viu be a repair
shop and later a foundry viii be added.
facture any part Of a machine broken il
this section.
The eaton blast furnace Is now IN sue
cessfai operation at the srnelter This
immense ,auldron requires four men 20
feed +. and they are husky young fellows
900. They are required 70 shovel ore into
this immense furnace eight hours and I.
IS thought the work Viii have - be re-
tucea 20 six. "a ~ labor Is too great. A
pot Of molten Stag Is caught from this
huge machine every two minutes The
dump IA ae'9w both night and day with
.he red-h1t stag As Il IS poured down the
hillside from the carts Tho workmer over
turn on the br.nk ~ the dump. 4 IS a
pretty sight 20 witness TIE s-nel.e- ts
constantly improving. enfarzfnr and get
t'ng l7 better coalition to handle the ore
tNat - growing IN Is outpit daily.
TIE mines IN TIE Immediate vicinity O.
Trail sre showing W as vel as could bs
expected People from re new camp ~
Waterloo ara fast ssnguine that great
camp W.T. - IN location "a ever. and -7a ny
sr@ arranging - spana the winter IN that
riace. a trau VIII be cut into he place
from Trail. IS che steamboat. service IN
another month wIN b very irregular on
account Of iow water I, IS bad enough
rs = Is The recent sale az The Crown
Point has setEngia.~H 70 IKE, ard In
Consequences several prospects have
cTsngt4 hands on Lookout mountain.
The Crown Point q or ih@ aafolaing
--nt70-a q. --ere Ers rauv ~oat prospects,
sfo~tazs th.- nf.l compare favor
Rtth anv oa Bsf mountain. in -
rtn* - gre .or4 to~s w73 a~s booking r1r
r-e. wl-7 ~ensv - deve'ap a- ,anits,-
.~ts r. aurrhese wfh7u- saua. re ON
IaT @te-o0 eii w~~k wo~se-v wore si-
fa Aen 81 t @aet