The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-22


$500 +. Simmons. the pioneer settler
- 9hrYsfon county. organized the PuGss
- nessIsng Company. and bci.t the srss
1870 % Puget sound In I8E. The com
- esnstssed Of s.ghs individuals. and
sS~s~6eA nearly every man IN Thurstcn
- and the natls was built AZ the falls
- ~ Deschustss river. ~ the present
- q the town Of TunwaseT. TIE year
- DemponA who seems 20 have
-. tie uSsnstay sn every enterprise 90
S3ssrf 1srgy day. rus up small recurring
s:.sr a. rumwafef, In log house With .
- - sfonss hewe6 out o. some granite
Ssss.lrs found upon the river bank near the
St -. tbs vas the srss Touring niii built
- rhe Sound. The sawmin. like the grisf
- uas ran b. water power. and the MN
& 7~-na which had been used AT Fort Van
rs~vsr vefs obtained from the Hudson
- Company. This new enterprise. the
- ana parent Of many . magnificent
1raenndAns proved success from tho
6 - selling most 81 i;s output ~ Mis-
~-aIly. 20 which point the company RATED
RI anmbsr. besides supplying the settlers
r. al section Of tbs country. Tho com
eany Us suec<ssf9s In getting a govern
1Ins contract 10 furnish the material for
5 ~ BUILDING OF the of!cers quarters at
IL military posi- al ste1aacoom-
Il. L YssIer buff the frst steam saw
) IA On Puget Sound ~ Seattle IN October.
- Il vas o small affair, with a capac-
IN o. about no feet Of rough lumber
- oay. and stood about where the grass
s1ps 4 now situated In Pioneer Place.
e4th me log way about where the en-
6ysnce 20 the FIRST National bank - now
ioees<d. When Yes1er arrived IN the town
IL ua1s Inhabitants were all engaged In
exiting spar timber In . sag. where f1he
Atssens hotel now stands ~. II. f1atfmer
~as ne frat OF the choppers to see him.
ena welcomed him to the new community.
ii noon Mr.. Denny invited him to tho
<sSsn for dinner. and the longer he re-
Ha.ned the better he liked ina place. Tha
.eaips along the water front had all been
etaked, 90 Yeeier went across the bay
and staked . Cain ~ the cove just above
a. present sta OF the grain elevator and
eenpmenced making ARRANGEMENTS 10 clear
9te for h.s mill The settlers Of shs
nmtfie side o. the bay did not Ike the
~ Of having rne min built 20 far away.
- they agreed with Yesier that they
wosld al shifs their claim stakes % n 10
IT him have STRIP OF land between May
aafas and Boren's claims. extending from
end u those Claims This suited Yesier.
and be accepted rte proposition. and went
10 work on the foundation Of the parent OF
a the steam sawm.ls on Puget Sound.
fais mil cut Its first lumber during the
~snftr Of Use. This eaw miIl. ~ the foot
u NIL street. was the most important
structure In the village. and for many
teass vas the life % the place, giving
employment 10 tn. citizens. when there
- n. -
the ships came for cargoes and discharged
tgeir groceries. It's puffing. buxxlng and
Moving OF steam made tire music OF tina
~. and the hum OF III SAWS WAS the I'M
deFscne Of every household. Fly It's whis-
!. ~ morning. noon and night, I'll tho
aee1s were regulated ana the whole vii
4 ~ economy was carried or. While the
TasIs capacity was only i6.o0o feet per
fay. the price Of lumber was four or ave
fsses as much ~ now. - that the value
d It's output Was quito large. To the
taFth OF tbs p.oneer mill was sse old log
cock house. As ths name implies. this
eosth boarding house for the mil hands.
~ addition 70 this Il was used AZ town
Nh, court room. meeting house and no.
lex All the legal business WAS transacted
Within rs sacred walls and nearly all the
eaxiy social gatherings met there. IL was
9ae village ioungsnw place. where the men
eoagrrgated m the svening 10 hear tia
htes and tell stories. A low. long RAM
hing affair. wiEsiout Architectural presen-
tp1s. II possessed a certain hourely at
rnciivenees. After many years II was
tanyerfsd INTO beer hall. but WAS finally
removed TO make room for more prsten-
tnus structures II was the last log house
ID eeattl. to be taken down.
In Seattle, as elsewhere the enterprises
81 small beginning. backed by practical
nsn. have been the enterprises that have
pfssived In the spring Of 1876 Mr.. George
". ssetson and Mr.. J. J. Posi- formed a