The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-13

LSeSor From !. Doho0a. Of seattle.
Aratzpa. y. z. April A-I have been
AZ uorx inspecting timber here In New
ZEALAND since February /. ixs- II sur
pytsed me 20 fnd such fine timber rs they
have here. and lots os IL. too. A kind
called kaurf Is the favortte. and fetcaes
the highest price. II contains more clear.
Tine Finishing lumber than any timber l
ever saw except California redwood They
get q price for II. toc-from Si--6 to 80
per thousand Logs are worth 80 Per
thousand ~ the mills. measured around
the sirth. half way between the butt and
top. allowing six inches OF the circum-
ference for the bark.
We ara pow loading four vessels Tor sgd
nes. Melbourne. London and Cape Town
There Is one thing sure. that IL had the
Old Commercial mill In operation here,
Tor. say two seasons. with the markets
2sa prices they are getting. think !
could give the stockholders q repetition
OF the memorable dividends OF sssS-s9. 1t
would pay the mill men here 20 take . trip
TO America and get points about manu-
featuring. Men working In the woods get
from s 70 SIC per week and board. while
men al the mills get xi59 per day and
board Themselves l viii be pleased to
state moro particulars about logging OPP
erauons In my next letter. such as the
Kind OF steam donkeyy used. roads, etc.
GtStAtDu u tE4l AfUefsc4 can Sc3I Inc
earth At getting out lumber.
II VIII. I trust not be out OF place to
give = short account OF my jour1eyings
since ] left Seattle last october. / left
San Francisco October Is on the steamer
Alameda. bound for sydney. y. s. W. AZ
ter pleasant seven days run we arrived
In Honcllic. getting the usual musical sa-
lutte from the Hawaiian Military band. a
grand combination OF thirty pieces. whicu.
II a~uf. 40 f~
made every incoming and outgoing steam
e.. We took On their mails and passen-
gers and steamed or toward Samoa, cross
ing the equator on the nth day after leav-
Ing Honolulu. About this time you feel
IL warm and ind daily bath very desira-
bic. met some missionaries on the
steamer, returning to their field of labor
On the Samoan islands, who kindly invited
me TO get on there and lay over q month
until the next steamer came along. My
physician had before leaving the Pacific
coast advised me TO put in a month or
more In some warmer climate II / deslT ed
TO get rid OF the rheumatism in my Shout
der. SO remained there twenty Eight days
and was greatly benefited thereby Here
] met young Harrison, son of the Late
Carter Harrison, Of Chicago. He was WIS.,
siting the native villages. getting photos
and Indignation for . Chicago illustrated
paper. The natives are physically q fine
race OF people. Good specimens Of them
were seen when they toured the Pacific
coast some two years ago. They are a
happy people. and nothing apparently
bothers them. They wear very little cloth
ing. and viii not work. their bread Grow
ing on tho trees without cultivation
The steamer Mariposa landed us IN
Auckland. New Zealand. in five days from
the time she left Samoa Auckland is a
pretty city OF some 4o.oo0 or 5000 people,
with good harbor and ample room for
from 5000 TO 5000 tons OF shipping to be
loading and unloading at once. yelling
ton and Lyttelton. too. have ample dock
facilities. The harbors here are owned by
the government. leased to shippers ard
managed by harbor board They have
a pile here that the teredo never touches
Any other kind Of timber the teredoes VITA
eat en- In eighteen months. but the totara
wood. he gives II the go-by.
After coalfng al Auckland We steamed
FOR Sydney. reaching there inside of five
days. Taking IL all through. II was the
smoothest passage ever made. Sydney.
as you are aware. Is an old colonial city.
with some narrow streets. Il Is here you
can see a great deal OF work that In days
gone by was done by convict labor. Botany
Bay and Sydney being only few minutes
drive apart Her beautiful harbor Is
faultless. her parks and botanical gardens
large and well kept The people In all the
colonies aui, work on Saturday noon, usli-
ally going OF In the afternoon for sports
OF some kind. have seen from $50 to i35
yachts. mostly racing ones. In Sydney har-
Dor en- Saturday afternoon. competing for
various prizes. After remaining with
friends for month / left. taking the
steamer for Canterbury. New Zealand,
where remained with soma relatives a
few weeks. harvesting. Canterbury is a
remarkably ffne province ! then moved
here and have been timber inspecting
nearly three months. II Is my intention
10 be back In Seattle next August and
take hand In the fall elections.
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