The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-22

Washington Hitorical Events.

II. II. morgan established q ShiI
yard at Olympia in 1854.
| J. N. Glover erected the first saw
mill in Spokane in 1873.
| A. J. West entered the lumber busi-
ness in Aberdeen in 1884.
| Michael T. Simmons made shingles
at Fort Vancouver in 1874.
Ruble q Co. erected steam saw mill
near Walla Walla in 1859.
David K. Weldon and George Wat
kins built mill on Shoalwater bav in
1852.
M. 5. Drew entered the employ of
the Puget Mill Co. at Port Gamble in
1854.
The first cargo of spars to the At
lantic states was from Puget Mill Co.
in 1860.
The saw mill and lumber yard at
the Cascades was burned by the In
dians in 1856.
In lS49 A. S. Alternately built a
water power mill at Oak Point on the
Columbia.
The first vessel to arrive direct from
China loaded spars for that empire in
1858.
Yesler's saw mill, built in 1851, was
the first one built to cater to the San
Francisco trade.
Lewis Johns built the first barrel
factory in the territory. 1t was locat-
ed at Puyallup in 1883.
In 1851 or William HI. Renton
erected mill at Alki but it was re-
moved two or three years later to
Port Orchard.
In l84S shingle making was quite
an industry around Olympia. They
passed current in exchange for mer-
chandise.
The "Live Yankee" was built in
1853 to carry lumber from Puget Sound
to San Francisco. 1t was built in
Maine.
In 1851 piles were delivered to
vessels on Puget Sound at eight cents
foot and sold in San Francisco at
one dollar foot.
French reported in 1856 that Fir
spars equalled in every respect the
spars from Norway, and in some re-
spects excelled them.
The first vessel built on Puget Sound
was the schooner H. c. Page. 1t was
built at Whatcom in 1853 by Peabody
& Roeder.
In 1859 S. L. Mas lick & Co. Of San
Francisco, built mill at Port Dis
covery. It cut for Ii years an aver
age of 100000 feet annually.
The second saw mill on Puget Sound
was erected in 1851 by James Nc
Allister. 1t was water mill and
could cut 500 to 1000 feet per day.
In 1851 Samual Hancock bought
saw millin San Francisco and shipped
it to Callam bay Indians and i'll
luck prevented him from erecting his
mill.
Francis J. Roth was born in Albany,
N. Y. Entered the lumber trade in
Wisconsin, moved to Bucoda in 1888,
was secretary of the Seatco Manufac-
turing Go.
In 1851 vessel was sent from San
Francisco to Puget Sound for ice. The
captain took back piles and reported
to the owners that "wa ter don't freeze
on Puget Sound"
Irel855 the bark Anadyr sailed from
Utsalady with cargo of spars for the
French navy at Brest, France. In
1857 cargo went to the English navy
at Chatham, England.
In 1858 Arthur Phinney leased the
Port Ludlow mill, paying $500 a month
for it, and bought it in 1874. He died
in 1887 and the mill was bought by
the Puget Mill Co.
HI. L. Yesler donated a cargo.of lum-
Der for barricades in Seattle. Work
was begun ON them December, 1855.
The barracade consisted of two walls
about foot and half apart and filled
in with sawdust.
In 1868 Alderman & Russ built
mill at Commencement City, (now
Tacoma) In 1877 the firm was Han
son, Alderman & Co. The mill was
then cutting $4,000 feet daily.
In 1852 the Whatcom Milling Co.
built mill at whatcom. The owners
were Henry Roeder, r. v. Peabody,
Edward Eldridge, H. c. Page, William
Utter, Henry Hewitt and William
Brown
The Port Blakely mill began saw
ing in April, 1864. Average annual
cut, 49, 600, 600 feet, down to 1880,
when its capacity was increased to
200, 600 daily. In 1883 this mill ship
ped 81, ,OOO, 900 feet
In 1854 Meigs mill at Port Madison
was burned rebuilt at once. In 1861