The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-28
An EtEhsy-Foot Log Quickly Ripped
into LuMaer-fieaaAat Beach Far
nish~s = FfRe Tlamhak~-
strangers Are FILLED With Awe
at Their First View or Mennt Raj
ni~r-Tseorsa Receives the Visit
ers-A Hearty Address of VEL
come.
Special Dispatch 10 IN. po..-1p,e,,,xsne.

modes of enter aiEyn&nt that have not al
ready been IN practice Ia the places
where tie visitors have stepped 20 n
spect t:ae wonders OF the stale ard par
take Of the waoie-heartei hospitality OF
itz citizens. Tonight there is no ser pro-
gramn'e. and for This the excGrsioEfsss
ars thankful. as they are surfeltea with
entertainment ard are locking Tor a quiet
nights rest with q good deal of pleasure.
Tomorrow morning tne programme. AZ
arranged ~ the local committee. IL as
follows:
Leave Tacoma hotel at $50 a. N. for
Wheeler. G,sgood & Co.'S and ST. Paul and
Tacoma Lumber Compagy's plants.
Leave 81. Paul and Tacoma Lumber
,0rnSanys dock al = - a, ~. on barge Tor
water .reHt view aaa dry dock.
Lunch at Tacoma mill ! 2, IN
Leave Tacoma mill for sTneiter works and
Aeican and Wsdes shingie mill at i;So
~ III.
Leave snle3 ser dock at 40 p. m. for
foslt pe53aGse park.
Leave Point DEFIANCE park Al ?. m. for
Northern Pacifc railway shops
ior American lake a. g. IN.
Dinner al Amerigaa lake AZ p. m.
Leave American lake at 10 p. III.
The programmes have been issued on
neatly printed cards. headed with ''Ta-
coma, Local Menu" and decorated with
the cat OF the Hoo Hoo.
Seattle ard Gcliingham bay lumber and
shirgie men have done themselves proad.
This evening the responsibility of she
former ended. and thez now rest calmly
on their laurels. satisfied that their du-
ties have been we'll performed The hoar
set for ;ne leaving of the steamer Favor
itf this morning froEa the City dock VAS
$50. Nobody believed that she would
leave al that time. so there were many
" = faas " 1ff ff,sf.
all were aboard the cid side
wheeler ehurned up the bay into
foam and backed away from
the wharf. \ beiated passenger
rushed down and made record-break-
Ing leap into the air. He landed on all
cxsrscat!ng himself from legs and en-
barrassment he was soon lost in the
crowd.
The day was Of the same grateful brew
a. those OF the entire "trip. and the city
and its fine appearance from the bay
were generally commented on as the Fa-
goriie poked her rose toward Port Blake
ley. The run was made in an hour, and
TIM the Fasteners were confronted with
a forest OF masts that crowded the blight
at the head Of which the Eiakeley mills
present an interesting sky line OF gables
ard stacks. Even 20 these used 10 Il the
scene was an interesting one. and to the
visitors Il furnished ore OF the mos. at
tractive features - the itinerary Rang
ed up ard down both sides Of the chan
mel were the AltCar, for CslIac: the Do
,nuion for sydney ". s w; tho Ar
thur Fitger. for the United Kingdom:
the Emma Louisa. fer Valparaiso: the
Catherine Sudden for San Pedro: the r.
B. Thomas, for Buenos Ayres: the Fan
~ D1tar5 for sac Pedro. tire yes.a,
for Huenene. Southern California; the
G. ~. Watson. for Newport, Cal: the
Amelia. fer Honolulu: the Robert SearIes.
the Ftdette, for Newport. and the j. 2.
Thomas for Suanos Avres averaging a
capacity % saa 90 feet cargo each and
total of 10 4aa, Goo figures that 20 very we'll
with everything else that The visitors
have seen since coming 10 the state Of
big things
There were also seen three other vessels
a. Halls shipyard in various stages Of
construction and three others In for re-
pairs the whole feet presenting a spien-
id idea Of the cargo business that marks
the greatest saw mill In the world.
At the Big Port Biakefe, MIL.
Then the mill Itself was visited and ita
extent drew cu, exclamations OF surprise.
one Of the things that attracted attan-
tlon besides The Yastness of the whole
plant was the handling Of an eighty foot
log. which was run through as easily as
. smaller stick IN smaller mill. The eyes
that have grown big In conten plating the
affairs of the lcggsrs and lumnermea Of
Washington grew bigger and the cheerful
note Of ,hs Fagorite called them 10
other facts and feaSfx
TAc 1res were cast ofg and the trip 10
Pheasant beach commenced. ON the way
tase kelr. the star fish and the Jelly ash
attracted the iunberEreu and their wives
and daughters. and many were the specf-
rlens gathered when the stop was made
ard the people We're allow sd half an hour
- wander up and down the beach and
su7use themselves while the luncheon was
betnE prepared. On the way over from
Blskeiey hexas % fruit had been opened
srd upon the steamers arrival a clam
bake was found in fun blast at which an
appetite wss worked Up sor shs o,ner good
shings that the Seattle COMMITTEES had ryro-
vi3ed. Tired an4 dusty threats sought
out the uttle white hotel above the picnic
grounds. ard were carried back iabrtcated
for an attack. The luncheon was ike
the others-boun,eous ana palataf,i~~anA
vas marked by the jolly inforra}ity tha.
has characterized Tire other al fresco az
fairs II saror Of the strangers. There
ware 10 speeches and no attempts. bsl' a
number of phe,osra phs were taken while
everybody boxed pleasant"
speirsonnd by Rainier.
From Pleasant Beach she run 20 Pvt
s1rtsSsrts os-f>s fgt~ff S-sozsfr hour ard fk.a
3-w dock ard she ala Nips3r were sar-
Tie1sy taken IN More fr13ft ara sand
wicNss wsrs .~rve4 cn the F#vorite a,s,i
c~nss-cut tswsrd Tacer-s Was tsEea
through Colscs passage. where a hn@
viaw o@ Mount Rsinfa- vas obtained
from ths stea arsar's decks -poa -
TroacStng Tacoma the fading sun @nvet-
pged fEs mountain n a Sos~ats g3uw
that the approaching evening turned -
gray II wsE tne best view - Rsirser
that tne sx~f{~siomists have had. ana
thev werA heis kE4IIhcpn& ~ ia chang
i1e t-s1tfee SsrTsorys said that = would
- caiie6 "Moant Tacoma when the Fa-
vorlte fse3 ~ - TIE next wha-f. ard
rohossy protested
Delivered at Tacoma.
As the steamer sw1rE W gsa---r.nce-
rzs1t NAv JOAN x Fsr-y tts aeere<sts "a
sgsai< vTrsu f9r tNe xssSfcrs. ssco~s or ths
forward 2%~k @rs aslFEer~ss a speecn -
franks o. e~nxf nf hss tollDwfnE - sne
Seaff3e rssr- fs- tEel~ Hospitality sss
fnHr e~n-c~ 20 e~f~~sxs- shs lara z.sar.
s~uzT ~ Fsasr. Mr. BARR was sss84R~
assze etsAFsf1 wvSS NR~~sEats N~~ hexE-ra sfa-