The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-10

Minneapolis Lum he rman Has n Fine
Impression of the West.

On. his recent trip 70 the Pacific coast
NJ J. Scanlon, of the Scanlun- pSon
Lumber Company. looked into business
conditions and the future business possi-
biiities AZ the West 10 4 greater extent
than ia usually done by visitors 70 the
Sound country. says the Mississippi Val
ley ieunberman published IN Minneapo-
ils. While his visit WAS largely one 81
pleasure. he found opportunities to thor
oughiy Investigate the resources Of west
ern Washington and was Very much In
terrSted in what h. found fie says IL is
almost iuc0ncetvahle how great aud how
varied are the resources 81 the compare
lively small area ~ that part 0f the state
living west Of The Cascade mountains and
north Of the Columbia river There IS
a variety 81 soft coal found there that -
superior - tas Cnunersvil,e coat Of Fem
sxIvanfa. and the country abounds in stch
mineral deposits Of gold silver. copper
ard lead and there are feaua grau.te.
limes;one and clay suitable for brick. TIL
Ing ana glass"
lie says that mining. like every ether
Industry. = IN its infancy but that tSe
existence ~ coal iron timber ans vartasr<
minerals must make Puget sound great
manufacturing ard ship building center,
Tho fisheries fot fu 9as ~ the prime pal in
au<tvies ~ the state and the business Il
rapidly increasing The salmon Industry
81 the state and Alaska rrcenfly passed
into tina hands of Chicago and ~ Louis
syndicate. for a consideration al s. SO 49,
ard they ara figuring cn netting = per
cent annually on capital Invested II the
present pack
Ira sneaklrx ~ the timber resources he
says. There x magnificent body ~
timber consisting principally q FIR cedar.
hssuinek and spruce. There are t6Feo
varieties Of fir che yellow red and white
bat Il IS a&se@t isga az Sge rather than an
serwmce In species. ~ 1he Waite eventually
becomes Te} ana the rcd yellow as &:
graw elder The yellow flF : the mast
valuable awsrz 20 she large percsr taEe
Of clear lumber. about - - e. Per cent.
au3 which finds ready sale. or ghe maj
kat these logs are esF3@H 'fgnr.ug legs
ami ara bringing from s. = 81 g pe~ thou
sauf delivered AZ sAe nails The Te3 s3r
- Not - large hws II sotanslsr and cts7rs.,T
than the yellow. e = especially ADAPTED
fev bridge ftHaners ~fff9s~r$ ard car sil1s
TIE red er hriuE~ from &. "a so s. - ds-
i-veFea a. tns ra.tis
Nr seauica considers che white ar csre-
claliy valsahjs though tie ptsr'e oHt
fhare IS fnt seem - think So. Tie Gays
g ssh freight Nghf ana cAa - use3 far
ssatne hnxrs aati aGashsaS whae ths reA
sre ysiia@ varieties aFs practically x
rovfsf ter the~e uses
The css'ar tsrnaer Is Nrn5ted ans9 Is
s-~ogN ,sr more VARIABLE Al the tir5a. The
h<es quality u cedar comes e r. tnn q a.
l.r%. THE feEa tara e'3f aFfsn5 "fF-th1r3
c}ear %na ere ba.a4sce s0inE8e stock
straight ~aR - cedar ters 81 ~nryh F. "a 90
e. v-~ shauss rs AMI Sh5pEfs ieSs fH5v1
s45 Us ~ eg% thousand However.
Fhsge arr asssse fsr ss!@ sass Do~ There
s. angv 3 Fsnasa aa&ntaty ~ spruce, ard
s. = rare valuable than :a- cedar 2.sN
e~sstse ta2s. s-ry7fves znH eut finds 3 ready
sste - fNe hax manufacturers a. better
zsF.o.s thaT tAat Eea.se ri cedar Soils Rm&
Ffe TT~Ar sct44 &c r@&i5fT "a f%~ esae
cedar am2 Sar eNru better rrfcFs. =
g~,sss - ~Ee}y n9 sA@ iew taafs tributary
- ths eater bat .hs hesF spruce 9~aws
sssat NsFk ~ fAs Fs&a tarts There -
a74sat a. g7saen hen3oeS So there is ~essa~
a-f 80 growth les s1ef s-esf1s - Ia c3@-
%-.yas - a~s- sssesa SECTION. tg has res vsfHA
fs are f>sa rkas az kas present tfsne. fsri-
x4ssr ksSkfe-s 81 rlo4 &Fe7 e~tsrn 2ts * Tsss
&sr* Narx Pacific railroad estimates ghe
NsaTvs{e,srk - Egs holdings wtte7 a sfew 30
.ss,ss~s = vsgss@ CORA ge =Sa <ew tcr = So sNe
future seszss ~ sHs }w 3sc~T NEfae-
.ss-ara are gatttaz x aiaEE esfr fNefF ~
-x-sf - = - takes ar ex1art - Z 80 sxesfSs
$50 Et florence 2aeswf@a T~8 - au4 assE-
4ssa7k after Il IS vs@nss fsefgress
rsEADtf sTE31 t5fs5sc@l Specialist. Mss
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