The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-04

cows supply thes milk TO them. There are
5000 acres OF the same character OF bot
tom lands that yield so heavily yet re-
manning in the virgin forest that can be
obtained at reasonable prices, within from
one to twenty miles of the city OF Ever
EFT. They are along the river bottoms,
and have the advantage OF both rail and
water transportation facilities. Twenty
acres Of this land cleared, put into veget-
ables, for which the market Is unlimited.
win bring more revenue and profit than
can be obtained of I'VE times the amount
anywhere else.
It has a population of 5000, and total
Of over ZOO school children. The schol-
ars In attendance during the year were;
Male. ASA; female 2.e7a The average at
tendance Male. l,is5: female. Lai2. Teach
ers employed-Male. S.; female. So Teach
ers holding state eertihcaies-l2 urst
grade, 80 second grade g third grade.
Il has 80 miles a railway The Seattle
& Montana and the Seattle & Interuation-
al railways cross The country from north
to south. while the Grea, Northern rail-
way extends from Everett eastward across
the country. and the Everett & Monte
Cristo railway extends from Everett into
the center Of the mining region about
Monte Cristo. There are ove- Two hum
drea miles Of railroad in the county
Everett's Claims to Greatness.
Eyeretts greatness lies not only IN all
this, but her future IS established by the
fact that the lumber from the woods
passes over Evcrett's docks,
Already the natural products Of the
county are being Manufactured and put
into finished form in the city itself
Her thirteen wood and lumber manu-
factories are daily gnawing NJ the grea,
forests 70 supply the material for homes
on tho western coast Of America and In
al quarters Of the globe
The ores come 70 her shelters.
In time the great hsrvests win 80 through
/ her warehouses.
II manufactures more products for ex-
port than any city In Washington.
Ii has eight shingle mills and five saw
mills
IL has paper mill employing 200 men.
A srnelter reduction works ana refinery
employing 100 men.
An iron and min machinery foundry
employing S men.
Its monthly pay roll aggregates for its
manufacturing Industries alone the sum OF
$is0oo; its yearly pay roll. SgT2oco
/ Ii employs ssl men in eighteen nianufac-
| turing industries.
Its monthly output Is i75 tons Of paper.
n ,oooooo shingles. 100000 feet OF lumber.
| sie0oA worth OF engines ana boilers, and
sga0 e10 worth OF bullion,
| IT has paper mill. turning out eish-
teen tons Of finished products every day.
| is working tho wood Of the forest into WRIT
ing material and furnishing employment 10
| an army OF men IN the min well "a in
| the woods furnishing material
! The sumner iron works incorporated for
/ 500 eco, IA engaged tn making the mining
1 and milling machinery used In the district.
| employing eighty skilled mechanics. all Of
| whom are men OF families and nave eozy
/ homes.
] More important than these perhaps. IS
/ the smelter ~ the Puget Sound Reduction
/ Company. The smelling industry has
/ grown with the growth ~ the mining IN
/ teresss Of tho county. Begun in 1899, tho
| plant took two years in building. COM
! meneing operations In 1894 with aeariv a
/ million dollars invested II gives employ
! ment 60 "a great number OF men. ana treas
/ all Kinds Of ores produced In the section.
| Recently Il has added refinery and now
| treats It's own bullion. separating one metal
/ from the other. rs product of bullion for
| 1925 was &.s0i5la9L
Lumber interests.
Everett's lumber interests are the largest
| OF any city in the state or on the Pacide
/ coast
II has eight sh.ngle mills in actual daily
operation and four large ones--shingle and
sawmllls-under construction, and wher
completed Everett will eut more shingles
| than any other city In tho world
When tho sawmiis now pndcr con1trilc-
tiou-four ia number-are running TO fut
capacity with what are already IN exist.
ence the lumber output will be one million
feet per day.
The recent purchase Of 10000 acres oi
/ timber lands from the Northern Pacific
railway I'm Snohnnsh and King counties
all % which Is tributary 10 Everett by ths
Nayerhsouser syndicate and the reeen
visit Of the members 70 Everett makes q
probable that they viii establish a plani
az Everett
II 81 the actual terminus OF the Gfea
Northern rallway-for It f. here that Il first
reaches tide-water.
It IL from here 10 tle north and o.,
south along the shores OF Puget sound tha
the trains 81 THIS iranse0ntinentai ranWaS
gather In the products OF the mill 10,