The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-08-15
Things Lively at Tacoma.


'Tacoma has practically recovered
from the effects of the boom crash, and
things look very different from the last
time | was there" remarked Hon. E. l.
Smith, after his return, Saturday morn.
ing, from a nine days trip to Tacoma
Astoria and coast points.
Building permits amounting to 500, ,00(
were issued during the month OF July and
things look very hopeful for the you ne
city. The people of Tacoma are putting
up some magnificent residences, and in
this matter they are forging ahead ol
Portland. Tacoma is second to Portland
in wheat shipments, and during the
season OF 1902 wheat to the amount oil
10000, 600 bushels left that city. Tacoma
is the home port for q steamers trading
with the Orient, and the city also does q
big business in shipping coal and lum.
ber. The city has a most magnificent
park at Point Defiance, where things
have been left, to a great extent, in theil
natural state and large flocks of deer and
elk are to be seen grazing along the
wooded walks. As residence city, Ta.
coma is one of the prettiest and most
L
Mr.. Smith was accompanied by Mrs.
Smith and daughter Anna. They Wis.
tied Puyallup, and while there stopped
with Ezra Meeker, one Of the oldest set.
tiers on Puget Sound. Puyallup is a
great fruit and hop country. Red rasp
berries are being shipped from there by
the carload, while great quantities oi
vegetables are raised for shipment to
the Sound cities, Montana and Rocky
mountain points.
Mr.. Smith and family visited Shoal
water Bay, at South Bend, and spent O
day at Ilwaco and Astoria. Mrs. Smith
and Anna went on to Gearhart Park
where DR.. Watt and family are for the
health of their daughter, and will re,
main there for week or more.
The WaucOma Manufacturing Company
An enterprise of considerable extent
is the Hood River sash and door factory
or the Waucoma Manufacturing com
pany, located in the old armory buildins
in the west end OF town. The company
was incorporated last spring with s. H
Cox, president; viii Graham, treasu
rer, and M. A. Cook secretary. The
company have purchased the grounds
and building OF the old armory assoeia
tion, and with their machinery have
about $4,000 invested in the enterprise
Three floors, 50xl00, are utilized-tht
first floor for the engine room and black
smith shop; the second for the machin
cry, and the third for storing moldingl
and building stock.
The Waucoma Manufacturing com
pany is prepared to turn out all kinds
OF work in the shape of doors, castings
window sashes, holdings, ornaments
trimmings, ETC., in fact anything in the
building line to be manufactured by
machinery. Last week the company
built cabin for Captain Bagley's steam
tug, Maja, and also one for the gasoline
launch of the Hood River-White Salmon
ferry. At present the sash and door de
partment is busy making doors for Tfu
man Buffers new residence. These
doors are being manufactured from Cal
ifornia red wood The interior of Mr.
Buffers house will be all natural wooC
finish.
The machinery on the second foo
consists of band saw, turning lathe
tenanter, shaper, sticker, servicer,
cutoff saws, rip saw, sash sticker, Dor
ing machine, sand papering machine
Fire hose are placed on lch floor, ant
with 75-pound pressure an effective
stream of water can be turned on an
part of the building. The company fur
nishes employment to from four to si1
men a day. Charley Shute is chief en-
eineer for the company.