Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-18

far south as Commercemen Bay and
Tacoma. On the return trip to Port
Gamble Talbot stopped at Seattle and
engaged cargo from the Yesler mill
to he carried by his schooner, julius
Pringle, to San F-ranciso This was
probably the first lumber cargo ever
shipped from Puget Sound.
The party would have probably To-
Gated permanently 1T Port Discovery
had it not heen for the fact that while
they were examining the different
points on the Sound squatters had To-
Gated on their proposed millsite. This
determined them ON Port Gamble as
the location and July :. 1853, the julius
Prirsle discharged its cargo of sup
pics and tie building of homes for the
men began. Trees We're cut and tim
bers hewn for the frame of the first
mill 1T this point. which has since been
the scene Of continuous operations and
is vet the principal operation of the
Puget s.ill Company. under which
name the operating end of the business
ef the Walker interests and Pope &.
Talbot IS conducted. At this time Mr..
Walker was employed as time keeper,
accountant and general utility man and
was growing in favor with Captain
| Talbot. Captain j. p. Keller. a partner
! in the business, in command of the
schooner l.. T. Foster. $50 tons, ar
rived at Port Gamble in September of
the same year briE.iag the machinery
and equipment fer the sawmill The
first lumber cut WAS esed in the con-
struction of the mill. Upon his arrival
Captain Keller became the resident
manager of the business of Messrs.
| Pope, Talbot, Keller and Foster, which
was conducted under the name of the
Puget Mill Company. and he retained
this position until his death in 1861. At
that time Mr.. Walker succeeded Cap
| tain Keller and became general man
ager.
January 1, 1863 Mr.. Walker was TAX
en- in as a partner with Messrs. Pope
and Talbot. In 1874 the business was
fncorporated as the Puget Mill Com
many which name it still retains. 1t
| * readily seen that Mr. Walker was
! intimately acquainted With all the de-
tails of the business of this company
from its beginning, at which TIME Tue
original mill at Port Gamble had a
daily capacity of 5000 feet of iumher'
which has since been increased TO more
thar go. 900 feet. 1t is only one Oh
the details of the large interests oil she
puget Mill Company and allied COM
panies- .z. e,ro.
An illustration of the business tore
| ziobt of Mr., Walker Is shown by the
fact that he early realized the coming
| fIlr Ii village Dl
| y.eattIe AS early as 1858 Mr.. Walker
began to acquire Seattle city property
and no retained mest Of his purchases
lie owned some of the best property II
seattle. much Of it located IN the heai
of the business district. His real esta''
loldincs there are valued at nlilloii'
Of dollars. r .,.a.
Anil 90. 1876, Cyrus Walker wa'
..,ited in marriage to Miss Emily
,r,tf,ot If san Francisco, who was I'M
s,-.,hter ef his lifetime business part
49, aud friend. The only social organ
s.,tian in Seattle with which MI
y aflsor was AFFILIATED at the time o
= death was the Rainier Club, seat
ts,'s NEST exclusive social ciuo'
ur Walker is survived by his Wldo"
tn,i;>, T. Walker. a son, Talbot cyrus
7yallscr and a grandsen. Cyrus iaioo
walker Jr.. al OF San Francesca
brotaer. William Walker. and niece
Maude Walker Ames of Seattle ana
sis;er. Mrs. c. W, Estes of SkoWhegah
Maine. ~, vot,,e,
Al the time af his death Mr. Wake
was general manager of the Puget Nil
Co. sam Francisco; president OIL ui'
puget sound Commercial Co, ioi
I Gamble; presidcnt OF the Puget SCUM
Toware CO.. port Gamble; president o
the Puget Sound Tughoat Co. Sesee,e s,'',
and was stockholder, director or oi'ee'
of various other companies.
With native scotch thriitiness'
ruraad constitution and an indanllanl'
viii Mr.. Walker, through appilca'ioii
much hard work, strict honesty an
haen Judgment amassed fortune es'
tim,,ted AT s20,0o0,oeo. Althoueil mar,
;ng his home in San Francisco ioi
many ma years, MI. Walker kept UP
home at Port Ludlow.