THE WEST SHORE.
September, 1 88a
traruportatlon to anl from point tributary to the
conameroe of SeattU, are the steamers City of
Quincy, Finny Lake and Gem, stern-wheelers,
and the propellers Susie, Jessie, James Morty,
Virginia, Fanny, Nilie, Rily, Phantom, Celilo,
St. Patrick, Rip Van Winkle and the EvrilL Be
sides these, freq lent visits are ma le to the city,
for supplies, by the following named powerful
lugt, belonging to mill companies on the Sound,
tbe Taoom, Hiakely, Matick, Polikofsky, Fa
vorite, GiJiah and Yakima. The Evangel, built
fot the Alaska trade, is also one of the Seattle
fleet In addition to all these may be mentioned
Weill' line of tailing vessels, and the fleet engaged
from time to time in the transportation of the
products of the Renton coal mines. AdJ to these
quite a fleet of scows, sloops and schooners,
which run in and out of nooks and byways on the
Sound, bringing produce from and taking supplies
to the ranchmen, thakeand shingle cutters, and
other producers in a small way on the Sound, and
It must be apparent at a glance that Seattle has al
ready achieved far more than the first step in a
career of what promises well to be permanent and
con.tantly increasing proiperity. In this statement
we have presented to the reader the names of forty
two (4) steamboats, ranging from 2,003 ton
ocean Ucawert to the small propeller, all directly
' contributory to the com nerce of S.'a'tle, ami this
lid is ttctusive of a long line of sailing craft, the
tra!fi: dne by which is of no inconsiderable
importance. Comment is superfluous.
IIIIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING.
The cxiitence ol to large a commercial fleet
makei it a matter of necessity Ihu facilities for
baillinj an r ipalrin; vessels should be found at
this point. Three shipyards, owned respectively
by J. F. T. Mitchell, Mr. Lake and Wm. Ham.
m n I, alfjr I these facilities. Daring our visit, Mr,
Mitchell was building a wooden propeller for the
U. S. Gust and Geudctic Survey. The vessel
will be 4? feet keel, U) feet beam and 5 feet
hold, to le copper fastened, and will cost about
$6,ojj. lie it also converting the sail boat Se
attle into a propeller 3S feet keel, j feet beam
anl i4 feet hold. At Like't yard, a new item-
whjcler, to call $l5,0jj, it bein,; built for i,c
Wftuco ntrad:. Slis will I 155 feet keel and
15 feel beam, and is inten led as a model fl)r
c ) oforl an I sp:c l. Mr. Mitchell informs us that
the outlook for an increase in the work of the
tti.p yar.lt it in are favorable than for some time
pait.
rOIINDRIKS, ETC
As necessary aljunots of the inlerettt jst
mentioned, three foundtict, three boiler makers
an! five machine .hips A.i I profitable J con.
Want employment in thit thriving young city.
MAS II FACTORIES.
Senile, taking all thin-, into consideration is
fully abrea of the time, in lhe mile, of Ma.
factor We tabulate the lin j ,hjll n(a (
uch length a. our spice aj.nil. to a few of the
mo.. l.l.ntl Kound,ie 3. breweries j
ab.pyardt 3. tanneries ,, mAw
and doors 6, machine thorn 5, fu,nilHre
water 1, Ic. 1. florin.. ,, ( 1JW Bj
p..!. 1 fiU, packerei, j. 6h cannery ,,
rel I..O0.y I. la add.tior, to thete the mana'ac.
I,.o.km, anUH.es. tin an . coPiver wlre .nJ
thSUM.al smaller m la Jriet, which cw.ibute to
muJi wd . Mtufaclonly to llw .eultuwa ol ,he
vage question in young and thriving communi -ties,
cut no unimportant figure in the general ac
count. THE MATTULATH MANUFACTURING CO.
Few, if any, of the Industrie of Seattle are
more interesting or of more importance than the
manufacture of barrels from eottonwood timber.
For the present the company obtain the greater
portion or their supply from the ruyallup river
which empties into Commencement Bay. near New
Tacoma. They inform us that they look to the
Skagit river largely for their future supply. The
process of barrel making as carried on by the
company is an interesting study as showing the
periectkw ot machinery and of skill in working it.
A log two to three feet in diameter and thirty
inches long is steamed until soft enough for the
process, when a knife removes a section seventy-
hve inches wide and seven-sixteenths of an inch
in diameter, which, fier drying, is placed upon a
table in front of eight or ten circular knives work
ing with an eccentric motion which cut wedre
shaped apertures about one-third of the length of
the slab. The slab is then reversed and similar
wedge-shaped apertures cut at the other end when
after a slight additional manipulation the two
sides are brought together, closing the apertures
to almost an air-tight condition, th 3 hazel hoops
are put on, the heads put in and the barrel is
complete. I he works of the company are equal
10 me manufacture or 4,003 barrels per day, al
though they have not as yet found a demand mual
to their capacity. The permanence and impor-
iance 01 tms industry can be inferred from the
fact that the company are about completing a
e..-,,u.ii sneu 503 leet long, 50 feet wide and 16
feet high, for the storage of material, their fnrmr
..xiensive accommodations being found inadequate
....r rapmiy increasing business. The pre
pared slab, referred to are shipped to San
Francisco in shooks or boxes to be put together
only a sufficient number (or ri. v..:
up at the Seattle factory to hold the heads to
l.eused in San Francisco. The sugar refineries
of San Francisco are the principal customers of
...company, allllough (he barre,s
" '"""i uicui, tic.
FURNITURE.
A stroll ,h,ough the manufactories of the Hall,
I aul!n Company, and Clnrb amj- D
, - ' "l "nuciauil OC LOiTl'
f . ' " ""K seated some very taste-
f" and excellent work. The company uL i
s:f;vcol,onr'spruce'fir-d-
laurel, all native wovlc Tk
and ins. i use aiso walnut
set 2 .. 01 thebed roomand Plor
ariWnrICOmreyi'hPwork
larKe " capacity for m.Br.rt., ' X
LUMBtR MANUFACTURE.
Six saw millt are reoo,,, , .
6e cut.inrr c,.,.. If " I! wun 7 "Bgre-
'he mill, ha e been unTw ' Md
naonth, , ... J. 0 "nabl fcr the past .
clud,. .. I ' " DOme demi"d, which in.
.1 1 ' u"'ne aemand
eludes, we beli. .a.: a'
altle . k "-Mciuring mtereU of Ss.
being done. It ought to serve, however MlB
instructive index to what is going on in this vo",
and enterprising city. Activity and prosM,;,,
Are evirlpnr nn V, i " V
. u. w.wty iiaiiu.
THE COAL TRADE.
An important element in the prosperity, both
present and prospective, of Seattle, is her cd
trade. Two localities contribute at present to this
industry, the Seattle coal mines at Newcastle, and
tne laiDot mines at Renton. From Mr. Romer,
the cpurteous manager of the Seattle company, re
siding in this city, we learn that the Willamette,
Umatilla and Walla Walla, the three steam col
liers at present engaged in the trade, average fiv
trips per mdnth, with an average cargo each of
2,200 tons. ; The distance trom the wharf to the
Newcastle mines is about twenty miles over a well
equipped narrow gauge road, which Mr. Romer
informs us is with but little, if any, delay to be
extended twenty miles further to new fields,
However great may be the demand for this coal.
the supply can be kept up to .the demand. The
narrow gauge road in question and its opera.
tion in connection with the coal mines is Dart or
the great system of development of which Mr. H.
Villard is the head, and the extensive operations
now being carried on, as well as other proposed
enlargement, are due largely to his foresight and
energy. This narrow gauge road, althouzh it hat
passed out of the hands of the original builders, is
a durable monument to the 'sagacity, foresight,
public spirit and liberal minded enterprise of the
people of Seattle. , At a time when its industries
were languishing, its future uncertain and business
dull, they put their hands in their pockets and at
a cost of $400,000 constructed this road, and by
this one act gave the world assurance that if they
could not find a way to make their town a com
mercial center thev would make one. As before
stated it has been purchased by and is now operated
as part of the Villard system. The shipinenti
from the Renton mine are carried by sailina ves
sels, the Seattle company's narrow gauge road be
ing utilized in the transportation of the coal from
the mine to the Sound.
RAILROADS.
The coal road above alluded to constitutes at
present Seattle's completed railroad system. A
new day in this respect is, however, about to dawn
on her fortunes. In Octnlvr. 18S1. Mr. Villard
assured the people of Seattle that so soon as the
right of way for the N. P. R. R. was secured
along the city front of Seattle, to the lands of the
railroad company, in the north part of the city,
the work of connecting the citv of Seattle with
that portion ol the N. P. R. R. having its present
terminus at Kalama, would be pushed to an early
Completion. On the 7th nf Inlv nf the nresent vetr
' JJ r
(1882) Mr, Villard was notified by telegram that the
asked for rirrhr nf U I'icl nhfita
--- w ttmj niH VVUIVU till. -
cle removed. , On the following day the 8th of
July, (1882) Mr. Villard telegraphed to Mr. A. A.
Denny that "the promise which he made to the
citizens of Seattle that their town would be con
nected with the main line of the Northern Paci&c
would be strictly fulfilled." And so the matter
stands. That thU assurance will materially benefit
Seattle it would be folly to deny.
Vjuite recently , the Seattle, Walla Walla
Baker Citv R.i niTPfl for
tilt! mirnn&A nf .. i j :irnfid
to Walla Walla and bcyonj. The advantages to
accrue from the construction ol such t road art