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quil waters of the inlet, confined by banks of clay
and rock, which rise abruptly from the water's edge
pveral hundred feet in places, ana specked with sail
nd steam craft, the Indian canoe and sea birds, occu-
py the foreground, and in the east the long, cragged
crest of the Cascade range sweeps across the land,
scape to the northward, where Mt Baker thrusts his
hoary summit boldly into the sky. To the south and
west the Olympic mountains are the feature of relief,
in the midst of which the grim sentinel Olympnj
stands. The irregular shore line, the evergreen for.
ests, the remarkable transparency of the water, the
clear atmosphere, and many other particulars, com.
bine to make the scene one of rare beauty. From a
slight elevation the broad Strait of Juan de Faca
comes into view to the northward, and the British
city of Victoria, on Vancouver island, thirty miles
away, may be seen. The view from the top of the
new tourists' hotel is probably one of the grandest in
the world.
The volume of business transacted in the city ii
large. One national bank and a private banking
house have a working capital of $250,000.00. An.
other national and a private bank have been organ,
ized and are about to commence business, which will
raise the aggregate of banking capital employed in
the city to nearly $100,000.00. Within the city limits
there are a saw mill, a planing mill, a sash and door
factory, a foundry and two machine shops, a furniture
factory, a brewery, soda works, an ice factory, boiler
works, a ship yard, and three cigar factories, while in
the territory immediately tributary to the city are
three brick kilns, three saw mills and a large iron
smelting plant, the only one in Washington. An ex.
tensive steel works and rolling mills plant is to be es
tablished in connection with the smelter, the prepa
rations for construction having already been begun.
The Gloucester fishing company has its headquarter!
at Port Townsend, and preparations are now in pro-
IL it iricllit kn ,rom &
M TtMt U tie atof justice of Jefferson
nj. ai a j y t lhe rect J0
&MnA It tu r-jtilttion of four thousand, and
frweti t! xKtm ittouts ire fully established
( a Im vA ftdsritg buii The hitherto conscr
abt growth of & town has permitted society to
iti it U tot iuVjVci to tboae feverish
t&J tld rTt!iioti that so often dUtorb cities that
tut rjrttf cp oa the cm of boom. Moral and
iMdvA rsltcr art gueo doe attention. The city
Im a t'iift& rublic school ijito, with ample
fanl.u Ik trtKttaMatirg eight hundred pupils. A
j.ijThikl fcfU4, ztltt lie laipicM of the Episcopal
cUrth, is iworwfdly caittaiced. Port Townsend
Nca (i.!!rf, jut Uitg eatabliibed, is an indepen
&n &rtti"taj iiititstioo, ealcnlatr d to sopplemeit
lh wi cf tl public schools and prepare students
tttitn, ispjJr the rudiments of professions.
(l-g grrw frtita a Uinui of V),000.00 raised
l th MKiliit ontfrrfcce to locate at Port
ToitKfcl i ctiufiity ihich it proposed etUblishing
la WmWjj WulitgVia. The conference accepted
a luff tcts fron kuAlrt place, and then the pa
Uxcj d th hv at Port Townaend retol Ted to found
w ifcJfjrt,iMt iuUntioo of higher education, and
wlg that ruction ihy hate erected a fine
cVf M,ti ail red the Unicoi of expori
nt rJwtt, fno the rut to conduct the work.
Uw cUrtU ia th city-two Methodist,
a Vt junat, :; it iSoaaaCatbolia There
.iwwuaa imiTttcs I nion, a Youna aj , . V; T V. " j
B vuiv. Bvuvucro uom uioucester. Mass.. 10 De engage
uitc; ! in the dwn bob fiaKinr. An iV, 1 U- il.i l,.A.AwnL
gress to make that headquarters for a fleet of six hun
aj nawtu i'atiuh .1.1 TV . r oco usuiug oa me Danuj inai novo rtwii1
u.t. a tu-,w L j ;ul, ,hich ii ia ,JJ T I Iy. n dI80overed in the North Pacific. These fish-
. 4 ..u Rre one ot hQ mogt promi8ing industries ol IM
tent will surely prove
The shifting of capital
develon the halibut and
Uiirt lt ! fiW"g of the Pacific has already commenced.
T't' :: ;nt Krrrt tho .. . . " "ort Townsend commanda tbft rpannr of alaree
Sji.acl iier.tyua.trorgS 1 of w addition to being the key to
; I" 1 1 Upiuu, L a commerco- Th Httle hamlets that have sprucg
-rri,fl ,ifuul HI the . op about the bay of Port Townsend indicate a wealth
i n 1 ,lf islU (i 10rt Tod is I !iLhTl r080Qrco that the city on as secure
,Ut & "l :f kagialk lU!lf0UDjall0anytowninthe Thelarge
1 qu,llllltie8 0' fir, cedar and spruce timber fcro
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