The west shore., August 01, 1889, Page 415, Image 7

THE WEST SHORE,
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building shown in the two Urge views U the property
of the company. Good, roomy houses, hard finished
and neatly painted, are rented at 17.60 per month to
employes having families, and the others are boarded
for $5.00 a week. It would seem as though this were
the workman's Utopia, for with good wages, steady
work, no saloons or other temptations for him to
squander his money, and kind and courteous treat
ment, how can a man fail to be satisfied with his lot
and lay np a competency for old age? Wages are
paid regularly and in cash. Not an idle man oan be
found. The company has a good store, with a large
and well assorted stock of goods, but the " store or
der " system is not in vogue there, and the store ex
ists more as an accommodation to the men than as a
means of making money
out of them. A very large
trade is enjoyed with set
tlers on the islands, of
whom it must be remem
bered there are a great
many, who come to the
harbor in boats and on
horseback Mr. J. R. D.
Conger is manager of the
mercantile department
and also has charge of
the fuel supplies and con
siderable other of the out
side business. A very
complete system of book
keeping is carried on,
which is in charge of Mr.
John II. Oartwrighi
Roche harbor is a port
of entry, and many ves
sels employed in the trade
between the porta of Brit
ish Columbia aid this
country enter and clear
there. A deputy collector and an inspector are sta
tioned there, who report to the main cffiae at Tort
Townsend. The offloe is fully equipped, and any
business with the custom bouse of whatever nature
oan be transacted there the same as at Tort Town
send. Vessels also save pilotage entering and clear
icg there when bound to and from Ban Francisco and
Britiah Columbia port. A small mail steamer, the
J. B. Ltlby, furnishes daily communication with
Tort Townsend and Whatoom, and runs to Seattle
once a week. The Skagit Ckirj makes two trips a
week, touching at all sound port between this point
and Taooma. The Canadian Taciflo Navigation Com
pany's steamer f remiVr touche there four times a
week on the route between Taooma and Vanoouver.
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The large steamer Iduho make three trips a month
between Portland and British Columbia ports, stop,
ping at that port, and the 0. B A N. Co, will soon
put on the CUy of 7'ojx-Jta to assist her in bundling
the business of the route. The large steamer Wit.
mington, on the route from Ban Frauolsoo to the
sound ports also calls there. The Gtorg K. Shirr
and the Eliza Anderson will also make two trips a
week each between Beattla and Vanoouver, stopping
at Roche harbor both ways, and a now line from Vic
toria to Whatoom will soon be put on. In addition
to all these facilities for shipping, the company ex
pects soon to purchase and oporate steamers and
barges of its own. The harbor is one of the very
best. Nature oould not have done more. It is en
tirely land locked, easy
and perfect anchorage,
and not a rock or shoal
in it
The oompany has built
a neat churoh edifice, call
ed "Dollovue Chapd," in
which a distriot school is
maintained, and which Is
open to the free use of all
denominations for relig
ious services or for pub
lio gatherings of any kind.
It is provided with mod
ern school furniture and
seat and baa an organ.
Sunday school is held
there regularly, and twice
a month a Methodist min
ister holds services, while
a Presbyterian comes
onoe a mouth. A free
reading room will be fit
ted np over the store ss
soon a the improvements
now in progress are completed. From a reservoir on
the hilt above the works water will be supplied in
pipes to the entire town, both for domestlo purposes
and for protection from fire, the reeervolr being filled
by the pump at the oompressed air engine.
The Taooma A Roche Harbor Lime Company is
oomposed of several well known business men. John
H. McMillin is president and general manager, 0. P.
Maaterson and L II Manning, of the Pacific National
Bank of Taooma, are vice president and treasurer,
Ja. M. Keen is secretary, T. D. Wallace and Isaac
W. Andorson, of Taooma, being the directors. W.
W. Kirkwood, of Portlsnd, Uogh Wallace, of Taeoma,
Henry Cowrll, of Ban Francisco, and several eastern
parties bold the remainder of the stock. The organ-