WEST SHOItK.
The steel for the track li the heaviest ever made, and weight
110 pound to the yard. There will tie a double track upon
which a cradle containing the vessel under transfer will U
placed. Tlie locomotives, two of which will le used in draw
ing vessel aroM the Isthmus, are built on the same principle
a ordinary engine, hut of much greater weight and ower.
The veseela to be traneorted will be hoisted by hydraulic ow
er from the basin to the track, and It U estimated that with thii
power and the roadbed in good condition, a ahlp of ordinary
opacity will lie taken from the Hay of Fundy and placed in the
Oulf of H. Lawrence In two and one-half hour, though a
speed of ten miles an hour ia obtainable. Puring the coming
year the Chignedo marine transort railway should I in active
oKration, and a caving on each trip w ill be made of MO mile.
Tula la the only ship railway in North America.
Htlmrwn Bros., representing a large amount of Michigan
capital, will erect a large manufacturing establishment at Hal
lard or Salmon bay, near battle. They own 8.WK) acre of
choice timber lands in Oregon and 15,000 In Washington. They
propose to manufacture lumber, shingle, sashe, doors, blinds,
etc., on a Urge scale. They purchased the Chicago mil's, at
Italian!, owned by Hossmin A McDonald, for 100,000, and have
also purchased of the West Coast Improvement Company 210
ftt-tof adjoining land as an additional site, Uon which they
w ill erect the necessary buildings for the minufa lories named.
They also Intend to add to the capacity of the Kossman h Mc
iKjnald mill, so that the output of sawed lumber alone will
exceed 40,000,000 feet js-r year.
Himson Brother will put In their own railways at Ballard
and extend the present line to North Beach, where foreign shlp
menta will le made. They will also own their own vessels,
tugboat, barges, etc., to Uj employed in Die shipment from
their largo manufactories, and will employ about 1,000 men.
The work of building and improvement will 1 Wgun imme
diately and pushed to completion with all possible hut. It I
estimated that not b than 1,000,000 logs will be retired to
carry on the concern in all it branchea, and the comjeny had
this In view when making their Urge purchases of timber land
along Tuget sound and in Oregon, which aggregate 21,000
acre of the lt land obtainable.
The rejrts of the mine Inspectors of Washington just j-uh-lished
for the year ending the first of (K toler show the number
of men employed In coal mining In that state to have 1-een
2,M3 and the total outjmt for the year to have been tlti3
tons. By mine the output in ton la as folio :
WtU etlrO
Fnuklln ,M,
HUtk lMt txA
(!r Mwi&Uio fM
KUts 41
IU-Ii, M-W
iHrUn O"'
lleeU SB
( t-4o J'
IWk I'rslns
WJk
TuJ WM
There U but little doubt but that t! hollo war foundry
will be establish! In CUhali within the wit ninety (Jars,
r-ubsrrijiiona to the stork have been ao liberal that a guarantee
ha been given Mr. Mob! that the full amount wooll be raised,
and U start tvJay for rheboygsfi. Michigan, to I!" U
bonifies Although tferw U a large 'juanMy of porcelain lined
war used la the t'niUd Mat there are but I'ee or Isit pVee
where it I made, and the bnlnea I highly profitable. Such
a manufactory a the one projoeed fr ChrhaU till employ
thirty or more men and U the means of disbursing a Urge
amount of money here. Beside this the foundry will um the
coal In the hill on the rat side of town and thus ran another
Important Industry to be established hrr. There I sNo a prol
ability of still another Industry springing up In this connection.
It ha tiren demoltitrated that dell of the Wit pilty of
kaolin eilst In this county from which pot'ery and enamel!
earthenware I made, having that rare quality of furnishing It
own enamel. The manufacture of this ware will naturally fob
low that of jwrvrUln, and It U even thought that ne of the
ImjKMtatit constituents of jiorcelaln will t found her. We
may look for mortant development during the lie it sli
month. Sujpt.
The good snow roads and the new rate on ore shipment
have prompted the Nine-Mile mine owner to Increase their
output, and push it to the dep4 at Wallace. The Custer mm
ny Is sending down some of Its richest product, and the Call
fornla resumed exportation during the week. The platUm at
the dex4 1 full of ore, and the only drawbe k to I apprehended
Is In railroad transportellon, as lite wrather is giving both toads
a deal of trouble just now, It Is probable (list several more
mine will I added to the ore shipping lit! tfor spring If
transportation facilities ran U s wed. A railroad 1 needed
a badly up Nine-Mile now a It wa up Canyon irecktwoyeer
ago. It will no doubt U budt In the early spring, Tle miner
running an on cut on the Tusnimbl i ration Ulwernthe
Tuscumbla and Toiighnul on r-unsrt hsv sin k three M of
solid galena -Wallace, Idaho, fit Veil.
Tlie eiceptlonally dry year Jt ed ha rou the peo
ple of the Kittitas valley, Washington, to the ieieMty U jrv
vlding Irrigation for their land. WhIU their rr Ust seso
suffered for moisture, the wstr of Yakima and (VM-im riv
er fl wel by in great volume. The rler tan U made avslb
able In Irrigating at least 2.H,Wfl additUal a'ree, and a pv.
sitlon has len ma-le by capitalist lonnatf ml v large ranate
at a cost of aUut IVWi), the wrk loUcori) ltel within lU
year, or a forfeiture of IV),') will he pid. A soUrlUn of
175,000 Is ake. of the farmer and land owners, and It Is agreed
on the l-art of tU rsnsl company It hae one td their ranaU
rea-ly t j supply wser by the first 4 Jurm. This rr.U-rpf ie will
ld mlihotia to the wesllh of the vsl'ey and wdl iiswre l.e
county against any jjsiI U failure of rroj hsreaf'r.
Oreg'rfjCity' ost U cheap aM rspi I connects with
I'ortland are lightening fspMy. N'4 only .h U Merojjt
to htrrl Itailway Cou.jny pro.e l eiUnd eUtrU?
line from I'altun I'srk.bul sersl I ru are on lU
essl I U of the river. Tl- I'ortland an I Oeg.rfi City Badsay
Company hss Un orgnii-l by w.II krwn 1'ortUn I rapiub
U', some of wloiii are thief owners of lU VarMWr w
hne, to coristru.1 a r--l Ua :t Titian I to Oitg.o City by
the way of fell owl and MJwaikk f tk4i:y an siUnnol
lU otUr line. AftoJUr roijy has ln wgr.U. M tU
ia i j-'ifp' and to fvr.l.nue on to I'-artow iUIUm. ArvJ.r
boat Is to be put ol lU tU't, l k tr Iripi dty. AH
this p-ltU to f pt I growth of tU rly at tU UIl
N'.h Yakima, Wishing, w;:i l. syi'em 4 t.
Ur k anl an ttW hghl pUfct In iyttU. TUe
.y Utrl laing the Yakima rtr far tU milU of tU
NuU. V fighi U way U a d tU d ifsw U at-
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