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A History of Wood Inland.
laughing and shouting.
he under ;2 inches thickness was
1 ever takeu Sometimes it would l.e
,.s much as 30 inches. Some times
when there was much ice cut and the
weather indicated a change the men
worked over time for which they :c
teived double pay. 'file chutes laid
on the bridge to convey the ice to the
houses were impracticable and Cam.
1) !i. Walker, superintendent, the
successor of .\fr. McPherson, who h,.d
oie t in ’6i> and was blltied in the
public grave yard where a dilaptdu
teti pyramidal cross marks his resting
place, built a water tiumc which was
.. success, To load the ships chutes
were laid to the wharf and to tile
hatches into which the i.e was low
c.o.i oir two iron trays on a revolving
drum, one going down, with ice amt
drawing the other up discharged, 'i o
weigh tile ice 5 cakes out of every
50 vent over the scales, so it went by
cc.int and weight.
A» it took few men to load the ships
most of the men went sea otter hunt
iit:.s 1 have before said, lo picp^re
t\)r this n priest was brou^ut over
from lvodiak to supplicate for them
and to bless both men and bafii)‘k!< s
with holy water, hor this servica tue
priest receiv d }$ from the company.
i-uriu'4 the absence of the party, the
families were each allowed C\5 credit
t. month and fresh salmon. Through
eo u petit ion of the three coni panics,
American Russian Commercial, Al
aska Commercial, and Western bur
Trading, the prices of furs went up
radua dy until in 1875 sea otters were
75 and in 18S0 they were s>ico.
To be continued.
Real "state, Loans, Insurance,
Cz General Brokerage,
Cite Property, 'reprove.! or unim
proved, also Farm and Timber Rand
.... ..11 pari of the stale Bought .v Sold
Ixv:-:svv.i:sts i.i City Property net
ve.\ to *.•' 11-. it if o' pit it ci.-N r
Estates and prope.lies o; red lor.
Rents collected for nou-resideiils.
Leans xViade, Fcreig'n ...on.7
Solicited.
Seatu, by reason o; iis location
on the best harbor on the the
N .tural Gale Way to Alaska, and on
tire Siioilcjl Route uelweeil new
York a.ai tile U.ient, holds a CG. f
_\u Position lier wondo. fid
o.cwth i.i the past few years R hut art
1.1. i.ali. 11 of her fulu e tlevcpatent.
. r..aiacss Solicited.
RKFM. i-.NeMS: Puget Sound Ra
tion.-.: Bank; North West Trust t.r.tl
Safe nepcsit Co., of Seattle, Ah.sk-.
Commercial Co., St.u Francisco.
M. F. WIGHT 2z C o.,
104 BALY IirU.DIXG,
SFATTLE, W SHINCTON.
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