A Massive Expansion at Seabeck
A new mill with advanced machinery is set to significantly increase timber capacity on the Sound.
The firm of W. J. Adams has been doing well by Washington Territory the last year. On the 27th of March, a new mill, with the best of machinery and the best improvements, was started at Seabeck by the side of the old mill. Mr. T. M. Farmer, who superintended the work, feels secure in guaranteeing a capacity of 130,000 feet per day, and Mr. L. Harlowe, the chief machinist, says that there is enough power for all the machinery in the mill. In a few days, the new steamer Louise will be in Seattle to pass inspection. She is a stern-wheel steamer, capable of ten knots an hour, and gliding over the water without noise or jar. The investments of the firm for the last twelve months have been over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
“All the workmen on the Sound wish prosperity and long life to a firm whose investments secure bread and labor.”
Seabeck was once a booming company town and the site of the largest sawmill on Puget Sound, a far cry from the quiet residential and recreational community it is today.
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