. Seattle and the Orient. e machine actsas a brake and brings them to thebottom of the decline without hurt. Itthen winds itself up the rope to itsproper place at the top of the declivi-ty. If necessary the operation can bereversed and the logs hauled up ashigh as a 7 per cent grade. The seven camps of the company areall connected with the central office bytelephone, so that instructions can begiven to the several foremen withoutloss of time. The pay roll comprisessome 500 names beside the heads of thedifferent departments. In connectionwith the actual business of logging,the company furnishes
. Seattle and the Orient. e machine actsas a brake and brings them to thebottom of the decline without hurt. Itthen winds itself up the rope to itsproper place at the top of the declivi-ty. If necessary the operation can bereversed and the logs hauled up ashigh as a 7 per cent grade. The seven camps of the company areall connected with the central office bytelephone, so that instructions can begiven to the several foremen withoutloss of time. The pay roll comprisessome 500 names beside the heads of thedifferent departments. In connectionwith the actual business of logging,the company furnishes supplies for itscamps and employes from two largegeneral stores, and three large steam- 48 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. ers are employed in its transportationservice. Its annual output aggregates100,000,000 feet of logs per year, and itslarge shingle mill has an annual cap- Showing the progressive ten-dencies of the man it is only necessary•o state that Mr. Simpson inauguratedengines in logging, and the first don-. \lhy\mMi^l)Af- .^t4,tJSJJji^.>J^J^^^jyJ J^JMd^JJJ^^*^*^^*•**?•?»*?»•f^-^^^-^. J aciiy of 50,000,000 shingles in the sametime. The head, originator and active prin-cipal in this enormous business is S. , who ten years ago started theball rolling with six horses and twentymen. The foregoing article showswhat has resulted from this small be- key engine ever installed in the woods,was operated by him. From this small beginning sprangthe immense business of the present,day, and as an example of push, ener-gy and sound business sense, Mr. Simp-son is facile princeps. FRANCIS ROTCH. SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. 49 SHIP BUILDING ON PUGET SOUND, Moran Bros. Company Building Up a GreatIndustry. Ship building on the Pacific Coast,although in its infancy as yet, prom-ises to become ere long equal in mag-nitude to the long established industryof like nature along the AtlanticCoast. SeA-eral yards in California havebeen established many years, and have ti
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