Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . ores and at rivermouths steamers and sailing craft are dailyseen loading timber for all foreign coun-tries. The long transcontinental freighttrains are composed largely of cars carry-ing various classes of manufactured timberto our domestic markets in the East. In allparts of Western Washington may be heardthe buzzing of immense circular saws, turn-ing out the product of the most importantindustry of the people. At present the state leads all others inthe quantity of lumber cut, makes morethan half of the shingles manufactured inthe
Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . ores and at rivermouths steamers and sailing craft are dailyseen loading timber for all foreign coun-tries. The long transcontinental freighttrains are composed largely of cars carry-ing various classes of manufactured timberto our domestic markets in the East. In allparts of Western Washington may be heardthe buzzing of immense circular saws, turn-ing out the product of the most importantindustry of the people. At present the state leads all others inthe quantity of lumber cut, makes morethan half of the shingles manufactured inthe United States, and is second in the pro-duction of lath. The standing timber in thestate is estimated to be 200,000,000,000 3,500,000,000 to 4,000,000,000 feet oflumber is cut annually. There are 923 sawmills, 452 shingle mills, and about 1,200 log-ging and bolt camps. The industry employsdirectly 96,880 men, while the number en-gaged in transportation, producing and sup-plying mills and camps with machinery, Pugel Sound and Western Washington 19. MT. BAKER FROM CYPRESS ISLAND NEAR ANACORTES This view is one looking across Rellinvrhain Channel, Gueines Island. Padilla Ha~. the mainland and foot hills to the beautiful snow clad mountain sentinel of the norther i fugret Sound country, fifty miles Copyrighted by C. L. Judd. 20 Puget Sound and Western Washington
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