In June, 1867, a suspension took place, and August 5th next S. L. Maxwell sent to press the first number of the _Weekly Intelligencer_. The plant had come into the ownership of Messrs. Daniel and C. B. Bagley, and Mr. Maxwell was permitted to use the same and pay for it as he could out of the earnings of the paper. The type, rules, press, and much of the advertising matter of the older paper, still standing in the forms, was used in the makeup of the new paper, so that it may properly be considered a lineal successor of the _Seattle Gazette_. Mr. Maxwell proved to be a good newspaper and business man, and as the town and surrounding country was having a vigorous growth, it did not take him long to pay off the small debt and to add much needed material to the office, which was moved across Yesler Way to a small wooden building, and, later, up Yesler Way to near the southwest corner of Second Avenue South. It gained influence as it grew, made money for its owner almost from the start, and had the local field to itself until the _Dispatch_ was started. In the latter part of 1878 some of the prominent local office-holders and business men organized a company to start another paper, and November 21, 1878, the _Seattle Weekly Post_ made its first appearance, being made up from the _Daily Post_, which started on the 15th of the month. Its first quarters were in the two-story wooden building owned by Hillory Butler that stood on the ground now occupied by the southwest corner of the Hotel Butler. In passing it may be added that this building was, from time to time, the home of more early papers than any other in town--_Dispatch_, _North Pacific Rural_, _Chronicle_, _Post_, _Times_, _Press_, and others with single and hyphenated titles long since forgotten. In the meantime the _Intelligencer_ had been installed in a larger two-story building then standing on the west side of First Avenue where it deflects into First Avenue South, and remained there several years. About 1879 Thomas W. Prosch and Samuel L. Crawford had acquired ownership of it. Both had been printers from boyhood, and Mr. Prosch had gained much experience as a newspaper man in Olympia and Tacoma, and under their management it continued to grow in value and influence. In 1881 the Post Publishing Company began the erection of a substantial brick building, two stories and basement on the northeast corner of Yesler Way and Post Street. As it was nearing completion negotiations were opened for a consolidation of the _Post_ and _Intelligencer_, and this was effected October 1, 1881, with Thomas W. Prosch owner of one half and John Leary and George W. Harris each one quarter. The basement and lower story of the new building were used by the company and the upper story rented for offices. This building continued to be the home of the paper under several managements, until the great fire of June 6, 1889, destroyed it and most of its plant.