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Blethen, Jr. Ira Bronson Thomas Burke Anson S. Burwell H. R. Clise J. W. Clise C. R. Collins Josiah Collins Qrosvenor Folsom C. E. Fowler Jac6b Furth J. S. Goldsmith E. O. Graves James Lee James A. Moore I. A. Nadeau Will H. Parry J. W. Pratt Thomas W. Prosch John Schram E. Shorrock C. J. Smith J. F. Trowbridge S. P. Weston Lovett M. Wood Duplicate. Pugfet Sound Country Western Washington 1901 Their Resources and Opportunities By Seattle Chamber of Commerce ; TRADE REGISTER — ---.. SECTION OF RESIDENCE DISTRICT, SEATTEE. C.J Ti. Seattle and the State of Washington Descriptive Seattle, the metropolis of Washington and the seat of King County, is situated on Puget Sound, one hundred and Location and twenty-nine miles east of the Pacific Coast. _ . It is located almost exactly in the center of Environs , . , / ^ what IS now known as the Puget Sound Country,” and also in the geographical center of Western Washington. Western Washington is that part of the state lying be¬ tween the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Its products, resources and climate differ very materially from the country lying east of the mountains, as will be shown in the following pages. The Puget Sound Country is the northeasterly portion of Western Washington, and lies between the Cascade Mountains on the east and the Olympic Mountains on the west. It includes all that part of the state in which the wa¬ ters flow into Puget Sound, extending from Lewis county on the south to the national boundary on the north. Puget Sound proper, as it is now known, includes all the waters of the great inland sea which extends easterly from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and southerly from the national boundary line to Olympia. The waters of the Sound are from 6 o to 1,000 feet in depth. The rise and fall of the tide is from 9 to i 8 feet. There are no sunken reefs or other dangerous obstructions to navigation, and vessels can safely enter the Sound at any time. The coast line aggregates about i, 6 oo miles in length, and owing to the fact that it is protected on every side by high mountain ranges, it forms a harbor in which all the vessels of the world might lie in safety. 4 CITY OF SEATTLE What is now the city of Seattle was at one time the Historical of several hundred Indians, and the occasional meeting’ place of thousands, who* were attracted to this point as a conven¬ ient location. It was first settled by white men in 1852,. when a few sturdy pioneers located upon the land under the provisions of the act of congress of September 27, 1850, known as the “Donation Act.” In 1853 Messrs. Maynard, Denny and Boren laid out a town which they called Seattle, after a friendly Indian chief of that name. It was incorporated in 1865 by the territorial legislature, and re-incorporated in 1869. During the first twenty years its growth was slow, the population in 1870 numbering but 1,107. ^^^o the population had been in¬ creased to 3,533. With the advent of the railroad in 1884, the city entered upon a period of prosperity, which continued until the great financial depression of ten years ago. On the - 6th of June, 1889, the main part of the business portion of the city was destroyed by fire. A territory, exceeding one hun¬ dred acres in extent, was burned over, causing losses aggre¬ gating ten or twelve millions of dollars. Undaunted by this great disaster, the people immediately went to work, and within a year the burned district was rebuilt upon a much grander scale than before with wider streets, better grades and buildings constructed according to modern ideas. During the great financial depression of the early ’90s,. Seattle, in common with the other Pacific Coast cities, . re¬ mained practically at a standstill, but, with the wonderful discoveries of gold in Alaska and the Northwest Territory in 1897, and the rapid development of commerce with the Orient since the Spanish-American war, attracting the atten¬ tion of the capitalists of the world, the city entered upon an era of prosperity and progress which is almost without parallel. In 1897 the population, according to an estimate based upon the number of names contained in the city directory, was 55,125. Estimated upon the number of names contained in the 1901 directory, the population to-day is more than 100,- 000, an increase of nearly 100 per cent, in four years. STATK OF WASHINGTON. 5 Seattle lies between Elliott Bay, an arm of Puget Sound Surroundings of ^ bttle over two miles in width, on the Seattle west and Lake Washington, a body of fresh water twenty-two miles long, from two to four miles in width, and from forty to two hun¬ dred and fifty feet in depth, on the east. In the north part of the city is located Lake Union, a beautiful fresh water lake, with an area of 905 acres and a depth of 60 feet; and Green Lake, with an area of 300 acres and a depth of about 50 feet. The Cascade Mountains, ranging from 5,000 to 14,500 feet in height, extend from north to south from forty to fifty miles east of Seattle, and the Olympic Mountains, which are from 4,000 to 8,000 feet in height, lie about forty miles to the west. These mountains protect this locality from storms and have a great effect in rendering the climate ecpiable. The liighest mountain peak in the United States south of Alaska is Mount Rainier, with an altitude of 14,526 feet, situated fifty- five miles southeast of Seattle. The Puget Sound Navy Yard, located upon Port Orchard, Points of across the' Sound from Seattle, is des- Interest. tined to be the leading navy yard upon the Pacific coast. It has now one of the largest graving docks in the world, 650 feet long, 39 feet deep, 67 feet wide at the bottom and 130 feet wide at the top. Its equipment consists of extensive shops, wharves, quarters and grounds, upon which the government has already spent $1,500,000, which enables the Department of the Navy to make extensive repairs upon our vessels of war at a low cost and with the greatest dispatch. Extensive improvements are now in contemplation, and the capacity of the navy yard will undoubtedly be doubled in the near future. The Government is now constructing a ship canal from deep water in Puget Sound through Lake Union to Lake Washington. The length of the canal will be about eight miles, and its capacity sufficient to accommodate the largest vessels in the world. The estimated cost is $2,500,000. The 6 CITY OF SEATTLE Photo by E. S- Curtis, Seattle. SNOOUALMIE FALLS, 268 FEET HIGH. STATE OF WASHIN(tTON. 7 right of way has been procured and deeded to the Govern¬ ment and the work of construction was begun in July this year. The completion of this canal will open up a fresh water basin of fifty square miles with fifty miles of shore line, which can all be used for wharves, docks, elevators, ware¬ houses, mills and factories, and will be of inestimable value in providing unexcelled facilities for the handling of our commerce. Fort Lawton is a military post located in the northwestern part of the city. It contains 989.51 acres of land, which was given by the people of Seattle to the general government for that purpose. The improvements made and to be made will cost about $950,000. The estimated cost of maintaining an artillery regimental post, such as this, based upon the army regulations and existing laws, is about $450,000 per annum. The United States Assay Office in Seattle, an institution of prime importance, was established in 1898. During 1898 the Government received assayed and paid for $5,550,032 worth of gold. The receipts for 1899, were $12,823,635; for 1900, $22,- 038,775, and it is estimated by the assayer in charge that the receipts for 1901 will exceed $25,000,000. The gold received comes principally from Alaska and the Northwest Territory. Snoqualmie Falls, located about 25 miles in a straight line from Seattle, is a perpendicular fall in the Snoqualmie river of 268 feet, and its natural beauty is unsurpassed. A power company has recently put in works by which the power of this great waterfall is now utilized in the operation of electric car lines, the electric lighting plants, and the nu¬ merous mills and factories of Seattle and the adjacent cities. The hydraulic power of this waterfall is estimated at 30,000 horse power during the period of extreme low water and at 100,000 horse power during the period of high water. There are several other waterfalls near Seattle whose power can be utilized and made to furnish a sufficient amount to supply all demands for many years to come. 8 CITY OF SEATTLE Seattle has a number of parks which for natural beauty are unsurpassed. The surrounding country is filled with lakes, rivers and mountains, furnishing hundreds of pleasant resorts, all of which are easily accessible at little or no ex¬ pense, and without any great loss of time. This part of the state is a sportsman’s paradise. The lakes, rivers and smaller streams teem with trout of various kinds, and the most exacting angler will here find sport to meet his highest expectations. In the forests and mountains large game is abundant, including elk, deer, mountain goat, bear, panther and lynx. Of the upland game birds, grouse, quail and snipe are plentiful and of water fowl and shore birds, geese, ducks of many varieties, plover and curlew are found in great numbers. The water supply of the city is of the purest and best. T,. ,,, . It is obtained from the Cedar River at a The Water , point twenty-eight and one-half miles dis- -Supply* tant, among the foothills at the base of the Cascade Mountains. The city has acquired many thousand acres of land at and above the point from which the water is taken, which is reserved from settlement, thus insuring the purity of the water and non-interference with the supply. The storage reservoirs in the city have a capacity of 40,000,- 000 gallons, and the daily capacity of the conduits by which the water is conveyed to the city is 50,000,000 gallons, a quan¬ tity sufficient to supply a population of 500,000. The water system is owned and operated by the city. The works were constructed by the city at an expense of about $2,000,000. The revenues are increasing yearly and amount to more than $200,000 per annum. Water is furnished to the consumers at a low price, and the revenue received more than pays the expense of operation. STATE OF WASHINGTON. 9 Schools, Churches and Library. The public schools of Seattle rank among the very best Public Schools of country. The educational sys- Seattle vogue stands pre-eminent for thoroughness and excellence. Our many school buildings, erected according to modern designs, present a standard of excellence and solidity of architecture far in advance of many eastern cities of much greater popu¬ lation. During the past four years it has required great en¬ ergy on the part of the Board of Education to keep pace with the demands arising from the great increase in the school population. A new high school building, designed according to the latest ideas, is now in course of construction at a cost of $200,- 000, and plans are now being prepared for a number of grade school buildings which will cost at least $250,000. These new buildings are absolutely necessary to supply the needs of our increasing population. The amount expended for maintenance exceeds $250,000 per annum. During the past year the schools have occupied 26 buildings, containing 239 rooms. The number of teachers employed at the present time is 245. The salaries of the teachers in the grade schools range from $55 to $80 per month, in the high school from $100 to $125 per month, and the principals receive from $105 to $170 per month. The en¬ rollment of pupils for this year will exceed 14,000. The University of Washington is located in the City of _ ., . - Seattle, upon a beautiful tract of land, con- The University of . . ’ ^ ^ t 1 tt taming 355 acres, lying between Lake Un- Washington. ^ake Washington, The main building is a model structure, built upon mod¬ ern lines and thoroughly equipped with a lecture hall, labor¬ atory, library, museum and offices. The laboratories, (chem- 10 CITY OF SEATTLE ical, physical, biological and mineralogical), are all well equipped with the very latest apparatus, enabling the stu¬ dents to pursue their studies with the greatest possible facil¬ ity. The library contains a very complete selection of the choicest literature. The gymnasium building is thoroughly fitted with modern appliances for the physical training of the young men and women. The museum contains an extensive collection of specimens of natural history. The last legis¬ lature appropriated $70,000 for the construction and equip¬ ment of a Science Hall, and $50,000 for the construction of a new power plant. These improvements are now in process of construction. The university is endowed with 100,000 acres of selected land. The people of the state, realizing the importance of this great educational institution, commend the action of the legislature in making liberal appropriations for Its support. The appropriation made for maintenance for 1901-2 is $150,000, which sum, in addition to the revenues derived from lands and other sources, enables the faculty to provide the very best facilities for education. The university is free to the youth of the state. The fac¬ ulty includes 30 of the best educators who can be procured. The students during the past year numbered 605, the attend¬ ance having more than doubled during the past four years, and the prospects of the immediate future indicate a very large increase in the attendance. As a valuable adjunct to the public school system the City The Public ^ public library. The library was es- Library. tablished ten years ago, and on January ist, 1901, consisted of about 26,000 volumes. On that date the greater part of the library was destroyed by fire. .A. large number of new volumes have already been purchased, and by the end of 1902 the library will have at least 30,000 vol¬ umes all catalogued. About 300 periodicals are taken, includ¬ ing all important monthlies and quarterlies of general circula¬ tion in the English language, and several in foreign tongues, together with the leading newspapers of the United States. At the close of 1900 the monthly circulation had reached 15,000, STATE OF WASHINGTON. 11 and the reading rooms were patronized by a large number of people. Immediately after the destruction of the library by fire Mr. Andrew Carnegie gave the city $200,000 for a new fire¬ proof building. The Library Board has now under considera¬ tion the purchase of a site at a cost of about $75,000 to be fur¬ nished by the City. The income of the Library at the present time is over $30,000 per annum, which will be increased to $50,000 upon the completion of the new building. Seattle has more than 100 churches and church societies. The Churches which represent a greater variety of re- . ligious beliefs than is ordinarily found in of Seattle. . r . 1 a city of its size. Almost every known denomination of the Christian religion has its devotees, and nearly all have regular church associations. This is doubt¬ less owing to the fact that the population is cosmopol¬ itan in its character, and contains representatives from al¬ most every civilized country on the globe. photo by A. B. Wilse, Seattle FIRST AVENUE, SEATTLE. 12 CITY OF SEATTLE The Commerce of the Pacific. The Spanish-American war brought to us a new con- Extent of the sciousness of our position and our opportu- p. nities upon and beyond the seas, and Amer¬ ican capital and American enterprise have been directed into new channels of commerce. In 1898, for the first time in our history, our exports of manufactures ex¬ ceeded our imports. With the revival of interest in our commerce upon the seas, the attention of our people has been directed particularly to the commerce of the Pacific. The extent of that commerce and its future development can hardly be estimated. We have the Philippine Islands, with eight millions of people and a trade of more than $60,000,000 yearly, which we con¬ trol. Japan, China and the Dutch East Indies have a com¬ bined population of more than 500,000,000 people and a for¬ eign trade amounting to more than $1,000,000,000 per annum. This vast commerce can be doubled during the next ten years. The building of the Trans-Siberian railroad has opened up a vast agricultural and timbered region, which will soon be filled with millions of prosperous husbandmen and work¬ men, who will use American machinery and American manu¬ factures. Hawaii, Alaska, Australia, the South American re¬ publics, Mexico, Central America and the islands of the South Pacific present great opportunities for commerce and the ex¬ ploitation of their natural resources. Since the Spanish-American war the commerce of the Pacific has^ been increasing at a rate almost beyond compre¬ hension. The result of this wonderful growth will be the building of a great commercial city upon the Pacific Coast. Many things must be taken into consideration in choosing lines of traffic, such as climate, distance, natural facilities for the tran-shipment of freight and the cost of supplies, and the city which is able to offer the greatest inducements in this respect will soon become the leading Pacific port. vSTATE OF WASHINGTON 13 Photo by Curtis & Romans, Seattle PART OF THE WATER FRONT. 14 CITY OF SEATTLE Seattle has more natural advantages than any port in Seattle United States. The climate is all that could be desired in a commercial the Coming or . have no extremes of heat and cold, no ice in our harbor, no violent \vinds, very little foggy weather and no excessive rains. Seattle is two days nearer to the Oriental ports than is San Francisco, and 550 miles nearer to the Great Lakes. In these days of progress, when the great study of the transportation companies is the elimination of time, these two facts alone should be enough to establish her supremacy. But there are other facts. She has a spacious harbor, which can be entered safely every day in the year, and when the Lake Washington Canal is com¬ pleted she will have the most extensive harbor area in the world, where ships may lie in either salt water or fresh, and in absolute safety from storms. She has practically an inex¬ haustible supply of coal at her very gates. This is a fact of the greatest importance to both steamship and railroad com¬ panies, and will be a controlling factor in the establishment of new lines of transportation, and especially the Trans-Pa¬ cific steamship lines. The trade with the Orient will grow to vast proportions, because we do not compete with those The Oriental . . , , . , , countries m the production of the com- Trade. modities which they export, and they do not compete with us in the production of the articles which we export. We furnish them with wheat, flour, cotton, to¬ bacco, lumber, iron and machinery, while they furnish us with silks, tea, coffee, spices, mattings and many other products. It is unlike the trade of the Atlantic, where we have to go into the markets of the world and compete with the countries of Europe for the trade in similar products, and this is a condi¬ tion that will not soon change. The commerce of the Orient will seek the port from which imports can be most readily and cheaply distributed among the consumers. Seattle by its location holds the key to the situation. Within the past few years the Chinese and Japanese have been educated to some extent in the use of STATE OF WASHINGTON. 15 American flour. The flour exported from Seattle goes prin¬ cipally to those countries. The exports have increased from 92,000 barrels in 1896 to 422,474 barrels in 1900. As the de¬ mand increases, the wheat which now goes east from the Dakotas and Minnesota will come to the west to supply this trade. Then the cars which bring the wheat to us will carry the Oriental cargoes to the populous centers in the Middle States. The same is true of other products. The Great Nor¬ thern Railroad Company now has under construction two of the largest steamships in the world, designed to carry freight between Seattle and the Orient. It will require 1,500 car¬ loads of freight to make a cargo for one of these great steam¬ ships. This gives us some idea of the extent to which this trade will develop in the near future. There are 31,302,000 people living in the states which border on the Great Lakes. This great population can be most conveniently reached by way of Puget Sound. It is 1,785 miles from Seattle to Duluth, where cargoes landed at this port can again be transferred to ships and carried to Milwau¬ kee, Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo and numer¬ ous smaller cities at the minimum of expense, while cargoes landed at San Francisco will have to go 2,336 miles by rail to reach Chicago, the nearest of the cities named. Seattle controls the Alaska trade, the volume of which The Alaska millions, and shows a marked _ , increase each year. It is estimated that the amount of freight shipped from this port to Nome in 1900 was more than 100,000 tons, and this year it is estimated at 150,000 tons. More than 200,000 tons of freight were carried from Seattle to southeastern Alaska in 1900, and it is estimated that the amount will exceed 250,- 000 tons this year. The southeastern Alaska steamships car¬ ried about 40,000 passengers each way in 1900, and at the rate of increase, shown during the first eight months of 1901, the number of passengers each way will exceed 50,000 for this year. It has been necessary to add larger and faster vessels to the Alaska fleet to keep pace with the rapidly increasing demands of both the freight and passenger traffic. 16 CITY OF SEATTLE The trade with California also employs an extensive fleet of The California sailing vessels. It requires about Trade. Trade. 700,000 tons of coal annually to supply the trade of San Francisco alone. This coal is supplied largely by our mines, and the demand increases yearly. During this season great quantities of oranges have been shipped by water from California to this port and carried to Chicago and the East by rail. It was found that fruit could be delivered in Chicago by this route more quickly and in better order than by the all-rail southern routes. This fact will add very materially to our commerce in the near future. Hawaii, Mexico, South America, Australia and South The South Pacific ^ ^^st amount of Washington lumber. The lumber exported to those countries is carried principally in sail¬ ing vessels. Today many of these vessels carry ballast on their return voyages for want of freight, but the time will soon come when the raw materials of those countries will be carried to Puget Sound to supply the mills and fac¬ tories which will be established to manufacture leather and woolen goods, dynamite and other explosives, refined sugar and many other things. Take the matter of leather alone. The market is here. The hemlock required for tanning is here. The hides are in South America and Australia. We send lumber to them. They will send hides to us as return cargoes. The cost of transportation is so low, and the materials required are so cheap, that immense profits can be made. The same is true of sugar refining and many other im¬ portant enterprises which are now attracting the attention of capitalists and manufacturers. In addition to the deep sea commerce, there is a great The Local traffic carried on by some sixty steam- Trade various sizes and models, known as the mosquito fleet. These steamers carry a very large number of passengers and a vast amount of freight -each year, and act as so many independent railroad STATE OF WASHINGTON. 17 lines along the various routes which they serve. The steam¬ ers of this fleet reach more than 150 cities, towns and villages daily, and several new steamers have been added to the fleet within the past year to keep pace with the rapidly increasing demand. There is also a large fleet of small vessels, principally The Fishing steamers and schooners, engaged in the Trade. fishing industry on the Sound and off Cape Flattery, with headquarters at Seat¬ tle. The supplies used in the fishing industry of the Sound are furnished principally by Seattle, and she also furnishes a large portion of the supplies for the Alaskan fisheries. This, together with the handling of the product of the Alaskan fish¬ eries, now is and always will be, a very important element in our commerce. Seattle is near the center of a group of prosperous, grow- Other ing cities. Tacoma, Everett, Whatcom and Fair- Sound haven, the leading ones among them, have exten- Cities. sive commercial and manufacturing interests and have excellent prospects for the future. The railroads and Sound steamers afford cheap and quick communication be¬ tween them and Seattle, and the trade with them has grown to great proportions and is increasing yearly. Among the other prosperous towns and cities in the Puget Sound country, ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 in popula¬ tion, are Olympia, Port Townsend, Ballard, Port Angeles, Blaine, Puyallup, Anacortes and Shelton, all closely connected by rail and steamer lines, and drawing a large portion of their supplies from this city. 18 CITY OF SEATTLE Photo by E. S. Curtis, Seattle WASHINGTON FOREST STATE OF WASHINGTON. 19 Manufacturing. The manufacture of lumber is the greatest industry of The Lumber state of Washington. From statistics, compiled by the Pacific Lumber Trade Journal, we learn that at the close of the year 1900 there were 444 lumber and shingle mills in the state. The daily capacity of these mills is 8,380,000 feet of lumber and 28,700,000 shingles. Ninety-two mills, with a daily ca¬ pacity of 2,295,000 feet of lumber and 480,000 shingles, are located on the east side of the Cascade Mountains, while 352 mills, with a daily capacity of 6,185,000 feet of lumber and 28,220,000 shingles, are located on the west side. In addition to these mills there are in the state 30 sash and door factories, 57 planing mills and box factories, 6 barrel, tub and pail fac¬ tories, 183 loggings camps, 200 bolt camps, 69 retail yards, 34 wholesale lumber and shingle dealers and 48 miscellan¬ eous wood-working establishments. Owing to the mildness of the climate, all of the mills and factories on the west side of the mountains are operated 300 days in the year. The Journal also gives the following compilation, obtained from a careful canvass of the number of men employed by the lumbermen of the state, with the mills running at their full capacity. Employes of— Number. Daily. Saw mills . 7 ’^^S Shingle mills . 3^800 10,450 Logging camps . 8,026 20,065 Sash and door factories . 631 1,420 Planing mills and box factories . 1,140 2,565 Barrel, tub and pail factories . 148 323 Shingle bolt camps . 2,000 3>8oo Retail yards . 217 434 Transportation and miscellaneous allied industries . 1,015 2,538 Total .24,002 $55,645 20 CITY OF SEATTLE The cargo and rail shipments of Washington lumber dur¬ ing the year 1900 were as follows: Cargo shipments, lumber .492,765,447 feet Rail shipments, lumber .284,280,000 feet Shingle shipments, by board measure.256,010,000 feet Total .1,033,061,447 feet To the above figures should be added the lumber con¬ sumed locally, which brings the value of the annual output of lumber up to about $17,000,000.00. Henry Gannett, chief of the Division of Forestry, De¬ partment of Agriculture, has made a careful estimate of the amount of standing timber in the state of Washington, which is as follows: Kind. Western Wash. Eastern Wash. Total. Fir . . . 66,208,861,000 2,154,110,000 68,362,971,000 Cedar . . 16,192,276,000 117,177,000 16,309,453,000 Heml’k . 14,699,759,000 148,500,000 14,848,259,000 Pine. 6,586,520,000 6,586,520,000 Spruce . . 6,402,605,000 16,610,000 6,419,215,000 Larch. 2,078,601,000 2,078,601,000 Oak. 3,700,000 3,700,000 Total. .103,503,501,000 11,105,218,000 114,608,719,000 From the above figures it will be seen that at the present rate of consumption there is sufficient standing timber in the state of Washington to supply the demand for one hundred years to come. It is interesting to know the destinations of the cargo shipments which are shown in the following table for the past three years: To— 1898 1899 1900 California .... . .230,072,094 243,750,709 240,822,058 Australasia . . . • • 38,439.653 39,041,891 63,612,563 Hawaii. • -32,230,732 54,697,013 59,020,233 South America . • • 25,881,487 25,023,543 35,202,037 Alaska. • • 16,295,510 10,067,276 31,105,763 China. . . 12,787,867 16,039,611 17,815,057 South Africa . . . • • 7,033,160 9,188,192 12,298,256 Mexico. • • 8,235,740 7,249,849 9,220,853 Philippines. . . 4,122,746 4,959,904 London . . . 1,241,211 2,151,618 4,467,588 Hamburg .... . . 429,190 1,495,094 2,673,670 STATE OF WASHINGTON. 21 Japan. 772,339 2,719,246 2,517,457 New Caledonia. . . 698,555 1,257,467 2,143,557 Siberia. 1,413,817 Hebrides. 1,270,000 Philadelphia. 1,261,969 Fiji Islands. 987,122 1,147,512 1,132,458 France.. 943,000 . 733 , 13 ° Leith, Scotland. 599,226 Samoa. 199,820 328,293 495,851 Other ports. . . . 1,986,423 3,931,112 Totals.377.333.903 422,211,262 492,765,447 The other ports above mentioned are Calcutta, Green¬ ock, Dublin, New York, Central America, Korea, Amsterdam and Tahiti. It is also interesting to know the destination of the rail shipments, as it shows the wide use of Washington lumber and shingles throughout the United States. The following table gives the destination by states and carload lots: To— Lumber. Shingles. Washington and Oregon . 7.^45 774 Minnesota .2,435 6,o6t Montana. 1,728 402 Iowa . 1,678 2,235 North Dakota . 1,270 470 Illinois .. 71-7 1,064 South Dakota . 694 862 Nebraska. 520 1,154 Kansas . 391 1,787 Missouri . 253 1,893 Utah, Colorado and Wyoming . 183 831 Other Eastern States . i ,345 5.641 Totals . .18,859 23,174 The importance of Seattle as a manufacturing center is General Manu= evidenced by the fact that outside of the facturing. manufacture of lumber and shingles, this city produces more than sixty per cent, in value of the manu¬ factured articles of the state. By a careful estimate the mills, factories and shops of the city give constant employment to more than 17,000 workmen, the annual pay-roll exceeds S12 - 22 CITY OF SEATTLE 000,000, and the value of the products exceeds $45,000,000 per annum. The business of the year 1900 showed a great increase over that of 1899, and the increase for the year 190T, will be still greater in all lines except in iron and steel works and machine shops, which have sufbered to some extent by reason of the strike of the machinists, which continued for nearly four months. The immense output of the manufacturing enterprises is divided among about eleven hundred different establishments, varying in extent from a small cigar factory employing two or three men, to a large and well appointed shipyard, em¬ ploying hundreds of skilled artisans. The leading industries of the city are shipyards, sawmills, flour, feed and cereal mills, brick yards, terra cotta works, foundries, machine shops, breweries, factories for the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, wooden ware, excelsior, barrels, boots, shoes, clothing,' cars, wagons, carriages, furniture, tinware, soap, crackers, candy, pickles, brooms, baking powder, drugs, jewelry, saws, fish nets, woolen goods, trunks, stoves, etc. Great as is the volume of our manufactured products to¬ day, and notwithstanding the efforts of our manufacturers to keep pace with the increasing demand they are unable to fill all their orders, although many of them have more than doubled the capacity of their plants within the past two years. There are many reasons for the unexampled prosperity Reasons for manufacturing enterprises, among the ^ _ principal of which are favorable climate, cheap Prosperity, r 1 1 1 r luel, cheap power, cheapness of raw material, nearness to the market for our product, cheap transportation, on account of water and rail facilities, an active market on account of our rapidly increasing population at home, and greatly increased demand for our goods abroad. Our commerce with other countries has already been set STATE OF WASHINGTON. 23 forth. Our manufactured products go into that great field of trade, and as the people of other countries become acquainted with the excellent quality of our products the demand will continue to increase until our capacity for production will be taxed to the utmost. There are many profitable lines in which the field is practi¬ cally unoccupied, such as the manufacture of leather, glass, woolen goods, furniture, ’cotton goods, iron, canning and pre¬ serving fruits and vegetables and many others. Besides these there is room for expansion in many of the lines already established. The Eastern manufacturer or business man may ask why these great opportunities are not seized upon by the local people, to this we can only say that the State of Washington is growing so rapidly and the opportunities for investment are so many and diverse that the local people have all that they can do to keep pace with the growth in their own lines with¬ out branching out into new- enterprises, and while they may know and see the golden opportunities on every side their own work claims their undivided attention and capital. This is therefore a great field for new comers and new capital, and both are always welcome to our midst. WARSHIPS IN SEATTLE HARBOR. “24 CITY OF SEATTLE Mines and Mining. The coal fields of Washington cover an area of several The Coal thousand square miles. All of the large mines ex- Mines those in the Roslyn district are located within fifty miles of Seattle, while the Roslyn district is distant less than one hundred miles in a direct line. The de¬ posits of coal are practically inexhaustible, and the quality is of the best for manufacturing, steam and domestic use. At the present time there are more than 5,000 men en¬ gaged in mining coal, at wages averaging $2.50 per day. In 1900 the output of the mines of the state amounted to $2,- 418,034 tons, an increase of 500,427 tons over the preceding year, and the output for 1901 will show a substantial increase over 1900. About 1,000,000 tons of the coal produced last year, were exported to California, Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska and the Phil¬ ippines, while considerable quantities were shipped to Idaho, Montana and Oregon by rail. All of the mines in the State are worked to their full capacity and a number of new mines will soon be opened to meet the ever increasing demand. There are many extensive deposits of high grade iron ore Lead and State, but up to the present time very little Copper. work has been done to develop them. Furnaces are being established upon the Sound to manu¬ facture iron and in the near future these deposits will be devel¬ oped and will undoubtedly prove to be of great value. There have been many valuable discoveries of lead and copper. A large amount of development work has been done during the past three years, and the mines make an excellent showing. This work has been greatly retarded by reason of the lack of transportation facilities, but now the railroad com¬ panies see that there will be an extensive business with these new industries, and are extending their lines to supply the demand. STATE OF WASHINGTON. 25- During this year there has been great activit)^ among the The Precious prospectors and mining men of the State, Metals especially in the region of the Cascade mountains. A number of deposits of gold and silver in paying quantities have been discovered and a large number of men have been employed in development work and the installation of mills and machinery to work the ores. With the opening of these mines and the building of new roads to accommodate them the mining of the precious metals will become one of the important industries of the State, and will add greatly to its wealth. The product of gold and silver in 1900 amounted to $1,126,873.00 and the prospects are that the product will be more than doubled this year. Photo by A. B. Wilae, Seattle SECOND AVENUE, SEATTLE. 26 CITY OF SKATTLE The Fishing Industry. The fisheries of Puget Sound have assumed vast pro¬ portions and may well be accounted as one of our leading industries. The report of the State Fish Commissioner for the year ending December 31, 1900, shows that the capital employed in the fishing industries in the Puget Sound dis¬ trict alone is fully $3,500,000; that the number of steamers and launches employed is 51, and other boats 1025. The average number of men employed is 5,000, their earnings amount to $1,400,000 annually, and the value of the output is from $3,000,000 to $7,000,000, according to the run of salmon. In addition to the Puget Sound fisheries, Seattle is the headquarters and base of supplies of the Pacific Packing and Navigation Company, a new company which has recently been organized and which controls the greater part of the salmon packing industry of the States of Washington, Ore¬ gon and Alaska. The value of the product of salmon alone for the year 1901 will exceed $17,000,000. The distribution of the salmon pack for 1901 is estimated as follows: District. Cases. Alaska .1,650,000 Puget Sound .1,500,000 British Columbia and outside streams.1,000,000 Columbia River .. 350,000 t - Total .4,500,000 Pack of 1900 .2,994,485 Increase .... At present prices the average value of the salmon pack is about $4 per case. A case consists of a certain number of dozens of p2 or i pound cans. STATE OF WASHINGION. O' REMOVING SALMON FROM TRAP. 28 CITY OF SEATTLE The state has taken up the matter of the propagation of salmon, and now has fourteen hatcheries in operation. The result of this work is noticeable in the phenomenal run of salmon this season, which has been the greatest ever known, and it is believed that by proper management this great industry can be increased from year to year until it becomes one of the most important sources of wealth in the state. In addition to the salmon, the fisheries produce large quantities of halibut, cod, smelt, herring, oysters, clams, crabs and other salt water fish. The. cod fisheries of Bering Sea are growing in importance yearly and their product is cured and marketed here. The products of the sealing and whal¬ ing companies also add largely to the value of this industry. Taken altogether, the fisheries may well be considered among our greatest sources of wealth. Real Estate and Building. The real estate market in Seattle for the past four years has been strong and active. There has been a Estate steady rise in value and very little tendency to¬ wards speculation. The purchasers of real es¬ tate have almost invariably acquired either improved property for their own use or vacant property for the purpose of im¬ proving it, and the result has been a substantial improvement of the city in every respect, and a corresponding increase in real estate values in all quarters. The street railway system has been reorganized, and prac¬ tically rebuilt, within the past two years, and furnishes rapid and convenient transportation to all parts of the city, render¬ ing so many desirable residence districts accessible that the prices of lots have kept within very reasonable limits. The result of this, together with the cheapness of building, is that probably more people own their own homes in Seattle than in any other city in the country. STATE OF WASHINGTON. 29 Nothing shows the extraordinary development of the Building Record. city with so great certainty as the record of the building operations during the past five years. A large number of substantial business blocks have been erected, together with thousands of residences. The following table, compiled from the records of the Office of the City Engineer, shows the number, kind and value of the buildings erected: Year 1897 1893 1899 1900 8 Months 1901 No. Value No. Value No. Value .Vo. V alue No. Value Moves and Repairs.... 462 $ 53,686 704 1202,105 1173 1 236,442 1234 1 279,001 1368 $ 2.50.793 1-Story Frame. 89 31.740 256 123,730 389 287,231 828 366,614 1113 417,210 l)^-Story Frame. 19 12,1.50 62 60,400 125 120,895 306 284.199 317 239,165 2 •* “ . 36 70,755 139 238,135 224 489 750 396 1,050,790 486 1,092,475 3 “ “ . 3 57,400 3 26,600 11 162,300 4 “ . 2 4,000 i-Story Iron. 'i 5,000 i '^60 5 1,695 14 6.335 ’7 1,915 J-Story Brick. 1 4,000 14 22 1.50 8 72,900 11 68,075 13 31,725 2 “ “ . 5 132,000 9 122,500 6 1.30,000 12 348,318 ,3 “ “ . '0 28,000 4 97,000 12 486,700 13 3791434 950 000 4 “ “ . ... 4 144,009 4 5 “ *• . 1 45,000 2 54,000 fi << “ . 1 65,000 1 100,000 i 40 000 1 75,000 1 50,000 Foundations. 15 1-5,125 16 32,993 15 8,060 ^3 41.425 Docks. '3 6,800 1 15,000 6 81,560 8 128,0.50 Miscellaneous. 2 84,000 22,000 *8 '6,260 119 122,788 245 278,434 Totals. 616 P61,131 1197 f906,446 1965 11,570,066 2960 13,262,722 3651 $3,661,244 Among the public buildings under construction, and for which provision is being made, are the following: Federal building (Postofhce, U. S. Court, etc.).$ 750,000 Public Library building. 200,000 High .School building . 200,000 State University buildings. 120,000 Public School buildings . 275,000 Total .$1,545,000 Photo by A. B. Wilse, Seattle MT. rainier, height 14,526 FEET. 30 CITY OF SEATTLE Puget Sound Climate. Everyone who seeks a new home in Seattle asks the ques¬ tion: What is the climate of the cityB In order to answer this question fully and satisfactorily the records of the Weather Bureau at this point, for the past ten years have been care¬ fully examined, and with the assistance of Mr. George N. Salisbury, Section Director, the following facts have been ascertained: The mean temperature for the ten years was 51.5 degrees. The highest temperature recorded was 94 degrees, June 29, 1892, the lowest 3 degrees above zero, Jan. 31, 1893. The only years in which the temperature has gone below 20 degrees above zero, were 1893 and 1899, and in 1899 lowest tem¬ perature was 12 degrees above zero. The average tempera¬ ture during the summer months is about 59 degrees, and dur¬ ing the winter months about 44 degrees. With reference to the rainfall there are two seasons in Western Washington, the rainy season (November to April inclusive), and the dry season (May to October inclusive). The average annual rainfall including melted snow, at Seattle is 37.25 inches, of which 27.45 inches falls in the rainy season and 9.80 in the dry season. There is precipitation to the amount of .01 of an inch or more on an average of 158 days in the year and no rainfall on an average 207 days each year. By months the average number of days with precipitation is as follows: January 18, February 19, March 16, April 16, May 12, June 10, July 5, August 3, September 10, October 11, November 18 and December 20. The snowfall is comparatively light, and seldom lies on the ground more than a day or two. The heaviest snowfall recorded ,was 50.8 inches in 1893 and the least 4 inches in 1900. The average snowfall observed is 21.i inches per annum. The prevailing direction of the wind is from the south during the rainy season, and from the north during the dry season, with an average velocity of 5)4 miles per hour. The highest velocity ever observed was 42 miles, on April 9, 1895. The year 1900 was a fair example of the ordinary climate of Seattle, and to show the weather conditions in detail we have prepared tables of the daily maximum and minimum temperatures, and the daily precipitation as follows: STATE OF' WASHINGTON. 31 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Maximum and Minimum Temperature for the Year 1900. DAY Jan. Feb. Mar. 1 Apr. May June July Aug. S’pt. Oct. Nov. Dec. 54 53 52 70 65 73 65 72 72 52 51 52 1 44 41 35 49 53 49 53 59 56 41 46 47 46 48 58 56 70 76 68 71 77 61 54 49 ■ 2 39 42 32 46 47 48 55 57 52 43 46 45 45 54 51 58 74 75 69 71 72 63 52 54 3 40 45 41 48 48 48 55 53 54 45 43 47 44 49 50 59 67 62 67 73 65 60 50 56 4 35 39 ■' 40 45 53 56 54 51 54 44 36 53 50 50 52 58 63 63 65 69 64 58 50 62 5 39 38 36 49 53 54 52 54 56 47 36 52 50 50 50 60 61 64 70 67 74 56 57 58 6 41 40 41 44 49 51 52 55 51 43 38 51 55 42 51 44 65 68 75 71 73 64 51 52 7 44 33 43 35 51 49 52 54 55 43 41 45 49 47 51 51 67 66 67 71 66 67 55 48 8 43 35 44 35 51 50 54 51 58 45 45 41 46 47 60 55 58 72 72 71 65 68 55 42 9 41 42 46 35 52 48 55 58 56 44 38 39 51 52 62 69 64 78 73 74 70 58 61 42 10 43 45 52 38 52 50 53 54 53 50 39 37 50 46 60 61 61 79 68 67 79 55 56 49 11 43 37 49 51 51 52 57 55 55 44 37 35 55 42 55 55 58 86 69 71 79 52 59 48 12 44 30 44 47 46 53 56 56 54 43 45 40 51 39 62 57 62 84 73 78 63 57 56 52 13 43 30 41 46 51 57 54 54 55 45 40 44 50 34 68 56 63 73 75 83 62 62 48 53 14 42 25 40 46 47 59 53 55 50 55 40 46 44 32 72 60 68 62 78 70 69 68 57 52 15 32 22 41 41 49 57 53 58 52 49 43 46 54 34 67 68 61 63 73 71 58 56 58 52 16 44 24 42 45 47 54 56 54 50 49 48 45 60 40 67 71 64 68 74 66 63 72 50 50 17 50 32 38 45 48 56 55 55 51 52 35 44 53 46 53 57 68 66 77 68 64 60 35 51 18 47 37 48 46 48 56 55 56 46 52 27 44 50 48 54 54 66 68 82 78 58 56 31 56 19 40 40 48 42 50 59 56 55 47 50 25 47 45 53 58 60 65 66 84 79 63 56 31 55 20 31 43 47 46 46 62 59 56 54 49 25 49 49 55 56 54 60 65 82 68 63 62 35 50 21 34 45 43 41 53 55 58 59 56 54 21 44 52 52 55 56 60 68 84 70 66 54 43 46 22 45 45 45 41 46 54 58 58 56 46 35 37 49 52 51 61 62 75 76 63 63 50 49 48 23 36 . 4U 44 45 46 53 57 58 49 42 39 41 * 42 55 55 54 61 72 74 66 64 49 49 51 24 35 43 42 40 48 56 60 58 49 42 42 43' 45 49 53 51 57 69 72 65 64 55 56 49 25 33 39 47 39 48 54 61 53 43 45 48 42. 45 47 47 55 55 72 71 67 64 55 50 47 26 32 38 42 39 46 56 59 50 42 43 42 44 47 49 53 63 59 77 77 67 66 53 42 47 27 33 37 41 39 39 55 60 53 43 41 35 38 46 54 58 70 63 69 79 70 63 53 48 44 28 22 43 36 46 44 58 56 49 49 45 35 31 41 59 76 67 62 78 73 59 54 53 44 29 31 44 49 46 52 56 49 52 43 46 35 48 58 81 67 63 83 72 57 52 54 39 30 35 44 49 52 51 55 54 45 45 50 30 44 75 68 80 68 53 38 31 32 44 45 58 58 •• 47 27 32 CITY OF SEATTLE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Daily Precipitation in Inches and Hundredths For the Year 1900. Day Jan . Feb . Mar . Apr . May June July Aug . S ’ pt . Oct . Nov . Dec . 1 08 .00 .T .00 .00 .00 .01 T .00 T .10 .00 2 .39 .73 .00 .27 .00 .00 .06 .00 .00 .00 .44 .33 .10 .08 .11 T 00 .00 .00 .00 . .00 .00 .00 .34 4 .15 .00 .09 .00 .07 .06 .23 .00 .00 .00 .00 .11 5 .27 .01 .09 .04 .17 .13 .07 T T .02 .00 .10 fi .29 T .32 .72 .01 .00 .26 .03 .00 T -00 T 7 .11 .00 .91 .22 .49 .00 .00 T .00 T .00 .00 8 .04 .29 .08 .02 .54 .02 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 9 .20 .11 ,99 .00 .82 .00 .00 .00 T .04 .00 .00 10 .03 .02 .30 .00 .05 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 n .14 .12 .70 T .11 .00 .02 .00 .00 .(0 .00 .00 12 .39 ,00 .00 05 .14 .00 .01 T .00 .00 .00 .23 13 .04 .00 .00 .03 T .00 .00 .00 .00 .16 .00 32 14 .02 .03 .00 T .00 .00 ,00 .00 .03 02 .00 .93 15 .11 T .00 .00 T T .00 T .20 .00 .14 .55 16 .13 .08 .00 .00 .20 .20 .00 T .00 .00 .25 .97 17 .00 .89 .00 .00 .00 01 .00 .00 .00 T .43 .05 18 .03 .19 00 T .00 .05 .00 .05 .00 .45 .35 .09 19 T .30 .02 T T .66 .00 .00 .07 1.02 .03 .26 20 T .10 T T .00 .59 .00 .00 .01 .12 .00 2.00 21 .00 .72 .02 T .05 .43 .00 .00 .00 .19 .00 .37 22 .07 .11 .19 .14 .08 .09 .00 .00 .38 .14 T T 23 .35 .05 T .00 .05 .00 .00 .14 T .63 .12 .03 24 .09 03 T .00 T .10 T .08 .00 .21 . .46 .27 25 .00 .00 .38 .06 1.13 T .00 T .00 .37 .88 .04 26 .00 T .04 00 .30 T T T .00 .01 .00 .02 27 .00 .01 T .00 .02 ,00 .00 T .00 .19 .00 .00 28 .00 .48 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 . .00 .00 .05 .21 .00 29 .00 .21 00 .00 .07 .00 .00 .00 .35 .08 .20 30 .00 T .00 T .10 .00 .00 .03 .24 .30 .00 31 .00 .00 .00 .00 T .00 .04 .00 Totals . 3.01 4.35 4.45 1.55 3.73 2.51 0.66 0.30 0.72 4.16 3.80 7.21 “T” means trace, indicating a rainfall of less than .01 of an inch. The total rainfall for the year was 36.48 inches. Western Washington offers splendid opportunities to Farms and those who wish to go into the business of Gardens dairying, stock raising, gardening, fruit rais- ing or similar enterprises, while Eastern Wash¬ ington offers great inducements to the grain, fruit and stock raiser. The irrigated lands of the central portion of the state are unexcelled in productive power, and the wheat lands of Eastern Oregon, which need no irrigation, produce more bushels per acre, of the highest quality of wheat, than any lands in the world. The wheat crop of the state will exceed 30,000,000 of bushels in 1901. STATE OF WASHINGTON. 33 Space will not permit of detailed description of our farm¬ ing interests, but the Seattle Chamber of Commerce will en¬ deavor to answer all inquiries upon request. Forty-five years ago Chicago was a city of less import- The Future Seattle is today. In 1850 the popu- of Seattle 29,963, which increased to 112,170 in i860, to 298,974 in 1870, to 503,185 in 1880, to 1,099,850 in 1890, and to 1,698,775 in 1900. Commerce and manufacturing made Chicago, and they will make Seattle. We have briefly outlined the extent and possibilities of our commerce and our manufacturing re¬ sources. The manufacture of iron is just in its infancy, but the day is not far distant when we will be making rails for our western railroads and those of the Orient, agricultural im¬ plements for our own use and for the peasantry of Russia and Siberia, mill machinery for our lumber industry and steel vessels for our future commerce. For the purpose of showing the rapid development of Seattle during the past five years we have compiled the sta¬ tistics shown in the following pages from official records. The Trade Register and the Pacific Lumber Trade Journal copy¬ righted articles; the records of the Seattle Chamber of Com¬ merce and other reliable sources. The statistics tell their own story and make a remarkable showing. Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Septejnher igoi. 34 CITY OF SEATTLE Seattle Statistics. Population, U. S. Census. 1870 . 1.107 1880 . 3,533 1890 . 42,847 1900 . 80,671 School Census—5 to 21 Years. 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 10,019 10,279 11,625 13,001 14,507 17,334 Names in City Directory. 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 24,500 28,737 30,757 37,354 47,142 Public School Attendance. 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 6,973 7,361 8,655 9,597 10,743 Postoffice Receipts. 1896 . $ 82,549 1897 . 95,273 1898 . 134,139 1899 . 137,807 1900 . 186,762 Internal Revenue Collections. 1896 . $ 97,997 1897 . 102,396 1898 . 145,375 1899 . 294,168 1900 . 379,678 Custom House Receipts. 1897 . $ 61,611 1898 . . 111,903 1899 . 153,826 1900 . 281,545 Assay Office Receipts. 1898 . $ 5,550,032 1899 . 12,823,635 1900 . 22,038,775 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1896 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1896, 1897, Bank Deposits. . $ 2,710,371 . 4,652,168 . 7,048,327 . 12,357,704 . 17,401,450 . 19,673,941 Bank Clearings. .$ 28,157,065 . 36,045,228 . 68,443,636 . 103,327,621 . 130,417,835 Wheat Exports bushels . 603,100 bushels . 928,166 bushels . 1,220,200 bushels . 515,777 bushels . 915,157 Flour Exports. barrels . barrels . barrels . barrels . barrels . Beer Exports. . $ 11,662 . 35,784 . 53,038 . 58,059 . 96,342 . 172,000 92,000 101,110 284,054 308,542 422,474 Coal Shipments. tons. 194,282 tons. 281,513 tons. 381,448 tons. 441,948 tons. 478,562 Lumber Shipments. feet . 24,274,000 feet . 34,933,000 STATE OF WASHINGTON. 35 1898, feet . 36,605,000 1899, feet . 37,100,000 1900, feet . 32,757,000 1898 . 906,445 1899 . 1,570,066 1900 . 3,272,582 Cotton Exports. 1897, bales. 19,160 1898, bales . 38,752 1899, bales . . . . . 44,467 1900, bales. . . . . 35,946 Exports to Japan. 1896 . .... $ 402,335 1897 . .... 2,309,247 1898 . 2,577,166 1899 . . . . . 2,672,707 1900 . 4,019,993 Brick Manufactured. 1896'. 2,000,000 1897 . 4,000,000 1898 . .. 12,500,000 1899 . .. 19,000,000 1900 . .. 28,500,000 King County Real Estate Sales. 1898 . . . $ 4,866,008 1899 . 8,163,969 1900 . .. 10,164,837 Merchandise Sent 1896 . 1897 . 1898 . 1899 . 1900 . Foreign. $1,816,577 2,811,009 3,911,414 4,481,429 6,954,749 U. S. Census King County. 1860 . 302 1870 . 2,120 1880 . 6,910 1890 . 63,988 1900 . 110,053 1897 1898 1899 1900 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1897 Foreign Imports. Children Born in King County. .... $ 395,239 1896 . 759 . 1,124,553 1897 . 773 2,409,768 1898 . 903 6.812,146 1899 . 1,008 . 4,571,531 1900 . 1,102 Foreign Tonnage. King County Coal Product. 270,028 1897, tons ... . 512,411 642,668 1898, tons ... . 655,804 592,722 1899, tons ... . 796,936 846,671 1900, tons .. . . 853,295 Telephones in Use. Washington Coal Product. Dec. 31st 1,105 1880, tons .... 145,015 Dec. 31st 1,478 1894, tons ... . 1,131,660 Dec. 31st 2,387 1895, tons .... 1,163,737 Dec. 31st 8,691 1896, tons . .. . 1,202,524 Dec. 31st 4,337 1897, tons ... . 1,330,192 1898, tons . . . . 1,775,257 Water Revenues. 1899, tons . .. . 1,917,607 . $114,578 1900, tons . .. . 2,418,034 .... 117,333 . 139,435 Washington Wheat Product. 162,505 1859, bushels . 86,219 . 200,474 1869, bushels . 217,043 1879, bushels . 1,921,322 Building Permits. 1889, bushels . 6,856,000 . $ 201,081 1899, bushels . 21,710,394 . 361,131 1900, bushels . 25,096,661 36 CITY OF SEATTLE Puget Sound Statistics. Wheat Exports. Coal to Ean Francisco. 1872, bushels . 44 1896, tons. . 384,842 1880, bushels . 1,472 1897, tons. . 506,380 1885, bushels . 19,045 1898, tons . . . ., . 632,437 1890, bushels . 1,735,931 1899, tons. . 627,450 1895, bushels . 4,002,015 1900, tons. . 668,642 1899, bushels . 4,358,648 1900, bushels . 5,126,344 Foreign Shipping. 1875, tonnage . . 235,248 Flour Exports. 1880, tonnage . . 305,420 1885, tonnage . . 777,649 1890, barrels . . 38,167 1890, tonnage . . 1,698,224 1892, barrels . 1895, tonnage . . 2,023,495 1894, barrels . . 277,173 1900, tonnage . . 2,277,320 1896, barrels . . 402,489 1898, barrels . . 515,155 Japan T rade. 1899, barrels . . 698,816 1 890 . 6,969 1900, barrels . . 1,194,197 1891 . . 52,074 1892 . . 57,852 Raw Cotton Exports. 1893 . . 127,079 1896, pounds . . 2,521,259 1894 . . 238,399 1897, pounds . . 9,811,973 1895 . . 1,037,513 1898, pounds . . 38,836,633 1896 . . 2,863,167 1899, pounds . . 29,374,190 1897 . ...... 6,987,241 1900, pounds . . 56,721,348 1898 . . 7,157,971 1899 .. . 8,052,857 Leaf Tobacco Exports. Total Imports. 1894, pounds . . 7,334 1896 . . $ 6,500,104 1896, pounds . . 242,837 1897 . . 10,889,227 1898, pounds . . 2.585,408 1898 . . 9,397,336 1900, pounds . . 1,934,963 1899 . . 12,471,515 Lumber Exports 1900 . . 9,611,878 1895, feet . 130,287,000 1896, feet . 171,080,000 1897, feet . 177,651,000 1898, feet . 127,686,000 1899, feet . 161,057,000 1900, feet. 199,799,000 Total Exports. 1896 . $10,053,043 1897 . 13,561,576 1898 . 16,186,295 1899 . 15,495.210 1900 . 20,135,657 DISTANCES IN HILES FROM SEATTLE. PLACES ~ Puget Sound Navy Yard Port Blakeley. Port Townsend. Port Angeles. Cape Flattery .. Victoria . Alaska, 54 °- 40 '. Juneau.. Skagway.. Sitka via Juneau. Dawson via Skagway. Dutch Harbor. St. Michael. Nome... . Honolulu. Yokohama. Hongkong . M anila.. Liverpool (Cape Horn)... Snoqualmie Falls. Sumas... Everett. Mount Vernon.. .. . Whatcom. New Westminster.. . Vancouver. Wenatchee. Spokane (G. N.). Duluth.. St. Paul (G. N.). . .. ^Ellensburg..... North Yakima. 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