The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-23
The DAILY NTELLICE\(ER.
Tuesday. January 90, 1877.

A CONCEIVABLE ESTEL RISE A
u1overnen. j. now on foot here, headesl
By number Of our enterprising and
moneyed CITIZENS, locking to the estab-
lishnent Of an extensive boot and shoe
mandatory aud tanaery. The bust
ness Is to he carried Oh by a joint-s,ock
company with a capital Of go. 600 As
soon as the preliminary arrangements
are completed. . suitable piece Of prop
erty will be purchased, probably Ia the
southern portion Of the city. for the 10
cation Of the works. For this purpose
the Pennell property is perhaps the mos,
available. bu. there are other sites
that can be procured reasonably, which
are quite as we'll suited % the pur-
pose. We regard the project a.
thoroughly feasible, and one that will
be alike beneficial 10 the city. credit
10 the enterprise Of our citizens, and
profitable TO the projectors and il
should receive every possible ercoar-
agement from oil who are Interested
in the future welfare Of our thriving
little metropolis Every movem-nt
looking to the Development of our man
ufscturiDg interests should 10 fostered
in its inception and aided to a success
full contamination, IS these interests are
the siaa fza Hoa OF substantial metro
politan prosperity and in the future
must figure largely In Our citys pro
grsss and growth Seattle. by virtue
OF It's central location lii the heart Of
an extensive and pre-em,ent!y produc-
tive country. possesses every natural
advantage tor manufacturing enter
prises In fact there are none Of the
essential elements lacking La these
fuel Is al important item. and our al
yantsges in this regard are nur.valed.
Again. . city's commercial position i,
an important consideration. and in this
we challenge comparison. In the third
place the facilities for procuring the raw
material for manufacturing purposes
Is to DO taken into consideration, apd
III this We have only to cite the produc-
tive capacity of the extensive country
tributary 20 our city. There are many
branches Of manufacturing which would
flourish here. but probably tor the man
shoes we possess the greatest adyanta-
ges. Hundreds Of tons Of raw hides
are shipped direct from our city to Sar
Francisco each year, where they are
manufactured up into leather and boots.
shoes and harnesses, and then many Of
them find their way back here again.
And further. most Of the tannerics and
boot and shoe manufactures at San
Francisco are operated by steam pro-
duccd from Seattle coal. Now the falia-
cy OF such condition of things Is appa-
rent. The fact is we should manufac-
ture oil the boots aud shoes here at Sc
attic that are used in this Territory,
and this We eau do If We will. as our
advantages for manufacturing are such
that We can supply the trade at much
lower rates and give them just as good
al article for the money as they can get
1T San Francisco. And besides this we
should ship hundreds of tons of leather
to California each year instead Of raw
hides. 1t may be urged as an objection
that We do not possess suitable tan
bark. 1t is true that hemlock tanned
leather. excepting perhaps sole leather.
is much inferior to oak tanned; bat we
are not obliged to rely on hemlock bark
We have been informed by those who
have good reason To know. that thu
bark Of our alder is fully equal and ia
many respects superior to oak for tan
ming purposes. and that it can b. pro-
cured here 10 unlimited quantities.