The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01

$50 Stia fs4o5 tzsetiA y over - E1GE. 0f1w
sng wages appgoximatEng - 15l per day.
in city no larger than this Is story
that tells Itself
Connected with many Of the xaw mills
are planning mills. and henoe figures from
thefa are Tor dressed humber, and are
above sie per thousand. but the price gen
sFsilX given hy Enillnen l. Siz per thou-
sanTfor rough. and when dressed lumber
i inelused the increased cost il added here
and the output nos inesHk cd ri the bust
mess done Dy plantng mills indepsn-
dent Of sawmiils. elsewhere given.
The toElowing figures are Coz Ehe output
o. Iss9
naspah so goo
sAsasS q g. s6 600
II must be remembered that this il the
output q mills. many of which ran oFslv .
lev months. some Of them not more than
Che. When the showinR for 20 Is made.
and these mills have all put in fall time, a.
theT doubtless viii. as well as the cut Of
mills not far enough along 10 he included
here. the figures win be something in the
nature OF q revelation 20 even old settlers
OF the possibilities 81 Seattle.
Brick.
The extraordinary inquiry for brick the
past season has absorbed the output OF
forty-eight yards IN the vicinity Of Seattle,
aside from brick shipped from sunre distant
points, although bat about ihlftv OF these
yards are aistinesiveiv Seattle Institutions
There has been q vide difference in the
quality Of the brick turned out. the great
rush for buiIding material making all sorts
Of brick salable AZ good prices. and the oTsiy
advantages Of the better finished product
Eas fQsa k.f& -.
ing everything that was servfcesSS
That another year will see q much higher
average quality i evidenced BIZ the i'm
Provenlents many Of the yards are putting
IN, although the demand promises 60 be
fully Is urgent the coming season Is the
one Just closed
OF tse yards in operation. fully twenty
were started during the season Of 1859. and
the outpat given is for the months they
were IN operation, considerably less than
the fnll season, while some Of them really
did not get fairly under way during TIE
past year at ell.
w. G. Hill. one OF the Iafgest brick
makers. viii both increase HIS capacity and
improve his facilities during the coming
year.
Mr.. Otto Ranke, one of the best posted
brick men and contractors In Seattle. re-
CARDS the outlook for the coming year as
fatiering indeed, and predicts very heavy
inquiry for the better grades of brick.
The price for brick has been at notch
which made brick making and burning ex-
tremeiy profitable. although the average
price for the season does not appear extor-
Tomato. in view OF the enormous demand,
and the extrayagant rumors of sl6 per
thousand are not borne out by the facts
That something more than the regular
price has been paid in special cases. and
for small lots, bought second hand, is
doubtless true, but the price for brick has
been nearer 1880 per thousand than any
other figure during the season. No effort
has been made at combination TO force
prices up In this industry. blIt there has
simply been e universal effort "a keep up
with the call Of the builders for the brick
The large shipment OF brick from ont.
side points IL q feature OF the past year
that viii enter into the problem only as
the yards fail 20 turn ous brick fast enodlh
TO meet the market. THE quality OF brick
clay around Seattle IL unexcelled. and the
new yards opening are all on banks OF ex-
sepiionaily good brick clay. Added 20
this the improvements put In for making
the best grades of brick, and the whole
problem resolves itself into = question OF
the demands OF the market and the
capacity Of the local yards. While IL y
no, likely there will be any diminution of
tie former IL is quite certain there will be
= large increase OF the latter.
There we're manufactured brick In AL the
local yards last season as follows:
Numhes .isT 0oo.ooo
Value ,.,......*-s-.,,. u.est,st
Capital ........... ..................... $4,000
IronwoEkeFs.
In iron workers. including boilermakers.
foundrseS ard machine shors. Il. Moran
Bros Chas. II. Almond and the Seattle
Iron & Steel Misunderstanding Company are
The heaviest concerns, though there are
numerous other firms engaged in The huzi-
ness. Tbs activity In this the during sae
past year has been without precedent in is
history here. Despite the number Of mod.
crate firms engaging IA the trade in and
around the city. the universal report from
ali Is that they are dong al the business
they can possibly handle Moran Bros. re-
pott the last shs best year and the brightest
outlook foF the future in their l1ne. snd that
Is substantially the report OF 81 firms en-
gagea in iron,
Aside from the boiler makers there are a
namher of firms engaged IN replacing warn
iron PARTS Of ships. and in general ship
ANYTHING. They have every facility for
making and placing sny part OF the iron.
machinery or otherwise OF SHIPS or steam
evx. ard they srs taxed 30 their utmost
capacity.
The enormous business done By the iron
men ia the past year, taking into account
the loss az time By the huFnsnKof the shops
81 many % them. IS particularly gratifying
and the steady demand. continued growth
ard tarnaneut character 81 the business is
most assuring for the fut9re e Seattle IS a
eify al asStsay in the manaiassurg q iron
The Frares given are Tor work completed
and delivered. ana does not 3uelude work
IN hand. The output * The business ard
the Coastal engaged therein : ~ follows.
gsgfsal 40
Outpas- Sk5.ss8a
Thfs Is entirely from pEivass enterprises
and does net Include ths railroad Steps Of
he city. nor the smaller SHOPS, where,
whis2 some misunderstanding Is done, the
hagk az the business i In repairs. Had
there been 40 interruption deFing the year
the oaGpas Wuud have been nsAEly duuesest.
II shs4la also - rsaaesahssr~4 that The
seattle lroa snA steel Company. with a
capstas Of sfEn ese aud capacity ot ten teas
daily. did net set fairly started tn -. snd
ala nos ran - iss fakl e&p4esEF a. any siaas.
other srtaS also pa ia improvements snG
eniAr~ed their facilities during tic yesF,
and hence the Invested cMpisaa 10 the ent-
segt sssarS very different ratio % whAt may