The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-06

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EepuE15c, anA ether occasional services.
whose so1als can cnIy - appsoxfmAted By
ool1xteral rstnfns, snd Which Vim sford >
mon<h1y total q a10ut 4.000 tons
The retail trndo h seattle ms readier
means q showing growth. The openinx of
new stores and de removal Of old firms
into n<w and more extensive buiidiugs IN
d5ca1s % IL residents 81 Seattle ths magfc-
Ifks prosperity. One large institurjcn opens
mp N immense fye-stosied building today.
the largest retail establishment on The
Coast. = preciseiy the same moment that
Is cioeed year ago when the
flames reached the old stcre.
From the Butier block On Second
stree&. and from Yesler square On Front
strse$ ont to North Seattle II m almost
coutinuous line of stores. The tents are
practically III struck today. but The NUM-
Der Of stores taking their pince ID even
greater. Last ysar there were go firms
doing business on mors than $500 capital.
not inclu ling. of course, real estate agents,
lawyers. doctors. ETC. There are now 1,500,
and Of these 100 have enlarged their stores
and added branch establishments.
On Pike street. within year. IN entirely
new business highway HIS been estsb-
iished, with stores on both sides. three or
four new mills have been erected, and
small factories are increasing u the south
end Of tho city and along the northern
shore.
Mr.. Z. C. Eeufeider, the managing part
ner of one of the oldest and largest whole
sale houses in Seattle. IL . recognized au-
thorify on the commerce Of the city. He
Was asked hts opinion Of the growth Of the
trade since December last, at which time
many merchants were inclined to prepare
for falling of
aThe business of the first nix months Of
this year has surprised al merchants"
said be- I'VE thought the rush OF last fail
and winter would siacken- In some re-
spects il has. but the increase in popuia-
zion has made up almost for the decreasing
building material. The whole OF this
sound country Is being settled up by farm
ers who are all making money--many Of
them are growing rich. This is the best IN
dieation because tits permanent Weinport
so extensively fruits and vegetables from
California that it will take years before We
can grow enough in the sfate.t0 keep them
out, and the demand will also become
greater. There Is no merchant in the
world doing business 10 the extent We do
and so long established who would not
consider an increase OF 20 per cent In one
year a remarkable showing
There have been no failures during the
year except one which need be taken into
account, X Is notorious that in the case
in question the firm had largely over
stocked. and that II the brm had used bet
ter Judgment or had not become over
anxious, IL could have tided over the dif-
fculty.
The returns Of the transportation COM
panies, the increased number Of stores. the
absence OF failures and the record shown
by the commercial agenc;es afford, alto
gethsr record for the year which viii COM
mand tho admiration OF all who read in
figures and compute prosperity on the
pages OF the ledger.