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

There is probably no place on the coast,
and no business offering better opportunity
for an extensive factory. than Seattle and
the furniture trade. The Lake Union Fur
niture Company is the oldest house of the
kind here. and the business OF the concern
the past year has been only limited by the
capacity OF It's factory. No effort is made
by this firm 70 60 into the wholesalers. and
the field is sufficiently broad TO be inviting
and profitable.
There are firms who are more particu-
larry engaged in special lines. as ONCE and
store furniture. and these also report ali
the business fhey could handle.
The fire sadly curtailed the business of
Rohlfs 4 Schroeder. who did not get fully
il operation again till late in the year.
The firms more recently engaging in the
trade report a surprising demand. more
particularly for the finer class of store and
Office work. The business was:
Value OF outpus.......-.--..---... GO
Shingles.
The shingle output was somewhat cur
tsiIed by the unfortunate litigation OF the
Seattle Cedar Company. whose output OF
5000 per diem was thus for time suss
pended. and later on by the same company
shutting down temporarily for making GER
tain improvements in November.
With the splendid timber for this
purpose so near the place Of man
uiactnre, and the unexcelled means
OF transportation. both Of logs 10
and the product from the mills. the bnsi-
ness OF making shingles should, and no
doubt viii, receive q boom the coming
year.
There is no good reason why every shin
gle used in Seattle. ana a very heavy pro-
portion of those shipped East. should not
be made here. The opportunities for profit
able investment in this line of manufac-
ture are more than promising.
The output for 1889 by no means repre-
sents what il should have been, and was as
follows:
Value Of output ......-......,--.--..-..s $4,000
Bakery.
The bakers OF Seattle during 1850 have
done business OF sufficient magnitude 70
do justice 70 a city OF much greater popu-
lation The fact is that each one OF the
bakers report steadily increasing business
mp to the close Of the year.
A considerable number of the firms did
not begin operations until welt into the
year, and Of the concerns engaged in bak-
ing In Seattle, there has been sufficient
number who either started in 1889 or
changed proprietors during the year-and
In the latter case il Is impossible TO give the
output of former proprietors--to make IL
difficult to give the full vslue OF the bnsi-
ness done during the past twelve months.
The output OF the bakeries doubtless
reached $4,000. but the figures given are
only those that can be arrived at by the
persons now In charge, and in several cases
kalf-year's output, under different man
agement cannot be given because no data
can be obtained from the original proprie-
tors.
Value OF 900
Number Of employcs lapproximate).--. $50
Marble.
In marble. trimmings for buildings,
gravestones, etc, there are four firms In
Seattle. The business has been fully up 10
other lines OF manufacture during the year,
and ell the firms report q season OF pros
perity. In this line, IS in most others. the
output given does not represent twelve
months work for all the firms. some having
only been established a few months. and
have q considerable amount OF work .uns
der way at the beginning of 90 which is
not included In the output OF Sc. In view
OF the fact that no work Of this character,
In the case az shops established during last
year, could have gone over from 50 70 offset
the work going from - into %, the real
amount OF business done Is not fairly rep
resented by the figures given. They are.
however. correct as 20 the work turned out,
and are sufficiently gratifying:
Value Of oatpat..,...--.--.s-.-... 90
Capital 1Deuo ao
Number of employs %
Average wages per " %
Mattresses
There were manufactured 10000 wool,
box and hair mattresses in Seattle the past
year. One OF the most extensive firms en-
gagged in mattress and lounge-making, ex-
clusiyeiy, did not begin business until July
/. -. aud hence only run six months.
The magke. absorbed the work a. fast as
completed. and in some cases orders are
reported far in advance.
Exclusive u the figures given for the
principal firms. there are . few repair and
upholstering shops. who have made a
little nes work under the press Of the de-
mand. The figures given for mattresses
also include spring beds and ecnches, in
the manufacture of which most Of the
firms making mattresses are engaged, bat
does not incluae other kinds Of furniture,
the story OF which IL told under It's appro-
priate caption. The business done Was IS
follows:
Value % catpai-s--...---..-.....-s. orc
Czp4fai ingcste- 100
Rex-Faetorles.
The gkookum Manufacturing Company,
factory and Office corner Fifth and Olive,
are the exclusive boxmakeTs OF Seattle,
1he factory employs thirty men ~ an
average OF $40 per diem Per rnans the
firm wss established June /. I5s9, and the
value Of The otEtpat for the seven months
il 5000 TIE company mas invested
$1,000. and couid use SiD.0D additional
cArstal. the demand for their product far
exceeding their capacity They are also
stair-huildeFx. and haze used during the
seven months -. Ou0 feet o. lumber. They
report a canstaatiy Increasing demand,
and she coming year snsicspat~ . very
large fncreess in the output OF their nEiAla
Breasns-
Washington BrooEa Works the only
factors Of ipg Kind Bgrth 81 Portland. was
established ia 1851. ard reports psFtleu-
larry prcsreruns year. There Is Invested
b the business $500 sad they nanafss-
turea during the past year 90 Aezsn Of
broonls. u al aggregate value o. 8lss0g'.
esnpa0ysng fourteen hands. ard paysng 81
w2gss ysn. The full rapaessy Of the
works i reqaaEhd 70 uieef Tue demands u
tie market
Ths Seattle ard salmon Bay OF Clothing
Comp4nv heEan oYeraiioas December 4,