New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-16
CeaaI y otlres.
PROGRESS OF WASHINGTON,
OUTPUT FROM THE FARMS AND THE MINES.
THE STORY TOLD BY THE BANKING FIGURES At
SBATTLE-IRRIGATING WORKS BEGUN

THE STORY TOLD BY THE BANKING FIGURES At
sBATTLE-IRRIGATING WORKS BEGUN.
IRON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE.
Seattle, Wash, Dec. 26.- Information which has
been collected in regard the products Of the new
state Of Washington and the general progress for $50
shows wonderful advance over any previous year.
The population has increased 10 3i9.5l6, a reported
by the June census increase of 21t4o0 sine" l7-O.
The compilation; show that there have this year been
produced 35.OOO bales Of hops, worth S2.OoO.ooo:
wheat oats and barley 10 thu amount Of 2900O00O
bushels worth Sill. O0O,OOO 1.722.Gi3 tons Of coal,
worth. at the market price, S6e90Gi3 and there has
been packed at the mouth Of the Columbia. along the
Washington coast. Puget sound and Alasha. l16looO
case, Of salmon. worth probably @6,0OO,OOO, besides
100000 in halibut scl-baSS and herring The lumber
product Of Warrington is about 1,1O0OOoooo feet
and Of this amount 13t.37o.3js feet have been cN.
ported BIZ way Of Port Townsend. TO foreign lands.
while large additional amounts have been exported
from the Washington side Of the Columbia and
from Gray, llalb0r and >hOalwltcr Bay. TIE total
export, OF various products via Port Townsend. amount
- ~ O77 49,, and the imports S92112C. The Wash
ington catch of sdas and FIR, amounts 70 about
2lOO.OOO Line has been manufactured 10 the amount
Of about 900 900 barrels. worth - ,l57-G. There
have been built the shpyars of Puget sound forty
two vessels Of various kinds. amounting u 570l.@
tens gross and 300 - net. There were built and
issued this year in the State AL miles Of railway, whs
Liza miles now under construction, ana the 'o'h
mileage of completed road j. 2.2l3. Immense quaint
tie, OF potatoes other vegetables and crnnbcrres have
been produced though the exact amount of either Is
not known.
stem, have been taken toward developing the large
iron mines, hut progress, a, yet. has been slow. The
most lmportant movement that made by 'enerai
r. ~ Ager and local capitalists 10 establish large ron
works at kirkland suburb Of this city, in which large
beds Of Ee>Scmer at SnOqualmie PASS III IN
Cascade Mountains, fifty miles from here, would os
worked 4 small furnace at Port Townsend turned
out iron worth about 100000 for arnor plates for the
war vessels now being made at san Francisco Tho
records of the state Auditor show that there are
large livestock interests There are 66i.ioi cattle.
horses sheep and hogs Of value Of SS.ll4.i3f The
amount Of the valuation OF properly as hAea oy '"S
state Board of Equalization i S2l1 .lOl47}.
The per cent OF increase in population for TIE lass
five years 7, 40. There haze been erected In seattle
this wear / So buildings I'm Tacoma probably 1.50o.
aud in spokane FAILS about 300 several places
scarcely known in this state year ago have sprung
into live cities of from 5000 10 5000 each Among
these are Fair Haven and Auacorte'. Towns nnu'
merable have sprung mp in all directions. Sea''le
claim, 10 have done jobbn- business OF S33OJOOoo.
and To have produced from her lhiah' iiu.,lrl''
2l2 100000 more. icr RECORD OF real e'a'g =,
fcrs foOts up $23.29o3l3 from Decemper % ~ 20
December 90, 1850. seattle banks show deposits OF
$685. 952 81 and there were ele'r'h'e' u'''"7 "'0
rich onyX mine has recently teen discovered which
will soon be worked steps have been taken to"arn
raising tobacco and rai>in-. and making wine ~ NDie
Il the valleys Of Eastern Washington. In many towns
arce ouaYti;icS Of brick and SOME tile and pottery nave
inen manufactured. There are several neWN Us
covered mine, Of coal, notably at snoguamle Pa.
Centrola and on the Cowlitz River. The northern
pardc Railroad and other corporations ana private
persons have undertaken large rngauns cn'1rpI H.,
fr taldng the water from the Columbia ana le3i.ns
II an the arid stretches Of the klttia' a'h lahna
Valley There j. not great deal oi ara So"""f'
Lut the idea is a. render such ~ there i rIll'.
Much i expected in Washington from the '"npir1
,i,, of the Jim nm" or Great Northern Railroad:
which (, now being pushed westward ,o"a,r -
enurd from thi, side If Fort A>Ninaboh', hpn, a
.cverl thou sand men expected (" be w"rhiS aohs
HE valley of the ppcr Columbia on TINS ro'u ]" INC
sumner of 1891