The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-06


Is considerable industrial center as
well. and If so. her manufacturing In
dustrdes would become largely extended
advantages.
But she has special advantages for
manufacturing not the outgrowth of
her commercial supremacy. Briefly,
these may be summarized as consist
ing of cheap fuel and water power, most
conveniently located with reference to
the sources OF supply Of the great sta
pie products OF this region. unsurpassed
sites for Establishments with abundant
supply Of pure fresh water. The chief
coal mines OF the state are only q few
miles away, the many great lumber
mills attracted hither by the conyen-
lent supply OF logs. afford In their waste
an enormous quantity OF cheap fuel.
Numerous waterfalls exist In the
mountains near by, many OF them be-
Ing framed in scenes of SURPRISING
beauty and grandeur.
The largest water power In the state
OF Washington Is Snoqualmie falls, hav-
ing perpendicular fall OF 26S feet.
Competent engineers who have meas
ured the power OF these falls estimate
1t at $4,000 horsepower These falls are
about twenty-five miles. by a practical
line from the city OF Seattle.
A company called the "Snoaualrnie
Fails Electrical Power Company" has
been organized for the purpose OF de-
veloping and transmitting this power
to Seattle by electricity. It's capital has
been placed, and the plant will be In
operation by October /. 1925. The first
installment to be transmitted will be
5000 horsepower, and ii is expected
that a second installnent of 5000 horse
power will soon follow. This power can
be furnished to users for not TO exceed
one-haif the present cost of obtaining
power from purchased fuel, and 1t Is
estimated that this enterprise will save
TO the consumers OF power In the CITY
OF Seattle at least s10o.o 900 per year.
Our beautiful lakes of fresh. pure
water afford advantages to textile and
leather manufacturers. Our superior
transportation facilities. both by rail
and by water. and our central location
with reference to coking coal, limestone
and the iron ore deposits, have induced
the establishment here OF a large iron
and steel making plant Numerous
competitive railway lines terminating
here has made Seattle the greatest shin
gle manufacturing point In the world
while the many great johhing houses
Of Seattle have induced large numbers
OF small manufacturing establishments
TO arise. Seattle in the place where The
people Of Washington come 20 sell their
produce. Seattle Is the place where
-
and, everything else being equal. here
Is where manufacturers viii preferably
locate
Indeed Seattle has too many indus
tries 20 make special mention of each
IN such a work as this. and only the
large industries have been treated AT
length. There Is "tin bucket brigade
in Seattle, however. Of considerable size
although lack OF space VIII not permit
going into the various occupations ex-
cept briefly:
There are three -four and feed all,s.
employing forty TO fifty men.
Five soap factories give employment
TO twenty-five people.
OF tinware manufacturers there ara
FIVE. having thirty TO forty employees.
Four harness manufacturers employ
fifteen 10 twenty men.
Furniture IS manufactured by fosrr
concerns. who employ forty 10 fifty peo-
pie.
One strong company manufactures
fee. employing fifteen people.
Three coorsrIng establishments EN-
p.cy twelve men
Six candy factories employ sixty 10
seventy-five people.
There is one company manufacturing
crackers with fifteen 10 twenty en-
ployes-
One tsrnsry employs thirty men. and
another IL Just starting which win en-
ploy ahous TIE same number
From sixty To sevenfy-nye people are
given employment By one wcoien rnsa.