The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-22

I in it's amusements and recreations. 1t
has three standard theatres. several
public halls. fifty-four lodges. clubs,
etc. Plays have been acted here dur
Ing the last year In the Italian. French
and German tongues, and indeed. We
had the pleasure of witnessing the fam
Gus New England drama. old Home
stead the most realistic performance
ot The play we have seen outside of
New York. The human heart Is the
same all over the world. and i'm all. ages
picture of old fashioned. honest prim-
tive home life, touches a responsive
chord. We witnessed also the popular
comic opera "Pinafore." rendered on a
real ship-a mimic man -Ofwar--in open
air on Lake Washington. which was
novel and pleasing in effect. Just i'm
aSine the scene. On the shore is Il
large pavilion with grand stand COM
modiOus enough to accommodate two
thousand people Just In front of it and
half way between it and the swim
ming park. the gallant ship lies moored
about forty feet out in the lake 1t is
| about $50 feet long by fifty feet wide
and Is an excellent imitation of a mod
ern man -Of-war. When lit up with in
candescent lights with the gallant crew
on board and the opera in progress. the
effect Is indescribably beautiful and is
heightened by the large numbers of
small craft crowded to the gunwales
which surround the vessel. One ad
vantage of representation on the
water over the stage production. is the
arrival of Little Butter Cup in u
small boat and stepping on board the
snip while the company greets her
singing Dear Little Butter Cup" and
the advent of the admiral with his
bevy of handsome relatives on q steam
launch and the chucking of the inim-
liable and Obtrusive Dick Dead Eye
bodily into the lake, all Of which was
strikingly realistic.
Tho City's Other Resources.
The marvellous growth of Seattle has
been such that there are operated in the
city fourteen banks. of which seven are
national, three state. three savings
banks, and one a branch of a foreign
bank. The aggregate resources, ex-
elusive of the latter bank, amount to
some $1,6OO,0OO One says: "The man
ner in which the banks of Seattle
weathered the financial storm has chal-
lenged the attention and admiration of
the whole country
The wholesale trade of Seattle.
though in its infancy, is assuming large
proportions. The jobbing trade for a
year amounts to nearly $4,000. 900.
Eighty-nine jobbing houses. with a
capital aggregating s,7i7OOO did u
business last year of $4,000, ,OOO
There are 324 vessels registered at the
port of entry of Puget SoundI In the
Seattle sub-district are 25O steamers
Thirty-four new steamers went into
commission during the last year Not
less than thirty-three steamers ply be-
tween Seattle and the 1873 Sound ports.
The state of Washington is thor
oughly independent of the rest of the
world. except so far as she requires II
market for her surplus products. and
that she enjoys In an wonderful degree.
Seattle has too many Industries To
make special mention of each in one
or even several newspaper articles and
only the larger enterprises do we speak
of at length. As IA hide and fur mar
ket Seattle ranks as one of the most
important In the country and her trade
I'm this line is rapidly growing and ex-
tending. Almost all the fine furs and
skins of the great game regions of
Alaska. British Columbia. Montana.
Idaho and the entire northwest region,
as well as the valuable catches of the
seal hunters are marketed either in
Victoria or Seattle. whence they are
exported to London. While Victoria
leads. Seattle is rapidly gaining upon
her British neighbor. and is but slight
ly her inferior. Nearly all the hides
and pelts taken off in this region are
shipped to these markets and tn their
tanneries and converted into leather.
1t is estimated that 100000 beef hides
and 100000 sheep pelts are annually
taken off in the region tributary to
Seattle. and find their market around
Puget Sound. The hemlock forests
around Puget Sound are of sucn vast
hn nf hu
tically unlimited and can he delivered
for not to exceed 81 per cord as against
$3.50. the prevailing market price In the
east
Food from the Waters.
one Of the wealthproducing re-
sources of Seattle which has not thus
far been but slightly utilized Is the
fisheries. Some idea Of the immensely
and Importance of this trade can be
CLEANED from the figures furnished us
by Deputy State Fish Commissioner
Gale. There are 2j3 varieties of fish
i'm the state; eighty-tive are found In
Puget Sound and. strange as II may
seem, the best salmon fishing grounds
are in the mediate harbor of Seattle.
OF the salmon caught here there are
six varieties. over ten million pounds
of various kinds of fish are shipped
annually from Seattle; the output OF
four canneries alone was 10000
pounds; -, 900 salmon have been caught
here In single day. These fish are
packed i'm ice and sent in refrigerator
cars. maintaining their freshness and
excellent flavor.
Puget sound. Columbia river and
Alaskan waters practically supply the
world with canned salmon. The ex-
tent of this industry is beyond com
prehension. as will be seen in d more
extended description in my Alaskan
serial.
Across the sound from Seattle is the
United States naval station, known far
and near. as Port orchard. formerly in
charge of Commandant A. Il. Wyckoif.
Here is the largest dry dock in Ameri-
ca and forms the nucleus for an i'm
mense naval station. The cruiser
Nipsic is stationed here permanently
as receiving ship. The cruiser Philc-
a.