The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26

OF the &. ca. 40 feet not accounted Tor IA
the table OF water shipments. the larger
part went by rail to Central and Eastern
states. the larger part by far gong 10 the
TWO DakoGas and Minnesota, though snip
ments went through from here 10 many OF
the Atlantic states.
While Seattle and Ballard manufacture
considerable. their OWE cut is small ig-
ura in comparison with the lumber trade
of Seattle BY far the most extensive
dealers in Western Washington have their
Headquarters In this city. and the orders
for rail shipments are nearly all maae
through the dealers in this city, While
considerable trade by water IS also trans
acted here.
Outside of the lumber and shingie mills
themselves. there are NUMBER Oh diiiea
Industries of great importance 10 the city
These include a number or sash ana door
factories furniture factories, ONCE ana
bar fixture factories, cabinet making ana
upholstering establishments, planning and
re-sawing mills, box factories, barrel and
broom factories. These all use large guam
titles of lumber and employ quite an army
of employees al good wages But aboVs
and beyond these are the bodybuilding
establishments for the Yukon, which are
using immense quantities OF lumber.
Chief Of these is the establishment of the
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ploying about $50 men and by the New
Year viii be employing 200 men. and Will
furnish steady employment during the re-
mainder of the winter and spring, IL not
during the whole of next summer
Conr Receipts and Shipments.
No other city in the state can make so
fayora bile a showing in the coal trade. as
in many other commercial lines. as Seat
tie She receives more, uses more and
distributes more than any other city IN
Washington. Besides the product of the
mines in King county-Gilman. Newcastle,
Franklin, Lawton. Renton, Cedar Noun
tain. Black Diamond, Danville and at
one or two other places where the mines
are small-Seattle handles much coal from
other mines TN the state. and the Carbon
Hill mine in Pierce county has built bunk
ers in this city. The Pacific Coast Com
pany. which Is the successor OF the Ore
gon Improvement Company. has improved
the facilities on its own bunkers ana mas
made it's tracks broad instead of narrow
gauge thus vastly increasing Its means
of quickly handling the product or the
mines AS will be seen by the subjoined
table. the receipts of coal from the King
county mines for 1897 were 412.3l1 tons.
against AS I03 tons in 1896. an increase for
the year of i7.20s tons, or of over IL per
cent To these receipts should be added
the 80 tons received from mines outside
of the county which brings the total re-
ceipts OF coal at Seattle 10 Ea,22l tons
This at the rate of s. a ton, amounts to
81. 437. ss3.
During the same period the exports of
coal amounted to S7,sS3 tons. as against
1874 III tons the previous year. an increase
OF %. liz tons or about IS per cent. This
left total OF 1871 33s tons. which was used
locally by the manufacturers and fami-
lies of the city and by the fleet of steam
ships. steamers and tugs that sail from
Seattle TO all parts of Puget sound. the
Coast and many foreign ports. The sig
nificance Of this local consumption can he
better understood when II is known that
more than two-thirds of the local feet Of
steamers are wood-burners. and that
many of the mills and factories consume
wood entirely. Yet the city is using Is, 9i5
tons month or more than 54 every day
of the year. The value of the exports Of
coal during the year was Sa25.620 and of
that used locally ss2i. $40, a total value of
81 557. $50 including the expense OF hand
ling for export. Following are the re-
celpts from King county mlnes, and the
Shipmantg.