The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-25
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tables az distances This paper VIII %
Printed tn RESPONSE 20 the large puoisc e.
ruana T<sr ~.slabss and detailed fnforrna-
ton sh<sss f7e c.ondyke. ard VIII be dis
. t-.eSted free al over the country.
TIE Outaftinx Hooses.
In ali OF Ire wholesale and Quitting
~yssb5Isis.nenss 81 the CITY are 10 be seen
svsaer,e1e of great activity ans OF large
volume OF business In the various lines
Of ssxpses 1se supply has been equal 20
the demand. except IN a few eases. end
ssse Temporary shortage has been provided
for s,v .elegraph!ng 70 the East for the
required articles. But one fact has pre-
vented an absolute shortage IN many ar
ticiss n@4ded by the average proepecter,
ard this Ia the large stocks carried By tire
Wholesale dealers OF the CRY.
Manager E. c. NeufeiGer. Of Schwa-
barfser Bros vas seen tn his of5ite yes
ferdav after. n. He said That business
had increased to great proportions On az
count OF the rush 10 the CtonGyke. we
fsye felt IL, and have been gratsfed 10 see
the Improvement has been participated IN
generally by the business men OF Seattle.
said he. We haze not suffered any for
want OF stocks because We knew what 20
expect and were therefore prepared. Our
stocks have been ample TO meet the de-
Yrssnds Of the sohters and retailers, al
though their orders have doubled There
has been sharp and sustained improve
ment Ia all anes."
Isaac Cooper. OF Cooper Levy, was
found IN mia business office with one hand
flIed with orders and the other engaged
III checking Of articles on bills OF !Ading.
I'm response 10 the newspaper mans guess
ton Mr.. Cooper said They're coming
ewsfter ali the time. | haven't much time
10 talk, but you can say that we have mad
70 more thsp double our force. and nave
been forc-s 10 run day and night 10 keep
the orders from paling UP too high 10
handle we'll We have worked regular day
asd nigh. shift for several days past. l
f,eIisve that tha rush Is not destined TO
stya for some time.
Manager e. w. j. Rocker. o. the
Wilton Hardware Company. said that his
firm had been able to meet all demands.
but that in some lines stocks had been
running low. Orders have been sent To
manufacturers sufficient 20 iii all require
rlss,ts however. ard all orders would be
promptly filled. In the line of staples.
there had been extremely large calls for
gold pans and picks The store had been
kept open every night TIL nearly mid
night and Mr.. Rocker said be was look
Ing forward 10 Il partial days rest on
Sunday.
Mr., Augustine. of the wholesale grocery
Asgzrx 4val &
found behind counter in the retail de-
psrtna@ut Of the establishment. busily en-
gagged In receiving orders and la direcs-
sng a large force of employees Mr..
Augustine said that the firm had found
little difficulty IN supplying all demands.
The rush had been enormous. and eaca
day had seen a Ian ger business trans
acted than the day preceding. MIR.
Augustine emphasized his belief that
praenc Ally all OF the north bound miners
and prospectors procure their outfits IN
Seattle He was gra.ifed at the spien-
dia improvement In business and believed
that II would continue.
Manager Hicks. of the Schwabacher
HarGwara Company. was standing on the
sidewalk. helping two truckmen get their
loads Of hardware. Yukon stoves picks
ard shnyeis to the wharf. when the Post
Intaliigsnccr representative asked him
how he found business. We have had
been amply atle to Ill all orders. The
principal staples manufactured here ara
tie YUKON stoves and picks. These are
made here and the benefits derived from
TIE Immense increase In sales VIII be
eiversified.'
The reporter Was informed that the firm
found II necessary TO telegraph To San
Francisco for certain articles. but the
reply stated that the demand tn that city
from Alaska gold hunters had eesn 50
great Va to prevent their filing the order
frosa this city. Consequently. 1t was'
telegraphed 10 Chicago. and the neces-
earv articles would be forwarded 1t once.
a r. Stewart. OF Stewart a. Holmes
l1ruS Company, said that the past week
had been the biggest in the history OF
their business ia this city. The demand
far medicine cases has been eAtrsordinar-
liz large The volume Of business trans
acted compared with an average week
shoes an increase OF Ion per cent
M scareit, az Labor Here.
4 telegram printed Iva ChieaSo paper
unser Seattle date line states that iRen
ara abandoning their positions here in
the rush 10 get north IL Is also stated
that the police fierce Of the city Is being
,Itciuataa ly designations. that street car
employees are deserving their positions
and that the merchants are running short
On help These and ether statement
rni,stshesi IN the East has r--dlced q flood
~ applications for work in all the lines
cf enlpluy ulent mentioned, and inquiries
for such positions have been received by
Postmaster Meem and by the newspapers
Of the clty.
There - no scarcity % labor here, and
al positions 90 public and private
employment have been quickly hned
hv men already here. II Is we'll "a
state that TO encourage men 10 dock
into Seattle IN the hope Of being offered
the ehsics Of any position Is repre-