The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26
Proofs Of Seattle's Growing
Commercial Supremacy.
BUSINESS or THE PAST YEAR.
Wat ystau~ Of Trade shows . MARK
"a Increase - Every Line "fses
Evtdenee OF Decided Improve
m~ns-whoIe~aIe and Retail, FL
tomas, LumbeT, Coal. Fish, Rte.

The Christmas number o: the Trade
Register displays fully the characteristic
xufsrprixe Of that wide-awake pubiEcA-
ton. In ffty-fos. pages OF well printed
Irtattsr Il presents remarkable record
and useful compendium Of the trade aEd
commercial growth Of Seattle during the
scar now closing.
This number takes up with even greater
detail than the Trade Register has gone
snto ID former years the 5obning ana re-
tall trade OF the city. and gives new aad
valuable statistical inforrna tioa concern
ing the bank cieaTings. fish trade, fruit
trade. exports and Importa, shipping and
port shipments. Nippon iusen kaislla
steamship cargoes inward and outward.
raw cotton, exports. wheat ard -four and
beer exports. tea imports. lumber ana
shinRie trade. POSSIBILITIES business, coal re-
eeipss and shipments, reat estate trans
fcrs building permits. street mileage, cEiy
area Institutions, taxation. city cou1-
Ell railroad and car lines ard several
other features that, while B0i rev 10 The
citizen Of either clay or state. viii be in
isTestlng and appreciated information. 20
F. the thousands TO whom extra copies Of
tAin issue Of the Trade Register Will go.
OF it's own work In thus sitting forth
TIE business interests OF Seattle. The Trade
Register fnodestly and pertinently says:
ain recounting the increased trade and
marked growth OF commerce which the
Trade Register takes pride in setting
forth specially as ihe record of Seattle for
iss5 az compared with past years, IL is
rot that We are fergatfui OF the other
lr1poFtam; towns and sections Of The state.
tat because In thus setting forth the con-
aitIens of Seattle somewhat In detail as
the chief city OF the state We feel that II
reflects like favorable conditions in nearly
ali parts thereof. These conditions this
Journal has aimed TO faithfully report,
with due credit 10 all sections and their
resources. from week to week with spe-
ciai articles from time 10 time
Through the courtesy OF the publishers
% the Trade Register the Post Intelli-
gsueer IL able 10 present to It's readers
tbs morning some Of the most significant
OF the commercial statistics thus CLEANED
Jehhtps and Retailing.
Last year and the year before the Trade
Register made n careful canvass OF the
city and presented a summary OF the job
bling trade Of the city tn the various lines
as well a. Hist of the manufactures.
This year II has compiled n table show
Ing the capital Invested and the business
done during the past year In the lines
named. with accompanying remarks show
ms the dependent lines and numbers en-
gagged therein. This table IS Il careful es-
innate. IN many eases being actual re-
ports. While It may contain omissions
ansi minor errors. II viii give a better
idea al The great volume OF business done
In this Queen city of $3.50 population than
can otherwise be gained and is the first
ever compiled. The last years summary
OF the jobblng trade Of Seattle showed a
tntal Of Ns,iS or. This year there has
been considerable gain, some branches
dong III three months of the KlondIke
rush total equal 10 that OF fSas Tho
showing this year Is as follows.