The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-21
Sound Shipments Show q Gain
Of Three Hundred Per Cent.
FIGURES THAT TELL THE STORY.
Exports From Seattle for the Present.
season Nearly Three Times ~
Large NJ Those of Last Teas--ra-
coma's Shipments show = Propor-
sionatc Increase bright Press
poets for Shipments Next season.


1875 is ended on tho last day u June
It viii be found that the exports from
Seattle for that period have been nearly
IL not quite three times as large as any
previous season. with the single exception
of that Of 1872. which was \ record
breaker on the sound.
Tables compiled for the Post-Intelli-
gencer by George II. Nicoll. manager of
the Seattle Warehouse and Terminal Cons
pany. tell the gratifying story of the mag
nificent growth in tho wheat exportine
trade at this port The first season given
in the tables OF exports which date from
tho erection of the West Seattle elavator.
Is that Of 1sso-L The exports for that
year were q trifs over 1900 tons. with
six weeks OF the season yet remaining.
the exports FOR the year ending June 90.
1898. aggregate the splendid total OF l2,a5t
tons. or nearly 1.50o.o00 bushelA
E1attering as has been tbs Showing. IL
u the firm belief Of wheat shipping me-
in Seattle that the export trade from seat
tie Is In its infancy. The causes that
have operated to swell the amount OF grain
handled at this port last year are Of such
nature that their influence or the ex-
ports from Seattle can be relied upon ~
constant and stable in their Operations
but II Is also true that they are To h.
supplemented by other factors in the hand.
ling Of the great golden crop Of the state.
Chief among these Is the Forthcoming
erection OF grain elevator OF large e.
pacity by the Great Northern on its water
front property in this city. Another Is tia
growing acreage In wheat tributary to tn
line or the Great Northern and its COM
nectionS. 81
There are some wheat exporters who bo-
lieve that the wheat exporting traslic. of
the northwest. which has formed q creat
part or the commerce OF Portland ana
which has brought TO that city a. to San
FRANCISCO, a great amount Of coaIAters1
business. viii ultimately bo centcred On
Puget sound. 1t Is true that POrtland.o
shipments are larger than the combines
traffic or Seattle and Tacoma. but Il II
further true that the shipments OF export
whea. from the sound ports has shown m
increase Tor the present season OF 500 per
cent as compared with last year. WhiIo
with an enormous crop In eastern OREGON
and the Willamette valley, portIsnd.n
gain is less than 30 per cent. over last
year. q. I
The causes that ara working to the ad-
Vantage Oh the SOund ports arc % well
known that 1t seems unnecessary to recall
them- To begin with. the sound II A.
open sea. with a clear, deep water hseh.
way 10 the Pacific. Portland WIN NvAr
contend with the shallow water n thu
mouth OF the Columbia and tho treachAr-
GUS bar. which In q perpetual barrier "a.
the entrance OF the immense ocean rnr.
riefs that are handled as easily from Care
Fiattery to Seattle az they are In The vide
Pacific.
An examination OF tho shipping tahaas
printed In tho Portland papers. incis,dinEs
lists OF the vessels that have loaded fherv
with wheat show that the average fon-
mage OF the grain carriers leading 81
Portland VIII not exceed 2.4G1 tons. This
figure IL much below tho usual run ~
ships that enter tho sound In search Sc
gran cargoes. Sailing vessels carrying
wheat from tho sound with a tonnage 81
5000 tons are common enough Tho Rec
ord was made. however. when the hira
tramp steamship Algoa loaded 1000 tons
on the sound. twn-thifds OF which vnas
taken from Seattle :.
The following tables show the wheSf
and -four exports from Seattle and Tn-
coma Tor the past eight seasons. IL win
be remembered that the season begins Juiv
! or each year. ending June 20 the fol-
lowing year. and that there yet remains
nearly six weeks OF the present s~as6r,
The tables are brought down 10 Nav 4
ana were complied by Mr.. George Is
Nicoll: