The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-24
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1855. The total production OF the year
was i.e16. - ions. an increase Of aboet
@5o.ese tons over the previous year. TIE
number OF rTssn employed was 3.sss an
increase OF @o 20 30 In the yea-. The de-
Eand has - sn-rsaSed. especially since
the Alaska movement began. that all the
old mines are aesag operated 10 their
full capacltv. tn Idle mines have been
put IN operation and several new ones
ara being opaneS- "A new e-Eoor drift
has been driven al Newcastle. which is
making a practically new mine of THAI
property and a isw drift 5000 flst Tong
is being driven reTn Coal Greek, which
viii eross-cgt al the Newcastle veins
A large new property is being opened
near carbonado wssh i0o-feot tunnel
which cuts 1--WE o. six veins Of good cox
ing coal.
Fish and Fisheries.
Only within the las. few years has the
fishing industry assumed important pro-
portions, outside II salmon fishing. but
now il IS 50 extensive that while ten
years ago the snail dealers in Seattle
bought their supplies in Portland. the
Seattle dealers ncv supply Portland with
halibut smelt. soleS, perch. herring.
rockcod, tomeod. Ing and hlackc0d. The
dealers on PugeE solEsd can also sen SAL
mon cheaper THAN those in Portland and
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fishermen, for they have a large terri
tory TO draw from ard have an ahun3-
ant supply The Puget sound fish dealers
have extended Their market all ever the
United States aad even TO Japan, and
salmon. from bdng the only fish
sold from here, has become only
one OF many. although still the
principal one. salmon canning Is
carried on along tie Columbia river and
pack az 1857 was 4o.oIT eases. valued a:
8. Co. $50 TIE fishing season on Puget
sound was good. beng marked by a heavy
run OF sockeyes Du on the Columbia river
il was an of year The sailing OF salmon
had greatly increased toward the close Of
the year, owing TO ae visit OF soma japan
csc merchants. whS leeI large orders and
established an ag@cy in Seattle. The
fnarket for frozen fish, particularly SAL
mon. has extended all over the country.
and after being por in 1896, became very
brisk last year. tn Puget sound country
having practically no competitor west Of
the Mississippi rive, and north of the San
to Fe railroad. two salmon smoking
plants are IN operation. one in Seattle and
one at Anacortes, and have built up
good trade in the East. They have also
found q good mar.et for their low-grade
product as dog feedfor use by Alaska min
ers Halibut has also become a staple
article Of trade With the whole country.
car load lots beini shipped to New York
and Boston. The Fisheries have been ex-
tended 10 Boring ca. which abounds in
cod identical with that OF the Newfound-
land banks 10 which ii Is preferred in
rnany markets. Two boats are sent ont by
the Oceanic packlg Company. of Seattle.
and one by J. \. Iatthescn, of Anacortes.
Tho fish are saItd as soon caught.
brought 10 The Sand picked In watts. and
shipped East whre they find a continual
~ widening maFht.
Forei2a Commerce.
The foreign cormerce Of the state, car
riei On from the ports of Seattle. Tacoma.
Everett. Bellng.am bay, Port Townsend
and Grays harbC. has grown to such d.
mansons that tle Puget s3und customs
district. comprising the whole state. is now
the third largest n the amount Of lis husi-
mess IN the Unitd States. \ large feet Of
lumber vessels his for years piled between
the great mill prts and ali foreign coua-
tries and the exjorts which were original
" rough and ir<scd lumber. plekets. lath
and shingles. NV include sash and doors
and rea6y-naie knock-down houses.
which have ben shipped to South Africa
for the Transual gold fields Business
then extended 20 Honolulu. whence The
lumber vessels brought back bananas and
other fruit anisugar. A steamer line was
then started Z, Central America and has
carried large arroes az lumber, Hour. ,
beer ard yarbl,s manufactured articles.
bringing hack small return carEoes, IN
which coffee beginning 70 cut figure
Then the tr,d,w.th the Orient was Cpend
by the establishment Of the Northern Pa
cfne STEAMSHIP lire from Tacoma aud fhe
Nippon Yuse Ksisha from Japan and
Chius 10 Settle This trade hos devel
cped so rapaly that The former sins has
bl-wonihIv ald the latter monthly s23iings
The ;,rinciDa EXPORTS are flour coal beer,
lumber ana caw and manufactured cotton.
the lest named commodity having cut
large fgurAin recent shipments frrn Seat
tie. The pincipal Imports are tfa. rice.
efIk sugar md cfIrtoS. The exports Of raw
cotton finn Tacoma IN the year
ending November !, 1877, aggregat-
Cd Isl tons and from Seattle in
the vsa- s7ding Novenhsr 80 1891. aggre-
gated 10 - bales. The imports az tea ut
the two r1rts aggregated ran tons Tho
returns f.r TIE whole customs district for
the wear lave not yet beer c0nniled. and
Il n theefore impossible rs yet 70 give
figures ~ 70 the extent Of the foreign
trade ne experts Of raw ard nanufac-
tqre6 catCn are a clear f2ln ana the I'M
rarte Of tea ana six hsve enormously In
creased so that II Is putting it moderate
" n stte thaf the total has increased fully
"a ner CERT The imports 81 the district are
also sveiled by The asanti'y II ore. bullion
and crper !ngoss passing into Northport
from no Ko0tenav mining district. and
the exports have SHOWN proportioHately
largo Increase. due TO the shipment Of
sanrlez and mactlrery 70 that district
from Spokane.
Solid Development.
TlFre Is one reFnect IN which the present
revival Of ACTIVITY n Washington CON-
rar.s favo~ably With that which began
towards the chi Of the last decade ami
oloeE with the panic Of ls3 Il Is based
on solid. Legitimate ieveloprncn; Of the re-
solYces az Tie country ard rot Ca Wild
circulation II real estate aor on EDecu-
lsive building. The last boom was pc
red ri specaia ton. win littie or no pTo-
clotlOu. tie present 0ooSn IL rot q boom
a ne cou,uon accepsaIion @ tho term. fer
Z IL based On production. with l;tle or no
speculation The bursting - tse hcem IN
ls.3 drove the speeuia tors oo- u basin IS
ana forced them into TIE farms forests
a-.d mountains 10 raise wheat potatoes,
frslt. Z, a., ,0-a ard saw tbeln into lnm-
ber. - discover mineral and develop
mines. en- fact. 70 develop the resources.
about watch thay had taiKe3 90 mura. ouc
whleh thcy had carefully lef. anasssurbel-
For ssGr vears he back couatry has been
,.,s-tF~tr t..t - the ovgFErrEth II che