The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21

Se2et2s ass tzze Touring nails. with
capacity Of 1.sss ssarress Of fossr DAY. arss
1So mora nils are expected % start up
next year.
| SEATTLE has packing ho1Se. with a ca
| pscsty - 20 hogs ~ sheep ard M Cattle
. day
Seattle has 4 weo1en nil with a cavss,-
ny O. IN pairs % blankets
Seasas makes the YGk0n Sled Ore FRI.
! aso1e has sold ever 2.e as seassr.
seattle makes condensed MIX one cor
| ceTn turns CIT - cases day. fa-sy-eign.
| 20 tae case
Seattle makes evapo-asesa ard dried fruits
ard vegetables in unlimited quantities +
/ = the center % 4 great fruit vezst able and
Sop-grosilg district Many o< The ranches
( nave complete hop drying plants ana sh4Ss
/ are used for drying f,ritssans vegetables.
N addition 70 many regular eva poxatinx
plants
firm turns OUT from twenty-five Aoxsn :
dSy upwards. ard carries & hsavv stock
Seattle also makes tents. pack saddles
| ana nearly everything that enters INTO a
fnlAsrS outfit Everything that can h@s
bought in New York o. Chicago can hs
oIasn' acre ara as cheap a. at chose
places. saving the miner his i>.aI srasshr
TIE merchants who have handed .he trade
IN TIE past are already getting :, .hatr
spring stocks and Will be ready 70 outfit
| from sae..e 10 100 80 miners.
Women.
Many women inquire about their chances
In Alaska No woman should he advised
10 90 10 the sUh-Arcgic regions. II A woman
cecldss 10 60 she should make up her Mid
20 60 3ast Ike man" Special intorrnA-
ttoa Tor women viii hs Suo2lse,s on al
dressing "Wonea's Department. Bureau Of
information. Chamber OF Commerce, s.
attic
The Only animals OF any Use - a klo,-
diser are horses for summer packing over
the mountains. and dogs for early snr;ns
Eastern Washington has literally thou
sands OF pack animals which ara available
az Seattle, and several companies formed
here ara already collecting dogs for ~arfnr
work This viii be the dog market OF the
world. Pack horses are worth from g.. an
wards Good dogs. and only heavy weight
long haired dogs for Il cold climate are
worth their feed. are no. worth from In
upwards. In the spring The price vi, de-
pend on the demand.
Vessel Building
Seattle is the center OF the creates. INN
Der interests in the world S1}DhujI53nc !
an Important interest IN and around seat
Tie. The Only complete steel .D:phsI{Idi7r
plant II the Pacific Northwest is in Seattle.
IL has already had two United States con-
~ = lux eNFfai Nr~SES. AapE pTr~1pS
want IN know Il Yukon river boats can be
bdLs here. They can. The whole demand
can be readily supplied. 4 fat-hottoned
river steamer. 10 carry ten Persons and
their supplies. can be built for $50 and uo-
wards. TO be shipped from Seattle 70 St
Michael
Wharfage, Dockage. CartaSe. Etc.
Seatties Railroad avenue. ra1 feet vide
runs between the wharyeS on one side and
me rear df many wholesale houses on ne
other X is occupied by the tracks 0. the
Great Northern, Northern Pacific. Ssattla
& international lover which the Canadian
Pacitlc runsl and the Columbia & Puget
Sound railroads. There are 40 switching
charges. Nearly every wholesale house n
the city is within five blocks OF railroad
tracks
Carriage does not exceed % cents. as
against - c3ats elsewhere
TIE maximum price for wharfage IS 81
cents per ton. The general price IS -
cents per ton. The Wharfage IS included
in the freight rate TO Alaska. and the
shipper has no extras TO pay IL steam
ship lines a present charge by weight or
measurement, whichever IS more accurate
Discrimination or unfairueSs IS not al
lowed
seattle Prices.
The fact that nearly sooo persons. or