The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-24
m ! HAMLET 70 1 CITY.
~~vn or TACOMA n LESS THAN
TWO DECADES.
Dseksge Facilities AH"re
aesn fer Ocean o""
--~~1e.s Elevators, Warehouses
-snr~e Cusfoms Business

- tacoma has grown 10 De ii4s s'NN
Z - ard ire srzt in maritime ataa Man Man
ss.~syrsng importance OF asnasse - a..
go refrg eniy tweny-elghs miles cis-
Co. sSster snd forty ty rail- so1ith fron
800 th4 two have become known as
- rxsn -ttse~ az Puget sound, just az 81
80 nra Minneapolis lave come 10 De
s---~x RS. twin cities o. the Softnwsst,
-. identifying them n the mincs OF
- .sstsgsc precisely AZ Tacoma and Sc
80. arc known the county over az rivals
- ire commercial supremacy OF the
r1rshwast This rivalry. generous at
80 but oftiimes bitter serves az
r~sns for the development OF boia cities
. ~r.atsr degree than X the fieid had been
-. err for the upbui!diaa of only one
~ II PROPORTIONS In the stGe. This fact
= xssersisy admitted by unyejodiced OBJ
nrssrs.
va transportation facilities Afforded by
Ia and wafer between the two cities
ss4.x the Inhabitants very near together,
"a = rnn Of An hour and a half by rail-
500 WY four times a day, sr an hour
80 forty minutes - water the same
enubar OF times. IN palatiai STEAMERS. is
.ssenlated 10 very much lesser the eIs-
s.ree bssween the two, and 10 soften tae
ssper1siss as the years go by.
Adopted "a tns legal Western terminus
- =
ssosna has b,kn fortunate To receiving
~ farnr Of that great c0fp0Ta1isn 10 a
krsse commensurate with her advan-
s2sse,.s location at the head OF navigation
$ Puget sound. as applied 70 Gsep-ssa
eerneFee Car shops have been located.
pa cost Of over one million dollars. Sec
"a 10 none on the line OF the road. Ter
s;nal facilities, such as freight ware
muses. rouudhouseS, docks. wharves, coal
innksss Office buildings for the Western
al Of the road. and fcrly-eight ant one
haif NIL - of sidefracks have bean cre-
e<A, which. added to hydraulic WORK IN
slins along the water front. has resulted
i ar expense bin OF between seven ard
arsi millions OF dollars.
Ample dockage facilities have been cre-
ofsa for the growing commerce of Ia
ma and many warehouses. bunksrs,
ekva,oFs and -four mills line the wharses
Vhsrh are fully two miles IN extent AZ
IL present time, and can be EXTENDED
erssna the bay as needed for distance
4 s.r mics offering xcelient opportun-
hss. FOR the location Of terminals OF other
reses which Will ultimately locate at Ia
c1ns.
Oar elevators and warehouses have a
Wheat storage capacity OF 900 bush
n, ard the -four mills can produce I.4oo
J.
As large shipments OF wheat and -four
tAsf were sent out Of this port during
sas past year 10 foreign ports. amounting
ie5uss bushels OF wheat and 3is. T37
hyYsls Of Hour exclusive az sss .62i BUSH
= Of WHEAT and 50. 1874 barrels OF -four
sAsued 10 San Francisco.
Our coal bunker capacity Is approx
ssisly 1900 tons. the principal bunker
hlnr owned By the Northern Pacific
Hallway Company. and operated by cleo
utitr Steam Golfers from San Fran
dbts of ssa tons capacity arrive at this
bnktr ana are loaded In a single day.
~ The total amount OF coal shipped thus
AxMg the past year was $3.50 tons.
Cargo lumber shipments constitute
ne portion OF Tacoma's ocean COM
Eee. and are supplied from two OF tho
Hxsst mills on Puget sound. This Ium-
y shipped 10 Australia. Chile China,
1niro Japan. South Africa, Great
kAlh. Peru Hawaiian Islands, Beunes
Nrcz. Siberia. Tahiti. France. Alaska
81 esastwise and last year footed mp
waI Of ae5Ss1i feet. These mills. to-
rsasr with six others shipped by rail
| mi water over l2a 900 feet Of lumber
| tEing 1887
ofher shipments by water consist Of
rnstai merchandise 10 China, Japan.
British Columbia aERregatirg for the past
par nearly Sos4 100 IN value.
Is seaport Tacoma stands second only
, San Francisco on the Pacific coast. as
Aeva by the government records COM
aea IN Washington city
Accurate statistics made up for eleven
sansfsy Of 1871 from custom house returns
sss that the foreign business OF Ia
aass aggregated slice 80 III. the estimate
fer the year belng $4,000. nQ. q consider
shse nars OF which was composed OF 20
N.ss pounds Of tea valued nj over s, eso,-
-
The haftoFmaster's record for the year
Ast nast shows that as deep pea craft
ssrsed and iee departed from this port,
aFryins away 7os2sa tens of cargo con-
ssssoE II whes; valued at 81, 81. el2. -four.
EaessSis. iamter. so. iis,7b; coal. si.l2s.-
M& meroaanglise 20 China and Japan.
eSs.sss6S and merchandise to British
Nasmhis and Alaska. $40. sssi4 The
Hssensehs inciudcs c0astwise shipments
coal. lumber and merchandise and
sal4 net correspond N total amount 10
sssieHs house records. which deal only
w fesslgn shipments
IA ne manufacturing line Tacoma Is
sStanate In having within her confines
N1e 81 the largest industries % this see
1ah Two large cargo sawmiils alone en-
FsF9 ss men. and the Northern Pacific
81 Stops -. while an aggregate of 53s
1s AID factories employ 4SSs hands.
SITS shs'u s. lsa per anuum Ia wages.
ess producing ma nufaciared goods ag-
t'ssaiias sleW2Voe Ia value.
u adai'son 10 the saw mills, may be
sashefa'sa -FOUR sash ana door factories.
@Fos'hg 10 hanas six xhineie mills
was % them said 20 ho the largest IN ,ae
lis oaraclgy being 81. 30 shingles
" cav I've sour and cereal mills one
shtel factory. ono dry dock. cao roll
Es mitl. Sax foumfslsx aud machine ahs,i,s.
snleltss with an OUTPUT IN lSs5 OF
in gold silver copper and lead.
Sssslesy. whose outpat was ssso SO
ana which slaughtered last wear
- cattle. -1.ssa Aegs and S. a} sheen:
sNNe'4es ar3 hctiiag corunasslas
soa~Hwars company. esc lotstec and
sSes COMPANY. an1 a large VARIETY Of
histories of smaller sEsa ant ca
- heiRusnx furniture factories a
- rfsiii. oeoS ana shoe factory. box
-@ss. "sgon factories. etc.
49, lNesaas tga&e ef Tacoma whN, no,
- - extensive. as 5hat af fs-~ lister
= aeSeFtaelss.s ~ spnn'a aeons~tg,,s
N.als - so SO foT te@ var s.t
a. 4sg 70 Gaore than do4hta mis- Ia "a
as tsgaEea ia the AlssSa oss.a..
- s%ae Rave iftlease5 teelr stscks so
- ~sen - an enormous leanx -
Ssfs, anG, in addition ~ .hts
n --sts=s "a