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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-24
Business
GravitateS
to Seattle.

raphv these had 20 corrected. one New rneIander
wrote in solemn whether he could make
office heseged with countless communications
from people OF professions The office OF the
Pos-fneIgencer overwhelmed similar questions
people in the city copies
reeencer and sent them abroad as the hest means
the klondike, SEINE from Seattle many else
chants had already been equipping
ykon knew tast what vas wanted ara ware raasv - svn
houses doubled Il went further AS excitement in
~easa ana me movement toward the in,9,ka CIV NO.
active compelled extra shifts
and 10 keep open night and day. The c
seattle underwent ransformaton They had had
the appearance ite dead nov they took
en- and phases OF life. Strangers began T.
pour the city one WAC formerly thought he
everybody about surprised walking down
Second avenue 20 find how unfamiliar
Ne met.
the history OF Seattle for l' and 10 make
she IS totay.
impetus during the past than the In all
it, various branches into immense proportions
TIE city for the arst time acronToda,ions f3r Seap
commerce. - an kinds chartered and
vrn the san steamers }nclpding Aree az SO
Ag eorrAnics from port deanitev
l<lenllke.
TIE enormous demand fo- Graf, Of all kinds running
81 maritime construction
present than beug in ,hts
les or hatp les another score az TIRE slxsv bo,fo,s
fssae one-half The tonnase
gate .2se &nd there VIII he cspacsy ar n3lnS
laba passenseFs These figures take account CT
undertaken ~ any recognized ba4Edgrs
private enterprise whiea has aga,css Sx.
q the Co From very modest hesinui-9 .aa
ye Of when the hrn IS composed have halt up
~A seae forty groua3, uunbsTgsss buildings
AID decks. and numbering some io aames ~ ro
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Movement
Toward the
Gold Fields.

had taken place into the interior
Among her passengers Jack Carr the mail carrier
who fully corroborated startling about the rich
the discoveries along the Kondke July
IL the Excelsior arrived in Seattle bringing so0o In gold
and number OF returning miners who confirmed the
already received of the Eldorado But until
the Portland arrived July II with million and
fully Then fer time indescrbable enact d.
young who the city WI probably tell
10 their grandchildren the story of the first return OF sue
eessi miners from the konGike. The Pst-lnteigencer
issued special edition. which bought and read with
aydy by thousands of readers Seattle throughout the
and beyond its borders. TIE Geographic
kept hot with Associated reports sending
distant quarters Of the globe Sattle,
which had to extent slumhered In pubic recognition
ton again leaped 10 the front and in few hours her
every tongue. Special newspaper
spondents in addition TO the regular off
thousands or words TO Eastern papers They were all
dated Seattle. No detail seemed minute
escape the attention the newspaper world
The appearance of the returning miners the size OF the
rences they had undergone the by which the
gold had been worked out the country and its climate
thousand other particulars formed the burden of nnu
nerable and special kilograms Every returning
miner found himself the circle of hundreds Of anxious
qGers all 10 near his version OF the story All about
little and large groups could
gathered about central figure listening his tale of
adventure old did the prophet
dour. New words and phrases coined for the
'Klondkers. who had been "Klondking"
homes heahsones were made brighter because the head
family had back with from the North
Mortgages were paid on The home took on brighter
Building improvements planned and begun.
No wonder tho word Kondike began have magic
II much as * some more OF Aaadins
this skeptcal nineteenth
century ordinary routine Seattle and
rubbed their lamps and disclosed wonjrous vias Of
golden treasure.
movement practical side
Thousands OF eyes were at focused her as
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MOran'S
Ship Building
Yards.

In the Of 1856 Morans branched out from the
foundry and machinery business of ship
building Their first contract from the United
government for the construction of the steel torpedo
Rowan. which Is now ready launch. They built
the tug Golden Gate for the United
service which has proved the swiftast San
Francisco bay.
With the additions recently made and under
everything of kind which manufacture
eff steel wooden vessel VIII be made the ground
To the original foundry, machine shop shop pat
tern shop there have been being added a
foundry brass finishing shop. copper shop cabne makers
shop and sail loft.
Even before entering the shpbudlng industry the Nc
Bros Company had large business. They built the
great for the government dry dock at Port Or
chard and the pumps and lines the Bowers dredg
employed filling the tide fats They also make all
kinds OF mining mill and steamboat machinery and these
branches business continued scale
sructon at these yards Ia follows:
For the Yukon Company-ie steamers l2ioo tons, GOO
tugs exclusively for towing "a barges 4ao
For the Seattle Yukon Steamship Company-2 steam
400 400 passengers; IS TONS 50 passengers
barges Go
steamers ieeoo tons eFo passengers: tugs Is
tons 80 passengers q ha-ges. 5.EQ tons.
Work the big contract for the Yukon Company is al
ready we'll under Good has bean made
the machinery of the twelve river steamers and two tugs
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sa.. year ras az eyaehzl In seatties history u
~narxed the end OF and severe depression IL
marked aso the Beginning Of distinct period not only o.
.ld and esdrrng prosperity bat OF expansion am de-
Ya,pment in every commercial enterprise Men
.,a yemen who waited through years of weary gloom
s.a their answering faith Ia the city rewarded and tsr
earts made glad BY change 10 brighter things Capital
s,s AZ home and abroad who had hung 20 their invest
a.u -gta firm determination, turned with fresh interest
sd renewed inspiration tasks and problems OF hnan
Ierfpg On 81 sides glad recognized Through
thousand 81 ard CT general infoma-
ssan II flashed the verdi Good times had come
back Seattle
This change though RAPID did rot take place in day
mr. week work Cf tnat had long been
exercising formative influence the etys destiny and
which we're simply called sudden and more active
energy by sod discoveries IN the valley of the
Seattle had already built up trade with Alaska She
had and digging at that trade when
other apparently thought beneath their notice or
concern Alaskan SHIPPING Interests were already
considerable catering 70 the peculiar
demands OF the market. and Americans
who gone Alaska in Seattle and the
s.a.a Washington had probably larger proportionae
represensucn any city and So that when
ush OF business attendant the gold dis
covery Seattle had the situation well within her grasp
and let go Ter hold upon IL.
influences work 10 help Seat
tie The establishment Of great line of steamers
from the Orient, making Seattle it's American terminus
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purtry the past
\, the deposits of the city December L.
1895 OF in All the commercial
hanks city ss000 057. On December Ia 1897 when
the made for the comptroller of the
rsncy deposits increased By nearly
amount that date being S5.2iS,5o.9'.
During few months Of 1897 there a
able steadlness uniformity the increased cearings
For December they BY days as follows:
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Successful
Year in the
Public Schools.

aging pupils OF the county TO take advantage OF this means
fitting themselves for the university curriculum SEATTLE
has twenty school buildings with 1s capable Of ~
ing $50 pupils the value of the school property being 49,
The school population between the of and yars
1ezs OF whom Ills cent. attending school II -
year ending june 80 1897 the day attendance 49,
565s. The for N8 ~ 81
the rate OF 1919 cents capita per day OF the d
attendance. There i6s teachers whom those nt
the senior grades received saay
sas565 those in the senior grades &lAA
year the principals 81 20 the principal Of the senior @
mar school $3.50 and the superintendent 81 no. In the ~
providing for the admission OF the the Union 60
made provision for the extension Of the s
system 10 keep with the progress the state II
mated to the state for the benefit Of schools scos
and - In each township Of the public domain and this 49,
rs sold or leased and the proceeds aside tn. state -
fund which Is apportoned among the districts a ref
intervals the basis OF the number Of pupils and teafba
The church people. under the leadership efficient
tors have kept fully abreast OF the general pro
Two handsome buildings have been erected 81: Marks ~
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Flour Mill
and Coal
Shipments.

spur connecting with all the
through the floor and this bring
mariy designed for cargo shipments and
been made with the Central Steamship Company for
OF the wharves and for erection OF bonded
house soxe9 feet which progress Provision
having just been an the capacity
2.ee barrels day and engines which occupy de-
tached brick huNding of 3S horse power while the
present requirements only Ifa horse power
Statistics show that Seattle receives more coal.
coal and ships other
OF course all he mines OF King county
tributary to her. Gilman. Franklin. Newcastle Cedar
Mountain, Black b1nord. Renton DaHFlhe Laxtop Be
other mines OF the state The Carbon Hn rniae Pierce
county has but huakers and established dspat In this
city The Seattle Coal Company after various legal
struggles h8s passed hands and IS handling It's
output good advantage The Patiac Coast Company
20 the Cregon Improvement Company has rot
only improved It's bankers city. but has standardized
SIS hitherto narrow tracks running oof TO Franklin
ard Newcastle. hHs vastly Increasing rs facilities
county mines 47@sl tons agaiust
i Increase year o. s7aS TONS
cent To these receipts should De added the $50
received from outside % the county. which
brings tie total receipts coal at Seattle - 40 Il
This at the rate II g. a ton. "a 81 425.ses
During te same period the exports of coal amounted
2>7sSS tons against ~ n the previous
- 81 Tnts
@: lsi@> tors which locally by the
and families - tEe city ard flee steamships
steamers a13 tugs thag sail from Seattle - al
Puget sound the oaast sHd foreign The
De&nee OF De letter
when it j. known twa-thtr1s local
e STEAMERS and that many rae
ri< and factories wood entirely Vel city
The value 81 me q eoak during year
and 81 thai locally
1s-.sss 1neianx expense of handling expert
Seattle Is the headquarters Tor The shipment the
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administration, ana $a,W0 e. ~
Gran, street bonds paid up, IL
city of Seattle enters upon IL
new year upon a cash bass a.
In better financial shaps Aea /
has been In for yearR n
strength OF this show.lg N
perhaps best appear by . Hstk
comparison. When the year II
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Additional
industries
Spring Up.

number % vessels ard with
a large Touring mill cams
new cereal interests. Son
city had been paved with
condition as reflected cred
visitor a pleasanter ana |
avenue tangie had been II
she railroads were getting !
Pacific purchased two valu.
q great depot. The Greg
freight depot. It's switch g
Arlington dock fgr loading
cars. The Columbia x r
narrow gauge tra TX. AID
Company. now reorgaui2yti
known Ia the great world
these and many ether MAJ
has been Ia tho enjoy mcn
wise and economical az
policy and business methos
en- p cash basis. With every
her debt IN better shape n
other departments % Il
great interests. The publ
gFess rs 20 render n aew
city az Wa shlngtoa. while
sea Of political and facsiS
foremost educational institi
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Churches Have
Paid Off
Their Debts.

Of popular lectures by Rev. H. Gowen of Irnu
parish, on art and literature has received warm ues
from appreetave audiences One entirely consrsssu
has been founded by Rev Allen Clarke work q ~
Young Mems Christian Association charge OF ssese1g
6wlft has been successful novel departure hcng -
gagnS 81 members in ontSd. evaHgsliste work. NJ
himself leading TN this matter Greater attention > -
given In all the churches 10 the young people The kno
had time with Thousands Eone -
returning from the great convention san Francsss
have been inspired fresh Epwcrh -
brotherhood OF St. Andrew ana similar organsxatahs
nourissed before dneper interest 80 -
awakened IN the King County Sunday School AssosIaox
new organization has been effected In the shape Of
School Superlntendents' Association
Perhaps the most notable feature the enifs tss
church work has been the cancellation ssandn4
Of which have hung the various eonsss.
Ike nightmares for many year. second PYesaz
Ia good instance ~ this. Battery Street MssEOdsf
pal xl.595 debt a trcublssofne -
Trinity Methodist Episcopal wiped old debt 80
made substantial improvements properly. 49,
ser Presbyterian qudated the Ct IS
Madison Street Methodist Episcopal folos ed the TO-
pe Of others in The direction securing eH0u
20 pay on burdensams second mortgage and aos
prospects Of canceing its and tau
Itself entirely from debt.
al in all the various departments OF city Mfe
municipal. manufacturing, commercial. social sna
have gore forward during the past year rats -
Be gratifying TO lover OF Seattle. -
HERBERT I. BHuasSsn
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Growth
Of Maritime
Interests,

men are almost buried:
yards are parts OF eng
inders, while out upon
are knocking together II
OF these vessels the forty
the M0rans, give not a bit
boat frames are lying side
can borrow tobacco from 4
ing more than a few step
laid out where The eight n
will be built on another ~
recently erected In this pa
plant and blacksmith shol
are now about l.eo men on
Six of the steamers ar
Yukon. They Will be 20
VIII be capable of carrying
together with $50 passenge
sions. viii be l75 feet long.
for 400 tons Of freight and
these are the two 5Bt-bott
twenty-four harges. l20 Zee
Perhaps the most inpC
ment. exclusive CT the MOI
ing the past year was the
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y larger scale ard IN some ir-
stances included cn'erpsites Of
enormous magniiu le. Chief
among these has been the devel-
cHnieIi1 Of the Moysas' dig ship
building yard. dock aad foundry,
securing contracts both from the
government and from CONNER
ciai companies for building q
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the center OF the new movement.
Letters and kilograms began 10
pour in from all parts OF the
country asking for information
about the new land OF gold. No
maps existed; they had 10 be
made at once. People far away
from Seattle had exa ggerated
notions OF distance and Eeog-
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ems Central school building -
tirely TO the high sshnrI ~
erect a separate grammar Eaea
building for the Genital distysft
County Superintendent MesedIu
has done good work toward -
curing q more complete co-0fda'
alton of the high school Won
with the university ard enc1Ers
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docking Eli A. Gage. one OF the
chief officers Of the North Amer
lean Transportation * Trading
Company, estimated that there
We're 5000 people on the Yukon.
When the steamer City Of Tope-
ka came into Seattle on July
IL she brought a number OF let
tiers telling Of the stampede that
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POStcf!iCc
Tells the
Same Story.

STA or Per separate pieces of mali
handled 1896 numbered 1855 another Increase
o Per cent. z4ss4 pieces.
postage receipts years by months were
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All Lines OF
City Life Are
V,tallled.

work Sc has done Within the lass twelve months.
organization a lumber hange created bureau
scope conference ana co-oqerstau
the prominent ard Important - the business
only OF Seattle tu - the Faehc Northwest. Newsr
work Illustrated fa the great special editions whib
restintclNenccr Ass Published fro tire 70 taae tncu
that whch readers to-day has
CoeEnae w}th L and casfy related 10 g. the Vas
!nceease 90 3ETarf rSve ara ere stsblsshnent ~
hire have stsmrsd seattle and Sor aA Tire
Ger Alaska and sac kGnike THE telephone exchange
whseh takes ranA wien thoc ~ es FAR larger than
tAss, has immensely hoh psnt 30 territory Gov
and the volaGae IS business wca passes SIS
switch boards.
The total cu II che hunter wis Ice sese ard 6alar3
yesr lSsf 99 feet Nhle the u3tN0t q
shingles reached tAo enoreUs total 81 @ 'e
total value az ush naAaped irwin Seattle tor the
sear Amounted thar tasi&os eaiiars.
tae substantial l13faFf rcnts In tee city
eare IN
mart Of the cav Nh1a ;N.s ssSrssaest las
she &atefcsa n a7a xa aase Invested q
lsree causfa n hf9se tefre fHat sctfrupsen
.aersy temporary. hveeAer tAs aE t w@e eas stealy
tsea Importance 20 fae cy Treas ee.naer-
es5r- faa - Nrvas c @dattona
rrsuna saeasey aceut - tae hsness portion ~ the
ty admirably adapted &c sizes tor .Arse factories Il
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pald-up capital OF $Bn. 90 aud o
capacity Of 10 barrels o. four
daily. The mil! stands on the
harbor front on tract 81 filed
land. having wharf ie0x5-0. ut
whlch the largest ocean steala-
ers can lie. The main building IS
six stories high and IL OF slow
burning material. y railroad
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on YSsieg way they removed 10
the tide flats, where they also
erected foundry and marine
ways. This was destroyed IN
the great fire OF 1883. but was
Immediately rebuilt on a larger
scale. Fire again destroyed the
plant In 1885. but again Ii was
rebuilt and has been rapidly
growing ever since.
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q tae CIV nave mat.e decide !
advancement, many 90 them
having during the pass year paid
OK lang encusnlsorlne debts. The
sity library, IN is rsts quarters,
IS accessible. sea oRtfonlRed and
we'll msaaseA The Chamber 81
Cen1mereV has never before doHe
sstA aggressive aAd effect s,-g
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ldvapcement 10 Every Line---pa-
Tious Causes That Have Beep
Helping to Make Seattle Great
and Prosperous -lDfluelses Al
ready at Work Brought Into
Sharper Energy by Klopdike---
Ocean and lpIapd Traffic army
Post, NAyal Station and Canal.

The Mcrans have achieved by perseverance In
the face of obstacles From their little machine shop
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eetpts Of the postage de-
parimeut show a net in
crease for 1887 Of more
than IS Per cent. over
1896. The money order re-
csipts foot up for lss7 the
handsome total Of ssss
III ", an Increase over
the preceding year OF
Fhe separate pieces of mail
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ard bringing It into immediate
connection with one % the great
est shipping companies Of tke
world. was one Of the NEST -fr-
tunatc of these. The great adj
veFtislng bulletins and bureaus
al that company suddenly be-
came fall OF a new word. Seattle.
In Toxic, Yokohama, Kobe and
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testant Episcopal and FITS. 49, 4
fist. and a third is nov pi4u
for the Westminster Prssoy ".
rian. The new Current 5el.
Club at 81. Marks has mel -
great favor and promises Z Il
ful medium for the d!seusSlo. q .
the live questions OF tAe ~.
The Inauguration OF c 49,
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No one interest Fl Seattle fan look
with interest Of the local poSofce In
deauon growing prosperity Of the city. The
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been laid. AT the present rate
the machinery VIII be ready he
fore the hulls can receive II. In
every department Of the vast IS
fahlishmen: men are energetic
ally working. The draugh:.ng
room Is Uttered with mans. n
which the absorbed draugh-s-
sratfara1 hraafrasf ah0uf tho
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pack OF salmon Of the coast north c the
Columbia S. Of the isa trade is handled
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With cash balance Nsooeo lis credit; the iatesA
bonded fully paid up; every dollar Of the doa
warrants retired that were handed down from prssiuN
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IN this city. TWO brokerage
firms alone ship ahous lssA1
cases, the product Of ten can
neries. There are tao c1aHfr'ss
IN the city. These daring the
season Of 1897 packed abeuS sa.&v
cases between them. The raeA
on the Washington side OF Col
umbia river aggregated. ae'el d
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lines, brass castings and cyl
the TIDE flats ship carpenters
he bulls. For the laying out
acres OF tide lands. leased by
more room than Is needed. The
by side and the workmen on enc
hose on either side without NOV
,s. -Four more steamers will be
ow are and the barges and tugs
art cf the fats. In a long shed,
art Of the works a pipe-cutting
p have been esta blished. There
nployed.
-e to be the largest ever on The
feet long and ~ feet beam. and
no less than /. 400 tons OF freight,
rs. SIX others. OF lesser dlnen-
s. feet beam, ana with capacity
500 passengers. In addition to
toned. stern-wheel towboats and
L long by 80 feet beam.
lrtant single Industrial establish
rams. established In Seattle dur
Centennial Touring mill, with 2
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abogt 30 names on ;;s pay rolls.
:, and with Il the possibility o.
~ of the leading streets OF the
gltrifled brick and put into such
x on the city aad gave every
ette- impression. The Railroad
easurahiy Strengthened out and
nto better shape. The Northsrn
.hls blocks and laid the basis for
Z Northern had put IN It's big
~ er and is spur track into the
ocean steamers direct from its
lEet Sound has standardized its
the affairs Of the Pacific Coas,
have enjoyed a prosperity Wen
OF commerce. And through all
Siaiious 81 new life. the city
81 a municipal administration
every point. whose thoughtful
s have placed Seattle absolutely
cent OF her lntercs; paid up and
an Il has been N for years.
iy life have kept pace with these
o. schools have made such pro-
necessary. The Tulver-
ig has passed through stormy
In2i trouble. stll stands as the
ltS11 81 the sfBta. The churches