The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-17
Waxhingson's
Lime Trade
With Hnw All.

4 the Hotel Seattle On
business. told some
Lime Trade thing yesterday az
| WITH u.v~ts tsrnoon concerning
activity In the lime
trade.
s'We shipped $3.50 barrels OF lime % thu
Hawaiian islands in December" said he
Already during this month we have re-
ceiyed orders for from Loo to seo barrels
from Honosaiu. A. the present time We
are expecting the schooner Albert Meyer
in to load Leo barrels al once for kahu.
hui, Maui island. This business with
the Hawaiian Islands has been increasing
very rapidly since they have become an
American possession The American rag
has lad almost n magical effect We have
been doing business for three years with
the islands and had "a difficult task TO
bussa IL up on account ot close business
relations 81 the islands with San Fran
cisco The Gawalians or at least the
merchants. are favorable 10 San Fran
cisco. However. we have passed the en-
t.ring-wetige stage and are now selling at
even higher prices than California es port
ers OF lime because or the superior quail
fy OF the Roche Harbor product
Lime Is used In the islands In tia man
ufaeture OF sugar. II counteyacts the
acidi'y OF the cane juices and a.so acts
as a precipitate. IL - thus very neees-
sary article I'm making sugar. have
SHIPPED some poorer qualities for fertilta-
ing purposes. bus the larger part OF The
shipments are for use IN sae manufacture
Of sugar
The Local trade Is In very good C n
ditson and IL Increasing very rariily. !.
was ha.s large during December as
turing the remainder OF the year. l think
that ire business In line Is a very good
barometer % business IL gencral, at least
have always considered IL So. and have
C0THe 20 believe taat times WIRE see3 or
had ia the demand fer time was larsye or
small. We VII ship sesst barrels 10 san
Francisco oa January 3 TIE demand
aboat Tie Northwest Is better than ever
before"
President MgMillla has even received
Applications for a%eaeies for his lime from
the Philippines and from HonEkomg since
the former aaye recuFae American pos
sessions Lime Is tased In tf's Philippines
in Hawaii IN the manufacture - sss-
gar. But As deposits have been discover
cd on tne island OF T.uEen it is likely
that TIE great cosi CT frvight weuad make
competition from Puget sound impossible.
New whaseom IS gang 70 have brew
cry Ia addition to her many Industries
IL viii * II large enough eSsss,gIs :o sup
Ply an tie beer that wnatcoFn ard skags:
cegn5y wants
"A ste has been
New Wha'- purchases. fer the
! cen. to Have brewery already"
sa}d Attorney JeTs
9 " Aascaxa AZ the
Hate, Seattle lAss evening. u s2xsa0gssaAEAa
rNst there ars. Victoria people assd,
thsnS, sssrne Kentucky gseuase Interested IN
tse coaswrn Tsse~e wsii Re expended sSeuf
So $40 Fred Hfiss8r, e Victoria. recent
Is frosa Germany. - 70 D. tae szsans ger.
and IL Is 20 waa : csSn5a0csinS< lie Affairs
az the concern AZ IRIS UEs2e.
TIE site purchased Is f1s}ve acres Sn
wAafeosa crwe& sai wsthsn fhe c3ty Anasts
Thess IL a cosaneG&so- BY sas e&sctSts Ssae
WIN abe Ss3sInezs part q tie rsyY> Nj.
fEitllx~v ROW hA-s sssen 81 work c9saFifs~ s's&
lara Ard making preparations IN erect
h.stN,i9gS These VIZ - cssEfsf Plated s1S ss2e
Es}sut All - erEsAes - next sumner -
thae ;He brewery ssA - IN operation weSs
TIE .Atrssy season s2s a<rtTs>3.
At ne present time sas%szens 81 New
vvhAfc0rrr purchase most % their 2sss- n
Seattle s1S TIE gTsa, essters 9. Eas Fast
sf&,wsAAks.a sssssraxn ard r. txaals Ssw
NaAxreza wFig - gssS E2@stA s$1S ga Es~sss
s.sss.a.s - laws . Asssery, Olympia. Seattle