The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01


The above shows total for this year. OF
~ ~ 800. or an increase of t9.iA. So being
gain of H33 per cent, for this year over
lass The liquor traffic. with its four
bseweries ten wholesale houses and i%
saloons. Is not estimated this year or last.
The increase in factories. tobbsng houses,
retailers. ship building, -four and cereal
output, grain shipments. buI1inE. really
transactions. bank clearings postorice
business. fish. fruit. lumber and ahiGgie
trade all have their share In the showing
Seattle makes this year.
Aside from the disrontinuanca OF sev-
erai Quitting houses that temporarily
competed with established sirms when the
rush was at its height 10 the Yuk,n gold
feds, the segregation OF trades last year
now shows increases in number in tho sew
erai lines with few exceptions
Grocer.es--Tnere are three exclusive Job
bling houses; twelve who wholesale. retail
and outfit. and i3f retailers. an increase of
seventeen for the latter dealers. These all
supplied the cutftters ard handled the cof-
fees. spices. pickles. prepared vegetables.
fish ard frtit cereals. four. condensed
milk crackers. candy. mapse sugar and
syrup, evaporated goods from six plants.
soap from two factories, hrooms and prod
ucts Of the other factories In this city
identified with the grocery trade.
Hardware-T'nere are two wholesale
houses. nine who Wholesale and retail. and
twenty retail houses-including two sport
Ing goods dealers.
Stoves and plumb.ng-There are two
wholesale. i've wholesale and retail and
twenty-five who retail. besides twenty
plumbing. steam and gas-hiiing houses.
Four houses handle sinware and pipe.
wholesale and manufacture all kinds of
tsnware. aside from the tinware factory
THAI supplies cans. etc, for crcanneries.
spice and other factories.
Roots and snoes~~There are two whole
sale two factories. six ~f7o wholesale ard
retail, and twenty retailers, besides seventy
two shcemakers and ten saddle and bar
ness workers
Rubber stsods-Tlaere are three exclusive
tofbers. while the retail boot and shoe
houses and machinery houses carry good
stocks In thaa line.
Furniture and household rooas--Thers
are seventeen houses seu OF which do a
large wholesale trade. Four are snanufsc-
tuTers ~ furniiaTe. two exclusive lounge
and mattress factories. besides fogr up
heisseTers
Underwear There are four underwear
factories and eight exclusive deesers aside
from the dry goals houses. There ara also
two suspenaer. two glove and enc corset
factories
Crockery ard glass ware--T-nere are two
houses. hessfea she grocery josssscrs who
carry thi. line well az woodenwasa-
Some OF iha tea nouses also carry glass
AMI erockery ware
Packing house prodness-Taere are FIVE
houses exclusively handling and aistrih-
utsug from this market cured and canned
fnea.s. lard. ffssA meats. etc. while e4Ts.
merchandise brokers represent a. many
houses. mainly In canned goods. and f.ty-
Eve meat markets supply city demands FOR
fresh meat. poultry add fish. Two large
Eastern fsos5ses neve branches here.
f1se. orstr-~ stc.~-The~e are tpo salmon
cannar.e@. "a cxsssS~ss plant. swo wholesale
oyster houses. seven wa0l2~ale sAn hoassa
who st1iD Fsak7. tao brokers' who handle
ssSe product IF several carTzer4es on Puget
sound ana ere Columbia river eleven re-
tzstsTs OF yss1, oysters clans crabs
shrimp Tnsa@sels, etc. and two aho.esals
net, twsszs ard Ssnef-ns-1s supply hensssss
Tw1 OF ths houses snsese fisss for Eastern
ard foreign a. weil rs losoni trade
Butter. eggs ard chesss--T-issse are eight
cresrserteS and thsTgy-thres datriss fear
exclusive fatknes9 AMI s!gnt ether 6sAfafs
in butter eggs aa3 cheese. t.o dealers I'm
creamery spppliea. ard q gsssd milk s~-vsus
commission bouses siso bafssi5e .he outputs
of several If TIE stase eTsasnxriess while
large shipments Of butter. egxs and easezs
come ia fvors Eastern STATES.
Commission tsssin~ss~~Tbere ara thsrsr-
seven cos1araSs'Da hoases. ssxiateea ~
salca 80 wEac.esAse 4nasiEx IN aa the
fse92cis 81 TIE xEafs. foreign ard domestic
srSz.. AID EroaAcs requires 70 this market
n41t ard confectionery aeassrs and i1s res
s4arsats - supply.
Fsos1r. grain ard fesst-TgzeTe are t9e
regr fs43As. tEEee @mtcn manufacture Esgsx.
sersa@s- fesss aud has44~ srasn. sezs Errns
which wholesale sS< 0as22s % state esa
Eastern mills Gx gran dealers tsS 81
whom AFs fasssga sxS<rTsrs. three gTais sx-
enAaxess thirteen EHEee@ hans.a1x hay
waos1sxss ard se.srs4 exclusively retail.
BsoeEs-Tness ara tao broom factories
whzea cater 20 sGs retail as well 49, Job
hars srszs Ans5 se9p "a Alaska. BsStzse 1ss-
Jam ssAA aa6 Idaho
Carriages AID wax1s1g-~Isssra srm twesvA
h1zSss manufacturing aa1 soclsaz e.s.