The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-31

mand. Next year, think the market
will widen--that u, there win b moro Of .
demand for rosidonce and acre property"
outlook Very Bright.
J.. b. MacDougall. Of the MacDougali-
southwick Company, dry goods and CLOTH
Ing:
Our business has been over Is per cont.
fu g psl ond ~
a better class Of goods. I expect 1900 to
be better business year than We have
r. M. Jordan, real estate:
Business here has been from four. to
five times greater than In 1888. The chief
demand has been for residence and In
come property. The year 1900 should be
very good one for real estate In Seattle"
James Lee. Of Lees pharmacy:
Business has been some better than
last year. The holiday trade was fully 80
per cent nrc.d better lock for 1900 to be
2 L. L. Moore. Of Graham q Moore. jew
elers:
Business with US has been 50 per cent
better than In 1898. and as for the holiday
trade. 1t was almost double this year. I
expect that 1900 win be the best year we
have had yet"
M. l.. Grunbaum. City Of Paris:
I'VE have not taken stock or figured up
yet, but / know we have done much
steadier and larger business than last
year. We expect as good business in
than year ago."
Mcleod & Co.. dry goods:
Our holiday trade was Is per cent bet
ter than last year: We are making great
r. 8. rringer. manager for D. 8. John
ston. pianos:
Business had been much better all
through this year than in 1898. think
holiday trade was excellent"
w. D. Mccarthy. manager for Il. w.
Newhall & Co., dry goods:
''Our business has been rs per cent bet
ter than last year. For the month Of De-
cember. and especially during the Christ
mas season, It was not a question of look
ing for business, but OF how much money
we could take In over the counter. In 1900!
Well, there will be a further increase--as
great an increase as this year was over
! D. N. Holden, of Holden q Wilson. fur
niture:
1--WE have had an increase Of 50 per cent
In business during the year. In 1900 It will
be far better than this year. We carried a
stock double that Of year. ago and our
holiday trade was correspondingly larger
dry goods ETC.:
1--WE have had highly satisfactory in
crease Of business over last year. Our
holiday trade was very much better. A
better class OF goods was In demand The
year 1900 looks favorable for equally as
prosperous q year as this one has been. We
could not ask for more prosperous one"
F. w. Hurlbut. Of Spelger G. Hurlbut.
crockery, etc.:
"Our business is SO 1-3 per cent ahead
Of last year, as a whole. The holiday trade
was so per cent. better. We think 1900 IL
going to be very good year. That opir-
ion Is influenced by leading men In our line
throughout the country"
r. Nordhoff, Of the Bon Marche:
I'VE have had a so per cent. increase In
business during the year. Our holiday
trade left 1898 way in the shade. 1t was
bigger than anything we ever expected or
made preparations for. We look for q good,
heavy trade in 1900 though the price OF
dry goods in general and of silks has ad-
vanced."
T. M. Daulton, the Daulton Carpet Com
pany:
I'VE have had 30 per cent. increase in
trade over 1898, and the holiday trade this
year was much better. The outlook for
1900 Is that business will be better than this
year"
Frisch Bros, jewelers.:
Business was much better than last
year, including the holiday trade. Think
the outlook for business in 1900 is good
Gus Brown, of Gus Brown & Co.:
1--WE have sold $4,000 worth more goods