The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-20

vas sst1AoEsAso Il ~ axd - Z eanaclty
Of 11A0eo p fabee fset e lunh@ M day
The outvNt The past yenr wa1 opwards
OF O0A0 1eet Ninety Den ers co.,
sfanfiy eMpea9u4 The1r whnFvee and
yard1 eover 49, Wfeeaa assea while eight
shipmsots arb nade prineipally % Caiifor-
ma. Aextep. CentxA1 Aner1ca and Ha-
waiian tsianda The pay rofl q this comr
peny = Ia exeesn a. 86n per usenth.
Wilson BFoo. = CO. uiII q the eastern
End OF the city = one Of the Oldest es4ab-
Hs1ed. having been hunt IN III. since
wien i has run conttnuaiIy. The huik Of
Ks output y shipped to IT. yards - Gan
FRANCISCO. The pay roll II this mill y
nearly 0yao par month. aixty nm being
employed.
The Andersen Middleton MN Company
purchased the Weathsswax mill s. the
spring 81 ISIS, and add<d new saws and
planners and increased the capacity Of tho
miil g l1fooo feet per day. and has shout
upwards OF 800 per month The psodpct
OF this mill b shipped prfncipAiiy 70 Mex
1co, south America ana the Hawaiian
lxlands.
The American Mil Company wss Organ
ICED this spring and 10 running at fun
capacity, with force Of about seventy
men, With pay roll Of about A.ooo per
AsO0ttss &c aus>sDEI xk0m tU0 &48u -
shipped to California and the Hawaiian
Islands.
There are also two shingis mills. with
another In contemplation OF erection.
namely. Farnham 4 Coates and Lewis
Bros.
Farnham 4 coates' mil II the IarEer
Of the two and IL located Ia South Aber-
deem They employ upwards ct twenty
men and run 20 the full capacity. which
- $4,000 daily. Their trade h principally
with Eastern points. and they sell their
product direct to the Dealers.
Next comes the Damito Woodworking
Works. which was established hers nina
years ago by Mr. A A. Damito. and y
the only one OF the kind on the harbor.
The constant increase In business has
nscessitated additions from time to time.
until now Il II one OF the principal enter
prtses Of the city. A twenty-horse power
engine operates a sawmi1l. planer. mold
ing machine. turning lathe. band and JIG
saws and other necessary machinery.
There II also complete apparatus for
tanning fish nets. The chief work Of this
factory b manufacturing boxes. Eight
men are continually employed. and the
majority Of the time work nvc-quarter
time. Mr. pamito ID also the inventor of
many valuable improvements to mach.n-
cry. and also invented pulley which bids
fair to revolutionise that field.
In mentioning the machine shops and
f0undries there are two OF which much
could be said. They can turn out anything
from drill to the largest marine engine.
They employ about twenty men, and the
pay roll amounts to nearly 1900 per
month.
The ship building yards Of John Lind
strnm IL fast becoming one OF the leading
Industries of the city. having launched two
steam schooners this spring and having two
NvraF On h. AxR v&mkNs t3sSva
About nifty men are employed here, having
q pay roll OF 5000 per month.
Fish CaaneRiee.
Another important industry worthy Of
mention - the nsh industry. which II fast
ineraaAIng. There are three Gamer
les here which employ several hundred
men for few months In each year. The
demand for fresh salmon from these wat
ers. owing To the superior quality and
flavor. - yearly increasing.
Among the most valuable food ash bssideU
the salmon. ID the sturgeon. which ab0unds
in the waters OF Grays harhcr. varying In
size from 20 to 100 pounds. Herring. smelt.
anchovy. salmon trout. tom cod and many
other variety of small fsh. which have
considerable OF a marketable value, arc
plentiful and furnish employment to hum
dreds OF men each season.
Aberdeen's mercantile and professional
men require few lines Of eulogy.
u. J. Garman.
Mr.. German opened his shoe store In 1870
and business having Increased 10 rapidly
he moved into larger and more commod.-
ons building IN 1ss3 on the corner OF Heron
and r streets. where he 10 now doing q
prosperous business. He conducts the lare-
est shoe store In the city. HIS store u
known as Jeff's shoe store.
George FisheR.
Mr.. Fischer opened his gents clething