The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-21


Since the advent Of better times II has
beer the custom of the West Coast and
Puget Sound Zimmerman In the early part
u each year 10 issue special annual ell
f.oEs- giving "A general review OF the year
preceding together with full Information
concerning present condition and future
prospects Of the lumber and shingle IN
duetry on the Pacific coast. RE F'ebra-
AIRY number which takes The place at The
regular Issue this month, * strong II ifs
condensation Of statlSt cal facts and fig-
ures pertaining to ail lumber lines. u Is
decidedly pretty IN its typographical and
Illustrative features. The cover appears
IN the patriotic cGiors. applicable Ia the
year Just passed. Ci red. white and blue
with q reproduction % The famous ship
Columbia. the nrst 10 sail into Grays
harfsor over century age. The annual
contains nearly hundred pages Allied
with advertisements Illustrations OF niiI
plants ard other interesting matter. oae
al the many interesting features Is an
illustrative wrffe-up OF the Simpson Log
ging Company camp, the largest com
pany. perhaps. In this line in the world,
certainly in the United States.
The statistical information for ISIS and
previous years is thus condensed from tie
numerous tables given.
The comparison by years Of the rail-
and cargo Shipmeu ts Of the Coast forms
an Interesting study. The Zimmerman
has never been able to get u complete
record ~ The shipments made ny ins mli8S
If oregon. bUI uutCldt ana accurate h1-
ures are given tn this Issue u the ship
meats from Washington. II VIII be noted
that the cargo trade IN l&s has not Kept
pace with 1885, and 1855. either IN foreign
or eoast@ase. Take the case u the Port
Bsakeley Mil Company. In AStS the for
eign Shipmt ntS of this company were
n ~ 81 feet 8 hiie in 1927 they were as,
80 Ia feet and 81 ISs6 81 Ge2 20 feet. a
.mllar falling OF IS noted ~ the Puget
Lumber Company. Of Port Gamoie. but
with tie Ludlow shipments added the
Puget Lumber company j. nearly equal
10 former years. These Two companies
do the large bulk Of the Washington
cargo trade.
Coastwi-e Shipments.
Tie cargo shipments to san Francisco
from Washington ard Oregon show ike
decrease. In 1888 the shipments were rs
osa.i III feet IS against -, 65-.0s5 feet III
lssg. ard - ISL las feet In 1s!6.
IN rad shiprn, nts from Washington the
figures sh0w quite the reverse Of the
cargo trade. and are quite encourAgl ng.
making as they did a steady increase
each year. except tn 1854. since the luIn-
Der industry FIRST took root IL the state.
In 1870 there WAS shipped $50 90 feet II
~ fso feet in lE36 lEi SIS. esi feet, IN 1876.
i22aa 7;6co feet. in lssS. III 66lo90 feet The
greatest stride was made in lsse. having
been 10 per cent. more than In lNi and
double that OF IS41 Figures Ike these
talk plainly showing q growing demand
for West Coast lumber throughout the
East
In single shipments there has been an
uninterrupted growth each year IL de-
mand since 1886 the number Of cars
shipped that year having been 1913. IN
Fs-sA IA sF'as 4fsfr
ears IN 1895. Il - cars iD 1895 $50 cars
in l>S- ara reaching 1880, lacking two
ears. Ia I~ss II NAV heTe b. safely pre-
a3Cfed that IS.sa VIII show a corresponding
increase over 1873 Reduced 20 figures, TIRE
total zhincie shipment 10 the E4sf was
g 6s3 hS0 fsS shingles. au9 counting those
Which have gone foreign oy cargo. down
the Cuwij,x river and thu local conSunp-
t8o0 - the state. itsl ,ssl.fst more ean prop
tcly Dc added 90 the grand total This Is
a great showing in volume OF business 4
not ln rsmua"rat3FC results
Where the CargoeS Went
purluz the year 1SS there we're 50 car
goes ~ lumHer. ti-~ and spars loaded on
th.s coast for foreign ports. These car
goes contained 1854 "a feet ~ lumber
az these 4J2 carEoes. Is we're laade<i -
British columbia lse ia ashlagtun. :
IN Oregon and - ia California They we've
consigned 80 the following countries To
Australia. = Hawaiian islands ~. Cel12
. south America y Mexico ~. Africa
T.. England Ireland. e. kf5l islands .
tne each So France. Boston New York
h&ss4t, Unite ara I4s5natta- 1 re total
Number ef te"f for Australia WAS - aN9-
s4s - tae Tia sssl51 ISLANDS. = -o+.a4s. -
~ xtco. = a. Ss. 90 South Auertca. So
IA -. % China - PIT ~. 10 Souta Africa.
"a ,sSs -
Tee HEurr~ given }ngi1Ge some e~E1e4
q sFars fuiniua props ant ties wa3ea are
4 stiEUatt8 h1t ayc practically correct The
largest ltTEn W.~ from Por5 Ludlow
IS as5l.. wa}la WeraG 20 tGe mines - Aus
f-atta sr4 contained -*i+.s55 tc@t- Several
contained Atssitt -ttsi saRf fttt uaCa <1s
average amount % t@c8 cargo n ~ ,l4fs*
Eett-
Ele export ilf0.fC tFsae ~ S4u Fran
Cisco. Ia. teT fae tt&T Es4= ss}eAs3 81
fa.4fu& 80 n DEMAND oFtr f1s: ayss I>s-.
.1-. average annual ~NIHst' trade from
thar Tsart fr tae F3st eight y.ars BIS
5sa--n s-ss@t - 49, - The reports shox
? a3St t9e ffltsT - w. Mss sG average -