The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-27
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Polk directory Of the city Of Seattle for
100 IN now o3 the press and ready for dis
trtbucen- II b large volume similar In
size and makeup 20 the one OF last year.
but containing more names aud fnforma-
ton than that one did There sre H5s
pages about twenty-five less than the iSs
v,lame. but this decrease In pages Is more
than compensated by the increase ii their
length In the new book. the increase be-
tpx three Ines TO the page. This would
make q gan Of over loo pages Of the size
OF last years book.
IN February last ami has been brought
dawn TO date aa accurately as possible,
ard the statistics derived from IL show ma
teriai gains over the same Items last year
In almost every department.
The directory proIer--fnat h. tins list of
names "a alphabetical order--confains the
names Of 8.T51 adult citizens OF Seattle
and Its suburbs. 4 gain Of za1D over the
list OF ISIS Using the conservative and
adopted multiple OF ~. the population OF
the city is now 49,. an increase over last
year of b.s$. There 10 always a large
floating population and large number
Of people living In private rooms whose
names Ii Is Impossible 10 se-rtige. These.
together with the newcomers and those
under a years OF age. make the multiple
used none too large and fix the number
Of inhabitants or the city al certainly no
less than nat Indicated. VIZ. ss.5s..
F~d q. Hutchinson, the manager OF the
Seattle - inereaAng "a population and
business more rapidly than any other city
in tho Union. and Is fast oveftaking Port
land Or. L now ranks In population and
iss at Atlanta, Toledo and Richmond. In
a few years IL VIII surpass them all IA
both
BESIDES the alphabetical list of names
the volume contain a business directory.
street directory. eoIored map ~ith index
to streets and prominent Institutions and
locality in the city was visited and infor-
nation secured OF hundreds OF Items that
TO the ordinary man would be difficult 10
obtain AFR. Hutchinson says there are
very few vacant housess-iess than ever
IN the history OF the city. He saws there
are Also very few Idle people met with and
no complaints OF hard times and dun busi-
The book begins with an interesting In
troductory embracing an outline of the
cisyA growth and developments with val
TABLE Statistics concerning public and pri-
yate business institutions Among these
latter are banking statistics showing an
Increase Of deposits Of 8, 3ss. aIa over
isss ssar. q n'a sss over 1870 and Of
Of coal In lass Of 1872 tons and in 1855
Of axt tsS. Building PERMITS In 1895 were
Tor seeI.esi and in iSS for xss.4s. These
hgnres. which are only a few selected from
a great many and an OF which have been
published from time TO time In separate.
arve &c show the value OF the book FOR
reference. as well az 20 give idea of the
great growth OF the city In ali directions.
I'm addition To the statistics rriatlng To
Seattle alone the book contains figures ms
70 the industries Of the state at large.
Among these latter may be mentioned igirn-
Der There are now In the state 70 saw.
mills. ~ shfngie mills y wood working
factories and over 30 Lex and shngis bolt
camps. The capacity Of all these Is not yet
known. bat the figures for los Of them in
Western WASHINGTON show ssss men en-
finyed ana . yearly pay roll ~ 81 Isl. ST.
Taxing thf directory "a a xu, ID. and Il
certainly does not exaxgerate ths facts the
growth Of the city Is sinest phenomenal
and every indication Is for its continued
Increase in all directions