The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20

A statement OF lumber and single ship
ments By rail and water for the month OF
April from Seattle and other Puget sound
points shows a remarkable increase over
the same period for any year in the past.
The Northern Pacific last month handled
i,le5 cars Of lumber and l.le5 cars of shin
gies. as against 81 lumber and 1897 shin
giles in April, 1893. The Great Northern
for the same period handled ass cars of
lumber and Sl7 cars of shingles, as against
40 cars lumber and ST. cars shingles dur
ing April. 1883. The Canadian Pacific ship
ments alone for the month Just past show
a decrease, attributed to the eight-hour
labor law in British Columbia mines, which
caused a lull in building. The shipments
over this line for last month consisted OF
g cars of shingles. as against "a cars of
lumber and $50 cars of shingles in April.
1899.
There has been a heavy increase In this
business on all three lines for the first
and 1893. During January. February. March
and April, 1900, the Northern Pacific ship
ped 4.ss7 cars OF lumber. During the same
cars In 1900. asa cars OF shingles were
forwarded as against 3.32l for the same
period in 1899, and Ass in isss.
for the same four months in 1885 1893 and
1900 are: 1870. l,sSs cars of lumber: 1922.
7ss cars and 1885. 56l cars; shingles. 1900.
be Canadian PaS ears is f faom
=
Washington for the same period in 1900 as
compared with 1899 and 1905 are: Lumber,
1900. 12l cars; 1899. es cars: lsss, ia cars;
shingles. 1900, i2s cars; 1899, GAS cars; 1925,
l,062 cars.
The total number Of cars OF lumber and
shingles carried out Of Washington for the
past five years is as follows: Lumber. 1900
s,sss cars; 1899, 3.se6 cars; 1895. 3.3ls cars;
1897, 1913 cars; 1895 2,3S5 cars; shingles.
1860. 1890 cars 1899, s,5s4 cars; 1895. 5,o4a
cars: 1897. Ans cars; 1896. 1895 cars.
For the first four months of the present
year there were shipped by rail from
Washington los, 900 feet Of lumber 81 and nd
feet of lumber and so, $40 900 shingles dur
ing the same period a year ago.
In figuring the output Of shipments from
the lumber and single mills OF the state
for April 1900. there must be added the
cargo shipments as follows: Wests'de Mill
Company. Olympia. iSi BAG feet lumber. ll5.-
500 ath 20 Pggs s lumber company , p95t
Bellingham Bay Improvement Company.
Whatcom. l.s44.ti feet lumber; Stimson
Mil Company: Ballard; LIS 600 feet lnm.
Rlakeley Mi Company, S.sll,o feet lum-
Der. es1 100 lath and 10000 shingles; Bell.
Nelson Mil Company: Everett; 1,59l. Az
pany. Fairhaven. l.594.4oo feet lumber. 54s.-
500 lath. $50 boxes. 1910 packets; North
western Lumber Company, 52Ol feet lum-
dows: same South Bend 2579,oo0 feet lurn-
her. $4,000 lath; Kleeb Lumber Company,
220eo0 feet lumber: Tacoma Mil Company.
2 -O7. ga feet lumber, $4,000 lath $4,000
shingles, LIS cedar poles: St Paul & Ia
coma Mill Company, 900 feet lumber for
eign / $40 on feet lumber domestic. Isl 900
lath 10000 shingles Puget Mil Company.
Port Gamble. 2el5, $40 feet lumber. 1s0.i8
18th foreign. 1883. 135 feet lumber 1885, rs
shingles. $50 cedar poles. q spars. 3 logs
and 30 600 shingles dome stic; Anderson MIN
Company. Aberdeen. LIS, 2is feet lumber,
~ 30 .ath: American Mil Company, l,2Z5,-
40 feet lumber: West-Slade Mil Company.
2.ses. i3a feet lumber. AZ 600 lath. 900 shin
giles Besides these there were many other
smaller shipments.
The cargo shipments from the principal
mills OF the state for the first four months
OF this year were: Foreign. A2i1 90 feet
lumber 23e3 Ts9 iath and 3.i53. rs shingles:
domestic. 81 .si5,5s2 feet lumber. q. AL, 53s
lath, 25s7 zoo shingles.
This showing ia said to be the most re-
markabie ever made in the state.