The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-30

|, put up in Seattle, but is not yet in oper-
alton. although there Is said TO be wide
field for the giassnfaker on Puget sound.
And so the list might be extended almost
indefinitely.
Lumber and shingles. engines. boilers
and machinery, packing house products,
ships and other vessels, -four and cereal
products and beer are the leading manu-
features of Seattle and suburbs The
lumber and single industry the Post
Intelligencer has treated separately, leav-
ing the general manufactures OF the city
to be dealt with in this article
The ironworking industry is without
doubt at the present time the leading one
of the city here to be considered Large
and small. there are eighteen machine
shops and nine foundries in and about
the city, not including blacksmith shops.
ranging in size from small establish
ments employing but two or three men,
to one employing from 800 to 400
Every Kind of Machinery.
Every kind of machinery. mill. mining
and marine. IS built in these shops. The
three largest concerns are capable OF
turning out small portable engines and
boilers for mining and logging at the
rate of one or two 2 day for each plant.
More than $50 rnachinists and skilled la
borers are employed In the various plants
at wages ranging from 50 to 81 day. in
including helpers and apprentices. is more
than 100000 annually. and the gross busi-
ness done. including repairing. aggre-
gates, it Is estimated by a leading iron
manufacturer, about s25Oo.eoo a year.
The iron workers have never known
more prosperous year. the increase OF
business over 1899 being fully so per cent.
During the year several large shops were
opened for business. and the prospects
are that others will be added during 1901.
Seattle has become the recognized center
for the manufacture of machinery of all
kinds, and the indications are for large
ly increased business.
During the year shipbuildlng, which is
carried on in connection with two of the
machine shops mentioned. increased fully
100 per cent. From the five shpyards
of the city and Ballard there were turned
out vessels large and small aggregating
in value 81 ,253.600. From 800 to 1000 men
were given employment, and in round
figures $4,000 was paid out in wages and
salaries.
Seattle boasts two large packing houses
where animals are actually slaughtered
besides several establishments where
meats shipped from the East are cured
The value of the product of the two local
packing houses alone for the year was
s2154.00o One hundred and twenty-five
men were given constant employment
and $4,000 was paid out in wages. The
business Is on a firm foundation, and
shows a substantial increase over 1899
In the branches of Eastern packing houses
thirty-four persons were employed, and
more than $4,000 paid out in wages and
salaries.
Large FIGURING Mills.
The manufacture of flour and other
cereal products in Seattle has during the
past two years attained large proportions.
There are now In the city three large
Touring mill plants and several mills OF
small capacity. capable of turning out in
the aggregate 200 barrels of -four a day.
A large export business is done, the