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

ping as regards Seattle has con-
tributed materially to the remark
able commercial development of
the city. Few people have any
idea Of its magnitude. The mosquito feet
alone numbers is vessels. while from
twenty to thirty-fve ocean carriers ply
between Seattle and Pacific ocean ports
from Cape Flattery to San Pedro. There
are at this time FIVE sea-going passenger
and freight vessels running between Sc
attic and San Francisco. They are the
Umatilla Walla Walla, City OF Pueblo,
the Rainier and Robert Dollar. This does
not include special voyages and vessels
returning to San Francisco from Alaska.
The transportation records disclose that
these coastwiee vessels carry annually
about 5000 passengers and handle 100000
tons of freight. The bulk of the business
Is done by the three vessels of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company. whose sched-
ule Is such that there Is the year round
a fve-fay service between this city and
San Francisco. Going south the Seattle
coastwise feet takes coal. grain, ore.
-four, fish and feed principally. the re-
turn cargo consisting mainly Of general
merchandise. The shipments coastwise
materially exceed those to Seattle. In
other words the city sells more than it
buys.
Heavy Local Shipments.
Seattle's principal products for sale to
the towns along the Washington, Oregon
and California coasts are coal and lumber.
The coal shipments are something enorm-
Gus. Coastwise Chiefly to California; the
city sells each month at least 10000 tons
Of coal, all taken from the mines of King
county, or annually about 100000 tons.
The coal is taken mostly from the mines
owned and operated by the Pacific Coast
Company. the Black Diamond Company,
the heaviest coastwise shipper Of the city,
"a he
Mountain Coal Company, and the Leary
Coal Company.
The larger vessels engaged exclusively
In the coastwise coal carrying trade are
the Willamette. Mackinaw. Lucille. Occi-
dental, Isaac Reed and A. j.
Fuller. Besides these there are tramp
colliers and tramp mixed freighters which
make perhaps twenty voyages a year be-
tween Seattle and San Francisco.
Seattle and Ballard annually ship about
30. 100000 feet of lumber coastwise, Cali
fornia being the heaviest consumer. From
twenty to thirty vessels-all sail-are en-
gagged In the transportation of this pro-
duct. Those running regularly rs lumber
carriers are the Stimson. Fred z Sander,
Annie larsen. c. s. Holmes, Anna NJ
Campbell. John A. Campbell. Tidal Wave
Dashing Wave. Kate Davenport. Topgal-
Iant Retriever. ]. ". Griffith. Ocean
Vance, Admiral Expansion, J. NJ. Bendix-
Ludlow, Spokane and Skagit.
The Mosquito Fleet.
But 1t is through the local shipping, the
so-called mosquito puget soundD fleet,
that Seattle has attained much of It's
commercial greatness. And 1t is in de-
Tense of the mosquito fleet that any
movements have always been opposed
which would have harassed or thrown
obstacles in the way of shipping that has
contributed so much towards the upbuild-
ing of the city These busy little marine
bees keep the waters of Puget sound
churned into a foam. They bring the
hamlet of fifty souls into daily steamer
communication with Seattle Indeed
there is not a settlement of fifty people
on Puget sound and from that to cities
the size of Tacoma Victoria and What
com but Is a port of call for some vessel
operated from Seattle. The Sound feet
includes freight and passenger carriers.
exclusive freighters. tugs, ecows, barges
and fishing craft of every description.
This mighty fleet OF modern midgets
carried In 1900 about 10000 passengers TO
and from Seattle. These figures are the
result OF data compiled from the records
| OF the local United States inspectors of
steam hulls and boilers and local marine
transportation companies.
The same vessels handled 10000 tons of
| freight. The shipments from the city
exceeded by many thousand tons the con-
| slgnments TO Seattle. which does prob
| ably seven-eighths of the wholesale BUSH
| moss with the towns of Puget sound.
Seattle has long been the mercantile
| supply point for such thriving cities and
! towns as whatcom. Fairhayen. Everett,
| Port Townsend. Olympia. Anacortes.
| Blaine, Utsalady, Union City. Port Or
| chard. Tracyton, Port Blakeley, Port
Madison, Port Gamble, vashoR. sehome.
East Sound. Neah hay. Edmonds. Lopez.
| Orcas. Port Hadlock, Langley and an al
| most innumerahle number OF small towns
and villages. Seattle wholesalers furnish
| these communities with their mercantile
| supplies. machinery, fuel, etc. In return
| she buys and takes I'm exchange the agri-
| cultural products OF the respective COM
I munities. An immense trade Is carried on
( With the San Juan island and LaConner
I FIAT sections. which furnish vast quanti-
I ties Of feed. such as hay. oats, barley.
! potatoes, fruits and vegetables. products
/ that command the cash.
The Heavy Operators.
/ Some OF the larger marine trading ana
| transportation companies and concerns
/ operated from Seattle are. The faConner
Y Trading and Transportation Company.
] Dodwell g. Co.. Union Trust Company.
+ Hansen Steamship Company, :. Wiley
7 Navigation Company. Cook a. Co., T.. A.
( Swift. Pacific Navigation Company. Port
I Blakeley NH Company. Thompson Steam
I boat Company. Seattle a. Everett Nayiga-
+ ton Company, Columbia River q Puget
I Sound Navigation Company. Puget Sound
I Tug5oat Company. Stevenson Bleekum
I Towboat Company. Alaska Steamship
Company Pacific Clipper Line.
These concerns operate from two 10
six Sound steamers EACH employing large
: forces. Of men, Their head Offices are in
/ this city, where substantially all OF their
ships stores are purchased and their re-
/ pairing done. The monthly payroll Of
! each runs into hundreds Of dollars, and OF
some OF the larger concerns into the
1 thousands.
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