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

is carried on by four companies indie
pendent of the brewing companies. Beer,
mineral waters, cider and other beverages
are bottled. In 1900 the aggregate value
of the output of the four concerns was
s4sS. SOB Constant employment was given
seventy-three persons. who were paid $52,-
S45 in wages and salaries.s The increase OF
business over 1899 was about IS per cent.
and the industry Is fourishing with the
growth of the city.
The salmon Pack.
Although Seattle is not the center Of the
salmon packing industry on Puget sound.
there is one large cannery here, which
during the past season put UP about 5000
cases Of salmon. in spite of the fact that
the catch was the poorest known for
years much larger business was done
in shipping fresh salmon to the Eastern
market and in curing cod and other deep
sea fish.
Thirteen million pounds of fresh fsh
were shipped by the dozen or more nsh
dealers and packers of the city, the entire
value of the fish handled in the city being
s774.0o3.sg. A large number of men are
given employment, especially during the
fall and summer. and many thousands OF
dollars are spent in wages and i'm the
purchase of fish from the fishermen.
Seven plants for the manufacture of
brick and tile, and one large and COM
plete plant for the manufacture OF
brick. tile, sewer pipe, pottery, ter
ra Gotta, etc, are in operation IN and
near Seattle The value of their output
for the past year was s590.657. In wages
and salaries 1894 was paid out. 800 be-
ing employed. Several large plants were
installed during the year. the increase
in the business over 1899 being fully 800
per cent.
The manufacture of vinegar, pickles,
etc, and the preserving and canning OF
fruits and vegetables is a business of con-
siderable Importance in Seattle. The total
product for the year 1900 was &225, 600 In
round figures. Fifty men, boys, girls and
women were given employment, and more
than $4,000 was paid out in wages. This
business Is one of the latest established
in the city. and although 1t has been car
ried on in a small way for years. It Is
only within the last eighteen months that
ii has attained large proportions. The in
crease over 1899 Is therefore fully 800 per
cent.
Some other Industries.
A manufacture which has already at
tained large proportions and which lis in
creasing at rapid rate Is the making OF
baking powder. fiavoring extracts. syrups.
etc, and the cleaning, grinding and pre-
pairing for sale of coffee and spices. Two
companies are engaged in this business.
and report growing demand for goods
OF Seattle manufacture. Especially IL this
true of baking powder and spices, which
find a large market In Alaska.
The combined output of the two factor
les mentioned for 1900 was valued at S374,-
6as. Fifty persons were given employ
ment. and received in wages sis,S 65. The
increase in the output and pay roll over
1870 was about % per cent.
An important but little heard OF indus
try In Seattle Is the manufacture of sad
dies. harness and other leather goods.
There are nine factories and shops giving
employment the year around to between
sixty and seventy men and boys, earning
from sl2 to sl2 a month. The total value
OF the goods manufactured In 1900 was