The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-07
Heavy Purchases Of Products OF
Seattle Mills.
USED BY CITY AND PEOPLE,
Solid Tousdatisn for Business Of
Local Lander M~nufactsrers In
the Great ana Grswiae Demand
for Their Output for Use Wilma
the City Limits-Larss Expendi-
tures In Work IN the streets.

The city Of Seattle ana the peopIe of
5eatus arc naturally the largest pur-
cnhsers Of local manufactures, The
same spirit which has always encoura~e
me establishment here Of ali sorts ~
manufacturing Industries carries it, en-
courasement farther to the continuou,
patronage OF Industries so establisbed
ana the purchase OF local products 4,
sfbls. ""''er pos-
Tho local numbering Industries furnish
examples Of present and cver-increasin v
prosperity which is largely due 20 fhe
steady patronage Of local people. The
mnls OK this city and vicinity. OF ample
capacity 20 supply heavy exports de-
mands and. IN fact, constantly employed
u hlling large orders for shipment 10
Instant ports, still find the solid founda-
tion TOR thetr business IN the great and
erowing local demand. Here Is trade thar
tne manufacturer can absolutely depend
upon and a. II has steadily Increased
esnce the nrst mill OF tho city began turn
m9 logs INTO lumber. 30 II may REASONABLE
y b expected to continue development
with constantly charging ratio Of in
crease.
The city Of Seattle. itseM-.shs mun,c,.
pal govefnmsnt--is undoubtedly the larg-
est individual purchaser from the local
lumber nillA All the lumber used In city
mills have nearly Always on hand orders
for spec1ol wesh for city purposes.
The city street department uses for re-
pairu alone about 10000 fest Of lumber
annually, but the great purchases Of the
city are for new work--the pianking OF
streets, the laying 81 sidewalks and cross
walks. gutter building. and sewer con-
struction.
Opsaa Outlay 81 TIVE Years.
During the pear isse and 40 far In tho
year 10 the CITY engineering department
has been constantly employed in street
improvement which has involved great
outiags ~ lumber. OF course street Inn
pfovsmente have bsen going on for many
ysafe. but within the past twenty months
theg2 has been unusuAl activity. The
ociii ce o s ~ ,,s y what were not
c!ty: h. nscsssitatsd the stretching OF
NY, the s.scsa q issuance ~. q building per
gencef, gives accurate idea OF the extent
q eulldire. operations and Il was there
enoWn that very large proportion OF
y hSmsa "a rsss .susd fer the building
uP With this building activity the city
nae kad e enpend large amounts In stree,
sredin9. eidswalking and otherwise i'm.
esssbaHsd rssdsne ssI port.o sn ts y
Il II. year 1889, according TO n. nna,
Va. ssrsr a th' ,s city snsnes, over sn 90
whs ~ - ssT , , ~ork the money going
SS,s1t menths Of 1900 tho purchases Of
penditurs - more than $50, that q. NO
m s wss purchased and used in work
2empletea prior 70 septcmbor l. The
work nov Ia pro1rsss are not sas s"ni in q
account. Tha lumber purchases on the
city account By tho close OF 1900 viii
ne TSs Sosss 4 MI, s0r sns ysar
sney !es city 70 b such = largo consum-
city streets Y done BY contract and the
supples ~ from the mills to the con.
6AotofA But the estimates In the city
uSss q humber II sSch sonsraos ana the the
eontrastsr. comes directly from tho city i,sy
treasury.
Purchases " the People.
Ms purcha.sf OF lumber for the use
" the past twenty month"; have. invoived
inately N,oaa.op. FULLY this amount has
been expehded for lumber used Ia bald
Ing within tho c!ty limits, The lumber
show = value far In excess OF 1900 900
actual cqrstruction Of bpsiness build
The estimate IL arrived 1T by the some-
what roundabout, but only possible way
u sssxregating The value OF the Lumber
from the totais ef coat Of construction
- shown by the permits Issued for build
~ r. = ,s ss' y s,'g ,sss permit. were issued
for building 70 the total value OF h, sio, cs
OF this fetal n 10 estimated that two
shirds, or about q. oes III, was expended
In the construction Of frame buildings.