The sun., 1901-02-10


individual wealth aud tTl.. a .,l.. er'It'4au %
.Iul4.atI.r GDrer4f.uU-' lr" .-.N. ID.
" g.ir"d i.r -l.. achievement. a, fto," 4
seattle ,.t geu- 900 Two de- uUv-
HuIlug fav last four ears lh- G. .'N has been
given a tremendous impetus Do, placer gold
mining 90 A,-kt and =. rtuvr-t British
America j. o, estimated tuat e rcyruu" q
seattle through udde with Cape N"I.", 60"
hIoudiks and otler yuld h"is u the north
and lu pre- 4u4> metal brought her" lIJu -l'h
p' lcr. tuI1ua', - nearly ,SJ.O,o.o,u = year.
That was approximately ia" ug4rr frr f'"
deposits fur last year In the lo"L .Ii"i
state, Ns-p once, and tho number 81 a"-
pp.Itpr, during that period ,A,"rd"i ,.UHu
Returning wIu"rs have brought Imm"l-"
quantities ~ gold here and hs," spent If
too. with ,Nara,t'I4-u, ITYdIgtll'N NI.."
the kIpudlh. rush I"stu the yellow "iI
ha, poured into TIA gitv ia Iu almost Uu-
Interrupted .tr"al. Virgin gold bruu.Lt
/, seattle o. lS1g tver1scd about 80 ..,oI u
day n" uilrd state, ASSAY ono Wis
opened ior bushes, here "u I.ly o., IN'>
aid up tp the close OF business uu \.N .
.IslI there were. .ug individual ,i"p.,i'-. trl
the total amount ~ tlr Ittt.r Ms sl~.3.>.-
e,, % rua.iry ~ tie first assay institution
I'm tn" tinted States u volume II p..t,rT
gold handled. and third lu volume Uf h4-lu"rs
Transacted seattle cJu-tuue OF -u,'"~,
l. COLD and p,rcr' testimony from rNrrr
source saws 'ha' nj stimulus 10 local tr.,d" Is
going T., cuntIuYr Tor many wear
In thi, country the rapid growth Of cities
history uf ~r.itlc Moreover. lt had n,y.urr
a great cit. even before the gold discoveries
~, i'.,.,t me-. nt ,.,rtb ,rn f,rrItnr, Winch
~ -, Ir',r,I, t.''''.rd. Urnr n inr -.rrl'r~ I'm
hsb hnt A. 500 nnnIi ,ftnr. IN I>pn q
o. and IN 1000 the total was SO.d;l To-day
"a a-biuyt,n INIT according 10 Causu, r,ulru,
", !" i. ~ ~ yn,,h ned nnnI IIatlon ni tho two
next largest town, by 800 Tho general
rolitnn than thlt of anv other city of the
same population. or double II, in all America
!, has tn" STIR and ou7''o oil Ne" io'A 'i
-, cvepts across tho Pacific make a
marvellous increase IN Oriental tradc a Ger
t,oadv IL ~ a head uiIrtsrs for thlrty-thrr.
s,ao% "a in lines WHO'S" trad. is cUastwis.
nr orientl The tonnage of each month
~ W ,omn Ih"wed n Iorvr in,r.ass over tho cor.
resn"ndin. month 81 lsoo and the latter year
rnnrarneS " thrn isps Mil. isgs in turn VAS
,r . ,,, ar tbnn isu7 m. nrrrr,,ta of Imports
ssnd az norts Tor ten months last year was
,S; go No I'm. ,ith"rtty gives tho
average monthly value ot the ,citys decu.
I',nnrIs md eNpnrts Of lpu1 greatly ,Ac.rdrd
those Of iNps or any year previous. lie
liarbor Master rri"il s,R'c' NAV l"r lnr
ten months IN question th" IMPORTS Wei"
valued at t:H.''m' ahi W. "Np"i,s H' 20
:o7,O7s ~" leading 'Npnr,N are con- lu,H-
her. shingles Hour, wheat, il~h products,
oats, hons ana genera .nrr'hhand!>H Whnr
the great bulk 1l lhe a. ,'l'N hr"usht mere
in trade is mad" ny OF farm products aud
goods ,.....-r, a., ,r.
\ 4 r",r!i oi o." nG'r'lon HI we rau~-
F>ll''' '''
sian trad" Tor I'M rn'' Nul -o1h h', 20,
los. al. ana Nht tI'' 'HNt,M 'ru, rhi"Hu
g"ni1s rrc,ih"n, 'H'ni l n, h" "t"n,
northern halli"di' ,Nh.'h M hlt' n'I' ,''I'
OF ~" large ana .''Hl n,',h, ,In'pIHNR dnH
on y" iaiIr nv - ul"'o ~ VT ~ 'W% I",u,
h,Aunn as, hlN.nu 'tli''n W." ~ .lr. ',"n
OF uIoWnt'lN nthlhs 'W- ~" hnu' l"il "I
I''t ol ,,, lHk' ,Tn,, ~ !" Wv WIZ"
Tor thr IWrno - h N,WN. ,rl', , L.
,,e gr"',p Wv, md rcr. va. "f The f,r %"r,b.
w., r ,iu,,' IN , l,rra tr,r. ,.,., ,,,,rln-
- - ~ n a" I,Iu'i T., ,.',I - H. ia, 80.
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