The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-29
profitable year the real estate
men have seen for 10 years, and |
believe that 1924 will be the best
year II has ever seen"


year II has ever seen"
Further substantiation Of tho state
ment that real estate has again come
into It's own. may be obtained from
county records In 1899 there were
Io9,995 real estate transfers recorded.
Including deeds. mortgages and con.
tracts. The total for 1898 up 10 Fri
day, Dec, rs, was iss.ss5, with three
days 10 be added. 1898 win show
gain OF about $4,000 realty transfers
over 1899. Recording fees jumped
from ssS.Ss3 for the first nine
months in 1899 10 S4s.f for the
same period In 1898. and filing fees
from ssi.i5s 10 ssT.s5o.
ALL BUILDING
RECORDS BROKEN
Anyone who reads tho papers
knows that 1898 long ago broke all
previous years records for building
permits In Seattle. Nineteen hundred
and twenty-five. tho previous high
year, had building permits totaling
Se.7SS.s35, This year. up TO Dccom-
Der rs. building permits amounted 20
Sss,546.i55. With what Is known 10
be coming. Il Is estimated that the
year Will close aboys the IS million
mark.
II Is hard TO visualize what these
building records mean. Roughly
speaking. they mean that a fair sized
city has been added 10 Seattle during
1898 This @fair-sized city" accord.
Ing TO the records. has a solid line
OF buildings over 10000 feet iong. or
nearly "a miles
II we take the 2.oT4 residences and
80 apartment houses that have been
started in 1898. allowing 20 apart
ments as an average for apartment
buildings. the new city within Sc
attic houses over three thousand
families. and its population would be
about i5.000-all In tho new resi-
dences that 1898 has brought. Their
total value is st3.25a. 600.
While the year has beon an active
one for homo building. IL must not
be forgotten that $40 900. 600 has been
spent in business buildings during
1928. A casual walk along any OF
the main downtown thorofarcs will
show the results OF this activity.
The growth OF the city. as tho build.
Ing records show II. has been well,
balanced one. and its industries have
grown with its people.
1923 BROUGHT MANY
NEW INDUSTRIES
The records OF the Manufactured
Association OF Washington give some
concrete facts on Seattle'H industrial
growth. In 1909 Seattle had 90:
manufacturing establishments. In
1910 II had 753. an average yearly
growth OF 40. In 1890 they had in.
creased to 1899. an average OF 81 new
Industries n year.
In 1923 Seattle has added rs
new manufacturing establish.
ments--nearly double its average
growth for the past IS years.
An idea OF how seattle's Industries
are thriving may be obtained from
the records OF one or two OF the basic
Industries OF Western Washington.
Cargo shipments OF flour from Puget
sound ports IN 1922 amounted TO
2.215,i59 barrels: in 1923. estimating
the last few days. the shipments will
total 2.7T6.6s9. Practically ali Of this
is from Puget sound mills.
Lumber shipments tell tho same
story. Western Washington ports
showed gains in 1923 over 1929 az
follows: Foreign shipments. q gain
OF i9l, isO.000 feet. Atlantic coast
shipments. 25s.9T9.o 900: California
shipments. os.707. 900 feet. or a total
gain OF over 1000, 10000 feet as com
pared with last year Puget sound
ports alone shipped 1916. $3.50. 900 feet
this year. against f,159. 500. 900 last
year. gain OF nearly 1000. 600, 900
/ feet.
These shipments bring us 20 the
fact that Seattle is a seaport town
and n port with big business and n
bigger future. It's shipping is an i'm.
portant factor, and one that has kept
tho 1923 pace.
For instance. total arrivals Of ycs.
sells at Seattle during 1929. with the
last few days estimated. amount to
$50. as compared with 6s7 last year.
sailings from Seattle in 1923 total
s54. as against 652 last year. II Is
encouraging TO note that the great.
est gains have been made in ships
/ flying the American flag.
AND WHAT OF
THE COMING YEAR?
These are but a few Of the many
concrete facts that point 70 1917 ~
n year OF sound prosperity for Sc
attic. They show that present condi.
tons are all that could reasonably
be wished for. and they herald n
promising future in the year that Is
about 10 dawn.
And what Of 1924? with 80 firm
a foundation, It can scarcely help
being normally good in most II not
all lines Of industry. Add 10 this the
great natural resources that sur.