The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 15, 1917, Page 31

| MACARONI ALSO Smokestacks Multip sly MANUFACTURED; at Rapid Pacein Seattle HERE, LOTS OF IT oodstuffs Produced in Seattle Are Valued at $36,000,000 Annually | 3859 ARE EMPLOYED q There are 155 firms, employing 8,559 persons, producing foodstuffs fn Seattle today, according to fig- ures compiled by the industrial bu- Teau of the Chamber of Commerce, ‘The value of their output annual-| ly ts $36,000,000. | Thirteen plants, engaged tn the! Manwfacture of four, feed and oth- er cereal! products, produced an out- it valued at $11,381,711 tn 1916.) venteen per cent of this is con-| sumed in King county. Four plants are engaged tn the Manufacture of macaroni. The val- we of their output was $147,222 last) year. Baking powder, extracts, syrups and spices are manufactured by 19) firms, with @ value of output of $1,365,000. The highest building tn the Unit- @d States, excluding New York City, is located in Seattle. It is the L. ©. Smith building, at Second) Yesler. It 1s 42 stories high. poy A. A. Paysse rt Warden of Wattle ined three yeare ago, when Interviewed by a representa. tive of The Star, | stated that everything peimted to a con- tinued growth of the olty along commercial Hines, and that If we were to progress indue trialiy, combined effort would be necessary, and at that time advocated a movement where by the city could assist very materially by providing sites for manufacturing establish. ments, and thereby create a clty of smokestacks with a large, permanent payroll. 1 atill maintain that this city would be justified In —s that course, even if it require legisiation at Olympia on the part of this city to do so. The completion of the Duwamish project, which required extensive dredging operations to straighten and deepen the river to be suitable | for navigation, and the filling in of Yast areas along both shores, has created a now district that le at the present time proving a boon to this city and a credit to the |thrift and energy of the promot- ers. This district fe rapidly bulld- ing Into a great industrial center that will be almost solid if it con- tinues at the present rate for an- other year, Whether you wish to rent, insure, buy, sell, or borrow, you need the expert services of this office. ALL KINDS OF PROPERTY FOR ALL CLASSES OF PEOPLE. [it is claimed that the lying of the showing slans of competing as a manufacturing and shipbutiding center, since the completion of the Lake Washington canal, which has changed it from a @alt water harbor to a fresh water ‘bor, For many years Ballard has been & city of smokestacks, on account \ Capt. A. A. Paysse of {ts lumber and shingle mills, and | now comes added activity tn the building of five large ehipyarda. Being close to a large labor mar ket will prove a decided advantage for the North end. Lake Union {# also coming into its own aince the completion of the) canal. Many changes have taken) Place along its shores, the most! notable of which fs the building of a large dock and warehouse by the) Libby, McNeil & Libby Co, at which ft will moor and overhaul {ts large fleet of nailing vessels, en gaged in the salmon Industry The coast and geodetic survey | Vessels operatt: ut of Seattle | will moor and overhaul at the new | county dock, on Lake Union, ‘inter. These two fleets of ves js will undoubtedly attract a good deal of attention to Lake Union, aa in fresh water for a time year lessens the operating ex | Pause, and at the same time re moves a great deal of salt water! growth, as barnacles and teredos cannot live tn fresh water. | | Many Sites Left | The two large saw mills on Lake} Union are now able to cater to sea-| going trade. We still have miles of shore line, | doth salt water and frosh, which te| 4 |suitable for the location of indus-| trial plants, and all the combined efforts of our commercial organiza tions and city should be used in an endeavor toward bringing many More industries within our limits, letther by assistance of coercion, of | bothy for, in order to reach ‘the| ‘apex,” we must produce. jin Seattle are, indeed, exceptional | STAR—SATURDAY, SEPT, 15, 1917. PAGE $1 RUBBER IMPORT f TRADE HERALDS MANUFACTURING Volume of “Business Growt Monthly With East India Products at Seattle Port TO STAY IN PEACE, TOO) Shipments of crude rubber and) substitutes therefor thru the port) of Seattle are becoming of such large volume that they are attract: | ing the attention of Eastern ratl- | rond statiatiotans and the Seattle | Chamber of Commerce ts being | called upon to furnish figures bear | ing on these shipments and the routing of this business to the Ennt. With the closing of the Sues canal for merchant trade during the war, fo far as the United States ts concerned, the big East India) trade ts nowing coming to a large extent via the Pacific, ItJs not at all unlikely that the rubber tm: | ports, growing In volume month by month, may soon produce rubber factories here. Once a commodity finds ite way | to any port such as Seattle, it will not give ft up, war or no war. The possibilities of the rubber industry ly bright. Not a Vacant House in Bremerton Left There is not a vacant house in Bremerton, the navy yard town near Seattle. G. 3 EB. Wisner, secretary of the Bremerton Chamber of Com- merce, has asked Gordon C. Cor baley, secretary of the Seattle chamber, whether capital could be interested in putting up 300 or 400) hous which will be very much | needed within the next 90 days, From 300 to 400 families are at Present crowded tn small quarters, camping on the beach, or under can- vas temporarily, In another 90 days there will be from 1,000 to 1,500 additional work- ere at the yard, Average temperature of Seattle is 64 degrees. What Thermometer Showed During 1917 Seattlo has sufficient ground of ber climate and temperature, The U. 8. woathér bureau reports the fol- lowing average monthly tem- perature for 1917 January, 38 degrees February, 39.8 degrees. March, 41 degrees. April, 46.8 degrees. May, 52.4 degrees. June, 67.2 degrees. July, 8.4 degrees. 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