The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 14, 1919, Page 9

he Oil Terminal and Warehouse of the East Waterway Dock and Warehouse Company Js an Immense Structure Comparatively few people in Seattle know that one of the hig factors in build. VUp the overseas trade of this port is the big warehouse and oil terminal on the end of Harbor Island known as the Bast Waterway . This property is said by dogk and transportation experts to be i and storage terminal in the world, and one of the best dock a Organizations in this country. It is the largest single docking unit in Seattle. -. few statistics about the East Waterway Dock & W ing. There are 206,800 square feet of storage sp total approximately 25,000 tons ehouse Company may The three modern There are 53,000 square feet of out @ storage space on the open dock. These combined enable the dock to handle alone 75,000 tons. There are thirty wooden storage tanks and twenty Storage tanks, with a total capacity of 5,502,000 gallons of oll, ‘The oils @ over this dock are Oriental vegetable oils for edible and technical pur- fish oils, sperm oil, etc. ‘The off tanks are equipped with every fadility for handling oil in packages or in And several lines of railway track afford facilities for running tank cars direct tanks from which they are to be loaded, and there is capacity for loading y cars at one time, each car containing 8,000 gallons of oil. & A lines, pumps, tank scales for weighing oil, electric and gasoline tractors § trailers, conveying machines, and every moder appliance that ingenuity and ee could suggest for the quick and economical handling of general cargoes @ oil, have been installed on the East Waterway Dock. | ‘There ts berthing space for three ocean liners, and with railway tracks run- up to the ship's side, locomotive cranes, stiffieg derricks, and various steam electrical power appliances, vessels can discharge and take on cargo in record @ in this modern terminal. chief desire of the shipper, shipowner and consignee, is to see that vessels @ unloaded and loaded quickly with the least possjble\loss of time, which means y and that the goods are handled carefully and safely says Mr. George B. Mm, manager of the East Waterway Dock & Warehouse Company. “In con sting this dock it has been our aim to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships and the safe and accurate handling of all cargo, and rapidly increasing e of business which is coming torus indicates that our hope has been wed to the complete satisfaction of shipowners, consignees and shippers.” ‘The East Waterway Dock & Warehouse Company is a permanent asset to Se and is a means of advertising Seattle in the most favorable way not only in country but in Europe and in the Orient because the fame of this dock and its lities has spread wherever ships make port. me complete fire protection is one of the hobbies of the management of the and of Rogers, Brown & Company, the owners and operators of this property East Waterway Dock & Warehouse Company is equipped with an automatic’ system of the most improved type, with a large tank of 60,000 gallons ty to feed water to this system. Fire extinguishers, chemical engines and are located at frequent intervals through the property, each one being by a large red box which can be readily seen against a white post and, be obscured by cargo. The fire department consists of a fire marshal who experienced firefighter and who isin direct charge of the various fire ‘The various batteries of tanks are separated ffom each other and from irehouse property by concrete barrier walls, and each battery of tanks is ded by waterpipes to establish water curtains in case of fire. addition to this a complete system of day and night patrols covers the en- these patrols being under the direct supervision of the manager of the the fire marshal, and being recruited from men who are experienced in and who are not only keenly alive to their responsibility but are trained n fire fighting methods. first pile of the East Waterway Dock & Warehouse Company was driven 20, 1918, and in this short period this young giant of Seattle's commerce to its present position among the world’s well known docks. Bast Waterway Dock & Warehouse Company employs five hundred and nm, with an annual payroll of a half million dollars. It is one of the established which are doing their part toward the upbuilding of Seattle, ‘ , N. GAITHER, FRANK T. HUNTER, FRANK P. HAUSER, ‘Vice-President. President. Sec. and Treas, R. V. NEWSHAM, Manager Liability Department Frank T. Hunter Co. Marine, Liability, Surety Bonds and Automobile Insurance 410 Railway Exchange Building, Second Avenue at Cherry Street 271, Main 699 SEATTLE, WASH. GALBRAITH & CO. UILDING MATERIALS OF EVERY KIND AND , DESCRIPTION Office Galbraith Dock—Foot of Madison St. Efficient Service—Telephone Main 7000—Prompt Delivery Established 1892 M. Furuya. Eo. Importers and Exporters Manufacturers and Packers “Furtiya Building 216220 Second Ave. So, SEATTLE, U. 8. A. BRANCHES Seattle, Washington Tacoma, Washington Portland, Oreg: Vancouver, British Columbia Yokohama, Japan Kobe, Japan We have successfully Represented American Manufacturers In the Orient for 28 Years, MAY We Serve You? 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