The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 31, 1919, Page 31

———— 3 HUGE PROGRAM|*— ded . Development for 1920 Outlined 1919. THE SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31, FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT SEATTLE wee was settled in 1852 and incorporated in 9, Seattle’s population is approximately 400,000. oo bank clearings ‘in 1918 were $1,859,964,- 2. S emate postoffice receipts in 1918 were $2,125,- D. Seattle is the youngest metropolitan city in the United States. Seattle’s present annual industrial payroll is $200,- 000,000, Seattle has the lowest death rate of any city in the world, 6.8. Seattle’s annual average precipitation is 33.9 inches; New York, 44,6; Boston, 43.4. Seattle is the leading fisheries port of the world. Value exceeds $50,000,000 annually. Seattle is the best-lighted city in the United States, 1,100 miles of lighted streets. Seattle's annual average temperature is 52.2 de- | dhatemne of the beard, “and grees, and is the most equable in the Untted States. riage certificates ever isaued In Bo we have become used to it in | Seattle is the gateway to Alaska. Alaskan ship- jattle in any one year. | aaeere there lene, aout = thre pooh & 1918, $127,049,182. smn tein aut eats chs ea eaeeametias te Mead aes wore 18 r Seattle is the leading American port in the impor- ve "watched Beattie grow te 1 Pg n, must erect & new jail and tation of vegetable in wen cee aid yaw ati the thriving city that it is today,|™8Ftiage licenses issued. In 1909, puss aren. ite P " Fair Yoar, 3,359 je appeared at! City Expansion Other big imports are tin, hemp and tea. With unmatched terminal harbor/ the marriage Sueedie thine official | ceeememmm| BANNER YEAR Marriage Licenses,Show Big) Growth of City | onemtle | If marriage licenses had continued | ‘to be tewued at the rate they were in| 1869 Beattie would still be w village. | In that year a marriage in the mill | town was an event when everybody) from mayor to the reddest Indian‘e| squaw turned out to give the newly-| weds the shoe and rice bombard ment. Btatistics unearthed among the, muaty files of the county auditor's | office by “Cupid” Kennedy show) that in 1869, G, Kellogg, at that time the villa; upid,” Gispensed seven licenses to wed. But fortunately marriages became | more popular as Seattle grew older! |until they reached thetr peak in| (1/1919, when unofficial! check shown | that 6,384 licenses have been issued. | | Thia i the largest number of mar-| = E, JOHNSON, Established 1899 President and Gen. Mgr. SEATTLE MACHINE WORKS ~— (Incorporated) are the main projects and that are bothering the ty commissioners, in a county Principal city is only years That they must be done and Quickly ts beyond doubt, but one thing that ts holding up ex- n is the chariness of the com le maintaining,” says Claude C “The location of W: hingto: 9, cust di i fucilities, shipping and railway con-| sanction to their intended wedlock. SS Sere ts | She war pac we me York in total forvign trade. a Toi the total ‘wos nections ungurpasssd by eny other * Ghristmas Popular ; $597,000,000. For the port of Seattle alone the value ff “7° the Pacific coast, the future] The eral number of Christmas cstoct- ee weer Marine Engines | month shows that approximately 520 an d Auxili ary 4 Machinery leenses were issued. This is an ex- (500 h. p. to 3,000 h. p.) = all water-borne commerce in 1918 was $792,120,- it large enough to accommo. i ite the city and county for the next! ag |Seattle Nearest right now, both city and] U, S, Port to Orient ity offices are insufficient and) @ are compelled to do our work in| Due to the great circle, Seattle has 4 quarters. | an advantage of three to five there are no startling In.| Steaming time each round trip to in roads or bridges, yet we, "fom the principal Oriental ports, continuing our steady and sure| S™Pared with the harbor of San y of making the roads of the| Francisco, The resulting saving in ry one of its biggest assets. The | Charter cost of the vessel, in wages, | in coal and fresh water is vitally im- Too Foggy for Ships to Enter Harbor | jceptionally large number for the | month of December. June brides were popular In 1919, jas usual. Kennedy doled out 608 Mecenses that month, Fourth of July ig iand Thanksgiving marriages were if | also plentiful, while many preferred Never in Seattle Seattle is built upen an amphithe to start the new year off as bene| dicta, Kennedy, and his assistant, Louis F. Ebert, are’being kept busy Dredges and Dredging Machinery Hi Office and Majn Plant \ Lander Street and East Waterway . The Cost of Gas Service Food takes nearly one-half of the income we spend, or 45%. Rent and taxes 16%. Clothes 12%. Theatres, books, charities, etc’, 14%. Miscellaneous expenditures 7%. The remaining 6% is divided in securing the services and conveniences of six public utilities, namely, railroad transportation, telephone, water, street car service, electric service and GAS SERVICE. | { £ i And of these, GAS SERVICE takes only one and four-fifths per cent. Many people believe that if they could get utility service cheaper they could cut the cost of living very materially, but statistics show that the average gas bill is only a small part of the householder’s monthly expenditure. The fact is that less than 7% of their income goes for the mod- ern conveniences that make our work easier, our homes more com- fortable and our lives happier. Beautiful Home of the Bonney-Watson Service, 1702 Broadway. Bonney-Watson Service . FUNERAL DIRECTORS Crematorium ~ Private Ambulance Service | Columbarium 1702 Broadway * Telephone East 13 These facts are the result of a thorough investigation of condi- tions throughout this country, and they convey a wholesome lesson in domestic economy and will help to clear away many false im- pressions. Seattle Lighting Company 1308 Fourth Avenue Stuart Building a i I ed oat Pa