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HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROVO, UTAH
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(WASHINGTON) City Directory 1939 VOL. LIII
CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF BUSINESS CONCERNS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS, A DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, OCCUPANTS OF OFFICE BUILD- INGS AND OTHER BUSINESS PLACES, INCLUD- ING A COMPLETE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, AND MUCH INFORMATION OF A MISCELLANEOUS CHARACTER ALSO
A BUYERS' GUIDE
AND A COMPLETE
Classified Business Directory
For detailed contents see General Index
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"The DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMI BETWEEN BUYERAND SELLER"
1939
R. L. POLK CO.
Publishers
71 COLUMBIA ST. SEATTLE, WASH.
Directory Library for Free Use of the Public at 71 Columbia Street
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Copyright, 1939, by R. L. Polk & Co.
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PUBLISHERS NOTE
The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy. The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors and omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.
The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their atten- tion of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations 16
Alphabetical List of Names 17
Federal Officials 1570
Associations and Business Clubs.
2349
Firm Abbreviations 11
Buyers' Guide
opposite 2336
Householders' Directory 1713
Churches
2381
Labor Organizations
2451
City Officials
1377
Classified Business Directory 2337
Clubs
2389
Street and Avenue Guide
1713
Index to Advertisers
Page Numbers Below Refer to The Buyers' Guide
Acacia Memorial Park.left top lines and 21 Adams Agency left side lines and 26 Alaska Steamship Co 86 Alexander & Baldwin Ltd
left side lines and 91
Allan A A Co.
left side lines
Alpine Dairy Products .... right side lines
Ambassador Hotel
right bottom lines and
American Adjustment Co
26
American Automobile Corp 4
American Automobile Insurance Co.
.right side lines and
55
American-Hawaiian Steamship Co ....
87
American Typefounders Sales Corp
77
American Window Cleaning Co
right bottom lines and
96
Crane Co.
right bottom lines and
75
78
Anchor Loan Co
.left side lines
Anderson A D
right side lines
Anderson Buick Co .... left side lines and
4
Arlington Dock Co Arnold Wm I. 26
Art Craft Engraving & Electrotype Co
right bottom lines and
37
Association Collectors Inc 24
Augustine & Kyer Inc. 43
Automobile Club of Washington.
.left side lines and
55
Ballard Federal Savings & Loan Assn .... Ballard-Ludlow Ferry Co .. left side lines Bank of California
front cover, left top lines and 5
Bankers Life Co of Des Moines.
right top lines and
56
Barde Steel Co
front cover and
92
Bay Construction Inc. right bottom lines and 29
Benjamin Franklin Hotel right side lines and 44
Better Business Bureau
2
Better Loan Service. left side lines
Biggs Co Inc .......
right bottom lines and 71
Billings Geo E Co.
left side lines
Binyon Optical Co ...
.left side lines
Bon Marche The
front edge, right top lines and
31
Bowden Gazzam & Arnold.
right side lines
Brace Lumber Co 64
Brackett Russell L .... left side lines and 77
Broderick Henry Inc. 77
Burnett Bros Inc
63
General Petroleum Corp.
Capital Loan Co.
right side lines
71
Gould & Gould Inc ...... left side lines and 57
Carter MacDonald & Co.
Great West Life Assurance Co.
.left side lines and 56
right side lines and 57
Carver Adjustment Co.
.left side lines and
27
Central Pontiac Sales Corp
right side lines
Chastek Chester J Co.
right side lines and
56
Chelin Adjustment Co ...... right side lines
City Industrial Loan Co.
right bottom and right side lines
City Light Department.
..... left top lines
Coast Carton Co.
.......
.right bottom lines
Cole Benj B Inc .......... left side lines and 27
Columbia Lumber Co .. left side lines and
64
Commodore Hotel.
.. left side lines and
48
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co
right side lines and
56
66
Continental Inc.
backbone and
Cornwall Fuel Co.
right side lines
Davis John & Co.
12
Dean Witter & Co ........ left top lines and
DeLuxe Oil Burner Co.
left side lines and
71
Diamond Tank Transport
back cover, left side lines and
29
Dividend Mailing Bureau. 66 Eastman Kodak Stores Inc. 73 Eastman Wm A & Co
right side lines and
77 46
Equitable Securities Co.
Ernst Hardware Co .. right side lines and Evergreen Cemetery Co .... top edge and Exeter Hotel
Eyres Transfer & Warehouse Co. 96
Family Finance Co.
right side lines
Farrell Lumber Co.
65
Farwest Lithograph & Printing Co.
right side lines and 63 and
75
27
Federal Discount Co. Federal Scow Agency
right side lines and 84 Financial Security Co .... right side lines Fireman's Fund Insurance Co 57 Fisher Flouring Mills Co.
right side lines and 38
Frederick & Nelson
back cover, right top lines and
32
Fuller W P Co ..........
right top lines and
73
Furuya M Co ........ right bottom lines and
30
General Insurance Co of America
left top lines and
54
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Arcade Building & Realty Co.
left side lines and
19
88
Edmond Meany Hotel Employees Loan Co. .. right side lines Equitable Life Assurance Society of the US right side lines and 57 27 43 22 45
83
County Officials
822
Societies
2524
State Officials
1616
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Page
Griffith L H Insurance Agency
58
Grunbaum Bros Furniture Co Inc
left top lines and
40
Hall Jean
34
New Richmond Hotel
48
Hallidie Machinery Co 65
Hardy's Inc
front cover
Hartley Rogers & Co.
front cover, right top lines and
13
Headley Jas D.
.. right top lines and
70
North Green Parrot Inc.
Hevly M B Insurance Agency
right side lines and
58
Hollywood Gardens.
right side lines
Home Oil Co
right side lines and 39
Home Undertaking Co ........ left top lines
Hotel Mayflower.
right side lines
Howard Motor Co.
left side lines and
4
Hoyt & Swanson.
.. right bottom lines
Hughbanks Inc ..
......
left side lines and
62
Ice Delivery Co.
left side lines
Ihrig Herbert Inc. 34
Imperial Candy Co
.... bottom edge, right bottom lines and
John Hancock Mutual Life Ins Co.
left side lines and
58
20
Johnson & Sons Mortuary Inc.
left side lines and
39
K C W Carpet & Furniture Co
41
Kelley Clarke Co.
14
Klopfenstein's Inc. .right side lines
Kristoferson A Inc.
Lake View Cemetery Assn
23
Lake Washington Ferries 89
Laucks I F Inc. 23
Lawyers & Realtors Title Ins Co. 93
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.
right side lines
Littler ...... backbone, right side lines and Local Loan Co. .left side lines
Lowman & Hanford Co.
Lundquist-Lilly
right top lines and
85
.. left side lines
MacDougall & Southwick Co.
left top lines and
33
Mackintosh Denton .... left side lines and
80
Mail Advertising Bureau Inc.
right side lines
Marsh & McLennan Inc. right side lines and 58 Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins Co ...
left side lines and
59
Mast's Inc.
right bottom lines
McCollister & Campbell Inc.
right bottom lines
McCormick Steamship Co. right side lines and Mead Dwight Agency The. left side lines and 59 Medical & Dental Credit Service. 28
Merchants Service Inc.
right side lines and 28
Metropolitan Building Co .opposite 2336 Metropolitan Business College 19
Metropolitan Laundry Co .. left side lines
Milbourn Hazel School of Business right top lines and 84
Miller Vincent D Inc. 80
Murphy Wm back cover and 54
Mutual Adjustment Co. left side lines and Mutual Benefit Life Ins Co of Newark N J right side lines and 59 Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York right side lines
National Bank of Commerce
front cover and 6
Page
National Lead Co.
72
New England Mutual Life Ins Co
left side lines and
59
New Washington Hotel
48
New World Life Ins Co.
49
Norris Beggs & Simpson Inc.
80
Norris Safe & Lock Co
82
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Northern Life Insurance Co.
50
Northwest Motor Co Inc
.right bottom lines
Northwest Sawdust Co.
38
Northwestern Credit Assn
29
Northwestern Life & Accident Co.
.. left top lines and
51
Northwestern Mutual Fire Assn.
right top lines and
52
Northwestern Mutual Life Ins Co ..
right top lines and
53
Olympic Hotel.
.right top lines and
47
Oregon Mutual Life Ins Co.
right side lines
Oriental Rug Mart
left side lines
Owen-Farlin Co
80
Pacific Coast Forge Co
12
Pacific Coast Stamp Works right bottom lines
Pacific Dye Works Inc.
30
left top lines, left side lines and
35
Pacific Fir Co
74
Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan
Assn
83
Pacific National Bank .. left top lines and
7
Pacific Ports & Marine News.
66
Pacific Press Clipping Bureau
75
Palace Fish & Oyster Co
.. right side lines and
37
Pantorium Cleaners & Dyers
.left side lines
Paris Ben Sporting Goods & Recreation
Co Inc ..
left side lines
Paull Printing Co Inc.
75
Penn Mutual Life Ins Co of Philadelphia
right side lines and
60
Peoples Loan Co.
left side lines
Peoples National Bank of Washington
8
Peterman Guy E Co .. right side lines and 82
Peterson Fuel & Hardware Co.
right bottom lines
Phoenix Mutual Life Ins Co
60
Pioneer Sand & Gravel Co.
right side lines and
19
Poole Electric Co
left side lines
91
Port of Seattle
90
Post-Intelligencer
67
Preservative Paint Co.
right bottom lines
Preston Lumber Co.
.right side lines and
65
Public Service Life Health & Accident
Co
60
Puget Mill Co.
.... left side lines and
81
Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
.. right top lines and
36
Puget Sound Savings & Loan Assn.
....
.right bottom lines
Puget Sound Title Ins Co.
94
28
Pyroil Lacquerwax Sales Co.
back cover and
3
Rhodes Department Store .. left top lines
Roosevelt Hotel
48
Rosaia Bros Florists.
.. right side lines
Royal Ralph H Inc
right bottom lines and 81
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Ryan Furniture Co 41 Ryan Realty Co 81
Schoenfeld's Standard Furniture Co 41 Schwabacher Bros & Co Inc right bottom lines and 43
Seattle Association of Credit Men
left top lines and
24
Seattle Boiler Works
...... back cover and
11
Seattle Chamber of Commerce .... 15-16-17-18 Seattle Credit Bureau
left top lines and 25
83
Seattle Federal Savings & Loan Assn ....
Seattle Finance Co
.right side lines
Seattle-First National Bank
front cover, right top lines and
9
Seattle Gas Co.
.........
.right top lines and
42
Seattle Graham Co. right side lines
Seattle Hardware Co.
right bottom lines and
43
37
Seattle Hardwood Floors Co.
Seattle Times Co.
68
See Lumber Co 64
Seeley & Co
60
Shadel Sanitarium Inc 83
Shell Oil Co.
71
Sherman Printing & Binding Co.
.... back cover, right bottom lines and
76
Signal Oil Co
right side lines and
72
Skinner Frank
61
Sparkman & McLean Co.
left side lines and
81
Standard Service Tire Co.
right side lines
Star Fuel Co 38
Star Machinery Co. 65
Star Publishing Co. 69
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insur- ance Co. left side lines
State Loan Co.
.left side lines
State Mutual Life Assurance Co.
right side lines and 61
Page
Stevens Guy E & Co.
right bottom lines and
82
Sudakoff
38
Sudden & Christenson
91
Sunset Electric Co .... right side lines and
37
Sunset Monument Co Inc.
right side lines
Sunset Oil Co.
Supply Laundry Co.
left side lines
Surety Industrial Loan Co.
right bottom lines
Thieme Morris Hansen & Rowland Inc
front cover, left top lines and
61
Tipp Ben
63
Travelers The
left side lines and
61
Turrell Shoe Co
84
United Securities Co of Missouri
62
View Ridge Addition ......
... left side lines
Vita Health Center.
„.right bottom lines and
44
Washington H A Insurance Agency .....
62
Washington Mutual Savings Bank
left top lines and
10
Washington Title Insurance Co
95
Waterfront Garage.
.. right side lines
Watson Hall Co
front cover, right top lines and
39
Weaver's Furriers
41
Webster-Brinkley Co
66
Weisfield & Goldberg Inc.
left side lines and
63
West & Wheeler.
.left top lines and
79
Western Adjustment Agency
right side lines and
28
Western Containers Inc.
right side lines and
73
Whalley John A & Co.
.left side lines and
55
White & Bollard Inc .. left side lines and
82
Workingman's Loan Co ...... left side lines
Young Men's Christian Assn
84
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of the Seattle City Directory, as well as more than 700 other city, county, state and national directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1939 (53d) edition of the Seattle City Directory.
Confidence in the continued growth of Seattle's wealth, industry and population, and in the advancement of its municipal and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the directory is a mirror truly reflecting Seattle to the world.
The enviable place occupied by R. L. POLK & CO'S directories in the estimation of the public thruout the country, has been established by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organi- zation, and having the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Seattle City Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
POPULATION
421,576
406,543 (Within the city limits)
(Territory included in Directory canvas)
The above estimated population of Seattle is based on the number of individuals' names in the alphabetical section of the directory, with due allowance for children and for women whose names are not listed separately from those of their husbands. Territory immediately adja- cent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are concerned, is included in the directory.
Four Major Departments
The several essential departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations is included in pages 17 to 1712. A feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parenthesis following that of the husband.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 1713 to 2336. In this section the names of the streets and avenues are arranged in alphabetical order; the residences and business houses are arranged numerically under the name of each street and avenue, and the names of household- ers and business concerns are placed opposite the numbers. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designa- tion of residences, places of business and institutions having telephones.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 2336 and sep-
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arately paged from 1 to 96, printed on tinted paper, contains the ad- vertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Seattle. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertise- ments have been carefully grouped by departments and are in- dexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best and, as such, merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The city's activities, in many interesting phases, are authentically pictured. In a great commercial center like Seattle, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is very great, and frequently, pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 2337 to 2543. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appro- priate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispens- able epitome of the business interests of the community. "The Directory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such it plays no small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium."
Municipal Publicity
The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in the Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Seattle, for business men, everywhere, realize that the city directory represents a community as it really is.
The Seattle Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Seattle City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in their offices at 71 Columbia Street, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 450 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the city directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.
SEATTLE
"HEART OF THE EVERGREEN PLAYGROUND"; THE THIRD CITY OF THE PACIFIC COAST; THE COMMERCIAL, FI- NANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL METROPOLIS OF WASH- INGTON; A CITY OF BEAUTY, PROGRESS, INDUS- TRIAL ACTIVITY AND ACHIEVEMENT
STATISTICAL REVIEW (Courtesy Seattle Chamber of Commerce)
Form of Government-Mayor-council (non-partisan).
Population-(1930 U. S. Census) 365,583. Present local estimate 406,543.
Area-Land, 68.5 square miles ; water, 35.91 square miles.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 51.3 degrees; normal annual rain- fall, 33.44 inches.
Parks-43, with 1,782 acres ; 46 playfields, 198 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$245,324,329, with $2.78 per $1,000 tax rate.
Financial-26 banks, with total deposits of $371,525,120, and clearings of $1,708,461,752.35 (1938).
Post Office Receipts-$3,779,185.29 (1938).
Telephones in Service-123,841.
Churches-250, all denominations.
Schools-9 high schools, 5 junior high schools, 75 elementary and spe- cial schools.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $7,222,380, with 696 new dwelling units constructed (1938).
Industry-948 establishments employing 20,306 workers, paying wages of $27,673,934 annually, and having products valued at $152,454,694. Principal Products-Flour, ships, boats, logging machinery, fish, lumber and lumber products, airplanes, packing-house products, furniture, garments, cement and canned goods.
Newspapers-4 dailies, 2 weekly.
Hotels-324, with total of 22,520 rooms.
Railroads-4: Great Northern; Northern Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific; Union Pacific.
Airports-2.
Amusements-Civic Auditorium seats 6,000 persons. 30 theatres, with total seating capacity of 29,417 persons. 23 golf courses.
Hospitals-12, with 2,174 beds.
Seattle Public Library-One central library; 1 municipal reference branch; 10 branch libraries. Total number of volumes (all classes), 527,550. Circulation, for 1937, 2,798,944 volumes, making a per capita circulation of 7.6. Number of registered borrowers, 117,148. 1,956 current periodicals and 247 current newspapers are received.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 1,300, with 774 miles paved. Miles of sewer, 853, and of electric street railway, 230. Miles of water mains, 988.34. 86,926 water meters, 43,348 gas meters.
Waterborne Commerce (1937)-6,759,096 cargo tons ; value, $420,780,208.
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History
Seattle was first settled in 1851 and was named for a friendly Indian chief who died in 1866. Seattle was incorporated in 1865 and re-incor- porated in 1869. In 1884 the first railroad connections were established with the outside world. In 1889 the business district was wiped out by fire. The first trans-Pacific steamship service was established in 1896. In 1897 the Steamship "Portland" arrived with the first shipment of gold from Alaska and the Klondike. In 1917 the Lake Washington Canal was completed, giving Seattle both fresh and salt water harbors.
Seattle is the county seat of King County, and the largest city in the Pacic Northwest.
Geographical Location
Seattle is located in the center of what is known as the Puget Sound Country, and is the geographical center of western Washington. It is on the shortest line of travel between the Eastern States and the Orient and is a point where great transcontinental railroads meet the ships of the world engaged in commerce on the Pacific Ocean. Seattle's harbor is of sufficient depth for all shipping demands, amply protected from storm, and accessible to the largest vessels afloat at all stages of the tide.
Light and Water
Seattle owns its own water system, the source of which is Cedar River in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. It is a gravity system, and analysis demonstrates that the water is as pure as ever obtained in the natural state. Seattle is headquarters for the Puget Sound Power and Light Company, and has also its own municipal lighting system. Both furnish light and power for domestic, commercial and industrial purposes at rates comparatively as low as those obtaining in any city in the country. One-sixth of the water power of the nation is tributary to Seattle. The street lighting system is one of the finest in existence, and gives Seattle just claim to being the best-lighted city in the world.
Port of Seattle
Seattle has both fresh and salt water harbors. By means of a ship canal with locks second only to those of the Panama Canal, the salt water harbor of Puget Sound is connected with the two great inner fresh-water harbors, Lake Union and Washington. The outer and inner harbors aggregate 193 miles of water frontage. Seattle, as a world port, looks upon the sea as its avenue of destiny.
Seattle is the least expensive port on the Pacific for the ship owner. There as no charges assessed against the vessel while it is engaged in loading or discharging cargo. Pilotage is not compulsory. Tugs for docking are used only when vessels are disabled. Cargo imported from, or exported to, foreign countries, consigned on through bills-of-lading, have privilege of storage at Seattle for one year, and retain advantage of preferential transcontinental rail rates.
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There is direct steamer passenger service to Mexico, Central and South America, the Antipodes, the Far East, including China, Japan, the Philippines, Continental Europe, United Kingdom, South Africa, British Columbia, Alaska, California and the U. S. Atlantic Coast.
The following is a comparison of the water-borne commerce in Seattle, in volume and value for the last ten years :
Years
Cargo Tons
Value
1926
8,441,423
754,389,962
1927
8,544,910
705,255,587
1928
8,915,956
773,745,533
1929
9,167,295
771,174,069
1930
8,362,579
605,983,201
1931
7,287,354
445,695,394
1932
5,296,114
276,214,457
1933
5,547,121
322,443,525
1934
6,283,910
367,151,463
1935
6,767,966
367,246,208
1936
6,307,265
409,562,467
1937
6,759,096
420,780,208
1938
6,070,565
350,438,165
Principal Industries of Seattle
Airplanes
Hoisting Machinery
Automobile Bodies
Iron and Steel Articles
Ammonia and Chemicals
Lumber and Products
Belting
Mattress and Bedding
Boat and Ship Building
Machinery and Engines
Boiler Works
Marine Machinery
Brick, Tile, Marble, Terra Cotta
Mining Equipment
Building Equipment
Paints, Varnishes
Canned Food Products
Packing House Products
Canning Machinery
Plaster
Canned Milk
Printing
Casein
Refrigerators
Castings, Forgings
Rope, Cordage, Tents
Cement
Sash and Door Mfg.
Clothing
Saws
Coal and Coke
Ship Repairs
Confectionery
Signs
Dairy Products
Steel Works
Drydocks
Sheet Metal Works
Electrical Equipment
Shoes, Gloves, Hats
Foundries
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces
Fishing
Surveyors, Nautical Supplies Tool Making
Fruit and Vegetable Products
Flour and Cereals
Furniture and Woodenware Glue
Trunks, Suit Cases and Bags Trucks Wallboard
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Railroads
All the transcontinental railroad lines which reach the states of the Pacific Northwest have their termini in Seattle. The Great Northern; Northern Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, and Union Pacific all enter Seattle, and all do a large ocean transshipment business through this port.
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