. Seattle and the Orient. n opera-tion, it can be stated that a few a single casting was made whichcontained pounds of metal. It is 56 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. doubted if any larger castings wereever made on the Pacific Coast thanthis. But to describe the whole estab-lishment in the minutest detail wouldoccupy a very considerable space andprobably be so technical that the aver-age reader would not understand has been more the purpose of thisarticle to give some general idea ofwhat shipbuilding in Seattle is destinedto become, rather than to go into thefiner details. able
. Seattle and the Orient. n opera-tion, it can be stated that a few a single casting was made whichcontained pounds of metal. It is 56 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. doubted if any larger castings wereever made on the Pacific Coast thanthis. But to describe the whole estab-lishment in the minutest detail wouldoccupy a very considerable space andprobably be so technical that the aver-age reader would not understand has been more the purpose of thisarticle to give some general idea ofwhat shipbuilding in Seattle is destinedto become, rather than to go into thefiner details. abled to compress hay into one-halfthe volume or space formerly requiredto put up this commodity, and duringthe past year they have developed anenormous trade. They are wholesaledealers in feed, grain, hay, buildingmaterials of all kinds, such as lime,plaster and cement, and their increaselast year over the previous year wasequal to 35 per cent. The companyhas been in business here for nineyears, and now has a trade which ex-. MORAN Bros. of Steamer Geo. W. Dickinson 50 days after her keel was laid. She is being built for Pacific Clipper Line. GALBRAITH, BACON & COMPANY, One of the extensive commoditiesthat is shipped from Seattle to Alaskaand to the Orient, and which hasgrown considerably during the pastyear, is hay and mill feed. Througha process of compression Galbraith,Bacon & Co., who occupy the Gal-braith Dock at the foot of WashingtonStreet, upon the water front, are en- tends all over Western Washington,down to the Hawaiian Islands, intoCalifornia and into Alaska. J. E. Gal-braith is the senior partner and man-ager and is represented as one of thevery substantial merchants doing busi-ness in Seattle. He occupies a verybeautiful residence at No. 109 Fif-teenth Avenue North, a picture ofwhich is shown in future pages of thisvolume. Their warehouse is one of SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. 57 the busy places in the city. Elevensteamboats make a landing at thisplace, and h
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