. Seattle and the Orient. of Cooper &Levy, located at the southeast cornerof Yesler Way and First Avenue occupy three floors, each 40x110. 74 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. with an mimense stock of goods, be-sides having large warerooms else-where in the city. They do a retailgrocery business as well as handlingcertain lines of hardware and housefurnishing goods. The house was es-tablished in 1890 by the present part-ners, Isaac Cooper and Louis Levy,both of whom continue to take an ac-tive part in the business. The firmemploys upwards of thirty persons andsix wagons. Their trade, while la
. Seattle and the Orient. of Cooper &Levy, located at the southeast cornerof Yesler Way and First Avenue occupy three floors, each 40x110. 74 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. with an mimense stock of goods, be-sides having large warerooms else-where in the city. They do a retailgrocery business as well as handlingcertain lines of hardware and housefurnishing goods. The house was es-tablished in 1890 by the present part-ners, Isaac Cooper and Louis Levy,both of whom continue to take an ac-tive part in the business. The firmemploys upwards of thirty persons andsix wagons. Their trade, while large-ly confined to the city, is immense andis expanding rapidly. They do a strict- The firm attributes its uninterruptedsuccess to close attention to business,selling at right prices, keeping thebest grade of goods, the largest assort-ment in the city and employing ef-ficient help. THE SEATTLE TRANSFER COMPANY, Some idea can be formed of thetraffic carried on in Seattle when it isstated that a single transfer company. Interior View of the Store of Cooper Sl Levy. ly cash business, which insures patronsthe very lowest prices and best number of their leading articles areput out under their own brand. A feature of their business is ship-ping goods to families in considerablequantities on orders by mail from thesurrounding country, from British Co--lumbia and Alaska. They issue and•mail to their patrons an illustrated 80-page price list monthly, containing alist of upwards of 400 articles, withprices of same, enabling outside peopleto get their goods as close as residentsof the city. gives employment to 85 horses and 7&men. The whole story is told whenthese figures are given. The companyreferred to is the Seattle Transfer Com-pany. They occupy their own building,which is 120 feet square, and consistsof two floors, located near the North-ern Pacific freight depot, in the south-ern part of the city. They have beenestablished here since 1888, and in ad-dition to a general tr
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