. Seattle and the Orient. gone to Siberia. In this citythey own six and one-half acres ofland very advantageously located uponthe bay and have a flouring mill with the president of the company, has al-ready made several trips to the Orientand has succeeded in establishing him-self there very firmly. A VERY EXTENSIVE FIRM, The firm of M. & K. Gottstein, locat-ed at 806 Yesler Way, in a five-storybrick building 30 by 120 feet in size (afine illustration of which is herewithshown),is one of the very considerablewholesale houses in the Northwest. 68 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. They probably carry the
. Seattle and the Orient. gone to Siberia. In this citythey own six and one-half acres ofland very advantageously located uponthe bay and have a flouring mill with the president of the company, has al-ready made several trips to the Orientand has succeeded in establishing him-self there very firmly. A VERY EXTENSIVE FIRM, The firm of M. & K. Gottstein, locat-ed at 806 Yesler Way, in a five-storybrick building 30 by 120 feet in size (afine illustration of which is herewithshown),is one of the very considerablewholesale houses in the Northwest. 68 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. They probably carry the largest line ofliquors, wines and cigars of any firmin Washington; they are also one ofthe oldest firms in Seattle, having beenestablished since 1883. Their increaselast year over the previous year isfully 25 per cent, and from present in-dications they will show a more mark-ed gain this year. They have eleven that within a few years Seattle will bedoing a very large trade in all of theprincipal points in the Wholesale House of M. & K. Gottstein men employed in their establishmentand keep three men traveling upon theroad and are now selling goods inAlaska, all over the State of Washing-ton, and over a portion of Oregon;with the beginning of the present yearthey are developing a trade with Ja-pan, shipments to that country havingalready been made. They believethoroughly in expansion and think OUR BIG IMPORTERS, One of the largest importing firmsin this city dealing directly with Ori-ental countries is that of the WaChong Company, whooccupy their four-story brick building,located on Third Ave-nue South. The prin-cipal articles wliicbthey handle are teaand rice and Chinesemerchandise. Theyoperate their ownrice mill in their estab-lishment in this city,which has a capacityof seven tons per addition to thehouse in Seattle, theyhave houses in Mon-tana, and supply verymuch in the way oftea and rice and gen-eral Chinese merchan-dise to points in thatsection. In addition
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