. Seattle and the Orient. s, engines and allkinds of mining machinery, air com- I02 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. pressors, rock drills, hoists, hoistingengines, ore carts and mining rail-roads. The company has lately putupon the market some very improvedshingle machinery, entirely their ownproduct, and one of these machinesat a recent ordinary ten hours* runexceeded the previous cut of shinglemills by nearly 25 per cent, a fact thatspeaks most highly for a home manu-factured product. In addition to theirown machine shop in Seattle, a greatdeal of their manufacturing work isdone in the town of Evere
. Seattle and the Orient. s, engines and allkinds of mining machinery, air com- I02 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. pressors, rock drills, hoists, hoistingengines, ore carts and mining rail-roads. The company has lately putupon the market some very improvedshingle machinery, entirely their ownproduct, and one of these machinesat a recent ordinary ten hours* runexceeded the previous cut of shinglemills by nearly 25 per cent, a fact thatspeaks most highly for a home manu-factured product. In addition to theirown machine shop in Seattle, a greatdeal of their manufacturing work isdone in the town of Everett, where alarge force of men are employed in the best and most economical machinesfor saving gold ever invented, and onethat wins distinction wherever used. THE C, SIDNEY SHEPARD CO. That Seattle is growing more rapid-ly in a commercial sense than mostpeople realize is evidenced by the factthat some of the largest houses inthe United States now have directrepresentatives in this city. Amongthe more conspicuous of Eastern. The Wholesale House of C. Sidney Shepard & Co., Seattle. manufacturing various lines for theirtrade. In addition to the machinerysupplies enumerated, this companyhandles practically everything in theline of farm utensils, vehicles of allkinds particularly, the latter beingmade at the great establishment ofthe company at Racine, Wisconsin, andare among the best products of thekind sold in the West. The companyis clearly in the lead so far as sizeand capacity for handling goods is con-cerned. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver also handlethe Heiss patent amalgamator, one of houses which have recently recognizedSeattle, and one which has branchesin most of the leading cities of theUnited States, is the C. Sidney ShepardCompany, which is rated as one of themost extensive manufacturers in theUnited States, and a company whichis known throughout the commercialworld. This company has its immensemanufacturing plant at Buffalo, NewYork, and branch houses are locatedin New York
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