Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . s annually from 500 to of apples, about 4,000 tons of prunes, 400 tons of cherries, sacks of onions, and 500 tons of asparagus. Wheat produc-tion is about 5,00 0,0 0 0 bushels and barley 6 00,00 0 bushels annu-ally. Rail transportation is provided by the Northern Pacific andthe Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company. An elec-tric line serves the city and extends to Milton, Oregon. Streets arepaved. It has a high school and five grade schools, and is the seatof Whitman College. The state penitentiary is also loca
Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . s annually from 500 to of apples, about 4,000 tons of prunes, 400 tons of cherries, sacks of onions, and 500 tons of asparagus. Wheat produc-tion is about 5,00 0,0 0 0 bushels and barley 6 00,00 0 bushels annu-ally. Rail transportation is provided by the Northern Pacific andthe Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company. An elec-tric line serves the city and extends to Milton, Oregon. Streets arepaved. It has a high school and five grade schools, and is the seatof Whitman College. The state penitentiary is also located here. Industries include alfalfa, cereal, feed and flour mills; fourimplement factories, tile factory, meat packing house, cheese fac-tory, creameries and fruit drying plants, three sash and door fac-tories, and many miscellaneous ones. In 1914, forty-seven establish-ments produced manutacturies valued at $2,014,67.!. Openings arereported for fruit and vegetable cannery, milk condensery. saw fac-tory, straw broom factory and beet sugar EXPLANATION OF TABLES SHOWING ENTER-PRISES NEEDED. The following- talmlations represent aetnal requests fromthe different communities of the state for the installation ofadditional manufacturing plants in their vicinities. Togetherthey constitute the main reasons for the publication of thisbook on Manufacturing Opportunities in the State of Wash-ington, the foregoing chapters being rather introductory andfor the main purpose of throwing light on the extensi\e anddiversified demands which these tables present. COLLECTING collecting the material contained in these tables and insome of the jjreceding chapters, qutstioimaires were sent topublic and semi-public officials, business men and other repre-sentative citizens in every city and town in the state. Manu-facturers in the different lines were also interviewed personallyor questioned by letter regarding conditions which ap})lied espe-cially to their industries, and wholes
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