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Identifier: seattleorient00bowe (find matches)
Title: Seattle and the Orient
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bowen, Alfred D
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Publisher: Seattle, Wash. : Times Print. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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General View of Works of Seattle Gas & Electric Co., Showing a Gas Holder with a Capacity of 860,000 feet. fact, every conceivable kind of appli-ance known in gas heating. The low-er fioors are used for store rooms andfor work shops. The company employs from eighty to100 men in various capacities, includ-ing those about the works. The coalused for manufacturing gas all comesfrom Washington mines, the oars bear-ing the coal being run right into the Speaking about the prepayment me-ters, which are becoming so popularwith householders, Seattle is the onlycity which takes kindly to them, sofar, it is said. This is because thepeople of Seattle like to pay for whatthey consume as they go along. Othercities find it slow to Tiave them used,but here they are preferred. SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT.
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Offices and Store of Seattle Gas & Electric Co. 82 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. WE TAKE TEA AND SILK, The leading articles imported by thiscountry from Japan are raw silk andtea. The value of the silk imports forthe fiscal year ending June 30 were$10,010,885 in 1897, $16,510,502 in 1898,and $14,920,787 for 1899. The tea im-ports in pounds were 45,465,161 in 1897,26,233,407 in 1898 and 29,277,798 for1899. The tariff on tea has cut downour tea imports from Japan about 40 try to Japan for the fiscal year endingJune 30 last were, in order: Cotton,$5,775,784; petroleum, $2,461,475; tobac-co, unmanufactured, $2,414,482; wheatflour, $722,910; manufactured tobacco,$512,218; scientific and electric instru-ments, $232,892; clocks and watches,$188,602; vehicles, $142,301. The ag-gregate of iron and steel exports toJapan is also large, the exports ofrailway iron last year from this coun-try to Japan being $1,150,766. Thenew tariff of Japan cut down Japans

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