Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest

Seattle, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1905

From Polk's Seattle City Directory. 1898-1905

Clearing House Assocation, report on money cleared by Seattle banks and post office:: 1896: $28,157,065; 1897: $36,045,228; 1898: $68,414,635; 1899:$103,327,617; 1900: $130,300,000; 1903: $206,400,000
Seattle Population:: 1890: 42,807; 1900: 80,671; 1901: 107,855

Seattle in 1900:
Population: 80,000-90,000 (transient population difficult to count)

Exports:: 100 million feet of lumber; 400 million shingles; 400,000 barrels of flour; Goods exported to Alaska: $20,000 per day; Goods exported to British Columbia: $1,000 per day; Goods exported to Manila: $1,000 per day; Goods exported to Honolulu: $1,000 per day

Gold imported (1899): average: $36,000 per day/ total of $13,000,000

Building permits issued: Fiscal year 1900-1901: 2,560 new buildings

Seattle, 1905, from Polk's Seattle City Directory (1905):

Population, June 1905: about 185,000

Alaska trade: $20,000,000 per year

Port of Seattle, total commerce: $114,140,197


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