(Compiled from latest obtainable statistics. “1903-4” refers to the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1904.)
=Population of Tacoma= and environs, July 1, 1904; =67,405=.
=Increase= in four years—=25,094=, or at the rate of =59.3 per
cent.=
=Post Office Receipts=, 1903-4, =$113,598.66=. =Increase—14.7
per cent.= in one year; =28.2 per cent.= in two years; =53.7
per cent.= in three years; =77.4 per cent.= in four years;
=132.1 per cent.= in seven years.
=Bank Clearings=, 1903-4, =$102,301,272.42=. =Increase—9.6 per
cent.= in one year; =64.6 per cent.= in two years; =77.0 per
cent.= in three years; =97.3 per cent.= in four years; =316.7
per cent.= in seven years.
=Building Permits=, 1903-4, =1,429=. =Increase—37.0 per cent.=,
in one year; =80.8 per cent.= in two years; =134.5 per cent.=
in three years; =238.6 per cent.= in four years.
=Cost of Building Improvements=, 1903-4, =$1,691,105=.
=Increase—9.5 per cent.= in one year; =94.5 per cent.= in two
years; =144.3 per cent.= in three years; =304.7 per cent.= in
four years; =855.8 per cent.= in five years.
=Realty Transfers=, 1903-4, =$6,302,837=. =Increase—21.1 per
cent.= in one year; =79.0 per cent.=, in two years.
=Customs Receipts=, 1903-4, =$301,039.32=. =Increase—148.3 per
cent.= in four years; =356.7 per cent.= in six years.
=Ocean Commerce=, 1903-4, =$37,362,782=. =Increase—2.2 per
cent.= in one year; =28.0 per cent.= in three years; =63.8 per
cent.= in four years.
=Cut of Lumber Mills=, 1903, =361,522,766 feet=. =Increase—19.0
per cent.= in one year; =65.0 per cent.= in two years; =96.6
per cent.= in three years.
=Product of Shingle Mills=, 1903, =376,935,500= shingles.
=Increase—94.0 per cent.= in three years.
=Output of Tacoma Smelter=, 1903, =$7,059,397.30=.
=Increase—188.7 per cent.= in three years.
=Daily Capacity of Flouring Mills=, 1904, =5,550 barrels=.
=Increase—146.7 per cent.= in four years.
=Number of Telephones in use=, July 1, 1904, =6,192=.
=Increase—250.4 per cent.= since Jan. 1, 1900.
=Miles of Electric Railway=—Urban, Suburban and Interurban—in
operation, 1904, =138¼=. =Increase—100 per cent.= in three
years.