The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-02
rINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
TRADE lrSMS. ETC.


chnnee reported In quotations.
The New York ppot market whs iirm, hhn
.alaa amounted 10 GIL bHlss and 2Gnn biles 49,
ayered on contracts
AL Ttyerpool this market WINS repore'" ~
more active. with Rnlns " 1000 baloR q Wl''h
sapo bales were American Tho rsco'pte "e'o
ID 100 !. bales. of which $4,000 wer" Ahof''an.
Futursg IN Liverpool opened lsa2 hetler thu
closed weak
yrha aalea III fi,nr yesterday reached 1850 bar
rails. Tho demand WINS not nctivo, ~ We toho
Of the market was firmer nj the closo.
provisinna continued ~ rule hnnyy frioS
tend do wnward on nil leading athplca- lhsthr-
day there were no transactions OF ihoi''ohe'
The purchasing quotation % siiser phi1soh ~
the New Orleans Mint III now III lGa per ounce
ine. -
MAmurAcrunE or PAPER The pnpor product
of the United sta es shows wonderful lhcrehse
III fhe mat ton years, ana ID RAPIDLY hndinR ith
xrav into MI pars of the civilized world y ID
eaara from tho records OF tho Bureau OF Sthtis-
flea Tint tho imports III thiR article. which. 1ot
the faanal year ending june 49, iaG2. amounted
90 $b27 Aab have fallen Off to SAG ae@. whle .he
exports during the Same period have sW"llah
from the insignificant sum of SPITE W tbo fhnu-
some proportions nt VI 2p3.ai2.
RECEIPTS or PnopucE tho comparative re-
oafptE of produce since September hro ~ iol-
lows. Wheat 2tD b2s bushels In hulk. against
ma ase for tho Same tima Inst yenr. corn la nnlK
g6 bgs bnahels against 142.5l3 Inst ynhr: corn IN
sneka "A .a83. nRninHt 1V.oi3 last year: ryo Aossi
bushels last year. sugar 1910 hogeheals
against aaA last year: mnlaRsoB 1864 barrels
against Ia sos last year: cotton seed. sacks
2fa4p7 against A. 100 Inst year II our pfo2 bar
res, against iol .lbl last ynnr.
GIGANTIC IHtpaE Tho work on the New
York and Brooklyn bridge across Eaat river has
been rapidly prosecuted during the last threo
months The masonry OF tho nppr nches on
the Brooklyn aida has been carried ~ Main
street, and about twothlrds the distance be-
tween that and Prospect street Ia done also. On
the Now York aide tho approaches IRE com
plsted across GIN street. nnd boforo tho wintor
nets iii they will b. completed to point hall
way between Vandewator nnd Roso streets |
There are now 900 men employed on the work
who will continue through the winter. except
In the sOverest weathor. Tho delivery of ateol |
will begin In November md continue through
the winter. One thousand tons are To Dc dotv- |
cred before tho spring. Tho first fu1pendera
Tor the roadway wero placed in position last |
week There nre to Do thirteen snspenders for |
each or the four cables each side Of both |
so,rara ,naLin. On. nj, ~ which VII ia MT ~ |
sD"o.e ,n, ....-,
during the coming winter. Ihoso suspohaeIs.
the longest OF which measure l2a feet. arc Of
.t.ai wj ra rone one md thros u,arters inches
s u. "Aa. !. MIN ,t VII. H.. .ix
IN uigmetef. ~ the Work iaia OUT ZOE mo VIII
ter shall DO completed 100 foot of tho super
structure on each side OF both piers will be
Dullts WIN the eSesptioh OF 'hs hoorinR DUNK. |
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Inc Mopile he9ister. OF the thlf.lelh uititno.
an speaking Of the parties Wishing TO learn |
something OF the business status Of that city |
Hays:
They will learn also by comparison Of
time past Mobile Mdding has been on parity |
with Orleans-tn several instances M eighth or
N cent higher, and MT no time this season has |
there been margin between New Ornans and
Mobile sufficient ~ justify shipments from tho |
latter to the former place Tor sale, ths railroad /