Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-29

eIve sOOuS isTe TepOTCeu III IEo upper
Thames valley.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TOBACCO.
The crop of 81" The Best Crop Ever
Grown -" White-veined Trash "-Frc-
pairing to Receive tho New Crop-New
Warehouses Erected-Estimated
Purchases OF New Leaf.
The disinterested inquirer after truth
finding it, especially If his search be made
among people concerned in the growth,
packing or manufacture of leaf tobacco.
Farmers who have sold their last years
crop, are apt to say it is good aud clean, but
much of it short and they got good prices
for it. Those who have not yet sold say
they have the best crop ever grown free
from holes, white-vein or other impsrfec.
tions, of admirable color and quality, and
becoming better every day. Buyers who
invested largely carly in tho season, say
the crop is excellent better than
they expected when they bought it,
and they would duplicate their pur-
chases if they could-but they can
not, as they have already secured the
cream of the crop. Dealers who declined
to enter tho race for choice pickings carly
in the season, pronounce the crop a bad
ono-not only short of leaf, but disastrous
ly affected with white. vein. The heavy
buyers, they say, are sick Of their pur-
chases, and will lose heavily on them. Of
course, all these different statements can
not be true, and as VIC do not care to 20 to
"the bottom of well' in search of truth,
we will be content to adopt the other
a;lage, that "truth lies between ex-
tremes." A POI tiOn of the crop is, per-,
haps, the best ever grown, and anothe(
portion whitc-veined trash the bulk of it,
however, being about as good as usual,
on an average, but the total
weight being a good deal less than last
year, notwithstanding the increased
acreage.
Good or bad, there never was before, in
the history of the Lancaster county to-
bacco trade, such extensive preparations
made to receive and pack it as are now
being made in this city. In addition to the
large number of warehouses heretofore
used for the purpose, a dozen very large
new ones have been erected during the
past summer, and all of them will be
completed before New Years day. Dur
ing a stroll through the northern part of
tho city yesterday We took in John r,
Bitner's new warehouse, North Queen
above Chestnut street Teller g. Bros
new warehouse, North Prince street, near
Walnut, adjoining the warehouse hereto
fore used by the firm; Baumgard-
ner's three new warehouses, on Lemon
near Prince, adjoining the two for
merly erected by that enterprising
firm c. A. Bitner's three new
warehouses on the lot at the corner of
Harrisburg avenue and Mulberry street,
near by the three warehouses erected by
Mr.. Bitner some years ago !; on the oppo-
site side of Mulberry street, close to Har-
risburg avenue. is tho fine new double
warehouse of Falk & Bro. and A. S.
Rosenbaum, and on Charlotte street
above James the warehouse of John De-
Haven which is being enlarged to almost
four times its former capacity. These are
all neu structures, and in the same neigh
borhood are a number Of others erected
some years ago. Teller Brothers new
building is so nearly completed that the
tobacco they had stored in tho old
FRANKIE warehouse opposite. 1t is
substantial brick structure five
stories high. and capable of stor-
ing safely 1900 cases of tobacco. 1t
is floored with yellow pine, lighted by gas,
heated by steam, is supplied with a Wei
chans elevator, and contains every conven-
ience pertaining to first-class packing
house. The basement story will he used
as receiving room for baled leaf, the FIRST
floor above as an asserting and packing
room and the three upper stories for
cased leaf. Tho above brief description of
Messrs. Teller's warehouse will serve for
the other new ones, some of which are of
less and some of greater storage capacity,
but all built on substantially the same
plan. All of tho warehouses above named
will be occupied by the 1st of January
ensuing. AS a matter of interest wo give
the names of the occupants and the loca-
tion and capacity of the warehouses.
Harry G. Moore will occupy J. r. Bit
ner's now warehouse, North Queen above
Chestnut, capacity $500 cases.
Teller Bros occupy their new and old
warehouses;, North Prince below Walnut,
capacity 1000 and 5000 cases respective
ly.
Messrs. Neuberger, Fatman & Co., and
kerbs u Spicss have taken Baumgardner'
three new warehouses on Lemon near
Prince street, capacity from 3 500 to $500
cases each.
Mr.. A. Cohn has taken G., A. Bituer's
now warehouse on Mulberry near Harris
burg avenue, capacity 1,5OO cases Joseph |
Lederman has taken the largest one on
Harrisburg avenue, capacity 5000 and
William Hostetter the adjoining one as a
grain warehouse.
The joint warehouses of Falk & Bro.
and A. S. Rossenbaum arc four stories |
and an attic in height, and arc now being
put under roof. Each Of these will have
capacity of $500 cases or more.
Mr.. De Haven, will occupy his own en-
larged warehouse on Charlotte street, Ca
pacity 5000 cases.
The above list of new buildings grouped
together in one section of the city, will do |
to show the wonderful growth OF the to-
baccO interest of Lancaster, without ad
verting to the scores of old warehouses
with which the city is dotted, or tho new
ones in other parts Of the city and in all
sections of the county.
Buyers Of the New Crop.
1t is impossible to tell what proportion
of tho now crop has already been pur-
chased. Rumor has it that Dan. Mayer,
for Herbs & Spiess, has secured $500
cases ; Teller Bros. are not far behind
with 5000 cases Frank Pentlarge, for
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