The Portland daily press., 1882-05-15


Carried in American vessels. S95 ,355; IN for
eign vessels, $61, 1896.
Few if any fresh fish were landed here on
Saturday, from market boats. owing to the
heavy storm which prevailed outside. The
srock therefore was very light, but sufficient
for the local demand. Cod continue very
scarce and prices are firm, but for haddock
little concession might be obtained for large
order. The receipts for Holsters were rather
light, and the prospect for the future is not
encouraging. The demand for canning has in
creased SO rapidly and the disregard paid to
the laws framed to prevent indiscrimlnate
catching at all seasons of the year, have serl-
ously diminished the supply, and at the pres
ent rate of decline along the coast OF Maine
the business vii, entirely cease and we shall be
compelled to depend on New Brunswick, Nova
| Scotia and Prince Edward Island entirely for
Holsters. The arrivals of mackerel at New
| York the past week from the fleet off the Jer-
sey coast were 800 barrels, which SOLD from
| Sc to Sc so per barrel The sardine factories
at Eastport have done very little this spring.
| on account of the scarcity of the fish. Two or
| three factories have been running two or three
days out of a week, or when the fish could be
obtained. for some time past. The fish taken
| so far, have been of a large size. There were
but $50 900 cases of various brands of sardines
| put up on the coast of Maine, last season. Ii
is doubtful if the number will be as large, this
| year.
| The general review of business as made up
| by the Boston Commercial Bulletin of Satur-
| day may be briefly presented as follows:
| The present tone of the wooden goods mar
| ket is somewhat disappointing. The spring
| clothing trade has not been satisfactory, and
the consequent falling-off in duplicate orders
for light weights has had sympathetic infiu-
ence upon heavy goods. Mills whose produc-
| tions have struck the popular fancy are fairly
| we'll employed on previous orders, but new
| business is of very moderate proportions. The
consumption OF wool in April, lSSz, was
| l. $50 600 greater than in April, 1881. Manufac-
turers and merchants in every branch OF bust
| ness have been very conservative in their OPP
| erations this spring, combining themselves as
| nearly as possible to the legitimate wants OF
| their customers. The boot and shoe manufac-
turers of New England are in. possession of
more fall orders to-day than at the correspond
| ing date of any previous year in the history OF
the trade The shipments on old orders are
also quite satisfactory. In fact the shoe and
| leather trade has been really more encourage
ing of late than it was during the first three
| months of the year, when there was slight
| falling-off in the production of footwear. Iron
has slightly declined in price, and building
| hardware has consequently sympathlZed
| though the demand is said to be good. The
| price of lumber. the increasing demand for
| higher wages and feeling of uneasiness as to
| the future have had a tendency to curtail
| building operations in some parts of New Eng.
| land. A decline of copper from the present
| quotation of IS cents is looked for Paper and
paper stock are in moderate request and prices
rather weak The boom in india rubber ap.
pears to have been arrested, but rubber boots
and shoes will be advanced if the present cost
of raw rubber is maintained until August and
September. Lumber has a tendency to weak
ness and there has been brisk demand fol
grass seeds. In hemp sharp advance is re.
ported.
Messrs. T. B. Chase g Son, ice brokers. O.
Gardiner, have sent US splendid diagram o.
the Kennebec river, with its channel distinct
ly marked, the location, contents and owner
ship of every ice house from Augusta to Batf
laid down, with the depth of water at eacf
wharf. 1t also has detailed statement of the
stocks of ice on the Penobscot land Cathanc'
rivers and at the ice-shipping points on thu
coast of Maine. The recapitulation of stock
is as follows:
Kennebec river, tons. ..:.. ..........1 OPS, 20
Penobscot ............ ......'' 146,Oo
| Cathance " ............ ...'s -. $500
Coast, ....-... 343,oO
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