The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-28
FINANCE AND TRADE.

SATURDAY. Oct n.
Fourteen carloads OF hops left for the
East from the depot OF the Puget Sound
Shore this morning. Seven carloads belong
TO the Hop Growers Association. aud the
remaining seven are shipped by local deal.
ers. There are several carloads az stuck
and at other points along the road. which
viii be taken East by this special train. and
1t is expected the entire shipments win
make between = and % carloads. The
train will run through to New York, the
Chicago consIgnments being left on the
way.
To-day's receipts include carloads from
Smiths cove, owned by the Hop Gro1 ers'
Association. which viii be shipped East
this week: carloads from Gilman, from
the yard of L. A. Void and from that OF
g. W. Tibbets. and 20 bales from Slaughter,
the property OF James Dolan. To-day's
quotations are I0fs13c for red, i6e for aver
age. Use for medium and 2oc for choice.
| The Producerx' Price Current Of New
York, latest issue. states that shippers do
not md sufficient encouragement from the
| London adviccs to undertake much new
business Brewers wants are small and
| they buy eouseryatiyeiy. No one Is In
| ciined 10 offer over soc for state 1855 crop.
and that for only few fancy clean picked
shipping hops such lots as are commonly
| called choice bring 2s6esc. ''Some lots OF
very choice Oregon and Washington Terri
tory, crop IS. are held up to z7a2sc, but
we hear OF some fine growths selling at &c
| and fair lots are Offering less. Receipts
from the Pacific Coast are heavy, but q
good many are going abroad" The New
York quotations are: Pacific Coast, 1855,
choice. 26<G2sc; Pacific Coast, lsss, common
10 prime, cnsa25c; Pacific Coast, 1857, 90 lee
The New York market is firm, but trade Is
quiet.
| The fruit market is duh owing 10 pre-
ysiling vet weather and falling of OF
restaurant consumption. Smoked meats
have declined &c within the last few days.
The receipts OF dairy products have been
very large daring the week, and II Is esti-
| mated that there Is four months supply
on hand. Lard has declined and the mar
| kct is weak; quote 1oc at Tic. The poultry
market was brisk to-day and turkeys had
| good run. Game is not eagerly sought
after: % dozen teal and mallard arrived to-
day. but the demand was slight There
were practically no Ash in to-day's market
as the catch was again a failure Capt
II aAhtI7 " - tVAtktt HarP n fSAA-ktthtoA
car East this morning with only half q
load. This shipment win barely meet ex-
penseS.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RE-
| CEIPrs-Dufing the last - hours the
merchandise aud proguee receipts a. this
port have been a. fhlows: Per Puget
| Sonnd Shore road cars, containing liz
| tons. Columbia & Puget sound railroad, 10
ton: Seattle, Lake shore a Eastern. 81
/ tons sfeansrs-w fsis tons.
| Nellie !. ton, Edith tons. schooner Teaser
81 tons Total receipts. 9fla. tons, Among
1 the receipts were ; carloads and Is bales
hops, a. bales hay, SD sacks potatoes.
- boxes and sack of apples. 20 boxe.
i pears, 10 boxes eranberriex. sacks OF cab
bagc, sacks horse radish. 8 sack squash.
/ I box ham, 5 sacks bacon. 50 cases eggs.
| IS tubs - firkins jar aud box butter.
| I box chickens, sacks Wild ducks. boxes
/ game. 10 eases coffee, boxes hgs. cases
paint. - barrels and eases iinsecd oil, q
eases ysruish, cases turpentue. " bales
| sail duck. ~ head Of cattle. calves. hog,
4 horses. I carload shinglc mill machinery
for salmon bay, - cedar doors, 1900 feet
i lumber.
| sHiPMESTS-DHr the last - hours
/ the following tonnage Of goods and uaerehan-
disc were shipped from seattle 10 the sur
| rounding country;
Puget sound shore read, 40 tons. Colum-
1 bis & Puget sound railroad. - tons. seattle,
lake shore & Eastern. 40 tons. Steamers
/ Umatilia H. tons. Augusta l ton, Grace
| tons. Success ton. Mouniaineer : tons,
/ Left Kricksen tons. Henry Bailey =
| tons. Edith tons, Nunroe = tons Total
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