The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-15
SEATTLE. Aug. Il

ers are buying freely Tor immedtat
needs, and few are buying In adyanc,
Of necessity. Collections are salts
factory.
Jobbing trade to city customers i
rapidly increasing. This is PARTICULAR,
true OF the grocery trade. Many cit.
stores which formerly went to Sar
Francisco for their main supplies ane
stocked up ia Portland now plac'
what business they can with our OWL
jobbers. One wholesale house rePoru
its city business in groceries increased
four-fold within four months. VI
course. goods are sold close, bat II IS a
cash business, hence satisfa Glory. Re
tailers. too. are benefited as IL is
never necessary to buy in large guam
titles. New stores are being established
daily In Seattle and in tributary towns
This week the complete stock of two
new general merchandise stores was
bought here. Seattle retail trade in
all branches has been excellent
throughout the month and the out.
look for the coming season IL az bright
rs even the most pronounced pessimist
could wish.
The demand for lumber for local
building purposes is large. Activity
manifested early in the season keeps
up and promises 10 continue until late
in the fall. All mills are either run
ming night and day or overtime. and
there are lots OF orders ahead.
l..
been better than usual. Warm weather
has stimulated the demand, and deal
crs are well satisfied with the volume
Of sales. Receipts of home product
arc cutting into importations from
California, and a. the season advances
will further encroach on the Golden
state.
A carload OF provisions arrived from
Chicago to-day, but IL viii hardly Gil
The orders now on file Prices are
very firm and are likely to remain so
for a month.
An item worthy Of note was the
sale to-day by Schwabacher Bros. & Co.
Of 5000 fire brick to so to Vancouver,
+. C.. for new mill. The firm had
to meet, and successfully met, san
Francisco competition.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE
RECEIPTS. During the past q hours
freight receipts at the various wharves
and depols have been as follows: Per
Puget Sound Shore Line cars, per
Columbia & Puget Sound railroad 8
tons. per Seattle, Lake Shore & East
ern 73 tons, per steamer Premier 100
tons, per steamship UmatiIla $50 tons,
per schooner Ida Schnauer $50 tons,
per Washington so tons, Fleetwood 3
tons, Anderson ton. Skagit Chief 900
barrels OF lime, idaho 800 sacks pota-
toes and rs tons miscellaneous pro-
duce, Hayward tons. Hassalo tons,
olympian tons, Idaho 10 tons.
FREIGHT SHIPMENTS. During
the past "a hours freight has been
shipped from Seattle az follows; Per
Puget Sound Shore road, Z cars OF
bridge material for Spokane Falls, |
car hops for Chicago, and 20 tons mis-
cellaneous merchandise: per c. 4 7,
:. r. H., Is tons miscellaneous freight
Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern. q
tons merchandise; per Premier, Ipt
pounds crackers for Vancouver; Eliza
Anderson, tons; Merwin. 4 tons
Munroc z tons; Fleetwood, IL tons
Libby, tons; Augusta, pa tons
Michigan, TX tons; Erickson. , tons
Starr. IL tons; Alaskan, 80 ear loads
olympian, ton; Hassalo, | ton Ida
no, IL tons, Hayward, car loads.
Among the arrivals were $50 eases Of
coal oil and Is horses.
sEw wEsTsINsrrR A. a SEAPORT.
The following communication APP
peared in the san Francisco Commercial
ke,rs OF Aug. 3
NRw WESTMINSTER, Aug. 2, ISIS,
Editor Commercial Netpy We
ask the privilege through the medium
OF your valuable paper of calling the
attention Of insurance companies, I'M
derwritefs owners and masters of YES
ss.s 10 the fact that the Frasier river
and the port OF New Westminster are
open 10 vessels OF - feet draft at least
The north chanel is properly huoyed,
and tug boats and pilots are in readi-
ness 10 bring vessels up 10 New West
minister There is no surf at mouth Of
river, no reefs. rocks nor mud banks.
the channel j. wide and well defined.
The BARI Camana has Just loaded and
sailed from our mills, and Captain W.
A. Worrall writes under date Of July
10Th:
THE Camana got down safely, rs
You 80 doubt have heard n feet WAS
The shalloweSt water We got between
and s huoys az II a. IN, two hours be
lore high water. 50 | have no doubt
you viii soon be having more ships mp
% Westminster when they hear OF
The facility with which We got up and
down"
der date Of luly Is
We got down without any trouble
al p m, the least water We had was
u feet, 80 | wish New Westminster
every success. and hope before long
You viii have much larger ships than
he Camana at the mil.
The schooner Puritan sailed July =.
From the above We consider our
selyes warranted IN saving that up 10
leet there i. now absolute sSieiy
and as The dominion government L
spending a large sum lf money this
year IN deepening the channel, We cN-
Pet soon 80 have ample water for any
aEet vessel. kc<pec fully yours.
koYAL CRY PLASINo Nuts Co.
(Idmitei.l
Referring 60 the above the NNr.
ays e3itoFially Attention Of ship
owners and underwriters IS directed u
the communication published in an
other column relating 10 New West
mtnster, y. G.. and the Fraser river
The depth 81 water and. accessibility
oi Tie port are noted. as well as other
points that may be Of value to thcss
IN any way Interested in that section
New Westminster !, uew bidder fol
the foreign lumber trade although
locally Il has long becn prominent
hmber center.
rHE last g,sE ~ sCGNg.
The san Francisco puiiy Cssa Hsercia
Ae'si Of the 10th inst has the follow
ing:
Perhaps The most interesting
sAasge in the market since last review
h@s been ia sugar. On SATURDAY.
morning the California refinery ~
anoed is rate, 3sc making cube nc
sAd later ia the day restored the prIo