The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-04
TRADE AND FINANCE.

SATURDAY, Nor. Z
Through train of hops CONSISTING Of =
cars started Easi yesferdsy. The to<a,
number Of bales shipped uas IN. de-
tined - follows: London. So; View York.
22i: Chicago. ~ S. Louis, rs, Aibany. y.
u 49, Omaha. L: Niixaukee, -: Msure-
apoliss %: Mxnkato. Nina, S baies- THIS
II the Last train Of hops that VIII be
shipped for 10 days. as grain growers in
Eastern Washington have petationed the
northern Pacific to Afford thern al the
facilities possible for the transportation Of
their grain, which Is cut in the fesds ex-
posed 70 the weather The rafircad com
psnT - short Of cars, from excessive ship
nenfs made East. and al the freight
roliiag stock 1t present On tae West
era division IL seeded TO meet pressing
| exiis In the eastern portion Of the territory.
Hop growers AID dealers will therefore
bear with slight Inconvenience while The
grain crops Of our brethren east of the
mountains is being saved and safely placed
on the market or IN warehouses. The
Heary Bailey brought in . bales today
| from the skagit district No change e
noticeable in former quotations. The vo,-
zrse OF business In seeds has fallen of
eenssderabsy. but prices are maintained
The wholesale trade Of Seattle Is rapidly
extending south throughout the TERRITORY,
aud this city il already the chief distribut-
| Ing point for chehalis, centrzlis. winleek
and all points reached by the Portland
branch Of the Northern Pacific railroad. a.
purchasers fnd better market than that
which Portland and Tacoma osser Rassins
have advanced sc per boz. Eastern
decline and still lower prices are looked
for. large stock of jeiiies of all varieties
Is on hand, in ) pound snd 30 pound pals;
quote the latter, net, ~ s. . each, the
former VI per dozen. Grapes have been
cleaned up and local fruit chiefly Is pre-
senfcd- brisk market in poultry of al
kinds was witnessed to-day, and game was
largely ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS being In
special favor. The fish market was dull
and uninterestipg.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RE
cEIPTS-Dnring the last - hours the
merchandise and produce receipts a. this
port have been as follows: Per Puget
Sound shore road, Is cars containing 40
tons; Columbia & Puget Sound railroad.
% tons; Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern, los
tons. steamers = Washington ~ tons.
Henry Bailey 4 tons, Nellie IL tons, Edith
III tons Total receipts sYslS ions Among
the receipts were - bales hops. so sacks
barley. n sacks potatoes, 6 sacks four so
sacks chopped feed. ~ sacks oats, ] sack
onions, sacks nuts. sack dates, sacg
ngs, box butter. 20 boxes apples, 1850 gal
Ions milk, boxes chickens, bundles
pheasznts, bundles ducks, IL sacks
oysters, box mace. Il pelts, II hides, l
box furs. 2 bundles trees, % head cattle, %
head calves. 20 900 feet lumber
sHTPMESTS-Dnring the last "A hours the
goods and merchandise shipped from Seat
tie 20 the surrounding country have been
as follows: Puget Sound Shore road rs
tons; Columbia 4 Puget Sound railroad ~,
tons; Seattle, Lake shore & Eastern Dtons.
steamers-Augusta ! ton. Mountaineer !
ton, success tons, Grace tons, Left Erick-
sen III tons, Harry Lynn tons, Munroe
80 tons. Nellie tons, Edith tons. Total
shipments, 40 tons.