The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-06


sisis mills shipped ID this port 900 Co
feet. Building continues brisk. The
mills elesed down by the truss re-
susned operations Oh the ssr inst.
The result Of the closing siox.n Of or
mills has not been felt in Sar Fran
cisco where 41,000 coo feet OF lumber.
counting ali grades, i reported to be
held al the yards Of the different deal
ers. The log market Is in the Same
condition as last reported. Ioggers
arc realizing about 81 per II for fair
quality Of holdings which, everything
considered, il fair price. No very
great, Il any, improvement Is booked
for this year.
The ] G. North will shortly tssyin Ia
take deckioad Of lumber for AIaska
That + only shipping novemens a.
far 80 lumber h concerned noted.
The csai receipts for the week agrre-
gate $3.50 tons Retail trade i A
usual, good. Since last writing the
Ak with $50 tons and the Walls
Walia with 1000 tons have departed,
The following vessels are at present in
port and loading: George II. Manson,
J. g. Worth, bark Oregon. Blue Jacket.
Melrose. Iyanhoe and Fresno.
sas FRANCISCO MARKETS.
The Journal u Commerce OF Feb. 2
says. During the past week there has
been q moderate amount OF trade ear.
Red on. Sugar Is steady and In fair
demand. Coffee Is very firm. but show
light sales. Tea is quiet. Rice has
sold freely during the week The
market in provisions Is again declining,
hams being 20 &c lower There Is q
slight advance In Eastern cheese
There has been wonderful movement
in salmon. sales Of about aOg,fso cases
future have taken place. Canned
fruits are quiet. There II fair move.
ment in dried fruit. Bags are quiet
still There Is a fair demand for dry
goods. boots and shoes and clothing.
Hardware and metals are quiet.
Quicksilver Is weak. Pig tin Is weak.
Tinpiaie stiIl strong. Cement Is in
fair demand. Oils and paints are
rather quiet. MT oil is steady.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RE.
CEIPTS-D During the last "A hours the
merchandise AMI produce receipts at shss
port were az follows: Puget sound shore
ToEd, us tons; Columbia & Puget Sound
railroad, ~ tons; Seattle, Lake Shore 4
Eastern railway. 2s5 tons. By water
l.. J. Perry. IS toms: Premier. IS tons; lola.
tor; Edith. x ton; Henry Bailey 10 tons:
Eliza Anderson. tons. W. r. Mnnroe, II
tons. Total receipts, sS6iz tons.
6HiPMESIS--Darl tue past "a hours
goods aud merchandise were shipped from
Seattle 10 The surrounding country rs !nl,
lows: Puget sound shore road, Il tons
Columbia & Puget sound railroad. 10 tons,
Seattle, Lake Shore 4 Eastern railway, 4.
tons. By wafer-iaIs, tons: Edith. 5
tons. FIsetwood, ton: Nellie, tons,
Michigan. 2 tons: Yakima. 4 tons: Augusta
3 tons; Grace,sf ton: MountAinees. ton
Total shipmenfs Ssis tons
NATURE OF REEEIPTS.--seyc tons
! hay. ES51 SKIS Data, 100 SKIS potatoes, 10
boxes apples, 10 SKIS nuts. 10 SKIS parsnips.
Is SKIS oats, 4 c0ops chickens. 3bxs butter |
car furniture, 50 bales oakum. 81 sks
shorts. 22S SKIS shorts 800 SKIS beans, 40 bxs
oranges, - bills iron pipe, Il0 pieces same
s. bbsg whisky. 100 bbis beer, 20 crates
hams, 40 crates bacon. Is crates ham, 4
horses, car hay. ~ SKIS fioar. IS SKIS bono
meal, 40 hxs apples. bxs lemons ard ca.
sundries.