Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
A SURVEY OF TRADE.
Effect of Conemnugh Floods on Pittsburg
Commentaries Supplies Short
ened-The Saving Factor of Ger
cal Markets is Light Re.

Lard Reduced.
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, I
SATURDAY, June 8. 1859 (

OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, I
SATURDAY. June s, 1859.
The Conemaugh valley floods have been
felt all along the lines of trade here the past
week.
Country Produce.
A leading produce commission merchant
said: "Our great difficulty the past few days
has been to secure sufficient amount of fruit
and vegetables to meet demands. From Fri
day of last week until Tuesday of this we
were unable to get anystuff from Maryland.
which is our main source OF supply at this time
of the year. The washouts kept back our stuff
and when it finally managed to get through
much of it was in bad shape" Our markets
have been hungry all the week. owing to the
delay of trains. Large quantities of stuff on
the way were ordered back to Eastern markets.
There has been a scarcity of tomatoes. beans
and peas for some days. Florida supplies are
about at their end for this seasonl and wash
outs have delayed the shipments from more
northerly belts. Produce trade was very quiet
to-day because there was little to SELL Home
grown strawberries were in short supply, and
those from Maryland and Delaware were in
| bad shape when they made the landing Old
potatoes which have survived are firm at an
advance, while new are tending downward.
There has been scarcity of tropical fruits all
the week, but the blockade being now broken,
an excess is probable for the coming week.
Notwithstanding shortage there was no ad-
vance in prices.
Eggs have advanced during tho week and
markets close firm to-day. Butter is practi-
cally the same price as last Saturday. Good
grazing in this vicinity has had the effect of
depressing country butter. The stock of cheese
held by our home JobberS has been well cleaned
up this week by reason of strong demands from
the Conemaugh valley. A leading jobber of
cheese, butter and eggs said: ''Our trade started
out lively at the beginning of the week and has
kept up well to the close We sold a much
larger quantity of goods than last week and
our stuff is not often as well cleaned up on Sat
urday as 1t is to-day" Another produce mer-
chant said: 1--WE have not been able to fill up
orders for few days because of delays of
trains. Everything in our line of good quality
has been in short supply all week. We have
had hungry markets, light supplies, and could
have sold much more stuff if we had had it."
Provisions.
A member of one of our leading pork pack
ing firms reports as follows: "The flood in the
Conemaugh valley has very materially affected
our trade. Many of our best customers are
between Blairsville and Altoona. From all that
region we got no orders for a week past. One
of our travelling men started out for that re-
| gion on the fatal Friday, but didn't accomplish
much, as you can readily understand. 1 had a
| letter from one of our customers at Irwin to-
day. He wrote: You will have to excuse me
| for not making remittance, for have been
| for number of days at Johnstown, where my
| mother lived. l am happy to say that my
mother and family were saved, but all their
| property was swept away Notwithstanding
| the fact that some Is of our regular customers
| are in the Inflated district, our trade for the
week has held up well. The Relief Committee
| has sent in large orders, and while this has not
been enough to offset losses our trade for the
week will show little if any, decline in volume
| from last week"
Hams have been advanced Nc and lard re-
| duced &c.
Receipts of hogs reported at western live
| stock centers this week were 255OOO head
against 2l0, 600 for the corresponding week last
year.
| Groceries.
The only marked feature of the grocery trad
for the week has been the advance in sugar
| There have been two advances of nc durfne
| the week and markets close firm The fSuit
preserving season IS now here and prices|art
| accustomed to ascend at this time. THIS OF
| top of very firm prices for number of keekl
| has had the effect of imparting uttusua
| strength to sugar markets.
Grain and Hay.
The saving factor Of markets thif week hal
been light receipts the lightest foH the year
This has gwen better tone to trRde, but hai
failed to advance prices. The f9ur situation
is an anomaly. Minneapolis millafs are max
ing desperate efforts to keep up their record b,
pushing stuff on to markets. While wholesale
dealers here do not report atIy reduction il
prices Of -four, it Is certain thar the cash buye