The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-30

Determining fufnfe vsIees u tie raj
Rad interest The Irsm .As<, IN i re-
cent issue, says Of The oatieok.
The only hope for better eorai-
ton Of the iron ard steel trade lies fn
the growth Of D feeling 81 cnnfderxe
In financial circles Orer the rzsIrusd
situation. Should that not fe realized
xhoxId there be no<afsae failing ca +.
the new mileage In Isso. ~ COMPARED
with IssS. when Il was about -rxsl
sHiies. gap world fe created In ths
demand Witch rouid force ressYir-
ton 81 oufysst The next month or
two fnuxs decide The start has beer,
made against serions obstacles. .
COAL AND Lrxsgs.
The coal receipts for the week end
ng today are 1870 tons. The retail
business has been unusually active
the daily outpsf from the retail bunk.
ers averaging between 80 and 70 fsr.s.
The following Vessels finished load
ing since Last Tuesday. ship caron-
delet, z3so toms Black Diamond. bari
Oregon, 2lf0 tons Cedar Mountain
Aiki, 7ss tons Franklin. bark Melrose
l450 tons Franklin and Newcastle
Total shipments by sea. s5i3 tuns.
The vessels nos loading. or In pors
about 70 load. are. Willamette. snip
Gathefes, bark General Pa;reh;id. and
the ship Margaret.
The bark fiermania. ship Spartan
and the ship Rufus T. Wood are on,
the way 10 this post.
The demand for. fough lumber con-
tinues heavy. the improvements now
under way being larger than
were ever known in the history of Sc.
attic. The combined cnt Of the city
mills shows a grand total Of / ESQ. go
feet. one-fhird OF which was dressed.
Outside mills hare contributed. for the
week. 530.O 900 feet and 80 active Is the
demand and so great the eonsump-
ton locally that complaints are made
of scarcity. The schooner Laura
Madison Is now at the Oregon I'M
provement Company's wharf TO load a
Cargo Of 5000 feet OF building inm-
Der for San Francisco. The AIki il
taking On deck 5000 feet OF yellow fir
clear and knotless and from 20 to u
feet long-to be employed in building
the decks Of The new steel G. s. cruiser
Charleston, now being constructed al
San Francisco by the Union Iron
Works.
Logs are offered freely bat few bids
art made, as the supply already on
haad is ample. Prices, while, TN
changed, betray lower tendency.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RE-
CEfPTS-During the last "a hours the
merchandise and produce receipts al the
Shore road, MS tons: Columbia d Puget
soand railroad, - tons; = ton of which
WAS merchandise. Seattle, Lake Shore 4
Eastern railway. SIS tons innber, wood,
brick and coal, ssenmefx--Maurce y ton
Edith, ! ton. Eliza Anderson. 10 tons:
sksgit Chief, tons, Premier ID foas. To-
In, receipts, sga tons.
sfIfP1ENTs--During ttse last - hours
goods aud merchandise have been shipped
from seattle 10 fae surrounding coHnfry a.
follows Puget sound shore road "a tons;
Columbia and Puget sound railroad. - tons:
sesstie. Lake Shore and Eastern railway,
- tons. sseamen-rIara Brown, l ton;
Edith. ~ tons: Augusta. 3 tons; Grace, =
ton: MountAiueer. = ton. Nellie. ton,
Michigan. l ron, Eliza Anderson. tons.
lola, tons Total ssfpmeafs, 1z-sz tons
NATURE OF RECEfpTa.-Mals.f7 sacks:
oats. 81 sacks: fsonr. zoo sacks: bran, I53
sacks: shorts. rs sacks: vegetables. 10
sacks oysters, Il sacks. apples. So boxes:
dried primes, 30 boxes. pears. boxes bat
ter. tifkins s0d 81 this: eggs. % cases, 3
boxes and 10 packages; chickens. box:
dressed poultry. barrels; canned meat,
81 cases: canned corn, 500 eases:
coal OH 800 essns. hides : bids. boots ana
shoes q cases. cotton twine ~ bales.
smoking tobacco II eases. eigars 2 cases.
syrup 2easss. iron safes 3. hay i2s bales.
wood carloads. brick carloads, lumber
ao.0ee feet, oxea head. calves !. hogs !.
colts i. horses 2 head, estfle III head.
sheep iSs head.