The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-20

vi ff3S alu ftE fe<f wz& 1~eENsxz Ria
i = large production. yes HsAserx re-
port skss the Local demand consumes
al that they, with the present ssril-
itsss. can tarn on Baisdsng tnufGn-
ues brisk. ard daily new buildings are
talked Of Is i understood thar the
Seattle Lumber Company coussrn plate
the erection. on the coknpanys fsrant
street property. os fhirteen aseIling-
houses The Elliott Bay Bridge Il
Pile Driving Company 81 about TO con.
str1e1 several fats on the wharf near
the new Mechanics miIE. Tor the tsxe OF
the men who labor III that vicinity.
The nes Meca4nleS mil will be ready
Tor occupancy, Is 4 said. withEn saasrrv
days from date. This vii increase
sezttae's weekly lumber CRIT sorna.
where IN the rsgson 81 1860 feet.
Quoted prices still rule. The rriee a
lumber il way up IA san Francisco.
and the market l. reported 10 be- In
excellent condition. Our oatx,ae
mills contributed but about 20 assl
fest during the week decided falling
OF compared with the figures Of last
week
since last writing thu Lara Masii-
son finished loading 5000 feed OF
Insuber and departed for san Frar-
cisco. The schooner ]. q. North i
now or her way 20 this port 20 take a
deekaoad % lumber for Alaska.
COAL.
The coal receipts for the week were
500 tons, or 1900 tons Iess than for the
week before last The quality Of the
coal coming In NOS i exceedingly
good. The retail business il good and
b-isk- No change in prices has oc-
CARED. Reports from San Francisco
show that market to he weak. The
nailGness Of the winter has bad q
strong effect upon the market. and
dealers have been forced 70 lower
prices greatly In order 70 effect sales.
OF the Eastern market an exchange
says the following
Ia fhe East the cold sasp OF the last fsw
days mas stimulated the coal trade 10 some
extent Retailers hare been very frssl IA
their demands. but Notwithstanding fiiis,
business on sfse whole. n light, ard priees
are much cas- Ep By the individual opera
tors.
The ship Spartan. with 200 tons,
the Idaho, with so tons; the steamer
Alki with 1909 tons, the ship Margaret
with $50 tons. and the steamer WaIIa
Walla with 100 tons. have finished
loading and departed. The ship Rufus
f. Wood IS loading with Cedar Noun
tain coal. and the collier Willamette
with Uregsss. Improvement Company 5
coal. at the bunkers. The w. F. Man
son and the Blue jacket are on their
way 70 the port TO load, while the
Ivanhoe lies in the streSm awaiting q
chance 30 get load At the hnnkers.
COMMERCIAL NEWS
From So. Paul comes the prediction
that ice vii he high this coming sum-
mer.
The price OF Wellington coal has al
vanced s. per ton in San Francisco.
Trade between the Argentine Re
public and Europe i developing so
rapidly that two new lines Of steamers
are being established.
Louisville, Ky. last year turned out
$4,000 pio@s. The manufacture of
this number of piows is said 70 have
requ irei the labor OF eco men, or In
other words, each inan built lbs plows
The Assezican Hool Reporter says the
woolen manufacturing industry in
this country Is largely under the con-
troll OF the dry goods commission mer-
chants OF New York city.
During the quarter ending December
81, isss, we imported frorn shat il
known IS the FrankspoFt district OF
Germany about 81 special 'saes OF mer-
chandise. aggregating in value $ss3.-
FL - ghi amount Is al increase OF
$40 III Il over the value OF the inn
ports for the corresponding quarter of
1ss7.
The English correspondent OF the
.afaerScaa MANUFACTURE writes ander
date OF January Il. 1855
For the whole yesr our trade wsth yoar
side IN iron and steel shows a decline Of
the large extent OF ess ala tons On the
year previous OF mig from the shipments
were Ia. SIS tons. ; drip Of ne less than
s., "A teas. railway material figufed for
only Sits tons, drop of Isl .lSsg tens; old
iron 2a.u4e tons. or less hy 1855 tons.
steel. Hnwroaghf. fei.s5o tons. q drop Of
1886 tons. bars. angles, efr- s.s5s tons a
decrease OF i2 TONS wlre. 2,slss tons, de-
crease Of l.ess tons.
sEKns.
The planting season. If the present
enjoyable weather continues. will be-
gin early next month. However. 81
taefe Is a spen OF bad weather, the
opening OF the season would be neces-
safiiy delayed, The receipts for the
week were larger than for several
weeks past. Dealers report that the
seasons demand has ALREADY begun
aud Is constantly Increasing, sales are
numerous At quoted prices.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RE
GElfEs-uurinx the last "a hours the
port were as follows f8y rail-
Puget SQUAD shore road, lsa faEs; olHnahla
4 Puget Sossnd railroad. lS toas seattle
Lake shore 6 Eastern railway. 80 toas
BY Observation-Disclosures. So tons. Premier
tons: Lola. III soas; Flestsoak. Ia tons.
Elisa ADGerSou. 81 tons, Sksrit shlef. 5
sous. W y, Maaree. ton. Total reszapss.
asf tons
siIPMESTs-pasinx the last e hours
goods and merchandise we're shipped
from Seattle 20 the surrounding country rs
follows. BY rsil--Fn Sorns; shore road,
70 tons; Columbia & pExet soana. Is tons.
Seattle, Lake shore & Eastern. 80 tons
BY waser-loia. tons. Michigan. = tons.
kditb. tons Henry Bailey. rs tons:
Fleetwood, ton. Nellie. tons: Nom
faiseer. / tons Grace, | te8s Augusta,
ton. Total shipments, lis teas
NATURE OF REeEIPTS-wheaf 60
skxs sioar. 40 SKIS graham aaus, 20 SKIS
bran. 81 sks shoTts. a. skss crznberfseS. -
hblss horsc fSssish. skis, shoes. ~ eases;
cattle. - isessi, mules, 10 head, hoses, Is
head. aites, - b.8iss bicycle= = eAse<
apples. 80 tsaSes: posaIsseS, q sks hardware.
"a tens. fHFnlsare. Ne plecses; household
goods, go psgs: issaher. es.oa II we<sd.
cars.
Ie-Day's Quotations
The following are ths prices psid By deal