The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-22
SEATTLE, Dec. 20, 1880.
Exchanges Mt the Seattle clearing house today
amounted to sl5S,55s.50. The balances were $50
1887. The record of the week by days is as fol-

Compared with the business OF the previous
week there was a decrease of SSe,553a1.
While there has been no marked improve
ment all along the line in trade the weeks bust
ness was fairly good with most establishments
In some particular lines the influence of the
near approach OF the holidays was felt, and sales
of Christmas goods largely increased. The CON-
ing week probably viii show still greater
change in this way and general trade appears to
suffer by the contrast.
BradStreets reports seven failures in the state
during the week, six of which hoi total liabili
ties of Sl27,4I0 and total assets of $3.50. They
were ms follows Two clothiers, one with $500
liabilities and 81 $50 assets, and the other with
$4,000 liabilities and $4,000 assets; two grocers,
one with $3.50 liabilities and $500 assets, and
the other with 81, 500 liabilities and $500 assets;
one brick and stone dealer, with sl6,S70 liabili-
ties and $500 assets one sawmill, with $4,000
liabilities and $4,000 assets; one bank, from
which only partial report has been received.
Receipts and shipments during the week have
averaged well. Three ocean steamers and two
sailing vessels from san Francisco have brought
in fair cargoes of general merchandise, fruit,
hay, fire brick and sewer pipe. Produce receipts
by rail have been larger than at any time during
the month previous, aud live stock and poultry
have come in with more liberal showing than
usual. Shipments OF coal and general merchan-
disc have not reached high water mark, but
have been better than during several weeks OF
IMPORTANT SHIPMENTS.
Notable among the shipments of the day were
the following: One cur shingles and merchan-
disc TO Chicago, car merchandise to Spokane
Falls. car merchandise to 0lequa, Cur coal to
Slaughter, | ear oil and l ear merchandise TO
Kent, ear hay to Bothell. / ear empty beer bar
rels to race track, / car merchandise TO Ballard.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the past twenty-four hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle
railway, 80 tons; Seattle, Lake Shore d Eastern
railway, 81 tons; Columbia d Puget Sound rail
way, 40 TONS BY water-Rufus u. Wood, 2,3i0
tons; Premier, ~ tons Eliza Anderson, L. tons:
Edith, 10 tons: fairhaven, 10 tons; Mabel, ~
tons; J. K. Mcdonald 50 tons; Augusta, . tons;
Fleetwood 2 TONS Total shipments, 1858 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS
Receipts OF produce and merchandise at the
port OF Seattle during the past twenty -four hours
were az follows: Northern Pacific railway, rs
tons; Seattle, Lake shore a. Eastern railway, 2l5
tons; Columbia d Puget sound railway, so tons.
by water-Al-ki, 260 tons; Occidental, 20 tons;
Guide, 20 TONS Fairhaven, II tons; City of
Quincy, TONS Fleetwood, = tons: Eliza Ander-
Henry Bailey, 5 tons, Total receipts, 1880 tons.
NATURE OF RECEIPTS.
Two hundred tons fire brick and sewer pipe
155 tons flour, 20 tons hay, IA cars general mer-
ehandise, cars oil, car condensed milk, car
hay, car chopped corn, / ear cabbages car
feed, cars wheat, ears stone, car wheels,
car flour. Is coal, coke, cars boilers,
car furniture, ear bridge iron, 3 ears lumber,
windows, 1 sash, l car doors, car
shingles, street ears, steam yacht