The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-12

Lumber and Coal Trade Still
Continues Active.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS LIGHT.
But Little Cutting OF Prices on Lumber
Hay and Feed show No
Weakness.
TIDES AT SEATTLE HARgoR TODAY.
HIGH WATER. Low WATER.
a. IN IT. 2. m. # n, M II. p m #.
5.5s I. 10 So. rs 1o. 8. 30 &c 10
AT roEr TOWNSEND.
80 90 SIC SIS 81 6.s i0-0iT-2,I
SEATTLE. Dec IL, 1900
Exchanges at the Seattle clearinghouse today
amounted 10 slSS,0io.lo. The balances were $ii,-
96l.5g.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
While there IL disposition among some of
the smaller mills to shade prices on large con-
tracts, most of the establishments say that the
quotations in force for the past two months can
not be cut safely, and they refuse to discount the
published figures more than per cent. on any
contract, ard then only for very large and
strictly cash sales.
Trade is surprisingly good for the season, and
while no large lots have been ordered for several
days there are enough OF ordinary size TO keep
busy the mills running. The Stetson 4 Post
mill viii finish today its contract with the
Northern Pacfc railroad for .0o, 600 feet, all of
which has been shipped TO Black River Junction
for construction WORK.
coal
The heavy shipping demand keeps everything
moving ut the Oregon Improvement Company 5
bunkers. There is sti,l some difficulty on ac
count of the lack OF cars, but the number in use
has been increased during the past month. The
bark HaiT? Morse, which finishes discharging
her catgo of merchandise al Schwabacher's
wharf this morning, goes TO the bunkers ut once.
She is under contract to discharge and load her
cargo OF coal in twenty days, and some quick
work Will be done mt the buEkeTs II demurrage
Is avoided.
1t was pay day at the bunkers Yesterday and
through several hours in the afternoon file of
men moved slowly through the coal Office and
the many piles of shining gold pieces and silver
coins Oh the cesk melted away rapidly.
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED.
Prices continue stiff in the hay and feed mar
kets. Oats are jobbed at s35 and rctailed ut SCI,
and barley has moved up to s33 For some time
barley did not go up in sympathy with outs, Ms it
weakness in the oat market the rise zane fnally.
The best Eastern hay IL firm at 81, and Sound
timothy in good condition in held ut SCI.
Receipts during the day included 10 tons of
hay Tor >. Baxter d Co., and $50 sacks OF oats
for Vail & Hubbell.
IMPORTANT SHIPMENTS.
Notable among the shipments Of the day were
the following: One car coal to Tacoma, car
merchandise to Portland, car brick to Kent,
caf merchandise to O Briefs, ! car emigrant
moyables to North Yakima, ear beer TO Dur
ham, cars steel and cars merchandise 10 Yes
ler car merchandise 70 Bothell, car feed to
Wayne, l car merchandise to Ballard.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the past twenty four hours goods and
merchandise were shipped from Seattle as fol-
lows: Northern Pacific railway, III tons; Seattle,
Lake Shore d Eastern railway, i3S tons: Column
Lily. Ii tons; Edith, II tons; Glide, tons;
Grace, tons; lola, ) TONS Buckeye, ) tons; w.
X. Merwin, tons; Fleetwood, tons; City of
Kingston, tons; Eliza Anderson, . tons; Mich
igan, . tons. Total shipments, a55 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS
Receipts of produce and merchandise at the
port OF seattle during the past twenty four hours
were AS follows: Northern Pacific railway, III
tons; Seattle, Lake Shore IL Eastern railway SIS
tons: Columbia q Puget sound railway, 50 tons.
BY water-Jeanie, 80 tons: Fanny Lake. 4s tons;
State OF Washington, tons; w. h. Mcrwin,
tons. Cascade, - tons; Fleetwood, tons; City
OF Quincy, II tous; Eliza Anderson, 6 tons;
Edith, tons; Mabel, ID tons. Total receipts,
1,20l tons.
NATURE OF RECEIPTS.
Fifteen hundred sacks oats, 10 tons hay, 10 cars
cars lumber, cars stone, ear hides, car hops,
l car hay, . cars -four, car shorts, ear bran,
ear barley, car cattle, car hogs, car plaster,
car dressed beef, boiler.