The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-05
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sEarffx. Dec. 4. 1904


The exchanges at the : attic clesrins-houss
today amounted TO 1888 ~ Tue balances
were SIS. S37sL
New features wera generally lacking in the
markets The San Francisco steamer brought
in only 800 sacks oil Cslilornia posstoes anu Is
boxes of oranges nothing To influence thr mar
kefs ia either vegetables or fruits California
potatoes are l.ttls fiSmer. few sales o. good
quaiiiy being mad, below ga while nai,yss are
steady al s260D1s. Oranges are selling freely q.
Sc IS per box
The hay aud iced ma rkets were quiet with
light receipts. 5. Baxter l. Co. shipped 900
sacks OF oats to San Francisco ON the outgoing
steamer.
LUMBER NOTES
The Mechanics Mil Company has just Sc
cared a contract from the city for $4,000 feet OF
lumber TO be used In sftest work. The mill re-
ceived boom OF 100000 feet OF fins logs this
week from Sainisn.
Prices on logs continue low, varying from s.
for common to s6.25 for tue best flooring stock.
THE COAL TRADE
While the shipments OF the day by water were
light, the steamer @ leeu taxing 800 tens. active
work is being done 10 fit out with cargocs the
other vesses waiting for coal. There are nine
vessels now in port that will take out the pro-
duct OF our mines. Local demand continues
heavy, and no large stocks are allowed to ac-
cumulatc.
The Colum bia & Puget Sound Railway
brought in during November A, 244 tons OF coal
the heaviest months work In this line that the
ROAD has known.
SHIPPING NOTES.
Some sixty tons Of merchandise were shipped
by Seattle merchants today on the sieamsnl p
City OF Topeka TOR Alaska ports. Trade is in-
creasing steadily In thai field
There were III freight cars in the Northern
Pacific yards in this city yesterday afternoon,
the largest number here at Que time for months
Traffic is heavy just now. aud its steady growth
is noticeable
IMPORTANT SHIPMENTS.
Notable among the shipm cnts OF the day were
1000 sacks oats 20 san Francisco Is cars rails
and car iumbsr to SedIo cars merchandise
and car nay to Ballard, cars machinery car
stock and cars merchandise To Portland, car
feed car lime and car plaster 70 Kent, car
-four and feed TO Enumclaw, car hops TO Mir
nesota Transfer, l meal and one car meat
barrels to Race Track, car feed TO o. Brien's,
car lumber to Black river, car feed to Grace,
car mercnantise to North Yakima.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the past twenty. four hours the follow.
ing goods and merchandise were shippsd from
segttle: Northern Pacific railroad. li3 tons;
Seattle, Lake shore & Eastern railroad, 40 tons;
Columoia & Puget Sound railroad. q tJna by
water-Qucen. 700 tons; City of Topeka. 60
tons; Ferndale, b tons; MaDsi. 10 tons: Eliza
Anderson, " tons: Henry Bailey, Is tons.
Edith, IL tons; ". K Merwin, tons; Delta. s
tons; Buckeye, tons; Michigan, 2 tons Total
snipm .nts, AGO tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
Receipts of produce aud merchandise At the
port OF Seattle during the past twenty-iour nours
were as follows Nor hern Pacific railroad, 9ll
tons: Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern railroad 2s5
tons; Columbia d Puget sound railway, IS
tons by wster-Umatil.a, 3s5 tons: Mabel, 20
tons; Eliza Anderson, is tons: Ferndale, IS
tons: Henry Bailey, 40 tons Total receipts,
LIS tons
NATURE OF RECEIPTS.
Three hundred sacks California potatoes, 262
box apples, Is boxes orange, l53 hides, 80
bales hay, $4,000 brick, cars general mer-
chandise. 10 cars rails, cars Gilman coal IS cars
lumber, cars lath car lard, l car butter.
err stoves. ear sash and DOOR, 5 cars wheat.
car feed, 5 cars s;ons, car wheels, Car bran,
car chop iced, car eggs.