The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-15

The week WAS very Quiet one, gs is shown BY
the above table. The footing, compared with
the previous week, shows decrease of $685.
S50.52
business has been in most unsettled eondi
ton through all the Eastern states, and the
erect has been felt TO some extent here. The
startling increase in the number and magnitude
oil the failures in the Atlantic and Mississippi
valley states, however, Is not paralleed on the
Paeihc coast. There is "a stringeney in the
money market but little more marked than
through the season. collections are slow, and
there is disposition To draw the strings more
closely on credits, but there is no general UNI
settling OF trade and values The conservative
feeling which has marked the course OF most of
the larger business houses is likely To bring
them through the storm safely, and the effect on
ali who have noted their disposition has been
beneficial
Bradsfreet's agency reports during the past
week five failures in Washington, with total la-
biiites OF S663b5, and total assets of s7 SIS They
were as follows: One clofhier, with assets OF
1880, and liabilities Of SAC, 3 two grocers one
with s6s3 assets and Si,G60 liabilities, and the
other with $3.50 assets and sl7,2ss liabilities;
one furniture dealer, with sseoo assets and $1,000
liabilities; one restaurant, with 500 as
sets ana 500 liabilities.
In the various lines Of business the hardware
trade, lumber aud coal, and wholesale groceries
and provisions are In fair condition. 1ne warm
weather OF the season far has affected trade in
clotnlng nDd dry goods, but in these lines there
is marked improvement during the past ten
days.
IMPORTANT SHIPMENTS
Notable among the shipments 81 the day.vere
the following Orc car shingles to Minnesota
Transfer, cars merchandise 10 Portland, l car
merchandise 10 Chicago. car coal 10 Van
Assets, car merchandise to Slaughter, ! car
merchandise to Kent, car merchandise 10 Ros-
lyn, car shingles To Ballard, car merchandise
TO Boulevard, car merchandise to Arlington,
car merchandise 10 Getchell.
GENERAL siIIPIENrs
During the day shipments OF goods and mer-
ehandise from Seattle were as follows: Northern
Pacific railway, 81 tons; Seattle, Lake shore &
Sound railway. 10 tons. By water-Melrose, 1,4l0
tons: Cosmopolis, III tons: Eliza Andeason, %
TONS Henry Bailey, 50 tors; Premier. 10 tons;
Edith, 10 tons: Margaret. Is TONS Mabel, IA tons:
State OF Washington, tons: Buckeye, tons;
City OF Kingston, 6 tons; Fleetwood, 5 tons;
Michigan, tors Total shipments, 1896 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS
port OF Seattle during the past twenty <qgR 61&f9
were as follows: Northern Pacific raiJUuv. ~
IONS Semitic, Lake shore < Eastern railW4Ix
tons; Columbia 4 Puget Sound railway. Tylnnn.
By waterbury, Bailey, ~ tons: City of QUIZ
10 tons; State of Washington, > tons; S. 81
Renton.4 tens: Fleetwood, tons; Garland, b
tons; Eliza Anderson, TONS Mabel, 20 tons.
Total receipts, 1865 tons.
NATURE OF RECEIPTS.
Twenty tons hay, s cars wheat, car buck
wheat, cars hay, ear bran, car shorts, / car
barley, car -four, cars feed car dressed beef,
II cars general merchandise, car pipe, cars
iron, car furniture, car boilers, car whisky,
IA cars lumber car piles, car sash and doors,
] car shingles, car wood, cars Gilman coal,
car cattle, cars enligrants movables.