The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-05
RIDE AND SHIPPING.
.,vest Business of the Week
4 the clearinghouse.
8 LUMBER MARKET IS ACTIVE.
..-.na Equal to the Suppiy-Hop
Market Qaist and Firm With
Good Prices.
: sxArrtE. Sent. :. IseO.

SEATTLE, Sept. I, 1890
k.r~~s ii the Seattle clearinghouse today
s.s...S "a ss5s. IS. The balances were
<xsEE. ..,.,,s. .,a
.ssIeciory condition
LUxaER TRADE.
..rersl mills report good business. with
q l..al demand, ana freq uent important
<seans orders ,,.,, -
- that the arm had ali the work that IL
Essso II mas Just closed q contract with the
-. ro,sbs rn Hallway Company to furnish
- !. ~ co 10 10000 feet Of Ar for railway
- e. he ased on the road between Marys-
Il eod Salmon bay.
- uuron Lumber Company reports steady
,-sad sor local business, and is kept busy all
f.me. The section of a big tree that orna-
80 the side of the building az the door of
cssns came from giant iir tree cut at Bothen.
!. lor vas SIS feet long, I2ls feet thick at the.
i and W feet through ITO feet from the
aurd. One section Of the tree was sent to
Minneapolis exposition, to be exhibited to
xnis!ppl valley iumheEmcn.
COAL
rss,e hss been q scarcity Of screenings for
-
- sf,kc n G Imam, but that trouble has been
sr5eoue, although all supplies are coming in
'lavir lust now. Miners have got steadily at
- again since the relaxation OF Labor day,
"a increase in receipts from the mines is
hrStc iof. There il no change In prices.
HOPS
tihoueh hop-picking has begun ia earnest
Il market is quiet It is estimated that two
kcts OF the crop is contracted already at prices
nnsjnz from Is cents To 80 cents. The price
IN ii IS cents Farmers feel certain that even
lraer figures viii be reached and viii sell no
zxe fhan they were obliged TO part with. The
1sxsni tendency OF the market is upward, and
ii far it may 90 before the close OF the season
a. can TELL Contracts already made call for
fsrery between the LIST and 3ist OF October.
~ crop is heavy one in all localities report
IMPORTANT SHIPMENTS.
Important among the shipments during the
- tHenty-iour hours were the following:
'lsaf ears merchandise to Snohomish. cars
|rfrehsndise 10 Redmond, cars merchandise
Is Gilman, cars merchandise TO Slaughter,
|us merchandise to Snoquaimie, 3 cars mer
|taxndise to Arlington, cars merchandise TO
|bsth Bend, Gears merchandise to Falls City, 4
8Hchiss, / car merchandise to Springfield, car
<snAandise to Derby, car merchandise to
BIZ, ear merchandise to Mcmahon, car mer-
AAndise TO Inglewood, car merchandise to
Rnsion, i car merchandise 10 Centralia, l car
Esrhsndise TO Puyallup, ! car merchandise to
9lnoma, car merchandise to Tenino, l car
|nxrensndise to BScods. car merchandise TO
|6diiia car merchandise to O'Brien, cars
|nsrchsndise 10 Kent l car merchandise to
Elasnas. car merchandise to Christopher, car
)nnctandiss to Ellensburg. j Car shingles TO
|ltEo, car shingles to Chicago.
SHIPMENTS
bring the past twenty-four hours goods and
|Eerhaudlse were shipped from Seattle ms fol-
|hn Northern Pacific railway. I22 tons; Seattle,
lxse Shore & Eastern railway, LOG tons; Column
~ Puget Sound railway, 40 tons. BY water
"A tons; Grace, S tons; Edith. . tons; Eliza
|tade'son, tons; Merwin, / ton; Fleetwood,
Sa Total shipments, 2s2 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
Receipts OF merchandise and produce at this
borifor the past twenty-four hours were as fol-
|kws Northern Pacific railway. Gal tons: Seattle,
paks shore & Eastern railway, 40 tons; Column
ka and Puget sound railway, so tons BY
Fsier-W T. Monroe, 10 tons; Edith, tons;
kzgston, l ton; Merwin, ton; Fleetwood.
M Washington, ! ton; Eastern Oregon, II
esE Cascade. 3 tons; Fairhaven. 50 tons. Total
knipss, LIP tons.
NATURE OF RECEIPTS.
aven cars mercnan disc, IL cars lumber. 6
~ shingles. cars ice. cars brick, cars
pat ear melons. car rails. l car iron pipe.
reorn meal. car hay, ] car barley, 1 car win.
~ frames, l car emigrant movableS