The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-06
TRADE AND SHIPPING.
Review of Retail Grocery and
Provision Markets.
GOOD BUTTER is VERY SCARCE.
Meats, Poultry. Eggs ana Fish IN Large
supply-snEar sigher-capned
Goods steady.
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The exchanges at the seattle eicarins-hoase
today amounted to s2se ~ -. Tue balances
were s6i.7Ss.s3
LuasEs NOTES
The Hart Mil Company received yesterday its
second toom OF logs tnis week, the tug Biz
bringing in $4,000 ieet from Shelton. The mill
Is busy on lumber for city orie-s. ana win not
begin on its BIZ Northern pac &c contract until
next week
Receipts OF logs this week have beea heavier
than for several weeks. nearly 90 0o) fee: hav-
ing been brought 10. Prices range from IS tor
common TO se.25 for clear flooring stock.
HAY AND GRAIN.
Oats remain steady at $50 With barley firm at
$50 Hay lie held at fancy prices, choite lots ask
ing s22. Sales were made today a. ST.. so down
the SOUND bu, fer small lots only heavy
consignment is looked for soon from east Of the
mountains
Vail d Hubbeli received 1900 sacks OF oats By
the Margey.
RETAIL MARKET REVIEW.
The advance in sugars has reached retail
dealers, Snd IL lbs OF graduated and IL Of extra
now sell for 81. Pure maple syrup is $3.50
per gallon; crystal drip syrups, .5c 20 ST. Green
aud 4oc for Mocha and Java. In roasted, Ar
buckles sells at 35c, Rios at SO to Doc, Mocha
and Java at 45c.
Creamery butter is 40c pound, AMI Califor-
mia fancy roll csc per roll; choice. 55c. A roll
weighs little ever ~ lbs Good butter is very
scarce in msrket Eggs Are plenty al SOC. Esst-
ern cheese, full cream, is Zoe: California, lS20c
In canned goods there is little variation. Call
Norma goods, eprieois, peaches, pears, plums,
backberres and black cherries are 2Jc per caa;
white cherries, raspberries and Strawberries
35c. Tomatoes and string beans are l5c, or two
cans for 25e. corn l5a2oe peas zoe Canned
salmon sells at zoe per lib can, aud S5c per 2-lb
can: cove oysters, Blue Points. S5c: standard,
25c; shrimps, s5c; sardines. imported. 15G25c;
domestic, 10gl2llc.
Flour Ii 81 IS per sacx of 50 lbs; California, IS
per bb; sposaue anu Oregon, S475: oatmeal is
&c per 10; rice aud pearl barley. loo. lbs for
25c; navy beans, Be-
The vegetable and fruit supply is not large In
choice stock. There are no sweet potatoes in
market Irish potatoes are &c per pound; cab
bages, beets and carrots, Sc; onions, Sc; oranges
4sg5oc per dozen; lemons, sec per dozen.
Eastern bacon. pain, lsaltc per pouad: home
cured. 15c; hams, Eastern, lie; home cured,
16c: sliced, 20c.
In the mea;, poultry and fsh markets there Ia
an excellent showing Of choice stock. Beef
steaks sell al from Zoe 20 zoe. pork at from 1215c
to l5c, mutton from SC 10 l5e, veal Toe to 20c
sausage, l2l2c. Dressed chickens. 65c 10 Il;
ducks, 75c TO 81; turkeys, 2sG117c per pound:
geese 81 each. Fresh cod, herring perch aud
iounders sell at &c per pound; salmon ana rock
col, loo per pound. or three pounds for 25c;
salmon trout, Toe per pourd. Eastern oysters
are 6jc per can; Puget sound oysters, 500 per
quart
IMPORTANT SHIPMENTS.
Two cars hops 10 Minnesota transfer car
Shingles and / car merchandise 10 Chicago l
merchandise 10 Tacoma. tar rockery 10 Hill
hurst ear merchandise to Portland. car mer-
cnandise to Walla Walla, 10 cars rails 10 Sedro,
cars heavy timber and car nay To Yeser,1
car bolts and car merchandise ID Ballard, /
car merchandise to Bethel, / car hay and i
car merchandise to Gilman.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the past twenty-four hours the follow
ing goods and merchandise were sbipprd from
seattle: Northern Pacific railroad, 81 tons;
Seattle Lake shore & Eastern railroad 4I2 tons;
Columbia d Puget sound railroad. 80 Tons. BY
water-Wfllamette, 2,l0D tons; Goliah, rs tons;
J. r. Mcdonald, 10) tons, josephine, 20 tons;
Angeles, is tons; City OF Qaincy. 30 tons; W. X
Merwin, IS tons; state OF Washington. % tons;
San Juan. tons; City OF Kingston 2 tons; Edith,
tons; Eliza Anderson, tons; Waseo, 6 tons;
Michigan, tons; Augusta, 2 tons. Total ship
ments, 2963 tons.
MzRcHtsDIsE AND PRODUCE REcEIPrs
Receipts of produce and merchandise ut the
port OF Seattle during the past twenty-four hours
were as follows: Northern Pacific railroad, SIS
tons; Seattle. Lake Shore & Eastern railroad Coz
tons; Columbia & Puget sound railway, 20
tons. By water-Premier, 80 tons; State OF Wash.
ington, 10 tons; Farhaven IL tons; Marcy, As
tons; w. X. Merwin, tons; Eliza Anderson, 10
tons; J. K Mcdonald IS tons; Angeles, II tons
Total receipts, 1.41l tons
NATURE OF gRcEIPrs
Eighteen hundreds sacks oats, 20, 900 lath, 500
COD feet logs IS tons dimension stone, cases
fresh fish, car -four, cars bran, 4 cars general
merchandise, car nails. car millstuff, / ca
dressed beef. car bo, tied beer car eggs, cars
iron, car powder, Car paper. car machinery,
car wire cable, 2 cars pipe, car rolled oats 2
cars household goods. Is cars lumber. Scars
shingles, Car wood. 10 cars Gilman coal