The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-08

Total exchanges. 81 300 500 81
The month begins well in financial circles,
business at the banks showing su increase OF
little more than $3.50. Oe0 the previous week.
Money still is close, very little being offered
mortgages, but the banks are able TO take care
OF their customers. The weekly circular of a
leading realty and banking company advises
caution IN making new contracts requiring
credit, and 1t il likely that the usual quiet fol-
lowing the holidays will add somewh hat TO the
stringeney in the money market Increased ae-
tivity in the lumber and coal trade, with salts
factory returns. makes the distribution OF money
better than IL would be otherwise, but the tenn
porary halt in some lines of railway construc-
ton is a counterbslsnce.
Brads Tets report for the week ending today
shows five failures In thu state, with total liza
bilities of $500. and total assets of sl4.570
They were as follows: One jeweler. with 200
liabilities md 81, 500 assets: one liveryman, with
81 $40 liabilities ana $500 assets; hotel, with
ST. 100 liabilities and 1870 assets; one wholesale
cigar dealer, with 5000 Liabilities and s.. 800
assets; enc restaurant, with $500 liabilities
and $3.50 assets
Business in the general markets is fair
throughout, with special prosperity noticeable
In some lines The hardware trade is in fine
condition, with reported sales far in advance OF
any time previous Lumber mills have in
creased orders, mainly from local sources and
are running steadily. The demand for logs has
Coal shipments are heavy and the shipping de-
mand was never greater. Farmers are receiving
good prices for hay and grain and seem dis
posed to hold for still higher figures, receipts
not being large.
IMPORTANT SHIPMENTS
Notable among the shipments OF the day were
the folio wing; one car wool to Chicago, 2 cars
shingles. l car junk and / Car merchandise to
Portland, l car hops to st. Paul, car hops 10
Tran cf oar nd Nar nat
to Tacoma, cars lumber to Black River. car
oil anu car merchandise to Pasco, cars mer-
chandise to Snohomish, cars merchandise to
Ballard, ! car merchandise to Gilman.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS
During the past twenty-four hours the follow.
ing goods and merchandise were shipped from
seattle: Northern Pacific railroad, 40 tons;
Seattle, Lake shore g. Eastern railroad, So tons;
Colum oia e. Puget Sound railroad. AZ tons. BY
warer-Al-ki. 1000 tons: Mabel, A tons; Edith,
10 tons; Eliza Anderson. 20 tons; Henry Bailey.
20 tons; Fairhaven, 10 ions; lola, tons: Grace.
tons; Glide, 2 tons; Fleetwood, tons; w. X.
Merwin, tons; Michigan, tons. Total ship
ments, LAP 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 railroad, 1913
tons; Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern railroad, 545
tons; Columbia & Puget Sound railway, 100
tons By wster-Henry Bailey, 50 tons; Fair
haven, Is tons; Eliza Anderson. 8 tons; Grace. 2
tons: LOLA, 2 tons: Glide, tons: :. NJ. Rentou,
tons; City of Quincy, Is tons Total receipts,
1,2li tons.
NATURE OF RECEIPTS
Thirty tons hay, cars wheat. 2 cars feed, car
dressed D. eff, cars merchandise, car terra
Gotta stone. 10 cars rails. 20 cars coal, IL
cars lumber, 2 cars shingles, 2 cars brick, car
pipe.