The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-27

SEATTLE, oct. -, 1871.
Exchanges at Seattle clearinghouse today
amounted to SIn.7435s The balances were
s3S,O95.l9 Tacoma exchanges, sls9. JIG 81; bal
ances, s32,S9o92 Portland exchanges, $4,000;
balances, sl2S0OO.
Markets still retain the same frmness with
which they have been marSed for some time
past, not change being noted in prices the past
three days Receipts and shipments were quite
heavy by water yesterday. Wheat receipts
amounted to % cars. Four cars of potatoes
came in, and l75 tons OF oats and IS tons of hay
were received by water. TWENTY-FIVE cars OF
shingles and cars of fish were shipped. The
supply of all kinds OF fruits continues abundant,
the receipts of grapes being especially heavy.
But dealers keep working them off rapidly
possible when stocks begin to get little heavy,
and prices are maintained without any diff
ficulty. 1t is probable that the price of chickens
Will not advance very soon, as live stock is now
being shipped in from the East by the car load.
The Denver Market just received a car load
which consisted of upward OF 5000 chickens.
The silver salmon are running much better
now than they have been any time during the
season, but George I. Myers, proprietor OF the
Seattle cannery, says they are liable to stop
ming now at any time and, as his tins are nearly
all full, he will shut down some time this week.
"My entire pack for the season will approx
mate 10000 cases." said Mr.. Myers to a PosT-lN
TELLTGENCER reporter yesterday. "This is more
tHAu any ana Ill the cannerleS IN seattle COM
blned ever packed before in one year since the
commencement OF packing on Puget sound. At
one time there were four cannerles here, but
their total pack did not exceed this Still
have not had fish enough to keep me going
steady, or l could have packed much more.
am sailing about twenty barrels per day, and
intend sailing about 800 barrels in all. The
market is very poor, and prices do not show any
inclination to advance. have already shipped
about GO per cent. of my pack east"
The san Francisco Bulletin of October 81 con-
tains the following regarding wheat tonnage for
Washington:
For the past five years considerable wheat has
been shipped from Puget sound to Europe. In
the last cereal year fifty vessels were cleared
from Tacoma for Europe. carrying 3.76525l
bushels of wheat ana 164,446 barrels of -four. IL
Is clear that an equal number OF vessels will be
needed this year for the same purpose. The
first ship Oft for account of the current season
left Tacoma August 80 In September six more
followed, five of them taking full cargoes of
wheat and one full cargo of flour, all for
Europe. and another left October g. There
are now three ships at Tacoma under
engagement to load wheat to Europe
These are the BellOna, Centurion and Dun
brennan, representing Ais tons of tonnage.
There are twenty-siX vessels heading for the
Sound from domestic Atlantic and foreign ports,
representing 3l.0S3 tons of tonnage, but ten OF
these vessels OF 1l,S2l tons are not known to
have sailed. Not all the vessels bound for Puget
sound will take wheat. We think il safe to de-
duct nine of the twenty-siX Tor other purposes.
This leaves seventeen vessels of 24,l25 for
wheat The tonnage in sight to move the Wash
tngton wheat crop OF 1891 may be given as fol-
lows: