The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-09

Czearances. Balances.
Seattle OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $-0S9N 81 $sl.57S 60
observation-disclosures. isi.Si So 1851 Il
Trade opened up very active yesterday in al
most every line, with the one exception OF fruit,
OF which the market is entirely bare Most OF
the wharves we're crowded with teams nearly all
day, and . large amount OF freight was handled.
Five car loads Of watsrmelons were received
from California The quality 10 very fine, and
prices arc down to q 500S25 per dozen. But
lev Yakima melons have come in yet, though .
good supply 10 expected from that quarter after
awhile. The only Eastern Washington fruit re-
ceived 20 far has been . few peaches. A car
load Of mixed fruit is expected In tomorrow.
and the steamer from San Francisco the day
after will also have quite an amount, 80 the
prospects are good for . good supply before the
week closes.
The hrst new hay of the season came in Satur-
dsy, and found ready sale at SIS per ton. Re-
ceipts Of new stock will gradually increase from
now on. though dealers are afraid to buy very
heavy for awhile until the hay gets better sea-
soned In the stack, lest it should spoil when
baled and stored.
TIE following letter has been received by the
Posr INrELLIeENcER from W. Marriott, manager
Coz the Cudahy Packing Company, relative to
tie cause of ths advance In cured meats:
To THE EDITOR: He must be q queer Joker on
the staff Of the Press Times who has been filling
up space IN the market repOr0 Win otOflo6 70
the effect that the Seattle packing houses are
responsible for the present high prices Of
smoked and salt meats and lard.
The reason for the seemingly high figures now
obtaining everywhere in the United States 10
that there has not been in three years 30 small q
stock of meats In Chicago az at the present; and
this in spite of the fact that packers west of
Chicago have this year killed about a million
more hogs than in 1891
With reference to Portland and California
houses Offering smoked meats at lower figures
- n a aek " a hat NOS.
sibly some Of these firms have on hand some
winter cured meats which do not compare favor
ably with our freshly cured goods. and they are
proportionately anxious to dispose of them
We give you the following figures of Chicago
stocks from an official circular, copy Of which
Ja Y; 11 ~:
Short ribs, pounds. 74,OOO.0a0 100000
Picked hams. pounds...... 2,0o0.0OO 1S,o0o,0oO
Mess pork. barrels. 295.560 1855
Yours truly, w. MARRIOTT.
c. l. Hubbard has almost completed the work
Of fitting up his tannery on Lake Union and ex-
poets to have it ready for operation next week.
A San Francisco house has contracted for all
glove stock he tans. The tannery will have a
capacity of 100 deer skins per day and - many
shesp skins - come to this market.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS
During the past twenty-four hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
the following amounts: By rail-Northern Pa
cifc, $50 tons: Columbia Il Puget Sound, so
tons; Great Northern, 60 tons. By water
Clara Brown, 50 tons; state OF Washington. 20
tons: Multnomah, Is tons; Angeles, s tons; A.
X. Robinson, 8 tons; Buckeye, tons. Total
shipments, S54 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE REcHIPrA
Produce and merchandise have bsen received
at the port OF Seattle during the past twenty
four hours as follows: By rail-Northern Pa
cific, $40 tons: Columbia d Puget Sound, Is
tons; Great Northern, 40 tons BY water
Wilmington. 200 tons: J. r. Mcdonald, IL tons;
Henry Bailey, % tons; Wasco, tons. Total re-
ceipts, LILO tOna