The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-23
TWO BIG CARG0ES.
$4,000 WORTH OF FREIGHT FoR
JAPAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA
4he sakrra Maru, of the n. Y. X,
Forced fe Leave Part OF Her
shipment Behina-Eteven HIM.
ared BALES Of New Cotton. Valued
at e4c,gio, and Ffeur Worth $50
900 Almost Everything From
Beer 40 silk Bass-An Aggregate
of $4,000 In Goods on the Transit
for Central America
xara Maru and

Two stesrnshIe@. the sakgra Maru and
ere Transit. LEFT this port yesterday for
foresrn porfs with czrsoss whose COM
ttned values represented SO e0o- They lay
90 lox 50 the water THAI the brfny
ran into their sc1ppeFe. The customs
house onTcers were besssgsd just before
the closing hour 70 clear tfe two vessels.
az TIE decks busy stsve9orss were parting
aboard the last ends % freight. and in the
Offices OF the aEauts clerks we're buzily
figuring up quantities and values and 81
s@ntly eongrsruiaslng Themselves that
coon Il would be over
As has been fhs case with each 2reced-
ing vessel Of the ~. Y. X. me sskura
Aaru had 70 leave freight peasn8. A
quantity % this had been cleared IN the
expectation that II could be taken. bu' u
was found impossible % find the room.
and these entries in the 6.ie4rancs wers
cancelled. Tie manifest fled al the GUS
toms house fixed the value OF tne donaes~
tic goods carried away BY the sakara az
Ets8ls. This IL tho actual value q the
goods n sold here The most Important
fem Wa 100 bale. OF raw cotton from
Texas. valued a. 81. SO. OF -four there
were ca barrels. value se0.si5. Two hun
erra and one sacks % cotton seed valued
a. sisT, will be used as an experiment In
srgmsng tae product IN the Orient. The
sleel rails loaded were 20 tons. valued
a, szs6zT As much again was left over
60 30 taken by the Aga anthus- The lum-
ber Alignment vas comparatively small.
belag buf Is 90 feet. valued ~ s1s3. Peer
vas represented by 100 barrels $3.50. Those
deiectahle articles OF diet. shrimDs, went
over fn abundance. There were 81 sacks,
worth 1880.
Other items OF Importance we're: Wire
nails. 500 kegH Ai15 leaf tobacco. .
h0gsheadK. s.. 40. one engine stsS. The Flu
f4s.rsf fV f4Ft a era
ep0nsible Tor a consignment Of three cases
% silk hafs. worth $40.
The next regular steamer Of the y. Y
k the Tepshin Maru. leaves Kobe.
Japan. today.
For Central America.
The cargo Of The Transit for Central
America was the largest yet taken by
that vessel The freight II consigned 10
merchants In Aeatutla. FL Triaafo. la
Isbertad. Ocos. Champertco and San Jose
De Guatemala. The Transit Will csli at
Ia Fanseca 20 deliver 90 tons Of coal for
the United States glnboat Bennington.
The value Of the cargo was in the aegre-
gate s2s oeo an advance over he last car
70 of g. so The beer shipment showed a
most decided Increase. and the business
OF the local breweries In Central America.
as well as IN Japan, f. very promising.
There we're 800 cases OF beer on the Tran
cit. valued at sfiA The Central Amer
scans ara no, doing things By halves. and
o. barrels OF whisky. worth sgs0s5. were
also IA ths cargo. The lime shipment was
= 40 barrels, and cement 67s barrels. Lum-
Der was light. only iio.a Az feet being taken,
worth 81 275. The other chief Items were:
Flour, loo barrels. 400: coal 3sS tons:
grain. ~ tons and a heavy grist Of gen
eral merchandise.
This Is steamship day a; the Ocean dock.
The city OF Puebia will san sor San Fran
cisco this morning az o'clock. The Walla
waiia Is expected 10 arrive from San
Francisco during the day. Steamship
city Of Topeka wlIi san for Alaska Sc Q
o's-,cck this morning. Through an error
the announcement OF steamship day ap-