New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-11

freight is shipped by water from this city to Gal
weston. where it IS turned over to the Texas rail-
the amount ot freight thar was on the wharves
quantity, as Shipments 20 Texas have been at their
height for several weeks. Much of this loss will
be no doubt that the disaster is of a very
ow n this cy who Teoed this
ing stating that there were three feet Of water in
his house.
A NJ Loeb who has charge of the Texas bust
ness Of left. Weller & Co. No 1928 Broadway said
yesterday regarding Galveston trade conditions;
Galveston merchants have ordered about the
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plunge in any way Most of them in fine fnan-
lnjuTe theiT I1Ln y nal ,, Ir OF IlTlI
but the retail establishments compare favorabIy
vito those Of much larger cities. Thsy have
large trade in fine drysoods. furnishings clothing
and shoes 1t is a place OF more than ordinary
have no suburban country trade 20 speak OF. and
do not handle cheaper erade$ OF goods 10 any ex-
permit removal, aud the great wealth and stability
Of the city will bring about speedy rebuilding.
James H. Durham & Co. Of No $40 Broadway. re-
port the usual amount of Galveston business this
year. and believe that the majority Of the mer-
chants are in good financial shape. They consider
Galvestou's prospects very bright
lain + Hemenway. of Smith. & Hemenway
No 295 Broadway said yesterday regarding the
hardware trade In Galveston:
our Southern representative visited Galveston
about a month ago. and from the business which
he placed the city must have been most prosperous
d i4f and the financial condition OF the various
firms is good Galveston supplies most OF IeXas
e aRprSS t6ro1S6 that port The Texas hardware
Ipcbents do not make practice of coming TO the
c to bIy and have seen but few of them this
year.
4 MESSAGE HARD TO EXPLAIN.
large number of Texas ana other Southern
Lille have agents in this city at No 2 Howard
raNl1 rhaNT n
oces every couple OF hours yesterday, but received
90 a,,ias F Brumbach, of the arm Of Brum-
haob 6 Fellnann. of Galveston, received the ro!
lowing message from his partner;
Store and house wrecked all family safe; come
home inInedlateS-
~. ocar+s !, Howard-st.. which is NJ. Brum-
hacb's headquarters when he is in New-Eork. do
not understand how the message from MI Feli-
mann got out OF Galveston. II may nave oeel
semi from some neighboring point or from Gal
,,esron itself before all the wires were down, be-
Ing DELAYED in transmission. Mr. Brumbach could
not account for the message. but does not doubt
that it is genuine.
Nj Heineman. of No 2s4 Church-st., dealer and
broker in cotton prints and an agent lot d Dd'
weston mill. said yesterday:
Galveston is great town for tho manufacture
of drills and sheetnG. but do not thInh 1t II 80
IN % Iod Is of its mills are brought TO New
York where they pass into the hands OF import
parativeiy small. We have not heard from the town
either since the storm began or alter
COOTON MARKET NOT MUCH AFFECTED.
Mr. Heineman was asked whether he thought
the disaster would shock the cotton market to any
considerable extent far as prints were con-
cerned He replied:
No 1 DO not, for the simple reason that the de-
mand for cotton would have kept its price up any
how There has been d decided change in the cot
ton goods market during the last ten days. Thus,
there have been purchases of millions of yards in
Fan River alone, which practically cleans up the
market of stock goods. The 3Sl2-tnch plain goods
With adv Of M emf
a yard within the last three weeks, and there is
still very active demand Considering the present