Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-03
1SEll BE Very large.

49, phantom ships the canvas-covered
ne -unbled in last night to the
49,, warehouses. Farmers arriving
a., said that along the various high
~. fat11t twinkling lights were seen
= long procession denotinr the move
-. n cara vans. Late in the night
...,-s was hustle in the farnl-houses.
r,.1e ogi in the storm and rain the hap
,,ss planters wound their weary way to-
xs-ss The city and its markets.
:, VAS lust such night when the
..--rars Al the last great sale lost so
,s.e through The drenching of their
ree4 which they had taken so much
Mains 10 keep dry. AT that time the
rs-shauscs were full and the unfortu-
,s+es were compelled TO remain outside
,-,i, thcir return Last night by dark
no schooner wagons were fast filling the
immense warehouses. and every effort
,as being MADE 10 economize floor space
for thosc yet to come. The warehouse
7sope were busy in the dim gas light
directing the unloading and were awake
nm night long awaiting new arrivals
within Sllockoe Warehouse early in
me night there We're probably one nun
5rcd or more wagons. while on the dark
streets nearby the shadowy wagon tops
v.ere seen moving in the gloom. while
occasionally male teams would strike
flint against the rough cohbfe stones.
walking beside the fast moving
"scbooners were men carrying long
whips.
nnuhlp Necessity.
So great has been the receipt of to-
baccn within the last two weeks that
double sales ara a necessity. and there
ere indications that they will be kept
n until Christmas thing unheard OF
In the annals Of Shockoe Slip. The Viz
sfnia planters it would seem. are trying
n market their crop before the Christ
mas holidays, owing to the good prices
rrc,-ailing The double sales demand an
erher autioneer and Luther Vaughan
said last night that one more vas an
absolute necessity It is intimated that
4 Mr. Belts. who is III this city from
North Carolina may be tile INC chosen.
At this carly hour it is impossible 10
r-aCnosticate the figures of to-days Dig
sale. However it may be said that the
amount sold will be larger than. that OF
the big sale yesterday
The tobacco warehouses at that time
were loaded GOWN WIFI tit' FitSi'"S 49,
There, was no crush like that witnessed
fasi week. and for this reason the mar
ket conditions We're moro satisfa Glory.
great deal OF present tobacco handled
was in bad condition. moulded or
porr. and for that reason sold very
low Good, sound tobacco. however. it
IS said brought as good price as at
any previous sale this season
GrenI Satisfaction Expressed
Great satisfa ction is expressed over the
experiment. Of having double sales, as IL
allows the warehouseTen better oppor'u-
mites 10 clean up the floors and get READY
far the following sale: for this reason
here is hope that double sales will con-
time throughout the season.
Another satisfaction is the increasing
size of the tobacco piles which expedites
'aug: il vas as easy to sell one
thousand pound pile as one weighing one
hundred There was one pile on the
7hslburne floor weighing LOGS pounds.
it IS estimated that the sales ag-
Ereeated 10000 pounds. On the Cren-
shaw floor there were 500 piles. which at
m average weight of 300 pounds, would
amount to about 10000 pounds. Shockoe
rad $50 piles or more, aggrega ting 100000
pounds: Stonewall about 5000 and Shell
buEne 225 large piles about 100000
pounds OF tobacco.
ST ] o'clock the buyers entered the
SAelhurne warehouse, but before follow