The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1901, Page 31

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1901. SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. To-morrow a holiday. Bank clearings continue to gain over last year. Produce and Bond exchanges mot in session. Potatoes quicter and easy. Onions still firm. Poultry in small receipt and nominal. Butter dragging, Cheese stcady and Eggs firm. Cool, foggy weather still operating against Fruit.® Dried Fruits remain as before Provisions steady, with a fair Nothing new in Wool, Hides and Hops. Quotations for Meats as before given: Fair business in oil stocks. quoted. demand. Customs Duties. The Custom. ouse receipts of duties on im- ort during the month of Au- 5 ce January 1 the re- 80,160. Bank Clea_rings. Local bank clearings dQuring the past week were 324,106,826, against ‘$20,251,683 during. the clearings during against $57,919,682 Eame week last were 190 the ar they were for the same time year. 510 The 12,263 Mint Coinage. The coinage at the local branch mint dur- ing the moath of August was as follows: D E _$3,080,0 Ea $1,870,000; “August, ounts to $11,255, the same period ts of Flour from this port August were 143,707 bbls, against 43,494 bbls, valued Since July 1 these 964 bbls, bbis, valued at $40%,- riod in 1800. Wheat for the month against during th valued & val- nd August, 1900 of Barley in August were at $420.158, against 601,781 268, in A 1900. Sinc ctls, valued at Exports of Wine and Brandy. WINE—Exports of Wine in August were 867 cs and 150,689 gals, valued at $54,245, mak. January 1, the month Since Jan valued kstlver valued at during E 521,667 1 these exports were 4084 flasks, were 451 uary at §81 To-Morrow a Holiday. Day and a legal ss will pended ti ugh- ke T d States. Dried Fruits in New York. reports from New York say: “For most descriptions & fair jobbing de- oted On spot rat- s several days past ers’ views are around i%c to with some purchases noted on ome East at ¢%c. There is re- a moderate supply of seed- nearby markets are sald Loose raisins offer- ¢ for 2 crown are sald purposes only. Three e spot are firm at 6%c. We hear dless muscatels at 6%c it“is believed, being cemeat makers. It siness is pending for 4 raisins the market nt feature. In some said to be a little firmer. ia raisins are offered to ar- e a steady situation in cur- Jobbing interest ¢ Sc for Amialias in portant buying noted, attracting little inter. »w established that first leave by to be 0 be s w direct boat be- fore early Se prunes spot is steady and general Some sales of 40-50s are noted 2 le buying of old fruit 1 b. is reported on the SYc basis for the four sizes. New fruit possesses little ers here at the moment. We new (outside) at 3ic 3ic for Santa Clara. ning has not been fixed. f new receive a little atten- Offers is in 25-1b boxes from is msked for fancy [ -1b_boxes. - Peaches are both new and olé. In nuts. outside e firmness noted in Brazil nuts, the little feature to-day. A little crop California almonds is re- mported almonds &re quiet, with a interest in futures. Weather Report. 20th Meri@fian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 315 p. m. The following maximum temperatures were reported from stations in California to-day: Bureka, 66; Mount Tamalpais, 65; Independ- ence, 54; Red Bluff, §2; Fresno, 5§; Los Ange- les. 70; Sacramento, 76; San Luis Obispo, 74; San Diego, 80 The following maximum and minimum tem- peratures were reported from Eastern stations: Boston, 82-62; Cincinnati, 90-66; Jacksonviile, §2-08; Kansas City, #5-64; Philadelphia, 84-66; Washington, 8¢ New York, 82-62. San Francisco data: ; minimum, 5 THE COAST RECORD. Maximum temperature, | EE O » % gTaTIONs. £ £352 22 87 ¢ s PePE =5 BR -2 g iBi3R° 3 & - : H 4 = Astoria . 2096 64 54 B Cloudy .00 Baker 7 8 48 SB Pt Cldy .00 Carson . 2990 78 46 W Cloudy .00 Eureka 0 6 50 NE Cloudy .00 Fresno -..........29.8 88 56 W Pt Cldy .00 Flagstaff . 30.06 78 4 W Pt Cidy .00 Pocate 2% 8 50 B Ciear .00 Independence ....20.76 84 58 8 Clear .00 Los Angeles 2094 80 5 W_ Clear K Phoenix ... 20.76 104 76 NW Clear .00 Portland ..2992 72 6 N Cloudy .00 Red Bluft ..2088 82 58 SE Cioudy .00 Roseburg 392 7 5 NW Cloudy 00| Baciamento 2092 76 B4 8 Clouvdy .T Salt Lake ..20.82 86 62 N Clear .00 San Francisco ..30.02 60 52 W Raln = San Luls Obispo.30.00 74 54 W Clear T. Ban Diego . 2682 70 688 NW Clear K. Seattle ..29.92 76 56 W Cloudy .00 2980 86 54 SW . Pt Cldy .00 29.92 60 54 SW Rain .13 20.76 88 64 S Cloudy .00 Winnemucca 2.7 84 4 SW Cloudy .00 274104 74 BW Clear % Yuma Generally clondy weather prevails over the northern haif of the Pacific Elope and falr over the southern. Conditions are very unset- ied from Central California morthward. The preseure has fallen over the plateau region and risen along the Pacific Coast. The temperature has fallen over Southern Washington and Western Oregon. In other dis- tricts the changes have been slight. Forecast made at San_Francisco for thirty hours, ending midnight, September 1, 1901: Northern California—Cloudy Sunday: proba- biy wiih seatiering showers in the BOrthern por- tion; fresh west wind. Southern California—Fair Sunday; light west e Loy aptbuiey show- Nevada—Cloudy: ers; fresh west wind, valued at | . 1900. | o alued at | the total exports since January 1, 633 cs | 242,262 gals, valued at $1.126143 Exports of Brandy during the cs and 15 gals, valued at 34 g00ds In small lots, appar- | ? choice Rovals are | San Francisco and vicinity—Generally cloudy and foggy Sunday; fresh west wind. FRUIT AND WHEAT BULLETIN. vielding well. Ventura—Cool weather; peaches and apples ripening slow Santa Mari Chevalier wheat ising. Good yield of oats, barley and air; fruit light; beans prom- San ~Jose—Very heavy fog; bad drying weather, Palermo—Peaches harvested; peas nearly | @ried; figs being aired; oranges looking well, —Hay ; fruit Weckly Bank Statement. NEW YORK, Aug. SL.—The statement of the | assoctated banks for the week ending to-day show and grain yield %0 per cent of | Loans, $895,186,600; increased, $7,349,200. | Deposits, 00; decreased, $27 Circulation 00: increased, $1,089,800. Legal ten 59,000; decreased, $99,900. Specie, $176,791,400; decreased, $5,135 | | Reserves, ed, § Reserve requ | surplus, ;s The Financier last week was largely affected by the ordinary operations as well as by the in- of money. The extraordinary | ib-treasury consisted of the 200 new gold on assay office stic bullion and de- s and the disburse- ,500 for bo and of $913,000 for | These items make a total of §: The sub-treasury received from the banks | 00 for transfer to the interior, leaving 00 net gain to the banks on extraordinary | eperations. Receipts by the sub-treasury for | custom: 1 revenue and other items while the disbursements to the ks for ordinary purposes were $14,305,3%), | leaving an excess of receipts over payments by | of 34, 700. “Th banks for, chiefly to Chi- fic Coast pc shipped direct cago, $5,995,800, exclusive of transfers which | | are included in the above statement, and the banks received from the interior $4,35,300, >es to the banks om this 500. Adding the net loss 500 on sub-treasury opera- and extraordinary, makes loss of cash by the banks for the ,600. The bank returns showed a loss in cash. The loans were expanded y There was a decrease of only | $27,5%0 in deposits, whereas there should have been shown an increase of $1,114,100. The cir- culation gained $1,058.800, d the loss in sur- reserve was $6,258,1 leaving this item There was good idence early | last week that some of the 34,000,000 cash which had been sent to Philadelphia late in the pre- | vious week had been ret ed to this city It | will be observed that the dram of money into | the treasury from the banks for customs and internal r nue was quite large last week and this movement may continue important in the near future. In such a case a concurrent move- ment to the interlor fof crop purposes would very soon seriously reduce the surplus reserves. | It is true that the Assistant Treasurer has | been given authority to buy bonds to large amounts should they be offered, but judging | from the comparatively small tenders of bonds | which were made last week rellef to the mar- | ket through bond purchases, should relief be | needed, would be quite ineffective. Any ma- terial advance in rates for money as the re | sult of these conditions would be almost cer- | | tain to cause such a fall in foreign exchange | rates as to bring gold from Europe. This | would afford far more effective rellef to the | market than any other available method. | sk s leaving as the het direct movement banks of $ Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, ~ Aug. 3L—To-day’s state- | ment of the Treasury balances in the general | fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold | serve in the division of _redemption | Available cash balance, $§1 ; gold, $10: | 323,111 London Market. Aug. 31.—Anaconda, 9%: Canadian | Denver & Rlo Grande, 48%: do | preferred, 97%:, Northern Pacific preferred, Southern Pacific, 62%; Unlon Pacific, ! do preferred, 8214: bar silver, quiet, 2id per ounce: money, 1@1% per cent. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 3L.—Hops at London—Pa- cific Coast, £3 5s@3 10s. Exports and Imports. NEW YORK, Aug. 3L.—The imports of dry goods and merchandise at the port of New York for the week ending to-day are valued at $9,200,185. The imports of specie this week were $160,044 gold and $92,218 sllver. Exports of silver from this port to all coun- tries for this week aggregate 31,184,170, New York Money Market. W YORK, Aug. SL—Prime mercantile paper, 4%@5 per cent. Sterling Exchange | weak, with actual business in bankers' bills at 485 for demand and at 4,84 for sixty days. Posted rates, 4.85@4.57%. Commercial _biil 483,@4.59%. Bar silver, 68%c. Mexican dol lars, 45%c. New York Coffez Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 3L—Coffes futures closed | net unchanged to § points lower. Spot qulet LONDON, | Paciac, 1! N and unchanged. September, 4.65@4.’ | Sober, 4.75c; November, 4.85@4.30c; Decerhber, 5@b.05c; Jenuary, 5.10G5.15c; February, 5150 | 5.20c; March, 5.20§6.30c; July, 5.50c. Eastern Livestock Markets. CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Aug. 3L.—CATTLE—Receipts, 300; nominally steady. Good to prime steers, 35 70 | @630; poor to medtum, 33 80@5 60; stockers and teeders, slow, $2 25@4 25; cows, §2 45@4 50; helt- 2 50@5 . 31 50g2 40; bulls, $2 25 5 ST RGR e Texas atbers: 05 10) Texas grassers, $3 30@4; bulls and Western steers, $4@5. HOGS—Receipts to-day, 12,00; Monday, 30,- 000; estimated left over, 3000; strong to bc bigher, except packers, weak; top, $6 75. Mixed and butchers, $ 85@$6 70; good to choice heavy, $6@6 7; rough heavy, 35 8095 95; light, % 8@ 6 60; bulk of sales, $5 10@6 50. SHEEP—Recelpts, 12,000; sheep and lambs, steady. Cholce wethers, 33 4004 25; fair to Cholce mixed, 33 10@3 50 Western sheep, $8 30 @8 55; Western lambs, $4@5 25. ST. JOSEPH. ET. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 3L.—CATTLE—Re- ceipts, 300; market steady. Cows and heifers, $i0 7o; bulls and stags, $204 50; stockers and feeders. $2G3 %; veals, §2 25@5 25, HOGS—Receipts, 3500. ~ Market strong to ¢ higher. Light and light mixed, $6@6 25; medium and heavy, $625@6 47%; pigs, $350@550; bulk, L TE Portland’s Business. PORTLAND, Aug. SL—Clearings, 3310,230; balances, $92,416. 2 _ 7 |stuffs, etc., are accordingly omitted. Business 22 ER | will be resumed on Tuesday.) STATIONS. b T s ghiE Exchange and Bullion. Sterling Exchange, 60 days. - 34 85% Hanford gegd, ~gg Sterling Exchange, sight.... - 4 874 Hollister 14y -0 | Sterling Cables = 4 88% | Riverside Goene % | New York Exch - 10 | Santa Maria Cloudy -00s New York Exchange, telegraj - 2% Eicrmo - Gigaay oy | Stiver, per ounce 58% oy Jn‘:’e Cloudy 33 Mexican Doliars, a9 @ 4Tis | Ventura .. 9 Clear . SR A e - — — Potatoes, Onions and Vegefables. Hanford—Favorable for all crops; grapes for ! | e G e busy: wheat and barley | Potatoes were quieter vesterday, Some deal- | Green Peppers, 40@80c per box for Chile and 2 | and 10@12c for | Roosters, $350@4 50; Fryers, $4 50; Broilers, $3 50 | $1; Rabbits, $1@12 for Cottontall and §1 for PLUMS—25@60c per box; Prunes, 35@75c per | crate; Washington Gages, $20 per ton; Lgg | Plums, $15G20 per ton. Northern Wheat Market. OREGON. PORTLAND, Aug. 31.—Wheat— 3 bluestem, 6o Walla Walla, se o % AN WASHINGTON. . Aug. 31.—Wh 3 athe, T o Y eat %o lower; blue- %- * -Foreign Futures. - — = LIVERPOOL. heat— Sept. Opening ,. . B Gn ?::6 Closing « b8 b 8% ‘Wheat— Aug. Nov.-Feb. Opening . 2110 2 %e Closing 20 95 220 Flour— Opening .. 2728 28 20 Closing 27 20 2320 LOCAL MARKETS. * # (NOTE.—As the Produce Exchange was not in session yesterday quotations for grain, mill- ers ascribed it to a falllng off in shipping orders, but others to the holiday to-morrow. ‘Whichever is the case it {s sgid by all that shippers are catching up with their shipping orders, whereas they have heretofore been away behind. Prices stand about the same. Onifons continue firm. There is not much change in Vegetables. POTATOES—$1 25@1 55 in sacks and $135@1 65 in boxes for Burbanks, $115@125 for Garnet Chiles and $110@125 for Early Rose; Sallnas Burbanks, $140@160; Sweets, 75c@§l for Rivers and $1Q1 2 for Merced. ONIONS—Yellow, $115@135 per ctl; Pickle Onions, 50@75¢c per ctl. VEGETABLES—Green Peas, 1%@3%c; String Beans, 11%.@3c; Limas, 2@3c; Cabbage, 60@65c per ctl; Tomatoes from the river, 30@sc; from Alameda, 40@Tc; Dried Peppers, 10@12%c; Green Okra, 35@65¢_per box; Carrots, 25@35c per sack; Cucumbers, Bay, 25@40c; Pickles, 134@l%c per 1b for small and lc for large; Garlic, 2@3c; @bc for Bell; Egg Plant, 25@40c per box; Green Corn, 30@Ssc per sack; Alameda, 60c@$l per crate; Berkeley, 50@7oc; Summer Squash, large boxes, %@50c; New Marrowfat Squash, nom- inal. Poultry and Game. The market was nominal yesterday, as usual on Saturday, receipts being insignificant. Game was lower. POULTRY—Live Turkeys, 9@10c for Gobblers Hen: Young Turkeys, 20c Geese, per pair, §125@: ;_Goslings, $150@1 75; Ducks, $3@3 50 for old and $3 5 for young Hens, $350@450; young Roosters, $@¢; old @4 for large and $2G3 for small; Pigeons, §1% | @150 per dozen for old and $125@150 for Squabs. GAME—Doves, per dozen, 75c@$l; Hare, T5c@ Brush, Buiter, Cheese and Eggs. Dealers continue to quote a dragging market for Butter, espectally for the medtum and lower grades The tendency is to give buyers con- cessions to work off the surplus stock and some commission merchants say that they can buy cheaper on the street than for the past week or so. There 18 no change in Cheese. Eggs rule firm. Stocks are not large and the demand Is good enough to consume all the fresh arrivals, Prices remain about the same. Receipts were 3,800 pounds of Butter, B5 cases of Eggs, 460 cases of Eastern Eggs, 3300 pounds of California Cheese and — pounds of Eastern Checse, BUTTER—Creamery, 26@27c per 1b for fancy and 25c for seconds; dairy, 18@24c; store But- ter, 15@iT4c per Ib; Creamery <fub, 13G20c: Pickled Roll, 17@19¢c; Keg. 16@18c per 1b. CHEESE—New, 1lic; old, nominal; Young America, 11%c per 1b; Eastern, 13@l5c. EGGS—Ranch,. %@%c for good to fancy; store, 17@22%c per dozen; Eastern, 16@2lc. Deciduous and Citrus Fruits. The market has been quiet and featureless for a week, owing largely to the cool and foggy | weather, which always operates against the fruit market. Melons have felt the effects of this most and have been neglected, while Grapes have also moved slowly. The leading tree fruits, such as Pears, Peaches and Plums, | have kept steady, owing to the brisk call for them for shipment, though Plums have been showing more or less weakness for some days, and medium and lower qualities have been | somewhat slow. Oranges, Lemons and Limes continue quizt, they, too, being largely depend- ent upon the weather for their sale. Berries sold at better prices yesterday. DECIDUOUS FRUITS. APPLES—T75c@$1 25 per box for good to cholce and 35@65c for ordinary. CRABAPPLES—65@T5c per box, according to package. PEACHES—30@65c per box and $20@30 per ton for frees and $35@45 for Clings; Peaches in car- riers, 40@75c, according to size of 3 Mountain Peaches, 0G150 per box. . " WECTARINES—White, — per’ box; Red, @r woi ‘R‘s—s;me;zs. #1125 per box for No. 1, %0c for No. an 0 ton; Pears, 25@50c per box. O eniiian: Tothan QUINCES—40@65c_per box, STRAWBERRIES—§5@8 per chest for Long- worths and $3 50@7 for large berries. " BLACKBERRILS—$3@5 per chest. LOGAN BERRIES—Per chest, $5@§. RASPBERRIES—$5@8 per chest. HUCKLEBERRIES—6Gtc per Ib. 5S—Black, 60c@$l for double I ; White, 40G75c. 0 oy b MELONS—Nutmegs, 10@40c per box; Canta- loupe‘nob 25@50c per crate; Watermelons, $3@20 per_100. GRAPES—Fontainebleau and Sweetwater, 35 @60c per box and crate; Tokay, 40@T5c per box: Muscat, 35@65c; Seedle: 85c@§1 15; Black, 3@ 60c; Isabella, S0c@$1 25; Wine Grapes, §25 per RS KRS0 j JITS—Oranges, $150@3 50; 2 ons, $1G1 25 for comman and. $2 LS Ve o to choice; Grape Frult, 50c@$150; Mexican Limes, $350@4; Bananas 50c@$l 50 per bunch; Pineepples, §150@3 per dozen. Dried Fruits, Nuts and Raiswns. The Prune crop of California this year is estimated at 55,000,000 1Ibs, against 170,000,000 last year. That of Oregon, Washington and Idaho is placed at 27,000,000 1bs. These, with a carry-over of about 25,000,000 Ibs, give a total Prune crop for the whole Pacific’Coast of only 107,000,000 1bs, or considrably less than half the output -of last year. This showing, coupled with a decreased European crop, s what causes the present stiff market and good de- mand for this fruit. B FRUITS—Apricots, 8@10c for Royal 163 for standard 0 fancy Moorparks: Frand 7%@8%c; sun _dried, 4@ide; Pears, 6%@c; Plums, pitted, 4 @b%c; unpitted, 1@2c; Nectarines, 640 for red and 6@6%c for white; Figs, 8%c for black. PRUNES—OId crop are quoted by the Asso- glation on the basis of 34c for the four sizes ew crop are quoted on the basls Tor the four sizes, ek s RAISINS—Are cleaned up and nominal. NUTE—Walnuts, No. 1 softshell, 12@12140; Ko, 2, 8@8%e; No. 1 hardshell. 10g1bye: Qe 2, §%@7ic; Almonds, 13@lc f g0t Ammes, 1ol tof pesersiul ing nuts, 5@7c for tern; Brazil Nuts, 12@12%c; g;%rg- 12g12%c; Pecans, 11@lic; Cocoanuts, HONEY—Comb, 12@12%: brig] 125 for ght amber: wathe white: mhiramis, 1 Tistt amber extracted, 415@8s; darky BEESWAX—25@28¢ per Ib. Provisions. There s nothing new to report. Prices are maintained and the demand is fair, CTURED MEATS—Bacon, 12¢ per Ib for heavy, 125%¢ for light medium, 13%o for I extea Tight and 160 Tor sager cused: Wastac sugar-cured Hams, 14g14ic; California Hama, S s b = clear, 3i8; Rcus, 0 smokea o, s ar lerces quoted at 7@7%c per 1b for compound and 1ic for pure; half-barrels, ey 10-1b. tins, 11%e: G-1b tins, 11%e, COTTOLENE — One halt-barrel, 9%0; thres half-barrels, -9%c; one tlerce, $%c: two tierces, 8c; five tierces, 8% per Ib. Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. Bverything under this head remains the same. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands seli about 1%c tnder quotations. Heavy salted Steers, 10%c; medium, $%c; light, gc; Cow Hides, 9c for heavy u::l 9c for light; Stags, Salted Kip, 9%c; Salted Veal, 10c; Salted S Too: Dry Hides, 16@16%c; Cuils, lic; Dry Kip, 16c; Dry Calf, 18¢; Culls and Brands, 15¢; Sheepskins, shearlings, 15@30c each; short Wool, 30@50c each; medium, 50@75¢: long Wool, 80c@$i each; Horse Hides, salt, $250@2 75 for large and $5G2 % for medium, $1 50917 for small and 50o for Colts; Horse Hides, dry, $17 for large, $125@1 50 for medium, §125 for small and 6 for Colts. Deerskins—Summer or red skins, 36c; fall or medium skins, 30c; winter or thin tkins, 2c. Goatskins—Prime Angoras, bc; large and smooth, 50c; medium, 35c. TALLOW—No. 1 rendered, 4%@i%ec per Ib; No. 2, 3%@4c; grease, 2%@3c. WOOL—Spring, 1900 or 190i—Humboldt and Mendocino, 14@i5%c; do Lambs', llc per Ib; Middle County, defective, 8@10c; Southern free, 7 months, 7@10c; do, defective, 7 months, 7@ 8c; Oregon Valley fine 14@15c; do, medium and coarse, 11@13c; Oregon, Eastern, choice, 11@13c; do, fair to good, 9@1lc; Nevada, 10@11%c. Fall— San Joaquin, 6%@S%c; San Joaquin Lambs’, T Ps New, 129150 per 1b. San Francisco Meat Market. There is nothing new in this market, supplies being sufficient for this demand. Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers are as follows: BEEF—6@6%c for Steers and 5@5%e per Ib for cows. VEAL—Large, 7@Sc; small, @S¢ per 1b. MUTTON—Wethers, 1Ge; Ewes, 16T4c per pound. LAMB—$@%c per 1b. PORK—Live Hogs, 200 1bs and under, 6yc; over 200 lbs, 6c: feeders, —: sows, 20 per cent off; boars, 60 per cent off and sta, oft’ from ‘the above quotations; T5@8¥%e. , 40 dresseq r cent Hoss, General Merchandise. GRAIN BAGS—Calcutta Graln Bags, 7% @T%c; local make, Y%c less than Calcuttas; Wool Bags, 33@35c; Fleece Twine, T@sc; Fruil Bags, 5%@6t%e for cotton and 7@T%e for Jute. COAL—Wellington, - $9 per ton; Southfield ‘Wellington, $9; Seattle, $7; Bryant, $6 50; Coos Bay, § 50; Wallsend, $9; Co-operative Walls- end, $9; Cumberland, $12 50 in bulk and $13 75 {n sacks; Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg, $14; Can- nel, $10 per ton: Coke, $15 per ton in bulk and $17 in sacks; Rocky Mountain descriptions, §8 45 per 2000 1bs and $850 per ton, according to brand. RICE—China, No. 2, $ 10; No. 1, $4 094 30; extra, $5 10@5 50; Japanese, $4 75@5 30; Louisi- ana, $4@6 50; Hawalian, nominal, OILS—California Castor Ofl, in cases, No. 1, 70c; pure, §1 22; Linseed Ofl, in barrels, boiled, 64c: raw, 62c; cases, bc more; Lard Of winter sirained, barrels, §0c; cases, 85c: Chin: Nut, 55@72c per gallon; pure Neatsfoot Oil, ba: s ; cases, T2%c; Sperm, pure, 65 , natural white, 40@45c ber gallon: Fish Ofl, in barrels, 37ic; cases, 42ic, COAL OIL—Water White Coal Oil, in bulk, 13c; Pearl Oll, in_cases, 13c; Astral,’ 18c; Star, 3¢ Extra Star, 23c; Elaine, 24c; Eocene, 2lc: deodorized stove gasoline, in bulk, 15¢; in cases, 2lc; Benzine, in bulk, lc; in cases, 20c; s6-degree Gasoline, In bulk, 20c; in cases, 2o, TURPENTINE—G8c per gallon in cases and 52¢ in drums or_iron barrels. SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refining Com- pany quotes, per pound, in 100-Ib bags: Cubes, Crushed and’ Fine Crushed, 5.20c; Powdered, 5.03c; Candy Granulated, 5.03c; Dry Granulated, 4.95¢c; Confectioners’ A, 4.95¢c; Fruit Granulated, 4.95c; Beet Granulated, 4.85c: Mag. nolla A, 4. ; Extra C, 4.45c; Golden C, 4.35¢ barrels, 10¢ more: half-barrcls, 25c more; boxes, 50c more; 60-1b bags, 10c more. No orders take for less than 75 barrels or its equivalent. Dominos, half-barrels, 5.45c; boxes, 5.70c per Ib. —_— STOCK MARKET. #* % The Stock and Bond Exchange was not in session yesterday. There was & falr business on the Oil Exchange. Oil assessments delinquent yesterday were the Wisconsin 6c; Hanford-Fresno-Kern River, Sc. The Superior assessment of lc was delin® quent on the 30th, MINING STOCKS. The following were the sales in ‘the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board yester- da Morning 300 Best & Belcher 07, 109 Caledonia ...... 17] 100 Con Cal & Va..1 0} 200 Confidence ..... T5| 100 Hale & Norc... 17 Session. = 400 Mexican 400 Ophir 500 Savage 200 Yellow Jacket. The following were the sales in the Pacific Stock Exchange Westerday: Morning Session. 300 Best & Belcher (8] 200 Mexican 1 100 Con Cal & V.172%3| 500 Ophir - 7 200 Crown Point... 03| 500 Sierra Nevada. 14 | 300 Mexican .. 10/ 200 Union Con ..... 09 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. SATURDAY, Aug. 31—12 m. Bid. Ask. Bid. Ask. Alpha — 2| Justice L0803 Alta 01 75| Kentuck — a2 Andes 01 02(Lady Wash ... 01 — Belcher 01 (2|Mexican .. 09 10 Best & Belcher 07 0£|Occidental . 02 03 Bullion : 01 03(Ophir T o) Caledonia 18 i9/Overman . 0% Challenge Con.. 19 20|Potosi .t Chollar .. 04 Savage . 05 Confidence . 3 Scorplon ceres — Con Cal & Va..170 175|Seg Belcher.... — 01 Con Imperial... — OLSierra Nevada. 14 15 | Con New York. Silver Hill ..... 20 8 Crown Point. St Louis i0g' = Eureka Con. Standard . —32% Exchequer . = Syndicate ...... — 08 Gould & Curry 08 03|Union Con'.0ll 09 101 Hale & Norc... 1§ 1iiUtah .........00 04 05] Julia .. — 02Yellow Jacket. 14 16 Iy n ey The Glant Powder Co. has declared dividend No. 33 of 75 cents a share. FLOW OF RIVERS. Following 1s a statement of the estimated flow of certain California rivers in cublc feet per second, or second feet, one second foot equaling 50 California miner's inches, or about 0. Colorado miner's inches. The figures are from J. B. Lippincott, hydrographer of the United States Geological Survey: SACRAMENTO RIVER AT JELLYS FERRY. Second Feet DATE. Lot 1900. August 3805 ‘August 3%05 August 38905 August 3805 3805 ‘August 3805 | 305 August 3%5 | 380 ‘August 3805 | 3805 KINGS RIVER AT RED MOUNTAIN. Second Feet DATE. sl eI, 1900, | 1901 August 18 30 | 2 August 1 820 2034 August 320 1546 August 21 3 | 1 August 2 820 | 1240 August 320 1100 August 24 320 970 TUOLUMNE RIVER AT LA GRANGE. Second F' DATE. S hdunds 1901, %0 190 - 850 190 950 660 490 CALL CALENDAR, September, 1901, B.|M.|T.|W.| T.|F.|S. | Moon's Phases. T2l sl 4) 5] 6 September 5, | —|— & Tast Quart. 8| 90|12 1) M o g 15|16 |17 |18 |19 |20 | 21 | New Moon. — === September 20, 22|28 |24 (25|28 |27 |28 | First Quarter. oy @ Sertember 27, S _Full Moon. Kill All the Year. The following new code of game law: robosed Dy fhe SOMOr of the New Haves alladium: Book agents may be killed from October 1 to September 1; spring poets from March 1 to June 1; scandal mongers, April 1 to February 1; umbrella borrowers, August 1 to November 1, and from February 1 to May 1, while every man who accepts a paper for two years, but when the bill is presented says: “I never ordered it,” may be killed on sight without reserve or relief from valuation or appraisement laws, and buried face downward, without benefit of the clergy.—New York Press. A prudent enemy is preferable to aiscreet triend. > © S i MANY PROBLEMS FOR OPERATO Question of Production May Concern Oil Prices. — ¥ Some Cause Gives Stocks a Lift and Measure of Activity. Something has stimulated the sale of shares of stock in California ofl com- panies on the exchanges in this city and also in Los Angeles recently. Prices have risen in some instances and the sales have been larger in volume. The prevailing cause is probably the belief, which seems tq be quite general, that the prices for oil will improve as the result of the combinations of well owners. In some quarters doubt is expressed wheth- er another spurt in development work would not have the tendency to interfere with the restoration of prices. At least one scheme that has been proposed to the oil operators had as its main idea the proposition that the committee which was to have charge of the marketing of the oil produced by an association should also have the right to provide what the output should be. Evidently there are problems enough in the oil business to engage attention on the part of the own- ers of properties and their advisers for a_considerable perfod. The Los Angeles Herald says that the operators who have su‘fplled it with information do not con- sider the present an opportune time to resume development work. There is enough “demonstrated” oil land in_the State to afford work for five to ten times the wells that have been drilled. There is much land where it is necessary to drill regardless of price, on account of leases, which insures a considerable in- crease in production entirely regardless of the demand for oil. The Herald says: In the Kern River fleld there Is less than one well to five acres of proven land. In the MeKittrick fleld the case is practically the same, while in Midway there are thousands of acres of unproven land, which is almost cer- tain to prove very valuable. In Sunset there is a great stretch of valuable ldnd. There are thousands of acres of demonstrated land in the Ventura County flelds, and the same is true of the Newhail fleld in Los Angeles County. In this city there is little valuable land, except for deepening purposes, unless it lies In direc- tions as yet undemonstrated. This much seems to be known to all persons interested in ofl, but to many of them the idea Seems to pre- vail that there is hot so great an area of proven land in the flelds further south—Whit- tler, Puente and Fullerton. There are many oil men in the State who do mot realize what im- mense values lie in that quarter. In-the Whit- tier fleld alone there is now lJand practically proven to be the equal of anything in Califor- nia which affords room for more wells than have been drilled in the Los Angeles field in all time, and the boundaries of the field are by no means fixed. Propose Coke-Making. J. E. Haverstick, president of the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company of Pennsylvania, evidently believes ~that coke can be made in California from the coal and oils of the San Joa- quin Valley. In a letter addressed to the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Stockton, Haverstick writes that there is considerable movement of coke from Pennsylvania to the Pacific Coast. It seems to him that by mixing coal and oil there may be an opening for the manufacture of coke near Stockton. He asked many questions concerning the feasibility of establishing a coke plant close to Stockton. Haverstick’'s letter, having been read before a meeting of the Stockton Chamber of Commerce, the sec- retary of the chamber was instructed to forward the desired information without delay. The Hollister Bee reports that the Calistoga Oil and Development Company has sunk 570 feet in the Vallecitos Val- ley and that work is being carried on night and day. The Williams Farmer reports that the oil companies in Colusa County are mak- ing progress. According to the Farmer's account the Smith & Gorrill Company, operating twelve miles southwest of Wil- liams, on lands leased from the Colusa County Bank, has two wells down 400 to 600 feet. The company is drilling a third hole. The Colusa Oil Company, operating ten miles northwest from Williams, is down 300 feet and has suspended opera- tions for a_time but will resume soon. The Williams Oil Company is nine miles west of Willlams and is drilling there and has a hole about 400 feet deep. The R. H. Her- ron well is twenty-four miles west from Willlams. This is not working because of a shortage of the water supply. The Bear Valley Oil and Development Company is | twelve miles southeast from Williams and is on the H. P. Eakle lease. The well is down 276 feet. The crew has been dis- missed. The Cahalis Oil and Mining Com- pany is operating twenty-eight miles west from Willlams, on land owned by the company. The drill is down about 200 feet. The Minor Ranch Oil Company is down 200 feet, having drillers under con- tract at a stipulated price per foot. - The Gibson Oil Company has a standard rig rusting on Bear Creek, twenty-four miles west from Willlams, while the courts are considering litigation affecting the com- pary. The lease of lands by A. A. Gib- son and "his partner, Martin, according to the Farmer, expired August 10. Predicting Activity. “Tt now begins to look,” says the Ba- kersfleld Californian, ‘“that the renewal of actlvity which was predicted in the local field in summer is ‘hear at hand, and it is no longer a guess when it is stated that the next few months will bring a revival of development and general work in_the oil fields.” The Santa Barbara Press says that there will be active development of oil lands in the northern part of Santa Bar- bara County in the immediate future. The latest company to take the fleld is operating in the Jalama Canyon on the Dibblee ranch. A location was made by A. 8. Cooper for the first well. The appraisers who are investigating the valves of the oil properties in Kern County are not more than half through with their task. They appear to be pro- ceeding in a way to find out the facts their entire satisfaction. “If a company, says the Californian, “clalms that its wells are producing 1500 barrels daily and its shipments are but 900 barrels, the gen- tlemen at once try to determine ‘what has become of the missing 600 barrels. After this question is disposed of a careful in- spection of each producing well is made and a record of the strata encountered in drilling is noted. Even the minutest de- tails are taken notice of, as, for example, the method of perforating the casing.” Statements are taken from the superin- tendents of the several producing com- panies as the starting point in the inves- tigation, and the next step is to verify the reports as recelved. The appraisers have now been employed in Kern County somathiug mors than 8 farnlent 5 7 ‘When you see a storm brewing don’t ex- gect the downfall to take the form of eer. |{AUCTION SALES At auction I will sell 1 car of choice all-purposed Horses, 1 handsome spotted saddle horse, 1 span fine mules, also large as- sortment of wagons, buggies and harness, at 1140 Folsom st., Tuesday, September 3, 11 a. m. S. WATKINS, Auctioneer. OCEAN TRAVEL. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Steamers leave Broadway ‘Whart, San Francisco: For Alaskan ports—i1 a. m., Sept. 4. 8, 13, 18, 23, 28, Oct. 3. Change to company's steamers at Seattle. For_ Victorla, Vancouver (B. C.). Port Townsend, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett and New Whatcom (Wash.)—11 a. m., Sept. 4, 8, 13, 18, 23, 28, Oct. 3. Change at Seattle for this company’s steamers for Alaska and G. N. Ry. at Seattle or Tacomd for N. P. Ry.; at Van- couver to C. P. Ry. For Eureka (Humboldt Bay)—1:30 p. m. Sept. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29, Oct. 4. For San Diego, stopping only at Santa Bar- bara, Port Los Angeles and Redondo (Los An- geles)—Steamer Santa Rosa, Sundays, 9 a. m.: steamer State of California, Wednesdays, 9 e m. For Los Angeles, calling at Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Cayucos, Port Harford (San Lufs Obispo), Gaviota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Hueneme, East San Pedro, San Pe- dro and *Newport (*Corona only)—Steamer Co- Tona, Saturdays, § &, m.; steamer Bonita, Tues- days, 9 a. m, For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan. Altata. La Paz, Santa Rosalia and Guaymas (Mex.)—10 a. m., ith each month. For further information obtaln company folders, The company reserves the right to change steamers, safling days and hours of sailing, without previous notice, TICKET OFFICE—4 New Montgomery street (Palace Hotel). GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen. Agents, 10 Market st., San Francisco, O. R. & N. CO. Omnly Steamship Iins to PORTLAND, Or., And Short Rail Line from Portland to all points East. Through tickets to all points, all rall or steamshio and rail, at LOWEST RATES, STEAMER TIOKETS INCLUDE BERTH and MEALS. §S. COLUMBIA A Sal ss. .....Salls ‘Aug. %_Sept. 5, 15, 23 [COCK,GEN.Agt.,1 Montgm’y, AMERICAN LINE. NEW YORK, S0UTHAMPTON, LONDON, PARIS, Stopping at Cherbours, westbound. From New York Wednesdays, at 10 a. m. Philadelphla ...Sept. 11[St. Louls.. Sept. 25 St. Paul.. Sept. 18| Philadelphia ....Oct. 2 Haverford Sept. 21'St. Paul... Oct. 8 RED STAR LINE. New York and Antwerp. From New York Wednesdays, at 12 noom. *Vaderland Sept. 11|Friesland . Kensington . ....Sept. 18{Southwark .. *Zeeland Sept. 25|*Vaderland . *Stop at Cherbourg, eastbound. INTERNATIONAL. NAVIGATION CO., CHAS. D. TAYLOR, General Agent Pacific Coast, 30 Montgomery st. Oceanic$.8.C MARIPOSA, for Honolulu only, . 8. 8. Sunday, Sept. 1, at 10 a. §. S. AUSTRALIA, for Tahiti. Wednesday. September 11, 10 a. m. 8. §. VENTURA (via Honolulu), for Samoa, New Zealand and Australia. ..Thursday, September 12, 10 a. m. J. 0. SPRECKELS & BROS. C0., anerai Agents, 327 Harkst 8t Gen'l Passenger Ofs, 643 Narkat St., Fier No. 7. Pacfc St KOSMOS LINE. SS. SERAPIS, 5000 tons, sailing Sept. Tth, Carrying passengers for Valparaiso and Ham- burg, via Mexican ports, Central and South America, SS. SESOSTRIS, sailing about Nov. 1. J. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO.. Agents, 613 Market st., Pler No. 7. Freight Office, 327 Mar- ket st. STEAMSHR PANAMA R. R, *UiNe TO NEW YORK VIA PANAMA DIRECT, Cabin, $105; Steerage, $40; Meals Free, HAWAI, SAMOA, NEW o ZEALAND 40 SYDNEY, DIRECT LINE To TAHITL SAN FRANCINCO. (Main Line, Foot of Market Strset.) mave Frou JULY 14, 1901 7:004 Benicis, Sulsun, Elmira and Secrs- - -li’ ARRL 1 i i COAST LINE (Narrow Gauge)s (Food of Markes Streat.) 84184 Nowark, Centorville, San Jose, Fsiton, Boulder Oreek,Santa Oraz and Wap Buatlous. - #8182 Newark, Conterviile, San Joss, Now ), Fell ‘Boulder b it o s OAKLAND HARBOR FERRY. Prom 8AN FRANOISOO—Foos of Market Stroet (Shp — 17:18 9:00 11:00a.M. 1 3:00 %udge.s. o NB—Poot of Brasdway,—15:00 18:00 15:08 10:004.m. 12:00 2:00 4:00r.. COAST LINE (Broad (Third and Townsend Sts.) 81104 Ban Jose and Way Stations....... idea E?.A ml‘nlnlml Wy Stations.. 3 un.i.... o A s nt alpal o 202 Bon Jon and Way Saaiions - 8:455 San Mateo, Redwood, Menio Park, Grove and Way Stations 4:10p San Josoaud Principal Way Stations 91434 Ban Jose, Los Gatos and Principal ‘Way Statioos. faer CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN RY. CO. LESSER SAN FRANCISCO AND -NORTH PACIFIG RAILWAY COMPANY. Tiburon Ferry, Foot of Market $& San Francisco to San kaiasi. WEEK_ DAYS—7:3), 9:00, 11:00 a. m.; 12:35, 3:30, 5:10, 6:3 p. m. Thursdays—Extra trip at 11:30 p. m. urdays—Extra. trips at 1:30 and 11:30 p. m. SUNDAYS—8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a m.; 1:30, 3:30, 5:00, 6:20 p. m. San Rafasl to San Francisco. WEEK DAYS—6:10, 7:50, 9:20, 11:10 a. m.. 6. S. Leclanaw xails , Sept. P R o - 3 §.8. Argyil sails L Oct. and 8.3 3. m. I S 8§. 8. Leclanaw sai's » Oct. SUNDAYS—8:10, 9:40, 11:0 & m.; 1:40, 3:40, T e it e Freight and Passenger Office, ket st. HH- GONHOT. Sacifo Chet Su san Fancisco. [Apn 35, 10| san Prancisco. Week | Sun- | Sun- | Week COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE | Days. | days. | Destination.. days. | Days. DIRECT LINE_TO HAVRE-PARIS, - - Sailing every Thursday, instead of g | T:30 am| 8:0 amj Novato, [ Saturday, at 10 a. m.. from pier 42, 330 pmj 9:30 am}_Petaluma. North River, foot of Mrton street: La Cham- | 5:10 pmi 5:00 pm| Santa Rosa. pagne, September 5; *La Savole, September 12; Fulton, “L/Aquitaine, September 19; La Bretagne, Sep- | 7.3 am Windsor, tember 2. 5:00 pm| Healdsburg, Tirst class to Havre, $70 and upward. Second . e class to Havre, $5 and upward. GENERAL Geyserville AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES and CANA- 3:00 am! Cloverdale. DA, 32 Broadway (Hudson building), New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Pacific Coast Agents, 5 5:00 pm| Hopland Montgomery avenue, 'San Francisco. Tickets 00 am| and Ukiah. sold by all Rallroad Ticket Agents. *Twin Screw Express Steamers. aml Guersiseilis —_——————— pm BAY AND RIVER STEAMERS. am| Sonoma FOR U, S. NAVY YARD AND VALLE), Steamers GEN. FRISBIE or MONTICELLO 9:45 a.m., 3:15 and 8:30 D.m., except Sun- day. Sunday, 9:45 a. m., 8:0 p.m. Leaves Valiejo 7 a.m., 12:30 noon, § p.m., except Sunday, Sunday, 7 a.m., 4:15 p. m. Fare cents. Telephone Main 158. Landing and of- fice, pler 2. Misston-st. dock. HA BROS. RAILWAY TRAVEL. Santa Fe Trains Leave Market-street Ferry Depot. Local |Lim'd | Ovrl'd [ Loeal Daily | Daily uppRPRPRTD for morning. p for afternoon. % a m. train is the California Lim- ited, leaving Monday and Thursday only, carrying Palace Sleeping Cars and Dining Cars through to Chicago. Chair Car runs to Bakersfield for accommodation of local first-class passengers. No second-class tickets honored on this train. Correspond- ing train arrives at 5:55 p. m. Tuesday and Friday. 4:20 p. m. 1s Stockton and Fresno local. Corresponding train arrives at 12:30 p. m. daily. 8:00 p. m. 1s the Overland Express with through Palace and Tourist Sleepers and Free Reclining Chair Cars to Chicago; also Palace Sleeper, which cuts out at Fresno, Corresponding train arrives at 5:55 p. m. daily. 7:20 a. m. 1s Bakersfleld Local. stopping at all points in San Joaquin Valley. Corre- Sponding train arrives at $:40 a. m. datly. Offices—641_Market street and in Ferry Depot, San Francisco; 1112 Broadway, Oak- jand, TOYO KISEN KAISHA. TEAMERS WILL LEAVE WHARF, COR- ner First and Brannan streets, at 1 m. 2or 'YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG, calling 8t Kobe (Hiogo), Nagasaki and Shanghal and connecting at Hongkong with steamers for Indla, etc. No cargo recelved on board om day of sailing. 88, HONGKONG MARU . Wodnesday, " Héptember L, 1301 88. RU..Friday, September 27, 1901 88, AMERICA MARU. A ......Wednesday. October 23, 1901 Round-irip tckeis at reduced rates.’ For freight and passage apply at company's office, o street First. ,_corner \ W. H. AVERY, General Agent. PACIFIC_STEAM NAVIGATION CO. And CIA SUD AMERICANA DE VAPORES To_Valparaiso, stopping at Mexican, Central and South American ports. Sailing from How- ard 2 Pler 10, 12 m. >ALENA.......Aug. 31 |COLOMBIA. GUATEMALA..Sept. 4| TUCAPEL. These steamers are buiit expressly for Cen- tral and South American passenger servics, (No change at "Acapuico or Panama.) Freight and, passenger office. 316 California street. BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO., Gen. Agenta. WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. e ATE N ALMON, STEWAR RVER. LINQUA, xk?%mxxm and YUKON MINING DIS- TRICTS. Ocean steamers connecting with raifl line at Skaguay, Alaska, DOUBLE DAILY TRAIN SERVICH BE- TWEEN SKAGUAY AND WHITE HORSE. Special Stéamer from White Horse to Hoota- linqua and Big Salmon mines. Direct connection made at WHITE HORSE WITH BRITISH _YUKON NAVIGATION COMPANY'S FLEET OF FINE STEAMERS TO DAWSON. » Connections made at DAWEON FOR ALL LOWER YUKON RIVER POINTS. For freight over this route, quick dispatch is assured; to the traveler, comfort and quick me, ‘The White Pass and Yukon Route 'is the Summer Tourist's Paradise. - 5 HAWKINS, General Manager, Seattle, Was} J. FRANCIS Trafflc Manager, Shaguay Alaske: Seattie, Wash. M. P. BRASCH. Com. Agent, 536 Market st., City. and 0 pm)5:00 pm| Glen Ellen. | 6:05 pm( 6:20 pm a.m’ 10:40 am|10:35 am. pm| Sebastopol. | 7:35 pm| 6:20 pm Stages connect at Santa Rosa for Mark West Springs and White Sulphur Springs; at Fulton for Altruria; at'Lytten for Lytton S&rl.ncl‘ at Geyserville for Skaggs Springs; at Cloverdale for the Geysers; at Hopland for Duncan Springs, Highland Springs, Keiseyville, Carls- bad Springs, Soda Bay, Lakeport and Bartlett Springs; at Ukiah for Vichy Springs. Saratoga Springs, Blue Lakes, Laurel Dell Lake, Witter Springs. Upper Lake, Pomo, Potter Valley, John Day’s, Riverside, Lierley’'s, Bucknell's, edrin Heizhts, Hullville, ~ Orr's _Hot s;’r‘l‘::fi. "Mendocino’ City, Fort West- rt, Usal, Willits, Laytonville. mins, il's Springs, Harris, Olsen’s, Dyer. Scotia X A utarday a Monday round-trip ticksts at re- duced rates, On_Sundays round-trip tickets to all points wond San Rafael. at half rates. ket “otfice, "&b "Market street, Chronicle building. H. C. WHITING, R. X. RYAN, Gen. Manuager. Gen. Pass. Agt. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD, Via Sausalito Ferry. ing April 23, 1901 WEEK DAYS—6:55, 12:45, *1:45, 3:15, 4:15, 5 TRIPS— Rafael on Mondays, Wednesda: and Sundays at 9:30 and 11: 15 p. m, week days (Saturdays excepted)— Tomales and way stations. 00 &, m. ‘azadero and way stae tions. 10 a. m. Sundays—Point Reyes and way sta- MOUNT TAMALPAILS RAILWAY Via Saasalite Farry—Fost of Market St ‘Do Sac T IASTE S by GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, COOL AND DUSTLESS. Datly Palace and Tourist Car, Meals a la Observation Car. EDUCE| ND T TES REDUCED, TERN POINTS, o O 8. 5. BLAIR, Gen. Agt., 633 Market sty .