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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
6
Washington dispatch argues the U S government ignores the housing shortage as 5 000 000 homes are needed nationwide. It cites wartime stoppages, lumber profiteering, and supply bottlenecks, urging action to curb rents and stimulate long term home-building nationwide.
Tide note for Seattle reports a 10.6 foot high tide around 41 a m. with low clarity phrases referencing rivets and ship details. garbled OCR suggests maritime datum but lacks clear events or names.
Government calls first witnesses in the conspiracy trial of five Grays Harbor Motorship officials and two former shipping board officials. Jury selection occupied Wednesday. trial proceeds in federal court with the government presenting its case.
The notice lists vessels and schedules including Wheatland Mont, Manila to Hollywood via San Francisco and Tacoma. Vickshuro cruise ship. Gedney from Alaskan ports. Prince George from British Columbia ports. Jefferson for Howth from eastern Alaskan ports. Benj. F. Packard for Port Pinkely. Alice Cooke to Bellingham towing. Prince George to Prince Rupert. Icontum from Meattie. Cross Keys from Beattie. Helmt Mary from Seattle. Santa Rita from Tacoma. Hyades from Beattie. Rainier from Beattie. Lyman Stewart from Beattie. Maynie to Puget Sound. Phyllie to Beattie. Wheatland Mont to Seattle.
The note lists several train or stage leg routes with destinations and distances: Wahkecha in San Francisco to Everett, 22 miles from Everett at 5 pm. President in San Francisco to Beattie, 142 miles north of Cape Blanco at 5 pm. W. Porter from Everett to Monterey, 264 miles from Everett at 3 pm. Horace X Barter, San Francisco to Beattie, 235 miles from Beattie at 3 pm.
A fragmented list details ships and dock facilities at a northern port, naming vessels such as Mont, Wheatland, Eldridge Pier 10, and Jefferson, plus terminals like Stacy Street, East Waterway, and Pacific Coast Bridge works. Entries mention drydocks, bunkers, and dredging operations with multiple yard and pier references including Western Drydock, Roosevelt yards, and the Northern Chief.
Cantaloupes showed a slight market glut on Thursday with brokers viewing the downturn as temporary. Prices listed include blackberries at 2.50 a crate, tomatoes at 15 cents per crate, and potatoes steady around 2½ cents per pound. butter and eggs unchanged.
New York prices showed a firm tone with only fractional changes at the opening. Canadian Pacific held at 120 while General Motors and United States Steel edged up and United States Rubber remained steady as Mexican Petroleum surged late in the session.
Chicago board of trade prices rose for wheat as shorts and seaboard linked houses purchased more grain. Corn eased slightly on favorable weather. oats and other grain held steady with minor shifts.
Cattle receipts total 12,000 head with prices rising. Beef cattle and butchers steady to higher with rough stock and feeders at 16 to 26.75 per hundredweight. Calves 16.75 to 17.75. cows 22 to 28. calves 16 to 17.75. Pigs 14 to 16.85. sheep 29,000 head steady to lower with lambs around 4.25 to 4.60 and ewes 29 to 10.75.
Seattle's city council moved toward resolving jitney issues by referring two proposed ordinances to Councilman W J H Moore and Corporation Counsel Walter F Meier. One bill seeks total jitney elimination and the other bans jitneys from the central business district. A water department request for funds to lay new water mains was sent to the city engineer for maps and specs.
New York opening quotes show sterling at 2.51 and francs at 6.78 contimes, lire around 0.34e, marks up 2 centimes, and Canadian dollars at 90.666. The figures reflect early market demand in the foreign exchange desk report.
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