The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-07
The Lumber Market.

The appearance OF the Moth aud East rivers in the
vicinity of the lumber yards is at present very grand
West from Desbroses to hirty sixth street is con-
nuous line of lumber As far the eye
along the river from there two streets may be piles
Of lumber varying from twenty to fifty feet high These
Piles composed chiefly of pine spruce and hemlock
boards and erected in such that they sell
dom never 1t is curious that these yards
oftener visited with fire than they If fire should
take place it would be very difficult to stop the progress
Of the flames for the materials of the most combust
bic character The North side is the principal market
for pine and all Xxi nds OF soft wood such spruce hem
lock white wood cedar, and those woods adapted for
house building purposes The East side where all the
ship building YARDS situated, Is the principal
depot for oak Georgia. pine shingles and those kinds OF
wood which adapted to ship bull ding operations The
demand for lumber this has been very great and
will not decrease until the navigation is closed The
stock on hand in the city is pretty fair but the mills in
the country all exhausted account Of the increased
demand this summer. The prices have advanced this
season and at present are very high House building
wood such Pine and spruce arrives at the market
chiefly from Maine Canada aud the northern part Of this
State Part Of this description Of lumber arrives here
planned, &c but the greater portion of it is sawed and
psned at Albany aud Troy il is then sent down this
city for sale where it ready market Pine Is used
for purposes and extensively than any other
description OF wood How many frame houses there
that entirely built of this wood! There Is moro
capital invested in pine than any other description
Ash comes to this market from this State 1t is used
chiefly by cabinet makers and is much valued for furni
tue purposes There is not very large stock hand.
Henock used for various purposes when in boards 1t
is substituted fer pine and the greater portion
rsrad. sornce u css M ~ 4 no
unlike pine in the grain Spruce knees for vessels
cut close TO the ROOTS grea. Of these knees
u,ed in this city Oak is used principally by ship build
the plaLk and knees chiefly from the Grand
river in Canada and the remainder from this State
~ all the -four barrels made OF white and red oak
oak there is large busipe done in oak staves which
shpped.to the West Indies &c Cedar IL used chiefly
by cabinet makers not only for its beauty but for its
utilitythe mel Of this wood being obnoxious to
ell insects The best shingles are made of cedar and
stand the wtatber better than any other wood Cedar
sbing, have been known to last from fifty TO seventy five
years The greater portion Of thesc shingles from
Georgia and Virgins. Some very good shingles made
Of cypress which arrive at Ibis msrket from the South
Elm from its bad grain and being difficult to work is
very little used now 1t has neither The enduring qualities
OF The oak nor the elasticity OF the ahi is very heavy
wood, and is OF very little White wood is
used principally BY cabinet makers and i much valued
by them for it, soothness Of grain and the with
which it is manufactured this is very soft kind ofwood,
and reembles pine in various ways is much cheaper
manufactured principally in Names and other
New England States, are made Of pine and spruce;
they packed up in bundles of ere hundred each
In former years the lumber merchants Of Boston
IN all the large New England towns in the habit OF
procuring lumber from Maine ana the British pro-
viDces but now they buy all their lumber in Albany and
Troy The reasons for this change that the mode Of
transporting is 50 much improved and the lumber of
this state and Canada IL far superior to that of New
England The business done in tie lumber trade
in Albany and Troy is immense. To these points
RATED all those immense RATS which from Canada
and the northern part Of this State Suboinsd Is list
Of the prices Of lumber in this market az the present
time Wbolessle pricesTimber white pine per foot,
is 40 oak Is Soc; G. Is'd w. o., So CSC; Geo.
y. p. car is 22c. Yard Selling Prces-0ak sctg Nj.
feet $500 $40 beams e9ern Si 5oa SIS rs plank Geo
pine $50; do UNIV ID, $50 S35; plank and board n,
r. clear S37 so $40 do do. R.. second quality S35
S30 loards N X bx, S15a s16 boards, Albany pine IA
2oc boards city wd, s22 boards city wd n clear
ceiling, Is Ice. Plank, city word flooring lSc.;
Albany pine ~ 27c.; city worked, 20 2sc; Albany
spruce l6 1Sc spruce, city worked 20 22c. Shingles
pine, saved bh, 81 25 So SO pine, split and saved 50
70 50; cedar feet, M s2l s2s, cedar, feet, a
S22 SIS; cedar feet ID 10 S21 cedar, feet, a.
S17 SIS; company feet, sS2; cypress feet SIS q
SIC; cypress feet 2oa SO Slaves white pipe s55;
white Q. hid S45j white o. Dbl $50; Red O. hid $780,
heading, w, O. $50.