The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-07-24
LUMBER.

W." va eohsiuetaeion w uis region Q
country, how they can depend with Ger
'alnty and permanently upon a supply 0
lumber adequate tn the demand. In al
this region there is no lumber suitable 70
many purposes required in building, an
1t is demonstrated hat at least occasion
ally The tributaries of the Mississippi rai
TO float out into it's current suficien
quantities to relieve the market very sat
lsfactorily. The country can hardly af
ford TO be retarded in its building an,
business for a whole season, if any such
failure can be provided against, for a yea
In thus country means something. The
experience Of this season v i'll induce PEG.
pie to iortlfy themselves against any such
failure again, if means OF guarding
against it can be found. Other means OF
supply, at least as a dernier resort, will
be ascertained. SO that q tolerably safe
reliance can be placed upon a supply from
some quarter, under all circumstances.
Our dealers and builders. stimulated by
the present scarcity and high prices of
lumber, have sscestained that %ioists, for
instance, Of poplar, Which are nearly
equal to pine. and by many builders con-
sldered better, can be procured on the
Ohio river and transported Lither at a less
expense than pine can be furnished, and
quantities, we understand.
have been contracted for to be used here
season. Il is very likely hat an in
into the supply, pricee and
character Of lumber on The Ohio, caused
By the experience Of this season. nay
lead to arraDgs ments for the permanent
of some kinds, and to some extent.
ffom that quarter. Perhaps even pine,
the Alleganies, may be procured
from Pittsburgh or Cincinnati, to advan-
tige. Certainly it would seem that the
constantly advancing prices of the Upper
Mississippi lumber would soon render
such a ecourse q matter OF economy.
And when the tributaries OF the Wiscon.
sin fail, there would be little Likelihood
oil u suffering SO extremely. for without
much chance OF failure it could BE-
brought hither from the lower rivers.
But, a after Of necessity, We sLall
be able ere many months to procure it
from the Wisconsin pineries direct by
railroad. 1t is expected by another ca
son that the Madison and Portage City
Railroad will be completed. This, con.
Meeting with the Beloit and Madison and
Galena and Chicago Railroads, will fur
nlsh a line from q depot Of The pineries to
our very doors. that is il our own road t.
the Quincy line is flushed in season, as we
presume it will be. True. it will cost
something to procure it in this manaer,
but probably it could be furnished at less
figures than at present, while the supply
will be more extended and certain.
IL Some Of our contemporaries are
occupying considerable space jus, now in
publishing pretended Rituals of the Know
Nothing Order. A few days since one
OF the leaders Of the Order in this CITY
announced 10 us his position, the extent of
the Order hereabouts, ETC., and sta ted tina,
all restrictions in respect of secrecy were
thrown of. What point or interest such
Rituals possess, therefore, we do not see.
since they transact their business in the
ordinary form. with open doors.
o. All Kansas-bound enigrants from
The Eastern States now 60 through Iowa
10 order utterly to avoid St. LOUIS. and
that State of unenviable repute-M Nilsson
ri. The Mssour, Democrat. announcing
the fact, says: .
I'VE have lately conversed with a gen.
tleman from the East. who SAYS that ow.
ing TO the recent trouble in Kansas. alone
the Missouri border, and the bitter hos.
til,ty manifested towards Eastern emf.
grants, arrangement have been made BY
which the tide Of settlers from the New
England States, New York, and Pennsyl.
vsnia, ~ill hereafter pass through south
ern Iowa, and enter the territory in tia,
direction"
Banks in ths United States.
The Philadelphia Ledger says
We doubt whether i. il generally
known that the banking capital II The one
and thirty States composing this great