Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-25
CITY IsAHTBLEs NO. ,.

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CITY ISANEBLES NO. ,. q
Tho Lumber Business.-Though aconspicu-
Gus and strong link in the heretofore strong
chain of Wheelngs transactions, the lumber
business has rested comparatively insignificant
and :unnoticed Our observations yesterday,
together with important facts, obtained from
those having a thorough knowledge of the trade
have satisfied us that it deserves more promi-
ucnt place than has formerly been conceded to
it.
1t is estimated that five millions of feet of
lumber are sold annually, from the yards in this
city and consumed here and in the ncighborhood.
This includes only the finer qualities, (clear, and
three grades of commonly which finds its way
to this city from the region along the Allegheny
river in Pennsylvania and New York. In adj
diton to the immense quantity sold from the
yards, the saw mills of the city, produce from
the logs, according to " hat may be considered
reliable estimate, about four millions feet.
Mr.. Isaac Cotts Centre and Fourth streets,
the Nestor of the lumber business who has been
engaged in the trade for upwards of twenty
years, informs us of a sorrowful fact, aud we
print it with reluctance, that the sales of lum.
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least one halt, when compared with previous
seasons, and that among the greatly lessencd
number Of orders, most of them from the
country and towns adjacent This is to be ac-
counted for by the monetary pressure, the alb
sence Of anything like business improvements,
financial distrust, the general prevalence of
hard times and the unexpected detention abroad
of the anxiOusly looked for "gOOd time COM
ing" Tho lumber men are not alone, and we
doubt whether the stagnation of business has
IrSsuIted more seriously to them than to almost
every other branch of business, whose conduc-
tors depend for success upon ordinary fair times.
Mr.. a. j. Pannall, Market street, and Mr..
Colts, each purchase annually, between eight
and nine hundred thousand feet aud probably
more. Others, among whom we mention John
A. Armstrong, Benedick s. Robinson, Thomas
Garden, f. NJ. McNaughtcn, aud many dealers
whose names we cannot now recollect ..yardcd"
less than that amount this year, though by OBJ
tanning suitable and saleabIe quality, all are
enabled to supply the usual demands upon them.
Washington county, Pa, the country adjoin-
ing the HempfeId, Baltimore & and Ohio, Cen
trail Ohio, and even the Cleveland & Pittsburgh
and Ohio river, afford market for Wheeling
lumber Lumber can be purchased here at
rates corresponding with those of Pittsburgh,
and transferred to almost any available point, at
about the same cost. Many of our lumber men
have heretofore received large orders from St
Louis, for lumb or in the rough well as pre-
pared llooring Notwithstanding, &C., but latter
" this trade has sought Chicago Chicago
being supplied from the Canada country and
Michigan, at three dollars less than rates,
eleven and twelve dollars per thousand feet,) is
enabled to supply the St Louis people at rates
more to their advantage.
We arc Informed that more lumber was RATED
from the Allegheny country last spring, than
for twenty years before, owing to the continued
high water and consequent facilities for getting
it out. The notorious fact that less lumber has
been sold this season by one half than former
~ not only here, but at every important point,
TO which this immense quantity was directed,
leaves us to infer with good reason that the most
of it is now lying high and dry, awaiting ia
vorable turn of business, and the progress of
Improvement.
For the information of those at distance,
who may desire to purchase lumber upon
fair aud honorable representations, We quote
the price as follows: Clear lumber per thous-
and feet $50; prime common per thousand feet
SIS; second common SIG; third common u 10
to sI4. These are the regular terms with all
the dealers.
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a f.tEY, NIGHTS Henry