, 1859-03-21

circumstance that docs not happen more tlan |
once in five or six wears, There were, however,
about 900. 900 to 5000. 400 feet of lumber left
CIT On t],c docks Mt the close Of navigation.
which will be sl,ipped this season: 50 that the
shipments Of lumber from Saginaw this year
nuy be estimated ut nearly, if not quite,
&, 600 o0o feet How much Of this sixty million
will come to Chicago and other lake Michigan
ports, is matter Of mere conjecture at present
some placc it as high rs o5,0o0. 900 feet, and
othcrs-thc minority Of dcalers-do not place it
above 10 900 .0u feet. One thing is certain A.
bapy. Boston. and other eastern dealers haye.
during the winter been making contracts Mt pri-
CTS which Chicago deulers cannot in all proba-
bility pay this season. Up to two weeks ago
the amount contracted for in this way was about
q, ,0oo, 900 feet. One contract was made at s.
for cu1ls, $3.50 for common so for third clear;
$l5 for second clear and $2a for first clear.
Another contract wc know Of was made at 50,
$6, g., $l3, and Sl9; while the lowest contract
made, and TINT was only for one million feet,
was ut g, &c, $1e and $ls-made carly in the
winter. A large quantity Of dry clear lumber
(thc three qualities was sold about two weeks
aso TO Boston dealer at $sa, md another lot
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s,c,, ,ri,as ~ ,orrea y ;s roo1t,ss +o erncc,
,o. ~. ,. .o.a;., a,,,, <,e a., ,,,,,or ,,o,t;os
ut this port. Some idea NAV be formed Of the
Saginaw trade this season, from thu fact that
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,r,.t.,n ,.;,rsN,r,.a ,,s,o11,, t,o cro,t bu1l of
.ho .,r~onn@ -, s,,rno,v bou hccv Illinois .,d
lt-:..a.,,:.. 800,
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al.nt fin sonc ou,nt;tx us ,ost ,c,- Res;dcs
C.nfe]d Ind o,1 lo.s sufficient tn ,,rn mt nhout
,,um tnr, fect-tt,rec ,n;]1ion of ,rh;c}, is n,w
manufactured and reo,ly fur sh;nn,ent IN this
,ort ,r;,b NOW md o,d ,o,s f,a,ford,z n;1rx
ri, .,,.:, ,,. oho,,+ 10 am m, fo.. ,1ay-;,,.a
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4''' jug. :' '"a' '''e e','''s Ala''as.'e vi ''e
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| nAS''o"os'.4"e'c ''e e'e'e" ln'l's vi "no
~ "'e '"oo'n " ''nn''o"oe ""eF; o"t moi more
'han three or iour ua'e Eo' OUT l"gs salclcnt 10
keep 'hem running the entire season. Tic
amount cut Is estimated At about l2ooo'Vo'icet,
Last year fhey cut about 'e" feet.
tiHaSn TRAvEFsE.-l.ast year there we're si1
mills I'll operation, turning Out about II ,Voo,'Do
feet; INT during the past winter only thrce Of
these have been getting out logs, and that to
limited extent Manufacturers estimate that
l"Es sufficient for S,'Hm,'H~ feet have been rot
out. There were no old logs left orcr from Inst
season.
/ MrskEcoS.-Tbcrc are about twenty mills at
Muskcgon; none Of which, llayc rot out lors srf.
fcieut to keen them running to their full canuci-
| ty. There was very little snow in the woods.
! and logging was thus rendered difficult. Thrce
/ or four mills will stand idle nil the xc,r Tho
| amouu, Of lumber cut last year v,s g, f,, M,
feet. This year they will not cut oyer ~ oo, ma
| 10 old logs left over.
GR.xn K,rgn,-Durinc tbe mast x;oter 1oo-
ginr l,us bcen imncde,, hy thc ecorc;tv If sno,,
~ we1I ~ tbc ..,,ard t,,ox,, anon,
era. because of l,eavv ,osses 1,st 1..r 4, 49,
mouth of the river thcrc nrc sir n,;11s ,ra :. -
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