The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-03-30


summer, many mills which are provided with
logs, will run only on part time. On tho other
hand, should prices advance 80 as to make il an
object ON the part Of manufacturers, the amount
cut may exceed the above figures. Many mills
have facilities forgetting logs in the summer
months, as well as in winter, and if there Is a
prospect Of good profit they will not fail to
do so.
From all accounts we can gather, the manufac
ture Of lumber on the upper Mississippi and its
/" hard times" have been felt more severely there
than in the region Of the lakes, and il is proba-
bic that not more than one-half the usual amount
will come down the river.
The stock Of lumber all through the West is
small. At Milwaukee there is only about H.
900, OOo feet against 10000, 600 a year ago.
There is little or none in Racine and Kenosha,
against several millions year ago. In all the
interior towns Of this State, the stocks are re-
duced to their lowest point. In 81. Louis there
is an unusually small amounted lumber on hand,
and they do not expect TO get much from the
upper Mississippi. All along the Missouri riv-
or, and in Kansas, there is but little lumber,
aud with the openingof business, good demand
will take place from that section. II is estima-
ted that there arc 100 OOO, 900 feet less through
out the interior Of this State than there was
year ago.
LAKE.-The freights by Lake viii in all prob
ability be fully as low as they were last year
We hear Of no engagements; but the large num-
Der Of vessels on the Lakes, with the small amt
Of freight TO come up, renders thighly probable
that freights viii be low.
SALEs OF LUNBER-SHrPNESrs rms YEAR
The sales Of lumber in this market last year will
be seen from the following table:
On hand Dec, 10, 1851 S,474,073
Received during 1858 27s, "a, 5Os
Stock Of 1855 -452.4lT $40
On hand, Dec. IS, 1855 -I2s $4,000
Sales in this market. 323, 9Gl ,5I9
Add to this 100, 100000 sold through
out the State during the year,
from the stock on hand in Janu-
airy, 1859 --.---..--.-------.-lo 100, 600, 900
Total sales in Chicago and points sup
Piled by It. AZ, 96l $40
This shows the sales Of 1855 Ii is conceded
on all hands that the demand from the country
West Of US during the present year, viii at least
be as great as in 1853, and the probability Is
that the sales will be heavier. The following
shows how much NC will have to supply cur Gus.
toners:
On hand Dec. Is, is5S-....-...---I 25, $4,000
ProbAbIe supply TINS year by Lake IsU,UOO.O0O
+" Railway 1000 900
Total supply ..-..---.---.- 322 10000
Unless, therefore. We have a larger supply
than the figures set down-le00oO, 900 feet
there Il prospect Of a scarcity Of lumber be-
fore the close Of she providing the sales
in Chicago alone amount 10 hs much a. las, year.
Should that be the case. however we cannot fail
to have an advance Of prices. which will encour-
age heavier shipments from Lake Huron, from
81. Clair River. aud from other distant points,
and also stimulate manufacturers on Lake Mich
igan.
The crop Of shingles this year viii be nm
usually large. At nearly all the numbering
points. there we're collected more hands than
could be employed at logging, on account Of the
light fall Of snow many were thus engaged in
the manufacture Of shingles, which in some
places has swelled the stock much larger than
usual
MASrTowoc.--Thc amount Of shingles now on
hand at Muntowoc, Is estimated at 3OOO0,00O,
and the entire shipments Of the year AT so OO0,-
coo, against 60, 100000 last year.
GRAND RIvER.-The stock Is also very large
at Grand River, and il is estimated that IS 600,
900 viii be shipped this year.
MrsEEeoS.-Thc yield Of shingles at Mus
kegon is estimated at between three and four
million.
sAeNAw.--At Saginaw there is large stock;
but they have been manufactured principally to
suit the Eastern market.
GREEN BAT.-The stock Is also unusually
large, and heavy shipments will be made TO this
market.
OTHER NTs--At Two Rivers. Manistee, and
a, nearly all the small numbering districts, there
is an unusually large amount Of shingles ready
for shipment.
TorAL REcErPrs.-Thc total receipts Of shin
giles for the season is yariously estimated at from
100000 to 100000 aud some place the
figures much higher All, however, eoncede
tina, the amount cannot fail to exceed last years
supply.
ISpoLENcE.-O, Incidence and indie
cisiou Of mind if not in yourselves vices,
TO how much exquisite misery and mis-