, 1872-11-07

Oak {dry>. .so5o0@4o.oo
Black walnut q. 5.0Q36Q.00
Maple. Observation-Disclosures. 15.00G35.0o
Ash {dry). ..,,..,,... 30.0G94000
Bu!terntt. ........................ a5.00@6000
Counter tops {se1een. LOG 1So 50
Flooring 6 in. gruoved and matched. 7oo0
Wagon poles {eaeh]. h]...................... $50 60
d1c1ory.-.- .--.-..-..-..-.....--... 6o.UVt94ou
WauwooD.
BOZ 1oafus. S35.uut94uU
Common 20.0o@o50 90
Clear. ................:.. SC. 0.OOG3500
LUMBER AFIo4r-Tbe receipts we're I unnsu-
ally liberal to-day, and, as the attendance OF
buyers was Light. sales dragged, Q large number
of cargoes remaining uusold. There werA but
few country buyers in attendance, and what lit
tie business was done was exclusively local. A
prominent dealer remarked to us that the cleo
tons ''had knocked tile lumber market fat"
and it would be some time before it would be-
restored to its usual activity. In joists and
scantling prices tfet' lined about SOC; choice mill
run lumber was ,!Rc> easier, though the decline
was smaller than On the more common grades,
as the receipts we're considerably lighter. Shin
giles sold at $500 and 1910, according to the
quality, while lath and pickets were steady.
with liberal sales. The most persistent
efforts are still made by sellers to conceal the
condition Of the market from the public, and
only one frm-E. II. Doublcday-have had the
'backbone" to record their sales. The docks
around the Lumbermans Agency are crowded
with 1unber-laden vessels. whose cargoes ares still
unsold, and prices on decline, which makes
owners look " blue" Prices closed as follows:
Good to choice mi--uu lumber, S1G 0O{918,00
Common strips and boards. ........-.. 1a00@15.50
Common mixed lumber ..,--........... u.O0G1aN
Jost and scantlng... 1uo0{911.50
5hinges. So0{9 3+10
~. n:1. -
11ehels...- .--....-.--..~- 1out9 s.uu
The following are the cargo sales:
Cargo schr Fashion, from Muskegon, 1902 N
df1- of 49, l., < - ri ctf
lath at S3.25. Sold by E. II. Doubleday.
Cargo barge City OF Erie, from Grand Haven,
10 N mixed lumber at Sl2.5o. Sold by E. n.
Doubleday.
Cargo scow Scottish Chief, from White Lake,
80 m common mixed at $1,000. Sold by E. II.
Doubleday.
Cargo achr Abigail. from Grand Haven, 100 N
strips and boards at 514O0; 81 N lath at 3.25.
Sold by E. II. Doubleday.
Cargo schr J. P. Ward, from White Lake, IS m
m1Ssd M E + lumber Ct Sl3oo; 71o5o for inch Sold
Cargo schr William Jones. from Grand Haven,
l2o m common mixed lumber at 51200. Sold BY
E. If. Doubleday.
LtaBERNG INTERESTS IN MINNESOTA.
Ct me stlllTatc; M Nessenger comments on the
son III both logs and lumber may be- considered M
as nearly closed for this year Several BUYERS
have been In tho market from doNn-rirer mills.
but tho difficulty Of getting logs run has deferred
them from buying. \ large quantity could, and
to tho mills below. The amount of logs left
over will not, aside from the store on hand for
saving in the mill booms, yary far from &c. .00O,-
600, including both long and short stock. Tho
years business nov closing has been, in the main,
Satisfactory to both producers aud manufactur-
ers. The price Of logs has huctuated slightly
since the opening Of tho boom or receipt Of new
logs. The highest prices obtained early in the
season vere 514 for long logs RATED and fitted
ferior logs, RATED and fitted. The average price
will not vary far from 511.25 on the entire sales
Of the season.
There has been = greater discrimination in
prices than in any previous year, with a better
figures being paid for logs Of an extra quality,
while common and refuse logs could not be sold
unless at extensively low figures