Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-01
LUMBER.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Building Materials.


Building Materials.
n. L. DREW AND CO., DEALERS IN LUMBER,
CORNER M AND SECOND STREETS.
This is the Oldest lumber dealing firm in
Sacramento without change of name. 1t |
was established in 1852. A visit to the |
yards of the firm will convince the most !
skeptical that its stock is among the largest
and best, if not the best selected upon the |
coast The lumber is all under cover, the
buildings and sheds fronting $50 feet on NJ |
street by 50 on Second, and having hight |
of 30 feet inside. This was the original |
yard OF the company, but from the increase
OF Its trade 1t has for some years had an
other large yard at the corner of Front and |
o streets, for storage of redwood and Ore |
gon lumber. During the past year. how
ever, the business of the establishment has
increased about fifty per cent, and so en-
larged the volume of its transactions that
the company requiring more extended ia
clhtles to meet the increasing demands, has
added another large yard on the east side
OF Second street, at the corner of NJ, S0xl60
feet, and also another on n street. between
Front and Second, both of which new yards
are fully stocked with the very finest Sc
lected lumber. An establishment of such
magnitude, and of such extensive business
transactions, forms a leading business fea-
ture of Sacramento. Formerly only small
per cent. of the lumber obtained by whole
sale dealers was first class, but lumber hav-
ing been much lower in price for the past
few years on account of vigorous COMPETE
ton IN the opening up of new fields, it has
made the demand for clear and perfect
lumber so great that comparatively little
low grade stock is now sent to the market
In fact Drew & Co. have made it speciality
to have all their invoices, so far as is within
human possibility, made up of the choicest
lumber, and the result is that their
immense stock is indispensable for quality.
In visiting this establishment one is i'm
pressed by the neatness and manner in
which the lumber is kept and the business
of the firm transacted. The holding racks
in the yard are the neatest to be seen
anywhere, and they contain every imagin-
able style. Here is also to be seen the best
assortment of doors, windows, blinds,
house fittings, and, indeed, everything
that is needed in the building line. TAX
ing advantage of the recent depression in
the lumber market they have stocked their
yards to their utmost capacity. and are
offering their goods at the most advantage
GUS rates. The head of the firm, N. L.
Drew, is a Sacramento pioneer who has
stood by the city during fire and flood and
has met its vicissitudes and suffered by
them, but has, in every instance, come to
the top, and to-day stands as one of our
leading lumber merchants of the coast.
In addition to the extensive local and inte-
r1or trade Drew & Co. are dealing largely
in Arizona, Nevada and Utah. and their
advantages enable them to promptly fill all
orders with the very choicest of lumber
and at the lowest possible rates.
SACRAMENTO LUMBER COMPANY, SECOND
STREET. BETWEEN L AND NJ.
Mr.. 0. P. Goodhue is the manager of this
company. Besides the Second street yard,
it has yard extending 900 feet along the
water front. 1t keeps every variety of
lumber known to the trade, and deals
largely in sash, blinds, doors, holdings and
all house building woodwork 1t makes
a speciality of dealing in clear sugar pine
and yellow pine, which come principally
from Butte and Tehama counties, these
sections producing what is admitted to be
the finest stock upon the Pacific coast The
house carries this lumber largely for the
shipping trade, as it is finer and lighter
lumber works better and is best adapted
for shipping to distant points, such as
Idaho, Colorado, Bodie, etc., with all
which the firm deals constantly and large
ly. This company also deals very extern
sively in dressed lumber of all classes, and
is now carrying very much larger stock
in all lines of the best assorted materials
than ever heretofore The climate of Sac
ramento is peculiarly favorable for thor
oughly seasoning lumber. The storage
grounds of the company are ample,
and located contiguous to the main
lines of water and rail transportation.
The company also buys its stock inimmense
quantities at time, and has connection
with the largest manufactures in the East,
thereby securing most favorable rates. In
addition to these peculiar advantages, it
enjoys all those general advantages which
the Sacramento market affords to the lum-
Der business, and which enables this COM
pany to sell the best materials at lowest
possible prices. The extensive stock OF
the firm and its facilities for doing business
enables it to FIJI all orders that can possibly
be made upon it.
W. y. FRAZER, FIFTH AND L STREETS,
WHOLESALE LUMBER DEALER.
Mr.. Frazer has very large establish.
ment at Fifth and l. streets, and besides
the capacious yards at that point has also
yards ON L street, between Fourth and
Fifth, and extensive storage elsewhere
He retails lumber to the city, and whole.
sales throughout the interior selling all
classes of building lumber, dress d lumber,
mo dings, etc. The redwood at this estab.
lishment is all from Kentfeld's Humboldt
mills, which is ranked as the best redwood
pro luet Of the country. Mr. Frazers ca.
paciy for business is not limited by the
demand, and he is ready to fill all orders
which may come from the interior The
dryness of this climate, the facilities 70,
storage, and ec' nomy of hand ing lumber,
renders his business one which can be con.
Quoted with the greatest advantage tc
buyers-a fact which is becoming well
known. During 1879, Notwithstanding o