The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
NEW ORLEANS AS A LUMBER PORT,

We extract the following from an able article
on the Lumber Trade Of the MisHisairpi
Sound In the New York Trade bureau Of the
thirty frat ultfmo. written by Major William g.
Wilde, the correspondent Of the New York
Herald:
The PRINCIPAL lumber p,nd,poing points Of
the Gnt are Pensacola. Mobile. PaseaRaula,
Pearl river and New Orleans. by far the most
important Of these ia Pensacola. which manu-
factures and exports, In round numbers. about
70 ooe.oee feet Of sawed =. lumber every year.
ufactures a the least calculation about 100000
600 feet. Next follows Mobile. At which point
manuiaeured. Then comes Pearl river WITH With
about 81, 100000 Last Of all ia New Orleans,
which does not manufacture more than 90 eco 900
feet Estimating the amount ~ lumber re-
. eeived In our city from an average Of one
weeks business. II amounts 10 about 10000 900
feet OF pitch pine lumber yearly. This. added
to 20, 900 already mentioned rs manufac-
tured here, gives us grand total Of 10000 900
feet disposed OF and distributed annually for
New Orleans. Thts lumber Il sent up and down
the, the Mississippi and to all the markets Of the
Perhaps there is no city on the globe which Is
better situated, Geographically speaking. than
the Crescent City, both for receiving. mAnufae-
turing and distributing of lumber. Our great
father OF waters" with the numberless streams
and essuariea that empty ntn T. trayer o. some
on the surface OF the White river. In Arkansas.
and the Cumberland aud Tennessee. in Ten
ueEF0e ana hentHcky, large QUANTITIES. OF iuIu-
Der are daily finding their way to our seahonrd
In Arkansas. ind ed there are q most utter
minahle forests OF every species OF oak much
of which is far superior to that produced In our
more southern ATTITUDES, Not only this. but
the white wood. maple. black walnut and hick-
DRY. such as il more needed by carriage makers
and furniture dealers. all now come down
to our market from above. sweeping along with
the currents Of our great rivers. Most of the
hausted. and the largest logs used for ship
building are now mota readily procured along
our rivers than elsewhere. This more particu
larly applies to what are known AS tlttohas |"
and some Of the heaviest of the timber growth
which could not be SO readily transported by
land.
ciated may Be gathered from one fact Some
time since q large English company sent the
best experts they could find TO make an espe-
ctal survey and inspection OF all the timber
fields that border the rivers Of the South. This
company, l learn. has Just concluded a pur-
chase Of loo 600 acres Of THESE lands with the OBJ
ject Of supplying the European market with
Just the timber that Is there required. much of
which Is now scarce and difficult to procure
perfectly realized. that timber everywhere Is
becoming scarce. All kinds Of lumber In our
marAet to-day command higher prices than al
any period during the past seven years. All
our stocks OF lumber under the constant anG
persistent demand that has lately been made
upon them, have run down exceedingly low; sc
much so. In fact. that there is frequently con.
only the most desirable OF these can now b.
filed. Timber required for immediate ship
ment. am everywhere told, II would be almos
impoSsibls to find at any price.