The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-21
BUILDING MATERIAL,

BETTER facilities are offered lumber dealers
here FOR receiving their supplies from the mills
than i'll former years, aud the consequence l.
That stocks are large and well assorted notwith.
standing the heavy drain made upon them foi
building purposes in this city Trade TO the
country Is better than In any former season
our brick kilns are still enabled To supply Tho
growing demand made upon them, but how long
this may continue Is yet 10 be determined. The
shipment OF DOORS sash and like material Is now
very heavy There have been heavy sales made
TO the west and other directions of paints, oils,
lime aud cement and the orders arc daily in.
creasing.
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
BRlcE-ht the kilns to $40 kiln run
SToSE-At tho Dallas quarries, SC per cubic
FOOT II for foundation; i6 for wall and Is fol
dressed front
LuMnER-Ycllov pine, rough. o. 25 per lo
set over "A feet In length; 81 So, Matched and
dressed flooring and finishing, g. rs; 4 ceiling
siding o. white pine ceiling, q rs irsl
common; white pine siding, first common, 81 sc
ash and walnut flooring, sl00 per thousand;
! poplar. dressed both sides, SIS; rough walnut
sl25 TO l5O, Common doors 81 so to s.; sash, 81 y
! 10 8 20 as to size.
posrs-Cedar, $40 So Boise dare, SIS
! LArus-SS 50Gi per thousand.
suINdlEs--lellow. pine IS SO to 1 %; white
phS y 90 TO y ~ Cypress, No, !, s.; No 2
Portland, 50 30
DRAIN rirR-S inch, Ice per foot Inch 20,
| inch, size. inch, To-; inch, 6Oc
PLASTER fARIs-icr barrel, siSD4 80.
HAIR-fer pound, 7ho.
CEMENT FLuEs-G inch, S7hC; 7 Inch Too; 6iroj
ceiling Joint Gil Inch cap, Soc inch oillnS
loinL 81 y; 7inch cap do. 6oc
MIXED rAisrs--Ready for use and all colors
81 2bGl IS per gal, All the tested aud standard
makes are on sale by Dallas dealers
WHITE LrAp-strichy pure, q 81
/ LlME-tooptred Ausun - per barrel, bulk
81 20; benson car lots, 90c; per barrel, 81 Is
Dallas, In lots. 20s per buShol DC.
There are 1900 600 feet Of lumber IN the yard
OF the five saw mills In Davenport which is I
number Of millions more than usual NJ this tim,
Of year.
There are about 25S 0oO. 900 feet of lumber II
the nine states comprising the southern pine belt
A. me present rate OF consumption II Is estimated
that there Is enough to last250ycars However
the rate will doubtless increase The dcman,
for southern pine both for northern COnsumptio,
and Tor export Is increasing rapidly; and to thi
must he added the requirements of all the ~
zion oi country lying between the Mississippi
The Northwestern l.umberman, of Chicago
publishes the following statement OF the lum6c
supplies on July nj various points on the Mis-
siSslppi river aud It's tributaries, Lake Mlchiga,
points, eastern Michigan and Lnko Erie points
As is wen known, the mills on the upper Mis-
sissippi have Il trade OF their own, and any lum
Der on hand nj St raul, Minneapolis, and con
uguous points, cuts no figure with tho bushes
OF The Chicago lumbcrncn, or those OF the Mis-
is,ppi valley below winona. Al, osccda
Michigan aud feshiigu, Wisconsin, the yard
aud docks arr clean; Cadillac. Michigan, report
SS21L00 feet on hand. Duluth, Minnesota, n,
oo0,NO, aud Albany los,a01e0o These figure
are not included In the tables, for the reason tina
nothing y known concerning the amount o.
hand al those points last year, hence there ca
DO no Comnnrisouy