The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-12
BUILDING MATERIAL,
ro-DAY's QUOTATIONS..

BRIoK-At the kilns to $40 kiln run.
SroNE-At the Dallas quGrries no per c,ta,o
foot II for foundation; l6 for wall and % FOR
dressed front
0l L,uanEnniellow pine, rough, 50 % per 100
Get over "a feet In length; g. bC Matched and
dressed flooring and finishing, e. 70: ], ceiling
siSSy ~, ceiling whI,SS 49,, = 80 yollSsw !, zine
common; white pine siding first common, 81 So
ash and walnut flooring, 900 per housand:
poplar, dressed both sides, e55; rough walnu,
sll6 70 100 Common doors, VI 80 10 a. SASH, 81 az
10 10 as TO size.
PosTs-Cedar ere or Boise d'aro, glS
La 1853 60G94 per thousand
T. AsrkR PAms--pcr barrel Si3Gl A.
| HAIR-fcr pound, 7So
hiSalEs-Ielluw pne, " 90 W 4 -; white
pine, " bo 70 " w, cypress No |. S. No 4
| 81 BG No, 81 %.
0EMssr - Roserdalo, IS "a louisville. IS 80
Portland, e6 80. "
DRAIN PlrE1,S inch, lSc qe. foot aluch. aco
Inch, T},c; z inch, 400 S inch, SOC.
UEhENr riuEs-6 mch, Sac Inch iOU, & Inca
ceiling Joint sl inch car 60C inch eiling
Joint 81 IS 7 inch cap do 6ou
MINED pAiNTs-Heady for use and all colors
VI ,OSi ~ per gal. AN the tested and standard
makes are ON sale by Dallas dealers.
| WHITE lkAD--Strictly pure, e. 10
LiMf-Nocpereo, Austin o. ,or barrett UulE
Y ~ Demson car lots, 9o,s per barrel, 81 ~
Dallas. III l0ts. 100: yer hushCl ?hc
| VuRrENriNk-b5c,
llNsERp OlL-62m65.
An exchange describes logging In the Ncya.
d0s in the following manner A chute is lnid
from me rivers brink up the steep mountain ia
the railroad, aud while NJ are telling n Tho
monster logs are rushing laundering Iylng
| lcaping down tine declivity. They come with
the speed of u thunder bolt and somewhat of lis
roar track of fire and smoke follows them
IRE struck by their friction with the chute lors
they descend the 200 feet of the chute In iolIr.
teen seconds, In doing SO they drop 700 foe,
! pcrpendiCnlarly They strike the deem wafer
with a report that can be heard u mile distant
| Logs htcd nom cannon could scarcely have
| greater velocity than they have at the foot OF
me chute. The average velocity is over 100 feel
III n second throughout the entire distance
and at the instant they leap from m,
! mouth their speed must be fully 200 fee
! per second sugnr-pinc log some
times weighs 10 tons, What u;missilel How IN,
water is dashed into the air Like grand
| plume of diamonds and mnbowS the IeathcrN
spray Ia hurled to tho height of 100 feet /
forms the grandcst fountain ever behcld How
the waters foam and soethe, and slash agaius
tho shorel One log, having spent its force by Id
mad plunge into the deep waters, has iloatcd s,
as To DO At right angles with the path of the dos
cending monsters The mouth of the chute h
perhaps 10 feet above the surface of the water
a huge log hurled from the chute, clcaycs III,
air and alights on u floating log You know
now bullet rlanccs, but can You Imagine n saw
log glancingt tho end strikes with n heny,
shock, but gldes. quickly past Tor u short dis
lance thena crash like the rcycrberatiou of mr.
uuery the calling log springs vertically into III,
ar, ana with U curve like a rocket falls into I'M
""'eT long distance from the log II struck"