The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-16
BUILDING MATERIAL.

BETTER faeiliuss are offered lumber dealer
mere Tor receiving their supplies from the mill
.has IN former years, and the consequence 4
mat stocks are large and well assorted notwith
standing the heavy drain made upon them 10
building purposes in this city. Trade 10 IN,
country Is better than In any former season
our brick nlns are sull enabled 10 supply Ia,
4 growing demand made upon them hut how Ion,
| this may continue is yet To be determined m,
shipment OF doors, sash and like material Is nov
| very heavy There have been heavy sales mad,
10 the west and other directions of paints, oils
niile anu cement, and the orders are daily in
! ro-DAY's QUOTATIONS.
| bRoK-At the kilnS 10 $40 kllu run.
| oioSR--At NE Dallas guarIies So per cuhi,
i1ot II tor foundation; 10 for wall and Is 70
LusgEe-Yellov pine rough, 50 Is per To-
ees oyer a feet in lengih; s. so. Matched snt
siS,hs, o.. seilttIns q SO yellow pin,
common: whit. pine siding first coniTron. 81 &
ash and walnut flooring, 800 per thorssnJ
| poplar. dressed both sides, SIS; rough wSInut
sl25 to loo Common doors, 81 30 to eS sash, 81 y
10 D 10 us TO size.
posrs-oedsr, SO 90 Boise arc, as
LATilS-tS 5Og4 per thousand.
PLASTER PARIs-Per barrel slt2t 50.
HAlR-Per pound nc.
hIsGLEs-Yellow. pine, 50 50 to 1 IS; white
4 sinS u % 70 - 10 Cypress No. l, e. 80 q
Portland, Sc So
DRAM plrx-,S Inch, leo per foot inch, &c
inch. S}sc. inch, l0y; inch see
Crkgsr fLUEs--5 inch, s7,,c; inch acc, G inch
ceiling Joint eli inch cap, 500; z .nch cling
Joint u 2t finch cap do. COO.
MlrED PAisTs-keady for use and eli colors
III IDOL 30 per gal. All the tested and standard
makes are on sale by Dallas dealers. " -
WHITE LRAD-Strictly pure, 81 DO
n, Lah-OoOpered, Aasun, 81 per barrel bulk
" oG benson car lots 90c; per barrel al "a.
Dallas III lots 20c: Der bushel 25c
q tLIksbfp OII-Ruw. ;2u
There is now q great scarcity Of walnut logs
IN this country, aud 1t is said that il will lie
diilcult 10 obtain II million feet of walnut Mm
per next year, as owing 10 the demand Tor this
WOOD IN Europe the supply WAS greatly reduced
by last years cutting, The use of walnut in the
mhnuioclure oil sewing machines and lenl pen.
ellis has almost cleaned this tree out of our west
efi forests. some farmers have begun raising
walnut trees for their timber.
An important question for builders and mann
iacturets Is, what other wood can be used m The
place OF walnut There is widespread heller
that no other native wood is equal TO walnut in
certain qualities. IL has ilne grain, and it
cures evenly, does not readily split or crack
and holds its color and shape under irving con,
dltlons which would warp, shrink and discolor
other woods II takes better polish than other
WOODS " naive growth, and more nearly re.
sembles mahogany ana rosewood than any
other lumber grown on our soil
Inc substitute OF cherry dyed to resembl.
ebony has partially succeeded In the making Of
hght frame work: but a broad surface of dyed
cherry is not SO tasily obtained Recently SOME
e1petimentS have been made with the wood of
lne olack gum Tree, one of the largest trees
grown IN the southern states It's small hlur
irult fattens the opossum, and bees make honey
III me hollow trunks. II is u popularity of the
growth of these trees that they become hollow
W they grow old, but there is much sound wood
IN the branches, which has been largely used
Tor railroad ties II has been discovered that
me wood OF this tree tan DO dyed through and
through. After y has been dyed it is su.cept-
PIC OF me polish Its durability. however,
seems to depend. as does Tvs color upon some
artificial process, and this renders It's avslsbil.
ny as substitute for walnut questionable
There lisa great supply Of gumwood in this
country. and II II eau BIO utilized for q few
years the farming of walnut tees may make up
y, wh ,i u now serious deficiency in the supply
OF timber for manufacturing purposes
one significant fact showing the scarciiv NJ
walnut is the presence In the west of msn who
are pulling up old walnut stumps and roots, to
be sawed into veneer