The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-26
BUILDING MATERIAL

BETTER facilities are offered lumha, =.
here for receiving their supplies from :. uesis
than in former years, aud the consao, .as ma
that stocks are largaan wen assorted Tsae
standing the heavy drain made unon , .SosNlA
building purposes in this city. Trade u =
country is better than in any formss 70 y d.
Our brick kilns are still enabled 10 snr ssss,
growing demand made upon them. INT hopply q.
this may continue is yet TO be determiraaSS Nv %,
shipment of doors, sash aud like matsrsSi', u
very heavy, There have been heavy saia.s aas
20 the west and other directions of psin ANS nae
lime aud cement and the orders are ann
creasing. uauy =
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS.
EsIcx-At the Silns to $40 kim mn
sfuNE-At the Dallas querrios So ma.
ZOOS II Tor foundation; lt for Wal sns w
LuMRER-Yellow pine, rough. 40 d ~, =.
eet over "A feet In length: G. SO. MalobNSs y
dressed flooring and finishing, s. rs sus "
\ O. ceiling ceiling 81 so yellow M N:
common; white pine siding, first Common /" !. ~
ash and walnut flooring, slOO Der thcr!ai
poplar dressed both sides, SIS; rongh waias
sl2a 70 loo. Common doors, 81 50 to s.; sssb NJ
10 90 MS TO size. ~
posTs-Cedar, $40 so: Boise d arc, slA
LATHs--sS 50@4 per thousand.
SHINGLEs--Yellow pine, SIS so To A o. nj.
Pihe; " o. 70 o. 70 w. cypress, No. ], IS; Yos
oEMEsr :. - Rosendale, s. rs; Louisville, n \
DRAIN PIPES inch, Ice per foot 4,,o,
inch, size inch, iOc; inch, SOC. I"
PLASTER PARIs-Per barrel, siQpi So
HAm-Per pound, Ike.
CEMENT FLUEs-6 inch, S7hc; inch 4Oc sha
ceiling joint 81; 6 inch cap, Soc; incS s Sis
Joint q 25; 2 inch cap do, 6Oc. 'Is
MIXED PAINTs-Ready for use and All co,,.
81 25@l IS per gal. All the tested and s,sN N.Y.
makes are on sale by Dallas dealers,
WRITE LEAD-Stnctly pure. 81 81
LIME-Coopered, Austin, 81 per barreL Inn
Dallas. in lots. zoe: per bushel Sc aS
The New York Tribune states that tho ,0.,
leayed yellow pine, which extends in A S ~.
belt from Virginia to the middle of TEXAS nm NV
u strong and lasting timber and is ala M.
the most valuable ofthe pines for heay, =. -
structon, but its wood is pitchy and 4 M
work. The short-leayed yellow pine, Nh
a6ounds m Arkansas, and is found in COZ IN
| bic quantities elsewhere along the m NJ.
belt, Is more easily wrought but 1t lac /, NJ
strength of the ong-leaved pine and Ii ~
qualities of the white pine No proIns n
southern pineries can take the place OF me NM
we have squandered, but 1t is someW hal onsI
ing TO be informed by Professor Sargent thstH'
supply is greater than had been estimated y
! iNthVl EitbScu w, uCIClOlbTt, LOT the nrSl nr
worthy data on the subject have been flrpi,sJ
by these bulletins, Along the southern A.nv
coast some 2j,OaO,OOo,OsJ feet Is eourJ
standing, although much of Il II
been damaged in the manuiactup NJ
pitch products. Forty billion Of II
stand In Alabama and Mississippi, WhTs
Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas sand lNp1'
tOO,0u0 feet, or more than twice the amOuntcG
available white pine supply in Wisconsin, NJ
nesota aud Michigan, the finalreserve area M,
which the country is now drawing Ter,d
thousands of square miles of pine and MI
wood which have never yet been invaded ND.
logger stand here fully grown and ready ioiel|
axe. But there will be use for it ali. Europesl
the northern states are already asking for Il M
the vast timberless area between the Bral0 M
Sierra Nevada must look to these forests AN
for supply. How long.will it last? The anlI
fires which are kindled by scattered setitnhl
rage through these open woods may help Of,
nish pasture for few forlorn cattle, but as|
destroy every hope of permanent timber III
Unless this practice is abandoned and sOmsus
taken TO encourage the growth of youngtes
II Will be only question of Il few years moe n
less before the pine woods of Louisiana and l.
kansas. go the way of the pine woods Of I'm
sylvania.