The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-02
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BafoE-At tho kilns 10 $40 Kiln ran,
loot Il foi foundations Il Tor wsii and 20 fof
IUSnfS Yollow pine rouslsg a225 pc, iO9
dressed gooring and finishing 27G u coil!ns
81 10. oolllngg, ,,& 90 yollSSSy ~ p aT.i
common; white pine siding, first common, 81 10
ash and walnut flooring, 500 per thousand;
poplar. dressed both sides, y65; rough walnut
bl2l 10 $50. Common doorn, u 30 TO %; sash, VI 70
P-osTs-Cedar, sl2 90; Boiro dare, e16.
In 1853 50@3 per thousand.
p. AsTER PARis-Per barrel, Gi04 80.
saINaLrs-Yeiiow. pine, 60 so to los; white
pine, So 80 to s. 90. Cypress, No.. |, 81; No q
81 80: No 8, SO 25.
DRAIN PIpE-S inch, 16o per foot; 4inch, eco
inch, 871EC; 7 Inch, 4oc; s inch, SOC.
CESENT FLUTs-6 inch, 37tfc; 2 Inch aCs incl
ceiling Joint, 81 G inch cap, Zoe; 2 inch cling
Joint, o. IS; inch cap do, &C.
MIXED PAINTs--Ready for use and all coloro
81 1901 So per gal. All the tested and stpnGaT6
makes are on sale by Dallas dealers.
WHITE LEAD-S;rictly pure, 81 so.
LIME-Coopered, Austin, 81 per barre. buls
el 30; benson car lots, 90c; per barrel. Oh IS.
Dallas. In lots. zoe: per bushel 25c.
TURPEETINE-57c.
LINsESD OIL-62@65.
There are 6j, COO logs in tho Sabine river ready
for market.
at h elumbermen's exchange decided to raise
prices for sidings and beaded ceiling so cents
ii was also decided to call Il meeting for Monday
morning to consider the advisability of calling
in all travelling statesmen for the next 30 days.
The manufacture of imitation lumber from
straw is a new and growing industry, and the
utility of the manufactured product Is about TO
be tested on u considerable scale In Chicago, by
an cnterprising citizen who Is about TO erect q
large building, six stories high aud covering an
entire block in that city, having given an order
for 100000 feet of straw-board flooring,
$50, COO feet of ceiling and a large amo unit of the
same material for doors, counters, etc. The
board is manufactured by converting straw pulp
into thin, paper-like sheets, passing these sheets
through a bath of heated liquid containing GER
tain chemicals in solution, then subjecting them
10 enormous pressure, and finally TO a thorough,
drying process. By s~uperimposing a number OF
sheets and incorporating them into one in the
pressing process boards of any desired thick
ness up to the capacity of the machinery en-
ployed may be produced. The finished article
Is claimed to be as compact as wood, and more
nearly fire and waterproof, and susceptible OF
being sawed, planed and worked the same as
wood, and it is said that the average yield OF an
acre of ground, stated Mt three tons of straw,
will make l,GO6 superficial feet of inch-thick
boards.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 24.-The first pur.
chase of redwood timber lands for eastern ac.
count by the Buffalo syndicate during the past
summer has created a demand among some OF
our local capitalists. Very recently Messrs'
Paxton & Burtis, bankers, of Nevada, IN con,
junction with Ex-Governor Low. manager OF
the Anglo California bank in this city, pur-
chased about 1000 acres on Eel river, Hum
boldt county, known as the Ralston
tract. The price paid is reported at
SEQ, 900. The syndicate proposes to build o rail.
way from their tract to tide-water at Humboldt
Bay, a distance OF some twenty miles. Proml-
nent lumbermen of Chicago and Detroit have
had representatives here at various times dur
ing the past year. with a view to ultimately
using redwood for finishing work, In place..of
white pine. EX-President Fillmore's son is one
of the Buffalo syndicate, which is said to have
made one of the most valuable selections in the
state.