The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-02
LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL

Locust timber is one Of the very valuable
OF southern woods. For certain uses in
ship building it has no equal. Where
strength and Durability are required its
value is acknowledged. Fence posts made
OF 1t have been known to be in the ground
for sixty years and remain perfectly sound
The tree is beautiful one, and grows very
rapidly, hence its special adaptabilitv to
artificial culture. The southern states are
not yet much in need of timber cultivation,
but the locust will flourish in other less fa-
Vored portions OF the country as well.
The fact that we have in the United
States 6 900 GOO miles of fences, which have
cost nearly 81 900 100000, and have to be
renewed every Is years, makes the fence
problem one of the most important. 1t,
however, interests most the farmers, who
have the bulk of the labor to perform and
expense to meet, and the timber to furnish
for their consumption. The consumption
OF the timber for this purpose interests
nearly every philanthropist. 1t is reported
that Kentucky requires annually 10000 600
trees 10 keep up her national fence" the
old Virginia rail. The census bulletin OF
1850 shows an expenditure of nearly $50
100000 on fence-building and repairs III
| 1879.
The following special telegram from To
peka was published last Thursday in the
| Embellishments
A party of Topekans, including Mayor
Wilson, M. II, Case, Byron Roberts, l..
Norton and l.. NJ. Briggs, of Atchson,
made apurchase year ago of 5000 acres
OF pine lands in Arkansas at a uniform
price of twenty-five cents per acre. They
Just concluded Il sale of 80 600 acres TO a
Chicago party at $685. per acre. The
! Topeka syndicate will realize about SO ,00(
profit in the transaction, and still retain
several thousand acres of the land, or
which they propose to erect mills and en-
gage extensively in the lumber business
The whole tract is said to contain the very
best pine timber.
ro-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
SRIOE-At the kilns to $40 kim run
| sToNE-At the Dallas quarrles, So nor oubil
.ooe II Tor foundation; l6 for wall and % fcl
dressed front
al. Lusnss.y , pine rough. % 90 per IL,
dressed Scoring and finishing, e2 rs; y ceiilns
81; ceiling, ~ So yellow pine siding "a; whit
pine ceiling, S. 90 6rst common -; second com
mon, |I5 white pine siding, hrst common
" 1s' second common, 30 poplar siding 4.
aud walnut flooring, 500 per thousand
poplar dressed both sides, $50; rough walnut
M2S u lSO Common doors, o. so to So; sash, 81 q
| 10 on rs 10 size.
,sHINeLEs-Yelyow pine, as 80 to 4 u.s. whit
pine, 81 so to IS 90 Cypress, No. /, AS: No !
81 So Nos s. ~
>, CEMENT = Rosendale, IS 70; Louisville, 80 30
Portland, &C So w w
DRAIN PiPE-s inch, lSo por foot linch, 2cc
ineh s7SG inch, 40c; inch, soc.
CEMENT fLuEs-6 Inch, s7Sc; 2 inch 400 6 Inch
ceiling IointS; Inch cap, SOC; inch collins
loint 81 Is; 2 inch cap do 60o.
MiSED PAiNrs-Ready for use and ali coloru
makes are on sale by Dallas dealers.
| WHlTR LRAD-Strictly pure, 81 So
LlME-Coopered, Austin, 81 per barrel bulk
" 20 benson Car lots, voc; per barrel, 81 9
Dallas, In lots, 20r per bushel 25o.
hAIR-Per pound, SO.
fosTs-Cedar, si2 w. Boise d arc, SO
LA'Hs-N per thousand