Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-26

become but supply market for the
smaller towns of this immediate section of
the country.
The prominent dealers of the present are
Abram Bruuer & Bro, Bachman & Forty,
E. N. Smith and F. s. Bletz. The saw
mill and lumber yard of Abram Bruner &
Bro. are located between the river and the
Columbia & Port Deposit railroad, and
have frontage on the river of about 900
feet. The saw mill has capacity for pro
ducing upwards of 5000, 600 feet of manu-
factured lumber annually, though the
present condition of the lumber market
does not require that amount OF lumber
being produced now. The shipping facili-
ties of the firm are very superior, a rail-
road siding connecting directly with the
mill and lumber yard. They have now in
stock about 1000 cubic feet of timber,
which will produce nearly 1000, 900 feet
of manufactured material, and about O.
OOO, 900 feet of lumber.
Bachman s. Forry's extensive lumber
yard and planning mill arc located on the
river shore adjoining the Reading & Col-
lumbia railroad coal shutes. Over 3,OOO,-
600 feet of timber ard lumbe: is annually
handled by the firm, which has between
500, 600 and $50, 900 invested in their bust,
ness The planning mill is frame, and is
100x75 feet and two stories high. The
mill shed in its rear is 75x25 feet, and
Il, 500 square feet of shedding is provided
for sheltering lumber.
f. N. Smiths lumber yard and planning
! mill is located between the lumber yards
! of tho above firms. The mill is a two
other large frame buildings arc used for
storage purposes. Mr.. Smith handles an.
nually for himself and others about 1900
600 feet of timber and lumber. Half a
manufacture of tobacco cases.
The saw mill and lumber yard of F. S.
Bletz are located on tho river shore at tho
south end of town, and his lumber and
timber operations will probably amount
to !, ,000, 900 feet annually.
/ The Coal Traffic.
What Columbia has lost in the lumber
business, is partly compensated for by it's
immense coal traffic.
The Philadelphia & Reading railroad
company is justly entitled to head tho
list, as it has located here one of its great
receiving and shipping coal depots. The
coal shutes, basins and wharves are situa.
tod ut tho foot of Locust street, in the
rear of the depot. and franting on the
river. 1ore were received last year 130,
OUO tons of anthracite coal, of prepared
sizes, which wore shipped to points along
the Tidewater canal and to Baltimore and
Havre de Grace. In addition to this, TO-
600 tons were received for supplying Col
umbia and other places. For transporta-
tion purposes there arc in the service Of
the company over forty canal boats. Over
one hundred Columbia mon receive en-
ployment in connection with the business
From 104 to 120 boats are loaded and
shipped every month during the season,
which continues generally nine months
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capital OF half million dollars. Tho Sus
quehanna coal company's great coal yards
are located north of the river bridge, and
cover about two blocks of ground
Mr.. II. F. Bruner is the company's
agent here, and has successfully
managed the immense business for
number of years, having succeeded A. S.
Green, deceased. The business is Of
a wholesale and retail character. During
the time that the boating season continues
100, 600 tons of c)al are unloaded from tho
boats in which it is brought from the
mines, and from this place it is distributed
by cars all over the country. Fifteen
great derricks, five stationery engines and
fifty workmen are required for the opera
tion of these yards.
At what are known as the Pennsylvania
railroad coal wharves, 10000 tons of
bituminous coal are annually received for
use on that railroad, tho market value of
which, wholesale, is about $4,000
), 900 tons of coal are generally kept in
stock.
FiIbert & Sons retail coal yard covers
about two acres of land and Is located ut
Mill street. They do an annual business
of over 4, 900 tons.
Klair & Fasig close the list with an an.
nual business of 1900 Of coal. Their
yards arc located Oh the river shore, op.
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