Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-29
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The nsv mill of tbs Kirky Carpenter
C<nauauv. sx Msuouinee, MOI, Ia
sing51 day rsesutiy eus 2sll1O test H
i1x0ker.
Tbs Kirty. Carpenter Go. viii bald
skxsnsis mil It Ns1naDicss, Mich. soDn-
nd III - : thsss-L<aler pyvsr, and have
Iayes csp9csty.
A farmer II Elsserry, No. hss c7t
10 cosds Of vs,d. go tiss. I'D fsss o.
ps,ing and 40 UfodA rails from tne
timber On tvo-acre jf-
Tbsss are 40 kinds N timber IA the
American o<astsnsnf. Tbs Dominica Of
(,Nnsds has 30 yarss4iss; 90 east of tbs
Rocky Mountains and ~ 90 the western
si0ps.
The Chippsvs Logging Co, opsrs4ing
On tbs Cbippsvs, and tbe Chippsvs
Inmher and Boom Co., NJ Ctippsvs
YsIls, Wis, paid cat sogsthsr Last year
SzyOGW.
Ia. Bsflantips, at Stockton, Kansas,
hes set Out this spring On his timber
claim 1900 ssh and blackberry Trees
There are now 100 walnut tress growing
ON his pisee.
Tbs mills at Ottawa, Can, viii run
NIGHT and day, having god snppay 0f
old logs 70 STAN 10 On, WITH large COO
trsess already made, and the demand Tor
lnulss IL brisk.
Hiekory, dogwood and psrsirnmon are
ia demand in North Carolina, st " per
cord. fos saving into blocks for shnttlss.
Tb1re are shuttle factories Al Elmvood
and TFedeil mills.
The timber Of New MEXICO Ii merely
sufficient far t0eal use, tbs largest bodies
Icing in the northern and western parts
Of tbs Territory. Pine, ptnon and cedar
are the principal woods.
The boom holding timber for the new
railroad bridge across an arm of Lake
ChamplAin, ri HOUSES Point, N. T., gave
way reosptiy and let tHlS0 worth Of
timber float cot In the lake.
10 some parts Of central Maine there
has been no rain since last June, though
the snowfall has been heavy. Streams
sse dry, logs stranded, and the mills have
been using coal for months.
yeuasrs are turned out Of q Nov York
factory an thin AZ 10 10 this inch. French
walnut sells a. high M from ~ 10 ~ per
pound. A fine piece Of ebony N men
tuned ~ selling at the rate Of e3O per
ton.
The TusnbulI Wagon Company, Of Do
6aDOe, Ohio, recently received N,OO
hubs from Arkansas. The Inanufactur.
ers say that the hubs can be delivered
10 them for lcss than the timber costs IN
OHIO.
r. McJAsen has cut In the townships
ID. a MA
den and Abingsr, Ontario. UDO0,0O
feet of Isgs and 300 pieces Ut square
timber, employing go mon and 20
teams.
At Pstroiis, Ont, hoops are selling At
a. thousand: West india slaves t35
10 80 q thousand; pipe staves tl6O 70
e1S0 thousand; square timber $50
thousand. The market In In profais.
ing condition.
The latest wonder In the way Of paper
II yacht which has been constructed
Of that material at iAnsingburg. Mich,
and which n shortly 70 b. launched
with every show Ut confidence. IL was
built BY z. Waters 4 Bon, and ID 70 be
run by steam.
Barber, Peckham d Palmer, Of this
Diamond Match WoHks, Akron, Ohio,
have secured q frontage On the Ohio
canal, whore they will build wharvss
and do q wholesale and retail lumber
business. They viii put In q stock Of
100000 feet.
The following wages will rule In the
Chippewa tWis.) valley this ssaa0ns---
6awysfs, e4.O psr day; engineers, " 70
$50. and In large mills q 70 ~; ire
men rs 70 ~; raftssnen 70 per day
and board; common lsborern, - pas
month and board.
Cork bricks were an interesting fsa-
ture Of the Nuremberg exhibition. They
are used for building purposes and ~ a
covering for boilers, ia which latter ca
pacity they are said 10 excel even asaes-
t0s In preventing tho radiation Of heat.
The bricks are oheaply made, and are
prepared from small oorks, refuse and
isolating cement. The usual size Of the
cork brick u 10xl5lx4Is.
DR.. A. L. Child II authority fer the
statement that trees known 70 b only
IL years old were found, whom out, TO
have 81 70 400f the rings which are pop
ulaFiy believed 10 be annual marks. His
experiments point 10 the conclusion that
chs formation aud thickness Of tho rings
depend upon changes In the atmosphere,
and the more frequent thSsc changes the
greater the number Of rings.
Farming 4 Morrison, J Jacksonville, ILL.,,
recently received IL walnut logs from
6harp's landing. on the Illinois river.
The largest vas IL fest long and 92 inch
e. In diameter At the butt, containing
200 fest Of lumber, which IL called worth
go par thousand. Ths other IoRs were
smaller, but unusually large. AZ there
was no mill In the vicinity large enough
70 ont them, they were shipped 10 the
cast.
In Oasmaw county. Mich. the lum.
bermen aro afraid that many logs will
30 hung up this season on account of
low streams. This may neem strange,
when tho heavy body OF snow that has
prevailed n oonsidsred; but Il ID claimed
that the ground Vas unfroxen when the
first SHOWS fell, and ~ the melting pro
ccas has gone on slowly, the resulting
water Guitars the ell instead Of flowing
Into the streams.
The statistieians sAy that duriaR the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1882, there
were exported FROM the United States 20
foreign countries aa3 passenger and
freight oars. valued NJ tl.373. 0d9; 10 the
Argentine Republic, 20; Brazil, lis; Cen
trail American 6tAtes, ~; Germany, 4;
Chill. 100; China, !; England, rs; Nest
Indies, o.; Australia. Is; Hawaiian Ial.
ands, u; Mexico. EsS: Peru, g; spain.
10; Cuba. 90; United States Of Colon.
bia ~, and 10 Canada and British CO.
iumbis RN--a total Of kE6 oars.
Dogwood ID Q plant Of rather small
growth. indigenous 70 North Amerioa,
and thriving bsst in New Jersey, Mary.
land and Virginia, and in Tennessee
where tho soil 10 Rravelly and shadcd.
The wood 70 hard, CLOSE grained. takes
nne polish, and h principally used In
the manufncture Of mallet handles, TOYS.
names, shuttlsa, harrow tselh and shos~
for sleds. The bark 10 bitter, and. on
account of bearing considerable rcasm-
blancs to Peruvian bark, and having
some Of tts properties. h ofssn substi.
tuted for IL.
In the county Of Russell. Manitoba.
2I6 miles northwest Of Winnipeg, 1000.
QUO fest Of lumber has been savcd and
sold to the settlers for cash during the
last two years, at An average prics Of $50
2 thousand. This year 6,0O,0OO feet Of
logs are being taken ont for local con-
nmropthiasS