Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08

oa1ahNoo hNbeh INV that ~ w
store the Norway logs for the present
in the booms, and saw no more of that
class of timber than is absolutely nee
essary to give the mills the space that
is indispensable until near the close of
the shipping season in the fall. The
mills at Alpena have, as rule, sold
close up to the cut, and many have
made large sales of lumber to be cut,
the Prentiss Lumber Company
having sold 100000 feet ahead,
Fletcher, Pack Il Co. some 100000
feet ahead, and others of the mills in
like proportion. The entire cut of the
season of w. III. & Il. X. Potter has
been sold, and is being shipped as fast
as cut, 100000 feet having already
been cut and shipped. Many items in
reference to the lumber speciality at
Alpena, as other points on the shore,
will be found elsewhere in this num-
Der of the Call, under the head Of
"Logs and Lumber, but we give here
some items whose special bearing is
on the situation.
The aggregate timber available for
this years operations is
Feet
New logs from all sources, ........"... 1si,0o0OU
Old logs left 3s,O0o00o
Tottl, 2I2sOOOOOO
To be carried over, estimated -....... 70,0Oo,0oo
Cut for 1885,, 152O00,oOo
Lumber carried over, 100000
Marketed and to be marketed 100000
In the item Clogs and lumber car
ried over" we refer to what is to be
carried over to next season, and when
the cut of w. III. Il +. X. Potter, al
ready marketed, and other sales and
shipments already affected are taken
out, it will be seen that there is GER
tainly no startling prospective lumber
product to be thrown upon the market
at Alpena. The sales to date have
been large, and with scarce an excep-
ton, at good prices.
LOGS AND LUMBER.
Fletcher, Pack & Co. sold to Ohio
parties 100000 feet of Norway strips
at 81 per M. They have sold all
their white pine cut to date-2,000,-
600 at going rates. Aside from few
small understandable lots, they have
sold their entire cut of Norway to
date at an average of $3.50 per M.
This firm have sold this year 10000
600 feet of lumber. Norway at prices
before stated, and white pine from
two-per-cent logs at 81, s14 and s35
per M. They have cut to date 49,
100000 feet and have shipped A.
100000 feet.
The Minor Lumber Co., have
sold to Buffalo parties 100000 feet of
bill stuff, on special order, at 81 per
NJ. straight, and 100000 feet extra
long to the same parties at $1S per M.
Also to Chicago parties 100000 feet
of bill stuff, 1S and 20 feet lengths, at
80 and $3.50 per M. Also to Detroit
parties 100000 feet, 34-feet length, at
s14 per M. This firm have cut this
year 100000, have shipped 100000
feet and have sold of Norway to be
cut, 100000 feet.
The Prentiss Lumber Company
have sold to Ohio parties 100000 feet
of Norway at SO per NJ; $4,000 of
white pine, common stock, at $3.50,
So and s35 per NJ; 100000 feet Sc
lected stock, choice, to Ohio parties at
s25 per NJ, straight measure. The
logs they have received in their booms
from different points average as fol-
lows, and in quality are all excellent,
while the larger ones are fully equal
to the best Cass river cork pine Sa-
bic logs, four to 1000 feet; Two.Heart
river logs, two and one-eighth to / 900
feet; Taquamenon river two and one
quarter to 1000 feet; logs from Pine
river, which draining a portion of
Lake Superior country, empties into
the head of Lake Huron, four to the
1000 feet.
f. o. Avery reports the sale this
year of 100000 feet of Norway at
from So to 1926 per M. Some of this
lumber was cut from logs that cost 81.
w. L. & H. d. Churchill sold last
week to Chicago parties 100000 feet
of white pine lumber on private
terms. James Mckay, lumber inspec-
tor, of Bay City, shipped last week
for Messrs. Churchill to Buffalo, the
first cargo of 100000 feet of choice
stock, mostly to be cut, known as post
lumber. from Wolf creek logs, the
nr;oo ho;no 90 e1Q ond 600 nor NJ