The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-03
LUMBER AND BUILDING MA TERIAL

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 it 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 adaptability to
artificial culture. The southern states are
not yet much in need of timber cultivation,
but the locust will flourish in other less ia
vored portions OF the country as well.
The fact that we have in the United
States 6, 100000 miles of fences, which have
cost nearly 81 800, 600, 900, and have to be
renewed every Is years, makes the fence
problem bne 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 lO,O00,OO0
trees TO keep up her national fence" the
old Virginia rail. The census bulletin OF
1880 shows an expenditure of nearly $685.
100000 on BODYBUILDING and repairs in
1879.
The following special telegram from To
peka was published last Thursday in the
be.Democrat:
A party of Topekans, including Mayor
Wilson, M. II. Case, Byron Roberts, l..
Norton and l.. M. Briggs, o. Atchison,
made purchase year az Of JONO acres
of pine lands in Arkars.5 at a uniform
price of twenty-five cents per acre. They
Just concluded a sale Of 30, 900 acres to a
Chicago party at S3.35 per acre. The
Topeka syndicate will realize about SIC, OOC
profit in the transaction, and still retain
several thousand acres Of the land, on
which they propose to erect mills and en-
gage extensively in the lumber business.
The whole tract is said 10 contain the very
best pine timber.
ro-DAY's QUOTATIONS.
BRioK-At the kilns TO $40 kim run.
sroHE-At the Dallas quarries 10 per eubic
foot II for foundation; 1s for wall and 70 fof
LUMBER-Yellow pine, rough, 81 90 per 1oc
feet over "a feet In length; 81 Is. Matched and
dressed flooring and finishing, o. IS; y ceiling
g. y ceiling, 81 So yellow pine siding "a; white
pine ceiling % 90. first common :; second COM
mon, 2.7s: white pine siding, first commQn'
- rs. second common, 50. poplar siding =
clear, SIS co. poplar ceiling, "a CO. ash
and walnut noorng SiC a.. pei , Lno ssInn,
BIS 10 lSo Common doorh % 10 TO 3D. SASH u n
sHiSsISs@YeiIow. pine, o 50 TO 4 2s whiis
pine g 80 70 8 CO. Cypress No. l. 70; NO 4
cExEsT : RosendAie o 20; Louisville % 50
Portland, e6 So
DRAIH PIPR-s inch, 16o per foot tinch, 2c;
6 Inch, s5Hc; z inca, sOc, inch, SOC.
CEMENT FLuEs-6 inch, Sxc inch f0c 6inoh
ceiling ioinLsl; inch cap, Soc Inch ceiling
Joint q 25 finch cap do, 6oc
MIXED PATETs-Ready for use and all colorn
o. OO6l IS per gal. All the tested and standard
makes arc on sale by Dallas dealers
WHITE LEAD-Stnctly pure, " 10.
LIME-Coopered, Austin g per barrel bulk
d so benson Car lots. SOC per barrel VI -,
Dallan In lOts 1OG Der buGh0l lbcL
HAIR-Per pound, Sc.
Ll.Hs-A per thousand