The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-03
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LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL.

A large quantity of Georgia pine was re.
Gently taken all the way up to Lake George,
in New York, to be used in the con.
struCtiou of u new steamer, to be run on
| that summer sea.
In 1868 u Dutchman erected u saw-mill in
| England, but the hostility OF the workmen
compelled ITS abandonment, MNc than 100
years elapsed before the second saw.mll
was put in operation in England, and that
was destroyed by hand saNyers.
The Importance of the south rs a lumber.
producing section has not yet been fully
realized by the northern capitalists, or has
been lost sight of in the growth of cotton
manufacturing. Yet the lumber business
III the south is growing as rapidly rs any
industry there, and will undoubtedly be
onc of its most important elements
OF prosperity. The enormous yearly con.
sumption of lumber in this country has
Left but very little llrstclass pine lumber
in New England, and stripped Indiana and
Ohio almost entirely of their haruwoods,
while the whito-pine forests OF Michigan
and Wisconsin, which but few years
since were deemed inexhausublc, are being
rapidly thinned out. Owing to the fact that
the business is yet in its infancy in the
south, and that the men engaged In II have
had but little capital, the southern lumber
men have been dependent upon the deal.
ers who have been able to control the
market, and rs the necessities of the lum.
herman compelled him to realize quickly,
he often got but u small recompense Tor
his labor. The growing demand for south.
ern lumber, however, and the introduction
of improved machinery and methods,
which enables the producer to get out lum.
Der at n less cost and sufficient cal ital TO
enable him to hold his stock till he can re
al,2e u good profit ON 1t, is changing all
this, and the larger amounts OF capital now
being nut In will place him in position to
obtain AS good profits as lumbermen in
other sections Of the country.
ro-pAY's QUOTATIONS..
eRiox-At tho kilns to $40 kim run.
sroNr.At the Dallas quaIries 70 per cubic
loot u Tor soundauoE IL for wall and Is for
LuMnKa.Yellox pine rough, q 90 pc. ioo
drcssed flooring and finishing, ~ 7b \ cuilinE
sS \ ceiling, q 10 yellow pine siding sa;white
mon. 27S; white pine siding, arst common,
81 rs; second common, . 80; poplar siding 4,
clear, SIS 90 poplar ceiling, u 70; ash
and walnut flooring, 500 per thousand,
ti9S 10 iS,l Common doors q 50 10 q: sash q u
snIsaLSs-yei,ow. pine, 8 50 TO 4 u. white
pine y 10 to Is % Cypress No. l, s& No 4
u So NoS q -
CEMKNr = RosendslN 8 u.s. Louisville q 30
Portland. o. so
DRAIN PirH-s inch. 10 per foot <inch, &c;
Q Inch, S7Sc 7 Inch. 40, 8 Inch, Soc.
CEMENT FLuEs-6 Inch, S7kc; 7 inch A0r & inoh
oo,lins IointN; Q Inch cap Soc 2 inch ceiling
Joint 81 Is; finch cap do, COO
MlNep PAisrs-.Ready for use and all colors
u COOL " per gal. All tho tested and standard
makcs arr on sale by Dallas dealers.
WHITE LEAp-Strlctly pun, 81 so
LlMx--Coopered, Austin, q per barrel; bulk
u 80 benson car lots, voc; per barrel q y.
Dallas In lots, 100 nor bushel 2So
HAIR-fer pound, SO,
Posrs-Ccdar, sl2 w Boise an, tlk
LA'Hs-A per thousand.