The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-06

vannah. Shipmasters assign as reason Tor
this tnat better facilit eS, quicker dispatch. and
less port Charges prevail there. II i very
important matt r. and should be looked into
and remediei. OF course, in the case Of mills
nearer Brunswick. il was cheaper TO snip VIA
That port, as the difference in raj. road tates
was fully 5. per carload The OulN OF l. le
lumber bu inesS Of unswick is done by Sa-
va nah merchants. who. as they say, would
much prefer 70 snip thrO Ign the home port
were It not for the difficulty and additional
expense of it. The scarcity of sailing
vessels loo ed up miles of freight on the doc IS
for some time which entaled seriJu loss to
factors, and taxed the cOaStwise steamers con
slderabiy TO provide room. The result vas Jnat
the steamers carried just ice as much lumber
as they ever did before. OF course the volume
of Savannah's ira ie is very UGH larger tnan
That of brunswick. bat 1t should D. even larger
than II is, as the latter port uas only the adyan-
Ia e of situation so far as the Brunswick and
Western railroad is concerned. TIE mills have
done pretty well aud have been kept running TO
their fun capacity ever since last January, eX-
cept where a couple OF rain Spells occurred IN
tue early spring and the latter part OF the
sumner, which caus d them TO be idle They
have at all times had a full complement Of
labor and we're not impeded in this respect as
they have been in former seasons. The
railroad rates we're fully Il per cent. higher,
allowed by the railroad commission, but, as the
dealers say, the railroads have been more lib
eral the trade, ana il mas enjoyed better dis
patch and more faci tiles than in previous
years from them. The larger mills have been
enabled TO do business at a smaller margin,
owing to their beirz better equipped. althoug
the small mills are even better off than hereto
fore because of the improved tTam-roads, OF
course, every year timber becomes more distant
from tie mils. but, with the a d OF the iron
companies in leasing their rails, this is over
come. and although with this convenience the
cost of production is higher per thousand feet.
IL does not run into a heavy expense in proper
ton TO the increased distance, the cost Of
ira sportation being proportonally s. Prices
Of lumber have been igher than for the
previous year, 81 per thousand more being
cult sizes proportionally better. The W stern
trade was somewhat erratic, the railroad rates
being app lrently sainst us in favor of the
states OF Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.
The latter state is more particularly favored by
the railway rates OF r. ight, much so il fact
that it has enjoyed quite monopy OF
the western business, but the demand has be n
SO extraordinarily z I'd that any loss of bust
ness from that quarter was not felt. 1t has
Deen quite a prosperous year both to cutters
and factors, owing to the advance in pric IS.
The heavy advance in carriers rates however.
was felt somewhat. but mercnants say. j.
will do good in the near future. The local dc
mand for lumber was very heavy and
there has not been year
since the war in which there
was suehR large consumption This was oc-
cas- onei by a large number Of buildi KS going
up outside of the fire limits, as well as quite a
very large amount Of building on account OF
the disa ibrqus fire Of April 8, last. Below we
give the shipments Of lumber, shingles and
slaves both coastwise and foreign in superficial
feet as follows: