The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-29
LUMBER NO HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR.


Referring 70 the present prices, Mr.. Dixon
says they ars not one cent higher than last
year. The principal shipments by the Sa-
vannah lumber merchants are from the
ports OF Savannah, Bruins wick and Fernan-
dina, and by all rail routes 70 the west. The
New York. Boston, Philadelphia and Balti-
more steamships each carry from 100 600 to
10, 600 feet OF lumber every trip, or about
l,OO,OOO feet per week Savannah
merchants ship per coastwise and foreign
and by all rail shipments out west about
295, 0o0. 600 feet Of lumber annually.
The lumbermen, says Mr.. Dixon, are Ia
a better financial condition than they have
been heretofore. Not that lumber has ad-
vanced, but because they have been more
conservative and managed their business on
a more economical scale None of us have
made Fortunes said he, "but we have
managed to meet all our obligations
70 the satisfaction Of our creditors" A
saw-min plant, be says. depreciates in
value every year on account Of the de-
struction Of the forest, and is about the only
investment that depreciates so rapidly. A
plant OF $1,000 acres disappears in ten years
leaving WORKOUT mill, broken-down
stock and lands denuded
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.
Mr.. Dixon was asked if the railroads nave
been able TO accommodate the lumber mer-
chants better this year than they did last
year, and 10 reply he said that while lumber
men had lost thousands of dollars last year
on account Of the inability to get cars. the
fruit. truck and cotton shipments being so
heavy, his firm has experienced no such
trouble this year, and the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway has given them entire
satisfaction, and as far as he Is
informed the lumber merchants have
had little cause 70 complain of either of
the railroad systems this year. When
frn So
account Of moving the large cotton crop
this fall, Mr.. Dixon said he thought there
would BE- no trouble in that direction. as
large additions to the rolling stock have
been made during the past year by the rail-
roads upon which the lumber merchants de-
pend.
THE LUMBER FEEDERS.
The roads that feed Savannah with lum-
Der are the Georgia Southern, connecting
with the Savannah, Florida ard Western
and with the Central; the Brunswick and
Western, connecting with the Savannah,
Florida and Western, and the East Tennes-
see, Virginia and Georgia, by the way of the
Savannah, Florida and Western; the
Savannah and Western and the Savannah.
Americas aud Montgomery by the way
of the Central, the CentrsPs main line and
the Savannah Florida aud Western from
Florida to Savannah. The Savannah.
Florida and Western is the greatest lumber
feeder Of this port. One hundred mills
located on and near the main line of
the Savannah and Western will in
crease the lumber traffic of that road, and
the Macon and Atlantic, projected through
rich timber region, will also be an i'm
portant feeder OF Savannah's timber trade.
MIR. Dixon was asked what Is the prospect
for the lumber trade for next year, and In
reply he said that much depends upon the
general prosperity of the country. If the
year be prosperous one people will build
homes and capitalists will erect manufacto-
ries, and this will stimulate the lumber in
dustry. He says the lumber merchants of
Savannah have not been embarrassed by
the general stringency of the money market
throughout the country.