The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-12
ROOFS OF CEDAR.
Washington Leads the World
i'm Shingles.
WEAR As WELL As SLATE ROOFS
Growing in Popularity East-sEAmsnoth
sound shingie MsIIs-NataraI
Advantages

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superiority Of cedar oFer pine IS az article
for roofing has brought TIE cedar shingle
into prominence And favor IN the East
The fact that cedar shingie roof sill wear
s0r half q century and still be- in good con-
atign has BEEN demonstrated nespiisthe
long shipment, and hence increased cost
TIE demand Tor Washington shingles East
hiss steadily increased sfnce their intro
ds1eti0sl there short time ago, and
promise b drive out the cheap pine shin
gle on MI the better class Of moderate
buildings, East as weil as West.
Ballard. a suburb OF Seattle, Is a reeog-
nize8 center Of the Shiagie traaes The
Single 1nlll oi the West Coast Manufact-
uging and Investment Company. now
building. wiil, when completed, be the
largest establishment OF It's class on the
Paeific coast. The estimated cost OF the
anil is 81 co. and il win be capable Of cut-
ting 20. 90 shingles a dav
The salmon Bay shinkle mill, Mcdonald
& McEwen rropTietors. has adaily capacity
Of 5000 shingles. Rossman & Mcdonald 5
mill cuts s00a shingles day, which Is
likewise the capacity Of Tom Johnson's
mil. between Ballard aad Smiths Cove.
Within the city limits Of Seattle there Is
Campbell Brothers shingie mill. located at
the head Of The Bay, aud having daily
capacity Of 90.iNa
In fact, without attempting further 10
partienlarize. il may be said there are
shingie mills scattered all over Puget
sound. The mills holding any rank run IN
the aggregate some ninety saws, averaging
$1,000 each and giving :, 5o0. 90 shingles as
the daily manufacture Of the mills of the
tfxf6
mills are in Washington and Oregon. Two
years ago moi more than twenty-five saws
were IN operation, which would be equal 10
q production OF 10000 shingles day.
giving an increase of i,0ao GO shingles
year. These are all cedar shingles OF the
best quality manufactured in the world.
and the market for them is practically I'M
limited.
The trade held out tempting inducements
70 commission men, who were for a time
successful in materially reducing the
profits Of the manufacturers. The eonse-
quence was the organization about year
and half ago OF the North Pacific Con-
solidated Shingle Company. The cor
poration's capital is $25o, coo, all the stock
being heid by reputable manufacturers,
with whom the company contracts for all
che shingles they can produce in i've years.
Following Is list of the officers and trus-
tees: A. " Fitch, OF Tacoma, president;
William Page. of Buckley. vice-president;
W d. Derrickson, Of Tacoma, secretary.
These gentlemen. together with ID. Nc
Vay Of Ballard. W. III. Box, OF Chehaiis,
and A. +. Hiidreth and +. ). Larsen, OF
Portland, constitute the trustees. Louis
Ashmun. OF Portland, is the general man.
ager
The North Pacific Consolidated Shingie
Company now practically controls the inn
aieuse business on this coast. and has
driven the thrifty commission men 10 the
verge Of insanity. Hundreds of thousands
of shingles have been shipped BY il since
the date of its incorporation 10 Colorado,
Illinois, Ohio etc. It's Eastern shipments
last summer. exclusive of its large local
trade. aggregated / 800 carloads.
The wholesale prices of shingles range
from 81 80 to $50 per thousand. averaging
81 A cedar shingle roof Is almost equal to
roof OF slate. The average life of pine
shiagle is twelve years that of cedar
shingle fifty years. AZ Steilacoom, there
are some cedar shingles pat on a roof By
the Hudson Bay Company foriy-ive years
aga aud experts who examined them re-
Gently say that they show no sign OF decay
aud will. in all probability endure for forty
five years Longer.
Manufacturers complain that they do
not receive = fair price for their shingles
and say thete is not sufficient discrimina-
ton drawn between them snd the vastly
inferior piae shingles manufactured in the
Fast The guaranteed weight upon ex-
ported shingles is two hundF1d pounds 10
the Thousand. Green shingles will rnn
three hundred pounds 10 the thousand and
cannot. accordingly. be shipped with any
profit to manufacturers, although the
heavier they are the better for the trans
pogtaton companies,
The wholesale rates on cellar and pine
shingles. despite the great difference in the
quslity. are alout the same, bus when re-
tailed the loTpaer command higher price
Cedar belts average 50o shingles 10 the
oord Logs cut by drsrsaws average
o.oa shingles 10 ool feet ct logs Bolts
cost FISK = slag 40 FER cord. aud logs are
plentiful st s. per l.0eo
"a much for the price oi the raw ma
teTsai. &C. whjeh must. in considering the
market rates be added the cost OF manu-.
iarture and the expense Of shipment A
sbineie sawyer. en- hand machine. earns
81 - DAY. on q douhle-block machine. IS.
The pay q knot sawyer Is $40 a DAY.
Of packers, II ceuts \ l0eo. an average OF
81. ami of common lahosers s. The cost
Of manufacturing shingles tn handmfl
is ~ cents Per l.su. in a deaale- block mill
a. es8ts.
Daring the past two years numerous
sgitall mills. situated in every part Of the
country. have ext al TIE cedar on eoa-
venisns travis and the prices have ia ean-
sequences been. advanced, Fluctuations IL
the prices of lcns ase "a frequent oco,iF.
renee and httve greatly en- harrasss3 tie
operations 81 the NIL men. who protest
tast shSy eamsas afford. under the ex stag
rates ca salasHes, 81 pay s. = Thousand Tor
legs sal s. Jet isits
Niah faesalss fov drying there rs rot any
,lanrer 81 Cutting she market. Nanafae-
Susez> woasd he sss he3 81 the rrsrr Is. shin.
g,es averaged s. 81 a theasaad Agsez next
saamsg they ara 10 the opinion that stcsk
csuuoi ~ purchased for even S.. holding
1aat the rsraes at soes shenla BE hasesl gF,sss
SHEER vase considered samT9y as lunlher
an4 nos sgeoss sy as sAsaElss. ana declaring
saAs she presssat Fzies o. sagnees rasss
sea ~ adva9eed alsd that toe Eastern
purchasers waA have either g. suezs.s1 OF DO
without sAe siQEk
e. Is seT the express FFsTEsose og advancing
rrsees. pgcfeetsng repass abr raanufscterers.
tFaifHe &isees wssh EAssRra iutatsey1aen.
slsAeAt tAe intervention ~ co.'s. <sssssi
Nssn, aud plnmeslug KAe growth Il the
sal0cse ia8gFs1gY IN Washington xua
0reEaa tAaF tae NeF2h Pas8te Sense. dates
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