San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-06
The Daily Eight.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1892.
LUMBER NOTES.

Isaac n. Hearp, of Wicomico coun
ty, Md has. purchased q 400-scrt
tract of land near Pocomoke. The
tract contains about 1000 c 10 feet o.
first-growth pine and large guam ii
ty OF oak and ash timber.
The Oulette saw.mill property al
Vickshurg, Miss, has been purchased
by the 3. D Spengler Milling Co., for
Sl4 900. The mill is almost new, and
will be transferred to its new owners
on February l.
The steamship, Cherokee, left Jack
sonville. Fla, last week for New
York with freight, including 0,0CJ
feet OF lumber, 1000 crosstics and
4 000 bundles Of shingles.
The Lee County Commercial & I'm
provement Co., of Fort Myers, Fla,
will build before spring $40 0Co saw
mill and woodworking plant. The
WOOD. cooking plant will consist of
planning mill, shingle mill, fruit aud
vegetable box machine, etc.
w. J. Denman writes US that he has
just completed his saw-mill plant at
Welch W. Va, with g daily capacity
of 20.OG0 feet. He will cut principally
poplar and white oak.
The Sabine River lum Der Co. e mill,
at Logansport, Ls., Is now running
on full time, and is turning out 60,C }
feet of lum Der day. They have logs
enough in the river to Iun them until
next summer. The planners are run-
ming on full time, out very few ship
ments are being made at present.
The Cypress Lumber Co., of Apals-
chicola, Fla, started up its planning
mill on the 18th inst. Is has been
closed down for the past two months
tor repairs, and during that time new
appliance have been added, making
it perfect in every sense as q first
class planning mill.
Mr.. VS.. Foutz, of Bluefield, w.
Va manufacturer and dealer in hard.
ware lum Der, has just received an Or
der for 5000, C ) fost OF hardwood d.
mensiOn stock TO be shipped to the
East, and will increase bis plants ca.
pacity at once.
Mr.. VIM. Dat, OF Cambridge, Md,
standing timber OH Causey farm in
Wicomico county.
The Rappahannock Lumber COM
pa y, Of fredericksburg, Va, has all
its machinery in place, and as soon as
the water will admit will "bc ON"
hundreds CT logs down the river which
are now ready.
E. E. jackson Il Co., Of Salisbury,
Md, have purchased about 60 ,000, 0C0
feet of pine timber, together with a
large milling plant at Plantersville,
Ala. from Mr.. WEIGH, of that town
The tim Der will be manufactured into
INN Ger and shipped to Washington,
ID. G. George w. Ruark, now of Sails
bury, will remove to Plantersville to
take charge of the plant and act az
superintendent.
Capt John Hooper has purchased
Wilson Layfield's farm near Pitts
vile. Md, ald will cut on the same
several thousand feet of pine wood for
Shipment to the Baltimore market.
The large lumber mill and luln Der
yard Of Thomas A Csrrlgues, known
as tne funny South Lumber Co, at
LewisVille, Texas. thirty miles north
Of Texarkans, Texas, was attached by
the sheriff on the 10Th inst. In behalf
OF a Kansas City Mo- firm Oh a claim
Of $4,000
Work is progressing rapidly on the
new saw and planning mill now being
built by tine Rapides Lumber Co, at
Wood worth station, on the Kansas
City. Watkins & Gulf railroad. The
machiuery will arrive about Decem
her l.
Messrs. ]. H. Vincent & Co.'S
new circular saw mill at Robinson
vile, Miss, has been completed, and
ia now in operation. It's daily capa.
city is 90 600 feet, and it is cutting
ash and red oak, plain and quarter
ed.
Messrs. Raspberry & Frank, &. NJ.
Kehoe and William Pesrce are equip
ping complete flDsting shingle mill
plant at New Berne, n. c.
The plant of the Warren Lumber
Co., at WCodvIlIe, Texas, il still held
tor sale by the receiver. Mr.. Jno. n
Kirby, who bid in the property last
month, has forfeited his 10 per cent
, of the purchase price (S52 00O) oy fail
ing to complete the sale.
Mr.. Adolph Legal, of Philadelphia.
has purchased tract of 30,OC0 acres
of land In Garrett county, Md A large
quantity of virgin timber is standing
on the property.
The Gardner & Lacey Lumber Co ,
OF orgetown, .. C., has thoroughly
. overhauled its mill and resumed Oper-
ations.
Mr.. E. D. Emerson, of Maine, has
purchased the old furniture factory
at Georgetown, 3. G.. and is equip
ping it for saving clapbosrds from
Cypress for shipment to New Eng.
land. He will also put in Perkins
single machine.
The Palmetto Cypress Co, OF
Georgetown, s. c., has put q new
Perkins ten. blocker machine in its