The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-30
Prospect Of a Light Cut on the
PenObscOt.
THERE WILL BE MANY IDLE MILLS
THIS SPRING.
Last Year the Business was Done at q
Loss and the Prospects are Gloomy This
Year-A Remarkable State of Things at
the City of Saw Mills.
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Bangor, March 29-The lum ber dealers
i. this city are considerably agitated
in regard to the outlook for business the
coming season. A prominent manu-
facturer says that there is no doubt in
ais mind but what the mills on the
Penobscot were run in 1894 at great
loss. Logs were cheaper then than they
are now. Last fall logs could be pur-
chased for spring saving this season at
from SO to $40 per thousand. The opera
tors are now asking $12 and $13 per
thouand for spruce, and the question
with the manufacturers is, can we buy
logs at Sl2 or $l3 per thouands and sell
our lumb Der for price that will briug
us profit?
Many of the large mills in this city
sawed out their entire stock last fall and
as result there are but one or two mills
who have any for spring saving. Many
of the mills instead of starting in April
or May will wait until June or July, un-
til the situation is more settled.
F. W.Ayer & Go. of this city, W no are
the largest manufacturers on the PenoD-
scot, and who usually winter anywhere
spring saving, did not carry stick over
and will not start until things look bet
ter. The idea of some of the manufac-
turers is Co wait until lumber is wanted
at better price than at present.
Many of the mills instead of starting
up in April or May this year, will wait
until the situation is more settled. There
will be much lighter cut on the Penob-
scot this winter than for many years and
will not amount to over IS per cent OF
an ordinary business year. Usually the
Penobscot shows at the opening of
spring 100000 feet of logs in the
boom, and about $4,000, 900 scattered
among the mill owners. This spring the
situation is very much different.
There are only about l3, 600, 600 logs in
the boom ana 100000 scattered among
the mills. Thus there is a falling off of
40, 900, 600 feet. This state of of affairs is
an extraordinary one for Bangor and
does not indicate that early lcargoes will
be sold at last years prices.
DIR. FITZGERALD'S DENIAL.
DR.. Fitzgerald's denial sent out to sthe
different papers in regard to his trying
to commit suicide on Conductor F.E.
Sanborn's train last Saturday night, is
believed by people here. His Bangor
friends say that he has been in the hab-
it of taking chloroform very frequen tly
to relieve his pain. A Bangor man
was at the station at Brunswick one
day last week and saw the doctor satur-
ate handkerchief with ch1oroform and
hold it to his face until he became prac-
tically under it's influence, SO much SO
that he had to be helped to the train.
The doctor had very bad attack of his
stomach trouble in this city at the Ban
gor house one day last week and at that
time it was not thought that he would
recover.
DECISIVE GAME.
VS.. Wood of Portland, and ". H. Marst-
on OF Waterville, will play their third
game of billiards at the Bangor house
tomorrow afternoon. Each have won
one game. The record game was played
on Tuesday evening at the Windsor hotel
Marston objected to playing at the Ban
gor house on new tables. Mr.. Woods
friends here found that why ne objected
was because he had practiced all Tues
day afternoon at the Windsor aud had
become accustomed to the tables there.
Today Marston come to Bangor SO that
he could have half days practice at
the Bangor house. 1t is believed here
that Wood will beat Marston tomor-
row.
The first shipment from Bangor last
year was on May 10th. The Bangor man
ufacturers prefr to saw on orders for.points
on Long Island Sound and New York
city. The building strikes are off in
New York and the demand for spruce
is active under stimulating effects of
light receipts and advancing prices. 1t
is predicted that New York will furnish
the best market in the country this
spring for spruce.