Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10
No Perceptible Change In the coudi-
tion Of the Market
ORDERS ARE FOR DRESSED STOCK
And All tho planners Arc Kept Busy --Lum-
her Tonnage Of Inv State.
Lumber Notes-


doing fair business. but their orders
are for small quantities, and ovidanslv to
meet the daily demands OF their trade,
The aggregate OF yard stock that Is gong
forward, however. Is considerable none
OF the mills ar, accommodating any sioek.
OF the orders that now somc to hand a
very large proportion OF thcm are Tor
dressed stock. and tho result Is that uesr
~ every planer liz full nf business. There
ls not very active demand for tint er
and Ges. This indeed " tue weak feature
of tho market but II liz dde no ueibt -
the fact that tho years reqn.s,tlons have
been about nlled. and II Is too early for
orders TO be placed for delivery during
the coming year, Railroads are alao with
holding orders because they cuntcni that
present prices are too nigh. II u POSSIBLE
tor the railroads to iraNr the mistake OF
dcferrinK too long the placing OF c-ders,
and then NO into the market when they
urgently, need tho material and hui that
lDey VIII have 10 pay plvnntel prices.
the prices thai prevailed ii inc .bcsinnins
waiting to buy al those prices they may
see every cap and HtrlngNr and guard rlnl
rot from their bridges, That - certain.
shingles are moving steadily ut advance
| ed Prices,
LUMBER TONNAGE OF THE STATE.
According TO the report OF the state rail-
| rond commission the lumber tonnage
| handled by the roads OF tho State for the
year ending with June last amounted TO
s,05,5S tons, m increase OF i29l3 tors
over that handlcd the preceding year. The
report In somewhat surprigug, tho rem
erni opinion being that there was more
| active movement OF lumber between June
OF 1903 and June 1884,. than from 1894 to
1886 During tho latter year pnccs were
lower than for the previous tNolvo months
and mills were run very Irrogilariy, de-
morAiHntton was prevalent Throughout tho
| numbering region and Hnles wcre made n.
almost any hgure- II Ia not llhVly that
low prices had any Improbable effect In
| inducing sales, n the report % to he crsdit-
I'd that dealers upheld pricea despite ;ne
repeated cuts made by mAi'ut tC.lIcta AMI
| y seems therefore that mill ngn must
nave completely lost thclr bsarlngA and
/ In the demoraliged Otnto ut Afftirs, uriftpI
away from anu lost sight OF their huHlness
me prices certainly did not compare with
the demand es shown by the reported
movement. and We had tile unusual CON
dillon ~ depressed prices co-exiytent with
comparatively active dcnunl
The lumber tonnage VIVA creator than
that Of any other single commodity, being
aomethinR over i00.oO tons more than cot
! general public tho value Of the lumber
| traffic TO the railroads. and II ought also
70 lnhnenco manufacturers 90 ask thom-
share rom an Industry which yici "a such
a profitable revenue to tho railroads.
NEW LUMBER ROAD.
For tho nnat several months reports
have from time to time been published
In the daiiicH OF new railroad being
built, or about to bo built. to run from
Hyatt or Warren 10 some point on the
Houston East and West Texas railroad.
From parties connected with tho Warren
mill interest II In learned that the foundn-
ZION for these reports rests In tho fact
that the tram road which supplies the
two mills at Warren Is being extended In
| a now course some twelve or more miles
In a northwegtcrly direction, The grad
ing ~ being done. by Mr., G, a. fpplng,
who hns proposed 10 build tho roadbfd
and after II has served the use OF thu
MILLS ~ loggns, or tho timber no viii II
use this rondbed rs AN extension on which
to build a road to connect with the Hons
ION East anl West ToyaH road, some thir-
! ty-sevcn miles from Hyatt. The Warren
Tram company expects 10 move their iron
| ON 10 this grade next spring, and II Sc
possible that the railroad project may bn
shaped up from this some time In the
coming year.
SCARCITY or sTRINGER TIMBER.
In his lamentations General Albert Pike
didn't sing. 1.-THE logs uro getting smaller
every year" but II he had been In the
saw mill business he might have done so
and been strictly accurate, Eight years
ago nearly every stick OF timber that WA
hauled up the ogway would cut u stringer
but II Is not no any more. and now at
many points when orders for stringers
arc received a search has to he made for
suitable timber, and II not unfreluonlk
requires u scrutiny OF several acres on
from the tram road To ma hunlcieht
timber Of a suitable nise TO snt a ie" en-.
loads. Near all milling points the mora
valuable. timbcS has been rceklessiy OFTEN
wastefully cu1away and sawed Into US
snn Y' 1na med dun trees trees, and hence
| II IL now often difficult TO obtain on shori
notice the quality Of timber that may be
needed for saving umbers OF large dlmen,
sions. This fact causes n large number
OF mill men 10 think That tho prevailing
h ,hni many have repeatedly refused 10
saw large timbcrH unless. they were an
slred OF a liberal issspeetion a the e. mn.
arnincd by Interested parties and heavy
loases thus averted. This condition was
not insisted on IN the days when stringef
logs were more plcntfui.
REDUCING STOCKS.
Mr.. George Hooks president cf The
Hooks Lumber company, was In town yes
terday. His mill has been shut down for
some time and probably Will not be started
up until after the new year. In the mean.
time Mr.. Hooks hopes TO mako consId-
cradle reduction In his stock of yard
lumber. Mr.. Hooks policy for reducinr
stocks In that which has been generally
| adOpicd There In scarcely mill W
Texas which has on It's yard today ~
| much stock AS II had this time last year
| Tho reduction on the Trinity and Sabine
road within the past year will probably
amount 10 20 1000, 0u0 feet: at Orange thers
IL less by 100000 feet than was on IL,
yards n year ago. at Beaumont Tho stool
IA about 100000 feet less than at thi'
time In 1885,, on tho Sabine and East TesAl
the reduction II between fiyp and eight
| millions; In tho Lake Charles district
stocks have been reduced about 100000
on the Houston East and West TeHai
there lacks perhaps not more than s,poooV
/. feet OF being M much Lumber on hnnc
az at this time last year. but therc are lev
, mills on that line that carry large stocks
and hence altogether there u not a Rrrai
. deal Of lumber on thnt road. Stocks vii
NOT b. Increased. There will be no unnec'
easary saving ut amy point IN ne manu-
, featuring section. throughout the winter
and hence II no large demand should De
vriop there will At least DO no decline u
price.
GULF COAST LUMBER EXPORTERS
The following gulf coast milimcn. en-
! gagged IN tho manufacture OF lumber fol
export, met In Pensacola, Fla. on Tues
day last; George W. Robinson OF pasca'
Rouia. chairman; J. W. Black and j.. w
| March OF Mobile; j. j.. Dantzler and a
- Denny on Moss Point: y. {, Chafnr
l 49, a.. "a NJ In >