The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
OF INTEREST TO LuMBERMEN
The Outlook in the Market at Pitts.
burg and the Supply 10 Draw
From.

HANuNNNlOH vi luulntI lTOli Ant
Allegheny and its tributaries, the Clarion,
Red Bank and the Mahoning. This sea-
son the output which will find its way to
the Pittsburg market with the spring
freshets will exceed in quality that of
last year, but will be much less in the
aggregate number of feet. On account of
the low water there is now less than 250,-
600 cubic feet OF square timber here, but
a large amount is back, distributed along
the various streams as follows;
ON Tionosta creek, or the upper Ale
gheny, Dickey, Collins & Co. have 1885,
600 of square pine and from 80 TO 100
barges. Collins & Sggins have about
the same amount of square timber; this
is all pine.
From the Clarion comes the largest
| supply. Truman, Henderson & Co. have
100000 feet of pine. This lot is said to be
the finest timber floated on the Allegheny
for 20 years and comes from the Hayes
tract in Jefferson county, was hauled six
miles, cut, RATED and to be delivered by
Harah & Vasbinder. Hall, Gardner &
Co. have less than 100000 of hemlock
Taylor C Moore, 10000 hemlock; W. d.
& S. II. Shields, l40, 900 hemlock; Dick
ey, Moore 4 Kelso, $4,000 square and
100000 feet sawed henlock, also 20 pairs
of boats; Vasbinder ,S Hunter, 400, 900
hemlock; Vasbinder, A'Harah & Eason,
$4,000 pine and hemlock; Vasbinder &
AHarah, $4,000 pine and oak; James
| A'Harah, $4,000 hemlock; Barrett &
Crossman, 100000 hemlock; w. A.
Gresham, lao, 900 bemlock; Truman C
Rogers, 100000 pine and oak Braden &
Cats, $4,000 hemlock; Cook q Co., 15O,-
600 pine.
The Red Bank is far behind the usual
supply, and will send little over 800, 900
square feet, Alb Neal has 100000 pine
Benjamin Snyder, 25,O00 Charles Cor
bett, 100000, and Carrier, Hall & Co., 5O,-
900. On the Mahoning the supply is
about exhausted, and only a few odd
RATS will come from there.
The run of boats will be extremely
light, not over 400 pair being put IN on
all the streams. The low price govern
ing last years sales scared the up-river
people and they limited the supply.
The outlook for fair prices is very
good, although no timber has yet been
sold. First class barge pine will bring
20 cents, hemlock cents, oak from 10 to
il cents, sawed hemlock, 80.
| of the lumbermen. c. r. Vasbinder, S.
II. Shields, S. A. Hunter and Doverspike
are in town ready to sell. With the next
rise most of the timber will get in, as
those controlling it are encouraged over
the outlook and will rush things when
the water comes. At the present rate of
cutting, 10 years hence will see the last
Of the timber business on the Allegheny,
and those who have been following it so
many years must retire to get into some
thing else.
The outlook for brisk trade in lam
Der among the local dealers is not 80 en-
couraging a. could b expected. Up.
Walters Of the vel known lumber frm
Of J. P VI alters 4 Co, IN conversation
yesterday said he did noe look for very
big boom in the demand flr lumber OF
any kind AZ present A 20 building
lumber the backward spring ard the un-
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had much 70 DO with the duuness oi
trade The sales ng yellow pine ars
larger this year than Lzst, but the terri
tory covered j. also larger. Prices O.
hemlock are little better than last wear.
and the demand Is about the same. Tbe
prices Of yellow pine are better because
the whole output is controlled by the
Southern Lumber association and they
are strong enough to keep the price up.
In white pine there is little or no i'm
provement either in demand or price.
One noticeable fact in the white pine
trade is the crowding out of the Michigan
pine by the Wisconsin product, which is
of better quality and sells at a lower
figure. Mr.. Walters gave as his reason
for this peculiar fact that overproduction
in Wisconsin forced the manufacturers to
undersell their Michigan competitors in
order to get their money for immediate
use. Besides, the Southern lumber is
gradually crowding the Northern pro.
duct out of the markets everywhere. II
is claimed that all grades of lumber can
be manufactured in the South much
cheaper than elsewhere, consequently
; the trade will go where the price and
quality are most advantageous. Oak i,
about up to last years mark in the gen,
; eral market, although the railroads are
buying much more than heretofore
; which seems to be very good sign.
The demand for hard woods is greater
; than last year and shows much gooC
building is contemplated. This condi
, ton of the trade, Mr.. Walters claimed
was not only true of Pittsburg, but O
Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Massa
chusetts and Connecticut, as they haC
close relations with the trade in all thost
States. Speaking further of the hemlocl
trade, he said there was no good reason
why the demand and price of hemlocl
; should not improve, as the output las
year was less than 20 per cent. of tn
1895 production. The Pennsylvani
mills have but little stock on hand ant
i the hemlock yards throughout the countr,
were. comparatively speaking, abou
empty, so if there is a demand the pric
ought to be good.
To-day the Pennsylvania lumbermei
. who manufacture and ship East by raj
' and the Susquehanna, and west by raj
and the Allegheny wonder how it is that
Notwithstanding the fact that prime lum
har 10 annna1lxy orottiY,r, ona roo,. L..