The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-12
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hand at ills time, a year ago, shown by
the Inventories taken on the first Of Sep
ieniber The policy pursued by the mills
lime ' has par proved eficaeous n X Respins
stocks from accommodating and probably
has had great deal 10 10 with making
advances m prices possible. The present
bull VIII. without doubt. pass away before
another W, elk. ana orders begin rolling in
as OF late. Rail shipments this week nave
been about the same as those of the pro-
vious week. and only one MIL has report
cd Il car shortage. water shipments have
been rather light especially N the const-
ing trade. None Of the mills have closed
any large export orders this week, nor do
they expect TO Just yet, though advircs
from England indicate thai the demand N
that line Will be better this winter than
last.
oomnodioqis new moulding shed is he
ing erected at the ID. r. Wingate Lumber
companys planning mill Tho buiyling VIII
be two stories n height, and the upper
story win be fitted up as sleeping apart
man. his office assistant. and Herbert
Rogers. checker AZ the Wtngate planer.
In it's trade edition OF September the
| Galveston News giyef, eosnn valuable sta-
! ttstics. among others being the amount
4 OF exports through that port, including
| lumber In round numbers the amount
| exported through Galveston during 1861.
accord M 10 the News, was 80. 100000 feet.
| This is technicall, true. but the News did
not take the trouble TO state that over
| 3D.UDOUOU feet oil ms lumber WAS hHippti
| from the port % Sabine Pass, and the
| other 100000 feet was shipped from Or
| arlse Beaumont and Lake Charles, or a
! pi'eater part of II. Although shipping a.
/ that pori has Increased 10 AN enormous
| extent Sabine Pass stlll has the misfor-
| tune Of being a SUPPORT only. all her ex-
! port shipping going through the custom
| house at Galveston. which Will account
| for the big showing made by Galveston In
| reporting BIZ exports Of lumber.
| q. l.. Hannah. WHO Las been touring the
| State for several weeks ~ the interest Of
| A. CilsneI came In "Wednesday wight. Hs
4 reports the cottoI in bad shape north OF
| the Southern Pacific, OF account 81 thu
worms. hui south Of that road the crop y
/ lookns nicely and IN make q good yield
| The pronunciation of the revised list put q
1 outetus o, the lumber trade and he came
4 In. Up to that time he had had good sue.
| cess hay rig solo II many customer
| whom they had nor reached before In twt
yeats.
George II. Higgins, manager OF the So
4 bine Expc3 company, who has been lr
Europe fof the past month, has closed foi
a number OF carzoes. 10 be furnished b,
his conlpary He fines that the season
will DO lA.e in opening up this year'-per
haps a snoutfs--brt thinks that trade vii
now IN Gernany. where he will spens
some time among the lumbermen OF tina
country. He has estabiiFhcd agencies a
a.: s..c.1..yortant shipping points and will
| have the business thoroughly organized
ere he returns to this side.
The schooner Jesse Lena arrived at 81
bne Pass last Tuesday tu load with S2o,0o
feet % lumber for CoRtzacce1cas. Mexico
The Dancroet Lnmb~ company va nod