The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-07

was in the city yesterday. His mill, like |
those at Orange. Is suffering from an in
ability TO get cars and In consequences his
business is being retarded. He says the
Cow Creek Tram company are dumping
no logs into the Sabine at present, having
completed all their contracts with the
Orange mills. All the men and teams
have been transferred to the neighbor
hood OF the Hoo Hoo mills where those
that are needed Will be kept at work and
the others laid off.
One day last week when box cars were
very scarce here and hard to get, promi
nent Ghingle manufacturer was seen perch
cd on a car OF oats ut the freight depot,
where he remained as dray load after dray
load of oats left the car, and the single
manufacturer stayed with the car until he
anw 1t safely switched onto the track at
the mill. He was bound to have a car
and the only way to get IL was to stay
right with (which he did
Shipments of lumber by rail from Orange
during the month OF October amounted 10
6la cars, as against go cars in September.
There We're eight days In October during
which everything was shut down and 10
| cars to be had. which materially reduced
| the number that would otherwise have gone
out.
| Claddock g. Arbogast put in about $4,000
| logs in October, all of which had to DO
| towed TO the boomS at Orange. After fill
| Ing their November orders for Lutcher "
Moore they propose to do little logging on
their own account, as they own tract of
very fine Timber near the track OF the G.. $,
and X. Il, railroad.
(, Henry j. Lutoher, president of the
| Lutoher " Moore Lumber company, w
terday cclebra led his 6ist birthday FEW
i've years OF his life he has been engaged
IN the mill business and 1t is needless to
| add has been egninently successful
| III ltttn ,att Go
blne Expart company has placed with the
mills composing his company one African
order, TO 80 to Port Natal, and has another
| schedule in hand for d'Urban. He Is get
| ting his business well in hand and the
sabine Export company is moving off
nicely.
| The Bancroft Lumber company were cut
| ting cn their last boom OF logs yesterday
and Will be compelled to smut down today
| for lack OF timber to keep the saws going.
! They have a fine lot OF export orders On
hand that will keep them running regularly
| when they get timber.
| The tug Annie Laurie went down to Port
Arthur Sunday with tow tf $50 pillng.
sent down by IL. G. Durlcw. The lske
| was very rough and the vessel had the
misfortune to lose sixty-seven sticks to-
fore reaching port.
Q. II. Jones, purchasing agent for the
| Mexican Central railroad has moved HIS
| Office in the Mercantile building.
Messrs. Donald 4 Co., exporters are load.
/ Ing at Sabine Pnsa the Monte Moro with
10000 feet of lumber. for South America.
and tho Edinburgh, with $4,000 feet for
Europe.
Godwin X Belle. the river contractors.
are being kept busy towing timber from
! Nibetts Bluif &nd carrying UP freight fer
the camps. They work twa tugs and run
them day and night
The Bancroft Lumber company has an,
other cargo cut on their Mexican south
easttin railroad bill. and the Clara a,
/, Phinney, ROW due at Sabine Pass, will cx-
! penience no delay In getting her cargo.
4 A three-toot rise is reported in the river
at SuddGshs Bluff. This should bring out
MI the logs CT the Sabine Tram company
now en- route--and they are badly nesded,
The schooner Susie came mp yesterday
and is taking on cargo at Alex. Gilmer' =
4 inill for Brazoria.
The barge Welcome Is being loaded AZ
the DR.. Il, Winga,c Lumber oompany's with
material for South American cargo,
The schooner Martha sailed ficm Tan.
p!co, Mexico, on October "a, with a cargo OF
cedar for Galveston. at which psaoe she is
now due.
1 The Lutchcr s Moore Lumber oompar,
has chartered the Norwegian bark Kjerten,
for cargo 10 Porto Rico, she is duo at
Sabine Fuss now.
Carl II. Pannewitz is at Sabine Pass
again this week transacting business fer
the Orange and Wingatc Lumber COM
panies.
Tho ID. Il. Wingate Lumber company
loaded and sent down TO Sabine Pass yes
to-day the barge Mexico With material for
tho ship Albania.
The schooner silas. Captain Petersen n,
sailed up to the Orange Lumber company's
mill today, where she viii take ON cargo
OF lumber Cor Galveston.
, This Luscher 4 Moore Lumber compary's
schooner j. Nj Mclnnis was haulsd cut u,
SnoaS's shipyard yesterday. where she will
receive thorough ovethauling before being
launched again.
II Kansas and the Territories are furnish.
ing tho bulk Of the orders FOR the Orange
niiis JUS at present, the demand frcm tina,
section continuing quite brisk.
The Lutchor \ Moore Lumber company
accepted an order this week for 1000 d0t
ieet Of material 70 be slapped 10 Tampicc
for the Mexican Central railroad
} The Lutcher T. Moore Lumber CONN. nv l.