The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-20
THE ORANGE MARKET
THERE is ONLY ONE MILL IDLE
NOW.
s Very s..Eht Failing on in orders
NE Only Change in the
situntion,

Orange Texas. February le.The storm
that visited Orange on the 10Th Instant
gave the lumber trade at this place a tenn
porsry setback. as IL caused two saw mills
and three planners to lie idle for several
days while repairs were being made and
necessarily eurtai|ed shipments of lumber
both by rail and water. NJ the mills, how
eyer, with the exception of tho u, X.
WugHte Lumber company's saw inill are
again ia active operation aud business IS
rapidly assuming Its usual proportions. Al
Two OF the mill offices visited Yesterday
slight falling OFF in orders was noted.
though not OF sufficient magnitude TO excite
comment. All the others reported orders
coming in With the regularity that has
characterized THIS class Jt uusiness Tor the
Fast few months. In the farming actions
the tilleTs OF the soil are getting into their
Hcds and preparing tor the forthcoming
crops hence are not hpying lumber vety
extensively lust at present. and in all l0,eli-
hood shipments of yard stock TO these sec
tlons Will decrease for while. There IL
moi likely however 10 occur a lull that
viii materially affect tho mills. Tor every
lumber concern at Orange ~ Nell supplied
with railroad and export orders. Mexico
| r. drawing heavily ON the mills OF this see
Ilou Tor lWUlntl anu III tiNl, Is httpUlnn
| the test customer of East 'roNas Mills The
export business is not rcNeiving tho atten-
| tion Just now that it will a litue later on
when ocean freghts become somewhat
| cheaper md the over supply In tho foreign
| market is exhausted All the mills received
| eonsignmonts Of timber from the upper
river this week that will keep them sup
| Piled for some tine,
| Az yet the Southern Pacific has not grant
cd the mills on its road The II cents rate
TO Kansas City enjoyed by the mills on the
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf, me OFF,
! cials, we arc informed. claiming TINT they
know of no such rate having hSen made
by the Pee Gee. 1t Is certainly as easy
! Tor them 10 discover this fact us Tor tho
Leader 10 do SO and the Leader rec eved
It's information nom no less an authority
| than II lumber manufacturer who is ship
| ping lumber over the Pee Geo. Orange
being IN a less fortunate rositoll than
neighhorng mill centers depcads entirely
| upon tho Southern Pacific for an outlet and
| the road by Withholding ratios onjovei bv
mills on the Pee Ger Is depriYihG itself OF
u large amount OF traffic tina, Will 90 that
way as soon as an equally low rate Is
made.
| The recent rise In the rlvor enabled tina
bermen 10 get their logs out ~ The small
streams and started towards tho booms at
Orange, but the swell lropped cd, so sud
denl NJ to leave much OF the timber
4 stranded. some on the shore, AMI some on
sand hanks In the river. A great dsal OF It
reached here safely, however, drives having
come. In this week from HE Anacoco,
KnlgNis Landing, Old River, pslgraae Cow
Creek, Salem. blue Lake. sudduths Alum,
stephenNon's Blum and Nihbls,t's Mum.
Another rise In the river wlll brine out
i the balance and clean IN this seasons run
! AZ the Alexander Gi,ioer offee Yesterday
the reporter found the clerks busily en-
gagged In mailing out to The lumber dealers
/ Of Texas very complete printed stock
| sheet, containing list OF all s,ock on hand
bath at the saw min and plancr The sheet
| shows fine assortment OF magnificent
| band sawed, air seasoned stock OH hand
and dealers VIII have their wants promptly
attended to.
4 Tho AnstrO American Stave ompany
with headquarters at Logansport, haze Just
4 coinplstea q handsome river freight steamer
tho Minna. aud will run her IN tho staye
trade between Godwin's Shoals and Sabine
Pass, from which point slaves VIII be
shipped 10 foreign countries, Tho Mnna Is
this trade
The Southern Cypress shingle Manufac-
turers' association Win meet at New Orleans
on Monday the 2ist instant l.. Miller OF
the h. Miller Single company. Orange
y vice president Of the association and will
attend the meeting.
The Bancroft Lumber company loaded the
schooner Odd Fellow this week With lumber