The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-16
ORANGE LUMBER MARK EFT.
An Improvement In the Number of
Orders uepurted.

Orange, Texas, October i5.ou his visit TO |
the various mill offices yesterday. the report
found everybody 80 deeply interested in |
discussing tho quarantine and yellow fever
situation that It was rather difficult to secure
an expression as to the status Of the lumber
trade.
orders have been coming in this week
somewhat better than for last week, and there
is a little better feeling among all the mill
men, though tho quarantine is cutting them
OF from their Louisiana trade which Is
Not for years has there been better de-
mand for railroad material than 10 now being
experienced; In fact, one OF the largest man ,a,
ufacturers here stated TO the reporter that
more Inquiries for railroad material wsrH COM
ing to hand than It was possible 1911 them 10
been placed with the mills here and mum
| Der have been turned down.
The export business seems to SHOW quite
am Improvement and a number OF good blzen
! schedules have been submitted to tho MUS
| this week for figures. This business mas
| hoen o little slow In regainng It's former large
proportions. but IL Is coming around an Ilsht
| nov aud {; large amount OF lumber VIII be
| shipped from tho mills at Orange by way OF
| Sabine Pass within the next four months.
| Every mill In Orange has orders on It's DOCKS
| for material for export, the time OF snipnleW
ranging all the way from thirty days to throe
| months, I, 4,
The river still remains very low, and II IS
| almost impossible to get timber down from
| tho camps and into the mill booms. Another
| large drive Is en- route from the SABINE .Ia ai.
= at Laurel, but on account OF the extremely
low water the drive crew find II very SLOW
! work getting the timber down
Mr.. NJ. ]. Kruyff OF Lonergram. Kruyff q
Co.. Mexico city. with mills at PatScuaro'
| state OF Michoaean, was In Orange on satur-
aav on buglnoss connected with machinery.
and for the purpose Of securing an expert
| cnwver and filler lie has had fifteen years
experience In tho lumber business IN tns SIS
Tar republic. anc says there IL any aun,h'pS o.
snod timber IN the vicinity of his mis-. M
| ioss nre cut eighteen miles from tue mn
aud brought down the mountain on tran' ~ 80
10 Lake Patzcuar9, ana enu' s'S,sen nil
| iumbcr that Is eerried on harSas sixteen Nils
| -, Fsronri,ricuaro; there It Is loaded on cars
hauled over the Morelo branch oil inc MY
| lean National railroad TO Acuhper"' ""' -
| ia carried to the capital. 80 .
Mo n,llls have one band saw, with cdger ',
plpnct aud dry kiln, and u capacity lot 1870 v'
isc per day, al Of yhsn u sou pere,ofore the
smt al The mill has been confined to pine nu y,
ms oak Is plentiful and OF hne a'at, siH 0f,y 10
thirfy inches at the butt, running my W
sttty fact To the nrst lmb with slow lapet
, nnS ciose grain, they VIII soon introduce "a a
r circular snw to cut oak, AFTER whiu" '"'' wiz
esssiiisn a '" Tnwls' formerly Of Austin. Pa.
M, nv the pas, twelve months band saw
me- at the elmer m y, ,a nT's cold ' per month
q AMI ieft with Mr., Krun Tor the ml's NJ i"'@
cuaro, Mexico.
: MI. poncroft Lumber company reports the
loading crews bssy sending out carr risht
= | atom MS fast ms orders are received. They
II have n well selected assortment OF airy s'och
i nrb are prepared to MI all orders Tor dry
"a yard stock promptly.
The t.utcher & Moore Lumber compnny's
u schooner J. NJ. Mclnns is running IN the
;. trade between Orange and Corpus Christi
y during the prevalence OF yellow fever IN Mes-
:, leo She is now tnhng op cargo OF W,S noi
,he Mexican National railroad and VIII san
" for Corpus Christi the latter part OF the week
The schooner Isaheila GU has arrived III
1t port at Sabine Pass aud will be loaded by Tho
a otaugo Lumber coapauy aud y, X. Wlnean
I.umier company with deals end sduare tim
a. her destined for New York, They will begin
A. lending bargee with the material today.
~ The Alex. Gllmer mills report orders com
- ing IN better this week than last and as they
~ now have n coed supply of timber they car
take care of anything that offers.
d, The schooner Helene finished taklng on
10 cargo and sailed this week from the Lutcne,
~ 4 Moore Lumber company's with cargo o
w Railroad ties. bound Tor IOrpas Christi dnc
az consigned to the Mexican National railroad.
OK Industry Items.
On Industry, Texas, October i3.-Fall gar
r. dens are suffering for rain; few smal
lie showers have fallen, but not enough "a
nd amount 10 anything.
~ Farmers are holding their cotton AMI
es selling their seed Lots OF cotton seed Ia:
81 been marketed here lately Corn Is
OF abundant at so cents and az cents pe
nd bushel Business is very dun In general
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