The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-17
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Orange, Texas. December isa-Tbe Number
|reportsf was. somewhat surprised upon Wis
Ting lsbme Ok tho mil, Offices yesterday to
lIearpiihat instead Of contipy,ug TO fall on.
rs Il. always the case fist at tbs season,
the demand from the intcricr .hed taken
turn fSr the better and orders we're Just
rolling in One, OF the h!e anulacturiag
concerns reported that their ward orders
were greater during the past week than they
had been for some time and the demand from
some sections was improving right a,cns. OF
course. this does not apply. throughout all
the territory usually supplied by the mills
at this place, but some OF the mills arc
reaching out into territory that has hitherto
been uncuitivatcd by them and they are
finding good business and a big demand,
where formerly they did little or no bust
ness at all. AS the holidays approach near
er inquiries for lumber. as a general hing,
become less frequent, continuing that way
unbl after the first OF the year one manu-
facturer who stated that yard orders We're
falling on right along. now was asked II he
could catcl. up with delayed orders now On
file 10y the first OF the year and he responq
ed cmphatclly in the negative. Even with
no new business being booked II would be
impossible for tho mills to clear their order
flts under sixty days or more.
Very, little lumber is beng shipped from
here into the Northwest now and somo OF
the manufacturers think that very ittie
business VIII he done In that direction until
the uncertainty MS regards freight rates Is
settled. desire TO learn what WAS done at
the meeting held In ST, Louis this week was
also thought TO have somo effect In with.
holding orders for tho timv being,
Some very large inquiries from Mexico
have been received here this week and the
amount OF lumber desired for building opera.
tons N that country grows steadily larger,
mills in this section cnro to undertake lust
at the time. shipments are being made to
Mexico from the mills at Orange both by
rail and by water and during the next Sixty
days shipments will be larger than usual
large proportion of the product OF the
mills at Orange cs now being shippcd by
water and other vessels are being chartered
vessels with an aggregate tonnage OF h5s',
whose cargocs will be supplied by Orang.
frms and as many more are under charter
and due there within the next few weeks.
Even with the large amount OF lumber
being shipped by water the mills are being
unable for that reason to take care OF all
the rail busncss they have. The ear short
age has never been more marked than II has
been during this season ana rclet does not
seem TO be yet IN sight
! The long looked for and anxiously eSpe't-
! ed rise in tn. upper river rs now developing
I and the timber that has lain dormant on
the move, coming rapidly to the mill booms
Mt Orange to guarantee steady work for many
months to come to the hundreds of employees
/ of the big mills at this place. The heavy
rams OF the past week have put the river in
good condition for running timber and all tho