The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-25
Important Action At
Meeting in Bangor.
An Association To Control Prices
Organized.
All The Big Mnfg's In
The Combine.
No Lumber To Be Shipped
Unless Bought.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.I


Bangor, April 24.-In response 10 cir
o uiar letter sent out by Ira II. Randall
OF the Augusta Lumber company, the
spruce manufacturers Of the East came to
Bangor In great force Tuesday and held
TIVE sessions ct the Bangor House for the
purpose Of forming an association snd
adopting measures for mutual protection
in the trade.
The meetings were attended by all the
prominent manufacturers of spruce lum-
ber In Eastern Maine along the 50. John
river and In pert Of New Hampshire.
A eommittss for each river made Q
canvass of the situation In their rsspeo'
tive districts 10 ascertain the amount Of
old logs and lumber now on hand ami
the amounts of new logs that will be
available for the supply Of saw mills this
SEASON, with the following results: Old
logs and lumber-Kennebec river, i've
million old logs, one million old lumber;
st. John river, six million i've hundred
thousand old logs. four million old lum-
Der; Penobscot river, nineteen million
i've hundred thousand old logs; four mil
lion old lumber. Total thirty one million
feet old logs; nine million feet old lum-
Der.
New logs available sometime in June
and iatsr, providing the drives are clean,
for man ufacture into lumber for water
ahipmsntl Ksnnsbeo river, forty million;
Penobscot river, hfty-fve million; st.
John river, eighty-six million. Total
one hundred and sighty-ons million. Add
to this fifteen million Of Ashland Manu-
featuring oompany's output Of twenty
eight million feet Of lumber to be shipped
By water from Bangor, balance going by
rail, and the grand total available, under
favorable driving conditions for shipment
by water. lie one hundred and ninety six
million feet Of spruce, the estimates not
Including pine or hemlock.
The following minimum scale Of prices
was adopted to apply to New York de-
livery, eastern survey: Ten and twelve
inoh dimension, per thousand twenty
dollars; three by nine inoh dimension,
nineteen dollars; eight inches and under,
dimension, eighteen dollars; ten and
twelve inch random length, ten feet and
Nps uluotcou uOhuAss SpooAaA osh@s sWNAg
four and twenty five feet, ten and twelvs
iuch, twenty lone dollars. random, three
by nine inch, eighteen dollars; special
bills, twenty -four and twenty-five feet.
fhrse by nine inoh twenty dollars; two
by three two BY four two by i've two
by six two by Geyen and three by
four ten feet and up random sixteen dol
lara; two by nine ten feet and up, ran
dom, $l7. 90. All other random lengths
ten feet and up long, eight inches by
under wide sixteen dollars and fifty
cents. 1t was further agreed not to ship
any lumber on the market. All lumber
IL to be- shipped on orders only, and cold
bsforr. loaded. That the new association
= sbl~.O maintain its position as here
ItIined. seems to be assured by the fact
that those entering into these agreements
represent ninety per cent Of all the spruce
shipped for the east by water. They are
of opinion that the growing scarcity II
spruce available for saw mills. and the
strong condition of the British deal mar
ket, makes 1t unnecessary Is well ss I'M
wise for them to make any sacrifices In
disposing OF their products.
1t was voted that the association be
known as the Eastern Lumber Manu-
faotursrs association, and q These officers
were elected; President, James w.
Parker. Portland; secretary and treas
...o~ Waldo ID Inwall Ranonr. axaou 4.