The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-01

factor In Houston'E commercial progress IN
the past ten years and not exceiled IN any
other In attracting the investment OF capi
tai The Impetus which building activity
has given to the lumber business has been
fully felt In Houston and the opportunities
which the city offered for meeting the re-
qulrements Of this activity have enabled
the Industry to reach that Importance II
maintains today. Houston's market fucll-
tiles have been boon to the lumhcrmnn
aud the lumberman has made II the foundn-
tion for trade In the future that prom.
lses to give II preemnence in the Industrial
world. In demonstrating its fitness 10 dis
pose of the agricultural plJducts Of the
state TO the best advantage Houston has
made record Of equal credit In disposing
OF the product Of the saw. and has won for
Itself the name Of the Long Leaf Metrop-
oils OF South Texas"
Like other resources OF the State that
slumbcred In obscurity until awakened by
the hnnd OF Industry the wealth of it's
timbered lands has only come to Hight in
have taken on n value not dreamed of by
those who dwelled among the pines, and
the efforts to gain possession az them have
been zeaiously put forth. The phenomenal
growth of the lumber trade in Southern
Texas had Its beginning about the year
1896. and Houston's conspcdousness rs n
market dates from that time. By husband
ing the interests OF the producer. seeking
a purchaser for his product and possessing
every requisite for handling It, the city has
attained Its present rank as distributor
The early lumber dealers of the city recog
Milling that point of easy access TO the
buyer aud the millman must IN the nature
Of things be established and form a center
OF trade for the commodity pointed the
way to the growth Of the business In Hous-
ton, and the expansion since has 'ed 10 he
creation OF some Of the largest financial
concerns IN the south. As result Of the
concentration here Of the headquarters of
those who operated the mills. purchasers
have been able to I'LL their orders for any
grade or cut or quantity Of lumber with
out going to the mills. The wood products
controlled from Houston today are so varied
aud complete that upon a very short notice
| delivery can he had for bills of the most
complicated specifications. This condition
has brought about the end which the
pioneers Of the industry had in mind and
which Is yet In its first stages of develop
ment.
~
Few Of the dealers instrumental iu the
growth of the lumber business mere have
Withdrawn from operation. Those first to
establish Offices in this city for handling
the output Of their mills consisted Of the
Sam Allen Lumber company, the NJ T.
! Jones, the Emporla under direction OF S.
! +. Carter, the J. l. Campbell, the Trinity
| River Operated by Thomas s rostep, c.
! r. Cummings & Co.. Ed IL Harrcll & Co.,
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| turing company, w II. Norris, Angle Iager
! man company, c. Bender x Sons and w
/ c. Ware & Co. Houston has retained al
most all of these aud added many others
among which are; Big Tree Lumber com
/ pany, Bray's Bayou Lumber company
Gebert Single company, w II. Norris
president; ]. {. Hi Lumber company; In
terstate Lumber company, managed by
Sawyer & Duhlg; n. II. Ray, agent Locks
Moore & Co. OF Westlake. La. ana South
ern Cypress Lumber Selling compauyj A. ]
Schureman, Eliot Fall Charles H. Sheriff.
Texas Yellow Pine Lumber company: Texa,
and Louisiana Lumber company. i. n
Daniels, president; Norris Lumber company
Henry House; Houston Co-operatiye anC
Manufacturing company, a. &. Abel, preel
dent Reynolds Lumber company, AM
Teichman Manufacturing company.
Besides these concerns the trade has re
ceived It's most important nddition recent,
by the organization Of the Kirby Lumbe
company. with a capital Of S1OtE1,VUu, am
with the purchase Of mills that makes {
the. largest. Of all IN point Of investinen
and producing capacity.
Exact statistics have not been complicated
but II Is reliably estimated that the volum
OF business handled from Houston Ia
quadrupled since 1902 and including tn
additions made in. the past year, she tOt6
Agnres II given, would approximate loo
OOOCO0 feet annually. The market In
] reAped the full heneht of the building a
{ tlyity that has been aroused 10y The az,
, covery of OIL In Texas. giving greater I'M
petus 10 factory building The erection "a
Gotten and cotton seed oil mills anil tn
rice culture have also enlarged the scoop
of the lumbee trade. The demand iron
abroad has at the same time shown heay
increase, being especially noticeable In tn
buying from Oklahoma, Kansas and othe
central Western States where an unusunll
; busy period Of construction has been undo
way
The older operators had already estat
| ne 20 IL ~,
forest crop Of Texas when Its greater prom
; hence was derived by the organization o
, the Kirby Lumber company. They lahore
Quietly and diligently to bring the treasure
Of East Texas pine lands into the commerc
Of the world ana AR Kirby perfected IN
means for the development Of the lndustr
to the uttermost by attracting the capita
for operating n S10.O00O0n ccmpanc 4
realize 20 what extent the influence of tn
market was increased by tho ncqulSitio
! OF this interest, one must consider its RI
, sources. The aggregate annual saving "a
pacity Of the mills Of Texas is about 500
, 100000 feet The mills owned BY this CON
, pany are fourteen in number and their as
gregate capacity. with all IN operation
Is stated would he one-half of tho tota
Tho company had scarcely completed ol
ganzatIon when an order was sold to on
buyer amounting 10 35u.000.0fO feet 10
domestic consumption. and foreign bi
/ OF lOuOOO,OO feet WAS refused because q
the unsatisfactory price offered The oul
: put Of this company is handled from Il
offices here. II is their expectation {
ultimately Increase their capacity by III
erection OF new mills. to 100000 feet rs
carloads per day) and to lnaugurate sue
economies OF management, operation an
distribution as to enable them TO compel
with every market Of the world wher
yellow pine IS sold. The other companie
possessing large milling facilities do no
contemplate less and with this achieved
Is not difficult to see that the limits Of N
trade In Houston have only been conceive
at the present time.
The Kirby Lumber company has take
terests OF the State by being the hrst /
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