New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

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Tneut that S0000o0 in actual cash ys. 1i-.l,5 -
year shows it's imDortance. Neu-Or'-.r.ss -
interests ere treated OF IN tn oorrrr- st5-
Of October 80. OF her sugar Receipts at.oI,1 80
Sslsnths are taken by he Sugar Trust the balsrc,
Is consumed locally. Her luTr h.~ rrada ID 80 I.
great and growing Industry for Tn vHst NAV -
S ttb r territory are The tretchss
these furnish the best long leaf yellow p.n and ~
come the highest grade 81 staves (1rgS - ~
lumber and slaves Is exported but tbr .,u-sss r.
p'ihcIpaiy consumed in this country
YELLOW PINE LUMBER
Among the more important and besl known %
the lumber concerns Of New-OrIea1s il that oc
Edward L. Silva, who owes hts expert know edge
OF the trade. and his very intimate acauafutsncs
with ths timber and lumber resources OF this re-
slon ana It's manufacturing. handling Transports
ton and shipping facilities. To- his more Than =
quarter OF century in the business. having been
In II since 1873
Mr.. Silva sells The entire output % eight saw
ahd pianlns mills. seven OF which Inauufsct,rA
Gated on the Wo i Rys r se mills H are
counties on the Gulf coast of Mississippi and on
ana: six pine mills On the former and one pi-s
and the cypress mill on tho latter
These mills cut all kinds ~ manufactured iIu-
ting also red ana tgpelo gum yellow no5isr as
factories. The cypress Is also sold locally TO ms
nish Smoke dried sap Iumber
For economy stock is carried AZ the mills rsthsr
than at Mr. Silva's yards on New-Bssin offices
No. 16ls Julia-st). only IN absolutely necessary
supply. some 300dto 70 4s'Nooo feet. IS kept hsrs
70 meet emergency orders or the I5afoath feet %
lumber consumed in the year locally this concern
local manufacture with 5ttue feet az lumber when.
the writer called upon him % discuss Nsw-Cr-
leans facilities for handling United States gove-ni
ment orders for The Panama Canal hA having supt
piled the French company with 2 million reet 4
fading He has excellent facilities for hIling Gov,
eminent orders for Panama, through CiulfPort ana
Mr.. Silva has not sought trade with The interior;
but he IS prepared 70 meet its demands should 4
seek him. for his mills are located amongst ths
finest timber and equally well situated az rel
CARDS Transportation faculties, lis export trsdf
Mexico to which he ships largely rough rssaget1
Of hardwood TO this market
CYPRESS LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES
The largest Individual operator in cypress IN tts
State of Louisiana. and most probably the hess
posted man in the industry. Is Mr. P. H. Down
man. who has his Offices IN the Hibsrnis Bars
Building He is president OF the Bowie Lunhst
Company, Limited. Bowie, La, which has ca
pacity OF S5Oe0OOO feet OF lumber. and employs -
hands: OF the Jeanerette Lumber and Single Gem
pany. Limited. Jeanerette. La, with capacity %
100000 feet. employing go hands; the IBERIA
Cypress Company. Limited. New-Iberta. La, ca
pacity 100000 feet. and employing 80 hands; Des
AIlemands Lumber Company. Limited. Des Al-
mands La capacity 120O0.G60 feet. and emplOyns
shinsle Company. Limited. White Castle. Ia
capacity H.G9O.Ooe feet. and employing 30 hams
These great mills. which modern IN their eGlp'
ment, and are considered models in every rssPs'
are not associated IN one corporation. but are CO
Quoted independently. Their product Is ship7a
throughout the country. all having good shippss
facilities. mainly by rail- They offer especial p
ducements TO consumers, IN that their produf =
well manufactured. and that they handle only Ia
grade red Louisiana cypress acknowledged 10 ~
the best variety OF this wood.
While these mills cut rough lumber. they mann
facture mouldings for all purposes and OF all kna'
porch work. such balusters, brackets. columns
newels rails. etc: sashes for barns cellars. he'f
beds and other purposes; sections o. door and ~
dow frames shingles OF all dimensions. stair TsA
store fronts. tracery, transOms OF every dsscripu
wainseoting. pews. pulpits and many other dese.P1
tons OF interior and exterior work. IN cypress:
which space will not permit the snumsrano.
here. Cypress seems particularly vel aaAp'ea
the interior finish OF large edinces sucn as "0s>
public halls and churches
One OF the most imposing. stateHsst hals ~
America. the dining room of the Great soulns.s'
Gulfport Is entirely finished In cypress. ia
verde antidue-its great pillars and CaPals s-scst
wainscoting and trim all have msreleHSSss asntff
the tracery and figuring of the wood has BE-
1t Is only OF recent years .Rat eSg tor sns
other purposes than ship timber. SAINTS eor 80
eisterns and other under water sefFl' MORE varied
uses nave been recognized in this section Al 80
The United s {{ Is e Is ag~ w6rked and p
OF durability and elegance. - unsurFaSseN -
Mr. DoWnman estimates that there is 9nN ,- -:
about twenty years supply "a ms re I, Is Tesa
drafts have been made upon " sihcs - -, Is rs
found adaptable for 50 many diI1Ste,t. rSss
mills. however have large, timber ~ - sssS.
furnish promptly anything m w ~ nj siris
door blind moulding and interior tri9 ~. ~ -
OF oniqip h ana tbe demand for their mary.
features Is heavy and from every "ns1" ''''
of the Rockies
NEw-ORLEANs'S GREAT SrANE B'S'NN'
Though New-Or.esus' business in slaves . ~,
stantIy increasing the material IS So
s,arcer and scarcer. indiana Kentucky. West To, -,
nessee. and North Mississippi have been p''',
denuded OF stavs timber and the cutters =,
down in North Louisiana Arkansas Ni''' -.
sisslppi and Texas the latter being cHnF-
u field. .s,u
There is Vet A good deal Of stave ,iulbsr ~ =,
the present territory fortunately and REV
are constantly opening up new supplies -
StilI the greater volume OF these stsvs- = . q
railroads and watercourSes from 0'S'a IA,
fifteen to twenty miles, which ,caE 49, ~
greatly TO the expense % mlrket!ns l''', -,
rs white oak slaves constitute load. Tor ''s -,
over which they have 70 be hauled gre 'e'S "a
and, therefore. il Is seldom That more
trip q day can DC made by a team at
Owing 20 the above causes slaves are 4'V -
ing In value year after wear. prices '"
vanced 10 20 90 per cent in the last de''u'- la
Messrs. Bobet BROTHERS with "Hi'e 90
Peters and 81. James stz 30 atou, "a Pe sst
the stavt business of New-orlear-- i' A.
concern was founded in 1881 bN 'h ~
phOnse and Edward J. Eoesi tEt u ''' .l .
interrupted ny the war and Wa ''' 81
ls66. AlphOuse died some ter years -''' ,,s
ward J. Bohet has continued 'h' -->
His half ceatury's troiCicG 10 tr. ,.V ~.
entered IL a lad Of fourteen gef 81. D.. ,, q
beeu In the trade forC ltU Ni- ..e-
acquire an exhaustive technical Sr"'
SIDE az Il. and To- Uskt aim % Ina