The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-04

There is no doubt but that a num-
Der of saw mills in this section VIII
soon close down. and remain closed
until Conditions improve
The Kansas City Lumber Company
at Lucedale is one of them Mr. c.. NJ.
Luce. manager and principal owner,
says that the big mill will close down
on July LIST, and while closed Will I'm
dergO improvements and repairs. II
is the opinion of several of the man
ufaCturerS that this is good time -
give their mills rest
Sawn timber is little stronger
than it has been. a sale of 1000
pieces. 27IH average, is reported "a
&c basis A sale was reported last
week at PC for timber, for which no
higher offer was made three weeks
ago than 11c. There Is said TO be
large amount OF sawn timber up the
rivers which viii begin TO come down
in volume when the high water sub
sides.
The recent strengthening of timber
at Mobile is due to the work of specU-
latOrs. who have noticed the closing
down of numerous mills, the stocks
in foreign countries and the demand
in the interior market, and who figure
that timber at present prices is
increase in price does not come soon
the spectators expect TO sink their
timber and hold on until ii does 90
up to such figure as Will give them
profit.
There has been practically no
change in other items ID Mobile The
shipments from GUlfp)Tt and PaSCa-
gOula were nOticeably small this
week. The months shipments from
Gulf ports Will fall far below those
of the same month last year.
The New Orleans Lumber Export
ers Association has succeeded in Sc
curing the assurance of the Belt
Railroad Commission of that city that
greater facilities will be furnished for
the loading of lumber vessels for eX-
port Plans will be made to give the
additional facilities required.
The importance of this trade IS
shown by the statement of Mr.. Hin
ton. president of the Lumber Export
ers' Association. who estimates that
1000 cargOes of southern lumber are
exported through the Gulf ports an
nualIy New Orleans legitimate
share of this great tonnage, under ia
vorahle conditions. he estimates at so
per cent Granting the correctness
of these premises, it will be seen that
New orleans ONGTlOOhS Il NdIudDlt Up
portunity and loses an important
source of revenue for her docks when
she suffers this tonnage to be divert
ed by failure to provide adequate IA
cilities.
The steamer VueltabagO is expect
ed to bring a full cargo of mahogany
for the veneering plant of Markley,
Miller and Co in Mobile This cargo
will be shipped out to Philadelphia
and Chicago. Mr. <Markley is quoted
as saying that his company is making
efforts to locate a mammoth furniture
factory in Mobile which will take
practically all the mahogany that his
steamer brings to this port.
Notwithstanding the earnest and
unremitting pleas of the cypress lum-
leans railroads for cars, little hope is
expressed that their demands will be
gratifed and the outlook was consid-
cred most depressing. According 20
the cypress mill men, a first Install
ment of 1000 cars Is absolutely re-
quired to help them out of their pres
ent predicament.
The MiIstead Lumber Company.
which already operate a saw mill on
the PascagOula river, 40 miles by
river. above Moss Point, Miss, is fast
completing a second and much larger
mill on the Denny Railroad. 3 miles
from the Port of PascagOula, in
Jackson county.
The new mill is in a magnificent
timber belt, and the company now