The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
LUMBER MARKET GAINING STRENGTH Export Trade Shows Remarka .
 bIe Revival THE CONNER MILL OPENS Railroads in South Mississippi Lum- ber District Report Most satis- factory Revival in Business.
 Days of Tore.
THE CONNER MILL OPENS
BY A. c. AYLEsWoRTH.

Hattiesburg. Miss, October 17.-(spe- the export market has been the feature of the lumber industry in this territory dur ing the past few days. The demand in that direction has been so brisk and the quotations so strong that for many mills that in the past have catered especially to the interior trade the export business has been found more attractive.
 Sawn timber is moving toward the ports in large quantities. attracted by the good prices, and the offerings for prime luln- Der have been irresistible to mill men who were situated at all so that they could handle the business. In some respects the export business is preferred by the mill men where all the other conditions are equal.
 z Inspection for export is generally made right at the mill, and while the inspec- tion is close it is stable, and the sawyers know exactly what to cut for. And inn mediately after the inspection is made the money is cash on the spot. There is no delay over shipments and no disap- pointment over inspection at the end of the trip.
  about on a stand for the past couple of weeks, it was found that for the 60 days previously the quotations for export had jumped a dollar thousand every two weeks, till the prices reached point that made them irresistible to the sawmin men.
 The business of the big okotoma Saw mill company recently formed with saw poiJl COIIinGUilla headed by the two Silverthorne brothers of New York, will be conducted from Hattiesburg. J. Lea, who Is the general manager of the property, is now making arrangements to establish his offices here He will move his family to Hat tiesburg. Here he will be equidistant from both mills, so as to be in easy reach of either His sales department will be conducted here. The office equipment will be extensive, as the establishment will be one of the largest in the state. The Okotoma companys mill at Collins is now working on full time, but the company expects to make extensive lm- provements on the machinery, and when the time comes to install the new equip ment it will be necessary to close down for a while. Manager Lea Ia now at Col lins and in the neighboring woods look ing after the operations. The logging road
 
 The big mill of the Conner Lumber company at Seminary was all ready for the resuming of operations today. The plant would have been started several days ago, but when the time came to start it was found that during the pe- riod of it's idleness the machinery had gone to the bad in unexpected spots, and so more time was needed for repairs. of ia mill xUfI oiu m life to business in and around Seminary, for in the mills and in the woods the company gives employment to some 250 people, and that many workmen call for a large pay roll that goes into circula- tion
 The railroads of this part of the coun- try that handle the Jumper output report revival of traffic that is reminiscent of the palmy days of yore. The Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City has recently been compelled to put on an extra train to handle it's business. On the main line of that road it is stated that practically every mill is at work cutting lumber, and on the branch leading from Hatties- burg to Beaumont a similar condition prevails. On the Gulf and Ship Island there are still few mills that are idle, and some of them are large ones. But many of these are getting ready to op-
 
 it is shown that the present fairly satis- factory condition of. the trade gives as- surance of permanency. The Mississippi Central is hauling about all the lumber that it can expect at this time of year. Up to this time there has beeny no com plaint of a car shortage and there has been nothing to suggest that trouble of that kind need be anticipated. apfc hIa pt1fo ocf11 pany is the name of a new concern just applying for incorporation here. J. s. Harrison, H. E. Welch, Earl B. King, E. Wood, Alb Hudson and w. T. Corley of Hattiesburg and R. c. Wilkerson of Vicksburg are the incorporators. The capital stock is s20 GOO. The company will take over the cross-arm factory in this city, recently purchased by MT. Harr- son, and will convert it into a blaming mill The company will also engage in the general manufacture of lumber.