The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-11
THIS PORT WILL
SOON BE AT THE TOP
A TOTAL OF 100000 FEET HAM
DIED THROUGH HERE LAST
YEAR, WHILE NEW Works.
BUSINESS WAS ONLY 12.ooo, 900,
BOSTON COMING THIRD IN I'M.
PORTING THE WOOD.

Pensacola ranks second Of The
ports of the United States in the i'm
pOrtatiOn OF mahogany handling last
year nc less than S.500.000 board feet.
while New York, the reader in this
business, imported 100000 board
feet. Boston, formerly second. pushed
down to third place with S.000,0
feet.
These facts were made known by a
representative of c. c. Nengel g. Bro,
a firm which is handling its mahOg-
any shipments exclusively through
this port. From nothing in 1907 to
the second port handling this class OF
business is a pretty big jump for Pen
saeols, but il was accomplished by
having a suitable harbor, all facilities
for the quick handling Of the business
and a direct line of road to the man
featuring plant in Louisville
WILL LEAD THIS YEAR.
While New York ranked first last
year. leading Pensacola by $500 goo.
she viii be unable to retain that lead
this year. according TO the same an
thOrity, for Aiengel d Co. viii this
year largely increase their imports OF
the valuable wood. The Arm has Sc
cured concessions in Central Amarica
which Will keep it supplied with logs
for period OF over fifty years, even
though the imports each year are in
creased over what they were the past
Year This is IN .addiuon 10 the ms
hogany handled from South Africa.
from which a number OF cargoes
were brought recently,
THE TOTAL, QUANTITY.
The total quantity of mahogany inn
ported last year was nearly forty-two
million board feet. OF tnis large
amount North America supplied $50
per cent and Europe IS per cent.
Though Europe supplied only a little
more than one-fourth as much ma
hogany as there was imported from
North America. its average value per
thousand feet was more than twice az
much, due TO the finer quality The
remainder OF the imports came from
Africa. South America and Asia.
Mexico furnished 462 per cent of the
coming from North Ameri-
ca. Nicaragua followed with 1O.2 per
cent, British Honduras with I5.5 per
cent, Cuba with 8 per cent and Hon
duras with "A per cent Other Cen
trai American countries furnished the
small remaining percentage.
THE CUBAN FORESTS.
Immediately following the war witt,
Spain. Iumbermen Of the United
States exploited the largest and most
accessible of the Cuban mahogany
forests. For a few years the forests
or Cuba contributed more largely TO
the supply in this country than at the
present time. largely owing to the ran
ldity with which this valuable timber
was logged and shipped. An engineer
employed by American authorities
during the recent Intervention in Cuba
claims that nearly all of the available
supply of mahogany of that island has
been exhausted, and that what now re-
mains in any considerable quantities
IS FAR remote from transportation IA
cilities.
The number of buyers of MAHOGANY
IN this country's hardwood market is
now exceeded only by those Of oak.
maple, poplar, Eastwood. ash. birch
chestnut aud cypress. The principaI
reason for the popularity OF mahog-
any Is that the importers OF the logs
and the manufacturers of lumber
have never advanced its prices beyond
a modest profit, and n Is relatively 81
low t1at IL now makes little difference
IN price whether an Office building or
a home is finished in mahogany or
quaTtersawH white oak
Another reason for lis popularity is
because It improves in tone with ace.
AFTER much experimentation car build
ers hDish practically al of their cars
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