New-York tribune., 1919-10-06

mon brick Il, has reached a stage
where, for the first time IN several
generations. drier plants along the
hudson RIVER VIII operate all winter.
unless a protracted spell Of zero
weather sets IN. so as to have at least
a little better supply of brick for this
markets use next spring. thereby
keeping the cost Of this material as low
a possible
A assing delight upon the steel
strike as il affects building construc-
tlon was revealed when one Of the
best informed men in the fabricated
steel department SAID tnat the plate
mills have been aggre Ssively IN the
market for orders TO keep the fullest
possible capacity OF their plants en-
p.oyed AT the present time
Relief From Lumber Prices
IN the lumber department interest
centred around the fac that spruce
iatn to- day is bringing $40 a thousand.
ana the dealers are not anxious for
business, as the demand is acute Pos
Sib'e relief from the soaring tendency
Of lumber developed in House bill 9567
introduced last Saturday and referred.
10 the Committed on the Judiciary
prohibiting the expectation Of lumber
from the United States for q period
of two wears from The passage of the
act
Hudson common brick is strong at
SIG thousand, Wholesale. with the
usual additional charge for handling
and carriage, with a Is per cent charge
TO cover overhead expenses of the
dealer instead Of the 10 per- cent charge
heretofore made
THIS drift may be better gagged
when It IS shown that l2 900 600 brick.
or thirty barges, came into the citv
last week or 1000. 600 more than in anv
week since spring. and vet the marke.
was almost bare Saturday, Last years
BRICK IS now gone. and new brick is be-
ginning TO arrive. whereas il appeared
only TWO weeks ago as if the 1919 brick
would not begin 70 come in before the
opening Of navigation next year
Prevailing Material Prices
All basic building material prices
moved upward last week Prices cur
rent showing the actual quotations rul-
lng TINS morning follow:
Asphaltum tper ton. New York oil
blown >, 10 road contractors. tank cars.
per ton, SIS to SIS. Hudson common
brick. wholesale. dock. New York. SIS
per thousand, with delivered prices.
plus handling, carriage and Is per cent.
Portland cement. delivered. per barrel
S5.aU, with rebate on empty bags -
cents. four bags 10 barrel. Polished
plate glass. from Official plate glass list
Of Angus !, 1919, sizes up TO five
square feet. 78 per cent; over five
square teet, - per cent; window glass.
all sizes, single A and B quality. =
Per cent; A-dcuble. 10 per cent; B
double. 81 per cent: off jobbers list
March /, 1918. These discounts are
gen raI-y acceptable i'm he tast and
Middle West. but are likely 20 be some
what modified in New York. owing to
condition OF demand and incomplete
stocks. Gravel remains az $50. on
oorh 4 and lig inch sizes. delivered
NanAaitan and BrcnX. Brooklyn may
be higher. Hollow brick remains at
Sl3 Per thousand. Wholesale
faster prices have been advanced
Delivered quotations job site. Manhat-
tan: Bronx. Brooklyn and Queens.
Neat wall in cloth bags per ton,
S22.9o; las- mortar cloth bags per
ton, SIS. Brown mortar (cloth bags
per ton, SIS; finishing plaster cloth
bags per ton S25 Rebate on bags.
10 cents each Finishing plaster. $50
h. bbis, $3.50; 300 ID. bbls.. ss.775
Plaster blocks, 2-inch hollow. per
square feet, 8 cents; 2-inch solid. -
cents; 3-lnch hollow, 12 cents: 3-irch
solid. 10 cents; 4-inctl hollow, 13 cents.
- .-'-'A ttSA-O", - = CENTS p-lNCn mol
.ow. IS cents; s-inch hollow. % p
cents. Plaster boards delivered Man
haitian. Bronx. Brooklyn. 27x48xi2 inch
each. 30 cents; 32x36xl,, % cents: 32x
56x$s inch, p cents: 32x36xl2, 26
cents
Lime quotations. delivered Nanhat-
IAN. Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens: FIN
ishing lime, standard 300 lb. bbls., per
oDl. $50; common lime, standard. 300
To. bbs.. $50; hydrate finishing lime
cloth bags per ton. $3.50 rebate for
bags 20 cents each hydrate finishing
lime in paper bags, per ton, S2460:
common hvdra-e ame lin Goth bags
per ton. S2060; common hydrate lime
I'm cloth bags, per ton, s2250 rebate
on bags 20 cents each common ny
ate lime IN paper bags per ton
$500
Probably the only item in the build
,ng material market that viii show &
decline in price to-day VIII be lnseed
oil, an important component Of paint.
which had declined to 1892 a gallon
~ lbs.), at the week end for 5-gallon
lots; S1.89 for more than 5-gallon lots.
and 81 for Calcutta