New-York tribune., 1921-06-06
B uilelers See
Hope i'm Volume
Of S IL p pile $
20, 400, 600 Brick Delivered
LAST Week i'm Local Market,
Mostly for Operations in
B'klyn; Lime Cost Lower

Certain current market factors seem
to support the growing impression that
the eastern construction is undergoing
change for the better says The Dow
Service Daily Building Reports.
Common brick moved out Of the
wholesale market for the first time this
year in volume more closely resembling
a normal seasons schedule. OF fifty
four arrivals up to Tuesday fifty-one
were sold, and by Friday night later
arrivals and sales left only three UNI
sold loads in the market. AS most of
this brick was ridden direct to build
ing operations the weeks distribution
points to the proportionate rate of act
ual building construction work now in
progress IN the various sections of the
city
Brooklyn took twenty-seven, Manhat-
tan thirteen, the Bronx five, New Jer-
sey four, Astoria one and Flushing one.
Each barge carries approximately 400,-
600 brick, so that approximately 20,400,~
600 went to actual building sites in
the last ten days. None of this brick
went into dealers hands for stock. There
is. therefore, still large untitled de-
mand for this commodity, which is be-
ing sold ct $14 a thousand whole sale,
base, although some of the better gcades
brought SIS, to which prices, of course,
must be added the cost of handling,
haulage and 10 per cent for delivery
on job site.
The Manhattan brick handlers have
accepted the wage cut, and are now
back at work at so cents instead of 81
a thousand.
While there are some lines that give
every outward appearance of having
reached actual price bottoms, even to
the extent of passing up attractive Of
ferings when made contingent upon
further price reductions, there are still
some building commodities that show
shrinking quotations in this weeks list.
Lower Cost for Lime
In the basic building material depart
ment hydrated finishing lime, in cloth
and paper bags, which was reduced by
Ohio manufacturers 81 ton fourteen
days ago, became effective in local deal
ers' yards at the weekend. The cut
was followed fully by the retailers, tee
current delivered price listing showing
an even dollars reduction in hydrated
finishing lines and cut of $150 in
common hydrated lines, which figure
also represents the cut made by the
producers. These price cuts, while an
nounced two weeks ago by the manu-
facturers, became effective in the New
York retail yards simultaneously with
the first arrival of the newly priced
material as the week closed.
Rejecting the great s'slump in the
spruce market, wood lath is $1,50 a
thousand lower in price than a week
ago, making the local delivered price
now $1,000. Less than a year ago this
material was retailing at $40 thou
sand. Common Hudson brick was then
selling at $25 thousand, wholesale, or
approximately $31 delivered on the job,
where as to-day it is selling at s14
wholesale, or approximately $2050 de-
livered, depending upon the length of
haul.
A price advance of 10 per cent in any
commodity at. this time is worthy of
comment, and particularly so when the
commodity in question stands up in
the building material market as almost
the only one in which a condition of
oversupply exists. Two weeks ago
copper could be bought for June-July
delivery at 1919 cents. To-day the
leading producers quote 1874 cents.
Llnseed oil, rejecting paints and pro-
tective materials, could be purchased
cti mar Cl 10 tL 10 Genus Il gallon IN
lots of over five barrels each. To-day
it is stiff at so cents.
Advance in Flooring
Several lumber manufacturers have
anr ounced an advance in vertical grain
flooring and yellow pine fiat grain
flooring. Both yellow pine and
Douglas fir, dimension and finished
stock, are stronger in price. North
Carolina pine flooring and roofers are
also strengthening in the wholesale
market where certain items of rough
lumber are headed for a rise. This
condition is becoming more generally
true also of the hardwood market, not
ably such as Fas red and sap birch,
quartered and plain oak and quartered
and plain red gum. Finished cypress
is pressing for higher price. 1t is
said that higher price before long
for Tonawanda white pine would not
surprise the market.
While these influences have not yet
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