Evening journal., 1922-10-26
LUMBER cheaper
in Wilmington
Prices Below Philadelphia
and Chester, Charles w.
Tingle Says
EXPECTS BUILDING
BOOM NEXT YEAR

Charles w. Tingle, vice president
of the Wilmington Sash and Door
Company one of the largest handlers
of lumber products in Delaware. in
reference to the article which ap-
peared in yesterdays issue of The
Evening Journal asking What is
the matter with Wilmington build
ing trades?" said today that prices
of lumber and millwork in Whining
ton are cheaper than In Philadel-
phia. Chester and other surrounding
towns and cities. refuting statements
to the contrary in the article. Mr..
Tingle said the price of lumber ma
terials is not responsible for build
ing tagging in Wilmington.
Mr.. Tingle cited several instances
where contractors from Cutoff town
had purchased material from the
firm with which he is connected.
One in particular, in which he
showed the bill. was a sale to a
LansdowDe, Pa. contractor. only the
past week, dated October %. The
delivered to Lansdowne at Whining
ton prices and entailed a hauling
charge Of $3.50 to the purchaser.
Mr. Tingle pointed out that this
would indicate that prices must be
cheaper here than in Philadelphia,
Chester and other points closer to
Dansdowne than Wilmington. The
contractor, he said, must be salts
fed as he will place orders of the
same kind with the local concern as
soon as he completes arrangements
for the building of ten more houses.
This will mean that the contractor
will have to pay $3.50 hauling
for each house, an
other strong point to indicate that
he can purchase the lumber cheap
er in Wilmington, Mr.. Tlngle said. /
Mr. Tingle also presented the list
of prices of his firm along with |
that of the October l issue for Phil |
adelphia, of the Lumbermen's Ser /
vice Bureau, a nation service for |
lumber dealers and contractors. By |
comparison he showed that in num-
erous instances for various kind of /
lumber prices are lower in VIII
mington than in Philadelphia, in /
some cases the same prices exist (
for the same kind of material while |
In only perhaps one or two instances
are the prices lower in Philadelphia |
than in Wilmington, the difference |
in these cases amounting to hardly |
per building.
The figures compared and pro-
duced by Mr.. Tingle showed Phila- /
ielphia prices 50 and SO higher per
thousand feet for many kinds of .
lumber, while on some varieties the |
difference ran to as high as So per
thousand feet.
Mr.. Ti1gle gives as his reason for
the tagging of the building trade in
as the difference in con-
iltions here than elsewhere. lie said
that Wilmington did not strike the
slump or depression experienced all .
over the country until perhaps nine
months after most other localities.
This, he pointed out, was one reason
why Wilmington is behind most
Dthsr sections in recovering. Most
Industries in Wilmington. at least
he largest, were engaged in war
NOLht lie eAIldlutu dS diAoAANi Atd-
son for the retardlng OF the recov-
Try here.
Philadelphia is in the midst Of
boom, Mr.. Tingle said, as
$ the metropolitan district, while
Trenton. located between the two,
With conditions the same as in Will
nington the past few years, is in the
anne kind of slump as Wilmington.
All lumber and millwork dealers
lave to purchase their supplies from
bout the same base. Mr.. Tingle de-
Jared. and he pointed out two i'm
.ortant reasons why prices are high
r in Philadelphia than in Whining
on. One of the great causes he
aid was with the boom on, the de- {
1and is constantly greater than the
upply and the dealers are contin-
ally running out. necessitating
acre frequent purchases and more I
requent freight payments. The ]
rice per car for delivery in Phila- {
elphia IS the same as in Whining I
on. he said. but the Philadelphia | ]
callers in most instances have lsrg- j
r overhead expenses than those of {
his city. In addition. he explain s
4 that dealers in making their own r
eliveries have much shorter hauls 4
l Wilmington than those of Phil r
delphia have. Il
Referring to the increase in prices y