Evening star., 1933-03-25
BUSINESS JUMPS
IN LUMBER MILLS
New Orders Amount to 1885,
$4,000 Feet-Gains in
SoftWood Regions.

New business booked at the lumber
mills during the week ended March 18,
1888, was 81 per cent above the previous
highest week of 1888, 38 per cent above
that received during the preceding
week and IA per cent above the corre-
spending week of 1882, according to
telegraphic reports to the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association here
from regional associations covering the
operations of 695 leading hardwood and
softwood mills.
This new business amounted to 1885,
100000 feet. Production totaled ST.
$1,000 feet which was slightly higher
than the previous week and 23
per cent below the corresponding week
of 1882. softwood production was 20
per cent below that of last year; hard
wood, As per cent below.
Gain in Softwood REGIONS.
Most Of the gain in orders was in
the SoftWood regions, southern pine,
West Coast and Western pine showing
the heaviest orders Of the year, as
well as Northern hardwoods.
New business at the Southern pine
mills was 81 per cent of capacity, COM
pared with "a per cent the previous
week. At the Western pine mills orders
were % per cent of capacity compared
with IA per cent the week before while
at Southern hardwood mills, 25 per
cent compared with 20 per cent the
week before. Northern mills also
showed substantial gains
Compared with corresponding week
Of 1882, softwood orders were II per
cent above; hardwood orders. Is per
cent below. Orders reported by South
ern pine and West Coast mills were
nearly 40 per cent above those Of the
corresponding week Of 1892 Northern
hemlock were 62 per cent above and
Northern hardwoods 79 per cent above.
Other regions showed decreases as COM
pared with last year.
13,262 Cars Loaded.
Forest products carloadings during
the week ended March IL were 1892
cars, a decline from the previous week
sof 1887 cars and from the cores
ponding week Of 1882 of 5,705 cars.
Lumber orders reported for the week
ended March 18, 1888, by 425 softwood
mills tOtaled l42 1000 feet, or n
pei CCl4G dDOhC Vic plOOOItAOll VI tAAS
same mills. Shipments as reported for
the same week were 100,908.000 feet,
or 25 per cent above production. Pro-
duction was &c, ,456000 feet.
Reports from 287 hardwood mills give
new business as 14109000 feet, or 98
per cent above production. Shipments
as reported for the same week were
10,654,O00 feet, or so per cent above
production. Production was 7,l15,OOo
feet.
Untitled Orders.
Reports from 376 softwood mills give
untitled orders of $50 425,0 600 feet, on
March 10, 1888, or the equivalent OF
IA days production. The $50 identical
mills (hardwood and softwood) report
untitled orders amounting to 451, ,104, 600
feet on March 18, 1888. or the eQuiva-
lent of IA days average production, as
compared with $50 555, 900 feet, or the
equivalent of 18 days average produc-
ton on similar date year ago.
Last weeks production OF AIT 1dentl-
cal softwood mills was 79,746,000 feet,
and a year ago it was 99,152,000 feet:
shipments were respectively 99,879,0OO
feet and 127,726000; and orders re-
ceived lac, ,661 900 feet and 120,447 .000
In the case of hardwoods, 1913 Identical
mills reported production last week and
a year ago 5,882, 900 feet and 10,640,-
900: shipments 9,352,000 feet and 49,
$4,000: and orders 100000 feet and
100000.