December 6, 1919





RECORD    AND    GUIDE





579





MATERIALS    AND    SUPPLIES





to   be   able   to   start   upon   elaborate   new
programs early  next spring.

Advancing material prices are seem¬
ingly no bar to building activity at this
time. The market has been very active
during the past week or so, with prices
advancing all along the line. Dealers as
well as buyers are more concerned about
the developing scarcity of supplies than
they are about advancing prices, and the
situation is likely to become a serious im¬
pediment to the future of tiie industry un¬
less immediate steps are taken to increase
production. The coal shortage and the
restrictions upon the use of fuel is a seri¬





ous blow to the building industry, as it
will retard the production of material im¬
mediately required for the fulflUment of
the   programs   now   outlined,

Conimon Brick.—The New Tort whole¬
sale market for Hudson River common
brick experienced an intensely active week
with a total of thirty-two barges arrived
from up-river points and thirty-eight
loads disposed ofi, for distribution through¬
out the Metropolitan district. The price
is firm at $20 a thousand, and it is now
thought by the trade that the advancing
price tendency has been checked and that
the market price will be stabilized at the





IN   THE    METROPOLITAN    MARKETS





Plaster Boards

Delivered    at    Job    alte    In    Manhattan,
Bronx,   Brooklyn and Queens:





17x2Sxl
]7x48x %
i3x36K ^
i2x36x %
t2x36x   ^





la
In.
la.
In,





(0.35
0,32
0.21
0.21





each
each
each
each





In.................. 0.23M oach





Delivered  at job In

Manhattan...... .$1.86 to $2.26 perou. y<L

Delivered  at job in

Bronx  ...........  1.86 to   2.26 per cu. yd.

Wblle Sand-
Delivered in Manhattan. .$4.50 per cu. yd.

Broken  Stone—

IH-in., Manhattan delivery .13.26 per cu. yd,

Bronx delivery......3.60 per cu. yd>

%-ln.» Manhattan delivery.   3.2& per cu. yd.
Bronx delivery......  8.50 per cu. yd.





ft.





Bnlldlnff Stone-
Indiana HmeHtone, per cu. ft...,

Kentucky  limestone, per cu. ft.,
Brier Hilt sandstone, per cu. ft...
Qray Canyon sandstone,  per cu.
Buff Wakeman, per cu. ft
Buff  Mountain,  per cu,

g'orth River bluestone,
eam-face granite, per
Sout h     Dover    marble

mill block), per cu. ft

White     Vermont     marble     (aawed).

Mew Tork, per cu. ft..............





ft
per cu,

Bq. ft........

(promiscuoufl





ft.





11.21

1.86
1.60
.96
1.60
1.60
1.06
1.00

2.26

8.00





Structural  Steel—

Plain   material  at  tidewater:  cents  per
pound:
Beams and channels up to 14

In..........................$2.72 to ------

Beams and channels over 14 In, 2.72 to

Angles. 3x2 up to 6xS........   2.72 to

Zees and  teea................ 2.72

Steel bars  ...................  2.62





to
to





Wholesale prices. New Tork:
Yellow plnCp merchantable 1906. t,
N. r,:





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3x4  to 14x14,  10 to 20 ft___$47.00 to|65.00

Hemlock, Pa., f, o. b.. N. T.,

base price, per M.........   ------to

Hemlock. W, Va„ base price,

per M   ...................   ------to

(To mixed cargo price add freight, $1.60.)
Spruce, Eastern, random cur-
goes,   narrow   (delivered) .S50.00 to$<10.00
Wide  cargoes   .............  50.00 to   ti0.00

Add $1.00 per M. for each inch In width
over 12 Inches.    Add $1.00 per M. for every
two foot over 20 ft. In length.    Add $1.00
per M,  for dressing.
Cypress Lumber (by car. f. o, b., N. T.);

First and seconds. 1-in.. $68.75 to ----------

Cyprefis shingles, 6x18, No.

1 Hearts  ...............    17.00 to ----------

Cypress shlneles, 6x18, No.

1   Prime   ...............    15.00 to ----------

Quartered oak............210.00 to ----------

Plain   oak    ...............    95.00 to   100.00

Flooring:

White oak, quart'd, select. 190.00 to ----------

Red  oak,   quart'd,   select,. 150.00 to ---------

Maple   No.   1..............   80.00 to ----------

Yellow pine. No. 1, common

flat   ....................   70.00 to ---------

N.   C.   pine,   floorlnff,   Nor*

folk....................    65,00 to ----------

Window GTflHs—

Ofllcial   discounts   from   manufacturers'
lists:
Single strength, A quality, first three
brackets    ..........................79 %

B grade, single strength, flrst three
brackets    .........................79%

Grades A and B, larger than the flrst

three brackets, single thick.......7ft%

Double strength, A quality...........80%

Double   strength,  B   quality..........82%

LInaeed Oll^

City  brands,  oiled,  5-bbl,  lots.$2.12 to------

Less   than   5   bbls.............   2.15 to------

Tu rpen tlne^

Spot in  yard,  N.  Y., per gal.-   l.«8 to tl-75





$20 level for some weeks at least. Th«
demand for common brick maitnains the
intensity that has marked the past month
or more, but producers and dealers are of
the opinion that sufficient brick is in
sight to supply all reasonable require¬
ments. Prom the higher reaches of the
river it is reported that manufacturers
are preparing to send in their final tows
of the season. There is no ice in the river
but heavy snow around the Kingston dis¬
trict last week decided the producers to
rush what they could to the city. There
is a goodly amount of brick still to be
shipped from the Haverstraw and New¬
burgh Bay districts before the river is
closed to navigation^ so that consumers
have no cause to worry about a faminle
or even a serious shortage_ The fuel
situation has been somewhat relieved of
late> and brickmakers are now burning
green brick In greater numbers than be¬
fore this season.

Summary.—Transactions in the North
River common brick market for the week
ending Friday, December 5. 1919- Condi¬
tion of the market: Demand excellent:
prices firm and unchanged. Quotations:
Hudson Rivers. |20 a thousand to dealers
in cargo lots alongside dock. Number of
cargoes arrived. 32; sales, 38- Distribu¬
tion; Manhattan, 13; Bronx, 5; Brooklyn,
15;  New Jersey  points,   5.





Tin In  1818.

Tin is one of the few highly useful
metals that are practically not produced
in the United States proper. The output
of tin from domestic ore in 1918 was only
68 tons, nearly all of it obtained from
placers in Alaska.

The tin imported in 1918, as metal and
in concentrates, amounted to 82,854 short
tons, the largest quantity yet brought into
the country in any one year.

Deposits of tin ore are found in Cali¬
fornia, Virginia, North Carolina, Soutk
Carolina, South Dakota, Washington, Ne¬
vada, and New Mexico, but the ore at some
of them contains so little tin that it can
not be mined with profit.

Tin concentrate from Bolivia wag
handled at four tin-smelting plants in this
country, which produced from It over
10,000 tons of metallic tin,

A report on tin in 1918, by Adolph
Knopf, has just been published by the
United States Geological Survey, Depart¬
ment of the Interior, as a chapter of
Mineral Resources for 1918 and can be
obtained free of charge on application to
the Director of the Survey at Washington.





Let WHITE Build It of CONCRETE

These Nationally-known firms:

Swift & Co., JuUus Kayser & Co., Standard Oil Co.
of N. J.. Texas Co., Crane Co., Pathe Freres Phono¬
graph Co., General Motors Corporation, and Dixie
Drinking Cup Co.

"Let WHITE build it of CONCRETE."   Could you desire any
better recommendation ?

hlNOlNEEi^J) & CONTRACTORS FOR INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS









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