272





REAL   ESTATE   RECORD.





choice dry; miU-nm dimension §15®16. Poplar at §15 to
§17® 19 for boards and strips. Black walnut at §20@25 for
inferior, §30®35@40 for fair to good and choice green;
strictly choice at §42.50@45, 0.ak at §18@,25. Ash at
§20®*25 to §27,60, latter for .strictly choice. Svcamore at
§18®20. Cedar at §20®25 for hewn, and §25@30 for
gawed.  Cedar posts at §30.

We extact the foUowhig from an article iu the Ottawa
(Can.) Times:—

" The timber resources of the Province are enormous, the
timber being of the most superior description, and the
forests coveiing au area which is estimated at 100,000
square mUes. The 'Douglas pine 'abounda here, which
has of late years quite taken the place of Riga -spara for
ship building. Dr. Forbes, aUuding to the pine timber of
British Columbia, says:—

"'The extraordinary size, straightness, and uniform
tliickness of the trees, their flexibility, the regularity and
beauty of their grain, their durability, freeness from knots
arid aapwood, place them almost beyond competition in
point of quaUty, and eapeciaUj' fit them for the masting of
-large vessels. These pines often rise to the height of 300
feefc, and often for two-thirds of the way np there is not a
limb or branch. Tlie cedars are not so tall, but they are
larger in circumference, some of them meaaurin.g forty feet
atthebaae. Of these monarchs of the forest the cedar is
the kin.g tree, and the fir the queen tree. On our way from
New "Westminster to Burrard's Inlefc we passed through
nine mUes of forest, and such a forest! There was a thick
jungle-Uke undergrowth which made the forest all but im¬
penetrable, and shut oufc the sun. Every now and then we
came to a fir that sent up its trunk straight, massive, and
symmetrical for SOO feet. Imagine a tree wifch a trunk
fifty feet higher than the cross that glitters at the top of
the spire of St. Michael's Cathedral! Again, a great celar
would measure off 40 or 45 feet. Some of these forest
kings are too gi.gantic to be cut into timber. In such
woodlands the timber wiU yield from 70,000 to 120,000 feefc
per acre.'"

The Bosfcon markefc as follows.—

The markefc for lumber is buoyanfc, and fche demand in¬
creases as the season advances, "With favorable -winds
early in the week several cargoes arrived from the Easi>
ward, and aU consignments are taken as fast as they arrive.
The recent hea-vy rains have swept in aU the logs which
were kept-back for want of water, and the sawmiUsare now
all well supplied and running up to their fuU capacity.
The miUs which were obliged to shut down on account of
freshets, which interfered -with fche handling of raffcs, have
again resumed work, fche uiteiTuption only being temporarj',
and much Ufe and general activity are visible all through
the lumber region.s. •      -

BuUding operations continue active, aud all kinds of lum¬
ber used in framing, boarding, fcc. are now in lively re¬
quesfc, and for short lumber, sucli .as shingles, laths, and
clapboards, the market is unusually active. With this ex¬
cessive demand on the retaU yards, stocks have been much
-reduced and are now lighfc for the season. There seems
to be no lefc up in contracts, and buUders are busy in
negotiating and making their specifications for work -which
%viU extend far into the Summer; while carpenters, masons,
&c., have aboufc all thej"- can attend to in fiUing orders to
complete contracts. The season wiU be an unusually active
one for the lumber ti-ade, which is not without its bene¬
ficial effects upon all other kinds of busineas.

The stock of dry Canada lumber is limited, being very
much le.ss than it was last season afc fche corresponding time,
and the demand is brisk. Considerable quantities of last
ye.ar's sawings are now being received, and with a good
supply of logs the mills are now ruuning on fuU time.
Prices are steady and firm.

The market for Southern pine lumber is acfcive, witli no
quotable change in prices. Several cargoes have arrived
since our last.

The foUo-wing are the surveys for the week:—
Domestic Lumber.     Feet.       Domestic Lumber.     Feet.

Pine...-,...........1.088,-5.56   Spruce............3.-329.514

Hemlock...........   677.171   So. Piue Pl'k & Tim.  147,201

Black AValnut......   292,-521   Hard Wood.......     78,886

White Wood.......     93,692   So, Pine Flooring..   171,491





TotaL....................................5,878,952

The Savannah market continues very fairly active at fuU
former figures. We quote : Mill fcimber ^7.00@9.00; Ship¬
ping do; 600 feet avera.ge, §8.00@9.00 ; 700 feet average
§1().00@11.00: 800 feet average, $11,00@12.00; 900 feet
average, §1-3.00@,14.00 ; 1.000 feefc average, §14.50@.16.00.
Lumber.—The mills in the city and conntrj' are all at
work. Orders are being oft'ered freely. We quote: Ordi¬
nary sizes §20®21: difficult sizes §24@25; flooring
bo.ard3 §21@22; ship stuff §21@22, according to sizes.
To Matanzas, lumber, §8, gold. Timber to Liveriiool, 35s.:
to Queenstown, for orders, :378. 6d, Resawed lumber to
Baltimore, §7.50;. to Now 'i'ork, §8.50 : to Boston, $9; to
Philadelphia, §8,50; to Providence. §8.75: PhUadelphia
tunber, §10; New Tork, §9,50®10.00.'

Shipments of timber and lumber from Savannah:__












b'rom Sejifc. 1.1«70, to
May 18, 1871.




From Sept. 1, 1869, to
May 19. 1870.





To all Foreign
Ports.




LITMBER.
Feefc.




TIJIBKR.

Feet.




LUJIRER.
Feefc.




TIJIBER.
Feet.





4,725,585




11,290,-377




7,168,992




11,303,504





Boston.......

R, Isld, &c,.
N.York......

Bal.&Nk....
O. XJ. S. Ports




2,002,941
3,825,000
4,-308,080
l,(i87,803
1,773,166
1,6.38,560




143-869
196,646

173,'606
515,154




2,4-37.760
5,753,559
6,192,955

950,332
1,741,-300

109,800




336,100

160,500

886.975

l,32i;560

11,200





T'lCst.......




15,2«,610
19^961,195




1,029,269




17.486,706




2,722,3;«





G'd Total....




12,319,6461 26,655,698




14,025,839





The following is from a correspondent at WiUiamsport,
Penn.:—

The " White Pine " article is producing quite a sensation,
and is looked upon as understatmg the facts rather than
the opposite. Lumber is advancing at this point, and it is
likely to be put up §ft50 to §2.00 more witliin 30 days; aU
the dry lumber of the cutting of 1870-is sold,.and gnieii
lumber is being shipped already afc this early period of the
year—six weeks in advance of being done in any ordinary
season, and the demand for and consumption of limiber is
beyond precedent, even in the face of the disturbance of
industrj'^ in the coal regions, where they are ordmary large
consumers of lumber, and where the demand, as a natur.al
consequence must be affected iu a greater or less degree
during its continuance, only to be renewed aa soon as coal
mining is resumed -with increased acti-vity to snpply the
wants for domestic use, manufacturing, ateam navigation, and
railroad use, which will stimulate the demands for lumber
in turn. Landowners are already feeling the Influence, and
the value of the forests, in their productive capacity re¬
duced to doUars by practical results iu manufacturing, will
speedily be realized by- those wiio have heretofore believed
and assumed that the bountiful provisions of Providence
were inexhaustable and only to be measured by the reck¬
less extravagance of man in its use. The Hemlock for¬
ests are soon also to take their jproper place relatively to
their productive value for use, in their two-fold capac¬
ity of value—the hemlock bark for tanning—and the tim¬
ber to be manufactured into lumber for many purposes iu
building. When it is nofc exposed to the sun, hemlock is as
good or befcfcer than white pine.

NAILS.—The demand continues fair, but not active, with
a steady tone on most grades. Some brands of cut are a
Uttle scarce, but the general stock and assortment good,
and all other descriptions are in sufficient supply to meet
any reasonable demand. We note a continued caU for the
California markefc and some export movement, though
shippeas to have filied their most urgent orders and are
operating -with greater caution. The distribution to the
interior is fair, but mainly in smaU odd lots, consumers
feeUng that they can obtain a supply ot almost any time,
and refusing to operate beyond early wants. As we close
the general feeUng is rather dull.

We quote per 100 lb.; cut 10d@20d. §4.75; cut, 8d@,
9d, §.'>.00; cut, 6d@7d, §5.25: cufc. 4d@5d, §5.50; cut,'
3d, §6.35; cut, 2d@3d, fine, §7',00; cufc spikes, aU sizes,
§5.00; cutfinishing, casing, box, etc., §5.25; clinch, §6.25
@0.75; horseshoe, forged. No. 10 to 5, per lb.; 19@31c.
Other styles are seUing as follows:—Copper -36@,38c per
lb. ; yellow metal, 22c, do. The exports for ^ the week are
2.51 pckgs, valued at §1,340; and since January 1st, 7,870
pckg.s, valued at §46,631. We ,also notice shipments of
6,215 pckgs to San Francisco.

PAINTS AND OILS.—The demand in a wholesale way
continues very good, and though busuiess does not move
quite so sharp as heretofore, sellers feel strong and coufi-
denfc generally. The anxiety of jobbers during the past
few weeks has been sufficient to take about everything
available on spot and to arrive, and even engaged many
parcels ahead of production, and untU these orders are
fully met it wiU of course be extremely difficult to satis¬
fy freah buyera, no matter how smaU their wants. Our
manufacturers, however, are urging mafctera with all the
expedition possible, and foreign accounts represent the
shipments as free as circumstances wiU admit, and unle.ss
the demand again very decidely improves, there is some
hopes of early relief being obtained. Most of the jobbers
arc stUl pretty busy in part, on a daily demand, but includ¬
ing fche fiUing out and completing of several back orders.
Some of the leading houses are fairly stocked, but small
dealers can show only broken asaortments. Linseed OU
has been rather duU during the week under review, the
local wants proving moderate, and most of the interior or¬
ders beuig fiUed, whUe exporters appejir to be quiet. Tho
leading crushers sfcUl work -weU fcogether, and the price is
retained afc 94c. per gallon in casks, \vifch a steady tone
quoted. StiU there is some signs of weakness, and buyers
think that on large quantities sUghfc concessions might be
obtained.                               ^

E.^ports as foUows:

This week.

Paint......pckgs,   89 value §1,177

Linseed oU, galls,-----"        -----

Oxide zinc, pckgs, —— "        -----





Since Jan. 1.1871.

4,297 value §61,018

2,799     "       2,730

879     "       9,760





per bbl for North County, as it runs; §2.60®2.65 per bbl
for Wilmington, and §2.75@3 for rope, and occasionally
§3@3,25 for something very choice in a smaU way.
Receipts for the week, 68 bbls; since January 1st, 11,223
bbls; for correspondin.g period ]o.st year, 40,700 bbls.
Exporfcs for week, 320 bbls; since January 1st, 3,235 bbls,
and corresp ending period lasfc year, 12,786 bbls.





PITCH.—^There continues a very lighfc trade demand,
mostly for home use. There has not been any export de¬
mand of importance, but stiU,-with a sm.all stock, prices
rule firm as last quoted. We quote at §2.72%@2.77>< for
city; §2.75@3 for Southern; and small lots, very choice, in
jobbing way from store, at §3®3.25. Receipts for the
week, 77 bbls: .since January 1st, 297 bbls; same time last
year, 1,792, Exports for week, 275 bbls; since January 1st,
1,372 bbls; same time last year, 2,039 bbls.

SPIRITS T"nRPENTINE.—The demand for home use
is good for this season of the year, and prices have advanced
from the closing quotation last weclc 2>tj@3c per gaUon.
Receipts are very light for this season of the year, owing to
the unusuaUy cold weather in the South, and a small rnn
in consequence. There has been nothing done for export,
excepting a sale of some 2,000 bbls f, o. b. at WUmington
for future deUvery. Lots to arrive are offering below our
quotations, which are for spot deUvery. We quote at
52;^(gj,53><c for merchantable and shipping order, and
53@54c for N. Y. bbls; smaU lots at 54®55c, and retaU
lots from store, 55@.56e. Receipts for the week, 1,132
bbls: since January 1st, 18,163 bbls; and for the same
period last year, 23,227 bbla. Exports for the week 193
bbls; since January 1st, 5,026 bbls; and for the same
period last year, 6,213 bbls.

TAR.—There is a fair demand for both Washington an
WUmington, and very firm prices rule. The home trade
e SfciU the principal buyers, but fchere is some trade
oing for exports.^We quote  as^ loUows:—i





ALBANY LUMBER MAEKET.

The Argus reporfc for fche week ending May 16, 1871, is
as follows:—                                        .

We have some receipts by fche Erie canal, yefc mosfc of the
housea are without a sufficient supply of Michigan Pine, and
the assortment is not .so full as is desirable. Yet the busi¬
ness since our la.st report has been good and afc full prices.
The early opening of the O-mals has brought forward more
lumber than we had at this time last year—our present re¬
ceipts being about equal to what had come forward to June
7fch, The market for dry lumber is reported as very firm
at all points, and manuf acfcurers at the leaduig points in
Canada, Michi.gan, Pennsylvania, etc., hold their stocks at
high and advancin.g rates. Stocks at the retaU yards are
reported as ninning low^.

The receipts at Buffalo during the week by Lake and
RaU are reported at 7,332,600, and at Oswego, by Lake,
7,371,700 feet

The Chicago Daily TVifttsne reports the receipts and ship¬
ments of lumber for the seasons of 1871 and 1870 as fol¬
lows:—

Received.               Shipped.

1871................. .123,427,000 feet.     161,128,000 feet.

1870..................100,808,000   "        150,529,000   "





Increase............22,619,000   "          10,599,000   "

The receipts at Albany by the Erie and Champlain canals
for the third week of May were :

Bds. & Sc'tl'g, ft   Shingles, M.   Timber, eft   Staves, lbs.
1871,,15,041,900           1,275

1870.,10,051,350               90             ....              ..-..

Of the boards and scantUng received this week, 8,060,400
feet were by the Erie, and 6,981,500 feet by the Charnplain
canaL-

The receipts at Albany by the Erie and Champlain canals
from the opening of navigation to May 23d, were:—
"Bds. & Sc'tl'g, ft    Shingles, M.    Timber, c. ft.  Staves, lbs.
1871..42,260,100           1,937

1870,,10,071,300               90

Rivei? and Eastern freights are unchanged. We "quote:— '

ToNew York, perM.................:........§1 50  1

To Bridgeport and New Haven................    2 00

To Norwich and Middletown...................    2 .50

To Hartford and Providence...................    3 00 j

To Boston, soft wood..........................    4 CO

To Boston, hard wood___.....................   5 00   ;

Staves, per ton, to Boston.....................   2 50 j"

The current quotations at the yards are:—

Pineclear, l^U..................  . §52 00®§.55 00

Piue, fourths, ^ M.................    47 00@ 50 00   :

Pine, selects, f M.......... ;.....    42 00®  45 00

Pine, good box, ^ M..............,.   18 00®  22 00

Pine, common box, !j3 M.............    16 00® 18 00

Pme, clap board, strips. ^ M........    47 00® 50 00

Pine, 10 inch plank, each............        35®        42

Pine. 10 inch plank, ouUs, each,,'....        25®       23   ;

Pine, 10 inch boards, each...........        20®,       30

Pine, 10 inch boards, culls, each.....        17®        20

Pino, 10 inch boards, 16 ft, ^ M......    25 00® 27 00

Pine, 12 inch boards, 16 ft, per M....    26 00® 28 00

Pine, 12 inch boards, 13 ft. ^ M.....    24 00®  26 00

Pine, IX inch siding, ^ M...........   27 00® 30 ',0

Pine, IX inch siding, select, |p M....    36 00® 40 00
Puie, IX inch siding, common, ^ M..   18 00® 20 00

Pine, 1 inch siding, ^ M............    25 00® 28 00

Pine, 1 inch siduig, selected, ^ M....    35 00® -38 00
Pine, 1 inch siding, common, <[9 M,,.   18 00® 20 00

Spruce boards, each.................        20®        21

Spruce, plank, IX inch, each........        24®        25

Spruce, plank, 2 inch, each..........        38®        40

Spruce, wall .strips, 2x4..............        14®        15

Hemlock, boards, each...............------®        17   ;

Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each............------®        38

Hemlock, joist. 3x4, each..^........        17®        19

Hemlock, waU sfcrips, 2x4, each.......        14®   -    15 i2

Hemlock. 2 mch, each ..............------®       34 '

Black Walnut, good, ^ M...........    70 00® 75 00 ^

Black Walnufc, ^i inch. ^ M.........    65 00®, 70 00

Blaek Walnut, X inch, % M..........------©  75 00

Sycamore, 1 inch, -13 M..............   40 00®  45 00

Sycamore, 1 inch (drv) ^ M.......,.,    35 00®  40 00   i

Svcamore,  )i mch, ^ M,.,..........    40 00® 43 03   •

"\Vhifce Wood, chair plank, ^ M......    68 00® 72 00   I

Whifce Wood, 1 inch, and thick, ^ M.   40 00® 45 00

White Wood, % inch, f! M..........   33 00® 40 00  j

Ash, good, i3 M ...,',...............   40 00® 43 00   {

Ash, second quality, ^ M............    25 00®  30 00

Oak, good, ^9 M....................   40 00®  45 00

Oak, second quaUty,^ M......:.....    25 00®  30 00

Cherry, good, ^M,.................    60 00®  65 00   '

Cherry, common, ^M.............,    25 00®  35 00

Birch, ^ M........................    20 00®  25 00

Beech, f M.........................   20 00® 25 00

Basswood, ^9 M..............._____    22 00®  25 00

Hickory, ^ M.......................    40 00® 45 00

Maple, ^3 M,.......................30 00® 25 00    .

Chestnut, 5gM......................    38 00®'40 00

Shingles, shaved pine, ^ M..........     8 00®    9 00

Shingles,          do.       2d quaUty, ^ M   6 00®    7 00

Shingles, extra s.awcd pine, ^ M.....-'6 25®    6 50

Shingles, clear sawed pine,^ M...;.   --—^®'  5 00

Shingles, sawed, 3d quaUfcy, 19 M....------@    3 00

Shuigles, cedar, XXX, ^ M..........    '5 65®    5 73

I Shingles, cedar, mixed, ^9 M.........     4 00®    5 00

Shingles, cedar. No. 1, ^ M.........------®    3 00"

Shingles, hemlock, ^ M..............     3 25®   3 50

ggLath, hemlock, t? M................    -8 25®    2 50

JiLafch, spruce and pine, ^M..........^2 50®   2 75