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Xlt Record and Guîde. T- Sprague-Pratt Electric Elevator SUPEBIOK TO THE ÍiYDRAULIC, AND THE PIONEER AND ONLY ELECTRIC ELEVATOR MEETING ALL THE DEMANl!>S OF FIEST-CLASS PASSENGER ELEVATOR SERVICE. SPRAGUE ELECTRIC ELEYATOR CO., Postal Telegraph Building, 253 Broadway, N. Y West^ Locally the market has shown a fair amount of tone, but there bas been onĩy a very moderate call íor suppliea. consumers, appar- ently, having good stocks on hand and have shown no disposition to take ãdditonal stocks of lumber at an advance in prices, at least while they hold their prêsent liberal supplies. Tlie mar- ket in ĸeneral for yeIIo"w pine has shown a moderate amount of tone. There has been a moderate amount of actlvity to tbe call for supplles; the oHeiinga have been ĩairly liberal, but Inasmuch as retail dealers bave sliown more of a lîlspositlon to acQuire suplles than has been uoted for a consiiierabie period past the business transacteij has been on a steady basis oí values, ranging from $15 to S16 fop an or- dinary cargo. North Carolina pine ĩias received sligbtly Increaaed attention. and the buslness transacted has been at steady prlces. Reports received from Georgla say that orders and in- Telephone, 134;;—38tli St. COSCROVE BROS. CONTRACTORS FOR CUT STONE. 57th Street and Nortli Biver, NEW YORE. LIBERAL BUILDING TO RE8P0NSIBLE BUILDERS ON OUR PROPERTY MARTENSE, 37tli to 40th St. aad Port HainUton Ave., Brooklyn. APPLY TO fíeaít/ Trust 00 & 62 Liberty Street, N.Y. TRADE MARK. Preservative Coatings. For Exteriors. SPAE COATINCí, SPAR UNDER COAT, ELASTIC OUTSIDE. For Interiors. IXL No. 1, IXL No. 1 1-2. IXL No. 2, FLOOR FINIRH. MANDFACTCREE ONLT BY EDWARD SMITH & CO., Varnieli Makers and Color Qrindeia. Booklet f01 tlie askiug. 4.'i Broadway, N.Y. quiries contlmie to come into tbis terrltory satls- factorily to the manutacturers, Eastern orders are constantly being received, and prices, al- though not materially advanced yet, are up a little and very firm. The market for hemloek has shown a fairly good tone, The volume of business transacted iías been moderately large and prices have ruled firm. but no advances bave been paid, Buyers have given some attention to the market ĩor cy- press and a gradual broadenlng in the demand for thia style o( luũaber is to be noied; prlces bave been wlthout changes and firm. The general market for hardwoods has sliown a fairly healtliy tone. There has been a moderate amount of actlvlty to the cal! for supplies. Tbe bulk oE the attention of buyers has continued centered !n oak, which has commacâed full val- ues, particularly for the better grades, which have been especially waated. Mabogany bas been In fairly good request, and pricea bave ruled lirm. Birch and Clierry have haiJ a mod- erate call and the better grades of Walnut have had a fair demand for export. Only a limiĩed amount of interest ĩias been shown by buyers ĩn tiie market íor Poplar. and as there Iias been fairly large ofterings tbere has contiaued an absence of tone to values. Asb. Maple and other woofls have been qulet and without changes. METALS.—The market for ingot copper has sbown declded strength, There has continued an actlve call for supplies, and full prices have been paid, closlng at ll!4<&ll%c. íor Lake Superlor and 10%@llí* for otber descrlptlons. Tbe Pitts- burg "Commercial Gazette." in an interesting article on tbe copper situation, says that a well- defined improvement, botli in tbe tone of the market and in the demand for copper. set in during the past month. Renewed interest showed Itself early in Ãugust, which Guimlnated in larger transactlons for domestio account than for some time previously. Barly In tbe month husiness in !ake was done at ll^c, after which the market soon advanced to llĩ4c. The aggre- gate saĩes during tbe month were large, and in- clude about 10,000,000 pounds by tlie Caluraet & Hecla Mining Company at llĩic, On some of this business the C. & H, above mentioned guar- anteed their own price only. Recent wldely pub- líshed reporta stated that the Cammet & Hecla had soid 5.000 tons of cipper for esport at ll%c„ but we can state on the very best authority that Ihese reports were untrue, The Calumet & Hecla did not sell any copper at 11% ceats. It is just to say. however. tbat tbere was a little other Lake copper sold at ll%c, and tbat price waa also bld to other interests and decllned. for sev- eral hundred thousand pounds. Tlie market closed firm, wltĩi selĩers Inclinea to be con- servative in accepting orders, in anticipation of thelr ablllty to dispose of their product to greater advantage later on. Foreign consumptlon of cop- per during the flrst seven moatha of tbis year Is on even a larger scale than durlng the samo period last year. The Increase in Germany Is es- peclally marked, and iadlcates rapid development in the copper trade ot tbat country. Statistica oí European copper consamptiOLi mabe tbe con- sumptlon of copper in England and France for tbe first seven months of tbls year 174,074,880 pounds. Add to this the German consumption for tbe aame period. at the monthly average re- turned for the first slx montlis of this year, and the total combined copper consumptioQ of Eng- land. Germany and France, from January Ist to July 31st, thls year. is estimated at 250,962,850 pounds. Accordlng to the above figures the cop- per consumption of the three above mentioned countries was only 26.785,920 pounds less tban tbe total United States production for the first seven months of 1897, Bngland alone is now es- timated to be consuming at the rate of about 209,000,0(X) pounds of copper per annum. Since the ycar 1S02, it Is calculated íliat Englisb con- Eumption bas increased about 93 per cent, In tbe same period consumptlon in this country bas &reatĩy decreased, If United Statea conaumptlon at present was as great as tlie estlmates for 1892 made It. the consumptlve requirements oE Ameri- ca and England together would more than equal the entire United States output for 1896, Bhould consumption in this country recover its normal rate within tlie iiext twelve months. and no diminution take place ín the foreign demand meanwhile, it is pertinent to inquire wbere the supply oC copper would be found sufflclent to meet such an increascd demand. Manufactured eopper has had a moderate sale at steady prices. We quote íor sheets, 30sT2 ins. and 30ĸ3li ms., 10ĩ^@25%c, aa to weight; 30x longer than 9S ins„ 16Hi@191íc.; do.. 38 x72 Ins., 16ĩé@25iÆc.: 36x96 ins., ISĨrø 25>Ac.; 36x120 ins., 16VíígilSĩĩc.; 48x96 ln3,.16%@ 24ViC.; 48x120 Ina,, 16!Æ@241Êc,; 36 x luneer than 120 ina., 16'é@lSl4c.; 48x72 Ina., 16M)@26M!C.: 4» X longer tlian 120 ina., 16VÉ@221ác.; 60x72 inB.. lCV^@a71éc,; 60x96 Ins., 16iÆ@25%c.; 60x120 InB., 10>A@'2'2>éa.; 00 X longer man IZO Ins,, liiiiCa' 24%c.; 72s96 ms.. 16W@24«iC.: 72x144 ins.. 16Vâ @26!4c,; 72 X longer thaa 144 ins,, lĩ^@24%o.; 108x120 Ins., 17iû@25ĩic.; 108 x longer than 128 ins., VJ'A@'2'i'Ac.; wlder than 108x144 ins., 2»>á& '2'2>éc.; wider than 108 and longer than 144 Ina,, 21>é®'24>Ac. Bolt copper %-In. dlameter and ovei, 16^c. Clrclea, segments and pattern aheetâ, 60- ins. diameter and less. 3c. above prlcea of sheetB of same thickncss; circles, 60 to 90 do. 4c, do.; circles, 96 do. and over,- ôc, do. Cold or bard rolled copper, l@2c, above tbe foregoing pilcea. AII polished copper lc. per Ib. advance over cold-roĩled copper, when 20 ma. wide and under, and 2c. advance when more tban 20 Ins. wlde. Copper bottoms, 20íé@26ĩ4c. per Ib. Buainess iu the market for pig lead has been on a íalrly liberal scale, aud the upward course to values has continued; the prices now quoted îor do- mestĩc being ,$4.30@4.35. Spelter has had only a liraited call, but prices have not changed, clos- .ing at 4..S0@4.3ôc. for domestic. Tliere was a further decline in the market for Straits tin im- mediately followiniî our last report. LÆtterly, hũwever, demand has shown sometbing of an improvement, as ther bas been an increaaed call for supplies írom both the consuming trade and also in a speculative way; oonsequently the mar- ket turned lirmer and tbe early loss in prices has been recovered, closing at 13.75@13.80c. Trad- ing in the market íor tin piates has been on a moderate scale only, and whlle there have been no changes in quoted values sellers liave been able in some iuatances to obtain sllght advantages. We quote prices as followst I. €. charcoal, Melyn grade, .$4,60: Alla- way grade, ?3.90; Allaway grade, I. X,. $4,65; cbarcoal terne, M. coal, Melyn grade. $4.60; AIIawHy grade, $3.90; Allaway grade, I. X,, $4,65; obarcoal terne. M. eoal, Melyn grade, $4.60; Allaway grade, $3-90: Worcestei giado, 11 x20, $4.00@4.05; 20 x 28, $8.00@8.æ; Ameri- can coke. New York, Pbilaclelphia and Baltlmora dellvery, 14x20, $2,95@3,25; Amerlcan charcoal terne, 14x20, $3,30@3.35, and 20x28, $6,60@6,70; I, C, coke, Beusomer Bteel. heavy. $3,70@3.73; Bessemer steel, light, 14x20, $3.30@3.50. NAILS.—BuEiness in tbe market for 'wiie nalla bas eontinued active. Jobbers generally have been buying in suiBcient volume to supply thelr want for some time to come and retail mer- cbants have also been laylng In suppllea wlth Eome show of freedom. Mills, as a rule, have reported sufficlent orders at band to keep them busy for some time to come, and furtbermore the demand upou the raills in operation has been en- larged to an unusua! extent, owing to the tem- porary sbutting down of sorae raills due to labor troubles, Prices have ruled firm and a further advance of 5c, has heen establiahed, closing at $1.40 t. o. b. raill. New York quotations have been ,$1.56 for carload lots on dock and $1.65 for small lots from store. Miscellaneous wire nalls have also bad a good sale at slightly hlgher val- ues. Cut nails bave bad an Increased sale and prices have been unchanged aud firm at $1.20@ 1.25 t. 0. b- mill. The arrangemeut between Eastern manufacturers has been reported as working satisfactorily with business Improvlng, Quotations are based on $1,18 at mlll. Pttts- burg. and are to be deterrained by addlng the íreight îrom Pittsburg to $1.18. base. Tbua the prices for car-Ioad lots delivered at the ■TeleDhone, 1184 Spring,- PITTSBURBH PLATE BLASS COMPANY -FACTORIES- No. 1 - - CBEIGHTON, PA ĩío. a - - TABJÍNTUM, PA. No. 3 - - FORl> CITY, PA. No. 4 No. 5 No. « - FOBI> CITY, PA. - DUQTJESNE, PA. - CHAKLEBOI, PA. No. 7 - - ELWOOD, 1NÎ>. No. « - - KOKOMO, Eíl>. No. 9 - CRYSTAL CITY, MO Warehouses, 49, 51 ^ 53 Lafayette Place, W. HEROY, Ceneral Eastern Manager. JNTSĩ'^^T' ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS and OWNERS are invited to send for Estimates. We are the larĸest makers of Plate Class in the world, and the aualltv of our oroduction is known to be ch» beat and purohftMrs wlll flnd It muoh to thoir atfvanta-sa to communlcato with us.