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April SO, 1689 Record and Guide. 549 e: dauger to the mai'ket, as close and persistent di-um- nilng generally has a sequt*uce iu modified cost. Nothing, however,' has sold for less thau last season, and about Sl,00 perM has heen asked, aud tbe com¬ promise rates upon which considei-able busiuess was Probably transacted neither side are anxious should le made public. Yellow Pine, contrary to predictions of some of the trade, is still kept under fair coutrol and the olfering made onlv to esteut of the requirements of the mar¬ ket, except in a few cases from outside som'ces. Val¬ ues, in consequence, rule pretty steady, and desirable cuts, specials, etc., command ftdl bids promptly. Some operatoi's report less doiug oil free ou hoard orders, but others claim a giiiu, and on the average that section of the business is standing up very well, Carolina Pine remains Hrni in price, aud itis posi¬ tively asserted that the combination of manufacturers is determined to give the market all the support it re¬ quires. The demand, however, of itself promises rauch assistance, aud altogether the oullook is cheer¬ ful for standard and attractive goods. For timber some trade is expected if spruce keeps high, but it will be only on very cheap ivork aud I'or early con¬ sumption, no dealei- wanting it for stock. Hardwoods are generallv comuiauding about former flgm-es and makitig a pretty good showing in the way of a movement of small parcels into cousumptiou, and the average amoimt foi' exjiort including quite a fair variety, and tb re is also more or less custom for offerings from flrst hands. The latter, however, are approached somewhat cai'efuUy, as dealers feel in pressing need for stock at the moment and timst flud special attraction to induce them to move quickly. Poplar is well held and. there apjiears to he a special detei-mination to keep it up, though mauufacturers and their agents claim tbat natural demand wiU fur¬ nish ali tbe real assistance required. Shingles, between now and then, some very good export orders and the natural gradual increase of borne demand are haviug a fair business. There is an intimation, however, of considerable iri-egulaiity ou value and not tbe strengthening tone some dealers bad hoped for. (j&iVRBAL LIMUEIC NOTES. THE WEST. Tbe Northwestei-n Lumbcrnutn as follows ; Conditions peculiar tu the season bave placed the geueral lumber trade in a state of uucertaiuty unusu¬ al at this time of the year. The wmter was reoiark- ably mild, which permitted of contiuued distribution and consuinptiou of lumber at a period wheu ordina¬ rily both are at a staudstiU. Tbis conduced to the wiuter anticipation of the spring trade throughout the 'West, aud to some e.\tent in tbe East. The pre¬ mature opening of spring also permitted farmers to get to work early, which tended to bridge over the usual time of spring trad^, whicb has caused consid¬ erable anxiety in tlie wholesale markets for fear that the loss will uot be recovered at any futm-e time d'jriug the season. Between tlie lakes and Missoiu-i Kiver there bas been a lookiug for cut freight rates, which has tended to hesitancy on tbe part of country dealers about getting forwaid lumber, as all will want to take advautage of low rates wheu tliey come. Another feature of the situation is the somewhat limited crop of logs, consequent ou the open winter, and the delay iu driving dowu the streams for lack of water that has resulted from prolonged dry weather. This imiuces t;ie mauufacturers to insist ou flrm prices oa last season's basis, and in some in¬ stances au advance is asked. But tbe dealers do not respond favorably to tbis insistence. They are gen¬ erally dis satisfled with the prevailing demand, whiob appears to lac:; life aud urgency. As merchants they are unwilling to go iuto the market to buy lumber freely, and at last season's prices, until tliey are well assured as to the size of demand thi-oughout the sea¬ son. The dealers do not take much account of the as¬ sumed scarcity of logs, or of tbe probability that they will not mostly get into the mul booms. They say tbat there Is yet time enough before June for Hoods of rain that may swell tbe streams to a driving stage. Thus both the manufacturing and the distributing in¬ terests are waiting for tbe results that wili follow later in the season. The attitude of the mauufacturers is oue of hope and anijiety, aud that of the dealeis a looking for the main chauce, as is common witb mer¬ chants of all classes. There is one favorable feature of the situatiou, The consumptive demand in all the large cities has been beavyever since the building season opened, and tbe prospects for the remainder of the year are bright. This assures a large demand from that brauch of the trade, wbich within the past few years has been more important than the rural requiremeuts. Should the country demand rise to its usual proportions later in ihe season, the round up for the year would sbow as well as iu auy previous period. In fact, there is no reason to positively assume that this is uot to be a good year for the lumber trade, so far as the volume of disti-ihution is concerned. Anv doubt that may now prevail in i-espect to the general cou
,l.S6 for cnr lots, and S1,P0@S,00 per keg for parcels from store. PAINTS, OILS, ETC.—Business has coulmued very good for all standard descriptions of stock and cus¬ tomers are commencing to add a few extras to their invoices and extending assortments, which is an im¬ provement over last week. It looks, hoivever, as though buyers were very determined to adhere to a thoroughly cautious metiiod aud abstain as much as possible from investing beyond well determiued re¬ quirements. Linseed Oil has remained under control and flrm at 5i;(ni,57c. for Western, and !j6@,58!^c. for City. Spirits Tuipentine has sold nt higher rates since our last and the genera! inclination of tbe market seems to favor sellers, though the close is so'iiewbat unsettled at 4Gi4@iri^c. per gallon, according to quantity, delivery, ete. TAR AND PITCH.—Some irregularity of demand has been shown, but it took about the usual quantity of stock to satisfy all the orders, and as a whole the market ruled reasonably steady. First baud offerings are fair in quantity. We quote Pitch $1.3ft®1.50 per bbl.: Tar at $a.lO@2.;20, according to quantity, quality and delivery. For tables of Building Material prices see pages vii,, XI, SU, and xm. NAILS —The outward movement of stocks bas been vei-y fail' aud on that score there was littie to com- ptaiu of. Demand, however, is sufficiently well; gifai-dcd to resist any attempt to take advantage of it SALES OF THE WEEK.. The following are the sales at the Real Estate Ex¬ change and Auction Room for the week ending April 19. *lndicates that the property described has been bid in for plaintiff^s account : a. V. BARNETT & CO. Jay st, No. 5,- n s, 23.8 e Staples st, ai.OxGS.Tx 34.1x58.9, three-story brick building with store. (Bid iu)............................ Varick st, Nos. USO and liiS, e s, 40 s Charlton st, 40x67, two four-story brick tenem'ts. Beniamin Johnson......................... 4th st, No. iSii W., n w cor, 20.1x80.8......... lUtb st. No. 183 W ........................ Tbi-ee-story brick dwell'g with store and four-story brick dwell'g ivith store on rear..................................... Loms Roth............................. IOth st, No. 48, s s, 2,'iO,4 w Broadway a5x33.J fom'-story brick dwell'g. Max Keicbert. . ISth st. No. (il, n s, 13,5,5 w 4tb av. 35x38.5x37.8 sl9,;j, (ive-story brick and iron building witb stores. S. De Leeuw.............. 13th St. Nos, 338-344, s s, 170 w Ist av, 84x103.3, four four-story brick teuem'ts. Ascher Weinstein............... 13th st. No. 330, adj, 21x103.3, similar tenem't. Eliza Lowenstein......................... 31st st. No. 447, n s, 358.4 e lOtb av, 16 8x118.8. four-story broivn stone dweirg. F. L. Manchester.............................. 39th st. No. 407, n s. 125 e Ist av, 35x98.9, five- story brick tenem't. G. Von Scbolle..... 4Tth st, n s, Siii e Ist av, 135,4x100.5, two-story brick and frame buildiugs. Feter Mitchell. 4?th st, adj, 75.8x100.5, similar buildings. Henry Teets. (Rid in)........................... 4Kth st, s s, 3i5 e 1st av, 3.ixl00.5, V. Moeslein. 57th st, No. 5, u E, 143,5 e 5th av, 30x100,5, four-story brick dwell'g. Cornelius O'Reil¬ ly for Orlando B. Potter. (See below)..... *5rth st, Ko. 143, n s, 370 w 3d av ^5x100.5, two aud threestory hrick stable. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of U. S. (Amt due on this andNo. 5S151.987)....................... 58tb st, No. 304, s s, 100 w 8th av, 31x100.5, four-story brown stone dwell'g. R. Parker. 61st st. No. 134, s s, 60 w Lexington av, 30x80, four-story brown stoue tlwelPg. It. E. Perkins. (Bid in)......................... *l34th st, No. 101, n w cor Otb av. i-uos west along st 35 x north 64,10 x northwest 41,3 x east 28.10 to Boulevard, x southeast 33,9 to Stb av, X soutb 71.7 to beginuing, rtve'Story brick fiat with stores. James M. Brown et al., as exi'S. (Amt due $48,94{i)......... G7th st, n s, 136 e West End av, 35x100.5. George Randolph...................... 73d st, n s, 245 w 1st av, r&x!03.2. -----O'Don¬ ohue ..................................... 7Ttb st, s s, :i25 w Ceutral Park West, 25x103.3, Joseph Schivarzler......................... 77th st, Nos. 34li-350, s s, IdO w 2d av, 75x60, three four-story browu stoue Hats, P, WUkinson.......... ..........,............ 131s'. st. No. 266, s s, 100 e 8th av, 25x911.11, five- story brick flat. WiUiam H, Boyle. (Mort. SI~,500).................. ......... I31st st, No. 268, adj, 25x09.11, similar dweU'g. P. .1. Murray. (Morr. $17,500).............. 131st st. No, 270, adj, 25x99.11. similar dwell'g, Manchester & Philbrick. (Morts. $17,500). 135th st. No. 247, u s, 100 e 8th av, 35xDn.ll, flve- stui-y brick flat, A. H. Stoiber. (Bid in). 3d av, Nos. 1527-1533, n e cor Bath st. 76xl25x u-reg, " Parepa Hall," brick buildiug with store. Hugh King, (Bid in).............. *Jthav, w s. BOs 131st st, 50,6x75. George C. Currier.................................... $14,800 24,600 33,000 10.100 4&,000 40.800 12,600 11,300 18,000 23,500 13.425 4,850 120,000- 35,000 19,050 18.600 43,000 14,975 19,800 20,600 36,300 19,700" 33,268 21,813 25,000 144,500 43,600 A. H. MULLER Bowery. No. 231, e s, 74,9 n Rivington st, 23x 99.8x33x98.1, tlu-ee-story brick buildmg and oue-stoiy brick building on rear. W. H. Jacksou..................................■ 27,760 Broadway, Nos, 617 and 810, s w cor 13tb st, 42.9 sl33.4x irreg, four-story brick biijldings, Hoffman Bros, for Welde estate........... 308,000 Boulevard, on a .ine with ]li5tb st, 211x300x180 x251, with dweU'g. William Rankin..... 14,075 Fultou st. No. 55. and No. 45 Clift' st, begins Fulton st n e cor Cliff st. runs east along Cliff st 81.11 x noi'th 80.3 xwest 13.0 x southeast 50.10 x west (il.8 to Fulton stx south 21.n to begiuniug, two five-Story brick (stone froni,| factories. Geo. W. Kenyon et al, (Amt due Sill,037).......... 96,000 21st Et, No. 149, n E, 91,4 w 3d av, 111,4x96.0, fom'-story brown stoue dweU'g, Paul F, GoDon, (Bid iu)........................... 17,500 25th st. No. 330, s s. bet Ist and 2d avs, 25x08.9, foiu--story brick tienem't and four-story hrick teuem't on rear. John Flemiug. (Bid in).................................... 15.40& GSth Stj No, 323, s s, 302' e 2d av, 30x100.5, five-
