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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 82, no. 2115: September 26, 1908

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6oo RECORD AND GUIDE September 26, igo8 I Prices long ago reached bottom levels and for standard brands have not notably changed. The Rockland-Rockport Com¬ pany has made no change in two years. Mr. Clifford L. Miller, of 110 Bast 23d st, said: "The lime market outside of New Tork has been very good. Our West Stockbridge plant is running under full time, so that in order to take care of our usual New Tork business when it comes, we are planning to double up on our out¬ put this fall." LIME. 500-bb!. lots delivered to the trade in Greater New York. Pennsylvania, common, per bhl... $0.7S@ $0.S0 State common, cargo rate, per bbl. .80 .85 Rockland-Rockport, Com., per bbl..... 1.02 Rockland-Rockport, L., per bbl.. 1.12 ----- Rockland-Rockport, special, 320 lbs .... 1.42 Select finisli, per 350 lbs., net... 1-62 Terms for Rockland-Rockport lime, 2c. per bar¬ rel discount, net cash, ten days for 500 bbl. lots. Add 25c. to above figures for yard rates. Berkshire Finishing, large bbls......® $1.50 LATH. Round wood lath...................$2.90@S3.00 Eastern Spruce, slab................ 3.15 3.25 LUMBER.—Plans flled for new building in the Bronx and in Brooklyn showed a large increase last week, an augury in which the lumber trade is interested, The opinion seems to be that with moderate winter weather there will be good busi¬ ness going around long before next spring. In fact, some builders have caught the thought that possibly they have hesitated too long. Current business has a little stronger upward pressure, but it is felt that the real heginning of the bull movement is some weeks off yet. An increase in white pine inquiries is reported. Spruce is flrm- ing up under a better demand, especially on lath. Hard woods are stronger. Hera- lock is better held under a good call from suburban sections. North Carolina is slightly improved under a heavier volume of business in sight. Prices are unchanged, but well maintained. SPRUCE. 2 Inch cargoes ..................$16.50® .... 6 to 9 inch cargoes..............18.00 $19.50 10 to 12 inch cargoes.............20.00 21.00 HEMLOCK.—Pa. Hemlock, I. o. b. New Tork, basa price, $19@J20 per M, PINK, YEILLOVl'--Long Leaf. Br Sail. Building orders, 12-ln. & under.. .$23.00@$24.00 Building orders, 14-in. and up____27.00 28.00 Yard ordera, ordinary assort......21.00 .... Ship «tocli, eaay schedules....... 27.00 28.00 Ship stock, 40 ft. average.........37.00 38.00 Heart face siding, 1 and IVi-ln-----29.00 ------ 1 in. wide boards, heart face____36.00 ,,.. IVi and 1% In. wide boards.......40.00 ------ 2 m. wide plank, heart face......40.00 ------ Kiln dried sap siding, 4-4........24.00 25.00 Kiln dried sap Biding, 5-4........25.00 26.00 Yellow Pine Box Boards (knotty),. 14.00 15.00 Yellow Plae Bteppine............. 41.00 43.00 By Steam, add Jl.OO to $1.50. LONG LEAF YELLOW PINB FLOORING. "A" Heart lace rlCt, D. Sc M., 13-16 I 2% counted 1 x 3...........$52.00@$55.00 "B" Heart rift, D. & M., 13-16 I 2%. counted 1 x 3...........46.00 47.00 "C" Heart rift, D. & M., 13-16 X 2%, counted 1 x 3...........31.00 ____ "A" Rift, D. Sc M., 13-16, counted 1 X 3......................... 42.00 43.00 "B" Rift, D. & M., 13-16, counted 1 X 3......................... 37.50 37.75 "C" RlCf, D. & M., 13-16, counted 1 X 3.........................26.00 20.00 "A" Flat, D. &. M., 13-16, counted 1 X 3 ........................ 27.25 30.00 "B" Flat, D. & M., 13-16, counted 1 X 3......................... 25.50 24.75 No. 1 Com., D. Sc M., 13-16, counted 1 i 3................. 19.25 20.50 No. 2, Com.. D. Sc M., 13-16, counted 1 x 3................. 13.75 15.00 "A" Heart Rift, 13-16 X 3Yi. counted 1 x 4................. 44.50 48.50 "B'" Heart Rift, 13-16 x 3Vt, counted 1 X 4.................39.50 42.00 "C" Heart Rift, 13-16 x 3'A, counted 1x4......................... "A" Rift, 13-16 X RVi, counted 1x4. 36.25 40.60 "B" Rift, 13-10 X 3'A. counted 1x4. S2.2o 34.00 "G" Ritt, 13-16 X 3W, counted 1x4. 25.25 29.00 "A" Flat, 13-16 X 3Vi, counted 1x4. 25.25 28.B0 "B" Flat, 13-16 X 31/4, counted 1x4. 24.25 25.50 No. 1 Com., 13-16 x 3Vi, counted 1 X 4......................... 19.75 20.50 No. 2 Com., 13-16 x 814, counted 1x4 ....................... 14.00 16.00 WHITE PINB. (Rough or dressed.) Good Uppers, 4-4, 5-4 and 6-4 per 1,000 feet ....................$9O-C0@S98.O0 Shelving, No. 1, 1 x 10 In............. 60.50 Shelving, No. 2, 1 x 10 In.......37.00 89.50 Cutting up, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, 1st......58.50 63.50 Cutting up, 5-4, G-4, 8-4, 2ds......46.50 52.50 N*. a DrtMlDK B«)trda, 1 x 12 la,. 44.00 ____ No. 1 barn boards, 8-ln........... 36.00 37.50 10-ln......................... 36.00 36.00 12-la......................... 46.00 47.50 No. 2 barn boards, 8-iu........... 34.00 35.00 10-ln......................... 36.00 37.00 12-ln......................... 38.00 39.00 No. 3 barn boards, 8-in............... 32.00 lO-lQ......................... 32.00 84.00 12-in......................... 34.00 35.00 HARDWOOD FLOORING. K. D. Bored, End Matched or Butted and Bundled. 13-16 Oak, 2, 214 and 2%. Clear quartered white oak..............$86.00 Select quarter-sawed white oak...........49.00 Clear quartered red oak.................. 80.(H) Select quarter-sawed red oak............. 45.00 Clear Plain aawed white oak.............. 52.00 Select P. S. white oak.................... 42.00 Clear plain sawed red oak............... 50.00 Select P. S. red oak...................... 40.00 Common oak, red and white.............. 35.00 No. 2 Factory or common oak, red and white ...............................23.00 Plain Oak, 4 in. 1st and 2ds.................. 45.00@547.00 5-4, 6-4 and 8-4 in. 1st and 2ds. . 47.00 52.00 4 in. Common ................... 34.00 37.00 5-4, 6-4 and 8-4 In. Common..... 37.00 40.00 4-4 in. Culls ..................... 24.00 27.00 5-4, 6-4 and 8-4 In. Culls........ 26.00 30.00 SHINGLES. ; (New York Liehterage Limits.) 6 X 13 No. 1 Heart Cypress ShinelesS7.50 per M. 6 X 18 No. 1 Primes or A's........6.50 per M. 6 X IS No. 1 Red Cedar............$4.50(g)$4.75 "Perfection" Red Cedar.............4.75 ----- "Eureka" Red Cedar...............4.25 .... HARDWOOD. White Ash, 4-4 In., 1st and 2d3____$52.00@$55.00 Whits Ash, Common ............. 36.00 38.00 lirown Ash ...................... 38.00 40.00 Basswood ........................ 37.00 40.00 Basswood, Common .............. 32.00 34.00 Red Birch ....................... 47.00 60.00 Red Birch, Common .............29.00 31.00 White Birch .................... 35.00 36.00 White Birch, Common............24.00 23.00 Cedar ...........................36.00 40.00 Cherry, 4-4. Nos. 1 and 2.........93.00 ------ Cherry, Common .................... 62.00 Chestnut, 4-4, iBt and 2d3.........47.00 49.00 Chestnut, Common, 4-4...........33.00 36.00 Cypress, 1st and 2da, 1 in........46.00 .... Cypress, 4-4 selects...............40.50 .... Cypress, 4-4 shop................ 29.00 .... Cypress, 4-4 common ............25.00 .... Elm ............................. 25.00 30.50 Hazel ........................... 35.00 50.00 Maple, 4-4, Ist and 2ds...........30.00 32.00 Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2............. 85.00 115.00 Walnut, Rejects .................57.60 67,50 Culls ............................ 35.00 .... Yellow Poplar, rough 6-8, 1st and 2da, 8-in. and up............. 42.00 45.00 PAINTS, OILS, ETC.—A good retail trade in paints is reported hy manufac¬ turers and jobbers, more particularly from outside the metropolitan district, but still of good proportions in the city, when the shortness of new work is considered. Linseed oil, however, is a little slower than it has been. A further improvement in the demand for turpentine is reported, with the tone of the market lirm. Interest is lacking for round lots of shellac, but quotations continue firm at old figures, except for "Diamond I," and "V.> S. O.," which are somewhat lower. OILS, City Prices. Linseed Oil, raw. 5 bbl. lots......$0.44@$0.45 Linseed Oil, boiled .................46 ,47 PAINTS, Dry. per lb. Lead, red, American, In kegs.......06% .07 Lilbarge, American, in kegs.......06% .07 Ocher, Amer., per ton............ 8.50 16.00 Ocher, Amer, Golden...............02>4 .03'i4 Venetian red, American................75 1.25 Venetian, red, Eng., 100 lbs......1.15 1.60 Tuscan red ......................07 .10 Yellow chrome, pure.............13?i .15 Vermillion .......................07 .28 Oxide zinc, American..............051^ .05% Oxide zinc, French................08^5 .109i PAINTS IN OIL. Lead, white, American, In oil: Lots of 500 lbs. or over...........06% Lots less than 500 lbs...............07"A Lead, English, in oil.............101,^ .10% Blue, Chinese .....................36 .46 Blue, Prussian ...................32 .36 Blue, Ultramarine ,..............13 ,16 Brown, vandyke ..................11 .14 Green, chrome ....................12 .16 Sienna, raw ......................12 .15 Sienna, burnt ....................12 ,15 Umber, raw ......................II .14 Umber, burnt ....................11 .14 PLASTER.—In New York the plaster market has been uniformly dull for a year. The outside trade is now reviving, somewhat spotty, but not half bad. New Tork quotations to dealers, along¬ side dock, harbor limits: Sanded Acrae scratch moijar, $4 per ton; Sanded Acme browning mortar, $3 per ton; white plas¬ ter, $7.50 per ton. STONE.^Contractors and dealers in cut stone and granite see plenty of work ahead for everybody, hut in the present the big jobs are not numerous enough to go around. It is noticeable that some in¬ terests are holding back, to be certain ahout the future, hut others are not hes¬ itating. The Union Dime Savings Bank project, for example, is being pushed ahead. The contract for the limestone and granite was this week given to George Brown &. Co., of 1123 Broadway. As the two facades will be entirely faced with stone, the contract is a considerable one. "William L. Crow is the general con¬ tractor. Another interesting contract pending is for the stone in the new Martin building at Broadway and Slst st. The general contract has gone to Charles T. Wills. The most notable piece of stonework of the time, the Metropolitan Tower, takes on added beauty every day. One day's work on this great building is so like an¬ other that little can be said in addition to what has gone before. The contractors have carried out a grand design in a skill¬ ful way, without a serious accident. Hav¬ ing to work at a great height for so many months and having to raise blocks of mar¬ ble higher than ever before in this land, it is very creditable to tiie stone men to say tliey have been able to avoid every possible misfortune. The committee in cliarge of the con¬ struction of the new State Library and Suprerae Court at Hartford, Conn., for which Marc Eidlitz & Son have the con¬ tract, after looking over a wide range of material, tlie commission, of which Senator Morgan G. Bulkeley is chairman, has decided to have the building built of white granite, which will closely resemble the weathered white marble of the Capitol. The selection of the par¬ ticular kind o,f granite to be used has been left to a sub-committee which will be appointed later. Speciflcations for the new Chicago.City Baitk building to be erected at the south¬ east corner 0|f South Halsted st and En¬ glewood av, Chicago, 111., call for all of the granite work to be from the Picton Island red granite quarries. STONH.—Wholesale rates, delivered at New York. Nova Scotia In rough, per cu. tt____$0.90®$ ... Ohio freestone .....................85 ,90 Minnesota freestone ................75 Longmeadow freestone .............S5 Brownstone, Portland, Conn.........60 .75 Scotch redstone .................. 1-05 Lake Superior redstone ............ 1.10 Granite, Maine .....................45 ,50 Granite, grey ......................50 .90 Granite, black ......................75 3.00 Granite, Milford pink................ 1.00 Granite, Picton Island red........... 1.20 Granite, Picton Island pink........... 1-50 Limestone, buff and blue...............80 Kentucky limestone....................90 Caen .............................. 1.25 1.75 Portage or Warsaw stone...........90 ... Vermont white building marble. ,., 1.00 1.50 South Dover building marble........1.25 Bennington building marble........ 1.25 Georgia bulldine marble............ 1.40 2.00 Tennessee marble ................. 2.35 2.50 Wyoming bluestone ...................90 Hudson River bluestone (promiscu¬ ous sizes, per cu. ft.)...........80 SLATE.—Prices are per square, delivered In New York in car Iota. Genuine No. 1 Bangor........... $5.25® $6.60 No. 1 Chapman ................. 5.25 6.00 No. 1 Red....................... 10.00 12.00 Brownville and Monson Maine..., 6.50 8.00 Peach Bottom ................... 6.00 7.50 Unfading Green ................. 6.00 7.00 The new ferry-house in South st, for which the cornerstone was laid Sept. 14, will cost $1,250,000, and will cover seven ferry-slips. Walker & Morris are the architects and Snare & Triest are the builders. (See Record and Guide, June G, 1908.) The engineering department of the National Electric Lamp Association an¬ nounces that Dr. Edward P. Hyde, now of the Bureau of Standards, after Oct. 1 will organize and direct a department of physical research, under the auspices of and at the expense of this association.