. Canadian forest industries 1902-1904. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. VI. Canada Lumberman Weekly fcDrrioN December 31, 1902 THE BOSTON MARKET. There is a slight improvement at Boston in the demand for spruce lumber,willi pre- vious quotations fully sustained. The sup- ply is small. The quotations are : Ten and 1 2-inch dimensions, $21 lo $22; 9-inch and under, $19 to $20 ; 10 and 12-inch random lengths, 10 feet and up, $ ; 2x3, 2x4, 2x5, 2x6, 2x7, and 3x4, 10 feet and up, $17 to $ ; all other randoms, 9-inch and under, 1
. Canadian forest industries 1902-1904. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. VI. Canada Lumberman Weekly fcDrrioN December 31, 1902 THE BOSTON MARKET. There is a slight improvement at Boston in the demand for spruce lumber,willi pre- vious quotations fully sustained. The sup- ply is small. The quotations are : Ten and 1 2-inch dimensions, $21 lo $22; 9-inch and under, $19 to $20 ; 10 and 12-inch random lengths, 10 feet and up, $ ; 2x3, 2x4, 2x5, 2x6, 2x7, and 3x4, 10 feet and up, $17 to $ ; all other randoms, 9-inch and under, 10 feet and up, $18 to $ ; 5-inch and up, merchantable boards, $17 ; matched boards, $18 to $20; out spruce boards, $13 ; bundle furring, $17. Hemlock lumber is quiet but steady at unchanged prices : Boards, 12, 14 and 16 feet stock, $ to $15 for good eastern ; Pennsylvania, No. 1, $18 to $19 ; No. 2, $15 to $16. There is an active demand for western pine lumber with the recent advances being easily obtained: Uppers,1 102 in.$84 to $87; 2^ to 3 in.$92 to i97; 4-in. $96 lo $too;se- in. $76; \% to\% in. $76 to $78; 2- in. $78 ; z]/z to 3 in. $84 ; 4 in. $86 ; fine common, i-in. $67 ; 1 \£ to \% in. $69 ; 2 - in. $72; 2^ to 3 in. $80; 4-in. $82 ; barn boards, $23 lo $33 ; coffin boards, $28 to $32. Hardwood lumber continues veiy firm, with maple especially strong at the advance. Quotations are : Quar- tered oak. $63 to $75 ; plain oak, $42 to $47 ; common and rejects, $20 to $25 ; red oak, plain, $43 ; whitewood, $45 to $47 ; sap and common, $30 to $35 ; brown ash, $41 to $44 ; white ash, $43 lo $46 ; maple, $30 to $34 ; end-dried white maple, $42 ; birch, $27 lo $30 ; birch, 75 per cent, red, $45 to $50 ; elm, $29 to $31. Shingles are not changed in price, the demand being steady, with a moderate supply : Extra cedar, $ to $ ; clear, $3 ; second clear, " ; extra No. 1, $ to $; British Col- umbia red cedar, 16-inch, five butls to 2 inche
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