. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. VI Canada Lumberman Weekly Edition THE BOSTON MARKET. There has been a better demand for spruce lumber in the Boston market dur- ing- the past week,principally yard orders, the dealers wishing to stock up against the spring trade. There is no changetonote in quotations,pi ices being firm at: Ten and 12-inch dimensions, $21 to $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, $1
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. VI Canada Lumberman Weekly Edition THE BOSTON MARKET. There has been a better demand for spruce lumber in the Boston market dur- ing- the past week,principally yard orders, the dealers wishing to stock up against the spring trade. There is no changetonote in quotations,pi ices being firm at: Ten and 12-inch dimensions, $21 to $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 : Boards, 12, 14 and 16 feet stock, $ to $15 for good eastern ; Pennsylvania, No. i, $18 to $19 ; No. 2, $15 to $16. Western pine lumber cotinues very firm, though prices are not further advanced. The demand is steady : Uppers, 1 to 2 inch $84 to $87 ; t/i to 3 in.$92 to J 97; 4-in. $96 to $100; se- lects, 1 in. $76; 1X to 1 % in. $76 to $78; *2- in. $78 ; 2yz to 3 in. $84 ; 4 in. $86 ; fine common, i-in. $67 ; 1 l4 to 1 *A m- $°9 ; 2 - in. $72; zyi to 3 in. $80; 4-in. $82 ; barn boards, $23 to $33 ; coffin boards, $28 to $32. There is a firm market for hardwood lumber, wilh a good demand, especially for best flooring. Prices are unchanged : Quartered 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 to $46 ; maple, $30 to $34 ; end-dried white maple, $42 ; birch, $27 to $30 ; birch, 75 per cent, red, $45 to $50 ; elm, $29 to $31. Shingles are quiet and unchanged at the recent decline : Extra cedar, $ to $; clear, $ to $ ; second clear, $ to $ ; extra No. 1, $ to $ ; Britis
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