. Canadian forest industries 1899-1901. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. II. Canada Lumberman Weekly Edition. September 5, 1900 STOCKS AND PRICES. Sales of lumber at Duluth for the last week in August total 15,000,000 feet. A large fleet of vessels, carrying about 6,000,000 feet of lumber, arrived at Tona- wanda last week. New Brunswick cedar shingles are sell- ing in Boston at $ to $ Wash- ington cedars are held at $3. The steamer Winnifred sailed from St. John, , last week tor Newport, with a cargo of 1,051 standards of
. Canadian forest industries 1899-1901. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. II. Canada Lumberman Weekly Edition. September 5, 1900 STOCKS AND PRICES. Sales of lumber at Duluth for the last week in August total 15,000,000 feet. A large fleet of vessels, carrying about 6,000,000 feet of lumber, arrived at Tona- wanda last week. New Brunswick cedar shingles are sell- ing in Boston at $ to $ Wash- ington cedars are held at $3. The steamer Winnifred sailed from St. John, , last week tor Newport, with a cargo of 1,051 standards of deals. The schooner Defiance is loading lum- het at Barnet, , for Sydney, Australia. This is the first vessel to load at Barnet since the new mills there have been com- pleted. The ship Ruby cleared from West Bay, , for Liverpool on August 29th with 1,028,488 feet ot deals and 124,985 feet of deal ends, shipped by M. L. Tucker for W. M. McKay. A report from Ottawa states that there is a great scarcity of men for the lumber business. Ritchie & Co., of Aylmer, are unable to get sufficient men to run their mills day and night as intended. A combination of lumber interests has been formed by the representatives of the various saw mills in the Yukon district. The prices of lumber as agreed upon are as follows : Rough lumber, $85 ; dressed, two sides, $120 ; four sides, beaded, etc., for ceiling and such purposes, $125. It is said that recently rough lumber was selling as low as $65, hence the combine. Adespatchfrom Kippewaregardinglum- bering operations says : The coming win- ter's operations are already commenced in this district by the different lumber firms. A. A. Buell & Co. have about 125 men in on their Ostobomas limit ; the Hawkes- bury Lumber Co., about 50 on White Pine river ; the Hull Lumber Company, about 100 on Sunny Side limit ; McLaughlin Bros., about 60 on Wolfe lake, with two more gangs to go in yet. A Buffalo report says : There are a good many red
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