. Canadian forest industries 1899-1901. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. II. Canada Lumberman Weekly Edition. October io, 1900 The receipts at Buffalo this season up to October 1st have been 112,003,000 feet of lumber, 98,326,000 shingles, and 3,017,- 000 lath. The amount tc same period last year was [54,294,000 feet of lumber and 99,126,000 shingles. During September there was shipped from the Saginaw river only 2,065,000 feet of lumber. The shipments from the opening of navigation to October I were 7,242,000, while the receipts duri
. Canadian forest industries 1899-1901. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. II. Canada Lumberman Weekly Edition. October io, 1900 The receipts at Buffalo this season up to October 1st have been 112,003,000 feet of lumber, 98,326,000 shingles, and 3,017,- 000 lath. The amount tc same period last year was [54,294,000 feet of lumber and 99,126,000 shingles. During September there was shipped from the Saginaw river only 2,065,000 feet of lumber. The shipments from the opening of navigation to October I were 7,242,000, while the receipts during the same period were 52,350,507 feet. The Fredericton Boom Co. has rafted thus far this season 51,073 joints of tim- ber, containing 123, feet- Thls included 107,833,259 feet of spruce, 3,418,- 880 feet of pine, 12,163,810 feet of cedar, 51,230 feet of hemlock, and 35 tons of timber. The demand for Norway pine is said never to have been better in the Ashland market than at present. Only three or four operators have any quantity in stock. Prices sagged off about fifty cents two months ago, but they are now back at their old figures. G. T. McNutt, of Lower Stewiacke, , has purchased the timber on the Aspoto^an Mountain. Much of this tim- ber was damaged by fire last spring, and it is Mr. McNutt's intention to cut it immediately. He expects to get about 3,000,000 feet. Following are current quotations for shingles in the Tonawand 1 market : )6 in. pine clear, $,o ; 16 in. pine clear butts, $; 16'n. pine No. 2, $; 18 in. pine XXXX, $4-5°; 18 in. pine , $ ; 16 in. cedar clear, $ ; 16 in. cedar *A, ; 16 in. cedar dear butr, $ ; 16 in. cedar No. 2, $1. Messrs. Robinsons, Limited, held an auction sale of deals at Dublin, Ireland, on Sept. 25th, at which spruce sold as follows : Cape Tormentine spruceâ4 nnd 5x3, £13 5s.; 6x3, £14; 7*2^ ^12 ios. an d I12 17s. 6d.; 7x3, 12 ft. £12 15s, 13ft. ^13 5s., 18 ft. ^13 ios., 19 ft. to 23
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