. Canadian forest industries 1902-1904. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. VI. Canada Lumberman Weekly ttomoN December io, 1902 THE BOSTON MARKET. There is a quiet demand at Boston for spruce lumber, but the supply is lighter and prices hold very firm : Ten and 12- inch dimensions, $21 and $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 $ j all other randoms, 9-inch and under, 10 feet and up, $18 to $ ; 5-inch and up, merchant
. Canadian forest industries 1902-1904. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. VI. Canada Lumberman Weekly ttomoN December io, 1902 THE BOSTON MARKET. There is a quiet demand at Boston for spruce lumber, but the supply is lighter and prices hold very firm : Ten and 12- inch dimensions, $21 and $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 $ j 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, $14 ; bundle furring, $17. Hemlock is easy in price, with only a quiet demand : Boards, 12, 14 and 16 feet stock, $ to $15 for good eastern ; Pennsylvania, No. 1, $18 to $19; No. 2, $15 to $16. Western pine remains firm, with prices unchanged and a fair demand : Uppers, 1 to 2 in. $82 to $85 ; 2>4 to 3 in. $87 to !t-38 ; 4-in. $90 ; selects, 1 in. $68 ; 1 ^ to \% in. $70; s-in. $72 ; 2% to 3 in. $80 ; 4 in. $82 ; fine common, i-in. $62 to $63 [ 1 j£ to \}i in. $65 j 2-in. $ ; 2K 10 3 '"â $; 4-in. $; barn boards, $23 to $33 ; coffin boards, $28 to $32- Hardwood lumber is steady : 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, $28 to $30; end-dried white maple, $38 to $42 ; birch, $27 to $30 ; birch, 75 per cent. red. $45 to $50; elm, $29 to $31. Shingles are still firm, with the demand steady : Extra cedar,$ to $; clear, $3 ; second clear, $; extra No. 1, $ to $; British Columbia red cedar, 16- inch,five butts to 2 inches, $ to $; 18-inch, five butts to 2 inches, $ ; five butts lo 2^ inches, $ Spruce clapboards are in small supply and prices hold very firm : Extra, $42 to $ ;
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