. Wilmington up-to-date : the metropolis of North Carolina graphically portrayed . erests of Wilmington may be said torank among the first in the importance and volume of transactions ef-fected. Throughout this and neighboring states there are vast landsupon which the supply of standing timber is enormous. There arehundreds of mills in operation throughout this territory and much oftheir product is shipped to this city or is marketed through theefforts of the timber agents here, or in other cases, the lumber is manu-factured in Wilmington and shipped to all parts. During the year1001 the amoun
. Wilmington up-to-date : the metropolis of North Carolina graphically portrayed . erests of Wilmington may be said torank among the first in the importance and volume of transactions ef-fected. Throughout this and neighboring states there are vast landsupon which the supply of standing timber is enormous. There arehundreds of mills in operation throughout this territory and much oftheir product is shipped to this city or is marketed through theefforts of the timber agents here, or in other cases, the lumber is manu-factured in Wilmington and shipped to all parts. During the year1001 the amount cf lumber shipped from here was 42,605,644 feet, of 12 THE CITY OF WILMINGTON. which 33,316,447 feet went coastwise, the remainder, 9,379,197 feet,being dispatched to foreign countries. This, however, does not repre-sent the whole of Wilmingtons lumber trade, large quantities beingsold through the agency of Wilmington houses and dispatched directto destinations from the mills. In shingles, 5,014,940 were shipped todomestic points and 1,161,950 went abroad. The lumber trade of. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Wilmington is not by any means dependent upon ^the home demand,large quantities going as will be seen above, to foreign countries. Thelong leaf yellow pine and short leaf pine, are the principal varietieshandled and there are the best varieties for all kinds of building mate-rial and house finish, and are particularly well suited to tne foreigndemand. Lumber, timber and shingles are shipped from Wilmingtonto the West Indies and South and Central America, the ships return- THE CITY OF WILMINGTON. ing- loaded with molaseses, fruits and other products of these may not be out of place to mention here that the price of lum-ber for home demand is very reasonable, an important item in the gen-eral welfare. The best of dressed pine may be obtained here at from$10 to $20 per thousand feet, and common dressed from S3 to $8, andshingles at $ to $8 per thousand, and native har
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