. Canadian forest industries 1902-1904. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE BOSTON MARKET. Spruce lumber at Boston is in light supply, with only a moderate demand, but prices are fully maintained : Ten and i 2-inch dimensions, $21 to $22; 9-inch and under, $19 to $20 ; 10 and 12-inch random lengths, 10 feet and up, $ j 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 spru
. Canadian forest industries 1902-1904. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE BOSTON MARKET. Spruce lumber at Boston is in light supply, with only a moderate demand, but prices are fully maintained : Ten and i 2-inch dimensions, $21 to $22; 9-inch and under, $19 to $20 ; 10 and 12-inch random lengths, 10 feet and up, $ j 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, $14 ; bundle furring, $17. There is a steady market tor hemlock at unchanged prices : 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 is in excellent demand at higher prices: Uppers, 1 to 2 in. $84 to $87; 2^4 to 3 in.$92 to 197; 4-in. $96 to $100; se- in. $76; \% to 1 ^ in. $76 to $78; 2- in. $78 ; iyz 10 3 in. $84 ; 4 in. $86 ; fine common, i-in. $67 ; 1 % to \%. in. $69 ; 2 - in. $72 ; 2# to 3 in. $80; 4-in. $82 ; barn boards, $23 to $33 ; coffin boards, $28 to $32. Hardwood lumber is very firm, with an active demand. Maple is especially strong, and higher prices are quoted : 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. There is a steady request for shingles at unchanged prices : Extra cedar, $ to $ ; clear, $3 ; second clear, $ ; extr* No. 1, $,.75 to $ ; British Col- umbia red cedar, 16-inch, five butts to 2 inches, $ to $; 18-inch, five butts to 2 inches, $ ; five butts to 2% inches, $ Spruce clapboards are very firm, with only a small supply : Extra, $42
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