. Canadian forest industries 1902-1904. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. IV. Canada Lumberman Weekly edition July I, 1903 THE BOSTON MARKET. Spruce lumber continues in a very firm position, owing- to a light supply, notwith- standing the interruption to business still being felt from the strikes in the building trade. Shippers at the eastern mills com- plain of car shortage, which delays ship- ments seriously. Prices are steady and unchanged : Ten and 12 in. dimensions, $21; 9 in. and under, $19; 10 and 12 in. random lengths, 10 feet
. Canadian forest industries 1902-1904. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. IV. Canada Lumberman Weekly edition July I, 1903 THE BOSTON MARKET. Spruce lumber continues in a very firm position, owing- to a light supply, notwith- standing the interruption to business still being felt from the strikes in the building trade. Shippers at the eastern mills com- plain of car shortage, which delays ship- ments seriously. Prices are steady and unchanged : Ten and 12 in. dimensions, $21; 9 in. and under, $19; 10 and 12 in. random lengths, 10 feet and up, $; 2x3, 2x4, 2x5, 2x6, 2x7 and 3x4, 10 feet and up, $17 to $; all other randoms, 9 in. and under, 10 feet and up, $18 to $; 5 in. and up, merchantable boards, $17; matched boards, $18 50 to $20; out spruce boards, $13 to $14; bundle furring, $17. There is a quiet demand for hemlock lumber, with prices steady as last quoted : Boards, 12, 14 and 16 feet stock, $15 for good eastern; Pennsylvania, No. r, $ to $; No. 2, $15 to $ Western pine lumber is quiet here, though the movement in the West is active. Prices are steady : Uppers, 1 to 2 in. $84 to $87 ; 2>£ to 3 in. $92 to 97 ; 4-in. $96 to $100; selects, i-in. $76; \% to \% in. $76 to $78 ; 2-in. $78 ; 2^ (o 3 in. $84 ; 4-in. $86; fine common, i-in. $67; 1% to ij£ in. $69; 2-in. $72 ; 2^ to 3 in. $80; 4-in. $82 ; barn boards, $23 to $33 ; coffin boards, $28 to $32. Clapboards are steady and unchanged : Extra, $45; clear, $43 ; second clear,$40 ; extra No. i, $30. Quartered oak is very firm with an active demand. Whitewood is a little easier, though not yet quotably lower. Other hardwoods are steady : Quartered oak, $75 to $83 ; plain oak, $45 to $47 ; com- mon and rejects, $20 to $25; red oak,plain, $43 ; whitewood, $54 to $60 ; sap, $43 to $48 ; common, $38 to 45 ; brown ash, $41 to $44 ; white ash, $43 to $46 ; maple,$33 to $37 ; end dried white map, $46 ; birch, 75 per cent, red, $4
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