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are excessively overstocked and quite un- 

 salable. 



Pitch Pine. — There has been a moderate 

 import of hewn wood and the consump- 

 tion has been fair. Sawn timber has again 

 arrived freely and the stock is very ex- 

 cessive. Both import and consumption of 

 planks and boards have been considerable. 



Poplar Logs. — Prime, clean, well-made 

 logs are in fair request, but medium and 

 inferior shipments only command low 

 values. 



Poplar Lumber. — The import has been 

 light, but the demand is quiet, and the 

 competition among sellers to contract for 

 future shipments is such as gives no 

 chance for prices to rally. 



Sa;in Walnut Lumber. — Good shipments 

 of prime quality are in fair request. 



Staves. — The demand generally con- 

 tinues quiet, and values are dull. 



NASHVILLE. 



Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 22, 1904.— (Spe- 

 cial Correspondence.) — The trade is pick- 

 ing up quite a good deal now. more than 

 any time since the new business season 

 opened. It is believed that after the elec- 

 tion time has passed there will be a good 

 trade through the remainder of 1904. 

 Chestnut and ash inquiries are plentiful 

 and there are no considerable accumula- 

 tions in these woods. Plain oak and quar- 

 tered oak is quite strong. There is an 

 improvement in high-grade poplar. From 

 a railroad source it is gathered that lum- 

 ber shipments have for some time been 

 increasing here. These shipments in- 

 clude the manufactured oak, walnut, 

 cedar, ash, poplar and sycamore grown 

 in Tennessee, as well as the long leaf 

 yellow pine lumber from Georgia. It is 

 going in large quantities to the car manu- 

 factories and to various other plants as 

 well. Beyond an intimation that foreign 

 stock is becoming depleted, there is no 

 improvement in the export trade. 



BtTFFALO. 



Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1904.— (Special 

 Correspondence.) — The yards here are not 

 idle by any means, though business is 

 not in full blast. They are all receiving 

 stock right along and are shipping out, 

 too, but receipts are larger than ship- 

 ments. Taking into consideration how 

 near we are to presidential election, con- 

 ditions seem to warrant a very favorable 

 prediction as to future business. It is ad- 

 mitted by the business interests gener- 

 ally that the result of the election will 

 not materially affect business, whichever 

 way it goes, and there is a pretty confi- 

 dent feeling that a marked improvement is 

 near at hand. The fact remains, though, 

 that factories hereabouts are not willing 

 to buy any great quantity of lumber. 



BUILDING NEWS. 



Under above caption the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United 

 States furnishes its members the follow- 

 ing letter: 



October IT, 1904. 



To All Members: — According to official 

 reports to Construction News, permits 

 were taken out in twenty-seven of the 

 principal cities of the country during Sep- 

 tember for the construction of 9,614 build- 

 ings, aggregating $37,014,194 in cost, 

 against 7,108 buildings, involving an esti- 

 mated cost of $20,074,211 for the corre- 

 sponding month a year ago, an increase of 



2,506 buildings and $16,939,983, or 84 per 

 cent. 



The most remarkable gain for any 

 month so far this year was in June, when 

 the aggregate increase was 42 per cent. 

 Never before have such complete statis- 

 tics been compiled from the standpoint of 

 the number of cities represented. Of the 

 twenty-seven cities enumerated, seventeen 

 show increases varying from 3 to 386 per 

 cent, while in two the figures are prac- 

 tically the same as they were a year ago. 

 while eight show losses varying from 1 

 to 54 per cent. The most notable increa.^e 

 is in Pittsburg, where a few years ago 

 building was upon a scale of unusual ac- 

 tivity, but owing to the temporary de- 

 pression in the iron and steel industries 

 decreased materially, but recently that 

 city has shown remarkable recuperative 

 powers, permits having been taken out in 

 September for 311 buildings, aggregating 

 an estimated cost of $5,089,679. against 

 269 buildings, involving a cost of $1,044,190 

 for the corresponding month a year ago, 

 an increase of 386 per cent. Notwithstand- 

 ing the serious aspect of the labor market 

 in New York City, permits were taken out 

 for buildings aggregating an estimated 

 cost of $7,153,385, as against $3,541,750 for 

 the corresponding month last year, an in- 

 crease of 102 per cent. Chicago's gain is 

 notable. Permits were taken out during 

 the month for 929 buildings, aggregating 

 a total cost of $6,671,920, against 614 build- 

 ings involving $2,164,300, an increase of 

 208 per cent. Other notable increases 

 were: Indianapolis, 124; Brooklyn. 130; 

 San Francisco, 120, and Minneapolis, 109. 

 The decreases were principally in Louis- 

 ville, 51; Denver, 38; "Washingtou, 31; 

 Buffalo, 14; New Orleans, 12; Philadel- 

 phia, 11; Allegheny and Cleveland, each 

 1 per cent. 



Using Chicago, St. Louis and other of 

 the principal cities of the Middle West as 

 a basis, indications point to a continua- 

 tion, if not an increase, in the activity now 

 prevailing. There is nothing so far dis- 

 cernible that will in any way interfere 

 with a vast amount of building in all sec- 

 tions of the country. Yours truly, 



LEWIS DOSTER, Secretary. 



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