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be pretty clean, though the demand for chest- 

 nut is not large. Maple sells well and there is 

 a considerable local stock of it. Dealers are 

 reporting more receipts of birch than tbey have 

 had formerly. It always sells fast enough to 

 keep the stocks low. Ash, elm and quartered 

 oak are doing well, though of course not selling 

 on a par with plain oak. Trices arc strong and 

 .the whole tone of the trade is at its best 



Philadelphia. 

 Dealers in hardwoods seem to be well pleased 

 with conditions. Orders are still ahead of the 

 available dry stock in many items. Mills are 

 said to be full up with orders for several months 

 to come. There appears to be little gain in the 

 stocks of the dealers during the past fortnight 

 and plain sawed oak is very active, as it lias 

 been for some time past, with ash and birch a 

 good second. Basswood is having considerable 

 call, as is also cherry. Poplar Is in strong de- 

 maud and cypress is a fair seller. Handlers of 

 maple are sanguine of its future, and hardwood 

 flooring of all kinds is moving rapidly. Chestnut 

 is holding up well. A good general inquiry 

 prevails throughout the hardwood business and 

 prices are well up and the outlook appears most 

 premising. 



Pittsburg. 



Every man who deals in hardwood lumber in 

 Pittsburg and Allegheny has reason to feel good. 

 A.tual sales and immediate prospects both as- 

 sure him that there is to be no lack of orders 

 this summer. The market is not only perceptibly 

 broader than it was a month ago. but buyers are 

 in much better humor. Retailers are being 

 crowded tor stock by the contractors and btiild- 

 ers, who are busy because architects have re- 

 ceived dozens of contracts recently that bad been 

 held up because of a fear of serious labor ilis 

 turbances and high prices of buiming materials 

 All along the line business is coming ai a pace 

 that should reassure the most skeptical whole- 

 saler 



The big hardwood hrms in Pittsburg are unan- 

 imous in their belief that this is going to be a 

 banner year. There is more house building in 

 sight than there has been any May before since 

 L900, and the construction of good hi 

 means lots of orders for hardwood. The indus- 

 trial conditions are evidently so favorable that 

 all over Hie Pittsburg distriel there is a big 

 boom in the building of factories, warehouses, 

 railroad stations, store and office buildings, all 

 requiring a large amount of hardwood in their 

 interiors. Heavy construction work, railroad 

 and tr;i'; ion construction and work in the mines 

 ami river improvements are going to take more 

 heavy bill stulT than has ever been wanted be- 

 fore in ibis city. Hence, the hardwood Arms, 

 whether thej inter to interior work or make a 

 specialty of furnishing heavj construction tim- 

 bers, are well supplied with orders. 



"We look for an early advance in the price 

 of oak," iaid one of the leading dealers in Pitts 

 I urg recently. "The call for heavy oak timbers 

 for immediate delivery is much larger than we 

 can Jill ami liiis demand is sure to increase as 

 i in- season wears on." Some firms have already 

 discounted this prospect ami are quoting higher 

 prices on some grades of oak. Poplar rules high 

 in market, although quotations have not been 

 advanced. It is expected that there will be some 

 nee " to ti How the rise in white pine 

 advance in the price of yellow 



Chi general line of hardwoods, including 



inapt.-, birch, cherry, ash and hickory, are in good 



demand, although there is not the same call for 



them as tor oak. There is just now a -tilt call 



v ami white ash, ami dealers report 



hard to get No hat is 



Maple is coming into market more of late 



11 mills of western Pennsylvania 



to cut their winter's logs. 



Prices are firm and the best grades of maple are 

 in active call. 



Cincinnati. 

 The hardwood lumber trade during the past 

 two weeks has been somewhat dull, but the out- 

 look is extremely bright and the situation is 

 regarded with eminent satisfaction. Trade has 

 been on a fair scale while inquiries from foreign 

 as well as domestic sources have poured in. 

 Further inroads have been made on dry stocks 

 generally speaking. Quartered oak. mahogany 

 and ash have been the best sellers. Poplar sales 

 are expected to increase shortly, especially in 

 the better grades. Cottonwood and gum have 

 been amply offered and moved at a moderate clip. 

 No price changes are reported. 



Saginaw Valley. 



The hardwood market has been doing fairly 

 well ibis spring. There are ample stocks of 

 maple to be had, local dealers buying at interior 

 mills. Log run can be bought at the shipping 

 point at sir, and $16. The trade in maple manu- 

 factured tt ing is picking up and prices are 



considerably improved. The firms engaged in 

 tie- business report a much better condition than 

 existed last season, both as to prices and demand. 

 Log run basswood is worth about $20 at the 

 shipping point and there is not a great deal be- 

 iiiL: manufactured. Considerable elm is manufac- 

 ture,! in ibis district anil some ash. Trices un- 

 fairly satisfactory. Healers have good stocks 

 for the season of the year, although some lines 

 of dry stuck are depleted. 



There is no great rush of trade, but there is 

 a healthy demand for all kinds of hardwood 

 slock anil prices are looking better. 



Nashville. 

 Ilie local market continues firm in all lines. 

 The Indications are that quartered oak will ad- 

 vance further in price. The demand is increas- 

 ing and dealers are holding stock for full market 

 value. There is no disposition to cut prices or 

 lo unload stock. Tlaln oak is active anil chest 

 inn. ash and poplar are in better demand. The 

 planing mills have full orders for dressed stock 

 of all kinds. There is a good demand and ready 

 market for cedar piling, telephone poles and 

 posts. A tide is looked for in the river in the 

 near future, and this will Increase the local sup- 

 ply of lumber very materially, as there is a large 

 quantity up the Cumberland waiting to be 

 brought down. 



Indianapolis. 



The hardwood lumber market in Indianapolis 

 shows but little cnange from what it was during 

 April. The first week of May was very pretty, 

 almost ideal weather conditions existing, and as 

 a result considerable lumber was delivered to 

 builders in various parts of the city. Prices 

 continue steady and there seems to be no cut- 

 ting, as dealers generally are able to get their 

 A fair stock of almost all grades of 

 hardwoods seems to be on hand. How 

 ever, on account of the heavy rains 

 throughout the South during April not 

 nearly so much southern lumber was shipped 

 into Indianapolis and Indiana as would have 

 beet the case otherwise. This has tended to 

 keep the stocks .-mailer than the dealers bad 

 really contemplated. As has been the case all 

 spring, ihe greatest demand is for plain white 

 oak. Many calls are received for it dally 

 There is also a fair demand for quartered and 

 red oak. Hardwood dealers throughout the city 

 say they can feel the good effect on their busi- 

 ness resulting from the splendid building boom 

 which Indianapolis is now enjoying am] which 

 bids fair to make 1903 the banner building 

 Mar in the history of the city. Evidences of 

 business prosperity can be readily seen on every 



b i and the city's hardwood lumbermen are, 



Ingly, getting their full share. At least 

 I bey are making absolutely no complaints about 



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