The Lumber Trade of Toledo. 31 
are known as the largest manufacturers of lumber in the 
Saginaw region, and who will establish and conduct a yard 
in connection with their mills; another firm, having an 
agent now here, is said to be one of the most extenstve 
dealer in pine lumber, lath and shingles, at Cincinnati. 
This latter received at this port last year, about 20,000,000 
feet of lumber, in rafts, from whence it was taken south ; 
the freight on which amounted to over 22,000 dols. 
The receipts of pine lumber during the year 1865 show 
an excess over the previous year of quite 20,000,000 feet. 
The monthly receipts of lumber are shown in another part 
of this report and a repetition is unnecessary. The receipts 
for a series of year are shown below: 
_. 1: 33S PMAOTOCS. | TOOT: ... 0"... 0.0.0: 25,426,877 
_. eee Bas MOUS 20O: F POOO. A Re 37,368,536 
le TS eee SESS FS° 4B PSG Ole cep ahd. cveiw vs 22,816,963 
ne phe Bars SoA OS; LLANES Gaia ov de'csa ve cnt 19,614,780 
There are manufactured in this city into sash, blinds and 
mouldings, about 5,000,000 feet annually, and the total 
value of the manufactured articles is probably 275,000 dols. 
to 300,000. There is atso a large amount of pine lumber 
used in the manufacture of boxes. 
The shipments by canal were 30,963,985 feet, and those 
by the Dayton and Michigan railroad were about 15,000,000 
feet. 
The receipts of lumber, of which much the greater part 
is black walnut, by railroad and canal during the year 
were : 
1865. 1864. 1863. 
By Michigan Southern Railroad. . 
DE ie Ce eee ROE 10,030,000 1,3639,125 7,085,000 
By Toledo, Wabash and West- : 
ern Railway—feet......... 449,940 2,356,901 989,970 
By Dayton and Michigan Rail- 
road—feet...........0ceeeeee 2,090,980 2,526,200 3,068,000 
EE ae ee 2,864,925 63,063,60 2,648,101 
gs) SS. 15,425,045 24,828,586 137,910,76 
These figures show a falling off of over 9,000,000 feet. 
All the-lumber received here byrailroad is shipped directly 
east, the greater portion purchased in the interior by agents 
of eastern dealers. The demand in this city is mainly sup- 
plied by teams. The quantity on hand in. this market at 
the close of navigation was less than for several years 
previous. 
