The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 16
ORANGE TEXAS. FRIDAY. APRIL 13. 1906
H. J. LUTCHER,
« President.
E. W. BROWN,
Vice President.
W. H. STARK,
Secretary-Treasure!.
LUTCHER & MOORE
LUMBER CO.
-ORANGE, - TEXAS.------ - —
MANUFACTURERS OF
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NUMBER S
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WITH THE LUMBERMEN
LUMBKR SHIPMKNTK FOR MARCH. 1900.
Shipments of lumber Irom Orange as report
ed by three of the lumoer concerns for the mouth
of March were as follows
1.1 TfllKH .v MOOKI: M'MIlKIl CO.
Rail shipments, rough 1,297,95k
Rail shipments, dressed. 1,461,549
Water shipments 94 4.49U
be a falling off In the demand for railroad con* J
struction material— and this is not likely to oc-
cur
Some heavy shipments of lumber have been
and are being made by water lrom the mills at
Orange, but the bulk of it is going to Mexico and
to North Atlantic coast jjoints, the foreign ex*
port shipments bcjng very light. Kxjiorters re-
port a good demand on the other side tor pitch
pine but are hampered in their operations by in-
ability toget their orders promptly handled at
the mills.
0,7011,91)
M I U.KIM.INK U’.MIlKK < O.
Famous Calcasieu Loiur
Leaf Yellow Pine
Saw and
Capacity
oflills
Rjil shipments, rough 1,1 59,296
Rail shipments, dressed 6 *7,720
Water shipments *1110,921
OKA NO K I.IM I IKK l ( >.
Rail shipments, rough .'11, MIL.
Rail shipments, dressed 1.H36.225
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Shingles 369,000
Lath.... .... 155,200
Total shipments............................11,**35,605
Shipments by rail from the mills at Orange
during the month ot March aggregated *>04 cars,
ot which the Southern Pacific railroad sent away
11051 cars and the Orange and Northwestern rail-
road, 301 cars.
A visitor to Orange this wee a was Mr. Wil-
liam Davidson, who owns and operates a small
mill in the town of Newton, the present northern
terminus of the Orange <t Northwestern railroad.
Mr. Davidson came down for the purpose ot hav-
ing some repairs made to his machinery and call-
ed at ttie Leader office while here He states that
! the local demand for lumber in and around New
*3,937: ton absorbs the entire output of bis mill and
keeps him hustling to meet the calls made upon
him for lumber. Mr. Davidson states that tbe
citizens of Newton are maxing extensive prepara-
tions for the celebration of the opening for traffic
into their town of the Orange A Northwestern
and they expect all the Orange people to be there-
2,377,071
I Kiln Dried Lath.
I Birklt Patent Sheath
1 ing Lath.
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We Manufiicture Any
Product Obtainable |
From a Pine Log:.
I RAILROAD TIMBERS, HEAVY JOISTS AND
1 YARD TRADE TIMBERS OUR SPECIALTY
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L MILLER, fit
PRESIDENT '•©
JOE MILLER.
VICE PRESIDENT
J. W. LINK,
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Miller-Link Lumber Co.
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Send lie Your Orders and Inquiries Tor
FINISH
Any Grade, Any Size, Rough or Dressed
£ * *
MILLER-LINK LUMBER COMPANY
W. E. FALL, Sales Agent,
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The Lutcher & Moore Lumber company load-
ed the barges Nicaragua and Panama this week
with material to go into the schooner Jas. Pierce,
now taking on cargo at Sabine Pass, destined for
Philadelphia She will takeout 1.800,000 feet of
yellow pine.
The Lutcher <k Moore Lumber company com-
pleted ttie cargo ot the schooner Chas Daveo-
siou b-r three days in annual meeting, and where j Port tl,'s wt*'*k and si e cleared Tuesday trom
both dealers and (manufacturers gathered from Sabine Pass for Philadelphia, taking out a cargo
Tbecenter ot interest among the lumbermen
of Texas this week has *>. en atSau Antonio,
where *ne Lumbermen's Association was in ses
all parts of the state. In all the addresses that! °f J ,090,000
were made before the convention and in their | "crs-
private conversations, the retail dealers empha-
sised the fact that they realized the conditions
that had brought about the advance in the price
ot lumber and none ot them were disposed to
even intimate in .the slightest degree that the
manufacturers were taking an undue advantage.
All of the dealers reported a prosperous year's
business anil felt good over the outlook lor the
coining year. Someol the yards are pretty well j
stocked, others are considerably depleted: some i
of tbe dealers are in the market now or are com ]
ing into the market without delay, while others ori*erS-
will hold off yet a while longer before placing
their orders. It seems to be the concensus of
opinion that in view of the constantly increas-
teet of yellow pine lumber and tiin
Among the Orange vis^fgs this week was
Mr. A. VV. Finney, representing the Trurabull-
Joyce Lumber company, ot Chicago. Mr. Finney
is matting a tour of the Southern mills endeavor-
ing to place a big schedule ol ties for the elevat-
ed railway ol Chicago, but is ex|>eriencing con•
siderable difficulty ‘ti finding mills that can pro-
mise early delivery. Like other buyers, he is
not soliciting prices from the mills so much as he
is endeavoring to find mills that can take the
The schooner Cora Price, Captain Anderson,
came up from Johnson's Ha you, La., and took on ^ -
op.mon uia. ... v,ew cod.uo.iv ,ncr«... ' ,umbcr at ,b. L.tcb.r * Moor. L«m- *
ids price of .tomjas, .0.1 o.hrr locrra... J. Wo. lnil„ w,do«d.y. .hr lumbor to
expense of manufacture there .8 not much likeli- ' J . ... . . _
1 , , , , , a. i i be used in the Johnson Havou settlement tor
flood ot anv radical decrease in the price of lum , . .
, making improvements,
her. i
In some portions of the state raiu is badly;
needed, but. so far as can be judged this early in j
the season, the outlook for c ops of all kinds was
never better. In the northwest, especially in
Kansas, farmers are preparing to harvest the j
biggest spring wheat crop in their history, in
towns, cities and villages, building operations
go on apace and there seems to be no likelihood ,
of a decrease in thedernand tor building mate-
The Miller Link Lumber company loaded
the barge Carl this week with select primes to go
into the cargo of a vessel under charter to (J. 3.
Wilcox, the Lake Charles exjKirter, which vessel
is now taking on cargo at Port Arthur.
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The Miller Link Lumber company c . i.
tfie schooner J. W. Hutt this week from
Pass for Havana, Cuba, with a mixed cargo of
nal at any time in the near future. Apropos ol j ,umber and tirtjber8 aggregating 815,000 feet.
the subject of building operations, the outlook is j
decidedly promising, as official reports received
The record breaking car ot lumber from tbe
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and formulated by the American Contractor j fjUtcher A Moore Lumber company mil s and pro.
from more than forty ol the leading cities of tile j bably tiom the entire south, was sent away by
country, show a general and quite deeded gam j lhat company this week, the total net value of
corresponding month, jtbe car 0f ]umber, after deducting* freight and
discounts amounting to $1200.00. The nearest
the Lutcher and Moore Lumber company have
come to this heretofore was a car, tbe net value
of which was nearly $900.00, The Miller-Link
Lumber company shipped a car this month, of l
net value of $1000.00, which held the record *
this car shipped this week by tbe Lutcher &
Moore Lumber company, of a net value of $18
and which Is tbe most valuable car ot yell
pine lumber probably ever sent away from a
as compared with the
March, of 1005. The following figures show the
percentage of gnu m cities where the increase is
most marked: Cleveland, 48; Chattanooga, 49;
Duluth, 668t Louisville, 54; Los Angeles, 84; Mo-
bile, 46; 8t. Paul, 35; •an Francisco, 28; Scran*
ton, 50; Syracuse 40;Salt Lake City, 81; Trenton,
252;To'edo, 22. Tbe losses reported are some-
what in excess ot last month The toliowing
statement shows the percentage in leading cities;
ncinnati, 45; Columbus, 49; Hartford, 82; Kan-
70; Milwaukee, 27; Minneapolis, 42;
78; Philadelphia, 19; St. Louis, 55;
n, 49 New York with $22,928,906,
ly holds Its own, tbe gain being 2 per
this time last year tbe building move-
decidedly strong and to have fairly
t la an excellent ehowing. It la deep-
t that New York makes a alight gain
spite of tbe enormous
baa been in
1905, in spite of tbe
Baltimore
although the
of construction
progress there during tbe
shows a loss of only 4 per
work of rebuilding was at its
Conditions are favorable for
I. construction ltDeB.
would Indicate tba
for building purposes will
during tbe coming year and the mills will
rer^ec
iotb.ycHowpincbcU.V
A congenial party ot Orangelf
tbe meeting ot the Texas Lumbermen’s Asi
tion in San Antonio this week, in tbe j
J. W. Link,
Lumber com|
F. H. Farwell, of the
iy, and Mrs. Farwell, W. W. Reid, cash-
First National Bank, and Mrs. Reid
Miss Annie, Geo. S. Holland
*Fall, bales manager of the Miller'
company. Alt report a modi
s Moore Lumber
W. Reic
of tbe Association
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their bands lull, even though there shouldlof la grippe.
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C, F. Paunewlts, general manager of f
Lumber coinpany, is sending a f
at Mineral Wella, recui
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The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1906, newspaper, April 13, 1906; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth643471/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.