THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBER MERCF.TANT

JackDionne,prblishu

Incorporeted undor thc llwr of C.llffitrh

J. C. Dlonnc, Prer. ud Trcar.; Phil B. Hart, Vlcc-Prcr.; J. E. Mardn, !hcy. Publirbcd thc l3t rnd ltlth ol och Dontt tt

3lE-1!r-20 CENTRAL BUTLDING LOS ANGELES, CAL- TELEPHONE, VAndlLr l5l5 Eutcred ar Seond-claer matter Septembet 6, lg,,., rt thc Portofiq rt Lor Angcler, Cdifornl,a' under Act of March !' 1t79.

Subecription Price, g2.lXt per Year Singlc Copiea,25 cente cich.

LOS ANGELES, CAL., JANUARY I, 1927

How Lumber Looks

There ir not a great deal to report here at the first of the New Year, on market activity. There IS very little acivity, at this writhg.

The last two weekr in December is not the busiest time of ttre year for the wholerale men, naturally, and 1926 wa^r no exceptiolr.

AII things point however to a healthy de'nrand, right after inventory time, and it ir generally believed that building will not wait this year until after March fint.

Permit offices, in every city in the rtate, are loaded with pllns, and iurt ar s(rcn as these permits are issued, there will be a rush of bruineu, for the ietailer.

The decks are cleared, offices have been cleaned upl order boolc are durted off, and everything ir set for the bell to ring on a good 1927.

Shiprnents into Southern California, for 1926, will totd very cloee to the final figures that were given for 1926. During tbat year there was a grand total of 1160315851000 feet of Fir and Redwood came into the Port of Los Angeles, and, with edimating December at 135 million feet, 1926 will nur to 11609,383.

The following table showr how the rhipmentr have been rrmning during the past twelve months, as compared with |[e prwiour year.

131,O6O,ffX)

143,575,OOO

Totalr .1,603,585,O(X) 1,6O9,383'(X)O

Building perrnita, in Loa Angeler, will rrur considerably below, in 1926, the totals e*ablirhed the year before. In 1925 a grand total of 162,646,436 was reported, and, tfing ten million dollarr ar a fair prediction for December, 1926 will run to only a little over 121 million dollan.

Market

The market in the San Francirco Bay and throughout Northern California has been dull during the past two weeLs due to the holiday season and inventory The dealers do not look for much activity rurtil after the New Year.

Cargo thipmentr into San Francisco for 1926 will run a little below the 1925 ehipmentr. D.rritrs the yeer 1925,

Advcrtiring Rrtcl on Applicetioa the cargo arrivalr totallcd 749r84O M feet while the total arrivals for 1926 will rrm a littie below 7OO,0OO M ft. At the prerent time there are 23 lumber caniers tied-up, rome rmdergoing repairs.

Thi pouglas Fir trade are looking for the railroadr to be big buyen duing 1927 and they-alro repgtt Qat there ir very much prorpective buineer already in dght for-other industrials. ihef abo predict t[at m&e lumber will be shipped into new territory than in 1926. One mill-repre' tott"tl"" reportr that di'ing thepart year they shipped over l(XX) cars into Texar and Oklahoma-

Mat y of the Redwood milts will be shut dorvn ovs tte holiday le.ron for repairr.

Some of the California White and Sugar Pine mille have already gone down for the wint€r teaton.Ship-ments have slowed d-own during t[e part month but about in the rame proportion to produCiorr curtai[nent.ptockr at the millr are-about 16 per cent higher than at thir time lart year'

Holiday Suspension In Lumber Industry Will Be Curtailed

Aberdeen, Wash', Dec.23.-Grays Harbor mills this year will be closed down for one of the shortest Christmas holid"y. ott record here, most of the operators having annolnced that they will resume operatiolts the first of next week. Logging .a*ps, howe-ver, are..already { Per cettt down, "..#?ittp toreports' Some will-resume J.anuary 3, others about thi middie of January, and a few will remain down until the first of FebruarY.

While the Blagen mill in Hoquiam has closed for repa-irs which are expecled to take from ten days to tw-o weets, activity at otirer mills has increased. The- Bay City mill, which -was shut down for about three weeks, has just reopened; others which have been operating but one shift.are nbw running two and most Harbbr mills now have thirty to sixty dayJ cutting in sight before they can close for needed repairs.

A number of logging camps have laid off their crews and all but the Northwestern and a few small operatois will be shut down after the first of the year.

The log market is reported unusually firm forthis season and a marked strengthening has been noted in spruce and hemlock during the past week. The'present firm market is attributed to curtailment of operations, which began earlv in the fall.

H. G. Larrick will open a Lumber and Hardware Store at Del Mar in the near future.

This is Mr. Larrick's third venture, his other yards being at Solano Beach and Encinitas.