Bi-centennial history of Albany. History of the county of Albany, N. Y., from 1609 to 1886. With portraits, biographies and illustrations, Part 138

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co.
Number of Pages: 1452

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36,020,594

62, 103,000 feet.

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tance, making it accessible for merchandise during the entire year, and for many years the chief en- trepot for almost all the exports and imports to New York, the great maritime emporium.

From the books of the Harbor-master, we" as- certain the total tonnage of vessels employed in the Albany trade for the following years:

Tons.

1838.

36,721

1844.

65,507

1839.

40,369

1845

70,985

1840.

39,416

1846

71,01I

1841.

50,797

1847.

97,019

1842

49,356

1848.

77,983

1843

55,354

1849

79, 123

From the foregoing it will be seen that for a period of twelve years there was a steady, healthy increase of business. In 1847 there was a large increase. This, it will be remembered, was an ex- traordinary period. There was a large export de- mand for bread-stuff, and everything that could float either on the river or canal was brought into requisition, and an immense business was done. During this period much was accomplished in the construction of railroads. Their great carrying ca- pacity must be taken into consideration in form- ing an idea of the volume of trade which was an- nually pouring into Albany. By the construction of the Boston and Albany Railroad a vast amount of property was diverted from shipment by vessels- the article of flour alone sent over in 1843 was 12,384 tons, or 123,360 barrels-while the con- tinuous line of railroads from Albany to Buffalo caused a great falling off of freight business on the canals. In view of these improved facilities for transportation, the fact that the number and ton- nage of vessels from 1838 to 1849 more than doubled, shows a surprisingly healthy growth of trade in Albany.

The magnitude of the brewing interest in Albany fully half a century ago, naturally caused an im- mense trade in barley, and Albany grew to be the great barley market of the Northern and Eastern States, and of many cities in the Atlantic States. Purchases were made here for points as far South as Charleston, while with Baltimore and Phila- delphia a large business was transacted. Below we give, from official documents, the receipts at tide-water for a period of nine years:

Bushels.

1838.

677,338

1847.

1,523,020

1841.

121,010

1848.

1,548, 197

1844.

818,472

1849.

1,400, 194

1845 .

1, 137,917

1850.

1,720,000

1846

1,427,953

Almost the entire receipts were sold in Albany. One quarter of these receipts were sold to brewers for home consumption. The average number of bushels now used by Albany brewers will average between 600,000 and 700,000, while the average sales consummated at this port amount to nearly four times this number of bushels.

In 1819, an association styled the Albany Cham- ber of Commerce and Public Improvement was formed, the objects of which were not made pub- lic. A committee of five was appointed to settle any disputes that might arise between merchants

of the city who might choose to submit them for settlement. Isaiah Townsend, Joseph Alexander, Peter Van Loon, Walter Clark, and John Spencer composed this committee. December 5, 1820, the following officers were elected: Isaiah Town- send, President; Joseph Alexander, William James, and Charles E. Dudley, Vice-Presidents. The Board was composed of the following members: William McHarg, Israel Smith, Peter Boyd, Will- iam Durant, John Brinckerhoff, Thomas Russell, Jacob H. Ten Eyck, James B. Douglas, Allen Brown, George W. Stanton, Asa H. Center, John Spencer, James Keeler, John Townsend, William Walker, Douw B. Slingerland, Volkert P. Douw, Robert Shepard, William W. Staats, Charles R. Webster, Joshua Tuffs, Ephraim Wilder, Jr., John Stillwell, James Mabbett, and James Thorne-all prominent merchants. This association was con- tinued for many years. Its functions are now per- formed by the Board of Trade, which was organized in 1841, with John Townsend, President; Erastus Corning, Charles Chapman, and John Taylor, Vice- Presidents; Daniel Fry, Secretary; and William Mc- Elroy, Treasurer. It was incorporated in 1864. The rooms of the Board are located at 40 State street. It has one hundred and fifty members. The leading commercial papers are kept on file. Occasionally public meetings are held there. The present officers are Robert Geer, President; An- drew G. White and C. B. Tillinghast, Vice-Presi- dents; Jacob A. Smith, Secretary; Thomas Austin, Treasurer.

LUMBER INTERESTS.

The first saw-mill in America is supposed to have been set up about 1620 in Virginia. The first in New York was built on Manhattan Island during Peter Minuet's administration (1626-33). Some were moved by wind. At about the same time, several saw-mills were built near Albany. In 1630, Andries Corstiaensen, a master-millwright, and two sawyers were sent thither; and, in 1636, Pieter Cornelissen and Barent Pieterse Koeymans came over.

The Swedish naturalist, Peter Kalm, visited Albany in 1749, and writes : "The white pine is found abundant here. The greater part of the merchants have extensive estates in the country, and a great deal of wood. If their estates have a little brook, they do not fail to erect a saw-mill upon it for sawing boards and planks, with which commodity many yachts go during the summer to New York, having scarce any other lading than boards. They saw a vast quantity of deal from the white pine on this side of Albany, which is ex- ported."

The abundance of white pine which the first set- tlers found, and the excellent water power, led very early to the erection of saw-mills. Among the settlers in Rensselaerwyck in 1630, were Law- rens Lawrenssen and Barent Tomassen, sawyers. In the fall of 1645, Barent Pieterse Koeymans, above mentioned, and Jan Gerritsen took charge of the Patroon's saw-mills, being allowed one hun-

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dred and fifty guilders each a year for board, and three stuyvers for every plank they sawed. Be- tween that time and 1647 they sawed nearly four thousand boards. In 1673, Koeymans purchased a large tract of land twelve miles south of the city, which was favorable for the erection of saw- mills, and where Cruyn Cornelissen and Hans Jansen had erected mills as early as 1651.

The Duke de Rochefoucault-Liancourt writes from Albany in 1795 : "The export trade of Al- bany chiefly consists of timber and lumber of every description, pot and pearl-ashes, grain, potatoes and manufactured goods. This trade is carried on in ninety vessels, in general of seventy tons bur- den, half of which are owned in Albany and the rest elsewhere."

During the decade from 1840 to 1850 inclusive, the receipts increased from 124, 173,383 feet of boards and 784, 310 feet of timber, the total value of which was $2, 142,636, in the year 1840, to 425,095,436 feet of boards and 3,039, 588 feet of timber, with a total value of $6,806, 213 in 1850. In 1840 there were eighty-four saw-mills in Albany County.

At an early day Albany became noted as a lum- ber market. Boards and scantling were rafted down from Northern and Central New York on the Upper Hudson and Mohawk, and here loaded on board sloops for transportation down the river to market. The first lumber yards were two in number: one at the foot of South Ferry street, the other between Quackenbush and Lumber (the lat- ter now Livingston avenue). The inspection and marking of lumber was provided for by statutory provisions.

With the completion of the Erie and Champlain Canals, and the construction of the Albany Basin and Pier, the wharfs were first used for the storage of lumber. When increased imports from Canada and the West demanded greater storage facilities, slips were dug from the canal towards the river, and the lumber piled along their banks. At present the district occupies about one and one-half miles of river front and embraces numerous slips running east and west from the Erie Canal to the wharf, with an average breadth of one thousand feet between the river and canal. This tract is called the Lum- ber District. It is provided with all facilities for transacting business; street cars, telegraph and tel- ephone; and hydrants with such perfect means of extinguishing fire that within the past half century no serious damage has been incurred from this source There are large planing and sawing-mills and good restaurants for the accommodation of business men.

There is now no branch of business in this city of more extensive proportions than this. For many years Albany was one of the largest lumber markets in the world. While the receipts of lum- ber are greater at Chicago, the Albany market is none the less important, in view of the position occupied, and the character of the trade affected. All the foreign shipments are negotiated from this point. The lumber for South America, the West Indies and other foreign countries is assorted here,

and much of it is manufactured here into doors, ceilings, etc., so as to be ready for use when reach- ing destination. The trade with Australia is very extensive, millions of feet of prepared lumber being sent to that continent from here every sea- son. Upon the spaces between the slips is dis- charged from canal-boats the lumber from the re- gion of Lake Champlain, Glens Falls, and the rivers coming down from the Northern Wilderness, the Black River Canal and St. Lawrence Country via Black River Canal and the Rome and Watertown Railway; Canada lumber, via Oswego; lumber from Ohio and Michigan, as far west as the Saginaw re- gion; and also from the southern tier of counties in this State via Chemung, Crooked Lake and Cay- uga and Seneca Canals. Our canal system is thus well calculated to drain an immense territory, and to concentrate its products at this point. Lumber is now brought to this market from Green Bay, In- diana, Ohio; from Canada, on Lake Ontario, by way of Oswego; and from the Ottawa regions and all the tributaries to the St. Lawrence, by way of Lake Champlain and the Champlain Canal.

Douglas L. White & Co., lumber, 9 and 31 Lum- ber District.

This yard was founded by Gillespie, White & Co. at West Troy, in 1857; succeeded by White, Loveland & Co., by White & Co., by White & Moir, and they by the present firm. They are among the large Albany dealers in Canada pine lumber, Michigan pine and spruce, and hemlock from New York State mills and from Canada. Their annual sales are about twenty-five million feet, en- tirely at wholesale.

The individual members of the firm are Messrs. D. L. and W. G. White and C. E. Van Zandt.

The lumber firm of Dalton & Kibbe was founded in 1857. A profitable and flourishing business has been conducted by this firm ever since. Their yards are located No. 8 First street. The indi- vidual members are Austin S. Kibbe and William Dalton.

The present firm of R. H. Moore & John Zim- merman is the outcome of the business established in 1862 by Messrs. Moore & Callender, who con- tinued until 1863, when Mr. Callender withdrew, Mr. Moore remaining alone until 1872, the year Mr. Zimmerman became a partner. They occupy two yards, one on Fourth avenue, 75 by 148 feet, the other on South Pearl street, 100 by 140 feet, upon which are suitable buildings. They deal in hard and soft pine, spruce and hemlock, shingles, laths, etc., etc.

The lumber business now conducted by W. H. Weaver & Co., No. 20 Lumber District, was estab- lished in 1866 by William McEchron, Jones Ord- way, James Morgan and A. M. Adsit, and W. H. Weaver. Since that time the personnel of the firm has had several changes, and is now composed of W. H. Weaver, Jones Ordway and W. E. Speir. Two yards are employed by the firm, 400 by 70 and 900 by 60 feet respectively in dimensions, affording storage for about 9,000,000 feet of lum- ber. Their annual sales amount to 38,000,000 feet.

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In 1845 Joshua Rathbun established himself in the lumber trade at Albany. In 1865 the present firm of Rathbun & Co. was formed, consisting of Joshua & Acors Rathbun. This firm occupy a commodious yard and dock at 14 Lumber Dis- trict. The stock principally dealt in consists of oak, ash, black walnut, cherry, chestnut and syca- more. Their trade extends throughout the country and largely in New York and New England.

Rodney Vose commenced operations in the hand- ling of lumber in Albany as early as 1853. He has made the business a life study, and there are few engaged in the business who have had wider experience, or whose knowledge is more comprehensive with regard to the wants and needs of the trade. Mr. Vose's yard is located at 218 Water street, where ample dock privilege and room for storage of 5,000,000 feet of lumber are provided. A special feature of this house is its trade in shingles, which has reached as high as 10,000, oco in some years. The trade of this yard besides being largely local, extends thoroughout New York and Massachusetts.

The present firm of Simons & Richards is a continuation of the firm of Mattice & Simons established in 1856, which was succeeded in 1859 by Simons & Griswold. In 1872 Nathan E. Si- mons became the sole proprietor, remaining as such until 1878, when A. K. Richards became a partner, under the present firm name of Simons & Richards. Their yards, six in number, are located at 116 Water street. They have a dock frontage of 350 feet. Their stock consists of a complete assortment of Northern and Western lumber. A specialty is made in spruce building materials.

From the sources at our command we have compiled the following list of lumber dealers, past and present, in Albany.

1816 .- Jacob Barney, David Backus.

1817 .- Richard Dusenbury, Aaron Hand, John Quackenbush, Salem Dutcher, Uriah Marvin.

1825 .- John Cullings.

1830 .- H. A. Bancroft & Co., F. J. Barnard, F. Batcheller, Benjamin Cooper, Benjamin Gregory, L. P. Hand, Edwin Jessup, Arnold Nelson, Samuel Phipps, Joel Pinney, Root & Youngs (staves), James G. Youngs & Co., Slacks & Davis, Isaac Welch, Robert Whitlock.

1840 .- Arnold Carroll, Elias Colburn, Adolphus Colburn, H. Colburn, Daniel Crane, Jr., Abner Davis, Charles A. Fassett, Hill & Sanford, W. A. Judson, Kenyon & Winne, Nathan G. King, Minor King, S. Lossee & Co., Marse & Bicknell, Rathbone & Gallup, Ross & Colburn, Giles Sanford, Nelson Salisbury, Daniel Smith, George Van Derlip, J. & B. Van Valkenburgh, Solomon Whipple.

1852 .- W. H. Bloomingdale, Bullock & Many, Clark, Sumner & Co., Calvin, Cooley & Co., Cof- fee, Bruce & Co., De Forrest, Patten & Co., John Gibson, Higbie Hammond & Co., Thomas Hill & Co., Thomas W. Hotchkiss, William H. Hunt, R. Ketchum & Sons, James B. King, M. McGowen & Co., Mead, Myers & Bennett, Joshua Rathbun & Co., N. Rogers & Callender, John P. Romaine & Co., Ross & Crocker, Oscar Tyler, Fassett &

Washburn, Ward & Derby, J. C. Ward & Sons, Clement Warren & Son, Robert Whitlock, C. P. Williams & Co.

1857 .- S. W. Barnard, W. M. Bender, William Birdsall, Fassett & Co., Cary & Salisbury, W. Headlum & Son, G. Hunter, Mattier & Simons, Simons & Richards, Benjamin Rathbun, George W. Roberts, Robertson & Edmeston, H. P. Ross & Karslake, E. A. Ross, J. Tallman & Co., Adam Van Allen, James G. Whitlock, Warren, Wilbur & Co., Solomon Whipple.

1865 .- Arnold, Folsom & Co., J. Benedict & Son, Stephen Clark, James G. Crocker, De Witt & Nephews, Jones & Co., J. B. Kelley & Co., Ket- chum, Scott & Simpson, H. W. Gage, Thomson & Hyatt.

1875. - Bender, Martin & Thomas, N. H. Chase, Smith & Co., Cullen & Jones, A. Frost & Dillen- beck, Fassett, Son & Co., J. L. Hyatt & Co., Bul- lock & Co., McGaugan & McOnly, Thomas Num- pler, C. B. Nichols & Mills, Norton & Co., John Pennie, Jr., & Wolfinger, Skillings & Whitney Bros., D. W. Talcott, W. G. Thomas & Co., B. A. Towner & Son, Douglas L. White, Thomas Wilson.

1880 .- Collender & Mason, M. N. Fassett.

The following lumber firms are deserving of mention in connection with the lumber interest of the city: Gratwick & Fryer, No. 21 Lumber Dis- trict, composed of William H. Gratwick & Robert L. Fryer; Hughson & Co., No. 1 Lumber District, composed of J. C. Hughson, A. H. Campbell, and N. H. Salisbury; Gilbert Hunter & Son (Dexter) North Ferry above Water; Mattoon & Robinson, No. 112 Water street, composed of David Mattoon and Edward Robinson; James Moir, Nos. 8 and 9 Lumber District; Smith Bros. (Albert and Oscar), No. 28 North Pearl, and Albany and Susquehanna Railroad offices; Sumner & Hascy, No. 16 Lumber District, composed of Alanson A. Sumner and O. L. Hascy; L. Thomson & Co., No. 25 Lumber District, composed of Lemon Thomson, Augustus Sherman, and Henry P. and T. Ellery Lord; J. O. Towner & Co., No. 10 Lumber District, com- posed of Mr. Towner and Samuel B. Towner.

The following firms are also at the present time engaged in the lumber trade : Arnold & Co., Royal Bancroft, J. Benedict & Son, Boyd & Co., William N. Callender, Truman D. Cameron, J. W. Dunham & Co., Charles P. Easton & Co., Fogg, Patton & Co., John H. Gordon, Hand & Babbitt, Hubbell & Hill, Harvey Hunter, John Krutz, W. C. Many & Co., T. Miles & Co., Morgan Lumber Company, Thomas Murphy, J. R. Nangle, Charles B. Nichols, Phillips & Duns- comb, H. W. Sage & Co., Saxe Bros., Robert Scott, Smith, Craig & Co., Henry Spawn, Staples & Van Allen, P. Van Rensselaer & Co., Van Sant- ford & Eaton, C. Warren, David Whitney, Jr., N. R. Wilbur & Son, C. H. Winne, Waine & Andrews.

The Board of Lumber Dealers was organized in 1863, and incorporated under and in pursuance of an act passed May 8, 1869, whose object is de- clared to be "to inculcate just and equitable prin- ciples in trade; to establish and maintain uniformity in commercial usages; to acquire, preserve and dis-

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seminate valuable business information; and to ad- just controversies and misunderstandings between persons engaged in business." An arbitration com- mittee, consisting of five members of the Board, is annually elected by ballot, it being their duty to hear and decide differences which may arise be- tween members or others that is voluntarily sub- mitted to them, and a judgment of the Supreme Court is rendered upon their award, except in cases where claims concerning titles to real estate are involved.

Its Presidents since 1863 are as follows: Henry Q. Hawley, William N. Fassett, William H. Ross, Benjamin A. Towner, Douglas L. White, William G. Thomas, O. L. Hascy, J. O. Towner, E. G. Benedict, C. P. Easton, J. E. Craig, E. C. Clark, Jr., H. S. Van Sanford, James B. Kelley, Dean Sage, Joshua Rathbun, Leman Thomson, J. C. Hubbell, C. B. Nichols, S. B. Towner.

The officers for 1884 were John McDonald, President ; C. W. Eaton, Vice-President ; Walter G. White, Treasurer; William U. Fassett, Secre- tary ; J E. Craig, O. L. Hlascy, A. S. Kibbee, Managers ; S. B. Towner, E. G. Benedict, J. C. Hubbell, R. L. Fryer, H. S. Van Sanford, Arbitra- tion Committee.

William N. Fassett was among the pioneers in the lumber district, and is one of the oldest lumber dealers in the city. He is now sole proprietor of the business commenced in 1832 by Messrs. Whitlock & Fassett, who then occupied yards on the pier opposite Orange street. Mr. Fassett is also Secretary of the Board of Lumber Dealers, an account of which is given in this article.

From the long time he has been engaged in this branch of business, his knowledge of events con- nected therewith is large, and to him we are in- debted for many of the facts in this paper. His present office and yards are situated at 7 Lumber District.

A contract, dated Fort Orange, June 22, 1662, between Wynandt Gerreydts Van Der Poell and Dr. Jacob Hendrickse Ver Vauger, agreeing to pay 1, 26 I guilders 19 stuivers and 4 pennies for " 1, 600 good merchantable boards," will show the compar- ative value of now and over two centuries ago. Dr. Ver Vauger was then a surgeon in the West India Company at New Amsterdam.

In 1875, the number of establishments in New York State for the manufacture of planed lumber was 175; number of hands employed, 1,961; capital, $2,955, 586; wages, $886,167; value of materials, $4, 574, 619; value of products, $6,332, - 341; and the number of establishments for lumber sawed were 3,510; hands employed, 15,409; cap- ital, $15, 110,981; wages, $3,438, 601; value of material, $11,228,613; value of products, $21,- 238, 228.

The receipts of lumber in Albany for the year 1861 were 138,000,000 feet less than for 1860. The uncertainty in business centers, caused by the war, was felt with great force by lumber dealers. The amount of building was sensibly decreased. The receipts for shingles, square timber and staves, though, were about the same.

The following table exhibits the receipts at Al- bany during the years named :

Year.

Boards and Shingles. Scantling. Thou- sands. Feet.

Timber. Cubic feet.

Pounds.

1850

216,791,890

34,226

28,832

150,515,280

1851

260,238,003

34,136

110,200

135,087,290

1852.

317,135,620

31,636

201,714

107,961,289

1853

393,726,073

27,586

19,916

118,066,750

1854

311,571,151

24,003

28,909

135,805,091

1855

245,921,652

57,210

24,104

140,255,285

1856.

223,345,545

36,899

14,533

102, 548,492

1857

180,097,629

70, 104

85, 104

153,264,629

1858

267,406,41I

31,823

119,497

135,011,817

1859.

291,771,762

48,756

70,381

114,570,503

1860.

301,022,600

41,222

46,883

148,735,369

1861

162,952,527

31,782

44,754

143,784,471

The following table exhibits the valuation of the receipts during the years named. A difference in the receipts for 1860 and 1861, corresponding to the same years in the table above given, will be noticed:

Year.

Boards and Scantling.

Shingles. Timber.

Staves.

1850.

$3,251,878

$119,791

$4,325

$677,319

1851

4, 119,568

121,524

19,010

546,655

1852.

5,495,960

110,726

52,509

507,418

1853.

6,299,617

99,585

3,386

569.600

1854.

4,985, 139

86,981

6,649

611,123

1855

4,426,589

227,840

4,854

631,149

1856.

3,573,529

129,147

2,616

461,468

1857

2,881,560

248,515

15,218

689,691

1858

4,412, 205

111, 383

20,314

540,047

1859.

4,887, 177

170,646

11,965

458,282

1860.

5,042, 128

144,277

7,971

594,942

1861

2,729,454

111,237

7,697

575, 138

RECEIPTS BV CANAL DURING 1867.

Boards and scantling, feet

382,883,955

Shingles, thousands

26,880

Timber, cubic feet

62,705

Staves, pounds.

31,460,271

RECEIPTS BV CANAL AT TIDE-WATER DURING 1867.

Boards and scantling, feet.

675,055,455

Shingles, thousands 44,392

Timber, cubic feet 3,369,800

Staves, pounds

273,889,571

The following table shows the receipts and valu- ations for the years 1869 and 1870:

QUANTITY.

1869.

1870.

Boards and scantling, feet.

444,474,900

452,363,900

Timber, cubic feet.

5,000

116,800

Staves, pounds ..

8,804,400

17,769, 100

Shingles, thousands

32,166

21,488

ESTIMATED VALUE.

1869.

1870.

Boards and scantling.

.$12,445,300

$9,499, 642

Shingles

128,664

97,529

Timber

2,000

52,538

Staves

61,631

124,384

TOTAL RECEIPTS AT TIDE-WATER.

1869.

1870.

Boards and scantling, feet

.768,607,600

768,007,300

Shingles, thousands

33,723

28,660

Timber, cubic feet.

3.151,700

3,795,700

Staves, pounds.

166,649, 200

232, 161, 200

Staves.

615

COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF ALBANY.

COMPARATIVE RECEIPTS FOR 1870. New York. West Troy. Waterford.

Boards and scantling,

feet . . 125,663, 100 169, 364, 300 20,616,500

Shingles, thousands .. 1,419

5,784 9 Shingles

735,700

Staves, pounds. .... 211,229, 100 2,851,300 311,700

In Chicago, 990,834,000 feet lumber was re- ceived and 471, 504, 000 feet shipped in 1870. The amount shipped by canal at Buffalo in 1870 was 168, 204,000 feet, and at Oswego 271,618,000 feet.

The amount of measured and tally lumber han- dled in 1882 was 443,400, 227 feet, which, with laths, shingles, etc., was valued at $10,000,000. The amount for 1883 was 457, 189,308 feet; esti- mated value, $10, 250, 000.

(These figures for 1882-83 are compiled from the monthly returns of the Board of Lumber Dealers.)

The inventory of the pine lumber on hand in the district January 1, 1886, compared with January I, 1885, is as follows:

1886.

Michigan uppers.

7,324

6,832

pickings.

7,787

6,051

common

28,835

24,478

Ix10 inch

7,244

3,487

IXI2 inch.

5,831

3,129

IX14 inch.

217

Ix16 inch

208

343

stock plank

2,013

1,16r

shelving

1,387

956

shippers

5,112

3,088

log runs

1,431

1,149

4x4 wide common ..

211

2×12 inch

1,424

235

4×4 inch strips

4,677

4,957

73,438

56,294

1,000 feet.

Canada pine, 4-4 inch siding . .

6,789

5,301

5-4 inch siding . .

2,316

3,209

6.4 inch siding . .

261

283

8-4 inch siding . .

3 inch siding .. .

118

4-4 inch strips. .

6,567

4,348

5-4 inch strips ..

1,586

916

6-4 inch strips .. 24

17,711

14,269

Norway

6,379

7,095

1,000 pieces.

1,000 pieces,

IxIO pine boards

1,389

931

5-4 pine boards.

262

192

1,000 feet.

On hand January I

115,208

83,933

The receipts of sawed lumber at Albany by the canal in 1885, and for each year for the past fifteen years, have been as follows:

Feet.

1870

415,000,000

1871

421,000,000

1872

438,000,000

1873

346,000,000

1874

341,000,000

1875

290,000,000

1876

289,000,000

1877

330,000 000

1878

309,000,000

1879

318,000,000

1880

362,000,000 364,000,000

1882

450,000,000

1883

452,000,000

1884

477,000,000

1885

467,000,000

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Bi-centennial history of Albany. History of the county of Albany, N. Y., from 1609 to 1886. With portraits, biographies and illustrations, Part 138

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888 Publication date: 1886 Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co. Number of Pages: 1452

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co.
Number of Pages: 1452