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CHICAGO. APRIL 25. 1906.
/Subscription (2.
(Single Copies, 10 Cents.
CHERRY
C. E. LLOYD, JR.
Manager Sales
RIVER
West Virginia
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
Offices : Philadelphia. Pa.
LUMBER
RED GUM
We produce and market a carload of Gum Lumber
every 4.'5 minutes during the working day. :
Himmelberger- Harrison Lumber Co.
Morehouse,
Missouri
1^1 Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Boston, Massachusetts
STRENGTH ECONOMY
Net Assets: January 31, 1906, Dividends to Policy-Holders,
All Liabililins Deducled-Sec. l.-Chap. llS.-Mass. Laws.
$743,422.49 33i Per Cent
Mail Expiring Policy with Your Order.
THE DAVIDSON = BENEDICT CO.
NASHVILLE. : : : TENNESSEE
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
125,000 1 inch No. 1 and No. 2.
600.000 1 inch No. 1 Common.
300,000 1 inch No. 2 Common.
100,000 2 inch No. 1 Common Rod OaU.
400,000 1 inch Sap Cull Poplar.
STOCK TWO YEARS DRY.
THE ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.
2 Kilby Street, = BOSTON, MASS.
Southern Hardwoods
POPLAR, CHESTNUT, ASH. OAK
(Plain and Quartered). Straight or mixed cars.
DRESSED POPLAR ANY WAY YOU WANT IT.
You get what you want when buying from US. Delivered prices any
Lumber Un
derwriters
Supply the demand for sound insurance at low rates.
We cater to the wants of 'lumbermen exclusively.
66 BROADWAV,
INEW VORK
Advet-tisers' Classified Directory Follows Want and For Sale AdTertislns Section.
HARDWOOD RECORD
I /^ iTic:'v/ii I rr
L^OLJl^V IL^L^i^
MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
The Norman Lumber Co., Inc.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Lo^s and Lumber
Office and Yards i Third Street, H to K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
POPLAK.
30,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
50.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
15,000 ft. 5/4 Common.
QUARTERED RED OAK.
50,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2(i.
50,<XJO ft. 4/4 Common.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK.
50,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
10,000 ft. 6/4 1st & 2d.
20.000 ft. 6/4 1st & 2d.
10,000 ft. 8/4 1st & 2d. -
50,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
5.000 ft. 5/4 Common.
5.000 ft. 6/4 Common.
20,000 ft. 8/4 Common.
10,000 ft. 2%" Common.
40.000 ft. 3" Common.
1 car Hickory Plant, IY2 to 4"-
8' to 16'.
OFFER FOLLOWING STOCKS:
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12.000 ft. 4x4"x4x2"— 12'. 1—6 mos. dry.
SoO ft. 3 .14 "—12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
400 ft. 314x414"— 12', 12 — 18 mos. dry.
3CJ0 ft. 3iA3£4i4"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
250 ft. 3%x4V.,"— 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
SOO ft. 314x4%"— 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
ISO ft. 3x4" & Lgr.— 14', 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larger, dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger, dry.
HICKORY AXLES.
1.500—3 X4 "—6'. 1—6 mos. dry.
1.500 — 3%x4M!"— 6', 1—6 mos. dry.
2,000 — i x5 "—5', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1,000 — 4Vix5i/." — 6', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1,000—5 xO " — 6', 1—6 mos. dry.
STOTZ
LUMBER
Incorporated
COMPANY
M A
NUFACTURERS :: W
HO LE SALEE S
Oak, Ash, Poplar, Guin,
KE.LLAR BUILDING
Cottonwood
LOUISVILLE., KENTUCKY
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
lUostrated Catalog on Application
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
The Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co.
HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS
Post Office and Band Milf,
ROBBINS, KY.
Shipping Point and Telegraph Office,
JACKSON, KY.
Specialties:
PLAIN WHITE OAK OAK PLANKING
YELLOW POPLAR RAILROAD TIES
We manufacture all the lumber we sell from original forest timber.
Therefore the lengths and widths are good. All logs are manufactured
in ten to thirty days after being felled, insuring bright, new stock, free of
sap worms and rot WRITE OR WIRE FOR PRICES.
DRY LUMBE,R
aUAETEEED 'WHITE OAK.
75.000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds.
18,000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds.
16,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
19.000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
150.000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
30.000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
40.000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
22.000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
22,000 ft. 4/4 cull.
aUARTEEED EED OAK.
14,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds.
18.000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds.
Tour Inquiries Wauld B«
Appraciatad.
8.000 ft. e/4 firsts & seconds.
5,000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
38,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
12,000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common.
7.000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
3,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
PLADJ 'WHITE OAK.
80.000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds,
17,500 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds
19,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
22.000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
18,000 ft. 10/4 firsts & seconds
16,000 ft. 12/4 firsts & seconds,
127,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
Louisville Yards ^^''^lu.ery
At
Our
20,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
30.000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
50,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
18.500 ft. 10/4 No. 1 common.
12,000 ft. 12/4 No. 1 common.
PLAIN EED OAK.
47,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds.
15,000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds.
9.000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
27,000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
31.0fi0 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
24,000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common.
14.000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
20,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
ALL THICKNESSIS IN CULL POPLAR, ASH, CHESTNUT.
ASH.
42.000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds
1 car
4/4 firsts & seconds.
17.000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds
3.000 ft.
5/4 firsts & seconds
58.000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds
7,000 ft.
6/4 firsts & seconds
3.000 ft. 10/4 firsts & seconds
5.000 ft.
8/4 firsts & seconds
17.(100 ft. 12/4 firsts & seconds
3,000 ft.
10/4 firsts & seconds
6.CKK) ft. 16/4 firsts & seconds
7.000 ft.
12/4 firsts & seconds
90.000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
4.000 ft.
16/4 firsts & seconds
26,000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common.
10.000 ft.
4/4 common.
18,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
2.000 ft.
5/4 common.
31.000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
20.000 ft.
6/4 common.
12.000 ft. 10/4 No. 1 common.
3.000 ft.
8/4 common.
8,(XK) ft. 12/4 No. 1 common.
POPLAE.
We h.ive all thicknesses In
60,000 ft.
4/4 firsts & seconds. Selects and Saps.
a, CHESTNUT.
IIMR
r» Cfk WHOLESALE HARDWOOUS
HARDWOOD RECORD
CADILLAC
CELEBRATED FOR HlOU STANDARD OF QUALITY AND MILL WORK
_,
Demand for all KINDS of Lumber is very strong.
Wc still have the following list of Southern Michigan
Hardwoods which we can offer you at reasonable prices:
4 4 Hasswuoit in Clear, >os. 1 and 1 Cuniauin
4,4 Gray Elm in Clear. Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Common.
6/4 and 8 4 Gray Elm in 1st and 2nd Clear.
4/2, 10-4, 12 4 and 16-4 in 1st and 3nd Maple.
4/4, b 4 and 8, 4 Selected End Dried White Maple.
^ A and H 4 No '2 Common and Hrntrr Rooch,
We would also call your attention to our MAPLE
FLOORING, the VERY BEST produced. Standard
widths and grades in 3-8, J3-I6 and 5-4.
If in the market let us hear from you.
Mitchell Brothers Company
MURPHY & DIQQINS
Offer all grades of itie followicg special dry slock
MAPLE— 5/4, 6/4, 8, 4. 104, 12, 4, 14/4, 16/4
GRAY ELM-4/4, 12 4
BASSWO0D^,4
BIRCH-k 4, 6 4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
2 cars 8 4 Maple, No. 1 Common and Belter.
1 car 5x5 Maple. Select Stock,
2 cars 4^4 Basswood. No 2 Common and Better.
1 car 4 4 Soft Elm. No 2 Common and Better,
2 cars 8,4 Soft Elm, No, 1 Common and Better.
2 cars 4 4 Bircb, No. 2 Common and Better.
Cummer, Diggins & Go.
^MANUFACTURERS:
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
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Michigan Hardwoods
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BASSWOOD
SOFT GRAY ELM
BIRCH
HARD MAPLE
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CADILUC. MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE. HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd.
MANUFACTURERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS:
1,000.000 feet Soft Orey Elm, 1 to 3".
500,000 feet Unselected Birch. 1 to 3".
3,000,000 feet Michigan Hard Maple, 1 to-6".
350,000 feet End Dried White Maple, 1 to IM"-
625.000 feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood, 1 to 3".
150.000 feet Selected White Basswood. 1", IM" and IH".
210,000 feet Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak, 1 to 2".
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office,
Memphis. Tenn.
Mills.
Chancy. Miss.
Address all correspondence to Memphis office.
w
E have in all thicknesses the following kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
MEMPHIS yard;
Ash 680.000 feet
Quartered White Oak. . 75.000 feet
Plai n White Oak 140,000 feet
Quartered Red Oak .... S25.000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410,000 feet
C.vpress 225.000 feet
Cottonwood 200.000 feet
Poplar 308.000 feet
SELMA YARD
Poplar 409,000 feet
Bay Poplar 857,000 feet
Red Gum 55,000 feet
Cypress 787,000 fe-t
BERCLAIR YARD
Bay Poplar 100.000 feet
Cypress .... 800,000 leet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 350,000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
Oflice and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C. R. R.
MEMPUIS. TENN
F. W. GILCHRIST, Pres. W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice-Pres.
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
Three States Lumber Co.
MANCTFACTURERS OF
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Hardwood Lumber
Cottonwood and Gum «'-»"■"'
Ollice
Tennessee
Trust
GET OUR PRICES. TRY OUR LUMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED, RESAWED
COTTONWOOD:
GUM
F. W. GILCHRIST. President
W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice President
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards, Cairo, Illinois
General Oflice, $ Tennessee Trust BIdg.
MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY
COTTONWOOD
Xelsoii II. Walcott, Pres't Frank E- Stonebraker, Vice-Pres't.
Chas. C. Gardiner, Sec'y and Treas.
The Crittenden Lumber Co.
MANUF.\CTURERS .
MILLS AT EARLE, ARK.
"Acorn Brand" Oak and Beech Flooring
The "Aristocrat" of Its Kiod
Made in Nashville, Tenn.. the Home of Oak Flooring.
NASHVILLE HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONWOOD
GUM AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General Offices: Tribune Building, CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, 111.. Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blytheville, Ark,
HARDWOOD RECORD
ST. LOUIS
LARGEST OF ALL HARDWOOD M A R K E. T S
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OF ANGEIaICA STRBEIT
SIX MILLION FEET
Ash, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
READY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND HALL STREETS
Roland F. Krcbs
Manager
Ozark Cooperage Co. 2
rdwood
Department
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
Four Inspectors in t!)e 5tKilh
IlireiH Shipdients ( COTTONWOOD.
frnin mill sfuks ( CYPRESS. CUM, OAK .
MAIN OFFICE.
FRISCO BUILDING
WU /^l-J T\7'\7^TC Lesperance Street and Iron
• rV. l^OlV V lO, Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut antl Cherry Lumber, Pay spot cash and take up at shipping
point when amounts justify.
CHAS. F. [mmm hardwood mm company
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices: 148 Carroll Street
Wanted-Cyprcss, Ash and Cottonwood
INSPECTION AT Point of Shipment When Quantity Justifies
Hafncr Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
alteiition.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco "Building
W'e have the following Dry .Stock for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD:
a Cars 4/4 Common. 3 Cars 1" 1 and 2.
2 Cars 4/4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17'' Box Boards.
GUM: ELM:
5 Cars 1" Common Red. 1 Car 6 4 Log Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4'' Log Run.
1 Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
6 Cars 1^ Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills Located at Fisk,
Campbell and Cary, Mo., and
Prescott, Ark.
519 Ba n k of Co m m e r ce
HARDWOOD RECORD
JOHN B. RANSOM 4 CO.,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Wc want to move quickly the following old dry stock. All of it has been on
sticks 6 to 1 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. We arc prepared to
furnish promptly mixed cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds:
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4 4 first and second
15 M 5 4 tirst and second
80M 6 4 first and second
10 M 10, 4 first and second
120 M 4, 4 So. 1 Common
65 M 6 '4 No. 1 Common
58 M 8 4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10 4 So. I Common
70 M 5 8 first and second Poplar 50 M 4 4 1st and 2nd White
80 M 58 No. 1 Common Poplar 100 M 4 4 So. 1 Common White
15 M 4 4 1st and 2d Quartered Sycamore' 100 M 4 4 first and second Red
10 M 4 1 No. 1 Com. Quarfd Sycamore 100 M 4 4 No. 1 Common Rfd
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M 4 4 first and second
58 M 6 4 first aid second
15 M 8 4 first and second
95 M 4 4 No. 1 Common
84 M 6 4 No. 1 Common
72 M 8 4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
WE WANT TO BUY
FOR CASH
OAK
CYPRESS
ASH
MILL CUTS OR ROUND LOTS
910 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1217 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
CHICAGO
YARDS :
MEMPHIS
NORTH MEMPHIS
No. I, No. 2 and No. 3 Common
Poplar, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4. For sale by
The Loomis & Hart Manufacturing Co.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
WRITE FOR PRICES
Upham & Agler
Bedford Building
CHICAGO
Wholesale Northern and Southern
Hardwoods
Quick Service
Perfect Milling
Right Prices
DISTRIBUTING YARD : CAIRO, ILLINOIS
Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
POPLAR AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOOKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION
CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY
HARDWOOD RECORD
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BOSTO
YORK PHILADELPHIA
ESTABLISHED IN 1798
J.Gibson Mcllvain ^ Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
PHILADELPHIA,
PENNSYLVANIA.
Although we lost by lire on March 27 tour acres of lumber sheds, con-
taining 10,000,000 feet of select hardwood lumber piled at our yard at the
junction of the Phiadelphia. Wilmin^on & Baltimore Railroad and the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at Kifty-eighth street and Woodland avenue.
Philadelphia, our offices and stables were not injured, and we were well
insured in first-class companies.
As we have a number of other dry slocks to draw from, we anticipate
but little delay in filling our orders and taking care of current trade. We
will therefore continue in the hardwood lumber business as heretofore,
and respectfully solicit offerings of dry and desirable stocks of all varie-
ties of hardwoods.
WM. E. LITCHFIELD
MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS.
Specialist in Hardwoods
Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale
J. H. SCHOFlEI,D
R. \V. SCHOFIEI,D ll
SCHOFIELD
BROTHERS
WHOLESALE
LUMBER
Hardwoods a
Specialty.
1020
22 Pennsylvania Building
PHILADELPHIA
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
Broad and Chestnut
Streets....
IN THE MARKET FOR ROUND
LOTS OF DESIRABLE HARD-
WOODS. SEND US LIST
OF YOUR OFFERINGS.
PHILADELPHIA,
...PENNA.
Jones Hardwood Co.
. (INCORPORATEDJ
WA NTS
4-4, 5-4 and 6-4 Chestnut, largely Is and 2s.
147 MILK STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
Wistar, Underbill & Co.,
WHOLESALE — ==^
HARDWOOD LUMBER
gl6 Real Estate Trust Building,
PHILADELPHIA.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the market for all thicknesses of
OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT.
.313 Arcade Building.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
147 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
F-" Hardwoods ";«;"-:
ESPECIALLY IN MARKET KOR PLAIN RED OAK
Buy
ROUND
H. D. Wiggin Wholesale Hardwoods
Specialties: Poplar, Chestnut, Canadian
Hardwoods, and Mahogany Veneers.
FISKE BUILDING
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
HARDIWOOD RECORD
^ INDIANA ^
.WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW-
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart'r'd White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut .
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
NO. VERNON PUMP & LBR. CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Would Like to Figure on Your Hardwood Requirements
Send for Stock List NORTH VERNON, IND.
PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet — Hardwood Specialties
The krgest Band MUl in Indiana. FORT WAYNE, IND.
J. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG, IND.
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA
^ >:
A* M* Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to us. : s
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
Willson Bros. Lumber Co^
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA.
Babcock Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HARDWOODS
23,000.000 FEET ANNUALLY
LONG ON MAPLE
AND CHERRY
MILLS AND OFFICE
ASHTOLA, PA.
The Nicola Brothers
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries
Hardwoods a Specialty
FOR SALE
POPLAR
125,000' 4 4 Is and 2s
40.000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
325,000' 4 4 No, 2 Com.
228,000' 4. '4 No. 3 Com.
150,000' 4 4 Mill Cull
CHESTNUT
200.000' 4 4 Sound Wormy
80.000' 5. 4 Sound Wormv
100.000' 6 4 Sound Wormy
48,000' .8, 4 Sound Wormy
PLAIN OAK
60,000' 4 4 No, 1 Com,
18,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.
QUARTERED OAK
2 cars 4, 4 No. 1 Com.
1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com.
OAK TIMBERS SAWED TO ORDER
WRITE FOR PRICES,
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
13,189 ft 4 4 clear Quartered Oak 66,232 ft 4 4 No. 1 Common Poplar
14,570 tl 4 4 1st & 2ds qtd. Red Oak 10,315 ft 6/4 1st & 2ds Poplar
30,302 ft 4 4 No. 1 Com. Red Oak f 6.000 ft 4 4 1st & 2ds Cottonwood
63,304 ft 4, 4 No.l Com.Pl White Oak 119,000 ft 4 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
4,417 ft 5 4 No.lCom,Pl WhiteOak 150,000 ft No. 2 Common Cottonwood
.5.934 ft 6 4 No.l Com.Pl White Oak 90.OU0 ft 4 4 Mill Cull Cottonwood
23,473 ft 4 4 1st & 2ds Plain Red Oal; 110,000 ft 5, 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
14,168 ft 4 4 1st & 3ds Poplar 40,000 ft 5, 4 No. 2 Com. Cottonwood
American Lumber & Mfg, Co.
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Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
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the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma-
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cautioii is taken throughout our entire system to
make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL. "
Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds
Send us Your Inquiries
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WELLS, MICHIGAN
White and Red Oak
Secure our special prices on the following
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We also manufacture chair and table stock. Let
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INCOR-PORATED 1902.
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Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO, APRIL 25, 1906.
No. 1.
Published on the 10th and 25lh of each month fcy
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ALL ROADS LEAD TO MEMPHIS.
The ninth annual convention of the National Hard-
wood Lumber Association will be held at the Gayoso Hotel,
Memphis, on Thursday and Friday, May 3 and 4.
General Market Conditions.
The bartlwood market i-onditions Oiroughnut the country still re-
main strong in practically every wood. The good end of poplar,
Cottonwood and basswood has taken care of itself for many months
in admirable shape, and stocks in first hands have been reduced to
the minimum. Latterly the demand for the low grades of theso
woods has been increased to such an extent that generally the produc-
ing market is very bare. This demand is directly traceable to the
immense call for box ahooks. As the low grades of conifers have
not been equal to the demand for box shook purposes, box makers
have taken on not only the comparatively soft hardwoods noted,
but are also augmenting the supply with the coarse end of nearly all
the denser hardwoods. While a few years ago nothing but soft-
woods was employed in box making, today one see.s vast quantities
of boxes and crating made of giun, elm, birch, beech, etc.
Oak still has the lead in demand, and while some quartered stock
has been sold recently at a pretty low value in the middle West,
both demand and price are looking better in the eastern sections.
There is no gainsaying the fact that hardwoods of practically
every variety are going to be in very short supply before midsummer,
and many of them are pretty nearly out of the market at the present
time. Apparently there is not a cloud on the hardwood horizon, and
every man who has any variety of hardwood for sale will be able to
obtain a good price for everything he has. Communications from
northern sawmills indicate that they have sold in advance the larger
proportion of the stock they will saw during the season to jobbers
and wholesale consumers. In the South advance contracts have been
taken to nearly as great an extent. It is patent that the majority of
jobbers have placed themselves in a very good position in the mar-
ket for the succeeding few months, as they either own or have
under contract the larger proportion of the output for 1906.
Farm Wagon Woodstock.
The Hardwood Record is in receipt of the following letter, under
date of April 12, from E. W. MeCullough of Wilmette, II!., who is
secretary of the National Wagon Manufacturers' Association of the
United States:
I have been much interested in your issue of the 10th and
greatly admire the enterprise you exhibit in bringing the
various matters of interest before your people, but in -re-
ferring to your article entitled "Farm Wagons and the Hard-
wood Industry" I rather think that you state some of the
conditions a little strongly, and there is a possibility that
some of your mill men will talie a position that will event-
ually prove disappointing to them.
I refer to your statement that the present prices of hard-
wood dimension stuff are satisfactory to the wagon makers.
This is true only in the same sense of the boy chasing the
woodehuck — he simply had to have it, and while all con-
sumers of hardwood realize that some of the advance is
justly due to the growing scarcity of it in some sections, un-
doubtedly the larger part of the advance is due to the In-
creased demand and the natural tendency to get all we can
while we can.
The position of lumber, in a sense, Is much the same as
that of hard coal — It Is a natural product and is just where
nature left it, while the facilities of getting it out and manu-
facturing it have greatly improved and in a manufacturing
sense should mean lower rather than higher prices ; but
when it Is suggested that, after some kinds of lumber have
advanced over one hundred per cent in the last six or eight
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HARDWOOD RECORD
years, that from ten to twenty dollars per tliousand feet
more advance will not affect its consumption, I think that
opinion is a mistake. Every advance has to be handed on
to the consumer, and he is carrying about all he can afford
to stand at this time, and I venture to suggest that if any
sucli increase as you intimate were made on hardwood ma-
terials you would find that wagon manufacturers are not
so wedded to the wagon of wood construction that they
will accept such advances cheerfully and continue its use.
Right at this time one of the largest producers of wagons is
putting upon the market an improved metal wagon, and
others are experimenting with various important parts, so
that some very radical changes along these lines seem immi-
nent. Even now the legitimate trade is being affected by
the manufacture of metal wheels, who have gone farther
and constructed gears also of metal, with the exception of
one or two parts, that they are substituting for the regular
wagon in many uses about the farm, and the inroads these
cheap trucks have made have been largely due to the in-
creasing cost of the standard wagon.
So I suggest that while it is the rule of trade to get as
large a margin on your product as it will possibly stand, the
wiser course, it seems to me, is moderation, so that not only
may the materials continue in demand but the volume be
maintained over a long term of years ; whereas, extremely
high prices, while temporarily giving large profits, would
simply, cause the use of a substitute that would certainly
affect the demand in this branch of your business.
It would seem to me a wise course for the mill men get-
ting wagon dimension stuff to occasionally consult with a
representative committee of their customers, just as we
invite suggestions and discuss our mutual interests with the
jobbers and dealers selling our line of goods.
I do not write you this as a criticism of your able article,
but being closely in touch with the conditions iu our own
line of business, I feared that your article possibly might
incline some of your mill men not thoroughly posted on the
situation to believe that there was really no limit to the
prices that could be obtainlid for his products, and if this
idea prevailed it certainly would result in disappointment
all around.
I observe also your suggestion for a list of manufacturers
of wagon stock, and I am sure such a list would prove of
mutual benefit.
While the position taken by the writer of this letter is to a con-
siderable extent authoritative, as both by experience in the wagon
making industry and in his association work he has the subject well
in hand, still it must be considered from the viewpoint of ex parte
opinion.
The statement made by the Hardwood Eecokd that the present
prices of hardwood dimension stuff were "satisfactory" to the
wagon making trade was based partly on the statement of a number
of producers of this material, who advised that they were readily
marketing their output to the wagon making trade at the prices
established at the dimension meeting at Cincinnati on Feb. 22 and
23, and partly from statements made to the writer by jobbers of
wagon material, who reported that they were able to market the
material at practically the prices agreed upon. The premises taken
by the author of the letter are not well grounded when he concedes
no more intrinsic value for standing timber today than he did in
years past, or that the cost of production by reason of improved
facilities is very much lessened at the present time. The cost of
making lumber is in very much the same condition as the cost of pro-
ducing wagons. The trade is past the period of reducing cost; the
maximum of efficiency was reached some years ago, and since that
time the cost of lumber, labor and materials entering into lumber
production has been largely augmented. The menace to lumber con-
sumption by reason of the wagon making trade using iron instead
of wood is not serious, as it is yet to be demonstrated that a wagon
of equal utility and at a less cost can be produced from this ma-
terial. Again the writer of the letter is in error in his assumption
that the present prices demanded for wagon stock show an excessive
margin of profit to producers. There are scores of lines of lumber
production that can be named where the profits are much higher than
in making wagon stock, even at the present price standard. Again,
it was one of the foremost aims of the gentlemen organizing the
dimension branch of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association to
consult with representatives of all the leading industries interested
in the use of dimension material before the matter of grades or cf
values was decided upon. At this meeting there were present repre-
sentatives of the chair, furniture, wagon and carriage industries, and
everyone had an opportunity to state his position on both subjects.
It was not the intention of the dimension manufacturers of the
countrj- to advance prices unreasonably or at any time in the future
to plan the making of schedules of prices that would in any wise
militate against the volume of consumption. They have attained all
they asked for, and that is a fair margin of profit on this material.
In years past practically every man who had the temerity to engage
in the manufacture of dimension material was a loser in the venture.
If he was not forced to commercial failure he simply stopped making
it before he reached that unhappy state. The present range of values
established for this stock is sufiicieut to afEord a moderate profit to
all desiring to engage in the business, and is an especially valuable
feature of the trade, as it enables both the small mill man to pro-
duce and market a green product, and the large operator to utilize
his forest and sawmill refuse to a considerable extent.
New German Lumber Duties.
There has been considerable fear prevalent on the part of ex-
porters of American woods that the new German autonomous tariff
rate would be so high as to seriously militate against exports to that
country. The new tariff recently promulgated there provides first,
for an autonomous rate; second, for a "favored nation" treaty rate.
The United States consul-general at Berlin has sujiplied the Hakd-
WOOD Eecord with the features of the new tariff that have special
application to the lumber trade of this country. The report is
specially valuable at this time on account of the recent agreement
between the United States and Germany, under which the new treaty
schedule promulgated will be protected until June 30, 1907. It is
alleged that the introduction into congress of a resolution providing
that an extra import duty of twenty-five per cent above the Dingley
tariff be placed upon goods reaching this country from any nation
discriminating against us in its import duties might have had some
effect on the extension of the treaty.
The following table shows the old schedule and the new treaty
rates on American timber and lumber products imported into Ger-
many. The autonomous rates are much higher. The rates given
are based on the square meter — 10.7629 square feet. It will be
seen that the new tariff on hardwood logs is twelve cents lower than
the old rate; on hewn hardwood timber it is twelve cents higher; on
rough hardwood lumber it is twenty -three cents higher; on hardwood
ties it is three cents higher; on oak staves it is five cents lower, it
will be noted that the changes instituted are not of serious conse-
quence.
TREATY
FORMER
Marks
Oollais
Marks
DoMars
Wood and Timber for Building : i
1.08
.72
1.92
l.«
5.76
4.32
1.92
1.44
1.20
1.20
1.60
2.40
1.80
.26
.n
.46
.34
1.37
1.08
.46
.34
.28
.28
.38
.57
.43
1.20
1.20
1.80
1.80
4.80
4.80
1.80=
4.803
.28
Soft
.28
.43
Soft
.43
Wood, sawed but not planed :
Hard
1.14
.Soft
Railway Ties, hewn or sawed lengthwise but not planed
1.14
.43
1.14
Impregnated Ties, additional duty :
Staves, not planed :
Oak ...
1.80
1 80
.43
.43
' On steamed, impregnated, or otherwise chemically treated wood there is an
additional duty of 2.10 marks (57 cents) per square meter on hardwoods, and 2 60
marks (62 cents) on soft woods. 2 Not sawed lengthwise. 3 sawed one long side.
Lignum°Vitae.
There seems to be an unusual call for lignum-vitiB at the present
time. The United States consul at Port de PaLx, Haiti, says that
foreign offers for lignum-vitee are very numerous, and as high as
$48 a ton has been offered for wood nine inches and over in diam-
eter. Heretofore the making of balls for bowling alleys has. con-
sumed a large portion of the lignum-vitse that has been imported into
this country.
HARDWOOD RECORD
13
Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent.
Because.
"He's fast, I'm told," the widow imised.
"Yet I'll marry him some day,
Because I've got him — well, so fast.
He really cannot get away."
" Tainted Money.' '
A curate — somewhat of a saint — ■
Sought fuuds liis small chapel to paint,
-Vnd with every donation
\\*ent this conversation ;
"1 liope it aiu't tainted?"
"It ain't."
Troublesome Pruits.
.\n apple, you know, caused the sorrow and strife
That overtook Adam and Eve, his sweet wife ;
When / get in trouble, the fates I beseech
That it will be just on account of a "peach. "
A Friend in Need.
A friend in need is
a friend to steer
clear of.
Even That.
Mules have one
characteristic that is
admirable; they re-
fuse to be influenced
by flattery.
Tomorrow.
Wrapped up in the
Tvord tomorrow is the
cause of a great
many failures.
Time to Borrow.
In fair weather
there 's no difficulty
in borrowing an
umbrella.
Then.
The master's back
shows the seri'ant's
true face.
Get Busy.
The busy man is
immune from the
wiles of his satanie
majesty.
A Definition.
The ideal exist-
ence: Either the way
we used to live or the
way we are going to
live some time.
How Many!
How man y wo-
men 's reputation as
a good wife hangs
upon her husband 's
buttons!
■Why?
You can trust a
great many more
men with your money
than with your repu-,
tation.
THE HARDWOOD RECORD'S PUZZLE PICTURE.
In the above sections of portraits will be found the picture of the next President of the
National Hardwood Iiumber Association- To the first subscriber of the Hardwood Record
who correctly assembles these sections and delivers the picture to this office will be pre-
sented copies of the inspection rules of the National Hardwood Iiumber Association and
of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, handsomely bound in
one Tolnme. with asbestos covers. Only one ?uess ^oes.
Never Fails.
The surest way in
the world to make
enemies is to hire
friends.
Popular!
The more a man
owes the more he's
apt to be sought af-
ter.
. They Conflict.
When truth and
honesty are strongly
characteristic, diplo-
macy usually is lack-
ing.
They Think So.
All men think they
help others more than
others help them.
Nothing.
Nothing is harder
for an ignorant man
to say than "I
don 't know."
Talk's Cheap.
Many men are
charitable — when it
comes to giving ad-
vice.
The Keason.
Truth is stranger
than fiction because
there is less of it.
The Extremes.
No man is as bad
ns his enemies paint
liini, nor as good as
liis sweetheart knows
he is.
Only There.
Every little frog is
great in his own bog.
Companion Traits.
F.-iiiltless people
are usually force-
Not Last.
The man who hesitates to be first can be
sure that he will not be last in the list of
failures.
Cloaked.
How much immorality is effectively con-
cealed under the term "broad-mindedness! "
Helps Some.
When a man's bound to marry a fool, it
helps some to choose a good-looking one.
Much Better.
It's all riglit to say nothing but good
111 out tile (lc:i(l, hut how much better to ap-
jly tills rule to tlif living.
Just Criticism.
Mole jieople are criticized for assumed
virtues tluui for any real faults.
True to His Trust.
The man that made a million out of a
combine.
Actions Speak Iioud.
The best arguments for a religion are
found not in books, but in the lives of its
adherents.
Few Friends.
A man who is a friend only to himself has
few other friends.
Never Kicks.
The undertaker is the one man who never
complains of being worked to death.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
AMERICAN FOREST TREES.
Bull Pine— Arizona Wliite Pine — California
White Pine.
Pinus ponderosa. — Laws.
The range of growth of this tree is through
the Pacific Coast states, from British Colum-
bia southeast to Mexico, through Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona, the Black Hills of Da-
kota, and parts of Texas. In California,
Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah,
Washington and Oregon it is called
yellow pine; in California, white
pine; in Utah, Washington, Idaho,
California and Oregon, bull pine;
in Montana, big pine; in Utah and
Nevada, long-leaved pine; in Eng-
land, heavy-wooded pine; while in
various other sections of this coun-
try it i^ called red pine, pitch pine,
southern yellow pine, western pitch
pine. Sierra brownbark pine; and
in English literature, "Gambler
Parry's pine."
Pinus ponderosa forms large for-
ests in northern California, along
the slopes of the Sierra Nevadas,
frequently growing on dry, open
ridges in southern California,
through the San Bernardino and
San Jacinto ranges, as high as
8,000 feet above the sea level. It
is often intermixed with sugar pine.
It is planted as an ornamental tree
in parts of Europe, and is some-
times successfully grown in the
eastern states.
This great tree grows to a height
of one, two or even three hundred
feet in favorable environment, with
a trunk four to six feet in diam-
eter. The bark is bright reddish
brown, deeply fissured, and very
thick. The leaves are in tufts of
three, four to nine inches long,
stiff and elastic, remaining on the
branchlets from six to nine years.
The flowers are yellowish-green.
The fruit of this tree is a cone five
to twelve inches long, the scales of
which are fitted with strong, slim
prickles, usually hooked backward.
The seeds are often a half inch in
length, and winged.
In structural qualities the wood
is heavy, hard, strong and brittle;
the thin heartwood is light red in
color, whUe the sapwood is nearly
white. The pores are coarse, and
the structure compact. The weight of a cubic
foot of the seasoned wood is approximately
thirty pounds.
On the lower levels of New Mexico and
Arizona the timber is short bodied and of
ordinary quality, but as the higher altitudes
are reached the growth improves in quality,
until on levels of from 6,000 to 8,000 feet
above the sea it attains its maximum size
THIRTY-SECOND PAFEB.
and excellency. In this part of the country
the tree is known as " peno veta. " Botan-
ically it is the nearest approach to the white
pine of the North that can be found any-
where in the United States, save a scattering
growth in parts of Tennessee and North
Carolina. In fact, in some characteristics it
surpasses Pinus strol)us. The wood takes
^TS^S*
TYPICAL FOREST GROWTH WESTERN WHITE PINE,
LENCIA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO.
easily and holds well a finish possessing a
briUiant sheen not excelled by any fancy
wood in the United States, and it compares
in softness with northern white pine. How-
ever, soine trees are found which exhibit
many characteristics of short-leaved yellow
pine in fiber, color and gum.
Pinus ponderosa attains its largest growth
in the Lewis and Clark reservation of north-
western Montana, in the valleys, at an alti-
tude of about 3,500 feet, where it forms per-
haps a fourth of the forest growth. In this
region trees from 180 to 200 feet in height,
uith a trunk three to seven feet in diameter,
are common. In parts of Idaho and western
Washington the growth is equally prolific.
From this outline of the range of growth it
will be noticed that the tree reaches
its highest perfection from a com-
paratively low altitude in the North
to a high altitude in the South.
This, however, is true of all woods
naturally adapted to a temperate
zone. The same will be noticed in
the white pine growth of eastern
Tennessee and western North Car-
olina— the timber on the lower
levels being scrubby and defective,
but at altitudes of several thousand
feet closely approaching perfec-
tion, while in the North the finest
specimens are found at no great
height above the sea level.
This species of pine is slow grow-
ing, trees in the southwestern states
ranging in age from 175 to 450
years. The sapwood appears to
withstand climatic conditions as
well as the heartwood. It does not
decay under conditions which would
speedily rot the sap of northern
white pine. When green the wood
has an approximate weight of 4,500
pounds to the thousand feet, but
when seasoned only 2,500. In
regions where the atmosphere is
exceedingly dry and frequent winds
prevail, the seasoning of Pinus
ponderosa is very speedy. Its wood
is thoroughly adaptable for the
purposes to which good white pine
is put — pattern making, sash and
doors, ties, beams and general
mining uses. In house building it
is highly esteemed. As box ma-
terial it is excellent, as it is for
handsome and durable interior
finish. .
i'rom the botanist's viewpoint
Pinus ponderosa is yellow pine. It
is practically the connecting link
between the white pine of the
North and the short-leafed pine of
the South and Southwest. While in
the West and Northwest it forma
a part of a mixed forest growth, in
New Mexico and Arizona it grows in a pure
stand. The larger operations in Pinus
ponderosa are at Albuquerque, New Mexico,
the source of timber supply being the high-
est levels of the Zuni mountains in Valencia
and McKinley counties; at Flagstaff, Ari-
zona, where a large sawmill and box-making
plant is located, and at Williams, Arizona,
in the San Francisco mountain district.
VA-
THOMAS J. MOFFETT,
CINCINNATI, OHIO
8upplcment to
Hardvvood Record
APRIL 25, 1906
ILLUSTRATING
BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY
HARDWOOD RECORD
15
where large quantities of the lumber are pro-
duced. In California and the Northwest it
trict. Considerable quantities of the lumber
go into export to Mexico, (lieat Britain and
the Continent.
The picture herewith produced illustrating
the growth of Pinus ponderosa is from a
photograph made by the writer on the prop-
erty of the American Lumber Company in
Valencia county, New Mexico; the trainload
"f logs was photographed at the mill of the
TRAINLOAD WESTERN WHITE PINE LOGS,
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ.
constitutes only a portion of the general mill
product, as it often grows interspersed with
■white pine and redwood, and farther north,
with the fir and cedars.
The good end of the lumber product of
Finvs ponderosa is being shipped often as
far east as Cleveland, Pittsburg, Philadel-
phia and New York. The doors manufactured
in the local plants and in the Middle West
are sold as white pine the country over, and
a good many even go into export. The box
shook product ' finds its best niarket in the
fruit growing district of California, and
large quantities are also consumed in Colorado
and as far east as the Mississippi river dis-
STRAW AND CONE OF PINUS PONDEROSA.
Arizona Timber & Lumber Company, Flag-
.staff, Arizona.
'Builders of Lumber History.
iSce Portrait i^uppivmcnt.)
{See Portrait Supplement.) — Nonp. Italic.
While the number of successful hardwood
lumbermen who started out in life in other
business is comparatively few, among that
few may be mentioned prominently Thomas
J. Moffett.
Mr. Moffett was born Dec. 3, 1864, at
Edinburg, Ind., and was educated in the
public schools of that town, from which he
was graduated with honors. At fourteen
years of age he went to work washing bot-
tles in a drug store at $1.50 a week, and
during the next six years he acquired a
general knowledge of the drug business, as
clerk in this store. In his twentieth year
he went to Philadelphia, where he obtained
a position in a drug store and entered the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the lead-
ing institution in that line in the country.
After graduating with the degree of Ph.
G. he returned to Edinburg and engaged in
the drug business with his two brothers,
Owen and Charles, under the name of Mof-
fett Brothers. Charles died soon after the
partnership was formed, but Thomas and
Owen continued the liusiness until, feeling
the need of a life less confining than the
drug trade, Thomas J. Moffett moved to
Dayton, O., and bought the Daniels interest
in the lumber firm of Maley, Daniels &
Thompson. The concern then became Maley,
Thompson & Moffett. L, .T. Thimijison of
NUMBER XXV.
this firm is a brother-in-law of Mr. Moffett.
At that time the company operated one
band sawmill. This was moved about ten
years ago from Dayton to Cincinnati and
located at McLean avenue and Eighth
street. The firm was incorporated some
years later and shortly afterward, on the
death of Mr. Thompson, the business was
acquired by T. J. Moffett and E. W. Bob-
bins, who still operate under the name of
Maley, Thompson & Moft'ett.
The present officers are: T. J. Moffett,
president and treasurer; E. W. Bobbins,
vice president and general manager, and
C. L. Smith, secretary. In ten years the
business of the company has developed with
astonishing rapidity. Instead of one band
sawmill the company now owns four modern
sawmills complete in every particular, and
a great veneer plant, perfectly equipped. One
sawmill at Havana, Cuba, cuts mahogany
exclusively; another mill is located at Rapid
Run, O.; and one is also in commission in
western Kentucky. These, with the original
mill at Cincinnati, make the quartet of saw-
mills to which is added the veneer plant,
which produces from T.'i.OOO to 100,000 feet
of veneer a day.
This wonderful growth will not be consid-
ered phenomenal when one knows T. J.
Moffett. He has that thorough identifica-
tion with liusiiii'ss which is concomitant
with success, a lack of whicli is indicative
of failure. It is probable that when he was
a druggist he was one of the best in the
trade, just as it goes without saying that
the name T. J. Moffett stands today in the
hardwood industry for strict integrity and
clean methods, as well as business acumen of
more than ordinary quality. It also stands
for gentility, sociability, civic pride and
interest quite as much as for business suc-
cess.
Thomas J. Moffett is one of Cincinnati 'a
leading citizens. Last year he was presi-
dent of the Cincinnati Business Men's
Club, an organization of a thousand mem-
l>crs, and gave to it the most successful ad-
ministration it had ever known. He was
formoi-ly president of the Lumbermen's
Club and is a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, of the Carriage Club, of the
Manufacturers' Club and of the Associated
Organization.s.
Mr. Moffett was at one time a member of
the examining board of Purdue University,
Lafayette, Ind., and was recently appointed
by the mayor of Cincinnati one of the direc-
tors of the University of Cincinnati. He is
also director in the University school, chair-
man of the Erkenberker Memorial Commis-
sion, which aims to erect a suitable monu-
ment to the founder of the Cincinnati Zoo,
and a director of the Third National Bank,
one of Cincinnati's foremost financial insti-
tutions.
Mr. Moffett is a man of commanding
presence, who instantly gives an impression
of forcefulness and reserve power, and he
exemplifies most thoroughly the honest,
earnest, energetic, brainy business man of
today. His executive ability is unques-
tioned. One may admire a man who does
things, but one will respect the man who
does things in the best possible manner.
Thomas J. Moffett is a diplomat as well as a
business man, a combination seldom found
in the same individual. To honor him is to
honor the entire lumber trade.
N. W. L. D. A. Coimnittees Appointed.
The Hakdwood Record is in receipt from
Secretary Perry of the list of committees for
1006 and l'.)i)7 appointed by the National Whole-
sale Lumber Dealers' Association. The maiie-up
of these committees remains essentially the same
as last year. The hardwood inspection com-
mittee consists of :
M. M. Wall, Buffalo, N. Y., chairman.
W. L. Sykes, Keating Summit, Pa.
.1. V. Stiuisou. Iluntingburg, Ind.
.1. L. Alcock. Caltioiore, Md.
N. H. Walcott. Providence, R. I.
M. B. Farrin, Cincinnati, O.
W. E. Litchfield, Boston, Mass.
The forestry committee is as follows ;
(i. F. Craig, Philadelphia, Pa., chairman.
W. H. Gratwlck, North Tonawanda, N. Y.
G. C. Edwards, Ottawa, Out.
C. B. Farr, Willlamsport, Pa.
Sam Bui'kholder, Crawfordsvilie, Ind.
J. B. Blades, Elizabeth City, N. C.
The new advisory committee to the American
Forestry Association is composed of the follow-
ing:
R. C. Llpplncott, Philadelphia, Pa., chairman.
George F. Craig. Fhilndclrihia, Pa.
Lewis Dill, Baltimore, Mil.
!(•
HARDWOOD RECORD
A Lumberman's Letters to His Son.
Chicago, April 20.
My Deak Son: I have no wish to preaclj
to you or load you down with advice, for I
know that one's own experience is more valu-
able to him than advice based on the ex-
periences of his elders. This Arkansas tim-
ber and sawmill is a mighty good proposition
if it is carried out with even a moderate
amount of good sense. I propose to make
you responsible for the success of the deal.
At the same time, I want to suggest to you
some features of logical sawmill operation,
to be carefully considered- by you before you
act differently.
This mill we are putting up down there is
supposed to have a normal capacity of 45,000
feet of lumber a day on the class of logs
■we have. 1 believe that guarantee can be
made good and that the mill will actually
cut that quantity of lumber in the time
named. However, I think it would be a mis-
take to ever cut over 25,000 feet a day. This'
strife for ' ' tonnage ' ' may be all right in
some lines of trade, but it is not right in
the sawmill business. jfou can make more
■ money sawing 25,000 feet of lumber a day,
and doing it well, than you can by making
twice that amount of indifferently manu-
factured stock.
Sawing miscellaneous hardwoods is a dif-
ferent proposition from cutting hemlock or
small yellow pine logs. In that class of lum-
ber you can pretty nearly take one log as
a sample and cut them all alike. In hard-
woods every log is an individual problem,
and to achieve the best results the sawyer
must be given time to carefully analyze them,
log by log.
Again, it won 't do to crowd an edger on
hardwoods. Even a good edgerman can waste
enough stock, if overloaded, to pay the wages
of an entire sawmill crew. On the contrary,
if he has time to stop and figure out how to
get his saw kerf largely out of wane in place
of clean stock, he can earn a lot of money.
It is the same thing on the trimmer — speed
means waste every time. I therefore say to
you, don 't cut a log a day more than you can
have sawed, edged and trimmed to attain the
best possible results.
When you get out into the yard work I
want to warn you not to spoil lumber after
you have made it. See that your foundations
for lumber piles are substantial, of sufficient
number, and lined up with absolute accuracy.
Don 't be afraid of pitch in your piles, and
don 't pile gum with less than a twenty-inch
pitch, in a sixteen-foot pile, with dry stickers
not more than three feet apart. Build your
piles narrow, largeiy separating widths and
entirely separating lengths and thicknesses.
Give plenty oi air space between boards and
between piles. See that the bottoms of your
piles are well up from the ground with lots
of air space below. Be particular about your
piling ground; select the highest, dryest place
available.
In short, don't take good saw logs and
make bad lumber; don't take good lumber
and spoil it by bad yarding.
Your affectionate Father.
P. S. — No, you can't have a young lady
stenographer. An Arkansas sawmill is no
place for such sensitive creatures. You will
have to get along with a young man.
Hardwoods Used in Organ 'Building.
Some interesting facts relative to the
selection and use of woods for pipe organs
may bo noted by a visit to the mill of a reli-
able pipe organ maker. Nearly all of these
instruments are made to order, and the cus-
tomer specifies the kind of wood to be used.
Pipe organs usually go into ehufches, and
so most frequently are made to correspond
with their interior finishings. Very often
a sample of the wood in which the building
is finished is sent to the factory to be
matche.l in the organ vroodwork.
Occasionally an order is sent in calling for
a walnut case, but the price of black walnut
is very high, especially in the grades which
are required for this work. No grades of
any wood except firsts and seconds ever go
into a pipe organ. Very rarely, also, are
cherry cases made, although they are invari-
ably very handsome. Red birch, which the
factories buy in Michigan and Wisconsin, is
now very popular, and in its natural state,
with only a coat of varnish, is most beauti-
ful. This same wood, with a mahogany
stain, is used for the so-called "mahogan-
ized" cases, and is indeed a fine substitute
for mahogany, scarcely being excelled in
appearance by that wood itself. For the
general run of orders, however, quarter-
sawed oak is the popular finish. A panel of
this wood, picked up where an organ case
was in process of construction, proved to be
a thin poplar hoard with a veneer of quar-
ter-sawed oak on both sides, although only
one of them was to be exposed to view.
This is done to prevent cracking or warping.
Another case was entirely of poplar, and
was made in an unusual design, with Gre-
cian columns and grille work. It was to be
filled with shellac filler, and then covered
with heavy white enamel, and shipped to a
handsome summer residence being built at
Lake Geneva.
• An organ case is evidently not made with
any more care, or any differently treated,
than a piece of high-grade furniture, except,
as above stated, that only the two best
grades of lumber are used in its construc-
tion. Perhaps a little more attention is paid
to the drying of the stock, however. It
must be left in the yards for at least a year,
preferably longer. It is then put into the
factory's kilns and kept there two weeks,
commencing with a temperature of 125°
and gradually increasing the heat. Cases
are all put together with tenons, dowels
and glue; no nails or screws are ever used.
The wood which enters into the working
parts of an organ is even more carefully
selected than that for the case. Carrying
as it does, the most delicate adjustments,
and going into all ranges of climatic condi-
tions, and very often into ignorant and care-
less hands, the organ proper must be most
carefully constructed. The customer some-
times claims the right to select the wood
for the inside, as well as for the case, and
it may be either pine, basswood or poplar.
If the choice be left to the organ builder the
latter wood is chosen as the most suitable.
For the mechanism of the instrument the
lumber is never kiln dried. After seasoning
in the yard one or tw'O years, it is taken into
the warm stock room of the factory and
kept there six months or more before being
used. In this way it is better "acclimated,"
so to speak, and less likely to be aft'ected by
atmospheric conditions. The working parts
of the organ are also treated vrith shellac
filler, and then given a' coat of varnish.
Pipe Dreams from Mexico.
William E. Curtis, the prolific writer on
the wonders he encounters in all parts of the
world, has been recently traveling in Mex-
ico, and has become the victim of the local
voracious chronicler. He says that worn out
steel rails are used for telegraph poles down
in the Tehuautepec country, with a couple
of holes drilled at the top so that wooden
cross bars can be fastened on. He alleges
that it is impractical to use wooden poles
because the soil is so rich that they take
root and grow, oven if the pole be of sea-
soned wood. Mr. Curtis' informant tells
him that the surveyors of railroads down in
that country have a great deal of trouble
w'ith the wooden stakes which they drive to
mark the right of way, because they blossom
like the rod of Moses. He alleges that the
fences along the railroads, used to support
fence wire, are all flowering hedges. Dip-
ping further into the marvels of Mexican
forest growth, he tells of the Arbor diaboli,
the octopus of trees, which has an extra-
ordinary way of coiling up its twigs and
seizing birds and animals which are unfor-
tunate enough to select it as a resting place.
He alleges that if a stone or piece of wood
or other object of bulk or weight be laid
upon one of the branches, it will be seized
in the same way by this wonderful tree, and
the limbs will twine about it and hold it
there indefinitely. He claims that no man
can climb the tree without becoming fatally
enmeshed in its branches.
The Hardwood Lumber & Mining Company has
been organized with $50,000 capital at Roanoke,
Va., to cut timber from a 0,000-acre tract of
hardwood timber land in Bland county, Vir-
ginia. The officers are : R. H. Angell, president,
Roanoke ; C. L. Bush, treasurer, Roanoke ; B. F.
Johnson, Jr., secretary. Narrows.
HARDWOOD RECORD
17
Cincinnati's Greatness as a HardWood Market.
Back in the early thirties two small saw-
mills pvaetieally represented the hardwood
industry of Cineinnati. Today the hard-
wood interes-ts of the Queen City are said
to l)e greater in proportion to general vol-
ume of business transacted than in any
other city in the United States. Last year
Cincinnati houses are credited with manu-
facturing and handling the
grand total of over one billiou
feet of hardwood lumber.
Few people, unless they have
stopped to figure it out, have
any idea of the vastness of this
industry, of its sources of sup-
ply and phenomenal develop-
ment and expansion, to which
Cincinnati is to the manner
liorn. Tlie city is the logical
hub of tile lumber industry for
tlie northern, southern and east-
ern trade, located as it is be-
tween the pine, hemlock and
hardwood forests of Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Can-
ada, and the great hardw-ood,
yellow pine and cypress regions
of the South.
Cincinnati is the terminus of
five great railroad systems, tapping on the
east the rich forests and heavily wooded
mountain slopes of Virginia and West "Vir-
ginia; on the south, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama, Georgia and the two Carolinas;
and on the southwest, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Louisiana, which pour into her lap rich
stores of oak, ash, gum, cypress and other
hardwoods.
Many Cincinnati hunbcr houses have rep-
Lagos and Sepeli woods. It is a curious
fact that mahogany lumber is cheaper in
Cincinnati than it is in New York, Liver-
pool, Marseilles or Hamburg, notwithstand-
ing that those points are the headquarters
of large ocean forwarding companies. Cin-
cinnati exports vast quantities of high-class
hardwoods, notably oak, ash, hickory, walnut
CLixTox cuaxf;. de.^n or cincinx.vti lum-
BER.MEX.
resentativi's engaged in cutting mahogany
in Cuba, Mexico, South America, Central
America, and also several points in Africa,
from whence comes the rich and beautiful
SAW AXD VIOXEER MILLS. CYPRESS LUMBER COMTAXV, SHEFFIELD. ALA.
and yellow poplar, to many foreign points.
The Ohio river is a tremendous factor in
contributing to Cincinnati's success as a
lumber market, as over 100,000.000 feet are
annually floated down from the timber
tracts .along the Ohio, Big Sandy, Guyan-
dotte, the two Kanawhas, Licking, Ken-
tucky and Green rivers. Cincinnati owes
the largest share of its furniture, carriage,
piano and wagon factories to its favorable
location w-ith respect to sources of supply.
C. Crane & Co.
Oftentimes a destiny is decided by even
such a trifle as the turning of a straw. So
it was with C. Crane & Co. When Clinton
Crane, king of Cincinnati lumbermen, be-
comes reminiscent, which is not infrequent,
iie d<'lights in telling how he was forced
into the lumber manufacturing business,
mucli against his will. This was nearly
thirty years ago, and the circumstance that
wrought havoc in one quarter brought op-
portunity in another, as if in proof of the
oM saying, "It's an ill wind tlial brings
good to no one." To verify this statement,
only a view of the great stretch of bottom
land which constitutes a goodly portion of
Cincinnati's realtj' along the Ohio river,
now occupied by the- great sawmill and
lumber yards of C. Crane & Co., is neces-
saiy. But this is not all; the rest of the
company 's holdings is reached by crossing
the river and going uj) into West Virginia;
and until the 1.50,000 acres of timber land
on each side of the Guyandotte river have
been traversed, all of C. Crane & Co. 's pos-
sessions have not been seen.
There was located at Xenia, O., some
thirty years ago, a small sawmill which sup-
plied lumber to the firm of Cole & Crane,
which at that time was doing a very modest
jobbing business. Operations were un-
steady, and in due course Cole & Crane
found themselves with the Xenia sawmill on
their hands in lieu of cash. There was
nothing to do but to operate the mill them-
selves, so Clinton Crane loaded the sawmill
on a car headed for Cincinnati,
and set it up on the banks of
t lie Ohio, the site of the present
gigantic plant of C. Crane &
Co.. and began to saw lumber
at the rate of 40,000 feet daily.
The firm continued operations
under the title of Cole & Crane
Icir five or six years, when it
was changed to Crane & Co.
In 1883 Crane & Co. bought
the Glenn mill, a little w-ay
down the river. Business in-
creased rapidly, and thereafter
they knew naught but success.
In 1885 a new mill was erected,
and in 1893 the concern bought
out their neighbors and competi-
tors. Baker & Hanley. Mill
after mill was erected, old
equipment was thrown out for
new, and everything in milling machinery
that reduced operating expenses, time and
labor added. In 1894 the firm was incorpo-
rated as C. Crane & Co., since wliiidi time
business has increased phenomenally until
at present writing the company operates
seven mills with a capacity of 300,000 feet
every ten hours. The logging equipment
is up-to-date in every particular. C. Crane
& Co. float all their logs, and by means of
,a splendidly cii^aiiized system mauago to
W. A. HEXXETT. .SOLON OF THE TUADE.
keep a steady run of timber from the woods
to the mill. The company's line of produc-
tion includes poplar, oak, ash, chestnut, syca-
more, elm. .spruce and pine.
i8
HARDWOOD RECORD
Bennett & Witte.
The firm of Bennett & Witte is one of
tlie oldest hardwood concerns in Cincinnati,
having been established in 1884. Its prin-
vf-ars. The present concern has in its em- This concern continued until January,
ploy today a German, Henry Fredelake,
bent and furrowed with age, who has been
continuously in the service of the Wiborg
&- Hanna Company and its predecessors for
fifty-four years. Although a pensioner,
"Old Cap" presides over the kindling piles,
an autocrat in his realm, with the same
HARRX r. WIBORG. PRESIDENT WIBOEG &
■ HANNA COMPANY.
cipals are W. A. Bennett and George C.
Ehemann, the former in charge of the Cin-
cinnati house, and the latter manager of a
branch office in Memphis. Their trade is
not confined to any particular section of the
country, their maxim being ' ' the place to
sell Inmlier is where it is wanted." The
purchasing business, as well as the manu-
facturing department, is governed accord-
ingly. Domestic and foreign affairs are
conducted along the line of giving the pur-
chaser exactly what he buys. No mixed
grades are sold even when the needs of the
customer require them. National Hardwood
Lumber Association rules govern their in-
spection and they are firm believers in the
usefulness of this svstem to the manufac-
turer as well as to the consumer and dealer.
The firm's output consists chiefly of gum,
Cottonwood, oak, cj'press, ash and poplar,
and it does a large export business.
The Wiborg & Hanna Company
The history of tlie Wiborg & Hanna Com-
pany dates back nearly three score and ten
SAWMILL. WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY.
constancy which characterized his service
when his arm was stronger and his step
lighter.
Along about 1839 the firm of Wm. Hanna
& Co., composed of the estates of Capt. Wm.
Hanna and John P. Ha^na, started a saw-
mill not far from the present plant of the
AViliorg & Hanna Company. For fifty years
STOKAUE SHELLS. LNLOADI.VG TRACK AND PLAN-
ING MILL. WIBORG i HANNA COMPANY.
this firm did a flourishing business. A num-
ber of years later another concern was or-
ganized to mill logs under the name of
Lewis & Wiborg. About 1889 Lewis &
Wiborg and Wm. Hanna & Co. consolidated,
taking the narne of Lewis, Wiborg & Hanna.
1890, when the organization was readjusted
under the name of Wiborg, Hanna & Co.,
composed of H. P. Wiborg and John P.
JOHN P.
HANNA, VirE-PRESIDENT WIBORG &
HANNA COMPANY.
Hanna. Later, in 1905, the new organiza-
tion was effected, the officers of the present
corporation being Harry P. Wiborg, presi-
dent; John P. Hanna, vice-president; and
A. Lloyd, secretary and treasurer.
Until the year 1892 the concern did a
strictly wholesale business, at which time
a planing mill was established at Junction
City, Ky., where everything in the planing
mill line was manufactured. In 1900 this
mill was destroyed by fire, and the company
decided to build a model plant at Cincin-
nati. The work was completed about two
years ago, and lumbermen visiting Cincin-
nati rarely fail to visit and inspect this
great institution. At this mill is manufac-
tured house trimmings of poplar, gum and
cypress. The Wiborg & Hanna Company
makes a specialty of mixed cars, and han-
dles a wide variety of hardwoods. The
mills are equipped with machinery of the
latest and most approved type, and shipping
facilities are excellent. The yards co%'er
sixteen acres of ground, with 3,500 feet of
A GENERAL VIEW OF THE EXTENSIVE HARDWOOD YARDS AND M!
HARDWOOD RECORD
10
SAWMILL. KENTUCKY LUMBER COMPANY, WILLI AMSIiURG. KY.
PLANING MILL. KENTUCKY LUMBER COMPANY. WILLIAM.SBCRG. KY.
trackage. They are located between the
tracks of the C. H. & T>. R. E. and those of
the Big Four and B. & O. Southwestern.
The M. B. Faxrin Lumber Company.
Prominent among Cincinnati 's great lum-
ber concerns is the M. B. Farrin Lum-
ber Company, a large producer of ash,
chestnut, cypress, poplar, oak and gum, and
of "Century" oak flooring. The present
company, consisting of M. B. Farrin, presi-
dent; William B. Hay, vice-president; and
W. J. Eckman, secretary, was organized in
January, 1901, succeeding the M. B. Farrin
Company, a concern which had been in the
field for more than twenty years.
The company's plant covers about nine-
teen acres of ground, alongside of which
runs a half-mile of railroad siding. The
equipment is strictly up-to-date in every
particular. In fact, it has been the com-
pany's aim to maintain a model plant, in
which is installed every approved appliance
for manufacturing flooring, siding and fin-
ish. The grounds are enclosed with neat
fences, the buildings are large and admir-
aldy arranged and the oflice building is a
substantial structure of pressed brick.
The planing mill is 450x70 feet, with a
capacity of 100,000 feet of poplar and 35,000
feet of oak flooring a day. The warehouse,
650x50 feet in dimensions, carries an aver-
age stock of 2,000,000 feet of oak flooring,
and 1,000,000 feet of poplar for export. The
dry kiln is of concrete, with a capacity of
800,000 feet. It is of special design, all
lumber brinrr dried by moist air, remain-
ing in the kiln from five to six weeks, and
emerging in perfect condition. The com-
pany also kiln-dries poplar and hardwood
for the trade. The poplar beveled siding
sheds, 20x800 feet, carry an average of
about 3,000,000 feet of poplar beveled sid-
ing at all times. The main part of the yard
is paved with brick. The power is supplied
by a 600 horsepower Corliss engine. There
is a baled shaving factory with a capacity of
1,000 hales per da.y. Immense electric dyna-
mos furnish light throughout the plant.
The company makes a specialty of expeit
stock and cabinet lumber, handling pop-
lar, oak, chestnut, ash, walnut and cherry.
About 40,000,000 feet of poplar alone is
handled. A stock of approximately 15,000,-
000 feet is carried at all times. The com-
pany operates at Valley View, Ky., on the
Kentucky river, two modern band mills.
The "Century" oak flooring manufactured
by this concern is well and favorably known
and finds a ready market in all parts of
the United States and Kurope. Recently a
single order from London called for five
carloads.
Mowbray & Bobiuson.
The firm of Mowbray & Robinson, com-
posed of two thoroughly experienced lum-
Ijermen, F. W. Mowbray and E. O. Robin-
son, is a foremost member of Cincinnati 's
hardwood fraternity. Mr. Robinson was for
fifteen years superintendent for C. Crane &
Co. Mr. Mowbray began his lumber career
with C. H. Brownell, at Peru, Ind. Later
he was employed by the Union Planing Mill
Company, of (;hicago, where he remained
for two years, leaving to accept an impor-
tant position with C. Crane & Co., of Cin-
cinnati, where he remained njie years. In
April, 1901, the Mowbray, Robinson & Ems-
wiler Company was established, which con-
tinued successfully for four years, when it
was reorganized and the name changed to
Mowbr.ay & Robinson.
Three yards, within a stone's throw of
the general oflices, along sidings of the Big
Four and the B. & 0. R. R., arc operated
liy this concern. Mowbray & Robinson deal
in all kinds of hardwood lumber, making
specialties of oak, poplar and ash, and ap-
proximately 30,000,000 feet of hardwood
lumber is handled yearly. The three yards
contain normally about 3,500,000 feet of
hardwoods.
The Kentucky Lumber Company.
The latest acquisition to Cincinnati's
hardwood contingent is the Kentucky Lumber
Company, whose general sales offices were
until recently located at Burnside, Ky. The
oflices were moved to the Queen City the
first of the year, and now occupy a com-
modious suite in the First National Bank
building. The Kentucky Lumber Company
was incorporated in 1884, and had then been
operating for twenty years. It is one of
the oldest lumber concerns in the country.
IE FARRIX-KORN LUMBER COMPANY.
I IlKSTER F. KOUN. SECRETARY AND TREAS-
URER. FARRINKORN LUMBER COMPANY.
20
HARDWOOD RECORD
VIEW TAUT GREAT PLANTj^ M. B. FARItlX LII-M-
BER COMPA"NY.
The concern operates two mills, one at Burn-
side, Ky., and one at Williamsburg, Ky.
A few years ago the Williamsburg sawmill
and planing mill burned. This was a large
institution, practically four good-sized mills
under one roof. Its capacity was 1.50,000
feet per day. The mill which replaced it is
smaller, but more modern and convenient.
It is one of the finest mills in the South.
The Burnside mill was destroyed liy fire in
■1897, but was rebuilt at once. It has a ca-
pacity of 90,000 feet daily. The Williams-
burg plant is located on the Cumberland
river, and the Burnside plant at the junc-
tion of the Cumberland and the Big South
Fork rivers. Both of these waterways tap
the company's main timber holdings. In
addition to these mills the concern owns
and operates a njill at Haversham, Tenn.,
a modern fcandmill of 30,000 feet daily, ca-
pacity, cutting poplar and oak -exclusively.
The officers of the company are Charles
ilinshall, president and treasurer; J. H.
Keyes, vice-president and general manager.
These two gentlemen live at Terre Haute,
Inil., and are not active in the management
M. B. TARRIN. PRESIDENT M. B. FAliRIX LUM-
BER COMPANY.
of the business. Ralph McCrackcn is head
of the sales department, and although only
twenty-six years of age, has remarkable
ability along this line. He knows the lum-
UNLOADING POCK AND DRY KILNS. M. B. FAK-
RIN LUMBER COMPANY.
ber business as a veteran, lumberman, and
handles the entire selling end of this large
institution very creditably. The milling op-
erations are under the able supervision of
W. E. Delaney. Secretary George P. Wood
lives at Louisville.
The annual output of the company is
about 30,000,000 feet. In addition to the
general offices at Cincinnati a large plot of
ground has been leased at Sixth and Burns
streets, where yards will be established,
stoclied with a well-assorted line of hard-
woods. The Kentucky Lumber Company
handles all kinds of hardwood; oak and
poplar are its specialties.
Duhlmeier Bros.
In 1898 C. F. Dulilmeier and his brother,
W. F. Duhlmeier, organized the firm of
Duhlmeier Brothers, which is well and favor-
ably known to users of hardwoods practi-
cally the world over. These energetic young
men have increased the volume of their
business year by year, and the story of their
progress makes a good-sized chapter in lum-
lier history.
The firm 's yards are located on a siding
of the C. N. O. & T. P. E. K. fronting cm
Wade street and extending to McLean ave-
nue. Plain and quartered oaK, poplar, ash,
hickory, chestnut, birch, mahogany, bass-
wood, walnut, cherry and maple are the
woods handled by this concern. The stock
averages about 1,500,000 feet. The total
sales last year approximated 20,000,000 feet.
Besides the yards in Cincinnati, Duhlmeier
Brothers operate seven yards in various
parts of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, car-
rying a stock of 5,000,000 feet in Tennessee
alone.
The Freiberg Lumber Company.
Although but twenty-seven years of age,
Harry A. Freiberg carries upon his shoul-
ders the responsibilities of one of the great-
est lumber enterprises in Cincinnati. This
necessarily means that, although young in
years, Mr. Freiberg is a lumberman par ex-
cellence, and what he is today is the result
of his own thrift, energy and far-sighted-
ness. He has been engaged in the lumber
business ever since he left school. His lum-
ber training was acquired with the E. E.
Beck Lumber Company, which business has
been controlled by the Freiberg Lumber
Company since February of this year. When
I.NTERIOR OAK FLOORING WAREHOUSE, M. B.
FARRIN LUMBER COMPANY.
Mr. Freiberg first entered the employ of
the Beck Lumber Company he saw the way
the wind was blowing and laid his plans
carefully tn fit himself for the work he pro-
posed to (111. Long after the employees had
gone home for the night, this young man
pored over his Spanish and various works
on business methods. Mr. Freiberg now
speaks Spanish fluently, which gives him
tlie gieatest advantage in dealing with the
mahogany timber growers of Mexico. For
a number of years he was a heavy stock-
holder in the E. E. Beck Lumber Company,
and he took over the business at the begin-
ning of the year, organizing the Freiberg
Lumber Company, with himself president,
and William E. Shimpton, a lumberman of
wide experience, secretary and treasurer.
The company operates one of the largest
yards in Cincinnati, occupying an entire
square on McLean avenue, bounded by Pop-
lar and Dalton streets, on a siding of the
C. N. O. & T. P. E. E. The company carries
a large stock of fine imported and domestic
hardwoods at all times.
Tabasco mahogany, walnut, quartered oak
W* ^
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WILLI AJI n. HAY. VICE-PRESIDENT M. B. FAR-
RIN LUMBER COMPANY.
and Indiana white oak are the products of
the concern. Mr. Freiberg goes into Mexico
himself and buys Tabasco logs direct from
the cutters, shipping it from all parts of
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Lagiina. 1- rontera, Santa Ana and Tabasco
via Mobile, to Cincinnati. The company
operates one of the most up-to-date mahog-
any inills in the country, sawing onl}- the
O. E. ROBINSON, MOWBRAY & ROBINSON.
highest class Tabasco wood, which is famous
for its hard texture, gnoil i-nlor and excel-
lent figure.
The Farrin-Koru Lumber Company.
The sjiacious plant of tlio i-'arriu-Koru
Lumber ','ompany, with its convenience and
excellent facilities for handling lumber, is
well-nigh perfect. The company prides it-
self on its model plant and neat, well-kept
yard, which is said to be the largest city
yard in the United States. The office build-
ing is a model structure of pressed brick,
and the various depaitmeuts are especially
arranged with regard to their peculiar needs.
Every contrivance, both steam and electri-
cally driven, that will facilitate the work,
has been added. Trained specialists are em-
ployed in every department, and although
the office force is like one large happy fam-
ily, the strictest order and system is uuiiu-
tained.
Some idea of the magnitude of the busi-
ness may be gained by the knowledge that
FRONT OF MOWHUAY & ROIilN.SONS YARDS.
in the neighborhood of thirty cars of lum-
ber a day are handled in and out of tliis
plant. The company operates one of the
most modern and best equipped planing and
woodworking plants in the country. Its spe-
cialties are cypress, red gum and oak. Va-
rious agencies are maintained throughout the
South and the buyers and inspectors from
these agencies are constantly touring the
timber sections of the countr}'. Salesmen
cover the trade east of the Mississippi and
niii-th of the Ohio rivers, including the east-
iTu and Xew England states. The policy is
to cover the field thoroughly, keep well
])osted, and so far as possible establish de-
sirable connections of a permanent nature
at both the buying and selling ends of the
line. A branch purchasing office is located
in the Kandolph building, Memphis.
Speaking for his company recently, Ches-
ter P. Korn, secretary and treasurer, said:
"Our location is admirablj' adapted to re-
ceiving, storing and reshipping lumber con-
signed to us by southern mills. From some
localities lumber can only be shipped at cer-
tain seasons, owing to weather conditions,
bad roads, suspended navigation, ear fam-
ine, etc., therefore rendering it advisable to
forward to some central distributing point
from wlience orders may be promptly exe-
cuted any day in the year. Lumber for
<piick delivery sells at a premium, and when
lumber is here on consignment it is always
subject to shipper's instructions in case an
order is obtained that will fit the stock be-
fore we find a customer. We prefer that the
consignors place a price limit on their
stock, but in the absence of this we will dis-
pose of same to the best advantage, imme-
diately remitting proceeds, less our broker-
age, which is uniformly five per cent selling
commission on delivered cost of the lumber,
and two per cent for cash on amount re-
maining due after deducting freight, han-
dling charges, etc. We jjay the freight, de-
ducting same from proceeds, and by special
arrangement we also make liberal cash ad-
vances on consignment, charging at the rate
of eight per cent interest. Upon receipt of
telegram followed by full particulars by
mail, accompanied by bill of lading, we will
take care of any shipment in dispute wher-
ever located, and adjust or re-sell to the best
advantage. In case of necessity we will pro-
cure the services of licensed inspectors. We
make a specialty of milling in transit for
out-of-town concerns which desire to stop
off cars at our place to be re-manufactured.
We want our customers to feel that all our
lai-ilitics, yards, mills, machinery, organiza-
tion, money, experience and brains are at
llieir service.
John Dulweber & Co.
'I'lic fii'TU of .lohn Dulweber & Co. succeed-
ed in ISSo the firm of Bungener & Co. The
late .John Dulwel;(n- was interested in the
liiiu of Bungener & Co., which dates back
til the sixties. After the death of B. Bun-
gener, the business was continued by .lohn
Dulweber under the title of John Dulweber
& Co. until 1897, when his son, B. F. Dul-
weber, took up the active management. The
business is still conducted under the style
of .John Dulweber & Co., although B. F. Dul-
welier is the sole owner and manager.
The name of Dulweber is known wherever
lumber is known. It has seen the develop-
ment of the lumber business from the crude
and unsatisfactory methods of forty years
F. W. MllWl'.UAV. MUWf.IIAY .\: ROIilN.SON.
ago, thiough all the various stages, to the
high state of efficiency of the present day.
It has weathered the storms and famines,
au<l has reaped a harvest. It has seen thou-
sands' come and go, some falling by the way-
side, others retiiing from choice, but it is
still in the field and promises to remain. In
a financial way it has been successful. Be-
ing very conservative, its success has not
been spectacular, l.ut has been sure, gaining
steadily year by year.
.John Dulweber & Co. handle a large var-
iety of hardwoods, giving particular atten-
tion to oak, pojilar. chestnut and walnut.
The Cypress Lumber Company,
The Cj-press Lundjer Company was organ-
ized seven years ago and-^has become a large
factor in Cincinnati's lumber trade. The
compan}' maintains yards at Cincinnati with
an average stock of 8,000,000 to 10,000,000
feet, besides shipjiing direct from its inills.
Its specialties are oak and cyjiress. The ofli-
Vll-.W WITHIN ONF OF MoWHItAV .i^- ROHINSON'S
YAUIIS.
cers of the com]iany are: S. Tuthill, presi-
dent; J. Ernest Tutliill, secretary-treasurer.
L. W. Radina & Co.
One of the sul strintial, lajiidly growing
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HARDWOOD RECORD
MILL AND LOi; VAIU>, K. & r, LUMBIOK COMl'ANY.
ALLEY IN WALNl'T YARD. K.
P. LUMBER COJirANY.
lumber concerns of Cincinnati is L. W. Ea-
dina & Co. The yards, located at Clark and
Dalton streets, are 360x120 feet in dimen-
sions, and are constantly supplied with well
assorted stocks of hardwoods. The company
is composed of L. W. Radina and his broth-
er P. E. Eadina, who organized the concern
in December, 1898. Both are energetic and
persevering men, and have succeeded in in-
creasing the business since that time until
at present an average of 10,000,000 feet of
hardwoods . is handli'il by the company
yearly.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Company.
Feriliuand Hiisken, with two score years'
experience in the lumber business, and Jo-
seph Bosken, his brother, hardly less elK-
ciently equipped in that direction, com-
bined working forces some four years ago
and organized the Cincinnati Hardwood
Lumber Compauy. Tliey started in a small
way, as business increased enlarging their
capacity and adding to their capital, until
today the concern has one of tlio most profit-
able businesses in Cincinnati. The company
operates a veneer plant with a capacity of
50,000 feet daily. Four buildings, with new
and modern equipment, comprise this plant.
The company's large yards on a C, H. & D.
siding on Summer street, just north of Gest,
carry a stock of about 1,000,000 feet of
hardwoods at all times. The com[)any ships
T. B. STilNi;. ruKSIIlKNT T. It.
I'O.MI'AXY.
■<r(lNE LUMBER
approximately thirty cars of lumber a month,
besides supplying a large local trade.
The E. E. Beck Lumber Company.
The K. K. Beck Lumber Company is not
an old concern, but it is one which has forged
its way to prominence during the first year of
its existence. E. E. Beck, president, is still
ri young man. He received his training with
C. Crane & Co. Secretary W. .1. Pugh is a
thoroughly experienced lumberman, as is also
Vice President Charles B. Stevenson. The
E. E. Beck Lumber Company maintains Cin-
cinnati y.'irds. l)ut operates principally direct
from the mills, handling all kinds of hard-
woiiils, milking specialties iif poplar, oak and
rliestiiuf.
The K. & P. Lumber Company.
The K. & P. Luinber Company derives its
name from its two moving spirits. Max
Kosse, president, and .J. N. Penrod. vice
])resident and treasurer. Its other officers
are S. Y. Prouty, secretary, and P. D. Shoe,
assistant secretary. The company started in
business Nov. 1, 1899, at first handling only
walnut logs for export, with an occasional
carload of walnut lumber. Business gradually
increased, and in the summer of 1901 the
company opened a yard in St. Bernard, a
-suburb of Cincinnati, and early in 1902 in-
stalled a sawmill on the premises. This was
a circular mill, and in the summer of 1902
«" ' •^,>
•KDUHLMEien BROS.
MAHDMNY.POPLAR 8 HARDWOOD LUHBEIf
OFFICE AND COR.NLR iil lAKlLS. 1>1 HL.M Kl I.I.
PRrXCIP.\LS (JF IJUIILMEIKU UROTHKUS 1 .N TUIIR GENERAL OFFICE.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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GEXEUAI. VIEW OF PLAXT. FREIBDRG LUMBER COMPANY.
CARGO MEXICAN TABASCO LOGS AT CINCIXXATI MILL, KKKIBURG
LUMBER COMPANY.
it was replaced by a baud mill, and this a year
later was replaced by a larger one. Last
year the company purchased a large boundary
of virgin timber in eastern Kentucky, con-
sisting principally of white oak and yellow
poplar, with some very tine ash and hickory.
The larger prime logs are brought to the
Cincinnati mill to be manufactured. The
others are being cut on two circular mills
which have been installed on the timber prop-
erty. The K. & P. Lumber Company makes
a specialty of white oak and walnut, in both
of which it does a large export as well as
considerable domestic business.
The Pease Company.
The Pease Company is known to the
trade as one of the largest manufacturers
of building materials, doors and interior fin-
ish in the country. The house was organized
in 1893 with C. H. Pease, president, G. M.
Paine, vice president, and H. W. Brock, secre-
tary. The company 's warehouses cover three
and a half acres of ground, comprising 180,-
000 square feet of floor space. The wood-
work factory, utilizing fifteen acres, contains
200,000 square feet of floor space. The com-
pany has excellent shipping facilities, and
makes and jobs all kinds of building m.'i-
terials.
Leland G. Banning.
Leland G. Banning is one of Cincinnati 's
most prominent lumberniou. Mr. Banning
has been in the business for more than a
score of j'ears, and has in that time gained
for himself and his associates an enviable
reputation. .\s a .iobber he controls the
output of some half dozen mills in the
South. In addition to shipping direct from
the mills, he maintains a yard in Cincin-
nati at Eighth street and McLean avenue,
where he carries at all times a large stock
of all kinds of hardwoods. He makes spe-
cialties of mahogany and quartered oak.
T. B. Stone Lumber Company.
The T. B. 8toae Lumber Company occu-
pies an enviable position in Cincinnati 's
hardwood trade. Thomas B. Stone, presi-
W. STllXK, .SKCRETARY T.
I.r.MHKK COMPANY.
STOXK
dent dl' the concern, is a veteran lumberman,
,-ind lie is training his son Will to follow in
his footsteps.
The T. B. Stone Lumber Company was
organized some ten years ago with T. B.
Stone, president, and W. W. Stone, secre-
tary. Jt manufactures and jobs all kinds
of southern hardwoods, operating large mills
near Knoxville, Teun. Two yards are main-
tained in Cincinnati, one at Hopkins and
Dalton streets, the other at Liberty and
McLean avenue. One yard is for oak and
ash exclusively, and the other for poplar,
basswood, chestnut and gum. The mill
capacity is between 75,000 and 100,000 feet
per day.
T. B. Stone has been continuously in the
lumber business in Cincinnati for over thirty
years. Will Stone has taken an active part
in the business .since 1898. Four years ago
the firm of Stone & Hinckley was organ-
ized as a selling agency to handle yellow
pine for the T. B. Stone Lumber Company.
The Malay, Thompson & Moffett Company.
The house of Maley, Thompson & Moffett
was established many years ago in Dayton,
O., as a copartnership, and operated a single
band mill at that point for some years.
About ten years ago it was moved to Cin-
cinnati, and the mill plant reerected at the
corner of Eighth street and McLean avenue.
.V few years afterward the copartnership
was changed into a corporation, organized
under the laws of Ohio. From time to time
the business has been expanded until it now
comprises a complete sawmill and dimension
mill, and a veneer plant, which is located at
the corner of Eighth and Evans streets, Cin-
cinnati. Besides this, the company has a
large sawmill and dimension plant near
Delhi, O.; a simUar institution in western
Kentucky, and an extensive plant operating
oxclusivel.v in mahogany in the city of
Havana, Cuba.
This company has in its veneer plants a
complete outfit of slicers, rotary machines
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KENTUCKY Lf.MBER YARD, E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY.
KLXTUCKY LOG YARD, E. E. BECK LUMBER COMI'iN>
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HARDWOOD RECORD
and veneei' saws, and produces large quanti-
ties of high-class quartered oak, mahogany,
black walnut and other hardwood veneers.
The Havana end of the enterprise is oper-
ated by the company under the name of
L. \V. ItADINA, L. W. RADINA & CO.
Moffett, Bobbins & Co., but the entire output
is sold through the Maley, Thompson &
Moffett Company's general offices at Cincin-
nati.
The enterprises noted are owned entirely
by and under the direct management of
Thomas J. Moffett, who is president and
treasurer, and E. W. Eobbins, vice president
and general manager, of the parent com-
pany. The Maley, Thompson & Moffett
Company has a large yard and warehouse at
424 East Thirty-first street. New York City,
where it carries a complete assortment of
veneer.s, mahogany and American hard-
woods. It does a large domestic business
in all parts of the United States, and has
also been engaged in the export trade for
many j^ears. Its goods are sold extensively
in Great Britain, continental Europe, Scan-
dinavia, South America, South Africa and
New Zealand. The company's specialties
comprise a complete line of sawed, sliced
and rotary cut veneers of all woods, Cuban
mahogany, Indiana quartered white oak,
black walnut, ash, hickory and poplar. It
goes without saying that the Maley, Thomp-
son & Moffett Company is one of the fore-
most institutions of its kind, not only in Cin-
cinnati, but in the United States.
Important Wisconsin Deal.
TUe Forster-Whitman Lumber Company is a
new concern which has purchased from the F. P.
Hiles Lumber Company of Mi.lwaukee the entire
village of Hiles, Wis., a large farm and its stock,
logging outfits, logging railroad, with 25,000
acres of fine hardwood timber land. About
$500,000 was involved in the transfer. The prop-
erty includes one of the largest timber tracts
in northern Wisconsin. The village of Hiles was
founded live years ago by F. P. Hiles. It con-
tains two sawmills, a shingle and lath mill, a
planing mill, a stave mill, a hotel, thirty cot-
tages and a store, with a complete stock of gen-
eral merchandise. On the farm are 100 head of
cattle and fifteen horse teams. It is estimated
that it will take about fifteen years to clear the
timber tract.
Car Stake Conference at Pittsburg.
It will be remembered that immediately follow-
ing the convention on the car stake and equip-
ment matter held in Wasbiugton a conference
was held between representatives of the railroad
companies and ot the lumber interests, which
lesulted in the appointment of a subcommittee
ot eight, four from each of the parties in inter-
est. This subcommittee of eight was authorized
to consider all designs and plans which might
be submitted to them for permanently equipping
cars and to make and offer any designs which
might suggest themselves to the committee. At
their meeting in Chicago, March 22, several plans
were presented, and after considering the ques-
tion of permanent stakes in all its bearings they
resolved to recommend to the full conference
committee of fourteen that a telescopic stake for
gondola cars seemed to be both feasible and prac-
ticable, and to further recommend that a certain
number of cars be equipped with these telescopic
stakes for the purpose of demonstrating whether
or not such stakes would answer tbe purpose for
W'hich tbey were intended.
The full committee met at Pittsburg April 12
to receive the subcommittee's report. The rec-
ommendations above named were unanimously
adopted and the subcommittee authorized to have
equipped sixty gondola cars with telescopic stakes
on the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Illinois
Central and such other railroads as might be
selected.
LKI.AND i;. PANNING.
The question of permanent equipment of flat
cars was discussed at the Pittsburg confereuce,
and the sense of the meeting seemed to be that
a certain number of cars should be equipped
with movable stakes which could be ^provided
with boxes underneath the cars for holding them.
This question, together with one or two 'other
plans, was referred back to the subcommittee
with directions to report the result of their
further investigations, so that the situation in
brief is that the two parties in Interest have
agreed upon a stake which seems to be worthy
of full investigation as far as gondola cars are
concerned, and the experiments for the test of
this slake will be made forthwith.
P. F. Noble & Co. of Cincinnati are erecting a
band sawmill at Pisgah, Ala. The company will
also erect a planing mill at Hollywood, Ala., to
manufacture window casings, doors and other
finishing material. It will draw its timber sup-
ply from 3,0t)0 acres of hardwood timber lands.
.\ ferry boat service will be operated on the
Tennessee river to effect delivery of lumber and
other products tci the railroads.
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B. F. DULWEBER, JOHN DULWEBER & CO.
GENERAL VIEW (JREAT BUILDINC MATERIAL PLANT OF THE PEASE COMPANY.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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^Development in Product of a Great Detroit Institution
There is no concern in tlie T'uited States
S(i well known to users of logging cars, car
trucks and railway supjilies for lumbermen, as
tlie Kussel Wheel & Foundry Company of De-
troit, yU-h. The Russcl log car has become
the standard of the country, and all other log-
in the state of Michigan. Among its special-
ties is the building of steel lighthouses for
tho United States government. Visitors are
often amazed to see an immense lighthouse
erected in the company 's yards. These struc-
tures arc tlieu taken down and slii]i|>cil to va-
STAMlAKIl I.OCIMNC
I'AK, MANrFACTUUEI) P.V 'IIIK 1!ISSI:l WIIKEt, & I'DUN-
IIRY COJirAXY.
giug railroad equipment is gauged by the
high state of etfieieney that has been attained
by this company. This institution, great as
is its plant, has developed business to such an
extent that its manufacturing equipment, oc-
cupying many acres of ground, became inade-
quate during the jiast year and it has been
necessary to practically double the size of
structures and output. For months past the
company has been obliged to refuse hundreds
of orders for various products, but it is now
rapidly getting iu shape to fully care for its
augmented business. While in the lumber
trade this house is chiefly known for its log-
ging cars, it also produces a vast amount of
structural iron work of many descriptions,
being the largest manufacturer in this line
rious jKiints where Uncle Sam furnishes bea-
con lights for his sailor men.
I'^or several years past the Russel Wheel &
Foundry Company has spent a great de;il of
money and time in perfecting a holder for
car stakes which would facilitate rather than
retanl the loading of logs; which wniild sini
ply hold tlie load in place; wliicli by no chance
could; be misplaced,- and which could he
tiipped only from the opposite side from
which the loads would be dischargeil. There
is scarcely a logger in the country who will
rot appreciate this apjiliance, as it preclude."!
the possibility of injuring men, effects econ-
omy in both loading and unloading, and is
absolutely secure. Back of these recommenda-
tions is the guarantee of tho Kussel Wheel &
l''o»udry Company that every device it puts
oil the market is the best of its kind.
Another appliance now being manufaeturea
by this company is a new type of skidding
tcngs which is made with three prongs for
tniall logs and four prongs for larger logs,
.lust a glance at the illustrations accompany-
ing this article will convince any practical
l( gger of the utility and superiority of these
tools over any others. The harder the pull, the
tighter the tongs grip the log. The form in
which they fold renders them easily portable
in returning for the next log or logs to be
pulled.
Hr.'<i<lc's tlir>(' niiiiiir luqdianiTS tlii' K'u.ssel
I.clCl.nXi; CAIt FITTED «' 11 H KISSEL TKIl' SIAKI'. Illll .1 iiaiS.
Whrcl 4: Foundry <'i)Mipany is about ready to
put on the market a full equipment of log-
ging machinciy, inchnling donkey engines for
skidding and loading, as well as high-class,
self-propelling combined skidders and loaders.
A larger illustration of the new Kussel trip
stake holder will be found in the company's
advertisement in this issue of the Hardwood
Record. The Kussel Wheel & Foundry Com-
pany wijl be glad to supply (larticuhirs con-
cerning machines or appliances adapted to any
logging or log transportation problem that
luMihcrnien may have presented to them.
Itr.SSKI. FOUlt I'ltoNC
Open.
SKinniNG TONGS.
New Credit Rating Book.
The IlAiiOwciiui liKcciKii is in veceiiil nl' tlie
fifth volume i.Vpi-il. I'JUti) of tile Credit Hating
Roi:k iiulilishcil lij- the National Lumber Manii-
facturers' Credit Corporation of St. Loui-s. Its
lontents. consisting of a classified list of capital
.nid pay ratings of manufacturers, wholesalers
iind retailers of lumber, inde.\ of railroads oper-
ating in each stale, list of factories buying lum-
ber in carload lots, etc.. makes it one of the
most valuable books of tile kind ev^.'r issued. No
pains have been spared lo make it a coinplele
jind accurate reference wfirk. The information
cm which the ratings are based has been obtained
fiom reliable sources, and is as conservative as
possible, consistent with each case. The ar-
rangement of the book is excellent, the facts be-
ing given in conci-;e fnrni and easily accessible.
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to such inquiries as reach this office from the
Hardwood Re(Tokd clientage as will be of enough
general interest to warrant publication. Every
patron of the paper 's invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in
a succinct and intelligent manner.]
President Palmer's Position on Westbound
Lumber Freight Eates.
I'ADUCiii, Ky., April 12. — Editor Hakdwood
Record : In reading the report, contained in
your issue of the 10th inst., of the meeting of
the \Yisconsin Hardsvood Lumbermen's Associa-
tion, held at Marshtiekl, Wis., on March 27, I
note that the president "of that organization
places me in rather an unfavorable light before
the trade with regard to my alleged position
upon the question of securing a reduction in
the existing rate upon hardwood lumber to the
Pacific coast, and quotes certain extracts from
a letter written by me in support of the asser-
tion that I have been guilty of indifference
toward a matter of much importance to the
hardwood trade.
I regret that it is necessary for me to go into
print in order to correct a misunderstanding
with regard 1o my position on this question,
that may obtain in the minds of those who have
read the report of the Marshtield meeting, but
I believe in justice to myself that the entire let-
ter from which the extracts were quoted should
be made public, that the trade may have an
opportunity to judge whether the charge of in-
difference made by Mr. Arpin is or is not sup-
ported by the expressions contained therein.
The letter referred to was addressed to Mr.
O. O. Agler, as chairman of the railroad and
transportation committee of the Wisconsin
Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, written un-
der date of .lanuary 2 of the present year, and
is submitted below :
"I have your favor of the 20th ult. inclosing
letter from Jlr. Arpin, president of the Wiscon-
.sin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, extend-
ing a tentative invitation to the National asso-
ciation to cooperate in an effort to secure a
reduction in the existing rates on lumber to the
Pacific coast.
"This is certainly competent matter for our
association, and in fact for all lumber associa-
tions, to carefully consider.
"While it is not my disposition to be a prophet
cf ill omen. I very much doubt whether the time
is ijropitious to make such a demand. I am
influenced to this opinion by reason of the fact
that the western shippers have been recently
denied a reduction to eastern points. If this
denial has been made to those who are the
vei'itable proteges of the railroads, • it is quite
likel.v that the eastern shippers in their present
disorganized condition could hardly hope for
better thinss. Then again, a reduction of 10c
per liuudred has lately been made from the entire
southeastern territor.v that is dominated by the
Southern Railway system, which was only ac-
complished after a hard fight, and it is not
probable that a further reduction would be con-
sidered from that territory at the present time.
"I hardly agree with Mr. Arpin that the rail-
roads are in a conciliatory condition as a result
of the recent rate agitation. They are thor-
oughly organized and I believe are standing pat.
It rate regulation by the government is to come,
they are going to wait for it, without discount-
ing its effects by voluntary concessions in ad-
vance.
"While these are my views on jthe subject,
they should not be construed by you or by Mr.
Arpin as evidencing any unwillingness on my
part to render all the assistance in ' my power
to forward the movement suggested. Before
beginning the movement, however, I should like
to see the ranks of the hardwood lumber trade
closed up, so that we can present a solid front
to the railroads and to all other industries that
are now completely organized. It is sometimes
disastrous to start upon a campaign with forces
partially organized. Such an enterprise is likely
to flash in the pan."
The statement made by Mr. Arpin that the
South, having secured what it wanted in the
way of a reduction to the Pacific coast, we of
the South were now indifferent to the necessities
of the Wisconsin lumbermen, carried with it a
discordant and sectional note entirely out of
spirit with the advanced commercial conditions
of the day.
The territory to which I referred did secure
a reduction, but it was only a reduction that
placed its shippers upon a parity with all other
eastern and northern shippers. That territory
simply threw off the incubus imposed by the
Southern Railway Company several years ago,
which practically shut that portion of the South
entirely out of the I'acific coast trade.
It would seem that when we are all placed
upon an equal basis there is little of which to
romplain from a sectional standpoint.
Earl Palmer, President.
The editor of the Hardwood Eecobd was
|iresent at the Marshfield meeting referred
to, and according to his understanding of
tlie discussion that prevailed concerning
Mr. Palmer's attitude on the subject, there
was no suggestion on the part of President
Arpin that President Palmer was indifferent
to the subject, and especially was there no
comment of a sectional nature. However, it
is a subject •northy of full and complete dis-
cussion, as it will only be through agitation
of the matter that the transcontinental lines
can be made to appreciate justice in the
matter of westbound lumber freight rates as
compared with its current rates on eastbouud
traflfie. — Editor.
Has His Nerve with Him.
About the richest piece of literature that
lias come to the attention of the H.^rdwood
Record in a long time is a communication
tl;at was forwarded through the courtesy of
the Swann-Day Lumber Company of Clay
City, Ky., witli the notation "How is this
for a hot one ! ' '
The letterhead is inscribed "John 0. JIc-
llahon, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 32
Bversou Bldg., Syracuse, N. Y. A specialty
of corporation law and the promotion of
lumber companies. Bargains in timber lands
and lumber products. Machinery and enter-
[irises bought and sold. ' ' The upper portion
of the letterhead is devoted to the following
solid chunk of edifying matter:
Dear Sir : Would you like to invest in the
safest and most profitable of American enter-
prises, and in that greatest of American money-
making machines, the manufacturing corporation'^
If so, then come in with us in the organization
of a corporation to put together some bargains
in machinery and timber lands and manufacture
lumber, with ample capital to insure the best
success.
I have enclosed a duplicate of our subscrip-
tion paper which you can sign, with a statement
of your address and the amount of your proposed
investment and any additional conditions, as
well, which yon may wish to attach.
This subscription paper will convince you that
there is no chance for hidden profits to dishonest
promoters, since it is expressly provided that the
timber lands and mill equipment are to be se-
lected and acquired by the proposed company
after the completion of its organization.
People wishing to sell timber or machinery will
be willing to allow a ten per cent commission to
the agent or promoter who creates the oppor-
tunity to sell. They will be willing to allow this
commission when they will not be willing to re-
duce the price for any other purpose, so that the
commission, taken care of for the promoter, will
not, in any sense, be an expense to the investors ;
but will be his well earned compensation, in lieu
of the hidden and usually enormous profits se-
cured by the option promoters, at the expense of
investors.
Every mill is nearly six months behind its
orders, and the prices for l\imber have doubled
in ten years and are still advancing.
Rents are likewise advancing in all the cities and
towns and there is a growing demand for new
houses that must be built within the next few-
years regardless of the prices of lumber.
Numerous great lumber companies are oper-
ating in the South and Northwest making mil-
lionaires of every one of their larger investors.
Their profits seldom fall below 100 per cent
per annum upon their capital actively employed,
and in many cases a single year's operation will
pay for the plant and thousands of acres of tim-
ber as well.
It is a simple business to conduct. It is al-
ways easy to find similar successful operations
elsewhere that can be imitated to fit every con-
ceivable situation. The sawing of lumber is a
simple operation and lumber sells itself at the
mill, at the moment of manufacture, so great is
its demand. Railroad rates for lumber are ex-
ceedingly friendly to distant mills. For instance,
the rate from Arkansas to New York City is less
than 40 cents per hundred and from Florida to
New York about 30 cents per hundred, which is
less than the rate ou household furniture from
Syracuse to New York City,
In my business of hunting up and bringing
together the sellers and buyers of bargains in
timber lands and second hand saw mill equip-
ments I have found many sawmills in the Middle
West and Northern states that have exhausted
the timber in their vicinity and that can be
bought and removed at great bargains, about one-
quarter the cost of a new equipment. While
timber lands near the railroads are held at a
comparatively high price by speculators and be-
cause of the demand for them on the part of
small operators, such a corporation as we are
organizing, with ample capital, can run a switch
back into the forests for a few miles and procure
tracts of the most desirable virgin growth tim-
lior. hundreds of thousands of acres in extent,
iu numerous places rn the South and Northwest
for .$3 or .$4 per acre : lands which when cut off
would be valuable for stock ranches ; timber
which in the state of New York would sell
quickly for $100 per 'acre.
Kindly investigate the truth of my assertions
about the lumber business. Read about it in the
magazines and newspapers, and then learn from
experience of its profits by making an invest-
ment with us. Yours truly, •
In the small remaining blank space of the
letterhead below this document is the follow-
ing letter, typewritten, which practically
amounts to a confession of faith, and is as
monumental a piece of nerve as is often en-
countered, even in a lawyer — or an imitation
of one:
April 5, mOG.
Swann-Day Lumber Co.. Clay City, Ky.
Gentlemen : I am entirely without practical
experience in the manufacture of lumber, some-
thing that I find necessary in order to carry out
my plans in "lumber" promoting.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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I would like to learn something about the
management of a large mill and its logging op-
eiallous, and would like to gain the prestige of
such experience and connections.
Will you make a place for me, for a few
monlhs, as an assistant (a sort of aid-de-camp)
to one of your managers at one of your mills?
1 will make myself useful to him in any way
lie finds desirable, and am *?ure that 1 can be
of service in many ways.
I am not particular about the compensation ;
anything will do. Very truly yours,
J. O. McMaho.v.
P. S. — Do you want to buy any kind of a
machine or engine, new or second hand? If so
I can offer you a bargain.
J. O. McMahon must certainly be a peach!
Plain Rot.
The secular press is full of foolish litera-
ture about lumber affairs, but among the
craziest stuff that finds its way to print are
the fake records of the wonderful prices ob-
tained for black walnut. It is alleged that
black walnut has ceased to be of com-
mercial importance in the United States and
cannot be obtained in any quantity. Other
would-be forestry experts relate how quickly
black walnut timber can be grown into mer-
chantable trees. The Eecord has a note
from J. V. Hamilton, the well-known black
walnut specialist of Fort Scott, Kas., en-
closing a clipping from the "Boy's World,"
a youth's paper published in Chicago, which
is very evidently without truth in any par-
ticular.
As a matter of fact, black walnut logs and
lumber are produced in the United States to
the extent of well toward 40,000,000 feet an-
nually, the average remaining at about this
stage for some years. The larger proportion
of the wood goes into export, chiefly into
Germany and France, although there seems
to be a renaissance in its use for wood spe-
cialists, electrical work, and some lines of
furniture, in this country. The price of
walnut is not considerably greater than that
commanded by first-class white oak. The
item referred to is printed below :
Twenty odd years ago a Texas farmer who
had moved south from Michigan planted on his
new laud the seedling of a black walnut tree. In
time he died and the farm came into the pos-
session of his daughter, who married. Her hus-
band worked the farm and with her took good
care of the tree, although neither of them
thought it of much value.
One day in August, 1905, John F. Alcott, a
lumber dealer of Chicago, driving through that
part of Texas on a vacation trip, saw the tree
and stopping at the house, asked :
"How old is that black walnut?"
"About twenty-six years, I think," was the
reply of the woman of the house.
"What will you take for it?"
"We wouldn't think of: selling it. It is a sort
of family tree."
Some talk followed, and Mr. Alcott finally
halted to wait until the man of the house came
home. After much discussion with him he finally
bought the tree, roots and all, for $1,500. The
next day he had it dug up and shipped just as it
was on a flat car to Chicago. There it was taken
into a mill and converted into w'ood for pianos,
for veneerings on desks and other ornamental
purposes.
After all the expense of buying and handling
the tree was paid, it yielded a profit of about
$1,500 to the lumber dealer.
The particular point in this story for the boy
who is making investments for the future is that
it pays to plant and to keep a tree. It may not
always be a black walnut tree, but it always can
be a tree worth keeping and usually worth sell-
ing. Just invest a little of your boyhood energy
and time in planting a young tree and so long as
you are at home raising it.
To Aid San Francisco Lumbermen.
St. Louis, April 19. — Editor ILiimwooD Rec-
ord : While it is too early to receive any de-
tailed information regarding the lumbermen of
San Francisco, they all have undoubtedly suf-
fered greater or less loss, and it occurs to us
that lumbermen throughout the country would
be glad to have the opportunity of doing some-
thing for them. A mite from each would be of
great moment to those who have and will for
some time feel the effect of the great misfortune.
If each firm in the lumber business, including
retail, wholesale and manufacturing, would con-
tribute $10 or more as each saw fit, the total
sum would be such an amount that it would be
of material assistance to San Francisco lumber-
men, the amount collected to be placed in the
hands of a committee of three, say N. W. Mc-
Leod of St. Louis, R. A. Long of Kansas City
and J. B. White of Grandin, Mo., to be pro-
rated as loss sustained to amount invested, or on
any other equitable basis. The San Francisco
people will undoubtedly suffer a loss from earth-
quake and lire, both at their residences and busi-
ness, and will also sustain losses of accounts
through inability of their customers to pay on
account of misfortune of the customers.
If you approve of the above, would suggest
that you publish same with a view to ascertain-
ing what others think of it. — BoxsACK Lumber
CO.MPANV.
The Hardwood Becord is pleased to give
publicity to the above plan, and bespeaks for
it the hearty cooperation of lumbermen all
over the country. Correspondence on the sub-
ject may bo addressed to the writer of the
foregoing letter, W. A. Bonsack, or to N. W.
McLcod, chairman of the above-named com-
mittee.— Editor.
Walnut Squares and Shorts.
Tlie Hardwood Eecord is in receipt of the
following letter, and the writer's address
will be cheerfully furnished to prospective
purchasers :
Fort Wayne, Ind. — Editor Hardwood Kkcoru :
We wish we could reach some customer for wal-
nut squares and also walnut shorts, Ix.SxSO to 36
inches in length, through your columns. We un-
derstand that the principal users of this stock
at the present lime are the Germans, and should
1)6 glad to know of some firm in Germany that
is in the market, or better still, some American
firm. ■ Lumber Company.
English House Wants Dimension Stock.
The Eecord is in receipt of a letter from
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, making inquiry
for the addresses of reliable shippers of
birch planks 2% inches and upward in thick-
ness; also of satin walnut squares and black
walnut squares. Producers interested in this
request may have the address of the inquirer
by applying to the Hardwood Eecord. —
Editor.
Suggestions to Small SaWmill JM en.
FIFTH PAPER.
In the life of every active sawmill man,
whether he operates a little portable mill
or a mammoth institution, are incidents from
which may be drawn pointers and suggestions
of value in the study of ways and means to
successfully conduct saw milling enterprises.
Thus it is in order to turn from the dis-
cussion of mechanical things and glean a
thought from the experiences of others.
There is one individual known to the
writer whose experience might be of value
to those who are working for better commer-
cial returns from lumber manufacture. He
operated a number of small mills, and had in-
creased the number and pushed the output
steadily for years on the theory that it was
quantity and not quality that counted.
Most of his product was car material, rail-
way ties, street car ties, bridge bills and
other common stock. But one day he hired
a new sawyer at one of his mills who proved
to be a thinker as well as a worker,' and in
the course of events this sawyer gave him a
pointer. They were edging up sidings, in-
cluding one and two-inch boards, of which
as many as possible were made of two-inch,
because of a better sale for that size, when
the sawyer called attention to the fact that
some of these two-inch boards were clear
stock and would make coupling poles for farm
wagons. The operator was not very enthu-
siastic about the matter, but as he did not
put much value on his siding anjTvay, he
told his sawyer to go ahead and do as he
thought best with them. About a month af-
terward, when he found they had enough for
a carload of this coupling pole stock, he un-
dertook to sell it. This was in the earlier
days, before common oak was worth much,
and clear oak was not as high in price as it
is now, but the price realized for this car
of clear poles was more than twice what
the lumber out of which they were made had
been bringing.
This set the sawmill man to thinking that
perhaps there were other things besides
quantity to be considered, and he determined
to keep his eyes open and see what he could
find. In his meanderings be came upon a
spoke factory one day which was in the
market for good butt stock. He soon dis-
covered that he could cut a spoke length or
two off a white oak tree, have them split
into spoke blanks, anjd realize more for
them than if sawed into ties or other com-
mon stock. This proved to be some improve-
ment, but not entirely satisfactory. Mr.
Sawmill Man was ambitious and, having a
little wanted more. So ho cast about again,
this time to the wagon factory where his
poles had been sold. Here he found they
needed other material in good oak stock,
among other things bolsters. This stock he
had always avoided, because ordinarily it is
difficult to manufacture, requiring the best
of logs and producing a discouraging quan-
tity of culls even then. But he reasoned
somewhat as follows: It would not be prac-
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tical to cut this 3x4, 3i/4x4%» 4x5 and such
squares 4 ft. to 4 ft. 8 in. out of the regular
run of logs he was milling. His oak was
what is called common oak, running rather
small in size, but sound. Still, almost any
of the trees even among the smallest would
furnish a practically clear and extremely
tough butt cut for one length of bolster
and some of them for two.
To do work of this kind with the mill and
its full crew was a problem, especially if the
slock were to be handled haphazard just as
it came along. The question resolved itself
into either piling the short blocks back and
waiting until there was enough for a day's
run, or providing some independent means
of working them up. He finally compro-
mised by piling the blocks aside, not neces-
sarily for a day's run, but perhaps an
hour's run, or enough to save too much
shifting of the head blocks of the carriage.
All that was done with those blocks on the
sawmill was to split in the middle all of
moderate size, and to quarter the largest
ones. Then he added to his sawmill equip-
ment a form of small rip saw, commonly
Ijnown as a bolter saw, and after the blocks
were split they were turned over to one man
who did the balance of the work of convert-
ing them into bolsters on this saw. It is
not necessary to go into the details of the
plan, as they would vary under different
condition's, but the idea was to have only
one man, or one man and a boy, do the work
of sawing out the bolsters, and it was found
that as much work was done under this
plan as could have been done with the mill
proper and done better.
The success of this undertaking inspired
further undertakings on the part of this
alert operator. He found that small pieces
accumulated in making bolsters that might
be worked into something else, and then he
began to see in every scrap of timber about
the yard a chance to make something in the
form of small dimension stock. This took
him back to the wagon factory, where he
gathered up specifications for wagon bed
cross bars, slide bars, stakes, double-trees
and other dimensions. From time to time
he added a new line of manufacture until
he got a sort of craze for collecting specifi-
cations for small dimension stock from all
sources, furniture, argicultural implement,
wood novelty manufacturers, and from any
and all users of hardwoods in small dimensions.
It was not long before he had a most compli-
cated line of manufacture; but keeping track
of the different sizes was too trying for the
average mind, and the man at the bolter
saw spent more time studying specifications
than he did sawing, and the more he stud-
ied and the more he worked, the more con-
fused he became.
Finally they came to the conclusion that
enough of a thing is enough and it is pos-
sible to get too much, even though it may
be a good thing. Matters were simplified
by selecting a few sizes at a time that
would work fairly well together. All other
sizes were simply ignored until the orders
for these few sizes were completed.
Now, there are several points to be gath-
ered from the foregoing statements and the
last is by no means tlie least. Many a
man is cutting oak today and putting stock
into ear timber, ties and into other "sound
and merchantable ' ' sizes which might by a
little care (that is, clear stock on the butts
of the trees) be worked into material that
would bring considerably more money, and
at the same time not impair the general
quality of the regular "common and mer-
chantable" stock. There are different ways
to convert the best part of the tree into a
high-class product, and there is a variety
of products into which it can be made, all
of which requires study and harmonizing
with local conditions and the requirements
of the accessible markets. There are two
things that should not be lost sight of:
First, that this class of material is worth
more primarily than common stock and it
costs more to manufacture, so that it should
bring a good price; second, that in the cut-
ting of small dimensions, while it is well
enough to get acquainted with the require-
ments of a large range of trade in this
line, it is not desirable to give too many dif-
ferent sizes and kinds at once to be cut by
one man on one saw.
NeWs Miscellany.
Program of Memphis Convention.
KoIIowing is ttie proposed program of the ninth
nnnual convention of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association to be held at the Gayoso
Hotel, Memphi.s, Tenn., May 3 and -1 :
Thursday, Max 3.
y :30 a. m. Reception of members and guests in
Convention Hall.
10 :30 a. m. Opening session.
11 :00 a. m. Reports of officers.
Address by the president, Earl Talmerl
Report of secretary, F. I<\ Fish.
Report of treasurer, O. E. Yeager.
Intermission for luncheon.
2 :00 p. m. Report of standing committees. In-
spection, W. W. Knight, chairman. Rules,
Theo. Fathauer, chairman. Forestry. M. M.
Wall, chairman.
Friday, SLiy i.
*J \'.W a. m. Members will reassemble.
10 :00 a. m. Meeting called to order.
Consideration of reports of officers and commit
tees.
Introduction of new business.
Intermission for luncheon,
2 :00 p. m. Members will reassemble in execu-
tive session.
3 :30 p. m. Election of offlceis and five directors
to serve three years.
5 :00 p. m. Adjournment.
5 :30 p. m. Meeting of board of managers.
A banquet will be tendered the members of
the convention by the Memphis Lumbermen's
Club at 7 :30 p. m. Friday evening at the Gayoso
hotel.
As an impression that Memphis hotels will not
be able to accommodate the delegates to the
annual meeting seems to exist, the Lumbermen's
Club of Memphis has issued an announcement
stating that it will take pleasure in securing
reservations of rooms for all who will send their
requests to the hotel committee, consisting of
John W. McClure and E. E. Taenzer. Requests
can be forwarded to either member of the com-
mittee and will receive prompt attention.
The Hardwood Record acknowledges receipt of
a very handsome engraved invitation to attend
the convention, issued through Earl Palmer,
president, and F. F. Fish, secretary.
Charles A. 'Warcl.
At 5 :30 o'clock on Easter morning, at his
home in Evanston, 111., occurred the death of
Charles Albert Ward, president of the Ward
Lumber Company of Chicago, and widely known
in lumber circles the country over. Mr. Ward
was taken with pleuro-pneumonia but a few
days before his death, which was thus a severe
shock to his friends and family.
Charles A. Ward was born in Battle Creek,
Mich., Oct. 11, 1849. His father was Joseph
M. Ward, pioneer miller, merchant and banker,
to whose memory the son had just completed
a magnificent monument in the form of the new
Ward building at Battle Creek. After attend-
ing the public schools Mr. Ward entered the
Racine, Wis., College, later joining his father in
the conduct of an extensive grain purchasing
and milling business in southern Michigan,
with offices in their home town. In 1877 he re-
moved to Port Huron, where he engaged in the
grain business extensively. He founded the
Commercial Bank of that city, of which he
was president for twenty years, and a director
at the time of his death. In addition to these
iuterests Mr. Ward was secretary and treasurer
of the Port Huron Elevator Company, treasurer
of the Port Huron & Gratiot Electric railway,
and vice president of the Port Huron & North-
w-estern railway. In 1894 he removed to Chi-
THE LATE -CHARLES A. WARD.
cago and broadened his commercial affairs in
many ways. At the time of his death he was
president of the Ward Lumber Company of
<;hicago, vice president of the American Lumber
Company of Albuquerque, N. Mex., and a di-
rector in the Bankers' National Bank of Chi-
cago. In accordance with the wishes of Mr.
Ward and others interested, the business of the
Chicago concern will be continued along the
same lines as heretofore, under the general man-
agement of Mr. P. Ford, who has for several
years been associated with its president in a
confidential capacity.
Although preferring the quiet of home to so-
cial life and publicity, Mr. Ward was a valued
member of several clubs — the Athelstan of Bat-
tle Creek, the Evanston and Country Clubs of
Evanston, 111. In 1875 he was married to Miss
Belle Hinman of Battle Creek, who, with one
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daugbter, Mrs. Laurence De Golyer ot Evanston,
survive him.
Funeral services were held April 15 at the
Ward residence, and the fiillowing morning the
remains were taken by special car to Battle
Creeli, where, after services at the old home,
they were interred in Oak IIIU cemetery.
The passing o£ Charles A. Ward removes
from the community a true gentleman, a public
benefactor and a capable linancicr. The death
of the weakest and most insignilicant among us
is a sad. strange thing, lint when a man in the
prime of life, successful in business, beneficent
toward his fellows, is taken away, the loss is
irreparable, and the mystery too deep to fathom.
Death of Major M. Spalding.
On April 20, at t'adillac. Mich., occurred the
death of Major M. Spalding. Mr. Spalding
had been dangerously ill for some time, so that
his death was not a surprise to his relatives
and close friends. To the city of Cadillac it
has brought the deepest sorrow, for he held a
high place in the esteem and affection of the
entire community.
MAJOR M. SPALDING, DECEASED.
Mr. Spalding was born in Ann Arbor, Mich..
.Tune 16, 1851, and took up his residence in
Cadillac twenty-four years ago, going there
from Northville, where he was associated with
the Michigan School Furniture Company. Since
bis removal to the former city, he has occupied
an important post with the Mitchell Brothers
Company, the great maple flooring concern. He
was married August 'M, 1.S81. to Miss Alice L.
Jacklin of Detroit, who with three children,
survives him. Funeral services were held at
the Spalding home Monday afternoon, April 23,
after which relatives and friends accompanied
ihe remains to Detroit, for burial at Elmwood
cemetery. The ceremony in Detroit was con-
ducted by the Masons. Mr. Spalding having
been a devoted Knight Templar and Shi-iner.
Asheville Meeting Hardware Manufacturers '
Association.
The consolidation of the hardwood producers
of western North Carolina with the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association of the United States
is the object of an important meeting to be held
at the Battery Park hotel, Asheville, N. C, May
5. At that meeting will also be discussed the
various conditions in the lumber regions of this
section of the state. I'rominent manufacturers
from various parts of the country will be present
to participate in the convention.
In a recent interview at Asheville, Lewis Dos
ter, secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers"
Association, said : "The Hardwood Manufactur-
ers' Association of the United States has 230
members and operates about 630 sawmills. It
embraces the products of twenty-two states, rep-
resenting an annual output ot 1,350,000,000 feet
of hardwood lumber. This organization was
formed in June, 1002, with the object in view of
effecting uniform methods of business dealing
between the producer and the consumer, and for
the purpose of studying the conditions existing in
the different sections of production, and to effect
measures which develop themselves by meetings
of the various districts. It studies the compara-
tive values of the different kinds of material
being sold upon the market to avoid unnatural
substitution, and in addition to this gives to all
of the members the results of its work, together
with slalistics which at all times are of benefit
for the sawmill man to know while he is devel-
oping his product.
"The most important bureau is the depart-
ment of grades, which is composed of salaried in-
spectors located in the various consuming points
tor the purpose of inspecting shipments of lum-
ber which are disputed as to the grade.
"Meetings similar to the one which will be
held in Asheville have been held in other sections
of the country where production is represented,
and great interest is shown by operators for the
purpose of protection,"
Ober Manufacturing Company.
In a conspicuous place in the general olfices
of the Obcr Manufacturing Company at Chagrin
Falls, O.. there stands a crude model of the first
machine ever invented to make axe and other
handles automatically. It is not much of a ma-
chine, judged from the standard of the new types
now being sent broadcast throughout the civil-
i/ed world by the Ober Manufacturing Company,
but it is a sacred legacy from the late G. H.
liber, iiioneer of the automatic handle manufac-
mring business.
It was just about the close u£ the civil war
that Mr. Ober perfected his first model. It was
a machine to make axe handles. Mr. Ober sent
the model to Washington, where the merits of the
invention were quickly seen, and in a remarkably
short time letters patent were issued to the in-
ventor. At, this time Mr. Ober and his brother
were operating a small saw and planing mill.
'I lie next invention proved a better one than
I hey ever dreamed of. He and his brother found
it impossible to keep pace with the orders they
received for axe handles, and then it dawned
upon them In manufacture the machines. Today
the Ober machines are known throughout the
world.
Two years ago the Ober Manufacturing Com-
lauy was organized. The president is A. M.
Ober, son of the original inventor. The plant
C;^^!>
covers a considerable section of the town of
Chagrin Falls.
The accompanying cut shows the Xo. 10 Ober
lathe for turning fork, hoe, rake, mop, broom
and ice hook handles, pike poles, trolley poles,
lent poles, curtain poles, chair bows, dowels, rods
and similar work.
Miscellaneous Notes.
The Ingersoll Handle Factory at Summit Hill.
I'n., was recently destroyed by fire. The loss
was about $2,000.
The .^cme Lumber & Manufacturing Company
has been incorporated at Mount Pleasant, Pa.,
with $25,000 capital.
A broom factory, at an estimated cost of
$30,000, is to be erected in Louisville, Ky., by
the Myers Bridge Company.
It is reported that the Bliss-Cook Oak Company
of Blissville, Ark., recently suffered a $100,000
loss by fire, fully covered by Insurance.
The Owen Arnold Casket Company of Allegan,
Mich., will soon enlarge iis plant, as will also
the Baines & Moiser Kitchen Cabinet Company
of the same place.
The American Veneer Products Company is
erecting a veneer mill in connection with its
plant at Mishawaka, Ind. Other improvements
are contemplated.
The Louisa Manufacturing Company, Louisa,
Va., has been organized by James E. I'orter, O.
P. Binns, Jr., and John F. Sommers to manufac-
ture lath, shuttles and hardwood novelties.
D. McCarley, Walter Smith, D. H. Shell and
Fred Clarke are the principals in the new Alert
Handle Company at Okolona, Miss. The factory
will turn out cant-hook handles and dimension
stock.
The C. W. Allen Company of New Albany,
Ind., has been incorporated to deal in hardwoods
and floors ; capital stock, $4,000. The directors
are C. W. Allen, L. O. O'Daniel and W. A. Mc-
Lean.
The MacEachron-IIaven Lumber Company of
Waterloo, Iowa, has changed its name to the
Iowa Lumber Company. Its offices and hardwood
yards were recently damaged by fire, but the
buildings have been rebuilt and stock replen-
ished.
Veneer panels will be manufactured by the
Crandall Panel Company, recently organized at
Brocton, N. 1'., with a capital stock of $30,0011.
Jay E. and Charles L. Crandall and Lester II.
Skinner, all of Brocton, are interested in I lie
enterprise.
The new plant of the New York Boat Oar
Company, near the Atlantic Coast Line, at
Cheraw, S. C, is about completed. James Wilsey
of New York is manager. Ash is used in manii
facturing the oars, and is supplied from timber
along the I'eedee river.
Charles W. Ilagerman is president and general
manager and Eugene B. Nettletou secretary-
treasurer of the West Florida Hardwood Com-
pany, recently incorporated at Marysville, Fla.,
with $33,000 capital stock. The officers are both
residents of Philadelphia, Pa.
The Demopolis Coffin & Cabinet Company of
Demopolis, Ala., will soon have its plant in oper-
ation. In addition to their regular line, they
will manufacture fine cedar chests. Cedar
abounds in that locality and the outlook for this
industry is exceedingly good.
A spoke and handle factory is to be established
at Bessemer, Ala. Robinson Bros., of Selma,
have purchased the property and plant of the
Krebs Manufacturing Company at Bessemer,
which will be remodeled and equipped with all
conveniences for the manufacture of handles.
The Core Hardwood Company of Charlotte, N.
C. is purchasing persimmon and hickory timber
for export to England. It is stated that, be-
cause the supply has been practically exhausted
in that country, there is a great demand for this
timber, which is used in the manufacture of
high-grade golf sticks.
William E. Uptegrove & Bros.' veneer factory
at Johnson City, Tenn., which has been idle
for some time because of a shortage of logs, has
resumed operations and is running full time with
a large force of men. The company has on hand
a suflicient quantity of logs to keep the mill
running well into the summer months.
Harned & Quiggins of Caseyville, Ky., have
secured a very convenient site at Dawson Springs,
Ky.. on which they will establish a plant to
manufacture all kinds of wooden handles. The
factory will be up-to date in every particular.
The Illinois Central will build a spur track
from the main line to the factory premises.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
"John S. Owen of Eau Claire, president of the
John S. Owen Lumber Company, already one o£
the largest land-owners of Wisconsin, is negoti-
atinfT a deal with George Earley of Chippewa
Falls for an extensive tract of fine hardwood
timber lands in Chippewa county. Undoubtedly,
as the differenge in price offered and asked is
slight, the deal will be closed soon.
A hoop factory is to be added to the list of
industries at Sycamore, O. William Shedenhelm
of Tiffin has purchased the machinery and plant
ownec ^j ri. L. Holmes, which has been idle sev-
eral years but was operated only a few months.
After a thorough overhauling the plant will be
put in operation. Mr. Shedenhelm is an expe-
rienced hoop manufacturer and will undoubtedly
meet with success.
Frfed HerricU of Lac du Flambeau, Wis., with
other Wisconsin capitalists, has purchased for
$600,000 the 50,000-acre tract of hardwood and
yellow pine timber lands in the Pearl River val-
ley, bought some months ago by Foley & Larson,
the St. Paul capitalists, and formed the Interior
Lumber Company, capitalized at $500,000, with
privilege of increasing this to $l,00o,000 at will.
The company proposes establishing a large mill
at Jackson, Miss., and building a road through
the Pearl River valley for the purpose of devel-
oping these holdings.
Pittsburg and local capitalists have organized
the Pittsburg & Southern Veneer Manufacturing
Company and are planning the erection of a
large veneer factory at Narrows, Giles county,
Virginia. The site has been chosen, and R. H.
Enoch of Pittsburg, who will be the general man-
ager of the business, is on the ground arranging
for the immediate erection of the plant. The
main building is to be SO by 500 feet in dimen-
sions and two stories high. The factory will be
operated uay and night, seventy-five men on the
day shift and probably an equal number at night.
The output of the plant will be about four car-
loads of veneer a day.
The Wolverine Manufacturing Company and
the Cadillac Cabinet Company, both of Detroit,
Mich., will establish a hardwood manufacturing
plant at Memphis, Tenn. The companies referred
to have purchased about three acres of ground
and secured an option on more for the location
of the plant, in which it is proposed to invest
about $10,000 at first. It is planned to begin
work at once on a dimension mill to have a
capacity of two carloads per day, the product to
be used by the Wolverine Manufacturing Com-
pany and the Cadillac Cabinet Company in the
manufacture of tables, cabinets, etc. George A.
Blessed, Tennessee Trust building, Memphis, will
be in active charge of the plant at Memphis,
which is to operate as the Wolverine Manufac-
turing Company.
The Ferd Brenner Lumber Company has
transferred its principal offices and yards from
Chattanooga to Norfolk, Va. The company has
for several years conducted a branch plant at
the latter place, and from this time forth the
entire business will be conducted through the
Norfolk office, where all correspondence should
be addressed. Ferd Brenner and Leland G.
Banning of Cincinnati, stockholders in the con-
cern, will make a European tour together this
summ/sr, visiting the principal lumber markets.
Hardwood NeWs.
(By HARDWOOD RECORD
Chicago.
This office is in receipt of a communication
from a committee consisting of W. A. Bennett,
T. B. Stone, C. H. Pease, J. Watt Graham and
C. F. Korn, acting on behalf of the Cincinnati
Lumbermen's Club, announcing the candidacy of
their fellow member, Thomas J. Moffett, for the
office of president of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association. The Memphis Lumbermen's
Club announces the candidacy of William H.
Russe for the same office. If the candidates are
confined to these two distinguished lumbermen,
the association cannot go far wrong in the choice
of its next president at the Memphis meeting.
May 3 and 4.
J. G. Leavitt of the Leavitt Lumber Company,
this city, has just returned from a seven weeks'
trip to the Pacific coast. The company reports
business as excellent and the demand tor oak
still particularly strong.
Henry Ballou of Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., Cadil-
lac, Mich., was a Chicago visitor last week.
The Hardwood Record acknowledged receipt of
the thirty-third annual special Issue of the Timber
Trades Journal of London, England. This num-
ber is exceedingly handsome and large and con-
tains many special articles on a variety of sub-
jects of interest to the lumber trade. Among
them may be mentioned one on Canadian lumber
camp life, with portraits of prominent Quebec
and Montreal shippers ; on methods of felling,
preparing and transporting Benin mahogany
logs ; another on "Mahogany as a Decorative
Aid ;" one on Scandinavian forests ; the "Teak
Trade of Burmah ;" the developing of woodwork-
ing machinery, etc. The number is full of hand-
some Illustrations, and reflects great credit on
Its publishers.
The Lumbermen's Exchange of Philadelphia
courteously acknowledges by a vote of thanks
the copies of the Hardwood Record that are
regularly supplied the association's club rooms.
The Southern Oak Lumber Company will be
located in its new and handsome quarters, 910
Special Correspondents.)
Chamber of Commerce building, next week. The
company is getting its new yard at North Mem-
phis stocked with lumuer, but it will continue to
maintain Its downtown office at 1'217 Tennessee
Trust building. Manager John D. Spaulding is
dividing his time between the Memphis plant
and Chicago headquarters.
J. L. Lane of the Lane-White Lumber Com-
pany, Fort Smith, Ark., was in town on April
13. Mr. Lane will continue his general sales
office in the Stock Exchange building, but will
spend most of his time at the Fort Worth plant.
Charles ,,olUin, ex-vicegerent of the southern
district of Indiana, is planning a Hoo-Hoo con-
catenation to be held at Evansvllle April 27.
This will be the first concatenation that has
been held in Evansvllle for several years. The
prospects are good for a large class and a very
successful meeting.
N. A. Gladding of E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc.,
Indianapolis, was in Chicago last week and paid
the Record office a friendly call. Mr. Gladding
has started out on another of his "grand tours"
of the West to visit his company's branch offices.
C. H. Pease of the Pease Lumber Company,
Cincinnati, O., called at the Record office while
in Chicago last week.
Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood Man-
ufacturers' Association, Is back at the Chicago
office after an extended trip over a large por-
tion of the hardwood district of the South.
The Danforth Picture Frame Company, Chi-
cago, has been Incorporated with $20,000 capital.
George Danforth. William Rukeberg and Perelval
Steele are the promoters of the enterprise.
H. E. Bacon of the Bacon-Nolan Hardwood
Company, Memphis, paid the Record office a call
a few days ago.
Charles H. Barnaby, of Greencastle, Ind., was
in Chicago a few days last week.
A. C. Fuller, advertising manager of the Han-
chett Swage Works of Big Rapids, Mich., paid
the Record office a call a few days ago and left
a copy of his first work for the Hanchett insti-
tution. It is a handsome Illustrated catalog of
the complete equipment of automatic filing room
machinery and saw fitting tools manufactured by
the Hanchett Swage Works. As a specimen of
catalog work, explaining in minute detail the
features of the many appliances manufactured by
the company. It Is excellent. Copies of the work
can be secured by addressing the foremost manu-
facturers of filing room machinery, the Hanchett
Swage Works, Big Rapids, Mich.
The Record acknowledges receipt of a booklet
from the John Schroeder Lumber Company, Mil-
waukee, in which are Illustrated the various
methods pursued in the manufacture of Its fa-
mous "Steel Polished Perfection" hardwood floor-
ing. This house makes a very high-class product
of beech, birch, maple, red and white oak, plain
and quarter-sawed flooring, and also on special
orders produces walnut and cherry flooring for
ornamental borders. The company will be glad
to supply copies of the handsome little booklet
on application.
The Morton Dry Kiln Company Is out with a
very handsome illustrated pamphlet entitled "The
Morton Dry Kiln." Within Its pages are many
handsome pictures showing the superior meth-
ods of construction of its kilns, methods of pil-
ing lumber in the kilns. Its roller bearing channel
steel car bunks, steam traps, recording thermom-
eters, canvas doors, etc. A list of users of the
Morton system is Incorporated In the book. Cop-
ies can be secured on request from the Morton
Dry Klin Company, 1328 First National Bank
building, Chicago.
The Globe Mirror & Frame Works, 330 South
Clinton street, this city, reports an increase in
its capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000.
In addition to the district meeting of the
Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, which Is
being held today at Greenville, Miss., a second
meeting in the same Interest will be held at
New Orleans at the office of the Southern Cypress
Manufacturers' Association on April 27, and a
third meeting is scheduled for Asheville, N. C.
lit the Battery Park hotel, on May 5, at which
time the hardwood manufacturers of western
North Carolina expect to join forces with the
Hardwood Manufacturers' Association.
Boston.
The Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Associa-
tion held its regular meeting and banquet at
the Parker House Tuesday, April 17. About
twenty members were present. Following the
dinner. President Litchfield called upon Morris
Hall for a report of the committee appointed at
the last meeting to consider the advisability of
uniting the wholesale and retail trade Into one
association. Mr. Hall stated that the committee
had had only one meeting, but at that meeting it
was decided that they preferred to undertake
some means to Increase their own association
rather than to unite with the retail branch of
the business. It was voted to extend the power
of the committee and give them additional time.
Burrows & Kenyon, Providence, R. I., were
visited by fire early in the month. The loss was
about $100,000. Two lumber sheds erected
about two years ago were completely destroyed.
The Blair Veneer Manufacturing Company of
North Troy, Vt., Is planning a large addltiou to
its plant.
Isam Mitchell of I. Mitchell & Co., Brockton,
has returned from a trip to California.
William E. Litchfield states that his brother
is remodeling their mill at Mt. Vernon, Ind.
Amasa Pratt of the Amasa Pratt Lumber
Company, Lowell, Mass., has transferred his in-
terest in that company to his sons.
The Kempton Lumber Company has been or-
ganized under the laws of Maine with a capital
of $125,000, all paid in. E. L. Kempton is
president and H. H. Furbish treasurer.
The Franklin County Lumber Company, Green-
field, Mass., is planning to build an extensive
addition to its plant.
J. S. McMaster & Co., a new wood working
firm in Rutland, Vt, is erecting a factory for the
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manufacture of Vaiious articles from hardwood.
The E. K. Parsons mill, Southampton, Mass.,
recently destroyed by lire, will be rebuilt.
The Boston & Maine Railroad Company has
discontinued its lumber sheds in Boston with
the exception of those of the Eastern and Fitch-
burg divisions.
Nelson Wallace Wyman of Southampton,
Mass., died at his home April y. I'or a number
of years he conducted a lumber business under
the firm name of S. & N. W. Wyman. In 1900
the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Wyman
continued the business alone. He is survived by
two sons.
Patriclj Urummey of the firm of Proctor &
Drummey died April 5 at his home in South
Boston. With the late George Proctor he formed
a partnership several years ago. On the death
of Mr. Proctor his son, George Proctor, suc-
ceeded to the business and the firm was con-
tinued under the old name. Mr. Drummey Is
survived by one daughter, Mrs. Henry F. Naphen,
widow of the late Congressman Naphen of South
Boston.
New York.
On May 1 the Adirondacli Fire Insurance
Company, with a paid in cash capital of $300,-
000, will open its boolss for business in the lum-
ber and wood working line exclusively, its busi-
ness being written by the Lumber Insurers'
General Agency, 66 Broadway, this city. This
new company is owned largely by the same in-
terests which control the Lumber Insurance
Company of New York, the Lumber Under-
writers of New York and the Toledo Fire &
Marine Insurance Company of Sandusky, O., and
will be conducted along the same lines as these
companies, which have been doing such good work
for the trade. With this company these inter-
ests will practically control four trade insuring
institutions with combined cash assets of over
one million dollars, which will place their poli-
cies beyond all question of financial stability
and will likewise enable the Lumber Insurers'
General Agency to place lines on standard risk
of as high as $60,000.
Important changes have been announced in the
J. C. Turner Cypress Lumber Company, 1123
Broadway, which company has been succeeded by
the J. C. Turner Lumber Company, with a paid-
in capital of $1,000,000. The company has been
heretofore a distinctly cypress specialist, but J.
C. Turner and his associates have purchased
large yellow pine holdings and during the past
year acquired a substantial interest in the H. L.
Jenkins Lumber Company of Blaine, Wash., of
which company Mr. Turner has been elected vice
president, and it was because of these diversified
interests that it was decided to reorganize the
company and drop the word cypress. The new
company will handle Pacific coast products ex-
tensively this year in addition to its other spe-
cialties.
I. N. Stewart of I. N. Stewart & Bro., Buffalo,
was a recent visitor to this city and Philadel-
phia on business. This concern has Just pur-
chased 500,000 feet of virgin cherry at a West
Virginia operation, half of which is now on
sticks.
The semiannual meeting of the New York
Lumber Trade Association was held at 18 Broad-
way April 11, at which time a great deal of
routine business was transacted.
The local ofHce of the Lumbermen's Credit As-
sociation, George K. Towles, manager, has been
removed from 16 Beaver street to Suite 507, 18
Broadway, where commodious quarters have
been leased.
Robert W. Higble returned last week from a
three weeks' trip to Bermuda only to leave imme-
diately for a visit to his large hardwood opera-
tion in the Adirondacks.
S. L. Eastman of the S. L. Eastman Flooring
Company, Saginaw, Mich., accompanied by Mrs.
Eastman, spent several days in the city on pleas-
ure during the fortnight.
Another prominent visitor was W. M. Eitter,
president of the W. M. RItter Lumber Company,
extensive hardwood manufacturers of Columbus,
O., who was on a brief business and pleasure
trip.
Stone & Uershey of Newark, N. J., have in-
stalled a branch office at IS Broadway, through
wliich they will cater more to the trade of the
district than in the past.
The new freight schedule from Adirondack
points to New York by the hundred weight as
against the previous rates per thousand feet
board measure, which becomes etCective May 1,
has been announced by the New York Central
lines, and is on a basis which will mean a sharp
increase in the cost of lumber products in the
local market, the percentage of the advance be-
ing about twenty-hve per cent.
F. T. Nesbit & Co., Inc., has been organized to
succeed to the wholesale lumber, sash, door and
blind business in this city carried on in the past
by F. T. Nesbit & Co. The capital is $100,000
and the directors are F. T. Nesbit and G. L.
Jost of 115 Nassau street. New York, and G. W.
Johnson of Brooklyn.
James Cant of Cant & Kemp, lumber brokers,
Glasgow, Scotland, and London, England, ar-
rived in New York a few days ago en route to
the Canadian markets.
George H. Thomson, representing Singleton,
Dunn & Co. of Glasgow, Scotland, after a visit
to mill points throughout the country, sailed
last week.
Philadelphia.
Jerome II. Sbeip of Sheip & Vandegrift and
president of the Philadelphia Veneer & Lumber
Company, has just returned from a ten days'
trip to Knoxville, Tenn., where he was looking
over the plant of a ladder manufacturing concern
which has a veneer mill at that point. Mr.
Sheip is vicegerent snark of Hoo-Hoo of the east-
ern district of Pennsylvania and is busy plan-
ning the regular spring outing which usually
takes the form of a planked shad dinner at one
of the Delaware river resorts.
F. O. Worden of the Rumbarger Lumber Com-
pany Is making a trip to Pittsburg, Cleveland,
Cincinnati and other Ohio points. He finds the
market holding well and expects a brisk trade in
hardwoods.
The regular financial meeting of the Pennsyl-
vania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany was held on Tuesday, April 17, at the com-
pany's offices in the Drexel building. The usual
business was transacted. The progressive policy
of the concern has resulted in making this its
banner season, and Justin Peters, the capable
manager, announces that the volume of business
controlled by the company is now greater than
at any other time In its history.
Warren Somers of the Somers Lumber Com-
pany, Atlantic City, N. J., paid the trade a short
visit last week. He reports business at the
resort brisk and a considerable building boom
in progress.
J. W. Difenderfer of the J. W. Dlfenderfer
Company returned a few days ago from the com-
pany's mills at Damascus, Va., where he hurried
out the firm's shipments. The Laurel River
Lumber Company, of which Mr. Difenderfer is
president, Is Installing new boilers and engines
in its mill.
J. H. Schofield of Schofield Bros. Is at their
Pennsylvania mills looking after shipments. R.
W. Schofield has been spending a week at the
Weston, W. Va., office of the firm rushing out
orders.
F. A. Kirby of the Cherry River Boom & Lum-
ber Company is making an extensive trip through
the West. C. E. Lloyd, Jr., who Is now on a
business trip to the office of the concern
at Scranton, Pa., has arranged to leave Phila-
delphia about April 30 for the South. He will
stop over In Pittsburg.
The Producer's Lumber Company has engaged
G. W. Shank as buyer. Mr. Shank is well and
favorably known to the trade and has had thor-
ough lumber experience, having been in business
for himself in North Carolina for twenty-five
years. Franklin H. Smith, secretary of the
company, has almost recovered from his recent
illness and expects to be in harness again in
about ten days.
John J. Soble of Soble Bros, returned last
week from an extensive trip, during which he
acquired a considerable quantity of good chest-
nut.
Hugh McLean of the Hugh McLean Lumber
Company, Buffalo, N. Y.. was in town this week
calling on the trade.
The nineteenth annual meeting of the Lumber-
men's Exchange of Philadelphia was held Tues-
day afternoon, April 12, with nearly every mem-
ber present. The election of officers resulted as
follows : President, George F. Craig of Geo. F.
Craig & Co. ; vice president, William L. Rice of
T. B. Rice & Sons Lumber Company ; treasurer,
Charles P. Maule. Directors : J. Danforth Bush,
W. L. Shaw and Ralph Souder. Auditors : Henry
C. Riley, Samuel B. Vrooman and Franklin Smed-
ley.
It was proposed that the exchange appoint a
hardwood inspector, but the committee on inspec-
tion recommended that, inasmuch as the Na-
tional Hardwood Lumber Association had ap-
pointed a resident inspector for Philadelphia,
and since its rules of inspection w£re the stan-
dard rules, this inspector should act in a simi-
lar capacity for the members of the exchange.
The meeting declared itself opposed to the intro-
duction of the metric system of measurement,
and ordered that their protest should be for-
warded to the committee in charge of the bill
favoring such an introduction at Washington.
At the conclusion of business a vote of
thanks was extended to the Haedwood Record
for its careful treatment of the affairs and
policies of the Exchange.
A considerable number of Philadelphia lumber-
men are arranging to attend the ninth annual
convention of the National Hardwood Lumber
Association to be held at Memphis, Tenn., May
3 and 4. Most of them will go by way of Cin-
cinnati, where they have planned to stop off on
May 2 to attend a luncheon to be given In their
honor at the Lumbermen's Club by the lumber-
men of that city. After the function they will
join farces with their hosts and proceed to Mem-
phis.
Frank P. Rumbarger, who will attend the an-
nual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber
-Association, has arranged to stop oS and look
after the interests of his company in western
North Carolina, where it operates three sawmills
and where it owns a tract of some 22,000 acres
of hardwood timber. He will also visit eastern
Tennessee, where the concern controls the out-
put of several large mills, and from there will
proceed to various points in the South to look
after hardwood stocks. It is uncertain when
he will return.
Baltimore.
The Iron Mountain Lumber Company, which
is composed of two young Baltimoreans, has com-
pleted negotiations for the purchase of 3,000
acres of timber land in Smyth county, Virginia,
along a branch of the Norfolk & Western. The
timber is poplar, oak and chestnut, and, together
with other holdings of the company in Grayson
county, will give it about 25,000,000 feet. At
Trout Dale. Grayson county, the company has
had a sawmill in operation since last November.
A big plant is to be erected on this tract, logging
having already commenced. The character of
the mill has not yet been decided on. The com-
pany is composed of David T. Carter and Thomas
Hughes of the firm of Carter, Hughe.s & Co. Mr,
Carter will superintend active operations at the
two mills of the company, making liis residence
at Trout Dale, while Mr. Hughes will look after
the distribution of the output here.
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Gustave A. Farber, for ten years connected
with Trice & Heald o£ this city, has withdrawn
from the partnership and engaged in business on
his own account at Memphis, where he has
offices at 2257 Gaylord avenue. He will follow
the lines with which his previous duties have
made him famitiar — domestic and export trade
in hardwoods. Mr. Farber is now engaged in
closing up various matters connected with the
old firm and will continue to give them his
supervision until his successor has been named.
Richard P. Baer of the hardwood firm of
R. P. Baer & Co. of this city returned last week
from a ten days' trip in southwestern Virginia
and northern North Carolina, where he visited a
number of mills and arranged for the delivery of
stocks. Everywhere he found manufacturers
working under pressure, with plenty of orders
to keep them going for some time.
Henry B. Curtin of the Pardee-Curtin Lumber
Company of Sutton, W. Va., was in town re-
cently. He found business very brisk wherever
he went. Work on the new mill to take the
place of the one destroyed by Are several months
ago, he says, is progressing rapidly. It will be
of the double band variety, and will be operated
day and night to meet the heavy demand on the
company's product.
The large planing mill of the United States
Lumber Company at Green Spring, about four-
teen miles east of Cumberland, Md., was de-
stroyed by fire April 11. A quantity of hard-
wood lumber was also consumed. The company
will undoubtedly rebuild.
Joseph Cant of Cant & Kemp of Glasgow, Scot-
land, was in Baltimore last week and called on
a number- of firms here. He spoke encouragingly
of the conditions abroad.
After a careful reading of the decision handed
down by Judge Morris of the United States
Court here in the case of John L. Alcock & Co.
in the matter of clean through bills of lading,
the trade interested has settled down to the
conviction that the opinion is a complete vic-
tory for the exporters. The only point decided
in favor of the transportation companies was
that involving the criminal charge,, with regard
to which the court ruled that the bill of lading
did not violate the Barter act. The court dis-
tinctly declared, however, that no clause in the
bill of lading could be construed as relieving the
companies of liability for loss or damage beyond
the limitations set down in the bill. The ship-
pers, of course, were not eager to have the
transportation companies convicted of a criminal
offense, desiring merely to have their rights de-
fined, and this the opinion is believed to accom-
plish. Hence a feeling of satisfaction prevails
in the trade, which will no longer be under the
necessity of going into a foreign court and
bringing action for loss or damage against the
steamship companies, but can institute proceed-
ings here.
Pittsburg.
The McMillan Lumber Company's sawmill near
Oakland, Md., was badly damaged by fire April
13. The big stock of lumber was damaged but
little, and most of the loss on the mill was cov-
ered by insurance. The offices of the company
have been moved from the Keystone building to
Bayard, W. Va., which is central to its opera-
tions.
Frederick E. Babcock of the Babcock Lumber
Company was on April 6 elected president of
the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association.
This association is recognized as the most pow-
erful business organization in Pennsylvania, and
being its president is no inconsiderable honor.
The Milliken-Bradley Lumber Company of Alle-
gheny has been chartered with a capital of
$10,000 by James E. and W. A. Milliken and
S. W. Bradley. The company will carry a large
stock of general building lumber.
C. B. Howard & Co. of Williamsport, Pa., have
bought 40,000 acres of timber land on Elk river,
near Huttonsville, Randolph county. Pa., for
about $1,000,000. This sum provides for the
building of a railroad either from Huttonsville
on the AVestern Maryland or from Cloud Run on
the Chesapeake & Ohio.
The Buckeye Lumber Company is a new con-
cern at 712 House building, composed of H. C.
Hoffman. C. L. Wickersham and H. O. Burdette.
The concern is now a partnership, but expects
to incorporate later. It will be a wholesale
agency, making a specialty of hardwood lumber.
Mr. Hoffman was formerly with the Keystone
Company and the Pennsylvania Door & Sash
Company, and Mr. Burdett was for years a man-
ufacturer of hemlock and hardwood lumber.
J. N. WooUett, hardwood manage!- for the
American Lumber & Manufacturing Company,
spent a few days in New York last week. Re-
cently he booked a big contract for ties in Ohio.
He has added to the hardwood sales department
L. A. Bennett, formerly of the Stearns Lumber
Company of Cincinnati, who will manage the
Chattanooga trade of the American.
Willson Brothers are making fine headway in
their new hardwood department and its superin-
tendent. I. F. Balsley, is well satisfied with the
outlook. The firm, from its big hardwood con-
nections and splendid prestige in other lines of
lumber, bids fair to become a strong competitor
in the hardwood market.
Among the hardwood firms which have fine
shows in the permanent exhibit of the Builders'
Exchange League in the Heeron building is the
Pittsburg Floor Company, whose display of hard-
wood and parquetry floors is attracting much at-
tentlAn. The offices of the firm are now in the
Farmers' Bank building. Another firm which has
a unique exhibit is the Hercules Specialties Com-
pany of 500 Fourth avenue. Its show of ladders
and scaffolding is probably the most complete
ever seen in Pittsburg.
The Nicola Brothers Company has been suc-
ceeded by the Nicola dumber Company, incorpo-
rated under the laws of Pennsylvania. The
officers are : President, George AV. Nicola ; vice
president, A. D. Knapp ; secretary, T. N. Bettin-
ger ; treasurer, Herbert L. Seaman. The new
company will have the advantage of the splendid
lake connections which the Nicolas established in
Cleveland several years ago. It will also profit
much by the old company's affiliations in the
South, especially the 20,000 acres of yellow pine
and hardwood timber in Mississippi. All
the contracts and the good will of the
company are turned over to the Nicola Lumber
Company, which retains the old offices in the
Farmers' Bank, building. The Nicola Brothers
Company was the oldest wholesale firm in Pitts-
burg, having been started by F. F. Nicola in
1S85.
Fair & Keator and H. W. Melchers & Co. are
now located in the House building.
W. P. Craig, of Wm. Whltmer & Sons, Inc.,
just returned from a trip through the South,
where he says most of the mills are running
night and day, and have comparatively small
stocks on hand.
Among the recent visitors to Pittsburg whole-
salers was Dr. W. Williams of the Pocahontas
Lumber Company, Burner, W. Va. His firm has
a good trade here in hemlock and hardwood.
The fear that Pittsburg building would be tied
up by a carpenters' strike May 1 is rapidly sub-
siding. The 8,000 carpenters in the Pittsburg
district want ?4 a day after May 1, this being
an advance of 50 cents over the present union
scale. Several of the largest contractors in the
city are paying practically this rate now and
have expressed their willingness to grant the
general advance. The Master Builders' Associa-
tion is favorable to the advance and the Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners has given pretty
substantial assurance that they will not attempt
to enforce their demands with a strike.
The Red Cliff Lumber Company is a new con-
cern at 239 Fourth avenue. Its principals are
L. R. Hawes and W. M. Cox.
Buffalo.
F. M. Sullivan has the site cleared for his
addition to yard storage sheds tor Pacific coast
lumber, but dropped proceedings lately to make
a trip through the eastern markets to keep them
in sight.
J. N. Scatcherd has at length concluded his
term of service on the grand jury, which sat sev-
eral weeks and caused a great sensation by in-
dicting a number of well-known citizens in the
armory graft matter.
A. Miller somehow manages to get hold of
some good ash lumber these days when it is so
scarce, and he is making elm and basswood go,
which is good evidence that the yard is a live
one and finds what it needs.
The new oak sawmill of the Hugh McLean
Lumber Company at Memphis is in running order
and will soon be turning out more lumber to
make good the claim of the company to lead the
country in quartered oak.
A. J. Elias is in a way to come out best in his
negotiation for a saie of the old Hamburg canal
strip for a railroad station, as he usually does,
for he never lets go. The yard is headquarter.:!
as usual for heavy timber.
The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company is
getting so much lumber in from the South that
piles of it are appearing along the railroad
switches into the yard, most of it being oak.
The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company is
getting its usual big supply of oak in from the
South, though late reports from its mill at Ben-
ton, Ark., stated that there was so much water
about the mill that sawing was stopped.
F. W. Vetter went to St. Louis lately to look
after some land sales, a good price being offered
for a large tract of cut-over territory, after
which he will prepare to drop off south and
southwest for a longer stay.
J. F. Knox has gone south again after more
oak and other hardwood lumber for Beyer, Knox
& Co., not stopping short of Arkansas this time.
Business at the Buffalo yard has been fine of
late and is increasing.
O. E. Yeager has been hustling lately, and the
result is a good lot of white ash, though ash is
very hard to find now. Sales are so good that
it is anything but easy to keep up the general
stock.
II. A. Stewart has also gone south again and
is picking up a lot of oak, cherry, poplar and
the like for the trade of I. N. Stewart & Bro.
He has been very successful in these trips and
keeps the yard well supplied.
Buffalo lumbermen are planning some of the
trips they are noted for. The Hoo-Hoos have
made a river date for June 20 and the Lumber
Exchange will picnic by automobile possibly
sooner than that, as there will be a still later
. outing during the season.
Saginaw 'Valley.
The sawmills are now all In operation with
the exception of the Hargreave mill at Bay City,
and that has steamed up and goes into commis-
sion this week. The mills running are all well
taken care of in the matter of logs. Three mill
plants. W. D. Young & Co., Bliss & Van Auken
and Kueeland-Bigelow Company, are operated day
and night. Two of these plants will run through
the year with two shifts, and Bliss & Van Auken
will run double shifts until September. Only one
saw mill on the river is cutting pine exclusively,
and eight are cutting hardwood with some hem-
lock on the side.
The S. G. M. Gates sawmill began sawing for
the season last week. This plant has about
7,000,000 feet to cut.
Phillips & Seeley of Saginaw will operate the
sawmill at Logan which the Yuill Brothers pur-
chased from the Rodgers-Allison Company last
fall. It will cut out 4,000,000 feet.
The Gale Lumber Company's mill at West
Branch will finish its operations there and will
be sold as soon as the cut is exhausted. The
plant will probably be dismantled and the ma-
chinery taken out.
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Frank Buell will run seven logging camps dur-
ing the season. He is furnishing 20,000,000
feet annually to the Kneeland, Buell & Bigelow
Company at Bay City ; he furnishes the stock
lor the Bliss & Van Auken mill ; about 2,000,000
feet of basswood for Bouselleld & Co. ; 2,000.000
feet of elm for Jackson & Wylie and is operating
two sawmills up in the woods in Cheboygan
county, cutting 30,000 feet a day.
The maple flooring plants are doing good busi-
ness, there being a brisk demand for that com-
modity with prices satisfactory. The Kerry &
Hanson Flooring Company at Grayling reports
the best business last month since the plant went
into commission last season, both in sales, ship-
ments and the quantity manufactured.
The first boat out of Au Sable, owned by the
H. M. Loud Sons' Company, the Ketcham, car-
ried a cargo of maple to North Tonawanda,
X. y., for the owners.
J. W. McGraw purchased last week a tract of
timber in Oscoda county, estimated to cut 1,500,-
000 feet of lumber, mostly maple.
James Norn, who operates a hardwood sawmill
at Standish, has sold his property there to
Thomas Miln and Is to retire from business.
James Campbell is cutting .500,000 feet of
hardwood at Campbell's Corners, near West
Branch.
Charles Bigelow states that he has sold the
entire cut of basswood mill culls that the Knee-
land, Buell & Bigelow mill will cut this season
at .flo a thousand. The high price asked for
pine mill culls for box stuff has forced dealers
and manufacturers to buy hardwood culls as a
substitute, and basswood, beech and even maple
are being utilized.
The Michigan Contract Company of Detroit is
to build a small hardwood sawmill near Millers-
burg, on the line of the Detroit & Mackinac Rail-
way.
Frank E. Preston of Detroit and Malcolm Mc-
Phee of Alpena have purchased 18.400 acres of
hardwood timber land in Presque Isle county.
W. B. Rouse is cutting up a large quantity of
beech, elm and basswood logs into staves and
heading at his Bay City factory.
Grand Bapids.
Quite a large party of lumbermen will leave
this city May 2 at noon to attend the National
Hardwood Lumber Association convention at
Memphis, going via Chicago. The committee on
."irrangements is made \ip of L. L. Skillman, E.
Iv. Pritcliett of the Macey Company and C. F.
Sweet of the Fuller & Rice Lumber & Manu-
facturing Company. An active campaign is on in
support of Carroll F. Sweet for a place on the
directorate of the National body.
Grand Rapids lumbermen and furniture manu-
facturers responded nobly to the need of quick
aid to San Francisco sufferers.
An inventory of the estate of Charles H. Hack-
ley, Muskegon, shows an increase of over ,$330,-
000 in the past year, owing in large part to the
sale of Hackley & Hume timber lands in the
South. An accounting of the executors shows
the value of the property at the present time to
be $3,891,483.96.
The Thomas MacBride Lumber Company has
a cut of about 0,500,000 feet of hardwood at
Wexford, and is operating its mill day and
night.
Lots of dry rock elm lumber have sold for $12
per tliousand in the past. Recently the Hart
Cedar & Lumber Company sold its standing rock
elm tor export at $25, in the tree. The timber
is located in Oceana county, and the company
received over $5,000 for the elm taken from
less than 500 acres.
being 7 feet : but 7 feet was found defective
and the log was cut down to 62 feet. The log
as it now stands is 62 feet long and contains
7,365 feet of lumber, board measure. Its weight
is fully 38 tons. It was purchased by D. L.
Ilelman of Warren, C, for $100. This groat
stick will be dressed down to 30x30-62 and will
lie used as a dredge spud or anchor. The im-
mensity of this tree will be realized when it is
known that the average run of white oak trees
in this section yield less than 800 feet board
measure.
W. J. Fell, wlio is largely interested in the
manufacture of staves and lumber at Salt Lick,
Ky., was here a few days ago. He reports the
demand for his products active, with every in-
dication of a good demand for the balance of the
year.
J. C. Roane, of the Weston Lumber Company,
Weston, W. Va., stopped at Cleveland en route
home. He says the demand for all kinds of
hardwoods has Ixcpt tlie company's slocks very
low.
n. R. Cool, accompanied by Mrs. Cool, is in
Cuba. Recent letters from him say they are
having an enjoyable time ; that they find much
of interest to the traveler and are putting in
their time to good advantage.
W. A. Cool, of W. A. Cool & Son, returned
last week from a trip south and reports their
mill running on full time, cutting about 70,000
feet daily, but that cars are scarce. He says
this is the complaint made by all the mills in
that section.
Cleveland.
The largest tree cut in Trumbull county, Ohio,
at least for the past fifty years, was a white
oak on the farm of C. K. Shlpman in Gus-
tavus township. When cut the log measured
69 feet in length, the diameter at the stump
Indianapolis.
Building operations are now on in full blast
in Indianapolis. Notwithstanding the advanced
prices that are being asked for material, build-
ing activity is unusually strong. Although the
year may not prove to be as big as 1905, still
it is safe to say the building will be very heavy.
Lumber of nearly all grades has advanced ap-
proximately twenty per cent, but despite
this a great deal of building is being done. The
year promises to be a most successful one for
Indianapolis lumber dealers.
The C. W. Allen Company of New Albany,
Ind., has been incorporated with a capital stock
of $4,000 to deal in hardwoods and hardwood
flooring. C. W. Allen, L. O. O'Daniel and W. A.
McLean comprise the board of directors.
The Indiana Lumber Company of Madison,
Ind., has been incorporated with a capital stock
of $30,000. The directors are John F. Ham-
mell, D. C. Bear and Richard Johnson.
The Capital Lumber Company of Indianapolis
has just been sued in the superior court by Man-
less V. Sliger for $10,000 damages as compensa-
tion for the loss of his right hand while engaged
as a rip sawyer in the employ of the company.
The complaint alleges that the accident occurred
March 10, 1905, after the company had neglected
to guard the saw properly according to orders
from the state factory inspector.
Stroh & Co., lumber dealers of Crawfordsville.
have sold their yard to a syndicate composed of
F. L. Mercer of Chicago, Hart Winchel of Wind-
fall, Ind., and J. J. Brannum of Alexandria, Ind.
The new company will reorganize under the
name of the Crawfordsville Lumber Company.
Mr. Winchell will be treasurer and general man-
ager of the company.
Milwaukee.
Fire caused $60,000 damage to the plant of
the M. Hilty Lumber Company, St. Paul avenue
and Twelfth street, April 20. though Charles G.
Forster, president of the company, immediately
after the fire estimated the loss at a much higher
figure. The company carried about $75,000 worth
of stock, fancy grades of maple and other hard-
woods. The plant had been recently improved
with machinery, making the value of the factory
about $25,000. The plant will be rebuilt at
once and arrangements have been made by which
orders will be filled as usual.
Fire fanned by a fierce north wind on April
20 destroyed the sawmill of the Robbins Lumber
Company, Rhinelander, Wis., one of the largest
mills in the Wisconsin valley, causing a loss of
$30,000. The flames spread to the yards of
J. H. Queal & Co., causing a further estimated
loss of $20,000. The big mill of the Johns(m
Lumber Company narrowly escaped destruction.
Last fall the Robbins mill in the same district
was scorclied.
Representing the Citizens' Business League.
Secretary R. B. Watrous will attend the annual
convention of the National Hardwood Lumber
Association at Memphis to secure its next con-
vention for Milwaukee.
Market conditions remain unchanged. Heavier
movements are expected with the advance of the
season and the increased demand in all lines,
especially that of furniture. It is expected that
the demand for woods suitable for piano stocks
will be unprecedented this season.
Milwaukee is to liave another large and modern
piano manufacturing plant, on which building
operations will begin at once. It will represent
an investment of $75,000. The builders and
manufacturers are the Charles F. Netzow Manu-
facturing Company, now located on East Water
street, this city. The firm has acquired four and
one-half acres of land for its plant and the main
building will be 60x202 feet, four stories hiKh
and of brick. Within five years, the company
estimates, it will be so enlarged as to have facili-
ties for manufacturing 10,000 pianos and organs
yearly. The plant will be completed and ready
for operation within five months.
Bristol.
R. E. Wood, president of the R. E. Wood
Lumber Company of Baltimore, Md., was here on
important business last week. Mr. Wood's com-
pany now operates large band mills in Carter
county, Tennessee, and in Mitchell county. North
Carolina, as well as numerous small country
mills, and is shipping a great deal of stock out
of this section.
The body of George C. Luppert, lately of the
Luppert Lumber Company, who was drowned in
the Watauga river near the Luppert operations
several months ago, was recovered last week by
Mrs. Isaac Estep, after months of search. Mrs.
Estep claims that, acting under the impulse of a
strange presentiment which she had the night
previous, she found the body partially buried in
the sand. A tide had washed the sand off the
head of the body and it was plainly visible from
(he bank. The woman will be paid a large re-
ward. The body was taken to the former home
of the deceased at Williamsport, Pa., for inter-
ment, accompanied by the father, Valentine Lup-
pert. and the grief-stricken widow and children.
Arrangements are being made for a Hoo-Hoo
concatenation at Mountain City to be held in
the near future. It is reported that about
twenty-five lumbermen are anxious to atfiiiate
with the order in the Mountain City district,
and a large and enthusiastic meeting is expected.
M. N. OfEett of the Tug River Lumber Com-
pany and J. S. Matthews will go to Bluefield.
W. Va., on May 6, where they will hold a Hoo-
Hoo concatenation. A large number of applica-
tions have already been received and one of the
most successful concatenations ever held in this
.'section is anticipated.
The Norfolk & Western Railway has revised
its schedule of rates on lumber in Virginia and
rectified the discrepancies and inconsistencies in
the rates which have worked hardships on ship-
pers and handicapped buyers in a large measure.
The rate from southern mills to Roanoke was
formerly higher than the rate to Washington and
Lynchburg, thereby enabling stock to be sold
cheaper two hundred miles farther distant from
the mills than Roanoke and rendering the Roan-
oke dealers and others In the region affected
powerless to compete with the dealers doing busi-
ness on the line given the low rate. The matter
was brought before the Norfolk & Western ofli-
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cials and the Southern, and freight traffic man-
agers of these concerns held a conlerence and
promulgated a new schedule of rates which are
equitable to all concerned and remedy the de-
fects in the old tariff.
The John T. Dixon Lumber Company Is doing
an extensive manufacturing business at Elizabeth-
ton, and the record of the company's business
shows marlied increases in the volume of stock
manufactured and handled. The business of
this company is very gratifying.
The Bristol Door & Lumber Company, lately
reorganized at Boston with W. O. Came of Bris-
tol as president, is making improvements on the
big woodworking plant and band mills in Bristol,
with a view of materially augmenting the out-
put. This company manufactures a large amount
of doors, mill work, etc., from the log for the
New England trade.
The construction of the Laurel River Railroad,
connecting Abingdon, Va., and' Mountain City,
Tenn., has opened up an almost inexhaustible
boundary of some of the finest forests in east
Tennessee and southwest Virginia, and the work
of felling the timber and freighting it to the
various big mills at Damascus, Sutherland, Ab-
ingdon and elsewhere has begun on a large scale.
Cincinnati.
Thos. J. JlofCett of the Maley-Thompson &
MofEett Company will be a candidate for the
presidency of the National Hardwood Lumber
Association at the convention in Memphis, May
3 and 4. Mr. Moffett was at lirst unwilling to
make the race, but friends prevailed upon him.
The Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club has appointed
the following committee to take charge of Mr.
MofEett's interests : W. A. Bennett, chairman ;
T. B. Stone, C. F. Korn, C. H. Tease and Watt
Graham. Two special cars with Cincinnati mem-
bers of the National Association will leave this
city a day or two in advance of the convention
to boom Mr. MoEfett's candidacy. If Mr. MofEett
is elected it is a foregone conclusion that he
will administer the duties of the office in a
highly capable manner. He was president of the
Cincinnati Business Men's Club in 1905 and the
affairs of the club were never looked after better
than during his term. He has also taken a
prominent part in all hardwood gatherings.
L. G. Banning will leave for a three months'
European trip shortly. A party of friends will
accompany him.
James Cant of the Cant-Kemp Company, Glas-
gow, Scotland, and R. Sondheimer of Memphis
were visitors here the middle part of the month.
The Wiborg & Hanna Company has established
a branch office in Memphis in the Tennessee
Trust building. It will be in charge of F. B.
Palmer.
Wallace D. Wolf is in the South buying hard-
woods for the W. H. Perry Company, which re-
cently entered the hardwood business. Their
plant is located on Gilbert avenue.
The Smenner-Muchmore Company has been in-
coporated with $10,00Q capital to engage in the
hardwood business in this city. The incorpo-
rators are ; A. W. Smenner, W. J. Muchmore,
C. 'C. Bishop, S. M. Loomis and E. D. Woodward.
H. P. Wiborg of the Wiborg & Hanna Com-
pany has recovered from the eft'ects of an opera-
tion on his head. He will be at his desk in about
a month, it is expected.
Nashville.
The Palmetto Manufacturing Company is a
concern recently organized In Nashville to manu-
facture ax, hoe and hatchet handles. It is
expected that the plant will be completed in the
next sixty to ninety days. A site has been se-
cured on the Southern Railway on First avenue
North. The members of the corporation, which
is capitalized at $25,000, are : W. H. Cooper,
John S. Woodall, Dr. H. P. Campbell, William
Lowdnes, W. H. Hlcklen and J. H. Samuel. The
plant will be managed by I. D. Matthews, an
expert in the wood working business.
News has been received in Nashville of the
death of Edwin E. Smith, southeastern repre-
sentative of the Southern Lumberman. Mr.
Smith had been connected with the paper for
several years and had a wide acquaintance among
the lumbermen of Tennessee.
Serious hindrances to the building boom that
has been on in this city for quite a while may
be experienced, as the local carpenters' union, a
body affiliated with the Structural Building
Trades Alliance, has given notice that after May
1 its members will not work with men who do
not hold union cards. Many of the nonunion
carpenters are said to be joining the union and
the trouble may be averted.
The Robertson-McGill Manufacturing Company
at Shelbyville, Tenn., will at once begin work on
a big carriage factory, where carriages and bug-
gies, also harness, will be made. The firm has
been in business in Shelbyville for several years,
but recently was reorganized and enlarged. The
new plant will employ a large number of skilled
workmen.
The Gallatin Spoke Works at Gallatin, Tenn..
which has not been running for the past three
years, has started up again with H. Orman as
manager. The capacity of the factory is about
25,000 spokes a day and both wagon and buggy
spokes are being made. Messrs. Powell and Ellis
have also broken ground for their new box fac-
tory there. The plant will be located convenient
to the L. & N. Railroad.
The Nashville Carriage & Wagon Makers' As-
sociation gave a delightful but informal banquet
as part of the program at the last meeting. The
organization of an association among the em-
ployes' of the carri.age and wagon manufacturers
was brought up, and it was the sense of the
meeting that such association would be entirely
agreeable, and that the two bodies, if run along
correct lines, would be of mutual benefit.
A story comes from Union City, Tenn., that
will make some of the lumbermen and nursery-
men In the country look Incredulous. E. H.
Badger of that city pruned some fruit trees. He
was also growing a vineyard, so he stuck the
limbs he had cut off in the ground for the grapes
to entwine about and climb upon. To his aston-
ishment the limbs themselves put out fresh leaves
and give promise of being healthy trees.
The Interstate Cooperage Company has just
purchased from the Hurricane Iron & Mining
Company, represented by George Campbell Brown
and Johnson Bransford, two of its officers, the
timber rights to about 15,000 acres of land in
Hickman county, Tennessee, in the Duck River
valley. The consideration was $85,000 cash.
This tract is said to be one of the finest pieces
of virgin timber land in the state. Trees with
a diameter of more than 14 inches passed in the
sale, and the purchasers were given ten years in
which to get it out. They will at once erect
several large sawmills on the property and will
get out large quantities of it as fast as possible.
The Nashville Carriage Makers' Union is being
organized in this city. Its membership includes
blacksmiths, painters, trimmers and wood work-
ers employed in the local wagon and carriage
shops. Thomas Wbitely is chairman of the or-
ganization and S. H. Eason is secretary.
An amendment to the charter of the H. Scott
Lumber Company of Shelby county, increasing
the capital stock $10,000, has been filed in the
office of the secretary of state at Nashville.
The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Colum-
bus, O., capitalized at $8,000,000 under the laws
of West Virginia, has filed an abstract of its
charter at Nashville for the purpose of doing
business in Tennessee.
Theodore Hutton, a banker and capitalist at
Waynesboro, Tenn., has just bought an 800-acre
tract of timber land in Wayne and Bedford
counties, paying $24,000 for it. Mr. Hutton will
at once begin the work of preparing the timber
for market.
The Faust Brothers Lumber Company has been
organized at Clifton, Tenn., with capital stock
of $25,000. The incorporators are : Carl and
J. Faust, W. H. Newcomb, S. M. Wakefield and
S. K. Hale. The members of the firm are all
practical lumbermen and have been in the busi-
ness in this section for a number of years.
One of the large dry kilns of the American
Lead Pencil Company at Shelbyville, Tenn., was
destroyed by fire recently, entailing a loss of
about $2,500. The kiln contained about two car-
loads of cedar slats which were being cured for
shipment to pencil factories at the time. The
loss was covered by insurance.
The Dickson Stave & Lumber Company is erect-
ing an up-to-date factory on its property in South
Dickson, adjoining the plant of the Interstate
Cooperage Company. New machinery is being
installed for the manufacture of spokes and hubs.
In spite of the fact that red cedar is precious
and scarce, much of it is being shipped out of
Tennessee to foreign countries. Eleven cars were
shipped over the Nashville & Decatur Division of
the L. & N. last week for Rotterdam, Holland.
One of the recent visitors to Nashville was
Leon F. Miller, who formerly lived in this city,
and is now superintendent of the Three-States
Lumber Company at Madison, S. C.
A. M. Tippit of Dover. Tenn., has just added
an up-to-date planing mill to his wagon manu-
facturing plant.
The Southern Seating & Cabinet Company of
Jackson, Tenn.. has been sold for $100,000. The
stock is said to have brought $250 a share.
Mempliis.
The candidacy of W. H. Russe for the presi-
dency of the National Hardwood Lumber Asso-
ciation is being actively pushed. J. W. Thomp-
son of the J. W. Thompson Lumber Company is
chairman of a committee appointed for this pur-
pose, and this of itself is guarantee enough that
U anyone wins over Mr. Ru'sse it will be only
after a hard fight.
There is an interesting report current here
that the New England delegation to the national
convention will be very strong and that it will
combine all of its resources to secure the next
annual meeting for Atlantic City. It now seems
certain that the struggle for the next meeting
will precipitate a contest. The delegation will
have some strong arguments to bring to bear, in-
cluding the fact that there will be no business
interests in Atlantic City to detract from the
convention itself.
F. E. Stonebraker, who April 15 became gen-
eral southern manager for the Lansing Wheel-
barrow Company of Lansing, Mich., in which he
recently acquired an interest, has secured offices
at 43G-438 Scimitar building. Mr. Stonebraker.
who is also president and general manager of
the Crittenden Railway Company, which is build-
ing a line connecting the Rock Island and St.
Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern with termini
at Earle and Heath, Ark., reports rapid progress
in the construction of this road, which will be
completed, with favorable weather conditions,
within the next eight or ten weeks. A stretch
of track one and one-half miles long will be built,
thus connecting the plant of the Lansing Wheel-
barrow Company with the main line of the Crit-
tenden Railway. A handsome volume of traffic
is already assured the new road.
Another addition to the lumber yards of Mem-
phis will be those of the Briggs & Cooper Lumber
Company, Ltd., of Saginaw, Mich., which will be
established adjacent to those of the Dudley Lum-
ber Company of Grand Rapids, Mich.
The S. C. Major Lumber Company has pur-
chased the yards of Lesh & Matthews in North
Memphis and will soon remove its offices from
the Randolph building to the yards.
Dispatches received here from Jackson, Miss.,
are to the effect that the conference committee
of the legislature has agreed upon a compromise
whereby manufacturing companies of that state,
including the big lumber corporations, may hold
$10,000,000 worth of personalty and realty in-
stead of $2,000,000 worth, the limit heretofore
maintained, as advised by the lower house.
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35
There are two provisions in this connection : One
that any company holding more than this amount
will forfeit one-half of It to the state, and the
other that not more than $250,000 worth of
stumpage lands, based on thB purchase price, can
be held by any one company. This last provi-
sion, it is stated, is for the purpose of forcing
these companies to sell their lands as fast as
they have been cleared, thus stimulating the
agricultural development of the state. This
solution is not wliat the large lumber and timber
syndicates desired, but it is so much more liberal
than they expected that they are much pleased
with the outcome.
The following additions are reported to the
Lumbermen's Club of Memphis : .1. F. Mclntyre
of the Memphis Kim & Bow Company. A. C. Lang
of the I'aepcke-Leicht Lumber Company. Chicka-
sawba. Ark. : O. Dircks of the Askins-Dircks Lum-
ber Company, Tnion City. Tenn., and H. W.
Mosby of the Helena Box Company, Helena, Ark.
Moore & McFerren report that the work on
buildings to replace those destroyed by fire some
weeks ago is progressing rapidly and the plant
will be in readiness for operation about July 1.
Spur tracks are being run into the tract of
land recently acquired by C. L. Willey of Chi-
cago for the establishment of a big sawmill. The
E. Sondheiraer Company, which has the tract
adjoining, will build enougli liouses to accommo-
date all the employes of its own plant and yards
as well as those of C. L. Willey. These houses
will be built on a strip ]."iO feet wide and 1.200
feet long and will be rented exclusively to em-
ployes of the two companies.
The crest of the rise in the Mississippi river
has passed Jlcmphis and the water is receding
slowl.v. The levees are all intact and no over-
flow of land protected by levees is anticipated.
There is considerable timber being brought out
on this rise and it now seems certain that the
beneficial efl'ects of the rise will more than com-
pensate for any loss that may have resulted.
Ashland, Ky.
Business is excellent in the Ashland district.
The local mills are all running, but the supply
of logs is short. The demand for dry lumber
exceeds tlie supply, and firms are turning down
orders. Prices firm and strictly list. There is
a small run of timber in the Big Sandy and
Guyandotte rivers.
O. D. Garred of Huntington, W. Va., has about
completed the work of arranging and building
his camps on the Clear fork of Coal river,
where he has the contract to cut the timber on
a tract of land comprising 9.000 acres. A large
force of men is at work. It will take between
three and four years to clear the land of the
timber, which is the finest virgin oak and yellow
poplar.
Miss Carrie White of this city and J. B. Lytle
of Pittsburg were married in Parkersburg on
March 10. Mr. Lytle is located at Bayard, W.
Va.. as representative of Curll & Lytle Lumber
Company of Pittsburg. Miss White has been
employed as stenographer tor the Carolina Pine
Company of Huntington, W. Va.
One of the largest runs of walnut timber that
has lloated down the Guyandotte river for some
time is now drifting down the stream from
Wyoming county. Manj of the logs will cube
several times and will bring the owners a good
round sum. They are owned by Jeff Gill and
others who are actively engaged in lumbering
operations at tlie head of the river.
Tom Jloore, lumber inspector for the Keyes-
I'annin Lumber Company at Graham, Va., is in
the city.
'J"he W. 11. Pawkuis Lumber Compan.y has sold
3,000 acres of valuaiile limber land in Logan
county. West Virginia, to J. W. Johnson & Co.
of Huntington, W. A'a.
.".re running their mills at full capacity. There
is still quite a large quantity to be received and
operators are making ready for a busy time.
W. H. Hoskins is a missing landmark among
the Point mills this year, having moved the cen-
ter of his milling operations to Arkansas, whore
he is interested with E. M. Cunningham in cut-
ting from quite a tract of hardwood timber.
I!. M. Cunningham says of the hardwood mar-
ket situation that the main worry is to get stock.
There is no trouble selling hardwoods, but the
rains, scarcity of cars and almost everything else
that could happen has kept the output much
below normal.
The Southern Lumber Company has something
of the same story to tell. The demand is good
and everything in the line of merchantable hard-
wood can be sold at a fair price, but there is
not enough stuff to take care of orders as
priimptly as might be desired.
lOd Ithubesky, Columbia Building, is building
u|i quite a nice hardwood business. Like the
others, be reports that it is generally easier to
sell hardwood these days than it is to get it.
and it is beginning to be a problem to supply the
demands of dealers. Those who want oak can-
not always get just what they want, but must
lake what there is and are glad to.
Louisville.
The local river sawmills have received quite
a bunch of the spring crop of logs already and
Minneapolis.
A. S. TUiss of this city, who has represented
I be R. Connor Company of Marshfleld, Wis., in
Twin City territory for the past three years, has
lieen advanced to the rank of hardwood sales
manager and has left for Marshfleld to take
r barge of his new work. This position is one
made necessary by the growth of the business.
I he veteran sales manager- of the company having
all he can do handling other stocks. Mr. Bliss
is well qualiflod for the position, being a thor-
oughly experienced hardwood man. He has
I'een with the R. Connor Company for eleven
years past, for eight years traveling almost con-
stantly as inspector and buyer for the company.
Tlu' company will not abandon this field, Mr.
Bliss continuing to give it considerable personal
attention. I<"or the present he will not move his
family <o Marshfleld. Later a permanent rep-
ri'sentative may be located here.
r. R. Hamilton of the Minneapolis Lumber
Ciunpany reports a steady trade and says the
iiiiiipany has been able thus far to keep enough
dry stock on hand to supply orders for a while
lo (ome. The factories are all enjoying a sea-
son of prosperity and using hardwood exten-
lively. A continuance of warm, windy weather
siu'h as the northwest has been having for a few
days will dry out lumber rapidly, and Mr. Ham-
illou hopes to be able to move some of the new
cinp of basswood in two weeks or so.
]•;. Payson Smith of the Payson Smith Lumber
i 'ompany returned this week from an extended
business trip through the southern states. He
says moneyed men from the north are flocking
iiiTo the south to buy up tracts of timber, both
pini' and hardwood. The mills in Alabama arc
shipping heavily, but those along the Mississippi
arc flooded and compelled to shut down. Tbi-
labor problem is a serious one also with the
soul hern mills. It is next to impossible now to
secure common labor at prices two or three
limes what they were half a dozen years ago.
There is a great deal of railroad building, and
Ihe sections Jlr. Smith visited are enjoying tre
mendous prosperity. His company is having a
big demand for oak, whicli is hard to meet.
Heavy shipments were made from the mill at
Henderson Mounds, Mo., before the flood came,
running as high as twenty-four cars a day, but
I lie stock shipped lias been cleaned up and the
plant is now Hooded, the offices even being two
lei't under water. Owing lo the wet winter sea-
sou there is little green lumber now in the south.
L. (_'. Nolan of the Bacon-Nobm Hardwood
Company. Memphis, Tenn., is visiting for a few
clays In the Twin cities.
I). I'^. Clark of Osborne & Clark has gone to
Winnipeg to look after business there. The firm
ships considerable hardwood to the Canadian
lity. ('. K. Osborne of the same company reports
Ibcii- trade from (be retail yards active as ever.
Wausau.
The C. A. Goodyear Lumber Company of
Tomah, which had but two more years of saw-
ing, has purchased an immense tract of hardwood
lands in northern Michigan, the timber from
which will keep the company's mill employed for
at least ten years. The company is also nego-
tiating for the purchase of another large tract
of timber lands which will cost several hundred
thousand dollars. The flrm employs 300 men in
and about its mill and several hundred more in
the woods. The average daily output is 90,000
feet of lumber.
The Roper Lumber Company of Menominee has
purchased 1,200,000 feet of lumber from a firm
at Seizer Bay. About 90,000 feet of the lot is
white pine, the balance mixed hardwoods. Much
of it will be retailed from yards at the bay,
while the balance will be transferred to yards in
Menominee.
The Antigo Building & Supply Company of
Antigo is at present doing the largest business in
its history. The company has a sufHcient supply
of logs on hand to keep running throughout the
season. They are a choice lot of birch and maple.
The Chippewa Falls Furniture Company, Chip-
pewa Falls, which lately completed the erection
(if a large plant, has started the same in opera-
tion and is running night and day. At present a
large order for refrigerators is being filled, ship-
ments made at the rate of a car a day. Later
the manufacture of mission furniture will be
taken up. The officers are : R. H. Shook, presi-
dent and general manager ; W. B. Castenholz,
secretary and treasurer ; G. E. Smith, vice presi-
dent and salesman ; Morris Breuning, superin-
tendent. The company also has a plant at Plain-
field, Ind., which is worked to its fullest capacity.
Ex-State Senator D. E. Eiordan of Eagle River
has sold to N. A. Coleman of the same place 1,000
acres of hardwood lands, situated in Vilas and
Oneida counties, the price paid being .$] 0,000.
The lands were formerly owned by Mr. Coleman
and were sold to Mr. Eiordan in 1898 for .'i!2
per acre, since which time they have more than
trebled in value.
Messrs. Emil Maas, Justin Means, Lige Gould
and Fred Smith of Merrill have purchased
7,700 acres of timber lands in Houston county,
Texas. The timber growth is oak. ash, black
jack and other hardwoods, and will cut from
4,000 to 5,000 feet per acre. They will hold it
as an investment.
Proposals were opened in the Indian office in
Washington, D. C, recently for the sale of logs
on the Menominee Indian reservation in Wiscon-
sin. The timber growth on the reservation is
largely hardwood, the pine having been sold oft
years ago.
The Edwards-Ihrig Company of Oshkosh has
filed an amendment to its charter, increasing Its
capital stock from .$2.'5,000 to .fl.-)0,000. The
company was organized in the fall of 1902. The
firm occupies a huge stone building and manufac-
tures caskets, furniture and other hardwood arti-
cles.
One of the largest lumber manufacturing con-
cerns of Oshkosh has refused to accept the de-
cision of the Association of Hardwood and Hem-
lock Manufacturers to increase the price of all
grades of lumber and its manufactured products
$l..-.0 per 1,000 feet. The result, it is said, will
mean a clash between the company and the as-
sociation. Local contractors, of course, are
pleased at the stand taken by the Oshkosh con-
cern and point to the figures taken from the
■•universal price list." showing that in two years
hardwood flooring has advanced from .|27 to $45
per 1,000 feet, varying slightly according to
grade. Other building materials have advanced
even greater. The outcome of the situation Is
being watched by contractors all over the state.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Hardwood Market.
(By HABDWOOD KECOSD Exclusive Market Sepoxters.)
1)6 heavy enough to take care
Chicago.
There seems to have been a manifest slacken-
ing of sales of hardwood in the Chicago market
during the past fortnight. Buyers have placed
orders all during the year with a good deal of
freedom, and nearly every woodworking institu-
tion in the city has orders out for stock that
when delivered will last them for some time.
There is a manifest slowness in getting lumber
to destination largely on account of the stock
not being dry enough for shipment. There is no
diminution in values on any kind of wood, and
it is doubtful if a lessened price would increase
the volume of sales at the present moment.
There simply seems to be a desire on the part of
buyers to get stock already bought into th"eir
possession before placing additional orders. What
activity there is in the market seems to be cen-
tered on plain oak.
Boston.
A steady improvement is reported in the mar-
ket for hardwoods, although in some instances
the demand is checked by the recent advances.
Furniture manufacturers, especially those making
office furniture, are very busy and are constantly
in the market.
The high prices continue to check the call for
export. A few dealers report more doing along
this line, but the majority still find the demand
quiet.
Plain oak is firmer today than it has been for
months, and a fair demand is reported. Offer-
ings are small. Quartered oak is also consid-
erably firmer than it was. White and brown ash
are in small offering and firm in price. Maple
flooring has advanced. Opinions differ somewhat
regarding the demand. A few wholesalers state
that they have a good volume of orders on their
books, while others find that the higher prices
have checked the call. Whitewood is in much
better demand. This is due in part to the ad-
vance in cypress and the unsatisfactory condition
of the wood offered in this market. The advance
in cypress is said to be due to the fact that there
is but little dry stock at mill points and that
logs are not as plentiful as usual at this season
of the year.
New York.
A canvass of the district during the past fort-
night revealed a marked activity in all branches
of the trade. The furniture, interior finish and
general manufacturing trades are all running
full time and buying is free. While quite a
number of the yards are supplied with good
stocks, a large proportion of this is sold, but
cannot be moved as work is not ready for it,
and it is freely admitted that if all the lumber
sold by the yards were delivered at once stocks
would be by no means normal. The conditions
surrounding dry lumber and the output at man-
ufacturing points is such as to preclude the pos-
sibility of anything but a prolonged bullish
market, unless something unforeseen happens.
The export trade is in fair shape. Maple
flooring has gone up .$2 for export during the
fortnight. Conditions in the foreign markets at
the present time do not seem to be conducive to
a very large trade.
The local demand for hardwoods is pretty
general with the possible exception of quartered
oak and maple, although it is admitted that the
former has shown some tendency toward revival
during the past thirty days. Plain oak, ash.
chestnut, birch and poplar are all in good call,
with prices firm and stocks only nominal. The
call is for the better grades, and offerings of
stock in fair shipping condition are rapidly ab-
sorbed.
flcmand seems to
of all the lumber that is coming into the market.
Trade in chestnut is brisk, and good stocks are
short. This is particularly true of sound wormy
chestnut, for which there is a nice demand.
There is a good call for poplar, the quotations
in this wood on firsts and seconds being higher
than ever and the scarcity of dry stocks is no-
ticeable.
Quartered white oak in firsts and seconds is
drawing well, while inch plain oak and two-inch '
plain oak is a little weak at the present time,
lied oak, however, is holding its own, and thick
oak. five and six quarter, is scarce, as is also
good ash.
The scarcity of dry stocks, and particularly
poplar, is general, and buyers returning from
the South report the same conditions prevalent
there. Some of the heaviest dealers in the local
market report their line of seasoned stock fairly
good, but not equal to what they would desire.
Some of the largest lumber houses are of the
opinion that the market ought to be better than
it Ik and attribute the present conditions to the
stringency of money in local circles. The whole
trade, however, looks forward to a continuation
of good conditions throughout the summer, with
a probable increase as the building operations
get fairly under way.
This has caused a noticeable lull in the local
trade, but as soon as the ground is dry things
are bound to look brighter, for the volume of
building started gives assurance of a brisk call
for all kinds of lumber.
Outside of this purely local feature trade has
been good in hardwoods. For the last two weeks
the inquiry from railroads and street railways
has been quite satisfactory. Ties, poles and
bridge timbers are in excellent demand and are
bringing, in some cases, fancy prices. There is
little doubt that the market for heavy hardwood
sticks will be better in Pittsburg this year than
last.
Prices remain exceptionally firm. The scarcity
of good oak keeps that wood at top list. Chest-
nut is selling well as a substitute for oak and
the prices which contractors, especially in tlie
coke regions, are willing to pay are surprising.
Maple flooring continues on the same base. Ko
change is noted in the price of minor hardwoods,
and a fine string of small orders is being booked
by local firms to be delivered to the manufac-
turers at an early date.
Philadelphia.
The hardwood market coutiuues good and is
improving steadily, and the opinion among the
trade is that it will continue to do so. The this season
. Baltimore.
The hardwood situation here has lest none of
its buoyant character. All the woods in general
use continue to be in active demand, and the
mills have enough orders on hand to keep them
running for months to come. One difficulty
which has hindered the trade — the bad roads —
has been obviated by good weather, so that a
marked increase in the receipts at the various
points of distribution may be looked for. Some
dealers think that this will cause a sagging off
in values, but the preponderance ct opinion is
that the demand wull keep pace and values will
remain firm.
OaJs leads in point of activity, bringing high
prices and finding ready takers where the quality
is at all acceptable. Even the common grades
have shown much strength of late. The furni-
ture manufacturers and other consumers are
buying freely and orders are being placed ahead,
though six months seems to be about the 'limit.
The foreign business, while in the main quiet,
shows slight improvement. Stocks abroad seem
to have run fairly low. They are hav-
ing strong competitors in the car" build-
ers here, who arc taking large quantities «.t
oak and whose requirements as to quality are
ciuuparatively low. These concerns have orders
for many thousands of cars, and they are buying
up all the oak they can get, together with such
other woods as they use in the work of con-
struction. The enormous orders for rolling stock
placed by American railroads is one of the most
important factors in the lumber trade and help
to keep the market at tcp-notch figures, .^sh is
also in good request at prices that compare
favorably with oak. This trade, likewise, gives
every promise of continuance. Walnut seems to
retain its popularity among domestic buyers,
while mahogany and other hardwoods are all
doing well both as to value and volume of move
ment.
PittsTJurg.
From we-stern I'ennsylvania. West Virginia,
eastern Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, where
are located the hardwood mills that supply Pitts-
burg wholesalers, there has come the wail the
last six weeks that the roads were practically
impassable. Stocks of good hardwood have been
hard to get. As a result, the local yards have
now more lumber on hand than for five years at
and are buying accordingly slow.
Buffalo.
It still appears that the hardwood lumber
trade is gaining. There is no complaint that
the hardwoods are not moving, for even the slow-
est of them are now doing fairly well. The de-
mand for chestnut and plain oak is very active.
A white pine dealer, lately on a tour of the
door mills of the southern-tier cities of the
state, found that they were all doing much more
in hardwoods than formerly. Not many years
ago they were big buyers in this market of a
grade of white pine that would work up into
doors, but the tendency now is to use a great
amount of the various hardwoods instead.
The changes in hardwood lumber of late are
a greater scarcity of chestnut, ash and plain oak,
the better movement of quartered oak, the activ-
ity of maple at better prices, the strength of
the poplar market and the slow return to activity
of elm and basswood. Reports from the south-
ern oak districts are that logging is slow and
much behind because of bad weather. Logs are
high and the demand for anything that will
make fairly good lumber is great.
There is not much change in the outlook in
this district in a personal way. Everybody ap-
pears to be prosperous and satisfied. There is
no boom in anything, but all is in a satisfactory
condition.
Cincinnati.
The market continues in satisfactory shape.
The demand has been good and while dry stocks
have increased perceptibly, values continue firm.
Plain oak maintained its position as the market
leader.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn.
Trade conditMuis in the Bristol district remain
in a satisfactory condition. The tendency of
the market seems to be toward higher prices and
a still better demand, although the demand has
been so great within the past few weeks that the
mills are running behind and some of them work-
ing overtime, and even with this there is still a
considerable scarcity of almost all kinds of stock.
Since the roads have dried sufliciently hauling to
the railroads has been begun and is progressing.
When the stock is all hauled from the country
mills to the railroads and placed on the market
the supply from this section will be much larger.
Local exporters declare the foreign markets
are much improved and values are becoming firm-
er. They have a great deal of faith in the for-
eign markets, and are not confining themselves
to conservative limits in making contracts for
future delivery. Liverpool. London and Glasgow^
concerns have tied up several prominent local
dealers in big contracts for months to come.
Saginaw Valley.
Hardwood lumber is moving fairly well and
prices are firm and well sustained. For No. 2
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37
common and better elm the quotation here is
$22-$26 ; basswood is held at S23, and ?15 for
culls: beech is quite firm at $13 and $14; birch
brings $20 to $22.50 ; maple, $10 to $1S, and
ash. $27.
There is not a large stock of ash available,
but some firms will handle quite a large amount,
and the same may be said of basswood, although
llipre are larger stocks of the latter.
No difliculty is exijerlenced in getting cars and
llnTO is a free movement. Some maple is going
inici building timber, one or two firms having
large orders for it for that pui'po.se.
Nashville.
■|'he Nashville market is reported firm in prac-
U(ally every line. The local firms are breaking
all records in their shipments to all parts of
tlie United States, as well as to Europe. There
seems to be a universal building boom, and as
Nashville is in the heart of the hardwood dis-
trict much wood for interior finishing is shipped
from here to all sections of the country.
Stiff prices are quoted on all kinds and grades
I 1 lumber. Quartered red oak may be termed a
irifie slow, and plain red is bringing prices nearly
as high as quartered. The local activity in
l)uilding lines continues and the woodworking
plants are buying large quantities of timber. The
spring business is holding up better than was
anticipated, and lumbermen are more than satis-
fled with trade conditions.
Memphis.
There is a continued good hardwood demand
in Memphis and vicinity and conditions are re-
garded by the trade as quite healthy. There is
a slight falling off in the call for plain oak re-
ported by a few, but this condition is not having
much bearing on the situation for the reason
that there is very little (or sale. One manu-
facturer expresses the opinion that there is not
300,000 feet of 2-inch plain oak in the whole
Memphis territory and that there is relatively
little of any kind of plain oak ready for imme-
diate handling. Quarter-sawed red oak is slow
in the higher grades, but there is a fairly good
demand for the lower, some manufacturers re-
porting the sale of practically their entire hold-
ings, .lust the reverse obtains in white quarter-
sawed, the higher grades selling well and the
lower being in' very slight request. Prices on
all grades of oak are well maintained.
Ash and cypress are growing in strength and
there is an excellent call for both woods, which
is limited only by the light stocks available.
Some of the larger manufacturers report their
yards more depleted in these two items than they
have been for five or six years. Prices are very
firm.
The position occupied by gum Is one of grow-
ing importance. The demand is strong at prices
that would have seemed incredible even three or
four months ago. All grades are wanted and
not a little of this lumber is being exported.
Ofl'erings are not large, though some of the
smaller mills are willing to sell their cut ahead,
so that considerable quantities can be secured
for delivery when the product now being turned
out is dry enough for handling.
Cottonwood is scarce- and strong, with an up-
ward tendency. There is not much dry material
to be bad. One big company liere is selling con-
siderable Cottonwood because prices for the lum-
ber are higher, proportionately, than thos-e for
box shooks. Box boards are exceptionally scarce
and some extremely fancy prices are obtainable
for dry stock.
Tliere is a good demand for all grades of
poplar, the scarcity of Cottonwood stimulating
the inquiry for the lower grades. Prices are
firmly held.
Production is on a fairly large scale both here
and in the interior, but, even with favorable
weather conditions, it is conceded that it will
be some months before there will be a restoration
of normal stocks of dry lumber. Export demand
shows some further slight increase and prices
are very satisfactory on the business put through,
Minneapolis.
This is naturally a season of light demand
from factory trade, especially from sash and
door people, but hardwood dealers are doing an
excellent run of business just the same. There
is steady buying of mixed cars with a goodly
proportion of hardwood, and oak stock is being
drawn upon to the limit. Maple flooring is very
active and advanced another dollar in price a
few days ago. The furniture factories are taking
oak when ottered and are scouring the country
for dry rock elm. There is no northern oak for
factory consumption and the southern mills that
have sold to ship into this territory are nearly
all cut otf by high water.
Dry birch in upper grades promises to be well
cleaned up by the time new stock is ready to
ship. Basswood is also well cleaned up. There
has been some fine drying weather the past
week, dry, warm and windy, and green lumber
is rapidly rounding into condition for shipping.
Harring a long wet spell new basswood will be
on the market early in May. Stocks of hardwood
are very low. and the mills all report their
stocks sold out much closer this year than usual.
.Ml are sawing and expect a prosperous year.
There is plenty of building going on. and the
sash and door factories will be using large quan-
tities of hardwood stock again before long. Box
men are preparing to buy basswood culls heavily
this year right from the start,
liouisville.
The Louisville hardwood market would be in
excellent shape if mauufacturers could cat';h up
with orders and get in position to take new busi-
ness for attention in the near future. There is
a good volume of inquiries and orders all along
the line, but there is also a great clamor from
those who have made purchases because of de-
layed shipments. If there is a hardwood man in
this territory who is not behind on orders he has
not yet been heard from.
There has been among the box factories quite
an active demand lately for Nos. 1 and 2 cotton-
wood. Ordinarily No. 2 is the wood that goes
into boxes, but the Louisville trade, which makes
lots of high-grade whiskey boxes, uses a quantity
of No. 1 Cottonwood. Cottonwood is the favorite
material for whisky boxes, and is now in more
active demand even than low-grade poplar, anil
the latter, as is well known, has been on the
a<tive and scarce lists all spring. Cottonwood
box boards have been selling well, and of late
there has been some inquiries for this material
in the Louisville market that the local dealers
could not take care of. In oak the demand con-
tinues heavy tor plain-sawed and there is some
improvement in quartered, though it has never
I aught up with plain oak and prol>alily will not
this season.
Tliere arc some inquiries from abroad, but the
prices prevailing across the water do not offer as
mucli inducement this season as those of the
local markets. Oak, maple and beech flooring
manulactuiers have enjoyed a very good run of
liusiness lately, and the outlook is for a con-
tinued heavy run of business in hardwood lloor-
iii>; in tliis territory.
Parcels of plain oak in all grades are selling
well, immediately on arrival, but there is little
demand for quartered.
Black walnut In boards and planks would sell
well and at good prices, but there is little offer-
ing. Prime logs fit for veneers are wanted.
There is very little stock of satin walnut and
what there is does not move quickly.
There is at present a good demand for hickory
and ash, in logs and planks.
Mahogany is still the leading wood and com-
mands full prices. This wood seems to be in
greater request than ever before among the manu-
facturers.
Cedar is scarce and good prices are being paid
for parcels of rather inferior quality.
London.
The market is still dull and likely to remain so
for the next fortnight, fhe higher prices asked
for all lumber not tempting buyers to contract
for stock whilst the demand is so inactive. Most
of the lumber recently arrived has been sold on
the quays, but not at prices that are likely to
tempt shipments.
I'rime stocks of one-inch and under dressed
wliitewood are wanted, there being very little
stock left in the docks. Culls are also In fair
demand.
Liverpool.
Trade in Ibis market is undoubtedly better
than it has been tor some months past, and prices
have been advanced. Shippers should, however,
have orders before shipping, and on no account
should they ship on consignment.
Ash planks and logs are in good request and
prime white oak planks, especially lV2-inch and
3-inch, should bring fair prices, which many
importers on this side think are now at the top.
Plain oak planks are very scarce and prices for
prime wood havf' advanced during the last few
months.
Hickory is not quite so good as a fortnight
ago ; the heavy import of logs has rather filled
up the consumers here for the present, and im-
porters have difflculty in disposing of this wood
at remunerative prices.
Quartered oak boards find quick sale and all
the imports are going into consumption. At the
last sales held at the end of last month nearly
2,000,000 feet of mahogany was disposed of and
only 700 logs were withdrawn. It is reported
that these were all disposed of privately.
American buyers would do well to cover their
requirements well ahead, as there is an increas-
ing demand for this wood in Great Britain.
Good board and panel logs are in great re-
quest and at the last sales could have been made
ten times over. The first shipments of birch are
being rapidly snapped up, but shippers seem to
be showing a tendency to meet buyers, while
maple of good sizes is also in good request.
Shippers should bear in mind that only plain
rock maple sliould be shipped ; wood with the
half ■•bird's eye" is absolutely unsalable. Manu-
facturers of oak and ash dimension stock could
obtain large and profitable orders if they would
guarantee prompt delivery.
.Johu II. Burrell & Co.'s wood circular makes
the following report regarding American hard-
woods in tlie Liverpool market :
Round ash logs have again come forward in
considerable quantities, principally on contract;
the demand for ash lumber is not quite so active
and values are somewhat easier. Prime parcels
of good to large black walnut logs continue to
command favorable attention, but small and
faulty wood is very much ueglected ; supplies of
the lumber have continued to arrive in excess of
the demand and prices have further declined.
Arrivals of hickory logs still continue in excess
of the requirements and prices are falling ; ship-
ments should be curtailed until fall. Oak cabi-
net planks of prime quality and suitable speci-
ficatiuns meet with ready sale at good prices;
oak coffin planks are still arriving plentifully
and values are therefore weak ; oak wagon
planks have not been coming in as freely
as last month, and as the stock is light
and demand good the market is still in an en-
couraging position (or prime shipments of good
and suitable specifications. The demand for pop-
lar logs is confined to large timber of prime
quality ; the supply of all descriptions of poplar
lumber is still in excess of the demand. Inquiry
for good, well-conditioned shipments of prime
quality satin walnut lumber is moderate. Ar-
rivals of staves have been moderate, but prices
are easy.
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"HANDLES." rare Hardwood Record.
SALESMAN WANTED.
Experienced liardwond salesman to travel
«ast o( Buffalo. State fully, experience, age, etc.
BUFEALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.,
940 Seneca Street, HulTalo, N. Y.
LATHE OPERATOR.
An experienced man to opoi'ate Defiance
Lathe. SOrTH KEND WOOD TURNING. CO.,
Attica, Ind.
INSPECTOR WANTED.
Capable man familiar with National bard-
wood inspection rules. State experience and
wages wanted.
GEORGE CRAIG & SONS, Winterburn, W. Va
LUMBER WANTED
WANTED— BRIDGE PLANK.
50,000 ft. 3" plank, 10 ft. long. White or
Burr Oak.
R. G. .TESTER. I'errysville, Ind.
WANTED.
4/4 1st & 2nd I'.nttfi mil .
4/4 1st & 2nd Chestnut.
4/4 1st & 2nd Cherry.
W. R. CHIVVIS,
Lesperance & Iron Mt. R. R., St. Louis, Mo.
WANTED— HICKORY BLANKS.
In car load lots F. ( ). \\. our track, and in-
spection from pay.
SOUTH BEND WOOD TURNING CO.,
Attica, Ind.
WANTED.
To conti-act for the output for this year of
a good mill cutting Oak and Poplar lumber.
Address
"MORGAN." care ILirdwood Record.
GREEN WHITE AND RED OAK
PLANK.
300 M ft., prefer White Oak, 2'/i", 2V2",
2%" and 3" thick. No. 1 Commons and Better.
Prompt shipment.
SICKLESTEKL LUMBER CO..
Detroit, Mich.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak ; also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and Piling of all kinds.
CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO.,
1213 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago, HI.
WANTED— POPLAR, OAK, CHESTNUT.
Will receive lumber at shipping point and
pay cash. D. B. MURPHY & CO., London, Ky.
CHESTNUT, POPLAR, OAK, ASH.
Wanted all grades and thicknesses. Send
description and lowest cash price. Amount jus-
lities, will send buyer.
RODE & HORN. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Southern OlHce : .lohnson City, Tenn.
WAGON STOCK.
Wagon poles, axles, bolsters, double trees of
iiak, Maple, Ash and Hickory.
THE WICKS LUMBER COMPANY,
Battle Creek, Mich.
WANTED.
200 M Log Run Plain Sawn White Oak, 1" & up.
300 M Log Run Red Gum, 1".
50 M Log Run Walnut, 1" & up.
100 M No. 1 Com. & Bet. Ash, 1" & up, mostly 3"
and up.
100 M No. 1 Com. & Bet. Cottonwood, 1" & up.
100 M No. 1 Com. & Bet. Tupelo Gum, 1" & up.
Mill inspection ; prompt cash. Address
P. O. BOX 986, New Orleans, La.
WHITE ASH WANTED.
50 M to 100 M feet of strictly clear, straight
grain, second growth white ash, ranging
from 3"x4" to 4"x5" — 12 and 14 foot
lengths, suitable for horse poles.
AMERICAN-LA FRANCE FIRE ENGINE CO,
Elmlra. N. Y.
WALNUT ONLY.
Wanted. Walnut lumber, green or dry, all
grades, all thicknesses, log run or on grades.
Highest market price paid. Liberal inspection.
C. J. FRANK,
2440 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Ind.
WANTED— HAEDWOOD LOGS.
200 U feet 28-lncli and up White Oak logs.
200 M. feet 12-lnch and up Walnut logs.
50 M. feet 12-inch and up Cherry logs.
C. L. WILLEY,
Blue Island At. and Robey St.. Chicago.
CAE.
We are In tbe market for plain sawed oak.
all grades and thicknesses.
P. G. DODGE & CO.. 2116 Lumber St.. Chlcaeo.
MACHINERY WANTED
WANTED.
Small second-hand planer and matcher in
good repair. E. E. I'liKTER, Killmaster, Mich.
AT ONCE.
If you are In need of machinery — new or
second hand — a few lines in this column will
place your wants before those who have such
goods for sale. For particulars address
Hardwood Record, Chicago, 111.
MACHINERY FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
Having lost our woodenware plant by fire
we oPTor for sale :
A complete machine shop equipment con
sisting of two ii'on lathes (one each large and
small), one iron planer, one drill press, one
forge with blower, one emery wheel stand
(two wiicel). two vises, tools, some material,
counter sliafts, line shaft, hangers, pulleys,
lielts. Two ()0"xl6' horizontal tubular boil-
ers, rated at last inspection (Oct. 19, 1905)
at 110 lbs. pressure. One two horse dump
cart, almost new. Also about 500,000 ft. Ma-
ple Squares of various sizes and lengths. If
interested apply to
BELLAIRE WOODEN WARE CO.,
P. W. Bechtokl. Sec'y. Bellaire, Mich.
FOR SALE.
One six ft. Iloosier left-hand band mill, three
block carriage, latest improved dogs, Soule feed,
in use only about thirty days.
WBIGHT-BACIIMAN LUMBER CO.,
Portland, Ark.
TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
Two thousand acres Pennsylvania hard-
wood. Railroad now being graded through
property. Low freight rates Pittsburg, Buf-
falo and Baltimore markets. Can show prop-
erty anv time. Address,
"TIMBER," care Hardwood Record.
UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY.
For investment or manufacturing. About
3,8.S6 acres, hardwood timber and lands ; large,
tall-bodied Oak, Hickory, White Ash, Sweet
Gum, Cypress and other varieties, estimated
fifty to iifty-flve million feet ; very rich bottom
lands : one and one-half miles to nearest 7ail-
way station ; eighty-five miles by rail or water
to Norfolk, Va., and fronting eight miles on
Roanoke river, in western part of Bertie
County, N. C. One can leave Washington or
Baltimore in the evening and be on the prop-
erty the following forenoon. No agents, .id-
dress BOX 488, care Hardwood Record.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
FOR SALE.
Lumber yard northern Indiana. Town 1,000.
Good farming country, thickly settled. A well
paying business, no opposition. A clean, big
stock. Do not apply unless you have the money
and mean business. Address
II. 731, care Hardwood Record.
SAW MILL AND TIMBER FOR SALE.
Saw Mill. Eight months' use. 20,000 ca-
pacity. On Frisi-o Railroad, at Frisbie, Mo.,
near Kennett, Mo. Millions of feet of good
Oak, Cypress, Hickory and Gum. Price and
terms reasonable. Best timber on the market
in this country. Do not write unless you have
money and mean business. A splendid bargain
for a lumber broker.
R. H. JONES, Kennett, Mo.
HARDWOOD TIMBEK.
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Belt Route. Tracts ranging from
five hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum, Cypress, some Ash,
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at vei-y reasonable figures now — In
some cases at less than $1 per thousand stump-
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop-
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash bonus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for you.
E. W. LA BEAUME, G. P. & T. A.,
COTTON BELT, St. Louis. Mo.
MISCELLANEOUS
FACTS FROM PRACTICAL MEN.
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the hardwood industry. It wants practical
statements of fact from practical men who
know how certain things can be done In the
best way. Literary quality not essential. Lib-
eral pay for acceptable articles. Address
Editor Hardwood Record.
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NOSTHEBJT HABDWOODS.
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.... 9
Arpin Hardwood Lumber Co 4S
Babcock Lumber Company 9
Barnaby. C. H 8
Beyer, Knox & Co 55
Bliss & Van Auken 10
Boyle. Clarence. Lumber Co.... 54
Boyne City Lumber Co 51
Briggs & Cooper Co 4
Browulee & Company 50
Buffalo Hardwood Lumlier Co. . . . 55
Cadillac Handle Company 3
Cheat Eiver Lumber Co 9
Cherry Eiver Boom & Lbr. Co... 1
ChiTvis. W. R 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 53
Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3
Crosby & Beckley Co., The
Crosby, C. V 48
Cummer, Diggins & Co 3
Darling, Chas 54
David, A. H., Lumber Co 41
Davis, John R., Lumber Co 48
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Co.... S
D_ennis Bros 51
Dennis i^: Smith Lumber Co 50
Dixon & Dewey
Duhlmeier Bros 52
Elias. G.. & Bro 55
Empire Lumber Co., Buffalo.... 55
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.... 54
Fall, E. H
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co 9
Freiberg Lumber Co 53
General Lumber Company 52
Goldie. J. S ". 51
Haak Lumber Company 51
Hackley-PhelpsBunnell Co 51
Hayden & Lombard ... 54
Heath-Witbeck Company 54
Holloway Lumber Co 7
Ingram Lumber Company
Jenks, Robert IL, Lumber Co. ... 4il
Jones HardA'ood Company 7
Keith Lumber (.'ompany 54
Kelley I^umber & Shingle Co 50
King & Bartlcs Lumber Co 49
Kitzinger, Gus 41
Leavitt Lumber Company 10
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co. . . . 54
Liuehan Lumber Company 9
Litcbfleld. William B 7
Long-Knight Lumber Company.. 8
McClure Lumber Company. .."... 50
Mcllvain. J. (iibson. & Co'. 7
McLean. Hugh, Lumber Co 55
MacBride, Thos.. Lumber Co ... . 51
Maley. Thompson & Moffett Co . . 53
Maley & Wertz 8
Martin-Karriss Company 40
Michigan Maple Company 10
Miller. Anthony 35
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Mowbray & Robinsou 53
Murphy & Diggins 3
Nicola Bros. Company, The 0
No. Vernon Pump & Lbr. Co ... . S
Norman Lumber Company 2
Xorlh Shore Lumber Company... 51
North Western Lumber Co 48
Page & Landeck Lumber Co.... 48
Perrine-Armstrong Company 8
Peters. K. G., Salt & Lbr. Co. . . . 51
Price. E. E
Radina, L. W., & Co 53
Rumbarger Lumber Company ....
Schofield Bros 7
Simmons Lumber Company 51
Soble Bros
Southern Oak Lumber Co 6
Standard Hardwood l^br. Co.... 55
Stephenson, The I., Company... 10
Stewart, I. N., & Bro 55
Stimson, J. V 8
Sullivan, T., & Co 35
Tegge Lumber Company
Turner, A. M., Lumber Co 9
Upham & Agler G
Van Keulen & Wilkinson Lumber
Company 51
Vollmar & Below 48
Wagstaff, W. J
Ward Lumber Company 54
Wentworth. Chas. S.. & Co 7
White, W. H., Company 50
Whitmer, Wm., & Sons. Inc 7
Wibofg & Hanna Company 53
Wiggin, H. D 7
Willson Bros. Lumber Company.. 9
Wistar, Underbill & Co 7
Yeager, Orson E 55
Young & Cutsinger 8
Young, W. D., & Co 10
SOUTHEBN HABDWOODS.
Advance Lunil>er Comminy 49
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.... 9
Atlantic Lumber Company 1
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Co 4
Beck, E. E.. Lumber Company.. 53
Bever. Knox & Co 55
Bennett & Witte 53
Black. F. W.. Lumber Co 54
Bliss-Cook Oak Co 41
Boyle, Clarence, lAimher Co.... 54
Briggs & Cooper Co .4
Brown, W. P., &, Sons Lbr. Co. . . 2
Euifalo Hardwood Lumber Co. . . . 55
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Co 10
Cherry River Boom & Lbr. Co.. 1
Chicago Veneer Company 40
Chivvis, W. R 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 53
Crandall & Brown 54
Crane. C, & Co 53
Crittenden Lumber Co 4
Crosby & Beckley Co., The
Cypress Lumber Company 52
Darling. Chas 54
Davis. Edw. L.. & Co 2
Davidson-Benedict Company 1
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Co.... 8
Dennis & Smith Lumber Co. . . . 50
Dierks Lumber & Coal Co 10
Dixon & Dewey • . ■
Duhlmeier Bros '. . . . 52
Dulweber, John. & Co 33
Elias. G.. & Bro 55
Empire Lumber Co., Buffalo.... 55
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. . . . 54
Fall. E. H
l-"arrin-Korn Lumber Company... 52
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co..'.... 9
Freiberg Lumber Company 53
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.... 5
nacklev-l'helos-Ttonnell Co 51
Hafner Mfg. Co 5
Heath-Witlieck Company 54
Himmelberger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Jenks, Robert H.. Lumber Co.... 40
Jones Hardwood Company 7
Kentucky Lumber Company 52
Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co.. 2
King & Bartles Lumber Co 40
Keith Lumber Company 54
Leavitt Lumber Company 10
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co. . . .
Liuehan Lumber Company
Litchheld, Wm. E
Loomis & Hart Mfg. Co
Long-Knight Lumber Company . . .
Luehrmann. Chas. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company
McClure Lumber Company
ilcHvain, J. Gibson, & Co
McLean. Hugh, Lumber Co
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Co. .
Martin-Barriss Company
Miller. Anthony
National Lumber Mfg. Co
Nicola Bros. Company
Norman Lumber Company
Ozark Cooperage Co
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co
Page & Landeck Lumber Co
Price, B. E
Radina, L. W., & Co
Ransom. J. B., & Co
Ritter, W. M., Lumber Co
Roy Lumber Compan.v
Rumbarger latmber Company...
Schofield Bros
Smith. W. E.. Lumber Co
Southern Oak Lumber Co
Standard Hardwood Lbr. Co. . . .
Steele & Hibbard
Stewart. I. N., & Bro
Stevens-Eaton Company
Stimson. J. V
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co. . . .
Stotz Lumber Company, Inc. . . .
Sullivan. T., & Co
Swann-Day Lumber Company...
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co. . . .
Three States Lumber Company..
Turner, A. M.v Lumber Co
Cnham & Ag'er
Ward Lumber Company
Wentworth. Chas. S., & Co
Whitmer, Wm.. & Sons. Inc
Wiborg & Hanna Company
Wiggin. H. D
Willson Bros. Lumber Company . .
Yeager, Orson E
FOFIiAB.
Advance Lumber Company....
Atlantic Lumber Company. . . .
Bennett & Witte
Brown. W. P.. & Sons Lbr. Co
Cheat River Lumber Company.
Chicago Veneer Company. . . . . .
Crane. C & Co
Davis. Edw. L.. & Co :..
Davidson-Bened'ct Company...
Dawkins. W. IL. Lumber Co.
Hayden & Lombard
Kentucky Lumber Company..
Kentuckv Lbr. & Veneer Co.".
loomis & Hart Mfg. Co
National Lumber Mfg. Co....
Ritter. W. M.. Lumber Co....
Roy Lumber Company
Stevens-Eaton Company
Swann-Dny Lumber Compan.v.
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co..
\'nusaut. Kit( ben & Co
Yellow Pojilar Lumber Co...-
COTTOirWOOD AITD GITK
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Co
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company.
Himmelberger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Luehrmann, C. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company 5
Ozark Cooperage Co 5
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co 4
Smith, W. E., Lumber Co 4
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co... 5
Stotz Lvimber Company. Inc 2
Three States Lumber Co 4
CYPBESS.
Crandall & Brown 54
Cyr'ress Lumber Company 52
Hafner Mfg. Co '. 5
Lothman Cypress Co 5
Thompson, J. W., Lumber Co.... 4
HABDWOOD FIiOOBIN-Q.
Bliss-C"ok Ciak Companv 41
Bliss & Van Auken 10
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Co 10
Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3
Cummer. Diggins & Co S
Haak Lumber Company 51
Mitchell Bros. Company .3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring
Company 4
I'ease < 'ompany, The 52
Stephenson, The I., Company... 10
Wood Mosaic Flooring Co 2
Young, W. D., & Co 10
SA'W mill. MAOHINEBY.
Mershon Company. The
Phoenix Mfg. Company 4S
'WOOD WOBKING MACHINEBT
American Wood Working Ma-
chinery Company 43
Berlin Machine Works. The. . . .
Defiance Machine Works 42
Ober Mfg. Company. The 4S)
Smith. II. B., JIachine Company
VENEEB UAGHINEBT.
Coe Maiiufii'M iii-iim < '(.nifiaiiy . . . . 47
I.OGGING MACKINEBY.
Clyde Irou -Works 42
Overpack. S. C 50
Russell Wheel & Foundry Co.... 46
I.UMBEB INSUBANCE.
Lumber Insurance Company of
New York
Lumber .Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. Boston X
Lumber Underwriters 1
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company.
Rankin, Harry & Co 3S
Toledo Fire & Marine Ins. Co...
<:aws, knives and sufpijIes
.\lkins. E. (.'.. ,.\: Cu 45
Hancbett Swage Works 50-
Champion Saw Company ... .42 & 45
Shimer. S. J., ^: Son*: 45
1UISCEI.I.ANEOUS.
Barroll, U. C, & Co 10
Lacey, J. D.. & Co 44
Lumbermen's Credit Assn
Pease Company, The 52
Schenck. C. A.. & Co 48
CHICAGO VENEER COMPANY
(incorporated)
MANUFACTURERS OF
Veneer and Lumber
YELLOW POPLAR A SPECIALTY
General Office,
Veneer Mills :
BURNSIDE,
KENTUCKY.
Lumber Mills :
TATEVILLE,
KENTUCKY.
HARDWOOD RECORD
41
We make a Specialty of
Sound Wormy Chestnut.
If in the market to buy or sell, writt.- us.
A. H. DAVID LUMBER COMPANY,
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
MANUFACTURERS
Contemplating establishing plants
In the We*t should take advantage
of a location on
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
which reaches the famous
WATER POWERS,
COAL FIELDS,
IRON ORE RANGES,
HARD AND SOFT
LUMBER DISTRICTS,
MINING DISTRICTS
of the West and Northwest, and
affords the best means of transpor-
tation to the market* ol the world.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO
MARVIN HUGHITT, Jr., E. D. BRIGHAM.
Freight Traffic Manager, Gen' I Freight Agent,
GEO. BONNELL,
/ ndu atria I Agent,
NW513 CHICAGO.
WOOD WORKING
PLANTS
Manufacturers seeking lo-
cations for Saw Mills,
Stave and Heading Fac-
tories and other Wood
Working Plants in the
Central Southern States,
can secure full and accu-
rate information as to S ites,
Timber Tracts. Fuel,
Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressing
G. A. PARK.
General Immigration and Industrial Agent
Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company
Louisville, Kentucky
GUS. KITZINGER
Michigan Hardwoods
By Car or Cargo. Manistee, Mich.
Locations for
Industries
THE ERIE, THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Krie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise vcith man-
ufacturers of specific products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable information, so as
Id prfiinote permanent traffic, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Railroad Company
21 Cortlandt Street, New York
INDUSTRIES
ARE
OFFERED
LOCATIONS
WITH
Satisfaclory Inducements,
Favorable Freight Rates,
Good Labor G.nditions,
Healthful Commiinlties,
ON THE LINES OF
/HE ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.
AND THE
YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY R. R.
For full Information and descriptive pamphlet
address
J. C. CLAIR.
Industrial Commissioner,
I Park Row, Chicago, ill.
BLISS=COOK OAK
COMPANY
BLISSVILLE.
ARK.
M A N U I- .\ C T U R E R S
Hardwood
Lumber
and —^
Flooring
Wc manufacture 15,000,000 feet of Oak
Lumber per year for export and domestic mar-
kets, from ?g to 4 inches thick.
Also Quartered and Plain Polished Oak Floor-
ing, kiln dried, end matched, hollow back
Mills and Flooring Plants at
SHULTS AND BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS
WALNUT.
OAK,
ASH,
POPLAR.
HARDWOOD
TIMBER
There is no section with so fine and
large a supply of hardwood timbers
of various kinds left for the lumber-
men as that portion of the South in
Alabama, Georgjia, Kentucky. Missis-
sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina.
Tennessee and Virginia ser\-ed by the
lines of the
Southern Railway
and
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
There are oak, poplar, hickory, gum,
cypress, ash, elm, buckeye, balsam,
spruce, chestnut, and other varieties.
There are also available pine lands.
These timber resources and many
other important features bearing on
the cost of manufacture and market-
ing give special advantages and oppor-
tutiities for EVERY KIND of WOOD
USING INDUSTRY. We have infor-
mation about the best locations in the
country at towns in these States and
in Southern Indiana and Southern
Illinois, which will be given if request-
ed. All correspondence in regard to
timber lands or factory locations will
be given prompt and confidential at-
tention. Address your nearest agent.
M. V. RICHARDS.
Land and Industrial Agent,
Washington, D. C.
CHAS. S. CHASE. Agent,
622 Chemical Building.
St. Louis, Mo.
M. A. HAYS. Agent.
225 Dearborn Street,
Chicago, 111
42
HARDWOOD RECORD
"DEFIANCE" WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
HIGH GRADE TOOLS
^ FOR MAKING ^
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops,
Wagons, Carriages,
Rims, Shafts, Poles,
Neck-Yokes,
Handles, Bobbins, Spools,
Insulator Pins and
Oval Wood Dishes.
No. I AUTOMATIC HUB LATDE.
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
— Send for 500 Page Catalogue
32 IN. AUTOMATIC SPOKE LATHE.
-*-!<■ \ I V F S -
Evenness
of temper^ correct fi
nish^
two points 1
in the mc
iking of good knives
that
we observe 1
to your
economy. All the
knives you use. 1
CHAMPION SAW
COMPANY, 1
BEAVER FALLS,
PA.
C-64.
HARDWOOD RECORD
43
STOP AND CONSIDER THE SAVING TO YOU BY USING OUR
AMERICAN No. 1 BAND RIP SAW
If you want
facts, write us.
Are you in
need of
Machinery ?
Tell us your
wants.
Get our
Catalogue and
Sander
Pamphlet.
American Wood=Working Machinery Co.
NEW ORLEANS
CHICAGO
NEW YORK
44 ' HARDWOOD RECORD
Timber Lands
OUR SPECIALTY
We have several
Yellow Pine Tracts
in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi
for sale. Our ow^n estimates on
every tract. We guarantee
our representations.
JAIMES D. LACEY (Si, CO.
608 Hennen Building, NEW ORLEANS, i 200 Old Colony Building, CHICAGO.
507 Lumber Exchange, SEATTLE, WASH.
HARDWOOD RECORD
45
"^EJ
The Shimer Cutter Heads
Pay You Big Profits,
Saving Your WorKmen's Time.
The man who is well up in the mill business understands
the important place good tools hold in economizing time.
Whatever reduces his time improves his system and enables
him to become more useful and proficient in mill manage-
ment. In actual practice a Straight Cutter, which is the
cheapest of all in its first cost, proves a most expensive
shift-about in the doing of things. It requires careful fitting
and re-fitting to pattern at each sharpening, and haste in
this item is often responsible for the ill-shaped work found
upon the tJltirket in many localities.
Samuel J. Shimer 4 Sons, Milton, Penna.
AVJKs
THE SAWS OF QUALITY
'Material, Temper, Workmanship
PERFECT
THE SAWS FOR YOU
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS
E.C.Atl(in8&Co.,
ATLANTA,
CHICAGO,
MEMPHIS.
(Incorporated)
HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY,
INDIANAPOLIS, U. S. A.
BRANCHES:
MINNEAPOLIS,
NEW ORLEANS,
MEW YORK CITY.
TORONTO. CANADA
PORTLAND.
SAN FRANCISCO.
SEATTLE.
46
HARDWOOD RECORD
RUSSEL TRIP STAKE HOLDER
#
C You've all had your troubles with make-shift devices, with wrecks,
with injuring or killing men, with cost and cussing.
C We offer a practical, strong and simple device that will hold logs
firmly on bunk while they are being handled, and which will allow
loads to be quickly and easily unloaded without danger to men.
C One man can quickly set up holders and stakes for a train. Stakes
can only be tripped from side opposite that on which logs are dumped.
C When loading logs, or after cars are loaded, stakes arc positively
locked. Can be applied to any style of car, wagon or sled that has
wood bunks.
C The picture tells the story. Equip one car and you'll order a full
complement.
C Our stake holders are like all our logging machinery and cars — backed
by our guaranty of the best on the market.
C Let us tell you more about them. Write us.
RUSSEL WHEEL AND FOUNDRY CO.,
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, U. S. A.
HARDWOOD RECORD
47
A PAGE OF THE FAMOUS COE VENEER MACHINERY
Coe Veneer Saw
Style H Veneer Cutter
Coe Stamper
Bhese machines and many others are fully described in our 1906 Cataloe No. 5. Write for a copy tO'day.
THE COE MFG. CO. '"^^^l^r^^ PAINESVILLE, OHIO
48
HARDWOOD RECORD
'^ A ,^ I C i"^ i"^ IX T C* I IV T
W Ic^OOrN^lfN
WHERE THE FINEST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW
C, P, CROSBY
RHINELANDER : : : : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from 1 inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak, : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
North Western Lumber Co*
General OrFicEs: EAU CLAIRE, WIS. Mills at STANLEY, WIS.
BAND SAWED
Wisconsin Hardwoods
CAREFUL GRADINGS PROMPT SHIPMENTS
SPECIALTIES:
Inch No. 2 Common Birch Inch No. 3 Common Birch
MIXED CARS - EVEN GRADES - PROMPT SHIPMENT
Wisconsin Hardwoods
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
1" No. 1 Common and Better Birch (Red in)
1" No. 1 Common and Better Basswood
1" No. 1 Common and Better Hard Maple
Also Elm, Pine. Cedar Products,
and "SHAKELESS" Hemlock.
John R. Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS,
WISCONSIN
VOLLMAR & BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood, Birch
and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, - - - WISCONSIN
Saw and Planing Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis., on Soo Lines.
• Manufacturers
Wisconsin Hardwoods
PINE AND HEMLOCK
WRITE US FOR PRICES ON
I, VA, VA AND 2 INCH PLAIN AND RED BIRCH. Ui INCH RED BIRCH.
1 INCH NO. 1 AND NO. 2 BASSWOOD. RED BIRCH FLOORING.
NORTHERN STOCK
Hemlock
Birch
Bassw^ood
Rock Elm
Soft Elm
Ash
Oak
SOUTHERN STOCK
Quartered White and Red
Oak
Plain White and Red Oak
Syca more
Poplar
Cypresi
Gum
PAGE & LANDECK LUMBER CO.
Wells Building
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Lumbermen, Attention!
If you own any timber or timber lands.
If you are contemplating buying or selling any timber or
timber lands.
If you want your stunipage accurately estimated.
If you want an exact survey or map of your property.
If you want advice in any logging or lumbering proposition.
Write to us and find out what we can do for you.
We send thoroughly reliable and practical engineers to all
parts of the country, and guarantee quick and accurate work.
C. A. Schenck 4 Co.
DAVIDSON'S RIVER.
NORTH CAROLINA
Consulting Forest Engineers
Ten per cent
More Profit
The profits of a saw mill
can readily be increased ten
per cent by using a band mill
instead of a rotary. The
price of this mill with six
foot wheels for saws eipbt
inches wide isre^idily within
the reach of all. It cuts
smooth and perfect lumber
and has a capacity of 25,000
feet to 35.000 feet per day. It
runs with less expenditure of
power than a rotary and puts
only half as much of the log
into saw dust as does the
circular saw.
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
HARDWOOD RECORD 49
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OLLJrV L^LAINLJ
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTtR OF NORTHERN OHIO
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
Ihe Advance Lumber Co.
Roctefen'er Bldg. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Memphis Office. No. 56 Randolph Building.
J. E. MKADOWS, Mgr.
THE
ROBERT HJENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE
60 M feel 1" Isl and 2ds Poplar
223 M feel I" No, I Common Poplar
125 M feel I" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 M feel 2" Isl and 2od Poplar, 14" and up
t25 M feel 8 4 ' Sound Wormy Cheslnul
275 M feel 1" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
153 M feel 1 ' Ul and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M feel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M feel 1" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red OaK. — We have a good assort-
ment of drj- stock, Js to + inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red Oak.
stock, ready for shipment.
-A limited amount of nice
The King & Bartles Lumber Company
We have in pile at our Cleveland yard the following;
2,000' 16 4" No. 1 Common and Bel-
ter Birch, uuselected.
T.ri'Jii' 1:.' I" No. 1 Common and Bet-
ter Birch, unselected.
4.12,^' 10 4" No. 1 Common and Bet-
ter Hirch, unselected.
15,051' 8. '4" 1st and 2nd3 Red Birch.
18,200' 8 4" Ists and 3nds Plain Bircli.
11,558' 6,4" Ists and 2nd3 Red Birch
18,464' 5 4" Ists and 2iids Red Birch.
40,950' 4/4" Ists and seconds Bass-
wood, 7" and wider, 14 and 16'.
48,250' 4 4" No. 1 Common Basswood,
T" and wider, largely 14 and 16'.
Yard and Office: No. 19B5-2025 Seranton Road, N. W.,
CLEVELAND
OHIO
MARTIN-BARRISS
COMPANY
Importers and Manufacturers
MAHOGANY
AND FINF
HARDWOODS
This cut shows the No. 1 OBER LATHE for turning Axe,
.\clze, Pick, Sledge, Hammer and fiatchet Handles, Spokes,
Whiffletrees, Gun Stocks, Lasts and other irregular work.
Simple, Strong, Durable, Economical
We also manufacture other lathes for making handles, spokes
and variety work, sanders, shapers, boring and chucking
machines, rip saws, etc, etc. Complete cata-
logue and price list free.
THE OBE,R MFG. CO.
28 Bell St.. Cfiaerin Falls. O., U. S. A.
HARDWOOD RECORD
APRIL STOCK LIST
MAPLE
BIRCH
BASS'WOOD i
1 in. 2,000,000 ft.
1 in. 500,000 ft.
1 in. 300,000 ft.
114 " 100,000 "
iK " 400,000 "
Hi, " 100,000 "
114 " 30,000 "
iG " 50,000 "
2 " 100,000 "
2 " 1,000,000 "
254 " 50,000 "
2 " 76,000 "
214 " 200,000 "
2% " 500,000 "
3 <• 75,000 "
3 " 4,000 "
ROCK ELM
.3 " 500,000 "
4 " 400,000 "
2 in. 25,000 ft.
2'4, " 50.000' "
GRAY ELM
1 in. .•iOO,000 ft
WHITE MAPLt
154 •< 200,000 "
114 " 250,000 "
iK " 400,000 "
End Piled
3 " 200,000 "
1 in. 100,000 ft.
ASH
2 " 100,000 •'
154 '• 20,000 "
2(4 " 200,000 "
2 " 50,000 "
1 in. 500.000 ft.
KELLEY LIBER & StIliLE CO., Traverse City, Mich.
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES.
DETROIT, MICH.
MILLS AT- Healers. W. Va. Valley Bend, W. Va. Diaoa. W Va. ParkersburC
W. Va. McNull Siding, W. Va
THE THICK MAPLE FOLKS'
B
ROWNLEE
DETROIT
&c
OMPANY
MICHIGAN
M.^NUFACTTRERS OF
Michigan Hardwoods
DOCKS AND PLANING MILL, RIVER ROUGE, SOUTH DETROIT
CITY OFFICE, 303 TELEGRAPH BLDG.
HcCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main Olfices, DETROIT. MICH.
Mills, EUTAW, ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
:i cars 3 and 4" Nos. 1 & 2 White Ash. 1 car 2" Nos. 1 &. 2 Red Ash.
t cars 4" Common White Ash. 2 cars 1 to 2" Nos. 1 & 2 White Ash.
1 car 2" Nos. 1 & 2 White Ash. 10 cars 2 to 4" Dry Hard Maple.
5 cars 1" Dry Log Run Birch.
SWAGE YOUR SAWS
WITH THE
Hanchell Circular Saw Swage
Hanchett Adjustable Swa^e
Made for either Band or Circular Saws.
Every Swage thoroughly tested and
fully guaranteed. For full information
write for Catalog No. 10.
M:inufactured by
Hanchett Swage
Works
BIG RAPIDS. MICH.. U.S.A.
Michigan Logging Wheels
standard
for a
Quarter
Century
Cheap and easy logging. C f OVFPPAfK
Write for circular &prices.''' ^' vtl-i\rnvn
MANISTEE,
MICH.
W. H. WHITE. Pres.
JAS. A. WHITE. Vice-Pres.
W. L. MARTIN. Secy.
THOS. WHITE, Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocK Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White RocK Maple Flooring.
HARDIWOOD RECORD
51
1<i. /t
I
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C H I
FOR RED BIRCH
G
AND
A
BASS
1N.T
JVl
FN
F A M 0 I
WOOD
OUR MAPLE FLOORING
is as near perfection, in every particular, as it is
possible to make it, for we personally supervise
ever)- step in its manufacture, from the stump to
the shipping of the finished product. Our prices
will interest and a trial convince you. :
HAAK LUMBER COMPANY
HAAKWOOD, MICHIGAN
HackleyPhelpsBonnell Co,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Maio Office. Michigan Trust Company Building
GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN
DENINIS BROS.
GRAND RAPIDS. : : : MICHIGAN
MANT'FACTURHRS OF
Hardwood Lumber, Perfect
Birch and Maple Flooring
DRY STOCK AT BARGAIN PRICES :
2 cars 8 A Basswood, No. 1 Common and Better.
3 cars 5 4 Basswood, No. 2 Common and Better.
15 cars 4 4 Birch. No. 1 and 2 Common.
1 car 1x4 Clear Birch Strips.
2 cars 4 4 No. 3 Common Cherry.
60M feet 12 4 Hard Maple.
245M feet 8 4 Hard Maple.
40M feet 8, 4 Hard Maple. No. 3 Common.
Main Office :
205-209 Michigan
Trust
Company
Building
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HARDWOODS
IX MICHIGAN
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
BIRCH
This is our specialty. We are in the heart of the best Birch
section. H^ve cfood stock. Common and better,
4-4, S-4, tJ-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, and 16-4.
Let us figure with you.
Simmons Lumber Company
SIMMONS, MICHIGAN
We have the following dry stock piled on our
docks which we offer for Spring delivery:
160 M 4-4 Birch
55 M 8-4 Birch
158 N 4-4 Beech
75 M 4.4 Grey Elm
55 M 8-4 Grey Elm
95 M 5-4 Basswood
250 M 5-4 Maple
Write for particulars
The North Shore Lumber Co.
Thompson, Michigan
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
. FOR SALE BY ===^^=^
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE. MICHIGAN
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
MiinufactiiriTS ami Wholesalers of —
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Complete Stocks of Michigan Hardwoods — Maple, Beech, Birch, Elm,
Ash and Basswood for sale.
Grand Rapids, : : : Michigan
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGE CAl'ACITY
PROMPT SHIPMKNTS RAIL OR CARGO
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac,
Michig&n.
SPECIAL PRICES on 5 in. Maple .Squares.
Maple and Basswood Lumber.
1 in. and 3 in. Northern Michigan Soft Elm.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED ON ALL HAHDWOODS.
52 ' HARDWOOD RECORD
r^ T VT r^ T VT "VT A IT T
^IINI^IIN IN/\ i 1
THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
WANTED
Oak
Walnut
Gum
Cottonwood
Poplar
White Pine
Hemlock
Yellow Pine
Will inspect at shipping point
when quantity justifies and
pay cash. Can use entire mill
cuts. Write us before selling
elsewhere. We can also handle
mixed cars of dressed stock.
Send us your list with prices.
Kentucky Lumber Co.
Suite TjOM First National Rank BIdg
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Formerly of Burnside, Ky.
LOCATIONS FOR
NEW INDUSTRIES
can be secured on the lines of the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4
St. Paul Railway
in the great middle west. It reaches the Copper Country and the
pine and hardwood areas of Northern Michigan, the lead, zinc and
iron regions of Wisconsin, the coal fields of Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri.
Traverses the great agricultural and manufacturing states of
Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Operates 7,000 miles of
thoroughly equipped railroad.
Correspondence Is solicited with eastern manufacturers whn d* -
pire to move their factories to. or establish branches in the West.
Co-operation with Business Men's Associations on the lines of this
railway in ail matters affecting mutual interests is assurea,
Inquiries should be as definite as possible
Addtess
Industrial Department
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul Railway,
Room 1327, Railway Exchange
Chicago
"BUY GUM"
We are in the market to buy
Dry Gum Lumber in any
quantity, from a single ear
load to a million feet. Will
take ail grades and thick-
nesses. We receive lumber
at .shipping poiut, pay cash
!>n(i are liberal in inspection.
THE FAWRIN-KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General OHice. Yards.
I'lanlng Mills, Dry Kilns,
Cincinnati. Ohio
Purchasing Office,
Randolph Building.
Memphis. Tenn.
Cypress Red Gum
Oak
PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD
Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
Plain and Qnaitertil White ami Red Oak Yellow Puplar
N'ellow Pine. W'alnnt, etc. Mill.-^ in Tenn, Ala. and \'a
OFFICE AND YARDS. OEST AND DALTON AVE.. CINCINNATI, OHIO.
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Hemlock, yellow Pine.
COLUMBUS a OHIO
The only trade paper reaching all classes
of hardwood consumers
HARDWOOD RECORD
355 Dearborn St., Chicago
1
FRAMES.
SASH. DOORS.
4^^\
PAINTS.
BUILDERS' HARDWARE,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
."jBBiHM- j
MANTELS, ETC.
COLUMNS, GLASS,
\ Upm||GmV
LARGE CINCINNATI FAC-
STAIRWORK.
1 INTERIOR TRIM.
N^N»»>^
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
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53
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J'^^ ¥ TX. T 4^"^ ¥ IX. T TXT A ''¥"* ¥
wirNOirNrNA i i
THE. GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
THE
MALEY. THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always in the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS,
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS,
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI,
OHIO
WHAT HAVK YOU FOR SAI,E; IN
Red and White OAK Qtd. and Plain
ALSO POPLAR. CHESTNUT, WAI, NUT. ETC.
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash Buyers
Poplar, Oak, Chestnut
And Other rioutlieru Hardwoods
ALIv GRADES AND THICKNESSES. WE BUY MILL CUTS.
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI. OHIO
PLAIN
AND
QUARTER
bAWED
White and Red Oak
•CHESTNUT !
; POPLAR !
! GUM AND !
! CYPRESS 5
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Office:
1219 West Sixtli Street
Yards:
Sixth Street, below Harriet
Sfes' -
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
Maniif.ictureri if
Tabasco Mahogany
Walnut, OaK
Poplar. McLean and Findlay Avi.
CI.^^CINNATI. O,
C, Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
,,, „ . 2,000.000 feet Dry OaK
W. Va. spruce. 2,000.000 feet Dry Poplar
Pine and Elm i Mostly heavy slock. Quotations Solicited.
Poplar, Oak, |
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore,
MILLS AND TARIIS
CII(CWN.1TI, 0,
YEARLY CAPACITY
1*0,000,000 FT,
LOKG BILL STUFF
A SPECIALTY
BENNETT 6 WITTE,
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
THAT ARE SOLD
ON NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION
INSPECTION ONLY.
Plain and Quartered .
.1 White and Red Oak
\ R.ed and Sap Gum
Cottonwood. Ash. Cypress. Poplar. Soft Mai)le, Tnpelo
Gum and Chestnut. ■.- We cut Gum and Oak in Thick-
nesses of J4 to 4 inches. EXPORT AND DOMESTIC.
224 W. 4th Street,
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Branch: 1301-2 Tenn. Trust, Memphis, Tenn.
L. W. RADINA & COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Uuyers and Sellers of All Kinds of
Wanted for cash— desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades,
Especially IJ^-inch stock, for immediate shipment.
-CLARK STREET AND DaLTON AVENUE- =
Cash 1 ) u \* f r s f f) r stock in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
(,l-,Sr AND STMMliR STRK;ETS
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers
Finely tlgtiifd •iimrtei' Mtwf il oak veneei> u specinity.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
CHICAGO
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
w
E solicit your inquiries and would be pleased to quote you
on the following stock, which is in our Chicago yards:
1,000,000 ft 1 to 1 In Louisiana Red Cy-
press.
300,0(10 1 to 2 In Plain Oak.
40.000 ft 3 In Quartered Sawed White
Oak.
80,0ai ft IV, and 2 In Birch.
30,000 ft 1 In Common Red Birch.
5,0015 ft 3 In Ist and 2nd Maple.
20,tKXl fl 2 In l8t and 2nd Maple.
40,0tK) ft IH In Yellow Pine Finish.
20,000 ft 2 in Yellow Pine Finish.
50,000 ft 1 in Yellow Pine Finish.
20,000 fl 2x18 in and wider Yellow
Poplar,
Also a good assortment of Yellow Pine Flooring. Ceiling, Maple Steps, Poplar
Squares, 4x4 Inch Spruce Squares, etc.
CRANDALL & BROWN
Yards and Office, 3300 Center Avenue, CHICAGO
NATIONAL LUMBER MFG. CO.
1019 Ashland Bloct
Manufacturers of Southern Hardwoods, Oak,
Poplar, Hickory, Ash, Cottonwood, Gum, etc.
Band Mills:
Sraithfield, W. Va., Jackson, Ala.
Circular Mills:
Kentucky. Tennessee
I am in
the market
to buv
Hardwood Lumber
Can handle the cut of one or two good mills
on a cash basis. Send me your stock list.
Charles Darling
ROOM 1001, MERCHANTS'
LC-iN AND TRUST BUII,DING
Hayden & Lombard
WANTED-GKEEN OR DRY. FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT:
50 M feet Ji^xlO" and wider Vi to 16' Is and 2s Poplar.
50 M feet 3^x 8" and wide: 10 to W Com. and Bet. Birch.
50 M feet fss 6" and wider No. 1 Common and Bet. Ash.
Will pay good price lor Car Oak material.
Specifications furnished on application.
qii Railway Exchange
CHICAGO
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.
203 FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO
We are in the market for
Wagon Stock
REACHES, BOLSTERS, TONGUES. AXLES. ETC., AND
Hardwood Lumber
I'ARTICCLARLV WANT WHITE ASH
AND HICKORY
TEI-I, US WHAT YOV HAVE
TO OFFER
The Keith Lumber Company
HARDWOOD, POPLAR & SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER,
MAHOGANY,
REDWOOD,
RED CEDAR,
CYPRESS,
CHESTNUT,
SPRUCE,
MAPLE FLOORINC, OAK TIMBERS & WAGON STOCK.
Office and Yards: Fourteenth and Wood Streets.
THE WARD LIMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE B U 1 1, D I N G :: CHICAGO
CLARENCE BOYLE LUMBER CO.
Wholesale
Dealers in
Hardwoods
319 WEST TWENTY-SECOND STREET
Yellow Pine
and Cypress
CHICAGO
Heath-Witbeck Company
Hardwood Lumber
We have for quick shipment 170,000
feet DRY BIRCH. First and Seconds
and Common 2, 2%, 3 and 4 inch.
Main Office and Yards: Loomis and 22nd Streets,
CHICAGO
FREOW. Black, President HORACE W. BLACK, Secretary
FRED W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOOD LUMBER
305 Old Colony Building
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co.
1649-50 MARQUETTE BUILDING
Are now ofiFering bone dry BIRCH, ROCK ELM. BL.-^CK ASH, etc., Wis-
consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QU.\RTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc.,
from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers.
HARDWOOD RECORD
BUFFAUO
THE GRE-AT WHOLESALE LUMBER CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STREKT
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
893 EAGLE STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard, 1555 SENECA STREET Office, 886 ELLICOTT SQDARH
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO,
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
L N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
1075 CLINTON STREET
892 ELK STREET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY
Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
60 ARTHUR STREET
ORSON E. YEAGER
Specialties: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 ELK STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
Office and Yards. 69 LEROY AVENUE
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO,
We want to buy for cash :
Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
518 RANDOLPH BI.DG., MEMPHIS, TENN. 940 SENECA STREET.
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN and QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
n-)2 SENECA STREET.
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
955 TO 1015 ELK STREET
YELLOW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Lath and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stock.
COAL GROVE, OHIO, U. S. A
Specimen of Our Poplar Timber
W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.
MAIN, OFFICE: COLUMBUS, OHIO
YELLOW
POPLAR
White Oak, Basswood, Chestnut,
Ash, White Pine and Hemlock
We Want Your Business
stock all bandsawed, square edged, equalized. Dry Kilns,
Planing Mills, Dressed Stock, Bevel Siding, Drop Siding
1 p
1 ^^i.^''''
3 'i^'-
-^Tt&s-^
^A^..^ V
^s^^^^s
Specimen of Our Oak Timber
Vansant, Kitchen & Co.
Old-Fash ioned
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Kentucky
5/8 AND WIDE STOCK SPECIALTIES
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NEW ASHLAND MII,I,
COPYRIGHT. A. D. 1906. BY;THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
flaMwol RetoM
Eleventh Year. [
Semi-monthly. «
CHICAGO, MAY 10. 1906.
(Subscription <2.S^
) Single Copies, 10 Cents.
CHERRY
C. E. LLOYD, JR.
Manager Sales
RIVER
West Virginia
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
offices : Philadelpbia, Pa.
LUMBER
RED GUM
We produce and market a carload of Gum Lumber
: every 45 minutes during the working day. :
Himmelbcrger-Harrison Lumber Co.
Morehouse, : : Missouri
YOUR FIRST DUTY
TO SECURE GOOD INDEMNITY
PENNSYLVANIA LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
923 DREXEL BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
RUMBARGER LUMBER COMPANY
Ash.
5 cars 1 In., log run.
3 cars IVj iu.. log i-iin.
6 cars 2 In., loi: rim.
2 cars '2\'j in. to 5 in.. Com.
Basswood.
log run.
Beech.
log run.
log nm.
Birch.
2<> cars 1 in., log run.
2 cars 1 lA in., log run.
1 car 2 in., Ing run.
Red Oak.
10 cars 1 In., log run.
30 cars 1 in..
25 cars 1 in.,
2 cars 2 in..
Cherry.
ri0(j.00n ft. 1 in., log run. 4
1 car 1V> In.. Nos. 1 & 2 i<: No. 1 Com. 2
1 ear 2 in., Nas. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com. 10
Clinice old growth stock, good lengths
and line widths. Will soil on grades. 1
Chestnut.
10 cars 1 in., sound wormy. 3
1 car 3 in., sound wormy. r»
3 cars 2 in., log run. ."»
5 cars 1 in.. Nos'. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com. l
2 cars l'^ in.. Nos. 1 & 2 A: No. 1 Com.
Cucumber. fig
7 cars 1 in., log nm.
Maple. 1
211 cars 1 in., log run. 2
111 cars 2 in., log run. 1
Mountain Oak.
cjirs 2 in.. Nos. 1 & 2.
cai's 2 in.. No. 1 Common,
cars 1 in., Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
White Oak.
car 1^1 in., Nos. 1 & 2.
Quartered White Oak.
cars 1 in., Nos. 1 & 2.
cars 1 in., No. 1 Common,
cars 1 in., No. 2 Common,
rar 1 in.. Clear Strips.
This stoclt shows an exceptionally line
ure.
Quartered Red Oak.
car 1 in., Nos. 1 & 2.
ears 1 in.. No. 1 Common,
car 1 in.. No. 2 Common.
Hardwood. No. 3 Common.
\'^ car 1 in., ri>ugh.
3 cars I in., siirfnced 1 side.
4 cars 2 In., either rough or surfaced.
Clear Spruce.
3 cars 1 in., Nos. 1 & 2.
5 cars 2 in., Nos. h & 2.
Poplar.
Have a fair stock of 1 in., i "4 in., l^
iu. &, 2 in.
White Pine,
12,000,000 feet No. 3 Barn & Better.
500.000 feet Box.
1 in., 1J4 111'. 1% in- «■"': 2 in., either
rough or worked.
MAIN OFFICE: 808 HARRISON BUILDING. I5TH AND MARKET STREETS, PHILADELPHIA. PA.
NEW YORK OFFICE: 8018 METROPOLITAN BLDG.. I MADISON AVENUE. PITTSBURG OFFICE: 701 KEYSTONE BUILDING.
ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $300,000.
LUMBER AND WOODWORKING RISKS EXCLUSIVELY.
A new company organized lo further serve Ihe patrons ol (he Lumber Insur-
ance Company of New York, 66 Broadway, New York, and allied organizations.
Home Office: 66 Broadway, NEW YORK
Advertisers' Classified Directory FcUo^va Want and Kor Sale Advertising Section.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
LOUISVILLE
MANUFACTURING AND DISTKIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
DRY LUMBE,R
QFAHTEEED WHITE OAK.
75,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds.
18.000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds.
15,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
19,000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
150,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
30.000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common.
40,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
22.000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
22.000 ft. 4/4 cilU.
QUAETEKED RED OAK.
14,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds.
18.000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds.
Tour Inquiries Would Bo
Approciatod.
,500 ft.
,000 ft.
,00<1 ft.
0(H> ft.
,000 ft.
000 ft.
At
Our
Louisville Yards
;.000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
,OiiO ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
,000 ft, 4/4 No. 1 common.
000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common.
OOiJ ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
,CK)0 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
PLAIN WHITE OAK.
000 ft. '4/4 firsts & seconds.
5/4 firsts & seconds
6/4 firsts & seconds.
8/4 firsts & seconds.
10/4 firsts & seconda
12/4 firsts & seconds.
4/4 No. 1 common.
20,000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common.
30.000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common. 1
50,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common. 3.000
18.500 ft. 10/4 No. 1 common. 7,OuO
12.000 ft. 12/4 No. 1 common. 5.000
PLAIN RED OAK. 3.(M]0
47,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds. 7,000
15.000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds. 4.000
9.000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds. 10.000
27.000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds. 2.IX)0
31,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common. 20,000
24,000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common. 3,000
14.000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
29.0011 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common. 60,000 ft.
ASH.
car 4/4 firsts & seconds,
ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds
6/4 firsts & seconds
8/4 firsts & seconds
10/4 firsts & seconds
12/4 firsts & seconds
16/4 firsts & seconds
4/4 common.
5/4 common.
6/4 common.
8/4 common.
POPLAR.
4/4 firsts & seconds.
42.000 ft.
17.00<J ft.
58.0110 ft.
3.000 ft.
17,000 ft.
6.000 ft.
90.000 ft.
26,000 ft.
18,000 ft.
31,000 ft.
12,01X1 ft.
S.OOO ft.
We ha
Selects and
Prompt
Delivery
5/4 firsts & seconds
6/4 firsts & seconds
8/4 firsts »S: seconds
10/4 firsts & seconds
12/4 firsts & seconds
16/4 firsts & seconds.
4/4 No. 1 common.
1 common.
1 common.
1 common.
1 common.
1 common.
ve all thicknesses in
Saps.
5/4 No.
6/4 No.
8/4 No.
10/4 No.
12/4 No.
ALL THICKNESSES IN CULL POPLAR, ASH, CHESTNUT.
W. p. BROWN & SONS LIMBER CO. ^Tu'«vi"'"Tt""'
The Norman Lumber Co.^ Inc.
Mauufacturers and Wholesalers of '
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Logs and Lumber
Office and Yards : Third Street, H to K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
OFFER FOL
POPLAR.
30,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
50.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
15,000 ft. B/4 Common.
aUARTERED RED OAK.
50,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
50.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK.
50.000 ft. 4/4 Ist & 2d.
10,000 ft. 5/4 1st & 2d.
20,000 ft. 6/4 1st & 2d.
10.000 ft. 8/4 1st & 2d.
50,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
5,000 ft. 5/4 Common.
5.000 ft. 6/4 Common.
20.000 ft. 8/4 Common.
10,000 ft. 2%" Common.
40,000 ft. 3" Common.
1 car Hickory Plank, I'A to 4"—
8' to 16'.
LOWING STOCKS:
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12.000 ft. 4x4"x4x2"— 12', 1—6 mos. dry.
SOO ft. 3 x4 "—12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
400 ft. 314x414"— 12-, 12-18 mos. dry.
300 ft. 3%x414"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
250 (t. 3V.X41!."— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3y,x4%"— 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
ISO ft. 3s4" & Lgr.— 14', 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larger, dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger, dry.
HICKORY AXLES.
1.500—3 s4 "—6', 1—6 mos. dry.
1.500— 314x4%"— 6', 1—6 mos. dry.
2.000 — i x5 "—5.'. 1—6 mos. dry.
1.000 — i%x5%" — 8', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1,0110—5 s6 '—6'. 1—6 mos. dry.
STOTZ
LUMBER
Incorporated
COMPANY
M A
NUFACTURERS :: WHOLESALERS
Oak, Ash, Poplar, Gum, Cottonwood
KELLLAR BUILDING LOUISVILLE., KENTUCKY
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
Illostrated Catalog on Application
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
E. W. Rhubesky
Wholesale
Poplar, Rough and Dressed.
Oak, Chestnut and Other
Hardwoods
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak. Poplar and
Chestnut.
Louisville. Ky.
Albert R. Kampf
Oak, Hickory, Poplar and
Walnut.
Louisville, Ky
North Vernon Pump
4 Lumber Co.
Band Sawed Plain and Quartered
Oak and Poplar.
North Vernon. Ind.. and
Louisville. Ky.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
CADILLAC
CELEBRATED FOR HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY AND MILL WORK
Send us your inquiries when desiring prices
on the following
Southern Michigan
Hardwoods
4^4 Basswood in Clear, No. 1 and No. 2 Common.
4=4 Gray Elm in Clear and No. 1 Common.
6=4, 8=4 and 12=4 Gray Elm in 1st and 2nd Clear.
4=4, 10=4, 12=4 and 16=4 in 1st and 2nd Maple.
5-4 and 8=4 Selected End Dried White Maple.
5=4 and 8=4 No. 2 Common and Better Beech.
For HIGH-GRADE Maple Flooring in
standard widths and grades, WRITE US.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
MURPHY & DIQQINS
Offer all grades of the following special dry stoclc
MAPLE^5 4. 6 4, 8 4. 10 i. 12 4. 14, 4, 16/4
GRAY ELM— 4 4, 12 4
BASSW00D^,4
BIRCH-*/4, 6/4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
We oiler lor Rail Shipmenl Irom Cadillac.
'■I cars f^ 4 Maple. No. 1 Com. .t Better
1 car 5x.T Maple, Select Stock
li cars 4 4 Basswood. No.2Com&Bet.
2 cars 4 4 Birch, No. 3 Com. & Bet.
Also the following for Waler Shipment:
100,000 feci of 4 4 Basswood
100,000 feel of 4 4, 8 4 and 12 4 Soft
Elm
1.50,000 feet of 4/4, 5 4 and 6 4 Birch
Cummer, Diggins & Co.
=IVIANUFACTURERS=
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
[ Michi
Michigan Hardwoods
\roods I
DRY STOCK
HARD
MAPLE
SOFT
GR.'VY
ELM
*'.0 M feet S 4 Nos. 1 and 2 Common
IM Mfcet 6 4 Is and 23
Ml) M feet 6 4 Nos, 1 and 2 Common
■ w M feet 12 4 Is and 2s
iVi M feel IR 4 1s and 3s
2 M feet 16 4 Common
bO
18
27
47
18(1
24
20
10
M feet 4 4 Nos. 1 and 2 Common
M feet 4 4 No. 3 common
M feet 6 4 Is and 2s
M feet 6/4 Noa. 1 and 2 Common
M feet 6 4 No. 2 Common and Better
M feet 8 4 1s and 2s
M feet 8 4 Nos. 1 and 3 Common
M feet 8 4 No. 2 Common and Better.
M feet 10 4 is and 2s
w M feet 12 4 Is and 2s
3'A M feet 1x4 Clear Face and Better
8 M feet 4 4 No. 1 Com. & Bet. Saw Culls
Our lumber is graded according to the rules of the National Bardwood Lumber
Association,
COBBS&MITGnELL
( INCORPORATro)
GADILUC. MICHIGAN
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F. W. GILCHRIST, President
W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice President
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manu'facturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards, Cairo, Illinois
Geoeral OUicer & Tennessee Trust BIdg,
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
COTTONWOOD
Nelson H. Walcott, Pres't. Frank E. Stonebraker. Vice-Pres't.
Chas. C. Gardiner, Sec'y and Treas.
THE CRITTENDEN
LUMBER CO,
MANUFACTURERS
MILLS AT
E A R L E . ARK
Briggs & Cooper Company^ Ltd,
MANUFACTURERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS:
1,000,000 feet Soft Grey Elm, 1 to 3".
600,000 feet Unselectecl Birch. 1 to 3".
3,000,000 feet Michigan Hard Maple, 1 to 6".
350.000 feet End Dried White Maple, 1 to IW-
62.5.000 feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood, 1 to 3".
150.000 feet Selected White Ba.sswood. 1". 1!4" and I'X".
210,000 feet Plain and Quarteri-d White and Red Oak, 1 to 2".
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office.
Memphis, Tenn
Mills,
Chancy, Miss.
Address all correspondence to Memphis office.
w
E have in all thicknesses the following; kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
MEMPHIS KA8D
Ash 680,000 feet
Quartered White Oak. . 7.5.000 feet
Plain WhiteOak 1-10.000 feet
Quartered Red Oak .... 225.000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410,000 feet
Cypress 225.000 feet
Cottonwood 200.000 feet
Poplar 308.000 feet
SELMA YARD
Poplar 409.000 feet
Hay Poplar 857.000 feet
Red Gum 65.000 feet
Cypress 787,000 fe-t
BERCLAIR YARD
Bay Poplar 100.000 feet
Cypress 800,000 feet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 350 000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
Oflice and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C. R. R.
MEMPHIS, TENN
F. W. GILCHRIST, Pres.
\V. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice-Pres.
Three States Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
OEfice
Hardwood Lumber ,__
Cottonwood and Gum ^^^"^
GET OUR PRICES, TRY OUR LUMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH. DRESSED, RESAWED
COTTONWOOD:
GUM
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONWOOD
GUIW AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General Offices: Tribune Building, CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, IlL. Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark.,'BIytlievillf , Ark.
HARDWOOD RECORD
ST. LOUIS
LARGEST OF ALL HARDWOOD MAR.KE.TS
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OK SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Bank of Commerce
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OF ANGEimCA STREET
SIX M ILLION FEET
Ash, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
READY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND HALL STREETS
Roland F. Krebs
Manage)
Hardwood
Department
'"'' Ozark Cooperage Co.
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
Four Inspectors in the ^outh
Direct Shipments 5 COTTONWOOD,
(rem mill stocks i CYPRESS. GUM, OAK.
MAIN OFFICE,
FRISCO BUILDING
W1J /^ tJ TA/^XT"! C Lesperance Street and Iron
• -tV. VjOIV V lO, Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACK WALNLT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut and Cherry Lumljer, Pay spot cash and take up at shipping
point when amounts justify.
CHAS. f. immm hardwood mm company
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices: 148 Carroll Street
Wanted-Cyprcss, Ash and Cottonwood
Inspection at Puint of Shipment When Quantity Justifies
Hafner Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attention.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco "Building
We have the following Dry Stock for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD :
:', Cars 4/4 Common. 3 Cars 1" 1 and 2.
2 Cars 4, 4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17'' Box Boards.
GUM : ELM :
a Cars 1" Common Red. 1 Car 6 4 Log Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4" Log Run.
1 Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
6 Cars 1*^ Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
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Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
POPLAR AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOOKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION
CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY
Upham & Agler
Bedford Building
CHICAGO
Wholesale Northern and Southern
Hardwoods
Quick Service
Perfect Milling
Right Prices
DISTRIBUTING YARD : CAIRO, ILLINOIS
JOHN T. DIXON HARRY S. DEWEY
There are numerous reasons why 30U should permit us to
make prices for your requirements. If you will be kind
enough to favor us with your inquiries in the future, we will
tell vou all about it. •
Hardwoods arid Maple
and Oak Flooring
OUR SPECIALTIES
DIXON & DEWEY
716 and 716 A, Flatiron Building, NEW YORK
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
We are buyers of desirable hardwoods in round lots.
What have you? Send us list of your offerings.
Girard Trust Buildings
PHILADELPHIA, Pa,
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BOSTON NEWYORK PHILADF, LPHIA
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
J47 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER; also OAK, MA-
PLE aud BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Buve;
ROUN
ers of ll^-fc^^J ,^,-^J,-, Nc I Madison
0.0TS Hardwoods ^'^^^^
ESPECIALLY IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RED 0.\K
WM.
E.
LITCHFIELD
MA,SO^
I BUILDING
HOSTON, MASS
Specialist in
Hardwoods
Manufacturers are requested to
supply lists of stock for sale
The Crosby & Beckley Company
HARDWOODS
We are
In the Market for Choice Stock
WRITE US
No. 1 Madison Ave.,
New York, N. Y.
New Haven,
Connecticut.
H. I. SOBLE
SOBLE, BROTHERS
Wholesale Hardwoods
911=912 Land Title Bldg. PHILADELPHIA
WA.NTED: 20 cars Common and Better Chestnut, all thicknesses.
J. H, SCHOFIELD
R. W. SCHOFIELD
SCHOFIELD
BROTHERS
WHOLESALE
LUMBER
Hardwoods a
Specialty.
1020
22 Pennsylvania Building
PHILADELPHIA
1798 From 1798 to 1906 1906
.\Lw.Avs Buying and Selling
The Choicest Hardwoods
We want to buy large stocks of choice, dry Hardwoods
to replace our late" loss by fire. What' have you to
oflfer? We are filling all orders promptly and satisfac-
torily from our reserve stocks at outside points. What
do you want? We will buy or sell, .isk for Mc-
Ilvain's May "Lumber News."
J. Gibson Mcllvain ^ Co.
Philadelphia, Penn.
58th St. and Woodland Ave.
Wistar, Underbill & Co.,
WHOLESALE ==
HARDWOOD LUMBER
«I6 Real Estate Trust Building, ^ PHILADELPHIA.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the market for all thicknesses of
OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT.
312 Arcade Building,
PHII^ADELPHIA, PA.
Jones Hardwood Co.
. (incorporated)
WANTS
Poplar, Plain Oak, Qtiarterecl Oak and Cypress
Manufacturers please send stock lists and prices
147 MILK STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
H» D. Wiggin Wholesale Hardwoods
Specialties: Poplar, Chestnut, Canadian
Hardwoods, and Mahogany Veneers.
FISKE building
boston, MASSACHUSETTS
BALTIMORE, 17 17 Ti I? ¥ /^ 17 B U Y E R AND
MARYLAND -Cj' J1i> I^ III ^^ J-' EXPORTER OF
HARDWOODS
POPLAR and LOGS
I am always in the market for nice lots ofdry and well manufactured
lumber. I inspect at point of shipment. Correspondence solicited.
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The Davidson-Benedict Company
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Everything in
Southern Hardwoods
POPLAR, CHESTNUT, ASH, OAK
(Pbinand Quartered.) Straight or Miscd Cars.
DRESSED POPLAR ANY you get what you buy from
id ,;,!!;, !lrr,V^T J us. ask for our delivered
WAY YOU WANT IT. prices, any railroad point.
LOVE, BOYD & CO.
Offer :
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain White Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, Ash, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc.
Our Own Manufacture.
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock.
MAIN OFFICE.
NASHVILLE, TEN NESSEE
JOHN B. RANSOM 4 CO.,
Nashville:, Tennessee
We want to move quickly the following old dry stock. All of it has been on
sticks 6 to 1 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. Wc are prepared to
furnish promptly mixed cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds:
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4 4 first and second
15 M 6/4 first and second
80 iM 6 4 first and second
10 M 10 4 first and second
I'iO M 4/4 No. 1 Common
fi5 M 6 4 No. 1 Common
68 M 8 4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10 4 No. I Common
70 M ,") 8 first nnd second Poplar
80 M 6,'8 No. 1 Common Poplar
15 M 4/4 1st and 2d Quartered Sycamore
10 M 4/4 No. 1 Com. Quart'd S.vcamore
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M 4'4 first and second
68 M 6/4 first and second
15 M 8 4 first and second
95 M 4/4 No, 1 Common
84 M 6/4 No. 1 Common
72 M 8 4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
60 M 4 4 1st and 2nd White
100 M 4 4 No. 1 Common White
100 M 4 4 first and second Red
100 M 4 4 No. 1 Common Red
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co.
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand"
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville^ Tennessee
PREWITT-SPURR MFG. CO.
OLDEST LUMBER CONCERN IN NASHVILLE
Large Dealers in
Hardwood Lumber
CEDAR AND WOODENWARE
Only Manofactorers of Cedar Buckets in the World
INDIANA LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Office and Mills : Corner Oldham
Street and Cumberland River
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
Southern Hardwoods
Mills: i ards:
McMixnvillf:. Specialty: Tennessee lied Cedar. Nashville.
McLean Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OF THE CHOICEST
HARDWOODS
LET fS FIGl'RE WITH YOU
Nashville, Welch Station, Sparta and Slayden, Tenn.
What Do You Want?
WRITE US FOR ANYTHING IN
Native Hardwoods
LUMBER, DIMENSION STOCK, BOXES
STANDARD LUMBER & BOX CO.
NASHVILLE
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HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ^
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The Nicola Brothers
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries
A* M. Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to us. : :
Willson Bros. Lumber Co*
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA.
Babcock Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HARDWOODS
23,000,000 FEET ANNUALLY
LONG ON MAPLE
AND CHERRY
MILLS AND OFFICE
ASHTOLA, PA,
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co*
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
PERFECT
FOR SALE
POPLAR
125,000' 4 A Is and 2s
40.000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
325,000' 4 4 No. 2 Com.
2'28,000' 4 4 No. 3 Com.
150,000' 4 4 Mill Cull
CHESTNUT
200,000' 4 4 Sound Wormv
80,000'5 4Sound Wormv
100,000' R 4 Sound Wormv
48,000' S 4 Sound Wormy
PLAIN OAK
60,0(X)' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
18,000' 4,4 No. 2 Com.
QUARTERED OAK
2 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com.
1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com.
OAK TIMBERS SAWED TO ORDER.
WRITE FOR PRICES.
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
13,189 ft 4/4 clear Quartered Oak 66,232 ft 4,4 No. 1 Common Poplar
14,570 ft 4 4 1st & 2ds qtd. Red Oak 10,315 ft 6, 4 1st & 2ds Poplar
30.302 ft 4 4 No. 1 Com. Red Oak .'6,000 ft 4 4 1st & 2ds Cottonwood
63,204 ft 4 4 No.l Com.Pl WliiteOak 119,000 ft 4 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
4,417 ft 5 4 No.l Com. PI WliiteOak 150,000 ft No. 2 Common Cottonwood
.s,934 ft 6 4 No,l Com.Pl White Oak 90,000 ft 4 4 Mill Cull Cottonwood
23,473 ft 4 4 1st & •2ds Plain Red Oak 110,000 ft 5 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
14,168 ft 4 4 Ist & 2ds Poplar 40,000 ft 5, 4 No. 2 Com, Cottonwood
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.
PITTSBURG, PA.
Linehan Lumber Company
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
Hardwoods a Specialty
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K. B. 'Leavitt, Prest.
E. H. Adams, Secy.
B. F. Richardson. Vice-pkesi .
J. G. Leavitt, Treas.
THE LEAVITT LUMBER CO.
Most Complete Stock oi- Hardwoods in
CHICAGO
JiAKE Known Your Wants and Get
IMMEDIATE. RESULTS
Mills:
WISCONSIN
TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
General Office and Yard :
CENTER AVE. NEAR 35th ST.
Southern Office :
715 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG
MEMPHIS, TENN.
"Ideal" £ Rock Maple Flooring
is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply
the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma-
chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre-
caution is taken throughout our entire system to
make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL."
Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds
Send us Your Inquiries
The I. Stephenson Company
WEI,I,S, MICHIGAN
THE "FINEST" MAPLE FLOORING
W. D. YOUNG & CO.
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.
Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high-
est type of Michigan Forest Products. Large
stock of Maple Flooring and 15,000,000 feet
of Hardwoods — 1 to 4 inches thick — on hand.
Maple, Birch and Beech Lumber
White and Red Oak
Secure our eipecial prices on the following
dry stock. W'e need the iiilin}< room.
30,000 feet 7-4 and 8 4 Quarter Sawn.
150,000 feet 4-4 1st and 2nds Clear Plain Sawn.
200,000 feet 4-4 No. J Common Plain Sawn.
200,000 feet 4-4 No. 2 Common Plain Sawn.
We also manufacture chair and table stock. Let
us figure with you. Addiess all conimuiiieations to
Dierks Lumber & Coal Company
M i 11 .s : D E Queen, .Ark.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
INCORPOR-ATED 1902.
The JHichigan Maple Company
WHOLESALE
MICHIGAN
HARDWOODS
HSNRY W. CAREY, President
HENRY N. LOUD, Vice Pres
WILLIAM P. PORTER. Vice Pres
WILMER T. CULVER. Secretary
WILLIAM H, WHITE, Treasurer
EDWARD BUCKLEY, Director
G. VON PLATEN, Director
MARSHALL F. BUTTERS, Director
HARRY NICHOLLS, Director
609-611 Micb. Trust BIdK.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
OAK FLOORING
Kiln Dried X^mrnm^K
Polislied ^^^W^ Bundled
Timber Bonds
SECURED BY FIRST MORTGAGE ON TIMBER LANDS
H. C. Barroll 6 Co.
' BANKERS, First National Bank Building, CHICAGO
Wolverine Brand MapleFlooring
=r "THERE IS NONE BETTER" =
It is the same old story, but we want
you to know what Wolverine Brand
will do tor you, and what it will cost
you. We want to do this before you
place your next order. If we make you
quotations, we expect the quality and
prices will get your order. TRY US.
BLISS & VAN AUKEN
900 S. Niagara St., Saginaw W. S., Mich.
Publifthed in the Interest of Hardwood Lumber, American Hardw^ood Forests. Wood Veneer Industry, Hard'wood Flooring,
Hard^vood Interior Finish. Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and WoodworKing Machinery.
Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO, MAY 10, 1906.
No. 2.
Published on the 10th and 25th of each month hy
THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
Henry H. Gibson, President
Frank W. TUTTLE, Sec-Treas.
OFFICES
Sixth Floor Ellsworth Bldg., 355 Dearborn St Chicago, 111., U.S.A.
Telephones: Harrison 4960 Automatic 5659
TERMS OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
In the United States. Canada, Phihppine Islands and Mexico . , $2.00
'n all other countries in Universal Postal Union ..... 3.00
Subscriptions are pa>'able in advance, and in default of written orders to the
contrary are continued at our option.
The entire contents of this publication are covered by the general copy-
right, and articles must not be reprinted without special permission.
Entered at Chicago Postoflfice as Second Class Matter.
Advertising copy must be received five days in advance of
publication date. Advertising rates on application.
General Market Conditions.
The particular feature of the last fortnight was an increase
in the demand for nearly every variety of hardwood. Buyers
have come to realize that hardwood stocks are very short in
all sections, and that to carry on manufacturing enterprises in house
finish, furniture, ear building and other lines requiring large quan-
tities of wood, immediate buying is essential. Prices are not
standing in the way of many purehase.s — it is simply a question of
the delivery of stock.
There is much trading going on between both manufacturens and
jobbers to eke out stock enough to take care of current business.
Plain oak is still in the highest demand of any of the woods,
although poplar, chestnut, ash, the box end of cottonwood and many
other varieties of both southern and northern hardwoods are in
almost equal request.
Substitutions are going on in every channel where it is possible to
utilize a new wood for those which have been standard in the past.
Thus there has become active buying in a much neglected wood,
hackberry, as a substitute for ash ; pecan is taking the place of
hickory in many instances, and both red and tupelo gum are increas-
ing in demand and in breadth of distribution, as substitutes for
poplar and even for oak.
Foreign buyers have commenced to awaken to the fact that the
shortage of hardwood stocks is not a ' ' Yankee bugbear, ' ' but
actually exists. One London trade paper of the last week says that
the buyers of Great Britain must awaken to the fact that American
hardwoods are actually in very short supply and that prices will
range higher. The same paper is fearful that the necessity of imme-
diately rebuilding San Francisco will make such tremendous inroads
on the yellow pine of the South as to preclude the possibility of
normal receipts on -the other side. Of course this is all nonsense, as
the Pacific coast has ample wood supplies to take care of the rebuild-
ing of the devastated city.
The veneer and panel business is growing apace, and although
producers of this class of stock do not yet seem to realize its value,
and are surely selling the product for much less than it is worth, it
is hoped that the tentative eff^orts toward organization will eventually
stimulate values to a point approximately relative to prices being
received for hardwood lumber. Prices asked for veneer and panel
stock today make it impractical for manufacturers of lumber to
compete with the product. Comparatively few veneer makers have a
reputation of making any considerable profit on their investments,
and the sooner they awake to the fact that they are selling their
output for less than they need the better.
The hardwood flooring people manufacturing oak, maple, birch
and beech are all extremely busy. Prospective demand for this class
of material in rebuilding San Francisco is excellent, and undeniably
prices will range higher.
Owing to the scarcity and high price of oak and other high-class
American woods, the mahogany market is showing considerable
strength and the volume of sales is increasing. This is as it should
be, because in relative value mahogany still remains the lowest-
priced wood on the mai'ket today.
Black walnut and cherry are still pursuing the even tenor of their
way. Prices are comparatively low, and the demand is only mod-
erate.
Falling Out Among the Foresters.
Apropos of nothing, there is a legend that when certain people
fall out the devil gets his due. There is war in the camp of the
foresters of the country. The head of the Forest Service of the
United States Department of Agriculture is having the phials of the
wrath of certain factions in the forestry game poured out upon his
devoted head. This Forest Service, which was originally supposed
to be a division of forestry pure and simple, of the Department of
Agriculture, has, during the last few j'cars, branched out into a
great many enterprises that are considered by many to be entirely
removed from its original sphere.
The administration department of this service includes a forester
and assistant forester; an assistant forester in charge of forest
management; an assistant forester in charge of dendrology; an
assistant forester in charge of forest products; an assistant forester
in charge of forest extension; a special fiscal agent; a represent;(tive
in charge of records; one in charge of the section of publication and
education; one in charge of section of law; one in charge of section
of grazing; one in charge of section of silvies; one in charge of
section of reserve boundaries; a forest inspector detailed as district
forester in the eastern district; another in the southern district; and
still another in the northern district. In field work in connection
with the office of forester there is a corps of ten; in forest manage-
ment there is a corps of twelve; in forest products a corps of two;
and in forest extension one.
This is but the beginning of the long list of representatives of the
Forest Service to whom certain lines of work in connection with a
great many things other than the rebuilding of the forests of the
country are entrusted.
It is alleged that the Forest Service of the country cost Uncle
Sam last year approximately .$900,000, and the sum is so great that
many people interested in legitimate forest problems of an inquiring
turn of mind are beginning to ask if this money is being well ex-
jiendcd. They are also asking pertinent questions about practical
measures toward rehabilitating our forests, and generally they are
making matters decidedly interesting for the chief of the Forest
Service.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Thos. P. Ivy of Dunlinne, Centre Conway, N. H., is out with a
pamphlet on "Forestry Problems in the United States," of which
the following is his preface:
Express yourself.
Whatever you are. out with it !
We do not want a world of masqueraders.
Make yourself felt, make your real self felt.
Put your private stamp upon the future.
The writing of this pamphlet was undertaken to present in a
sliort space and in unoensored language the forest situation as it
appears to be today in the United States. It is the opinion of the
writer that much of what the National Government is doing in the
name of forestry is based on a mistaken forest policy, and if con-
tinued the nation as a whole will be in a worse forest condition an
hundred years hence than if our present forest problems had been
left to individuals and to the states to work out. If this contention
is true, it is most important that the error be corrected now.
Whether there are errors or not can only be ascertained by a free
discussion of forestry in Congress, on the rostrum, and in the
public prints. Certainly it is supreme folly to leave a subject so
vital to every citizen, state and territory to be dealt with by the
exclusive judgment of one person, the United States forester.
In his pamphlet Mr. Ivy scores the Forest Service and its chief
unmercifully.
The editor of Arboriculture for May also has an article under the
head of "The United States Government Opposed to Forest Plant-
ing. ' ' Arboriculture is the official organ of the International Society
of Arboriculture and is edited by John P. Brown, its secretary and
treasurer, and is published at Connersville, Ind. Excerpts from Mr.
Brown's criticism of the Forest Service are as follows:
The people in the United States have the disgraceful spectacle
of an important branch of the government, organized for the special
purpose of encouraging the perpetuation of our forests, subverting
their purposes, and actually engaged in discouraging corporations
and individuals from planting trees.
.During the past six years the International Society of Arbori-
culture has been obliged to expend forty thousand dollars in efforts
to overcome the evil influences caused by the publications and per-
sonal attacks by the United States Forestry Bureau officials in their
antagonism to the work of this society, mostly caused by the gross
Ignorance of employees of the bureau.
Jloneys appropriated by Congress for the sole purpose of pro-
tecting our forests and extending them by planting trees are mis-
appropriated, the oflicials of the Forestry Bureau advancing argu-
ments against the planting of Cataipa speciosa trees, of which they
are as totally ignorant as they are of many other practical matters
pertaining to forest growth and management. This has now been
going on so long, and with such disastrous results, that forbearance
ceases to be a virtue, and we are compelled to make this expose
of the United States Forestry Bureau methods.
The American Congress has been very liberal in providing the
Forestry Bureau with unlimited funds to carry out the work of
" forest perpetuation. An army of clerks, apprentices, professionals
and sinecurists are employed by the bureau in various ways and at
very high salaries. Large numbers of young men, just out of col-
lege, are maintained in the field as professional foresters, with botel
bills and traveling expenses without limit.
But, strange to say, this army neither plants trees nor encour-
ages others to do so, but has played the role of obstructionists,
advising individuals and corporations not to plant trees, and has in
many ways antagonized the work of the International Society of
Arboriculture, which society has planted many millions of forest
The Forestry Bureau is one of absorption, reaching out with its
tentacles to grasp everything in sight and gain control of every
organization, state or independent, which undertakes to promote the
planting, care, management and perpetuation of American forests.
It is well known how the bureau attempted to secure control of
finances of the state of New York, and to displace the most excel-
lent forestry service of that state, in order that it might give em-
ployment to its own army of employees, and secure the handling
of the money appropriated by the legislature.
But we have to deal with the many dishonorable acts of the
Bureau of Forestry toward the International Society of Arbori-
culture, and the work of this society among the railway systems.
Officials of the Forestry Bureau have undertaken to persuade
railway companies which had employed the International Society
• of Arboriculture to plant trees not to follow the advice of this
society, but to turn the work over to the United States Forestry
Bureau. These officials have advised the railway companies that
the trees recommended by the society would not grow in their terri-
tory, and by such misrepresentations have endeavored to prevent
the planting of trees, and in some cases have succeeded in preju-
dicing some railway officials, so that the plans for forest planting
have been entirely abandoned.
The Department of Agriculture has sent out men to make alleged
soil analyses, to determine whether trees could be grown In certain
sandy lands, and these experts, with a work on chemistry in one
hand and a vast amount of inexperience in the other, have certified
to land owners and railwa.vs that such trees could not grow in
these soils. Yet ten thousand instances are known where the
Cataipa speciosa trees are growing thriftily in exactly identical
locations.
The bureau called into session the American Forestry Congress
and selected only such speakers as were known to be opposed to
the Cataipa speciosa. Some of these speakers had been coached by
Forestry Bureau officials, and much misinformation given them in
order to be sure of destroying the influence of the International
Society of Arboriculture at one blow. No member of this society —
numbering three thousand members — was permitted to say a word
in behalf of the Cataipa speciosa, but the secretary was invited to
. send delegates who might listen to abuse without the privilege of
reply or correcting wrong statements. • • •
It is the well known ambition of the head of the Forestry
Bureau to control every organization and individual who is engaged
in the work of forest restoration and thus claim the honor -of
everything done in this line. Also to increase the army under his
directions and provide them with work at high salaries, by crowd-
ing out and absorbing independent foresters and organizations and
thus secure control of all government, state and private forestry
work.
The Forestry Bureau maintains a "Press Bureau" through
which it secures the publication of press items in the country papers
of America, lauding the acts and policies of the bureau with the
view to creating public opinion in its favor. Some of these news-
papers may be surprised to learn of the inside workings of the
authorities in their efforts to prevent forest tree planting.
The bureau employs several inexperienced youths, just out of
college, wnth an overflowing surplus of theory and a corresponding
paucity of experience, who are sent out to instruct mature men,
liorn and brought up in the forest and familiar with every tree and
shrub, if not acquainted with their Latin nomenclature, how to
manipulate forest operations so as to provide paying jobs for the
greatest number of government emploj'ees for the largest period of
time at tlie joint expense of the government and the timber owners.
In explanation of the foregoing it may be stated that it is possible
that Mr. Brown is somewhat of a Cataipa speciosa crank, as he seems
to regard the planting of that tree as a panacea for all forest
denudation evils.
Hardwood Freight Rate to the Pacific Coast.
The agitation started by the Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's
Association and promptly taken up by the Hardwood Eecokd, pro-
testing against the unjust freight rate charged from Mississippi val-
ley points to the Pacific coast, is now receiving the support of all
leading interests in the hardwood production of the country. At the
Memphis meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Association
last week the subject came up for discussion, and a committee on
railroad affairs was appointed to take up this and other freight mat-
ters that would naturally come before the association. The Hard-
wood Manufacturers' Association of the United States has also
taken steps to interest its members in a protest to the transconti-
nental freight committee against the eighty-five cent rate. Even
the Pacific coast associations are thoroughly in sympathy with the
hardwood producers in their demand for a lower rate on hardwoods
to the coast. As the matter now stands, the general rate on building
woods from the coast to Mississippi valley points is sixty cents, with a
special rate of fifty cents on fir, and forty cents on fir to Minneapolis.
The argument may be presented by' the transcontinental freight
alliance that hardwoods shipped west have a higher value than
building woods going east, and therefore should stand a higher
freight rate. This is scarcely a tepable position, because hardwoods
are of such weight that even refrigerator cars now going west empty
can be loaded to their capacity with hardwoods, and the business
should be a very desirable one at a rate twenty-tive cents less than
is now charged.
Again the people of San Francisco will need about a billion feet
of lumber in rebuilding that city. It seems certain that at least ten
per cent of this quantity will naturally be hardwoods in the form of
finish and flooring. If these woods could be obtained on a reason-
able freight rate it would be of great assistance to that section, and
would also give an outlet for some hardwoods that can be spared
from the Mississippi valley. As the matter stands today quite a
portion of the hardwood demand of the Pacific coast is being sup-
plied from Australia, the Philippines and Japan, simply because
woods of corresponding value to our own can be obtained from these
countries at a less cost, attributable solely to the high freight rate.
HARDWOOD RECORD
13
Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent.
Beauty Culture.
Xer does the mode in which your days
Are spent, dear iadies, cause o£Eense
To thoughtful minds your latest phase
Betrays the hand of Trovidence ;
For though this beauty-culture fad
Has gone, perhaps, a bit too far,
'Twould make the brightest of us sad
To see 30U as you really are
PUNCU.
Paradoxical.
I'hlebotomy is out of date,
For doctors long since have decreed
That ailments now they can abate
By other modes : they never bleed.
Yet strange it seems, for though they call
Its substitute by other name.
It is not different at all —
They always bleed us just the same.
Money.
Money may not bring us honor.
Money may not lift ua high :
Money may not keep us youthful
As the fleeting years go by.
Money may not make us happy
When we've wronged our fellow men,
Money may be filthy, but it
Comes in handy now and then.
Sufficient.
Beauty is only skin
leep, but that's deep
nougli to satisfy any
casonable man.
To Win a Woman.
If she is pretty,
iiake love to her; if
he is plain, make
ove to some one else.
Missing.
A lumberman may
Irink to forget, but
rhere is there one
rho forgets to drink!
Has liimitations.
Money makes the
nare go, but it won't
.hvays start the
•utomobile.
Slander.
They say Love is
)Iind, but he gets his
yes open after mar-
iage.
Eesourceful.
Some men have
nore money than
hey know what to
lo with — women
lever!
Lonesome.
He who never does
vrong must lead a
lull existence.
One Way.
Fools who can at-
ract attention by no
ither means, tisually
)uy red ties or green
'ests.
Apt Pupils.
Pessimists are the
mderstudies of cyn-
cs.
SWAPPING HORSES WHILE CROSSING A STREAM
SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED.
Elastic.
A man's heart is
like a trolley car —
always room for one
more!
Plentiful.
The girl with
money to burn never
lacks for matches.
Watch Out!
Many a man ia
chaperoned by a de-
tective if he only
knew iti
Unscrupulous.
Many a good dish-
washer has been
spoiled by encounter-
ing a piano teacher
who needed the
money.
Think,
if you and she are
failures don't blame
it on marriage!
Superstition.
There is no such
thing as an omen;
destiny does not send
us heralds; she is
too wise- — or too cruel
— for that.
A Bad Habit.
Give most men a
sympathizer and most
women enough note
paper — and they'll
tell all they know.
And They Never Even Got Wet 1
Policy.
When you're in the
right you can afford
to keep your temper,
and when you're in
the wrong you can't
afford to lose it.
Procrastination. ■
Postpone the doing of an easy thing and it
becomes hard; postpone a hard one and it
becomes impossible.
Politeness.
Politeness costs nothing, whether one is
paid or not, and it always marks the gentle-
man.
Don't Wait.
You can't gain time by putting the clock
ahead, nor business by prospective advertis-
ing.
Strange!
Why is it that a man will often submit
like a lamb to Misrule, but Mrs. Rule he
won't stand for a minute?
Logical.
The business woman makes a good wife,
for she runs the house on business prin-
ciples— not hit or miss.
Persevere.
Don't be daunted if she cries for help
when you try to kiss her — perhaps she
means help yourself!
14
HARDWOOD RECORD
AMERICAN FOREST TREES.
Hackberry.
Ccltis occidentalis — Linn.
Hackberry is found from the St. Law-
rence river southward through Ontario ;
from Massachusetts Bay westward to Ne-
braska, North Dakota, Idaho, eastern Wash-
ington and the valley of the Snake river in
Oregon; through Nevada and New
Mexico to parts of Florida, and in
middle Tennessee, Missouri, " Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian
Territory and eastern Texas.
The tree is called hackberry in
New Hampshire, Vermont, Ehode
Island, New York, New Jersey, Del-
aware, Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
Una, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, Arkan-
sas, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois,
Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota,
South Dakota, Ohio and Ontario;
sugarberry in New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Minnesota; net-
tletree in Khode Island, Massachu-
setts, Delaware and Michigan;
American nettletree in Tennessee;
hoop ash in Vermont ; one-berry in
Rhode Island; hack-tree in Minne-
sota; juniper-tree and bastard elm
in New Jersey.
This tree is of the elm family.
In shape it is round-topped, with
spreading or pendulous branches.
It sometimes reaches a height of 130
feet in the South, particularly in the
Ohio river basin, though it is usu- ,
ally much smaller. The trunk is
straight and slender, though some-
times two to three feet in diameter
in the larger specimens. The
branches are slender and glabrous
when first appearing, containing a
thick, pale pith; they are Ugbt
green, becoming tinged with red.
The bark of hackberry bears a
very close resemblance to that of
beech, being greenish-grey in color,
smooth and thin. The tree without
its foliage is often mistaken for
beech, although in general contour
hackberry does not resemble it.
The leaves of hackberry are broad,
gradually sloping to a narrow
pointed apex; rounded at the base;
sharply serrate. In color they are
bright green, glabrous and lustrous on the
upper surface, lighter below and sometimes
pubescent along the ribs. The petioles are
short and grooved. The flowers are greenish
and axillary. The staminate ones are in clus-
ters, while the pistillate are solitary. The
calyx is divided into five lobes, is tinged
with red and sometimes furnished with a tuft
of hair. The fruit of hackberry grows on
THIRTY-THIRD PAPER.
a sleiuler stem; it is about a quarter of an
inch in length ; has a dark purple skin and
deep yellow flesh and brown nut. It ripens in
September or October, and is sweet and edible.
Hackberry is a rapidly growing tree. It
is admirable for transplanting, and fine speci-
mens are very effective in landscape garden-
purposes. Its fruit, remaining on the tree
through the winter, is a favorite food of
robins. The chief insect enemy of the tree,
the haekberry-gall, does no great harm to it.
The wood of hackbeny resembles ash to a
considerable extent, although it is somewhat
softer, and not as strong. It is coarse-grained,
with light yellowish heartwood and
lighter sapwood. While up to this
time the commercial use of the wood
has been confined to building pur-
poses and cheap furniture, it has
qualities that will bring it into ac-
tive commercial demand, owing to
the great scarcity of ash, as a sub-
stitute for that wood. For pur-
poses where the elasticity and
strength of white ash are not ex-
tremely essential, hackberry makes
an excellent substitute. In fact,
such of the lumber as comes into
the market at this time is sold as
ash.
Unfortunately the quantity of
hackberry growth in the average
hardwood forest is not suflBcient to
insure a very large output of the
wood. The operator in the middle
South who manufactures five to
ten million feet of hardwoods an-
nually is likely not to secure more
than two or three hundred thousand
feet of hackberry in that time.
However, such quantity of the wood
as may be developed has commercial
possibilities of rather a high order
and will command a price approxi-
mating that of white ash in the near
future. Unlike southern ash, it is
not afflicted with ' ' calico ' ' discolor-
ation, and will therefore be highly
appreciated for many uses.
TYPICAL FOREST GROWTH HACKRERRY, WASniNGTON
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
ing. The tree displays wonderful tolerance
of long spells of dry weather. W. H. Free-
man, secretary of the Indiana Stata> Board of
Forestry, says that hackberry has been but
little planted as a shade tree, altogether too
little to his notion. He says that while it is
not as graceful in figure or as rich in foliage
as some other trees, it grows rapidly and its
good appearance at all stages of development
makes it specially valuable for ornamental
Black Walnut Gun Stocks.
A minor but important use to
which black walnut is placed is for
the making of gun stocks. East-
ern gun manufacturers consume
many thousands of "blanks" in
the manufacture of rifles for gov-
ernment use, as well as for fancy
rifles and shotguns for sportsmen.
The blank for a regulation army
rifle contains eight inches of lum-
ber and sells for from ten to
twelve cents at the gun factories.
The beautifully figured walnut blanks to
be used for fancy shotguns contain
twelve inches of lumber and command
a price of from seventy-five cents to
two dollars and a half, the highest price
being paid for a full figured blank of crotch
walnut. Two hundred and fifty dollars a
thousand is quite a handsome price for even
the highest type of either foreign or domes-*
tic woods.
WILLIAM H. RUSSE,
MEMPHIS, XEINN.
supplement to
Hardwooo Recobo
MAY 10, 1906.
ILLUSTRATING
BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY
HARDWOOD RECORD
15
'Builders of Lumber History.
William H. Kusse.
(t<iv I'urtrait tiupifUiatnt.)
Carlyle truly says : ' ' The race
of life
has become intense; the runners are treading
upon each other 's heels ; woe be to him who
stops to tie his shoestrings. ' ' The men who
force their way to the front in the hard-
wood industry have to be quite as strenuous
in their endeavor as in any other walk of
life. Some, however, have had the advantage
of being born in Indiana, the heart of the
greatest hardwood belt this world has ever
iinown. One of these fortunate men is so
well known that merely mentioning his
name to the majority of the hardwood lum-
bermen in the United States brings forth an
enthusiastic, ' ' Oh, yes, we know Bill Kusse. ' '
ilr. Eusse was born in Indianapolis Deo.
17, 1855. He attended the public schools at
that place and North "Western Christian Uni-
versity until he was fifteen years old. Then,
like most of the successful men of today,
he decided to learn a business, and went to
work for an Indianapolis hardware firm. His
enthusiasm and energy early brought returns,
and in eighteen months he graduated from the
store and became a fuU-fledged drummer. Un-
til he was twenty-two he sold hardware on the
road, and then Cupid took a hand in his
aft'airs. In 1877 Mr. Eusse married Miss
Clara Northway of Indianapolis. He real-
ized that a traveling man would make a rather
indifferent husband, and decided to learn the
lumber business. He entered the employ of
N. C. Long, remaining in this position ten
years. At the age of thirty-three he formed
a partnership with Henry Latham and George
D. Burgess, under the firm name of Eusse,
Latham & Burgess. Three years later Messrs.
Eusse and Burgess bought out Mr. Latham's
interest, and the firm of Eusse & Burgess has
continued ever since. Soon after purchasing
Mr. Latham's interest, Kusse & Burgess
opened a branch yard in Cairo, 111., and in
1881 moved the main oiBce to that point.
About six years later a branch yard was
opened in Memphis, and in 1888 the main
ofiice was moved to that great hardwood lum-
ber town.
Mr. Basse has four children and to arouse
his greatest enthusiasm one need only men-
tion to him his grandchild." One son, George
C. Eusse, is with the K. Sondheimer Company,
Memphis; another, F. W. Eusse, Ph. D., is
with the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St.
Louis. His daughters, Miss Lillian and Miss
Evelyn, are still at home.
Mr. Eusse is always cheerful and optimis-
tic, making his acquaintances glad they know
him. His enthusiasm is contagious, and he
doubtless impresses the foreigners with whom
he mingles for about four months in the
year while closing his sales abroad, as a
typical American — always ready to talk busi-
MUMBEB XXVI.
ness, always overflowing with energy. Mr.
Kus.se is one of the largest hardwood export-
ers in this country. His friends are legion
and he always has a good story or an enter-
taining speech at hand, which makes him in
I'UINT (IF
IIACKISHUUV
SIZK.
i'oLi.\<;i';— n.\LF
demand wherever hardwood lumbermen meet.
Mr. Eusse has always taken a great inter-
est in lumber associations and is a thorough
believer in the work done by them. He was
a charter member and secretary of the Cairo
Lumber Exchange. He has served as presi-
dent of the Lumbermen 's Club of Memphis,
and is a member of the board of managers
of the National "Wholesale Lumber Dealers'
Association.
Honors are crowding thick and fast on
W. ir. Kusse. In January of this year he
was re-elected president of the National Lum-
ber Exporters' Association, and last week at
.Memphis by a very large majority he was
made president of the largest hardwood or-
ganization in the world — the National Hard-
wood Lumber Association. As i.s known, he
was originally nominated for this distinction
by the Hardwood Lumber Exchange of Chi-
cago at its annual meeting a month ago. One
by one other great hardwood centers of the
country endorsed his candidacy, and the re-
sult of the election at the Memphis meeting
demonsti-ated most thoroughly his popularity
and the belief of his constituents that he
was the right man for the right place. Mr.
Kusse 's abilities as a presiding officer, as a
logician, and as a diplomat surely will secure
for him much added distinction in the office
that has come to him with so much enthu-
siasm. He well knows the work that is
marked out for him, and that it means a
great personal sacrifice to do it well. He is
no shirker of responsibility and it goes with-
out saying that he will do his best.
It is with pleasure that the Hardwood
Record prints as the supplement of this
issue the portrait of the most popular lum-
berman not only of the Memphis district,
but of the hardwood industry of the United
States — the new president of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association, William H.
Kusse.
A Lumberman's Letters to His Son.
Chicago, May 8.
My dear Son : 1 am just back from the
Memphis meeting, and I am going to say to
you right here that your old dad is going to
resign all lumber conventions to you after
this. I 'm all to the bad, and your mother
thinks I have been hitting them up again,
though I explained matters carefully. It
was a fierce proposition. Hot doesn 't express
it! The weather was hot; the election was
hotter; and the Memphis bunch the hottest
that ever happened ! We were packed in the
hotel like sardines in a box, and if it hadn't
been for Max Sondheimer 's lunch house we'd
have gone hungry. They tell me this food
factory he 's running is costing him a lot of
money, but he 's a charitable cu.ss and can
stand it. But no more conventions for the
old man — the simple life for mine.
I don't know what will happen at Atlantic
City next year. There were enough tempta-
tions at Memphis to lead even the best of us
astray — but Atlantic City ! Whew ! ! !
Am glad to know you are getting on so
well with the work of building the mill. Hope
to see you running it very soon. We cer-
tainly need the stock. Lumber is actually
higher in Memphis than it is in Chicago to-
day. That bunch has got too wise for me,
and I 've given up hopes of making any more
money off that spot on the map.
Where in the name of common sense did
you pick up your stenographer? For Heaven's
sake teach liim to distinguish between firsts
and seconds and one and two inch, and give
him a few kindergarten lessons in spelling.
Tell him he's working too hard — one "1" is
enough to put in elm — the price won't stand
for any more.
Let me hear from you often. Keep busy.
Your affectionate Father.
p. S. — Wish you would write a letter to
your mother inquiring after my health, and
tell her you understand I was threatened with
pneumonia while at Memphis.
1 6
HARDWOOD RECORD
A Huestion Still Unanswered.
In the Hakdwood Kecord of April 10,
under the title "Is It a Legitimate Lumber
Kuterprise or a Get-Eieh-Quiek Proposition? "
was published a copy of an advertisement
of the International Lumber & Development
Companj' of Philadelpliia, which stated that
it had paid dividends of twelve per cent from
the sale of mahogany lumber between April
1> 1905, and Jan. 31, 1906. The article also
covered the general conditions of the mahog-
any lumber business in the United States
and abroad, and quoted letters from the
majority of the mahogany producers of this
country, in which it was ineontrovertibly
proven that the statements made of the earn-
ings of the Philadelphia concern should be
taken with a good many grains of salt. Re-
peated inquiries by letter made to the In-
ternational Lumber & Development Company
by the editor of the Hardwood Record and
by well-known business men throughout the
country, asking for definite figures concern-
ing,the imports of this wood by the company
named and a statement of cost, expense and
net results from its shipments, have failed
in every instance to elicit a reply.
What the Vice President Says.
Col. A. S. McClure, vice-president of the
concern, ex-editor of the Philadelphia Times
and now occupying the position of prothono-
tary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
to whom a Baltimore gentleman, interested
in lands and other investments, forwarded
the article from the Record, was asked by
him for some specific information about the
International Lumber & Development Com-
pany. The following is Col. McClure 's reply:
PHILADELPHIA; April 23. — Dear Sir : I have
your favor with its enclosure. If you will look
with any reasonable care at the article in the
Hardwood Kecoiid you will see that it is simply
one of the many blackmailing devices * which
have attempted to prey upon us without success
and which do prey upon all. organizations n;hich
are nt>t on a sound basis. Of all the letters
given, there is not a single responsible name
presented, and the publication would likely
never have been made if we had souglit the
favor of the Uecohd by liberal advertising and
big i^ay for notices. If you will call or send
any competent person to the office of tbe com-
pany you can readily ascertain tbat tbe state-
ment made by the Record that. we are paying
dividends from stock sales is absolutely false.
We not only have never paid a dollar out in
dividends th.it was not earned and applicable
for that purpose, but we have today legitimately
earned nut only the dividend w'e are pa.ving this
month but the additional four per cent that will
be paid in (October.
Some months ago when there was quite a
flurry about the failure of several speculative
rubber companies in Mexico, the government was
appealed to to investigate them. \\'e voluntarily
asked the government to extend their inspec-
tion to our company, and they sent two inspec-
tors, neither of whom was known to any of
our company. ' Everything was presented to
them, ever.v book was open, the title given up to
examination, and they found not a thing to
report against eitlier the management or the
prospects of the company. Of course, they could
not make a report in favor of any company, but
they could make formal report where they found
the company was either violating the law or
manifesting a fraud upon the public. I would
be very glad indeed if you would come in per-
son and make the examination, or if you cannot,
any person who comes here with a letter from
yon will be given every oi)portunily to ascertain
that the business of this company is conducted
on the\. soundest business basis and that . its
earnings today are far in excess of its prom-'
ised dividends. Yours truly, . ■
A. K. McCluhe.
The Hardwood Record would say that it
has not attempted to blackmail either Col.
A. K. McClure or his company. It would
be a matter of sincere regret for this publi-
cation to be obliged to call that gentleman
a hoary-headed old liar, but the alternative
is too sad a one to contemplate. Col. Mc-
Clure states to his correspondent that if he
will call or send any competent person to the
oifice of the company he can readily ascer-
tain that the statement made in this paper
that his company is paying dividends from
stock sales, is absolutely false. The ai-tiele
merely said it was ' ' dollars to doughnuts ' '
that the company was not paying the divi-
dends named from the sale of mahogany
lumber, and in the light of the evidence pub-
lished, tliis statement may be reiterated.
Again, repeated efforts by mail and by per-
sonal calls at the office in Philadelphia have
failed to establish any evidence that the com-
pany is iwt paying dividends from stock sales.
The Hakdwood Record will be just as
frank in this matter as Col. A. K. McClure,
:ind a good deal franker. If he or an author-
ized representative of his company will call
at this oifice he will be supplied with in-
dubitable evidence that the greater number
of legitimate mahogany importing and manu-
facturing houses in this country having a
thorough equipment of capital, brains and
experience, are unable to show earnings that
approximate half the sum named in his com-
l>any's advertisement; and he will be further
given evidence that will constitute proof that
tlie letters published are bona fide and the
authors are entirely responsible.
Interview with Secretary McMahon.
.\ representative of the IIaudwuod ItECuitD
called at the oUices of the International Lumber
& Development Company. 701-715 Drexel build-
ing. Philadelphia, to secure information concern-
ing the mahogany operations of the concern.
The headquarters of the company are located in
one of the most spacious suites in the bhilding,
and the office force, consisting of about tifteen
girls, was busily employed in sending out adver-
tising matter, which appeared to be the chief
business done there. The assistant secretary,
who sat at an imposing desk with pigeon-holes
labeled ■'lists of agents," "instructions to agents"
and "agents' contracts," etc., declined to talk
in the absence of C. M. McMahon, secretary and
treasurer of the company.
When Mr. McMahon returned from lunch he
received the caller affably. He is a man of good
appearance, about forty years old, and expresses
confidence in the ultimate success of tlie pro-
.iect. He was asked if the company bad expe-
rienced any difficulty in getting its lumber to
marliet.
"No," he replied, "we have had no difficulty in
getting our stock to the United States. Our
land is situated in the State of Campeche, Mex-
ico, and lies along the coast. We have an ocean
frontage of over twenty-four miles, in the mid-
dle of which is situated the port of Chenkan,
where we have our wharf. We own a railroad,
which traverses our territory, and ship the
mahogany to the port by our own cars."
"Have you any mills on the land'.'" he was
asked.
"Yes." he replied, "we have two small saw-
mills, but when we fell the logs they are hewn
on the ground in a form almost square for
easier shipment and then dragged to the cars
and forwarded to the port."
"Bv what line do you ship?"
"We own our own boat, the Vueltaba.io, a
steamer of 1.260 tons. Each cargo consists of
about 400 tons of wood."
"How does that total up in feet?"
■ "Well, roughly speaking, there are about 4S0
feet in each ton, or 192.000 feet."
"And how many carloads have you shipped?"
"Altogether we"have sent to tbe United States
seven boatloads, the first one, shipped about
fourteen months ago, was sent to New York,
where the wood was sawed up by the Astoria
Mills there. The other six have been unloaded
at Mobile, Ala., and discharged into a large
boom which we own at that point. The last
cargo arrived April 11."
"By whom was this lumber cut up?"
"By the Underwood Veneer Company of Mo-
bile, hut we are now building a mill down there.
I can't tell you the exact dimensions of the
building, but "we are going to employ seventy-
five men there. The machinery was shipped
about thirty days ago and is now being installed.
We hope to have tbe plant in running order in
about a month."
"How much do you calculate that it costs
your company to ship mahogany from the woods
to Mobile?"
"Roughly speaking, we can cut the timber and
land it in Mobile for $9 to $10 a thousand, and
right here we have the advantage over our com-
petitors. I know of no one ■n-bo is bringing
mahogany from the section of the country where
our land is located who can do it as cheaply
as we do. This is because we own all our
shipping facilities, the railroad, the wharf and
the boat."
"Who handles your mahogany?"
"We do it ourselves. We employ no brokers,
but sell direct to tbe trade."
"Then you have shipped altogether about
1 .300.000 feet of mahogany since you have been
in business?"
"Yes."
"At what price do you sell it?"
".\t the market price. We have been able
to dispose of it to good advantage because of
the superior quality of the wood."
"But do you know the exact price at which
the various consignments were sold?"
"No ; that is not my end of tbe business, but
I do know that we secured good prices for it."
"You claim to have 288,000 acres in Mexico :
how mucli of this is covered with trees?"
"About three-fourths of the land is timbered."
"How is the wood found — is it scattered or in
lots?"
"Tlie mahogany is scattered all over the land.
We find it growing among the other trees, but
the mahogany growth is scattered."
"Have you yet brought away any of the other
woods, such as rosewood, etc. ?"'
"No : the only lumber we have shipped besides
mahogany has been some cedar. We have about
ten different kinds of woods that are market-
able, but we haven't come to them yet."
"How many shares of stock have you sold,
Mr. McMahoii ?"
"I can't say."
"Can't you say approximately?"
"No."
It was learned in the office, however, that
there have been about 3.000 shares disposed of.
"Is the money coming in from Stock subscrip-
tions being used to develop your resources?"
"Y'es. As fast as the money comes in. it is
applied in that way. We are already cultivating
20.000 acres of ground or one acre for each
share of stock. We are building up a big busi-
ness in heniquen. which is used for making fibre,
and onlv needs combing out to make good rope.
We have in the ground now 1.200.000 plants,
some over two vears old when planted. We
expect to place ."I'.OOO.OOO of these plants in the
ground. The value of this feature alone can be
seen when it is considered that $187,000,000
worth of heniquen has been shipped from the
port of Progreso. a short distance from our
laud, during the past twenty-three years, and_
tbat $2,000,000 worth was sent out last May.'
We have, besides, about 2.000 head of cattle,
and they are turned loose on 30,000 acres of
grazing land, covered with the finest grass. An-
other source of revenue is that our steamer
carries freight on her return trips, and thus adds'
tfi the profits of the company."
"Then all these improvements have been made
with the monev subscribed for stock, and you
have been able' to declare a dividend of twelve
per cent on your sale of mahogany alone?"
"Yes. we have been able to do this because
we have sent our cargoes to Mobile and had the
wood sawed at the mills of the Underwood Ve-
neer Company, and then sold to the trade. i)f
course. o\ir profits come largely from the fact
that our initial expenses are much lighter than
those of our competitors, since the wood is easy
of access and is shipped via our own cars and
our own boats."
Mr. SIcMahon did not discuss the amount of
stock sold, nor the money paid into the treas-
ury. The company advertises, however, that its
sliares sell for $300 each, and that the amount
can be paid in installments.
It is apparent to the mere tyro in the lum-
ber business that C. M. McMahon 's state-
ment that his company can cut mahogany in,
Mexico and land it in Mobile for .$9 to $10
a thousand feet is absolutely and unquali-
fiedly ridiculous. Many other statements he
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has made exhibit his want of knowledge of
any detail of the business. He may be a gilt-
edged promoter, but he has been wise in not
telling what he doesn 't know about the
mahogany business over his signature.
Interview with an Expert.
One of the heaviest buyei-s of mahogany and
veneei-s iit Philadelphia was seen by a Kecokd
representative regarding the statements of tlie
International Lumber & Development Com-
pany. He was asiced if lie had ever received
price lists or quotations from them.
"No." he replied : "the only dealings T ever
had witli that company was when one of their
agents came to me and wanted to sell me some
stoeli. When I talked to him about the mahog-
any end of the business, and tried to get a line
on* how they manufactured and sold it, he was
all at sea and appeared completely ignorant of
that end of the business. I told him I would
be glad to have liim come around when he had
some lumber to sell, but tliat 1 didn't want any
stocl\. Tiiey have never come near me since."
"Have you ever seen any of their lumber?"
lie was asked.
"No, I never saw any of their mahogany," he
replied, "but I bought some veneer that was cut
up at the Astoria Alills in New York wlien they
shipped a cargo there about a year ago. I got
the goods at a fair price, and was well satisfied
witli tliem. It was reported around at the
time, and so I understood it. that the Astoria
people practically owned the stock in payment
for their work. I don't know who bougiit the
lumber, but it was put on the market some-
where. If tliey are selling mahogany, tlie sales
are being made in the West, for I have heard
of none of their lumber being offered in this
market."
"Do you know anytliing of the T'uderwood
Veneer Company?"
"Not jiersonally. I have heard that they are
interested In the National Lumber & Develop-
ment Company, but I do not know to what ex-
tent. I have also heard that their work is not
of the finest quality, but as I have never seen
it. I am not in a position to speak positively on
that point."
"Do you think that the International Lumber
& Development Company can pay a dividend of
twelve per cent the first year from their sales
of mahogany?"
"I don't know what they can do, but I know
that if that is the fact they are doing more
than any of the rest of us can do. and I, for
one, would like to see how they do it. They
claim to have developed the land, bought or built
a railroad, » iiiio possession of a wharf, and
bought a gi>oa si/.cd steamship, and in spite of
all these expenditures to have paid a dividend of
twelve per cent on their stock for the first
vear. I don't believe it can be done, and it will
probably be found that the whole affair has more
In common with a stock jobbing operation than
with a legitimate lumber enterprise."
From Other Mahogany Producers.
riiii..\DKi,i'iin. .\pril lu. — Editor Il.MiDWOon
KKrcjKi) : I liave given the matter of the Inter-
national Lumber A: Development Company con-
siderable thought aud believe it is impossible
for the divldPiuls they name to have been paid
from profits on the sale of mahogany. I have
liersonal knowledge of two cargoes which were
brought into New York, which were sold at a
very low price — I should say only enough to
pay freight and actual cost of getting the stock
out. Without having the actual figures before
me. my recollection is that the wood sold at .fGil
to $r,'i. The freight would be .SIO. and the cost
of getting the wood to the coast, based on the
average cost of mahogany produced in Mexico,
is from .$50 to $(10 a thousand. I believe they
brought in three other shipments. One of these
I myself saw at Mobile, and it consisted of logs
not from their property at all, but which they
had purchased on the outside market at Laguna.
This particular lot of logs amounted to about
12."i.Ono feet. Allowing for the best results,
should say that .fl.SOO profit from such a lot of
wood would be about all that could be obtained.
I do not think that this company will ever bring
in enough mahogany to have any effect upon the
mahogany market, but for the protection of any
innocent" investors. I think your ventilation of
this concern is very commendable.
Letter from Prominent Mahogany Concern.
BdSTON-. April 14. — Editor II.ikdwoud Uecokd :
Your edition of April 10 has come to hand, and
we liave noted with much iuterest the article
on the International Lumber & Development
Company. Y'ou certainly have put this in very
good shape, and it ought to be conclusive as to
the character of that concern.
Letter from Pioneer Mahogany Operator.
CisciNN.iTi. April 23. — Editor II.\i!DW(>on Rkc-
ORD : We have received your valuable pajier and
have read your article on the International Ma-
hogany & Development Company with much in-
terest." I endorse all you are doing to enlighten
investors concerning this scheme. We have been
in the mahogany business for forty years, from
tlie ground up." and I say it is impossible for
any company to pay such dividends as stated.
Keep up the good work.
What Does it Look Ut,e to You?
It is really unfortunate that the Hard-
wood Record should be obliged to devote so
much of its space to the gratuitous adver-
tising of the more or less notorious Imel-
Spiro-Harris bunch, iFhich has headquarters
at Pittsburg, Pa., aud has acquired so un-
savory a reputation in hiinber circles for
several years past.
Advices from Pittsburg announce that the
Pittsburg Fuel Company disappeared from
the Bijou building about April 5. The agent
of the building sold out the fixtures of the
two offices occupied by the conceru last week,
and has no knowledge of the whereabouts of
either J. C. Harris or Louis N. Sturnman,
the only people connected with the enter-
prise with whom he was acquainted. It is
reported they have ' ' done ' ' everybody they
could, and skipped to parts unknown.
Simultaneous with this report comes word
from "Wilmington, Del., announcing the incor-
poration on April 12, under the laws of that
state, of the Delaware Hardwood Lumber Com-
pany, with a capital stock of .$20,000, of which
$10,000 is said to have been paid in. Its
officers are as follows: James C. Harris,
"Wilmington, De)., president; Edward J.
Emery, Philadelphia, Pa., vice-president; J.
L. Greenwald, Indianapolis, Ind., secretary
and treasurer. The office of the concern is
located at 306 Ford building, Wilmington,
and it announces its intention to do a whole-
sale business in hardwoods in the eastern
markets.
Of the incorporators, who are also offi-
cers, James C. Harris claims to be the
moneyed n an of the concern and to own
about 80 per cent of the stock. The re-
mainder is said to be divided between the
other two officers. J. L. Greenwald and Ed-
ward J. Emery are the practical lumbermen
of the company and are to transact the busi-
ness. James C. Harris, the president, does
not claim to have any knowledge of the
lumber business, but to have been formerly
connected with the Pittsburg & West More-
land Coal Companj' of Pittsburg.
Inquiry among the trade and among resi-
dents of Wilmington fails to reveal any
knowledge of James C. Harris, but the reg-
ister of the Clayton House shows that he
was registered there with his wife and son
March 2G to March 31. From the hotel he
removed to 914 West street in the same
city. When interviewed, Mr. Harris said
that the company had selected Wilmington
as headquarters for its operations on account
of its railroad facilities, and stated that he
had come from Pittsburg and intended to re-
side permanently in Wilmington, lie gave
his former residence in Pittsburg as 217
Vine street., Edgewood Park, whore formerly
resided the James C. Harris, who was con-
nected with the Pittsburg Fuel Company, a
concern which has been frequently referred
to in these columns, who at one time posed
as the moneyed man in the notorious house
of S. S. Spiro & Co., whicli made a disastrous
failure in Columbus, ()., a few years ago.
Mr. Harris is Virother-inlaw to C. J. Imel,
of unsavory rcjnitation, and has been asso-
ciated vvith him in several deals.
Diligent inquiry among the trade in Phila-
delphia reveals that no one knows anything
about Edward J. Emery, and no one of that
name has recently been recorded in the city
directory save a machinist who lives in a
suburb. Mr. Harris was asked where Ed-
ward J. Emery lived in Philadelphia, and
replied that he was a lumber salesman who
had no fixed abode, but that he lived in
hotels. When pressed to tell the name of
any particular hotel at which Mr. Emery
had stopped, Mr. Harris said he lived
wherever he pleased. On further interroga-
tion he said he did not know for whom
Emery worked before he became vice presi-
dent of the Delaware Hardwood Lumber
Company, but that he was a lumber sales-
man of Pittsburg. Later Mr. Harris said he
had known Emery several years. Who Ed-
ward J. Emery really is is uncertain, but it
is suspected that he is none other than Wal-
ter Imel, a brother of C. J. Imel, another of
the free-booting gang which has preyed on
the lumber interests for some time. Wal-
ter Imel was in Philadelphia previous to
the filing of the papers of the Delaware
Hardwood Lumber Company.
Various reference books fail to show any
lumber and coal dealer in Indianapolis, Ind.,
by the namo of J. L. Greenwald. This gen-
tleman is secretary and treasurer of the
Delaware Hardwood Lumber Company. His
headquarters are said to be in that city, and
he is supposed to buy and sell lumber for
the corporation.
S. S. Spiro registered at the Bellevue-
Stratford Hotel at Philadelphia April 7, and
remained there several days and was con-
tinually in the company of Walter Imel. It
is thought that possibly Spiro is playing the
part of J. L. Greenwald of Indianapolis,
Ind.
Dun's Agency in Wilmington states that
it has not yet given the Delaware Hardwood
Lumber Company a rating, but it is very
favorably impressed with Harris. One of
the particularly dangerous features of the
Imel crowd is the fact that it has always
succeeded in making such a showing before
commercial agencies as to secure a good
rating at the start.
From the foregoing facts concerning the
Delaware Hardwood Lumber Company it
would seem wise on the part of the lumber
trade to exercise at least reasonable caution
before entering into business alliances
with it.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Hardwood Record J\Iatl Bag.
I In this department it Is proposed to reply
to such inquiries as reach this office from the
Hasdwood Recokd clientage as will be of enough
general interest to warrant publication. Every
patron of the paper is invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in
a succinct and intelligent manner.]
every IIoo-Hoo will get to the front promptly,
even though it be only for the regulation ninety-
nine cents.
Birch in Nova Scotia.
The following letter from J[. W. Teufel,
manager of the Davison Lumljer Company, of
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, is self-explanatory,
and imparts considerable information cnii-
eerning the timber resources of Nova Scotia.
Mr. Teufel is carrying on a great spruce
operation at Bridgewater, and the lumber
product is going extensively into export to
Great Britain. The many Chicago friends of
Mr. Teufel will recall him as having been
with the John O'Brieu Land & Lumber Com-
jany and subsequently as Pittsburg manager
for the John M. Hastings Lumber Company:
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, April 16. — Editor
Hardwood Record : Noting your article on the
value of birch in your issue of the 10th, desire
to state we fully concur in your opinion, and
while no doubt the timber it getting ciuite
scarce in Pennsylvania and the .\diroudacks.
desire to state that there is a large quantity of
valuable birch timber in Nova Scotia and that
a large portion of same runs to the red variety.
There is an abundance of birch, beech and
maple and a small amount of red oak in Nova
Scotia ; in fact, the hardwoods and hemlock
here are still in their virgin state, very little
ever having been cut by reason of the fact
that heretofore all operators were obliged to
drive their logs to the mills, but with modem
methods of operation, namely logging railroads.
which our company now have adopted, we can
handle hardwoods and hemlock to good advan-
tage.
The manufactured product naturally would
find its way readily to the Atlantic coast states
of the United States ; furthermore the English
market takes a large quantity of log run birch
deals, but in our opinion our hardwood stock
should be manufactured and shipped to the
United States.
Large bodies of hardwood lands can be secured
in the province at very favorable rates in the
interests of buyers for either operation or in-
vestment.
We take the liberty of mentioning these facts
tor the reason that the province of Nova Scotia
has been standing in the background, hence its
wonderful advantages in the way of supplying
spruce, pine, hemlock and hardwoods is gener-
ally unknown in the United States. — Davison
Lumber Companv, Ltd., M. W. Teufel, Mana-
ger.
McMahon of Syracuse.
In the last issue of the Hardwood Eecord
was printed the letterhead of John O. Mc-
Mahon, ' ' attorney and counselor at law, ' '
32 Eversou Bldg., Syracuse, N. Y., which was
extremely rich reading for lumbermen, com-
ing from a man who confessed in the letter
below it that he vpas entirely without prac-
tical experience in the lumber business.
Love, Boyd & Co. of Nashville, Tenn., have
sent the H.vrdwood Eecord another communi-
cation from this versatile lawyer-lumberman
as follows:
Syracuse, N. T., April 25, 1906.
Dear Sirs : — I have calls for the lumber
products described in your ad. Some of them
are from wholesale dealers and some from con-
sumers, as designated. Can you respond to any
of them ; if so, how fully, and at what price
f. o. b. city of consumer — New York City ? What
else have you got in lumber products that would
be bargains to my customers? State prices
f. o. b. New York. Do you offer these bargains
to wholesale or retail dealers or to builders and
consumers? I can sell to either as you direct.
Also please state whether my charge of five per
cent commission against the seller on lumber
sold by or ordered through me will be satis-
factory to you. Very truly yours,
J. O. McMahox.
P. S. — I buy and sell lumber products both
between wholesaler and dealer and between re-
tailer and builder : wholesale prices will not be
divulged to builders, therefore state whether
your prices are for dealers or builders.
There is one good thing about McMahon —
he doesn't have to spend any money buying
nerve tonic. — Editor.
A Trip of Business and Pleasure.
iiu invitation of 1!. B. Wood, president of
the R. E. Wood Lumber Company. Baltimore,
Jld.. a party of his business associates and
friends joined him at Washington. D. C, on the
evening of Friday. April 20. They were ushered
into a private car attached to the special South-
western Limited of the .Soutliern Railwa.v and
started for the Sapphire country. In this sec-
tion of South Carolina, North Carolina and east
Tennessee, the U. E. Wood Lumber Company has
timber holdings aggregating 125.000 acres.
The trip was planned to give Mr. Wood's
associates in his timber and lumber enterprises
an opportunity to see something of the magni-
ficent timber owned by the corporation in the
southern Appalachian country, as well as to
give the ladles in the party an opportunity to
revel in the sunshine and natural beauties of
Asheville and the Toxaway country.
The part.v reached Asheville on Saturday af-
ternoon, and after dining at the Battery Park
Hotel were given a carriage drive about Ashe-
ville, and through the maguificent Biltmore
estate of George W. Vanderbilt. Mr. Wood
aud his guests returned to the hotel in time
for dinner, and Sunday was spent in driving and
church-going. (.)n Sunday evening the party left
for the Sapphire country to make its head-
quarters at Toxaway Inn. Lake Toxaway, N. C.
Several days were spent in sightseeing in the
beautiful Sapphire country and in viewing the
timber of that section. A half-tone illustration
printed in this issue of the Hardwood Record
sliows Mr. Wood and his guests during the
drive through the Biltmore estate.
The party consisted of : R. E. Wood and sis-
ter, Baltimore, Md. ; A. P. Perley and wife, Wil-
liamsport, Pa. : P. B. Shaw and daughter, Wil-
liamsport, Pa. ; H. S. Mosser and daughter, Wil-
liamsport, Pa. ; A. T. Page and wife, Williams-
port, Pa. ; O. F. Hershey and wife, Baltimore,
Md. ; W. L. Taylor, Welch, West Va. ; G. L.
Wood and wife. Asheville, N. C. ; Henry H. Gib-
son, Editor Hardwood Record, Chicago.
Hoo-Hoo's Well Doing.
Occasionally a member of the Black Cat Order
is proud of being identified with that organiza-
tion. On hearing of the terrible disaster in
San Francisco the order promptly wired ?2,000
from its imminent distress fund to Vicegerent
Trover of that city, to assist members who are
in trouble.
This sum wipes out the distress fund of the
order and more, and every loyal Hoo-Hoo should
see that his mite is sent to Scrivenoter Balrd at
once, so that the organization may be in a posi-
tion to assist in the next emergency. In place
of having on hand $2,000 the order should have
Jflo.ooo in Its distress fund. It is hoped that
Big West Virginia Beal.
The Flint. Erving & Stoner Company has
bought from E. V. Dunlevie of Dunlevie, W. Va.,
a tract of 10.000 acres of timber in Pocahontas
county, West Virginia, for a price approximating
$1,000,000. Tlie deal is the largest West Vir-
ginia purchase made for months, and gives to
the company the finest tract of spruce and
hardwood in the mountain state. It is estimated
that the tract will cut 200,000,000 feet of lum-
ber, spruce and hardwood. The tract is com-
pact and is well located, its seven miles of
railroad and the seven miles more which will
be built, controlling a large amount of adjoin-
ing timber land.
The property is on the Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad and the Green Briar river. Included in
the purchase are seven miles of railroad and
the entire town of Dunlevie, containing two large
boarding houses, 26 houses, a store, offices, post-
office, two mills, blacksmith and repair shops,
oil, boiler and machine shops and an up-to-date
electric light plant, which supplies light to
the entire town. The best machinery is found
in the plant, including a band mill and a
Stearns resaw with a total capacity of 100,000
feet of lumber a day. boilers with a capacity of
450 horsepower, gang edger, trimmers, slashers
and dozens of live rolls. The company has al-
ready taken possession and will shortly operate
the mills day and night.
The operation will be carried on by a new-
West Virginia corporation, to be called the Flint,
Erving & Stoner Lumber Company. This con-
cern already has 60.000 cords of round pulp wood
sold to the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Com-
pany, and 60.000 cords of slab pulp wood, which
is taken from the refuse as it is on the way from
the carrier to the burner, contracted with the
same company. It will market most of the lum-
ber in the East, but a large part of it, especially
the hardwood, will be sold in the Pittsburg dis-
trict, where the Flint, Erving & Stoner Interests
are among the largest distributors of staple
lumber. This operation, which will last ten
.years, will give the company 20,000,000 feet
of lumber annually, which, w-ith its other opera-
tions in the South, and in northern Pennsyl-
vania will give it a total of 50,000,000 feet of
lumber a year.
The officers of the Flint, Erving & Stoner
Lumber Company are : President, J. B. Flint,
who negotiated this purchase : vice-president and
general manager, A. W. Eckhart, who was for
many years manager of the enormous operations
of the Weyerhaeuser lumber interests in Wis-
consin : secretary, E. H. Stoner : treasurer, E. H'.
Erving.
The General Lumber Company.
The General Lumber Company is the name of
a new Memphis hardsvood house at 3S0 Randolph
building, whose officers are W. J. Richardson,
president ; E. E. BookmiUer, vice president and
manager, and P. H. Ravesies, secretary and
treasurer. The concern is capitalized at $10,000
to do a general wholesale hardwood lumber busi-
ness, which capital is all paid in and will be
increased as the growth of the enterprise war-
rants.
Mr. Ravesies was formerly connected with the
Sullivan Lumber Company of Memphis, while
Mr. BookmiUer has also had considerable expe-
rience in the lumber business In that market.
William H. Lloyd and other local capitalists
have organized the Pine Apple Spoke & Handle
Company, which will erect a factory at Pine
Apple, Ala., to manufacture spokes, handles and
other articles of hardwood. The concern is cap-
italized at $1,500. The seat of operations is only
a short distance from the Alabama river, and
the output will be shipped via Mobile to mar-
ket. Tlie interests controlling this enterprise
are planning the establishment of other institu-
tions of the same kind.
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Complete Official Report of the "Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Contention of the
National Hardwood Lumber Association
Held at Memphis, Tenn.. May 3 and 4, 1906
OFFICERS AND NEW DIRECTORS FOR 1906-7
OFFICERS DIRECTORS
President, W. H. Russe, Memphis, Tenn. Earl Palmer, Paducah, Ky.
First Vice President, O. O. Agler, Chicago, 111. C. H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind.
Second Vice President, C. E. Lloyd, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. C. F. Sweet, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Third Vice President, H. C. Humphrey, Appleton, Wis. George E. Hibbard, St. Louis, Mo.
Treasurer, J. Watt Graham, Cincinnati, O. O. E. Yeager, Buffalo, N. Y.
Secretary, Frank F. Fish, Chicago, 111. G. J. Landeck, Milwaukee, Wis.
The ninth annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Association has gone into history as the largest gathering of hardwood
men ever assembled in this country. The roster of attendance had the signatures of 430 people, and a number ol persons failed to have their
names recorded. It is safe to say that there were nearly 500 people present at one or more of the sessions.
Although the weather was very hot and the hotel accommodations inadequate for such a large crowd, the Memphis lumbermen did every-
thing in their power to make the stay of the visitors agreeable. They proved to be hosts par excellence, and were lavish in their attentions
attempting to see that every individual was made comfortable and happy. Both the banquet and the social entertainments given the visitors
were delightfully planned and executed.
Each session of the convention was characterized by spirited debates, and while the prevailing interest was centered in the election of a
jiresident, other important business coming before the convention was dispatched with vim and vigor. Among the notable features of the con-
vention was the taking of an entirely new attitude on the subject of forestry, the association recognizing at once the valuable suggestions on
the subject brought out in the report of Chairman Wall of the Forestry Committee and fully endorsing his ideas on the right way to get after
reforestiy problems.
The convention demonstrated its charity in a marked way by raising a substantial sum for the benefit of the San Francisco sufferers.
It elected to hold its next annual meeting at Atlantic City, N. J.
Furthermore, it was decided to remove the association's headquarters from Indianapolis to Chicago.
The full official stenographic report of the proceedings herewith follows;
THURSDAY MOBmirG SESSION.
The convention wns r.Tlled to onlcr by President
Earl Palmer, in the assembly room of the Gayoso
Hotel, at eleven o'clock.
Mr. Barksdale : As president of the Lumber-
men's Club of Memphis I want to welcome you,
each and all, as gue,sts of this club and as
guests, also, of the citizens of Memphis. It is
my pleasure and privilege to introduce to you
our mayor, the Hon. James H. Malone, who will
now deliver an address of welcome.
Address of Welcome.
Mr. Malone : Tliere is no savel liere, but I gave
your honorable president a dollar to use in call-
ing the meeting to order. I have asked him to
return the dollar before I get through with my
speech.
Mr. Cliairman. and gentlemen of the Na-
tional Hardwood Lmnber .Association, on be-
half of the city of Memphis and all its citizens,
I extend to you a most hearty and sincere wel-
come to our midst. We are glad to have you
with us today. We are always glad to have
with us visitors from a distance. We are more
than pleased when the great commercial in-
terests, not only of the surrounding states, but
throughout the United States of America, see
fit to turn their eyes from their homes and to
look, it may be, to the far South, and to have
a meeting among us and honor us with their
presence. We are glad to have you here today.
I had been a very common man until last
November. It was the first time in my life
that I was ever elected to a public oflice. Since
then I have been mayor of Memphis, and I have
been called upon to look into the faces of a
great many gentlemen in conventions which
have met in the city of Memphis. I asked my
honorable predecessor not long ago about wel-
coming these different conventions, and he said :
"Malone, cut it out." I Laughter.] But I have
not. I think it is an honor to myself and an
honor to the city of Memphis, to look into the
faces of these distinguished gentlemen here to-
day in this audience. It almost nonplusses me.
1 Applause.] I don't see any log run here today.
[Applause and laughter.] It looks to me like
all firsts and seconds, all along the line.
[Applause.] And we are glad to have you
among us.
Now, gentlemen, I am going to be very frank
with you. While we feel honored by your pres-
ence, we think it not inappropriate that the lum-
bermen and timbermen throughout the United
States should come to Memphis, inasmuch as it
is one of the first hardwood markets upon the
continent of America. [Applause.] When I
was a boy — and I am not old yet. although my
hair is a little gray — when we looked in our
old geographies, we saw something about timber
and lumber interests. We either saw the wood-
man cutting the tree or drawing the drag over
the snow or the felled trees being taken down to
the stream, and the geography spoke about the
magnificent timber forests which beautified this
country. Since then a stream of wealth flowed in
and the trees were felled and used to make beau-
tiful residences and public buildings ; not only
upon the continent of America, but also upon
the continent of Europe our beautiful woods
have adorned residences and buildings ; so much
that I cannot but think of my boyhood days
when I looked at the rude cuts of the forests
of America. Tliere were great wealth and great
duty and great possibilities in them, but they
have been almost denuded, except in the South-
ern States, where we have a great wealth of
forests. I trust the members of this association,
while they look to profit, will improve the op-
portunity, so far as they can to preserve the
forests, and the United States itself, and the
several states have instituted such proceedings
as will, as far as possible, renew the forests
of this great country. I therefore trust you
will lend your endeavors to this end and to
the preservation of the forests in our western
states, and especially in the mountain ranges
where reserves have been made.
Now allow me to say one thing, dropping out
of the formal and going Into the Informal. As
I said, I am only a common lawyer and they
elected me. unhappily, mayor of the city of
Memphis. I was called over to my office a few
days ago — now this ciunes down to yoti boys
personally — to look after some details with re-
spect to a certain lawsuit, and when I went,
there was a negro man named Florida, whom I
had known many years ; as I passed he seemed
to be dejected and melancholy ; whereupon I re-
called the fact that be had been a client of
mine, and this great city of Memphis, in ex-
tending its streets and boulevards, had deter-
mined that it would extend and widen the
boulevard in front of his humble shanty, and
I was his lawyer. Seeing him so dejected I
said, "What is the trouble. Florida? I am
mayor of the city of Memphis, and I am your
lawyer no longer. I understand the city of
Memphis has not only agreed to compensate
you in money and to give you a fair equivalent
for taking part of the frontage of your lot. but
they have also agreed to build a sidewalk in
front of your property." He said, "Yes, yes,
boss." I said, "Florida, that being so, I want
to be fair with you while I am mayor. Let us
look at it from the city's standpoint. You,
being a carpenter, can buy some material, fix up
your shanty, add to it and adorn it so that it
may be respectable upon this grand boulevard."
He said, "That's all right, boss, but that ain't
the p'lnt — that ain't the p'int " I tried to
be dignified, and said. "Florida, what is the
'pint'?" He said, "Why, the high price of lum-
ber— the high price of lumber, boss." [Laughter
and applause.] "Well." I said, "that is true,
Florida, but within one month now, they tell me
at the city hall, according to their agreement
with you, you will have your money." "Oh,
my God, boss," he said, "those timbermen from
all over the United States is going to meet at
the Gayoso Hotel, and they is going to have a
ban(iuet, and every time they have a banquet
they raise I be price of lumber." [Laughter and
applause.]
Now come, boys, do the best you can for
Florida. You are going to have a great banquet
here ; a great meeting. I do hope and trust
that this meeting of this association may be
the greatest and grandest in Its history. Now,
one other word, nils Is a damp, humid at-
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mosphere. We know It in tbe South. We are
observing men, and I know tLiat this association
is composed ot respectable gentlemen, but it
may be that you may get up on the sticks
somewhere ; some o£ the boys may wander o£E
and come in contact with the guardians of the
O. O. AGLER, CHICAGO. FIRST VICE PRESI-
DENT.
peace. [Laughter.] If you do, and it you are
not dry all along the line, and you get a little
wet and they put you on the sticks, and you
get in the hands of the guardians ot the peace,
remember one thing : I have already said to
the chief of the police department [applause]
that if any such there be. deal gently with the
young men for my sake, as was said by one of
old. [Laughter and applause.]
I will say one other thing and then I will be
done. Tliis city is named Memphis. I had the
distinguished honor of being introduced to a few
of the wives of some of the association members.
Now, gentlemen, I am a married man and in
domestic servitude, and I know what that means,
and you know it. I explained to the ladies w-hy
this hotel was named Gayoso, and they will ex-
plain further, but there is scarcely a man in
Memphis who knows why it is so named. There
is no woman in the world who, if she knew
why it was named Gayoso, would not be proud
of the fact. I won't tell you that. But this
city is named Memphis after another city that
flourished live thousand years ago upon the
banks of the Nile in Egypt, the great inland sea
of the continent of Africa. Memphis of today,
Memphis, Tenn., sits upon the banks of the
Mississippi river, the grandest river in the
world, the inland sea of the continent of
America. [Applause.] And if. in future years,
when you and I have passed away, if our suc-
cessors have any doubt in their minds as to
where they wish to meet, they will turn their
eyes to the Mississippi river and to the city
of Memphis and find, as you do now, a hearty
welcome in our midst. I thank you for your at-
tention. [Applause.]
President Palmer : I want to tell you about
it. [Laughter.] The mayor said to me a
second ago : "Shall I go now, or shall I wait
until you are through speaking':" I think, in
common justice, if I can stand to hear his
speech he ought to listen to mine, [.\pplause. ]
Mayor Malone : 1 will do that.
President Palmer : I wish to say that one ot
the most trying features of the office which I
have held has been the duty to respond to ad-
dresses made by orators such as the mayor of
Memphis. When you put a lumberman beside
a trained orator, a trained law.ver, he doesn't
appear very well in competition.
Mayor Malone : I am only a common lawyer.
President Palmer : Mr. Mayor, someone has
said that to paint the lily or to gild the finest
gold were a wasteful and ridiculous excess, and
I believe that any attempt on my part to add
to that which has already been said with re-
gard to the quality of Memphis' hospitality may
well be placed in the same wasteful category,
I should, however, be false to the trust reposed
in me as presiding officer of this meeting did I
fail to thank the mayor for the kindly words of
welcome to which we have just listened. We
fully appreciate the warmth and the sincerity
of the welcome that has been extended to us
by the city of Memphis, through her executive,
the mayor, ' who in his address alluded to a
Memphis away back five thousand years ago.
To my mind, Memphis rather corresponds to a
city of later date, a city thrown upon her seven
hills and stretching her scepter over the entire
civilized world. That city was Rome. Memphis
might well be compared to the Rome of the past.
Rome became great by conquest and Memphis is
liecoming great by conquest : but the conquest of
Rome was over empires and that of Memphis is
over human hearts. I leave it to you, gentle-
men, as to which will be the more enduring.
But Memphis, in imitation of her ancient proto-
type, situ binds her willing captives to the
wheels of her chariot, with a golden chain.
The greatness of Rome is of the past. Her sun
lias set, while the sun of Memphis has scarcely
c. E. LLOYD, ji:,. i'iiii..\iii:i,pniA, second
VICE pkesident.
risen, and no one can foretell what its glory will
be at noonday. The greatest reason, to my
mind, for the downfall of Rome, was the fact
that there was lacking an essential element in
her citizenship. In all the cosmopolitan popuhi-
tion of Rome, history has failed to disclose the
presence of a single hardwood lumberman.
[Laughter and applause.] Now, while I may
be wrong in assuming that the downfall of
Rome was due to the absence of the lumbermen,
there is none that can gainsay the statement
that the upbuilding of Memphis is largely due
to the lumbermen. [Applause.] The Memphis
lumberman — a topic worthy of a better speaker
than your humble servant — the Memphis lum-
berman is not a local product. He comes from
Wisconsin, from Michigan, from Indiana, and
from everywhere : from the nortliern and eastern
states, in stubborn pursuit of the gradually
receding hardwood timber belt, until he has
made his final stand here in this city, and has
converted Memphis into the largest hardwood
producing market the world has ever known.
[Applause.] Memphis was an old town when
the lumberman discovered it. [Laughter.]
Memphis was a cotton town : it was a town
in the true meaning of the word. But since the
lumbermen have come here and gone out and
advertised it in all the marts of the world, Mem-
phis has become a city — a city of destiny — and
the people of the United States, through the
active efforts of the lumbermen, have been
caused to sit up and take notice of the destiny
of Memphis. As I say, these Memphis lumber-
men are big people. They are, I believe, in a
class by themselves, and as such they are
viewed with pride and hailed with joy by the
remaining portion of the lumber trade. I would
like to discontinue this response right here.
I believe I have said enough.
Mayor Malone : Go on, Mr. President.
President Palmer : I am going to, sir. I be-
lieve that I have an accounting with the mayor.
I noticed a wave of surprise and sadness settle
over the faces of this distinguished audience
during a portion of the remarks of the mayor.
It may not be seemly for me to find fault with
an address of welcome, but I am here to do my
duty, and I am going to object to that portion
of the address in which the mayor referred to
the fact that special instructions had been is-
sued to the police force on account of the at-
tendance at this meeting. Mr. Mayor, we are
your guests today, but we are asking for
nothing but the liberty to enjoy every rational
and lawful entertainment that may be ex-
tended by our hosts. We will have none of
your license. [Lauguter.] I would, therefore,
suggest that those special instructions to the
blue-coated guardians of the peace and guar-
dians of law and order be recalled, and in place
thereof, that they be directed to be exceedingly
vigilant during the next two days. [Laughter and
applause.] Let them throw out a drag-net for
evil-doers of every description, and, sir, I pledge
you, up*m the honor of every guest here, that
when that net is pulled in not a single member
of the National Hardwood Lumber Association
will be found entangled in its meshes, unless
he also be a member of the Memphis Lumber-
men's Club. [Great laughter and applause.]
Perhaps you would desire to know why I speak
with such cocksure authority on that question.
Mayor Malone : I would.
President Palmer : I want to tell you we
are traveling under the guardianship of our
hostesses who are sitting on the seats in the
rear. [Applause.] Now, going back to Rome
again — when Rome ruled the world the conrte-
H. C, HUMPHREY, APPLETON, WIS., THIRD
VICE PRESIDENT.
sans occupied the throne, and that is why Rome
fell. Today, in our own country there is a
throne at every fireside, and that throne is
occupied by a wife and a mother.
Mayor Malone : That is right, sir, that is
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21
right. [Applause.] With the permission of
your distinguished chairman, and in accord with
the beautiful sentiments which he has just
expressed with respect to the home and the
fireside, I am goini? to say to you now why
this hotel is named Gayoso. There are not
many men in Memphis, probably, who linow
the reason, but on account of the beautiful
tribute which your president has paid to woman-
hood, to the ladies who have come with this
distinguished association, I thinli it not inap-
propriate to make that statement. This hotel
is named after Don Gayoso, the last governor-
general of the Louisiana Purchase, which, as you
will remember, embraced the state of Louisiana,
but also included the territory up to the western
banli of the Mississippi river, embracing Arkan-
sas, and all across the line, and extending to
the Pacific ocean, the purchase of which was
made by President Jefferson from Napoleon IIL
The last governor-general of this great terri-
tory was the great Don Gayoso, who died at
the age of forty-one years. As one of the last
acts of his life, in the year 17S4, liaving his
encampment and headquarters in what is now
called Hopelield, opposite us, this being the
third Chickasaw blood upon the Mississippi
river — he came across the river in 17S4 to cele-
brate, as he said, the birthday of his master,
the king of Spain. After he had celebrated that
day he wrote a letter to his dear wife in Spain.
He said he came across upon a flotilla with
cannon and with music and on dress parade,
and celebrated the occasion ; that it was a
beautiful day, as this day is, and, to quote
Lord Byrcm, "So clearly beautiful that God
alone was to be seen in the heavens." He wrote
further : "There is but one thing lacking to
make it a perfect day, and that is your dear
presence. But I hope to see you soon, and
until that time I count the months, the weeks,
the days, nay, the hours, till I can he in your
dear presence." The God of the universe struck
him down before he could see his beloved wife,
and now I think it is not unfit and not in-
appropriate that his memory should be remem-
bered today, and that this great hotel should
be named after Gayoso, the man who loved his
wife and loved his home, and who paid a tribute
to womankind that is imperishable, and that
can never fade away. I lliank you. l.Vpplause.]
Tor San Francisco Sufferers.
President I'alraer ; Gentlemen, before enter-
The beautiful city of San Francisco has been
practically wiped out of existence by the de-
structive forces of nature imprisoned within
the earth. When the news first reached us of
that catastrophe, our minds could hardly grasp
the full import of the devastation that had
been wrought, and as the details have come
to us from day to day our hearts have throbbed
in sympathy and bled in pity ; but pity, unac-
companied by action toward relieving the dis-
tress of those upon whom that pity is bestowed,
is of little avail. I therefore believe it to be
fit and appropriate, that before we enter upon
any part of the regular busiuess of this meeting
some action be taken toward raising a sub-
stantial relief fund to be wired in the name
of the National Hardwood Lumber Association,
to the chairman of the finance committee at
San Francisco. I realize that many of us have
already contributed to funds of this descrip-
tion, either through our lodge work or through
local relief organizations, or in some other man-
ner, but I do not believe that there is a man
present who has as yet satisfied the demand that
l:ias been made upon his sympathy by the suf-
ferings of those people. They are the largest
hearted and the most generous race of men
and women that the world has ever produced.
In bringing this matter to your attention, I do
not urge it upon you as a duty, but I simply
present it to you as an opportunity to com-
pare your generosity with theirs if you were
said in reference to this proposition has already
been said much better than I could say it or
would attempt to tell you. The only thing to
do now is to "dig" quick and plenty, and I move
you that a committee of five be appointed to
gather subscriptions and return them to the
EARL PALMER, PADUCAH, KY., DIRECTOR.
Ing upon the regular program prepared for this
session, I desire to call your attention to a
matter that, in my opinion, is of paramount
importance. A great calamity has recently be-
fallen a large number of our fellow citizens.
FRANK F. FiSII, INDIANAPOLIS, SECRE-
TARY.
the sufferers and they held the purse string. I
do not expect any large contributions, but I be-
lieve w'e should ail do something, and by doing
that, we will put this association on record
as following out the principles and the spirit
that has always prevailed in our deliberations,
the spirit of fellowship and of brotherly love.
I will be pleased to entertain a motion that this
' matter be now immediately considered by this
assembly, sitting as a committee of the whole.
Alex. Lendrum ; Inasmuch as we all have num-
bers, I think in order to facilitate this matter,
it would be well to annoint a secretary to call
off the numbers of those who subscribe. You
may put down No. 26 for .$25.
President Palmer : Before doing that I would
like to hear a motion, in order to carry this
aloncr upon parliamentary lines.
W. A. Bennett : I make that motion, Mr.
Chairman.
Motion seconded by W. A. Bonsack, and car-
ried.
President Palmer : Mr. Sondheimer, will you
tell us about San Francisco?
Mr. Sondheimer : Mr. Chairman, and gentle-
men of the convention, everything that can be
J. WATT GRAHAM, CINCINNATI, TREAS-
URER,
secretary or to the treasurer of our association
for disposition.
Mr. Bonsack : I would suggest, Mr. Chair-
man, that if any one is not prepared to make a
cash subsci'iptiou, we make a note of the sub-
scription on a card, and that it be paid later.
President Palmer : The committee is to pro-
ceed up and down the aisles and take the names
and amounts, and the payments will be made to
the treasurer of the association or to the secre-
tary. The treasurer will hold the money until
the time to send it on. I will appoint upon
that committee Max Sondheimer, Alex. Lendrum.
W. A. Bonsack, W. A. Bennett, J. W. Thompson.
The committee is going to see every member
of the association before it submits its report.
Every member is going to see the committee
and the results will be reported at one of the
sessions of this convention. Not one wicked man
is going to escape.
With the permission of the membership the
roil call will be omitted, but cards will be cir-
culated among those present in order to get a
full roster of those in attendance.
Mr. Sondheimer : You will have to send out
to the racetrack to get the full attendance.
President Palmer : Mr. Sondheimer is out of
order. The next business is the reports of olB-
cers. The president is now ready to submit his
report, but before doing so, the president of
the Lumbermen's Club desires to make an an-
nouncement.
W. R. Barksdale : Gentlemen, the committee
in charge of entertainmeut desires each and
every member present to register in the hotel
at the private booth of the club, where he will
get his number and tickets for an excursion
tonight. We want every gentleman of this
association, with the ladies in attendance and
friends, to be with us. The boat leaves the
wharf between half past seven and eight. To-
morrow night there will be a banquet, to which
you are all invited, but we want your name on
the register in order that you may get your
ticket for the banquet.
President Palmer : The first busiuess coming
before the meeting is the officers' reports, and
the president heads the list, so I will now read
my annual address :
President's Address.
To the members of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association, assembled in annual meet-
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ing at Memphis. Tenn.. May 3, 1906 : — It is
an exceedingly pleasant duty that I find im-
posed upon me as presiding ofRcer to welcome
this notable gathering of lumbermen to this, the
ninth annual meeting of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association. The increased attendance
GEORGE E. IIlKBAKli. ST. I.OUIS. MO., DI-
RECTOR.
from year to year at the meetings of this asso-
ciation affords eloquent testimony to the inter-
est that has been developed in the work being
prosecuted by this organization, as well as to
the good that results from the intermingling in
a spirit of good fellowship of many engaged in
the same line of trade, which concourse is ren-
dered possible by meetings of this nature. I
am therefore able to greet you with the complete
assurance that, notwithstanding the sacrifices
of time and money which all have been called
upon to make in order to be present upon this
occasion, each will return to his home entirely
satisfied that he has been repaid many time's
for these sacrifices in the profit derived from
participating in the deliberations of the various
business sessions of this meeting and in the
pleasure resulting from the generous hospitality
that will be dispen.sed while we are guests
of the Memphis lumbermen. I am glad that
so many are here today, and I believe that each
one shares in my pleasure. Under this condition
it requires no Delphic oracle to forecast that
this will be one of the best meetings ever held
by the National Hardwood Lumber Association.
In accordance with a custom oljserved at for-
mer annual meetings of this association, the
president is expected to prepare and submit, as
a preface to the work of the meeting, an ad-
dress in manuscript. In making such prepara-
tion I endeavored to produce an address that
would be worthy of this occasion, but after a
final revision of the manuscript, I realize that
I have fallen far short of the mark at which
I aimed. In olfering my apologies for the de-
flciencies contained herein, which will be only
too evident as I proceed, I can but urge, in ex-
tenuation, that I did my best, and remind mv
friendly critics that "angels could do no more."
From a personal viewpoint, this meeting has
meant much to me, for here I expect to realize
the climax as well as the finality of my oflicial
career in this association. This address, while
primarily one of welcome, must also be accepted
as a message of farewell from the honorable of-
fice to which I was called two years ago It is
my purpose in its contents to touch only upon
the mountain tops of events, leaving to the offi-
cers and chairmen of the several standing com-
mittees who are to follow me the privilege of ex-
ploring, in their carefully prepared reports tlie
valleys of details that lie between.
A proper understanding and conception of re-
sults is not possible at all times without taking
Into consideration, in the same cnnnectibn the
causes to which they are due. Therefore, it is
Impossible to separate entirely the events of the
year Just ended from those belonging to the
preceding twelve months, because the work of
the first year of my administration was largely
devoted to paving the way for the accomplish-
ments of the year now ending.
It is my belief that these two years, taken
as a whole, have been epochal in the history of
this association. Within that period volunteer
effort has been replaced by regular service: ab-
stract conceptions have cr.ystallized into concrete
realities : provincial measures have yielded to
definite methods.
It is not my purpose to speak slightingly of
the volunteers who devoted so much time,
thought and effort to the work of establishing
this association and but for wliom no such or-
ganization would be in existence today. But,
while it is the province of volunteer effort to
achieve, it inevitably remains for regular ser-
vice to. maintain. So today the best guarantee
that this association offers for its permanence
rests in the fact that it now has established a
complete regular service, represented by its
si'cictary installed in a well-equipped office and
supplied with competent help, to properly care
lor the details of the work : a surveyor general
and a corps of salaried inspectors, widely dis-
tributed among the leading producing and con-
suming hardwood markets of the tTnited States.
In the genesis of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association the cherished dream of its
founders was that a uniform system of hard-
wood inspection be established throughout the
entire country. Today I am able to make the
statement that that dream has been realized ;
that national inspection is no longer a dream,
but an accomplished fact : that in the term na-
tional inspection a definite standard finds expres-
sion— a standard common to and thoroughly
understood in every market in this country
where hardwood lumber is bought or sold. _^
Today the National Hardwood Lumber Asso-
tiation stands for a square deal. Its position
is well defined. It obligates to absolutely pro-
tect the buyer and seller of hardwood lumber
who relies upon the efficacy of its bonded cer-
tificates to accomplish that end. If, upon in-
vestigation, the fact is developed that an error
exists in any of the certificates issued by a
regularly authorized inspector of the association,
this association, without delay or circumlocution,
renders payment in full for the difference exist-
ing between what is right and what was wrong
to the party suffering from the error. No indi-
vidual, no corporation, no association can do
CARROLL V. SWEET. i.U.V.Mi KAPIDS, MICH.,
DIRECTOR.
more. To do less is to invite disgrace and t"
welcome ultimate disintegration. This associa
tion keeps the faith and discharges its obliga
tions, thereby deserving and compelling the re
spect and confidence of the entire hardwood
trade.
In the accomplishment of this work there was
no precedent for guidance, and to obtain the enil
desired it was necessary to blaze a new trail.
But, with the foundations of this organization
firmly planted upon the bedrock of truth, hon-
esty and square dealing, the only problem that
now confronts this membership is that of ad-
ministration. The wise and proper solution of
that problem, however, is surrounded by a suffi-
cient amount of difficulty to demand the exer-
cise of much wisdom on the part of those to
whom the destiny of the association is commit-
ted. But few appreciate to the fullest extent
what is implied by the responsibility for the
proper administration of the hardwood inspec-
tion of this country. To accomplish this work
in a creditable manner and to the satisfaction
of all concerned demands that the executive
positions in the association be filled by men pos-
sessing a comprehensive grasp of the importance
and immensity of the task before them, as well
as a due regard for the details by which their
efforts become effective. Therefore, great care
should be exercised In filling positions of trust
in this association, to the end that men pecu-
liarly fitted to the discharge of the duties per-
taining thereto are secured.
The results obtained from the inspection de-
partment during the past year have been ex-
tremely gratifying to me, as I am certain they
will he to this membership, when the details are
submitted by the chairman of the Inspection
Committee, to whom great credit is due for the
manner in which the aft'airs of that important
department have been administered.
It is also proper for me to commend the effi-
cient services rendered b.y tlie surveyor general.
His industry, faithfulness and absolute honesty
of purpose, coupled with his unquestioned abil-
ity as a thorough judge of lumber, have enabled
him to discharge the trying duties imposed upon
him in a manner that has given general satis-
faction to those with whom he has come in
contact, and won for him the tlianks and con-
gratulations of every member of this associa-
tion.
Now, in this connection, should the men be-
hind the guns be overlooked? I refer to those
upon whom the association relies for the proper
application of its rules of inspection — the bonded
inspectors of the association. With few excep-
tions these inspectors have absolutely justified
the trust imposed in them, and by the conscien-
tious discharge of their duties have accomp-
lished much in inspiring confidence in the meth-
ods and satisfaction with the results derived
from the use of National inspection. It is,
therefore, my belief that to them, in as great
a degree as "to any other agency of this associa-
tion, is due tlie gratitude of this membership
for the high repute in whicli National inspec-
tion is now held by the trade at large.
The success that has attended the system
adopted two years ago of maintaining salaried
inspectors has been such as to encourage me to
urge the expediency of increasing that particu-
lar branch of the service as rapidly as men of
the proper qualifications can be obtained. There
are urgent demands from various, sections of
the country yet unsupplied by that class of in-
spectors. The board of managers has recognized
the necessities of the situation and has directed
the inspection department to take prompt action
in the premises. I trust that these pressing re-
quirements for an addition to the number of
salaried inspectors will receive the attention
lliat its importance merits. The most gratifying
feature of the situation is that the greatest
jiressure for National inspectiou now comes from
localities where, but a few years ago, that sys-
tem of inspection was either unknown or totally
ignored.
On account of the fact that the functions
performed by National inspectors partake largely
of a judicial nature, it is absolutely necessary
that these positions be filled by men in whom
the judicial faculty is developed in a high de-
gree, and who possess a thorough understanding
of the process of properly grading hardwood
lumber. In order to obtain men of the proper
caliber for the work in hand, it may he neces-
sary to pay a higher rate fur the services re-
quired Ihan is usually accorded to inspectors
ORSON E. YEAGER, BUFFALO, DIRECTOR.
employed by private concerns. But In this con-
nection the truth comes with redoubled force
that good men will be cheap at any reasonable
price, while the services of poor men would be
exceedingly expensive even though they were do-
nated.
HARDWOOD RECORD
23
The only complaints that have reached me
regarding National Inspection during the past
year have come from members who have failed
to follow the course of procedure outlined by
the inspection department for obtaining the ben-
efits that are derived from the application of
that system of inspection. The hand booli pub-
lished by this association last October contains
complete and concise information as to the
manner in which tlie inspection department is
conducted, and I would commend to this mem-
bership a careful consideration of the provisions
contained therein In order that any confusion or
misunderstanding arising from a lacli of knowl-
edge regarding the methods by which National
Inspection is administered may be obviated in
the future.
Tlie rules for the inspection of hardwood
lumber, as amended at tlie Buffalo meeting,
became effective December 1, 1U05, and while
some objections have been urged as to the wis-
dom of some of those amendments, it is not my
belief that these adverse criticisms are sustained
by sufficient grounds to warrant any action in
opening up the question of a change in the rules
at this meeting. While I do not believe that
the members in attendance upon this meeting
are lawfully bound by the action taken at any
previous meeting, in view of the fact that at
the Buffalo meeting a resolution was adopted
to the effect that no further changes should be
made in the inspection rules for a period of
three years from the date of that meeting, I do
believe that the pledge then given should be
respected at each subsequent meeting until that
period of time is completed, unless we. are called
upon to face conditions in the trade radically
different from those prevailing at the present
time. It would he well, however, owing to the
fact that the hardwood lumber trade is con-
stantly undergoing a process of transition or
evolution, for the Inspection Uules Committee
to keep in close and constant touch with the
trade for the purpose of collecting such infor-
mation and data as may be afforded, to the end
that w'hen the proper time approaches for fur-
ther consideration of changes in the inspection
rules of this association, that a sufficient amount
of authoritative information upon the subject
be at hand to enable this membership to enact
amendments that shall intelligently and com-
prehensively cover the situation as it may then
exist.
The address delivered by me at the annual
meeting held in Buffalo last May contained the
following paragraph :
"It has been the belief of the president that
the entire energy of the association be devoted
to the work of increasing the efficiency of asso-
ciated effort in rendering the offices of the asso-
ciation indispensable to the hardwood trade,
under the further belief that when this is ac-
complished it will not be necessary to urge
lumbermen to join our organization, as the bene-
fits to be derived from such a connection will
he plainly apparent to all."
The soundness of this view, as to the proper
method of propagating an extended membership,
has been strikingly demonstrated by the results
B, F. SWAIN, SIIELBYVILLE, IND., DI-
UECTOR.
obtained during the past year, as a comparison
o£ our membership list today with that of one
year ago will conclusively prove. The story of
this increase and how it was accomplished I
shall leave to the secretary, as it is not my
purpose to discount the effect of any particularl'v
good item of news nor of an interesting chapter
oi; the year's work that is yet to be related by
an officer to whom is largely due the credit for
the growth tliat has occurred in the ranks of
this association within tlie year ending with this
meeting. I may projierly state, however, that,
while a large addition to the membership has
been effected since the Buffalo meeting, the
doors of the association liave not been opened
to all who have desired admittance. Every
application for membership has been submitted
to a rigid investigation by the Executive Commit-
tee, and if any doubt was entertained as to the
desirability of adding a name to the membership
roll such application was rejected.
While the steadfast adherence and consistent
support of a large majority of the older mem-
bers to the cause of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association during the period of its ex
istence lias ever been a source of congratulation
to those who have had the interests of the asso-
ciation at heart, there is today a special reason
for rejoicing on the part of this membership.
"How think ye? If a man had an hundred
sheep and one of them be gone astray, doth he
not leave the ninety and nine and goeth into the
mountains and seeketh that which is gone
astray? And if so be that he find it, verily, I
say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep
than of the ninety and nine which went not
astray."
It is my belief that the crowning achieve-
ment in the work of the past year was the loca-
tion and restoration to membership of more
than one way-worn member who had strayed
from the fold of this association. Hence I
lepeat. there exists a special reason for rejoicing
today on the part of this membership.
At a meeting of the hoard of managers, con-
vened directly after the adjournment of the last
annual meeting, it was decided to employ a sec-
retary, who should devote his entire time and
attention to the elTects of this association. In
accordance with this arrangement the board of
managers met in .July for the purpose of con-
sidering a number of applications for the posi-
our association met with a hospitable reception
in the Iloosier capital, the location possesses
some objectionable features : it is not as easy
of access as some other cities, and as a result
the secretary does not come in contact with as
large a percentage of the members of the asso-
GEOIiGE .T. LANDECK, JIILWAUKEE, DI-
RECTOR.
lion. After careful investigation of each appli-
cant the unanimous choice of the board re-
sulted in the election of the incumbent, Frank
1'". Fish, who took charge August 1. Since enter-
ing upon the discharge of the duties assigned to
him Mr. Fish has contributed much to the suc-
cess of the administration now ending, and has
proven himself entirely competent to conduct
the affairs of an office the importance of which
is vital to the interests of this organization.
I believe it is entirely proper for me to take
this opportunity to congratulate the board of
managers upon its happy choice in filling this
important office, to congratulate Mr. Fish upon
the success that has attended his administration
and the association membership upon its good
fortune in obtaining the services of so competent
an officer. I trust that the connection may be
continued indcflnilely, because I know of no one
who can aicouiijlisli more for the association
than can Mr. Fish, and neither do I know of
another organization that will appreciate his
exceptional abilities to a greater extent or sup-
port his office in a greater degree than will the
National Hardwood Lumber Association.
At the July meeting of the board of mana-
gers it was decided to establish the office of
the secretary in the city of Indianapolis in con-
nection with that of the surveyor general. While
CHARLES
II. BARNABY, GREENCASTLE,
IND., DIRECTOR.
elation as would be the case if the office were
located in some of the larger hardwood markets.
I would, therefore, recommend that at the meet-
ing of the board of managers to follow this gen-
eral meeting the expediency of changing the
location of the office of the secretary and sur-
veyor general be considered.
It gives me pleasure to be able to report that
the finances uf this association have stood the
test of every strain to which they have been
submitted during the year, which condition
amply confirms the opinion expressed by me at
the Buffalo meeting that "So long as this asso-
ciation continues to earn valuable returns upon
the investments of its members, no apprehension
need ever be entertained as to any difficulty aris-
ing from a .scarcity of money with which to
carry forward any practical undertaking that
may be proposed in the interests of its mem-
bership."
At the last annual meeting it was decided
that the importance of the widely discussed
subject of forestry justified the appointment of
a standing committee, the duties of which
should be to keep in touch with the effort that
is Ijeing made to convert a nation of tree slayers
into a nation of tree planters, and by thus
recognizing the necessity for concerted action In
the premises, this association should appear upon
record as being ready and willing to uphold those
who were earnestly striving to establish in this
country a system of practical forestry.
I do not consider that any obligation rests
upon lumbermen to maintain or restore the for-
ests that is not equally as binding upon every
other inhabitant of the country without regard
to occupation, for, while lumbermen have been
in a large measure the actual instruments of
the denudation that is occasioning such wide-
spread discussion and alarm at the present time,
what they have done was at the behest of the
entire people who demanded from the forests
material wherewith to construct houses, barns
and stores, to build boats and railroads, to fence
their lands and supply their homes with furni-
ture. Hence. I insist that, according to the
well-defined principle of jurisprudence which
holds the receiver of stolen goods equally guilty
with him who committed the theft, lumbermen
are no more responsible for the condition in
which the country finds itself placed with re-
gard to its timber supply than are the remainder
of the inhabitants.
But while I deny any special responsibility on
the part of the lumbermen for existing condi-
tions. I believe that, as lumbermen come in closer
touch with the situation and possess a keener
appreciation of the emergency by which this
country is confronted than do those not con-
nected with that trade, it is eminently proper
that they be found in the front with the work-
ers who propose in a measure to prevent the
distressing condition by which this country is
threatened. The practical knowledge gained by
lumbermen in years of experience In the forests
will be of incalculable assistance to the govern-
ment and to the several states when a compre-
hensive system of practical forestry is finally
inaugurated, and to such a system i can safely
pledge the unqualified support of the National
Hardwood I^umber Association.
This membership will recall the action tsiken
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HARD WOOD RECORD
at the Buffalo meeting with regard to the sup-
port to be extended to the Xational Wholesale
Lumber Dealers' Association by our association,
in the elfort being made by the former organi-
zation to secure an equitable adjustment of the
car stake question at the hands of the various
railroad companies. At a meeting of the Na-
tional Wholesale I^umber Dealers' Association,
held in Ottawa last August, an executive com-
mittee was selected to take charge of the prose-
cution of the work. The president of this asso-
ciation was included in that committee, which
held its tirst meeting in Chicago in October. At
that meeting the president, who had already
been empowered by the board of managers to
act according to his best judgment in the prem-
ises, subscribed, in the name of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association, the sum of .$400
to assist in defraying the expense connected
B. E. THOMPSON, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH..
DIRECTOR.
with properly bringing the question at issue be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Commission.
An attorney was employed for that purpose
and proceedings against the railroads were in-
stituted and prosecuted with so much vigor that
the railroad companies in suit acquiesced to
the demand for the 500 pounds' allowance in
weight on account of temporary equipment, and
suggested the possibility of a compromise with
regard to permanent equipment of flat and gon-
dola cars. In order to exhaust every means for
a peaceable settlement of the vexed question
this proposition was accepted by the executive
committee, and the proceedings before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission were held in abey-
ance pending the result of the efforts at com-
promise. Since that time there have been two
conferences between the executive committee
and the representatives of the railroads, at each
of which this association was capably repre-
sented. Sub-committees were appointed' to con-
tinue the investigation with regard to the prac-
ticability of equipping flat and gondola cars
with permanent stakes, but nothing definite as
yet has been accomplished. While I am not
disposed to criticise the action that has already
been taken in the matter, I believe that, unless
some substantial assurances of good faith are
submitted by the railroad companies as to their
actual intention, the compromise conferences
should be discontinued and the case be resumed
before the Interstate Commerce Commission. If
relief is to be obtained, the sooner it is secured
the greater the saving to the lumber interests,
and if it transpire that the compromise confer-
ences are but a dilatory measure to postpone the
day when that relief is to come, then the shorter
the period of procrastination the better for the
lumbermen.
If the issue of this car stake and equipment
case results in a complete victory for the lum-
bermen, as I believe it eventually will, a valu-
able precedent will have been established as to
what can be accomplished by the lumbermen of
the country when they act in unison upon a
given proposition, and this precedent should not
be forgotten when the necessity arises for simi-
lar action in seeking to improve other conditions
in the trade.
In October I attended the rate regulation
meeting held in Chicago as a self-appointed del-
egate of this association. For reasons that ap-
peared good and sufficient to me at the time —
and the soundness of which I have not had
occasion to doubt since — I allied myself with the
gathering held in the Studebaker theater. I
have never been able to determine with any
degree of accuracy just what portion of this
membership I represented, as I am aware that
some of our members attended or have since
supported the action of the meeting held in
Steinway Hall. Neither am I disposed at this
time to argue the merits of the cause espoused
at either meeting. I have never regarded the
split that occurred upon the occasion referred
to as an unmixed evil. If in this country we
were all to take one side of a question the
ship of state might list violently, either to port
or starboard. But when divergent views are
held by nearly an equal number of the people
on each side, the final decision generally results
in a middle course, in which each may find some
part of bis belief expressed, and such I believe
will be the final result of the rate regulation
harvest which is now being threshed out on the
floors of congress.
It was my pleasure to represent this asso-
ciation at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin
Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, held in
ililwaukee. and of the Indiana Hardwood Lum-
bermen's Association, held in Indianapolis. The
National association was honored at each of
these meetings by the courtesy extended to Its
president b.v these state organizations, and b.y
the adoption of resolutions commending the work
now being performed by this association, each
pledging its support in carrying forward that
work to a successful issue. The local hardwood
lumber associations, exchanges and clubs the
country over may be properly regarded as con-
stituting efficient buttresses to the National
Hardwood Lumber Association, and as such they
deserve the gratitude of this entire member-
ship.
At the risk of becoming tedious, I have gone
into details regarding the affairs of this associ-
ation for the purpose of affording to the mem-
bers a comprehensive understanding of what is
being done within the ranks of the organization
to the support of which they are called on to
contribute. I doubt if any, other association is
covering a wider Held of effort with more satis-
factory results. I believe that this membership
fully appreciates what is being accomplished,
and so long as it shall he apparent that this
association is conducted in the interest of its
members and so long as each member is able
E. F. DODGE, CHICAGO. DIRECTOR.
to trace tangible results from his connection
therewith, just so long will this association
continue in the course of prosperity upon which
it is now so successfully launched.
Whatever degree of success if any may have
attended my work during the past two years
has been largely due to the enthusiastic and
consistent support which I have received from
the membership, the directors and officers of this
association, and any attempt on my part to
publicly express my thanks for the quality of
that support would appear perfunctory in nature
and would fall far short of conveying a proper
idea of my full appreciation of the generous
treatment accorded to me by all.
In conclusion I desire to recall the following
metaphor used by me In my brief inaugural
address at Cincinnati two years ago : "The
presidential pathway looks rosy enough from
my present point of view, yet I doubt not but
there be now and then a thorn among those
roses."
The thorns were there according to prediction,
but the scars made by them have long since dis-
appeared while the fragrance of the flowers
that bloomed by the wayside, the flowers of
trust, loyalty and friendship, will remain with
me until the shadows have grown long in the
evening of my life, and the day will not come
when I shall cease to be proud of the fact that
for two years I was permitted to wear the badge
of honor of the National Hardwood Lumber As-
sociation. Eakl Palmer, President.
W. A. Bennett : Mr, President, I move that
a committee of three be appointed to consider
the suggestions and recommendations contained
in the president's report.
J. W. Thompson : With the consent of the
original mover, I suggest that we put Tom
Moffett, W. H. Russe and Maurice M. Wall on
this committee.
President Palmer : I would suggest that we
include the secretary's report and the report
of the treasurer in that motion.
Mr. Bennett : I accept the amendment.
Motion seconded and carried.
President Palmer ; We will now hear the sec-
retary's report.
Secretary's Report.
Mr. President and Gentlemen — In the prepa-
ration of this report for the consideration of the
membership of the National Hardwood Lumber
Association at this, the ninth annual meetins,
I have been handicapped in a degree by a lack
of knowledge of the history of the association
which I have the honor to represent as secre-
tary, as well as by ignorance of the precedents
that have been heretofore established as to the
proper subjects for discussion in the secretary's
report.
However, I am encouraged to believe that the
profitable results following the efforts put forth
by the otficers and directors during the past year
will compare favorably with those of any pre-
ceding year in the history of the association.
That the ground covered by this report may not
transgress the limits accorded to the office which
I occupy, owing to the fact that I was not in-
stalled in the secretary's office until August 1,
any credit that may be due that office for what
has been accomplished within the year should
be shared in a large degree by my esteemed
predecessor, A. R. Vinnedge, to whom I owe a
debt of gratitude for many courtesies extended
and much assistance rendered during the first
months of my official career.
I have also found in the president a wise
counselor upon all matters pertaining to the
work of the association, and there is perhaps
no one who understands as fully as I the amount
of time and attention devoted by him to the
interests of this organization. I have been
greatly inspired in my new field of labor by
tlie absolute sincerity of purpose and the per-
fect confidence In ultimate results entertained by
J. WISTAR EVANS. PHILADELPHIA, DI-
RECTOR.
all the officers, directors and members of this
association with whom I have come in contact
in the discharge of my duties. While I possess
no practical experience in the lumber trade,
it Is not diffleult for me to understand and ap-
preciate the benefits that will assuredly accrue
to tbat trade as a result of a complete anjl
harmonious combination of the units of which
It is constituted, and while I hope at some time
to understand all that is implied by the term
National inspection, I have thus far exerted my-
self largely along the line of increasing the
membership of this association under the belief
that the greater the number that Join in the
worli. the earlier the harvest of effort will
ripen. . , _ . . ,, .
As a result of this special effort to add to
the number of members I am pleased to report
that during the year ending with this meeting
•'04 new firms haVe been placed upon the mem-
bership roll. While this addition in members
Is certainly gratifying, the fact should not be
overlooked ' that this increase is not made up
of the doubtful and questionable elements of the
trade but rather includes the names of many
of the best hardwood lumber firms in this coun-
try. A detailed statement of the membership
(or the year is as follows :
Membership May IS. 1905 332
Applications received since 211
Applications rejected T
Total accepted ' 204
53G
Kesignations and withdrawals by rea-
son of going out of business, etc. . . . 33
Association membership May 3, 1006.. 503
The finances of the association have also re-
ceived my careful attention and while at times
the funds in hand have been reduced to a small
figure, the association has not been without a
cash balance in the treasury at any time where-
with to prosecute any \vork outlined in the
interest of its membership. I trust that the
Auditing Committee will be able to reconcile the
following statement of receipts and disburse-
ments with the books of the treasurer and the
voucher flies with him :
RECEIPTS.
From membership dues $11,810.04
From inspection fees 11,831.55
From sale of inspection rules 326.86
From cash deposits 700.00
From reinspection fees 321.89
$25,190.34
DISBURSEMENTS.
Remitted treasurer $24,420.88
Checks and cash on hand 769.46
$25,190.34
While, as indicated above. I am not able to
speak as one having authority upon matters
pertaining to inspection, it affords me pleasure
to be able to offer my testimony as to the effi-
cient manner in which the affairs of the sur-
veyor general's oHice have been conducted. Ow-
ing to the fact that that oflicer shares the office
of the association with the secretary, an ample
, opportunity has been uffercd me to arrive at an
HARDWOOD RECORD
The larger part of the time since I have been
your secretary has been spent at the association
headquarters in Indianapolis. 1 have, however,
made several trips to the large hardwood cen-
ters and have been asked frequently by our
members why Indianapolis was selected as head-
quarters for the association. There were doubt-
less good reasons for making this change and
while the association has prospered since its
removal to the present location I believe it would
now be advantageous to locate the executive
offices in a larger hardwood center. This ac-
tion would ipsuil in placing the membership in
much cliiser touch with the executive offices, and
I also believe the convenience of the members
of the various committees, whose duties necessi-
tate attending several meetings during the year,
would be best suited were the offices located in
some city where they have other business inter-
ests.
In conformity witli the by-laws the Executive
Committee have held five meetings during the
year: at Indianapolis. ,Iuly IS and September
21 ; at St. Louis. November 6 : at Indianapolis,
January 18, and at Grand Rapids, March 16.
The Board of Managers have also held two meet-
ings, the first at Indianapolis. September 21,
and the second at Grand Rapids, .March 16.
These meetings were well attended and the
chairman and other members of the Inspection
Bureau Committee were also present.
The popularity of the inspection rules of this
association is shown by the increase in the
demand from all sources for the pamphlets con-
taining these rules. In former years 5,000 to
10,000 copies have been printed, but in Novem-
ber last 2.1,000 copies of the rules were printed
and at the present rate of distribution the edi-
tion will be exhausted at an early date and it
will be necessary to issue another edition.
CJood reasons exist for the belief that all
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EDWARD BUCKLEY, MANISTEE, MICII., DI-
RECTOR.
authentic judgment as to the manner in which
Mr. Smith has discharged his duties, and I am
certain that no organization ever had a more
diligent, faithful and conscientious employee
than this association possesses in the person
of the present surveyor general.
pregnant with opportunity. You will all agree
that the executive committee acted wisely in
their instructions to the secretary to emphasize
qiialitv and to investigate all names thoroughly
before' inviting them to membership and sub-
mitting their applications for approval.
In accordance with the decision of the Hoard
JOHN N. SCATCIIERD, BUFFALO, DIRECTOR.
branches of the lumber industry are becoming
cognizant of the necessity and importance of
organized effort under present trade conditions.
The interest evinced by our ow'n membership in
the work of this association and the material in-
crease in that membership affords abundant
proof of this condition. Since our last annual
meeting at Buffalo we have admitted many im-
portant, long established manufacturing and
wholesale firms who have never until now been
identified with association work. The secretary
is now in correspondence with many others who
are quite certain to connect themselves with
(his association at an early date. While many
requirements are necessary to carry to a success-
ful issue the work of organizing the hardwood
interests, I believe all agree that harmony is of
vital importance. It is my belief that a con-
dition of absolute harmony prevails today in the
ranks of the National Hardwood Lumber Asso-
ciation, and to this condition is due in a greater
degree than to any other tlie rate of progress and
the position which it now occupies in the hard-
wood trade. I do not claim that the National
association has the strangle hold on prosperity
and that our battle is ended, but I do believe
I hat it is possible to build on our present foun-
dation an organization that will embrace all
the best firms in the hardwood industry of the
United States. A membership of 500 aggressive
firms is a great nucleus, and while it is perhaps
true that many of our own members do not fully
realize the present possibilities, the situation is
A. BENNETT, CINCINNATI, DIRECTOR.
of Managers at our last annual meeting the
proceedings of that convention were published
in pamphlet form and distributed among the
membership. A large number of these pamphlets
were also sent to nonmembers and on request
have been supplied to the trade throughout the
country. Frequent letters requesting informa-
tion regarding the association's objects and
methods resulted in publishing the present hand
book. In addition to supplying the member-
ship with this booklet we have distributed many
thousand copies among manufacturers, dealers
and consumers, in each instance accompanying
same with a special letter. It is therefore rea-
sonable to claim that the National Hardwood
I.uiiil)er Association is today better known
throughout the United States than at any time
previous in its history. It has occurred to me
that if the members of tliis association were
(o adopt a uniform and distinctive emblem to
lie imprinted upon the letter heads used by them
in conducting their business correspondence,
some advantage would lesult to the association
from the practice if it could be made general
among the members. It is my belief that the
emblem appearing upon the letter heads of the
officers of this association for the past nine
months as well as upon all printed matter
coming from the secretary's office might serve.
I should be pleased to have this suggestion
considered at this meeting, and if it meets the
.Tpprovai of the members present I shall take
pleasure in supplying cuts of the design referred
to at cost for distribution. I desire to thank
the members of the National Hardwood Lumber
Association for the many courtesies extended
during the year and for your attention to this
report. Fr.ink F. Fish, Secretary.
President Palmer : Tlie committee on officers'
reports can report at their convenience. The
report of the committee, however, should be in
before the order of new business tomorrow, so
that anything they recommend can be taken up.
O. O. Agler : It occurs to me that it might
be well at this time to have a resolution adopted,
authorizing the president to appoint a committee
of three on rules and credentials, and I make
the motion that the president be so empowered.
J. W. Thompson : I would amend the mo-
tion to read a committee of five.
President Palmer : That, as I understand it,
does not refer to inspection rules, but parlia-
mentary rules to govern this meeting.
Mr. Agler : Yes, I accept the amendment.
The motion as amended was carried, and the
president appointed the following committee on
rules and credentials : 0. 0. Agler, O. B. Yeager,
T. B. Stone, G, J, Landeck, R. J. Darnell.
President Palmer : We are ready for the
treasurer's report.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
statement of Treasurer for Year Ending
May 3, 1906.
GENERAL FUND.
RECEIPTS.
From W. S. Dai-nell. treas-
urer $ 2,C24.84
GARDNER I. JONES, BOSTON", DIRECTOR.
Membership dues
from secretary.. .$11,412.09
Inspection fees
from secretary. 11.485.04
Inspection rules
from secretary. 526.86
Relnspection fees
from secretary. 321.89 23,745.88
Total receipts $26,370.72
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid 175 Touchers $25,830.25
Cash on hand (per bank cer-
tificate)
$ 520.47
CASH DEPOSIT FUND.
RECEIPTS.
From W. S. Dar-
nell, treasurer.. $ 1,399.86
Amount from sec-
retary 675.00
Interest accrued
to April 1,
1900 50.55
Total $ 2,125.41
REFUNDS.
Paid thirteen Touchers $ 325.00
Cash on hand (per bank
certificate)
1,800.41
I Total cash on hand $2,320.88
O. E. YeageBj Treasurer.
Mr. Thompson : I moTe that an auditing com-
mittee be appointed to audit the report. ^
President Palmer : I will state that no com-
mittee of that kind was appointed at the Buf-
falo meeting. Inasmuch as there is to be a
change of administration I requested Mr. Thomp-
son to make that motion.
The motion was duly seconded and carried
and the president appointed the following audit-
ing committee : J. W. Thompson, A. K. Vin-
nedge, Walter S. Darnell.
President Palmer : It occurs to me that A. R.
Vinnedge is a good man to check up the secre-
tary and Mr. Darnell is a good man to check
up the treasurer.
On motion, duly seconded, recess was taken
for luncheon.
THTTBSDAT AFTEBNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was called to order by
President Palmer at 2 :15 o'clock.
B. F. McMillan : Mr. President, they tell
me that Memphis furnishes the best whisky In
the world. Now, I would like to know about
what kind of water they furnish.
J. W. Thompson : We neyer thought of that.
Colonel.
W. H- Riisse : Does the gentleman from
Wisconsin wish to take a bath? That is all we
use it for.
President Palmer : I would like to announce
that there is a standing committee on the San
Francisco relief fund. Possibly there are a
number of gentlemen in the room who did not
get their subscriptions down this morning, and
to those gentlemen I wish to say that the chair-
man of the committee is Ales. Lendrum. If you
will go to him and make your donations they
will be taken up later. We raised a considerable
amount this morning that we haye not yet
counted. We will not act on it until we get
cnougu to be worthy of this association. I also
wish to announce that the executive committee
will meet in this room directly after the ad-
journment of this meeting. It is necessary to
have the meeting of the executive committee
to pass upon the applications which we have
here, in order to install all the new members
that have applied.
The first business this afternoon on the regu-
W. A. BONSACK, ST. LOUIS, DIRECTOR.
lar program is the report of standing commit-
tees. W. W. Knight is chairman of the inspec-
tion bureau committee, and he will now read his
report.
Report of Inspection Bureau Committee.
At the seventh annual convention of this asso-
ciation, held in Cincinnati, May, 1904, your
Inspection bureau passed a resolution to the
effect that the surveyor general and the in-
spectors in the large hardwood markets be
placed on a salary basis.
During the years 1904 and 1905 there were
four inspectors appointed on a salary basis,
viz., New York City, Buffalo, Cincinnati and
Memphis. During the past year, dating from
June 1, 1005, we have not only maintained the
four inspectors above mentioned, but have ap-
pointed salaried men for Chicago, Philadelphia,
Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, St. Louis and New
Orleans, making at present a total of ten.
During the time that these salaried inspec-
tors have been working for the association they
have inspected 21,258,184 feet of lumber, and
the records in the surveyor general's oflice show
that the tee inspectors have inspected 80.498.609
feet of lumber for a period of eleven months.
Adding to this the average amount for one
month gives a grand total of 97.634.84!^ feet,
a material increase over the work of last year.
This does not by any means cover the amount
inspected under the association rules, but simply
the total shown by records of the office for
which certificates have been issued.
The expense of the inspection department of
this association for the past eleven months,
dating from June 1, 1905. to May 1, 1906, has
been as follows ;
Salary and expense of salaried inspec-
tors $12,001.12
Fees received and due from
salaried inspectors $10,449.58
Fees received and due from
fee inspectors 2,948.13
$13,397.71
Salary and expense of sur-
veyor general, including
rent, telephone, travel-
ing expense, stationery,
etc ; . 4,294.36
Less traveling expenses paid
by members 423.20 3,871.16
Total cost of inspection de-
partment $15,872.28
Less fees 13,397.71
Cost to association.... $ 2,474.57
At present there is a demand for a second
deputy inspector in St. Louis. New England has
been asking for a salaried inspector, and like-
wise Baltimore, Norfolk and St. Paul. Expe-
rience has taught us that wherever we have
placed a salaried inspector that as soon as he
has become known to the trade the demand for
his services has materially increased.
In order to illustrate to you the difficulty in
securing the right man for a position of this
kind I wish to quote to you the language used
by the former chairman of the Inspection Bureau
Committee regarding this matter : "A man who
can be hired on a salary as inspector, who is
capable of going out and practically arbitrating
between buyer and seller — as the surveyor gen-
eral proposes to do — I say such men are scarce
and hard to get. Men who are capable of taking
care of a position of this kind are well em-
ployed and do not care to make a change, nor
are their employers willing to give them up."
I believe that the success of this association
depends greatly upon the salaried inspectors.
They are supposed to be men of good judgment
and even temper, and at all times to take into
consideration that they are arbitrating between
the two or more parties concerned in the trans-
action : therefore, it is necessary that these
men show no favoritism. I am confident that
as far as we have gone in securing salaried in-
spectors the present corps is as good as any
similar number of inspectors that could be em-
ployed.
Referring to the certificates issued by the
inspectors of this association there are some
things that the committee would like to im-
press upon you. First, that the certificate of
inspection and measurement issued by the in-
spector shall be final hetween huiier and seller.
That is to say, if A sells a carload of lumber to
B, and the invoice is accompanied by a certifi-
cate of inspection, B should pay that invoice
according to the certificate attached. Then,
upon examination of the car by B. if he finds
that the lumber is not up to grade, he is entitled
to a relnspection, whether he is a member of
M. M. WALL. BUFFALO. CHAIRMAN FOR-
ESTRY COMMITTEE.
this association or not. Before calling upon the
surveyor general for a relnspection. It is the
duty of B to accept the result of the original
inspections as a basis of settlement with A, and
then upon relnspection of the shipment If It Is
found that the deputy inspector made an error,
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27
the Natioual Hardwood Lumber Association is
responsible to Li for the amotini of dift'erence.
provided tbe inspector making tlie original in-
spection is in error in excess of I lie 4 per cent
leeway.
Some objection has been urged by members
to tbe allowance of 4 per cent leeway, and it
may not be generally understood by the member-
shiii that the Board of Managers has ordered
that where the aiuount exceeds 4 per cent the
whole difference is charged to the inspector mak-
ing the original inspection. This rule is now
effective and observed by the inspection depart-
ment. The surveyor general has ruled that
where the lumber, the grade of whiih is in dis-
pute. Is obviously of a lower grade than that
certified to by the original inspection tbe 4 per
cent clause shall not apply, as the intent of
that clause is only to cover line board upon
which a difference of opinion might reasonably
exist between the two inspectors.
There have been a few cases where certificates
have been issued, and without notifying the sur-
veyor general the parties receiving the lumber
have asked other deputy inspectors to inspect
tbe lumber, keeping the fact that there had
already been a certificate issued on the lumber
well concealed. In cases of this kind the sur-
veyor general has declared such certificates void,
and would not recognize such certificates as a
reinspection.
A great many consumers of luinlter make their
contracts based upon the rules of insiiection and
measurement of this association, and I am fully
convinced that if this association continues the
policy it has adopted, of placing salaried in-
spectors in the dift'erent markets where the
amount of prospective work will justify such
appointments, there is no douht that the mem-
bership will increase materially, and the trade
be benefited accordingly.
W. W. ICxiGiiT. Chairman.
The report was adopted, on motion.
President Palmer : Theodore Fathauor. chair-
man of the Inspection Rules Committee, will now
please read their report.
Report of Inspection Rules Committee.
It is safe to assert that no action taken by
this association has ever given greater satisfac-
tion than that of a year ago which is expressed
in our inspection rules as follows : "These
rules shall not be changed for a period of three
years." This action has given our inspection
rules tbe much needed quality, stability, and has
placed them for a stii)ulated period above annual
revision. We have established a firm standard
which is highly appreciated in this country and
abroad. We are glad and proud of the fact
that, after a number of years of liard, earnest
and conscientious work, inspection rules have
been adopted that are satisfactory to all con-
cerned, which is a great achievement when we
consider the vast territory in which hardwood
lumber is produced and the still larger territory
in which the product is marketed, for each pro-
ducing territory has wood of an identity peculiar
practice; therefore the problem in the begin-
ning was a very complex one.
Your Inspection Rules Committee worked pa-
tiently and earnestly year after year to discharge
the task assigned and intrusted to them, and I
feel that I should publicly speak of my col-
leagues in this work in terms of highest praise.
Much as we differed at times, our arguments
I»ro and con were .ilways sincere, and our views
were not prejudiced nor prompted by selfish mo-
lives, hut each was willing to study the issue
in ijuestion earnestly at all times and look at it
from liotli sides. The result was that either
one or the other was convinced, and that finally
the decision was accepted in the most harmoni-
ous and unanimous manner, the result of broad
views and close study.
We are also Indebted to the members at large
for the patience they have shown us, and for
the unllincliing support they have given us at
all times. It is nothing short of remarkable
that a large body of practical lumbermen should,
and did at all times, adopt the report of its
rules committee, and we can assure you, gentle-
men, that tbe committee has appreciated the
high complim(*nt you paid it in this matter.
Anyone who has studied the inspection rules
of the National Hardwood Lumber Association,
whether a member or not, must agree with us
that they have been expressed in the plainest
terms possible and arranged in the most concise
form so that any inspector can understand
them. There are no contradictions, or even
seeming contradictions, in our rules' today. We
have not too man.v rules, nor too much phrase-
olog.v, but yet enough. You will also find that
forest conditions within the I'nited States: some-
thing of the details of the efforts being made
ttjward reforestry, and some suggestions from
the viewpoint of practical lumbermen on the
subject of the necessities and possibilities of
regrowing and maintaining a forest area to an
extent that shall provide a perpetual source of
timber supjjly for the nation's needs.
J. W. TUOMl'SON, MEMPHIS, CIIA lU.MAX
ENTEETAINMENT COMMli'TBE.
to itself, and the same wood in another terri-
tory also bears its stamp of location. We must
also bear in mind that the different markets in
this vast land of ours have customs of their own
strongly intrenched by virtue of long years of
WILLIAM R. P.ARKSDALE, PRESIDENT LUM-
BERMEN'S CLUB OF MEMPHIS.
there is great uniformity in the rules them-
selves. That has always been strictly adhered
to, and as nearly carried out as it could be,
consistent with the different woods, and so it
should be, for one wood is always a competitor
of another. Therefore the standard of one wood
should always be the standard of another wood
as nearly as possible. The standard as already
stated has been firmly established and no vacil-
lating policy in these rules can change it for the
next two years. Consequently the only change
in tlie value of the different woods is in the
prices, which are governed by the universal law
of sujipiv and demand. The rvile of making no
cliauiic in the rules for a stated period gives tbe
inspectors who apply these rules in a practical
sense an excellent opportunity to become more
conversant with tliem and to perfect themselves
in their application. That these rules are bet-
ter understood than heretofore by the lumber-
men at large is evidenced by the fact that your
chairman had fewer letters in the past year
asklni^ for interpretation of these rules than
ever before in the same period of time.
TnKOPORE FATn.M KR, Chairman.
On motion duly seconded and carried, the re-
port was adopted.
President Palmer: The next thing is the
report of the chairman of the Forestry Commit-
tee, Maurice M. Wall.
Report of Conmiittee on Forestry.
To the president and members of the National
Hardwood Lumber .Association : Y'our committee,
to whom was referred the subject of forestry,
has deemed it wise to submit an analysis of
T. J. MOFFETT, CINCINNATI, WHO RAN A
GOOD RACE FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
Primarily, if we take an account of the
standing timber possessed by this country, we
will find of the soft wood's that the north-
eastern states possess approximately 25,000,000,-
oiio feet: the lake states, 70,ooo,b()0,000 feet:
the Rocky Mountain states, 80,000,000,000 feet;
ibc southern and southwestern states 250,000,-
1,000 feet, and the Pacific states 800,000,000,-
1100 feet, or a total stand of soft woods of
1,220,000,000,000 feet.
Of the hardwoods remaining in this country,
an estimate of approximate accuracy places the.11
at only 250,000.00(1. 000 feet. Thus we have re-
maining in the United States today a total stock
of 1.475,000.(100,000 feet of timber of all kinds.
This woodland area is estimated to cover
700.000.000 acres. The government still owns
about thirty-six per cent of it : thirty per cent
is attached to farms, and the remaining thirty-
four per cent is in the hands of individual
timber owners, lumbermen, railroads and other
corporations.
It is more than probable that not more than
one-half of tills woodland is in a productive
state. Much of it is in a stationary stage where
the death rale equals the new growth, and much
of it is cut-over lands. It is estimated that the
lumber consumption of the United States is
45.000.000.000 feet annually.
With reasonable accuracy it is estimated that
the average acre of timber will sliow an annual
.growth of only ninety feet. If this be true we
can depend upon a total annual increment from
the existing forests of only O.'i.OOO.OOO feet per
annum, as an offset against the 45,000,000,000
feet of annual consumption.
Not taking into account the constantl.v in-
creasing demands for lumber, we have a timber
supply that will be exhausted in less than thirty-
five years. Reforestry from a national point of
view would neccssil;ite measures being taken to
insure an annual growth of timber which should
provide for the needs of the nation for all time
to come.
The question arises — can this result be ac-
complished, and how? The chief of the Forest
Service of the L'nited States Department of
Agriculture, Gifford Pinchot, who has devoted
the greater portion of his life to a study of
forest problems, in a speech delivered before
the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso-
ciation last March, confessed that reforestry for
the individual was not a practical proposition.
Today in this country there are no adequate
state or national laws that make it worth while
for the individual to engage in forestry pursuits.
If a man should have the temerity to plant
10.000 acres of seedings suitable to soil, he has
little or no protection to his jiroperty from fire
or other devastation, and beyond tiiat. before
(iie frees of his infant forest gained a merchant-
able size, the taxes on the property would have
rolled up and compounded to an extent that
would mean ruin to the adventurer from a finan-
cial standpoint.
Thus, without exception, .so far as this com-
mittee can see. in the present default of legisla-
tion favorable to forest pursuits, the individual
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can accomplish little toward assisting in the
maintenance of American forest growth.
Theoretical foresters have materially changed
their views on the subject of forestry within the
past year. They tell us today that conservative
lumbering constitutes true forestry. What they
mean by conservative lumbering is cutting tim-
ber by selection, choosing from a forest only
trees "of a large, or mature growth, and so
felling this timber and removing it that the
Tounger trees shall have an opportunity to con-
tinue" their growth and finally become valuable
timber From the viewpoint of practical lumber-
ing, this method is very largely theoretical and
could not be successfully employed. In conifer-
ous growth every lumberman knows that these
trees' are what the woodman calls "flat-footea.
They have no tap-root. A virgin pine forest will
witlistand tremendous winds, but remove from
this forest only the larger growth and the first
wind storm of even moderate velocity would level
the remainder and make a ruin of it. Tliere
would be more possibility of success in lumber-
ing bv selection in a hardwood growth, because
the tap-root of every hardwood tree would, to
a great measure, protect it from devastation by
wind Another serious argument against lum-
bering on the basis of selection of mature
growth is the fact that it is a very expensive
Broposition. It contemplates the felling pf trees
with great care, the removal of tops and debris
to avoid flres and the continual paying of taxes
on timber land which will have no productive
value for many years. This method of lumber-
ing would impose a cost ou manufacturers in-
dulging in it that would utterly preclude the
possibility of competition with their neighbors
who did not pursue the system. Say what you
will, from a practical standpoint, under our
oresent laws, there is little in sight for financial
results in individual forestry or in lumbering
on the basis of selection. '
To our minds, if we provide for a perpetual
timber supply for this <ountry. or even provide
for a moderate source of timber suppl.v htty
years hence, it is a matter for national and state
legislation and effort. , , . • <.
Today we are certainly at the beginning of
the end of our forests, great as they apparent y
are because of the immense inroads we are mak-
ing'on them annually. It is more than probable
that to provide for the ever-iocreasing wood
consumption in this country we must needs have
recourse to the experience and practice of trance
and many of the (ierman states; i. e.. compulsory
reforestation. In those countries when a lum-
berman cuts down a tree he is required to plant
another, and thus the European countries have
to a moderate extent provided for their future
forest needs.
These arguments and suggestions we know are
not in line with the prevailing forestry sentiment
of this country, but from a practical viewpoint
we see no other solution of our forest problem.
Undeniably there are other steps which might
be taken to contribute to the lengthening of the
life of our existing tores(s and primarily we
believe that, like the Dominion of Canada, laws
should be enacted to absolutely prohibit the
exportation of logs. For more than two hun-
dred years the United States has supplied Great
Britain, Continental Europe and a large portion
of the rest of the civilized world with its hard-
woods and altogether too much of it is supplied
in the form of round logs, which have contributed
very little to the wealth of the nation, but a
modicum of the amount that would he contrib-
uted if the material was sold in the form of
lumber. The average theoretical forester is not
a forester at all. Forestry is justly defined as
the treatment of land and tree growth for the
maintenance of woodlands to be utilized for for-
est products or for a protective covering for the
source o£ streams and for the protection of
game. The average theoretical forester is simply
a silviculturist.
The planting of trees along the village road
or for the beautifying of a park or even the
adornment of national playgrounds is not for-
estry from a commercial viewpoint. To get at
the matter of practical commercial forestry the
silviculturist must be eliminated from the prac-
tical element who would see something done and
done at once to assist in the perpetuation of com-
mercial American forests. The work of the
silviculturist is thoroughly commendable in its
way, Ijut it is not and never can become for-
m' presenting this analysis of conditions sur-
rounding American forests, we believe that it
will be just for this association to go on record
as advocating practical things in connection
therewith, rather than theoretical ones, and we
would especially urge that state and national
legislative bodies be petitioned for the enactment
of laws : X- ^ I
First, to relieve from taxation for a long
period of years lands owned by individuals, that
shall be devoted to forest growth, under prac-
tical supervision. . , ^ , ,, ,
Second, to provide legislation that shall Insure
individual timber owners protection from fire and
depredation.
Third, to demand that states take up in a
comprehensive and practical way the replanting
of lands undesirable for agriculture to timber.
Fourth, to prohibit the exportation of logs.
M. M. Wall, Chairman.
B. F. McMillan.
T. J. MOFFETT.
W. A. Bonsack : I move that the report be
adopted.
D. F. Clark : I think the motion should be
that the report be adopted and the committee
be continued to act along the lines suggested by
them.
rresident Palmer : I don't believe Mr. Clark's
suggestion would apply, because the committees
are appointed and the next administration has
that in hand. It seems to me, though, that
some .special mention is due Mr. Wall for the
work he has performed, and also the committee
in the preparation of that report. It certaimv
is a fine exposition of the subject of forestry,
and I think the thanks of this association are
due Mr. Wall for the able manner in which ue
has handled the subject.
The report of the Committee on Forestry was
adopted.
President Palmer : That concludes the pro-
gram for this session, but it seems to me that
there must be some pretty good suggestions
loose in the audience, and if it is agreeable to
this gathering, an informal discussion of the
inspection or forestry question might not be
out of order. If anybody has anything to say
on any of these subjects, we will be glad to
hear from him in an informal way.
B. F. McMillan : Mr. Chairman, I have been
waiting for that chance. You are aware that
there are two great improvements, both of which
are necessities, which this country is in need
of. One of them is forestry : the other is its
brother, the good road movement. Under our
form of government, without an amendment to
our constitution we can do nothing in the way
of forestry. I can remember in the state of
Wisconsin when they took 150.000 to lioo.ooo
acres of pine land out of the market and put it
into what they called the water reserve to pro-
tect the headwaters of our streams, and they
held it there until the lumbermen wanted it for
their supply. Then the lumbermen put it in
the market and bought it up, and now they
slaughter that. If we had a law permitting the
cutting of only a certain percentage we would
have some protection, but under our present
constitution our congress could at any time
put the whole thing on the market, provided
there were enough big grafters to get them to
do it. I think the first thing we want
to do is to amend our constitution, so as
to allow the government to reforest and restrict
them to the percent that they shall cut, and
force them to do as they do in Germany — to
replant one tree for every tree they cut. Take
it in the Black Forest of Germany, the villages
own tracts, the individuals own tracts, the gov-
ernment owns tracts, but they are all under
the supervision of the general government which
will permit them to cut just so much and no
more. We should have something in our con-
stitution that will protect the forests perpetu-
ally, not today and tomorrow, but forever, as
long as this government shall last — and, gentle-
men, you know it is going to last forever. [Ap-
plause.]
There is another thing which our government
could do, and that is one of the main things in
forestry — the policing of forest reserves. And
how can we do it? We can do it on the same
lines along which we are today policing Yellow-
stone Park. Instead of having our soldiers at
Fort McPherson, at Fort Snelling, and at Jef-
ferson Barracks and other places, let us put
them to work to police our forest reserves.
And I would say to you, gentlemen, that I am
in favor of a law that will permit any of our
territory where it is suitable for reforesting, to
be sold to individuals in one thousand, five
thousand, or ten thousand acre lots, and get
trees to growing in ten years upon as many
acres as any individual can reforest, and can
grow in ten years ; but always that must be
exempt from taxes and under the control of the
government. No individual ever should have the
right to cut more than a certain percent, and the
government ought to be prohibited by the consti-
tution from allowing them to cut a bigger per-
cent. I think forestry is one of the things
that we are coming to. I can see it. In my
short life I have seen fine timber — as fine pine
as ever stood on the face of God's earth — not
worth more than 10, 15 or 20 cents a thousand,
slaughtered and wasted, and today the white
pine of the North is practically wiped off the
earth. We can never reforest a great part of
the state of Wisconsin or Minnesota or Michi-
gan. We have got to come to the mountainous
sections of the South. To show you the little
effort that it costs to reforest in a mountainous
country, go to the state of Vermont. The state
of Vermont has today more saw timber than
she had one hundred years ago. Why? Be-
cause this land is inaccessible, barren. Now
what are they, doing? They have gone in there
with little portable mills and are slaughtering
it and selling it at prices at which it is im-
possible for the box manufacturers of Green
Bay and Warsaw to furnish the Diamond Match
Company boxes at Oshkosh. The Diamond Match
Company is shipping the box shooks from New
Hampshire to Oshkosh. Can you realize this.
Mr. President? It is a fact. W'e should put
a stop to this. Our eminent president, Theodore
Roosevelt, has gone to Idaho and taken out a
vast tract of timber and called it his forest
preserve. 1 think he will keep it out until
Weyerhaeuser and a few of those fellows get
there, and then they will have it put back into
the market and gobble it up. It does not
take much to do it. All they have to do is to
play a little game of politics, as some of you
Memphis fellows do, and they will have it all
right. This forestry business is along the right
lines, and I would like to see this forestry
committee continued and composed of as able
men as we have in our association. I thank you,
gentlemen. [Applause.]
President Palmer : Are there any other gen-
tlemen that will favor us with a few remarks?
The range is a wide one — inspection, forestry,
or anything you would like to tell about.
G. V. Nash : I would like to offer a sug-
gestion on the matter of reforestry. The lum-
bermen are to blame, themselves. Take Michi-
gan and Wisconsin. There they have cut all
that they could cut, and have cut all the good
trees, leaving the debris on the ground. If the
lumbermen had only as many acres as they can
put into cultivation and individually followed
that line, the whole question would be solved —
only cutting as many acres as they need for
cultivation of crops.
C. E. Lloyd : We have had from Mr. Wall a
very interesting report, and it deserves not only
our consideration, but our thanks. In addition
to that, we ought to go on record. I think Mr.
Wall is right about that. This national asso-
ciation is large enough to have its words given
some attention. I would move you that a com-
mittee of five be appointed to consider Mr.
Wall's report, and I believe lUr. Wall should be
on the committee.
J. M. Pritchard : I think that should be
done b.v all means, and I 'second the motion.
The motion was carried, and the president
appointed the following committee on report of
forestry committee : C. B. Lloyd, J. M. Pritch-
ard, S. B. Anderson, E. C. Colcord, A. B. Klise.
President Palmer : Are there any other gen-
tlemen who would like to make remarks on any
question? This is a democratic body. If any-
one has any kick let us have it now.
Mr. McMillan : With the consent of Mr.
Kusse I would like to take a drink.
Mr. McMillan then took a drink of ice water.
President Palmer : I would like to ask the
committees to have their reports prepared and
ready to be submitted at the opening session
tomorrow morning. The meeting of the ex-
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29
ecutive committee occurs in this room directly
after the adjournment of tliis session, and any
member of tlie board of managers not on tlie
executive committee is cordially requested to
meet with us.
M. M. Wall : Mr. Chairman and gentlemen,
that paper of mine on forestry seemed to take
pretty well, and I was not sat upon very hard.
I have another paper here, along about the same
line. I am almost afraid to read it, because
somebody may think it is a little out of place.
It is very dear to my mind, and if I have made
any mistake, I hope the members of the asso-
ciation will forgive me. It is not done with
malice or intent to trample on the toes of any
member of the association, but it goes almost
hand in hand with the forestry question. That
I may not be misunderstood or incorrectly
quoted, I have jotted down a little memorandum
of this, w'hich I will read.
Address of M. M. Wall on Lumber Tariff.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : I would like to
say a word about the lumber tariif.
The National Hardwood Lumber Association
has never figured in political measures, being
entirely non-partisan in its character. Individ-
ually we are made up of protectionists and free
traders, and it is with hesitancy that I even
mention the subject of the prevailing lumber
tariff, as you may accuse me of trying to drag
you into politics.
At the time of the enactment of the law im-
posing a duty of $2 a thousand feet on lumber
imported into the United States, there was an
excuse for the excitement. It was in a dull pe-
riod of commercial history and the majority of
manufacturers of lumber were pretty well load-
ed up with the coarse end of their product and
were having strong competition from the Do-
minion of Canada. It was felt that the imposi-
tion of this duty would contribute to the better-
ing of values for at least the coarse end of the
United States wood product. Perhaps to a con-
siderable extent it did at that time, but today
the country is in very short supply of lumber
of all kinds.
There possibly is some excuse for a manufac-
turer of northern wliite pine and hemlock, of
southern yellow pine and of Pacific coast fir,
cedar, pin'e and redwood being an advocate of
the continuance of an import duty of ,$2 a thou-
sand feet on lumber, but I can scarcely believe
any hardwood producer or dealer, if he has
thoroughly analyzed the subject, can be a be-
liever in the justice of the law.
In short, this is the proposition : This protect-
ing government of ours presumes to protect the
manufacturer of oak, of hickory, of cypress, of
poplar and of cottonwood with a duty of $2 a
thousand feet against competition in these
woods (which grow nowhere, in commercial
quantities, on God's green earth, save in the
United States) from the possibility of having
our market encroached upon by foreigners.
In exchange for this mimificent alleged pro-
tection, we are allowed to participate in a
scheme of tariff enactment, whereby we are
cheerfully permitted to pay $10 a tou more for
the steel rails we use in our railroad operations,
and perhaps twenty-five per cent more for the
machiuor.v with which we manufacture lumber,
and possibly a like sum for many of our food
products, ail items increasing the cost of our
hardwood lumber product.
As a matter of fact, I believe that we hard-
wood manufacturers and dealers of this country
are being used to pull the chestnuts out of the
Are, for the benefit of the manufacturers of
iron, steel and food products.
I believe this is an important question and
one well worthy the consideration of this asso-
ciation. I don't believe %ve want any protection
on woods that don't grow anywhere else on the
face of the earth. I can't figure out how we are
being benefited. I am of the opinion that pos-
sibly we will find that the hardwood trade of
this country is not remarkably astute, and It
would be proper for this association to go on
record as being in sympathy with an absolute
readjustment of existing tariff laws and to say
to our law makers that we don't want protection
of lumber, we want lumber.
I therefore offer the following :
Resolved : That this association favors the
readjustment of our tariff laws in as far as
hardwoods at least are concerned, and that we
recommend to our law-makers that they enter
into negotiations with Canada and other coun-
tries interested, with a view to reciprocal rela-
tions to the end that hardwood lumber may be
admitted free of duty, and for this concession
they take off the export duty on logs and make
our country such other concessions as may be
considered fair and equitable.
President Palmer : Mr. Wall, do you move
the adoption of that resolution?
Mr. Wall : I move the adoption of the resolu-
tion.
Mr. McMillan : I second the motion. I
think Mr. Wall has lost sight of the fact that
we are trying to get to the Pacific coast with
our hardwood lumber. I think he has lost
sight of the fact that we have been unable to
do it, for one principal reason, that the Austra-
lian cherry is taking the place of our hardwood,
coming to the East from the Pacific coast. I
do not think it is wise for this association to
deviate one Iota from its former position of
keeping out of politics. It is enough to have
Memphis forever dabbling in politics, and I do
not think it is desirable to have this association
go on record when there are only about two
hundred in the house out of a membership of
five hundred. I think we ought to consider
those who are away before we go to mixing
in politics. I think it is a mistake, and I am
opposed to the resolution.
Mr. Clark : The location where I am, Min-
neapolis, is such that I am not familiar with
the effect the duty has in the East and West,
between Canada and the United States. I
would like to ask Mr. Wall the conditions of
the birch market, and also any of 'the eastern
members whether the birch from Canada and
Ontario at this time is shipped into the United
States under the two dollar duty he speaks of.
II. C. Humphrey : There is no duty on hard-
wood. It is on sawed wood — $2 on all lumber.
Mr. Clark : The position that we are in in
the Northwest is such that I agree that while
it might be far better if the duty was taken
off of pine and all other lumber for the states
of North and South Dakota, Minnesota and
Wisconsin, yet they have a duty of twenty-flve
per cent on all maple flooring that goes into
the Northwest territory. When Canada made
the proposition to take off the tariff the United
States did not respond promptly or make any
advancement along that line. I was in Canada
week before last and had a talk with a great
many dealers in that section of the country,
and they tell me today that Canada is in better
position to take care of its own trade with-
out asking odds of the United States than ever
before. With the scarcity of all commodities
in the shape of lumber and the demand in the
Northwest, it seems to me it would be better
for the United States to take the duty off of all
lumber coming into the United States from
Canada, except, possibly, birch. The scarcity
of birch is appalling. Thirty years ago, under
the same conditions that exist today, and with
the increased population of the United States
and no increase in the production of timber,
it seems to me the increase in the consumption
of the wood will decrease the pine materially.
Canada has not any lumber to speak of that
enters much into competition with the United
States. The pine lumbermen have a big trust
and they raised the prices, so that they would
be better off with competition in Canada.
Theo. Fathauer : I fully agree with the senti-
ments and opinions voiced by Mr. McMillan, that
this association should not dabble in politics,
and that is what you mean by the resolutions.
It is a dangerous one. If we recommend any
tariff reduction, or $2 per thousand feet on
lumber from Canada to this market, it simply
means an increased value on stumpage in this
country, and when you touch the pocketbook of
the stumpage holders in the states of Wisconsin,
Minnesota aud Michigan, especially considering
that we are trying to increase the membership
of the association, I feel that we are in danger
of reducing the membership in the future.
Mr. Thompson : You can touch a man's fa-
vorite black horse or say his automobile is
second-hand, but when you touch his pocketbook
he begins to squirm. This is a political ques-
tion, and it seems to me if there is anything
we ought to protect it Is the forests. As Mr.
Clark has said, the figures are simply appalling.
It is amazing to conceive that within one gen-
eration, at the present rate of consumption of
our forests, we shall actually be deprived of
any great ones in the United States. Canada
doesn't allow us to get a log. We cannot Im-
port any logs. If we knew today the amount
of timber, in the way of logs, that we export
from the United States, we would be astounded
at the figures, and would be surprised at the
destruction of our forests. I think this Is one
of the most Important questions that has ever
come before us. I am a free-trade crank, but I
am not talking from that standpoint alone. We
are paying $15 a ton on our steel. We stand
here and allow a tariff on our own commodity
aud we are afraid to stand up and speak our
honest sentiments, just because we voted the
Republican ticket or some other ticket, and are
in favor of a high-protection tariff. It seems
to me that we ought to act on this question
and that we ought to spread this report of Mr.
Wall's on the records of our association.
Mr. McMillan : Gentlemen, don't bring poli-
tics in here. This is a political question, and
the freer we keep from this the better off we
will be. I was never more in earnest In my
life than I am about this question of meddling
with politics. I admire this association because
it has always kept out of politics. I have
worked with it and I am going to continue to
work with it just as long as it will keep within
Its sphere and do the good work it has under-
taken. We all have different ideas about rates
and tariffs and duty. This is a commercial or-
ganization. I want to say that you are tread-
ing on very dangerous ice. I have the greatest
admiration for my friend Wall. He is the
noblest Koman of them all. I have admired his
work, but because he has always been right
before is no reason why he cannot be wrong
now.
Mr. Pritchard : 1 move that we lay the re-
port on the table.
The motion was seconded and carried.
President Palmer: Mr. Humphrey, have you
anything to offer on the San Francisco rate
question ?
Mr. Humphrey : At a meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association at
Marshfield in March, a committee was appointed
to bring up the matter of the rates on lumber
from our section to Pacific coast points. As
you all know, the present rate is 85 cents,
which, in our opinion, is excessive. Prior to the
meeting last March we appointed a committee
to meet with the Transcontinental Freight Bu-
reau. Mr. Agler of Chicago was chairman of
that committee. He is here and can speak for
himself, but as I understood it the rate com-
mittee refused to allow him to appear before
them, but they would accept a written petition
from him. Our association is weak and we
thought the proper thlug to do was to come be-
fore the National association to see if we could
bring pressure on the Transcontinental Freight
Bureau to give the lumbermen of this country
some consideration. The rate to the Pacific
coast is 85 cents per hundred. The rate on
Pacific coast lumber to this section of the
country is 50 to 60 cents. There is a vast
amount of business waiting for the lumbermen
of Wisconsin and Michigan, and I think southern
lumbermen also, on the Pacific coast, provided
we can get a rate so as to put our products In
there in competition with foreign wood. 1«.»b
freight bureau meets in Chicago the 21st of
this month, and we would like to see this asso-
ciation take some action on this matter, either
appointing a transportation committee or bring-
ing it up in some other way whereby we can
go before the trafllc bureau with the National
Hardwood Lumber Association back of us, so
that we can tell them where we stand, giving
them an idea of how much lumber we can put
out in that section of the country if they can
make a rate. There is more lumber going east
than there Is going west, and I do not under-
stand why It is that a railroad company should
prefer to haul empty cars west in order to
haul that produce east on a 50-cent rate. In-
stead of hauling loads both ways. I do not
see why It should cost more to haul lumber west
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than east. I want to submit this to the asso-
ciation for action, and I -n-ould malse a motion
that a transportation committee of three be
appointed to handle this matter.
Mr. McMillan : I would like to ask Mr.
Humphrey if be knows anybody who. in the
last six months or year, has shipped a carload of
hardwood on that rate west.
Several members : Xes.
Mr. Humphrey : Yes, we have shipped several
cars ; I thinV between three and four million
feet of hardwood lumber and maple flooring
has gone west out of Wisconsin, Michigan and
Minnesota within the last twelve months on this
85-cent rate. We could increase that five hun-
dred per cent if we had an opportunity.
Mr. Clark : I want to express my sentiments
in line with Mr. Humphrey. We are in exactly
the same position as the Wisconsin lumbermen.
We ought to work together. He gave the exact
conditions that exist in our territory.
President Palmer : Is the committee to be
a regular standing committee?
Mr. Humphrey : Yes, a standing committe to
which any of these problems can be referred.
Mr. Pritchard : I think the first step is to
appoint a committee to report on the ad-
visability of appointing a regular standing com-
mittee.
Mr. Humphrey : If yon make that as an
amendment I will accept it.
President Palmer : The motion by Mr.
Humphrey has been amended by Mr. Pritchard,
in substance that a committee be appointed to
report on the advisability of the appointment
of a standing transportation committee. We
will vote on the amendment.
A vote on the amendment was taken, and the
amendment was carried.
The president then appointed J. M. Pritchard,
A. B. Klise and W. A. Bonsack as such com-
mittee.
President Palmer : I believe there is a little
explanation due the association owing to cer-
tain misrepresentations that have gotten into
the papers regarding the position of the presi-
dent of this association on the Pacific coast rate
question. The report was circulated that at the
Marshfleld meeting of the Wisconsin Hardwood
Lumbermen's Association the president of that
association, Mr. Arpin, made the statement that
the president of the National Association was
very indifferent to this matter, and in proof
thereof he read one or two extracts from a
letter that I had written in regard to the rate
question. I believe that it is due to the presi-
dent of this association that Mr. Humphrey
make a statement of just about what occurred
at the Marshfleld meeting.
Mr. Humphrey : Well, the thing has already
appeared, I believe, Mr. President. Mr. Arpin,
in reading your letter, did not read all of the
letter, but simply extracts from it, and I think
the members of that association got the wrong
impression of what your ideas were, and I tried,
In my own weak way, to straighten the matter
out. That is about all I can tell you.
Mr. McMillan : Mr. Chairman. I was there
and really I did not get that impression. I
think we should consider the advisability of
whether it would-be good policy for this asso-
ciation to take up some of these excessive rates
to the Pacific coast and sue the railroad com-
panies in behalf of the association and see if
we can come to an understanding in some way
that will make them believe that we amount
to something, that we are bigger than one indi-
vidual. I believe that we are today suing the
railroads on over-charge rates in Wisconsin.
We have all the law necessary to prosecute any
railroad for over-charge.
President Palmer : if there is nothing fur-
ther to come before the meeting a motion to
adjourn will be in order.
Upon motion, duly seconded, adjournment was
taken until Friday morning.
FBIDAT UOBNING SESSION.
The meeting was called to order by President
Palmer at 10 :50 a. m.
The first business was the reports of com-
mittees.
Thos. J. MofEett, chairman of the Committee
on Officers' Reports, read a report, as follows :
Report of Committee on Officers' Reports.
To the president and members of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association : Your committee
on officers' reports has carefully considered
the president's address and the report of your
secretary in detail. These papers are well
worthy of the most particular attention and
your committee recommends them to every mem-
ber for careful consideration." In an association
of this character such reports are practically
tlie only means of giving to the members a
statement of the work accomplished and of the
developments contemplated. For this reason,
and in view of the fact that the oflicers have
given their time and labored hard for the wel-
fare of the organization, it is certainly incumbent
upon every member of this association to give
these reports the consideration that is due.
We recommend that the association endorse
the design now being used upon the stationery
of the association and adopt it as the othcial em-
blem, and that every member be urged to use
it upon stationery and in such other ways as
to popularize it and make of it a trade mark of
the National Hardwood Lumber Association.
As to the question of the removal of the
headquarters of the association, we feel that this
is a matter for the board of managers to con-
sider, as has always been done in the past.
Thos. J. Moffett, Chairman.
It was moved and seconded that the report
be accepted, printed and circulated among the
members, and the motion carried.
O. O. Agler, chairman, road the report of the
Committee on Rules and Credentials, which, upon
motion duly seconded, was adopted. The report
follows :
Report of Committee on Credentials and
Rules.
We, your committee, recommend that the elec-
tion of officers be held in the following manner :
Two tellers for each candidate to be appointed
by the president, who shall receive the ballots
and certify to the vote. The secretary shall call
the roll of complete list of members, and as each
is called one member of such firm or corporation
or dui.v authorized representative connected
with said firm or corporation, who shall identify
himself to this committee, shall deposit his bal-
lot, announcing to tellers name of firm or corpo-
ration and voter's connection with same. Should
any question arise as to the eligibility of anyone
offering a ballot, same to be decided by this
committee.
O. O. Aglek, Chairman.
T. R Stoxe.
O. E. Yeagee.
G. J. Laxdeck.
R. .T. Daenell.
M. M. Wall : I would like to ask if it is the
intention to vote on every office at one time.
There are five hundred names here to be called
off. and it will take a good deal of time to do
that.
Mr. Agler : The idea was to vote separately
on each candidate, unless otherwise ordered.
Mr. Wall : It would take us two days, with
five hundred names, to vote on each office to be
filled.
President Palmer : The chairman recognizes
that this remark is entirely pertinent to the
subject, but I think the gentlemen present recog-
nize the fact that there will be but one con-
tested office, and the chair is of the belief that
the report of the Rules and Credentials Commit-
tee was intended to cover that. The chair has
no authority for the statement, and it is merely
his assumption. The question is on the adoption
of the report.
Upon vote, the report w'as adopted.
President Palmer : The next business is the
report of the Auditing Committee, but I am
informed the committee has not had time to
prepare its report. We will pass this.
The hearing of the report of the Committee
on Forestry was also temporarily postponed.
President Palmer : We have also a commit-
tee on the San Francisco relief fund. That com-
mittee is not ready to report. There have been
a great many pledges made that have not yet
been redeemed, and until those pledges are
paid it will be impossible for the committee to
report. We have been unable to get enough
money pledged to do justice to the association,
and I w^ould like to see every gentleman come
forward a little more liberally. There are prob-
ably forty or fifty who were not here yesterday
morning, but before this session adjourns there
will be opportunity given them to subscribe to
this fund. It is important that the National
association should be properly represented in
this matter. I am not asking you to do God s
work in this matter, but I am asking you to do
man's work. That is all there is to it. There is
nothing doing. We must have some more money.
New business will be in order while we are
waiting on the reports.
Secretary Fish then read the following letters
from E. F. Perry, secretary of the National
Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association :
Letters from National Wholesale Lumber
Dealers' Association.
New York, April 30. 1006.
F. F. Fish, Sec'y, National Hardwood
Lumber Association, Memphis Tenn. : Stress
of circumstances has just compelled me
to cancel my hotel reservation and forego
the pleasure of meeting with you at your an-
nual meeting in Memphis. I had expected to go
right up to the present moment, but matters
have come up this afternoon which keep me from
being away from New York on Friday of this
week. I desire to thank you for your kind in-
vitation and regret my inability to be with you.
I wish for you, however, a very successful and
pleasant meeting, and hope for a visit from
you in New York. Yours very truly,
E. F. Perry, Sec'y.
New York. April 30. 1D06.
F. F. Fish, Sec'y, National Hardwood Lumber
Association, Memphis, Tenn. : I am sending you
under separate cover a few copies of the joint
report of the railroad and transportation and
legislation committees, w'hich was given at our
annual meeting in Washington. A glimpse at
this will show you that it is largely in connec-
tion with car stake equipment matters, and on
page 23 is a little report of the conference at
Pittsburg on April 12. Possibly your officers
and directors will be interested in this letter.
Later we hope to send copies to each of your
members.
1 am also sending you a few copies of the
complaint that has been filed before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission against the western
roads. Yours very truly.
E. F. Perry, Sec'y.
Secretary Fish ; Mr. Perry further calls at-
tention to some literature which the National
Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, in the
joint report of the transportation and legislation
committees is getting out. He says that all
our members will receive a copy. He has a
limited supply of these booklets, which the
members can get by calling for them after the
meeting.
Mr. Pritchard was then called upon to read the
report of the committee on interstate commerce
transportation, which, upon motion duly sec-
onded, was adopted. The report was as fol-
lows :
Report of Couunittee on Transportation.
Matters.
Gentlemen of the National Hardwood Lumber
Association : We, your committee, appointed to
consider the advisability of this association cre-
ating a standing committee on interstate com-
merce transportation of lumber, beg to report as
follows :
We believe that thei-e are many questions on
interstate transportation of lumber of vital im-
portance to all members of our association which
should have the attention of the regular stand-
ing committee, and further that such a commit-
tee duly authorized by this association could se-
cure much better results than individual mem-
bers : therefore,
Resolved, That this association authorize a
permanent standing committee of three to be
known as the "Interstate Commerce Transpor-
tation Committee'' and that the president be di-
rected to appoint the members of same annually.
J. M. Pritchard, Chairman.
A. B. Klise.
W. A. BONSACK.
President Palmer : If any member has any
business to be introduced while we are waiting
we would like to hear from him.
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W. A. Bennett : I think we should take some
action in regard to the recommendation of tlie
inspection Iniieau regarding the location of a
man abroad to take care of our business. I think
it is a very important matter that this
be attended to. We need an inspector abroad as
much as we need them in the Knited States.
There is a worid of lumber going over there,
and every once in a while there is some trouble
about it. We have no one there to inspect the
lumber, consequently we have no protection. I
would like to hear from our brothers here on
this sub,iect.
President Palmer : Will you make a motion
to that effect?
Mr. Bennett : Yes. sir. I move that we rec-
ommend to the bureau of inspection the ap-
pointment of a salaried inspector abroad. I
will not say at what port, hut that can be
agreed upon by the people interested. The peo-
ple who ship abroad are as much entitled to
protection there as we in this country. The fact
of the business is that if a shipment goes over
there it cannot be inspected: consequently we
Iiave no protection. We are spending our money
for inspectitni and protection here, and what
might be done over there is absolutely neces-
sary.
The motion was seconded.
President Palmer: Are there any fiu-ther re-
marks :
ilr. Bennett's motion was amended by refer-
ring the matter of the appointment of a licensed
inspector abroad to the Kxecutive Committee.
C. E. Lloyd, Jr.. then read the report of the
Committee on Forestry, with the accompanying
resolution, as follows :
Report of Committee on Forestry Report.
ilembers of the National Ilai'dwood Lumber
Association ; Your committee has carefully con-
sidered the report of Mr. Wall of the Forestry
Committee, and heartily congratulates him on
the able and thorough work shown in the prep-
aration of liis paper.
We would recommend that this paper be
printed in a special bulletin to be issued by
our secretary and so brought before every mem-
ber of the association : and we also recommend
that the resolution herewith be printed with
said bulletin, and we ask our members to write
to their national and state representatives urg-
ing proper legislation on this subject.
We further recommend that our standing for-
estry committee be empowered to represent this
association on forestry subjects when necessary.
C. E. Llovd, Jk., Chairman.
Upon motion, duly seconded, tlie report and
resolution were adopted.
T. J. Moffett : Mr. Chairman, this question
of forestry is so important that I feel we
should not leave it as it is. As you no doubt
know, some states have taken the initiatory
steps looking toward the ideal that Mr. Lloyd
has presented to us, notably New York. New
York has probably made greater progress than
any other state. Next comes the grand old
state of Indiana. If Dr. C. A. Schenck is in the
audience I would like to ask that we give him
the privilege of the floor. Ue, as you know,
represents Mr. A'anderbilt at Billmore, and no
doubt he can give us some information.
Dr. Schenck : Mr. President and gentlemen,
I thank you for this opportunity of relieving my
brains, if 1 have any. Eleven j-ears ago I came
over to .Vnicrica on a pleasure tour, so to speak,
Invited by -Mr. Vanderbilt to take charge of his
forestry tindertakiug at IJiltmore, N. C. I did
not Imow much of the language, and I knew less
of the American liunber business ; and conse-
quently Mr. Vanderbilt and 1 tnade a mess of
the lumber business. I Laughter, j It has not
broken Mr. N'anderbilt and has not broken me,
but it has given me a chance, I dare say, to
gather an unusual experience while I was get-
ting Americanized. Gentlemen, it is a much
greater task. I think, for a young fellow to
discard ideas with which he was impressed from
his boyhood days tm than to gather new ideas,
and 1 liad to get rid of my European impres-
sions. I happened to be chairman of a forestry
school which is entitled (Jrossherzoglich Iles-
sische OberfiJrsterei (and any stenographer who
can put that in print will get from me ten gold
dollars). I dare say I had to undo a lot of my
primary teachings in German forestry. Wo have
no more room in this country for German for-
estry than for Chinese forestry, because our
local conditions, our economic conditions are so
much at variance with those which prevail in
my dear Fatherland. I set out to develop
American forestry, very much aided by prior
experience in the lumber business. I believe the
report whidi has been submitted here is more
than excellent. It is brilliant. It strikes me
exactly. The keynotes of the forestry problem
are two, one of them safety of your investment,
and tite second, remunerative investment. For-
estry is merely an investment in timberland,
and there will be no investment unless it is
remunerative and safe. You are all good busi-
ness men. the best upon whom the American
sun ever shone, and you should be practitioners
of conservative forestry today. Here these con-
ditions have not prevailed and these conditions
are particularly absent in my beloved state of
North Carolina, where the tarheels grow and
the moonshine springs. [Laughter.] The main
problem for us hardwood men is safety from
forest fires, and my experience with forest fires
has lieen a disheartening one. It is expensive
to fight tliem : it is disheartening ; and it is a
liard job. I would rather pile lumber twenty
feet high than to fight forest fires. What sense,
I ask, is there to leave on a certain tract the
smaller oaks and poplar, if I am pretty cock-
damnsnre that the next forest fire will devour
my small yellow poplar and will eat up or
checkmate and jeopardize in their growth my
dear little white oaks, until they are changed
into absolutely nothing : that is the condition
confronting us. It is nonsense to leave any
assets in young timber in the woods until these
assets are absolutely safe from fire. Mr. Moffett
has alluded to the fire laws of New York. Wis-
consin and Indiana. There is not a state that
does not have fire laws, but including New York,
Minnesota. Wisconsin, Indiana, these fire laws
do not give the owner of second growths, or a
young growth, a seedling growth, that degree of
protection which I demand for my investment.
\Miat farmer would plant wheat if he thought
on the l.">th of every June his wheat would be
destroyed by fire? It is just as nonsensical to
invest in second growth if that second growth
is to lie destroyed by fire. I am absolutely
s\ii-e. in spite of the fact that we spend
thousands of dollars to keep fires out. that my
young regenerations of poplar — regeneration
means young growth — will not prove to be
valuable in the future, valuable (o Mr. Vander-
bilt and valuable to the nation, unless I am
cocksure they will be allowed to develop into
trees. This is particularly so where you do
not only foster a second growth, where you do
not only leave something for a second growth,
but where you drop something in young growth
by way of planting. We do not do that at all
at Hilt more, in the backwoods, because it would
be an unsafe investment to plant trees at about
l..")00 to the acre. I have planted about l.l^uo
acres at this time, and we have at Biltmore
about '-'.OOO acres of planted forests and I know
what 1 am talking *-ibout. Rut this investment
was made only in the settled part of the state,
where we controlled absolutely every tenant,
every hand, and where consequently we had
continuously a fire guard ready to move at a
second's notice. There alone I can make these
investments on 5,0(10 acres ; I can plant and
invest in second growth. On the balance, all
I can do is to give Nature a little cjiance, be-
cause I would not dare to spend more money
on it. It would be an unsafe investment. I
miglit add that, as a matter of fact, what we
want above all, is safety from fires. Whatever
you do. however lieavy you log in hardwoods —
I emphasize the word hardwoods — if you keep
fires out there will be a second growth sure.
There must be a second growth. Nature will
furnish it, unless you bar Nature by allowing
the grounds to be fired. The primeval trees
which we now cut were second growtli trees
once. They had been able to come tip because
there were no fires. But at present, with forest
fires, second growth is impossible. Keep the
fires out and the second growth must follow.
It might not be a second growtli on which yel-
low poplars grow at the rate of .500 to the
acre, but it is good enough for me. under the
present conditions, to have a second growth of
fifteen good yellow poplars to the acre. Nature
will cause that second growth as sure as the
sun shines, because trees are nothing but air
and rainfall solidified by sunshine. You cannot
stop' the sun from shining nor the rain from
falling nor the wind from blowing, and you
cannot stop .second growth coming up in Iiard-
woods except by forest fires : and I want to
emphasize that, in order to prove that our
forestry problem on private estates is prac-
tically identical with the forest fire problem.
Keep forest fires out and you can keep any
American forest, and you can keep in prospect
a second growth, which your children and your
grandchildren will have running through their '
midst. [Applause.]
The second important financial pr()blem is
taxation. So far, in the South, taxes have not
been very heavy on us ; but these miserable
county commissioners [laughter] — I hope I do
not insult any one of you, because I myself
was a county commissioner once — I have to deal
with in four counties, and they don't care a
snap for the future of the county. They want
as high a revenue for the county as they can
get, and they say, "Mr. Schenck." catching me
b.v my ears, whicli is an easy task [laughter] —
they say, "Mr. Schenck, you are practicing con-
servative forestry. Y'ou leave something on
your land. You improve your land, and conse-
quently we charge you a higher tax than any-
body else." [Laughter. I They say, "Here is
the constitution of the state of North Carolina
which states, 'the more value land has, the
higher shall be the taxes on that land.' You
don't cut your timber and you don't spoil your
forests by fires and you don't need every bit
of vegetation on your land. Consequently it is
more valuable, and we assess you three times
as high as anybody else." [Laughter.] Now,
what can I do'.' What I should like to do is —
very much — I should like to buy the county,
so as to elect my own county commissioners.
[Laughter.] If all our lands were situated in
one county the task would not be so dithcult,
but because we are split up into four counties. I
am simply powerless. These fellows — these
gentlemen — representing the welfare of their
counties, represent above all their own welfare.
They want to get high taxes in order to im-
prove the county'; No. In order to improve
the value of their own farms : want to build
a new schoolhouse ; want to build a new court-
house, which is no advantage to me, because I
always lose my suit in the courthouse. [Laughter
and applause.] And they make me pay the
bill. You see it is not quite easy to practice
forestry in the United States, and particularly
not In western North Carolina or in the Appa-
lachian mountains, or wliere we have a back-
woods ])opulation, and there, according to the.
American standpoint of the forestry business,
is all that is necessary — there lie the headwaters
of our streams. There lies unlimited water
power, hidden, protected to a certain extent by
the forest. I would not advocate for a minute
conservative forestry on land which will pay
better with the plow. When we have any land
that is fit for farming I do what everybody
else does that has common sense — I cut the trees
down as (|Uick as I can. and convert the lands
into farms and especially in the mountains, at
five or six thousand feet elevation, where the
wind sweeps, and where, consequently, the trees
cannot attain any greater height than this room, ,
when they are tipped over. There you have fine,
pastures, and there I have pastures. There my
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problem Is. Every acre of land is to be devoted
to forests or pastures or farms, whichever I
thinlc best, and here, in the neighborhood of
Memphis, wnere tlie trees develop very quiclcly
on fine agricultural land, it is not so difficult :
but there the chances are that second growth
will not be profitable. In my Appalachian
range, it seems to me. the national government
should take steps to make forestry financially
profitable, and above all. to protect it and save
it from fire, and protect it against the county
commissioners. [Applause.]
Mr. Sondheimer : Mr. Chairman, I got in
late. I wish the gentleman would repeat his
remarks.
Dr. Schenck : Complying with your reqeust, I
beg to say [Laughter and applause.]
Mr. Sondheimer : I withdraw my motion.
President Palmer : I think we are all verv
grateful to Dr. Schenck for his remarks on
forestry, and the only thing I regret is he has
not told us what to do yet. except, possibly to
kill off the county commissioners. [Laughter.]
Is tuere any further new business before the
meeting?
J. V. Stimson : I have a resolution I wish
to offer, as follows :
Resolved, That it shall be unlawful and with-
out authority for any licensed National Hard-
wood Lumber Association Inspector, while in
the employ of any firm or member of the asso-
ciation, to receive and inspect lumber for such
employer, and issue certificate therefor, and
any certificate issued in violation of this reso-
lution shall be void.
Mr. Sondheimer : If you had waited a mo-
ment I would have cut that out. I was going
to say nobody seconded that motion, from the
fact that it is absolutely impracticable. If the
gentleman lived in Memphis or smaller centers
he would find that it is absolutely necessary
for the employer of the National inspector to
ask his services from the fact that he is the
only man there. It makes very little difference
whether that man does the inspection or a man
whom he may deputize, from the fact that they
are under bond and supposed to be competent
men. appointed by the surveyor-general, and I
think that is a refiection on the surveyor-gen-
eral's integrity, and certainly a reflection on
the National inspectors. I consider this entirely
out of order.
President Palmer: No motion was made and
this is out of order.
Mr. Stimson : I move its adoption.
A second reading of the resolution was called
(or.
Mr. Stimson : I would like to make a state-
ment before I read the resolution. There is
one thing we desire above everything else, and
that is harmony and unity of action, and that
the administration of the inspection rules be
placed on a plane above reproach and criticism,
and that we avoid all places of stumbling as
nearly as we can, and that we avoid all oppor-
tunities for criticism as nearly as we can. It
seems there are or have been instances where
lumber was sold on National inspection, and a
licensed inspector in the regular employ of the
purchaser of the lumber, who received and in-
spected the lumber at the assembling point for
the purchaser and for his employer, has left op-
portunity for criticism. It seems to me that
that can be avoided in a degree by placing that
matter absolutely in the hands of the surveyor-
general, and that the surveyor-general may be
called upon to place an inspector who cannot be
considered as partial to his employer, to inspect
this lumber, and thereby protect both parties,
and avoid criticism. It has occurred where lum-
ber was inspected by the regular inspector in
the regular employ of the purchaser and me
lumber taken right on and mixed, losing its
Identity, that the seller of the lumber criticised
the action, finding the surveyor-general had no
opportunity to get on this lumber and verify
the final inspection.
Mr. Stimson again read the resolution.
Mr. Sondheimer : Mr, Stimson doesn't under-
stand the rule. He doesn't know what he is
talking about. He says the lumber was re-
ceived and its identity lost before the seller had
an opportunity to have it reinspected and the
matter placed before the surveyor-general. You
have a rule governing that. The licensed in-
spector's inspection is not final. You under-
stand that if you know anything about the
proposition. You have a perfect right, if you
are a seller, to have the car reinspected, and
if the lumber was not inspected properly, orig-
inally, the man is responsible under his bond,
and if the man makes it impossible to have a
reinspection. you have a remedy against him.
Mr. McMillan : I feel a good deal like my
friend Sondheimer.
Mr. Sondheimer : That is the first time you
ever agreed with me in your life.
Mr. McMillan : That is the first time you
ever were right, [Laughter,]
Mr, Sondheimer : I request a privilege.
Mr. McMillan : I have the floor. Sir. Chair-
man, and I claim protection.
President Palmer : Mr, McMillan,
Mr, McMillan ; There is danger in employ-
ing any of our personal or firm inspectors to
inspect lumber for anybody, I know of cases
in Minneapolis where the inspector was employed
by an entirely different corporation from the
two corporations interested and that man went
on the pile and ripped the seller up the back,
for the simple reason that his firm always
shipped better grades, and he demonstrated it
at the shipper's expense. Am I right, Minne-
apolis? Certainly, I am. As Mr. Sondheimer
says, we have protection and that is the pro-
tection we all have, and therefore I move that
we lay the motion on the table.
Motion seconded.
D. F. Clark : I move that it be referred to
the Executive Committee.
President Palmer ; The motion to lay on toe
table takes precedence.
The motion w*as not carried,
Mr, Pritcbard : Now I second the motion to
refer it to the Executive Committee,
The motion to refer to the Executive Commit-
tee w'as carried,
Gardner I, Jones: Inasmuch as we must give
this hall up at three o'clock, I move that we
proceed to the election of officers,
Mr, McMillan : I do not think it is wise to
proceed at the present time to elect officers,
when the election was set for a later hour.
President Palmer : You gentlemen have a
right to say when you want to vote, but if
there are some men out at the mills or some-
where el.se. you have no right to deprive them
of their vote by changing the time of the elec-
tion. The chair is going on record as saying
that this thing is going off on the square.
The motion, not receiving a second, was unani-
mously voted down.
President Palmer : Mr. Barksdale will tell
you where this election is going to take place.
Mr. Barksdale : In order that the hotel pro-
prietors can use this room for the accommodation
of their patrons, while arranging the dining
hall for the banquet, we will meet in the billiard
hall, across the alley, this afternoon.
President Palmer : If there is nothing
further, a motion to adjourn will be in order.
On motion the meeting adjourned, until two
p. m.
FBIDAT AFTEBNOOJT SESSION.
Call to order.
President Palmer : The Conference Commit-
tee appointed to confer with the Exporters'
Association that was authorized by the meeting
this morning will consist of the following : W.
A. Bennett, Alex. Lendrum, R. J. Darnell.
The Auditing Committee that we were wait-
ing on this morning is unable to submit a re-
port. The books of the treasurer are In Buffalo
and the books of the secretary are in Indian-
apolis. For that reason the committee was
unable to do any auditing. The committee
delayed, hoping they might be able to bring
in a suitable report, but their idea was that
a plain statement of facts would suit the asso-
ciation better than anything else. Without doubt
the Executive Committee will use its judgment
in having these accounts audited. There has
never been any expensive grafting on the part
of the officers of this association, and for that
reason there is no great apprehension felt over
the condition of the treasury. It is only fair
to state that the amount shown in the treas-
urer's report is short by ?500, but not on ac-
count of the fact that anybody has misappro-
priated the money. That money was sent to
Mr. Knight, chairman of the Inspection Bureau
Committee, at Indianapolis, and it has been
held there by him to pay any contingent ex-
penses that might come up. The fund is at
Indianapolis intact, and should properly be
added to the balance shown by the treasurer as
funds now in the possession of the association.
I desire to call your attention to that relief
question. We have a great many pledges that
were made yesterday morning at the opening
meeting that have not yet been redeemed. We
can onl.v send the amount that we have in
hand. We do not intend to make a book on
the relief question, and therefore we trust every
gentleman who has signed for any amount will
meet the secretary and discharge his obligation.
In addition to that, any liberal gentlemen in
the crowd who have .$10. %1'< or $20 to give to
the San Francisco sufferers in order to swell
the donation to a sum that is creditable to an
association of this kind will kindly do so, and
it will be cheerfully received.
Now. have we any new business to come up
before this meeting before we proceed to elec-
tion?
No new business being submitted for the at-
tention of the meeting, the election of officers
was next in order.
President Palmer : According to the rule sub-
mitted by the Committee on Credentials and
Rules and approved by the association, it is
necessary for the secretary to call a complete
roll of the membership of this association. Since
the meeting of the Executive Committee yester-
day to approve applications for membership in
the association, the secretary has received six
other applications. He will read the names of
the applicants in order that they may enjoy the
privilege of participating in this election, if
there is no objection on the part of the mem-
bers. If there is no objection to the applicants,
it will be understood that they be accepted as
members and will be placed upon the roll and
included in the roll call.
The secretary then read the following appli-
cations : J. B. Ferguson. Memphis. Tenn. ; In-
ternational Harvester Company, Chicago, III. ;
J. W, Wheeler & Co,, Madison, Ark, ; G. H.
Palmer, Sheridan, Ind, : E, W. Leech, Detroit,
Mich, ; George H, Styan, Bobo. Miss.
Upon motion, duly seconded and carried, the
applications of the foregoing applicants for
membership w^ere favorably received and said
applicants were declared duly elected to mem-
bership iu the association.
Election of President.
President Palmer : The office of president is
the first one to be filled. Nominations for
president of the association are now in order.
S. B. Anderson : Mr. President and Gentle-
men, allow me to present the name of a candi-
date for president of this association. I think
we are offering the best man in the association
for this position. You all know Mr. Russe.
We especially know him. He is known through-
out the trade of the country, but not as we
know him here. We know him for his courage,
his perseverance, his tact, his all-around qual-
ities and his good fellowship. He is an ideal
candidate for this position. Not only has he
the personal qualities of the other applicants
for this position, but we refer to his experi-
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ence and business. He has been on the board
two years. There has been no meeting that he
has not attended, whether in Chicago, Boston
or elsewhere. Mr. Russe would not talse a posi-
tion of this Icind for the honor that is in it,
but he talfes it for the worlt. and he will do it
well. We want you to know him as well as
we know him. The better you know him the
better you will appreciate him, and if he is
elected president of this association (as I hope
he will be) you will come to know him better
than you know him now. Aside from the per-
sonal qualities of the candidate we offer, we
think Memphis is entitled to the presidency.
Memphis is something of a lumber center itself.
For two years the presidency was in Chicago :
one year in Indiana, two years in Paducah,
and four years in Cincinnati, which we think
is a fair proportion of the nine years. I hope
you will all vote for W. H. Kusse.
S. L. Dodds : As a lumber producer of Jlissis-
slppi I would like to second the nomination of
Mr. Russe.
Mr. Bennett : Mr. President, I have had a
sick man on my hands and I have not had time
to memorize my short speech, but if Mr. Sond-
heimer will keep quiet I will tell you something
about Mr. Moffett.
Nine years ago the presidency of this asso-
ciation seemed to go begging, and for several
years thereafter, and in order to interest you
Mr. Vinnedge and others were at a loss what
to say or do to secure tl^e desired attendance.
Often we had to manufacture some plausible
reason to secure attendance. The press was
kind to us then and helped our cause along,
and we have gradually grown, slowly but sure-
ly, until now we are the largest hardwood lum-
ber brganization in the world. In the begin-
ning there was no competitive organization and
we had a clear field, but after a while some of
our friends thought we were getting along well
enough and that we were noticing some things
and were being noticed by other organizations
In other lines of trade, and thinking probably
our success might mean their downfall in their
business they organized a competitive associa-
tion. The results of this you all know. We
have increased in members until the 500 mark
has been reached, and, so far as I know, we are
at peace with all men and with only harmony
existing among ourselves and with the best of
feeling toward all organizations in our line. I
want to nominate a man for our leader who
will carry out this same policy, Mr. Thomas
J. Moffett of Ohio, for president of this organi-
zation. Mr. Moffett is a charter member, hav-
ing attended our first meeting in Chicago and
all other meetings since. He is up at Cincinnati
one of our best citizens, a man who stands
well at home, a worker among the busy peo-
ple, one who never neglects a trust and who
has ability born of experience and trained In
the school of activity in the executive line ; a
man who was asked to be mayor of our city
six months ago and refused the nomination.
I do not know' whether he is a Democrat or a
Republican. I do know he Is a manufacturer
of lumber in this country as well as in Havana,
Cuba, and a wholesale dealer as well ; a man
among men, who knows both sides of our mem-
bership and will respect them. This problem
is not new to him, and while he may not have
had experience on the Board of Directors, we
have not always gone there for a candidate,
nor is this essential. We didn't get Palmer
there.
Mr. Sondheimer : Palmer was discovered. I
found him. [Laughter.]
Mr. Bennett ; The men who discovered Pal-
mer were Jess Thompson and myself. In Chi-
cago. We are more than pleased to have such
a candidate as Mr. Moffett — a man who has
made no promises and has no affiliations with
anybody, and whose sole purpose will be the
building up of our association along the lines
of National inspection of hardwood lumber, and
the application of the same as legislated by
this body. I sincerely trust you will give him
your unanimous support.
J. J. Rumbarger : Mr. Chairman and Gentle-
men, Pennsylvania has no candidate for the
presidency, but I rise to second the nomination
of Mr. Moffett. I'ou all know him. He is not
an unknown quantity. He has been tried and
not found wanting. He is a good presiUing
ofllcer, a large manufacturer and a large dealer.
I hope you will pass your votes for him.
I. F. Balsley : I have not attended every
meeting of the association. I have never heard
a member from Pittsburg ask anything of the
association. They have delegated me to come
to this convention and have asked me to use
my influence and do all I can to support Mr.
Moffett for the presidency of the association,
and I take pleasure in endorsing his nomina-
tion.
Mr. McMillan : Gentlemen, I rise to second
the nomination of a man, and, when you can
say that of a fellow citizen, all other praise
is superficial. I think that this association has
its duty to perform in selecting from their midst
men for the places for which they are best
fitted. I care not for city or for individual.
I say. keep every man where he is best fitted
to promote the welfare of this association. As
I told a man coming down from Chicago, I
thought Chicago made an awful mistake when
it proposed the name of Mr. Russe. You, gen-
tlemen, are taking away from the floor the
most able debater you have and you are plac-
ing him in the chair, where he is tied.
Mr. Sondheimer: Do you mean that?
Mr. McMillan : No ; if it were you. sir, I
would stand here and nominate to get you
off the floor. [Laughter and applause.] Mr.
Moffett is a manufacturer of lumber, is eligible
for the office, and, gentlemen, all I have got to
say to you is to look him in the face and you
will see that my first application of "man" Is
there. I want to say to you, gentlemen, that
if I had my way I would never allow a good
member to be placed where he could not do
his work. Now if you will place Mr. Moffett
in the chair and he survives the year and any
of you would survive him, after be has passed
to the great unknown — if any of you should
pass by his grave you could stop and quote
Hobby Burns and say :
"An honest man lies here at rest.
As here God with his image blest :
A friend of man, a friend of truth.
The friend of age, the guide of youth.
"Few hearts like his with virtue warm,
Few heads with knowledge go to harm ;
If there's another world he lives in bliss.
If there's none other he made the best of this."
[Applause.]
E. C. Colcord : As a member representing a
state adjoining the great State of Ohio, I beg
leave to second the nomination of Mr. Moffett
for president of this association.
Mr. Stimson : Mr. I'resident and Gentlemen
of the Convention, We all recognize the merits
of Mr. Moffett. We know that he is a clean-cut
man. We know that he is capable of admin-
istering the office of president of this associa-
tion, and, gentlemen, there are hundreds of
others In this body of 500 who could administer
the office of president of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association and do it ably. I second
the nomination of a "man," and we don't want
this president in the future that Mr. McMillan
referred to. We want him now : we want him
here, and I second the nomination of W. H.
Russe.
J. N. Scatcherd : Mr. President, it is with
some embarrassment that I stand up here before
this membership today, because only just a year
ago today you complimented us in Buffalo by
coming there as our guest. There you had a
man that you wanted to succeed himself, and
Buffalo helped you. Mr. Moffett Is all that you
say about him. Mr. Russe always makes good,
and there is no better average quality of credit
liefore the banking world of this country today
than a lumberman's word, and you told us in
Buffalo that the next time you had an election
you would make Mr. Wall the president of this
association. And we liave come here demand-
ing ovu- rights. I never want to break faith.
I never want to be mistaken by a lot of men
as honest as you men. You made us the
promise, and we come here and ask you to
make M. M. Wall the president of this associa-
tion. Mr. Bennett always gets back of the win-
ner, but I want this to be done fairly and hon-
estly, and I hope Mr. Wall will receive the
lionor at your hands.
Hugh McLean : I desire to second the nomi-
nation of Mr. Wall.
Mr. Sondheimer : Mr. President and Gentle-
men of the Convention, After having listened to
the apologies of the gentleman who had not pre-
pared his speech in advance, after having list-
ened to the eulogies on the dead one [laughter
and applause], I desire to make a few remarks
in the way of seconding the nomination of Mr.
Russe. There is no occasion, taking into con-
sideration the lieat of this room and the bum
cigars that are being smoked [laughter], to
spend much time eulogizing the gentleman. It
is not particularly a question whether a man
is a man of family or not ; whether or not he
refused the nomination for mayor of a city al-
most unknown, neitlier is it necessary to fly into
an ensemble allegory, bringing tears to your
eyes. [Laughter and applause.] I simply want
to ask you what kind of a man we desire to
have as president of this association? [A ninu-
ber of voices — Moffett.]
J. W. Thompson : Don't get nervous, Max.
Mr. Sondheimer : When I get nervous I will
not call for water. We desire a man who is
not only a good business man but one who is
in touch with all the interests and conditions
of this association. We desire a man who is
used to association work. Every member of
this organization knows that there is no man
in the ui-gauization who has more closely fol-
lowed it from its very incipiency up to the
present day than the gentleman we advocate.
He knows all the Inside workings of the asso-
ciation ; he has fought against adverse criti-
cism and almost impossible conditions. He has
never wavered : nor has he been on the fence
one moment. He has been a National Associa-
tion man, and the question has never come up
as to whether it was possible for him to go
to the Manufacturers' Association. If you de-
sire to continue the prosperity of this associa-
tion you will make no mistake by choosing Russe
as your representative. Gentlemen, I thank you
very kindly for the vociferous applause, and I
say to you, in spite of the fact of my not hav-
ing had time to prepare my speech — I say to
you it is not necessary when you have such
a subject as Russe to talk on. You have noth-
ing to prove. Our case is already proven. Gen-
tlemen of the convention, I submit this man
to your recognition, and I am perfectly satis-
fied that when the result is made known you
will be able to address him as "Mr. Presi-
dent." [Applause.]
Theodore Fathauer ; Gentlemen, on March 17
last the Chicago Hardwood Lumber Exchange
held its annual meeting. At that time Chicago
had a candidate in the field, the first vice presi-
dent, Mr. Agier. He was tendered the nomina-
tion, but for private reasons declined it. Inas-
much as Chicago is no inconsiderable market
for hardwood lumber, nor a small factor in
the National Hardwood Lumber Association, we
proposed that we should have a candidate. We
nominated Mr. Bill Russe of Memphis. In
doing so we looked over the field, and it was
our earnest and sincere intention to select the
best man for the office. Mr. Russe, as you all
know, has fought in the front ranks of the
association. He has attended its meetings. He
has served on the Executive Committee, and he
possesses the vigor and enthusiasm of youth.
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At the same time his matirre yeai's have taught
him tact and diplomacy, a combination of quai-
ities that are rarely found in one and the same
man. I also wish to present to you a common
sense business proposition. If. in your own
business, a vacancy occurs, and you have em-
ployees in your employ wlio have been witli
you a great many years and who. by diligence
and eii5ciency, have proved worthy, it is your
duty to promote those men as a reward for
efficiency and diligence. I appeal to you as
common sense men. and the Chicago Hardwood
Lumber Exchange, knowing you to be fair,
through me respectfully requests you to reward
an honest, efficient, diligent employee of the
National Hardwood Lumber Association by giv-
ing him the highest reward within your gift.
D. F. Clark : I also wish to second the
nomination of Mr. Russe for president. I have
known Mr. Russe a good many years and have
never known him to be wrong. I represent
nine out of ten of the northwestern lumbermen.
and I am sure the sentiment of those here from
my section of the country favor Mr. Russe for
president.
O. O. Agler : Gentlemen, since this matter
has come up I cannot refrain from saying a
word in favor of my friend Russe. I liave served
with him two years on the Executive Committee,
and there has not been a time when we did
not know where Mr. Russe stood. He ha.s been
always right, fair and square. It is the least
we can do to elect him president. The state
of Illinois seconds his nomination.
F. H. Smith : I am well acquainted with the
early days of this association. I want to say
a few words in behalf of ilr. Russe not only
for m.v.sel£ but for the St. Louis delegation.
Every one of them wants Mr. Russe. We all
know how long and how hard he has worked.
This association is working along the lines and
precedence established by former officers and
committees, and a man like Jlr. Russe, who is
entirely familiar with the early history of the
association, should be honored by you with .this
office.
W. W. Knight : Mr. President and gentlemen,
in behalf of some of the Indiana members, a
majority of them, I want to second the nomi-
nation of Mr. Russe. I have known him a
good many years and I have never known him
to falter in any action he has taken. You
cannot make any mistake in electing him presi-
dent.
W. R. Barksdale : ,\s president of the local
association of hardwood lumbermen of Memphis
I desire to second the nomination of W. H.
R'usse. I have been associated with him closelv
for many years and I can appreciate his work
as thoroughly as any one. We feel a pride in
W. H. Russe and we feel the association will
do credit to itself and credit to Memphis if
you elect him as your president.
G. J. Landeck : The Wisconsin members of
this association, with tne exception of a small
majority, endorse the candidacy of William H.
Russe.
M. M. Wall : I do not desire to have this
business closed without having an opportunity
to say something at my own expense. My
good friend and fellow townsman. Mr. Scatcherd,
saw fit to make some remarks to you about
some alleged promise made at Buffalo, which
he seems to think ought to be carried out. I
guess all yuu gentlemen know that I am not
a candidate and have not been a candidate,
and 1 am not running tor the office of president
of the association. I do not desire to come
in here and be considered a candidate for this
office, but I want to thank the gentleman who
nominated me. [Applause.]
G. Y. Xash : On the part of Arkansas I
move that the rules be suspended and that the
convention vote as a unit for W. H. Russe.
W. A. Bennett : Mr. President, we did not
come down here for that purpose. If Cincinnati
had not put up a man and gotten up this in-
terest and if we had not carried this fight
on, half of you would not be here.
Jlr, Sondheimer : Joke ?
Mr. Bennett : No. We ask for a ballot and
we insist on it.
Mr. Sondheimer ■ ilr. Chairman. I am op-
posed to gag rule, and In spite, of the fact
we are absolutely sure our candidate will win,
I propose giving every man a square deal. Let
us go to a vote on this.
It was moved and seconded that nomina-
tions for president be closed.
I'resideut Palmer : The motion before tlie
house is that the nominations for president be
closed.
Voted upon and carried.
President ■ Palmer : According to the rule
brought in by the Credentials Committee, the
chair will appoint tellers for each candidate. For
Mr. Russe I will appoint A. L. Foster and John
W. McClure. For Mr. Moffett. W. A. Bennett
and J. Watt Graham. For Mr. Wall. Hugh Mc-
Lean and A. Miller. The vote will be by cards
to be passed around. These cards were gotten
up b.v a trade journal, the name of which I will
not mention, for the purpose of securing the
names of those in attendance. You will disre-
gard the t.vpewriting on the face of the card
and use the back of the card. The roll of
members will be called by the secretary, and as
your names or your firms are called you will
step forward and deposit your vote in the box
provided b.v the tellers in the presence of the
tellers.
Voting was then proceeded with, the secre-
tary calling the name of every member of the
association. The voting consumed nearly one
hour's time, after which F. H. Smitli moved
that the ballots be closed and the vote counted.
The motion was seconded and carried, where-
upon a recess of ten minutes was taken to
enable the tellers to count the vote.
The meeting re-convened in regular session
after the recess.
The first order of business was the announce-
ment of votes as reported by the tellers. Presi-
dent Palmer announced the result as follows :
W. H. Russe, 114; T. J. Moffett, 54: M. M.
Wall, 0. [Great applause.]
President Palmer : Gentlemen, I will appoint
W. A. Bennett and J. W. Thompson as a com-
mittee of two to escort Mr. Russe to the cliair.
Mr. Bennett : Mr. I'resideut, on behalf of the
Cincinnati delegation we want to thank you for
the support you gave us. We brought about this
fight for the good of the association. We sent
out over 6,000 pieces of mail. You would not
have had anybody here compared with the num-
ber you have if we had not brought about the
fight and had created some sentiment and
stirred tilings up in this association. Jlemphis
would never have sent out more than two or
three letters. [Laughter.] Xow I move you,
gentlemen, that we make the election of Mr.
Russe unanimous.
The motion was seconded and carried unani-
mously.
President Palmer ; Gentlemen, it is my great
pleasure to introduce to you your new presi-
dent, Mr. W. H. Russe.
President's Speech of Acceptance,
-Mr. Russe ; Gentlemen, I wish to thank you
for your confidence and for the implicit trust
j'ou seem to have placed in me, and the only
thing I can say now is that I hope, at the
end of the next year, you will be able to say,
"He made good." We have a great deal of
business yet to transact. This is a very warm
hole we have been obliged to bring you to, and
you will hear from me probably later on in
the evening: but I believe the best policy now
will be to get through with our business and
get out of this place, and a little fresh air
and a clean collar on for tonight. I realize,
of course, that I have a very difficult road to
travel, because I am following a man that has,
more than any other one man, made this asso-
ciation what it is today. [Applause.] There
was no carrying water on two shoulders. When
any question came up and he decided it was
right he traveled along that line, and the policy
of the association was followed, along that line.
That is the only thing that I fear of the com-
ing administration — that the past record has
been so good that it will take ever.v effort that
the new administration can bring about to make
any creditable showing whatever as compared
with the past year. But we cannot make this
a success unless we have the support of every
member of the association. This we must have.
Your committees, your Board of Managers, can-
not do much unless the members themselves
take interest in the work and help push it
along.
Again thanking j-ou, I think we had better
proceed to business and get out of this place.
[Applause.]
Nominations for Vice Presidents.
D. F. Clark : I move you that the nominations
for first vice president be in order.
Mr. Palmer: Mr. President, some of the old
members of this association will call to mind
that at one time I chanced to be president of
this association. [Laughter.] When I was
president a gentleman served with me upon the
Executive Committee, upon the Board of Man-
agers, a-nd upon his judgment I relied greatly
whenever anything was up before me for de-
cision, a gentleman that has never missed any
meeting of the Board of Managers, nor of the
Executive Committee, a gentleman who con-
tains presidential timber of first class quality,
and one who, in time, is to be recognized for
the highest office of this association. It is my
pleasure to nominate Mr. Agler for the office
of first vice president, [.\pplause.] I am also
going to move that this nomination be made
by acclamation and unanimously.
Motion seconded.
Mr. Sondheimer : I move that nominations
be closed.
Motion seconded and carried.
President Russe : Gentlemen, Mr. Agler has
been duly elected as first vice president of this
association. [Applause.]
Mr. Bennett : Mr. President, we have some
pretty good timber down East for second vice
president and I would put in nomination C. E,
Lloyd of Philadelphia, a young man who has
been a good man in association work, and we
need strength in the East, and I think he will
give it to us. He comes from Philadelphia,
where we have had quite an addition to our
membership since Mr. Llo.vd became third vice
president, and I think we ought to move him
up one notch. I move that we close the nomi-
nations and make the election of Mr. Lloyd
unanimous.
Motion seconded and carried.
President Russe ; Gentlemen of the associa-
tion, C. E. Lloyd has been duly elected to the
office of second vice president.
Gardner I. Jones : Gentlemen, it gives me
great pleasure to present the name of a man
from the northern part of this country for
third vice president. For many years I have
traveled from Boston to these meetings, and I
have gotten a great deal out of them. We want
the association to go East n*xt summer. I
nominate H. C. Humphrey of Appleton, Wis.,
for the office of third vice president.
Mr. McMillan : I think this association can
cover itself all over with glory by making
this election, and I second the nomination.
Jlr. Pritchard ; I move that the nominations
be closed and that Mr. Humphrey be elected
b.v acclamation.
Motion seconded and carried.
I'resideut Russe : Mr. H. C. Humphrey is duly
elected to the office of third vice president.
Jlr. Sondheimer ; I move you that they be
not asked to make any speeches. [Laughter.]
Election of Treasurer,
Mr. i'almer : If 1 may be permitted. I move
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that the present incumbent of the office of
treasurer. O. E. Yeaser. h*' re-elected hy ac-
clamation.
Mr. Bennett: Hold (.n. Wt- )..'(. pit- in ('in
cinnatl have been after sonioiliinj; and wi'
haven't got it. We are with you ^'entlemen on
everything. Mr. Yeager has made us a good,
htmest treasurer. There is no iUK'stion of that;
but we have a man at t'incinnali. and we want
something there. We have asiied for it and we
ought to get it. I nominate Mr. J. Watt (Iraliam.
of Cincinnati for the office of treasurer, and I
move you that the nominations be closed and
that Mr. (iraham be elected by acclamation.
Mr. ralmer: With the consent of my second
I wish to withdraw my nomination.
l^resident Uusse : I have great pleasnic in
announcing' the election of J. Watt (Jrahain tn
the office of treasurer, and T would further
announce that the money will be in Cincinnati
the next year.
Election of Directors.
Mr. Palmer: In order to expedite Ibis busi-
ness I move that a committee be appointed by
the chair to bring in the names of six persons
to act as directors, hve of them for three years
and one to succeed Mr. Husse for one year.
Motion seconded and carried.
President Rtisse : I will appoint on that com-
mittee the following : J. W. Thompson, Allen
It. Vinnedge. Gardner I. Jones, A. IT. Barnard.
B. K. Thompson. We have another question
that has to he settled and we want some sug-
gestions regarding the place at whirh the next
meeting is to be held.
Place of Next Meeting Selected.
G. J. Landetk : Mr. P.-esideni and Gentlemen.
Wisconsin is in the field. Wisconsin has a city
that has a product which made it famous. You
all have beard of that city^Milwaukee. Mil-
waukee invites you to hold your next annual
convention in that city. I have with me letters
and a telegram from the mayor of Milwaukee,
who invites you and herewith extends to you
Milwaukee's invitation.
Mr. McMillan : Mr. President, when we were
at Buffalo we invited you then. We did not
succeed on account of our friend and president
of the association, who sits in the chair now.
but I am glad that we did not get you last
year, for if we had I would not have had a
chance to come to Memphis and see this glori-
ous city and accept your hospitality and drink
your good water. [Laughter and applause.]
We have the greatest number of hotels of any
city of its size in the L'nited States, and every
one of these hotels are homes, where you will
think you are right at home and under mother's
wing. There is no more hospitable people on
the face of the earth than in that good old solid
German town. She is the convention town of
the United States. She has them from one
end of the country to the other and frofn
Canada. Come to Milwaukee. We will extend
to you the open hand and we will take good
care of you, and the minute you drop your
grip you will be assigned to a rotjm and will
not have to sleep double.
Mr. Lloyd : Mr. President and Gentlemen :
Next year will be the tenth annual meeting
of this association. Ten years is a decade and
means something. This association has much to
be proud of and still has much before it, and
I want to ask the members to consider the ad-
visability of entering a new field. We have
never had a meeting east of P.uffalo. I have
here a little button, which you have all seen,
whicu Slates that New York, Boston. Baltimore
and Philadelphia extend an invitation to you.
This is not an invitation from any one city ;
it is an invitation from all four of those cities.
We want you to go to a place where you will
he able to keep cool ; where you can have greater
accommodations than in any other place in the
world; a place where you can take your w-ives.
They will enjoy it, and so will you. Within
the last year the membership in the East has
increased very largely, but it was only a begin-
ninir. We have a field there that has barely been
t4)uched. I know many of you do not ship
much lumber East, but millions of feet are used
in the East, and Ihey get it somewhere. Tliere
are many sawndlls there not represented in this
association. The influence of your going East
will reach not only the wholesale dealers in the
East, many of whom have money invested in
sawmills and factories, but will reach to ibc
souibeasleni part of the country, where we
buy mu<h of our lumber. This is a national
organization. We want the North, the East, the
Siiuth and the West, and we want you to give
the East a ciiance. In May. 11H)T, opposite
Fortress Atonroe. in Chesapeake Pay. will be
lu'Id an exhitdrion. and to that exhibition are
coming the navies of the world. The T'niled
States Government has invited them and they
are coming:. If you go East you will have an
opportunity of witnessing some of the finest
naval maneuvers the world has ever seen, and
this will all take place a few days after our
next annua! meeting. I want to name a point
for tile meeting that has been agreed upon by
our members in New England. Boston, the Cen-
tral states. New York. Philadelphia. Pittsburg.
Baltim()re — a point that is within an hour's ride
of Philadelphia, two hours of New York, three
liniirs of Baltimore, where you can Imve j)lenty
of loom, and you will not have a Ini of noise
to buthcr you in the convention hall. T notice
ii nnnilier of friends here wearing buttons on
wbicli there is something about a bright spot.
[Meaning the Milwaukee button.] I want you
to come to a brighter spot, on the Atlantic
ocean. 1 knew that our generous friends from
Wisconsin will not feel very badly if you change
your minds and vote to go east. Our friends
fnun Wisc<n>sin are the most generous we have
and we ask them to pardon us for trampling on
their (oes in this way. We are now opening
up in the East with new members and our in-
spectors are busy all the time. Every carload
of lumber that is inspected in the East by a
national inspector adds to the importance of
this association. I do not know that I can
add anything more.
Edward .1. Young: Wisconsin pnidnccs muie
hardwood than any state in this country. At
our convention a year ago we modestly sug-
gested our willingness to honor this association
by permitting it to hold a meeting within our
borders. Hardwood was not the thing that
made Milwaukee famous, but had it not been
for hardwood we realize we would not have
had the other product which is sold by the
bottle. Milwaukee is famed as a convention
city, and is able to afford ample entertain-
ment.
Mr. Palmei- : We owe it to Milwaukee. Mil-
waukee went to Buffalo and tried to get it, and
she came awfully near doing it, and we told
them we would go there next year. Gentle-
men, if you are going to keep the faith, go to
Milwaukee.
T. .1. ^lott'ett : If you will let a lamb that has
biMMi brovigbl to slaughter speak a U'vc min-
utes I wcuild like to be heard. I think this
association owes it to the East to go there this
year. We are strong in the West and In the
South, and if we would fulfil the destiny of
this association we must get more members in
the East than we have. As I understand it the
National Association is to work toward the
ideal of universal inspection. You can never
bring; tills about in the United States unless
I'very section of the United States is properly
represented in our association. The East is
not properly represented, and has not received
proper recognition. Personally I much prefer
that the meeting go to New^ York City, but inas-
much as the four cities on the Atlantic coast
have agreed on Atlantic City I do not think
there is anything else for this association to do
but to go there, and I sincerely hope that we
go there.
.\<iw. genlb'inen, there is not a ftore spot
anywhere in Memphis. We came down here to
lick Bill liusse. but we didn't. We are just
as much in favor of the National Association
as we ever w-ere, and Mr. Uusse will find no
section of the country that will hold up his
hands any stronger tliau the people of Cincin
nati will do. The Cincinnati delegation made
this association. In the early days the greatest
interest was manifested In this association in
Cincinnati, and when Chicago, with its timid-
ity, sent out its invitation, the hoys were afraid
llu're would not be a corporal's guard there,
hut wben <Mncinnali with a full carload went
up to ( 'hicago they said, "Boys, you saved the
day," and Cincinnati is the originator of this
association, and will not desert it. T cannot
think that any one in the association would be-
lieve that we would weaken because of our un-
successful fight in this election. And right here
I want to thank the gentlemen who supported
me; but, in addition to that, I want to pay a
tribute to the loyalty of Cincinnati. It is an
honor to me to have had the support of the
Cincinnati deleg;ation. Those boys never wav-
ered, and it compares well with the election.
Next to the presidency itself, this loyal support
is better than anything else. [Applause.]
President Uusse : I wish to say that Mr.
Moffett not only has the good will of those
gentlemen hut he has the good will of the
entire association. He had me very liadly
scared. I do not believe that any two candi-
dates we could select who would run a race
of this kind would feel sore over the result. I
believe the only thing that we all look to is the
good of the association, and the interest that
has been brought al»out by this contest has been-
the saving of the Memphis meeting. It has
saved us a lot of money in booze — I am not re-
ferring to Mr. Mc^Iilian — but I appreciate Mr.
Moffett's remarks, and I was satisfied that, if I
could secure the honor of being president for
the coming yeai-. I would have his support, and
not only his but the entire Cincinnati delega-
tion, including mir nwn dear Billy. [Applause.]
Mr. Curry : I dn not think 1 need tell you
what I am here for. The chief thing that Mil-
waukee has advanced in support of having the
convention there is the fact that it has a local
product wbi<-h made it famous. The reason
that we want you to come to Atlantic City is
not for the liquid refreshments dispensed there
but the fact that we think the East should have
some favor shown it. Von were compelled until
a short time ago to sell your lumber on Phila-
delphia rules of inspection ; in New York they
had standard New York inspection rules, and it
has only been liy the <*ombined efforts of the
eastern memln'is Dial it has been possible to
sell our product im the rules of the National
ilardW'Ood Lumlier Association.
Theo. Fathauer: On behalf of the Chicago
contingency, believing that it is very important
that our next annual meeting should be held
at some central point, which can be reached
liy the greatest nunibei- in the shortest possi-
l)le time. I move ynu that we accept the invlta-
ti<m of Milwaukee.
M(jti<ui secondetl.
President Uusse put the motion to a vote,
but in the noise and confusion it was impossi-
ble to determine the result.
Mr. Bennett : Mr. President. 1 think it would
be very nice to go to Atlantic City, if Atlantic
City was to entertain us. If the association, so
as not to be an expense on the city it goes to,
would cut out the banquet I would be in favor
nf Atlantic City. The lumbermen there cannot
take care <tf us. If the people in the lOast de-
sire to entertain us and will permit us to pay
for the banquet tickets, or if we cut out the
banquet. I say go to Atlantic City. I think
the best thing to do is to cut out the ban-
(piets.
President Uusse: There is a motion before
the house.
Mr. ^McMillan : Mr. Chairman, we ask you to
go to ^liiwaukee liecanse we want to entertain
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you. We don't want you to pay one cent for
your banquet, and it we cannot set you up a
banquet that will make your hair stand up I
lose my guess. Wisconsin is no sluggard. She
is full of vim. The people there live in a
northern climate, where you And men, and the
lumbermen of Wisconsin have helped to make
every lumber district in the T'nited States.
Mr. Agler : Gentlemen, it is not a question
of where we want to go but where we can go to
do this association the most good. Milwaukee
was promised the convention last year.
Mr. Rumbarger : My concern is a member of
til'' New York Lumber Trade Association ; also a
member of the Philadelphia Exchange and the
I'hiladelpliia Lumber Dealers' Association. On
behalf of those associations I ask you to go to
Atlantic City, and they will give you a banquet.
You will not need to pay for your banquet.
In New York and Philadelphia we have many
new members who have never attended an asso-
ciation meeting, and if you should go there you
would have an opportunity to visit your custom-
ers.
S. E. Barr : As a member from New York I,
too, ask you to go to Atlantic City, but I want
you to cut out all question of banquet. That
is not what we came here for. We do need
some representation in the East, regardless of
any promise made at Buffalo last year, which
does not bind us. I am the only one from
New York City, but Baltimore has spoken and
Philadelphia has spoken, and now I want Bos-
ton to speak. I would ask Mr. Woods to come
up now and say the rest.
John M. Woods : Mr. President and Gentle-
men : I would not give a cent to come to a
convention and represent only one state. I
come representing Maine, New Hampshire. Rhode
Island and Connecticut. [Applause and laugh-
ter.] Every one of you gentlemen has got rich
out of us in the past. You can see the repre-
sentation from Massachusetts. On behalf of
the Lumbermen's Club of New England, I in-
vite you to go to Atlantic City, and if you go
as far as Atlantic City you are pretty near the
best and biggest place in this world, the old
commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Mr. Rumbarger: I now offer an amendment
to the pending motion, to strike out the word
"Milwaukee' and substitute the words "Atlantic
City."
Mr. i>IcMillan : I offer an amendment to the
amendment, that we strike out the words "At-
lantic City" and substitute the word "Milwau-
kee."
It was moved that the amendment to the
amendment be laid on the table. This motion
was seconded and carried.
President Russe : I will now put the amend-
ment to the original motion to vote ; that is,
to change the wording of the original motion,
substituting "Atlantic City" for "Milwaukee."
A Vive voce vote was then taken, but it was
impossible to determine the result.
President Russe : I object to members com-
ing to the chair and .saying, "Milwaukee got it."
or "Atlantic City got it." I am frank to say
I cannot tell who got it. It is a question of
noise. I have been informed by both sides of
the question that we have visitors here, which
is all right, and we are glad to have them,
but they are not entitled to vote, and I sin-
cerely hope that no man will vote unless he is
entitled to do so. We will now take a standiug
vote.
A standiug vote was then taken, the mem-
bers being divided in different parts of the
room. The president appointed the secretary
and W. W. Knight to go out among the mem-
bers and make an individual count of both
Bides. This showed the result to be as follows :
Atlantic City, 70 votes ; Milwaukee, 43 votes.
President Russe : The two tellers appointed
have reported that Atlantic City has the great-
est number of votes. The next meeting will be
held at Atlantic City.
It was then moved and seconded that the
selection of Atlantic City as the place at which
the next annual convention is to be held be
made unanimous.
Motion seconded and carried.
Permanent Committee on Transportation.
President Russe : The retiring president says
he failed to announce the committee on trans-
portation. The members of that committee are
O. O. Agler, G. ,J. Laudeck, and J. M. Pritchard.
A motion was then made by B. F. McMillan
and seconded that the association extend to
Earl Palmer, the retiring president, the thanks
of the association for the able manner in which
he has administered the affairs of the associa-
tion during the last two years.
Motion unanimously carried, followed by the
IIoo-Hoo yell.
Report of Committee to Name Directors.
Mr. Thompson : Y'our committee begs to re-
port the following names tor directors for a
three-year term :
Earl Palmer, Paducab, Ky. : Geoi'ge E. Hib-
bard, St. Louis, Mo. ; C. I^'. Sweet, Grand Rapids,
Mich. ; O. E. Yeager, Buffalo ; C. II. Barnaby.
Greencastle, Ind.
One-year term (to succeed W. 11. Russe) : G.
J. Laudeck, Milwaukee, Wis.
Mr. Bennett : I do not think this is divided
up right, and I would suggest the name of
J. M. Card, Chattanooga, Tenn.. and also the
name of I. V. Balsley of Pittsburg, Pa.
Mr. Moft'ett : I second the motion.
Mr. Palmer : I \vish to withdraw in favor
of Mr. Card.
Many voices : No.
Mr. Thompson : If the gentleman will exam-
ine the book containing all the directors (fifteen)
he will lind that the directors are scattered all
over the country. It was the aim of the com-
mittee to appoint good men from the locality
least represented, and if any place is repre-
sented by too many we will be glad to strike
it from the list, or if there is any section
not represented we would he glad to make a
change to include all. I therefore move that
the six gentlemen we have named be elected
by acclamation.
Motion seconded and carried.
Mr. Rumbarger : I think it Is in order to
offer a motion thanking the citizens of Memphis
for the courtesy extended us and the hospitable
manner In which they have entertained us.
Motion seconded and carried unanimously.
President Russe : I wish to say in behalf of
the Memphis Lumbermen's Club that your being
here is thanks enough for us. Y'ou have showed
that you like us or you would not have come,
and it was only a little delicacy, being a Mem-
phis man, that caused me to refrain from put-
ting the motion myself.
Meeting of Board of Directors.
Immediately following the ad.iournnient of the
convention a meeting of the Board of Directors
was held and a working organization for toe
ensuing year was promulgated. Frank F. Fish
was reappointed secretary, and George L. Smith,
inspector general.
It was resolved to move the offices of the
secretary and inspector general and the general
headquarters of the association to Chicago, forth-
with.
The Executive Committee was organized as
follows : W. H. Russe, Memphis, Tenn., chair-
man : Earl Palmer. Paducab, Ky. : O. O. Agler,
Chicago, III. : C. H. Barnaby. Greencastle, Ind. ;
G. J. Laudeck, Milwaukee, Wis.
To the Inspection Rules Committee, with terms
expiring in 1909, were added D. F. Clark, Min-
neapolis, reappointed ; T. B. Stone, Cincinnati,
O. ; A. B. Klise, Sturgeon Bay, Mich. ; and E.
J. Young, Madison, Wis., appointed to succeed
G. J. Landeck, resigned, whose term would have
expired in 1908.
To the Inspection Bureau Committee, with
terms expiring In 1009, were added the names of
Harry S. Dewey, New York City ; John J. Rum-
barger, Philadelphia, and F. H. Smith, St. Louis.
The Committee on Forestry of last year was
reappointed. This committee consists of M. M.
Wall, Buffalo ; B. F. McMillan, McMillan, Wis. :
T. J. MotCett, Cincinnati.
The Excursion.
The excursion on the Mississippi, tendered by
the Memphis Lumbermen's Club to the members
of the association and the lady visitors on
Wednesday evening, was a most charming affair.
A spacious steamer was provided and the party,
to the number of more than 500, made the trip
on the Father of Waters, returning to the levee
at 11 o'clock. A band discoursed sweet strains
and many indulged in dancing. A collation was
served between decks and the affair was voted
one of the most enjoyable held in connection
with the convention.
The Banquet.
The visitors were entertained at an elaborate
dinner In the great dining liall of the Gayoso
hotel at S o'clock on the evening of May 4, the
Lumbermen's Club of Memphis acting as hosts.
Of this club Wm. R. Barksdale of Barksdale,
Denton & Co. Is president ; W. S. Darnell of I.
M. Darnell & Sons Company Is vice president ; F.
E. Gary of the Baker Lumber Company is second
vice president, and George C. Ebemann of Ben-
nett & Witte is secretary and treasurer. J. W.
Thompson of the ,T. W. Thompson Lumber Com-
pany was chairman of the Entertainment Com-
mittee. Covers were laid for 350 and every
table In the great dining hall was beautifully
decorated with flowers and flags. The music was'
excellent. Wm. R. Barksdale acted as toast-
master, and both the dinner and the speeches
were brilliant successes. Tlie menu follows.
Manhattan Cocktail.
Caviar Canape.
Bouillon, Frappe.
Sauterne.
Celery. Salted Almonds. Olives.
Soft-shell Crabs, Tartare Sauce.
Shoestring Potatoes.
Pommery Sec.
Broiled Spring Chicken.
New Potatoes in Cream. Asparagus Tips.
Tomato and Lettuce, Mayonnaise.
Cheese Straws.
Strawberries, Whipped Cream.
Coffee.
Cigars and Cigarettes.
Apollinaris Water.
Attendance.
Agler, O. O., Upham ic Agler, Chicago.
Alcott, C. A., Clarksdale, Miss.
Allen, Stuart A., C, II. & D. Ry., Cincinnati.
Allen, J. R., Indianapolis.
Archer. W. A., Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co., Grand
Rapids.
Anderson, James T., Hurricane, Tenn.
Andrews, J. R., the Pine Lumber Co., Milwaukee.
Arthur, L. P., Arthur Hardwood Flooring Co.,
Memphis.
Armstrong. W. W.. the Trowbridge Co., Detroit.
Anderson, W. R., Southern Lumberman, Memphis.
Anderson, S. B., Anderson-Tully Co., Memphis.
Alexander, H. H., BelzonI, Miss.
Asher, I. M., Nicola, Stone & Meyers Co., Cin-
cinnati.
Amnions, W. E., W. E. Ammons Lumber Co.,
Sumner, Miss.
Brown, G. A., Erie Despatch. Memphis.
Blair, James R., L. II. Gage Lumber Co., Mem-
phis.
Blackwell, F. J.. Brownsville. Tenn.
Barnaby, C. H., Greencastle, Ind.
Bennett, W. A., Bennett & Witte, Cincinnati.
Banks, George, Banks & Co., Hernando, Miss.
Earr. Sam E.. New York City.
Barrett. W. E., W. E. Barrett & Co., Chicago.
Bonier, J. O., Bomer Bros.. Brownsville, Tenn.
Baird, J. H.. Southern Lumberman, Nashville.
Barnard, A. IL, Minneapolis.
Baker. F. M., Hardwood Mills Lumber Co., Chi-
cago.
BaIrd, D. W., Dudley Lumber Co., Memphis.
Bulkley, L. C, the Bulkley-James Co., Benton,
La. ■
BIgelow, W. H., Boston, Mass.
Brooks. P. H., Douglass & Walkley Co., Drew,
Miss.
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Ivarns, W. E., St. Louis Lumberman, St. Louis,
Mo.
Balsley, I. F., Willson Bros. Lumber Co., Pitts-
burg.
Burgoyne. George W.. Official Reporter, Chicago.
Boyd, James, Lumber Trade Journal, New Or-
leans.
Bonner, W. C, J. II. Bonner & Son, Heth, Ark.
■Bailey, George E.. Taylor & Crate, Chattanooga.
Blanton, It., Hlauton-Tburman Lumber Co., Mem-
phis.
Bourne, C, Michigan Central railway, Memphis.
Barksdale, W. H., Jr., Barksdale-Kellogg Lumber
Co., Memphis.
Barksdale, \V. 1!., Barksdale, Denton & Co., Mem-
phis.
I'.arr, C. L., G. Wilkinson Lumber Co., Cairo, 111.
llramlage, B. B., Bennett & Wltte, Cincinnati.
Blessed, George A., Wolverine Manufacturing
Co., Detroit.
Burgess. George D., Russe & Burgess, Memphis.
Bauer. H. O., Stover Lumber Co., Memphis.
Blakelv. W. W., B. & O. S. W. R. R., Memphis.
Beck, E. E., E. E. Beck Lumber Co., Cincinnati.
Buckley. James. BrookvlUe, Ind.
Bruner, J. J.. E. Sondheimer Co., Memphis.
Beyer, Frank A., Beyer, Knox & Co., Buffalo.
Burgess, S. M., S. M. ISurgess & Co., Rockport,
Ky.
Bonsack, W. A., Bonsack Lumber Co., St. Louis.
Bell, E. B., Southern Oak Lumber Co., Macon,
Miss.
Bacon, C. I., C. I. Bacon Cypress Lumber Co.,
Cincinnati.
Cabell, Joseph B., Mexican-American S. S. Co.,
New Orleans.
Cathey, F. M.. Crenshaw & Cathey. Memphis.
Claypool, E. II., Missouri Paclflc railroad, Mem-
phis.
Cooper, Robert, Hughart & Kendal, Memphis.
Countess, J. M., J. M. Countess Lumber Co.,
Doran, Ark.
Causey. John W., Union City Lumber Co.. Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Cline, L. C, Thompson & McClure, Memphis.
Coppeck, S. P., S. P. Coppeck & Co., Fort Wayne,
Ind.
Cpge, H. H.. Erie Despatch, Memphis.
Cooper, R. S., Briggs & Cooper Co., Ltd., Sagi-
naw, :Mich.
<"lark. D. F.. Osborne & Clark. Minneapolis.
Crenshaw. W. I... Crenshaw & Cathev. Memphis.
Curry. B. C. Jr.. R. M. Smith & Co., Philadel-
phia.
Cowen. James C, Schultz Bros. & Benedict. Chi-
cago.
Callon. W. T., W. A. Powell Co., Ltd., New Or-
leans.
Carrier. C. M., Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Co., Sar-
dis. Miss.
Coles. Howard, Bliss-Cook Oak Co., Blissville,
Ark.
Cobb. B. F., Lumber Review. Kansas City.
Christian. T. J.. Fullerton-Powell Hardwood
Lumber Co., South Bend, Ind.
Card. J. M.. J. M. Card Lumber Co., Chatta-
nooga. Tenn.
Cone. Albert. American Lumberman, Chicago.
Chandler. Kelly R.. St. Louis.
Conn. J. C. Funnagusha Lumber Co.. Howard.
Miss.
Colcord. E. C. Bowman Lumber Co., St. Albans,
W. Va.
Conkllng, F. A., Farrln-Korn Lumber Co., Mem-
phis.
Cool, W. A.. W. A. Cool & Son, Cleveland.
Cotter. R. B., Jletal Bound Package, Mound
City, 111.
Crossfleld. W. M., Crossfield & Co., Nashville.
Dennis. A. S., Dennis & Smith Lumber Co., De-
troit.
Dircks. O.. Askin & Dircks Lumber Co., Union
City. Tenn.
Dilks. George R.. Richmond, Ind.
Duggan. C. R., Tindle & .Tackson. Pellston, Mich.
Dudley. H J., Dudley Lumber Co., Grand Rap-
ids. Mich.
Defebaugh. J. E., American Lumberman, Chicago.
Davis. C. E., C. E. Davis & Co., Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Douglass. W. E., Douglass & Walkley Co., Co-
lumbus, O.
Dabolt. F. P., Eureka Hardwood Lumber Co..
Becton. Ark.
Dudley. C. B.. Memphis.
Duey. Charles, .\merlcan Lumberman, Chicago.
Dolnh. W. A., I. M. Darnell & Sons Co., Mem-
phis.
Davidson. J. R., Cincinnati Northern R. R., Cin
clnnatl.
Debays. H. E., C, H. & D. R. R.. Cincinnati.
Darnell, R. J.. R. .7. Darnell. Inc.. Memphis.
Dudley. Ben H.. C II. & Tl. and Interstate De-
Dewey. W. C, Chapman-Dewey Lumber Co., Mem-
phis.
spatch, Nashville.
Dniweher, B. F., John Dulweber & Co., Cincin-
nati.
Dickson. J. W.. T. W. Dickson Co., Memphis.
Davis, W. A.. Chicago.
Dickinson, Charles C, E. Sondhelmer Co., Mem-
phis.
Darnell, W. S., I. M. Darnell & Sons Co., Mem-
phis.
Dickson, J. S., Green River Lumber Co., Mem-
phis.
Dodds. S. L., Sunflower Lumber Co., Clarksdale,
Miss.
Dickinson, C. M., Dickinson Lumber Co., Para-
gould. Ark.
Emery, F. B., Lake Shore-Laika. Line, Chicago.
Euler, F. P., the Crosby-Beckley Co., Evans-
ville, Ind.
Ebrlns, .\b'xan<ler, I.ong-Knigbt Lumber Co.,
Clarksdale. Miss.
Kngel, Geortic. Eugel Land ^: Lumber Co., Grand
Rapids, Mich.
I':hemann, George C, Bennett & Witte, Memphis.
I*;ims, Charles S., New Orleans.
Erb, M. M., Case Lumber Co., Chattanooga.
Evans, J. M.. Philadelphia Veneer Lumber Co.,
Knoxville, Tenn.
Elliott, C. M., Lackawanna Line, Louisville.
Evans, T. L., Lackawanna Line, Cincinnati.
I'elger, Jesse L., liackley-l'helps-Bonnell Co.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
I'Mndley, J. 11., Helena Box Co., Memphis.
l-ergusou, John, Ferguson & Palmer Co., Padu-
cah. Ky.
Ferrell. C. H., Humboldt Hoop & Hdg. Co., Hum-
boldt, Tenn.
Fuler, G. IL, Star Union Line, St. Louis.
Fltzgibbons, P. F., McLean Lumber Co., Chat-
tanooga.
Foster, G. E., Foster-Latimer Lumber Co., Mel-
len. Wis.
lontaune, Lamar, Clarksdale Lumber Co., Lyon,
Miss.
Fish, F. S., Gulrl-Stover Lumber Co., Memphis.
Flynn, G. M., Southern Oak Lumber Co., Macon.
Miss.
Fish, F. F., secretary N. H. L. A., Indianapolis,
Ind.
Ford, E. M., Memphis.
Felger, Otis A., Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co.,
Grand Rai)ids. Mich.
Fair, W. A., Edwards-l<'alr Lumber Co., Lansing.
Ark.
l^air. A. N.. S. S. Fair & Co., Ludwing, La.
Fair, Robert. Edwards-F'air Lumber Co., Lan-
sing, Ark.
Farber, G. A., Memphis.
Fathauer, Theo., Theo. Fathauer Co., Chicago.
Fathauer, Fred. Banks & Co., Hernando, Miss.
Foote, II. L.. Dennis Bros., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Fish. Charles W.. Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co.,
Grand Rapids. Mich.
Fuller, F. A.. Edwards Lumber Co., Oshkosh, Wis.
Ferguson. John K., Ferguson & Palmer Co., Pa-
ducab. Ky.
Fooshe. George W., Lumber Press Correspond-
ent, Memphis.
Fowler, William, Case Lumber Co., Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Fowler. H. C. Fowler-Personett Lumber Co., Bir-
mingham, Ala.
Freeland. V. L., Cincinnati. O.
Foster, A. L., J. W. Thompson Lumber Co.,
Mempliis.
Grade. Frank N., J. W. Darling Lumber Co.,
Cincinnati.
Garrison, .T. H., W. O. Hughart, Jr., Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Graham, J. Watt, Graham Lumber Co., Cincin-
nati.
Grissam. Clyde, Lumber Press Correspondent,
Memphis.
Gilbert, P. E.. W. A. Davis, Chicago.
('libson, W. G., National Inspector, Memphis.
Goodlander. E. E., Goodlander-Robertson Lumber
Co., Memphis.
Gary. F. E.. Baker Lumber Co.. Memphis.
Greble. W. II., Three States Lumber Co., Mem-
phis.
Grant. J. B., Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.,
Memphis.
Gladding, G. W., E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., Mem-
phis.
Gladden. C. L., Memphis.
Gibson. Henry IL, Hardwood Record, Chicago.
Gage, L. H., GagePossell Lumber Co., Cincin-
nati.
Goodman, Charles A., Sawyer-Goodman Co., Mar-
inette, Wis.
Glauber. M., E. Sondhelmer Co., Memphis.
Gray. H. J., The Macey Co., Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Hughart, W. O., Hughart & Kendal, Memphis.
Hascall. C. G.. East St. Louis Walnut Co., East
St. Louis. III.
Hitchcock, J. D., Douglass & Walkley Co., Drew,
Miss.
Heald, J. M. D., Price & Heald, Baltimore, Md.
Humphrey. H. C, G. W. Jones Lumber Co., Ap-
pleton. Wis.
Horn. T. William. G. W. Jones Lumber Co., Ap-
pleton. Wis.
Hodges. R. v., Milwaukee.
Heidler. F. J.. Fink-Heidler Co., Chicago.
Holmes, C. W., J. A. Holmes Lumber Co., Mem-
phis.
Illhbard, George E.. Steele & Hibbard, St. Lonls.
Hill, I. D., Pine Bluff, Ark.
llafner, J. A., Hafner Mtg. Co., St. Loulft
Harris. S. C, Southern Hardwood Litnatt* Co.,
Memphis.
Haas. Weaver, T. B. Stone Lumber C*,, Cincin-
nati.
Hamuer, W. E., James I. M. Wilson & Co.,
I'ittsburg.
Hancock, W. II.. W. H. Hancock Lumber Co.,
Mississippi.
llushall, W. E., lloshall & McDonald Bros.,
Eola, La.
llayden, Harvey S., Chicago.
Hull, H. S., Oval Wood Dish Co., Traverse City,
.Mich.
Hull, \V. C, Oval Wood Dish Co., Traverse City,
.Mich.
Ilunna, John P., Wiborg & Hanna Co., Clncln-
nali.
Hurst, N. .\., Arthur Hardwood Flooring Co.,
Memphis.
Ilatheiu, C. B., Jr., Florence I'ump & Lumber
Co., Memphis.
llorue. James A., New York.
llolioway, J. F.. llolloway Lumber Co., Pblla-
delphla.
Ilunl. (). P., Jr., o. I>. Ilurd, Jr., & Co., Cairo, III.
llarwucid. J. J., Robert 11. Jenks Lumber Co.,
Ciuiiunati.
Huffslutter, P., Charles Thuener Planing Mill
Co., St. Louis.
Hyde, C. E., Hyde Lumber Co., Memphis.
Idesun, A. B., Paine Lumber Co., Oshkosh, Wis.
Junes, (Jardner 1., Jones Hardwood Co., Boston.
Jayne, J. M., Jr., R. J. Darnell, Inc., Memphis.
Jones. Ted T., Appleton, Miss.
Janovlch, I'., Floria Janovich, New Orleans.
.lames, V. L., Empire Lumber Co., Buffalo.
James, J. W., Jr., Goodlander-Robertson Lumber
Co., Memphis.
.lardou. It. L., K. & P. Lumber Co., Cincinnati.
Jenks, John H., Robt. II. Jenks Lumber Co.,
Cleveland.
Jones, W. J., Jones, Coates & Bailey, Chicago.
Joy, Levi, Arthur Hardwood Flooring Co., Mem-
phis.
Johnson, B. A., American Lumberman, Chicago.
Knight, W. W., Long-Kulght Lumber Co., Indian-
apolis.
Kellogg, C. M., Barksdale-Kellogg Lumber Co.,
Memphis.
Kwies, L. B., Goodland Cypress Co., New Orleans.
Krebs, Roland F., Ozark Cooperage Co., St
Louis.
Klise, .\. B., A. B. Kllse Lumber Co., Sturgeon
Bay, Mich.
King, W. O., W. O. King & Co., Chicago.
Kramer, C. H., C. & W. Kramer Co., Richmond,
Ind.
Korn, C. F., Farrin-Korn Lumber Co., ClnclnnatL
Kipp, B. A., B. A. Kipp & Co., Cincinnati.
Kramer, H. M., C. & W. Kramer Co., Richmond,
Ind.
Kerns, George, Kerns Lumber Co., Freeport, III.
Lewis, H. Z., Memphis.
Laskey, J. D., May, Thompson & Thayer, Evans-
ville, Ind.
Love. A. M., Darnell-Love Lumber Co., Memphis.
Lendrum, Alex., Penrod Walnut Corporation,
Kansas City.
Le Crone, F. B., W. E. Kelley & Co., Chicago.
La Crone, C. E., Memphis.
Lung, J. W., New York Lumber Trade Journal,
New York.
Lesh. L. B., Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co., Chi-
cago.
Lloyd, C. E.. Jr.. Cherry River Boom & Lumber
Co., Philadelphia.
Lawrence, F. W.. Lawrence & Wlggin. Boston.
Leidlng, J. H., Standard Mill Work Co., Cincin-
nati.
Landeck, G. J., Page & Landeck Lumber Co.,
Milwaukee.
Littleford, George, Littleford Lumber Co., Cin-
cinnati.
Lang, Elliott, R. J. Darnell, Inc., Memphis.
Leech, E. W., Detroit.
Lewis, J. A., Chicago-Mississippi Land & Lumb«»
Co., Chicago.
Lane, J. L., J. L. Lane & Co., Chicago.
Lambert, U. S., Green River Lumber Co., Mcai'
Mc'cary, Earl, C. A., C. H. D. R. R., Nasbrllle.
Miller, E. C, Guirl-Stover Lumber Co., Memphis.
Miller. F. E.. W. E. Kelley & Co., Chicago.
Miller, A., Buffalo, N. Y.
McClure, J. W., Tliompson & McCIwr«, Memphis.
Morse. Fred S., Fred S. Mora* Lumber Co.,
Springfield. Mass.
McSwayne, James F., Grand Kapld*.
McFarland, Thomas, Thos. MCFarland Lumber
Co., Cairo, III.
Major, S. C S. C. Major LfHBfter Co.. Memphis.
Ma'yer-Dlnkel, Leo. Dreyfii* ,& Mayer-Dlnkel,
Mannheim. GermaoT.
Martin, W. L., W. it. White Co., Boyne City,
Mich.
Moore, John H., Wdtlonftl Inspector, Muskegon.
Jllller. Charles. Miller Bros., Chicago.
Miller. Milton, Miller Bros., Chicago.
Moore, Tom, The Moore Co., St. Louis.
Morris. J. 9., BeHnett Hardwood Lumber Co.,
Memphis.
Mnllory, 3, H.. Iltfnols Central railway. Memphis.
Millei', A. B., 8!outhern Oak Lumber Co., Mem-
phis*.
;\fcO''»rt^. T. J,, Lackawanna Line, Memphis.
M " .t. E.. .\dvance Lumber Co., Cleveland.
M '"hn. Bennett & Witte. Cincinnati.
M li'li. May, Thompson & Thayer, Evana-
ville, iftd.
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McLean, Hugli. Hugh McLean Lumber Co.. Bu£-
talo.
McMillan. B. F., B. K. McMillan & Bro., McMil-
lan. Wis.
Moffett. T. .T.. Maley, Thompson & Moffett Co
Cincinnati.
Morgan. \V. B.. Anderson-Tullv Co.. Memphis
McCool. u. v.. Arthur Hardwood Flooring Co
Memphis. ''
Mclntyre. J. F.. Memphis Rim & Bow Co . Mem-
phis.
Moijgan. E. J., St. Francis Kiver Lumber Co..
Madison. Ark.
McLFonough. M. J., Sealioard Air Line, Birming-
ham. Ala.
McDonald. .John. McDonald Bros.. Helena, Ark
Mcintosh. W,, Stoneman Lumber Co., Clarks-
dale. Miss.
Nash. G. v.. Forest City Mfg. Co.. Forest City
Ark-
Newman. R, H., Simonds Manufacturing Co
Chicago.
Neely. M.. McDonald Bros.. Helena, Ark.
Newborn. G. W., Star Union Line, Memphis.
Neib e. W. II., New Albany Furniture Co., New
Albany, Miss,
riummer, Theo. M., riummer Lumber Co St
Louis. ' ■'
Perriue, Van B., Perrine-Arm.strong Co Ft
^\ ayne, Ind.
Palmer, Earl. Ferguson & Palmer Co., Paducab
Ky.
Palmer. C, R., L. H. Gage Lumber Co., Provi-
dence, R. I.
Powell. C. G., Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lum-
ber Co.. South Bend. Ind.
Pomeroy. L. J.. L. J. I'omeroy & Co., Chicago.
Pritchett, E. K., the Macey Co., Grand Rapids,
Mich. '
Prange^ C F., Crockett Bluflf Lumber Co., Crock-
ett Bluff, Ark.
Palmer. G. H . Shendandig. Ark.
Palmer. O. K.. Guirl-Stover Lumber Co., Mem-
pliis.
Pritchard, ,1. M., Long-Knight Lumber Co, In-
dianapolis.
Palmer. Wc. Wihoi-g & Hanna Co., Cincinnati
^r*'*',-. -n--?;: 'Standard Millwork Co., Cincinnati.
Powell, VS illiam P., W. B. Mershon & Co., Sagi-
naw, Mich. "
rinn^ey. D. R., Penured Land Co., Caruthersville,
Palmer, F. B Wiborg & Hanna Co., Cincinnati.
Pritchard. «. R., Norfolk & Western R R
Memphis.
Pescia. Lee, Wabash railway, Memphis
Perkins, M. R., Memphis. '
Pennington W. M., Big Four Route, Memphis.
Roach. C. .T D-Heur & Swain Lumber Co , Sey-
mour, Ind. •
Roberts G. G., Robt. H. Jenks Lumber Co..
Cleveland.
Ravesies. PH., General Lumber Co., Memphis,
u'ati''™' Mowbray & Robinson, Cincin-
Ramshaw, W. G., Chicago
Ryan, Philip A., Ryan & McParlaud. Chicago.
Richardson, W. ,T., the General Lumber Co
Memphis.
Reeves, W. D.. W. D. Reeves Lumber Co., Helena
^"r^i^'-f- J}"1'^'"' ^- J''- I*- I*- Wheeler & Co
I hiladelphia.
Russe George C, E. Sondheimer Co., Memphis
Robertson, F B., Goodlander-Robertsin Lumber
Co., Aiemphis.
Ru.sse, W. H.. Russe & Burgess. Memphis
Richardson. B. F.. Leavitt Lumber Co., Chicago
Richey. S. W.. Richey, Halsted & Quick, Cin-
ciiin3.t 1.
Richards, H. A., Grand Trunk Rv.. St. Louis
5i.-?'I'',''-, ?^''*°''' T- Rumbarger Lumber Co
Philadelphia.
Radina Fred E.. L. W. Radina & Co.. Cincinnati
Sf'"',- t- <^- R«'<"' * riuecker. Memphis. "'""'"•
Rhodes. E D Stimpston Land Co., Lula, Miss
Ranson. w A Gayoso Lumber Co., Memphis
Reichman. X A.. Reichman-Crosbv Co.. Memphis
SH',j;:ni'''T^v^i'"'=-T-^'",'"'^'"- '''''■ Grand R^pml:
stimson. J. \.. Huntingburg. Ind
Sat'i '^' ^" '^' ^' *^*'''°^ Lumber Co.. Cincin-
Stoneman. G. W., Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co
St. Louis. ..
Strickland .7. L.. Planters Lumber Co.. (Jreeu-
ville. Miss.
^™er''N°'Y ^" ^™'"' '*''^'^ '^' ''""'' *'"• R"f'"'s-
Scobee. John F., .John F. Scobee Lumber Co St
LouLS. ■■
Swain B. F D'Heur & Swain Luml)er Co.. Sbel
byville. Ind.
Smith. George L.. National Hardwood Lumber
Association, Indianapolis
Schmubl. William P.. .T, S. Ford-.Tohuson Co
Michigan City. Ind.
Stevens. F .T.. Forest City Land & Lumber Co.,
Woodruff. Miss.
Sweet. C. F.. Fuller & Rice Lumber & Mfg. Co
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Spalding. John D., Southern Oak I.umlier Co
Chicago.
Smith. F. H., F. H. Smith Co., Si. L.n.is.
Sullivan, J. p., J. p. Sullivan Lumber Co., Mem-
phis.
Stimson. H.. J. V. Stimson. Huntingburg, Ind.
Stoneman, E. C, Stoneman Lumber Co., Clarkes-
dale, Jliss.
Schulte, E. M., Hoyt & Woodin Mfg. Co, Mem-
phis.
Stewart. Aleee. Alcee Stewart & Co., St. Louis
Swam. E. A.. D'Heur & Swain Lumber Co Sey-
mour. Ind. ■'
Sullivan. F. R.. Michigan Central railway, St.
Louis. '
Scott. Leo E.. A. M. Stevens Lumber Co., Dvers-
Imrg, Tenn.
Schneider. Theo. A., Brunswick-Balke-Collender
Co., Chicago.
Soble. H. I.. Soble Bros.. Philadelphia, Pa
Smith, W, E., W. E. Smith Lumber Co.. Memphis
Schwartz, t;. W.. Yandalia railroad. St Louis
Slioemaker. II. O., Southern Oak Lumber Co
Memphis.
Stark, James E., James E. Stark & Co., Memphis
Sondheimer, Max, E. S'ondheimer Co., Memphis'
Stimson, D. C. J. V. Stimson, Owensboro Kv
Stahlman, G. W., Star Union Line, Memphis" '
Sterritt, Will S., Sterritt Lumber Co., Cincinnati
Scatcherd, J. N., Scatcherd & Son, Buffalo
Sondheimer, Rudolph, E. Sondheimer Co Mem-
phis.
Scott, T. P., T. P. Scott & Co.. Cincinnati.
Monebraker, F. E., Lansing Wheelbarrow^ Co
Memphis.
Streeter, W. L Chicago-Mississippi Land & Lum-
ber Co., Chicago.
Schatzman, C. H.. Green Line, Penn. R R Cin-
cinnati.
Smiib, A. 1'.. .\It. Vernon Pump & Lumber Co
Mount Vernon, Ala.
Storrs. C. L., Wisarkana Lumber Co., Nettleton
A\rk.
Stetson, C. B., C. B. Stetson Lumber Co., Mem-
phis.
Sclilesinger. A. L., Bennett Hardwood Lumber
( o.. Memphis.
Stark. William A.. James E. Stark & Co., Mem-
phis. '
Sweet. E. E., Bacou-Nolan Hardwood Co , Mem-
phis.
Smith, Lewis C, Traders' Despatch, Memphis.
Stimpston. C. F. Stimpston Land Co.. Lula, Miss
Scott, D. A., Sunflower Lumber Co., Clarksdale
Miss.
Smith, E. B.. E. B. Smith & Co., Earie, Ark.
Schenck, C. A., Biltmore Estate, Blltmore N C
st.vman, George H.. ,T. H. Long. Sumner, Misi. '
late. .lohn D., E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., Indian-
apolis.
Talbert. W. E.. Talbert Lumber Co.. Cincinnati
ihompson, J. M., James Thompson & Co., Mem-
Thompson, B. R., Thomp.son Lumber Co., Grand
Rapids.
Terry. Edward M.. N. L. E. A., Memphis.
Iliomas Charles E., Thomas & Proetz Lumber
Co., St. Louis.
Thurman, J. R., Blanton-Thurman Lumber Co
Memphis.
Taylor, II. F.. Taylor & Crate, Buffalo,
leckemeyeiv H W.. Teckemeyer & Wehinger
Lumber Co.. St. Louis
''iia^'^ds ^''^'*'"'' ^'ational Inspector, Grand
Taenzer, E. E.. E. E. Taenzer & Co., Inc., Mem-
phis.
Tliurman B. R.. Blanton-Thurman Lumber Co..
Memphis.
Taussig. L. J.. St. Louis.
■| hompson. J.. E. Sondheimer Co.. Memphis
lodd. Miles J.. Lake Shore-Lehigh Valley Route
Cincinnati.
Turner, ,Iohn W. N.. C. & St. L. Ry., Memphis.
hamer. George R.. Empire Lumber Co., Chicago
""™I^son, A. N., Thompson & McCIure, Mem-
Tliompsoii. J, w.. J. W. Thompson. Lumber Co
Memiihis.
UpdegralT. i: D.. Helena Hoop & Lumber Co
Helena. Ark.
Van Keulen^ N. J. G., Van Keulen & Wilkinson
Lumber Co.. Grand Rapids.
Nan Trees. J. E., Big Four Route. .-Memphis.
\anghn. J. S.. E. Sondheimer Co.. .Memphis
\ iniiedge. A. R.. A. R. Vinnedge Lumber Co
1 hicago.
Victor Warder C, Bennett & Witte. Memphis.
NXorrall, F. M., Lumber Trade Journal, New-
Orleans,
Wliiteside, J. R., I. M. Darnell & Sons Co., Mem-
phis.
^^ bus''''T' ^' ^"' ■"""^'''-''^ * Walkley Co.. Colum-
Wilson. J. MiltoB. Warnell-Wilson Co.. Leiand
JIiss.
Wheldon. W. W., Eureka Hardwood Lumber Co
Becton. Ark.
Williams. S. A.. Williams & Voris Lumber Co
< Itattanooga.
Matrons. R. B.. secretary Citizens' Business
League. Milwaukee.
W".'',',-.'''- Isaac. Scatcherd & Son. Memphis.
Wilkinson. William. I. C. R. R., Chicago
Wnlsli. .Tobn. Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co
Memphis.
^^^J^^'i- ,'■■ "•' T'Uffalo Hardwood Lumber Co..
Buffalo.
Wallace W H., N Y. C. & St. L.. Cincinnati.
Buffalo Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.,
'^^■''jjams. T., Stoneman Lumber Co., Clarksdale,
Wallace, J. W., E. Sondheimer Co., Memphis
\\ a.vnesburg. M. W.. C. H. & D. Ry.. Memphis.
Westcott. (/haries. International Harvester Co
Chicago.
Ward, L. A.. Obion, Tenn.
Whitaker. J D. S.. Bennett Hardwood Lumber
Co.. Memphis.
Wiggs, R. J.. R. J. Darnell. Inc., Memphis
Willingham. J. T.. .Memphis Coflin Co., Memphis
Wedding. J. W.. I '. L. Willev, Chicago
iii!*^''' ^'' '■■■ "'■ "'• '"''>^<''"' '*^ *-'o- Madison,
Willmaun. R. K.. Wiilmann Lumber Co , Hart-
ford City. Ind.
Wade. G. Ci.. Sunflower Lumber Co.. Memphis
Wenger. J. W., I. C. R. R., Cairo, HI
" 'i'^k' '^' "''■' Lane-White Lumber Co., Ft. Smith,
Woods, John M.. John M. Woods & Co., Boston.
" "!'*'!.•. James H., Empire Lumber Co., Buffalo,
Wagner, J. W., Robert H. Jenks Lumber Co
Cleveland.
West, A. C, Wilmington, O.
Witmore, A. G.. Southern Hardwood Lumber Co
Memphis.
Yeager, Orson E., Buffalo.
Young. Edward J., Brittingham & Young Co
Madison, Wis.
Young, B., Y'oung & Cutsinger, Evansville Ind
"ioung. C. W.. New Albany Furniture Co,, New
Albany, Miss.
York, S. J., Michigan Central, Memphis,
Yancey, H. T., Lake Shore-Lehigh Valley Route
Buffalo.
Zupke. F.. E. E. Taenzer & Co.. Inc.. Memphis
Zearing. George B.. Stoneman-Zearing Lumber
Co.. Devall Bluff. Ark.
New Eacine Hardwood House.
The Racine Lumber & JIanufacturiug Company
lias recently been incorporated under the laws
of Wisconsin to engage in a general wholesale
lumber business at Racine, with a capital of
.$2(1.000. The company's specialties are northern
and southern hardwoods and agricultural imple-
ment and wagon stock. E. W. Bartley, formerly
buyer for the Racine-Sattley Company, is presi-
dent and treasurer, and will assume active
charge of Hie business. The offices are at 507
Robinscm building. A large and varied stock
will be carried.
The Growth of Black Walnut.
Tlic daily newspapers and even some of the
lumber press and publications devoted to forestry
nmttcrs have for a long time indulged in a lot
of literary "rot" concerning the marvelous rapid-
ity of growth of black walnut. Some of these
articles, a few of which have been reproduced
in the ILiedwood Recoup, allege that fortunes
can be made in a very few years in growing
walnut.
Alexander Lendrum. the well-known walnut
expert of the American Walnut Company of
Kansas City, has taken the trouble to establish
the age of walnut growing in Missouri by count-
ing the rings of growth on ten logs of every size,
from twelve to thirty inches. The result of his
investigation shows that the average age of
black walnut trees of each diameter named is as
follows :
12 inches in diameter. 37 years old
l.'i inches in diameter, 43 years old
14 inches in diameter, 48 years old
I.") inches in diameter, o.^i years old
10 inches in diameter, G3 years old
17 inches in diameter. 60 years old
15 inches in diameter. 75 years old
10 inches in diameter, SO years old
20 inches in diameter, 86 vears old
21 inches in diameter, SI years old
22 inches in diameter, 04 years old
2,'! inches in diameter, 07 vears old
24 inches in diameter, 101 vears old
25 inches in diameter, 107 years old
26 inches in diameter, 113 vears old
27 inches in diameter, 110 Vears old
2.S inches in diameter, 129 years old
20 inches in diameter, 141 years old
30 inches in diameter, 163 years old
While this table of walnut sizes and ages will
apply with a good deal of accuracy to the walnut
growing in western Missouri on account of its
much slower growing qualities there, in Indiana,
for example, the age of corresponding sizes would
be much greater. The figures and deductions
made by Mr. Lendrum as .supplied to the Hard-
wood Record are extremely interesting.
HARDWOOD RECORD
T>istrict Meetings HardWood Manufacturers^
The Hardwood Mamifactui'ers' Association of to tin! mills ot' mauulactufers. wlio are eitlief salable. Mf. IJostOf- stated
the United States is piu'suing n vei'y energetic above or below grade in their inspection, to edu- larly important that Misslsi
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ylss'n.
The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of
the United States is pursuing n very energetic
course in organizing the local hardwood manu
facturers of various sections into subordinate
associations in general harmony with the tenets
of the national organization. The members of
these local orders are very geiicriilly joining the
parent organization.
The idea involved in these district meetings
contemplates frequent gatherings of hardwood
manufacturers interested in the development of
a particular section, whore the local conditions
will be fully discussed and recommendations
made to the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation of the legislative needs of the
various sections. Thus far there has been
a good deal of enthusiasm manifested over
these meetings, and tlie outcome for the
general good of the hardwood manufacturing
trade is a foregone conclusion. Of recent date
the first of these meetings was held at Memphis
on March 31, as recounted in the lI.\nD\vooD
liiccouD of April in.
Greenville Meeting.
At Greenville, Miss., on Wednesday, April 23,
a number of hardwood manufacturers of that
section of the state, pursuant to call, held a
general conference on the subject of forming a
Mississippi hardwood district association and
becoming afHliated with the Hardwood Manu-
facturers' Association. The meeting was held
in the beautiful little club house of the Elysian
Club in that city. J. L. Strickland, vice-presi-
dent and manager of the I'lanters' Lumber Com-
pany of Greenville, Miss., was introduced by
James Boyd, and selected as chairman. The
choice was logically made, as Mr. Strickland has
heen greatly interested in the movement to
organize the hardwood manufacturers of Mis-
sissippi, and played host to the visitors to per-
fection. Upon assuming the chair he expressed
his gratiflcation at the large attendance, and
announced that, although there were but four
manufacturers of hardwood in Greenville, they
had arranged to give a banquet to those present
at the Cowan Hotel in the evening.
The mayor of Greenville, William Verger,
was introduced, and welcomed the guests to the
heautiful little city, of which both himself and
all residents are justly proud. He said that
the lumber manufacturers of that section,
though not pioneers, have done more to de-
velop the resources of Washington county than
any other class of citizens, lie slated that the
city of Greenville was not founded until 1.SU.J,
although the hardwood territory surrounding
It was as fine as any in the country.
Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood
.Manufacturers' Association of the T'nited States.
was asked to address tlie meeting and explain
. the system of district meetings being held by
that organization. He said that the hardwood
interests of Mississippi were lapidly being de-
veloped, and it was the object of the association
to organize the manufacturers for their own
benetit. The sole object of the movement was
to further the welfare of the manufacturers.
He stated that before the Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association was organized, grading rules
were made by buyers, who failed to recognize
the varying conditions in the several sections of
the country, or changes in the state of the mar-
ket. He stated that the bureau of grades is
maintained at heavy expense, ami its object is to
protect the manufacturer and consumer and
to teach the manufacturer correct and logical
■ systems of grading, and to make grades suit-
able to the wants of the trade. He further
stated that the association maintained inspectors
either in or nearby all the large consuming
markets, whose duty it is to take up all com-
plaints regarding shipments and to reinspect
and settle disputes when necessary. He de-
tailed the system of sending inspectors directly lo<
to the mills of manufacturers, who are either
above or below grade in their inspection, to edu-
cate local inspectors on correct grading. He
closed by stating that the Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association membershiji is now about
;iOO. comprising the largest manufacturers of
hardwoods in tiic United States, with an an-
nual output of approximately '2,0i:i0.liii(i,(i(10 feet.
Mr. Doster explained that liis association
LEWIS noS'lKU. SUCIiETAUY II. M. A. OF
U. S., CHICAGO.
maintains a bureau of information which has
collated a list of about 6.000 wholesale con-
sumers of liardwoods, and that information is
complete concerning the kinds of lumber bought
and the ijuantity purchased each year. From
this list local manufacturers can select locali-
ties where their lumber may be sold to the best
advantage on the basis of freight rates. The
information bureau also has a list of unde-
STltlCKLAND, GREEN VI I.I. i:. MISS.
sirnhle buyers who make unreasonable com-
plainls. Another feature of association work
noted by the secretary is the semi-monthly and
monthly stock sheets, which show lumber both
in long and short supply. This information as-
sists tile manufacturer in turning out stock
that will balance the market. A study of the.se
stock lists enables manufacturers to cut their
s into thicknesses that will at all times be
salable. Mr. Doster- stated that it is particu-
larly important that Mississippi be well' repre-
sented in the parent organization, as undoubt-
edly this state will soon be the center of the
hardwood production of the country.
The meeting was next addressed by 11. M.
Carrier, president of the Carrier Lumber &
Alanufacturing Company of Sardis, Miss., who
stated he was an old member of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association and that it meant
dollars and cents to its members, and that the
price lists issued by the association were not
• arbitrary ones, but represented suggestions from
the members showing the current value of stock
actually received by the foremost manufacturers
of the association.
The meeting was further addressed by Wil-
liam I. Barr of the Barr-IIoIaday Lumber Com-
pany of Isola, Miss., who told of his experience
in having unjust claims satisfactorily adjusted
by association In.spectors ; by W. J. Cude of
Cude, Miss., who also operates a mill at Kim-
inlos, Tenn., stating that the association had
been of great benetit to him ; by G. L. Haley of
Itta Bena, Miss., who stated that he had been
in the lumber business only a short time, but
had had considerable experience in being
"bogged up," and would be glad to affiliate him-
self with any movement looking toward lessening
his troubles in lumber production; by L. C.
Nolan of the Bacon-Xolan Hardwood Company,
Chancy, Miss., and Memphis, Tenn., speaking a
good word for his experience with the work of
the association : by Henry H. Gibson, editor of
the Hardwood IShcoud, on the general good
that has been accomplished by the association
movement ; by F. .7. Stevens of the Forest City
Land & Lumber Company of Woodruff. Miss., on
his lumber manufacturing- experience: by J. Mil-
ton Wilson of the Daruell-Wllsou Lumber Com-
pany, Greenville, Miss., making sundry inquiries
co'icernlng association work, which were an-
swered by Secretary Doster ; by George E. Wat-
son, secretary of the Southern Cypress Manu-
facturers' Association, on the success attained by
his organization ; by B. A. .Johnson of the Ameri-
can Lumberman, Chicago ; by W. R. Anderson of
the Southern Lumberman, Memphis ; concluding
with an address of welcome to Greenville by
.T. H. Leavenworth, the pioneer hardwood manu-
facturer of that section.
Letters were read expressing interest in the
movement from Frank E. Wright, Hollandale,
Miss. : Hagadorn & Louks, Columbus, Miss. ;
lOdgar Mlsterfeldt, I'lains, Miss.; A. B. Learned,
of 1!. F. Learned & Sons. Xatchez, Miss. ; A.
M. Love, l)arnell-Love Lumber Company, Leland,
.Miss. ; R. B. Hall of Hall Bros, and Hall-Cody
Lumber Company, Vicksburg, Miss. ; W. K.
Gibbs. Funnagusba Lumber <_'ompany, Howard,
Miss. ; W. J. Davis, Terry Manufacturing Com-
pany. .Jackson, Miss. ; C. M. Stratton, D. L.
.Moore Land & Lumber Company, Booth, iliss. ;
T. A. Burford, K. K. Burford Manufacturing
Company, Choctaw, Miss.
Quite a number of those present Immediately
authorized Secretary Doster to enroll their
names as members of the Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association, and a good many others
liromised to join at an early date. At the meet-
ing there were present ;
1^. W. Lange, I'aepcke-Lelcht Lumber Com-
pan.v, Greenville, Miss.
.lolin II'. Spaulding, Southern Oak Lumber
Ct>mpany, Cliicago.
A. B. Milier, Southern Oak I>umber Company,
Memphis, Tenn.
L. C. Nolan, Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Com-
pany, Chancy, Miss., and Memphis, Tenn.
W. J. Cude, Cude, Miss., and Klmmins, Tenn.
R. M. Carrier, Carrier Lumber & Manufactur-
ing Company, Sardis, Miss.
A. P. Steele, Carrier liuraber & Manufactur-
ing Company, Sardis, Miss.
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W. H. Neal, Planters' Lumber Company, Green-
ville. Miss.
J. L. Strickland, Planters' Lumber Company,
Greenville. Miss.
F. J. Stevens. Forest City Land & Lumber
Company, Woodruff, Miss.
J. Milton Wilson, Darnell-Wilson Lumber
Company, Greenville, Miss.
W. G. Ramshaw. Chicago.
Con. Werlicb, Chicago-Mississippi Land &
Lumber Company, Napanee, Miss.
W. S. Streeter, Chicago-Mississippi Land &
Lumber Company, Napanee, Miss.
J. A. Lewis. Chicago-Mississippi Land & Lum-
ber Company, Chicago.
George F. Riel, Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Com-
pany, Memphis.
F. B. LeCrone. W. E. Kelley & Co., Memphis.
G. L. Haley, Itta Bena, Miss.
A. S. Winford, A. G. Wineman & Son, Green-
ville, Miss.
J. H. Leavenworth, Greenville, Miss.
William L Barr, Barr-Holaday Lumber Com-
pany, Isola, Miss., and Greenville, O.
Thomas Shackleton, T. N. Adair, Doddsville,
Miss.
J. W. Denison, J. W. Denison & Co., Friar-
point, Miss.
Geo. E. Watson, secretary Southern Cypress
Manufacturers' Association, New Orleans.
those in attendance at a reunion of Confed-
erate veterans.
Samuel Hopper of Samuel Hopper & Sons,
Baton Bouge. La., was selected as chairman
of the meeting, and James Boyd of the Lumber
Trade Journal secretary. Mr. Hopper said he
thought that it was a matter of great import-
ance to the hardwood manufacturers of Louisi-
ana to get together and get acquainted, as
there are many questions affecting their inter-
ests which could be discussed with profit.
F. H. Ruger of the Duluth Lumber Company
of Dunn. La., thought the organization was of
the greatest importance, and favored the call-
ing of another meeting In May, the call to be
signed by all represented at the meeting either
in person or by letter.
Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association of the United States,
addressed the meeting on the subject of the
aims and achievements of his association. He
stated that it was more economical for the
manufacturers of the various sections to hold
district meetings from time to time, and for-
ward their requests for legislation to the Manu-
facturers' Association than to attend the
annual meetings of the parent organization.
They would thus have the full value of the
big association's inspection corps, bureau of
information, stock list system, trade conditions
William E. Barns, St. Louis Lumberman, St.
Louis.
David M. Walker, American Hardwood Lum-
ber Company, New Orleans.
George E. Watson, secretary Southern Cypress
Manufacturers' Association, New Orleans.
H. H. Gibson, editor Haedwood Record, Chi-
cago.
Others reporting as interested in the move-
ment were the East Melville Lumber & Shingle
Company, Melville. La. ; Minden Hardwood
Manufacturing Company, Minden, La. ; Jefferson
Sawmill Company, Ltd., New Orleans, La. ;
Ho.shall & McDonald Brothers, Eola, La. ; Mc-
Donald Brothers, Macland, La. ; International
Lumber Company, Alexandria, La., and the Otis
Manufacturing Company. New (Jrleans.
Bristol Meetings.
On Saturday. April 21, at Bristol, Va.-Tenn.,
a preliminary meeting of manufacturers of hard-
woods in that vicinity was held, and an organi-
zation was established known as the Lumber
Exchange of Southwestern Virginia and Eastern
Tennessee. On I'^riday, May 4, at the rooms
of the Holston Club at Bristol, an adjourned
meeting was lield at which were present :
W. O. Came, Bristol, Tenn.
B. B. Burns, Bristol, Tenn.
M. N. Offett, Bristol, Tenn.
G. E. Davis, Bristol, Tenn.
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William Yerger, mayor of Greenville, Miss.
B. A. Johnson, American Lumberma'n, Chi-
cago.
W. R. Anderson, Southern Lumberman, Mem-
phis.
Henry H. Gibson, Hardwood Record, Chicago.
James Boyd, Lumber Trade Journal, New Or-
leans.
Lewis Doster, secretary Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association of the United States, Chi-
cago.
In the evening the hardwood manufacturers
of Greenville entertained the visitors at dinner
at the Hotel Cowan, where a very delicious ban-
quet was served to them. The occasion was an
exceedingly enjoyable one, and the Greenville
lumbermen established an enviable reputation
as hosts.
Ne-w Orleans Meeting.
A preliminary meeting of the hardw'ood manu-
facturers of Louisiana was called at the offices
of the Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation at New Orleans on Friday, April 27,
but owing to the small attendance was ad-
journed to May 17. The reason of the paucity
of attendance was apparent to all owing very
largely to insufficient notice, the extreme and
unseasonable heat, and the fact that New Or-
leans was packed to its utmost capacity by
reports, and of all the machinery of the various
departments of the association.
Henry H. Gibson, editor of the Hardwood
Record, addressed the meeting on the commer-
cial value of association work.
On motion it was decided that the most fa-
vorable time to hold an adjourned meeting
would be Thursday, May 17, as the annual meet-
ing of the Cypress Association would be held
on May 16, and a good many individuals would
be interested in both meetings. Chairman Hop-
per was authorized to issue such call and to
subscribe thereto the names of all hardwood
manufacturers present, and others who had ex-
pressed approval of the movement.
There were present :
Samuel Hopper, Samuel Hopper & Sons, Baton
Rouge, La.
G. S. Bishop, Duluth Lumber Company, Dunn,
La.
F. H. Ruger, Duluth Lumber Company, Dunn,
La.
J. N. Day, St. Louis Lumberman, St. Louis.
George F. Riel, Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Com-
pany, Memphis.
James Boyd, New Orleans Lumber Trade Jour-
nal, New Orleans.
Lewis Doster, secretary Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association, Chicago.
(i. W. Peter, Bristol, Tenn.
F. R. Bradshaw, Marion, Va.
J. C. Campbell, Marion, Va.
C. C. Lincoln, Marion, Va.
F. E. Highley, Atkins, Va.
R. H. Vansant, Ashland, Ky.
W. S. Whiting, Abingdon, Va.
II. Fugate, Abingdon, Va.
J. Van R. Gardner, Hampton, Tenn.
F. C. Fischer, Coal Grove, Ohio.
G. L. Wood, Coleville, Tenn.
Lewis Doster, Chicago.
In the absence of the president of the ex-
change. E. D. Galloway of the Galloway-Pease
Company of Johnson City, Vice President B.
B. Burns of the Tug River Lumber Company
of Bristol presided. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved.
W. O. Came, chairman of the committee on
constitution and by-laws, submitted a report
and a form for a constitution and by-laws
which was adopted. The same committee was
continued to make suggestions on any needed
revision before the documents were published.
Addresses were made by R. H. Vansant, F. C.
Fischer and Secretary Lewis Doster of the
Hardwood Manufacturers' Association on the
value of association work. An election of di-
rectors then took place, which resulted in the
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selection of W. O. Came and J. C. Campbell foi-
two years, and Mr. Arrlier and W. S. Whiting
for one year.
rrartioally all present iiwule brief addresses
endorsing the idea of cooperation and outlining
the benefits to be derived therefrom, and sug-
gested matters necessary to be taken up by the
Exchange at future meetings. A membership
committee was appointed, composed of the of-
ficers and board of directors, to work for the
enrollment of new members.
The following resolution was then adopted :
At this meeting today it is agreed that the
manufacturers here arc in perfect synjjjathy
with the plan of adopting the grading rules of
the Hardwood JIanufacturers' Association of the
United States, and have appointed a committee
to present their views to the meeting of the
manufacturers of hardwood at Asheville, N. C,
May 5.
Be it also resolved, that G. Leidy Wood be ap-
pointed to carry and present such resolutions
to the Asheville meeting. Signed by those pres-
ent.
A vote of thanks was extended to the Holston
Club for the use of its rooms. The meeting
then adjourned.
Asheville Meeting.
A meeting of the hardwood manufacturers
R. II. VANSANT, ASIILAM), KY.
of westei-n North ("arolina was licid at the
Sw'annanoa Country Club, Asheville, N. C, on
Saturday, May 5. There were present :
T. J. Littleford, Littleford Lumber Company,
Asheville. N. C.
W. A. Rexford. Asheville. N. C.
A. .1. Coumbe. Coumbe & Hail, Asheville, N. C.
W. T. Mason, W. T. Mason Lumljer t_'4)mpany,
Whittier, N. C.
E. H. Hall, W. T. Mason Lumber Company.
Whittier. N. C.
Bert Mason, W. T. .Mason Lumber Company,
Whittier, N. C.
George A. Murray. George A. Murray & Co.,
Asheville, N. C.
R. H. Vansant, Vansant, Kitchen & Co., Ash-
land, Ky.
J. M. English, J. M. English & Co., New York
city and Asheville, N. C.
R. E. Wood, R E. Wood Lumljer Company,
Baltimore. Md.
G. Leidy Wood, R. E. Wood Lumber Company,
Asheville, N. C.
F. C. Harley, Thresherman, Detroit, Mich.
W. G. Chandler, Thresherman, Detroit, Mich.
R. H. Johnson, Asheville Veneer Company.
Asheville, N. C.
D. W. DeLoss, DeLoss Lumber Company, Ashe-
ville, N. C.
William Stephens, Stephens & Co., .\sbeville,
N. C.
F. L. Winchester. Asheville, N. C.
William I'ratt, Asheville, N. C.
J. M. Burns. .Monger Lumber Co.. .\shcville.
N. C.
A. Buchanan. Boue & Builianau. Asheville,
N. C.
.T. W. Buciianan. Bone .t Bucbaiiau. Ashe-
ville, N. C.
C. A. Schenck. Biitmore. N. ('.
F. C. Fischer, Yellow Poplar Lumber Company,
Coal Grove. (I.
II. W. Frye, Frye Lumber Company, -Ashe-
ville, N. C.
C. J. Harris. Whittier Lumber Comapny, liry-
son City, N. C.
W. H. Woodbury, Whittier Lumlicr I'nmpany,
Bryson City, N. C.
Harvey Iiernc, W. M. Ititter Lumhcr Com-
pany, Pantlier, W. \i\.
J. Mortimer. .Jr.. W. -M. Ititter l.iunbcr Com-
pany, Mortimer, N. C.
G. G. Thompson, Southeru Railway Company,
Asheville, N. C.
II. E. Hudson, Southern Railway Company,
Asheville, N. c.
A. K. Orr, Soul hern Railway Company, Ashe-
ville, N. C.
ALBERT
HALL,
a successful end. and which resulted In this
call for a larger and more representative meet-
ing, • to be composed of hardwood stumpage
owners and manufacturers in the district of
western North Carolina.
"It was decided that such a meeting should
be held at Asheville, N. C, Saturday, May 5,
1000, at the Swannanoa Country Club.
"You will no doubt realize the necessity of
not only joining such a movement, but of at-
tending the above meeting and to take a part
in the work to be considered.
"Tlie following points have already been pre-
S3nted for discussion :
"1. Tlie Car Service Situation.
"2. Tlie Appaiachinu I'ark for Government
Control.
"3. The Grading and Measurement of Lum-
ber.
"4. The Comparative Basis of Rates and
Weights of Our Product.
"There may be other sub.jects brought before
this body, when in convention, but one of the
most vital subjects to be considered is the grad-
ing of hardwood lumber. Owing to the position,
and the grading rules as provided for by the
bxiying element, it is impossible to market our
products with such existing conditions.
"The manufacturers today have every oppor-
D. F. Gard. Asheville. N. C.
J. Ford, Asheville, N. C.
.1. J. Coombes. Asheville, N. C.
J. B. A. Bennett. Unagusta Manufacturing
Company, Aslieville, X. C.
S. L. Taylor. Asheville, N. C.
W. K. Merrick, ,7. M. English & Co., Ashe-
ville, N. C.
G. N. Iltitton. Uutton & Buurbounais, Hick-
ory. N. C.
A. II. Winchester, Asheville, N. C.
Lewis Doster, secretary Hardwood Manufac-
tiu-ers' Association, Chicago.
.Tames Cain, Asheville Gazette, Asheville. N. C.
.!. II. Wlialcy, Southern Lurabcrmau. Nashville,
Teiiii.
J. M. Schloenbach, II.Mtuwooi) RI'Jcohij, Chi-
cago.
W. T. Mason was appointed chairman and
Lewis IVoster secretary. The chairman in-
structed the secretary to read the call for the
meeting, outlining its purposes, which was as
follows :
"Asheville, N. C, April 9.
"To the Hardwood Producers of Western North
Carolina.
"Gentlemen : — At an informal meeting lield
here, the need of an organization became plain
to us to assist us in developing our int,erests to
R. E. WOUD. BALTI.MORE, MD.
■ tunity in their favor to head off unjust legisla-
tion, to put Into effect impartial but practical
lules and to make them permanent.
"Success can only come by holding a large
representative meeting, and you should see that
your neighbors come with you.
"Write a few letters on tliis line and we can
effect the strongest organization possible.
"Very truly.
"R. E. Wood,
"W. T. .Ma.scj.n,
"C. J. H.Miiii.s.
"J. Randall Williams, Jk.,
"W. A. Re.xfokd^
"E. H. Hall,
"J. M. BUKNS,
"A. J. Coumbe,
"A. F. Hall."
Letters and telegrams were I'ead from various
manufacturers who were unable to attend the
meeting. But who expressed sympathy with the
movement. Addresses were made by Messrs.
Fischer and Vansant, giving terse explanations
of organization work and its benefits, especially
to manufacturers of lumber. A talk was also
made by Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hard-
wood Manufacturers' Association, illustrating its
methods of organization, its alms and achieve-
ments. Addresses were also made by C. J.
42
HARDWOOD RECORD
Ihirris. 11. E. Wood. William Stepliens. K. I-
Wincliester. G. X. Ilutton and otliers. and the
henefits to be dei'ived from organization by lum-
ber manufacturers of the Aslieville disti'icl dis-
< ussed.
A report of the work done at the Uristol
meeting of the Lumber Exchange of Eastern
Tennessee and Soutli western Virginia was made
by G. Leidy Wood, after which a committee of
three, consisting of K. E. Wood. J. M. Burns
and Lewis Doster. was appointed to draw up a
plan of organization. The meeting then ad-
journed fur luncheon, which was tendered at the
club rooms by Asheville lumbermen. The session
reconvened immediately afterward, and a reso-
lution nf sympathy was extended Albeit K.
Hall, who was unable to be present, owing to a
severe accident. Mr. Hall is vice president and
general manager of the W. T. Mason Lumber
Company and a partner in the firm of Coumbe
& Hall, and has been particularly vigilant in
attempting to secure a large attendance for this
meeting.
The committee on organization then i>resented
the following report :
"Be it resolved that the Asheville Lumber
Exchange be organized for the purpose of secur-
ing a full understanding (if the conditions sur-
rounding the lumber market in the territory
covered by the exchange ; the establishment of
uniform grades for the inspection of lumber as
the only legitimate hdsis for uniform prices; the
establishment of uniform customs and usage
among the lumber fraternity : to prepare and
furnish members such information as will
tend to protect them against unbusinesslike
methods of those with whom they deal, and
help to further the interests of the manufac-
turing industry in uplifting the value of the
product to be prepared for the market ; to pro-
vide a committee of three to prepare a consti-
tution, such committee be composed of W. T.
Mason. C. .T. Harris and A. H. Winchester."
G. G. Thompson of the Southern Railway
then spoke to the meeting, explaining the car
situation, rates of different commodities to the
consuming markets and other important matters.
He stated that he would be willing to meet
a committee to take up all questions vital to
the members of this exchange.
Immediately thereafter the fi)llowing commit-
tee was appointed to meet with Mr. Thompson
for the discussion of (piesdons as he proposed:
C. A. Schenck;. W. A. Kexford and W. H. Wood-
bury ( W. T. Mason, alternate i .
This ctmimittee was instructed to make a re-
port at the next meeting of the exchange re-
garding its deliberations.
A resolution was also adopted to place before
the executive board of the Hardwood Manufac-
turers* Association and its board of directors
the desirability of having the next annual meet-
ing of that association held at Asheville, owing
to. its advantages in the way of climate in the
winter .season.
A unanimous vote of thanks was extended to
Mr. McCluskey and the Swannanoa Country Club
for the use of their club house.
A hearty vote of thanks was aiso tendered
to the Asheville lumbermen for their hospitality ;
to the visiting lumbermen for their assistance in
developing the organization, and to tlie chair for
his work in connection with the meeting.
Whereupon the meeting adjourned, to convene
again at the same place, Saturday, May 2G.
Suggestions to Small SaW mill JM en.
SIXTH
The niaiu point of a recent article in this
series, in which a leaf was taken from the
experience of a certain mill "man, was that
from the ordinary run of oak timber, even
though it maj- not be what is classed as
fine virgin growth, may be cut a short
length or two of good stock from the butt
of most logs that can be profitably worked
into wagon and agricultural implement
stock. Bearing this point in mind it ap-
pears worth while to turn fur a moment to
the present prospects and tendencies in the
wagon manufacturing trade.
Spokes were among the articles men-
tioned incidentally in the paper referred
to above. Going back into the history of
the spoke industry, it will be found that in
tlie early days it was very seldom that the
idea of sawing out a spoke billet was en-
tertained. The idea prevailed that there
was only one way to get a straight-grained
spoke, and that was to split it out. There
was, however, more than one way to split
them, but only one right way — to split them
-quartering, as shown in diagram 1 in the ae-
compan3ring illustration. This plan of quar-
tering is still adhered to in the making of
spokes, no matter whether they are split
bolts or sawed billets.
Through new men bringing new ideas
into the industry and the growing scarcity
and increasing cost of timber, the thought
has gradually taken form that blanks for
spokes can be sawed as well as split. A
skillful man at the bolting saw can take a
FAFEB
siMikc length block of timber and follow
the grain with the saw closely enough for
all practical purposes, and produce a smooth-
er blank from less timber than is possible
by splitting. It has taken time and the
overcoming of prejudice, but today there
is an extensive business in sawed spoke bil-
liets, which, besides wagon bolsters and
other stock of that class, is made from the
butt ends of oak timber that is ordinarily
considered good enough only for ties, car
timber and other similar stock. In fact,
the smaller oak timber, especially where it
is of rapid growth so that it may come
within the class of second growth, demands
the highest price when made into spoke
)>olts. Of course, there are no great lengths
from any tree, but the object here is to
point out that a short cut or two can be
taken from the butt of most trees and
made into spoke billets at a profit. Where
the trees are small enough, so that the man
at the bolting saw can handle the block
whole it can go direct to the bolting saw.
Where they are larger, they may be piled
up and held until there are enough to make
a little run in the mill and then put through
the main saw of the mill and split into
halves or quarters, as their size may sug-
gest, for convenience in handling at the
bolter saw.
By way of instructions for flitehing and
working stock of this kind into spoke bolts
perhaps the best plan would be to quote
from the specifications and instructions at-
tached to a recent order. The sizes men-
tioned are as'follows:
1V4 in. X 1% In. x 30 in.
1% in. X 1% in. x ,30 in.
1% In. X 2 in. x 30 in.
1% in. X 2H in. x 30 in.
2% In. X 21/, in. x 30 in.
214 in. X 2% in. x 30 in.
■2V, in. X 3 in. X 30 in.
2'/- in. X 3 '4 in. x 30 in.
2 VL> in. X 3 Vs in. x 30 in.
This order was for second growth white
oak, free from all defects, and the follow-
ing caution in the way of specifications
was attached thereto:
"In reference to the above small sizes,
the first three. 1"4 in. ] "i in. and 2 in.
Xnte. — rignre 1 *'f tlif aliMvt' illustiiition demon-
strates the eurrect way to split a quarter block into
sjxtke bolts The left-hand ri-oss section of Figure 2
shows the results attained. The right-hand cross sec-
tion of Figure 2 shows spoke bolts split incorrectly.
Figure 3 shows the method of sawing bolts into halves.
I'igure 4 illustrates method of sawing halves into
luarters. Figure .", shows the correct way the quarters
should he ditched. It will be seen that the block
should be reversed for each cut. The flitches are then
sawed on a table to get proper widths. B.v this
method sawn flitches can be i»roduced which will
make almost every spoke straight-grained. .\11 flitches
should be cut one-eighth inch full to allow for shrink-
age.
billets, we want to caution and advise that
these must l^e cut from the very choicest
stock. They must be in first class especial-
ly, clear of sap, and sawed with the grain.
The small spokes must always be better
than the large ones. Make a very careful
selection of stock cut into the remaining
sizes. All to be sawed full to allow for
shrinkage."
Accompanying these instructions was a
diagram showing how all Ijlocks, which
should first be cut to 30 inches in length,
should in the process of flitehing be split
in half, the halves into quarters and the
HARDWOOD RECORD
■43
quarters into tliti-lics, as illustrated in the
aocompariyiiig eiit, tlic block boiug reversed
for every fliteli, and then the stock taken
to the table to ri-dnce it to the proper
width.
While these instruetions are all riffht, it is
iMit necessary to do the tlitehing on the big
-ivv if the man at the bolter saw knows his
liusiness, and it will generally be found
more profitalde and will facilitate matters
in every way to simply halve or quarter
tlie blocks on the mill and let the man at
the bolter saw do the rest.
Where there appears to ln' inough spoke
timber .availalile in a community where a
man may g.atlier Initt cuts from his own
volves considerable expensive machinery
and a crew of skilled help. It Tequires so
much, in fact, that it i's seldom advisabk' for
a mill man to tackle a job of this kind un-
less lie is permanently located at a good
concentrating point for hardwood, wliicli
li.-is also facilities for shipping out the finished
product.
The club turned spolce, while, of course,
it does not liriug as mucli money as the
finished product, is greatly in demand l>y
t lie liig wagon factories, which prefer to buy
them this way so that when they are thor-
oughly dry they can be finished as may be
desired ami the tenons cut so they will fit
the hull mortise without auv reworking.
aREEIN SIZES ROR TURNED
>VAaON SPOKES.
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chine properly adjusted in order to man
I corner of Spokes at bead are square a
jfaciure Spokes correctly, and in a itnoolhand
tid that machine centers the Spoke properly.
Sl'OKe SPBCinCATIONS OF TUK KK.NTIUKV WAI.O.^ M A Nt'F.A ITfHl Nt; COMHANV.
timber ami from a nuinlier of neighboring
mills to make it worth while, there is a
chance to carry spoke making a little nearer
the finished product, and make club turneil
spokes, which are extensively nseil by the
larger wagon mannfacturers. In the spoke
business there are three branches of the
irade: the spoke blanks and billets, club
turned spoke.s — roughly cut and without
tenon or finish — and the finislied spoke.
The finished sjiokes go largely into blaek-
-iiiths' shops and the smaller wagon man-
ufacturers, and are handled extensively
througli the iron stores that carry black-
smiths' and wagon makers' supplies. To
properly manufacture finished spokes in-
wliereas if they iisei.1 so-called finished
spolves they would have to rework them
anyway. In fact, some big wagon factories
will not buy anything but club turned
spokes, or spolie billets, which they turn
themselves. A club turned spoke is simply
a spoke bolt put into a lathe and roughly
turned to form; in other words, it is a
spoke billet handled through one machine.
The size and specifications differ somewhat
with different concerns, but a very good
idea of how specifications run may be had
from the list of sizes and specifications
iiseil liy a wagon manufacturing concern,
which operates one of the largest wagon
factories in the world, reproduced in connec-
tion with this article.
Hardwood VuUey Woclcs.
The hardwood pulley-block, from the great
viiriety and large number used, should be
of interest to manufacturers of hardwood
articles. The very hardest of wood is se-
lected for this purpose. Lignura-vita' is a
very satisfactory material for this purpose,
and is commonly used. The sheave is often
made of metal, and some block makers have
the necessary machinery for making brass,
iron, steel, and other cast metal wheels
for the block. The body of the block is
■constructed of elm, ash, or woods of similar
character. The jiin on which the sheave
turns is tnade of either metal or wood, ac-
i ording to the design of the block.
Various types of blocks are required on
vessels, in mines, in building, by sign paint-
ers, masons, carpenters, etc., and for an
infinity of other purposes. The snatch-block
shown in I<'ig. 1 is a common and con-
venient pattern. The object of this form
is to permit of adjusting the rope without
drawing it through the block. A section is
cut out as at B, and the rope may be lifted
ill ami oiil thioiigli this opeiiiug. The metal
clamp A is secureil over the opening.
The common, clew-garnet block is exhib-
ited in Fig. 2. A rope passes completely
arounil the block as shown, supporting the
eye above.
The body of the loug-tacklc style of block
in Fig. ;! is composed of two sheaves carry-
ing two ropes. Following the successful
use of this di'sigu, multiple [lulley-bloeks
were introdueeil. madt> on the shouliler-
block fashion, ami arranged to carry two or
more wheels in each block, siile by side.
The style of shetive employetl in these blocks
is illustrateil by F'ig. 4. whicli is liorcd so
as to revolve the wheel on a ]iiu. The wheel
may also be constructed as shown in Fig. 5,
ill which case the shaft and the wheel are
ill one piece. Sometimes the pin is made
separately, driven into the bore of the wheel
and secured. In this case the axle carrying
till wheel has to revolve in the bearings of
tile block. More often the reverse method
is used and the wheels are free on the pins
and revolve without turning them.
Tlie common type of shoulder lilock, which
can be designed for one or more sheaves, is
shown in Fig. 6. Sometimes the blocks are
chambered out to receive a wheel for each
of its separate compartments. In other
designs, two or more wheels are placed side
by side in the one section.
Fig. 7 is the form of hardwood pin usu-
ally employed in the single block for carry-
ing one wheel. In the event that metal
wlirels are used, metal pins are required.
i ig. s is the most common pattern. The
jiin is placed in position and either headed
at both ends to hold it securely, or provided
at each end with washers fastened mi by
means of set-screws fitted and turnetl into
threads tapped into each end of the jiin.
The machinery used in making blocks has
lieeii greatly improveil in recent years, and
in efficiency and capacity is now very satis-
factory. The old-time block maker, who did
much of the work by hand has been sup-
pl;inted by machines which handle the work
ill much less time and with greater accu-
lacy. The straight cutting saw cuts the
slock into strips the width of the blocks.
The circular cutting saw next conies into
jihty and the lengths are cut off, bringing
the blocks a little further along in the
process. The reciprocating rip-saw cuts the
blocks in Ihe direction of the grain, roughly
outlining the shape of the blocks. Holes are
then bored as a guide for mortising the
slots. The blocks are drilled and then
pa.ssed on to be mortised. The slots for the
wheels are neatly and quickly cut out and
fhc blocks are ready for the sheaves.
Whether the wheels are turned from metal
or hardwood, the cutting tool adjustment is
an essential factor and therefore worthy
of considerable attention. Suppose the
wheel is to be turned from lignum-vita;.
After the blocks are cut to convenient form
for turning, the turning lathe and the cut-
ting tool are made ready. Fig. 9 illustrates
the proper conditions under which turning
44
HARDWOOD RECORD
should be done. Too great eare cannot be
exercised in getting the point of the cutting
tool correctly adjusted. The clearance and
the rake should be taken into consideration.
Only the cutting edge should come in con-
tact with the work, and yet many instances
are found where the front of the tool, at
the base, touches the work and interferes
with the cutting. The point of the tool
should be just above the center of the work
as in the cut. The tangent line is from the
cutting point to F and the radial from the
same point to C. This gives the right
angle. The angle of clearance is in front
of the tool between it and the work, which
in this case is liberal and gives plenty of
freedom for the cutting operation. The
angle of rake is along the incline of the
tool on top, designated by lines D-G, and
C-G. An angle of about 20 degrees on the
line G-D is suitable for pulley cutting. If
the tool comes too far below the center of
the work, as in Fig. 10, where the cutting
point is much below the center, the cutting
Manufacture of Clothes Pins.
will be harsh and uneven. Too far above
the center line, as in Fig. 11, with the cut-
ting point at J and center line K, is equally
disastrous.
Next the corners of the block are sawed
oflE or turned to rounding form. Fig. 12
shows a form of corner saw set often em-
ployed. A mandrel is mounted on a frame
carrying a circular saw as at M. This saw
is revolved by a belt running on a pulley
kej'ed to the saw shaft, and is operated by
a hand lever which raises the saw up to the
block. The blocks then pass to the shaping
machine which gives the finishing touches,
smoothing the surface and perfecting the
shape. Then comes the scoring. Fig. 13
showing an outline of one of the machines
used for this process. This operation puts
in the groove for the rope. The circular
plane or cutter P, is revolved by a belt
running in a grooved wheel and the scoring
edges are brought into contact with the
block by working the lever E. The usual
processes of varnishing, oiling, etc., follow
the insertion of the sheaves, and the blocks
are ready for the market.
While beech is the wood usually used in
the manufacture of clothes-pins, a variety
of stock may be used for this purpose. Some
manufacturers purcha.se waste stock from
woodworking factories, taking whatever is
offered and using it indiscriminately. This
is very unsatisfactory, as the greater pro-
portion of it is wood of very inferior physics,
although, of course, some is superior stock.
Beech possesses certain qualities which meet
the essential requirements of the clothes-pin,
but it should be carefully selected and sea-
soned. The varying conditions of growth in-
fluence the character of the timber to a great
extent. In poor rocky soil on mountain
sides, the wood is white in color, hard and
less elastic than that growing in the soil of
the plains, where it is somewhat reddish in
color, strong and resilient, and is indeed the
ideal wood for pin making. Beech is often
irregularly grained, which fact is a source of
annoyance to manufacturers, but its close
texture, strength and elasticity make up for
the deficiency in this respect.
Elm, oak and walnut, though not in very
large quantities, are used in the manufacture
of special grades of pins, and ash, hard pine,
cedar and locust are also employed. Most
large manufacturers of clothes-pins carry a
line of pins for exhibition, made from espe-
cially selected stock and beautifully finished.
One manufacturer known to the writer dis-
played a show-case of artistically manufac-
tured clothes-pins at an industrial fair re-
cently which contained pins made from hazel,
hickory, black ebony, cherry, willow and
alder. Some of the pins were made from
a spongy fiber, while others were as hard as
flint. Artistically designed pins are now
used in fastening draperies and hangings in
homes, and some special pins are made in
similitude of the human figure for toys for
children. But the common every-day clothes-
pin of the laundry is not featured in any
way. It is simply cut from beech or kindred
wood, and is entirely without ornamentation.
The logs are first sawed into six-foot
lengths, unless special dimensions are re-
quired, when a shorter or a longer section
is cut off. The six-foot piece is then sawed
into boards, as shown in Fig. 1. These
boards are sawed into strips of the right
width which are then squared as represented
in Fig. 2. Now comes the seasoning process.
If the stock is rushed through at this point,
the pins will warp and crack even before they
are put on the market. Seasoning is done
both by modern mechanical processes, and by
exposure to the sun.
The next operation involves the sawing up
of the strips into three to five inch lengths,
according to the size of the pin. Four
inches is the popular length. This gives the
pieces as shown in Fig. 3, which may be turned
to shape or put through additional seasoning.
The high-grade pins are not worked until the
wood is thoroughly treated, but the cheaper
grades are usually hastened through with lit-
tle seasoning or preparing. If there is plenty
of time, a second seasoning of the stock is
preferable. The stages of turning the pin to
shape are represented in Figs. 4 and 5. Slot-
ting next follows, and then comes the tumb-
ling operation in the cylindrical device ex-
hibited in Fig. 6. The easiest way to scour
and polish the pins is to put them through the
tumbler. Several baskets of pins are dumped
into the cylinder, which is keyed to a
shaft as shown, and the shaft bears upon
journals fitted to wood uprights. At the
right end of the shaft is keyed a tight and
a loose pulley, and a belt runs from these
wheels to the wheel of the driving shaft of
the mill. Hence by means of the tight and
the loose puUey the belt may be shifted and
the tumbler operated at will. The rubbing
of the pins against each other in the speedily
revolving tumbler smooths and finishes them
very nicely in a few hours.
The pins as they come from the tumbler
are ready for packing. The cheap pins are
packed in rough boxes and sent to the mar-
kets, where they are retailed at exceedingly
low prices. The better grades of pins are
carefully assorted into firsts, seconds, thirds,
and sometimes even fourths. The cheaper
grades of pins often split when in use as
shown in Fig. 7, and in some instances may
be protected by winding tarred cord around
them, as in Fig. 8.
In every clothes-pin factory are seen spe-
cially designed pins, made to order for spe-
cial purposes, a popular design of which is
exhibited in Fig. 9. In this pin the diamond-
shaped pieces are expanded by a steel spring.
Compressing the ends at the spring opens the
opposite ends, and when the spring is re-
leased the jaws close upon the line. Figs. 10
and 11 portray some fancy pins suitable for
exhibition purposes. The common pin shown
in Fig. 12, however, is the real conmiercial
article which is produced in enormous quan-
tities and millions of which are used annually.
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45
In the Heart of Tennessee's Great HardWood Belt.
UNLOADING TRACK AND MILL. JOHN B.
Not so very many years ago, practically
all the farms about Nashville were sur-
rounded by rail lenees of walnut or cedar
logs, and not infrequently were negro cabins
and sheds of various kinds constructed of
these woods. The value of the magnificent
hardwoods which grew in abundance on the
hills of Tennessee was not appreciated, and
men hacked and hewed the precious timber
with reckless abandon. Then came the
awakening. The markets of the world were
calling for hardwoods and Nashville was
one of the first to rise to the occasion.
About the close of the Civil War the
hardwood industry of Nashville was fairly
on its feet, although there were only a
handful of sawmills in operation. The pop-
ulation of Tennessee's capital was at that
time in the neighborhood of 25,000. As the
lumber industry increased the population
grew, and the two have kept pace ever
since. It is true that no factor has had
more to do with this growth than the de-
velopment of the lumber industry. Nash-
ville's population at this writing is about
135,000 and bids fair to reach the 200,000
mark in a few years. The business men of
the city are wearing little red buttons in
RANSOM & CO.
VIEW IN TARD, JOHN B. RANSOM & CO.
iheir coat lapels, bearing the words "Nash-
ville 200,000 club," And it is significant
JOHN B. RANSOM.
that the lumbermen are first and foremost
in this fight for population.
In the earlv seventies Nashville 's hard-
wood industry included probably a half
dozen concerns of importance: the E & N
Furniture Company, Hartwell & McClay, the-
Southern Pump Company, William Souther-
land, the Prewitt-Spurr Manufacturing Com-
pany and Goldberg & Co. were the largest.
Some of these existed but a few years and
loug since passed iuto oblivion: the others-
liave advanced with the times and are today
among the great industries of the land._
The hardwood interests of the city today
are of great proportions and represent a
diversified line of manufacture. Nashville
is one of the greatest hardwood producing
centers in the countrj-. It is in the heart
of the red cedar district of Tennessee, and
most of the concerns there handle large
quantities of this wood. The Cumberland
river is an important adjunct in the carry-
ing on of these great enterprises; it taps the-
splendid forests of Tennessee and Kentucky,
and most of the timber is floated down in-
the log to the mills at Nashville. The city
has splendid- railroad connections, which en-
able it to handle the finished product to-
all parts of the country with dispatch.
MAIN FACTORY, NASHVILLE HARDWOOD
FLOORING COMPANY.
riLINi; HARDWOOD, NASHVILLE HARD-
WOOD FLOORING COMPANY.
EXECUTIVE STAFF, NASHVILLE HARD-
WOOD FLOORING COMPANY.
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rANdKAMic vii:\v I'r.ANT. I )A\"iDsb'*«-'BENEEic't 'compact.
John B. Ransom & Co.
This iustitution, one of the largest iu
Nastviiie, was established by John B. Ean-
som in 1S8.1. John B. Eausom is head of
the concern and his brother, A. B. Ransom,
is the other prominent factor. The Nash-
ville plant of this concern Covers about
tw^Dty-fiv* acres 'of groiinfl; the West
;VasbYille plant about forty acres. A stock
red cedar flooring are their specialties.
John B. Ransom & Co. enjoy 'a heavy ex-
port trade in addition to their extensive do-
mestic business.
Besides the Nashville business the EaiiKom
interests control a large operation at Mem-
phis under the name of the Gayoso Lumber
'Company, of which .lohn B. JRaiisom. is presi-
dent and A. B. Ransom vice president.
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company.
A-boiit ten years ago the manufacture of
hardwood flooring was taken up by John B.
detail and reflects great credit upon those
responsiBTe for its existence. It is provided
with every device for handling the product
and is supplied with band saws, surfacers,
and matchers and cut-offs. The company's
entire output is taken by th'e trade and its
shipments now cover the wholfe "of- the
t'nited States, parts of Canada and various
foreign ports. The .Company turns out en'or-
DAVIDSU.X.
or trom 1.5,(1(10.000 to 25,000,000 feet of wen
assorted hardwoods is carried at these plants
continually. Three l>and sawmills, a modern
planing mill and a liox factory are oper-
ated by John B. Ransom & Co. Red cedar,
yellow poplar, walnut, ash and oak are the
woods manufactured, and oak flooring, red
cedar telegraph poles, vineyard stakes and
OFFICE DAVIDSOX-RENEDICT COMPANY.
Ransom & Co. Having an up-to-date planing
mill this product was incorporated with
their other lines, and so successful was the
venture and so rapidly did trade increase
that in a short time they could not supply
the demand. In 1903 Mr. Eansom, seeing
the great possibilties in this line, organized
the Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company
and erected a handsome and commodious
plant, consisting of a mill, dry kiln and
warehouses. This jdant is complete in every
J. W. LOVE.
nious quautitics of oak and beech flooring
end matched, bored and hollow backed
square edge strips, squares and wood car-
pet, its ' ' Acorn Brand ' ' standing on its
merits the country over. The concern is
now exploiting satin walnut as the ideal
flouring for all ordinary uses.
The numagement of the company is in
LOG RAFT, LOVE, BOYD & CO.
SCENE IN YAKD, LOVE. EOYD & CO.
LOADING CEDAR. LOVE, BOYD & CO.
HARDWOOD RECORD
47
(iKNKKAI. VIKW STAVi: I'LA.NX, iMcLEA.N l,i;.\ll;i:i; (U.MrA.W.
nl'iiri;. .Mi-i.ka.x i.i .\llii:i! iomi'a.w .
most competent hands: J. B. Ransom is
president; A. B. Kansom, vice president;
K. T. Wilson, treasurer, and D. S. Hutchin-
son, general manager.
The Davidson-Benedict Company.
Tliis concern was organized in 19ni), the
firms of Benedict Brothers and the W. V.
Davidson Lumber Company consolidating
their interests. Two or three years previous
to this time, M. F. Green had severed his
connection with the Nashville Lumber Com-
pany and joined the W. V. Davidson Lum-
ber Company. The organization continued
as a firm until two years ago, when it w:is
incorporated.
The Davidson-Benedict Company does a
general manufacturing and wholesale busi-
ness and its operations are distinct from
many of the large concerns in this section
in that it manufactures fully ninety per
cent of all the lumber it handles, taking the
timber from its own lands and cutting it
at its own mills, thus insuring a constant
supply and making the grades more nearly
uniform. The business of this concern has
grown steadily since its organization until
at present it is one of the largest in the
state.
Besides its most complete plant for the
manufacture of hardwoods, the company
operates a well equipped factory, turning
out interior finish. It carries on a large
ictail business under the name of the Union
Lumber Company and the Standard Furni-
ture Company, with a large and up-to-date
plant, manufacturing high-class furniture, is
another of this concern's enterprises. This
branch of the business has grown rapidly
and employs constantly about -00 men. The
advantage of having an abundant supply
of lumber is a great benefit in this particu-
lar line. W. V. Davidson is president of
the Davidsou-Bene<Uct Company, as well
as of the various allied concerns; C. B.
■JKAIM.OAD IIF LOGS. CENKKAL I.I"MI!i:i;
COMPANY.
Benedict is vice president, M. F. (ireene.
secretary, and J. X. Hicks, general man
ager.
Love, Boyd & Co.
Tlie |ilaiit of Love, Boyd & Co. occupies
a long stretcli of land on the ( 'unibcrlanil
river in South Nashville, and this repre-
sents only a small part of the conijiany's
holdings. Love, Boyd & Co. own vast tracts
of valuable timber lands in Tennessee and
Kentucky, operating in all ten mills in dif-
ferent sections of these states. These mills
cut 100,000 feet of lumber a day — poplar,
red and wliite oak, chestnut, ash, sycamore,
hickory and red cedar. Tlie concern makes
a specialty of quartered oak. The prin-
cipal yards and offices are located at Scotts-
ville, Ky., where five million feet of lumber
is always carried in stock. Another five
million feet is distributed among the other
yards, making a total stock of ten million
teet always on hand.
The firm of Love, Boyd & Co. is a sort of
family organization. ,T. W. Love, .1. W.
Boyd, Hamilton Love and J. D. Bead are all
related. .J. \V. Love is genera! manager, J.
W . Boyd is the timber man, .1. D. Head the
s/ivv mill man, and Hamilton Love sales
manager.
Indiana Lumber Company.
W'lirn. iliirty years ago, K. il. Hamilton
I ast about for a place in which to embark
in the lumber business he selected Nashville
as an ideal location because of its beiiig
available to a rich growth of hardwood and
conveniently situated on the Cumberland,
lie organized the Indiana Luuilier Company
in the summer of 1876, and the iie.xt year
built a saw mill on the banlcs of the Cum-
berland. This was not modern in every
respect, but it did good work and cut a
lot of lumber every day, and when orders
overstepped its limit ami inaile a larger mill
necessary Mr. Hamilton had no dirticulty in
selling it. A nioilirn band mill has re-
I'AMillA.Mlr \ li:w ol' I'l.A.NT. 1.1 ICBKK.M A.\. 1,1 H"i:.M.\.\ i: O'lJKlKN.
48
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m
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2Br^^?^0^ ^^W
.jtfttg*g:anwy- TMtr.y^'w;
^■.:rt:^:;v:-i**.^.J &
LOG ItAKT. INDIANA LUMBEIi COMTAXY.
SAWMILL, INDIANA LUMBER COMPANY.
placed the old circular mill and a large
planing mill has been added. Today the.
plant covers a large area, where a stock of
approximately 4,000,000 feet of hardwood
lumber is carried at all times.
The Indiana Lumber Company does an
•extensive wholesale business. It owns valu-
able timber lands in Tennessee and also
contracts for large cuts. The logs are
floated down the Cumberland and stored
at a point about three miles above the city
and then floated down to the mill as re-
quired. F. M. Hamilton is president of the
-company and A. L. Read is secretary and
-treasurer.
Lieberman, Loveman & O'Brien.
By standing on Reservoir Hill and loolc-
ing down into the valley below a panoramic
view of the great Lieberman, Loveman &
0 'Brien plant may be had, but a closer
and more detailed study of this great hard-
wood operation is necessary to appreciate
its enormity. The concern considers its
stock meager indeed if it falls below 20,-
000,000 feet. In fact, it is usually kept up
to 25,000,000 feet. At its Nashville plant
three modern band mills and two circular
mills, besides a planing mill and dry kiln,
are in commission. Several circular mills
are operated on the concern's holdings in
the woods. The firm also operates a large
box factory anil cuts considerable dimen-
sion stock.
The present organization was effected in
1878 by S. Lieberman, A. Loveman and J. H.
O'Brien. Prior to that time it was known
W. H. CLEAVES,
as Lieberman & Goldberg. The concern is
today as progresive and alive as any in
the city in spite of the fact that it is one
of the wealthiest: in fact, has almost
reached the pinnacle of success. Its plant
is the largest in Nashville.
George C. Brown & Co.
Four mouths ago the general otSces of
George C. Brown & Co. were removed from
McMinnville, Tenn., to Nashville. The mill-
ing operations are still conducted at Mc-
Minnville. The dominant figure in the con-
cern is L. E. Brown, son of the founder,
George C, who has retired from active par-
ticipation in the conduct of the business.
The institution was organized about six
years ago. It controls the output of sev-
eral mills in Tennessee, and just now has
also under contract a large cutting in
Louisiana, and another in Alabama. George
r. Brown & Co. deal in all kinds of hard-
woods, principally red cedar, poplar, oak,
ash, chestnut and walnut. Those who com-
pose the concern are George C. Brown, D. D.
Drake, Butler Brown and L. E. Brown.
McLean Lumber Company.
The lumber interests of I. F. McLean,
president of this company, are very exten-
sive. Three separate and distinct branches,
each a great institution in itself, are con-
trolled by him and his associates — the Mc-
Lean Manufacturing Company, manufactur-
ing tight barrel circular heading; I. F. Mc-
Lean, manufacturing staves of all kinds, and
PLANT, STANIIAin) BOX & HMKEIt COM-
PANY.
SAWMILL, STANDARD BOX & UMBER COM-
PANY.
SHEDS, STANDARD BOX & LUM-
BER COMPANY.
HARDWOOD RECORD
49
OKFU'K, HEXDEKSON BAKEI! & CO.
tbe Mi-T-i'au Lumber Company, manut'acturiT
aud dealer in hardwood lumber.
The heading factory is the ouly one of
the kind in that section of Tennessee. This
part of the business is conducted by I. P.
McLean and W. B. Leach. Mr. McLean is
probably the oldest and most widely known
stave niannfacturer in Tennessee.
The lumber end of the business is under
the supervision of J. H. MeFall, assisted
by J. H. and L. D. Johnson, in charge of
the milling operations. The company owns
large boundaries of timber lands, also con-
tracts for lumber. Besides the Nashville
plant the company maintains branches at
Welch Station, Sparta, White Bluff, Sylvia
and Slayden, Tenn.
Henderson Baker & Co.
Henderson Baker, although young in
years, is old in lumber experience. This
firm, organized only five years ago, now
occupies a ten-acre piece of ground at Mon-
roe and First avenue, constantly supplied
with a well assorted stock of about 2,000,000
feet of hardwoods. Bed cedar, yellow pop-
lar, walnut, oak and ash are its specialties.
One band mill with a daily capacity of 30,-
000 feet is operated by this concern. This
mill was recently damaged by fire and has
been rebuilt, a modern and perfectly
equipped structure. The company owns tim-
ber lands in Tennessee and operates one
circular mill in the woods.
Mr. Baker has just formed a new plan-
ing mill concern, which is erecting a mod-
ern planing mill to turn out dressed stock.
This organization is known as the Schef-
tuv Lumber Company.
Central Lumber Company.
C. W. Cilliland, M. C. Ewiug aud M. F.
Fcrriss, composing the Central T, umber Com-
SCEXE IN YARD, TREWITT-SPUUK JIANU-
KACTI^UI.NC! COMTANY.
pany, are manufacturers, wholesalers and
retailers of rough and dressed hardwood
lumber of all kinds. The present company
was organized two years ago, succeeding
the G. W. Gilliland Lumber Company. The
concern operates a band mill and planing
mills, and maintains a large yard on the
banks of the Cumberland river at Nash-
ville. The company also has large cuttings
WITHIN YARD, HEN'HERSOX r.AKER & CO.
under contract in middle Tennessee and
Kentucky.
Standard Lumber & Box Company.
W. 11. Cleaves and his brother, J. A.
(51eaves, enjoy the distinction of being the
pioneer box men of Nashville. These two
gentlemen built the first box factory in
this city in 1878. Prior to that time they
liad been engaged in the lumber business,
leaving oi'ganized a company for this pur-
pose immediately after the close of the Civil
War. The present company was organized
I wo j'ears ago with W. H. Gleaves, general
manager, J. H. Wiles, Jr., president; K. H.
Dudley, secretary, and J. A. Gleaves, vice
president. The company has a fine plant
(.n the river bank and operates a first-class
saw mill, planing mill and carpenter shop.
Prior to the organization of this company
Messrs. Gleaves owned and operated the
Southern Lumber Company.
Prewitt-Spurr Manufacturing Company.
This is one of the oldest lumber concerns
in Nashville. The original company was
organized by Col. William Prewitt and
Major M. A. Spurr in 1866 to manufacture
red cedar buckets. This wood was then
very abundant and red cedar buckets very
commonly used. The company was incor-
porated in 1872 and reincorporated in 1899.
Its present officers are: George P. Thruston,
ri.ANT. PREWITT-SITRR MANUKACTURIXG COMPANY
DRY KII.N, I'RKWI'l'T-SrrRR M ANUFACTUR IN(i COMPANY.
so
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presideut; Robert Orr, vice president; J. H.
Baskette, secretary anti treasurer. Colonel
Prewitt died twenty years ago; Major Spurr
still' retains an interest in the eompany.
The plant occupies about thirty acres of
ground and comprises yards, saw mill, plan-
ing mill, carpenter shop and bucket fac-
lory. Poplar, oak and asli lumber, red
cedar ware, ash churns, white oak well
buckets and packing pails of every descrip-
tion constitute the diversified line of prod-
ucts turned out by this concern. The
Prewitt-Spurr Manufacturing Company
operates the only cedar bucket factory in
the world.
Felling of a Noted Oak.
The famous big tree of Lafayette, Ind.,
under whose branches Gen. "William Henry
Harrison slept while on his way to the bat-
tle of Tippecanoe, has been cut down be-
cause the top boughs wei"e constantly falling
awa}-, menacing life and property. The
tree which is over 200 years old, stood
directly in the middle of a highway which
was built in 1S72, and which was divided
around the tree to save it on account of its
history and great size. In years past a
dense forest surrounded the tree, but civil-
ization has made such inroads on the native
woods that but few trees remain near it.
For years the great tree was celebrated ss
a trysting place; hundreds of travelers have
stopped to rest in its shade, and visitors
have been taken to see it, as one of the
points of interest about the city. It stood
115 feet high, and on its old trunk could
be seen traces of high water, the Wabash
flowing but a. few feet from it. For years
the children of Lafayette have used the big
oak to denote direction. It is supposed to
have marked the site of an Indian village,
for many arrow heads and other weapons
have been unearthed near it. It is said that
Tecumseh held many a council tire beside it.
Its mammoth trunk was covered with signs
and posters and carving, and it is probable
that the mutilation to which it was sub-
jected was responsible for its decay.
Cypress Mine on the Sabine.
Here is one of the weird stories that
conies from the daily press, alleged to have
been related by the recruiting sergeant of
a Louisiana sawmill:
"Thi: strangest thing I know of in the
business is a cypress mine in the Sabine
river. Straight goods; you needn't laugh!
There is an old fellow over on that stream
who has a regular mine and who manages
to make a very fair living out of it. I do
not know how much ore he has in sight, or
rather out of sight; probably he does not
know fully himself, but he has been working
the mine for a number of years and apjjar-
ently the supply is as good as ever. He
splits shingles by hand and makes about
three dollars day, year in and year out. I
have been at his mint and have seen sticks
of cypress of a diameter which at the
present time cannot be secured along any of
the southern rivers. I have heard rumors
that he had something to do with the sink-
ing of a number of cypress rafts which mys-
teriously disappeared from the Sabine river
a great many years ago, but such stories are
very vague and no credit can be placed in
them on account of the length of time
which has elapsed."
At one time this product was an important
article of export from the- Canaries.
Poisoning from Wood.
So strange an effect on persons has a cer-
tain rare wood, brought from the Philip-
pines to a Cambridge, Mass., furniture fac-
toi'v, that twenty-six employees have been
made ill by it, says the Washington Post. A
special order of 15,000 feet of the wood was
imported, to be made into furniture for a
New York tirm, to use in a handsome home
in Buffalo. The workmen who had inhaled
the dust, or whose hands had come in con-
tact with the wood, were affected by a sort
of asthma, and a very irritating- rash broke
out on the arms, or wherever perspiration
had formed. The strange wood is known as
tonquin, is dark in color, and reseinbles En-
glish oak, having nearly the same grain and
beautiful figures, and sparkling like silver
when placed under a strong light. Em-
ployees w-ere so annoyed and the wood
caused so much trouble generally, that the
firm has r.efused to have any more in the
factory, although- when finished, nothing
disagreeable can be detected in the material.
Mining Oaks in England.
At Yaxley, Petersborough, has been dis-
covered what is supposed to be a buried
forest. At a depth of seven feet have been
found a number of oaks which have lain
hidden for perhaps 2,000 years. Most of
them are almost perfect in condition, and
are being sold to veneer and furniture man-
ufacturers, i-iighty trees have been raised
and hundreds more are still untouched. In
nearly all cases, the roots are attached. The
trees are in clusters of three or four, point-
ing in different directions, and in some in-
stances they lie across each other. The
wood is exceedingly hard, and can only be
worked by machinery, as it turns the edge of
an axe. William Waldorf Astor is having
some of them employed in the construction
of his new mansion.
The Oldest Tree in the World.
The dragon trees of the Canary islands
are said to be among the oldest specimens
of tree life in the world. TJie famous
dragon tree of Teneriffe is credited with be-
ing from 4,000 to 6,000 years old, or as an-
cient as are the Pyram.ids of Egypt. It
survived intact until 1819, when a terrific
hurricane broke off one of the great
branches. In 1867 the remaining branches-
were stripped from the trunk, leaving it
naked and alone. The name dragon tree
is derived from a reddish exudation known
as dragon's blood, supposed to have been
used centuries ago in embalming the dead.
Passing of Historic Philadelphia Tree.
Another of the famous old rims in Inde-
pendence Square, Philadelphia, has been
felled because of the ravages of old age.
It is thought to have been one of the hun-
dred elms brought there from New York in
1785. Death, the dry rot of age, and fierce
storms have greatly reducefl the number of
lai'ge trees in the Square of late years. The
last one to go was a magnificent specimen
of its kind, being about three feet in diam-
eter and between sixty and seventy feet
high. It will require many years for the
younger elms in the park, among which is
the young tree planted by General Grant, to
leaeh this great size.
Object to Forest Keserve.
The proposed creation of the Cabinet for-
est reservation, embracing about half the
area of Sanders county, a large portion of
Flathead county, and quite a slice of Koote-
nai county, is meeting with strenuous objec-
tions on the part of Idaho citizens of the
districts named. It is alleged that the pro-
posed forest reservation comes within six
miles of the town of Plains, and within a
mile of the town of Thompson, and it is
said to contain a large quantity of good
agricultural lands. Idaho citizens contend
that' setting apart such a large timber reser-
vation will materially interfere with the
settling and development of the country.
Two Big Ohio Trees.
A loc.il paper states that a white oak tree,
the largest felled in Trumbull county, Ohio,
for the past fifteen years, was recently
brought to the Helman timber mill at War-
ren, O. The trunk measured sixty-two feet
in length, seven feet in diameter, and con-
tained 7,365 feet of lumber. The farmer on
whose land it grew received $100 for the
tree. Jt was over 1,000 years old.
The delivery of an elm log at Findlaj-, 0.,
is recently- recorded, which was thirteen feet
in length, and scaled 1,573 feet. It grew
in what remains of the old black swamp
country along the Hancock-Wood county
line. It was consigned to the Buckeye
Stave Factoiy.
Scarcity of Brierwood.
It is said that the supply of French brier
loot is practically exhausted. Formerly
large quantities were obtained from the
Department of the Landes and from the
Pyrenees mountains. The current supply of
imported brier now conies largely from Scot-
land, but the pipes are manufactured at St.
Claude in the Department of Jura, near the
Swiss border. During the past few years
large quantities of the burly roots of ivy,
laurel and rhododendron have been har-
vested in. the mountains of eastern Tennes-
see and western North Carolina and ex-
ported to France as a substitute for French
brier in the manufacture of wooden pipes.
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SI
Autographed Oaks.
Many English queens have chosen oak
trees in the forest of Windsor castle on
which to inscribe their names. Their choice
and the dates have been commemorated by
means of brass plates. In different parts
nf the forest, with scats siuTounding the
trees, are oaks bearing the names of Queen
Klizalieth, Queen Caroline, Queen Charlotte
and Queen Victoria. "Heme's oak," men-
tioned in the Merry Wives of Windsor, as
being in Windsor Park, was destroyed by
a gale on August 31, 1863.
Elephant Tree.
In Bristol, Pa., is a peculiar remnant of a
grand old catalpa tree — a great stump more
than twenty-flve feet high, which viewed
from a certain position looks like an ele-
phant standing on his hind feet. It attracts
the attention of travelers from far and wide
and has a history that runs back at least
as far as the days when English Tories
owned the ground upon which it stands. It
is said to have been planted in 1793. Today
it measures twenty-one and a half feet in
circumference.
The Hangman's Tree.
The little village of Aldworth, close to
Streatley-on-Thames, boasts one of the larg-
est yew trees in England, and one which
has a gi-ewsome history. It is twenty-seven
feet in circumference, and depending from
one of the low branches is an old rusty
chain, which in olden times was used to sus-
pend lifeless bodies of daring robbers as a
warning to their kind.
Alleged Defective Cant-hooks.
Oscar F. Holmes, administrator of the
estate of John W. Brown, who came to his
death by reason of a log falling on him
while unloading cars for the Talge Mahog-
any Company of Indianapolis, on Dec. 27,
1905, has sued the company for .$10,000
damages. The allegation recites that the
comj)an_y did not provide good and substan-
tial cant-hooks.
Miscellaneous Notes.
H. r. Kidney, ot Delphos. O., will soon open
lip a handle factory at Sycamore.
The Beebe Handle Company has been incor-
porated at Beebe, Ark., by O. A. H. Loy, R. J.
Haley and W. K. Owens.
The Dablonega (Georgia) Spoke & Handlr
(■iinipany bas been organized by M. .T. Williams.
.T, r. Moore. H. 1). Gurley and W. A. CbartiT.
liiiildings will soon be erected.
I'etrie & Leak is a partner.sbip formed at
Xorwood. La., to manufacture and deal in lum-
ber, lugs and staves, poplar, oak. ash, hickory
and yellow pine being their specialties.
The Chippewa Hardwood & Hemlock Company
ot Chippewa Falls. Wis., has been Incorporated
with a capital stock of $130,000, by G. W.
Charter, D. A. Kennedy and J. D. Kennedy.
The Danaher Hardwood Lumber Company re-
cently closed a deal for hardwood timber near
Kckerman, which will keep its mill at Dollar-
ville, .Mich., in operation for the next si.K years.
Work has been commenced on the big addition
to the Ward & Hanson Veneer Company's plant
iu Bay City, Mich., which will be of brick 112.Y
52 feet in dimensions. It will be ready for use
in July.
The Globe-Wernicke Company, one of the larg-
est manufacturers of filing cabinets, sectional
bookcases and office supplies in the world, will
add two stories to its great factory in Xorwood,
a Cinclnimti suburb, and «rect an additional
building live stories in height.
The Bliss-Cook Oak Company, niissville. Ark.,
wliose sawmill was destroyed by fire on April 12
will rebuild at once. The new mill will consist
of a single band and a resaw. Although the
sawmill was burned to the ground, the flooring
plant and lumber yard w-ere not damaged.
Schedjiles in bankruptcy of the W. H. Furniss
Company, dealer in mahogany logs at 301 .\ve-
luie A, New York, show liabilities to the amount
of $18,442 and assets $794, consisting of cash,
$.•!.•! : accounts, $221 : claims. $.540. Most ot the
creditors arc Liverpool concerns.
.Tohn M. Bender. Bernard Brown and George
X. Torrcy have incorporated witli a capital
stock of $10,000 to manufacture show cases at
Houston, Tex. Details of the organization have
not been announced, although It is known that
the new plant will be in operation within a
short time.
The I'almetto Manufacturing Company is the
name of a new Nashville, Tenn.. handle com-
pany, which has been organized with a capital
stock of $25,000 by W. H. Cooper. .John S.
Woodall, Dr. H. P. Campbell, William Lowndes
and others, to manufacture a.x, hoc and hatchet
handles.
The Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Company, .\l-
goma. Wis., whose veneer mill at BIrchwood,
Wis., was recently destroyed by fire will re-
build at once. The company has already placed
an order for one rotary cutter o.'i-Inch and one
100-inch machine. In addition to the veneer
equiimient a small band mill will be erected.
The deatli of X. C. Wasbburn. which occurred
at Monroe, La., on March 2t) is announced. Mr.
Washburn w'as a native of Xorth Carolina, but
went to Louisiana a number of years ago, and
moved to Jlonroe In 1901, where he operated a
sawmill. He was most highly esteemed by all
who knew him. He Is sin-vived by a wife and
live children.
The Xational Sewing Machine Company, is
making arrangements for an addition to Its fac-
tory at Belvidere. III., which will be operated
for the making of woodwork for the company's
machines. A building has been secured, and
machinery will be Installed Immediately. It
will be operated on a moderate scale at first,
but will eventually employ 200 men.
The Virginia Hardwood Manufacturing Com-
pany of Albemarle. Va.. Is arranging for the
erection of a plant at Dunn, Ky., to manufac-
ture showcases, store fixttu-es, bank fixtures and
various kinds of hardwood furniture. M. T.
Young is in charge. Kembert & Tyer of Timp-
son, Tex., are Installing a plant to manufacture
all kinds of handles, wagon timbers, etc.
The Alexandria, La., plant of the H. F. Cady
Lumber Company of Omaha. Neb., consisting
of a cypress tank factory, planing mill, six
acres of land with excellent railroad connec-
tions and numerous buildings and sheds, has
been purchased by the International Lumber
Company, manufacturers of cypress, yellow pine
and hardwoods at Alexandria. .The International
Company will operate the planing mill, turning
out its own dressed stock, and also the cypress
tank factory. New and strictly up-to-date ma-
chinery win be Installed and extensive improve-
ments made In the recently acquired plant.
Hardwood NeWs,
(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Special Corrsspondents.)
Chicago.
The Record is In receipt of a note from
Justin Peters, manager of the Pennsylvania
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Phil-
adelphia. In which he says that his company is
not involved In the terrible catastrophe that
has come to our fellow countrymen on the Pa-
cific coast, as the company had no insurance
or reinsurance on property in California. The
Pennsylvania Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, after providing for all losses and ex-
penses, has at the present time net cash assets
of about $204,000.
The firm of Hayden A: Lombard, manufacturer
and wholesale pine and hardwood dealer of the
Railway Exchange, this city, was dissolved by
mutual consent on April 26. The house is suc-
ceeded by Harvey S. Hayden, long and fa-
voi'ably known in connection with the hardwood
trade of this city. Mr. Hayden is to be con-
gratulated both on the success of his old firm
and on the fact that he will continue In the
same line of trade under the most favorable
auspices.
The RccoRD is in rc<M"ipt. in handsome pamph-
let form, of the rei)ort of the anniuil meeting of
the Xational Wholesale Lumber Dealers* Asso-
ciation, which was held at Washington. March 7
and S last. The work is illustrated with a
handsome copper plate of the majestic structure
at 66 Broadway. Xcw York City, in which are
located the general offices of the association.
The Forestry Committee of the National
M'holesale Lumber Dealers" Association has pub'
lislied in pamphlet form for general distribtition,
an essay on forestry as related to the futin-e
prospei'ity of the country and its hearing on the
lumber industry, by Hon. S. P.. Elliott, a mem-
ber of the Forestry Commission ot Pennsylvania.
The Ri'X'onD is Indebted to the committee for a
copy of the interesting document.
The fovH-th annual meeting of the National
Lumber ilanufacturers' Association was h^ld at
till' Ji'llrrs.in Hotel. SI. I.i.uis, .\I.Ty ,s and 0. It
is presumed that this meeting was one of the
most Important that has ever been held by the
association. The proceedings perforce cannot be
handled in this issue ot the Recoiio, and the
details thereof will be presented in the next
number of this publication.
While the "puzzle pii'ture" presented on the
cartoon page of the last issue of the ILvrdwood
Rp;coRi) was printed entirely as a bit of pleas-
antr.v, hundreds of subscribers have taken the
matter seriously, and have flooded this office with
the pictures correctly assembled. The first cor-
rect grouping to reach the editor's desk was
from the F. H. Smith Company of St. Louis,
Jlo.. to which was attached the following nota-
tion : "It takes Just thirteen pieces to make Mr.
Russe's picture ; therefore, he will be the next
president." Our book binder Is at work on
binding the rules in asbestos covers, as prom-
ised in oiu- issue of April 2~>, and when his
work is completed, it will be a pleasure to for-
ward the twin volume to the !■'. H. Smith Com-
pany.
.Miller Bi-others. hardwood dealers, announce
that they are now located in their new office at
Room 20.S Willoughliy building. 6 East Madison
street, this city. Their yard is south of Twenty-
second street, on Loomis.
F. H. Pardee of the Fenw^ood Lumber Company,
Wausau, Wis., was a welcome visitor at the
Rkcord office the early part of the week. Mr.
Pardee was en route to the fourth annual meet-
ing of the Xational Lumber Manufacturers' As-
sociation held at St. Louis May S ami 9. as del-
. egate from the Wisconsin Hardwood Lumber-
men's Association.
E. P. .\rpln ot the Arpin Hardwood Lumber
Company, Grand Rapids, Wis., paid the Rneouu
olfice a pleasant call on May 7.
The well-known banking firm of H. C. Barroll
& Co., First Xational Bank building, Chicago, Is
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out with an announcement of a new issue of
?4O0,UO0 first mortgage. 6 percent serial gold
bonds of the Ozan Lumber Company, Prescott,
Ariz. It is understood that a large portion has
Arlc. It is understood that a large portion has
The Hardwood Record was favored a few
days ago with a call from Benjamin F. Cobb,
editor of the Lumber Review, formerly of this
city but now located at Kansas City. Mo. Mr.
Cobb has fully recovered from his recent illness
which incapacitated him for work for more than
a month.
Sam E. Barr, the well-known hardwood whole-
saler of the Flatiron building. New York, accom-
panied by his genial smile, was a welcome caller
at the Record office on Tuesday. Mr. Barr was
en route home from the Memphis meeting, where
he distinguished himself by devoting his ener-
gies to convincing the western members of the
National Association that Atlantic City was the
proper place for the next convention, in which
laudable effort he succeeded.
Charles Darling, formerly doing business from
offices in the Merchants' Loan & Trust building,
has taken over the office and yard at Centre
avenue and Twenty-second street lately used by
Miller Brothers. As previously stated. Miller
Brothers have removed to the Willoughby build-
ing.
The R'ittenhouse & Embree Company, the big
hardwood flooring manufacturer of this city, is
about to erect a handsome office building at its
factory and yard at the corner of Thirty-flfth
street and Centre avenue. The building will be
40x64 feet, two stories high with a basement,
and will be built of brick and handsomely fin-
ished.
The Heath-Witbeck Company has removed its
general offices from Loomls street to the Wil-
loughby building. No. 6 Madison street. The
company will still continue the yard on Loomis
street, immediately opposite its old location.
J. D. Lacey & Co.. the foremost timber land
operators in the country, have returned from
New Orleans to their summer headquarters in the
Old Colony building, this city.
The Hardwood Record is indebted to the
Himmelberger-Harrlson Lumber Company, the
big red gum operator of Morehouse, Mo., for a
handsome desk paper weight embellished with
the card of the company.
The Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company has
removed its general offices from the Tribune
building to its new office building erected spe-
cially for that purpose at the corner of Chicago
avenue and Sangamon street. The new offices
are models of convenience and are most beauti-
fully fitted up.
LTpham & Agler are now nicely located in their
new offices in the American Trust building. This
company has recently added to its Cairo yard
facilities by the purchase of the plant of George
T. Houston & Co. of that city.
W. E. Kelley & Co.. as previously announced
In the Record, have removed their offices from
the Chamber of Commerce to 201 Railway Ex-
change.
The Southern Oak Lumber Company is now
nicely located in its new and enlarged quarters.
Suite 910 Chamber of Commerce building, hav-
ing removed thereto from the seventh floor of
the same building.
The John O'Brien Land & Lumber Company
has taken flight from the Chamber of Commerce
to offices at its yards on Laflin street, south of
Twenty-second.
The National Lumber Manufacturing Com-
pany of this city has been forced into involun-
tary bankruptcy. The misfortune of this com-
pany is said to have been caused by the trail of
disasters that has overtaken many other con-
cerns in whose affairs F. E. Creelman was
mixed.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
■Ward Lumber Company, held at its offices in
the Chamber of Commerce building on May S, P.
Ford was elected president and L. N. DeGolyer
treasurer, to succeed Charles A. Ward, president
and treasurer, deceased. As previously an-
nounced, the business of the Ward Lumber Com-
pany will be conducted on the same lines as in
the past.
Boston,
The business of Proctor & Drummey of this
city was discontinued on May 1. This firm had
been in business for thirty-five years. Follow-
iog the death of George Proctor several years
ago his son entered the firm and continued with
Jlr. Drummey. Mi'. Drummey died early in
April.
Albert Hammett, Newport, R. I., died at his
home April 24. Mr. Hammett conducted a large
and successful lumber business for many years,
for the past few years his son. Harry G. Ham-
mett, being associated with him under the firm
name of A. & H. G. Hammett. Mr. Hammett
is survived by a widow, three sons and two
daughters.
Thomas Angell Millett of Providence, R. L,
died April 24. Mr. Millett had been a lumber-
men all his life, first in the employ of Bailey
Bros, and later in partnership with Henry K.
Potter, under the name of Millett & Potter.
Still later he was a member of the firm of Ezra
D. Fogg & Co., and also of Talbot & Co. For a
few years past he has been engaged in a com-
mission lumber business.
A license has been issued to the National
Lumber Insurance Company of Buffalo, N. Y., to
do business in Connecticut.
Parker & Page Company of Boston has been
incorporated with a capital of $60,000. The
incorporators are Galen A. Parker, Francis E.
Page and Frank W. Page.
TTie C. W. Leatherbee Lumber Company was
visited by fire Friday evening, May 4, causing
a loss estimated at about $30,000. This com-
pany had a bad fire only a few months ago on
their old wharf. The recent fire was on the new
wharf and destroyed a large shed used for the
storage of finished lumber. Fortunately the
large lumber piles outside the shed were nearly
all saved. The loss was covered by insurance.
William E. Litchfield has been in Memphis,
Tenn., attending the convention of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association. Before return-
ing he will visit his mill in Indiana.
The Chappell-EIy Company of New London,
Conn., has been incorporated with a capital
stock of $50,000. The incorporators are A. C,
Ely, E. C. Ely, Grosvenor Ely and Arthur H.
Brewer.
Kew ■york.
The New York lumber trade were very gen-
erous contributors to the San Francisco sufferers,
and the fund of the New Y'ork Lumber Trade
Association totals at this date .ilmost $7,000.
F. L. Gilbert of the Red Cliff Lumber Com-
pany, Duluth, Minn., arrived at this port last
week after a three months' Mediterranean trip.
C. W. Manning. 06 Broadway, this city, has
just returned from an extended trip to wastern
and southern hardwood mill points. He reports
conditions at manufacturing points very favor-
able, with manufacturers securing such prices at
shipping points as to make purchases for eastern
shipments impossible of profit after paying the
freight.
W. K. Knox of the local office of Lucas E.
Moore & Co., 11 Broadway, has just returned
from a trip to the New Orleans headquarters of
the company, where he has been spending sev-
eral weeks in the interest of business.
Frank R. Whiting of the Whiting Manufactur-
ing Company, Abingdon, Va., was here last week
on business and stated that the two mills of the
company at Abingdon and Judson are running
in good shape and the company will shortly have
a choice line of hardwood to market.
J. N. Woollett, manager of the hardwood de-
partment of the American Lumber & Manufac-
turing Company, Pittsburg, Pa., was another
New York visitor. He is optimistic over current
and prospective hardwood conditions.
F. H. Loud, sales manager of the Buffalo
Maple Flooring Company, Buffalo, N. Y'., was
here last week subsequent to the announcement
issued by the company that it has been reorgan-
ized on a strong financial basis by the well-
known White and Loud interests of Michigan
and will make a stronger bid than ever for east-
ern business. The mill Is conveniently located
and well equipped and the company is well
backed financially and expects to be an impor-
tant factor in the eastern maple flooring business.
The Iroquois Door Company, manufacturer of
veneer doors and general woodwork material, is
about to open a sales and exhibition room in
the local market under the management of K. P,
Salmonn. A. J. Phinney, manager of the com-
pany, has been here arranging for this new de-
partment.
M. B. Eutsler of the Clinch Valley Lumber
Company, Blueflelds, W, Va., was in town last
week conferring with Doyle, Thomson & Co., 16
Beaver street, the company's local sales repre-
sentatives. The Clinch Valley Company is erect-
ing a fine new mill on a choice body of timber
in Kentucky to be in operation within a short
time, the product of which will also be dis-
tributed in this section by Uoyle, Thomson & Co.
The Stevens-Eaton Company, 1 Madison ave-
nue, has recently completed office changes which
improve its equipment very materially. Each of
the principals is located in a private office and
an attractive reception room provides them with
one of the best equipped headquarters in the
district.
W. M. Rltter, the distinguished Ohio lumber-
man, head of the W^. M. Ritter Lumber Com-
pany, Columbus, O., was in town for several
days during the fortnight. In this connection
it is of interest to note that Mr. Hitter's bard-
wood interests have recently been capitalized in
the state of West Virginia under the same style
with a capital of $8,000,000, which gives an
appreciation of his extensive holdings.
L. G. Banning of Cincinnati, O., has been here
in connection with some export orders.
Nelson H. Walcott of the L. H. Gage Lumber
Company, Providence, R. I., called upon his
several customers in the local trade during the
fortnight.
As an appreciation of the excellent prospects
for business in the lumber trade for the ensuing
year, we note that the plans for building filed
tor the first quarter this year in the borough of
Manhattan alone represent a total cost of $34,-
358,000. The corresponding quarter of last year
represented only a cost of a little over
$25,000,000.
Philadelphia,
The Thos. Forman Company of Detroit. Mich.,
through Wistar, Underbill & Co., its Philadel-
phia representatives, has secured several desira-
ble contracts for oak flooring in this market.
The choicest flooring contract of the year, that
of the Capitol at Harrisburg, was recently
awarded to this company. Quartered oak is to
be used and about 160,000 feet required.
R. W. Wistar of Wistar, Underbill & Co. Is
making an extensive trip through North Carolina
and Tennessee in search of stock.
I. D. Miller of I. D. Miller & Co. left for
the South May 3 to help along the shipments
which the firm has under contract at the mills,
and to look over the lumber field in that sec-
tion generally. He will not return for some
weeks.
Wm. L. Patterson of the Philadelphia Hard-
wood Lumber Company reports a busy season
for that concern. H. N. Patterson, another
member of the company, is visiting the mills
In Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, and
the South, buying lumber.
William B. Allen of the Colonial Lumber Com-
pany is at the company's mills at Amelia, Va.
After leaving there, he will travel through Vir-
ginia and the South to secure stock.
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The Cherry Elver Boom & Lumber Company
has removed a part of its clerical force to the
main office at Scranton, but still keeps a con-
siderable establishment at Its old offices in Phil-
adelphia, which will be used as a branch sales
office. C. E. Lloyd, Jr., attended the convention
of the National Hardwood Lumber Associaton at
Memphis. On his way home he will stop off at
various points of the Soutli to \ook up the lum-
ber interests of his house. In his absence F.
A. Kirby is sitting on the lid.
Owen M. P.runer has increased his sales force
by the addition of B. I. Batterson of Westville,
X. J., formerly of the Coles & Son Company.
The new salesman is well known amonp: the
local trade and is a son of Z. Patterson of the
firm of Z. Patterson & Sons, lumber merchants
at Westville. The Owen M. Bruner Company
has lately received fifteen carloads of thick ash
and is in the market to buy still further. It is
handling more hardwood now than for some
time.
Visitors to the trade during the last fortnight
Included .T. R. Whiteside of I. M. Darnell &
Sons Co.. Memphis, Tenn. : L. M. White, presi-
dent Henderson-White Mfg. Co.. Coburn, Va.,
who was on his way to the Pacific Coast ; E. D.
Flynn of the Scotch Lumber Co., Fulton, Ala. :
H. Fugate of H. Fugate & Co., Richmond, Va. ;
E. A. Beckley of Crosby & Beckley, New Haven,
Conn. : and Arthur C. Woods, president Mutual
Lumber Co. of New York.
Three hundred men went on strike ]May 1 at
the factory of Geo. W. Smith & Co.. manufac-
turers of artistic furniture at Thirty-ninth
street and Powelton avenue. During the past
month the union demanded that the firm should
adopt a scale of wages and an eight-hour da.T.
The company has been paying from thirty-five
to forty cents an hour, according to the worth of
the man, and refused to fix the scale of wages
according to the union's demands.
The Bennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire
Insurance Company has been besieged with in-
quiries regarding the effect of the receut catas-
trophe in San Francisco had on it, and Manager
Justin Peters has announced that the corpora-
ton has sustained no less whatever.
R. W. Schofleld of Schofield Bros, returned
recently from their mills In West Virginia,
where be superintended the fllling of orders.
The concern has just contracted for the output
of a mill in Pennsylvania and of several mills
in Virginia, taking all their output of poplar
and red and white oak. The firm reports that
April was the busiest month in its history.
The Philadelphia Veneer & Lumber Company
is installing a new 12-foot dryer and new veneer
saws in its mill at Knoxville, Tenn. Tliese im-
pro\ements will double the capacity of the plant
and necessitate the taking on of new hands.
The company has already secured the services of
several high-grade men, and expects to obtain
in a short time the full complement needed.
Henry H. Sheip & Co. have installed a new
holier in their sawmill and otherwise increased
the facilities of their plant. The business of
this company is rapidly increasing and it has
made its distributing yard on north Fifth street
one of the best stocked in the city.
The engagement of J. Wistar Evans, vice pres-
ident of the Philadelphia Veneer & Lumber Co.,
to Miss Elizabeth Barlow of Boston, Mass., has
been announced, and the marriage will take
place in June. Mr. Evans Is located at Knox-
ville, Tenn., where he is superintending the
mills of the company, and, after the marriage,
will make his home in that city.
The threatened strike of the carpenters was
averted on May 1 by the master carpenters,
who advanced the wages of the men to forty-five
cents an hour. The plasterers, who demanded
an Increase of $1 a day, entered into an agree-
ment to work until July 1 and in the meantime
to hold conferences with the employers regard-
ing an advance in wages. The settlement of
the labor question dispels the fear that the
building boom would be checked. The building
operations of the month just closed exceed those
of April of last year by ,i;2,180,750.
On April 23 a special meeting of the Lumber-
men's Exchange of Philadelphia was called for
the purpose of joining in the work of relieving
the San Francisco sufferers. A committee was
appointed to raise contributions, consisting of
J. C. Oillingham. chairman : W. L. Rice and E.
B. Malone. Funds were solicited at the meeting,
and .f,S75 was raised. Circular letters were after-
wards sent to the trade and .|4,165 was col-
lected and turned over to Drexel & Co. by the
Exchange. Besides this respectable sum, over
.|2..'iOO was contributed to other relief organiza-
tions by the lumbermen of this city.
On April 24 the directors and newly elected
officers of the Lumbermen's Exchange met for
organization. Herbert P. Robinson was elected a
director to fill the vacancy caused by the election
of. William L. Rice to the office of the vice pres-
ident. John Lank was unanimously reelected
secretary. The courteous and affable manner of
Mr. Lank deserves special mention, as do his
thoroughness and competency for his work. His
reelection gave satisfaction to the entire asso-
ciation. At this meeting the Board of Arbitra-
tors was also elected by the directors, and the
committee on credit system was appointed by
the president.
On Thursday, May 3, occurred the first regu-
lar meeting of the Exchange since the annual
election took place. The standing committees
on Finance, Membersliip. Railroads and Trans-
portation, Legislation. Office and Entertainment.
By-laws and Rules, and Protection to Trade
were appointed. It was also resolved that
"owing to numerous changes having been made
in the inspection of lumber In the past few
years that the rules of Inspection of lumber
adopted by this Exchange, July, 1899. are hereby
repealed."
E. B. Nettleton, formerly of Philadelphia but
now of Marysville, Fla., where he is superin-
tendent of the mills of the West Florida Hard-
wood Company, is in town conferring with Hor-
ace G. Hazard & Co., sales agents for his firm,
and visiting the trade generally. The West
Florida Hardwood Company has recently started
In business and controls extensive timber lands
in Calhoun and Liberty counties, Fla.. lying
along the Apalachicola creek, and consisting of
red gum. cottonwood, ash, hickory and oak. A
band mill and circular mill are now in operation
and the company contemplates further construc-
tion of mills as soon as possible.
Baltimore.
The lumbermen of this city have done nobly
in contributing to the relief of the San Fran-
cisco sufferers. The Lumljer Exchange took up
the matter, appointing a special committee to
see all the members and solicit subscriptions.
This committee consisted of Theodore Mottu,
Edward P. Gill. John T. Galvin, Ridgeway Mar-
r.vman, George F. Sloan, George Poehlmann and
L. H. Gwaltney. About $1,600 was raised. To
this sum must be added the amounts previously
contributed, which bring the total considerably
above $2,000.
The Dry Fork railroad, running from Hen-
dricks on the Western Maryland railroad to Hor-
ton, and then down into the Pocahontas country,
has been completely tied up this week, many of
the bridges having been washed away by a cloud
burst which flooded the valley drained by the
Dry Fork river. The road, which is owned by
the Whitmer lumber interests of Philadelpbia,
also operates a passenger service, and drummers
were held up all along the line, some of them
having to take long drives in carriages over
the mountains in order to get out of the region.
George Splndler, furniture manufacturer at
608 and 610 West Pratt street, will erect a
four-story warehouse in the rear of the factory.
On the completion of this building the present
structure will be used as a warehouse and the
new one as the factory.
W. L. Rowe & Co., hardwood dealers, have
removed from the southeast corner of President
street and Canton avenue to the corresponding
corner of Canton and East Falls avenues, where
Mr. Rowe recently purchased a yard. The place
is being extensively renovated and improved.
The old location has been added to the plant
of the Felippe A. Broadbent Mantel Company.
R. E. Wood, president of the R. E. Wood
Lumber Company, Continental Trust building,
returned last .Monday from a trip to the com-
pany's property in North Carolina, where lie
looked after business and piloted a pleasure
party. Yesterday he left again, this time for
Tennessee and otlier places to look after busi-
ness matters. The company is developing tim-
ber tracts in Tennessee and North Carolina, and
also has holdings at other points. In Swayne
county. North Carolina, much of the preliminary
work yet remains to be done, and constant super-
vision is needed.
Norris S. Tremaine, president of the National
Limiber Insurance Company, was in town the
early part of this week and called on a number
of lumber firms on business connected with in-
surance.
R. S. Reynolds, a son of Major A. D. Reynolds
of Bristol. Va.. has organized a furniture manu-
facturing company with a capital of .$50,000,
and the company will establish a plant at Bris-
tol. Mr. Reynolds has associated with him
practical furniture manufacturers from North
Carolina.
Pitts'burg.
An important development in lumber affairs
in Pittsburg is the formation of the Fort Pitt
Lumber Company, under a Delaware charter,
with an authorized capital of .fSOO.OOO, whicli
plans to operate a modern hardwood mill in
South Carolina, having a capacity of 100,000
feet a day. The properties secured are 20,000
acres of timber on the Great Pee Dee river, esti-
mated to contain 150,000,000 feet of cypress,
100,000.000 feet of pine and 100,000,000 feet of
elm. oak. ash, hickory and gum. The project
is unusual for it is based on a royalty payment
for all timber cut. This avoids payment of in-
terest and taxes. J. W. K. Snider, president
of the Avalon bank, is president of the company,
and the directors are ; J. O. Johnston, A. H.
King, W. S. Mathews and J. W. Fowler. The
lumber cut can be shipped to the eastern market
at a low cost, while the Atlantic Coast line
railroad offers direct routes for the Central
West markets and to Pittsburg. The logging
will be done entirely by water and thus avoid
the cost of building a logging railroad and
will give the lowest freight rates. Considerable
of the capital stock has been subscribed by
I'ittsburg men, and the general offices will be
located In the People's bank building.
The relief committee for the San Francisco
sufferers had no trouble in touching the purse
strings of I'ittsburg lumbermen. They were
among the first givers and total amount con-
tributed. $1,786.40. shows their interest in tlie
ruined city on the Pacific coast.
Forest fires have commenced the work of
destruction near Du Bois. at Hallton. Elk county,
where tliere are extensive lumber interests. A
force of 700 men are engaged in fighting them.
At Rathmel the flames threatened to destroy
much property and they were gotten under con-
trol only after a hard fight. Fires burned at
numerous points along the railroads near IJu
Bois.
The Paine Lumber Company. Ltd.. under its
new manager, J. W. Ander.son, is making rapid
strides in the door trade in this vicinity, in
addition to the line of birch veneered doors
which the company placed here with the Breit-
ieser Lumber Company on the south side two
years ago, it is now introducing oak veneered
doors, which are proving very popular. The
birch doors are in four varieties, the red, wliite,
unselected, and unselected stained maliogany.
The firm is now making a specialty of six-
crossed paneled doors of unselected birch and
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of red birch festooned doors for front entrances.
The Nicola Lumber Company regards the
hardwood market as in flrst-class shape. George
W. Nicola, president of the company, which tooli
over the business of the old Nicola Brothers
Company, announces that they are receiving
excellent reports from their salesmen on the
road and that prices have every appearance of
remaining stiff all summer.
The Beulah Lumber Company is a new whole-
sale concern which will deal largely in spruce
and hardwoods. It is located in the Ferguson
building and its manager is W. F. Pownall. who
was formerly in the lumber business in Home-
stead, I'a. Tlie company is said to be strongly
backed financially.
Flint. Erving & Stoner are getling along nicely
with the subsidiary operation in northwestern
Pennsylvania, where they are cutting a fine lot
of hardwood. Mr. Stoner reports trade steady in
all lines.
The Babcock Lumber Company has its big
oflBce force working hard to keep business well
lined up. E. V. Babcock is a bull on the lumber
situation and sees no reason for fearing a de-
cline in prices. Ueports from all the company's
mills and outside connections indicate short
stocks and a very self-reliant spirit among the
mill owners.
.T. .T. T. Penney of J. E. Mcllvain & Co. was
down at New Martinsville, W. Va., a few days
last week to size up hardwood conditions. His
firm is doing a fine business in oak timbers and
piling and could handle nearly double the
amount of dry stock if it were obtainable.
The Buckeye Lumber Company, which was or-
ganized recently by IL C. Hoffman, H. O. Bur-
dette and C. L. Wickersham. is now located in
a fine suite of offices at 712 House building. The
company has bought a small tract of very fine
oak timber on the B. & O. railroad in Washing-
ton county and will put in a portable mill at
once to cut it off.
Tlie Cheat River Lumber Company reports
that lumber is beiiig offered n little more freely
and that shipments in geueral are easier to
make. The company is buying all the chestnut
it can get, its market for that wood in Chicago
and Indiana, as well as the eastern cities, is
strictly (>. K. The company is just beginning
to cut off a tract of 700 acres of hardwood at
Blackstone, Va., on the Norfolk & Western
railroad. It has put in two portable milks,
which have a capacity of f:(i,000 feet a day.
Its various plants are now tui-uiug out five
and six cars of lumber a day. most of which is
hardwood.
The \V. M. Gillespie Company is a new whole-
sale lumber firm incorporated by William M.
Gillespie, a well known lumberman, Albert J.
Loeffer and John R. Shaughnessy. The com-
pany will handle all kinds of lumber and will
make a specialty of hardwoods.
I. F. Balsley, hardwood manager of the Will-
son Brothers Lumber Company, looks upon the
hardwood outlook as very bright in the I'itts-
burg territory. The company is having less
trouble in getting stocks shipped than a few
weeks ago and finds that many customers who
were then afraid to buy are now buying freely.
Tlie American Lumber & Manufacturing Com-
pany has an order for 50.000 railroad ties, to be
delivered in Ohio. ,1. N. WooUett, manager of
the hardwood department, has gone down to
Tennessee to look up new stocks of hardwoods,
and he has recently put a new man in the
Tennessee field regularly for the same purpose.
The C. P. Caughey Lumber Company says
that since there are at least 100 miles of street
car lines to be built around I'ittsburg this sum-
mer, it expects a big market for ties. The
company has lately bought a nice tract of oak
timber in Washington county, on the Pennsyl-
vania R. E.
Buffalo.
T. Sullivan & Co. are a trifle anxious over
the possibility of Pacific coast lumber going
higher on account of the San Francisco dis-
aster, but have no notice of an advance yet.
They have a large stock of flr and spruce.
Scatcherd & Son are turning out oak lumber
in good quantity at their Memphis mills, but
find the demand greater than the supply, either
as producers or jobbers, which means a better
price if it also meaus harder work.
In his trip to North Carolina F. W. Vetter
hopes to get hold of some good lots of chestnut
still in that direction. He will not give up the
Seneca street yard yet, as he still finds use
for it.
O. E. Xeager finds a better movement of maple,
with stocks running low, due to the fact that
it is now used so much for ash. He is getting a
good lot of birch and oak by lake this season.
G. Elias & Bro. will soon be adding to
their stock of southern pine lumber and timber
from seaboard way by canal. They are covering
tlie South very thoroughly for lumber of all
sorts and are keeping stocks up well.
.7. F. Knox is still spending a great part of
his lime looking up oak and other hardwood
lumber for Beyer, Knox & Co. at various points
south, and he keeps the home yard well filled
with it right along.
The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company has
had some delay at the Arkansas mill all spring
from high water, but business has gone on
notwithstanding. The home yard has sold a
big lot of all sorts of hardwood this year, oak
leading.
A. Miller is .showing that the worst is over
with elm and basswood, for he is getting in new
supplies of them right along now, besides run-
ning strong on other .hardwoods.
The Hugh McLean Lumber Company is still
one of the big leaders in the quartered oak trade,
selling so much of it that even with its numer-
ous mills it is not always able to keep stocks
complete in all sizes and grades.
Oak is gaining on cherry in the list of spe-
cialties with I. N. Stewart & Bro., especially
as H. A. Stewart, when he goes into West Vir-
ginia after cherry, finds oak of very fine quality,
also some poplar and chestnut.
The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company still
runs a badly overcrowded yard, on account of
the amount of oak that comes up from its
mills in Tennessee and Kentucky. The com-
pany recently acquired a tract of timber land
in Kentucky, on which will be erected a band
mill this summer.
Arthur W. Kreinheder, vicegerent of the west-
ern district of New York, expects to hold a
concatenation at Buffalo, N. Y.. Wednesday,
June 21. On the day following he has arranged
a river trip down the Niagara river and around
Grand Island, stopping at several pleasure
points. This will be Vicegerent Krelnheder's
first concatenation and he expects every mem-
ber of the order in good standing in his district
to be present at this meeting, and he will accept
no excuse from resident members.
Detroit.
The Dennis & Smith Lumber Company has
been receiving a large amount of poplar and
oak, and its yard is heavily stocked.
The season of navigation is now in full
swing, and while the bulk of stock being re-
ceived at this port is building .woods, a few
cargoes of hardwood are coming in. Brownlee
& Company received this week by barge 536,000
feet of basswood, from 1 inch to 2 inches in
thickness. They still have another half million
feet of the same stock to come down. They have
taken a large suite of offices on the third flooi*
in the Telegraph building, corner of Griswnld
and Congress streets.
Saginaw.
Bliss & Van Auken are hustling their plant
day and night and w'ill have stock enough to
run nights until fall. Their flooring plant is
also crowded and the firm readily disposes of
its product. Flooring is in much better demand
than it was a year ago at this time.
W. I)'. Young & Co. are running as usual
day and night and report a satisfactory
business in hardwood lumber and in flooring.
They are stocking the Flood sawmill at Bay
City also. They have operated a number of
camps during the winter and the logs are com-
ing down the Mackinaw division by rail.
The steamer Tecumseh came in here during
the week and loaded 89,000 cubic feet of hard-
wood timber for Mc.\rthur Brothers. It goes to
Quebec.
The Sailing, Hanson people of Grayling are
about closing a deal for the purchase of the
sawmill plant of the Gale Lumber Company at
West Branch, seventy miles north of Bay City.
The Gale company has nearly fluished operations
there. A crew of experts from Bay City is
raising about 700.000 feet of sunken logs at
the mill pond which will be converted into
lumber and then the company will be through.
If the mill goes into the hands of the parties
named it will be operated cutting hardwood five
years, the logs being taken to the mill from
Roscommon and Crawford counties by rail.
Sailing, Hanson & Co. are among the heaviest
hardwood operators in the state. They operate
a mill at Johannesburg, thirty miles from Gray-
ling, two mills at Grayling and stock a big
flooring plant at Grayling operated under the
name of the Kerry-Hanson Flooring Company,
and also stock the Thomas Forman flooring plant
at Detroit, shipping about 12.000.000 feet of
maple lumber there annually.
The Ottawa Hardwood Company started its
mill at Tawas last week and will cut out a
number of million feet of maple and other hard-
wood stock.
The Michigan Central is to extend the Haak-
wood branch six miles, and three other logging
branches about twelve miles in all, to reach
hardwood logs, mostly belonging to the Knee-
laud, Buell & Bigelow concerns.
Frank Buell went to Virginia last Friday to
look over a large body of timber.
Holmes & Nicholson of Alpena lost a skldway
of 90,000 feet of hardwood logs in Montmorency
by fire last week. Thus far this season there
has been very little destruction of timber by
reason of forest fires.
Tlie H. M. Loud's Sons Company of Au Sable
shipped a full cargo of maple to Tonawanda
last week. The company is running its mills
steadily and gets three trains of logs from its
camps every twenty-four hours.
Last fall the Rodgers-Allison sawmill at Logan
was purchased by Yuill Brothers of Vanderbilt.
C. O. Rodgers has recently purchased a mill in
the upper peninsula and has begun operating the
same, cutting hardwood mostly.
A. P. Bradley and Charles Lindell of Millers-
burg have moved a hardwood mill over to Long
Lake, north Wisconsin, and will engage in the
manufacture of lumber as soon as the mill
can be set up.
Grand Rapids.
.\ bill of complaint has been filed with the
local district attorney against the American
School Furniture Company, under the federal
antitrust laws, and the case will be investigated
at the present term of the grand jury in Chi-
cago. It is charged that the company is a trust,
pure and simple, operating factories in this city,
Buffalo, Piqua, O., Manitowoc and Racine, Wis.,
and bound by agreements with other school fur-
niture concerns, the purpose being to create a
monopoly for its products and stifle competi-
tion. Eugene Carpenter, a local attorney, is
complainant. The Grand Rapids branch of the
American School Furniture Company is one of
the largest factories in the city.
The Ranney Refrigerator Company of Green-
ville. Mich., is having 800,000 feet of elm logs
cut on lands north of St. Louis, iu Gratiot coun-
ty, Mich.
The St. Johns Table Company of Cadillac,
which is now operating its new factory, elected
the following beard of directors at its annual
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meeting held recently : Fred A. Diggins, K. J.
Haynes. S. II. Kramer. F. J. Cobbs. T. C. Beach,
G. M. retrie. Henry Knnwlton. D. B. Kelly and
A, H. Webber. It was reported at this meeting
tl>at orders ahead amounted to more than $80,-
0(K). and business jjrospects are very bright. The
ronijiany will show a line in this market in June
and .luly.
The E.xcelsior Wrapper Company of Sheboy-
gan, Wis., is beginning worl? on its new fac-
tory in thi.s city. The site of five and a half
acres is located at the intersection of Hall street
and Godfrey avenue. It is expected that the
local plant will consume T.OtKi cords annuall.v of
three foot basswood and poplar bolts, running
from 3 to 10 inches in diameter.
John H. Bonnell of the Ilackley-PhelpsBon-
nell Company has returned fnmi San Francisco,
where he was stopping with a sister on Van
Ness avenue when the earthquake occurred. He
says that there are signs up all over the ruins
reading, "Stop talking and get busy," and this
was the slogan of the people. He came east
with Dr. Hartland Law, owner of the Fremont
hotel and the Monadnock l>uilding. who was
worth .$8,000,000 before the fire and now has
only the real estate left. Dr. Law's mission
east is to raise funds for immediately restoring
his buildings.
Tlie power-house of the Brunswick-Balke-Col-
lender Company at Muskegon is practicall.v com-
pleted, and work on the three otlier Iiuiidings
is being pushed.
Fire destroyed the sawmill, which was oper-
ated in connection with the furniture manufac-
turing plant of Spencer & Barnes at Benton
Harbor, It is doubtful if the mill will be re-
placed, since timber has grown scarce in that
section. The ratio of native woods to foreign
u.sed by the Spencer-Barnes people is one to
twenty.
S. A. Wellman & Co. have replaced their
burned handle factory at South Boardman with
a two-story building, with granite roof and
steel sides, equipped with new machines, and
the manufacture of broom handles has been re-
sumed. Bolts are being cut at the Springtield
camp and hauled to the mill.
The desk and table manutacturers are already
beginning to feel the influence of tlie San Fran-
cisco calamity. A Los Angeles furniture man
was in the city last week, coming here from
Kentucky chair factories where he placed large
orders. Some of the large 'Frisco houses have
written the trade here that they will be doing
business again within thirty days.
The Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company, of
which Walter C. Winchester is president, has
purchased a site for a new factory in the soutlt
end, near the JIacey plant. This is one of the
most prosperous concerns in the city, using large
quantities of maple and other hardwoods.
The American School Furniture Company, of
which the Grand Kapids School Furniture Com-
pany is a part, has been reorganized and is now
known as the American Seating Company, witli
?-i,000,000 capital. The old company was capi-
talized at $10,000,000.
The Turtle Lake Lumber Company of this city
has increased its capital from $150,000 to $300.-
000, the additional stock being taken by the old
stockholders. The company owns 17,000 acres
of hardwood, pine and hemlock lands in Vilas
county, Wisconsin. A railroad has been built
into the tract and active manufacturing opera-
tions will begin this year. W. S. Winegar of the
Winegar Furniture Company is president of the
company, Henry Idema is vice president, and
Walter C, Winchester is secretary and treasurer.
John J. Foster and Charles W. Johnson of
Greenville, J. R. Wylie, Fred C. Miller, F. B,
Winegar and George A. Rumsey of this city are
stockholders.
tional Hardwood Lumber Association. He as-
sisted R. B. Watrous of the Citizens' Business
League in trying to secure llie next conventi<ui
for Milwaukee, but failed. Mr. Landeck's man.^■
friends are glad to know that he was elected
a director and a member of the executive board
of tlie big association.
On indictments diarging conspirac.v to de-
fraud the government liy means of alleged land
frauds in the state of Oregon, Leander Choate,
James Matt Bray, Ben.iamin Doughty, James
Doughty and Thomas Daly of Oshkosh, and .\u-
gust .\u(lersen and Joseph Black of Shewano
were arrested and placed under .$2,000 bonds
each. They will be given a preliminary hearing
Friday. May 11. It is charged tliat tliese men,
who are prominently ideutilied as officers and
stockholders with the Bray & Choate Lumber
Company of Oshkosli furnished money to Ore-
gon parties to make entries and buy home-
steads in that state in 1000-1903. The defend-
ants protest their innocence, and declare they
never owned any land within a radius of forty
miles of that described in the indictment. In
their land transactions they have dealt tlirougli
tiiirtl parties, and their friends believe that they
have been made the victims of Oregon laud
sharks.
Asheville.
R. E. Wood, president of the It. E. Wood
Lumber Company of Baltimore, Md., was in this
section recently in company with a party of
friends. They arrived here Saturday afternoon,
April 21, spending Saturday and Sunday at the
Battery Bark Hotel, then proceeding to Lake
Toxaway in the Sapphire country for a week's
stay of pleasure and business combined. Mr.
Wood's company owns in that section 12.3.000
acres of timber land. The company is represented
in Asheville by G. L. Wood, brother of R. E. Wood.
ITie party was comjiosed of R. E. Wood, Miss
Ailie Wood, Mr. Wood's sister; A. P. .I'erley of
Williamsport, Pa., president of the West Branch
National Bank of that city ; P. B. Shaw, presi-
dent of the street railway and electric light com-
pany of Williamsport, and daughter ; H. S.
ilosser. a prominent manufacturer and tanner of
Williamsport. and daughter ; A. T. Page, presi-
dent of the Williamsport Furniture Company and
also interested in the Wood enterprises, and
wife ; O, F. Ilershey of Baltimore, attorney for
and interested in the Wood enterprises, and
wife ; W. L. Taylor, general counsel for the Wood
interests : G. L. Wood and wife, who have re-
cently removed to this city, and Henry H. Gib-
son, editor of the Hahdwood Record of Chicago.
F. C. Fischer of Tryon, N. C. was here a few
days ago on his way home from New York. Mr.
Fischer is president of the Yellow Poplar Lum-
ber Company of Coal Grove, O.
The lumbermen in Asheville and western North
Carolina are experiencing some inconvenience on
account of car shortage. They say that the
Southern railway claims that it has a sufficient
supply of cars, but that it is short of engines
and that delays are due to this fact.
A number of North Carolina hardwood men
met here Saturday afternoon. May o, to discuss
plans for organizing the trade into local organi-
zations subordinate to the Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association of the United States. There
were forty-six hardwood men in attendance, all
having interests in this section of the country.
A number of short interesting Jalks were made
on the purpose of these district meetings and the
value of menil>ership in the Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association. It was decided to establish
an association here to be known as the Ashe-
ville Lumber Kxc-hange, and a meeting was called
for May 2<i wlien permanent organization will be
effected and officers elected.
Milwaukee.
George J. Landeck of the Page & Landeck
Lumber Company is just home from Memphis,
where he attended the convention of the Na-
Bristol, 'Va.-Tenn.
At Knoxville, .'Tenn., in the parlors of Hotel
Imperial, on Friday morning, April 27, Ellis Hale
Wilkinson, a prominent young lumberman, son
of .T. A. Wilkinson of tills city, with whom he
is associated in Imsiness. was married to Miss
Virginia Jones, one of the most beautiful and
ai'complished yiuing women in this section. 'I'he
couple had eloped from a german which was
danced at tlie i;iks' home on Shelby street. Thurs-
day evening, .\pril 2(i. Mr. Wilkinson and .Miss
Jones had lieeii engaged f<u' some time, but for
reasons best known to themselves decided to
elope to Knoxville. The decision was reached
only a very short time before the departure of
the train for Knoxville. which pulled out with
Mr. Wilkinson and his bride- to be aboard. They
rcai hod 'Knoxville early the next morning and
were married at (1:30. After a bridal tour of
two weeks Jlr. and Mrs. Wilkinson will be at
hnme ill Bristol.
II. W. Nealy. of the Rumbarger Lumber Com-
pany of Philadelphia, is in Bristol looking over
the company's operations liere. This company
owns three mills in western North Carolina and
a 24.000-acrc tract of timber land, and is ship-
jiing a large amount of stock out of this section.
The .McMillan Lumber Company of Pittsburg.
Pa., has moved its offices from Wilson to Bay-
nard. W. Va.. where it has extensive lumber
operalions.
The lumbermen and business jieopie generally
through this section have responded liberally to
the call for aid to the tliousands on the Pacific
coast bereft of home and propert.v b.v tlie terrible
earthquake, and a considerable amount of money
has been sent from Bristol by Ma.Tor W. L. liice
to the mayor of San Francisco, to be used in
furnishing food for the homeless.
R. S. Reynolds, son of Maj. A. D. Reynolds,
tlie latter one of the wealthiest men in this sec-
tion, is heading a company which will manufac-
ture furniture and establish a large furniture
factory in Bristol. Mr. Reynolds and associates
have their plans outlined, and will at once secure
a charter for the company.
The large plant of the Ordway Manufacturiug
Company, in South Bristol, erected by the Ord-
way interests of South Framingham, Mass., in
1 002, at a cost of over $100,000, has been sold
at public auction to Homer E, Jones, president
of the Dominion National Bank of Bristol for
$17.."iO0. The purchase was made by Mr. Jones
in behalf of himself, the Dominion National
Bank and other bondholders of the defunct Ord-
way Manufacturing Company, which is being
wound up. A pro rata distribution of the
assets of the company will be made in a short
time by Trustees St. John and Anderson. 'I'he
.judgment creditors will secure priority over the
other creditors and bondholders. The purchas-
ers expect to start the plant within a short time.
It is one of the liest equipped chair factories in
Tennessee, and has a large daily capacity. E. L.
Webster of Chicago now has charge of the plant.
A big extract plant, using bark in large quan-
tities, will be started in Carter County, Ten-
nessee, near Elizabethton, within a few months.
The site has already been purchased, and it is
said work will soon begin on the new operation.
The Coretta Lumber Company, which is al-
lied with the Virginia Pocahontas Coal Compan.v,
and one of the operations of the George L,
Carter syndicate of Bristol, has over 15,000,000
feet of sawn oak, poplar and otlier stock on its
yards at Coretta, McDowell county, W, Va.
(Jeorge L. Carter purchased a large tract of min-
eral land in McDowell county some time ago and
decided to manufacture the timber thereon. He
established a band mill and a circular mill, and
liegan cutting the stock. Not a stick has been
sold since the mill was started. The Kiugsport
Lumber Companv is being organized by Mr.
Carter's syndicate and will arrange to put the
stock on the market and act as sales agent
for the Coretta Lumber Company. The latter
company will continue to operate the mills. Mr.
Carter's syndicate has a vast amount of virgin
timber forests in West Virginia, Kentuck.v, Vir-
ginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Caro-
lina.
J. W. Difendefer. of J, W. Difendefer Cim-
pany of Philadelphia, and president of the
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Laurel Hiver Lumber Company of Damascus,
about twenty miles from Bristol, was recently
in tliis section, inspecting the latter company's
plant and mills at Damascus. The Laurel River
Lumber Company is installing three large new
band mills at its mill at Damascus.
Jerome H. Shelp of Shelp & Vandegritt of
Philadelphia was recently in this section loolsing
over numerous operations, ostensibly with a
view of investing in lumber and veneering opera-
tions.
The Tidewater Lumber Company, operating at
Glamorgan and Dewey, Va.. near Pound's Gap,
has just installed six large band mills. The
company has just completed a logging road,
which has been christened the Indian Creek &
Pound River Railway, and shipments are now
going over same. The company will locate three
other mills at once in the Cumberland Moun-
tains, and the railroad will be further extended.
H. O. Spanger and associates are about to
begin cutting timber on their timber lands
purchased in Lee county, Virginia, near Jones-
ville, some time ago, and have established three
portable mills. It is estimated the land will
:i.").i 100,000 feet of timber.
The Hugh McLean Lumber Company of Buf-
falo, X. y., has representatives in this section
of Virginia and in western Kentucky with a
view to investing in lumber manufacturing en-
terprises.
The railroad struggle in North Carolina is
apparently settled and the Southern has either
temporarily or permanently abandoned work on
the extension which was started with a view of
paralleling George L. Carter's railroad, which
is being built from Ohio to the South Atlantic
seaboard and known as the South & Western.
The work on Carter's road is progressing rap-
idly and thousands of laborers are at work on it.
This road will open up a large area of virgin
forests which will produce some of the finest
hardwoods in the country. The land has been
purchased almost entirely by the George L.
Carter syndicate.
Judge T. H. Harvey of Huntingdon. W. Va..
has purchased a valuable tract of timber land
near the Kentucky-Virginia boundary which he
will develop.
Vicegerent D. E. Matthews of Charleston.
W. Va., and Vicegerent T. W. Fugate of Rich-
lands, Va.. will hold a joint concatenation at
Bluefields. W. Va., May 11. They have au ex-
cellent class of initiates in sight, and will un-
doubtedly have a most successful and enjoyable
meeting.
Cincinnati.
Cincinnati's delegates to the convention of the
National Hardwood Lumber Association at Mem-
phis have returned and settled down to business.
They have no kick coming at the way they were
treated in general, but all were disappointed over
T. J. Moffett's defeat for the presidency. Dele-
gates from a number of eastern cities returned
with the local party.
R. E. McCraeken of the Kentucky Lumber
Company is ill at his home with typhoid fever.
His condition is not regarded as serious.
The Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club gave $100
to the fund being collected in this city for
the sufferers from the San Francisco earthquake.
Nearly every hardwood firm contributed through
the Chamber of Commerce or Business Men's
Club.
According to the compilations of the Chamber
of Commerce statisticians the movement of lum-
ber during April was as follows : Receipts, 6,875
cars ; shipments, 5,398 cars. In April, 1905, the
receipts amounted to 6,261 cars, while ship-
ments were 5,036 cars.
The Maley, Thompson & Moffett Company is
adding new machinery to its mammoth plant at
Eighth street and McLean avenue. Several new
buildings are also in course of construction.
The H. Leet Company has been incorporated
with $45,000 capital by Horace Leet. E. M.
Frank and others. They will conduct a general
hardwood business at Portsmouth.
Tlie Cincinati Cooperage Company, which has
a number of stave mills in Tennessee, has begun
operating them again, after eight months' idle-
ness.
Building Inspector Tooker reported that 406
permits for improvements, estimated at .$1,006,-
U'20, were issued last month. For the same
period last year there were 372 permits, valued
at $1,004,285.
J. P. Hanna. of the Wiborg & Hanna Com-
pany, is home from a flying trip to New York.
B. F. Dulweber. of John Dulweber & Co., is
in Louisiana on business.
Two Cincinnatians. James and Thos. Gassier,
who believe there will be a great opportunity
to make money in the lumber business in San
Francisco, left for that city the early part of the
month to engage in business. Both have had
experience with local firm's.
Leland G. Banning and a number of friends
left last week for a trip to Europe. They will
be gone about four months and will take a look
at Mt. Vesuvius while abroad.
S. Tuthill, of the Cypress Lumber Company,
has recovered from a severe attack of pneu-
monia.
Harry J. Freiberg, of the Freiberg Lumber
Company, Poplar street and JIcLean avenue, is
in Mexico, buying mahogany logs. He will not
return until next month.
The W. E. Talbert Lumber Company, with
main office at Greensburg, Ind., and mills at
Morris, Ind., is erecting a band sawmill at Win-
ton Place, a Cincinnati suburb. The company
hopes to have the mill in operation in about
three weeks, and expects to do an extensive busi-
ness in hardwood and poplar.
Chattanooga.
A number of Chattanooga lumbermen at-
tended the annual meeting of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association in Memphis, May
3 and 4. In speaking of the meeting M. M. Erb,
vice-president of the Case Lumber Company,
said : "Memphis lumbermen proved themselves
most hospitable hosts, and the manner in which
they entertained the visiting lumbermen cannot
be too highly complimented. The excursion given
on the Mississippi river was a thoroughly en-
joyable occasion."
J. C. Morrison of Menlo, Ga.. who bought an
interest in the planingg mill establishment of
C. C. Arnold at East End some time ago has
sold his interest to Brown Bros, of Sequachee
City, Tenn.
The Zack Taylor Lumber Company, which re-
cently purchased the buildings, etc., of the
Chattanooga Boat Oar Company, which aban-
doned its business here, has installed a new
system of blow pipes in its large lumber plant.
James Long, a lumberman of wide experience,
has become foreman for the Zack Taylor Lumber
Company.
Robert Morrison of the Consumers' Lumber
Company and the Acme Kitchen Furniture Com-
pany has returned from a two weeks' vacation,
which was spent at St. Simon's Island, Ga. Mr.
Morrison always takes his vacation early in the
spring.
Hugh McLean of Buffalo, N. 1'., president of
the Hugh McLean Lumber Company, recently
inspected the branch plant in this city.
J. D. Case of RMshville, Ind., leading stock-
holder in the Case Lumber Company of this
city, arrived here Saturday.
James Buckley of Brookville, Ind., was a
visitor here recently.
Ferd Brenner of the Ferd Brenner Lumber
Company is in Norfolk, Va.
designs of planing mill work, sash, doors and
blinds and fancy mantels. It is located at First
and Dock streets.
The Garetson-Greason Lumber Company has
erected a new box factory at Fisk, Mo., to manu-
facture box shocks. The company reports busi-
ness very active, with all the orders It can
handle with stocks as low as they are at present.
The Ozark Cooperage Company reports busi-
ness very good, but finds some trouble in getting
out orders on account of the bad weather at its
southern mills.
One of the prominent visitors of the past fort-
night was W. H. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber
Company, Minneapolis, Minn. He was booking
orders for car material.
The Chas. F. Liebke Hardwood Lumber Com-
pany has plenty of logs on hand and is cutting
a great deal of oak, ash and Cottonwood. This
concern reports a brisk demand extending to
practically all hardwoods.
The annual convention of the National Lumber
Manufacturers' Association will be held in St.
Louis, May 8 and 9. at the Jefferson Hotel.
A meeting of the Lumberman's Exchange of
St. Louis was held on Saturday afternoon, April
21, for the purpose of raising money tor the re-
lief of San Francisco sufferers. A committee
composed of E. H. Warner, C. E. Thomas and
John F. Scobett was appointed to solicit sub-
scriptions. The total subscriptions thus far
received amount to $1,350,
F. C. Moore, president of the F. C. Moore
Lumber Company, left Tuesday evening on an
extended trip through Arkansas and Louisiana,
looking after their interests in that section of
the country.
Tlie R. N. Collins Vehicle Woodwork Company
is now occupying the Huttig Sash & Door Com-
pany's plant.
The St. Louis Car Company has increased its
capital stock from $2,000,000 to $2,500,000. It
is erecting a new plant up in Baden, the extreme
northern section of St. Louis, for the specific
purpose of manufacturing steel cars and auto-
St. Louis.
The plant of the St. Louis Basket & Box
Company was badly damaged by fire April 20.
The loss, as stated by the company, is $1,000 on
building and $2,000 on stock and machinery.
The Hafner Manufacturing Company has
opened up a sample room to display its various
Nashville.
Local lumbermen have been visited by quite a
number of out of town lumber dealers during
the past week. J. W. Smith, of the Smith Sash
& Door Company of Rochester, N. T., spent sev-
eral days in this section. He bought a large
amount of chestnut, probably close to 300,000
feet, and he paid from $30 to $40 a thousand.
Ralph E. Sumner, manager of Hamilton H.
Salmon & Co. of New York, spent several days
in Nashville recently, visiting the trade and
conferring with his local representative, John
.1. Miller. Oscar Gartner, an exporter from New
Orleans, was a recent visitor. He was here meet-
ing the dealers and looking into trade conditions.
John B. Ransom of John B. Ransom & Co.
has gone to St. Louis to attend the convention
of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa-
tion. T'he Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa-
tion is affiliated with this organization, and Mr.
Ransom went as the delegate of that body.
J. W. Warren, general manager of the Edge-
field & isiashville Manufacturing Company, has
returned from a visit to a mill owned by his
company at Crawford, Tenn.
Arthur B. Ransom of John B. Ransom & Co.
leaves shortly for an extended visit to the East.
A charter has been granted to the Cumberland
Plateau Coal & Timber Land Company, with a
capital stock of $350,000. The incorporators
are : William Cooper, of Cumberland county ;
Josepu Huffaker of Louisville, Ky. ; J. E. Jones
of Monterey, Tenn. ; L. D. Smith of Knoxville ;
and J. T. Odum of Lebanon, Tenn. The com-
pany owns about 75,000 acres of undeveloped
timber and ore lands in Cumberland, Fentress
and Morgan counties. Several big sawmills are
to be installed at an early date to prepare the
timber for market.
The Russell Manufacturing Company has been
organized at Nashville with a capital stock of
$10,000. The incorporators are : E. S. Russell,
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G. C. Porter, Frank P. Bond, R. D. Goodlett.
and C. A. Russell. The company will manufac-
ture wooden pins of locust to be used on the
arms of telephone and telegraph poles, and will
be located at Nulensville, Tenn., a short dis-
tance from Nashville.
The Cincinnati Cooperage Company, which
has a number of plants in the state, will begin
the operation of a new one at Waynesboro,
Tenn., this week. A large tract of timber adja-
cent to the mill has recently been purchased,
and there is enough of the wood to run the
plant for some time.
An institution in West Nashville that was
using considerable hardwood in making han-
dles, the Dixie Lawn Mower Manufactory, has
been destroyed by fire. The entire plant was
burned, entailing a loss of several thousand dol-
lars, with but little insurance. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
The DeFord Buggy Company has recently
been reorganized, and will greatly increase its
present capital stock of $30,000. The incorpora-
tors are : R. A. Coleman, Eugene Shannon, J. M.
DeFord. J. A. Neihaus, and M. P. Martin. New
ofiicers are to be announced in the near future,
and well-known Cincinnati capitalists are said
to have taken some stock in the concern. The
plant will be moved to a site near the railroad
and a big factory will be built to be ready for
occupancy by January 1, 1907.
T. P. Ayres. a well-known Nashville lumber
dealer, has returned from a several months' trip
In Alabama. During his absence he negotiated
several big timber deals in that state. Mr.
Ayres reports great activity in southern timber
lands. He says practically all the good timbered
tracts, however, have passed Into the hands of
men who either contemplate immediate opera-
tion or who are strong enough financially to
hold them indefinitely for a further advance.
A special from Harriman announces that the
Little Lumber Company, composed of Kentucky
capitalists, has bought about 4,000 acres of
timber lands on the Southern Railway near
Goline. and will at once begin to develop it. If
the railroads grant satisfactory rates on rough
logs, sawmills and finishing plants will be
erected.
The Sullivan-Blanks Lumber Company of
Shelby county has been granted a charter. The
capital stock is ?23,000 and the incorporators
are : J. P. Sullivan, H. B. Blanks, A. H. Mur-
ray, C. M. Collier, and J. H. Phillips. The
Trenton Lumber Company of Gibson county is
another concern to which a charter has recently
been granted. The capital stock is $10,000 and
the incorporators are : W. T. Ingram, T. Har-
lan, Mack Morris, D. Weiss, and Paul Harlan.
R. P. Tucker and R. L. Montague of Charles-
ton, S. C, have secured options on about 15,000
acres of timber land near Spencer, Tenn. The
property will be developed in the near future.
The Tellico River Lumber Company near
Madisonvllle, Tenn., is running a new line of
railroad through a 30,000 acre timber tract
extending from Tellico Plains to the North Caro-
lina line. The company is building a big saw-
mill on the Plains.
Memphis.
The ninth annual convention of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association has passed into
history. It was a magnificent occasion, and
thoroughly enjoyed by every delegate in attend-
ance, as well as by the local contingent, which,
under the name of the Lumbermen's Club of
Memphis, gracefully performed the role of host.
Memphis lumbermen made a strong fight for
the convention, pledging their utmost to make
the occasion both a pleasant and profitable one,
and the universal comment is that the Lumber-
men's Club of Memphis has done far more
than it promised. Everything went off splen-
didly and Memphis has, in the opinion of many
of the delegates, set a new standard for the
entertainment of the delegates who will gather
at Atlantic City next year. Aside from the
pleasures of the occasion, Memphis made only
one fight and that was for the presidency and
this bore fruit.
Gustave A. Farber, who has been for some
years connected with Price & Heald, Baltimore,
and who has been hei-e for that firm for the
past year, has withdrawn and gone into busi-
ness on his own account. His headquarters are
for the present at the office of the J. W. Dick-
son Lumber Company in East End. It is under-
stood that he will devote his time largely to
the export trade, making a specialty of southern
hardwoods most wanted.
The Southern Oak Lumber Company, a branch
of a Chicago firm with S. S. Ford in charge, is
establishing yards in extreme North Memphis on
a tract of about five and one-half acres. It
has secured option on other land in the same
section and can enlarge its facilities on short
notice.
The Southern Seating & Cabinet Company of
Jackson, Tenn.. has changed hands, and the
new owners have secured an amended charter
providing for an increase from $35,000 to $100,-
0(J0 in capital stock. It Is their Intention to
enlarge their facilities. The company is engaged
in the manufacture of school desks and other
hardwood specialties. A new directory has been
formed and the following officers chosen :
Thomas Polk, president : J. H. Dtike, vice-presi-
dent ; F. L. Ingersoll, general manager, and N.
S. White, secretary-treasurer.
Application has been filed for a charter for
the .SullIvan-BIanks Lumber Company, capital-
ized at $25,000, and formed for the purpose of
establishing a hardwood sawmill, planing mill
and general lumber plant In Memphis, and prob-
ably another in Mississippi. J. P. Sullivan, for-
merly connected with J. P. Sullivan & Co., Is
the principal spirit in the enterprise and will
give his entire time thereto. A. H. Murray Is
attorney for the company and one of the incor-
porators. Offices are in the Tennessee Trust
Building.
The Illinois Central is actively engaged in con-
structing its new road from Corinth, Miss., in
the direction of Birmingham, Ala., and officials
of the system say that trains will be running
between the two points within eight months.
The road, traversing northeastern Mississippi
and northwestern Alabama, will offer splendid
facilities for the development of the timber
resources of that section where there are large
quantities of hardwoods to be found.
The Meridian & Tombigbee River Railway
Company has made application for a charter for
the purpose of building a line from Meridian,
Miss., to the Tombigbee River in Choctaw
county, Ala., thus making connection through
this stream with Mobile, Ala. This road will
form an Important link in the railroad facilities
of eastern Mississippi and western Alabama.
Weather conditions have been more favorable
In the Memphis district during the past month
and good progress has been made in getting out
both timber and lumber. There have been
heavy rains within the past few days and these
may cause a temporary setback, but production
has been on a relatively larger scale than for
some time. Several of the large Memphis mills
have had trouble getting logs, and have had to
run on partial time on this account, but most
local plants are pretty fully engaged.
The Interstate Cooperage Company has bought
from the Hurricane Iron & Mining Company 13,-
500 acres of timber lands near Dickson, Tenn.,
for $85,000, and will enlarge its plant at that
point to facilitate development.
Local lumbermen have made a liberal re-
sponse to the appeals for help for the sufferers
from the San Francisco disaster. The total
amount contributed by local lumbermen will ex-
ceed $1,200.
George C. Ehemann of Bennett & Wltte re-
ports a good demand for hardwood lumber and
states that business conditions are in the main
satisfactory.
Russe & Burgess have had some trouble in the
operation of their big hardwood mill in North
Memphis owing to Inability to bring out an ade-
quate supply of timber, but they are now putting
a switch into their timber lands, and hope to
be able to run without further interruption on
this score.
Louisville.
The Stotz Lumber Company has done a large
volume of business In maple flooring this spring.
The revival in the demand for No. 1 common
poplar has cleaned up all the company's stock
that is dry and ready to ship, and there are still
many orders ahead. Business with this concern
is very satisfactory in all lines.
Kirwan Brothers have received a bunch of
exceptionally fine logs from Floyd county on
Johns creek, a tributary of the Big Sandy. There
are 300 in the lot. averaging 32 inches in diam-
eter, none under 20 inches and many 40 inches
and over. Martin Kirwan says that poplar logs
this year cost mlllmen about 40 per cent more
on even grades than last year. Oak logs are
also higher, so much so. In fact, that Kirwan
Brothers have not bought much oak this spring,
the first drive consisting mostly of poplar.
Mark Monday is preparing to move a veneer
mill which he owns down on Green river to
Loulsyille. He secured the site some time ago,
and as soon as he can get materials and erect
buildings will set up the mill here. It is his
Intention at first to cut quarter-sawed oak veneer
exclusively. He will put in a band saw for
flitching logs and operate veneer saws for work-
ing them up. Later he may add a rotary ma-
chine.
The Berry-Davis Saw Mill Company of this
city bought quite a tract of stumpage on the
L. & N. recently, and Is now well fixed for a
summer log supply. Mr. Davis says business Is
good, and while country roads are still muddy
they are improving right along and hauling can
be done with more satisfaction than a month
ago.
Ed Shippen of the Louisville Point Lumber
Company is bringing a lot of walnut logs down
the Kentucky river. Just exactly how many
there are and how large is not known, but It Is
said that it Is the finest bunch of walnut ever
brought to this market. The drive at this writ-
ing is somewhere near Frankfort.
Ashland, Ky.
R. H. Vansant of Vansant, Kitchen & Co. is in
Bristol, Tenn., attending a big lumbermen's meet-
ing. He will also look in upon the Interstate
convention of the Good Roads Association.
George Clark and J. A. Salmon have gone to
Peebles, O., to inspect the timber on the old
Peebles estate, a tract of 7,500 acres, more than
half of which is virgin growth.
The sawmill department of the Yellow Poplar
Lumber Company at Coal Grove, C, Is closed for
repairs, after a run of several months.
O. D. Garred, of Huntington, W. 'Va., has
about completed the work at his camp on the
Clear Fork of Coal river, where he has con-
tracted to cut timber on a 9,000-acre tract. The
timber Is the finest virgin oak and poplar, and
there is probably four years' cutting.
The Chesapeake & Ohio railroad will probably
build a new planing mill at Huntington, W. Va.,
this summer, Its present one not being large
enough. The proposed mill will he 300x81 feet
in dimensions. It will be fitted with the latest
Improved electrical machinery.
Proceedings were held here last week In the
case of the Cranor-Smlth Lumber Company
against the Winton Lumber Company of More-
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head, Kj'., which was forced into banlvi-uptcy
several months ago. The Cranor-Smith Company
holds the largest claim. J22.000. and will prob-
ably gain possession of all of the Winton Com-
pany's holdings.
Minneapolis.
F. M. Bartelme. who for some years has rep-
resented Tpham & .\gler of Chicago, has located
in Minneapolis and opened an office on his own
account. He will do a wholesale business in
hardwood lumber, with headquarters at 430 An-
drus building. Mr. Bartelme has made frequent
visits to Minneapolis and is well known to the
trade in the Northwest.
O. O. Agler of Upham & Agler was up from
Chicago a few days ago, getting a line on
conditions in the Northwest.
E. Payson Smith of the Payson Smith Lumber
Company is out on a short trip to Mississippi
river towns. A. S. Bliss of the same company
reports an e.fcellent demand for hardwoods.
Birch uppers are being sold for finish in remote
sections, paying as high as a forty cent rate
from Wisconsin, and cull birch is meeting
with an active demand. Oak is scarce and the
southern mills are so flooded that it is hard to
get any shipments through. From all accounts
the stocks of dry oak in the south are light, as
the winter has been unfavorable for logging.
C. F. Osborne of Osborne & Clark says the
trade with retail yards is beginning to drop off
seasonably, but as dry stocks are very light it
is a good thing. There is no sixteen-foot oak
left. The factory trade seems fairly well
stocked and is only taking hardwood in small
quantities to tide over till the new cut is dry.
Mill cull birch seems to be out of the market,
a test having failed to locate any. There is
still some shipping cull stock, but it is being
taken for flooring. Basswood culls are being
sold ahead to box manufacturers at advanced
prices.
J. T. Wyman of Smith & Wyman. the local
sash and door manufacturers, is back from an
extended pleasure trip, extending over part of
the south and as far west as Denver.
The record of building permits shows a fall-
ing off in activity in this city. In April there
were 644 permits issued with an estimated total
cost of $893,090. The same month last year
there were 670 permits, with a total cost of
.$1,. "■72. 625. The total value of permits issued
in four months this year is $2,629,27.5. The
total for the same months last year was
.f3,07.5,260.
The John C. Hill Lumber Company of St.
Paul has been made northwestern agent for the
I'ullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Company of
South Bend, Ind.
Hardwood Market.
(By HABDWOOD BECOBD
Chicago.
There are no startling features to report in
market conditions during the last two weeks.
While new sales are not crowding dealers there
is an insistent demand from buyers to have old
orders filled. Oak and poplar are the strongest
items in southern woods and there seems to be
an increased call for birch, maple and bass-
wood. The local situation is entirely healthy
and a good season's business may be safely pre-
dicted.
Boston.
Hardwoods have continued to show strength
during the past two weeks. Furniture manufac-
turers are busy. A representative of one of the
leading eastern desk concerns stated recently
that his company had orders enough on hand to
keep its plant busy well into the fall. Manu-
facturers of interior finish are all busy, and new
business is coming in freely. Fair stocks of
hardwoods are found in the local yards in most
instances. Dealers state that advices from mill
centers show that dry lumber of almost every
kind is in small offering.
Plain oak is very firmly held and offerings are
not large. Quartered oak is moving much better
than it did, and higher prices are being paid.
Brown ash moves in a fair way and prices are
strongly maintained. White ash is also very
Arm. Maple flooring is in good demand, many
buyers have fair stocks now and prices tend up-
wards. Native chestnut is in small offering.
The high prices demanded for cypress have
checked the demand to a large extent. White-
wood sells fairly well. Many are buying this to
be used as a substitute for cypress.
The export demand has ruled rather quiet of
late. Exporters do not look for a material in-
crease, as foreign buyers consider prices here
too high.
Exclusive Market Beporters.)
held strongly on a high price level. One large
buyer who recently returned from Memphis and
the Southwest reviews the manufacturing end as
very independent with manufacturers getting
prices f. o. b. mill points for plain oak and
other desirable stock for shipment to Mexico,
the Pacilic Coast and Middle West, at such a
high level as to make it impossible for eastern
buyers to purchase stock and pay freight east
and be able to realize an adequate profit. Under
these condition it is hard picking for east-
ern buyers at mill points and they are
realizing that it is necessary to not only buy at
Ihe market, but pay what is asked, if they are
going to have their usual qui.ta of stock for the
summer trade.
Stocks in the local market in the hands of
both buyers and manufacturers are only nomi-
nal. The high grades of poplar are scarce in
the face of a good call ; birch is also very active
and all offerings of dry stock are quickly ab-
sorbed. There is practically no birch veneer to
be bad in the district. Ash is also in big de-
mand, with all offerings of stock quickly ab-
sorbed. In chestnut it is very hard to get any-
thing in the betler grades, although there is
plenty of sound wormy and the lower grades.
Maple is only fair and there seems to be ample
stock for current wants. Quartered oak has
improved considerably of late, but there is no
scarcity of available stocks. Dimension oak and
particularly car and ship stock, is exceedingly
active in demand and orders hard to All. Beech
and red gum are being utilized more and more
and beech flooring seems to be taking on a
newness of life and to be entering increasingly
into factory work. Basswood is holding its own
and prices are on a level today which should
attract buyers.
Ne'w York.
Conditions in the local hardwood market are
very satisfactory. The demand is brisk for a
majority of the list, the only weak items being
lew-grade poplar and maple. The prospects for
a very satisfactory trade throughout the year,
with good prices, are generally bright. Reports
from producing points indicate that the better
grades in all the principal hardwoods are going
to be limited this year and will consequently be
Philadelphia.
The local market is e.xcellent and all woods
are holding up well, although there has been
no decided advance in price. The trade is a
unit in declaring that there is no weakness man-
ifest in any direction, and that it is much
easier to sell than to get lumber. The mills
are demanding higher prices for their stocks,
and this, together with the shortage in local
yards, and the demands of the retailers, has
succeeded in keeping the market up to the high
level of recent weeks. Manufacturers of furni-
ture still continue to send in large orders, and
some wholesalers are inclined to believe that
there will be a further advance in the price of
the popular woods.
Considerable quantities of maple were handled
during the last fortnight and quite a number of
cars of basswood sold, the sales in this latter
wood aggregating a higher average than for
some weeks past. Red and white oak is also
in good condition and there has been, as usual,
a big demand for sound wormy chestnut, but
no advance in price. The demand for oak gen-
erally has been greater than for some time, and
there has been a slight advance in the price of
this wood. Some dealers report that they are
handling more ash than ever before, there hav-
ing been an especially good demand for this
lumber in high grades, common or better, and
especially thick ash. The active trading has
slightly increased its price. Poplar is holding
well in high grades, the scarcity of stock being
still felt. The demand for oak and maple floor-
ing is good, the dealers being able to get the
full list price without difficulty.
Baltimore.
All the hardwoods continue to be in excellent
shape, with consumers eager after stocks and
dealers competing actively at the mills for sup-
plies. Quotations rule higli for all the hard-
woods in general use. Good dry oak is. of
course, in the lead. The demand from car build-
ers is most urgent, and as the.y pay high prices
and are liberal in their requirements, their busi-
ness is eagerly sought. Ash is also moving
freely, with walnut, chestnut and other woods
in excellent request.
The poplar situation has lost none of its
strength, stocks being in brisk demand and
manufacturers having plenty of orders on hand.
Values continue to be remunerative, though they
do not reach the high figures at first decreed by
manufacturers.
Tlie export business is hardly less active than
the domestic trade, large quantities of lumber
being shipped abroad. Persistent reports are in
circulation, however, that lumbermen are emu-
lating the example of other manufacturers and
sending their surplus out of the country to keep
up high prices here. It can be said, however,
that foreign consumers are becoming persuaded
by degrees that the prices here are not arbitrary,
and they are beginning to meet the terms of
shippers. There is some hesitancy, as is always
the case on a rising market, about placing con-
tracts for future delivery, but the business shows
marked improvement.
Detroit.
Market conditions show- no great change dur-
ing the fortnight, except that crating lumber of
all kinds is in very strong demand and at con-
siderably better prices than formerly. No. 3
common basswood is an especially good seller,
and the price runs as high as $18, in some cases.
Most of the mills tributary to Detroit have
stopped cutting tiiick maple. They claim that
the depreciation in this material, because of
season checks, much more than offsets the extra
price received on account of the thickness. Prac-
tically all the mills on the Mackinac Division
of the Michigan Central are sawing 1-inch and
lii-inch exclusively. The product goes to the
maple flooring factories. It certainly looks as
if thick maple would be scarce and higher in
the near future.
Local factories claim that southern shippers
are crowding the grade of their oak very hard,
and complaints on shipments are keeping asso-
ciation insi)ectors busy.
Pittsburg.
The demand for hardwoods in all grades and
of all kinds is extremely active. The only difB-
culty is to get stock to fill orders. Prospects
for a continuance of this activity are bright and
1006 bids fair to be a banner year for Pitts-
burg lumbermen.
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Oak is decidedly in the lead. There is prac-
tically no dry oak on the market and the little
that is available is chased hard, resulting in
prices above list being paid. For heavy oak
timbers there is going to be a splendid demand
all summer, as well as for ties, planking and in-
terior Suish. Ohio and western Pennsylvania
are being scoured by local firms for small tracts
of oak where portable mills can be put in to
advantage.
Chestnut continues to be an active seller. It
is being substituted by many contractors for
hemlock at slightly lower prices. There is no
surplus of stock and prices are very firm at
quotations. Maple is selling well, and beech
is coming into market in larger quantities than
for many months. The manufactories of Ohio
and the East are taking considerable quantities
of the minor hardwoods, ash, birch, cherry and
hickory, at good prices.
The danger of any serious disturbance in the
labor market has passed. About 500 carpenters
are out, but the majority of the contractors will
pay the $i a day asked. With the coming of
good weather a great deal of house building has
been projected, and this with the large number
of business structures going up will insure a
splendid market for the best grades of hardwood
all summer.
Buffalo.
The hardwood trade is quite satisfactory as
to sales, but dealers are troubled over the low-
ness of stocks. This means that while sales
have increased steadily all the year, it has not
been possible to get enough new lumber to replace
shipments. If the present drain continues, there
will not be even a fair assortment of stock in
most local yards in two months. The plan of
shipping to customers from buying points direct
is adopted wherever possible, the idea being
to keep a good all-around lot in yard to meet
hurry orders and save freight by the direct plan.
The Southwest has turned out less lumber
this year than usual, so that the special short-
age of oak, poplar and ash is to some extent
accounted for, but there seems to be no hope of
much recovery in chestnut, and some dealers
appear to have about given up searching for it,
saying it cannot be found except in chance lots.
This makes plain oak scarce and is drawing on
quartered more and more.
Maple has been used for ash till it is running
short, in spite of the big overstock of it last
year. Birch keeps up fairly well and is a good
seller always. White ash continues short of the
demand, and poplar is going out of sight in
price, at least so far as this market is con-
cerned. If basswood does not pick up soon it
will be strange, for it has been neglected so
long that the excessive price that spoiled the
trade no longer holds.
Dealers are making an extra effort to keep tip
stocks, and are covering a much wider territory
than ever before to do so. It is likely that dur-
ing the midsummer lull the effort will produce
good results, especially if the Southwest dries
up and logging Is easy again.
Saginaw.
Lumber is moving fairly well, the active
season in manufacturing and selling now be-
ing on. The market is firm with no special
features of interest. Some local dealers han-
dle a lot of southern oak and chestnut from
the point of manufacture direct to the cus-
tomer without bringing it here. A consider-
able quantity of hardwood stuff is also bought
by Saginaw valley dealers from hardwood
manufacturers along the lines of railroad in
the northern part of the state and while a
portion is brought to the yards here much of
it is sold and shipped direct to the consumer
from the mill. It is estimated that over 100,-
000.000 feet of hardwood stocks is handled by
dealers here every year, only about one-half
of which is manufactured in this district.
About 500,000 feet of beech was recently
sold to concerns for screen doors, flooring and
pulleys. iS'o. 2 common and better is held
here at $13 and $14. Elm is doing better than
it did last year and No. 2 common and better
is quoted at $22 to $26. Basswood is firm at
$23 and $15 for culls, birch is doing nicely at
.$20 to $25.50, ash is scarce and firm at $27, and
maple is in good demand at $16 and $1S.
Grand Rapids.
Most of the hardwood dealers in this city
report business good. Maple is moving better
and thick stock is looking up. Elm is showing
improvement, Willi prices liolding well. Ash,
black and white, are in good demand. The
basswood situation is improving. Birch con-
tinues a little slow.
Milwaukee.
Market conditions remain unchanged. In a
few instances carpenters liave gone out on
strike because contractors refused to recognize
the union, which has caused a cessation of build-
ing, but it is thought this will be of short dura-
tion and building will be resumed with renewed
vigor, so that the market will not be affected by
it to any great extent. As an indication of ob-
taining prosperity, the contract to furnish lum-
ber to the city of Milwaukee recently made by
the John Schroeder Lumber Company will serve
as an example. That company this year will
receive an advance of $2 a thousand on all kinds
of lumber except white oak, which shows a re-
duction of $1. The demand for ail hardwoods
is active, and the situation generally is satis-
factory.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn.
Hardwood conditions in this section are ex-
cellent. Mills are going up everywhere. East-
ern lumbermen are starting sawmills and lumber
manufacturing industries, evidently having great
faith in this section. The increase in volume
of business in the Bristol district this year has
been phenomenal. Prices are quite satisfactory,
though lumbermen are looking for even better
prices within a few weeks. The demand is
heavy, and the majority of the mills are unable
to supply their trade.
Stocks in the yards are low, nor is there much
chance of replenishing, as lumber is being
shipped out as rapidly as it is unloaded.
Cincinnati.
The scarcity of dry lumber is more acute in
this market at present than perhaps at any
time this year. The belief is also general that
it will be some time before this condition is
alleviated and for that reason consumers have
been buying available lots with great rapidity.
So far as prices are concerned the market is in
fine shape. Plain oak has sold freely and ad-
vanced prices are being obtained. Quarter-
sawed white and red oak have moved into con-
sumption at a steady pace and at satisfactory
figures. .\sh is particularly .scarce and rules
strong under an urgent call. Cypress, hickory
and chestnut have been in good request. Cotton-
wood firsts and seconds and red gum are active
and selling high. Poplar has met with a spirited
demand and with low stocks quotations are
stiffening gradually.
The labor situation is all right. Several hun-
dred planing mill hands struck on May 1 for
increased wages, but this controversy was quickly
settled. Weather conditions are favorable and
many new buildings have been started.
Chattanooga.
The universal cry among local lumbermen is
for dry stocks. The situation is a little easier
than it was a month ago, however, which is
probably due to the favorable weather of the
past few weeks.
Plain oak and chestnut are still the leaders.
Quartered oak in Nos. 1, 2 and 3 is not moving
as freely as might be desired. In poplar there
are on the market only the lower grades, the
higher grades being almost entirely .sold out.
The mills of this city will not have the log
supply this year that they had last. Since De-
cember 1 about twelve million feet of timber,
about half of which has come by river, has been
received. Prices hold their own : in fact, are
on the increase. There is a great demand here
for railroad ties, and this timber is becoming
scarce and prices are steadily advancing. Chest-
nut is being used almost exclusively in the manu-
facture of coflins and caskets, and the supply
is not equal to the demand as Chattanooga is
now becoming a cofiin and casket manufactur-
ing center of importance. Poplar is much used
in the manufacture of buggies, carriages, pianos,
etc. Walnut is about out of the market and
the little that can be had is readily taken by
sewing machine manufacturers.
St. Louis.
Trade in hardwood in St. Louis is brisk.
Stocks of dry lumber are probably lower than
for years and receipts are considerably below
average. The upper grades of poplar and plain
oak are exceptionally short. For the past two
months two of the large shipping yards here
have refused to sell inch plain oak in straight
carload lots. The upper grades of poplar have
advanced in this market during the past two
weeks. There is no indication of anything but
a continuance of firm prices all along the line.
The reports from the South are that stocks are
very low in the hands of millmen, and weather
conditions are still against a normal output.
Nashville.
Nashville lumbermen report an exceptional
run of business for the months of March and
April. 1906. Many of them report that they
did 100 per cent more business during these
months than for the corresponding months of
last year. Prices are steady with an upward
tendency. The interior finishing plants in this
section are rushed, and as a result the dry
stock in both plain and quartered white oak
is being cleaned up. There have been heavy
purchases of chestnut recently for eastern
concerns, and the market is practically bare
of that wood. Ash of all grades is in big de-
mand. Hickory is very scarce and poplar dry
stock is almost out of the market. There is
none of the higher grades to be found. Orders
and inquiries continue lively, and the Nash-
ville lumbermen are certainly getting their
share in the business that is doing.
Memphis.
There is a continued good demand for hard-
wood lumber and conditions are quite healthy.
Tliere is no appreciable increase in the offer-
ings ; in fact, if there is any change at all it
is in the direction of decrease. The domestic
demand is exceptionally good, while there is
not a little export business doing here owing
to the excellent prices offered _from the other
side of the water for southern hardwoods.
I'rices are quite firm, with every assurance of
remaining so for some time.
Ash and cypress are both in limited supply,
with an exceptional call for both. The mills
are doing all they can to meet requirements,
but the most acute scarcity is in lumber for
immediate shipment, with the result that lum-
lier now being put on sticks has very little bear-
ing on the situation. It is easy to book future-
delivery orders for either ash or cypress, but in
view of their scarcity manufacturers are some-
what slow about so doing.
Cottonwood is working into still stronger po-
sition and the cost of getting out timber, of
manufacture, and the scarcity of both raw ma-
terial and the sawn product, is responsible for
the advancing tendency displayed by prices.
Box boards are very scarce, as are also wide
and narrow firsts and seconds and box common.
Most manufacturers are in the market for these
grades instead of having anything to offer.
There is a growing demand for gum and a
nice volume of business therein. Firsts and
6o
HARDWOOD RECORD
seconds red are now commanding the best
price in the history ot this lumber and offer-
ings are not large. There is also a good de-
mand for lower grades, as well as for clear
saps. The small mills which usually glut the
glim market hare accomplished comparatively
little during the past few months, with the
result that there is no gum on the bargain
counter. Some thin stock is going into export
and several firms are making a specialty of this
material wth profit.
nan oak is holding its own. There is enough
demand to take everything offered at full prices.
Quarter-sawed oak is in moderate request, the
demand being rather better than heretofore.
Prices are not advancing much, but there is
a healthy undertone because there is no sur-
plus stock available.
All grades of poplar are selling well. The
lower grades are firm, in sympathy with the
scarcity and strength noted in cottonwood. while
the upper occupy about the same position as
other high grade lumber.
Louisville.
The Louisville hardwood market is probably
in better shape now than it has been for many
months. There is not an item on the list that
is not in good demand and bringing fair prices.
Some items are in more active demand than
others, among them ash. chestnut and plain-
sawed red and white oak. Probably the most
pleasing feature in the market is the active de-
mand for No. 1 common poplar. Last summer
and fall everybody was loaded with this grade
of poplar and endeavoring to sell it. Every-
thing else in poplar was selling well. Some be-
came discouraged, sorted over the piles of No. 1
common and made it into bevel siding, worked
it off into saps and one thing or another to
reduce their stocks a little. Now things are dif-
ferent : No. 1 common is in excellent demand,
with available dry stock pretty well cleaned up.
The best demand for this stock seems to be com-
ing from the planing mills, and evidently it is
taking the place of a higher grade of yellow pine.
For car stock generally the demand is good,
in many instances even urgent. The car people
have been paying premiums for prompt delivery,
and seem tp be well supplied with orders to
place for future delivery. The furniture trade
is in the market for all grades of stock and
taking a good volume of it. .The local trade in
hardwood flooring is active. The skating rink
craze has helped it along, increasing the demand
for maple flooring considerably. Hardwood man-
ufacturers are all busy, free from worry about
sales, only concerning themselves with the prob-
lem of getting out and shipping stock.
some heavy plank and wagon stock unsold, but
the supply is light and broken.
Trade is not heavy in other hardwood lines.
The factories have on hand good stocks of
birch uppers and elm, and business in those
woods is rather light here. Some shipments are
being made east and south. Low-grade birch
was in surplus, but is well cleaned out, and
what shipping culls are left sell readily for
flooring. Maple flooring is having a steady run,
and is bought more in smaller towns than a
year or so ago. Basswood is stronger than be-
fore. Uppers are running rather low, and are
in better demand th.in usual, while culls are
cleaned out, and box manufacturers are con-
tracting ahead for the new cut at prices a dollar
or two ahead of last year.
The furniture factories have some good busi-
ness ahead and will be excellent customers.
Big orders have been placed by local factories in
San Francisco.
Ashland, Ky.
The hardwood market in Ashland and vicinity
is in excellent condition. Hardwoods are selling
freely at list prices. Mills are all running full
time in an effort to keep up with orders. Stocks
are uniformly short, and orders for immediate
delivery are being turned down. Throughout
the Ohio river mills lumbermen were more pros-
perous and the trade this spring will largely
eclipse that of 1005.
Minneapolis.
This is rather off season tor the factory trade
in the Northwest to buy. The heavy buyers have
laid in their stock or placed orders to practically
supply their needs until some of the new stock is
ready for shipment. They are not stocked with
oak, and will buy freely any stock that is
offered with a prospect of early delivery. There
is very little to be had, however. Reports from
southern mills supplying this territory indicate
that there is very little oak on hand. Because
the winter season was so wet there was little
logging done and they have shipped out about
all of their stock. The general overflow has
prevented shipment from most of the mills, and
orders placed here some time ago in many cases
remain unfilled. As for northern oak, there is
Asheville.
Trade continues active and lumbermen are
enjoying a season of prosperity. The avail-
able supply of hardwoods is limited, and in
mauy cases orders for immediate delivery are
turned down. Chestnut leads in demand and
there is also a good call for poplar. Prices are
satisfactory in most instances. Prospects for
a continuance of activity seem very favorable.
Liverpool.
Trade generally has settled down very quickly
after the Easter holidays, and everyone seems
to be looking forward to a good run of business
during the next few months.
Three mahogany sales took place last week
and a large representative list of buyers were
present. The wood offered found a ready sale,
and as the stocks everywhere are extremely
light buyers at last sale prices have made ex-
cellent purchases. A. large quantity was pur-
chased on behalf of American buyers, several
fine figured logs were sold, one with n particu-
- larly rich broken roe and mottle realized $1.8.j
per superficial foot.
Prices of all classes of hardwood are strong.
Ash is in good request, and shipments arriving
are all going into consumption.
Several quotations from American shippers
came to notice within the past few days for
goods to arrive, and without exception prices
were much higher than have been paid here dur-
ing the last six months. Consumers here -are
holding off on account of these high prices and
buying from hand to mouth. In view of the
low stocks and increased cost of logs, shippers
should stick to their prices, and not ship unless
they have a definite order.
Oak has been coming in rather freely during
the last fortnight, but it is all wanted and buy-
ers are undoubtedly paying higher prices than
they were last year. However, it seems that
top prices for this wood have been seen, and
shippers would do well to dispose of stock at
present prices.
Hickory has gone to pieces, and numerous
parcels of logs have been hawked round the
market and have been sold at prices which must
be far from profitable to the shipper. This wood
will undoubtedly right itself in due course, how-
ever.
Birch has also eased, though slightly, in price.
This may always be expected at this time of
year, as buyers here do not care to stock same
in the hot weather.
Little or no walnut has been arriving at this
port during the last few weeks, but there are
large stocks on hand and we do not think this
wood has been affected by the general rise in
the price of lumber here.
It seems that the "Mariana" has arrived with
ten to twelve cars of walnut lumber, but after
inspection this proves to be principally medium
and common quality which no doubt will take
a great deal of "hard pushing" on the part of
the brokers here to sell at remunerative prices.
Saw Mill and
Standing Timber
For Sale....
Hardwood Mill, now sawing 4000
feet daily, on Illinois Central and
Southern Railways in Mississippi.
5000 acres good Gum, Oak, Ash,
Cypress amd Elm Timber.
Business in going condition. Electric
Light Plant; McGiflert Log Loader
and Full Logging Equipment; Live
Stock, etc.
Good opportunity for practical hard-
wood lumberman. For full particu-
lars, address
"CHESTER"
Care Hardwood Record.
WALNUT.
OAK.
ASH,
POPUP.
BLISS=COOK OAK
COMPANY
BLISSVILLE, ARK.
y\ ,\Nt:K ACTURERS
Hardwood
Lumber
^^— and ——
Flooring
We manufacture 15,000,000 feet of Oak
Lumber per year for export and domestic mar-
kets, from H to 4 inches thick.
Also Quartered and Plain Polished Oak Floor-
ing, kiln dried, end matched, hollow back.
Mills and Flooring Plants at
SHULTS AND BLISSVILLE. ARKANSAS
GUS. KITZINGER
Michigan Hardwoods
By Car or Cargo. Manistee, Mich.
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EMPLOYES WANTED.
WANTED.
Competent sawmill man owning a small 5 or
6 ft band mill to cut hardwoods in North
Carolina by the thousand ; ample log supply.
Would consider buying a band mill tot- respon-
sible party. Address
"A. L. v.," care H.irdwood Record.
ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER
Wanted in our Hardwood Department. Must
be a voung man of good habits and address,
energetic and a good all round oUice man and
correspondent, capable of buying and selling
by letter. He should also be familiar with
both the buying and selling end of the busi-
ness, and capable of falsing entire charge of
our Hardwood Department in the absence of
the manager. Address, giving experience, age,
reference and salary desired, to
"HARDWOOD JOBBER," care Hakdwood Rec-
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LUMBER WANTED
WANTED.
4/4 1st & 2nd Butternut.
4/4 1st & 2nd Chestnut.
4/4 to 8/4 1st & 2nd Cherry.
W. R. CHIVVIS,
Lesperance & Iron Mt. R. R., St. Louis, Mo.
WANTED.
To contract for the output for this year of
a good mill cutting Oak and Poplar lumber.
Address
"MORGAN," care Hardwood Record.
GKEEN WHITE AND RED OAK
PLANK.
300 M ft, prefer White Oak, 2%", 2%",
2%" and 3" thick. No. 1 Commons and Better.
Prompt shipment.
SICKLESTEEL LUMBER CO.,
Detroit, Mich.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak ; also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and Piling of all kinds.
CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO.,
1213 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago, 111.
WANTED— POPLAR, OAK, CHESTNUT.
Will receive lumber at shipping point and
pay cash. D. B. MURPHY & CO., London, Ey.
CHESTNUT, POPLAR, OAK, ASH.
Wanted all grades and thicknesses. Send
description and lowest cash price. Amount Jus-
tifies, will send buyer.
RODE & HORN, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Southern Office : Johnson City, Tenn.
OAK.
We are In the market for plain sawed oak,
all grades and thicknesses.
P. G. DODGE t CO., 2118 Lumber St., Chicago.
WHITE ASH WANTED.
50 M to 100 M feet of strictly clear, straight
grain, second growth white ash, ranging
from 3"x4" to 4"x5" — 12 and 14 foot
lengths, suitable for horse poles.
AMERICAN-LA FRANCE FIRE ENGINE CO,
Elmlra, N. Y.
WALNUT ONLY.
Wanted, Walnut lumber, green or dry, all
grades, all thicknesses, log run or on grades.
Highest market price paid. Liberal Inspection.
C. J. PRANK,
2440 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Ind.
WANTED — HARDWOOD LOGS.
200 U feet 28-Inch and up White Oak logs.
200 M. feet 12-inch and up Walnut logs.
50 M. feet 12-inch and up Cherry logs.
C. L. WILLEY,
Blue Island At. and Robey St. Chicago.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.
Common and better Hickory, .'),277 feet of
■2Vi", 1.092 feet of 3" and 1,024 feet of 4",
dry, eood quality.
' 'LOVE. BOYD & CO., Nashville, Tenn.
GOOD HICKORY FOR SALE.
Half carload sawn l"xl" square x 66" long.
Halt carload sawn 1% to 1% square x 60"
long E. DUNSTAN, Winona, Miss.
MACHINERY WANTED
GANG EDGER WANTED.
Small second-hand machine ; belt pulley on
left for horizontal running. .\ddress
II. S. McAFOOS, Gastown, Pa.
AT ONCE.
If you are In need of machinery — new or
second hand — a few lines in this column will
place your wants before those who have such
goods for sale. For particulars address
Hakdwood Recobd, Chicago, 111.
VIACHINERY FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
One six ft. Hoosler left-hand band mill, three
block carriage, latest improved dogs, Soule feed,
in use only about thirty days.
WRIGHT-BACHMAN LUMBER CO.,
Portland, Ark.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
WANTED.
Competent sawmill man owning a small 5 or
6 ft. band mill to cut hardwoods in North
Carolina by the thousand ; ample log supply.
Would consider buying a band mill for respon-
sible party. Address
"A. L. v., care Hardwood Record.
HARDWOOD TIMBER.
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Belt Route. Tracts ranging from
Are hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum, Cypress, some Ash,
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at very reasonable figures now — In
some cases at less than %1 per thousand stump-
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop-
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash bonus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for you.
E. W. LA BEAUME. G. P. & T. A.,
COTTON BELT, St Louis, Mo.
TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
Two thousand acres Pennsylvania hard-
wood. Railroad now being graded through
property. Low freight rates Pittsburg, Buf-
falo and Baltimore markets. Can show prop-
erty any time. Address,
"TIMBER," care Hardwood Record.
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know how certain things can be done In the
best way. Literary quality not essential. Lib-
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American Lumber & Mfg. Co. ... 9
Arpiu Hardwood Lumber Co.... 7i;
Babcock Lumber Company 0
Baruaby, C. H 7.j
Beyer, Knox & Co 83
Bliss & Van Aulien 10
Boyie, Clarence. Lumber Co 82
Boyne City Lumber Co 79
Briggs & Cooper Co 4
Browulee & Company 78
Buflulo Hardwood Lumber Co. . 83
Cadillac Handle Company 3
Cheat Kiver Lumber Co 9
Cberry Kiver Boom & Lbr. Co. . . 1
Chivvis, \V. It 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 81
Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3
Crosby 4c Beckley Co., The _7
Crosby, C. 1' 7U
Cummer, Dlgglns & Co 3
Davis, Jubu K., Lumber Co 76
D'Heur ils Swain Lumber Co... 75
Dennis Bros 79
Dennis & Smith Lumber Co T8
Dixon & Dewey 6
Duhlmeier Bros 80
Duhveber, John, & Co ■. . . 81
Ellas, G., & Bro 83
Empire Lumber Co.. Buffalo 83
Estabrooli-Skeele Lumber Co.... 82
Fall, E. H 80
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co 9
Freiburg Lumber Co 81
Fullerton-l'oweil Hardwood Lum-
ber Co 75
General Lumber Company 80
Goldie, J. S 79
Haak Lumber Company 79
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co 79
Hayden. Harvey S 74
Heath-Witbeck Company 82
Holloway Lumber Co 7
Ingram Lumber Company 76
Jenks. liubfrt H., Lumber Co. . . . 77
Joucs lIard>vood Company 7
Kampt. Albert R 2
Iveith Lumber Company 82
Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co.... 78
King & Bartles Lumber Co 77
Kitzinger, Gus 60
Leavitt Lumber Company 10
Lesb & Matthews Lumber Co . . . 82
Liuehan Lumber Company 9
Litchlield, William E 7
Long-Knight Lumber Company.. 75
McClure Lumber Company 78
Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 7
McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 83
MacBrlde, Thos., Lumber Co.... 79
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Co. . 81
Maley & Wertz 75
Martin-Barriss Company 77
Michigan Maple Company 10
Miller, Anthony 83
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Mowbray & Robinson 81
Murphy & Diggins 3
Nicola Bros. Company, The 9
No. Vernon Pump & Lbr. Co.... 2
Norman Lumber Company 2
North Shore Lumber Company.. 70
North Western Lumber Co 76
Page & Landeck Lumber Co.... 76
Perrlne-Armstrong Company 75
Peters, R. G., Salt & Lbr. Co. . . 79
Price. E. E 7
Radina. L. W., & Co ..'. 81
Rumbarger Lumber Co 1
Scatcherd & Son 83
Schofleld Bros 7
Siniiiious Lumber Company 79
SoMc Bros 7
Souihern Oak Lumber Co 82
Standard Hardwood Lbr. Co 83
Stephenson, The L, Company... 10
Stewart, I. N., A: Bro 83
Stimson, J. V 75
Sullivan, T., & Co 83
Tegge Lumber Company 74
Turner, A. M., Lumber Co 9
Upham & Agler 6
Van Keulen & Wilkinson Lumber
Company 79
Vollmar 1.V: Below 76
Wegstaff. W. J
Ward Lumber Company 82
Wentworth, Chas. S., & Co 7
White, W'. H., Company 78
Whitmer, Wm., & Sons. Inc.... 6
Wiborg & Ilanna Company 81
Wiggiu, H. D 7
Willson Bros. Lumber Company.. 9
Wistar, L'nderhill & Co 7
Yeager, Orson E 83
Young & Cutsinger 75
Young, W. D., & Co 10
SOUTHERN HARDWOODS.
Advance Lumber Company 77
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.... 9
.\tlantic Lumber Compauy
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Co 4
Beck, E. E., Lumber Company.. 81
Beyer, Kno.x & Co 83
Bennett & Wltte 81
Black, F. W., Lumber Co 82
Bliss-Cook Oak Co 60
Boyle, Clarence, Lumber Co.... 82
Briggs & Cooper Co 4
Brown, Geo. C., & Co 8
Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co.. . 2
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co... 83
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Co 10
Cherry Kiver Boom & Lbr. Co.. 1
Chicago Veneer Company 63
Chivvis, W. K 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 81
Crandall & Brown 82
Crane, C, & Co 81
Crittenden Lumber Co 4
Crosby & Beckley Co., The 7
Cypress Lumber Company 80
Davis, Edw. L., & Co 2
Davidson-Benedict Company 8
Dennis & Smith Lumber Co.... 78
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Co.... 75
Dierks Lumber & Coal Co 10
Dixon & Dewey 6
Duhlmeier Bros 80
Dulweber, .lohn, & Co 81
Ellas, G., & Bro 83
Empire Lumber Co., Buffalo.... 83
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. . . . 82
Fall, E. H 80
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company... 80
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co 9
Freiberg Lumber Company 81
Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lum-
ber Co 75
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.... 5
Hackiey-I'bPlps-Bonneli Co 79
Hafner Mfg. Co 5
Heath. Witl>eck Company 82
Himmelherger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Indiana Lumber Company 8
,Tenks, Robert H., Lumber Co.... 77
.Tones Hardwood Company 7
Kampf. Albert R 2
Keith Lumber Company. . .■ 82
Kentucky Lumber Company 80
Kentucky Lumber & Veueer Co..
King & Bartles Lumber Co
Leavitt Lumber Company
Lesh ^Vc Matthews Lumber Co. . . .
Linehan Lumber Company
Litchlield, Wm. E
Long-Knight Lumber Company..
Loomis & Hart Mfg. Co
Love, Boyd & Co
Luehrmann. Chas. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company
McClure Lumber Company
Mcllvain, .1. Gibson. & Co
McLean, Hugh. Lumber Co
McLean Lumber Company
Maley. Thompson & Moffett Co. .
Martin-Barriss Company
Miller. Anthony
Nicola Bros. Company
Noi'man Lumber Company
Ozark Cooperage Co
Paepeke-Leicht Lumber Co
Page & Laudcrk Lumber Co....
Price. E. K
I'rewitt-Spurr Mfg. Co
Rhubesky, E. W
Radina. L. W., & Co
Ransom. ,T. B., & Co
Kitter, W. M.. Lumber Co
Roy Lumber Company
Rumbarger Lumber Company....
Scatcherd & Son
Schofield Bros
Smith, W. E., Lumber Co
Southern Lumber Company
Southern Oak Lumber Co
Standard Hardwood Lbr. Co. . . .
Standard Lumber & Box Co. . . .
Steele & Hlbbard
Stewart. I. N., & Bro
Stevens-Eaton Company
Stimson. J. \^
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co
Stotz Lumber Company, Inc. . . .
Sullivan, T., & Co
Swann-Day Lumber Company...
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co. . . .
Three States Lumber Company..
Turner, A. M., Lumber Co
TTpbam & Ag'ei-
Ward Lumber Company
Wentworth, Chas. S., & Co
Whitmer, Wm., & Sons, Inc....
Wiborg & Hanna Company
Wiggiri, H. D
Willson Bros. Lumber Company..
Yeager, Orson E
FOFI.AB.
Advance Lumber Company
Atlantic Lumber Company
Bennett & Witte
Brown. W. I'., & Sons Lbr. Co..
Cheat River Lumber Company...
Chicago Veneer Company
Crane, C, & Co
Davis. Edw. L.. & Co
Davidson-Benedict Company
Dawklns, W. H., Lumber Co....
Hayden. Harvey S
Kentucky Lumber Company
Kentucky Lbr. & Veneer Co
Loomis & Hart Mfg. Co
Ritter, W. M., Lumber Co
Roy Lumber Company
Rhubesky, E. W
Southern Lumber Company
Stevens-Eaton Company
Swann-Day LumheT* Company...
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co....
Vansaut, Kitclieu & Co
Yellow Poplar Lumber Co
75
COTTONWOOD ANSGOM.
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Co 4
Farrin-lvorn Lumber Company... 80
Himmelherger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Luehrmann. C. P., Hardwood
Lumber Company 5
Ozark Cooperage Co 5
Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Co 4
Smith, W. E., Lumber Co 4
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.., 6
Stotz Lumber ■ Compauy, Inc 2
Three States Lumber Co 4
CYPRESS.
Crandall & Brown 82
Cypress Lumber Company 80
Hafner Mfg. Co 5
Lothman Cypress Co 5
Thompson, J. W., Lumber Co.... 4
HARDWOOD FltOORIirO.
Bliss-Cook (lak Cnipauv 60
Bliss & Van Auken 10
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Co 10
Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3
Cummer, Diggins & Co 3
Haak Lumber Compauy 79
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring
Company 8
Pease Comi>any. Tlie 80
Stephenson, The I., Company... 10
Wood Mosaic Flooring Co 2
Young, W. D., & Co 10
SAW MII.I. MACHIBERY.
Mershon Company, The 74
Phoenix JIfg. Company 76
WOOD WORKING MACHINERY
American Wood W'orking Ma-
chinery Crimpany 69
Berlin Machine Works. The 67
Defiance Machine Works 64
Ober Mfg. Company. The 77
Smith, H. B.. Machine Company 68
VENEER MACHINERY.
Coe Manufacturing Company.... 71
I.OGGING MACHINERY.
Clyde Iron Works 66
Lidgerwood Mfg. Co 65
Overpack, S. C
Russell Wheel & Foundry Co.... 78
I.UMBER INSTTBANCE.
Adirondack Fire Insurance Co.. 1
Lumber Insurance Company of
New York
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. Boston
Lumber Underwriters
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company.. 1
Rankin, Harry, & Co 61
Toledo Fire & Marine Ins. Co...
SAWS, KNIVES AND SUFPljIES
Atkins, E. C. & I'o 7.1
Hanchett Swage Works 66
Champion Saw Company... G6 & 74
Shlmer, S. J., & Sons 70
MISCELLANEOUS.
Barroll, H. C, & Co 10
Lacey. J. D., & I'o 72
Lumbermen's Credit Assn 64
Pease Company. The 80
Schenck, C. A., & Co 66
CHICAGO VENEER COMPANY
'.INCORPORATEIJJ
MANUFACTURERS OF
Rotary Cut Poplar Veneer
We have over four million feet of selected veneer logs on
hand. Our plant is especially adapted for making extra large
sizes and we cater only to the high grade trade.
BURNSIDE,
KENTUCKY
64
HARDWOOD RECORD
"DEFIANCE" WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY
TRIPLE HOOP AND TEUNK SIAT PLANER.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
HIGH GRADE TOOLS
^ FOR MAKING ^
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops,
Wagons, Carriages, Handles, Bobbins, Spools,
Rims, Shaits, Poles, Insulator Pins and
Neck-Yokes, Oval Wood Dishes.
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
Send for 500 Page Catalogue
HAMMER AND HATCHET HANDLE LATHE
Save Your Money
By Using the
RED BOOK
Published Semi-Annually
in January and July
WRITE FOR TERMS.
Lumbermen's Credit Association
ESTAIJI.TSHED 1878
1405 Great Norlhern Building. : CHICAGO
16 Beaver Sireel. NEW YORK CITY
MENTION THIS PAPER
It Lontainsacareful-
ly prepared list of the
buyers of lumber in
car lots, both among
the dealers and manu-
facturers.
The book indicates
their financial .stand-
ing and manner of
meeting obligations .
Covers the UMTED
STATES and MANI-
TOBA.
The trade recognizes
this book as the auth-
ority on the lines it
covers.
A well organized Col-
lection Department is
also operated, and the
same Is open to you,
Industries are Offered Locations
WITH SATISFACTORY INDUCEMENTS, FAVORABLE
FREIGHT RATES, GOOD LABOR CONDITIONS,
HEALTHFUL COMMUNITIES, on the lines of
The Illinois Central R. R. and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.
For full information and descriptive pamphlet address
J. C. CLAIR, Industrial Commissioner, I Park Row, Chicago, III.
WOOD WORKING
PLANTS
Manufacturers seeking lo-
cations for Saw Mills,
Stave and Heading Fac-
tories and other Wood
Working Plants in the
Central Southern States,
can secure full and accu-
rate information as to Sites,
Timber Tracts, Fuel,
Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressing
G. A. PARK,
General Immigration and Industrial Agent
Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company
Louisville, Kentucky
HARDWOOD
TIMBER
There is no section with so fine and
large a supply of hardwood timbers
of various kinds left for the lumber-
men as that portion of the South in
Alabama, Georgia. Kentucky, Missis-
sippi, North Carolina. South Carolina.
Tennessee and Virginia served by the
lines of the
Southern Railway
and
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
There are oak, poplar, hickory, gum.
cypress, ash, elm. buckeye, balsam,
spruce, chestnut, and other varieties,
There are also available pine lands.
These timber resources and many
other important features bearing on
the cost of manufacture and market-
ing give special advantages and oppor-
tunities for EVERY KIND of WOOD
rSING INDUSTRY. We have infor-
mation about the best locations in the
country at towns in these States and
in Southern Indiana and Southern
Illinois, which will be given if request-
ed. All correspondence in regard to
timber lands or factory locations will
be given prompt and confidential at-
tention. Address your nearest agent.
M. V. RICHARDS.
Land and Industrial Agent.
Washington, D. C.
CHAS. S. CHASE, Agent.
622 Chemical Building,
St. Louis, Mo.
M. A. HAYS. Agent.
225 Dearborn Street.
Chicago, 111,
Locations for
Industries
THE ERIE, THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Erie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise with man-
ufacturers of specific products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable information, so as
to promote permanent traffic, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Railroad Company
21 Cortlandt Street, New York
HARDWOOD RECORD
65
Skidders
Snakers
Lidgerwood Machines
Will Stock Your Mill
Lidgerw^ood Skidders
Lidgerwood Snahers
Lidgerwood Yarders
Lidgerw^ood Roaders
Lidgerw^ood Pull Boats
Lidgerw^ood Cablew^ays
LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO.
NEW YORK
ATLANTA
SEATTLE
NEW ORLEANS
Loaders
Cableways
66
HARDWOOD RECORD
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If your circle of
operations included a
McGlFFERT LOG LOADER
you'd find your bank balance much larger
and expenses much smaller at the close of the
year because —
The McGiffert, propelling itself, spotting and switching its own
cars (when necessary), reduces switch bills, loS time and
covers more ground.
Because of its weight, Aeel con^ruction and
great power, it can skid logs from 6 to 800
feet on both sides ( at the same time ) so much
faSer and cheaper than horses
can possibly do it, and Because
of its simplicity and ease of oper-
ation, logs may be loaded as
fail as man can "hook" them
and any size logs, too.
Our catalogue co^s you nothing
but tells how you can save money.
Manufactured by
CLYDE IRON WORKS
DILUTH. MINN.
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SWAGE YOUR SAWS
Hanchelt Circular Saw Swage
WITH THE
Hanchett Adjustable Swa^e
Made for either Band or Circular Saws.
Every Swage thoroughly tested and
fully guaranteed. For full information
write for Catalog No. 10.
M;inufactured by
Hanchett Swage
Works
BIG RAPIDS, MICH.. U. S. A.
Lumbermen, Attention!
If you own any timber or timber lands.
If you are contemplating buying or selling any timber or
timber lands.
If you want your stumpage accurately estimated.
If you want an exact survey or map of your property.
If you want advice in any logging or lumbering proposition.
Write to us and find out what we can do for you.
We send thoroughly reliable and practical engineers to all
parts of the country, and guarantee quick and accurate work.
\j» A, oCilCnCK ^ i/0* NORTH Carolina'
Consulting Forest Engineers
United with knowledge of its
manufacture is best crucible saw
steel. ^ Knowledge plus ma-
terial IS a reason for good saws.
CHAMPION SAW CO.
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
HARDWOOD RECORD
67
Berlin No. 284 Band Resaw
Buying a Band Resaw without seeing the rear
of it is like buying a horse when you can see
nothing but its head sticking out of the stable door.
Have you ever noticed that the rear view of a
resaw is seldom shown ?
Why?
Simply because the rear view of most of them
shows bad features, or, at the best, no good ones.
It's different with this machine.
Look at that base extending beyond the lower
wheel at both sides.
No chance for vibration there!
No special foundation necessary. See those out-
side bearings, supported at both ends of a column
cast in one piece.
Hot bearings not known by users of this machine.
Our Band Saw Book illustrates and describes our
complete line of Band Resaws and Rip Saws.
It also contains an illustrated treatise on "Fitting
and Operating" and we'll gladly send it to you
postpaid if you are interested.
What is vour address ?
THE BERLIN MACHINE WOKKS, Builders
Beloit, Wisconsin, U. S. A.
BRANCHES: NEW YORK. CHICAGO. BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO. SEATTLE, NEW ORLEANS and MACON, GA.
68
HARDWOOX) RECORD
The Profit Builder
N0.105-A, EXTRA HEAVY 12-INCH MOULDER
T HAS been our purpose during the last half century to develop
a line of wood working machines containing the best work-
iV manship and material . that American skill and wisdom can
afford. This fact we are j)roud to say is well established in
the minds of our many patrons. We have, however, now
exceeded ourselves by the development of a remarkable Moulder, the
excellence of which is due to our obtaining written suggestions from more
than a thousand operators throughout America. This machine stands alone
as being the composite idea of the thinking operators of this country. One
year's test of its work has convinced us that it is impossible for you to
compete successfully against the Smith Moulder with any other machine.
Can't w^e send you prices and literature i
Branches :
New York, Chicaigo,
Boston
H. B. SMITH MACHINE CO.
SMITHVILLE, N. J., U. S. A.
HARDWOOD RECORD
69
The American
No. 112 Single and
Double Surfacers
Built to work 24 in. or 30 in.
wide by 8 in. thick. Four
power driven rolls. Infeed
roll solid or divided as or=
dered. Top cylinder is dou=
ble belted, has patent side
clamping cylinder boxes.
Investigation is the Spirit of the Age.
The Opportunity is Yours.
Improve It.
Address nearest salesroom for desired Information, Catalogue and Prices.
AMERICAN WOOD WORKING MACHINERY COMPANY
NEW ORLEANS
Hennen Building
SALESROOMS:
CHICAGO
43 South Canal Street
NEW YORK
136 Liberty Street
yo
HARDWOOD RECORD
Be Choice About Your Cutter Heads
FOR THEY ARE THE MEASURE OF RESULTS
THE MAN WHO
DOES NOT CARE
FOR RESULTS
DOES NOT CARE
FOR TIME.
mW'
THE SHIMER CUTTER HEADS
PRODUCE GOOD RESULTS
C They match Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Rabbet Ship Lap, Joint Square Edges, Mould
Doors, Sashes, Blinds, and do the Coping to match. They are also made for many kinds of
special work.
C It has been demonstrated many times that monies invested in a small outfit of The Shimer
Cutter Heads will save their cost within a few weeks use. They are, therefore, GOOD
TOOLS TO DEPEND ON year in and year out. They are built for business, having
within their make-up the principles required to reduce to a system the routine of keeping
the knives in perfect order.
C The arranging of the Cutters in pairs, and in upper and lower series, is distinctively the
plan of The Shimer Cutter Head. It provides for the perfect clearance to all leading points,
and permits a ready expansibility of the tongue and groove for tight or loose fitting, or for
thicker or thinner stock.
C Bear in mind the exact counterpart of your work is found in the Cutters we furnish, sav-
ing you all hand fitting. It is this "little item" of fitting (oft repeated) that makes straight
bits expensive — that brings about delays to your machine — that curtails your capacity.
C Insist upon having The Shimer Cutter Heads and you will receive from your machinery
the maximum of capacity, and with this condition, results will be all you can wish for.
C We make a number of Heads for special purposes. Upon any design of material you get
out in quantity let us give estimate on the Head to do the work. Our prices are all
uniformly low — our goods of best quality.
SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Inc.,
MILTON,
PENNSYLVANIA.
HARDWOOD RECORD
71
A PAGE OF THE FAMOUS COE VENEER MACHINERY
Coe Veneer Saw
Coe Stamper Style H Veneer Cutter
Shese machines and many others are fully described in our 1906 Cataloe No. 5. fV rite for a copy to-day.
THE COE MFG. CO. '"'sSr'' PAINESVILLE, OHIO
HARDWOOD RECORD
WE BOUGHT
■AND-
SOLD
for our clients nearly
$10,000,000
Worth of Timber Lands During Year of
...1905...
REASONS:
WE estimated every tract.
WE employ reliable and expert cruisers.
WE never offer any property without our own
estimates on every 40-acre sub-division.
WE deal with buyers and owners direct.
WE guarantee reliable information.
WE solicit correspondence.
JAMES D. LACEY (Si, CO.
608 Hennen Building,
NEW ORLEANS
507 Lumber Exchange Building,
SEATTLE, WASH.
1200 Old Colony BIdg.,
CHICAGO
HARDWOOD RECORD
73
Branches:]
Memphis
MinoeipoUs
Allanla
Porllaod
New Orleans
Seattle
Chicago
San FraDcisco
New York
Toroolo, Caoada
74
HARDWOOD RECORD
The Tegge Lumber Co.
MILWAUKEE
WI SCONSIN
BUYERS OF
ALL KINDS OF
HARDWOOD LUMBER
KNIVES
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
You are hereby notified that the co-partnership heretofore
existing between ERNEST B. LOMBARD and HARVEY
S. HAYDEN, under the name and style of HAYDEN &
LOMBARD, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Mr.
Lombard retires from said business. Mr. Hayden is now the
sole and absolute owner of all the firm's business and property,
and has assumed and will pay the firm's liabilities. The busi-
ness will hereafter be conducted under the name of HARVEY
S. HAYDEN.
Chicago, 111., April 25, 1906.
All the finishing machines we use in the manufac-
ture of your planer or other knives fulfill their
purpose accurately.
Well designed machinery , plus special knowledge
of manufacture, means good knives.
CHAMPION SAW COMPANY,
BEAfER FALLS, PA.
MERSH ON
Band Resawing
Machinery
for all requirements
WM. B. MERSHON
4 CO.,
Saginaw,
Michigan
MERSHON NEW HORIZONTAL BAND RESAW FOR SAW MILLS
ALLIS-CHALMERS COMPANY, Seltlle. Wash.. Ajenls lor Northern Pacific Territory, THE EBY MACHINERY CO., San Francisco, Cal., Agents lor Calilornia and Nevada.
HARDWOOD RECORD
/.T
$ INDIANA $
.WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW-
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart^rM White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers aod Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet — Hardwood Specialties
The largest Band Mill in Indiana. FORT WAYNE, IND.
J. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG. IND.
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
76 HARDWOODRECORD
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WHE.RE THE FINEST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW
NORTHERN STOCK
Hemlock
Birch
Basswood
Rock Elm
Soft Elm
Ash
Oak
SOUTHERN STOCK
Quartered White and Red
Oak
Plain White and Red Oak
Syca more
Poplar
Cypress
Gum
PAGE & LANDECK LUMBER CO.
Wells Building
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
wmmmmm^m
WAUSAU, WIS.
BASSWOOD, BIRCH
We cut four million feet of each annually
Your Inquiries and orders solicited
MILL AND YARDS AT INORAK, WISCONSIN
C. p. CROSBY
RHINELANDER : : : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from 1 inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak. : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
North Western Lumber Co*
General Offices; EAU CLAIRE, WIS. Mills at STANLEY, WIS.
BAND SAWED
Wisconsin Hardwoods
CAREFUL GRADINGS PROMPT SHIPMENTS
SPECIALTIES:
Inch No. 2 Common Birch Inch No. 3 Common Birch
MIXED CARS - EVEN GRADES - PROMPT SHIPMENT
Wisconsin Hardwoods
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
1" No. 1 Common and Better Bircli (Red in)
1" No. 1 Common and Better Basswood
1" No. 1 Common and Better Hard Maple
Also Elm, Pine, Cedar Products,
and "SHAKELESS" Hemlock.
John R. Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS,
WISCONSIN
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, - - - WISCONSIN
Saw and Planing Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis., on Soo Lines.
■ Manufacturers
Wisconsin Hardwoods
PINE AND HEMLOCK
WRITE US FOR PRICES ON
1,1^.1'/^ AND 2 INCH PLAIN AND RED BIRCH. l^s INCH RED BIRCH.
1 INCH NO. 1 AND NO. 2 BASSWOOD. RED BIRCH FLOORING.
VOLLMAR & BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood, Birch
and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
Ten per cent
More Profit
Tbe prollts of a saw mill
can readily be increased ten
per cent by nsing a band mill
instead of a rotary. The
price of this mill with eix
foot wheels for saws eipht
Inches wide is readily within
the reach of all. It cuts
smooth and perfect lumber
and has a capacity of 26,000
feet to 35.000 feet per day. It
runs with less expenditure of
power than a rotary and puts
only half as much of the log
into saw dust as does the
circular saw.
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
HARDWOOD RECORD
//
CUE V ELAND
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF NORTHERN OHIO
The King & Bartlcs Lumber Company
We want to move some 5 4" to 16/4" Wisconsin Birch in pile in
our Cleveland yard. We also liave a few cars ot 1" No. 1 Com-
mon and Ists and 2nds Northern Winter-sawn Basswood. bone
dry. We have in pile In Wisconsin for immediate shipment the
following:
2 cars 4 4" Ists and inds Birch, unselected
3 cars 4 4" No. 1 Common Birch, unselected
1 car 4 4" Ists and 2nds Curly Birch, unselected
Send us your inquiries and we will quote you delivered prices.
Yard and Office; No. 1955-2025 Scranton Road, N. W.,
CLEVELAND
OHIO
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
Ihe Advance Lumber Co.
RockSier Bidg. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Memphis Office, No. .56 Randolph Building. J. E- MKADOWS, Mgr.
MARTIN-BARRISS
COMPANY
Importers and Manufacturers
MAHOGANY
AiMn FINE
HARDWOODS
THE
ROBERT HJENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE.
60 M feel 1" Isl and 2ds Poplar
223 M leel I" No. 1 Common Poplar
125 M leel I" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 M leel 2 ' Isl and 2nd Poplar, 14" and up
125 M leel 8 4" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
275 M leel I" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
153 M feel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M leel I" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M leel I" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red OaR.— We have a good assort-
ment of dry stock, i/i 104 inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red OaK.— A limited amount of nice
stock, ready for shipment.
This cut sfiows the No. 1 OBER LATHE for turning Axe,
Adze, Pick, Sledge, Hammer ami Hatchet Handles, Spokes,
Whiffietrees, Gun Stocks, Lasts and other irregular work.
% Simple, Strong, Durable, Economical
We also manufacture other lathes for making handles, spokes
and variety work, sanders, shapers, boring and chucking
machines, rip saws, etc., etc. Complete cata-
logue and price list free.
THE OBELR MFG. CO.
28 Bell St., Chagrin Falls. O.. U. S. A.
HARDWOOD RECORD
M I C H I a A N
1
FAMOUS FOR HARD MAPLE AND GRCY E. L M
W. H. WHITE, Pres.
JAS. A. WHITE, Vice-Pres.
W. L MARTIN, Secy.
THOS. WHITE. Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocK Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White RocK Maple Flooring.
MAY STOCK LIST
MAPLE
BIRCH
BASSWOOD
1 in. 3,000,000 ft.
1 in 500,000 ft.
J in. 300,000 ft.
1«4 " 100,000 •'
l\i " 400,000 •'
1}^ " 100,000 "
I'A " 30,000 "
1'^ '• 50,000 "
3 " 100,000 "
3 " 1,000,000 "
314 " 50,000 "
2 " 75,000 "
214 " 300,000 "
354 " 500,000 "
3 •• 75,000 "
3 •• 4,000 ••
ROCK ELM
4 '< 400,000 '•
3 in. 35,000 ft.
GRAY ELM
BEE.CH
354 " 50,000 "
1 in. 300,000 ft
1 in. 500,000 ft.
I'A " 250,000 "
155 " 400,000 "
WHITE MAPLE.
End Piled
]J4 " 200,000 "
3 " 300,000 "
1 in. 100,000 ft.
ASH
2 " 100,000 "
154 " 30,000 •'
35^ " 300,000 "
2 " 50,000 "
1 in. 500,000 ft.
KELLEYLyiER&SflliLE CO, Traverse City, Mich.
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES.
DETROIT, MICH.
MILLS AT- Healers. W. Va. Valley Bend, W. Va. Diana. W. Va. Parkersburf,
W. Va. McNult Siding. W. Va.
■THE THICK MAPLE FOLKS"
B
ROWNLEE
DETROIT
&c
OMPANY
MICHIGAN
MANUFACTURERS OF
Michigan Hardwoods
DOCKS AND PLANING MILL, KIVER ROUGE, SOUTH DETROIT
CITY OFFICE, 303 TELEGRAPH HLDG.
NcCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main Olfices. DETROIT. MICH.
Mills. EUTAW. ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
.? cars 2" Red and White Oak 2 cars 2" Black Ash
3 cars 2", i'A", .r and 4" White Ash 10 cars 1" to 4" Dry Hard Maple
2 cars 1" 6 4 While Ash 5 cars 1" Los Run Birch
I car *? A and s 4 Hickory
RUSSEL WHEEL & FOUNDRY COMPANY
Builders of
Logging Cars
^'"^ Logging
Machinery
ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO
HAVE OPPORTUNITY OF
POINTING OUT ADVAN-
TAGES OF THEIR
EQUIPMENT.
Detroit, Mich.
HARDWOOD RECORD
79
MICHIGAN
FAMOUS FOR RED BIRCH AND BASSWOOD
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGK CAl'ACITY PROMI'T SHITMliNTS RAIL OR CARGO
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac,
Michigan*
SPPXIAI, PRICES on Sin. Maple Squares.
Maple and Basswood Lumber.
1 in. and 3 in. Northern Michigan Soft Elm.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED ON ALL HARDWOODS.
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
=^^==^=^= FOR SALE BY ==^=^^^^=
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE. MICHIGAN
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Complete Stocks of Michigan Hardwoods — Maple. Beech, Birch, Elm.
Ash and Basswood for sale.
Grand Rapids, : : : Michigan
OUR MAPLE FLOORING
is as near perfectioii, in every particular, as it is
possible to make it, for we persoualh' supervise
every step in its manufacture, from the stump to
the shipping of the finished product. Our prices
will interest and a trial convince you. ; ;
HAAK LUMBER COMPANY
HAAKWOOD. MICHIGAN
HackleyPhelpsBonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
MaJD Office, Micfiigan Trust CompaDy Building
GRAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN
nRININIS BROS.
GRAND RAPIDS. : : : MICHIGAN
M A N I- F A C T U R K R S O K
Hardwood Lumber, Perfect
Birch and Maple Flooring
DRY STOCK AT BARGAIN PRICES:
'2 cars S 4 Basswood, No. I Common and Better.
3 cars 5 4 Basswood, No. 2 Common and Better.
15 cars 4 4 Birch, No. I and 2 Common.
1 car 1x4 Clear Birch Strips-
2 cars 4 4 No. 3 Common Cherry.
60M feet 12 4 Hard Maple.
34.')M feet X 4 Hard Maple.
40M ff et S 4 Hard Maple. No 3 Common.
Main Office :
205-209 Michigan
Trust
Company
Building
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
he; AD QUARTERS FOR
HARDWOODS
IN MICHIGAN
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
BIRCH
Th
s is our specialty. We are in the heart of the best Birch
section. Have pood stock, Common and better,
4-4, 5-4, 0-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, and 16-4.
Let us figure with you.
S
immons Lumber Company
SIMMONS, MICHIGAN
The North Shore Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS
Hardwood and Hemlock
Lumber^ Cedar Products
Rail and water shipments
THOMPSON
MICHIGAN
8o
HARDWOOD RECORD
i'^* 1 IX T i"^ f IX-T IX-T A T^ 1
oirNOirNrsiA i i
THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
WANTED
Oak
Walnut
Gum
Cottonwood
Poplar
White Pine
Hemlock
Yellow Pine
Will inspect at shipping point
when quantity justifies and
pay cash. Can use entire mill
cuts. Write us before selling
elsewhere. We can also handle
mixed cars of dressed stock.
Send us your list with prices.
Kentucky Lumber Co.
Suile 508 First National Bank Bldg
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fonnerlv of Buniside, Ky
E. H . FALL
EXPORTER
. . . OF . . .
WALNUT, POPLAR
■^^^==^=: AND ^=^==^
BIRDSEYE MAPLE LOGS
Cash paid for Black Walnut Logs at point of shipment. If you have
any walnut logs to offer, write me.
I have some Sycamore. Red Oak, Ash and other hardwood logs which
1 am prepared to saw to order. Correspondence solicited.
Can also supply Black Walnut lumber, sawed to any speciQcation
required.
PORT CLINTON
OHIO
The Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co.
HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS
Post office and Band Mill,
RC2BINS, KY.
Shipping Point and Telegraph Office.
JACKSON, KY.
Specialties:
PLAIN WHITE OAK
YELLOW POPLAR
OAK PLANKING
RAILROAD TIES
We manufacture all the lumber we sell from original forest timber.
Therefore the lengths and widths are good. All logs are manufactured
in ten to thirty days after being felled, insuring bright, new stock, free of
sap worms and rot WRITE OR WIRE FOR PRICES.
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
Plain and uuartere«l White and Red (.);ik. Yellow Poplar,
Yellow iMne. Walnut, etc. Mills in Tenn., Ala. and Ya.
OFFICE AND YARDS. OEST AND DALTON AVE.. CINCINNATI, OHIO.
<(
BUY GUM"
vPe are in the market to buy
Dry Glim Lumber in any
quiiiitity, from a single car
load to a million feet. Will
take all grades and thick-
nesses. We receive lumber
at shipping point, pay cash
and iue libenil in in.-pection.
Cypress Red Gum
FRAMES.
SASH, DOORS.
BLINDS. MOULDINGS.
COLUMNS. GLASS.
STAIRWORK.
INTERIOR TRIM.
The only trade paper reaching all classes
of hardwood consumers
HARDWOOD RECORD
355 Dearborn St., Chicago
THE FAI^RIN.KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General Office, Yards,
Planing Mills. Dry Kilns.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Purchasing Office,
Randolph Huildlng,
Memphis, Tenn.
Oak
PAINTS,
BUILDERS' HARDWARE.
MANTELS. ETC.
LARGE CINCINNATI FAC
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
PLAIN OAK^BASSWOOD
Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Hemlock, yellow Pine.
COLUMBUS 0 OHIO
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
HARDWOOD RECORD
8i
t"^ I 1X_T i"^ I 1N.T 1N.T A T^ 1
oirNt^irsrsiA i i
THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
BENNETT 6 WITTE,
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
THAT ARE SOLD
ON NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION
INSPECTION ONLY.
Di.i- .„^ n....<...,i ' White and Red OaK
Plain and Quartered . . , ^^^ ^„j Sap Gum
Cottonwood, Ash, Cypress, Poplar, Soft Maple, Tnpelo
Gum and Chestnut. We cut Gum and Oak in Thick-
nesses of )^ to 4 inches. EXPORT AND DOMESTIC.
224 W. 4th Street,
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Branch: 1301-2 Tenn. Trust, Memphis, Tenu.
Cash buyers for stock in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
.i:sT AM) SI.AIMI K STKl-l.I-
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers
KiiUfly ligiircd quarter sawed oak venders a upecialty.
WHAT HAVK VOU FOR SAI,K IN
Red and White OAK Qtd. and Plain
ALSO POPLAR, CHESTNUT, WALNUT, ETC.
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Office:
1219 West Sixth Street
Yards:
Sixth Street, below Harriet
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
C a ^ h H \\ vers
Poplar, Oak, Chestnut
And Other Southern Hardwoods
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES.
WE BllY MILL CUTS
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
M.inufacliirtTS of
Tabasco Mahogany
Walnut, OaR
Poplar, McLean and Findlay A^*^
CINCINN.\TI,0-
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI. OHIO
PLAIN
AND
QUARTER
SAWED
CHESTNUT !
POPLAR !
GUM AND !
CYPRESS !
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
THE
MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always in the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS,
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS,
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI,
OHIO
Poplar, Oak,
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore,
W. Va. Spruce,
Pine and Elm
C. Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
2.000,000 feet Dry Oah
2,000,000 feet Dry Poplar
Mostly heavy slock. QuotalioDS Solicited.
MILLS AND YARDS
CINCINNATI, 0,
YEARLY CAPACITY
100,000,000 FT.
LONG BILL STUFF
A SPECIALTY
L. W. RADINA & COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of
Wanted for cash desirable blocks of 1 incli to 4 inch PoijUir, all grades,
Ksjiecially l?:^-inch stock, for immediate shipment,
CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE-
82
HARDWOOD RECORD
CHICAGO
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
Heath-Witbeck Company
Hardwood Lumber
We have for quick shipment 170,000
feet DRY BIRCH. First and Seconds
and Common 2, 2)4, 3 and 4 inch.
Main Office and Yards: Loomis and 22nd Streets,
CHICAGO
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co.
1649-,50 MARQUETTE BUILDING
Are now oEfering bone drv BIRCH, ROCK ELM, BL.4CK ASH, etc., Wis-
consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QUARTERED 0.\K, POPLAR, etc.,
from our Memphis j'ard. We are constant buyers.
THE WARD LIMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUfLDING :: CHICAGO
w
E solicit your inquiries and would be pleased to quote you
on the following stock, which is in our Chicago yards:
l.OOO.DJO ft 1 to 4 In Louisiana Red Cy-
press.
;'.(i(i,i.i(Hi 1 to 2 In Plain Oak.
Iti.iHii) ft 3 In Quartered Sawed White
dak.
><ii.00(i ft IVa and 2 in Blrcb.
30.UUU ft 1 in ComuiOQ Red Birch.
5,000 ft S in 1st and 2nd Maple.
20,000 ft 2 in 1st and 2iid Maple.
4ij.0on ft IH in Yellow Pine Finish.
20.0(.Hj It 2 In Yellow Pine Finish.
50.iK»i)ft 1 in Yellow Pine Finish.
20,i;t00 ft 2xlS in and wider Yellow
Poplar.
Also a good assortment of Yellow Pine Flooring. Celling. Maple Steps. Poplar
Squares, 4x4 inch Spruce Squares, etc.
CRANDALL & BROWN
Yards and Office, 3300 Center Avenue, CHICAGO
CLARENCE BOYLE LUMBER CO.
Wholesal
Dealer,
n Hardwoods
Yellow Pine
and Cypress
319 WEST TWENTY-SECOND STREET :: CHICAGO
FRED W. Black. President HORACE W. BLACK, Secretary
FRED W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY
MftNUFftCTURERS OF
HARDWOOD LUMBER
305 Old Colony Building
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.
203 FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO
We are in the market for
Wagon Stock
REACHES, BOI,STERS, TONGUES, AXLES. ETC. AND
Hardwood Lumber
PARTICULARLY WANT WHITE ASH
AND HICKORY
TELL US WHAT YOU H.WE
TO OFFER
The Keith Lumber Company
HAROWOOD, POPLAR & SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER,
MAHOGANY,
REDWOOD,
RED CEDAR,
CYPRESS,
CHESTNUT,
SPRUCE,
MAPLE FLOORING, OAK TIMBERS & WAGON STOCK.
Office and Yards: Fourteentb and Wood Streets.
SOirrHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
^
WE WANT TO BUY FOR CASH
OAK
CYPRESS
ASH
MILL CUTS OR ROUND LOTS
9 1 0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1217 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
CHICAGO MEMPHIS
YARDS: NORTH MEMPHIS
HARDWOOD RECORD
I
BUFFALO
THE GRE-AT WHOLESALE LUMBER CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
955 TO 1015 ELK STREKT
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STRKKi;
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
893 EAGLE STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard, 1555 SENECA STREET Office, ,S86 ELLICOTT SQUARE
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
1075 CLINTON STREET
L N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 ELK STREET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY
Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
60 ARTHUR STREET
ORSON E. YEAGER
Specialties: OAK. ASH AND POPLAR
932 ELK STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
Office and Yards, 69 LEROY AVHNUB
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
We want to buy for cash : , j ,, • ,
Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
518 RANDOLPH BLDG., MEMPHIS, TENN. 940 SENECA STREET.
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN and QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
1142 SENECA STREET.
Vansant, Kitchen & Co.]
Old'Fashioned
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Kentucky
5/8 AND WIDE STOCK SPECIALTIES
NEW ASHLAND MILL
YELLOW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, lO-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Latii and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stock.
COAL OROVE, OHIO, U. S. A
W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.
MAIN OFFICE: COLUMBUS, OHIO
YELLOW
POPLAR
White Oak, Basswood, Chestnut,
Ash, White Pine and Hemlock
We Want Your Business
stock all bandsawed, square edged, equalized. Dry Kilns,
Specimen of Our Poplar Timber ' Planing Mills, Dressed Stock, Bevel Siding, Drop Siding specimen of Our Oak Timber
COPYRIGHT. A D 1906. BY THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
flaMwoM RocoM
EleT«nth Year. I.
S«inl-monthly. S
CHICAGO. MAY 25, 1906.
/Subscription 92.
I Single Copies, 10 Cents.
CHERRY
C. E. LLOYD, JR.
Manager Sales
Grows in
West Virginia
RIVER
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
Offices : PbiUdelphii, Pa.
LUMBER
RED GUM
We produce and market a carload of Gum Lumber
every 45 minutes during the working day. :
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co.
Morehouse, : Missouri
Conflagration Proof Insurance
This is a correct description of the indemnity furnished by this Company, owing to the special
class of business written. The money saving feature combines to make the contract offered
a most desirable one for lumber dealers and wood workers. Correspondence solicited.
FrESENT rate of dividend to policy holders 33'/^%
THE LUMBER MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF BOSTON
The Davidson-Benedict Company
NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE
Everything in
Southern Hardwoods
POPLAR, CHESTNUT, ASH, OAK
iPUin and Quartered, t Straight or Mixed Cars.
DRESSED POPLAR ANY you get what you buy from
WAV vr.IT WAMT IT "^^ ASK FOR OUR DELIVERED
WAY YOU WANT IT. prices, any railroad point.
WE WANT TO MOVE
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
125.000 1 inch No. 1 and No. 3.
500.000 1 inch Xo. 1 Common.
300,000 1 inch No. '.; Oommon.
100.000 2 inch No. 1 Common Red Oai:.
400,000 1 Inch Sap Cull Poplar.
STOCK TWO YEARS DEY.
THE ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.
2 Kilby Street.
BOSTON, MASS.
ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $300,000.
LUMBER AND WOODWORKING RISKS EXCLUSIVELY.
A new company organized to further serve the patrons of the Lumber Iniur-
ance Company of New York. 66 Broadway, New York, and allied organizations.
Home Office: 66 Broadway. NEW YORK
/~*i. .--ci - ^
HARDWOOD RECORD
LOUISVILLE
MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
STOTZ
LUMBER
Incorporated
COMPANY
M A
NUFACTUBERS :: WHOLESALERS
Oak, Ash, Poplar, Gum, C
KE.LLAR BUILDING
.
ottonwood
LOUISVILLE., KENTUCKY
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
lllostrated Catalog on Application
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
Albert R. Kampf
Manufacturer
Hardwood Lumber and Tini>.er
Dimension Stock
Board o\ Trade BIdg.. Louisville. Ky.
E. W. Rhubesky
Wholesale
Poplar, Rough and Dressed.
Oak, Chestnut and Other
Hardwoods
North Vernon Pump
4 Lumber Co.
Hand Sawed Plain and Quartered
Oak and I'oplar.
North Vernon. Ind.. and
Louisville. Ky.
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak. Poplar and
Chestnut.
Uouisville, Ky.
_
DRY LUMBELR
aUAHTERED WHITE OAK.
75,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds.
18,000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds.
16,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
19.000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
150,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
80,000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common.
40.000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
22,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
22,000 ft. 4/4 cull.
ftUAETEEED RED OAK.
14,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds.
18,000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds.
Teiir Inquiries Would B«
Appr«(iat«d.
8,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
.'i,0(i0 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
SS.OOo ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
12,000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common.
7,00i> ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
S.iXiO ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
PLAIN WHITE OAK,
80,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds,
17,500 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds
19,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
22,000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
18,000 ft. 10/4 firsts & seconds
16,000 ft. 12/4 firsts & seconds,
127,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
At
Our
Louisville Yards ''''"iVn.err
20.000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
30,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common. 1
50,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common. 3.000
18.500 ft. 10/4 No. 1 common. 7.000
12,000 ft. 12/4 No. 1 common. 5.000
PLAIN RED OAK. 3,000
47,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds. 7,000
15,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds. 4,000
9,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds. 10.000 ft
27.0<X) ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds. 2.000 ft,
31.000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common. 20.000 ft,
24.000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common. 3,000 ft
14,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
29.000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common. 60,000 ft.
ASH.
car 4,'4 firsts & seconds,
ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds
ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds
ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds
ft. 10/4 firsts & seconds
ft. 12/4 firsts & seconds
ft. 16/4 firsts & seconds
ft. 4/4 common,
ft. 5/4 common,
ft. 6/4 common.
ft. 8/4 common.
POPLAR.
4/4 firsts & seconds.
42,000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds
17.000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds
58.000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds
3.000 ft. 10/4 firsts & seconds
17,iK)0 ft. 12/4 firsts & seconds
8,000 ft. 16/4 firsts & seconds
OO.OiXI ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
26,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
18,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
31,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
12,000 ft. 10/4 No. 1 common.
8,000 ft. 12/4 No. 1 common.
We haye all thicknesses In
Selects and Saps.
ALL THICKNESSES IN CULL POPLAR, ASH, CHESTNUT.
W. p. BROWN & SONS LIMBER CO. ^^ou'sv.lleTt""'
The Norman Lumber Co., Inc.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Lo^s and Lumber
Office and Yards; Third Street, H to K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
POPLAR
30,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
50,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
15,000 ft. 5/4 Common.
aUARTERED RED OAK,
50,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
aUARTERED WHITE OAK.
60,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
10,000 ft. 6/4 1st & 2d.
20.000 ft. 6/4 1st & 2d.
10,000 ft. 8/4 1st & 2d.
60,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
6,000 ft. 6/4 Common.
6.000 ft. 6/4 Common.
20,000 ft. 8/4 Common.
10,000 ft. 214" Common.
40,000 ft. 3" Common.
1 car Hickory Plank, 1^ to 4"—
8' to 16'.
OFFER FOLLOWING .STOCK.S;
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12,000 ft. 4!c4"x4s2"— 12', 1—6 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3 x4 "—12'. 12 — 18 mos. dry.
40O ft. 314x414"— 12', 12 — 18 mos. dry.
300 ft. 3%x4i4"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
250 ft. 3%x4%"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
800 ft. 314x4%"— 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
180 ft. 3x4" & Lgr.— 14'. 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larger, dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger, dry.
HICKORY AXLES.
1.500—3 x4 "—6', 1—6 mos. dry.
1.500— 3% x4%"— 6', 1—6 mos. dry.
2.000 — 4 x5 "—5', 1 — 8 mos. dry.
1.000 — 114x51^" — 6', 1—6 mos. dry.
1.000—5 x6 " — 6', 1—6 mos. dry.
HARDWOOD RECORD
CADILLAC
CELEBRATED FOR HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY AND MILL WORK
Thick Hard Maple
Cut during the winter of 1904-5.
10-4 I's and 2's . 51,000 ft.
12-4 I's and 2's . 55,000 ft.
16-4 I's and 2's . 10,000 ft.
This stock was sawed in our own
mill and has been seasoned in a first-
class manner. It is largely 12 inch
and wider and very choice.
We also have end-dried in shed :
4-4 Birdscyc Maple, 8,000 ft.
5-4 White Maple . 21,000 ft.
Please Send Us Your Inquiries.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
MURPHY & DIQQINS
Offer all grades of the followicg special dry stock
tMAPLE— 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4, 16/4
GRAY ELM-4/4, 12/4
BASSWOOD-4/4
BIRCH-4/4, 6/4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
We oiler tor Rail Stiipment from Cadillac. Aiso (he lollowiDg for Waler Shipment:
2 cars ^ 4 Maple. No.l Com. & Seller 100,000 feet ot 4 4 Basswood
Icar 5x.5 Maple. Select Stork 100,000 feet of 4 4, 8 4 and 12 4 Soft
2cars 4 4I3asswood,No 2Com&Bet. Elm
2 cars 4 4 Birch, No. 2 Com. & Bet. 1-50.000 feet of 4'4, 5 4 and 6 4 Birch
Cummer, Diggins & Co.
=MANUFACTURERS-
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
Michigan Hardwoods
■V— v^
'oods I
HARD
DRY STOCK
/ 3()0 M feel 5 4 Nos. 1 and 2 Common
( 185 M feet 6/4 l.s and 2s
I 340 M feet 6/4 No.s. 1 and 2 Common
3S M feet 12 4 Is and 2s
1]4 M feet Ifi 4 Is and 2s
2 M feet 16. 4 Common
M feet 4 '4 Nos. 1 and 2 Common
M feet 4 4 No. 3 Common
M feet 6 4 Is and 2s
M feet 6/4 Nos. 1 and 3 Common
M feet 6 4 No. 2 Common and Better
M feet 8 4 1s and 2,s
M feet 8, '4 Nos. 1 and 2 Common
M feet 8 4 No. 2 Common and Better.
M feet 10/4 is and 2s
M feet 12/4 Is and 2s
SU M feet 1x4 Clear Face and Better
8 M feet 4 4 No. 1 Com. & Bet. Saw Culls
Our lumber is graded according lo llie rules of Ihe National Hardwood Lumber
Association.
MAPLE
SOFT
GRAY
ELM
COBBS&HJTCIJELl
(INCORPORATED)
GADILUC, MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
ANDERSON=TULLY COMPANY
STOCK LIST, MAY 15. 1906
2<jO M ft.
14 M ft.
2.". M ft.
■f) M ft.
13 M ft.
M M ft.
COTTONWOOD.
20 JI ft. 7/S" 1st & 2nd, S" tip
4 4" 1st & 2nd. 6" up
4, 4" 1st & 2nd. 7"-10"
4'4" 1st & 2nd, n"-12"
4, 4" 1st & 2nd. IS" up
5/4" 1st & 2nd, 0" up
5/4" 1st & 2nd. 12"
35 M ft. 5/4" 1st & 2nd. 11" &
12"
45 M ft. 6 4' 1st & 2nd, 6" up
SO M ft.Wi\son Box Boards, 9"
to 12"
CYPEESS.
20.000 ft. 4 4" Clear Strips, 214"
to 5V'"
■WHITE OAK.
4.000 ft. 4 '4" 1 ,.*c 2 Quartered
e.SOO ft. 4 4" Com. Quartered
ASH.
1st & 2nd Strips. 2!4"
15.000 ft. 4/4"
5 V*".
5,000 ft. 4/4" Common.
12.000 ft. 5/4" & 6/4" No. 3 Common.
GUM.
60.000 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2nd Saps. 13" to 16".
60.000 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2nd Saps, 16" and up.
50.000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Common Red.
100.000 ft. 4/4" Xo. 1 Common Sap.
60.000 ft. 4/4" 1 & 2 Red Strips. 21!." t<
FOPLAR.
20.000 ft. 4/4" Common & Better.
RED OAK.
1.750 ft. 4/4" Quartered 1 & 2.
2.930 ft. 4/4" Quartered Common.
14,440 ft. 4/4" Plain 1 & 2. 12" and up.
.SO.OflO ft. 4/4" Nos. 2 & 3 Com. Red & White,
to
J. B. Ransom. Prest. A. B. Raasom. V.-Prest. W, A. Ransom, Sec. C. R. Ransom. Treas.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO,, Inc.
MiNrFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
Also make a specialty of Wagon Stock in rough, such as Tongues,
Axles, Reaches, Bolsters, and 6-4 to 16-4 Hickory.
F, W, GILCHRIST, President
W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice President
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills. Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards. Cairo, Illinois
General Oflice, $ Tennessee Trust BIdg.
MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY
COTTONWOOD
F. W. Gn,CHRlST, Pres. W. A. GH,CHRIST, Vice-Pres.
TF, E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
Three States Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
OHice
Hardwood Lumber °
Cottonwood and Gum «'"''"«
ennessee
Trus
GET OUR PRICES. TRY OUR I^UMBER
WTE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED, RESAWED
COTTONWOOD:
GUM
Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd.
MANUFACTCKERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS;
1,000,000 feet Soft Grev Elm, 1 to 3".
500.000 feet Unselected Birch, 1 to 3".
3,000,000 feet Michigan Hard Maple, 1 to 6".
350,000 feet End Dried White Maple. 1 to 1V4".
625,000 feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood, 1 to 3".
150.000 feet Selected White Basswood, 1". 1!^" and I'A".
210,000 feet Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak, 1 to 2".
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office,
Memphis, Tenn.
Mills,
Chancy, Miss.
Address all correspondence to Memphis office.
w
E have in all thicknesses the following kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
HEHPBIS tasd:
Asli 630,000 feet
Quartered White Oak. . 75.000 feet
Plain White Oak 140.000 feet
Quartered Red Oak .... 225,000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410.000 feet
Cypress. 225,000 feet
Cottonwood 200.000 feet
Poplar 308.000 feet
SELMA TABD
Poplar 409,000 feet
Bay Poplar 857.000 feet
RedGum 65.000 feet
Cypress 787,000 teit
BESCLAIK YARD
Bay Poplar 100,000 feet
Cypress 800,000 feet
OTBER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 350 000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
OUice and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C, R. R.
MEMPHIS. TENN.
Nelson H. Walcott. Pres't. Frank E. Stonebraker. Vice-Pres't.
Chas. C. Gardiner, Sec'y and Treas.
THE CRITTENDEN
LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS
MILLS AT.
EARLE, ARK.
HARDWOOD RECORD
ST. LOUIS
LARGEST OF ALL HARDWOOD MARKETS
Wanted-Cyprcss, Ash and Cottonwood
Inspection- at Point of Shipment When Quantity Justifies
Hafncr Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attention.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco "Building
We have the following Dry Stock for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD :
3 Cars 4/4 Common. 3 Cars 1" 1 and 2,
2 Cars 4 4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17'' Box Boards.
GUM: ELM:
5 Cars 1" Common Red. 1 Car 6 4 Log Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4'' Log Run.
1 Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
6 Cars 15i Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OK SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Ban k of Com merce
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OF ANGEL.IOA STREET
SIX MILLION FEET
Ash, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
READY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND HALL STREETS
Roland
M
Hardwood
Department
'J..^'''' Ozark Cooperage Co.
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
ViniT Inspectors in the S.uth
Direct Shipments ( COTTONWOOD.
from mill stocks i CYPRESS. GUM. OAK.
MAIN OFFICE.
FRISCO BUILDING
W. R. CHIVVIS.
Lesperance Street and Iron
Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping
point when amounts justify.
CHAS. F. [mmm hardwood lumber company
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices : 148 Carroll Street
HARDWOOD RECORD
Schultz Brothers & Benedict
WE ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY
POPLAR— OAK— ASH— CHESTNUT
AND OTHER HARDWOODS— ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
1225 to 1240 OLD COLONY BUILDING, ...... CHICAGO
"MICHIGAN" MAPLE FLOORING
C| Our model factory is equipped^with the highest class tools and appliances made
for flooring production, and is operated by experts.
^ We produce our lumber from the best Rock Maple area in Michigan,
and have twenty years' supply.
^ The brand "Michigan," our Trade Mark, is a guaranty of quality. Will
be glad to quote prices on large or small orders.
WARD BROTHERS, .'. .'. BIG RAPIDS, MICH.
Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
POPLAR AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOOKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION UL,AY Ul 1 I , IViiiM 1 U V-.N. I
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONWOOD
GUIW AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General Offices: 1 40 W. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, 111., Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blytlieville, Ark.
HARDWOOD RECORD
HP
H
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NEW
r^ \ c* TP
1
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BOSTO
YORK PHILADELPHIA
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WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
We are always in the market for round lots of well man-
ufactured stock, and shall be pleased to enter into corre-
spondence with manufacturers with a view to purchase.
Girard Trust Building
PHILADELPHIA, Pa,
Jones Hardwood Co.
(incorporated)
WA NTS
Poplar, Plain Oak, Quartered Oak and Cypress
Manufacturers please send stock lists and prices
147 MILK STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
147 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
HEADQUARTERS FOR HARDWOODS
WE BUY AND SELL==WHOLESALE==
The Mcllvain's have been lumber merchants continuously
for over one hundred years.
We have 20.000,000 feet of all kinds of lumber from which
to fill your orders satisfactorily, if you are a buyer.
We want large lots of choice, dry Hardwoods to round up our
stocks again after the late fire. What have you for sale?
Get Mcllvain's "Lumber News" and "Stock List' for June.
J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co.
58th and Woodland Ave.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Buyers o
ROUND I.OT.S
of
'^^ Hardwoods
No 1 Madison
Avenue,
New York
ESPECIAL I, Y IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RED OAK
WM. E. LITCHFIELD
MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS.
Specialist in Hardwoods
Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale
J. J. SOBLE
H. I. SOBLE
SOBLE, BROTHERS
Wholesale Hardwoods
911=912 Land Title BIdg.
PHILADELPHIA
WANTED: 20 cars Common and Better Chestnut, all thicknesses.
J. H. SCHOFIELD
R. W. SCHOFIELD
SCHOFIELD
BROTHERS
WHOLESALE
LUMBER
Hardwoods a
Specialty.
1020
32 Pennsylvania Building
PHILADELPHIA
Wistar, Underbill & Co.,
== WHOLESALE
HARDWOOD LUMBER
gi6 Real Estate Trust Building, ^ PHILADELPHIA.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the market for all thicknesses of
OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT.
312 Arcade Building,
PHILADELPHIA, PA,
HARDWOOD RECORD
1XT A CI I I X7 11 I FT
iN/V^iiV IL^LrtV
HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
JOHN B. RANSOM ^ CO.,
NASHVILLE.. TENNESSEE
Wc want to move quickly the following old dry stock. All of it has been en
sticks 6 to ( 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. We are prepared to
furnish promptly mixed cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds:
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M .1 4 first and second
16 M 5 4 first and second
80 M 6 4 first and second
10 M 10/4 first and second
120 M 4, 4 No. 1 Common
65 M 6 4 No. 1 Common
68 M 8 4 No, 1 Common
20 M 10 4 No. I Common
70 M 5/8 first and second Poplar
80 M 5/'8 No. 1 Common Poplar
15 M 4/4 1st and 2d Quartered Sycamore
10 M 4 4 No. 1 Com. Quart'd Sycamore
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M 4 4 first and second
58 M fi 4 first and second
l.T M 8 4 first and second
95 M 4 4 No. 1 Common
84 M 6 4 No. 1 Common
72 M 8 4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
50 M 4 41st and 2nd White
100 M 4 4 No. 1 Common White
100 M 4 4 first and second Red
100 M 4 4 No. 1 Common Red
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
MA.VrFACTIRKRS AXr> \VHOI.ESALi: KKALIRS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Tennessee Red Cedar Lumber a Specialty. Nashville. Ti nntssee
INDIANA LUMBER CO,
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Office and Mills: Corner Oldham
Str«ct and Cumberland River
No. I, No. 2 and No. 3 Common
Poplar, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4. For sale by
The Loomis & Hart Manufacturing Co.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
WRITE FOR R R I C E .S
Vestal Lumber & Mfg,Co»
Manufacturersand Wholesalers
ol all kinds of
HARDWOODS
BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY.
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES
FOR DELIVERING.
Knoxvillc
Tennessee
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co.
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand*'
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville, Tennessee
LOVE. BOYD & CO.
Offe
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Wfiite Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Cliestnut, Asli, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc.
Our Own Manufacture.
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock.
MAIN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Upham & Agler
American Trust Building
CHICAGO
Wholesale Northern and Southern
Hardwoods
Quick Service
Perfect Milling
Right Prices
DISTRIBUTING YARD : CAIRO, ILLINOIS
HARDWOOD RECORD
?
I~> I T^ T* C T~> I T r> ^'~\
1-^1 i i^LiUhcO
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA
11
1
Babcock Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HARDWOODS
23,000,000 FEET ANNUALLY
LONG ON MAPLE
AND CHERRY
MILLS AND OFFICE
ASHTOLA, PA.
The Nicola Brothers
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries-
A* M^ Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to us. : :
Willson Bros. Lumber Co*
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
li.isa ft 4 4 clear Quartered Oak 66.232 ft 4,4 No. 1 Common Poplar
14,.iT0 ft 4 4 1st & 2ds qtci. Red Oak 10,315 ft 6/4 1st & 2ds Poplar
30.302 ft 4 4 No. 1 Com. Red Oak ffi.OOO ft 4 4 1st & 2ds Cottonwood
63.204 ft 4,4>."o.l Com. PI WliiteOak IISI.OOO ft 4 4 No. I Com. Cottonwood
4,417 ft 5 4 No.lCom. PI White Oak 150,000 ft No. 2 Common Cottonwood
5.934 ft 6/4 No.l Com. PI White Oak 90,000 ft 4 4 Mill Cull Cottonwood
23,473 ft 4 4 1st & 2ds Plain Red Oak 110,000 ft 5/4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
14.168 ft 4 4 Ist & 2ds Poplar 40.000 ft 5,4 No. 2 Com. Cottonwood
American Lumber & Mfg, Co.
PITTSBURG, PA.
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co.
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
Hardwoods a Specialty
FOR SALE
POPLAR
125.000' 4/4 Is and 2s
40,000" 4/4 No. 1 Com.
325,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.
Sig.OOC 4/4 No. 3 Com.
150.000' 4 4 Mill Cull
CHESTNUT
200,000' 4 4 Sound Wormy
80,000' 5, 4 Sound Wormy
100,000' (i 4 Sound Wormy
48,000' 8 4 Sound Wormy
PLAIN OAK
60,000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
18,000' 4/4 No. 3 Com.
QUARTEKED OAK
2 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com.
1 car 4 I No. 2 Cora.
TIMBERS S-\WED TO ORDER.
WRITE I'OR PRICKS.
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna.
lO
HARDWOOD RECORD
OAK FLOORING
KilD Dried
Bored ^^^
Polished
MAPDWOOD LUMBER <5\
0*^&MFG.CO.
- SARDIS
MISS.
Hollow
Backed
and
Bundled
H. B. Leavitt, Prest.
E. H. AdamSj Secy.
B. F. Richardson, Vice-prest.
J. G. I^EAViTT. Treas.
THE LEAVITT LUMBER CO.
Most Complete Stock of Hardwoods in
CHICAGO
Make Known Your Wants and Get
IMMEDIATE. RESULTS
Mills:
WISCONSIN
TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
General Office and Yard :
CENTER AVE. NEAR 35th ST.
Southern < )ffice :
715 TENNESSP-.K TRUST HLDG.
MEMPHIS, tp:nn
"Ideal" B Rock Maple Flooring
is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply
the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma-
chinery from carefully-selected stock aud every pre-
caution is taken throughout our entire system to
make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL."
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WELLS, MICHIGAN
INCORPORATED 1902.
The Michigan Maple Company
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HARDWOODS
HSNRY W. CAREY, President
HENRY N. LOUD, Vice Pres
WILLIAM P. PORTER, Vice Pres
WILMER T. CULVER. Secretary
WILLIAM H, WHITE. Treasurer
EDWARD BUCKLEY, Director
G. VON PLATEN, Director
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HARRY NICHOLLS, Director
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Timber Bonds
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^ BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.
Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high-
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Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO. MAY 25, 1906.
No. 3.
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General Market Conditions.
I'roin a review of tlie market reports from practically every liaril-
wood trade center in the United States, found in this issue of the
JlAKDWOOD Record, a very encouraging view may be taken of the
situation. The demand seems to be strong all along the line, ^Yith
a general strengthening of values. However, there is apparently a
disposition on the part of some large consuming buyers to make their
jnirchases with a good deal of caution, refusing to place new orders
until shippers fulfil old contracts. The markets throughout the East
manifest even more strength than in the middle West. In this
great consuming center, Chicago, trade seems to lack vim. A good
deal of lumber is being placed, but apparently the trade is being
forced.
In times of general commercial prosperity, with advancing values,
it often happens that all woods do not receive their just proportion
of accretion in price. Just now it is particularly noticeable that the
standard northern hardwoods — maple, gray elm, birch, basswood and
beech — are not commanding nearly the proportionate price that has
been obtained for oak, chestnut, white ash, hickory, poplar and even
Cottonwood. During the last three or four years the advance in the
price of northern woods has been very moderate as compared with the
high values achieved by the southern woods. Apparently these woods
have been overlooked, as certainly the intrinsic value of maple, birch
and gray elm particularly for a multitude of purposes, is not ex-
ceeded by any other woods growing in the United States. Beyond
question, in relativity of value, either northern hardwoods are too
low or southern hardwoods are too high.
There are some encouraging signs of a betterment in prices of
northern woods given in the several reports from northern sections,
but still the increase in demand and value is not sufficient to war-
rant the opinion that the.se hardwoods are reaching a just scale of
value.
Plain oak, chestnut, white ash, ]io|)lar and Cottonwood still remain
exceedingly scarce, at high values. The output of northern woods
has been pretty well absorbed for the season by jobbers and whole-
sale consumers, but the price is far from being satisfactory. What
stock remains in the hands of manufacturers is dragging.
Money.
students of monetary affairs profess to see some clouds on the
horizon. Undeniably the banks of New York and Chicago and of
some of the other chief commercial centers are short of money. The
interest rates are increasing and a good many loans are being
railed in.
Some explanation of the condition of the New York money market
may be found in the figures of the banks themselves, as disclosed in
comparative statements of the Clearing House Association. The
figures of last Saturday showed that compared with one year ago
there has been a decrease in deposits of over ,$1.38,000,000. A year
ago the figures stood at $1,16.5,151,700; Saturday's figures were
$1,026,832,900. Such a shrinkage in deposits has necessarily caused
a curtailment in loans, and that item on Saturday showed a contrac-
tion of $94,000,000 as compared with a year ago. The money that
naturally .sliould have grown in volume with the New York banks
in the last two years has steadily declined. The country has grown
wealthier and prosperity has been unabated, but demands have
gradually increased from commercial borrowers, and the money to
satisfy such needs is now being distributed by the country banks
themselves.
Western country banks are being besieged by metropolitan insti-
tutions today for rediscounts. High finance as practiced in the con-
duct of New York insurance companies and certain railroads as well
and the relations of a good many bank officials to these institutions
has brought its punishment to the financial center of the United
States in the way of a withdrawal of confidence. Chicago banks
gained a good deal by this situation until within the last few months,
when they have had some untoward events of their own, and are
now suffering in a milder way, but still suffering. The money which
naturally would have come back from the country for deposit in
Xew York and Chicago has remained with the country institutions,
and they are now large buyers of commercial paper.
There is nothing of a serious, menacing nature in the financial
situation, but at the same time it would seem wise for lumbermen,
who notoriously depend very largely on banks for money, to keep a
little nearer shore, and exercise a good deal of conservatism in the
conduct of enterprises, which, however promising, may fail of fulfill-
ment owing to a handicap for easy money.
American Agricultural Implements Abroad.
One of the Anierii-an consuls in South Africa says that if all
American exporters showed the same energy in selling their wares
abroad that is shown by the agricultural machinery man, the United
States would soon become the leading nation in foreign commerce.
The Cape Town Journal states that the energetic American drummer
selling agricultural machinery is not satisfied with keeping his stock
in central store-rooms or with being a regular exhibitor at the shows.
He endeavors to bring his machinery to the gate of every farm.
Wherever he can sufficiently engage the attention of the farmer he
gives an experimental demonstration of his machines. The result
of a tour of this character is a large number of orders, which more
than repays the heavy outlay incurred. Thus it will be seen that
American agricultural implement producers are pursuing exactly the
same business methods abroad that they did at home for years. Dur-
ing 1904 more than half the farm implements and agricultural ma-
chinery imported into South Africa came from the United States.
12
HARDWOOD RECORD
Necessary and Unnecessary Legislation.
Congress is at present occupied in going tlirougli its usual
practice of playing polities rather than determining just legislation.
The country is promised a much-needed railroad rate bill. The
country may get it and may not. At least this bill is out of the way
until the Conference Committee shall make its report. Thi.s nation
■ought to have the rate bill, but if Congress promptly enters upon its
appropriation campaign and makes a rush to adjourn, as is cus-
tomary, the people will have to get along without the rate bill for a
irhile. There are other bills that should be passed, notably the one
for reduction of duties on sugar and tobacco coming from the Philip-
pines. But apparently it is not good politics and will not be passed.
There is a Senate bill in the House which is a just and righteous
one and which calls for prompt action. It is the pure food bill.
Legislation is surely needed, and there is a popular demand for it.
However, certain congressmen have discovered that it will not be
good politics to pass a pure food bill, and therefore it will prob-
ably die.
The most foolish measure and the one which seems more likely to
pass than any mentioned is the bill to take the tax off alcohol
used for industrial purposes. An exploitation campaign has been
made for months in rural districts to instruct farmers that with the
tax off alcohol all the waste farm products can be made into this
liquid, which would mean a great deal to them. There is probably
but a modicum of truth in this statement, but it has been received
with popular acclaim, and members of Congress are urged to adopt
the measure.
A few years ago there fell to' the lot of northern lumbermen a
large area of hardwood timber land, which, previous to the exhaus-
tion of white pine timber, was regarded so nearly valueless as to be
scarcely worth owning and paying taxes on. Lumber manufacturers
who had plants in northern Michigan, Wisconsin and extreme north-
eastern Jlinnesota, to which hardwood timber was contiguous, were
anxious to maintain their residence and means of livelihood in the
sections with which they were familiar. Serious study, comprehen-
sive experimentation and the highest approved methods combined,
showed conclusively that the lumber business per se, as previously
practiced in soft woods would not show a reasonable profit in the
manufacture of northern hardwoods. These lands showed from four
to ten thousand feet of hardwood timber per acre, interspersed with
hemlock. Unlike the old pine proposition, where the lands were
stripped comparatively clean, less than fifty per cent of the forest
was merchantable timber. For years this contingent of the lumber
trade exercised all the talent and ingenuity of which they were pos-
sessed to invent plans whereby the ofEal of the forests might be
utilized to place the business on a paying basis. Eventually they
struck upon the production of charcoal, wood alcohol and acetate
of lime. Today when the foremost manufacturers of Michigan and
Wisconsin produce a million feet of lumber they make at the same
time about five hundred cords of wood — almost an equivalent quan-
tity— which they charcoal, and from the gases and fluids produce
wood alcohol and acetate of lime. With this extension of the hard-
wood lumber industry of the North it has been placed upon a reason-
ably profitable basis, and many millions of dollars have been expended
in plants for the production of these by-products. These institu-
tions employ thousands of workmen. With a tax being continued on
grain alcohol a fair profit remains to manufacturers of northern
hardwoods. With free grain alcohol and the consequent lowering of
the value of bqth the grain and wood alcohol product it is more than
likely that the business would again be placed on an unprofitable
basis. The general contention that it is not wisdom to legislate so
that one industry is made possible only by the disruption of another
is true, and thus it would seem that there is no result of any value
to be obtained from the enactment of a free alcohol bill.
If there is any measure this country needs it is legislation to
.promote forest economy to the complete utilization of forest products.
In a general way it may be stated that old methods of lumbering
have not insured in the form of merchantable commodities more than
thirty per cent of the standing timber. There can be but very little
•value in the free alcohol bill to the farmer, and it is a serious menace
to the hardwood industry of this country as a whole. It is sincerely
to be hoped that the bill will fail.
Ethics of Trade Journalism.
Tell the truth when saying nothing is not kindlier. "It is the
wise newspaper man who knows what to leave out of his paper. ' '
Warn the trade against impending evil, either in men or conditions,
but don 't tramp on a man after he 's down.
Stick to your line, and what you do, do well. If a contemporary
develops a new field of work and handles it justly, don 't try to
steal Ms business from him. Don 't be a hog.
Don't distribute half the papers you print to "prospective" ad-
vertisers free of charge. They 're a boomerang. Make a newspaper
worth while and the advertiser will chase you.
Be as careful in admitting concerns to your advertising columns
as the conservative man is in his line of credits. A trade newspaper
cannot afford to accept business from advertisers of questionable
repute.
Be original. Start something — but don 't start anything you can 't
finish. Be enterprising; be forceful; be just; be clain; and your
paper will be successful.
Above all things, be honest — not because "honesty is the best
policy, ' ' but because it is the essence of common sense.
Sawmilling in Japan.
The Japanese are excellent carpenters, but have never undertaken
lumber operations on a very extensive scale. Eepresentatives of the
United States government in Japan allege that it would be possible
for Americans to establish sawmills on the Yalu to advantage, as
timber can be purchased from the authorities. The Japanese govern-
ment exercises a timber monopoly on that river.
The demand for lumber in China is constantly increasing. The
imports of softwood into Shanghai and Tientsin alone amount to
about $350,000 gold annually. Native woods are never properly sea-
soned, for they are generally transported in the log and sawed as
needed for immediate use by primitive whip-saw methods. Large
mills operating at Yougampo or Antuny would be able to take ad-
vantage of low labor cost and of cheap transportation by junks,
which make the voyage to Tientsin or Chefoo in from five to ten
days. The consular agent furnishing the above information is of the
opinion that such an enterprise would not only supply a long-felt
want in China, but would be of undoubted profit to its owners.
West Bound Hardwood Freight Rate.
Even without a rate bill to enforce their just demands the hard-
wood lumbermen of the country should have no great difficulty in
demonstrating to the transcontinental freight lines that the rate of
eighty-five cents on hardwood lumber from Mississippi valley points
to the Pacific coast is not only out of proportion but is unjust. With
the passage of the pending rate bill doubtless there would not be the
least contention on the part of raOroads against reducing this rate,
and with it pending it is quite likely that at the forthcoming meet-
ing of the Transcontinental Freight Association Committee at Chi-
cago on June 4 they will deem it wise to seriously consider the claims
of hardwood manufacturers and make some concession in the cur-
rent rate.
The hardwood growth of the Pacific coast is so meager as to
amount to almost nothing, and with the popular tendency to finish
commercial and home buildings in hardwoods and to use hardwood
floors it would seem logical that therailroads should try to encourage
the shipment of hardwood lumber from the middle West and South
to the Pacific coast, rather than permit these commodities to be
imported from Australia and the Orient.
Committees from the National Lumber Manufacturers ' Associa-
tion, the ^'isconsin Hardwood Lumbermen 's Association, the Hard-
wood Manufacturers ' Association of the United States, and the i
National Hardwood Lumber Association will all attempt to get a I
hearing before this freight committee and present their claims for
reduction of the eighty-five cent rate.
HARDWOOD RECORD
13
Vert, Vertinent and Impertinent.
If liis work won't stand inspection.
He's a shine :
If he whines at each reflection,
He's a shine :
If he puts a strong inflection
On his I's, there's some defection
In his cerebral collection —
He's a shine.
The S h i n e .
If he always makes objection.
He's a shine :
If he cannot stand correction.
He's a shine :
If, through spirituous affection,
lie removes his recollection
After every big election,
He's a shine.
If his life won't stand dissection.
He's a shine :
If his wit is past detection.
He's a shine :
If he shows a predilection
Toward abusive interjection
When he misses his connection.
He's a shine.
— Strickland W. Gillilan.
The Same.
To bear defeat
with dignity is to
win a victory.
■Whiners.
T hose who com-
plain of life being a
burden are always a
burden to others.
And Rightly.
Invariably he who
borrows trouble gets
the worst of the
transaction.
Poor Bait.
There are men who
make a specialty of
manufacturing prom-
ises on which they
hope to make money.
A Comparison.
Man may be
likened to a razor in
that he must be
thoroughly strapped
occasionally in order
to demonstrate how
sharp he is.
How True.
Money can be lost
in more ways than
Some Consolation.
The faint heart
that fails to win fair
lady may have
reason for self-con-
gratulation later in
the game.
FIRE AND TAXES
A Fact.
It is easier to in-
duce two hearts to
beat as one than it is
to induce two mouths
to eat that way.
Push.
Pull often gets the
job, but it is usually
push that keeps it.
To Be Avoided.
Being under obli-
gations to a bad man
is about the same as
being obliged to be
bad.
A Russian Provert.
A debt is adorned
bj' payment.
Versatile.
It is only an auc-
tioneer who can ad-
mire equally and im-
partially all schools
of art.
■Why 'Worry?
Few can recall an
anticipated calamity
that actually came to
pass.
■Wise Plan.
The great disregard
trifles.
The Enemies 0! Practical Forestry.
True.
Too much publicity
has spoiled many a
good deed.
Bad Sign.
Signing your name
to a friend's note is
a bad sign.
The Last the Best.
If you have great talents be thankful; if
you have small talents be satisfied; if you
have only capacity for work, work for all
there is in it, and the results will not be dis-
appointing.
One and the Same.
Show us a man who can be trusted and we
will show you one who has a lot of debts.
Good Advice.
Have enough arguments on hand to over-
come objections, but don't talk so much
that vour customer is unable to think.
Stepping Stones.
If nothing succeeds like success, it is be-
cause success begets self-confidence, and
self-confidence begets the confidence of
others.
The Difference.
A man loves a woman for the qualities
which she possesses which he admires in
women; a woman admires the characteristics
which a man possesses because she loves
him.
A Pessimist.
' ' A pessimist is a man who, being offered
tlie choice of two evils, immediately and
eagerly seizes them both."
14
HARDWOOD RECORD
AMERICAN FOREST TREES.
THIRTY-rOtlRTH FAFEB.
Water Elm.
Vlancra aqnatica. — Gmel.
The range of growth of water elm is from
the valley of the Cape Fear river, North
Carolina, to western Florida; westward
through the southern sections of Alabama and
Mississippi to the Trinity river in Texas;
north through western Louisiana
and Arkansas to the southern dis-
tricts of Missouri, western Tennes-
see, central Kentucky and the valley
of the Wabash river.
In Alabama it is known as the
American planetree; in North Caro-
lina, South Carolina, Florida, Louis-
iana, Texas, Arkansas and Tennes-
see as the planer tree; as plene in
Louisiana; as sycamore in North
Carolina ; and most commonly as
water elm, this being the name ap-
T)lied to it in many localities. The
generic name, Flanera, is given to
the tree in memory of a German
botanist and physician of the eight-
eenth century.
The planer tree or water elm
should not be confused with the
larger plane tree, often known as
buttonwood. The tree is confined
in its growth to wet banks along
rivers, or to the immediate vicinity
of lakes and ponds. It thrives par-
ticularly well in swamps covered
with water during a large part of
the year, and reaches its greatest
development and abundance in
southern Arkansas and western
Louisiana. Water ehn rarely at-
tains a height of more than seventy
feet ; the trunk is comparatively
short, and rarely exceeds thirty
inches in diameter. Its slim, spread-
ing branches form a low, broad
head, giving it a rather graceful
appearance.
The leaves are two to two and a
half inches long, on short petioles;
dark green in color, resembling those
of the white elm ; they are paler on
the under side, with yellowish mid-
rib and veins ; serrate, sometimes
doubly. The branehlets are tinged
with brownish-red when young, be-
coming dark red during their first .jyi
winter, and eventually turning ashy
gray.
The flowers of water elm appear simulta-
neously with the leaves, and the fruit ripens
in September. It is a rough, tough-skinned
nut, about a quarter of an inch through, but
quite different from the fruit of elm, which
is winged.
The bark is perhaps a quarter of an inch
thick, separating into large scales, disclos-
ing the reddish inner bark in falling, as
does that of buttuiiwood. The wood is light,
not strong, and soft. It is close-grained
and light brown, with thick, white sapwood
showing plainly the layers of annual growth.
In the earlier days of lumber production
in the South, water elm was not regarded as
a commercial wood of any
piano men prefer the northern gray elm.
The Hakdwood Eecord must confess that
it is not entirely certain that it has cor-
rectly analyzed the botany of this wood..
Herewith is shown a specimen of forest
growth which was photographed by the edi-
mportance, but tor in Washington county, Mississippi, and
accompanying it is a print of the
foliage as it appears in May.
•IfAL KOIiEST (JltOWTII WATKU KLM. WASHINGTON
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
witli the growing scarcity of hardwoods it
is now coming into the market in a consider-
able aggregate quantity. The lumber is not
of as high a type as the gray elm of the
North, but compares favorably with northern
water elm. Its chief use is in the making
of medium and low grade furniture, and for
some portions of pianos manufacturers find
it valuable, although generally speaking the
Forest Fires,
Michigan has had another costly
lesson in mismanagement of forest
affairs. Dispatches from Escanaba
of May 19 state that an ocean of
flame has swept over the timber
regions of a large portion of the
northern peninsula of Michigan
and across the line into Wisconsin.
The counties suffering the greatest
damage are Menominee, Dickin-
son, Delta, Marquette and Alger.
It is said that a number of per-
sons are dead and more than a
hundred missing. Scores of fami-
lies are homeless and a dozen lum-
ber towns have been wiped out of
existence, or badly burned.
A stretch of timber land over
two hundred and fifty miles in
length, running from Newberry in
Luce county on the east to Besse-
mer in Gogebic county on the
west, and north and south between
Lakes Superior and Michigan, has
been dotted with fires for the past
ten days. The flames spread over
into Wisconsin and swept as far
south as Peshtigo, covering a large
part of Marinette county. The
lumber towns reported partially or
entirely destroyed are Alfred, An-
toine. Birch, Cornell, Daggett, Fos-
ter, Hermansville, Loomis, Metro-
politan, Niagara, Northland, Pen-
toga, Powers, Quinnesec, Ealph,
Salva, Saunders, Spalding, Spring
Valley, Talbot and Woodland. All
the foregoing towns were located
in Michigan. The I. Stephenson
Company of Wells is reputed to be
a heavy loser by the fire. Beyond
the loss of life, sawmills, homes
and lumber the damage to the
forest must be stupendous.
The range of this fire was so far-
reaching that it will be weeks before an
accurate estimate of the loss can be made.
It is sincerely to be hoped that the news-
paper accounts of the conflagration are over-
estimated, but certainly the calamity is
serious enough to awaken the legislature
of the state of Michigan to the need of
providing adequate means for a system of
fire rangers, and thus safeguard the remain-
ing standing timber of that state.
HARDWOOD RECORD
15
Suggestions to Small SaW mill J\I en.
SEVENTH PAPER.
To the savvniill man \vli(i makes a specialty
of wagon and agricultural implement ma-
terial, this season of the year is a problem.
Practicallj' all institutions nsing stock of
this kind specify that it shall be cut after
the sap goes down in the fall and before it
rises in the spring; in other words, during
the summer season, from May 1 to Septem-
ber 1, oak and hickory for wagon and im-
plement purposes should not be cut. There
is reason for this and some logic in the re-
quirement, of course, but unfortunately the
logic and the millman's conditions do not
always harmonize. It is invariably true
that during the summer months millmen can
get more and better help and the roads are
always in more favorable condition for haul-
ing than in the winter; consequently, there
is a strong tendency to cut such stock iu
the summer. Moreover, quite a number of
millmen do this right along.
There is no question but that it is best
to cut stock during the winter months, con-
sidering only the matter of quality of the
stock and the problem cf seasoning. Sum-
mer cut timber cheeks badly as well as
stains and is much more inviting for insects
than winter-cut, and the trade should seek
to do more cutting in the winter, even when
the roads are bad, and have the stock ready
to haul when they are good. A few may
do this, but generally when the small saw-
mil! man cuts timber he wants to get the
logs into the mill promptly and get them
worked up. He does not, as a rule, figure on
cutting them in the winter and sawing iu
the summer.
However, notwithstanding the fact that
cutting timber during the winter has certain
elementary advantages, there is something
to be said favorable to summer cutting.
Hickory axle stock, for example; while
specifications always call for winter-cut
stock, there are not only large quantities
of it cut after the sap begins to rise, but
the cutting of it at that time offers certain
advantages, chief among which is that it
facilitates taking the bark off the log.
Hickoi-y bark is very difficult to remove,
and to keep saws sharp and do good work
the best thing to do before starting in to
saw a log is to chop off the bark with an
axe. In the early summer when the sap has
risen hickory timber can be cut and the
bark opened up and peeled off with com-
parative ease. Many have undoubtedly seen
hickory trees girdled and a section of the
bark peeled off in clearing for a new farm,
and have noted how the bark shelled off in
great sections. Stories about the Indians
making canoes of these hickory bark shells
are familiar to all. Thus it will be seen
that the early summer is a good time to cut
hickory, notwithstanding all that has been
and may be said to the contrary. The
writer has seen it done many times aud has
known of numerous instances of such stock
being sold to people, who are sticklers for
winter-cut material, and being accepted
without question.
However, there is one thing that should
not be overlooked in cutting hickory and
oak at this time of year — they must be pro-
tected from the sun. The best plan is to
keep them in a log pond, for as long as they
are in water they will be all right, and it
does not make a bit of difference when they
are cut. In this connection it may be well
to state that while practically all hickory
logs will sink with the bark on, many will
float if peeled. In the absence of a log pond
PRINT 01' WATER ELM FOLIAGE, HALF
SIZE.
for storing stock cut at this season, the best
thing to do is to work it up immediately
after it is cut. Recently one of the govern-
ment foresters showed the writer a picture
of a pile of fine oak logs which had laid in
the sun until the ends cracked so badly that
they were reduced in value about one-half.
This was a good illustration of how timber
is wasted through lack of consideration in
handling.
Lumber from trees cut at this time of the
year requires more careful handling than if
cut and piled in the winter. In fact, check-
ing is so bad in some instances that the cull
loss is very heavy, and it seems almost
necessary to shut down the mill until fall.
This trouble can be remedied somewhat by
painting the ends of the logs and dipping
them in some of the various mixtures to
prevent the sap from drying out. Another
safeguard against cliei-king is to pile stock
in the shade, where it is cool and compara-
tively damp. In a two-story mill, for ex-
ample, axles may be piled in the basement,
where they will be protected from the sua
and hot winds. By putting them up care-
fully on dry sticks they will check Viut very
little. If the same pile were put out in the
sun, no matter how carefully arranged,
much good material would be ruined as the
ends of the logs would crack open. This is
especially true in the South, where the sum-
mers are long and hot.
A very important thing to guard against
in piling hickory stock is to be sure that it
is entirely free from bark. If there is just
the smallest piece of bark on an axle it may
lie assumed as a foregone conclusion that
by the time the axle is dry the sap part of
it will be full of worm holes. Old inspectors
of axles make it a point to look for bark
the first thing, and when they see a piece
of bark on the corner of an axle they throw
it out. When the bark is removed the out-
side dries out and becomes hard and shell-
like and is practically proof against worms,
which will bore their way in wherever there
is bark. In parts of the South there are
certain insects that get into hickory tim-
ber in spite of every effort, but that is a
different problem, and the first thing to do
under any circumstances as a preventive is
to strip the logs absolutely clean of bark.
In working oak, while there is not so much
trouble from insects, practically the same
logic holds good with regard to taking off
the bark, piling in a shed or protecting iu
some way from the hot winds and sun, the
idea being to retard the process of drying.
<'are should be taken, of course, not to pile
stock so close as to shut out the air so that
it is liable to mildew.
Logs which are kept in water are thus
water-seasoned, so-called, and stock cut from
I hem does not check as badly or require as
much attention in handling as air-seasoned
stock. The water absorbs certain elements
of sap and the logs are practically the same
as winter-sawed. Thus it will be seen that
by exercising a little care it is not only pos-
sible but practicable to make wagon and
agricultural implement material throughout
the summer, and for all practical purposes it
is as good and will sell as well as winter-
cut stock. A little experimenting along this
line is good training, even for the man who
cuts wagon stock only in the winter and
spring, because it is in a direction that
needs more attention from lumbermen. Bet-
ter care of the lumber on hand should re-
place the present continual effort to increase
output. It is not the amount of timber cut,
but what is gotten out of it, that counts.
Experiment, study and attention in season-
ino- timber is worthy of consideration on
general principles, and it is especially im-
portant to the man who desires to cut wagon
and implement stock during the summer
months.
i6
HARDWOOD RECORD
By
Idah McQIone Gibson
••SHORTY*'
WHEN THE CROSS-CUT MAN QUIT HIS CUSSIN'.
Supplement lUiistration
hy RoM. L. Stearns.
Night was shutting down in the moun-
tains.
The cook-shanty of the logging camp on
the Big Laurel reverberated with the cheer-
ful clatter of tin cups set noisily on the
table, and the racket of knives and forks
against the heavy stoneware plates. There
was much good-natured raillery, which was
as rough as the hearty slap on the back
with which the brawny woodsmen punctu-
ated a sentence or pointed a joke. The
long day's work was over and the men were
eating the coarse fare with the gusto that
hunger brings to appetite. The day's cut
had been a big one, and each man secretly
rejoiced that his strength had made possi-
ble an aggregate accomplishment that
would make the "bunch" on the next job
over on Hell-Fer-Sartin creek "hump"
itself to surpass.
Bill Anderson, whom the boys called
"Shorty," and proudly proclaimed that
"no lumber hick could beat him and Long
Tom when it came to felUn' a tree," was
unusually quiet, and consequently came in
for more than his share of the rough horse-
play and questionable jokes.
"Shorty's gettin' mealy-mouthed," said
Big Pete. "The gray mare stepped on his
foot this mornin', and he never let out a
cuss-word. ' '
"Have you got religion, Shorty?" asked
Jim, the teamster.
Shorty persisted in a good-humored si-
lence, although Long Tom looked at him a
little anxiously, as though rather expecting
an explosion. Just then the door was pushed
open and the tote-boy came in laden with
bundles and mail from town. Quite a num-
ber of the men were soon engrossed with
letters from home, and an occasional excla-
mation told of sadness or joy brought by
the missives. One by one, however, they
finished their letters and again began their
noisy eating and rough joking. All at once
someone noticed that Shorty was gazing
with rapt expression at a piece of cardboard
of the size and shape of a photograph. One
of the men reached over with a laugh and
grabbed it from Shorty's hand.
"Did she send yer her picture. Shorty?
And does her hair look as red in the photo
as it does in the dinin'-room down at the
Mansion House?" chuckled Larry, the woods
boss.
Instantly Shorty's eyes flashed, and he
snatched the picture back. "You go to
hell, d — n you!" he shouted with concen-
trated rage. Then he looked at Long Tom
with absolute terror as he murmured to
himself, "There, I've broke my promise—
I've gone back on my word!"
Long Tom leaned over and said, as he
took the card from Shorty 's trembling hand,
"Boys, you've made a mistake! This is
Shorty's kid." And he passed the smiling
child-face about the table. It was taken
reverently and one or ' two were seen to
brush away a tear as they passed it 02, for
Shorty 's baby was known to be Shorty 's
all. Her mother died in giving her birtli,
and last year when she was six Shorty ha 1
brought her up to camp. Every lumber
jack on the job became her adoring slave
at once.
"How she's growed!" "Ain't she
pretty, though?" "Bless her little face!"
and other admiring remarks failed to have
any effect on Shorty, who sat, the picijire
SHORTY'S KID.
of despair, only opening his mouth to hope-
lessly ejaculate, "He kept His word like a
gentleman, and I broke mine like a black-
guard!"
"Never mind, Shorty," whispered Long
Tom, "He'll know you didn't mean it."
"That don't make no diff'rence," an-
swered Shorty doggedly, "I give my word
and I've gone back on't."
"What's the matter; Shorty? What 're
you belly-achin' aboiit?''' asked the man
who had joked him about the waitress.
"Shut up, you son of a sea-cock," said
Long Tom, with an anxious look at Shorty.
"No," said Shorty, answering the look,
"I won't do it agin, but if that pie-faced
galoot across the table don't stop buttin'
in, I'll smash his face for him."
The other man looked more startled than
angry and said, "I was only jokin', Shorty;
what 's the matter with you lately, any-
way? From the cussinest gazaboo aroun'
the camp you've got to be the dumbest.
Why, I ain 't heard you swear in months
till j'ou ripped 'em out at me tonight!"
"That's just it, boys," answered Shorty.
"I've broke my word and I'm goin' to tell
you about it, and I want you to teU me on
the square if you think He will overlook it.
He was straight goods all through, and I
guess I'm a yaller dog." He ended with
a sigh.
"Tell 'em about it. Shorty," said Long
Tom, as he picked up the photograph and
looked at it with a tender smile.
' ' You know, boys, when I brought the
kid up to camp last winter" — there were
nods of assent all about the table — ' ' well,
ever since she could speak, that visit was
the one thing she talked about. You see
to the kiddie her dad is the biggest man
in the world, and to see him cut down a
tree was the dream of her life. She had
been promised the trip on her sixth birth-
day, and I fixed it up with the boss to let
me cut the big poplar on the North Fork.
Y'ou remember the tree — ^it was eight foot
six at the stump, and didn't have a limb
for a hundred feet. Boys, I wanted to
make a big play for the little gal, and so
Long Tom and me, we planned to fell it so
it would land in a smooth-bark hickory
and make regular fireworks for the kid. I
don't think she was any more fussed than
1 was that mornin'. I toted her to a safe
place and told her to stay there 'till I came
for her, and then Tom and me, after we cut
the kerf true, put the Eex cross-cut into
her.
' ' For a few minits I forgot the baby,
but at the first crackle I glanced over to
where I'd left her. She was not there!
But lookin' round I saw her standin' plumb
under the hickory with a big bunch of pink
laurel in her arms."
Shorty stopped to wipe the cold drops
tliat had sprung out on his forehead, and
there was a strange stillness as with bated
breath the men waited until he went on
somewhat haltingly: "You know, boys,
1 've swore all my life. Till lately to hear
me talk without cussin' would a' been a
surprise to you all. I knew in a minit that
nothin' I could do could save my baby,
and when the next rippin', tearin' sound
came, and the big tree begun to lean, it
seemed to pull ray heart out. Jes then I
heard a little laugh and the kid called, 'Is
it goin' to fall now, daddy?' I tell you,
boys, thoughts come quick at times like
that, and I found myself sayin', 'God, I'm
'shamed to say it — I don't know you very
well, but you know me all right enough —
won't you save the kid fer me? She's all
I 've got, and you must have a lot of other
rHEI CROSS-CUT MAN
Redrawn from the original of Robert L- Stearns.
supplement to
Hardwood Record
MAY 25, 1906,
illustrating
"shorty"
♦;
HARDWOOD RECORD
17
little angels up there.' The tree leaned
still further and I jes' went wild."
Shorty gave a gasp and his head went
down on his arms on the table.
Long Tom placed his hands as tenderly
as a woman on his comrade's head, and
took up the story. "I knew somethin' was
wrong, but couldn't make up my mind what
it was, for I was on t'other side of the
tree lif tin ' out the saw. I saw Shorty
throw up his arms and shout — 'Save her,
God, and I'll never swear again!'— and 1
looked where the tree would drop and there
square under the hickory was that blessed
kid!
"And then, boys, the most wonderful
thing happened! That second the poplar
dropped straight into the hickory — cuz you
know that when me and Shorty can't drop
a tree within a foot of where we line her
we'll pack our turkeys and take a trip
down the hay-road. That hickory bent like
an ox-bow with the poplar a 'top 0' her
and the kid under both trees, hidin' her
from sight! That hickory weren't more'n
twelve inches through, but with that load
a 'top o' her she straightened back and
throwed the big tree a good twenty feet
to the right! The kid wasn't even touched
by a leaf, and jes' stood there a-crowin'
and a-laughin' at the game her daddy and
Long Tom was playin' with her.
" Quicker 'n I can tell it Shorty had her
in his arms and I thought he never would
get through a-huggin' and a-kissin' of her
aud he made me promise not to say a word
about it for fear the baby would get on to
the thing and be 'fraid. "
Shorty raised his head solemnly as Long
Tom paused: " 'Twere God that done it —
nobody else — and of course He expected me
to keep my word, but when I was a-lookiu '
at the kiddie's picture and thinkin' all
about that time, to have that galoot say
1 was bug-house about a red-headed female
lobby-hog was too much.
"I've always 'lowed that there wasn't a
liick worth while in the Great Smokies what
could get down a tree, drive a yoke of crit-
ters or play a decent game of seven-up
without cussin', but on the level, boys, I
haven't cussed but this once since, and
then, by God, I couldn't help it!"
Neither Shorty nor his friends noticed
that he had made another lapse, "and the
Eecording Angel, as he wrote it down,
dropped a tear upon the word and blotted
it out forever."
us in this important question, I remain, yours
truly, B. P. Arpix, President Wisconsin Hard-
wood Lumbermen's Association.
Hardwood Record J\latl *Bag.
[In this department it is proposed to reply
to such inquiries as reach this oflQce from the
Hardwood Record clientage as wili be of enougti
general interest to warrant publication. Every
patron of the paper 'S invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in
a succinct and intelligent manner.!
In Market for Gum Flooring.
Memi'IIIS, TeX-N., May 18. — ^.Editor Hardwood
Record : We are in the marliet for about 250,000
feet of first-class, well-made gum flooring, 1x4 or
1x3 — 12, 14 and IG foot lengths. Can you give
us the addresses of various manufacturers of this
class of stock ?^ Company.
Manufacturers of the above stock who will
send their addresses to this office will be put
in communication w-ith the writer of the
foregoing letter. — Editor.
Rapid Growth of Wild Cherry.
YosEMiTE, Kt., May 15. — Editor Hardwood
Record : Apropos of the subject of the rapidity
of timber growth discussed in your columns, per-
mit me to stMte that in the yard of Thomas
Carter, three miles west of Moreland, Ky., there
Is a wild cherry tree planted by Mr. Carter in
1864, at that time the size of a man's little fin-
ger. The trunk today measures twenty-eight
Inches in diameter four feet from the ground.
The tree branches at about eight feet from the
ground, and the branches are proportinnal y
large. — B. F. McKinley.
International Lumber & Development Co.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 9. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : I am somewhat interested in the
affairs of the International Lumber & Develop-
ment Company, which is located at 701 Drexel
building, Philadelphia. If you are in a position
to give the information, I would like to know
what standing (his company and its officials
have. William H. Armstrong is president ; Col.
A. K. McClure is vice president, and C. M. Mc-
Mahon is secretary and treasurer. Are the offl-
lials good honest business men of I'hiladelphia,
and is the company supposed to be a straight-
forward business proposition ? Anything you
may Ije able to give me will be greatly appre-
ciated.
Cincinnati, O., May 15. — Editor Hardwood
Record : Your paper of May 10 at hand, and the
letter contained in the article on page 16, from
Col. A. K. McClure, is indeed amusing to say the
least, as the writer has just returned from the
vicinity in which this company claims to be oper-
ating. We believe we could furnish you with
some v^ry interesting facts in regard to this, and
if at any time you are looking for further in-
formation shall be glad to volunteer same. There
are any amount of fake companies operating in
l.aguna and the state of Campeche, and we cer-
tainly believe your movement to protect the in-
nocent public from being taken in by schemes is
a very good one and deserves assistance, so that
these schemers cannot interfere with legitimate
business. — ■ LnsiBER Co.mpany.
N. 1. M. A. Committee on 'Western Freight
Eates.
Grand Rapids, Wis., May 15. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : I am in receipt of a letter from
Seiretary George K. Smith of the National Lum-
ber Manufacturers' Association, stating that the
following committee was apopinted to take up
the western freight rate matter in accordance
with the resolution presented by our Wisconsin
.\ssociation, and passed through the aid of R. II.
Vansant, ex-president of the Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association of the United States, at the
St. Louis meeting : E. r. Arpin, Grand Rapids.
Wis., chairman ; John B. Ranson, Nashville,
Tenn. ; Eugene Shaw, Eau Claire, Wis.
We hope to be able to secure a hearing before
the next meeting of the Trans-Continental Freight
Bureau, which will be held in Chicago on
.lune 4. Also received a good letter from
Mr. Doster, secretary of the Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association, offering the further coopera-
tion of himself and his association In this matter.
Thanking you for your kind interest in aiding
The Meaning of "Comb-Grained."
PniLADELPniA, May 10. — Editor IlAiinwooi>
Record : What Is the meaning of "comb-grained"
as applied to longleaf yellow pine? — N. A. Perry.
Comb-grained is a term early employed in
the East, meaning rift or quarter-sawed. It
doubtless came about from the surface of
the quarter-sawed lumber or flooring strips
showing the edge or teeth of the winter
growth of the wood. The term is rarely cm-
]iloyed now, as rift or quarter-sawed has en-
tirely taken its place. — Editor.
Pipe Material Offered.
Mica, N. C, May 23. — Editor Hardwood Rec-
ord : Can you put us in touch with some pipe
manufacturers who use ivy, laurel and rhodo-
dendron roots ? Company.
Any manufacturer in need of this material
will, on application to this office, be furnishciT
the address of the above inquirer, who wishes
to market the roots named. — Editor.
Looking for Information.
AsiiEVlLLE, N. C, May 19. — Editor Hardwooi*
Record : Can you give us any information
concerning: the Consumers' Lumber Company,
whose address is said to be 113 West Twenty-
third street. New Y'ork City? This company
is deluging the small mill operators throughout:
this section with very alluring literature telling
of the fancy prices they can get for lumber la
New Y'ork, and soliciting consignments. Who is
hack of this concern, and is It a straightforward
business house, or is it trying to rob the small
mill men? Yours truly, Company.
The Hardwood Eecord has considerable
information concerning the Consumers' Lum-
ber f'ompany which it wishes to verify in
detail before telling what the trade generally
thinks of it. — Editor.
Coming Meeting of the Southern Cypress
Manufacturers' Association.
Secretary George E. Watson of the Southern
Cypress Manufacturers' Association is sending
out a circular letter to all manufacturers of
cypress lumber, urging them to attend the next
meeting of the association, which promises to be
a large and interesting one. The text of the let-
ter is as follows :
".\t a meeting of the members of this asso-
ciation, held at New Orleans May 16, It was
decided to hold a meeting at Atlanta, Ga.. June
11 and 12, and to Invite the attendance of as
many manufacturers of cypress as it is possible
to assemble together. This action was the result
of the earnest request of Georgia and North
Carolina manufacturers, who urge the necessity
of a general discussion of trade conditions, meth-
ods and evils with the idea in view of bringing
aliout greater harmony of action between the
Louisiana manufacturers and those in the states
named. The Importance of such a meeting is
verv apparent when the limited area of cypress
production aud the fact that ail are competitors
in the same field are considered. Differences
in freight rates, statistical matters, grading
rules, and many other things can be discussed
to mutual benefit. It is hoped that each manu-
facturer of cypress will be present. A large
delegation of Louisiana manufacturers will at-
tend, and they hope to impart aud receive much
information. Further particulars as to meet-
ing place, hour, etc., will be given later."
HARDWOOD RECORD
jinnual National Lumber JManufacturers' Association.
The National Luinber Mumifaoturers ' As-
sociation, which is composed of eleven or-
ganizations of lumber manufacturers in va-
rious parts of the country, representing in
all 1,269 concerns, held its fourth annual
meeting at the Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis,
May 8 and 9. A large number of delegates
were present and also many visitors.
At 10 a. m. President N. W. McLeod called
the meeting to order and read the annual
message as follows:
President's Address.
During the year we have increased otu- mem-
bershii) from 919 to 1,269, and the annual out-
put from 11,850,000.000 to 12,000.000,000 feet.
This showing fairl.v represents the interest of
lumber manufacturers in association worli.
The lumber business has been referred to re-
centl.v in the public prints as the "Lumber
Trust." Candidates for pulilic office in some
states have made the "Lumber Trust" the issue
in their campaign. These misrepresentations
were proliably the result of ignorance. There are
very few people, other than lumbermen, who
realize that the lumber business is a natural,
limited monopoly. Stumpage is the raw ma-
terial fur this great industry. It is unlilie other
great manufacturing industries in that the quan-
tity of raw material available for commercial
lumber, present and future, is an absolutely
known factor. The supply of raw material can-
not tie increased as in coal. iron, or other build-
ing materials by the opening up of new deposits.
With a known, limited quantity of raw ma-
terial and a rapidly developing consuming mar-
ket— through the increase in population as well
as increase in the per capita purchasing power —
the price of stumpagre must confcn-m to the law
of supply and demand and be determined only
by a value that will not retard consumption.
In the earlier years of our industry the large
investment of the producer was in plant, stocks
of lumber that were carried, and in accounts.
The cost of raw material — on account of the
supposedly inexhaustible supply — was nominal.
Manufacturers were not obliged to invest their
capital in large bodies of timbered lauds, as
they inuld secure the raw material required as
it was needed. The evolution of supply and
demand has changed this condition so that the
greatest investment of a manufacturer at this
time is in standing timber. Manufacturers have
been forced to abandon the old method of taking
into their cost of production their timber at its
original cost without carrying charges or taxes,
and, as they have been forced to acquire fresh
supply of timber for their plants, they begin to
realize that the manufacturer of luiiiber must
occupy a dual capacity, that of a timber mer-
chant as well as a manufacturer and distributcu-
of lumber. Recognition of the value of raw ma-
terial, from which we are making our lumber,
has been a potential factor in the higher values
obtained for the manufactured product. In
analyzing the results from a lumber operation
if the actual value of stumpage. considering the
quantity available and the demand for its use,
was taken into the cost statements. It would be
found that the manufacturer of lumber is not
receiving the margin that the investment of
large sums in plants and equipment — that must
be written off during the life of the plant — tuat
he is justly entitled to.
The question of timber supply for commercial
use is one that has been given serious con-
sideration by the older nations. Our own gov-
ernment has realized for a numljer of years that
unless reforms were inaugurated in the present
methods of converting the forests into lumber,
removing only the matured growths, preserving
the young timber for future use. that the supply
of lumber would — in a comparatively few years-
be exhausted. The Forest Service "of the' United
States government is maintained on broader lines
than the reproduction of trees for commercial
use, but commercial forestry is recognized by
President Roosevelt and those in charge of the
Forest Service, as one of the most important
works of the department. The Forest Service
has met with considerable co-operation and as-
sistance from lumber manufacturers, but when
the manufacturers recognize the real value of
their stumpage based on the supply and de-
maud considered for a period covering the life
of their operations, the Forest Department will
enjoy the co-operation and assistance of lumber-
men to a degree that has been denied them in
the past. It is believed by students of this
qviestion that the actual value of stumpage to-
day, considered as above, would justify manu-
facturers— who are timber owners — incurring the
additional expense iu operating that would be
necessary in removing only the matured tim-
ber, preserving the younger timber for future
use. The Forest Service is equipped to cruise
timber lands and give estimates of costs and
values in a practical way and demonstrate un-
der what method of operation the timber of a
given tract can be operated to the best advan-
tage. The secretary's report will give a brief
outline of otu- department work. In statistical
work the government Forest Service and our
association are co-operating in obtaining re-
liable statistical information. Complete infor-
mation as to the production, consumption and
stocks of lumber on hand will be compiled and
published annually.
The work of the Credit Rating Department has
been successful. We have a department fully
organized and equipped to furnisli our members
with first-class service as to credits and collec-
tions. The department is now self-sustaining.
Iiut provision must be made to finance the amount
invested in the plan. The bonds provided for
this purpose have not been taken by our mem-
bers. Therefore, some plan of financing must
be provided, or. if it is decided that our mem-
bers do not want to maintain a Credit Rating
Department, the assets of the department should
be disposed of, relieving the association of obli-
gation. There is no question that if it is de-
cided to discontinue the department, the assets
can be readily sold so as to relieve the assoc*
ation of obligation and leave a balance in the
treasury. I recommend that a committee of
eleven, one meml>er from each association here
present, be appointed to thoroughly investigate
the de[iartment and arrange either to finance the
department or to sell the assets to the best ad-
vantage. All delegates to this meeting are in-
vited to call at the general offices of the associ-
ation on the seventh floor of the Equitable
building to make a personal Investigation of
the Credit Rating Department work.
During the year various associations have
taken advanced positions in exploiting their re-
spective products by show-ing the finished product
artistically treated. Results iu interior finish
and furniture have surprised the lumbermen
themselves and the work along this line, it is
believed, will materially increase the demand for
upper grades of lumber.
At our last meeting the ciuestion of odd
lengths and odd widths w^as discussed. Owing
to the limited time for discussion, the matter
coming up late in the session, it did not receive
the consideration that, in my opinion, it de-
serves. I would, therefore, recommend that a
standing committee on economy of mill product
be appointed to handle questions of this char-
acter.
Under date of March 12, last. President
Roosevelt appointed me as representing this as-
sociation, a member of an Advisory Board of
Fuels and Structural Materials. The Advisory
Board is to be organized by the Director of the
<Teological Survey and the Chief of Forest
Service of the Oovernment to report to the
President suggestions and recommendations as
to the best methods and use of the building ma-
terials and fuels of the United States. The
appointment, under the terms thereof, is to the
president of this association and to follow to hia
successor in office.
During the year great confusion has existed
as to terms of sale. This is a subject of great
importance and should have our careful con-
sideration, t^niformity of terms would not only
simplify the work of accounting, but would
eliminate very materially a large number of
petty claims and deductions that are made on
shipments.
At otu" last meeting in Chicago a movement
was undertaken to provide a fund to endow a
chair of practical lumbering at Yale. Committees
were appointed to secure the necessary funds.
As the value of stumpage Increases, the neces-
sity of utilizing the best methods of converting
the forests into a marketable product is mani-
fest. Graduates of Forest Schools are equipped
by their engineering skill, technical training and
field work to undertake and economically ad-
minister lumbering tiperations.
The reports of the following standing com-
mittees will treat the subjects referred to them,
viz : Transportation, Credit Indemnity. Insur-
ance. Uniform Export Contract, Endowment of
Chair of Practical Lumbering.
The president then called upon Secretary
George K. Smith for his report, which was
given, as follows:
Secretary's Report.
The year 1905 passed into history as one of
the most prosperous ever experienced by the
lumber Industry. This condition was reflected
in all associations afBliating and our present
iijemoersuip is as follows :
Mem-
bers.
292
163
83
156
210
131
41
16
85
60
32
.\pproxiuiate
Annual Output, Ft.
Yellow Pine Mfrs. Assn . . . 4,000,000,000
Pacific Coast Lbr. Mfrs.
Assn 2.000.000.000
Northern I'ine Mfrs. Assn.. 2,000,000,000
North Carolina Pine Mfrs.
Assn 1,000,000,000
Hardwood Mfrs. Assn. of
the U. S 1.000, (JOO.OOO
Georgia Interstate Sawmill
Assn 800.000,000
So. Cypress Mfrs. Assn. and
So. Cypress Selling Co.... 600,000,000
Northwest'n Hemlock Mfrs.
Assn 200.000.000
Wis. Hardwood Mfrs. Assn. 200,000,000
Southwestern Washington
Lbr. Mfrs. .4ssn 200.000,000
1260 12.000.000.000
Comparing this with the record one year ago,
we note several changes in names and two as-
sociations merged with their stronger neighbors.
I'lii- Wisciiisin Valley Assoiiation joined with
the Mississippi Valley LnmbiMiLieu's Association
to fium the Northern I'ine Association. The
South Carolina Lumber Association ceased to ex-
ist and all its members joined the North Caro-
lina Pine Association. The Southern Lumber
Manufacturers' Association changed its name to
the Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association,
thus making all the association names descrip-
tive of the particular kind of wood they repre-
sent.
There are two active associations — represent-
ing large annual outputs, which have not yet
affiliated with us, viz. : The Western Pine
Manufacturers' Association, of Spokane, Wash.,
and the Oregon Lumber Manufacturers' .\s,so-
ciation. of Portland, Ore. We trust they will
see it to their interest to join us soon and thus
add to tlie strength and usefulness of this asso-
ciation.
There ,has been an Increase in the membership
of practically all the associations named, the
total now being 1,209. as against 919 a year
ago.
Each association has been doing efficient work
along statistical lines, both monthly and an-
nually, and the interchange of this information
has become a feature of association work, which
is the direct result of the influence of this asso-
ciatiim and the opportunities offered for per-
sonal exchange of views and methods at these
annual gatherings of the delegates and secre-
taries of the affiliated associations.
One year ago we referred to the plan for
gathering complete figures, covering output, con-
sumption and stocks of lumber, and are pleased
to report that the Forest Service has not only
co-operated with us. but has taken the lead in
this most important work, and since January 1
has been making an active canvass of the "en-
tire United States, and has sent Mr. R. S. Kel-
logg, of the Department of Forest Products, to
address us at this meeting.
This plan has passed the experimental stage
and from now on there will be prepared autoen-
tic figures annually, covering the three im-
portant items of cut. shipments and stocks of
lumber. This again proves the wisdom and
profit of organization and co-operation.
During the year the work of covering the en-
tire United States in our Credit Rating Book
was completed, and the issue of April, 1906, has
brought the department to a point where it Is
securing the patronage of a sufficient number
of members of affiliated associations to war-
rant the statement that it is now on a self-
sustaining basis. A detailed report has been
prepared for the use of the committee on Credit
Rating Department, with definite plans for the
permanent financing of this most important de-
partment.
It is hoped every delegate will visit the of-
fices and work rooms of this department while
in St. Louis, and thus gain a personal knowl-
edge of its methods and carry back to your
various associations a report which will create
enthusiasm and largely Increase the support.
If the 1.269 members of the eleven associations
now affiliating will give this department unani-
mous patronage we can cancel our indebtedness
in three years and after that time furnish credit
rating information at a cost much less than the
present schedule. This was the original inten-
tion and it rests with those you represent to
sa.v when this intention shall be carried out.
Some months ago a request was made for a
copy of the terms of sale and discount in use
by the members of the various associations, and
on receipt they were reproduced on a single
sheet, so that easy comparison could be made.
Tlie lack of uniformity emphasizes the neces-
sity of keeping this subject before us, in the
hope that some progress may be made.
Copies of the printed terms of twelve asso-
ciations will be handed to the committee ap-
pointed to give this question consideration.
Had this report been written a month ago
it would have !>een possible to say that trade
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was moving along in well established channels
in practically all localities, but the recent ap-
palling disaster in California has brought about
abnormal conditions on the coast, which will
turn large quantities of lumber from its cus-
tomary course, and cause a readjustment which
will have an effect on the entire territory west
of the Mississippi river.
On the Gulf Coast the export and coastwise
demand is very active and the outlook tor a
continuation of preseut conditions is favorable.
If the present prosiiects for crops of grain
and fruit are not materially changed the pur-
chasing power of the consumers of lumber will
be such that the demand during the remainder
of iOOG will equal, if not exceed, that of liiuri.
The program for this meeting gives notice to
the reports of standing committees and two
addresses, which will be of interest and profit to
all.
Thanking officers and members for their sup-
port during the past year and hoping for a con-
tinued interest in all departments of our work,
this report is respectfully submitted.
The report of Treasurer J. A. Freeman
was then submitted, as follows:
Treasurer's Report.
Assessments, inO.T ? 5,309.24
Assessments, 1900 2,031.50
$ 7,340.7-1
Credit Rating Book .$13,8.51.70
1,175.91
779.69
15,807.30
$23,148.04
Loan 5,000.00
.f28,148.04
Salaries, printing and postagi' paid
„ut . . . ' 27,338.01
Cash on hand May 1 $810.03
Tlie chair then appointed a Committee on
Credentials, consisting of the lollowing: H.
H. Foster, chairman; George E. Watson and
Victor H. Beckman.
Reports of Standing Committees.
iieports of standing i-nniniittees being next
in order. Chairman C. I. Millard of the
Transportation Committee delivered an ex-
haustive report in which he touched upon
freight matters in general, the suit now
pending before the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission in particular, and upon national
terms of sale — cash discounts, credit ratings,
etc.
Mr. Millard 's vahialilc address was fol-
lowed by the report of F. E. Weyerliaueser,
chairman of the Committee on Endowment of
a Chair of Practical Lumbering at Yale. Mr.
Weyerliaeuser reported that the result of the
committee's work in soliciting subscriptions
for this cause had not been as satisfactory as
he had hoped, and that the total subscrip-
tions from various organizations and indi-
viduals amounted to but .$54,601.20 up to
date, while it had been previously decided
that the amount must reach $150,000 in
order to adequately endow the proposed chair.
The chairman then made an earnest plea
for increased subscriptions, pointing out the
advantage and necessity of practical forestry
and conservative lumbering in future, and
concluding with an urgent request for co-
oi>eration and financial aid from every direc-
tion.
R. S. Kellogg of the United States Forest
Service delivered an address, taking for his
subject ' ' The Lumber Cut of the United
States. ' ' He reviewed the splendid results
that had been attained through the aid of
. the association in compiling statistics show-
ing the amount of stumpage in the country,
the reproduction and growth of new timber
and the aggregate cut of the mills of this
country. The address was illustrated !l>y
three large wall charts showing production
and stocks, products by states, etc., and was
exceedingly interesting and instructive.
Appointment of Special Committees.
After some discussion by C. I. Millard, R.
A. Long, W. B. Stillwell and J. A. Freeman
relative to the importance and use of such
statistics, and tlie desirability of lumbermen
knowing the value of their stumpage and
conserving it by every possible means, a mo-
tion was made and carried to the effect that
the president appoint the special committees
recommended by him in his message. The
following were selected by the chair:
Committee on licsohitions — John L. Kaul,
chairman. Birmingham. Ala. ; R. A. Long, Kan-
sas Citv. M". ; K. < ■. Fosburgh, Norfolk. Va. :
R. H. "Vansant, Ashland, Ky, ; F. E. Weyer-
haeuser, St. I'aul, Minn.
Committee on Credit Rating Department —
Win. Irvine, chairman. Chippewa Falls. Wis. :
R. H. Vansant, Ashland, Ky. ; H. H. Tift, Tif-
ton. Ga. : E. C. Fosburgh. Norfolk, Va. : H. C.
Foster, Tacoma. Wash. : W. A. Holt, Oconto,
Wis. : Geo. W. Dodge. Napoleonville. La. ; Geo.
K. Foster, Mellen, Wis. ; H. H. Foster, Mal-
vern, Ark.
Committee on Economy of Mill Product — .T.
B. White, chairman, Kansas City, Mo. ; R. U.
Downman, New Orleans, La. : Chas. S. Keith,
Kansas Citv, Mo. ; F. H. Pardoe, Wausau, Wis. ;
Wm. B. Stillwell. Savannah, Ga.
The afternoon of May 8 was consumed by
committee work, and no regular session of
the association was held, but at 8 p. m. a
iiuudoer of members particularly interested
in export trade held a session and discussed
cargo shipping conditions. Impromptu
speeches were made and many important
matters talked over.
WEDNESDAY'S SESSION.
Immediately after tlie call to order, at 10
a. m., the Committee on Credentials reported
on the attendance and apportioned votes as
follows :
N. C. Pine Association ^'
Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Assn 18
Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Assn 3
Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association. 5
Northwestern Hemlock Association 3
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturing Associ-
ation : 10
Georgia Interstate Sawmill Association b
Northern Pine Manufacturers' .\ssociation . . . . 11
Hardwood Manufacturei-s' Assn. of the i;. S.. 6
Report of Credit Rating Department.
The Credit Rating Department made the
f ollo-n-ing recommendations :
We recommend that an effort be made at this
meeting today to secure subscriptions to ,1i30.000
worth "of y 'per cent 5 year bonds, to perma-
nently finance the Credit Rating Department.
That branch offices for the purpose of dis-
tributing special reports to members of afHliated
associations be opened in the offices of the sec-
retaries of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufac-
turers' Association, at Seattle, Wash. ; Northern
Pine Manufacturers' Association and North-
western Hemlock Manufacturers' Association at
Minneapolis, and the North Carolina Pine Asso-
ciation, at Norfolk, Va.
That the president and secretary of each
affiliated association use their best efforts at an
early date to induce their members to subscribe
for the Credit Rating Book and use the special
report service. ' ....
Your committee has made a personal investi-
gation of the offices and work of the Credit liat-
jnf^ nenartment and heartily endorses the plans
( 11" which the department is operated. It is well
equipped to give flrst class service and deserves
the unanimous support of all association mem-
bers. „, ,
W.M. InviNEj Chairman,
R. H. Vansant^
W. A. Holt,
H. H. FOSTEH,
E. C. FOSBUliGIT,
Geo. E. Foster.
<?EO. W. DouiiE,
II. G. Foster,
H. H. Tift.
At this point tlie association went into ex-
ecutive session, the report was accepted and
the delegates present jiledged themselves to
see that the various associations raised the
required amount.
Other Committee Reports.
The Committee on Credit Indemnity, con-
sisting of D. Musser, chairman; L. K. Baker,
I. C. Enochs and W. B. Stillwell, then pre-
sented an exhaustive report and analysis of
the question, recommending that a committee
consisting of a member from each association
be ajipointed to complete the required work.
A motion prevailed instructing the president
to appoint a committee which should duly
consider the establishment of a Credit In-
demnity Department.
Chairman Millard presented verbally the
report of the Committee on Terms of Sale,
covering the ground fully and recommending
that some set form be adopted to succeed the
great variety now in use among sellers, thus
securing uniformity, which he pointed out as
greatly to be desired. No definite action was
taken in the matter.
The Committee on Mill Products reported
that the diversified interests represented pre-
cluded their reaching conclusions that applied
to all woods, and therefore recommended that
the matter be referred to each individual as-
sociation, with request that each appoint a
similar committee.
Richard Alexander of Vancouver presented
a resolution on behalf of the cargo confer-
ence, held the previous evening, asking that
the association create a standing committee
consisting of one member from each associa-
tion interested in cargo business to take up
matters of interest appertaining to that
branch of the lumber trade by correspondence
through the secretaries of their respective as-
sociations, and that at future conventions
matter appertaining to the cargo trade form
part of the program.
The resolution was adopted.
After considerable discussion on various
subjects, iucluding next meeting place, the
transportation question, freight tariffs, etc.,
tlie Committee on Resolutions presented the
following ;
In rccoguitiun of the lienefits derived from
complete and accurate statistical informatiou,
covering the timber resources of this countr.v.
the rate of consumption, and the distribution of
the manufiotiired lumber, especially as said in-
formation pertains to and atl'ects valuation ; and,
in appri'iiation of the able service rendered the
association by the National Forest Service, as
shown in the report of Forester R. S. Kel-
"^ife'snlved, That this association extend its
tlianks to Mr. Kellogg and to the members of
the Forest Service tor their efficient assistance;
and, be it further . ., , »
Resolved, That the officers and members of
this association do everything in their power to
assist thc> Forest Service in gathering necessary
and valuable information, and especially in com-
pleting the compilation of figures shosvn in Mr.
Kellogg's repoi-t.
Whereas. Congressman Pearre of Maryland
recently introduced a bill in congress, known
•IS llolise P.ill No. 18171, which is commonly
known as the anti-injunction bill: said bill being
introduced at the instigation and in the inter_
ests of the American Federation of Labor, and
in opposilon to the best interests of all manu-
facturers : therefore, be it
Resolved, That the president of this associa-
tion appoint a committee of one from each of
the associations affiliated with this association,
of Which he shall be chairman, to go to ■« ash-
ington at the proper time to protest against this
anti-injuuction bill and use every honorable
means 'to see that it is not enacted into a law.
.Tuii.^ L. Kaul.
R. A. Loxo,
E. C. FOSBUKGHj
R. II. Vansant.
F. E. Weyerii.uiseii.
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Pacific Coast Freight Bate.
R. H. Vansant then offered a resolution
protesting against the unjust rate to the
Pacific coast, which was adopted as herewith
given:
Whereas. The transcontiDental lines are now
charging and receiving So cents per cwt. on
lumber from Chicago and common points to
Pacific coast points ; and
Whereas, This excessive and unjust rate al-
lows the importation of hardwoods from Japan.
Australia. Kussia and other Asiatic countries,
to the exclusion of the hardwoods native to the
central districts of the United States, and has
never been justified in an.v manner whatsoever ;
and.
Whereas. The average rate on forest products
in hardwoods from the east being carried by
the railroads to the Pacific coast market is
70 per cent higher than the rate on forest prod-
ucts carried by the same railroads from the same
territory west to the same territory east:. there-
fore, be it
Resolved, By the National Lumber Manufac-
turers' Association, in convention assembled,
that we protest against this excessive and un-
fair west bound rate, which prohibits the sale
vif native hardwoods on the Pacific coast (ex-
cepting in limited (juantitiesi : and be it further
Resolved, That a committee of three be ap-
pointed by the president of tliis association to
take this "matter up at once with the transcon-
tinental freight bureau (and its allied lines in-
dividually) and secure justice for this important
branch of the Iuml>er industry, which will enable
the hardwood manufacturers of the Mississippi
valley and Lake Michigan districts to sell their
products in competition with imported hard-
woods on the Pacific coast.
Election of Officers.
Election of officers followed the reports of
the various committees and resulted as fol-
lows :
President — Wm. Irvine. Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Vice-President — R. A. Long, Kansas City. Mo.
Treasurer — .1. A. Frfeman, St. Louis, Mo.
Secretary — Geo. K. Smith, St. Louis, Mo.
.Board of Directors Appointed.
Boll call of the affiliated associations for
the purpose of receiving nominations to the
Board of Directors resulted in the following
selections :
Wm. B. Stillwell, Savannah, (ia., representing
Georgia Interstate Sawmill Association.
E. (_'. Fosburgb. Xorfolk. Va., representing
North Carolina Pine Association.
J. H. White. Kansas City, Mo., representing
Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association.
Edward Mines. Chicago. 111., representing
Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association.
Wm. Wilms. Chicago. 111., representing Hard-
wood Manufacturers' Asscfciation of the United
States.
E. (i. (iriggs. Tacoma. Wash., representing
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Associa-
tion,
A. R. Week. Stevens Point. Wis., representing
Northwestern Hemlock Manufacturers' Associa-
tion.
.1. A. Vaness. Winlock, Wash., representmg
Sioithwestern Washington Lumber Manufac-
turers' Associatinn.
(Jeo. E. Foster. Mellen. Wis., representing Wis-
consin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association.
li. H. Downman. New Orleans. La., represent-
ing Southern Cypress Manufacturers" Associa-
tion.
After eloquent addresses on the subject of
endowing the proposed chair of forestry by
J. B. White, R. A. Long, Edward Hines aiTd
others, the meeting adjourned.
The next annual will be held at Norfolk,
Va.
District Meetings HardWood M^^u=
facturers' Association.
Lewis Doster of the Hardwood .Mauufacturers'
Association Is campaigning the country very
generally, organizing local hardwood manufac-
turers into district organizations affiliated with
the big association of which he is secretary.
New Orleans Meeting.
A meeting of the hardwm d producers of Lou-
isiana was held at the St. Charles Hotel. New
Orleans, on Thursday, May 17. for the purpose
of discussing matters of sectional interest, and
taking action to improve conditions that are
now inimical to the success of the hardwood
industry in the state.
Tlii-re ui'ii' prcsi'Ut Samuid Hopper. Samuel
Hopper & Sou. Raton Rouge ; W. E. Hoshall,
' Iloshall & McDonald Bros., Eola : E. T. Miller,
McDonald Bros.. Macland : II. A. Joyner, Boyce
Realty Company, Boyce : Jas. II. Haird. Southern
Lumberman. Nashville, Tenn. ; James Bo.vd. Lum-
l)er Trade Journal. New Orleans ; W. E. Barns,
St. Louis Lumberman. St. Louis. Mo. : W. C.
Wright. Lumber Trade Journal. New Orleans :
Lewis Doster. sei-retary Hardwood Manufactur-
ers' Association. Chicago.
Samuel Hopper acted as chairman of the meet-
ing and James Boyd secretary in accordance with
the action taken at the meeting held on April 27.
The session was called to order by the chair-
man, who "stated that the purpose of the meet-
ing was to consider the conditions surrounding
hardwood production in Louisiana, and to take
steps toward forming a state organization for
the betterment of the industry.
Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association, outlined the plan of
procedure entered into by other state organiza-
tions recently formed.
(3ther topics were discussed by those present,
covering the subjects of grading and manufac-
ture, and all were very much interested in the
matter of forming a state organization. One
topic which was given especial attention, out-
side of the organization plan, was that portion
of the governor's message in which he recom-
LUMBERMEN ASIIEVIl.l.E DISTRICT MEET INC AT SWANNANOA COUNTRY CLUB.
mended that laws I- passed which would pro-
hibit the removal oi logs in the rough from the
state, on the grounds that the l)est interests of
Louisiana required that all lumber cut in the
state should be manufactured within its limits.
It was decided at this gathering that a future
meeting should be arranged for, either at Alex-
andria or Monroe, to which all manufacturers
of hardwood should be invited. It was not
definitely determined at which place this meet-
ing will be held, but this will be decided later.
The date for such meeting was suggested as
June 27.
At this future meeting plans will be outlined
more definitely for the formation of a state
organization of Louisiana hardwood manufac-
turers, with the idea of developing the interests
of the state in the matter of hardwood produc-
tion, manufacture, etc.
Coming Meetings.
The very successful meeting held a few weeks
ago at Asheville is to be followed by another
gathering of hardwood operators of that district
on Saturday, May 26. G. Leidy Wood, manager
of the R. E. Wood Lumber Company's hardwood
manufacturing enterprises in eastern Tennessee
and western North Carolina, is very prominent
in this movement.
On Saturday, June 2, a district meeting of
hardwood manufacturers doing business at
Charleston, W. Va., and vicinity, will be held
in that city.
On Saturday. June 0. the hardwood manu-
facturers of Arkansas will bold a similar meet-
ing under the auspices of the Hardwood Manu-
facturers' Association at Hot Springs.
Another meeting is planned for Missouri hard-
wood manufacturers at some point, to be de-
termined upon later, which will be held about
the middle of June.
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The Chicago Veneer Company.
vii;\v vxnv ckicai' vexeer hill, ciricAGO vexeek comlaxy.
DRYING BUILDINGS, CHICAGO VENEER COAIPANY.
Early in the year 1901 B. W. Lonl packed
his grip and took a night train out of Chi-
cago, telling his business associates that he
would not be back until he had found "the
best spot in the country" for the Chicago
Veneer Company's plant. He returned at
the end of a year, called a directors' meet-
ing, and reported that his mission had been
successful. From that time the company
has been making veneer history.
During the 3'ear of absence Mr. Lord trav-
eled all over the timber districts of the
North and South. lie knew just the location
he was looking for, and when one day he
came upon the little village of Burnside, in
Kentucky, l.ying in a beautiful valley where
the South Fork river empties into the Cum-
berland, he at once decided that he had
found the ideal spot.
The main plant of the Chicago Veneer
Company was established at this point
shortly afterward, and the little village of
Burnside grew to the proportions of a good-
sized town in a surprisingly short time in
consequence. The Chicago Veneer Company's
business has increased steadily, until today
Mr. Lord and his associates number among
their customers some of the greatest con-
sumers of veneer in the world. This growth
is attributable both to the excellence of
the plant, with regard to equipment and
location, and to the great perseverance,
close application and unceasing energy of
the members of the company. The Cum-
berland and South Fork rivers, with their
numerous tributaries tapping the magnifi-
cent forests of upper Tennessee and Ken-
tucky, deposit logs at Burnside practically
the year round. Besides this the company
operates two barges which bring logs from
points sixty miles down the river. The
Q. & C. railroad is also of importance, both
in bringing in the logs and shipping out
till' finished product.
Burnside is on the main line of the C,
N. O. & T. P. railwaj^, and the plant of
the Chicago Veneer Company covers about
thirty acres between the railroad and the
river. It is devoted exclusively to the
manufacture of veneer. The company has
in commission a large mill at Tateville, a
few miles above Burnside, where it engages
on an extensive scale in lumber manufac-
ture, making a specialty of yellow poplar.
The great success attained by this con-
cern is due to the fact that the most modern
and approved business methods have always
been employed. All the odds and ends of
stock are used, and the work is so arranged
as to eliminate the element of waste almost
entirely. The handling of the material from
the log to the finished product is done by
skilled mechanics and the most modern
machinery.
The great veneer plant at Burnside is
complete in every detail. It is equipped
with a log-haul, conveying logs from the
river to the mill, ample railway trackage,
a large derrick with a 125-foot sweep, six
large steaming vats, excellent drying build-
ings, an immense cutting room, three large
dry kilns, shipping rooms and warehouses.
Most of the veneer is dried by the hot air
circulation process. At present the com-
pany has 12,000 logs in the booms at Tate-
ville, which is a very moderate sized stock,
as there is room to store 27,000 logs.
The equable climate of Kentucky enables
cnRXER nV LOG YARD. CIIIIAIil) VKXEEU COMPAXY.
GIAXT DERRICK HANDLlN(i LOGS, CHICAGO VENEER COMPAXY,
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HARDWOOD RECORD
the company to carry on operations prac-
tically the year round. The logs are con-
veyed from the river by means of the log-
haul into the spacious yards, where they
are arranged in piles within easy reach of
the giant derrick. As desired they are
stored in the large steaming vats where
they are thoroughly cured and made ready
for the knife. They are then sent to the
cutting machine and reduced to veneer.
The Chicago Veneer Company enjoys the
reputation of putting out veneer of the"
highest class. It is used for the finest
grades of work into which veneer enters,
expensive cabinet work, furniture, pianos,
cars, etc., and is practically world-wide in
its distribution.
The company was originally organized in
1888. Some years later Mr. Lord, then of
the Sterling Bicycle Company, became
identified with the business. The active
ones in the company are: B. W. Lord,
president and treasurer; S. J. Glanton,
nian.ager; H. Wade Beavers, who has charge
of the timber and log department, and Le-
roy Kes.sler, mechanical superintendent.
Vicker=Sticks and SWeep=Sticks
for Looms.
"With the increased demand for hardwood
bobbins, shuttles, spools and cops for textile,
cotton and woolen mills, there comes an active
call for hardwood picker-sticks. I remember
when I was a lad that the mill in which I
worked furnished handmade picker-sticks for
the cotton mills in the vicinity. The ' ' boss ' '
used to send me to the woods to get the
proper timber. For a number of years locust
was most used. This is not a good wood
for this purpose, even when properly seasoned
and worked, and the way it was seasoned in
this particular shop did not, as may be imag-
ined, even bring out its few good qualities.
However, it was the best that could be done
under the circumstances. The timber was
cut, hauled to the mill and sawed. It was
not supposed to be used until the next yeaj,
giving it a chance to season before the sticks
were made from it, but there was never time
for this, and green lumber was very often
employed. A log was split with wedges as
in Fig. 1 and the sticks were then cut to
shape with hatchets. They were crude and
very irregular, as may well be supposed from
the primitive method of manufacture. Fully
twenty per cent could not be used at all.
Some were knotty and some crooked ; many
were only fit to be cut up for sweep-sticks.
Today the process and the resultant prod-
uct are much different. Many of these same
mills have undergone a complete transforma-
tion ; new and improved machinery has been
introduced, effective methods of manufacture
are in vogue and the work is well systema-
tized. At these mills the wood is especially
selected for the purpose from the standpoint
of elasticity, toughness, durability and gen-
eral suitability for the making of picker-
sticks. The incessant hammering of the stick
against the bunterg of the loom make it
necessary that the pickers be of wood that
is firm and close-grained. Defects, such as
knots or parts of knots, are disastrous, as
the sticks will break off at such weak points
almost immediately.
Picker-sticks are made from many varieties
of hardwoods. Crab-tree wood is sometimes
used ; but the best and most common woods
employed are ash, hickory, elm, oak and
birch. Poplar, beech, cherry and walnut are
also used with good results. "Whatever wood
is chosen, precautions are taken at the begin-
ning to get from it the best possible service
by cutting it properly. The cross lines in
Fig. 2 illustrate the method of cutting the
logs lengthwise. The slabs are then marked
off with lines and the tapering sticks cut in
pairs or triplets, as the width of the sla^
permits. Usually but two sticks can be ob-
tained from one slab, as represented in Fig.
3. Fig. 4 .shows the crude stick of the
old days, roughly shaped with a hatchet.
Many country textile mills even now use al-
most as crudely shaped sticks as this, local
carpenters making them with but few more
tools and facilities than we had in that little
old mill of my early experience. But the
city mills, which use thousands of picker-
sticks annually, contract with large manufac-
turers for their supplies and these sticks are
almost invariably sawed out to pattern and
then smoothed by planing. Owing to the
tapering form of the stick, they are usually
planed by hand, although a few of the larger
manufacturers have machines to perform this
work. Fig. -5 shows the stick after it has
been planed. A hole is then bored for the
picker-stick stud, about six inches from the
foot of the stick, usually one inch in diam-
eter. Some makers put metal sleeves into the
bores, but as a rule the wood bears direct
upon the stud. Next comes the boring for
the wiring of the sticks. Small holes are
bored through the sides of the stick just
above and below the stud hole, and wire rivets
are inserted and headed up as shown in
Fig. 6. Some manufacturers use bolts and
nuts for this purpose, but this is not a good
plan, as nuts work loose and come off. The
rivet is headed and it cannot get free. Iron
foot pieces are sometimes added, as repre-
sented in Fig. 7, but as this metal increases
the weight of the stick, it has never been
entirely satisfactory. Yet some patterns of
looms require sticks of this form, and conse-
quently the manufacturer must produce them.
Occasionally a stick which is found to be
weak is bound up with rawhide, tarred cords
or wires as represented in Fig. 8. Sticks are
often curved near the upper end as in Fig.
9, so that this curve may come in contact
with the back of the picker, thus providing
an even sliding motion.
Let us look at the sweep-sticks, for manu-
facturers usually carry a line of sweep-sticks
as well as picker-sticks. In many mills no
sweep-sticks are furnished and the loom
operator is expected to saw sweep-sticks
from broken picker-sticks. There is no
economy in this, because in his desperation,
when in a hurry, the loom operator often
saws up a really good picker-stick to get the
necessary sweep-stick, and it is always
cheaper to buy regularly made sweep-sticks.
Fig. 10 is a good pattern. It is made like
the picker-stick and of the same wood, but
it is not tapered. It is usually about 20
inches long. In order to have it as light as
possible the middle of the stick is frequently
sawed out, as in the pattern shown in Fig.
11. It is not absolutely necessary that the
ends be bored and riveted, but it is a very
good plan, and many manufacturers have
adopted it. The same method of riveting the
bottoms of the picker-sticks is used to rivet
the ends of the sweep-stick. Fig. 12 illus-
trates a sweep-stick which is riveted.
A rather awkward form of sweep-stick is
shown in Fig. 13. The idea in this case was
to get two pieces of wood combined, making
both the sweep and picker sticks, claiming
certain advantages. In most mills the merits
of sticks as advertised count for little. They
are simply put into service and tested. If
the stick works well, that is sufficient recom-
mendation. Hence it is that we see sticks
of many different patterns under experi-
mentation in various weaving rooms. This
two-piece sweep-stick was being tested in a
mill I visited. I was told that the stick was
giving fairly good service, but that it was
too weighty and bulky for the loom.
Fig. 14 shows the combination of picker-
stick and sweep-stick as run in the loom. The
iron picking shaft arm carries a stud which
fits into the hole in the sweep-stick. The
leather strap is bolted around the picker-
stick and to the sweep-stick. As the stick is
brought up with a hard thump against the
bunters, about ninety times per minute in
the broad woolen loom, and about two hun-
dred times per minute in the speedy little
cotton loom, it may be realized what a
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picker-stick combination must be in these
days of high speed. The life of the stick
depends a great deal upon the biinter. Some
stick makers furnish a hard rubber bunter
to fit into the metal bunters of the loom,
just ahead of the sweep of the stick, as in
Fig. 15. This makes a cushion to receive
the blows of the stick, protecting it and pro-
longing its term of usefulness considerably.
Fig. IG is a form of picker-stick made on
the same plan as the two-piece sweep-stick
in Fig. 3. "Observer."
NetsOs Miscellany.
Veneer Manufacturers Meet at Asheville.
In response to a call l.itely issued by the Na-
iional Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' Association
a number of concerns operating In the south-
eastern states sent representatives to a meeting
held April 16, at the Battery I'ark Motel, Ashe-
ville, N. C. The convention was called for the
purpose of securing the cooperation of manufac-
turers in that district in the work which the
association is attempting to accomplish for the
betterment of the industry.
President D. E. Kline of the Louisville Veneer
Mills called the meeting to order and presented a
report of what has been accomplished up to date
by the association. He gave in brief the objects
of the association, and pointed out the value of
a complete understanding among manufacturers
and hearty cooperation, instead of the antago-
nistic feeling which has hitherto prevailed. Mr.
Kline expressed it as his opinion that if a ma-
jority of the establishments engaged in the
veneer and panel business would become alBl-
iated with the national association, they would
soon find themselves upon a footing which would
enable them to stand firm against any difficulties
which might arise in the conduct of business.
A sort of experience meeting was called for,
which brought out some interesting and valuable
discussion.
J. W. Clinard of the High Point Veneer Com-
pany, High Point, n! C. presented the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopted :
"Resolved, That the Southeastern Branch of
the National Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' As-
sociation recommend that the grades and speci-
fications on poplar veneers be changed to read
as follows : There shall be three grades, clear,
No. 1 and Xo. 2.
"Clear shall be perfect, allowing only such de-
fects as are agreed at the time the order is ac-
cepted and in every case this shall be considered
as special stock.
"No. 1 shall consist of stock closely and evenly
cut and permitting of slight defects such as
sound, smooth knots, discoloration, or short
closed splits.
"No. 2 shall allow knots (knot-holes not over
% inch diameter) slight shakes, checks, and
worm-holes.
"In filler stock enough two and three-piece
fractions shall be taken to work up all waste
In cutting."
It was decided wise to apply for membership
in the national body, and accordingly the fol-
lowing petition was drawn up and signed by
every representative of the veneer and panel in-
dustry present at the meeting :
"To The National Veneer and Panel Manu-
facturers' Association : The undersigned manu-
facturers of veneers in the southeastern states
petition your honorable body for admission as
members individually with the request that your
association designate us as constituting a recog-
nized and accepted Southeastern Branch of the
National Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation. We agree to be governed by and to co-
operate with your rules and regulations and so
constituted we claim such recognition for our
southeastern branch association as well as our
individual concerns."
It was the sense of the convention that the
National Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation should arrange some plan for the proper
Inspection of stock in case of rejection of the
goods upon arrival at destination, but no definite
action was taken in the matter, and it will be
fully considered at the next meeting of that
body.
It was recommended that the next session of
the National Association be held at Cincinnati,
as the most convenient place for all interested.
Those present were : D. E. Kline, Louisville
Veneer Mills, Louisville, Ky. ; W. K. M. Gilkey,
Gilkey Veneer Company, Marion, N. C. ; J. J.
Kincaid, Kincaid Veneer & Lumber Company,
Salisbury, N. C. ; D. S. Thomas, North State
Veneer Company. Statesville, N. C. ; T. O.
Teague, Comolly & Teague Veneer Company, Tay-
lorsville, N. C. ; .1. W. Clinard, High Point
Veneer Company, High Point, N. C. ; L. V. Phil-
lips, Lynnwood Manufacturing Company, Lynn-
wood, N. C. ; W. V. Thompson. Cleveland Manu-
facturing Company, Cleveland, N. C. ; Kent
D. E. KLINE, LOUISVILLE, KY., PRESIDENT
NATIONAL VENEER & PANEL MANU-
FACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
Sheppard, Globe Veneer Company, Winston-
Salem, N. C. ; M. C. McDonald, West End
Veneering Company, West End. N. C. ; R. L.
Hubbard. Elkin Veneer & Manufacturing Com-
pany, Elkin, N. C. ; E. M. Henofer, Philadelphia
Veneer & Lumber Company, Knoxville, Tenn. ; M.
C. Dow, Jr., Goshen Veneer Company, Goshen,
Ind. ; H. M. McCracken, XCentucky Veneer Works,
Louisville, Ky. ; W. H. Craddock, Lenoir Veneer
Company, Lenoir, N. C.
The following concerns were represented by
proxy : Gwyn Veneer & Panel Company, Lenoir,
N. C. ; Hill Veneer Company, High Point, N. C. ;
Rural Hall Veneer Company, Rural Hall, N. C.
Annual Southern Cypress Manufacturers'
Association.
The annual meeting of the Southern Cypress
Manufacturers' Association was held at New
(jrleans. May 16, a large number of representa-
tive manufacturers being present.
President Wilbert, in bis annual address, re-
viewed the work of the association during the
year of its existence, commenting favorably on
what has been accomplished by the various
committees and on the cooperative spirit which
prevails among members.
Secretary Watson submitted a report setting
forth the details of the association's business
affairs, and telling of the exploitation of bay
poplar, stating that the pi-oiiuction of this wood
during the last six months has been heavier than
ever before in the same length of time. He re-
ported that the association now has thirty-five
members.
George W. Dodge, treasurer, presented a state-
ment which showed that after all debts were
liquidated, the association had a substantial
fund remaining.
After considerable discussion on the matter
of grading, which was brought forth by the fact
that the rules seemed to have been misinterpreted
in many instances, it was decided to appoint a
traveling inspector to visit the various mills and
explain to employees how to properly construe
them.
Election of officers resulted in the following
choice : President, Frederic Wilbert ; first vice
president, R. H. Downman ; second vice presi-
dent, H. M. Bloss ; treasurer, George W. Dodge ;
secretary, George E. Watson ; directors, P. B.
Williams, Patterson ; E. G. Swartz, Burton ; J.
A. I'eterman, Franklin ; John A. Bruce, Strader ;
L. II. Price, Ramos : J. F. Wiggington, Bowie ;
John Dibert. New Orleans ; L. H. Baker. Platten-
ville : H. B. Hewes, Jeanerette ; A. T. Gerrans,
Houma ; H. M. Gotten, Morgan City ; R. S. Ross,
Pretoria, Ga.
In the afternoon and evening executive sessions
were held, at which some changes in the by-
laws were discussed, and reported adopted. At
a late hour the convention adjourned, to meet
at Atlanta. Ga., June 11 and 12, when it is
expected that cypress manufacturers of Georgia,
North Carolina. South Carolina, Alabama and
Florida will be present; it is Secretary Watson's
desire to interest them in association won;, and
secure their cooperation.
American Colonization Company.
The American Colonization Company has been
organized at Chippewa Falls, Wi.s., with a capi-
talization of $500,000, and the following offi-
cers : President, J. T. Barber, Eau Claire ;
first vice president, Frederick Von Pilis, Bremen,
Germany ; second vice president, F. S. Bell, Wi-
nona ; secretary, William Irvine. Chippewa Falls ;
treasurer and assistant secretary, F. E. Weyer-
haeuser, St. Paul ; manager, Albert C. Uecke,
Cumberland ; directors, J. T. Barber, Frederick
Von Pilis, F. S. Bell, William Irvine, A. E. Wal-
rath, G. W. Claussenius.
The object of the company is the sale, devel-
opment and settlement of northern Wisconsin
lands, including more than 2,000,000 acres, the
estimated value of which is $20,000,000. These
lands are cut-over timber areas held out
of the market for several years by the owners,
and the tract comprises holdings of F. E. Weyer-
haeuser, John S. Owen Lumber Company, North-
western Lumber Company, Laird & Norton, Mus-
ser-Sauntry Company, Mississippi River Logging
Company, Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company,
Chippewa Farm Land Company, North Wiscon-
sin Lumber Company, Lake Nebagamon Lumber
Company, Superior Timber Company and Uecke
Land Company. The throwing open for settle-
ment of the largest tract of land ever put on
the market In the northwest means that a large
number of colonists will make homes there and
open up what promises to be a resourceful agri-
cultural region. A German commission recently
visited this country and decided upon northern
Wisconsin as the most desirable region in which
to start German colonies, and particular atten-
tion will therefore be given to diverting foreign
immigration from the great cities, particularly
of the East, to this section.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
San Francisco Branch E. C. Atkins & Co.
The branch house of E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc.,
located at 21 and 23 Main street, San Francisco,
was destroyed by the fire following the great
earthquake of April 18, together with a complete
line of Atkins circular, band, cross cut, hand
and other saws, mill specialties, etc., kept in
stock there at all times. N. A. Gladding of
Indianapolis, vice president and secretary of the
company, arrived at Oakland the morning of
April 24, and fortunately secured from Gov.
Pardee a pass which enabled him to enter San
Francisco and visit the devastated districts. He
found that K. W. Neighbor, the enerprising San
Francisco manager for E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc.,
had already located a temporary office at 10,").")
Broadway, Oakland, Cal., and was ready for
business. After reviewing the situation further
it was decided to lease a large, well-lighted
wareroom at 862 Market Street, Oakland, splen-
didly suited for carrying an extensive stock, and
it is at this address that the office will be main-
tained until further notice.
Bliss-Cook Oak Company Rebuilding.
Work has been commenced on the erection of
a new mill for the Bliss-Cook Oak Company at
Blissville, Ark., to replace the one recently de-
stroyed by Are. A large force of men is em-
ployed on the buildings and installing an AUis-
Chalmers outfit consisting of a 12-inch single
band and a 10-inch resaw, with steam setworks,
a 20x36 Corliss engine, steam feed, niggers, log
loaders, trips, etc. When the mill is finished it
will be one of the most up-to-date and complete
in the South. The yards of the Bliss-Cook Oak
Company contain about 5,000,000 feet of lumber
not touched by the fire, and also a well-assorted
stock of flooring. The flooring plant remained
intact and is running full time, turning out ex-
ceedingly fine stock. Superintendent Howard
Coles has the new work in charge.
New Orleans Merger.
The Otis-Alcus Lumber Company is the name
of a new corporation at New Orleans, capitalized
at IflOO.OOO. Samuel T. Alcus is president,
Henry Alcus is vice president, Henry A.
Alcus is secretary and Rowland Otis is
treasurer. The company will take over the
business of S. T. Alcus & Co. and of the Otis
Manufacturing Company, storing the lumber at
the latter plant, where the sawmill will engage
in cutting Cottonwood when not busy with ma-
hogany. Boxes of low-grade cottonwood will be
made at the Alcus operation, the upper grades
being sold as lumber.
Knoxville and a Great Knoxville Concern.
Some of the richest timber in Tennessee comes
from the section which might be designated as
the Knoxville district. Knoxville has splendid
railroad connections besides the Tennessee river
to furnish supplies, which serve also in dis-
tributing the finished material.
The city is in the heart of a great producing
territor/ and is the home of several large con-
cerns cutting and working hardwoods of all
kinds. There are also several jobbers who oper-
ate from local oflices. This section is noted not
only for the profusion of its timber but the
high class of the lumber produced by the
various concerns there.
The largest lumber concern in Knoxville is
the Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company,
controlled by the three Vestal brothers, men
young in years but veterans in lumber ex-
perience. The company has about twenty-five
acres of yards on two railway systems, and a
large plant up-to-date in every respect.
ville, Tex., has begun the manufacture of axe
handles.
The Mount Olive Stave Company of Mount
Olive, Ark., has increased its capital stock from
S25.000 to $.50,000.
The Pine Bluff Lumber & Veneer Company of
Little Rock, Ark., has decreased its capital stock
from $100,000 to $50,000.
The Warren Vehicle Company of Warren, Ark,,
is building a tramway six miles long to facilitate
the hauling of its timber.
J. H. Jewett is installing the machinery in
his new kitchen cabinet and hardwood novelty
factory at Menominee, Mich.
The Broadway Hardwood Manufacturing Com-
pany of Harrisonburg, Va., has recently been
organized and a plant will soon be erected.
The Judson Manufacturing Company has been
incorporated at Boston to manufacture saw
frames and handles ; capital stock, $10,000.
Alex. Rose, a farmer near Lee City, Ky., re-
cently sold the timber on his farm, with the
exception of the locust and chestnut, for $10,-
000.
The Alluvial & Hardwood Company of Lumber-
ton, N. C, has been incorporated to do a gen-
eral land, lumber and sawmill business ; capital,
$25,000.
The Vicksburg Veneer Lumber Company has
been incorporated at Milwaukee, Wis., with a
capital stock of $50,000, by J. F. Conant, R. W.
Grace and T. W. Spence.
The Little Lumber Company of Harriman.
Tenn., contemplates erecting a sawmill and box
factory in that place. The company has re-
cently purchased 4,000 acres of timber land near
Isolene.
The Illinois Hardwood Lumber Company has
been organized at Alton, with mills in Arkan-
sas and Indian Territory. The capital stock is
$20,000 and the incorporators are all residents
of Alton, III.
The Ferd Brenner Lumber Company has in-
creased its capital stock from $40,000 to $200.-
000. As reported in these columns before the
company's headquarters are now located at Nor-
folk, Va., having been recently transferred from
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The plant of the lloosier Manufacturing Com-
pany of New Castle, Ind., will soon be enlarged,
and when completed it will be the largest kitchen
cabinet factory in the world. Five additional
buildings will be erected, representing an outlay
of nearly $30,000.
'ITie Prcscott Company of Menominee. Mich.,
will this summer turn out five complete saw-
mills for the imperial government of Japan.
The orders for the machinery were booked a
few weeks ago and the goods will be ready
for delivery before f&ll.
The Illinois Central has established a forest
reserve in southern Illinois and has planted
1,000,000 Cottonwood trees. When large enough
these trees will be used for ties, and it is said
that when treated with a creosote preparation
the wood is as good as any other for this pur-
pose.
Fay Cusick of Milwaukee, a hardwood lumber
dealer, has recently purchased a third interest
in a large tract of red oak timber in the North-
west. He values the tract at $100,000. He is
making preparations for manufacturing lumber
through the Port Wing sawmill, which has a
daily capacity of 500,000 feet.
The sawmill of the Santee Cypress Lumber
Company at Ferguson, S. C, was recently de-
stroyed by fire. The mill sawed about 50,000
feet of lumber a day, and was valued at about
$75,000. This is an enterprise in which Francis
Beidler of Chicago is largely interested. A large
portion of the loss was covered by insurance.
Palmyra, Mich., contains a stonecutters' mal-
let factory, where mallets are turned out made
of the best hickory obtainable. They weigh
about eight pounds each, and the finishing de-
partment can turn out four dozen completed
mallets a day. Orders are so steady that the
concern runs constantly and never is able to
keep a stock, on hand.
The Southern Seating & Cabinet Company of
Jackson, Tenn., has increased its capital from
JS.'i.OOO to $100,000. Reorganization has re-
sulted in the election of the following ofllcers :
Thomas Polk, president ; J. H. Duke, vice presi-
dent ; F. L. Ingersoll, general manager ; N. S.
*J\'blte, secretary and treasurer, and E. F.
Spragins, attorney. The company manufactures
school desks and other hardwood specialties.
The Tennessee Stave & Box Factory is a con-
cern recently incorporated to do business in
Memphis. It is capitalized at $200,000, and the
incorporators are A. H. Kersting, E. J. Hastings,
D. A. Robinson, K. P. Cary and R. B. Goodwin.
Under its charter the company may buy, sell
and deal in lumber, land and forest products,
and manufacture staves, boxes, barrels, etc. The
company will acquire timber lands near Memphis
and erect a large box factory in that city.
The Sandford-Sullivan Lumber Company of
Dallas, Tex., is making preparations to estab-
lish a hardwood mill plant at Naples, and ex-
tend a railroad fourteen miles northwest through
the unsettled timber sections of White Oak and
Sulphur. The corporation is capitalized at $500,-
000 and has bought real estate to the amount
of $61,000 to start with, most of it between the
two streams. Three hundred hands will be put
to work on the road and plant within a couple
of weeks.
Central Lumber Company has been incorpo-
rated at Jackson, Miss., by Fred Herrick, C. F.
Latimer. R. R. Hogue and A. C. Hogue and
others to engage in general timber and lumber
development enterprises. The capital stock is
$500,000. The company has 60,000 acres of
land, covered with a rich growth of hardwoods
and other timber, situated in the Pearl river
valley, between Jackson and Carthage, Miss.
It bids fair to be one of the biggest lumber
concerns of the section.
Hardwood NeWs,
(By HABDWOOD RECORD Special Corrsspondents.)
Miscellaneous Notes.
The Northwestern Cabinet Company of Bur-
lington, la., is building an addition to its plant.
The Krueger Manufacturing Company of Bell-
Chicago.
James t'uoper I't the Briggs & Cooper Com-
pany, Ltd., Saginaw, Mich., was a Chicago vis-
itor last week.
Chas. S. Bacon of the Eacon Lumber Company,
Grand Rapids. Mich., was a caller at the Record
office on May 15.
The general offices of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association have been removed from In-
dianapolis to Chicago, and Secretary Frank F.
Fish and Inspector General Smith are now lo-
cated in a handsome suite. No. 1012 Rector
liuilding. corner of ilonroe and Clark streets.
It is a matter of a good deal of congratulation
to the local members of the association that
the offices of the organization should be returned
to this city, where they logically belong. Of
course, the many friends of Secretary Fish will
be glad to have him again in town.
Vicegerent E. G. Shorrey is making big prep-
arations for a concatenation of Hoo-Hoo at
Grand Rapids. Mich., June 1. He now has seven
applications for initiation and expects several
more before the event takes place. From pres-
ent indications this will be one of the largest
concatenations held in Michigan in a long ume.
A concatenation and general gathering of the
IIoo-Hoo of the seventh jurisdiction, compris-
ing Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas. Indian and
ttklahoma territories and New Mexico, will be
held at Little Rock, Ark., June 23. Pledges
to be present have been received from several
hundred persons, including members of the Su-
preme Nine, House of Ancients, and others
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prnminent in the ordei-. The Osli-ian Cloister
will hold a special session to receive initiates,
at 0 :0'.) a. m.. regriilai- at 1 :30 p. m.. and at
'.i ;00 p. m. a banquet will be served.
The R"KCORD is in receipt of the new special
catalog of the Browning Engineering Company
of Cleveland. O., which is a very well planned
and finely executed piece of work. This con-
cern presented an interesting exhibit at the Na-
tional Lumber Manufacturers' Association meet-
ing, held May S and 0. at the Jefferson Hotel,
St. Louis. Mo.
The mail fif the H.\Ki>wnui> i;i:ruRD is flooded
with communicatiuns from .1. (). McMahou of
Syracuse. X. Y.. reaching us through the courtesy
of lumbei-men tlirougboiit tlie oulire East. Mr.
McMahon announces that he has opened an office
in New York city and tells very attractive
stories of a prospective lumber yard which he
would ....e to install in the metropolis. He also
says he W'ants hardwood tlooring. If any hard-
wood flooring manufacturer wants Mr. McMa-
hon's trade, it probably will be very easy to
secure it. His new address is 111; West One
llundi-ed and Twenty-eighth street.
The offices of the I*aepcke-Leicht Lumber
< orapany, the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company
and the Marked Tree Lumber Company have
been removed to a handsome new office building
at 140 West Chicago avenue, corner of Sanga-
mon street, this city.
C. M. Carrier, well-known lumberman of Buf-
falo, N. Y,, was in Chicago on Thursday on his
way home from a visit to his son Uobert M.
Carrier of the Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing
Company at Sardis, Miss.
Boston.
Warren C. Norton of .Albany. N. V.. has pur-
chased the woodworking plant of T. R. Glentz
at rittsfleld, Mass.
George D. Emery of George D. Emery & Co.,
Chelsea, Mass., large importers of mahogany,
has returned from a trip to the West.
K. B. Estes & Son of Hancock, Mass., are
planning to enlarge their plant by the erection of
lliriH' new buildings.
William E. Litchfield lias been visiting his
mill in Mount Vernon, Ind. Mr. Litchfield left
Boston some weeks ago, fully intending to be
present at the convention in Memphis, but was
unable to do so owing to a railroad wreck.
W. M. Weston of the W. M. Weston Lumber
Company, hardwood dealers, is making a trip
through the M'est.
Erank Lawrence of Lawrence & Wiggin, the
well known tabasco mahogany dealers, has re-
turned from a western trip.
J. M. Woods of John M. Woods & Co., dealers
In mahogany and manufacturers of veneers in
East Cambridge, Mass., has returned from a
trip through the Southwest.
New York.
The Iroquois Door Company of Buffalo, manu-
facturer of sash, doors, blinds and general mill
work, which makes a specialty of hardwood
veneer doors, has opened a local exhibition and
salesroom at 18 Broadway, this city, under the
management of B. P. Salmon. A full line of
samples will be shown here, and w'lth the ex-
cellent facilities of the company at Buffalo orders
can he filled immediately.
Sam E. Barr, Flatiron building, has Just re-
turned from the convention of the National
Hardwoiui Lumber Association at Memphis.
!•;. J. Marsh of the Sea Coast Lumber Com-
pany has just returned from a seven weeks'
trip to the cypress belt. He states that he found
stocks much depleted with little dry lumber on
hand. The new cypress association, he says,
is in absolute control of the gulf situation and
there is practically no stock available outside of
.the selling agency. The Sea Coast Lumber Com-
pany is doing a large business, and Mr. Marsh
Is very enthusiastic over the situation.
Tlie new Adirondack Eire Insurance Company,
GG Broadway, is rapidly writing a large line of
business, and has been so successful since it
started the first of the month as to leave no
doubt that it has an important place to fill in
the insurance field.
The hardwood yard of Willson, .Adams & Co.,
whidi has for many years been loi'ated at 13Sth
street and Gerard avenue, has been removed to
a new site recently acquired at l.'iOth street and
Gerard avenue, comprising forty lots. The com-
pany is building an up to date shed and will
be in better shape than ever in tliat <k'|iartmi'nl
with their new facilities.
W. W. Dempsey, hardwood operator of Johns-
town, ra., has opened a local selling office at IS
Broadwa.v and will make his head(ptarters here in
future and cater more closely to the New York
trade.
Marry S. 1 lewpy of Dixon & licucy. l''latiron
building, rcport.s the hardwood trade very fair
and says that his firm is in pcssession of a very
choice assortment of stock for the summer
trade. Their I'aciflc coast business is also ac-
tive. The schooner J. W. Briggs is about due
here with a big cargo of fir timber, and another
vessel will sail from tile coast consigned to them
early in June.
O. Quitmann of E. & i). (iuitniann. .\merican
lumber brokers of London. Enghind, arrived here
last week in the interest of business. He will
visit the leading hardwood suppl.\' sources before
returning.
l'"ire recently desti-oyed stock in the yards of
the S. E. Kellar Lumber Company, Fifty-seventh
street and Eleventh avenue, valued at $."1,000.
and another fire on May 1.3 entailed an addi-
tional lo.ss of $4,200.
J. 11. Dickinson, head of the logging depart-
ment of the Lidgerwood Manufacturing Com-
pany. 00 Liberty street, recently left for an ex-
tended southern trip, which will include the
cypi'ess belt.
On May 15 the extensive piano case manufac-
turing plant of Jacob Doll, First avenue and
Thirtieth street, was completely gutted by fire,
which consumed a large amount of hardwood
lumber. The total property loss was .^S.'iO.OOO,
of which amount Doll's loss of $.50,000 is cov-
ered by insurance.
E. L. Thomas of E. L. Thomas & Son. Yonkers,
sailed for Europe May 2?.. accompanied b.v his
daughter.
The IT. M. Bickford Company, hardwood whole-
saler of Boston, Mass.. has opened branch selling
offices at 1 Madison avenue, this city, under the
management of A. Shoaf, who has been repre-
senting the company in this territory.
Philadelphia.
I-'iaiikliii II. Smith. Jr., secretary of the I'ro-
ducers" Lumber Company, is now completely
recovered from his late illness and is back in
harness again. The hardwood department of the
firm, which w'as established the first of the year
under a. J. Jobson, is now of considerable im-
portance. In the last thirty days the firm has
contracted for the output of three mills, taking
all theii- oak and poplar.
Samuel II. Shearer & Son have .just completed
arrangements to take the entire output of poplar
and oak of several mills near Franklin, Va. The
purchasing agent of the firm, William Shearer,
has .iust returned from the South, where he in-
spected several large tracts of timber with a
view to purchase.
The Boynton-Chalmers Company announce
that they have recently added a [ilaniug mill to
their works at Sewaren. N. J., besides doubling
their yard room and stocks and increasing their
working force.
The Xeal-Morse Lumber ('ompany of Waltha,
N. v., passed into the hands of a receiver May
10, owing to the failure of Johnson & Radcllffe.
Mr. Itadcliffe being quite heavily interested in
this company.
W. II. Lear is arranging for the reception of
over l.ooo.tioo feet of cypress, now in transit
from Florida by the schooner Collins W. Walton
and by steamer. He has lately contracted for
the output of cypress of a Florida mill averaging
about 4.000.000 feet a year, and for the oiitput
of chestnut of a West Virginia mill.
F. G. R'umbarger of the Humbarger Lumber
Company left last week for I'ittsburg. where he
will conclude deals which his company has had
pending for some time.
(Jeorge F. Craig is down at the mills of his
company at Winterburn, W. Va., overseeing ship-
ments. Isaac H. Uliodes, who has just returned
Irom a sojourn of eight months at Winterburn,
is in charge of the firm's I'hiladelpbia office.
fieorgc Warner has left for the South to visit
the mills in which he is interested and to inspect
stocks in general. He will not retui-u fru- two
weeks.
Horace G. Hazard & Co. are preparing to
handle considerable ash, the product of mills
which the firm nas lately acquired. .Mr. Hazard
is now making a brief visit to the southern
properties and expects to be back in a fort-
night.
Joseph Dunwiiody has left for a ten-days' trip
to Bristol, \a.. East Tennessee and western
.Vorth Carolina to look over some stocks recently
bi ught at tiiose points by his company.
Tliomas W. Haiue was a recent visitor to
the trade from iOdenwood. W. Va., where he has
lately bought IS. 000 acres of hardwood timber,
the stock being principally white oak. with some
iiuplar and chestnut.
E. E. Brilhart aud V. Tonkin, vice president
of the First National Bank of Cherrytree. I'a.,
have lately acquired a tract cf oak timber in
West Virginia containing approximately six mil-
lion feet. Mills are in course of erection and
the stock will be marketed as soon as possible.
Chas. R. Smith & Co. have leased the yard at
tlie nortuw'est corner of Beech and Brown streets,
formerly occupied by W. H. Lear, and will trans-
act a general business in North Carolina pine
and hardwoods. The company was recently
formed by Charles 1!. Smith, who was for five
years a salesman for Geo. W. Kugler & Son and
formerly manager for the C. B. Coles & Son
Company of Camden,, N. J, clarence L. Spencer
has been engaged as salesman for the new con-
cern.
Richard P. Baer of R. P. Baer & Co., Balti-
more. Md., paid the trade a visit last week.
F. F. Gumaer has lately been engaged by
I.ukens Bros, as salesman. He will cover east-
ern Pennsylvania. Philadelphia and vicinit.v.
The Pbiladelpbia Veneer & Lumber Compan.v
has lately received at its mills at Knoxville,
Tenn., the raft of logs contracted for last win-
ter. Enough timber Is contained in it to last
a year's cut.
Shein & Vandcgrift are making an addition
to their plant of four more dry kilns, making' in
all ten. The concern has lately put on a new
salesman. Emll Kolb, who will sell in New York
city, the firm liaving discontinued its agenc.v with
the Vosnack Lumber Company of that city.
Some months ago, Sheip & Vandegrift acquired
adjoining property which gave them an outlet on
Into a yard, 130 feet deep and 51 feet wide, well
stocked with plain and quartered oak, poplar
and hasswood.
C. II. Holden, in charge of the West Vir-
ginia territory for the Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Company, is making a visit to the Phila-
delphia offices of the firm. F. A. Kirby left
last week for an extended trip through Virginia
and Ohio. C. E. Lloyd, Jr., who has been ab-
sent for some time in the South and at the
main office of the concern in Scranton, is again
in active charge of the Philadelphia office.
Frank B. Codling, who recently severed his
connection W'ith Charles Este, has opened an
office at 2121) Bellevue street, and will do a
general wholesale business in hardwoods, lie
has lately returned from a southern trip. While
away he contracted for the output of several
mills in western North Carolina and eastern
Tennessee.
A forest fire in Seaford, Sussex county, Del.,
last week destroyed timber valued at $lo.oiin,
besides lumber valued at .'(.■i,000. The fire
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started from brush lieing burned by wniKTmen.
W. M. ileCormick has returned from the
eompany's mills at Townseud. Tenn.. where he
inspected the rebuilding of me mills recently
destroyed by Are. The operations are in such
state that the concern will be able to start
about June 1.
J. R. Lesher, the well-known salesman of
Soble Bros., who was confined for some time in
Providence Hospital at Washington, D. C. has
now recovered, although he is still nervous and
considerably reduced in weight.
Baltimore.
Maryland has joined the States that are en-
deavoring to increase their timber wealth by a
system of encouraging arboriculture, and in
.pursuance of this aim the legislature at its
last session passed a law creating a forest com-
mission. This commission includes in its mem-
bership two practical lumbermen, former Gov-
ernor E. E. Jackson of the E. E. .Tackson Com-
pany and Xorman James of N. W. James & Co.
The other members are Governor Wariield, State
Comptroller Atkinson, President Ira Ramsen of
the Johns Hopkins University, President R. W.
Sylvester of the JIaryland Agricultural College,
and Prof. William Bullock Clark of the Mary-
land Geological Survey. Provision was made for
the appointment b.v the board of a state for-
ester, whose salary shall not exceed $2,000 a
year and traveling and field expenses. The
board is authorized to purchase lands favorable
for forest culture and reserves. Upon the
recommendation of the state forester the gov-
ernor is to appoint such forest wardens as are
necessary to serve for two years without salary,
but who shall receive such compensation as
the forester shall allow for services actually
rendered. An appropriation of ,$3,,"i00 annually
is made to carry out the provisions of the
law. One of the objects aimed at by the statute
is to prevent the spread of forest fires.
The big sawmill at the Mount Clare shops
of the Baltimore & Ohio which was destroyed
by fire is to be rebuilt on the same extensive
scale. The building is to be of brick and con-
crete and will cover a lot 247x70 feet. It will
be equipped with every improvement, including
an elevator.
L, Methitdy, a well-known lumberman of St.
Louis, Mo., is recovering at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital from an operation for some internal
trouble. He came here especially to get the
benefit of the skill possessed by the staff of the
Hopkins Hospital.
Charles Bruening, a representative of Henry
Bruening. a lumber and timber dealer of Rotter-
dam and Bremen, stopped here last week in the
<!Ourse of a trip through the lumber centers and
the milling sections of the United States.
The J. J. Kidd Lumber Company has moved
from the National Marine Bank building to its
new yard on South Sharp street, where it is
■doing a retail as W'ell as a wholesale busi-
ness.
The only representative from Baltimore at
the annual meeting of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association in Memphis was John Heald
of Price & Heald. Mr. Heald gave some at-
tention to business while in Memphis, but found
prices so high that he felt little disposed to
place orders.
Pittsburg.
J. J. Lineban of the I.iuelKui Lumber Com-
pany is at Willhurst, Ky., this week, seeing that
everybody is doing double turn at the mills.
From this company comes the encouraging as-
surance that the hardwood market is in excellent
shape and that the prices of oak are steadily
creeping up.
The Nicola Lumber Company has its forces
fully organized and is taking on business with
the same zest and energy which characterized
its predecessor, the Nicola Brothers Company.
F. F. Nicola is devoting bis entire time to his
a-eal estate interests, chief of which in point of
attention is the development of the Schenley
farm in the Bellefleld district. O. P. Nicola will
confine his attention chiefly to building projects
this .year, although he is also largely interested
in the Schenley Farm.
The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com-
pany has made changes in its line-up since
the resignation of its secretary and treasurer,
G. W. Gates, who has gone to Portland to en-
gage in the pine and fir business. J. N. Wool-
lett. manager of the hardwood department, now
has charge of the hardwood and pine depart-
ments. His assistant in the former will be A.
W. Smenner of the Blackburn & Smenner Com-
pany of Cincinnati. B. P. Mackie of the J. J.
Newman Lumber Company of Hattiesburg, Miss.,
will be assistant manage.r of the pine depart-
ment. The company is strengthening its forces
along all lines, and W. D. Johnston, its presi-
dent, has gone south to look up new stocks.
The Babcock Lumber Company cut 6,300.000
feet of lumber during April at its Ashtola mills.
It is keeping tlie wheels buzzing at all of its
plants and is satisfied that this will be a banner
year in the Pitts'.jurg lumber trade.
William H. Schuette & Co., who are now
located in a fine suite of offices in the new
Machesney skj-scraper on Fourth avenue, were
unfortunate in being dependent to some extent
on the mills at Belhaven, N. C, which burned
recently. The Hre caused a shifting of some of
the Schuette orders pending the erection of new
mills.
D. L. Gillespie & Co. will ship 4,000,000 feet
of lumber this month to Havana, Cuba, for use
in government improvements. They are troubled
considerably by shortage of cars in North
Carolina and report that in some parts of the
state lumber firms are threatening suits against
the railroads.
Ambridge, I'a., the hustling industrial town
20 miles below Pittsburg on the Ohio river, has
a very thrifty lumber concern, the American
Lumber & Building Company, which makes a
specialty of mill work. The company has not
only furnished a big proportion of the lumber
used in the hundreds of houses and store build-
ings which have grown up there since the erec-
tion of the immense plants of the American
Bridge Company three years ago, but has done
much building on its account.
The Liberty Lumber & Planing Mill Company
has succeeded the J. W. Gallagher Lumber &
Planing Mill Company. Charles N. Burtt, who
was for 3.3 years associated with the Murphy
Mill & Lumber Company, is manager of the new
concern. It has a capital of $50,000 and has
taken over the big yard and planing mill of
the Gallagher Company in Braddock avenue.
East End.
According to James I. M. Wilson & Co. there
is a big increase in activity this month among
the small hardwood mills throughout the coun-
try districts. They are getting out a good lot
of oak, birch, maple, cherry and hickory, much
of which is coming to the Pittsburg market.
The Wilson company notes a much better de-
mand for oak and a tendency to "make good"
in all lines.
The A. M. Turner Lumber Company is having
a very busy season and notes but a slight lull
in the general demand for lumber. Its southern
projects are progressing finely and its sales will
reach a record breaking point for tlie first half
of 1906.
F. X. Diebold, of the Forest Lumber Company,
is spending the week in West Virginia hurrying
up operations at the mills and looking up some
new stocks. The company is sold up to the saw
tor new woods and is having a fine trade in oak
and chestnut.
William T. Munroe, who makes a specialty of
figuring mill work for manufacturing plants, has
been taking estimates on the immense planing
mill, car repair shops and storage house which
the Pennsylvania Railroad will build at Enola
near Harrisburg, Pa. Mr. Munroe says that the
strike of the structural steel erectors is delaying
some projects which. he has to figure and which
will require a large amount of hardwood to fill.
Willson Bros, have so much confidence in the
general situation that they are taking all the
lumber they can get. Tbey see no slump in the
demand for hardwods and are steadily pushing
out that department of their business which was
made more of a specialty this year. I. F. Bals-
ley. hardwood manager for the company, is at
Atlantic City and the East this week.
The Kendall Lumber Company has bought
from the Mackie Lumber Company of Piedmont,
Va., the timber rights on 800 acres of land in
Garrett county, Maryland, for about $10,000.
The purchase will give the Kendalls a nice addi-
tion to their hardwood supply in this vicinity.
Buffalo.
F. C. Beyer's visit to the Memphis convention
lasted till the 19th. his trip through the South
after the meeting being made with a determined
effort to locate some good lumber, in which he
succeeded very well.
Hugh McLean paid a visit to the Louisville
mill of the company before coming home from
Memphis, as he is anxious to see all the oak
going through it that can be cut. Everybody
says the company's new Memphis mill is fine.
The West Virginia cherry supply is lighter
than it used to be since H. A. Stewart made his
^late long trip down there.
The new Kentucky venture of the Standard
Hardwood Lumber Company is a very promising
one and it looks as though It would continue to
be a great source of supply for some years. A
mill is to be set up later on.
F. W. Vetter is looking carefully after his
purchases of oak and ash at Halley. N. C, and
will be occupied with that end of the trade some
time, while II. S. Janes is occupied with the de-
velopments of the Empire Lumber Company in
Arkansas.
A. Jliller returned from his southern trip fol-
lowing the Memphis convention on the 21st. well
pleased with the progress he made in locating
oak and other hardwoods.
The Memphis convention was made a strictly
business matter by a number of Buffalo hard-
wood dealers, who scattered through the various
parts of the South in search of stock.
Detroit.
The Whitney Furniture Manufacturing Com-
pany at Baker and the Michigan Central Rail-
road has filed a trust mortgage, naming the
Detrou Trust Company as trustee. The mort-
gage covers the company's plant. The schedule
of the company's liabilities names seventy cred-
itors, the various amounts aggregating $10,000.
The Russel Wheel & Foundry Company has
received several rush orders for logging machin-
ery from the northern Michigan district devas-
tated by fire. An area of some 400 square miles
in the vicinity of Menominee was ruined by the
flames. The Russel people are also sending large
shipments of machinery into North and South
Carolina this week.
Clayton Gibson of the Wolverine Box Com-
pany has gone to Connecticut on business. He
will also visit Maine and go up into Canada to
investigate large tracts of unclaimed timber.
The C. W. Kotcher Lumber Company will en-
large its mills and increase its capital stock
to a large degree.
Saglna-w Valley.
The Kneeland, Buell & Bigelow Company Is
experimenting in the manufacture of maple lath,
the first time in the state, so far as is known.
Maple makes very fine lath, having a smooth
appearance, compared with pine and hemlock,
and has greater strength. Mr. Bigelow, manager
of the concern, says that, while it is an experi-
ment as to the reception this commodity will
receive from the trade, he is confident the lath
will speak for itself, and the extraordinary de-
mand for lath ought to assist It in gaining a
foothold at the price at which it will be placed
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on the market. The company is building a lath
mill, to be operated in connection with the
sawmill, equipped with three machines, having
a capacity of 25,000 hardwood lath a day. The
Kneeland. Buell & Blgelow Company is just now
cutting a large quantity o£ maple special bill
timber, some twenty-two feet long, for break-
water purposes at Lake Erie ports.
The W. D. Young & Co. sawmill is running
day and night and business is reported' as very
satisfactory. A considerable portion of the floor-
ing output is exported.
The Boman Lumber Company, operating a
sawmill at Bomanville. has now over 1,000,000
feet of logs in the yard and carries on operations
the year through.
The H. M. Loud's Sons Company. Au Sable,
has shipped three carloads of hardwood to Tona-
wanda this season.
Charles Lindell of Millersburg has recently
purchased 15,000,000 feet of timber, nearly all
hardwood, in the vicinity of Forence, Wis. He
removed to the site last week, taking a portable
mill along. Mr. Lindell has purchased a new
mill of 30,000 feet daily capacity, but when he
gets fully established will put in a band mill.
The Batchelor Timber Company of Saginaw
has filed articles of incorporation, with a cap-
italization of $200,000, all paid in, to operate
in lands and manufacture hardwood products.
It owns large boundaries of timber in Charle-
voix, Otsego, Grand Traverse and Cheboygan
counties.
The big furniture plant of the Estey Manu-
facturing Company at Owosso, was destroyed
by Are May 18. The L-shaped brick building,
five stories high, was completely destroyed. It
was packed to the roof with finished stock, the
selling season being dull just now. The loss
will exceed ,$250,000, with an insurance of $12G,-
000. The concern made only high-grade quar-
tered oak and mahogany furniture.
The Ottawa Hardwood Lumber Company has
started its mill at Tawas, and it is expected
about 4.000,000 feet of lumber will be manu-
factured.
Grand Kapids.
Harry C. Angell has purchased the interest of
his partner in the firm of Wagner & Angell, and
the new firm dealing in lumber and shingles is
H. C. Angell & Co. Mr. Wagner, the retiring
member, has been in poor health for some time.
Mr. Angell returned May 22 from an extended
eastern trip.
Geo. S. Wilkinson of the VanKeulen & Wilkin-
son Lumber Company is in northern Michigan
on a business trip.
A. Gibbs of Traverse City, senior member of
the Gibbs, Hall & Allen Company of this
city, has been spending the past week at the
Grand Rapids office.
A. L. Dennis of Dennis Bros, reports an ex-
cellent spring business in all hardwoods. He
states that business at their Tonawanda yards
during the first four months of the year has run
25 to 30 per cent ahead of the record for the
corresponding period of last year.
The mill of the Thomas MacBride Lumber
Company at New Wexford was shut down for a
few days for the purpose of putting in a steam
nigger and loader.
Grand Rapids lumbermen who are familiar
with maple are skeptical as to the success of
the experiment of the Kneeland, Buell & Bigelow
Company of Bay City in manufacturing maple
lath. Some of the reasons they offer are as
follows : Maple is heavy and freight rates
would be high ; maple Is hard and would neces-
sitate boring : It would split and twist. Tam-
arack lath was tried In a bouse at Cadillac and
twisted so badly that the plaster fell off and
new lath and walls were necessary.
The mill of E. C. Atkins & Co. of Indian-
apolis, which was removed this spring from
Allegan to Hartford, Mich., will be brought back
to Allegan next season. This mill turns out
handles for the enormous output of saws man-
ufactured by this company. The timber chiefly
used is old apple, with a little cherry, walnut
and other special woods. Ten men were em-
ployed in the mill last wunter and lumber for
165,000 handles was cut.
Arthur Hill of Saginaw, a prominent candi-
date to succeed Russell A. Alger of Detroit as
United States senator, comes over to Grand
Uapids frequently and is putting up a warm
campaign, even in William Alden Smith's own
bailiwick, and it looks as if Mr. Hill would
win out.
Secretary O. A. Felger of the Hackley-Phelps-
Bonnell Company, while on a business trip in
the South, was summoned home by wire on
account of the serious illness of his son. The
little fellow was badly pinched about the body
In a capstan while at play, and peritonitis re-
sulted.
The steam barge Three Brothers of the W. H.
White Company, Boyne City, made a quick run
to Chicago and return last week. She left
Boyne City late Thursday afternoon with a big
load of cedar ties, unloaded at Chicago, took
on a hundred head of cattle and was back at
the company's docks early Monday morning.
The cattle will be pastured on the White com-
pany's large farm.
Oliver Bros., furniture manufacturers of Alle-
gan, have bought 320 acres of timber land on
Xebish island, St. Mary's river.
Indianapolis.
Although there Is considerable building being
done here just at this time, it cannot be denied
that the higher prices asked for lumber and
other building material is having a depressing
effect upon building activities. According to
statements of Indianapolis contractors, many
thousands of dollars' worth of improvements have
been temporarily abandoned, because of advanced
prices.
W. H. Freeman, secretary uf the Indiana State
Board of Forestry, who has just returned from a
visit in Clark county, is preparing recommenda-
tions for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on
the proper care of a tract of land which the
company owns In that county, adjoining the state
forest reservation. Mr. Freeman will submit
plans which will enable the company to save the
valuable hardwood trees on the tract. It is the
Intention to make it a private reserve, similar
to that now owned by the state.
On the evening of May 0 the planing mill of
the F. M. Bacbman Company on Lincoln lane in
Indianapolis was damaged by Are of unknown
origin, the loss being about $20,000, only par-
tially insured. At the time of the fire the mill
was filled with dressed lumber in anticipation of
a heavy building season, but Mr. Bachman had
failed to increase his insurance accordingly, so
the Insurance covered only about one-third of
the loss.
The Dynes Lumber & Coal Company of Indian-
apolis has been granted permission by the sec-
retary of state to change its name to the Dynes
Lumber Company.
Articles of incorporation have been filed by
the Graham & Davis Manufacturing Company of
Windfall, Ind., for the manufacture of kitchen
cabinets. The company starts with $7,000 capi-
tal stock. The directors are James Graham,
Isaac Graham, W. J. Davis and Malvin Redlng-
ten.
The Evansville Broom Company of Evansville,
Ind., has been Incorporated with a capital stock
of $25,000 to engage in the manufacture of
brooms.
time in August. The company will manufacture
veneer on an extensive scale from the hardwoods
of this section, and its products will be sold
exclusively in the North and East.
The ,1. S. Bailey Company, which several
years ago purchased the Craggy Mountain boun-
dary, announces that it will shortly begin the
erection of a veneer plant at Shope, five miles
from Asheville. The J. S. Bailey Company now
has a railroad running six miles Into the Craggy
Mountains, where it is engaged In getting out
chestnut for the United States Leather Company
of Old Fort. The hardwood used at the new
veneer works will be taken from Craggy Moun-
tain boundary.
George A. Murray of this city made a ship-
ment of curly poplar from Asheville last week
that has taken nearly two years to collect. The
poplar filled a car and measured 13,000 feet.
The curly poplar was selected by Mr. Murray in
his lumber purchasing operations and stored un-
til a sufficient quantity was secured for ship-
ment.
C. E. Lloyd, Jr., of rhiladelphia, represent-
ing the Cherry River Boom & Lumber i_"ompany,
was here for several days' stay recently.
Frank Rumbarger of the Rumbarger Lumber
Company of Philadelphia was in Asheville on
May ;i.
J. B. Hart of Clarksville, W. Va., who owns
65,000 acres of timber lands in western North
Carolina and eastern Tennessee, is now in this
city for a short stay. Mr. Hart is well known
In lumber circles. He built and now operates
the road from Newport. Tenn., to Waterville,
traversing his timber interests.
A charter has been granted to the Olympla
Furniture & Carving Company of Wllkesboro,
N. C, with a capital stock of $3,400.
The Robbins Lumber Company, capital stock
$12,500, has been organized to do business at
Elm City, N. C.
The lumber yards and woodworking plant of
George W. Vanderbilt, on the Biltmore estate,
were damaged by fire May 19. The loss was
$2,500.
Lumbermen report trade a little quiet during
the past fortnight, although good prices obtain.
Poplar leads. A more active market is ex-
pected in June.
Asheville.
The Asheville Veneer Company, a $40,000 cor-
poration recently organized here with George
A. Murray, a prominent lumberman of western
North Carolina, as president, has begun building
and will have its plant ready for operation some
Bristol, ■Va.-Tenn.
In the case of Bristol Door & Lumber Company
vs. J. J. Alley & Co., which has been pending
in the courts of Virginia for over a year, in-
volving a log contract to the extent of about
$8,000, Judge John W. Price has handed down
a decision on a hitherto undecided point of law.
Alley & Co. contracted to supply the Bristol
Door & Lumber Company with a large cut of
logs, and would have done so, having felled the
logs In the woods, but for the failure of a tide.
They delivered the logs eight months after the
time stipulated and the Bristol Door & Lumber
Company refused to accept them and sued
Alley & Co. for the advance money on same.
Alley & Co. brought suit against the Bristol
Iioor & Lumber Company seeking to compel It
to a specific performance of contract. Alley &
Co. relied on a plea of "providential hindrance"
for their failure to comply with the letter of
the contract. After considerable litigation .Judge
Price held that "providential hindrance" is not
of itself sufficient grounds for the breacli of a
contract, and a decree has been entered in favor
of the plaintiffs, i.ristol Door & Lumber Com-
pany, and judgment awarded for the sums ad-
vanced on the logs.
The Furnace Run Saw Mill & Lumber Com-
I)auy of Pittsburg, Pa., has entered the lumber
business in this section and established a branch
office at Johnson City, Tenn. This company will
manufacture and ship stock from this section to
its eastern trade.
Fred Brenner of the Fred Brenner Lumber
Company, formerly located at Chattanooga, was
in Bristol a few days ago, en route to Asheville,
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X. r., to inspect timber and timber lands. Mr.
Brenner is now running mills at Norfolk and
has headquarters in that city.
B. B. Burns of the Tug River Lumber Com-
pany has returned from an important trip in
A'irginia in the interest of his company.
Paul W. Fleck of the Paul W. Fleck Lumber
Company, who is manager of the company's
eastern office in the Real Estate and Trust build-
ing, Philadelphia, is in Bristol this week look-
ing over the company's business and hurrying
out orders.
Joseph P. Dunwoody of Joseph P. Dunwoody
& Co., Philadelphia, was buying lumber and
making delivery contracts with the lumber deal-
ers in this section last week. Mr. Dunwoody
buys considerable hardwood stock in this sec-
tion.
C. W. Decker, traveling representative of J.
Gibson Mcllvane & Co. of Philadelphia visited
Bristol this week on business, Mr. Decker is
making heavy purchases of hardwoods for the
domestic and export trade in this section.
The large band mill of the Tug River Lumber
Company, located at Mabe, Scott county, Va.,
was destroyed by fire May 15, and a consider-
able loss entailed thereby. The mill was fully
insured. Considerable lumber was also burned.
John W. Cowles, a Philadelphia lumberman,
was in Bristol last week making purchases of
oak and other hardwoods.
A Hoo-Hoo concatenation was held at Moun-
tain City May 16 and was well attended by lum-
bermen from all over this section. A number of
"kittens" were initiated, and the banquet which
followed was very enjoyable.
Frank L. Rumbarger of the Rumbargef Lum-
ber Company, Philadelphia, was a visitor in
Bristol a few days ago, in company with H. W.
Nelly, the company's southern manager. Mr.
Neily went from Bristol to Madison, N. C, to
inspect a large amount of hardwood lumber
which the company is shipping from that place,
Willie Mr. Kumbarger returned to Philadelphia.
John T. Dixon of the John T. Dison Lumber
Company was in Bristol last week en route to
Ron Ceverte, ■«'. Va., where he resides. Mr.
Dixou reports business excellent.
It is rumored that the Virginia Iron, Coal &
Coke Company and Virginia & Southwestern
Railway Company, which own jointly in the
name of the latter considerable timber proper-
ties in eastern Tennessee, will soon sell their
holdings and apply the proceeds on the construc-
tion of the Ilolston River Railroad, now being
built.
Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club held its
annual meeting at the Business Men's Club on
May 16. The election resulted in the unanimous
selection of T. J. Moffett as president; S. W.
Richey and James Buckley, vice presidents ; Ben
Bramlage, treasurer, and E. J. Thoman, secre-
tary. Mr. Thoman was reelected. The secre-
tary's report showed the club to be in prosperous
condition. There are now forty-four members,
the latest acquisition being 'tt'. E. Talbert & Co.
Ralph McCracken of the Kentucky Lumber
Company has recovered from an attack of typhoid
fever.
B. F. Dulweber of John Dulweber & Co. is
back from a buying trip through several south-
ern states.
W. A. Bennett of Bennett & 'Witte spent sev-
eral days last week in Memphis looking after
the firm's office in that city.
"T. J. Moffett for president in 1007," is the
cry of Cincinnati members of the National Hard-
wood Lumber Association. C. F. Korn and 'W.
A. Bennett have taken charge of Mr. Moffett's
interests and the campaign has already been
started. "Mr. Moffett's election as president of
the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club will add pres-
tige to his cause," said Mr. Korn.
H. W. Salvage, who has large timber interests
in the South, has decided to miike Cincinnati
his home.
The Cincinnati Veneer Company, 1285 'West
Sixth street, is enlarging its plant to accommo-
date increased business.
A. M. Lewin & Co., located on West Eighth
street, are erecting a number of sheds in Evans-
ton to benetit suburban customers.
The Dexter Lumber Company is making con-
siderable improvements to its plant in Norwood,
a suburb. Additional storage yards have also
been acquired.
The Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Company
is now operating its new veneer mill on Colerain
avenue. It has a capacity of 50,00p feet a day.
H. P. Wiborg, president of the 'Wiborg &
Hanna Company, is out again after long con-
finement in a .private hospital. He will assume
active work in a short time. .
Oeor^'j S. Littleford. who was brought home
from the convention of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association at Memphis in a serious
condition, is gradually improving. He had an
attack of appendicitis, but unless his condition
changes an operation will not have to be per-
formed.
N. H. Trimble has secured 2,600 acres of
timber land in Menifee county, Kentucky. De-
velopment will begin immediately.
The Cincinnati Mill & Dry Kiln Company has
increased its capital from .$25,000 to .|.35,0O0.
The J. A. Fay & Egan Company has purchased
a tract of ground at Augusta street and Central
avenue, adjoining its present buildings. Presi-
dent Tlios. P. Egan says the company's business
is excellent.
A recent visitor was George Kennedy of Buf-
falo. He closed contracts for several large lots
of hardwoods.
M. B. Farrin of the M. B. Farrin Lumber
Company was installed as president of the Cin-
cinnati Manufacturers' Club May 21. The club
will use all its endeavors to secure a belt line, and
T. J. Moffett of the Maley, Thompson & Moffett
Company was made chairman of a committee to
outline a plan for such an improvement. Lum-
bermen particularly are in favor of a belt line
and are gratified that Mr. Moffett will have
charge of efforts to secure it.
Chattanooga,
The Looinis & Hart Manufacturing Company
has recently erected a large addition to its
plant on Montgomery avenue.
The Case Lumber Company has decided to dis-
pense with its local yards and ship direct from
the four mills of the company located at Boligee,
Scott sboro, Birmingham and '(\'hitney. Ala. The
company also takes practically the entire output
of the Bridgeport Woodenware Company of
Bridgepoit, Ala., and the F. W. Blait mill of
this city. It was deemed wise to ship direct
from the mills and thus save the expense of
maintaining yards in this city. The offices will
be retained here and quarters will be secured at
some central downtown point at once.
M. M. Erb, vice president of the Case Lumber
Company, has just returned from an extended
southern trip.
II. O. Harter of the J. M. Card Lumber Com-
pany is on a southern trip this week.
Messis. Ault and Jackson of Ault & Jackson,
Cincinnati, were here recently buying stock.
W. G. Morrison, who held stock in the Arnold
Lumber & Manufacturing Company, whose plant
is located at East Lake, has sold his interest
to R. J. and W. S. Brown of Jasper, Tenn. The
company is making extensive improvements,
erecting several new sheds, etc., in the plant.
It is probable a modern band mill will be in-
stalled in the near future. C. C. Arnold, a lead-
ing officer and stockholder, says that the band
mill will be put in if a sufficient supply of logs
can be obtained.
S. A. ■R'Uliams of the Williams-Voris Lumber
Company is on a southern trip.
F. W. Mowbray of Mowbray & Robinson, Cin-
cinnati, bought considerable stock here re-
ceutly.
Nashville.
Quite a feature of the big parade given in
Nashville May 21, the opening day of the May
Festival, was the showing made by the Nash-
ville lumber and furniture concerns. The ex-
hibits of the Nashville Association of Wagon
Manufacturers was particularly creditable. The
association was represented officially by a hand-
somely decorated wagon, in which rode a number
of its officers. Then came a number of fine
wagons manufactured here by the Waller &
Porter Wagon Manufacturing Company. The
Mitcbell-IIunt Wagon Company had a number of
vehicles mounted on floats. The National Casket
Company had an attractive exhibit, represent-
ing Old Charon crossing the Styx. A banner
bore this inscription : "Charon will row you
over right if you go in a National casket."
The J. .T. Anderson Company, wagon manufac-
turers, was represented by a most unique ex-
hibit in the shape of a wagon-cage, big enough
to contain a pack of foxhounds, and attached to
an automobile. Prof. J. F. Draughan, a local
auto enthusiast and hunter, takes the animals
out with him frequently. Other exhibits which
attracted much attention were those of Vogeley
& Scharff, George Greer and the Morton-Scott-
Robertson Furniture Company.
The Clairfield Lumber Company of Winchester,
Ky., has filed an abstract for the purpose of
enj^ging in business in Tennessee. The company
is^»pitalized at $80,000.
The Fred W. Black Lumber Company of Chi-
cago has purchased a tract of hardwood timber
at Dickson, Tenn., from Myatt Bros., for $7,000.
Several hundred dollars were raised recently
by the Nashville lumber firms for the benefit of
the sufferers at San Francisco. Among the con-
tributors to the fund were Love. Boyd & Co.,
Davidson-Benedict Company, Nashville Hard-
wood Flooring Company, John B. Ransom & Co.,
I'nion Lumber Company, Standard Furniture
Company. Southern Lumber & Box Com-
pany, W. B. Earthman & Co., T. P.
Hayes Stave Company, and the employes of the
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company. John
B. Ransom & Co.. the Nashville Hardwood Floor-
ing Company and W. B. Earthman & Co. did
an extensive business with San Francisco firms,
as did also Love, Boyd & Co.
During the recent high water in the Cum-
berland a sycamore tree played havoc with rafts
coming down from the up-river country. The
big tree lodged at a point a short distance above
Carthage, remaining under the water out of
sight and snagging floating objects. Levi Spear
and Bedford Hill of Monroe county lost a raft
of 400 logs and several other rafts were torn
to pieces by the big tree. Three men were
drowned in one of the collisions with it.
The Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company
recently shipped a valuable carload of flooring
to London, England. This company has bu...
up quite an extensive foreign trade and is suc-
cessfully competing with foreign concerns and
is selling right in the heart of London. It is
believed that more than twenty-five cars will be
shipped to London this year. When it is re-
membered that a car of hardwood flooring such
as this company turns out will bring as much
as $;^,000 some idea of the extent of this trade
can be gathered.
What came near being a building tie-up in
Nashville has been averted by prompt action
on the part of the contractors. They have ac-
ceded to the demand of the union carpenters for
the "closed shop" rule.
The charter of the Dixie Match Company of
New Jersey has been filed for registration at the
state capitol. This company will engage in busi-
ness in Tennessee. Its capital stock is placed
at half a million.
Dr. L. G. Glenn, professor of geology at
Vanderbilt University, which institution is lo-
cated at Nashville, was recently appointed by
Governor Cox a delegate to appear before the
house committee on agriculture and for-
estry in behalf of the bill to create an Appa-
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lachian foi-est reserve in east Tennessee. The
measure calls tor an appropriation ot $3,000,000
to inaugurate the work. The entire Tennessee
delegation went to Washington to appear before
the house rommittee, and while there called on
President Uoosevelt. who is heartily in favor
of the reserve. Dr. Glenn says that the need
of this reserve is apparent and he is confident that
congress will make the necessary appropriation
at the December session.
Memphis.
S. Winner, vice president and general manager
of the American Art Wood Manufacturing Com-
pany, has gone to Europe tor a business trip of
about four or five weeks to look after the in-
terests of the corporation. The company's plant,
which was erected here for the manufacture of
lumber, colored in the log, for use in the making
of picture frames, cabinets and specialties where
fancy material is required, is now in operation
and is turning out a product which is satisfac-
tory to stockholders.
The t'. D. Kelly Lumber Company of Texar-
kana, Ark., has been placed in the hands of H.
G. McBriney of Texarkana and Judge Leon
Lippuian of Newport, Ark., as receivers, and
will be operated by these gentlemen for the
benefit of creditors until July 7. when it will be
sold. The company was the largest creditor of
the Bank of Newport. Newport. Ark., which failed
some time ago, the failure being directly due
to the inability of the company to take up its
maturing paper. The management attributes
this condition to the inability to operate the
plant at lloman, Ark., because ot the excessive
rains for the past eighteen months. The
president of the company asserts that It would
be able to pay out with favorable weather, esti-
mating the assets at $180,000 and the liabilities
at only $140,000. Its holdings consist of the mill
at Homau. a G-mile standard gauge railroad,
valuable timber land holdings and leases on
timber property in that section.
The Cottonwood interests in this city estimate
that the recent rise in the Mississippi, the most
pronounced in two year.s, brought out only about
5,000,000 feet of cottonwood timber, the bulk
of which went to two manufacturers on Wolf
river, North Memphis. This is only a very small
proportion of what should have come out, and
this condition is attributed to the scarcity of
labor, the decreasing supply of cottonwood tim-
ber and the unfavorable weather which has pre-
vailed for a number of months in the cottonwood
section of the Mississippi valley. The amount
of other woods floated out on this rise was also
exceptionally limited.
An interurban electric line will lie built from
Memphis to Clarksdale. Miss., paralleling the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley portion of the Illi-
nois Central system the greater part of the
distance. The company is capitalized at $100,-
000 and is beaded by Thomas Taggart of Indian-
apolis, Ind., as president. The company pro-
poses to operate cars for both passenger and
freight trafRc. and it is felt by lumber interests
here, owning property in the delta, that the road
will prove an important factor in the develop-
ment of the timber resources of this section.
The riue Bluff Lumber & Veneer Company.
Pine Bluff, Ark., has filed a certificate with the
secretary of state showing a decrease from
$100,000 to $50,000 in its capital stock.
The Wolverine Manufacturing Company, a
Michigan corporation, is constructing a dimen-
sion mill in South Memphis for the manufacture
of stock to be shipped to Michigan for the
manufacture ot center tables, cabinets, furniture
and numerous hardwood specialties.
Sparks from a passing locomotive a few days
ago caused a fire in the yards ot the Sheflield
(Ala.) Furniture Company, which destroyed a
considerable quantity of lumber and entailed a
loss of about $7,000. uninsured. The main plant
W.1S saved by heroic work on tlie part of the
fire department.
The Plummer Lumber Company of St. Louis
has been awarded damages in the sum of $4,500
against W. K. Canaday in the federal court at
Jackson, Jliss. Tlie suit was brought to enforce
a contract for hardwood timber to be furnished
by Mr. Canaday. who, it is alleged, failed to
comply with the terms agreed upon. The suit
was for between $8.~>.000 and $40,000.
The Corner Stone Lumber Company has been in-
corporated with a capital stock ot $350,000, one
of the largest companies that has been launched in
Tennessee for a number of months. The incor-
porators are : W. M. Pretorious ot Pine Bluff,
Ark., a member of the Mann & Giranflo Land &
Lumber Company at New Madrid. Mo. : C. D.
Codlingtou ot Pittsburg, formerly manager of
the Montana Lumljer Manufacturing Company at
Butte. Mont. ; N. N. Thompson of Memphis ;
C. W. Stover, president of the Stover Lumber
Company and a director and stockholder in the
Guirl-Stover Lumber Company. Memphis: T. S.
Estabrook of the Eslabrook-Skeele Lumber Com-
pany, Chicago, and Edgar G. Stover of the Stover
Lumber Company, Memphis. Tlie company is
preparing to make a large bond issue, consisting
ot twenty year five per cent gold bonds, which
will be placed on the market soon. It owns
15,000 acres of hardwood timber lands on the
Uob Roy (Ark.) branch of the St. Louis South-
western (Cotton Belt) railroad and will put in
a large band saw mill for the development ot
these resources. The headquarters of the com-
pany will be at Memphis.
Plans are under way looking to a reorganiza-
tion of the Guirl-Stover Lumber Company, but
details are not yet obtainable.
The Hugh McLean Lumber Company has com-
pleted one of (he handsomest mills in this city,
with a daily capacity of about 50.000 feet. It is
a .band mill with resaw, and is now in opera-
tion with E. R. McKnight and O. M. Krebs in
charge. The plant is located in New South
Jleniphis.
E. K. McKnight and O. M. Krebs, managers of
the Hugh McLean Lumber Companys' plant here,
have joined the Lumbermen's Club ot Memphis.
J. XL Pritchard of the Long-Knight Lumber Com-
pany ot Indianapolis. Ind., has also become a
member ot this organization, thus carrying the
total around eighty, the highest in the history
of the club.
Secretary George C. Ehemann of the Lumber-
men's Club is authority for the statement that
the club has secured, through subscriptions
from its membership, about $1,000 for the bene-
fit of San Francisco sufferers.
R. J. Darnell for the past few days has lieen
looking after his interests in Mississippi and
Arkansas.
W. A. Bennett of Bennett & Witte, who re-
mained here after the convention of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association, has returned
to Cincinnati.
Ashland, Ky.
The J. R. Drouey Lumber Company of Island
Lick has been incorporated under the laws of
West Virginia. The incorporators are J. R.
Droney ot Clean. N. T., L. M. McClinty. H. H.
Clayes. J. W. Sullivan and C. A. Yeager of
Marlinton. W. Va. The capital stock is $200.-
oon.
The R. G. Page Lumber Company of Soutli
Bend. Ind., has leased land in this city from
the C. & O., on which will be established a
large wholesale lumber yard. It is said negotia-
tions are on for one of the local planing mills,
but for the present the busine.ss will be con-
fined to buying lumber from the country mills
and reshipping in mixed carload lots.
James W. Burns ot Catlettsburg and King
Burchett of Zelda, Ky., have formed a partner-
ship under the firm name of Burchett & Burns
to carry on a lumber business at Boone's Camp,
Johnson County, and are putting up several big
saw mills with a commissary in connection.
R. II. Vansant is at Hot Springs, Ark., for
a month's stay.
AVhat is said to be the largest log ever floated
down the Big Sandy has recently been sold to
The General Lumber Company of Columbus, O.
The log is a sycamore and was cut high up
in the mountains of West Virginia. It is 54
feet long and 59 inches in diameter at the
smailei' end, and it is estimated will cut 10,000
feet of lumber. The log will be quarter-sawed.
11. J. Millies, a prominent lumber dealer of
Ironton. O., died recently after a long illness of
cancer of the stomach. Mr. Millies was born
in Chicago 57 years ago. and came to this sec-
tion in 18.80 with the Chicago Lumber Com-
pany, now the Yellow Poplar Lumber (Company
of Coal Grove. O. Of late years he has been In
business for himself and was identified with all
leading mtivements.
F. C. Fischer of Tryoii. N. C.. is here look-
ing after the interests ot the Yellow Poplar
Company of Coal Grove, O.
Clarence Crowell has gone to Tunica. Miss.,
to engage in the lumber business with his father,
S. N. Crowell.
W. G. Ward of Ironton. O., has formed a
company to operate a large planing mill, w-hlch
he expects will be in operation within ninety
days. The building will be 100x75 feet and
from 40 to 50 men will be employed.
Louisville.
Considering the general scaniiy of timber
there is a remarkable amount of walnut lumber
being made in Louisville this spring. Nearly all
the mills are rutting more or less. The Barry-
Davis Saw Mill Company has some, the Platter-
Powell Company has several stacks of nice black
walnut lumber recently cut. and the Louisville
Point Lumber Company has already cut 100,000
feet and expects to cut between loii.ooo and
lino. 000 feet more. The logs are now coming
down the river to make this amount. The
Louisville Point Lumber Company has in its
stock about forty fine big logs, which will prob-
ably be exported in the log.
Edward L. Davis says of the hardwood situ-
ation that practically the only noticeable change
in conditions is the stronger demand tor poplar.
Other hardwoods continue about as they were,
with plenty of demand to take care of all the
dry stocks.
W. H. Gillette, manufacturer ot hickory ex-
clusively, is in Mississippi l(joking after the mov-
ing of one of his mills, which turns out hickory
sto<'k for the factory here. The whole Gillette
family seems to be wagon w'ood stock people. A
cousin of W. H. Gillette is in this btisiness at
Boston, another Gillette in the same business
at Mempliis and there are still others.
R. McCracken of the Kentucky Veneer Works
has a yard full of nice poplar, oak. maple and
gum. aiul is figuring on buying a tract of gum
timber. He is turning out more gum right
along on the rotary side of the plant, but still
continues to make a specialty ot quarter-sawed
oak in the sawing department.
J. E. Buscher of the Louisville Spoke & Bend-
ing Company says the demand for vehicle wood
slock is in good shape. The only thing (o com-
plain about is the scarcity and high prices of
i-aw material.
Minneapolis.
E. Paysou Smith of the I'ayson Smith Lum-
ber Company is away on a business trip to
Chicago, Milwaukee and neighboring points. A.
S. Bliss of the same company reports tliat they
are getting freer shipments of oak. and are now
able to supply their customers with a fair de-
gree ot promptness. They find a good run of
trade from the northwestern factories, and in-
deed in every direction.
The Industrial Lumber Company is the name
of a new concern which has just opened offices
in this city. Its incorporators were formerly
with the Waterloo Wholesale Lumber Company
of Waterloo, la., and are also interested in the
Wisawa Lumber (^'ompany, a line yard concern
which has moved here from Waterloo. The In-
dustrial Lumbei' Ciimpauy has two yellow pine
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mills, at Village, Tex., and Holly, la., and also
does a wholesale business in hardwood, redwood
and hemlock. E. W. Eastman of Minneapolis is
president. L. D. Eastman of Lancaster, Wis.,
vice president, and C. II. Dietrich, Minneapolis,
secretary.
The Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company of
Hermansville. Mich., has issued a new edition
of its I. X. L. flooring booklet, which is being
distributed broadcast to the trade.
Chauncey R. Lamb of this city, who is largely
interested in the Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Com-
pany of Memphis, has returned from a business
trip to that city. He says that the company is
about to build another mill, and has others
in contemplation, which will make it the largest
hardwood producing concern in the world. The
company owns large bodies of timber in the
Mississippi river bottoms that will keep it going
for a number of years. It now operates a mill
at Chancy. Miss. The 'new mill to be built will
have two band saws, a resaw and other all mod-
ern equipment.
Halsted & Booream, the new hardwood firm
located at St. Anthony Park, Minn., has opened
offices in the Northwestern Furniture Exposition
building in that suburb, and is therefore well
located to supply the factory trade. They will
carry a complete line of both northern and south-
ern hardwoods, and in addition will handle west
coast lumber. The members of the firm. H. M.
Halsted and H. Booream. were formerly with the
Abbott Manufacturing Company of St. Paul.
Wausau, Wis.
J. G. Kandy, manager of and principal stock-
holder in the Colby Novelty Company, Colby,
Wis., has moved the plant to Grand Rapids
and organized the Kandy Manufacturing Com-
pany ; capital stock, ¥25.000. A sash, door and
blind factory has been purchased, which will
be converted into a home for the institution.
To get the company to locate in Grand Rapids
the citizens of that town had to subscribe
$4,500 worth of stock. The company will manu-
facture hotel, church and saloon fixtures and
hardwood finishings and novelties.
E. P. Holmes has withdrawn from the
Wheeler. Holmes & Timlin Company of Wausau,
and the concern has been reincorporated under
the name of the Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Com-
pany.
The Stolle-Earndt Lumber Company, with
plant at Tripoli, has been hiring additional
crews with the object of rushing; summer log-
ging operations. The company has a hardwood
mill with a cutting capacity of 45.000 feet
daily. A lumber yard is maintained in Minne-
apolis.
The North Western Lumber Company, of
which the head is Col. J. T. Barber of Eau
Claire, has given orders to George H. Chapman
of the Stanley plant to advance the wages of
all men in the company's employ at that plant.
The raise is very liberal and amounts to more
than ten per cent of the old scale. The change
was voluntary on the part of the company, which
has made a number of such raises in the past
few years.
The most valuable timber shipped out of Wis-
consin the preseut year was a quantity of rock
elm ship timber, cut in Marathon county by a
Canadian concern. Only tall, straight rock elm
trees were selected and after they were cut
down were hewed into square timbers. About
fifteen carloads were recently shipped to Green
Bay, where they were reloaded on vessels and
carried down through the great lakes and St.
Lawrence river, and will finally land in the
great shipyards of Liverpool, where they will
bring .$125 per thousand feet.
Lemke & Nickel, Wausau. have sold their
cut of 3,000,000 feet of mixed hardwoods to the
Wausau Lumber Company.
C. A. Bentley of Milwaukee, an old lumber
dealer, has been appointed by the treasury de-
partment to collect of Marinette dealers the $2
duty on the lumber being shipped in there from
their Canadian mills.
A crew of 125 men employed in the mill of
the Davis & Starr Lumber Company in the
village of Weston, Dunn county, have struck
for a ten-hour day. They were working eleven
hotu'S. The people of the village refuse to allow
outsiders to be brought in to take the strikers'
places.
Nearly all the lumber in the Marathon Lum-
ber Company's yards at JIarathon City was re-
cently destroyed by fire. The blaze started near
the mill, but fortunately the wind carried the
fire away from the plant and it was saved. The
yards contained about 3,000,000 feet of white
oak, maple, birch and basswood, all choice stock.
The owner, Philip Menzner, was partially pro-
tected by insurance. He still has quite a stock
of logs in the pond to saw.
The Quaw Lumber Company, Edgar, has fin-
ished a cut of 5.500.000 feet of hardwood. The
compan.v secured a better grade of logs the past
winter than usual.
William Brehmer has purchased the interest
held by his former partner, the late Louis Salz-
man. in a mill and yards west of Wausau. The
mill was built four years ago, and a well tim-
bered hardwood country surrounds it.
C. H. Donaldson of Mason & Donaldson,
Rhinelander, is to be married to Miss Leona
Cordell Cole in Denver, Col., on Tuesday, June
12.
Theodore S. Wilkin, of the Wilkin-Challoner
Company, Oshkosh, has won an important suit
involving opposing claims to the invention of
an improvement in gang sawmils. The defendant
was Charles E. Cleveland, of the Giddings &
Lewis Manufacturing Company, Fond du Lac.
The complainant alleged that Cleveland used a
sketch of an invention made by >A'ilkin as the
basis of an improvement, and manufactured two
machines. In a suit in the patent ofiice and an
appeal to the board of patent examiners Wilkin
was successful in establishing his claims. Cleve-
land apealed to the court of last resort and was
defeated.
Hardwood Market.
(By HABDWOOD BECOBD
Chicago.
The local trade is featureless. A fair de-
mand obtains for oak, poplar and Cottonwood.
Handlers of maple seem to have renewed con-
fidence in the possibilities of this wood, and
during the last month a good many orders have
been placed with Michigan and Wisconsin
operators by local jobbers, for increased sup-
plies. There is one feature of northern hard-
woods that has not prevailed until recently, and
that is that the coarse end of all woods is being
closely picked up for box and crating purposes.
Generally the local jobbers feel optimistic over
the situation and believe that tliey will have an
excellent business year.
Boston.
Exclusive Market Beporters.)
such stock at this time considers himself in
possession of a good asset. Current activities
injjuilding circles and general lumber consuming
lines are good ; the amount of building planned
for this year is thus far in excess of last year,
notwithstanding that 1905 was a record breaker.
In the various hardwoods, poplar, ash, birch
and chestnut in the better grades are still in
first call, with dry stocks scarce and prices very
firm. Low-grade lumber is easy, but prices are
fairly well maiutained. Beech is improving in
call, particularly heavy stuff for temporary struc-
tural work. In quartered oak and maple there
is ample stock for current wants and the market
is not overactive. The flooring situation is in
fair shape : in oak flooring the demand is such
as to make it somewhat difficult to secure prompt
service in the matter of special orders.
Values in the hardwood market are very firm
and in most instances the demand is of a
satisfactory character. Manufacturers of in-
terior finish, sash and doors, furniture and desks
are busy and in the market for hardwoods.
The export trade is fair, but is not as active
as it would be if prices were lower. Letters
received from abroad indicate that buyers are
holding out of the market as far as possible
owing to high prices.
Many of the local yards are very well sup-
plied with hardwoods, having bought in antici-
pation of higher prices. Good quality dry stock
is reported as scarce. The call for plain oak
is fairly active. The supply of inch stock is
small and prices are firm at $53 to $55. Quar-
tered oak is in fair demand. Values are firmer.
One inch firsts and seconds are quoted at $78
to $80, and in some instances dealers will not
sell at less than $81 to $82. Brown ash is very
firmly held, but the demand has been checked
somewhat by high prices. The market for maple
flooring is firm and the demand fair. Cypress
is a little better off than it was. Whitewood is
firmly held, with the demand fair.
Ne'w York.
The conditions in the local hardwood market
are quite satisfactory. The demand for good,
well manufactured hardwood in the better grades
is very fair, and the supplies of dry stock are
short, although there is the usual accumulation
of low grade lumber. Prospects are favorable
for a continuance of present prices and market
conditions throughout the summer. Buyers re-
turning from manufacturing points all bring the
same tale of short stocks in the better grades
of the most desirable hardwoods, such as plain
oak, birch, ash, poplar, etc., and everyone in
the wholesale trade who has any amount of
Philadelphia.
The local market remains firm, and dealers
report plenty of inquiries. Hardwoods have for
a long time been doing well in this market, with
the result that the present year has been so far
the best in the history of many firms. At least
three big dealers have reported that their busi-
ness has doubled. Quite a number of other
concerns, which heretofore have been doing little
In hardwoods, have awakened to the fact that
the demand is exceeding the supply, and have
entered into contracts with mills that will en-
able them to get into the market extensively.
Several other firms have established departments
for hardwoods and find them paying well.
Sales in cherry have not been as heavy during
the last fortnight as previously, this wood being
hard to get. Stocks of poplar also continue
short. Oak and chestnut are still the leaders,
prices In the latter seeming to be on the in-
crease. Quartered oak and ash are brisk and
basswood rather high. Large quantities of
cypress are coming into the market, frequent in-
quiries justifying the heavy shipments. Hickory
still continues good ; stocks in local yards are
low. The dominant feeling in the local market
is that the summer and fall trade will be equal
to any ever had here. This condition will be
well taken care of as the total of the mill
contracts heid by local wholesalers has scarcely
ever been surpassed.
Baltimore.
There is no change to note in the hardwood
situation, except that the inquiry seems to be
somewhat halted. The opinion prevails widely
that prices are too high and buyers as a conse-
quence show some hesitancy about placing or-
ders. They are compelled to satisfy current
needs, but are holding back on providing for
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31
future requirements, which has imparted a some-
what uncertain tone to the market. The neces-
sities of the trade, of course, continue to be
large. Builders and other consumers must draw
on the available supplies to a much greater ex-
tent than has been the case for some seasons,
and the mills are having as many calls as they
can well All, though favorable weather condi-
tions have served to augment their productive-
ness. Competiton at manufacturing points is
comparatively active, and the producers insist
upon getting full list prices, but there appear
to be indications that the upward tendency
In the quotations has been arrested and that a
further advance is not likely to be made. As
yet, however, there has been no diminution in
the movement, and the entire list of hardwoods
is active, with oak in the lead, and ash, chest-
nut, birch, cherry and other woods following.
Walnut is still an important factor in the
domestic trade, and mahogany is being used in
relatively large quantities. Poplar retains its
hold on the trade, and brings prices that stim-
ulate the mill men to do their utmost in get-
ling out stocks.
The export business is quiet, with the move-
ment quite up to the average. There is no es-,
pecial snap in the demand, though lumber and
logs appear to be bringing better prices than
was the case some months ago.
Pittsburg.
Pittsburg firms which make a specialty of
hardwoods have reason to feel jubilant over
the present conditions. At no time in the
past two years has the market for hardwoods
been better than now. This is the more notice-
able because the lumber market in general is
slightly in the dumps, due partly to the fact
that "tighter money" has undoubtedly called off
some projects, building and industrial, and
partly to the carpenters' and structural steel
erectors' strikes.
Oak is selling better to-day than any other
wood in the Pittslnirg market. Prices are
creeping up slowly on all grades, including hill
stuff, which has remained stationary for a long
time. It is a question of getting stocks of oak.
not customers.
The other hardwoods are showing up well.
Maple is selling in good quantities and at satis-
factory prices. Chestnut is not quite so active
as two months ago, but sound wormy is find-
ing a good market in the Rast. The hub fac-
tories are taking a considerable amount of elm.
and the spoke and handle factories throughout
Ohio are making good demands on the Pittsburg
trade for hickory and asli.
Prices of hardwoods remain very firm, and
there is no reason to expect a drop in quota-
tions along any line. From present indications
dealers have reason to believe that the market
for heavy timbers, ties and poles will be very
active as the summer advances, as many proj-
ects which will involve a large expenditure of
money are just being shaped up for contractors.
Buffalo.
The former activity in hardwood lumber con-
tinues and the trade is very busy getting stock to
make up for the drain on their yards. As a rule
most woods command a better price than last
year, as they should, if only to meet the in-
creased price of logs and the generally larger
expense of business caused by the difficulty of
getting new stock. One reason that hardwood
lumber is now taking the lead in activity is that
pine, both white and yellow, is often as much
as $15 higher in the upper grades than it was
two years ago and hardwoods have not gone up
anything like that amount. The East is not
paying the fancy prices asked for lumber as
readily as the West is said to be, and It was
reported a few days ago that one reason that
basswood is not yet doing much in this market,
after being laid aside some years, is that dealers
are still afraid of the mill prices. Elm is also
rather slow, largely on account of the mill prices
being too high for this market, but the demand
for chestnut and all sorts of ash is much greater
than the supply. Oak is doing well, but is
very hard to get. Quartered is selling better
than formerly, though its substitute, birch, seems
to be coming in fairly well. There is a good
movement of maple, with prospect of a better
prulit in it than formerly. Some dealers are
making quite a specialty of it again, and where
sorting is made an expert business, with refer-
ence to special customers, the trade is a good
one by itself, despite the old idea that maple
is always a cheap wood, selling at small profit.
It is no longer plentiful.
There has been much uneasiness on the part
of hardwood dealers on account of the reports
from yards showing a steady reduction of stocks,
so that it was feared that midsummer would
see the assortments badly broken, but the search
for new lumber has been carried on with so
much vigor of late that the drain is not so
great as was feared.
Saginaw Valley.
The local market for hardwood material is
in good form, both in the matter of stock,
prices and volume of business. Xo difliculty is
experienced in disposing of any kind of lumber,
cull being particularly active by reason of the
high prices of pine. Box men are thus using
substitutes and basswood and maple culls are
bringing a good price. Some manufacturing
firms have contracted all their culls for the
season. They are to be converted into box
shocks.
The maple flooring trade is much better than
last year. In this market elm is doing much
better than last year. Ash is a quick seller.
There W'ill be quite a bunch of ash handled in
this market this season. Not a great deal of
birch finds its way to the mills in this sec-
tion.
Grand Rapids.
The hardw'ood situation has improved here
and most dealers are reporting a reasonably ac-
tive market. Some dealers are asking for an ad-
vanced price for birch, which is the dullest wood
in the market at the present time, and they be-
lieve that birch will move. The mills are
cutting lots of maple, but dry four-quarter stock
at this time is picked up clean. Plain oak con-
tinues to bring better prices relatively than quar-
tered oak. Furniture lumber continues in good
demand at firm prices.
Bristol, Va-Tenn.
Conditions in the hardwood trade in this sec-
tion are eminently satisfactory. The increase in
business within the past few months has been
phenomenal. 'J'he great activity displayed in the
manufacture of lumber in this reigon is unprece-
dented : during the past few weeks numerous
new mills have been erected and others are start-
ing up almost daily. It is estimated that at
least 30 per cent more lumber is being shipped
from tills section this year than last and the
lumbermen believe 1906 will be a record breaker
for heavy sales. The car supply is not entirely
satisfactory. There is still some complaint heard
that cars cannot be secured promptly enough.
Cincinnati.
The demand for hardwoods is slowing up. That
seems to be the general opinion of local dealers
and manufacturers, although here and there re-
ports are given that the demand is still as good
as it was a month ago. However, those firms
which have not yet experienced a let-up in their
business acknowledge that there is almost bound
to be a curtailment in business due to the ap-
proach of summer.
There is a universal cry among lumbermen for
dry stocks. Ueceipts are increasing and it is
likely that in a short time suitable supplies will
be in the yards, providing the receipts continue
on the same scale as during the past fortnight
and the demand does not take on a sudden spurt.
Prices are quite firm but it is a question how
long they will remain so. Well posted men In
the trade believe that the next move in prices
will be downward, but they do not care to opine
when such a movement will begin. It is a cer-
tainty, though, that plain oak will hold its own
for a long time. Offerings are being taken with
avidity and full prices are being paid wMthout
hesitation. Quartered oak is quieting down, al-
though some highly satisfactory orders are still
being placed. Asli and cypress continue in lim-
ited supply and relatively fair request with the
result that the market, so far as prices are con-
cerned, may be said to be taking care of itself
nicely. The volume of business in chestnut has
grown smaller, but stocks have not increased
to such an extent that a decline in quotations is
likely. Cottonwood supplies are adequate to the
occasion and no change in prices has been made.
Box boards are rather scarce. Red gum firsts
and seconds rule steady with a fair call and not
excessive stocks. All grades of poplar are firm,
with the lower grades having a better sale than
the uppei:.
Chattanooga.
The lumber market continues active in this
section, with the possible exception of middle
grade poplar and quartered oak. The demand
for these grades of stock has been a little easy
in the last two or three weeks. Prices continue
firm, with prospects of advance rather than
otherwise. There are now more inquiries with
a smaller supply of stocks to meet them than has
been know'n in several years.
The cut of the local mills will run far short
of that of last year. This is due to the fact
that the tides in the river have been low and
probably only about three-fourths of the usual
amount of logs have come down the Tennessee
river. The river mills have received about 1,-
lO.dOo feet of logs within the past two weeks,
l)ut another tide can hardly be expected before
the fall rains. The indications are that the
river mills will be compelled to shut down eariy
in the summer, on account of the scarcity of
logs.
Nashville.
Conditious in the local market remain un-
changed. Good prices are being received for all
kinds of hardwoods and business is brisk. For-
eign orders are lively, and building operations
which seem ever on the increase in Nashville
keep mill men and woodworking plants busy.
The Nashville wagon makers are scooping up all
the ash they can find and dry stock is hard to
get at any price. Plain oak, always a leader,
remains firm. The price, in fact, is high, but
there are always plenty of takers for dry stock
on the market. There is also a better demand
for quartered oak. Dry poplar is reported
scarce, and there is a good demand even for the
inferior grades. Black locust, extensively used
for interior finish, continues in active demand.
Beech is now forging to the front locally, as
flooring material, and is proving most satisfac-
tory for this purpose. There is some cedar
coming in. but it is always in great demand
and is bringing fancy prices.
Memphis.
There is a very good demand for hardwood
lumber of all kinds, with the exception of
quarter-sawed red oak, and those who have dry
stock to offer are having little or no ditficulty
in disposing of it. Prices are admittedly rather
high and there is apparent disposition in some
quarters to buy onl.v for immediate require-
ments. Lumbermen here, however, are confident
that trade conditions will continue healthy and
that prices will recede little if any until there
has been some restoration of more normal rela-
tions between supply and demand. Stocks are
still much broken and the process of replenish-
ment is slow because shipments are practically
as large as local arrivals.
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Conditions affecting production now show
some improvement. Tliere has been very little
rain in lumber producing territory lately, and
the weather has been fine, so that reports from
the interior suggest that there is a decided in-
crease in the amount of stock going on sticks.
However, this will not tend to relieve the situa-
tion materially because of the long period re-
quired for drying.
Ash is still in active request, in fact, as good
as it has been at any time this season ; there is
a decided shortage in the supply of dry stock.
AH grades are wanted.
The demand for cypress shows no let up and
prices are firmly held. Cypress mills are pro-
ducing more lumber now than for some time,
but the shipments are on so large a scale as to
prevent much recuperation in holdings. High
grades sell rather better than low. but there Is
no lagging anywhere.
The demand for Cottonwood in all grades is
splendid, while stocks are considerably below
the average for this time of year. The amount
of timber cut this .season is decidedly short, and
this points toward a light supply. The receipts
of Cottonwood timber here as a result of the
recent rise in the Mississippi show a marked
falling off compared with the average and this
of Itself is accepted as a strengthening factor.
No. 1 and No. 2 box common are in exception-
ally good request.
Gum is steady at prevailing quotations. There
is no surplus of well-handled stock. There is a
particularly good call for % to 1-lnch red
firsts and seconds and clear saps for export
trade, while the domestic market is taking care
of all the low grade stock.
There is still a pronounced demand for plain-
sawed white oak. which is selling at good prices,
but there is a falling off in some directions on
plain-sawed red. with prices possibly a shade
easier than heretofore. Quarter-sawed white is
moving fairly well, but there is not much de-
mand for quarter-sawed red, but as there is no
great amount of the latter available manufactur-
ers are asking pretty full prices therefiir.
The poplar situation appears to be wiilmut
special change during the past fortnlghl. The
amount of this available in this nuuket Is
somewhat limited and prices are firmly lielrl.
AsMand, Ky.
Conditions are good, prices firm and stocks
selling as fast as they are dry enough to ship.
The biggest run of the season is on in the
Big Sandy, Levlna and Tug rivers, and all the
creeks except Shelby have strong tides. Three
hundred fine rafts have been brought out of the
mouth of the Sandy. The Guyandotte river has
also sent out large quantities of timber in the re-
cent rise, twenty-live or thirty rafts, and loose
logs enough to give the Guyandotte valley timber
men work for several weeks. This output of tim-
ber has been a rich harvest for the timber men
who brought it out for the market, as they were
able to secure higher prices for poplar than have
been paid for some seasons, some timber selling
as high as ijo cents per cubic foot, which would
mea'n about S3,i.50 per thousand feet board
measure in the log.
At the present market price of timber, mill
men must liave a fair price for their poplar
lumber or they would not come out even. There
is no difficulty in finding a ready market for all
poplar lumber. The river mill men are expecting
the usual June rise, and are looking for another
log tide that will enable them to keep their mills
running.
Louisville.
The poplar situation sfiil coutinues to be the
feature of the Louisville market. The demand
for that wood is exceptionally active, with the
supply of dry stock very scarce. Other hard-
woods are also in strong demand, prices are
satisfactory generally and on the whole condi-
tions are favoi-able. Pevel siding finds a par-
ticularly brisk demand, with the supply in sight
rather limited. The recent awakening in the
call for No. 1 Common still keeps up. In fact,
everytuing made of poplar is in good demand,
with prices going up until veneer men and
some others who have been using it in what is
termed cheaper work are turning from it to
gum.
The demand for plain oak, ash and chestnut
continues good, with nothing in sight to mar
the outlook. In the wagon and Implement lines
there is an excellent demand for finished wood
work. The only thing that worries manufac-
turers is to get the raw material. Hickory is
especially scarce and in strong demand. The
factories have cleaned up their yards pretty
close on both hickory and oak. As the coun-
try roads are better now tjaere are hopes of in-
creasing supplies soon.
Toledo.
The tone of the hardwood market is liealthy.
Local dealers claim there is plenty of trade at
firm prices. Some dealers complain of a scarc-
ity of stocks, others seem to have ample sup-
plies to meet the demand, which is strong at
the present time. This varying opinion in all
probability is due to the fact that those who
now have pretty good stocks put in good sup-
plies last fall, while the others did not.
Maple flooring is in brisk demand. Prices on
maple lumber are strong. Oak and poplar are
rather scane, and prices are disposed to advance.
The present activity in building is an im-
portant factor in the hardwood trade. The
records at the office of the city building inspector
show that since the first of the year over 500
permits, with a valuation of about .$2,000,000,
have been issued.
F. S. Belcher, of the Relcher-Stiue Lumber
Company, will leave next week to look after his
interests in Oregon, having a mill at Fall City.
G. B. Stine has removed to Little Rock to re-
main there until the first of next year.
Minneapolis.
Stocks of hanlwoud in the Northwest are
about cleaned uj). With the exception of birch
and basswood, dry hardwood is nearly out of
the market. Local dealers are practically out
of elm, ash and northern oak, and prices have
fallen a decided jump upward, especially on
rock elm and ash. There is no stock to be had
in any quantity, and the new cut will not be
ready for some time. A little new basswood is
coming on the market, and is meeting with a
good sale. Box manufacturers have their eyes
on basswood culls and will buy as soon as luey
find the stock. Birch culls are well sold out
and at good prices. There are some good-sized
stocks of birch left in the upper grades, but they
are moving rapidly. The factory trade is not
taking much but birch, which is used for doors,
mill work and finish.
Southern oak is moving more freely as the
factories have emerged from the spring Hoods,
but the mills are drawing on light stocks, and
prices have advanced. Plain oak uppers are
selling readily at good prices. There is no
northern stock left in inch lumber, and the
limbers and planking are disappearing fast.
Maple lumber and flooring are enjoying a ready
sale. The country yards, however, are not now
in the market to any extent.
Everything indicates a good cut of northern
hardwood this year, but the prospect is good
for a stiff demand and continued strong prices.
Considerable hardwood is being sold by the mills
in advance of production.
Rhinelander, Wis.
The hardwood trade is siiowing improvement,
and shipments this month will be larger than
they were in April, when the winter rush was
about over. A great many contracts were i>laced
at that time, and as new stock is now getting
into shipping condition, it is going forward on
these contracts. The best selling items are
probably Nos. 1 and 2 Common basswood. and
No. 3 Common birch. Last year, at this time,
these items were slow sellers, especially No. 1
Common basswood. Jlixed Nos. 2 and 3 bass-
wood and No. 3 Common birch, sell to the box
factories, and the demand will take all the avail-
able supply. The grain door trade is also good,
and takes No. 3 birch, many mills shipping all
their 6 and 12 foot stock to the railroad supply
departments for grain doors, cutting the 12 foot
in two. Other mills make the doors up com-
plete and claim they are getting about $12 per
thousand feet out of the lumber. Trade this
year emphasized the statement often made that
one-third of our lumber goes Into boxes and
crating.
The upper grades of birch and basswood are
selliu" fairly well, the planing mills and sash
and door factories calling for them to a con-
siderable extent. San Francisco is taking some
birch and hard maple. Hard maple is improv-
ing in demand, and dry stocks are low, so that
customers will have to take a good deal of
winter-sawed stock, which is now dry enough
to go into the kilns. Soft elm has also been
selling better this year than last, and at bet-
ter prices. The amount of soft elm on hand is
not large and it will all be needed during the
year.
Liverpool.
Trade during the last fortnight seems to have
dr^l^ed off considerably. High prices have un-
ilouhtedly frightened off buyers, who seem to
think that the proper game to play is "buy from
hand to mouth" ; prices cannot go any higher and
may go lower. However, prevailing opinion
seems to be that it is highly probable that they
will advance. Recently in trying to sell a car-
load of ash planks to a buyer who was known
to be out of the stock and would be wanting
some within the next few weeks, although he
was asked only a slight advance over last year's
price and acknowledged that he could not buy
lower, he said he would not buy at present
prices, but would wait until they were lower.
It is more than probable that lie will have to
buy when prices are higher.
All mahogany bought at the last sales has
been rapidly cleared away and yards are very
empty. Undoubtedly at the next sales to be
held at the end of the month a sharp advance
will be made on this wood.
.\sh and oak continue firm and good parcels
are (piickly snapped up. This apparently will
Clint inue, but shippers should beware of sending
consignments which will only have one result —
weakening of prices. Hickory is better, the re-
sult of a smaller import being that brokers here
can easily place all desirable stock. Birch is
still weak.
London.
The hardwood market does not yet show any
great signs of activity, demand for stock prin-
cipally being met by parcels that have been
stored In the docks for some months past. The
arrivals are light, but strange to say, although
the general demand and the prices for lumber
in the States are so strong, some shippers are
still sending consignments which are difficult to
dispose of, in many cases, at the f. o. b. value.
While parcels which happen to be wanted real-
ize full prices. Several large sliipments of lum-
ber are expected in June and considering that
dock stocks are not heavy, will be needed, but
buyers are in no humor to buy what they do
uot want, as they say there will be plenty of
consignment parcels later on. Oak planks, 3
and 4 inch, are in good demand at full prices ;
boards "are not plentiful, but there is sufficient
to meet the demand.
Whitewood boards are in steady request :
planks, which have been inactive for some time
past, are in slightly better demand. Ash and
hickory planks are doing well ; arrivals are
light.
Mahogany is still eagerly sought after at
high prices, and arrivals are not too heavy for
the (Ipuiaud.
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EMPLOYES WANTED.
WANTED.
Biiyer and inspector lor export trade, one
experienced in wagon oal5 planls trade. Apply
"WAGON OAK," care Hardwood Eecohd.
WANTED.
A young man to keep books and inspect hard
and soft woods. Write, marking envelope "Per-
sonal," H. D. BILLMEYER, Cnmberland, Md.
WANTED.
Competent sawmill man owning a small 5 or
6 ft. band mill to cut hardwoods in North
Carolina by the thousand ; ample log supply.
Would consider buying a band mill for respon-
sible party. Address
"A. L. v.," care Hardwood Record.
ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER
Wanted iu our Hardwood Department. Must
be a young man of good habits and address,
energetic and a good all round office man and
correspondent, capable ot buying and selling
by letter. He should also be familiar with
both the buying and selling end of the busi-
ness, and capable of taking entire charge of
our Hardwood Department in the absence of
the manager. Address, giving experience, age,
reference and salary desired, to
"HARDWOOD JOBBER," care Hardwood Rec-
ord.
LUMBER WANTED
PERSIMMON WOOD WANTED.
Sawn to sizes for shuttle blocks, 18" 2x2 H.
20" 214x3, IS" 2x21/1. Address
"WOOD," care Hardwood Record.
WANTED.
4/4 1st & 2nd Butternut.
4/4 1st & 2nd Chestnut.
4/4 to 8/4 1st & 2nd Cherry.
W. R. CHIVVIS,
Lesperance & Iron Mt. R. R., St. Louis, Mo.
WANTED.
To contract for the output for this year ot
a good mill cutting Oak and Poplar lumber.
Address
"MORGAN," care Hardwood Record.
GREEN WHITE AND RED OAK
PLANK.
300 M ft., prefer White Oak, 2%", 2%",
2%" and 3" thick. No. 1 Commons and Better.
Prompt shipment.
SICKLESTEEL LUMBER CO..
Detroit, Mich.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak ; also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and Piling of all kinds.
CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO.,
1213 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago, HI.
WANTED— POPLAR, OAK, CHESTNUT.
Will receive lumber at shipping point and
pay cash. D. B. MURPHY & CO.. London, Ky.
CHESTNXJT, POPLAR, OAK, ASH.
Wanted all grades and thicknesses. Send
description and lowest cash price. Amount Jus-
tifies, will send buyer.
RODE & HORN, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Southern Office : Johnson City, Tenn.
OAK.
We are In the market for plain sawed oak,
all grades and thicknesses.
P. G. DODGE & CO., 2116 Lumber St., CblcaKO.
WHITE ASH WANTED.
50 M to 100 M feet of strictly clear, straight
grain, second growth white ash, ranging
from 3"x4" to 4"x5" — 12 and 14 foot
lengths, suitable for horse poles.
AMERICAN-LA FRANCE FIRE ENGINE CO.
Elmlra. N. Y.
WALNUT ONLY.
Wanted. Walnut lumber, green or dry, all
grades, all thicknesses, log run or on grades.
Highest market price paid. Liberal inspection.
C. J. FRANK,
2440 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Ind.
WANTED— HARDWOOD LOGS.
200 U feet 28-lncli and up White Oak loga.
200 M. feet 12-lnch and up Walnut logs.
50 M. feet 12-inch and up Cherry logs.
C. L. WILLEY,
Blue Island At. and Eobey St. Chlcaco.
WHITE OAK FOR SALE.
100.000' 4 4 Quartered 1 & 2 and No. 1
Common. Good dry stock, good widths and
lengths. THE YOUNG-GREENE LUMBER CO.,
Goshen, Ind.
WAGON STOCK FOR SALE.
Wo are in position to furnish wagon manu-
f;irturors with wagon tongues, axles, reaches
and bolsters.
(JAYOSO LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn.
DRY STOCK FOR QUICK SHIPMENT.
HARD MAPLE.
40,000 ft. 4-4 No. 2 Com. & Better.
124,000 ft. 3-4 No. 1 Com. & Better.
250,000 ft. 8-4 Ists & 2nds.
25,000 ft. 10-4 Ists & 2nds;
19,000 ft. 12-4 Ists & 2nds.
7,000 ft. 4-4 One White Face.
7,500 ft. 6-4 One White Face.
11,000 ft. 8-4 One White Face.
215,000 ft. 4-4 No. 2 Com. & Bet. Bassw'd.
60,000 ft. 4-4 No. 2 Com. & Bet. Elm.
5 cars 4/4 1st & 2nd Quartered White Oak.
5 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Quartered White Oak.
5 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Bet. Plain Red Oak.
2 cars 4/4 1st & 2nd Plain White Oak.
5 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Plain White Oak.
Also Poplar. Basswood and Gum. Prices
quoted on application.
THE BEl.CHER-.STINE LUMBER CO..
::23 Spitzer Bldg., Toledo, Ohio.
FOR SALE.
Common and better Hickory, 5,277 feet of
2%", 1,092 feet of 3" and 1,024 feet of 4",
dry, good quality.
LOVE, BOYD & CO., Nashville, Tenn.
GOOD HICKORY FOR SALE.
Half carload sawn l"xl" square x 66" long.
Half carload sawn 1% to 1% square x 60"
long. E. DUNSTAN, Winona, Miss.
VIACHINERY FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
One six ft. Hoosier left-hand band mill, three
block carriage, latest improved dogs, Soule feed,
in use only about thirty days.
WRIGHT-BACHMAN LUMBER CO.,
Portland, Ark.
MACHINERY WANTED
GANG EDGER WANTED.
Small second-hand machine ; belt pulley on
left for horizontal running. Address
H. S. Mc.\FOOS, Gastowu, Pa.
AT ONCE.
If you are In need of machinery — new or
second hand — a few lines in this column will
place your wants before those who have such
goods for sale. For particulars address
Hardwood Record, Chicago, 111.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
"• WANTED.
Competent sawmill man owning a small 5 or
6 ft. band mill to cut hardwoods in North
Carolina by the thousand ; ample log supply.
Would consider buying a band mill for respon-
sible party. Address
"A. L. v., care Hardwood Record.
HARDWOOD TIMBER.
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Beit Route. Tracts ranging from
fiTe hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum, Cypress, some Ash,
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at very reasonable figures now — In
some cases at less than %\ per thousand stump-
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop-
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash bonus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for you.
E. W. LA BEAUME. G. P. & T. A.,
COTTON BELT, St. Louis, Mo.
TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
Two thousand acres Pennsylvania hard-
wood. Railroad now being graded through
property. Low freight rates Pittsburg, Buf-
falo and Baltimore markets. Can show prop-
erty any time. Address,
"TIMBER," care Hardwood Record.
MISCELLANEOUS
FACTS FROM PRACTICAL MEN.
The Hardwood Record is always la the mar-
ket for articles on any and every feature •!
the hardwood industry. It wants practical
statements of fact from practical mea wh«
know how certain things can be done In the
best way. Literary quality not essential. Lib-
eral pay for acceptable articles. Address
Editor Hardwood Recokd.
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
RALLS AND LOCOMOTIVES.
All inquiries for Industrial railway equip-
ment listed before "Record" readers will tod
ready response.
Hardwood Record, Chlcaae, III.
HARDWOOD RECORD
35
U jidVertisers' Directory
KOBTHEBN HARDWOODS.
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.... 9
Arpin Hardwood Lumber Co.... 44
Babcock Lumber Company !)
Barnaby, C. II 43
Beyer, Knox ^ Co ■ .51
Bliss & Van Auken 10
Boyle. Clarence, Lumber Comiiany 50
Boyne City Lumber Company... 47
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
Brownlee & Company 46
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co... 51
Cadillac Handle Company 'A
Cheat Itiver Lumber Company.. 9
Cherry Kiver Boom & Lbr. Co... 1
Chivvis. \V. R ?i
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 4U
Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc i
Crosby & Beckley Company, The.
Crosby, C. 1' 44
Cummer. Dlgglns & Co '6
Davis, John R., Lumber Company 44
D'Heur cfc Swain Lumber Co 43
Dennis Uros 47
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company 4G
Dixon t.*c Dewey
Duhlmeier Bros 48
Duiweber, John, & Co 41>
Ellas, G., & Bro 51
Kmpire Lumber Company, Buffalo 51
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co 50
l''all. E. H
Flint. Krving & Stoner Company. 0
Freiburg Lumber Company, The . . 49
Fullerton-I'owell Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 43
General Lumber Company 48
Goldie, J. S 47
Haak Lumber Company 47
Uackley-l'helps-Bonneil Company. 47
Hayden. Harvey S
Heath-Witbeck Company 50
Holloway Lumber Company 7
Ingram Lumber Company 44
Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Co.... 45
Jones liard.vood Company 7
Kampf. Albert R 2
Keith Lumber Company 50
Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co.... 4t>
King & liartlos Lumber Company 45
Kitzingor, < lus 30
Leavitt Lumber Company 10
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co 50
Linehan Lumber Company 9
Litchfield, William E 7
Long-Knight Lumber Company .. . 43
McCIure Lumber Company 47
Mclivain, J. Gibson, & Co 7
McLean, Hugh. Lumber Company 51
MacBrlde, Thos., Lumber Co.... 47
Malev, Thompson «: Moffett Co . . 49
Maley & Wertz 43
Martin-Barriss Company 45
Michigan Maple Company 10
Miller, Anthony 51
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Mowbray & Robinson 49
Murphy"& Dlgglns 3
Nicola Bros. Company, The 9
No. Vernon Pump & Lbr. Co.... 2
Norman Lumber Company 2
North Shore Lumber Company. .
North Western Lumber Company 44
Page & Landeck Lumber Co 44
Perrine-Armstrong Company 43
Peters, R. G., Salt & Lumber Co. 47
Price, E. E
Radina. L. W., & Co 49
Kumharger Lumber Company...
Scatcherd & Son 51
Schofleld Bros 7
SiUultz Brothers & Benedict.... G
Simmons Lumber Company 47
Soble Brothers 7
Southern Gak Lumber C<>m[)any. 50
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 51
Stephenson, The I., Company... 10
Stewart. I. N., & Bro 51
Stimson, J. ^' 43
Sullivan, T., & Co 51
Tegge Lumber Company
Turner, A. M., Lumber Company 9
Upham & Agler 8
Van Keulen & Wilkinson Lumber
Company 47
Vollmar & Below 44
Wagstaff, W. J
Ward Lumber Company 50
Wentworth, Chas. S.. & Co 7
White. W. H., Company 40
Whitmer, Wm., & Sons, Inc 7
Wiborg & Ilanna Company 49
Wiggin, H. D
Willson Bros. Lumber Company.. 9
VVistar, Underhlll & Co 7
Yeager, Orson E 51
Young & Cutsinger 43
Young, W. D., & Co 10
SOtTTHERIT HARDWOODS.
Advance Lumber Company 45
Anderson-TuUy Company 4
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.... 9
Atlantic Lumber Company 1
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Beck, E. E., Lumber Company.. 49
Beyer, Knox & Co 51
Bennett & Witte 49
Black, F. W., Lumber Company. 50
Bliss-Cook Oak Company 36
Boyle, Clarence Lumber Co 50
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
Brown, Geo. C, & Co 8
Brown, W. P.. & Rons Lbr. Co. . . 2
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co... 51
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company... lU
Cherry River Boom tk Lbr. Co.. 1
Chicago Veneer Company 35
Chivvis. W. R 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 49
Crandall & Brown.. 50
Crane, C, & Co 49
Crittenden Lumber Company .... 4
Crosby & Beckley Company, The.
Cypress Lumber Company 48
Davis. Edw. L.. & Cn •_'
Davidson-Benedict Company 1
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company 46
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Co.... 43
Dierks Lumber & Coal Company. 10
Dixon & Dewey
Duhlmeier Bros 48
Duiweber, John, & Co 49
Ellas, G., & Bro 51
Empire Lumber Co., Buffalo 51
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.... 50
Fall, E. H
Farrln-Korn Ltimher Company ... 48
Flint, Erving & Stoner Company 9
Freiberg Lumber Company 49
Fuilerton-Powell Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 43
Gayoso Lumber Company 4
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.... 5
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company. 47
Hafner Mfg. Company 5
Heath-Witbeck Company 50
Himmelberger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Indiana Lumber Company 8
Jenks, Robert IL, Lumber Co. . . . 45
Jones Hardwood Company 7
Kampf. Albert R 2
Keith Lumber < 'ompany 50
Kentucky Lumber Company 48
Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co.. 48
King & Bartles Lumber Company 45
Leavitt Lumber Company 10
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co.... 50
Linehan Lumber Company 9
LltchHeld, Wm. E 7
Long-Knight Lumber Company.. 43
Loomis & Hart Mfg. Company... 8
Love. Boyd & Co 8
Luehrmann. Chas. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company 5
McClure Lumber Company 47
Mclivain, J. Gibson, & Co 7
McLean, Hugh. Lumber Company 51
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Co.. 49
Martin-Barriss Company 45
Miller, Anthony 51
Nicola Bros. Company 9
Norman Lumber Companv 2
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company 6
Page & Landeck Lumber Company 44
Price, E. E
Rhubeskv. E, W 2
Radina, L. W., & Co 49
Ransom. J. B.. & Co 8
Ritter. W. M.. Luml)er Company 52
Roy Lumber Company 36
Rumbarger Lumber Company....
Scatcherd & Son 51
Schofield Brothers 7
Smith, W. E.. Lumber Company. 4
Southern Lumber Company 2
Southern Oak Lumber Company. 50
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 51
Steele & Hlbbard 5
Stewart, I. N., & Bro 51
Stevens-Eaton Company 7
Stimson, J. V 43
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co. . . . 5
Stotz Lumber Company, Inc.... 2
Sullivan, T., & Co 51
Swann-Day Lumber Company... 6
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.... 5
Three States Lumber Company.. 4
Turner, A. M.. Lumber Company. 9
ITpham & Agler S
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company 8
Ward Lumber Company . 50
Wentworth. Chas. S.. & Co 7
Whitmer, Wm., & Sons, Inc 7
Wiborg & Ilanna Company 49
W^iggin, H. D
Willson Bros. Lumber Company.. 9
Yeager, Orson E 51
POFI.AR.
Advance Lumber Company 45
Atlantic Lumber Company 1
Bennett & Witte 49
Brown. W. P.. & Sons Lbr. Co.. 2
Cheat River Lumber Company... 9
Chicago Veneer Company 35
Crane, C, & Co 49
Davis. Edw. L. & Co 2
Davidson-Benedict Company 1
Dawkins, W. H., Lumber Co.... 48
Hayden, Harvey S
Kentucky Lumber Company 48
Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co.. 48
Loomis & Hart Mfg. Company ... 8
Ritter, W. M.. Lumber Company 52
Roy Lumber Company 36
Rhubesky, B. W 2
Southern Lumber Company 2
Stevens-Baton Company 7
Swann-Day Lumber Company... 6
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co. . . . 5
Vansant, Kitchen & Co 52
Yellow Poplar Lumber Company. 52
COTTONWOOD AITB OCTIf.
Anderson-Tully Company 4
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company ... 48
Himmelberger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Luehrmann, C. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company 5
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company 6
Smith, W. E., Lumber Company 4
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co... 6
Stotz Lumber Company. Inc 2
Three States Lumber Company.. 4
CYPRESS.
Crandall & Brown 50
(Jypress Lumber Company 48
Hafner Mfg. Company 5
LotHman Cypress Company 5
Thompson, J. W., Lumber Co.... 4
KARSWOOB FI.OORIHa.
Bliss-Cook Oak Company 36
Bliss & Van Auken 10
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company . . 10
Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3
Cummer. Dlgglns & Co S
Haak Lumber Company 47
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring
Company 8
Pease Company. The 48
Schultz Brothers & Benedict.... 6
Stephenson. The L, Company ... 10
Ward Brothers C
Wood Mosaic Flooring Company 2
Young, W. D., & Co 10
SAW MIIiI. UACHIDERY.
Mershon C'>mpany, The
Phoenix Mfg. Company 44
WOOD WORKIirO MACHINERY
American Wood Working Ma-
chinery Company 38
Berlin Machine Works. The
Defiance Machine Works 37
(iber Mfg. Company. The
Smith. II. B., Machine Company
VEJTEER MACHINERY.
Coe Manufacturing Company... 39
IiOOQINQ MACHINERY.
Clyde Iron Works 42
Lldgerwood Mfg. Company 42
Overpack, S. C 46
Russell Wheel & Foundry Co.... 41
I.TTMBER INSURANCE.
Adirondack Fire Insurance Co.. 1
Lumber Insurance Company of
New York
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. Boston 1
Lumber Underwriters
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company..
Rankin, Harry, & Co 33
Toledo Fire & Marine Ins. Co...
SAWS, KNIVES AND snPFl.IES
Atkins, E. C. & Co 40
Hanchett Swage Works 4b
Champion Saw Company... 40 & ii
Shimer, S. J., & Sons 40
MISCEIiIiANEOTTS.
Barroll, H. C, & Co 10
Lacey, J. D., & Co ;•/.■■ „„
Lumbermen's Credit Association, db
Pease Company, The 48
Schenck, C. A., & Co 48
CHICAGO VENEER COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
MANUFACTURERS OF
Rotary Cut Poplar Veneer
We have over four million feet of selected veneer logs on
hand. Our plant is especially adapted for making extra large
sizes and we cater only to the high grade trade.
BURNSIDE, KENTUCKY
36
HARDWOOD RECORD
Saw Mill and
StandingTimber
For Sale....
Hardwood Mill,nowsawing40000
feet daily, on Illinois Central and
Southern Railways in Mississippi.
5000 acres good Gum, Oak, Ash,
Cypress amd Elm Timber.
Business in going condition, Electric
Light Plant; McGiflert Log Loader
and Full Logging Equipment; Live
Stock, etc.
Good opportunity for practical hard-
wood lumberman. For full particu-
lars, address
"CHESTER"
Care Hardwood Record.
Save Your Money
By Using the
RED BOOK
Published Semi-Annually
in January and July
It contains a carefully prepared list of the
buyers of lumber in car lots, both amonp
the dealers and manufacturers.
The book indicates their financial stand-
ing and manner of meeting obligations.
Covers the UNITED STATES and MANI-
TOBA.
The trade recognizes this book as the au-
thority on the lines it covers.
A well organized Collection Department
is also operated and the same is open to you.
WRITE FOR TERMS.
Lumbermen's Credit Association
Established 1878
1405 Great Norllierii Building, : CHICAGO
16 Beaver Street. : NEW Y08K CITY
MENTION THIS PAPEB
^
You want to reach Buyers of
FUKNITURE LUMBER
* The HARDWOOD RECORD
will do it for you.
I
WALNUT.
OAK,
ASH,
POPLAR.
BLISS=COOK OAK
COMPANY
BLISSVILLE,
ARK.
MANUFACTURERS
Hardwood
Lumber
^^— and ^^-—
Flooring
Wc manufacture 15,000,000 feet of Oak
Lumber per year for export and domestic mar-
kets, from ?3 to 4 inches thick.
Also Quartered and Plain Polished Oak Floor-
ing, kiln dried, end matched, hollow back.
Mills and Flooring Plants at
SHULTS AND BLISSVILLE. ARKANSAS
GUS. KITZINGER
Michigan Hardwoods
By Car or Cargo. Manistee, Mich.
MANUFACTURERS
Contemplating establishing plants
In the West should take sdvanlage
ol a location on
L
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
which reaches the famous
WATER POWERS,
COAL FIELDS,
IRON ORE RANGES,
HARD AND SOFT
LUMBER DISTRICTS,
MINING DISTRICTS
of the West and Northwest, and
affords the best means of transpor-
tation to the market* of the world.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO
MARVIN HUGHITT, Jr., E. D. BRIGHAM.
Freight Traffic Manager, Gen' I Freight Agent,
GEO. BONNELL,
I ndustria I Agent,
NWS13 CHiCAGO.
WOOD WORKING
PLANTS
Manufacturers seeking lo-
cations for Saw Mills,
Stave and Heading Fac-
tories and other Wood
Working Plants in the
Central Southern States,
can secure full and accu-
rate information as to Sites,
Timber Tracts, Fuel,
Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressing
G. A. PARK,
General Immigration and Industrial Agent
Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company
Louisville. Kentucky
Locations for
Industries
THE ERIE. THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Erie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise with man-
ufacturers of specific products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable information, so as
to promote permanent tratSc, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Railroad Company
21 Cortlandt Street. New York
HARDWOOD RECORD
37
"DEFIANCE" WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY
AUTOMATIC LAST TURNING LATHE
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
HIGH GRADE TOOLS
Jt FOR MAKING ^
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops,
Wagons, Carriages, Handles, Bobbins, Spools,
Rims, Shaits, Poles, Insulator Pins and
Neck-Yokes, Oval Wood Dishes.
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
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FREIGHT RATES, GOOD LABOR CONDITIONS,
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The Illinois Central R. R. and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.
For full information and descriptive pamphlet address
J. C. CLAIR, Industrial Commissioner, I Park Row, Chicago, III.
FRAMES
FOR HARDWOOD RECORD
SUPPLEMENTS
Complete with backing, but without the glass, made
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The Farmer in the
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Because he pays from $8 to $ 1 5 an acre for
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LOCATIONS FOR
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can be secured on the lines of the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4
St. Paul Railway
in the great middle west. It reaches the Copper Country and the
pine and hardwood areas of Northern Michigan, the lead, zinc and ,
iron regions of Wisconsin, the coal fields of Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri.
Traverses the great agricultural and manufacturing states of ' '
Iowa, Minnesota. North and South Dakota. Operates 7,000 miles of
thoroughly equipped railroad.
Correspondence is solicited with eastern manufacturers who de-
sire to move their factories to, or establish branches in the West.
Co-operation with Business Men's Associations on the lines of this
railway in all matters affecting mutual interests is assured.
inquiries should be as definite as possible.
Address
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Chicago
38
HARD. WOOD RECORD
No. 11 American Automatic
Back Knife Lathe
Contains every late improvement. Four sizes. Works 28 in., 36 in., 45 in. and 52 in. long, and from 3-16 in.
to 2-)+ in. in diameter. For full particulars regarding this or our heavier Lathes, address nearest salesroom.
AMERICAN
WOOD WORKING MACHINERY CO.
NEW ORLEANS CHICAGO
NEW YORK
HARDWOOD RECORD
39
A PAGE OF THE FAMOUS COE VENEER MACHINERY
Coe Veneer Saw Coe Stamper Style H Veneer Cutter
^hese machines and many others are fully described in our 1906 Catalojs No, 5. Write for a copy to-day.
THE COE MFG. CO. '^'sS^'^ PAINESVILLE, OHIO
40
HARDWOOD RECORD
Detail work of filing saws takes
time. ^ You will know the ad-
vantage when you buy a saw
that will stand to its work with
the least repair. These saws
are so.
CHAMPION SAW CO.
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
For Matching Hard, Cross Grained and
Knotty Lumber
The Shimer Cutter Head
Is the Only Tc yjj can Rely Upon.
It has strength, Durability and correct working principles.
It feeds faster, works smoother, cuts true to pattern. No
fitting, no trying— no filing to shape. You sharpen the
Cutters with a file and set them with a gauge— plain as day.
Everybody profits by their use. For Flooring, Ceiling.
Siding. For Ship Lap, Jointing, Double Ceiling. For
Doors, Sash and Special designs. Coping Heads to match.
Your Capacity Increased— Your Labor and Expense Reduced.
Samuel J. Shimer ^ Sons, Milton, Penna.
M^
THE SAWS OF QUALITY
Material, Temper, Workmanship
PERFECT
THE SAWS FOR YOU
WRITE COR QUOTATIONS
E.C. Atkins & Co.,
(Incorporated)
HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY,
INDIANAPOLIS, U. S. A.
BRANCHES:
MINNEAPOLIS,
NEW ORLEANS,
HEW YORK CITY,
TORONTO, CANADA
ATLANTA,
CHICAGO,
MEMPHIS.
PORTLAND,
SAN FRANCISCO,
SEATTLE,
HARDWOOD RECORD
41
RUSSEL TRIP STAKE HOLDER
C You've all had your troubles with make-shift devices, with wrecks,
with injuring or killing men, with cost and cussing.
C We offer a practical, strong and simple device that will hold logs
firmly on bunk while they are being handled, and which will allow
loads to be quickly and easily unloaded without danger to men.
C One man can quickly set up holders and stakes for a train. Stakes
can only be tripped from side opposite that on which logs are dumped.
C When loading logs, or after cars are loaded, stakes arc positively
locked. Can be applied to any style of car, wagon or sled that has
wood bunks.
C The picture tells the story. Equip one car and you'll order a full
complement.
C Our stake holders are like all our logging machinery and cars — backed
by our guaranty of the best on the market.
C Let us tell you more about them. Write us.
RUSSEL WHEEL AND FOUNDRY CO.,
: DETROIT, MICHIGAN, U. S. A.
42
HARDWOOD RECORD
KINIVES
C How often do you lose good working hours
fretting and swearing about poor knives.
C, Steel plus workmanship will overcome that.
Learn now.
CHAMPIONSAW COMPANY,
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
LIDGERWOOD MACHINES
WILL STOCK YOUR MILL
SKIDDERS
SNAKERS
YARDERS
LOADERS
PULL BOATS
CABLEWAYS
LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO.
96 Liberty St., New York.
NEW ORLEANS ATLANTA SEATTLE
B^H
^
. . THE . .
McGIFFERT LOG LOADER
-^•^y
% VA
has loaded as high as a quarter of a million feet of
logs in eight hours, and here are a few reasons why it
was possible: Being self propelling it can move itself,
its loaded cars, and spit its own empties, all on the same
track. KsaCes SH^itching) ConSlrucfted entirely of
^eel, very powerful, it ^ands "crowding" and handles the
large logs as rapidly as the small. It saVes money
and repairs. Being simple in operation and of
few levers ihe engineer has absolute control at all
limes without changing his position, and can
handle the logs as rapidly as the men
can hook them. saOeS time
Our catalogue clearly illu^rates
and explains many other
good points.
Manufadured by
CLYDE IRON
WORKS.
Duluth,
Minn.
HARDWOOD RECORD
43
$ INDIANA ^
-WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW-
THS WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart'r^d White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
long-knight lumber CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet-
-Hardwood Specialties
The
largest Band Mill in Indiana.
FORT WAYNE,
IND.
J.
V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG,
IND.
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
44
HARDWOOD RECORD
>V I S C O N S I N
WHE.RE THE FINE,ST NORTHE,RN HARDWOODS GROW
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, ... WISCONSIN
Saw and Planing Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis., on Soo Lines.
■ Manufacturers
Wisconsin Hardwoods
PINE
AND
HEMLOCK
WRITE rS FOK PRICES ON
1", XH". Vi", IS" and 2" Plain and Bed Birch : Red Birch Flooring and 1 ' lo 2"
Quarter Sawed Red Oak : Basswood Ceiling and Siding : 1" Birdseye
Maple : Birch, Maple and Hardwood Flooring.
VOLLMAR &
BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood,
Birch
and Other Wisconsin
Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
NORTHERN STOCK
Hemlock
Birch
Basswood
Rock Elm
Soft Elm
Ash
Oak
SOUTHERN STOCK
Quartered White and Red
Oak
Plain White and Red Oak
Sycamore
Poplar
Cypress
Gum
PAGE & LANDECK LUMBER CO.
Wells Building
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
WAUSAU, WIS.
BASSWOOD, BIRCH
We cut four million feet of each annually
Your inquiries and orders solicited
MILL AND YARDS AT INGRAM, WISCONSIN
C. p. CROSBY
RHINELANDER : : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from 1 inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak, : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
MIXED CARS - EVEN GRADES - PROMPT SHIPMENT
Wisconsin Hardwoods
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
1" No. 1 Common and Better Birch (Red in)
1" No. 1 Common and Better Basswood
1" No. 1 Common and Better Hard Maple
Also Elm, Pine, Cedar Products,
and "SHAKELESS" Hemlock.
John R» Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS,
WISCONSIN
North Western Lumber Co.
General Offices : EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
Mills at STANLEY, WIS,
BAND SAWED
Wisconsin Hardwoods
CAREFUL GRADINGS, PROMPT SHIPMENTS
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars 15i" to 2' Scoot Hardwood. ;.4 car 2" 1st and 2d Clear Basswood.
1 car I'A" No. 1 Common Basswood. Large stock No. 2 Common Birch.
1 car 114" 1st and 2d Clear Basswood. Large stock No. 3 Common Birch.
Ten per cent
More Profit
The profits of a saw mill
can readily be increased ten
per cent by w.'iinga band mill
instead of a rotary. The
price of this mill with six
foot wheels for saws eigrht
inches wide is readily within
the reach of all. It cuts
smooth and perfect lumber
and has a capacity of 25,000
feet to 35.000 feet per day. It
runs with less expenditure of
power than a rotary and puts
only half ae much of the log
into saw dust as does the
circular saw.
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE. WIS.
HARDWOOD RECORD 45
^'^ I r^ A 7 IZ? ¥ A 1VT f^
OLLj^V Lj*LAJ>IL>
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTtR OF NORTHERN OHIO
THE
ROBERT H JENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE,
60 M feet I" Isl and 2ds Poplar
223 M feel 1" No. 1 Common Poplar
125 M (eel 1" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 M feel 2" isl and 2nd Poplar, 14" and up
125 M feel 8 4" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
275 M feel 1" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
153 M feel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M feel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M feel 1" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red OaK. — We have a good assort-
ment of dr)' stock, ^s 104 inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red Oak. — A limited amount of nice
stock, ready for shipment.
Cooperage Plant for Sale
Well equipped plant having rail and water facilities, and in
location affording an abundance of heading timber, is offered
for sale at a bargain, by owners, who are not practical mill
men. Refer to St. Louis File 566, or Chicago File 19059.
M. V. RICHARDS
L,aiKl and Industrial .Aj^cnt
WASHINGTON, D. C.
CHAS. S. CHASE,. Agent
622 Chemical Building
ST. LOUIS, MO.
M. A. HAYS, Agent
22."j Dearhoin StiXL-t
CUICAOCILL.
Hardwood Board Rules
FOP HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN
Best Goods, Prompt Shipment
Send your orders to the HARDWOOD RECORD, 355 Dearborn .Street
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
Ihe Advance Lumber Co.
RockefeUer Bldg. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Memphis Office, No. 56 Randolph Building. J. E- MKADOWS, Mgr.
The King & Bartles Lumber Company
We want to move some 5 4" to 16/4" Wisconsin Birch in pile in
our Cleveland yard. We also have a few ears of 1" No. 1 Com-
mon and Ists and 2nas Northern Winter-sawn Basswood. bone
dry. We have In pile In Wisconsin for Immediate shipment the
following:
2 cars 4 4" Ists and 2nds Birch, iinselected
3 cars 4 4" No. 1 Common Birch, unselected
I car 4/4" lats and 2nds Curly Birch, unselected
Send us your inquiries and we will quote you delivered prices.
Yard and Office: No. 1955-2025 Scranton Road, N. W.,
CLEVELAND
OHIO
MARTIN-BARRISS
COMPANY
Importers and Manufacturers
MAHOGANY
AND FINF
HARDWOODS
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RECORD
M
I C H I Q A
IS FOR HARD MAPLE AND G R E. Y
N
FAMOl
ELM
'THE THICK MAPLE FOLKS'
B
ROWNLEE
DETROIT
&C
OMPANY
MICHIGAN
TWO-INCH SOFT MAPLE
TWO-INCH BASSWOOD
THREE-INCH HARD MAPLE
MAY STOCK LIST
MAPLE
BIRCH
BASSWOOD
1 in. 8,000,000 ft.
1 in. 500,000 ft.
1 in. 300,000 ft.
I'A " 100,000 "
iK " 400,000 "
154 " 100,000 "
114 " 30,000 "
ig " 50,000 "
3 " 100,000 "
8 " 1,000,000 "
354 " 50,000 •'
3 •' 75,000 "
•214 " 200,000 "
2^ " 500,000 ■'
3 " 75,000 "
3 " 4,000 "
ROCK ELM
4 " 400,000 "
3 in. 35,000 ft.
GRAY ELM
BEE,CH
2!4 " 50,000 "
1 in. 300,000 ft
1 in. 500,000 ft.
IVa " 350,000 "
lY, " 400,000 "
WHITE MAPLE,
End Piled
1)4 " 200,000 "
3 " 300,000 "
1 in. 100,000 ft.
ASH
a " 100,000 •<
\% " 20,000 "
2j^ " 300,000 "
2 " 50,000 "
1 in. 600,000 ft.
KELLEY LOMBER & SHIiLE CO, Traverse City, Mich.
W. H. WHITE, Pres.
JAS. A. WHITE, Vice-Pres.
W. I, MARTIN, Secy.
THOS WHITE, Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and Hemlock Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White FcOcK Maple Flooring.
-UP=TO=DATE->
Hanchett Automatic Band Saw Sharpener
This is one of our full line of mod-
ern filing room machinery. Let us
send you our new Catalogue No. 10.
HANCHETT SWAGE WORKS
BIG RAPIDS, MICH.
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES.
DETROIT, MICH.
HILLS AT : Beaters, W. Va. Valler Bend, W- Va. Diana. W. Va. Parkersbort
W. Va. McNull Siding, W. Va.
Michigan Logging Wheels
llav,. inaHi- riM.MM ■;. \L';,rsa[id knou o C H 1/ IT D D A P IT MAN'STEE,
huw. Easy and cheap utiy of logg.nLT- O. C U V C/I\r/\i/A MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
47
M
I
JS
C H I
FOR RED BIRCH
o
AND
A
BASS
N
F AMOl
WOOD
BIRCH
Th
s is our specialty. We are in the heart of the best Birch
section. Have ffood stock, Common and better,
4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, and 16-4.
Let us figure with you.
Si
tmmons Lumber Com
SIMMONS, MICHIGAN
ipany
McCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main Ollices. DETROIT, MICH.
Mills, EUTAW, ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars T Red and White Oali 2 cars 2" Black Ash
3 cars 2", 2'/", 3" and 4" While Ash 10 cars 1" to 4" Dry Hard Maple
2 cars 1" 6/4 White Ash 5 cars 1" Log Run Birch
1 car 6 4 and 8 4 Hickory
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGE CAPACITY PROMPT SHIPMENTS RAIT. OR CARGO
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac,
Michigan.
SPECIAL PRICES on 500M pieces
1" to 3" Maple Squares 16" to 27" long.
1" to 3" Soft Elm.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED FOR MICHIGAN LUMBER.
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
==^===^= FOR SALE BY ^==^==^
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE, MICHIGAN
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
Miimifui.'tiin-rs and "Wliolesalfrs of
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Complete Stocks of Michigan Hardwoods — Maple, Beech, Birch, Elm,
Ash and Basswood tor sale.
Grand Rapids, : : Michigan
OUR MAPLE FLOORING
is as near perfection, in every particular, as it is
possible to make it, for we personally supervise
every step in its manufacture, from the stump to
the shipping of the finished product. Our prices
will interest and a trial convince you. : :
HAAK LUMBER COMPANY
HAAKWOOD, MICHIGAN
Hackley-PhelpsBonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Main Ollice. Nichiean Trust CompanT Building
GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN
DENINIS BROS.
GRAND RAPIDS, : : : MICHIGAN
MAN1^F.\CTURERS OF
Hardwood Lumber, Perfect
Birch and Maple Flooring
DRY STOCK AT BARGAIN PRICES :
2 cars 8/4 Basswood, No. 1 Common and Better.
3 cars 5 4 Basswood, No. 2 Common and|Better.
15 cars 4 4 Birch, No. 1 and 2 Common.
1 car 1x4 Clear Birch Strips.
2 cars 4/4 No. 3 Common Cherry.
60M feet 12 '4 Hard Maple.
24SM feet 8 4 Hard Maple.
40M feet 8 4 Hard Maple. No. 3 Common.
Main Office :
205-209 Michigan
Trust
Company
Building
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HARDWOODS
IN MICHIGAN
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
48 HARDWOODRECORD
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OirNOIINiNA I 1
THE. GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
WANTED
Oak
Walnut
Gum
Cottonwood
Poplar
White Pine
Hemlock
Yellow Pine
will inspect at shipping point
when quantity justifies and
pay cash. Can use entire mill
cuts. Write us before selling
elsewhere. We can also handle
mixed cars of dressed stock.
Send us your list with prices.
Kentucky Lumber Co.
Suite .508 First National Bank Bldg.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Formerly of Burnside. Ky.
Lumbermen, Attention!
If you own any timber or timber lands.
If you are contemplating buying or selling any timber or
timber lands.
If you want your stumpage accurately estimated.
If you want an exact survey or map of your property.
If you want advice in any logging or lumbering proposition.
Write to us and find out what we can do for you.
We send thoroughly reliable and practical engineers to all
parts of the country, and guarantee quick and accurate work.
C. A. Schenck 4 Co.
Consulting Forest Engineers
DAVIDSON'S RIVER,
NORTH CAROLINA
The Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co.
HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS
Post office and Band Mill,
ROEBINS, KY.
Shipping Point and Telegraph Office,
JACKSON, KV.
Specialties:
PLAIN WHITE OAK
YELLOW POPLAR
OAK PLANKING
RAILROAD TIES
We manufacture all the lumber we sell from original forest timber.
Therefore the lengths and widths are good. All logs are manufactured
in ten to thirty davs afler being felled, insuring bright, new stock, free of
sap worms and rot WRITE OR WIRE FOR PRICES.
PLAIN OAK^BASSWOOD
Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
CYPRESS LUMBER CO«
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
Plain and Onartered White and Red Oak, Yellow Poplar.
Yellow Pine. Walnut, etc. Mills in Tenn., Ala. and Va.
OFFICE AND YARDS. GEST AND DALTON AVE., CINCINNATI, OHIO.
"BUY GUM"
We ore in the market to buy
r>ry Glim Lumber in any
quantity, from a single car
load to a million feet. Will
take all grades and thick-
nesses. We receive lumber
at t-hipping point, pay cash
and are liberal in inspection.
THE FARRIN.KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General Office. Yards,
Planing Mills, Dry Kilns.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Purcbaslng Office,
Randolph Building.
Memphis, Tenn.
Cypress Red Gum Oak
FRAMES.
SASH, DOORS.
/^^So\
PAINTS.
BUILDERS' HARDWARE.
BLINDS. MOULDINGS.
MANTELS. ETC.
COLUMNS. CLASS.
1 V4W)|Ujv /'
LARGE CINCINNATI FAC-
STAIRWORK.
^^^0|N»i>^
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
INTERIOR TRIM.
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Hemlock, yellow Pine.
COLUMBUS a OHIO
The only trade paper reaching all classes
of hardwood consumers
HARDWOOD RECORD
355 Dearborn St., Chicago
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
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t/iiNoirNr>/v 1 1
THE. GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
THE
MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always in the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS,
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS,
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI,
OHIO
L. W. RADINA & COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of
Wanted for cash -desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades,
Kspecially Ij^-inch stock, for immediate shipment.
=CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE^
Cash buyers for stock in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
t,l,Sl AND SriMiMIlR STREKI
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers
Finely ftgured (juarter aiiued oak vcneeis a specialty.
BENNETT 6 WITTE,
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
THAT ARE SOLD
ON NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION
INSPECTION ONLY.
Plain and Quartered .
.1 White and Red OaH
I R.ed and Sap Gum
Cottonwood, Ash, Cypress, Poplar, Soft Maple, Tnpelo
Gum and Chestnut. ".• We cut Gum and Oak in Thick-
nesses of H to 4 inches. EXPORT AND DOMESTIC.
224 W. 4th Street,
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Branch: 1301-2 Tenu Trust. Memphis, Tenn.
WHAT H.WE YOU FOR SA1,E IN
Red and White OAK Qtd. and Plain
AI.SO POPLAR, CHESTNUT, WALNUT, P;TC.
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash Buyers
Poplar^ Oak^ Chestnut
And Other .Southern Hardwoods
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES.
WE BUY MILL CUTS
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Officei
1219 West Sixth Street
Yards:
Sixth Street, below Harriet
,i;
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO-
Minufactur-.-rs ',f
Tabasco Mahogany
I Walnut. OaR
Poplar, McLean and Findlay Avs.
CINCINN.\TI, O.
Poplar, Oak,
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore.
W. Va. Spruce,
Pine and Elm
C. Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
2.000,000 feet Dry Oak
2.000,000 feet Dry Poplar
Mostly heavy stock. Quotalioas Solicited.
MILLS AND YAKDS
CINCINNATI, 0.
YEARLY CAPAOm
l»0,000,l)(IO FT.
\m> BILLSTDFF
A SPECIALTY
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI. OHIO
5 PLAIN
! AND
; QUARTER
! bAWED
White and Red Oak
J CHESTNUT
; POPLAR
! GUM AND
! CYPRESS
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
5°
HARDWOOD RECORD
c
H I C A G
REATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE
o
THE G
WORLD
The Keith Lumber Company
HARDWOOD, POPLAR & SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER,
MAHOGANY,
REDWOOD,
RED CEDAR,
CYPRESS,
CHESTNUT,
SPRUCE,
MAPLE FLOORING, OAK TIMBERS & WAGON STOCK.
Office and Yards: Fourleenthiand Wood Streets.
Heath-Witbeck Company
Hardwood Lumber
We have for quick shipment 170,000
feet DRY BIRCH, First and Seconds
and Common 2, 2}4, 3 and 4 inch.
Main Office, 6 Madison St. Yards, Loomis and 22nd St.
CHICAGO
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
®
WE WANT TO BUY FOR CASH
OAK ,
CYPRESS
ASH
MILL CUTS OR ROUND LOTS
9 1 0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1217 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
CHICAGO MEMPHIS
YARDS: NORTH MEMPHIS
Crandall & Brown
LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS,
YELLOW PINE FINISH,
FLOORING, CEILING, PARTITION,
OAK, POPLAR, BIRCH,
BASSWOOD, MAPLE.
Office and Yards : 3300 Center Avenue, CHICAGO.
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co.
1649-50 MARQUETTE B U 1 1. D I N G
Are now offering bone drv BIRCH, ROCK EI,M, BLACK ASH, etc., Wis-
consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QUARTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc.,
from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers.
THE WARD LIMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING :: CHICAGO
E
stabrook-Skeele Lumber
203 FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO
Co.
We are in the market for
Wagon Stoc
k
REACHES, BOLSTERS, TONGUES, AXLES,
ETC., AND
Hardwood Lumber
PARTICULARLY WANT WHITE ASH TELL \JS WHAT VOU HAVE
AND HICKORY TO OFFER
CLARENCE BOYLE LUMBER CO.
Wholesale
Dealers in
Hardwoods
Yellow Pine
and Cypress
319 WEST TWENTY-SECOND STREET :: CHICAGO
FRED W. BLACK, President
HORACE W. BLACK, Secretary
FRED W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOOD LUMBER
305 Old Colony Building
HARDWOOD RECORD
BUFFALO
THE GRE-AT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN and QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
1142 SENECA STREET.
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
gS.") TO 101.5 ELK STREET
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STREKn
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
J<93 EAGLE STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
\ard, 155.'> SENECA STREET Office. 886 ELLICOTT SQUARE
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
1076 CLINTON STREET
L N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 ELK STREET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY
Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
50 ARTHUR STREET
ORSON E. YEAGER
Specialties: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 ELK STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
office and Yards, 69 LEROY AVENUE
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
We want to buy for cash :
Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
518 RANDOLPH BL,DG., MEMPHIS. TENN. 940 SENECA STREET.
Specimen of Our Poplar Timber
W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.
MAIN OFFICE: COLUMBUS, OHIO
YELLOW
POPLAR
White Oak, Basswood, Chestnut,
Ash, White Pine and Hemlock
We Want Your Business
stock all bandsawed, square edged, equalized. Dry Kilns,
Planing Mills, Dressed Stock, Bevel Siding, Drop Siding
Specimen of Our Oak Timber
Vansant, Kitchen & Co.
_^*rd
1
Old-Fashioned
SOFT
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Ky.
5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK. SPECIALTY
NEW ASHLAND MILL
YELLOW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
DRY
ALL GRADES
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, lO-4, 12 4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Latli and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stock.
COAL GROVE, OHIO, U. S. A
COPYRIGHT, A. D. 1906, BY THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
floMwoM RotiJM
EleT*Btk Tear. I
Saml-monthlT. t
CHICAGO. JUNE 10. 1906.
f SubacrlptloB 92.
ISIngU CopI**, 10 C*nta,
CHERRY
C. n. LLOYD, JR.
Manager Sales
Gkows in
West Virginia
RIVER
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
offices : PhiUdelphii, Pa.
LUMBER
RED GUM
We produce and market a carload of Gum Lumber
every 45 minutes during the working day. :
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co.
Morehouse, : : Missouri
WHAT'S *THE USE
J~!t^
of paying more than is necessary for
your fire insurance?
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company
923 DREXEL BUILDING. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
RUMBARGER LUMBER COMPANY
Ash.
5 cars 1 In., log run.
3 cars I^ In., log run.
6 ears 2 in., log run.
2 cars 2V6 In. to 5 In.. Com. & Better.
Basswood.
30 cars 1 In., log run.
Beech,
25 cars 1 In., log run.
2 cars 2 In., log «un.
Birch.
20 cars 1 in., log run.
2 cars 1^ In., log run.
1 car 2 In., log run.
Bed Oak.
10 cars 1 In., log run.
Cherry.
500.000 ft. 1 In., log run.
1 car 11/^ In.. Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
1 car 2 In.. Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
Choice old growth stock, good lengths
and fine widths. Will sell on grades.
Chestnut,
10 cars 1 In., sound wormy.
1 car 3 In., sound wormy.
3 cars 2 In., log run.
5 cars 1 In., Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
2 cars IJ^ In., Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
Cucumber.
7 ears 1 In., log run.
Maple,
20 cars 1 In., log run.
10 cars 2 In., log run.
Mountain Oak.
4 cars 2 In.. Nos. 1 & 2.
2 cars 2 In., No. 1 Common.
10 cars 1 In., Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
White Oak.
1 car 11-4 In.. Nos. 1 & 2.
Quartered White Oak,
3 cars 1 In., Nos. 1 & 2.
5 cars 1 In.. No. 1 Common.
5 cars 1 In., No. 2 Common.
1 car 1 In., Clear Strips.
ThIS' stock shows an exceptionally fine
figure.
Quartered Red Oak.
1 car 1 In., Nos. 1 & 2.
2 cars 1 In., No. 1 Common.
1 car 1 in., No. 2 Common.
Hardwood, No. 3 Common.
V2 car 1 In., rough.
3 cars 1 In., surfaced 1 side.
4 cars 2 In., either rough or surfaced.
Clear Spruce.
3 cars 1 In., Nos. 1 & 2.
5 cars 2 ln„ Nos. 1 & 2.
Poplar.
Have a fair stock of 1 In., iw In., 1V»
In. & 2 In. . 7* . 73
White Pine.
12,000,000 feet No. 3 Barn & Better.
500,000 feet Box.
1 In., lU In.. 1% in. & 2 In., either
rough or worked.
MAIN OFFICE: 808 HARRISON BUILDING. 15TH AND MARKET STREETS. PHILADELPHIA. PA.
NEW YORK OFFICE: 8018 METROPOLITAN BLDG., I MADISON AVENUE. PITTSBURG OFFICE: 701 KEYSTONE BUILDING.
ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $300,000.
LUMBER AND WOODWORKING RISKS EXCLUSIVELY.
A new company orjianized to further serve Ihe palrons of the Lumber lasur*
ance Company of New York. 66 Broadway, New York, and allied organizalions.
Home Office: 66 Broadway, NEW YORK
Advertisers' Classified Directory Fallows Want and tor Sale Advertising Sectiar\.
HARDWOOD RECORD
I /^ T T T C: X7 II I m?
LCJUI^VILLLJ*
MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
The Norman Lumber Co,, Inc.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Logs and Lumber
Office and Yards ! Tliird Street, H to K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
POPLAR.
30,000 ft. 4/4 let & 2d.
60,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
16,000 ft. 8/4 Common.
QUARTERED RED OAK.
50,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK.
80,000 ft. 4/4 Ist & 2d.
10.000 ft. 8/4 1st & 2d.
20,000 ft. 6/4 l»t & 2d.
10,000 ft. 8/4 l«t & 2d.
60,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
8,000 ft. 6/4 Common.
6,000 ft. 6/4 Common.
20.000 ft. 8/4 Common.
10,000 ft. 2M," Common.
40.000 ft. S'*^ Common.
1 car Hickory Plank, 114 to *'-
8' to 16'.
OFFER FOLLOWING STOCKS:
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12,000 ft. 4x4"x4i2"— 12', 1—6 mo«. dry.
800 ft. 3 r4 "—12', 12—18 mo8. dry.
400 ft. 3Hx4%''— 12', 12—18 moB. dry.
300 ft. 3v5x4i4''— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
250 ft. 3%i4%''— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
800 ft. 31414%-— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
180 ft. 3x4" & Lgr.— 14', 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larger, dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4 and larger, dry,
HICKORY AXLES.
1.500—3 x4 " — 6', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1.50<^^-3%x4H''— 6', 1— fl mo«. dry.
2,000 — 4 xB "—6', 1—0 moe. dry.
1,000 — i%i6%"— 6', 1 — 8 mos. dry.
1.000 — B x6 - — 6', 1 — 6 moa. dry.
STOTZ LUMBER
Incorporated
COMPANY
MANUFACTUBERS : : W
HO L£ SALES S
Oak, Ash, Poplar, Gum,
KE.LLAR BUILDING
Cottonwood
LOUISVILLE., KENTUCKY
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
lllostraled Catalog on Application
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
r
Albert R. Kampf
Manufacturer
Hardwood I.uinber and Timber
Dimension Stock
Board ol Trade BIdg., Louisrille.Ky.
E. W. Rhubesky
Wholesale
Poplar, Rough and Dressed.
Oak. Chestnut and Other
Hardwoods
North Vernon Pump
4 Lumber Co.
Band Sawed Plain and Ouartered
Oak and Poplar.
North Vernon. Ind., and
Louisville. Ky.
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak. Poplar and
Chestnut.
Louisville, Ky.
DRY LUMBE,R
aUAETEEED WHITE OAK.
75,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds.
18,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
18,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
19,000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
150,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
80,000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common.
40.000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
22,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
22,000 ft. 4/4 cuU.
airAETEBED HEX) OAK,
14,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds.
18,000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds.
Tear Imiuiries W«uld B«
Appraciatad.
8,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
5,000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds.
38.000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
12,000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common.
7,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
3,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common.
PLAtK WHITE OAK.
80.000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds,
17,600 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds
19,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds.
22.000 ft. 8/4 firsts- & seconds.
18.000 ft. 10/4 firsts & seconds
16,000 ft. 12/4 firsts & seconds.
127,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common.
At
Our
Louisville Yards
20,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
30,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common. 1
60,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common. 3,000
18,500 ft. 10/4 No. 1 common. 7,000
12,000 ft. 12/4 No. 1 common. 5.000
PLAIN RED OAK. 3,000
47,000 ft. 4/4 firsts & seconds. 7.000
15.000 ft. 5/4 firsts & seconds. 4,000
9,000 ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds. 10.000
27,000 ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds. 2,000 ft
31,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 common. 20,000 ft
24.000 ft. 5/4 No. 1 common. 3,000 ft
14,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 common.
29,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 common. 60,000 ft
ASH. 42,000 ft.
car 4/4 firsts & seconds. 17.000 ft.
ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds 58,000 ft.
ft. 6/4 firsts & seconds 3.000 ft.
ft. 8/4 firsts & seconds 17.000 ft.
ft. 10/4 firsts & seconds 6.0<X) ft.
ft. 12/4 firsts & seconds 90.000 ft.
ft. 16/4 firsts & seconds 28,000 ft.
ft. 4/4 common. 18,000 ft.
ft. 8/4 common. 31,000 ft.
ft. 6/4 common. 12.000 ft.
ft. 8/4 common. 8,000 ft.
POPLAR, We ha
4/4 firsts & seconds. Selects and
Prompt
Delivery
5/4 firsts & seconds
6/4 firsts & seconds
8/4 firsts & seconds
10/4 firsts & seconds
12/4 firsts & seconds
16/4 firsts & seconds.
4/4 No. 1 common.
8/4 No. 1 common.
6/4 No. 1 common.
8/4 No. 1 common.
10/4 No. 1 common.
12/4 No. 1 common.
Te all thicknesses is
ALL THICKNESSES IN CULL POPLAR, ASH, CHESTNUT.
W. p. BROWN & SONS LUMBER CO.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
LOUISVILLE, KT.
HARDWOOD RECORD
Thick Hard Maple
Cut during the winter of 1004 5.
10-4 I's and 2's
12-4 I's and 2's
16-4 I's and 2's
51,000 ft.
55,000 ft.
10,000 ft.
This stock was sawed in our own
mill and has been seasoned in a first-
class manner. It is largely 12 inch
and wider and very choice.
We also have end-dried in shed :
4-4 Birdscye Maple, 8,000 ft.
5-4 White Maple . 21,000 ft.
Please Senu I's Yolk Inquiries.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
MURPHY & DIQQINS
Offer all grades ol the followiog special diy stock
' MAPLE— 5/4, 6/4, 8, 4. 10/4, 12/1, 14/4, 16/4
CRAY ELM— 4/4, 12/4
BASSWOOD^/4
BIRCH * 4, 6 4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
We otier lor Rail Shipment Irom Cadillac. Also Che following lor Water Shipment:
2 cars 8 4 Maple. No 1 Com. & Better lOO.OOO feet of 4 4 Bas.swood
1 tar 6x.5 Muple. Select Sloflt 100,000 feet of 4 4, 8/4 anti 12 4 Soft
2 cars 4 4Hasswood, No.2Com&Bet Elm
2 cars 1 4 Birch, No. 2 Com. & Bet. 150,000 feet of 4/4, 5, 4 and 6 4 Birth
Cummer, Diggins & Co.
=MANUFACTURERS=
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
[ Michi
Michigan Hardwoods
DRY STOCK
HARD
-ii
:ifin M feet 5,4 .Nos. 1 and 2 Common
185 M feet 6/4 Is and 2s
340 M feet 6/4 Nos. 1 and 2 Common
MX M feel 12 4 Is and 2s
1 </z M feet 16 4 Is and 2s
2 M feet 16 4 Common
M feet 4 4 Nos. 1 and 2 Common
M feet 4 4 No. 3 common
M feet 6 4 Is and 2s
M feet 6/4 Nos. 1 and 3 Common
M feel 6 4 No. 2 Common and Better
M feet 8 4 Is and 2s
M feet 8/4 Nos. 1 and 3 Common
M feet 8 4 No. 3 Common and Better.
M feet 10/4 Is and 2s
M feet 12/4 Is and 2s
■ M feet 1x4 Clear Face and Better
M feel 4 4 No. 1 Com. & Bet. Saw Culls
Our lumber is graded according to the rules of the National Hardwood Lumber
Association.
MAPLE
SOFT
GRAY
ELM
COBBS&MITCIIELL
( INCORPORATED)
GADILUC. MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE. HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
w
E have in all thicknesses the following kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
MEMPBIS YARDi
Ash 680,000 feet
Quartered White Oak. . 75,000 feet
Plain White Oak 140,000 feet
Quartered Red Oak.... 285,000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410,000 feet
Cypress 225,000 feet
Cottonwood 200,000 feet
Poplar 308,000 feet
SELMA YARD
Poplar 409,000 feet
Biiv Poplar 857,000 feet
Red Gum 55,000 feet
Cypress 787,000 feit
BERCIAIR YARD
Bay Poplar 100,000 feet
Cypress 800,000 feet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 350 000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
OHice and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C. R R.
MEMPHIS. TENN.
Nelson H. Walcott, Pres't. Frank E. Stonebraker, Vice-Pres't.
Chas. C. Gardiner, Sec'y and Treas.
THE CRITTENDEN
LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS
MILLS AT
EARLE, ARK
ANDERSON=TULLY COMPANY
STOCK LI.ST
COTTONWOOD.
ASH,
2l> M ft.
7/S"
1st & 2nd. S" up
15,000 ft.
4/4
' 1st & 2nd Strips.
214" to
2110 M ft.
4/4"
1st & 2nd. 6" up
aW-
14 M ft
4/4'
1st & 2nd. 7"-lU"
5,000 ft.
4/4"
Common.
25 M ft.
4,'4"
1st & 2nd, 11"-12"
12,000 ft.
5/4"
& 6/4" No. 3 Common. 1 1
40 M ft.
4/4"
1st & 2nd, IS" up
GUM,
15 M ft.
5/4"
1st & 2nd, 6" up
60.000 ft
4/4
' 1st & 2nd Saps, 13"
to 18",
20 M ft
5/4"
1st & 2nd, 12"
6».(I00 ft
4/4'
1st & 2nd Saps, 16'
and up.
35 M ft
5/4-
1st & 2nd, 11" &
50,0110 ft
4/4
' No. 1 Common Red.
12"
ioo,oo<;i ft
. 4/4
' No. 1 Common Sap,
45 M ft.
R/4'
1st & 2nd, 6" up
60,000 f
. 4/,
" 1 & 2 Ued Strips,
2«," to
50 M ft. Wat
on Bux Boards, 9"
5%".
to 12-
POPLAR,
CyPKESS.
20,0(J0 ft.
4/4"
Common & Better.
20,000 ft.
4/4"
Clear .Strips. 2%"
RED OAK.
to 5%"
1.750 ft.
4/4"
Quartered 1 & 2.
WHITE OAK.
2.930 ft.
4/4"
Quartered Common.
4,000 ft
4/4-
1 & 2 Qnartered
14.4411 ft.
4/4"
Plain 1 & 2, 12" and
up.
6,800 ft.
4/4"
Com. Quartered
KO.OdO ft.
4/4"
Nos. 2 ,Si 3 Com. lie.l
,«: Willie
(. B. Ransom, Prcst. A, B. Ransom, V.Pre*^^ W ,\. Ransom. Sec. C. R, Ransom, Treas.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Inc.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
Also make a specialty of Wagon Stock in rough, such as Tongues,
Axles, Reaches, Bolsters, and 6-4 to J 6-4 Hickory.
F. W. GILCHRIST, President
W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice President
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards, Cairo, Illinois
General Office d Tennessee Trust Bldg.
MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY
COTTONWOOD
F. W. GH,CHRIST, Pres.
W. A. GII,CHRIST, Vice-Pres.
■W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
Three States Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
OUice
Hardwood Lumber ,e„„e,se.
Cottonwood and Gum ^'"^
GET OUR PRICES, TRY OUR LUMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED, RESAWED
COTTONWOOD:
GUM
Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd.
MANUFACTURERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS:
1,000,000 feet Soft Grey Elm, 1 to 3".
500.000 feet Un.selectec! Birch, 1 to 3".
3,000,000 feet Michigan Hard Maple, 1 to 6".
850,000 feet End Dried White Maple, 1 to IVs".
625,000 feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood,! to 3".
160,000 feet Selected White Basswood, 1", Ifet" and 1%".
210,000 feet Plain and Quartered While and Red Oak, I to 2".
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
BACONNOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office,
Merckptiis. Tenn.
Mills.
Chancy, Miss.
Address all correspondence to Memphis office.
HARDWOOD RECORD
ST. LOUIS
LARGEST OF ALL HARDWOOD MARKETS
Hardwood
Department
■^ 'mL';.^/'^^ Ozark Cooperage Co.
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
Four Inspectors in the South
Direct Shipments J COTTONWOOD.
fiom mill stocks! CYPRESS, GUM. OAK.
MAIN OFFICE.
FRISCO BUILDING
WT> ^llj T\7^\7^TC Lesperance Streel and Iron
• AV. LjIIIV V lo, Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping
point when amounts justify.
CHAS. F. immm hardwood liber company
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices : 148 Carroll Street
Wanted-Cyprcss, Ash and Cottonwood
Inspection at Point of Shipment When (Juantitv JubTints
HaFner ManuFacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attentiou.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco "Building
We have the following Dry Stock, for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD:
X Cars 4/4 Common. 3 Cuts 1" 1 and 2.
2 Cars 4/4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards.
GUM : EI.M :
S Cars 1" Common Red. 1 Car 6 4 Log Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4" Log Run.
1 Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
(5 Cars 1% Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Ban k of Co m merce
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OK ANGELvIOA STREET
SIX MILLION FEET
Ash, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
READY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND HAL I, STREETS
HARDWOOD RECORD
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONWOOD
GUIW AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General Offices: 1 40 W. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, III., Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blytheville, Ark.
Are You in the Market ?
Send us your inquiries for prices on
the following
HARDWOODS
lOOJI ft.
lOOM ft.
75M ft.
25M ft.
25M ft.
30M ft.
60M ft.
lOOM ft.
5(m ft.
rtOM ft.
lOOM ft.
tOOM ft.
loom ft.
Com. and Better Quartered Ked Oali.
Com. and Better Quartered Wliite Oak.
i" Com. and Better Quartered Ked Oak.
" Com. Quartered White Oak.
" 1st and 3nds (Quartered Red Oak.
Com. and Better (iuartered White Oak.
Com. and Better Plain Wliite Oak.
Com. Plain Bireli.
C'oni. Red Birch.
" Com. and Better Plain Birch.
Com. and Better Hard Maple.
:" C4»m. an<l Better Hard 3lapli>.
Com. and Better Soft Elm.
UPHAM 4 AGLER
Distributing: Yards: CAIRO, ILL.
Main Offices :: American Trust Building, CHICAGO
JOHN T . DIXON
HARRY S . DEWEY
We are not Wizards in making new grades to fit a price.
No tricks in our methods of making shipments. The
.straight grades are good enough for us.
If vou will give us a trial order for POPLAR., OAK,
ASH, CHESTNUT or OAK, MAPLE and YELLOW
PINE FLOORJNG, we believe we can demonstrate our
ability t" please you.
DIXON & DEWEY
716 and 716 A, Flatiron Building,
NEW YORK
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
We are always in the market for round lots of well man-
ufactured stock, and sfiall be pleased to enter into corre-
spondence with manufacturers with a view to purchase.
PHILADELPHIA
New York, Boston, Pittsburg
HARDWOOD RECORD
nr*
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NEW
F~r A CT np
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B O S T O
YORK PHILADELPHIA
HEADQUARTERS FOR HARDWOODS
WE BUY AND SELL==WHOLESALE==
The Mcllvain's have been lumber merchants continuously
for over one hundred years.
We have 20,000,000 feet of all kinds of lumber from which
to fill your orders satisfactorily, if you are a buyer.
We want larg-e lots of choice, dry Hardwoods to round up our
stocks again after the late fire. What have you for sale?
Get Mcllvain's "Ivumber News" and "Stock List'' for June.
J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co.
581h and Woodland Ave,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the marKet for all thicknesses of
OAK. ASH and CHESTNUT.
312 Arcade Building,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
H. D. Wiggin Wholesale Hardwoods
Specialties: Poplar, Chestnut, Canadian
Hardwoods, and Mahogany Veneers.
F I S K E B U I I, D I N G BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
The Crosby & Beckley Company
HARDWOODS
We are
In the Market for Choice Stoch
WRITE US
No. 1 Madison Ave.,
New York, N. Y.
New Haven,
Connecticut.
BALTIMORE 1— ' f-" DDT/^^^IT "^ ^'
M A R Y L A
BUYER AND
XPORTER OF
Hardwoods, Poplar and Logs
I am always in the market, for nice lots of dry and well manufactured
lumber. I inspect at point of shipment. Correspondence solicited.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Buy
ROUND
f-" Hardwoods ~;;"-S:
ESPECIALLY IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RED OAK
Jones Hardwood Co.
■ -■ — (incorporated) —
WANTS
Poplar, Plain Oak, Quartered Oak and Cypress
Manufacturers please send stock lists and prices
147 MILK STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
WM. E. LITCHFIELD
MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, M.ASS.
Specialist in Hardwoods
Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale
J. J. SOBLE
H. I. SOBLE
SOBLE, BROTHERS
Wholesale Hardwoods
911=912 Land Title Bldg. PHILADELPHIA
WANTED; 20 cars Common and Better Chestnut, all thicknesses.
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
147 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
J. H. SCHOFIELD
1
R. W. SCHOFIELD
SCHOFIELD
BROTHERS
WHOLESALE
LUMBER
Hardwoods a
Spedalty.
1020
22 Pennsylvania Building
PHILADELPHIA
Wistar, Underbill & Co.,
=^=^= WHOLESALE -
HARDWOOD LUMBER
8l6 Real Estate Trust Building,
PHILADELPHIA.
HARDWOOD RECORD
1N_T A diix/ii 1 r~?
rN/v^nv iLLH,
HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
INDIANA LUMBER CO,
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Office and Mills: Corner Oldham
Stract and Cumberland River
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
MANrFACHKI^RS ANI' WHOKKSAl.K 1 ii: AI- I.RS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Tennessee Red Cedar Lumber a Specialty.
Nashville. Tennessee
LOVE, BOYD & CO.
Offc
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain White Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, Ash, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc.
Our Own Manufacture.
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock.
MAIN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TEN NESSEE
JOHN B. RANSOM 4 CO.,
NASHVILLt. TENNESSEE
Wc want to move quickly the following old dry stock. All of it has been on
sticks 6 to I 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. Wc are prepared to
furnish promptly mixed cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds:
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4 4 tirst and second
15 M 5/4 tirst and second
80 M 6 •» first and second
10 M 10/4 first and second
120 M 4/4 No. 1 Common
6.5 M 6/4 No. 1 Common
58 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10 4 No. I Common
70 M 5/8 first :ind second Poplar
80 M 5/'8 No, 1 Common Poplar
15 M 4/4 1st and 2d Quartered Sycamore
10 M 4/4 No. 1 Com. Quart'd Sycamore
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M 4 4 first and second
68 M 6. 4 first and second
15 M 8 4 first and second
95 M 4 4 No. 1 Common
84 M 6,4 No. 1 Common
72 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
50 M 4 4 1st and 2nd White
100 M 4 4 No. 1 Common White
100 M 4 4 first and second Red
100 M 4 4 No. 1 Common Red
Nashville Hardwqpd Flooring Co.
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand*'
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville, Tennessee
The legge Lumber Co. 1
MILWAUKEE
WI SCONSIN
BUYERS OF
ALL KINDS OF
HARI
)WOOD LU]
VIBER
LANE=WHITE LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
< )ur Specialty:
OAK, ASH AND WALNUT
A L WA YS IN THE MARKET FOR WALNUT LOGS
Sl&'SSSir'' FORT SMITH, ARK.
Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
POPLAR AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOOKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION
CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY
HARDWOOD RECORD S
D I HP HP C^ 1~J I T O /^
l-'ll i^lj>LJKLJ
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA
■ ij
Willson Bros. Lumber Co^
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA.
Babcock Lumber Co*
MANUFACTURERS OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HARDWOODS
23,000,000 FEET ANNUALLY
LONG ON MAPLE
AND CHERRY
MILLS AND OFFICE
ASHTOLJ, PA.
The Nicola Brothers
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries
A. M. Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to us. : :
Hardwoods a Specialty
FOR SALE
POPLAR
CHESTNUT
PLAIN OAK
125,000' 4 4 Is and 2s
200.000' 4 4 SoiiuU Wormy
60,000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
40.000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
80,000' .S 4 .Sound Wormv
18,000' 4, 4 No, 2 Com.
32.5,000' 4, 4 No. 2 Com.
100,000' B 4 Sound Wormy
QUARTERED OAK
228,000' 4/4 No. 3 Com.
48,000-8, 4 Sound Wormy
2 cars 4 4 No, 1 Com.
150,000' 4 4 Mill Cull
1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com.
OAK TIMBERS SAWED TO ORDER
WRITE FOR TRICES.
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg. Pcnna.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
12,189 ft 4/4 clear Quartered Oak
14,570 tl 4/4 1st & 2ds qtd. Red Oak
30,302 tl 4/4 No. 1 Com. Red Oak
63,204 ft 4 4 .No, 1 Com. PI Wliite Oak
4,417 ft .'S 4 No.lCom.PlWbiteOak
.5,934 ft 6/4 No,l Com. PI While Oak
53,473 ft 4/4 1st & 2ds Plain Red Gal;
14,168 ft 4, 4 1st & 2ds Poplar
66,232 ft 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar
10,315 ft 6,4 1st & 2ds Poplar
f 6,000 ft 4/4 1st & 2ds Cotton wood
119,000 ft 4 4 No, 1 Com, Cottonwood
1.50,000 ft No. 2 Common Cottonwood
90,000 ft 4 4 Mill Cull Cottonwood
110,000 ft 5 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
40,000 ft 5 4 No. 2 Com. Cottonwood
American Lumber & Mfg, Co.
PITTSBURG, PA.
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co^
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
lO
HARDWOOD RECORD
"Michigan " Maple Flooring
Our model factory is equipped with thehig^liest
class tools and appliances made for Flooring
production.
We produce our lumber from the best rock Ma-
ple area in Michig-an and have 20 years' supply.
Our brand "Michigan" is a guaranty of qual-
ity. Perfect mill work and excellent grades
distinguish our Flooring and our prices are
reasonable.
WARD BROS, Big Rapids, Mich.
OAK FLOORING
KilD Dried
Bored
Polished
HARDWOOD LUMBCR ^yX
& MFC. CO.
SA RDIS
- MISS-
Hollow
Backed
and
Bundled
Wolverine Brand MapleFloorina
= "THERE IS NONE BETTER"=
It is the same old story, but we want
you to know what Wolverine Brand
will do for you, and what it will cost
you. We want to do this before you
place your next order. If we make you
quotations, we expect the quality and
prices will get your order. TRY US.
BLISS & VAN AUKEN
900 S. Niagara St., Saginaw W. S., Mich.
Timber Bonds
SECURED BY FIRST MORTGAGE ON TIMBER LANDS
^ r
H. C. BarroU 6 Co.
BANKERS, First National Bank Building, CHICAGO
K. B, I,KAVITT, PREST.
E. H. Adams. Secy.
n, 1-. KlCHAKHSON, VlCE-1'KEST.
J. G. 1,EAVITT, TrKAS.
THE LEAVITT LUMBER CO.
Most Complete Stock of Hardwoods in
CHICAGO
Make Known Your Wants and Gkt
IMMEDIATE, RESULTS
Mills:
WISCONSIN
TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS
LllUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
General Office and Yard ;
CENTER AVE. NEAR 35th ST.
Southern Office :
Tin TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
MEMPHIS, TENN.
"Ideal" £ Rock Maple Flooring
is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply
the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma-
chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre-
caution is taken throughout our entire system to
make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL-"
Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds
Send us Your Inquiries
The L Stephenson Company
■WE1,LS, MICHIGAN
THE "FINEST" MAPLE FLOORING
W. D. YOUNG & CO.
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.
Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high-
est type of Michigan Forest Products. Large
stock of Maple Flooring and 15,000,000 feet
of Hardwoods — 1 to 4 inches thick — on hand.
Maple, Birch and Beech Lumber
White and Red Oak
Secure our special prices on the following
dry ftock. We ne^-d the piling room.
30,000 feet 7-4 and 8 4 Quarter Sawn.
150,000 feet 4-4 1st and 2nds Clear Plain Sawn.
200,000 feet 4-4 No. I Common Plain Sawn.
200,000 feet 4-4 No. 2 Common Plain Sawn.
We also manufacture chair and table stock. Let
us figure with you. Address all communications to
Dierks Lumber & Coal Company
Mills; De Queen, Ari
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
Published In the Interest of Hardwood Lumber, American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring,
Hardwood Interior Finish. Wood Cheralc&ls, Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery,
Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO, JUNE 10, 1906.
No. 4.
Published on the 10th and 25th of each month by
THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
Henry H. Gibson, President
Frank W. TUTTLE, Sec-Treas.
OFFICES
Sixth Floor Ellsworth BIdg., 355 Dearborn St Chicago. III., U.S.A.
Telephones: Harrison 4960 Automatic 5659
TERMS OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
In the United States, Canada, Philippine Islands and Mexico . . $2.00
'n all other countries in Universal Postal Union ..... 3.00
Subscriptions are payable in advance, and in default of v^ritten orders to the
contrary are continued at our option.
The entire contents of this publication are covered by the general copy-
right, and articles must not be reprinted without special permission.
Entered at Chicago Postotfice as Second Class Matter.
Advertising copy raust be received five days in adyance of
publication date. Advertising rates on application.
General Market Conditions.
While there seems to be a slight slackening in hardwood demand
in some parts of the country, trade generally remains very good and
prices are remarkably firm on the majority of woods. The last few
weeks have witnessed very good weather conditions in the South,
with the result that logs are coming out of the woods more freely
and mills are generally running on full time. Thus green stock is
accumulating, while dry stock, notably oak, still remains scarce, as
for months past. As a consequence prices are holding firm.
The breadth of consumption and increased demand for red gum
and tupelo is going forward with increasing momentum, and the
gums are fast becoming a prominent feature of nearly every hard-
wood market. Until recently the East has not taken hold of gum
to any extent, but lately is becoming interested in both varieties of
the wood, with every prospect that it will cut as much figure in the
East in the next few years as it does now in the middle West.
Values of poplar are ranging high and Cottonwood seems to be
in increased request. There is not enough of the coarse end of either
of these woods to cover the demand for box-making. The general
lines of minor southern hardwoods — ash, hickory, and elm, are closely
picked up and comparatively light stocks of green lumber are in
sight. Chestnut still has a strong call in the East, with the price
approximating that of oak.
There is nothing particularly alluring about the situation in north-
em hardwoods, and in relative value as compared vrith southern
output the prices are well toward twenty-five per cent below normal,
and even at these values the majority of these woods are dragging.
There seems to be an increased demand just now for the coarse end
of basswood, which is being absorbed by the box trade. Birch, gray
elm and the general run of basswood are in only moderate request.
Inch maple is in excellent demand, but the price is still ranging low.
The call for thick maple is extremely moderate, with no particular
encouragement for an increased demand for some time to come.
Veneer and panel people are still doing a lot of business, but it is
a question whether the majority of them are making any money.
Prices both on veneers and on made-up panels are much lower than
the value of the products warrants.
Hardwood flooring makers, both of maple and oak, are being kept
busy. Prices are fairly satisfactory, although not unreasonably high.
The foreign trade is only good in spots, as will be noted by letters.
from Record correspondents abroad.
The mahogany trade is showing some improvement, but still the
wood remains the lowest priced high-class commodity on the market
to-day, value considered. Unquestionably the market in mahogany
is being overcrowded. This fact is manifest even with the largely
increased demand that has been achieved for the wood during the last
twelve months.
Ironwood.
Northern forests generally have a considerable sprinkling of a
tree growth known as ironwood. Scientifically this wood is desig-
nated Ostrya Virginica. Generally the tree is small, running from
four to ten inches in diameter, but occasionally reaching a growth
of thirteen to twenty inches. The growth was pictured and fully
described in the Hardwood Eecord of November 25. It has never
come into great commercial prominence and its utility for general
use is problematic. For local and domestic use it has been known
for years to the lumbermen of the North and to the farmer as the
best material for making wagon or sleigh tongues, a skid or a lever,
that grows in the northern woods. It is a remarkably tough wood
and has a great many of the characteristics of hickory. The complete
analysis of this material for wagon and carriage making is well
worth the attention of the Forest Service, as well as the wagon and
carriage trade. With the prevailing and growing scarcity of hickory
ironwood may prove an excellent substitute to a considerable extent
in this trade.
Muck Raking.
It is distinctly an unpleasant task for a newspaper of character
and reputation to be obliged to carry on a department exposing
irregular practices in any line of trade. At best such criticism re-
flects on the character of the entire trade. Particularly unpleasant
is the duty to its clients which the Haedvtood Record recognizes of
taking issue with concerns supposedly allied with the lumber indus-
try, whose practices in no wise accord with what has hitherto been
regarded as legitimate.
In an article by Merrill A. Teague on the subject of "Bucket
Shop Sharks," contained in Everybody's Magazine for June, he
says:
The proprietor, manager or operator of a horseraclng pool-
room is under the ban of the law in nearly every state In
the Union. The professional gambler sets up hla outfit for
poker, faro, roulette, monte and craps behind barred doors
and drawn screens. The expert manipulator of three Eng-
lish walnut half shells and a pea Is chased from every
county fair ground in the republic. Postofflce Inspectors and
secret service officers pursue Into penitentiary cells the back-
ers and managers of discretionary pool swindles. The pro-
moter of fake mining, oil or "development" stock swindles
sooner or later brings up In the dock of a police court.
Policy has been outlawed and practically banished.
ts
HARDWOOD RECORD
Under the title "The Price of Success" the following is a speci-
men of the literature with which an alleged lumber company in
Philadelphia is circularizing the country, seeking to induce invest-
ments in its enterprise. This particularly alluring article is said to
be a quotation from the Journal of Commerce of Philadelphia:
It is little wonder, in view of the unprecedented success
which has been merited to the International Lumber & Devel-
opment Company, with home offices in this city, that there
should be awakened, In competitive circles, more or less
adverse criticism of the corporation. At this time when
lumber is higher than it has ever been it is but natural
that an individual company which, through its business en-
terprise, can profit by marketing lumber at lower than
market rates, should thereby invite the disapproval of its
rivals.
It is undeniably true that the immense wealth lying un-
developed, or partially so, in the hemp and lumber districts
of southern Mexico and Yucatan has brought into the field
many unscrupulous development concerns. The government
of Mexico, one of the most conservative in the world and
the most enterprising in protecting its people against fraud
of all kinds, recently inaugurated a thorough investigation
into those companies (many of which were capitalized in
this country) which were conducting or pretending to con-
duct their business within the nation below the Rio Grande.
The action of the International Lumber & Development Com-
pany during this crisis in Mexican financial history at once
marks it as a thoroughly trustworthy concern. Despite the
fact that its holdings were in Yucatan, beyond the Mexican
borders, it courted governmental investigation, and the result
of the inquiry into its affairs by the Mexican experts by far
exceeded the most sanguine hopes of all concerned. It was
shown that the company rather than overestimating its re-
sources had placed an undervalue upon them. It was shown
that the company was operating upon a perfected system ;
that its 283,000 acres were divided into departments each
under a competent head ; that It is dealing in lumber, cattle,
horses, mules and goats, rubber, coffee, cocoa, bananas and
other tropical fruits and vegetables ; that its charter is con-
structed upon the safest and broadest lines.
One of the most interesting commodities which the com-
pany raises and markets is a plant of the cactus family,
known as Ilenequin (Mex. Jenlquen) or Sisal hemp, from
which rope and matting is made. This is one of the most
Important products of Mexico and Central America. The
total export of this product from the town of Progreso
between the years 1880 and 1892 amounted in money value
to ?187,n37,955. In Merida, the capital of Y'ucatan, there
are forty-two millionaires to a population of 85,000. Sisal
hemp has produced this wealth. The International Lumber
& Development Company has just planted 1.200,000 plants
of this millionaire maker, and are about to plant seven
million more.
The income from this source alone will be far more than
is necessary to pay the guaranteed eight per cent to every
stockholder of the company. Meanwhile other sources of
income are being developed with careful haste.
The company is capitalized at six million dollars, which is
divided into twenty thousand shares, limited and non-
assessable, with par at three hundred dollars.
Mr. C. M. McMahon, upon whom much of the executive
work has developed, has proved himself a man of exceptional
capabilities. During his incumbency of the secretary-treas-
urership he has won a host of friends in this city, meriting a
greater measure of their confidence with each new move he
has made tending toward the advancement of the company.
Mr. John R. Markley, active manager, and Mr. I. B.
Miller, his associate, have each had an extended experience '
in the work which they have undertaken to carry Into
successful issue for the International Company. They have
won new laurels for themselves since this concern was in-
corporated. They have set about their work with a deter-
mination that would not be daunted by obstacles, and in
consequence the stockholders of the company are reaping
rich rewards.
The president of the company, Mr. William H. Armstrong,
Is known throughout the entire country as one of the most
capable railroad commissioners the United States has yet
produced. Vice president Col. Alexander K. McClure is so
universally recognized as one of the greatest journalists of
the present century as to need no further comment in these
columns.
Associated with these gentlemen upon the board of direc-
tors of the company may be found the names of such well-
known merchants, financiers and professional m«n as Mr.
H. A. Merrill, president of the City National Bank of Mason
City, Iowa ; Judge John B. Barnes of the supreme court of
Nebraska : Mr. Victor du Pont of the du Pont Powder
Works of Wilmington, Del., and Mr. McMahon, of whom
reference has been made in a previous paragraph.
Under date of May 25 last the International Lumber & Develop-
ment Company issued the following circular letter, addressed to its
representatives :
This will nutify you that on July 31, 1006. our books will
be closed for receipt of money on which an extra two per
cent dividend will be paid to the stockholders of this com-
pany.
This dividend is independent of the regular guarantee of
eight per cent per annum, payable April 1 and October 1 of
each year.
This dividend will be paid from our rapidly increasing
profits realized from the sale of our mahogany, Spanish
cedar lumber and veneers ; profits from our four merchandis-
ing stores on our land: sale of tropical products, etc.
We are pleased to announce the rapidly increasing sale
of our shares. At the close of business tonight we have
3,957 individual stockholders upon our books, who have pur-
chased from one to 310 shares each, and the number is
increasing rapidly.
We earnestly recommend that you push the sale of our
stock rapidly, so that you will be able to get your share of
the business before our books are closed for the sale of our
capital stock. Every day is valuable to an active and suc-
cessful representative of this coiipany. Yours very truly,
I.VTERXATIOXAI, LUMBER & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
Per C. M. McMahon, Treasurer.
Evidence constituting proof has been presented in recent numbers
of the Hardwood Record showing that the representation made by
the International Lumber & Development Company that it earned
twelve per c.ent dividends between April 1, 1905, and Jan. 31, 1906,
from the sale of mahogany lumber, was a commercial impossibility.
What the company may have earned from its dealings in "cattle,
horses, mules, goats . . . and other tropical fruits and vege-
tables'" is unknown to the Hardwood Record and none of its busi-
ness. It simply wishes to reiterate the statement that the publicly
promulgated representations made by this company, in regard to
its profits ou mahogany lumber, by means of which it attempts to
induce investments in its enterprise, lack not only probability but
possibility.
Apropos of the foregoing, it will be pertinent to quote a para-
graph from a letter printed a few days ago in the New Orleans
Times-Democrat, addressed to Col. Thos. T. Wright of Nashville,
and written by Col. A. K. ilcdure, vice president of the Interna-
tional Lumber & Development Company. The letter is a glittering
panegyric on the south country, and is of such character as to war-
rant a eulogistic editorial by the New Orleans newspaper. However,
the paragraph of the letter which is pertinent to this article is the
following:
We are now living in a floodtide of conflicting currents
reaching into all speculative channels, and the temptation
is great on the one hand to be engulfed in speculative
schemes and on the other hand fall into the slimy embrace of
socialism, that is simply the vestibule of anarchy. You
have hundreds of thousands of brave, earnest and energetic
young men who are to meet these new conditions, and the
natural tendency will be to make a hasty escape from the
exactions of poverty to the delusive promises of speedy
wealth. Let them avoid both, as they would avoid the pesti-
lence, for only by legitimate industrial and commercial prog-
ress can substantial wealth be obtained.
Look on this picture and then on that! What can be thought of
a man, or of an institution for which he acts as figure-head, that
will make the representations vouchsafed by the International Lum-
ber & Development Company, and then utter the platitude that is
involved in the paragraph last quoted? It is up to the public to
decide !
HARDWOOD RECORD
13
Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent.
I did not know how fair the days could be
Before she came, with her sweet smile, to me;
I did not know how sweet the wind could blow
Before she came to me, but now I know.
Since She Is Mine
Before she sweetly came to make me glad
I could not guess why all men were not sad;
Why ceaseless joy should be for any man
I could not guess before, but now 1 can.
Her figure's fine, her features none excel.
She's my stenographer, and she can spell!
Her voice Is sweet, her eyes are soft and deep.
She runs the office— and I get her cheap.
— S. E. Kiser.
Very Different.
There may be a
mite of similarity
but there is a world
of difference between
thrift and stinginess.
Much Harder.
Endeavoring t 0
dodge work tires a
great many men more
than hard labor.
A Hint.
No man is interest-
ed in another man 's
troubles unless he is
a lawyer.
Without Effort.
Some folks act the
fool intentionally;
others who have no
histrionic ability
whatever attain the
same results.
Where She Excels.
Maybe a woman
can't throw a ball,
but she can throw a
hint pretty skillfully.
Tut, Tut!
If confronted by
two evils pass up the
first and turn the
other down.
Not Belated.
The milk of human
kindness has little in
common with the
eream of society.
A Bit of Advice.
Wear your knowl-
edge as your watch,
in a private pocket,
only bringing it out
when called for.
RIVAL SWIMMING POOLS.
Good Sermon,
Everyone likes the
sermon that goes over
his head and hits the
other fellow.
Another Thing.
Of course you earn
a princely salary —
but do you get it?
Waiting.
As sure as fate if
you wait long enough
all things will come —
to the other fellow.
The Test.
How often is the
matchmaker's match
worthless when it
comes to lighting a
fire on a cold morn-
ing.
Impossible.
It is impossible to
forget most of the
things that should be
forgotten.
Foxy.
When the average
man expresses his
gratitude it is merely
an off-hand way he
has of asking for
more.
Do It First.
Do so well today
that you need have
no fear of being done
tomorrow.
Secretary Fish : Come on in, boys, the water's fine !
Secretary Doster : Hurry up, boys, the swimmin's bully !
The Trouble.
There would b e
more wisdom in many
a head if it didn't
leak so badly at the
mouth.
Changed Conditions.
Fifty years ago the measure of a lumber-
man's success laid in his ability to sell his
product; today it lies in his ability to man-
age men.
Of Course!
Almost any man is willing to patch up a
quarrel — providing he is allowed to select
the patch.
Keep Your Temper.
When you 're in the right you can afford
to keep your temper, and when you're in the
wrong you cau 't afford to lose it.
Food for Thought.
There is room in this world for more re-
spect for the old on the part of the young,
and more toleration for the young on the
part of the old.
A Preachment.
It's unnecessary worry, unwholesome food
and unceasing dissipation that send us to
early graves.
Easy.
Trouble is the easiest thing in the world
to stir up — the careless handling of the
truth will do it every time.
Quite True,
The man who has frequent occasions to
offer apologies will soon find that his friends
have good reasons for declining to accept
them.
The Miser.
Time is money, and the only thing in the
way of money that the miser is wUling to
spend.
Much Better.
Most women do not expect their husbands
to save money, but to earn a sufScient
amount thereof.
14
HARDWOOD RECORD
AMERICAN FOREST TREES.
Black or Yellow-Tjark Oak.
Quercus velutina — Lam-
Quercus tinctoria — Bart.
The range of growth of this species of the
oak family is from the southern coast of
Maine through Vermont, southward to the
northern parts of Florida, westward into On-
tario and parts of Minnesota, through east-
ern Kansas, Indian Territory and
eastern Texas.
It is known as black oak in Ver-
mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Flor-
ida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,
Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Ne-
braska, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min-
nesota and Ontario; quercitron oak
in Delaware, South Carolina, Louis-
iana, Kansas and Minnesota; yel-
low oak in Ehode Island, New
York, Illinois, Texas, Kansas and
Minnesota; tanbark oak in Illinois;
yeUow-bark oak in Minnesota
and Bhode Island; spotted oak in
Missouri; dyer's oak in Texas; and
yellow butt oak in Mississippi.
The variety of oak of which this
article treats is the most common
species of the red or black oak
group which is found along the
Bouth Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It
is often found scattered along dry
ridges, among maritime pine
growth, but also grows luxuri-
antly on the bottom lands and
swamp country of the entire lower
Mississippi valley. Again, it is
found in the foothills of the south-
ern Appalachian range in consider-
able profusion. It reaches its
maximum development throughout
the lower Ohio valley and Missis-
sippi basin.
Black oak grows to a height
varying from seventy to one hun-
dred and fifty feet, with a trunk
3 to 4 feet in diameter; having a
narrow, open head, the slender
branches spreading out gradually.
The leaf is somewhat thin, and is
very dark green when mature,
with a yellowish tinge on the lower
surface, and becoming a dull, rich
red in autumn; it drops from the
tree during the winter. The leaf is usually
seven-lobed, and the lobes serrate, armed
with bristles.
The staminate flowers grow on pubescent
stems four to six inches long; the calyx is
coated with light hairs; the pistillate ones
grow on short peduncles; the stigmas are
bright red. The fruit of black oak is an
acorn, contained in a deep cup, very rough
THIRTY-FIFTH PAFEB.
and having a jagged rim. The kernel is
bright yellow and bitter. The acorns grow
in pairs or clusters of three, on short stems.
The inner bark of this tree is bright yel-
low and is saturated with tannin, from
which is produced a well-known dye called
quercitron. A valuable medicinal agent is
also made from the bark. The outer cover-
TYPICAL FOREST GROWTH BLACK OR YELLOW-BARK
OAK, YAZOO DELTA, MISSISSIPPI.
ing is dark brown or nearly black, broken
up into close scales.
This type of oak, which in general com-
mercial classification is a variety of red
oak, constitutes the larger portion of red
oak growth of the Mississippi valley. How-
ever, in its different environments and vary-
ing soil conditions it shows a wonderful
diversity of physical characteristics. The
better qualities growing on ridges often ap-
proximate in quality the red oak {Quercus-
rubra), of the North. On the other hand,
in sections where it abounds in low, rich,
swamp country, it is not of nearly so high a
type. Instead of being soft and easily
worked, it shows but a small percentage of
clear lumber, sometimes dries out hard and
flinty, checks badly in seasoning,
and often dries out thinner in some
places than in others.
Generally speaking, the wood of
black oak is heavy, hard and
strong. The medullary rays are
thin and the annual layers of
growth strongly marked. The
heart-wood is a light, reddish
brown; the sapwood much lighter.
The grain is usually coarse. A
cubic foot of the seasoned wood
weighs approximately forty-five
pounds.
Black oak is used extensively in
both cooperage and construction
work and affords a substitute for
the red oak of the North in a
large number of furniture manu-
facturing institutions, but often
its physical characteristics are such
that it is not nearly so valuable.
The photograph from which the
illustration of black oak accom-
panying this article was made, is
of a typical specimen in the Yazoo
delta country of Mississippi. It
will be noted that the general ap-
pearance of the tree is very fine,
but on its being felled, it was
found that owing to the richness
and wetness of the soU, the tree
had grown very fast and that
heart seams prevailed to an extent
that precluded its showing more
than fifteen per cent of firsts and
seconds when sawed into lumber.
Generally speaking, low, wet, rich,
heavy soil is not the natural hab-
itat of the oak. Oak of the finest
type grows on high ground of
not unusual richness, and its qual-
ity is due to the very fact of its
necessarily slow growth.
Apropos of the great variation in
the quality of timber of the same
botany growing under different
conditions of soil, rainfall, latitude
or compensating altitude, there is
perhaps no genus that exhibits the marked
differences in this particular as does the oak.
Ohio is a state which for a century has been
noted for its high class oak growth, yet in
some sections of that state an apparently
slight variation in soU produces a character
of oak growth that does not equal in value
the oak in other sections by from $10 t<j
$15 a thousand.
JAMES D. I_ACI
CM ICAQO
:y
supplement to
Hardwood Record
JUNE 10, 1906.
ILLUSTRATING
BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY
HARDWOOD RECORD
15
'Builders of Lumber History.
irUUBEB XXVII
James D. Lacey.
(See Portrait Supplement.)
What is the secret of commercial suc-
cess?
This question is perhaps the most impor-
tant asked by the young man just starting
out in life with hopes of wealth and honor
to lure, and the examples of "captains of
industry" to simulate.
The analytical biographer and writer of
business history often thinks he has solved
the problem when he comes upon certain
facts and formulae in the life of a success-
ful business man, but his theories are often
overturned by the discovery that some other
man has reached the goal by an entirely
different route. There are, of course, cer-
tain attributes which must always be em-
phasized. It goes without saying that hon-
esty, energy and good judgment must be
present in the make-up of the commercially
successful.
One will be said to succeed because bis
exquisite tact has enabled him to bring the
best of talent to his aid; another will, in
the language of the street, '"get there" be-
cause he smashes through all diplomatic
hypocrisy with sledge hammer blows. Each
man does his work in his own way, but there
must be brains to direct not only his own
individual effort but that of others, if he
would succeed in the great affairs of busi-
ness.
The man who can run the machine, wheth-
er it is of men or metal, is the man
whose day's work counts most in the long
run. Such a man is James D. Lacey, of
Chicago, the foremost timberman of this
country.
Born on a northern Pennsylvania farm
some fifty odd years ago, Mr. Lacey re-
ceived some ideas of lumber and timber
business when, as a growing lad, he worked
about the old-fashioned sash sawmill and
handle factory which his father ran as a
side issue to farming. His independence
and self-confidence were clearly shown when
at twelve years of age he secured employ-
ment in a drug store in a nearby town and
learned the profession of pharmacy. Mr.
Lacey was only seventeen when he went to
Grand Rapids, Mich., where for three years
he worked in a drug store. In 1871 he
went into business for himself, and in 1879
went south to introduce some chemical
preparations manufactured by his firm of
Mills & Lacey. Almost immediately the
vast regions covered with virgin yellow pine
forests attracted his attention. At that
time southern timber lands had been prac-
tically untouched by the woodsman. Mr.
Lacey 's mind quickly compassed their possi-
bilities, and he determined to put his judg-
ment to the test and immediately com-
menced their acquisition and handling. At
first he was associated with William M. Rob-
inson; later he carried on the business alone
for a time; but in 1898 he organized the
firm of James D. Lacey & Co., with Wood
Beal, who had been for years in his employ,
and Victor Thrane, his son-in-law, as part-
ners. These young men have aided Mr.
Lacey materially. Both are energetic and
perspicacious business men of clean methods
and up-to-date ideas. Mr. Lacey first con-
fined his operations to southern Missouri,
but later he branched out to all parts of the
South. Since his entrance into the timber
business he has cruised, grouped, and resold
in blocks to investors and operators ap-
proximately 6,000,000 acres, and has esti-
mated fully double that amount of timber
lands in the various southern states alone,
besides vast areas in other parts of the
PRINT OF LEAF OF BLACK OR YELLOW-
BARK OAK, ONE-FOURTH SIZE.
country. The history of his enterprise is
phenomenal from the fact that with such
diligent care and integrity has his business
been handled that not a single transaction
can be cited in which the purchaser has not
had handsome returns from his investment,
sometimes reaching into millions of dollars.
While Mr. Lacey has made a large fortune
for himself, he has made many more for his
clients.
Certain it is that the reputation achieved
by this firm as purveyors of timber proper-
ties is such that its estimates go on record
before the large financial institutions of the
country as prima facie evidence of the quan-
tity and quality of the timber in question,
and as such become negotiable securities al-
most to the full value placed upon them.
Such is the worthy record of a man who
has always played fair and intelligently.
During the last year James D. Lacey & Co.
have extended their operations beyond yel-
low pine and cypress properties, to the
Pacific coast on the one hand, and to the
rich hardwood area of eastern Tennessee and
western North Carolina on the other, with
every prospect of duplicating in these far-
separated sections the history the house has
made in yellow pine and cypress.
The personal interests of J. D. Lacey, out-
side of land and timber properties, have be-
come too well known and numerous to re-
quire specific recounting in this brief
article; suffice it to say that he is largely
interested in lumber operations in yellow
pine, cypress and hardwoods; is an impor-
tant factor in iron and coal production in
the South; and has various other interests
in manufacturing enterprises.
In epitome, Mr. Lacey 's life work may be
characterized as the consistent, indefatig-
able, honest evolution of an idea. He was
one of the very first to recognize the im-
mense forthcoming values of yellow pine
and cypress timber growth. He practically
mapped every section of the United States
in which these woods grew in commercial
quantities and, by dint of his careful and
painstaking effort, through his hands have
passed from the original holders to the
greatest operators in the country the largest
portion of these great properties.
In the south country, they write the
name James D. Lacey first among builders
of lumber history.
Atkins Employees' Banoiuet.
Three months ago the men who have been
employed at the great Indianapolis saw manu-
facturing plant of E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc.,
for twenty or more years, perfected an or-
ganization called the "Atkins Pioneers." On
the evening of May 26 the new fraternity was
given a banquet by the company, at which
John H. Wilde, president of the pioneers, was
toastmaster. Many anecdotes and reminis-
cences of lives spent in the service of the con-
cern were exchanged, and tributes paid to the
founder of the great saw works, E. C. Atkins,
deceased.
Not the least interesting among the faith-
ful is William Miller, who, though seventy
years old, still has muscles as strong as many
a man half his age. Mr. Miller is proud
of the fact that he has served the Atkins in-
terests for forty-one years, and that it was he
who originated the polishing system used by
the company today.
H. C. Atkins, son of the founder and now
president of the company, made the interest-
ing statement that twenty years ago the pay-
roll showed seventy-five men. and that pres-
ent at the banquet were sixty-two of them.
He said that in addition to this large per-
centage of twenty-year men, the books con-
tain the names of many in active service,
who have been employed by the concern for
seventeen, eighteen and nineteen years. Mr.
Atkins gives it as his opinion that this record
Is an evidence of the fair, square manner in
which employees of the institution have always
been treated, as well as one of the reasons
for the unusual success attained by his house.
The spirit of good will which prevails cannot
but produce unity of action on the part of
workers, which assists greatly in the produc-
tion of a line of goods of uniformly high
standard.
x6
HARDWOOD RECORD
The Mahogany and Cedar Trade,
The mahogany, cedar and foreign hard-
wood trade, that is, the importation of
woods not native to the United States, al-
though directly associated with and really a
part of the lumber industry, is nevertheless
a business by itself, and it is one that is
fraught with many difiiculties not met with
in the conduct of lumber operations in gen-
eral. It requires a knowledge of the state
of the markets of destination in order that
the producer in the foreign fields may be
guided in production and shipment by the
actual conditions which will confront his
shipment on arrival at consuming points. It
has been the lack of such information, as
well as the crude methods of handling and
shipping, which has perhaps done more than
anything else to retard the development of
this industry along lines commensurate with
the growing demand for mahogany and
cedar. As an evidence of the foregoing, the
ISTew York market has for a considerable
period been short of Cuban cedar, with a
brisk demand current, due in the main to
the enormous overproduction during the
period immediately following the Spanish-
American war, when, because of the glitter-
ing possibilities told of, there was so great
an influx of new and inexperienced interests
in the Cuban timber fields that the United
States and foreign markets were glutted
with receipts, the business was demoralized,
and any possible profits eaten by heavy
storage charges. On the other hand, with
an understanding of the situation, produc-
tion would have been curtailed and ship-
ments withheld, awaiting revival of demand,
thereby effecting a considerable saving, as
the expense of storing at supply sources is
practically nil compared with that at des-
tination. As in all such eases, the reaction
which followed was felt to the utter ex-
treme in both Cuban and Mexican cedar,
and from the high-water mark of receipts
in 1903 the arrivals of 1904 and 1905 were
successively less, notwithstanding a steadily
increasing demand in the United States and
foreign markets during those two years.
Thus it will be seen that, had the activity
succeeding the late war been governed by a
proper knowledge of actual consuming con-
ditions, the New York market on January
1, 1906, would not have been absolutely
bare of Cuban cedar in first hands, (mean-
ing receipts, unsold) as was the case, and in
fact is still the case. The following statis-
tics for Cuba and nearby competitors are
given in this connection, the figures readily
supporting contentions noted above:
1892. 1893. 1894.
15,742 21,882 7,818
1892. 1893. 1894.
5,460 4,921 4,099
1892. 1893. 1894.
31,075 47,681 12,051
1892. 1893. 1894.
76,828 80,078 106,545
Summary of Arrivals for Past Fourteen Years at New York.
(Given in number of logs — not feet.)
MEXICAN MAHOGANY.
1895.
11,635
1896.
13,587
1897.
12,404
1898. 1899.
18,792 22,953
MEXICAN CEDAK.
1900.
19,113
1901.
15,754
1902.
13,880
1903.
18,290
1904.
14,080
1905.
6,38»
1895.
4,644
1896.
14,717
1897.
28,039
1898. 1899.
20,690 16,183
CUBAN MAHOGANY.
1900.
16,708
1001.
10,195
1902.
8,098
1903.
8,759
1904.
6,563
1905.
1,623
1895.
20,388
1896.
3,607
1897.
757
1808. 1899.
738 5,510
CUBAN CEDAR.
1900.
28,918
1901.
30,574
1902.
48,347
1903.
37,035
1904.
12,509
1905.
14,629
1895.
61.888
1896.
28,130
1897.
4,055
1898. 1899.
2,040 8,817
1900.
45,652
1901.
81,468
1902.
75,837
1903.
116,450
1904.
95,768
1905.
88,350
Happily, however, this overproduction and
the consequent low ebb of trade has been of
value in that it awakened the substantial in-
terests engaged in the business to the neces-
sity of a more careful observation of market
conditions which, coupled with closer com-
munication between seller and buyer, has
tended to thwart any recurrence of such a
state of affairs, and with a proper arrange-
ment for intelligent market advices from
the various consuming centers the producing
end of this business can be carried on to-
day with fewer difficulties and far more
opportunities of profit than ever before.
Now, as to the general needs of the Amer"
iean and foreign markets, present and pros-
pective, as regards an increased supply of
mahogany, cedar, etc., it need only be cited
that there is a constantly expanding mar-
ket for these woods as native hardwoods,
through enormous consumption, are so stead-
ily advancing in price that mahogany and
cedar are available at no great increase in
cost, and are therefore entering rapidly into
lines of manufacture where a few years ago
the wide difference in price in comparison
with other woods made their use prohibitive.
And not only this, but indications point to
advancing values as the demand increases.
Hence, the time seems propitious for in-
creased production conducted in the right
way, and as Cuban products in mahogany
and cedar are in favor both here and abroad,
the close relations and rapidly improving
methods of transportation from the island
make the future possibilities of profit in
Cuban timber development seem bright.
It may be said, by way of comparison
with the Mexican product, that Cuban ma-
hogany runs somewhat smaller than Mexi-
can but is much harder, and while the lat-
ter is adaptable for such use as furniture,
etc., the Cuban wood is in demand for car
finish and similar lines where strength and
beauty combined are essential. The Cuban
production of both woods is much greater
than that of Mexico or any other field, but
in consuming markets competition of other
species has but little effect upon its sale.
Another important feature of the general
mahogany traffic is the fact that the New
York market is the best in the world for
fancy, or more correctly, figured wood, and
yet, under the present methods of conduct-
ing the business, practically all the finest
figured wood reaches New York via Liver-
pool and the English markets, being sent
there in the log and resold for New York.
Eecently a fancy log sold as high as $3.50
per foot in Liverpool for shipment to New
York. Certainly such roundabout methods
seem to call for new blood in the producing
trade, which will encourage the shipment
of figured wood direct to our home markets.
It is true that finely figured logs are rather
scarce, but the fact just mentioned is but
one of many which might be cited as ex-
plaining the future possibilities of the
Cuban field if intelligently handled. The
African product is all handled through the
English markets as a natural sequence of
their geographical location, but the direct
shipment to this country of the most desir-
able logs should receive more attention, and,
in fact, has of late, there being at present
two cargoes of African wood now unload-
ing at New York which came direct.
Reverting again to cedar, the foregoing
table of figures shows a steady falling off
in the receipt of Mexican cedar, which is
but another argument in favor of the pos-
sibility of profit in the further development
of Cuba's resources. Then again, the fig-
ures given below show that the total re-
ceipts of Cuban mahogany for the past year
exceeded 1904 by 2,000 logs, and yet on
January 1, 1906, the stock in first hands
was the smallest for some time.
Viewed from the standpoint of consump-
tion the products of Cuba, while greatly ex-
ceeding all others in volume, are active sell-
ers and seldom a drug on the market.
The following is a comparative table of
total receipts from all sources for the past
five years, to May 1, 1906:
HARDWOOD RECORD
17
Comparative Talale of Mahogany and
Total
Arrivals
1901.
Cuban mahogany logs 30,574
Cuban cedar logs 81,408
Mexican mahogany logs 15,754
Mexican cedar logs 10,195
Central and South American
mahogany 6,603
Central and South American
cedar 437
African mahogany logs 4,533
Cedar Log Receipts at New York.
1901.
Total number of mahogany
and cedar logs received. .149,576
Much could be said here on the purely
technical side of the comparative qualities
of the various species of mahogany, but
which, after all, would have but little bear-
ing on its future sale. It is all marketable
and valuable. The most important point to
those who are interested in the possibilities
of the foreign hardwood trade is the op-
portunity for production at the different
sources of supply, and in that direction
Cuba, under present conditions, seems the
most promising.
An outline of existing conditions in the
mahogany and cedar market are of interest
in this connection. The local market in ma-
hogany and cedar at this time is brisk, the
salient features beiug the lack of sufficient
receipts in cedar, particularly, and in some
grades of mahogany. In mahogany there
was a larger number of logs received in
April than in March, but all the receipts
have been sold and the market is entirely
bare of this wood, while the inquiry is very
active. There was only one lot of Mexican
mahogany received, part of which has been
sold, and the larger portion of the small
stock previously on hand has also passed out
Total
Arrivals
1902.
Total
Arrivals
1903.
Total
Arrivals
1904.
Total
Arrivals
1905.
Arrivals Arrivals
to May ],in April
1906. 1906.
48,347
75,837
13.8S0
8,098
37,935
116,450
18,290
8,759
12,509
05,768
14,086
0,503
14,629
88,350
6,389
1,623
9,272
29,054
3.160
1,284
3,897
8,509
683
6,814
7,159
5,683
5,229
722
33
6,321
2,151
6,302
104
4,680
1,362
4,204
1905.
69
3,423
To
May 1,
1906.
1,365
1902.
1903.
1904.
To
April,
1906.
159,330
197,046
139,393
121.786
46,948
14,454
of the market. The demand is good and
with the small supply in hand dealers should
take advantage of the situation and make
early shipments. There were no arrivals
of Panama or Honduras mahogany in April,
with a very fair demand prevalent, and
shipments of good logs should meet with
ready sale. The situation in the mahogany
market is in favor of the shipper, as the
natural volume of trade is greatly handi-
capped, owing to the small receipts of good
wood.
In cedar, there were no receipts of Mexi-
can stock during March and April, and there
has been no stock on hand for many months.
This is significant when it is considered that
the present demand for cedar is almost un-
precedented and all arrivals are quickly ab-
sorbed at the highest range of prices that
has yet obtained.
In Cuban cedar, arrivals are being con-
sumed as fast as received and the market
is practically bare at present. Shipments
are not only urged, but will meet with
prompt sale and be received under very
satistactorv conditions.
Suggestions to Small SaWmill M^n.
EIGHTH PAPER
With the increased demand for stock cut
to exact dimensions, it may be of interest
to the small sawmill man cutting hardwood
to discuss the question of where and how to
add to his sawmill equipment the machinery
necessary for economically manufacturing
this stock. If he has a two-story mill the
problem is comparatively simple, as it in-
volves merely the matter of what machines
to add, the place for location being already
provided — the basement at the tail end of
the mill. With a little groundhog mill,
however, that is moved from place to place,
the volume of work at any one point hardly
justifying framing up off the ground, to say
nothing of the trouble and expense of get-
ting in logs, it is different, for, as a rule,
there is no space left in such a mill for the
addition of machinery of any kind. The
mill shed is built just long enough for the
carriage track and just wide enough to take
in the carriage and set works on one side
of the saw and the saw cab and main belt
on the other. The space in front of the saw
cab is given over to the log deck, and back
of it the off-bearer needs all the room avail-
able outside the rolls, and sometimes more.
In other words, there is no room in the main
building for such equipment, and the ques-
tion is where should the addition be made
to accommodate it?
The logical place, if the location will per-
mit, is back of the boiler and engine. There
are some instances where the boiler is set
on the bank of a stream so that there is not
much room and no way to get in with teams
to load out stock and things of that kind
that may make it advisable to cross the
main shed and put it on the other side in
the back. Where it can be done, however,
this addition should be put on the boiler
and engine side, because it saves power and
line shafting. Being directly back of the
engine with the machinery equipment, get-
ting to the line shaft from the engine and
from the line shaft to the machines is a
very simple problem. The line shaft as a
rule, will have to go overhead; a good plan
is to mount it on a row of posts passing
through the center at right angles to the
frame of the main building. This gives
better support than to hang it to the joist,
and is generally easier and less expensive
to put up. For the small mill the shafting
and equipment throughout should bo made
as light as consistent with the work to be
done so as to save power in running and ex-
pense in moving from place to place. If,
for example, the equipment is to consist of
only a self-feed rip saw and a swing cross
cut, the line shaft may be made as light as
1 11/10, and if necessary still be able to carry
another light machine; for driving a heavy
bolting saw the line shaft should be 1 15/16
to start on. As a rule it will be found best
in getting the shaft to have it smooth
turned, entirely without key sets, and use
wood split pulleys. This gives free range in
placing the journals, and it is also a much
easier task in the average sawmill to put
on, take off or reset a wood split pulley than
an iron pulley with keys, because the only
tool required is a wrench. A wood split
pulley is better than the iron pulley
with set screws in this instance, be-
cause when it is to be moved it will not be
necessary to take down the shaft to get it
by the journal — simply take off the pulley
and put it wherever desired. As a matter
of fact, the average iron pulley with a set
screw is an abomination from a mechanical
standpoint. It has poor holding power in
the first place, and when it is screwed down
on the shaft it mars the face of the shaft
and causes considerable trouble when taking
off the pulley and putting on a new one.
In the selection of machines to equip a
department of this kind, after making a
study of catalogues and prices and finding
out how many different machines there are
and the promises the manufacturers hold
out for returns on their products, the dispo-
sition to buy too many machines at the out-
set must be guarded against. There are
special machines for every conceivable pur-
pose of great capacity and also of good
earning power where they are required,
but these special machines are not often
needed in small sawmills where there is
variety of work to do and the speed with
which stock can be put through a machine
is not so much an item as the matter of
power and getting stock to and from the
work. This does not mean that it is not
important to study the different machines;
in fact, the sawmill man should familiarize
himself with every kind of machine for
doing the work in view, and then select
machines to suit his particular needs. For
dimension stock work, such as making
wagon implement material of oak and
hickory, ordinarily the best equipment to
start with is a self-feed rip saw and a
swing cross cut. Even this outlay may be
reduced by making the rip saw a plain table
or hand feed saw, but if there is any great
quantity of work to do it would be money
saved in the end to have a power feed rip-
saw. Even the cross cut can, where the
work is light, be changed to a cord wood
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or bench type of saw, but for heavy service
the swing saw is better. All this must be
decided by each mill man for himself, being
guided by the amount and kind of work to
be handled more than the amount of money
the equipment will cost him. Struggling
along with a patched-up homemade outfit is
not economy and will cost enough extra in
operation by reducing capacity, etc., during
the year to more than pay for new equip-
ment. There are some instances, however,
where an old side edger rig can be over-
hauled, the table shortened, for practically
all the wagon stock work will run 7 feet and
less in length, and give excellent results in
working up flitches into axles, bolsters, slide
bars, bottom cleats, etc. It will relieve the
mill of a great deal of detail, and a man
at a saw of this kind can be more deliberate
about the work than a sawyer with the mill
and several men who are temporarily idle
every time he pauses to consider how and
what is best to be done.
But, to return to the manner of planning
the plant, the first thing to settle is where
to put the cross cut. The simplest, easiest
and cheapest place is to swing it right
under the line shaft, which would put the
cross cut bench right in the center of the
dimension stock department. This is a
case where cheapness is not best, how-
ever, and there are two other places
where the cross cut can be located and
give better service. One is along the wall
of the addition, and the other across the
line of rolls that pass through the main
mOl. The latter place, across the rolls of
the main mill, is probably the best, for the
bulk of the trimming, or at least the heavy
trimming, can be done while the stock from
the mill is still on the rolls, thus saving one
handling. The only objectionable feature
about swinging the cross cut over the rolls
in the main mill is the fact that it will
necessitate the use of either a pair of gear
wheels to give a right angle turn to the
shafting, or a mule stand and a corner turn
with a belt. Eventually it may be found
that in addition to the swing cross cut
over the main rolls for cutting flitches and
the general run of stock from the mill it
will also be advisable to add some kind of
a light cross cutting rig for retrimming
small stock from the rip saw. This can be
driven from the same line shaft as the rip
saw, and may be a light, inexpensive ma-
chine of the cord wood kind, or of the regu-
lar equalizer type.
For the majority of wagon and agricul-
tural implement stock a single rip saw is all
right, but should it be desired to take up
the manufacture of chair rungs and other
light dimension stock of this class a gang
rip saw becomes a necessity. This may also
be used to make lath, and it is a good thing
to have provided timber and work justifies
its use. However, the best advice is to
start in modestly, with two machines, and
then enlarge as time and experience assure
of just what additional machines are needed.
Hardwood Record Moil Bag.
[In this department it Is proposed to reply
to such inquiries as reach this offlce from the
Hardwood Record clientage as will be of enough
general Interest to warrant publication. Every
patron of the paper <s invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of Interest to the hardwood trade, In
a succinct and intelligent manner.]
Wants Table-Tops.
Nbw York, May 25. — Editor Hardwood Rec-
ord : Can you give us the names and addresses
of any firms engaged in the manufacture of
dimension, kiln-dried, glued-up table tops? We
would appreciate any information you can give
us. — & Co.
This concern has already been furnished
with a list of manufacturers known to fur-
nish this stock, but if there are others in-
terested in communicating with the writer of
the above letter, the Hardwood Record will
be glad to supplement the list with their
names. — Editor.
Slaughter of Hickory in Indiana.
CONNERSVILLE, IND., June 5. — Editor HARD-
WOOD Record : I visited Clark county, Indiana,
recently and saw great cords of hickory poles
piled up at the railway station for shipment.
Upon Investigation It was found that 500,000
hickory trees are annually destroyed by the
farmers of that one county for hoop poles.
These poles bring the land owners but 50 to 60
cents per thousand, out of which must be paid
the cost of cutting and hauling to station. The
receipts are barely enough to pay common labor
prices for the work, the landowners realizing
scarcely anything for the trees.
This Is a terrible waste. In a few years our
vehicle timber will be gone. These half a mil-
lion trees destroyed each year in one county
alone would bring a handsome revenue for far
more important uses. Only one or two men no>.
receive any benefit from this trade as dealers.
Carriage makers should show some interest
in the perpetuation of the woods of which they
are such heavy consumers. The carriage trade
journals are requested to copy this item. — John
P. Brown.
The foregoing letter from John P. Brown,
editor of Arboriculture, is a very timely
communication on the subject of the way in
which the small remaining growth of hickory
in this country is being destroyed. If the
timber were felled and put to uses that would
show its owners a reasonable profit there
could be but little fault found, but when
farmers slaughter hickory for the making of
hoop poles, the practice is little short of
criminal. The writer of this letter is very
much interested in forestry matters, and is
doing good work from a practical viewpoint
along this line. — Editor.
Otis-Alcus Lumber Company Not a Merger.
New Orleans, La., May 29. — Editor Hard-
wood Record ; Referring to the notice on page
24 of your Issue of May 25, this notice is not
correct. The Otis-Alcus Lumber Company, Ltd..
will not take over the business either of the
Otis Manufacturing Company or of S. T. Alcus
& Co., Ltd. Both of these firms will remain
entirely distinct, the Otis Manufacturing Com-
pany making a specialty of mahogany lumber,
and S. T. Alcus & Co., Ltd., being engaged in
the manufacture of boxes and box shocks. While
the Otis-Alcus Lumber Company, Ltd., is owned
by some of the stockholders who have an in-
terest in the Otis Manufacturing Company and
in S. T. Alcus & Co., Ltd., and expects to have
business relations with both of these firms. It
will not handle mahogany lumber or engage In
the manufacture of boxes, expecting to devote
its main attention at first to the handling of
Cottonwood lumber and a little later to other
domestic lumber. The Otis-Alcus Lumber Com-
pany, Ltd., has only a small amount of Invested
capital, and the combined assets of the Otis
Manufacturing Company and S. T. Alcus & Co
Ltd., are at least twenty times the amount so
far invested in the Otis-Alcus Lumber Company
Ltd. — Otis Manufactcrinq Company.
The Hardwood Eecord regrets exceedingly
this error in regard to two such well and
favorably known concerns as the Otis Manu-
facturing Company and S. T. Alcus & Co.,
Ltd., and is glad of this opportunity to set
its readers right. — Editor.
'S LETTER TO HIS
Chicago, June 6, 1906.
My Dear Son: I am surprised that you
find, it necessary every time you want a
fourteen-foot length of four-inch pipe to
make a trip to Memphis in order to make
the purchase. Buying a chunk of two and
thirteen-sixteenths shafting, an iron pulley
or a few set-screws really does not necessi-
tate a personal visit to that wicked city on
the banks of the Mississippi. There are*
several good machinery supply houses in
that town which will execute your order on
a mail requisition without taking up your
time or involving so much expense. In do-
ing as you did, you probably had in mind the
advice I have given you concerning buying
hardwoods in cross-pile. This is another
proposition, and it does not require the care
which apparently you have been exercising.
I note by your last month's expense ac-
count that your trips to Memphis have cost
considerable more money than the sum
total of the sawmill supply purchases you
made. Of course I know it's a little dull
for you down in the swamp, and that there
is a good deal of the real works around
Memphis, but I think the boys will be just
as glad to see you up there if you don't go
quite so often. I know your bunch of
friends at Memphis. They are hot off the
griddle all right, and most of them look
like certified checks. At the same time I
think you will earn more money for the
Rattlesnake Lumber Company by sending
orders for minor mill supplies by mail and
staying around the job. You must get to
making lumber pretty soon if we are going
to have any dry stock for the fall trade.
Afl^airs here are not very lively, and a
good many buyers are really serious about
National inspection. They seem to want
National grades when they buy under that
agreement. We jobbers in this town are
getting wedged in between the devil and
the deep sea; manufacturers are soaking us
on one side and our customers on the other,
with the result that our margins are get-
ting altogether too thin for comfort.
Keei) busy and get the mill to going just
as soon as possible. Your affectionate
Father.
P. S. — Your mother wants to go down with
me to see you soon. Eighteen and car fare
for you if things are not right in the board-
ing house when she gets there.
HARDWOOD RECORD
19.
NeWs Miscellany.
The Proper Drying of Lumber.
The proper method of drying lumber by
artificial means is a question tliat has been
under discussion and experimentation in re-
cent years by some of the most prominent
users and manufacturers of lumber in the
country. Many expensive experiments have
been carried on by lumber manufacturers, the
railroads and others, and the problem has
even been taken up by the government. Wlien
It Is taken into consideration that the mois-
ture in green lumber amounts to from one-
third to one-half of its total weight and that
all this moisture must be expelled before the
lumber is in condition for commercial use, the
task of accomplishing in a few days by the
use of a dry kiln the same results which na-
ture takes as many months to perform, will
be seen to be of vast importance. It has
taken much time, thought and money to
analyze this question and devise a system to
meet all the varying conditions of nature.
A few years ago, when hardwood was plenti-
ful, and all the yard stock was air dried, the
question of removing the moisture left in the
lumber was a different proposition from that
to be contended with today. Oak and other
adopted the Morton kiln in preference to all
others.
The Pullman Car Company, Pullrhan, III.,
about three years ago, tore out the various
dry kiln systems it was using, almost every
conceivable style, and put in a battery of 20
Morton kilns, ranging from IS to 26 feet in
width and 72 feet in length. The kilns are
fireproof, and constitute one of the finest and
largest batteries of hardwood kilns in exist-
ence, having a capacity of nearly 1,000,000
feet of lumber. This is a good illustration of
the range of the Morton kiln, as the Pullman
company uses everything, from heavy yellow
pine car beam timbers to the finest cabinet
woods, and the larger portion of the material
passes through the kilns before being used in
the manufactured product.
Other users of the Morton dry kiln are:
AUis-Chalmers Company, Milwaukee, Wis.;
the Western Electric Company, Chicago; the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Altoona, Pa.:
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rail-
road, Cleveland, Ohio; the C, B. & Q. R. R.,
Aurora, 111., and Hannibal. Mo.; and the Cana-
dian Pacific Railroad Company, Montreal and
Winnipeg, Canada. The Mitchell Bros. Com-
pany, Cadillac, Mich., and the Arthur Hard-
TTPB OF MORTON KILN OF FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION.
hardwoods have been consumed at an enor-
mous rate, and a manufacturer at the present
time is considered very lucky if he obtains
from the mill lumber that has been piled on
the yard more than three or four months.
The progressive and up-to-date manufacturer
of dry kilns has endeavored to meet these
changes, and has been continually improving
his product so as to offer to lumber manu-
facturers a dry kiln as nearly perfect in its
results as money and ingenuity can produce.
Without doubt no other concern has been
more aggressive or invested more in experi-
ments to reach the highest point of success
in drying lumber than the manufacturers of
the well-known Morton moist air down draft
dry kiln — the Morton Dry Kiln Company.
Thirty years' experience has given this con-
cern knowledge that could have been obtained
in no other way.
The Morton kiln is based on the moist air
method, which has long been conceded the
only means of successfully and quickly drying
all kinds of lumber. H. J. Morton was the
first to exploit this system of drying. When
this method was first suggested as the proper
means for seasoning lumber, it was declared
to be an impossibility to dry anything in moist
air. However. Mr. Morton's faith in this new
departure was only made stronger by the skep-
ticism with which it was received. Since the
Morton moist air dry kiln was placed on the
market, the idea has grown until at the pres-
ent time nearly all the dry kilns manufac-
tured are based on the moist air system.
Perhaps the most convincing argument that
can be offered in favor of the Morton kiln
is a reference to some of the large woodwork-
ing concerns in the LTnited States that have
wood Flooring Company. Memphis, Tenn., may
be mentioned as among the users of Morton
kilns for seasoning hardwood flooring. There
are 35 Morton kilns in operation in furniture
factories at Rockford, III., 15 at Grand Rap-
ids, Mich., and numerous others throughout
the United States and Canada.
Prior to the first of the year the Morton dry
kiln was manufactured and sold by another
Chicago house, but early in 1906 the Mor-
ton Dry Kiln Company was incorporated to
take over the entire business and it now has
complete control of the patents. H. J. Mor-
ton is president of the company, and B. D.
Curtis, for many years connected with the
manufacture of Morton kilns, is secretary.
The company solicits correspondence from all
interested in dry kilns, and will take pleasure
in giving further Information and mailing its
catalog D, upon request to the office, 912, 21S
La Salle street. Chicago, 111.
A Letter from "Mizzouri."
There are lots of lumbermen who are wits, and
many others, alas, who are satirists, but it is
rare indeed that you find a genuine humorist en-
gaged in this great commercial pursuit. The wit
laughs at you. while the humorist laughs with
you. You may admire the wit ; you love the
humorist.
Apropos o( the foregoing and incident to the
following is quoted a recent letter from C. D.
Boynton, the well known head of the Boynton
Lumber Company at Cape Girardeau, Mo., ad-
dressed to Lyon & Healy, music dealers of Chi-
cago. For pure, unadulterated humor It Is one
of the cleverest bits of literature that has fallen
into the hands of the Hardwood Recohd for
many and many a day, and it is with unquali-
fied satisfaction that it Is herewith reproduced':
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Lyon & Healy, Chicago, 111.
Gentlemen : Enclosed herewith find check in'
payment of your invoice of talking machine and
phonograph records. I found this canned music
perfectly fresh and sweet In every way with one
exception, which I will briefly note.
I ordered, among others, a vaudeville record-
called "Fishing," said to be a faithful reproduc-
tion of the dulcet tones and synchronous heel-
clicks of that popular favorite. Miss Ada Jones,,
and her sparring partner, Mr. Len Spencer.
Judge of my surprise to find that you had sub--
stituted a dirgelike gospel hymn entitled, "Pass-
Me Not, O Do Not I'ass Me By," the copyright
of which expired 217 years ago.
Possibly the erudite young person who boxes-
up things for you in your shipping department
figured it out from the address that I belongedi
to that species of vertebrates called "Mizzourl-
ans," — described in your local papers as con-
sisting principally of a broad-brimmed felt hat
and a stogie.
This creature — the creation of your diseased
Intellects — is represented as passing his entire
existence upon the banks of the Chicago Drain-
age Canal (formerly known as the Mississippi
River). And thus the logical conclusion was
that, being a democrat, it was more essential for
my welfare to send me something calculated to
draw me nearer to the throne than to the foot-
lights.
It is true that formerly the literati of Cape
Girardeau and the budding young intellects of
its State Normal School sought the banks of
the Father of Waters for inspiration and soft
drinks. This was before we were brought into
such close touch with Chicago through the com-
pletion of your drainage canal. Now the entire
population throngs the levee daily to view the
mighty flood bearing upon its bosom tomato cans,
Milwaukee pop bottles, and, ever and anon, a
defunct pussy cat.
A scientific cuss from your town with a long
aquiline nose having a large intake said that we
did not seem to be more than a few minutes
removed from dear old Chicago.
Alas ! Tlie city of Chicago may pollute the
water supply of Cape Girardeau with impunity,
but when you attempt to interfere with our
amusements we must draw the line.
Then again, it might have been a mistake on
your part. Mistakes are always liable to hap-
pen, as a Chicago young man found out while
on a shooting trip down at Seldom Seen, Mo.,
this winter. He came to the eating tent late
one morning aud upon the wife of the guide
asking him what he would have for breakfast,
said he would take some pate-de-fois-gras. She
called for help and it took the united efforts of
his companions and the neighboring inhabitants
to keep the guide from killing him for using
such language to a lady.
Another thing, the people of Missouri are suf-
fering from too much substitution at the present
time. We have alum in baking powder, preachers
in politics and a four-flush reformer as governor.
The whole state is run for the benefit of the
writers of fire-alarm articles in the 10c month-
lies published in New York.
I can see how a druggist could give out mor-
phine for quinine, or how a cross-eyed man
could vote the populist ticket by using the Aus-
tralian ballot system, but for the life of me I
cannot see how you could mistake the lugubrlous-
ness of "Pass Me Not, O Do Not Pass Me By"
for the capers of Miss Ada Jones and the Hon.
Len Spencer.
I invited a friend to hear my new records.
He had been a river steamboat captain, that i»
to say, he was opposed to complicated rhetorical
flourishes, Dutch Trilogies and Dago operatic
music of all kinds. He yearned for the merry
quip of the blythesome vaudeville sketch. I
said : "We will now have a laughable skit called
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'Fishing.' " Ho closed his eyes to recall the
rising cuitalu, the bliire of the band and the
burst of applause as the head-liner soubrette
with the wicked wink, the passionate hosiery
and the abbreviated skirts, emerged from the
wings and tripped to the footlights in the most
approved ten-twenf-thlrf style. Then came the
stentorian tones of Mr. Edison's robust an-
nouncer. 'Tass Me Not, O Do Not Pass Me By,'"
and then — but Mr. Koosevelt is so particular
lately about what goes through the malls that I
will not go into details.
The captain left without ceremony and while
1 have a record as good as new. I have lost a
friend. He passes me on the streets without
speaking, but he looks at me as if I had sold
him one hundred shares at par In the Private
Snap Gold Mining & Development Company.
Furthermore, the record In question grates
on my feelings and Is still more inappropriate
for constant use, as the Frisco Railroad has not
renewed my pass tor 1906 and the hymn seems
to give them scriptural authority for withhold-
ing the same.
Regretting to be obliged to call your attention
to this preserved prayer, I am. yoUrs truly,
C. D. BOYNTON.
hardwood affairs, having been associated for
the past twenty years with some ot the larg-
est poplar and other hardwood concerns in
the Ohio valley. He is particularly well
known in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, where
for many years he represented the Yellow
Mershon Kesaws in Cliina.
The fame of the Mershon band resaws is not
confined to the United States. For years
Great Britain and the continent have been
large purchasers of these tools. Recently
Wm. B. Mershon & Co. received an order for
one of their combined band resaws and band
log mills from China. The request for this
outfit was received by cable, and the message
contained three words; beyond the order for
the mill it called for five head-blocks, a car-
riage, full filing room equipment and all acces-
sories.
This type of machine has been advocated
by the makers for a long time, and it speaks
well for the enterprise of modern China,
■which is tlie first Oriental country to make
use of a tlioroughly practical and reliable
method of transforming saw logs into the
very thinnest material.
A peculiar feature of this resaw is that
■when the mill is used as a resaw the saw
blade travels in one direction, and when used
as a log mill the band wheels and the band
saw travels in the opposite direction. This
result is accomplished by a mere change in
the twist of a belt.
There is doubtless a large field in tills coun-
try where this kind of machine could be used
to great advantage. Those Interested in this
particular type of mill, by addressing Win. B.
Mershon & Co. at Saginaw, Mich., will be
given full particulars and illustrations of the
equipment.
Important Change in Local House.
An important change has taken place in
one of the foremost wholesale lumber houses
of Chicago — Schultz Brothers & Benedict, in
the Old Colony building. C. D. Benedict has
■withdrawn from the firm and entered busi-
ness on his own account, while Schultz
Brothers CSTilliam W., James M. and Alex-
ander J.) will continue their extensive yejlow
pine operations, with offices at 1225 to
1240 Old Colony building, under that name.
Incident to the change and of particular in-
terest to the readers of the Hakdwood Kbcobd
is the fact that the Schultz brothers, with
James C. Cowen, have embarked in a distinct
and extensive hardwood operation under the
firm name ot Schultz Brothers & Cowen, with
headquarters in the same suite of offices. This
firm will do an exclusive hardwood business,
making a specialty of poplar. The history
of the Messrs. Schultz in connection with yel-
low pine, piling and hardwoods is too ■well
known to need specific mention. Mr. Cowen,
■who has been associated with Schultz Brothers
& Benedict, is a man of wide experience in
with lieadquarters at Vanceburg, Ky. It will
thus be seen that Schultz Brothers & Cowen
are well equipped in all the essentials of
ability, experience and organization, to do a
large and prosperous wholesale trade in pop-
lar and other hardwoods.
Schultz Brothers will continue to operate
in their old line specialty of northern and
southern pine, piling, railroad ties, and other
material, as in the past.
WILLIAM W. SCHULTZ OF SCHULTZ
BROTHERS AND SCHULTZ BROTH-
ERS & COWEN. CHICAGO.
Poplar Lumber Company of Coal Grove, O.
His ■n'ork in building up a splendid hardwood
trade for Schultz Brothers & Benedict has
been justly recognized by Schultz brothers, in
directly associating themselves with him in a
business way.
The new firm of Schultz Brothers & Cowen.
while already enjoying a large trade, has also
made a strong organization in both the buy-
ing and selling ends of the trade. Mark S.
McCullam. well known to Chicago lumbermen,
is now stationed at Roanoke, Va.. where he
has in charge the purchase of lumber, and
also supervises manufacturing for the firm at
its mills in that locality. W. H. Hines, who
for many years has been with C. Crane &
JAMES C. COWEN OP SCHULTZ BROTH-
ERS & COWEN, CHICAGO.
Co. of Cincinnati and is known as one of the
best poplar men in the country, will act as
general salesman for the firm, and will cover
Ohio, Indiana, lower Michigan and Illinois.
L. P. Williams ■nill act as buyer for the firm.
Asheirille Hard-wood Interests.
Through the dealers of Asheville and the im-
mediate vicinity are distributed the famous
hardwoods of western North Carolina, reputed
to be the highest grade lumber in the world.
.\shevllle, famous as a health resort and tourist
point, is just as celebrated for its hardwood in-
terests, which to a large degree have made the
city what it Is today.
The hardwood concerns of Asheville are prin-
cipally manufacturers, although there are some
large houses there which do a strictly jobbing
business. The producers do not make much of
an attempt at maintaining yards in Asheville,
but operate from there shipping direct from the
woods. Most of the producers have extensive
timber tracts, besides controlling large lease-
holds.
The Asheville district manufactures all kinds
of haruwoods, especially oak, ash, poplar, chest-
nut and basswood. It is one of the most pro-
ductive districts in the whole haruwood belt of
the South, and the output is eagerly sought the
country over, but especially in the eastern mar-
ket.
By organizing as they have just done the
dealers will undoubtedly be greatly benefited.
There are many ways In which the recently or-
gamzeu Asheville Lumber Exchange can be
of service to .Asheville dealers, among others
the consideration of the treatment of the rail-
roads, and it is expected that these troubles
will shortly be taken up by this association. The
dealers are particularly grateful to Secretary
Lewis Doster of the Hardwood Manufacturers'
Association of the United States for showing
them the ways and means of pulling together.
One of the progressive concerns in Asheville
is the Fry-Buchanan Lumber Company, recently
known as the H. W. B"ry Lumber Company, or-
ganized five years ago by H. W. Fry. Mr. Fry
was schooled in the lumber business under the
tutelage of his father, J. C. Fry, one of the old-
est and best known lumbermen in the state.
The new company, besides President H. W. Fry,
consists of Andrew Buchanan, an expert timber-
man. H. C. Johnson and G. C. Brumfleid.
Asheirille Lumtier Exchange.
Agreeable to the announcement made in
the last issue of the Haedwood Record, a
second meeting of the hardwood men of
western North Carolina was held at Asheville,
May 26, at which the permanent organization
of the Asheville Lumber E.xchange was ef-
fected, and the following officers Installed:
W. T. Mason, president; J. M. Burns, vice
president; A. F. Hall, secretary and treasurer,
all of Asheville. The directors chosen were
G. N. Hutton, Hickory; W. N. Woodbury,
Murphy; E. E. Quinlan, Waynesville; G. L.
Wood, Asheville. A constitution and by-laws
were adopted.
C. .\. Schenck, chairman of the committee
on transportation, made a report, which was
received and adopted, after thorough discus-
sion. The report contained a recommendation
that a committee of seven be appointed to
meet with the Southern Railroad officials,
which was approved, and C. A. Schenck. G. N.
Hutton, E. H. HaU. J. M. English, C. H.
Hobbs, F. L. Winchester and R. E. Wood
were delegated for this work. They will re-
port at the next meeting of the exchange.
The meeting was a large and enthusiastic
one, and the thirty-four lumbermen present
have taken up the new work vigorously and
harmoniously.
HARDWOOD RECORD
21
District Meetings Hardwood Manufacturers'
Association.
There was a meeting of hardwood manufac-
turers producing lumber in the vicinity of Hot
Springs, Arl5.. held in that city yesterday,
under the auspices of Lewis Doster. secretary
of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association.
Another meeting of the same character will
be held by the hardwood producers of Mis-
souri at Morehouse in that state, on Tuesday,
June 12. This meeting will be held at the
Forest Hotel and will convene at 10 o'clock
in the morning.
The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association
will also hold a district meeting at the Gait
House. Louisville. Ky., on Saturday, June 16,
In which lumbermen of the Louisville district
will participate.
Secretary Doster is arranging other district
meetings the dates of whicli will be an-
nounced later, at Nashville, Tenn. ; Meridian.
Miss.; Evansville, Ind.. and at some central
point in northern Louisiana.
Death of Pendennis White.
No shock has come to the lumber trade in
a long time of so sad a nature as the violent
death of Pendennis WTiite of Buffalo, who was
killed by the collision of an automobile with
a street car. in Buffalo on Thursday evening.
May 31. The details of this terrible accident
are recounted elsewhere in this issue of the
Haedwood Kecobd.
Mr. White has been prominently identified
with the lumber interests of the Northwest,
the Niagara frontier and New York City for
many years. He has been among the leaders
in association work, giving special attention
to the question of reciprocal trade relations
between manufacturer, jobber and retailer.
He has been foremost in the formation and
carrying on of lumber insurance companies,
and was interested financially in many other
commercial enterprises. Zi was a leader in
social and club life. Eve.." \:.:i.\ who ever
came in contact with Pendennis White was
his friend, and this friendship he most thor-
oughly deserved. He was kindly, he was hon-
est, he was just. The loss to the community
and to the trade, occasioned by his death, can-
not be estimated.
Witbeck and C. H. Wolfe. Business grew steadily
and almost from the start presaged the success
which later days brought to pass. About three
years after the partnership was formed Mr. Wit-
beck died. A stock company was formed, com-
posed of Edward Heath, president and treasurer.
Coming Meeting Southern Cypress Manu-
facturers' Association.
The coming meeting of the Southern Cy-
press Manufacturers' Association, to be held
at Atlanta, Ga., Monday and Tuesday, June
11 and 13, promises to be the largest cypress
gathering ever assembled. The new Kimball
Hotel will be headquarters, and the first ses-
sion will be held there at 2 p. m. Monday.
Favorable replies to the call have been re-
ceived from a very large number of the
strongest concerns engaged in the manufac-
ture of cypress lumber, many of whom are in
other states than Ijouisiana, the headquarters
of the association. Considerable enthusiasm
has been aroused, and much good will doubt-
less result from this extension of the move-
ment.
A Foremost Chicago Hardwood House.
With two such men as Edward Heath and
C. H. Wolfe at Its head, there was only one road
in which it was possible for the Heath-Witbeek
Company of Chicago to travel, and that was
the road to success. It is not surprising that
the business of the company has flourished al-
most phenomenally, making the concern's prod-
nets standard in the hardwood lumber trade,
when one knows these two men. Such a com-
bination of business foresight, energy, determina-
tion and reserve force as they possess could spell
no such word as fail. Under their able manage-
ment the onward march of the Heath-Wltbeck
Company has been uninterrupted,
i The Arm was organized in 1891 as a copart-
.nership, composed of Edward Heath, Richard T.
EDWARD HEATH. PRESIDENT AND
TREASURER HEATH-WITBECK
COMPANY, CHICAGO.
and C. H. Wolfe, secretary. The company does
a general wholesale and retail business, handling
all kinds of hardwood lumber and flooring. The
Heath-Witbeck Company is well and favorably
known wherever hardwood lumber is produced
or consumed. It is one of the solid Institutions
of the trade and a credit to the lumber industry.
The general otHces of the company are in the
Willoughby building, 6 East Madison street, Chi-
cago. The ofBce work is in charge of C. F.
nolle, a man who was brought up in the lumber
trade and who knows the inside of this business
in the minutest detail. In Chicago the company
maintains a large distributing yard, with a
modern dry kiln which has a shed capacity of
C. H. WOLFE, SECRETARY HEATH-
WITBECK COMPANY, CHICAGO.
2,000.000 feet. The main distributing yards are
located at Thebes, HI. Here the company Is
erecting a new kiln with a capacity of 170,000
feet. There are also large distributing yards
at McEwen. Tenn., and at Holly, Ark. At the
latter place the company operates a. modern
band and resaw mill, cutting 25,000 feet of
quarter-sawed oak daily.
Speaking of the company's business, Mr. Wolfe
said to the representative of the Hahdwood Eec-
OKD : "In hardwood lumber manufacture we claim
to be expert. It Is upon the real merit and
worth of our product that we ask the trade to
pass judgment. Our drying facilities are un-
equaled in the West. We have shed capacity
for over 2,500.000 feet of kiln-dried stock, and
are the only people in Chicago that always carry
a complete line of kiln-dried lumber on hand
ready for shipment. All the latest machinery
of special design required in manufacturing
flooring and ceiling is operated at our mills. In-
deed, the work performed by these machines In
producing a hardwood flooring with smooth, even
surface, tongued and grooved, hollow backed,
with matched ends and holes bored for blind
nailing, is so remarkable for exactness that but
little more skill or labor is required In laying It
than would be necessary in laying pine."
Politics in Michigan.
The political campaign is on in Michigan,
and of particular interest to the lumber fra-
ternity is the candidacy of Hon. Arthur Hill
of Saginaw for United States senator to suc-
ceed Hon. Russell A. Alger, and of J. W.
Wells of the I. Stephenson Company, Wells,
Mich., and several other large lumber enter-
prises of the Northwest, for United States
representative from his district. Both these
gentlemen are Republicans, and nomination is
practically equivalent to election. It is to be
hoped that both will achieve success in their
ambitions. Each is a lumberman of sagacity
and with an intimate knowledge of forest
conditions in Michigan. With these men, one
in the Senate and the other in the House, the
country would have two prime advocates of
a logical forest policy in this country. Both
are clean-cut, upright and honorable. In their
respective sections they stand foremost, and
the state of Michigan can do itself and the
country honor by bestowing congressional
honors upon them.
Liberty Hardwood Lumber Company.
A new company composed of local capital-
ists has been incorporated at Galveston, Tex.,
to be known as the Liberty Hardwood Lum-
ber Company. It is capitalized at $150,000.
The officers are Moritz O. Kopperl, president;
C. H. Moore, vice president; Julian Ranger,
secretary and treasurer. The board of direct-
ors is composed of the above named and I.
H. Kempner and John Neethe.
The company's holdings consist of 10,000
acres of timber land, comprising the various
kinds of hardwoods, near Big Creek, Liberty
county, Texas. These holdings were formerly
in possession of the Ranger Hardwood Export
Company of Houston, in which the E. Sond-
heimer Company of Memphis was interested,
but which recently met with financial dif-
ficulty. On the property is one of the best
hardwood mills in Texas.
Building Operations for May.
Reports from some fifty of the leading
cities of the country, received by The Ameri-
can Contractor, Chicago, tabulated and com-
pared with those of the corresponding month
of last year, show that the building opera-
tions of May, 1906, fully' justified the predic-
tions made in the last report. Two-thirds
of the cities show an increase over the opera-
tions of 1905. In Greater New York the gain
is small, only 1 per cent, but this is a remark-
able showing when the enormous, record-
breaking business of last year, with which
the comparison is made, is taken into account.
Chicago breaks all its records with $6,494,220,
a gain of 60 per cent over May, 1905. The
percentage of gain in other leading cities Is
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HARDWOOD RECORD
as follows: Atlanta, 34; Bridgeport, 167;
Buffalo, 60; Cleveland, 17; Duluth, 110; Har-
risburg, 112; Louisville, 50; Nashville, 130;
Newark. 26; New Orleans, 48; Omaha, 75;
Philadelphia, 11; Portland. 307; St. Louis, 14;
St. Paul, 49; Seattle, 30; Syracuse, 34; To-
ledo, 93; Tacoma, 111; Wilkesbarre, 271. The
following figures show the losses reported in
leading cities: Cincinnati, 44; Denver, 26;
Indianapolis, 35; Kansas City, 17; Milwaukee,
23; Minneapolis, 25; Mobile, 67; New Haven,
34. Some of the cities showing a loss have
enjoyed a building boom for some years past
and diminished building was almost a matter
of necessity. Taken altogether, the report is
of a most satisfactory and encouraging char-
acter and leaves no reason to doubt but what
the building operations of the season now
fairly under way will break all records. This
seems all the more remarkable when it is
understood that both wages and building
materials are now ruling very high.
May,
May,
Per
Per
1906,
1906.
cent
cent
Cit.v—
cost.
cost.
gain.
loss.
Atlanta
$ 649,197
$ 408,739
34
Bil-/pjngbam . . .
236,752
Bridgeport
. 281,806
i05,'436
167
Buffalo
. 1,2S9,590
801,400
60
Baltimore
. 752,000
736,000
2
Chicago
. 6,494,220
4,053,2.80
60
Cleveland
. 1,248,593
1,064,940
17
Chattanooga . . .
. 128,3U2
111.525
15
Cincinnati
758,525
1,361.550
44
Columbus
. 546,150
510,130
7
Davenport
30,625
74,800
59
Denver
. 445,720
602,235
26
Detroit
. 1,227,400
1,008,900
2i
Dulnth
. 355,533
169,112
110
Evansvllle
55,092
32,127
72
Grand Rapids. . .
. 238,332
243,649
2
Harrisburg
. 289,775
138,675
112
Hartford
. 327. 310
249,851
31
Indianapolis . . .
. 489,724
788,902
35
Kansas City
. 910,570
1,108.417
17
Kaosville
. 128.745
64,040
loi
Louisville
. 495,975
330,210
50
Los Angeles . . .
. 1,051,832
1,244,154
is
Milwauiiee
. 751,121
982,959
23
Minneapolis . . . .
. 846.560
1.134.780
25
Memphis
. 343,200
323,373
6
•Mobile
92,220
293,170
67
Nashville
. 475,038
208,085
130
New Haven
. 249,895
377,237
34
Newark
. 1,008,852
796.156
28
New Orleans . . .
. 586.718
398.242
48
New York
.26.816,003
26,309.074
1
Manhattan ...
.14.176.0.80
13.008.800
9
Alterations ..
. 1,769.750
1,859.698
Brooklyn ....
. 7,336,723
7.205,081
4
Bronx
. 3.173.620
4.116.125
22
Alterations . . .
. 159,2.30
121. .370
Omaha
706,175
402.599
.39(1.980
75
11
Philadelphia . . .
. 4,886,655
Portland
. 1,087.769
287.106
307
St. Louis
. 2,163.255
1.8.86.447
14
St. Paul
971.250
651. 6S9
■49
Scranton
. 248.725
181.065
36
Seattle
. 726,673
556.386
30
Spokane
. 380.436
362.305
3
South Bend
61.555
151.747
58
Syracuse
. 192.350
143,443
34
Topeka
60.2SS
101 305
40
Toledo
407 922
i V' 1 , .J' ,t,
210 270
93
Terre Haute . . .
. 117!22S
14lls09
17
Tacoma
273.130
129.387
2,300.669
111
Washington . .
. 1,341,768
4,3
Wilkesbarre . . .
. 520.445
140.028
27i
Winnipeg
. 1,987,800
2,306,500
is
'In May, 1905
Mobile issued a permit for
a $2;
5,000
hotel.
Miscellaneous Notes.
The handle factory at Litchfield. Me., be-
longing to F. E. Baker was destroyed by fire
recently; loss $1,800.
It is reported that Thomas Scanlon of
Nashville, Tenn., will establish a handle fac-
tory at Quinton, L T.
Umbrella and cane handles will be manu-
factured by Groveman, Kahn & Murnich of
New York City, recently organized with J6,000
capital.
A company has been organized at South
Marion, Ind., to manufacture handles, and
active steps toward the erection of a plant
are being made.
The Montgomery Land & Lumber Company
has been formed at Christlansburg, Va., for
the development of several million feet of oak,
yellow pine, poplar and other timbers.
H. T. Phillips. L. V. Phillips. J. W. Noell,
J. G. "Walser and others are the incorporators
of the recently organized Lee Veneer Company
of Lexington, N. C. It is capitalized at
$10,000.
The band sawmill at Borden, Ky. , the prop-
erty of the Borden Hardwood Company, has
been sold to an Arkansas concern, and will
be shipped in the course of a few days. The
consideration was $3,000.
The Cache Valley Lumber Company of Wal-
nut Ridge. Ark., has been incorporated with
a capital stock of $40,000, of which $25,000
has been subscribed. C. H. Wood. Charles
Ferguson and others are the incorporators.
The sawmill and hoop and stave factory
belonging to the Atlas Cooperage Company of
Lindsay, O., was recently burned to the
ground. The loss entailed will probably ag-
gregate $8,000. partly covered by insurance.
The Metropolitan Parquet Floor Company,
with $10,000 capital, is one of the latest con-
cerns to enter the New York field. A. J.
Road, Spring Valley, N. Y.; C. A. Wallmenich,
and R. V. Wallmenich. Bayonne, N. J., are
the promoters of the enterprise.
The new clothespin factory at West Paris,
Me., being erected by L. M. Mann & Sons to
take the place of the one recently destroyed
by fire, will soon be in operation with an
increased number of workmen. It Is much
larger and better equipped than the old build-
ing.
The Rogers Hardwood Lumber Company
recently organized at Merrill. Miss., has pur-
chased the sawmill and equipment of the J.
G. Taylor Lumber Company of that place.
Extensive repairs being made in the plant are
almost completed, and operations will begin
shortly.
The Thistlethwaite Lumljer Company,
Washington, La., will next fall erect a band
mill to cut timber from a 4.500-acre tract of
hardwoods. The principals in the company
are Edward Thistlethwaite and his sons, John
R. and Lote. all three men of wide experience
in the lumber business.
The contract to furnish 125.000 feet of white
oak timber to the government has just been
filled by the Nicolette Lumber Company of
Parkersburg, W. Va, It was one of the
largest shipments of white oak timber ever
taken out of the state, and was sent to San
Francisco to be used in ship building.
Extensive repairs have been made in the
Union Handle Company's factory at Marion,
O.. and operations are now proceeding at a
lively rate. An average of 10,000 feet of lum-
ber is sawed daily, and 5,000 finished handles
shipped out. A railroad siding which the
company is constructing to its factory is
almost completed.
It is announced that the Oak Lumber Com-
pany of Monroe, La., has purchased a tract
of land in West Monroe on which it will
erect a large plant to manufacture hardwood
lumlier. The company recently purchased all
the hardwoods on the Monroe Lumber Com-
pany's holdings. A flooring plant will be
added in the course of a few months. Be-
tween $700,000 and $800,000 will be invested in
the enterprise.
The Tioga Lumber Company of Tioga,
Mich., lately purchased 4,000 acres of timber
lands contiguous to its holdings in Alger
county. It is estimated that there are about
60,000 feet of hemlock, pine and hardwoods
on the property which will be sufficient to
give the company several years' cut for its
mill at its present capacity. The Tioga Lum-
ber Company now has holdings amounting to
over 7,000 acres, most of which is virgin
timber.
The Woodstock Hardwood & Spool Manu-
facturing Company, manufacturer of wooden
spools and bobbins for textile mills, will re-
move its plant from Woodstock, 15 miles from
Charleston. S. C. to that city some time
during the summer. A two-story frame build-
ing has been secured, 80x120 feet in dimen-
sions, and $15,000 will be expended in im-
provements and equipment. The company
will increase its capital stock from $15,000
to $50,000.
The Acme Lumber Company, recently in-
corporated at Toledo. O., has the following
officers: President, J. L. Hosier; vice presi-
dent, Robert C. Bowlus; secretary and treas-
urer, James W. Hosier; directors, the above,
H. T. Lawton and Mrs. C. M. Bowlus. The
new concern has taken over the business of
J. L. Hosier, & Co., dealers in hardwood lum-
ber. Offices will be maintained at Toledo,
and the concern will do a wholesale and retail
business in hardwood lumber.
The Montgomery Cooperage & Hardwood
Company. Montgomery, Ala., declared insol-
vent some months ago, was purchased at
public auction recently by Richard Tillis for
$51,500. The appraised value was $112,000,
and the value placed by the company was
$120,000. The purchase includes besides the
plant at North Montgomery, hardwood tim-
berlands. so that it would seem that the
purchaser got quite a bargain. Operations
will be resumed at the factory at an early
date.
In a petition filed in the United States Dis-
trict Court by C. W. Lanar, Pensacola, Fla..
on two notes aggregating $3,050; A. S. Hop-
kins of Chicago on two notes aggregating
$4,750 and the Hibernia Bank & Trust Com-
pany of New Orleans on two notes aggregat-
ing $2,109, the South Arm Lumber Company
of Milwaukee, Wis., is declared an involuntary
bankrupt. It is claimed that the South Arm
Lumber Company owes $1,000 more than it is
able to pay, and that while insolvent it has
disposed of lands in Chippewa county, Mich.
The Schramm Wooden Toy Company, manu-
facturer of wooden horses and other similar
toys, recently organized at Trenton, N. J., Is
the only concern of the kind in the United
States. F. Schramm, a native of Germany
who has had years of experience in toy mak-
ing there, is president, and William H, Baker,
proprietor of the East Trenton Machine
Works, Trenton. N. J., is secretary and treas-
urer of the company. The factory will be
located for the present in the second story
of the East Trenton Machine Works. Thirty
hands will be employed at first, and large and
small wooden horses, platform rocking and
swinging horses, carved deer heads and sim-
ilar articles, all of which were heretofore
imported, will be turned out. Two large
wholesale concerns have already contracted to
take $100,000 worth of the toys before Christ-
mas. Some idea of the field the new company
has will be gained when it is known that last
year the importations of this class of products
into the United States aggregated $17,000,000.
Hardwood NeWs.
(By HAHOWOOD BZCOBS Special Correspondents.)
Cliicago.
The big hardwood flooring house, the T.
Wilce Company, has just issued a very hand-
some flooring catalog, in which is incorpor-
ated a mass of information for the benefit of
dealers and users of hardwood fiooring.
E. B. Lombard, recently of the firm of
Hayden & Lombard, has entered the lumber
business on his own account, and is fitting up
a handsome suite of offices at 213 Railway
Exchange. Associated with Mr. Lombard will
be John T. Hughes, who is well known to the
local trade.
HARDWOOD RECORD
23
Perley Lowe and Jacob Mortenson. two well
known and wealthy Chicago lumbermen, have
purchased the L. Van Winkle sawmill and
standing timber at Van's Harbor. Delta coun-
ty, Michigan. There are upwards of 20,000,000
feet of timber on the property, which will be
under the management of Reuben Knox, a
well known Chicago lumberman, who was
formerly manager of the Ford River Lumber
Company of Ford River, Mich. With other
timber available to the plant, it is expected
that a long-time lumber operation will be
continued at Van's Harbor.
The Record acknowledges a call on June 4
from H. E. Bacon, of the Bacon-Nolan Hard-
wood Company of Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Bacon
was en route north, arranging for a summer
outing for his family.
Fred Bruening of the hardwood house of
Henry Bruening. Bremen, Germany, was a
waller at the Rkcoud office several days ago.
He is visiting the United States on a buying
trip.
John B. Ransom of Nashville, Tenn., was
in the city the early part of last week.
O. O. Agler of Upham & Agler, spent sev-
eral days in the Wisconsin hardwood timber
country last week.
There will be a meeting of the executive
committee of the National Hardwood Lumber
Association held at the organization's offices
in the Rector building on Thursday, June 14.
This will be the first meeting of the executives
of this association since the May 4 election.
It is announced that the Edward Hines Lum-
ber Company of this city is having plans
drawn with a view to erecting a hardwood
flooring plant here.
E. P. Arpin. president of the Wisconsin
Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, was a
Chicago visitor a few days ago.
W. D. Young. Bay City, Mich., of maple
flooring fame, was in town last week.
Those interested in the development of the
veneer and panel industry should not fail to
remember that the next meeting of the Na-
tional Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation will be held at the Grand Hotel. Cin-
cinnati, Wednesday, June 'JO. This meeting
should call out every manufacturer of veneers
and panels in the country, as many matters
of particular interest and profit to the trade
will be handled.
Excellent opportunities for woodworking
establishments are found at a number of
points on the North-Western Line in the tim-
ber country of Wisconsin and Micliigan. Par-
ties dealing in cooperage will be furnished
with reference to sections where this business
may be conducted favorably. Address the In-
dustrial Department, Chicago & North-West-
crn Railroad, Chicago.
A welcome caller at the Recokd offices last
week was L. T. Davidson, the well known
manufacturer and wholesaler of hardwoods at
Glasgow, Ky,, who was in Chicago on a hasty
business trip.
The Hardwood Record has received, with
the compliments of Nelson A. Gladding of E.
C. Atkins & Co., Inc, Indianapolis, Ind,, a
very handsome volume entitled "Indiana at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition." The
book comprises a brief outline of the work
and personnel of the commission which so
ably conducted the Indiana state exhibition at
St. Louis. It is profusely illustrated, giving
beautiful halftone reproductions of the fifteen
members of the commission, a bird's-eye view
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, various
views of the exterior and interior of the
Indiana state building, and of the many fine
exhibits shown by Indiana interests. It is
withal a very creditable publication, its pages
giving a very graphic picture of an exhibition
of which the Hoosier State may be justly
proud.
Secretary Lewis Doster of the H. M. A. of
U. S. is back in his office after an extended
southern trip.
J. L. Strickland of the Planters' Lumber
Company, Greenville, Miss., was a caller at
the Record office on Wednesday of this week.
The local trade thought it had quite a joke
on Lewis Doster. secretary of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association of the United
States, when either by accident or design he
located his offices adjoining those of the Anti-
Saloon League of America in the First Na-
tional Bank building. When Frank F. Fish,
secretary of the National Hardwood Lumber
Association, recently located the executive
offices of his organization on the tenth floor
of the Rector building, he took particular
pains to see who his neighbors were on that
floor. Unfortunately the owners of the build-
ing were unable to refit Mr. Fish's suite
immediately and temporarily located him on
the ninth floor. Much to his chagrin he finds
that these quarters adjoin the Chicago offices
of the Dwight Keeley Cure. It is really quite
a sight to see Secretary Fish side-step when
he passes this door. He has a force working
nights to get his permanent quarters in shape
for occupancy, and expects to move in next
week.
The firm of Reginald J. Davis & Co., hard-
wood dealers, filed a petition in involuntary
bankruptcy May 25, showing that the firm was
interested in building construction in San
Francisco and that the great disaster was
responsible for its financial trouble. The
liabilities are $60,000 and assets $30,000.
The Southern Oak Lumber Company of Chi-
cago has filed a certificate in the state of
Arkansas showing that $10,000 of its capital
stock is to be used there, and naming James
R. Bush of Helena as agent. An anti-trust
affidavit was filed simultaneously.
The Hardwood Record is in receipt of a
catalogue of the Biltmore Forest School, Bilt-
more, N. C, of which C. A. Schenck, Ph. D.,
is director. The school is now in its eighth
year, and is perhaps the most practical and
best equipped institution of its kind in the
country. It not only has for its director the
best practical forester in the United States,
but its field work is conducted in the great
Pisgah mountain forest belonging to the Bilt-
more estate of Geo. K, Vanderbilt, than which
no other woodlands offer such diversified op-
portunities for study along this line.
Boston.
Several of the local manufacturers of fur-
niture have been having labor trouble at
their plants for the past few weeks. Irving
& Casson, the A. B. & E. S. Shaw Com-
pany and Eastman & Co. have brought a bill
in the superior court against the Amalga-
mated Woodworkers of America, Local 24,
and other unions, seeking an injunction to
prevent members of the union from interfer-
ing in any way with their business.
The Hotchkiss Brothers Company of Tor-
rington. Conn., will erect a building in Hart-
ford, Conn., to be used for the storage of
lumber.
Henry S. Locke, a member of the lumber
firm of H. S. Locke & Co., Needham and
Dedham, Mass., on May 22 was run over by
a train at Dedham and Instantly killed. He
was 63 years of age. Mr. Locke is survived
by a widow, three sons and three daughters.
The Boston Lumber Company has removed
from 27 Kilby street to 79 Milk street, where
it has spacious offices on the sixth floor.
Horace Shepard of the Shepard & Morse
Lumber Company has returned from a three
months' European trip.
The firm of W. L. Lockhart & Co. of Boston
has been dissolved. George H. Howard of
the old firm is settling up the affairs of the
company.
Charles S. Wentworth & Co. of Boston have
leased a new and much larger office in the
Mason building and will remove from their
present location at 147 Milk street before
August 1.
The Davenport, Peters Company has been
Incorporated to succeed the firm of Daven-
port, Peters & Co. The incorporators are
George H. Davenport, William Bacon and
Lewis M. Pratt.
The H. M. Biokford Company, 147 Milk
street, Boston, moved June 1 to larger quarters
in the Mason building.
Charles S. Wentworth of Charles S. Went-
worth & Co., Boston, has just returned from
a trip to New Brunswick.
William E. Litchfield of Boston has returned
from a trip to New York. Mr. Litchfield re-
ports that the extensive improvements at his
mill in North Vernon, Ind., are about com-
pleted.
Ne'w York.
There will be a big time at the golf course
of the Nassau Country Club, Nassau, Long
Island, on June 12 and 13, when a large num-
ber of lumbermen from all over the East and
Canada will contest for valuable cups and
prizes, given by representative New York lum-
bermen.
The H. M. Biokford Company of Boston has
opened a local selling office at 1 Madison
avenue, under the management of Mr. A.
Shoaf.
La Bau & Baker of Jersey City, N. J.,
well-known cypress specialists, have secured
the sales agency north of Norfolk and east of
Pittsburg for the Louisiana Cypress Lumber
Company of Harvey, La., which have with-
drawn from the Cypress Selling Company com-
bine.
Numerous attempts have been made during
the past two months to burn out the yards of
the S. E. Kellar Lumber Company, some of
which have been sufficiently successful to have
entailed total losses to date of about $15,000.
The company is hard at work endeavoring to
apprehend the culprit.
The many friends of Pendennis White of
Buffalo in the local district were shocked to
learn of his sudden death in an automobile
accident at Buffalo on May 31. Mr. White
was president of the Lumber Insurance Com-
pany and the Adirondack Fire Insurance Com-
pany of this city and a heavy stockholder in
the Stevens-Eaton Company of this city, and, in
fact, really began his lumber career here with
L. P. Rider years ago. which partnership later
became White, Rider & Frost. A few years
ago Mr. White withdrew and organized White,
Gratwick & Mitchell at North Tonawanda,
and .soon after became associated with the
Stevens-Eaton Company. For years he has
been a prominent figure in the National
Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association and
was its president for one term. One of the
strongest supporters of the trade flre insur-
ing movement from its inception, he was at
the time of his death the heaviest individual
investor in that line in the lumber trade. He
was a man of much business ability and en-
ergy and a host of friends will miss his wise
counsel and warm friendship.
The trustees of the National Wholesale
Lumber Dealers' Association held a regular
meeting at headquarters, 66 Broadway, May
25, at which time a large amount of routine
businejBs was transacted.
W. E. Uptegrove, Jr., son of W. B. Upte-
grove, head of the firm of W. E. Uptegrrove
& Bro., Brooklyn, who has been associated
with his father in business for some years,
died at the family residence, in Brooklyn on
May 25 in his twenty-fifth year. The sym-
pathy of the trade is Mr. Uptegrove's in his
bereavement.
English & Co. of 1 Broadway Is the latest
wholesale house to join the uptown colony
at 1 Madison avenue.
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Henry Cape. 1 Madison avenue, has been
appointed exclusive sales agent for this dis-
trict for the maple flooring product of W. D.
Young & Co., Bay City, Mich.
T. S. Miller, manager of the hardwood de-
partment of the Stevens-Eaton Company, ac-
companied by George M. Stevens, spent sev-
eral days during the fortnight in the West
Virginia hardwood belt on business.
J. C. Turner of the J. C. Turner Lumber
Company is off on a tour of inspection of his
various southern enterprises.
W. W. Knight, of the Long-Knight Lumber
Company. Indianapolis, Ind., was a visitor last
week on National Hardwood Lumber Associa-
tion affairs.
Nelson H. Walcott, of the L. H. Gage Lum-
ber Company, Providence, R. I., was also
here during the fortnight.
C. H. Stanton of Buffalo spent several days
In the district on business.
W. H. Martz, of the Goodland Cypress
Company. New Orleans, was here last week
renewing acquaintances in the trade and push-
ing their "good cypress."
E. D. Galloway, Galloway-Pease Company,
Johnson City, Tenn.; C. R. Krimm, Williams-
port Hardwood Lumber Company. Williams-
port, Pa.; R. B. Currier. Springfield, Mass..
and R. E. Wood, R. E. Wood Lumber Com-
pany, Baltimore, were also recent visitors.
Allen W. Adams of the Willson & Adams
Company of Mount Vernon, N. T., and a
former partner in Willson, Adams & Co., Man-
hattan, died at Greenwich, Conn., May 18. He
was for years a prominent figure in the local
fraternity and the entire trade, as well as his
business associates, keenly feel his loss.
The new hardwood flooring plant of the
Emporium Lumber Company at Galeton, Pa.,
has begun operations, and Manager C. O.
Shepherd of the local ofiice is about ready to
entertain orders. The plant is a fine one and
will produce about 6,000,000 feet annually.
At a special meeting of the creditors of
the International Mahogany Company, held
here May 23, a proposition, submitted by
George F. Montgomery, a former officer of the
company, to take over the assets for $25,000
cash and make further payments to the
creditors by notes, was accepted. This cash
payment will immediately give the creditors
a 10 per cent dividend, and they will then re-
ceive notes at one, two. three and four years
of a new company, to be known as the Cuba
Commercial Corporation, each for 10 per cent,
making a total dividend of 50 per cent to all
creditors.
Philadelphia.
A special meeting of the inspectors and
officers of the lumbermen's mutual insurance
companies was held on June 4 in the offices
of the Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual
Fire Insurance Company in the Drexel build-
ing and was attended by representatives of
the Lumber Mutual of Boston, Lumbermen's
Mutual of Mansfield, O., Indiana Lumbermen's
Mutual of Indianapolis. Central Manufactur-
ers' Mutual of Van Wert, O., and the
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual. Mr.
Stone of Boston was elected secretary. It
was agreed to have a general and systematic
inspection and there was also a discussion of
matters and methods pertaining to lumber
Insurance in general.
Geo. F. Craig, president of the Lumber
Exchange, attended the meeting of the
Pennsylvania State Forestry Association held
at Harrlsburg June 5 and 6.
A. J. Cadwallader of Geo. F. Craig & Co.
left for Savannah last week, where he wlU
superintend matters at the shipping points
and offices of the concern at that place.
The mills of W. M. McCormick at Town-
send, Tenn., are again In running order. The
property was destroyed by fire on February
21. On March 1 rebuilding was started and
the energy displayed in putting affairs in
running order was the subject of much fav-
orable comment.
Chas. K. Parry of the Righter-Parry Lum-
ber Company is in the South buying lumber
and inspecting the interests of the concern at
various points. This company has lately been
going into hardwoods extensively.
The Blades Lumber Company of Elizabeth
City and Newbern. N. C, announce that they
liave consolidated with the Elizabeth City
Lumber Company and will hereafter be known
under that name.
Norman A. Perry of the Robt. C. Llppincott
concern is spending some time in the South
at various mill points looking over shipments
and attending to other matters for the firm.
Wm. H. Fritz of Wm. H. Fritz & Co. is in
New York, where he controls considerable
trade.
J. J. Rumbarger of the Rumbarger Lumber
Company has been ill for a week or more.
F. T. Rumbarger, who has been spending
some time in New York and Pittsburg, has
again taken charge of his work in the home
office.
A meeting of the Lumbermen's Exchange
of Philadelphia was held on June 7. Besides
the transaction of regular business new mem-
bers were voted upon. Action on the follow-
ing resolution, which has been mooted in
local lumber circles for a long time, was
taken: "Resolved, that this exchange approves
and adopts the rules for inspection of hard-
wood lumber known as the National Hard-
wood Lumber Association Rules, and recom-
mends to its members that all disputes aris-
ing under these rules be referred to the resi-
dent authorized inspector of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association."
A number of local lumbermen who are in-
terested in golf will attend the Lumbermen's
Golf Tournament to be held June 12 and 13
at Nassau Country Club, Nassau Station, L. I.
Those who attend will go under the auspices
of the Philadelphia Lumbermen's Exchange.
H. N. Pattison of the Philadelphia Hard-
wood Lumber Company is visiting various
mill points through Virginia and the South
generally. The firm is making a specialty
of plain red and white oak, which it finds in
great demand among furniture dealers.
R. W. Wistar of Wistar, Underbill & Co.
has just returned from a trip through Vir-
ginia and North Carolina.
J. W. DifEenderfer has started a new saw-
mill on poplar a short distance from Bristol,
Tenn. He has just returned from Damascus,
Va., where the operation is going on double
time.
W. H. Howard of Emporium. Pa., has Just
acquired a tract of about 40.000 acres near
Goshen. Va.. consisting mostly of o.ik, chest-
nut and poplar. The tract extends through
four counties, although most of it lies in Bath.
Mr. Howard is undecided at present whether
to operate or sell.
R. 'W. Schofield of Schofield Brothers has
just returned from their mills where he was
looking over shipments and other matters.
Visitors to the trade lately included Wen-
dell M. Weston of W. M. Weston Company,
Boston; Myron J. Kimball of Kimball &
Prince Lumber Company. Vineland. N. J.;
Samuel M. Bickford, Lock Haven, Pa., and
C. J. Gibson of West Shore Lumber Yard,
Utica, N. Y.
trip, where the groom is giving personal su-
pervision to the mill operated by his company.
Three mahogany logs, said to be among the
most perfect specimens of this wood ever
brought into the United States, were received
here two weeks ago and taken to the plant
of the Williamson Veneer Company at High-
landtown. a suburb, where they are to be cut
up into veneers. The logs measured 14 feet
in length and 3 to 5 feet in thickness. They
were brought from British Honduras and are
valued at not less than $10,000. The work 61
slicing is being done for a Louisville firm,
which imported the logs by way of New Or-
leans.
Among the visiting lumbermen here within
the past two weeks were Norman G. and Boyd
Wright, representing the Glasgow hardwood
importing firm of Wright. Graham & Co. The
Messrs. Wright had been on an extended tour
through the United States and were on their
way to New York, preparatory to sailing for
Europe. Their travels extended as far as Se-
attle and Tacoma, and they came back full
of admiration for the Pacific coast and its op-
portunities. They sailed from New York
June 2.
The saw and planing mill on the farm of
Burton H. Bowden. near Seaford, Del., was
destroyed by fire May 26. together with sev-
eral thousand feet of lumber. The plant was
sold to John Collins five weeks before, and 0
during the interval had been on fire twice be-
fore it burned to the ground. It was valued
at $5,000. There was no insurance.
Baltimore.
The marriage of David T. Carter of Carter,
Hughes & Co. of this city, and the Iron
Mountain Lumber Company of Virginia, to
Miss Mary Hopkins, daughter of a well-known
business man of Port Deposit, Md., took place
there on June 7. Mr. Carter is a very popular
young man and has the felicitations of a large
number of friends. He and his bride will go
to Troutdale, Va., after an extended wedding
Pittsburg.
O. H. Rectanus of the A. M. Turner Lumber
Company has been making quite an extended
trip through the Northwest in search of white
pine stocks. The company's mills in the
South are all very busy and a big season's
cut is already assured.
The James I. M. Wilson Company, the
Nicola Lumber Company, the C. P. Caughey
Lumber Company and the M. B. Farrin Lum-
ber Company report business as excellent,
and predict a busy summer.
The last week in May forest fires did much
damage in the hardwood districts of West
Virginia. Most of them were in the vicinity
of Davis and Parsons and on the Otter Creek
Boom & Lumber Company's tract. Over 3,009
cords of bark were burned and also the saw-
mill and a large amount of dressed lumber
belonging to Kenny & Rains at Harman,
P. A. Opperman and W. W. Collin are two
new wholesalers who have lately located In
the Machesney building. The former will
make a specialty of mill work and the latter
Intends \o do a general wholesale business.
The Pittsburg Wholesale Lumber Dealers'
Association is flourishing, and several new
firms have been admitted since April 1. The
association will hoW its regular annual picnic
about the middle of this month at Ross Grove.
Manager J. G. Chrij e of the Interior Lum-
ber Company says thai his company's mills at
Oneida, Tenn., are runnmg full and that they
will probably keep going all summer.
The William H. Schuette Company is re-
building its mill at Bellhaven, N. C, which
was burned recently. The new plant will be
run under the name of the Bellhaven Lumber
Company and will have a capacity of 30,000
feet of worked lumber In addition to a sawmill
which will cut 75,000 feet a day.
The Llllo Brothers Company has the con-
tract for 450,000 feet of timber which the
Eruening Cork Company will use in the build-
ing of its big cork factory at Oakdale.
The Liberty Lumber & Planing Mill Com-
pany has been chartered with a capital of
$50,000 to succeed to the business of the J.
W. Gallagher Lumber Company which has
gone out of existence. The Liberty company
has the Gallagher yard in the East End, one
of the largest in the city, and is rapidly
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stocking it with a full line of hardwoods.
The W. M. Gillespie Lumber Company
now has its Pennsylvania charter and has
secured a suite of offices in the Farmers Bank
building. William M. Gillespie, head of the
company, has severed his connection of many
years' standing with the Murphy Mill & Lum-
ber Company, and has as his active assistant
in the new firm Fontaine McCoIlum, who was
for years with the J. E. North Lumber Com-
pany.
The Kendall Lumber Company has added to
its force of salesmen William A. Smith of the
Buswell Lumber Company of Minneapolis, who
will work the Pittsburg trade. The Kendalls
are getting their Maryland operations in shape
to make some record breaking cuts.
Fred R. Babcock is spending this week at
the head of the big Merchants' & Manufac-
turers' Association of Pittsburg, which is
touring northeastern Ohio.
The West Virginia Lumber Company re-
ports stiffer prices on hardwoods. Its con-
nections in West Virginia and Tennessee
enable it to be a very active competitor in
the hardwood market this year.
The J. M. Hastings Lumber Company has
nearly completed its new plant at Jackson-
burg. W. Va., where it will cut 20,000 feet a
day of hemlock and hardwoods. It has. built
three miles of steel railroad into its tract and
has equipped this with Climax engines, log-
ging cars, loaders and skidders. The manager
of the new operation will be J. B. Patterson,
who is now directing the work of a large
force of millwrights and bridge builders.
J. N. Woollett has been buying much hard-
wood timber and stock along the Tennessee
Central Railroad to keep up with the rapidly
growing trade of the American Lumber &
Manufacturing Company in hardwoods. Its
sales in this department this year bid fair to
eclipse all previous records.
The Flint, Erving & Stoner Company is
getting its big deal at Dunlevie, W. Va.,
closed up in good shape and is formulating
plans for a big increase in the output of the
plants in the fall. J. B. Flint, president of
the newly formed Flint. Erving & Stoner
Lumber Company, under which name the new
operation will be conducted, is delighted with
the purchase and says that the company will
have an abundance of hardwood of all kinds
as soon as it gets its plants in full opera-
tion. The feature of the town of Dunlevie,
which was included in the $1,000,000 purchase,
is that every house is quite as modern as
ordinary city dwellings — something unusual
In lumber towns and which draws the best
class of workmen.
Willson Brothers Lumber Company Is get-
ting its hardwood connections bulwarked in a
way that will make them safe against a fierce
onslaught of orders. I. F. Balsley, their hard-
wood manager, reports that the firm has about
7,000,000 feet of dry poplar lumber in its West
Virginia stocks.
The Linehan Lumber Company sees the best
year in 1906 that it has ever had. J. J. Line-
han recently spent a week to good advantage
in Boston, New York and other eastern cities
and is now on his way to the mills in Ken-
tucky.
Buffalo.
The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company
has a barge of birch in from the upper lakes
and is also getting it from other sources.
Both F. W. Vetter and H. S. Janes of the
Empire Lumber Company are home now,
something unusual, as one covers the eastern
part of the South and the other the western.
J. F. Knox is home most of the time of late,
after his long stay south in oak timber dis-
tricts.
The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company
finds Its Buffalo yard too small and has to
pile its stock up very high. New yards are
scarce, but efforts to find one are being made.
A. W. Kreinheder is south.
A. J. Ellas appears to be coming out best
in the Buffalo river improvement fight. It
has been a long one. but he never gives up
and is now able to see preparations for the
work under way; and more lumber yards next.
Angus McLean is giving most of his time
to the St. Lawrence river mills of the McLean
interest.
A. Miller bought considerable chestnut on
his late southern trip and is trying to keep a
stock of it, but finds it one of the scarcest of
woods.
The oak specialty of Scatcherd & Son is
hard to keep up in these days of poor logging
weather and car shortage. A big sale of low-
grade oak is reported of late.
Saginaw Valley.
The present week marks the end and the
beginning of a lumber industry. The Batclie-
lor Timber Company of Saginaw, organized
a few weeks ago with a capital stock of
$200,000 for the purpose of consolidating the
interests of the members of the company,
J. T. Wylie, H. A. Batchelor and H. A.
Batchelor, jr., has purchased the saw mill
property of the Gale Lumber Company at
West Branch, on the Mackinaw division of
the Michigan Central, seventy-three miles
north of Bay City. The Gale company bought
several thousand acres of timber land in
Ogemaw county, near West Branch, twelve
years ago. The timber was mostly hardwood,
the pine having been taken off years ago.
The Gale people have manufactured the entire
timber and the mill quit this week. It has
been on the market for some time, as it
was known the company was about winding
up its affairs. The purchasers will make some
repairs in the mill and put it into condition
for sawing at the earliest moment. The
Batchelor company will bring to the mill
about 80,000,000 feet of hardwood timber from
lands it owns in northern counties in the
lower peninsula. The logs will be carried to
the mill by rail and will give the Michigan
Central a vast quantity of freight, since the
logs must be railed to the mill and the manu-
factured product shipped to market by rail.
The mill is a single band with a capacity of
9,000,000 feet annually. The owners will also
erect a modern maple flooring plant to be
operated in connection with the mill with a
capacity of at least 10.000,000 feet annually.
Mr. Wylie is son-in-law of H. A. Batchelor,
and in addition to interests in the WVlie &
Buell Lumber Company, which owns a large
body of timber in Cheboygan and Otsego
counties, is also interested in four large coop-
erage plants, one at Saginaw, one at Gaylord,
one at Boyne City and one at Interlochen.
The industry just opening at West Branch
has a lease of life as long as the one just
finished.
The S. L. Eastman Flooring Company at
Saginaw is to build two cement dry kilns.
The company purchased its entire stock of
lumber early in the year, contracting with the
Kneeland, Buell & Bigelow Company for 10,-
000,000 feet of maple lumber, and also bought
of other parties.
There will be manufactured this season in
the valley a much larger quantity of ash than
usual in recent years. This commodity has
been rather scarce in this portion of Michigan.
A lot of basswood is being manufactured
here and at interior Northern Michigan mills.
It is held to be good property this year and
the culls are quickly sold for box stuff. The
entire output of two Bay City mills for the
season has been contracted for by local box
manufacturers.
Basswood is also used for excelsior. The
Alpena Excelsior Company received a cargo
or 180 cords yesterday from Cecil Bay, on the
Lake Michigan shore.
M. P. Gale of the Gale Lumber Company,
whose residence is at Saginaw; J. T. Phillips
and A. W. Seeley of Saginaw, and John Tol-
free of West Branch recently purchased a
tract of timber land of the Sage Land &
Improvement Company of Bay City estimated
to contain 100,000,000 feet of timber, nearly all
hardwood, and located in the upper peninsula.
They will either erect a sawmill or arrange
to have the timber manufactured at Ontona-
gon. They have the logging railroad which
has been operated by the Gale Lumber i^om-
pany near West Branch and which was not
included in the purchase by the Batchelor
Timber Company as the latter has no use for
it, and this may be taken to the upper
peninsula.
W. D. Young & Co. are running steadily
day and night and the J. J. Flood mill is also
cutting for Y'oung & Co. The business of the
firm is in healthy condition.
The Sherman Saw Mill Company has erected
a small hardwood sawmill near Gladwin with
a capacity of 15,000 feet a day.
The Kneeland. Buell & Bigelow Company
is cutting out a lot of fine maple timber as
well as boards. Some of the timber is 22 feet
long. The manager says the trade is good
and they have all they can comfortably attend
to and at that their orders keep ahead of
them. The company carries about 4,500,000
feet in the yard.
The Kneeland-Bigelow Company mill is run-
ning day and night and is carrying in the
yard over 4,000,000 feet of lumber.
Bliss & Van Auken always have a business
that is satisfactory and one that keeps their
plant in operation day and night. They also
operate a flooring plant. The maple flooring
business is very good this season.
Holmes & Nicholson shipped from Rogers
City a few days ago a cargo of hardwood
lumber that had lain on the dock eighteen
months and was dry as a bone. It went to
Detroit.
The H. M. Loud's Sons Company at Au Sable
is manufacturing some fine hardwood lumber
and has shipped several cargoes to Lake Erie
ports.
Grand Bapids.
The Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company re-
cently opened new yards at Helena, Ark.
Chas. A. Phelps is in Hackley, Wis., looking
after the cutting and manufacturing opera-
tions. Large quantities of basswood and
birch are being cut at the double band mill
plant.
The Lumbermen's Association of Graiid
Rapids held an enjoyable meeting at the
Lakeside Club May 29 and President Carroll
F. Sweet was heartily congratulated on his
election to the directorate of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association. It was de-
cided by the association to hold monthly
meetings.
Imports of mahogany logs by local furniture
manufacturers for the past 12 months reached
a total of 684,000 feet, as compared with 488,
000 feet for the year preceding. The 15 per
cent duty on mahogany lumber has shut off
the receipts of lumber almost entirely.
The Cobbs & Mitchell mill at Cadillac Is
making an average cut of 30,000 feet during
the night shift.
The mill of the Wisconsin Land & Lumber
Company at Hermansville. Menominee county,
will cut about sixteen million feet of logs this
season, or two million feet in excess of last
year's cut. New machinery has been placed
in the flooring department.
Harry Kneeland of Traverse City is trying
the experiment of raising black locust trees
on an eighty-acre tract of cutover land near
Mayfield. He proposes to set out the entire
tract and it is estimated that in 10 years the
trees will be big enough for ties or posts.
John J. Foster of Greenville, president of
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the Foster-Winchester Lumber Co. of this
city, was in Grand Rapids June 5 on a short
'business trip.
Fire has destroyed the sawmill of the Gor-
bam Bro,s. Co, at Mt, Pleasant, with loss of
about $12,000. The water supply pumps were
put out of commission, which necessitates a
shutdown of the entire woodworking plant,
employing- nearly 200 hands.
The 15th wedding anniversary of Mr, and
Mrs, John F, Ott, the well known lumber
Tnanufacturer of Traverse City, was observed
in that city June 2 and proved to be the
prettiest social function of the season.
The Grand Rapids committee of the Michi-
gan Forestry Association held an enthusiastic
meeting in Chas, W, Garfield's office June 4
and discussed the importance of securing
effective legislation for preventing and con-
trolling forest fires in the state. Prof, Roth,
state forest warden, will spend most of his
summer vacation in the state reserve lands,
looking after the establishing of fire lines.
Three fires started in the reserve during May
and two of them were put out before any
damage was done, while the third burned
over about 100 acres, but happened to be in a
section where there were few young trees to
be injured.
Most of the refrigerator plants of the state
are working to their full capacity. The
Alaska Co, of Muskegon Heights will turn
out 50,000 refrigerators at the close of the
fiscal year, July 31. During May 66 carloads
of lumber were unloaded at the plant. The
company has just received the first shipment
of 1,000,000 feet of ash bought at Manistee
last winter.
The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company
expects to start the manufacture of billiard
and pool tables and balls at its Muskegon
factory in September, The new factory
buildings require a million and a half feet
of lumber and the builders state that the
market price of this lumber has advanced
$5,000 since the contracts were placed less
than a year ago,
L. L, King, for many years with the J, E,
Greilich Co, of Traverse City as estimator,
has accepted a position with the W. H, White
Co, at Boyne City,
The CartierChapman Co,, manufacturers of
sleighs, cutters, etc, at Ludington, after be-
ing in operation less than two years has found
it necessary to erect larger buildings and the
capacity of the plant will be doubled. The
main addition is 60x160 feet, and there is a
new machine room and blacksmith shop 50x50
feet.
Hardwood logs loaded on barges are being
brought down from Drummond island this
summer by the Ludington Woodenware Co,
George A, Hume of Muskegon has returned
from a trip to the Hume-Bennett Lumber
Company's properties in Fresno county, Cal,
The company has rebuilt the smaller mill
and it is in operation, cutting 75,000 feet
daily, while the new mill, with cutting capac-
ity of 100,000 feet, will start up about June 10,
Indianapolis.
There is no change in the carpenters' strike,
which has been on here since May 1, The
carpenters demand an increase of wages from
S'Vz to 42% cents per hour, which the con-
tractors refuse to grant. As a result over 250
carpenters are on strike, while painters and
machinists, to the number of 150 each, are
also out. The strike is having little effect on
building operations, as many non-union work-
men have been put at work in place of the
strikers.
In discussing the high prices prevalent on
all kinds of lumber, Sam Eurkholder, the well-
known lumber dealer of Crawfordsville, Ind,,
says that people are too much inclined to
blame the lumbermen for high prices, "As a
matter of fact," says Mr, Burkholder, "the
lumber dealer can not help the high prices,
"^''hile he is now getting from SO to 100 per
cent more for lumber than he did five years
ago, he is also paying from 200 to 300 per
cent more for stumpage. So it is in reality
the farmer or timber owner who has trees to
sell who gets the real benefit of the high
prices,"
The sawmill of Jacob Raab at Raab's
Corner, Ind., was recently destroyed by fire,
with a loss of $1,S00, and only $500 insurance.
The plant of the Star Carriage Company of
Rushville, Ind., has been removed to Hunting-
ton, where the owners were offered a building
and a bonus.
On the night of May 29 fire of unknown
origin damaged the lumber yard of Henry Ma-
ley of Evansville, Ind., to the extent of $75,-
000, There was but $15,000 insurance carried
by the firm.
The sawmill belonging to James Everson of
Crawfordsville, Ind., has been purchased by
Hill & Robinson of Flat Rock, Ind.. for $2,350,
Mr, Hill will remove to Crawfordsville to as-
sume active management of the mill. Hill &
Robinson own several sawmills in Indiana,
Asheville.
At an ad.lourned meeting of hardwood manu-
facturers of western North Carolina, held at
the Battery Park hotel here Saturday after-
noon, May 26, the Asheville Lumber Exchange
was permanently organized, oflicers elected,
and other business of importance transacted.
Although the Asheville Lumber Exchange is
an independent association it will co-operate
with the Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa-
tion of the United States and may eventually
be consolidated with that organization. The
meeting was called to order by W, T, Mason:
Louis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association, was made tem-
porary secretary. The minutes of the previous
meeting held at the Swannanoa Country Club
when the organization of the Asheville Lum-
ber Exchange was determined upon, were read
by Dr, C, A, Schenck of Biltmore, Dr,
Schenck outlined his conference with the
Southern Railway officials relative to freight
rates and said that the Southern was willing
to make reasonable concessions if certain
shipping regulations were complied with, A
motion was made that a committee from the
Lumber Exchange be appointed to attend the
meeting of the Freight Agents' Association at
Lake Toxaway June 10, The motion pre-
vailed and a committee composed of Dr,
Schenck, chairman, and Messrs, English,
Fisher, Hutton, Hobbs, Hall and Wood was
appointed.
Mr. Winchester of the Committee on Per-
manent Organization, made a report recom-
mending that the name of the association be
the Asheville Lumber Exchange, A constitu-
tion and by-laws were submitted, approved
and adopted.
Officers for the exchange were elected as
follows: W. T. Mason of Asheville, presi-
dent; John M. Burns of Asheville, vice-presi-
dent; A, F, Hall of Asheville, secretary and
treasurer; directors for two years, G, N, Hut-
ton of Hickory and W, N. Woodbury of
Murphy; directors for one year, E. E, Quinlan
of Waynesville and G, L, 'Wbod of Asheville,
Honorary members were elected as follows:
Judge J, C. Pritchard of Asheville, M. 'V,
Richards of Washington, D. C. ; J. F, Hayes
and J, H, Caine of Asheville,
A resolution was adopted inviting the Hard-
wood Manufacturers' Association to hold its
next meeting in Asheville.
Among those attending the meeting were:
J, O, Foering, H. W. Fry, F. C. Fisher, J. M.
Burns. R. H. Johnson, W. T. Mason. A. F.
Hall. A. H, Winchester, C, E, Gordon, J. E.
Dickerson, A, J. Combe, G, H, Hutton, E, H.
Hall, C. A, Schenck, "Wta, Stevens, F, L,
Winchester, L. M, Ewbank, J. A, Murray, J.
M, English, W. H, Wilcox, C, H, Hobbs, Burt
Mason, A, Buchanan, J. L. Clute, L, C. Wil-
liams. F. A, Fuller, J. E. Hawthorne, A, R.
Stimson, W, K, Merrick, J. C, Tarkington,
W, J, K, Osborne, Lewis Doster, W. G.
Chandler and J, H, Caine.
The Asheville Lumber Exchange will hold
two meetings annually and other meetings
upon the call of the president. The principal
object for which the association was formed
was to further the cause of uniform grading.
Nashville.
The Jamison Manufacturing Company has
been organized here with a capital stock of
$50,000. The incorporators are: H. D. Jami-
son. Robert Dyas. R. Houston Dudley, E. J.
Shepherd, E, M. Shepherd and T, S, Sims,
Mr, Dudley has been elected president of the
concern, Mr. Dyas is vice-president, Mr.
Jamison is secretary and general manager,
and E. J. Shepherd is treasurer, A full line
of up-to-date furniture will be manufactured.
The company has a large warehouse and fac-
tory in North Nashville convenient to the
Illinois Central and the N, C, & St. L, Rail-
way.
The Palmetto Manufacturing Company, a
concern recently organized in Nashville to
manufacture axe, hoe and broom handles,
brackets, etc., has the following officers: W.
H. Cooper, president; William Lowndes, vice-
president; W. H. Hicklin, secretary and gen-
eral manager. The directors are: L, D,
Matthews of Arkansas City, Ark,; William
Lowndes, Birmingham, Ala,, and Dr, H. T.
Campbell, W. H. Hicklin, John S, Woodall.
John H, Samuel and W, H, Cooper, The
company has secured a brick structure in
North Nashville on the L, & N. and the
Illinois Central tracks. Machinery is now
being installed and the concern proposes to
begin operations in the near future.
The Nashville Association of Carriage and
Wagon Makers met this week at the rooms
of the Board of Trade in regular session. An
invitation was read setting forth a request
from the National Association of Vehicle
Makers urging an attendance at the next
annual convention to be held in Atlanta. Ga,,
during October, 1906. The Atlanta "Vehicle
Club also requested that the Nashville manu-
facturers take in their exhibit. The Nash-
ville carriage and wagon manufacturers will
arrange to send delegates to both,
R. J. Darnell of Memphis was in the city
recently purchasing hardwoods, poplar being
the principal item sought.
The American Hardwood Lumber Company
of St. Louis is establishing a large lumber
yard at Dickson. Tenn. The plant will be in
charge of John M. Smith, the well-known
lumberman who recently had such a dis-
astrous experience with the Creelman inter-
ests of Chicago. The company proposes to
buy and ship all classes of marketable lumber.
Farmers in this section are making com-
plaints about the unusual number of bugs
and insects that are infesting the trees this
summer. They declare that the seventeen-
year locust, which is the most dreaded of all
pests, is on hand in large numbers. The
Tennessee Department of Agriculture has
been appealed to for information as to how
to get rid of the bugs,
A special from Mount Sterling, Ky,, states
that the boiler in the plant of the Lyons
Company near Frenchburg blew up, killing
three men and fatally injuring three others.
The financial loss to this sawmill is also
reported heavy,
A recent visitor to Nashville was G. H.
Gross, superintendent of telegraph for the
Illinois Central Railroad. Mr, Gross came to
Nashville in company with his assistant, B.
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Weeks, and their mission was tliat of looking
into the supply of red cedar and chestnut
poles left in Tennessee.
The secretary of state has granted a charter
to the People's Lumber Company of Hamilton
county, with a capital stock of $4,000 and
incorporators as follows: J. F. Nipper. W. R.
Sullivan. 'W. M. Settlers. A. G. Goous. J. A.
Varner and Frank Jones.
The E. & N. Manufacturing Company, one
of the largest woodworking plants in the
South, has just been awarded the contract to
suppl.v the interior fixtures of the new Cast-
ner-Knott building in course of construction
on Church street. The contract is worth
about $50,000. This concern also secured the
contract to furnish the interior finishings for
the department store of C. A. Kaufman of
New Orleans.
One of the most spectacular fires seen for
many a day in Nashville was the burning of
a big wooden water tank on top of the E. &
N. Manufacturing Company's building, sup-
plying the sprinkler system with water and
holding some 15,000 gallons. The flames could
be seen in all directions as the tank was on
top of a high building and mounted on trestle
work at that. The flre caught from sparks
from a smokestack of the plant. The loss
was only a few hundred dollars.
The big furniture plant of the Greenfield-
Tolbert-Finney-Battle Company on Third
avenue. North, burned out a few days ago.
The company carried about $50,000 worth of
stock and all of it was either burned or
seriously damaged. It was fully insured.
Lewis & Vick are erecting a large planing
mill at Camden. Tenn.
Dealers at Munsey. III., have recently placed
an order for 75,000 hickory spokes with the
Alexander-Coffee Company at Yokelet. Tenn..
near Lynnville. This Is a new plant and has
a capacity of 10,000 spokes a day. Hickory
Is reported to be plentiful in that region.
Manchester, Tenn., suffered quite a serious
loss by fire on May 31. The big Manchester
Manufacturing Company's factory went up in
flames, entailing a loss of $18,000. The build-
ings caught from a pile of shavings. J. R.
Tubb of Sparta, Tenn.. and T. B. Clark of
Manchester are the principal losers.
Hamilton Love of the firm of Love. Boyd
& Co. is at Mount Clemens, Mich., for his
health.
Memphis.
Negotiations are under way here for the
consolidation of two prominent lumber com-
panies operating from Memphis headquarters.
Those directly interested say that plans have
not yet been completed and that for this rea-
son they are not yet in position to give out
any details thereon. It may be stated, how-
ever, that the corporation resulting from this
consolidation will be a very strong one, that
it will control a large area of timber lands
and will have several mills, one of which is
located in Memphis and the others in Missis-
sippi.
Interests identified with the Bacon-Nolan
Hardwood Company are preparing for the
erection of a large hardwood mill at Charles-
ton, Miss. The Illinois Central is now build-
ing a railroad from Phillips. Miss., to Charles-
ton, and this will run directly through the
body of timber lands owned by the interests
in question, thus materially facilitating their
development. In fact, the statement is author-
ized that the road, which Is a branch line, is
being built principally to aid in the develop-
ment of this immense tract of timber lands.
The Corner Stone Lumber Company, organ-
ized here a short time ago with capital stock
of $350,000, will erect its mill at Corner Stone,
Ark,, a station on the St. Louis Southwestern
railroad, from which it takes its name. The
company controls about 15,000 acres of hard-
wood timber lands and, as soon as the papers
have been prepared and the bonds, which are
to run twenty years and bear five per cent
interest, issued, steps will be taken looking to
the development of these holdings. C. W.
Stover of the Stover Lumber Company is the
principal local stockholder.
The sawmill and warehouse of W. S. Mayes,
Mt. Carmel, Tenn,. about five miles from Cov-
ington, were destroyed by flre a- short time
ago, entailing a loss of about $5,000, with no
insurance. The warehouse was filled with
dressed lumber, doors, sash, blinds and other
material,
Fred Herrick and associates of Lac du
Flambeau, Wis., who recently acquired the
50,000 acres of timber lands owned by Foley
& Larson of St. Paul in the Pearl river valley
in Mississippi, are acquiring other tracts of
both hardwood and yellow pine lands. Ten-
nessee and Louisiana capitalists are also re-
ported to be operating with freedom in the
purchase of timber lands in Leake. Winston
and Neoshoba counties, further up in the val-
ley, their purchases being estimated in excess
of $1,000,000. It is believed that these pur-
chases insure the building of a railroad
through the valley to facilitate the develop-
ment of the land.
The Illinois Central is making a preliminary
survey for a railroad running from Aberdeen.
Miss., to Sheffield. Ala., with the purpose of
establishing direct connection between the
Illinois Central and the Tennessee river. The
Aberdeen Business League is behind the
project and regards the new line as assured.
The road will run through a magnificent sec-
tion of hardwood timber lands in northeastern
Mississippi and northwestern Alabama.
An assessment of 50 cents on the dollar has
been ordered l<<vied on all the stockholders
of the recently failed Bank of Newport. New-
port, Ark., which closed its doors because of
its inability to realize on its claims against
the C. B. Kelly Lumber Company of Texar-
kana. Ark. The latter company is now in the
hands of receivers and its plant is being oper-
ated for the benefit of creditors. The mill and
other holdings will be sold July 7 under orders
of the Federal Court.
L. C. and E. H. Nolan, who were stock-
holders in the Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Com-
pany, have withdrawn therefrom, and are now
erecting a large tight heading factory in New
South Memphis which will soon be in opera-
tion. Hardwood timber will be used exclu-
sively in the manufacture of this product.
Russe & Burgess have suffered a slight
delay recently in the operation of their re-
saw occasioned by the bursting of the fly or
drive wheel on the engine running the re-saw.
The accident damaged the building and foun-
dation of the engine considerably, but no
serious injury or loss of life occurred. They
have found the same engine in stock here
and are now running again on full time.
The Royal Cafe, operated by the Max Kop-
pel Catering Company, in which a number of
prominent hardwood lumbermen here were
interested, has been sold to L, D. Block and
will be reopened by him about June 15. Max
Sondheimer was one of the principal pro-
moters of the company.
J. W. Thompson of the J. W. Thompson
Lumber Company has been spending consid-
erable time at Selma. Ala., recently where
some changes are being made in the Schuh-
Miller Lumber Company in which he is Inter-
ested.
Mr. Kile of the Kile & Morgan Co., Provi-
dence. R. I., who is one of the larger stock-
holders In the Tyronza Lumber Company at
Earle, Ark,, was a recent visitor here, en-
route to Earle to look after the Interests of
his firm.
W. E. Smith of the W. E. Smith Lumber
Company and the Three States Lumber Com-
pany has gone to his old home at Eau Claire.
Wis., where he will spend some time in the
hope of regaining his health. Mr. Smith has
been in poor health for some time. Mr. Greble
IS looking after the affairs of the two com-
panies during Mr. Smith's absence.
George Banks of the Banks Lumber Com-
pany. Hernando, Miss., was in the city this
week.
A railroad has been projected from Mari-
anna to Brinkley, Ark., a distance of 30 miles.
A company, known as the Marianna. Brinkley
& Western, has been formally chartered.
George C. Ehemann of Bennett & Witte
and secretary of the Lumbermen's Club of
Memphis, is out of the city on business con-
nected with his flrm.
New Orleans.
A deal whereby the Pensacola Lumber Com-
pany and the William S. Keyser Lumber Com-
pany, both of Pensacola, Fla„ were merged
mto a half million dollar concern was con-
summated June 1 in Pensacola. These two
companies have for many years been ranked
with the largest exporters of lumber and tim-
ber in the South. A name for the big con-
cern has not yet been decided upon. The
Keyser company was composed of Mr. Keyser
and James M. Muldon of Pensacola and Wil-
liam Rudolph of Biloxi. It had offices at
Biloxi, Gulfport. Mobile and Pensacola. The
Pensacola Lumber Company was composed of
F. C. and D. G. Brent. W. H. Knowles and
F. R. Meade of Pensacola and foreign capi-
talists. It had offices at Pensacola and Lon-
don. Eng.
Between $700,000 and $800,000 will be in-
vested by Michigan capitalists in a large
hardwood plant which they purpose to build
m Ouachita parish. Louisiana. The land on
which this plant will be built was secured
recently by an act of sale transferring from
Capt. L. D. McLain. of Ouachita, to the Oak
Lumber Co., of Michigan, a large tract of
land south of West Monroe and just across
the river from the Monroe Lumber Company's
plant. All the hardwood on the Monroe Lum-
ber Company's lands has also been secured by
the Oak Lumber Company. The site for the
big mill is now being surveyed and it is ex-
pected it will be completed and in operation
in less than a year.
Stockholders of the Otis Manufacturing
Company, of mahogany fame, and of S. T.
AIcus & Co., box manufacturers, recently
formed the Otis-Alcus Lumber Company,
Ltd., with a capitalization of $100,000. The
officers are S. T. AIcus. president; Henry
AIcus, vice-president; Henry A, Otis, secre-
tary, and Rowland Otis, treasurer.
.\dvices from Gulfport. Miss., state that for
the month ending May 31, Gulfport exported
84 per cent of the lumber handled in the dis-
trict between New Orleans and Mobile, The
total exports for the district, it is stated, were
36,083,000 feet board measure, and of this
amount Gulfport is credited with 30,557,000
feet. This was lumber actually loaded on
vessels at the wharf at Gulfport, and does not
include a foot brought by vessels from other
points to Gulfport, where the remainder of
the cargo was loaded.
The Eoice Realty Company, Boice, La., will
build a sawmill of 30,000 feet daily capacity
about two miles from Boice on the Texas-
Paciflc Railway. The company owns 12,000
acres of cottonwood, oak, ash and cypress
timberlands. It is expected that the plant
will be in operation in about two months.
A. A. Joiner is president of the company;
interested with him are W. R. Borron, j!
Dawson Johnson and E. L. Joyner.
Minneapolis.
Thomas E. Powe. vice president of the
IPummer Lumber Company of St. Louis, was
in Minneapolis this week interviewing cus-
tomers. He makes this territory about twice
a year and reports an increasing use of cypress
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by the sash and door trade on the upper Mis-
sissippi. He also finds good sale for it as
yard stock, in mixed cars with poplar, to the
retailers of the Northwest.
Bert Trump, representing Thomas & Proetz
of St. Louis, was also here this week calling
on the trade, and at the same time came Ted
Jones of the G. W. Jones Lumber Company,
Appleton. Wis. L. K. Miller of Chicago and
Otto Meyer of the Bonsack Lumber Company.
St. Louis, have also been here recently.
The building movement is lighter at most
northwestern points, including Minneapolis,
than it was last year.
E. Payson Smith, Jr.. has returned from a
trip to down river points. George S. Agnew,
associated in the Payson Smith Lumber Com-
pany, is back from an extended stay in Mis-
sissippi, where he was looking after shipments
of stock contracted by the company. A. S.
Bliss says the company has been enjoying a
good business: sales for the five months of
1906 are equal to the entire year's business in
1905.
F, M. Bartelme, formerly with tipham &
Agler, but who since March 1 has been in
the wholesale hardwood business here on his
own account, returned this week from an ex-
tended business trip among the Wisconsin
mills. He is handling a good line of northern
hardwood, and expects to take on some south-
ern stock a little later.
W. H. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Com-
pany says his company is about cleaned out
of dry northern stock in oak and elm, except
a small stock left at the Ruby Lumber Com-
pany's mill at Ruby, but it is shipping new
basswood at good prices, and soon will have
some new birch on the market. The com-
pany has already contracted for the sale of
about two-thirds of its new stock.
D. F. Clark of Osborne & Clark is back
from a business trip to Chicago and Mil-
waukee. This firm reports a rather light
demand for yard stock, but general conditions
in the trade satisfactory.
White birch blocks for paving will be given
a test in Minneapolis, with the various soft
woods. The Forest .Service is conducting the
test on a Minneapolis city block, with the
aid of the city engineer. The other woods
being tested here are fir, larch and spruce
from the west coast, Norway pine, jack pine,
tamarack and hemlock. Southern woods are
to be given a similar test at Washington.
Louisville.
A new company has been organized in Louis-
ville for the purpose of manufacturing hard-
wood flooring — the Louisville Hardwood noor-
Ing Company. The company is capitalized at
$100,000, and the officers are: Chas. H. Stotz
of the Stotz Lumber Company, president; W.
R, Willett, vice president, and T. E. Blood,
secretary. Both Mr, Willett and Mr. Blood
are already associated with Mr. Stotz in the
lumber business. A tract of ground in south
Louisville, two or three blocks from the Stotz
Lumber Company's present yard, has been
purchased on which the new flooring plant
will be established, and to which the Louisville
lumber yards of the Stotz Lumber Company
will be moved. The Stotz Lumber Company,
in addition to its heavy volume of business in
hardwood lumber in the North and East, has
an excellent local trade in hardwood flooring,
which it thinks will probably take care of 60
per cent of the product of the new flooring
plant. The Louisville Hardwood Flooring
Company will make a specialty of oak and
beech flooring. The machinerj' equipment has
not yet been purchased, but it is to be the best
and most up-to-date from dry kiln to piling
shed.
The Platter-Powell Company, which is a
branch of the North Vernon Pump & Lumber
Company. North Vernon, Ind,, operating a mill
in southwest Louisville, will add a hardwood
flooring factory and planing mill to its plant
in the near future. The company is holding
back now until the city puts through a street
bordering the plot of seven acres of ground,
on which the factory will be located.
The mills on the Point are running steadily,
the only complaint being that labor is scarce
and they can't get enough hands to keep
things moving as they would like.
Mr. Overstreet of the Southern Lumber Com-
pany says what has worried him most this
year has been the inability to get lumber
hauled to the railroads from country mills.
He says he has grown tired of making excuses
to customers for delayed shipments when he
has had the stock at the mills ready to ship,
but has been handicapped by lack of teams to
move it. Conditions are improving, however,
and from this time on there will not be much
trouble in getting teams enough to do all the
hauling wanted. Mr. Overstreet says this ex-
perience is enough, however, to cure him of
selling stock and promising shipment at a
specified time without first getting the stock
piled on the railroad. He says the demand
is good for both poplar and oak, and he finds
no trouble at all in disposing of all he can
get to market.
Hardwood Market.
(By HABCWOOD BECOBD Exclusive Market Beporters.)
Chicago.
Inquiries among the local jobbing trade re-
veal some peculiar features. Holders of dry
stocks of oak, gum, poplar and other southern
woods are having an excellent trade. In fact,
some dealers report having made the best
business record of their history during the
last month. Other dealers who have not been
thus fortunate in owning good stocks of the
classes of woods named complain that trade
is dull with them.
Inquiry among the furniture, house finish,
flooring and other manufacturers consuming
a large quantity of hardwoods demonstrates
that generally they have taken pretty good
care of themselves and are in possession of
fair stocks. There has been a little spurt in
the demand for basswood during the past fort-
night, but generally speaking the trade in
other northern woods, such as maple, birch
and gray elm, has been only moderate. Black
ash and rock elm are in extraordinary request
and approximate in demand even the best of
the southern woods. The trade feels opti-
mistic over the sitilation, and thinks there is
prospect of an excellent business all through
the season.
Boston.
strength prevails in the demand for hard-
woods, but taking the market as a whole it is
not active. In some branches, however, there
is a fair demand. Furniture manufacturers
have a fair amount of orders ahead and are
nearly all in the market for small lots. Some
of the local manufacturers are having labor
troubles, but it does not keep them from plac-
ing orders for lumber. Desk manufacturers
continue busy. Nearly all have a fair stock of
lumber on hand and bought to arrive, but
wholesalers report new orders. The export
demand has not ruled active of late, although
there is a little more inquiry than there was.
Exporters state that If prices were lower
a much larger business could be done.
The yards are very well stocked. A very
good inquiry continues for plain oak. No
weakness is found in quartered oak, although
the demand is not active at present. Elm has
not been attracting a great deal of attention
of late. Black walnut moves in a fair way
without any change in prices. Offerings are
not large. The usual call for mahogany is re-
ported.
The demand for maple flooring is moderately
active and prices hold steady. Whitewood is
firmer and the demand fair. Dry stock is in
small offering, but larger blocks are expected
in about a month.
Cypress is in larger offering, with prices
unchanged.
New York.
At this writing there is no question but
that the buying activity in the hardwood trade
of New York and vicinity is considerably less
than at this season last year, but after a care-
ful consideration of conditions it may be said
that there is not the slightest warrant for
any foreboding. There is not a lumber yard
or a woodworking establishment, except per-
haps piano manufacturers and a few others
with whom this is always a dull season, which
is not running actively, with prospects excel-
lent for the balance of the year. And they
are not buying freely simply because so many
were caught short of lumber last spring and
summer that this year they did their buying
early and supplied their wants in January,
February and March, instead of waiting until
later in the season. It is generally conceded
that within thirty to sixty days, or just as
soon as the dealers unload sufficiently, buying
will be resumed along normal lines.
In the meantime there is nothing for the
manufacturer and wholesaler to do but wait.
Lumber has moved so freely in the hands of
manufacturers and wholesalers during the
past few years that they are apt to jump at
conclusions relative to market conditions too
quickly and endeavor to make concessions
here and there to keep up the pace of recent
years, but if they properly judge conditions at
buying end of line, they will wisely wait.
In plain oak, ash, chestnut and birch there
is no surplus stock in the better grades. Pur-
chases are sufficiently free to absorb the of-
ferings and maintain prices, but any in-
crease in demand would immediately force a
shortage and put up prices. Every buyer who
orders "wants it quick," which indicates ac-
tual conditions of supply and also the futility
of concession as a means to trade. Quartered
oak and maple are slow, and basswood only
fair. The hardwood flooring trade is enjoying
very fair activity. Poplar is easily holding its
own, both in price and demand.
Philadelphia.
The local market continues good with fair
trade, although the demand experienced lately
has not been unusual. In fact, at this sea-
son of the year, local dealers expect a slight
falling off, preparatory to the increasing vol-
ume of summer business. The past Spring
has been a good one in lumber circles here-
abouts, furniture trade and building activity
having been suflicient to keep the dealers
busy. Yard sales are good. Shipments to
local points have been rather hea'vj' during
the last fortnight. One of the big local con-
cerns found thdt every storage yard on the
B. & O. was filled, with a practically similar
condition prevailing on the Reading line.
The better grades of poplar have stif-
fened lately and this is the case with all
woods. The consensus of opinion among the
trade is that if any change at all is impend-
ing it will be advance. Several firms declare
now that prices are better today than for a
long time heretofore. Cypress is steady, with
a considerable quantity still coming into the
market. Quartered white oak is strong and
chestnut is very good. Basswood is doing
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well, cars of this wood being very easy to
dispose of in this market. Generally speak-
ing, yards are very well supplied owing to
recent shipments, while buyers report stocks
at mills short, nearly all the local whole-
salers making advances to the millmen while
cutting.
Baltimore.
The hardwood situation has undergone no
Important changes during the last two weeks.
Demand is active, and prices are ruling high.
Most consumers have enough orders in hand
to keep them going for an indefinite period,
and all calls for lumber are urgent. Oak is
eagerly sought, at satisfactory prices. Rail-
roads and car builders are buying large quan-
tities of lumber. Now that all the mills are
running to the limit of their capacity and
the roads are In better state, the receipts at
points of distribution are expected to attain
exceptional volume.
Poplar is strong. It needed only moderate
prices for poplar to get back to its former
position, and at the present time it is being
used as extensively as ever. Large quantities
of it are being shipped abroad, and dealers
continue to assert that manufacturers must
be making lower prices on this foreign busi-
ness than they get at home. Ash is moving
freely at firm prices. So far. however, the
mills have been unable to make any gains on
the consumption, and stocks are not in ex-
cess of current requirements. Car builders are
also taking large quantities of this wood,
which stands second to oak in point of popu-
larity. Walnut continues to be demanded tor
home consumption as well as for export. The
domestic revival in the use of the wood is
still in evidence, and lumber and logs of
marketable quality find ready takers at ac-
ceptable figures. Mahogany and all other
hardwoods are holding their own, and the en-
tire trade is reported in a prosperous state.
Pittsburg.
Of all wholesalers in Pittsburg the men who
deal in hardwood lumber have the best reason
to feel good these daj's. In the face of severe
complaints about a surplus of stock in the
local 5'ards and an oversupply of yellow pine
the hardwood men are reporting a busy con-
dition of affairs all along the line. It is true
that local demand is curtailed somewhat by
the carpenters' strike, but the falling oft is
not at all serious and is more than counter-
balanced by the extra orders which hardwood
men are getting from outside. Practically
every firm in the city reports a brisk outside
trade and building statistics show that in the
outlying towns the general call for lumber is
much better proportionately than in the city
proper. Besides, the demand for heavy stock
for railroads and manufactories is increasing
steadily and is at present making up a good
part of the trade.
For the better grades of hardwood Pitts-
burg has never seen a more active market.
Most of this stock goes east and to the big
furniture towns in the middle west. The con-
cerns are reported to be working overtime and
the trouble they have had the last two years
!n getting sufficient dry stock to run them has
taught them to order heavily at the start.
Locally the demand is for railroad stuff, ties,
poles, timbers, and for house building lumber.
Hardwood men see by far the best season
ever experienced in Pittsburg and prices are
all shading a little above list. No official
changes have been announced for some time
In the lists, but if the present demand con-
tinues long, a readjustment, especially in the
prices of oak, will be necessary. Collections
are reported excellent and less difficulty is re-
ported In getting large sums to finance lumber
operations than in April and the early part of
May, two conditions which are decidedly fa-
vorable to hardwood interests.
Buffalo.
The hardwood lumber trade is still gaining
slowly on pine and is in condition to hold its
own against everything else, the only real
difficulty being the scantiness of stock. Of
course, prices are stronger on that account,
though dealers would be glad to see prices
much lower if it would mean an easy supply
of lumber. Present prices are obtained only
because all sorts are hard to get and the de-
mand tor it all is good. The only way of
keeping in the trade at all is by keeping hard
after new stock all over the country.
There is still some report of chestnut com-
ing in from one direction or another, but it
is selling strong on account of its not being
In full supply and not being likely to be again.
I'lain oak is selling strong, for there is nothing
to take its place now. Birch, as a substitute
tor quartered oak. is a little more plenty, but
it is not a wood that is likely to last as oak
does, either in supply or in use. so oak must
still be the stand-by.
Some ash is again coming down the lakes,
but it is not plentiful enough to depend upon
for anything. Dealers are using maple and
Washington fir in place of it. The demand
for basswood and elm is light, as the con-
sumer does not care to pay the prices. Pop-
lar is about as scarce and high as any wood
and it will command its price unless there is
a summer freshet to bring in the left-over
logs.
A hardwood dealer, complaining of the hard
work he is having to get oak. says that there
is but one thing for the consumer to do and
that is to accept lower-grade lumber after
this. They think nothing of a knot in the
lumber used in England, he says, and we are
coming to the same state of things. The story
of no supplies in this or that sort of wood
cannot last always without meaning some-
thing.
Most of the Buffalo hardwood dealers have
been saying all season that they are not keep-
ing up stocks, though they seem to manage
to keep a good assortment. In fact, the prob-
lem of the trade has been for some time how
to keep everything in one's line and still carry
a steadily lighter stock. One point is to be
neighborly, so that when anything is wanted
it goes if anybody has it. The ' handling of
the entire stock here more and more as one
is quite necessary.
Saginaw Valley.
The hardwood market is in good condition,
and shipments are free. The stock goes out
in car lots and some grades are not in suf-
ficient supply to meet the requirements of
the trade. Ash lumber is particularly firm
and active at $27 for No. 2 common and
better. Basswood has also been sold up
closely, some manufacturers having disposed
of their entire output for the season at $23,
culls bringing $15. Birch is in more re-
stricted supply and is firm at $20 to $22.50.
Maple is held at $16 to $18, and some maple
timber has been sold at $20. Beech is held
at $13 to $14, and there is quite a call for
it for the manufacture of pulleys, for screens,
and considerable quantities of it go into floor-
ing, while the culls are taken by the box
makers as a substitute for higher priced pine.
Grand Bapids.
There will be no special activity in furni-
ture stock until after the furniture sales,
which will open June IS in this market. The
outlook for business the coming season from
the manufacturers' standpoint is first-class.
Cull lumber and crating stock of all kinds is
in active demand. Plain oak is firm as ever
and there are indications that the quartered
slock will be strong at advanced prices be-
fore the close of the year.
Indianapolis.
According to hardwood dealers of Indian-
apolis, all grades of hardwoods are holding
steady at satisfactoi-y prices. The present
outlook seems to indicate a continuance of
present conditions.
On account of the high prices prevailing on
building materials, building in Indianapolis has
somewhat slackened this spring. Builders, it
seems, have been waiting for a decrease In
price, and lumber dealers say they will wait
in vain. Indeed, it is the opinion of some
dealers here that prices are not yet as high
IS they will be, many predicting a rise within
the next few weeks. Time was when Indiana
produced considerable hardwood lumber and
ranked well as a producer in this line. Now
practically all the hardwood sold here comes
from the South. However, according to fig-
ures obtained by the forest service on the
lumber cut of 1905, only four states — Michigan.
Kentucky. Arkansas and Tennessee^exceeded
Indiana in the production of hardwood timber
and Wisconsin and Indiana were tied.
Milwaukee.
Business is exceptionally dull, due in large
measure to the high prices obtaining. Buyers
are not very anxious to close contracts, but
offers at reasonable figures are snapped up
by astute firms. Local traders do not expect
any change for some weeks and possibly not
until Fall. On the whole the volume of sales
today is no larger than last February. Lum-
ber is very scarce and exceptionally fine lots
are held at high prices. A scarcity has made
itself felt in choice oak. At the same time
building conditions are not on a par with
last year's record at the corresponding period.
It is generally believed, however, that an
improvement in this line will make itself felt
shortly, bringing about better conditions in
all lines. The John Schroeder Lumber Com-
pany reports a growing demand for hardwood
flooring. Prices on this commodity are kept
at a very low figure in spite of the demand
and architects are specifying such floors
almost exclusively In all new buildings.
Asheville.
Trade continues good. There is an increas-
ing demand, while the supply remains short.
Chestnut and poplar are the leading woods,
with prices for poplar still on the increase.
Nashville.
Scarcity of dry stock In hardwoods, good
trade, and brisk prices are the characteristics
of the Nashville market at this time. What
is termed by local lumbermen as an "old
time spurt" is noticeable in the poplar trade
at present. Two reasons for this are given.
To begin with those who have been using
substitutes for this wood have found the
practice does not pay, and, secondly, it is
stated that the prices of the substitutes vary
so little from those of poplar itself that the
difference is not worth while as poplar is
more desirable in the long run.
The local demand for chestnut and plain
oak and ash is most noticeable, and they
are selling in the order named. Lumbermen
are entirely satisfied with conditions and all
are out looking for more timber.
Memphis.
It is generally conceded that inquiry for
hardwood lumber here is not so active as a
short time ago. but the trade Is optimistic as
to the future. Large bookings have been
made during the past tew months and these
will furnish activity for some time, while a
steady flow of orders for early shipment will
supplement the former bookings. There is a
general shortage of dry lumber. The mills
are now making better progress In getting out
stock than for some months, but this output
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will not be ready for use for some months,
with the result that, while it may cause some
checking of the demand, it will have little
bearing on prices during the period before it
is available. The smallest demand appears to
be from the New England States and from
the East generally. The northern and western
buyers are still operating on a fairly liberal
scale. Prices range firm on the general list,
with one or two items particularly strong.
The demand for ash continues good, the
available supply limited. The call for thick
stock is particularly strong.
Cypress is moving readily at full quotations.
Dry stocks are still much broken, and buyers
are not losing time in securing their require-
ments.
Cottonwood is in good request, and the indi-
cations are that it will continue so as the
box manufacturers are doing a good business
and making large demands. There is not a
great deal of dry stock on hand and prices are
well maintained on all grades. Taken as a
whole, there is less progress in cutting cotton-
wood in the interior than is noted in connec-
tion with any other item of the list.
The call for gum is moderately steady with
prices fair. The fear is expressed that the
disposition of interior manufacturers to sell
their output ahead will have the effect of
weakening the market during the summer.
There are some manufacturers, however, who
assert that, if gum is properly manufactured
and carefully handled, there is no reason why
it should not find excellent sale at prices now
current.
Plain oak continues in good demand in all
grades and dimensions, but there is not much
business in quarter-sawed stock. There is
relatively better call for white than red, in
both plain and quartered stock. Prices on
plain oak are pretty well maintained while
those on quarter-sawed are steady.
Poplar is in moderate request, with the vol-
ume of offerings in this market and through-
out this territory decidedly light. Prices show
no material change.
New Orleans.
Conditions which prevailed throughout this
section up to sixty or ninety days ago, and
which seriously affected the cut of hardwoods,
are now beginning to affect the market.
Stocks are low and the demand exceeds the
supply. This prevails despite the fact that
the usual summer conditions have obtained,
and notwithstanding that buyers have to a
large extent ceased operations. Prices have,
of course, been materially affected by the
short stocks and good demand.
In the last sixty days favorable weather for
logging has prevailed and there are reasons
to believe that when the buyers do become
active again in the fall there will be plenty
of hardwood to supply the demand. At present
the export demand is good and considerable
lumber is being shipped from here.
Minneapolis.
Twin city dealers in hardwood are all opti-
mistic over the prospect for the season's busi-
ness. Thgy have found a healthy disposition
on the part of some large consumers to con-
tract for hardwood supplies in large quan-
tities, and at prices that are quite consistent
with the market. There is not a great amount
of stock moving now, as the yard trade is
quiet and many of the factories are still
working on stocks purchased in the winter.
There is a good volume of car orders re-
ported. Birch is the leading seller and there
is plenty of it. If the demand for birch
should weaken there would be a scaling down
of prices, since there are some large stocks
of last season's cut left over, and the new
stock will be ready to ship from a good many
mills in a couple of weeks. Basswood culls
are strong in price. Consumers are slow to
buy. but will have to come to the higher prices
soon. New basswood stock is moving rather
freely.
Oak is in steady demand, some dealers re-
porting a slight reaction and weakening in
the price of red oak. Ash, soft elm and rock
elm are very scarce, the last especially so.
There is a good demand for maple, and the
call for flooring is quite equal to last year.
The retail yards are not taking much wagon
stock now.
Leading factory buyers report that they
have stocks of nearly all hardwoods used
heavy enough to last for some weeks. They
will not do much buying, except to provide
for immediate needs, until after the first of
August, when the result of the crop season
is pretty definitely known. There is a gen-
erally prosperous condition among the fac-
tories, and they are consuming hardwood at a
record-breaking rate.
Toledo.
The general condition of the hardwood trade
in this city and section is good. Prices are
firm on all hardwoods, and the demand active.
All grades of ash are in very strong call.
Some of the local .dealers report that white
and brown ash is the scarcest of hardwoods;
others that red and white oak is the hardest
to get. Maple finds ready buyers and poplar
is becoming scarcer with prices strengthening.
Toledo has enjoyed a wonderful building
activity this year; 579 permits, with a total
valuation of $1,912,932, were issued by the
city building inspector for the first five months
of the year. Prospects are bright for a con-
tinuance of the building activity.
Ehinelander, Wis.
While trade is not as heavy as it was in
February and March, yet it still keeps up in
very satisfactory volume. Traveling men re-
port a great many of the factories well stocked
up, as would be natural to suppose after the
heavy winter and spring shipments, but they
are all cutting at a rapid rate, which is cer-
tain to make replenishing of certain stocks
necessary before long. The business coming
in Just now is usually to fill out depleted lines,
and this kind of buying is likely to continue
till fall. The demand is widespread, no par-
ticular locality more than another furnishing
the business.
Basswood, especially No. 1 common and the
lower grades, is probably the leader, followed
closely by birch. Birch is an immediate seller,
depending only on the ability of the whole-
saler to fill orders for any thickness or grade.
A good deal of thick birch is being shipped;
the same applies to basswood, though not to
as great an extent.
Hard maple is very dull, largely because
consumers stocked up several months ago, and
will not be in the market again for some time.
There is very little dry maple on hand.
Ash is called for frequently by eastern deal-
ers, but there is none to be had dry enough
to ship on such a heavy freight rate.
All other woods are in only moderate re-
quest. The trade situation as a whole is good,
and prospects are that the demand for the
balance of the year will average about the
same as the past five months.
Louisville.
The demand for hardwood continues to ex-
ceed the supply in practically everything on
the list, except possibly gum. "While this wood
has been manifesting a tendency toward
higher prices this spring it is still an uncer-
tain quantity. While those who have been
able to hold to it have been asking about $17
for mill run, reports from the box factories in-
dicate that Kentucky stock has been con-
tracted for at least $2 below that figure. Ken-
tucky gum does not run to reds much, but
that does not depreciate its value for use in
box factories. In fact, it makes It more de-
sirable, for the whiter the wood the better
the appearance when it comes to printing.
Poplar bevel siding is still in excellent de-
mand, and while some can not see that the
demand for No. 1 common is as good as it
has been painted, poplar generally speaking is
in excellent shape and probably about the
strongest thing in the hardwood market.
The situation among the manufacturers Is
practically as it was at the last writing; they
are handicapped more by inability to move
stock than anything else. The trouble is not
lack of cars, but want of hauling facilities
in the woods. They are all making fairly
good time, however, and expect to soon be
moving stock out in a satisfactory manner.
Meantime they have plenty of orders and are
not fretting on that score.
Liverpool.
Further mahogany sales have taken place
since the last report, but the amount of wood
offered was only a handful, and as was to be
expected, having regard to the low stock in
both first and second hands, sharp competi-
tion took place to secure even the poorest of
logs. When any figured veneer logs and
prime panel wood was offered, quite a
scramble took place to secure them. The
result of this is obvious and higher prices
were paid all along the line. Doubtless prices
will remain at this high level, at any rate
until the end of this year, though not going
higher.
The only thing to bring prices down would
be that shippers from the west coast of
Africa should be tempted to flood the market.
This maxim should also be taken to heart by
American shippers who have been obtaining
high prices for American hardwoods. It often
happens when a broker obtains a good price
for a shipper that in reply to a query by a
shipper as to whether he can repeat the price,
the broker replies "send it along." This may
be giving the brokers a very bad name, but
of course "sheep and goats" exist among them
as doubtless among other classes of commer-
cial men.
It is. however, the over-zealous anxiety of
some brokers to earn an increased number of
commissions that leads them at times to
advise their clients in the United States to
ship goods on which they have no chance of
realizing a profit for the shipper. Of course
there are exceptions to every rule and there
are occasions when extremely good prices
are obtained for goods shipped on consign-
ment, but shippers would be better off if they
never shipped goods without a definite order.
A note in one of the Liverpool trade papers
says "now is a good time to buy birch,"
which of course means that it is a bad time^
to sell. Very little can be reported about
other goods which remain very much as pre-
viously. The arrivals being small keeps prices
firm.
London.
While there has been some slight improve-
ment in trade. It has not had a great effect
on lumber. Mahogany being in most active
demand, stocks are being cleared from sheds
at docks, and arrivals are light, being mostly
goods contracted for, very few parcels arriv-
ing on consignment. Oak planks are In very
good demand, and even "on contract," are
slow in coming forward; for boards the supply
is more than equal to the demand.
There is a fair demand for cull and medium
walnut at good prices. Prime logs for veneers
are wanted and would realize high prices;
other logs are not wanted. There is a steady
inquiry for dressed whitewood of all grades.
Ash logs, planks and boards are wanted and
are fetching very good prices at the moment,
but the demand bids fair to be filled by sev-
eral parcels coming on consignment.
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all grades and thicknesses.
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WANTED— HARDWOOD LOOS.
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200 M. feet 12-Inch and up Walnut logs.
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30,000 feet. Good widths and lengths.
Thoroughly dry. Bang up grade.
THE M. B. FARRIN LUMBER CO.,
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FOR SALE— BLACK ASH AND MAPLE.
1 car 4/4 log run, good stock.
1 car S/4 No. 1 Common and Ists and 2nds.
THE WICKS LBR. CO., Battle Creek, Mich.
WHITE OAK FOR SALE.
100,000' 4/4 Quartered 1 & 2 and No. 1
Common. (iood dry stock, good widths and
lengths. THE YOUNG GREENE LUMBER CO.,
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We are in position to furnish wagon manu-
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DRY STOCK FOR QUICK SHIPMENT.
hard maple.
40,000 ft. 4-4 No. 2 Com. & Better.
124,000 ft. 5-4 No. 1 Com. & Better.
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Also Poplar. Basswood and Gum. Prices
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2%", 1,092 feet of 3" and 1,024 feet of 4",
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Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
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some cases at less than $1 per thousand stump-
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A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
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jrOBTHEBlT HARDWOODS.
American Lumber & Mfg. Co. ... 9
Arpln Hardwood Lumber Co 44
Babcock Lumber Company 0
Barnaby, C. H 43
Beyer, Knox & Co 51
BUSS & Van Auken 10
Boyle, Clarence, Lumber Company 50
Boyne City Lumber Company... 47
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
BrittingUam & Young Company.. 44
Brownlee & Company 46
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co... 51
Cadillac Handle Company .3
Cheat Klver Lumber Company.. 9
Cherry River Boom & Lbr. Co. . . 1
Chivvis. W. R o
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 49
Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc H
Crosby & Beckley Company, The. 7
Crosby, C. P 44
Cummer. Ulgeins & Co :s
Davis, John R., Lumber Company 44
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Co 43
Dennis Kros 47
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company 46
Dixou i>c Dewey 6
Duhlmeier Bros 48
Dulweber, John. & Co 49
Ellas, G., & Bro 51
Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo 51
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co 50
Kail, E. H 48
Flint, Erving & Stoner Company. 9
Freiburg Lumber Company, The.. 49
Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 43
General Lumber Company 48
Goldie, J. S 47
Haak Lumber Company 47
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company. 47
Hayden, Harvey S
Heath-Wltbeck Company 50
Holloway Lumber Company 7
Ingram Lumber Company 44
Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Co.... 45
Jones, (j. W., Lumber Co 38
Jones Hard,vood Company 7
Kampf. Albert R 2
Keith Lumber Company 50
Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co 46
King & Battles Lumber Company 45
Kitziuger, Ous 34
Leavltt Lumber Company 10
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co 50
Llnehan Lumber Company 9
LltchHeld. William E 7
Long-Knight Lumber Company. . . 4,'i
McClure Lumber Company 47
McIIvain, J. Gibson. & Co 7
McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company 51
MacBrlde, Thos., Lumber Co.... 47
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Co.. 49
Maley & Wertz 43
Martln-Barriss Company 45
Miller, Anthony 51
Mitchell Bros. Company ."i
Mowbray & Robinson 49
Murphy & Dlggins 3
Nicola Bros. Company, The 9
No. Vernon Pump & Lbr. Co.... 2
Norman Lumber Company ■_:
North Shore Lumber Company.. 46
North Western Lumber Company 44
Page & Landeck Lumber Co 44
Perrlne-Armstrong Company 43
Peters, R. G., Salt & Lumber Co. 47
Price. E. E 7
Radlna, L. W.. & Co 49
Rumbarger Lumber Company.... 1
Scatcberd & Son 51
Schofield Bros 7
Schultz Brothers & Cowen 42
Simmons Lumber Company 47
Soble Brothers 7
Southern Oak Lumber Company. 50
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 51
Stephenson, The L, Company... 10
Stewart, I. N., & Bro 51
Stlmson, J. V 43
Sullivan, T., & Co 51
Tegge Lumber Company 8
Turner, A. M., Lumber Company 9
Upham & Agler 6
Van Keulen & Wilkinson Lumber
Company 47
Vollmar & Below 44
Wagstaff. W. J
Ward Lumber Company 50
Wentvvorth, Chas. S.. & Co 7
White, W. H., Company 46
Wbitmer. Wm., & Sons, Inc 6
Wiborg & Hanna Company 49
Wiggin, II. D 7
WiUson Bros. Lumber Company.. 9
Wistar, Underbill &. Co 7
Yeager, Orson E 51
Young & Cutsinger 43
Young. W. D., & Co 10
SOUTHERN HARDWOODS.
Advance Lumber Company 45
American Lumber Company 42
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.... 9
Anderson-Tully Company 4
Atlantic Lumber Company
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Beck, E. E., Lumber Company.. 49
Beyer, Knox & Co 51
Bennett & Witte 49
Black, F. W., Lumber Company. 50
Boyle, Clarence Lumber Co 50
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
Brovvu, (tCO. C. & Co 8
Hrown. W. i'. & Sons Lbr. Co... 2
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co... 51
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company ... 10
Cherry River Itoom & Lbr. Co.. 1
Chicago Veneer Company 33
< hivvis. W K .T
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 49
Coleman, .1. S., Lumber Co 42
Crandall & Brown 50
Crane, C, & Co 49
Crittenden Lumber Company .... 4
Crosby & Beckley Company, The. 7
Cypress Lumber Company 48
IJavis. Edw. 1... ,Sc Co -
Davidson-Benedict Company....
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company 46
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Co.... 43
Dierks Lumber & Coal Company. 10
Dixon & Dewey 6
Duhlmeier Bros 48
Dulweber, John, & Co 49
Ellas, G., & Bro 51
Empire Lumber Co., Buffalo 51
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.... 50
Kail. E. H 48
Farrln-Korn Lumber Company... 48
Flint, Erving & Stoner Company 9
Freiberg Lumber Company 49
Fry-Buchanan Limiber Company . 42
Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 43
Gayoso Lumber Company 4
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.... 5
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company. 47
Hafner Mfg. Company 5
Hamilton. J. V 34
Heath-Wltbeck Company 50
Himmelberger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Indiana Lumber Company 8
Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Co.... 45
Jones, G. W., Lumber Company.. 38
Jones Hardwood Company 7
Kampf. .\lbert R
Keith Lumber Company
Kentucky Lumber Company
Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co..
King & Bartles Lumber Company
Lane-White Lumber Company...
Leavltt Lumber Company
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co....
Llnehan Lumber Company
I.itchtield, Wm. E
Long-Knight Lumber Company..
Luomis & Hart Mfg. Company...
Love, Boyd & Co
Luehrmann. Chas. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company
McClure Lumber Company
Jlcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co
McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Co..
Martln-Barriss Company
Miller, Anthony
Mcola Bros. Company
Norman Lumliov 4'oniitanv
Ozark Cooperage Company
Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Company
Page & Landeck Lumber Company
Price, E. E
Khubeskv. R. W
Radlna, L. W., & Co
N'nnsom. J. B., & Co
Ritter, W. M.. Lumber Company
Koy Lumber Company
Rumbarger Lumber Company....
Scatcherd & Son
Schofleld Brothers
Smith, W. E., Lumher Company.
Southern Lumber (^'ompany
Southern Oak Lumber Company.
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co.
Steele & Hibbard
Stewart, I. N., & Bro
.'^revens-Eaton Company
Stlmson, J. V
Stoneman-Zearlng Lumber Co
Stotz Lumber Company, Inc. . . .
Sullivan, T., & Co
Swann-Oay Lumber Company...
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co....
Three States Lumber Company..
Turner, A. M., Lumber Company.
Upham & Agler
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company.
Ward Lumber Company
Wentworth. Chas. S.. & Co
Whitmer. Wm., & Sons, Inc
Wiborg & Hanna Company
Wiggin, II. D
Wlllson Bros. Lumber Company..
Yeager, Orson E
FOPI.AR.
Advance Lumber Company
Atlantic Lumber Company
Bennett & Witte
Brown. W. P.. & Sons Lbr. Co. .
Cheat River Lumher Company...
Chicago Veneer Company
Crane, C, & Co
Davis. Edw. L.. & Co
Davidson-Benedict Company
Dawklns, W. H., Lumber Co....
Hayden, Harvey S
Kentucky Lumber Company
Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co..
Loomis & Hart Mfg. Company...
Ritter, W. M., Lumber Company
Roy Lumber Company
Rhubesky. E. W
Southern Lumber Company
Stevens-Eaton Company
Swann-Day Lumber Company....
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co....
Vansant, Kitchen & Co
Yellow Poplar Lumber Company.
COTTOITWOOD AITD OOM.
Anderson-Tully Company 4
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Farrln-Korn Lumber Company... 48
Himmelberger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Luehrmann, C. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company B
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Company 6
Smith, W. E., Lumber Company 4
Stoneman-Zearlng Lumber Co... 5
Stotz Lumber Coniuanv. Inc.../. 2
Three States Lumher Company . . 4
CYPRESS.
Crandall & Brown 50
Cypress Lumber Company 48
Hafner Mfg. Company 5
LotBman Cypress Company 5
Thompson, J. W., Lumber Co.... 4
HA.RDWOOD n.ooRijre.
Bliss & Van Auken 10
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company.. 10
Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3
("ummer. Dlggins & Co 3
Haak Lumher Company 47
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring
Company 8
Pease Company, The 48
Schultz Brothers & Cowen 42
Stephenson, The I., Company... 10
Ward Brothers 10
Wood Mosaic Flooring Company 2
Young, W. D., & Co 10
SAW MIIiIi MACHIHERY.
Mershon Company, The 38
I'hoenix Mfg. Company 34
WOOD woRKinro machinery
American Wood Working Ma-
chinerv Company 41
Berlin Machine Works, The
Defiance Machine Works 34
Ober Mfg. Company, The 40
Smith. H. B., Machine Company. 37
VEHEER MACHIirERY.
Coe Manufacturing Company... 30
I.OGOINO MACHINERY.
Clyde Iron Works 35
Lidgerwood Mfg. Company 36
Overpack, S. C
Russell Wheel & Foundry Co....
DRY KIIiNS AND BI.OWERS
Morton Dry Kiln Company 42
IiUUBER INSURANCE.
Adirondack P'ire Insurance Co.. 1
Lumber Insurance Company of
New Y'ork
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. Boston
Lumber Underwriters
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company. . 1
Rankin, Harry, & Co 31
Toledo Fire & Marine Ins. Co...
SAWS, KNIVES AND SUFFIjIES
Atkins, E. C, & Co 40
Hanchett Swage Works 46
champion Saw Company ... .34 & 38
Shlmer, S. J., & Sons 40
MISCEIfliANEOUS.
Barroll, H. C, & Co 10
Lacey. J. D., & Co 35
Lumbermen's Credit Association. 30
Pease Company, The 48
.Schenck, C. A., & Co 42
CHICAGO VENEER COMPANY
(incorporated)
MANUFACTURERS OF
BURNSIDE,
Rotary Cut Poplar Veneer
We have over four million feet of selected veneer logs on
hand. Our plant is especially adapted for making extra large
sizes and we cater only to the high grade trade.
KENTUCKY
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DEFIANCE" WOOD -WORKING MACHINERY
No. I Planing and Rounding Machine.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
HIGH GRADE TOOLS
^ FOR MAKING ^
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels,
Wagons, Carriages,
Rims, Shafts, Poles,
Neck-Yokes,
Single Trees, Hoops,
Handles, Bobbins, Spools,
Insulator Pins and
Oval Wood Dishes.
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
Send for 500 Page Catalogue
.-Vutomatic Knife Grinder,
Ten per cent
More Profit
Tbe proflta of a saw mill
can readily be increased ten
per cent by using a band mill
Instead of a. rotary. The
price of this mill with six
foot wheels for eawa eight
inches wide is readily within
tbe reach of all. It cuts
smooth and perfect lumber
and has a capacity of 25,000
feet to 35.000 ff et per day. It
runs with less expenditure of
power than a rotary and puts
only half as much of the loy
into Baw duKt as does the
circular eaw.
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE. WIS.
/- KNIVES
You can know something of these knives
by asking. There will be a clue in the answer
to your letter. Good machine knives.
CHAMPION SAW COMPANY,
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
WALNUT.
OAK,
ASH.
POPLAR.
GUS. KITZINGER
Michigan Hardwoods
By Car or Cargo. Manistee, Mich.
Locations for Industries
Erie Railroad System
Chicago to New York
The Erie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to re-
sources, markets and advantajjes for
manufacturing, and can advise with man-
ufacturers in relation to the most suitable
locations. For full information address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner. Erie Railroad Company
21 Cortlandt Street, New York
<b You want lo reach Buyers oi $
I FURNITURE LUMBER *
The HARDWOOD RECORD
will do it for you.
HARDWOOD RECORD
35
History Repeats Itself
€([ From iiomiDal values, White Pine timber property
has achieved monumental figures.
€[[ From cheap Yellow Pine stumpage, the advance
in price has made fortunes.
<[[ The same history is about to be repeated in Pacific
Coast Timber and in the Hardwoods of the Middle South.
€[f We have made fortunes for others. We ofier you
our expert services. Let us know your timber wants.
JAMES D. LACEY ®, CO.
608 Hennen Building;,
NEW ORLEANS
507 Lumber Exchange Building,
SEATTLE, WASH.
1200 Old Colony Bldg.,
CHICAGO
. . THE . .
McGIFFERT LOG LOADER
has loaded as high as a quarter of a million feet of
logs in eight hours, and here are a few reasons why it
was possible; Being self propelling it can move itself,
Its loaded cars, and spit its own empties, all on the same
track. (saOes SH^itching) Constructed entirely of
Sleel, very powerful, it ^ands "crowding" and handles the
large logs as rapidly as the small. It saOes money
and repairs. Being simple in operation and of
few levers the engineer has absolute control at all
times without changing his position, and can
handle the logs as rapidly as the men
can hook them. saOes time
Our catalogue clearly illustrates
and explains many other
good points.
\
Manufacftured by
CLYDE IRON
WORKS,
Duluth,
Minn.
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Skidders
Snakers
Lidgerwood Machines
Will Stock Your Mill
Lidgerwood Skidders
Lidgerwood SnaRers
I Lidgerwood Yarders
Lidgerw^ood Roaders
Lidgerwood Pull Boats
Lidgerw^ood Cablew^ays
LIDGERWOOD MFQ. CO.
NEW YORK
ATLANTA
SEATTLE
NEW ORLEANS
Loaders
m>-.^»~y'^t
Cableways
HARDWOOD RECORD
37
SMITH 0/
SMITHVILLE
The Profit Builder
NO.tOS-A, EXTRA HEAVY 12-INCH MOULDER
T HAS been oui- purpose during the last half century to develop
a line of wood working machines containing the best work-
iV manship and material that American skill and wisdom can
afford. This fact we are proud to say is welt established in
the minds of our many patrons. We have, however, now
exceeded ourselves by the development of a remarkable Moulder, the
excellence of which is due to our obtaining written suggestions from more
than a thousand operators throughout America. This machine stands alone
as being the composite idea of the thinking operators of this country. One
year's test of its work has convinced us that it is impossible for you to
compete successfully against the Smith Moulder with any other machine.
Can't we send you prices and literature 'i
Branches :
New York, Chicago.
Boston
H. B. SMITH MACHINE CO.
SMITHVILLE, N. J., U. S. A.
38
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C.The skill of the master saw mak-
er means nothing to you unless we
can prove out our line of saws.
C,Have ypu given us that oppor-
tunity ?
CHAMPION SAW CO.
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
Special Attention
Is called to the following, and to the close prices
made on same upon receipt of your inquiries:
60M feet 3" Common and Belter Plain Birch
80M feet 2W Common and Better Plain Birch
lOOM feet 1" Ists and 2nds Piain Birch
150M feet 1" No. 1 Common Pialn Birch
12M feet 2" Ists and 3nds Red Birch
200M feet 3" Common and Better Hard Maple
Above is all cut from clioice Wisconsin timber,
bore dry and well manufactured.
50M feet 3" Bridge Pianit
30M feet 1';" No. 2 Common and Better Hickory
30M feet IK' No. 2 Common and Belter Hieltory
lOOM feet 1" Common and Better Plain Red Oak
150M feet 1" Common and Better Qtd. Bed Oak
lOM feet 1" No. 3 Common and Better Walnut
76M feet VA" No. 3 Common and Better Elm
150M feet 1" No. 1 Common Red Gum
Above is choice Southern stock.
In addition to the forepoing, we have full stocks of
Ba^swood, Birch and Soft Elm and a full selection of
Red and Sap Gum. We guarantee our grades to be
made strictly in accordance with National Hardwood
Association rules of inspection.
G. W. Jones Lumber Co.
Appleton, Wis.
M E R S H O N
Band Resawing
Machinery
for aU requirements
WM. B. MERSHON
4 CO.,
MERSHON NEW HORIZONTAL BAND RESAW FOR SAW MILLS
Saginaw,
Michigan
ALLIS'CBALMERS COMPANY, Seallle, Wash., AgeDls for Norlliern Pacilic Territory.
TliE EBY MACHINERY CO., San Francisco, Cal., Agents lor Calilornia and Nevada.
HARDWOOD RECORD
39
A PAGE OF THE FAMOUS COE VENEER MACHINERY
Coe Veneer Saw Coe Stamper Stylo H Veneer Cutter
Bhese machines and many others are fully described in our 1906 Catalog No. 5. Write for a copy to-day.
THE COE MFG. CO.
105 BERNARD
STREET
PAINESVILLE, OHIO
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flAPPT
woomnAM
^ii^*><,
^TKM^J^l
SV
ATKINS
SILYEB-STEEL
'^A B'^
SAWS
are happy saws all the way round. They run easier, cut
s faster, and go longer without sharpening than any other
A PERFECT SAW FOR EVERY PURPOSE.
YOUR JOBBER HAS THEM OR WRITE US.
E. C. ATKINS ^ CO., Inc.
THE SILVER STEEI. S AW PEOPLE
HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY. INDIANAPOLIS. U. S. A.
Branches : Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York City, New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto.
This cut shows the No. 1 OBER LATHE for turning Axe,
Adze, Pick, Sledge, Hammer and Hatchet Handles, Spokes,
Whiffletrees, Gun Stocks, Lasts and other irregular work.
^1 Simple, Strong, Durable, Economical
We also manufacture other lathes for making handles, spokes
and variety work, sanders, shapers, boring and chucking
machines, rip saws, etc., etc. Complete cata-
logue and price list free.
THE OBE,R MFG. CO.
28 Bell St.. Chasrin Falls. O., U. S. A.
The Shimer Cutter Head
Best of All, Fig. 202 and Fig. 203.
For Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Ship Lap, Jointing, Double Ceiling,
Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Etc. •.' Special Tools for Special Service.
Should appeal to every user of a matching, moulding or tenoning machine because it does more and better work than any others and
requires less labor and expense to keep it in order. *il We make it of even,- size and style to fit any machine and send on trial thirty
days to responsible lumbermen. ^ Send for our Catalogue and Pattern Book. It gives illustrations and complete description of a num-
ber of these tools, some of which will be of advantage to you.
SAMUEL J. SHIMER ^ SONS, - - Milton, Penn.
HARDWOOD RECORD
41
American "High-Grade" Machinery
Fig, 929— Cleniitit No. 2'i Two-Spindle Shaper.
American Wood Working Machinery Co.
NEW ORJLEANS
CHICAGO
NEW YORK
42
HARDWOOD RECORD
EASTERN TENNESSEE— WESTERN NO. CAROLINA
ASHE.VILLE.
KNOXVILLE.
BRISTOL
Fry=Buchanan Lumber Co.
INCORPORATED.
Manufacturers a"d Wholesalers
Hardwood Lumber
Choicest Varieties. .*. Full Grades.
POPLAR SQUARES
A Specialty.
Asheville, N. C.
HARDWOODS
From the famous Asheville district.
Superior in quality, manufacture and
gradings. For stock list and prices,
address
J. S. COLEMAN LUMBER CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
of all kinds of
HARDWOODS
BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY.
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES
FOR DELIVERING.
Knoxville
Tennessee
On the Spot
We are located right in the heart of this mDun-
tain country producing the best hardwoods in
existence.
We are headquarters with ample stock, and
can interest you both as to assortment and
price. Write us.
American Lumber Company
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Lumbermen, Attention!
If you own any timber or timber lands.
If you are contemplating buying or selling any timber or
timber lands.
If you want your stumpage accurately estimated.
If you want an exact survey or map of your property.
If you want advice in any logging or lumbering proposition.
Write to us and find out what we can do for you.
We send thoroughly reliable and practical engineers to all
parts of the country, and guarantee quick and accurate work.
C. A. Schenck 4 Co.
Consulting Forest Engineers
DAVIDSON'S RIVER,
NORTH CAROLINA
The Morton Dry Kiln
MOIST AIR SYSTEM
Recording
Ther-
mometers.
Transfer
Cars.
Trucks.
Canvas
Doors.
HOW TO DRY LUMBER.
As exemplified in uur Catalog D. ¥ree on application.
MORTON DRV KILN CO., Chicago, Ills.
Schultz Brothers & Cowen
WE ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY
POPLAR— OAK— ASH— CHESTNUT
AND OTHER HARDVOODS-ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
1225 to 1240 OLD COLONY BUILDING,
CHICAGO
HARDWOOD RECORD
43
$ INDIANA $
-WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW.
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart'r'd White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
' EVANSVILLE, IND.
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet — Hardwood Specialties
The largest Band Mill in Indiana. FORT WAYNE, IND.
J. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG. IND.
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"XA 7" I ^ f^ ^"^ 1^ T O 1 IX. T
w ic^oors^iiN
WHE.RE THE FINE.ST NORTHE.RN HARDWOODS GROW
MIXED CARS - EVEN GRADES - PROMPT SHIPMENT
Wisconsin Hardwoods
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
1" No. 1 Common and Better Birch (Red in)
1" No. 1 Common and Better Basswood
1" No. 1 Common and Better Hard Maple
Also Elm, Pine, Cedar Products,
and "SHAKELESS" Hemlock.
John R. Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS,
WISCONSIN
BRITTINGHAM & YOUNG CO.
Hardwood Lumber
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
MADISON,
WISCONSIN
Send us a list of your wants.
No trouble to answer correspondence.
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
QRAND RAPIDS, ... WISCONSIN
Saw and Planing Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis., on Soo Lines.
■ Manufacturers •
Wisconsin Hardwoods
PINE
AND
HEMLOCK
WRITE US FOR PRICES ON
1". IM". I'A", I'g " and 2" Plain and Bed Birch : Red Birch Flooring and I" lo 2"
Quarter Sawed Red Oak: Basswood Ceiling and Siding: 1" Birdseye
Nap.e : Birch, Maple and Hardwood Flooring,
VOLLMAR &
BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood,
Birch
and Other Wisconsin
Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
NORTHERN STOCK
Hemlock
Birch
Basswood
Rock Elm
Soft Elm
Ash
Oak
SOUTHERN STOCK
Quartered White and Red
Oak
Plain White and Red Oak
Sycamore
Poplar
Cypress
Gum
PAGE & LANDECK LUMBER CO.
Wells Building
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
^^Jtnnb>i^^
WAUSAV, WIS.
BASSWOOD, BIRCH
We cut tour miUlon feet of each annually
Your Inquiries and orders solicited
MILL AND YARDS AT INGRAM, WISCONSIN
C. P. C ROSE Y
RHINELANDER : : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from 1 inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak. : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
N
orth Western Lumber Co.
General Offices: EAU CLAIRE, WIS. Mills at STANLEY, WIS.
BAND
SAWED
Wisconsin
Hardwoods
CAREFUL GRADINGS, PROMPT SHIPMENTS
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars I'/i" to 2' Scoot Hardwood. 14 car 2" 1st and 2d Clear Basswood.
1 car VA" No. 1 Common Basswood. Large stock No. 2 Common Birch.
1 car VA" 1st and 2d Clear Basswood. Large stock No. 3 Common Birch.
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HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTE.R OF NORTHERN OHIO
MARTIN-BARRISS
COMPANY
Importers and Manufacturers
MAHOGANY
AND FINF
HARDWOODS
We Solicit Inquiries
FOR THE FOLLOWING:
2 cars 1x4" Clear Hirch Strips
2 cars 1x5" and 6" Clear Itireti Strips
1 ear 3" No. 1 Com. and Hettcr liireli, unsclecteci
1 car 1" Ists and 3nds Curiy Ked and White Bireli
8 cars 1x4" Clear Kasswood Sidine Strips
2 ears 1x5" and 6" Clear Hasswood Sidins Strips
The King & Bartlcs Lumber Company
1955-2025 Scranton Road N. W.. Cleveland. Ohio
The Farmer in the
Southwest Prospers
Because he pays from $S to $15 an acre for
land that produces as good crops as land in
Illinois and Indiana which sells for $75 to $100
an acre. The mild climate gives him earlier
crops and the short winter makes stock-raising
less expensive.
You have the same chance to prosper
that is being taken by hundreds of the north-
ern and eastern farmers.
Write for free copies of our illustrated
books on Texas and Oklahoma .
Low rates to all points in the Southwest
on the first and third Tuesdays of each month
via
FRISCO
CHICAGO (Sb EASTERN ILLINOIS R. R.
W. H. RJCHAR-DSON, G. P. A., Chicago, lU.
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
The Advance Lumber Co.
Rockefener Bldg. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Memphis Office, No, 5C Randolph Building. J. E MEADOWS, Mgr.
THE
ROBERT HJENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE,
60 M leel 1" isl and 2ds Poplar
223 M feet 1" No. 1 Commoa Poplar
125 M feet 1" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 M leel 2" Isl and 2nd Poplar, 14" and up
125 M feel 8 4" Sound Wormy Clieslnul
275 M feel I" Sound Wormy Cheslnut
153 M feel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M feel I" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M feel I" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red Oah. — We have a good assort-
ment of dry stock, Yt, 104 inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red OaK.— A limited amount of nice
stock, ready for shipment.
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FAMOl.
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W. H. WHITE, Pres.
JAS. A. WHITE, VicePres.
W, L. MARTIN, Secy.
THOS. WHITE. Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocK Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White RocK Maple Flooring.
"THE THICK MAPLE FOLKS'
B
ROWNLEE
DETROIT
&C
OMPANY
MICHIGAN
TWO-INCH SOFT MAPLE
TWO-INCH BASSWOOD
THREE-INCH HARD MAPLE
r-UP=TO=DATE-
Hanchett Automatic Band Saw Sharpener
This is one of our full line of mod-
ern filing room machinery. Let us
send you our new Catalogue No. 10.
HANCHETT SWAGE WORKS
BIG RAPIDS, MICH.
The North Shore Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS
Hardwood and Hemlock
Lumber^ Cedar Products
Rail and water shipments
THOMPSON
MICHIGAN
JUNE STOCK LIST
MAPLE
in. 2,000,000 ft.
100,000 "
•• 400,000 •'
" 1,000,000 "
" 200,000 "
" 500,000 "
" 600,000 "
" 400,000 "
BEE.CH
1 in. 500,000 ft.
IJ^ " 250,000 "
I'A " 400,000 "
100,000 "
254
300,000
BIRCH
BASSWOOD
1 in. 500,000 ft.
1)4 " 100,000 •'
2 " 100,000 "
2J4 " 50,000 •'
3 " 75,000 "
I in.
2 •'
3
300,000 ft
30,000 "
50,000 "
75,000 "
4,000 "
KOCK ELM
2 in. 25,000 ft.
2'4 " 50,000 "
WHITE MAPLE.
End Piled
GRAY ELM
1 in. 300,000 ft
154 " 200,000 "
3 " 200,000 "
1 in. 100,000 ft.
154 " 20.000 "
3 " 50,000 "
1 in.
ASH
600,000 ft
KELLEY LIBER & SHIiLE CO., Traverse City, Mich.
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES.
DETROIT, MICH.
MILLS AT- Healers. W. Va. Valley Bend. W. Va. Diana, W. Va. Parkersburf,
W. Va. McNult Siding, W. Va.
HARDWOOD RECORD
DRININIS BROS.
GRAND RAPIDS, : : : MICHIGAN
MANl-FACTUKERS OK
Hardwood Lumber, Perfect
Birch and Maple Flooring
DRY STOCK AT BARGAIN PRICES :
2 cars S. 4 Basswood, No. 1 Common and Belter.
'A cars 5 4 Basswood, No. 2 Common and Better,
15 cars 4 4 Birch. No. I and 2 Common.
1 car 1x4 Clear Birch Strips.
2 cars 4 4 No. 3 Common Cherry.
60M feet 12 4 Hard Maple.
24.'iM feet 8 4 Hard Maple.
40M feet 8 4 Hard Maple. No 3 Common.
Main Office :
205 209 Michigan
Trust
Company
Building
BIRCH
Th
s is our specialty. We are in the heart of the best Birch
section. Have sfood stock, Cotninon and better,
4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8 4, 10-4, 12-4, and 16-4.
Let us figure with you.
S
tmmons Lumber Com
SIMMONS, MICHIGAN
pany
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGE CAPACITY
PROMPT SHIPMK.N'TS
RAH, OR C.\RGO
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
==^=^=^^= FOR SALE BY =^===^==
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE, MICHIGAN
OUR MAPLE FLOORING
is as near perfection, in every particular, as it is
possible to make it, for we personally supervise
every step in its manufacture, from the stump to
the shipping of the finished product. Our prices
will interest and a trial convince you. : :
HAAK LUMBER COMPANY
HAAKWOOD, MICHIGAN
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HARDWOODS
IN MICHIGAN
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
McCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main Ollices. DETROIT, MICH.
Mills. ; EUTAW. ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars 2" Red and White Oak 2 cars 2" Black Ash
3 cars 2", i'A". 3" and 4" White Ash 10 cars )" to 4" Dry Hard Maple
2 cars 1" 6/4 White Ash 5 cars 1" Log Run Hirch
1 car 6/4 and 8/4 Hickory
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac, :: Michigan.
SPECIAL PRICES on SOOM pieces
1" to 3" Maple Squares Iti" to 27" long,
1" to 3" Soft Elm Lumber.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED FOR MICHIGAN LUMBER.
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
Miinufiicturers and "Wholesalers uf
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Biro
Michigan
Complete Stocks of Michigan Hardwoods — Maple, Beech, Birch, Elm,
Ash and Basswood for sale.
Grand Rapids,
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Main Oliice, Michigaa Trust Companr Building
ORAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN
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HARDWOOD RECORD
WANTED
Oak
Walnut
Gum
Cottonwood
Poplar
White Pine
Hemlock
Yellow Pine
will inspect at shipping point
when quantity justifies and
pay cash. Can use entire mill-
cuts. Write us before selling
eLsewhere. We can also handle
mixed cars of dressed stock.
Send us your list with prices.
Kentucky Lumber Co.
Suite 508 First National Bank BIdg.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Formerly of Burnside, Ky.
H . FALL
EXPORTER
. . . OF . . .
WALNUT, POPLAR
-=^:^=:^^^:=^ AND r=:==^^
BIRDSEYE MAPLE LOGS
Cash paid for Black Walnut Logs at point of shipment. If you have
any walnut logs to offer, write me.
I have some Sycamore, Red OaU. Ash and other hardwood logs which
I am prepared to saw to order. Correspondence solicited.
Can also supply Black Walnut lumber, sawed to any specification
required.
PORT CLINTON
OHIO
The Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co.
HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS
Shipping Point and Telegraph Office,
JACKSON, KY.
Post Office and Band Mill,
ROEBINS, KY.
Specialties;
PLAIN WHITE OAK OAK PLANKING
YELLOW POPLAR RAILROAD TIES
We manufacture all the lumber we sell from original forest timber.
Therefore the lengths and widths are good. All logs are manufactured
in ten to thirty days after being felled, insuring bright, new stock, free of
sap worms and rot WRITE OR WIRE FOR PRICES.
FRAMES,
SASH, DOORS,
/«^pS\
PAINTS.
BUILDERS' HARDWARE.
BLINDS. MOULDINGS,
MANTELS. ETC.
COLUMNS, CLASS.
\ V4i||Uhm
LARGE CINCINNATI FAC-
STAIRWORK.
INTERIOR TRIM.
^^II***^
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
PLAIN OAK—EASSWOOD
Are what we want. AU thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
Plain and (Quartered White and Red Oak, Yellow Poplar,
Yellow Pine. \\'aliiut, etc. Mills in Tenn., Ala. and Va.
OFFICE AND YARDS. GEST AND DALTON AVE.. CINCINNATI. OHIO.
••BUY GUM"
We are in the miirket to buy
Dry Gum Lumber in any
quantity, from a single car
load to a million feet. Will
take all grades and thick-
nesses. We receive lumber
at shipping point, pay cash
and are liberal in inspection.
THE FARRIN-KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General Office, Yards,
Planing Mills, I>ry Kilns,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Purchasing t'fflce.
Randolph Building.
Memphis, Tenn.
Cypress Hed Gum Oak
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Hemlock, Yellow Pine.
COLUMBUS
a
OHIO
The only trade paper reaching all classes
of hardwood consumers
HARDWOOD RECORD
355 Dearborn St., Cbicago
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
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THE. GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI, OHIO
PLAIN
AND
QUARTER
S>AWED
White and Red Oak
I CHESTNUT
POPLAR
GUM AND
CYPRESS
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
THE
MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always in the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS.
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS.
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI,
OHIO
L. W. RADINA & COMPANY
CorrespiMiileiice Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kitids of
Wanted for cash — desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades,
Especially 1^-inch stock, for immediate shipment.
CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE^
Cash buyers for stock in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
GEST AND SriMMKR STREETS
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers
Hiiu-ly li^'iiid i|mii ttT sjiuc.I on k v.iit-ers a Min-ci;ilty.
BENNETT «S WITTE,
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
THAT ARE SOLD
ON NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION
INSPECTION ONLY.
Plain and Quartered
( White and Red Oak
{ R.ed and Sap Gum
Cottonwood, Ash, Cypress, Poplar, Soft Maple. Tupelo
Gum aud Chestnut. ■.• We cut Gum and Oak in Thick-
nesses of H to 4 inches. EXPORT AND DOMp:STIC.
224 W. 4th Street.
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Branch: 1301-2 Teun. Trust, Memphis, Tenn.
WHAT HAVE YOU hOK S.\I,K I.N'
Red and White QAK Qtd. and Plain
ALSO POPI.AK, CHESTNUT, WAI.NUT, ETC.
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., QNCINNATI, OHIO
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash H u >■ e r s
Poplar, Oak, Chestnut
And Other .Southern Hardwoods
ALI, GRADE.S AND THICKNE.SSES. WE BUY MILI, CUT.S
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Office:
I2I9 West Sixth Street
Yards:
Sixth Street, below Harriet
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
ManufacturtTS uf
\ Tabasco Mahogany
5gyai3l*c> '.:... ':iv..'-.>;.:...a ■-) Walnut, OaK
■gSSS'- ^* *,'y^ ri igy' Poplar. McLean and Kindlav Avs
J/
CINCINNATI. O.
C. Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
2,000,000 feet Dry OaK
2,000,000 feet Dry Poplar
Pine and Elm | Mostly heavy slock. (Juolalions Solicited.
Poplar, Oak,
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore,
W. Va Spruce,
MILLS INn YAllllS
(L\TLN\.\TI, 0,
VEAtiLY CMMCITV
180,000,000 FT,
LONG BILL STUFF
A SPECIALTY
5°
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REATEST
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MARKET
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o
THE G
WORLD
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.
203 FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO
We are in the market for
Wagon Stock
REACHES, BOLSTERS. TONGUES, AXLES, ETC., AND
Hardwood Lumber
PARTICULARLY WANT WHIit ASH
AND HICKORY
TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE
TO OFFER
FRED W. Black, President HORACEW. BLACK, Secretary
FRED W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOOD UUMBER
305 Old Colony Building
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co.
1649-50 MARQUETTE BUILDING
Are now offering bone drv BIRCH, ROCK ELM, BLACK ASH, etc., Wis-
consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QUARTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc.,
from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers.
The Keith Lumber Company
HARDWOOD, POPLAR & SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER,
MAHOGANY,
REDWOOD,
RED CEDAR,
CYPRESS,
CHESTNUT,
SPRUCE,
MAPLE FLOORING, OAK TIMBERS & WACON STOCK.
OfBcc and Yards: Fourteenth and Wood Streets.
THE WARD LIMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING :: CHICAGO
CLARENCE BOYLE LUMBER CO.
in Hard woods anTc
Wholesal'
Dealers in
low Pine
, Cypress
319 WEST TWENTY-SECOND STREET :: CHICAGO
Heath-Witbeck Company
Hardwood Lumber
We have for quick shipment 170,000
feet DRY BIRCH, First and Seconds
and Common 2, '2%, 3 and 4 inch.
Main Office, 6 Madison St. Yards, Loomis and 22nd St.
CHICAGO
Crandall & Brown
LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS,
YELLOW PINE FINISH,
FLOORING, CEILING, PARTITION,
OAK, POPLAR, BIRCH,
BASSWOOD, MAPLE.
Office and Yards : 3300 Center Avenue, CHICAGO.
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
#
WE WANT TO BUY FOR CASH
OAK
CYPRESS
ASH
MILL CUTS OR ROUND LOTS
9 1 0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1217 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
CHICAGO MEMPHIS
YARDS: NORTH MEMPHIS
HARDWOOD RECORD
BUFFALO
THE GREAT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brawn
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
We want to buy for cash :
Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
618 RANDOI.PH BLDG., MEMPHIS. TENN. 940 SENECA STREET.
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN and QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
1142 SENECA STREET.
G, ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
9bf> TO 1016 ELK STREET
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STRHE1
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
893 EAGLE STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard, 1555 SENECA STREET Office, 886 ELLICOTT SQDARB
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
1075 CLINTON STREET
L N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 ELK STREET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY
Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
50 ARTHUR STREET
'ORSON E. YEAGER
i
Specialtiea: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 ELK STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
Office and Yards, 69 LEROY AVENUE
^^M
YELLOW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, lO-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Latli and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stocl<.
COAL GROVE, OHIO, U
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
COLUMBUS, OHIO
6,000 Car Loads
Sawed and shipped yearly of band-sawed Yellow Poplar, White Pine, White Oak, Basswood,
Chestnut, Hemlock and Ash. Planing Mill and Dry Kiln. C. If you are in a hurry to get
your order placed, call our nearest salesman.
Salesman Headquarters Telephone
Fred A. Wilson Portsmouth, Ohio Bell 4392
E. E. Eaton New York City, 158 W. 81st St Riverside 7390
James B. Patton Buffalo, N. Y., Kocktord Hotel Bryant 1335-R
A. Wallace Irwin Baltimore, Md., Eutaw Hotel
Frank B. Pryor Pittsburgh, Pa., 7th Avenue Hotel
E. E. Gitm Jamestown, Ohio Bell Phone
A. J. Williams Cleveland, Ohio, Eastman, Detroit St Ridge 593-R
L. G. Anderson Franklin, Ohio Bell 482
James H. Lang Detroit, Mich.. Hotel Ste. Claire
W. H. Matthias Chicago, 111., 1448 Addison St Lakeview 1493
Geo. H. Huganir Philadelphia, Pa., 901 N. 50th St.
F. H. Browning ;... Columbus, Ohio Main 7874
W. T. Baker Graham, Va.
Vansant, Kitchen & Co.
Old-Fashioned
SOFT
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Ky.
5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK, SPECIALTY
NEW ASHLAND MII,I,
COPYRIGHT, A. D. 1906, BY THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
flaMwolRocoM
CleTSBth Tear. I
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CHICAGO, JUNE 25. 1906.
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I Single Copias, 10 Cvnta.
CHERRY
C. E. LLOYD, fR.
Manager Sales
Grows in
West Virginia
RIVER
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
Offices : Philadelpbi*, Pa.
LUMBER
RED GUM
We produce and market a carload of Gum Lumber
every 45 minutes during the working day. :
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co.
Morehouse, : : Missouri
For relief from increased rates
wKich are now imminent, apply to
The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company
141 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
PRESENT CASH DIVIDEND TO POLICY HOLDERS, SSYs PER CENT.
The Davidson-Benedict Company
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Everything in
Southern Hardwoods
POPLAR, CHESTNUT, ASH, OAK
(Plainand Quartered.) Straight or Mixed Cars.
DRESSED POPLAR ANY YOU GET what you buy from
WAV v/-,TT ■WTAK.T-r TT "S. ASK FOR OUR DELIVERED
WAY YOU WANT IT. prices, any railroad point.
WE want to move
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
125.000 1 inch No. 1 and No. 2.
500.000 1 Inch No. X Common.
300,000 1 inch No. 2 Common.
100.000 2 inch No. I Common Red Oak.
400,000 1 Inch Sap Cull Poplar.
STOCK TWO YEARS DRY.
THE ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.
2 Kilby Street,
BOSTON, MASS.
ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $300,000.
LUMBER AND WOODWORKING RISKS EXCLUSIVELY.
A new company organized to furlher serve (he patrons ol (he Lumber Insur-
ance Company ol New York. 66 Broadway, New York, and allied organizations.
Home Olfice: 66 Broadway, NEW YORK
Advertisers' Classified Directory Follows War\t and For Sale AdvertisiDS Section.
HARDWOOD RECORD
I /^ T T T ^C^ X/ II I T~T
LOUi^v ILrL^l:,
MANUFACTUKING AND DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
Louisville, Ky.
The Norman Lumber Co.^ Inc,
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Logs and Lumber
Office and Yards : Third Street, H to K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
OFFER F
FOPLAH>
30.000 (t. 4/4 l8t & 2d.
50.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
15,000 tt. 5/4 Common.
QUAETEHED RED OAK.
60,000 tt. 4/4 Ist & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Ist & 2d.
10.000 (t. 6/4 1st & 2d.
20.0(iO ft. 6/4 l»t & 2d.
10,000 ft. 8/4 1st & 2d.
50,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
6.000 ft. 5/4 Common.
6,000 ft. 6/4 Common.
20.000 ft. 8/4 Common.
10,000 ft. 2%" Common.
40.000 ft. 3" Common.
1 car HIckorj Plank, 1% to 4"
8' to 16'.
OLLOWING STOCKS:
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12.000 tt. 4i4"i4i2"— 12', 1—6 mo8. dry.
8O0 tt. 3 x4 "—12', 12—18 mos. dry.
400 ft. 314x414"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
3IKI ft. 3Mii4H"— 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
2.'j0 ft. SM!i4V,-— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3i4i4?4"— 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
ISO ft. 3x4" & Lgr.— 14'. 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larger, dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger, dry.
HICKORY AXLES.
1,500—3 i4 "-6', 1—6 mos. dry.
1,500 — 314x4%" — 6', 1—6 mos. dry.
2.000 — 4 l5 " — 6'. 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1.000 — 414x5%''— 6'. 1— « mos. dry.
1.000—5 16 ' — •', 1—8 mos. dry.
We wish to move and will quote low prices on the following:
1 Car 6 4 1st and and Qtd. White Oak, Wide in 1 Car
1 Car 8 4 1st and 3nd Qtd. White Oali, Wide in '/i Car
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Cora. Qtd. White Oali 1 Car
1 Car 6 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak J4 Car
•i Cars 8 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak
1 Car 13 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak 1 Car
1 Car 4 4 1st and '^nd Qtd. Red Oak, Wide in 1 Car
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red Oak, Wide in 2 Cars
•A Car 6 4 Com. and Bet. Qtd. Red Oak, 50 V. each 1 Car
'A Car 8 4 Cora, and Bet. Qtd. Red Oak, 50'C each 5 Cars
1 Car 13 4 Cora, and Bet. Qtd. Red Oak, 50-? each 1 Car
1 Car 6 4 Com. and Bet. PLain Red Oak, SO'X each 1 Car
3 CarslS 4 Com. and Bet. Plain Red Oak, 505 each 1 Car
We have in pile at mills 3,000,000 ft. Plain and Quartered Red and White OaU, Poplar.
Chestnut and some Ash. in thickness J^'' to 16.4. This will be readv for market in 60 to 90
days. We also handle all lands of Yellow Pine. Cypress, White Pine, Red and White Ce-
dar, Liumb-^r, Lath andShinglesandallktndsof Hardwood Flooring. Write us for prices.
4 4 2'2 to 514" 1st & 3nd Qtd. White Oak Strips
4 4 3'" to S'i" No. 1 Com.Qtd.White Oak Strips
4 4 No. 3 Cora. Qtd. White and Red Oak
5 4, 6 4 and 8 4 .No. 3 Cora. Qtd. White and
Red Oak
4 4 No. 3 Com. Plain Red Oak
5 4, 6 4, and 8 4 No. 3 Cora. Plain Red Oak
4 4 No. 3 Cora. Plain Red and White Oak
6 4 1st and 3nd Poplar, 7 to 18"
4 4 No. 1 Cora. Poplar (Selects in)
4 4 No. 1 Cora, and Bet. Bay Poplar
4 4 to 8 4 < om. and Bet. White .\sh
4 4 No. 3 Cora, and Sound Worray Chestnut
STOTZ LUMBER
KELLER BUILDING :: ::
COMPANY
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
Illustrated Catalog on Application
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
"
Albert R. Kampf
Manufacturer
Hardwood Lumber and Timber
Dimension Stock
Board ol Trade BIdg., Louisville, Ky.
E. W. Rhubesky
Wholesale
Poplar, Rough and Dressed.
Oak, Chestnut and Other
Hardwoods
North Vernon Pump
4 Lumber Co.
Band Sawed Plain and Quartered
Oak and Poplar.
North Vernon, Ind.. and
Louisville. Ky.
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak, Poplar and
Chestnut.
Louisville, Ky.
HARDWOOD RECORD
Thick Hard Maple
Cut during tlie winter of 19()4-5.
10-4 I's and 2's . 51,000 ft.
12-4 I's and 2's . 55,000 ft.
16-4 I's and 2's . 10,000 ft.
This stock was sawed in our own
mill and has been seasoned in a first-
class manner. It is largely 12 inch
and wider and verj- choice.
We also have end-dried in shed :
4-4 Birdscye Maple, 8,000 ft.
5-4 White Maple . 21,000 ft.
Please Send Us Your Inquiries.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
MURPHY & DIQQINS
: Offer all grades of the following special diy stock
f MAPLE— 5/4, 6/4, 8 4. 10 4. 12/4, 14/4, 16,'4
GRAY ELM-4 4, 12/4
BASSWOOD— 1 4
BIBCH-* 4, 6 4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
We olfer tor Rail Shipment Irom Cadillac. Also the lollowing lor Water Shipment:
'.; cars 8 4 Maple, No.l Com. & Better 100,000 feet ot 4 4 Uasswood
Icar .5x.i Maple, Select Stock 100,000 feet of 4 4, 8/4 and 12,4 Soft
2 cars 4 4 Hasswooa.No.2Com&Bet. Elm
2 cars 4 4 Birch, No. 3 Com. & Bet. 150,000 feet of 4/4, 5 4 and 6, 4 Birch
Cummer, Diggins & Go.
=MANUFACTURERS=
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Bitch, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
DRY ST
OCK 1
We have a choice line of
Michigan Hard Maple
and
Soft Gray Elm
In placing your orders, re-
member also our famous
••ELECTRIC" BRAND
MAPLE FLOORING.
Be Friendly.
Write Us.
COBBS&MITGnElL
( INCORPORATED)
GADILUG. MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE. HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd.
MANUFACTURERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUE PRICES ON THESE ITEMS:
], 000.000 feet Soft Grey Elm, 1 to 3".
500,000 feet Unseleoted Birch, 1 to 3".
3,000,000 feet Michigan Hard Maple, 1 to 6".
350,000 feet End Dried White Maple, 1 to IH".
625.000 feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood, 1 to 3".
150.000 feet Selected White Basswood, 1", IH" and 154".
210,000 feet Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak, 1 to 2".
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office.
Memphis, Tenn.
Mills.
Chancy, Miss.
Address all correspondence to Memphis office.
w
E have in all thicknesses the following kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
MEHPBIS YAIDI'
Ash 680,000 feet
Quartered While Oak. . 75.000 feet
Plain White Oak 140,000 feet
Quartered Red Oak.... 225,000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410,000 feet
Cypress 22.5,000 feet
Cottonwood 200,000 feet
Poplar 308.000 feet
SELHA YARD
Poplar 409,000 feet
Bay Poplar 867,000 feet
Red Gum 55,000 feet
Cypress 787,000 feet
BERCLAIR YARD
Bay Poplar 100,000 feet
Cypress 800,000 feet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 350 000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
Olfice and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C. R. R.
MEMPHIS. TENN
J. B. Ransom. Ptest. A. B. Ransom. V.-Prest. W. A. Ransom. Sec. C. R. RaDSom, Treas.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Inc.
Manufacturers and Dealer.s in
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
Also make a specialty of Wagon Stock in rough, such as Tongues,
Axles, Reaches, Bolsters, and 6-4 to 16-4 Hickory.
ANDERSON=TULLY COMPANY
STOCK LIST
COTTONWOOD.
20 M ft. 7/8" 1st & 2nd, 8" up
200 M ft. 4/4" l6t & 2nd, 6" up
14 M ft. 4/4" I3t & 2nd. 7"-10"
25 M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2nd, 11"-12"
40 M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2nd, 18" up
15 M ft. 6/4" l8t & 2nd, 6" up
20 M ft. 5/4" 1st & 2nd, 12"
35 M ft. 5/4" Ist & 2nd. 11" &
12"
45 M ft. 6/4" 1st & 2nd, 6" up
50 M ft. Wagon Box Boards, 8"
to 12"
CyPEESS.
20,000 ft. 4/4" Clear Strips, 2%"
to 5%"
WHITE OAK.
4,000 ft. 4/4" 1 & 2 Quartered
6.80O ft. 4/4" Com. Quartered
ASH.
15.000 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2nd Strips. 2%" to
6,000 ft. 4/4" Common.
12,000 ft. 5/4" & 6/4" No. 3 Common.
GTTH.
60.000 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2nd Saps. 13" to 16".
eo.OOO ft. 4/4" 1st & 2nd Saps, 16' and up.
50,000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Common Red.
100,000 ft, 4/4" No. 1 Common Sap.
60,000 ft. 4/4" 1 & 2 Red Strips, 2%" t<;
5%".
POPLAR.
20,000 ft. 4/4" Common & Better.
RED OAK.
1,750 ft. 4/4" Quartered 1 & 2.
2,930 ft. 4/4" Quartered Common.
14,440 ft. 4/4" Plain 1 & 2, 12" and np.
,SO,000 ft. 4/4" Nos. 2 & 3 Com. Red & White.
F. W. GILCHRIST, Pres. W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice-Pres.
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
Three States Lumber Co.
^tANL•FACTURERS OF
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Hardwood Lumber
Cottonwood and Gum ^^^^
Office
Tennessee
TrusI
GET OUR PRICES, TRY OUR LUMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED, RESAWED
COTTONWOOD:
GUM
F. W. GILCHRIST, President
W. A. GILCHRIST. Vice President
W. E, SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards, Cairo, Illinois
Oeaeral OUice; t Tennessee Trust BIdg.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COTTONWOOD
Hardwood Board Rules
FOR HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN
Best Goods, Prompt Shipment
Send your orders to the HARDWOOD RECORD, 355 Dearborn Street
HARDWOOD RECORD
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OR ANGEIaIGA STREET
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Bank of Commerce
Roland F. Krebs
Manager
Ozark Cooperage Co.
Hardwood
Department
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
Four Inspectors in the Si I uth
Direct Shipments (COTTONWOOD.
from mill stocks i CYPRESS. GUM, OAt.
MAIN OFFICE.
FRISCO BUILDING
W. R. CHIVVIS,
Lesperance Street and Iron
Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BIACE WALNUT LUMBEH MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut and Cherry Lumber, Pay spot cash and take up at shipping
point when amounts justify.
CHAS. F.
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices: 148 Carroll Street
Wanted-Cypress, Ash and Cottonwood
Inspection at Point of Shipment Whex Quantity Ji'Stifies
Hafner Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attention.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco "Building
We have the following Dry Stock for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE DAK : COTTONWOOD:
3 Cars 4/4 Common. 3 Cars 1" I and 2.
2 Cars 4/4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards.
GUM : EI,M :
f> Cars 1" Common Red. 1 Car 6 4 I,og Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4" I<og Run.
1 Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
6 Cars 1% Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS. POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL,
HARDWOODS
Send Inspbctor When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
SIX
MILLION
FEET
Ash
R E A
, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
DY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND HALL STRHETS
HARDWOOD RECORD
Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
POPLAR AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOOKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION
CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY
Are You in the Market ?
Send us your inquiries for prices on
the following
HARDWOODS
lOOM ff.
lOOM ft.
75M ft.
25M ft.
25M ft.
SOBI ft.
50IM ft.
lOOM ft.
50M ft.
oOM ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
Com. and Better Quartered Ked Oak.
Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
Com. and Better Quartered Bed Oak.
Com. Quartered White Oak.
1st and Snds Quartered Red Oak.
Com. and Better Quartered Wliite Oak.
Com. and Better Plain Wliite Oak.
Com. Plain Birch.
Com. Red Birch.
Com. and Better Plain Birch.
Com. and Better Hard Blaple.
" Cora, and Better Hard Maple.
Com. and Better Soft Elm.
UPHAM 4 AGLER
Distributing Yards: CAIRO, ILL.
Main Offices :: American Trust Building, CHICAGO
-have you positive knowledge
of tlie accuracy of your books?
A Certified Report
showing the exact condition of
your business, locating possible
errors, and otieriny -practical sug-
gestions for improving- your sys-
tem of accounting — furnished
with our disinterested audit —
wiU answer tliis query
tandard Audit Company
Suite 33S
Marquene Building, CHICAGO
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONNVOOD
QUiVl AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General Offices: HOW. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, 111., Marked Tree, Atk., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blytheville, Ark.
HARDWOOD RECORD
HP
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NEW
I~T A C HP
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BOSTO
YORK PHI L A DE,LPHI A
Charies S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
147 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
Wistar, Underhill & Co.,
WHOLESALE ~-
HARDWOOD LUMBER
8i6 Real Estate Trust Building, # PHILADELPHIA.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the marRet for all thicknesses of
OAK. ASH and CHESTNUT.
312 Arcade Building,
PHIL.\DELPHIA, PA.
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
We are always in the market for round lots of well man-
ufactured stock, and shall be pleased to enter into corre-
spondence with manufacturers with a view to purchase.
PHILADELPHIA
New York, Boston, Pittsburg
DO YOU WANT MUCH OR LITTLE,
SPECIAL OR ORDINARY LUMBER,
ON HARDWOODS OR SOFT WOODS.
We have millions of feet of desirable, dependable lumber
from Ash to Walnut with which to fill your orders promptly
and satisfactorily. Whatever are your lumber needs, write us
to-day for prices on same.
CONSULT JULY "LUMBER NEWS."
J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co.
58th St. and Woodland Ave.,
PH1L.\DELPHIA. PA.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Buye
ROUN~
jToTs Hardwoods
No 1 Madison
Avenue,
New York
ESPECIALLY IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RED OAK
WM.
E.
LITCHFIELD
MASON BUILDING,
BOSTON, MASS.
Specialist in
Hardwoods
Manufacturers are
requested to
supply lists of stock for sale
Jones Hardwood Co.
— (INCORPORATED) ■ ■
WANTS
Poplar, Plain Oak, Quartered Oak and Cypress
Manufacturers please send stock lists and prices
147 MILK STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
H. D. Wiggin Wholesale Hardwoods
Specialties: Poplar, Chestnut, Canadian
Hardwoods, and Mahogany Veneers.
FISKE BUILDING
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
J. H. SCHOFIELD
R. W. SCHOFIELD
SCHOFIELD
BROTHERS
WHOLESALE
LUMBER
Hardwoods a
Specialty.
1020
■22 Pennsylvania Building
PHILADELPHIA
8 HARDWOOD RECORD
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rSA^rlVlLLtzlr
HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
JOHN B. RANSOM ^ CO.,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
We want to move quickly the following old dry stock. All of it lias been on
sticks 6 to 1 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. We are prepared to
furnish promptly mixed cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds;
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4/4 first :ind second
15 M 5/4 first and second
SO M 6/4 first and second
10 M 10/4 first and second
i:.'0 M 4/4 No. 1 Common
65 M 6/4 No. 1 Common
68 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10/4 No. I Common
70 M 5/8 first and second Poplar
80 M 5/'8 No. 1 Common Poplar
15 M 4/4 1st and 2d Quartered Sycamore
10 M 4/4 No. 1 Com. Quart'd Sycamore
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M
58 M
15 M
95 M
84 M
72 M
4, 4 first and second
6/4 first and second
8 4 first and second
4 4 No. 1 Common
6/4 No. 1 Common
8, 4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
50 M 4 '4 1st and 2nd White
100 M 4/4 No. 1 Common White
100 M 4 4 first and second Red
100 M 4/4 No, IJCommon Red
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co,
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand"
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville, Tennessee
INDIANA LUMBER CO,
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Office and Mills : Corner Oldham
Street and Cumberland River
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
MANUFACTT'RERS ANI> WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Tennessee Red Cedar Lumber a .Specialty. Nashville, Tennessee
LOVE, BOYD & CO.
Offer :
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain White Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, Ash, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc.
Our Own Manufacture.
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock.
MAIN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
The Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co.
HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS
Post OfiBce and Band Mill,
ROBBINS, KY.
Shipping Point and Telegraph Office,
JACKSON, KY.
Specialties:
PLAIN WHITE OAK OAK PLANKING
YELLOW POPLAR RAILROAD TIES
Wc manufacture all the lumber we sell from original forest timber.
Therefore the lengths and widths are good. All logs are manufactured
in ten to thirty days after being felled, insuring bright, new stock, free of
sap worms and rot WRITE OR WIRE FOR PRICES.
No. I, No. 2 and No. 3 Common
Poplar, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4,8-4. For sale by
The Loomis & Hart Manufacturing Co.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
WRITE FOR PRICES
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
HARDWOOD RECORD S
1~> ¥ nn T* c^ Y~> f T ir> /^
l-'ll 1^1>UI<Cj
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA
■- - : ,1
A. M. Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell Ihcm. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to us. : :
Willson Bros. Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA.
Babcock Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HARDWOODS
23,000,000 FEET ANNUALLY
LONG ON MAPLE
AND CHERRY
MILLS AND OFFICE
ASHTOLA, PA.
The Nicola Lumber
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
Hardwoods a Specialty
FOR SALE
POPLAR
125,000' 4, 4 lsand2s
40,000" 4. '4 No. 1 Com.
325,000' 4, 4 No. 2 Com.
228,000' 4/4 No. 3 Com.
150,000' •,' 4 Mill Cull
CHESTNUT
200,000' 4 4 Sound Wormy
80,000' 5, 4 Sound Wormy
100.000' B 4 Sound Wormv
48,000' 8 4 Sound Wormy
PLAIN OAK
60,000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
18,000' 4 4 No. 2 Com.
QUARTERED OAK
2 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com.
1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com.
OAK TIMBERS SAWKU TO ORDER.
WRITE FOR PRICES.
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
13,189 ft 4 4 clear Quartered Oak 66,232
^..^jTO ft 4/4 1st & Sds qtd. Red Oak 10,315
30,302 ft 4/4 No. 1 Com. Red Oak ."^6,000
63,204 ft 4,4 No. 1 Com. PI White Oak 119,000
4,417 ft 5 4 No.lCom.Pl White Oak 1.50,000
,5,934 ft 6, 4 No.l Com.Pl White Oak 90,000
33,473 ft 4/4 1st & 2ds Plain Red OiiU 110,000
14,168 ft 4/4 1st & 8ds Poplar 40.000
ft 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar
ft 6,4 lst&,2ds Poplar
ft 4/4 1st & 2ds Cottonwood
ft 4/'4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
ft No. 2 Common Cottonwood
ft 4, 4 Mill Cull Cottonwood
ft 5/4 No, 1 Com. Cottonwood
ft 5/4 No. 2 Com. Cottonwood
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.
PITTSBURG, PA,
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co^
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
lO
HARDWOOD RECORD
"Ideal' a Rock Maple Flooring
is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply
the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma-
chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre-
caution is taken throughout our entire system to
make it fulfill in every particular its name — "IDEAL.'*
Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds
Send us Your Inquiries
The I. Stephenson Company
■WEL,LS, MICHIGAN
White and Red Oak
Secure our special prices on the foUowing
dry stock. We need the piling room.
30,000 feet 7-4 and 8 4 Quarter Sawn.
150,000 feet 4-4 Jst and 2nds Clear Plain Sawn.
200,000 feet 4-4 No. I Common Plain Sawn.
200,000 feet 4-4 No. 2 Common Plain Sawn.
We also manufacture chair and table stock. Let
us rtj^ure with you. Addre^iS all communications to
Dierks Lumber & Coal Company
Mills: 1) E <,if K K N , Ark.
KANSAS CITY, M I S S O C R I
"Michigan Maple Flooring
Our model factory is equipped with the highest
class tools and appliances made for Flooring
production.
We produce our lumber from the best rock Ma-
ple area in Michigan and have 20 years' supply.
Our brand "Michigan" is a guaranty of qual-
ity. Perfect mill work and excellent grades
distinguish our Flooring and our prices are
reasonable.
WARD BROS., Big Rapids, Mich.
Wolverine Brand MapleFJoorrng
::= "THERE IS NONE BETTER" =
It is the same old story, but we want
you to know what Wolverine Brand
will do for you, and what it will cost
you. We want to do this before you
place your next order. If we make you
quotations, we expect the quality and
prices will get your order. TRY US.
BLISS & VAN AUKEN
900 S. Niagara St.. Saginaw W. S.. Mich.
OAK FLOORING
KilD Dried
Polished
A HARDWOOD LUMBfR ^\
& MFG. CO.
SA RDIS
-. MISS- -
Hollow
Backed
and
Bundled
Timber Bonds
SECURED BY FIRST MORTGAGE ON TIMBER LANDS
^ r
H. C. Barroll <5 Co.
BANKERS, First National Bank Building, CHICAGO^
H. B. I,EAVITT, PREST.
E. H. Ad.\ms, Secv.
B. F. Richardson, Vice-prest.
J. G. LEAViTT, Treas.
THE LEAVITT LUMBER CO.
Most Complete Stock of Hardwoods in
CHICAGO
Make Known Your Wants and Get
IMMEDIATE. RESULTS
WISCONSIN
TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
General Office and Yard :
CENTER AYE. NEAR 35th ST.
Southern Office :
713 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
.MEJIPHIS, TENN.
THE "FINEST" MAPLE FLOORING
W. D. YOUNG & CO.
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.
Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high-
est type of Michigan Forest Products. Large
stock of Maple Flooring and 15,000,000 feet
of Hardwoods — 1 to 4 inches thick — on hand.
Maple, Birch and Beech Lumber
Published in the Interest of Hardwood Lumber, American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring,
Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and WoodworKing Machinery.
Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO, JUNE 25, 1906.
No. 5.
Published on the 10th and 25th of each month by
THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
Henry H. Gibson, President
Frank W. TUTTLE, Sec-Treas.
OFFICES
Sixin Floor Ellsworth Bldg., 355 Dearborn St Chicago, III., U.S.A.
Telephones: Harrison 4960 Automatic 5659
TERMS OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
In the United States, Canada, Phihppine Islands and Mexico . , $2.00
'n all other countries in Universal Postal Union ..... 3.00
Subscriptions are payable in ad\ance, and in default of written orders to the
contrary are continued at our option.
The entire contents of this publication are covered by the general copy-
right, and articles must not be reprinted without special permission.
Entered at Chicago Postoffice as Second Class Matter.
Advertising copy raust be received five days in advance of
publication date. Advertising rates on application.
General Market Conditions.
While the hardwood demand the country over remains in very good
shape, there are indications that the active buying season is pretty
well over for at least two months. In a good many quarters in
apparent sympathy with the decline of value experienced by yellow
pine, hemlock and some of the other building woods, hardwoods seem
to have slightly dropped off in price. During the last month yellow
pine, especially in sides and their resultant product, has declined.
Hemlock is being offered for a dollar less than it was a month ago,
and it is not surprising that hardwoods should suffer a little in the
general decline. It is not to be understood that there is any par-
ticular weakening in hardwood values beyond an occasional instance
where manufacturers or jobbers are attempting to force the market
on some particular line. For months past a great many kinds and
grades of hardwoods have been in such short supply that buyers
were falling over each other to obtain even a modicum of the stock
their trade demanded, but today the majority of items can be
obtained in fair supply and without premium on account of shortage.
Conditions are entirely healthy and every indication points toward an
early and strong fall trade.
The demand for plain white oak is still slightly in excess of the
supply. There seems to be a little improvement in the call for quar-
tered white oak, but prices still range relatively low. Plain red oak
is growing into fair supply and the demand still remains good. There
is more quartered red oak than the market readily absorbs.
The immense demand for box and crating stock still keeps the low
end of Cottonwood and gum right up to green stock. There seems
to be no prospect of a diminution in the demand. Strictly red gum,
from the widening consuming demand, is not readily obtainable, and
the good end of Cottonwood is almost equally short.
There is an undeniable shortage in all grades of poplar, while the
demand is steady, with reasonably strong prices. If a June tide
prevails, which does not always happen, there is enough log supply
in the upper streams of the Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia
rivers to show a reasonably fair supply of poplar for the fall and
early winter trade, otherwise all grades of poplar will reach high
premium before the year is over.
Good chestnut remains in excellent demand, and the casket people
seem to have pretty close picking to secure enough sound wormy to
keep them going.
In the northern woods the sales of inch maj)le to flooring manu-
facturers still remain active, and there is very little unsold dry stock
in the hands of manufacturers. Prices still remain not unduly high,
but there is a good prospect of an increased value in four-quarter
stock before there is any more in first hands ready for shipment.
Thick maple still remains slow, owing to the decreased demand for
the wood in the agricultural implement and machinery frame con-
struction trade; however, there is very little thick stock being sawed,
ilanufactnrers are cutting almost the entire log into inch, owing to
the excellent demand that is prevailing for this thickness.
The coarse end of basswood is closely picked up by the box trade,
and the better qualities are selling fairly well.
Gray elm and birch are both accumulating in first hands, and in
the face of very low prices are dragging. This seems to be :i
remarkable condition to prevail for two as high-class woods as these,
considering the active demand and high jirice of woods of inferior
quality that come into competition with them.
Eock elm and black ash are practically out of the market. The
area of growth of both these woods has become very limited and the
supply is entirely inadequate to meet the demand. The same can
be said of hickory and the white ash of the South.
Flooring people, by exercising a good deal of conservatism in the
quantity of their output, are still having an excellent demaud. and
undeniably are making some money.
Mahogany seems to be ini]jroviug in demand, but the price still
rauges remarkably low for this aristocratic wood.
The situation in cherry and black walnut is featureless; even for-
eign demand for the latter is more or less spotted, and the prices
obtained for this splendid wood are undeniably very much below the
values it should command.
Both the veneer and panel people are reasonably busy. The veneer
men have not yet succeeded in establishing very much uniformity
in manufacture, grading and value for their output, with the result
that prices under varying conditions show a wide latitude. A few
concerns in the business are making considerable money; others are
running along about at cost of jirodviction, and still others are losing
considerable sums.
Hardwood Flooring Situation.
Manufacturers of oak, maple and beech llooriug have enjoj'ed
a very prosperous season. The hardwood flooring business has fallen
for the most part into the hands of a group of very able men, saga-
cious enough to understand that they must not overload the market
if they would have a fair price for their product. The maple and
beech flooring plants, which are very largely located in Michigan,
have an annual capacity of more than 300,000,000 feet. The outj(ut
of these plants for the past year has been considerably less than
1300,000,000 feet. Kvery jirodncer has awakened to the necessity of
keeping his output down to market requirements. There is a general
impression that maple flooring manufacture is highly profitable, and
as usual under such conditions competitive plants are constantly
being buUt, with the idea of getting "a piece of easy money."
These would-be breakers into a "good game'' are not as thoroujjhly
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posted on what they are going against as they should be, or they
would not Im! so zealous to get into the flooring making trade.
Hardwood flooring manufacture is a distinct calling, and every
man who has ever gone into it has spent a lot of money in paying
for experience. In the history of northern hardwood flooring produc-
tion there is no concern with a small plant which has ever made any
money; on the other hand the big plant calls for an investment run-
ning from $100,000 to $250,000 for factory, raw material, flooring
stock and the carrying of accounts. It requires experienced and
skilled workmen to produce a good quality of maple or beech floor-
ing. Buyers view with suspicion the output of a new plant, knowing
that it takes time to educate a force up to the high standard of
manipulation and accuracy necessary for the production of high-
class flooring from these very refractory woods. Manufacturers
have in the past been obliged to spend nearly twice as many dollars
per thousand feet in the actual production of maple flooring as
have experts in tliat line during the last year or two. The manu-
facturer who ha.s paid dearly for his experience is able to produce
maple flooring at a profit, on a price basis that would mean loss
to the amateur in the trade. There is no demand for any more of
these plants at the present time, and the average producer of maple
lumber will find his bank balance in as good shape, at least at the
end of the first few years, if he sells his lumber to existing maple
flooring factories, as by entering upon the production of the flooring
himself.
In the oak flooring business the situation is somewhat differant.
Oak has not nearly so refractory working qualities as maple, and the
demand for oak flooring is still in excess of the supply. Good oak
flooring is a mighty good seller at the present time, and even if the
output were increased fifty per cent the business would still be a
profit-bearing proposition. However, persons figuring on entering
the oak flooring business should exercise a good deal of caution in
tying up a large sum of money unless they have positive assurance
of a source of supply for a good many years. Oak stumpage is grow-
ing remarkably scarce, and the demand for the wood for other pur-
poses than flooring is so strong that they must needs expect to pay
almost fancy prices for rough stock from now on. The end of
even maple stumpage may be seen today, but the maple flooring
producer is in better shape than the oak man, for the reason that
there is not an extraordinary demand for maple lumber for any
other purpose.
Philadelphia Lumber Promotion Enterprise.
The Hardwood Kecord adds another chapter to the history of the
International Lumber & Development Company of Philadelphia in
this issue. This story tells in detail the methods employed by this
extensively advertised "promotion" scheme and- the peculiar sys-
tem of bookkeeping by which it claims to be making such remark-
able earnings, and which, according to good authorities, it has thus
far paid in dividends. It is an interesting story and well worth
reading.
Hardwood Lath.
A number of Michigan hardwood operators have been able to solve
the problem of profitable disposition of their refuse this year by
entering upon the production of hardwood lath. Owing to the short-
age of white pine, hemlock, yellow pine and cypress lath, prices have
climbed very high, and buyers and consumers who up to this time
would not listen to a suggestion of the utilization of hardwood lath
have been purchasing them with a good deal of freedom during the
last three or four months, and are coaxing their house builders and
lathers into their use. This hardwood lath product has actually
shown manufacturers a price of $20 a thousand feet board measure
for their refuse.
While hardwood lath are selling fairly well during this particular
period of high values of softwood lath, it must not be presumed
by any means that at all times it will be possible to manufacture
them at a profit. Today it is simply a matter of the extreme short
supply of softwood lath that makes it possible to get the maple
and other hardwood substitutes upon the market.
Ordinarily, and especially at present current values, the manu-
facture of dimension stock should be a much surer profit-making
proposition than the making of lath, but inasmuch as a lath outfit is
inexpensive a good many mills might logically be equipped with it
for the purpose of taking advantage of lath making when the market
warrants their production. There is no argument against hardwood
lath as compared with softwood, save that it costs more to nail
them on. They make a stifEer foundation for plaster, but lathers
seriously object to the extra expense involved in nailing. It is
therefore safe to presume that hardwood lath should be manufac-
tured in preference to dimension stock only when the extraordinary
prices of the last few months prevail.
Pacific Coast Hardwood Freight Rate.
A meeting of the Trauscoutiueutal Freight Committee is scheduled
to be held at Chicago today, which has the making of freight charges
on the several transcontinental lines. There will be presented to
this committee from the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa-
tion, the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States,
the National Hardwood Lumber Association, the Wisconsin Hard-
wood Limibermen's Association and the producers of maple and oak
flooring, a mass of evidence pertaining to the injustice of the cur-
rent rate of eighty-flve cents a hundred on hardwood lumber and
flooring from Mississipjji valley points to the Pacific coast, and
strong arguments will be presented urging the Transcontinental
Freight Committee to reduce this rate to at least sixty cents, thus
placing producers of hardwood lumber and flooring in an equitable
position for the building up of trade on the Pacific coast. Several
prominent railroad men who are interested in transcontinental ship-
ments confess that the rate is out of proportion to the eastbound
rate on forest products.
It is to be hoped that the committee will take a favorable view of
the claims of hardwood producers and cut the existing rate to a
price that shall be fairly just. In that event undeniably at least
four times the present quantity of hardwood lumber and flooring
could be sold in Pacific coast states, and the strong competition that
now exists with foreign hardwoods imported in that part of the coun-
try almost entirely eliminated. It is simply a question of the freight.
If the transcontinental lines can afliord to haul lumber from Port-
land to Minneapolis at from forty to fifty cents a hundred, and to
Chicago and even further east at from fifty to sixty cents a hun-
dred, it wiU certainly be a revenue producing proposition to quad-
ruple their westbound lumber shipments by making a lower rate.
Free Alcohol.
Since the free denatured :Llr(ihul bill has become a law extensive
experiments are planned by Secretary Wilson of the Department of
Agriculture to determine how best the farmers and manufacturers
of the United States are to take advantage of the new legislation.
In the opinion of the secretary it is wise that this investigation be
thorough, and include, for examjjle, a study of the white potatoes
that grow abundantly in Maine, Michigan and Colorado; of the
sweet potato and yam, cassava and coontie of the South; of the sor-
ghum throughout the central portions of the country; of the stalk of
Indian corn in other localities; and the possibilities of producing
alcohol direct from the sugar beet in Michigan, California and other
regions where this variety of vegetable may be grown in abundance.
Mr. Wilson thinks experimental work should be done by the govern-
ment toward adapting a small still to the use of localities. He has
decided that the opinion of many farmers that small alcohol stiUs
can be run on the farm is chimerical.
It is passing strange that this series of exjjeriments at government
expense to determine the actual benefits to accrue to the poor farmer
should not have been made in advance of the enactment of legislation
that has materially handicapped the possibilities of making money
out of mixed hardwood forests. The government has never spent any
vast sum of money in an effort to teach lumbermen how to make
money out of forest refuse, but lumbermen have themselves expended
hundreds of thousands of dollars in experimenting, and have eventu-
ally succeeded in producing wood alcohol, acetate and charcoal iron
by utilizing what has heretofore been known as forest and sawmill
refuse. Then out of a clear sky comes this legislation, entirely
experimental, which, wholly conjectural in its advantage to the
farmers of the country, depreciates the value of the millions of
dollars invested in hardwood timber lands and in chemical, charcoal
and iron plants anywhere from fifty to seventy-five per cent If
ever there was a premature, foolish and iniquitious piece of legis-
tiou it is the free denatured alcohol bill.
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13
Verts Pertinent and Impertinent.
Good Fellows.
Here's to all f,'ii(i(l fellows, friends.
In this world and the next;
A toast I drink to you tonight —
Good fellowship's my text.
Not he who calmly takes your hand.
In an idling hour, you know;
Not he who slaps you on the back
As long as the highballs flow^
But the chap who speaks the kindly word
When things have all gone wrong;
The fellow that smiles as he grasps your hand
And tells you life's a song.
What if you know the sucker lies —
What if he knows it, too;
There are times in life when the friend that
lies
Is the only friend that's true.
Cavil and rant, ye prudes that will.
Of the evils of wine and gin —
But somehow the real true things we feel
Slip out when the wine slips in.
The fool is a fool, and the cad is a cad.
Wliiehever God means him to be,
Eiut the man that's a man won't forget he's a
man.
Though he's out on a hell of a spree.
So drink to this toast from your hearts, my
friends.
From a heart to a heart let it run —
Hero's to good fellows all over the world —
Their health, and God bless every one!
Get a Transfer.
If you are on the gloomy line,
Get a transfer!
If you're inclined to fret and pine.
Get a transfer!
Get off the track of doubt and gloom.
Get on the sunshine train — there's room.
Get a transfer! . — w. of O.
■What's the Use?
It is impossible to
defeat an ignorant
man in an argument.
Good Thing.
Money talks, and
very often it stops
talk.
Grasping.
Give some men a
fair start and they
will take an unfair
advantage.
Follows Suit!
When a wise man
does a favor, he for-
gets it; when a fool
receives a favor he
does likewise.
Both Fail.
A woman will keep
an expense account
just about as long as
a man will keep a
diary.
But Only He.
Cheek is often mis-
taken for tact by the
person who makes use
of it.
Poor Success.
Many a man's suc-
cess leaves a bad
taste in his mouth.
Not the Same.
Notoriety is often
mistaken for fame.
The Point.
Opportunity makes
the man — after the
man has made the op-
portunity.
A SUGGESTION.
Don't Fret.
The calamities we
actually face are as
nothing when com-
pared to those we
manufacture.
True.
Life 's real com-
jiensations do not
come in pay envel-
opes.
The Difference.
Tlie only apparent
difference between
some men and sponges
is that sponges will
take water.
Not Worth Much.
A compliment given
apropos is only half
a compliment.
Alwajrs.
Overcautious men
i iivariably look be-
fore they creep.
■Very Few.
There are few peo-
ple who make good in
an emergency.
Intoxicating.
Beauty is worse
than booze; it intoxi-
cates both the holder
and the beholder.
Just an Excuse.
An apology is a
poor excuse at best.
Lumbermen who do not recognize the value of rules for the universal and uniform inspec-
tion of Hardwood Lumber should have recourse to this simple expedient.
Constancy.
Constancy is sup-
posed to be a virtue,
but in advertising it
is a necessity.
Exchange.
The world owes you a living but you owe
the world a life.
Everybody.
Everybody ■wants to boss .somebody, and it
is not unusual to find somebody who wants
to boss everybody.
Usually 'Wins.
The man who is determined
works without a time table.
to succeed
Gift of Gab.
A man is not necessarily full of bright
ideas because he can hand out a long line
of talk.
The Only 'Way.
Cultivate the habit of forgetting if you
would be happy.
The Consequence.
People who try to keep up appearances
often find it necessary to keep up disap-
pearances later on.
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Tree Growth and the Vhysics of Wood.
One of the interesting and important siilv
jects that should attract the attention of
himbcrmen, and esiieeially hardwood lumber-
men, at this period of development of this
great industry, is the study of tree growth
and the physical qualities with which woods
are endowed.
The Hardwood Eecord deems it wise to
interrupt its series of American Forest Trees,
which has occupied an important place in
every issue since Jan. 1, 1905, to print a
number of articles on this subject. In this
connection quotations will be made from
leading authorities, and this information
supplemented by a series of spe-
cial articles on various divisions
of the general subject, by writers
who have given particular atten-
tion to the study of tree growth
and the physics of wood.
It is believed that this series
of articles will prove timely, in-
teresting and instructive. Apro-
pos of this study, it may be wise
to paraphrase some of the ob-
servations of Herbert Stone, F.
L. S., who is the author of a
work on The Timbers of Com-
merce and Their Identification,
published by Wm. Eider & Son
of London. Mr. Stone says:
It would be a difficult task to
answer the question why some
plants possess the property of
forming wood, while others,
nearly related, do not. Why
some plants run their course in
the brief period of a year, and
perish as soon as they have
given birth to another genera-
tion, while others persist and
augment their bulk year by year
for centuries. There is nuu-h
food for reflection here.
Such plants as are endowed
with the faculty of secreting a
substance which resists decom-
position for a long time, and of
fortifying their tissues with it,
play a verj' different part in the
world's economy to that of their
herbaceous relatives, which today
are, and tomorrow are cast into
the oven. They exist long enough '
to acquire an individual history. This history
may not be written in human records, but it
has a record of another kind, which may be
read in the structure of the tree itself, which,
like the nautilus, adds a chamber to its
habitation every year by surrounding itself
with a fresh layer of wood.
These layers are perhaps the most familiar
feature with which all those who have used
timber, or have noted the cut ends of fallen
trees, are acquainted, but it occurs to few
that the innermost tiny ring enclosing the
pith is the section of a stick that was once
the seedling tree. The seedling is a small
object, a few inches high at most, and the
layers which have been added year by year,
were it possible to separate them, woulcl ap-
pear as long taper tubes of wood.
The annual addition to a tree's growth is,
in fact, a conical sheath tapering to a point,
and capable of accommodating the plant
within to its topmost bud. A seedling is
two years old, but not as a child, who is two
years old to his innermost parts, for the
tree is only one year old as regards its outer
portion. The two layers are not merged in
one another ; the second is merely added. In
the case of a full-grown oak, a century old,
only the pith and first coat of wood bear
that age; the next coat is only ninety-nine
years old, and the outermost but one. More-
over the topmost branches are quite young,
and their • innermost parts, scores of feet
above the tip of the little seedling from
which they Imve grown, are scores of years
younger, even to their pith. Of an ancient
hollow tree it may be said that perhaps
Kobiii Tlood (lined benrath its brandies. The
WAYS IN WHICH WOOD MAY BE Ct'T : A. CROSS SECTION
11. I!Ar>IAL SECTION ; C, TANGENTIAL SECTION.
general impression is correct, but the fact
is not precise ; for the tree is no older than
its component parts, which, being entirely
outcrparts, are. merely the growth of the
last fifty years or so, as a section of the
wood will jirove.
A tree, then, is a living organism whose
component parts are of various ages; and
upon it arise successive generations of leaves,
much as a city rears its people or a coral
reef its polyps. The living portion is re-
newed from time to time, adds something to
the tree, and passes away. Time too brings
all trees, for some exhibit no distinction in
this respect and are the so-called sap-wood
trees, though even here changes take place
which bring the timber to maturity. In a
living heart-wood tree there can be dis-
tinguished the pith, heart-wood, sap-wood, the
iictive living layer or cambium, the bast and
tlie bark. The cambium layer is a very deli-
cate sheath of thin tissue which is the source
of the new wood, and which by the multipli-
cation of its elements or cells adds layer
upon layer to the wood already formed. Ou
its outer side it adds to the bast, but in a
much smaller degree.
The bark, enclosing all in an impervious
clothing, serves the purpose of checking the
evaporation which . would endanger the exist-
ence of the delicate cambium
layer within.
The young wood lying nearest
tlie outside jiartakes of the na-
ture of the cambium at first, but
lapidly becomes altered. The
walls of its cells, originally thin,
l)ecome thickened and woody, but
for some time they retain their
■ apacity for absorbing water,
and form the channel by which
the water from the roots ascends
to the leaves. The further from
the bark, the less is this capacity
possessed by the wood, and
though it is rarely if ever quite
lost, yet the difference in the
rate of absorption of water by
the sap-wood and heart-wood is
considerable, as can be seen by
moistening the cut surface of a
piece of w-ood where both art
present. While the water sinks
rapidly into the sap-wood it sen-
sibly lingers on the surface of
the riper part. The vital pro-
cesses which constitute the phys-
iology of plant life are beyond
the scope of this work, which
deals solely with their product —
the wood, which while living is a
tree, but being dead is timber.
As, then, a tree consists of
i-oncentric cones of wood, if it is
sawn into planks the outermost
plank will be a curved flitch of
bark, with some sap-wood on its
inner side. The next plank will
liave sap-wood down the edge,
;ind a strip of heart-wood down
the middle, which strip will in-
crease in width, plank by plank,
until the center of the tree is
reached. Lines which mark oif
cone from cone (that is, annual ring from an-
nual ring) may be seen parallel at the lower
end, but will join as loops at the upper.
It is only when the section approaches the
horizontal that the annual rings approach
the circular, so that oblique cuts show an
almost infinite variety of form. In fact,
two planks are never alike in every detail
of figure except by accident.
I have referred to the Autumn and Spring
zones as though all woods possessed them,
and it will be found that the same ex-
pressions are generally employed in the
literature of forestry. They are of course
other changes due to other causes than the
nourLshment afforded by the yearly labor cnly appropriate in connection with those
of the leaves, and as year by year a new species which grow in temperate climates.
coat of wood is added, so does an inner
layer lose its vitality and become inert, and
so does a still deeper layer undergo still
further changes which produce the heart-
wood. This heart-wood will not be found in
as the period of greatest vigour in tropical
trees is not necessarily that of Spring, while
it is possible that there is no resting period
like our Winter. Judging from the structure
this state of things is by no means unusual,
HARDWOOD RECORD
15
and from British Guiaua come a number of
species •which display no indications what-
ever of a regular alternation of seasons.
In most works on forestry much stress
is laid upon the width of the annual rings
aud careful measurements have been made to
ascertain the average width, in order to sup-
ply data for estimating the probable annual
production of wood. As this is the measure
of profit the importance of these iigures
cannot be overrated, Ijut inasmuch as they
liave little if any value for the purpose of
identification, they are only mentioned by
the way. The annual increase of rock
elm is naturally .slow, perhaps as little as
1-16 of an inch per annum, while its near
relative tlie white elm is enabled to put
on as much as half an inch in the same
time, and .seldom less than Vv. inch.
Mr. Stone calls attention to the fact that
a knowledge concerning the rings of growth
is useful in tlie study of woods. Some are
regular, some are toothed, some are con-
volutoil, and the lioundary which may be
for:ned liy a fine line of dense Autumn
wnoil, a line of contrast between the lax
wiiod of Spring following upon the dense
^M>l)d of Autumn, or a similar contrast
formed by a pore ring in the .Spring wood,
or the boundary may be vague in some
woods and entirely fail in others. It must
be borne in mind, however, that the boundar-
ies of the rings of woods may be very clear
at times, and can vary much in the same
piece of wood. In an analysis of tree
growth care must always be taken to avoid
confusing bands of pigment with annual
rings. In the rosewoods the black zones are
usually concentric, and only on close examin-
ation arc they found to be out of harmony
with the structure. Another good illustra-
tion can be seen in olive wood, often made
u]i into articles of virtu and decoration, in
which the black zones are always eccentric
to a great degree. There is an Australian
growth known as the gimlet wood, which in-
variably grows on a twist. The true annual
rings in this wood are manifest, but as the
stem of the tree is three-lobed or buttressed
as it were, it gives a very peculiar appearance
in the cro.ss section. The silver grain which
t'urnis the beautiful flakes so much esteemed
in oak timber, and which is composed of
fragments of tissue called medullary rays,
has the appearance in the cross section, of a
giant spider's web. As these rays proceed
from the center outward, it is only on those
saw-cuts which follow a radical direction —
that is, in quarter-sawed lumber — that they
appear at their best. As is well known, all
woods do not show, this feature in so marked
a degree as the oaks. On the contrary, this
highly esteemed figure is obscure in most
s]>ccies. There is, however, no wood in which
it may not be found. There are some kinds
"liich do not show the annual rings; others
v.hich lack other features present in the
oaks, such as the pores or the soft tissue,
but none of the conifers or broad-leafed
trees can be found that does not show these
rays of silver grain.
To continue the quotation from Mr. Stone's
work :
The pores just mentioned are the little
grooves seen upon the surface of cut planks
which give to them the appearance known
as coarseness of grain. They are little tubes
technically called "vessels," whose openings
can be seen at the end of a plank, transverse
or horizontal section, closely arranged in the
annual ring in various ways. The pores be-
come smaller and smaller as tliey apijroach
the Autumn or outer boundary, until they
seem to disappear from very tenuity and
both plankwise and across-grain, require a
lens to follow them. In the oak, which is
the easiest and best example, these smaller
pores are arranged in little tree-like patches,
imbedded in a mass of light-colored soft
tissue. This is composed of short, thiu-walled
cells unlike the mass or ground tissue of the
wood, which is chiefly built up of long
spindle-shaped fibres with thick, w'oody walls,
imparting the qualities of hardness and
tenacity to the timber. The soft tissue, on
the other hand, lacks these properties, but
has a peculiar significance, inasmuch as it is
frequently the character which declares to
which division or group the wood belongs.
The conspicuous ' ' pore-ring ' ' the character
of which most strikes the eye in many woods,
has but a trifling value in this respect, for
there are many species of oak in which the
pore-ring fails altogether, and even the an-
nual ring is difficult to make out, while the
little strings of branching pores, along with
their attendant soft tissue, are always pres-
ent.
It is a singular fact that as the tree ages
the size of its cells and pores increases ring
by ring and year by year, so that upon the
surface of a plank ' ' cut on the quarter ' '
i. e., in the plane of the radius, very narrow
pores lie near the pith and large ones near
the bark, with all intermediate sizes between.
Thus a plank may be "fine grained" in one
part and ' ' coarse grained ' ' in another,
whereas if the plank is cut from the out-
side of the tree (tangentially) the grain or
size of the pores and cells may be nearly
uniform throughout. This increase in the
size of the pores and cells ceases at a cer-
tain age in each species. The oak and hick-
ory exliibit this phenomenon in a striking
degree. The tree at the period at which this
increase stops may be said to be in its prime,
for the wood then produced possesses greater
strength, weight, tenacity, etc., than that
produced either before or after. From a
lumberman 's point of view this question of
growth is an important one, and it uuist
be borne in mind that it is wood and not
cavities that the user of timber wants; the
greater the proportion of pores, the less
wood and the less weight and strength the
timber will possess.
A slow grown piece of oak is a mere suc-
cession of pore-rings, i. e., of little tubes,
whereas well and fast grown oak has a large
proportion of hard woody ground-tissue out-
side the pore-ring, in which the rapidly dimin-
ishing pores form a comparatively restricted
area. There is no strength in holes, and tlie
fewer there are the better. In coniferous
wood, which is free from true pores, the
slowly-grown wood, unlike the faster grown,
is small celled and dense. It is merely a
question of solid matter of which the weight
supplies a good indication.
The counting of the rings is not an in-
fallible indication of age, even when they are
counted at the butt of the tree. There are
causes which disturb the even succession,
such as the destruction of the leaves by in-
sects during the growing period, in which
case the ring is prematurely closed, much
after the manner of usual Autumn cessation
of growth. If, as is sometimes the case, the
tree has power to put forth fresh leaves,
the growth recommences with a pore-ring or
other lax tissue, as in the normal Spring
zone. Thus two rings arise instead of one
for the same year. It has been suggested
that in tropical climates two independent
seasons of growth may cause two fresh rings
every year, but the idea needs experimental
verification, though not of itself improbable.
For the most part the annual rings of tropi-
cal trees are difficult to deal with; they are
often entirely absent aud no rhythm of
structure indicates the periods of growth,
and in several instances, to be mentioned
later, the pores and other elements steadily
increase in size, indefinitely, from the pitli
outward to the bark.
The heart-wood and sap-wood so familiar
in the oak, are by no means universal.
Familiar examples of trees without heart-
wood are the beech, sycamore and birch.
American birch, by the w-ay, has both sap-
wood and heart-wood. Sometimes the two
kinds of wood are distinct from each other,
as in the ebony, where the sap is white and
the heart black, while in others the former
seems to acquire the characteristic colour
gradually, and melts insensibly into the
darker heart-wood.
The pith frequently exercises some in-
fluence upon the contour of the rings. The
common oaks have a five-lobed pith, and the
young layers of wood follow it closely, and
it is not till the tree has arrived at a con-
siderable age that the influence of the pith
is lost. The hornbeam retain.s it for an even
longer period, and instead of the rings be-
coming gradually more regular the lobed
form seems to become more jironounced so
that the bark, though externally smooth and
cylindrical, is internally thickened where
the hollows of the waves occur, and is very
thin above their crests.
The pith of all true boxwoods is lozenge-
shaped in section, or like a narrow bar with
a circular swelling in the middle. The West
Indian boxwood, on the contrary, has a round
pith that is nearly always cracked, so that
this feature is often sufficient to distinguish
the true from the false boxwood. All species
of walnut have a most remarkable pith con-
sisting of a series of diaphragms dividing
the tubular cavity into a number of small
chambers, as may easily be seen by cutting
a twig from a walnut tree. Workmen are
familiar with this rather unwelcome peculiar-
ity, as it forms a serious defect in the center
plank of every log. Although the original
pith of the tree-trunk may not often be ac-
cessible, yet small knots here and there ex-
hibit this feature.
The bark has always been considered a
most useful aid in identifying woods, and in
some eases is the only decisive detail. The
terms used to describe the bark, such as
corky, wrinkled, leathery, fibrous, etc., ex-
plain themselves; but as the small breathing
holes which perforate it are not familiar ob-
jects, the botanical term lenticels must be
employed. These lenticels are perhaps most
conspicuous upon the bark of the silver
birch, where they form the centres of long
horizontal stripes, that become longer as the
tree increases in girth. Each species of tree
has its peculiar kind of lenticel. The bark
at the base or butt of the tree frequently
differs from that which clothes the upper
portion. In the birch again we have an
example, for its bark, though smooth and
laminated like paper above, is usually rough,
fissured and corky at the foot. If a section
of the lower part be taken a mass of hard,
rod-like, light-coloured bodies will be seen
imbedded. This may serve as a type of that
which is to be observed in other species, but
in addition it must be noted whether the
bark is in two distinct layers and also
whether the ends of the rays leave their
impression upon the inside of the bark, or
again, if they are apparently continued some
distance into the bark with the woody part
id
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of the ray connected to the distal portion
by a " tongue and groove. ' '
If the bark be deciduous, as in the familiar
plane or button-ball tree of the London
squares, it will naturally be but seldom found
upon a log that has travelled, nor will it
be otherwise if it be not firmly adherent.
Some barks .shrink more rapidly in a vertical
direction than the cylinder of wood within,
and thus detach themselves, while others are
firmly attached to the wood and separated
with difSculty.
The outer surface of the log cor-
responds with the inner surface of the bark,
unless there is a considerable thickness of
bast between them. In any case the mark-
ings on this outer surface may not only
serve as a means of identification, but also
to show in what manner the grain or fibre
of the tree runs, whether spirally, as in the
lignum vitae, or sinuously, as in the Austral-
ian gum trees — both also important items
from a technical point of view.
Beneath the bark of trees many insects
find food and shelter, chiefly the larvte of
beetles and moths. Some eat their way into
the solid wood to form cylindrical holes or
galleries such as may occasionally be seen
in ebony and the Australian ironbark. Others
confine themselves to galleries made in the
newly-formed wood immediately beneath the
bark, and travel in a peripheral direction
only. As the wood removed by these para-
sites is still in the living condition, the gaps
made in the tissue are promptly filled up
■i\ith a brownish mass of cells almost as soon
as they are made. Whether these cells be
thyloses or callus, I am not in a position to
decide. * ♦ * The resulting brown flecks are
as characteristic of the species as any other
feature, because the grub is faithful to its
special tree and prefers it to all others,
therefore as a series of years can scarcely
pass without the presence of the grub, no
log of wood of a susceptible species of tree
will be found without these traces. A sec-
tion of English birch will often display
these flecks in hundreds. A peculiarity of
the flecks is their property of giving" rise
to new rays in abundance, sometimes amount-
ing to a dense brush-like tail. Similarly the
bird's-eye figure of maple arises from the
attacks of an insect. In this case the repair
of the injury causes a little dimple-like de-
pression in the outside of the wood, which is
faithfully overlaid by every subsequent an-
nual ring. The dimple is therefore a minia-
ture hollow, containing a number of strata,
and if the wood be sawn tangentially, the
top of the hollow Ls removed and the edges
of the successive strata exposed in concentric
circles, resembling the contours on a geologi-
cal map where a bend in the strata has been
denuded. The tails or brushes of rays may
be seen in either radial or transverse sec-
tions, thus indicating their origin, even if
the seat of injury be not evident in the
specimen examined.
Having dealt with the general structure
of wood, it is necessary to consider the form
in which the elements are arranged. It is
not the intention here to go into microscopi-
cal details concerning the cells themselves.
* * * It is enough to say that every
part of a piece of wood consists
originally of cells, or closed cavities,
which in the case of the pores or
vessels become modified into tubes; even in
these the remains of the original partitions
are to be seen. These cells are of various
forms; round, polygonal, spindle-shaped, rec-
tangular, etc., and are usually characteristic
of the tissue they assist in forming, as will
be seen when referring to each special class.
The chief feature of the wood of all coni-
ferous and broad-leaved trees is the system
of rays, not only because rays are never
absent, but because they are" a most im-
portant factor in the classification of wood.
In a piece of beech on a transverse sec-
tion, these rays arise m a fine point, increase
in width and again decrease until they taper
away again to a vanishing point. By ob-
ser\-ing the tangential section, as is easily
done by removing the bark, it is seen that,
though much shorter, they jireserve the same
form, i. e., that of a spindle or tip-cat, taper-
ing at both ends. Laterally, in a radial
section, it is almost impossible to make out
their shape, for they never remain unin-
jured; still, from their form on the two
sections already described, their shape may
be deduced. This T believe to be a double-
edged, double-ended blade; something re-
sembling the outline of a fish, such as the
dace or minnow, but of course very much
longer in proportion to its depth. * * •
Tlie form of the rays is an exceedingly
important factor in the composition of the
' ' figure of timber, ' ' and a clear idea upon
this point will often enable one to deduce
the figure from a small fragment of wood
taken in any section, such as a chip from the
corner of a log.
The greater number of species of trees
liave merely one kind of ray, but in the oaks
there are two kinds, large and small. The
large rays are usually very broad and deep
in a tangential section, and are seen to be
composed of an irregular mass of small
cells, while the smaller rays, on the contrary,
possess much larger cells, usually in a single
row one above another, and are difficult to
see in any section. Furthermore, the large
rays are frequently compound, or composed
of many rows of cells, and run direct from
point to point, whereas the small rays ap-
jiear to avoid all the large pores which lie
in their course, or to be pushed aside by
them. This latter character is found with
great frequency in woods having rays of
uniform size, whether they are broad and
firm, or merely like fine threads meandering
amongst the pores. In point of size the
rays may vary considerably from the broad
ones in the classes mentioned, through all
possible grades to the excessively fine ones
of the horse-chestnut. They vary greatly
in the same piece of wood, or in different
individuals of the same species, or in the
wood of allied species; but like all the other
characteristics, there is a limit, a maximum
and a minimum, fixed for each kind. It
often happens that the limit of length is
difficult to fix unless a very large piece
of wood is available, as it is not unusual
for a ray to extend from ring to ring through
thirty years' growth or more before com-
mencing to taper. The very large rays often
seem to dilate outwards indefinitely and in
some cases may do so, while others run their
course in the space of two or three annual
rings only.
As the circumference of the annual rings
enlarges, the original rays become wider and
wider apart, and new rays arise from time
to time in sufficient numbers to keep the pro-
portion of the rays to the mass of the wood
fairly uniform. These new rays obviously
have nothing to do with the pith, and being
indistinguishable from the okler ones cannot
be called in any sense ' ' medullary, ' ' and
even those of the first year's wood have not
intimate connection with the pith, which
may perish entirely without any apparent
disturbance of the function of the rays. I
therefore use the word rays without the
usual qualifying adjective. * * *
The pores are narrow tubes running ver-
tically up the stem, and having the function
of conveying air and fluids for the service
of the plant. It is not known how long
these minute tubes may be. I have blown
bubbles through an apparently solid stick
of Norwegian birch lour feet long, and I
pumped air through the whole length of a
pole 11% feet long, and further I have
pumped water in a continuous stream through
a piece of American birch ten inches long
by one inch diameter, from which it ran as
fast as it would have done from an open
tube of Vs inch bore. I see no reason why
these limits .should not be exceeded wifb
proper apparatus, especially if straight, well-
grown, uninjured poles of oak are used.
In all but the very young wood the pores
contain either air or the accumulations of
by-products of the vital activity of the
leaves, chiefly gums and resins, and some-
times a curious tissue like a mass of bubbles,
which arises as follows: The walls of the
cells and pores, when examined under a
high power of magnification, are seen to be
pitted all over in spots where the tissue
is extremely thin. In fact these pits are
holes closed by an excessively thin mem-
brane, and are usually opposite to similar
perforations in the next adjoining cells or
pores. If one of the latter becomes empty,
this membrane is forced out into the cavity
accompanied by some of the living contents,
which subsequently divide and multiply after
the manner of the cambium already spoken
of as lying under the bark. There is, how-
ever, this difference, that instead of wood-
cells, they give rise to this bubble-like trans-
parent mass of tissue called thyloses. This
will frequently be met with in pores of large
diameter where the wood has not the prop-
erty of filling its pores with gum or resia.
Another kind of filling occurs in certain
tropical woods, especially teak, and appears
to be of a mineral nature. It is very hard
and rapidly dulls the edge of cutting tools.
In a certain species of wood from British
Guiana I have seen accumulations of this
substance accompanying decomposition, prac-
tically replacing the inner rings of the center
of the tree and forming masses of stone
weighing many ounces.
In the course of the building up of the
wood by the cambium, the pores are pro-
duced at intervals among the wood cells and
arise not in haphazard fashion but in rhyth-
mic succession. At times they are produced
in such abundance and so closely crowded
that this rhythm cannot be traced, but * * *
in a great many cases a definite order
can be seen. The pores may be arranged in
undulating festoons, as in the common elm,
or in radial, tree-like groups, or as most
frequently in our European woods, in a ring
of pores in the early Spring zone of the
annual ring. For the most part, as already
stated, the pores are smaller if not less
numerous in the Summer and Autumn zones,
the latter being frequently very poorly pro-
vided with them. If it should happen that
a wood has more pores in the Autumn than
in the Spring zone, that wood is surely coni-
ferous, but these pores will be found to be
of quite different nature to those just de-
scribed, in fact they are glands containing
resin and are more properly called resin-
canals or ducts. Their presence is an indi-
cation that the species belongs to one of a
limited number of genera allied to the pine
trees. Many kinds of wood have pores in small
closed groups which convey the impression
that a mother-pore has become subdivided
into a number of pores, not merely pressed
or crowded together but clearly indicating
a common origin. * * * If the wood be cut in
a radial direction, a row of closely arranged
pores may be ex-posed at the same time, so
that the wood will appear very ' ' coarse-
grained." On the other hand, if the cut
be tangential, the radial row of pores will
be cut at right angles, and only one of the
series will appear on the surface. Confusion
can easily arise from this cause, and no
small demand is made upon the imagination
to reconcile the differences shown by an.
oval-pored wood cut on the quarter (radial
HENRY C. CHRISTY
Cl-EVEl-AISJ D, O.
SUPPLEMENT ro
Iardwooo Reccdrd
JUNE ?5. 1906
ILLUSTRATING
BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY
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section) with its abundant coarse grooves
and showy ' ' silver-grain ' ' and another piece
of the same wood cut plank-wise (tangential
section) on which but few narrow pores and
nu silver-grain are to be seen. The horse-
chestnut, the box-tree and a great number
of others do not display any jiores which
are visible to the naked eye, but it must
not be concluded that the woods are coni-
ferous because the pores are not visible.
The lens or. even the microscope must be
called in, wlien they vpill appear as minute
apertures or grooves as the case may be. No
briiad-Ieaved tree entirely lacks pores except
a very curioiLS one called drimys cMlensis,
a relative of the magnolias. * * «
In all cases where the arrangement of the
pores takes definite form, such as festoons,
tree-like or flame-shaped groups, the}' strike
the eye as an independent jiortiou of the
wood, especially when they are compacted to-
gether into masses by the "soft-tissue" or
short, thin-wa!led wood-cells. The commonest
fiirm of soft-tissue is a coat of delicate cells
which clothes the pores and appears as
circles round their orifices, or as borders
by their sides in a vertical section. If the
latter section be in the least oblique, as is
usually the case, the soft-tissue looks like
a fail or fringed continuation of the pore.
Often the coat of soft-tissue is so narrow
tliat it is only by careful search for these
continuations that it can be detected. Inas-
much as tlie oblique section of any figure
exhibits greater breadth than a transverse
section, it is a wise plan to use the knife
freely in all directions, to show up obscure
details. This coat of soft-tissue may be
traced in transverse section in all grades
of complexity. The simple uniform sheath
is sometimes laterally extended into wings
or diamond-shaped patches having a large
pore or pore-group as centre, or into con-
centric rings, or oblique, cross-shaped or un-
dulating lines of bands, which look like
designs in lace when viewed as transparent
objects. Some are of great beauty and many
are so characteristic that they at once de-
clare that such a timber belongs to such
and such a genus. For the most part the
pores and soft-tissue together produce this
tracery, but occasionally the soft-tissue is
quite independent of the pores, and nearly
always is ot a lighter color than the ground
tissue.
The term soft-tissue is rather a defective
expression. Soft-tissue may be a very hard
tissue at times, but it is always softer than
the wood fibres of the same timber, and to
the lay mind the term has the advantage
of conveying the meaning intended, for in
looking at a section of wood no one would
misapply it. * * *
Soft-tissue is usually; present among the
dense mass of pores fn the pore-rings of
woods that possess them, but it should not
be considered in the same light as a zone
enclosing the pores, but as the result of
crowding, and may be ignored as of little
significance. As the pores diminish towards
the Autumn zone, and the intervals increase,
the soft-tissue will be seen to increase, and
develop its characteristic arrangement.
Although many woods display great indi-
viduality in their characters, it must not
be supposed that every wood can be clearly
described so that it may be recognized on
sight. Among a limited number of woods
a description may suffice, but the larger the
variety, and the more numerous the species
of closely related woods, the more difficult
their discrimination becomes, and it is as
well to define the limits which are set by
Nature in this respect. Just as the flowers
of all species of ash tree are modeled upon
the same plan, so is their wood. A few
species of ash may present some peculiarity,
but most are practically indistinguishable
from other , members of the genus by the
structure alone. The common elm cannot
be mistaken for the American or white elm,
though their structure proclaims their mutual
relationship, but sufficiently precise language
cannot be found to describe the difCerence
between the wood of the latter and of the
American rock elm. Again, all the mem-
bers of the silky-oak family are sufficiently
alike to be recognizable at a glance, but in
many orders it is difficult to discover two
genera bearing any resemblance to each
other in their wood.
Besides all this, it must be clearly stated
that no varieties such as are ikie to different
conditions of growth, climate, locality or
other external conditions, can be dis-
tinguished by their structure. It is hardly
possible to find language which will enable
a reader to tell Iloncluras from Tobasco
mahogany, or even American from African
mahogany. There are characters which strike
the eye in the St. Domingo variety and dis-
tinguish it from the others, but let anyone
attempt to put upon paper a description
which will enable a second person to tell
for certain which is which, and he will admit
that the time is not yet come to essay it,
notwithstanding the fact that upon the log
as it comes to market there are often indi-
cations of its origin, but these are for the
most part the outcome of the dressing by
human hands.
'Builders of Lumber History.
NUMBGB
Henry C. Christy.
(i<rc J'urlniil Supphinritl.)
In nearly all the addresses made by prom-
inent men before the classes to be gi"aduated
from the numerous colleges this spring the
great text has been ' ' concentration. ' '
"Don't flinch, don't foul, and buck the line
hard," is Roosevelt's characteristic way of
putting it, and others have followed suit in
more or less picturesque language. This ad-
vice is probably best for the average young
business man. Usually, the prosperous and
successful man is the man of one idea, but
in every walk of life there are exceptions
which prove the rule.
Perhaps the most notable hardwood lum-
berman who has been eminently successful in
many widely different commercial pursuits is
Henry C. Christy of Cleveland, O., and yet
so i|uietly and nujdcstly has he built up a
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number of great enterprises that compara-
tively few men know the wide scope of his
activit.v and the importance of his achieve-
ments outside of their own particular busi-
ness interests. Mr. Christy is so reserved in
eh.'iraeter that he rarely speaks of himself ;
in fact, it is almost impossible to find out
from him anything that would in any way
give the listener an idea of his really won-
derful diversity of business talent.
To the hardwood trade Henry C. Christy
was formerly well known as the general man-
ager of the Kirk-Christy Company, manufac-
turers of hardwood lumber, with headquar-
ters at Cleveland, O. He is likewise well
known among the financial men of that city,
being actively connected with one of the
largest banking institutions in the state, also
with several important out-of-town banks.
As the financial head of one of the largest
wholesale grocery houses in Cleveland he is
a factor in the food-stufl' industry nf Ohio.
A little inquiry will divulge the fact that
he is one of the principal owners of the
largest brick plant in the country. Not con-
tent with these numerous outlets for an energy
\(hich seems tirelses, Henry C. Christy is the
head of a large steel range manufactory at
Warren, O. That he has engaged in many
lines of commercial enterprise is not remark-
able, although it is often the misfortune of
many men who have success in one feranch
of industry to lose all in some other busi-
ness, presumably unfamiliar to them, in
which they embark. The significance of Mr.
Christy 's achievements is in the fact that he
has been eminently successful in every enter-
prise in which he has engaged. Of course it
goes without saying that a man interested in
such diversified pursuits must be a tremen-
dous worker, and withal a man alert to the
smallest opportunity — able to judge quickly
and positively.
Jn 1S67 Mr. Christy entered the lumber
business, in partnership with Isaac Kirk, at
Warren. For a good many years this firm
was the largest producer of ties, piling and
timbers in the country, but with the rapidly
lessening supply of suitable timber for this
line its operations became more diversified
until in 1895, when the firm was merged in
the corporation of the Kirk-Christy Company
and moved its offices to Cleveland, it was
among the largest hardwood producers of the
country. In 1902 the Advance Lumber Com-
pany was formed, and this concern took over
the active lumber interests of the Kirk-Chris-
ty Company. White and yellow pine were
added and a business of considerably over
100,000,000 feet per year built up. Mr.
Christy is at its head.
The first business venture of Mr. Christy,
the Warren Hardware Company, of which he
is still president, distributes steel ranges from
the Atlantic to the Facific. He is also presi-
dent of the McCarty-Christy Company, of
Cleveland, a wholes.ale grocery house doing
an annual business of more than $3,000,000.
He is vice-president and chairman of the dis-
count committee of the Union National Bank
at Cleveland, one of the foremost banking in-
stitutions of the country; president of the
Empire Lumber Company of Buffalo, N. Y. ;
a director and actively interested in the
Cuyahoga Lumber Company, the Northern
Ohio Lumber Company, the W^orden Lumber
& Manufacturing Company, the Cleveland
Land & Timber Company, all of Cleveland,
and of the Mud Lake Lumber Company, of
Eaber, Mich., and the West Virginia Timber
Company of Charleston, W. Va. The last
named concern owns over 40,000 acres of fine
hardwood timber, its own railroads, and sev-
eral large mill operations.
Having such a multiplicity of interests it
is quite apparent that Henry C. Christy, who
is still under sixty, is a tireless worker. He
is a man who decides without hesitation,
seeming to see the real issue immediately. His
kindliness upon greeting a stranger or wel-
coming a friend makes him seem younger
than he is. His only hobby is automobiling,
and most of his recreation hours are given to
it. Naturally he is devoted to business, and
lie seems to get from a variety of interests
the change essential to a well-rounded life.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Muck Rake Department.
The International Lumber & Development
Company.
riiusijerable has bieeu told iu previous
issr.os of the Haedwood Eecord concerning
the men who act as figureheads for the In-
ternational Lumber & Development Company.
It has become apparent that the people
who aetuallv conduct the enterprise are John
E. Markley, I. B. Miller and C. M. Mc-
Mahon. These men formerly lived for some
time in Chicago, and it is thus that the
Great and Wind^- derives the credit of send-
ing such a coterie of ' ' development ' ' ex-
perts into the wise and effete East to teacli
even the past masters iu financial matters
how to handle big game and handle it right.
The International Lumber & Development
Company is one of a number of enterprises,
all similar, with the exception of the lumber
f eaturv, known as the ' ' Markley group, ' '
operated by .Joliii R. Markley and I. B.
Millei'. Aiiotlier i.s the Mexican Plantation
Company of Philadelphia which has con-
nected with it another of the group of of-
ficials, C. M. JIcMalion, who acts for it
and the International in the capacity of
secretary ami treasurer. The Mexican
Plantation Company has paid during the six
years of its existence dividends amouutiug
to forty per cent and over, but not on the
sale of mahogany or other hardwoods, of
which it has none, but on the sale of rubber,
coffee, and other tropical fruits. It was
said by people interested in the Mexican
Plantation Company that there had been
ti:nber on the land but that it was burned
off to make grouud for the planting of
crops. Many of the stockholders in the
first corajiany also have shares in the Inter-
national.
Markley and Miller, who are developing
the land for the Mexican Company, are also
under bond to develop the land for the
International Lumber & Development Com-
pany. Their contract extends seven years.
Markley was formerly a lawyer in St.
Louis, but thinking that his talents would
find a fitter field in other pursuits, removed
to California where he became a horticul-
turist. About twenty years ago he went to
Mexico and has been interested in operations
in that country ever since. As far as can
be learned he never liad any experience as
a practical lumberman except in working out
the mahogany alleged to have been sent to
the United States by the International Lum-
ber & Development Company. A man who
has been intimately connected with the com-
pany in Philadelphia, and is in a position
to know the facts, was asked how Markley
could do so well if he had never had any
previous experience iu the lumber business.
' ' Oh, but he is an experienced lumberman,
now, ' ' was the answer, leaving the applicant
for information to understand that the get-
ting out of the logs sent to this country
had made him a finished lumberman even
though previously he had done no practical
work iu that line.
I. B. Miller was in business in the States
previously to being connected with the In-
ternational. He now acts as purchasing
agent for the company, buying machinery,
tools, and other supplies needed on the
plantation.
C. M. McMahon was formerly a real es-
tate operator in Chicago. He has had no
practical experience in the lumber business,
solely acting as secretary and treasurer for
the companies.
"W. H. Bell, said to be for many years a
ri'uber expert gettiug out fancy hardwoods
with C. L. Willey, of Chicago, was the ex-
pert who estimated the amount of mahogany
on the ground. Bell had headquarters at
Laguna, State of Campeche, Mexico, and was
at one time U. S. consular agent at that
])lace, which is in the vicinity of the Inter-
national's plantation. It is not known what
price was paid Bell for his services, but
he was sent as inspector to the company's
estate and the result of his tour of in-
spection was the estimate of 396,000,000 feet
of marketable tiaiber in sight. His method
was to select a stated amount of ground
at various points in the estate, and measuring
the mahogany and other woods growing
thereon, make a computation of the whole
number of feet of lumber contained on the
timbered land.
The dividends paid by the International
Lumber & Development Company are not
the net earnings on the whole amount of
stock sold or on the capitalization — they are
simply the receipts from sales of timber and
other products applied to the money paid
iu in the nature of dividends. The con-
tract of the company in one place states
as follows :
" * * * and as fast as any cabinet
woods or other merchantable timber and dye-
woods are cut and made ready for ship-
ment, or any chicle and rubber extracted ;
or horses, mules, cattle, hogs and goats, are
ready to be sold, the said first party (the
company or its. contractors) shall sell the
same at the highest obtainable price to the
best possible advantage, and all the pro-
ceeds derived from such sales, after deduct-
ing the actual and necessary expenses of
harvesting, curing, and marketing the said
crop products and cutting, shipping and
selling the said cabinet and other merchant-
able timber and dyewoods, extracting and
marketing the said chicle and rubber, and
raising and disposing of said live stock, shall
be promptly accounted for by any such agent
or contractor and forthwith paid over to
the said company, who shall thereupon de-
posit the same to the credit of said com-
jiany in such bank or banks of established
financial credit in the city of Philadelphia,
as they may select. ' '
Further on the contract of stock savs;
"And it is further agreed that the net
profits derived as aforesaid from the culti-
vation and use of said laud, and any money
realized from said premises from any
source whatever, shall be used solely and
exclusivelj- for the payments of dividends
to be duly declared semi-aunually, upon
araounts due from and paid by purchasers
to the company * * * and no part of
said dividend fund shall be applied to the
payment of salaries and other corporate
expenses. ' '
From reliable sources connected with the
company it was learned that all the de-
velopment expenses and all the oflfiee ex-
penses are paid out of the receipts from the
sale of stocks, and that the results of any
sales are declared dividends on such receipts,
the expenses having been paid by the money
subscribed.
Stocks cannot be paid up iu full, pay-
ments of five dollars a month only being
allowed, so that it takes at the least five
years to pay up the $300 which entitles
the purchaser to a certificate of stock. Dur-
ing these five years money keeps constantly
coming in as installments and is applied to
development expenses.
If any default by non-payment of the
installments due occurs the company has the
right to forfeit the sum paid and consider
it as liquidated damages arising through
failure to carry out the agreement, provided
that no such forfeiture shall be incurred
until thirty days after the delinquent has
been notified.
One of the solicitors was approached by a
Hardwood Record representative and asked
whether it was true dividends were being
paid. He strongly asserted that it was.
When he was confronted with the evidence
that the so-called dividends were not divi-
dends at all, but merely the application of
receipts from the sales of lumber to the
siuns paid in without deducting the running
expenses, and that therefore the assertion
that dividends were paid was unfair, he re-
plied, "No, it isn't. We pay dividends on
the sum of money paid in. If you pa}' us
$300, we pay you dividends on it. We never
claimed to pay dividends on the whole sum
of money invested, or on the total capitaliza-
tion, but only on the amount of installments
turned into the company 's treasury. ' ' When
asked if he believed that the company could
really carry through successfully such a
scheme of not applying the results of sales
to the liquidation of office expenses and
other necessary outlays, he launched forth
into such a description of future wealth as
would make the El Dorado dreams of the
Spanish conquistadores pale away into noth-
ingness.
The operations of this company will be
of interest for some time to come from the
fact that 200,000 acres of the 288,000 are
said to be timbered with mahoganv and other
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harclvroocls and, as a consequence, a great
jiart of the concern 's operations will be in
tlie line of lumber development for some
time to come.
The company claims that the estates sur-
rounding their own are extremely valuable
and that they cannot be bought for $1,000
an acre. They bought their own land from
Markley and Miller, the contractors, and
niii.st have paid for it because they claim to
have owned it in fee simple and to have
turned it over to a trust company for the
protection of their stockholders. Even if
they paid as low as two dollars an acre
this would still leave them with the tre-
mendous initial expense of $576,000, and if
the dividends were really being earned, it
would be a stupendous proposition. When
it IS taken into consideration, however, that
the company has a very modern method of
declaring dividends, the problem becomes
easy of solution.
Under date of June 9 the International
Lumber & Development Company issued a let-
ter to its representatives urging them to
renew their efforts to gather in stock sub-
scriptions. It is not presumed that this docu-
ment will induce any vast amount of sub-
scriptions from the lumber trade, but it is
jiublished to exhibit with what persistence
this outfit is attempting to unload its alleged
securities on people who are entirely un-
f.<imiliar with commercial affairs. Tlie com-
]iany 's letter follows:
To our Representatives:
On May 25. 1906, our Mr. W. H. Armstrong,
Jr., recently returned from a business trip
from our plantation in Mexico, where he has
been since Feb. 25, 1906. He reports every-
thingr in good condition.
Enclosed you will find copy of letter written
by him on the plantation to Mr. Francis
Powell, assistant secretary of this company.
This letter will be of interest to you.
Our stock is being purchased very rapidly
and we cannot urge you too strongly to make
a special effort to place as many shares of the
capital stock of this company before they are
all taken. Would recommend that you push
the sale of shares with energy and determina-
tion.
It is quite gratifying to the management of
this company to note that the old stockholders
are increasing in many c.ises in large blocks
the shares originally held and it is quite
noticeable that a large number of new stock-
holders are being rapidly added to our list
who have subscribed for large blocks of 20,
30. 40, 50 and in one case recently 100 shares.
Also remember, that this company expects
to increase the selling price of our shares,
with or without notice, to at least $350, or
$50 above par.
There are only a limited number of these
shares to be sold at par value. Hope you will
place your proportionate amount of these
shares amongst your prospective purcliasei's
before they are taken.
At the close of business tonight we have
4,134 individual stockholders upon our books
who have purchased from one to 310 shares
each. Yours very truly,
iNTKRNATIONAI, LUMBER & DEVELOPMENT CO.j
C. M. McMahon. Treasurer.
Consumers' Lumber Company.
There is a concern said to have head-
4uarters at 11.3 West Twenty-third street.
Xcw York City, known as the Consumers
Lumber Company, which advertises as hav-
ing been established in 1881 and as being
incorporated with a capital of $125,000.
The company announces itself as being
' ' lumber dealers, general commission mer-
chants, and manufacturers' agents." It
issues pamphlets and other literature in abtm-
dance, which it persistently mails— very
largely to the small mill men throughout
the country— and attempts to secure con-
signments of these manufacturers' lumber,
on the argument that the company places
such small producers in direct touch with
the consumer, effecting a great saving in
the cost of handling, "and putting the
profit of the wholesaler^ retailer and specu-
lator into the pocket of the producer."
The company's literature further alleges:
"It has proven so much more economical
that of late years the direct distribution of
lumber by the carload .has almost entirely
superseded the old methods of delivery
tlirough wholesale and retail yards, with at-
tendant expense and delays. As we guar-
autee sales you make no bad debts. We
know whom to sell to and whom not to sell.
This, together with the fact that we save
handling, enables us to sell consumers at a
lower price than they can buy from the
retailer, and at the same time pay the mill
man more for his stock than he can realize
by selling it in any other way.
"All consignments will be sold for the
shipper at tlie full price quoted in our
price list, and prompt returns made, less $1
per thousand feet, which is our commission.
"The prices quoted by us in our price list
are correct and can be relied upon, as they
are the prices at which we guarantee to sell
all stock that is consigned to us f. o. b.
cars this city. ' '
The literature of the alleged lumber com-
pany continues in the same strain, with a
bunch of specious arguments to induce small
mill men to place their lumber in its hands
for disposition. The pamphlet referred to is
a very alluring one to a manufacturer who
is not acquainted with metropolitan lumber
conditions.
The documents issued by the Consumers
Lumber Company bear all the ear-marks of
the authorship of one Horton, who has been
preying on the lumber trade of the country
for many years. He has done business under
various company names for a long time. One
of his old institutions was the Consolidated
Lumber Company of 73 Bedford avenue,
Brooklyn. For irregular transactions in con-
nection with the enterprise on May 9, 1900,
he Mas held in $500 bail by Magistrate
Flammer on the charge of larceny. The
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso-
ciation at this time charged Horton with
defrauding many lumbermen by ordering
lumber and paying some of the dealers in
part and others not at all; with preying for
five years previously on small lumber deal-
ers not members of the association, and with
doing business under the firm names of the
Consolidated Lumber Company, the J. W.
Martin Lumber Company and W. H. Horton.
It is very difficult to actually identify this
shark Horton with the Consumers Lumber
Company, but to the mind of most people
familiar with Horton methods in New York
City, it is a safe guess that he is back of
this new game. The literature of the old
Consolidated Lumber Company and of the
Consumers Lumber Company is practically
identical.
In spite of the advertised capital of the
Consumers Lumber Company being $125,000
and that it claims to have existed since 1881,
the commercial reports state, under a late
date in 1905, that the company was recently
incorporated under New Jersey laws, with
J. M. Davis as president and N. J. Cahill
as secretary and treasurer. It claims to have
a paid-up capital of $2,500, and declines
to make further statements at this time, as
it alleges that it lias a number of stock-
holders who are mill owners located in the
southern states, who do not care to have
their names made public until such time as
the company can make a good showing. Very
little can be learned concerning either Cahill
or Davis, but authorities consulted regarding
the company claim to have positive informa-
tion that C. J. Horton is the promoter of
the enterprise. Horton has operated under
several styles, and has endeavored as far as
possible for the past few years to main-
tain his connection with any lumber enter-
prise a secret. In the past he has taken
advantage of the bankrupt law and in bank-
ruptcy proceedings acknowledged a heavy
indebtedness to various creditors distributed
over the country, and no assets. The re-
ports further say that the New York trade
would decline to gi%e any concern with which
Horton was thought to be connected the
slightest consideration. Eeports from one
house in the South, wliich had the temerity
to make a shipment of lumber to the Con-
sumers Lumber Company, would indicate by
the settlement that the latter concern is do-
ing business strictly on the lines of the ■
old Horton management — the total net avails
offered for the carload of lumber being less
than $10.
It should be unnecessary to utter any
further word of warning to H.4.EDW00D
Record clients in this matter.
An "Operator" at Rochester and Stanley,
New York.
There is a man named F. A. Booth, now-
said to reside at Stanley, N. Y., who former-
ly lived at Eochester, with whom the lumber
selling public will do well to transact busi-
uess only on the basis of getting cash in
advance. It is charged that this man has
defrauded people out of goods to the amount
of many thousands of dollars during the last
three or four years. His letter-head would
indicate that he is a dealer in threshing and
well drilling machinery, steam and gasoline
engines, boilers, wagons, farm implements,
furniture, musical instruments, wind-mills,
pumps, tanks, lumber, groceries and sundry
other commodities. He was convicted in 190-i
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of using the mails for fraudulent purposes,
and was sentenced to Auburn prison for
eighteen months. He was indicted for grand
larceny in Elmira during the same year.
Frequent jail sentences do not seem to faze
liim as he immediately follows the same
tactics as before. It is alleged that he does
Tiot pretend to pay for anything lie gets,
and apparently there is no question as to his
unreliability. He is so wise in concealing
liis ill-gotten gains that commercial agencies
report as uneollectable all claims presented
against him.
Further comment is deemed unnecessary.
McMahon of Syracuse.
■John O. AleMahuic, attorney and counselor
at law, 32 Eversou building, Syracuse, N.
Y.. and more latterly with oflfice at 112 West
One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street, New
York City, is still sending out half printed
half written letter's, asking for consignments
.of all sorts and varieties of lumber. He
seems desperately anxious to break into the
lumber business, although in a letter recently
printed in the Hardwood Record he con-
fesses that he knows nothing of the subject.
There is no evidence thus far to show that
McMahon is a crook, but there is a lot of
it which indicates that he is either a crank
or a fool. One of his recent stock argu-
ments is the following: "I buy and sell
lumber products both between wholesaler
and dealer, and between retailer and
builder. Wholesale prices will not be
divulged to dealers ; therefore state whether
your prices are for dealers or builders. ' '
He further advertises that he is putting to-
gether a combination of manufacturers with
mills located witliin cheap transportation of
a distributing yard to be located in New'
York City.
It will not be necessary to suggest to
Record readers that they had better say
" twentv-tliree " to ilc.Mahon.
Hardwood Record Mciit 'Bag.
[In this department it is proposed to reply
to such inquiries as reach this office from the
Habdwood Record clientage as will be of enough
general interest to warrant publication. Every
patron of the paper 's invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of interest to the hardwood trade, iu
a succinct and intelligent manner.]
Criticizes the Forest Service.
The following letter from John P. Brown,
editor of Arboriculture, Connersville, Ind.,
contains several suggestions of essential value
to lumbermen on the subject of forest and
mill economy and the planting of timber for
future supply. Mr. Brown is a confirmed
advocate of the 'planting of Catalpa speciosa,
which he regards as the ideal tree for quick
growth for a future supply of posts, poles,
ties, etc. His observations concerning the
real timber conditions existing in eastern
Tennessee and western North Carolina are
verified by the facts. It is with much satis-
faction that the Record prints this letter
from Mr. Brown, and it is hoped that lie
will contribute much more information on
reforestry and kindred topics, with which he
is so familiar. — Editor.
On Train en route South, .Tune .j. — Editor
Hauuwood Recokd : I shall be very glad to give
you, from time to time, some suggestions iu re-
gard to forest polic.v. I am perfectly independ-
ent, do not fear to attack any policy which
seems viciou.s or unwise, and having no aspira-
tions politically shall not hesitate to criticize the
government or state policies. I consider the
governmental forest policy as extremely danger-
ous and tending to tlie speedy destruction of
American forests.
Two things are highly essential : First, to
warn manufacturers, lumbermen and timber own-
ers of the near approach to exhaustion of our
timber supply and the necesslt.v of economy in its
use. Second, the planting of immense forests to
provide a quick supply of timber. The area
destroyed each year is very far beyond what any
man has yet told. The government authorities
seem tc; wish to create the impression that we
have a never ending supply.
In the eight years of Mr. riuchofs administra-
tion of the Forestry Bureau he has only spent
$2,74t.2."> in planting trees, the total number of
whicli is l.liT.j.oOO trees in eight years, out of an
appropriation of nearly a million dollars yearly.
I have myself in this same time spent .$50,000,
and planted, or caused to be planted, 20,000,000
trees, through the society which I represent.
-My l)Ook on Practical Aboriculture will tell you
why I am "possibly a Catulpu sprciosa crank,"
as the Record states. If any man can point to
any tree which has so many valuable <]ualities
as the catalpa — one wliich will grow in a brief
Iieriod into lumber, and a tree which is so cos-
mopolitan iu character, growing everywhere — I
shall be glad to learn of it.
I am impressed more and more in my observa-
tions in the North Carolina mountains with the
fact that little timber of real value exists. Here
are hundreds of square miles of mountain land,
all covered with what looks to he forest. The
general impression upon tlie average traveler is
that inexhaustible forests of heavy timber cover
these mountains. Hut let a practical lumber-
man go into the woods seeking trees for lumber,
and the real situation will be learned. Most of
the alleged forest consists of brush which will
require a hundred years to mature ; all of pres-
ent value has been culled and removed. Hem-
lock, birch, sycamore, chestnut, black locust and
oak thickly cover the land, but the very density
of the stuff prevents growth. Vet the forestry
experts at Washington include all these thou-
sands of acres of scrub brush in their valua-
ble ( '.') estimates of forests of which the United
.States is the proud possessor.
There are positively no estimates made by any
individual of the tinantity of commercial timber
existing which have any value whatever. I
question if any man living has had better op-
portunities for observation than I, or has trav-
eled over more territory, or been mtire observ-
ant, and I would not pretend to even guess at
the number of feet board measure existing. But
I do know" that it is only a fraction of the quan-
tity generally supposed. And I also know that
men sitting in their offices in "Washington talk
and write very unintelligently about the vast-
ness of our timber possessions. The rapidity
with which lumber has advanced in price, the
difficulty in obtaining supplies of good lumber,
the great number of very inferior logs being
sawed — all demonstrate the nearness of the end.
We cannot depend upon the natural forest
growth longer than to the end of the first quar-
ter of this century, and I can see no other solu-
tion of the problem than the planting of vast
areas to trees, ileantime greater economy than
has ever been thought neces.sary among owners
of timber lands w'ill be necessary to make our
supply last even as long as I have predicted.
When timber land owners come to see the
lumber prospects as they really exist, and learn
that forest planting is so simple and of so little
cost, its returns coming in so short a time,
then I trust they will rise to the emergency and
their privilege and plant new forests on their
cut-over lands. Joiix P. Browx.
Wants
Walnut, Hickory and Persimmon
Dimension Stock.
Lo.N'Dox. EXGI.AXD, Juue 9. — Editor IlAUDWomi
Record : I am iu the market for walnut shorts
and should like to be put into communication
with reliable shippers tliat 3*ou can recommend
to me. I also want second growth hickory
squares, only in the best wood, for golf shafts,
and also persimmon blanks for golf heads. The
blanks for heads are cut to pattern 2x3 — G and >?
inches long. They should be free from black
stain and bark. Am also in the market for a
variety of sizes in hickory squares, to be cut
from firm hard wood. Company.
The Hardwood Record will be pleased to
place anyone desiring to market the com-
modities named in communication with this
inquirer, which is a reliable London house. —
Editor.
In Market for Built-Up Table Legs.
jEFFERSuxviLLE, Ixo., .Tuue 11. — Editor IIaro
WOOD Record : Will you kindly give us tlu'
names and addresses of firms engaged in tlu'
manufacture of built-up table legs'; We will
appreciate any information you can give us on
tllis SUb,1ect. MAXUFACTfRIXG Co.
If makers of this kind of furniture material
will kindly supply their addresses they will
be forwarded the name of a prospective eus
tomer. — Editor.
Wants Thick Eock Elm.
Clxcixx.VTi, O., June 21. — Editor IIardwoipd
Record : Can you assist us in locating a car-
load of 2V2-inch mill run rock elm for which wi'
are in the market? Comcanv.
If any reader of the Record can supply
this want, will he kindly conimunieate the
information to this ofiiee? — Editor.
New Kentucky Flooring Plant.
The Intern.'itinnal HaixlWLM»d Company i-
the name of a new institution at Catletts-
burg. Ky., which has recenti.v placed in com.-
mission a modern plant for the production of
plain and quartered oak flooring. W. A.
Smith, formerly president of the Keno\'a
Poplar Manufacturing Company, is president;
F. R. Van .Antwerp is secretary and treas-
urer, and L. Merrill is vice president. The
company produces a high-class, kiln-dried,
correctly manufactured flooring, and is now
making about 15.000 feet per day. The ma-
chinery is (if the famous type manufactured
by the Berlin Machine Works of Beloit, W'is.
The oak in the Ashland district of Ken-
tucky, near w'hich this plant is situated, is of
a very superior ciuality for tlooring purposes,
and the product of the International Hardwood
Company is such that is has immediately
gained favor among consumers. A particular
feature of the business of the company is
the fact that it has already developed a large
demand for its product in nearljy cities, which
consun^e a large proportion of its entire out-
put. Catlettsburg is very favorably situat'd
for tlie delivery of flooring in the many pros-
perous towns of Ohio, West Virginia and Ken-
tucky. The surplus product of the plant is
being shipped to tlie large commercial centers
of the East, West and North.
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Meeting of National Veneer and Vanet Manufacturers'
Association.
A semi-annual meeting of tlie National
V'eneer & Panel Manufacturers' Association
was held at the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, on
Wednesday. June 20, Those present were:
E, W, Benjamin, Cadillac Veneer Co.,
I'adillac, Mich,
S. G. Boyd, C. C. Boyd &• Co.. Cincinnati.
Ohio.
C. C. Boyd. C. C. Boyd & Co.. Cincinnati. O.
W. C. Calhoun. Frost's Veneer Seating Co..
Sheboygan. Wis.
M. C. Dow. Goshen Veneer Co., Goshen. Ind.
E. H. Defebaugh, Barrel and Box, Louis-
ville, Ky.
Lewis Doster. secretary Hardwood Mfg.
Assn., Chicago, 111,
F. W. Eggers. F. Eggers Veneer Seating
• 'o.. Two Rivers. 'Wis.
L. P. Groftmann. St. Louis Basket I'i Box
Co.. St. Louis. Mo.
Henry II. Gibson, Hardwood Recoud, Chi-
cago, 111,
D. E. Kline. Louis\"ille Veneer Mills. Louis-
ville, Ky.
B. M. Lord. Chicago Veneer Co., Burnside.
Ky.
H. M. McCracken. Kentucky Veneer Works.
Louisville. Ky.
\\'. E. Moher. National Veneer Co.. Charles-
ton. W. Va.
W. G. Munjan. Virginia Veneer Co.. Keezle-
town. Va.
L. N. Phillips, Linwood Mfg. Co.. Linwood,
N. C.
John N. Roberts. Roberts & Connor Veneer-
ing Co.. New Albany. Ind.
F. A. Richardson, Michigan Veneer Co., Al-
pena, Mich,
Z, T. Robinf.:n. robinson Veneer Works.
Owensboro, K\'.
William Seiber. Central Veneer Co.. Central
City, W, Va.
Charles J. F. Steiner. Baltimore Veneer
Panel Co.. Baltimore, Md.
Kent Sheppard. Globe Veneer Co.. Balti-
more. Md.
D. S. Thomas. North State V'eneer Co.,
StatesvlUe. N. C.
J. Crow Taylor. Louisville. Ky.
J. A. Underwood. Underwood Veneer Co..
Wausaii. Wis.
W. S. Walker. Portsmouth Veneer cVfc Panel
Co.. Portsmouth. O.
O. E. Williamson, Baltimore. Md.
Nathan M. Willson. Pearl City Veneer Co..
Jamestown. N. Y.
The meeting was called to order at 10:30
a. m. by President D. E. Kline of Louisville.
Mr. Kline congratulated the association on
the progress it has made in its work. The
reading of the minutes of the Chicago meeting,
held early in the year, was dispensed with.
Mr. Kline gave the details of what transpired
at the Asheville meeting, held April 16. He
said that the producers of veneers in the
vicinity of Asheville had formed an orgaryza-
tion known as the Southeastern Veneer Asso-
ciation, with a membership of seventeen, and
that this association desired to become .affili-
ated with the national organization as a
southeastern branch under certain conditions,
which he named. These conditions provided
for some changes in grading, and the alter-
ing of base widths on one line of stock.
On motion of Mr. Groffmann it was decided
to admit the members of the Southeastern
organiz.ation as members of the national order.
On motion the chair was instructed to ap-
point a committee on the grading of thin
veneers, drawer "oottoms and glass backs, to
report at Ih? next session. The chair ap-
pointed as such committee: Messrs. Roberts.
Benjamin. Shcppaid. Underwood and Groff-
mann.
The sccretarj'-treasurei- submittcti a report
of the finances of the association, showing
total receipts of $243.81. and expenditures of
?115.16. leaving a balance of $128.65. He stated
that there was a sum of $230 coming to the
association from dues.
The secretary read a communication from
the, secretary of the American Forestry Asso-
ciation, soliciting a sustaining membership
from the Veneer & Pane! Association at a
cost of $25. On motion of Mr. Walker, the
secretary was instructed to purchase the
membership on behalf of the association.
The president then introduced Lewis Doster,
slating that he was experienced in associa-
tion work, and that he had very kindly con-
sented to give the veneer people i.trcsent a
brief address on the subject of the methods
and achievements of the Hardwood Manufac-
tiu'ers' Association, of whicii he. is secretary.
Mr. Kline explained that the methods em-
IJlf)ycd l>y an association which had achieved
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such eminent success in the handling of hard-
wood affairs should be not only interesting,
but of manifest advantage to the embryo as-
sociation of veneer makers.
Mr. Doster addressed the meeting substan-
tially as follows:
This is one of the tirst opportunities I have
ever had to discuss or explain the methods of
association work to others who are not ex-
actly hardwood producers, but are immedi-
ately interested in the development of the
industr.\'. and it is a pleasure to be able to
accept the kind invitation of your president.
The necessity of having a hardwood manu-
facturers' association became manifest in
1902 and after the objective points were
decided upon it became a study to discover
the best methods to pursue in carrying out
the details, which included a careful study
of other successful associations in the lumber
line. Before the association was formed there
was quite a varietj' of opinion as to grades:
various retail and buying organizations" in the
different cities had adopted all kinds of grad-
ing rules impractical from a timber stand-
point, and which caused not only consterna-
tion, but a variety of opinion liPtween the
shipper and buyer. It was discovered that to
procure a legitimate basis for uniform prices
it w-as necessary to establish unifoi-m grading
rules for the inspection of the class of ma-
terial to be covered by the organization .and
lo protect the manufactui'ei-s against unfair
methods.
In framing the organization il adopted for
its policy securing a full understanding of the
conditions surrounding the lumber market in
the territory covered by the organization, not
only to eshablish uniform grades, but to es-
tablish uniform customs and usages among
the manufacturers to develop economical pro-
duction, for the purpose of lengthening the
life of the forest, and to inaugurate a system
by which the welfare of the manufacturers
would always be maintained and defended in
case of necessity, by reason of any inimical
legislation from outside sources.
To obviate any difficulties or to prevent any
dissensions it was decided that only producers
of lumber who operate sawmills and manu-
facture their product from timber lands were
eligible to membership, with the result tliat
it became a producers' organization.
Owing to the fact that of a number of
different classes of wood, some are competi-
tive, the association adopted a rule by which
only those vitally interested in the manu-
facture of .certai'n classes of products can
\'Ote or legislate upon the grading or value
of the commodity. Every state interested in
the association — over seventeen in number —
is represented by a vice president and two
directors on the board of directoi-s; the vice
president acts as chafrman of the state dis-
tricts, and the directors are geographically
distributed to secure the best results in
organization work. Numerous committees are
appointed, covering in their entirety the dif-
ferent classes of woods, both as to values
and as to grades, and they work together for
the purpose of elimina.ting bad legislation.
These committees are composed of men of
high intelligence, who are not only thoroughly
familiar with the production of the raw
material, but have had vast experience in
marketing the stock to the people who con-
sume it. and knowing their wants, are able
to properly legislate for carrying on the trade
between tliemseh'es and the buyers.
After months of study to inaugurate grading
rules and working them out to eliminate any
conflicting ones or any wliicli were not.in line
with market wants, they were placed in print
by thousands and distributed among not only
producers but consumei;s. They are written
in such an intelligent manner that the in-
spectors of lumber thoroughly understand how
to interpret the grading laws as laid down in
this book of rules. Wlhen such grading laws
became effective it was found that the in-
spectors of lumber, even those working for
one class of shippers, were not working in
proper accord, and it became necessary to
place a corps of inspectors at work upon the
mill men for the purpose of education at the
producing end and to establish uniformity.
It was found justifiable to start at the be-
ginning and endeavor to eliminate trouble at
destination by a thorough understanding of
how to ship a uniform grade from points of
production.
Even with such work it was discovered that
the entii'e subject of "trouble at destination."
or in consuming markets, was riot eliminated,
and therefore a corps of inspectors who were
men working exactly on the same lines as
those at the mills, were employed for the
purpose of traveling from point to point
among the consuming markets to take care
of the producers' and consumers' complaints.
I might add that very often this corps of
inspectors changes — at stated intervals — the
ones working at the mills working in the
consuming markets, and vice versa. This
department of grading is one of the most
important parts of organization work in the
lumber line, where grading is the basis of
values, and it is .also the most expensive
department of our work. Inspectors employed
are high class men — above reproach as to
integrity and sobriety, and they work abso-
lutely impartially to obtain satisfactory re-
sults.
It is well known that there are commercial
agencies established to supply to the shippers
of lumber financial reports of prospective
buyers, or of customers with whom shippers
deal, but at the same time, in the lumber
business there are conditions which often
necessitate more information than is con-
tained in tliese reports where the question of
moral turpitude is of equal or more im-
portance to the mill men than the financial
report. Questionable .complaints regarding
interpretation of the rules, terms of sale,
discounts, etc. are always confronting the
shipper and therefore we inaugurated a plan
of reports by which any member of the asso-
ciation can ask the st.anding of the buyer and
a thorough canvass is made of the member-
ship, which represents over 400 mills, and
replies are received in the secretary's otRce
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and compiled, showing actual business expe-
rience witli tlie buyer in question. These
reports are collected and sent to all members,
whether they have asked for them or not, and
by being filed become a valuable asset for
future reference. This information is held
absolutely confidential and never given to
any but members of the association, at the
same time the name of everyone reporting on
this as well as on all statistical work is
confidential with the secretary.
In the development of all organization work
the question of supply and demand is one of
vital importance, and therefore various statis-
tical matter is gathered for the purpose of
determining further legislation, and with the
support of e\-ery member of the association it
will always result in something beneficial; for
when money is expended for the purpose of a
systematic research it is done for the purpose
of benefitting the producer, as it is of vast
importance to the industry.
In a former part of my talk I referred to
the' methods by which the different kinds of
wood are classed and represented by the dif-
ferent states on committees, both as to grades
.and values. These committees are canvassed
trom time to time to discover the true market
conditions. In my travels about the country
I study the conditions among the mill men.
The consuming markets are algo canvassed as
to the true conditions existing therein, with
the result that any publication of values is
based on the true state of the market — what
the people are paying and what the manufac-
turers are obtaining for the same items. No
secret methods are employed in the develop-
ment of this plan; in fact, I have been asked
by a great many people after submitting
reports of conditions to all members of the
association what recourse we have in case of
price lists not being maintained. Gentlemen,
we never have made any binding price agree-
ment, nor do we think in our association work
that it is necessary to do so. but our en-
deavor is to place before the manufacturer
and producer statements of true conditions
and we find a great many firms study the
markets in advance of others, and they natu-
rally obtain higher prices than other oper-
ators. Such market conditions are naturally
based on values obtained by hustling ability,
and are therefore a target for the industry,
and it is our endeavor at all times to assist
those who cannot obtain the prices, to market
their stocks and obtain as good a value as
the market can afford to pay.
The good results obtained through our asso-
ciation work, and the money expended for the
development of them, makes them permanent,
due largely to the frank and earnest manner
in which the manufacturer takes hold of
association work. Every member realizes that
he is a part of that body and the more
actively he is engaged in the work, the more
successful it becomes. The office of the secre-
tary is nothing but a machine, which is at
the call of the various committees, appointed
to legislate plans for the secretary's office to
I'Ut into effect.
One point I might make is that the forma-
tion of the association and of the current
rules has been greatly assisted by the secre-
tary's traveling over the various states where
production is represented and holding district
meetings for the purpose of assisting in the
legislation of matters vital to the interests of
those districts. They outline the policies to
pursue and give to the secretary their orders
as to what to carry out, providing, naturally,
that it does not conflict with the rules of tlie
National body as a whole. The large pro-
ducer and the small producer are shoulder to
shoulder in carrying out this system and it
has uplifted the trade.
Good results are obtained by watching the
manufacture, and the economy of properly
manufacturing stock is being appreciated bv
the consumer. This assists the manufacturer
to put his lumber upon the market and find a
ready sale for it, owing to its being in such
condition. From the good results we have
obtained it has been felt that the money
expended has been returned a thousand fold,
and every department of our association is
watched closely by members and used at all
times for the betterment and development of
their business conditions.
Gentlemen. I thank you for this oppor-
tunity to meet with you today and fully
appreciate it. and hope that my invitation to
anyone visiting Chicago to see our office and
the manner in which its detail systems are
worked out will be accepted, when we can
explain more fully any matters conducive to
the good of the shipper and to the benefit of
your industry, and the plan of organization
which has been carried out. We will be
pleased to outline to you men of intelligence,
who are thoroughly familiar with your in-
dustry and who are the men to frame the
policy of such an organization, the advantage
of a machine such as we have to extend the
plans you have adopted at your meetings.
I trust that your deliberations will result in
the establishment of methods conducive to the
good of the business, individually and as a
whole.
The secretarj' then commented on the value
of local meetings and of district organiza-
tions in connection with the work of securing
new members. He stated that at the present
time the membership of the association num-
bered fifty-five out of a possible two hundred
and twenty-five engaged in the pursuit, and
that before the year was over it should have
at least a hundred members, which would
represent fully seventy-five per cent of the
total veneer production of the United States.
A member inquired concerning other allied
associations in the veneer business, and Presi-
dent Kline replied that there was an associa-
tion known as the Sawed Veneer Association,
with headquarters at Indianapolis, but which
apparently had fallen into desuetude.
Mr. Groffmann complimented Mr. Doster on
the address he had delivered, and observed
that the members of the National Veneer &
Panel Manufacturers' Association must now
begin to realize the work they had ahead of
them. As for association work, he said tliat
J. A. rXIlKKWOOL). VICE PRESIDENT, V>'AV-
SAU, WIS.
any man must be blind who does not regard
it as extremely beneficial to his pursuit.
On n^otion, the president was instructed to
appoint a committee to audit the accounts of
the treasurer. He appointed as such Messrs.
Walker. Dow and Munyan.
Adjournment was taken until 2:30 p. m.
ATTEBNOOIT SESSIOIT.
Although the association was scheduled to
hav« a meeting during the afternoon, many
of the members interested in the production
of made-up veneer work gathered for con-
ference, and deemed it expedient, inasmuch
as for the most part they were buyers of
veneers and therefore more interested in panel
production than in the manufacture of the
veneer itself, to organize separately, at least
temporarily. Originally offered as a sugges-
tion, this idea prevailed, and under the title
of The Panel Club, a tentative organization
was effected with W. S. Walker of the Ports-
mouth Veneer & Panel Company. Portsmouth,
O., as chairman, and E. H. Defebaugh. secre-
tary. The session of those interested in panel
production, which comprised fully half of
those present, continued all the afternoon, and
therefore the continuation of the work of the
association proper was postponed until 7:30
in the evening.
The Panel Club appointed a Committee on
Grades and Prices, consisting of Messrs. Kline.
Willson. Richardson. Calhoun and Steiner. .
and appointed a second committee on perma-
nent organization, consisting of Messrs. Dow.
Groffmann and Phillips.
It was resolved to hold an exclusive meeting
of The Panel Club at the Cadillac Hotel,
Detroit, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 14
and 15. At this time it is expected that the
committees will be able to report the details
and complete plans for the establishment of
uniformity in sizes, grades and values on all
classes of made-up stock.
EVEHINO SESSIOIT.
The auditing committee reported that it had
examined the accounts of the treasurer, found
them correct and recommended that they be
approved, which recommendation prevailed.
Chairman Roberts of the committee ap-
r)ointed to re\'ise the rules governing rotary
out drawer bottom and glass back stock re-
ported as follows:
"Your Committee on Grades and Rules
governing drawer bottom and glass back
stock of rotary cut oak veneers recommend
that they shall be manufactured and sold
under the following grades and rules;
No. 1 Faces.
No. 2 Faces.
Backs.
No. 1 Faces shall consist of veneers 6 to '^4
inches wide, not to contain more than ten per
cent of 6 inch; in 6 to 13 inch widths, to be
free from all defects; veneers 13 to IS inches
will admit of one standard defect; veneers IS
to 21 inches, two standard defects; veneers 21
to 25 inches, one small knot and three stand-
ard defects. This grade will admit of one inch
sap on the edges on all veneers IS inches and
over in width.
No. 2 Faces shall be 6 to 24 inches wide, to
contain not more than ten per cent of 6 inch
widths, and will admit of all standard de-
fects, but not more than one pin-worm hole
to the square foot. Clear sap admitted to this
grade, and not to be considered a defect.
Backs to be 6 to 24 inches in width, but to
contain not more than ten per cent of 6 inch
widths; will admit of .sap and all standard
defects, sound knots and holes not over one-
half inch in diameter and splits not to exceed
one-half inch in width.
What is understood by standard defects
shall consist of streaks not over three inches'
long; brown spots; spot- worms; closed checks
not over 6 inches long, and open checks not
over 3 inches long, open not to exceed one-
fourth inch.
Considerable discussion ensued over the
lecommendations of this committee, some
thinking that buyers would object to the
establishment of the grades as outlined.
President Kline observed that the sooner buy-
ers are educated to take the full product of
the log. so much better will it be for the
m.anutacturers of veneers.
On motion the above rules as applied to oak
drawer bottoms and glass back stock in log
run were approved. These rules will there-
fore alter those adopted at the Chicago meet-
ing early in the year, which divided rotary
cut stock into the two grades of faces and
backs — and the three grades will be substi-
tuted.
In reply to a query as to how hardwood
lumber organizations establish a mutually
satisfactory system of inspection, Henry H.
Gibson, editor of the Hakdwood Recokd. stated
that this result is reached by the appointment
of a small committee well versed in each par-
ticular wood, who formulate a set of inspec-
tion rules and then submit these rules to
every member of the association interested in
the product. On the return of these sugges-
tions they revise the rules to meet the opinion
of the majority, and then submit them in
open convention for approval. He further
stated that this is the only logical way to
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arrive at a mutually satisfactory system ot
rules and regulations governinK any line of
trade.
The Southeastern branch of the National
association asked permission to change the
harie of drawer stock from 15 to '20 inches on
sales in their local territory, inasmuch as that
had been the custom in that section for years,
and they feared detrimental influences to their
trade if they attempted to enforce the 15 inch
standard. On motion the request of this
branch was allowed with the distinct under-
standing that sales on this base be confined
to their local territory.
Henry H. Gibson addressed the convention,
.stating that the efficiency of inspection from
the manufacturer's viewpoint consists pri-
marily in establishing grades best suited to
the consumer's wants in so far as they may
be made to utilize the full pi-oduct of the log
with economy. He referred to the address
of Secretary Doster, saying that the latter
had told of the aims, methods and accom-
pli.shments of his association, but nothing
concerning the cost of tliis work, which has
amounted to well toward $150,000, thus show-
ing that an efHoient organization is necessarily
very expensive. He stated that one individual
member said that had he paid the entire bills
of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association
he would feel amply repaid by the benefits
which liad accrued to him.
In the speaker's opinion there wa.s a direct
relation between hardwood lumber producers
and veneer manufacturers. Both enter the
same market for their suppl.v of logs, and
both sell to the same trade. The veneer and
panel makers produce a substitute for solid
wood, and therefore there should be a close
analogy in value between the output of the
hardwood sawmill and of the veneer factory.
If veneers in their laminated form produce a
piece of material of more value than a solid
piece of lumber for a specific use in the pro-
duction of doors, furniture, etc.. the veneer
men should have a higher price for it. Under
prevailing conditions in prices of laminated
woods, consumers of this material are buying
the product for less money than they are
hardwood lumber. He therefore offered as a
suggestion that the logical way for veneer
manufacturers to work out their problem of
uniformity of grades and values would be not
to attemj>t the continuation of a small and
comparatively weak organization, but to ally
themselves with an association of hardwood
manufacturers and thus secure the vast bene-
fits that would accrue to them through having
adequate established machinery for the
conduct of their affairs. He further stated
that he had no suggestion from the hai-dwood
association that the veneer men would be
welcomed to it, but that if such an alliance
could be made, it was worthy of consideration.
He further observed that by such a connection
the veneer manufacturers would not lose their
identity, but would have their particular
branch or branches of association work en-
tirely under their own control, and still have
the work executed for them at a minimum
cost as compared with any effort that they
themselves might make.
While there was no action taken on these
suggestions, there was much favorable com-
ment made both during and after the meeting.
On motion of W. S. Walker. Secretary
Defebaugh was instructed to confer with
members to find out whether it was their
desire to employ a permanent secretary on a
salary, to attempt to carry on the work out-
lined by the association.
At eleven o'clock the meeting adjourned, to
meet six months hence, the specific date and
place to be named by the president.
Lumber Co., St. Louis, Mo,
W, W. Fort. Fort Lumber Co.. Brinkley,
Ark.
A meeting will be held in Little Rock, Ark,,
Hardwood J\Ianufacturers
District Meetings.
t n
Gathering at Hot Springs.
On June 9 a meeting of tlie h.ardwood manu-
facturers of Arkan.sas was held at the Arling-
ton Hotel, Hot Springs. J. L. Lane of the
Lane-White Luml)er Company, Ft. Smith, was
chosen chairman of the meeting and Lewis
Doster secretary. The meeting was held for
the purpose of discussing various subjects
pertinent to the trade, including the rapid
depletion of forests, cheapening the cost of
production, and uniform methods of grading
and manufacture. Howard Coles of the Bliss-
Cook Oak Company, Blissville, delivered an
interesting address on the subject of land
taxation, which was also fully discussed. F.
E. Gary, P. L. Throne and G. V. Nash spoke
upon general association work, and Lewis
Doster, secretary of the Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association of the United States, ad-
dressed the meeting on the work being done
by his association, calling particular attention
to its commercial reports, stock sheets, market
reports, membership, etc, A motion was then
made by J. L. Lane that the assembled body
organize and that all manufacturers present
become members of the Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association, although continuing their
state meetings for furthering local interests.
The motion was carried unanimously, and all
who were not members of the Manufacturers'
Association presented their applications.
A Committee on Resolutions and Recom-
mendations consisting of Howard Coles, F. E.
<jary and P. L. Throne was appointed.
This committee recommended that vacancies
on the regular standing committee on Oak
Grading of the Hardwood Manufacturers'
Association be filled by G. V. Nash and J. L.
Lane, and that the vacancy on the Committee
on Walnut Grading be filled by J. L. Lane.
A Committee on Statistics was appointed as
follows: Benj. Emmons. E. C. Lippman. G. V.
Nash, F. E. Gary and Thos. W. Fry.
A Committee on Log Specifications was ap-
pointed, consisting of P. L. Throne, G. V.
Nash, A. C. Lange, J. W. Wheeler, J. D. Lane,
W. W. Fort. H. W. Mosby, Howard Coles.
A resolution was adopted recommending to
the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association that
in its statements of market conditions prices
on thin plain oak be publislied.
There were present:
Howard Coles, Bliss-Cook Oak Co., Bllas-
ville. Ark.
S. B. Anderson. Anderson-Tully Co., Mem-
phis, Tenn.
G. V. Nash. Wisarkana Lumber Co.. Nettle-
ton, Ark. ; also Forrest City Mfg. Co., Forrest
City, Ark.
Benj. Emmons, Brinkley Car Works & Mfg.
Co., Brinkley, Ark.
C. T. Schleicher, Branch Saw Co., St. Louis,
Mo.
W. P. Anderson, Gideon-Anderson Lumber
Co., Gideon, Mo.
J. M. Countiss, J. M. Countiss Lumber Co.,
Doron, Ark.
E. C. Lippman, L, Lippman,. Tupelo, Ark.
J. L. Lane, Lane-White Lumber Co., Ft.
Smith. Ark.
M. P. Fulton, Ind-. & Ark. Lbr. & Mfg. Co.,
Marianna. Ark.
F. E. Gary, Baker Lumber Co., Turrell, Ark.
P. L. Throne, American Washboard Co.,
Fair. Ark.
Ed. Lazalier, Knobel Lumber Co., Knobel,
Ark.
Thos. W. Fry, C. F. Leuhrmann Hardwood
.1. L. LANE, FORT SMITH, ARK.
at Hotel Gleason. June 23. at which will be
represented not only the hardwood interests
of the state but also the yellow pine interests.
Morehouse Meeting,
On June 11: another meeting of hardwood
manufacturers was held at the Forest Hotel.
Morehouse, Mo., in the same interests, ot
which J. H. Himmelberger was unanimously
chosen chairman and Lewis Doster secretarj-.
After Chairman Himmelberger had ex-
plained the objects of the meeting, Messrs.
Leming and Garetson reviewed the benefits of
being members of the Hardwood Manufactur-
ers' Association of the United States.
Lewis Doster then took the floor and gave
a talk on the past work of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association of the LTnited
States, of which he is secretary; what it has
accomplished up to the present time; and the
work to be taken up in future. He also
explained the state work developed by the
sectional meetings held in vai'ious parts of the
country, the rules formulated covering the
different matters of importance in each state
which were put into effect. Mr. Doster dwelt
at some length on the meeting of hardwood
manufacturers of Arkansas held at Hot
Springs, on the 9th inst., explaining the work
started at that time on log specification.
Chas. M. Fletcher of Bernie, Mo., suggeste'
to the meeting his ideas of the benefits of
such an organization and his willingness to
co-operate in such a movement, A general
discussion was held on various topics of in-
terest to Missouri manufacturers which was
participated in by all present.
In line with Mr. Doster's report of the
Arkansas meeting, a motion was carried to
have a committee of seven appointed by the
chair to take up the question of log specifica-
tions, which committee was appointed as fol-
lows: J. H. Friant, G. L. Roper, H, H. Mc-
Leod, Chas. M. Fletcher, M. J. Black well.
Frank E. Hilton, W, D. Knott.
Chief Inspector J. V. Hill of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association of the United
States gave a talk on the subject of instruc-
tion of inspectors at mills, on the uniformity
of grading and manufacture and the benefits
to manufacturers and consumers of the rein-
spections made on disputed shipments in the
consuming markets.
Recess was taken for luncheon from 12:;iO to
2:30, during which time the saw mills, planing
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mills and dry kilns of the Himmelberger-
Harrison Lumber Company were visited and
the latest log loading and handling de\'ices
l>eingr used inspected.
The meeting reconvened at 2A0 p. m. and
further discussion was had on the subject of
log specifications, after which the committee
above appointed returned a report as follows,
which was accepted:
■'Your Committee on Log Specifications has
decided to allow each member of the com-
mittee to draw up their Tdeas and present
them to the chairman, this committee to meet
tonight and also at a later date at Morehouse
at the call of the chairman. This committee
also to decide the adoption of the official scale
as well as the specifications."
Motion was made and carried that the next
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meeting of the manufacturers of hardwood in
Missouri meet the second Tuesday ip Septem-
ber, the eleventh, at .Cape Girardeau. Mo.
The guests were much pleased with the ex-
cellent accommodations accorded them by the
Forest Hotel and a number of them decided
to stay over a day or two longer for the pur-
pose of visiting the log camps in the vicinity
of Morehouse, and fishing.
There were^ present the following:
John H. Himmelberger, Himmelberger-
Harrison Lumber Co.. Morehouse, Mo.
"W. H. Harrison. Himmelberger-Harrison ■
Lumber Co.. Morehouse, Mo.
Howard Rule, Himmelberger-Harrison Lum-
ber Co.. Morehouse, Mo.
Charles L. Harrison. Himmelberger-Harrison
Lumber Co.. Morehouse, Mo.
F. A. Garetson. Garetson-Greason Lumoer
Co., San Diego, Cal.
M. J. Blackwell. Lee Wilson & Co.. Wilson.
Ark.
J. S. Garetson. Garetson-Greason Lumber
Co.. St. Louis, Mo.
M. E. Leming, M. E. Leming, Cape Girar-
deau, Mo.
E. E. Ruddell. Bement & Largent Lumber
Co., Buckeye. Mo.
A. N. Durnell, A. N. Durnell. Bridges. Mo.
Albert Kaechele. Albert Kaechele, Cape
Girardeau. Mo.
Frank E. Hilton, Garetson-Greason Lumber
Co., Campbell, Mo.
Jno. T. Baldwin, Jr., Jno. T. Baldwin &
Son, Ironton, Mo.
R. T. Largent, Bement & Largent Lumber
Co., Buckeye. Mo.
G. W. Richey, Buckeye, Mo.
Dr. J. A. Atkinson. Morehouse, Mo.
Guy E. Higley, Kennett Cypress & Hard-
wood Lumber Co., Kennett. Mo.
H. W. Lucas, Dexter Saw & Planing Mill.
Dexter, Mo.
W. D. Knott. Mishler Lumber Co.. New
Madrid. Mo.
A. V. Stewart. Risco, Mo.
Frank E. Gideon, Gideon-Anderson Lumber
& Mill Co.. Gideon. Mo.
Chas. H. Stevens. C. P. ^ St. L. Ry.. St.
Louis, Mo. . :
Lewis Doster. secretary Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association of the United States, Chi-
cago.
J. V. Hill, chief inspector Hardwood Manu-
facturers' Association of the United States.
Chicago.
J. G. Griffith. Garetson-Greason X.un\ber Co..
Fisk. Mo.
H. A. Richards. Grand Trunk Ry. System.
St. Louis. Mo.
G. Crow. Essex. Mo.
G. L. Roper, Senath. Mo.
G. W. Schwartz. Vandalia R. R., St. Louis.
Mci.
D. E. Rice. Garetson-Greason Lumber Co..
Green Bay. Wis.
H. H. McLeod. Hoosier Stave & Ltimber Co..
Hough, Mo.
W. G. Holley. Holley-Matthews Mfg. Co.,
Sikeston, Mo.
Chas. M. Fletcher. Fletcher & Mills Bros..
Bernie, Mo.
Louisville Meeting.
A meeting of hardwood manufacturers of
Kentucky was held at the Gait House. Louis-
ville. Ky.. at 10:30 a. m. June 16. Edward L.
Davis was appointed chairman and Lewis
Doster secretary.
The meeting was called for the purpose of
thoroughly discussing conditions existing in
the different hardwood markets. Mr. Doster
outlined the genei'al objects and results of
district meetings lield in various sections and
the matters taken up and developed by the
local manufacturers and by the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association, of which he is
secretary. He also explained the details of
association work, particularly as carried on by
his organization in its efforts to benefit pro-
ducers of hardwoods.
Those present felt that meetings should be
continued in the Louisville district, especially
as the state ceremonies in celebrating the
"Home Comers" caused the attendance at this
one to be considerably smaller and not as
representative as was desired. It was decided
to hold a meeting later, date and place yet to
he determined.
There were present the following:
Edward L. Davis, Edward L. Davis & Co..
Louisville. Ky.
C. M. Clark. Sivann-Day Lumber Co., Clav
City. Ky.
J. C. Rash. Brodhead-Garrett Co., Clay Citv.
Ky.
F. H. Duling, Kentucky Lumber Co., Cin-
cinnati. O.
W. E. Delaney, Kentucky Lumber Co., Cin-
cinnati. O.
R. McCracken. Kentucky Lumber Co.. Cin-
cinnati. O.
Albert R. Kampf. Albert R. Kampf. Louis-
ville, Ky.
J. Crow Taylor. Louisville. Ky.
Geo. R. Berry. U. S. Timber Co.. Cincinnati.
O.
KliW.VlUi I.. DAVIS. LOUISVILLE, KX.
Willis Green. S. Green & Son. Falls of
Rough. Ky.
A. W. Brucken. Anton Brucken. Evansvillc.
Ind.
A. A. Andridge, U. S. Timber Co.. Cincin-
nati, O.
Anton Brucken. Anton Brucken. Evansville.
Ind.
Lewis Doster, secretary Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association, Chicago.
J\fanufacture of the Tight 'Barrel.
Some remarkable changes have occurred
iu the manufacture of tight barrels in re-
cent years. Formerly barrel makers per-
formed a great deal of the work by hand ;
slow and crude processes were in vogue, and
yet a very strong and durable barrel re-
sulted. In those days, in many cooperage
shops workmen constructed tight barrels at
odd hours, and there were not a few fac-
tories where reconstructing new barrels from
old was the only work done. The staves of
The old barrel were recut, the bend re-
modelled, the head reshaped and with new
hoops it presented a very different appear-
ance and oftentimes sold as new. Modern
machinery has been universally introduced
in this line of work, and first-class tight
barrels are produced and sold at retail at
less than $1 each, ■with a liberal profit to
the maker. With barrels at these prices,
the man who used to make a fair income by
overhauling and remodelling second hand
barrels, has been forced out of business.
White oak is preferred by tight barrel
manufacturers to any other wood, but other
kinds of oak, and in fact many varieties of
hardwoods are titilized quite extensively.
AVhite oak is becoming very scarce, and this
fact alone has resulted in the employment
of other woods to a considerable degree.
Firm grained wood free from knots is es-
sential. As timber entirely free from knots
cannot be had in the bulk, one of the first
operations in manufacturing involves the re-
moval of knots, or the sawing free of knotty
sections. Sometimes one side of the cut is
knotty and the other side clear, in whicli
event the clear side alone is used.
Figure 1 is a drawing of the log sawed
the proper length for making staves. The
cut is split or sawed into stave bolts ms
tlie case demands. In sawing, the cut i-*
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marked off as indicated by the heavy lines
ill Figure 2, the resulting quarter section is
exhibited in Figure 3. The sawing of the
stave bolt into staves next follows, the sawn
bolt presenting the appearance exhibited in
Figure 4. Although buyers nowadays ex-
pect to get barrels at about one quarter the
prices paid previous to the extensive use
of machinery, they also expect perfect
articles, and will reject as "seconds" bar-
rels with the slightest flaw. Hence manu-
facturers are obliged to carefully inspect
staves before they are adjusted for the set-
ting up. After the trimming, shaping and
lii'uding operations are completed, the staves
■.[vc subjected to the inspector for assorting.
I'igures 5, 6, 7 and 8 illustrate the varying
conditions in which staves are found, from
the perfect one in Figure n to the absolutely
useless one in Figure 8. Some are warped
so badh' that they must de discarded, others
can be remodelled under pressure; others
are sprung and split at the ends, due to the
use of imperfect stock. Knots and knot
holes usually necessitate easting out a stave
entirely, although occasionally it may be
saved by plugging or patching.
The kiln drying processes are so etfective
in these days that the plant which is prop-
(>rly furnished with an improved kiln pro-
duces thoroughly seasoned stock. Some of
the smaller tight barrel factories, however,
■I ason stock in crudely constructed apparatus
of their own erection, and bad work naturally
results. After the staves are ready, the
setting-up operation illustrated in Figure 9
is the next step. The grooves in the setting-
up device are adjusted to receive the lower
ends of the bevelled staves, and the required
bulge is obtained in adjusting the hoops.
After the staves are properly arranged in
tlie setting-up, device, they are drawn to-
gether to receive the hoops by means of a
windlass as shown.
Then comes the making of the head. The
head bolts are turned out in the same way
as the stave bolts, from shorter cuts, and
sawed through as indicated in Figure 10.
Naturally the headings are .set up square or
according to the shape of the two or more
jiieccs of wood used in the head. The circu-
lar head is then sawed out as in Figure 11,
:'ud the edges properly scored for ailjustnient
in the barrel head.
Figures 12, 13, 14 and lo show tlie dif-
ferent kinds of hoops and lap. The sheet
metal hoop is of course' used almost ex-
clusively on tight barrels. There are types
of cider and vinegar barrels, however, which
are put u)i with wood hoops. Corrugated
sheet iiielal hoops are used to some extent.
barrel into
In making
A gi'oove is cut around
wiiich tlie corrugated hoop fits,
the plugs for the bung holes a bolt is cut
from hardwood stock to the required diam-
eter. Figure Ki. and the right lengths are
cut off, taperi'il and the surfaces smoothed,
r.iid the plugs are ready for use.
Figure, 17 shows the finished barrel.
I'lgurc IS illustrates the final operation on
the barrel, the making of the bung hole. The
drill A is provided with a set-cam C, which
can be adjusted up or down on the shaft
of the drill to regulate the distance the
bore is to extend into the barrel head or
side, B. Hence the drill penetrates only a
certain distance each time, and does not
pass too far into the work after the hole
is finished. "Artis.^n."
NeWs Miscellany.
Expansion of Southern Cypress Association.
The Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Asso-
'iation held a special session at the Willard
Hotel. Atlanta. Ga., June 11 and 12, at which
South Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana
interests were represented. R. H. Downman was
chairman and George E. Watson secretary. In-
formal discussion and reports of various com-
mittees brought out the work being accom-
plished by the association, and gave the south-
eastern representatives some idea of its ob-
jects and scope.
A. T. Gerrans of the fire insurance commit-
tee reported having attended a meeting of in-
surance men at Shreveport, La., and stated
that important concessions wei-e made, viz..
That mill product may hereafter be insured to
its full market value; that standard mills will
lie allowed to run all night without penalty,
while those with slight deficiencies will be
penalized at only thirty per cent of the de-
Hciency excess; that lumber sheds will be per-
mitted adjacent to planing mills, without in-
crease of premium, if not exceeding in size
the mill structure itself.
R. H. Downman stated for the committee
on transportation that the Illinois Central and
Pennsylvania railroads had agreed to equip
some of their flat cars with the telescopic
stake at their own expense, for experimental
purposes, with the probability of their use
being continued if satisfactory.
An interesting discussion on terms of sale,
form of price list, experiments with tupelo
gum, freight rates, etc.. followed, after which
the question of grades was introduced, that
the southern manufacturers might sec wherein
they agreed or differed with those from the
lower Atlantic coast mills. The question of
stocks was brought up and Secretary Watson
explained how monthly statistics were secured,
and the benefit to members of their distribu-
tion.
C. F. Smith then addressed the assembly in
a humorous style, welcoming the Louisiana
delegation, and referring to the relative merits
of southern and eastern cypress; he was welt
answered by R. H. Downman. after which tlic-
meeting adjourned.
-V delightful dinner was served at 8 p. m...
at which the Louisiana delegation were the-
liosts, and R. H. Downman toastmaster.
The next day's session was a continuation-
of the experience meeting previously inaugu-
rated. The duty of $2 on cypress shipped to
Cuba was condemned, inasmuch as no such
tax is put upon spruce and similar northern
softwoods. Lumber mutual insurance matters-
w^ere brought up and experiences related in.
this connection, and regarding the shipper's
relation to the buyer; also concerning the mat-
ter of including moldings in mixed cars at
the regular lumber rate; the discount to-
wluilesalers on block purchases, criticisms and:
suggestions on grading rules, etc.
It was thought best to hold another eastern;
meeting within the next month and Jackson-
ville. Fla., was decided upon, the date to be-
fixed by the chairman. Southeastern manu-
facturers expressed their willingness to make
a tour of inspection among Louisiana mills
after the next meeting. Much enthusiasm was
manifest among all present over the success
of the Atlanta gathering and it was felt that
mnch had been accomplished toward further-
ing the desire of members of the Southern
Cypress Manufacturers' Association to extend
it over the entire cypress-growing territory.
The session adjourned at 1 p. m.
The following concerns were admitted to the
association, bringing the total membership up
to forty-six:
Williams & McKeithan Lumber Co.. Lumber.
S. C.
Everglade Cypress Lumber Co., Loughmati,
Fla.
Eddy Lake Cypress Co., Eddy Lake, Fla.
Hodges & O'Hara. Buffalo Bluff. Fla.
Gardner & Lacey Lumber Co., Georgetown,
S, C.
Ocmulgee River Lumber Co., Lumber Citw
Ga.
Wilson Cypress Co.. Palatka, Fla.
Those present at the meeting were:
R. H. Downman, New Orleans, La.
R. H. Knox, Hilton & Dodge Lumber Co..
Darien, Ga., and Vale-Royal Manufacturing
Co.. Savannah. Ga.
Horace Brownell, Brownell -Drews Lumber
Co.. Morgan City, La.
E. G. Westmoreland. Des Allemands Lumber
Co.. Ltd.. Des Allemands. La.
L. M. Williams, F. B. Williams Cypress Co.,
Ltd., Patterson, La.
O. M. George, Opdenweyer Cypress Lumber
Co.. New Orleans. La.
W. E. Mount, Gibson Cypress Lumber Co..
Gibson, La.
E. B. Wright. Butters Lumber Co., Board-
man, N. C.
David Burns, Everglade Cypress Lumber Co.,
Loughman, Fla.
J. F. Wigginton. Bowie Lumber Co., Bowie.
La.
A. T. Gerrans. St« Louis Cypress Lumber
Co., Houma, La.
S. R. Ely, R. H. Downman. New Orleans.
La.
L. W. Gilbert. Dibert. Stark & Brown Cy-
press Co.. Downer. La.
F. H. Wilson, Wilson Cypress Co., Palatka,
Fla.
S. M. Bloss, Lyon Cypress Co., Garyville, La.
H. H. Gardner. Gardner & Lacey Lumber
Co.. Georgetown, S. C.
F. B. Gardner, Gardner & Lacey Lumber
Co.. Georgetown, S. C.
Thomas L. Ross, Red Cypress Lumber Co..
Pretoria, La.
John A. Bruce. Owl Bayou Cypress Co..
Strader. La.
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C. F. Smith, Ocmulgee River Lumber Co.,
Sumter City. Ga.
R. Lee Riggs, Riggs Cypress Co.. Patterson,
La.
G. W. Jones Lumber Company.
The G. W. Jones Lumber Company of Ap-
pleton. Wis., which is represented in Chicago
by A. H. Ruth, a director of the company,
whose offices are at 1717 Railway Exchange,
is rapidly extending its operations. Recently
the company secured a large holding of timber
at Forrest City. Ark., where under the name
of the Forrest City Manufacturing Co. it oper-
ates a modern sawmill. Besides this, the par-
ent house has a large band mill at Wabeno.
Wis., cutting about 10.000,000 feet of hard-
woods per year: two large modern mills at
Xettleton, Ark., under the title of the Wis-
arkana Lumber Company; and altogether pro-
duces and handles well toward 50.000,000 feet
of lumber annually. It is one of the largest
and best-known concerns in the country en-
gaged in the manufacture and jobbing of
hardwoods, and by its distributed sources of
supply is equally well known to buyers of
northern and southern hardwoods. G. 'W.
Jones is president and treasurer of the com-
pany. R. H. Jones secretary and H. C. Hum-
phrey vice president.
Meeting Executive Committee National
Hardwood Lumber Association.
The first meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the National Hardwood Lumber As:^o-
ciation since the May election was held at
the offices of that organization in the Rector
building. Thursday and Friday, June 14 and
15. The full executive board was present.
It consists of W. H. Russe, chairman; Earl
Palmer, G. J. Landeck, C. H. Barnaby and
O. O. Agler. Also meeting in conference with
the board were W. W. Knight, chairman of
the inspection bureau committee; Theodore
Fathauer, chairman of the inspection rules
committee; T. B. Stone and Max Sondhelmer.
A considerable mass of inspection matters
.coming over from the inspector-general's
office was gone over and adjudicated.
A committee on the car stake controversy,
consisting of W. W. Knight, G. J. Landeck
and E. F. McMillan, was appointed, to be
present at the next meeting, and it was given
full power to act in the premises on behalf of
the association.
Discussion prevailed concerning the appoint-
ment of an inspector abroad, as suggested at
the annual meeting at Memphis in May, but
inasmuch as the committee which was ap-
pointed to confer with the Exporters' associ-
ation had not yet made its report, no definite
action was taken.
The committee in charge of the San Fran-
cisco sufferers' fund reported the total col-
lection for this charity amounted to $1,045.00.
This sum was remitted to Jas. J. Phelan,
treasurer of the Red Cross Society at San
Francisco.
A number of applications for membership
were received, of which eighteen were ac-
cepted and three rejected.
A resolution prevailed giving Secretary Fish
full charge of the office of the association, in-
cluding the conduct of the correspondence
incident to the inspection department. It
was arranged that the surveyor-general
should continue to spend practically his full
time in road work, lining up inspectors, and
in supervision of inspection matters.
Sawmills Needed in Japan.
Consular Agent E. J. King reports from
Hakodate that the development of the rail-
way tie business in northern Japan should
prove a good opportunity for the sale of
American sawmill and other woodworking ma-
chinery. Mr. King writes:
"American railway ties have been shut out
of China by the cheaper hardwood ties from
Japan. The latter have mostly been hand
hewn, but machinery is now being introduced,
and quite a number of small steam sawmills
are now working. A new impetus has been
given to the exportation of Japanese railway
ties by the demand from the west coast of
Mexico, where they will again come into com-
petition with American 'ties. Already one
shipment of 83,000 ties has left Hakodate for
Guaymas, Mexico, and arrangements are be-
ing made to ship 700.000 ties this year. They
are delivered in Mexico for 56 cents gold
each. The most of the sawmill machinery
now used oh the island of Hokkaido is Eng-
lish make, and Americah manufacturers of
band and circular saws and of other wood-
working machinery would do well to pay some
attention to this trade opening. For their
benefit I submit a list of names and addresses
of some of the principal users of woodwork-
ing machinery: Riuyemon Zaimoku Kaisha.
Hakodate; The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha and
The Teshiwo Zaimoku Kaisha. Sapporo: The
Hayakita Zaimoku Kaisha. Hayakita. and
Mororan Mokuzai Kaisha. Mororan. all on
Hokkaido Isl.and. Japan."'
■Value of Quarter-Sawed Poplar for Pattern
Making.
A writer in one of the technical magazines
calls attention to the fact that quarter-sawed
lumber is infinitely the best stock to use for
thin patterns that have no ribs to hold them
made with the length of the bottom piece
running from one rib to the other, as the bot-
tom will stay straight and the side will al-
ways draw. If made like Figs. 8 and 9 the
effect shown will result, which will distort
the ribs so that the pattern will not draw.
When the grain of the wood can be put in to
run in the same direction as the line of draft
a slight warping will not affect the drawing
of the pattern. This cannot always be done
as patterns thus made would be weak in vital
parts.
Cutting Hardwoods in Panama.
Consul James C. Kellogg, of Colon, writes
that the new sawmill on the Triana river near
Porto Bello, Panama, is now in full operation
sawing the many valuable hardwoods of the
district, including lignum vitae, mahogany,
coeobolo, ebony and black palm. The many
contracts for the suppl.v of these woods in
Colon are being filled. The parties interested
in this new enterprise are Messrs. Nonte, Ho-
ratio Stevenson and A. Barrier of Porto Bello
and Colon.
New Hardwood Lumber Company.
The Batchelor Timber Company of Saginaw.
Mich., which is made up of Henry A. Batch-
elor. J. T. Wylie and other stockholders in-
terested in the Wylie & Buell Lumber Com-
pany, and which is the owner of a large area
of hardwood timber land near Frederick,
Mich., on the Mackinaw Division of the Mich-
igan Central, has purchased the milling plant
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is not always easy to obtain. A salesman for
one of the leading poplar houses of the coun-
try says that he has sold many of the larger
manufacturers for use in their pattern shops,
rift -sawed poplar, and that the users are all
enthusiastic over its high value for tlie pur-
pose named.
As is well known, quarter-sawed boards are
cut radially, as indicated in Fig. 1, and but
comparatively little quarter-sawed stock is ob-
tained from each log, owing to the relatively
wasteful method of this kind of manufacture.
Quarter-sawed lumber is practically free from
any tendency to warp under varying atmos-
pheric conditions. A flat-sawed poplar board
like Fig. 2 will not stay straight and in cor-
rect line required for patterns. Howev.er.
when two pieces of flat-sawed stock are glued
together, as indicated in Fig. 3. the warping
of one piece counteracts that of the other,
and the joints will not readily open at the
edges as they will if the pieces are laid as
indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. If one piece is
glued across another, the effect shown in Fig.
6 will result, unless the glue does not hold or
the piece splits in shrinking. Board A pulls
enough in shrinking to bend board B in its
length. When absolutely dry lumber of four
or more thicknesses is employed, the cross-
graining of the stock is effective in holding it
straight.
A pattern like Fig. 7 is more serviceable
of the Gale Lumber Company at West Branch,
Mich. The Batchelor Timber Company is en-
gaged in entirely rebuilding the sawmill and
will log its timber and move it by rail to
the mill for sawing. As an adjunct of this
enterprise the company proposes to build an
up-to-date flooring plant to provide an outlet
for its maple and beech product. A general
office has been opened in the Bearinger build-
ing. Saginaw, which will be the headquarters
of the company.
Possibilities in Santo Domingo.
A recent statement of the foreign commerce
of the Republic of Santo Domingo showing
the possibilities for the development of Ameri-
can trade in that countr.v, says that the island
has an area of about 18,000 square miles, and
that probably no country on earth of equal ex-
tent has so many natural elements of pros-
perity within its borders. The agricultural,
mineral and forest resources, although hereto-
fore somewhat neglected, are remarkably va-
ried and important. The wood products are
extremely rich, including mahogany, satin-
wood, lignum-vitae, lancewood, oak, pine, log-
wood, fustic, several species of palms, and
many valuable fiber-producing and medicinal
plants. Several fields of domestic enterprise
await profitable occupation, notably sawmill
operation and railroad construction.
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Bavarian Furniture Market.
A recent consular report from Munich. Ba-
varia, says tliat coui-.try is an unknown quan-
tity to American furniture exporters, and
predicts tliat success would follow a well
directed exploitation ot American furniture.
The native woods ot the southern and central
parts of Europe are few and not particularly
adaptable to furniture making and are very
high priced. Thus furniture in southern Ger-
many is exceedingly costly — an ordinary suit
bringing about double the price received for it
here. The furniture is mostly veneered, made
from thin stock, and hence not durable, since
it warps and cracks quickly.
One disagreeable feature of the market,
however, is the fact that the long ci-edit sys-
tem obtaining in southern Gei'many must bo
considered for a time at least. Bills are sent
out by some tradesmen only once in six
months, or even only at the beginning of a
new year.
In spite of freight charges, duty. etc.. the
American manufacturer could undoubtedly
place superior furniture upon the market at
a lower price than tlie home jiroduct. and still
profit by the transaction. Showrooms possess
great advantages over the catalog system of
introducing goods, since the average merchant
is not familiar with English, and an exhibi-
tion in charge of an energetic, well-posted
business man speaking German fluently would
bring more trade in one year than catalogs
would in many. The field is undoubtedly an
excellent one.
Japanese Hardwood Market.
It is stated on i:iii)d authority that there is
no reason why hardwoods from the United
States and the Philippines should not find a
good market in certain parts of Japan, if efforts
were made to meet the requirements of the trade.
Teak is a wood which resembles some varieties
of oak, and which is particularly favored in
shipbuilding, American oak and other hard-
woods should find a ready sale as substitutes
for it.
Japanese importations of teakwood from Siam
and Dutch India were, for 1905, $308,406,
against $73,445 in 1904, most of which was en-
tered at Kobe. This gives an idea of the grow-
ing demands fur hardwoods for vessels, buildings
and the manufacture of. furniture. Teak logs ar-
rive in IT to 45-toot lengths. Teak planks, 15 to
lio feet in length are S Inches wide, 4 inches
thick and up, smallest size, while the liu-foot or
more lengths are 12 to 20 inches wide and 2^
to 0 inches thick, those 30 feet long running as
high as 714 inches thick. They are required to
he without worm holes or cracks. Teak deck
planks must likewise be sound, and run from
:;o to 30 feet long, 5 to 5^^ by 2V2 to 3%
Inches.
Forest School in South Africa.
According to recent consular reports, the
possibilities of forestry in South Africa have
led a number of young residents to go to
Europe and the United States to study the
question. The cost of this training has been
so great and so much of what was learned
proved useless in the climatic conditions of
.South Africa that a forest school has been
established there. The cost of a two-year
course will be about $1,250, as against $5,000
abroad. The training at the new institution
will comprise practical work on the govern-
ment experimental reservation at Tokai, near
Cape Town, where are grown practically all
species of trees known in the country. Cape
Colony now pays on an average $2,500,000
yearly for imported timber, while the total
South African timber bill is said to be not
less than $7,500,000.
been compiled, and the following statement
shows the number of cords used in this indus-
try in rennsylvania and Michigan and the
volume and kind of products. The woods almost
universally used are beech, birch and maple,
only about 1 per cent being oak and chestnut.
Pennsylvania used 20.S.8G1 cords of wood and
produced 2,242, .S90 gallons of alcohol, 39.573,508
pounds of acetate and 7.890,340 bushels of char-
coal. Michigan used 239,992 cords of wood, its
product being less than Pennsylvania's, as fol-
lows: .\lcohol, 1,24(3,121 gallons: acetate. 14,-
77S,G95 pounds ; charcoal, 8,193,387 bushels.
The total wood used in the United States for
this purpose was 570,411 cords.
Miscellaneous Notes.
Hardwood Distillation.
Reports made to the mitcd States Forest
Service by fifty-eight hardwood distillers have
H. P. Baker & Co. recently established a
handle plant at Columbia. Mo.
A veneer factory is to be erected at Ashe-
ville, N. C, by the J. S. Bailey Company.
The Big Sandy Telephone Pin & Bracket
Company will build a factory at Louisa, Ky.
Fred M. Davis will engage in the manufac-
ture of woodenware at Joplin. Mo., in the near
future.
The Loeffler Wagon Company of Tampa,
Fla., is planning the erection of a large fac-
tory there.
The Bender Wagon Company was recently
organized at Texarkana, Ark., with $25,000
capital stock.
Til.-? Knoxville (Tenn.) Table & Chair Com-
pany has increased its capital stock from
$50,000 to $100,000.
Robert Dickinson and George Boyle will
establish a chair factory at Huntsville, Ala.,
in the near future.
The new handle factory at Pleasanton. Kan.,
is completed and in operation turning out
fifty dozen handles a day.
The Lang-Decker Molding & Manufacturing
Company of St. Louis, Mo., was recently or-
ganized with $3,000 capital stock.
The Mount Vernon Lumber Company of
New Orleans, La., has changed its title to the
Mount Vernon Hardwood Company.
The F'orrest City Manufacturing Company,
Forrest City, Ark., has completed its new
sawmill, which has a capacity of 50,000 feet a
day.
It is reported that a handle factory is to
be e:;t,-iblished at Fayetteville, Ark., by the
Chaiiesworth Lumber Company of Dutton,
.'^rk.
About $35,000 will be expended on a handle
plant to be erected at Memphis, Tenn., by the
Brown, Hinman & Huntington Company of
that city.
The Jefferson Pin Company has been in-
corporated at Charlestown, W. Va.. to manu-
facture pins, cross arms, etc., for telephone
and telegraph lines.
Plans are in preparation for a showcase fac-
tory to be creeled at Houston, Tex., by the
Bender-Brown Company, recently incorporated
with $10,000 capital.
The Marshfield Land & Lumber Company,
Murthflcld, Wis., has been purchased by the
great United States Leather Company. The
price paid is said to be in the neighborhood
of $500,000.
Articles of incorporation have been filed by
the Chicago Walnut Company, Chicago, with
$2,500 capit.al stock. H. C. Bangs, Francis
K. M.althews and Elmer Schlesinger are the
incorporators.
James A. Boch, Joseph Rosenheimer and
Victor Husting are the incorporators of the
Badger State Stave and Lumber Company,
recently organized at Milwaukee, Wis., with
a capital of $85,000.
A. H. Stange of Merrill, Wis., has purchased
for $40,000, from F. S. Baines and J. F.
Sweeney of Janesville, 3,700 acres ot fine
hardwood timber land in Lincoln County, west
of the Wisconsin River.
A new butter-dish and tooth-pick factory
is being erected by the Union Dish Company
at Johnsburg, Pa. From seventy-five to
eighty men will be employed and the output
will be a carload a day.
A site at Johnson City, Tenn., has been
purchased and active measures are being
taken toward the erection of a plant thereon
for the manufacture of interior finish, hard-
wood doors, mantels, etc. C. B. Allen and
others are interested.
Yongling Bros, of Monroeville, O., who re-
cently purchased 3.500 acres of fine hardwood
timber lands in Cleveland County, Arkansas,
besides numerous other tracts in the vicinity
of Pine Bluff, will engage in the manufacture
of hardwoods in that city.
The Cleveland, O., plant of the Frankfort
(Ind.) Handle Company, lately purchased by
G. J. Burrell and others, will be completely
overhauled, extensive alterations and addi-
tions njade. and will be operated by the pur-
chasers within a few weeks.
The Pacific Coast Hardwood Manufacturing
Company is a new Portland, Ore., concern
recently incorporated by George F. Martin,
Alexander Kunz and William T. Muir. The
capital .stock is $30,000, and the company will
conduct a general timber, lumber and saw-
mill business-.
The new Hartwell Brothers handle factory
at Mammoth Spring, Ark., uses four cords ot
hickory a week, in making about 1,000 handles.
The new Palmetto Manufacturing Company
of Nashville, Tenn., of which W. H. Cooper
is president, is installing machinery and will
be ready for operation at an early date.
Extensive repairs are being made by Max-
well Bros, in their plant at Mellrue, Wis.,
which has been idle for several years, and
the sawing ot hardwoods, of which the firm
has a liberal supply available, will be com-
menced in the fall. It is rumored that they
will also build a planing mill and box factory
at Mellrue.
The Saluda Pin & Bracket Manufacturing
Company, Saluda, N. C, organized by E. B.
Andrews and Ben Drearybury, is now operat-
ing its plant in that city manufacturing locust
and oak telephone pins and brackets. Tho
company has orders ahead for over 1,500,000
pins, and the plant has a capacity of 800 pins
and brackets per day.
Three men were burned to death in a fire
which practically destroyed the excelsior
works and butter tub manufactory of Charles
M. Allen at Fulton, N. Y. The great mass
of excelsior bales and butter tub bottoms and
covers furnished excellent fuel and was en-
tirely consumed. The loss on building and
contents has not yet been estimated.
The Cleveland, Cincinnati & St. Louis Rail-
road Company has purchased a site at In-
dianapolis, Ind., on which is being erected
shops for the building ot cars and locomotives.
Plans have been completed and work will
soon commence on the erection of a new
wagon factory for the Harrison Wagon Works
of Grand Rapids, Mich. The estimated cost
is $15,000.
The Frary Manufacturing Company, wood
turners ot Charlemont, Mass., recently greatly
increased its capacity by installing two new
lathes and a new steam plant. The concern
enjoys an extensive export business, as well
as shipping its products to all parts of the
United States. The company is composed of
men of long experience in this line of manu-
facture; George H. Frary, treasurer, is of the
third generation ot wood turners.
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Advices from Boonville, Ind., say that buy-
ers of hardwood have bought up every piece
of timber that can be purchased in the county
at a high price. But little oak remains and
owners have placed an extraordinary price
on the trees to keep them as long as possible.
The price offered for timber at present is
more than was given for land and timber to-
gether five years ago. As high as $2.50 a
hundred feet has been i^aid for oak timber
suitable for quarter sawing.
Howard County, Missouri, is doing quite an
extensive walnut export business. Logs to
the value of $17,500 have recently been shipped
to Hamburg, Germ.any, and the total ship-
ments of walnut from all parts of the county
to this same importer amount to $25,000.
Robert McMillen of Oshkosh, Wis., died June
20, after a long illness. He was president of
a large sash and door concern, and his father
was the late Robert McMillen, a pioneer lum-
berman.
The Ohio Manufacturing Compajiy has been
organized at Asheville. N. C, with $25,000
capital stock, to manufacture oak and hickoi'y
carriage and wagon woodwork. The officers
are: A. F. Hill, secretary and treasurer of
the W. T. Mason Lumber Company, president;
F. Littlefield, secretary and treasurer, and
S. J. Taylor, general manager. Later the
Company expects to extend its operations,
and to establish mills in a number of the
southern states. Headquarters will be main-
tained at Asheville, where commodious offices
have been leased in the new Adelaide building.
The Moline Plow Company, Moline, 111., is
erecting buildings at Rock Island, 111., for its
woodworking department. The company's lum-
ber yards will be consolidated and all work in
this line will be done at Rock Island when the
plant is completed. The wood shop will be
120 by 183 feet, one story and basement, with
saw-tootli roof. North of this will be a build-
ing for storing finished work, 27 by 40 feet
at the east erid, narrowing to conform to the
railroad ti'ack. Connecting therewith a 20-
foot shipping platform will be Ijuilt, from
which the railroad will take the woodwork to
cars bound tor the main factory. The pmui
will also include a boiler house 20 by 40 feet
and a modern dry kiln about the same size.
A new industry for Mason City, la., is as-
sured by the sale of the sash and door manu-
facturing plant of Davy Eros, to the Weir
Wardrobe Company, lately organized with a
capital stock of $100,000. The new company
will begin at once the manufacture of a pat-
ented fixture for stores, especially clothing
stores, and private houses. The officers of
the company are: President, I. W. Keerl,
Iowa State Bank, Mason City; general man-
ager, A. F. Shotts, Mason City. Directors:
William Georgeson, Winnipeg. Canada; C. H.
Newton and T. A. Potter, Mason City. The
stockholders of the concern include the offi-
cers, Davy Bros, and Charles Webster of Wau-
coma, Iowa. The plant will be enlarged and
will employ forty men.
Hardwood NeWs.
(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Special Coriespondents.)
Chicago.
Among the prominent hardwood lumbermen
who have visited Chicago during the past few
days are W. H. Russe of Memphis, president
of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa-
tion; Earl Palmer of the Ferguson & Palmer
Company, Paducah, Ky. ; Gus J. Landeck of
the Page & Landeck Lumber Company, Mil-
waukee, Wis.; C. H. Barnaby, Greencastle,
Ind.; W. W. Knight of the Long-Knight Lum-
ber Company, Indianapolis; T. B. Stone of tlie
T. B. Stone Lumber Company, Cincinnati;
Max Sondheimer of the E. Sondhelmer Com-
pany, Memphis, Tenn.; W. A. Bonsack of the
Bonsack Dumber Company, St. Louis, Mo.;
Carroll F. Sweet of the Fuller & Rice Lumber
& Manufacturing Company, Grand Rapids,
Mich.; M. S. Baer of R. P. Baer & Co.. Balti-
more, Md.; Thomas Moore of the Moore Com-
pany, St. Louis, Mo., and D. F. Clark of Os-
borne & Clark, Minneapolis, Minn.
The receipt is acknowledged through the
courtesy of George K. Smith, secretary, of a
pamphlet containing the proceedings of the
fourth annual meeting of the National Lum-
ber Manufacturers' Association, held at St.
Louis, May 8 and 9.
The Hardwood Record has just printed and
delivered to the secretary of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association a large edition
in book form of the report of the ninth annual
meeting held at Memphis, Tenn., May 3 and 4.
The book includes forty-eight pages and cover,
and incorporated therein are handsome duo-
tone gravure portraits of William H. Russe,
president, and of Earl Palmer, retiring president,
as well as smaller pictures of the other offi-
cers, board of directors and chairmen of com-
mittees. The pamphlet shows the list of offi-
cers and committees, includes the proceedings
of the convention, list of those present, and
concludes with a complete roster of the mem-
bers of the association up to June 1, 1906.
This work will be mailed to every member of
the association; others interested desiring a
copy can obtain it on application to Frank F.
Fish, secretary, 1012 Rector building, Chicago.
H. T. Benham, advertising manager of E. C.
Atkins & Co., In.;., Indianapolis, has had a
reprint made of the story entitled "Shorty,"
which appeared in the Hardwood Record of
May 25, and of the illustrations accompanying
it. Mr. Benham has issued an edition of 25.000
of these attractive little booklets, and is hav-
ing them distributed in every woods camp in
tlie United States. This is an entirely new
advertising proposition, and the Haedwood
Record and the author of the story both ap-
preciate the compliment and the credit given
them.
D. S. Hutchinson, the popular and energetic
sales manager of the Nashville Hardwood
Flooring Company, made a brief visit to Chi-
cago the first of last weyk. Mr. Hutchinson
reports the demand for oak flooring very
strong.
Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association, is back at the
home office for a few days from one of his
tours for holding district meetings in various
parts of the countrj'.
A welcome caller at the Record office on
Thursday was M. E. Thomas, sales manager
of Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., and of the Mitchell
Brothers Company of Cadillac, Mich. Mr.
Thomas is just starting out on a several
weeks' cruise among the western clients of
the big flooring concerns he represents.
Although no report has been received at this
office, there must have been "doings" at
Little Rock, Ark., on Saturday, June 25. as
on that date were scheduled a retail lumber
convention, a district meeting of the Hard-
wood Manufacturers' Association and a Hoo-
Hoo and Osirian Qloister "fundom."
The Illinois Central Railroad, which already
penetrates a large portion of the hardwood
timber area of the South, is reported as reach-
ing out in a new direction. The engineering
forces of that road are engaged in making
surveys in the states of Mississippi and Ala-
bama, in contemplation of the building of a
branch line to Birmingham. The road will
leave the main line at Jackson, Miss., and
run through the Pearl River Valley to Colum-
bus, Miss., and from there straight to Bir-
mingham. It is said that the work of con-
struction will begin at once. The territory
traversed by this new line is extremely rich
in hardwood timber.
The Erie Railroad's recent report for the
past nine months, showing a gross earning of
$37,880,906, justifies the expectation that the
company will earn upwards of $50,000,000 dur-
ing the fiscal year, and that it will show re-
turns equal to three per cent on the common
stock for that period. This is considerably in
excess of any earnings shown by the company
for many years.
The meeting of the Michigan Maple Com-
pany, which was scheduled for June 26, has
been postponed to Friday, June 29, at 2 p. m.,
at the company's general offices in Grand
Rapids.
There is a movement on foot for a general
meeting of the hardwood manufacturers of
Michigan, which will probably be called at
Grand Rapids either during the first or second
week of July. The meeting is for the purpose
of a better acquaintance among hardwood
producers, an . analysis of trade conditions,
and for making an attempt to widen the dis-
tribution of Michigan forest products. It is
expected that the meeting will call out prac-
tically every hardwood producer in the state.
Robert Maisey of Maisey & Dion, Chicago
hardwood wholes.alers, is home from a north-
em purchasing trip.
The Leavitt Lumber Company is moving its
office headquarters from Thirty-fourth street
and Centre avenue to its new office and yard
on Laflin street, south of Twenty-second.
The company has arranged very handsome
quarters for carrying on its business at the
new plant. The old yard will be used for stor-
age purposes, but the principal distribution
will be from the new plant, which has a
capacity for piling 6.000.000 feet of lumber.
F. S. Hendrickson of the F. S. Hendrickson
Lumber Compan.v, accompanied by his wife,
W'ill sail from New York for France next
Thursday. They will make an extended con-
tinental trip and expect to reach home in Sep-
tember.
Franklin Greenwood, manager of the South-
ern Cypress Lumber Selling Company, Ltd.,
of New Orleans, was a Chicago visitor last
week. He reports a slight lull in cypress de-
mand, but on the whole finds trade in a'
very excellent condition.
Casket makers held a session at the Strat-
ford Hotel, June 21, at which the principal
theme discussed was the price of their prod-
uct. Manufacturers maintain that trade con-
ditions justify higher prices, and some favor
an increase of thirty per cent — others ten.
Action on the matter was deferred until the
next meeting.
Boston.
Frank Lawrence of Lawrence & Wiggin has
returned from a trip to New York. Mr. Law-
rence played in the trade golf tournament.
Gardiner I. Jones of the Jones Hardwood
Company, Boston, has been in New York and
was also present at the golf tournament held
there.
The J. O. Wetherbee Co.. for many years
located in Boston, has moved to East Cam-
bridge.
Hugh McLean of Hugh McLean Lumber
Company of Buffalo. N. Y., visited Boston
during the past fortnight.
William "W. Reilly, also of Buffalo, was in
Boston recently.
The woodworking establishment of Lord &
Kitchen, Foxcroft. Me., has been visited by
fire, causing a total loss of the drying room.
J. E. Lauder of Toronto, Can., has been
making his headquarters in Boston for a few
days.
Charles S. Wentworth of Charles S. Went-
worth & Co. has been in Maine on a business
trip.
The H. B. Stebbins Lumber Company has
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secured new quarters in the Mason building
and will remove tliere from 153 Millt street
shortly.
The Lumber Trade Club of Boston held its
regular monthly meeting at the Elxchange.
Boston, Thursday, June 14.
New York.
The lumbermen's golf tournament inaugu-
rated by local wholesalers some months ago
occurred at the Nassau Country Club. Nassau.
L. I., on June 12 and 13 and was p.articipated
in by an enthusiastic number of lumbermen
golfers from all over the East, and was so
successful and enjoyable that it resulted in
the formation of a permanent organization to
be known as the Lumbermen's Golf Associa-
tion. W. D. Gill of Baltimore was elected
president; F. B. Witherbee of Boston vice-
liresident. and Henry Cape. 1 Madison avenue.
New York, secretary and treasurer. The next
contest will be held at Baltimore.
Among recent New York visitors was \V. \j.
Hughai't. Jr., of Hughart & Kendal and the
Union City Lumber Company of Grand Rapids.
Mich., who spent several days in the interest
of business. Mr. Hughart reported the west-
ern hardwood conditions exceedingly satis-
factory. His concerns are making a specialty
of tliin oak for export, and it was for extend-
ing tr,ade in that liiie primarily that he made
the visit.
R. T. Cooper, the well known Memphis
hardwpod lumberman, also spent several days
here renewing acquaintances in the trade.
T. H. Gamble of Gamble Bros.. Louisville.
Ky., large manufacturers of piano dimension
stock, etc., was a recent visitor to the many
customers of the firm in this market.
R. H. Downman. tlie distinguished manu-
facturer of New Orleans and president of the
Cypress Manufacturers' Association, spent
several days here on a long pleasure trip.
Fire caused $35,000 damage to the yard of
Joseph Cohn, 608-612 Rockaway avenue, Brook-
lyn, June 6.
W. A. Eaton of the Stevens-Eaton Company,
1 Madison avenue, has the sympatliy of the
tr.ade in the loss of his father. Major Samuel
C. Eaton, who died at Nyack. June 6, at the
age of 76 years. Major Eaton was associated
for many years witli tlie government assayer's
office and was widely known in that line.
J. C. Turner, the prominent cypress oper-
ator. 1123 Broadway, is off on a southern trip
to his various interests in Georgia and
Florida.
C. E. Lloyd. Jr.. manager of the sales de-
partment of the Cherry River Boom & Lum-
ber Company. Philadelphia, was a recent
visitor to the district. Mr. Lloyd is a firm
believer in present lumber values and Ijelieves
th.at any Lack of activity in buying at the
present time is simply due to buyers generally
having made their purchases earlier this year
than usually.
W. A. Powell of the W. A. Powell Company.
Ltd., large exportei'S of New Orleans, was
here the ' first of the month on matters in
connection with the export trade.
Russell T. Starr, who is associated with
Frederick W. Starr. Brooklyn, was united in
m.arriage at the Plymouth Church, that bor-
ough, on Juno 7. to Miss Alice Gertrude P.
Staples. Mr. Starr is well known in the local
trade and is receiving the liearty congratula-
tions of his friends.
J. H. Dickinson, manager of the logging
department of the Lidgerwood Manufacturing
Company, extensive manufacturer of logging
and cableway machinery, this- city, left for
the South this week on an extended business
tour.
R. C. Scatcherd of the Batavia-New York
Woodworking Company, Batavia, N. Y., spent
several days during the fortnight here looking
after some extensive contracts of his com-
pany.
Philadelphia.
The Wilmington Sash. Door & Blind Com-
pany, which formerly did business at 1319
W^est Fourth street, Wilmington. Del., has iv-
moved its establishment to Front and Madison
streets, the same city, where a modern build-
ing, 160x120 feet has been erected and a plot
of ground extending the length of a square
purchased. The company will do a general
wholesale and retail business in hardwoods
and other lumber, besides the sash and door
business. The otHcers are as follows: S. M.
Dillon, president; J. C. Dillon, vice-president,
and S. C. Dillon, secretary and treasurer.
The Philadelphia team which attended the
lumbermen's golf tournament at Glen Cove.
L. L, covered itself with glory and reflected
great credit on Philadelphia. Besides other
prizes, the local contingent won the team
prize in competition with teams from Balti-
more, Boston and New Y'ork.
A meeting of the creditors of Geo. B. Gar-
diner & Co., the defunct lumber concern
through whose failure many lumbermen suf-
fered, was held on June 18, before Theodore
M. Etting, referee in bankruptcy. The com-
pany has been adjudged an Involuntary baiiK-
rupt. An investigation is now on foot, whicli
is expected to clear up the operations of this
concern, and the general trade, besides the
hardwood men who have lost money, may look
forward to having the methods and operators
of this company exposed.
The regular monthly financial meeting of the
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire In-
sur.ance Company was held last week at the
Drexel building. Preparations are being
made for the semi-annual meeting of the com-
pany and officers of the concern say that a
splendid increase of business will be shown.
Mr. llenson, the president, who is now in
Europe, wliither he went in search of health,
is expected back the last of June, much im-
proved.
H. N. Pattison of the Philadelphia Hard-
wood Lumber Company, reports that the con-
cern has enough orders on its books to keep
going four or five months. This firm does a
splendid business in red and white oak. Mr.
Pattison will visit the company's buyer at
Elkins, W. Va., next week and confer with
him about the purchase of more stocks. He
will also visit mill points throughout Mary-
land. West Virginia and western Pennsyl-
^■ania.
Benj. Ketcham. Jr., who recently rented
the Benners lumber yard in West Philadel-
phia, has bought that property and will use
it, together with his yard on North Broad
street, as city distributing points. The West
Philadelphia yard has good railroad facilities
and will be used as the unloading point.
Franlt T. Rumbarger has just returned from
an extensive trip to East Tennessee, where
hf reports that the interests of his firm are
in good shape. John J. Rumbarger. who has
been ill for some time, is now able to at-
tend to business regularly. John L. Rum-
liarger. son of John J., h.as been appointed
to tal<e charge of the Pulaski, Va., yard of
the company. The young man has shown
such an aptitude and talent for the business
that the company feels justified in placing
this responsibility on his shoulders.
F. A. Kirby of the Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Company returned recently from an
extensive western trip. Pie will spend the
present week at the company's main office at
Scranton, Pa. A. R. Atkins, purchasing agent
for the company, is ill and confined to his
home at Haddonfield, N. J.
Owen M. Bruner announces that business
with his firm is very good. Henry Whelpton,
secretary and treasurer of the Bruner con-
cern, has been spending some time in Buffalo,
looking after the interests of the company.
J. R. W^illiams has returned from a two
weeks' trip through New Y'ork state. Jos. P.
Dunwoody spent last week in New York.
Geo. F. Craig is at the mills of Geo. Craig &
Son. Winterburn, W, Va.
Franklin H. Smith of the Producers' Lum-
ber Company announces that he has pur-
chased the holdings of Harold Weston in that
concern. This company has been established
for five years and about six months ago
started to deal in hardwoods.
Chas. F. Felin & Co. have plans completed
for a new wharf and dock, to be built at
Delaware avenue and Westmoreland street,
where the company owns a frontage of 500
feet on the river. The dock will be 180x650
feet and one of the largest in Philadelphia.
Chas. F. Felin, who has been spending some
time in California, is now visiting the home
office,
I. D. Miller & Co.. who have had their sales
office for three years in the Real Estate Trust
building, will remove it to Baker's Mines, Va.,
whore the mills of the company are located.
Horace E. Bates of Wister, Underhill &
Co. who has been ill and convalescing at
Ocean City. N. J., has returned to business.
Jacob Isenberger. superintendent of the Ever-
green Lumber Company, is in town conferring
with Wistar. Underhill & Co., sales agents for
the company. Mr. Isenberger reports that
business is brisk and that the improved
equipment lately installed in the mills permits
of faster sawing and shipping than ever.
Harry Soble of Soble Bros, left on June
18 for an extended visit to mill points. This
company will soon be in a position to offer to
the trade some choice lots of Pennsylvania
hardwoods, having recently acquired the out-
put of one of the largest hardwood mills in
this state.
Schofield Eros, report business in splendid
condition. John Schofield has just returned
from a trip to the South, where he was look-
ing after shipments due the firm and also
inspecting choice lots of hardwoods with a
view to purchase.
Charles L. Robinson of the firm of Chas.
Benton, 1403 South Front street, died June
17 of acute indigestion. His loss is widely
relt in lumber circles for he had been identi-
fied with the trade for over forty years. He
was a member of the Lumbermen's Exchange
of Philadelphia, and of several Masonic and
beneficial orders.
Pittsburg.
J. B. Flint of the Flint. Erving & Stoner
Company has his arm in a sling as the result
of a collision with a "circumstance." as he
puts it. which dislocated the bones of the
shoulder. He and his associates are getting
their big operation at Dunlevie, W. Va., well
under way. and will make this point one of
the largest producers of hardwood lumber in
the Mountain State.
I. F. Balsley, hardwood manager for Willson
Brothers, is enthusiastic over the prospects
for a brisk hardwood market all summer.
Willson Brothers are getting a firm hold on
the eastern trade and had two splendid months
in May and June.
The coal strike in western Pennsylvania has
curtailed the call for coke oven lumber and
general mining supplies to quite an extent.
This is most noticeable in the neighborhood
of Punxsutawney, where the Pittsburg whole-
salers are accustomed to do a fine business
in hardwoods in the summer.
Municipal questions have agitated Pittsburg
lumbermen considerably of late. They wel-
come the annexation of Allegheny, which was
openly favored at the election June 12, as the
me.ans of ridding the lumber firms and con-
tractors of the heavy bridge tolls and also
of stimulating a building movement in Alle-
gheny. Another advantage which is expected
to follow is the establishment of many small
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factories of different kinds on the nortli side,
wliicli will be steady buyers of the better
grades of hardwoods. Along with this ques-
tion of annexation the problem of subways
and elevated roads, which is nearing a crisis
in Pittsburg, is of special interest to lumber-
men, as it will necessitate the purchase of
an enormous amount of oak.
The American Lumber & Manufacturing
Company is keeping up its swift pace in the
hardwood trade. Its big purchases made
through J. N. Woollett last winter in West
Virginia and Kentucky enable it to place its
goods on the market very promptly in com-
parison with the firms which are now out of
logs to cut.
The Beulah Lumber Company, of whicli Wil-
liam M. Pownall is local manager, is cutting
50,000 feet of lumber a day at its plant at
Beulah. W. Va., mostly spruce and oak. The
company is now delivering 18 cars of lumber
a week in the metropolis, all of which comes
from West Virginia. It is also shipping much
ash and birch to the eastern market.
P. X. Diebold of the Forest Lumber Com-
pany sends in an encouraging report of hard-
wood conditions in West Virginia, where he is
on a trip among the mills. The company's
call for oak and poplar has been very satis-
factory of late and both F. X. and A. J. Die-
bold have been out of the city looking up
stocks.
E. V. Babcock & Co. lost 1,500,000 feet of
logs in the early June floods in the upper
Allegheny valley. These logs were largely oak
and hemlock and were valued at $16,000. An-
other mishap was the burning of the kindling
wood plant of the Standard Wood Company,
which adjoined the Babcock plant at Arrow,
Pa., and used the slabs from the latter under
contract,
Fred E. Babcock of the firm of E. V. Bab-
cock & Co. is building a $65,000 mansion in
Woodland road. Squirrel Hill. The residence,
which will probably be the finest erected in
Pittsburg this summer, will contain 35 rooms,
and will be beautifully finished in a variety of
the finest hardwoods.
A new firm in Pittsburg is J. R. Wheeler
& Co., which has secured convenient quarters
at 1009 Park building.
O. H. Rectanus of the A. M. Turner Lumber
Company announces a very good condition of
affairs in the hardwood trade as it affects his
firm. The Turner interests in the South are
very busy getting orders taken last winter
cleaned up.
The Linehan Lumber Company's ability to
fill orders with good stock and quickly has of
late brought to it an amount and kind of
business that is eminently satisfactory and
Is bringing broad smiles to both J. C. and J, J,
Linehan, who are hustlers.
The Paine Lumber Company, Ltd., is profit-
ing considerably by the carpenters' strike by
getting some big orders that would otherwise
have come to the local mills. In the city,
however, it notes a diminution of demand,
traceable to the fact that house building has
been almost at a standstill since the carpen-
ters went out. Last month the company added'
to its line of finely finished stock stair rails
and balusters of original designs, which are
made of oak and birch. These are furnished
also in ash and butternut, the latter being
quite a favorite with local architects.
The Cheat River Lumber Company is saw-
ing 100,000 feet of lumber a day at its plant
at Burkeville, Va., where Robert K. Herbert-
son is in charge. The company is getting
into the manufacturing business as fast as
possible to enable it to keep up with its or-
ders and avoid the delays that harassed it
last winter, when it depended to a large ex-
tent on the stocks bought from other mills.
wood Lumber Company speaks of the flooring
business as in decidedly good shape. The
company's mill is running strong now.
The trip of A. W. Kreinheder to Kentucky
and Tennessee to look after the business of
the Standard Hardwood Lumber Company was
necessarily rather short, as he had a Hoo-Hoo
meeting to look after.
Hugh McLean is one of the great hardwood
salesmen on the road today and he is always
adding to his experience. Quartered oak is
one of his specialties, with mills back of him
to produce excellent stock.
G. Elias & Bro. are still keeping up their
all-round timber yard, but find that they need
a good many woods to make up a complete
stock — hemlock, Norway 'and yellow pine and
Washington fir, as well as oak and ash.
Thick plain oak in inci'eased amounts is one
of the late export orders filled by O. E. Yea-
ger. He gets the stock largely from the West,
some from Ohio by rail; later on there will
be cargoes in by lake.
Beyer, Knox & Co. have not patrolled the
territory from Pennsylvania southward to the
Gulf for nothing, for they report a yard full
of well-assorted stock, and active sales all
along the line.
Several cars of good chestnut, also a lot of
oak and cherry, were among the l.'xte receipts
from the South at the yard of I. N. Stewart
& Bro., with H. A. Stewart down that way
most of the time digging it out.
A. Miller lately added to his already good
general hardwood stock twenty cars of birch
of all thicknesses, and he is always able to
take care of orders for basswood.
The best of reports come from the big hard-
wood door mill at Batavia, which is controlled
by Scatcherd & Son. Orders are coming in
much faster than they can be filled, and all
for'fancy work.
Having two good men on the spot, F, W.
Vetter and H. S. Janes, ready to take up the
southern hardwood problem anywhere, the
Empire Lumber Company will soon be repre-
sented again by them in person in North
Carolina and Arkansas.
Buffalo.
As a member of the Buffalo Maple Flooring
Company, M. M. Wall of the Buffalo Hard-
Detroit.
Chas. R. Roche, inspector for the Nation.al
Hardwood Lumber Association for Detroit,
bus been taking a week's vacation in New
York City.
The McClure Lumber Company is closing
out its stock of hardwood in the Detroit yard,
and will in future conduct only an office here,
making shipments direct from the mill at
Eutaw, Ala,
The Thomas Forman Company is receiving
maple lumber Vjy vessel quite rapidly, keeping
one steam barge in this trade regularly.
The Dwight Lumber Company has leased
its docks to a white pine concern, and is
receiving its extensive purchases of maple and
other hardwoods entirely by rail.
Within fifteen miles of the Detroit city hall
there is a heavily timbered tract of 240 acres
consisting of white and red oak, elm, bass-
wood, etc. A small band mill has just been
installed for the manufacture of this timber.
The stock goes to Brownlee & Co,
The schooner "Ellen Williams" on its way
from Alpena to Tonawanda, with a cargo of
maple lumber, went on the rocks at the Lime
Kiln Crossing, eighteen miles below Detroit,
and was sunk. The cargo was sold by the
underwriters to Brownlee & Co., who have
just finished putting the stock in cross pile on
their yard. The same firm is now handling
over its docks 950.000 feet of basswood from
the Green Bay district. They report the bass-
wood market considerably stronger and more
active than a few months ago.
The entire lumber trade of Detroit is in
mourning over the death of Joseph Myles of
Ilunton, Myles & Weeks, which occurred at his
home on June 15. The immediate cause of Mr.
Myles' death was valvular lesions of the heart.
He has been ill for more than five months. Mr.
Myles was held in extreme affection by the en-
tire lumber trade of the Wolverine state, and his
demise is a severe blow to thousands of friends.
Grand Bapids.
Otis A. Felger. secretary of the Hackley-
Phelps-Bonnell Company, left June 20 on a
business trip throughout the South.
The Harrison Wagon Works of this city is
turning out automobiles as a side line.
P. C. Fuller of the Fuller & Rice Lumber
& Manufacturing Company has gone east to
spend the summer in the Adirondacks.
0. H. L. Wernicke, manager of the Macey
Company, is touring several of the western
states in his new National, He is accom-
panied by Mrs, Wernicke and they expect
to return about June 25.
W. H. White, president of the W. H. White
Company. Boyne City, was in Muskegon re-
cently and placed an order for a battery of
boilers of 400 horsepower, to be added to the
power plant of the White Company's new
hardwood plant. The boilers are to be de-
livered within 60 days.
The Potato Implement Company of Traverse
City has been doing a rushing business at
its factory since the reorganization in Janu-
ary.
West side manufacturers and business men
have formed an Improvement Association with
Roy Harrison of tlie Harrison Wagon Works
as chairman of the executive committee, F.
Stuart Foote of the Imperial Furniture Com-
pany, Carroll F. Sweet of the Fuller & Rice
Lumber & Manufacturing Company, and Alex-
ander Dodds as chairmen, respectively, of the
following committees: Prevention of floods,
public improvement and transportation.
The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company has
bought the Russell Hotel at Ishpeming and
it is the plan of President Mather to convert
the house into a home for the Young Men's
Christian Association.
Allen McKee left Manistee last week for
Tacoma, Wash., to take charge of the work
of installing machinery in the new mill of the
Dempsey Lumber Company. It is expected
that the mill will be one of the largest in the
United States, with daily cutting capacity of
a quarter of a million feet.
J. M. Cooper, superintendent of the Kelley
Lumber & Shingle Company's mill at Traverse
City, has had seven years' experience as fire
chief, which served the company well when
the roof of the plant caught fire recently.
Under his supervision and his direction tho
valuable plant was saved,
1. F. Holmes and son. Dr. H. A, Holmes,
of Manton have bought a tract of timber and
a sawmill plant in Mississippi, which will be
operated by Mr. Holmes. Sr. The timber is
largely oak and gum. with some hickory. A
million and a half feet of gum lumber has
been contracted for by Grand Rapids furniture
manufacturers.
The steam barge India of Kingston, Ont.,
recently loaded 500 rock elm ship timbers in
Pentwater Lake. They were cut in the vicin-
ity of Hart, one of them being over 70 feet
long. It is figured that they cost, loaded on
the boat, an average of $50 each, or a total
of $25,000. The boat loaded about 1.000 addi-
tional timbers at Traverse City, before pro-
ceeding to Kingston. The square timbers are
rafted from Kingston to Quebec, going by
boat from that point across the Atlantic to
English shipyards.
The East Shore Company at Frankfort has
built a two-story addition to the factory, and
about fifteen men will be added in the new
clothes pin and wooden novelty department
to be established therein. The butter dish
and broom handle machines are kept busy.
S. G. McClellan, manager of the Simmons
Lumber Company, Simmons, Mich,, and J, S,
Weidman of Mt. Pleasant, head of the Weid-
man Timber Company, were in Grand Rapids
June 11,
E. N. Sailing of the Sailing-Hanson Company,
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Grayling, was in tlie city Monday. June 18.
Tile summer sales -of furniture opened June
IS. witli nearly forty buyei-s on hand, coming
mostly from New York and the larger cities
of the East. Outside manufacturers were
slow in getting their lines ready for inspec-
tion. The rush will be on about July 10 and
I stood business is anticipated.
Asheville.
The lumbermen of western North Carolina
will have a good time in Asheville on Tues-
day afternoon and evening, July 3. Tuesday
afternoon the Asheville Lumber Exchange will
hold its regular semi-annual meeting, wliile
Tuesday night Hoo-Hoo will gather for a
lianquet and the "putting through" of a num-
ber of kittens. In view of the fact that the
followin.g day is the Fourtli and a general
holiday, a large attendance is expected. The
most important matter that will come before
the Lumber Exchange will be the report of
(he committees appointed at the last meet-
ing to confer with the freight officials of tlie
Southern Railway relative to rates on lumber.
These committees will meet the freight offi-
cials at Lake Toxaway this montli and their
I ''ports will be of much interest to the trade
I. this section. The committees will ask for
.1 reduction of rates on hemlock, oak and
chestnut.
The timber interests of the AVhittier Lum-
ber Company, located in Swain County. North
Carolina, will be sold at public auction August
«. to satisfy a judgment of $443,000. The
bonds issued by the Whittier Lumber Com-
pany were originally held by the Morton
Trust Company of New York, and it was this
company that asked for a judgment of sale.
Although the lands will be sold at auction, a
deal has already been consummated whereby
the "Uliittier holdings have been transferred
to a North Carolina company and the sale of
the lands under the deci'ee of the- court is a
mere matter of form. The lands have been
purchased by Chas. J. Harris and Mr. "Wood-
bury and the company now owning the prop-
erty is known as the Han'is-Woodbury Com-
pany. The lands embrace 70.000 acres. ?^d
are valued at half a million dollars.
Bristol, Va.-Teim.
A deal is being negotiated between New
York capitalists and the Virginia Iron. Coal
& Coke Company of this city, for the pur-
chase by the latter of about .$100,000 worth
of rich timber and mineral lands in Carter
and Johnson counties.
The Tug River Lumber Company is replac-
ing the band mill recently destroyed by fire
at Mabe. Scott County, Va., with a large cir-
cular mill.
The Kingsport Lumber Company is a new
corporation organized by the George L. Carter
syndicate. This company has its general of-
fices in Bristol and will manufacture lumber
on the line of the new South & Western Rail-
way being constructed by Mr, Carter. Thomas
F. Ryan. Alfred Walter, the latter president
of the Seaboard Air Line, and others. The
company will dispose of about 15.000,000 feet
of lumber on the yards of the Caretta Lum-
ber Company, another Carter concern, at
I'Mretta. McDowell County, W. Va.
Paul \V. Fleck of the Paul W. Fleck Lum-
ber Company of Philadelphia is in Bristol and
will spend several days looking after his
company's business in this section.
George B. Peter spent last week in Shady.
Johnson County, Tenn.. where he went to
hurr.y up orders at the mills and ship out
considerable stuff.
John T. Dixon of the John T. Dixon Lum-
ber Company of Elizabethton, Tenn., and
Dixon & Dewey of New York was in Bristol
last week en route from Ronceverte, W. Va..
to Elizabethton. Mr. Dixon says that busi-
ness with liis concerns is good and he is
pleased with the outlook.
G. L. Wood. Asheville, N. C., and K. E. Wood,
Baltimore. Md.. of the R. E. Wood Lumber Com-
pany were recent visitors to Bristol.
J. A. Wilkinson has lately made a tour of
inspection of his country mills in Virginia and
West Virginia, and reports good business and
heavy shipments.
Frank Price of Price & Heald. the Balti-
more exporters, has been in this section for
several days in company with the local rep-
resentative of the concern. Fred W. Hughes.
Mr. Price and Mr. Hughes are closing up sev-
eral big log contracts in this section.
M. Dreyfus and N. Dreyfus, representing
big lumber importing interests in Paris,
France, have been spending several days in
Bristol studying the lumber conditions of the
South. They will make heavy contracts be-
fore returning to their native land, and will
visit other parts of the South.
H. W. Nelly, who represents the Rumbarger
Lumber Company of Philadelphia in this sec-
tion, reports lieavy shipments and business
good. This company, besides controlling the
entire output of the mills of the Unaka Lum-
ber Corporation of Johnson City, Tenn., oper-
ates extensively in eastern Tennessee and
western Nortli Carolina and has big contracts
at Mountain City, Tenn.. and Madison. S. C.
which Mr. Ncily looks after.
John A. Sproles, manager of the yards and
office of J. A. Wilkinson at Butler. Tenn . was
married in Bristol last week to Miss Eliza-
beth Butler, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Roy B.
Butler of Johnson County. Mr. Sproles is a
promising young lumberman, while his bride
is a young woman of strong character and
high ideals and comes of a prominent family.
H. C. Travis, who has for several years
been connected with the Bristol Door & Lum-
ber Company as superintendent of its big saw
and planing mills in Bristol and was later
associated with the Stone-Huling Lumber
Company, has gone to Brunswick. Ga., to en-
gage in the lumber business.
The Southern Milling & Construction Com-
pany was incorporated at Princeton, W. Va..
last week, with a capital stock of $25,000 by
R. B. -Bird, W. C. Broyles. J. E. T. Sentz.
J. R. Henry and W. J. Lyon. The company
will engage in buying, manufacturing and
shipping lumber and building material. Under
its cliarter the company can own as much
as 10,000 acres of timber land or real estate.
Cincinnati.
The annual outing of the Lumbernn'u's Club
was held at the Zoo Saturday. June 16. and
was pronounced b.v the members to be the
most enjoyable of any of the yearly affairs
given by the club. An informal reception early
in the evening was followed by an elaborate
banquet on the veranda of the clubhouse. The
menu cards were unique, the covers being of
veneer wood from Japan, no thicker than an
ordinary calling card. President T. J. Moffett
was toastmaster.
Arrangements have been made for a con-
catenation of Hoo-Hoo in this city on Satur-
day, June 30. The program includes daylight
and moonlight excursions on the Ohio, with
music and dancing, besides a banquet. It is
expected that many members with their ladies
will attend. J. E. Tuthill of this city is Vice-
gerent Snark for southern Ohio. This will be
the first Hoo-Hoo convention held at Cincin-
nati for a long time, and all resident members
are especially invited to be on hand.
In speaking of the hardwood situation Ches-
ter F. Korn of the Farrin-Korn Dumber Com-
pany says: "Conditions at present are pecul-
iar. Hardwood buyers, who were holding off
expecting a decline in sympathy with that in
yellow pine, have come into the market again.
With a scarcity of dry stocks prices are well
maintained. It is likely that prices will
remain as at present until the new crop of
logs arrives in normal tiuantities. Adverse
weather conditions have materially interfered
with production and I believe it will be as late
as September 1 before receipts assume satis-
factory proportions."
Fl-ed W. Pierce of the Piei-ce Lumber Com-
pany, London, O.. and Mrs. Barara Bailey of
the same town were wedded in this city on
June 10. The ceremony was quiet, after which
the couple left for a brief tour.
M. B. Farrin. accompanied by his family,
will leave for their summer home in Michigan
the fore part of next month. Mr. Farrin will
return two weeks later, but the family will
remain.
Joseph B. Cochran, president of the Coch-
ran Lumber Company, filed a petition in Ijank-
ruptcy in the Federal court recently. He
was located at 1213 Gest street, but some time
ago the business was placed in the hands of a
receiver. Mr. Cochran's liabilities were placed
at $20,531.65. The assets amount to less than
$800.
John C. Bowling of the Bowling-Short Com-
pany. Dewey, Ky.. has visited local dealers
several times within the month on business
connected with his firm.
The Queen City Furniture Club has admit-
ted W, T. Duhlmeier of Duhlmeier Bros, and
R. S. Wiggers. another hardwood lumberman,
to membership. The club has indorsed the
action of the Manufacturers' Club in its cam-
paign to secure a belt line around Cincinnati.
T. J. Moffett is chairman of tlie committee of
the Manufacturers' Club having the belt line
proposition in charge.
Harry Freiberg, president of tlie Freiberg
Lumber Company, is in Canada on business.
He will shortly return.
R. J. Darnell of Memphis and Charles W.
Hinckley of Chicago were recent callers on
the local trade.
August H. Strubbe has been appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate of William J.
Strubbe. his brother, who owned 25,000 acres
of timber and coal lands in Pulaski and Wayne
counties. Kentucky, and Scott county. Ten-
nessee.
Nashville.
Local planing mills and interior woodwork-
ing plants report an increase in business of
from 25 to 40 per cent over the first six months
of last year. As may be imagined from this,
the mills are all busy turning out material
for the hundreds of houses in course of erec-
tion here. A revision of the local building
laws is being considered by the Nashville city
council and it is probable that in tlie future
heavier material will be put in all houses.
The fire loss on the furniture stock of the
Greenfield - Talbot - Finney - Battle Furniture
Company has been adjusted by the insurance
companies. The salvage invoiced at $40,000
and was taken charge of by the insurance
companies, and in turn placed by them in
the hands of the Samuel Gans Company of
Chicago, handlers of salvage merchandise.
The latter company will sell out the stuff in
the near future in Nashville.
Gallatin. Tenn.. boasts of a brave mtln. A
few days ago a big swarm of bees lighted in
the branches of a big oak ti-ee in that town
and a large crowd was attracted. Various
methods of enticing the honey makers to
leave their lofty position and come down
where they could be used were unavailing.
Finally a man. more resourceful and likewise
gamer than the rest, climbed the tree. Tak-
ing a handsaw he sawed off the limb. He
then returned the fallen swarm to a hive,
amid the shouts of the crowd.
A noise that was really the blowing of a
safe by dynamite was mistaken at Springfield,
Tenn., for blasting on railroad work. By rea-
son of the mistake burglars got a small sum
from the safe of the Springfield Planing Mill
and had time to make their escape before any
one learned the true cause of the explosion.
Col. A. G. Goodlett of Nashville has gone
to Smitli county to look after the survey of
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a large tract of timber lands sold recently by
him to Philadelphia capitalists. There are
some 76.000 acres embraced in the area and
the property lies in Smith. Warren. White and
De Kalb counties.
The stave factory of the A. L. Hayes Com-
pany of Nashville narrowly escaped loss by
flre recently. Fire was discovered in the boiler
room before it gained any headway.
Memphis.
The Memphi.s Log Loading Company has
been formed here for the purpose of facilitat-
ing the loading of car.s in Mississippi and
Arkansas with timber to be shipped to the
mill.'! of Memphis. The capital stock is $20.-
000. W. H. Russe of Russe & Burgess is
president; J. W. Dickson of the J. W. Dickson
Company, vice president; W. A. Dolph of
1. M. Darnell & Sons Company, ti'easurer. and
W. B. Turner, secretary and superintendent.
Mr. Turner is an old traffic man. Application
for cars and their distribution will be made
direct to the railroads through Superintendent
Turner instead of througli members of various
firms. Practically all manufacturers of hard-
wood lumber having plants here have stock
in the company, and the general plan as out-
lined is favored by the railroads. It is be-
lieved that this will insure a more equitable
distribution of cars and that it will likewise
give a better timber supply to local mills.
The Anderson-Tully Company. North Mem-
phis, is putting in a new box factory with
daily capacity of about three cars of boxes
and box shooks. The plant is to be a dupli-
cation of the one now operated by the com-
pany, except that it is to be fitted with ma-
chinery for the manufacture of lock-corner
box material. The plant will be in operation
in about ninety days and will give the com-
pany a daily output of six cars. The Ander-
son-Tully Company also manufactures hard-
wood lumber, owning and operating a large
mill in North Memphis, which was purchased
from the Bennett Hardwood Lumber Com-
pany.
E. H. and L. C. Nolan, who some time ago
withdrew from the Bacon-Nolan Hardwood
Company, and who have been engaged for
some time in the erection of a tight heading
mill in South Memphis, are preparing for the
erection of a planing mill for the manufacture
of gum ceiling, siding and other products of
this wood.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee has re-
versed the ruling of Chancellor Heiskell of
Memphis in the case of I. M. Darnell & Son
Company vs. the City of Memphis, involving
the taxation of logs brought into Memphis
from Arkansas and Mississippi, holding that
they are subject to tax. Chancellor Heiskell
took the ground that it was in violation of
interstate commerce law for logs to come in
tree from Tennessee and not free from Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas. It is understood that
the ca.se will be carried to the Supreme Court
of the United States on a writ of error, and
tliat such taxes will be paid under protest
until final disposition is made of the matter.
The plant being erected by Moore & McFer-
ren. in North Memphis, to replace the one
burned in April, will be completed within
the next three or four weeks and placed in
operation. It will have a daily capacity of
about four cars. Following the completion of
the plant work will begin on the warehouse,
which was also burned.
'Weather conditions during the past fort-
night have been very favorable and much
better progress is reported in the sawing of
hardwood lumber in this district. Prospects
for production are much brighter than for
some time, though none will admit that there
is possibility of any decided accumulation of
■ stock unless there is an appreciable decrease
in the demand. There are more mills operat-
ing in the interior now than there have been
for possibly twelve months.
The C. B. Kelly Lumber Company, whose
failure to meet its obligations some time
ago caused ^the closing down of the Bank of
Newport. Newport. Ark., will probably be
thrown into bankruptcy, a petition to that
effect having been filed in the Federal Court
at Little Rock. The liabilities are estimated
liy the petitioners at $150,000 and the a.ssets
at $125,000. The assets of the company were
to have been sold under the receivership plan
July 7, but bankruptcy proceedings take
precedence over all other litigation.
The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis has sus-
pended regular meetings until September. In
the event of any important business, there
will be a 'called meeting. This was decided
upon at a meeting at the Hotel Gayoso, June
16. at which an exceptionally delightful
luncheon was served.
Contract has been let by the Hotel Gayoso
Company for the erection of a six-story front
on Main street, which will add seventy rooms
to this hostelry, which is headquarters for
lumbermen who visit Memphis. The addition
will have a frontage of almost 60 feet on
Main, and will cost $195,000.
AV. R. Barksdale, president of the Lumber-
men's Club, has been presented with a hard-
wood gavel, which he will use in future when
presiding over the deliberations of that body.
'Ihe presentation speech was made by R. J.
Durnell, whom Mr. Barksdale succeeded. Dur-
ing the course of his talk, Mr. Darnell said
that the wood from which the gavel was
made was taken from the "Constitution." and.
while President Barksdale replied in a neat
little speech of acceptance, he showed clearly
enough that he was not willing to swallow
whole the "Constitution" theory.
B. G. Sargent, who has been identified with
hardwood lumber shippers here for some years
as commercial agent of the St, Louis. Iron
Mountain & Southern, has resigned, and will
be succeeded by Cliarles Rippen. who comes
from a similar position, which he has filled
for the Seaboard Air Line at St. Louis for
several years. Just now C. H. Oglesby is
looking after the duties of this position,
pending the arrival of Mr. Rippen.
The Schuh-Miller Lumber Company at
Selma, Ala., which has been cutting hard-
w-ood lumber ever since it was established,
will in future cut yellow pine. This decision
was reached when the company was reor-
ganized a short time ago. Under the old
regime the output of the company was han-
dled through the J. W. Thompson Lumber
Company, but this will be handled direct by
the firm hereafter.
J. W. Connelly of the Connelly Hardwood
Lumber Company, of Kansas City. Mo., was
in the city this week.
Mr. Steinbach. manager of the hardwood
department of the Northern Lumber Com-
pany of New York, was a recent visitor here.
William I. Palmer of Palmer, Parker & Co.
of Boston. Mass., was circulating among lum-
bermen here a few days ago.
Rapid progress is being made in the finan-
cial reorganization of the St. Louis & North
Arkansas Railroad Company. $3,000,000 hav-
ing been subscribed to the $6,000,000 gold note
issue decided upon by the directors this week.
The road will be extended to Neosho. Ark.,
where connection will be made with the Kan-
sas City Southern, and eastward to Memphis
or Helena, Ark,, a distance of 100 miles, where
it will connect with the Illinois Central. The
road taps a splendifl hardwood timber section.
Receiver John P. Edmondson of the Mer-
chants' Trust Company, in which a number
of lumbermen here were interested as stock-
holders and depositors, has received a final
order from the Chancery Court for the dis-
tribution of the remaining money due cred-
itors, amounting to ten per cent of the total,
or about $175,000. Three previous dividends
have been declared before, each being thirty
'per cent. Following the payment of depositors
in full, there will be a distribution to stock-
holders, who. it is estimated, will receive
about forty per cent of the par value of their
stock. This is even better than some ex-
pected when the institution first closed its
doors.
The Central Lumber Company has filed suit
against tlie T. J. Orr Land & Lumber Com-
pany, formerly of Mempliis. but lately of
Heth. Ark., asking for damages in the sum
of $18,000. alleging breach of contract to fur-
nish the mill of the former with good mer-
chantable timber from June 14. 1905. till June
14, 1908. to be cut from a tract near Heth.
and further alleging the defendant did attempt
to carry the contract out for a while, but
has since broken the agreement and torn
down the mill, entailing a loss to the plaintiff
of the amount demanded.
Russe & Burgess are getting in a nice sup-
ply of timber now from their land near Marks,
Miss., where a siding was put in to convey
the logs from the river to the railroad. The
plant of the company is now running full
time, having recovered completely from the
damage following the bursting of the flywheel
on the engine operating the re-saw.
J. W. Thompson of the J. W. Thompson
Lumber Company, in conversation a few days
ago. expressed the view that there was a bet-
ter demand from some sections than there
had been during the preceding month.
Thompson & McClure report considerable
progress in cutting lumber at their mill in
Mississippi.
New Orleans.
J. W. strong of the J. W. Strong Milling
Company of Baton Rouge, who was recently
adjudged a bankrupt on the involuntary peti-
tion of the American Hardwood Lumber Com-
pan.v of New Orleans, has filed schedules set-
ting forth his assets and liabilities. The total
liabilities are $74,627.46. the assets $30,445.
Most of these claims are held by lumber com-
panies, among them the American Hardwood
and others. The bankrupt was engaged in the
manufacture of hardwood lumber, and the
American Hardwood Lumber Company forced
him to appear in court and confess his insol-
vency. Below is a copy of his schedule:
LIABILITIES.
Taxes due slate and municipalities. . .$ 50.40
Secured claims 4..'j00.00
Unsecured claims 17, -'43.98
Notes and bills that ought to be paid
by other parties. . .' 2.2,260.36
Accom.modatiou paper 30,572.72
Total .$74,627.46
ASSETS.
Real estate $ G.000.00
Hills, notes and securities.. 6,000.00
Horses, cows and other ani-
mals 1.153.00
Carriages and other vehi-
cles 300.00
Machinery, tools, etc 8.940.00
Other personal property.... 1,350.00
Unliquidated claims 6,200.00
Exempted properly ..." 500.00
Total !);30,445.00
Liabilities in excess of assets .$44,182.46
At Clarksdale. Miss., the Hudson -Dugger
Company was recently organized with a
capital of $100,000 to manufacture staves,
heading and other products from oak and
other hardwoods. The organizers are Charles
Hudson, John F, Dugger, Charles L, Duff and
associates.
The Southern Spoke & Manufacturing Com-
pany, domiciled at Shelby, Bolivar county.
Mississippi, has been organized to manufac-
ture hardwood products, making a specialty
of spoke and spoke butts. The incorporators
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are T. J. Poitevant. H; E. Denton and C. E.
Xance.
The charter of the H. D. Engelman Lumber
& Export Company of New Orleans "was filed
a few days ago. The oomi)any is capitalized
at $25,000 and its officers are H. D. Engelman.
president; H. H. Maloney, vice-president: H.
M. Engelman. secretary and treasurer.
The Pioneer Cooperage Company of St.
Louis, Mo., is building a new town in this
state and will erect there one of the largest
cooperage factories in the South. It owns
in the vicinity of Pioneer, the new town, large
tracts of hardwood timber lands, and already
has a big mill in operation. This mill is now
cutting timber to be used in erecting the
houses, sheds, etc.. the former being intended
for the 500 or more men who will be given
employment. W. Palmer Clarkson and J. D.
Brown, president and vice-president of the
company respectively, recently visited Pioneer
and inspected the work going on.
Louisville.
The middle of June was a busy time tor
Louisville lumbermen with the Home Coming
Week, and a gathering of Kentucky manufac-
turers of hardwood lumber. The Home Com-
ing prevented the attendance at the district
gathering of manufacturers from being as
large as it would have been had not people
throughout the state been busy with Home
Comers.
Among those who attended the meeting
were K. H. McCracken and W. E. De Laney
of the Kentucky Lumber Company of Cin-
cinnati. Mr. McCracken says the poplar busi-
ness with them is in good shape and there is
nothing to woiTy about, except to get logs
to make enough lumber to supply the demand.
Anton Brucken. Evansville. Ind.. was at
the meeting accompanied by his son. A. W.
Brucken. In addition to hardwood lumber
he makes some vehicle Woodstock, including
rims and spokes. Trade jn this line has been
fairly good, the main trouble being to get
timber. He has a tract of small hickory he
expects to W'Ork up into buggy spokes this
fall.
The United States Timber Company. Cin-
cinnati, was represented by George R. Berry
and A. A. Andridge. secretary and president
of the ■ company respectively. This company
has been doing mostly domestic trade, but of
late has been developing the export trade,
which Is now taking on a rather encouraging
tone that gives promise of good business in
the future.
J. C. Rash of the Broadhead-Garrett Com-
pany. Clay City. Ky.. says his company has
been giving most of its attention this year to
sawing Kentucky white pine and not getting
out much oak except in ties and beer staves.
C. M. Clark of the Swann-Day Lumber
Company. Clay City, Ky., says business is
brisk from the manufacturers' standpoint up
his way. the scarcity and high price of timber
the only troublesome features.
Fred Bruening. representing Henry Bruen-
ing, Bremen, Germany, was a recent Louis-
ville visitor. In the h.ardwood line Mr. Bruen-
ing's main interest while here seemed to be
hickory stock. He buys large quantities of
hickory handles front the I. F. Force Handle
Company. New Albany. Ind.. and is also buy-
ing some pitch pine in the South.
Sam W. Callow'ay, who m.akes a specialty
of railway material, says the tie business is.
excellent, but he needs more than he can get
and sometimes has to turn down a good order
for lack of material with which to fill it.
Albert R. Kampf reports that the car com-
panies are manifesting a willingness to con-
tract for oak car material for future delivery
at current prices.
land this week: From Chicago. Ed. Miller,
represeniirg Harvey S. Hayden: J. C. Cowen
of Schultz Bros. & Cowen. and Lewis Doster.
secretary of the Hardwood Miinufactui*ers' As-
sociation. From Louisville, J. L. Ballard of
the Ohio River Saw Mill Company.
Jas. A. Walkinshaw of Huntington. W, Va,,
has established a large lumber camp near
Pikeville, Ky.
The June rise has not yet arrived in the
smaller streams, and lumbermen are worried.
They usually get out a lot of logs on the
June rise and this season has been a disap-
pointment so far.
The Tnited States Timber Company of Cin-
cinnati has purchased 2.000.000 feet of extra
fine timber on the C. & O. Railroad, in the
Big Sandy Valley,
The Clearfield Lumber Company of Clear-
Held. Va.. purchased the Morehead & West
Liberty Railroad recently, and has begun
work on an extension which will go through
about fifteen miles of its timber and coal
lands. This is the road which was com-
menced over a year ago by Philadelphia par-
ties. Three miles were graded out of More-
head and the track laid. At this point the
work ceased, and nothing more was lieard of
it. until within the past two weeks. The
Clearfield company has opened an offlce at
Morehead. The road is to be standard gauge,
and is to be used to haul the company's
logs and lumber to the plant ,it Morehead. It
will be called the Morehead & North Fork
Railroad.
The Norwood Lumber Company of Kimball.
McDowell County, W. Va., with chief works
in Browns Creek district. McDowell County.
West Virginia, has been incorporated to buy,
.sell and deal in timber and manufacture the
same; capital stock $100,000. of which a con-
siderable amount has been subscribed and
paid. The incorporators are Louis Carr of
Giatto. W. Va. ; Joseph Keys and Jas. E.
Walker of Ashland. Ky., and Warren A, Wil-
son and I. J, Rhoades of Welch. W. Va.
The Meadow River Lumber Company of
Evenwood. 'W. Va.. has been established with
operations in the Meadow Bluff district,
Greenbriar County, and elsewhere in the state,
to cut. handle, manufacture, finish, buy. sell
and deal in logs and all kinds of lumber and
timber and to buy, lease, sell and let mineral
rights and to build railroads, tramways, etc.
Capital stock $600,000, of which amount $395,-
500 has been subscribed, and $323,400 paid.
The incorporators are T. W. W. Raine. Even-
wood, W. Va.; John Raine. Granville, O. : B.
E. Carrier, Kane, Pa.; H. W, Raine and L, R.
F. Pi-eysz of Evenwood, 'W. Va.
The McKean Lumber Company of Gill. Lin-
coln County, Ga.. has been gi'anted a charter
to engage in the manufacture of lumber; au-
thorized capital $20,000. of which $10,000 has
been subscribed and $6,000 paid in. The in-
corporators are: J. C. Steele. Henrietta B.
Steele, C, M, Leete of Farmers Valley. Pa.;
E. C. Tanner of Bradford, Pa., and E. R.
Berr.v of Ridgeway, Pa.
R. H. Vansant of Vansant, Kitchen & Co.
spent the past week at Asheville, N. C, look-
ing after business.
W. R. Vansant is in the South, looking over
the timber prospects.
The first fruits of the government improve-
ment of the Big Sandy River are being reaped
by lumbermeti. who have been taking ad-
vantage of the slack water to bring out the
hundreds of rafts that were left in the Big
Sandy River by the last tide. The new locks
are working beautifully, and a recent trial
showed IS feet of water above the dam, giving
permanent boating stage as far as Georgia's
Creek, 40 miles. In one day there were 25
large rafts locked through, and quite a num-
ber during the week following,
L. E. Hunter, manager of the Keyes Plan-
ing Mill. Graham. Va., owned by the Keyes-
Fannin Lumber Company of this city, was
quietly manied on Tuesday, June 12, to Miss
Stella Spencer, a prominent young society
woman of Ironton. O. The young couple
will reside at Graiiam. after an eastern trip
of two or three W'eeks.
Minneapolis.
Reports from the Wisconsin and Minnesota
mills show that the cut of northern oak is
going to be much lighter this year than last.
There is hardly any old stock left, and the
new cut, which will not be on the market for
a month or more, is not going to figure as
much in the trade as it has heretofore. Deal-
ers are making connections -with southern
mills to supply a very large share of their
trade with oak.
The building movement in the twin cities
continues very active. Minneapolis building
is not quite as strong as last season, which
was phenomenal, and could hardly be equaled
again. St. Paul, however, is making a steady
increase. Minneapolis permits for May were
576 in number, with an estimated total cost
of $846,560. For the same month last year
there were 601 permits, total cost $1,134,780,
St, Paul permits were $971,250 in value, a gain
of 49 per cent over last year. The building is
largely of an expensive character, calling for
a great deal of hardwood flooring and finish.
P. R. Hamilton of the Minneapolis Lumber
Company says that while it is the rule that
June is a poor month for hardwood sales, his
company is doing a nice business right along;
not heaty. but very good for the season. The
factories are all running with an excellent line
of orders, and are buying in small lots, but
will be actively in the market by another
month or six weeks.
E. Payson Smith of the Payson Smith
Lumber Company is making a business trip
in Missouri, where he has connections with
several good hardwood mills.
C, F. Osborne of Osborne & Clark reports
that they have already contracted for all the
rock elm at their dispo.sal, to be shipped from
time to time. The implement trade is asking
for rock elm, and there has been a rush to
get adequate supplies for this year's opera-
tions.
Hardwood Market.
(By HABD'WOOB BECOBD Exclusive Market Beporters.)
Ashland, Ky.
The following lumbermen have visited Ash-
Chicago.
There is not very much action in the Chi-
cago market at the present time. Trade can
be said to be only fair. The period of the
semi-annual furniture sales, which will be in-
dicative of the fall lumber requirements of the
furniture manufacturing trade, does not com-
mence until next week, and furniture manu-
facturei-s will not buy any lumber until they
can approximately tell what their require-
ments are going to be for the next six months.
It is safe to assume that there will not be
much buying in this line for a month. The
interior finish people are buying with con-
siderable freedom, and a large quantit.v of
coarse lumber is still being bought by the box
and crating manufacturers. The demand for
plain-sawed oak still continues strong, but
offerings of (luartered white and red. and
plain-sawed red are quite plentiful- Another
item of stock that is .'ipparently in veiy short
suppl.v and is commanding good figures, is
poplar in all gn-ades. Local jobbers anticipate
a fair consuming trade, but think there will
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be a let-up in extremely active buying until
fall. The general situation is healthy and the
year promises to round out well.
Boston.
There has been no particular change in the
local hardwood market. Those dealers who
make a specialty of export business report a
slightly better inquii-y and all agree that it
prices were lower they could do a much
larger foreign business. The yards in this
section are all fairly well supplied with lum-
ber, yet there is no surplus, especially of the
desirable grades. Advices from mill points
for the most part report a shortage of dry
stock, but it is the consensus of opinion that
there will be plenty of lumber within a few
weeks. The manufacturers of interior finish
are fairly busy and they as well as furniture
manufacturers are interested in anything that
looks like a bargain. Some of the latter have
larger stocks on hand than regular lumber
yards and most of this was bought at prices
under those ruling today.
Plain oak. is not in large offering although
some state that there is more to be had now
than a few weeks ago. Quartered oak moves
in a moderate way at very firm prices. Brown
ash attracts a fair business. Stocks are small,
especially in the most desirable grades. Birch
is firm and in small offering. Maple flooring
is not in active demand, but no weakness in
prices is reported. Whitewood is in fair call
at firm prices.
The market for cypress is very firm. Many
complain of the way they are obliged to buy
from the large selling company. They claim
that there is very little to be made by selling
on a commission basis today when all the
selling company will allow them from the list
is foxu- per cent. They also complain of the
methods. In buying they must remit the full
amount to the mill and later the selling com-
pany will return the four per cent, providing
there has been no claim for shortage made.
If there has been a claim oftentimes there is
no commission allowed. Many dealers are
buying outright and then putting on their
own prices.
New York.
Leaving the manufacturing interests out of
the question and taking the consuming end
of the business as a barometer, which is really
a true one, there is practically no complaint
so far as the Meti-opolitan District is con-
cerned as to general demand for hardwood
lumber. Dealers all report that they are doing
a good volume of business — not quite as large
as last year, but more than is usual in nor-
mally good years. There are no labor troubles
of a general nature and universally the move-
ment of lumber is free and stocks are being
moved out in such volume as will bring about
an active buying period within a short time.
Hence, so far as the Metropolitan District
is concerned, it may be said that conditions
are good and will continue so, provided that
the wholesaler and manufacturer handle the
present situation intelligently.
There are no surplus stocks of hardwoods,
and in fact supplies generally are not of suf-
ficient volume to create a temptation to push
the market. The demand is very fair; any
great increase in the call for the leading
hardwoods would immediately create a short-
age, and such an increase is looked for within
a very brief period. The hardwood yards
have fair stocks, but the manufacturing trade
is running close on supplies and all orders are
for rush shipment. Ash. birch, plain oak and
chestnut are still the leaders in demand. Dry
stocks are by no means plentiful and any
holders of these stocks have a profitable
asset. Maple and quartered oak are quiet, but
poplar is moving steadily, particularly in the
lower grades. Buyers returning from pur-
chasing trips to the mills all bring the same
tale of light supplies.
Philadelphia.
The market is quiet. The lull is looked upon
as the usual condition that marks early sum-
mer business and consequently is not causing
any alarm. In certain quarters there is a ten-
dency to regard the market as weak, and in
others the wholesalers say business was never
better, but the average firm undoubtedly find's
sales in general a trifle slow.
Red and white oak have been doing well, as
have chestnut and poplar, some low grades of
poplar, especially, being very scarce. A fea-
ture of the market is the volume of business
being done in cypress and basswood, cypress
coming into the market in the same heavy
quantities as it was some weeks ago, and bass-
wood being received la^ge!y by the box mak-
ers, who seem to be extremely busy.
The retail yards, especially those supplying
timber for railroad and bridge work, are busy.
Stocks are fairly plentiful among them, but
the scarcity of dry stocks at the mills tends
to keep the market up all around.
Pittsburg.
Every line of hardwood lumber is moving
well and prices are firm. Oak still leads Xla
procession, if we except poplar, which is sold
two months ahead in some quarters. For
heavy oak timbers the inquiry is better if any-
thing than in April and May. Railroads are
calling for an enormous amount of oak tim-
bers for bridge and trestle work, as well as
ties, and the local traction companies are sure
to place some big orders very soon. The bet-
ter grades of oak for finishing lumber are sell-
ing well, chiefly in the surrounding towns,
where building is more active than in Pitts-
burg. Chestnut shows a slight falling off.
notably in sound wormy, from, the rate of sale
a few weeks ago. Maple is being taken in
good quantities by the local wholesalers from
the small mills in Ohio and Pennsylvania,
and is finding a ready market among the fur-
niture manufactories of the East, Recently
ash has been much more active in the local
market.
In general the local demand for all sorts of
lumber is poor at present. The carpenters'
strike has delayed building to a large extent
and has forced a shut-down of a good pro-
portion of the planing mills in the Greater
Pittsburg district. Unless some settlement is
reached soon the planing mills of this terri-
tory will be practically out of business, for
the owners are almost a unit in declaring
that they will not pay the $4.00 a day mini-
mum scale demanded.
A feature of the hardwood market just now
is the large amount of lumber being shipped
to Ohio. Within the last two weeks a dozen
or more big orders have been secured by
local companies for Ohio delivery at points
which have hitherto been supplied chiefly by
Ohio concerns. Handle and spoke manufac-
turers are taking a good part of this stock,
and at prices that encourage Pittsburg dealers
to go over the Ohio territory with larger
forces of salesmen and much more carefully
than hitherto.
Buffalo.
Sales are good, but it is necessary to patrol
wider districts every year to keep up even
fairly complete stocks. Maple is no longer
cheap and plentiful as it used to be. It is
possible that there is a little more birch on
the market than there was, and though it
runs heavily to white dealers say it sells well.
There is a little better report of chestnut,
some being bought green to come in when
dry, so that the yards bare of this wood will
not continue so through the season, though it
does not appear that there are sufficient quan-
tities of the wood to last very long.
There are still reports of sales of low-grade
hardwood here and there, some going into
regular consumption as an evidence that con-
sumers are making up their minds that they
must lower their standards of quality.
The demand for poplar is greater than it
has been for some time, and stocks are short.
Unless there are freshets through the summer
it will not be at all equal to the demand.
It appears that the fears that leading hard-
woods, oak with the rest, would run very low
are not to be realized. The stock of basswood
is also quite good and it is selling better, as
is also elm. though both are regarded as
rather high for the eastern trade yet.
Tile problem of securing stock grows more
difficult, but the Buffalo hardwood dealer by
being continually on the outlook is getting his
full share.
Detroit.
The hardwood market in the lower penin-
sula of Michigan is somewhat spotted. Bass-
wood shows considerable improvement, being
on the average $2.00 per thousand higher than
a few months ago. Hard maple and beech are
about stationary, but with a firm tendency in
5/4 and thicker maple. Birch is decidedly
quiet in this section, although a very good
market in Buffalo and east of there is re-
ported. Black ash is in scant supply, and
dealers have no diflficulty in putting through
at top notch prices all they can get hold of.
The same is true of red oak. Soft elm con-
tinues the weakest item on the list, and deal-
ers are backward about taking hold of stocks
of this wood.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn.
Trade conditions in this section conlnme
good and the tendency of the market seems
to be toward higher prices. The country' mills
are all running regularly, many of them over-
time, in an effort to catch up with orders and
get out as much stuff as possible while the
roads are in good condition and it can be
hauled to the shipping stations.
Cincinnati.
The hardwood market the past two weeks
has developed nothing of especial significance.
There has been little or no alleviTition in the
stringency of dry stocks in suitable lots, and
prices have held their own. The usual lull in
trade which appears about this time of the
year is beginning to be felt.
Plain oak in desii-able thicknesses continues
to be the feature of the market, with firmness
prevailing. Ash and cypress were fairly ac-
tive. Cottonwood remains in good request
and red gum is not far behind. Poplar is mov-
ing slowly.
Nashville.
The local market is reported as very firm
in all departments, with plenty of inquiries
and a tendency to increased prices. Poplar
is steadily going up, so heavy is the demand.
A slight advance is noted in plain oak. No
red oak is being quarter-sawed, however, ow-
ing to the excellent demand for plain, at ad-
vanced prices. Ash and chestnut are hard to
get, as usual, and bringing excellent prices,
Memphis.
There is somewhat of a lull in the demand
for hardwood lumber, compared with the latter
part of May and the earlier portion of tho
current month. The volume of business, how-
ever, is reported satisfactory by both manu-
facturers and wholesalers, and conditions are
regarded wholesome. The most noticeable
feature is the disposition of consumers to buy
only to meet immediate requirements, being
under the impression that the volume of lum-
ber now going on sticks in the South will have
the effect of reducing prices to some extent.
This belief is not strongly held here and some
of the best informed say that unless there is
a very decided slackening in demand or a
wonderful increase in production, • there is
not going to be enough surplus stock next fall
to warrant any depreciation in hardwood lum-
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Ijcr. Much of the business now being put
througli is on old bookings, there being enough
inquiry some time ago and enough orders
placed to insure continued operations for a
considerable period. TWs business, however,
is nalurall.v .supplemented by the current de-
mand.
The decline in the price of pig iron in llu'
Birmingham district and the tightness of
money in New York and all over the country
are regarded as rather unfavorable collateral
developments, but these are quite offset by
the fact that crop prospects tliroughout the
South. Southwest and West are all that can
be desired, thus insuring a high degree of
prosperity for lumber and all iillied industries.
Building operations are on a large scale and
the railroads are rapidly increasing their
equipment, thus contributing to the demand
for hardwood material. Moreover, the furni-
ture people are in the market for considerable
requirements and their l)uying is expected to
prove a sustaining inlluence. The implement
and W'agon manufacturers, too, are backed by
the prosperity of the agricultural interests of
the country and they should afford, in the
opinion of the trade, a considerable demand.
Plain oak. in both red and white, continues
a ready seller at full prices, though there Id
no improvement noted in the demand for
quarter-sawn stock. This latter condition is
attributed to the fact that so much more
veneer is used now than ever before, making
quarter-sawn oak requirements much less.
Ash is a good seller. There is not much for
sale here and prices are firmly held. The
thicker stock is more wanted than any other
kind, but there is no particular trouble en-
countered in disposing of incii and five and
six quarter stock. In fact, ash is scarce and
buyers are not any too choice about what
they purchase.
Cypress is in good request at very steady
prices. The offerings are perhaps rather more
liberal than they were six or seven weeks ago.
but there is no surplus dry stock and those
who are in the market are not having any
very easy time getting what they want with-
out paying full values therefor. The higher
grades are in rather better request than the
lower.
Cottonwood is a splendid seller, especially
in the lower grades. No. 1 and No. - liox com-
mon. There is a phenomenal demand for box
material, and this accounts for the fact that
this class of Cottonwood is so much wanted.
Box manufacturers are heavily sold ahead on
their output and in many instances they are
short of the lumber, with the result that
their competitive bidding for stock in the
open market is expected to give continued
strength and firmness. The higher grades of
Cottonwood are somewhat easier, possibly,
than they have been heretofore, though there
is no great amount of this class of material
to be had.
Gum is steady, with probable tendency to-
ward easiness. There is a fairly good demand
for red firsts and seconds and clear saps, espe-
cially in thin, while there is a moderate move-
ment of inch stock. The lower grades are
holding their own imder the stimulus of a
fair request. There is some disposition among
small manufacturers to contract their output
and this is calculated to give an easier tone
to this wood.
The poplar situation shows no material
change. There is little to be had here, while
the demand in Memphis is not particularly
large.
tent, exports continue good and the prices
are just what a good demand and low stocks
always makes them.
Louisville.
The Louisville hardwood market is in vui'y
.satisfactor.v shape. A few of the dealers here
have an idea that the furniture factories will
not buy very heavily during July, but that is
not worrying them, as the majority have
plent.v of orders ahead, and would just as soon
buy as sell lumber right now.
One feature of the market of late has been
an inquiry for thin plain sawed oak. This is
rather a new departure to the trade here.
Those who make quartered oak carry thin
stock, both % and %, but heretofore there has
not been an.v demand for % plain sawed to
inspire the mills to cut it and keep it in
stock. It may be that this is just a special
requirement and does not indicate a growing-
demand for this class of oak. but it is the
opinion of some that since oak has grown so
valuable it may be expected that the future
demand will include more and more of this
thin stock, even in plain sawed. The logic ot
this is found in the fact that in ordinary lum-
ber widths % incli oak lumber should be
cheaper than three ply % made of veneeer.
with a plain oak face. Of course, when it
comes to larger panels the veneer stock would
have the advantage, but as long as it can be
used in stock lumber widths the odds seem
in favor of the '% inch plain sawed oak lum-
ber. At any rate, it is a new and interest-
ing question, and one that sawmill men will
do well to watch. It should be borne in mind
in this connection that it is not a good idea
to try resawing dry plain one-inch oak boards
into this % stock. Lewis Doster. secretary of
the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, who
is quite an authority on cutting and caring for
hardwood lumber, says that it is not advisable
to resaw dry plain oak. as it warps bady and
the cull account outweighs the advantage
gained. The only successful way is to make
it thin while green.
Poplar continues to be a strong element in
this market, and cottonwood is keeping it
close company. Common gum is still on the
uncertain list, although among the cooper-
age people there is a note of improvement,
especially in the manufacture of tight sta\'es
where a year ago it was down in the dumps.
New Orleans.
The last fortnight has brought about little
change in the condition of the hardwood mar-
ket in this section. Stocks still remain low.
though efforts are being made to replenish
those which during the last few months have
■ been drained to the lowest ebb. Even though
the buyers are not operating to any great ex-
Minneapolis.
Dealers in the twin cities report an active
demand for some hardwoods, while others are
slow. The new cut of ash is just coming on
the market, being in condition now to ship
and put In the dry kiln, and consumers who
have been waiting for ash stock for a while
are now rushing shipments. There has been
a rush also for rock elm. and there is very
little of that lumber left unsold, even count-
ing the logs that have not reached the saw.
The large manufacturing concerns that have
adopted rock elm as a substitute for oak have
been cleaning it up so fast that it is now al-
most in the oak class as to price and scarcity.
Birch is moving fairly well, and is abundant.
Prices, however, are holding fairly steady.
Basswood is slow here, although it sells well
in some other markets, and at firm prices.
The old stock was well cleaned up. and re-
ports from the mills indicate that the bass-
wood output is not going to be what it w.as
last year. The culls will go quickly, and there
will not be any considerable surplus of the
upper grades. The retail yards are taking
considerable oak yard stock again, having sold
into their early supply. Factory trade in oak
is rather .slow just now. and, is being supplied
entirely from the South. The factories are
not expected to buy any stock in large quanti-
ties before August 1. Their hardwood stocks
are low. and they are only buying to fill im-
mediate needs. Flooring is quiet, and many
builders are complaining of high prices, which
they claim are reducing the use of hardwood
flooring.
Liverpool.
Arrivals during May were moderate, accord-
ing to Dobell's report, and consumption may
be considered satisfactory, although business
generally has rather disappointed sanguine ex-
pectations.
There has been fair inquiry for oak. and
fresh arrivals should meet with ready sale.
Stocks of rock elm remain light and values
firm. Birch logs have been liberally received.
and although there has been a fair consump-
tion, lower prices have had to be taken for
market parcels; planks are arriving too freely,
as the stock is heavy, with only moderate
demand and prices easier. Walnut logs of
prime quality and large are scarce, and ship-
ments can be recommended; medium and in-
ferior grades are well stocked and quotations
are steady; planks and boards have arrived
freely and values are therefore lower. AVhite-
wood logs of good sizes and first quality are
in demand and would realize satisfactory
prices; for planks and boards the demand is
only fair, as stocks are heavy. Arrivals of
ash and hickory round logs have been heavy
and iM-ices are easier. The import ot staves
has been enormous and values are lower. Ma-
hogany .sales have been well attended and
competition for sound logs and figured wood
was exceptionally keen, extreme prices being
obtained for Cuban wood of the latter descrip-
tion. Inquiry for all kinds is good; large,
sound logs and figured wood would meet with
ready sale. Lignum vitae is in request, and
prime, round, straight thin-.sapped wood wouiri
come to a w*elcoming market.
London.
The liardwood market is not brisk, as there
is little stock offering, and although the rising
prices tend to restrict business somewhat,
goods offered are bringing higher prices.
In oak there is a supply of plain boards in
medium quality which Is ample for the de-
mand, but thicker stock is scarce and good
prices are paid for arrivals. Quartered oak is
being asked for. and strips are selling well at
advanced prices. Ash planks are selling^ at a
lemunerative price to shippers, but there is
only one grade wanted for this market and
that is prime. Logs are difficult to dispose of.
Whitewood boards of all grades are in de-
mand at tci|i prices, and the stocks of
planks which had accumulated are going
into consumption slowly: the demand is lim-
ited. Walnut is wanted, but this want will
be supplied, as one of the walnut shippers
whose brands and grading are well known
here is shortly expected to .send large quant.i-
ties. Arrivals of satin walnut are small, bin
quite equal to the demand.
Churchill * Sim's wood circular, under date
of June 5, states that the London market
has shown little change during the past few
weeks; general conditions are fair, and ;\l-
though prices have advanced on a few items,
this is indicative rather of a scarcity of the
stocks than of increased demand.
The three mahogany auction sales held last
tnonth were well supported, and the sales
effected thereat will further reduce already
W'ellnigli depleted stocks; quotations are ni-ni
and as there appears to be every prospect of
imports continuing light there is good reason
to expect prices to rise In the near future. In
American black walnut, sizable prime logs find
ready takers at remunerative prices, but in-
ferior lots should not be shipped; planks and
boards continue in active request. Whitewood
logs should be shipped only if large and
prime; the demand is dull for planks, but
there is good call for planed boai'd.s. In lig-
num vitae. well-grown sizable wood is wanted,
but inferior parcels are invariably rejected.
32 HARDWOODRECORD
AT COST
IS AN UNCOMMON TERM AS APPLIED TO INSURANCE
But this is the actual price of Indemnity against Fire Loss furnished by the
Manufacturing
Lumbermen's
Underwriters
THE STRONGEST INSURANCE ORGANIZATION
TO-DAY IN AMERICA
The saving is not on a -^ Only well built plants
small portion o( J with adequate protection
your insurance but on the Y? and at least
entire line. V five years timber
There are other advantages f supply are considered
equally interesting. ^ eligible.
FOR LIST OF MEMBERS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS
HARRY RANKIN 4 CO. :: Kansas City, Mo.
HARDWOOD RECORD
33
WanMaiidropMe
-SECTION-
Advertisements will be inserted in this
section at the following rates :
For one insertion 20 cents a line
For two Insertlont 35 cents a line
For three Insertions 50 cents a line
For tour insertions 60 cents a line
Eight words of ordinary length make one tine.
Heading counts as two lines.
No display except the headings can be ad-
mitted.
Remittances to accompany the order No
extra charges for i^opies of paper containing
the advertisement.
EMPLOYES WANTED.
WANTED.
A young man to keep books and inspect hard
and soft woods. Write, marking envelope "Per-
sonal," H. D. BILLMEYER, Cumberland, Md,
WANTED.
Competent sawmill man owning a small 5 or
6 ft. band mill to cut hardwoods in North
Carolina by the thousand : ample log supply.
Would consider buying a band mill for respon-
sible party. Address
"A. L. v.," care ILinowooD Record.
LUMBER WANTED
WANTED WALNUT LUMBER
We are cash buyers of walnut lumber 1"
and thicker, all grades, green or dry. .\dvise
what you have to offer. Address
BOX NO. 7,S0. .South Bend. Ind.
WANTED— HAEDWOOD LOGS.
20i) M feet lis-iiuh aTid ii|) Wliil.' (lak In^s
20U M feet 12-iucli aiul up Walnut logs.
50 M 12-ineh and up Cherry logs.
50 M ft. 12-inch, and up Cherry logs.
C. L. WILLEY.
Blue Island Av. and Kobey St., Chicago.
OAK.
We are in the market for plain sawed oak,
all grades and thicknesses.
I', i;. LODGE & CO., 2110 Lumber St., Chicago.
WHITE ASH, DRY OR GREEN.
?,:<» pis. i\iSS — 12 fl. Cm. & Ilct
110 pes. 2 xS — 20 ft. Com. & Bet,
20 AI ft. 2x6" and wider Com. & Bet.
411 .\I ft. 2x6" and wider Com. & Bet.
NICI11II..S & CO.\' L. CO.. Crand Uapids, Mich.
WANTED.
2s.*i and wider Cypress S' No. 1 Com., select
or better.
1x4 and 0" Tupelo Gum D. & >I. No. 1 &
No. 2 Com.
TxO" and wider Tupelo Gum SIS No. 1 &
No. 2 Com.
AMKIUCAN LBR. & MFG. CO.. Pittsburg, I'a.
WE DESIRE TO PURCHASE
On contract carloads ot oak Boxes assem-
bled, round corners, made of 1" stock, with
coyer made of 1V4" stock. Also other Oak
woodwork machined and sanded ready to var-
nish, K. D.. crated in bulk. Address
"CASH," care ILiudwood Kecord.
WANTED.
Locust, Bols D'Arc or Osage Orange and
Mulberry, log run. Write for speciHcations
and prices.
THE PILLIOD LTJSIBEU CO., Swanton, O.
WANTED— DIMENSION HICKORY.
Send for our specifications.
MUNCIE WHEEL & JOBBING CO.,
Muncle, Ind.
SMALL HICKORY DIMENSION.
First-class material from waste of wagon
stock. Sizes wanted furnished upon applica-
tion. L. T. La BAR, Hackettstown, N. J.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak : also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and Piling ot all kinds.
CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO.,
1213 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago, III.
WALNUT ONLY.
Wanted, Walnut lumber, green or dry, all
grades, all thicknesses, log run or on grades.
Highest market price paid. Liberal inspection.
C. J. ERANK.
2440 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Ind.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
HARD MAPLE DIMENSION.
0.59S ft. 11.." X IV." sl.s. 24. :;o & :!0".
;),240 ft. 4/4x2" and wider 12 and 24" long.
10.255 ft. 4/4x2" and wider l.S" long.
2.070 ft. 4 4x2" and wider 30" long.
1.515 ft. 4/4x2" and wider 36".
THE CADILLAC HANDLE CO.. Cadillac. Mich.
6/i" NO. 1 COMMON RED OAK.
30,000 feet. Good widths and lengths.
Thoroughly dry. Bang up grade.
THE M. B. FARRIN LUMBER CO.,
Cincinnati, O.
WAGON STOCK FOR SALE.
We are in position to furnish wagon manu-
facturers with wagon tongues, axles, reaches
and bolsters.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn.
FOE SALE.
Common and better Hickory. 5,277 feet of
21/j", 1,092 feet of 3" and 1,024 feet of 4",
dry, good qualitv.
LOVE. BOYD & CO., Nashville, Tenn.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
WOODWORKERS.
l^^xcelleiil uppiirtuijilies for wnndworking cs-
lablishmeiits are found at a ntimber of points
on the North-\>'eslcrn line in the timber coun-
try of Wisconsin and Michigan. I'arties deal-
ing in cooperage will be furnished with refer-
ence to sections where this business may be
cunduiled favorably. Address INDUSTRIAL
DEI'AltT.MENT, CHICAGO & NORTIl-WEST-
KltN UAILRU.^D, Chicago.
HAEDWOOD TIMBER.
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Belt Route. Tracts ranging from
five hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum, Cypress, some Ash,
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at very reasonable figures now — In
some cases at less than $1 per thousand stump-
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop-
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash boqus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for you.
E. W. LA BEAUME, G. P. & T. A.,
COTTON BELT. St. Louis, Mo.
MISCELLANEOUS
FACTS FROM PRACTICAL MEN.
The Hardwood Record is always In the mar-
ket for articles on any and every feature sf
the hardwood industry. It wants practical
statements of (act from practical men wb«
know how certain tbinga can be done In the
best way. Literary quality not essential. Lib
eral pay for acceptable articles. Address
Editor Hardwood Rbcobd.
MACHINERY WANTED
AT ONCE.
It you are In need of machinery — new or
second hand — a few lines In this column will
place your wants before those who have such
goods for sale. For particulars address
Hardwood Record, Chicago, III.
MANUFACTURERS
Conlemplaling QslabMshlng plants
In tho West should lake advantage
of a location on
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
which reaches the famous
WATER POWERS,
COAL FIELDS,
IRON ORE RANGES,
HARD AND SOFT
LUMBER DISTRICTS,
MINING DISTRICTS
ot the West and Northwest, and
affords the best means of transpor<
lation to the markets of the world.
FOR FUHTHEH PART ICULARS APPLY TO
MARVIN HUGHITT, Jr., E. D. BRIGHAM,
Freight Traffic Manager, Gen' I Freight Agent,
GEO. BONNELL,
I ndustria I Agent,
N\V5I3 CHICAGO.
Locations for
Industries
THE ERIE. THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Erie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise with man-
ufacturers of specific products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable information, so as
to promote permanent traffic, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Railroad Company
21 Cortlandt Street. New York
34
HARDWOOD RECORD
Advertisers' T>irectory C
ITOBTHEBN HABDWOODS.
American Lumber & Mfg. Co. ... 9
Arpln Hardwood Lumber Co.... 44
babeock Lumber Cooapany !i
Barnaby, C. H 43
Beyer, Knox & Co 51
Itliss & Van Auken lu
Boyle, Clarence, Lumber Company 50
Boyne City Lumber Company... 47
Briggs Si. Cooper Company 4
Brittingham & Young Company.. 44
Brownlee & Company 46
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co... 51
CiiOillac Handle L'nmpauv -^
Cheat River Lumber Company.. 9
Ctieiry Ulver BooUl & LUr. Cu. . . l
I'hivvis. \V. R -■,
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 49
• 'ohbs *i Mitchell, inc ;(
Crii.sby & ISecklev Company. The
Crosby, C. P 44
rummer. Dlgeins & ('l^ :h
Davis, John R., Lumber Company 44
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Co 43
Dennis Bros 47
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company 40
I >ixon & 1 lewey
Duhlmeier Bros 48
Uulweber, John, & Co 40
Elias, G., & Bro 51
Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo 51
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co 50
Fall, B. n
Flint, Ervlng & Stoner Company. 9
Freiburg Lumber Company, The. . 4'J
Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 43
General Lumber Company 48
Goldie, J. S 47
Haak Lumber Company 47
Hackley-l'helps-Bonnell Company. 47
Uayden. Harvey S
Heath-Witbeck Company 50
Holloway Lumber Company 7
Ini;i-am Lumber Comijany
Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Co 45
Junes. G. W. Lumber Company.. 44
Jones Hard,vood Company 7
Kampf. Albert R 2
Keith Lumber Company 50
Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co.... 46
King & Bartles Lumber Company 45
Leavitt Lumber Company lo
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co 50
Linehan Lumber Company 9
Litchfield. William E 7
Long-Knight Lumber Company... 43
McClure Lumber Company 47
Mcllvain, J. (iibson. & Co 7
McLean. Hugh, Lumber Company 51
MacBrlde, Thos., Lumber Co.... 47
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Co.. 49
Maley & Wertz 43
Martln-Barrlss Company 45
Miller, Anthony 51
Mitchell lirus. , ompauv ;;
Mowbray & Robinson.". '. 49
Murphy & Hiygins 1
N'iciila Lumber Ccuupanv, The... 9
No. Vernon I'ump & Lb'r. Co.... 2
Norman i.umhef ("nuipanv -^
Xcirth Shiue Lumber Company..
North Western Lumber Company 44
Page & Landeck Lumber Co 44
Perrine-Armstrong Company. ... 43
Peters, R. G., Salt & Lumber Co. 47
Price, E. E
Radlna, L. W., & Co '.'.'.'.'. 49
Rumbarger Lumber ( 'ompany . ' ' '
Sailing. Hanson & Co... ' 4fi
Scatcherd & Son 51
Schofield Bros ' •;•
•Schuitz Brothers & Cowen!!!! " 41
Simmons Lumber Company 47
Soble Brothers 7
Southern Oak Lumber Company. 50
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 51
Stephenson, The 1., Company... 10
Stewart, L N., & Bro 51
Stimson, J. V 43
Sullivan, T., & Co 51
Tegge Lumber Company
Turner, A. M., Lumber Company 9
Upbam & Agler G
Van Keulen & Wilkinson Lumber
Company 47
Vollmar & Below 44
Wagstaff, W. J
Ward Lumber Company 50
Wentworth, Chas. S.. & Co. . . . 7
White, W. H., Company, 46
Whitmer. Wni.. & Sun.-i, Inc.... 7
Wiborg & Hanna Company 49
Wiggin, IL D ■ 7
Willson Bros. Lumber Company.. H
Wistar, Tnderhill & Co 7
Yeager, Orson E 51
Young & Cutslnger 43
Young. W. U.. & Co 10
SOUTHEBN HABDWOODS.
Advance Lumber Company 45
American Lumber Company 42
American Lumber & Mtg. Co.... 9
Anderson-Tuily Company 4
.-Vtlantic Lumber Company 1
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Beck, E. E., Lumber Company.. 49
Beyer, Knox & Co 51
Bennett & Witte 49
Black, P. W., Lumber Company. 50
l'.liss-(;o()k Oak Company 11.",
Boyle, Clarence Lumber Co 50
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
Brown, Geo. C, & Co y
I rown, VV. I'.. & Sons I.br. Co. . . 2
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co... 51
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company... 10
cherry liiver Hut.ui & i.ur. Co.. I
Chicago ^'enecr Company 34
chivvis. \\ li . . " .-,
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 49
Coleman, J. S., Lumber Co.... 4'>
Crandall & Brown 50
Crane, C, & Co 49
Crosby & r.ecklcy Cc)TU]iany, The
Cypress Lumber Company 48
I M VPS. I^rl.v. 1... .\; I ,, ;'
Ii.n id-iun-HenHdirt Company.^!.! 1
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company 46
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Co 43
Dierks Lumber & Coal Company. 10
I.i.vnn t>i Dewey
Duhlmeier Bros 48
Dulweber, John, & Co 49
Elias, G., & Bro 51
Empire Lumber Co., Buffalo 51
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co 50
Fall. E. H
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company.. 48
Flint, Erving & Stoner Company 9
Freiberg Lumber Company 49
Fry-Buchanan Lumber Company 42
Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 43
Gayoso Lumber Company 4
Garetson-G reason Lumber Co. . 5
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company. 47
Hafner Mfg. Company .... 5
Hamilton. J. V
Heath-Wltbeck Company ...'.'.'.'.'. 50
llimnielheiger . llarj Isun Lumber
Company 1
Indiana Lumber Company S
Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Co.... 45
JoncK, 1;. W.. Lumber Company.. 44
Jones Hardwood Company. ...... 7
Kampf. .\lbert R
Keith Lumber Company
Kentucky Lumber Company
Keutucky Lumber lV Veneer Co. .
King & Bartles Lumber Company
Lane-White Lumber Company...
Leavitt Lumber Company.......
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co....
Linehan Lumber Company
LitchHeld, Wm. E
Long-Knight Lumber Company..
Lo*nuis & Hart Mfi;. Company...
Love. Boyd & Co
Luebrmann. Chas. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company
McClure Lumber Company
Mcllvain, J. CJibson, & Co
McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Co..
Martin-Barriss Company
Miller, Anthony
Nicola Lumber Company. The...
Norman Lumber Comiianv
Ozark Cooperage Company
Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Company
Page & Landeck Lumber Company
Price, E. E
Rhubeskv. E W
Radlna, L. W., & Co
Hansom. .1. i^., & Co
Ritter, W. M.. Lumber Company
Roy Lumber Company
Rumbarger Lumber Company....
Scatcherd & Son
Schofield Brothers
Smith, W. E., Lumber Company.
Snurhern Lumber Company
Southern Oak Lumber Company.
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co.
Steele & Hlbbard
Stewart, L N.. & Bro
Stevens-Eaton Company
Stimson, J. V
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co. . . .
Stotz Lumber Company, Inc. . . .
Sullivan, T., & Co
Swann-l'ay Lumber <!'ompany
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co'. . . .
Three States Lumber Company..
Turner, A. M., Lumber Compa-ny.
Fpham & .Agler
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company.
Ward Lumber Company
"'entwortb. Chas. s.. & Co
Whitmer. Wm.. v^ Sous. Inc
Wiborg & Hanna Company
Wiggin, H. D
Willson Bros. Lumber Company..
Yeager, Orson E
FOFI.AB.
Advance Lumber Company
.Vtlantic Lumliei' Company
Bennett & Witte '
hrown. \\'. r.. & Sons Lbr. Co. .
Cheat River Lumber Company...
Chicago ^Vneer Company
Crane, C, & Co
Iiavis. Ertw. I.. & Co
Davidson-Benedict Company
Dankins. W. IL. Lumber Co
Hayden. Harvey S
Kentucky Lumber Company
Kentucky Lumber iV ^'eneer Co..
I.nomis A: Hart ilfg. Company..
Ritter, W. M.. Lumber Company
Rov Lumber Couiiianv
Rhubesky, E. \V. . . .'
Southern Lumber Company
Stevens-Eaton Company
Swann-Day Lumber (.'ompany. . .
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co. . . .
Vansant, Kitchen & Co
Yellow Poplar IjUmber Company.
50
51
B
51
7
43
5
2
. 51
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5
4
9
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42
50
49
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COTTONWOOD AND Q(TM.
Anderson-Tuliy Company 4-
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Farrln-Korn Lumber Company... 48
Uimmelberger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Luehrmann. C. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company 5
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Company 6-
Smith, W. E., Lumber Company 4
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co... 5
srotz Lumber Comnnnv. Inc 2
Three States Lumber Company.. 4
CTPBESS.
Crandall & Brown 50
Cypress Lumber Company 48
Hafner Mfg. Company 5
Lothman Cypress Company 5
Thompson, J. W., Lumber Co.... 4
HABDWOOD FIiOOBIK'O.
Blis.s-Cook Oak Compauv 35
Bliss & Van Auken...' 10
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company.. 10
Cobbs & Mitchell, luc 3
Cummer. Digglns & Co 3
Haak Lumber Company 47
Kerry & Hanson I-'Innring Co. . . . 46
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring
Company 8
Pease Company, The 48
Schuitz Bros. & (.'owen 41
Stephenson. The L, Company... 10
Ward Brothers 10
Wood Mosaic Flooring Company 2
Young, W. D., & Co 10
SAW MII.I. UACHIBEBT.
^lershon Company. The
rhoenix Mfg. Conipany 36
WOOD WOBKINe MACHIITEBT
American Wood Working Ma-
chinery Company 40
Berlin Machine Works. The 37
Dehance Machine Works 35
(iber Mfe. C'ompany, The
.Smith, II. B,, Machine Company.
TEITEEB MACHINEBT.
Coe Manufacturing Company... 39
IiOOOING MACHINEBY.
Clyde Iron Works 36
Lidgerwood ilfg. Company 41
Overpack, S. C 46
Russell Wheel & Foundry Co.... 45
DBY KII.I7S AND BI.OWEBS
Morton Dry Kiln Company 42
I.TJMBEB INSUBANCE.
.\dirondack Fire Insurance Co.. 1
Lumber Insurance Company of
New York
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, Boston 1
Lumber Underwriters
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company..
Pvankln, Harry, & Co 32
Toledo Fire & Marine I us. Co. . .
"SAWS, KNIVES AND SUFF1.IES
.\tklns. E. C. & Co 38
Hanchett Swage Works 36
Champion Saw Company. . . .35 & 41
Shimer, S. J.. & Sons 41
MISCEI.I.ANEOUS.
Barroll, H. C, & Co 10
Childs, S. D., & Co 35
Lacey. J. D.. & Co
Lumbermen's Credit .Vssociation. 48
Pease Company, The 48
Schenck. C. A.. & Co 42
Slandai-d .\udit Compau.v 6
Chicago Veneer Company
(incorporated)
BUR INSIDE, KEINXUCICY
Bored Poplar Posts for Porch Columns
66 to 96 INCHES LONG, 8 and 10 INCHES DIAMETER
Write us for Prices and Particulars
HARDWOOD RECORD
35
"DEFIANCE" WOOD -WORKING MACHINERY
I t I i 1 1 1 a B E COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
ipttm HIGH GRADE TOOLS
Jt FOR MAKING J*
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels,
Wagons, Carriages,
Rims, Shafts, Poles,
Neck-Yokes,
Single Trees, Hoops,
Handles, Bobbins, Spools,
Insulator Pins and
Oval Wood Dishes.
Threading Machine.
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The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
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KNIVES
A man who has been in the presence of angels discloses the fact
by his action : lust one reason for our talking good machine
knives, good veneer knives or knives of any kind that do good work.
CHAMPION SAW COMPANY,
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
HARDWOOD
TIMBER
There is no section with so fine and
large a supply of hardwood timbers
of various kinds left for the lumber-
men as that portion of the South in
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missis-
sippi. North Carolina, South Carolina.
Tennessee and Virginia sen.-ed by the
lines of the
Southern Railway
and
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
There are oak, poplar, hickory, gum,
cypress, ash, elm, buckeye, balsam,
spruce, chestnut, and other varieties.
There are also available pine lauds.
These timber resources and many
other important features bearing on
the cost of manufacture and market-
ing give special advantages and oppor-
tunities for EVERY KIND of WOOD
USING INDUSTRY. We have infor-
mation about the best locations in the
country at towns in these States and
in Southern Indiana and Southern
lilinois, which will be given if request-
ed. All correspondence in regard to
timber lands or factory locations will
be given prompt and confidential at-
tention. Address your nearest agent.
M. V. RICHARDS.
I,andaDd Industrial Agent.
Washington, D C.
CHAS. S.CHASE, Agent,
622 Chemical Building,
St. Louis, Mo.
M. A. HAYS. Agent,
225 Dearborn Street,
Chicago, 111.
BLISS=COOK OAK
COMPANY
BLISSVILLE,
ARK.
M A N r F .A C T U R E R S
Hardwood
Lumber
—— and
Flooring
Wc manufacture 15,000,000 feet of Oak
Lumber per year for export and domestic mar-
kets, from )3 to 4 inches thick.
Also Quartered and Plain Polished Oak Floor-
ing, kiln dried, end matched, hollow back.
Mills and Flooring Plants at
SHULTS AND BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS
GUS. KITZINGER
Michigan Hardwoods
ByCarorCargo. Manistee, Mich.
Novelties for Advertisers
FOBS, POCKET PIECES,
BUTTONS,
LETTER OPENERS, SCARF PINS,
TRAYS, ALUMINUM GOODS,
PAPER WEIGHTS.
/\ L L IN E \A/ IDEMS
Send us SOc and we will send you a
Beautiful Watch Fob
S. D. CHILDS 6; CO.
200 Clark Street. CHICAGO
WALNUT.
OAK,
ASH,
POPLAR.
You want to reach Buyers of
% FURNITURE LUMBER
i The HARDWOOD RECORD
%
will do it for you.
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Hanchett Automatic Band Saw Sharpener
This is one of our full line of mod-
em filing room machinery. Let us
send you our new Catalogue No. 10.
HANCHETT SWAGE WORKS
BIG RAPIDS. MICH.
Ten per cent
More Profit
The profits of a saw mil'
oan readily be increased ten
per cent by u.slng-a band mill
instead of a rotary. The
price of this mill with six
foot wheels for saws eiRht
inches wide is readily within
the reach of all. It cuts
smooth and perfect lumber
and has a capacity of 25.U0O
IVet to 35.000 feet per day. It
runs withlessexpenditureof
l)Ou-er than a rotary and puts
only halfasmuphof the log
into saw du=t as does the
circular ?a\v,
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
FRAMES
FOR
HARDWOOD RECORD
SUPPLEMENTS
Complete with backing, but without the glass, made
from Flemish Oak, are to be had delivered by ex-
press, charges prepaid to auy point east of the
Missouri river, at 50 cents each ; or at the Hard-
wood Record office, at 30 cents each. Prepay orders
with two-cent stamps or postal notes, addressed
Hardwood Recor
d, 3 55
Dearborn Street, Ch
i cago
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11
Berlin No. 88 Hardwood Matcher
The only machine in existence capable of
producing the highest grade of hardwood floor-
ing at fast feeds.
The entire frame is cast in one piece, forming
a solid foundation for all working parts.
When we ship a No. 88, no matter whether
the distance is 50 or 5,000 miles, we know all
the working parts will be in alignment and the
machine ready for work when it arrives at its
destination.
There's a lot of satisfaction in that for us —
how about you ?
But the frame is not the only part of the
machine that's built to stand hard knocks.
The cutter heads, on which there is a great
strain, are so constructed that there is no chance
for vibration.
The top and bottom cylinders are placed very
close to each other, .so that the thickness of
stock is absolutely uniform.
The pressure bar after the cut of the top head
and over the lower one is built in one piece —
no chance for vibration and another help to
make the thickness of finished stock uniform.
The "Side-Head Hold Down" is another one
of the good features.
Two narrow rollers hold the stock tight to
the bed at the point where the side heads cut.
A perfect match is the result.
Stock having short crooks in it is matched
without any trouble, for we have crowned the
bed piece directlj- below these rollers to meet
this condition.
We shall be glad to send you a large picture
and complete description of this machine if
you are interested.
What is vour address ?
THE BERLIN MACHINE WORKS, Builders
Beloit, Wisconsin, U. S. A.
BRANCHES: NEW YORK, CHICAGO, BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE. NEW ORLEANS and MACON, GA.
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HARD. WOOD RECORD
The
Happy
Wood
and His
sman
Atkins
)aw
Cuts faster — easier —
Goes longer without sharpening.
It's Silver] Steel
that's why.
He knows a good saw
when he sees it.
Your dealer has
them or write us.
" Happy Woods-
man" Booklet, by
mail, free.
E. C. Atkins
4 Co., Inc.
The Silver Steel
Saw People
Home OfHce and Factory:
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
BRANCHES:
CHICAGO,
MINNEAPOLIS.
ATLANTA,
MEMPHIS.
Six other Branches in U. S.
and Canada.
HARDWOOD RECORD
39
The 100" Veneer Cutter
is rapidly becoming the standard
for fine work. There are five times
as many of our 100 in. machines
in use than those of other manufac-
turers put together. The following
arc a few of our more recent orders
for these machines :
Asheville Veneer Co., Pittsburg
& Southern Veneer Mfg. Co., H. C.
Hossafous, Esca-
naba Wooden-
ware Co., Theo.
Kundtz, Ameri-
can Veneer &
Lumber Co., Set-
ter Bros. Co., Salamanca Veneer &
Panel Co., Falconer Veneer Co.,
White Veneer Co., Choctaw Lum-
ber & Veneer Co., Louisville Ve-
neer Mills, Mayhew-Compo Board
Company.
What more eloquent testimonial
of the popularity of our machines
can we give? There are all sorts
of reasons why our J 00 in. Cutters
are the best, but space compels us
to refer you to our No. 5 Catalog
for these. Write for a copy. It is a
valuable book for the veneer men
or timber owners.
The Coe Manufacturing Co. V£r Painesville, 0
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HARDWOOD RECORD
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Schultz Brothers & Cowen
WE ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY
POPLAR— OAK— ASH CHESTNUT
AND OTHER HARDWOODS— ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
1225 to 1240 OLD COLONY BUILDING,
CHICAGO
MILL MEN! STOP THE LEAKS!
You wouiil not tolerate leaks in your boiler and system of steam pipes
because you burn coal without receivinK value therefor, and sustain not
only inconvenience and absolute loss, deterioration of property through
neglect as well- Yet you permit a good workman to labor earnestly and
faithfully, but unsuccessfully, in an endeavor to make things count by
sharpening and fitting Straight Bits day after day, resulting in needless
waste of time and effort, when The Shimer Cutter Heads and Bits will
save all of the fitting. Do you see the force of this comparison?
Stop the little Leaks that Curtail your Output.
Use the Shimer Cutter Heads.
It has been demonstrated many times that monies invested in a small
outfit of The Shimer Cutter Heads will save their cost in a few weeks
use. They are built for business, having within their makeup the prin-
ciples required to reduce to a system the routine of keeping the knives
in perfect order. Address i
SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS,
MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA
You will know positively
of the merits and economy
of these band saws when
you have tried them out.
Our service to you means
economy— rational saving.
CHAMPION SAW CO.
BEAVER FALLS. PA.
LIDGERWOOD MACHINES
WILL STOCK YOUR MILL
SKIDDERS
SNAKERS
YARDERS
LOADERS
PULL BOATS
CABLEWAYS
*>■ tio^rovo""
LIDGERWOOD MFG, CO,
96 Liberty St., New York.
NEW ORLEANS ATLANTA SEATTLE
»>- l.,OCE«V<000
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HARDWOOD RECORD
HARDWOODS
From the famous Asheville district.
Superior in quality, manufacture and
gradings. For stock list and prices,
address
J. S. COLEMAN LUMBER CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
All Lumbermen, Attention!
We do what you can't do.
We measure \our stumpage correctly.
We make your maps correctly.
Bank references: Asheville, N. C.
L. A. OCilCnCK ^ LO. ^orfh cVroUna.
Vestal Lumber & Mfg* Co*
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
ol all kinds of
HARDWOODS
BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY.
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES
FOR DELIVERING.
Knoxville
Tennessee
Wood Working Plants
Manufacturers seeking- locations for Saw
Mills, Stave and Heading Factories and
other Wood Working Plants in the Cen-
tral Southern States, can secure full and
accurate information as to Sites, Timber
Tracts, Fuel, Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressing
Q. A. PARK, General Immigration and Industrial Agent,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Fry=Buchanan Lumber Co.
INCORPORATED.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Hardwood Lumber
POPLAR SQUARES
A Specialty.
Choicest Varieties. .•. Full Grades.
Asheville, N. C.
On the Spot
We are located right in the heart of this moun-
tain country producing the best hardwoods in
existence.
We are headquarters with ample stock, and
can interest you both as to assortment and
price. Write us.
American Lumber Company
ASHEVILLE. N. C.
The Morton Dry Kiln
MOIST AIR SYSTEM
Recording
Ther-
mometers.
Transfer
Cars.
Trucks.
Canvas
Doors.
HOW TO DRY LUMBER
As exemplified in our Catalog D. P'ree on application.
MORTON DRY KILN CO., Chicago, Ills.
Industries are Offered Locations
WITH SATISFACTORY INDUCEMENTS, FAVORABLE
FREIGHT RATES.^QOOD LABOR CONDITIONS,
HEALTHFUL COMMUNITIES, on the lines of
The Illinois Central R. R. and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.
For full information antl descriptive pamphlet address
J. C. CLAIR, Industrial Commissioner, 1 Park Row, Chicago, HI
HARDWOOD RECORD
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$ INDIANA ^
■WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW-
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart'fM White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
J. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG, IND.
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet — Hardwood Specialties
The largest Band Mill in Indiana. FORT WAYNE, IND.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
\VI S C O N S I N
WHE.RE THE FINEST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW
C, p. CROSBY
RHINELANDER : : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from I inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak. : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
Special Attention
close prices made on game upon receipt
inquiries;
50M II. 2" Bridge Plank
30M II. I' " No. 2 Com. t, Bel. Hickory
30M II. 1 '*• No. 2 Cora. 4 Bel. Hickory
lOOM II. 1" Com. 6 Bel. Plain Red Oak
150M II I" Com. e Bel. Qld. Red Oak
lOM II, 1" No. 3 Com. t, Bel. Walaul
79M It. I ';" No. 2 Com. £ Bel. Elm
150M II. 1" No. I Com. Red Gum
AlJove is elioice.Soutbern sti."-!-:.
In additiou to the foregoing, we have full stocks of Basswood, Birch and
Soft Klni and a full selection of Red and Sap Gum. We guarantee our
grades to be made strictly in accordance with National Hardwood Associ-
ation rules of inspection.
G.W.JONES LUMBER CO., Appleton,Wis.
Is called
50M It. 2"
80M u.r
lOOM It. 1'
150M It. 1'
I2Mlt. 2"
200M It. 2 "
Above is
sin timber,
factured.
the followintf, and to the
of youi-
Com. and Bet. Plain Birch
■" Com. and Bet. Plain Birch
Ists and 2nds Plain Birch
No. I Com. Plain Birch
Ists and 2nds Red Birch
Com. and Bet. Hard Maple
all cut from choice Wiscun-
, is bone dry and well manu-
MIXED CARS - EVEN GRADES - PROMPT SHIPMENT
Wisconsin Hardwoods
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
1" No. 1 Common and Better Birch (Red in)
1" No. 1 Common and Better Basswood
1" No. 1 Common and Better Hard Maple
Also Elm, Pine, Cedar Products,
and "SHAKELESS" Hemlock.
John R. Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS,
WISCONSIN
BRITTINQHAM & YOUNG CO.
Hardwood Lumber
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
MADISON,
WISCONSIN
Send us a list of your want-^.
Xo trouble to answer correspondence
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GRAND RAPIDS,
WISCONSIN
Saw and Planing Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis., on Soo Lines.
■ Manufacturers
Wisconsin Hardwoods
PINE
AND
HEMLOCK
WRITE US FOR PRICES ON
1", IM". I'A". I^s" and 2" Plaio and Red Birch : Red Birch Flooriae and 1" lo 2"
Quarter Sawed Red Oak : Basswood Ceiling and Siding : I" Birdseye
Maple : Birch, Maple and Hardwood Flooring.
VOLLMAR & BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood, Birch
and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
NORTHERN STOCK
Heoilock
Birch
Basswood
Rock Elm
Soft Elm
Ash
Oak
SOUTHERN STOCK
Quartered White and Red
Oak
Plain White and Red Oak
Sycamore
Poplar
Cypress
Gum
PAGE & LANDECK LUMBER CO.
Wells Building
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
North Western Lumber Co.
General Offices : EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
Mills at STANLEY, WIS.
BAND SAWED
Wisconsin Hardwoods
CAREFUL GRADINGS, PROMPT SHIPMENTS
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars IJi" to2' Scoot Hardwood. ;■$ car 2" 1st and2dClear Basswood.
1 car I'A" No. 1 Common Basswood. Large stoclj No. 2 Common Birch.
1 car 15<" 1st and 2d Clear Basswood. Large stock No. 3 Common Birch.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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i'^ I I~^ A 7 TH ¥ \ IN-T T"^
OLLiV LlLArNU
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTCR OF NORTHERN OHIO
MARTIN-BARRISS
COMPANY
Importers and Manufacturers
MAHOGANY
A.ND FINE
HARDWOODS
THE
ROBERT HJENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE,
60 M leel 1" Isl and 2ds Poplar
223 M [eel 1" No, I Comaioo Poplar
125 M leel I" No. 2 Common Poplar
2fi M leel 2" Isl and 2nd Poplar, 14" and up
12S M feel 8 4" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
275 M feel 1" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
153 M feel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M feet I" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M feet I" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak
— We have a good assort-
Your inquiries solicited.
Quartered White and Red OaK.
ment of dry stock, Ji t0 4 inches thick.
Plain White and Red Oak.— A limited amount of nice
stock, ready for shipment.
We Solicit Inquiries
FOR THE FOLLOWING:
3 cars 1x4" Clear Birch Strips
2 cars 1x5" and 6" Clear Birch Strips
1 car 3" No. 1 Com. and Better Birch, iinselected
1 ear 1" Ists and 3nds Curly Red and White Birch
'* cars 1x4'' Clear Basswood Siding Strips
2 cars 1x5" and 6" Clear Basswood Siding Strips
The King k Bartles Lumber Company
1955-2025 Scranton Road N. W., Cleveland, Ohio
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
Ihe Advance Lumber Co.
Roeke^eMer Bldg. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Memphis Office. No. 56 Randolph Building. J. E. MHADOWS, Mgr.
RUSSEL WHEEL & FOUNDRY COMPANY
Builders of
Logging Cars ^gk
'"' Logging ^
^
Jj^ ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO
i^*iBat .» ^ HAVE OPPORTUNITY OF
jy^^^Syi^aii^^ ' POINTING OUT AD VAN-
'^MHUE^I' ''\ TAGES OF THEIR
'<^R|^BHg^^ ^l EQUIPMENT.
Machinery
WKm^' " Detroit, Mich.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
MICHIGAN
FAMOUS FOR HARD MAPLE AND GRE.Y ELM
SAILING, HANSON & CO.
JIANUFACTURERS OK
Michigan Hardwoods
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN
"Chief Brand"
Maple Flooring
Will commend itself to you and your trade on
its merits alone. "^ Comprises all the features
desirable in pood flooring. *, Made by the latest,
most approved machinery methods and best
skilled labor. % We believe we can make it to
your interest to handle our "Chief Brand" and
will appreciate your inquiries.
Kerry ^ Hanson Flooring Co.
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN
'THE THICK MAPLE FOLKS'
B
ROWNLEE
DETROIT
&C
OMPANY
MICHIGAN
TWO-INCH SOFT MAPLE
TWO-INCH BASSWOOD
THREE-INCH HARD MAPLE
JUNE STOCK LIST
MAPLE
BIRCH
BASSWOOD
1 in. 3,000,000 ft.
1 in. 500,000 ft.
1 in. 300,000 ft.
I'A " 100,000 •'
lf5 " 400,000 "
154 " 100,000 "
154 " 30,000 "
154 " 50,000 "
» " 100,000 "
2 " 1,000,000 "
2% " 50,000 "
8 " 75,000 "
V/a " 200,000 "
254 " 500,000 "
3 " 75,000 "
3 " 4,000 "
ROCK ELM
4 " 400,000 "
2 in. 26,000 ft.
GRAY ELM
BEECH
2'4 " 50,000 "
1 in. 300,000 ft
WHITE MAPLE
154 •' 200,000 "
I'A " 250,000 "
iK " 400,000 "
End riled
3 " 200,000 ■■
1 In. 100,000 ft.
ASH
2 " 100,000 •'
\% " 20,000 "
2;^ " 200,000 "
2 '• 50,000 "
1 in. 500,000 ft.
KELLEY LIBER It SHKLE (0., Traverse City, Mid
W. H. WHITE, Pres.
JAS. A. white:, VicePres.
W. L. MARTIN, Secy.
THOS. WHITE. Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocK Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White R^ocK Maple Flooring.
Michigan Logging Wheels
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? niane iiit^iji ■:.< years an. I know Q p rt 17 F D D A f* IT MaNISTEK,
Easy and cheap way of logging. 0» V>, \J V C/nr/iL«I\ MICHIGAN
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wliolesale Hardwood Lumlier
Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES.
DETROIT. MICH.
MriLSAT' Healers. W. Va. Valley Bend. W. Va. Diana, W. Va. Parkersburf.
W. V«. McNult Sidins. W. Va.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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MICHIGAN
FAMOUS FOR RED BIRCH AND BASSWOOD
OUR MAPLE FLOORING
is as near perfection, in every particular, as it is
possible to make it, for we personally supervise
every step in its manufacture, from the stump to
the shipping of the finished product. Our prices
will interest and a trial convince you. : :
HAAK LUMBER COMPANY
HAAKWOOD, MICHIGAN
HackleyPhelpsBonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Main Office. Michigan Truit Compaoy BuildioC
GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN
DEININIS BROS.
GRAND RAPIDS. : : MICHIGAN
M A N r F .4 C T U R E R S O F
Hardwood Lumber, Perfect
Birch and Maple Flooring
DEY STOCK AT BAEOAIN PRICES :
2 cars 8 '4 Basswood. No. 1 Common and Better.
3 cars 5 4 Basswood, No. 2 Common and Belter.
15 cars 4 4 Birch. No. 1 and 2 Common
1 car 1x4 Clear Birch Strips.
2 cars 4/4 No. 3 Common Cherry.
60M feet 12/4 Hard Maple.
245M feet 8,'4 Hard Maple.
40M feet 8, 4 Hard Maple. No. 3 Common.
Main Office :
205 209 Michigan
Trust
Company
Building
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HARDWOODS
IN MICHIGAN
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
BIRCH
This is our specialty. We are in the heart of the best Birch
section. Have ^ood stock, Common and better,
4-4, S-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, and 16-4.
Let us figure with you.
Simmons Lumber Company
SIMMONS, MICHIGAN
HcCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main Ollices. DETROIT. MICH.
Mills. EUTAW, ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars 2" Red and White Oak 2 cars 2" Black Ash
3 cars 2", 'i'A". 3" and 4" White Ash 10 cars 1" to 4" Dry Hard Maple
■i cars 1" 6/4 White Ash 5 cars 1" Log Run Birch
1 car 6 4 and 8 4 Hickory
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
L.^RGK CAPACITY PROMPT SHIPMK-NTS RAH. OR CARGO
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac. :: Michigan.
SPECIAL PRICES on 500M piec.s
1" to 3" Maple Squares 16" to 27" long.
1" to 3" Soft Elm Lumber.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED FOB MICBIGAN LUMBER.
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
===^=^^= FOR SALE BY =^=^^^
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE, MICHIGAN
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
■ Miitmfacturcrs uiid WtioUsalers tif •
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Conaplete Stocks ol Michigan Hardwoods — IMaple, Beech, Birch, Elm.
Ash and Basswood for sale.
Grand Rapids, : : : Michigan
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CINCINNATI
THt GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
WANTED
Oak
Walnut
Gum
Cottonwood
Poplar
White Pine
Hemlock
Yellow Pine
Will inspect at shipping point
when quantity justihes and
pay cash. Can use entire mill
cuts. Write us before selling
elsewhere. We canalso handle
mixed cars of dressed stock.
Send us your list with prices.
Kentucky Lumber Co.
Suite 508 Kirst National Bank BIdg.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Formerly of Burnside, Ky.
••BUY GUM"
We are in the market to buy
Dry Gum Lumber in any
quantity, from a single car
load to a mllltoa feet. Will
take all grades and thick-
nesses. We receive lumber
at shipping point, pay cash
and are liberal in inspection.
FHAHES.
SASH. DOOIS.
BLINDS. MOULDINGS.
COLUMNS, GLASS,
STAIMWOSK.
INTERIOB TRIM.
THE FARRIN.KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General Office. Yards.
Planing Mills, Dry Kilns,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Purchasing Ofllce,
Randolph Building,
Memphis, Tenn.
Cyprass Red Gum Oak
PAINTS,
BUILDERS' HARDWARE.
MANTELS, ETC.
LARGE CINCINNATI FAC-
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Hemlock, yellow Pine.
COLUMBUS
OHIO
The only trade paper reaching all classes
of hardwood consumers
HARDWOOD RECORD
355 Dearborn St., Chicagfo
PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD
Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
Plain and Qnartered White and Red Oak, Yellow Poplar,
Yellow Pine, Walnut, etc. Mills in Tenn., Ala. and Va.
OFFICE AND YARDS, GEST AND DALTON AVE., CINCINNATI. OHIO.
Save Your Money
By Using the
RED BOOK
Published Semi - Annually
in January and July
It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers of lumber
in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers.
The book indicates their financial standing and manner of
meeting obligations. Covers the TNITED STATES and
MANITOBA.
The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the lines
it covers.
A well organized Collection Department is also operated and
the same is open to you.
WRITE FOR TERMS.
LUMBERMEN'S CREDIT ASSOCIATION,
ESTABLISHED 1878.
1402 Great Northern Building, CHICAGO
18 Broadway, = - NEW YORK CITY
LOCATIONS FOR
NEW INDUSTRIES
can be secured on the lines of the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4
St. Paul Railway
in the great middle west. It reaches the Copper Country and the
pine and hardwood areas of Noithern Michigan, the lead, zinc and
iron regions of Wisconsin, the coal fields of Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri.
Traverses the great agricultural and manufacturing states of
Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Operates 7,000 miles of
thoroughly equipped railroad.
Correspondence Is Holicited with eastern manufacturers who de-
pire to move their factories to, or establish branches in the West.
Co-operation with Business Men's Associations on the lines of this
railway in aJl matters affecting mutual interests Is assured.
Inquiries should be as definite as possible.
Address
Industrial Department
Chicago. Milwaukee 4 St. Paul Railway,
Room 1327, Railway Exchange
Chicago
HARDWOOD RECORD
49
i'^ ¥ IVT i"^ I TVT TVT A T* I
C/ifNOirNrNA 1 1
THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Office:
1219 West Sixth Street
Yards:
Sixth Streec, below Harriet
Peplar, Oak,
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore,
W. Va. Spruce,
Pine and Elm
C. Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
2,000.000 feet Dry OaK
2.000,000 feet Dry Poplar
Mostly heavy slock. Quotations Solicited.
MILLS iND YARDS
CINCINNATI, 0.
YEARLY CAPACm
i«o,(Kio,{ioo rr.
LONG RILL STUry
A SPECIALTY
^=5*^
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers i-f
Tabasco Mahogany
Walnut, OaK
PopUr, McLean and Findlay Ats.
CINCINNATI. O.
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI, OHIO
PLAIN
AND
QUARTER
iAWED
White and Red Oak
1 CHESTNUT
POPLAR
GUM AND
CYPRESS
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
THE
MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always in the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS.
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS,
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI,
OHIO
L. W. RADINA Sl COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of
Wanted for cash — desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades,
Especially IJ^-inch stock, for immediate shipment.
CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE^
Cash bii\'ers for stock in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
OI-:ST .\M> STMMKR STHKKTS
Wholesalers Mahogany. Thin Lumber, Veneers
Finely llgiirt'd iiuarter sawed i>ak veneers a specialty.
BENNETT 6 WITTE,
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
THAT ARE SOLD
ON NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION
INSPECTION ONLY.
Plain &nd Quartered .
\ White and Red Oak
t R.ed and Sap Gum
Cottonwood, Ash, Cypress, Poplar. Soft Maple, Tnpelo
Gum and Chestnut. '.* We cut Gum and Oak in Thick-
nesses of Ji to 4 inches. EXPORT AND DOMESTIC.
224 W. 4th Street,
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Branch: 1301-2 Tenn. Trust, Memphis, Tenn.
wii.^T have; you for sale in
Red and White QAK Qtd. and Plain
ALSO POPLAR. CHESTNUT. WALNUT. ETC.
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., QNCINNATI, OHIO
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash Buyers
Poplar, Oak, Chestnut
And Other Southern Hardwoods
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES. WE BUY MILL CUTS.
so
HARDWOOD RECORD
CHICAGO
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
Crandall & Brown
LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS
Yellow Pine, Oak, Poplar and Maple
We have in Chicago for quick dehvery
100,000 li" 1st and 2nds La. Red Cypress, thoroughly dry.
14,000 3x14" Shop Com. Cypress
We arelin the market for Ash and Cottonwood
Office and Yards : 3300 Center Avenue, CHICAGO.
Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.
203 FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO
We are in the market for
Wagon Stock
REACHES, BOLSTEKS, TONGUES, AXLES, ETC., AND
Hardwood Lumber
rARTICULARLY WANT WHITE ASH
AND HICKORY
TELL US WHAT YOU H.AVE
TO OFFER
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
<&\
•^^
WE WANT TO BUY FOR CASH
OAK
CYPRESS
ASH
MILL CUTS OB HOUND LOTS
9 1 0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1217 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
CHICAGO MEMPHIS
YARDS: NORTH MEMPHIS
The Keith Lumber Company
HARDWOOD, POPLAR & SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER,
MAHOGANY,
REDWOOD,
RED CEDAR,
CYPRESS,
CHESTNUT,
SPRUCE,
MAPLE FLOORING. OAK TIMBERS & WAGON STOCK.
Of&ce and Yards: Fourteenth, and Wood Streets.
FREDW. BLACK, President HORACEW. BLACK, Secretary
FRED W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOOD LUMBER
305 Old Colony Building
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co.
1649-50 MARQUETTE BUILDING
Are now offering bone dr>- BIRCH, ROCK ELM. BL.^^CK ASH. etc., Wis-
consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QUARTERED OAK. POPLAR, etc ,
from our Memphis yard- We are constant buyers.
Heath-Witbeck Company
Hardwood Lumber
We have for quick shipment 170,000
feet DRY BIRCH, First and Seconds
and Common 2, 2yi, 3 and 4 inch.
Main Office, 6 Madison St. Yards, Loomis and 22nd St.
CHICAGO
THE WARD LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDNVOODS
CH.A.MBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING :: CHICAGO
CLARENCE BOYLE LUMBER CO.
Wholesale
Dealers in
Hardwoods j:
t'ellow Pine
d Cypress
319 WEST TWENTY-SECOND STREET :: CHICAGO
HARDWOOD RECORD
BUFFALO
THE GRE-AT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL, KINDS OF HARDWOODS
office and Yards, 69 I,EROY AVENUE
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO,
We want to buy for cash :
Oak. Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
518 RANDOLPH BLDG.. MEMPHIS, TENN. 940 SENECA STREET.
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN and QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
1142 SENECA STREET.
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
955 TO 1015 ELK STREET
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STRRHT
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
893 EAGLE STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard, 165.i SENECA STREET Office, 886 ELLICOTT SQUARE
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
1075 CLINTON STREET
L N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 ELK STREET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY
Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
50 ARTHUR STREET
ORSON E. YEAGER
Specialtiei: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 ELK STREET
li^
Vansant, Kitchen & Co.
NEW ASHLAND I\I1I.I,
Old-Fashioned
SOFT
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Ky.
5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK, SPECIALTY
YQiOW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Lath and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stock.
COAL GROVE, OHIO, U. S. A.
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
COLUMBUS, OHIO
6,000 Car Loads
Sawed and shipped yearly of band-sawed Yellow Poplar, White Pine, White Oak, Basswood,
Chestnut, Hemlock and Ash. Planing Mill and Dry Kiln. C. If you are in a hurry to get
your order placed, call our nearest salesman.
Salesman Headquarters Telephone
Fred A. Wilson Portsmouth, Ohio Bell 4392
E. E. Eaton New York City, 158 W. 81st St Riverside 7390
James B. Patton Buffalo, N. Y., Rockford Hotel Bryant 1335-K
A. Wallace Irwin Baltimore, Md., Eutaw Hotel
Frank B. Pryor Pittsburgh, Pa., 7th Avenue Hotel
E. E. Ginn Jamestown, Ohio Bell Phone
A. J. Williams Cleveland, Ohio, Eastman, Detroit St Ridge 593-R
L. G. Anderson Franklin, Ohio Beh 482
-James H. Lang Detroit, Mich.. Hotel Ste. Claire
W. H. Matthias Chicago, 111., 1448 Addison St Lakeview 1493
Geo. H. Huganir Philadelphia, Pa., 901 N. 50th St.
F. H. Browning Columbus, Ohio Mai n 7874
W. T. Baker Graham, Va.
(JUf I KiLrti i . A. u. iWKt, ni intL. nAnJJWUUU K^u^ifAi:^ t
flaMwoM RociJl
EleTantk Year, [
Sami-raonthly. I
CHICAGO, JULY 10, 1906.
f Subscriptlea $2.
(Single Copies, 10 C*r
CHERRY
C. E LLOYD, JR.
Manager Sales
Grows IN
West Virginia
RIVER
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
offices : Philadelphia, Pa.
LUMBER
lliinniellier$er Hdrrison lumDer (o.
Red Gum
Specialists
Morehouse,
Missouri
CHEER UP!
You ca.n reduce your fire insura^nce
expense by takirvg one of our policies
PENNSYLVANIA LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.
923 DREXEL BLDQ., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
RUMBARGER LUMBER COMPANY
Ash.
5 ears 1 In., log run.
3 cars Uri in., log run.
G cars 2 In., log run.
2 cars 2^2 i"- to 5 in., Com.
Basswood.
log run.
Beech,
log run.
log run.
Birch,
20 cars 1 In., log run.
2 cars 1^ in., log run.
1 car 2 In.. log run.
Red Oak.
10 cars 1 In., log run.
"0 cars 1 in.,
25 cars 1 In.,
2 cars 2 In.,
Cherry.
000,000 ft. 1 in., log run.
1 car IV. In.. Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
1 car 2 In.. Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
Choice old growth stock, good lengths
and fine widths. Will sell on grades.
Chestnut.
10 cars 1 In., sound wormy.
1 car 3 in., sound wormy.
3 cars 2 In., log run.
5 cars 1 In., Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
2 cars IMi in.. Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
Cucumber,
log run.
Maple,
log run.
log run.
7 cars 1 In..
20 cars 1 In
10 cars 2 in
Mountain Oak.
4 cars 2 in.. Nos. 1 & 2.
2 cars 2 in.. No. 1 Common.
10 cars 1 in., Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
White Oak.
1 car IJ/i In.. Nos. 1 & 2.
Quartered White Oak.
3 cars 1 in.. Nos. 1 & 2.
f) cars 1 in., No. 1 Common.
5 cars 1 in., No. 2 Common.
1 car 1 in.. Clear Strips.
This stock shows an exceptionally fine
figure.
Quartered Red Oak.
1 car 1 in.. Nos. i & 2.
2 cars 1 in., No. t Common.
1 car 1 in., No. 2 Common.
Hardwood. No. 3 Common.
car 1 in., rough.
3 cars 1 In., surfaced 1 side.
■i cars 2 in., either rough or surfaced.
Clear Spruce.
3 cars 1 in., Nos. 1 & 2.
5 cars 2 in., Nos. 1 & 2.
Poplar.
Have a fair stock of 1 In.. lU In.. lU
in. & 2 In. ?* . va
White Fine.
12,000.000 feet No. 3 Barn & Better.
500,000 feet Box.
1 In.. 1^4 In.. IJ^ In. & 2 In., either
rough or worked.
NEW YORK OFFICE:
MAIN OFFICE: 808 HARRISON BUILDING. I5TH AND MARKET STREETS. PHILADELPHIA. PA.
8018 METROPOLITAN BLDG., I MADISON AVENUE. PITTSBURG OFFICE: 701 KEYSTONE BUILDING.
LUMBER INSURANCE COMPANY of NEW YORK
66 Broadway, New York.
Statement December 31, 1905
Assets: I Liabilities:
S 7i.371.23 Reserve for Reinsurance 885,720.13
301,742.50 Losses in Process of Ad-
justment . . . 6,181.88
Surplus to Policv-holders:
21,291.57 ; Caiiital 15200,000.00
3,387.06 Surplus, 111,890.35 311,890.35
Cash in Banks
Approved Bonds
Affents' Balances and Pre-
miums in Process of Col-
lection
Accrued Interest
ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
66 Broadway, New York.
Commenced Business May 1, 1906
.Assets Liabilities
Cash- in Banks
.?300,000.00
$403,792.36
M03,792.36
$300,000.00
Surplus to Policy-holders:
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus 100,000.00 300,000.00
$300,000.00
Advertisers' Classified Directory FoUows Want and tor dale Advertlains Section.
HARDWOOD RECORD
f /'"^ ITIlCA/'II I C^
LCJUl^V ILLLj,
MANUFACTUKING AND DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
The Norman Lumber Co., Inc.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Logs and Lumber
Office and Ifards ! Third Street, H to K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
POPLAR.
30,000 ft. 4/4 let & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
16,000 ft. 5/4 Common.
QUARTERED RED OAK.
60,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK.
60,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
10,000 ft. 6/4 1st & 2d.
20.000 ft. 6/4 l8t & 2d.
10,000 ft. 8/4 1st & 2d.
60,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
6,000 ft. 6/4 Common.
6.000 ft. 6/4 Common.
20,000 ft. 8/4 Common.
10.000 ft. 2%" Common.
40,000 ft. 3" Common.
1 car Hlckorj Pl>nk, 114 to 4"-
8' to 16'.
OFFER FOLLOWING STOCKS:
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12.000 ft. 4j4"i1i2"— 12', 1—6 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3 x4 "—12', 12—18 mos. dry.
400 ft. 3^41414"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
300 ft. 3Mii4i4"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
250 ft. 3%x4%"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3Hl4?i"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
180 ft. 3x4" & Lgr.— 14', 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larecTi dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger, dry.
HICTKORY AXLES.
1,500—3 x-i "—6', 1—6 mos. dry.
1,500 — 31614^4" — 6'. 1—6 moa. dry.
2,000 — J i5 "—5', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1.000 — 4%i514" — 6', 1 — 8 mos. dry.
I.OIX) — 5 16 ' — 6". 1 — 6 mo«. dry.
W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
Louisville, Ky.
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
Illaslrated Catalog on Application
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N, Y. New Albany, Ind.
Albert R. Kampf
Manufacturer
Hardwood Lumber and Timber
Dimension Stock
Board of Trade B!dg., Louisville, Ky.
E. W. Rhubesky
Wholesale
Poplar. Rough and Dressed.
Oak. Chestnut and Other
Hardwoods
North Vernon Pump
4 Lumber Co.
Band Sawed Plain and Quarterel
Oak and Poplar.
North Vernon, Ind.. and
Louisville. Ky.
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak. Poplar and
Chestnut.
I,ouisville, Ky.
We wish to move and will quote low prices on the following:
1 Car 6 4 1st and 2nd Qtd. White Oak, Wide In 1 Car
1 Car 8 4 1st and 3nd Qtd. White Oak, Wide In 'A Car
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak 1 Car
1 Car 6 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak !i Car
2 Cars 8 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak
1 Car 12 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak 1 Car
1 Car 4 4 1st and 2nd Qtd. Red Oak, Wide in 1 Car
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red Oak, Wide in 2 Cars
54 Car 6 4 Com. and Bet. Qtd. Red Oak, 50% each 1 Car
'A Car 8 4 Com. and Bet. Qtd. Red Oak, 50 6 each 5 Cars
1 Car 12 4 Com. and Bet. Qtd. Red Oak, 50"? each 1 Car
1 Car 6 4 Com. and Bet. Plain Red Oak, 501 each 1 Car
2 Carsl2''4 Com. and Bet. Plain Red Oak, 501 each 1 Car
We have in pile at mills 3,000.000 ft. Plain and Quartered Red and White Oak, Poplar,
Chestnut and some Ash, in thicUness H'' tol6-4. This wlUbereadv f ormarket. in60 to90
(jays. We also handle all kinds of Yellow Pine. Cypress, W hite Pine. Red and While Ce-
(jar, Lumber, LiathandShinglesandallkindsof Hardwood Flooring. Write us for prices.
4 4 Zii to SH" 1st & 2nd Qtd. White Oak Strips
4 4 2'4 to 5'i-" No. 1 Com. Qtd.White Oak Strips
4 4 No. 3 Cora. Qtd. White and Red Oak
5 4, 6 4 and 8 4 No. 2 Com. Qtd. White and
Red Oak
4 4 No. 2 Com. Plain Red Oak
5 4, 6 4, and 8 4 No. 2 Com. Plain Red Oak
4 4 No. 3 Com. Plain Red and AVhite Oak
6 4 1st and 2nd Poplar, 7 to 18"
4 4 No, 1 Com. Poplar (Selects in)
4 4 No. 1 Com. and Bet. Bay Poplar
4 4 to 8 4 Com. and Bet. White Ash
4 4 No. 2 Com. and Sound Wormy Chestnut
STOTZ LUMBER COMPANY
KELLER BUILDING :: :: LOUISVILLE, KY.
HARDWOOD RECORD
Thick Hard Maple
Cut during the winter of 19<l4-r).
10-4 I's and 2's . 51,000 ft.
12-4 I's and 2's . 55,000 ft.
16-4 I's and 2's . 10,000 ft.
This stock was sawed in our own
mill and has been seasoned in a first-
class manner. It is largely 12 inch
and wider and very choice.
We also have end-dried in shed ;
4-4 Birdseyc Maple, 8,000 ft.
5-4 White Maple . 21,000 ft.
Please Send Us Yoir Inquiries.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
MURPHY & DIQQINS
: Offer all grades of the following special dry stock
MAPLE— 5/4, 6/4, 8/4. 10/4, 12/4, 14/4, 16/4
GRAY ELM— 4/4, 12/4
BASSWOOD-^/4
BIRCH »/4, 6 4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
We offer for Rail Shipment from Cadillac. Also (he lollowiog for Water Shipment:
2 cars 8 4 Maple, No.I Com. & Better 100,000 feet ot 4 4 Basswood
liar 5x5 Maple, Select Stork 100,000 feet of 4/4, 8/4 and 12 4 Soft
2 cars 4 4 Basswood. No,2Com&Bet. Elm
2 cars 4 4 Birch, No. 2 Com. & Bet. 150,000 feet of 4 '4, 5 4 acd fi, 4 Birch
Cummer, Diggins & Go.
=MAI\IUFACTURERS=
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Biich, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
[DRY STOCK]
We have a choice line of
Michigan Hard Maple
and
Soft Gray Elm
In placing your orders, re-
member also our famous
■ELECTRIC" BRAND
MAPLE FLOORING.
Be Friendly.
Write Us.
COBBS&HITGIIELL
(INCORPORATED)
CADILUG. MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE, HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
F. W. GILCHRIST, President
W, A. GILCHRIST, Vice President
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards. Cairo, Illinois
Osoeral Office; $ Tennessee Trust BIdg.
MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY
COTTONWOOD
F. W. GII,CHRIST, Pres. W. A. GII,CHRIST, Vice-Pres.
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
Three States Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Hardwood Lumber
Cottonwood and Gum ^^^"^
Office
Tennessee
Trust
GET OUR PRICES, TRY OUR LUMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH. DRESSED, RESAWED
COTTONWOOD:
GUM
Briggs & Cooper Company^ Ltd.
MANUPACTUKERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS:
1.000.000 feet Soft Grey Elm. 1 to 3".
500,000 fcpt Unselecteci Birch, 1 to 3".
3,000,000 feet Michigan Hard Maple. 1 to 6".
350,000 feet End Dried White Maple, 1 to 1%".
625,000 feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood. 1 to 3".
150,000 feet Selected White Basswood, I", IH" and 1<A".
210,000 feet Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak, I to 2",
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office.
Memptils, Tenn.
Mills,
Chancy, Miss.
Address all correspondence to Memphis oflBce,
w
E have in all thicknesses the following kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
MEMPHIS YARD)!
Ash 680.000 feet
Quartered White Oak. . 75.000 feet
Plain White Oak 140.000 feet
Quartered Red Oak .... 225.000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410.000 feet
Cypress 22.5.000 feet
Cbttonwoort 200.000 feet
Poplar 308,000 feet
SELMA YARD
Poplar 409,000 feet
Bay Poplar 857,000 feet
Red Gum 65.000 feet
Cypress. , 787,000 fe-;t
BERCLAIK YARD
Bay Poplar 100,000 feet
Cypress 800,000 feet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 350 000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
Office and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C. R R.
MEMPHIS. TENN.
J. B. Ransom, Prest. A. B. Ransom, V.-Prest. W. A. Ransom, Sec. C. R. Ransom, Treas.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Inc.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
Also make a specialty of Wagon Stock in rough, such as Tongues,
Axles, Reaches, Bolsters, and 6-4 to 16-4 Hickory.
ANDERSON=TULLY COMPANY
STOCK LIST
COTTONWOOD.
20 M ft. 7/8" 1st & 2nd. 8" up
200 M ft. 4/4" 1st & ind. 6" up
14 M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2ud. 7"-lU"
25 M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2ud. 11"-12"
40 M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2nd, IS" up
15 M ft. 5/4" 1st & 2nd. 6" up
20 M ft. 5/4" 1st & 2nd. 12"
35 M ft. 6/4" 1st & 2nd, 11" &
12"
45 M ft. 6/4" 1st & 2nd, 6" up
50 M ft. Wagon Box Boards, 9"
to 12"
CYPRESS.
20.000 ft. 4/4" Clear Strips, 2Vt"
to 5%"
WHITE OAK.
4.000 ft. 4/4" 1 & 2 Quartered
6,800 ft. 4/4" Com. Quartered
ASH.
15.000 ft. 4/1" 1st & 2nd Strips, 214" to
5V'". ^
5.000 ft. 4/4" CommoD.
12,000 ft. 5/4" & 6/4" No. 3 Common.
GITM.
60.000 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2nd Saps, 13" to 16".
60.IKM) ft. 4/4" 1st & 2nd Saps. 16" and up.
50.0<10 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Common Red.
100. 000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Common Sap.
60.000 ft. 4/4" 1 & 2 Bed Strips, 2%" to
5%".
POPLAR.
20.000 ft. 4/4" Common & Better.
RED OAK.
1.750 ft. 4/4" Quartered 1 & 2.
2.930 ft. 4/4" Quartered Common.
14.440 ft. 4/4" Plain 1 & 2. 12" and up.
80.000 ft. 4/4" Nos. 2 & 3 Com. Red & White.
FENN BROS. COMPANY
manufacturers of
Oak Flooring
QUARTERED WHITE HOLLOW BACKED
QUARTERED RED END MATCHED
PLAIN WHITE POLISHED
PLAIN RED BORED
Memphis, Tenn.
HARDWOOD RECORD
*:> nr^ ¥ /'■^ ¥ T I c^
<51« L^^^l^l^^
LARGEST OF ALL HARDWOOD MARKE.TS
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco 'Building
We have the following Dry Stock, for sale piled at our mill;
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD:
0 Cars -1, 4 Common- 'A Cars 1" 1 aud 2.
2 Cars 4/4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards.
GUM : EI<M :
5 Cars 1" Common Red. 1 Car 6/4 Log Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4" Log Run.
1 Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
6 Cars I'i Common and Better S:ip
This Stock, is All Band Sawed aud Equalized
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OK ANGEIaICA STREET
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OK SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Ban k of Co m m e r ce
Roland V. Krebs fl *- — ^Tv t^ ^•^^•^^^^aaj'* ^wa i^ ^^ Hardwoo.!
Mana,,, KJZSiT)^ V-lOOpefage V-lO» Oer ",„,„,
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
Four Inspectors in the Soutli
Direct Shipments J COTTONWOOD,
from mill stocks j CYPRESS, (".UM. OAK.
M .-V I N OFFICE,
FRISCO BUILDING
W. R. CHIVVIS.
Lesperance Street and Iron
Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Alwajs in the market to buy
Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping
point when amounts justify.
CHA8. f. VWmm HARDWOOD VWm COMPANY
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices: 148 Carroll Street
Wanted-Cyprcss, Ash and Cottonwood
Inspection at Point of Shipment When Quantity Justifies
HaFner Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attention.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
SIX M ILLION FEET
Ash, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
R E .\ D Y !-■ I) R PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
.NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND H A [, I, STREETS
HARDWOOD RECORD
Thomas Forman Company
MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH-GRADK
Maple and Oak
Flooring
New York Branch : And Hardwood Lumber DETROIT,
McGovern £ Bowen,
29 Broadway MICHIGAN
1
The Tegge Lumber Co. 1
MILWAUKEE
WI SCONSIN
•
BUYERS OF
ALL KINDS OF
HARDWOOD LUMBER |
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
We are always in the market for round lots of well man-
ufactured stock, and sliall be pleased to enter into corre-
spondence with manufacturers with a view to purchase.
PHILADELPHIA
New York, Boston, Pittsburg
Are You in the Market ?
Send us your inquiries for prices on
the following
HARDWOODS
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
75M ft.
25M ft.
asM ft.
50M ft.
60M ft.
lOOM ft.
50M ft.
50M ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
1'' Com. and Better Quartered Red Oak.
1" Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
I 'V Com. and Better Quartered Ked Oak.
\Vi" Com. Quartered White Oak.
1'= " 1st and 2nds Quartered Red Oak.
3" Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
3" Com. and Better Plain Wliite Oak.
1" Com. Plain Birch.
1" Com. Red Birch.
I'j" Cora, and Better Plain Birch.
1" Com. and Better Hard Blaple.
I'l " Com. and Better Hard Maple.
1 " Com. and Better Soft Elm.
UPHAM 4 AGLER
Distributing Yards: CAIRO, ILL.
Main OfSces :: American Trust Building-, CHICAGO
JOHN T . DIXON
HARRY S . DEWEY
We are not Wizards in making new grades to tit a price.
No tricks in our methods of making shipments. The
straight grades are good enough for us.
If you will give us a trial order for POPLAR, OAK,
ASH, CHESTNUT or OAK, MAPLE and YELLOW
PINE FLOOKINC, we believe we can demonstrate our
ability to please you.
DIXON & DEWEY
716 and 716 A, Flatiron Building,
NEW YORK
HARDWOOD RECORD
T^
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NEW
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I
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BOSTO
YORK PHILADELPHIA
Jones Hardwood Co.
z:^ (INCORPORATED)
WANTS
Poplar, Plain Oak, Quartered Oak and Cypress
Manufacturers please send stock listsand prices
147 MILK STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
H7 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
1VE MUST BIOVE AT ONCE
6 CaLFs 4-4 I's aLnd 2's Red Oa^k
High Grade Stock, good widths and lengths
PllICE RIGHT. Send us your inquiries
SCHOFIELD BROTHERS
1020-22 Pennsylvania Building, PHIL.\DELriIIA
WIstar, Underhill & Co.,
WHOLESALE
HARDWOOD LUMBER
8l6 Real Estate Trust Building, ^ PHILADELPHIA.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the market for all thicknesses of
OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT.
312 Arcade Building,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
J. J. SOBLE
H. I. SOBLE
SOBLE, BROTHERS
Wholesale Hardwoods
911=912 Land Title Bldg. PHILADELPHIA
WANTED; 20 cars Common and Better Chestnut, all thicknesscj.
The Crosby & Beckley Company
HARDWOODS
We are
In the Murhet for Choice StocH
WRITE US
No. 1 Madison Ave.,
New York, N. Y.
New Haven.
Connecticut.
BALTlMOi;!-. T-' y-" 001/^^17 BUYER AND
MAKYLAN'li LL,. LL,. FlXlVjll, E.XPORTEROF
Hardwoods, Poplar and Logs
I Jim always in the mmket for nice lots of dry and well manufactured
lumber. 1 inspect at point of shipment. Correspondence solicited.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Silvers of
ROUND I^OT.S
of
Hardwoods
No 1 Madison
Avenue.
New York
ESPECIALI,Y IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RRD OAK
What Lumber Do You Want?
Read July *' Lumber News."
You can find in our .stocks many special things in hard
woods. Our regular stocks hold millions of feet of good lumber
awaiting your orders. Here's two items :
1,000,()0() ft. Poplar, 4-i to 12-i, mostly Common and Better.
2,(XK),(:hX) ft. Chestnut, one-third Common and Better.
Send in your inquiries to-day.
J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co.
\\ uin.l.s \I 1 1 I Ml;
.SKth St. and Woodland Ave.
I'HILADnLPHIA, PA.
WM.
E.
LITCHFIELD
MASON BUILDING
BOSTON, MASS.
Specialist in
Hardwoods
Manufacturers are i
equested to
supply lists of stock for sale
H. D. Wiggin Wholesale Hafdwoods
Specialties: Poplar, Chestnut, Canadian
Hardwoods, and Mahogany Veneers.
FISKE BUILDING
BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS
HARDWOOD RECORD
IN-T A d I 1 X / I 1 I i~^
i^/V^IIV ILLfc
HEADQUARTE,RS FOR ALL SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
MANUFACTrRKRS ANI> WHOX-ESALE I>EA1.ERS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Tennessee Red Cedar I^umber a Specialty. NASHv^LLE, Tennessee
INDIANA LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
Office and Mills : Corner Oldliam TVT A CtTT7TT T T7 * ■ ■ l.'1VTKT
Street and Cumberland River IN AOH V ILLt, llllNJN.
LOVE, BOYD & CO.
Offer :
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain White Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, Ash, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc.
Our Own Manufacture.
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock.
MAIN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
JOHN B. RANSOM ^ CO.,
NASHVILLE.. TENNESSEE
We want to move quickly the following old dry stock. All of it has been on
sticks 6 to 1 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. We are prepared to
furnish promptly mixed cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds:
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4 4 first and second
15 M 5/4 tirst and second
80 M 6/4 first and second
10 M 10/4 first and second
120 M 4/4 No. 1 Common
65 M 6/4 No. 1 Common
68 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10/4 No. I Common
70 M 5 U first and second Poplar
80 M 5/8 No. 1 Common Poplar
15 M 4/4 1st and 2d Quartered Sycamore
10 M 4/4 No. 1 Com. Quart'd Sycamore
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M
68M
15 M
95 M
84 M
4 4 first and second
6, 4 first and second
8 4 first and second
4 4 No. 1 Common
6/4 No. 1 Common
72 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
50 M 4 4 1st and ■2nd White
100 M 4 4 No. 1 Common White
100 M 4 4 fir.st and second Red
100 M 4 4 No. i;Common Red
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co.
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand'*
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville, Tennessee
Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
POPLAR AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOCKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION
CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONWOOD
GUIW AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General Offices: 1 40 W. Cliicago Ave., CHICAGO. MUls: Cairo, 111., Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blythevillt, Ark.
HARDWOOD RECORD
The Nicola Lumber
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries.
A* M* Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to us. : t
Willson Bros. Lumber Co*
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA.
Babcock Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HARDWOODS
23,000.000 FEET ANNUALLY
LONG ON MAPLE
AND CHERRY
MILLS AND OFFICE
ASHTOLA, PA.
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co.
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
Hardwoods a Specialty
FOR SALE
POPLAR
125.000' 4/4 Is and 2s
40.000' 4/4 No. 1 Com.
325,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.
228,000' 4/4 No. 3 Com.
150,000' i '4 Mill Cull
CHESTNUT
200,000' 4 4 Sound Wormy
WlOOO'fi 4, Sound Wormy
100,000' 6 4 Sound Wormy
4S,000' S. 4 Sound Wormy
PLAIN OAK
60,000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
18,000' 4, 4 No. 2 Com.
QUARTERED OAK
2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com.
1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com.
OAK TIMBERS SAWKU TO ORDER.
WRITE FOR PRICES.
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
12,189 ft 4 '4 clear Quartered Oak 66.232 ft 4 4 No. 1 Common Poplar
14,570 ft 4.4 1st & 2ds qtd. Red Oak 10,315 ft 6/4 1st & 2ds Poplar
30,302 ft 4/4 No. 1 Com. Red Oak .'^6.000 ft 4,4 1st & 2ds Cottonwood
63,204 ft 4,4 No,l Com. PI White Oak 119,000 ft 4, 4 No. I Com. Cottonwood
4,417 ft 5,4 No.lCom.Pl White Oak 150,000 ft No. 2 Common Cottonwood
5,934 ft 6,4 No.l Com. PI White Oak 90,000 ft 4, 4 Mill Cull Cottonwood
23,473 ft 4, 4 1st &2ds Plain Red Oak 110,000 ft 6,'4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
14,168 ft 4,4 Ist & •2ds Poplar 40.000 ft 5,4 No. 2 Com. Cottonwood
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.
PITTSBURG, PA.
HARDWOOD RECORD
H. B. Leavitt. Prest.
E. H. Adams. Sf.cv.
B F. Richardson, Vice-prest.
J. G. LEAviTT. Treas.
THE LEAVITT LUMBER CO.
Most Complete Stock of Hardwoods in
CHICAGO
Make Known Your Wants and Get
IMMEDIATE, RESULTS
WISCONSIN
TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
General Office and Yard :
CENTER AVE. NEAR 35th ST.
Southern office :
715 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG
MEMPHIS. TENN.
THE "FINEST" MAPLE FLOORING
W. D. YOUNG & CO.
DAY CITY. MICHIGAN.
Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high-
est type of Michigan Forest Products. Large
stock of Maple Flooridg and 15,000,000 feet
of Hardwoods — 1 to 4 inches thick — on hand.
Maple, Birch and Beech Lumber
"Ideal" S^ Rock Maple Flooring
is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply
the deni»nd for the best. It is made by modern ma-
chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre-
caution is taken throughout our entire system to
make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL-''
Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds
Send us Your Inquiries
The I. Stephenson Company
WELLS, MICHIGAN
"Michigan Maple Flooring
Our model factory is equipped with the highest
class tools and appliances made for Flooring
production.
We produce our lumber from the best rock Ma-
ple area in Michigan and have 20 years' supply.
Our brand "Michigan" is a guaranty of qual-
ity. Perfect mill work and excellent grades
distinguish our Flooring and our prices are
reasonable.
WARD BROS., Big Rapids, Mich.
OAK FLOORING
Kiln Dried
Bored
Polisiied
riAPDWOOD LUMBER <y\
& MFC. CO.
SA RDIS
MISS-
tloliow
Backed
and
Bundled
L
White and Red Oak
Secure our Kpeclal prices on the following
dry stock. We need the piling room.
30,000 feet 7-4 and 5 4 Quarter Sawn.
150,000 feet 4-4 1st and 2nds Clear Plain Sawn.
200,000 feet 4-4 No. I Common Plain Sawn.
200,000 feet 4-4 No. 2 Common Plain Sawn.
We alao manufacture chair and table stuck. Let
us flt?ure with you. Address all communications to
Dierks Lumber & Coal Company
Mills: D I. y r K K N , A K K .
K A X S A S CITY. MISSOURI
Wolverine Brand
Maple Flooring.
"THERE IS NONE BETTER."
The same storj- we have told be-
fore. A reminder that now as
well as for all time to come Wolverine Brand
will be prepared from the tree to the finished
product for the especial purpose of filling your
orders right. You send the order, we do the rest.
r= BLISS & VAN :AUKEN ICOMPAWY 2^
900 S. Niagara St., ~~~ SACINAWT W.'SvMICH.
Timber Bonds
SECURED BY FIRST MORTGAGE ON TIMBER L.-\XDS
"^ (
H. C. BarroU 6 Co.
BANKERS, First National Bank Building, CHICAGO,
flaMwoM R oM
Published In the Interest of Hardwood Lumber. American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring,
Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and Woodivorklns Machinery.
Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO. JULY 10. 1906.
No. 6.
Published on the lOth and 25th o[ each month by
THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
Henry H. Gibson, President
Frank W. TUTTLE. Sec-Treas.
OFFICES
Sixin Floor Ellsworth Bidg., 355 Dearborn St Chicago, III.. U.S.A.
Telephones: Harrison 4960 Automatic 5659
TERMS OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
In the United Stales, Canada. Philippine Islands and Mexico , . $2.00
In all other countries in Universal Postal Union ..... 3,00
Subscriptions are payable in advance, and in default of written orders to the
fiontrary are continued at our option.
The entire contents of this publication are covered by the general copy-
right, and articles must not be reprinted without special permission.
Entered at Chicago Postofiice as Second Class Matter.
Advertising copy must be received five days in advance of
publication date. Advertising rates on application.
General Market Conditions.
The hardwood trade of the country is generally moving on in a
steady and fairly satisfactory manner. As is natural at this time of
year, there is not the activity and vim in the business that has pre-
vailed during earlier months, but prices are well maintained and the
outlook is excellent.
The woods in particularly short sujjply, which are doing extraordi-
narily well in the market, are plain white oak, poplar, cypress and
Cottonwood. Eed oak seems to be getting back into fair supply in
first hands, and apparently there is not an excess of quarter-sawed
stock either in white or red being produced at this time.
June tides in the rivers of the poplar district have not materialized
and the larger proportion of the river mills, which produce about half
the poplar manufactured, are either shut down or about to be for
want of log supply. Every variety of dry poplar at the mills is
shipped or sold and there is comparatively little in sight for the
remainder of the year. Cottonwood is also short. There is a tendency
to advance values on the better grades.
Cypress stocks are decidedly scant and in rather indifferent assort-
ment. The good end of this wood is especially low. Prices ara
firm, tending toward advancing values.
In northern woods inch maple is the best seller, the demand still
being very heavy from the flooring makers, but the price is relatively
low. Basswood has done better for some weeks, but still it has not
achieved a value on a par with poplar and Cottonwood. The market
in gray elm, birch and beech is featureless.
The flooring makers are generally busy, but with the constantly
increasing factory capacity being provided it is doubtful if the
demand will take up all the flooring made in maple for all time. Oak
flooring production is also increasing at a rapid rate, and the in-
roads of this high-class flooring will surely have a telling effect on the
call for maple.
Reports from the veneer makers are somewhat spotted. Some are
busy at alleged good prices, and others claim the call is slack and
prices are off.
Woods lor the Refrigerator Trade.
In the manufacture of refrigerators it is necessary to secure hard-
woods that are entirely free from odor, and those that are least
susceptible to climatic changes and moisture. In the construction of
these useful devices for household economy, it is necessary that they
lie made so that they can be satisfactorily used in all parts of the
country. In some sections of the United States, especially along the
Atlantic and Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico, the air is full of hu-
midity which causes the wood to swell, while in other sections, where
the air is very dry, the wood remains in practically the same con-
dition as when it left the factory of the manufacturer.
Ash seems to have been found to be the most satisfactory
wood for making refrigerators, and the two chief varieties of ash,
tlie brown of the North and the white of the South, are the favorite
materials for this purpose. These woods take a good finish, are
fairly easy to work, the glue .joints hold well, and in the mind of
manufacturers at any rate, are least susceptible to the action of alter-
nate heat and moisture. These woods grow in nearly all parts of the
United States, although in general hardwood growths are found in
comparatively small quantities. They are odorless and can be em-
ployed for either inside or outside construction; thus the lower
grades may be used in inside work, and the good lumber on the out-
side.
Refrigerator manufacturers very often receive complaints a]]par-
ently based on the assumption that the boxes are made of green
lumber, for the reason that if the door swells pjeople have that idea,
not realizing that the very fact of its swelling shows it to have been
previously kiln-dried.
Some people house their refrigerators in the kitchen near a stove;
others place them on a porch outside the house; and it is, therefore,
very difScult for the manufacturer to insure construction from any
kind of wood, that will neither shrink nor swell under varying con-
ditions.
In the eastern part of the United States many refrigerators and
ice-boxes are made of softwood, but very little softwood is used in
their manufacture in the middle and far West. Up to twenty years
ago a large portion of the refrigerators were made in Buffalo and
farther east. At the present time Michigan and 'Wisconsin are the
heaviest producers, with Michigan far in the lead.
The growing scarcity of both white and brown ash is a matter of
concern to refrigerator manufacturers, as their experience teaches
them that ash is the best wood that can be employed for this pur-
pose. Hundreds of experiments have been made vpith other kinds
of wood, but nothing seems so satisfactory as the first choice. Re-
frigerator makers would consider it a boon and a solution of their
wood problems if some material could be presented to them at mod-
erate cost that would be satisfactory for this work.
The Resawed Lumber Controversy.
It will be recalled that early in the year the United States Board
of General Appraisers at New York handed down a decision in the
matter of the duty to be assessed on thin lumber, contending that
the law contemplated that the collection of $2 per thousand feet on
stock imported into the United States should apply in the same sum
to the surface measure of stock resawed to thin boards, even to the
thinness of picture-backing. The subject was taken up by the
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association at its annual meet-
ing in March, and the hearing was reopened before the General
Appraisers. After evidence was presented before them, showing
that custom and law had always held that a piece of lumber twelve
12
HARDWOOD RECORD
inches long, twelve inches wide, and one inch thick constituted a foot,
by which all boards, whether over or under one inch in thickness,
should be assessed, they reversed their former decision and fully
sustained the contention of the importers of thin lumber.
Provisions of the Railroad Rate Law.
On June 30 President Eoosevelt signed the railroad rate bill, thus
making it a law. It is by far the most important piece of legislation
enacted by any Congress since the time of the Spanish-American
war. The bill will go into effect sixty days from the date of its
signing. Its provisions are drastic and, in short, are as follows :
GENERAL PROVISIONS — The railroad rate bill requires all
interstate carriers to make through louti's and reasonable joint
rates. It makes oil pipe line companies, express companies aud
sleepiug car companies common carriers and subject to the law.
Railways are forbidden from engaging in any other business than
transportation. Pipe lines are excluded from this prohibition.
PRIVATE CARS — While permitting railways to use private
fri-ight cars, it requires that all incidental charges arising from
refrigerating and other services be incorporated in the transporta-
tion charge.
PUULIC RATES — It requires publication of all rates, fares, or
charges, and forbids changes save on thirty days' notice. Juris-
diction is conferred upon the Interstate Commerce Commission to
hear complaints of unjust and unreasonable rates, and to fix rates
that are Just and reasonable.
REliATES — Rebates and other discriminatory practices are for-
bidden and subject to penalties.
COURT REVIEW — A limited review of orders or requirements
of the commission may be made by the courts, but no injunction
interlocutory order, or decree suspending or restraining the enforce-
ment of an order of the commission shall be granted except after
not less than live days' notice to the commission.
NO PASSES — Free transportation is limited to certain specified
persons.
The Interstate Commerce Commission is enlarged to seven mem-
bers, whose compensation is lixed at .|10,OoO annually.
"With this law in effect there is encouragement to believe that the
present unjust and discriminatory freight rate of 8.5 cents from
Mississippi valley j)oints to the Pacific coast on hardwood lumber
and iiooring will be reduced to approximately 60 cents. If this
should be the only benefit that the hardwood trade achieves through
this legislation it should be grateful for the passage of the bill.
Permanency of tiardwood Values.
On another page of this issue of the Hardwood Kecord will be
found a comparative statement of hardwood values, obtained from
the price lists of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association for the
years 1905-6 inclusive. The values expressed are averages for each
year up to this date, and arc f. o. b. Ohio river points. The schedule
contains prices on a few of the principal items of inch lumber, of the
chief southern woods going into general consumption — oak, ash,
poplar, chestnut, Cottonwood and gum. An analysis of this list shows
in nearly every instance a steady accretion in value for the last
five years. The only exception is quarter sawed white oak, which had
a little higher range of price during 1904 than it has at the present
time. White oak during these five years has shown an average ad-
vance of about $8; white ash, about .f6; poplar, about $8; chestnut,
nearly $9; Cottonwood, between .$.5 and $6; and gum, better than $3.
Perhaps the average accretion in value of these principal southern
woods can safely be placed at $7.50 a thousand during this time.
There is no official price Ust or scheme of values by which an intelli-
gent deduction can be made covering northern hardwoods during the
same time. However, they have not advanced in any Such propor-
tion as has the southern product. With the exception of black ash
and rock elm the average accretion in value of northern woods dur-
ing the last five years has scarcely been more than $'2.50 a thousand.
This is true of maple, gray elm, birch, basswood and beech.
There is no gainsaying the fact that, relative value considered, the
price of northern hardwoods is very much lower than that of southern
woods. To a large extent this condition may be attributed to the
fact that the producers of southern woods have been very well or-
ganized for some years, and by the exchange of opinion and by a
thorough system of handling their affairs have kept each other posted,
not only on market requirements but on the exact condition of stocks
on hand. This system of information has resulted in keeping hard-
wood stocks in the middle South in good balance at all times. Every
manufacturer allied with this association work has been able to saw
his timber to such thicknesses as were in best demand, and to avoi'd
over-stocking on unsalable items. Again, this element of the trade
has been a very persistent advertiser of its product aud the consum-
ing trade has been educated up to the use of certain woods, notably
Cottonwood and gum, during the last few years, to a wonderful ex-
tent. As a matter of fact, five years ago the use of Cottonwood and
gum for many purposes where it is now employed, was scouted at as
being entirely impractical. The demand and breadth of distribution
of both these woods has now so far increased that Cottonwood is
selling at a good premium above list price, and many items of gum
are in exceedingly short supply.
It would seem to the Hakdwood Eecord that the permanency of
these latter established values on all southern hardwoods is well
insured for the present, and that the tendency will be toward increase
of price rather than lowering for a good while to come. The assump-
tion is also safe that the price of the chief northern hardwoods will
soon enhance to a parity with southern woods of corresponding worth,
as they are now from 20 to L'.5 per cent lower.
It is manifest to every student of lumber values that there is no
item in the hardwood list that is not materially lower in relative
value than any of the building woods. White pine, norway, yellow
pine and hemlock are very much higher priced materials than hard-
woods.
The Timber Trades Journal of London, which is looked upon as
an authority on foreign timber and lumber conditions, says, under
date of June 23, that the question of the permanency of lumber
values looms large in English trade circles.
Admittedly, vaUies are enormously enhanced. The moot point
to be considered is. Are they permanent'^
As a trade journal we have realized that the cost of timber
must naturally tend to advance, and to that extent which, if
considered in connection with the low freights which have been
current for a considerable period, would only tend to show that the
free-onboard values are considerably higher than the mere c. i. f.
values would indicate in the abstract.
However much the trade may grumble at high prices, which,
without doubt, make business not only difficult but unprofitable to
the merchant, we think that it is futile and gratuitous to anticipate
any material drop in values. Of course, it goes without saying
that the market will naturally ebb and flow, but in the main the flow
will be the stronger current. • • *
At this juncture the great point which the trade here should
recognize is that England is not now the only nerve center to
control values of such woods as command sales by reason of their
own intrinsic worth, such as Baltic goods, pitch pine and American
lumber generally, to say nothing of mahogany and kindred woods.
Our export returns prove very strongly, notwithstanding the cloud
under which the timber trade is depressed, that as an industrial
nation we are by no means decadent ; at the same time, England
is not the only pebble on the world's beach.
We have so frequently pointed out that other nations are rela-
tively forging ahead in a greater degree than ourselves, and are
thereby keen competitors for what only a few years ago England
was the only dumping ground, so that we cannot expect to obtain
timber at our own valuation. We have so frequently enlarged upon
the internal prosperity of the United States, and how the domestic
demand absorbs the increased output of the mills there, along with
the greater percentage of the Canadian product ; then, in addition,
there is an ever swelling continental demand, to say nothing of
the South American requirements, which our shipping reports so
forcibly demonstrate.
With all these facts before us, we cannot think that there is the
remotest prospect of any slump in timber values, and we rather
think that the causes which are at work will tend to make the
position of the timber trade here in the near future even more
diflitult than it appears at present.
It is well to have the English market aroused to the fact that it
is not the "only pebble on the beach." The home requirements,
especially in hardwoods, are such today that if our manufacturers
did not have a dollar 's worth of English business they would not
seriously miss the trade, and it is not at all certain that if every foot
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of hardwood lumber that has been marketed in Great Britain in the
last twelve months had been sold at home, fully as mueli profit would
have accrued to the producer.
This great country, prolific as it has been in years past in hard-
wood growth and the production of hardwood lumber, must needs
awaken to the fact that the vast inroads made upon hardwood for-
ests have cleaned the nation of its principal stores of timber wealth.
Practically every chief hardwood producing section of the United
States is under operation today, and from the older regions of the
country the only source of supply is the inferior quality of second
growth, coming largely from the wood lot of the farmer.
The H.^RDWOOD Record cau make no analysis of hardwood lumber
conditions that does not clearly point to a constant and steady accre-
tion of hardwood values.
Conference of Michigan Hardwood Producers.
On .July - the following call was sent out to the hardwood manu-
facturers of the state of Michigan, calling for a meeting of all oper-
ators interested in this line of production at Ottawa Beach, July 13
and 14:
You .lie cordiallj invited to attend a coulerence of hardwood
manufacturers of the state of Michigan at the Hotel Ottawa,
Ottawa Beach, Jlloh., on Friday and Saturda.v, July 13 and 14.
The first session will be held at 10 ;30 a. m.. This meeting is culled
for the following purposes :
1. To promote better acquaintance among hardwood lumber man-
ufacturers of the state.
-. To analyze the conditions of stocks, grading and values of
northern hardwoods.
-". To organize, if deemed expedient, either an independent hard-
wood manufacturers' association of the state of Michigan, or a
division of some existing hardwood manufacturers' association,
for the purpose of agreeing on uniform methods ; for the exploita-
tion of Michigan hardwoods, thus broadening the demand therefor ;
and to attempt to achieve prices commensurate with existing
stumpage values and manufacturing cost.
There will be present at this meeting several hardwood lumber-
men from other sections of the country, prominent in association
work, win; have achieved great success for the industry through
the channels of organization, who will address those present.
It is the belief of those subscribing to this call that this meeting
will result in great advantage to you as individuals, as well as to
the hardwood industry of the state.
We trust you will not only be present yourselves, but will induce
hardwood manufacturers of your vicinity to join in this movement.
Very truly yours.
W. II. White Company, Boyne City, Mich.
CoBBS & Mitchell, Inc., Cadillac, Mich.
Salling, Hanson & Co., Grayling, Mich.
I. Stephenson Compani. Wells, Mich.
Mitchell Brothers Company, Cadillac, Mich.
I!. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Company, Eastlake, Mich.
KxEELAND-BiGELOw COMPANY, Bay City, Mich.
Bl'tteils Salt & Lumber Company, Ludington, Mich.
H. M. Loud's Sons Company, Au Sable, Mich.
CCMMER, DiGGiNS & Co., Cadillac, Mich.
Simmons Lumber Company, Simmons, Mich.
East Jord.an Lumber Company, East Jordan, Mich.
Batcheloe Timber Co.\ipany, Saginaw, Mich.
Stearns Salt & Lumber Company, Ludington, Mich.
G. VoN Platen, Boyne City, Mich.
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company, Grand Rapids, Mich.
From numerous and enthusiastic responses received, indications are
that this meeting will be attended by more than half the hardwood
manufacturers of the state. Beyond the discussions of subjects
named in the call it is proposed to present several attractive and
educational features in the form of brief addresses by gentlemen
thoroughly versed in particular phases of the trade. These speeches
will be made by those prominent in association work, by experts in
skidding and logging by steam, and prominent railroad oflScials, and
there will be at least one address on the sub.ject of forestry. The
meeting promises to be one of the most interesting and valuable
ever held in connection with the hardwood industry of the country.
The place of meeting, Hotel Ottawa, at Ottawa Beach, Mich., has
many things to recommend it for a summer convention. The hotel
is a modern summer resort structure, capable of housing 600 guests,
under the management of J. Boyd Pantlind, the famous Boniface of
Grand Rapids, and is located on the estuary connecting Black Lake
with Lake Michigan, about thirty miles southwest of Grand Eapids.
Ottawa Beach is reached by both railroad and trolley lines from
Grand Rapids, Chicago and Holland, and also from Chicago by a
tw^ice-daily service of steamships of the Graham & Morton line. Out-
side its value to the hardwood trade the affair promises to be a
pleasant outing that will constitute a very agreeable memory to
those who attend.
Woodworking Machinery Market.
For the last year manufacturers of sawmill, planing mill and
minor woodworking machinery have been loaded with orders to the
extent that the average house was from three to six months behind
requisitions. This situation generally prevails even today. How-
ever, there has been a marked let-up in the placing of orders for
delivery months hence during the last two or three weeks. Machinery
l^eople recognize this condition and now expect to be able to catch
up with their sales. Manufacturers are pleased with this situation,
as they are anxious to clean up their order books and get a fresh
start on business.
There are quite a number of new and important tools, which have
only reached the drawing-table stage, that manufacturers would like
to have time to build and put upon the market. For months there
have been few improved types of machines offered to the trade in
any line, manufacturers having been so busy that they did not have
time for experiment. There is every prospect of the recurrence of
a strong demand for machinery after midsummer, and' the wise lum-
berman who expects to need new equipment for early fall will get
his orders in jiromptly.
Northern Hardwood Cut.
On the basis of the statistics gathered by the Forest Service in
cooperation with the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association,
the cut of hardwoods in the chief producing states of the North
during 1905 was as follows: Michigan, .581,000,000 feet; Wiscon-
sin, 350,000,000 feet; Pennsylvania, 344,000,000 feet; New York,
86,000,000 feet; Indiana, 350,000,000 feet, and Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Illinois 294,000,000
feet. This makes a total output of northern hardwoods of upwards
of 2,000,000,000 feet.
It is not presumed that these statistics are complete, and the quan-
tity doubtless is in excess rather than below these figures. It is
noted in the report that it covers the statistics of only 11,649 con-
cerns manufacturing all classes of woods the country over. This
compilation of figures shows the cut of wood by species and indicates
the relative position each occupies in the lumber cut of the country.
The figures show an output of 507,000,000 feet of maple, 275,000,000
feet of birch, 227,000,000 feet of basswood, 214,000,000 feet of elm
and 206,000,000 feet of beech.
The greater portion of these woods originate in the northern for-
ests, although a comparatively small quantity of basswood, elm and
beech may be credited to southern producing territory. The hard-
wood production of the northern states of the Union will doubtless
increase during 1906 over the previous year, and it is perfectly safe
to assume that the total will be considerably in excess of two thou-
sand million feet during 1906. It will be seen that Michigan is by
far the leader in the production of what is known as northern hard-
woods, while Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Indiana run about
alike. It can be figured that the Michigan output will doubtless hold
its own for some years to come; that Wisconsin will show a con-
siderable increase for the next few years, and that Pennsylvania,
Indiana and the other western and eastern states named will mate-
rially fall off in their aggregate production.
On the basis of the report quoted the total hardwoods produced
last year in all other states of the Union than those named was
2,608,000,000 feet. It is to be understood that these figures are
relative and do not pretend to be complete. As before stated, they
are doubtless far below the actual quantity of hardwoods produced,
but will readily indicate the relative importance of the northern
hardwood production as compared with the southern.
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Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent.
Turn out more ale, turn up the light;
I will not go to bed tonight;
Of all the foes that man should dread
The first and worst one is a bed.
Friends I have had. both old and young,
And ale we've drunk, and songs we've sung;
Enough you know, though this is said.
That one and all they died in bed.
In bed they died, and I'll not go
Where all my friends have perished so;
Go you who fain would buried be.
But not tonight a bed for me.
Hum ViVimas Vigilamuj.
For me tonight no bed prepare.
But set me out my oaken chair;
And bid no other guests beside
The ghosts that shall around me glide;
In curling smoke wreaths I shall see
A fair and gentle company.
Though silent all. rare revellers they.
Who will not leave till break of day.
Go you who would not daylight see.
But not tonight a bed for me;
For I've been bord and I've been wed —
A greater peril waits in. bed.
And I'll not seek, whate'er befall.
Him who unbidden comes to all —
A grewsome guest, a lean-jawed wight —
God send he do not come tonight;
But if he do, to claim his own.
He shall not find me lying prone;
But blithely, bravely sitting up.
And liolding high the stirrup-cup.
Then if you find a pipe unfilled.
An empty chair, the brown ale spilled.
Well may you know, though naught be said.
That I've been borne away to bed.
— CH.iBLES Henry Webb.
Good Reason.
The less popular a
man is with his as-
sociates the more
popular he is with
himself.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the
soft couch on which
the weak human will
lies down to rest.
What Follows.
Trouble is said to
drive men to drink,
and drink drives
them to more trouble.
Easy 'Work.
Lazy men are al-
ways willing to work
— other people.
Poor Thing!
A man may do the
best he can and still
get the worst of it.
Only Then.
There are men who
every time they see
a sight draft envy
the blind.
Might and Right.
Might may make
right, but it does not
always make good.
Will Out.
It's a very difficult
matter to keep fam-
ily secrets in the
closet.
Hard to Find.
Misery loves com-
pany— the kind that
will listen to hard-
luck stories.
OVERLOOKED.
Tallies for us
"= - » u ,
F^/lroadT^teBill
Meat InspectionBj
Fl'REfbOD Bill
Crooked.
In not a few in-
starices men gain the
upper hantj by using
underhand methods.
Not Interesting.
You must have
eitiier dollars or
sense in very large
quantiiies if you ex-
pect others to con-
sider your troubles
interesting.
One Consolation.
At least, the less
talking a man does
the less apologizing
he has to do.
True.
Common sense is
none too common.
Easy.
The easier a man
makes his money the
easier it is for other
people to separate
liini from it.
Practice, Don't
Preach.
Upright walkiug is
.the strongest talking.
Waiting.
Waiting works
wonders if you work
while vou wait.
Own and Only,
Virtue is its only
reward.
R-oosevelt : Pretty good record ; but if half I hear is true, some legislation on
hardwood inspectiork would have been a good addition to the list.
Spoiled.
A great many so-
called friendships
have been spoiled by
marriage.
Always Hoping.
Some men always nurse the hope that they
may some day encounter an easy mark who
has more dollars than sense.
Humiliating Conditions.
More men would learn if knowledge could
be acquired without the humiliation of be-
ing taught.
Has Neither.
The man that boasts that he has no
enemies rarely has occasion to boast of his
friends.
Much Better.
It is better to overestimate your own
worth than to waste all you have envying
that of others.
Pessimists.
Most pessimists look as though they were
afraid it would cost them a few cents to
look pleasant.
In Defense.
Whiskey may be a deadly drink, but water
is responsible for more eases of typhoid
fever.
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15
Tree Growth and the Vhysics of Wood.
A tree is a perennial woody plant, having a
single self-supporting stem or trunk, the
Avhole ranging above ten feet in height.
Although nearly five hundred more or less
distinct species of tree growth thrive in this
<ountry as natives, and many others can be
successfully cultivated here, the bulk of the
wood used for general purposes is taken from
a comparatively small number of these many
and varied forms. According to government
statistics, the principal timbers of commerce
of the United States are known popularly as
pine, fir, oak, hickor}', ash, maple, walnut,
poplar, spruce, cedar and cypress. Where the
requisition is for size or quantity, rather than
for beauty of finish, the varieties of poplar,
gum and cottonwood are employed. Where a
handsome appearance is required, as in furni-
ture manufacture and decorative work, oak,
maple, walnut and ash figures show to be most
frequently used. Where hardness, uniformity
and close grain must be insured, as in imple-
V
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^y
*'«*itt*.. .
ritnss SECTION EXOGENOUS STEM-
POPLAR.
mcnt handles and in the manufacture of
countless novelties ana small articles, hickory
and rock elm are the most prominent woods.
The great confusion which exists almost
universally regarding the proper classification
of nearly every kind of wood can be avoided
only by the use of the strict botanical name
for each variety. In the different lumber
markets and in many localities which produce
the same species, it is known by as many
different names, making it impossible to place
the tree without a careful examination and
botanical classification. Thus, on hearing the
term "ironwood" used in New York, "blue
beech" in Pennsylvania or "hornbeam" in
Maine, it might be impossible to tell whether
the Ciiri>inus caroliniana of one botanist, the
Ostriia ririjiniana of another, or the G-xuija-
c'Miii sanctum of still another was referred to.
One distinct species of pine is called in the
various markets and lumber camps of the
country by not less than thirty names.
The usual botanical designation of a plant
consists of two terms; the first signifies genus
and the second species; thus, the ordinary
black walnut of commerce is known to scient-
ists a.s Ju(jlans nigra. The first or generic
name applies to any one of the numerous
varieties in the group, while it is to the
second that we look for positive identification
of species. These botanical terms often differ
with authorities, so that it is customary to
suffix the name of the botanist making the
classification, as Jiiniperns monospcrma Sar-
gent.
Snow's definition of wood is as follows:
' ' Wood is made up of cell-structures, as, the
true fiber, which originates from several cells;
the tracheid, which originates from one; the
vessel, which is a short, wide tube joined
vertically end to end with others of its kind;
the pith-ray; the resin-duct, and others, all of
which are often popularly referred to as
fibers. The character and arrangement of
cell-structures differ with species. Wood is
hard, soft, light, heavy, tough, porous, elastic
or otherwise because of these differences. ' '
The qualities of wood vary greatly with
surroundings, climatic conditions, etc., and
are easily affected by various agents. Weight,
for instance, differs from one season, or even
day, to another, as water is taken up or
evaporated. Strength varies with grain, age,
and even atmospheric conditions. Figures
pertaining to the physical qualities of timber
cannot be too much relied upon, owing to
these varying tendencies. Statements and
statistics concerning certain specimens may
bo absolutely correct as regards the specimens
themselves, but should be applied with cau-
tion to the species in general. The differences
which exist in tree forms, due to age, to their
appearance in the forest, under cultivation,
etc., often make it a difficult matter to dis-
tinguish between the many varieties.
Trees are divided into two great classes —
exogens and endogens — according to the way
in which new material or growth is added to
them. These divisions correspond to dicoty-
ledons and monocotyledons, respectively, which
classification is made according to whether
there are two or one seed-leaf. Exogenous
trunks are built out by layers or rings being
formed one upon the other. Among them are
nearly all the well-known timbers of com-
merce— the pines, maples, oaks, and others.
Endogenous trunks increase in diameter by
the interposition of new cellular and vascular
tissue irregularly among that already formed,
rather than by the formation of concentric
rings. While the growth of a tree in diameter
is by one of these two methods, it lengthens
by a sort of ' ' telescopic extension at the buds
or extremities," which in their turn attain the
size and strength of branches.
A cross section of an exogenous tree shows
the stem to consist of pith, wood and bark.
New wood is porous and offers free passage
to the sap; hence its name, sapwood. As
annual ring upon annual ring forms about the
sapwood, it becomes compact and its tiny
passages fill with deposits or gums, its color
is altered, and the so-called heartwood results.
In some trees this process is slow, so that
large sections of sapwood arc found, while in
others the change is rapid, and almost the
entire trunk appears to be heartwood. It is
in the latter that the qualities most valued in
construction are found — toughness, weight,
strength and durability, although heartwood
is not necessary to the life of the tree. It is
in the sapwood that vitality exists, but for
building purposes it is not nearly so valuable.
The pliability of sapwood, however, makes it
useful in cabinet and furniture construction.
Wood varies according to the seasons in
which it is formed. These differences in
deposits mark the boundaries of the annual
or complete rings. In certain trees, the hick-
ory for instance, spring wood shows many
more pores than does the summer growth, and
in the pines even greater contrast is seen, the
spring and summer woods appearing as dis-
tinct bands.
A cross section of an endogenous stem pre-
sents a dotted, pith-like appearance, due to
ijlVSV
mm
■J.v
citoss sECTiiiN i:nihi(;knous stem —
I'ALM.
the fact that the new fibers intermingle with
the old and push outward irregularly througli
the porous tissue. Bark is not common to the
family. The bamboo, palm and yucca are
endogens.
The wood of an endogenous tree is hardest
and most compact on the outside. The inside
may be either solid, as in the palm, or hollow,
as are some of the rapidly growing grasses — •
the bamboo notably. The hollow center is
due to the fact that the central pith grows
more slowly than the new outer tissue, so
that it is finally forced to disrupt and dis-
appears as a central core. Joints or knots
appear distinctly on the stem of the cane or
bamboo, and the intervening spaces show the
amount or length of annual growth.
Endogenous stems are rarely cut into the
form of lumber, but are used in segments or
whole. The bamboo is useful for a variety
of purposes, especially maritime, and is made
into rafts, masts, yards, spears, pipes, fans
and boxes of all kinds. Most of the endogens
are herbs and grasses — the cornstalk, wheat,
rye, maize, sugar-cane, rattans and Joshua
tree all belong to this great tribe, in addi-
tion to those heretofore mentioned.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
'Builders of Lumber History.
NIMBEK XXIX.
Henry C. Barroll.
(See Portrait Supplement.)
Henry C. Barroll of Chicago is a man who
has evolved an idea, or, more correctly speak-
ing, lias adapted an idea to a specific pui-pose.
He is at the head of the only banking institu-
tion of recognized standing in the United
States engaged solely in the loaning of money
on large operations in the lumber business.
Mr. Barroll was born near St. Louis, Nov.
14, 1868, of Maryland and Virginia ancestry,
and since his early youth has been engaged in
the banking business. Although still young
in years he is old in financial experience. For
a number of years he was associated with
Blair & Company, the well-known bankers of
New York, and afterward with the great
banking and bond house of N. W. Harris &
Company of Chicago and New York, and
incidentally with other well-known banking
institutions. The particular feature of the
business in which he has had long and careful
training is the purchase and sale of municipal
and corporation bonds. He is an authority
on this subject, and latterly became an im-
portant factor in the business.
Lumber is one of the principal staples
entering into every activity of civilized life
and its manufacture and sale constitutes one
of the four chief industries of the LTnited
States. From these facts Mr. Barroll de-
duced that by giving his specific attention to
the base of lumber values — the forest — he
could carve dut a unique and desirable special
feature in banking enterprises. He recog-
nized that more than a hundred years of set-
tlement had gradually depleted the forests of
this country, and that the steady growth in
population meant a constant increase in the
value of forest lands. He anal.yzed the finan-
cial history of timber investments for many
years past, and found that there was no com-
modity in the United States more stable in
price and more readily salable than good
timber lands, hence there was no security
upon which money • could be loaned with
greater safety.
Mr. Barroll associated with himself Clark
L. Poole and Edward C. Cronwall, two young
men who had been brought up in business
with him, and organized the banking firm of
H. C. Barroll & Co. of Chicago. Since that
time he has devoted his entire energy to the
exclusive business of financing large timber
and lumber operations. His house follows
closely the instinct and training of its prin-
cipal in exercising what 'may be termed ultra-
conservatism in placing its loans, which are
made in the form of bonds secured by first
mortgages on large tracts of high-class pine
and hardwoods. Millions of dollars in these
timber bonds have been marketed among
banks, lumbermen and other investors, and
so well have the loans been safeguarded that
no case of default has ever occurred, and
every investment has proven highly satisfac-
tory. These mortgage bond issues have been
made on a basis of not over fifty per cent of
the current market value of the timber prop-
erties. They are payable serially, a portion
of the principal every six months, and thus
indebtedness is constantly reduced and the
security constantly strengthened.
No newly organized companies or new de-
velopment enterprises of any kind are ex-
ploited or financed by Mr. Barroll. He does
not loan to small concerns, nor on small
tracts of timber, but confines his operations
only to large, well-established lumber opera-
tions, whose management is distinctly suc-
cessful and where the timber is well located
and of good physics. He does not float stock
nor handle bonds or loans for any company
unless it has a high mercantile rating and a
good reputation in the trade.
Since the organization of this banking
house, it has placed bond issues for the Long-
Bell Lumber Company of Kansas City, Mo.;
the Stearns Salt & Lumber Company of Lud-
ington, Mich. ; the Hudson Eiver Lumber
Company of De Bidder, La.; the W. R. Pick-
ering Lumber Company of Kansas City, Mo.;
the King-Ryder Lumber Company of Bon
Ami, La.; the Weed Lumber Company of San
Francisco, Cal. ; the Ozan Lumber Company
of Prescott, Ark.; the Rapides Lumber Com-
pany of Woodworth, La.; the Lufkin Land &
Lumber Company of Lufkin, Tex., and the
Stearns Lumber Company of Stearns, Ky.
The fact that the firm of H. C. Barroll &
Co. has had entrusted to it the handling of
bond issues for these great concerns is prima
facie evidence of its reliability and standing
in the financial world.
It goes without saying that this new de-
parture in financing large and important en-
terprises must inspire absolute confidence on
the part of investors ; the company issuing
the bonds must be well established and of
high credit ; its officers and managers must
be thoroughly experienced and in good stand-
ing among lumbermen. The lands upon
which the bonds are issued must be well lo-
cated ; must contain strictly virgin timber of
good quality; the amount of it must in
every case be determined by capable and well-
known estimators employed b.y the underwrit-
ing house; and the titles to the land must
be examined and approved by legal counsel
of high authority in such matters. Further-
more, the mortgage securing these bonds must
contain strict provisions to insure the regu-
lar deposit of an agreed amount per thousand
feet for all timber removed from the prop-
erty; these deposits to be applied to the pay-
ment of the principal of the bonds as the
several series become due.
Under such methods and restrictions the
timber loans on first mortgage bonds handled
by H. C. Barroll & Co. have become popular,
not only with leading lumber manufacturing
institutions for increasing their capital, either
for operating or adding to their timber hold-
ings, but are in equally good repute with a
large and increasing clientage, who find in
this form of securities a sterling investment
for their surplus funds. Mr. Barroll has
carved out a new and unique feature of the
lumber business and the success which has
attended his work is a matter of congratu-
lation both to himself and to the trade.
A Lumberman's Letters to His Son.
Chicago, July 5.
M}- Dear Son: — On the way back from the
mill your mother and I stopped off at Mem-
phis. Mamma has a prejudice against Mem-
phis and insisted upon going home to spend
the Fourth. She always did like the smell
of powder and she was creditably informed
that there wasn 't enough to be burned at
Memphis to cut any figure. Therefore she
shellroaded me and went home.
On the basis of the price these Memphis
sawmill men are paying for logs I am half
inclined to believe that I would have been
better off to sell them mine than to build a
mill. There is certainly a lot of stock going
through the mills there that will not much
more than pay the saw bill.
By the way, I disposed of the three cars
of niiscuts you made in starting up while
at Memphis. I did not get cash, but traded
them for several stacks of blue chips. Am
not quite as sore about the transaction as
though I had paid money for the buttons. I
wanted to get rid of the lumber anyhow. The
hands that Memphis bunch hold are simply
marvelous! Those fellows can fill belly
straights and three-card flushes oftener than
the ordinary man can get a pair of trays. I
have had enough of that game, and shall not
try to ' ' get my money back. ' ' You need
not say anything to your mother about this
transaction, because I had a good deal of
diSiculty in explaining to her the 1ni?iness
necessity of leaving her on the way home.
She never did approve of my sitting into a
friendl.y game — unless I came out a winner.
I suppose you know that Max Sondheimer's
restaurant has gone to the punk. Chicago
was an eas.y thing for Max, but there evi-
dently are quite a number of things at the
hardwood hub of Tennessee that Max doesn't
seem to be able to handle out with his old-
time finesse. Up here we all wish he would
get sick of Memphis and come back. The
town never has seemed like home since he
left it. Your affectionate Father.
P. S. — No, I can 't approve of your making
a vacation trip to Atlantic Cit.v. A man
isn 't entitled to a vacation unless he has
earned it; and besides, there are too many
green veils down there!
HENRY C. BARROL.I
Cl-i ICAC30
euPPLEMENT TO
Hardwood Record
JULY 10, 1906,
ILLUSTRATING
BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY
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M^ck Rake Department.
Chicago Fake Enterprises.
The grilling that Judge Arthur H. Chet-
hiin is receiviug before the judiciary com-
mittee of the Chicago Bar Association while
attempting to explain his numerous financial
transactions and to show that his conduct
has not been such as to cast reflections on
the high office of judge of the Superior
Court, is another exemplification of either the
greed or carelessness of many men who have
achieved high commercial and social promi-
nence, but who lend their names to question-
able enterprises. Some of these people ap-
parently permit their names to be used in
connection with undertakings of which they
have no knowledge, for the sake of graft
]>iire and simple, while others seem to be
coaxed into them through friendship for pro-
moters or promoters ' associates in whom
tliey have confidence.
In the case of Judge Chetlain his examina-
tion disclosed that he could not even re-
member whether or not he was an oflacer in
many of the companies of which the record
indicates that he was either president or
secretary. One of these fake enterprises was
the Porto Kico Gold Mining Company, of
which the judge was set down as secretary.
The company was capitalized at $5,000,000.
Chetlain put up $2,500 in cash, gave his check
for $7,500, and received $100,000 in stock
par value. As an inducement to make this
purchase and become a director of the com-
pany, he was presented with $600,000 worth
of stock. The judge used his influence to
get up a syndicate of his personal friends
to put up funds for the company to invest
in hardwood and coal lands. The promoters
used a large part of the money advanced for
other jiurposes, without any authority what-
ever. Chicago experts report the hardwood
proposition as absolutely a fake. The re-
mainder of the money advanced, it is al-
leged, the promoters appropriated to their
own use.
Another company with which Judge Chet-
lain was connected was the Rayon Min-
ing Company of Old Mexico. This company
was capitalized at $1,000,000, and he was
given $50,000 in stock for $5,500 in cash.
The judge testified that no stock in this com-
pany had yet been sold to the public and that
the original incorporators had only put up
$50,000. He pleaded that he did not even
know who were the officers of the concern.
The third company in which the judge was
interested was the Chicago International
Company, which he says owns 12,000 acres
of rubber lands a hundred miles west of
Chihuahua, Old Mexico. This company is
capitalized at $100,000, and the land was put
into the company at that figure. None of the
stock was paid for at the time of the or-
.ganization. Attorney Baldwin, for the com-
mittee, attempted to show that fifty-one per
cent of the stock of the Chicago International
Company had been hypothecated with four
men at JIuncie, Ind., with the understanding
that they could buy it for ten cents on the
dollar, but after investigating the proposition
they refused to take it.
International Lumber & Development
Company.
The methods of exj^loitation and sale of
stock used by the International Lumber &
Development Company of Philadelphia have
received considerable attention in the columns
of the Hardwood Eecord. It might be well
to say a word about the persons who occupy
the positions of figureheads in this corpora-
tion. William H. Armstrong, president, is
a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, and an ex-
commissioner of railroads. He is well known
in political and legal life. There is no evi-
dence to show that he knows anything con-
cerning either the foreign or domestic lumber
business. His son, William Armstrong, Jr.,
is oflSce manager of the company.
Col. A. K. McClure, vice president, wan
editor in chief of the Philadelphia Times
from 1873 to 1901. He has divided his life
work between a newspaper shop, politics and
the law; has been prothonotary of the Su-
preme Court of Pennsylvania since 1904. He
is now seventy-eight years old, but there is
no suspicion that he has any knowledge what-
ever of the lumber business.
One of the directors of this company is
Victor Du Pont, Jr., one of the vice presi-
dents of the famous Du Pont Powder Com-
pany, who has charge of the latter 's real
estate department at Wilmington, Del. Mr.
Du Pout was interviewed a few days ago
by a representative of the Hardwood Record.
He was asked how he happened to become a
member of the company. He answered:
' • From a sentimental rather than a business
reason. I inherited some stock in the Mexi-
can Plantation Company of Philadelphia, on
the death of my brother, Charles I. Du Pont.
This concern is very similar to the Inter-
national Lumber & Development Company
and was managed by John E. Markley and
I. B. Miller. The same contractors were
working the plantation of the International
company. My brother thought well of this
investment, and I therefore became a .stock-
holder in the new one. Besides, I have great
confidence in Judge Armstrong and Colonel
McClure. ' '
It developed that Mr. Du Pont holds only
five shares in this "millionaire corporation,"
and that he is paying for them on the in-
stallment plan, just as the country preacher,
the cross-roads schoolma'am, and the street-
car conductor are paying for theirs. How
much stock Judge Armstrong and Colonel
McClure own is unknown.
Mr. Du Pont is undeniably an upright busi-
ness man, as he is of a family that has
been noted for straightforward dealings and
a long and honorable commercial history.
He apparently knows nothing that is worth
while concerning the company of which he
is a director, as is evidenced by his interview,
but though he owns only five shares of the
stock, he is exploited as a director and as
being largely interested in the corporation
simply to give prestige to the institution and
to gain investments from people who have
confidence in the Du Pont commercial his-
tory and reputation.
Hardwood Record Moil 'Bag.
[In this department it is proposed to reply
to such inquiries as reach this office from the
Hardwood Kecord clientage as will be of enough
general interest to warrant publication. Every
patron of the paper >s invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of interest to the hardwood trade, iu
a succinct and intelligent manner. 1
About White HoUy.
HociiESTKH, .N. v., July :;, I'.IOG, — Editor
llAHDwooD Record: Some months ago among
the articles which you published on different
trees you had one on holly. We tind one of the
authorities gives its family as Aquifoliacea;, and
classifies it as IJcx opaca, saying the wood is
brown, sapwood paler brown ; light, tough, close-
grained, susceptible to a brilliant polish, and
used for whip-bandies, engraving blocks and
cabinet work. We do not see just where the
pure white of holly, as it is used in cabinet work,
i-omcs in in this description. We use some holly
iu our business, and a customer .nsks us for
something of a history of certain fancy woods
we put in floor work for him. This botanical
description does not sound correct for the white
holly that we use. Would be glad if you could
send us the article we mention, by early mall.
Yours truly, Company.
Holly, commonly known as while holly,
is the only high-class commercial wood of this
species. It is of the family Aquifoliacece,
genus Ilex, species opaca. The description
of the tree as quoted by you is far from
agreeing with the best authorities. A much
better one is given in Rogers ' ' • The Tree
Book, ' ' published by Doubleday, Page & Co.,
New York. This is true of holly: To pre-
serve the highest and most permanent char-
acter of this wood, i. e., an ivory-white color,
it must be sawn and carefully handled in
cold weather. It almost invariably stains and
yellows when felled or sawn in warm weather.
This result will always obtain when the logs
arc steamed and sliced or rotarj' cut. The
wood should never be steamed if it is desired
to preserve the fine white color. — Editor.
Approves Flooring Editorial.
Detroit, Mich., June 26, 1906. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : I have read with great pleasure
your very correct editorial headed "Hardwood
Klooring Situation" in your issue of June 25.
You have certainly set forth the situation just
exactly as it is at the present time, and by so
doing you have rendered valuable service to the
industry. Very truly yours, Thomas For.max.
Big Rafid.s, Mich.. June 2(i, ino6. — Editor
Hardwood Kecord: We read with much inter-
est and pleasure your editorial in the issue or
June 23, referring to the flooring business. The
thanks of the flooring trade is d\ie you as well
as thanks from those contemplating going Into
the business without providing themselves with
ample timber snjiply and fully considering the
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other very important point, namely, that the
normal capacity of the plants now in operation
greatly exceeds the normal demand. Very truly
yours, 'flAiiD Bros.
Solid Fret Woods Wanted.
London, England, June 23, 1906. — Editor
Hardwood Record : We should be obliged to
you for names of reliable shippers of solid fret
woods. We want stock 3/16 inch thick after
planing, and 12 to 18 inches wide, 3 to 4 feet
long, in walnut, maple, oak. sycamore, birch,
satin walnut, etc. Of course these woods would
have to be prime and show as little sap as pos-
sible. Also want the names of some people who
will cut Cottonwood box shooks. Thanking you
in advance. Very truly yours
& Co.
Clients of the H.\rdwood Eecord who can
furnish the above material, and w-ho would
like to enter into correspondence with the
writer, kindly send their addresses to this
office. — Editor.
Wants Thick Gum and Oak.
Shreveport, La., July 7. — Editor Habdwood
Record : We would appreciate very much if you
can put us into communication with some one
who now has on hand 3-inch yard dry Xo. 1 and
Xo. 2 common gum. We are also in the market
for some 2-inch Xo. 1 and Xo. 2 common oak.
Manuf-icturing Cojipany.
If any of the readers of the Hardwood
K'ECOKD have either of these items for sale
and would like the address of a prospective
customer they can secure it by writing to this
office. — Editor.
Wants Pins and Cross Arms.
The Hardwood Eecord is in receipt of the
foHowing letter from an eastern electrical
supply liouse and will gladly communicate the
names of makers of the material nanie<l to
this concern on application. — Editor.
Philadelphia, July 6. — Editor Hardwood
Uecqrd : We would appreciate it very much if
you would furnish us with a list of people who
inanufactui-e and can make reasonable deliveries
on locust pins, oak pins and yellow pine cross
arms. Electric Company.
NeWs Miscellany,
Concerning Black Walnut.
Walnut operators have for years been per-
sistently scouring the country for that wood,
until at the present time it has been followed
westward almost to its limit of growth. Many
of the western streams have along their banks,
or have had in the past, abundant supplies of
the timber. Even the narrow canyons of the
Canadian, the Cimarron and other rivers in sec-
tions as remote as Oklahoma and Texas, con-
tain considerable quantities of good-sized trees
of excellent quality, which may have been planted
by the Indians years ago. A block of walnut
was recently purchased in that country a large
per cent of which was from twenty to thirty
inches in diameter at the top end, which had been
lifted almost perpendicularly from a deep can-
yon with ropes and capstan. The walls and
slopes of these canyons are often from fifty to
I.tO feet or more in height, and the top branches
of the trees project but little if any above the
level surface of the surrounding country. It is
not the rule, however, to encounter such difficul-
ties in logging in the .Southwest, but on the
contrary, hauling is usually good, with no mud
or steep pulling after the uplands are reached.
The foregoing Interesting information regard-
ing walnut was furnished by J. V. Hamilton
of Fort Scott, Kan., who is a lumberman of a
good deal of experience in this line. Mr. Ham-
ilton was buyer for the Hoffman Lumber Com-
pany of Fort Wayne at one time, which concern
had one of the finest walnut baud mills west of
(he Mississippi. He was later in business with
i;ustavious Tiedman of Xew York, whose brother
was a large timber merchant of St. I'etershurg,
Russia. To him most of the consignments were
made. The prices realized were then more sat-
isfactory than returns from the more extensive
markets of Hamburg and London, but the great
objection to the Ilussian market is the early
freezing of the seas, which prevents freight
from going into the ports for several months in
the year. Mr. Hamilton later drifted into the
mahogany business aud was with the C. C.
Mengel & Brother Company in Spanish Honduras
for a time. On his return to the States he
reentered the walnut business at Fort Scott, in
which vicinity there are considerable quantities
of walnut.
New Type End Matciier.
.\. J. Schiudlor of 441 14:! West Twenty-first
street. Chicago, has lately perfected a new type
of end matcher machine which is being warmly
welcomed by manufacturers of flooring. The
new niacbinc luatrlies face upward instead of
downward, thereby very materially reducing the
cost and labor of the work. Mr. Schindler
claims for his new machine that it wiM save
larting and handling, thus reducing the expense
aI)out 20 per cent. One machine does the but-
ling and matching which otherwise required two
macliines to do.
Tedinically speaking, the new combined end
m.Ucher sorts, butts and end matches flooring
nr siding frr>m three-eighths to one and one-
q\mrter inches or more in thickness, and from
one to five inches in width. Being a combined
mai'hine, it will butt without matching, or
match wilhout butting; or it will sort, butt and
COMRIXED END MATCHER BUILT BY A. J.
SCHINDLER, CHICAGO.
match. The capacity of the machine is eighty
feet per minute, sorting, butting and end match-
ing,
Mr. Schindler has been in the manufacturing
business for twenty-five years. About eight
years ago he invented a combined end matcher
which lias had a wide success among flooring
manufacturers. This machine matched face
downward. Several months ago the inventor
sought to improve this machine, with the result
that it has been adopted by the largest flooring
manufacturers in the country.
.\mong the concerns using the Schindler ma-
chine are : South Side Lumber Company, Chi-
cago ; Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company ;
.\rthur Hardwood Flooring Company, Memphis :
Laugstaff-Orm Manufacturing Company, Padu-
cah. Ky. : Farrin-Korn Lumber Company. Cin-
cinnati ; Woodcock Bros.. Edwards, N. Y.
Practical Accounting.
Increased detail is a natural result of present
day business concentration : yet nothing is more
trying on the man of affairs than tlte exercise
of proper care and supervision of these details.
Happily, as in most problems, current condi-
tions have developed a means of relief both
for employer and employee in the form of
thoroughly organized auditing or accounting
companies duly licensed under rigid state laws.
Bnsiness men are rapidly learning tlie privi-
lege of consulting those who have made a study
of business methodizing. Aside from this fea-
ture there is no longer question as to the value
and necessity of having books of account and
general bnsiness affairs regularly audited by a
responsible company whose certificate is a
guarantee of the actual condition of the insti-
tution examined. Such a comprehensive, re-
liable and concise statement furnishes a val-
uable kind of insurance to the small copartner-
ship or corporation as well as to the larger one.
Too great emphasis cannot be laid upon the
importance of a system of accounting which
safeguards personal and corporate interests.
The Standard Audit Company, with offices in the
Marquette building, Chicago, affords a practical
illustration of what can be done in this field of
work. This company devises practical plans for
the reorganization or reconstruction of enter-
prises : furnishes practical corporate plans for
raising working capital for existing concerns or
projected enterprises ; provides efficient systems
for perpetuating any individual business or part-
nership. It prepares statements showing actual
earnings and complete assets and liabilities, in-
vestigates irregularities in accounting or the
handling of funds. This company also takes
charge of accounts for trustees, receivers, ex-
ecutors, guardians, etc.
Comparison of Hardwood Values.
The following outline of prices (i. o. b.
Ohio river points) was taken from the price
lists, 1902 to 1906 inclusive, of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association of the United
States:
Inch Plain White Oak.
1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Is and 2s J34.00 SST.W $40.00 $45.00 lf47.00
Xo. 1 Common 24.00 26.00 2S.00 31.00 31.00
Xo. 2 Common 15.00 15.00 18.00 19.00 19.00
Inch Quartered White Oak.
Is and 2s 58.00 64.00 75.00 70.00 T-i.'Hi
Xo. 1 Commou 38.00 42.00 50.00 45.00 45.00
Xo. 2 Common 28.00 28.(X) 25.00 25.00
Inch Ash.
Is and 2s 36.00 38.00 40.00 40.00 43.00
Xo. 1 Common 28.00 24.U0 27.00 27.50 29.50
Xo. 2 Common 13.00 15.W 18.00 LS.OO
Inch Poplar.
Is and .2s 37.00 45.00 54.00 43.00 47.00
Xo. 1 Common 26.00 30.00 34.00 29.00 :5U.llO
Xo. 2 Common 20.00 22.00 24.00 20.00 20.50
Boxboards. 8-12" 34.00 37.00 45.00 36.00 42.00
noxhoards, 13-17"... 40.00 45.00 54.00 47.00 53.00
Inch Chestnut.
Is aud 2s :J5.00 42.50 42.50 40.(Xl 47.00
No. 1 Common 25.00 27.00 28.00 28.0" :-i4.0<l
.Sound Wormy 12.00 14.00 15.00 18.00 17.0O
Inch Cottonwood.
Is and 2s 26.00 30.00 26.00 31.00
Xo. 1 Common 22.00 24.00 22.00 22.00
Xo. 2 Common 16.00 16.00 14.50 18.00
Boxboards, 8-12" 29.00 34.00 33.00 39.00
Boxboards, 13-17" 33.00 40.00 SS.flo 43.00
Inch Cum.
Is and 2s 27.00 27.00 28.00 :; i.nO
No. 1 Commou 14.50 16.00 15.00 16.00
No. 2 Common ll.<» 12.50 11.00 13.(Xi
Boxboards. S-12" 19.00 20.00 20.0O 23.(Hl
Boxboards. 13-17" 24.00 27.00 22.00 2S.0O
Meeting of Wheel Makers.
For several years wheel manufacturers have
been much exercised over the steadily decreasing
supply of hickory suitable for the manufacture
of their product, and for which there seems to be
no substitute. Various wheel manufacturers
have had considerable correspondence with the
United States Forestry Bureau in an endeavor to
secure some information showing the length of
time necessary to grow hickory trees to a com-
mercial size, the kind of soil best adapted for
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rapid and hardy growth, and the acreage required
Inr the aoDual production of any given quantity.
It has been determined l)y the wheel manu-
facturers to call a special convention of all in-
terested not only in preserviug Ijut increasing
the present supply of hickory, and to adopt some
plan that in the course of time may insure a
larger source of supply nearer to their doors.
This meeting will convene at the International
Hotel. Niagara Kalis, X. Y., on Friday. .luly l.'J.
John W. Herron. Jr., of Cincinnati, chairman
of the forestry committee of the Western Wheel
Manufacturers, has the meeting in charge, and
has asked representatives of the wagon and car-
riage industries and spoke, rim and gear makers
to be jjreseut, as well as all the wheel manufac-
turers of the country. The meeting will doubt-
less be pregnant in results, and if such a desid-
eratum be possible will probably arrive at some
practical solution of the hickory problem. In a
letter to the ILiitDwoon UKi'oiti) Mr. llerron sug-
gests that the subject under discussion should be
of manifest interest to producers of hickory
dimension stock, and he would be pleased to
have them present at this conference.
Building Operations for June.
Tlie building uin'ralions of the country con-
tinue in great volume, and in the aggregate are
increasing over the showing made in lin.i.j, which
was a remarkable year In construction. The
-Vmerlcan Contractor of Chicago shows the fol-
lowing tabulated report, city by city, for the
month. One of the most gratifying features o£
this report is the general distribution of the
gains, thus demonstrating prosperity in all parts
of the country. While Chicago shows a loss of
flfteen per cent, it must be remembered that the
operations of June. IDOij, were enormous.
June, June. Per Per
l!Ki6. IIXLT. ceut cent
City — cost. cost. gfiin. loss.
.Vtlaiita .$(i7.-).0T2 .f:!,S4,7!)T 140
Baltimore l.ii.'i4.ooo s.-)l.oiin 2o
Birmingliam .... 1.34.;}o.'>
Briilgepiirt i'>S.:l"l> H!),03t «5
Buffalo I.n:i2.(ii.' iMi«.:i7ii 14
Chicago Ci.4n2..".00 7,710..'i20 .. 15
Cincinnati .StIi.OINJ l!:!,').7«0 XJ
Davcniiort S4.(]ri!) 79.807 (B
Dallas 6.31.777 433,980 43
Denver 1.246,907 761,430 63
lies Moines 112.080 114,300 .. 11
Detroit OOS.son 9.'i2.40O 4
Duliitli 40'. I. i !.-).-> 137.505 los
Evalisvillc ;i7.iisii 35,720 170
Grand Rapiils . . . 244.003 l.)0.S35 02
Harrist.urg 109,105 229.310 .. 13
Harttord 298.025 273.710 9
Kansas City 1.453.140 1.021.94o 41
Knuxville 111.630 76.07<l 45
Louisville 365,060 196.404 s.")
Los .\ngeles 2..371.02O 1.. 525,870 .55
Milwaukee 1.445,325 1.190.523 IS
Minneapolis 886,915 .577,8.30 19
Memphis .590.044 :l.S8.197 55
Mobile 20S.O115 5s,:;45 300
Nashville 239.047 198.521 20
Newark 1.18.5,9,50 1,187.218
Xew Orleans 616.1.59 .508.295 21
Brooklyn 7.771.05s 0.773.7s] 1!
Bronx 2. 830. .520 4..5.89.950
.Vlteratiun 78.215 .57, .325 .. 38
New York 10.0so.;:9:: 11.421. 050
Omaha .309,025 277..50II .33
Philadelphia 3.4.84.060 4. .507.520 23
I'aterson 1.5H.313 220.4O7 . . 29
St. l.ouis 3. OKI, 008 2.163. 148 85
St. Paul soo.ooi 1. 310.010 .. 39
S.vracu.sc 451.245 201.3.35 72
Salt Lake City. .. 115.310 152.4.80 .. 23
Topeka 105. .5.54 .S8.72o IS
Toledo 4,50.985 225.105 100
Wllkesbarre .... 203. (i53 312. 74o . . 14
Tacoma 263.310 121.0:io 1 19
Washington 1.13S.647 1.301,909 17
New Plans of Mississippi Operators.
The Cbicago-Mississipiii Land & Lumber Com-
pany, of which J. A. Lewis Is president, and
whose headquarters are In the First National
Hank building. Chicago, has been conducting a
hardwood lumber operation at Napanee, Miss,,
for several years, but has recently made some
important changes iu its operating jdans. This
compan.v lias 5,000 acres of oak, gum, cotton-
wood and other woods in Washington county,
Mississippi, about fifteen miles southeast of
Greenville, and has been manufacturing its lum-
ber at its plant at Napanee. For economic rea-
sons it has concluded to change the seat of
sawmill operations to Greenville, Miss., and has
leased, with the privilege of purdiase, the mod-
ern single band sawmill and yards of the I'lant-
ers' Lumber Company there, where tlie limber
will be sawn in future.
J. L. Strickland, formerly vice president and
general manager of tlie Planters' Lumber Com-
pan.v, becomes general manager of the new deal,
and hereafter will have charge of the logging,
sawmilUng and marketing of the hardwood
J. L. .STRICKLAND, <;itEl':X VILI.IC. MISS.
product. The company will produce about
33,000 feet of hardwoods daily, and has com-
pleted its logging plans, so that the mill will be
fully stocked every day of the year. The logs
will be transported to Greenville over a branch
of the Y'azoo & .Mississippi Valley railroad. Mr.
Strickland has made a fine record iu his man-
agement of Planters' Lumber (.'orapany. and with
his thorough familiarity with Mississippi liard-
woods and lumber conditions should do himself
and the Chlcago-.'illssissippi Lund & Lumber
Company great credit in this new undertaking.
A Magnificent Work.
American Woods is the title of a uniijue w-ork
of wliich Itomeyn B. Hough. B. A.. Lowville,
N. \'., Is author and publisher. It possesses
unusual interest to lumbermen and others ap-
preciative of American woods and the trees
which produce them. It treats of the various
kinds of native and naturalized trees of the
United States and Canada, and is illustrated by
actual specimens of their woods. These illus-
trations are in the form of thin sections, about
2x'i inches in size and l-lOO of an inch thick,
showing transverse, radial and tangential views
of the grain — in the language of lumbermen,
cross, quarter and slab cuts. They represent
high art In wood cutting and are produced by a
proce.ss invented by Mr. Hough himself. No one
who has not seen tliem can form an adequate
conception of their beauty and interest. Tliey
are mounted in separable pages, to facilitate com-
parison and study, and the accompanying text
gives full informatiou iu regard to the distribu-
tion and botanical classification of the various
trees, their ph.vsical properties, and the uses of
their woods. The pages containing specimens
and text fit into an ingenious book-like cover,
and can lie kept on a library shelf or table like
an ordinary volume.
The w'ork Is Issued in parts, each covering
twent.v-flve species, and It is the author's inten-
tion to cover all the Important woods of the
United States and Canada in a series of fifteen
volumes. Ten have already been issued, and the
price |,1;.5 or If7..50 the volume, according to style
of binding) is very moderate for so instructive
and valuable a book.
lietailed information and specimen pages may
be obtained without cost by addressing the
author, and anyone who will call at the office
of the H.^RDvvoriD Hicconn may at any time ex-
amine the copies which have recentlj^ been added
to its library. Such a review will well repay a
visit for that specific purpose.
United States 'Veneer Company.
The United States Veneer Company, incor-
porated recently at Winston-Salem, N. C.
will attempt a conspicuous place in the veneer
world as the owner of the United States and
foreign patents on a new and improved ro-
tary veneer slicing machine. The machine
was invented by C. R. Traxler and built by
the United Engineering & Foundry Company,
of PitLsburg. Pa., at its branch plant at
Youngstown, O. It is the largest woodworking
machine in the world and It Is said that it
has a capacity of over 100,000 feet of veneer
l)er ten-hour day. It will produce veneer of
any thickne.ss, and as thin as 1/140 of an inch.
The wheel is 35 feft in diameter, the main
shaft 18 feet 10 inches in length. This im-
mense rotar.v disc is propelled by a 120-horse-
power twin engine.
Although of such gigantic proportions the
machine is comparatively simple in construc-
tion, and it is claimed runs with great ease.
By the use of a rotar.v disc or carriage
equipped with steam-heated staylogs, tlie
veneer blocks are held at a uniform tempera-
ture while being sliced. The blocks are first
cut to the required length, boiled, and then
automatically conveyed to the staylogs. The
log is held in place by steam chucks and as
the wheel revolves is forced against a sta-
tionary knife 10 feet S inches long, set to cut
the veneer the required thickness.
The officers of the United States Veneer
Company are: E. H. Hanes, president: "W. P.
Hill, vice-president; W. E. Dalton. secretar.v
and treasurer, and C. R. Traxler. the inventor
of this great machine, manager. The capital
stock is J150.000. of which amount $25,000 is
preferred stock, wliich the concern is pre-
paring to increase within a short time to
$60,000, and $125,000 common stock.
New Oak Flooring Plant in Operation.
Tlie uiik flooring plant of the Fenn Brothers
Company, recently erected at Memphis, is
now in full operation, producing a high-class
product in quartered white, ciuartered red.
plain white and plain red oak. The flooring is
hollow-backed, bored, end-matched and pol-
ished. The operation of the institution is
under the superintendence of W. Goodjohn. an
experienced operator in high-class woodwork.
The principals of the Fenn Brothers Company
are .A. A. Fenn and R. H. Fenn of the Broad-
way Manufacturing Compan.v. veteran pro-
ducers of doors lAiid interior finish, at Leaven-
worth. Kan., together witli W. C. Fenn, who
is in direct cliarge of the Memphis flooring
plant.
The factory is equipped with Berlin floor-
ing machines and Whitney scrapers. Almost
at the very start of this enterprise the owners
tiiid that they must needs largely increase
their output to keep pace with the demand
for flooring, and therefore contemplate im-
mediately qu.adiupling the size of the factory.
The Morton moist air dry kiln system which
they have installed is a very large one. and
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IS requisite to the liandling of a mucli larger
■quantity of lumber than the present factory
can malte into flooring.
Cypress Manufacturers' Meeting.
There will be a meeting of manufacturers
of cypress and bay poplar at the Continental
hotel, Atlantic Beach, near Jacksonville, Fla.,
at 10 a. m. Tuesday. July 17, to continue for
two days. At a meeting held June 11 at At-
lanta, it was discovered that although the
different producing districts were selling in
the .same territory, there was a decided lack
of uniformity in grading rules, terms of sale
and business methods, and the specific purpose
of the Florida meeting is to have a thorough
discussion of these and other matters, and to
bring about the desired uniformity. The At-
lanta meeting took a long step in the right
•direction, as is shown by the enthusiasm of
all who were present, but complete success
will only com.e from a very large attendance
at Atlantic Beach. Those expecting to at-
tend should notify Geo. E. Watson, secretary,
Liverpool .t London & Globe Bldg., New Or-
leans, La.
Concatenation at Atlantic City.
Jerome H. Sheip, vicegerent snark for the
eastern district of Pennsylvania, will hold a
Hoo-Hoo concatenation at the Royal Palace
Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., on Saturday. July
14, at 3:30 p. m.. in the large convention hall
owned by the hotel company. Dinner will
be served in this hall immediately after the
close of the concatenation. Mr. Sheip is very
anxious to have a large mumber of southern
and western members of the order present on
this occasion, and hopes that all those intend-
ing to visit Atlantic City or vicinity this sum-
mer will make it convenient to be there at
this time. The easterners intend to "whoop
it up" for the annual to be held at that re-
sort in 1907.
Accommodations should be engaged in ad-
vance, and the management should be notified
regarding intended length of stay. The Hoo-
Hoo dinner will be free to those stopping at
the Royal Palace, but to others the price will
be $2 per plate. No further charges or as-
sessments will be made. Those intending to
be present should so inform Jerome H. Sheip,
820 North Lawrence street, Philadelphia.
Lumbering in Honduras.
Consul D. R. Wood, writing from Ceiba.
says that the receipt of quite a number of let-
ters regarding the prospect of developing the
timber lands in Honduras shows that the
people interested in the lumber industry in
the United States are beginning to look
abroad, where there are enormous tracts yet
untouched by the ax, for a future supply.
The consul adds:
"There are in the interior of this country
large tracts of pine lands of virgin forest.
A few sawmills are in operation, but their
production is very small. All of the lumber
used in this town and vicinity for building
and construction purposes is imported from
the United States, mostly through southern
ports, A small amount of the mahogany,
•cedar and other hardwoods has been cut near
the rivers. Many concessions for exploiting
mahogany lands in this district have recently
been granted by the Honduras government,
;and short tramways are being planned to get
out the logs. The exportation of mahogany
from here should show a decided increase in
the next few years.
"At present there does not appear to be
any way to utilize the pine timber resources
of Honduras — as the pine is found mostly in
the interior — until the country is provided
with transportation by railroads. Still, this
day may not be a long way off, as short rail-
-ways and tramways, intended for transporta-
tion of bananas, have been built and are in
operation in many places on the coast, and
after the coast is furnished with ample trans-
portation facilities it will not be such a diffi-
cult matter to make extensions to tap the
interior."
New South Wales Export Trade.
New South Wales engages to a considerable
extent in the exportation of its various native
woods, among the most important of which are
ironbark. grey gum, tallow wood, white stringy-
wood, turpentine, red mahogany, woollybutt,
white mahogany, grey box and blaclsbutt. A
code of regulations was recently formulated to
control goyernment inspection and classification
of woods for export. Every timber passed is
stamped with a brand adopted for the particu-
lar wood and bearing some distinguishing marli,
either a letter or number or a special outline of
figure, by wliich the inspector making the in-
spection can be identified.
Wood Antiques.
But a small part of the mahogany furniture
of antique design and appearance is as old as
the spectator may think, for even "heirlooms"
may be made to order, and so skillfully that
even a connoisseur will be hoodwinked. Ma-
hogany is usually thought of as being dark
red, while as a matter of fact it is light when
new and unstained, and becomes somewhat
golden when treated with certain prepara-
tions. It darkens with age, however, and the
genuine article only attains its rich tints
through long use.
Although mahogany is a costly wood. Cir-
cassian walnut is valued even higher. Birds-
eye maple is likewise much prized on account
of its peculiar grain, and the great difficulty
experienced in treating it. Its eccentric grain
causes its density to vary so in places that
the wood is prone to crack and split. The
Vernis Martin style of furniture was a favor-
ite in the time of Louis XV, and its popu-
larity has continued to the present day. This
gold dust and painted combination is very
effective for certain uses.
Miscellaneous Notes.
It is reported that a furniture factory is to be
established at Arcadia, Mich.
J. P. Angleberger recently opened a cabinet-
makinj; establishment at Marysville, Kan.
It is reported that Montgomery Ward & Co.
will erect a furniture factory at Kockford, III.
R. S. Reynolds is head of a company recently
organized to manufacture furniture at Bristol,
Va.
ITie Cook Furniture Factory has been estab-
lished at Jonesboro, Ark., with ^20,000 capita!
stock.
The St. John's Table Company of Cadillac,
ilich., recently increased its capital stock from
$100,000 to $150,000.
The Bradley Folding Chair Company of Ches-
terton, Ind., has filed articles of incorporation ;
capital stock, $25,000.
The Mount Vernon Lumber Company of New
Orleans, La., has changed its title to the Mount
Vernon Hardwood Compan.v.
The plant of the Gray Veneer & Panel Com-
pany of China Grove, N. C, recently destroyed
by fire, will be rebuilt immediately.
The Piedmont Buggy Company of Monroe, N.
C, desires to correspond with operators of
veneer mills with a view to securing stock.
The T. & N. O. Lumber Company has been
incorporated at Applegate, Tex., to manufacture
hardwood and yellow pine lumber : capital stock,
$200,000.
A charter has been granted to the J. H.
Coffey Wagon Company of Lenoir, N. C. The
capital stock is $6,000 and J. H. Coffey, H. T.
Newland and others are the incorporators.
The South Atlantic Lumber Company of
Greensboro, N. C, capitalized at $jO,000, has
been organized to manufacture all kinds of wood-
work, al.so spokes and bobbins. W. L. Clement
Is the prime factor in the enterprise.
The Muskogee Sash & Door Company Is the
name of a new institution at Muskogee, I. T.
T. H. Martz, M. R. Williams, W. S. Colling and
A. Z. English are the incorporators. Capital,
$50,000.
The Stalz Piano Case Company has been incor-
porated at New York City, with $10,000 capital
stock, to manufacture piano cases. Harry Har-
ris, Henry F. Hartjen and Julius Mandelbaum
are the incorporators.
The Banner Furniture Company was recently
incorporated at Jamestown. N. Y., to manufac-
ture case goods. The directors are August S.
Soderstrom, Paul B. Rosencrantz, Andrew Nor-
lander and Charles Johnson.
The Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company has
been incorporated at Danville, Va., with John T.
Watson as president and treasurer : Arthur E.
Fox, general manager, and N. S. Fox, secretary.
The capital stock is $10,000.
The Kelsey Hickory Company of Detroit,
Mich , has filed articles of incorporation with a
capital of $25,000. The incorporators are John
Kelsey. Henry J. Herbert and William H. Du
Charme. It will deal in lumber and wagon ma-
terial.
The Crescent Machine Company of Leetonia,
0., well known manufacturer of woodworking
machinery, is engaged in the erection of a new
plant which will largely increase its facilities.
The new shops will be completed about the first
of the year.
Darling Bros, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., are
erecting a mill near Prescott, Mo., to cut timber
from a tract of 1,300 acres of hardwood lands
recently purchased. The plant will have a
capacity of from 25,000 to 40,000 feet a day.
The Meriman-Perkey Hardwood Lumber Com-
pany has been organized at Sergent, Ivy., by W.
B. Meriman and Peter Perkey, both of Lee
county, Kentucky, to develop a tract of 23,000
acres of hardwood timber lands in Blount
county, Tennessee. Capital stock is $45,000.
A deal was recently closed at Shreveport,
La., whereby Francis E. Watros and James L.
Snyder of Wellsboro, Pa., acquired 3,500 acres
of hardwood timber lands near Philadelphia,
Miss. The consideration was $428,000 cash. A
plant will be established and a railroad con-
structed by the purchasers to develop the prop-
erty.
McGee & Alford of Ackerman, Miss., have Just
completed the establishment of a planing mill
department in connection with their extensive
operations at that place, and are now in position
to supply Mississippi woods manufactured In
any way desired. The firm handles white oak,
poplar and yellow pine, making a specialty of
poplar.
A branch factory will be established at Sioux
Falls, S. D., by Farley & Mitchell, manufac-
turers of sash, doors, blinds, etc., at Dubuque,
Iowa. They have already let the contract for
the erection of a large factory building which
will be rushed to completion. From forty to
fifty persons will be given employment at the
new plant.
A new organization has been formed to take
over the business of the Hubbard & Eldredge
Company, .furniture manufacturers of Rochester,
N. Y. — Hubbard, Eldredge & Miller. The capital
stock is $330,000, all of which sum has been
paid in. The plant of the Hubbard & Eldredge
Company at Rochester will be completely over-
hauled and a large addition thereto erected.
Fremont H. Wright & Co. of Auburndale,
Mass., recently purchased 3,400 acres of timber
land from Evans & Bugbee of Bennington, Vt.
The property is located in the vicinity of Wood-
ford and Stamford, Vt.. and is covered with
hardwoods mostly, the pine and spruce having
already been cut off. Mr. Wright with others
cojtrols about 80,000 acres of timber lands In
various sections of Vermont.
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John W. Smith of Fayette, Mo., last month
shipped twenty-two farloads of walnut logs to
the Singer Sewing Machine (.'ompany at Cairo,
III. There were llL'.dOU feet in the lot, which
he was twenty-seven months in collecting. The
highest price paid for a single tree was $50 ;
It contained about 1.000 feet. Mr. Smith has
already begun collecting more walnut trees and
is buying everything of value in sight.
The Karner Bros. Milling Company was re-
cently established at Mexia, Tex. The company
has an up-to-date plant, nearing completion,
about sixteen miles from Mexia on a branch of
the Houston & Texas Central railway. About
30,000,000 feet of timber is controlled by the
concern in that section, which consists largely
of oak, elm and ash. W. T. Smith, late of Bir-
mingham. Ala., an expert hardwood operator,
will have charge of the plant.
C. C. Putnam & Son of Putnamville, Vt, re-
ce.Ttly installed a second complete set of clothes-
pin machines in their new factory, which has
now been running about a year. This concern,
in addition to running large saw and planing
mills, has also built up quite a business in
clothespins, making the small spring pin exclu-
sively. Stock for these pins is worked from the
edgings and clippings left from cutting hardwood
flooring which the concern manufactures in
large quantities.
The factory at Charlotte, Alich., which the
John Widdicomb Company of Grand Rapids has
been operating for some time, has been pur-
chased by Colonel Brinkerhoff & Son of Jackson
and G. A. Knight of Denver, Colo. It will be
used for the manufacture of pianos and increased
in capacity so as to turn out six instruments a
day. The purchasers are experienced piano
men, Mr. Brinkerhoff having been with the Kim-
ball Piano Company for years, and Mr. Knight
being the largest retailer of pianos in Denver.
The longest tow of hardwood timber seen in
the Xecbes river in many years recently left
Beaumont, Tex., for Port Arthur. The timber
is the property of F. E. Howard Newcomb of
Lake Charles and contains 470,000 feet of oak,
walnut and ash. The longest stick in the
bundi was eighty-four feet and the shortest sixty
feet. The rafts were .strung out in ten sections
and covered an aggregate length of 2, .TOO feet.
The timber was collected and brought down the
Neches river from the tributaries of the stream
in Jasper, Tyler and Angelina counties. It will
bo exported to England.
The new sawmill which the Little River Lum-
ber Company of Townsend. Tenn.. has been build-
ing to replace the one destroyed by fire some
months ago has been completed and is now
running at its greatest capacity. It is prac-
tically a duplicate of the old mill, a double
band, and will cut from 80,000 to 90.000 feet of
hardwood per day. During the present season
it will cut out a total of about l."), 000,000 feet.
Tlie product will run about one-third poplar,
one-tliird hemlock and the balance white pine,
chestnut, oak, ash and otlier hardwoods. The
stock is sold through the office of W. M. McCor-
mick of Philadelphia, who is president of the
Little River Lumber Company.
Hardwood NeWs.
(By HARDWOOD BECOBD Special Correspondents.)
Chicago.
C. M. Clark of the Swann-Day Lumber Com-
pany, Clay City, Ky., was in Chicago several
days last week. Mr. Clark has started on an
extended western trip for pleasure as well as
business.
R. S. Cooper, Memphis manager of the Briggs
& Cooper Company, Ltd., Saginaw, Mich.,
dropped into the Record office on Thursday last
on his way back to the South from a little fish
ing trip in the north woods country.
One of the callers at the Record office a few
days ago was E. W. Leech, a well-known hard-
wood lumberman of Detroit.
J. L. Lane of the Lane-White Lumber Com-
pany, Fort Smith, Ark., was a welcome visitor
to his many friends in the trade on Monday and
Tuesday.
Wagstaff, Lumber, Oshkosb, was a recent
visitor. Mr. Wagstaff has a large clientage at
Chicago and sells a large quantity of hardwoods
In this market yearly.
John P. Brown, editor of Arboriculture, Con-
nersviile, Ind., was a caller at this office re-
cently. Mr. Brown was en route west on a
timber investigating expedition.
The Hardwood Record acknowledges receipt
from Forestry Commissioner C. C. Andrews of
St. Paul, of a copy of the eleventh annual re-
port of the forestry commission of Minnesota.
The volume comprises nearly 150 pages and Is
well printed and illustrated. It contains sum-
maries of forest and prairie flres ; a review of
the operation of the law for preventing tires :
extracts from reports of fire wardens ; sketches
of forests that have been investigated, includ-
ing the Burntside forest ; an object lesson in
forestry, and practical accounts of forest man-
agement In sixteen dilferent European countries.
The book is a valuable document for the citi-
zens of Minnesota, and possesses special interest
to all students of forestry. The report shows
that there are 12,000,000 acres of arable land
in central and northern Minnesota not under
cultivation, and besides there are fully 3,000,000
acres in scattering .localities of rocky, hilly or
sandy land that is only suitable for reproduc-
tion of coniferous forests, which it is recom-
mended that tlie state acquire as an investment
and bold perpetually for forest purposes. It
says that on an average only about twenty per
cent of cut-over pine land reforests itself nat-
urally.
Of late weeks there has been a general
emigration of lumber dealers from the outlying
districts to the downtown office buildings.
Among these movers was the R. A. Wells Lum-
ber Company, formerly located at Clark and
Twenty-second streets, which is now housed in
a handsomely appointed suite of offices at 234
La Salle street. The company will still main-
tain yards at the old stand, in addition to
shipping direct from the timber lands.
M. M. Wall, treasurer of the Buffalo Hard-
wood Lumber Company, was in town a few days
ago and announces that his company has pur-
chased ten acres of land on the Belt Line in
Memphis, Tenn., and will open a branch dis-
tributing yard there. It therefore happens that
the company will be in the market for round
lots of all kinds, grades and thicknesses of hard-
woods, green or dry, for some months to come,
and will send inspectors to take up lumber at
any points contiguous to Memphis, if quantity
warrants, and will pay cash for all lumber pur-
chased. The company's Memphis office is
located at Room 262 Randolph building.
Boston.
The Lumtier Dealers' Association of Rhode
Island, through the secretary, G. Waldo Par-
rott, sent out an announcement stating that
the mid-summer outing of the association will
be held at King Town Farm. R. I., the prop-
erty of James S. Kenyon. ex-president of the
association. The outing will be held July 12,
1906.
Charles H. Elliott, a lumber dealer of Chi-
chester, N. H., died June 21 at the age of 67
years.
Henry A. Porter, a retired lumber dealer of
Marblehead, Mass., died June 21 at the age
of 87 years. Mr. Porter retired from active
business about fifteen years ago.
William E. Litchfield, the well-known hard-
wood lumberman of Boston, has opened his
summer home at Bolton, Mass.
Charles C. Batchelder, treasurer of the Bos-
ton Lumber Company, has opened his summer
home, which Is also situated in Bolton.
Fred D. Stimpson. representing Brawley &
Smith, of Philadelphia, has been spending a
few days in this city.
Andrew W. Leatherbee, who was injured in
an accident about two weeks ago. has recov-
ered.
The firm of Barker & Co. has been organ-
ized in Boston with a capital stock of $100,000.
The incorporators are George J. Barker, Gros-
venor Calkins and Thomas B. Hinkley.
The C. W. Leatherbee Lumber Company,
Boston, whose property was recently visited
by fire, has practically finished rebuilding the
shed for the storage of hardwood lumber.
The C. E. White Lumber Company of
Andover, Conn., has been incorporated with
a capital of $60,000. The incorporators are
C E. W'hite, Edgar D. White and Eva M.
White.
The D. F. Robbins Lumber Company, Ply-
mouth. Mass., has succeeded to the business
of the late Leavitt Robbins.
Charles E. Hayes, Marlboro, Mass., has
been making a business trip in West Vir-
ginia.
George K. Nason. one of the best known
lumber dealers in New England, died at his
liome ill Willimantic. Conn., on June 21 after
an operation for appendicitis.
New ■york.
The Beulah Lumber ('ompany, Pittsburg.
Pa., manuf.acturers of hardwood, spruce and
hemlock, have opened a New York selling of-
fice at 18 Broadway under tlie management
of W. M. Pownall.
The Iroquois Door Company, of Buffalo.
N. Y., which is operating a local exhibition
and sales room at 18 Broadway, this city,
has just received at the latter place a com-
plete set of samples of its fine hardwood and
veneer doors and general mill work, which is
one of the liandsomest exhibits ever made
of this class of work. The company is ex-
perimenting successfully with some beautiful
and unique finishes and its samples now on
exhibition illustrate the possibilities In the
way of up-to-date finish. Manager Salmon
reports business as very satisfactory, and
says that the local exhibit is being visited by
a large number of buyers.
At a special meeting of the stockholders of
Stevens-Eaton Company on June 20 to elect a
president and director to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Pendennis White,
George A. Mitchell, of White, Gratwick &
Mitchell. North Tonawanda, was elected
president; W. H. Gratwick, vice-president,
and T. S. Miller, director. Mr. Miller has
been manager of the hardwood department
for tlie past year and a half and his election
is an acknowledgment of his valued services
to the corporation through his department.
He is one of the most popular hardwood
salesmen of the local district, and has many
friends to congratulate him on his advance-
ment. Wm. A. Eaton continues as secretary
and George M. Stevens, Jr., as treasurer.
At a meeting of the board of trustees of the
New Y'ork Lumber Trade Association held
June 20, the following new members were
elected: Wm. M. Pownall, of the Beulah
Lumber Company. IS Broadway; the Casca-
pedia Manufacturing & Trading Company,
Arthur H. Campbell, resident agent, 1 Madi-
son avenue; C. Schmitz & Co., J. A. Lacy,
New York representative, 162 Greene street,
and E. H. Daley, Flatiron building. Routine
reports were also rendered, which showed the
work of the association to be progressing
actively.
Barker & Co., incorporated with $100,000
capital, under Massachusetts laws, will have
headquarters at 18 Broadway, city. George J.
Barker, of the Wood-Barker Company, Bos-
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ton, is president, and J. M. Bond, local man-
ager of that company, treasurer. A general
wholesale hardwood and yellow pine business
will be conducted along the same lines as
followed by the Wood-Barker Company. The
latter company will fulfill all contracts to
date, and from now on the new corporation
will assume the new business.
The Stalz Piano Case Company has been
incorporated in this city to manufacture
piano cases by H. Harris. H. F. Hartjen and
J. Mandelbaum, all of New York. The capi-
tal is $10,000.
George J. Barker of the Wood-Barker Com-
pany of Boston, arrived last week from a
two months" pleasure trip abroad.
The Frantz Lumber Company has been in-
corporated at Yonkers. N. Y., to conduct a
general lumber business with a capital of
$20,000. by W. H. Frantz and W. W. Heidel-
baugh of Lancaster, Pa., and Robert C.
Lowerre of Y"onkers.
W. M. Ritter, the distinguished Columbus.
O., lumberman, has been spending several
days in town during the fortnight in the
interest of business.
E. W. Bobbins of the Maley. Thompson &
Moffett Company, Cincinnati, O., is liere vis-
iting the local operation of the company at
the foot of East 31st street, going over mat-
ters at this end of the line. He expresses
himself as very well satisfied with the New
Y'ork end of the business.
W. M. Dwight, the prominent maple floor-
ing manufacturer of Detroit and head of the
Dwight Lumber Company, has been here re-
newing acquaintances in the trade.
Harry S. Dewey. Dixon & Dewey. Flatiron
building, expresses himself as very well sat-
isfied with current conditions. They are en-
joying a good trade in liardwoods and are
very active in their Pacific Coast trade. The
John A. Briggs has Just arrived from the
Coast with 1,500,000 feet of big fir timbers
and is now discharging at the various points
in the harbor. Mr. Dewey anticipates a trip
to the Coast in a short time.
L. P. Hollowell. the veneer manufacturer
of 31st street and First avenue, has just re-
turned from a trip to Indianapolis in the in-
terest of business, where he spent several
days with the Indiana Veneer & S.aw Com-
pany, whose stock he handles in this vicinity,
Charles F. Fischer. Chas. F. Fischer Lum-
ber Company, 1820 Park avenue, is spending
the summer with his family at Good Ground,
L. I.
Philadelphia.
Kirby & Hawkins, who are making more and
more of their own stock, are arranging to put
in two more mills on the 1,.150-acre tract which
they lately acquired in Virginia.
H. n. Maus & Co. have added a considerable
tract of land to their already extensive holdings
in the western part of Virginia. They are erect-
ing mills on the ground, and expect to keep
them busy on their new acquisition for the next
five years.
Horace G. Hazard returned last week from an
extensive trip to Florida and extreme southern
points. On his way back he spent some days
in Savannah, where his firm has heavy inter-
ests.
William S. Harvey, president, and George W.
Lex, secretary of the National Timber Company,
which owns extensive tracts of land in Florida,
are making a trip through the South.
Horace O. Williams, receiver for the Beaver
Creek Lumber Company, w"hich has been in the
hands of a receiver for four years, expects to
clear things up this week. Every dollar owed
by the company will be paid.
John W. Coles, formerly of the Righter-Parry
Lumber Company, has made a splendid record
for himself during the year and a half he has
been in business. He recently returned from a
trip to southern and other points where he con-
tracted for the output of several mills and se-
cured a nice lot of timber which he is offering
to the trade.
J. Wistar Evans, vice president of the Phila-
delphia Veneer & Lumber Compan.v. who was
married on June 2.S to Miss Susan Elizabeth
Barlow of New York, is visiting his mother at
Church Lane. Germantown. He will leave for
Knoxville, Tenn., shortly.
Fire was discovered on tlie morning of July
1 at the planing mills of Frank Sneda<'ker. Ninth
and Tioga streets, but was checked in time to
save the valuable stock and its buildings. Tiie'
fire is thought to have been caused by combus-
tion in the shaving pit. The loss is trifling.
Articles of incorporation were filed at Tren-
ton. N. J., on June 27 for the formation of J.
Gahagan's Sons, a corporation chartered to carry
on the business of woodworking. J. Alfred
Gahagan is the agent in charge of the New
Jersey office and the incorporators are James
Gah.igan, William A. Gahagan and J. Alfred
Gahagan. The company is capitalized at $*J(1.-
000.
Arrangements have been completed with the
Crozer building which will probably result in
tliat place being the future location of the Lum-
bermen's Exchange of Philadelphia. The suite
selected is situated on the llilrd floor, and the
contract will be signed in a few days. F. S.
Underbill, Charles P. Maule and Frank M. Gll-
lingham. the committee in ctiarge of securing
new (juarters, reported the result of their work
to the board of directors at the regular meeting
on Thursday. July .">. It is expected that the
Exchange will be installed in the new location
by September 1. if the arrangements under way
now go through.
It. E. Iiiffenderfer, vice president and general
manager of the Virginia & Southwestern Coal
& Timber Company, has just returned from a
visit to the company's holdings, whei-e he made
an estimate on a new lot of timber land for the
concern. The company expects to take up sev-
eral extensive tracts in West Virginia and Ten-
nessee and to be in working shape by Septem-
ber 1.
Henry Whelpton. secretary and treasurer of
the Owen M. Bruner Company, has I'cturned
from a trip to northern New York and the
South. While away he bought and sold consid-
erable high-grade lumber.
F. A. Kirby and C. E. Lloyd, Jr.. alternate
in charge of the Philadelphia office of the Cheri-y
Kiver Boom & Lumber Company. While one
spends a week at the main office of the concern
at Scranton, Pa., the other has charge of the
Phil.idelphia office, and vice versa. In this way
the high efliciencv of the sales office is main-
tained.
At the annual meeting of the Producers' Lum-
ber Compan.v, on Friday, June 29, a dividend of
10 jjer cent was declared. Franklin A. Smith,
president, and Franklin A. Smith, Jr., secretary,
were rei^lected to office. The firm reports that
the hardwood department has been a gratifying
success.
The Messrs. Schofleld spent a few days last
week at Anglesea. N. J., where they enjoyed
some fine fishing. Owen M. Bruner is spending
a short vacation at Atlantic City, N. J.
I. S. Steele, buyer for the Ruraharger Lumber
Company, at Elkins, W. Va.. is in town visiting
his firm. F. T. Rumbarger and J. J. Rumbarger
spent some days of last week at Cumberland,
Md. During the hot weather of the past few
weeks Frank Rumbarger has been staying at
Atlantic City, coming up to Philadelphia each
day on business.
Among the visitors to the trade last week
were Mr. Henderson of the Henderson Lumber
Company, Stony Bottom. W. Va. ; ,T. M. Bern-
hardt of Lenoir, N. C. ; Mr. Farrington of the
Farrington Runyon Company. Perth Amboy. N.
J., and Ednumd A. Gaskell of the Little Creek
Lumber Company, Sue, W. Va.
S. B. Vrooman sailed for Europe on the
Lucania on July 7 to be gone several weeks.
While abroad he will look up foreign timber.
William K. (iardy is taking a much needed
vacation in \'irginia. He expects to be gone
several days.
John J. Soble of Soble Bros, recently returned
from a three weeks' trip in New York state.
The firm finds trade going well and have no
complaint to make.
William B. Allen of the Colonial Lumber
Company has returned from a six n-eeks' trip to
the company's mills in Virginia. While there
operations were so strenuously carried on that
the company got out over a million feet of lum-
ber. Mr. Allen, while as robust as ever, has
some interesting experiences to relate of the
doings and grub of a logging camp.
Baltimore.
The concatenation of the Baltimore mem-
bers of the Order of Hoo-Hoo held on June IS
at the Maryland Country Club brought to-
gether a large number of members and proved
exceptionally- enjoyable. The special occa-
sion for the gathering was the initiation of
eleven kittens. After the ceremonies an en-
joyable dinner was served, at which Vice-
gerent Snark George E. Waters and others
made addresses. The table decorations were
a feature, cut flowers being arranged in beds,
and smilax trailing from one cover to an-
other, a most artistic effect. The dinner was
served in excellent style. Those present in-
cluded a number of out-of-town guests.
The N. W. James Lumber Company gives
notice by advertisement that it has succeeded
to the business of the firm of N. A^'. James
& Co., Aliceanna street, and will hereafter
take care of all orders in the hands of the
firm. The company was incorporated June
13 with a capital stock of $200,000. divided
into $100 shares, the incorporators being
Nathaniel W. James, Norman James. George
B. Hunting. Frederick A. Ascherfeld. and Al-
exander Campbell. The Messrs. James were
also prominent in the affairs of the old firm, be-
ing the sons of the late Henry James, the
founder of the firm of Henry James & Co.,
which the firm of N, W. James & Co. suc-
ceeded. An incorporation was effected in or-
der to insure continuance of the business and
to leave the Messrs. James more time for
looking after other investments. Norman
James and Charles I. James, another brother,
are extensively interested in the Pigeon River
Lumber Company, which is undertaking an
extensive development in western North Car-
olina and eastern Tennessee. The officers of the
X. W. James Lumber Company are Nathaniel W.
James, i)resident ; Norman James, vice presi-
dent; George B. Hunting, secretary-treas-
urer, and Frederick A. Asclierfeid, general
manager. Messrs. Hunting and Asclierfeid
have been for years in the employ of the old firm
and are familiar with all the details of the
business.
M. S. Baer of the liardwood firm of R. P.
Baer & Co. returned two weeks ago from an
extended trip of three montlis in the South.
He went to Mobile. Ala., to look after the
operation of the firm's mill there. He also
visited other lumber concerns and among
the contracts closed was one for the entire
cut of a mill. He returned by way of St.
Louis. Memphis. Cincinnati and other cities,
also stopping at Chicago. He reports that
business in the Central West is better than
in the East and that all the mills are busy.
R. P. Baer of the same firm recently spent
several weeks in southwestern Virginia and in
Nortli Carolina.
Robert H. Smith. Charles S. Rich and Ed-
ward Duffy have been appointed receivers for
the assets of Henry C. Chipman. a chair man-
ufacturer conducting business under the firm
name of George Chipman & Son. on Boston
street, this city. Mr. Chipman had previously
been declared a bankrupt on the petition of
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several banks and a shipbuilding company
which are creditors. The liabilities are placed
at $200,000, and the assets are valued at half
that sum. The chair manufacturing: business
appears to have been profitable, but Mr. Chip-
!nan engaged in outside ventures which
proved unsuccessful. A movement is on foot
among the lumbermen, several of whom are
creditors, to continue the factory in opera-
tion, as it has been using a grade of lum-
J)er for which another market is not easily
available.
L. Methudy, a well-known lumlierman of
St. Louis, who was at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital here for some weeks to undergo
an operation, has entirely recovered and re-
turned home.
Sidney iiubenstein, managing director of the
Gi-eat Eastern Timber Company, ltd., Lon-
don, was here ses'enil weeks ago on the way
Soutn in search of prime poplar, this being
the main object of his trip, which will cover
a considerable part of the United States.
Luther Berry of Sutton, W. Va., who was
among the recent visitors to Baltimore, stated
that he was negotiating for a tract of timber
ni-ar Piedmont, on the West Virginia Central
llaiU'oad. and if successful, intended to estab-
lish a mill and manufacture staves for ex-
jiort.
Pittsburg.
The Warlaud Lumber Conipauy has been
formed by C D. Armstrong, J. E. Quigley and
M. K. Salisbury. It will operate under a Penn-
sylania charter and will open office.s in Pitts-
burg shortly.
II. F. Domhoff of the Cheat Uiver Lumber
Company took as his life partner last week Miss
Harriet Grundisch. a well known society woman
of the East End. The couple went to Canada
lor their wedding tnur, and will reside in Pitts-
lini'g on their return, ilr. Domhoff is a hustler
in the sales field.
1!. II. Erving of the Flint. Erving & Stoner
Lumber Company has had plans prepared for a
.$411,11(10 residence which lie will build at Point
Hreeze. East End, on a site recently bought.
Mr. Erving with his family is now at his
summer home at Muscoca Lake, Canada.
Fred K. Babcock has been appointed by Mayor
<;eorge W. Guthrie a member of the I'ittsburg
.Subways Commission, which will have a general
oversight of the municipal interests concerned
with the plans of the I'ittsburg Subways Com-
pany, which proposes to build subways to the
main residence localities in the East End.
E. V. Babcock of E. V. Babcock & Co., is
summering at his country residence at Ashtola,
Pa., where the firm is making things hum in a
lumber way.
F. X. Diebold of the Forest Lumber Company
is on another long tour of inspection among the
West Virginia mills.
George W. Nicola, president of the Nicola
Lumber Comimny, has bought the well-known
.Miller and McVay tracts on Sewickley Heights
for .^00,00(1, or .$1,000 an acre. The two farms
comprise one of the most beautiful country
building sites in the entire Tuxedo district and
are within five minutes' walk of the palace of
the Allegheny Country Club and surrounded by
Hie country homes of some of Pittsburg's best
known millionaires.
\V. Li. .lohnston, president of the American
Lumber *; Manufacturing Company, is one of
Hie I'ittsburg lumbermen who look for a first-
class trade along all lines this fall. The Ameri-
can is having a very busy summer in liardwood
and is finding the big lots of hardwood timber
which were bought through its hardwood man-
ager. J. N. Woollett, last fall and winter, mighty
acceptable in filling its orders.
The Pittsburg Wholesale Lumber Dealers' As-
■^o'lation held its annual picnic at Boss Grove
on Saturday, June 23, the affair being strictly
of the "skidoo" type, owing to the fact that
there are but twenty-three firms in the associa-
tion. An excellent time was reported.
The Buckeye Lumber Company, which was
recently organized and has offices in the Fergu-
son building, is pushing right to the front under
the direction of Manager Wickersham. This
concern has some splendid New York connec-
tions and is going to make a mark in the hard-
wood field.
The Clay-Schoppe Lumber Company, of which
W. A. Clay is president and Julius Schoppe sec-
retary, is a new firm at .S03 House building.
Both men are from Ligonier. Pa., where they
own 1,200 acres of fine hardwood timber in
addition to a good sized tract of hardwood at
Bolivar, Pa., on the main line of the I'ennsy!-
vania railroad. The former tract is now cut-
ting 100,000 feet a month, which will lie mar-
keted in the Pittsburg territory.
The firm of Flyte & Mackey are starting a
big hardwood operation at Darlington, Pa., on
the Ligonier Valley railroad. They have about
3,000.000 feet of hardwood in that locality
which will be cut off as soon as possible.
Iteports from the West Virginia Lumber Com-
pany show that its hardwood business, especially
in chestnut, was better by 20 per cent in June
than in May. Most of its stock was cut at its
plant at Johnson City, Tenn., where it is now
sold up close to the saw.
The mills of the A. M. Turner Lumber Com-
pany are putting in a busy summer. It keeps
Hie company busy to keep its stock list ahead
of its order books and in Its southern plants
it has very small accumulation of lumber at
present.
The Linehan Lumber Company says that there
is a considerable call for beech and maple to be
used in false work in river dam construction
instead of the usual oak timbers. Where these
woods are under water and not exposed to the
action of the atmosphere they serve the pur-
pose veyy well and this summer are much easier
lo get. From the west and southwest .1. J.
Linehan writes that trade conditions in hard-
woods are remarkably good and that prospects
for a busy six months the remainder of this
year are strictly No. 1.
The Flint, Erving & Stoner Lumber Company
is cutting about 75,000 feet a day at its new
plant at Dtinlevie, W. Va., which it bought two
months ago. Most of this is spruce, but there
is a good sprinkling of hardwood in the stock.
The company's mills in northern I'ennsylvania
are getting out a fine lot of hemlock and hard-
wood. The company will run all summer its
new mill at Millport. Pa., which is the best in
that section.
Wilson Brothers, through their hardwood man-
ager, I. F. Balsley, are hustling for hardwood
business this summer in a way that keeps an
energetic bookkeeper up to his ears in work.
The I.,. L. Satler Lumber Company has finished
inlying all the holdings of the Blacksfone Lum-
ber Company at Blackstone. Va.. a part of
which, including 9,300 acres near Lunenberg.
Va.. It secured a short time ago. The last
purchase was made by L. L. Satler and J. S.
McNaughter, respectively president and secre-
tary of the company, and gives the firm 10,000
acres of choice timber land with all machinery,
cars, live stock and buildings belonging to the
old compan,v. The branch ofllce recently estab-
lished at Blackstone will be managed by Benham
Marshall, who was connected with the Black-
stone company for several years. A large part
of the lumber will be taken direct to tidewater
by way of the James, Nottoway, Blackwater and
Southampton rivers, thus greatly reducing the
cost of transportation. The company expects to
cut 15.000,(100 feet -a year from the two tracts.
The first one will be run under the name of the
Noltoway Lumber Company and the last one by
Hie L. L. Satler Lumber Company.
mand for it is as good as ever. He also gets
birch from other sources and keeps a good as-
sortment of it.
The yard men of the Standard Hardwood
Lumber Company are more perplexed than ever
In their effort to pile up oak and other hard-
woods high enough to keep the tracks and alleys
free, which means that business is brisk.
The new yard of the Buffalo Hardwood Lum-
ber Company in Memphis is beginning to blossom
out with stock, and an all-round stock is to be
put in as soon as possible. The Buffalo yard is
carrying a big line, with a fine supply of oak.
There is much complaint of oak shortage from
the office of Scatcherd & Son, though the firm
appears to get enough of it somehow to keep
up its regular trade. AH grades and sizes are
in demand.
Angus McLean is off again on one of his regu-
lar trips of inspection, being in Louisville at
last accounts. He will also visit the Chatta-
nooga and Bedford, Ind., mills of the company.
All are in active operation.
H. A. Stewart will tour West Virginia soon
in search of oak and cherry. Tlie yard here is
in good shape, having had a big run on chest-
nut this season, when everybody else was finding
it so hard to get.
A. J. Elias has the satisfaction of carrying
through all the Buffalo river improvement
schemes he has had in mind so long — has se-
cured a big steel plant on it and will soon see
other ind\istries coming his way.
F. W. Vefter is back from North Carolina,
where he went to continue the operations in
oak and ash for the Empire Lumber Company.
He finds that the export demand for ash is very
fine and at top prices.
The trade of O. E. Yeager has been good
enough lately to make it hard to keep certain
scarce woods in full assortinent. He, is getting
good prices, especially for ash, of late.
Beyer, Knox & Co. find that trade is good
for this season, and will see that their southern
connections turn out oak, ash and the like
enough to meet all their wants in that line.
The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Exchange, at
Its last meeting elected the following officers :
G. Ellas, president ; L N. Stewart, vice-president,
and F. A. Beyer, secretary and treasurer. The
plan has been to hold meetings weekly, but as
this will not be kept up through the summer, the
meeting adjourned subject to the call of the presi-
dent. The first outing of the Lumber Exchange,
an automobile trip on June 20, was an entire
success, about sixty members and their guests at-
tending. Supper at Clarence and a run home
by moonlight concluded the day.
Buffalo.
A. Miller has received about thirty cars of
birch from Canada and is finding that the de-
Detroit.
Charles R. Koche, Detroit inspector for the
National Hardwood Lumber Association, has
resigned, to devote more time to his private
interests in connection with the hardwood firm
of Leech, Roche & Co.
George L. Smith, surveyor-general of the Na-
tional Hardwood Lumber Association, Chicago,
has been in Detroit the past few days looking
over the field with a view to selecting a suc-
cessor for Mr. Roche.
H. P. Dutton, salesman for the Worcester
Lumber t^ompany. of Chassell, Mich., was in
Detroit this past week on business, leaving for
Buffalo.
('harles McClellan. of the Simmons Lumber
Company, of Simmons, Mich., was in Detroit
recently.
H. W. Russell, representing the Fenwood
Lumlier ('ompany and the Ingram Lumber Com-
pany of Wausau, Wis., was another Detroit
visitor.
The Russel Wheel & Foundry Company has
been so busy the past month that it has
actually had to turn down several orders, but
now has the rush well in hand so it can take
care of all future business.
Brownlee & Co. are receiving much basswood
at their Detroit docks. They report a greatly
improved demand for that wood.
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Eastern capitalists who are contemplating
locating a large factory in Detroit are trying to
secure as a site tine retail yards of the McClure
Lumber Company. The McClure brothers are
gradually disposing of their retail stock that
they can give more time to their large mills in
Alabama.
The Standard Tie Company of Detroit has
Just completed the purchase, through O. B. Law,
timber broker of that city, of a 9,000-acre tract
of fine hardwood timber land in Desha county,
Arkansas, known as the St. Louis & Arkansas
Lumber & Manufacturing Company's property.
This timber was owned and operated by the
Paddock-Hawley Iron Company of St. Louis.
The consideration is private. The Standard Tie
Company will commence lumber operations at
once.
Saginaw Valley.
Speaking nf conditions Chas. A. Bigelow.
manager of the Kneeland-P.igelow and the
Kneeland, Buell & Bigelow mill plants at Bay
City, said : "Everything is moving nicely, the
mills are cutting out a lot of stock, much of
which is sold long ahead and some for the
entire season, and trade in all kinds of hard-
wood lumber is good. There isn't any accumu-
lation of dry lumber and we are shipping some
that is green. In fact, we have been loading
cars with maple timber sold to Ohio and Penn-
sylvania concerns that is almost green from the
saw."
The Eastman Flooring Company is putting out
a lot of fine maple flooring and Is building a
pair of cement dry-kilns, which will Increase the
capacity of the plant. Mr. Eastman has re-
turned from the East, coming back in a new
touring auto.
Vt'. D. Young & Co. are hurrying forward the
work on a new warehouse at their plant, the
contract for which was let some ten days ago.
The building is '200 feet long and 24 feet wide,
and is of brick with cement foundation. There
is a space of 100 feet between the old ware-
house and the new one, which is to be roofed
in and machinery installed, which will increase
the facilities of the plant. The firm is doing a
remarkably fine business and the plant is oper-
ated by day and night shifts.
A great deal of hardwood lumber is being
turned out this season by portable sawmills be-
tween Bay City and the straits of Mackinaw.
These small plants cut from 6,000 to 15,000
feet a day, and they find plenty of business.
There are small lots of timber averaging from
200,000 to a million or more feet scattered all
through this part of the state that are out of
reach of the large railroad mill plants, and this
timber is being converted into lumber by the
portable mill. Probably twenty five of these
mills are in operation in the territory referred
to. Great improvements have been made in
these mills and they are now so constructed
that they can be packed up and moved about
as handily as a circus.
Robert Mitchell is buying and shipping hard-
wood lumber by rail from Millersburg, and will
move a number of million feet during the sum-
mer.
It is estimated that there is enough hard-
wood timber in Presque Isle county to stock
the mills there fifteen years, and a lot of timber
is being cut and railed to Alpena.
The Kneeland-Bigelow Company and the Knee-
land, Buell & Bigelow Company have more than
200,000,000 feet of timber to come to Bay City
to he converted into lumber, enough to stock
the two mills for twenty years, and they are
negotiating for some 50,000,000 feet more.
H. A. Batcheior of the Batchelor Timber Com-
pany says it will take more time than was first
calculated to place the Gale mill at West
Branch, recently purchased. In proper condition.
The stock will come to the mill by rail from
Crawford and Otsego counties, having been pur-
chased some years ago from the Ward estate.
Charles O. Rodgers, formerly of the Rodgers-
Allison Lumber Company, operating a sawmill
at Logan, north of Bay City, three weeks ago
bought 3,000 acres of hardwood land of the
Chocolay Land Company in the upper peninsula.
The deal also included a sawmill. Mr. Rodgers
had an opportunity to make a good thing and
he has resold to Louis Jensen of Gaylord. The
sawmill has a capacity of 20,000 feet a day and
is in operation. It is announced that Mr. Jen-
sen will organize a company with a capitaliza-
tion of $400,000, purchase additional acreage
and operate on an extensive scale.
There are many hardwood logging camps in
operation north of Bay City and the summer
has been cool and nice for logging. The Knee-
land. Buell & Bigelow Company is running seven
camps and the Kneeland-Bigelow Company four.
As fine a lot of white ' birch timber as ever
came in contact with axe and saw is coming to
the Saginaw river over the Mackinaw Division
of the Michigan Central, to be used in the manu-
facture of toothpicks and other specialties. It
was cut on Bois Blanc island some few miles
from Cheboygan.
Extensive improvements have been made at
the Hanson-Ward veneer plant in Bay City and
it is running overtime, having orders booked
way ahead. Some fine birch and maple are cut
into wide sheets a thirty-second of an inch in
thickness.
John J. Flood is still cutting hardwood logs
for W. D. Young & Co, He has a contract to
manufacture a quantity of maple into lumber
for Sailing, Hanson & Co.
E. Germain is using a lot of native hard-
woods in the manufacture of pianos besides the
mahogany he has imported from Africa. He
has a large number of hands engaged in this
business and has made of it a marked success.
Grand Eapids.
The Thomas MacBride Lumber Company
of this city, operating mills at Laketon, Luce
County, and at Buckley, formerly New Wex-
ford, in Wexford County, lias increased its
capital stock from $30,000 to $40,000.
The Henderson-Ames Company of Kalama-
zoo has leased the factory formerly occupied
by the Kalamazoo 'W^agon Company and will
start the manufacture of lodge furniture, em-
ploying at the outset 150 men. The company
is operating a similar factory in Columbus. O.
President Chas. W. Garfield of the Michigan
Forestry Commission has received a number
of letters from owners of timber lands in the
state with reference to the need of fire laws
for better protection of young forest growth.
J. D. Hawks of Detroit, president of the De-
troit & Mackinac railroad, writes that he will
give hearty support to such a measure.
The D. Perkins Refrigerator Company of
Battle Creek will remove its plant to Port
Huron.
Up to July 4. 4,200 furniture buyers had
registered in this market, and they have
placed very liberal orders. There are about
175 manufacturers showing their lines in the
downtown exhibition buildings, while the local
concerns as usual are exhibiting their lines
in their factory show rooms.
The manufacturers are working into better
lines of stuff. Genuine leather has supplanted
the various imitations in covered goods and
the cheaply finished Mission furniture is fast
giving place to the early English, which is
practically an improved Mission. It is the
opinion of some dealers that the Mission
style, even in the better grades, has had its
day, but this opinion is by no means generah
The Carrollton Furniture Company of Car-
rollton, Ky.. showing a fine line of dressers,
chiffoniers, etc.. in this rharket, is operating
its own band sawmill, cutting walnut, poplar,
oak, ash and other woods on its lands in
Kentucky, and rafting them down the Ohio
river to the mill. The mill has been burned
three times during the past nine years. It
was rebuilt in May, and is now equipped with
sprinklers. All oak is quartered, the walnut is
cut into firsts and seconds, and with the pains
taken in sawing first grade lumber the mill
cuts only about 30.000 feet a day.
An eastern manufacturing concern is show-
ing very clever "American" mahogany pieces
made of birch, and "American" quartered
oak made of plain white oak. The difference
in price between the real and the imitation
in this furniture will average about twenty-
five per cent. The treatment of the wood is
made with such skill that men who call them-
selves experts cannot tell the genuine from
the imitation.
Milwaukee.
The John Schroeder Lumber Company has
taken out a permit for a dry kiln addition to
its large plant on Walnut, Cape and Commerce
streets. The new structure will be as nearly
fireproof as possible, and cost about $25,000,
Work has already commenced and will be
pushed to an early completion. It will add
three more kilns to the company's already ex-
tensive plant.
The Washburn, Wis., mill of the Edward
Hines Lumber Company of Chicago was de-
stroyed by fire July 1, causing a loss of $100,-
000, covered by insurance. Repairs costing
$7,000 had just been completed when the fire
broke out.
Evidence tending to show an alleged attempt
to defraud the government being lacking. Court
Commissioner D. E. McDonald of Oshkosh dis-
charged Leander Choate, Benjamin Doughty.
James Doughty, James M. Bray and Thomas
Daly of Oshkosh, under indictment by an Ore-
gon grand jury for alleged land frauds. The
government to sustain the charges in the in-
dictment had brought Henry J. Cole, Jefferson
Howard, Butler F. Ilelman and Sumner Park
from Oregon as witnesses.
Asheville.
The Aslieville Lumber Exchange, recently or-
ganized, held its semi-annual meeting here Tues-
day afternoon, July 3. There were fully fifty
lumbermen and manufacturers from this and
other sections of the state in attendance. The
report of the committee, of which Dr. C. A.
Schenck is chairman, on securing better freight
rates on hardwoods from this section, in effect
stated that the committee had met Mr. Thomp-
son of the Southern Railway, and that it felt
certain concessions would be made. The com-
mittee also reported that the freight officials
of the Southern did not meet at Lake Toxaway
last month as expected and that the committee
therefore had had no opportunity to present
the request of the Asheville Lumber Exchange
for lower rates on certain hardwoods. The com-
mittee was instructed to continue its efforts,
and to secure an audience with the freight oflB-
cials at as early a date as possible. Trade was
reported to be in good shape in North Carolina.
There is a continued healthy demand for hard-
woods, while prices remain firm.
The Three M Lumber Company of Swain
county, North Carolina, has sold its holdings to
William S. Harvey of Philadelphia, who will
transfer the property to the Southern Spruce
Company, a corporation chartered under the
laws of the state of New Jersey. The Three M
Lumber Company's holdings consist of 31,000
acres of virgin forest lands in Swain county,
together with railway tracks, locomotive and
other property, including sawmills. George W.
Morris was vice president of the Three M com-
pany.
The Hoo-Hoo of western North Carolina had
a great time here the evening of Tuesday, July
3, After the initiation of seventeen kittens the
Hoo-Hoo were transported to the Kenllworth Inn
by special car, where an elaborate banquet was
served. One of the features of initiation was
driving the kittens over the principal streets of
the city chained together like convicts. Judge
H, B. Stevens of Asheville, a prominent lawyer,
jurist and now lumberman, led the procession.
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Those initiated were : C. E. Scliaefer of Waynes-
Tille, C. M. Jennings of Bryson City, A. R.
Stlmpson of Tenrose. Lynn Evans Reigbard of
Swannanoa. W. C. I'ryor of Aslieville, Judge H.
B. Stevens of Asheville, Dr. Carl A. Schenck
of the Vanderbilt estate. J. F. Lentz of Ashe-
ville, Robert A. Gaitber of Statesville, W. M.
Tabor of Swain county, J. B. A. Bennett of
Asheville. C. E. Quinland of Waynesville, L. M.
Eubank of Andrews, \V. T. McKinney of Bryson
City and John E. I'atton of Swannanoa. The
banquet was thoroughly enjoyed, as were also
a number of short talks. Dr. Sc-henek invited
the lliio Hoo to hold their next meeting on the
summit of Mount Fisgah, and the invitation
was speedily accepted.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn.
The Richland Lumber Company has been or-
ganized in Bristol with a capital stock of lf2o.-
000. fully paid in. The oflieers of the new lum-
ber corporation are : President, J. H. Bryan of
the Bryan Lumber Company ; vice president,
Maj. Paul nevine, treasurer of the Soldiers'
Home at Johnson City ; secretary-treasurer and
general manager, J. Alwyn Cannon of the Citi-
zens' bank of Bristol. The new concern owns a
large body of valuable hardwood timber along
the banks of the W'ateree river, between Sumpter
and Colombia, S. C, and will at once install
mills and prepare to begin cutting by September
1. The company will have general offices in
Bristol and Mr. Cannon will have charge of all
business. It is in the market for all kinds of
mill and logging etjuipment, office supplies, etc.
The directors are ; J. A. Cannon, J. H. Bryan,
Maj. Paul Devine. Dr. T. S. West and E. T.
Brown.
J. A. Wilkinson announces that he will at
once begin the erection of a mill, to cost about
$50,000, on the Southern Railway yards at
South Bristol. Ue has purchased a good-sized
mill site and will be much better efpiipped than
heretofore. This mill is being built to supplant
the one which was burned in this city some
three months ago. Mr. Wilkinson will also
maintain an assorting yard in Bristol.
Invitations have been issued to the approach-
ing marriage of Ewell Lee Warren, southern
manager of the R. E. Wood Lumber Company
of this city, to Miss Trula Leigh Keenan of
Trenton. Tenn., July 11. Mr. Warren and his
bride after a short honeymoon trip will be at
home in Bristol.
Richard N. Jackson of the Kingston Lumber
Company, of Laurel. Miss., accompanied by his
friends, Messrs. Curry and Davis, of Birming-
ham, came to Bristol last week in Mr. Johnson's
big touring car and made the trip from Laurel
to Baltimore overland. J. Alwyn Cannon joined
the i^arty at Bristol and accompanied them to
Baltimore.
C. J. Morrow, a prominent hardwood lumber-
man and manager of the properties of the North
Carolina Land & Timber Comi)any of Putnam,
N. C, came to Bristol last week and spent sev-
eral days buying hardwood lumber for shipment
to the east.
Tom H. Mason, a prominent hardwood lumber
buyer of Fort Smith. Ark., is the guest of rela-
tives and friends at Bristol and .\blngdon. Mr.
Mason made the trip from his Arkansas home to
Bristol overland in an automobile. He is an
old Virginia lumberman and will spend several
days in this section.
Frank Price of Price & Heald has returned to
his home at Baltimore after looking after the
company's business interests in this section for
several days in conjunction with the local man-
ager, F. W. Hughes.
N. B. Bradley, of Bay City. Mich., of N. B.
Bradley & Sons and the Bradley Lumber Com-
pany, came to Bristol last week and is spend-
ing some time in this section as the guest of his
son. E. E. Bradley, of Elizabethtown.
About a dozen of J. A. Wilkinson's inspectors
and buyers spent the Fourth in Bristol and
were entertained at a banquet given at Hotel
Tip Top on the evening of the Fourth by Mr
Wilkinson. H. M. Hoskins, E. H. Wilkinson
and J. A. Wilkinson of Bristol were the only
Bristol people present.
J. E. Brading of Brading & Marshall of John-
son City was in Bristol on business last week.
W. H. Hensley of Scott county. Virginia, was
in the city on business last week.
The Penland Lumber Company has been organ-
ized at Marion. Va., with a capital stock of
$200,000 and will do a general lumber manufac-
turing business. W. S. Burger is president and
general manager of the company. C. W. Ansler
vice president and E. M. Campbell treasurer.
The company is organized to develop extensive
timber lands in southwest Virginia and is backed
by Pennsylvania capitalists.
The construction of the Black Mountain rail-
way in Lee county. Virginia, which is being
backed by Bristol capitalists, is in progress, and
it is said the road will be completed within a
few months. The road is being built to afford
an outlet for timber and coal, and lumber con-
cerns will be organized to develop the timber
properties on Black mountain.
Lloyd Hughes, son of O. F. Hughes, a veteran
lumberman of Bristol, has returned from West
Virginia. whei'C he has been engaged in the
lumber business for the past year and a half.
Valentine Luppert and J. W. Tarman of the
Luppert Lumber Company. Inc., of Butler, Tenn..
were in Bristol on business last week.
John W. Coles of Philadelphia, a hardwood
lumberman, is in Bristol buying stock.
Cincinnati.
The movement of lumber last month accord-
ing to Chamber of Commerce records was as
follows : Receipts. 7.522 cars : shipments.
6.086 cars. For the same month last year the
receipts were 6,311 cars and shipments 5.052
cars.
In June there were issued 361 building per-
mits, as against 444 for the corresponding
month in 1905. However, the value of im-
provements for June this year was $846,000,
compared to $635,760 in June. 1905.
Fred Furgason. for years a well known lum-
berman, has been appointed to succeed Wm.
Stewart as deputy national inspector at Cin-
cinnati. The change was made after a visit
by G. L. Smith, surveyor general of the Na-
tional Hardwood Lumber Association.
C. F. Korn, of .the Farriu-Korn Lumber
Company, has returned from a short business
trip to Cairo. 111.
T. B. Stone, of the T. B. Stone Lumber Com-
pany, is back from a two weeks' vi.sit to various
hardwood centers.
I. M. Asher has resigned as local agent for
the Nicola. Stone & Meyers Company of Cleve-
land. He has been succeeded by Mr. Morgan.
Mr. Asher. together with J. F. Austin. O. L.
Layne. P. N. Simon and Fred Frazer, has
formed the I. M. Asher Lumber Company. The
capital stock, half of which will be 6 per cent
preferred, is $20,000. The company will be
ready for business in a few weeks.
A woodworking plant at present located in
a large eastern city, has written the Industrial
Bureau that it will remove to this city pro-
viding a building with at least 75.000 feet of
floor space can he obtained. Such a building
is now being looked for by officers of the In-
dustria' Bureau, who are keeping the name of
the company a secret for the present.
M. B. Farrin. of the M. B. Farrin Lumber
Company, has returned from Grand Point,
Mich., where his family will spend the sum-
mer. Mr. Farrin is arranging his work so that
he can make frequent trips during the hot
weather to Grand Point.
The mills of the Kentucky Lumber Company
at Burnside and Williamsburg, Ky.. and at
Ilaversham. Tenn.. have been forced to sus-
pend operations. In the meantime, however,
the company is stocking its yards in this city
with desirable lots of hardwoods.
The constitution and by-laws of the Cincinnati
Lumbermen's Club will be changed. President
Moffett has appointed the following committee
to perform that duty : C. F. Korn, chairman ;
J. W. Darling and Wm. Stone.
For more than twenty miles above the city
C. Crane & Co. have logs along the shore of the
Ohio river. They were fortunate In getting
many of their logs out of the mountains of
Kentucky and West Virginia before the streams
became too low to permit their floating. Ait
of the Crane Company's mills are running full
time to keep up with the great rush of orders
on hand.
Samuel W. RIcbey of the RIchey. Halsted &
Quick Company is in Portland. Ore., where on'
June 27 he was wedded to a charming young-
lady of that city. Mr. Rlchey's lumbermen:
friends here have secured the famous oil paint-
ing by John Hauser of this city of "Quick
Bull." one of thfe few Indian chiefs left on the
government reservation. The painting will be
given to Mr. RIchey when he returns next
month with his bride.
Nashville.
A syndicate of Nashville lumbermen, headed
by A. B. Baird. has just closed a deal for a
half million acres of timber lands in Mexico
near Durango. The property is said to have
an abundance of giant white oak and yellow
pine. A railroad line has been surveyed from
Durango. through the tract, to Mazatland.
D. S. Hutchinson, of the Nashville Hardwood
Flooring Company, is flguring on a handsome
home to be built in the Murphy addition, a
fashionable residence portion of the city.
John W. Love, of Love. Boyd & Co.. is now
living in his new home on West End avenue, his
place adjoining that of John B. Ransom.
Among the recent visitors to the Nashville
market were Martin .T. Mussleman, of the Mehler
Lumber Company, of Louisville. Ky.. and A. J,
Gall, of the Gall Lumber Company. Ltd., of
Toronto. Canada. Mr. Mussleman bought sev-
eral cars of hardwood, and Mr. Gall looked ex^
tensively at local stocks.
Hamilton Love, of Love, Boyd & Co., has re-
turned from a stay of several weeks at Mount
Clemens. Mich., where he went to take the mud
baths for rheumatism. He is somewhat im-
proved.
M; F. Green, of the Davidson-Benedict Com-
pany, has returned from a tour of inspection of
the properties of the company in South Carolina,
and Georgia.
The E. & N. Manufacturing Company, one-
of the largest manufacturers of Interior finish-
ing products in the south, has been awarded the
contract of furnishing the interior finishings of
the new department store that is being erected
by the Castner-Knott Dry Goods Company on
Church street. Mahoganized birch will be the
wood principally employed.
What is known as the Hill lands, have been
sold at Tracy City. Tenn., to C. F. Barnes, Wil-
liam Barnes and W. T. Mood.v. of Texas, and
Charity Hall, of Chattanooga, for $20,000. The
deal includes several thousand acres of virgin
timber.
A copy of the charter of the Wiborg & Hanna
Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been regis-
tered at the office of Secretary of State John
W. Morton. The company will do a lumber and
sawmill business in Tennessee. It is iucori)o-
rated at half a million dollars.
Memphis.
The issuance of a circular by the Missouri
Pacific system, announcing that a minimum of
40,000 pounds of lumber must he loaded in a
00,000-pound capacity car and 35,000 pounds
minimum in a car with stated capacity of 40,000
pounds, has aroused vigorous protests from lum-
bermen, on the ground that such action is un-
fair and places them under a handicap which is
somewhat serious. One lumberman has already
written to the general freight agent of the road
declaring that it is impossible to load a mini-
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mum of 40,000 pounds in a car of 60,000 pounds
capacity in the case of bone-di-y Cottonwood,
cypress, poplar and otlier similar woods, also
that it is impossible to load 3.J.O0O pounds in
a car of 40.00 pounds capacity. Other lumber-
men are writing in similar strain.
Following are the more important movements
among the tow boats handling lumber and logs
on the Mississippi river during the past fort-
night : The Fred Ilartweg has passed up the
Mi.<sissippi river from the lower bends loaded
with lumber for Ohio river points : the Joy Tat-
ton has brought in a large load of logs from
points above tor Memphis Hrms : the tow boat
Dolphin No. 3, the property of the Anderson-
Tully Company, has brought in three barges
loaded with logs for the mill of the company in
North Memphis : the Harry Lee has arrived with
a large consignment of persimmon logs for the
Anchor Block Mills to be manufactured into
tackle blocks, shoe lasts and other hardwood
specialties : the tow boat Katherine has passed
up from the lower bends of the Mississippi
with a barge of lumber for a firm at Cairo. 111.
C. It. Palmer, who has spent some time at the
offices of the I,. II. Cage Lumber Company at
Memphis, has returned to I'rovidence. R. I., and
will be gone all summer. He was accompanied
by his wife, who came south only a short time
before his departure.
The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company has
purchased seven acres of land in North Memphis
and will establish a hardwood lumber plant
thereon, to be operated as a branch of the home
concern. The land purchased adjoins the tract
purchased some time ago by the E. Soudbeimer
Companv. The plant will, it is understood, be
in operation here some time this fall.
Viispatches received here from Clarksville.
Tenn.. are to the effect that a company is lieing
formed there for the manufacture of wagons,
nlth an annual capacity of 10.000.
Building permits taken out here during June
were the largest in the history of this city for
this particular period, reaching .f 509.000. against
S3S8.000 last year. This brings the total to
date this year to .$2,4.S4.nO(i. against $1,953,000
for the corresponding period last year.
A well-known manufacturer, who has traveled
over a considerable portion of eastern Arkansas,
is authority for the statement that there are
more mills running now than for a long while.
However, he says there are very few small mills
doing anything, as most of these quit the field
during the trying experience of the preceding
twelve months. Weather conditions during the
past fortnight have been very satisfactory, and
most of the mills, especially the larger ones, are
better supplied with timber than they have been
for some time.
John P. Ilanna of the Wiborg & Hanna Com-
liany of Cincinnati, O.. who has been visiting the
branch ot&ce of the company in the Tennessee
Trust building, this city, has returned to head-
quarters.
John M'. McClure of Thompson & McClure.
hardwood lumber dealers and manufacturers,
lias returned from a recent pleasure trip to mid-
dle and east Tennessee.
\V. 11. Russe. president of the Natioial Hard-
wood I^umber Association and of the National
Lumber Exporters' Association, who went to
Indiana two weeks ago for the benefit of his
health, has returned to Memphis, but says he
has not been much improved by his trip.
Fire at the plant of the American Car &
Foundry Company at Binghampton, one of the
largest woodw-rking concerns in the city, which
occurred a few days ago. entailed a loss of about
$15,000.
New Orleans.
J. W. strong, proprietor of the J. W. Strong
Milling Company of Baton Rouge, which was
recently adjudged bankrupt, has been arrested in
this city for interfering with the keeper ap-
pointed to take charge of some goods seized
and held under the proceedings which took
place in the federal district court. Mr. Strong
is also charged with assaulting the United
States marshal. As the offense was committed
in the Baton Rouge district, the accused lum-
berman was taken before the United States
commissioner at that place and entered a plea
of not guilty. He was placed under bonds of
.$5o0 to appear before the United States circuit
court for the eastern district of Louisiana for
trial during the November term. The schedule
recently filed by Mr. Strong showed that his
company, which had been engaged in the hard-
wood lumber business, had liabilities amounting
to $74.0:^7.46 and assets that would total only
$.30,443.
li. L. Dinkins. representing the Delta Realty
Compan.v of Vicksburg. Miss", has just closed a
big deal in realty selling to the Southern Land
& Lumber Company of Bardwell, Ky., a fine
tract of land which was owned by N. T. Bur-
roughs of Chicago and which is Io<'ated in Cald-
well parish, near ilonroe and Riverton, the
hardwood section of the state. The tract con-
tains 4'J.2S3 acres and sold for $339,000. It is
stated that the purchasers will build mills to
cut the timt>er and then resell the land in small
tracts.
The charter of the New Orleans Chair Com-
pany, a $30,000 corporation which will manu-
facture chaii^ and other products from hard-
woods, has been filed in this state. The com-
pany will be domiciled in New Orleans and will
make a si)ecialty of olfice furniture and fixtures,
chairs, tables, etc. 11. H. Connart, E. Ruben-
stein and H. H. Waters are among its organ-
izers.
The Washburn Lumber Company of Shreve-
port. La., has been incorporated with a capital
stock of $23,000. The officers are: T. E.
Stephenson, president and treasurer : D. A.
Thompson, vice president : T. II. Thurmond, sec-
retary.
1{. B. Blanks recently transferred to W. K.
Kidcout a fine tract of land in Ouachita and
Caldwell parishes in this state, receiving $100.-
000 in cash for his property, which consisted of
12,069 acres of fine pine and hardwood timber
lands.
Exports of lumber from Pensacola, Fla.. dur-
ing June were greater than those of any other
month during the last two years. Over 40,000,-
000 feet were shipped out of the Pensacola port
to foreign countries and a large quantity was
sent on coastwise vessels to New York and
Philadelphia. The exports were as follows :
Austria, $6,808 ; France, $44,269 : Germany,
$27,000 ; Italy, $124,463 ; Netherlands, $30,479 ;
Spain, $20,000: England. $431,091: Scotland,
$64.328 : British Honduras. $3.838 : .\rgentina,
$147,013: Brazil, $100,142: Uruguay, $9,528;
total, $1,010,981.
Hawkins & Co. of Hattiesburg, Miss., have
closed a deal for 3,400 acres of timber in Lamar
county, paying $127,000, or something over $37
per acre, for the tract. 'Inhere is considerable
hardwood on the property, and this will be
used by the several spoke and handle factories
in that vicinity.
Steamboats plying out of New Orleans in
what is known as the Ouachita and Black rivers
trade have for the last few weeks made a spe-
cialty of shipments of persimmon logs which
they are bringing from the Black river territory
and exporting to foreign countries, where they
are being manufactured into shuttles and shoe
lasts. I'ersimmon is a hard, dry wood, and be-
cause it does not shrink is especially adapted to
these uses.
A valuable addition to the large number of
woodworking plants in the vicinity of Jackson.
Miss., is that of Cambria Brothers, which will
be opened in the next few days. The company
will manufacture stair cases and other articles
from hardwood, making a specialty of scroll
work.
The Jackson (Miss.) Furniture & Casket Com-
pany has completed its plant and will begin
operations in a few days. It will give employ-
ment to about 100 men.
The Silsbee mills of the Kirby I^umber Com-
pany, with- 5,000,000 feet of all kinds of lumber
and numerous other buildings, were burned July
4. The total loss is estimated at $700,000. It
is said to be covered by insurance.
Part of the big plant of the W. T. Adams
Machinery Works, near Corinth, Miss,, was
destroyed by fire July 4. This is one of the
biggest lumber machinery supply houses in Mis-
sissippi. The loss is estimated at $150,000.
The machinery shop, old pattern shop, sawmill
and foundry were destroyed and the new pattern
shop was badly damaged.
Minneapolis.
Indications from the liuilding trade are for
a good hardwood business this summer and
fall. The volume of building in the twin
cities keeps pace with last year. St. Paul
.shows a good increase. Minneapolis made a
remarkable record last year, and is not quite
keeping to the same rate this season, but the
acti^'ity here is much above the average.
Building permits for this city were for a
value of $681,815 in June, compared with
$577,000 in the same month a year ago. The
total for six months is $4,147,650, compared
with $4,787,870 for the same six months in
1905. Considering that there have been no
skyscrapers started this year, this showing is
remarkable. The receipts of lumber here
are also on the advance, showing increasing
local consumption. June receipts were 15.-
696.000 feet, compared with 14.624,000 feet in
June of last year.
W. H. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Com-
pany has returned from a business trip to
Chicago and Wisconsin points. They are en-
joying a fair trade for the time of year, and
find stocks on hand at the mills generally
less than last year at this time.
E. Payson Smith of tile Payson Smith Lum-
ber Company is back from a business trip in
Missouri. The former quarters of the com-
pany have been outgrown and it has moved
into more commodious ones at 519 Andrus
building. A. S. Bliss says June was the best
month the company ever had. and it is look-
ing for a big fall trade.
F. M. Bartelme has returned from a two
weeks' trip through Wisconsin and a side
trip down to Chicago. He found decidedly
small stocks of hardwood at the mills, with
the exception of birch and basswood, which
are fairly plentiful. Wholesale trade he finds
quiet, except sales to retail yards, but busi-
ness is all that could be expected at this sea-
son.
Osborne cJt Clark, the local hardwood whole-
salers, are building a large shed in connec-
tion with their mill at Ladysmith. Wis. They
manufacture considerable pine and hemlock
there besides hardwood and sell the soft lum-
ber at retail on the ground. The hardwood
is shipped into this market. Mr. Osborne
says they are enjoying a big carload trade
from their retail yard customers. They have
in many cases exhausted the stock bought in
the spring, and are forced to buy again to
stock up for summer. Many shipments are
going long distances.
I. P. Lennan of I. P. Lennan & Co. says
he is finding a better trade in other lines
than in hardwood, as the factory trade is not
going after stock very acti^'ely at present.
A. E. Butler of Antigo, Wis., represent-
ing the C. Wunderlich Lumber & Manufac-
turing Company of Antigo. and H. S. Wun-
derlich of Koepenick. Wis., was in Minneap-
olis a few days ago calling on customers to
interest them in his line of hardwood.
A new sash and door factory is running at
Thief River Falls. Minn. It is called the
Pioneer Sash & Door Company, and has
$50,000 capital.
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Ashland.
The rminnfacturing lumber business is very
riuiet and unless tliere is an early rise most
of the mills will be shut down. The custo-
mary June rise in the Big Sandy tributaries
has failed to materialize, in consequence of
which the timber men are feeling decidedly
"blue. There is little doing at present, for the
dealers are all away on their summer vaca-
tions.
The "W'. H. Dawkins Lumber Company
bought up the entire cut of poplar of the
Ironton Lumber Company, of Ironton, Ohio.
This comprises between 4.000.000 and 5,000.-
000 feet. This company is away behind in
filling orders, and inquiries are being turned
down every day.
Mrs. R. H. Vansant and children are spend-
ing a few weeks at Pence Springs. W. Va.
W. L. Watson, and son, Dennis, were at
home for tlie 4th of July from Mahan. W.
Va.. where they are looking after Mr. Wat-
son's extensive lumber interests.
.\ fine son h.as arrived to gladden the home
of J. E. Walker of the Keyes-Fannin Lum-
l>er < 'ompauy of this city.
W. R. Vansant has returned from North
Carolina, where he has been looking over the
ground with a view to locating in the lum-
ber business.
The following companies have been incor-
porated under the laws of West Virginia: The
Janny Gap Coal & Land Company of Charles-
ton, chief works in Raleigh county: for the
purpose of buying and selling coal, coke and
timber, and carrying on a general merchan-
dise business. Capital $50,000, of which $3,000
has been subscribed, and $300 paid. The
Clielyan Coal & Land Company of Charles-
ton, chief works in Cabin Creek district; to
mine and sell coal, manufacture coke, buy
and sell timber lands, build and operate rail-
roads, steamboats and barges, carry on a
genera! merchandise business, etc. Incorpo-
rators, E. W. Grice, O. O. Cooper, W. H. Gar-
nett. R. B. Miller. R. F. Dunlap. of Hinton.
Capital $20,000. $4,500 subscribed, $450 paid.
but the mills are making very good time and
supplies are coming along as well as misht
be expected under the circumstances.
Wausau.
Louisville.
Fire visited tln' mills un the Toint a few days
ago, destroying the sawmill and planing mill of
W. II. Coucher. The mill was entirely wiped
out. Just the amount of insurance carried is
not known, but it was nothing like the full
value of the mill. However, Mr. Coucher is
going to work to rebuild the plant again. The
lire department turned their hose into the
Louisville I'oint Lumber Company's plant and
did some damage to belts and the filing room,
but this concern suffered no loss from lire.
The Herry-Lavis .Saw ilill Company is very
liusy, cutting oak almost exclusively. A little
walnut is also cut, but most of the work is oak
bill stutf. f:ir material and plain sawed lumber.
Tlie company is not making a great deal of
quartered stock just now, the logs not running
very well for that class of work.
R. M. Cunningham says that while he has
nothing exciting personally to report in the
hardwood market, it appears to be stiffening
right along, and it is not much trouble to sell
anytliing in hardwood at a reasonably fair price.
W. C. nallard of Wehmhoff & Ballard sold a
block of luilf a million feet of No. 2 Cottonwood
the past week. lie says the cottouwood market
is climbing right along and practically every-
thing the mills have in stock has been cleaned
up. the only thing his concern has in sight
being a little bunch of .Vo. 1 common.
The Mengel Box Company, w'hich cuts consid-
erable hardwood for the furniture and factory
trade along witli box factory stock at its mills
down in the country, reports a splendid demand
for hardwood and is kept sold out jjretty clean,
having disposed of quite a lot of stock this
spring and summer.
Ed Rhubesky says there are more inquiries for
hardwood than there are offerings right now.
The ^^'llsoIl-^^'el)el■ I.iunl)pr Company of Me-
nominee has piu'cliased The entire retail lumber
btisiness of X. C. Foster of Fairchild. The pur-
chase includes six retail yards at Mondovi,
Fairchild, Humbird. Osseo. Strum and Eleva.
The (i. W. Jones Lumber Company of Apple-
ton has purchased the entire hardw^iod cut of
the ,racob Mortenson Lumber Company of Wau-
sau and will ship most of the same to its Ap-
pletim yards. There is about :^,(100,000 feet of
stock, cut last winter.
The Maxwell Lumber Company of Rosholt,
which handles hardwood entirely, is building a
planing mill.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has
been filed in the Vnited States coiu't in Mil-
waukee against the South Arm Lumber Com-
pany. The combined claims of the creditors,
whiili are for notes, amount to .fD.OOn.Td. The
jietitiriu alleges that prior to the beginning of
bankruptcy proceedings the company knowing
itself to be insolvent transferred lands in Wis-
consin and Michigan to the Milwaukee Trust
Company for the benefit of the Milwaukee First
National hank, and the court is asked to set
aside the transfer. The oificers of the com-
pany are: Theodore Plathner. president: W.
S. Johnson, secretary : S. S. Johnson, treas-
urer.
The Murphy Lumber Company has about com-
pleted operatious at .\rmstrong creek. It has
been cutting hardwood there for ten years.
The Marshfleld Land & Lumber Company, of
which ex-liov. W. H. Upham of Marshfleld was
one of the principal owners, has disposed of its
entire interests to the Copper River Land Com-
pany. The property sold includes 22.244 acres
of hardwood lands in the vicinity of Athens
and Medford. the lugging railway and logging
cars, and 11 mill :it Marshfleld. The considera-
tion was something over half a million dollars.
The former owners will retain possession of
the mill for one .year.
J. J. Russell, K. ('. Bert. K. It. Mathis and
L. E. Glynn, of .Minneai>olis. have secured an
option on the Toiimhawk Stave & Veneer Com-
pany's manufacturing plant at Tomahawk.
They own a large cooper plant in Minneapolis
and intend purchasing the Mohawk works and
using them for a stave factory.
The Uoddis Lumber & Veneer Company of
Marslilieki is receiving carloail shipments of
mahogany lumber, which is being cut up into
veneer.
W. C. Culhertsiin, who recently died at the age
of eighty-one years, was the fomuier and presi-
dent of the (iirard Lumber Company of Dunbar.
Fred I!. I'ollard has resigned as manager of
the retail yard of the Marshfiebl Land & Lum-
ber Company at Fpham and will embark in busi-
ness for himself. He has already purchased
some stocks of hardwood and hemlock.
Robert McMillan, president of the R. McMil-
lan Company, one of the largest hardwood
manufacturing companies of Gshkosh, died re-
cently of tuberculosis, aged thirty-four years,
lie came into great wealth at the death of his
father in 189S and shortly thereafter reorgan-
ized the company. He was a very successful
business man.
The Wolf River Company, witli capital stock
of ,f:iOO,0ii(i. has been organized and taken hold
of the Wisconsin Chair Company's plant at
New London. The business will be enlarged
and the lines of manufacture increased. It Is
said a capitalist of Buffalo, N. Y.. will be the
president of the new concern.
At the annual meeting of the Coye Furniture
Company of Stevens Point, held recently, 67T
shares of stock were represented, and the fol-
lowing officers elected : D. E. Frost, president ;
F. A. Southwith. vice-president ; W. H. Coye,
treasurer ; W. S. Young, secretary. Reports
showed that the business the past year had in-
creased TO per cent, while the operating ex-
penses had decreased.
Hardwood Market.
(By HARDWOOD RECORD
Chicago.
The Chicago hardwood market is featureless.
There is some desultory buying going on, but
little action in the local trade, ilanufacturing
institutions producing furniture and interior
finish are fairly well stocked and seem to pre-
fer not to place many orders for lumber until
later In the season. It is not an unexpected or
unnatural condition at this time of .year, and
the trade generally is very optimistic regarding
au exceedingly active fall business.
Boston.
The market for hardwoods has shown con-
siderable firmness during the past two weeks.
Letters received from mill points state that
dry stock is in small supply. Dealers here who
have been west and south report a fair
amount of logs on hand, but confirm the re-
ports of generally small supplies of dry lum-
ber.
Manufacturing consumers in this city and
vicinity are fair buj'ers. but there is not
enough new business to bring about an active
market. Many of these consumers have
very good stocks and are. therefore, only
taking on additional supplies when a lot is
offered that looks like a bargain. Some of
the furniture manufacturers are still bothered
by labor troubles, but this does not hinder
them from buying when they consider the
price right. The export demand is of very
moderate proportions for the most part.
Quartered oak and walnut are In fair call
from exporters.
The demand for plain oak Is not active:
In some instances It is reported that lots
Exclusive Market Reporters.)
have been offered at concessions. Quartered
oak is firmly held. A prominent dealer stated
recently that anyone who had quartered oak
to sell could do better a little later than they
could by pushing for business now. Some ex-
port business is reported. Chestnut is in
\ ery good call and offerings are not large.
The demand for maple flooring is moderate.
Brown and white ash are very firm and offer-
ings small. Whitewood is firm, especially in
the better grades. A fair volume of new
business Is reported. Cypress for the most
part is firmly held, but the demand is not
large.
Ne'w York.
The general movement of liardwood lumber
in the local market is reported fair. The
amount of good dry lumber at mill points is
sufficiently small to eliminate any forc-
ing of the market by wholesale or manu-
facturing interests. There are excellent pros-
pects for an active fall trade. All the yard
dealers, particularly those catering to the
building trades, report a big volume of busi-
ness, with more coming out all the time, and
there is every indication that 1906 will com-
pare very favorably with last year and be con-
siderably ahead of 1904. The yard trade In
hardwoods is somewhat light, in view of the
heavy early purchases of the dealei's for
their summer wants, but the manufacturing
trade Is very fair and buyers in this latter
line are sailing so close to the wind that
their orders are all of the rush nature. The
local situation can truly be said to be in
very fair shape.
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Plain oak is holding stiff on light supplies
and good demands. Quartered oak. while
showing some improvement, is still not en-
joying the activity or value which it should.
There seems to be more than enough stock
for current wants, and while there are not
very many concessions being made, prices are
not on the level which they should be.
Poplar is enjoying a good call and stocks are
ample for current wants. Low grade stock
is more active possibly than the better grades
and is particularly so in the manufacturing
trade. Prices ai-e holding firm and the mar-
ket is in good shape. Chestnut is active and
the better grades are scarce owing to the
natural production of more of the lower grade
stock than of firsts and seconds. The low
grades, however, are holding firm and better
grades are very stiff in price. Ash is in good
call, stocks are scarce and prices firm. There
is sufficient maple for all current wants and
prices are easy. Gum is having a fair call,
and beech is being called for freely, particu-
larly for temporary construction work and
special lines. ^
Philadelphia.
D-uring the last two weeks there has been
considerable quartered oak and poplar coming
into the market. Birch has been moving well,
and there has been a good demand tor thick
oak. Ash has also been In request, and some
of the big retail yards have been handling a
good bit of cypress.
The concerns that deal in railroad ties, posts,
etc., find business extremely good. Most of
them in Philadelphia are going into the man-
ufacturing end of the business more and more,
finding that their ends can be best attained if
they manufacture their own stock, although they
are all in the market for a certain amount of
made-up stult. One of the best proofs of their
prosperity is the fact that they are enlarging
their holdings of timber lauds and erecting
mills.
Among the wholesalers in general there is a
feeling of dullness, which, however, is not alarm-
ing, as a slow season is expected at this time
of the year. A good season is predicted by
the biggest firms who find that the orders from
the retail yards are increasing slightly over
those of the previous fortnight.
Baltimore.
While certain aspects of the lumber trade
here tend to create an impression of quiet,
stocks are moving in fair ciuantities and the
business generally is in good shape. Stocks
are arriving with some freedom. The dis-
tribution in the East does not at present
compare with the demand in the Middle West,
but the range of prices is quite as high as
it has been for nearly all kinds of lumber.
As was to be expected, oak planks continue
to head the list, being eagerly sought. No
advance in the list has taken place of late,
but the quotations are steady.
The exporters report the foreign situation
rather quiet, but this is always the case
during the heated period. The export de-
mand for oak planks is fair, and stocks are
being moved in liberal quantities. Recently
the belief gained some currency that values
here would not be maintained, and this
tended to make the European buyers hesitate
In the hope that prices would ease off. They
realize by this time, however, that such ex-
pectations are not likely to be borne out and
stocks are being taken once more with some-
what greater freedom.
The domestic market is being aided by the
railroads and car building concerns, which are
making large requirements. The shortage of
labor in the sawmills is another factor that
tends to make buyers eager to place orders
and serves to keep up the lists. Ash is a
strong second to oak, being in good request
both here and abroad, and bringing prices
that stimulate production. Walnut remains
in favor among a certain class of domestic
buyers, while the foreign trade is always
ready to take desirable stocks. Values are
well sustained. Chestnut, beech, hickory and
other hardwoods all move freely at satisfac-
tory figures. Poplar has not lost any of Its
strength, being called for in quantities at
home as well as in foreign countries. The
range of prices is proportionately higher here
than on the other side of the Atlantic, and
reports are frequent that manufacturers, ship-
ping direct, make sacrifices in order to pre-
vent accumulations here. Some of the ex-
porters criticise this policy as short-sighted
because, they say, the exporter is thus in a
measure shut out of the foreign market be-
cause the prices he must pay do not permit
him to compete with the direct shipping man-
ufacturer. The exporter, therefore, does not
buy lumber, so that In the end the total
of the shipments is no larger than it would
be if the export business were done entirely
by those engaged therein.
Pittsburg.
The hardwood market in Greater Pittsburg
maintains a buoyancy that Is almost unac-
countable in view of the adverse conditions
that have greatly reduced the volume of trade
in other lines of lumber. Reports from the
largest hardwood firms for .Tune Indicate that it
was one of the best months they have had for
years. Unlike other woods in this market hard-
woods are not accumulating to any great ex-
tent in the local yards and retailers who
have not given an order for pine for weeks
are buying freely of the hardwoods at better
prices than prevailed May 1. This month gives
promise of being an exceptionally active mid-
summer period and dealers are looking forward
to a busy summer.
The carpenters' strike, which has been on
since May 1 and which involved about 1,700
workmen, has been the one great drawback to
the sales of all kinds of lumber. The planing
mills of Allegheny county, which have been
practically idle for six weeks, are making a
determined effort to start this week on the
open shop plan and at the old wages of $3.50
per day of eight hours. Mill owners have re-
ceived enough applications from carpenters in
nearby small towns, where wages are about
half the Pittsburg rate, to give them consider-
able assurance that they can man most of the
mills with outside help if necessary. Unless
this Is done with comparatively little trouble
it will result in some of the mills going out of
business, for they have been running on a very
low margin of profit for months, owing to the
fact that the outside mills are coming Into
active competition with them in stocking this
market.
Oak is in the best demand since 1901. From
heavy timbers for bridge work and river con-
tracts to the finest grades of finishing lumber,
everything Is selling well. Prices are shading
upward.
Other hardwoods are favored with a fine in-
quiry. Maple flooring is one of the best notes
in the budget at present and prices are firm.
Low-grade chestnut is again a leader in the
market and stocks are reported only fair.
Considerable beech and maple are being sold
as substitutes for oak in river construction
false work- Last month the call from the fur-
niture dealers for birch, ash, maple and cherry
was largely increased. Salesmen who travel
Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, as well as those
who visit the large cities in the East, report
conditions generally very favorable to the
hardwood trade and prices right and collec-
tions above the average.
reporting the sale of grades and cuts that they
had not considered at all fast sellers. It is
true that the better supply of birch has made
it easier to keep a stock of oak on hand. The
consumer has found that he can give white, or
sap, birch a fine mahogany stain and that is all
he wants to know. So birch, which now runs
so largely to white, is all right, even It it is
rather plentiful.
It does not appear that the effort to keep up
a stock of white ash is to succeed, for the sup-
ply has suddenly given out all along the line.
Not only maple, but Washington fir is being
offered in Its place and seem to answer the pur-
pose.
There is no report of an increased poplar sup-
ply, though Canadian lumbermen are getting
water enough this summer to float their logs,
which w^ere mainly stranded early in the season.
Poplar is scarce and high.
There is a good sale of maple and oak floor-
ing. In fact, all the mills in the city are run-
ning strong on account of the activity in build-
ing.
Detroit.
Market conditions in southern Michigan show-
very little change. Birch is still inclined to be
quiet, w-hile basswood is considerably stronger.
The stiff advance in gum has greatly helped
basswood in this section. Maple continues to
be picked up closely, and the mills are cutting
practically nothing but 4-4 and 5-4, avoiding
the thicker stock, which has been a drug on
the market for the past year.
Factories are all very busy, and the con-
suming demand seems fully up to the normal,
though there is no evidence of a desire to buy
verv far ahead of actual needs.
Saginaw Valley,
Trading in hardwood lumber is guod for this
.season of the year. Prices are better than a
year ago and the conviction is there will be
an advance before the season closes, as the
prices In pine and hemlock are out of propor-
tion to those of hardwood. Manufacturers state
that there is no surplus of dry stock, but lum-
ber cut in the winter and early spring will
soon come on the market.
There is more ash being picked up this year
than usual and it is a good seller at firm
prices. Basswood is also doing well, with a
demand particularly for culls for box shocks.
Considerable quantities of elm will be manu-
factured this season. Birch is not so plentiful,
yet lots of a few hundred thousand each are
picked up here and there. There is maple in
sufficient supply. A number of million feet of
maple timber is being manufactured at Bay
City and at An Sable for government use in
harbor work and for bridges and large build-
ings.
Maple flooring is also doing better than usual.
A large portion of the output here goes abroad.
No labor troubles have interfered with opera-
tions this .season. Not only local mills, but
those along the lines of road and on the Lake
Huron shore are busy and the output will be
about equal to that of last year.
BufTaJo.
HarJwood trade here is reported fair, with
prices firm. Stocks are fairly good, with the ex-
ception of chestnut and ash, which are not to
be kept in full assortment henceforward.
There Is a good call for oak, some dealers
Milwaukee.
Market conditions have assumed a firmer tone
within the last few weeks. The demand for
stock has shown a perceptible increase and
buyers appear more anxious to place orders.
This condition is making itself especially felt
in southern woods, but northern woods are
being affected sympathetically. Dealers expect a
still more healthy situation within the next few
weeks, as indications all point to a reaction
from the abnormally poor condition since last
February. Prices under the cinumstances re-
main firm and will continue without fluctu-
ation.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn.
The lumbermen in this city and section seem
to be very busy, and the cry of scarcity of stock
HARDWOOD RECORD
2Q
has almost been hushed, though nearly all lum-
ber concerns are short on poplar and are con-
fronted with a serious proposition. It Is evi-
dent that there is not a great amount of poplar
standing in this section and the yards are nearly
ail depleted. No trouble is encountered in mar-
keting the stock, and the lumbermen are not
apprehensions of the danger of overproduction.
Some of the mills report a shortage of logs and
others closed a few days to catch up on logs.
Cincinnati.
The gist of opinion among wholesale hard-
wood dealers is that the market in its present
state is entirely satisfactory, considering the
season. In former years at this time mid-
summer dullness has existed, but this year it has
not appeared, so far at least, and dealers can
be found who e.xpress tlie belief that there
will be no appreciable falling oft in trade dur-
ing the balance of this mouth and next.
Prices are not yielding In the least, although
receipts have increased, enabling some stacking
to be done in the yards for future wants. In
the last week the weather has been favorable
to building operations, after a fortnight's
stretch of intolerable conditions. Fair in-
quiries are being received from export sources,
while road men are sending in good orders,
with advices that in the fall there will be a
great demand likely from the country trade.
IMain oak tirsts and seconds have been the
market leaders, selling at best prices without
urging. Quartered oak is in about the same
position as for some time, a fair amount of
business being put through, which shades only
when compared to the activity in plain grades.
Cypress sales have been of moderate volume
and the same can be said for ash, chestnut and
hickory. Prices for these three items are stifl:.
Mahogany is moving with customary freedom,
the demand being largely from eastern markets.
Cottonwood has sold nicely in the last two
weeks and red gum has followed it closely.
I'oplar hrsts and seconds continue to bring full
quotations.
Nashville.
July 1 statements, covering the business in
lumber in Nashville during the hrst six months
of lt)06, show a splendid increase in volume
over a corresponding period of lUUo. The in-
crease is said to average as much as 20 to 25
per cent with manj' tirms. A good deal of activ-
ity is noted in the local market at present.
The river is low and few logs are being brought
to the city that way, but the railroad lines are
bringing in a lot of timber. Good Arm poplar,
in all grades in shipping condition, is being
picked up readily. The same is true of chestnut,
oak and ash. Local stock is reported consid-
erably lower than was the case ou January 1.
Memphis.
The midsummer season liuds only a moderate
demand for hardwood lumber, but it likewise
hnds less dry stock than has been held in this
section for a number of years, so that the mar-
ket displays a healthy undertone. There is an
apparent disposition ou the part of buyers to
secure nothing beyond immediate requirements,
but this is not causing sellers to lose any sleep,
as they feel that there will not be any accumu-
lation of stock and that, consequently, there will
not be any falling ofE in prices. There are more
mills in operation than for some time as a result
of the favorable weather ; but the receipts of
lumber here are not large, and manufacturers
say that it will take them some time to restore
their yard holdings to the normal condition.
The foreign demand is only moderate, though
it Is felt that there will be some picking up in
both the domestic and foreign trade during the
latter part of this month.
Ash is as strong as heretofore. The demand
for it is very good and offerings light. The de-
mand is good for all grades, though the prefer-
ence is given for thick stock. Cypress is another
ready seller, with only moderate offerings. Prices
are firmly maintained at the recent level. All
grades are wanted.
Cottonwood is much wanted in the lower
grades by box manufacturers. There Is a pro-
nounced scarcity of this lumber, which is an
added feature of strength. High-grade cotton-
wood, with the exception of box boards, which
are in splendid request, is possibly not quite as
strong as a short time ago, though there is not
much of this for sale.
There is a moderate demand for red firsts and
seconds gum, though sap gum is not much
wanted. Low-grade stock is in excellent re-
quest. LoW'-grade gum is quite firm, while a
steady tone prevails in all other grades.
Plain white oak continues in healthy position.
Demand is good, especially in the higher grades.
I'lain red oak may be a shade easier than
heretofore, though there is no special difficulty
encountered in disposing of high-grade stock.
Quarter-sawed white oak is a good seller at
fairly satisfactory prices, but there is not much
movement in quarter-sawed red. The increasing
tendency to cut quarter-sawed oak into veneer
is regarded as the principal reason for the
small business done in this wood as compared
with recent years.
New Orleans.
The hardwood market here is dull. Stocks
have not been replenished and are still low.
The demand is light because the buyers both
here and on the other side have practically sus-
pended operations. Prices remain practically as
they were sixty days ago. Exports are tailing
off and not a great amount of lumber is being
shipped to foreign countries. This is due to the
inactivity on the part of the European buyers.
They are said to be holding off slightly In hopes
that lower prices will come with the temporary
dei)ression which obtains now. The conditions
prevailing at present are not unusual for this
season of the year and no decided change is
looked for within the next sixty days. The first
of September, however, will in all probability re-
sult in a decided change in the conditions.
Xoixisville.
It's the mill man's market In this vicinity all
the way around, and every mill is busy. Tliere
has been some active moving of cottonwood,
with prices of this wood climbing right along
with poplar. The local box factory trade has
not taken kindly to advanced prices, but those
having cottonwood to offer have found no seri-
ous difficulty in finding a market at better fig-
ures for box factory stock than is generally ob-
tained here. Poplar, of course, is leading the
list in strength. The demand tor oak, espe-
cially for car stock and bill stuff, is very active.
The furniture trade, while it is not expected to
buy heavily these days, is taking a very nice
volume, not only of plain oak, but of quar-
tered oak. Good prices on walnut lumber stimu-
lated the trade early in the season to gather in
all the walnut that could be picked up, and
the local mills are still getting in more and
sawing it up. There is not a great deal of it
that is biff and extra fine, but there has been
an unusually large quantity altogether brought
in for cutting this season. The local demand
for hardwood flooring continues good, In fact,
there is more sold here than the trade antici-
pated. The hardwood market generally is good,
the only variation about it is that now and
then some wood will take on an unusual spurt
in the way of activity.
Minneapolis.
The feature of the market in the Northwest
is a revival of buying from the retail yards.
Both single yards and line yard buyers are
coming into the market for hardwood, the
chief item in demand being oak yard stock
and wagon material. A good deal of floor-
ing is called for. The demand is to a large
extent for straight cars of liardwood, but
there Is considerable also taken in mixed
cars. Factory demand in the small towns is
taking considerable wagon stock just now.
and the volume of business is surprising for
this season of the year.
The city trade is just seasonable. Sash and
door factories and furniture people are not
stocking up heavily yet. They are buying to
a fair extent for immediate needs, all being
busy and running rather low on stock, but
they will not contract much or buy over a
carload at a time till the new stock" of hard-
wood is pretty well available or until they
know more about fall prospects in the light of
the grain crops of the Northwest. There is a
brisk demand for such northern oak as can be
offered, but the supply is running low. Red
oak in nortiiern stock is practically gone.
There is some quartered oak offered, but plain
oak is scarce, and the main supply will have
to come from the South. There is no dif-
ficulty now in securing shipments from south-
ern mills, and prices are a trifle easier than
they were. Birch is ample in supply, ex-
cept No. 1 in thick stock. There is a good
demand tor all kinds of birch. Basswood Is
selling fairly well. The mills have notified
buyers of basswood culls that there will be
a $2 advance on August 1, and this has stim-
ulated buying somewhat. An even greater
scarcity of cull lumber Is expected next win-
ter than was experienced last winter and
spring.
Liverpool.
Trade Is still very quiet and does not show
any activity. Two mahogany .sales take place
shortly and only a small quantity of African
wood will be offered, the greater amount being
Cuban. Prices should be well maintained.
The slackness of trade throughout the United
Kingdom may eventually lower prices some-
what, but it Is thought they will be well
maintained until the end of the year. Buyers
are only holding off in the hope of better
things in the way of prices.
The various hardwoods still continue firm
In price, but few sales are made for large
quantities. The turn of the half-year, which
is of course now close at hand, may see better
things. Many buyers at the moment refuse
to buy on the plea of stock-taking.
Ash and oak logs and planks would come
to a good market, but it is doubtful if buyers
would risk buying "to arrive' at the prices
shippers are asking. Hickory is much firmer
in price and prime parcels are finding a quick
sale. Birch is extremely weak and buyers of
wood on contract will drop a bit of money if
they sell on current market prices.
London.
There is little of particular interest to re-
port in this market; prices are firm, but there
Is very little demand.
The "war" between the dock companies has
terminated by mutual consent and the gainers
have been the importers, as the companies
have agreed to stand by their rates for the
next twelve months. There is a possibility of
all the London docks being taken over by
one of the local governing bodies, hence the
termination of the fight.
Walnut has been In better demand for cull
and medium boards.
In oak 1%, 2, 3, and 4-inch planks are none
too plentiful in any grade, and are in very
great request; 1-Inch boards are slow of sale,
but stock does not accumulate.
In satin walnut only medium quality Is
asked for at the moment.
Several parcels of ash planks recently ar-
rived on consignment have sold at very good
prices and other parcels would sell readily,
but this stock Is better sold on contract.
Mahogany still remains firm and good prices
with eager competition is the rule for any
parcels which come to public auction.
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FOR LIST OF MEMBERS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS
HARRY RANKIN 4 CO. Kansas City, Mo.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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'SECTION-
r
Advertisements will be inserted in this
section at llie following rates ;
For one Insertion 20 cents a line
For two Insertion! 3B cents a line
For tliree Insenlons BO cents a line
For tour Insertions 60 cents a line
Elgtit words of ordinary length make one line.
Heading counts as two lines.
No display except ttie tieadlngs can be ad-
mitted.
Remittances to accompany the order. No
extra charges for copies of paper containing
the advertisement.
EMPLOYES WANTED.
WANTED.
Competent liardwi.ud inspector and buyer,
familiar with rougli wagon material. Good
job for right man. Address
"K. 4G." care IL^rdwood Record.
WANTED.
A hardwood lumber inspector.
II. ('. IKIW & CO., 218 La Salle St., Chieago.
LUMBER WANTED
OAK TIES WANTED.
Standard White. l;...k :[nd I'.urr Oak ties,
6"xS"x8' and 7"xS" to 12"xSii'. Send descrip-
tion of what von have and price.
G. ELIAS & HUO., nes Elk St.. Buffalo, X. Y.
WANTED WALNUT LUMBER
We are cash buyers of walnut lumber 1"
and thicker, all grades, green or dry. Advise
what you have to offer. Address
BOX NO. 780, South Bend, Ind.
WANTED— HARDWOOD LOGS.
200 M feet 28-inch and up White Oak logs.
200 M feet 12-inch and up Walnut logs.
50 M ft. 12-inch and up Cherry logs.
C. L. WILLEY,
Blue Island Av. and Robey St., Chicago.
OAK.
We are in the market for plain sawed oak,
all grades and thicknesses.
P. G. DODGE & CO., 2116 Lumber St., Chicago.
WANTED.
2x5 and wider Cypress 8' No. 1 Com., select
or better.
1x4 and 6" Tupelo Gum D. & M. No. 1 &
No. 2 Com.
1x6" and wider Tupelo Gum SIS No. 1 &
No. 2 Com.
AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO., Pittsburg, Pa.
WE DESIRE TO PURCHASE
On contract carloads of Oak Boxes assem-
bled, round corners, made of 1" stock, with
cover made of IVi" stock. Also other Oak
woodwork machined and sanded ready to var-
nish, K. D., crated in bulk. Address
"CASH," care Hardwood Record.
WANTED.
Locust, Bols D'Arc or Osage Orange and
Mulberry, log run. Write for specifications
and prices.
THE PILLIOD LUMBER CO., Swanton. O.
WANTED— DIMENSION HICKORY.
Send for our specifications.
MUNCIE WHEEL & JOBBING CO.,
Muncle, lud.
WALNUT ONLY.
Wanted. Walnut lumber, green or dry, all
grades, all thicknesses, log run or on grades.
Highest market price paid. Liberal inspection.
C. J. FRANK,
2440 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Ind.
SMALL HICKORY DIMENSION.
First-class material from waste of wagon
stock. Sizes wanted furnished upon applica-
tion. L. T. La BAR, Hackettstown, N. J.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak : also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and I'iling of all kinds.
CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO.,
1213 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago, III.
TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
3,550 acres of Georgia hardwood, estimated
to cut as follows :
s.Sdd.diKi feet White Oak.
:',,."iiiii.iiiMi feet Hickory.
.-i,."iiiii,iiii() feel Red Oak.
l.T.Mi.iMlll feet White Ash.
Ilii;h grade stock suitable for wagon ami
r;nriage manufacture.
.'iVj miles from railroad: river .ioins track.
I'en years to remove titnber.
.liilIX II. ItOYT. Delaware. \. J,
LUMBER FOR SALE.
HARD MAPLE DIMENSION.
9,598 ft. iyo"xlV."xl8, 24, 30 & 36".
9,240 ft. 4/4x2" and wider 12 and 24" long.
10,255 ft. 4/4x2" and wider LS" long.
2,670 ft. 4/4x2" and wider 30" long.
1,515 ft. 4/4x2" and wider 36".
THE CADILLAC HANDLE CO., Cadillac, Mich.
WAGON STOCK FOR SALE.
We are in position to furnish wagon manu-
facturers with wagon tongues, axles, reaches
and bolsters.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn.
FOR SALE.
Common and better Hickory, 5,277 feet of
2y2", 1,092 feet of 3" and 1,024 feet of 4",
drv, good (juaiity.
'LOVR. r.OYD & CO., Nashville. Tenn.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
TO LOG AND SAW HARDWOOD.
We want to contract witli a relini)le parly
to saw three to ten miiiion feet <>f oak and
Chestnut in Virginia, band mill preferred ; con-
tract to iui'iude from stump to car.
VIRGINIA TIMBER CO.,W. C.Bates, Treas.,
70 Kiiby St., Boston, Mass.
FOR SALE.
Tile only sawmill in Riijiey. a tnwn of :'..tM)ii
people. Mill, sheds and all new. 2n.(iiM) feet
capacity. White Oak and Poplar. Price anci
description upon request.
W. B. ,T01INS(1N, Ripley. Tenn.
WOODWORKERS.
Excellent opportunities for woodworking es-
tablishments are found at a number of points
on the North-Western line in the timber coun-
try of Wisconsin and Michigan. Parties deal-
ing in cooperage will be furnished with refer-
ence to sections where this business may be
conducted favor.tbiy. Address INDUSTRIAL
DEPARTMENT, CHICAGO & NORTH-WEST-
ERN RAILROAD, Chicago.
HARDWOOD TIMBER.
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Belt Route. Tracts ranging from
flve hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum. Cypress, some Ash,
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at very reasonable figures now — in
some cases at less than $1 per thousand stump-
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop-
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
k. number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash bonus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for you.
E. W. LA BEADME, G. P. & T. A.,
COTTON BELT. St. Louis, Mo.
MACHINERY WANTED
AT ONCE.
If you are In need of machinery — new or
second hand — a few lines in this columa will
place your wants before those who hare such
goods for sale. For particulars address
Hardwood Rbcobd, Chicago, III.
Locations for
Industries
THE ERIE, THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Erie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise with man-
ufacturers of specific products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable information, so as
to promote permanent traffic, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Railroad Company
I I Broadway, New ^ ork
MANUFACTURERS
Contttmplating eBtabllshlng plania
In the Weal should lake advantaaa
of ■ location on
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
which reachea the famoua
WATER POWERS,
COAL FIELDS,
IRON ORE RANGES,
HARD AND SOFT
LUMBER DISTRICTS,
MINING DISTRICTS
of the Weat and Northweat, and
affords the best means of transpor-
tation to the marketa of the world.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO
MARVIN HUGHITT, Jr.. E. D.BRIGHAM.
Freight Traffic Manager, Gen' I Freight Agent,
GEO. BONNELL.
I nduBtria I Agent,
N^V=,I3 CHICAGO.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Advertisers' Directory
NOBTHEBN HARDWOODS.
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.... 9
Arpin Harihvi.iini Lumljer Co.... 4::
Babcock Lumber Company 9
IJarnaby, »_'. H 41
Beyer, Knox & Co 51
Bliss & Van Auken 10
Boyue City Lumber Company... 4.j
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
Brittingham & Young Company.. 43
Brownlee & Company 44
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co... 51
Cadillac Handle Company ;i
Cheat River Lumber Company.. 9
Ctierry Klver Boom & Lbr. Co... 1
Chlvvis. W. R r>
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 49
Cobbs & Mitcbell, Inc H
Crosby & Beckley Company, The. T
Crosby, C. 1' 4:j
Cummer. IJlggins & Co :s
Darling. Chas. vii Co 47
Davis. John K.. Lumber Company 43
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Co 41
Dennis Bros 45
Iiennis & Smith Lumber Company 44
r)lxon & Dewey (■>
Duhlmeier Bros 48
Dulweber, John, & Co 49
Ellas, G., & Bro 51
Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo 51
Fall. E. II 4S
Flint, Erving & Stoner Company. 9
Freiburg Lumber Company, The. . 49
FuUerton-l'owell Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 41
General Lumber Company 48
Goldie, J. S 45
Haak Lumbe. (_'ompany 4.*i
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell' Company! 40
Hayden, Harvey S
Heath-Witbeck Conitjany 47
Holloway Lumber Company 7
Ingram Lumber Company 42
Jenks, Robert II.. Lumber Co.... 50
Jones, G. W.. Lumber Company.. 43
Jones Hard.vood Company 7
Kampt, Albert R 2
Keith Lumber Company 47
Kelley Lumber iV: Shingle Co.... 44
King & Bartles Lumber Company 50
Leavltt Lumber Company 10
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co 47
Linehan Lumber Company 9
Litchfield. William E 7
Long-Knight Lumber Company .. . 41
McClure Lumber Company 45
McTlvain, J, Gibson, & Co 7
McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company 51
MacBride. 'Jhos., Lumber Co.... 4.~i
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Co . . 49
Maley & Wertz 41
Martln-Harriss Company .",0
Miller, Anthony ". 51
Miller Brothers 47
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Mowbray & Robinson 49
Murphy & Digglns 3
Nicola Lumber Company, The... 9
Korman Lumber Company 2
North Shore Lumber Company.. 44
North Western Lumber Company 43
No. Vernon Pump & Lbr. Co...". 2
O'Brien, John, Land & Lumber Co. 46
Page & Landeck Lumber Co 43
Perrine-Armstrong Company 41
Peters, R. G., Salt & Lumber Co. 45
Price, E. B 7
Radlna, L. W., & Co 49
Richmond, Park & Co 4G
Rumbarger Lumber Company.... 1
Ryan & McParland 415
Sailing, Hanson & Co 44
Scatcherd & Son 51
Schofield Bros 7
Schultz Brothers & Cowen '. 415
Simmons Lumber Company 45
Slimmer, J., & Co 47
Soble Brothers 7
Southern Oak I.umlier Company. 40
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 51
Stephenson, The I., Company... 10
Stewart, I. N., & Bro 51
Stimson. J. V 41
Sullivan, T., & Co 51
Tegge Lumber Co li
Turner, A. M., Lumber Company 9
Upham & Agler 6
Van Keulen & Wilkinson Lumber
Company 4">
\'ollmar & Below 43
Wagstaff, W. J
Ward Lumber Company 47
Weutworth, Chas. S., & Co 7
White Lvimber Company 40
White, W. H.. Company. . .' 44
Wbltmer. Wm., & Sons. Inc.... 0
Wlborg & Hanna Company 49
Wiggln, H. D 7
Willson Bros. Lumber Company.. 9
Wisconsin Timber ..^ Lumlier Co. . 47
Wlstar, Underhill & Co 7
Yeager, Orson E 51
Young & Cutsinger 41
Young, W. D., & Co 10
SOUTHERN HARDWOODS.
Aih'ance Lumber ConipMiiy 50
American Lumber Company 42
American Lumber & MJg. Co.... 9
Anderson-Tully Company 4
Atlantic Lumber Comiiany
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Beck, E. E., Lumber Company.. 49
Beyer, Knox & Co 51
Bennett & Witte 49
Black. F. W., Lumber Company. 47
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
Brown, Geo. C. & Co 8
I rown. W. I'.. & Sons Lbr. Co... 2
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co... 51
Carrier Lbr. ,& Mfg. Company... 10
t'hei-ry River Iiut»m & l.tir. Co.. 1
Cliicago Veneer Compauy 32
Chivvis, W. R .'i
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 49
Coleman, J. S., Lumber Co 42
Crandall & Brown 47
Crane, C, & Co 49
Crosby & Heckley Coniiiany, The. 7
Cypress Lumber Company 48
Darling, Chas., & Co 47
Davis. Edw. 1... ..y <'o 2
Davidson-Benedict Compauy
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company 44
Dlleur & Swain Lumber Co.... 41
Dierks Lumber &. Coal Company. 10
liixon & Ltewey G
Duhlmeier Bros 48
Dulweber, John, & Co 49
Elias, G., & Bro 51
Empire Lumber Co., Buffalo 51
Fall. E. H 48
Farrln-Korn Lumber Company... 48
Flint, Erving & Stoner Company 9
Freiberg Lumber Company 49
Fry-Buchanan Lumber Company . 42
FuUerton-Powell Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 41
Gayoso Lumber Company 4
Garetson-Grcason Lumber Co. . . . 5
Hiickley rhelps-Bonnell Company. 45
Hafner Mfg. Company 5
Hamilton, J. V 42
Heath-Witbeck Company 47
Himmelberger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Indiana Lumber Company 8
Jenks. Robt. H., Lumber Co.... 50
Jones. G. W., Lumber Company. . 4.3
Jones Hardwood Company 7
Kampf, Albert R 2
Keith Lumber Company 47
Kentucky Lumber Company
King & Bartles Lumber Company
Laue-White Lumber Compauy...
Leavltt Lumber Company
Lesh & .Matthews Lumber Co....
Linehan Lumber Company
Litchheld, Wm. E
Long-Knight Lumber Company..
Loomis vV llai-t Mfg. Company...
Love, Boyd & Co
Lueluniaiiu. Chas. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company
McClure Lunil)er Cnm[iany
Mcllvaln, J. Gibson, & Co
McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Co..
Martm-Barriss Company
Miller, Anthony
Aliller ltr<uliers
Nicola Lumber Compauy, The. . .
Norman Luu)ber Company
O'Brien. John. Land v^ Luinber Co.
Ozark Cooperage Company
I'aepcke-Leicht Lumber Company
Page & Landeck Lumber Company
Price, E. E
Radina, L. W., & Co
Ransom, J. B.. & Co
Rhubesky. E. W
Richmond. I'ark & Co
Rltter, W. M., Lumber Company
Roy I^umber Company
Rumbarger Lumber Company....
Ryan ^S; Mcl'arlaud
Scatcherd & Son
Schofleld Brothers
Slimmer. J.. iS: Oo
Smith, W. E., Lumber Company.
Southern Lumber Company
Southern ("Ink Lumber Company.
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co.
Steele jt Hibbard
Stewart, I. N., & Bro
Stc-i'ens-Eaton Company
Stimson. J. V
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
Stotz Lumber Company, Inc.
Sullivan, T., & Co
Swann-l'ay Lumber Compauy
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
Three States Lumber Company..
Turner, A. M., Lumber Company.
I'pham & Agler
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company.
Ward Lumber Company
Wentworth. Chas. S., & Co
^^'hite Lumber Compauy
Wbltmer. Wm.. & Sons. Inc
Wlborg & Hanna Company
Wiggln, H. D
Wlllson Bros. Lumber Company..
Wisconsin Timber iS; Lumber Co.
Yeager, Orson E
FOFIiAR.
Advance Lumber Company
Atlantic Lumber Company
Bennett & Witte ".
Brown. W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co..
Cheat River Lumber Company...
Chicago A'eneer Company
Crane, C, & Co
Davis. Edw. I... & Co
riuvidson Benedict Company
Dawkins, W. 11. . Lumber Co
Hayden. Harvey S
Kentucky Lumber Company
loomis vS; Hart Mfg. Company..
Rltter, W'. M.. Lumber Company
Rov Lumber Company
Rhubesky, E. W
Southern Lumber Company
Stevens-Eaton Company
Swann-Day Lumber Company....
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co....
Vansant, Kitchen & Co
Yellow Poplar Lumber Company.
48
50
30
10
47
9
COTTONWOOD AND O-aU.
Anderson-Tully Company 4
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company... 48
Himmelberger - Harrison Lumber
Company 1
Luehrmann. C. F., Hardwood
Lumber Company 6
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcka-Leicht Lumber Company 8
Smith, W. E., Lumber Company 4
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co... 5
Stol/. I inihef ( otniiany. Inc 2
Three States Lumber Company.. 4
CYPRESS.
Crandall & Brown 47
Cypress Lumber Company 48
Hafner Mfg. Company 6
Lotliman Cypress Company 5
Thompson, J. W., Lumber Co.... 4
HARDWOOD FI,OORINO.
Bliss & Van Auken 10
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company.. 10
Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3
Cummer, Diggins & Co 3
I'euu Bros. Company 4
Forman. Thos., Company 6
Haak Lumber Company 45
Kerry vV; Hanson Flooring Co.... 44
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring
Company 8
Pease Company, The 48
Schultz Bros. & Cowen 41
Stephenson. The I., Company... 10
Ward Brothers 10
Wood Mosaic Flooring Company 2
Young. W. D., & Co 10
SAW MII.I. MACHINERY.
Mersbon t'omiiany, The 36
Phoenix Mfg. Company 34
WOOD WORKINO MACRINEBT
American Wood Working Ma-
chinery Company 40
Berlin Machine Works. The
Defiance Machine Works 33
ober Mfg. Company, The 35
Smith. II. B.. Machine Company. 39
VENEER MACHINERY.
Coe Manufacturiug (^'ompauy. . . . 37
I.OGGING MACHINERY.
Clyde Iron Works 34
Lidgerwood Mfg. Company 38
Overpack. S. C
Russell Wheel & Foundry Co...
DRY KII.NS AND BI.OWERS
Morton Diy Kiln (^ompany 34
LUMBER INSURANCE.
.\dirondack Fire Insurance Co.. 1
Lumber Insurance Company of
New York 1
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. Boston
Lumber Underwriters
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company. . 1
Rankin, Harry. & Co 30
Toledo Fire & Marine Ins. Co...
'SAWS, KNIVES AND SUFF1.IES
.\tkinp, E. C & Co 35
Ilanchett Swage Works 34
Champion Saw Company ... .33 & 36
Shimer, S. J.. & Sons 35
MISCEI.I.ANEOUS.
Barroll, H. C, & Co 10
Childs, S. D., & Co 33
Lacey, J. D., & Co
Lumbermen's Credit Association. 33
Pease Company, The 48
Schenck, C. A., & Co 42
Standard Audit Company
Chicago Veneer Company
(l.NCORPORATKD)
BUR INSIDE, KENTUCKY
Bored Poplar Posts for Porch Columns
66 to 96 INCHES LONG, 8 and JO INCHES DIAMETER
'Write us lor Prices and Particulars
HARDWOOD RECORD
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DEFIANCE" WOOD -WORKING MACHINERY
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
HIGH GRADE TOOLS
^ FOR MAKING J»
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops,
Wagons, Carriages, Handles, Bobbins, Spoob,
Rims, Shafts, Poles, Insulator Pins and
Neck-Yokes, Oval Wood Dishes.
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
Automalic Long Handle Lalhe.
The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
Send for 500 Page Catalogue
I
Hammer and Halchel Handle Lalhe.
KNIVES
A man who has been in the presence of angels discloses the fact
by his action : lust one reason for our talking good machine
knives, good veneer knives or knives of any kind that do good work.
CHAMPION SAW COMPANY,
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
Save Your Money
By Using (he
RED BOOK
Published Semi-Annually
in January and July
It contains a carefully prepared list of the
buyers of lumber in car lots, both anaong
the dealers aud manufacturers.
The book indicates their financial stand-
ing and manner of meeting obligations.
Covers the UNITED STATES and MANI-
TOBA.
The trade recognizes this book as the au-
thority on the lines it covers.
A well organized Collection Department
is also operated and the same is open to you.
WRITE FOR TERMS.
Lumbermen's Credit Association
Established 1878
1405 Great Northern Building, CHICAGO
16 Beaver Street, : NEW YORK CITY
MENTION THIS PAPER
HARDWOOD
TIMBER
There is no section with so fine and
large a supply of hardwood timbers
of various kinds left for the lumber-
men as that portion of the South in
Alabama. Georg;ia. Kentucky, Missis-
sippi, North Carolina. South Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia served by the
lines of the
Southern Railway
and
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
There are oak, poplar, hickory, gum,
cyprebs, ash, elm, buckeye, balsam,
spruce, chestnut, and other varieties
There are also available pine lands.
These timber resources and many
other important features bearing on
the cost of manufacture and market-
ing give special advantages and oppor-
tunities for EVERY KIND of WOOD
USING INDUSTRY. We have infor-
mation about the best locations in the
country at towns in these States and
in Southern Indiana and Southern
Illinois, which will be given if request-
ed. All correspondence in regard to
timber lands or factory locatiuns will
be given prompt and confidential at-
tention. Address your nearest agent.
M. V. RICHARDS.
L,andand Industrial A^ent,
Washington, D. C.
CHAS. S. CHASE, Agent.
622 Chemical Building,
St. Louis, Mo.
M. A. HAYS, Agent,
225 Dearborn Street,
Chicago, 111.
NoveltJcsfor Advertisers
FOBS, POCKET PIECES,
BUTTONS,
LETTER OPENERS, SCARF PINS,
TRAYS, ALUMINUM GOODS,
PAPER WEIGHTS.
/\I-L INE\A/ IDEMS
Send us SOc and we will send you a
Beautiful Watch Fob
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UP=TO=DATE
Hanchett Automatic Band Saw Sharpener
This is one of our full line of mod-
ern filing room machinery. Let us
send you our new Catalogue No. 10.
HANCHETT SWAGE WORKS
BIG RAPIDS, MICH.
Ten per cent
More Profit
The profits of a saw mil'
caa readily be increased ten
per cent by using a band mill
instead of a rotary. The
price of this mill with six
foot wtieels for saws eight
inches wide is readily within
the reach of all. It cuts
smooth and perfect lumber
and has a capacity of 25,000
feet to 35,000 feet per day. It
runs with less expenditure of
power than a rotary and puts
only half as much of the loff
into saw dust as does the
circular saw.
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
The Morton Dry Kiln
MOIST AIR SYSTEM
Recording
Ther-
mometers.
Transfer
Cars.
Trucks.
Canvas
Doors.
HOW TO DRY LUMBER.
As exemplified in our Catalog D. Free on application.
MORTON DRY KILN CO., Chicago, Ills.
. . THE . .
McGIFFERT LOG LOADER
mmr^-.:^^
TWl
has loaded as high as a quarter o( a million feet of
logs in eight hours, and here are a few reasons why it
was possible: Being self propelling it can move itself,
its loaded cars, and spit its own empties, ail on the same
track. {SaOes StOitching) Con^ru<^ed entirely of
fleel, very powerful, it flands "crowding" and handles the
large logs as rapidly as the small. It saOes money
and repairs. Being simple in operation and of
few levers ihe engineer has absolute control at all
times without changing his position, and can
handle the logs as rapidly as the men
can hook them. saOes time
Our catalogue clearly illu^rates
and explains many other
good points.
Manufadured by
CLYDE IRON
WORKS,
Duluth,
hi4.i4^ 4.: ., "^N^^ Minn.
^,1
HARDWOOD RECORD
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In Choosing Cutter Heads
PRICE IS BUT A FIGURE
It voii bnv a CHEAP HEAD, vou buy often
If you buy a GOOD HEAD, it serves as a permanent Fixture to your Machine.
The Shinier Cutter Head is designed for a purpose wliich has for its ol>ject the direct saving of labor and ^^
luateiial. Its construction agrees with the special class of work it is to perform. It is first made to suit the
machine— it is next made to suit the work. Every detail is carefully formed to give a free cut— to hold a uniform shape— to be durable. These features e-stab-
lish a permanent make-ready, which demonstrates that this "Best of All Cutter Heads ' makes a safe and profitable investment.
In the con.struction of these tools every improvement is carefullv developed, adopted and given to the public at the mere cost of production. That is why
they have grown to be popular. Their merit has earned for them a place as permanent in the mills as the hand saw or the wood chisel in the hands of the
carpenter. To study them means to appreciate them. Every user of a matcher or moulder should try them 30 days and determine for himself whether or
lint h^- c.'in longer afTord to be without them, .Address
SAMUEL J. SHIMER (^ SONS, - - Milton, Penn.
This cut shows the No. 1 OBER LATHE for turning Axe,
Adze, Pick, Sledge, Hammer and Hatchet Handles, Spokes,
Whiffletrees, Gun Stocks, Lasts and other irregular work.
Simple, Strong, Durable, Economical
We also manufacture other lathes for making handles, spokes
and variety work, sanders, shapers, boring and chucking
machines, rip saws, etc., etc. Complete cata-
logue and price list free.
THE OBE,R MFG. CO.
28 Bell St.. Chaerin Falls, O.. U. S. A.
flAPPY
WOODSMAW
ATKINS
SIIYEB-STEEL
'Wa'r'^
SAWS
are happy saws all the way round. They run easier, cut
faster, and go longer without sharpening than any other
-ili*>'.
-^tKimj^
yv
A PERFPXT S.\W FOR EVERY PURPOSE.
YOUR JOHIiER HA.S THEM OR WRITE US.
E. C. ATKINS (^ CO., Inc.
THE .SILVER STEEl. SAW P K O I' I, E
HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY. INDIANAPOLIS. U. S. A.
Branches ; Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York City, New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto.
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ME RS HON
MERSHON NEW HORIZONTAL BAND RESAW FOR SAW MILLS
Band Resawing
Machinery
for all requirements
WM. B. MERSHON
4 CO.,
Saginaw,
Michigan
ALLIS-CHALMERS COMPANY, Seallle, Wash.. Ageols lor Norlhern Pacific Territory. THE EBY MACHINERY CO.. San Francisco. Cal.. Agents lor California and Nevada.
LANE=WHITE LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Our Specialty:
OAK, ASH AND WALNUT
ALWAYS IN THE MARKET FOR WALNUT LOi. >
LTd°m7lI^V^° FORT SMITH. ARK.
Hardwood Board Rules
FOP HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN
Best Goods, Prompt Shipment
Send your orders to the HARDWOOD RECORD, S55 Dearborn Street
HARDWOOD RECORD
37
The Coe Knife Grinder
A^as designed for^the finest grinding
and most exacting service. It is
built on new lines and has com-
pletely overcome the objections to
other grinders. The knife is held
rigidly while the stone travels back
and forth. There is no chance for
vibration, conse-
quently no un-
evenly ground
knives. Entirely
automatic in ac-
tion, no ropes or chains. All mov-
'.ig parts operated by cut steel
gears, noiseless in operation, will
grind straight or hollow bevel.
Feeds I -1000 to 4-1000 for each
travel of the stone, very heavy and
compact, occupying small floor
space. Made in seven sizes to
grind up to J 68 in.
It is fully described in our
catalog No. 5, which we will be
glad to send to interested parties.
The Coe Manufacturing Co. V£r Painesville, 0
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HARD.AVOOD RECORD
Skidders
Snakers
Lidgerwood Machines
Will Stock Your Mill
Lidgerw^ood Skidders
Lidgerwood Snakers
Lidgerwood Yarders
Lidgerw^ood Readers
Lidgerw^ood Pull Boats
Lidgerwood Cableways
LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO.
NEW YORK
ATLANTA
SEATTLE
NEW ORLEANS
Loaders
Cableways
HARDWOOD RECORD
39
The Profit Builder
N0.10SA. EXTRA HEAVY 12-INCH MOULDER
T HAS been our purpose during the last half century to develop
a line of wood working machines containiug the best work-
ify manship and material that American skill and wisdom can
afford. This fact we are proud to say is well established in
the minds of our many patrons. We have, however, now
exceeded ourselves by the development of a remarkable Moulder, the
excellence of which is due to our obtaining written suggestions from more
than a thousand operators throughout America. This machine stands alone
as being the composite idea of the thinking operators of this country. One
year's test of its work has convinced us that it is impossible for you to
compete successfully against the Smith Moulder with any other machine.
Can't we send you prices and literature i
Branches :
New YorK, Chic&go.
Boston
H. B. SMITH MACHINE CO.
SMITHVILLE. N. J., U. S. A.
L=:^
HARDWOOD RECORD
41
$ INDIANA $
-WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW-
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart'rM White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet — Hardwood Specialties
The largest Band Mill in Indiana. FORT WAYNE, IND.
J. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG, IND.
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
hmilton.
Dealer in Walnut Logs neatly hewn for export and lumber bundled
carefully and sawn accurately. I am locdted in the bebi walnut produc-
ing territory in the United States. Write me to
FORT SCOTT, KANSAS
r
msjmmp"
WAVSAV, WIS.
BASSWOOD, BIRCH
We cut four million feet of each annually
Your Inquiries and orders solicited
MILL AND YARDS AT INGRAM, WISCONSIN
EASTERN TENNESSEE— WESTERN NO. CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE
KNOXVILLE
BRISTOL
Vestal Lumber & Mfg^Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
of all kinds of
HARDWOODS
BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY.
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES
FOR DELIVERING.
Knoxville
Tennessee
On the Spot
We are located right in the heart of this moun-
tain country producing the best hardwoods in
existence.
We are headquarters with ample stock, and
can interest you both as to assortment and
price. Write us.
American Lumber Company
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
All Lumbermen, Attention!
We do what you can't do.
We measure your stumpage correctly.
We make your maps correctly.
Bank references: Asheville, N. C.
\j» A. OCiienCK ^ LO. North *cl°oTina.
HARDWOODS
From the famous Asheville district.
Superior in quality, manufacture and
gradings. For stock list and prices,
address
J. S. COLEMAN LUMBER CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Fry=Buchanan Lumber Co.
INCORPORATED.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Hardwood Lumber
Choicest Varieties.
Full Grades.
POPLAR SQUARES
A Specialty.
Asheville, N. C.
Industries are Offered Locations
WITH SATISFACTORY INDUCEMENTS, FAVORABLE
FREIGHT RATES, GOOD LABOR CONDITIONS,
IHEALTHFUL COMMUNITIES, on the lines of
The Illinois Central R. R. and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.
For full information and descriptive pamphlet address
J. C. CLAIR, Industrial Commissioner, I Park Row, Chicago, III.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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NVI S C O N S I N
WHCRE THE FINEST NORTHE,RN HARDWOODS GROW
NORTHERN
STOCK
SOUTHERN STOCK
Hemlock
Quartered White and Red
Birch
Oak
Basswood
Plain White and Red Oak
Rock Elm
Sycamore
Soft Elm
Poplar
Ash
Cypresi
Oak
Gum
PAGE & LANDECK LUMBER CO.
Wells Building
-
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
North Western Lumber Co.
General Offices : EAU CLAIKE, WIS.
Mills al STANLEY, WIS.
BAND SAWED
Wisconsin Hardwoods
CAREFUL (i KADINGS, PROMPT SHIPMENTS
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars I5i" to2' Scoot Hardwood. "3 car 2" 1st and 2d Clear Basswood.
1 car l}i" No. 1 Common Basswood. Large stock No. 2 Common Birch.
1 car 1';" 1st and 2d Clear Basswood. Large .stock No. 3 Common Birch.
C. p. CROSBY
RHINELANDER : : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from 1 inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak. : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
Special Attention
I^ called to the following, and to the close prices made on same upon receipt
of your inquiries:
50M II. 2" Com. and Bel. Plain Birch
80M il. 2'." Com. and Bel. Plain Birch
lOOM fl. I" Isis and 2nds Plain Birch
I50M II. I" No. I Com. Plain Birch
I2M II. 2" Isis and 2nd9 Red Birch
200M II. 2" Com. and Bet. Hard Maple
Above is all cut irnni choice Wiscon
sin timber. Is bone dry and well manu
factui-ed.
SOM II. 2" Bridge Plank
30H II. r " No. 2 Com. t, Bel. Hickory
30M II. I '4' No. 2 Com. 4 Bel. Hickory
lOOH II. I" Com. e Bel. Plain Red Oak
I50M II I" Com. i Bel. Qld. Red Oak
lOM II. I" No. 3 Com. t, Bel. Walnut
75M II. r." No. 2 Com. t, Bel. Elm
150M II. I" No. I Com. Red Gum
.\bove is ch'iicc Southern Mtock.
In addition to the foregoing, we have full stock? of Basswood, Birch and
Soft Elm and a full selection of Red and .Sap Gum. We guarantee our
grades to be made strictly in accordance with National Hardwood .Associ-
ation rules of inspection.
G.W.JONES LUMBER CO., Appleton,Wis.
MIXED CARS - EVE.N GRADES - PROMPT SHIPMENT
Wisconsin Hardwoods
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
1" No. 1 Common and Better Birch (Red in)
1" No. 1 Common and Better Basswood
1" No. 1 Common and Better Hard Maple
Also Elm. Pine, Cedar Products,
and "SHAKELESS" Hemlock.
John R. Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS,
WISCONSIN
BRITTINQHAM & YOUNG CO.
Hardwood Lumber
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
MADISON,
WISCONSIN
Send visa list of your waiit>;.
No trouble to answer correspondence.
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GR.AND RAPIDS, WISCONSIN
Saw and Planing Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis., on Soo Lines.
WRITE FOR OUR PRICES ON
THREi; INCH FLOf)RI,Ni
1 car Clear Plain Red Oak
1 car Factory Red Oak
3 cars Clear Birch
1 car Factory Birch
'A car Clear Red Birch
3 cars Common Maple
1 car Factory Maple
LT'MIIKR
2 cars log run Hard Mjiplr
lUKCIl
3 cars 1'' Com. and Bet. Curly Red
2 cars Com. and Bet. Red
1 car 1'4, r.2, 2" Curly
2 cars I '4, 1'A. 2" Com. & Bet. Red
1 car 2" Plain log run
1 car2j2 and 3" Plain
UUAKTI-:r s.^wed Ri;n o.ak
2 cars 1% and i'/i" Com. and Bet.
}i car 1% and 2" Com. and Bet.
VOLLMAR & BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood, Birch
and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
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M I C H I Q A N
FAMOUS FOR HARD MAPLE AND G R E. Y ELM
The North Shore Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS
Hardwood and Hemlock
Lumber^ Cedar Products
Rail and water shipments
THOMPSON
MICHIGAN
SALLINQ, HANSON & CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Michigan Hardwoods
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN.
B
ROWNLEE
DETROIT
&C
OMPANY
MICHIGAN
OUR BARGAIN COINTER
BASSWOOD
4-4 to 8-4
BIRCH
SOFT ELM
6-4 log' run
12-4 No. 1 Common
HARD MAPLE
4-4 No. 1 and 2 Common 12-4 No. 1 Common
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES.
DETROIT, MICH.
MILLS AT- Healers. W. Va. Valley Bend. W. Va. Diana, W. Va. ParkersburC
W. Va. McNult Siding. W. Va.
"Chief Brand"
Maple Flooring
Will commend itself to you and your trade on
its merits iilone. ff Comprises all the features
desirable in Kood floorin*;. ^ Made by the latest,
most approved machinery methods and best
skilled laDor. "j We believe we can make it lo
your interest to handle our "Chief Brand" and
will appreciate your Inquiries.
Kerry ^ Hanson Flooring Co.
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN
JULY STOCK LIST
MAPLE
BIRCH
BASSWOOD
1 in. 3,000,000 ft.
1 in. 500,000 ft.
1 in. 300,000 ft.
I'A " 100.000 "
1)4 " 400,000 "
1)4 " 100,000 "
I'A " 30,000 "
ig " 50,000 "
2 " 100,000 "
2 " 1.000,000 "
2)4 " 60,000 •'
2 •• 75,000 "
3>4 " 800,000 "
3)^ " 500,000 "
3 " 75,000 "
3 " 4,000 "
KOCK ELM
3 •' 500,000 "
4 " 400,000 "
3 in. 35,000 ft.
3'4 " 50,000 "
GRAY ELM
1 in. 300,000 ft
WHITE MAPLE
1)4 " 200,000 "
I'A " 350,000 "
1)4 " 400,000 "
End Piled
3 " 200,000 "
1 in. 100,000 ft.
ASH
3 " 100,000 "
1)4 " 30,000 "
2)4 " 200,000 •'
3 " 50,000 "
1 in. 500,000 ft.
KELLEyillHBEIISSIIIlLE CO., Traverse City, Micli.
W. H. WHITE, Pres.
JAS. A. WHITE, Vice-Pres.
W. L. MARTIN, Secy.
THOS. WHITE, Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocK Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White RocK Maple Flooring.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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M I C H 1 Q A N
FAMOUS FOR RED BIRCH AND BASSWOOD
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
=^=^^=^^ FOR SALE BY ^======
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE. MICHIGAN
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
se Stocks <
Grand Rapids,
Complete Stocks of Michigan Hardwoods — Maple, Beech, Birch, Elm,
Ash and Basswood for sale.
: : : Michigan
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGE CAPACITY PROMPT SHIPMENTS RAIL OR CARGO
OUR MAPLE FLOORING
is as near perfection, in every particular, as it is
possible to make it, for we personally supervise
every step in its manufacture, from the stump to
the shipping of the finished product. Our prices
will interest and a trial convince )-ou. : :
HAAK LUMBER COMPANY
HAAKWOOD, MICHIGAN
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac, :: Michigan.
SPECIAL PRICES on SOOM piecos
1" to 3" Maple Squares 16" to 37" long
1" ti) 3" Soft Elm Lumber.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED FOR MICHIGAN LUMBER.
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Main Oftice, Michigan Trust Company Suilding
GRAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN
DEININIS BROS.
GRAND RAPIDS.
MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD LUMBER (by water or rail)
"NATIONAL" MAPLE & BIRCH FLOORING
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN THE FOLLOWINQ:
300M feet 4 4 Log Run Birch
186M feet 6 4 Log Run Birch
1 Cars 4N0.1 Com. Birch
1 Car 1 4 Clear Birch
50M feet 4 4 No. 1 Com. Sap Birch
40M feet 4 4 No. 1 Com. Red Birch
All thicknesses and grades Hard Maple
15UM feet 5 4 Log Run Beech
2 Cars 4, 4 No. 3 Com. Cherry
Main Office :
205-209 Michigan
Trust
Company
Building
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
IIKADQUARTRRS FOR
HARDWOODS
IN M I C II I G .A N
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
BIRCH
This is our specialty. We are in the heart of the best Birch
section. Have good stock, Common and better,
4-4, S-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, and 16-4.
Let us figure with you.
Simmons Lumber Company
SIMMON,S, MICHIGAN
McCLURE LUMBER CONPAINY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main Cilices. DETROIT. MICH.
Mills, : EUTAW. ALA.
SPECIAL O !•' K E K I N (_; S :
3 cars 2" Red and White Oak 'J cars 2" Black Ash
3 cars 2", 3J^", .S" and 4" White Ash 10 cars 1" to 4" Dry Hard Maple
2 cars 1" 6/4 White Ash 5 cars 1" Log Run Birch
1 car 6,4 and 8 4 Hickory
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HARDWOOD RECORD
CHICAGO
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
Sch
1225 to 1240
ultz Brothers & Co^
WE ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY
POPLAR OAK ASH CHESTNUT
wen
CHICAGO
AND OTHER HARDWOODS-ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
OLD COLONY BUILDING, ..,--..
PARK RICHMOND (Sh CO.
Wholesale
Hardwood Lumber
67 West Twenty-second St.
Chicago
have vou anything to offer in
hickory, white ash, thick plain
oak and wagon stock?
WE ARE CASH BUYERS
PLEASE SEND US YOUR STOCK LISTS
Ryan & McParland
Office and Yards
Robey St. and Blue Island Ave
Chica^go
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
®
WE WANT TO BUY FOR CASH
OAK
CYPRESS
ASH
MILL CUTS OR ROUND LOTS
9 1 0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1217 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
CHICAGO MEMPHIS
YARDS: NORTH MEMPHIS
White Lumber Company
Dealers in Hardwood Lumber
ALL p:inds
Cherry Lumber a
Specia>.Itv
ALL QRADES
w
Laflin ®. 22d Sts.
Chicago
John
O'Brien Land & Lumber
Co.
M
INtFACTtRKRS AND IlEAI.rKS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Of All Kinds
(iKFICP: and YARDS:
873 to 881 So. Lafl
:\iii.L : I'HILIPP, MISS,
in Street G \\ l C 3
igo
HARDWOOD RECORD
47
c
H I C
REATEST HARDWOOD
A G
MARKET IN THE
o
THE G
WORLD
Heath-Witbeck Company
Hardwood Lumber
We have for quick shipment 170,00(1
feet DRY BIRCH, First and Seconds
'"■i, 3 and 4 inch.
Main Office, 6 Madison St. Yards, Loomis and 22nd St.
CHICAGO
CHAS. DARLING & CO.
Southern
Hardwoods
22nd Street and Center Avenue - CHICAGO
Crandall & Brown
LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS
Yellow Pine, Oak, Poplar and Maple
We have in Chicago for quick delivery
100.000 U" 1st and 2nds La. Red Cypress, tlioroiiKhly dry.
14,000 3x14" Shop Com. Cypress
We are in the marliet for Ash and Cottonwood
Office and Yards : 3300 Center Avenue, CHICAGO.
WISCONSIN TIMBER (Si LUMBER CO.
mv .-vNii s:;i-i.
Yellow Pine and Hardwood Lumber
Want thick hardwoods and wagon box boards.
Morv&dnock Bids CHICAGO, ILL.
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co.
1649-,'iO MARQUETTE BUILDING
Are now offering hone dry BIRCH, ROCK ELM. BLACK ASH, etc.. Wis-
consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QUARTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc.,
from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers.
J. Slimmer ^ Company
Hardwood
Lumber
office aiul Yard :
H,") W. Twenty-second St.
CHICAGO
THE WARD LIMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURER.S OF
HARDWOODS
C H .\ M B E R OK C O M MERCK BUILDING :: C H I C A G O
FRED W. Black, President
HORACE W, BLACK, Secretary
FRED W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOOD LUMBER
305 Old Colony Building
The Keith Lumber Company
HARDWOOD, POPLAR & SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER,
MAHOGANY,
REDWOOD,
RED CEDAR,
CYPRESS,
CHESTNUT,
SPRUCE.
MAPLE FLOORING, OAK TIMBERS &. WAGON STOCK.
Office and Yards: Fourteenth and Wood Streets,
CKas. Miller
Mlltort Miner
MILLER BROS,
Hardwood Lumber
Main Office, 208 WILLOUGHBY BLDG.,
6 E. MADISON STREET,
\ ARDS;
Loomis St., S. of 22nd SI.,
Chicago, 111.
Houston, Miss.
Atacon, Miss.
CHICAGO, ILL.
'Phone CENTRAL I 363
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HARDWOOD RECORD
CINCINNATI
THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
WANTED
Oak
Walnut
Gum
Cottonwood
Poplar
White Pine
Hemlock
Yellow Pine
Will inspect at shipping point
when quantity justifies and
pay cash. Can use entire luill
cuts. Write us before selling
elsewhere, ^\'e can also handle
mixed cars of dressed stock.
Send us your list with prices.
Kentucky Lumber Co.
Suite ."j08 First National Bank Bldg.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
I'ormerly of Burnside, Ky.
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Hemlock, yellow Pine.
COLUMBUS
a
OHIO
The only trade paper reaching all classes
of hardwood consumers
HARDWOOD RECORD
355 Dearborn St., Chicago
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
F'lain and Quartered Wluteand Red Oak. Yellow Poplar,
Yellow Pine, Walnut, etc. Mills in Tenn., Ala. and Va.
OFFICE AND YARDS. GEST AND DALTON AVE.. CINCINNATI, OHIO.
<(
BUY GUM"
We are in the market to buy
Dry Gum Lumber in any
quantity, from a single car
load to a million feet. Will
take all grades and thick-
nesses. We receive lumber
lit shipping point, pay cash
;ind are liberal in in.-.pection.
THE FARRIN.KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
tJeneral Office. Yards,
Planing Mills. Dry Kilns.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Purchasing Office,
Randolph Building.
Memphis. Tenn.
Cypr«s9 Red Gum Oak
FRAMES.
SASH. DOORS.
BLINDS, MOULDINGS.
COLUMNS, CLASS.
STAIRWORK.
INTERIOR TRIM.
PAINTS,
BUILDERS' HARDWARE.
MANTELS. ETC.
LARGE CINCINNATI FAC.
TORIES MAEE PROMPT
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD
Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
H . FALL
EXPORTER
. . . OF . . .
WALNUT, POPLAR
=^^^z:^= AND :^:^^==^^
BIRDSEYE MAPLE LOGS
Cash paid for Black Walnut Logs at point of shipment. If you have
any walnut logs to ofTer. write me.
I have some Sycamore, Red Oak. Ash and other hardwood logs which
I am prepared to saw to order. Correspondence solicited.
Can also supply Black Walnut lumber, sawed to any specification
required.
PORT CLINTON
OHIO
Wood Working Plants
Manufacturers seeking locations for Saw
Mills, Stave and Heading Factories and
other Wood Working Plants in the Cen-
tral Southern States, can secure full and
accurate information as to Sites, Timber
Tracts, Fuel. Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressing
Q. A. P,-\RK, General Immigration and Industrial Agent,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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i'^ 1 IV T /""* IIXTIXT \ ''■"^I
c^irNOirNiNA 1 i
THE. GATE.WAY OF THE SOUTH
BENNETT cS WITTE,
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
THAT ARE SOLD
ON NAXrONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION
INSPECTION ONLY.
Plain and Quartered
I White and Red Oak
'\ Red and Sap Gum
Cottonwood, Ash. Cypress. Poplar, Soft Maple, Tnpelo
Gum and Chestnut. -. • We cut Gum and Oak in Thick-
nesses of J^ to 4 inches. EXPORT AND DOMESTIC.
224 W. 4th Street,
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Jlranch: 1301-'J Teiin. Trust, Memphis, Teiui.
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash Buyers
Poplar, Oak, Chestnut
And Other Southern Hardwoods
ALI- CKADES AND THICKNESSES.
WE BUY MILI^ CUTS.
Poplar, Oak,
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore,
W. Va. Spruce,
Pine and Elm
C. Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
2,000,000 feet Dry OaR
2,000,000 feet Dry Poplar
Mostly Iieavy stock. Quotations Solicited.
MILLS AND YARDS
ClMiN.NATI, 0.
YEAaLY CAPACITY
IO0,OO«,flOO FT.
lONfl HILL STI'FF
A SPECIALTY
= IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Office:
J2I9 West Sixth Street
Yards:
Sixth Street, below Harriet
,.»*/^''
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
Mrinuf.-iLtvjrcrs nl
.'■». A'-^
^^'-.■-■;
Tabasco Mahogany
Walnut. OaK
Poplar, Mcl.ean and Findlay Ars.
CINCINNATI. O.
L. W. RADINA 6l COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of
Wanted for cash^desirahle blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades,
Kspecially I'^'-inch stock, for immediate shipment.
-CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE- =
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI, OHIO
PLAIN
AND
QUARTER
SAWED
White and Red Oak
•CHESTNUT !
! POPLAR !
! GUM AND !
5 CYPRESS !
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
THE
MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always in the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS,
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS,
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI,
OHIO
Cash buyers for stock in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
(ilvST AND Sl'MMER STKlCtTS
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers
Finely ligiired iniarter sawodoak veneerH a specialty.
WHAT HAVE YOU KOR SAI^E IN
Red and White OAK Qtd. and Plain
AI^SO POPLAR, CHESTNUT, WAI,NUT, ETC.
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., QNCINNATI, OHIO
HARDWOOD RECORD
CUE V ELAND
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTE.R OF NORTHERN OHIO
THE
ROBERT HJENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE,
60 M feel 1" Isl and 2ds Poplar
223 M feel 1" No. 1 Commoa Poplar
125 M feel 1" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 M feel 2" Isl and 2nd Poplar, 14" and up
125 M feel 8 4" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
275 M feel 1" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
153 M feel 1" Ul and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M feel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M feel 1" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red OaK.— We have a good assort-
ment of dry stock, ji 104 inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red OaK.— A limited amount of nice
stock, ready for shipment.
The Martin-Barriss Company
Importers a.nd MaLnvjfaclurers
MAHOGANY
ev.nd Fine Ha.rdwoods
We Solicit Inquiries
FOR THE FOLLOWING:
2 cars 1x4" Clear Birch Strips
a cars 1x5" and 6" Clear Birch Strip.'.
1 car 3" No. 1 Com. and Better Birch, unselected
1 car 1" Ists and 3nds Curly Bed and White Birch
2 cars 1x4 ' Clear Basswood Siding Strips
2 cars 1x5" and 6" Clear Basswood Siding Strips
The King & Bartles Lumber Company
1955-2025 Scranton Road N. W., Cleveland. Ohio
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
The Advance Lumber Co.
RockelXr Buig. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Memphis Office. No. .W Kaiidolph Building. J K MHADOWS, Mgr.
LOCATIONS FOR
NEW INDUSTRIES
can be secured on the lines of the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4
St. Paul Railway
in the great middle west. It reuchfs the Copper Country and the
pine and hardwood areas of Northern Michigan, the lead, zinc and
iron regions of Wisconsin, the coal Belds of Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri,
Traverses the great agricultural and manufacturing states of
Iowa, Minnesota. North and South Dakota. Operates 7.000 miles of
thoroughly equipped railroad.
Correspondence is solicited with eastern manufasturers who de-
sire to move their factories to, or establish branches in the West.
Co-operation with Business Men's Associations on the lines of this
railway in ail matters affecting mutual interests is assured.
Inquiries should be as definite as possible.
Industrial Department
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul Railway,
Room 1327, Railway Exchange
Chicago
HARDWOOD RECORD
BUFFALO
THE GREAT WHOLESALE LUMBER CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
ORSON E, YEAGER
Specialties: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 EI.K STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
OfRce and Yards, 69 LEROY AVENUE
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
We want to buy for cash :
Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
518 RANDOLPH BI^DG., MEMPHIS, TENN. 940 SENECA STREET.
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN and QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
11-12 SENECA STREET.
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
955 TO 1015 ELK STREET
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STREET
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
893 EAGLE STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard. 165.i SENECA STREET Office, 886 ELLICOTT SQDARB
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO,
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
1075 CLINTON STREET
L N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 ELK STREET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY
specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
60 ARTHUR STREET
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
COLUMBUS, OHIO
6,000 Car Loads
Sawed and shipped yearly of band-sawed Yellow Poplar, White Pine, White Oak, Basswood,
Chestnut, Hemlock and Ash. Planing ]\Iills and Dry Kilns. C. If you are in a hurry to get
3^our order placed, call our nearest salesman.
Salesman Headquarters Telephone
Fred A. Wilson Portsmouth, Ohio Bell 4392
E. E. Eaton New York City, 158 W. 81st St Riverside 7390
James B. Patten Buffalo, N. Y., Rockford Hotel Bryant 1335-R
A. Wallace Irwin Baltimore, Md., Eutaw Hotel
Frank B. Pryor Pittsburgh, Pa., 7th Avenue Hotel
E. E. Ginn Jamestown, Ohio Bell Phone
A. J. Williams Cleveland, Ohio, Eastman, Detroit St Ridge 593-R
L. G. Anderson Franklin, Ohio Bell 482
James H. Lang Detroit, Mich.. Hotel Ste. Claire
W. H. Matthias Chicago. III., 1448 Addison St Lakeview 1493
Geo. H. Huganir Philadelphia, Pa., 901 N. 50th St.
F. H. Browning Columbus. Ohio Main 7874
W. T. Baker : Graham, Va.
Vansant, Kitchen & Co.
Old-Fashioned
SOFT
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Ky.
5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK, SPECIALTY
NEW ASHLAND MILL
YELLOW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
I
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, lO-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Lath and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stock.
COAU GROVE, OHIO
U
S. A
COPYRIGHT, A D. 1906, BY THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
flaMwol Ro(M
Eleventk Year. I.
Sami-monthly. I
CHICAGO, JULY 25. 1906.
I Subscription $2.
[Single Copies, 10 Cents.
CHERRY
C. E. LLOYD, JR.
Manager Sales
Grows in
West Virginia
RIVER
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
offices : Philadelphia, Pa.
LUMBER
HimmelDer^ertldrrisoii Lumlier (o.
Red Gum
Specialists
Morehouse,
Missovirl
For relief from, increased rates
wKich are no\v imminent, apply to
The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company
141 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
PRESENT CASH DIVIDEND TO POLICY HOLDERS, SSYs PER CENT.
The Davidson-Benedict Company
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Everything in
Southern Hardwoods
POPLAR, CHESTNUT, ASH, OAK
(Plain and Quartered.) Straight or Mixed Cars.
DRESSED POPLAR ANY YOU get what you buy from
L}Kc^i,e.u ryrL.i\K. i\i^^ us, ask for our delivered
WAY YOU WANT IT. prices, any railroad point.
WE WANT TO MOVE •
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
125,000 1 inch No. 1 and No. 2.
600.000 1 inch No. 1 Comnaon.
300,000 1 inch No. i Oommon.
100,000 2 inch No. 1 Common Red Oak.
400,000 1 inch Sap Cull Poplar
stock two years dry.
THE ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.
2 Kilby Street,
BOSTON, MASS.
The combined facilities of the LUMBER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK and
the ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, and allied organizations, constitute a
great insuring opportunity for any owner of a first-class lumber or mill risk. Ask for lines and rates.
LUMBER INSURERS GENERAL AGENCY, Underwriting Managers
<5<5 BROADIA/MY, INE\A/ YORK.
AdTertisers' Classified Directory Follo^vs Want and For Sale Advertising Section.
HARDWOOD RECORD
f /^^ I T T C^ X7 11 I T~M
LrCJUI^V IL^L^l:,
MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
We wish to move and will quote low prices on the following:
1 Car 6 4 1st and 3nd Qtd. White Oak, Wide In' 1 Car
1 Car 8 4 1st and 3nd Qtd. White Oak, Wide inli !6 Car
1 Car 4/4 No. 1 Cora. Qtd. White Oak 1 Car
1 Car 6'4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak •/, Car
3 Cars 8 4 No. 1 Coin. Qtd. White Oak
1 Car 13 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak 1 Car
1 Car 4 4 1st and 3nd Qtd. Red Oak, Wide in 1 Car
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. Bed Oak, Wide in 3 Cars
'A Car 6 4 Com. and Bet. Qtd. Bed Oak, Sd each 1 Car
55 Car 8 4 Cora, and Bet. Qtd. Bed Oak, 50'i each 6 Cars
1 Car 13 4 Com. and Bet. Qtd. Bed Oak, 50% each 1 Car
1 Car 6 4 Com. and Bet. Plain Bed Oak, 50 ^ eachl 1 Car
3 Carsl3 4 Com. and Bet. Plain Bed Oak, 50% each 1 Car
We have in pile at mills 3,000.000 ft. Plain and Quartered Red and Wbite Oak. Poplar,
Chestnut and some Ash. in thickness 14'' to 16-4. Thi.s will be ready f or market in 60 co 90
days. We also handle all kinds of Yellow Pine. Cypress. White Pine. Red and White Ce-
dar, Lumber,;LathandShinglesandallkindsof Hardwood Flooring. Write us for prices.
4 4 3"_. to 554" 1st & 3nd Qtd. White Oak Strips
4 4 3"- to 5";" No. 1 Com.Qtd.White Oak Strips
4 4 No. 3 Com. Qtd. White and Bed Oak
5 4, 6 4 and 8 4 No. 3 Cora. Qtd. White and
Bed Oak
4 4 No. 3 Com. Plain Bed Oak
5 4, 6 4, and 8 4 No. 3 Com. Plain Bed Oak
4'4 No. 3 Com. Plain Bed and White Oak
6 4 1st and 3nd Poplar, 7 to 18"
4 4 No. 1 Com. Poplar (Selects In)
4 4 No. 1 Com. and Bet. Bay Poplar
4 4 to 8 4 « om. and Bet. White Ash
4 4 No. 3 Com. and Sound Wormy Chestnut
STOTZ LUMBER COMPANY
:: LOUISVILLE, KY.
KELLER BUILDING
The Norman Lumber Co., Inc.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Logs and Lumber
Office and Ifards : Third Street, H to K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
POPLAR.
30,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
16,000 ft. 6/4 Common.
QUARTEEEO EEB OAK.
60,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
aUARTEEED WHITE OAK.
60,000 ft. 4/4 I8t & 2d.
10,000 ft. 6/4 1st & 2d.
20.000 ft. 6/4 Ut & 2d.
10,000 ft. 8/4 Ist & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
5,000 ft. 6/4 Common.
6,000 ft 6/4 Common.
20.000 ft. 8/4 Common.
10.000 ft. 2%4" Common.
40.000 ft. 3" Common.
1 car Hickory Plank, 1% to 4"-
8' to 16".
OFFER FOLLOWING STOCKS:
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12.000 ft. 4i4"j4i2"— 12', 1—6 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3 x4 "—12", 12—18 mos. dry.
400 ft. 3!4i4%"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
300 ft. 3Mix4V4"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
250 ft. 3%j4M!-— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3Vix4%-— 12", 12—18 mos. dry.
180 ft. 3l4" & Lgr.— 14', 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larger, dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger, dry.
HICKORY AXLES,
1,500—3 x4 "—&', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1,500— 3%i4H"— 6', 1—6 mos. dry.
2,000 — 4 i5 "—6'. 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1,000 — 4141614" — 6', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1.000 — 5 le " — 6'. 1—6 mo«. dry.
Dry Stock vv. P. BrowR & SoRS Lumber Co.
Louisville, Ky.
14.000- lli" 1st & lid.
5.000' 2" 1st & 2a.
15.0<.lO' 1" No. 1 Com.
7.0(.)(J' iy>" No. 1 Com.
13.000' 2" No. 1 Com.
PLAIN WHITE OAK.
.Sfl.OOiJ' 1" 1st & 2d.
28,0o<J' 114" 1st & 2d.
12,000' IVi" 1st & 2(1.
42,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
23,800' 214" 1st & 2cl.
16,000' 3" 1st & 2d.
227.000' 1" No. 1 Com.
0(1,000' H4" No. 1 Com.
Sll.iiuO' lli" No. 1 Com.
All thicknesses in cull poplar, asli, chestnut.
PLAIN RED
OAK.
55,000'
1"
1st &
2nd.
25,000'
IW
" 1st
& 2d.
49,000'
IV.
" 1st
& 2d.
57,000-
2"
1st &
2a.
18,000'
2V.
" 1st
& 2d.
16,0(XJ'
3"
1st &
2a.
31,000-
I"
No. 1
Com.
84,000-
111
" No.
1 Com.
44,000-
IM.
' No.
1 Com.
47,0UO-
2"
No. 1
Com.
8,000'
2 V'
" No.
1 Com.
15,000'
3"
No. 1
C(>U[.
QUARTERED RED OAK
13.0<J0'
1"
1st &
2a.
50.001J- 2" No. 1 Com. ASH.
17,000- 214" No. 1 Com.
22,000- 3" No. 1 Com.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK.
50,000' 1" 1st & 2d.
28,000- 114" 1st & 2d.
45,000' IM" 1st & 2d.
40,000- 2" 1st & 2d.
lO.WO- 214" 1st & 2d.
IS.lMK)- 1" No. 1 Com.
30,000- 114" No. 1 Com.
40.000- 114" No. 1 Com.
22,000- 2" No. 1 Com.
10,000- 3" No. 1 Com.
Your inquiries will be appreciated.
9,000-
1" 1st & 2d.
65,000-
1%" 1st & 2d.
16.000-
11<." 1st & 2d.
10,000-
2" 1st & 2d.
8,000-
214" 1st & 2d.
14,000-
3" 1st & 2d,
6,000-
4" 1st & 2d.
5,000-
1" No. 1 Com.
4,000-
114" No. 1 Com
6,000-
114" No. 1 Com
8,000-
2" No. 1 Com.
3,000-
214" No. 1 Com
2.000-
3" No. 1 Com.
1.0(X|-
4" No. 1 Com.
POPLAR.
12,000' 1" 1st & 2a.
12,000' 114" 1st & 2a.
11.000' 114" 1st & 2d.
12,000' 2" 1st & 2a.
S.OOO' 2V." 1st & 2d.
0.000' 3" 1st & 2d.
50.000- 1" No. 1 Com.
2S.O0O- 114" No. 1 Com.
10,000- 114" No. 1 Com.
16,000- 2" No. 1 Com.
15.000- 1" 18" & up 1st & 2a.
S.OOO' 2" 18" & up 1st & 2a.
6.000' 2" 24" & up 1st & 2a.
4.000' 114" IS" & up 1st & 2a.
3.000' 114" 24" & up 1st & 2a.
Prompt delivery guaranteed.
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
Illastrated Catalog on Application
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
Albert R. Kampl
Manufacturer
Hardwood Lumber and Tirabt-r
Dimension Stock
Board of Trade BIdg.. Louisville, Ky.
North Vernon Pump
4 Lumber Co.
Band Sawed Plain and Quarteretl
Oak and Poplar.
North Vernon, Ind.. and
Louisville, Ky.
E. W. Rhubesky
^Vholesale
Poplar. Rough and Dressed.
Oak. Chestnut and Other
Hardwoods
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak, Poplar and
Chestnut.
I^ouisville. Ky.
HARDWOOD RECORD
Thick Hard Maple
Cut during tlu- winter of l'.«)4-5.
10-4 I'sand2's . 51,000 ft.
12-4 I's and 2's . 55,000 ft.
16-4 I's and 2's . 10,000 ft.
This stock was sawed in our own
mill and has been seasoned in a first-
class manner. It is largely 12 inch
and w^ider and verj' choice.
We also have end-dried in shed ;
4-4 Birdscyc Maple, 8,000 ft.
5-4 White Maple . 21,000 ft.
Please Send Us Your Inquiries.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
MURPHY & DIQQINS
C ffer all grades of the folltwiFg ipecial diy slock
MAPLE^5/4, 6,4, 8,4, 10, 4, 12 4, 14,4, 16 I
GRAY ELM— 4/4, 12/4
BASSWOOD-^/4
BI8CH-»/4. 6 4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Worlt. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
We offer for Rait Shipment from Caditlac. Atso llie foltowing for Water StiipmenI;
^carsS* 4 Maple, No, 1 Com. & Better 100,000 feet, of 4 4 Basswood
1 tar Sx.i Maple. Selei'i Stot-k 100,000 feel of 4 4, 8 4 and 12 4 Soft
2 cars 4 4 Basswood. No. 2 Com&Bet. Elm
2 cars 4 4 Birch, No. 3 Com. cfe Bet. 1.50.000 feet of 4, 4, 5 4 and 6, 4 Birch
Cummer, Diggins & Go.
=MANUFACTURERS=
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
DRY ST
y v^
OCK J
We have a choice line of
Michigan Hard Maple
and
Soft Gray Elm
In placing your orders, re-
member also our famous
■ELECTRIC" BRAND
MAPLE FLOORING.
Be Friendly.
Write Vs.
COBBS&HITCIIELL
( INCORPORATrO)
GADILUC. MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE. HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
ANDERSON-TULLY COMPANY
STOCK
COTTONWOOD.
32M ft. %" 1st *: -M, s • u|i wide
2I1IIM ft. 1" 1st 4i 2(1. fs" up wide.
r,■^■Sl ft. 1" 1st & 2(1, 7" ti) lU" wide.
1;|.\I ft. 1" 1st & 2d, 11" wide.
LMM ft. 1" 1st & 2d. 12" wide.
L'lKiM ft. 1" 1st & 2d. 1.3" up wide.
4.-.5I ft. 1" 1st & 2d, IS" up wide.
:'..">.M ft. 114" 1st & 2d, 8" up wide.
;i(iM ft. IH" 1st & 2d, 12" wide.
.MM ft. ik" 1st & 2d. 11" wide.
:;0M ft. IV," 1st & 2d. S" up wide.
l.'idM ft. Wag. Box Brds.. !)"-12" wide.
;j<:kim ft. 1" No. 2 Com.
50<I.M ft. 1" No. 3 Com.
CYPRESS.
1!).6<X) ft. 4/4 Clr. Stps., 2ii."-0i;." wide.
5.CHX) ft. 4/4 Select.
ASH.
511 ft. 4/4 Com. Strips. 2>,4" 5I0" wide.
12M ft. ."■/4 i; i;/4 No. 3 Common.
LIST
GUM.
4M ft. 3/S," 1st & 2d Red, 16" & Up.
7M ft. 1.'2" 1st & 2d Red, 16" iV: Up.
.■;oM ft. 1/2" 1st & 2d -Sap. 6" & r|i.
S(IM ft. 4/4" 1st ..t 2d Sap. 18" to 1.".".
4()M ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Red.
.liLAI ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Sap.
COM ft. 4/4" Clr. Red Stps.. 2V.".oi;.".
ISM ft. 5/4" No. 1 Com. Sap.
30M ft. Wagon Box Brds.. 13" to 17".
POPLAR
27,100 ft. 4/4" Com. & Bet. Strljis.
2'fi" to 5V-".
RED OAK.
400 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Quartered.
3,700 ft. 4/4" Com. Quar.
4,000 ft. 4/4" No. 2 & Xo. 3 (Vui.
Plu. Red & White.
WHITE OAK.
4.000 ft. 4,/4" 1st & 2d Qu;iltcled.
10,010 ft. 4/4" Com. Quartered.
FENN BROS. COMPANY
M.^NfFACTUREBS (JF
Oak Flooring
QUARTERED WHITE
QUARTERED RED
PLAIN WHITE
PLAIN RED
HOLLOW BACKED
END MATCHED
POLISHED
BORED
Memphis, Tenn.
F. W. GILCHRIST, President
W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice President
W. E, SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards, Cairo, Illinois
General Office $ Tennessee Trust Bldg.
MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY
COTTONWOOD
J. B. Ransom. Prest. A. B. Ransom, V.-Prest. W. A. Ransom. Sec. C. R. Ransom, Treas.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Inc.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
Also make a specialty of Wagon Stock in rough, such as Tongues,
Axles, Reaches, Bolsters, and 6-4 to J 6-4 Hickory.
Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd.
MANUFACTURERS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS:
1,000,000 feet Soft Grev Elm, 1 to 3".
500.000 feet Unselected Birch. 1 to 3".
3,000,000 feet Michigan Hard Maple, 1 to 6".
350,000 feet End Dried White Maple. 1 to IW.
625,000 feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood, 1 to 3".
150,000 feet Selected White Basswood, 1", IH" and \W-
210,000 feet Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak, 1 to 2".
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
F. W. GILCHRIST, Pres.
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
W. A. GI1,CHRIST, Vice-Pres.
Three States Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Hardwood Lumber
Cottonwood and Gum »"''-''■■«
Office
Tennessee
Trust
GET OUR PRICES, TRY OUR I,UMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED, RES.AWKD
COTTONWOOD:
GUM
W
E have in all thicknesses the following; kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
MEMPHIS yaed:'
Ash 680,000 feet
Quartered White Oak. . 75.000 feet
Plain White Oak 140,000 feet
Quartered Red Oak .... 225,000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410,000 feet
Cypress 225,000 feet
Cottonwood 200,000 feet
Poplar 308,000 feet
SELMA YARD
Poplar 409,000 feet
Bay Poplar 857,000 feet
Red Gum 55,000 feet
Cypress 787,000 fe-t
BERCLAIR YARD
Bay Poplar. 100,000 feet
Cypress 800,000 leet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 350 000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
Oflice and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C. R. R.
MEMPHIS. TENN
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office.
Memphis, Tenn.
Address all correspondence to Memphis office
Mills,
Chancy, Miss.
HARDWOOD RECORD
ST. LOUIS
LARGEST OF ALL HARDWOOD MARKE.TS
Wanted-Cypress, Ash and Cottonwood
Inspection at Point of Shipment Whkn Quantity Jlstii-tes
Hafner Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attention.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
CHAS. F. [mmm hardwood mm company
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices: 148 Carroll Street
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco "Building
We have the following Dry Stock for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD:
3 Cars 4/4 Common. 3 Cars 1" I and 2.
2 Cars 4/4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards.
GUM : EI<M :
is Cars 1" Common Red. 1 Car 6/4 I,og Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4'' I,og Run.
I Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
6 Cars H4 Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OK ANGELICA STREET
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Bank of Commerce
Roland F. Krcbs
Manager
Ozark Cooperage Co. ^t
■dwood
Department
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
Four Inspectors in the South
Direct Shipments ( COTTONWOOD.
from mill stocks i CYPRESS. GUM, OAK.
MAIN OFFICE,
FRISCO BUILDING
W. R. CHI WIS,
Lesperance Street and Iron
Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and lake up at shipping
point when amounts justify.
SIX
MILLION
FEET
Ash
R E A
, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
DY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND HAI,I< STREETS
HARDWOOD RECORD
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONWOOD
GUA^ AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stoclu of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General Offices: J 40 W. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, III., Ma rked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blytheville, Ark.
Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OP
POPLAR AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOCKS riAVPTTV I^FMrTTPK-V
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION V-i-./\I *^1 1 I , IS^HIN 1 UI-IVI
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
We are always in the market for round lots of well man- JD JJ T T A T) E L P H I A
ofactured stock, and shall be pleased to enter into corre-
spondence with manufacturers with a view to purchase. New York, Boston, Pittsburg
TO NEW YOR.K OVER. NIGHT
The 20th Century LimitecJ
Via the LAKH SHORE and NEW YORK CENTRAL
The Route of the Government Fast Mail Trains
CHICAGO-NEW YORK 18-HOUR TRAIN
IT SAVES A DAY
FROM LA SALLE ST. STATION
CHICAGO
Leave Chicago at 2.30 p. m.
Arrive New York at 9..30 a. m.
FROM GRAND CENTRAL STATION
The Onlt Terminal in New York
Leave New Y'ork at 3.30 p. m.
Arrive Chicago at 8.30 a. m.
W. J. LYNCH, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago, 111.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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BOSTON NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA
What Lumber Do You Want?
Read July "Lumber News."
You can find in our stocks many special things in hard-
woods. Our regular stocks hold millions of feet of good lumber
awaiting vour orders. Here's two items :
l,aK),()O0 ft. Poplar, 4-4 to 12-4, mostly Common and Better.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, one-third Common and Better.
Send in your inquiries to-day.
J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co.
WHOLKSALE LUMBER DEALERS
S8th St. and Woodland Ave. PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Jones Hardwood Co.
. (incorporated)
WANTS
Poplar, Plain Oak, Quartered Oak and Cypress
Manufacturers please send stock lists' and prices
147 MILK STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
147 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
YOUR VACATION
WHERE TO GO
HOW TO GET THERE
AND WHAT IT WILL COST
All this will be found in the book of specially selected vacation tours,
combining rail and water routes,
ISSUED BY THE
Michigan Central
aga}a Fa^s
R A CC
''The Niagara Falls Route"
SEND FOR A COPY NOW
W, J. LYNCH,
Pass. Traffic Mgr
CHICAGO
O. W. RUGGLES,
Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
Thomas Forman Company
MANUFACTUBBBS OF HIGH-GRADE
Maple and Oak
Flooring
New York Braoch; DETROIT
McOovern 4 Bowen, And Hardwood Lumber
29 Broadwa; MICHIGAN
WM. E. LITCHFIELD
MASON BUILDING, BOSTO.N, MASS.
Specialist in Hardwoods
Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale
WE MUST MOVE AT ONCE
6
Ca.rs 4-4 I's ^nd 2's Red
Oa^k
High Grade Stock,
good widths and lengths
PRICE RIGHT.
Send us your inquiries
SCHOFieLD
BROTHERS
1020-22 Pennsylvania Building. PHILADELPHIA
1
Wistar, Underhlll & Co.,
WHOLESALE ~- -
HARDWOOD LUMBER
8l6 Real Estate Trust Building, 4> PHILADELPHIA.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the market for all thicknesses of
OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT.
312 Arcade Building,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Buyers o
ROUND LOTS
of
'-- Hardwoods
No 1 Madison
Avenue,
New York
ESPECIALI^Y IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RED OAK
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Hemlock, yellow Pine.
COLUMBUS a OHIO
HARDWOOD RECORD
NASH VI LLE
HEADQUARTE.RS FOR ALL SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
JOHN B. RANSOM ^ CO.,
NASHVILLE,. TENNESSEE
Wc want to move quickly the foUowing old dry stock. AH of it has been on
sticks 6 to 1 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. We are prepared to
furnish promptly mixed cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds;
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4/4 first and second
15 M 5/4 first and second
80 M 6/4 first and second
10 M 10/4 first and second
120 M 4/4 No. 1 Common
65 M 6/4 No. 1 Common
68 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10/4 No. I Common
70 M 5/8 first and second Poplar '
80 M 6/8 No. 1 Common Poplar
15 M 4/41stand2dQuarteredSycamore
10 M 4 4 No. 1 Cona. Quart'd S.vcamore
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M 4/4 first and second
58 M 6/4 first and second
15 M 8/4 first and second
95 M 4 '4 No. 1 Common
84 M 6, 4 No. 1 Common
72 M 8, 4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
50 M 4'41'it and 2nd White
100 M 4, 4 No. 1 Common White
100 M 4 4 first and .second Red
100 M 4/4 No. r.Common Red
INDIANA LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Office and Mills : Corner Oldham
Strset and Cumberland River
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Tennessee Red Cedar I^umber a Specialty. Nabhville. Tennessee
Are You in the Market ?
Send us your inquiries for prices on
the following
HARDWOODS
lOOM ft.
lOOM tt.
75M ft.
26M ft.
25M ft,
SOM ft,
SOM ft,
lOOM ft.
60M ft,
SOM ft,
lOOM ft,
lOOM ft.
lOOM tt.
1" Com. and Better Quartered Bed Oak.
1" Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
I %" Com. and Better Quartered Bed Oak,
iV." Com, Quartered White Oak,
I't" 1st and Snds Quartered Bed Oak.
3" Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
3" Com. and Better Plain White Oak.
I" Com. Plain Birch.
I" Com. Bed Birch.
I'/i" Com. and Better Plain Birch.
1" Com. and Better Hard Maple*
l^'s" Com. and Better Hard Maple.
1" Com. and Better Soft Elm.
UPHAM 4 AGLER
Distributing Yards: CAIRO, ILL.
Main Offices :: American Trust Building, CHICAGO
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co.
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand"
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville, Tennessee
LOVE, BOYD & CO.
Offer
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
>, 000,000 ft. Plain Wliite Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, Ash, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc.
Our Own Manufacturi
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock,
MAIN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
-have you positive knowledge
of the accuracy of your books?
A Certified Report
showing the exact condition o£
your business, locating possible
errors, and offering -practical sug-
gestions for improving your sys-
tem of accounting — furnished
with our disinterested audit —
iviU answer tliis query
tandard Audit Company
Suite 335
Marqnette Bnilding, CHICAGd
HARDWOOD RECORD S
T^fc ¥ nr* np ^ r^ f T r^ i^^
Wll l^t>UhcO
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA j
^ ' rrr-. ^ >
Babcock Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HARDWOODS
23,000,000 FEET ANNUALLY
LONG ON MAPLE
AND CHERRY
MILLS AND OFFICE
ASHTOLA, PA.
The Nicola Lumber
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries.
A* M* Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to os. : i
Willson Bros, Lumber Co^
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. n PITTSBURG, PA.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
13.189 n 4 4 clear Quartered Oak 66,232
14,570 ft 4 4 1st & 2ds qtd. Red Oak 10,315
30,302 ft 4,4 No. 1 Com. Red Oak .'6,00()
63,2( 4 ft 4,4 No.l Com. PI Wliite Oak 119,000
4,417 ft 5,4 No.l Com. PI White Oak I.iO,000
5,934 ft 6/4 No.l Com. PI White Oak 90,0U0
23,473 ft 4,4 Ist & 2ds Plain Red Oak 110,000
14,168 ft 4 4 l8t & 2ds Poplar 40,000
ft 4 4 No. 1 Common Poplar
ft 6, 4 1st & 2ds Poplar
ft 4/4 1st & 2ds Cottonwood
ft 4, 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
ft No. 2 Common Cottonwood
ft 4, 4 Mill Cull Cottonwood
ft 5, 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
ft 5/4 No. 2 Com. Cottonwood
American Lumber & Mfg. Co*
PITTSBURG, PA.
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co^
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
FOR SALE
POPLAR
CHESTNUT
PLAIN OAK
125,000' 4 '4 Is and 2s
200,000' 4 4 Sound Wormy
60,000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
40,000' 4/4 No. 1 Com,
80.000' 5 4 Sound Wormy
18,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.
325,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.
100,000' 6 4 Sound Wormy
QUAETEHED OAK
228,000" 4/4 No. 3 Com.
48,000' 8/4 Sound Wormy
2 cars 4,'4 No. 1 Com.
150,000' -r '4 Mill Cull
1 car 4,4 No. 3 Com.
OAK TIMBERS SAWBD TO ORDER.
WRITE FOR PRICES.
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna.
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
Hardwoods a Specialty
lO
HARDWOOD RECORD
CHICAGO
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
WE WANT TO BUY FOR CASH
OAK
CYPRESS
ASH
HILL CUTS OR ROUND LOTS
9 1 0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1217 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
CHICAGO
MEMPHIS
YARDS: NORTH MEMPHIS
White Lumber Company
Dealers in Hardwood Lumber
ALL ?:iNDS
Cherry Lumber a
SpeciaLlly
ALL GRADES
Laflin (Si 22d Sts.
Chicago
John O'Brien Land & Lumber Co.
MANVFACTl-RERS AND DEALERS IX
Hardwood Lumber
Of All Kinds
OFFICE AND YARDS :
873 to 881 So. Laflin Street
MILL : PHILIPP. MISS.
Chi
icago
Schultz Brothers & Cowen
WE ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY
POPLAR— OAK— ASH— CHESTNUT
AND OTHER HARDVOODS-ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
J 225 to 1240 OLD COLONY BUILDING,
CHICAGO
PARK RICHMOND (§^ CO.
Wholesale
Hardwood Lumber
67 West Twenty-second St.
Chicago
Kave vou anything to offer in.
Kickory, white ash, thick plain
oak and ^vagon stock?
WE ARE CASH BUYERS
PLEASE SEND US YOUR STOCK LISTS
Ryan & McParland
Office and Yards
Robey St. and Blue Island Ave.
ChicaLgo
HARDWOOD RECORD
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K^\ll\^jH\.\^^<J
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
The Keith Lumber Company
HARDWOOD, POPLAR & SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER,
MAHOGANY,
REDWOOD,
RED CEDAR,
CYPRESS,
CHESTNUT,
SPRUCE,
MAPLE FLOORING. OAK TIMBERS &. WAGON STOCK.
Office and Yards: Fourteenth and Wood Streets.
CHAS. DARLING & CO.
Southern
Hardwoods
22nd Street and Center Avenue - CHICAGO
Heath-Witbeck Company
Hardwood Lumber
We have for quick shipment 170,000
feet DRY BIRCH. First and Seconds
and Common 2, iyi, 3 and i inch.
Main Office, 6 Madison St. Yards, Loomis and 22nd St.
CHICAGO
Ch&s. Miller
Milton Miller
MILLER BROS.
Hardwood Lumber
Main Office, 208 ^ILLOUGHBY BLDG.,
6 E. MADISON STREET,
^ ARDS;
Loomis St., S. of 22nd St.,
Chicago, III.
Houston, Miss.
Macon, Miss.
CHICAGO, ILL.
•Phone CENTRAL 136 3
Crandall & Brown
LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS
Yellow Pine, Oak, Poplar and Maple
We have in Chicago for quick deUvery
lOO.Ono U" 1st and2nds La. Red Cypress, thoroughly dry.
14,000 3x14" Shop Com, Cypress
We are in the market for Ash and Cottonwood
Office and Yards : 3300 Center Avenue, CHICAGO.
J. Sliinmer &* Company
Hardwood
Lumber
Office and Yard :
05 W. Twenty-second St.
CHICAGO
WISCONSIN TIMBER (Ei LUMBER CO.
BUY AND SKLL
Yellow Pine and Hardwood Lumber
Want thick hardwoods and wagon box boards.
Morvadnock Bide CHICAGO, ILL.
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co.
1649-50 MARQUETTE BUILDING
Are now offering bone dry BIRCH. ROCK ELM, BLACK ASH, etc., Wis-
consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QUARTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc.,
from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers.
FRED W, Black, President
HORACE W. BLACK, Secretary
FRED W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOOD LUMBER
305 Old Colony Building
THE WARD LIMBER COMPANY
SIANUFACTURERS OP
HARDWOODS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING :: CHICAGO
12
HARDWOOD RECORD
OAK FLOORING
iln Dried
Polished
/ HARDWOOD LUMBER <o\
O^Sc MFC. CO.
- SARDIS
MISS.
Hollow
Backed
and
Bundled
H B I,EAVITT, PREST.
E. H. ADAMS, SKCV.
B- K. Richardson, V'ice-prf.si .
J. G. l,EAViiT, Tki.as.
THE LEAVITT LUMBER CO.
Most Complete Stock of Hardwoods in
CHICAGO
Make Known Your Wants and Get
IMMEDIATE. RESULTS
Mills :
WISCONSIN
TENNESSEE
ARK.\NSAS
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
General Office and Yard ;
22nd and lafun streets.
Southern Office:
808 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
MI5MPHIS, TENN,
"Ideal" ES RocR Maple Flooring
is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply
the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma-
chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre-
caution is taken throughout our entire system to
make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAI,."
Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds
Send us Your Inquiries
The I. Stephenson Company
WELLS. MICHIGAN
"Michigan Maple Flooring
Our model factory is equipped with the highest
class tools and appliances made for Flooring
production.
We produce our lumber from the best rock Ma-
ple area in Michigan and have 20 years' supply.
Our brand "Michigan" is a guaranty of qual-
ity. Perfect mill work and excellent grades
distinguish our Flooring and our prices are
reasonable.
WARD BROS., Big Rapids, Mich.
Timber Bonds
SECURED BY FIRST MORTGAGE ON TIMBER LANDS
-^ f
H. C. Barroll <S Co.
BANKERS, First National Bank Building, CHICAGO.,
THE "FINEST " MAPLE FLOORING
W. D. YOUNG & CO.
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.
Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high-
est type of Michigan Forest Products. Large
stock of Maple Flooring and 15,000,000 feet
of Hardwoods — 1 to 4 inches thick — on hand.
Maple, Birch and Beech Lumber
White and Red Oak
Secure our special pric4>s on the following
dry stock. :: We net-d the piling room.
30,000 feet 7-4 and 8 4 Quarter Sawn.
150,000 feet 4-4 Jst and 2nds Clear Plain Sawn.
200,000 feet 4-4 No. J Common Plain Sawn.
200,000 feet 4-4 No. 2 Common Plain Sawn.
We alHu manufacture chair and tahle stui-k. liet
us flt^ure with you. Address all eoiumunlcattona to
Dierks Lumber & Coal Company
M i 1 1 s : D i; Q r i; i; N , Ark.
K .\ N S A S CITY, MISSOURI
Wolverine Brand MapleFJooring
= "THERE IS NONE BETTER" =
It is the same old story, but we want
vou to know what Wolverine Brand
will do for you, and wliat it will cost
you. We want to do this before you
place your next order. If we make
you (juotations we expect the tiuality
and prices will get your order.
TRY US.
BLISS & VAN AUKEN
900 S. Niagara Street. Saginaw W. S^ Mich.
Published In the Interest of Hardwood Lumber, American Hardw^ood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry. Hardwood Flooring,
Hardwood Interior Finish. Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and WoodworKing Machinery.
Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO. JULY 25. 1906.
No. 7.
Published on tlie lOlh and 25lh of each monlh fcy
THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
Henry H. Gibson. President Frank W. Tuttle, Sec-Treas.
OFFICES
Sixin Floor Ellsworth BIdg., 355 Dearborn St Chicago, 111., U.S.A.
Telephones: Harrison 4960 Automatic 5659
TERMS OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
In the United States, Canada, Philippine Islands and Mexico . , $2.00
In all other countries in Universal Postal Union ..... 3.00
Subscriptions are payable in advance, and in default o£ v^ritlen orders to the
oontrary are continued at our option.
The entire contents of this publication are covered by the general copy-
right, and articles must not be reprinted without special permission.
Entered at Chicago Postoffice as Second Class Matter.
Advertising copy must be received five days in advance of
publication date. Advertising rates on application.
MEETING MICHIGAN HARDWOOD MANUFAC=
TUBERS' ASSOCIATION.
A meeting of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers'
Association will he held at the John Jacob Astor House,
Island of Mackinac, Mich., at 10 a. m. on Wednesday, Aug. 8,
It is anticipated that this meeting will call out the attend-
ance of the majority of hardwood manufacturers of the state.
The Island can be reached by the Pere Marquette Railway,
via Petoskey; Grand Rapids & Indiana, via Mackinaw City;
Michigan Central, via Mackinaw City; Detroit & Mackinaw
via Cheboygan and boat; Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
and "Soo" Line, via St. Ignace; or from Chicago via
.steamer Manitou, leaving at 11:30 a. m. Monday, Aug. 6,
and arriving at the Island at the same hour on Tuesday,
Aug. 7.
General Market Conditions.
]''rom an analysis of the liartlivoiul market ii'|iiiils iMUitained iu this
issue of the Hardwood Eecord it will be noted that tlie general con-
ditions this year are far above the average for midsiiinmcr, as eom-
[lared with like seasons of many years in the past. To be sure, in
some trade centers plain white oak still leads the van in strength of
demand, with plain red a strong second. Quarter-sawed stock in botli
varieties is doing fairly well. The demand for chestnut is phenom-
enal, and seems to be increasing.
The demand and breadth of distribution of red gum is daily widen-
ing. Sales of large blocks of stock have been made within the last
two weeks. The buying public the country over hai^ at last awakened
to the superb qualities of red gum and are buying it freely.
No variety of the minor southern hardwoods has accumulated in
any quantity. The call for hickory and other wagon material is
way beyond the possibilities of producers to supply. The mail of
tho Hardwood Recced is deluged for information as to possible
sources of supply for these materials. There is a movement on foot
at the i)rcscnt time to advance prices on both wagons ami carriages
to provide for increased cost.
In the northern woods llioiu is less activity than in the southern
lini's of production. Inch maple is fairly well contracted for up to
(he .saw by the flooring producers, but there is still a slight surplus
(if thick stock. There seems to be an increased call for birch, but not
so strong as the merits of the wood would naturally warrant. Bass-
wood, owing to the shortage of competitive woods, is doing much
better, and dry stocks are closely picked u[i. Gray elm is not nearly
so active in demand as it should be, considering the fine qualities
of this wood. Black ash and rock elm are practically out of the
market,, having been contracted ahead even before the trees were
fi'lled.
Poplar, owing to the lack of tides in tho southern mountain dis-
trict, vvhicli have failed to turn out any considerable quantity of
h)gs this year, is in remarkably short supply, and there is lots of
trading among manufacturers to take care of even a modicum of
the business that is otfeved them. This condition is having tlie
effect of materially stimulating values of Cottonwood and liasswood.
In fact the cottonwood situation is approximately in the same shape
tliat i)oplar is. All grades are very short. The demand for box
cottonwood is fully fifty per cent in excess of the supply.
The immense quantity of new building operations going on is kee|)-
iug the liardwood Ilooring people busy. Tho trade in both maple and
oak flooring is the largest ever known in the history of this part of
the lumber business.
There seems to ]<r an iiicrea.sed call for dimension material for
wagon purposes and for furniture and chair making, and buyers
seem to be perfectly willing to pay prices for this class of material
that approximate thirty per cent above those realized a year ago.
Unquestionalily the demand is very much in excess of the supply.
The mahogany, walnut and cherry trade is pursuing the even tenor
(jf its way. In mahogany there is somewhat increased consumption,
ImiI values do not sccni to be stimulated even by the dcni.'iud.
An Analysis of Lumber Product by the Tree.
The Forest Service has issued a bulletin covering the result of an
analysis that has been made by one of it.s assistant foresters to de-
termine the average amount of lumber and the grade obtained from
varying sizes ami lengths of poj)lar timber in two different sections
of growth.
An exeu.se for this bulletin may be found in the introduction,
which says that a definite need of the lumber manufacturer today
is exact and detailed information concerning the quality of the
product which his trees yield. It states that every sawmill produces
a large amount of lumber of inferior grades which is difficult to
sell, and which usually brings a price less than the average cost of
production; that poor grades come in highest proportion from small
trees; that as a tree increases in size the proportion of choice grades
increases. It alleges that lumbermen plan to cut only trees which will
yield enough good lumber to more than pay for the loss incurred
in handling the poor grades. Because lumbermen have no precise
knowledge as to the dividing line between profitable and unprofitable
trees, and from lack of this information many are cutting a good
deal of timber at an actual loss, these investigations were made and
this paper produced.
The Forest Service has endeavored to determine, in typical locali-
ties and under good conditions of manufacture, the grade, yield and
money value of poplar, yellow birch, sugar maple and beech. The
pamphlet discloses the information that the character of timber
changes in different localities and in different situations within the
same locality. It also discovers that the necessity for inspecting
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HARDWOOD RECORD
lumber while green interferes somenliat with the aeeuraey of the
results, anil that some Iwards, especially yellow poplar saps, present
an entirely different appearance when seasoned than when green.
The document alleges that drying often sweats out stains which in
green boards appear as defects, and sometimes drying exposes hidden
knots, or, if improperly done, causes stains.
Undeniably there is a great deal of work being done by the Forest
Service which is of manifest advantage to those interested in for-
estry, timber and lumbering, and the deductions given to the ]iublic
are valuable. Unfortunately, in the case of the bulletin in question, the
information imparted is not particularly new to even a tyro in the
lumber business, and it seems to have nothing whatever to do with
the subject of .forestry, with which the Forest Service is supi)0se(l
to deal.
Tliere can be no tape rule system devised that will guarantee to a
lundjerman whether a certain tree in the forest will prove profitable
to cut or not. .Iiidgment, based on experience, will tell a lumberman
of even ordinary intelligence that it is economy to leave certain
timber in the woods, and to fell other trees.
The forest assistant suggests some improvements in logging
methods, stating that a woods superintendent who can judge accu-
rately from the appearance of a log what kind of wood it contains
inside, is in a position to save his employer a great deal of money.
He can do this largely by a better arrangement of his log lengths:
too many fourteen and sixteen foot lengths come to the mill which are
clear at the ends but have a bad defect in the middle, and much
of the lumber from these logs is reduced in grade because of the
single defect. He says a tree may be damaged twenty-five per cent
by such methods, and that the defective part should be put into a
short log, say eight feet long, and if the defect is bad and extends
throughout the log, the piece should be cut out and left in the woods.
He argues against the sending of crooked logs to the mill and
advises that the crooked j)iece should be either cut out and left or
sent as a short log. He insists that hollow butt logs also entail a
loss, and that swollen, hollow or wormy butts should either be left
in the woods or be brought in as short logs. He alleges that the
]irice of milling depends to a considerable extent u]ion the sawyer,
the edgerman and the trimmerman.
There is more "information" of the same kind contained in this
pamphlet, which will l>e rich reading for any lumberman of experi-
ence, Avhether or not he agrees with the tenets laid down by the
young man who conducted the experiments and made the deductions.
Perhaps there is one bit of information in the pamphlet that may
be of conjectural interest to the lumber trade, and that is that, based
on a six months ' study, the young man discovered that the average
price received for poplar lumber at the mill where he made his
experiments was $24.66 per thousand, which price corresponds within
a few cents to the value per thousand feet of the lumber contained
in an average thirty-six inch poplar tree.
One other deduction which the author makes may be interesting to
the seller of poplar stumpage, and that is that while a thirteen-inch
]io]ilar tree is worth only .$1.10, a seventy-inch poplar is worth
$2.''.7.:21. This information will lead all prospective purchasers of
poplar stumpage in the future to seek poplar growth iu which the
trees are at least seventy inches in diameter !
New Hardwood Lumber Association.
A few days. ago there was launched at Ottawa Beach the Michigan
Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. This project has long been
contemplated by many of the leading hardwood producers of that
state, as a movement well worth their attention and cooperation. As
stated in the new association's constitution its objects are to secure
a full understanding of the conditions surrounding the hardwood
lumber markets in the territory it covers; the establishment of uni-
form gi-ades for the inspection of lumber; the establishment of uni-
form customs and usages among manufacturers of hardwoods; the
procuring and furnishing to its members of information which may
protect them against the unbusinesslike methods of some of those
with whom they deal, and the gathering and disseminating of sta-
tistics covering stocks of lumber on hand and prospective output.
The Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association is started
with the approval and with the a,ssurance of the cooperation of lum-
bermen controlling more than seventy-five per cent of the hardwood
jiroduction of the state. Holding the position of officers and di-
rectors are the leading hardwood producers of Michigan, who are
men of character and wealth, and whose reputations for doing
business in an honest and straightforward way extends far beyond
the boundaries of their commonwealth. The association has its
inception under perhaps more favorable auspices than those surround-
ing the establishment of any other lumber association hitherto
formed, and its success in this much-needed line of endeavor, look-
ing primarily to uniform inspection and business methods, is assured.
The features that contributed materially to the pleasure of organ-
izing this association was the location of the meeting — Hotel Ottawa.
Ottawa Beach, Mich., which proved to be an ideal spot for the pur-
pose, and the presence of several gentlemen allied with both tlie
national hardwood associations, who contributed their advice, based
on long experience in association work. A full account of the pro-
ceedings will be found in this issue of the H.^rdw'ood Record.
Rivals in Furniture Manufacturing.
It is universally conceded that Chicago is one of the greatest liard-
\\(iod lonsuming markets in the country. And among the various
consuming interests furniture manufacture holds a conspicuous place.
Grand Rapids is widely known as the ''Furniture City," but had not
the manufacturing interests of the "Windy City" licen so varied
and numerous and had there not been so many of perhaps more im-
])ortance than furniture making, Chicago might have won that appel-
lation. The following table, giving comparative figures for the fur-
niture industry of Chicago and Grand Rapids for 1904, will bear
out these statements:
(irand
Chicago. Itapids.
1H04. 1904.-
Kai-tories l.-i.-S 38
Capitalization .i ., .. ?13,588,1.3.5 $8,004,713
rierical force 866 397
Salaries .fl,026,055 .i;.').5S,21!l
Wase earners. . . 9.612 C.6.54
Wages $3,328,896 $3,239,748
Value o( pnifluct .f 17.488.237 $9,409,097
These figures were taken from an advance bulletin prepared by the
Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce and Labor, and are
the first of authenticity since the census report of 1900. Elsewhere
the bulletin states that the total output of all the factories in the
state of Michigan was $18,421,73.5 in 1904; Chicago factories during
that year turned out .$17,488,257 worth of furniture — the entire
state of Michigan exceeding Chicago by only $933,478. Chicago
has perhaps shown a greater advance in furniture manufacture from
1900 to 1904, when the number of its factories was increased by
39 and the total value of the product increased by $5,143,747, than
any other city in the country. During that time Michigan added to
its list ten factories and increased its total output by approximately
$4,000,000.
Plans are under way for the erection of another liuildiug at Chi-
cago for the exhibition of furniture. It is to be 71x171 feet in
tlimensions, eight stories high and to cost about $150,000, Chicago
surely stands foremost as a market for the high-class hardwoods used
in the manufacture of furniture.
Railroad Earnings.
Although official figures showing the earnings of railroads of the
United States will not be available for some time to come, the pre-
liminary report of the Interstate Commerce Commission would indi-
cate that there will be a gain of 10 per cent over the last fiscal year,
which ended June 30, 1905, when their gross receipts were $2,073,-
000,000. Estimating from monthly increases this prophecy will
doubtless be fulfilled and the present season will thus prove a ban-
ner one for the railroads of this country, which cover approximately
219,000 miles. Every section and comnmnity has profited by the
excellent conditions which have prevailed during the past year, and
money has l)een liberally spent in improvements of all kinds ; ex-
penditures for bettering the roads themselves and the service have
been heavy, but their net earnings have been exceedingly large.
HARDWOOD RECORD
15
Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent.
A Hot Weather Wish,
oil. til lie a tnitl<>,
A slow. letlini'Kii' tiirlle.
Willi nothing; in Ihe world to do.
IIiil cnnvl around the whole da.v tliroiish.
'I'd lie upon a iiioss.v log.
And idl.v gossip with a frog ;
To wallow in the marshy pool.
Amid the reeds and riKshes cool.
.\iid to know, no matter what befell.
1 ruiild hut crawl within my shell —
And let the whole world (/o to hrll !
< 111 ; To be a Turtle.
(iuLuii.v lUi.i: S.VM .Iii.\i:s.
The Woodcock.
The woodc'irk haunts the liosky dell —
He is a modest sinne;-.
Ills name the menu cards will tell
At a "real stylish" dinner.
He does not shun the hunter's aim :
But rises in the air.
Although lie knows they will make game
or him cm hills of fare.
W.W.TKII KlNli Stoxk.
An Opportunity for Omar.
A book of verse, a .jug of wine,
Heside him in the wilderness.
The Persian poet in rhyllimic line
I'riiciaimed of old their blessedness.
Hut ciuild he know my mountain lake
.\nd with its joys tind sweet nuumiine.
His .soulful lyre again he'd take
And sound their praise to statelier tune.
The pirate pick'rel's fearsome dash,
T'he bass-line's cheery swish and chug.
The struggling trout in rainbow tiasli
.\re dearer far than Omar's jug.
W. H. Kicii.vun.soN.
Companions.
WliiMi richis conic
ill ;it the wiiulou
t'ricuils flock in at
tlie door.
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
Wise.
It 's the wise trav-
el inj; man wlio l<novvs
when and where to
St op.
Success,
Sioiiie people seem
to think that noth-
ing succeeds like a
.snecegsful failure.
Ever Wanting.
The beautiful
things are the things
tliat do not concern
us.
Magnanimity.
If you chance to
li\e on easy street
don 't think less of
those who live soiin:
distance away.
All Fail,
Tiic man who can 't
meet failure seusibl.y
had better give up
Uic fight.
Sports.
ilany a so-called
jpoi't can 't s 'port
himself.
Surely.
'i'lic more money
a man has in the
bank tlie more inter-
est he takes in life.
A Fact,
The more we rest
the more we rust.
Protection,
People who make
promise of big things
invariably insert a
little "if,"
Little Used Standard,
All th;it "litters is
not gold, nor can it
be measured by the
golden rule.
True.
A man who bor-
rows trouble gives up
his peace of mind as
collateral.
One Advantage.
The man at the
bottom possesses one
advantage over the
one at the top — he
doesii 't have so far
to full.
Often Disappointed.
in life as in busi-
ness too many people
cxjiect to get some-
tiling out of it with-
out putting anything
into it.
Experience.
Ability comes with
experience ; ability
without experience
is of no more worth
than experience with-
out ability.
Compensation.
As a rule worthless
people have the best
dispositions.
Hardwood Lumberman: The lumber business? Don't ask me about the lumber
business! Can't you see I'm busy?
Money.
Moucj' makes the
world go — • wrong,
very often.
Good Plan.
The susjiicious man keeps one eye on his
neighbor, but the wise man keeps both eyes
on himself.
Genius.
Genius is a rare metal, but it needs the
alloy work to give it strength and useful-
ness.
■Very Often.
Jt often 1ki]>iipiis tliat a man puts his foot
ill it while endeavoring to put his best foot
forward.
One Good Brand.
There is grafting in every business and in
every walk in life, but the only honest
grafting has lo do with trees.
Greedy.
As Mark Twain says, Give some men a
constellation and tliey will want the Milky
Way,
Good Way.
You can please a great many people by
asking their advice, and please yourself
about taking it.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Tree Growth and the Vhysics of Wood.
Composition and Functions of Bark and
Cambium.
A flissection and analysis of the hoAy of
an exogenous tree discloses intricate and
varied parts — eaeli performing a distinct
function, and eacli iiaviug an important
worlt to do toward the construction and
jierfection of the whole.
First comes the outer covering or bark,
which cloaks the tree completely from tip
of smallest root to end of topmost twig.
The body being thus protected by an im-
])orvious sheath, evaporation which would
endanger the life of the delicate layer be-
low the bark is checked. Bark is always of
great aid in identifying trees, and often
))resents the most or even the only decisive
feature. At the base of the trunk the bark
is frequently quite different from that
which is found ou the upper portion. In
birch, for instance, it is usually smooth and
even above, but rough and coarse at the
STKLCTUKE OF K.KOfilONOUS TRUNK.
bottom. The terms wrinkled, corky and
fissured, as applied to it arc self-explana-
tory; but the small pores or breathing
spaces arc not so well known to the casual
observer, and to them the botanical term
lenticels is applied. Their function is to
admit air to the cambium layer. Birch also
presents a good illustration of this feature,
tlie lenticels being exceedingly conspicuous
and forming the centers of long stripes
which increase in length as the tree becomes
greater in diameter. These lenticels are not
distinct canals or holes, susceptible to clog-
ging with dust or foreign particles, but con-
sist of porous tissue that filters the air as it
is taken into the cambium layer. The
twigs of many trees shod their smooth outer
covering or epidermis as their heavier bark
liegins to form and gradually becomes thick
and fissured. Although this process does
not completely obliterate the lenticels, it
tends to make them obscure. Some trees,
notably cherry, retain their glossy, gossa-
merlike cloalv on large branches, and even
on their trunks patches of it may often be
seen, where the tiny air passages appear as
horizontal slits, parallel to one another,
sometimes open, but more often filled with
tlie characteristic, cork-like tissue.
The outer bark is composed of soft cel-
lular tissue. Early in the life of the tree
this covering forms, and it is in substance
the same as our ordinary cork. In its green
or lining layer the cells are close and deli-
cate and contain a green pigment similar to
that found in the leaves. The bast or liber
comes next to it, and is commonly known
as the inner bark. In it the cells are closer
and finer than in the wood proper; they are
long, slender and tough, appearing more
like fibers, and imparting strength to the
tissue. In the outer or true bark, as com-
monly understood, the green lining grows
very little after the first year; and the
corky layer does not long continue to in-
crease itself, but becomes dormant. Its
exposure to storm and damage from other
outside sources tends to deaden it, and the
more rapid growth beneath strains it and
causes it to spread and split, often forming
great rifts. Those fissures are patched by
new corky layers, which in turn are sub-
jected to the same strain. Thus the outer
and older portions are continually decaying
and falling away.
The liber or inner bark, as well as ihy
wood, makes an annual growth, but toward
the inside rather than outward. These tw'i
parts of the stem are the only ones whiili
form a new yearly addition. Between th'
liber and the wood itself is the delicate
cambium la\'er, composed of young and
tender life cells, liillions in number, which
forms a continuous undergarment or se])M
rating membrane, clothing the entire tree,
between the wood and bark of every twig
and root, as well as of the trunk and larger
branches.
When spring comes the rich mucilaginous
sap circulates freely and supplies the cam-
bium with renewed vigor so that its cells
begin to increase, the outer ones attaching
themselves to and partaking of the nature
of the liber or under bark, while the inner
become identified with the wood rings.
Thus it is that year by year the life of the
stem is renewed.
The idea that winter weather drives the
sap entirely out of a tree is not now in
accord with the theories held by the best
authorities. Undoubtedly there is a specific
period (winter) for rest, and during that
time trees do not grow, in either the south-
ern or northern states. All during this
stated time there is considerably less
moisture in the living wood and bark — due
to alterations in the nature of the cell con-
tents at the termination of the season's
growth — than at any other period of the
year. Although no comparative deductions
have been made of the contents in moisture
of northern and southern woods of the same
variety, there is nothing to bear out the
contention that there is a great difference
between the amount contained in a tree
cut in the far south during winter, and a
tree of comparable variety, age and density
which has been felled in winter iu the ex-
treme north.
The nourishment flowing freely through-
out the cambium cells bears starch an.l
oxygen. Thus the cell is fed and given the
power to divide and subdivide, •■which
process goes on at a rapid rate during the
growing season. In the course of this life
process the cells are not formed in hit-or-
miss fashion, but arise iu ' ' rhythmic succes-
sion" or in uniform groups. Often this
regularity cannot be traced because of their
abundance. A single cell divides into two
smaller ones, which soon become as large
and as prolific as the parent cell, being re-
stricted only by a diminishing suppty of
food I'.nd oxygen.
After a season's growth, the cambium
layer proper still remains a membrane of
the last-formed, most fertile cells, while its
margins are a mass of cells whose walls
have become dense, and whose protoplasm
is dormant, belonging on the one side to the
B.\ItK 01'- EIKCII. SIIDWINC I.K.NTICELS.
bast or liber, and ou the other to the new
wood tissue, as explained above.
Thus a cell which once belonged in the*
heart of the cambium layer, and contained
the active life principle, becomes a hollow
wood fiber — a part of the sapwood — through
which the secretion ascends to the twigs
and leaves. Graduallj- starchy and mineral
deposits form within it, it becomes compact
and no longer permits the sap to flow freely
through it, but forces it to seek other and
newer channels. Finally it grows hard and
dark colored; many layers of annual growth
interpose between it and the new forma-
tions, until at last it finds itself a part of
the core or heartwood of the tree; while its
fellow pores, originating at the same time
and from the same source, have many of
them been crowded in the opposite direc-
tion, and have long since lost their vitality
and moisture by contact with the outer air,
or have disappeared entirely from the sur-
face of the tree.
One of the illustrations accompanyiug this
article shows the structure of a trunk, and
from right to left displays the epidermis,
corky layer, green lining, vessels, hard bast
cells, soft bast cells, sieve tubes, cambium
layer, dotted ducts, wood, medullary sheatli
and central pith.
the: toxe boy
Drawing by T. J. N'choll from photo by henry H. Gibson.
SUPPLfMCNT TO
JULY 25, 1906.
ILLUSTRATING
WHEN SORREL-TOP MADE GOOD"
HARDWOOD RECORD
17
A DRAMATIC WOODS STORY
Idah McGlone Gibson
WHEN SORREL-TOP MADE GOOD
SUPPLEMENT DRAWING
....KV....
Thomas J. Nicboll
"Who's the strange kid out there,
Barnc.v .' ' '
' ' Don 't know, I "ni sure, ' ' answered the
cook, as he deftly pulled the big pan of
light bread out of the oven. " He 's been
hanging 'round all day. Never saw him be-
fore— must be from over the other side of
the ridge. ' '
Just then the boy outside seemed to take
a sudden resolution, evidenced by the
straightening up of the shambling figure.
That it was not easy for him to do the
thing he intended was made clear by the
furtive look he east toward the cook shanty,
as he pulled off his old slouch hat and
nervously wiped his forehead with the sleeve
of his ragged coat.
The sun was just passing below the moun-
tain top and its last rays played about the
heail of tlie lad, and turned its thatch to
burnished gold. Every hair seemed to fairly
leap out of the lengthening shadows and he
stood with his face encircled in a nimbus of
startling brilliancy.
'"' I '11 be damned if he ain 't a red-head, ' '
chuckled Jim, the boss. " It 's a Eex cross-
cut to a buck saw that he didn't come by
that hair honestly. His daddy never came
from ' over the ridge '. No one in these
)nountains ever sported red hair and had a
' sager ' for a father. ' '
Big Jim stepped through the low door of
the shack and, in a cheerful tone that might
have been heard a mile, inquired, "Hello,
Sorrel-top, what do you want ? ' '
The boy put his hat on his head quickly
and pulled it down over the offending hair
while a surge of color rushed over his
freckled face.
"Yo ah the boss, I reckon?" The sentence
was made a question by. its rising inflection,
and the lad's nervously hopeful attitude.
"That's what they call me at Camp Six,
kid. ' '
' ' Kin I see yuh f oh a minute, suh ? I 've
come foil yuh to teck me on. ' '
"So you want a job, hey?" said the
woods boss with a smile. ' ' Don 't you know
you 're not heavy enough to fell timber or
load logs ? Why, kid, that 's a man 's work, ' '
and the autocrat of Camp Six unconsciously
drew himself up to his full six-feet-three and
filled out his brawny chest, making the boy
beside him look smaller and thinner than
ever.
"Can't yuh jus' fin' somethin' I kin do?
I 'm pow 'f ul willin '. Maw says I 'm more
'count than most boys, ca'se I'm alius
willin '. ' '
"But you oughtn't to be workin' yet, my
lad. Wliere 's your father ? Tell him to
come over and I '11 give him a job, and you
stay round the house and help your ma."
' ' T hain 't got no paw, suh, ' ' answered the
boy, and again the surge of red went over
his face. ' ' Yuh see maw, she needs meat
and steam-jeans and coffee pow'ful bad,
and I reckon 1 must done get hit foh her.
So I aim to get work or leave yere, one."
Big Jim looked with a new interest into
the youthful face that was set with de-
termination to get "jeans and coffee for
maw," as he said, "You come in and get
some grub anyway, and I guess I '11 find
something for you to do in the morning. ' '
The boy followed the big Irishman into
the cook house and then and there ' ' Sorrel-
top ' ' became one of the outfit of Camp Six.
The next morning he was made the
' ' woods Jimmy ' ' and at noon he started
up the cove with the men's victuals. As
he came along the path beside the logging
road it seemed as though the lad 's face
had changed in ^he night. Even in the
noonday sun much of the indecision of the
mountain type had gone from it. His brows
had straightened across his forehead and his
chin looked as though it had squared a bit.
His shoulders did not bend forward, instead
they easily bore the burden of food which
the half barrel strapped to his back con-
tained. His arms stretched down with the
weight of the well-filled buckets of beans
and potatoes, but his head was up and his old
slouch hat was pushed back on his red hair.
His whole attitude spoke of added self-
respect.
"There is that kid now," said one of
tlie men wlio were sitting about waiting for
their dinner. "Do you know him, Dave?
He allows he came from over the ridge, but
a red-headed sager beats my time! "
The lank form of the man addressed raised
from where it had been stretched at full
length on the ground, and he shaded his
eyes as he looked at the lad coming so con-
fidently towards them. Then he spat witli
deliberate aim and forever sullied the beauti-
ful white blossom of the wild cucumber at
a little distance from him, before he
answered, "Yes, I know him; he's Mary
Ellen's young 'un. His paw was a red-headed
Irishman what got mixed up in a feud.
She's been mightly uppish ever since, and
keeps to herself, but if Jim's named the
young 'un Sorrel-top hit's a good thing, foh
he hain't got no name what belongs to him."
The tote-boy was near enough to hear the
last words, and he dropped his load with
a thud. ' ' Now, yuh Dave Lumley, look-a-
heah! Don't yuh say a word about my
maw! If you do I'll fight yuh," and then
his voice cracked with youth and rage as he
burst into tears.
"My, but yuh 're a o'nery cuss," answered
the man with a sneer, "I don't fuss with
weepin ' young 'uns. I don't mean nothin'
:ibout yuh maw no how, ' cept what every-
body knows. Wait till yuh kin make good
'fore yuh git to fussin'."
The boy started for the man blindly, but
was caught in the arms of Big Jim.
"See here, Lumley, if ever I hear another
damned word of this again, I'll beat hell
out of your rotten hide. Get this grub into
you quick and go to work, all of you; we've
got to get a train loaded before supper.
Here, kid, I 've broke my axe helve ; see if
you can fix it. ' '
"1 don't min' yuh callin' me Sorrel-top,
Mr. Johnson," said the boy. "Yuh see,
suh, hit 's all so. My daddy was red-headed —
and he was Irish — and he was killed 'fore
the preacher-man got 'round to marry him
to my maw. And my maw she had to bring
me up. She's glad I'm a boy, though, foh
she says as how this county is all right foh
men, but hit's hell for a woman who's man
gets killed 'fore the preacher-man comes
'round. "
"Don't you mind 'em, sonny," said the
boss. ' ' Y'ou stick to me and I '11 see 3'ou
through. ' '
"Yes, suh, I'll stick to yuh; I'll stick
to yuh — ca'se yuh've been right good to me
and my maw," said the boy earnestly. He
drew nearer his friend, who placed his hand
almost caressingly on the shock of red hair.
Big Jim's word was law in Camp Six, and
there was no more rough joking of the boy
about his peculiarly colored hair or his
chivalrous love of his mother, and the Lum-
ley incident was quite forgotten. Indeed,
so ready was Sorrel-top with his help, and so
wide his smile of good nature that everyone
in camp came to have a sneaking fondness
for him.
The woods work went on with its usual
monotony, and the foreman was glorying in
the fact that the outfit of Camp Six would
turn in at the mill a bigger cut than any
otlier crew on the job. Late in the fall
lie was working his men and equipment to
the last ounce of energy. The timber was
coming from the upper end of the cove, where
the spur was laid on better than a ten per-
cent grade. One afternoon when the great
stoaui log loader was starting on the last
car, the engineer of the Shay gave the
whistle a little toot and yelled, "I'm going
down for water. ' '
"Get back in a hurry," called out the
boss, ' ' for there 's a storm coming up. Now-
then you, Lumley, get a move on you and
sec that all the brakes are set, and 'scotch'
the front trucks; if these seven cars and that
loader turn loose it means seven thousand
,.( > 'rs of equipment gone to hell!"
The foreman was so busy finishing out his
load that he did not notice that after block-
ing the wheels Lumley had forgotten all
about the brakes.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Tlie afternoon snnligbt suddenly grew into
twilight, and then strangely darkened into
night. Great funnel-shaped clouds of deepen-
ing blar-k literally tumbled over the ridge
and settled down on the mountain side.
There was a sighing sound among the tree-
tops as though they knew what was coming
and were pathetically begging the storm god
to pass them by. The moans of the wind-
tflssed branches came faster and the swirling
leaves almost hid the great log-loader
from tlie forward car. Swifter came the
rush of the monstrous mass of black that
obscured the heavens. At its violence the
grandest trees in the forest bowed in humilia-
tion. Suddenly the whole side of the moun-
tain was lighted with a sheet of pinkish
orange that faded into cold gray, and blotted
itself out W'ith a rumble of discontent at its
futile battle with the gathering darkness.
Lower and lower bent the trees. Then
pandemonium, broke loose. Cries that were
almost human rang through the w'oods and
down the mountain. The forest answered
the wind with a defiant roar as it marshalled
all its armament against its foe. Angrily
the clouds opened and a thousand brilliant
forked tongues gave utterance to a thunderous
roll which died away only to begin again.
The sound of falling limbs and the crash
of giant trees accented the deepening and
insistent cry of the forest, as the wind
lashed it into greater fury. Now the w'hole
landscape seemed a sheet of flame-lit, sway-
ing limbs and the echoes of the thunder
reverberated from mountain top to mountain
t(.p. Then the rush of low-hanging clouds
shut out everything but the agonizing sound
of wind-torn trees. The great log-loaded
train swayed and trembled, and the inter-
mittent glare of lightning showed Jim
frantically trying to make himself heard
above the awful din.
In the moment's liush that preceded the
rain he shouted, ' ' Twcj of you at every brake
and hold her! ' '
There was another and more blinding flash
whose bolt struck a huge tree near the track.
' ' Hold her, boys, the blocking 's slipped, ' '
yelled Big Jim, not knowing that with the
exception of Sorrel-top and him.self, every
man had jumped from tlie train when it
started.
' ' My God, she 's turned loose, ' ' he said to
the boy who stood beside him. For a moment
the seven log-loaded cars with the great
loader behind seemed to pause as though
getting ready to spring, and then plunged
to a race of destruction.
"Damn their rotten souls," said the Irish-
man, as another flash of lightning told him
he and Sorrel-top were alone on the train.
"You'd better jump, kid," he shouted,
close to the boy's ear.
"Ain't you 'uns goiu ' to stick?" a.sked
fhe boy.
Jim looked death in the face and nodded.
"Then I stick," said the boy, vainly tug-
ging at a brake.
They were neariug the bottom now and
the speed was so terrific that the earth
seemed dropping from beneath them.
Jim caught sight of the lights of the re-
turning engine and saw the engineer jump —
then the crash came. The sky rained saw'
logs and bits of steel — and he knew 710
more.
When he regained consciousness water was
rushing over him where he was pinioned be-
neath a log, and lie heard Sorrel-top sobbing
and saying, " 1 'II move it, Mr. Johnson.
I '11 make good if I do have to beller. ' '
The train had telescoped and landed in
the creek at the foot of the cove. The rain
was quickly making the stream a raging
torrent. .lim tried to move but found it
impossible. The boy tugged at the log with
a cant-hook, which had fallen from the train,
and with almost superhuman effort raised it
enough to release the foreman. As the log
turned over the oncoming rush of waters
hurled boy, log and cant-hook into the
swirling debris of mid-stream. Jim crawled
slowly out and looked about for Sorrel-top.
Like a wild man he peered among the
piled-up logs that the water was fast convert-
ing into a jam. Just as the men came dash-
ing ilown from the spur he discovered a hand
sticking out from under a pile of drift.
' ' Come on, you infernal cowards, ' " he
shouted, ■ ' and help me get the only man
worth a damn in the whole camp out of this!
Don 't one of you hold back or I 'U brain
ye," he yelled and picked np a rock as they
hesitated.
The boy was taken from out the awful pile
and laid on the bank. He breathed faintly
and big Jim unaffectedly knelt beside him
and wept. It seemed to call the boy back
from the great beyond. He opened his eyes
and looking up into the boss ' face whispered,
' ' Have I made good, Mr. Johnson ? ' '
Big Jim nodded. Then the boy's eyes
wandered about the group of men until they
rested on Lumley and he said, ' ' Tomorrow,
Dave Lumley, I'll fight — "
The effort ' was too much and the eyes
closed, but the lips froze into a determined
Bmile that even death could not obliterate.
Hardwood Record J\foil Bag.
[In this department It Is proposed to reply
to such inquiries as reach this office from the
Hardwood Recobd clientage as will be of enough
general interest to warrant publication. Every
patron of the paper 's invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in
a succinct and intelligent manner.]
gave the trade wai'uiug in time to secure luin-
liernien from being robbed by these fakers. —
Kditor.
Wants Car Oak.
FiTTSiinifi, I'A., .July 18. — Kditiu- ll.vuuwouii
liEcoitii : We aie anxious to get in touch with
a dozen or so reliable mills that can produce
oak bill stiiflF such as freight car oak and dimen-
sion sizes in Gxli, Hx.S, 10x10, etc., who are
eiiuipped to surface this stock on four sides.
Lumber Company.
The Hardwood Record will be glad to sup-
ply the addresses of any of its clients to tlic
corporation making this inquiry, if they are
forwai'ded to this office. — Editor.
Wants White Oak, Ash and Hickory.
Xf.w York, ,7uly 9. — Editor Hardwood Kec-
oi!D : 1 am in fhe market for firsts and seconds
white oak and ash 1 to 4 inches in thickness,
10 inches and up wide, and 12 to 20 feet long:
hickory. 9 to 12 inches and up of same dimen-
sions. I expect this stock will have to be
sawed to order and should be pleased to have
you put me in comniunicatiiin with mills that
can supiily any of the material.
The Hardwood Becord w-ill be glad to put
any of its clients in communication with this
correspondent on application. — Editor.
Best Thicknesses in Beech.
Cleveland, Ohio. .Tuly 10. — Kiliti>i- IIaud-
WOOD Record; We have quite a quantity of
beech timber at one of our West Virginia mills.
Will you kindly advise us what you think is the
best thickness into 'which to manufacture this
stock and where the best demand for beech
lies'; Company.
From a casual knowledge of this subject, it
has been recommended to the correspondent
to cut his beech largely to 1/2", %" and 1".
The demand for beech lies quite largely with
the furniture trade. — Editor.
Echo from Pittsburg Fuel Company.
Brr-KHANNuN. W. Va., .July 10. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : Should you know anything more
about the Pittsliurg I'"uel Company, we would
be glad to hear from you personally or through
the columns of your paper. We have a note
against these people which became due and
was protested for non-payment. We have not
been able up to date to locate any of the par-
ties interested in the firm in order to attempt
to make a collection. Company.
Tlie loss sustained by the Buckhannon cor-
respondents is to be regretted, but their
chances of "getting even" with this bunch
are very remote. They never have been known
to pay a note. The Record supposed that it
About Black Walnut.
TtiNoHAMTUN, N. Y.. .luly 18 — Editor Hard-
wt'tiii Ri:coRD : Should liice to have information
ahnut black walnut and the demand and approxi-
mate price of the wood. — Jones op Binghamton.
Black walnut is produced in this country
at an annual rate of about 3.3,000,000 feet.
The larger portion of it now comes from
southwestern Missouri, .Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Indian Territory, although there is some
scattering growth still picked up in Indiana,
Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia. The
most considerable stand of the wood remain-
ing east of the Mississipjii is on the upper
waters of the Guyandotte river in West Vir-
ginia, where C. Crane & Co. of Cincinnati own
about 20,000 trees. The home demand for
black walnut lumber is only for comparatively
small quantities. Its use is largely confined
to gun stocks, novelties, electrical work, etc.
Tlie chief demand for walnut comes from
Germany and Hamburg is the commercial
center of the market. The larger portion of
the choice logs are faced on four sides ani''
shipped to this market in that form. Spe-
cific prices cannot be supplied, because black
walnut varies much in quality. The general
range is from .$125 to .^l.'iO for firsts and sec-
onds, and about $7.5 for rejects, and $30 to
$50 for shipping culls. — Editor.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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Michigan HardWood JManafacturers' Association.
On Friday and Saturday, .luly \'.\ and 14.
thoYo was launchrd at Ottawa Hcacli, Mit-li.,
an assDciatiun ot" the hardwood manufai--
tiirers of the state of Michij^an. under most
favorahlo auspices. The conference that led
up to tliis organization has been projected for
several years by leading hard\vo(»d operators
of the state, and the meeting was base<l on
the following call, sent out July 2 by the
Hardwood Ke(X)RD at the request of a uuni-
ber of tlie foremost producers of tlie state :
The Call.
You are cordially invited to attend a confer
eiu-e of hardwood manufacturers of the state of
Michigan al the Hotel Ottawa. Ottawa Reacli.
Micli.. on Friday and Saturday. .Inly ^^ an(l
1 4. The tirst session will be held at 10 -.'.in
a. m. This meeting is called for the t'oHowins
IMirpnses ;
1. To promote better acquaintance among
hardwood lumber manufacturers of the state.
:*. To analyze the conditions of stocks, grad-
ing and values <d' northern hardwoods.
;i. To uiganize. if deemed expedient, either
an indepemient hardwocd manufacturers' asso-
ciallun of the state of Michigan, or a division
uf some existing hardwood manufacturers' asso-
ciation, for the purpose of agreeing on uniform
methods: for the exploitation of ^Michigan
liardwrMnls. thus broadening the demand there-
for: and \t> attempt to achieve prices commen-
w>r ir. wiiiTi-;. bovxk city. v\
MICIIKJAN HAUDWOOI*' MKRS.
KSIDENT
ASSN.
sm-ate with existing stmupage values an*! manii
factnt'ing cost.
There will be present at this meeting several
hardwood lumbermen from other sections of the
(■nunlry. prcuninent in association work, who
l.;i\i' achieved great success for the industry
iliroimh the channels of organization, who will
address th(>se present.
II is the belief of those subscribing to this call
that this nieetinji will result in great advantage
to you as individuals, as well as to the hard-
wood indusi ry tif the state.
We trust you will not 4mly he present your-
selves, but will induce hardwood manufacturers
'if ycMir vicinity to join in this movement.
Very truly yours.
W, II. Wurri-: ('o:mi'.vxy. Boyne City. Midi.
(■"ftiis iS; MirciiKi.i,, Inc.. CadilhK-." Mich.
Saij.im;, II.wso'n ^: Co.. GraylUig. Midi.
I. Stki'hk.nson Co.Mi'.vxY. AVeits. Midi.
MiTciiKLi, IWiriTiiiius ("o.Mi'AW. < 'atlillac. Midi.
K. <;. I'KTKRS S.\I.T iJc I.TMBKU ('(iMlUNV. Kast-
lake. Mich.
Knkki.axi) liiGici.ow COMi'ANV. Bay City. Mich.
BiTTKits Salt & Ia'.mbick Company. Ludington,
Mich.
II. M. Loin's Sons Company. Au Sable. Mich.
Ci'MMER, DiOGiNS & Co., Cadillac. Mich.
Si.\tMONs Lt MBEU Company. Simmons. Mich.
Kast JdiuiAX Lf;MBi5B Company. Kast Jordan.
.Mich.
BATCMiCLoit TiMiuou CnMi'ANY. Sagiuaw, Mich.
Stkauns Salt & I.i .mbku Co.mpany. Ludington.
Mich.
<;. \'iiN ri.ATKN. Boyne City. Mich.
IIaiklkvI'iiioli's-Bonnkli. Company. iJraiul Rap-
ids. .Midi.
FRIDAY'S SESSION.
In response to this invitatimi the following
named gentlemen gathered at the Motel Ottawa.
nitawa Beach. Mich., on l-'riday. .Inly i:! :
Henry lallou. Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc.. Cadillac.
C. S. B.acon. I!a<-on Lumber Company. <;rand
Bapids.
li. .1. Chirk. Peninsula Bark & Lumber Cnni
pany. Sauli Sic. Marie.
W. T. Christine. American Lumberman. Chi
tago.
<•. Crane. C. Crane & Co.. Cincinnati. ( ».
IL C. Crawford. Bussel Wheel .V l-'oundry Co.,
Iietroit.
J. R. Defebaugh. American Luiiilxruiati. Chl-
cgao.
Lewis Doster. secretary Ilardwmd Maiiulac
lurers' Association. Chicago.
(ieo. B. Duntnii. Thos. MacBride Lumber Com-
pany, (Irand Uajiids.
T. S. lOstabrook. Kstabrook-Skede Lumber
Company. Chicago.
R IL Freeman. Engadine Lumber Company.
lOngadine.
Kdw. Fit'/.gei-alcL .Mitdidl B.rothers Company,
Cadillac.
Theodore I-'athauer. Theodore Kathauer Com-
pany, ( 'hicago.
Frank F. Fish, secretary National Hardwood
Lumber Association. Chicago.
M. J. Fox. (1. Von Platen. Boyne City.
Wm. F. (;ustine, A. F. Anderson. Cadillac.
Henry H. Cilisun. IIai!]>wihu> Bkoiku, Chicago.
A. K." Cordon. IIa1£I*w. ...1. liKcttitu. Chicago.
W. IL Crebb*. Three States Lumber Company.
Memphis. Tenn.
Henry S. Idema. Grand Baplds.
B. A. .Tohnson. American Lumberman. Chicago.
S. (i. McCiellan, Simmons Lumber Company.
Simmons.
W. W. Mitchell. Mitchell Bros. Co. and Cobbs
iV Mitchell. Inc.. Cadillac.
W. L. Martin. ICmbui-y-Martin Lvirnber Com
pany. Cheboygan.
Francis Marshall. P.ncon Lumber ( 'oinpany,
(irand Kapids.
H. AY. Newark. <"adillac Handle Company.
Cadillac.
Bruce (idcll. ('nmmer. Diggins & Company.
Cadillac.
IL It. Reynolds. The Cillespie Reynolds Cfun
I)any, Chicago.
W. IL Russe. Russe & Burgess, Memphis.
Tenn.
Carroll F. Sweet. Fuller & Rice Lumber &
Manufacturing Company, ( Irand Rapids.
R. IL Yansant, Yansant. Kitchen & Co.. Ash
land. Ky.
Wm. II. \Yhite. W. IL \Yhite Company, Boyne
i ily.
Chas. Wescolt. International Harvester Com
pany. Chicago.
.lolin S. Weidman. Weidman.
Agreeable to previous arrangenieiil. Williiim
IL White of Boyne City acted as chairman, and
Henry IL <;ibson of Chicago as secretary. Mr.
White addressed those present as follows:
Centlemen and Brother Lumbermen : It is
not necessary for me to say what we are here
today for. In the circular which has been senl
you, the IlAUinvnon Rtjccuii> and the American
Lumberman have given the matter sufficient pub-
licily. 1 will read a letter written to myself:
(Jentlemen of the Convention: This is (]uite
a surprise lo me and yet it is a long-looked-for
desire that has been fulfilled.
I have talked over this matter with several oi"
our manufacturers and also with some of I hi'
members of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso-
<'iation of ihe t'nited States, hut we have always
been jmsbing it a year away, saying that we
wovild then get together and have an organiza-
tion of the manufacturers of Michigan, to make
rules for the grading of lumber, also to discuss
the true methods of manufacture and to ascer-
tain the thickness that each manufacturer
should cut to till the demands of the market,
also to keep their supply barely eipnil to the
demand of the market so as to stimulate prices
and put a just value on our product.
We should also have uniform inspection, ant!
I believe, gentlemen, that the best side of lumber
should be considered when inspecting it as well
as the poor side, and the decision 1m' made
between the best side and the poor side. for. as
I understand it, ninety per cent of all hardwood
lumber is worked from the best side, thai is. the
best side will show the finish and the po<u- side
he blank, or in other words, not show any finish.
Therefore, our manufacturers ought lo get to-
gether, work out and formulate a plan that
would be to the best interests of the manufac-
turers and stiunpagc holders of our stale, bear
ing in mind ihai no radical chanscs be made
that would attempt to work hardship on the
dealer or c<uisvimer.
The manufacturer or mill man thinks he is
selling his lumber at a fair price, but if he
will sto]) {a figure up he is simply selling his
stumpage and getting nothing for his In vest-
ments in plants, risk "of marketing, nor for the
hard work he has (o put into mauufa<'ture and
working out the details in order to put the
stock on the market. When 1 say this I mean
luiiple and beech, which kinds <if lumber pre
druuinate in our state today, especially In cer-
tain localities. The market price for maple
toilay, 4/4 and -". 4 in thickness, is $;).uO for
No. 8 common, $1L<M) feu- No. '2 common. S17,00
lor No. 1 common and $2."!. no for firsts and
seconds.
Taking a thousand feet of lumber as follows:
.f i).oo — .'ft'J.To
11.00— 1.7(1
17.00— .-►.7S
23.00 — 4.00
;'.0''; No. ;i ccmimon ...
I t'l' ; No. '2 common . . .
'.', I' , No. 1 common . . .
■J0<(, firsts and seconds.
makes a total of 100 per cent, or the full
product of the log at .fl4.S4 per M for No. 'A
4-ommon and better, and the manufa<turer, with-
out stopping to fijiure. will think he Is pelting
¥18.00 or if;U).oo per M for bis log run. accord-
ing to the grade of logs he is cutting into
lumber, but when you figure that you luily get
70'7r of No. 2 common and better out of the log
and ;iOTc No. 'A common, you yei Ihe following
re.sull : Take 70% at :i;i!(,00 and ;{0';; at $I».oo
and it will give you the price you receive per
M for your maple, namely. $llj.00 ; or you can
W. W. MITCHKLL. ('ADILLAC, FIRST Y. V.
MKHICAN HARDWOOD MFRS. ASSN,
figure your maple stumpage at $4.00 per M, if
v<)U please ( I have known seme cases where it
has sold for $0,00. logging $4.00. sawing $3.00.
freight $1.7.'). interest and taxes $LoO and
general expense $1.00. making a total of $14.75
per M cost.
Now, where is the use of taking the chances,
risk, work and worry to manufacture the stock
when you can sell your stumpage by simply
offering it and have no worry nor trouble of
details".' So you can readily see that maple
lumber is not bringing the price today thai it
should bring compared with other woods, and
compared with what it is worth according to
the value of the material. Further, we are
evil ling our lumber lin) thick. Hemlock and
pine is cut !.'» 10 for inch: 1 Ts for 2 inch.
.Maple is cut 1 L liv f<ir inch, and 'J's f"r 2
inch, and 1 see no good reason why maple should
be cut any thicker than other woods if Hie trade
were educated up to it.
Maple flo(u-ing today is worked to LI H», sn
you st;e lumher^cut l."(/l(i would dry and dress
to this thickness without any trouble.
lieech lumber is suffering still more, and I
could make you a more startling statement on
that than <ui maple. The only men making
money iiit of handling lumber today is the
(baler and commission man. The manufacturer
is simply selling his stumpage.
We should establish an insjieclion biu'eau.
make plans for a c<trps of inspectors and work
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HARDIWOOD RECORD
out the whole plan In detail lor our best inter-
ests. We must not expect to perfect this matter
all at once, but as weeks and mouths go by
after we have started, necessity will show us
what is needed to develop our lumber interests
and add the necessary details to perfect our
organization.
I understand that the Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association o£ the United States have
been very successful in their plans, and I also
understand thev are willing to allow us to
profit by their years of hard labor, expense and
untiring energy, and to turn over to us any
of the knowledge that will help us, as manu-
facturers of the South should be helpful to the
manufacturers of Michigan. It seems nearly
impossible now to go single handed aud accom-
plish the desired results which are expected
from the lumber business, and which can be
gotten if we work and pull together.
I am ready now to take hold of this matter
and work with the manufacturers if we can
outline a policy that will be beneficial and
helpful to promote the welfare of the lumber
industry of .Michigan and brother manufacturers
of the United States.
I would advise organizing a strictly Michigan
association for the present until we get all the
desired details worked out and see whether we
want to athliate with the Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation later on, and in the meantime work in
harmony with them.
It does me good to see some of foe memtiers
of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association
here todav. with whom I have worked for some
years. One man here is very well posted in
their work, and will be able to tell you what the
association has done for its members. I refer to
R. H. Vansant of Ashland. Ky., who will please
favor us with a talk.
R. H. 'Vansant Addresses Meeting.
Mr. Vansant : I am not accustomed to mak-
ing public addresses, and I liave made no prepa-
ration for this one. However, in 1!)0^ the
manufacturers of the South and Southwest
found the condition of their business very
deplorable. Hardly any two manufacturers did
business in the same manner. Some of the
manufacturers of poplar lumber early in the
year 1902 called a meeting at Lexington, and
there was organized a Poplar Manufacturers'
Association. Some time later a further meeting
was held at St. Louis and the Hardwood Manu-
facturers' Association of the United States was
organized. This was and is strictly a manufac-
turers' association. No others are permitted to
have membership in it. We do not mean that
those who are not members are not legitimate
dealers in lumber, but we have always thought
that the progressive manufacturers — especially
of Michigan — know best what the log will pro-
duce and what the consuming trade demands in
the way of grades.
In the year 19<i2 we had 46 members, with 4<i
mills and' an output of L'oii.niKi feet; 1903. loo
members, 17.5 mills, .-,(i(i.(i(in.iiiiii feet; 1904. ISO
members. 250 mills, 9.'.".oii(i,iiii0 feet; 190"). 17.5
members, .32.5 mills. l,l.-)0,uu().(inO feet; Jan. 1.
1906, 210 members, 400 mills, 1,200,000,000
feet • .Inly 1, 190G, 240 members, 4.50 mills.
l.SoO.OOO.bOO feet.
I am getting these statistics from the secre-
tary's report. There has been a steady increase
in "membership and production, aud this year
more rapidly than ever before. The basis and
aims of the" association are to give everyone a
fair deal, and to educate the manufacturer who
is not up to date. We have been much annoyed
by what we call inexperienced or smaller mill
nien. In the Southwest there are a larger num-
ber of small mills than in any other section.
Getting these men into line has incurred con-
siderable expense. Today, however, our associa-
tion is in a more flourishing condition than ever
before. Our methods are familiar to some or
you, and any details can be readily given by the
secretary, w'ho is present, and we invite you to
go into our Chicago offices and see how the
business is conducted, and see our list of mem-
bership, methods of disseminating information,
etc.
We have found it absolutely necessary that
one manufacturer assist the other manufacturer.
We do not believe that any one m_aii can start
out and reach the highest point cf excellence
in the manufacture of lumber without assist-
ance from outside parties. One man cannot
study out all the details of a business ; at least
he will become an old man before he gets to
that point of excellence.
Our association has proven very profitable to
the manufacturers. We have done this by
keeping the market price before all our manu-
facturers.
The secretary's office keeps in touch with the
consuming trad"e and with the manufacturer. If
there is too much of one thickness being manu-
factured, he tries to post our members so as not
to have an over-production in any one item or
thickness. We also have a method of reporting
on grades, and a svstem whicli shows bow those
who buy lumber treat the shipper. This is
reported only to members. For instance, all
manufacturers are asked for a report on a
certain buyer, and the reports that come in are
distributed back to all the members. A great
many details regarding our methods it Is Im-
possible to go into.
We are very glad to meet with you and would
be very glad to "receive every one of you as mem-
bers o"f our association, I feel that we could
be of as much advantage to you as you would
be to us. Our rules are formed by those who
manufacture different classes of wood. We ba.ve
not had any members who manufacture maple
as vet a wood which belongs exclusively to the
\orth When it comes to adopting rules on a
certain wood, no one is entitled to have a voice
except those who manufacture that wood. \\ e
do not think you as maple manufacturers would
adopt a set of rules not suitable to cover re-
ouirements of the consumers. We have con-
Hdence that you would not take such a step as
that. I'ou "would get together and discuss
market conditions and your own views. Tlie
poplar men would have nothing to say about
maple whatever. All the business of the country
is studied verv thoroughly through the secre-
tary's office, as we will show you if you will
come to Chicago.
I am glad to meet you gentlemen, and to tell
vou that the average increase in value of our
"lumber since our association was formed is
about $7.50 a thousand. Some kinds of lumber
have advanced more than that, and of course
this has been extremely advantageous to all
manufacturers of hardwoods. We shall he very
glad to meet vou at any time, and if you unite
with us. to hold our annual meetings in a sec-
tion which will be convenient to you. But
UIjrCE ODELL, ('AMILLAC. ACTING SEC'i'
MICHIGAN HARDWOOD .MFRS. ASSN.
whether you become affiliated with us or not, we
tire always glad to be with yen as fellow
lumbermen. You are most welcome to the
benefit of our experience, and we heartily invite
vou to become members of the Hardwood Manii-
■facturers' Association of the United States it
your consideration deems fit. Gentlemen, I
thank you.
Mr. White: We would be glad lo hear from
the secretary, Lewis Doster.
Lewis Doster Talks.
Mr Doster; After Mr. Vansaut's compre-
hensive talk I can hardly explain anything but
the intricate parts of association work which I
have studied verv carefully in the last five
years. We organized in 1902 and to forego the
trouble which 'Mr. White brought out so plainly
in bis address — that the principal work of an
association in adopting systems is to study the
conditions and operations of other successful
associations — it became necessary on organ-
iziu" to study the successful work of other
associations, aiid. looking over others resulted in
our adopting the association system which pre-
vailed among manufacturers of white and yellow
pine. These people operated in white pine feu-
twenty years successfully, and we found the
yellow pine people had been adopting their rules
and regulations with success and so we natu-
rally adopted their methods. Since then the
cvpiess association has been formed and has
adopted similar svstem. and later some of the
west coast manufacturers did the same. So out-
work is in line with other associations and
adopted by evei-v producing element. I bad the
honor to "be under the tutelage of Mr. George
K. Smith, secretarv of the Yellow Pine and of
the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association.
After we formed our plans of association work.
it naturally became our aim to get on a firm
basis ■ to have a full understanding that all
manufacturers should consult with each other ;
to formulate rules for their protection ; to pro-
cure full information ; to carry on statistical
work, and to promulgate other ideas that would
be of benefit to every member of the association.
After we formed these plans we got up to
methods of grading. We discovered that the
manufacturers who formed this association were
intelligent ; they had been sawing and marketing
lumber for years, and they were perfectly
familiar with" what the trade wanted. The
trading rules which we formed for southern
hardwoods were adopted on the line of what the
consuming market wanted. After making rules,
which was a long and hard matter to accom-
plish, we published over 50,000 copies of them,
for it was our intention to place them in the
hands of the consumer as well as of the manu-
facturer, so that both could understand what
the one was making and what the other was
buying. We found it was necessary to establish
a "system whereby every manufacturer could
mak"e a uniform grade, for unless we had this
we found that we could not maintain a uniform
market. This resulted in plans for educational
work We found a great deal of trouble with the
market because of lack of uniform manufacture
and grading, and our work was to employ inspec-
tors and place them at different mills to educate
the local inspectors aud manufacturers up to a
uniform system. This was successfully done,
although bv -hard work. We increased this
corps of inspectors and had them travel about
from place to place. They are men above the
average in intelligence. This department is the
most expensive, but the most vital one of our
work The men we hire we get with the idea
that they will always carry out a square deal,
and wherever thev have been they invariably
have left the impression that they have acted
fair with both buver and seller. Our inspection
force often travels about the mills to educate
the inspectors employed there. We move them
from one market to another, believing that an
inspector is only an average man and that
influence might possibly be brought to bear
which would lead him astray. So we endeavor
to keep them going from one place to another.
Unjust complaints are often made, so that we
finally caused a system to be inaugurated which
slioukl give members full information regarding
who made complaints and who did not make
them— legallv or illegally. A great many times
after lumber had been consumed a man was still
making complaints about it. We found many
cases where thev refused to pay for the lumber,
(lur members, as a result of our now compre-
hensive system of information, have caused Duu
and Kradstreet to be put on the lower shelf,
and use our files for the purpose of getting the
exact status of a man. We do not delve into
financial standing because we have discovered
that some of the best-rated institutions are the
hardest to please. We give to members of the
association an insight into mcu-ai conditions
which are of more importance for them to know
than mere financial standing, and which no
credit bureau ever gives. We have compiled a
.system whereby anv member of the association
c"an ask the standing of a bu.ver and a thorough
canvass is made of the membership for inform.a-
tion about him. All replies are compiled and
the result represents actual business experience.
These reports are sent only to members, but are
sent to all members, whether asked for or not,
whicli makes excellent future reference.
Our organization has a vice president repre-
senting every state, with a number of directors
elected from each la proportion lo the output
of the state. The vice president is chairman
for his state, and the directors are elected
."eographicallv. to form a state organization.
WTien committees are appointed on the different
woods thev also are represented in different
states ; thus with the vice president, and two or
three directors, who are members of different
committees, anv legislation which may be neces-
sary for that Tocality can readily be obtained.
Our organization is carried on so that the
business of everv state in the hardwood pro-
tiucing section is" controlled through the secre-
tary's office, which is the hub. We found that
in "the South we had a great many competitive
woods of about the same value. We found a
difference of $20 a thousand feet in some in-
stances, as our figures published in the last Issue
of the II.\RDWnoD Kecohd will show. We have
made a specialtv of compiling and distributing
statistics, with verv beneficial results. «e find
a o-reat mauv firms are able to obtain more
money for their output than other concerns, and
it is our idea to establish so just a basis of
values that all can get it. Our target is the
highest possible price that is reasonable and we
want to educate the poor marksmen how to
shoot.
We have our offices in Chicago, close to you.
We have a systematic manner of carrying on
our work, and" the offices are open to all manu-
facturers. I certainly would be delighted to
have anyone visiting Cliicago at any time come
in and s"ee how our work is carrleG on. I might
add something Mr. Vansant referred to— that in
the development of our grading rules we have
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not formulated ariy for northern hardwoods but
left the subject open until we knew what the
manufacturers of Michigan and Wisconsin
wanted. If any organization is effected here.
we will be subject to any rules which you may
deem wise and ffirniulate. I tliank you. gentle-
men, for this opportUTiity of nddressing you.
C. Crane Says a Word.
Mr. Crane: I have never taken part in any
of the detail work in the Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation like the others, and am not capable of
saying much, but want to add just this : I
know the information we have in our own ottice.
and if I started out to get it single handed I
dim't believH I cmld gel it for rtfty thousand
dollars, and I am sure I \v< uldnt take a hun
dred thousand for it ! That is wluit I have to
say. AYhnnnvHi- any of ymi pcoj)!*' come to ('in
cinnati I shall nlways he glad lo welcome you.
Mr. ^A'hite ; 1 would like to have Mr. (Jihson
read some letters which he has received regard*
ing this meeting.
The secretary then read extracts from letters
and telegrams which had reached him from
various individuals wlm had expected to he
present, as follows :
Extracts from Letters and Telegrams.
CiiiCA^jo, .luly IM. Kindly state to the gen-
tlemen present that I exceedingly regret the
necessity of my absence, and that I trust the
meeting will be very successful and will result
in a closer connection between our association
and the northern manufacturers of hardwoods. —
\Vn.Li.\M \Vir,MS. president Hardwood Manufuc-
nuers" Association of the l"nited States.
GiL\Nn RArms. .luly 14: My partner is ab
sent, and find it impracticable to get asvav to
join you.— McKKoma: Hundy.
Cadii-lac, .July 12 :
('(mditions such that I
cannttt be present, but
our Mr. Uruce Udell will
attend the meeting and
represent our cmnpany.
I believe a Michigan
h;irdwo<^d manufacturers*
association, organized
along the right lines and
carefully and conscien-
tiously managed by its
members after organiza-
tion, can be of much
value to the industry.
May you have a pleasant
and successful meeting.
— D. F. r_>'irx;iNS.
Glen Haven. July 10;
I find it impossible to
get away for the meet-
ing. I approve of ;i
Michigan association aufl
would propose for the
present an exclusive
Michigan association :
then when we can get
them all interested in
the movement and organ-
ized strong enough to
protect our policy, we can affiliate with a na-
tional association best suited to our purpose. — -
i». H. r>Av.
Df:troit. July 12: Sorry not to he with you,
but am obliged to go to New York tonlghi. —
A. 1\\TR1AI!<HK.
Kaktlake. July 1'J : Just returned from Chi
cago this nKjrning. and find my bu.siness forbids
my presence at the meeting, which I sincerely
regret. At the next meeting I hope to be
present. — R. G. Peteus.
LfDiNOTijN. July 12 : T do not think it will
he possible for me to attend the meeting of the
manufacturers, but wish tn say I am in favor
of the organization and will be with the ma
jority.^M. F. Hi tteks.
Saijinaw. July 11: Am dis:ipi).iinled in not
being able to join ynu and shake hands with my
many friends among youi- number, but I have
an impcu'tauT engagement which I cannot forego.
— Arthi'i: Hill.
Bay City. July lo : ] hope to he able lo
attend the meeting at Ottawa Reach on Friday,
but if unalple to be pj-esent you n»ay lie sure of
my hearty co-operation in any action the con
vention may take for the advancemeni - f t'-e
hardwood lumber industry of this state.—;" ia-;.
A. Fh;ei>i\v.
^'eidman. July 10 : I have your announ.-p
ment and will try to be with you at the hard
wood meeting.— John S. Weifvman.
Cadillac. July 12: My business engagements
preclude the possibility of my being present in
person at Ottawa Reach. July i:i and 14. but
Wm, F. (lustine will be there and represent me.
— A. K. Anderson.
Nashville. Ti-:nn.. July 1» : Regret that 1
cannot attend the meeting of our Michigan
brother lumbermen, but I have made all ar-
rangements to leave with my family on Saturday
morning for Nova Scotia. Trust that much
-John \V.
g(tod will result from the meeting
I.OVE.
Clkvi;lani>. O., July lo : Hope to be with
you at the < itta wa Reai-h meeting lo represent
"the Mud Lake Lumber Coinp'iny » f Raber.- -
John H. Jenks.
Detimht. July 0: I have yours <tf July o i:i
regard to the meeting of hardwood manufactur
ers Hi Ottawa Reach. July i;i and 14. It will
he impossible for riic to be present at the nieei
ing. I hoitc, however, that the question of
forest fires will lie given due coiiside. ation. Sn
long as the stale <if yUchigan allows squatters
to start fires for the sake cf freshening up iVed
for a few head of live stock. whi( h Ihey are
pastiu-ing on slate land — it is idle to talk aliovit
fftrestry in the districts where forestry wou'd
Iielp tile ciiuntry the most, viz.: Ilie unsetlletl
northern part of the lower peninsula. Of course,
the slaie d< ■ s not ask these lawless people to
set Ihe ii:c^. liut si Icng as they are alb wed
to do it without liindi-ance, and the stale take-;
u(} measures to check the spread of such fires.
there fan be nc) jirogress made in foi-estry on a
large scale. My own personal experience in
fighting fires last May has convinced me that
one squatter can burn up second growth faster
than a thousand men can set it out. — J. 1).
IIawk.s. president and general manager nen-nit
& Mackinac Railway Company.
Manistee. July (J: Beg to advise that our
piesident. R. W. Smith, will try to ari-ange to be
with the nuuuifac-turers at Ottawa Beacli on
Friday and Saturday. — Lotis Sands Salt &
I.iMHEU Co.Mi'ANY. (ico. M. Cliftou. secretary.
Coal <;iioVE. O.. July 'i : Regret that other
commitments prevent my attending the Michigan
meeting. Hope you will have a good meeting
and accipinplish all you wish and should. — F. C.
Fl.Sl'HEI{.
Gravlixo, July 3; We will come over and
attend the meeting if possible as we are inter-
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ASSOCIATION WAS ORGANIZED.
ested in anything that will promote the interests
of hardwood lumber, and it is our duty to do
what we can for the cause at any and all times,
and w^e certainly want to do it.— Sallinu. Han-
.soN & Co.. by R. Hanson.
Wkj-ls. July ."j : I hope to be able to Join you
July 1-J. but cannot say definitely ar the present
time. — 1. SteiI'henson Co.mpanv. U. E. .MacLean.
.secretary and treasurer.
Sardis. Mi.ss., July 7 : You have n<i idea hv\\-
I hate to miss this meeting, hut it is impossible
for me to attend owing to the illness of Mrs.
Carrier. I feel that I owe it to my associates in
the trade to go. and furthermore I would enjoy
it very much. — R. M. Carrier.
Nashville. Tenn.. July 7 : I wi uld like verv
much to he present at this meeting but it will
be impossible for me to attend owing to the
absence of my brother on his vacation. I know
you will have a good time and aci-omplisli much
good. — John B. Raxso.m.
Ali'ena. July 12: We are in receipt of your
invitation to lie present at a meeting to be held
by the hardwood manufacturers of Michigan fur
the purpf.se of effecting an organization. Wc
may not be able to meet with you this time hut
last en to assure you of our earnest desire to
see such a step taken and to pledge oiu- al-
legiance to this much needed assoriatitjii. We
presume you will follow the custijm of holding
meetings 'at various points in tlie state and will
make it our aim to lie represented next time.
Asking to be enrolled as a member, and wishing
you all success in your commendable luulertak-
ing. — Kimbat-l Limber Company. Itobt. H. Ray-
burn, general manager.
Cincinnati, o., July r, : if possil>Ie [ will be
at Ihe meeting at Ottawa Beach. I lielieve it
win be one of the most important hardwood
meetings ever held in the T'nited States. one
of the main questions should he the price . f
lynn, for it is surely a nice wood and ought to
lie rigiit along with poplar and within $5 (tf the
price. There was a time when it was used
exclusively for wagon boxes and buggy bodies,
etc., and although I am luily sixty years old 1
can remember the lime when a lynn tree was
wortli double what a poplar was. and the char
acter of the wood has not changed a bit. and 1
don't believe men are any snuirter now than
they were then. ^Clinton Crane.
Grand Rai'IPS. July 14: Have been away on
some imiiorlani bnsine.>;s and am sorry I am
unable to attend the meeting. 1 trust you will
have a satisfactory one and hope a bit of good
may come of it. — Stearns Salt & Ll-mber Com
TA-NY. by K. <". Groesbeck.
Chasskll. July tJ : We are in receipt i^i your
circular letter of July 2, calling a meeting of
hardwood manufacturers of Michigan. We I'c-
gret that we will be unable to be present at
Ibis meeting, bul will be glad to co-oi)erate willi
you in any way possible, and would ask that we
be furnished a copy of the proceedings of the
meeting. We think this move is along the right
lines. — W(iRi_"ESTEii Limber Coimpany. Ltd.
Cheboygan. July 11: Your invitation to
attend the meeting at Ottawa Beacli received.
1 should very mtich like to attend but am too
busy at this I ime lo get away. Hr jie that you
will Iiave a very ^Ul■cessful mecring -M. li.
OLt>S.
Expressions of Opinion.
Mr. \\'bile : 1 would like to hear from every
nianufaclurer here, saying whether he is in
favor of appointing a committee for a temporary
organization, and giving his views regarding
this matter.
Mr. Mitchell: I am in favor of a conimitlee
being appoinled to see if there is not some way
in which Michigan people can get together. 1
would make that as a
nirition, Mr. Bresident.
-Ml-. White : You have
beard ihe motion, gen-
tlemen, and I would like
to liear from anyone else
wilh a word on the sub-
Ji-cl.
.Mr. Bacon : I would
like to amend the motion
to read that Mr. White
he made a member and
chairman of the commit-
tee.
The motion as amend-
ed was voted upon and
carried.
Mr. White : Let us
hear from others, and
get the sense of all those
present. I will call on
several people for their
o|)inii>ns.
-^B'. Ballon : I <lo not know that I can say
much on this subject, luit the people in our
territory are favorable lo associations, and If
anything is done along this line, I presume it
w onld go with them. In Michigan when they
start out to do a thing they generally see it
through.
Mr. Newark: Our section has already spoken
and I do not know that 1 can add anything.
Mr. Clark: Nothing that I can say will make
niuch difference : I am hei-e for Information. I
want to hear the nhlei- h.'ads make a few re-
marks.
Mr. Defebaugh : I am always in favor of
association work for all branches of the trade,
and my presence here today is an indication
of that fact. I have often wondered why ihere
was lack of co-operation among Michigan manu
facturers, and could see no reason for it. except
that the work of that state is somewhat .sec-
tional, and tlie state is divided in one .sen.se.
At the same time there are common interests
and I think ycu wiuild take a very wise step in
following the proposition made by Mr. Mitchell,
so that yon can get together and ultimately
accomplish a great deal of good for yourselves.
I do not know of any other state of any im-
portance that has not joined in with some
national movement or has a local one of some
strength. For a great many years to come
Michigan will be depended upon for supplies of
<ertain classes of hardwoods. 1 tliink when yiui
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have settled the question thoi-oughly yon will
realize the importance of comparing and getting
together on matters of common interest. I have
been preaching I his snb.iect for twenty years,
because I see good coming from it all the time.
Mr. White: I feel there is one thing we need
jnst at present, and that is to get acquainted.
I do not Ivnow the names of all of you. and I
would like to call on others to give us some-
thing on this subject.
Mr. McClellan : 1 think we all feel that we
ought to join the parent organization eventually.
and I think an organization of Michigan manu*
facturers would be a good thing fir the pL-esenl.
I believe there is a lot of enthusiasm here that
has not come to light yet.
Mr. Freeman : I never made a speech in ray
life, but I am here to talk this matter over and
I think this is a very got.d thing to do. It
looks all right to me as far as I can see. dur
cedar a.s.sociation has done us a got d deal tif
good in a way. I am willing to do all I ran
toward this movement.
Mr. I'ox : I think this urgauizali^n would be
a great benefit to everybody concerned. I cannot
.see any reason why it would not.
Mr. Odeil : It occurs to me that there is con-
siderable room for an organization along the line
we have been talking about when we look around
and see what uther organizations have done.
One thing I have in mind at present is that
gum very recently was a despised wood, and is
now selling in Chicago at the same price as our
Michigan birch. Our cnli hardwood especially is
selling anywhere from '^1 to $V). with cull hem-
lock from $l-i to $ltJ. We all know our cull
hardwood is worth as much as cull hemlock. If
we could do nothing more than get a price for
our cull hardwood lumher it would be well
worth while.
Mr. White: I wish to present to you II. M.
Crawford, manager of the machinery department
of the Unssel Wheel & i-'oundiy Company, Ue-
troit. who will addiess the meeting on the sub
ject vf hnrdwoi d li gy;inii l>y steam.
Hardwood Logging by Steam.
A number of years ago, 1 am told, a Michigan
lumberman first conceived the idea of handling
logs from the stump by steam power. lie be-
lieved in that way better resuhs could be ob-
tained than by means of the method then em-
ployed of using horses or oxen for pulling logs
to 'loading ground and loading with animals.
After more or less experimenting witu vary-
ing degrees of failure and partial success oniy,
the plan was practiially abandoned in Michigan
and for a number of yeai's thereafter, while the
ox soon gave way to the more lively hoi-se.
animal power was practically the i.niy power
used in this state in moving logs from stump
to loading point.
Year after year rolled around with practically
no change in general methods of logging as
regards power employed in getting the logs to
transportation point.
During these years, however, logging railroad.-^
were introduced, proving in a great majority tif
cases popular, and in creasing rapidly both in
number and mileage until, at the present day.
as you doubtless all know, it is in a great
majority of eases unquestionably the most desir-
able way of moving logs.
Some tive or six ytars ago an active effort
was made to introdiite steam loading machines
in Michigan, which after some setbacks proved
successful, and today a large proportion, at
least of the larger operators in Michigan, con-
sider a steam loading machine as neces.sary to
their logging equipment as anything they have.
A few steam skidding plants have been in
practic-al bse for several years in this state, but
as far as my observations go, they have been
used by smaller operators only. Steam skidding
has been for a number of years regarded by
the larger lumbermen of Michigan as impos-
sible from a practical point of view — admitted
to be practical for various other lumber sec-
tions, hut impractical for Michigan.
Meanwhile in other lumber sections where the
physical and climatic conditions were less fav
nrable. or rather more unfavorable, to auimal
])0wer logging tiian they were in Michigan, news
had traveled of the Michigan steam skidder. and
in the course of a few years from those so-
called failures of logging by steam in Michigan
were developed several types of machines, which
not <mly revolutionized logging methods in cer-
tain sections, but also made available several
valuable woods, which otherwise would probablv
never have been prominently on the market, at
least for this generation, on account of the
excessive cost of getting out tne logs by anii.jai
power.
These developments in other sections just •
referred to scon i)roved practical two general
methods of skidding — the trolley system and the
ground or drag system. These two systems are
today the rec guized ways of skidding logs, and
with mi re or less special features brought cui
liy diffei'ent n-aniifai tureis are the ones univer-
srllly used.
You gentlemen are all doubtless well aware
of geneial methi-ds employed in these two sys-
tems of steam skidding, making a description of
thom unnecessary.
Taking up the two systems separately. I call
your attention to. first, the trolley system.
Starting from, rs it did originally, a snmll
light outfit with engines of 15 to 2;i hi:rsepnwer.
l-eavier machinery has been gradually employed
until now trolley system machines with engines
developing -as high as 100 horsepower are nut
uncommon : ones that handle, from a distance
of l.iioo to 1.2on feet, several logs at one time:
a single load or draw i*,r>00 feet being, while
pissibly not often accomplished, made at times
and could be made often were timber located
so that a quantity could be readily "tonged"
at one tim?.
The advantages of the IroIIey system as used
in recent years are. first, its successful adapta-
bility in very rough, broken country, wber *
stony ground, deep ravines and tangled under
brush and windfalls interfere very little if any
with operation of a machine. Second, its
adaotability in very wet swampv couutrv.
Third, its ni)eratiou. requiring no animal power
wliaiever. all parts of work not done by machine
itself being di ne by men en'ployed on machine.
This is so univ»*rsaliy so that the trr Iky ma-
chine that has use for any animals is now veiy
rare.
These three advantages would seem to make
this system the ideal one for all conditions, and
for a numher of years it wa i genersiUy belie.eM
that it was the only successful system that
cituld I'C used in a steam skidder. no uia'ter
what the condiiions rf the operation were. I)h
veh itments i_f tl-e last few years, however, have
shown that, while under certain conditicus the
trol'ey system is unquestionably the proper one.
■A great majority of conditions can be handled
in a betler way. So with this brief statement
of the trolley system I will pass in the second
or groufld system.
I have been unsuccessful, so far at least, in
Uarning who the originatcr of this system was.
:i" d have about come to the 09ncIusion that like
the famous "Topsy." it just "growed."
It stands today, however, the most used
method of steam skidding, and is now being
used successfully in places, where even a shori
time ago no one. even those best posted on the
subject, would have had the temerity to ; -y
or even recommend any other system t'"an the
trolley, the last three years particularly hav-
ing shown very rapid advances in its develi.p-
ireiit and use. more, probably, than in any pre-
\ious ten years.
Com oared with Ih.e trolley system its Kd
vantages are found to be as follows : First.
Ada^taidllty to thinly timbered land. Second,
simpli'ity of e(iuii)ment and consequent ease of
oneration. 'ihiid. ea'se if change or movement
f r< m one point or "set" to another. Fourth,
the absence of necessity for these skilled men
failed "riggers." without which a trollev ma
chine accomplishes little.
Heretofore ground system skidders have
largely been used w itb horse or mule rehaul :
viz.. when a draw of log or logs is made, the
line is pulled back by horse or mule to next log
desired, the horse following load in and then
dragging it back.
This method of rehauling empty line limits:
First, size of line used : 'Second, radius of
action.
It has been shown that a good-sized horse
tan handle only about 900 feet of Ofe-inch line,
and a proportionate length of larger line and
even then can stand only about five hnurs per
da.v of such work, while a machine can be oper-
ated continuously.
Various power rehaul systems for getting line
back from machine to tree have been emploved.
so far used I ut infrequently excti)t in places
where it is irauoss ble on account of swampy
ground lo get line hack by animal powei*.
There is unquestional>Iy. however, a strong
probability that before even the i)resent year is
gone there will be in operation powerful ma-
chines opei-ating under the drag system and
pulling timber in ipiantities from a much longer
distance than now generally thought practical ;
where line will be rapidly rehauled by power
and where operation will be conducted entirely
without the use of animals.
Ileferring directly to the sulijei t < f my paner.
"Hardwood Logging by Steam." 1 lielieve that
in a great majority of cases a properly de-
signed and built steam skidding machine will
prove invaluable to the hardwood operator of
any size, not only in Michigan, but also in
hardwood sections of other states : that the
steam operated machine has now been developed
to the point where c<Jmpeteut management will
prove that fact, and that the time is not far
distant whtn their use even in our own con-
servative Michigan will be more imiversal than
the steam loader is today.
Looking ahead a short time (probably a
shorter time than most of you would grant) I
tan picture a new kind of logging camp— a log-
ging camp on wheels. For with the animal
eliminated from the logging proposition, no
barns, large store houses, teamsters and hostlers
will be required, and with the numl)er required
to man a certain sized operation greatly reduced,
whar wi I prevent having a logging camp on
wheels - moved each time the skidder is moved
and keeping men always right at the scene of
action, and the employment also of, perhaps, a
different class of men. all of whom will be work-
ing within such a small radius from the ma-
chine or central point that each man will he
under the eye of the foreman, with his part of
the work, allotted in advance, to keep up.
The short space of time allotted me permitted
only generalities on this subject. Allow me in
r'onclusion to thank you for the opportunity
given to appear before you to talk "shop." as
well as for the courtesy of your attention be-
stowed.
The chairman then called for further expres-
sions from those present.
Mr. (instine : I do not know as I have auy-
tbiug to add. There is no question in my
mind, however, that the manufacturers of Michi-
gan are proceeding along the right line: if they
can organize under proper conditions I believe
within the next two or three years the prices
of maple will advance at least from $;^ to $5 a
thousand : in other words, that manufacturers
will be benefited to that extent. There is no
iiUe-;tion that those assembled here recognize
ass;)ciatii n work as a good thing. Maple floor-
ing never had its proper place until it was taken
up by the Maple Flooring Association. The ad-
vantages thus derived these men know best
themselves. As the representative of one of
the manufacturers of Michigan I certainly will
do aM in my power to keep Mr. Anderson in line
and a member of this proposed association. The
question has arisen in my mind whether the
association would not accomplish better work
through lieing afhliated with one of the national
bodies. That will have to be discussed by the
committee and I think will probably be brought
up more fully tomorrow. I'ut. gentlemen, I as-
sure you that I believe you are on the right
track, and that the sooner you can form an
organization and get it tirmly established, the
better it will be for the manufacturer of hard-
wood lumber in Michigan.
Mr. Oreble: Centlemen. I, as a representa-
tive of southern manufacturers, have really
uiithing to say this afternoon. I think this
is all for Michigan manufacturers. Frohably to-
nn rrow I will say something.
Chairman White tlien called upon Charles
Wescott of the International Harvester Com-
pany. Chicago, for some remarks.
Mr. Wescott : I do not know that my re-
marks will be of interest : I never expect to
make any maple in Michijian. I did jot down
a few notes as I listened this afternoon. It
occurred to me that there was some danger in
the remark that association work was re-
sponsible for advanced prices. The consuming
demand regulates that matter entirely. The
Iirice must be a matter lo be adjusted between
the buyer and seller, and will be regulated by
the demand of the market. It seems to me that
association work is rather to bring buyer and
seller together. I believe that ninety per cent
of the lumber, save maple flooring, requires four-
side inspection. I want to say freely and
frankly that we must have four-side inspection
in our business.
.Mr. White: What per cent of Michigan hard-
woods goes into implement manufacture?
Mr. Wescott : I do not know exactly. I
haven't much more to say on this subject, ex-
cept that the Michigan men don't know at the
present time how the consuming trade uses the
lumber : that they will learn in time, and I
shall be very glad when they do.
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23
Committee on Temporary Organization.
The chaii-man then appuiuted the committee
on temporary organization, as follows : Messrs.
White, Balioii, Fitzgerald, McCleilan and Clark.
Ml". Gibson: It occiirred to me, gentlemen,
that possibly not all of you liad analyzed the
importance of Michigan as a harJwood manu-
facturing state, as compared with the total out-
put of the country. We are manufacturing in
the United States today upwards of live billion
feet of hardwood lumber, of which Micliigan
during 1'JOj manufactured considerably more
than six hundred million. The total output of
wliat we know as northern hardwoods, as com-
pared with sonthern, is about in the proportion
of two to three. Tliere is a little less than
three billion feet of hardwoods made in the
south country and considerably over two billion
feet made in the nortliern section of the coun-
try. Michigan is the leading producer of hard-
woods in the northern range of states. Speaking
specifically of maple, the total output of maple
last year was estimated at 570.000.000 feet, and
of that Michigan made ;'.41. 000.000 feet. These
figures are a little less than the actual output.
Therefore, wliat Michigan does toward organiza-
tion in northern hardwoods will be a particu-
larly important feature for other states inter-
ested in tbe production to follow.
In Mr. A'ausant's address to you he sliowed
you that southern hardwoods had achieved an
average accretion in value in the last four and
a half years of about .I^T.oO a tliousand feet.
In that same period Michigan hardwood values,
as I estimate it, I think with considerable
accuracy, have shown an accfetion of only about
$2.50. Perhaps we ean account for this as a
natural increment, owing to the demand being
up to the supply, but it does seem to me that
there is an excess of .>.j there which these south-
ern people have achieved, as compared with the
price of northern woods. It would seem that
the full range of northern hardwood values is
from twenty to twenty-five per cent below the
price achieved by the southern woods. .Tudge it
as you will, that is the condition, for we know
that these southern woods are largely handled
through association work : if it has been a good
thing for them, it is worth your trying. It
seems to me that with a good organization you
can learn the requirements of your trade more
closely, and thus avoid overstocking on par-
ticular items, differences in grading, etc. You
can better your condition by working in close
harmony with the requirements of the trade.
Mr. White: There is a gentleman in our au-
dience that I have known for some time, and
been with a good deal in association work. We
would like to hear from him. I refer to W. H.
Russe.
W. H. Russe Speaks.
Mr. Uiisse : I thank you for calling on me.
I have my family up here or I would not be
with you. I think it would be a wise thing to
organize, but 1 do not agree with some of the
speakers that have preceded me that organiza-
tion means higher prices. I do not believe that
the comparison Mr. Gibson made with southern
hardwoods is just and right. We are not cut-
ting the grade of stock you are cutting up here.
As far as average width is concerned, we give
wider stock and get more money for it. I be-
lii've It Is a good thing to keep your small com-
petitors In line, but in reijuiriuucnts the de-
mand makes the price, I can remember when
the price for poplar was put up. and they had
to put it down again. Why V The demand was
not there. But I believe in organization. If
you accomplish nothing but getting well ac-
quainted with each utlier. It will be a good
thing. I believe that if In your organization
yon have a weak member who never attends
meetings or reads papers and doesn't know
what he is dbing, he will get information. I
think we all pick up information by meeting
with men in our own line of work. But or-
ganization will not make the price of lumber.
If we have strikes today, if we have failure of
crops, where are your prices going to? You
always have men with stocks on hand who must
realize on them. I am surprised to find so
many men from other sections here, as I thought
this was a Michigan crowd. I think the prin-
cipal thing is to get uniform inspection. If
you once accomplish that tlie price follows. The
grades you furnish a man is what lie pays for.
I have always been on the other side of the
fence in these disputes. Have taken the posi-
tion that when you furnish a good grade you
get a good price, and that if I furnish a good
grade and my competitor furnishes a poor one,
I will gel tbe better jirice. I do not believe
that 1 want to say anything on behalf of the
National Hardwood Lumber Association. We
think that Is up to you. We are doing a good
work, of cour.se, but as I said, that is up to you.
But as far as your organization is concerned,
you would do a wise thing in organizing. You
cannot miss it on that proposition. I have
never seen an organization yet that did not do
some good, even though It lasted but a few-
years. I think you would make a mistake If
you didn't organize. I am sorry you are not
very much enthused over the pi-ospect. 'Hie
amount of work organizations have done ought
to prove to all of you that It Is a good thing
to get together. I l)elieve it would be a good
thing for the Michigan manufacturers and for
the trade.
Chairman White (lien called upun Theoibin'
Katliauer. who spok<' as follcpws :
Address of Theodore Fathauer.
Mr. Fathauer: There was one remark or (uie
passage in the letter which Mr. While read
which I think Is questionable ; viz.. that tbe
manufacturers nf hardwood lumber in the state
of Michigan are working for the dealer and
for the commi-ssion man. Of course, you can
readily realize that inasmucli as I am a dealer
I do wish that statement was correct — from a
selfish motive. It was also with interest that
I listened to the argument in which it was
stated and proven that the manufacturers of
Michigan produce hardwood lumber at no profit
— that they are merely selling their stumpage.
I wish to congratulate you that you have been
so eminently successful in doing this. I aiso
would like to call attention to the statement
made by my townsman, the editor of the Haud-
wouD Ki-x'uKD. in which he draws the compari-
son against Michigan hardwoods. 1 think your
percentage of gain has been as much as south-
ern hardwoods for the reason that tbe South
produces lumber of very high value, whereas
yoiH" northern hardwoods are of a lower grade,
i believe if Mr. (Ilbson will take the pains to
figure out the percentages again, he will find
that Michigan hardwood manufacturers are not
trailing behind the men of the South. 1 would
also like to rail attention to the fact that no
lumber has advanced more than rock elm.
Also In reference to inspection, the statement
Is made that ninety per cent of hardwood him
ber is used one face. Four faces are used on
more of It. I also v^ould call attention to the
fact that when the National Hardwood Lum-
ber Association was organized we took par-
ticular pains to have the manufacturers of the
state of Michigan with us. for when you draft
inspection rules you should have the two ele-
ments of the trade with you — the producers
and the buyers. The producer must guard
against making rules too severe. Tlie rules of
the National Hardwood Lumber Association take
care of everything produced. You will also
agree with me that no class of men is better
qualified to understand the wants of the trade
than are the dealers, and I believe that when
you organize a body of lumbermen in a state
and undertake to make inspection rules where
you only hear one end of the subject, viz., the.
manufacturer's end, that you are very liable
to draft inspection rules that do not represent
the custom of the country. When you bring the
buyer and seller together in a common organiza-
tion, such as we have, you follow the lines of
Americanism — representation — which Is the com
mon spirit in this country.
Mr. White: I am afraid. Theodore, that you
have been a little selfish; you haven't been as
liberal as your president.
A motion to adjourn being made and carried,
the convention dispersed, to meet again the fol-
lowing day.
SATUKDAY»S SESSION.
Chairman White opened the meeting by call-
ing for the report of the committee on tem-
porary organization.
Report of Committee on Temporary
Organization.
Your committee begs leave to report as fol-
lows :
After thoroughly considering the conditions
surrounding hardwood affairs In Michigan, we
believe that it is to the best interests of this
state to organize an association and adopt a
constitution, covering our needs for the pro-
tection of the industry, as follows:
CONSTITUTION.
NAME.
The name of this association shall be Michi-
gan IIardw<)od Manufacturers" Association.
OBJECTS.
The object of this association shall be to se-
cure a full understanding of the conditions sur-
rounding the lumber market In the territory
covered by this association ; the establishment
of uniform grades for the inspection of lumber
as the only legitimate basis ; to establish uni-
form customs and usages among manufacturers
of lumber ; to procure and furnish to its mem-
bers such Information as may tend to protect
them against unbusinesslike methods of those
with whom they deal, and such other informa-
tion as may be for the benefit of the members ;
and to propose and carry out such other meas-
ures as may be deemed for the welfare and lu
the Interest of the manufacturers of lumber,
who shall be members of this association.
ELUilBILITY.
Any manufacturer of hardwood lumber and
owner of stumpage is eligible to membership.
subject to the approval of the committee on
membership.
The executive board shall pass upon the
eligibility of such applicants, and if In its
opinion the character of the business of such
individual, firm or corporation does not corre-
spond to that of members actually manufac-
turing their own lumber and merchandising it
in a wholesale way, the application for mem-
bership may be declined.
OFFICERS.
The oflicers of the association shall consist
of a president, two vice-presidents, a treasurer,
a secretary, and twelve directors geographically
distributed to cover the producing sections of
the entire state.
The president, vice-presidents and treasm-er
shall be members, by virtue of their office, of
the board .of directors, of which the president
shall be chairman.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The board of directors shall have the power
to appoint a committee of three of its members
to constitute an executive board. Tills board
shall employ a secretary who shall print and
circulate documents, raise funds and appropri-
ate the same to devise and carry into effect
such measures as it may deem expedient to
promote the objects of the association; and
the secretary shall at all times be subject to its
direction.
DUES.
Members shall pay an initiatory fee of $10,
and sucli assessments as may be found neces-
sary to carry on tlie work of the association;
I liese assessments to be made pro rata to the
shipments of each member, and not to exceed
two cents per thousand feet.
If any member shall neglect to pay the as-
sessments made by the board of directors within
sixty days after due notice by the secretary, the
secretary is authorized to cancel the name of
such delinquent from membership in this asso-
ciation.
QUESTIONS IN ISSUE.
Members shall not be privileged to vote on
questions affecting the grading and classifica-
tion of lumber of which they are not manufac-
turers. In case of disagreement about grad-
ing rules, members," whose product is largely of
the kind of lumber in dispute, may determine
such questions as are in issue.
COMMITTEES.
The president shall appoint standing com-
mittees as follows ;
On Grades : Consisting of nine members ;
this committee to be divided Into sub commit-
tees of three each, covering the kinds of lumber
in which their members are chiefly interested.
On Market Conditions : This committee to
be established in the same manner as the com-
mittee on grades.
DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
The president shall preside at all meetings
of the association and shall call meetings there-
of wherever requested by a majority of the
board.
In the absence of the president the first vice-
president shall perform the duties of the presi-
dent, or in the absence of both president and
first vice-president, the second vice-president
shall preside.
The treasurer shall keep account of all
moneys received and expended for the use of
the association, and shall make disbursements
only upon vouchers issued by the secretary.
It shall be the duty of the secretary to give
notice of and attend all meetings of the asso-
ciation and of tlie board of directors; to keep
a record of all their doings ; to keep a list of
all the members of (he association; collect all
assessments and pay them over to the treasurer;
to prepare under the direction of the executive
board, an annual report of their transactions
and the condition of the association, and per-
form any and all duties which shall be required
of him by the board, and generally to devote
his beet efforts to forward the interests of th6
association.
St*
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The president, vice-presidents, treasurer and
board of directors shall be elected bv ballot at
each annual meeting and they shall continue
In office for the term of one year, or until
their successors are elected and qualified.
In case of vacancies on the board or in any
of the official positions the same shall be filled
by the executive board at any meeting.
MEETINGS.
Meetings shall be called from time to time
in various sections of the state agreed upon by
the executive board at the request of those in
terested in the development of the association
work.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
The executive board shall exercise all the
power of the board of directors at all times
when the board of directors is not in session.
OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS.
The Official headquarters of this association
shall be located at Cadillac, Mich.
BY-LAWS.
1. Order of business :
Roll call.
Heading of minutes of last meeting.
Enrollment of new members.
Reports of secretary and treasurer.
Reports of committees.
General business.
Election of officers (at annual meeting).
Selection of location for next meeting.
2. The board of directors shall make such
additional bylaws and rules for the transaction
of the business of this association as they mav
deem its development to require, and Ave of such
directors shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at any meeting.
3. Absent members of this association may
be represented and vote by proxy given in writ-
ing to any member of the association, or to any
employe of said firm or company, provided that
no person shall vote more than two proxies be-
sides that of the firm or company of which he
shall be a member or employe. The secretary
of any regular meeting shall make a register
of all those present entitled to vote, with a
record of the proxies held, and the number of
votes entitled to be cast by each individual pres-
ent.
Respectfully submitted,
Wm. H. White,
E. Fitzgerald,
R. J. Clark.
S. G. MoClellan,
Hbnry Ballou.
Mr. White : Gentlemen, you have heard the
report. What will you do with it?
Mr. Mitchell : I move that the report be
accepted and adopted.
This motion being duly seconded, it was put
to vote and carried.
Election of Officers.
Mr. White : iou will notice, gentlemen, that
this report calls for election of officers.
A motion was made by Mr. Dunton, seconded
and carried to the effect that a committee of
three be appointed to select such names for
officers and directors as they deemed desirable,
for presentation to the meeting. The chairman
appointed as such committee Messrs. Clark.
Gnstine and Martin, who after due deliberation
presented their selection as follows :
President, William H. White.
First vice-president, W. W. Mitchell.
Second vice-president. R. Hanson.
Treasurer, D. F. Diggins.
Board of directors, H. Ballou. Cadillac : R. E.
McLean, Wells ; G. Von Platen. Boyne City :
R. G. Peters, Eastlake ; C. A. Bigelow, Bay City ;
W. L. Martin, Cheboygan : S. G. McClellan, Sim-
mons ; D. H. Day, Glen Haven ; H. A. Batchelor,
Saginaw : R. J. Clark, Sault Ste. Marie ; E.
Fitzgerald, Cadillac; H. M. Loud, Au Sable.
The committee further recommended the adop-
tion of the following resolutions : 1. That the
president appoint at this meeting the standing
committees provided for in the report of the
committee on organization. 2. That the presi-
dent and first and second vice-presidents act as
the executive board. 3. That suggestions be re-
quested from all members as to the proper per-
son to be selected for the position of secretary
of the association.
Mr. Clark : I move that the secretary pro
tem be instructed to cast the unanimous vote of
this meeting for the officers suggested, and that
the resolntions be adopted.
Duly seconded and carried.
Chairman White then appointed the commit-
tees as follows :
Grading committee : Wm. H. White, Henry
Ballou, R. J. Clark, G. Von Platen, C. A. Bige-
low, Fred A. Diggins, D. H. Day, A. F. Ander-
son, Bert Cook.
Committee on market conditions : Bruce
Odell, H. M. Loud, W. L. Martin, A. W. Newark,
John S. Weidman, S. G. McClellan, E. C. Rlist,
C. L. Hull, F. L. Richardson.
Mr. White : I have looked over the geo-
graphical situation of the lumber interests in
our state and have selected these men accord-
ingly, so that each town and locality is repre-
sented and we hope to get them all out for the
next meeting.
I wish to' thank yuu for the honor bestowed
upon me here today, gentlemen. I am a very
busy man, but I am much interested in this
work and in hardwood manufacture, and will
do all I possibly can ; but I want the coopera-
tion of every manufacturer here and everyone
who joins this association. I would not have
taken hold of this matter, but for the promise
that Mr. Mitchell here, would be vice-president.
He is really the logical man to be president of
this body, for be is a larger manufacturer than
I am. but he is naturally a little modest, and
he pushed me to the front, and so — as I am
.somewhat susceptible to flattery — I took it. I
think we should have another meeting as soon
as possible and would like to have the matter
talked over and decided upon.
After some discussion it was agreed to hold
the next meeting at the John Jacob Astor House,
Island of Mackinac, Wednesday, August 8, at
10 a. m.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
Meeting National dissociation of
Hicliory Consumers.
Thirty very earnest men met in the Red Room
of the Cataract Hotel, Niagara Fails, N. T.,
on July 13, to take up a question which con-
cerns the very existence of the vast industry
they represented, and which is of vital moment
to the welfare of the whole country. Those
present represented the principal consumers of
hickory in the country, manufacturers of vehicle
Woodstock, carriages, wagons, agricultural im-
plements, etc. The supply of hickory timber in
this country has been practically exhausted, and
it is stated that in a dozen years or so the ve-
hicle and allied interests, and all the industries
dependent on such manufactures, will be crip-
pled, as there has as yet been no substitute for
hickory found, either in this country or else-
where.
The meeting was the result of some good work
undertaken of late by a few members of the
hickory trade, led by John W. Herron of the
Royer Wheel Co., Cincinnati, 0., and O. B. Bannis-
ter of tV Muncie Wheel Co., Muncie, Ind., who
had formed themselves into an informal committee
and sent letters broadcast among hickory con-
sumers. Some branches of the industry are
organized, some are not, and it was found that
there are about fourteen divisions of hickory
consumers. One of the first steps taken at the
meeting was to form a general committee com-
posed of representatives of each of these divi-
sions to take up the work of furthering the hick-
ory interests of the country. Mr. Herron wan
chosen chairman of the meeting and Mr. Ban-
nister secretary.
It was very gratifying to find so numerous
and enthusiastic an attendance and it was felt
that but for an unfortunate conflict in dates —
there being a meeting of Michigan hardwood
manufacturers at Ottawa Beach on the same
day — there would have been a much larger at-
tendance. There were close to a hundred let-
ters of regret sent in, all expressing the utmost
concern for the future of hickory and promising
the promptest cooperation in whatever should
be done.
One of the principal objects of the meeting
was to enlist the aid of the government forestry
experts. Several were present and gave very
valuable talks. A very interested attendant was
Prof. Golden of Purdue University, which insti-
tution it is expected will take an active part in
the work.
After reading the letters from those unable
to attend. Chairman Herron called on Wm. L.
Hall of the Forest Service to give an outline
of government work along this line. Mr. Herron
said that it had been estimated that the in-
terests represented at the meeting were using
about 250,000,000 feet of hickory annually, and
that every serious-minded man connected with
the industry was convinced that before long
some other wood would have to be used in ii'a »
of hickory, and yet so far there had been ]. j
substitute found for it.
Mr. Hall, however, did not favor the idea of
substitution. He stated that there was really
no other wood to take its place entirely, al-
though some might be found to fill certain uses
very well. He mentioned only the eucalyptus of
southern California as a possibility, and said
that even the substitution of metals was quite
impractical. At the same time, hickory stump-
age is rapidly being diminished. It is not
known exactly bow much there is now, as it is
so widely scattered, but certain it is that the
supply is very limited and the question of who
is to take up the problem and solve it is one
that demands prompt attention. Mr. Hall
stated that the government has gone into timber
raising and has large reserves, but so far very
little but the soft woods have been considered.
A hardwood reserve has not been provided. An
effort has been made to secure an appropriation
to establish a reserve for hardwoods In the .\p-
palachians of I'ennsylvanla, but the bill has
only passed the senate. In the end from .$12,-
000,000 to $15,000,000 would be needed. He
said that there was a great area of land in
Pennsylvania suitable for hickory raising, and
that Ohio and Indiana came next in availabil-
ity, but he did not favor the Adirondack region
of New York. Mr. Hall's conclusion was that
while the government would undoubtedly take
steps in the matter in time. Immediate measures
were absolutely necessary. The raising of hick-
ory must be begun at once by either associations
or individuals in the trade.
Chairman Herron varied the discussion by call-
ing on members of the trade, who proceeded to
pile up the evidence as to the scarcity of hickory
and the great need of prompt action toward in-
suring a future source of supply.
W. A. Snyder of the Pioneer Pole & Shaft
Company, Piqua, O., said his company was op-
erating west of the Mississippi and had always
tried to get the owners of tracts to bring the
timber to the mills, but that this could not al-
ways be done. Long hauls, bad weather, water
and the quarantine were among the difficulties
of the situation as viewed by his company. It
takes what appears to be a heavy growth of
timber to make even 600 to 700 feet of lumber
to the acre, and it would not pay to put in a
portable mill for less than 100,000 feet. He
did not believe that the supply would last more
than from 12 to 15 years.
D. P. Cooper of the J. A. & D. P. Cooper Com-
pany, Struthers, 0., who next took the floor
was of the opinion that the matter of hickory
cultivation lay with future generations, as he
said it would take 60 to 200 years to grow
trees such as the trade needs. He advocated
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the increase of prices so that hickorj- would be
made prohibitory to other users.
Mr. Ilerron .sai-'J that there were consumers
who were cutting their tracts over year after
year, so there was mure than one side to the
(jiiestion.
It. D. Hartley of the Windsor Turned Goods
I irupany, Windsor, Ont., introduced the ques-
tion of saving hickory by reinforcing various
manufactures by steel.
E. S. Darlington, Hoopes Uros. d; Darlington,
West Chester, I'a., and II. J. Wildermuth,
Wildermuth Dending Co., Columbus, O., took up
the matter of supply from various standpoints,
and Geo. H. Maxwell of the National Irrigation
Association, Chicago, urged prompt action in
timber raising.
Krnest A. Sterling and K. S. Kellogg of the
Forest Service, on invitation, took up the future
of the hickory industry. Mr. Sterling said that
this growth was propagated both by sprouts and
seedlings. His plan was to select lands already
producing hickory timber, clear off the brush,
cut out other timber, take care of the sprouts
and fill in gaps with seedlings. Sprouts grow
quite rapidly and ought to make usable timber
in 30 to 40 years. In the meantime husband
the available timber and use substitutes where
possible in certain parts of vehicles. He said
that while it would not be possible to do much
yet on government lands, for none had been
selected suitable to hickory culture, and while
hickory had not been studied as soft-woods had,
there was sufficient general knowledge to enable
the forestry men to assist greatly in the work.
Mr. Kellogg spoke of the prodigal use of lum-
ber in this country. Too much wood often-
times was put into manufactures. A system of
tests was to be instituted soon, he said, that
would point out where too much material is
put In, so that no part of a wheel or wagon
need be made too heavy.
As to the size of a tract needed Mr. Sterling
said that 10,000 acres would be small enough,
as both timber and e.xperiment work would come
from it. He advised taking up several tracts,
so that the best natural conditions could be se-
cured, with timber already growing on them.
Fred A. Curtis of the Vehicle Woodstock Com-
pany, Chicago, brought up the question of grad-
ing hickory. He said that there was much
waste on account of the lack of a good grading
.system, that the plan had apparently been to
reject everything that could be rejected, instead
of accepting everything that could be accepted.
After this interesting discussion the remaining
time was given over to organization.
A general committee was appointed of fifteen
members, one from each of the fourteen divi-
sions of the hickory consumers and two from
the western wheel interests, as follows :
Western Wheel — J. W. Herron, Cincinnati ;
O. B. Bannister, Muncie. Ind.
Eastern Wheel — E. Stinson, Baltimore.
Rim — Fred A. Curtis, Chicago.
Spoke — I'eter Lesh, Memphis, Tenn.
(lear — D. V, Cooper, Struthers, O.
Shaft and Pole — W. A. Snyder, PIqua. O.
Wagon — E. W. McCullough, Wilmette, 111.
Carriage — E. Louis Kuhns, South Bend, Ind.
Singletree and Neckyoke— C. S. Hartwell,
Chicago Heights, 111.
Hammer Handles (not represented) — R. F.
lieuther, Nashville, Tenn.
Agricultural Implements and Vehicles — J. A.
Sanford, Chicago.
Sucker Kods — George Kile, Akron, O.
Dimension Stock — Lewis Doster. Chicago.
Shafts, Bars and Gears— C. F. CovIUe, Mt.
Vernon, O.
On final adjournment such members of the
committee as were present met and elected the
following officers :
President, John W. Herron, Cincinnati.
First vice-president, C. F. Iluhnlein, Louis-
ville, Ky.
Second vice-president, B. F. Von Behreu,
Evansvllle, Ind.
Third vice-president. 1 1. 1'. Cooper, Struth-
ers, O.
Treasurer, W. A. Snyder. I'lqua, O.
Secretary, O. B. Bannister, Muncie, Ind.
As there were so few members of the general
committee present it was agreed to submit all
organization work done at this meeting to the
full committee when assembled, some changes In
the make-up of the committee being probable, as
one or two members had consented to act only
temporarily. On this account also there was no
talk of the work before the committee and all
suggestion of finance was ignored.
After some discussion, it was agreed to name
the new organization the National Association
of Hickory Consumers, and every man on the
list is prepared to make it an association of
hickory producers just as soon as possible. The
meeting adjourned subject to the call of the
president, who will bring the committee together
just as soon as the minutes of this meeting,
which are to be published, are in their hands,
so that they can proceed intelligently from the
point at which the first meeting stopped.
AVhile it cannot be said that the cultivation
of hickory timber was determined upon, it was
made very plain that such a course was the only
one that promised any relief from the present
dilemma, and it Is expected that the general
committee will grapple with that side of the
problem just as soon as it Is assembled. It is
hoped that a full committee meeting can be had
Inside of a month.
Those present were :
Joseph W. Downing, New York, Wilmington
Wheel Manufacturing Company. ,
John W. Ilerron, Cincinnati, O., Royer Wheel
Company.
Walter E. Buckley, John Buckley Hub, Spoke
A: Wheel Company.
H. C. LIndermuth, Wilmington, Del., Wilming-
ton Wheel Manufacturing Company.
Fred A. Curtis, Chicago, Vehicle Woodstock
Company and Cleveland Union Bow Company.
K. S. Kellogg, Washington, D. C, Forest Ser-
vice.
D. E. Allen, Wilmette, 111., National Wagon
Manufacturers' Association.
George H. Maxwell, Chicago, National Irriga-
tion Association.
Ernest A. Sterling, Washington, D. C., Forest
Extension.
R. W. Jessup, Newark, N. T., Wayne Wheel
Company.
E. C. Witwer. South Bend, Ind., Studebakcr
Bros. Manufacturing Company.
C. B. Hayes, Flint, Mich., Imperial Wheel
Company.
W. A. Snyder, Piqua O., Pioneer Pole &
Shaft Company.
W^. W. Wood and W. P. Nolan, New York,
Wagon Builder.
J. J. W'iesner. Miamlsburg, O., Bookwalter
Wheel Company.
C. P. Ferguson, Defiance, O., Turnbull
Wagon Company.
J. W. Heyes. Terre Haute, Ind.. Standard
WTieel Company.
E. S. Darlington, West Chester. Pa.. Hoopes
Bros. & Darlington.
W. J. Golden. Laf.ayette, Ind.. professor
Practical Mechanics. Purdue University.
J. A. Sanford, Chicago, National Association
Agricultural Implement & Vehicle Manufac-
turers.
C. F. Colville, Mount Vernon. O., Metropolis
Building Company.
D. P. Cooper. Struthers, O., J. A. & D. P.
Cooper Company.
William L. Hall, Washington. D. C. For-
est Service.
H. J. Wildermuth, Columbus. O., Wildermuth
Bending Company.
G. A. Farrall. Batavia, N. T., Johnston Har-
vester Company.
H. D. Hartley. Windsor. Ont.. Windsor
Turned Wood Company.
Carl D. Fisher, Wapakoneta, O., Wapa-
koneta Wheel Company.
F. L. Schneider, York, Pa., Wilbur A. Eberly
Wheel Works.
O. B. Bannister, Muncie, Ind., Muncie Wheel
Company.
John Chamberlain, Hardwood Record. Buf-
falo, N. Y.
NeWs Miscellany.
Atlantic City Concatenation a Success.
An enjoyable time was had at Atlantic City, N.
J., on July 14, when Jerome Sheip, vicegerent
snark of the Penn-Eastern District, led a crowd
of Hoo-Hoo down to the seashore to disport them-
selves at a concatenation. The occasion was a
very symbolic one, ninety-nine cats being present
and nine candidate kittens. The ceremonies be-
gan at nine minutes past three and at nine min-
utes past seven a banquet was held at which
there were nine speeches. The kittens Initiated
were the following : Chester B. Foster, American
Woodworking Machinery Co. ; Charles I*. Dyer,
Geo. W. Stoker & Son ; Charles Mayo Hamlin ;
Charles August Auchter of Kolb Bros. ; Edward
Eugene Kuehnle of J. A. Fay & Egan Company,
Cincinnati ; Charles "Transmission" Bond ; Wil-
liam Niles Lawton of Kolb Bros. ; Samuel Hecker
Magargal of Geissel & Richardson and F. J.
Byrne of the Hardwood Record.
Almost the entire colony of Hoo-Hoo estab-
lished at Atlantic City for the summer lent the
occasion the charm of their presence and con-
tributed to the merry making. E. Stringer
Bogges, Jabberwock of the Supreme Nine, compli-
mented Snark Sheip on the showing and the
quality of his candidates. Ex-Snark Frank Rum-
barger made a speech In which he advocated the
bringing of the next annual meeting to Atlantic
City. Ex-Snark John J. Kumbarger, who acted
as toastmaster, paid a splendid tribute to Snark
Sheip. and In a review of his work drew atten-
tion to the fact that he had held four concatena-
tions and had brought into the order sixty-four
men, all of splendid reputation In the trade.
John J. Canavan, exsnark of New York state,
who acted as scrivenoter. also drew great ap-
plause when he announced himself In favor of
I'hlladelphla as the next meeting place. Snark
Sheip made a speech In which he outlined a pol-
icy for a regular campaign to be waged to secure
the 1907 annual for I'hlladelphla.
The "on the roof" features of the gathering
were furnished by the members themselves, who
sang and told stories. After the gathering had
left the Royal Palace Hotel they visited the
various gardens for which Atlantic City Is noted
and made the night enjoyable by the discharge
of fire crackers and explosive matches supplied
by William B. Allen of the Colonial Lumber
Company. The outing was unanimously declared
the best ever held in the district.
The Okeeta Planing Mill Co.
A new concern the success of which can be
predicted from the splendid business acumen of
Its organizers and officers Is the Okeeta Planing
Mill Company, recently chartered to manufacture
poplar bevel siding and a full line of planing
mill work at Okeeta. Va. The plant of the con-
cern is located on the Clinch Valley Railroad,
about one mile from Ilonaker, Va. ; the main
building is 50x150 feet in dimensions. It Is
equipped with modern machinery throughout and
will employ at the outset about forty men, In-
creasing the number as the factory gets Into
smoother running order. The officers are ; W. J.
Newenham. president ; G. D. Fletcher, vice presi-
dent, and H. I. Soble, secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Newenham Is president of the Long Pole
Lumber Company and Is widely and favorably
known to the trade. G. D. Fletcher occupied a
responsible position In the planing mill of the
Pullman Company at St. Louis and also ran a
planing mill at Honaker. Va., where he has a
splendid reputation as a successful manager.
II. I. Soble is of the firm of Soble Bros, of Phila-
delphia and one of the best known lumbermen In
the Quaker City. During the time he has been
in business in that city he has acquired an en-
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viable reputation as a progressive anfl far-seeing
lumberman.
The board of directors will include the offi-
cers of the company and John J. Soble
of Soble Bros., who has made a gratifying
success in the sales department of his firm. The
company is capitalized at $2.5.000 and is a close
corporation, the stock being held by the ofiBcers
named. The company expects to be in operation
in a few weeks and the output will be largely
handled by Soble Bros, of Philadelphia.
The Coe Veneer Knife Grinder.
No phase of knife grinding presents so many
difficulties as does the grinding of veneer
knives. There is a vast amount of difference
between grinding a short planer and a four-
teen-foot veneer slicer knife. If a grinding
The heavy cross-head on which the grinder
mandrel runs slides between parallel planed
ways, insuring for the stone an exact line of
travel without end-play or vibration. It is
fed back and fortn along the knife by heavy
steel feed screw. The machine is entirely
automatic in every way, and can be set so the
stone will only travel the length of the knife,
though this be much shorter than the full
length of the machine itself. The knife bar
to which the knife is attached while being
ground is one solid piece of iron, heavily
reinforced and incapable of spring. It is held
absolutely rigid during grinding so that there
is no possible chance for vibration. It is so
arranged as to permit a perfect adjustment
of the knife, and is fed toward the stone by
END VIEW COE VENEER KNIFE GRINDER.
machine is not absolutely perfect in construc-
tion or operation, a cracked or burned blade
results, and the owner sustains a loss of any-
where from $50 to $350.
For a number of years the Coe Manufactur-
ing Company tried to find a machine which
would satisfactorily grind its famous veneer
knives, but without success, and it was finally
driven to design one of its own to accomplish
the desired results. This machine should be
of particular interest to veneer manufacturers
operating slicers, as these knives are ex-
tremely hard to grind, and until the appear-
ance of the Coe machine on the market, have
never been satisfactorily ground. By using this
method perfect grinding is assured, and the
yearly knife bill greatly reduced in conse-
quence.
In designing the machine illus-
trated in the accompanying cuts.
the Coe Manufacturing Company
broke away from old ideas and
worked along new and original
lines. The company believes this
machine to be the only one which
will always grind a perfectly
straight, true edge, and it is guar-
anteed to produce a perfect cutting
edge on the knife. This means
veneers of uniform quality and
thickness, and is an important
point for the manufacturer to con-
sider.
In most machines the knife is
bolted to a carriage, which travels
back and forth past the grinding
wheel. At either end of the route
the knife carriage overhangs the
base of the machine several feet.
This construction cannot be made stiff enough
to keep the knife from springing, consequently
grinding is uneven and poor veneer results.
In the Coe machine the stone travels back
and forth, while the knife is held rigidly in
place. There is no overhanging; the base of
the machine is as long as the machine itself.
cut steel screws. The feed is entirely auto-
matic, and can he adjusted from 1-1000 of an
inch to 4-1000 of an inch for each travel of
the stone. The grinding mandrel is adjust-
able, so that the operator can grind either a
straight or hollow ground bevel. The frame
is made exceptionally heavy and strong, as can
be seen from the cuts. Cut steel gears are
used throughout, and on the mandrel drive a
rawhide pinion is used so that the machine
is practically noiseless. No belts or ropes are
used, except for the main drive: the machine
is self-contained and compact. It will grind
either wet or dry and to the full length of
knife up to 16S inches. Its long list of users
may l)e of interest to prospective buyers, as it
shows the popularity of this machine with
A Handsome Gift.
A remarkably fine example of inlaid work
in the form of a ruler was recently pre-
sented to Speaker Cannon at Washington.
The presentation w.as made by Congressman
Mann, of Chicago, on behalf of the skilled
woodworkers and artisans of the Pullman
Car Company, Pullman, 111. The ruler was
composed of 1,864 pieces of wood in mar-
quetry work, put together in a most artistic
manner. The expert artisan responsible for
this beautiful piece of work is Peter Lenzen.
The wood contained in tlie ruler comprises
hundreds of different varieties, and in its fin-
ished state shows nearly all the colors of the
rainbow.
New Sulphur Process for the Preservation
of Wood.
United States Consul K. M. Bartleman. of
Seville, Spain, gives an interesting outline of
a new process for the preservation of wood.
This question has been the subject of much
discussion and experimentation, and a new
system will doubtless prove of interest to many.
Mr. Bartleman says :
"All the wood preservative methods now em-
ployed are defective in so far as they make use
of solutions the evaporative nature of which
makes their action upon the wood effectual only
for a certain time. The new method in ques-
tion, which has been patented in Germany, goes
further and utilizes a fixed body which becomes
solid upon being instilled into the pores of the
wood. This substance is sulphur, the physical
properties of which offer interesting advantages,
being fusible at about 115°, a temperature which
the wood can support without any perceptible
change. The sulphur is applied in liquid form,
and in hardening completely fills up all the
interstices of the fibrous tissue.
"Although sulphur oxidates easily if subjected
to a high temperature, at a medium tempera-
ture it remains impassive, resisting not only
the influence of water, but also that of acids,
concentrated or diluted, and alkaline solutions,
if cold. The reason why the utility of sulphur
in the direction indicated had not been recog-
nized ere now was on account of its small
mechanical resistance, pure sulphur being very
brittle and pulverous. But as wood possesses
the quality of mechanical resistance of which
sulphur is devoid, the compound of these two
bodies may, under the proper conditions,
easily acquire valuable industrial properties,
as, for instance, the vulcanized caoutchouc,
which wood, impregnated with sulphur, re-
sembles a good deal.
"To protect wood by means of sulphur the
following must be observed, viz: Sulphur is
BACK VIEW COE VENEER KNIFE GRINDER.
the veneer trade: these names may be had
upon application to the makers.
Anyone interested in grinding veneer knives
should write at once to the Coe Manufac-
turing Company. Painesville, C. for catalog
number 5. in which the machine is fully illus-
trated.
fused in a befitting receptacle, making use of
steam to avoid an excess of heat, which de-
teriorates the sulphur. Into this liquid, and
at a temperature of about 140^, are steeped
the boards which are to receive the treat-
ment, care being taken to immerse them com-
pletely. The foam which gathers at first.
called forth by tlie separation from the wood
of the air and humidity it contains, disap-
pears at the moment the wood thoroughly
assimilates the temperature of the bath, which
is then lowered to 110°. At this point the
sulphur becomes hard and, while the air con-
HARDWOOD RECORD
& Brother Company of LouisviUe. Ky. It
was out into three logs fifteen feet in length.
The butt cut measured forty-eight inches in
diameter at the top end; th? second cui
measured forty-four inches in diameter; the
top log about thirty-six inches in diameter.
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from it. This ti'ee is such a remarkable speci-
nuMi of mahogany that the illustrations will
posssss marked interest to both dealL>rs and
consumers of fancy mahogany.
lii'iT (IT 111- i;i:.m.\i;k.\1!i.1': (iiti.v m.\H(»!.\nv i.nc.
tracts itself, the sulphur penetrates into the
fibrous tissues. propelled by atmospheric
pressure. The boards are then slowly with-
drawn from the' bath, allowing a thin and
even coat of sulphur to form and cover the
wood, as any superfluous surcharge can be
removed only with the greatest difficulties
afterwards. This coat of sulphur has a vitre-
ous appearance and forms a very tenacious
crust, excluding all tendencies to chip or
break.
"The degree to whii.-h the wood is impreg-
nated varies according to the nature of the
wood, the temperature, and the duration of
the bath. It may be gauged by the increase
in weight of the boards, which amounts to
from 30 to 35 per cent where the process is
conducted in an open receptacle, and to loo
])er cent if in a vacuum pan. Theoretically
it m.ay be said that a complete fullness of the
pores of the wood would increase its weight
by 200 per cent.
"In numerous experiments poplar was tin-
best wood to take the sulphur treatment. Oak
and pine do not admit of the process quite so
favorably, because their dry distillation be-
gins at 140°. which can be proved simply by
observing that while the wood is immersed in
the bath bubbles are continually rising, mark-
ing the escape of volatile substances. More-
over, the resin blackens the sulphur. The
process in <iuestion has up to date been ap-
plied only to thin boards, but in view of the
satisfactory results the hope is entertained
of its becoming soon very popular."
there being in the three logs about 4.000 feet.
Scribner's measure.
These logs were shipped via New Or:cans to
Louisville and thence to Baltimore to be
woiked into veneers, of which they will make
approximately 100,000 feet. Although a p r-
fect specimen of Honduras wood of heaiuilul
Destruction of Uptegrove Veneer Plant.
The Kreal veneered cigar box plant of \Vm. E.
I ptegrove & Bro., of New Vork City, located at
.lolinson City. Tenn.. was completely destroyed by
lire on .luly 1 1;. Tlie loss is estimated at from
.f I. -.0.1)011 t.i $200,000. Insurance is only partial.
The loss iniliides tlie main huiUliug and ma-
rhincry. M large amount of slock and liiiished
l>n«lu(i and three or four storage warehouses
MdjadMil lo ihe main plant.
This inslitation was the largest in .lohnsou
<'ily and employed about one hundred and fifty
nun The origin of the (ire is unknown. The
ipliini was devoted lo the slicing of poplar cigar
liiix himher. 011 which were glued thin veneers of
red cedar, the resultant product being known as
ImllMlion cigar box lumber. Whether or not the
plant will he rebuilt is unknown, but it is more
than likely that the Tptegrove company will
pi'omiitly rehnild either at .lohuson City or in
some nearby locality where an ample supply of
poiilar is readily obtainable.
Atkins Always Ahead.
Another evidence of the fact that the motto
chosen by K. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., the great saw
inaTiuliUttirers of Indianapolis, Ind., is being lived
ii|i It. in every department of the institution Is
Sl':cii\ii I.ik; (If TIIK .\I.\(;.NII'ICEXT TREE.
color and texture, it is on account of its won-
derful figure that this tree was especially re-
ma rk.able. It was covered all over the fx-
terior surface with a strong "roll figure."'
such as has frecpiently been found in walnut
and ash trees, but very rarely in mahogany
ot any nativity. It is indeed doubtful if :i
to l.i. seen at Hartford. Mich. — a pile of apple
biiiiher such as could probably not be duplicated
anywhere else in the world. It is to be used by
Ihe company for making saw handles at its
Iiliint at that place. There are over 100,000 feet
in the lot. mostly short boards, as it is rare that
all apple tree will cut lumber over six or eight
I'eet long. Representatives of the concern
scoured Van Buren and Allegan couuties for apple
trees and many old orchards contrlhuted to the
pile.
No otlii'i- liiiirl lit lumber is so well suited to
the milking of saw handles as ajiple wood and
the large manufacturers will use no other when
I hey can get enough of it. It Is hard, tough
and has little grain, and once it is framed into
shape never splits; it is indeed the ideal wood
for saw handles.
.-iTKi i.\ii:.\ i.F vi:m:i:i; en- kuo.m .mengel ciri.y maii(x;any log.
A Remarkable Mahogany Tree.
Recently there was cut into veneens at the
mills of the Williamson \eii,'er Company,
Baltimore, Md.. one of the most remarkable
mahogany trees ever felled. This tree was
found in Hiilish Honduras, near the border of
Guat.im.ila. by the agents of the C. C. M?ngel
mahogany tree has ever been discovered here-
tofore which has po.sse.ssed this curl in such
,?reat strength and beauty.
Tbn pictures on this page show both the
l.utt cut anil the secotid log of this re.nark-
able trahogauy tree. The othsr picture is froTi
a spciimen of one cf the .sheets of veneer cut
New Wisconsin Concern.
The Wolf liiver Company has liecn incorpo-
rated, with .ft.'iiKi.ooo capital stock, under the
laws cf Wisconsin to manufacture veneers and
I'urnituie. making a specialty of chairs, and to
l.iiy and sell liimher. The incorporators are Mil-
dred Ward. Frank S. Hickford. .1. M. Ilolden and
Theodore Kiiapstein.
The company will have its oflices and plant at
New London, Wis., and has taken hold of the
Wisconsin Chair Company's factory, which will
he iin!)rovcd and enlarged.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Active Campaign in Westbound Freight
Matter.
An active campaign has Ijeen instituted by
the various hardwood lumber associations and
the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa-
tion in an attempt to secure a lower and more
equitable freight rate on hardwood lumber and
flooring from the middle West to the Pacific
coast.
At nu adjourned meeting of the Transconti-
nental Freight Association, held at its office in
Chicago ou July IS. appeared E. P. Arpin, of
Grand Rapids, Wis., acting on behalf of the
committee appointed by the National Lumber
Manufacturers' Association, of which he is chair-
man. There were also present at this conference
the following committee of the National Hard-
wood Lumber Association : O. O. Agler, J. II.
I'ritchard and G. .7. Landeck ; also Lewis Dos-
rer. secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers'
Association of the United States, representing
that organization. Mr. Arpin was the chief
spokesman of the lumber delegation and pre-
sented a mass of evidence showing the injustice
of the present rate and instancing a great many
comparisons with the eastbound tariff covering
like commodities. Mr. Arpin backed up his evi-
dence by a succinct and forceful address, bring-
ing forth convincing arguments in favor of a
reduction of the westbound rate. O. 0. Agler
and G. J. Landeck also spoke briefly on the same
subject.
The meeting between the lumber delegates and
the Freight Association was marked Ijy thorough
good feeling and the members of the association
were apparently markedly impressed by the
forceful way in which Mr. Arpin presented the
claim on behalf of his lumbermen colleagues.
The association agreed to take the matter under
advisement and to report its decision at an early
date.
The next meeting of the association will be
hnld at New Orleans, the date to be determined
later. At this meeting the Atlanta and Florida
cypress operators will be the guests of the
Louisiana members.
Florida Cypress Meeting.
The Soulhern Cypress Manuf;i<tarers' Asso-
ciation held a meeting at Atlantic Beach, near
.Tacksonville, Fla., July IS and 19. The meet-
ing was very well attended.
The result of experiments made in drying
tupelo gum were thoroughly discussed. The
committees on insurance, railroad transportation,
market conditions and terms of sale made brief
reports. The committee on market conditions
reported that the demand for cypress is notably
better, and that the volume of orders received
in the last four weeks was greater than any
previous period of like duration. The associa-
tion completed its arrangement for the installa-
tion of local inspectors at quite a number of
mills, under the general direction of Chief In-
spector B. R. Ellis, who was appointed at the
Atlanta meeting. The visitors indulged in a
banquet at the Continental Hotel at the conclu-
sion of the first day's session.
The second day was devoted entirely to the
consideration of the reports of the committees
on grading rules and specifications. Some
changes were made in grading rules, especially
in the matter of measurement. In future, in
measuring and tallying random widths, all frac-
tions of a foot, one-half a foot and less will not
be counted, and all fractions of a foot more than
one-half will be counted as one foot, i. e., the
give-and-take method on the alternate half foot.
A small knot was specifically designated to be a
knot not over three-fourths of an inch in diam-
eter. The reference to "small sound knots" in
No. 1 shop was stricken out. The grade of C
finish will in future be known as shop finish,
so that the trade will know how calculations
are made for a loss of ten per cent on account
of defects. A grade of D finish to be known as
A was added, which provides for consuming
lumber that could not be used in C finish. The
grading rules for siding were also somewhat
amended.
Doings of Florida Hardwood Company.
The West Florida Hardwood Company of
Marysville, Fla.. held its election of officers
July 10 and George V. De Gruy was made
president and general manager and E. B. Net-
tleton, secretary and treasurer. Mr. De Gruy
is a practical hardwood man and Mr. Nettle-
ton will be well recalled as an experienced
lumberman by the many friends who knew
him in connection with various lumber en-
terprises at Philadelphia. .
The company has started one of its mills
and is sawing cottonwood at the present
time. It has been logging for about a year
and has quite an accumulation of cotton-
wood and ash logs in boom at its mills. The
\\'est Florida Hardwood Company controls a
large holding of fine southern hardwoods and
expects to be in the manufacturing business
at Marys\ille for many years.
Changes in National Inspection Force.
The Inspection Bureau Committee of the Na-
licinal Hardwood Lumber Association is actively
engaged in organizing a complete corps of deputy
inspectors for all the chief hardwood markets of
the country. Recent changes and additions to
the force are as follows:
F. P. Sonthgate, who has done such excellent
work for the association in St. Louis for the
past year, has been transferred to New York City.
His permanent address there will be announced
later.
J. Rosewarne. an experienced inspector, suc-
ceeds Mr. Southgate in the St. Louis market.
His address is 719 North Garrison avenue.
D. R. Pinney has been appointed deputy in
spector for New England, with headquarters at
the Hotel Perrin. Providence, R. I.
J. E. McQuady has been appointed deputy in-
spector at Louisville, and bis address is 3(120
Fifth street.
A new deputy inspector has been selected for
Baltimore. As soon as he has qualified the com-
l>lete announcement of this appointment will be
made.
A Handsome Booklet.
The Uussel \Vheel v^; Foundry Company of De-
troit. Mich.. i)articularly known to the lumber
trade in connection with the production of log-
ging cars and skidding and loading machinery, is
out with a liandsome pamphlet exhibiting the
work it does in lines largely remote from the
lumber industry. The work contains a group of
very handsome halftone engravings. The frontis-
piece is a view of the immense plant of the com-
pany at Detroit, and following are views of its
steei-sttick yards and more than a score of steel
structures that it has recently erected in various
places throughout the United States. These
views are of steel plants, coke sheds, rolling
mills, foundries, paper mills, grand stands, apart-
ment houses, bridges, ornamental iron stair-
ways, government lighthouses, various types of
power cranes, etc. In conclusion the book has
illustrations of upwards of thirty types of stand-
ard cars which are a part of the output of the
company.
I'oples of this handsome pamphlet can be ob-
tained by addressing the Russel Wheel & Foun-
dry Company at Detroit, which concern will sup-
ply on request catalogs of its line of logging
cars, logging machinery, dump cars, and cars and
light railways for industrial purposes. This
company has developed into one of the great-
est structural steel houses in the United States,
besides being the foremost institution in the
production of logging railway equipment.
Miscellaneous Notes.
The Turner-White Coffin & Casket Company,
North Wilkesboro, N. C, has increased its capi-
tal stoi'k from $50,000 to ?12o,000.
The Francis-Eure Veneer Company, capital
stock ¥100,000, has been incorporated at James-
ville, N. C, to manufacture veneers.
A new concern at New Orleans, La., is the
Royal Trunk Company, incorporated with $5,000
capital stock, to manufacture trunks. "
The Philadelphia Rapid Washer Company,
I'hiladelphia, Pa., to manufacture washing ma-
chines, has a capital stock of $100,000.
The Howard Cooperage & Lumber Company,
Ltd., domiciled at Ridgetown. Canada, has been
incorporated with $30,000 capital stock.
A woodworking plant will be established at
East Orange, N. J., by Spanger Brothers, re-
cently incorporated with $100,000 capital.
The Schell-Demple Furniture Manufacturing
Company has been incorporated with a capital
of $30,000 to manufacture furniture at Keokuk,
Iowa.
TTie Missouri Amusement Swing Company, re-
cently organized at St. Louis, Mo., will manufac-
ture swings and operate a woodworking plant ;
capital $5,000.
1). W. Peoples, Clyde Mansfield. Guy D. Nonna,
orinda F. Peoples and J. N. Foster are the in-
(■(irporators of the Veneered I»oor Company of
Athens, O. ; capital $15,000.
The Brazos Hardwood Lumber Company has
been incorporated with a capital of $15,000 at
.Marlin. Tex. R. F. Pool, T. S. Henderson and
J. N. Bradshaw are the incorporators.
The saw and heading mill operated by Rice
& i.xeorge at Addison, Mich., was damaged by
fire recently, entailing a loss of about $6,000. It
is reported that the mill will be rebuilt at once.
The Lee Veneer Company. Lexington, Ky., re-
cently incorporated with $10,000 capital stock,
has purchased a site on which will be erected
a two-story frame building 50x100 feet in dimen-
sions.
The Hackettstown Woodworking Company,
Hackettstown, N. J., has been incorporated with
$25,000 capital. The incorporators are : E. H.
flay and L. Hooper of Boston, Mass., and J.
Karr of Hackettstown.
Newport. Ark., has a new veneer plant which
represents an investment of about $20,000 and
will employ about seventy-five men. It has not
yet commenced ojierations, but will be ready for
business in the near future.
The Perry Lumber Company of Webbers Falls,
I. T.. has been incorporated with a capital of
$20,000 to do a general lumber and hardwood
manufacturing business. C. H. Perry, O. L.
Hayes and J. J. McGarth are interested.
The veneer plant at Narrows, W. Va., will
soon be completed, and will be one of the largest
in the country. It will give employment to 320
men and will turn out 1,000 feet of finished ma-
terial a minute, loading several cars a day.
TTie National Fireproof Sash & Door Com-
pany, to manufacture fireproof trim and building
materials, has been incorporated with $30,000
capital stock at New York City. M. N. Keshin,
I. Blitstein. B. Landon. C. Greenberg are the
incorporators.
The maple flooring plant of Gerber & Strable,
Reed City, Mich., was badly damaged by fire re-
cently. Two dry kilns, containing 140,000 feet
of rough maple lumber, were destroyed. The loss
is estimated at $25,000, fully covered by insur-
ance. The firm will rebuild.
Silas Chesebrough of Carey. O., has purchased
the saw and planing mill of John Wisdom &
Son at Sycamore. He has made extensive im-
provements in the plant and is now operating it
at its fullest capacity. John Wisdom & Son will
operate a saw and stave mill at Sabul, Iowa.
Sash, doors, blinds, mouldings and building
materials will be manufactured by the Goldingay
Brothers Company, recently incorporated at
Newark. N. J., with $100,000 capital stock.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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C harles Goklingaj',' Thomas (loldingay and Frank
V. Lord, all of Newark, are tbe incorporators.
Fire in the handle factory operated by John
M. Cherry at Adrian, ^lich., a few days ago
caused an estimated loss of .$5,000. The prop-
erty was insured at only .'51,400. Two carloads
of finished handles, as well as a quantity of
material, were destroj'ed. Mr. Cherry has not
deiided as yet whether he will rebuild or not.
'/,. T. Kobinson, of Owensboro, Ky., inventor
of the tilting stay-log for making quarter-sawed
\eneer. who operates two saws equipped with
tills device at Owensboro- under the firm name of
I he Robinson Veneer Works, is interested in the
pronioti()n of a company which will establish a
veneer mill at Owensboro equipped with ten
saws. lie did not originally intend to put the
machines on the market, but has made a few
sales witli such great success that he may put
I hem on the market regularly.
A local paper is responsible for the assertion
that New York state will refuse to consider the
oflfer of the Brooklyn Cooperage Company to
■•ibandcin its claim to lumber certain portions of
the state lands under a contract entered into
with the Cornell School of Forestry, provided a
<'laim f'ti- sn-called aitnai damages, amounting
to about ,$400,000, is recognized and paid l)y the
slate. It is maintained that the (Cornell School
of Forestry had no right to enter into such u
contract, and therefore it is null and void.
The Badger Stave & Lumber Company, recently
incorpoi-ated at Milwaukee, Wis., with a capital
stock of S.S.T.OOii. has chosen the following olli-
cei-s : .Joseph Kosenlieimer. [jresident : Victor
Husting, vice president ; John A, Christnacht,
treasurer, and M. G. Fleckenstein, secretary.
The company owns 2, .323 acres of land in Issa-
quena county, Mississippi, SOO of which have
been cleared and planted to cotton. It also
owns 1,647 acres in Madison Parish, Louisiana,
most of which is virgin timber land, which will
l>e cleared at once.
The National Handle Company, Fort Wayne,
Ind., has started operations after a week's shut-
donn to allow for taking the annual inventory
and for repairing the plant. Records of the
work done by this company during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1906, show a very healthy
condition of business. During the year the com-
pany handled 1,200 carloads of handles of every
description. The Fort Wayne factory is the
northern division of the National Handle Com-
pan.v, the main plant of which is at Cleveland, O.
Hardwood NeWs.
CBy EABDWOOD BECOBD Special Correspondents.)
Chicago.
N. A. Gladding, sales manager of E, C. Atkins
A: Co., Inc.. of Indianapolis, came to town last
week to attend the meeiing of the yellow piners,
l)ut found time to drop in at the Record office
for a friendly call.
.\mong tlie welcome callers at the Record
office July 17 were Cash Carrier and A. P. Steele
of the Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing Company.
Sardis, Miss. Mr. Carrier had just reached Chi-
cago from an extended Pacific Coast trip and
was joined here by Mr. Steele, manager of the
plant, for a coufereufe.
J. B. Montgomery, secretary of the American
T. umber & Manufacturing Company of Pittsburg,
■ ailed at the Record office on July 17, on his
way to the Northwest, on a buying trip. Mr.
Montgomery reports the business of his company
very act ive.
E. P. Arpin of the Arpin Ilardwmjd Lumber
Company, Grand Rapids, Wis., was a Chicago
\isilnr last week, and paid his i;espects to the
IlKcoHD. Mr. Arpin is very much interested in
gelling togeiliei- a mass of evidence to show that
the rate on hardwood lumber from the middle
West to the Pacific coast is unjust and unrea-
s(rnable for presentation to the Transcontinental
i'reight Committee. He is very sanguine that
I he evidence he will present will be sufficient to
gain a marked reduction in this rate.
Among the new Chicago wholesale lumber
houses is The Gillespie-Reynolds Company, cor-
ner Lumber and Seward streets. This company
is made up of Robert II. Gillespie, well known
in the local trade, and II. R. Reynolds of Manis-
tee, who lias long been identified witli the lum-
Iier business on the west shore of Michigan, It
is Mr. Reynolds' intention to move to Chicago
this fall and take an active part in the affairs
of the company.
C, S. Bacon, president of the Bacon Lumber
Company. Grand Rapids. Mich., called at the
Record office a few days ago on- his way to
visit the company's mills at Tremotit. La.
G. K. W. Luelirmann of the Chas. F. Luehr-
niann Hardwood Lumber Company of St. Louis,
was a Chicago visitor on Monday last.
Gus J. Landeck of the Page & Landeck Lum-
ber Company. Milwaukee. Wis., was in the city
on Monday.
F. M. Kinderman of tlie General Lumber Com-
pany, Columbus, 0., was in town on July 20.
tScrivenoter J. II. Baird announces that mem-
bers of the order of Hoo-Hoo have been ac-
corded a rate of one fare plus $2 to the annual
meeting at Oklahoma City by the Southwestern
Excursion Bureau, and that the same rate will
doubtless be extended by other passenger associ-
ations. Dates of sale, return limits and other
details are being rapidly arranged and will be
announced later.
A law suit has been started in Arkansas which
from every appearance is indicative of spite
work. The complainant is one William B. Beck-
man and the suit is instituted against Herman
Paepcke of Chicago and others. The bill recites
that the complainant is the owner of five shares
of stock in the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company
of Chicago and Cairo, III., and that the defend-
ants have prevented him from deriving any ben-
efit from his interest. He further represents
that Mr. Paepcke and his associates have been
fathering "a giant pool, trust, combination,
agreement or understanding since 1900 to un-
lawfully regulate and fix the price of boxes in
the T'nited States." The bill contains a vast
quantity of rot of similar character with little
analogy to existing and well-known facts. It is
pretty well known that the complainant is a
discharged employe of the Paepcke-Leicht Lum-
ber Company, and that he has taken this means
to annoy the concern with an idea of "getting
even." It is doubtful if any reputable court will
ever permit the case to come to trial.
The North Branch Lumber Company has been
reorganized. W. C. Hull of the Oval Wood Dish
Company of Traverse City, Mich., has purchased
a controlling interest therein, and a new cor-
poration, the North Branch Flooring Company,
with a capitalization of $100,000, to engage in
the manufacture of hardwood flooring, has been
organized. Extensive improvements have been
made in the plant at the Western avenue bridge,
this city, and new machinery, dry kilns and
boilers added. The management of the plant
will remain in the hands of II. F. Brand, who
has filled that position very creditably for a
number of years.
Fire in the factory of the Foster & Munger
Company, manufacturers of sash, doors and
blinds at Twentieth and Sangamon streets, re-
cently damaged .$,^00 wortli of property.
The IlAitDWfioD Record office was graced a
few days ago by the presence of H. A. Perkins,
general superintendent, and Joel B. Ettinger,
western manager of the S. A. Woods Machine
Company, Boston, Mass. They report that busi-
ness is very active with this great eastern wood-
working machinery house. Mr. Ettinger, whose
office is in the Railway Exchange, this city, has
been particularly fortunate in securing a large
volume of business during tlie season. Mr. Per-
kins is making one of his periodical trips to visit
the company's general agencies.
The H.\KDWooD Record had the pleasure of
a call on July 19 from John E. Williams, the
able editor of the New Orleans Lumber Trade
Journal. Mr. Williams and his family are domi-
ciled at Chicago for the summer months.
W. S. Hollister, of The Pine Plume Lumber
Company, Montgomery, Ala., who was formerly
associated with the Empire Lumber Company o£
BufTalo. made a call at the Record office on
July 19.
John II. Jenks, vice-president of the Robt, H.
Jenks Lumber Company of Cleveland, and asso-
ciated with the big yellow pine interests at Tre-
mont. La., attended the meeting of the "yellow
piners" in Chicago last week.
The report of the creditors' attorneys in the
case of the National Lumber Manufacturing
Company of this city, bankrupt, has just been
filed. Analysis is made of the properties of this
company in West Virginia and Alabama, and
the attorneys believe that a considerable sum
in net assets can be achieved by the creditors
by their carefully being handled. Investigation
shows about 12,000.000 feet of stumpage, and
a mill and railroad in West Virginia which cost
about $40,000, against which there Is a bonded
indebtedness of $47,000. Alabama property con-
sists of 15,000 acres of timber leases, saw mill,
steamboat and a barge line. The provable lia-
bilities of the company are estimated at about
$150,000.
The Vehicle Woodstock Company, of which
Fred A. Curtis of Chicago is secretary, held a
business meeting at the Great Northern Hotel
on Wednesday, July l.S. Only routine business
was transacted.
W. P. I'owell. sales manager of W. B. Alershon
& Co., the well-known band sawing machinery
people of Saginaw, was a Chicago visitor July
IS. Mr. Powell advises that E. C. Mershon, the
mechanical expert and head of Mershon & Co.,
has arrived safely on the other side of the At-
lantic for a business and pleasure trip. Mr.
Powell .says that the call for Mershon band saw-
ing machinery is still up to the capacity of the
recently enlarged plant, and that orders for
eleven machines have been booked in the last
ten days.
Ed Heath of the Heath-Witbeck Company, who
has been abroad since early in May, is now in
London. Mr. Heath anticipates returning home
about Aug. 15. but will leave his family abroad
some months longer.
Chicago had the yellow piners in its midst last
week, the Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Associa-
tion having held its semiannual meeting at the
Chicago Beach Hotel, Tuesday and Wednesday,
July 17 and IS. While they did not call it a
cut in price, they "amended" their list. The
yellow pine contingent will eventually discover
that the way to maintain a markel is to cut
output and not prices.
Boston.
J. W. Willis of J. W. Willis Lumber Company,
Washington Court House. Ohio, was a recent
Boston visitor. Mr. Willis is also president of
the Washington Manufacturing Company, manu-
facturers of chairs, at that place. He was ac-
louiiianied on his eastern trip by his two eldest
daughters.
W. B. Pope & Co. of Boston, whose yard has
been located in Albany street for about twenty
.years, have withdrawn from business. Mr. Pope
started in business with a partner under the
firm name of Pope & Paul. Some time ago Mr.
Paul retired from the firm and Mr. Pope con-
tinued the business.
The National Hardwood Lumber Association
lias appointed D. R. Pinney Inspector for New
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Knglaml. !"oi- Ihe present Mf. I'innej- will be
loialeil Hi Hotel I'ei-i-iu, ri-ovUience, U. I. This
apijointmeiit fills a long felt want in this section.
F. .M, Waid o£ Ward Bios.. Big Kapids, Mich.,
manufactnieis of maple flooring, is making an
eastern Irip and was in Boston recently. Mr.
Ward slates that prices of hardwoods are ver.v.
linn and that he can see nothing that would in-
ilicale a decline. -While many are short of dry
stock, his tirm is having no trouble in that
direction, as it is cutting from its extensive tim-
ber tracts. This tirm is furnishing the SriO.OOU
leet of maple flooring to be used in the new
II. B. Claflin building in New York. Before re
turning home .Mr. Ward will visit New York and
\ icinily.
The 11. B. Stebbius Lumber Company has
moved into new .piartcrs. Room OS Mason Build-
ing.
Another concern which moved into the Mason
Building is Charles S. Wenlwovtli & Co., which
is located in Boom 3S.
lerley B. LittlefieUl. eldest son of T. B. Lit-
tiefleld. well-kuowii lumber dealer of Somerville,
Mass.. was recently married lo Miss Clara Fre-
vort.
Fred I>. Clapp has purchased the business of
the Stoughton Lumber Company. Stoughton,
Mass. Jlr. Clapp is thoi-oughly familiar with
the lumber trade, having lieen associated with
his father. ]■;. 1'. Clapp. for some time.
William K. Lilcbtic-ld. president ol the Vir-
ginia Timber ComiKiuy. and W. C. Bates, treas-
urer of this company, returned about two weeks
ago from Virginia.
C. S. Kobinson of the Chicago Lumber & Coal
Company, Chicago, recently visited the trade in
this vicinity.
The carriage woodworking business in East
Hampden, Conn., has been sold to .1. IL Stocking.
.lohn A. Daun, president of Dann Bros. & Co.,
manufacturers of carriage woodwork at New
Haven, Conn., died .Tuly S of apoplexy. He was
Ti! years of age. Mr. Dann invented the first
folding camp chair, for which there was an im
mediate demand. He leaves a widow and seven
childreu.
New York.
Horace V. Taylor of Taylor & Crate. I'.uffalo.
spent several days here last week in the in-
terest of insurance affairs. He is one of the
lumber underwriters of C.ti Broadway and vice
president of the Lumber Insurance Company and
tlie Adirondack Fire Insurance Company of this
city. The underwriters were in session on ,Iuly
i;; considering important matters.
W'. I.. Sykes of Hie I'huporium Lumber Com-
pany. Keating Summit. I'a., spent several days
here last week with C. <l. Shepherd, local rep-
resentative.
Other visitors noted were F. M. Sullivan, T.
Sullivan & Co., Buftalo ; -M. B. Wilkenson. M. B.
WilkenKun Luiuber Company, Asheville, N. C,
and M. W. Hard. Boston. Mr. Hard was en
route home after a leugthy trip to the hardwood
mills in West Virginia and Tennessee and ex-
pressed himself as sanguine of a stiff hardwood
market for some time to come. He found prices
at mill points very bullish and stocks scarce.
II. .McKenzie of Sydney. Australia, a promi-
nent woodwork manufacturer, was a recent ar-
rival from abroad.
C, II. Ruddock and T. II. McCarthy of the
Huddock-drleaUs Cypress Company, New Orleans,
La., were recent visitors preparatory to sailing
lor ICurope. Both gentlemen embarked on the
Amerika for a summer tour abroad- W'. L.
Burton of the Burton-Schwartz Cypress Company
was also here.
K. C. Mershon of W. P.. Mershon & Co., the
well known rpsaw manufacturers of Saginaw.
Mich., sailed for Hurope last week for a brief
stay abroad.
3. Uahagaa"s Sons, large trim manufacturers
of lloboken, N. .1.. have incorporated under the
same style with a capital of .$r.O,OI)(l. J. C.
HARDWOOD RECORD
W. A. and .1. A. tiahagan are the incorporators.
Willson. .\(iams & (."o., retailers of 140th street
and Harlem Itiver, have sold their entire river
front holdings to the Erie Railroad for a freight
terminal. They will continue business on the
balance of their property.
The Cypress Selling CDinpany, Ltd., of New
Orleans, La., has opened a local sales otfice at
IS Broadway under the management of L. F.
Wood.
Charles I). Chase, a well known credit man of
Chicago, has succeeded C. F. Towles as manager
of the lo<al oflice of the Red Book, 18 Broadway.
Mr. Towles resumes the road for the association.
S. Herrnstadt. the hardwood wholesaler of 6(J
Broadway, has given up a large part of his
busines.s to assume charge of the retail opera-
tion of Charles li. I'artridge at the foot of East
.Vinety-nintli street. .Manhattan. He continues
Irs own business in a small way, hut in the
luain will devote his attention to Mr. Partridge's
affairs.
IL E. Wofford. sales agent of tlie Emerson
Company, manufacturers of the Emerson dry
kiln at Baltimore. -Md.. was a recent visitor and
reported Inisiness as excellent. Mr. Wofford is
installing two big kilns 100 feet long for the
line new plant whidi .Jacob Doll, piano manu-
facturer, is installing on the Southern boulevard.
Bronx, to lake the ]ilace c.f his factory recently
burned. Mr. Wofford is particularly pleased at
this sale, and construes it as a high testimonial
lo the Emerson kiln in view of the very particu-
lar work ni'iessary I" dry stock for piano manu-
facture.
The Fairwood Lumber Company of Fairwood,
Va.. spruce and hardwood manufacturers, have
oiiencd ii selling olHce at Is P.roadway in charge
of E. A. Pope.
(i. A. .Mitchell of Buffalo, the newly elected
piesident of the Lumber In-^urance Comiiany and
the Adirondack Fire Insurance Company of this
city, spent last week at head,|uarters. M'l Broad-
way, giving attention to insurance affairs.
i:. A. Wilson, Wilson Cypress Company of
Palatka, Fla.. passed through the city last week
en rente home after a visit to Michigan points
and a brief stay at Saranac Lake in the Adiron-
ilacks. His mills have been producing about two
million feet per month so far this year and he
U well satisfied with the present and prospective
lyiiress market. .
Philadelphia.
The fifteenth semiannual meeting of the Lum-
IpcMinen's Association. Inc., was held at Mount
.\lto. Pa., on .Inly IL 12 and 13. Delegates
were in attendance from all parts of Pennsyl-
vania. Besides the executive work dime at the
various meetings, excursions were made to points
of interest in the vicinity in company with the
ladies who made part of the gathering.
The president and board of directors of the
.\merican Forestry Association have informed
the Lumliermen's Exchange of Philadelphia that
it has been elected to membership in that body.
Since the announcement that the Lumbermen's
Exchange of Philadelphia would move to a more
central location seven new applications for mem-
bership have been received and more are prom-
ised. Among those whose names will shortly be
ballolted upon for admission are the following :
.\tlantic Coast Lumber Corporation, by F. A.
Dudley. Crozer Building : Coppock. Warner
Lumber Company. 182G Land Title Build-
ing: Horace B. Hazard. Drexel Building:
Frank C. Kolb, 3840 Spring Garden street:
Righter-Parry Lumber Company, 520 Land Title
Build'ng: Tomb Lumber Company, Real Estate
Trust Building, and .1. Randall Williams & Co..
."vlij Arcade Building.
.Jerome IL Sheip of Sheip & Vandegrift, who
has been ill for some time, is now coinpletely
recovered and took occasion during the last week
to vis'.t New York and attend to some matters
there connected willi his firm which needed
his attention.
I-'raucis Coodhue, Jr., secretary and treasurer
if the Iliiladelphia Veneer & Lumber Company,
has taken summer quarters at Medford, N. J.,
with a iiarly of congenial friends.
A. Wilt & Sons find their business in laill
work and fixtures rapidly improving. Since the
cliising of the strike some weeks ago they are
greatly increasing their output.
Fesseiideu Hall, one of the heaviest mahogany
and veneer men in I'hiladelphia. reports that
.lune was the greatest in volume of business that
his company has had for a long time, and he
locks for a continuation of the good liusiness.
Thomas W. Skinner of Tunis & Skinner is
lueparing tor a trip to Arizona in August. Mr.
Skinner's visit will consume an indefinite time
anil while he is in the West he will look up
limber tracts.
The mills of the Little River Lumber Com-
pany at Townsend, Tenn., are now running at
tlieir full capacity. The company has also sev-
eral of the dry kilns that they lately constructed
in operation.
Mr. Mingus of William McCormick. who has
been touring Europe for some time, sailed for
home ,Inly 14 and expects to be back to work
about the end of .Tuly.
Max Pease of (Jallow-ay-Pease Company. .John-
son city. Tenn., has been visiting the trade dur-
ing tile past week.
Frank Holloway of the Ilolloway Lumber Com-
pau.v is touring West Virginia in the interests
of his firm.
I. W. Warner of the Coppock-Waruer Lumber
Company is making an extensive visit through
the South and reports from him indicate that
the mills of the concern are turning out lumber
in good shape.
<;. B. .lobson of the Prodticers' Luiuber Com-
iiany left for the South last Wednesday and will
l)e gone for some time Ills trip is to be an
extensive one : he will secure stocks of hardwood
timber.
Baltimore.
The logs of a walnut tree that is said to be
the largest ever brought to Baltimore have been
received here, consigned ttr John L. Alcock &
Co. It is of the black variety and was cut on
tl'.e farm of E. Pettibone, Anne Arundel county,
by E. M. McClintock. This tree yielded not less
tlian thirty-nine logs, thirty-eight of them aver-
ag'ng eiglit feet in length and running in diame-
ter from 10 to 40 inches, while the butt end is
twelve feet long and measures at the top 0 feet
2 inches in diameter and at the ground end s
leet 8 inches. As the butt shows considerable
ligure. the piece of wood, it is tlionght. will be
esjiecially valuable to veneer manufacturers.
A cei'tificate of amendment to the charter of
the R. E. Wood Lumber Company of this city, to
increase the capital stock from S-">00,00n to
.Sl..->OO.n0O. has been filed for record in the
omits at Dover, Del., and at Baltimore. The
lompany. together with its connected interests,
the .Montvale Lumber Company, which is the
real estate holding company, and still another
corporation, has undertaken various extensive
improvements and has attained a very prominenr
place in the hardwood trade. It maintains a
suite of offices in the Continental Building here
and has branches in a number of places. R. E.
Wood. |)re-iidi>nt of the comp.any, has Just re-
turned from Pr'.stol, Va.. where he attended the
wedding of Elwell Lee Warren, the c^)nipany's
repiesentative at Buladeen. Carter county. Tenn..
rti Miss Trula Leigh Keenan.
The Tinley Brothers Comiiauy has been incor-
I orated here to succeed the firm of Tinley Bros.,
manufacturers of sash, doors and frames on
West Pratt street, near Fremont avenue. The
lapitiil stock is $100,000. Fi-ederick G. Tinley,
Sidney II. Tinley, Alfred J. Tinley, B. C.
I' ney and William Bobbins are the incorpo-
rators. The firm some time ago outgrew its
present quarters and early in the year purchased
a large lot in Southwest Baltimore, where a
modern plant of large capacity is being erected.
The buildings will all be of brick unci will l)e
equipped witli the latest machineiy.
The contract for the erection of the new saw
and planing mill for the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Company at Mount Clare has been awarded
to l':dward Brady & Son. The building will be of
liricl< and steel and will have every modern
facility.
Thomas Hughes of the hardwood lirm of Car
ler, llngbes & Co.. Cnion Dock, is on a trip to
Truuldale, Va., where the Iron Mountain Lumber
Cmupany. an allied concern, is conducting saw-
mill operations under the personal supervision of
David T. Carter, another member of the firm.
i;n route Mr. Tlughes stopped at a number of
mills, with which the firm has business relations,
and made arrangements for the shipment of
stocks.
James II. Cranwell of the .7. II. Cranwell
Company. United States Fidelity Huiiding. has
been on a trip to West Virginia and Tennessee,
wliere his company operates a sawmill.
•lohn L. Alcock of John L. Alcock & Co. speni
a week or .so the early part of this month in
West Virginia, in the cour.se of which lie visited
the firm's offices in Clarksburg and other places
and looked over the trade situation, lie found
the mills busy and stocks, especially of oak,
liard to get.
The stockholders of the Cunpowder Lumber
Company filed a petition in the Circuit Court at
Towson, Baltimore county, asking tliat the com-
pany be dissolved, as it has stopped business.
Attorney John Mays Little was appointed re-
ceiver to wind up the affairs of the company.
The assets and liabilfties are small.
Pittsburg.
The regular weekly dinner at llic I'nion Clul)
July 17, the Pittsburg Wholesale Lumber Deal-
ers' Association unanimously reported a most
enjoyable occasion. The association is saving
its members nice sums of money this year by
putting them "wise" to the financial frailties of
several seemingly prosperous retail concerns in
llie Creater I'ittsburg district, some of which
have already "gone to the wall."
The genial countenance of S. 1''.. ('oons is
missing from the otlice of William Whitmer &
Sons, Inc.. in the Kmpire Building. In two
weeks he will be back from an extended vacation
trip. The firm has made all sorts of new rec-
ords since January 1 in the sales of spruce and
had a semi-yearly report to submit that would
have brought smiles to a veteran lumberman.
rittsburgers have lately had an object lesson
in the cost of foundation work tliat has been
exceedingly profitable for Uindjcr dealers. The
.\. & S. Wilson Company, which is erecting the
two 20-story skyscrapers of the I'nion National
I'.ank and the Commonwealth Trust Company
at Fourth avenue and Wood street, had to go
down 65 feet for a solid bed. Skyscrapers stand
'on the other three corners and there are prob-
ably more street cars rounding that corner than
any other in I'ittsburg. Before tlie workmen
were down to the rock the streets began to cave
and the most serious results were threatening.
To ward off the peril the contractors literally
tilled the big fi.T-foot excavation with .veliow pine
and oak timbers, over ,'i()0,O()(i feet. in all, shoring
and bracing and wedging them in evei'y direc-
tion to ijrevent the streets caving In. Between
these sticks the great steel girders and posts
liavc been let down one liy one and as fast as
one" section is completed the timbers arc re-
moved.
The L. L. Satlcr Lumber Company is getting
affairs shaped up for a big campaign this fall in
Nottoway and adjoining counties in Virginia,
where it recently acquired an immense tract of
timber. It is estimated that the tract will give
the company a ten year's cut, and its facilities
tor getting the lumber to tidewater by way of
the James river and other streams are such as
to warrant the assumption that it will be a most
I'ormidable competitor in all the seaboard cities.
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.\nl a little of the himl>er will be cut for export
trade.
The .\nibridge Lumber Company, wliich has
been doing business at the new town of Am-
liridge, sixteen miles down the Ohio river from
I'ittsburg, has gone into the hands of a re-
ceiver— the International Savings & Trust Com-
liany of I'ittsburg. The liabilities are reported
at .1; 12,0(111.
Tile Lesher Lumber & Supply Company has
applied for a I'ennsylvania charter. It is a
family <'on< ern, lieing comiiosed of Frank, Jani(>s
.M.. I'Mgar J. and i'.Ii/abelh Lesher. and will do
business ffoui I'ittslnirg offices.
The W. M. (iiliespie Lumber Company, of
which the well-known "Biiiy" (Jiiiespie is tlie
lu'ad, is getting into the hardwood market Willi
:i vim lidm lis fine suite of offices in tlie Farmers'
U;iid^ I'.nilding. Mr. (_iillespie has some of the
JM'st ctuinectious out of Pittsburg and his inti-
mate acquaintance with the local market makes
the success of tile lirm practically assured.
o.scar Il.Iiaijcock of the firm of K. V. Bahcock
iV; Co, i-: in tlie Northwest looking up tlie situa-
lioti :is bearing on next year's trade. Tlie tirni
will liavc srnue very large contracts placeii there
shortly.
I!. A. Allen snrpri-^ed his friends in June by
Inking unto himself for a life partner Miss
.Martha Avery, a well known society young lady
of tills city. The couple spent their two weeks'
lioneymoon on the lakes, Mr. Alien is connect e.l
with tile firm of Willson Brothers, which is get-
ting to be known as one of the most luistling
and successful concerns that goes after liardwnod
orders in tliis market.
The Liiielian Lumber (.'onipany is liaviiig ;i
splendid trade in hardw'ood in tlie manufacturing
towns of the Middle West. J. J. Linehan notes
:ilso a disiiiKi improvement in the tone of tlie
local iiiarkcl. due cliiefly to the break in tlie
carpenters' strike. There is much more impiiry
tile last week, he says, and more of a disposition
among yard men to replenish stocks. The ctuii-
pany is getting most of its oak from its Ken-
tucky mills and finds that tliere is a go;id de-
mand loi- "shorts" among tlie mills as well as
lor file best grades of lumber.
The l-'lint. Krving & Stoner Company is ]uisli-
iiig ci|iei-ations at its small mills in .Northern
I'ennsylvania which are cutting hardwood mostly'.
A large part of tliis lumber finds a market in
BulTalo and file lake towns where building is
active tills sunimei-. The company's liig opera
lion in West \'irgiiiia is being organized in good
sliafie and liy fall it will be in a position to sup
ply much larger lots of lumber on short notice
tliaii the great niaj<u-ity of tlic I'musylvaiiia
fi rms.
Frank W. Willsiui of tlie Willson Brothers
Lumber Company is at Conway. S. C.. wliere (lie
firm is getting out fifty ears of luiiiliei- a iiionili.
I'red C. Daley, head traveling iii.m fur itie Will
sons, is cooling off for a coujile of weeks up the
lakes.
Tile Cl:eal Uiver Lumber Coiu|iany rejiorts that
mill cull cliestnut is gelting plenty but is selling
in large quantities. Last week tlie company
booked lu'dei-s for twenty-five cars of this luiii
her at an averjige of .fiLS per thousand. Tlie
(omiiany's Ohio trade is picking up fast tills
month and from thi-; sectinn it is .getting soiih'
clioice orders ftr hardwood for fiirnitiiie and
liandie manufactories.
J. M. IListings. piesident of tlie J. M. Hastings
Lumber Company,, is back again from Nova
Scotia, where lie sjicnds a good i:arl rf his time
o\erseeing the enormous operation of the D,tvid-
soii Lumber Company, tif which he "s also the
bead. Over "on men are now employed by this
company and the monthly output of lumber runs
from ."i.lioo.iilio to (i,(ioO,000 feet, of this ah ut
2."> per cent goes down to Newf York. Agents (f
the company are working up a fine trade for its
lumber In South American ports, and from Hie
first it has had a good market in ICnglan.l. .Mr.
Hastings, make.-;., .the intcj-esting aniirauicemeni
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tliat l':nglisli capital is seeking investment largely
ill ilie Canadian provinces, chiefly in tlie pur-
chase of comiiaratively small tracts of timber
laud, whidi are rapidly increasing in value. Such
tracts are now sold at $.j per acre or less, de-
jiending on their accessibility, but the work of
Hie Davidson Lumber Company and one or two
other big concerns is opening the eyes of the
land owners to tlie value of Hieir holdings, and
prices are going up.
•i'aiking of orders, .1. .\. Wo^dlett. sales man
ager of the American Lumljer & Manufacturing
Conifiany. lias just got on his books an order for
Tiid.iMiii fi'et of oak to Ije cut in Arkansas, Louis-
i:iua and 'I'euuessee and shipped to New Orleans
for exiioil. This is one of the many big con-
tracts ih.-it ihe American has lately secured for
I'anlwoiid and is very satisfactory, as it opens
up a (oinparalively new field for work. J. P.
.Montgomery, secretary i f the American, is tak-
ing his two weeks "off" in the wilds of Wis-
C(UlSill.
Buffalo.
I'he iKirdwood yards this summer are closing
lui Saturday afternoon during July and August.
Half an hour is added to the usual ten-hour
day during the first five days of the week and
I lie ..filer two and a half hours are given to
1 1 mployees. for no < hange is made in the
p;i,\- .HI tliat aci oi'iit.
'I'he di'alli of Franklin Lee .Inly 11 removes
a luemlier of the Buffalo iumiier, and especially
111.' w.Hidworking, trade of long standing, though
he was not at the time of his d.'atli in active
business. Ihe old firm of Lee. Holland & Co.
having merged in to tliat of Montgomery Bros.
& Co. several years ago. He was an uncle of
(ieorge B. and II. F,. Montgomery and was 80
y.-ars olil.
Scat, herd & Son. having their .Memphis- mills
running in good form now, hope to keep them
supplied Willi logs file rest of the season. There
will 1..- 11. .II.' t<... iiiiicli oak to supply the trade
ll.II llli'Tt,
Beyr. Knox & Co. are going quite heavily
iiilo .■lierry of late, considering the scarcity and
111., high pric of iliis wood, and will carry an
assi.ri nieiit ot' ii ri^lit along hereafter.
11. \. Sti'wart is off to West Virginia again
aii.l will II. .t i-.'iiirn till he digs out a lot of oak
:iu.l 1 li.'rr\' Iniiiber. He seems to know the spot
where good sfutV III lliose lines is t.t be found.
I'he southern trip of A. Miller is more arid
I e produi'tive of good stock, especially oak
and poplar, though it was made in May. There
is nothing like doing iiusiness on the spot.
'i'he old specialty ot ash and elm from the up
per lakes is again making the docks of T. Sulli-
\aii oi Co. active. A big lot of birch is now also
adiled. so that Hie force is large in tlie handling
line just now.
(1. I'Mias & Br... make two water routes meet
II. .w in their .yard, tlie lake and the canal, and
when III.' Buffalo river is deepened on the plan
for wliicli Hie city is indebted to A. .1. Flias
there will be no rail transfer between.
Canipbi'llsville. Ky., Is one of the supply ecu
lers of the Standard Hardwood Lumber Com-
laiiy. whiili will get several million feet from
tiler." this ye.'ir. in. hiding oak, asli, chestnut and
top:ar.
J. B. Wall is off to the New York Furniture
l';xposition in the interest of the talile factory
...ntroiled by mi'inbi'is ..f the Biiffal.. Hardivo...]
Lumber Company.
The yard of O. K. Veager is receiving a new-
supply . r plain oak and a.s usual is carrying a
go(;d assi rtnient of everything, tliough trade is
g(od cnnugli to make it hard to keep large stocks
of all varieties.
'tlie anioiint i f new lumber In the yard of the
I'iinpire lumber c..mpany shows that the old
pan of giving up tlie yard is not to be carried
.10 rieht away: Some very fine oak is coming
i-i f"om file Arkansas mills now.'
.\.'einliers of the Ilu'jh McLean Lumber Con'-
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pany are looking to the fishing preserve owned
r,y them in northern Canada now and R. D.
jicl-ean is talking the initial vacation in that
flirection. Yard business is strong.
Detroit.
The death of Rudolph Boltz ocoirred recently
after a long illness from dropsy. lie was one
of the first manufacturers of special furniture
and store fixtures in Detroit and was an exten-
sive user of hardwoods.
Hertz & Hosbach, hardwood finishers. Fourth
and Uolden avenues, have secured the contract
tor the interior finish and sash work of the new
country Club at Gross Tointe. which is Ijeing
erected at a cost of $60,000. The woods used
are oak and whitewood.
J H P. Smith, of I'arkersburg. W. Va., was
■1 visitor in Detroit on business in connection
with the Dennis & Smith Lumber Company, De-
troit, of which he is a member. A. S. Dennis,
the other partner, expects to leave for Virginia
in a week to visit the firms various hardwood
mills in that state.
There is a good movement of hardwood lum-
ber considering the season, all the factories in
Detroit and vicinity reporting plenty of orders,
one of the signs of the times is the decline ot
wagonload trade in hardwood lumber, and sev-
eral of the yards which have iu former years
depended upon this trade are going out of the
vard business and will confine their attention to
direct shipments from mill points. Practically
all hardwood lumber consumers nowadays are
able to buy in carload lots, which makes it
iiard sledding for the retail hardwood yards.
Col George F. Loud of the H. M. Loud's Sons
Company at Au Sable, Mich., was in the city
this week. lie states that his firm still has
fifteen or twenty years cut at Au Sable, the
.-tock being practically all hemlock and hard-
wood. „ ^,
Walter R. Hall, of Waiter R. Hall & Brother
sailed this week for a short vacation trip to
l-urope He was accompanied by his father, who
i* past seventy years of age. The firm's inter-
ests will he looked after in his absence by
Thomas A. Hall, the junior partner.
Owing to the sharp advance in hemlock prices
during the past year cull hardwood is being
used to a considerable extent for construction
purposes. Brownlee & Co. are making a spe-
cialty of it and report a large business in this
1 ine.
handles, flooring, bicycle rims and other spe-
cialties besides sawing about 16,000,000 feet of
lumber every season.
Will McCormick of the McCormick-Hay Lum-
ber Company of Saginaw says that his firm is
having a fine trade, almost everything in the
shape of lumber being wanted. The company
has handled more or less southern oak, but will
go into it heavier than ever this fall and win-
ter. Mr. McCormick says he finds prices gen-
erally firm. He has bought a quantity of elm
recently and says ash is particularly strong
and basswood is selling welL
Large quantities of hardwood go into the
manufacture of woodenware, staves and heading
in this section. At LaRoque, north of Alpena,
a bowl factory is in active operation. A.
Wheeler is operating a large stave and heading
factory at Bay City. Bouseflleld & Co., also of
Bay City, operate the largest woodenware fac-
tory in the world, using several million feet of
basswood and other hardwoods annually, as
does also the Palmerton Woodenware Factory
at Saginaw. Gardner and Peterman of Saginaw"
operate a stave and heading plant at Twining,
another at Onaway, and still another at Millers-
burg. The Chicago Last Factory Company is
operating a plant at West Branch and the Day-
ton Last Works at Gaylord both use hundreds
of thousands of feet ot maple in the m.anufacture
ot shoe lasts.
Saginaw Valley.
Mershon, Schuette, Parker & Co. have started
Ibe manufacture of box shooks of hardwood.
For some grades of boxes it works admiralily
and it is likely it will be utilized extensively.
Handy Bros, bought all the beech culls manu-
factured by Kneeland, Buell & Bigelow Company
which are utilized in the making of boxes, and
they also contracted all the basswood culls this
concern will cut this year, which will go into
box material.
It is estimated there is nearly 1,000.000,000 feet
of hardwood timber tributary to the Detroit &
Mackinac railroad between Bay City and Che-
boygan, and there is a much larger quantity
tributary to the Mackinac division ot tbe Mich-
igan Central.
Hundreds of thousands of feet of hardwood
lo^s are lying along the track of the Detroit
6^ Mackinac railroad between Alpena and Che-
boygan. They are picked up by a train and
loaded with a steam loader, then freighted to
manufacturing points along the line. Many of
them are hauled into Alpena.
Lumbermen cutting hardwood logs in the
woods state that it is impossible to get men
enough to handle the business ; in fact, help
was never so scarce.
The Lobdell-Bailey Manufacturing Company
at Onaway is turning out spindles for grill work
which is used over arches in private residences,
having placed machinery in its plant for the
loirpose. This company is also manufacturing
Grand Bapids.
Edward C. Allen of the Gibbs, Hall & Allen
Company visited the company's office in this city
last week. Mr. Allen is operating a hardwood
mill at South Leroy on the G. R. & I., which
has been in operation for the past thirty years,
and enough timber still remains in that vicinity
for a cut of several years' duration.
John Ilawkes, a veneer talesman of Cincin-
nati, who has been in this market during the
furniture exposition, sold American walnut
crotches in this city thirty-three years ago. He
introduced French walnut burls here, now known
as Circassian walnut, and this class of veneers
is being used extensively in the better lines of
bedroom furniture.
George B. Daniels has resigned his position
with the Acme Lumber Company.
The furniture sales just closing in this market
have been of such volume as to insure busy fac-
tories throughout the year. Though not a
record-breaker in volume, the sales have been
quite a percentage heavier than a year ago, espe-
cially in furniture of the better grades. Among
the last to leave the market were the Pacific
coast buyers, and they have been liberal pur-
chasers of the medium and better stuff, in spite
of predictions that San Francisco would not be
iu position to want furniture for some time to
come.
Indianapolis.
Papers were recently filed with the secretary
of state showing the consolidation of the Cres-
cent Handle Works of Evansville and the Hart-
ley Handle Company of Muncie, the new firm
to be known as the Globe Handle Company. The
capital stock is .?50,000, with the following direc-
tors : William A. Hamilton, Albert J. Ott, .Tohn
K. Slack, Baud W. Hale and George F.. Wil-
liam A. and Harry D. Hartley. The new concern
will operate at Evansville, the Muncie plant
being moved there.
The Home Planing Mill at Muncie has been
incorporated with a capital stock of $15,000.
Directors ; William S. Perdine, Daniel B. Miller.
Irvin L. Morrison. Insley J. Moser, John F.
Wright. John T. Clark and William O. Bowers.
The Cardwell Lumber Company of Decatur has
lieen incorporated with a $10,000 capital stock.
Directors : Rufus K. Allison, John W. Vail,
Aaron T. Vail, Joseph E. Thomas, Don L. Quinn.
Charles S. Niblack and French Quinn.
Because of a scarcity of lumber in its vicinity
the heading factory owned by Samuel Dunbar
of Wabash, Ind., has been moved to Quigley,
Ark.
Mrs. Calvin Myers of Bentonville, Ind., re-
cently sold four large poplar trees that brought
her a total of .$275. The trees yielded a total of
13,000 feet of lumber, the yield of the largest
one being 3,000 feet.
Asheville.
Trade has been dull in Asheville and western
North Carolina during July. This, however, Is
nothing more than the hardwood dealers expect,
as July and August are always dull. The buyers
are off on summer vacations and few contracts
are made during these two months. The mills
are not idle, however, and when the season
again opens in September all the mills will have
good supplies of the best woods.
The secretary of state this week chartered the
Plymouth Lumber Company of Plymouth, N. C,
with $150,000 capital stock, 6 per cent of which
is preferred and $50,000 paid in. E. J. Conklin
of Plymouth and New York parties are the stock-
holders.
The Enterprise Lumber Company's plant ot
Goldsboro, N. C, was badly damaged by fire re-
cently. The property destroyed amounted to
about $13,000, covered by insurance. The plan-
ing mills and the dry houses were not damaged.
Joseph S. Stone of Lumberton, N. C, was re-
cently instantly killed by the explosion of a boiler
at his sawmill at Long Branch, six miles from
Lumberton. He was attempting to remedy some
irregularity while the regular engineer was away
when the boiler exploded, killing him instantly.
Bristol.
Ewell Lee Warren and bride, formerly Miss
Trula Leigh Keenan, who were married on July
11 at Trenton, Tenn., have returned to Bristol
and will reside here until September, when they
will move to Baltimore, Md. Mr. Warren is
prominently associated with the R. E. Wood
Lumber Company of Baltimore, which operates
largely in this section.
William E. Uptegrove of William E. Upte-
grove & Brother, New York City, announces that
the $110,000 cigar box lumber plant of the com-
pany at Johnson City, Tenn., which was recently
destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt and the work
of reconstruction will begin at a very early
date. The work of liquidating the $75,000 in-
surance which was carried on the plant has
been begun.
W. R. Stone, Jr., of the Stone-Huling Lumber
Company, has returned from a delightful vaca-
tion in Virginia.
W. O. Came, president of the Bristol Door &
Lumber Company, is now in a hospital at Bos-
ton to undergo an operation for appendicitis.
G. P. McCain of W. G. McCain & Sons of
Johnson county, Tennessee, was over from Neva
this week.
Lemuel Gardner, who for several years repre-
sented the A. M. Turner Lumber Company of
Pittsburg as buyer and inspector at Damascus,
Va., and other points In the South, died in Bris-
tol last week of softening of the brain. He re-
sided at Boston and has a family in that city.
The remains were shipped to his old home in
Wisconsin for interment.
J. Alwyn Cannon of the Richland Lumber
Company has returned from Baltimore and
Ocean City, where he spent a delightful vacation
as the guest of E. E. Jackson, Jr., of the King-
ston Lumber Company of Laurel, Miss.
H. W. Neily of the Rumbarger Lumber Com-
pany of Philadelphia : J. H. Folsom, represent-
ing the Rode-Uorne Lumber Company of New
York ; E. H. Hollman of the E. H. Hollman
Lumber Company of Philadelphia were in Bris-
tol last week on business.
Among other visitors to Bristol the past week
were : E. B. Miller, representing Harry S. Hay-
den of Chicago : W. L. Douglas of the Crosby-
Beckley Company ot New York City ; John
T. Dixon of the John T. Dixon Lumber
Company at Elizabethton, Tenn. ; George H.
Mell of Kane, Pa. ; William M. Dickey of
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Brookville, Pa. ; Joo A. Wilson and F. B. Vines
of tlie lumbei' firm of Vines & Wilson of Johnson
City. Tenn.
J. A. Willilnson has begun active wofk on his
new .f JO.OOO lumber plant in South Bristol and
will push the mill to completion. He will also
establish assorting j-ards, etc.. on the site.
The Bryan Lumber Company reports excel-
lent business conditions and heavy shipments.
Tills company is doing a big export business and
is handling a large amount of stock.
Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club will have a
joint e.xliibit at the coming Fall Festival. This
was decided upon at a meeting held at the Busi-
ness Men's <'lub last week. The exhibit will
cost in the neighborhood of $1,000. A commit-
tee, of whidi George Littleford is chairman, was
named to arrange for the exhibit. The club has
also written to the National Hardwood Lumber
Association to learn why it was not consulted re-
garding the appointment of Fred Ferguson as
deputy inspector here to succeed Wm. Stewart.
While tliere is no oppostion to Mr. Ferguson, tlie
club desires to learn why it was overlooked.
John r. Hanna of the Wiborg & Hanna Com-
pany has returned from a ten days' stay in Ten-
nessee on business. The company reports its
business in excellent shape.
A salt well which is issuing 500,000 gallons of
water has been discovered at the 51. B. Farrin
Lumber Crunpany's yards, Winton place, by work-
men who were digging for fresh water to be used
at the new pulp plant the company is erecting.
Everything is in tip-top order at the Talbert
Lumber Company's plant in Winton place. The
concern recently removed to this city from
Greensburg, Ind.
The directors of tiie Industrial Bureau are
negotiating with two large woodworking concerns
who have declared a willingness to locate here
provided certain arrangements are made. One
of the plants is at present in New Jerse.v and
the other in Kentucky. Names have not been
divulged.
Leland O. Banning, who has been touring Eu-
rope for several months, was in an automobile
accident at a town in Denmark a fortnight ago.
At first news was received in this city that he
was seriously injured, but later accounts sa.v
only slightly. Mr Ilanning's cousin. Mrs. Love
of this city, and J. C. Brenner, a lumber exporter
at Norfolk, Va., were the other occupants of the
automobile. They fortunately escaped with a
few bruises.
Hardly any local hardwood lumbermen have
made arrangements for a vacation as yet. Busi-
ness cares have occupied their attention and it i'^
not likely that vacation will be thought of for
anothei- month.
facturing Company and their families have gone
on a trip to Scotland.
Chattanooga.
'J'he Hugh McLean Lumber Company is oper-
ating day and night in order to dispose of a
surplus of logs. The concern recently closed
down for general repairs on the plant and a
band mill of 20,000 feet daily capacity was in-
stalled.
W. M. P'owler, treasurer of the Case Lumber
Company and president of the Fowler-Personett
Lumber Company of Birmingham, Ala., is spend-
ing his vacation at Lake Tamagami in Michigan.
He will return about the first of August.
John Cathcart of New York, who owns a mill
at Decatur, Ala., passed through this city re-
cently from Decatur en route home.
J. W. Thompson of the J. W. Thompson Lum-
ber Company, Memphis, Tenn., was a recent vis-
itor among local lumbermen.
J. M. Card of the J. M. Card Lumber Com-
pany has returned from a business trip through
Alabama and Mississippi, where the concern is
doing a large business.
A. A. McGregor, a prominent stave and barrel
manufactnrer of this city, is inspecting one of
his plants at Paint Rock, Ala.
D. W. and W. B. Hughes of the Central Manu-
Nash'ville.
John W. Love, the popular Nashville lumber-
man, of Love, Boyd & Co., has gone for a stay
of several weeks to his summer hotel at Mark-
land. Nc)va Scotia. Mr. Love is largely inter-
ested in what has proved a good investment
there, and being a great fisherman always en-
joys his Markland trip keenly. He is accom-
panied by Mrs. Love and the children.
Nat Baxter, Jr., and S. K. Sanford ot Nash-
ville have recently become interested in a large
lumber project in Texas. Together with D. F.
Sullivan of Florida they have acquired a tract
in Titus and Morris counties containing -10,000
acres of hardwood lands. Two mills will be
erected, one on the Cotton Belt road and the
other on the tramway connecting with that rail
road. About .$250,00 will be spent in machinery
and equipment for business. All kinds of arti-
cles manufactured from hardwoods will be turned
out. The company is known as the Sanford-
Sullivan Lumber Company and it has a paid up
capital of $500,000. Mr. Baxter, who will be
general manager of the concern, is one of the
wealthiest capitalists in Tennessee.
Nashv'ille's lumber interests have sufferetl \\yo
tires In the past few days. A few* nights since
a blaze was discovered at the big plant of the
E. & N. Manufacturing Company that threatened
the entire establishment. The fire lasted several
hours, but by good work firemen confined it to
a couple of dry kilns. In these, however, was
stored a quantity of fine lumber, some 250.00(1
feet of various grades. The loss was about
.$12,500 and was covered by insurance. More
recently the F. & O. Cedar Company, located at
North Nashville, burned out. This company
manufactured lead pencil material in the rfivigb
and was owned by capitalists of New York
and Berlin. They have establishments like it
in various parts ot Tennessee and the plant here
was a small one. The loss was about $7.oiiii.
with insurance of about $5,000.
Lumber business at Tullahoma. Tenn., in Cof-
fee county, is reported quite active. A factory
that will work 100 men and manufacture all
the wooden ijortious of buggies and wagons is
to be located there in the near future. A stave
and barrel factory is also to move to TuUahonia
shortly. The latter will work sixty men at
tirst.
At a recent session of the Nashville Associa-
tion of Wagon & Carriage Makers the invitation
ot the .\tlanta Vehicle Club to attend the con-
vention of National Association of Carriage
Builders, convening in that city next October,
was accepted.
A special from McEwen. Tenn., reports that
F. H. Clark, a prominent stave and lumber
dealer of that place, was severely injured re
cently by a bad fall.
Dr. J. T. Bray's sawmill at Camden, Tenn.,
was destroyed by fire last week. A spark from
the smoke stack did the work.
Hobert Dyas of Nashville is at the head of the
Arrow Furniture Company of New I>ecatur, Ala.
The plant is being enlarged to twice its former
size. Although only a few years old, this is one
of the leading establishments in that part of
the South.
John H. Hansom of John B. Ransom & Co.
leaves shortly for Nova Scotia, where he will
join Mr. and Mrs. John W. Love at Markland.
Nashville is soon to have new building laws.
The city council has been at work for some time
on a new draft covering and curing many for-
mer deficiencies. Heavy timbers and scantlings
will be used in the future and architects and
contractors will have to be more careful. The
bill comprises about 160 typewritten pages.
Memphis.
The latest purchase of timber lands by a
MemiJhis lumber firm is a deal involving 4,000
acres in Grenada. Tunica and Tate counties,
.Mississippi, made by the Memphis Rim & Bow
Company. The tract is well timbered with hard-
woods, and is touched by the Illinois Central
and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroads, so
Ibat development will prove an easy matter,
'i'he timber will be brought to the Memphis mill
of the company. The amount involved is about
ifr<o,iH)0.
The Hugh McLean Lumber Company's mill in
New South .Memphis will be closed down dtiring
the current week. Scarcity of timber on the
yards is the reason for the suspension of oper-
ations. The company has plenty of logs on the
railroad, btit it is unable to get the timber
transporteii to the city as rapidly as it is
needed. ( ). M. Krebs, one of the managers,
says the company will soon be getting logs
from other roads than the Y. & M. V. When it
tloes it will not have the interruptions which
Iiave (K-curred recently on account of log short-
age.
Till' Wolverine Manufacturing Company has
licgiiii the operation of its plant here, cutting
diuuMision stock to be shipped to the Cadillac
C;ibinet Company, Detroit, Mich. It is now op-
crating seven or eight machines and has a
iiiiimhly capacity of ."iOO.OOO feet. For the pres-
ent if will cut only oak, but gum is to be used
to a I'lmsiderable extent hereafter. The com-
pany. ac<-ording to George A. Blessed, the man-
ager, has made plans for the addition of five
or six more machines early this fail. While
the first requisite is the cutting of dimension
stock for the northern plant of the company.
stock will also be manufactured to be sold in
the open market.
J. F. McSweyn of Grand Rapids, Mich., ar-
rived in Memphis a few days ago to take charge
of the plant of Ilugart & Kendal in New South
Jleinpbis. Both Messrs. Hugart and Kendal
make their headquarters in Grand Rapids. *"'er-
laiu improvemeuts are contemplated by the man-
agement, but nothing is ready for publication.
The Fenn Brothers Manufacturing Company,
manufacturers of hardwood fiooring, has been in
operation about a month, but the building is
much crowded and things are not going as
smoothly as desired. W. Goodjobn, the manager,
however, says that everything will be in splendid
shape within another month and that the capac-
ity of the plant svill be materially increased.
I!. J. Darnell of R. J. Darnell. Inc., sailed for
Euriqje from New York July 10, accompanied by
his scm. Roland, who is about nineteen years old.
iJeorge D. Burgess of Russe & Burgess sails
early next week and will be gone the entire
summer.
The Cochran Lumber Company, of which R.
T. Cooper is president, has sold to the Tyronza
Lumber Company of Earle, Ark., a tract of 5. Ion
acres of hardwood timber lands near Earle. Jlr.
Cooper has also sold a strip of land in North
Memphis from the old yards of the Cochran
Lumber Company to the LaClede gas interests
of St. Louis, who are erecting a gas and elec-
tric lighting plant in this city. The box plant
of the Cochran Lumber Company is now being
operated under lease by Moore & McFcrren.
The Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd., of Sagi-
naw. .Mich., has removed its yards from North
Memphis to a tract of land near the Dudley
Lumber Company's yards in South Memphis.
Two significant deals in gum have been closed
liere within the past fortnight. One involves
the sale of 1.000.000 feet of low-grade gum lum-
ber by a single firm to a large box manufactnrer
and the other is the closing of a contract with
a box user for 50 carloads of gum box shooks.
riH' idea has been gaining ground rapidly during
the past few months that gum must be substi-
tuted for Cottonwood in box manufacture be-
cause of the scarcity of Cottonwood and these
two deals suggest that the movement is begin-
ning to get .well under way.
The Green River Lumber Company of this
city has purchased, through the Stnddarri Land
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Company of Senatobia, Miss., a large tiaot o£
hai'dwootl timber lands near Savage. Miss., for-
merly owned by L. J. Parlier, a prominent mill-
man of Wildersville, Tenn. Mr. Parker sells in
order to concentrate his interests. He has re-
cently purchased considerable timber lands near
Cershorm, Miss. The Green Kiyer Lumber Com-
pa.iy has a large hardwood mill in North Mem-
phis. The price was .?44,o00 cash.
The Tight Stave Manufacturers' Association
has been in session here this weels with a large
attendance. One of the most significant fea-
tures of the meeting was the report of Secretary
E. H. llefebaugh of LouisviKe, Ky., showing a
shortage of 2i),0U0.iitiU staves during the past
.■reason. Mr. Defebaugh points out that the
prospects are for a good business during the
forthcoming season, though there will be in-
creased difficulty in manufacture because of the
scarcity of labor and because of the greater dis-
tance timber must be hauled. The meeting ad-
journed to convene in .January at Memphis,
when the election of officers will occur.
\V. II. (Jreble of the Three States Lumber
Company aud the W. E. Smith Lumber Company
has returned from an extended trip to points in
Michigan.
A. N. Tliompson of Thompson & .M<-Clure has
just gotten back from a business trip lo Cincin-
nati.
Tile tow boats on the Mississippi river are
very busy^ handling timber from below Mem-
phis. Tliey are making an effort to get the logs
from the tributaries of the Mississippi before
the water gets too low. There is consequently
some difficulty in getting boats to bring timber
down fruni above, and there is therefore some
talk of rafting it. Several firms here have re-
ceived consignments of river logs during the past
fortnight, while some logs have passed up the
river to Cairo and Ohio river jioints.
S, Winner, general manager of the Memphis
Art Wood Company of South Memphis, has re-
lumed from a trip to Europe. The plant of
the company is not operating just now owing
111 trouble encounlered from the action of the
ciiemicaN employed when they come in contact
with water. Tlie company, however, is making
I iVorfs tip relieve this condition.
'i'he Arrow Furniture Company of New IJe-
catur. .\la.. has decided to double its capacity,
although it is already one of the largest in the
state. liubtrt Dias. formerly of Nashville. Tenn..
is in charge.
One of the most important meetings of the
Lumbermen's Club, of Memphis this year was
held at the Gayoso Hotel July :il. It was called
t'lu- the purpose of taking act. on regarding the
minimum freight ruling of the Mis.souri I'aciflc
Sjstem, but several other matters of interest
were also disposed of. The attendance was the
largest fur .some time, there being twenty-four
lumber firms represented.
Memphis lumbermen have been protesting indi-
vidually against the hardship occasioned by the
new minimum weight ruling in question, but,
finding that individual action failed, it was de-
cided to call a meeting so that the entire club
might take up the matter. George C. Ehemann
of Bennett & Witte introduced re.solutions which
furmed tile basis of discussion which, with slight
changes, were adopted, as follows :
Whereas, the Missouri I'aciflc Railway has is-
sued the following amendment to its lumber tar-
ilfs. effective .lune 1. lliiiij. to-wit :
"Itefer to tariff and cancel minimum weight
named therein and apply the following: .Mini-
mum weight of car 4ii,UO0 pounds per car when
car used is of greater capacity than 4t),t)0U
pounds : minimum weight So.uuO pounds per car
when car used is 40.000 pounds capacity or
less, but in no case shall the minirhum exceed
the capacity of the car. When car is loaded to
full visible physical capacity, actual weight will
apply, subject to a minimum weight of 24.000
pounds."
And as said amendment in the shipment of
lighter woods, such as cypress, gum. Cottonwood,
elm. etc., owing to, the impracticability of secur-
ing cars of certain sizes and of at all times load-
ing cars to their full visible physical capacity,
is working a hardship on shippers, and as our
past experience indicates that the minimum
weight will be assessed regardless of the fact
that cars are loaded to their full visible physical
capacity, therefore be it
Resolved. That the Lumbermen's Club of
Memphis. Tenn.. protests against said amend-
ment which has been issued without considera-
tion (if lumber shippers and is arbitrary and un-
just, and if continued in effect will cost them
large sums of money annually : and be it further
Resolved. That a committee of five be ap-
pointed to act in coujunction with other organi-
zations and confer with Missouri Pacific offic als
with a view to having the former basis of mini-
mum weight restored.
The other organizations referred to are the
Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis and the Memphis
Freight Bureau, the idea being that, since the
Iron Mountain is largely a St. Louis road, noth-
ing can be a.ccomplished except through the co-
iiperation of the lumbermen of that city. It was
the consensus of opinion that, if the ruling is
enforced, lumbermen will have to pay at the new
minimtim weight regardless of the loading of cars
to full visible physical capacity. The following
committee was appointed by President Barksdale :
George C. Ehemann, E. E. Goodlander. James E.
Starke, S. C. Major and J. W. McClure.
W. A. D'olph of the I. il. Darnell & Son's Com-
pany, through whom the suit was brought regard-
ing the payment of state, county and municipal
taxes on lumber manufactured from logs brought
into Memphis from other states, precipitated a
lively discussion by suggesting that Memphis
lumbermen bear the entire cost of this suit. The
case was won in the lower courts by I. M. Dar-
nell & Son's Company, but was reversed by the
Supreme Court of Tennessee. It has now been
appealed to the I'nitcd States Court and there
is considerable expense attached thereto. It was
finally deeded that Nashville, Chattanooga and
Knoxville lumbermen ought to contribute on the
ground that these cities will be benefited as much
by winning the case as Memphis lumbermen, and
resolutions were adopted instructing Secretary
Ehemann to notify lumber manufacturers and
dealeis in the larger cities of Tennessee to that
effect. Lumbermen are confident of winning the
suit. as. since Tennessee law exempts products of
the soil of this state, including lumber, from
taxation, it is an interference with interstate
lommerte regulations to discriminate against
produits of the soil from other states.
Mr. Russe introduced a change in schedule on
tlie Vazoo & Delta branch of the Yazoo & Missis-
sippi Valley Railroad, which operates very seri-
Dusly against lumbermen of this city having in-
terests in northern Mississippi. The members
want a morning and. evening train that will
enable them to come and go the same day to any
point on the Y. & U., and to this end the club
authorized President Barksdale to appoint a com-
mittee to draw up resolutions to be presented to
S. S. King, superintendent cf the Y. & M. V.,
requesting him to put on another train. H. E.
Bacon. J. B. Grant and J. F. Mclntyre were ap-
pointed on this committee.
New Orleans.
The recent organization in Mississippi of the
Pearl River Valley Lumber Company and the
development of the plans of the big concern are
iif considerable interest to all engaged in the
lumber business. The company will build a
new road from Jackson to Birmingham, Ala., by
the most direct route and will open op an en-
tirely new country, at the same time tapping
some of the finest timber lands in Mississippi.
(In this land is a large amount of hardwood.
The Herrick-Hogue lumber syndicate, organizer
of the .i;i.OOO,000 Interior Lumber Company
which will build at Jackson, is behind the Pearl
River Valley scheme and the Illinois Central is
also said to be among its backers. The capital
of the company is $1,000,000, and it will also
float a .$2,000,000 bond issue. Surveys are now
being made and before long construction work
will be started. It is understood that the road
will be built along the north side of Pearl river
and will cross at Jackson, near the point where
the idant of the Interior Lumber Company will
be located. The officers of the big company are
Fred Herrick, president ; C. F. Lattimer, vice
president : Arthur L. Hogue, secretary, and Roy
L. Hogue, treasurer.
The Petit & Boh Company has taken charge
of its new factory at Lafayette avenue and
Chartres street, in this city. It is manufactur-
ing store, office and bank fixtures, and doing con-
siderable interior hardwood work.
The Mississippi Seating Company, recently or-
ganized at Jackson. Miss., is now making ar-
rangements to begin operations. Its stock has
oeen fully subscribed, and within a few days it
will announce the location of the site it has
selected. It will manufacture opera chairs,
school desks and other articles of hardwood.
The Rouse Lumber Company of Collins, Miss.,
has charged the Mississippi Central Railroad
with discriminating against it in the matter of
cars and in a lengthy petition submitted alleges
that the discrimination was the result of a con-
spiracy between the railroad company and the
J. J. Newman interests. The case is attracting
a good deal of interest. It was decided once
before, but on being taken to the higher court
was sent back- to the Circuit Court to be retried.
The Frost-Trigg Lumber Company of St. Louis
has sued the Hamilton Lumber Company of
Jackson, Miss., for breach of contract. It is
alleged that the defendant company failed to ful-
fil a contract in which it agreed to furnish pe-
titioners with 224,000 feet of lumber at $15.23
per M feet. The damages asked are $.539.21.
The Gulf. Colorado ,.>c Santa Fe Railroad Com-
pany has notified all shippers that rates on stuff
consigned to Texas ports and intended for export
will be materially increased. In this particular
the railroad company contends that the Railroad
Commission has no right to regulate the rates on
export goods and is consequently ignoring the
commission's order in the case. The point is
now in litigation and the railroad has taken it to
the Federal Supreme Court, the case having been
decided against by the Texas courts. Texas
railroad commissioners have notified the ship-
pers that they may sue to recover any freight
paid in excess of the rate fixed by the commis-
sion. A fine of $100 to $.500 is also imposed in
these cases.
Lumbermen throughout this territory are much
exercised over the action of the attorney general
of the Cnited States, who in a letter recently
renewed Bis request for the testimony taken in
the investigation conducted by the committee
named by the Mississippi legislature to deter-
mine whetiier or not there was a lumber trust in
that state. This letter has been forwarded to
Hon. W. M. McAlister of Wayne, who was chair-
man of the committee. It will be remembered
that in the report of the joint legislative com-
mittee it was stated that a Idmber trust existed
in the state and legislation to remedy the condi-
tions was advised. Shortly after the report
was published the attorney general wrote for
the testimony, announcing his intention to follow
up the investigation. He has renewed that re-
quest and it is very evident that he intends to
push the matter.
The Adams-Duson Lumber Company has been
organized at Crowley, La., to develop timber
lands in Acadia and St. Landry parishes, where
there is a good deal of hardwood. The company
is capitalized at $50,000 and its incorporators
are : W. W. Duson, Crowley ; Isaac R. and
James T. Adams, Catahoula parish : John E,
Adams, Rapides parish ; Allen T. Adams, St.
Landry parish. ITie officers are : John E. Ad-
ams, president ; W. W. Duson, vice president ;
James E. Adams, secretary and treasurer.
The plant of the 'S'inegar Bend Lumber Com-
pany at Dwight, Ala., was damaged by fire a
few days ago. The loss was $20,000, with no
insurance.
The McCarthy Lumber Company has been or-
ganized in this city with a capital of $25,000.
Its organizers are William R. McCarthy, A, M.
Cooke and Joseph Birg.
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Minneapolis.
Considerable hardwood timber on the shore ol*
I.eeeh Lalie. Minnesota, is held by the Leech
l.alie Lumber Company, which is biiildiug a
siiwmill on tlie sliore of llie laiic, near Waiiier.
Tlie company was recently incorporated with
.$50.(10(1 capital stocl;, and Is biiiidint; a single
band mill. It will manufacture pine lumber
. liietiy. lint will also turn out oali, elm, ash and
basswoiHi, which are abundant along the lake
shore.
E. I'ayson Smith of the I'ayson Smitli r.um
lier Comiiany has gone (or another business trip
into the South. The company is enjoying a
good run of business for the time of year and
lias made contracts for some long lines of stocli.
II has a good line of southern (;ak. whicli is
selling freel.v.
L. ('. Nolan aud !•:. II. .Nolan of llie I'.acou-
.Nolan Hardwood Company, .Memphis, Tenu..
were recent visitors to St. Paul, where they
wore formerly engaged in business. They have
sold out their timber land and mill at tl'hancy.
Miss., and have bought 10,(KI() acres of hardwood
:iiid gum timber land near Memphis. They
are putting in a sawmill and coojicrage plant,
to turn out staves and heading. They are using
led and white oak now in manufacturing head-
ing, and are turning out 3u,()00 sets a day. and
will begin making staves later. The sawmill is
also a future proposition. II will run largely
to gum, and the oak will lie used chiefly for
cooperage material.
Frank 11. lardoe, manager of the plant of the
I-'enwood Lumber Compan.v of Wausau, Wis..
■ was in Minneapolis on business a few days ago.
lie reports an active demand and good prices.
\V. 11. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Com
pany says the factory trade is rather dull now.
witii little prospect of improvement for thirty
flays, lie assures a heavy fall trade, however,
and judging by the present condition of liard-
wcxid stocks and the outlook for consumption, he
expects to see hardwood scarcer than ever next
spring and stronger in price. There is little or
no stock in rock elm, ash and northern oak.
C. I-'. Osborne of (Jsborne & ('lark reports an
'■\cellent demand from the retail .yards. They
• xpect the supply of northern oak for wagon
slock and otiier purposes to run low even earlier
1 ban last year.
A. I'. Ilein of 'iony. Wis., iiresideut of the
.lobn Ilein Lumber Company, was in .Minneapolis
a few days ago. looking over the market.
. F. ,1. Lang, representative of the Wisconsn
Land & Lumber Company, Ilernuinsville, Mich..
luis opened temporary offices in .Minneapoli-
again, as he usually does for a short lime twice
a year.
Ilalstead & Kooi-eani, the new hardwood deal-
ers of St. Antliony Park, a suburb of St. Paul,
have moved their offices to rooms near the main
door of the Norf liwestern Furniture Exposition
Company. They are handling .southern hard-
wood, also lath and shingles, in addition to
northern oak. elm. birch, ash. basswood and
maple.
The St. Paul Hardwood Iioor Companj- had a
slight less by fire on the evening of .Tuly 14.
Ils offices at 18(J West Fourth sireel, St. Paul,
were scorched, the loss amounting to about .$oiMi.
.\n addition is being built to the plant of the
Villaume P.ox & Lumber Coniiiany in Si, Paul.
It will cost .$].S,niMi.
Louisville.
The hot weather is sending local hardwood
Imnbermeu off on vacations, liut getting out
material retjuires such strenuous attention these
days that not a few have to spenii their vacation
period out in the woods. Kdward L. Piavis is off
oil 'a vacation, and H. M. Overslreet of the
Southern Lumber Company is otit of town, but
is down among the mills, hardly ou a vacation.
W. A. McLean of the Wood-Mosaic Flooring
Company is going north next week. Speaking
of liusiness here, .Mr. McLean says that his com-
pany is busy both in Xew Albany and at the
Highland Park plant and is managing to keep
logs enough to operate its mills righl along,
although only by steady hustling. Among the
liroducts at Xew Albany is quarter-sawed veneer.
The (ompany operates three veneer saws in ad
diliou to its sawmill, wood-mosaic flooring and
carpet works there.
The Stotz Lumber Company reports busy limes
in its hardwood department. It has orders
ahead that are cleaning up stock pretty closely,
so that it has to hustle for sujiplies most of tlie
time. In fact, everything in hardwood is moving
briskly and the general tendency of prices is
upwartl.
It. M. Cunningham is on the sick list this week
and 'I'. Siiiilh Milton, his right bower, has both
hands full.
.\nioiig the out of town hardwood visitors
here during the week was George X. Welch, Mon-
terey, 'I'enn. He says the hardwood business is
satisfactory with the exception of the timber
suiipiy. and he flnds no difficulty in disposing of
all the stock cut, mostly poplar aud oak.
W. K. Knox of Lucas E. .Moore ic Co.. Xew
Vork, stopped here en route home from the Mem-
phis stave meeting. .Mr. Knox says his concern
has been having some trouble getting enough
lumber to supply its contracts, but expects to be
a little better flxed in this respect hereafter, as
it has the cut of a new mill contracted for, the
stock from whicli will be available in a short
while.
London.
N'isitois from .\merica recently have been
.lojin N. Penrod of walnut fame, Kansas City,
M.... (1. M. Spiegle. .Mr. Elwood aud Mr. English.
.Moir ^; (.'o.. prominent dealers of this city
and well known in Ilie I'niled States, failed re-
cently.
The following clipping from llie Timber Trades
.It iirhal of .lune ;^(», liliKi, should interest .\meri-
( Jill hardwood shippers :
■liuyers of .\mcrican oak scantling in wagon
sets who have old contracts on hand have not
fiMind Ihemsclves miicli 'forrader' in the way of
delivery llian two or three months ago. (3ne
excuse after another has been put forward, but
witli the except i<in of some few instances, buyers
are still waiting for tlieir shipping documents.
In this mailer it is not only the small men who
it is \\ell Uiiown airily take up large contracts
upon the most insiibstatit iai expectations of ful-
lilling them, hut also a number of shippers of
re[mte — men who stand high in the hardwood
world — who have practically defaulted in their
contracts for oak planks. It is hardly nice to
Ihiiik that certain well known shippers who have
done a large trade — and. presumably, a profitable
trade — with this country iu oak planks for years
should now, when values have gone against them
to the extent of a few cents per foot, ignore their
delivery dates in the calm manner in w-hieh they
are now doing. We know of instances where,
through nondelivery of .\iiierican scantling,
wagon builders have bought freely of Baltic oak
logs, and if the present neglect of their engage-
ments continues, sliippers may find, on a return
lo more normal limes, that their trade in this
country has reverted to another and older chan-
nel. \\'e think tills is a mailer in wliic-b trade
associations on tills side miglit well make rep-
resentations to the organizations on the other
side entrusted with the care of shippers' inter-
ests."
Hardwood Market.
(By HABDWOOD RCCORD Exclusive Market Beporters.)
Chicago.
'I'iu'U' is no gainsayiuj; the fact tlial i Ih' local
hardwood trade is iiuiet. Ilowevoi*, [i rices on
sni.li stoek as is moving are heing well main-
tained. This is not an nnexpeoted condition lo
materialize in Chicago at this season, and in
tact the trade is much better than i1 was at a
corresponding pei-iod last year. The furniture
manufacturers, who consume a large quantity
of hardwoods locally, have been too busy in sell*
ing goods for the last month to pay much utten-
lion to supidementing their lumber stocks. There
IS every indication, however, that this consuming
demand will be large during the fall. The in-
terior finish and flooring people are buying with
considerable freedom to keep up with the im-
mense demand on their plants. There is a strong
(.all for freight and passenger oar material not
only IrHaMy but in all parts of the country, (m
which ('hicago dealers are realizing a yovy hand-
s(Mui' trade.
Boston.
In the local hardwood market the demand is
not attive. The majority of yards iu this vicin-
ity are fairly well stocked and in some instance.s
consuming manufacturers are carrying larger
stocks than the (U'dinai-y yard. Prices generally
arc \\ell Iield. although buyers show no disposi-
tion lo purchase beyond their immediate wants.
Many are apparently holding off. expecting to be
able to obtain slight concessions. Although
the demand is quiet here now a good fall busi-
ness is confidently expected. Dealers report a
much better demand in other sections of the
country than in Xew England, and for this rea-
son salesmen are making more frequent trips
away from home than usual. The export de-
mand is moderate. Exporters state that foreign
buyers consider prices too high. Furniture man-
ufacturers, especially those who give tlieir at-
tention to office furniture, are very busy. A car
shortage is reported.
The demand f(u- plain oak. one inch, is quiet
aud offerings are slightly larger. Quartered oak
is in larger offering, but values are not mate-
rially easier. Black walnut is not in large offer-
ing and vahies are well held. Hrown ash is not
in as active request as it was. Maple flooring
attracts a fair volume of business. More demand
is reported from Xew Vork tiian from Boston.
\Vhitewocd moves in a moderate way with prices
steady. Cypress is steady.
New York.
A careful survey of local hardwood conditions
leaves no doubt but that the market is a little
off. not so m\ich as regards a falling off in con-
sumption as in the curtailment in buying. Con-
sumption is recognized to be about normal for
this season of the year, but as dealers and
manufacturers accumulated so much stock ear-
lier in the year they have ample supplies for
current wants.
On tlie other band, both manufacturers aud
wholesalers nuide equally sure provisions as to
supplying the trade, with the result that buyers
have been in receipt of late of more stock than
they could use or handle aud considerable stock
is reported being thrown back on the seller or
by special arrangement held up at shipping
jioints. This creates a very unsatisfactory con-
dition and increases the temptation to force
sales, aud it must be admitted that the past
fortnight has witnessed too much of a tendency
in the latter direction. It is generally believed
that the present situation will speedily adjust
itself with the current movement in consuming
channels and that by fall a brisk demand will
again assert itself. It is further agreed that
the local conditions in the respect ag noted
above do not reveal actual conditions in the
hardwood trade by any means, but are simply
local and due lo heavy jiurchases.
In such business as is offering chestnut in
the better grades and in common has the best
call. In fact, the demand is very active and
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HARDWOOD RECORD
stocks exceedingly scarce, with prices bullish.
Wholesalers report their ability to sell all they
can get.
Birch is also in fair call with dry stocks small
and prices firm. Plain oak has eased off con-
siderably and is reported slow. Quartered oak
and maple are very quiet and prices are easy,
roplar has also lost considerable and prices are
a bit shaky. Ash is firm and cypress holding
its own.
Philadelphia.
riuring the past fortnight mn.st of the whole-
salers professed to seeing a slight pick-up in
trade an<l a tendency to return to more rapid
buying. There has been quite an impetus in the
sale of oak, chestnut and poplar, and as these
woods are nearly always a barometer of the state
of market it can be .safely said that the rosy
views of some of the big firms in regard to a
quick picking-up in trade are correct.
The heavy movement that was manifest in
cypress some weeks ago is disappearing and al-
though there are considerable quantities of the
wood being sold the demand is not as great as
it was some time ago.
A satisfactory feature of the local market is
that the retailers are all extremely busy. Many
have been forced to take on extra wagons and
the rapid deliveries which tbe.v are making will
soon relieve the congestion under which they
have been laboring resulting from the extremely
lieavy spring buying. The yards have been buy-
ing more during the last fortnight and conditions
point to a quick resumption of fairl.v heavy
trade in the latter part of August and the first
of September.
Baltimore.
The hardwood ti'ade continues buoyant. Oak
I)lanks do not go forward in sufficient quanti-
ties to meet the expectations of the foreign
buyers, and the English trade journals have
lately fallen to criticizing American exporters
for what is represented as bad faith. It is as-
serted that the exporters are not shii)ping oak
planks in adequate quantities and are ignoring
their contracts. It is threatened that if this
state of affairs continues British consumers will
go to other countries for their oak planks, and
then the American exporter will simply be out
of business. It may be said, however, that Eng-
lish buyers never showed any particular par-
tiality for the American exporter and simply
bought American oak because it was not oul.v of
better grade than European, but, what was
equally important, the United States could fur-
nish oak enough to meet the British trade re-
(luirements. As to holding back shipments be-
cause of high prices at home, such is said not
to be the case. Exporters are merely unable to
get the stock and must wait for deliveries. The
absorption at home is large enough to take up
the output of the mills, and manufacturers are
of necessity slighting the exporters. The Ameri-
can railroads are buying large quantities of lum-
ber, and this helps to create an exceptional de-
mand.
Other woods, though not exactly scarce, find a
ready market and command high prices, the en-
tire range of values being very steady, though
it must be said that this is the uneventful sea-
son in the trade and a feeling of quiet prevails.
Poplar is holding its own exceedingly well at the
figures quoted some time ago. and chestnut, beech,
birch and other woods are also in active request.
Pittsburg.
For the midsummer period the hardwood mar-
ket shows a remarkably good front. With the
break in the carpenters' strike which occurred
last week more bills are coming forward to be
figured and this week the hardwood firms are
busier than for some time. Hardwood trade
was, however, held back less by the local strike
than the trade in hemlock and the pines, so that
the re.sajltant gain in business is not so large
proportionately. In general dealers are well
satisfied with the outlook and expect that the
market will show a noticeable improvement by
September 1. Building is six weeks behind
schedule in this city, and this alone is bound
to shove a good part of the hardwood business
into the fall and winter months when the struc-
tures recently started will be ready for finish.
The local yards after a long period of slack buy-
iug are beginning to stock up again and will
likely be good buyers from this time on.
Oak continues to lead. The scarcity of the bet-
ter grades is very noticeable, as is the demand
for bridge timbers and ties. The lower grades
are being picked over rapidly and a good part
of the stock sold at higher prices than prevailed
,Tune 1. The outlook for a good fall trade in
oak is the very best.
This month the other hardwoods are picking
up steadily in the Pittsburg market. Dealers
report a very good call for basswood, ash and
hickory, most of w'hich will go to the eastern
cities and towns. Birch, cherry and maple are
also in better call, the buyers being the furniture
and manufacturing firms of Indiana, Michigan
and Ohio. Chestnut, notably the better grades,
is moving a little better and poplar still shows
but little signs of weakening in price. The hard-
wood mills of western Pennsylvania and Ohio are
especially busy this month and find a ready mar-
ket for every stick they can cut as fast as it is
dry enough to shij). From the big plants in
West Virginia and Kentucky local firms are re-
ceiving reports that indicate a full run all
aroiuid aud no accumulation of stocks.
Buffalo.
The demaiul has kept up so well to this time
that very little falling off is looked for during
the remainder of the warm season. Those who
are in touch with the furniture trade are look-
ing for liberal fall buying and there is an in-
creased use of hardwood lumber in Buffalo.
I'rices are strong and there is no complaint of
narrow margins on the part of the jobbers.
Plain oak is going fast, so that some yards
report that it is in great part sold before it
arrives and needs merely to be assorted before
it goes out again. Some dealers still find
quartered oak moving rather slow, but that is
because it has to be held so much higher than
plain and also because there is birch and other
woods to take its place at a much lower price.
There is a generally better feeling in elm and
basswood. though some of the trade have not
tried to push these woods lately and do not get
much out of them. The maple trade is good,
with inch taking the lead, though flooring is
moving at a very good rate. Prices are firm.
Detroit.
The hardwood lumber market in lower Michi-
gan has developed nothing new that is of con-
sequence during the fortnight. The expected im-
provement in the price of thick maple has not as
yet appeared, and this class of stock is still in-
clined to drag. Inch maple continues to be
picked up closely by the flooring manufacturers.
The improvement in basswood noted a couple of
months ago seems to have worn itself out, and
this lumber is decidedly quiet just now. Soft
elm continues to be slow, and the small coun-
try mills are having quite an effect on the mar-
ket. The building boom in Detroit and vicinity
continues unabated, and the better end of birch,
red oak and other woods used for finishing pur-
poses is selling rapidly at good prices.
Saginaw Valley.
"The only weak commodity in the entire hard-
wood list." said a manufacturer here recently,
"is maple." It is purely a matter of overpro-
duction, there being more maple lumber manufac-
tured than the trade can take care of. It does
not affect some firms on this river who con-
tracted their entire output early in the year.
There should be united effort made to lessen pro-
duction until the demand catches up with the
supply.
Beech is siiowing more strength, with a good
demand. Birch is in slight demand, although
the prices hold up well. Maple is sluggish. Ash
is strong : all that is produced in this section
of the state 'sells readily. Considerable elm has
changed hands during the last ten days. Bass-
wood sells readily.
On the whole every dealer and manufacturer
in this section is pleased with hardwood condi-
tions and all express the opinion that the fall
business will be excellent.
Indianapolis.
Because the demand for all kinds of building
material continues excellent here hardwood lum-
ber is naturally in strong demand. Hardwood
dealers throughout the city report a satisfactory
trade .so far this year. The carpenters' strike
that continued from May 1 to July 1 had a de-
pressing effect upon business. This, however,
was not sufficient to make things at all dull.
Dealers in every line of building stuff say they
have never known a season when there was
more general building going on than now. Most
of it is being done in the city, but in all the
small towns there is a great deal, with the ma-
terial being purchased from our dealers. To
make the situation more gratifying, there is no
sign of a let-up in demand. This year promises
to be the best the building trade generally has
ever known. All of which accounts for the fact
that Indianapolis lumbermen are wearing the
smiles that wont come off.
Bristol.
Business in this section has picked up consid-
erably within the past two weeks, and while
there is a marked scarcity of several items
shipments are heavy and conditions are re-
garded by lumbermen as satisfactory. The
greatest scarcity of stock is in poplar. The
majority of lumbermen say that they cannot
secure enough poplar to fill orders. A large
amount of poplar and hardwood timber land
will be opened up all over this section by the
completion of the South & Western Railway,
which will extend through eastern Kentucky,
southwest Virginia, eastern Tennessee and west-
ern N'orth Carolina, and intersect one of the
richest timber belts in the South.
Minneapolis.
This is normally a dull season iu the north-
western hardwood trade. As far as the fac-
tory trade is concerned, that holds good, but
dealers who cater to retail yard business report
a lively demand. All sorts of yard stock are
being called for. Oak in good quantities and
fair amounts of rock elm and ash are being
moved to the retail yards and the small shops
and factories scattered over the northwestern
slates. Northern oak is on the market, but
going fast to this trade. Most of the hardwood
is going out in mixed cars. The factories are
holding off in their buying till they know for a
certainty about the crop returns this tall and
can predict fall trade. This does not apply
to the sash and door people, who have a great
deal of special work on band calling for hard-
wood, but are cleaning up old stock and only
buying for immediate needs. They know con-
siderable hardwood, especially birch, will be nec-
essary to fill their orders, but they are in no
hurry about buying. There is an abundance of
birch in the country and it is not selling very
well at present.
Cincinnati.
Business is keeping up remarkably well in this
market, considering the season. Principal buy-
ing interest is centered in plain oak. With dry
stocks at a low ebb and no relief iu store for
the immediate future, the market has exhibited
decided strength. Quarter-sawed white oak is
moving fairly well, but red is rather quiet. Ash
and cypress are in excellent request and chest-
nut occupies nearly as good a position. lied
HARDWOOD RECORD
37
gum and cottonwood continue in steady demand
and the market is in excellent sbape. Big deal-
ers in poplar report the market strong. OCEerings
are selling as fast as put up. Trade the last
two weeks has been from domestic sources. Most
dealers h.ive enough orders booked to cnrry thorn
through until fall
Chattanooga.
There has been little cessation in activity in
this vicinity since the early spring, the usual
dullness at this season not luiving materialized
as yet. I.uml)ermen here say that business is
better tlian is expected at this season of the
year and tiiere is only one thing that is worry-
ing them — the problem of dry stocks. 0r.Y stocks
are about as scarce as they have been at an.y
period within the past year. The river mills are
arranging to close down, and some have already
suspcn<led business because of the few loggiug
tides which have failed to bring down the usual
amount of logs this season. There is now, how-
ever, a tide on which will bring probably a mil-
lion feet of logs. The Emory river is rising and
the Tennessee is rising rapidly above Kingston.
There is also a rise in tlic Clinrh and I'owcll
rivers.
The demand for oak, poplar and chestnut is
strong and prices are holding their own. The
lower grades of poplar are-in luiusual demand.
The export mills are doing a good business,
shipping many grades of liardwoods to Great
Britain, Germany, Holland, Helgium and Den-
mark. Tile local mills furnish Great Britain
with a large supply of white poplar.
Nashville.
Little clutuge has l)een noted in llie local mar-
ket for the past two weeks. A very small supply
of low grade poplar is noticed and the better
grades are none too plentiful. This wood is now
quoted at prices that are higher titan ever
known here before. Some improvement is noted
In quartered oak. None of the dealers are over-
stocked with it, as has been the case in the
recent past. Inquiries for plain oak show little
It any decrease in spite of the summer season.
Prices remain quite tirm. All grades of chest-
nut are in strong demand and there is littfe
of it to be had. Many of the local lumbermen
are now taking their vacations, but good men
are left in charge. Building continues brisk and
the woodworking and interior tinisliing plants
are kfpt iiuite busy as a result.
Memphis.
Wliile there is no large amount of business
doing liere in hardwoods there is a steady run
of inquiries, more than the average for this time
of the year. A number of lumbermen are com-
menting on the improvement which has taken
place during the past two or three weeks. Prices
are generally well maintained. Production is
making better headway, but there is nothing
suggestive of an accumulation of stock that will
prove burdensome, especially wlien the present
broken condition of holdings is taken into con-
sideration. The export business is fairly good,
though there is some fear expressed that the
unsettled conditions in Russia ma.v again un-
favorably affect the export business in hard-
wood lumber.
Ash and cypress arc in excellent rp(|uest. and
prices are tirm. Tliere is not mucli of eitlier to
be had. wliicb, coupled witit the brisk demand,
is respousibit* for the strengtli displayed.
Plain oak continnes to seli well, with ratlier
more strength in white than red. There does
not appear to be any great quantity of either for
sale. Quarter-sawed white oak in live, six, seven
and eight quarter is selling very well, but there
is not much demand for other grades or descrip-
'tions of qttarter-sawed stock. Quarter-sawed red
Is dull in most directions, though some firms
are placing a little.
rottonwood in firsts and seconds is probably
not so active as it was a short time ago, and
prices in some quarters are said to be slightly
easier. In box boards, however, there is an ex-
cellent demand at very satisfactory prices. The
lower grades, which enter largely into box manu-
facture, if anything are the strongest feature of
ilie cottonwood situation. The call for these
grades is exceptionally heavy, with a scarcity of
tills class of material reported.
1!(m1 firsts and seconds gum is in good demand
ami prices are steady, while the lower grades are
tirm. There is a rapidly increasing demand for
low-grade gum in box manufacture and this is
largely responsible for the fact that the lower
grades are in better shape than the higher. One
luillion feet of low grade gum lumber has been
sold by a single firm during the past few days,
Willie a box manufacturer has placed fifty cars
of gtim box shooks. Clear sap gum apjjears to
be in only moderate request at unclianged prices.
Poplar is a fairly good seller.
New Orleans.
Tlie hardwood market here is practically un-
changed and no different conditions from those
wbicli prevailed two weeks ago obtain today.
'I'lie demand is not heavy : exports are light be-
cause the European markets are not taking very
much stuff and stocks are still short. Within
the next sixty days, however, these stocks will
be replenished and much better conditions are
looked for.
Rhinelander.
Trade in ^^■isl^»ustu liardwoods is very fair,
much better than it usually is in ,7uly, and all
wholesale firms are busy. With the exception
of birch, there is no overstock of lumber, nor any-
thing even approaching a full supply, and a
decided scarcity of rock elm and ash. Basswood
is selling well in a wide range of country, though
the bulk of it does not go east of Indiana or
west of Iowa. The common grades are in the
best demand, but firsts and seconds also sell well.
Birch is moving out about the same as usual,
although some of the best customers in the west-
ern states seem to be filled up for the present.
A new market is opening up for it in Indiana
and Ohio, as well as New York, and a good deal
of stock is going in that direction.
Soft elm crating stock is selling well, both for
lioxes and for buggy crates. The price on it is
strong. In fact, there is not a weak spot in the
liardwood line in Wisconsin. The fact is there is
not now enough hardwood lumber in Wisconsin
to last the trade, at present rate of consump-
tion, till new stock is dry next year.
Louisville.
.\t present the most active thing in a gener-
ally active market seems to be railway cross ties.
Car material continues quite active also, and
some orders have been booked lately at an ad-
vance of $1 over former prices. In poplar the
slowest item is No. 1 Common, and this is slow
only in comparison with other grades of poplar,
liecause there is really nothing slow on the hard-
wood list, and especially in poplar. No. 1 Com-
mon has been the uncertain factor in poplar so
long, however, that there still clings to it a
feeling cf more or less uncertainty as to what
it is going to do next, and those that have any
stock of it are letting it go sparingly and keep-
ing on the lookout for stiffer prices.
\Vhat is attracting most attention in this mar-
ket just now, however, is not the price and
a<*tive demand for liardwood lumber but tbc
scarcity and rapidly advancing value of bard'
wood stumpage. At times it seems as if liard-
wood stumpage values are going wild, but the
more one studies the situation the stronger be-
comes the impression that these higher values
are not only here to stay but in the course of
events will undoubtedly climb higher.
made to understand that present prices cannot
be reduced for some time to come, things would
be much better. Shippers are, however, much to
blame if they will insist on shipping large lines
on consignment ; it only means that prices will
have to come down.
Only recently a steamer brought 4o4 ash
logs, none of which had been sold befoi-e arrival,
and which are now being hawked about the mar-
ket and offered by brokers at prices which can-
not realize a profit when freiglit aiul all other
charges have been paid.
This is the kind of thing that enc<iurages con-
sumers to hold off from buying, and if shippers
will insist on doing these things they must pay
tiie consequences.
For several weeks hickory suffered from the
same cause, and to prove that the cause of the
weakening of price was the shipping of goods on
consignment it is only necessary to point to the
position of this wood : prices are back again at
the old figures, and if shippers had only obtained
orders before shipping there wotiid have been no
reason why they should not have obtained full
contract prices for the wood they have so ueed-
lessly sacrificed.
Oak, quartered and plain, is still in active re-
quest and stocks are low. Walnut is firm and
stocks low.
Other woods remain much as before, with
birch and maple slightly better. The recent
mahogany sales were well attended and bidding
active. Prices were firm and with a distinct
tendency to advance.
Edward Chaloner & Co.'s wood circular of re-
cent date states that on oak logs values are
steady and stocks only moderate : on wagon
jilanks firm prices may be realized if of first-
class character — stocks of this description are
very light. The import of elm has been fair,
with only small consumption and prices un-
changed. Of ash there has been a fair import,
but only a light consumption ; stocks are ample
and prices easier. Walnut logs of good to prime
quality and of good average size are in request
and obtain full prices : other descriptions sell at
moderate rates. Boards and planks of the better
grades realize fair prices. Satin walnut sea-
soned boards of good quality sell at fair prices.
Logs are not in request. For maliogany the de-
mand is fair. In the Cuban variety fine figured
wood is in good request, and for plain, straight
logs of large to medium dimensions there is a
steady demand. The logs of these descriptions
contained in the shipments offered by auction
during the past few months realized satisfac-
tory results, but a good proportion of the small-
sized wood was withdrawn. Stocks consist of
the unsold balances. In Taba.sco wood there is
a good demand for sound logs of medium to
large dimensions and shipments largely com-
posed of this class would sell at good prices.
There is almost no stock of this variety.
Liverpool.
Trade is considerably brisker with the turn
of the half-year, and if only consumers could be
Xiondon,
During tlie summer months the market here Is
generally slow, but at the present moment buy-
ers are declining to face the advanced prices
that are asked, the cabinet makers and other
lusers of hardwood lumber being in such a bad
way that they can hardly afford to pay the old
prices for woods, and the talk of higher prices
stops business. There has been a failure in this
city of one of the lumber dealers located here
antl well known in the States.
Satin walnut medium boards are asked for;
there is little demand for prime and not much
oft'ering. Oak, plain, IVi, L', 3 and 4 inch planks
are iu good demand and fair prices are being
paid. Walnut is in good request, but buyers
are not meeting sellers' views at the moment.
Whitewood is in fair demand in all grades :
culls are not plentiful and are realizing full
prices. Mahogany, the demand is not active,
but all wood offered at auction is sold at brokers'
liniils and should an increasing demand spring
up higlier prices must result.
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EMPLOYES WANTED.
WANTED.
Competent hardwood inspector and buyer,
familiar with rough wagon material. Good
job for right man. Address
"K. 46," care Hardwood Record.
WANTED.
Competent Ilardwoiid hnyt'r and shipper, fa-
miliar with sources of snpplv. Address
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OAK TIES WANTED.
Standard Wlj.ie. Itock and Burr OaU ties,
6"xS"xS' and 7' .\&" to l:;"xSV>'- Send descrip-
tion of what you have and price.
G. ELIAS & LlltO., 065 Kiii St., Buffaio, N. 1".
WANTED— DRY CYPRESS.
-Xn" and widiM-. s or !<)'- 1st ;nul I'uds,
selects, or st)und common.
.\.Niioi;i(AN i.r.Miiint & uva. Co..
rittsburg, I'n.
IN THE MARKET FOR
Wliiic Hale and Ash, Isis and Unds, 1" to
4" liiiclv. In" and up wide, lli to L'u feet l<mg.
Iliciioi-y. \i" and 12" and up, same dimensions.
Also tliin Bay Poplar. Stock sawed to order.
Regular supply wanted. Address
•KXl'dUTKlt." caie Il.VHllW(inl) Ktu-ORD.
WANTED— HARDWOOD LOGS.
200 M feet 28-inch and up White Oak logs.
200 M feet 12-ineh and up Walnut logs.
50 M ft. 12-inch and up Cherry logs.
C, L. WILLEY,
Blue Island Av. and Robey St., Chicago.
OAK.
We are in the market for plain sawed oak,
all grades and thicknesses.
P. G. DODGE & CO., 211G Lumber St., Chicago.
WANTED.
Locust, Bols D'Arc or Osage Orange and
Mulberry, log run. Write for specifications
and prices.
TUE PILLIOD LUMBER CO., Swanton, O.
WANTED— DIMENSION HICKORY.
Send for our specifications.
MUNCIE WHEEL & JOBBING CO.,
Muncle, lud.
SMALL HICKORY DIMENSION.
Plrst-class material from waste of wagon
stock. Sizes wanted furnished upon applica-
tion. L. T. La UAR, Oackettstown, N. J.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak ; also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and Piling of all kinds.
CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO.,
1213 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago. III.
TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE
HARDWOOD TIMBER LAND.
Weslorn Xorib Carolina. 1.4(;:; acres, dak.
Clicsluul, llick<iry. I'oplai-, Pine, etc.. cstimalcd
C.iiiMi.iiiMi ft. lumber. L'.diiii tons Chestnul oak
liark. .ss pnr acre. \V. M. PRATT. Marion, N.C.
FOR SALE.
;t..',."i(» acl-es ol' ijeor^ia hardwood, estimated
lo lul as follows :
s..siM).(i(iii feet White Oak.
.•!,."iCili.iMMl leet Hickory.
."i.."iCMl.ilillJ led Red Oak.
1.7."iU.CM)U feet White Ash.
High grade stock suitable fur wagon and
carriage manufacture.
."{'/■_. luiles from railroad; rivei- joins tra<-l.
'I'en years to remove tiuilier. ,\ddress
"H. H.," caie II.u:lPWniii> RKriiIlIi.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.
Common and better Hickory, 5,277 feet of
2W, 1.092 feet of 3" and 1,024 feet of 4",
dry, good qualitv.
LOVE, BOYD & CO., Nashville, Tenn.
FOR SALE.
One car clear Hickory cuttings, dry, l"xlVi!"
xlO" to 24", l"xiyo"x28" to 3(i".
Also 3.7IMI pieces dry second growtii .\sh,
1 's. "x:i 1 J "x2(!".
THE .1. A. & I). P. COOPER CO.,
Strutbers, (I.
FOR SALE.
One or two cars 1x1 Oak Squares, any
length, up to 31" long.
ALBERT R. KAMPF, Louisville, Ky.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
FOR SALE.
The only sawmill In Ripley, a towu of 3.000
people. Mill, sheds and all new. 20,000 feet
capacity. White Oak and Poplar. Price and
description upon request.
\V. B. JOHNSON, Ripley, Tenn.
WOODWORKERS,
Excellent opportunities for woodworking es-
tablishments are found at a number of points
on the North-Western line in the timber coun-
try of Wisconsin and Michigan. Parties deal-
ing in cooperage will be furnished with refer-
ence to sections where this bttsiness may be
conducted favorably. Address INDUSTRIAL
DEPARTMENT, CHICAGO & NORTH-WEST-
ERN RAILROAD, Chicago.
HARDWOOD TIMBER.
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Belt Route. Tracts ranging from
fire hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum, Cypress, some Ash,
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at very reasonable figures now — in
some cases at less than $1 per thousand stump-
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop-
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash bonus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for you.
E. W. LA BEAUME. G. P. & T. A..
COTTON BELT. St. Louis. Mo.
WANTED.
Party with small capital to take an active
inliTcst in well established handle and lumber
business. Entire output sold for four years,
l-'or ftirther information write or <-alI on
11. V. CLARKE. Okoloiia. Miss.
FOR SALE.
40.(100,000 feet of standing hardwood tim-
ber; liand sawmill of 35,000 feet daily capac-
ily. dry kilns, etc. ; plant located in liealtliy
lo'wn of 2,."iOu inhahilanls. Two i-aiiroad sys
tcuis. making low rale to all Iiardwood mar-
Ucis. Splendid oppi>rtunlty for party desir-
ing a itrolitable milling properly. Will be sold
lui stuuipage basis or Hal price Retiring part-
ner i-casou for desiring to sell.
■■|i. i; .'■ laic ,i,\ >i>ii RtxoiiD.
MISCELLANEOUS
FACTS FROM PRACTICAL MEN.
The Hardwood Record Is always In the mar-
ket for articles on any and every feature ol
the hardwood industry. It wants practical
statements of fact from practical men wh»
know how certain things can be done Id the
best way. Literary quality not essential. Lib-
eral pay for acceptable articles. Address
Editor Habdwood Record.
MACHINERY WANTED
AT ONCE.
If you are In need of macblnery — new or
second hand — a few lines in this column will
place your wants before those who have such
goods for sale. l*'or particulars address
IlAKDWooD Ubcobd, Chicago. 111.
MACHINERY FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
Mc(Tiffert Log Loader, used one year. Good
as new. Now in sei-vice and doing excellent
work on our proiterty in Wash ngton county.
.Miss. .\dtlress as below ttv Greenville, Miss.
('iniA(;<)Mississii'Pi land & lumber
CO..
First Nalional Hank liuildlng. Chicago. III.
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
RAILS AND LOCOMOTIVES.
All iiiuuiiii's iCr iinlusi rial lailway equip-
ment listed ht'fiHT "Kerord" readers will find
ready response.
M.\iM>\viiith IJKioitii. cliicnaro. III.
MANUFACTURERS
Contemplating eslabllshtng plants
In the West should take advantage
ol a location on
Chicago & North-Westem Ry.
which reachea Iho famous
WATER POWERS,
COAL FIELDS,
IRON ORE RANGES,
HARD AND SOFT
LUMBER DISTRICTS,
MINING DISTRICTS
of the West and Northwest, and
affords the best means of transport
tation to the marheta of the world.
FOR FURTHER PART ICULARS APPLY TO
MARVIN HUGHITT, Jr., E. D. BRIGHAM,
Freight Trajfic Manager, Gen' I Freight Agent,
GEO. BONNELL.
I nduBtrla I Agent,
^'^V5I3 CHICAGO.
40
HARD.AVOOD RECORD
NOBTHERIT HARDWOODS.
Ainerioan Lumber & Mfg. Compauy.
Aipiu Hardwood Lumber Company..
H.ibcock Lumber Company
Barnabj-, C. H
Ueyer. Knos & Co
Bliss & Vau Auken
Bnyne City Lumber Company
liriggs iS: Coojiim" Compauy
lirittingbum *t Young Company. . . .
Brnwnlef & (.'ompaiiy
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company
Cadillac Handle Compauy
Cheat Kiver Lumber Company
Cherry River Boom & Lbr. Company
Chivvis, W. K
Ciuciimati Hardwood Lumber Co....
Cobbs & Mitchell. Ine
Crosby & Berkley ("umpauy. The...
Crosby. C. P
Cummer, Dlggins & Co
Darling, Chas.. & Co
Davis. John K.. Lumber Company..
D'Henr &, Swain Lumber Company..
Dennis Bros
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company..
Dixon & Dewey
Duhlmeier Bros
Dulweber. John. & Co
Klias. C. & Bro
Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo..
lali. E. H
Flint. Erving & Stoner Company...
Freiberg Luniber Company, The. . . .
Fuller I<ui -Powell Hardwood Lumber
Company
General Lumber Company
iioldie. J. S
Haak Lumber Company
Haekley-Pbelps-Bonuell Company . .
Hayden, Harvey S
Heath -Witbeck Company
Holloway Lumber Company
Ingram Lumber Company
Jeuks. Robert H., Lumlier Comi)aiiy
Jones, G. W., Luniber Company....
Jones HardwcHjd Comimuy
Kampf. Albert R
Keith Lumber Company
Kelley Lumber & Shingle Ciunpany.
King ifc Bartles Lumber Company...
Leavitt Luniber Company
Lesh & Matthews liUmber Co
Liuehan Lumber Compauv
Litchfield, William K
r><jng-Kniglit Lumber Company
McCIure Lumber Company
Mcllvain. J. (Jibson, tk. Co
McLean. Hugh. Lumber Company...
MacBride. Thos.. Lumber Coinpajiy .
Maley. Thompson iS: Moffett Compan\
Maley & Wertz
Mart in-Barriss Company
JHller. Antbonv
Miller Brothers
Mitchell Bros. Company
Mowbray & Robinson
Muri)hy & Diggins
XJoola Lumber Company. The. . . .
Norman Lumber Company
North Shore Lumber Company....
North Western Lumber ('(inip:iny.
North Vernon Pninp & LuiniM-r Co
O'Brien. John. Land »S: Luniber Cm
Page & Landeck Lumber Company
Perrine-Armstrong Companv
Peters. R. G.. Salt &; Lumber Co.
Price. E. E
Uadina. L. W., & Co
Richmond. Park it Co
Rumbai-ger Lumber Company
Hyan & McParland
Sailing. Hanson &. Co
Scatcherd & Son
Sobofield Bros
Schultz Bros. & Cowen
Simmons Lumber Company
Slimmer. J.. & Co
Soble Brothers
] jidVertisers' TXrectory
Southern Oak Lumber Company lu
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co 55
Stephenson, The I.. Company 12
Stewart. I . N. . & Bro 55
Stimson. J. V 54
Sullivan. T.. & Co 55
Tegge Lumber Company
Turner, A. ftL. Lumber Company 9
Upbam & Agler S
Van Keulen & Willsinson I-umber Co.. 51
Vollmar & BeloAv 48
Wa^staff. W. J
Ward Lumber Company 11
Wenlworth. Chas. S.. & Co 7
White Lumber Compauy 10
White. W. H., Company 50
Whitmer. Wm., & Sons. Ine G
Wiborg & Hanna Company 53
Wiggin. H. D *
Willson Bros. Lumber C'ompany !)
Wisconsin Timber & Lumber Co 11
Wlstar. Underbill & Co _"
Yeager. Orson E 55
Young & Cutsingei- 54
Young, W. D., & To , . 12
SOUTHERN HARDWOODS.
Advance Lumber Compauy 4!t
American Lumber Company 47
American Lumber & Mfg. Company... It
Anderson-Tully Company 4
Atlantic Lumber Company I
Bacon-Nolau Hardwood Company 4
Beck. E. E., Lumber Company 53
Beyer, Knox & Co 55
Black, F. W., Lumber Company 11
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
Brown. Geo. C. & Co >^
Brown. W. P.. & Sons. Lumber Co 2
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 55
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company 12
Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co 1
Chi<uco Veneer Company 40
Chivvis, W. R 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co 53
Coleman. J. S.. Lumber Company 47
Crandall & Brown 1 1
Crane, C, & Co y*
Crosl)y & Beckley Company, The
Cvpress Lumber Company '*-
Darling. Chas., & Co U
Davis. Edw. L.. & Co 2
Davidson-Benedict Company I
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company 5!i
D'Henr & Swain Lumber Company... 54
Dierks Lumbt^r &. Coal Company 12
Dixon & Dewey
Duhlmeier Bros 52
Dulweuer, John, & Co 5.'{
Elias. G.. & Bro 55
Empire Lumber Company. Buffalo.... 55
Fall. E. H
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 52
Flint. Erving & Stmier Company M
Freiberg Lumber Company 5.'J
Fi-y-Bucbanan Lumber Company 47
Fullertou-Powell Hardwood Lumber
Company 5-1
Gay<iso Lumber Company 4
Garelson-Greason Lumber C<:mpany. . . 5
Hackley-Pbelps-Bonnell Company .^
Hafncr Manufacturing Company 5
Hamilton. J. V
Ileath-Witbeck Company 11
IIimnieR)erger-Harrison Lumber Co, . , 1
Indiana Lumber i'ompany S
Jenks, Robt. U.. Luml»er Company.... 4H
Jones, G. W.. Lumber Company 4S
Jones Hardwood Compauy 7
Kampf, Albert R 2
Keith Lumber Company 11
Kentucky Lumber Company 53
King & Bartles Lumber C<mipany 4S>
Lane-Wbite Lumber Company 46
Leavitt Lumber Company 12
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Company... 11
Linehan Lumber Company '.»
LiK'btield. Wm. E 7
Long-Knight Lumber Compauy ."14
Looiuis & Hart Mfg. Company
Love. Boyd & Co
Luehrmann, Chas. F,, Hardwood Lum
ber Compauy
McClure Lumber Company
.Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co ,
McLeau, Hugli, Lumber Company ... .
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Company
Martin-Earriss Compauy
Miller. Anthony ,. .
Miller Brothers
Nico'a Lumber Compauy, The
Normau Lumber Company
O'Brien. John. Land & Lumber Co...
Ozark Cooperage Comi)any
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company ....
Page & Landeck Lumber Company..
Price, E. E
Radina, L. W., & Co
Ransom, J. B., & Co
Uhubesky. E. W
Riclimond, Park & Co
Ritter. W. M., Lumber Company....
Roy Lumber Company
Kumbarger Lumlier Company
Ryan ik McParland
Scatherd & Sou
Schotield Brothers
.slimmer, J., & Co
Smith, W. E.. Lumber Company
Southern Lumber Company
Southern Oak Lumber Company
Standard Hardwood Lumber Company
Steele & Ilibbard
Stevens-Ealou Company
.Stewart, I. N., & Bro
Stimson, J. V
Stoneman-Zeariug Lumber Company..
Stotz Lumber Company, Ine
Sullivan, T., & Co
Swann-Day Lumber Company
Tliomas & Proetz Lumber Company..
Thompson, J. W.. Lumber Company.
Three States Lumber Company
Turner, A. M.. Lumber Company....
I'pham & Agler
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company....
Ward Lumber Company
Wentworth, Chas, S.. & ('o
White Lumber Company
\\'hitnier. Wm.. & Sons. Ine
WilnTix & Hanna Company
Wiggin. H. D
Willson Bros. Lumber Company
Wisconsin Timber & Lumber Co
Yeager. Orson E
FOFI.AR.
Advance LuintuT ( oiiipany 4'.>
AtiaiUic Lt.niber C(impany 1
Brown, W. P.. & Sons, Lumber Co... 2
Cheat River Luniber Company !►
Chicago Veneer Company 40
Crane. C & Co 53
Davis, Edw. L.. & Co 2
Davidson-Benedict Company 1
I)awkins. W. H., Lumber Co 52
Hayden. Harvey S
Kentucky lyumber Company 53
L' omis & Hart ilfg. Company
Ritter. W. M.. Lumber Company 55
l{ov Lumber Company 41
Rluibesky. E. W
Southern Lumber Company
Sicvens-E:it<in Company 7
Swanu-Day Lumber Company 6
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company... 5
Vansant. Nil'twn \: Co 55
VeiloW Pol.!:il- Llinibrl- i',,ni|.:iiiv . 55
COTTONWOOD AND GUU.
Anderson-Tully Company 4
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Comjtany 4
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 52
Hiuimelberger-Harrison Lumber Co. . . 1
Ldehrniann, C. F.. Hardwootl Lumber
Company 5
Ozark Cooperage Comipany 5
Paepcke-Leiclit Lumber Company 6
Smith, W. E.. Lumber Company 4
Sloneinan-Zearing Lumber Company. . 5
Stotz Lumber Company. Ine '. . . 2
Three States Luniber Company 4
CYPRESS.
Crandall & Brown \\
Cypress Lumber Company 52
Hafner Manufacturing Company 5
Lothman Cypress Company 5
Thompson. J. \\'., Lumber Company.. 4
KARDWOOB FZ.OORINQ.
Bliss & Van Aukeu 12
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company 12
Cobbs & Mitchell, Ine 3
Cummer, Digging & Co 3
Fenn Bros. Company 4
Forman, Thos., Company 7
Haak Lumber Company 51
Kerry \- Hanson Flooring Company... So
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co s
Pease Corapan.v. The 5-'.
Schultz Bros. & Cowen IC,
Stephenson, The I., Compauv 12j
Ward Bros 12
A\'ood Mosaic Elonring Companv 21
YoniiL'. W. D . .V- Co 12:
SAW MZI.I. MACHinERT.
Mershou Company, The I
Phoenix aianufacturing Company 46
WOODWORKING MACHINERY
A[iicri<an Wn.,,! Woikiiig Machinery \
I omiiaiiy 4J
Berlin Machine Works, The
Letianee Machine Works 42
Ober Mfg. Company. The 49
Scbindler. A, J 4o
Smith. H. B., Machine Company
VENEER UACHINERY.
Coe .Alanufat tnring Ciuiipany 45i
I.OGGING MACHINERY. i
Clyde Iron Works 4i;
Lidgerwood ilanufacturing Company.. 4;-
Overpack. S. C 5(1
Itnssel Wheel \- Foundry Company..-. 47!
DRY KII.NS AND BI.OWERS i
.Mni-ti.n Dry Ivilii (■.■Trip. my 4'
LUMBER INSURANCE.
Adirondack Fire Insurance Company.. ]
Lumber Insurance Compan.v of New
York ]
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany, Boston ]
Lumber Underwriters
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual
Fire Insurance Company
Rankin. Harry. & Co 3i
Toledo Fire vS; Marin.- In-^uraiice Co..
2 *5AWS. KNIVES AND SUFFl^IES
Atkins. E. C, & Co A'
Champion Saw Company 42 & 4t
Hanchett Swajie Works 4t
Shimer. S. J,, A: Son-* . 4(
UISCEI.I.ANEOUS.
BarroU. H. C. & Co. . -
Childs, S. D.. & Co
r.acey. J. D & Co
Lumbermen's Credit Association.,
Pease Compan.v, The
Schenck. C. A.. & Co
Standard Audit Compan>
Chicago Veneer Company
(iNCORrOR.MKD)
BURINS! DE, KIEISTLJCKY
Bored Poplar Posts lor Porch Columns
66 to 96 INCHES LONG, 8 and JO INCHES DIAMETER
Write us for Prices and Particulars
HARDWOOD RECORD
41
NoveltiesforAdvcrtiscrs
FOBS, POCKET PIECES,
BUTTONS.
LETTER OPENERS. SCARF PINS,
TRAYS. ALUMINUM GOODS,
PAPER WEIGHTS.
MLL INEIA/ IDEAS
Send us 50c .and we will send vou a
IScaulilul \\ ntth Fob
S. D. CHILDS & CO.
200 Clark Street, CHICAGO
WALNUr.
OAK,
ASH,
POPLAR.
^' %
^ You want to reach Buyers of
% FURNITURE LUMBER *
I The HARDWOOD RECORD
i> —
will do it (or you.
seeee*$iee«$:eesses€S€s«€
<^^lX
Save Your Money
By Using the
RED BOOK
Published Semi-Annually
in January and July
It contains a carefully prepared list of the
buyers of lumber in car lots, both amongr
the dealers and manufacturers.
The book indicates their financial stand-
ing and manner of meetinp obligations.
Covers the UNITED STATES and MANI-
TOBA.
The trade recognizes this book as the au-
thority on the lines it covers.
A well organized Collection Department
is also operated and the same is open to you.
WRITE FOR TERMS.
Lumbermen's Credit Association
Established 1878
MOS Great Northern Building. CHICAGO
16 Beaver Street. : NEW YORK CITY
MENTION THIS PAPER
Locations for
Industries
ON
THE ERIE, THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Erie Railroad System's ludustrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise with man-
ufacturers of specific products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable information, so as
to promote permanent traffic, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Railroad Company
II Broadway, New ^ork
HARDWOOD
TIMBER
There is no section with so fine and
large a supply of hardwood timbers
of various kinds left for the lumber-
men as that portion of the South in
Alabama, Georgia. Kentucky. Missis-
sippi, Norlh Carolina. South Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia served by the
lines of the
Southern Railway
and
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
There are oak. poplar, hickory, gum.
cypress, ash, elm. buckeye, balsam,
spruce, chestnul, and other varieties.
There are also available pine lands.
These timber resources and many
other important features bearing on
the cost of manufacture and market-
ing Rive special advantages and oppor-
tunities for EVERY KIND of WOOD
USING INDUSTRY. We have infor-
mation about the best locations in the
country at towns in these States and
in Southern Indiana and Southern
Illinois, which will be given if request-
ed. All correspondence in regard to
timber lands or factory locations Trill
be given prompt and confidential at-
tention. Address your nearest agent.
M. V, RICHARDS.
Land and Industrial Agent,
Washington, D. C.
CHAS. S. CHASE, Agent,
622 Chemical Building,
St. Louis, Mo.
M. -\. HAYS, Agent,
225 Dearborn Street,
Chicago, III.
Hardwood Board Rules
FOP HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN
Best Goods, Prompt Shipment
Send your orders to the HARDWOOD RECORD, 355 Dearborn Street
FRAMES
FOR HARDWOOD RECORD
SUPPLEMENTS
Complete with backing, but without the glass, made
from Flemish Oak. are to be had delivered by ex-
press, charges prepaid to any point east of the
Missouri river, at 50 cents each ; or at the Hard-
wood Record office, at 30 cents each. Prepay orders
with two-cent stamps or postal notes, addressed
Hardwood Record, 3 55 Dearborn Street. Chicago
42
HARDWOOD RECORD
"DEFIANCE" WOOD -WORKING MACHINERY
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
HIGH GRADE TOOLS
^ FOR MAKING ^
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops,
Wagons, Carriages,
Rims, Shafts, Poles,
Neck-Yokes,
Handles, Bobbins, Spoob,
Insulator Pins and
Oval Wood Dishes.
NECK-lfOKE AND SINGLE-TREE LATHE
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
— Send for 500 Page Catalogue
32" VARIETY TURNING LATHE
KNIVES
A man who has been in the presence of angels discloses the fact
by his action : Just one reason for our talking good machine
[^ knives, good veneer knives or knives of any kind that do good work.
CHAMPION SAW COMPANY,
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
. . THE . .
McGIFFERT LOG LOADER
^11!
m Va
^^^ms?!;^ts
has loaded as high as a quarter of a million feet of
logs in eight hours, and here are a few reasons why il
was possible; Being self propelling it can move itself,
lis loaded cars, and spit its own empties, all on the same
track. (saOes SVi^'ttching) Con^ruaed entirely of
^eel, very powerful, it ^ands "crowding" and handles the
large logs as rapidly as the small. It saOes money
and repairs. Being simple m operation and of
few levers the engineer has absolute control at all
times without changing his position, and can
handle the logs as rapidly as the men
can hook them. saOes time
Our catalogue clearly illu^rates
and explains many other
good points.
Manufa(51ured by
CLYDE IRON
WORKS.
Duluth,
Minn.
HARDWOOD RECORD
43
New Type of Combined End Matcher
SAVES 20 PER CENT. TIME, COST AND LABOR.
USED BY THE LARGEST FLOORING CONCERNS.
Write for particulars to
A. J. SCHINDIER, 441-443 W. 21st Street, CHICAGO
LIDGERWOOD MACHINES
WILL STOCK YOUR MILL
SKIDDERS
SNAKERS
YARDERS
LOADERS
PULL BOATS
CABLEWAYS
LIDGERWOOD MFG, CO.
96 Liberty St., New York.
NEW ORLEANS ATLANTA SEATTLE
ilAPPr
ATKINS
SILYEE-STEZL
'W/^'rV^
SAWS
are happy saws all the way round. They run easier, cut
faster, and go longer without sharpening than any other
A PERFECT SAW FOR EVERY PURPOSE.
YOUR JOBBER HAS THEM OR WRITE US.
E. C. ATKINS (^ CO.. Inc.
THE SILVER S T K E I. S AW PEOPLE
HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY, INDIANAPOLIS, U. S. A.
Branches : Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York City, New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto.
44
HARDWOOD RECORD
AmericaLn.
^ No. 200. Automatic Knife Grinder with Pump Attacliment, for
Wet Grinding, when desired.
^ A strictly Automatic Machine in every particular.
^ Place the Knife===Set the Machine===lt will do the rest.
Investigate
American
Woodworking Machinery Co.
New Orleans
CKicago
New York
HARDWOOD RECORD
45
The Coe Knife Grinder
was designed for ths finest grinding
and most exacting service. It is
built on new lines and has com-
pletely overcome the objections to
other grinders. The knife is held
rigidly while the stone travels back
and forth. There is no chance for
vibration, conse-
quently no un-
evenly ground
knives. Fntirely
automatic in ac-
tion, no ropes or chains. All mov-
f.ig parts operated by cut steel
gears, noiseless in operation, will
grind straight or hollow bevel.
Feeds I-JOOO to 4-1000 for each
travel of the stone, very heavy and
compact, occupying small floor
space. Made in seven sizes to
grind up to 168 in.
It is fully described in our
catalog No. 5, which we will be
glad to send to interested parties.
The Coe Manufacturing Co. ^^i^^ Painesville, 0.
46
HARDWOOD RECORD
LANE- WHITE LUMBER CO.
OAK. ASH AND WALNUT T"?^ r'r4\T;T>r«r?C ALWAYS IN THE MARKET
OIBSPECIALTY liaXUWUUUO 1 OR WALNUT LOOS
MAIN OFFICE AND BAND MILL at FORT SMITH, ARK.
The only trade paper reaching all classes
of hardwood consumers
HARDWOOD RECORD
355 Dearborn St., Cbicago
Ten per cent
More Profit
The profits of a saw mill
can reitdily be increaeed ten
per cent by using a band mill
instead of a rotary. The
price of tbii; mill with etx
foot nheels for saw3 eipht
inches wide is readily within
the reach of all. It cuts
smooth and perfect lumber
and has a capacity of 25,000
feet to 35.000 feet per day. It
runs with less expenditure of
power than a rotary and puts
only half as much of the log
into saw dust as does the
circular saw.
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
Best of All. Fig. 202 and Fis. 203.
The Shimer Cutter Head
Is within the Reach of
Every Flooring Maker
No reason why any man in the business should follow "out-of-date''
methods with his cast iron blocks and straight knives when the actual
■■fit and try'^ of it is automatically arranged for in the construction of
The Shimer Circular Cutter and alternate seat clearance feature. YOU
S.WE THE TIME-THE WORRY-THE .\NNOYANCE necessitated
by iiand fitting, hence you have sometliing to gain in the adoption of
the only tools that have developed b.v dehberation and forethought to
keep pace with the growing needs of the trade.
AND THEY GO TO YOU ON TRIAL
for thirtyTdays— returnable if unsatisfactory— when you send us care-
fully taken measurements of your machine. Send for question blank
and full particulars. ^ Address
SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS,
MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA
I tell you, Mr. Mill Man, there
is merit in these saws. De=
pendable stuff that is made
right, will work right, and
last the life of good saw ma=
terial.
CHAMPION SAW CO.
BEAVER FALLS. PA.
UP=TO=DATE
Hanchett Automatic Band Saw Sharpener
This is one of our full line of mod-
em filing room machinery. Let us
send you our new Catalogue No. 10.
HANCHETT SWAGE WORKS
BIG RAPIDS. MICH.
HARDWOOD RECORD
47
EASTERN TENNESSEE— WESTERN NO. CAROLINA
ASHE.VILLE.
KNOXVILLE.
BRISTOL
On the Spot
We are located right in the heart of this uiaun-
tain country producing the best hardwoods in
existence.
We are headquarters with ample stock, and
can interest you both as to assortment and
price. Write us.
American Lumber Company
ASHEVILLE. N. C.
Fry=Buchanan Lumber Co.
INCORI'ORATIHD.
Manufacturers ^"i Wholesalers
Hardwood Lumber
Choicest Varieties. .". Full Grades.
POPLAR SQUARES
A Specialty.
Asheville, N. C.
All Lumbermen, Attention!
We do what you can't do.
We measure your stumpage correctly.
We make your maps correctly.
Bank references: A.sheville, N. C.
L. A. OChenCk ^ LO. Nor?h"ca°ro1ina.
Vestal Lumber & Mfg*Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
of all kfnd» of
HARDWOODS
BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY.
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES
FOR DELIVERING.
Knoxville
Tennessee
HARDWOODS
From the famous Asheville district.
Superior in qualitj^ manufacture and
gradings. For stock list and prices,
address
J. S. COLEMAN LUMBER CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
The Morton Dry Kiln
MOIST AIR SYSTEM
Recording
Ther-
mometers.
Transfer
Cars.
Trucks.
Canvas
Doors.
HOW TO DRY LUMBER.
As exeinpliiif-ti in onr Catalog J>. Free on application.
MORTON DRY KILN CO., Chicago, Ills.
RUSSEL WHEEL & FOUNDRY COMPANY
Builders of
Logging Cars
'"' Logging
Machinery
.^RE ALWAYS PLEASED TO
HAVE OPPORTLNITY OF
POINTING OUT ADVAN-
TAGES OF THEIR
EQUIPMENT.
Detroit, Mich.
48
HARDWOOD RECORD
WISCONSIN
WHE-RE THE FINE,ST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GRAND RAPIDS. WISCONSIN
Saw and Planing /Vlill at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis., on Soo Lines.
write: for ovr prices on
THREK INCH FLOORING
I car Clear Plain Red Oak
I car Factory Red Oak
3 cars Clear Birch
1 car Factory Birch
H car Clear Red Birch
3 cars Common Maple
1 car Factory Maple
LIMBKR
2 cars log run Hard Maple
HIKCH
2 cars 1'' Com. and Bet. Curly Red
2 cars Com. and Bet. Red
1 car IK. 1!-^. 2" Curly
2 cars VA, 1'.6. 2" Com. & Bet. Red
1 car 2" Plain log run
1 car2J-i and 3" Plain
QUARTER SAWED RED OAK
2 cars 1 % and VA" Com. and Bet.
14 tar l^i and 2" Com. and Bet.
NORTHERN STOCK
Hemlock
Birch
Basswood
Rock Elm
Soft Elm
Ash
Oak
SOUTHERN STOCK
Quartered White and Red
Oak
Plain White and Red Oak
Sycamore
Poplar
Cypresi
Gum
PAGE & LANDECK LUMBER CO.
Weirs BuUdIng
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
VOLLMAR & BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood, Birch
and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
North Western Lumber Co.
I General Offices : EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
Mills at STANLEY, WIS.
BAND SAWED
Wisconsin Hardwoods
CAREFUL G RADINGS, PROMPT SHIPMENTS
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
Scars l>/i" to2' Scoot Hardwood. !^ car 2" 1st and 2d Clear Basswood.
1 car 1'^" No. 1 Common Basswood. Large stock No. 2 Common Birch.
1 car V:" 1st and 2d clear Basswood, Large stock No. 3 Common Birch,
C. p. CROSBY
RHINELANDER : : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from 1 inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin, Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak. : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
Special Attention
Is culled ti) the following, and to the <'!ose prices made on same upon receipt
of vour inuuiries
50M II. 2" Com. and Bel. Plain Birch 50M II.
80M II. 2'." Com. and Bel. Plain Birch 30M II.
lOOM II. I' IsIs and 2nds Plain Birch 30M fl.
I50M II, I" No. I Com. Plain Birch lOOM II.
I2H it. 2" Uls and 2nds Red Birch ISOM II I
200M ll. 2" Com. and Bel. Hard Maple lOM II.
.\bove is all cut trnm choice Wiscon- 75M ll.
sin timber, is bone dry and well manu- 150M II.
tactured. Abov
2" Bridge Plaak
I'." No. 2 Com. < Bet. Hickory
I !4" No. 2 Com. 4 Bel. Uicborr
I" Com. 4 Bel. Plain Red Oak
" Com. 4 Bel. Qld. Red Oak
I" No. 3 Com. 4 Bet. Walnut
IL" No, 2 Com. 4 Bet, Elm
I" No, 1 Com, Red Gum
e is choice Southern stock.
In addition to the foregoing, we have full stocks of Basswood, Birch and
Soft Elm and a full selection of Red and Sap Guin. We guarantee our
grades to be made strictly in accordance with National Hardwood Associ-
ation rules of inspection.
G. W. JONES LUMBER CO., AppletoiuWis.
John R. Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN
The Leading Manufacturers
Wisconsin Hardwoods
"SH AKELESS" HEMLOCK and WHITE CEDAR PRODUCTS
NOW READY
4/4 No. 1 COMMON AND BETTER BIROH (RED IS)
4/4 No. 1 COM MON A ^ D BETTER HARD MAPLE
4/4 No. 3 COMMON AND BETTER BLACK ASH
Write for our Price Lists Mixed Cars, Even Grades
and Stock Sheets "^ Prompt Shipments
BRITTINQHAM & YOUNG CO.
Hardwood Lumber
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
MADISON,
WISCONSIN
Send us a list of your wants.
No trouble to answer correspondence.
HARDWOOD RECORD
49
i"^ f 1"^ "\ 7 TH ¥ A TN.T F^
OLL^V LiLArSU
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTtR OF NORTHERN OHIO
We Solicit Inquiries
FOR THE FOLLOWING:
3 cars 1x4" Clear Birch Strips
3 cars 1x5" and 6" Clear Birch Strips
1 car 3" No. 1 Com. and Better Birch, unselected
1 car 1" Ists and 2nds Curly Bed and White Birch
3 cars 1x4" Clear Basswood Siding Strips
3 cars 1x5" and 6" Clear Basswood Siding Strips
The King & Bartles Lumber Company
1955-2025 Scranton Road N. W.. Cleveland, Ohio
The Martin-Barriss Company
Importers a.nd Ma.r\\ifacturers
MAHOGANY
ak.nd Fine Ha.rdwood
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
Ihe Advance Lumber Co.
R^keww Bidg. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Memphis Office, No. !>6 Randolph Building.
J. E. MEADOWS, Mgr.
THE
ROBERT HJENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE,
60 M led I" Isl and 2ds Poplar
223 M feet 1" No. 1 Common Poplar
I2S M Iee( 1" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 M feel 2" Isl and 2nd Poplar. 14" and up
125 M [eel 8 4" Sound Wormy Cbeslnul
275 M feel I" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
153 M feel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M feel i" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M feel 1" No. I Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red OaK.— We have a good assort-
ment of dry stock, y% 104 inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red OaR.— A limited amount of nice
stock, ready for shipment.
This is a cut of the No. 10 OBER LATHE for Turning Fork, Hoe,
Rake, Mop, Broom and Ice Hook Handles, Pike Poles, Trolley Poles,
Tent Poles, Curtain Poles, Chair Bows, Dowels, Rods and similar work.
Simple, Strong, Durable,
Economical
We also manufacture other Lathes for making Spokes, Handles, and Variety
Work, Sanders, Shapers, Boriii); and Chucking Machines, etc., etc. Com-
plete Catalogue and Price List Free.
THE OBER MFG. CO., No. 28 Bell St., CHAGRIN FALLS, 0., U. S. A.
50
HARDWOOD RECORD
l\./l ¥ f^ I— i ¥ i^ A IN-T
ivv iC/iiiLj/\rN
FAMOUS FOR HARD MAPLE AND GRE.Y £. L M
W. H. WHITE, Pres.
JAS. A. WHITE. Vice-Pres.
W. L. MARTIN, Secy.
THOS. WHITE, Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocR Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White Rock Maple Flooring.
Michigan Logging Wheels
standard
for a
Quarter
Century
Cheap and easy logging.
Write for circular tt prices
S. C. OVERPACK MANi.Ti^E,
MICH.
SALLING, HANSON & CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Michigan Hardwoods
GRAYLING, BI I C H K; A N
DROWNLEE
DETROIT
&C
OMPANY
MICHIGAN
Our Bargain Counter:
BASSWOOD SOFT ELM
4-4 to 8-4 6-4 log- ran
12-4 No. 1 Common
BIRCH HARD MAPLE
4-4 No. 1 and 2 Common 12-4 No. 1 Common
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES,
DETROIT, MICH.
HILLS AT: Heaters, W. Va. Valley Bend. W. Va. Diana, W. Va. FarkersbnrC
W. Va. McNult Sidine, W. Va.
"Chief Brand"
Maple Flooring
Will commend ilself to you and your trade on
its merits alone. ^ Comprises all the features
desirable in ffood flooring. ^ Madeby the latest,
most approved machinery methods and best
skilled labor. •; We believe we can make it to
your interest to handle our "Chief Brand"' and
will appreciate your inquiries.
Kerry 4 Hanson Flooring Co.
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN
JULY STOCK LIST
k
2
II
3
4
1 i
vi
2
25i
MAPLE
in. 2,000,000 ft
" lOO.OOO "
" 400,000 "
" 1,000,000 "
" 20O.O00 "
" 600,000 "
" 500,000 "
400,000 "
BEE.CH
600,000 ft.
260,000 "
400,000 "
100,000 "
300,000 "
BIRCH
BASSWOOD
1
in. 500,000 ft.
1 in.
300,000 ft
IV,
100,000 "
1"^ "
30,000 "
2
100,000 "
60,000 "
■^•^
" 50,000 "
2 "
75,000 "
3
" 75,00O "
3 "
4,000 •'
ROCK ELM
2
in. 25,OO0 ft.
GRAY ELM
2-4
60,000 "
1 in.
300,000 ft
WHITE MAPLE,
154 "
200,000 "
End Filed
3 "
200,000 "
1
in. lOO.OOOft.
ASH
IV,
'• 20,000 "
2
50,000 "
1 in.
600,000 ft.
KELLEY LIBER & SHINGLE CO., Traverse City, Mich.
• HARDWOOD RECORD
SI
M
I C H I
JS FOR RED BIRCH
u
AND
A
BASS
N
F AMO I
WOOD
BIRCH
This is our specialty. We are in the heart of the best Birch
section. Have pood stock, Common and better,
4-4, S-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, and 16-4.
Let us figure with you.
Simmons Lumber Company
SIMMON.S, MICHIGAN
McCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main OlUces, DETROIT. MICH.
Mills, : EUTAW. ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars 2" Red and White Oak 2 cars 2" Black Ash
3 cars 2", 2W, 3" and 4" White Ash 10 ears 1" to 4" Dry Hard Maple
2 ears 1" 6, 4 White Ash 5 cars 1" Log Run Birch
1 car 6 4 and S 4 Hickory
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
===^^^ FOR SALE BY ====^^=
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE. MICHIGAN
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
MiinufacturiTB and WbolesaltTs of
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Complete Stocks of Michigan Hardwoods — Maple, Beech, Birch, Elm,
Ash and Basswood for sale.
Grand Rapids, ; : : Michigan
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGE CAPACITY PROMPT SHIPME.XTS RAIL OR CARGO
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac, :: Michigan.
SPECIAL PRICES on 500M pieces
1" to 3" Maple Squares 16" to 27" lont;
I" to 3" Soft Elm Lumber.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED FOR MICHIGAN LUHBEB.
OUR MAPLE FLOORING
is as near perfection, in every particular, as it is
possible to make it, for we personally supervise
every step in its manufacture, from the stump to
the shipping of the finished product. Our prices
will interest and a trial convince you. : :
HAAK LUMBER COMPANY
HAAKWOOD, MICHIGAN
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Main Office, Hichigao Trust Company Building
GRAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN
DENINIS BROS
GRAND RAPIDS, : : :
MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD LUMBER (by water or rail)
"NATIONAL" MAPLE & BIRCH FLOORING
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN THE FOLLOWINQ:
300M feet 4 4 Log Run Birch
186M feet 5 4 Log Run Birch
1 Cars 4No. 1 Com. Birch
1 Car 1 4 Clear Birch
50M feet 4 4 No. 1 Com. Sap Birch
40M feet 4 4 No 1 Com. Red Birch
All thicknesses and grades Hard Maple
15UM feet 5 4 Log Run Beech
2 Cars 4 4 No. 3 Com. Cherry
Main Office :
205-209 Micfiigan
Trust
Company
Building
Thos, MacBride Lumber Company
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HARDWOODS
IN MICHIGAN
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
52
HARDWOOD RECORD.
y^ ¥ 1^ T 4^"^ ¥ TW T 1V. T A fX^ ¥
c^irNt^irNiNA I 1
THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD
Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
"BUY GUM" ^
We are in the market to buy
Dry Gum Lumber in any
quantity, from a single car
load to a million feet. Will
take all grades and thick-
nesees. We receive lumber
at shipping point, pay I'asb
and are liberal in incpection.
THE FARRIN-KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General Office. Yards.
Planing &Ii11b, Dry Kilns.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Purchasing Office,
Randolph Building.
Memphis, Tenn.
Cypress Red Gum Oak
FRAMES,
SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS.
COLUMNS. GLASS,
STAIRWORK.
INTERIOR TRIM.
PAINTS,
BUILDERS' HARDWARE,
MANTELS. ETC.
LARGE CINCINNATI FAC-
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak, Yellow Poplar,
Yellow Pine. Walnut, etc. Mills in Tenu., Ala. and Va.
OFFICE AND YARDS. GEST AND DALTON AVE,. CINCINNATI, OHIO.
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
The Farmer in the
Southwest Prospers
Because he pays from $8 to $15 an acre for
land that produces as good crops as land in
Illinois and Indiana which sells for $75 to $100
an acre. The mild climate gives him earlier
crops and the short winter makes stock-raising
less expensive.
You have the same chance to prosper
that is being taken by hundreds of the north-
ern and eastern farmers.
Write for free copies of our illustrated
books on Texas and Oklahoma.
Low rates to all points in the Southwest
on the first and third Tuesdays of each month
via
FRISCO
CHICAGO ®> EASTERN ILLINOIS R.
W. H. IUCHARJ)SON, G. P. A., Chicago, III.
R.
Wood Working Plants
Manufacturers seeking locations for Saw
Mills, Stave and Heading Factories and
other Wood Working Plants in the Cen-
tral Southern States, can secure full and
accurate information as to Sites, Timber
Tracts, Fuel, Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressing
Q. A. PARK, General Immigration and Industrial Agent,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Industries are Offered Locations
WITH SATISFACTORY INDUCEMENTS, FAVORABLE
FREIGHT RATES,«GOOD LABOR CONDITIONS,
HEALTHFUL COMMUNITIES, ,on the lines of
The Illinois Central R. R. and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.
For full information ami descriptive pamphlet address
J. C. CLAIR.Mndustrial Commissioner, 1 Park Row, Chicago, III.
HARDWOOD RECORD
THE
MALEY,
THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always in tlic Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS,
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS,
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI
• • •
• • •
OHIO
WHAT HAVE YOU 1-OK SALE IN"
Red and White OAK Qtd. and Plain
ALSO POPLAR, CHESTNUT. WALNUT. ETC.
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO
Cash buyers for stock in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
C.lSr AND ST'MMKR STKHKTS
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers
Fini'l> II ^: II lid qtiaT'ttT smwimI oak vrneers a apeeialty.
WANTED
Oak
Walnut
Gum
Cottonwood
Poplar
White Pine
Hemlock
Yellow Pine
Will inspect at shipping point
when quantity justihes and
pay cash. Can use entire mill
cuts. Write us before selling
elsewhere. We can also handle
mixed cars of dressed stock.
Send us your list with prices.
Kentucky Lumber Co.
Suite .'jOS lust N'atioiiMl Bank Bldg.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Formerly of Buriiside, Ky.
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash Buyers
Poplar, Oak, Chestnut
And Other Southern Hardwoods
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES.
WE BUY MILL CUTS.
C. Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
,,, „ - 2.000.000 feet Dry OaH
W. Va. Spruce, 2,000.000 feet Dry Poplar
Pine and Elm I Mostly heavy stock. Quotations Solicited.
Poplar, Oak,
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore,
MILLS AND YARDS
CISCINNATI, 0.
VKAiaV CAPitiTT
1011,000,000 FT.
LONfl liILL STDFP
A SrUCIALTY
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Office:
1219 West Sixth Street
Yards:
Sixth Street, below Harriet
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
Manuf.icturers ■>!
Tabasco Mahogany-
Walnut, OaK
I'oplar, McLean and Findlay Avs.
CINCIN'XATI. o
L. W. RADINA 6l COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of
Wanted for cash— desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades,
Especially l!,{-inch stock, for immediate shipment.
=CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE =
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI, OHIO
PLAIN
AND
QUARTER
SAWED
CHESTNUT i
POPLAR S
GUM AND J
CYPRESS
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
54
HARDWOOD RECORD
^ INDIANA $
-WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW-
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart'rM White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak .
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet— Hardwood Specialties
FORT WAYNE. IND.
The largest Band Mill in Indiana.
J. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG. IND.
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
HARDWOOD RECORD
55
BUFFALO
THE GRE,AT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
T, SULLIVAN & COMPANY
Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
60 ARTHUR STREET
ORSON E. YEAGER
Specialties: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 ELK STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
office and Yards, 69 LEROY AVENUE
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
We want to buy for cash :
Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
518 RANDOLPH BI,DG., MEMPHIS, TENN. 940 SENECA STREET.
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN and QUARTERED OAK atid ASH.
1142 SENECA STREET.
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
95.5 TO 1015 ELK STREET
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STREET
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
893 EAGLE STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard, 1555 SENECA STREET Office, S86 ELLICOTT SQtIARB
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
1075 CLINTON STREET
L N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 ELK STREET
YELLOW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, lO-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Latli and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stock.
COAL GROVE, OHIO, U
A,
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
COLUMBUS, OHIO
6,000 Car Loads
Sawed and shipped yearly of band-sawed Yellow Poplar, White Pine, White Oak, Basswood,
Chestnut, Hemlock and Ash. Planing Mills and Dry Kilns. C. K you are in a hurry to get
your order placed, call our nearest salesman.
Salesman Headquarters Tcicphoni
Frprt A Wilson Portsmouth, Ohio Bell 4392
F E Eaton New York City, 158 W. 81st St Kiversitle 7390
Janie's B PaVtoii Buffalo. N. Y., Roekford Hotel Bryant 1335-R
A Wallace Irwin Baltimore, Md., Eutaw Hotel
Frank B Pryor Pittsburgh, Pa., 7th Avenue Hotel
E E Ginn Jamestown, Ohio Bell Phone
a' J " Williams Cleveland, Ohio, Eastman, Detroit St Ridge 593-R
L.'G. Anderson';!;:'.:'.'.'.'.!;:; IJ'^"^}^\P^]^° aw -,;■■■ ;<,•■■ sen 482
James H Lang Detroit, Mich.. Hotel Ste. Claire
W H M'atthias Chicago. 111., 1448 Addison St Lakeview 1493
Geo H. Huganir;;;;:;::;::;:;:;:.; phnadeipiua, Pa.. 901 n. 50th st.
F H Browning ' Columbus, Ohio Main 7874
W. f. Baker Graham, Va.
Vansant, Kitchen & Co.
Old- Fashioned
SOFT
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Ky.
5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK. SPECIALTY
NEW ASHLAND MII.I.
COPYRIGHT. A D 1906, BY THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
floMtfol RocoM
Eleventh Year. '
Semt-monthly . \
CHICAGO, AUGUST 10, 1906.
I Subscription $2.
\ Single Copiea. 10 Cents.
CHERRY
C . E LLOYD, JR.
Manager Sales
Grows in
West Vikginia
RIVER
Sold hy
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
Offices- Philadelphia, P«
LUMBER
tlimmellier^er'tldfrjson Lumber (o.
Red Gum
Specialists
Morehouse,
Missouri
A Great Mistake
To Be Without Our Policy.
PENNSYLVANIA LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.
923 Drexel Bldg.. PHILADELPHIA, PA.
RUMBARGER U U M B E R COMPANV
Ash.
1 .ar 4,4. little r> 4. some S/4. Xus. 1 &.
2 & No. 1 t'oiiimoii.
Basswood.
■;irs 4/4, lot' rim. l/'i <^'jn' 5/4. Idj; run
Beech.
i I ;irs 4/4. loK run; choice stock.
17 1 ars 4/4, lipfi run: woriny slock.
Birch.
"I curs 4/4. loj; iiin. 4 cars ."i/4. In^ run.
'.', t-nvH {i/4. loK rnii. \2 cars k/l. loy: run.
Cherry.
2.1 curs 4/4, loj; nni. *•• car .*n/4. Iok run.
*'li'l.(> wide sl<.ck. Will sell on trnulcs.
Cucumber.
■ ■ .irs 1,(. In- run.
Maple.
."i cjirs ii/4. Injj i-uu. !'► cars ((/4. loK run.
.i:i cflVB 4/4. loK run. n cars ,s/4, loj; run.
Chestnut.
5 cnrs 4/4. Xos. 1 A: 2 & No. 1 (.'oninion.
1 ciir 44 & .S/4. Xns. 1 & 2 and No. 1
■ ..niinon: li:ilf s, 4.
7 curs 1 4, sdUiirl \\<ii-niy.
2 cars U/4, souml worui.v.
Plain Red Oak.
IV, cars 4/4, Xns. 1 iV 2.
:{ <-ars 4/4. Xos. 1 vV: 2 & No. 1 Cum.
;; r-:.rs <;/4, Nos". 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
1 car 4/4 it .V4. Xos. 1 iV 2 and Xo. 1
comniou; half each thickness.
\'\^ car.** 4/4. No. I Common.
1 cur 4/4, No. 2 Common.
S I ars 4/4. lo;; run.
Plain Red and Wliite Oak.
1 car 4/4. Xos. \ He. 2.
:) cars 4/4. Xo. 1 ("(inimon.
Ntostly red oak. only small percent
white oak.
Plain White Oak.
1 car 4/4. Xos. 1 it 2 tt Xo. 1 Common.
Vii car 4/4, Xo. I Coiiiniou.
2 tars 4/4, Xo. 2 Common.
2 cars 4 '4. lot.' run.
Plain White and Red Oak.
1 <ar .",4. li 1 .V- s (. Xos. ! \- 2 \ Xo. 1
Ci;nininii; nir.sl ly W. l>. ..nb
percent 11. n.
1 oar s/4. Xos. \ iv 2 iV Xo. 1 Ci
mostly W. O., only smiill
R. O.
;j ears 4/4. lojf run; nmsily W. i
small percent U. O.
4 cars 4/4. No. 2 cniniin'ii. '- e;ii 1
oak and red oak.
Quartered Red Oak,
1 car 4/4. Xos. 1 A: 2.
I car 4/4. clear strips (narniw).
4 cars 4/4. No. 1 Citnimcin.
Quartered White Oak,
1 car 4,4, Nos. I .V- 2.
2 cars 4/4. cleai' stii|)s inarinu ),
9 cars 4/4. No. 1 CumnuuL
White Pine.
2in,000 ft. 4/4. lo^' mil.
MhtMHi ft. fi/4. loK run.
4«.4MlO ft. S/4. log run.
l.iHio.rKMi ft. 4/4 to S/4 S(.rted as Im
and widtlis; nai-;]! <ir wnrU^-d.
>■ small Poplar.
2 cai's .j/S, Xos. 1 & 2.
iminon: 4 cars 4/4. Nos. 1 & 2.
percent i,:. cuv .'i/4. Nos. 1 & 2.
1 car S/4. Nos, 1 & 2.
>.. only 1 car .'i/H. clear saps.
J) car,s 4/4. clear saps.
I while 'i car .'>/4. clear saps.
7 cjirs 4/4, No. 1 Common.
:i cais ")/4. No. 1 Conimoii.
I y\. cars (1/4. No. 1 Cnnimon.
2 cars S/4. No. ] Commt.n.
7 cai-s 4/4, No. 2 ('(unmiui.
4 cars (;/4. No. 2 Common.
1 ear Hi,/4. Nos. \ Hi 2 ii No. 1 Common.
I I cars 4/4. lo^ nm.
1 car 4/4, Nos. 1 ^^- 2. 24" tn 'MV wl.lo.
Clear Spruce.
l/:i .'ar 7, S. 1 car 4,4.
1 car S, 4.
Spruce Box.
srades .10 cars 4/4. ron^h. Mi cars 4/4 S 2 S
.". cars 4/4. S 1 S.
Main Office: 808 Harrison Bldg,. 15th and Market Sts.. Philadelphia, Pa New York Office: 8018 Metropolitan Bldg.. 1 Madison Av. Pittsburgh Office. 701 Keystone Bldg
The combined facilities of the stock kiniber insurance companies
LUMBER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
and the ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
and allied organizations, constitute a great insurin.g opportunity for any owner of a first-class lumber or mill risk
Ask for lines and rates. LUMBER INSURERS GENERAL AGENCY, Underwriting Managers
66 Bi-oacl\A/ay, INevA/ Yorl-c
HARDWOOD RECORD
LOUISVILLE
MANDFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
The Norman Lumber Co»^ Inc.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Logs and Lumber
Office and 1'ardsl Third Slrcct, H lo K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
POPLAR.
30,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
60,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
15,000 ft. B/4 Common.
QUARTERED RED OAK. ,
60.000 ft 4/4 1st & 2d.
60,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK.
60,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
10,000 ft. B/4 1st & 2d.
20.000 ft. 6/4 lit & 2d.
10,000 ft. 8/4 1st & 2d.
BO.OOO ft. 4/4 Common.
6,000 ft. 6/4 Common.
6,000 ft. 6/4 Common.
20,000 ft. 8/4 Common.
10,000 ft. 2%" Common.
40.000 ft. 3" Common.
1 car Hickory Pl«nk, Hi to 4"-
8' to 16'.
OFFER FOLLOWING STOCKS:
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12.000 ft. 4i4"i-li2-— 12', 1—6 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3 x4 -—12', 12—18 mos. dry.
400 ft. 3%j4%"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
300 ft. 3'Az4V,''—y2', 12—18 mos. dry.
250 ft. 3%x4M.-— 12'. 12—18 moa. dry.
800 ft. 3%x4%"'— 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
180 ft. 3x4" & Lgr.— 14', 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larger, dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger, dry.
HICKORY AKLES.
1.500—3 x4 "—6'. 1—6 mos. dry.
1.5O0— 3Hj4i4"— 6', 1—6 mos. dry.
2.000 — 4 i5 "— B', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1,000 — 4%i5%"— 6', 1— « mos. dry.
1,000 — B x6 ' — »'. 1—6 moa. dry.
We wish to move and will quote low prices on the following:
3 S^""" 2 J 3^' ■''"3 S""! ,9J?- S?.'!* S".**' J^'*""" '"' * car 4 4 2' to SH' Ist & 2nd qtd. white OakStrlps
1 Car 8 4 Ist and 2nd Otd. White Oak. If Ide In V. Cur 4/d ^i^ «n ni.;" Wn. i rom ntrf ivi.iin »,<i^ tttri..c
1 Car G 4 1st and 2nd Qtd. White Oak, Wide in] 1 Car
1 Car 8 4 Isl and 2nd Qtd. White Oak, Wide In J4 Car
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Cora. Qtd. White Oak 1 Car
1 Car 6 4 No. 1 Com. «itd. White Oak !^ Car
3 Cars 8 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak
1 Car 12 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak 1 Car
1 Car 4 4 1st and 2nd Qtd. Kcd Oak, Wide In 1 Car
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. Bed Oak, Wide In 2 Cars
'/4 Car 6 4 Com. and Bot. Qtd. Red Oak, 50 f each 1 Car
5i Car 8 4 Com. and i)et. Qld. Bed Oak, 50 each 5 Cars
1 Car 12 4 Cora, and Bet. Qld. Bed Oak, 50V each 1 Car
1 Car 6 4 Cora, and Bet. Plain Bed Oak, 50 each 1 Car
2 Carsl2'4 Com. and Bet. Plain Bed Oak, 50% each 1 Car
We liave In pile at mills 3,000.000 ft. Plain and Quartered Red and White Oak, Poplar
Chestnut and some Ash. in thickness M" '-o 16-4. This will be ready f or market inHOioiio
days. We also handle all Idnd.s of VeUow Pine, Cypress, White Pine. Redand White Ce-
dar, Lumber.LathandShinglesandallklndsatHardwood Flooring. Write us for prices.
4 4 2' to 5H' 1st & 2nd Qtd. White Oak Strips
4/4 2'i to S'j" No. 1 Coni.Qtd.White Oak Strips
4 4 No. 2 Com. Qtd. White and Bed Oak
5 4, 6 4 and 8 4 No 2 Com. Qtd. White and
Bed Oak
4 4 No. 3 Com. Plain Bed Oak
5 4, 6 4, and 8 4 No. 2 Com. Plain Red Oak
4 4 No. 3 Com. Plain Bed and White Oak
6 4 1st and 2nd Poplar, 7 to 18"
4 4 No. 1 Com. Poplar (Selects in) '
4 4 No. 1 Com. and Bet. Bav Poplar
4 4 to 8 4 < om. and Bet. White Ash
4 4 No. 3 Com. and Sound Wormy Chestnut
STOTZ
KELLER BUILDING
LUMBER COMPANY
:: LOUISVILLE, KY.
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
lllastraied Catalog on Application
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
^" 1
Albert R. Kampf
Manufacturer
Hardwood IvUmber and Timber
Dimension Stock
Board of Trade BIdg., Louisville, Ky.
C. W. Rhubesky
Wholesale
Poplar. Rough and Dressed.
Oak, Chestnut and Other
Hardwoods
North Vernon Pump
4 Lumber Co*
Band Sawed Plain and Quartered
Oak and Poplar.
North Vernon. Ind.. and
Louisville. Ky.
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak. Poplar and
Chestnut.
I,Quisville, Ky.
Dry Stock W/
. P. Brovi
n & Sons
Lumbc
tC
1
/0» Louisville, Ky.
PLAIN BED OAK.
14,000- IV." 1st & 2d.
50.000' 2" No. 1 Com.
ASH.
POPLAR.
5,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
17,000' 2V2" No. 1 Com.
25,0<in' IJ4" 1st & 2d
15.000' 1" No. 1 Com.
22,000' 3" No. 1 Com.
9.000' 1" 1st & 2d.
12,000'
1" 1st & 2d.
■i9.0;i0' 1%" \st & 2d.
7,000' li/j" No. 1 Com.
65,000' 1V4" 1st & 2d.
12,000'
1>4" 1st & 2d.
ST.dOO' 2" 1st & 2d.
13.000' 2" No. 1 Com.
aUARTEKED WHITE OAK.
16,000' 1V-" 1st & 2d.
11,000'
H-i" 1st & 2d.
18,<X)0' 2W' 1st & 2d.
PLAIN WHITE OAK.
60,000' 1" 1st & 2d.
10.000' 2" 1st & 2d.
S.OOO' 2'/," 1st & 2d.
12.000'
S.OOO'
2" 1st & 2d.
2Vj" 1st & 2d.
131 0(K)' 1" No 1 Com
28,000' iVi" 1st & 2d.
14.000' 3" 1st & 2d.
0.000'
3" 1st & 2d.
S4.0I10' IVi" No. 1 Com.
80.000' 1" 1st .t 2d.
45,000' 1%" 1st & 2d,
O.OOO' 4" 1st & 2d.
50,000'
1" No. 1 Com,
44,00(]' IVj" No. 1 Com.
47,01-HI' 2" No. 1 Com.
12,000' IW 1st & 2d.
42,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
49,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
)'J,(>00' 2M," 1st & 2d.
S.OOtl' 1" No. 1 Com.
4,000' IVi" No. 1 Com.
28,000'
10.000'
16 000'
1^" No. 1 Com.
1%" No. 1 Com.
8.000' 2',4" No. 1 Com.
2.'!,SO0' 2M;" 1st & 2d.
lS,Ooo' 1" No. 1 Com.
6,000' 1%" No. 1 Com.
15,000'
1" IS" & up 1st & 2d.
IS.oOo' 3" No. 1 Com.
16,000' ;{" 1st & 2d.
30,000' H4" No. 1 Com.
8.000' 2" No. 1 Com.
8.000'
2" IS" & up 1st & 2d.
227.O0O' 1" No. 1 Com.
40.000' IVj" No. 1 Com.
3.000' 2H" No. 1 Com.
6,000'
2" 24" & up 1st & 2d.
QUARTERED RED OAK.
(io.0410' IVi" No. 1 Com.
22,000' 2" No. 1 Com.
2.000' 3- No. 1 Com.
4.000'
1 y." IS" & up 1st & 2d.
13,00'J' 1" 1st & 2d.
so.ooo' ll-i" No. 1 Com.
10.000' 3" No. 1 Com.
] .Ofxv 4" No. 1 Com.
:!.ooo'
ly." 24" & up 1st & 2d.
All Itilcknesses In cull
poplar, ash. chestnut.
Your inquiries ivill be
appreciated.
Prompt delivery guaranteed.
HARDWOOD RECORD
MICHIGAN RED OAK
C
C
As fine stock as was ever cut
in the famous Cadillac district.
We have some of this choice 4-4
Red Oak which will soon be in
shipping condition.
If you are in the market, we
can please you both in (juality
and price.
We also have some nice Soft
Gray Elm in 4-4, 6-4, 8-4 and
12-4. It's Bone Dry.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
MURPHY & DIQQINS
Offer all grades of the followicg special diy sleek
MAPLE— S, 4. 6, 4, » 4, 10/4, 12, 4, 14/4, 16/4
GRAY ELM 4/4, 12/4
BASSWOOD^/4
BIRCH »/4, 6 4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
., „ ,, Of .1 r j'li For Wa(er ShipmenI:
for Kail ithipmenl Irom Ladillac. 12n,000 fff i of 4 4 Bas.swood
'.; cars 8 4 Maple, No. 1 Com, &Beuer 160,000 feet of 4 4, 5 4 and 6 4 Birih
15 cars 4 4 Maple, on Grades. 100,000 feet of 4/4, 8, 4 acd Vi, 4 Soft
:i cars 4 4 Basswood, No.2Com&net. Elm
2 cars Basswood, No, 2 Com, & Bet. 10,000 4 4 Ash.
Cummer, Digglns & Co.
=MANUFACTURERS=
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
DRY ST
V VJ
OCK 1
Cadillac Hard Maple
88M 4-4 No. 3 Common.
265M 5-4 No. 1 & 2 Common.
325M 6-4 No. 1 & 2 Common.
10.SVI 6-4 I's & 2's.
44M 12-4 I's & 2's.
31M 16-4 No. 2 & Better.
The above stock is our own manufacture and wc can ship promptly.
Be Friendly. Write Us.
COBBS&HITCHtLL
( INCORPORATED)
GADILUC, MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE. HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
w
E have in all thicknesses the following kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
MEMPHIS YASDI'
Ash 680,000 feet
Quartered White Oak. . 75.000 feet
Plain White Oak 140,000 feet
Quartered Red Oak .... 225.000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410,000 feet
Cypress 22.5.000 feet
Cottonwood 200.000 feet
Poplar 308.000 feet
SELMA YARD
Poplar 409.000 feet
Bay Poplar 857,000 feet
Red Gum 55.000 feet
Cypress 787,000 fe-;t
BERCLAIR YARD
Bay Poplar 100,000 feet
Cypress 800,000 feet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak .350 000 feet
J. W, THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
Office and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C. R R.
MEMPHIS. TENN.
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office.
Memphis, Tenn
Mills,
Chancy, Miss.
Address all correspondence to Memphis oflBce.
ANDERSON-TULLY COMPANY
B2SI tt.
2IXIM ft.
63M ft.
19.M ft.
24M ft.
200M ft.
45M ft.
3oM ft.
30M ft.
3i)M tt.
30M tt.
IjoM tt.
50f).M tt.
50051 ft.
10,000 ft
5,0JO t(
.IM ft. -1/
12M fl
STOCK
COTTONWOOD.
%" 1st & 2d. S" up wide
1" 1st & 2d. S" up wide.
1" 1st & 2d, 7" to 10" wide
1" 1st & 2d. If wide.
1" 1st & 2d. 12" wide.
1" ls( & 2d, 13" up wide.
1" 1st & 2d, IS" up wide.
IV," 1st & 2d. S" up wide.
IVi" 1st & 2d. 12" wide.
1%" 1st & 2d, 11" wide.
IV'" 1st & 2d. 8" up wide.
Wag. Bos Brds.. 9"-12" wide,
1" No. 2 Com.
1"
No. 3 Com.
CYPRESS.
4/4 Clr. Stps., 2"
4/4 Select.
ASH.
1 Cou). Sli'iits, 2'
/i & 0/4 No, :j
LIST
GUM.
4>I tt. .3/8" 1st & 2d Iteil, Hi" & Un.
7M tt. 1/2" 1st & 2d lied, 16" & Up.
.30M tt. 1/2" 1st & 2d Sap. 6" & Up
SOM tt. 4/4" 1st & 2d Sap. 13" lo 1.",".
40Jt ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Red.
.■iuM tt. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Sap.
GO.M ft. 4/4" Clr. lied Stps.. 2'/,"-oV-"-
ISM ft. 5/4" No. 1 Com. Sap.
SOM ft. Wagon Box Brds.. IS" to 17".
27.100 tt. 4/4" Com. & Bet. Strl|is
2y," to 51/.",
RED" OAK.
400 tt. 4/4" 1st & 2d Quartered.
.3.700 ft. 4/4" Com. Qnar.
4,<lflO ft. 4/4" No. 2 ..t No. 3 Cupi.
rin. Hod & While.
WHITE OAK.
4.i'(Kl ft. 4/4" Isl & 20 Qtl.irl.Tid.
ID, '.110 It. 4/4" Coui. Qii:m ;ricd.
FENN BROS. COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Oak Flooring
QUARTERED WHITE
QUARTERED RED
PLAIN WHITE
PLAIN RED
HOLLOW BACKED
END MATCHED
POLISHED
BORED
Memphis, Tenn.
F. W. GILCHRIST. President
W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice President
W, E, SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills. Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards, Cairo, Illinois
Osneral Olfice; $ Tennessee Trust BIdg.
MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY
COTTONWOOD
J. B. Ransom, Presf. A. B. Ransom, V.-Prcst. W. A. Ransom. Sec. C. R. Ransom. Treas.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Inc.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
Also make a specialty of Wagon Stock in rough, such as Tongues,
Axles, Reaches, Bolsters, and 6-4 to 16-4 Hickory,
Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd.
MANUFACTUKERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS:
1,000,000 feet Soft Grey Elm, 1 to 3".
500.000 feet UnselecteC. Birch, 1 to 3".
3,000,000 feet Michigan Harri Maple, I to fi".
S.iOOOO feet End Dried White Maple, 1 to m".
fi25,000 feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood, 1 to 3".
150.000 feet Selected White Basswood, 1", IH" and l^"-
210.000 feet Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak, 1 to 2",
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
F. \V. GII,CHRIST, Pres.
W, A. GII,CHRIST. Vice-Pres.
■W.' E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas,
Three States Lumber Co.
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
MANCJFACTURERS OF
Hardwood Lumber
Cottonwood and Gum
OHice
Tennessee
Trust
Building
GET OUR PRICES, TRY OUR LUMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED, RESAWED
COTTONWOOD:
GUM
HARDWOOD RECORD
Roland F. Krcbs
Manager
Ozark Cooperage Co. 'i"'-
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
Four Inspectors in the South
Direct Shipments J COTTONWOOD.
from mill slocks 1 CYPRESS. CUM. OAK.
MAIN OFFICE.
FRISCO BUILDING
W. R. CHIVVIS.
Lesperance Street anti Iron
Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping
point when amounts justify.
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Bank of Commerce
Wantcd-Cypress, Ash and Cottonwood
iNbPtci ION A 1 Point of Shii'Mi.n r Whi-.n" Quantity Jusrir its
Hafner Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attention.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
CHAS. I m\mm hardwood liber company
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices: 148 Carroll Street
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco •Building
We have the following Dry .Stock for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD :
S Cars 4, 4 Common. 3 Cars 1" 1 and 2.
2 Cars 4, 4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car liI3 to IT" Box Boards.
GUM : EI,M :
FS Cars 1" Common Red. 1 Car 6 4 I,og Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4'' l,og Run.
1 Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
t) Cars 1^ Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OK A.NGE1L.IOA STREET
SIX MILLION FEET
Ash, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
READY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND HALL STRHRTS
HARDWOOD RECORD
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
We are always in the market for round lots of well man-
ufactured stock, and shall be pleased to enter into corre-
spondence with manufacturers with a view to purchase.
PHILADELPHIA
New York, Boston, Pittsburg
J O H X T .
DIXON
HARRY S . D E W E ^'
We are not Wizards in making new grades to fit a price.
No tricks in our methods of making shipments. The
straight grades are good enough for us.
If you will give us a trial order for POPLAR., OAK,
ASH, CHESTNUT or OAK, MAPLE and YELLOW
PINE FLOORJNG, we believe we can demonstrate our
ability to please you.
DIXON & DEWEY
716 andl7i6 A, Flatiron Building,
NEW YORK
The Tegge Lumber Co.
MILWAUKEE
WI SCONSIN
BUYERS OF
ALL KINDS OF
HARDWOOD LUMBER
A flooring
that is everlasting
Of finest Maple that grows. Kiln
dried, end matched, steel polished,
hollow backed, bored and bundled.
Try "NichoTs" Make
Full line of Michigan and Southern
Hardwoods.
Nichols & Cox Lumber Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Two
pertinent questions
1. Has yovir business outgrown
yovir system of accovirvtirvg?
2. Do
mi!
yovi know the a-ctua.!
1 cost of yovir prodvict?
Successful management
necessitates independent
audits of all operations
^ffl
^ Write
1
handard Audit Company
m Suite 335
f Marquette Bunding, CHICAGO
HARDWOOD RECORD
T*
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NEW
r~r A ^ HP
1
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BOSTO
YORK PHILADELPHIA
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
147 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Madison
Ko&s„ Hardwoods "Us-
ESPECIALLY IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RED OAK
J. J. SOBLE
H. I. SOBLE
SOBLE, BROTHERS
Wholesale Hardwoods
911=912 Land Title Bldg. PHILADELPHIA
WANTED: 20 cars Common and Better Chestnut, all thicknesses.
If Value Is Not in It,
A Guaranty Doesn't Put It in.
One hundred and eight years of lumber dealing has handed down to
us a large experience in buying lumber, which makes it safe to deal with
us on the basis of quality. Here are somtj items:
150M ft. Ash. one to six inches thick.
1.500M ft. Hemlock, boards and sizes.
130M f( Spruce, boards and sizes.
300M ft. Quartered While Oak.
600M ft. Yellow Pine Flooring, ceiling and sizes.
Send us ia your orders to-day.
Sec August Stock List,
J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co.
56th to 58th Streets and Woodland Avenue,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
WM. E. LITCHFIELD
MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS.
Specialist in Hardwoods
Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale
H» D. Wiggin Wholesale Hardwoods
Specialties: Poplar, Chestnut, Canadian
Hardwoods, and Mahogany Veneers.
F I S KE BUILDING
BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS
Thomas Forman Company
MANUFACTURERS OK HIGH-GRADE
Maple and Oak
Flooring
New York Branch:
McOovern c Bowen. And Hardwood Lumber
29 Broadway
DETROIT,
MICHIGAN
WE MUST MOVE AT ONCE
6 Ca^rs 4-4 I's aLnd 2's Red OaLk
High Grade Stock, good widths and lengths
PRICE RIGHT. Send us your inquiries
SCHOFIELD BROTHERS
1020-22 Pennsylvania Building, PHILADELPHIA
Wistar, Underbill & Co.,
WHOLESALE
HARDWOOD LUMBER
8l6 Real Estate Trust Building,
PHILADELPHIA.
The Crosby & Beckley Company
HARDWOODS
We are
In the Market for Choice Stock
WRITE US
No. 1 Madison Ave..
New York, N. Y.
New Haven,
Connecticut.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the market for all thicknesses of
OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT.
312 Arcade Building,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
JONES HARDWOOD CO.
IN'OHI'OHATEIt
WANTS: Poplar, Plain Oak,
Quartered Oak and Cypress.
Manufacturers please send stock lists and prices.
147 MILK STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
HARDWOOD RECORD
l^TA C^l¥Ar¥¥ m w-^
l^i'-V^^^liVlL-rL-rCZr
HEADQUARTE.RS FOR ALL SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
INDIANA LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
Office and Mills: Corner OMham TVT A CU\7TT T ^ TCMM
Street and Cumberland River IN AOtl V ILLC, 1 IliNiN.
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Tennessee Red Cedar l^umber a Specialty. Nashville. Tennessee
LOVE, BOYD & CO.
Offer :
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain White Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, Ash, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc.
Our Own Manufacture.
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock.
MAIN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
JOHN B. RANSOM 4 CO.,
NASHVILLE., TENNESSEE
We want to move quickly the following old dry stock. All of it has been on
sticks 6 to IS months. Write us for delivered prices. We are prepared to
furnish promptly mixed cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds:
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4 4 first and second
15 M 5/4 first and second
SO M 6 '4 first and second
10 M 10/4 Hrst and second
120 M 4/4 No. 1 Common
*35 M 6 4 No. 1 Common
58 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10, 4 No. 1 Common
70 M 5 8 first and second Poplar
80 M 5/8 No. 1 Common Poplar
15 M 4 4 1st and 2d Quartered Sycamore
10 M 4 4 No. 1 Com. Quart'd Sycamore
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M 4/4 first and second
58 M 6, 4 first and second
15 M 8 4 first and second
95 M 4,4 No. 1 Common
84 M 6 4 No. 1 (.'ommon
72 M 8, 4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
50 M 4 4 1st and 2nd White
100 M 4/4 No. 1 Common White
100 M 4 4 first and second Red
100 M 4/4 No. i;Common Red
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co.
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand"
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville, Tennessee
Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
POPLAR AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOCKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION
CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONWOOD
GUM. AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stocks of well scajooed Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General OHiccs: 1 40 W. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, 111., Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blytbeville, Ark.
HARDIWOOD RECORD
f~> ¥ in TP o^ r^ I T i~y /^
l-'il l^rSUhcO
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA
. .1
Willson Bros. Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA.
STOCK LIST
12,500 fl. 4x4 Maple No. I Com. £ Bel 192.000 II. 4x4 Poplar Log Run
8,000 (I. 4x4 Maple No. I Common 4,000 II. 8x4 Poplar Log Run
48.000 II. 5x4 Maple No. I Com. i Bel. 23,500 II. 12x4 Poplar Gotd
21,000 II. 5x4 Maple Isis and 2nds 2,500 II. 6x4 Basswood Log Run
12.000 II. 5x4 Maple No. I Common 2,200 il. 8x4 Basswood Log Run
18,000 II. 6x4 Maple No. 2 Com. H Bel. I Car 4x4 Basswood Log Run
3,000 II. 6x4 Maple Isis and 2nds 62,000 II. 4x4 Cherry Log Run
3,000 II, 8x4 Maple No 2 Com. 4 Bel, 25,000 II. 5x4 Cherry Log Run
29.000 II. 8x4 Maple No. 1 Common 23,010 II. 6x4 Cherry Log Run
13.000 II. 10x4 Maple Isis and 2nds 26.000 il. 8x4 Cherry Log Sun
15.000 II. 12x4 Maple No. 2 Com. d Bel. I Car 4x4 While Birch Isis € 2nds
FAVORABLE rRHlGHT RATES TO THE EAST
Babcock Lumber Co.
f\St-lTOL.f\, F»/\.
The Nicola Lumber
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries.
A. M. Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to us. : t
Hardwoods a Specialty
FOR SALE
POPLAR
12S.0O0'4 4 Is and 25
40,000' 4/4 No. 1 Com.
325,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.
228,000' 4/4 No. 3 Com.
150.000' •.' 4 Mill Cull
CHESTNUT
200,000' 4 4,Soun<t Wormv
80,000' h 4 Sound Wormv
100,000' fi 4 Sound Wormy
48,000' 8, 4 Sound Wormy
PLAIN OAK
60,000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
18,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.
QUARTEREB OAK
2 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com.
1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com.
OAK TIMBERS SAWED TO ORDER.
WRITE FOR PRICES.
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
12,189 n 4 4 clear Quartered Oak 66.232 ft 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar
14,nro Jt4 4 1st &2ds qtii. Red Oak lO.Sl.'i ft 6/4 1st & 2as Poplar
30,302 ft 4 4 No, 1 Com. Red Oak .'^6,000 ft 4/4 1st & 2ds Oottonwood
63,'204 ft 4 4 No.l Com. PI WliiteOak 119,000 ft 4 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
4,417 ft.'i 4 No.lCom.Pl WhiteOak l.=)0,000 ft No. 2 Common Cottonwood
,5,934 ft 6 4 No.lCom.Pl WhiteOak 90,000 ft 4 4 Mill Cull Cottonwood
23,473 ft 4/4 1st &2ds Plain Red Oak 110,000 ft 5 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
14,168 ft 4/4 Ist & 2ds Poplar 40,000 ft 5/4 No. 2 Com. Cottonwood
American Lumber & Mfg* Co.
PITTSBURG, PA.
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co.
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
ro
HARDWOOD RECORD
CHICAGO
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
Harvey S. Hayden
IN THE MARKET FOR
POPLAR
50,000 ft. iH in. No. 1 Common
80,000 ft. 2 in. No. 1 Common
25,000 ft. 2}^ in. No. 1 Common
50,000 ft. 3 in. No. 1 Common
511 Railway Exchange, - Chicago
PARK RICHMOND (& CO.
Wholesale
Hardwood Lumber
67 West Twenty-second St.
Chicago
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
®
WE WANT TO BUY FOR CASH
OAK
CYPRESS
ASH
MILL CUTS OR ROUND LOTS
9 1 0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1 2 1 7 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG,
CHICAGO MEMPHIS
YARDS: NORTH MEMPHIS
have vou anything to offer in
hickory, white ash. thick plain
oak and wagon stock?
WE ARE CASH BUYERS
PLEASE SEND US YOUR STOCK LISTS
Ryan & McParland
Office and Yards ^l-t«r>cv r^/^
Robey St. and Blue Island Ave. V^IllW^gU
R, A. WELLS LUMBER CO,
Manufacturers of All Kinds of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Fine Quartered Oak a Specialty
234 LA SALLE STREET
Yards at Canal and 2 1st Sts. CHICAGO, ILL.
I
White Lumber Company
Dealers in Hardwood Lumber
ALL KINDS
Cherry Lumber a
SpeciaLlty
ALL GRADES
Laflin (81 22d Sts.
Chicago
John O'Brien Land & Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALKRS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Of All Kinds
OFFICE AND YARDS :
873 to 881 So. Laflin Street
MILL : PHILIPP, MISS.
Ch icago
I
HARDWOOD RECORD
II
J. Slimmer ^ Company
Hardwood
Lumber
Office and Yard :
05 W. Twenty-second St.
CHICAGO
CHAS. DARLING & CO.
Southern
Hardwoods
22nd Street and Center Avenue - CHICAGO
Ch&s. Miller
Milton Miller
MILLER BROS.
Hardwood Lumber
Main Office, 208 WILLOUGHBY BLDG.,
6 E. MADISON STREET.
YARDS:
Loomis St., S. of 23nd St.,
Chicago, 111.
Houston, Miss.
Macon, Miss.
CHICAGO, ILL.
'Phone CENTRAL 1 363
The Keith Lumber Company
HARDWOOD, POPLAR & SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER,
MAHOGANY,
REDWOOD,
RED CEDAR,
CYPRESS,
CHESTNUT,
SPRUCE.
MAPLE FLOORING, OAK TIMBERS & WAGON STOCK.
Office and Yards: Fourteenth and Wood Streets.
Heath-Witbcck Company
Hardwood Lumber
We have for quick shipment 170,000
feet DRY BIRCH, First and Seconds
and Common 2, 2yi, 3 and 4 inch.
Main Office, 6 Madison St. Yards, Loomis and 22nd St.
CHICAGO
THE WARD LIMBER COMPANY
IIANUFACTITRERS OF
HARDWOODS
C H A M B F, R OF C O M M I', R C E BUILDING :: CHICAGO
WISCONSIN TIMBER ®. LUMBER CO.
7iUY AND SKLL
Yellow Pine and Hardwood Lumber
Want thick hardwoods and wagon box boards.
Morvadnock Bldg CHICAGO. ILL.
Crandall & Brown
LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS
Yellow Pine, Oak, Poplar and Maple
We have in Chicago for quick delivery
100,000 1*" 1st and 2nds La. Red Cypress, thoroughly dry.
14,000 3x14" Shop Com. Cypress
We are in the market for Ash and Cottonwood
Office and Yards : 3300 Center Avenue, CHICAGO.
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co.
1649-60 MARQUETTE BUILDING
Are now ofleriug bone dry BIRCH. ROCK ELM. BL.'VCK ASH. etc., Wis-
consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QUARTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc ,
from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers.
The Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Telephone
NORTH 223
HARDWOOD LUMBER
4 7 Dominick St.
CHICAGO
IS
HARDWOOD RECORD
'Michigan Maple Flooring
Our model factory is equipped with the highest
class tools and appliances made for Flooring
production.
We produce our lumber from the best rock Ma-
ple area in Michigan and have 20 years' supply.
Our brand "Michigan" is a guaranty of qual-
ity. Perfect mill work and excellent grades
distinguish our Flooring and our prices are
reasonable.
WARD BROS., Big Rapids, Mich.
OAK FLOORING
Kiln Dried
Poiislied
MARDWOOD LUMBER
■'&MFC.CO. '•
SARDIS .
- MISS
Backed
and
Bundled
H in.x2;
/4
H m.-K2}(
Wolverine Brand
Maple Flooring
Carefully prepared, and certainly
"There is none better"
We are ready to make you special quo-
tations on
in. Factory /8 in.x3>4 in. Factory
in. Clear y^ in.xS)^ in. Clear
If you have never tried Wolverine Brand this will give you a
chance to do so.
900 S. Niagara St.
Saginaw, W.S.Mich.
Bliss 4 Van Auken
Timber Bonds
SECURED BY FIRST MORTGAGE ON TIMBER LANDS
^ r
H. C. Barroll 6 Co.
• BANKERS, First National Bank Building, CHICAGO^
H. B Leavitt, Prest.
E. H. Adams. Secy.
B I-. Richardson, Vice-prest.
J. G. I^E.wiTT, Treas.
THE LEAVITT LUMBER CO.
Most Complete Stock of Hardwoods in
CHICAGO
Make Known Your Wants and Get
IMMEDIATE. RESULTS
Mills:
WISCONSIN
TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS
LOUISIANA
-MISSISSIPPI
General Office and Yard :
22nd and laflin streets.
Southern Office :
808 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
MEMPHIS, TENN.
THE "FINEST" MAPLE FLOORING
W. D. YOUNG & CO.
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.
Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high-
est type of Michigan Forest Products. Large
stock of Maple Flooring and 15,000,000 feet
of Hardwoods — 1 to 4 inches thick — on hand.
Maple, Birch and Beech Lumber
"Ideal" S Rock Maple Flooring
is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply
the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma-
chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre-
caution is taken throughout our entire system to
make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL."
Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds
Send us Your Inquiries
The L Stephenson Company
■WEI,I.S, MICHIGAN
AUGUST STOCK LIST
MAPLE
BIRCH
BASSWOOD
1 in. 2,000,000 ft.
1 in. 500,000 ft.
1 in. 300,000 ft.
114 " 100,000 "
1}^ " 400,000 "
1J4 " 100,000 "
lU " 30,000 "
ig '• 50,000 "
2 " 100,000 "
2 " 1,000,000 "
3J4 " 50,000 "
2 " 75,000 "
VA " aoo.ooo "
8}^ " 500,000 "
3 •• 75,000 "
3 '• 4,000 •'
KOCK ELM
4 " 400,000 •'
2 in. 35,000 ft.
GRAY ELM
BEE,CH
214 " 50,000 "
1 in. 300,000 ft
WHITE MAPLE,
1)4 " 200,000 "
I'A " 250,000 "
155 " 400,000 "
End Piled
3 " 200,000 "
1 in. 100,000 ft.
ASH
2 " 100,000 "
154 " 30,000 "
254 " 200,000 "
3 '• 50,000 ••
1 in. 500,000 ft.
KELLEYlOMBER&SHIiLE CO., Traverse City, Mich.
flaMwoM RocoM
Published In the Interest of Hardw^ood Lumber. American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hard'wood Flooring.
Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and Wood-worKing Machinery.
Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO. AUGUST 10. 1906.
No. 8.
Published on the 10th and 25th of each month by
THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
Henry H. Gibson. President
Frank W. Tuttle. Sec-Treas.
OFFICES
Sixin Floor Ellsworth Bldg., 355 Dearborn St Chicago,
Telephones; Harrison 4960 Automatic 5659
I.. U.S.A.
TERMS OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
In the United States, Canada, Philippine Islands and Mexico . . $2.00
'n all other countries in Universal Postal Union ..... 3.00
Subscriptions are payable in advance, and in default of written orders to the
contrary are continued at our option.
The entire contents of this publication are covered by the general copy-
right, and articles must not be reprinted without special permission.
Entered at Chicago Postoffice as Second Class Matter.
Advertising copy roust be received five days in advance of
publication date. Advertising rates on application.
General Market Conditions.
There is no new feature to recount in the prevailing situation
in hardwood lumber. In the chief trade centers, owing to thp vaca-
tion period, there has been a decided diminution in the placing of
orders, but this is not at all unexpected, and manufacturers and
dealers are surprised at the really excellent volume they have had
considering the season of the year.
The furniture sales season is just over, and, as recounted else-
where, the volume of business has shown up fully twenty-five per
cent in excess of a year ago. This surely means an extraordinary
demand for all classes of furniture wood for the rest of the year.
Only a glance at the building permits issued in all the chief com-
mercial centers is necessary to demonstrate that the demand for all
varieties of hardwood utilized in interior finish is going to bo strong
for months to come. The flooring trade is keeping up in wonder-
fully good shape, with a demand that is taxing the capacity of all
the old established flooring factories. A continued demand for oak,
maple, beech and birch in four-four stock is therefore assured.
Specifically, plain oak is still the strong feature of the market,
the demand being fully up to the supply, and in plain white much in
■ •xcess thereof. Poplar is becoming scarcer and scarcer as the days
roll by, and there seems to be no prospect of early tides in the
mountain streams. It will therefore transpire that there will be
no new stock of poplar in shipjiing condition from the river mills
until late next spring. As the situation now stands the railroad
operators in poplar are at their wits' end to supply enough lumber
to take care of the trade. Cottonwood still remains in short supply
and is being sold close up to the saw in all grades. The poplar and
Cottonwood condition is such that basswood is being sold very freely
at good values.
The call for chestnut iu all grades is still beyond the possibilities
of output, and the same may be said of all the minor southern woods.
The demand for hickory is probably ten times as much as manufac-
turers are able to supply, and every possible substitute is being
experimented with, the idea being to replace hickory with some wood
that will even partially take its place.
Northern hardwoods are doing a little better, but still birch.
gray elm and majile are sold at a ])rice considerably lower than their
real value. Black a.sh and rock elm are sold ahead of the saw.
Tlie demand and range of distribution of red gum is increasing
by leaps and bounds. People who never before employed this wood
are now making experimental purchases of quantities of the stock, while
manufacturers who have hitherto employed it to a considerable extent
are increasing the quantity of their purchases. The demand on
cypress stock has been so great that it has been sold uj) clo.ser
to green lumber than ever before in the history of the trade. Tupelo
gum seems to be coming into favor in a good many localities, and
the increased production of this wood would indicate that it will
soon become a standard commodity in many lines of factor}- use.
There is a manifestly increased call for mahogany, but values
still range remarkably low for this aristocrat of woods. There
seems to be an increasing domestic call for black walnut and cherry,
which is made up of a multitude of small orders, and in the aggre-
gate there may be said to be a renaissance in the demand for these
two magnificent cabinet woods.
There is an increased call for veneers and laminated woods.
While this important part of the lunilier industry is still in embryonic
state, there is wonderfid promise for the future of the industry.
Lumber in Railroad Construction.
It is said that railway ties of wood have not been used as in-
telligently iu this country as they might since it has been demon-
strated that where American lines get approximately nine years ' serv-
ice from a tie, English roads get twenty-one years, and this, too, in
spite of the fact that the atmosphere of Great Britain is much more
humid than that of America. The reason for this is stated to
be the fact that a large majority of wooden ties used in Great
Britain are creosoted, about 2% gallons being used per tie. A large
tie-plate is used under the rail, and between tie-plate and sleeper soft
felt is interposed as an added protection. The tie-plate, or, as it is
knowp to the English, the chair, is secured to the tie Dy spikes made
of close grain fibrous iron, sometimes by iron bolts or by trenails.
The Germans have demonstrated by long experiment that the
u.sefulness of a beech railroad tie may be prolonged from eight to
ten years by a preservative process in which creosote oil is used.
The method employed in Germany is expensive in the United States,
owing to the high price of the oil, which is a by-product of gas
plants, formerly discarded as waste. A certain company, how-
ever, discovered that it had a specific value and made a long-time
contract with gas-making companies for the entire output. This cre-
osote oil and its prices are regulated by a monopoly.
The steel tie has been advocated as a substitute for wood, ano
has been experimented with extensively, but there are objections to
the steel tie which make its use impracticable. It does not last as
long as the wood tie when the latter is properly treated; it has not
the resiliency of a wood tie, and does not act as a cushion to coun-
teract the repeated shocks of a train in motion ; also the steel tie
represents a greater outlay in first cost.
From reports received by the Forest Service from 750 railroad
companies, having an aggregate trackage of 278,l!f!:i miles, or ninety-
five per cent of the total in the United States, the consumption of
railway ties by steam railways is estimated to be more than 8-1,000,-
000 ties annually, which represent 3,000,000,000 feet of lumber,
board measure. To this may be added the no inconsiderable quantity
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used by trollej' lines. In addition to ties, the street railways are
now using a large amount of lumber in construction work. On top
of the ties boards are laid which cover all the space between the
rails. The object of this is to afford support to the pavement, so
that its surface will not be uneven, caused by depression between
the ties, as has been the case heretofore. To show the vast amount
of lumber required in this work, the city of Philadelphia, for ex-
ample, has 500 miles of street railway tracks, presenting a surface
of 10,000,000 square feet to be overlaid with boards.
Statistics furnished by the Forest Service of the United States
Department of Agriculture show the consumption of wood for rail-
way construction to be greater now than ever before. With such an
enormous annual outlay of material it becomes a task of most vital
importance to both steam and street railways to discover the most
efficient means of prolonging the life of the wood used on their
lines.
Car Shortage.
The outlook for an adequate car supply this fall, althougli ap-
parently disregarded by a great majority of lumbermen, is never-
theless unfavorable. Lumbermen the country over have been- fairly
busy during the past few months and have had their orders handled
by the railroads with considerable dispatch. Because this favorable
condition has recently prevailed is no reason why lumbermen should
ignore impending difficulty in this direction at this season when
for several years past a scarcity of ears has actually existed.
Crops for 1906 promise to exceed those of 1905, and will soon be
taxing the capacity of transportation companies; manufacturers
everywhere are exceedingly busy; then, too, retailers and the large
consumers of lumber have been buying on a hand-to-mouth policy
for some time and must of necessity come into the market for large
supplies very soon. Considering these facts the prospects for quick
car service can hardly be said to be encouraging.
Woods Labor.
The woods labor problem is still a very serious one in all parts
of the lumber producing country. There has rarely been a time
when competent woodsmen have been as difficult to secure as at the
present. This difficulty is not confined to any particular locality,
but exists the country over. Both in the north and south woods
country even mere boys can now secure good wages for woods work,
and the percentage of elderly men employed who ordinarily would
be regarded as superannuated is very large in all operations.
The "lumber jack" and the "hick" are very independent
individuals at the present time, and throw up their jobs for very
trivial reasons, well knowing that they can secure another situa-
tion at the first woods camp they encounter. Every effort is being
made on the part of operators to hold their employees. There never
was a time when the denizens of the woods were so well fed and
housed and given shorter hours and better pay than they are now.
The harvest period in the western wheat country is here, and wages
that would be astounding in normal times are offered to assist in
harvesting the crops. This feature of the labor situation is making
it still very difficult to keep a full crew of men in the woods. It is
anticipated that after hai'vest labor will be more plentiful.
The Furniture Trade.
The semiannual furniture sale, which takes place very largely
through the exhibitions at Chicago and Grand Eapids in January
and .July of each year, has just closed. The recent sales season has
been entirely satisfactory to the manufacturers, and the volume of
business has materially exceeded their most sanguine expectations.
It is estimated that sales fully twenty-five per cent in excess of those
of July, 1905, were made. About 1,700 buyers visited the Chicago
exposition, and more than 1,000 were in attendance at the Grand
Rapids show. This attendance is the largest in the history of either
city. The increase in business over a year ago has not been shared
alike by all producers, some having secured a volume of trade nearly
fifty per cent above what they had last year, but practically every
manufacturer's sales book shows a handsome increase.
There are no striking features or new departures in furniture
making shown, but there seems to be a tendency toward goods of
higher grade and a renaissance of plain and more substantial designs.
There is a large increase in the production of mahogany furniture
and of imitation mahogany. Oak, however, is still the standard wood
for nearly every line of case goods.
Crop Prospects.
In almost every product, accordiug to the interpretation of the
government crop report for the month of July, made by the New
York Produce Exchange, this year's harvest will be well ahead of
that of 1905. The wheat and corn harvest for 1906 promises to be
very near the high record mark. Prospects are that the corn crop
will show an increa.se of 50,000,000 bushels over that of a year ago,
or a total production of 2,703,641,000 bushels. It is estimated that
there will be harvested this season 429,33-1,000 bushels of winter
wheat, about 1,000,000 bushels more than last year. Spring wheat
promises 29,000,000 bushels more than 1905, so the combined wheat
outlook is for a crop 30,000,000 bushels in excess of last year. Barley
also shows prospects for an increased yield, probably of 10,000,000
bushels more than last season, but- the outlook in oats is for a
diminution.
The prosperity of the entire country, as is well known, is influ-
enced by the success or failure of crops. So large an increase as is
here promised, and which is undoubtedly a very correct estimate,
presages a large and successful year in many lines of industry.
The News.
It is scarcely necessary to call the attention of the readers of
this paper to its news reports emanating from every important hard-
wood trade center in the United States and abroad. The news feature
of the Hakdwood Kecord is unequalled by that of any other lumber
trade newspaper in the country, and it is particularly proud of its
corps of competent correspondents who fortnightly contribute a record
of the local happenings in their respective cities and the surrounding
territory.
It is the opinion of the Hardwood Eecord that there is no service
which it performs that is more highly esteemed than this news service.
The prevailing call is "news, news, news," and to the best of its
ability the paper is giving its readers what they ask for.
For actual commercial value it is proltable that the analysis
of local market conditions of these several trade centers is more
highly appreciated by some, but undoubtedlj' the feature that makes
the Hardwood Record popular with its thousands of readers is its
news service.
Buying Riches on the Installment Plan.
A review of the evidence presented in the Muck Rake Depart-
ment of this issue of the Hardwood Record will reveal the true
inw-ardness of the "system" by means of which the promoters of the
stock selling International Lumber & Development Company of Phil-
adelphia hope to achieve fortunes for themselves and promise riches
to their installment-plan investors.
It is the same old story. Get rich quick is the inspiration, and
the word ' ' lumber ' ' — aU lumbermen get rich — is the bait. The
installment-plan feature and ' ' your money back if you die ' ' are
the new frills to an old game.
Verily, "a sucker is born every minute" — and so are men of
former good repute who for a consideration will lend their names
and act as stool-pigeons to questionable enterprises.
Rainfall and Tree Growth.
On the authority of Iluriper 's Weekly there is a close analogy
between rainfall and tree growth. In fact, the growth of trees
depends primarily upon rainfall; not only is this true in the ease
of young growth, but in an investigation extending over a period
of twelve years, in which the rings of annual growth of older trees
were carefully examined, during an annual precipitation of from
thirty to thirty-five inches a width of rings was produced varying
from .11 to .15 of an inch. On the other hand, an unusually large
or small rainfall in any given year was followed by a correspond-
ing tree growth during the following year.
HARDWOOD RECORD
15
Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent.
An Ad — Dition.
A man who owns a gi'eat big store.
With stoclvs of goods on ever}- floor,
Ma,v, t<) liis keenest sorrow, find
The pul)Iic to his wares is blind.
And tlimigh he add all he may guess
Would likely add to his .success.
Ills hank account may never rise
'i'ill lie concludes to add — vertise.
Sentenced.
"Is it liot enough for you V"
They asked the ice man.
And when he answered "No"
They told him where to go,
And named a place repellent to a nice man.
— Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wise Man.
There was a man in our town, and he was won-
drou.s wise ;
lie had a iiuarrel with his wife, who scratched
his face and eyes ;
.\nd when his friends the scratches saw, and
:isked about the fuss,
III' pointed to a bramble bush and swore he got
tiiem thus. —Life
Expensive.
.\ lumberman that
speaks from experi-
ence says that it
costs almost as much
to keep his automo-
bile in repair as it
ilocs to keep his wife
r,i clothes.
Omnipresent.
It sometimes hap-
pens that a man's
past is an ever-pres-
ent ilitficulty.
Modern Way.
In these progress-
ive flays he who sows
wilil oats will reap
tlicMi witli a patent
liimlor.
Little Valued Then.
At the age of CO
most famous folks
\v o u 1 d gladly ex-
change their laurel
wreaths for hair.
Notice !
For shooting the
' ' is-it-hot-enough-f or-
you ' ' fiend this is
the open season.
Very Mean.
He is a mean man
indeed who will try
to work off a bad
dollar on his better
half.
Preferable.
The ' ' bighead ' ' is
not a pleasant person
to associate with, but
of the two he is usu-
ally more welcome
than the whiner.
THE M. & M. PIPE LINE.
Do you see anything coining to International stockholders?
Prolific Causes.
To sarcasm in men
■■ind stubbornness in
women may be
traced a great deal
of human misery.
Time.
Time amends a
Rreat many promises.
Luck and Pluck.
Success is much
less apt to be a ques-
tion of luck than of
pluck.
Varies.
A man 's bravery
is often influenced by
the knowledge of
whether or not the
other fellow is more
or less of a coward
than he is.
Good Rule.
Men and women
should look during
courtship and over-
look after marriage.
Misfits.
Misfits are a great
deal more common in
business than the
right man in the
right place, and the
more of a misfit a
man is the poorer are
his chances for suc-
cess.
Never Satisfied.
Never put off till
tomorrow what you
can do today — and
tomorrow you will
wish you had done
the other thing.
My SOD, consider now tlie summer man.
lie that hath trousers which seem even as
tliough they had been fashioned for the elephant.
I'or great is the fullness thereof, and likewise
great is the emptiness of the fullness:
They flap about his knees, and at bis ankles
tliey roll up even as a scroll ;
.\nd his coat, it hath buttons up the sides
tliereof. even unto his armpits.
.\nd the waist is pinched in up<m liim, and
I he tails of his coat stick out even as a shelf:
Yea. and he weareth socks that make a
louder sound tlian the glass crash in "I.ohen-
The Summer Man.
grin" : and his necktie and his handkerchief, do
they not match for hue?
And his hat, hath it not a tiand of many
colors, like unto the festive barber pole?
And he biiyeth soda water and talketh in a
loud voice of golf, and eke of automoblling ;
And the mosquito biteth him not, for it is
afraid.
My son, when men speak unto thee against
(he summer woman and tell thee that the peeka-
boo waist and the squintaboo hosiery are wrong.
Listen not unto them, but tell them to be on
their way and to beat it and to skiddoodle.
For the summer man taketh the badge.
Yet is he glad, for some one hath told him
that he looketh like unto an actor who acteth In
the slapstick melodrama.
And his heart is large within bim.
And he studieth the thermometer and llie mir-
ror.
Is it not so, even as we have torn it from
the inner consciousness of this typewriter with
the strabismus of the I key?
Even so.
Selah. — W. D. Nksbit.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Tree Growth and the Pht;stcs of Wood.
Fonnation and Function of the Leaf.
John Euskiu, in Modern Painters, says of
the leaf-worker: "It leads a life of en-
durance, effort, and various success, issuing in
various beauty; and it connects itself with the
whole previous edifice by one sustaining
thread, continuing its appointed piece of work
all the way from top to root. ' '
Not until we interest ourselves thoroughly
in tree life do we begin to realize how strenu-
ous a worker and builder the leaf is, and how
important a part it plays, not only in the life
of a plant itself, but in our own lives, which
are inseparably connected with the trees and
greatly influenced by them. Accustomed as
we are to their presence, we are prone
to underestimate and even ignore their
value to us. The average child is of
an investigating turn of mind, and as
time goes on, becomes familiar with
most of the commoner objects about
him, yet how many play for years un-
der the shade of familiar trees, with-
out being able to tell an ash leaf fnuii
an elm, or a maple leaf from an oak!
To understand the growth and im
portance of tree life, it is not enough
to be able to distinguish one tree from
the other; it is necessary to beeomi^
familiar with the objects of their
existence, and the manner in which
those objects are attained. These facts
are revealed in no small degree by the
leaves.
No two leaves are exactly alike,
neither are any two trees. The great
diversity of form in leaves is likewise
found in the trees themselves. In a
measure, a leaf may be an index to
the life of its parent. The pine needle
is slim, sharp, wiry and repellant, and
these very qualities enable the conifer
to lead a rugged, stormy but success-
ful existence upon some barren ridge.
The shiny, gossamer-like leaf of the
beech is characteristic of its careless,
uneventful life, which would be quickly
snuffed out were it subjected to the
fierce gales which the pine triumph-
antly weathers.
Trees grow in two ways — they
thicken and lengthen. The former method
of growth' has been discussed in a previous
paper. The latter takes place by a sort of
' ' telescopic extension ' ' at the buds or ex-
tremities. These in turn thicken and become
branches. Thus it is that a naU driven into
a tree-trunk at a given distance from the
ground is never any further from it.
The perfect symmetry with which leaves
are placed upon a stem is maintained in
much the same way, even though the plant
becomes a great tree. The branches partake
of this symmetry to a greater or less degree,
inasmuch as they follow in the wake of the
leaves which preceded them. In the spring in
the axils of the leaves buds put in their ap-
pearance. These tiny peepers are the sources
of later branches. In their growth they fol-
low the same process of development as did
the original little stem which burst from the
embryo between the cotyledons, the only dif-
ference being that the new leaves and
branches derive their nourishment from the
parent stem, while the tiny germ contained
within itself the life principle, and possessed
the power to extend itself upward, and down-
ward into the ground as well. They grow
with the same symmetry and by the system
of progression, one joint upon the other, each
lengthening and in its turn producing leaves
at its end. Then other buds develop in their
FOLIAGE AXD FRUIT OF WHITE PINE.
axils and gradually become prolific branches;
again and again is this wonderful process re-
peated until the entire tree is formed and
matured.
Occasionally the axillary buds commence
their activity soon after first making their
appearance in the angles of the leaves, but
more often they remain dormant until the
following spring, when suddenly, within tlie
space of a few days or a week, a touch of
green appears about the edges of the pro-
tecting scales, they loosen and drop away, to
liberate the imprisoned shoot, which quickly
expands and extends to the sun its wrinkled
leaves. The tender bud is a complete shoot
in miniature — its little leaves and even the
rudimentary blossoms already formed, and
most wonderfully and carefully protected by
Nature from cold and dampness.
These sheaths or chambers are in many and
varied forms. Those of the horse-chestnut
are composed of many scales, so overlapped
about the delicate parts within as to insure
their preservation. The buttonwood has what
appears to be a peculiar extension or enlarge-
ment of the base of the .eaf-stalk, but when
the stalk is detached from its branch it is
found to be hollow and to fit down tightly
over the projecting leaf-bml. In northern
climates the leaf-scales which enclose the bud
are often lined with a downy substance, and
are rendered impervious to dampness
by a sort of glazing without. ' ' To
open one of these strong buds seems
almost like prying into futurity." All
that a tree will ever possess of beMuty
or vigor originates in the tiny buds,
enclosed all winter in their protecting
scales, but ready, as spring advances,
to respond to the slightest touch of
sun and warm south wind.
Tlie stipules, or tlie pair of tiny
appendages at the base of the .young
shoot, are an added protection to it.
Most of them remain with the leaf
until it matures, and then fall away,
but others, notably the large, triangu-
lar ones of the black willow, are per-
sistent. The stipules are varied in
form ; sometimes they are in the form
of tendrils; again they are scales or
sjiines; those of the beech are long
and strap-like.
After they are once expanded and
strengthened by the light of day, the
leaves take up vigorously the work for
which they are created. While these
visible changes are taking place above
ground the roots, hidden away in the
earth, are also at work uranching and
multiplying in order to hold the tree
firm as it increases in size. Often
the simple root which was first sent
down by the embryo remains the main
one, from which branches sjiring out-
ward, but usually it divides, and the
branches thus formed send out others.
The young roots absorb large quantities of
nourishment from the soil. To facilitate
this process they are frequently covered
thickly with root hairs, which easily imbibe
the moisture into their canals.
It is from these rich young roots that the
sap is drawn upward to feed the leaves. This
ascension takes place principally through the
wood cells, although, contrary to the common
theory, these chambers are not connected
with each other in any way. The jirocess of
sap progression is by transfusion — it passing
through thin places in the walls of these cells.
Although at first thought, the rise of the sap B
into the topmost branches and leaves of a •
tree seems contrary to Nature's laws, there
:nry e. bacon
MEMPHIS, TEroM.
SUPPLEMENT TO
Haf^dwood RerooRD
AUGUST 10, 1906.
ILLUSTRATING
BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY.
HARDWOOD RECORD
17
i;- one which applies directly to this circum-
stance, and by means of which this important
jirocess is consummated. Whenever two fluids
of different densities are separated from each
other by a membrane, the heavier fluid will
attract the lighter one, until both become of
the same density. Inherent in the little cells
of the root is a quantity of their life sub-
stance— mucilage and protoplasm, which
forms a fluid denser than the moisture from
the earth, which is therefore attracted to
thom. The leaves cast off a vast amount of
the moisture they contain, in the form of
vapors, leaving the substance remaining much
Fdl.IAGE AND FRVIT OF RED MAPLE.
denser than that within the branches and
twigs. As . a result of this evaporation and
consequent density, the leaves call upon the
adjoining stems and they in turn on the
branches, for their contents, until finally the
chain is complete.
Every leaf is a miniature laboratory in
which the manufacture of starch is continu-
ally carried on. The leaf has been described
as an "outward extension of the living cam-
bium, thrust out beyond the thick, hamper-
ing bark, and specialized to do its specific
work rapidly and effectively, ' ' Each leaf
has a fine transparent covering, with innumer-
able tiny openings called stomatas, upon its
lower surface, which open and shut. They
are the transpiratory organs of the leaf. Be-
neath this delicate membrane is the leaf pulp
and the framework of ribs and veins, the
latter giviug form and support to the pulp
and furnishing a part of the wonderful sys-
tem whereby the incoming and outgoing cur-
rents of sap are kept in circulation. On the
surface of the leaf, which naturally turns to-
ward the sun, are found the palisade cells,
regular in shape and very abundant.
The large amount of carbon which exists
in a tree comes in through its leaves, as car-
bon dioxide — a gas. The sap ascending brings
with it water, in which mineral salts are held
in solution. Potassium, phosphorus, magne-
sium, nitrogen, calcium, sulphur and iron thus
find their way to the tiny laboratories. From
the water is taken the necessary moisture to
keep the leaves of the right consistency, and
also the materials needed to furnish hydrogen
and oxygen for starch-making. Most of the
water which reaches the leaves through the
roots is liberated by evaporation.
Starch is composed of hydrogen, oxygen
and carbon — the two former in the same pro-
portion as in water, while the latter is re-
ceived from the atmosphere in the form of
carbon dioxide, as explained above. Thus
it is that these three elements come into con-
tact with each other through the medium of
the leaves, and the fluid and gas are broken
down by the force which the chlorophyll, or
leaf green, is able to absorb from the sun —
only to be reunited in the form of starch.
This resultant product of crude sap and
atmospheric properties which enters into the
circulation and is carried back into the tree
is known as the elaborated sap — the source of
vitality, and the nourishment upon which
every li^dng cell from root to top depends
for its existence and multiplication.
This work of forming starch is carried on
more or less vigorously during the leaf-bear-
ing season, according as the day is bright or
gloomy. With night the process stops, but
distribution of the supply at hand goes on
continually. More oxygen is supplied to the
little laboratories than is required for the
manufacture of their starch, and the accumu-
lating gas passes away into the air, in the
form of oxygen. Thus a dual service is ren-
dered, and the great purpose of the vegetable
world accomplished — to absorb deleterious
matter and give out pure, and by means of
this process to facilitate the formation of
food for the animal kingdom.
'Builders of Lumber History.
NUMBER
Henry E. Bacon.
{See Portrait Supiilement.)
lu the last year and a half it has been
the privilege or the Hardwood Becord to
|iublish the business histories of many men
distinguished in the hardwood lumber indus-
try. In each one it has been the endeavor to
emphasize those character attributes which
have made for success. Something beside
the idea of hard work and ceaseless energy
enter into the calculations of the man who
courts success in the business world. In-
tegrity, not only of action, but of thought,
should perhaps be named first, with keen
judgment of men and events next in order.
A friend of Henry E. Bacon, of Memphis,
Tenn., whose portrait is given with this edi-
tion of the Hardwood Eecord as its pic-
torial supplement, handed his photograph to
a stranger the other day and asked: "What
would you say of that man?" "I would
say he was kindly, diplomatic, shrewd, de-
cided, firm in his likes and dislikes, optim-
istic and thoroughly honest in action and
thought." "You are a good reader of a
man from his pictured face," said Mr. Ba-
con's friend, "for you have given to Henry
E. Bacon, treasurer and manager of the
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company, and man-
ager of the Lamb Hardwood Company of
Memphis, his salient character points. Mr.
Bacon would go a long way to help a friend
and perhaps a longer distance to circum-
vent some one whom he decided was doing
him a wrong. ' '
Henry E. Bacon was born in Portland,
Me,, of New England parentage, in 1847,
and received his education in the schools
of that place. The resinous breath of the
Maine woods called him, and early his
vocation in life was decided upon, his first
business interests being with a retail lum-
ber yard in his native town. In 1883 Mr,
Bacon went to La Crosse, Wis,, where he
was employed by E, M, Mooer as manager
of a pine saw mill and retail yard, Short-
XXX.
ly afterward Mr. Mooer, his principal, be-
came interested in mining enterprises and
went to California to look after them. In
1884 JSIr. Bacon was called to California
to look after Mr. ilooer's interests. He
returned, however, in 1885 to La Crosse,
where he took charge of one of John Paul's
branch yards. At this time Mr. Paul had
numerous yards in Minnesota and the Da-
kotas, and of these Mr. Bacon became event-
ually general manager.
In 1899 the John Paul retail yards, num-
bering thirty-five, and scattered over a wide
range of territory and a half dozen states,
were sold to the Lamb Lumber Company,
of Minneapolis. Of this entire system Mr.
Bacon was continued as general manager.
In 1904 these retail yards, which had been
increased in number to eighty-five, were sold
or closed out, aud during that year the
Lamb interests, with headquarters at Clin-
ton, la., consisting of Lafayette Lamb,
Chauncey IJ. Lamb, his son, and (Jarret E.
Lamb, his nephew, together with Mr, Bacon
and Mr. Nolan, bought a tract of 10,000
acres of hardwood timber laud in Quitman
County, Miss., and organized the Bacon-
Nolan Hardwood Company, of which Mr.
Bacon was made treasurer and manager.
A year later they built a mill at Chancy
on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad.
Shortly afterward Messrs. Lamb, together
with Mr. Bacon, made a second investment
in Tallahatchie County, Miss., of 45,000
acres of hardwood timber land, and they
are at present engaged in the completion
of a large saw mill at Charleston, Miss.,
on the Illinois Central. These two hard-
wood plants have a capacity of 125,000 feet
per day, the output consisting of about fifty
per cent oak, forty per cent gum aud the
remainder ash, hickory and cypress, Mr, Ba-
con is also interested in the manufacture of
flooring, and is a director in the Arthur
Hardwood Flooring Company, of Memphis,
a large operator in oak flooring.
Mr. Bacon is married and has one daugh-
ter and four sons.
HARDWOOD RECORD
J\Iuck Rake Department.
The True Inwardness of the International
Lumber & Development Company.
There is a legend to the eft'eet that wheu
certain people fall out, honest men get their
due. Apropos of the considerable free ad-
vertising that the Hardwood Record has be-
stowed upon the International Lumber & De-
velopment (Company of Philadelphia, and
other places, for some months past, it here-
with adds a most interesting chapter to the
record of this remarkable institution.
It seems that one Walter H. Bell, resident
of Chicago, has filed before the Chancery
Court of Cook County a bill of complaint
against John B. Markley, Isaiah B. Miller, the
San Pablo Company and the International
Lumber & Development Company. The full
text of this document will prove of particular
interest to stockholders in the International
Lumber & Development Company, and to the
thousands of others who have been solicited
to embark their money in this enterprise, and
it is herewith printed in full :
State of Illinois, County
the tlien president of the company, .lohn It.
Markley, one of the defendants iu this hill,
stating that the business hnd not met the ex-
pectations of the management, and that an op-
portunity had arisen for the sale of the entire
assets of the San I'ablo Company upon reason-
able terms, and that the board of directors of
said company had recommended such sale, and
a special meeting of tlie stockholders liad been
ordered to act upon said proposition.
3rd. That at a meeting of the stockholders
of said San I'ablo Company held in the month
of August, 1904, the proposed plan of selling all
of said assets was adopted, and shortly there-
after, as your orator is informed and believes
and so states the fact to be. a contract was
made by the said company with a trustee for
the benefit of said defendant, International Com-
pany, in and by which it was agreed that the
San Pablo Company would sell sai<l li8.S,000
acres of land and ail other assets of the San
I'ablo Company at an agreed price of .f450.000,
payable in two equal installments, the lirst in-
stallment to be due in three years after date of
the contract, and the second installment to be
due five years after the contract date, said de-
ferred payments to Ijeai- interest at 5 per cent
of Cook, ss.
In the Circuit Court
of Cook County.
To the Honorable
Judges of the Circuit
Court, in Chancery Sit-
ting:
Your orator, Walter
I-I. Bell, a resident of
Chicago, in the county
and state aforesaid,
brings this his bill of
complaint against John
R. Markley and Isaiah
B. Miller, residents of
Chicago, in the county
and state aforesaid, the
San Pablo Company, a
corporation organi zed
under the laws of the
state of New Jersey,
and International Lum-
ber & Development
Company, a corporation
organized under the
laws of the state of
Delaware (hereinafter
for convenience called
Intern ational Com-
pany), who are made
parties defendant tq this
your orator complains and says :
1st. That the said defendant,
Company
I. I & D. C^CDIVIF^AIMV
Pres., Hon. Wm. H. Abmsteono
£x-U. 8. Railroad (.'oniraissloner
Phiiadelphiii, Pa.
Home Office, 701-716 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sec. and Treas., C. M.'McMahon
Sec. and Treas. I. h & I>. Co.
I'liiladelphia, Pa.
Vice-P'res., Col. Artx. K. McClubb
Ex-Editor ne Txmu
Pbiladelpiiia, Pa.
Dividends Paid Since March, I905
July 31; 1906. a special extra dividend of 2^^ will be paid
over and above the regular guarantee. This is the third divi-
dend this year ; io% paid last year instead of 8*, as guar-
anteed. Next semi-annual dividend period, October i, 1906.
Eight "Per Cent. Guaranteed.
(Basis, Land (283.COOAcresj, Luniber,Cattlie, Railroad and Improvemenb)
WHAT IT WILL COST YOU
Five dollars or more a month, for a few months, buys protected intet^est In this ;great
enlecprise.
Each member has equal voting power. In case of death money will be returned to heirs,
if desired. (This is not life insurance. ) Let us explain. Space forbids here.
Fill in and tear off attached card. Put postage stamp on it and mail it. Do it now, as only
a limited numberof shares are for sale at par, and soon all shares will be taken. YOU MUST
ACT SOON.
COPY OF ALLURING POSTAL CARD SENT BROADCAST BY THE INTERNATIONAL LUM-
BER & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
bill, and thereupon
San I'ablo
was organized in the year 1900 with
a capital stock of $1,500,000, divided into 120,-
000 shares of preferred and 180,000 shares of
common stock, making 300,000 shares of the par
value of $S per share, and that of this stock
your orator owns 1.754 shares of the preferred
and about 6,000 shares of the common stock ;
that said 1,754 shares are reasonably worth
par, and that said common shares have no defi-
nite value ; that said corporation acquired by
purchase 288,000 acres of land situated in the
District of Champoton in the State of Campeche,
Mexico, having paid for same the sum of $350,-
000 in Mexican silver, or about $180,000 In
United States money, and that the business that
the said San Pablo Company proposed to en-
gage in was that of timber, lumber, cattle, dye-
woods, chicle, etc., and that said business was
carried on by said corporation from about the
date of its organization until the middle of the
summer of 1904, at which time the business of
the company was said to be unprofitable.
2nd. That upon July 30th, 1904, a proposi-
tion was sent out to the stockholders of the
said San Pablo Company over the signature of
per annum, payable semi-annually, and that it
was agreed that the net proceeds of all products
of the forest or property of any kind included
in said sale that should be removed from the
said hind until said purchase price was com-
pletely paid, and should be paid over to the
San Pablo Company to apply on said purchase
price. And your orator is further informed
that proper conveyances were made conveying
all of the assets of the said San Pablo Company,
and that a deed was executed to the United
Security Life Insurance and Trust Company of
Pennsylvania as trustee for said International
Company, and that said deeds and other con-
veyances were deposited in escrow, with the
understanding that the same were not to be
delivered and that the title to said property was
not to pass until all of the said purchase price
had been paid in the time and manner specified
in the contract of purchase.
4th. That since the said sale and transfer the
said San Pablo Company has done no business
whatever, except to receive from the trustee
named in said sale contract such interest as has
been paid to it on account of said purchase price,
and to disburse among the stockholders of said
San I'ablo Company the amounts so received in
accordance with the proper interest of each stock-
holder.
5th. Your orator is further informed and be-
lieves that the stipulations in the said agreement
of sale made as aforesaid have been violated, and
that there has been a default in the payment of
interest due upon said purchase price, and that
the products of the forest and other products
have been removed from the said 288,000 acres
of land without a proper accounting and payment
being made for same to the said San Pablo Com-
pany.
6th. That in the fall of the year 1904. and
about the date that said sale contract was made,
the defendant, John R. Markley, and other per-
sons interested with him organized the said de-
fendant International Lumber & D'evelopment
Company, with a capital stock of $6,000,000 and
that said corporation was organized for the pur-
pose expressed by the organizers of developing
not less than 20.000 acres of land, being a part
of the said .28S,tM)0 acres of land above referred
to : that the said capital stock was divided into
20,000 shares of capital stock of the par value of
$300 each, it being represented by said organizers
that each of said shares would represent one acre
of said land brought to maturity of rubber, sisal,
bananas, etc. ; that yoiu- orator is informed and
believes that the said
contract of sale afore-
said made by said San
Pablo Company was
made for the benefit of
said International Com-
pany, or was after-
wards transferred to
said Intern ational
I 'ompany.
7th. That on Feb-
ruary 4, 1905, your or-
ator, at the request of
the defendant, John R.
Markley, made and ex-
ecuted a promissory
note for the sum of
$671.30 to the order of
City National Bank of
Mason (I'ity, Iowa, and
delivered the same to
said Markley, said
Markley agreeing that
he would see that the
same was paid at ma-
turity : that prior to
the making of said
note your orator had
deposited for safe keep-
ing with the defendants
Markley and Miller the
shares of stock and
stock in said San
said 1,754 preferred
500 shares of common
Pablo Company ; that at the time that said Mark-
ley obtained said promissory note, he informed
your orator that he had obtained about $1,000
from one H. A. Merrill, president of the said City
National Bank, and that he had deposited the
said stock of your orator as collateral security for
$600 of said amount ; that thereafter the said
note of $671.50 was delivered by the said Markley
to said City National Bank.
8th. That said note was paid to said City
National Bank out of dividends or interest upon
the said 1,754 shares of preferred stock ; that on
July 6, 1906, said note was received by your
orator, duly canceled, through the United States
mail from the trustee of the said San Pablo Com-
pany, together with a check for the sum of
$183.90 made by the said San Pablo Company to
your orator's order and purporting to be the bal-
ance due to your orator for Interest or dividends
upon said 1,754 shares of preferred stock after
the payment of the balance due on said promis-
sory note; that prior to said last mentioned date,
and for a long time prior thereto, your orator
was ready and willing and had offered to pay
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the balance due on said note, hut that said City
National Hanli and H. A. Merrlil, its president,
had refused to receive payment from your orator,
and refused to deiiver the said shares of stoclc
to your orator, and said Merrill informed your
orator that the said defendant Marlilcy had in-
structed said Merrill to deliver said stoeli to said
Marltley and not to your orator, although the
said Markley and Miller have no Interest what-
ever in said stock : that your orator luts made a
demand upon the sa'd Markley for the said
shares, hut the said Markley refused to deliver
the said shares of stock to your orator.
'.ith. That on or about the date that the said
International Company was organized, said cor-
poration entered into an agreement in writing
with the defendants, John R. Markley and Isaiah
It. Miller, wherein it was agreed that the said
defendants last named should be the contractors
for the clearing, planting and bringing to ma-
turity of L'0,000 acres of land in tropical fruit,
rubber, sisal, etc., said 2i),()0o acres being a part
of said 288,000 acres aforesaid, and the said de
fendants. John R. Markley and Isaiah U. Miller,
to receive as their compensation for said work
the net proceeds arising out of the sale of the
entire shares of the capital stock of said Inter-
national t,'ompany, amounting at par to .$6,0011,-
nOO. less tlie commissions paid by the Interna-
tional Company in disposing of said stock, and
less also the sum of .$4.i0,000 principal and in-
terest thereon for the purchase price of said 288,-
IH)0 acres of land, and other assets of the San
I'ahlo Company as aforesaid : that the lost to
said defendants Markley and Miller of doing all
of the said work of ilcaring, etc., including the
entire expenses incurred by said defendants in
connection with performing all of their agree-
ments with said International Company in said
contract mentioned would be about the sum of
.$75 for each acre of said 20,000 acres ; that the
total expenses and commissions to he paid out
liy said International Company in the sale and
disposition of said 20.000 shares of stock would
(lot exceed the sum of $100 for each share, which
would leave a net sum of $200 per share to be
paid over to said defendants ; that the total net
|]rolit to said defendants arising out of the said
contract when all of the said 20,000 shares of
stock have been sold, would be not less than $12S
for eaclt share of stock or upon each acre cleared
and developed, aggregating a total sum of about
$2. .500. 1)00, less, as your orator is informed and
lieiieves. the sum of $450,000. being the purchase
price of all of the assets of said SJan I'ahlo Com-
pany aforesaid.
loth. Your orator is informed and believes
and so states the fact to be that under and by
virtue of tlie contract aforesaid between the tie-
fendants. International Company, John R. Mark-
ley and Isaiah B. Miller, the said two last named
defendants have a secret contract or iigreemettt
between themselves and the selling agents at the
general ofBce of said International Company, by
which agreement the said Markley and Miller are
to receive as additional consideration for the
carrying out of the said contract aforesaid a
large portion of the amount of the commissions
cluirged by the said International t'ompany for
selling said stock, and that said defendants
Markley and Miller share profits from this source
of about the sum of $300,000.
lltb. That in the month of April last past
the defendant. John R. Markley, stated that there
had been sold up to that time 11,000 shares of
stock of the said International Company ; that
all of said shares of stock have been sold at par
value of $300 per share, payable in installments
and otherwise, and that said International Com-
pany has received up to the time of tiling this
your orator's bill, from the sale of said stock, an
average price of about, as your orator is in-
formed and believes and so states the fact to be.
$60 net for each share of stock sold, and that
there have been sold up to the date of the filing
of your orator's bill about 12,000 shares, and
that the total sum received by said International
Company from the sale of said shares up to this
lime is about the sum of $700.iiOii ; that said In-
ternational Company has paid out of the sums so
received by it for interest on tile purchase price
of $450,000 for the assets of said San I'ablo
Company three half-yearly installments of inter-
est of 5 per cent each, or a total of .$33,725 ;
that the sums received aliove this sum by said
International Company, as your orator is in-
fiirmed and believes and so states the fact to be.
amounting to more than $650.0ii0 have been paid
over and delivered to the defendants John R.
.Markley and Isaiah 15. Miller under the terms of
the said contrait aforesaid between said defend
ants and the defendant international Comiiany.
12lh. 'niat on Kebruary 4, ]'.I05, the said de
fendants Jolin R. Markley and Isaiah H. Miller
entered into a contract in writing with your ora
lor. in words as follows, to-wit ;
"In consideration of personal services of Mr.
Walter II. Hell of Vicksburg. Miss., iieretofore
rendered and hereafter to be rendered, in the
management of the Kstafe of the International
Lumber & Iievelopment Company in the state of
Campeche. Mexico, with which company we have
a contract to clear, plant, mature and bring to
development 20,000 acres in hennequen, rubber,
bananas, oranges, etc., as per prospectus of said
company at this date ; and in consideration of
his past and future personal services as our man-
ager under said contract we agree to have said
Bell employed by said International Lumber &
Development Company as the manager of its
estate and property in Mexico, and we, the un-
dersigned, do hereby agree to emi)loy him as our
manager and pay to the said Walter II. Bell one
full tenth part of the value of all profits to be
made by us in the aforesaid contract between
us and the said International Lumber & De-
velopment Company, also one tenth part of the
value of the profits that may be derived by us in
all business pertaining therein, both at the time
and as the same shall mature and accrue to us.
"It is further agreed that we also shall pay
the said Walter II. Bell, or to his order, the sum
of $125 monthly and his expenses during the time
be may under Ills contract render such personal
services.
"It lieing distinctly understood that Mr. Bell
shall he under the orders only of ourselves, or
the board of directors of the said International
Lumber & Lievelopment Company. Should he,
for good and sufficient reasons, return to this
country, it is agreed that he shall devote bis
time to the sale of the stock of the said Interna-
tional Lumber & Development Company, hut in-
stead of receiving the aforesaid sum of $125
mondily and his expenses, he shall receive H
commission of $50 for each share of stock that
he shall sell or cause to be sold, and shall be
given certain territory that may not already be
given out to other general agents, said commis-
sion to be paid him on the same terms and con-
ditions as the company may have with its other
general agents.
"This contract shall be biuding upon ourselves,
our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns.
Tins contract shall be legal and binding on said
Markley and Miller only until such time as they
shall deliver to W. H. Bell a certificate of bene-
ficial interest of the same word or wording as
the certificates to others having beneficial inter-
ests therein, and the said certificate shall entitle
the said W. II. Hell to one-tenth interest in the
profits to be derived from the development con-
tracts entered into between the International
Lumber & Development Company, and the said
.Markley and Miller.
"John- U. Markley,
"Is.iiAH B. Miller.''
"Dated February 4. 1005."
That, as stated in said contract, the considera-
tion passing to said defendants Markley and
Miller for the agreements to be kept and per-
formed on their part was the personal services
of your orator rendered prior to and to be
rendered subsequent to the miiking of said con-
tract.
13tli. That in the year 10U4 your orator, at
llie request of the defendant John K. Markley,
made a number of visits to Mexico and investi-
gated the conditions upon the land then owned
by the San Pablo Company, and reported the
same from time to time to the said defendant :
that in the latter part of the year 1004 the de-
fendant Markley was about to enter into a part-
nership agreement witli the defendant Isaiah B.
.Miller, with reference to making tlie contract
aforesaid witii said Internaiional Company, and
that after the partnership agreement was made
liy said defendants Markley and .Miller, and
prior tliereto. your orator performed many ser-
vices covering a long period of time during tlie
.\ear 1004, and prior tliereto, in connection witll
investigations in the district of Champoton, state
of t'ampeche, Mexico, and which said services
were included and referred to in said contract as
having heretofore been rendered by your orator.
14th. That immediately after the making of
said contract between your orator and said de-
fendants Markley and Miller, and in accordance
with said agreement, your orator proceeded to
l.agiina, Mexico, and was prepared and ready
iind offered to take up his work as manager of
the estate of said International Company and
as manager for the said defendants Markley
and Miller, and that shortly after your orator's
arrival at Laguna, at which point tlie general
offices of the International Company and of said
defendants last named were located, the defend-
ant Jolin R. Markley stated to your orator that
on account of existing labor troubles on the
estate of said International Company it would be
advisable for your orator to return to Chicago,
and that after a number of consultations be-
tween your orator and the said defendant, the
said defendant Markley directed your orator to
return to Chicago and await further instru<-tiona
Irom him with reference to future services to be
rendered by your orator under said contract, and
that thereupon your orator returned to the city
of Cliicago : that about two weeks after your
orator's return to Chicago and in the absence of
said defendants Markley and Miller your orator
went to the general offices of said International
Company situated in Philadelphia, Pa., and re-
ported to the treasurer of said company that he
had been sent back to the United States by the
defendant Markley, and stated that he was pre-
pared to devote his entire time to the sale of the
stock of said International Company, and re-
quested the treasurer to assign to him some ter-
ritory or place where your orator could engage
in selling said stock, and that said treasurer
assigned to him the city of Dayton, Ohio, and
vicinity thereof, and that your orator thereupon
opened an office for the sale of the stock of said
International Company and has carried on and
is still carrying on in said territory the sale of
the said stock: and that your orator has in all
other things fully performed all of the condi-
tions and agreements on bis part to be per-
formed in said contract mentioned.
15th. That upon your orator's return to Chi-
cago in accordance w-ith the instructions of said
-Markley, as aforesaid, your orator received the
sum of $125, and that no other sum whatever
lias been paid to your orator since said date ex-
cept the commissions provided in said contract
for the sale of stock, and that the defendants
John I{. Markley and Isaiah B. Miller have re-
fused to give your orator information as to the
moneys received and disbursed under the said
i-ontract between said defendants and said In-
lernational Company, and have refused to render
your orator any statements in the premises and
have refused to turn over and deiiver to your
orator a certificate of beneficial interest for one-
tenth interest in the profits to he derived from
said contract between said Markley and Alllier
and said International Company as provided in
your orator's contract witli said last mentioned
defendants.
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Kith. Yoiu- orator is informed and believes
and so states tlie fact to be that the defendants
Alarkley and Miller are removing forest products
and personal property from the said 288, UOO
acres of laud under some agreement with the
said International Company, and that neither
rhe said defendants Markley and Miller or the
said International Company are paying over to
the said San Pablo Company or its trustee the
net proceeds arising out of the sale of said
products and other property so being removed.
and that the acts and doings of said defendants
-Markley and Miller and said International Com
pany are contrary to the contract existing be-
tween said International Company and said San
Pablo Company aforesaid, and are depriving the
stockholders of said San Pablo Company of the
security without payment therefor: and that
your orator is further informed and believes the
fact to be that the said International Company
is paying dividends upon its shares of capital
.stock sold out of the profits derived from the
proceeds arising from the sale of forest prod-
ucts and other property aforesaid.
17th. Your orator is further informed and
believes and so states the fact to be that the
said defendants Markley and Miller, and other
persons to your orator unknown, have confeder-
ated and conspired together to control the affairs
of the said International Company for their own
I^ersonal gains, and that said defendants Markley
and Miller, by reason of their being familiar
with the said Mexican lands, etc., are able to
and are diverting to their own use and to the use
of other persons associated with them, to your
orator unknown, the profits belonging to the
said International Company, and which should
be by said International Company received and
applied to the use of the said San Pablo Com-
pany until the entire purchase value is paid said
San I'ablo Company.
18th. That in the month of February, 1005,
and following the making of said agreement be-
tween your orator and the said defendants.
Markley and Miller, the said Markley stated to
your orator that the contract made between said
defendants Markley and Miller and said Interna-
lional Company was of great value to the said
defendants Markley and Miller, and that your
orator's 10 per cent share in said profits might
amount to the sum of $i:0(f.000. and would not
be less than the sum of ?:100.000.
10th. That the said defendants Markley and
Miller have possession of the books and accounts
relating to the partnership business of your
orator and said defendants ; that the said de-
fendants have refused to permit your orator to
see and inspect said books of account, and re-
fuse to render to your orator any account of the
copartnership moneys received and disbursed by
them : that upon a just and true statement of
the accounts of said partnership business be-
tween your said oratr)r and said defendants,
Markley and Miller, it would appear that there
is a large balance due from the said defendants
last named to your orator, in respect to the
business done by the said defendants Markley
and Miller under the contract with said Inter-
national Company.
20th. That the defendant International Com-
pany has possession of the original books of
entry relating to and showing the number of
shares of the capital stock of said company which
have been sold and the amount of money re-
ceived by it from the sale of said shares, and
the amount of moneys paid out by it for com-
mission on the sales of stock, and also the
amount of money paid over to the trustee of
the San I'ablo Company for the principal amount
of said purchase price of all the assets of said
last named company, and for interest thereon,
and the amount paid over by said International
Company to said defendants Markley and Miller
on account of said contract existing between
said defendants, International Company, John
R. Markley and Isaiah B. Miller, as aforesaid :
that the evidence in relation to said facts last
abo"\e in this paragraph set forth rest exclu-
sively in the knowledge of said defendant. In-
ternational Company, and that your orator ex-
pects to establish the truth of said facts by the
discovery sought of said defendant International
Company.
21st. That the said defendants Markley and
Miller are using the funds of said partnership
business for their own account, and your orator
fears and charges that be is in danger of losing
the amount due him from the said defendants
in respect to the said copartnership dealings
and transactions, and by reason whereof the said
defendants Markley and Miller ought to be en-
joined and restrained by the injunction of this
honorable court from further collecting the said
copartnership ac4.ounts, and from using and
applying the funds of said partnership to their
own use; that said Markley and Miller ought to
be enjoined and restrained by the injunction of
this honorable court from receiving, selling or
dealing with the said 1,754 shares of preferred
and 500 shares of common stock of said San
i ablo Company ; and that some suitable person
ought to be appointed by this honorable court to
receive and take charge of the books of account
iif said firm and collect the accounts due said
firm and collect the accounts due said ,Iobn li.
Markley and Isaiah B. Miller under said contract
with said International Company, and to c<illect
the accounts so due under same.
For as much therefore as your orator is with-
out adequate remedy in the premises except in
a court of equity, and to the end that the said
John K. Markley, Isaiah B. Miller, International
Lumber & Development Company, a corporation,
and San Pablo Company, a corporation, who are
made [)arties to thiJ^ hill, may be required to
make full and direct answer to the same, but
uot under oath, the answer under oath being
hereby waived; that the said defendant Interna-
lional Company may be required to answer and
set forth.
First : A true and exact copy of the contract
ur contracts between it and the defendants John
K. Markley and Isaiah li. Miller, in relation to
clearing, planting and bringing to development
2tt.000 acres of land situated in the state of
Campecbe. Mexico.
Second : A true and exact copy of any other
contract between it and said defendants John
U. Markley and Isaiah B. Miller.
Third : The number of shares of its capital
stock issued and sold by it up to the date of the
filing of this bill.
Fourth ; The total amount of cash i-eceived by
it from the sale of shares of its capital stock.
Fifth : The total amount of money disbursed
by it for commissions upon the sales of its capi-
tal stock, and what if any part of said commis-
si(ms have been paid to the defendants John li.
Markley and Isaiah B. Miller, or to any other
party for the benefit of said defendants Markley
and Miller.
Sixth : Whether it has paid any part of the
purchase price or interest on same of the 288,000
acres of land and other assets formerly belonging
to the San Pablo Company, and if any payment
or payments have been made on such account,
the amount cf each and all of such payments,
and what amount of same was applied on princi-
pal and what amount was applied on interest.
Seventh : Whether any moneys have been by
it paid to the defendants Markley and Miller.
and if so, the amount of each and every pay-
ment, the date when same was made and the
purpose for which such paj'ment was made.
That said defendants John R. Markley and
Isaiah B. Miller may fully set forth a true and
just account of all their actings and doings in
respect to said copartnership business ; and that
an account may be taken under the direction of
this honorable court of all and every the said
copartnership dealings and transactions, and
that the same may be fully adjusted, and that
the respective rights of your orator and the de-
fendants John R. Markley and Isaiah B. Miller
ascertained, and that the defendauts Markley
and Miller may be decreed to pay to your orator
what if anything shall appear upon such account
to be due him : your orator being ready and will-
ing and hereby offers to pay to the defendants
Markley and MiUer what if anything shall ap-
pear to be due the said defendants from your
orator : and that some proper person may be in
the meantime appointed by the court as receiver
to take charge of the books of account relating
to the partnership business existing between
your orator and the said defendants Markley and
Miller by virtue of the aforesaid contract here-
inbefore set forth, and collect whatever money
or property may be due or owing to the said
defendants Markley and Miller under said agree-
ment with said International Company : and
that your orator may have such other and
further relief in the premises as e juity may re-
ipiire and to the court shall seem meet.
May it please the court to grant the writ of
summons in chancery directed to the sheriff of
said county of Cook, commanding him that he
summon the defendants John R. Markley, Isaiah
II. Miller, International Lumber & Development
Company, a corporation, and San Pablo Com-
pany, a corporation, to appear before the said
tourt on the first day of the next August term
thereof to be held at the court house in Chicago,
in the county aforesaid, then and there to answer
this bill. etc.
And may it please the court to grant to your
orator the people's writ of injunction to be di-
rected to the said John U. Markley and Isaiah
B. Miller, restraining them, their agents and
attorneys, from disposing of, collecting or receiv-
ing any of the debts due and owing to the said
defendants last named and the said Interna-
tional Company, and from using and applying
any of the funds derived from said source for
their own use, until the further order of this
court. Walter H. Bell.
State of Illinois. County of Cook, ss.
Walter H. Bell being first duly sworn, on
oath says that he has lead the above and fore-
going bill cf complaint subscribed by him, and
knows the contents thereof, and the same is true
uf his own knowledge except as to the matters
which are therein stated to be upon information
and belief, and as to those matters he believes
it to be true. Walter H. Bell.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Oth
day of July, A. D. lOOG.
Winifred E. Lapham,
Notary Public.
State of Illinois, County of Cook, ss.
Otto Schusterman, being duly sworn, deposes
and saith, that he was in the filing room of the
Chancery Court and personally saw the signa-
ture or purported signature of Walter II. Bell
to a certain petition known and designated as
(ieneral Xo. 273110, and Term No. 18224, in
case of Walter 11. Bell, orator, versus John R.
Markley, Isaiah B. Miller, the San Pablo Com-
pany and International Lumber & Development
Company, which instrument was presumably .
acknowledged fay Winifred E. Lapham on the
6th day of July. 1006, having his seal thereon.
Otto Schusterman.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 30th
day of July. A. D. 1006.
IlENBV KaPLANSKY,
Notary Public.
According to the testimony of his friends,
Walter H. Bell, the orator in this case, has
spent a considerable portion of his life in
Mexico investigating timber and agricultural
properties. His aforementioned friends tell
very good stories about him. They say he
is a man of good judgment on the value of
properties of this kind; that he is industrious,
truthful and plays fair; they also say that
his ideas are somewhat visionary at times,
as would naturally befall the opinion of any
man devoting his energies to promotion enter-
HARDWOOD RECORD
21
prises of any gOrt. Mr. Bell made a report
on the properties alleged to be owned by
the International Lumber & Development
Company in the district of Champoton, state
of Campeche, . Mex., and it is alleged that
Mr. Bell states his report to this company
■was falsified when it was issued in printed
form. It is further alleged that Mr. Bell
has stated that his estimate of the mahogany
growing on the timbered sections of the
property in question was about 400 feet to the
acre.
The Hardwood Record has comparatively
little knowledge of John E. Markley and
Isaiah B. Miller, save that they have been
engaged in promotion enterprises covering
mines, timber properties and agricultural
propositions for a number of years. They
have an office in the Tribune building, Chi-
cago, the legend on their door modestly an-
nouncing that they are "contractors."
If the allegations put forth by Walter H.
Bell in his bill of complaint to the Circuit
Court in Cliancery sitting are worthy of be-
lief (which they probably are) they demon-
strate:
First: That through himself and others a
certain San Pablo Company was organized
in 1900; that this company acquired 288,000
acres of land in the district of Champoton,
state of Campeche, Mex., and paid for it
about $180,000 United States money; that
this company was carried on until Mid-
summer, 1904, when it was alleged to be un-
profitable.
Second: That in Midsummer, 1904, John
E. Markley, president of the company, stated
that the business had not met the expecta-
tions of the management, called a meeting
and submitted a proposition to the stock-
holders looking to the sale of the property.
Third: That at this stockholders' meeting
the sale ox the property was authorized at an
agreed price of $450,000 with the understand-
ing that the title to the property was not to
pass until the purchase price had been paid.
Fourth: That in 1904 John E. Markley
and others organized the International Lum-
ber & Development Company, with an alleged
capital stock of $6,000,000 divided into
20,000 share.s, with a par value of $300 each.
Fifth: That about the date of this or-
g;inization the International Company entered
into an agreement with John K. Markley and
Isaiah B. Miller to become the contractors
for the clearing, planting and bringing to
maturity 20,000 acres of the aforementioned
land, they to receive as compensation the net
proceeds arising out of the sale of the entire
shares of the capital stock of the Inter-
national Company, less the sum of .$4.50,000
principal and interest, covering the agree<l
purchase price ; that the total expenses to be
incurred by the International Company in
selling the stock should not exceed $100 for
each share, i. e. a net sum of $200 per share
to be paid over to Markley and Miller.
Sixth : That the complainant believes that
Markley and Miller have an agreement by
which tlipv are to receive an additional con-
sideration out of the profits arising from
the sale of the stock.
Seventh: That the orator believes that
$60.00 net for each share of stock sold i.s
about the sum that has been received by the
International Company, and that up to date
of filing the bill about 12,000 shares had
been sold; that the International Company
has paid nothing on the purchase price of tho
San Pablo property save three half-yearly
installments of interest, amounting to a total
of $33,725.
If the above allegations are true, the In-
ternational Lumber & Development Company
owns the 288,000 acres comprising the San
Pablo property just about as much as it does
the state of Ohio; that the much vaunted
deed of the property which the company al-
leges is deposited in the hands of a trust
company for the benefit of its shareholders, is
<ieposited there for the security of the San
Pablo company; that the International Com-
pany 's exclusive business is the sale of its
stock, and that any possible profits arising
from the deal are being pretty thorougMy
absorbed by Markley and Miller. It is al-
leged and probably true, that the sundry
cargoes of mahogany timber that are being
taken from the land are immediately be-
coming the property of Markley and Miller;
that the much talked of ship Vueltabajo which
carries logs from the property to Mobile is
either owned or handled in the interest of
Markley and Miller; that the much talked
of mahogany sawmill at Mobile does not
belong to the International Lumber & De-
velopment Company, but to the Ma.'kley and
Miller interests; that Markley and Miller arc
receiving a fancy profit on such lands as
they prepare for cultivation on the prop-
erty.
It is beyond question that there are quite
u number of straightforward but very
foolish business men of decent reputation
mixed up in this International enterprise,
and through their connection it is equally
true that a good many people have been in-
duced to buy the stock. One of the allur-
ing bits of literature that the company is
flooding the country with is reproduced on
another page. On the second postal of this re-
turn card is printed : "8 per cent guar-
anteed— 22 per cent estimated. This is not a
chance to lose, but a certainty to win. Men
of national reputation are at the head of
it. Over 7,000 persons now drawing large
and increasing profits from similar enter-
prises under same management. Some have
received as high as 57 per cent in dividends.
Fill in your name and address below. Place
a postage stamp on the other side of this
card and mail it, and you will receive in-
formation that will be valuable to you. ' '
Following is another letter sent to the
company 's stock-selling agents, under date
of June 23:
"Yesterday, June 22d, the ninth steamship load
of this company's mahogany reached Mobile,
Ala., and will soon be sawed into lumber and
veneers. The eighth steamship load of our ma-
hogany arrived May 25th, making less than one
month's time between these last two shipments.
"At the close of business tonight we have 4,321
individual stockholders upon our books. Shares
are being taken up very rapidly. Yesterday we
sold 102 shares.
"We would again very urgently recommend
that you push the sale of the shares of our stock
very energetically, working early and late. There
is only a comparatively small number of sharea
yet remaining unsold that can be obtained at
par value and in a short time all the shares of
our stock will be taken. We hope you will be
able to place a large number of these remaining
shares.
"We cannot too earnestly recommend that you
push the sale of our shares. Will supply you
with all printed matter and literature which
you can use to advantage.
"Yours very truly.
"International Lumbek & Devei.ophent Co.
"C. M. McMahon, Treasurer.
It is scarcely necessary to comment further
on the International Lumber & Development
Company enterprise. To the mind of any
competent business man it is simply mar-
velous that 4,321 suckers can be picked up
in the United States at one swoop.
Hardwood Record JMail Bag.
[In this department it is proposed to reply
to such inquiries as reach this office from the
Hardwood Record clientage as will be of enough
general interest to warr^int publication. Every
patron of the paper 's invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of interest to tne hardwood trade, in
a succinct and intelligent manner.]
In Market for Tupelo or Poplar Electric
Casing.
New Orleans, La., July 27. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : We do a considerable export
business and should esteem it a favor if you
could place us in communication with parties
on this side that manufacture electrical easing
and capping from poplar or tupelo. We have
a large order offered us at present : also about
forty cars of tupelo strips for mouldings.
Lu.MBER Company.
If any of our readers would like to be put
in communication with a possible buyer of a
large order for tupelo or popular electric cas-
ing and capjiing for export, the Eecord will
lie glad to supply the address of tlie inquin-r.
Kditor.
Wants Exchange Table.
New Orleans, La., July 30. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : Please advise me where we can
lind a book of tables converting pounds, shillings
and pence per cubi<* feet into dollars per thou-
sand feet : also converting francs per cubic me-
ter into dollars per thousand feet.
LUMBBB COMPANY.
If any readers of the Record know of a
book of such tables, or employ such a set in
their own work, we would be glad to have a
copy of it, and also would like a table of
values converting marks in the same way. —
Editor.
Wants Gum Dimension Stock.
rniLADEi.rniA. I'a., July 27. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : We want to lind out where we
can get 1-inch gum boards S2S and resawed, 4
to 9 inches wide, and Hi-inch common, S2S, 6
inches and wider, stock suitable for making
mouse traps.
LUMBBB Company.
Anyone interested in the above inquiry will
he put in communication with the writer on
ariplication to this office. — Editor.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Meeting Michigan HardWood Manufacturers^ jiss'n.
Tlie secoui.l meeting of that most lusty
association infant, the Michigan Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association, was held at the
John Jacob Astor House, Mackinac Island,
on Wednesday, Aug. 8. The meeting was
held for the dual purpose of increasing the
membership and for compiling a set of in-
spection rules to he submitted to all mem-
bers for suggestions before final adoption by
the association. Both of these objects were
accomplished, and the association started off
at the end of this meeting with an alliance
of forty-eight hardwood manufacturers rep-
resenting approximately ninety per cent of
the total hardwood output of the state.
Tlie entire work of the association was
carried on with the utmost harmony and
there were many pleasant features in con-
nection with the meeting. The number of
ladies accompanying their husbands was not-
WM. H. WHITE, PRESIDENT MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
ably large, and their presence added much
to the pleasure of the gathering. Another
noteworthy attendant was E. P. Arpin of
Grand Eapids, Wis., president of the Wiscon-
sin Hardwood Lumbermen 's Association.
The morning was spent by the committees
appointed at the Ottawa Beach meeting in
preparing their reports, and the regular ses-
sion was not convened \intil 2 p. m.
The Meeting.
Wm. H. White, of Boyiie City, president,
occupied the chair and after roll call ad-
dressed the meeting.
President White; On July 14 we made an
organization at Ottawa Beach, and this meet-
ing is a continuation of it, our particular
object at this time being to get more mem-
bers. We selected thi.s place because it is
handy for all interested. If there is anyone
here today who is not a member we want
him to come up and become a member, so
he will have the power to talk on any subject
pertaining to his business in this association.
We have here the minutes of the meeting at
Ottawa Beach, but unless some of you par-
ticularly wish it. we will not read them. I
wish to say further that we have a grading
committee that will report here today, and
also a marketing committee, but we want it
understood that none of these reports ai'e for
adoption. They are simply for discussion antl
study, and if it is the sense of the directors
that each member have a copy, we will so
instruct our secretary, but they are not to be
scattered broadcast until they are actually
adopted. It is also the sense of the grading
committee that no rules be adopted until they
are tried out on the lumber pile. I under-
stand some people think we are going to
make some radical changes, but this is a
mistake — we are not. We are going to go
very slowly in every step we take, and do
our work very carefully and thoroughly. We
will read the rules we have been working on
here today but it may take us some time to
perfect them, and they will not be adopted
until then, even if it takes a year.
Secretary Odell then rejiorted a member-
ship of thirty-four at the close of the Ottawa
Beach meeting, stating that since that time
the membership had been increased to forty-
eight. The list follows :
Members of the Association.
Anderson. X. F.. Cadillac.
Batchelor Timber Co.. Saginaw.
Butters Salt & Lumber Co., Ludington.
Boyne City Lumber Co., Boyne City.
Cook. Curtis & Miller, Petoskey.
Cadillac Handle Co.. Cadillac.
Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc.. Cadillac. '
Cummer. Diggins & Co., Cadillac.
Churchill Lumber Co.. Alpena.
Dav. D. H.. Glen Haven.
Dalton Lumber Co., New Dalton (P. C,
Skandia).
Danaher Hardwood Lumber Co.. Dollarville.
Elk Rapids Iron Co.. Elk Rapids.
East Jordan Lumber Co.. East Jordan.
Embury-Martin Lumber Co., Cheboygan.
Engadine Lumber Co.. Engadine.
Gilchrist. F. W.. Alpena.
Hackle>'-Phelps-Bonnell Co., Grand Rapids.
HarVior Springs Lumber Co., Harbor Springs.
Haak Lumber Co.. Haakwood.
Johannesburg Mfg. Co., Johannesburg.
Jamison. John A.. St. Ignace.
Kimliall Lumber Co.. Alpena.
Kneeland-Bigelow Co.. Bay City.
Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co., Traverse
I'ity.
Loud's Sons Co.. H. M.. Au Sable.
Murphy & Diggins, Cadillac.
MacBride Lumber Co.. Grand Rapids.
Mitchell Bros. Co.. Cadillac.
Michelson & Hanson Lumber Co.. Lewiston.
McMillan, C. V. Co.. Ontonagon.
Northern Lumber Co., Birch.
Oval Wood Dish Co.. Traverse Citv.
Peters. R. G., Salt & Lumber Co.. Eastlake.
Peninsula Bark &. Lumber Co.. Sault Ste
Marie.
Richardson Lumber Co., Alpena.
Stearns Salt & Lumber Co.. Ludington.
Sands. Louis, Salt & Lumber Co., Manistee.
Sailing. Hanson & Co.. Grayling.
Stephenson. The I. Co., Wells.
Simmons Lumber Co.. Simmons.
J. Sulli\-an. Cedar.
von Platen, G., Boyne City.
Weidman, J. S.. Weidman.
W^orcester Lumber Co.. Chassel.
White. W. H.. Co.. Boyne City.
Wagner & Gilmore. Marion.
Williams Bros. Co.. Cadillac.
Mr. Odell then read a telegram from R.
Hanson, of Sailing, Hanson & Co., Grayling,
as follows: "Will not be able to attend
meeting but hope you vrill have a good at-
tendance, and we promise our heartiest co-
operation in whatever measures are adopted."
Also a letter from the Michigan Manufac-
turers' Association of Detroit, inviting the
association to aflSliate with them, which on
motion was ordered filed.
The report of the grading committee was
then read in the form of suggestions for a
code of rules covering the manufacture and
grading of Michigan hardwoods.
Mr. White: Any suggestion or criticisms
from anyone present will be helpful to us.
Here followed much interesting discussion
on how to prevent lumber from staining,
which brought out many expert opinions.
Mr. Klise addressed the convention at some
length advising conservatism in the legisla-
tion of the association on the subject of
grades and methods of conducting the hard-
wood manufacturing business of the state.
Address of G. B. Dunton.
Mr. Dunton : .A good many years ago my
fatlier was manufacturing f.anning mills in
Clrand Rapids. We used to buy poplar and
we went down to the mill and picked out the
kind of lumber we wanted. There was no
grading in those days. Afterward we went
up north to a pine sawmill man and showed
him the grades we wanted, so that he could
know just what our requirements were. In
those days there were no jobbers, but the
man who wanted lumber simply went to the
mill. We came back and told a planing mill
man in Grand Rapids that we could buy pine
up there real cheap. Others went up there*
and did the same thing. The consumers went
to the manufacturers and told them what they
wanted and paid the price for it. Now when
the liardwood men came onto the carpet a
whole lot of jobbers sprang up. They came
to the hardwood man to buy his lumber.
They didn't know whom they were going to
sell it to. They didn't know what was to be
E. P. ARPIN. PRESIDENT WISCONSIN HARD-
WOOD LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
done with it. So they got up a set of rules
to cover everything. Men in the old days
used to buy clear lumber, when they could
just as well have used something cheaper.
As I understand the business of this associa-
tion, it is to get closer to the consumer, sup-
ply him with just what he wants, and not
ask him to buy firsts and seconds when he
could use No. 1 common. If customers could
all come to the manufacturer and tell him
just what they wanted, I will guarantee that
you would get from %Z to $5 a thousand more
tor your lumber. Hardwood is getting pretty
scarce in Michigan. The pine men awakened
long a.go to the state of affairs, and are thor-
oughly organized.
Mr. White then introduced Mr. E. P. Arpin,
]iresideut of the Wisconsin Hardwood Lum-
l)ermen's Association, who addressed the
meeting as follows :
Address of E. P. Arpin.
In regard to the matter just spoken about
I presume I know as little as anyone. I
was one of the organizers of the Wisconsin
Hardwood Lumbermen's Association eleven
years ago. and we have done a good deal of
good to ourselves individually and to the
lumber trade as a whole. As I understand
the contention now. it is simply a matter of
making a larger number of grades and defin-
ing them. The original rules were elastic.
They would cover various cases and grades.
I am here at the invitation of President
AVTiite and am glad you are forming an asso-
ciation because we know it will do you a lot
HARDWOOD RECORD
23
of good, and general oo-operation is certainly
of benefit to tlie entire liardwood industry.
To illustrate, we have now talien up the sub-
ject of the western freight rate matter. At
the time I was elected president of our asso-
ciation— it was a year ago — it occurred to me
that the western rate of eighty-five cents to
the west coast was out of proportion to the
present rates going east. Our association
appointed a committee to take the matter up
with the National Association of Lumber
Manufacturers and at this meeting they ap-
pointed a committee and passed a set ot
resolutions that this committee should appear
before the Transcontinental Freight Bureau
in Chicago and see what it thought about a
reduction. The first committee appointed bv
our association prior to this did not get the
satisfaction they thought they should, and
thought that the national association, having
all the lumber associations back of it. would
meet with a larger measure of respect. So
it proved, for they granted us a hearing
which they did not grant the first committee.
We had a meeting last month with them, and
presented our case at leisure and I tliink we
gave it verj- detailed attention and proved to
the railway people that they are losing busi-
ness in not granting the request. We showed
to their satisfaction that there is now in the
neighborhood of 15.000.000 feet of hardwood
being shipped to west coast points. This
is about 6.000.000 feet from tlie national asso-
ciation, the .same from tlie Manufacturers'
Association. 1.000.000 from our association.
1,000,000 from Michigan, and an odd million
from other sources, making 15,000,000 in all.
W. W. MITCHELL, V. P. MICHIGAN IIAUD-
WOOD MANUFACTUKERS' ASSOCIATION.
At the rate at which it is being shipped it is
assumed by the people in the west coast
cities, who use it, that under a reasonable
rate they would be able to treble the con-
sumption of hardwoods. If this is so. it would
seem an object for the railway people to
make a reduction in the rate. They admit
that one-third of their cars going west go
empty. We offered to load those cars at a
lower rate, and give them the extra business.
The lumber that they force east on a low rate
IS not a benefit to them. In other words I
saw a house today finished in yellow pine.
That means a carload of lumber in the South
somewhere was shipped up here. Now in
this way the road got an extra car to haul.
Otherwise they would have got none.
The railway people have seemed to take it
on themselves that they didn't want any
lumber to go west. They have sawmills out
there and the lumber ought to satisfy the
people there, and so they have not favored a
movement of lumber to the west. Wisconsin
manufacturers feel they are entitled to a
broader market in that direction. Some lum-
ber is even shipped in from Japan. Recently
there was made a contract for 1.500.000 oak
ties to he shipped to Mexico for the Hariiman
hnes. That means 50,000.000 feet of lumliei-.
So there is evidently some timber in Japan.
.It appears that there is a cause for apprehen-
sion on the part of the manufacturers of the
United States regarding the shipping in of
foreign lumber. I had a letter sent me bv a
manufacturer in which the writer stated that
he wanted to know what rates thev might
get to ship some of this Japanese" lumber
right into Chicago. So the railroads en-
courage through their excessive rates the
importation of lumber into the United States.
At the same time tiiey have injured tliem-
selves as much or more than they have the
lumbermen. Up to the present time, however,
we have not been informed that we will get
any .satisfaction, rather the other way.
The rate out of Chicago to the Pacific coast
is 85 cents, against 60 cents from the coast
to Chicago points. The railroads do not give
any reason for this. They simply say they
can get it. But I understand that the
northern lines are in favor of a reduction.
They like the lumber traffic. It gives' them
a long haul with full carloads, and they like
the business. But the southern lines, those
that go into San Francisco, evidently think
they will have all they can do in hauling
lumber at S5 cents. I think possibly that
later on they may make a reduction — after
the needs of the city of San Francisco have
been met. Now they encourage the importa-
tion of foreign lumber. I do not know wiiat
the position of the National Lumber Manu-
facturers' Association will be in regard to
this matter, Ijut from the sentiment of most
of its members I think they will feel like
bringing the matter up before the Interstate
Commerce Commission. With that in view,
I think it would be well for you to suggest
the advisability of co-operating with us on
this line, appointing a committee to take the
matter up with our committee, and do what-
ever is necessary for the good of the industry.
I am pleased indeed to come here and visit
>'ou gentlemen and consitler it an lionor to
our association to be inviteel to attend your
meeting. I have not had an opportunity to
confer with the directors, but have had a
number of letters, and all seem to be of the
same opinion, that our work and yours are on
the same lines, and anything we can do to
co-operate will help each other. It occurred
to me that possibly there may be some work
in which we can pull together. To illustrate,
the pine and hemlock people of our state have
the same secretary. The work he does is
much more efficient than if iie acted only for
one association. A secretary that would act
for both our associations would be able to
devote his entire time to collecting such in-
formation as we would all like to have. Our
woods and markets are similai-. and there is
no reason why our two states could not work
together. I just make this suggestion, how-
ever, so that later on it may be deemed a
wise thing for us to amalgamate in some way.
If there is any information I can give you, I
would be pleased to give it, and that is one
of the reasons that brought me here. I
thought I might possibly be of some aid. and
would be pleased to be of service in an.v way
possible.
F. A. Diggius: I have just drafted a resolu-
tion which I wish to present, which I believe
states about what the oominittee had in their
minds when they drafted the rules.
RESOLVED. That the secretary of this
association cause the report of the grading
committee to he printed, and a copy of the
report sent to each member for their con-
sideration, accompanied by a request that .said,
members shall submit suggestions for sucfi
change-s as may occur to them.
That the grading committee shall meet and
consider these suggestions and then formulate
a set of rules which shall be submitted by a
sub-committee to the grading committee of
the national association and an earnest effort
made to have our proposed changes incor-
porated in their rules, to the end that there
may be no conflict between the two associa-
tions.
That pending the adoption of a set of grad-
ing rules by this association, the rules of the
National Hardwood Lumber Association be
used by the members of this association.
Mr. Diggins spoke briefly in support of his
resolution and moved its adoption. The mo-
tion was carried by rising vot«.
Mr. Day: The rules do not so much matter
as the way they are interpreted. I think that
while some changes are necessary in the
rules, there should be something done in the
matter of inspectors. According to my opin-
ion they are almost wholly controlled by the
Joljbers. who get the benefit it there is any
to be gotten. It would look to me that we
should do something more on that line. I
want to say that an inspector does not have
to know very much about lumber. All he has
to do is to give .a bond. That makes it all
right with the jobber, and the manufacturer
seldom troubles him.
Mr. Hull: I do not wish to be understood
as opposing a modlHcation of the rules, but
what I do insist upon is to make them so
plain that so much will not be left to the
judgment of the in.spectors. for their opinions
vary greatly. I want them plain enough that
an inspector can intelligently put the board
where it belongs.
Mr. von Platen: I have worked on grading
committet^s for seven or eight years, and
have met with some very fair rrien on the
other side. I think we should take the con-
sumer into consideration, if not the middle-
man. My aim is to make the middleman sell
the same grade to the consumer that I give
him, and I think when we get the grade
where the middleman cannot manipulate it
we have done everything we can. I do not
believe it is best for us to get up a set of
rules and say that .such and such must
constitute grades. I do not believe we can
make it work. It might not be best to confer
with the national people, but we must get at
the consumer and see what he thinks l)est in
the case. I do not think it best to force on
a man lumber that he cannot u.se. and 1 b.ave
worked for that point and to get grades to
satisfy the consumer. I think that defects
should be according to the number of feet in
the surface measurement in a board, instead
of in width. That would help the flooring
man because he wants long lumber. I would
like to see consumers on that committee but
not middlemen. Of course they are fighting
us inch by inch. I am not in favor of chang-
ing the rules to any extent at present.
Mr. Cook: The consumer should be brought
very close to any changes that are made in
rough lumber, and the trouble as I view it.
from the national association, is that it is
largely made up of middlemen, and every
inch you get you have to fight for because
LEWIS DOSTEI!. SECY IIAUKWOOD MANU-
FACTUREKS' ASSOCIA'i'K IN OF THE
UNITED STATES.
his profit at the present time, of any size,
results almost exclusively in the manipulation
of the grade which you sell him. and it
would seem to me that it is essential that a
grade of firsts be established; then the
seconds, and along down the list; so closely
specified that when you get done with the
grading the basis will be found simple and
there can't be any manipulation. It is cer-
tainly essential to change the gr.ades of lum-
ber, just as it is the grades of maple flooring.
The flooring men do it and nobody kicks
about it because everybody does it. The
grade on flooring is 2 feet and up. It seems
to me that grades should be changed from
time to time to cope witli the situation, as
manufacturing conditions change. As for
doing it at once, you are on ground that
needs careful and thorough investigation, and
must needs be carefully and slowly covered.
Radical changes today, with the market as
it is, need serious thought. I should say that
if we could understanil the basis of supply
and demand from the viewpoint of the manu-
facturer we could maintain better values, we
could maintain better grading values and get
more out of the product of the log.
Market Condition Committee Report.
Chairman Odell presented the report of
the committee on market conditions, as fol-
lows:
Your committee on market conditions begs
to report as follows concerning stock on hand
and stock sold on unfilled orders.
se4
HARDWOOD RECORD
Tour acting secretary sent blanks to all
manufacturers of hardwood in Michigan re-
questing them to report the amount of stock
on hand and untilled orders July 1. 1906.
Fifty-nine manufacturers reported and among
these most of the larger manufacturers, al-
though ten to twelve of the largest manufac-
turers did not report their stock.
From such deductions as we have made
from a compilation of the stocks reviorted we
think it probable that fifty of the largest
manufacturers produce in the neighborhood
of 90 per cent of the hardwoods cut in. Michi-
gan. Twenty-nine out of fifty-nine reporting,
or a little less than 50 per cent of those
reporting, have 92% per cent of the stock
reported. The woods on which we have
reports are maple, beech, birch, elm and bass-
wood. This report shows the amoimt of the
above woods in feet only and does not show
sizes or grades.
From such information as this committee
is able to secure, it appears that there is
considerably less hardwood luml^er in the
hands of manufacturers than there was at
this time last year, and that the demand is
sufficient to consume all of it at fully as good
prices and in some instances at much better
prices than have prevailed during the present
year.
Thick maple is in much better demand and
stocks much lighter than at any time during
the past two years, and probably will be-
scarce before next winter's cut is in condition
to market. The amount of beech lumber in
stock is very well covered by orders and there
seems to be no surplus. Beech has been used
very largely as a substitute wood, the purpose
generally being to secure something cheaper
than had been used before and from its use
in this way many consuming manufacturers
have come to know that beech is a valuable
wood for many purposes. We expect to see
the use of beech increase both because of its
merits and because for some time at least it
will be the cheapest of hardwoods. Either
of these reasons should be sufficient to help
the price of beech.
-The stocks of birch are no doubt much
lighter than they were at the beginning of
the year, owing to a very much increased
demand, due likely to concessions in prices.
Basswood has remained practically un-
changed during the past year, the supply-
about equalling the demand. We can learn
of no accumulation in stocks, neither does
there seem to be any marked decrease in
stocks.
Elm has not maintained the position taken
by it early in the year, as there has been
some decline in prices and a slight increase
in stock due probably to the use of substi-
tute woods.
It is the opinion of this committee that the
general conditions and outlook for Michigan
hardwoods, taken as a whole, are probably
better than at any time in their history.
Respectfully submitted.
Bruce Odell.
W. L. Martin.
A. W. Newark.
W. C, Hull.
W. N. Kellev.
S. G. McClellan.
Committee.
Mr. Odell: A summary of the reports of
stocks on hand which have been received
should be information for members only, and
will be fui-nished any members wanting them.
We will also get out statistics on other lines,
which will be of benefit.
Mr. White: I wish to say that this associa-
tion is very fortunate. Cummer. Diggins &
Co. have allowed Mr. Odell to carry on this
work until we decide fullj- what we are going
to do. I have therefore arranged with Mr.
Odell today to fix up an office at Cadillac,
hire a stenographer and cari-y on this w'ork
for the time being.
I think this association should have a traffic
committee of three to co-operate with the
Wisconsin association in this west-bound
freight question and other matters. What is
your pleasure?
Freight Committee.
A motion was made and carried that a
freight committee be appointed iu accord-
ance with the president's suggestion, and the
following were named : B. F. Cook, Fred
Diggins and C. A. Bigelow.
Secretary Odell then addressed the con-
vention on the value of statistical reports
of stocks on hand, etc., and made an urgent
plea that requests for information be promptly
attended to, in order that the data obtained
may be complete. He also proposed a vote
of thanks to Lewis Doster and other members
of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association
for their assistance in organizing the Michi-
gan hardwood manufacturers, iu the form of
a resolution, adopted as follows:
RESOLVED, That this association hereby
extends to the Hardwood Manufacturers'
Association of the United States its hearty
appreciation of the valuable assistance ren-
dered us at the time of our organization by
the presence of their very efficient secretary,
Mr. Doster. and other prominent members of
their association, including R. H. Vansant.
their former president. We have found their
suggestions most beneficial and helpful, and
we hereby wish to record our obligation to
their association.
Mr. Day: I move that the executive com-
mittee appoint a man to .canvass this state
and get every manufacturer and stumpage
owner to join this association. Carried.
Ne'wspaper Men Talk.
air. Defebaugh: I do not think it necessary
for me to go on record regarding association
work, as I have for about twenty years been
trving to assist in my humble way in the
establishment of associations in all lines of
the trade, believing that Just such confer-
ences as vou are having today are useful to
yourselves" and to the trade at large. I never
saw one of them that was not productive of
good where there was mutual confidence and
action. I know very well many of you have
done a lot of work in association lines. I
remember of going over in this state a few
r.RUCE ODELL, SECY MICHIGAN HARD-
WOOD MANUFACTURERS' ASSO-
CIATION.
years ago to assist in the organization of a
maple flooring association and I believed there
was a field here for that association, I went
to one city in this state where we labored
from early" morning until midnight to induce
one concern to become members, with the
result that thev signed about midnight. Any
of us who have assisted in building up these
associations have done a good work. Mr.
Arpin here is doing a good work by his self-
sacrifice along the lines of reducing freight
rates to the coast, and it will result in good
I am sure. The Southern Pacific and some
of the other roads all fear anything like a
revolution in rates. They say the moment
thev make a change in rates on lumber to
the" coast thev will have to put in machinery,
furniture and" other products. But there will
be a change in rates to the coast, nevertheless,
without anv doubt. People are now asking
some of the roads for cars, which they cannot
supply. That is true of Pacific coast roads.
We are now coming to what is going to be
the car shortage of history, this fall. Every
commodity is being offered no-w in tremendous
quantities, and the roads are going to be
powerless in sixty days to meet the demands
upon them. I think all associations fairly
well organized will bring to their members
almost untold good in the next twelve months.
Mr. Gibson: You all know my interest
in association work. I have seen its effects
for years and know its value. Beyond grad-
ing rules and all this sort of thing the gi-eat
value of association work is this acquaint-
ance, this friendship, and the fact that you
get a mutual education. One man learns from
the othei-, and you eventually eliminate unin-
telligent competition. You achieve a high
standard and therefore it is worth all the
time and money you spend on it. All the
associations that have been organized in a
logical way have been successful. Every
association effort has made money for its
members, and I want to congratulate you on
this one because you have started right and
you are going to benefit yourselves.
In the matter of grades the correct theory
of grading lumber from the manufacturers'
viewpoint is to establish grades that the
wholesale consumer may use to his satisfac-
tion, just so far as they can be made, and
saw logs to good advantage. Y'ou do not want
to waste your timber. Y'ou must practice
forest and' sawmill economy. Y'ou will find
the time very close at hand when you are
going to take youi> low grade stock and ref-
use and make dimension material. You will
find this will be a great thing for you from
a financial viewpoint, and that is what you
all naturally have in view.
Mr. Barns: I have nothing to say. My dis-
tinguished confreres are the orators of the
lumber trade press. I am up here rusticating
nearby and I spend the happiest part of my
life in Michigan; that is in summer, when I
have nothing to do but catch your fish, play
your slot machines and have a good time.
As to associations, we have one in St.
Louis that is almost a model of all those in
the country. There are pretty hard-headed
men in the yellow pine fraternity, and it is
very plain that they would not spend their
jnohey unless they saw practical benefits.
Their association is expending a good deal of
money every year, and they .are doing it for
a purpose, you can depend. I am very glad
indeed to b"e present here today, and to have
this opportunity of meeting all of you.
Secretary Doster Explains,
Mr. White: Mr. Doster is with us today,
and has certainly been a great aid to us in
getting into shape. We would be glad to have
him give us a few words on the methods he
carries out in his association work.
Mr. Doster: I certainly appreciate your
kind expression of thanks, which has more
than repaid me for the extra work I have
done on your behalf. It has been my pleasure
in association work to establish a system of
travels, and I have never traveled to a better
state than Michigan, or met more association
people than I have here. There is no ques-
tion but that you will get some excellent i
results. I have in the past explained my ^
work wherever I have been.
In 1902 the manufacturers of the South
covering fourteen states were up against it
in the way you are. They were being forced
to ship their lumber under all sorts of condi-
tions. There were no intelligent grading
rules on the market to form a basis, and .
they organized to protect themselves. Our
object is to 'inform our fellow manufacturers
of the conditions existing in every section of
the country, and to advise each other of
unbusinesslike methods of such persons who
endeavor to take advantage of the manufac-
turing element. After we formed our organi-
zation we discovered that to adopt grading
rules we had to go further along the line.
The question of interpretation of the rules
was one of vital importance and it was dis-
covered that the only way to obtain good
results was to have inspectors who would
report on the lumber that was being objected
to bv buyers, with the result that we put in
a fully organized corps of inspectors to travel
over "the United States, wherever lumber is
consumed. At the same time we discovered
that the question of shipping lumber was one
of vital importance. We established an edu-
cating department and have our traveling
inspectors visit the sawmills. The manufac-
turers of the South never wanted to make a
grade of lumber that could not be sold, and
every point we have taken up in our associa-
tion work has given to the consumers of
lumber something better than they have ob-
tained before. Prior to 1902 everybody was
working in the dark with the sole aim of
producing a large amount of lumber rather
than producing a limited amount at a larger
price. Our inspectors study what the con-
sumer wants and how to make it. and manu-
facturers and consumers are thus working
together in harmony. We only allow manu-
facturers and stumpage owners in our organi-
zation. We are composed of men thoroughly
familiar with the consuming markets, and
consumers are always taken into considera-
tion before anv radical move is made. We
have also established a plan in which we
study competitive woods, and attempt to
keep values in just proportion. 'When we
organized we had poplar as our highest priced
commodity, and we naturally studied what
was going to take its place, and how to secure
a fair price for it.
In vour own trade you will find that people
are buying basswood from the South. I know
today "that our basswood in the South is
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being held back until the manufacturer be-
comes thoroughly acquainted with tlie condi-
tions surrounding it. This association woriv
lielps him to do.
We have a system of statistics which we
send out to members, and I want to say tliat
the way to mnlie such information valuable is
for ever.vone to reply to all inquiries from
the secretary's ofBce promptly and fully. I
have been closely connected witli Mr. Odell
while lie has been taking up this new work,
and I say to you that 1 have seldom if ever
found a man so thoroughly adapted to do
association work. You have certainly placed
the right man in the right place. A point
in our association similar to yours is that
manufacturers of a certain class of lumber
are the only people who can legislate on the
rules covering that commodity. Manufactur-
ers of poplar lumber have nothing to say
about rules for other woods, with the result
that we divide all our interests into separate
departments. We have no conflict in our
association at all. for we simply adopt the
recommendations of the principal manufac-
turers of each wood. Our members never
adopt measures that arc going to harm them-
seh'es. Our work is endeavoring to develop
along the best possible lines. We have
never adopted specific grading rules on the
woods of Michigan and Wisconsin, for the
simple reason that we have never been organ-
ized in those sections, and as we do not make
rales on what we do not manufacture, we
are ready to practically adopt .vour ideas on
those things. Our association was formed
because grading rules had bten established
wherein the manufacturer graded his lumber
on one side and it was re-sold on the other,
ma.vbe being turned over in the car in transit.
These conditions the sawmill man in the
South confronted, and he was forced to or-
ganize. \^'e believe that there is a place for
the middleman. We believe that he is neces-
sary for a larger element of our people than
he is for your people here. We have more
small producers to the square mile than you
have. The small man must sell through
somebody as he cannot afford to establish a
selling agency of his own. ^Ve like to take
the middleman and consumer into considera-
tion and try to work in close touch with
everybody connected with the trade. We
have spent over $150,000 since 190J tor the
purpose of establishing the principle that a
man shall not ""monkey with grades." We
find that mixed grades will cause competitors
to constantly lower their prices to meet this
mixed grade competition. We adopt plans to
protect our members. We adopted a plan of
measuring on the lialf foot, and we have no
trouble on this score with consumers. We
never have an.v trouble with them or they
with us. A]l the difficulty comes from the
middleman who is endeavoring to either find
something easy to sell or wants to make an
unfair profit.
We also have a credit rating department
which is nothing more than individual busi-
ness methods thoroughly recorded, especially
those which are unjust. We have market
conditions and price committees which study
grades, stocks on hand, consuming market
conditions, values of different commodities,
and act in accordance with what is found.
Twice a month we issue a stock sheet show-
ing items of surplus stock by thicknesses and
grades. In the last two or three years it has not
been used very much because there have been
no surplus stocks. The result is that manu-
facturers are always working on thicknesses
which are short. Thus we are covering in
a businesslike way the entire United States.
You have conditions existing here in Michigan
and Wisconsin which are very closely united,
and I know the results you will achieve will
be satisfactory. I have had the honor of
being present here and I appreciate it.
Mr. White: I appreciate very much the
seriousness with which Mr. Day takes the
membership business of this association and
the necessary work to be done, and I think
everyone here who is a member should go
home with the understanding that he will do
everything possible to get members for the
next meeting. We must fight our matters
out on our own lines and put our plans into
shape, and when we have done this we can
piesent tht'm to any other association which
we want to join, but we can't do it now for
we are in our infancy. Mr. \"on Platen
touched the vital point on this rule matter
when he said we must make a set of rules
which the middleman cannot manipulate.
That is what we should do. Make a set of
rules for the manufacturer and consumer of
the product. I hope you will all go home to
work with us in every way possible, and we
want to beat every association in our work
and enthusiasm — even the Wisconsin men.
President White announced that the execu-
tive committ-ee had appointed B. H. Cook on
the market conditions committee in place of
E. C. Bust who was unable to serve; also
that the correct initials of Mr. Hull of the
same committee are " W. C. "
On motion the meeting adjourned, after
deciding to hold the next gathering at Trav-
erse City, the time to be decided upon and
announced litter.
Those Present.
A. F. Anderson, Cadillac.
K. P. Arpin, president Wisconsin Hardwood
Lumbermen's Association, Grand Rapids, Wis.
Chas. A. Bigelow, Kneeland-Bigclow Co..
Bay City.
Henry Ballou, Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., Cadil-
lac.
W^. E. Barns, St. Louis Lumberman, St.
Louis, Mo.
John W. Blodgett, Grand Rapids.
K. J. Clark, Peninsular Bark & Lumber
Co., Sault Ste Marie.
1'. Collier, Boyne City.
M. E. Collins, Engadine Lumber Co., Enga-
dine.
E. G. Carey, Harbor Springs Lumber Co.,
Hiirbor Springs,
B. H. Cook. Cook, Curtis & Miller, Petoskey
and (jrand Marais.
Rush Culver, Northern Lumber Co.. Birch
and Marquette.
W. ■ T. Christine. American Lumberman,
(-'hicago.
J. E. Defebaugb, American Lumberman.
Chicago.
Lewis Doster, secretary Hardwood Manu-
facturers' Association, Chicago,
F. A, Dig:gins, Murphy & Diggins, Cadillac,
D. F. Diggins, Cummer, Diggins & Co.,
Cadillac.
C. B. Drake, Michelson Lumber Co., Lewis-
ton,
G. B. Dunton, MacBride Lumber Co.. Buck-
ley.
John Dalton, Dalton Lumber Co. (Skandia
P. O.), New Dalton.
James Danaher, Jr., Danaher Uardwoud Lum-
ber Co., Dollarville.
D. H. Day. Glen Haven.
G. B. Daniels, Grand Rapids.
W. L. DeWitt, Kelley Lumber iV: Shingle
Co., Traverse City.
C, R. Duggan, Tindle & Jackson, Pellston.
Edward Fitzgerald, Mitch;ll Bros. Co..
Cadillac.
F. H. Freeman. Engadine Lumber Co,, En-
gadine.
Chas. W. Fish, Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co.,
Grand Rapids.
F. W. Gilchrist, Alpena.
Henry H. Gibson, Hardwood Record, Chi-
cago.
Bruce Green, Williams Bros. Co., Cadillac.
A. E. Gordon, Hardwood Record, Chicago.
E. S. Harris, Dalton Lumber Co., Skandia.
C. E. Haak, Haak Lumber Co., Haakwood.
J. A. Hynes. Sault Ste Marie.
H. S. Hull, The Oval Wood Dish Co., Trav-
erse City.
W. W. Johnson, Johnson & Crowl, Petoskey.
J. A. Jamicson, St. Ignaee.
A. B. Klise, A. B. Klise Lumber Co., Stur-
geon Bay.
F. A. Kimball, Churchill Luinber t^o., Al-
pena.
W. N. Kelley, Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co.,
Traverse City.
W. W. Mitchell, Mitchell Bros. Co. and
Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., Cadillac.
W. L. Martin, Boyne City Lumber Co..
Boyne City.
Wm. F. McKnight, The Northern Lumber
Co., Birch.
Joseph Murphy, Murphy & Diggins, Cadillac.
S. G. McClellan, Simmons Lumber Co., Sim-
mons.
W. L. Martin, Embury-Martin Co., Che-
boygan.
H. Nichols, Charlevoix Lumber Co., Char-
levoix.
A. W. Newark, The Cadillac Handle Co.,
Cadillac.
Bruce Odell, Cummer, Diggins & Co., Cadil-
lac.
W. P. Porter, East Jordan Lumber Co.,
East Jordan,
C. A. Phelps, Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co.,
Grand Rapids.
Robert H. Rayburn, Kimball Lumber Co.,
Alpena.
E. C. Rust, Elk Rapids Iron Co., Elk Rapids.
F. L. Richardson, Richardson Lumber Co..
Alpena.
H. P. Sutton, Worcester Lumber Co., Ltd..
Chassell.
G. von Platen, Bovne City.
W. H. White, W. H. White Co., Boyne City.
Thos. White, W. H. WTiite Co., Boyne City.
P. B. Wachtell, Petoskey.
NeWs Miscellany.
Big West Virginia Deal.
The largest limber deal made in West \'irginia
in some time was consummated a few days ago
when C. Crane & Co. of Cincinnati, O., paid
over half a million dollars for a tract of 00,000
acres of the best hardwood timber land in that
state. This latest purchase gives C. Crane &
Co. domain over about 400,000 acres of the
richest timber land in West Virginia.
The property just acquired lies in Wyoming
and Raleigh counties and is at the headquarters
of Coal creek, the (iuyandotte and Buffalo riv-
ers, all of which flow into the Kanawa, and the
timber w"ill be easily gotten out by this means.
It is estimated that C. (.'rane & Co. have suffi-
cient timber land to last twenty-five years, e^sti-
inating their aggregate annual cut at 100,000,000
feet.
Foremost In Its I>ine.
To cater to the whims of those idols of the
public, baseball players, taxes the resources of
the oldest and most experienced workers in wood
to furnish a bat which will meet the approval
of these critical professionals. At rontiac,
Mich,, the Pontiac Turning Company operates
a bat factory which is probably the largest in-
stitution of the kind in the world. This com-
pany's produ<"ts have a reputation which extends
the cotmtry over and has even penetrated into
the rhillppines.
The wood from which these sticks are made
is of the finest growth white hickory and ash,
straight grained and absolutely free from knots.
It comes mostly from Michigan and Ohio, though
every part of the United States where desirable
trees are grown contributes more or less. Each
year finds the acreage of hickory and ash dimin-
ishing, making the task of the buyer more diffi-
cult.
The logs employed in the manufacture of bats
are from six to twent.v-eight inches thick. They
are cut lengthwise in multiples of thirty-eight
inches, called bolts. Besides what are sawed
in this factory many squares are bought from
other factories, ready fur the lathe. During the
busy season bats are turned out at the rate of
over a thousand a day.
Such parts of the bolt as are left over are
usually large enough ii.i use for handles, of
which the factory makes even more than it does
of bats. Handles for pickaxes, hammers, sledges,
lioes, forks and in fact all kinds of tools are
turned out, making a separate business in itself.
The lathe which takes the squares and shapes
them into the rough semblance of the finished
product consists of a number of chisel-like
knives, which in an incredibly short time give
the ungainly billet the lines of the finished bat.
A turn on the sand belts makes the bats smooth
as satin. They are then taken to another room
where they are given a coat of lining — green,
black, brown or antique, according to specifica-
tions. Some of them are burned in the flame
of a torch while at the same time the brand is
burned in. Then they are carefully shellacked.
Finally they are put in individual paper bags
and packed in crates, a dozen to the crate.
The factory turns out three standard styles
of bats. There are as many odd notions In the
bat business as can be found in almost any line
that we might mention.
Many famous ball players visit this factory
annually for the purpose of selecting a bat from
the large stock or suggesting some improvement
upon the present models.
It takes from one to three years from the
l"!me the logs are br<iugbt in to season them and
get them ready for the lathe.
HARDWOOD RECORD
LOG YARD. CHOCTAW LfJIIiKK & VKNKElt CDMrAXY, GAKVIN, I. T.
A Model Veneer Mill.
One of the Quest veneer mills in the United
States was recently built at Garvin. I. T., by the
Choctaw Lumber & Veneer Company of Chicago.
Veneer has been made (or years, but the tremen-
dous growth of this industry since 1904 has
fompletely revolutionized its manufacture, and
from a somewhat
i n s i g n i f icant
place in the lum-
ber business it
has sprung to
the front rank.
This change is
reflected in Ihe
modern mills
which complete-
ly eclipse tlieir
humble predeces-
sors of a few
years ago. The
a c c o m pauying
cuts give a good
idea of the Gar
vin mill, which
is a Hue examph'
of the modern
veneer plant.
The Choctaw
Lumber & Veneer
I'ompauy was
organized last winter by
capitalists having large
Indian Territory
for rapid and economical handling of raw ma-
terial and finished product is used, and the mill
is so arranged that there is no unnecessary
handling, and the stock from the very first opera-
tion Is kept continually moving towards the ship-
ping department.
In the yard the logs are handled by a yarding
I'llWKK IKM si;. CllllCTAW l.l .MliEK \- VLMJIIU l i i.M I'A .\ ■! , (,.\I;\I-N, i
a number of Chicago
timber properties in
^^ . Their holdings comprise sev-
■al'miniou" feet of the finest white and red oak
now standing in the United States, and they
roulrol enough to run their mill for twenty
years. The large cut gives some
idea of the average run of the
logs.
Itealizing that the manufac-
ture of veneer is a very profitable
branch of the lumber business,
the Choctaw Lumber & Veneer
Company decided to erect a thor-
oughly modern plant of great ca-
pacity for that purpose. That it
has been successful is patent to
pvery one familiar with the in-
dustry. Inside and out the mill
is a model of convenience and
substantial construction. Partic
ular attention has been paid by
the owners to machinery equip
ment, the complete outfit being
supplied by the Coe Manufactur-
ing Company of Painesville, O..
whose reputation in this line is
worlfl-wide. Every known device
machine engine and wire cable in connection W'itli
a mammoth derrick, and are cut to length by a
heavy steam drag saw. The logs are conveyed
to the boiling vats and thence to the cutting
department by firm eye-beam trolleys of the
latest design.
The cutting equipment consists
of the Coe rotary veneer lathe of
largest size ; this machine will
swing a log nearly seventy inches
in diameter and one hundred inches
long. It weighs nearly twenty-five
tons and will cut any thickness
from % to 1-120 of an inch. In
connection with the rotary machine
are two Coe iron frame veneer saws
for cutting quarter-sawed oak.
These machines are perfectly satis-
factory and produce the beautiful
veneers so much admired in furni-
ture work. In connection with the
rotary cutter are used a number of
Coe heavy veneer clippers for cut-
ting stock to width, nie drying,
which has always been the bane of
the manufacturer's existence, has
no terrors here, and is easily
handled by a large Coe automatic
roller veneer dryer. This machine
is 100 feet long and sixteen feet
wide over all, and is so arranged
Hint four lines of stock can be
dried simultaneously. No matter
what thickness is being cut, one
trip through this machine dries it
thoroughly and the veneer is ready
for shipment. A modern six-foot band mill
is used for cutting flitches for the veneer saws
and a Coe knife grinder takes care of that im-
portant part of the business. The power for the
mill is provided by two 200 horsepower boilers
and a Corliss engine of ample size. The mill
has lis own lighting plant and is so arranged
that it can be
run twenty-four
hours a day if
desired.
T h e success
which has at-
tended the ef-
forts of this
compan.y from
the start i s
largely due to
the untiring en-
ergy and ability
of E. E. Busby,
president ; R. C.
Dayton, secre-
tary, and E. T.
Henry, superin-
tendent. These
gentlemen have
built a model
mill and with
every condition
so favorable, a
remarkably successful business is sure to be the
lesult of their efforts.
Fire in the Adrian Handle Company's factory
,at Adrian. Mich., caused an estimated loss of
j; 10,000.
\ lOiN'EER MILL, CHOCTAW LUMBER & VENBEU COMPANY, GAKVIN, I. T.
HARDWOOD RECORD
27
Approved Method of Quarter-Sawing.
The Il.-udwood .Mnmil'aitiirers' Association of
the United States, tbiougli its secretary. Lewis
Doster, bas issued a blue print exhibiting the
most approved commercial metliod of quarter-
sawing oak. This system is practiced by the
most intelligent and successful operatgrs in the
country.
The lirst four figures in the cut on this page
show the way to handle logs 20 inches and over
in diameter, and are accompanied by the follow-
ing directions :
Fig. 1 — Slab log on one side and turn ihat
side to knees, then cut from A to P.. throwing
C back to deck.
Fig. 2 — Turn slabbed side to head block, and
cut from E to E, throwing G to deck.
Fig. 3 — Turn slabbed side to angle of 4." de-
grees with head block, and cut from II to I or
until the piece J has a sharp edge.
Fig. 4 — Turn J over so that the line I is
against the knees, and finish, being very careful
not to make the last board a miscut.
G is to be sawed same as shown in Figs. 3
and 4.
C is to be sawed same as slinwn in Figs. 2, 3
and 4.
The figures from 5 to 10, Inclusive, show the
correct handling of logs less than 20 inches in
diameter. It will be noted that it is recom-
mended to cut the larger proportion of small
ing all the younger growths which have
started and the .seed as well, and seed trees
from which future forests must be produced.
"Including the consumption of wood for pulp
and papci". lumber cut for export and for do-
mestic use. telegraph poles, cross-tie.s. piling
and fuel, of which much is still used in many
locations, the timbers used in mining opera-
tions and that destroyed by forest fires, there
are seventy-five billion feet of timber con-
sumed each year, with an increased quantity
yearly. It is evident therefore that we have
not enough timbei- standing to continue com-
merciall.v for more than twent.v years in all
the United States, including the Pacific coast
forests.
*'ln estimating American forest areas, a
Washington City publication recently made
ridiculous claim.s by States, tending to prove
that our forest possessions were so great as
to be inexhaustible. In this estimate millions
of acres were included which are brush lands,
from which all commercial timber has been
removed, and farms which have been cleared
for forty or fifty years.
"There are in the Allegheny and Blue Ridge
mountains and other rough localities large
areas which are to some extent co\*ered with
scrubby growths but which will not mature
for more than a century.
"Other localities have swamps iu which an
New Dry Kiln System.
Tile successful drying of lumber has long
been a problem to lumber manufacturers. It is
a (luestion which has lialtled the inventor with
greater persistency than any other in connection
with the lumber trade. All have striven to-
ward the same goal — to dry lumber by artificial
means, tbortaighly and quickly, for Nature's
method of drying is far too ."ilow [or these times,
and man nui.st needs intervene lest the wheels
of commerce become clogged.
To a large extent the manufacturer has learned
to look upon his dry kiln as a gamble. Often has
bis kiln failed a( a crucial moment, si)oiling a
(piantity of iundior and probably thereby wiping
out the profit. The dry kiln up to date, with
one or two exceptions, has been to a great ex-
tent a nuitter of speculation, and speculation is
neither a safe nor satisfactory element to reckon
wilh.
For .vears there 1ms been an increasing call
for a di-y kiln that is safe and sure, one that
will convert green lumber into a thoroughly dry
marketalde product in the shortest time and
with the least loss to the manufacturer.
This was the necessity which set Z. Clark
Thwing. manager of the Grand Uapids Veneer
Works of (irand Rapids, Midi., to thinking some
two years ago, resulting ultimately in the in-
vention of a new dry kiln process, said to pos-
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logs into plain sawed stock. Instructions for
sawing these sizes are given as follows :
I'Mg. o — Take a thin slab ;
I''ig. Ti — Turn slabbed side down and saw one
Ixjard past the heart ;
I''ig. 7 — Turn remaining half to position indi-
':iied in this figure and .saw to heart;
l*'ig. .*<- -Turn to position indicated and saw to
heart ;
Fig. 9 — Turn remaining ipiarter to position in-
dicated and saw to heart :
Fig. 10— Turn remaining eighth with heart
to head and knee, and lie careful to avoid mis-
■ 111.
\Vhile tliere is nothing particularly new in the
riu'tbods outlined, the diagrams will assist saw-
yers of oak who are not thoroughly familiar with
Huarter-sawing.
A Note of Warning.
Arboriculture, the magazine of the interna-
tional society of that name, of Connersville.
Ind.. in referring to the facts brought out at
the last meeting of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association that at the present rate
"f cutting the total existing timber area of
this country would be exhausted in thirty-
three years, says:
"But there are several other contingencies
which must be considered in such calculation
the annual fires in forests destroy an in -
cre<lible Quantity' of standing timber, includ-
inferior timber growth remains, giving the
appearance of a forest, yet the commercially
\'ahiable trees have been removed.
"I'nder the best conditions there must be
a long interval of seventy-tive or more years
from the year A. D. 1925 when the bulk of
our trees will have been consumed, and the
beginning of the twenty-first century, when, if
protected, these brush lands may become ma-
tured timber, during which long period the
United States will he destitute of native lum-
ber.
"It is none too soon therefore 'that some-
fning should be done, and done immediately.'
"We have urged repeatedly that quickly ma-
turing trees be planted in immense quantities
to forestall the coming timber- famine, and we
now emphasize these statements, and again
urge Government, States, lumbering com-
panies, land corporations, and. above all. the
farmers to plant trees as extensively as possi-
ble and without delay.
"So long as Congress insists upon placing
a high premium upon national suicide by re-
taining the prohibitory duty on lumber, the
only remedy lies in the planting of huirdreds
of millions of trees of such species as will
grow in the briefest possible time, and which
possess the qualification demanded for lum-
ber, cross-ties and all commercial purposes.
sess every ropusite for converting green stock
into scientilicaily chieil liuiihcr in a remarkably
short time.
Some three years ago the rapidly increasing
l)usiness of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works
made necessary some new and more expeditious
method of drying lumber. T'he old kilns were
overtaxed and could not be forced to dry oak
thoroughly in less than three weeks without dam-
age to the lumber. Vet no better system was
available. The order books began to get peri-
lously ahead of the shipping department and Mr.
Thwing. in sheer desperation, began a series of
experiments along entirely new lines. While it
was found po.ssihIe to dry the lumber a little
more quickly by other methods, the product was
invariably twisted and marked and checked
around tlie knots. These experiments were con-
tinued nearly a year and failed to accomplish
satisfactory results. Something was lacking.
Siune basic principle had as yet been undiscov-
ered, though persistently sought for by Mr.
Thwing and ills mechanical engineer, A. D. I*inu.
A little over a year ago Mr. Thwing became
convinced that he was on the wrong track and
he issued orders to tear out the apparatus with
which the experiments had been conducted for
so many nninths. The work of demolition was
actually under way when Mr. Uinn, (piite by
iocidcnt. dis(overcd a peculiar condition. He
slnpprd iIm' wnrk at once and began the con-
28
HARDWOOD RECORD
struction of a dry kiln containing the one great
essential principle of the successful kiln drying
of lumber. Upon the completion of the kiln
test after test was made, each more exhaustive
than its predecessor. Lumber directly from the
kiln came out perfectly and scientifically dried
in from one-third to one-half the time ordinarily
required. It was further demonstrated that so
uniformly was the lumber dried that all waste
was practically eliminated, such as waste from
checked, warped and twisted lumber, knot splits,
etc.
In its own business the Grand Rapids Veneer
Works uses principally plain and quarter-sawed
oak. This stock goes into the kiln directly from
the tree and is dried in from ten days' to two
weeks' time, and every stick that goes into the
kiln comes out undamaged.
Twelve months of rigid tests have proven that
the scientific principle upon which the system
depends is eflicient, and the company is now in-
stalling the system in other plants. And here
enters one of the surprising and best features of
the invention — the system can be quickly and
easily introduced in any dry kiln. Moreover the
expense is not great.
The Grand Kapids Veneer Works, in order to
preserve its secret, will install this system at
a reasonable expense, under a guarantee that
the kiln will do all that is claimed for it. In
other words, the company agrees to install a
system in present kilns at but little expense,
which can be easily operated, wliich will dry
lumber more perfectly, with less labor and ex-
pense than any other system.
Pianos in Culja,
A correspondent at Cienfuegos writes that
there is only one piano dealer in that city. He
sells about twelve instruments each year, and
at the present time has in stock seven new pianos
and twenty others which he rents. The sales
bring from !f2iM'_i to $400 apiece and payment
may be made on the installment plan at the rate
nf about $10 a month. This dealer handles only
one American make of piano, but four of Euro-
pean manufacture. Those which sell best are
made in France and are small and plain. The
finest ones have solid mahogany and cedar cases,
rather than veneered, as the latter are not last-
ing in tropical climates, owing to the attacks of
a certain kind of worm. The strings are plated
or gilded, and the pegs and all other metal
pieces nickel-plated, to prevent rust. The' market
calls for a seven-octavo three-pedal instrument.
Cubans are exceedingly fond of music, and it is
passing strange that a dealer in a city of 30,00o
inhabitants cannot sell more than a dozen pianos
a year.
Lumbering in Missouri.
statistics show that the forest industries of
Missouri are increasing, due to the fact that
railroad building is opening up new sections pre-
viously inaccessible, with the result that the
timber growing therein is being cut and placed
on the market. The shipments of forest products
made during 1905 represent a value of $26,319,-
348, or an increase of about $0,000,000 over the
preceding year. The following summary is given
iu the report of Labor Commissioner Anderson :
Hardwood lumber, feet 246,987,982
Soft lumber, feet 221,555,668
Logs, feet 119,256,295
Walnut logs, feet 3,721,087
Railroad ties (ties) 3,545,571
Piling, feet 3,311,134
Fence and mine posts 1,065,247
Cordwood, cords 201,895
Telegraph poles 46,016
Cooperage, cars 18,798
Walnut lumber, feet 11,302
Paper wood, cords 14,148
Apple wood, feet 9,000
Tar, barrels 5.084
Charcoal, cars 382
Excelsior and sawdust, cars 186
Pencil wood, cars 46
Where Quality Is First.
At Grand Rapids, Mich., is located the plant
of the Gillette Roller Bearing Company, manu-
facturer of improved roller bearing axles, wagons,
Jumber carts, dry kiln trucks and boxes for
shafting. This is a factory where quality is
paramount — where only good material is pounded
and sawed and planed and drilled into useful-
ness by skilled workmen — where the policy is to
do everything as well as it can be done, and the
wisdom of this policy is plain, for its adoption
has given first place to Gillette vehicles and has
made the Gillette trade mark a
synonym for best.
The Gillette roller bearing axle. ,
the heart of all Gillette vehicles, is I
an excellent example of the worth '
of this concern's product. A re-
cent demonstration at the compa-
ny's factory showed one of these axles carrying
a heavy cart wheel raised free from the floor.
The wheel was set spinning, and when it "ran
down," it swung back and forth as a bicycle
wheel does, until it finally stopped with the
heavy side of the wheel down, evidence, first, of
absence of friction, and second, that the cart
bearing was made right. Men. bent on economy
in lumber handling, have purchased upwards of
^'."i.ooo worth of these vehicles for a single mill
plant, believing in investing money in rather
than wasting money on equipment.
Tbrougbout every department of this great
institution, whether in the regular lines manu-
factured, such as dry kiln and factory trucks, or
in special types of trucks and cars, there is
present that evidence of care and painstaking
which makes for economy and efficiency.
The accompanying cut shows the construction
of the Gillette axle. The axle arm F is perfectly
straight throughout its length. Around it are
chambered solid steel rollers CC uniform iu
diameter and length. Every roller contacts its
neighbor slightly, the result being that each roller
helps to keep every other in place, and that all
the rollers are held in perfect alignment. Clumsy
"cages" are dispensed with. The rollers CC are
separated from the axle nut A by a loose collar
or retaining ring B and from the axle collar by
the inwardly projecting flange EE. The retain-
ing ring B moves with the rollers at the slightest
touch. The inwardly projecting flange EE moves
with the wheel and rollers. A "live" or "mov-
able" contact is thus presented to the rollers at
both ends. The "end thrust" is fully provided
for. All danger of the rollers sticking fast or
twisting across the axle Is avoided. The bearing
is encased in the boxing DD within which it re-
volves freely with a minimum of friction. After
six years of trying service it is today in use
under hose wagons, piano wagons, furniture vans,
logging trucks, lumber wagons, farm wagons,
carts, trucks, and in fact under almost all types
of vehicles of which axles form a part. And the
"repeat" orders which are being received for it
are the best evidence of the satisfaction it is
giving.
A visit to the factory at Grand Rapids gives
truth to the claim that Gillette vehicles are "the
lightest running, longest lasting" ones on the
market.
Cuban Befiigerator Trade.
An authority recommends that some firm
put in a good line of refrigerators at Santiago
de Cuba, displaying them attractively and ad-
vertising convincingly. He says that consid-
erable ice is consumed, but in very small
quantities, and that the people are not posted
on the economical and desirable results to be
obtained by the use of these devices. The
hardware stores usually keep a few inferior
ones in stock but ask high prices for them,
and tlie good ones — what few are ussd — are
usually bought direct from the manufacturer
in the L'nited States or through an agent.
Mexican Timber Purchase.
W. T. Thornton has sold the Cerro Gordo
timber tract in the provinces of Jalisco and
Ciilima, Mexico, to the Colima Lumber Company
of New York. The price paid was $235,000.
The land comprises about 55,000 acres and rep-
iesents about 250,000,000 feet of oak, 100,000.-
000 of cypress, cedar and pine, and railroad ties
lo the number of 5,000,000. The concern pur-
chasing the tract was recently organized for
rhat purpose and to cut and market the timber.
A railroad will be built from Colima to the
mountains on which most of the timber grows,
and most of the oak will be marketed in Cali-
fornia cities,
Bitter Lumber Company's Purchase.
The W. M. Ititter Lumber Company
of Columbus, u.. recently consummated
a deal with James Strong & Co. of Phil-
adelphia, I*a., whereby the large double
band sawmill of the latter concern, lo-
cated at South Bristol, Pa., passed into
the hands of the Ritter company. The
mill was erected in 1901 at a cost of
.•iilOO.OOO. It will be dismantled and
taken to West Virginia, near Panther,
in McDowell county.
The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
will bnlld a standard gauge road through
its recently purchased timber lands in
Wyoming and Raleigh counties. West
Virginia, This purchase includes about
300,000 acres of the finest timber and
coal lands In the state, and the purchase
price was something over $500,000. The
tract will be reached through a tunnel
which will be cut from the headwaters of Milan's
fork to the head of Slab fork, and will cost
about $55,000. T'his new road was a necessity
in the development of the Ritter ijroperty, and
will be of incalculable aid to that entire section
of country.
Modern Logging Cars and Equipment.
Witli the growth of the lumber industry the
demand for heavier logging car equipment has
ileveloped. Twenty years ago a twenty thousand
pound capacity car amply met the requirements
nf most operators. Today many of the larger
ones find it necessary to employ cars of fifty
and sixty thousand pounds capacity built to
specifications and equipped with air brakes and
automatic couplers. In the same length of time
the field in which such equipment is required
has broadened until it stretches from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from one ocean
to the other, bringing into the market immense
tracts of timber that were formerly regarded as
worthless because of their distance from driving
streams.
The Russel Wheel & Foundry Company of
lietroit, Mich., manufacturer of logging machin-
ery, logging cars, light railway and cars for in-
dustrial purposes, has just issued a handsome
catalogue particularly descriptive of its logging
lars. 'The book is profusely illustrated with ex-
cellent half-tone engravings illustrating the great
variety of goods manufactured by this concern
and with facsimile testimonial letters showing
with what satisfaction and success its equip-
ment is used. The new catalogue will be cheer-
fully furnished on application to the company's
t.iice at Detroit.
HARDWOOD RECORD
28A
Building Operations for July.
Building opei^itions in tlw largo cities tlu-c>iis;h-
imt the counny Ijave ini-rcased lianilsonu'ly dur-
ins the month of July, l!ili(;. as coiupared with
ilie same month 01' the past yeai- with a few
.■xceptions, noialjly that of Greatei- New Yofk.
AiTurding to ofKclal reports to The Amerii-au
Contraitor. Chicago, and presented herewith, the
gain in tlte majority of building centers is most
gratifying and there are no indications tbat the
iiia.'kimum has heen readied.
July, .hilv, I'cr l',-i-
l!JU(i. lllu.'i. cent cciil
I'itv — co.>*t. ciis.t. gil..i.l<i.'i.s.
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I..1S Auu-eles 1,7S3,82S 1,304,108 37 .,
-Maiicliester O7.O1IO .si, 120 17
.Milwaukee 7oU,l.'i4 714.001 -.c,
.Miiiiieaii.ilis l,G00.S2o .SSI,07r> SI
.Meiuiiliis 411 ,00.-) :io2.773 3i;
Molille 75,8.S2 42,021 70
Nashville 1,-.G,.S1.S 274,0:iO . . 42
New Haven 220.S47 ]t)3,«63 :;4
Newark 1.2:;l .22s S!l2,06:i 3.S . .
New Orleans 4n.-,.i;l7 343,S3,'i l.S
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lircnx :j,lkSO,0,-)0 5.022.00 1 .".S
Alteration :>4,453 47,870
New York 20,7.33,44:! 20,741,.3.3» ., ."o
ilniaha 332..S,-i0 1.045.G.30 .. lii;
I'liiladelpbia 4,083,410 2,790,135 45
I'aterson 0»,,s.'.7 lo2.fi is 2
I'ittsliui;: l,.3se,2s:; 1,. 300.794 10
I'liehlo 10.S2O 24,144 17
I'urtlanil ... 741.470 277,735 100
Itochester ,501,2115 314,410 SS .,
St. Louis 3,3,58,770 2,:j74„305 41 . .
St. Paul 510..37O 4.50.910 H
San .\iirniii(> 102,325 .50,721 So
Scraiitc.n 20S,7o5 203. o4o 47
S.. attic 1. .502.00:; 1,177,114 27
sji.ikaitc ::i)l.557 2:i5.,soii :;2 ..
Si.iitli r.etid 5!i:;.055 07i;, 152 12
S,vracii.«c 3.88,295 510,:i60 .. 24
Salt Lake Cilv 142,300 .59,705 i:;s
'lo]ieka 171.0.50 6.5,7011 IGl
■fcledo 248,501 370,562 . . 3:1
Terre Haute 83,703 97,075 . , ]:i
Taeoma 283,090 162,352 74
Wasliinirtiin 988,431 1.271.270 .. 22
\\..r...ster 324,76S 1S2.S45 77
W ilk.sl.arre :,.. 175,,S0S 2n5,5i;5 1-1
Tolal 7S,515..S3n 59.054,041 :;l
A New Saw Gauge.
Attention to small details, more than any other
factor, has been the means of upbuilding some
of the greatest American commercial institutions.
.\ndrew Carnegie, tiie steel king, always paid
generously for new ideas and new machinery
u hich would simplify the process of making steel.
The Chicago packers boast that the.v have so
eliiuinated every clement of waste in tbeir busi-
ness "that there is "nothing left of a pig but the
siiueal." The successful sawmill man is lie who
strives to get as much out of the log and out of
Ills men as he is entitled to. I-'or those reasons
be should be on the lookout for new inventions
destined lo save him money.
Francis Marshall of (irand liapids, Mich.,
whose advertisement appears in the advertising
display columns of the Haiidwood Record, is
manufacturing a device called an automatic swing
saw gauge which is guaranteed to save ten per
<-ent of the sawyei-'s time by enabling liim to do
his work witliout wtitcliing a chalk mark. Mr.
Marshall, whose guarantee is good, agrees to
'■ifeet a saving of .^l.SO per thousand feet on the
average of variotis kinds of lumber cut. by doing
away with the inaccuracy attendant upon any
of the guess work devices now in use. Moreover,
he will give any responsible concern thirty days'
irial of a gauge in which to prove his claims.
Willi the saw gauge in use, absolute adjust-
lueiir of the lumber on the saw table is permitted.
iliiis eliniinatinK waste of lumbei-. .\ny number
nl lengths can be cut on the tab'e without hav-
ing to change Ibe stop, thus eliminating waste of
time. It stops automatically and does not re-
i|uire the attention of the sawyer, thus giving bim
more time to grade the lumber carefully and in-
crease the volume of work. .Mr. JIarshall makes
a guarantee that by the use of this gauge anyone
sawing 2. .5(10 feet of lumber a day will save
Ifl.iMKI a year thereby: the gauge for a mill of
tl.is capacity costs but $25.
Effects of Sleet.
During tlie wiiiler of HOM-.T nortlieru Georgia
was visited by a ve
coating of ice on lb
as to destroy quite a porlion of valuable hard-
wood forest. The accoiiipanying picture sliows a
hickory tree, fullj- twelve inches in diameter,
.'V(»re sleet storm. The
e-tojis became so heavy
EI'TECTS Ol' SI.I:i;T UN TiaCES in Nt.lRTlI-
EliN CEdUtilA.
which was literally lorn to pieces as a result of
this storm. The picture was made on the prop-
erty of the llurford I. umber & Manufacturing
Company at Ivensingtou. (!a. The II.iKDivunu
I{i.:(.-oi;i) is indebted to W. A. liennett of Cincin-
nati for the loan of the interesting photograph
fi'om which this illiislration was made.
Some Kinks in Stair Building.
Herewith are illustrated two valutible little
"kinks" in slair building. Mjtple and oak are the
recognized staudarti materials for stair treads.
T'p to this lime stair Ireads have been made of
one piece of lumber laid the long way of the
stjiir, witli the result that where the travel is
lieav.v the wear coming across the grain the
wood wears out very soon. lUiilders of stairs in
factories, mills, sloi-es. elevated railway stations,
vir.. will liuil thai short ends of either seven-
last longer and |in>ve general
tluin double the thickness of
the usual way. Besides the
ly more
step plar
re is a
economy involved in the prtictice, as short Iloor-
iiig can be had at a low price.
The second cut illustrates a method of satis-
factory stair building where one is short of room
in mill or factory to secure the usual "run."
Acceptable stairs can be built as shown in the
picture of ordinary height within a space of six
feet. The only objection lo this form of construc-
tion is tbat the user must always start up or
down with the "right foot first."
Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company.
Tlie Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company of
.Jamestown, N, Y., has increased its capital stock
from .^lOO.OUO to $150,1X10, and the capacity of
the plant will be doubled by the erection of a
large addition. The new building will be begun
at tin early date, in order to facilitale tilling the
.$200,000 worth of orders now on the company's
books, whicli they have not been able to handle
up to date, althougli the present plant is run-
ning to full capacity.
Metal seems to be rapidly coming into use
as a substitute for hardwood in the manufac-
ture of doors and interior linish, and in tbat It
aids greatly in making a building flreproof should
be very desirable.
eighths maple or oak llooring made into a tread
so that the wear will come endwise of the grain,
as shown in the smaller cut on this page, will
Japanese Railroad Ties.
E. II. I larrimaii, president of the South-
ern Pacitic Itaiiroad Company, has become
a good customer for .Tapanese railroad ties, which
he is having delivered at Guaymas, Mex., at a
cost of 56 cents each. A contract for 1,. 500, 000
1.5 now outstanding, and a shipload of 83,000 has
already been received. President Ilarriman is
building 7011 miles of rotid in the slates of
Sonora and Sinaloa to connect with the Soutli-
ern Pacitic in the southern part of Arizona, and
the ties are for use in this enterprise. They
are of hardwood peculijirly adapted for road
building in the climate where they are to be
utilized.
Miscellaneous Notes,
A. a. Tardy, I.itlle Uock. Ark., will establish
a sawmill plant near I'rescott,
The Uhlenhant Brothers ^^'agon Compaiiy has
been incorporated at St. Louis, .Mo., with $25,000
capital.
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The Jlohawk Desk Company has been incor-
porated at Herkimer, X. Y., with $100,000 capi-
tal stock.
The Gorham P.rotliers ("ompan.v. Mt. Pleasant.
Mich., will erect a new veneer factory at Sagi-
naw. Mich.
The roughkeep.sie Cliair Company, I'oughkeep-
.•^ie. N. Y., will rebuild its plant burned some
months ago.
A new concern at Augusta, Me., is the N. S.
Stowell Spool ..^ Wood Turning Company : capi-
lal .«.'i0.niKi.
The A. I£. T. Coin| any. Timpson. Texas, has
been incorporated with .*4.000 capital to manu-
facture handles.
The lltirlington Art Woodworking Company
has been incorporated at Burlington, N. ,T., with
$i;."i.(io0 capital stock.
The Elgin Manufacturing Company, New Y'ork
City, has been incorporated with .f 10. 000 capital
to manufacture churns.
A new furniture plant is to be established at
Farmington, t'tah. T. W. Talmer and others are
back of the movement.
The Portsmouth Veneer & Panel Company,
Cincinnati. O.. has increased its capital stock
from .$.10,000 to .fTS.OOO.
The Charlotte Hardwood Specialty Company
has been ini-orporated at Charlotte, N. C. with a
capital stock of .1:25.000.
The r^ansing Wheelbarrow Company of Lan-
sing. Mich., is planning the erection of a large
addition to its plant there.
The Kentucky Singletree & Spoke Company of
Knifley. Ky., is contemplating the establishment
of a branch plant at Danville.
Fire in the Washington Manufacturing Com-
pany's plant at Washington. N. J., caused a loss
of .$70.000 : insurance 5:30,000.
The New York Mahogany Company has been
incorporated in that city with a capital stock
of $111.1100 by ,7. Traugott, C. V. Caldwell and
W. Itobertson.
T'be City Sasli & Door Company has been
organized at Minot, X. D., by William L. Snell,
Minot ; B. W. Smith and S. H. Phillips of Min-
neapolis ; capital stock. $10,000.
The Odorless liefrigerator Company is the
new name given to the Keyser Manufacturing
Company of Hamilton county. Tennessee, by a
recent amendment .to its charter.
Fire recently damaged the plant of the Ozark
Planing iHll & Lumber Company at Mountain
Grove. Mo. The loss is estimated at $15,000.
The plant will be rebuilt shortly.
The Warren Vehicle Stock Company of War-
ren, Ark., was incorporated in February, 1906,
and will commence sawing August 1. P. S.
Donnelly is secretary and treasurer.
The Monroe Lumber Company of Monroe, La.,
sustained a loss of about $100,000 by fire on
July 25. The planing mill, together with three
dressed lumber sheds, were destroyed.
The lies Moines Cabinet Company of Bedford.
Iowa, has increased its capital from $15,000
to $25,000. The concern will install additional
equipment to take care of growing business.
The Interior Hardwood Company, with a capi-
tal of $10,000. has been incorporated at New
York City by C. H. Ketcham and F. V. Ketcham
of New York City and T. Adams of Queens.
The Campbell Handle Company has been in-
corporated with $:i.O00 capital stock, half of
which is paid in, at Campbell, Mo. W. B. Grant,
I.. Williams and L. D. Pollock are the incor-
porators.
A walnut log measuring nine feet in length
and containing 1,300 feet was recently cut on
the (.eorge Richmond farm, near Beeson's Sta-
tion, Ind., .and shipped to Cincinnati by Frank
Morris of Milton.
A receiver has been appointed for the Lake
Geneva Manufacturing Company of Lake Ge-
neva, Wis. This concern manufactured piano
stools. It is thought that its assets are at least
equal to its liabilities.
The Maplewood Planing Mill & Stair Company
has been incorporated at Maplewood, Mo., with
a capital stock of $15.000. Thomas C. Bryant,
James Hardie and Albert Blood are the pro-
moters of the enterprise.
The L. A. Rink Lumber Company has been
oi-ganized at Cairo, III., with a capital stock of
$7,000. to do a general lumber manufacturing
l)usiness. I^. A. Rink, ^^'iIson West and Reed
Green are the incorporators.
Robert (xerstner of Iron Mountain, Mich.,
purchased 1,000 acres of land near Mountain.
Wis., which is heavily timbered with pine, hem-
lock, cedar, spruce and hardwoods. He will
c-ommence logging operations this winter.
The National Handle Company is making ex-
tensive improvements in its factories at Frank-
fort. Ind.. and Findlay. o. Large warehouses
are being constructed. The Fort Wayne, lud.,
branch will doubtless be likewise improved.
J. M. Cherry of the Adrian Handle Factory
has bought the old Lesh & Young saw-mill at
Adrian, Mich., and will convert it into a handle
plant. Part of the old machinery will be
utilized and some new equipment purchased.
The Gilchrist mill at Alpena, Alich., has fin-
ished sawing maple, beech, ash and other hard-
woods for the season and has commenced on
hemlock. Over 3,000.000 feet of hardwoods
have been manufactured into lumber this year.
A charter has been granted to the American
Tie & Timber Company of Brunswick. Ga.. to
engage in a general tie, timber and lumber busi-
ness. The incorporators are A. J. Cravatt, BoU-
;jg Whitfield and J. W. Nussbaum of that city.
The Dearborn Desk Company, composed of
Chicago capitalists, is pushing the construction
of its plant at North Marion, Ind. Cabinet work
of all descriptions will be manufactured by the
compan.v. which expects to begin operations
within a few weeks.
An order which will require almost two years
in the filling has recently been taken by the
Frankliuville Veneer Mills of Franklinvilie, N.
Y. About $80,000 is involved in the contract.
The force of men employed at the factory will
be increased to handle the work.
The Lansing Veneered Door Company of Lan-
sing. Mich., will start operations again the first
of August, in charge of Receiver W. C. Brown.
Orders on hand will be tilled and new ones will
i»robab;y be taken. Permission has been granted
for a ]<rau witli which to pay employees.
The .Mei-cliants' & Manufacturers" Association
of Saginaw. Mich., has secured the new Strable
maple flooring and crate plant for that cit.v.
The factory was formerly located at Reed <'it.v.
liut was destroyed by fire July 7. It will emplo.v
from seventy-five to loO men and will operate
the .vear round.
It is reported that the amount of lumber sent
from Nova Scotia to .Vmericau ports this year
is very large. The cut in Annapolis and Corn-
waliis exceeds any cut known there for many-
years. The lumber shipped from Cornwallis is
largely supplied by the New Y'ork Lumber Com-
pany, which owns 45,000 acres at (iasperaux
lake.
The work of rebuilding the plant of the
.\meriian cigar Box Lumber Comi)any of John-
sr)n City. Tenn., of which William E. Uptegrove
of Brooklyn. N. Y.. is president, which was re-
I'ently destroyed by tire at a loss" of about $90,-
000, has already commenced and it is expected
that operations will be in full swing by Septem-
ber 1. The company owns some 40,000 acres
of timber land near Johnson City.
P. M. Mishler of Ilagerstown, Md., president
of the Bear Pond Lumber Company, has sold
0,000 acres of limber land in Shenandoah
county, ^'irginia, to Mowell & Brother of Hano-
^■er, Pa. T'he tract will cut approximately 15,-
000,000 feet of white oak and other hardwoods.
Tlie oak will l>e manufai'lured into plow handles
and beams. It is said that tlie purchase price
was $40,000.
California capitalists have secured from the
Jlexican government a large tract of land in
the state of Sinaloa, on which will be estab-
lished a colony of 2,000 Americans. Part of the
land is excellent for farming, sections are cov-
ered with rich hardwood growth and there are
also mineral deposits of value. The colony
will be on the line of the new Randolph road
now under construction from Guaymas to Guad-
ala,iara.
Reports from Table Rock. Neb., say that farm-
ers in that locality- who are so fortunate as to
own walnut timber are reaping a splendid liar-
vest. Prices paid there recently range from
$15 to $.'J5 a thousand feet. Logs thirteen inches
in diameter at the top were the rainiuuim size
accepted. More tlian tJO.oOO feet will be shipped
from I'awnce county to Kansas City to be sawn
and sliipiied to Europe, where it will he used in
furniture construction.
Hardwood NeWs,
(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Special Corraspondeuts.)
Cliicago.
J. W. Thompson and E. E. Taeuzer of
Memphis. Tenn.. were Chicago ^-isitors the
early part of the week.
G. J. Landeck of the house of Page & Lan-
deck, Milwaukee. Wis., was in the city on a
short l:iusiiiess trip this week.
Park Richmond has been in the South tliis
week, looking up stocks of hardwood. Mr. .
Richmond is chief inspector in this market
for the National Haidwood Lumber Associa-
tion.
F. C, Fischer of tlie Yellow Poplar Lumber
Company. Coal Grove, O., spent a few days
iu Chicago recently.
The Leavitt Lumber Company of Cliicago
will henceforth make Cairo. III., headquarters
for its southern ijusiness. The company has
hitherto maintained an office at Memphis,
Tenn., which will be discontinued. B. F.
Richardson, vice president of the company,
will make his home in Cairo and manage
affairs in that section.
The firm of W^illiam Cappei & Co., 67 West
Twenty-second St., is tlie latest addition to
the hardwood contingent in this city. Mr.
Cappei. the principal of the firm, came here
from Dayton, O.. many years ago. His first
position was with Hayden Brothers; later he
obtained a position with C. L. Willey. which
he has held until recently. Mr. Cappel's
long experience in the trade and conservative
methods of transacting business will doubtless
bring" him success in his new venture.
C. L. Willey left July 28 for a seven weeks'
trip to Europe. Mr. Willey will visit the Lon-
d(Ui and Liverpoftl markets in a search of fancy
mahogany logs for his big veneer mill in this
cit.v.
Harry A. Gorsuch, the well loiown of Kansas
City, called at the Recokd office July 27.
Floyd Tilghman Logan, secretary and treas-
urer of John A. Ganger & Co.. manufacturers of
sash and doors, died in Chicago July 20, at the
age of forty-six. Mr. Logan was born in New-
port. Ky.. and became associated with Mr. Ganger
in 1891. He was a Mason and belonged to sev-
eral proniineHt Chicago clubs. His wife and
one son survive him.
W. L. Wallace, the timber expert of the Star
insurance building, has recently returned from
a four months' crui.se of a large timber property
in Mexico.
D. F. Clark of Osborne & Clark. Minneapolis,
was in Chicago on business recently.
It is with much regret that the H.vrdwood
Rkcoud learns that M. A. Hays, who for several
years past has occupied the positicjn of general
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agent of the Ian<l and industrial department oi
file Southei-n railway at ("hicago, has received
tlie announcement that lie is to be transferred
TO the charge of the company's industrial depart-
ment in New York City. Mr. Hays during his
residence in Chicago has endeared himself to
everyone who has ha<l <M*<-asion to do l.iusiness
with his department of tlie Soutliern I'ailway.
His transfer lo New Voi-k is in the line of ad-
vancement, but still his many friends in Chicagii
will sincerely regret his leaving.
The story, "Wl-.en Sorrel-Top Made tlood,"
published in ilie last issue of the H.iRnwoon
liKciUiij. ha^ had encomiums from many .sources,
Ijut nut one that luis been more appreciated
than thai Ifom The 'I'oledo Ulade. which repub-
lished it in full, 'i'lie lUade says: "The stor.v
is short in the telling, but unusually full,
clear and comprehensive in its character draw-
ing. Its types of men stand out like live peo-
ple. One seems to l;:i\-e known them for years,
J'lie little tragedy of '.Maw' is sketched with
.I'list the right proportions — it is not over-elab-
orated, and yet one knows it all. The mountain
storm is a superi) descrii)tion. There is grandeur
in every senlencCj t)ne feels the mighty conflict.
The story is a gem."
The n.\iti>\v<iop i;i:ftii{i> was favored with a
call on .\ugust 4 fi-om U. K. Wood, itresident of
the 1{. i\. \\'<iod Lumber C(»mpany and of the
Montvaie Lumber Ciunpany of Ualtimore, Md.
.Mr. AX'ood's operations in the lower Appalaciiian
country are constantly increasing. He now has
three sawmills in operation and a fourth mill
about ready to start. At the end of the month
.Mr. Wood's companies will be producing upwards
of ],-)().(HIO feet of hardwoods daily.
C. A. I'helps, manager of the Ilaekley-Phelpe-
Uonnell Company's operations at Hackle.v, Wis.,
spent August 2 in Chicago, en route to his home
at Grand l!api<iK. Mich., for a few days' visit
with his family and business associates.
W. i:. liarrett of W. E. Barrett & Co.. Stock
IC-Kchange, just returned from a northern pur-
chasing trip. While Mr. Harrett's chief opera-
tions during the last few years have been in
Pacific coast woods, he is now devoting consid-
erable attention to northern and southern hard-
woods,
Kdwaid nines, bead of the great Edward
nines I.iimbiM' Company enterprises, is back for
a few days from an extended trip in the North-
west. I'p to this time Mr. nines' company has
paid very little attention lo hardwmjds, but from
this lime forward it will become quite a factor
in maple, birch and hasswood. The company
has consideral)le timber of these varieties in its
northern holdings which it will manufacture.
.1. W. F.mbree of the Uiltenhouse & Embree
• ■'■mpany and Charles !•". Thompson of the Mis-
sissippi Lumber Company have recently returned
from a northern (ishing excursion.
Boston,
TI:e lioslon liardwood trade were shockcil id
hear of the recent sudden death of ,J. W. Willis
of .1. W. Willis I,umber Crimpany, Washington
Court House, (thio. .Mr. Willis visited IJoston
and vicinity willi his (wo eldest daughters about
three weeks prevuuis to his tieath.
.\t the recent meeting of the Rlanchard Lum-
ber Company Isaac .\rchilmld was elected vice-
president and Edward S. Looniis director.
Thomas 11. Shepard of the .Shepard-.Morse Liun-
ber Company has returni'd from a yachting trip
along the coast of Maine. Mr. Shepard was ac
eompanied by Herbert lUanchard of the Itlanch-
ard Lumber Company.
Ilalph I!. Woodbury, salesman for Charles S.
W.-ntworth & Co., returned last week from a
pli'asure trip lo Nova Scotia.
Sumner & Tuttle, hardwood lumber dealers, l!os
I'in. have been succeeded by II. A. Tuttle & Co.
"Jeorge M. I'aul, who for several years has
been engaged in the woodworking business In
llavejhill, .Mass.. under the firm name of Paul &
.Iack.son, died at his Imtiie. .Inly -J-j. at the age
rif (53 years.
The -Vrcola Wood Working C<unpany. Ltd.. has
been incorporated at Kittery. Me., with a capital
of ,'(;i(i,iHi(i. Tlie Incorporators are Horace .Mitch-
ell and .M. (.'. Mitchell of Kittery and S. .1. Mor-
rison of Porlsmoiilh, N. II.
The West India Mahogany Company has 1 11
organized In Itelfast, Me., witli a capital of
.$,"1(111. 11(111. The incorporators are. ,Iames W.
clow. Posicui: Henry S. Park, Stockland
Springs, and Ceorge R. Dunton, Belfast, Me.
I'. .M. Ward of Ward Bros., Big Itapids,
Mich., wlio has been spending several weeks in
Boston and vicinity, making his headcjuarters
at Wintlirop, iefl .Inly 'M for .New York en noitc
home.
Charles S. Went worth of Charles S. Weut-
woi-Ui vV; Co. b'ft early in th« montii fiu- a vaca
lion in Ontario and Michigan.
Tlie Ilartlord Builders' Kinish Company. Hart-
ford, Conn., lias been visited liy tire, which was
contined to the boiler and kiln dry rooms. The
dannge is csiiiiialed at about ,$."1, 110(1, covered Iiy
iusurniKc
■I'lic \\iiilci\ iljc \'i-i ■ C(inipauy of llagic
Lake. .Mc. is i-;ipidly completing lis new liartl-
w I niiij.
New York.
■I. ('. T'liiic:-. the prominent cypress wliole-
salcr :iiiil licMd of the .1. C. Turner Lumber
Coiiipauy. liMs just returned from a trip to the
Louisiana belt wliere he concluded purchases of
about l.-j.iHiii.iiiMi feet of stock for shipment to
the eastern yards of his company for distribu-
tion. In speaking of the general business situ-
ation .Mr. Turner states that be found conditions
])ros]u'rous all .along the line. Being one of the
shrewdest lumbt^r operators and a close student
of market conditions at all times .Mr. Turner's
heavy piircha.ses are being taken generally as
favorable indication of the future lumber market.
,Iohn II. Ireland of the Cross, .\nstin & Ire-
land Lumber Company, Brooklyn, surprised his
many friends wlien It was announced that he
had been united in marriage on .luly 14 to Miss
Eleanore 1. Cunimiiigs of that Borough. They
sailed for Europe 011 the 12nd to be goue till fall.
C. I!. Jlengel of the C. C. .Mengel & Bro.
Company, Louisville, Ky., Is in the East ou his
annual summer tri|i making his headipiarters at
Sagaponock, Long Island, with his family.
F, P. Southgatc. the well-known hardwood
iiispectfji- ot Chicago and ST. Louis, recently ap-
IMiintcd dc|iiity iiis|jector in this city for the
National Hardwo<,d Lumber .\ssociation, has ar-
rived here and will open iierinancut iiuarters in
due course
Col. ,L S. 11. Clark of .1, S. 11, Clark & Co,,
Newark, N. ,L. and president of tlie Building
.Material .Men's C!((b of that city, entertained
the memliers of the club al dinner at Long
Branch, N. ,/.. on .luly .'!!.
\\'. L. Sykes of the Emporium Lumber Com-
pan,^■. Keating Suininit, Pa., after sjiending a
few days in town has located with Ills family at
his line new camp on Lake (iritlitii, Vt., which is
located on the extensive spruce and hardwood
tract whicb be bought this spring, comprising
."ilMliKi acres of till' old Silas Criflith estate.
Sam !■:. P;iii-. l-'hitiron building, is on a trip
to the plaiii of tlie I)an Valley Lumber Com-
pany, Ml. ,\iry. N. (,'., the product of which he
is handling. 'J'his plant is cutting a very choice
run of hardwoods.
.lolin 'i', liixoii. the prominent West Virginia
hardwood maiiufaci urer and partner in the local
house of Dixon & Uewey, has been spending a
few days in town visiting with II. S. Dewey.
In speaking of liie manufacturing end of the
business .Mr. Dixiui stated that his several mills
were running full on a choice lot of poplar and
oak for fall shijuuents. He al.so expressed him-
self as well satislied with the general selling
market and looks for an active fall trade.
The I-'remont Sash & Door (_'oinpany has suc-
ceeded to the large manufacturing establishment
of C. (1. Sch. ariz at Kitiu Treinont avenue.
Bronx, and will c'lnriuiie it on a still larger
scale.
W, M, I'ownall. head <■( lice Beiilali Lumber
Ccciuiiany. Pillsliur.!;. who has been in town for
several weeks superliitendiug the opening of a
local office at Ls Itroa(lwa.\'. has returned to
Pittsburg. II. A. .Maloney, local niauuger, re-
poi'ts business very satisfactory.
I', i;. Whiting of the .lanuey-Whiting Lumber
Company. Philadelphia, was a recent New Y'ork
\'lsitor.
.\nioiig the new c-orporaticcns .just formed in
the local market are the following: Ncu-ihern
cV: Southei-n Lumber Company; capital. .<."iil(I.OOO.
Incorporators, II. S. Selleck. Iliversidc. Conn, ;
Charles Millspaugh. Iiarieii. Conn,, and .lames
P.runton. New York. 'I'be Coleiuan Cypress Com-
pany. New Y'ork: capital. .flii(i,(i(Ki. Incorpora-
tors. P, S. Uussell, (Jreat Neck, Long Island ; ,1.
Ingle. .Ir,. and (i. II. .Montague of .New Y'ork
('ity. The Lumber Sales Coriioraliou of New
York ; capital, .fi.'i. 11(111. Incorporators. W, H,
i:shbaiigh, .Monfclair, N. ,1. : W. II. Brown, Jr.,
Boston, and H. .L Chopin. New Y'ork. The New
Vcu-k .Mahogany Comiiany: capital, $10,01111. In-
corpoiators, J. Traugolt. c, 1', Caldwell and W.
K.jlierlson of New York.
Tlie yards of the S, E. Kellar Lumber Com-
iiany. ."iH Long Island avenue, wcu-e again visited
by lire .luly I'O. hut the blaze was discovered be-
fore any great damage was done. This is the
sevcuith or eighth attempt which has been made
during the past fcnir months by incendiaries.
I!. W. Higbie, 4."! Broadway, left last week for
a brief northern trip, during which he will at-
tend the semiannual meeting of the National
Lumber Insurance Company of Bulfalo, In which
he is a stockholder and director.
.Yinong the other visiting hardwood lumbermen
during the fortnight were: I!'. B. Currier,
S|iringl1eld. Mass. ; Edward Easton, .\lbany ; W.
W. .Mitchell, Cobbs & Mitchell, Cadillac. Midi. ;
I). E. Diggins, Cummer, Diggins & Co.. Cadillac,
Mich. : H. L. Koehler. r,,ouis\Mlle. Ky. : R. .T.
Darnell. .Mc^mphis : .1, L. Hamill. W, .\l, Ritter
Lumber Company. Colmuhiis. iihic; ,1, P., Wall,
Biitfalo Hardwood l.niiibc-r C,iiu|iaiiy. Uiiffalo :
.1. W. Ilefeudert'er. .1. W. I lefcnclerlcM- Lumber
Company. Philadelphia: I. 1- . ItMlslc'y, .1. 1. M.
Wilscui & Co., I'ittsburg, Pa. :
& \'an .Yuken, Saginaw, Mich.
Eire in the hardwood yards
her Company, Manhattan, on
eral thousand dollars' damage,
insurance.
Surveyor General George L. Smith of the Na-
tional Hardwood Lumber Associatiini is in the
cily this week on a visit to the various eastern
markets and reports matters as progressing very
satisfac-torily.
Philadelphia.
Phihidelpliia has a busy look these days. The
center of the city is torn up with the construc-
tion of the new subway and the outskirts are
alive with the building of new houses. This
cc nclltion has resulted in a drain on the retailer
that is beginning to show a corresponding bene-
licial effect on the wholesale ti-ade.
The Pennsylvania l.uniberinen's Mutual Eire
Insurance Company held ils regular semiannual
meeting ,!uly '24. The attendance was one of the
largest that ever obtained at a similar meeting.
The secretary's, auditor's and treasurer's reports
w'ere presented and adopted, and the review of
the business done sliowcd that there had been
a stead.v gain during tlie tirsi six iiinulhs of the
year.
Measures have been adopted by the cit,v gov-
ernment looking to the cleaning out of the docks
and wharves belonging to the city, and other-
wise improving the value of the shipping facili-
ties along the river. This will have a decidedly
benehcial effect on many of the lumbermen here,
as in the case of some of tlie wharves rented
from the cit.v the apiiroaches have been lilied
up to such a degree that It is very hard to dock
and unload a ship properly.
Frederick C. Righler of the Righter- Parry Lum-
ber Couiiiany, which Ii:-iii lias lately established
a hardwcicid depart'iient. linds business fair eon-
A. 1', I'.lis
Bliss
iif the Ross Llini-
.liily 2'.). did sev-
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sidpriug- the usnal dullness of midsummer. Mi".
Kijrliter has taken a house at Wyncote. I'a.. for
the summer, and Mr. I'arry spends a eood nart
of liis time at one of the shore resorts in New
Jersey.
H. I. Soble of Soble IJros. is taking his summer
vacation in the North where he contemplates
spending a couple of weeks Jishins. I'uring^ his
absence John J. Sohle of the sales department
is in charge of affairs.
F. A. Underhill of Wistar, Underbill & Co.
lately s',>eut some time fishing at Anglesea.
R. W. Wistar is making a trip through North
Carolina and Tennessee.
The Hrnv of Tunis & Skinner which some
months ago opened an office in the Girard Trust
building has moved its headquarters to Haiti
more, Md., still retaining, however, an agency
iiere. The firm has lately undertaken an opera-
tion, consisting of pine and hardwoods, in Vir-
ginia and finds that the location of Baltimore
is more convenient.
Schofield Bros, have found the past month a
fair one for business when the usual conditions
of summer are taken into account. They have
lately placed considerable stock with the Penn-
sylvania and New York furniture people with
whom they deal. J. II. Schofield will start on
liis midsummer vacation in a few days, probably
at Atlantic City or some other one of the New
Jersey seaside resorts. 11. W. Schofield who is
now on a trip through New York State has sent
in sufficient orders to keep the home office on the
jump.
Francis (Jnudhue. Jr.. secretary of the I'bila-
delphia Veneer & Lumber Company, rejiorts that
the business done by his firm is very gratifying.
He lately returned from an extensive trip
through New York and eastern Pennsylvania and
found business on the whole satisfactory.
The regular meeting of the Lumbermen's l-]x-
cbauge of Philadelphia was held last week and
routine business transacted. Geo. Craig, iiresi-
deiit of the Kxcbange. is on an extensive trip
snuth and will not return to the city befnre the
first of September.^
C. IC. Lloyd. Jr.. of the Cherry Uivcr I'.ooni ^^
Lumber Company returned lately from a vaca-
tion trip in the North. Mr. Lloyd together with
Alfred Hundle and Albin Pell of Emil Guenthcr,
and It. C. Currie. lately enjoyed a fishing triji
down the lielaware Pay, the whole party going
as guests of Mr. Cui-rie.
W. II. Fritz v^i Co. have removed their offices
irnin ;:<ii to tiny. 4 Crozer building.
.John J. liumbarger of the Iturabarger Lumber
<"(mipaiiy spent a portion of last week out of
town. The midsummer season finds Mr. lUim-
barger very busy, for besides his regular work,
lie is managing the team of the Lumbermen's
lOxchange which will shortly play ball with ihe
Puilders' Exchange.
J. A. IloUinger & Co. of Chambersburir, Pa..
have announcetl that tlie concern has been bought
nut by J. A. IlcUinger. who will hereafter con
duct the business in his own name. Mr. Ilollin-
grr h:is taken uver the debts of the concern and
all bill-s should be paid to him.
Warren P. Hill c.f Samuel II. Shearer & Co.
started on his summer vacation last week.
Visitors to the trade during the last fortni;;ht
included: Geo. Mitchell of White, Gratwick &
Mitchell. Buffalo. N. Y. : J. B. Hatch of the
Edward Hines Lumber Company, Pittston, I'a..
and diaries Anderson of the Ohio-Pennsylvania
Lunilier Company. Axis. Ala.
Baltimore.
Among the visiting lumbermen in Baltimore
last week was G. W. ( urtin of the Pardee ifc
Curtin Lumber Company. Curtin. W. Va. Mr.
Curtin \/as on his way to Atlantic City for a
.short staj" with his family, who are summering
tliere. Speaking of business, he stated that a
brisk demand prevails generally for every kind
uf stock, and prices remain attractive. Mr. Cur-
tin stated that the mill which his company is
building at Curl in to take the place of the
one destroyed by fire some months ago i,s near-
ing completion and will likely be in operation
by the first week in September. It will have a
daily capacity of PJO.OOO feet of hardwoods and
will be run day and night. The mill is of the
df'uble band variety.
(in the petition of the National I.'nion Bank
of Baltimore, the (iailatin National Bank of
New York and Ferdinand C. Fisher, receivers
have been appointed for the Hiss Company,
dealer in and manufacturer of interior woodwork
and high-class furniture, with a factory at 2 to
10 East North avenue, this city. According to
the statement filed, the Hiss Company is in-
debted to the National I'nion Bank in the sum
of $o»i.50o, ehietly on promissory notes, and to
the New York bank in the amount of ?2rp.00n.
Information has been received iu this city
from Ilagerstowri. Md.. that' the Bear Pond Lum-
ber Company of Washington county. Maryland,
has leased 1,000 acres of manganese land in
Shenandoah county, Virginia, to Oluey McCor-
mack of I'hiladelphia, which will pay to the
lessees $loo.oon and one-half of the profits from
the working of the (U-e deposits. P. M. Mishler,
president of the Bear Pond Company, has sold
to the firm of Mowel & Bro. of Hanover, I'a..
0.000 acres of timber land adjoining the man-
ganese property for $4(J,000. The timber tract
is estimated to contain l.l.iiou.ooo feet of white
oak besides other timber.
Thomas Hughes of Carter, Hughes & Co. re-
turned last week from a trip to Troutdale, Va.,
where the Irin Mountain Lumber Company, an
.illied concern, is operating a lartie sawmill. Mr.
Hughes also visited a number of lumber mills
en route and found them all active.
R. ]•:. Wood of the U. K. Wood Lumber Com-
pany is nil a western trip. He will be away
about two weeks, and will go as" far as Chicago,
probably returning by way of Toledo. (>., and
Williamsport. Pa.
The Virginia Iron &, Lumber Company has
been incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000,-
ooo. John M. Bley, an attorney of Fifteenth
and Chestnut streets. I'hiladelphia, can give de-
tailed information about the new enterprise.
John L. Alcock of J. L. Aicock & Co. returned
last week from a trip to West Virginia. He
visited the firm's offices at Clarksbnig and other
places. ^
Pittsburg.
Loral lumberuieTi to tlie number of six or eight
will accompany the Merchants' & Manufacturers'
Association on its next trip for trade extensions,
which occurs Octobei' 2'2-'2it. President Fred K.
Babcock has outlined a unique purpose for this
excursion into the mountains, namely, to make
the coal and lumber interests of West Virginia
become better act pi a in ted with Pittsburg's won-
derful importance as a maiiiifaciurer of machin-
ery.
AVithin the last week there have been several
good iniiuiries for hard maple among big local
firms. Very little is offering and this is not
the sort of lumber that is salable to furniture
firms or other manufacturers of high-class prod
ucts. U'he small lots cut in western Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio have been picked u]) as fast as
di-y, and the portable mills are being shifted to
other fields.
The Buckeye Lumber Company, which sraited
in business a few months ago in the Mouse
building, under the direction of c. L. Wi<'ker-
sham. is working np a fine trade in white and
red oak. This is obtained largely from West
Virginia, and is sold chiefly in Indiana and the
Middle West.
Wii rehouse building is again on the spurt in
Pittsburg. Some eight or ten buildings are pro-
posed for fall building in addition to a dozen or
more big warehouses which are now in course
of erecti(m. Oi'ders are also being placed now
for the hardwood finish of various kinds which
will be used on the twenty-story skyscraper be
ing erected by the Pnion National Bank and the
Commonwealth Trust Company, and the sixteen-
storv Bei'ger building.
D. J. Itex & Co.. manufacturers of boxes, will
build a large box factory in Locust street,
doubling their present capacity.
John Lochrie of Windber, Pa., has invested
about .$0o,000 in timber land in South <;arolina
and Georgia. He gets 7..")00 acres of land which,
it is estimated, will cut 85.000.000 feet of hard-
wood, poplar and yellow pine. Operations will
lie started there at once.
Considerable interest is being taken by big
local firms which have operations in Canadian
territory over the proposed appointment of a
commission to settle disputes in that country.
The Pritish ambassador at Washington has in-
formed the Dominion government that the
Fnited States will name a commission to act
with one from Canada in going fully into all
matters in dispute over rights on the St. John
river in New Brunswick. Rival interests clashed
frequently there last winter and local concerns
were very much interested in the troubles.
L F. Balsiey of the Willsou Brothers Company
is again in the South. He is on the scout for
more hardwood stocks and is taking a careful
survey of the hardwood situation at the com-
pany's mills and their other sources of sup-
pl.v.
The Farrin-Korn Lumber Company of Cincin-
nati, O., announces that it is having a trade
that fully justifies it in establishing a Pittsburg
office. In cypress, gum and Cottonwood it is get-
ting a reputation in Pittsburg that is putting it
in the front rank among local firms.
Mowel & Brother of Hanover. I'a., have bought
a large tract of hardwood timber land iu Shen-
andoah county. West Virginia, for $40.oo(}. They
will develop the property this fall.
The J. L. Kendall Lumber Company has bought
an additional tract of 200 acres in Garrett
county, Jlaryland, making a total of 30,000 acres
near Crellin. Md., which it now owns. To cut
off the hardwood on this tract the company will
at once extend its railroad, and bring the logs
down to the Crellin mill, where it is now cutting
7.'.. 000 feet a day.
The J. P. Caughey Lumber Company is pound-
ing away on its oak orders jvith a vengeance.
Not a few of these are placed with the river
contractors, who are putting in new dams, etc.
I Uiring the last sixty days the firm has sold
over 800 pieces of oak to these contractors. It
bought another small tract of very choice oak
timber in Washinglr»n county. Pennsylvania, last
week and will start an operation there in Sep-
tember.
J. N. Woollett, sales manager of the American
Lumber & Manufacturing Company, says that
hardwoods are leading all stocks In demand. Ac-
cording to this company not over haff of the
planing mills in Allegheny county are working, a
result which may be attributed directly to the
carpenters* strike.
Pittsburg made an exceptionally good show-
ing in building in July. New operations involv-
ing an estimated expenditure of $1,58G.,1.50 were
authorized. This compares well with a total of
.1;l:^O0.7:i4 in July. lOi 5. Considering the fact
that the carpenters' strike was not settled till
about the middle of July, the showing is very
euct.ui-aging to lumbermen.
PirtsburK lumber firms, hardwood concerns in
particular, are getting very wary of the so-called
timber broker. Too often within the last two
years they have found him to be a "shyster"
of the deepest hue. Not a hardwood firm in the
city but that is visited by these sharks. They
are profuse in their offerings of timber any-
where and everywhere in the Pittsburg freight
radius. But when their propositions are sifted
down it is usually found that they are offei'ing
"worn out" operations, small and inaccessible
tracts, second growth timber that has not at
tained marketable size, or land to which a clear
title cannot be obtained. Itecently local firms
have investigated thoroughly several tracts that
were tstimated by brokers to cut several million
feet, and which, on examination, were found
to be good for a bare half million feet of infiTior
timber.
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Buffalo.
For the second time during the existence of
Montgomery Bros. & Co. tbe big mill came very
close to being wiped out. It is again doing
business, although the fire of July 30 was a
close call. Stock loss is estimated at .?60,000,
with .flO.OOO on the building, not to mention
heavy losses by tenants. The office was dam-
aged by water, but tbe books were not destroyed.
The Lumber Exchange at its last meeting
voted against the increased minimum carload
proposed by the Missouri Tacific railroad. The
Exchange will take its second outing on August
fi. going by water this time. The committee
announces a novelty, but declines to say what it
is to be.
O. E. Yeager has been very busy of late get-
ting in a new stock of oak from Kentucky,
whicb will again round out the general assort-
ment of the yard, which is never allowed to
run slack.
A. W. Kreinheder has planned to visit the
Kentucky and Tennessee mills of the Standard
Hardwood Lumber Company about the middle
of this month, so that the stock can be started
Ibis way by early fall. It Is largely oak.
H. A. Stewart is back from another long trip
to West Virginia, where be liought mostly oak.
The home yard of I. N. Sto\v:irt & Bro. is pretty
well stocked.
T. Sullivan & Co., having been reinforced
this summer in Its selling trade by F. T. Sulli-
van, from the Pacific coast side of tbe business,
the stock is moving fast, both Washington fir
and lake hardwoods.
M. M. Wall lately made a trip to Canada to
look after a big lot of bircli that was some time
ago bought by tbe Buffalo Hardwood Lumber
Company, to add to the heavy yard stock of
oak.
The new Memphis hardwood mill of tbe
Hugh McLean Lumber Company is easily taking
its place along with the older ones, so that
the company's supply of oak, which it makes a
specialty, is always good.
Beyer, Knox & Co. are resting easy on their
laurels, which consist largely in getting started
from the far south a lot of oak and other south-
ern hardwoods and then adding to them a Penn-
sylvania supply.
F. W. Vetter is preparing to go South as soon
as the Lumber Exchange outing is over to see
how the oak and ash he is getting out for the
Empire Lumber Company in North Carolina is
looking.
Anthony Miller has a very well filled yard
right along in spite of the good sales. His
southern stock of onk and |)opIar is coming in
strong and he sells basswood and elm at a good
rate, not finding them dull.
(!. Elias & Bro's mill is very active this sum-
mer. Business is good on account of the heavy
building in operation in the city.
Saginaw Valley.
A. P. Bliss of Bliss & Van Auken states that
everything is moving along nicely. The firm is
producing large quantities of fine oak. They
have markedly increased facilities for producing
lumber products. The maple flooring plant of
this firm at Saginaw is being operated day and
night and prices are steady and as firm as dur-
ing any time in the last three months.
The Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd., is doing
a heavier business than last year and finds con-
ditions quite satisfactory. Inquiries for hard-
woods are free, and enough stock is coming in
to take care of the trade. The company handles
a large quantity of oak picked up in the North
as well as in the South.
The Hill-Drummond Lumber Company of
Saginaw, whicb erected a sawmill at Baskin,
La., and has been cutting oak the last three
months, has shut down the mill for sixty days
until additional facilities for cutting timber can
be supplied.
The Gilchrist sawmill at Alpena has manu-
factured over .'i.noO.OOO feet of hardwoods this
season, a liberal portion of whicb is maple and
goes into fiooring. the firm operating a (looring
plant.
The plant of the Tawas Manufacturing Com-
pany, which has been engaged in tbe mantifac-
ture of skewers and other hardwood novelties,
has been shut down owing to finan<*ial embar-
rassment. It is expected the tangle will shortly
be unraveled and the plant resume operations.
The plant of the Chicago Last & Die Works
at West Branch was destroyed by fire last
week, involving a loss of .$2,500. The plant will
be rebuilt.
The Michigan Central has l.'tO men at work
extending what Is known as the Mct'^Iraw branch
of the Mackinaw division six miles to reach
.•iOO.OOO.noO feet of timber belonging to the
Kneeland. Buell & Bigelow Company, J. T. Wylie
& Co. and Sailing. Hanson & Co., a large inu-lioii
of which is hardwood.
The Stratile maple flooring and crate plant
at Reed City Is to be removed to Saginaw. When
in operation it will employ about 100 hands.
The old mill at Gaylord. owned and operated
for some years by Frank Buell of Bay City, has
been sold to II. H. Llenlson of Boyne City anil
.Tames Rowan and others of Grand Rapids, who
will rebuild the mill and equip it with modern
machinery. The purchasers have timber with
which to stock the plant.
Tbe plant of the Batchelor Timber Company
at West liranch will shortly be ready to begin
operations, extensive repairs having been made.
Logs are coming to tbe mil! by the trainload.
Some hardwood operators up north experience
dllBculty In getting enough help to handle their
business expeditiously. Wages are high and
grub good, yet there appears to be a scarcity of
men.
W. D. Young & Co. have finished the new
warehouse and have extended their facilities
materially. The business of the firm holds good
and the plant Is operated day and night.
Grand Kapids.
of the twenty-five sawmills in operation at
Muskegon, on tbe south shore of the lake, in
1SS3, otily two are now running — the Thayer
mill and the Bigelow mill, both owned by the
Thayer Lumber Company. Another mill is in
operation there, but erei.'ted. since 18S3 when
Muskegon reached its height as a lumber town.
Is that of Frank .\lljerts & Sons. There were
twelve mills cutting lumber on the north shore
of the lake twenty-three years ago and now there
Is one, that of Gow & Campbell. Muskegon ha-s
added many factories since the decadence of the
lumber cutting industry and it seems strange, as
the Chronicle of that city remarks, why most
of these concerns have located at Muskegon
Heights and other places, with miles of unoccu-
pied land, mostly abandoned mill sites, on the
lake front, offering unexcelled shipping facilities
for manufacturers.
A controlling interest in the Grand Rapids
Carved Moulding Company, with factory at Front
and Myrtle streets, has passed from S. L. King
to .T. A. S. Verdier and Sybrant Wesselius of
this city, who will continue the business.
The Grand River Valley Horticultural society
will take forestry as its topic at the meeting to
be held August 1.S at the suburban home of .1. C.
West, Fisk lake. The program will include the
following addresses : "The Future Supply of
Raw Material for Our Woodworking Industries,"
by Wm. Widdlcomb of the Widdicomb Furniture
C^ompany ; "A Glimpse of the World's Forests."
by Walter C. Winchester, recently returned from
a trip around the world : "A Talk on Interest-
ing Forest Conditions," by Chas. W. Garfield,
president of the Michigan Forestry Commission ;
"A Proper Respect for Trees," by C. S. Udell :
"The Farm Woodlot." by Mrs. M. E. Campbell ;
"The Problem of the Sand Plains," by Rev. F. P.
Arthur.
The farm of Curtis Morrill, near Union City,
Branch county, has a curiosity in tree growth.
Two rock elms. (Uie twelve inches and the other
about six in diameter, grow side by side, sepa-
rated liy about foiM' Inches, until they reach a
height of eight feet, when the smaller tree makes
a sharp bend and enters the larger, which at
this point shows a bulge equal to the diameter
of the intruder. Thus married they tower up-
wards nearly eighty feet.
H. R. Crocker succeeds I.. D. Waters as chair-
uuiii and manager of the National Woodenware
Company of this city. Kitchen cabinets of wliite
luaple are an important part of the output of
this concern.
C. L. Houseman of Muskegon has bought nf
.Miuneapolis parties .'iLiidO acres of hardwood,
pine and hemlock timber lands located near
Naubinway. in Mackinac county, and is iuslaliiiig
a hand mill at that point, with capacity for
cutting ten million feet a year. The logs will
be rafted down tbe Mllle Coques river, which
runs through the middle of the trail, and the
Soil railroad is building a spur to the mill, a
distance of liVi miles from tbe main line. It Is
expected the mill will be In operation this fall.
The Buell mill pro|)erty at Gaylord is being
i*ijuipped for the maiuifacture of veneers. 11. 11.
Dennlson. lately Iraftic manager of the Bovue
city, Gaylord & Alpena railroad, and .lames
Rowan of Gaylord, are associated with others in
the enterprise and the plant will be in shape
for operations in about six weeks.
Fire In the yards adjoining C. C. Potter &
Co.'s band mill at Bellaire destroyed two piles
of hardwood lumber belonging to <"'. L. House
man of Muskegon.
Asheville.
The sale at public auction of tlie Whittier
Lumber Company's boundary of hardwood In
Swain county, Norlli Carolina, on .\ugust (!, will
attract a nuinber of prospective purchasers. 'J'he
lands, containing TS.iiiki acres, will be sold under
order of the United States circuit court to satisfy
bonds held by the Morion Trust Company of New-
York to the amount of If400,000. The lands
have really been sold at private sale, but if a
higher bid Is made than tbe price then agreed
upon the auction bid will be accepted.
The plant of the .\sbeville Veneer Company
located at Biltmore, two miles from Asheville. is
complete and operations will commence within
ten days. The company will at first cut veneer
from oak, chestnut and poplar, but later from
other woods.
Bristol. ■Va.-Teiin.
The Came-Wyman Lumber Company, with
situs at Bristol, has been granted a charter and
will enter the lumber field at once. At the head
of the concern are W. o. Came and 11. P. Wy-
man. who are also at the head of the Bristol
Door & Lumber Company. Mr. Came was for-
merly in the lumber business at Maiden, near
Boston, Mass., and has been in this section for
a number of years. Mr. Wyman is from Grand
Rapids, Mich., and was formerly in the lumber
business at .Tohnson City, Tenn. Tbe new con-
cern will do a general manufacturing and
wholesale business. The company has an author-
ized capital stock of .flS.OOO.
The Black Mountain Land Company has been
organized at Bristol by W. H. White, W. W.
Bourne, J. A. Dickey. T. P. Trigg and others.
The company will deal In timber and mineral
lands.
W. O. Came of tbe Bristol Door & Lumber
Company has returned from Maiden, Mass.,
where he has been ill in a hospital for the iwst
few weeks. Mr. Came underwent an operation
for appendicitis and returns feeling much bet-
ter.
James D. Wyman of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
has come to Bristol to learn the lumber busi-
ness. He will be connected with his father,
H. P. Wyman.
G. L. Wood and W. L. Taylor of the I!. K.
Wood Lumber Company, .\sheville, N. C, were
In Bristol on imijortaut business of the company
last week.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Geoige P.. retei- of the Paul \V. Fleck lAimbei-
Company bas returned from a visit to the com-
pany's mills in Johnson county.
William S:. Whiting of the Whiting Manufac-
turing Company of Abingdon came to the city
on business last week. Mr. Whiting reports that
his company's big band mill at Abingdon is run-
ning regularly and business is good.
Fred W. Hughes, local manager of I'rice &
Heald. the Baltimore exporters, has returned
from a business trip in Virginia in the interest
of his business.
U. S. Archer of the UnaUa Lumber Corpora-
tion of .lobnson City was in Bristol on business
last week. Mr. Archer reports his company as
doing a large business. The company's entire
output is being handled by the Rnmbarger Lum-
ber Company of rhiladelphia.
The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Colum-
bus. ()., is extending its business in this region
and is opening up a branch at Hampton, a small
town on the East Tennessee & Western North
Carolina railway. A new band mill with a
capacity of 25.000 feet per day is being put in,
also railroad tracks from the timber land to the
mill. The road is to extend from the company's
lands on the Tiger creek to Hampton, a distance
of eleven miles. Tlie company owns 6,000 acres
of land on Tiger creek, which contains some of
the best hardwood timber in east Tennessee.
The railroad will be completed by December.
Horace Hoskins of J. A. Wilkinson has re-
turned from a business trip in Virginia and
Tennessee.
Chattanooga.
The lumbermen of this city are raising a big
■■kick" on account of the recent increase in the
rates made on lumber by the Southeastern
Freight Association between this point and
Buffalo of ,3 cents, making a total rate of 23
cents. The same rate has been made on lumber
from Nashville and Knoxville.
The lumbermen of this city feel that this is
an imposition on them which should not have
been made and they claim that the railroads
leading out of the three Tennessee cities will
lose a great deal of tonnage by the increase in
rates, because Buffalo aud Rochester points will
now begin to look westward to Kentucky and
Virginia for their lumber supplies, T'he Louis-
ville & Nashville road is looked upon as the
prime cause of the increase and local lumbermen
do not look for a change in rates until the rail-
road rate bill goes into effect the first of the
year, if then.
F. W. Blair has sold the real estate upon
which his yards are located to the BlutE View
Land Company, which will erect residences upon
it. He wiil remove his mill into the heart of
the timber belt away from the city in the near
future. He has not yet decided upon the loca-
tion.
W. M. Fowler of the Case Lumber Company
of this city and president of the Fowler-Person-
ett Lumber Company of Birmingham, Ala., has
returned from a month's vacation at Lake Tama-
gami, Canada.
George Call of the Gall Lumber Company of
Toronto, Can., was a recent visitor among the
lumbermen here.
J. R. Lopez of the Regal-Mantel Lumber Com-
pany of Atlanta, Ga., was buying lumber here
this week.
Capt. A. J. Gahagan, treasurer of the Loomis
& Hart Manufacturing Company, has been
elected a member of the new county court from
the city district to serve six years. Captain
Gahagan ts-as formerly a member of the county
court and takes great interest in public affairs.
He was the only republican in the city who was
elected at the August election.
C. C. Arnold of the Arnold Lumber Company
is ill.
J M. Card of the J. M. Card Lumber Com-
pany is visiting mills in Mississippi and Ala-
bama.
Ferd Brenner who, with L. G. Banning, a
prominent lumberman of Cincinnati, is touring
Europe, has removed his yards from this city
and consolidated them with bis yards at Nor-
folk. Va.
F. W. Blair is buying logs on the Central of:
Georgia road.
Memphis.
(ieorge C. Ehemann, chairman of the commit-
tee appointed by the Lumbermen's Club of Mem-
phis to secure the co-operation of other lumber
organizations in the effort to have the Missouri
Pacific system rescind its new minimum weight
Vuling on lumber shipments, has secured the aid
of a number of organization3. The St. Louis Lum-
lier Exchange and the Buffalo Lumber Exchange
have appointed committees to take up this mat-
ter, and the latter has already drawn up resolu-
tions protesting strongly against the ruling.
Commissioner Davant of the Memphis Freight
Bureau has been consulted by the committee also
and, while he acknowledges that there are two
sides to the question, yet he declares the Lum-
bermen's Club, with the aid of the other organ-
izations, has a chance to win. A copy of the
resolutions adopted by the Buffalo Exchange has
been forwarded to the officials of the road at
interest.
Weather conditions throughout the Memphis
territory have shown further improvement dur-
ing the past fortnight aud lumber production is
making good headway, though still rather below
the average for this time of year. Most of the
larger mills iu this city aud section are running
and putting considerable lumber on sticks, but
as it will be some time before this is ready for
market, it is believed that there is nothing in
sight now to suggest relief from the scarcity of
dry stock which has been a pronounced feature
of the Southern hardwood situation for a num-
ber of months.
If nothing happens to prevent, the Crittenden
liailway Company, which has been building a
line from Earl to Heth. Ark., connecting the
Missouri Pacific and the Rock Island, for some
months, will finish the work by the end of this
month. The tracks connecting the large wheel-
barrow plant of the Lansing Wheelbarrow Com-
pany with the road will likewise be Hnished
within the period indicated.
The Illinois Central is now actively at work
on the branch road which runs from Phillip
City to Charleston. Miss. Local lumber inter-
ests have large timber holdings in the county
in which Charleston is located, and steps are
now being taken for their development. One
exceptionally large plant is to be erected at that
point, but the firm which is backing this move-
ment is not ready to have its identity disclosed
because the style of the corporation has not been
agreed upon. Active work will begin on the
erection of the buildings in a short time.
The Auderson-Tully Company has completed
the foundation work on the large box factory
which it is erecting in North Memphis, and
rapid progress is now anticipated. The plant,
which is to be a duplication of the one now in
operation, with the exception that it is to be
fitted with machinery for manufacturing lock-
corner boxes, will have a capacity of about three
cars of box shooks daily, thus doubling the pres-
ent output of the concern.
Moore & McFerren are now operating their
new box factory in North Memphis, which was
built to replace tlie one burned some months
ago. In addition to manufacturing boxes, the
lompany operates a planing mill and manufac-
tures also gum, Cottonwood and cypress lum-
ber.
W. II. Russe, whose last name is the same as
that of a man famous in the baseball world,
has been secured as one of the nine men se-
lected from the Memphis Cotton and Merchants'
Exchanges to play a nine from the Business
Men's Club for the benefit of the incipient Mem-
phis zoo. This is a new role for the president
of the National Hardwood Lumber Association.
Secretary E. M. Terry of the National Lumber
Exporters' Association left for New York and
other eastern points last week on business con-
nected with the association, and will probably
be gone a month. He may complete arrange-
ments for the proposed midsummer annual meet-
ing of the association, which, if held at all,
will be at some eastern point. His trip will
include Buffalo. Philadelphia. Baltimore and
possibly other points. Mr. Terry sent his fam-
ily east for the summer some time ago.
The Thomas-Maddix Lumber Company of Cal-
ico Rock, Ark., has been granted a charter with
capital stock of .1i40,000, of which $23,000 has
been paid in. The incorporators are Woods
Thomas, N. G. and .1. W. Maddix.
The Buckeye Lumber Company of Hope. Ark.,
has been granted a charter under the laws of
that state, with a capital stock of .$1.50,000, all
of which has been subscribed. .1. W. Willis, W.
G. Foster and others are the incorporators.
The Sowell Lumber Company of Marked Tree,
Ark., is another .\rkansas concern to enter the
Held. It is capitalized at $50,000, of which ,$30.-
000 has been subscribed. E. Ritter, A. B. Sow-
ell and II. B. Sowell are the incorporators.
Hotel facilities of Memphis are to be greatly
increased. In addition to the building of a six-
story front to the Gayoso, the Gayoso Hotel
Company has taken a long-term lease on the
Peabody Hotel, in the heart of the uptown dis-
trict, and will control this hostelry. T'he annex
to the building has been condemned, and a ten-
story steel structure is to replace this at an ap-
proximate cost of $350,000.
The Riverside Lumber Company has been
chartered under the laws of Mississippi. The
capital stock is $10,000. It is domiciled at
Marks, Quitman county.
An amendment to the charter of the Home
Lumber Company, Montrose, Jasper county,
Miss., has been secured, granting an increase to
$10,000 in the capital stock,
W. E. Trainer of Trainer Brothers Lumber
Company of Chicago was a recent visitor in
Memphis : A. J. McCausland of the W. E. Kelly
Lumber Company of Chicago, which has a
branch office here, was another Memphis visitor.
James Thompson of James Thompson & Com-
pany has gone to Cincinnati and other points
in Indiana and Illinois.
S. C. Major of the S. C. Major Lumbe-/ Com-
pany is out of the city and will be gone for
some days. His itinerary includes St. Louis.
Chicago, Indianapolis and other northern points.
A. N. Thompson of Thompson & McClure has
just returned from a trip into Arkansas.
Louisville.
in the Parkland end of town ground has been
purchased, the foundation laid out and some
machinery bought for a new hardwood flooring
plant. This operation is being established by a
newly incorporated concern, the Kentucky Hard-
wood Flooring Company, capitalized at $75,000,
but the individual promoters of the enterprise
are not new to the lumber trade here by any
means. T'he officers, who are holders of the
entire stock of tlie company, are Olaf Anderson,
Emil Anderson and W. V. Shepardson. The
Messrs. Anderson are proprietors of the South-
ern Planing Mill and are well known in lumber
circles here, as also is Mr. Shepardson, who
has been for some fifteen years with the Men-
gels. The new plant will start in with two S.
A. Woods flooring machines, a resaw, double
surfacer, rip saws, etc. The building is being
constructed with a view to doubling and pos-
sibly quadrupling the capacit.v.
A. E. Norman of the Norman Lumber Com-
pany says that the company had a splendid six
months' business in hardwood the first half of
this year, and the outlook at present is prac-
tically all that could be desired.
Edward L. Davis recently came in from what
he had intended to make a sort of holiday trip,
but he had so much business to attend to that
he didn't consider it much of a vacation, so he
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is out again, looiiing for a piace to bide from
worli for a while and liave a little rest.
J. E. Buscher of tbe Louisville Spoke & Bend-
ing Company, says that vehicle wood stock is
moving fairly well, but that prices on this class
of stock are not high enough to lie in harmony
with the increased value of raw material, espe-
cially liickory, which is soaring high at the
stumpage cnil.
Alliert K. Kampf has been adding some to liis
limher lioldings along the Illinois Central.
Kd. liuliesky took a little jaunt to Evansville
last week to see what is going on in that hard-
wood center. Me says the market looks good,
(hough there is nothing exciting in his line.
IJ. M. Cunningham, who has been ill, is now
able to take up business again.
Minneapolis.
'I"hc .\nrlhei-n llardwunii Lumin'r Compan.v of
jMarslilield, \\ifi., has incorporated with .f.lO.OOU
<apital stock, and will engage in the nianufac-
(urc of hardwood lumber. The incorporators are
Herman i. anger. 11. T.. Kleeme and T. A. Tack.
The lluswell Lumber & Manufacturing Com-
pany of Alinneapolis has increased its capital
>iock to .'SGO.UOU, for the purpose of e.\panding
its operations. The company operates a mill a1
Buswell, Wis., manufacturing hemlock and hard-
wood, and is enjoying a good business. It is
running the sawmill both night and day. F. W.
liuswell, president of the comjamy. lias just paid
a visit to the plant, which has phining machin-
ery run by electric motors. W. II. Ilogue, a
prominent salesman of experience in northern
territory, has entered the employ of this com-
pany and will represent it on the road in Illinois
and Wisconsin territory.
E. I'ayson Smith of the I'ayson Smith Lumber
I Company is ill at Hot Springs and may remain
in a physician's care there for a week or more.
Tills is the second time within a year that Mr.
Smith has been stopped on a southern trip by
illness, and forced to put in to Hot Springs for
repairs. He writes that he is nut dangerously
ill, although his temperature lias been hovering
around 104. A. S. Bliss of the same company
says they have been enjoying a splendid summer
business in all lines they handle, and they feel
i|iiite confident of a brisk fall trade.
.7. C Signor, Iiead of Signor. Crisler & Co.,
manufacturers of hardwood and hemlock lumber
at Signor and Couderay, Wis., was in Minneapo-
lis on a business errand a few days ago. He
says they have been hustling to keep enough
dry lumber on hand to fill orders as they come.
The Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company of
Uermansville. Mich., has issued a circular recom-
mending general use for red birch flooring, which
is sold at about .$10 over the price of hard
maple, and is claimed to be little if any inferior
I" oak for the purpose.
C. E. Osborne of Osborne & Clark, the local
hardwood whole.salers, has gone ■ to look over
their retail lumber yards at Erie, 111., and
other points. They are having a tine trade,
especially in yard stock from the retail dealers.
.T. II. Henderson of the Kendall Lumber Com-
pany, Pittsburg, I'a.. stopjied in this city a few
days ago on his way home from the Pacific coast.
The company is a large liardwood dealer, but
contemplates a departure into the manufacture
'( fir lumber, and Mr. Henderson's trip west was
lor the purpose of investigating some proposi-
tions.
C. P. Coon of the Beidenville Lumber Com-
pany. Bruce. Wis., large hardwood producers,
was looking over the Minneapolis market a few-
days ago.
The building activity in the twin cities is
just as heavy as ever, and .Tuly came near setting
a new mark for building permits in Minneapolis.
The total estimated cost of permits issued was
■ *1,600,S20. The record for the same month of
' last year, when building was also lively, was
?8S1,970. The total for seven months was
:. $.">,703..570 for this year, and .$5,66y,S4(i for
' 1905. Last year eclipsed all previous records.
and may be excelled by the total for this year.
St. Paul's record for July was .f.510.570, com-
pared with $1.5li,!)10 in the same month last
year. A large share of the building calls for
hardwood floors and finish, and the factories
have a larger proportion of this kind of work
than ever.
A.shland.
C. Crane & Co. of cinciiiiiali. <)., have just
closed a deal for (iO.OOO acres of timber land in
the West Virginia mountains. The purcha.se in-
volves more than .$.500,000, and the territory
thus aciiiiired gives the concern dominion over
more than 400,000 acres of the finest limber
hind in the state. The deal inchuies the stand-
ing timber on 00,000 acres of land in Boone.
Wyoming and Ualeigh counties. This purchase,
which is the climax of several which have been
made by Ibis concern during the last few years,
gives it enough timber to last nearly twenty-
five years, estimating that 100,000,000 feet of
lumber is cut each year. It will be ten or
twelve yeais probably before cutting is begun
oil the new lands, the concern's plan being to
make sure of a future supply.
W. R. Vansant is looking after his interests in
North Carolina.
Tile liig store of the Yellow Poplar Lumber
Company at Coal Grove, O., is soon to be aban-
doned by the company, as it is found to Ije
unprofitable. The large stock of goods will Ije
shipped to one of the company's stores in the
West Virginia mountains.
.-V mill will probably be located at Louisa, l\y..
to manufacture hickory handles.
Sonny Blankenship of Ci.x's Landing, O., tried
to get some timber up the Guyandotte river to a
sawmill some time ago, and he alleges he could
not do so on account of obstructions in the
stream in the way of logs belonging to C. Crane
& Co., so he sued the latter firm for $300 dam-
ages. Tile case may bring up the right of log
men to obstruct the channel oi a river and end
in the court of appeals.
A. L. Rogers of Kipley, W. Va.. has purchased
a fine tract of timber land in southern \\'est
Virginia. It contains several thousand acres of
timber and coal land on the Lick Fork of Twelve
]*ole. It is rich in virgin poplar and oak, and
contains a wealth of almost every kind of hard-
wood known to tliat section of the country.
I'reparations will begin at once to prepare the
timber for market, and a number of mills will
be installed. Cross ties will be cut, in addition
to the vast quantity of high-grade lumber. Tram-
ways will be built by which the product may be
transported to the Norfolk & Western railway
to be shipped to the various markets. It is Mr.
Rogers' intention to engage in export trade also.
The price paid for the land was .$200. Ouu.
Thomas Newton, Jr., the C-year-old son of
T. N. Farrin of the Keyes-Farrin Lumber Com-
pany, died on August 2 at Herndou, W. ^'a..
where the family were spending the summer.
The body was brought home to Ashland for
burial. The boy was a bright, sturd.v lad. and
his death is a great blow (o his parents.
N. J. Pullings. of Windsor. Canada, was here
tills week looking over the market for heavy
ship timber.
.L S. Walker of rle- .1. S. Walker Lumber
Company, Orav. \V. Va.. was transacting business
in the city this week.
W. E. Berger of the W. II. Hawkins Lumber
Company is rejoicing over the arrival of a son
at his home, born August 4.
Wausau.
The Kewaunee Casket & Manufacturing Com-
pany of Kewaunee, Wis., has been organized
with a capital stock of .$00,000. John M. Berg-
man is president and L. A. Cowell, secretary.
Never before lias there been such a scarcity
of men in the woods of Wisconsin as at the
present time. Timber that has been cut for
months still lies in the woods and it is impos-
sible for lumbermen to secure men to haul it to
cars and i)repare it fnv market. No less than
1,000 men could find employment in northern
Wisconsin woods. The situation is becoming
alarming and every day that passes, under these
conditions, has a tendency to increase the price
of lumber.
William <;. Foss of Tomahawk, a practical
lumbi'rman and manufacturer, has purchased the
Tomahawk Stave ,.<c Veneer Company's plant in
Tomahawk. Glenn Foss, a son, who lias been
attending the Wisconsin Universily, will liave
charge of the oflice work.
The factory of the Upham Manul'ariuring
Company at Marshfleld. which was closed down
for six weeks for repairs, has been started in
operation again with a full force. The company
is shipping furniture in car lots to San Fran-
cisco.
The Brelimer sawmill in the l<iwn of l''lielh.
near Wausau, was recently totally destroyed by
lire. The lumber in the yards was saved by
cutting the tramways leading from the mill to
the yards. The yards contained :!, 000.000 feet
of choice hardwood of last winter's cut. T'lie
mill, for its size, was the l>esl equipped in
northern Wisconsin, and was built exclusively
for winter sawing. It will probably be rebuilt.
The Eland Traffic Company has sold its last
winter's cut of timber, and sliiiunent of the
same has begun. The liardwood. aliout 1,000,000
feet, has been sold to the Crocker Chair Com-
pany of Antigo. Mr. Rideout, owner and mana-
ger of the company, has a deal on for the sale
of the mill, though he has taken a contract to
plane 1,01)0,000 feet of maple flooring for the
Edwards Lumber Company of Antigo.
The Northern Hardwood Lumber Company of
JIarshfleld has been incorporated with a caiiital
stock of $50,000. The incorporators are Her-
man Langer. II. L. Klemme and T. A. Tack.
The Wolf River Company, which recently pur-
chased the plant of the Wisconsin Chair Com-
pany at New London, has incorporated under
Wisconsin laws, with a capital stock of .$;{00.000.
The officers are : F. M. Parke, Bufl'alo, N. Y.,
president : J. M. Holden. New London, Wis.,
vice president ; E. C. Jost, New London, secre-
tary and treasurer. The new company intends
to enlarge the plant and to engage in additional
lines of manufacture.
It is said tliat 20.000 acres of choice liard-
wood lands lying in the vicinity of Crandon will
lie logged next winter. Another railroad is be-
ing built to the town and new woodworking fac-
tories are going up.
Toledo.
.\s one well-known hardwood dealer put it.
"The midsummer trade in hardwood lumber was
never better than it is this season." Stocks are
ample for the demand, prices are firm and busi-
ness is good.
J. B. Tennyson of Defiance, O., has ojiened a
lumber office on South street at the crossing of
the Clover Leaf railroad. A. T. Neff of Findlay.
().. has also opened an office opposite the Tenny-
son otfice.
John Wisdom & Son of Sycamore. ("1.. have
sold tlieir mills to Silas Chesbrough of c^arey.
The Wisdoms have taken charge of a stave mill
at Sabula. la.
The George Wilson & Sons Co. of Toledo has
filed a motion for a new trial of the condemna-
tion proceedings instituted by the Toledo Central
Railway Company, in which the defendants were
awarded !i;7.800 for land appropriated.
C. W. Riegel of the Pbipnix Box Company and
his son have returned from an outing in .Michi-
gan.
J. H. Campbell nf llie Campbell Company has
returned from a mouth's trip through the West.
Andrew Speas, formerly with the Rib River
Lumber Company, has gone into business for
himself at Monroevllfe, O.
The building permits issued by the city build-
ing inspector for July number 121, with a valua
tion of nearly .$230,000. which is far in excess
of tlie same period of a year ago.
J2
HARDWOOD RECORD
Hardwood Market.
(By HABCWOOD BECOBD Exclusive Market Bepoxters.)
Chicago.
Tbeie are no new features in the kK-al hard-
wood trade. Business can be denominated as
simply fair, wliicli is saying a good deal for
midsummer in Chicago, when very little business
is done normally. It is well known that the
furniture manufacturers' order books are well
filled, which will mean a big fall trade for Chi-
cago wholesalers. The interior finish people are
also loaded with advance orders, and this line
will also require some large quantities of hard-
woods. Tlie flooring people are also busy and
will be obliged to put in additional stock. Alto-
gether the outlook is most promising for the big-
gest fall and early winter hardwood trade ever
enjoyed in this market.
Boston.
In speaking of the local hardwood market
dealers show no enthusiasm over present con-
ditions, but for the future the outlook is con-
sidered good. Building operations which have
been held up for months owing to the high
prices of lumber are now starting up. It is
reported that many plans that have been held
in architects' offices for several months are now
being figured with the intention of going right
nhead with them. The signs of revival lead
the manufacturers of interior finish to look for
a much better demand. At present this branch
nf the hardwood industry is fairly busy, but
the inquiry for lumber is not large. With the
manufacturers of furniture business is fairly ac-
tive and fair orders for stock are received. One
large dealer states that his customers are mak-
ing preparations to use southern and western
hardwoods to a larger extent. They have been
using native hardwoods, but owing to the diffi-
culty in getting all that they require and be-
cause of the strong advance they plan to get
supplies elsew'here.
Offerings are fairly large, and in some in-
stances a surplus is reported. The demand for
plain oak is not active. Offerings are larger
and the market has developed an easier feeling,
although prices are no lower than two weeks
ago. Quartered oak does not show any activity,
and prices are not as high in all instances as
they were. Maple flooring is quiet here, but
those who sell the New York and Pennsylvania
trade report a fair demand. Prices are gener-
ally held right up to the list, with the exception
of an occasional surplus stock. Kough maple is
very firm and will have a tendency to keep up
the price of flooring. The whitewood ma;ket is
firmer, as the liver mills are reported as shut
down. Cypress is in moderate call, but firm.
New York.
Tbere is no denying the fact that there is
much less complaint heard of business conditions
than for some weeks past. Indeed, a trip
through the district reveals a very fair volume
of business in all branches of the trade, with
prospects bright for an active fall. Stocks in
the hands of buyers, however, are quite plenti-
ful, which explains slow purchasing. Here and
there some concessions are noted on small lots
of hardwoods, but the salient feature of the
wholesale market to-day is the manner in which
the stronger interests are holding any stocks in
hand rather than force or bear the market.
There is no question but that stocks of good,
well manufactured hardwoods in shipping con-
dition are light and badly broken. Such being
the case, those houses having possession of any
amount of good stock are not disturbed in the
least over any lack of inquiry at this normally
quiet season.
Business among the furniture, piano and nov-
elty manufacturers is taking on more briskness
to take care of the holiday goods, all of which
will improve conditions from now on.
The leading stocks in current transactions are
Ijlain oak, ash, birch and chestnut, on all of
which prices are very Arm. Poplar is not quite
-o active, but prices are steady. Quartered oak
iind maple are quiet.
Philadelphia.
A larse proportiou rf the firms in the local
market find conditions now much better than
during the latter part of June and the first part
of .July. TTie outlook at that time was for a
decidedly dull season in hardwoods and, al-
though the situation to date has not come up
to the standard of last year, the proportion of
business done has been fairly satisfactory.
Chestnut and oak liave been moving freely,
with ash and basswood in good demand. Poplar
continues a ready seller, and there is little dif-
ficulty in disposing of stocks. T"he furniture fac-
tories supplied by the Philadelphia trade seem
to be well stocked, although they still buy in
small lots.
One hopeful feature of the market is that
business seems to bo picking up and tbere are
inquiries out for many new jobs that promise
well. Prices are steadily maintained all along
the line, and indications are that they will
continue so.
Baltimoie,
The hardwood trade of this section keeps up
surprisingly well. The leading woods are in
active call and the usual quiet of midsummer
has not been experienced. Oak continues to be
very active, all the mills being busy and con-
sumers placing orders whenever dealers are will-
ing to take them. The range of values continues
high, and manufacturers are able virtually to
command Their own terms.
The demand is also quite active from abroad,
though foreign buyers continue to evince a dis-
position to insist upon lower prices, and com-
plain because exporters decline to rush supplies
at the values offered. There are allegations that
exporters disregard their contracts because they
have to pay more for lumber than they counted
on when they took prders. and are evading ship-
ments because they might lose a little money.
As a matter of fact, there is no evading of con-
tracts. Every shipper of standing will live up
to his obligations, and if any default occurs,
the offender is the irresponsible dealer, whom the
foreign buyer or broker gives the preference be-
cause he names low prices. As a matter of fact,
the production of lumber this summer has been
rather below the average on account of bad
weather and for other reasons. The railroads
and other big users have been heavy buyers, so
that stocks are low and difficult to get. If ex-
porters are behind in deliveries, some good rea-
son can be given for the delay.
Ash is almost as active as oak, and brings
excellent prices. The mills have plenty of or-
ders for ash and good stocks are quickly taken
up. Chestnut, beech and all other hardwoods
are moving freely at satisfactory prices. Poplar
retains its hold upon the trade, with moderate
prices ; the wood took a turn upward, and long
since regained everything it lost temporarily by
the insistence upon inordinate figures. Manu-
facturers find it easy to dispose of their output,
though the capacity of plants is being taxed to
the utmost, and the trade is in fine condition.
As for walnut, all the good lumber and logs
that reach the market find buyers. Stocks are
also being shipped abroad in considerable quan-
tities, and the outlook is very favorable.
Pittshurg.
There is snap to the hardwood market and
the usual midsummer dullness has not been felt
in Pittsburg. It's the hardwood men's inning.
This summer they can sit in their offices and
sell more lumber every day than their mills
can cut. And they are getting prices for it,
too.
There is no doubt but that hardwoods have
held the center of the stage for the last three
months in Pittsburg. Inquiry has been better
even than was anticipated on account of the
labor troubles. In the face of this demand
prices have taken an upward turn. For good
stocks and quick deliveries premiums are being
paid every day. From the mills there is prac-
tically one report coming, namely, that the ca-
pacity of the mills is being taxed to the utmost
to supply the current demand, and that no
stocks are being accumulated for fall and winter
trade.
Oak is far and away the leader in this
market. Prices are considerably higher than
tliirty days ago, and promise to be advanced
again when the September market starts. All
grades of oak are in most active demand, and
it is simply a problem of getting stock that is
fit for shipment and can be delivered promptly.
Chestnut is an active seller, although it is
not moving as fast as several weeks ago. There
is a steady call for cherry, walnut and birch
from the furniture firms of Michigan and Ohio,
as well as from Buffalo and other lake ports.
Ties are wanted. Railroads are supplying a
large portion of their own stocks, but the trac-
tion companies are and will be heavy buyers all
fall. I-ong sticks are also in excellent demand
and much oak is being used in the government
repair work on the rivers. Maple is in good
call, especially flooring. The demand for hickory
:ind ash has increased within the last two weeks,
and local firms are shipping some nice orders
lo the Middle West.
Buffalo.
There is the same active tone to the hard-
wood trade that has prevailed all the season.
It is true at least now that the hardwood trade
has kept up all summer, while white pine has
suffered a large falling off. with prices none too
St rong.
A few hardwood dealers say that plain oak Is
not as strong as it was, and while it is a fact
that the supply is larger than was looked for,
that is merely because it was predicted early
that it would be very broken by midsummer.
D'ealers who have been to the furniture exposi-
tions and are acquainted with that trade say
that the feeling there has been of the best, so
that there is nothing to fear from such woods
as plain oak.
Birch is more active and also more plentiful
than for some time, and it has helped oak out
very much, probably being responsible lor the
quiet condition of quartered oak right along.
Still dealers are carrying more mahi^gany than
they used to, so that price is not the whole of
the matter.
There is no improvement in the supply of
chestnut and ash, though the demand for them
is such that dealers are picking up all they can
find. Some dealers think poplar is a little more
plenty, but others say it has not come their
way.
There is quite an amount of Michigan hard
wood coming in by lake, especially elm and bass-
wood, which have been quiet for a long time,
liut are now improving.
Saginaw 'Valley.
.luly business was somewhat slow, but trade
is showing more life than usual at this date
in August, and dealers take it as an indication
.it assured activity later on. Prices hold firm
and while there is considerable inquiry for stock,
enough is coming in to keep supplies ample for
requirements. Mills are running steadily and
unless there should result an extraordinary vol-
ume of business there will be enough lumber to
meet the demands of the trade. While some
manufacturers sold their season output of maple
early in the season and are consequently out of
the market there U rather more maple manu
factured than the trade can readily assimilate,
and it has manifested more sluggishness than
other varieties of hardwood with the possible
exception of birch, .^sh holds firm under limited
stocks and elm is steady. Basswood is doing
well; beech is a little stronger, but birch is
rather slow in movement.
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33
Ashe-ville.
Trade in Asheville and western North Caro-
lina continues dull, as it lias been foi- more tlian
thirty days. While there is not an overalmii-
danoe of sawed lumber on the yards and at the
railroads ready for shipment, the mills in the
mountains have been busy during .luly. anil
much sawed hardwood is in the forests ready
for haulini;. Lumbermen are not selling at pre-
vailins prices to any noticeable extent, pre-
ferrins to hold and take chances mi iui iiici-ease
in price.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn.
There is little change In the market conditions
in the Bristol district. There obtains a heavy
demand for all kinds of stock, with prices re
i;arded as good.
The export market is declared by local ex-
porters to be satisfactory, with prospects prom-
ising. Kxportiug is coming more into favor in
this sectiun. and many concerns which have
hitherto confined their business e.xclusively to
the domestic trade are experimentiug, as it were,
with the foreign trade.
There is a good supply of most hardwoods,
except some grades of oak and poplar. There is
a general scarcity of poplar and dealers and
manufacturers are flooded with inquiries for
this stock, hut unable in most instances to sup
ply the demand.
Chattanooga.
A careful canvass of the sawmills and lumber
yards in Chattanooga shows the smallest stocks
of shippin.-: lumber now on hand since ISSIO.
This condition is attributable to direct causes —
the growing scarcity of merchantable timber and
the unusual demand for all lumber products.
T'bere has never been a time when there has
been such a great demand for low grade lumber
of all kinds in this section. Low grade poplar
and hasswood have been slow of sale for some
time, but now the box factories are using locally
every foot of this grade of luml)er they can get.
The unusual amount of building that has been
going on locall.y during the past eighteen months
has drawn heavily upon local mills.
There has been a great activity also througli
all the mining sections and more railroad build
ing is being carried on in the vicinity of Chat-
tanooga than at any time within fifteen years.
Standing timber in this locality is being rap-
idly exhausted. Many tracts of land that have
been cut over in the past are now being gone
over the second or even the third time. In order
to get an adequate supply of logs to keep the
mills ruiuiiug operators are going back further
into the mountains and up the smaller water
courses and running out logs from localities that
a few years ago would have been regarded as
practically inaccessible for logging operations.
On account of the scarcity of logs, a number of
the (.'hattanuoga mills have already gone out of
business or have moved farther south where
they will he more accessible to standing timber.
A few of the mills and lumber yards have a
pretty good supply of lumber on hand. One of
the largest lumber operators in Chattanooga was
heard to remark a day or two ago that he had.
for the first time in twenty years, under con-
tract and in process of delivery every foot of
spare lumber he had in his yard.
The furniture factories of Chattanooga are
drawing upon the local mills and the surround
ing territory for great quantities of lumber,
especially oak. Poplar that a few years ago
entered largely into the manufacture of cheap
furnittire is no longer used to any extent, on
;icconnt of the advance in price.
the limit of their capacity, but they are doing
a very satisfactory busiuess. and that the out-
look is for a splendid fall and winter trade.
Croiis throughout the South and West are ex-
ceptionally favorable. The furniture trade, the
agricultural implement business, the manufac-
ture of railroad equipment, building operations,
the steel and iron industry and other Indices of
prosperous conditions are very wholesome, thus
suggesting large consumptive requirements dur-
ing the next few months.
Conditions surrounding production have been
more favorable during the past fortnight, and
good headway is being made in getting out lum-
ber. However, there is no excess of dry stock
in any direction, and for this reason prices are
exceptionally well maintained.
Ash stands at the head of the list in point
of strength. It is very scarce, and will not be
moved except at very full prices. All grades are
wanted and buyers are quite willing to pay the
price when they are able to find what they
wiint. Cypress continues a ready seller in all
grades, though, if anything, the lower grades
are imu-e wanted in proportion to the supply
I ban the higher. Prices are well maintained
and the amount of stock is not burdensome by
any means. Plain oak continues to move well.
There was some lull in this about a uionth ago.
h\it it is picking up again and is wanted steadily
at very satisfactory prices for both red and
wiiite. The lower grades, especially common,
are also wanted. There is no great movement
iti quarter-sawed oak, though this wood is hold-
ing its own. There is a splendid demand for
(ottonwood in all grades, with but a limited
supply. The better call is for the lower grades
and for box boards. Prices are very firm be-
cause Cottonwood is developing into a rather
scarce article and is likely to remain so tuitil
stmie of the stock now being produced has been
III sticks long enough to make it available. Gum
1-; in good demand, with a better call, relatively,
fcr the lower than for the higher grades, largely
as a result of the scarcity and highness of Cot-
tonwood and other woods used in box factories.
r<.phir is without change.
Memphis.
There is further tendency toward Increase in
the volume of hardwood business, tlie last two
weeks showing considerable gain. Manufactur
ers and wl'olesalers say they are not rushed to
Liverpool.
Some weeks ago it was stated that buyers of
mahogany at prevailing sale prices would obtain
good bargains, as the price was certain to rise.
This statement was proved to be correct by the
result of the late sales held here. A glance at
the realized prices shows a sharp advance all
.-iround for all classes of this wood. From all
appearance at sale yards these seem to be rap-
idly going into consumption, and it may be
safely prophesied that still higher prices will
rule at next sales.
(leneral trade here, however, remains quiet,
and prices generally of .\merican hardwoods are
easier. Pitch pine and ash logs have gone all
to pieces, owing to excessive import. A quantity
c^f the latter have been sold by brokers here
as low as $30. Numerous parcels that have
arrived are very badly wormed and considerable
loss has no doubt been caused to shippers from
this cause. Ash and oak planks are very firm
and merchants here have difficulty in securing
the wood they have contracted for. Several
contracts have been made some time ago by ship-
pers at old prices and many merchants here are
very much annoyed that they are not getting
them now that the prices have risen. One con-
tract where IMi-lnch firsts and seconds white
ash planks was sold about twelve months ago
at ^7}0 ex quay Liverpool has not yet been deliv-
ered. Needless to say, the merchant in question
can see a very nice profit if he could only get
same delivered. It is certainly very exasperat-
ing when some of the smaller class of shippers
plead "a lire or a flood" as an excu-ie until the
market has eased in price. We really think the
'eading shippers, who arc no doubt above such
tactics, should take strong action to prevent
this kind of thing. At any rate it does them a
great deal of harm, as one repeatedly hears a
merchant say that all shippers adopt these tac-
tics. This, however, we can testify from per-
sonal knowledge is not the case, but we simply
quote "common gossip" to show the harm that
is done.
Louisville.
Said a prominent sawmill lunn here in speak-
ing of the hardwood situation : "What we need
to have brought home to us till we realize it
thoroughly Is that stumpage is something that
we can harvest only once in a lifetime; not
till then can we properly appreciate the neces-
sit.v of getting a good value for what lumber we
sell." That's the way many millmen are look-
ing at the market situation now, and especially
those who have been out trying to buy stump-
age. As a result the market is naturally very
stiff and higher prices are being talked of. There
is difference of opinion as to when further In-
creases are due. Some think this fall, and in
consequence are not willing to sell stock for
future delivery, but others do not think values
will change much this year.
It is taking some hustling on the part of local
millmen to get logs enough to keep running
steadily, but most of them manage to do so,
and lumber deliveries from country mills are
coming in freely. So, with a good demand, stItT
prices and a fair volume of stock moving right
along, the hardwood trade is in what might be
termed a healthy condition. Ties are still scarce
and in active demand ; poplar seems to have
more buyers than sellers: hickory is snapped
up like live bait, and pretty much everything
on the hardwood list is meeting with ready
sale.
Minneapolis.
The main feature of hardwood trade is the
revived activity in buying from factory sources.
All summer there has been a fair amount of
business from that quarter, but it has come in
small quantities to supply immediate needs.
Manufacturers got along on short stoi ks till
the new cut of hardwood was offered, so I bey
could hope for all possible latitude in price and
quality of stuff. Now they are beginning to
want lumber, and are buying more heavily.
The trade Is disposed to buy earlier on account
of previous experiences with short stocks and
stiff prices in the late fall and winter.
Oak is firm and selling freely, but very little
northern stock is left in sight, and dealers are
generally shipping from southern mills. There
is an abundance of birch, and fair stocks of bass-
wood, maple and soft elm. All these woods are
moving in good volume, however, and birch is
not going to be a drug on the market, judging
liy the size of the orders being placed and the
cimtracts being written for delivery later.
Prices are firm, and even on birch it is hard
to find any concessions made for the purjiose of
moving lumber.
The retail yard trade continues good, and is
somewhat improved over a month ago. The crop
is so well assured that dealers are no longer
hedging against failnre, but are laying" in what
stock they expect to need this fall. There is a
good demand for oak and maple wagon stock,
also for maple flooring.
London.
Trade here is still very quiet and is not
expected to improve till September. Buyers
are slowly beginning to realize that to obtain
the stocks they require much higher prices
must be paid, but stocks sent by chance on con-
signment do not receive much attention.
Good dry oak is still in fair demand and is
realizing shippers' ideas of prices. Prime white-
wood is not in great demand, but prices hold
firm : culls are in demand at full prhes. Satin
walnut is not too plentiful and there is no
demand for it. The mahogany branch of the
trade hidds to firm prices. Public auctions are
'■ell at tended and prices realized show an ad-
vance.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
AT COST
IS AN UNCOMMON TERM AS APPLIED TO INSURANCE
But this is the actual price of Indemnity against Fire Loss furnished by the
Manufacturing
Lumbermen's
Underwriters
THE STRONGEST INSURANCE ORGANIZATION
TO-DAY IN AMERICA
The saving is not on a
small portion of
your insurance but on the
entire line.
There are other advantages
equally interesting.
Only well built plants
with adequate protection
and at least
five years timber
supply are considered
eligible.
FOR LIST OF MEMBERS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS
HARRY RANKIN 4 CO. Kansas City, Mo.
HARDWOOD RECORD
35
WaaMandropMe
'SECTION-
Advertisements will be inserted in this
section at the following rates :
Ftr one Insertion 20 cents a line
For two Insertions 35 cents a line
For three Insertions 60 cents a line
For tour Insertions 60 cents a line
Eight words of ordinary length make one line.
Heading counts as two lines.
Ne display except the headings can be ad-
mitted.
Remittances to accompany the order. No
extra charge^ for copies of paper containing
the advertisement.
EMPLOYES WANTED.
LOGGING CONTRACT TO LET.
We havi' l.'.o million Icfi niixod hcinlock,
hardwood and jtine tinibi-r in nurthfi-n \Vis<-on-
sin, to be lugged at the rate of I'J to l."* mil-
lion I'eet pt'r year. Want land cleaned of all
timber, indnding pulpwood, cedar posts, poles,
etc. Work to commence fall of 11»U7. Tarty
must he tiuaucially responsible and experienced
in logging mixed timber by rail. Send refer-
ences, stating whom you have logged for before.
Address "LOGGING COXTRAl'T."
care Hardwood Kecdrd.
SALESMAN WANTED.
One who has had oxiMTicinf in both Mahog-
any lumber and Veneers. Slate age and na-
tionality, with information regarding previous
or present position. Willingness to travel,
habits, married or single, salary expected. Ad
dress '"VKNKEKS." care Hakdwjod llEunun.
WANTED.
Competent hardwood inspector and buyer,
familiar with rough wagon material. Good
job for right man. Address
"K. 4ri," care Hardwood Record.
LUMBER WANTED
OAK TIES WANTED.
Standard White, Rock and Burr Oak ties,
6"x8"x8' and 7"x8" to 12"x8Vi'- Send descrip-
tion of wliat Tou Lave and price.
G. ELIAS & BKO.. 900 Elk St., Buffalo, N. Y.
WANTED— DRY CYPEESS.
2x5" and wider, 8 or 16' — 1st and 2nds, or
selects, or sound common.
.\Mi:i!ICAX I.U.MBER & MKG. CO..
Pittsburg, l*a.
WANTED— HARDWOOD LOGS.
200 M feet 28-incli and up White Oak logs.
200 M feet 12-inch and up Walnut logs.
50 M ft. 12-inch and up Cherry logs.
C. L. WILLEY,
Blue Island Av. and Robey St., Chicago.
OAK.
We are in the market for plain sawed oak,
all grades and thicknesses.
P. G. DODGE & CO., 2110 Lumber St., Chicago.
WANTED.
Locust, Bois D'Arc or Osage Orange and
Mulberry, log run. Write for specifications
and prices.
THE PILLIOD LUMBER CO., Swanton, O.
WANTED— DIMENSION HICKORY.
Send for our specifications.
MUNCIE WHEEL & JOBBING CO..
Muncle, lud.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak : also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and Piling of all klnd^.
CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO..
1213 Monadnock BIdg., Chicago, III.
[
TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE
I
II
can
Ten
rOE SALE.
..■"i.')ii Mires nf tit'tiryia iKiidwoKii. csiiiuated
■ut as fulUiws :
..sOo.ciiKi feet White Oak.
,.-,011.1111(1 feet Hickory.
..^(iM.iiiiii leet Red (lak.
,7oii.iiiii] feet White .\sb.
„li lirade stock suitable for wagon and
iage manufacture.
Mi miles fi-om railroad ; river joins tract.
ye.irs to remove timber. Address
"11. II.." care Haudwood REroTto.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
WANTED.
Inquiries for Hemlock and Yellow Pine piece
'ick. Two million feet now on hand.
S. .M. BliADI.KY, Morehead, Ky.
FOR SALE.
iiak Wcjuares for Chair Stock.
E. DUNSTAN, Winona, Miss.
GUM AND SYCAMORE BOARDS.
i;illl,(HJO feet of 1-inch boards from lU to 20
feet long. Apply to
A. ROSEXBAUM & SONS, Newport News, Va.
FOR SALE.
Common and better Hickory, 5,277 feet of
21/2", 1,092 feet of 3" and 1,024 feet of 4",
dry, good qualitv.
LOVE, BOYD & CO., Nashville, Tenn.
FOR SALE.
One car clear Hickory cuttings, dry, l"xiy2"
xl9" to 24". I"xiy2"x28" to 30".
Also 3.700 pieces dry second growth Ash,
l%"x3iA"x26".
THE J. A. & D. P. COOPER CO.,
Struthers, O.
FOR SALE.
One or two cars 1x1 Oak Squares, any
length, vip to 31" long.
ALBERT K. KAMPE. Louisville. Ky.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
DESIRABLE LOCATIONS.
In the territory of splendid timber resources
reached by The North-Western Line are several
tine locations for new industries, especially in
the woodworking lines. A suitaltle point for
a large sawmill liaviuR excellent railroad ser-
vice and a large tributary timber district is
one of these. There is also a fine opportunity
for securing a well eijuipped cooperage plant.
Reference to these can be obtained upcu re-
quest to the INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT,
C. & N.-W. Ry.. Chicago.
BAND MILL FOR SALE CHEAP.
Due of Smith, Myers & Schneii- Imud laiil.
with good power and all other necessary re-
quirements for a first-class mill in good con-
dition. Will send full description and price
on application.
SWAN CREEK Ll'MBER CO.. T.ilcdo, Ohio.
LUMBER YARD FOE SALE.
( )n good site for manufacturing concern,
lumber or coal yard. Planked with 2-inch
oak. Fine office woi'th .$2,500. Address
"Y.-VRIi." lare IlAKHWcicili RKiulih.
HARDWOOD TIMBEE.
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Belt Route. Tracts ranging from
fire hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum, Cypress, some Ash.
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at very reasonable figures now — In
some cases at less than $1 per thousand stump
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash bonus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for vou.
E. W. LA BEAUME. G. P. & T. A.,
COTTON BELT. St. Louis, Mo.
WANTED.
Party with small capital to lake an active
intci-est in well estaljiished hantlle and lumber
business. Enlire output sold for lour years,
for further information write (u- call on
H. F. CLARKE, (iknlona. Miss.
MACHINERY WANTED
AT ONCE.
If you are In need of machinery — new or
second hand — a few lines In this column will
place your wants before those who have such
goods for sale. For particulars address
Hardwood Rbcobd, Chicago, III.
MACHINERY FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
Two Nichol's Dryers in first-class condition.
Pan be seen in operation until August 30 at
NATIONAL CASKET CO., E. Cambridge. Mass.
SAW MILL FOR SALE.
We have tlu' following circular sawmill with
all appurtenances complete for sale at Haber-
sham, on L. & N. K. K., in Campbell Co., Tenn. :
One No. 3 Hart mill ; capacity 25 M. per day.
One 45-horsepower boiler.
One 40-horsepo\VGr engine.
Three head-blocks with grip s^t rig.
One (U-inch Hoe saw — inserted tooth.
Two G4-inch Ohlen saws — inserted tooth.
One three-saw gang edger.
One two-saw trimmer.
One slab saw or cut-olT.
One Hart friction nigger or log iiu-nor.
80 feet of lumber rolls.
This mill is fitted with the famous Os-
bourne feed rig and has 150 feet of % cable
nr rojje feed.
Ln(;AN i-v: MAl'lIET LUMBER CO..
Knoxvillp. Tenn.
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
RALLS AND LOCOMOTIVES.
All inquiries for industrial railway equip-
ment listed before ■■Iteconl" readers will find
ready response.
II.\iii)Wnou Kio-ouh. Cliicago. 111.
MANUFACTURERS
Contemplating e«tabllshlng plants
In the West should lake advantage
of a location on
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
which reaches the famous
WATER POWERS,
COAL FIELDS,
IRON ORE RANGES,
HARD AND SOFT
LUMBER DISTRICTS,
MINING DISTRICTS
of the West and Northwest, Bnd
affords the best means of Iranspor'
tatlon to the markets of the world.
FOR FURThEB particulars APPLY TO
MARVIN HUGHITT. Jr.. E.D. BRIGHAM,
Freight Trajfic Manager, Gen'l Freight Agent,
GEO. BONNELL,
I nduafria I Agent,
NWS13 CHICAGO.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Advertisers^ Directory
NOBTHERN HARDWOODS.
American Liiiiiber it Mfy. t.'ouipany . . . 'J
Arpiu liarUwdOtl Liiiuber Cumpauy.... 4S
Uabcock Lumber Company 9
Barnaby. C. H 54
Beyer, Knox & Co 55
Bliss & Van Auken 12
Boyne City Lumber Company 51
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
Brownlee A: Company 50
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 55
Cadillac Haudie Company 3
Cheat River Lumber Company 9
Cherry River Boom & Lbr. Company.. 1
Chivvis. \V. R 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co 5:i
Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc a
Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co 11
Ci"osby & Beckley Company, The 7
Crosby, C. P 4S
Cummer, Digging & Co 3
Darling. Cha&'., & Co 11
Davis, John K., Lumber Company.... 48
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Company.... 54
Dennis Bros 51
Denuis Hi, Smith Lumber Company.... 50
Dixou & Dewey 6
Duhlmeier Bros 52
Dulweber. John. & Co 53
Elias. G.. & Brn 55
Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo. ... 55
Evans & Retting Lumber Co 50
Fall. L. H 40
Flint. Krving & Stouer Company J)
Freiberg Lumber Company, The 53
Fuller ion-Powell Hardwood Lumber
Company 54
General Lumber Company 52
Goldie. J. S 51
Haak Lumber Company 51
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company .... 51
Hayden. Harvey S 10
Heath-Witbeck Company 11
Holloway Lumber Company 7
Ingram Lumber Company 4s
.lenks, Robert H., Lumber Company.. 49
Jones, G. W.,- Lumber Company 4S
Jones Hardwood Company 7
Kampf. Albert R 2
Keith Lumber Company 11
Kelley Lumber & Shingle Company... 12
Leavitt Lumber Company 12
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co 11
Linehan Lumber Company 1)
Litchfield, "William E 7
Ix)ng-Knight Lumber Company 54
McClure Lumber Company 51
McHvain, J. Gibson, & Co 7
McLean. Hugh. Lumber Company 55
MacBride, Thos., Lumber Company... 51
Maley. Thompson & Moffett Companv. fy.\
Maley & Wertz 54
Martin-Barriss Company 4*)
Miller, .\nthouy 55
Miller Brothers 11
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Mowbray & Robinson 53
Murphy & Diggins 3
Nicola Lumlier Company, The 9
Nichols & Cox Lumber Company 0
Norman Lumber Company 2
North Shore Lumber Company 50
North Western Lumber Company 4.S
North Vernon Pump & Lumber Co.... 2
O'Brien. John. Land & Lumber Co lo
Page & Landeck Lumber Company.... 4.S
Perrine-Armstrong Companv 54
Peters. R. G., Salt & Lumber Co 51
Price. E. E
Radina. L. W.. & Co 53
Richmond. Park & Co 10
Rurabarger Lumber Company 1
Ryan & McParland 10
Sailing, Hanson & Co 50
Scatcherd & Son 55
Schofield Bros 7
Schultz Bros. & Cowen 3S
Simmons Lumber Company 51
Slimmer. J.. & Co 11
Sohle BrothiM"; 7
^^outhern Oak Lumber Company 10
Standard Hardwo<jd Lumber Co '. 55
Stephenson, The I., Company 12
Stewart, I. N., & Bro 55
Stimson. J. V 54
Sullivan. T.. & Co 55
Tegge Lumber Company 6
Turner. A. M., Lumlier Company 0
Van Keulen & Wilkiuson Lumber Co.. 51
Vollmar & Below 4S
Wagstaff, W. J
Ward Lumber Company 11
Wells. R. A., Lumber Co 10
Wentworlh. Chas. S.. & Co 7
White Lumber Company 10
White, W. H., Company 50
Whitnier, Wm., & Sons. Inc 6
Wiborg & Hanna Company . .'. 53
Wiggin. H. D 7
Willson Bros. Lumber Company 9
Wisconsin Timber & Lumber Co 11
Wistar. Underbill & Co 7
Yeager, Orson E 55
Young & Cutsinger 54
Young, W. D., & Co 12
SOUTHERN HARBWOODS.
Advance Lumber Company. 4;j
American Lumber Company 47
American Lumber & Mfg. Company... 9
Auderson-Tully Company 4
Atlantic Lumber Company
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Beck, E. E., Lumber Company 53
Beyer, Knox & Co 55
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
Brown, Geo. C, & Co S
Brown, W. P., & Sons. Lumber Co 2
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 55
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company 12
Chen-y River Boom & Lumber Co 1
Chicago Veneer Company 3G
Chivvis, W. R 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co 53
Coleman, J. S., Lumber Company 47
Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co 11
Crandall & Brown 11
Crane. C. . & Co 53
Crosby & Beckley Company, The 7
Cypress Lumber Compauy 52
Darling, Chas.. & Co 11
Davis. Edw. L., & Co 2
Davidson-Benedict Company
Dennis & Smitli Lumber Company 50
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Company... 54
Dixon & Dewey 6
Duhlmeier Bros 52
Dulweber,' JoHn,~& Co 53
Elias. G.. Sc Bro 55
Empire Lumber Company. Buffalo. ... 55
Evans »S: Retting Lumber Co 50
Kail, E. H 49
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 52
Flint. Erving & Stoner Company 9
Freiberg Lumber Company 53
I'^y-Buchanan Lumber Company 47
Fullertou-Powell Hardwood Lumber
Company 54
Gayoso Lumber Company 4
Garetsron-Greason Lumber Company... 5
Hackley-Phelps-Bonuell Company 51
Hafner filanufacturlug Company '. 5
Hamilton, J. V 52
Heath-Witbeck Company 11
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co. . . 1
Indiana Lumber Company S
Jenks, Robt. H.. Lumber Company.... 49
Jones, G. W'., Lumber Company 4S
Jones Hardwood Companv 7
Kampf. Albert R 2
Keith Lumber Company 11
Kentucky Lumber Company 53
Lane- White Lumber Company 52
Leavitt Lumber Company 12
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Compauy... 11
Linehan Lumber Companv 9
Litchfield. Wm. E 7
Ixjng-Knight Lumber Company 54
Luehrmaun. Chas. F.. Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 5
Love, Boyd & Co S
McClure Lumber Compauy 51
ilcllvajn, J. Gibson. & Co 7
McLean, Hugh. Lumber Company 55
Maley. Thompson A: Moffett Compauy. 53
Martin-Barriss Company 49
Miller, Anthony 55
Miller Brothers 11
Nicola Lumber Company. The 9
Norman Lumber Company 2
O'Brien, John. Land Hi Lumber Co 10
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcke-Leieht Lumber Company S
Page & Landeck Lumber Companv... 48
Price, E. E
Radina. L. W., & Co 53
Ransom. J. B.. & Co S
Rhubesky. E. W 2
Richmond. Park & Co 10
Riiter. W. M., Lumber Company 5(i
Roy Lumber Company 37
Rumbarger Lumber Compauy 1
Ryan & McParland 1*f
Scatcherd & Son 55
Schofield Brothers 7
Slimmer, J.. & Co 11
Smith, W. E.. Lumber Company 4
Southern Lumber Company 2
Southern Oak Lumber Company l<i
Standard Hardwood Lumber Company. 55
Steele & Hibbard 5
Stevens-Eaton Company 7
Stewart, I. N., & Bro 55
Stimson, J. V 54
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company... 5
Stotz Lumber Companv, Inc 2
Sullivan, T., & Co 55
Swann-Day Lumber Company S
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company ... 5
Thompson. J. W., Lumber Company.. 4
Three States Lumber Company 4
Turner, A. M., Lumber Compauy 9
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company 47
Ward Lumber Company 11
Wells. R. A.. Lumber Co 10
Weutworth. Chas. S.. & Co 7
White Lumber Company 10
Whitmer. Wm., & Sons. Inc 6
Wiborg & Hanna Company 53
Wiggin, H. D 7
WHlson Bros. Lumber Company 9
Wisconsin Timber & Lumber Co 11
Wood. R. E., Lumber Co 38
Yeager, Orson E 55
FOPI^AR.
Advance Lumber Compauy 49
Atlantic Lumber Company
Brown. W. P., & Sous. Lumber Co... 2
Cheat River Lumber Company 9
Chicago Veneer Company 36
Crane. C. & Co 53
Davis. Edw. L.. & Co 2
Davidson-Benedict Company
Dawkins. W. H.. Lumber Co 52
Hayden, Harvey S 10
Kentucky Lumber Company 53
Ritter. W. M.. Lumber Company.... 56
Roy Lumber Company 37
Rhubesky. E. W 2
Southern Lumber Company 2
Stevens-Eaton Company 7
Swann-Day Lumber Company S
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company... 5
Vansant, Kitchen & Co 56
Wood. R. E., Lumber Co 3S
Yellow Poplar Lumber Company 56
COTTONWOOB AND OC7M.
Anderson-TuUy Company 4
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 52
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co. . . 1
Luehrmann, C. F., Hardwood Lumber
Company 5
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcke-L^icht Lumber Company S
Smith, W. E., Lumber Company 4
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company. . 5
Stotz Lumber Company. Inc 2
Three States Lumber OinpTny -1
CYPRESS.
Crandall & Brown n
Cypress Lumber Company 52
Hafner Manufacturing Company 5
Lothman Cypress Company....". 5
Thompson. J. W., Lumber Company.. 4
HARBWOOB FIiOORIirO.
Bliss & Van Auken 12
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company 12
Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3
Cummer, Diggins & Co 3
Fenn Bros. Company 4
Forman, Thos,, Company 7
Haak Lumber Company 51
Kerry & Hanson Flooring Company... 50
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co 8
Nichols & Cos Lumber Company...... 6
Pease Company. The 52
Schultz Bros. & Cowen 38
Stephenson, The I., Company 12
Ward Bros 12
Wilce, The T., Company ' 37
Wood Mosair Flooring Compauv 2.
Young, W. D.. it Co '. 12
SAW MIIiIi UACHINERT.
Mershon Company, The 40
Phoenix Manufacturing Company 39
WOODWORKING MACHINERY
American Wood Working Machinery
Company 43
Berlin Machine Works, The
Defiance Machine Works 39
Ober Mfg. Companv, The
Schindler, A . J 42
Smith, H. B.. Machine Company 41
VENEER MACHINERY.
Coe ManufarturiiiL' CMUipany 45
IiOGQING- MACHINERY.
Clyde Iron Works 42
Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company.. 46
Overpack. S. C
Russel Wheel & Foundry Company
DRY EII.NS AND BLOWERS
Grand Rapids Veneer Works 44
Morton Dry Kiln Company 39"
I^UMBER INSURANCE.
Adirondack Fire Insurance Company.. 1
Lumber Insurance Companv of New
York 1
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany. Boston
Lumber Underwriters
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual
Fire Insurance Companv 1
Rankin. Harry, & Co 34
Toledo Fire & Marine Insurance Co..
SAWS. KNIVES AND SUFF1.IES
Atkin?. E. C. .*t Cm 40
Champion Saw C'lmpauy 39 & 44
Gillette Roller Bearing Co 44
Hanchett Swage Works 44
Marshall, Francis 39
Shimer, S. J.. & Sons 42
MISCEX.I.ANEOVS.
Earroll, H. C, & Co 12
Childs. S. D.. & Co 37
Gillette Roller Bearing Co 44
Lacey, J. D., & Co 38
Lumbermen's Credit Association 37
Martin & Co 47
Pease Companv. The 52
Schenck. C. A.. & Co 47
Standard Audit Company *;
Chicago Veneer Company
(incorporatkd)
BURINSIDE, KEINTLJCKLY
Bored Poplar Posts for Porch Columns
66 to 96 INCHES LONG, 8 and 10 INCHES DIAMETER
Write us for Prices and Particulars
HARDWOOD RECORD
i7
WALNUT.
OAK,
ASH,
POPLAR.
$ You want to reach Buyers o(
% FURNITURE LUMBER
I The HARDWOOD RECORD
* —
will do it for you.
1% j^
Novclticsfor Advertisers
FOBS, POCKET PIECES,
BUTTONS,
LETTER OPENERS, SCARF PINS,
TRAYS, ALUMINUM GOODS,
PAPER WEIGHTS.
iCVLL INEIA/ IDEAS
Send us 50c and we will send you a
Beautiful Watch Fob
S. D. CHILDS 6, CO.
200 Clark Street, CHICAGO
Locations for
Industries
ON
THE ERIE, THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Erie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise with man-
ufacturers of specific products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable information, so as
to promote permanent traSic, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Railroad Company
II Broadway, New York
HARDWOOD
TIMBER
There is no section with so fine and
large a supply of hardwood timbers
of various kinds left for the lumber-
men as that portion of the South in
Alabama, Geore;ia, Kentucky. Missis-
sippi, North Carolina. South Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia served by the
lines of the
Southern Railway
and
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
There are oak, poplar, hickory, gum,
cypress, ash, elm, buckeye, balsam,
spruce, chestnut, and other varieties.
There are also available pine lands.
These timber resources and many
other important features bearing on
the cost of manufacture and market-
ing give special advantages and oppor-
tunities for EVERY KIND of WOOD
USING INDUSTRY. We have infor-
mation about the best locations in the
country at towns in these States and
in Southern Indiana and Southern
Illinois, which will be given if request-
ed. All correspondence in regard to
timber lands or factory locations will
be given prompt and confidential at-
tention. Address your nearest agent.
M. V. RICHARDS.
lyandand Industrial Agent,
Washington, D. C.
CHAS. S. CHASE. Agent,
622 Chemical Building,
St, Louis, Mo.
M. A. HAYS, Agent,
225 Dearborn Street.
Chicago, 111.
Save Your Money
By Using Ihe
RED BOOK
Published Semi-Annually
in January and July
It contains a carefully prepared list of the
buyers of lumber in car lots, both among
the dealers and manufacturers.
The book indicates their financial stand-
ing and manner of meeting obligations.
Covers the UNITED STATES and MANI-
TOBA.
The trade recognizes this book as the au-
thority on the lines it covers.
A well organized Collection Department
is also operated and the same is open to you.
WRITE FOR TERMS.
Lumbermen's Credit Association
Established 1878
1405 Oreal Norlhern Building, CHICAGO
16 Beaver Street. : NEW YORK CITY
MENTION THIS PAPER
YOUR VACATION
WHERE TO GO
HOW TO GET THERE
AND WHAT IT WILL COST
All this will be foAind in the book of specially selected vacation lours,
combining rail and water routes,
TSiSUED BT T*1E
Michigan Central
" Tlw Niagaia Falls Route"
SEND FOR A COPY NOW
\V. J. LYNCH,
Pass. Traffic Mgr.,
CHICAGO
O. W. RUGGLES.
Gen'l Pass. Agt..
A floor to adore
For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floor-
iiii,' has been among the foremost on the market
iinl because it stands today "unequaled" is the
\<*-si evidence that its manufacturer has kept
,iltiea.st of modern methods and the advanced de-
[iiiinds of the trade. To convince yourself of the
aliove .statements, try our polished surface floor-
mi:, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with
matched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'll
find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing.
J Our Booklet iflls all about f-fardwood /'loorinii and
hoiu to care Jar it — also prices— a?td h/r«'e\
The T. Wilce Company
22nd and Throop Sts. CHICAGO. ILL.
38 HARDWOODRECORD
R.E. Wood Lumber Company
d We own nearly a thousand million feet of virgin poplar, oak,
chestnut and other hardwood timber, and operate our own band mills
in West Virginia. Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.
CL Let us figure on your hardwood requirements.
GENERAL OFFICES
?5SftSliiT"AL BmiDiNG. Baltlmorc, Maryland
s
ch
ultz
Brothers
&
Cowen
WE ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY
POPLAR OAK ASH CHESTNUT
AND OTHER
HARDVOODS-ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
1225 to 1240 OLD COLONY BUILDING, - -
-
-
CHICAGO
History Repeats Itself
€[[ From nominal values, White Pine timber property
has achieved monumental figures.
€[[ From cheap Yellow Pine stumpage, the advance
in price has made fortunes.
€[| The same history is about to be repeated in Pacific
Coast Timber and in the Hardwoods of the Middle South.
C[[ We have made fortunes for others. We offer you
our expert services. Let us know your timber wants.
JAMES D. LACEY (S>, CO.
608 Hennen Building, 507 Lumber Exchange Building, 1200 Old Colony Bldg.,
NEW ORLEANS SEATTLE, WASH. CHICAGO
HARDWOOD RECORD
39
"DEFIANCE" WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
HIGH GRADE TOOLS
J* FOR MAKING Jt
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops,
Wagons, Carriages,
Rims, Shatts, Poles,
Neck-Yokes,
Handles, Bobbins, Spools,
Insulator Pins and
Oval Wood Dishes.
26" SINGLE SURFACER
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
Send for 500 Page Catalogue
i^ -m m im
26' DOUBLE SURFACER
A machine that declares saw mill dividends
\1.T(JMATIC SWING SAW GAUGE.
^ An inexpensive little device
that saves a dollar a day and
upwards.
^ Stops one of the biggest
profit leaks at the mill. Pays
for itself several times over
during a year.
^ Isn't it worth investigating?
FRANCIS MARSHALL, - - Grand Rapids. Mich.
The Morton Dry Kiln
MOIST AIR SYSTEM
Recording
Ther-
mometers.
Transfer
Cars.
Trucks.
Canvas
Doors.
HOW TO DRY LUMBER.
As exemplified in our Catalog D. Free on application,
MORTON DRY KILN CO., Chicago, Ills.
Ten per cent
More Profit
The profits of a saw mlH
fan leadily be increased ten
per cent by usinif a band mill
instead of a. rotary. The
price of this mill with six
foot wheels for eaws eiftht
inches wide is readily within
the reach of all. It cuts
Bmooth and perfect lumber
and has a cai>acity of 25,000
feet to 35,000 feet per day. It
runs with less expenditure of
power than a rotary and putP
only half as much of the log
into saw dust as does the
rircular ttaw.
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
KNIVES
A man who has been in the presence of angels discloses the fact
by his action : lust one reason for our talking good machine
knives, good veneer knives or knives of any kind that do good work.
t
CHAMPION SAW COMPANY,
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
40
HARDWOOD RECORD
flAPPY
ATKINS
silyerJieel
SAWS
are happy saws all the way round. They run easier, cut
faster, and go longer without sharpening than any other
il^^s^^QfTKOfS^MBV A PERFECT SAW FOR EVERY PURPOSE.
"^ * "^-^ YOUR JOBBER HAS THEM OR WRITE US.
E. C. ATKINS (H CO.. Inc.
T H K S I I, \- E R S T E E I. S AW PEOPLE
HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY. INDIANAPOLIS. U. S. A.
Branches : Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York City, New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto.
M E RS HON
Band Resawing
Machinery
for all requirements
WM. B. MERSHON
4 CO..
MERSHON NEW HORIZONTAL BAND; RESAW FOR SAW MILLS
ALLIS-CHALMERS COMPANY. Se.llle. Wash.. Ageals lor Northern Pacilic Territory.
Saginaw,
Michigan
THE EBY MACHINERY CO.. San Francisco, Cat.. Agents lor Calilornia and Nevada.
HARDWOOD RECORD
41
SMITH of
SMITHVILLE
] [ The Profit Builder
NO.105-A. EXTRA HEAVY 12-INCH MOULDER
T HAS been our purpose during the last half century to develop
1^ a line of wood working machines containing the best work-
ii/ manship and material that American skill and wisdom can
afford. This fact we are proud to say is well established in
the minds of our many patrons. We have, however, now
exceeded ourselves by the development of a remarkable Moulder, the
excellence of which is due to our obtaining written suggestions from more
than a thousand operators throughout America. This machine stands alone
as being the composite idea of the thinking operators of this country. One
year's test of its work has convinced us that it is impossible for you to
compete successfully against the Smith Moulder with any other machine.
Can't we send you prices and literature?
Branches :
New York, Chicago.
Boston
H. B. SMITH MACHINE CO
SMITHVILLE, N. J., U. S. A.
Branches:
Ne^v York, Chicago,
Boston
42
HARDWOOD RECORD
THE COMBINATION OF MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES
FOUND IN
^ffr-zT— ST
The Shimer Cutter Head .^^
Has forced it. t.o Che front as a never failing wood cutting tool to make lin^le tongue and groove FlcoKnj,
Ceiling, Siding and Wainscoting.
It applies especially to the various patterns that cc me within the line of mill work where irregular and square
offsets occur. We duplicate Cutters to the nicety and tarnish at uniformly low prices. All kinds of knotty and
cross- grained lumber is neatly and smoothly finished using faster feeds— reduced costs.
SAMUEL J.fSHIMER ^ SONS, - - Milton, Penn.
. . THE . .
McGIFFERT LOG LOADER
~im^-
has loaded as high as a quarter of a milhon feet of
logs in eight hours, and here are a few reasons why it
was possible: Being self propelling it can move itself,
its loaded cars, and spit its own empties, all on the same
track. isaOes StOitching) Con^rucfled entirely of
Sleel, very powerful, it ^ands "crowding" and handles the
large logs as rapidly as the small. It SaCeS money
and repairs. Being simple m operation and of
few levers the engineer has absolute control at all
times without changing his position, and can
handle the logs as rapidly as the men
can hook them. saOes time
Our catalogue clearly illu^rales
and explains many other
good points.
Manufa(5lured by
CLYDE IRON
WORKS.
Dufuth,
Minn.
^jBteerid
f New Type of Combined End Matcher
^^^::T<A^ 'r^i ^P^ " 't*
'^I^SW*^
r% AJa^- 'i
^^^M SAVES 20 PER CENT. TIME. COST AND LABOR.
^B w ' ''" 1
W^^K USED BY THE LARGEST FLOORING CONCERNS.
r^ sr|^
■i ^k Write for particulars to
1 A. J. SCHIVDII:R, 441-443 W. 21st street, CHICAGO
HARDWOOD RECORD
43
No. 1 American
Self = Feed Circular
Rip Saw
Capacity, up to 20 in. wide and to 6
in thick. Instantaneous adjustment
for feed works or table. Self-locking
positive clan^p on ripping gauge.
Regarding other features address
nearest salesroom.
American
Woodworking Machinery Co.
New Orleans Chicago
New York
44
HARDWOOD RECORD
We Guarantee
to
KILN DRY OAK
IN A WEEK
by the application of a
new scientific principle
IN YOUR PRESENT
Old Kilns
Grand Rapids Veneer Works
DEPT. D., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
A Valuable J^ Free
^ In cases of profit-killing- costs in lumber hand-
ling', take the following: The fyillette Lumber
Cart; ingredients, good material — honest work-
manship—the Gillette Roller Bearing Axle. In-
crease the quantity or add a haul-off rig if neces-
sary. Immediate relief guaranteed. Sample
treatment — one cart on approval. Best in the
world. Ask us why.
Gillette
Roller Bearing Company
Patentees and Sole Manufacturers
Grand Rapids,
Michigan
UP=TO=DATE
Hanchett Automatic Band Saw Sharpener
This is one of our full line of mod-
ern filing room machinery. Let us
send you our new Catalogue No. 10.
HANCHETT SWAGE WORKS
BIG RAPIDS. MICH.
HARDWOOD RECORD
45
The Coe Knife Grinder
was designed for the finest grinding
and most exacting service. It is
built on new lines and has com-
pletely overcome the objections to
other grinders. The knife is held
rigidly while the stone travels back
and forth. There is no chance for
vibration, conse-
quently no un-
evenly ground
knives. Entirely
automatic in ac-
tion, no ropes or chains. All mov-
Lig parts operated by cut steel
gears, noiseless in operation, will
grind straight or hollow bevel.
Feeds I -1000 to 4-1000 for each
travel of the stone, very heavy and
compact, occupying small floor
space. Made in seven sizes to
grind up to 168 in.
It is fully described in our
catalog No. 5, which we will be
glad to send to interested parties.
The Coe Manufacturing Co, -^^V Painesville, 0
46
HARDWOOD RECORD
Skidders
Snakers
Lidgerwood Machines
Will Stock Your Mill
Lidgerwood SRidders
Lidgerwood Snahers
Lidgerw^ood Yarders
Lidgerwood Roaders
Lidgerw^ood Pull Boats
Lidgerwood Cableways
LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO.
NEW YORK
ATLANTA
SEATTLE
NEW ORLEANS
Loaders
Cableways
HARDWOOD RECORD
47
EASTERN TENNESSEE— WESTERN NO. CAROLINA
ASHE.V1LLE.
KNOXVILLE.
BRISTOL
Fry=Buchanan Lumber Co.
INCORPORATED.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Hardwood Lumber
POPLAR SQUARES
A Specialty.
Choicest Varieties. .*. Full Grades.
Asheville, N. C.
HARDWOODS
From the famous Asheville district.
Superior in quality, manufacture and
grading-s. For stock list and prices,
address
J. S. COLEMAN LUMBER CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
All Lumbermen, Attention!
We do what you can't do.
We measure your stumpage correctly.
We make your maps correctly.
Bank references: Asheville, N. C.
C. A. Schenck ^ Co. Nor?h"
more,
Carolina.
On the Spot
We are located right in the lieart of this niDun-
tain country producing the best hardwoods in
existence.
We are headquarters with ample stock, and
can interest you both as to assortment and
price. Write us.
American Lumber Company
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
of all kinds of
HARDWOODS
BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY.
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES
FOR DELIVERING.
Knoxville
Tennessee
SYMBOLS for GRADE MARKS
A
(E
d
OAdopliil liy Ilie Hardwood Manufacturers Associa-
tion o[ United States.
A Every Manufacturer should stamp the grade on
liis Lumber.
Set of 10 Kuht>er Stamps, lM"xl'/r' in size. Pad.
^.^ Pint of Ink, and Spreader, packed for shipment
B *^'-'"-
A\/\RriIN & CO.
t
191 S. Clark St., CHICAGO, or
5 LEWIS DOSTER, Sec'y
I'ancl an-l WliJe No, 1
Wide No. 2
Box Boards
1". A. S. or Firsts & Secondt
S.ips
1535 First Aat. Hank BIdg.
CHICAGO
No. 2 Commuii
No. 3 Coiniiii^n
N". 4 '-'oininoii
Wood Working Plants
Manufacturers seeking- locations for Saw
Mills, Stave and Heading Factories and
other Wood Working Plants in the Cen-
tral Southern States, can secure full and
accurate information as to Sites, Timber
Tracts, Fuel, Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressing
Q. A. PARK, General Immigration and Industrial Agent,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Industries are Offered Locations
WITH SATISFACTORY INDUCEMENTS, FAVORABLE
FREIGHT RATES, GOOD LABOR CONDITIONS
HEALTHFUL.COMMUNITIES,lon the lines of
The Illinois Central R. R. and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.
For full information and descriptive pamphlet address
J. C. CLAIR,'Industrial Commissioner, I Park Row, Chicago, III.
48
HARDWOOD RECORD
>VI S C O N S I N
WHE.RE THE FINE.ST NORTHE.RN HARDWOODS GROW
John R. Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN
The Leading Manufacturers
Wisconsin Hardwoods
"SHAKELESS" HEMLOCK and WHITE CEDAR PRODUCTS
NOW READY
i 4 4 No. 1 COMMON AXD BETTER BIRCH (RED IN)
j 4/4 No. 1 COMMON AND BETTER HARD MAPLE
" 4, 4 No. 2 COMMON AND BETTER BLACK ASH
Write for our Price Lists Mixed Cars, Even Grades
and Stock Sheets ^ Prompt Shipments
^■
wmm/mmSm^M
WAUSAU, WIS.
BASSWOOD, BIRCH
We cut four million feet of each annually
Your Inquiries and orders solicited
MILL AND YARDS AT INGRAM, WISCONSIN
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, WISCOiNSLN
Saw and Planing Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis., on Soo Lines.
WRITE FOR OUR PRICES ON
THREK INCH FLOORINL
1 ear Clear Plain Red Oak
1 car Factory Red Oak
3 cars Clear Birch
1 car Factory Birch
54 car Clear Red Birch
3 cars Common Maple
1 car Factory Maple
LUMBER
2 cars log run Hard Maple
KIRCH
2 cars 1" Com. and Bet. Curly Red
2 cars Com. and Bet. Red
1 car IK. VA. 2" Curly
2 cars l!i, V/i, 2" Com. & Bet. Red
1 car 2" Plain lOE run
lcaT2'A and 3" Plain
QUARTER SAWED RED OAK
2 cars V4 and ly," Com. and Bet.
^ car l?i and 2" Com. and Bet.
VOLLMAR & BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood, Birch
and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
NORTHERN STOCK
Hemlock
Birch
Bassnrood
Rock Elm
Soft Elm
Ash
Oak
SOUTHERN STOCK
Quartered White and Red
Oak
Plain White and Red Oak
Sycamore
Poplar
Cypress
Gum
PAGE & LANDECK LUMBER CO.
Wells Building
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
North Western Lumber Co.
General Offices : EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
Mills at STANLEY, WIS.
BAND SAWED
Wisconsin Hardwoods
CAREFUL GRADINGS, PROMPT SHIPMENTS
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars IK" to 2' Scoot Hardwood. ',2 car 2" 1st and2dClear Basswood.
1 car 114" No. 1 Common Basswood. Large stock No. 2 Common Birch.
1 car I'r" 1st and 2d Clear Basswood. Large stock No. 3 Common Birch.
C. p. CROSBY
RHINELANDER : : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from 1 inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak. : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
HARDWOOD LIMBER- SS'""
All kinil.f of Northern and Southern Hardwoods for sale.
call jiiiif attention to thp iollowinir ilpnis ivhifh wc have to offer, to-wit:
, " No. 2 Com. e, Bel. Hicliory
:" No. 2 Com. ^ Bet. Hickory
Com. £ Bel. Plain Red Oak
Com. 4 Bel. Qlil. Reij Oak
No. 3 Com. 4 Bel. Walnut
• " No. 2 Com. 4 Bel. Elm
No. 1 Com. Red Gum
50H II. 1' Curly Birch 30M ft. 1 '
50M II. 2" Com. and Bel. Plain Birch 30M II. !■
80M II. 2' Com. and Bet. Plain Birch lOOM II. 1 '
150M It. I" No. 1 Com. Plain Birch 150M II. 1"
12H It. 2" Isis and Zods Red Birch lOM ll. 1'
200M II. I" Com. and Bel. Hard Maple 75M ll. 1'
200M ll. 2" Com. and Bet. Hard Maple ISOM it. 1"
50M ll. 2" Bridge Plank-Oak
In atlditioti to the foregoing;, we have full stocks of Basswood, Birch and
Soft Elm and a full selection of Red and Sap Gum. We guarantee our
grades to be made strictly in accordance with National Hardwood Associ-
ation rules of inspection.
G. W. JONES LUMBER CO., Appleton,Wis.
CIlU'AliU ornCE: 1717 K.IILWAY E.XCII-\NGE.
HARDWOOD RECORD
49
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OLL!rV tLAfSlL)
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTtR OF NORTHERN OHIO
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
Ihe Advance Lumber Co.
RockeWler Bldg. CLEVELAND. OHIO
Memphis Office. No. 56 Raadolpli Building. J. E. MHADOWS, Mgr.
THE
ROBERT HJENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE,
60 M leel I" Isl and 2ds Poplar
223 M ieel I" No. I CommoD Poplar
125 M leel I" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 N feet 2" Isl and 2nd Poplar, 14" and up
125 M leel 8 4" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
275 M leel 1" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
153 M leel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M leel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M feel 1" No. I Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red OaK.— We have a good assort-
ment o( dry stock, ^104 inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red Oak.— A limited amount of nice
stock, ready for shipment.
H . FALL
EXPORTER
. . . OF . . .
WALNUT, POPLAR
^^=^=;:==^ AND ^==^^=.
BIRDSEYE MAPLE LOGS
Cash paid for Black Walnut Logs at point of shipment. If you have
any walnut logs to offer, write me.
I have some Sycamore, Red Oak. Ash and other hardwood logs which
I am prepared to saw to order. Correspondence solicited.
Can also supply Black Walnut lumber, sawed to any specification
required.
PORT CLINTON : OHIO
The Martin-Barriss Company
Importers aLnd MsLnufacturers
MAHOGANY
dctid Fine Ha.rdwoods
TO NEW YORK OVER. NIGHT
The 20th Century Limited
Via the LAKK SHORE and NEW YORK CENTRAL
The Route of the Government Fast Mail Trains
CHICAGO-NEW YORK 18-HOUR TRAIN
IT SAVES A DAY
FROM LA SALLE ST. STATION
CHICAGO
Leave Chicago at 2. .30 p. m.
Arrive New York at 9..30 a. ni.
FROM GRAND CENTRAL STATION
The Only Terminal in New York
Leave New York at ;l..30 p. m.
Arrive Chicago at 8.30 a. m.
W. J. LYNCH, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago, 111.
50
HARDWOOD RECORD
MICHIGAN
FAMOUS FOR HARD MAPLE AND GREY ELM
DROWNLEE jE
U DETROIT C
) pOMPANY
% 11 MICHIGAN
Our Bargain
Counter:
BASSVVOOD
SOFT ELM
4-4 to 8-4
6-4 log- run
12-4 No. 1 Common
BIRCH
HARD MAPLE
4-4 No. 1 and 2 Common
12-4 No. 1 Common
Evans & Retting Lumber Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers
Hardwood
Lumber
RAILROAD TIMBERS, TIES AND SWITCH TIES
Michigan Trust Building Gfalld Rapids, MlcH.
W. H. WHITE, Pres.
JAS A WHITE, Vice-Pres.
W. L. MARTIN, Secy.
THOS. WHITE. Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and Hemlock Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White RocK Maple Flooring.
The North Shore Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS
Hardwood and Hemlock
Lumber, Cedar Products
Rail and water shipments
THOMPSON
MICHIGAN
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wholesale Hardwood Lymber
Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES.
DETROIT, MICH.
MILLS AT: Healers. W. Va. Valley Bend. W. Va. Diana. W. Va. ParkersburC
W. Va. McNult Siding. W. Va.
SALLINQ, HANSON & CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Michigan Hardwoods
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN
"Chief Brand"
Maple Flooring
Will commend itself to you and your trade on
its merits alone, "i Comprises all the features
dt'sirable in pood flooring. ^ Madeby the latest,
most approved machinery methods and best
skilled labor. • We believe we can make it to
your interest to handle our "Chief Brand" and
will appreciate your inquiries.
Kerry ^ Hanson Flooring Co.
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MICHIGAN
FAMOUS FOR RED BIRCH AND BASSWOOD
DEINNIS BROS
GRAND RAPIDS,
MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD LUMBER (by water or rail)
"NATIONAL" MAPLE & BIRCH FLOORING
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN THE FOLLOWING:
300M feet 4 4 Log Kun Birch
186JI feet 5 4 Log Run Birch
1 Car 8 4 No. 1 Com, Birch
1 Car 1 4 Clear Birch
50M feet 4 4 No. 1 Com. Sap Birch
40M feet 4 4 No. 1 Com. Ked Birch
All thicknesses and (grades Hard Maple
loOM feet 5 4 Log Run Beech
2 Cars 4 4 No. 3 Com. Cherry
Main Office :
205-209 Michigan
Trust
Company
Building
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
H E .\ D Q l^ A R T E R vS FOR
HARDWOODS
IN M I C H I G .-V N
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
BIRCH
This is our specialty. We are in the heart of the best Birch
section. Have good stock, Common and better,
4-4, S-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, and 16-4.
Let us figure with you.
Simmons Lumber Company
SIMMON.S, MICHIGAN
ilcCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
MaiaOIIices, DETROIT. MICH.
Mills, : EUTAW, ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
S cars 2" Red and White Oak 2 car.s 2" Black Ash
3 cars 2", 2!4", X" and 4" While Ash 10 cars I" to 4" Dry Hard Maple
2 car.s 1" 6/4 White Ash 5 cars 1" Log Run Birch
1 car 6 '4 and 8/4 Hickory
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
=^^=^== FOR SALE BY :=====
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE. MICHIGAN
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
■ M;niuf!icturrr.s ;ind "Wliok-sakTs nf •
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Compleue Stocks of Michigan Hardwoods — Maple, Beech, Birch, Elm,
Ash and Basswood for sale.
Grand Rapids. : Michigan
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGE CAPACITY PROMPT SHIPMK.NTS RAIL OR CARGO
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac, :: Michigan.
SPECIAL PRICES on SOOM pieces
1" to 3" Maple Squares 16" to 27" long.
I" to 3" Soft Elm Liumber.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED FOB MICHIGAN LUMBER.
OUR MAPLE FLOORING
is as near perfection, in every particular, as it is
possible to make it, for we per.sonally supervise
every step in its manufacture, from the stump to
the shipping of the finished product. Our prices
will interest and a trial convince you. • :
HAAK LUMBER COMPANY
HAAKWOOD, MICHIGAN
HackleyPhelps-Bonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Haia Oilier. Michigan Truat Companr Buildinf
GRAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN
5^
HARDWOOD RECORD
d"^ ¥ 1^ T •"^ ¥ IV. T IV. T A nr* ¥
ciiNC^ir>rNA 1 1
THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
FRAMES.
SASH. DOORS.
BLINDS, MOULDINGS.
COLUMNS. GLASS,
STAIRWORK.
INTERIOR TRIM.
PAINTS.
BUILDERS' HARDWARE.
MANTELS, ETC.
LARGE CINCINNATI FAC-
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
Plain aiul Quartered \\'hite and Red Oak, Yellow Poplar.
Yellow Pine, Walnut, etc. Mills in Tenn., Ala. and Va.
OFFICE AND YARDS, GEST AND DALTON AVE.. CINCINNATI. OHIO,
PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD
Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI 0.
ti
BUY GUM"
We .ire in the market to buy
Dry Gnra Lumber in any
quantity, from a single car
load to a million feet. Will
take all grades and tblck-
nesees. We receive lumber
at shipping point, pay cash
;ind are liberal in in:*pection.
THE FARRIN-KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General Office, Yards.
Planing Mills. l>ry Kilns,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Purchaeing Office.
Randolph Building.
Memphis, Tenn.
Cypress Red Gum
Oak
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
Export logs a specialty, dressed or in the round. WRITE ME.
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Hemlock, Yellow Pine.
COLUMBUS a OHIO
LANE- WHITE LUMBER CO.
OAK. ASH AND WALNUT T-T^ f r4\T7r\rtr4c ALWAYS IN THE MARKET
OURSPECIALTY llO-iUVVUUWO lOR WALNUT LOOS
MAIN OFFICE AND BAND MILL at FORT SMITH, ARK.
LOCATIONS FOR
NEW INDUSTRIES
can be secured on the lines of the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4
St. Paul Railway
in tbe great middle west. It reaches the Copper Country and the
pine and hardwood areas of Northern Michigan, the lead, zinc and
iron regions of Wisconsin, the coal fields of Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri.
Traverses the great agricultural and manufacturing states of
Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Operates 7,000 miles of
thoroughly equipped railroad.
Correspondence is solicited with eastern manufacturers who de-
sire to move their factories to, or establish branches in the West.
Co-operation with Business Men's Associations on the lines of this
railway in ail matters affecting mutual interests Is assured.
Inquiries should be as definite as possible.
Address
Industrial Department
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul Railway,
Room 1327, Railway Exchange
Chicago
HARDWOOD RECORD
53
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI, OHIO
PLAIN
AND
QUARTER
SAWED
White and Red Oak I
•CHESTNUT !
POPLAR :
GUM AND !
CYPRESS !
Flooring', Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads,
THE
MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always it^ the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS,
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS.
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI.
OHIO
WHAT HAVE YOU I-OR SALE IN
Red and White QAK Qtd. and Plain
ALSO POPLAK, CHESTNUT, WAI, NUT, ETC
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO
Cash b n V e r s for stock in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
(iKST AND SI'MMI-:R STREETS
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers
Finely ligured (iiift'rter sawt-d onk veneers a specialty.
WANTED
Oak
Walnut
Gum
Cottonwood
Will inspect at shipping point
when quantity justihes and
pay cash. Can use entire mill
cuts. Write us before selling
elsewhere. We can also handle
mixed cars of dressed stock.
Send us your list with prices.
wlnte'^Pine Kentucky Lumber Co.
Hemlock
Yellow Pine
Suite fiOH First National liaiik lildg.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fornierlv of Buniside, Kv,
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash Buyers
Poplar^ Oak^ Chestnut
And Other Southern Hardwoods
ALL (GRADES AND THICKNESSES.
WE BUY MILL CUTS.
Poplar, Oak,
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore,
W. Va. Spruce,
Pine and Elm
C. Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
2,000,000 feet Dry OaK
2,000,000 feet Dry Poplar
Mostly heavy stock. Quotations Solicited.
MILLS AND VARUS
CINCiNNATI, 0.
VEAiaV ('APACITY
1«0,0()0,(100 n.
LON(] RILL STliPF
A SPECIALTY
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Office:
J219 West Sixtfi Street
Yards:
Sixth Street, below Harriet
.-«!*-«{*■ ^
^—^^■'^K
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
Tabasco Mahogany
I Walnut, OaK
*y I'ciplar, McLean and Findlay Avs.
y' ClNCINN.\TLO.
L. W. RADINA 6l COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of .A.11 Kinds of
Wanted for cash— desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades,
Kspecially I'^-inch stock, for immediate shipment.
CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE-
54
HARDWOOD RECORD
$ INDIANA ^
■WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW-
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
QuartV'd White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
FERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet — Hardwood Specialties
The largest Band Mill in Indiana. FORT WAYNE, IND.
J. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG. IND.
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
HARDWOOD RECORD
35
BUFFALO
THE GRE.AT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
I. N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 EtK STRRET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY
Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
50 ARTHUR STREET
ORSON E, YEAGER
Specialties: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 EI.K STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
Office and Yards. 69 I,EROY AVENUE
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
We want to buy for cash : , . . ,
Oak. Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades arid thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
518 RANDOLPH RLDG.. MEMPHIS. TENN. i»40 SENECA STREET.
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN and QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
1142 SENECA STREET.
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
955 TO 1015 ELK STREET
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STRRET
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
893 EAGLE STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard, 1555 SENECA STREET Office. 886 ELLICOTT SQUARE
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
1075 CLINTON STREET
Vansant, Kitchen & Co.
Old-Fashioned
SOFT
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Ky.
5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK, SPECIALTY
NEW ASHLAND MILL
YELLOW POPLAR
NIanufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4. 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Lath and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stock.
COAL GROVE, OHIO, U. S. A.
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
COLUMBUS, OHIO
6,000 Car Loads
Sawed and shipped yearly of band-sawed Yellow Poplar, White Pine, White Oak, Basswood,
Chestnut, Hemlock and Ash. Planing Mills and Dn- Kilns. C, If you are in a hum- to get
your order placed, call our nearest salesman.
Salesman
Headquarters
T^lcphcrit.
Fred A. Wilson
E. E. Eaton
James B. Palton
A. Wallace Irwin
Frank B. Pryor
E. E. Ginn
A.J. Williams...
Portsmouth. Ohio
, New York City, 158 W. 81st St
. Buff .alo. N. Y., Rockford Hotel
Baltimore, .Md., Eutaw Hotel
Pittsburgh, Pa., 7th Avenue Hotel
Jamestown, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio, Eastman, Detroit Pt
Franklin, Ohio
:... Bell 4392
Kiverside 7390
Bryant 1335-R
. . Bell Phone
. . Ridge .M)3-R
. Bell 482
James H. Lang
Detroit, Mich.. Hotel Ste. Claire
W H Matthias
Chiraeo III 1448 Addison St
Lakoview 1493
Geo. H. Huganir
F. H. Browning
W. T. Baker
Philadelphia. Pa., 901 N. 50th St.
Columbus, Ohio
. Graham, Va.
Main 7874
COPYRIGHT. A D. 190«. BY THE HARDWOOD COMPA.VY
flflMWDl RooJl
Eleventh Year. '.
S»ini-naonthly. S
CHICAGO, AUGUST 25, 1906.
(Subscription $2.
(Single Copies, 10 C«nta.
CHERRY
C. E LLOYD, JR.
Managet Sales
RIVER
West VmcxNi*
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
Offices: Philadelpbi*, P&
LUMBER
tllniinellier^er' Harrison luniDer (o.
Red Gum
Specialists
Morehouse,
Missouri
Why not grasp the opportunity for sei>.virvg in cost of
your irvsure^nce ? Make ©^ triad e^nd be convinced.
The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Of Boston, Mass., 141 Milk Street.
CASH DIVIDENDS TO POLICY HOLDERS NOW SSYs PER CENT.
The Davidson-Benedict Company
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Everything in
Southern Hardwoods
POPLAR, CHESTNUT, ASH, OAK
(Plain and Quartered.) Straight or Mixed Cars.
DRESSED POPLAR ANY YOU GET what you buy FROM
ui^caacu ri_>ri.rt.n. rti><i ^^ ^^^ P^^, ^^j^ DELIVERED
WAY YOU WANT IT. prices, any railroad point.
WE WANT TO MOVE
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
12.1.000 1 inch No. 1 and Xo. 2.
500.0(JO 1 inch No. 1 Common,
300,0(10 I Inch No. 2 Common.
lOO.OOO 2 inch No. 1 Common Red Oak.
400,000 1 inch Sap CuU Poplar
STOCK TWO YEARS DRY.
THE ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.
2 Kilby Street,
BOSTON, MASS.
The combined facilities of the stock lumber insurance eompanies
LUMBER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
and the ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
and allied organizations, constitute a .?reat insuring opportunity for any owner of a first-class lumber or mill risk.
Ask for lines and rates. LUMBER INSURERS GENERAL AGENCY, Underwriting Managers
66 OroadvA/ay, INe-\A/ "YorU.
AdTettisers' Classified Directory Follows Want and For Sale AdTertiaiog Sectien.
HARDWOOD RECORD
I /"^ T T T c: X/ II I IT
LCJUi^ViLLl:*
MANUFACTURING AND DISTKIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
Dry Stock w. P. Bfowii & SoRS LumbcF Co.
Louisville, Ky.
65,
25,
49,
57,
18,
16,
131,
S-I,
44,
47,
S,
15
PLAIN RED
,000' 1" 1st &
,000' Hi" 1st
,000' ly." 1st
OOO' 2" 1st &
,000' 2V'" 1st
OlW 3" 1st &
000' 1" No. 1
000' Hi" No.
000' IM" No.
OOO' 2" No. 1
000' 2Vo" No.
000' 3" No. 1
OAK.
2nd.
& 2d.
& 2d.
2d.
& 2d.
2d.
Com.
1 Com.
1 Com.
Com.
1 Com.
Com.
GUARTSBED RED OAK.
13.000' 1 ' 1st & 2d.
14,000' 114" 1st & 2d.
,"..000' 2" 1st & 2d.
15,000' 1" No. 1 Com.
7.000' IV2" No. 1 Com.
13.000' 2" No. 1 Com.
PLAIN
WHITE OAK
S<l.OOO'
1"
1st &
2d.
28.000'
IV,
" 1st
& 2d.
12
.0(KI'
]W.
" 1st
& 2d.
42
.(iOO'
1st &
2d.
23
■SOO'
2«.
" 1st
& 2d.
ir
.11(10'
1st &
2d.
27
.100-
1"
No. 1
Com.
1.1
CHJO'
1 1/,
" No.
1 Com.
SI
,000'
ly-
' No.
1 Cum.
All thicknesses in cull poplar, ash, chestnut.
50,000' 2" No. 1 Com. ASH.
17,000' 2%" No. 1 Com.
22,000' 3" No. 1 Com.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK.
50.000' 1" 1st & 2d.
28.000' 114" 1st & 2d.
45,000' 1%" 1st & 2a.
49.000' 2" 1st & 2d.
19,000' 2y2" 1st & 2d.
18,000' 1" No. 1 Com.
30,000' IVi" No. 1 Com.
40.000' ly^" No. 1 Com.
22.000' 2" No. 1 Com.
10,000' 3" No. 1 Com,
Your inquiries will be appreciated.
9.0O0'
65.000'
16.000'
10.000'
S.OOO'
14.000'
1" 1st & 2d.
1%" 1st & 2d.
ly." 1st & 2d.
2" 1st & 2d.
214" 1st & 2a.
3" 1st & 2d.
6,000'
4" 1st & 2d.
5.000'
1" No. 1 Com.
4,(XI0'
lyi" No. 1 Com
6.000'
ly," No. 1 Com
S.OOO'
2" No. 1 Com.
3.000'
2%" No. 1 Com
2.000'
3" No. 1 Com.
1,000'
4" No. 1 Com.
,000'
000'
000'
000'
0(10'
00(j'
000'
00(1'
OOO'
000'
OOO'
OOO'
OOO'
OOO'
,000'
POPLAR.
1st & 2a.
" 1st & 2d.
" 1st & 2d.
1st & 2d.
" 1st & 2d.
1st & 2d.
No. 1 Com.
" No. 1 Com.
" No. 1 Com.
No. 1 Com.
18" & up 1st & 2d.
18" & up 1st & 2d.
24" & up 1st & 2d.
" 18" & up 1st & 2d.
" 24" & up 1st & 2d.
Prompt delivery guaranteed.
The Norman Lumber Co., Inc.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Logs and Lumber
Office and f ards : Third Street, H to K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
OFFER F
POPLAR.
30,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
60.000 tt. 4/4 Common.
15,000 ft. 5/4 Common.
QUARTERED RED OAK,
50,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
80.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
60,000 ft. 4/4 1st &, 2d.
10.000 ft. 6/4 1st & 2d.
20.000 ft. 6/4 l«t & 2d.
10.000 ft. 8/4 1st & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
6,<X)0 ft. 5/4 Common.
6.000 tt. 6/4 Common.
20.000 ft. 8/4 Common.
10,000 ft. 2V6" Common.
40.000 tt. 3" Common.
1 car Hlckorj Plank, H4 to 4"
8' to 16'.
OLLOWING STOCKS:
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12,000 ft. 4i4"j4i2"— 12', 1—6 mos. dry.
800 tt. 3 l4 "—12', 12—18 moa. drj.
400 ft. 314X4I4"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
300 ft. 3Mix4y4"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
250 ft. 3%i4M.'— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3%4x4%"— 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
ISO tt. 3i4" & Lgr.— 14', 12-18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larger, dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger, dry.
HICKORY AXLES.
1,500 — 3 X4 "—6', 1—6 mos. dry.
1.500— 354i4H"— 6', 1—6 mos. dry.
2.00(3 — i l5 "—5', 1—6 mos. dry.
1.000 — lliiSVi'— 6'. 1—6 mos. dry.
l.OiiO — 5 x6 " — S', 1—6 mo«. dry.
Wc Will Make Close Prices on:
In Pile at Louisville Yard
1 Car
1 Car
1 Car
1 Car
6 4 1st and 2nd Qtd. White Oak, Wide In
8 4 1st and 3nd Qtd. Wliite Oak, Wide in
4 4 No. 1 Cora. Qtd. White Oak
6 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak
3 Cars 8 4 No. 1 Cora. Qtd. White Oak
1 Car 4 4 1st and 3nd Qtd. Red Oak, Wide in
_ Car 8 4 1st and 3nd Qtd. Red Oak, Wide in
'A Car 8 4 No. 1 Cora. Qtd. Red Oak
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red Oak
Yi
3 Cars 4 4 No. 3 Cora. Plain Red and White Oak
1 Car 6 4 No. 3 Cora, and Sound Wormy Chestnut
1 Car 5 4 No. 3 Com. or Siiipping Ciiil Poplar
At Tennessee Yard
1 Car 4 4 Clear Itright Sap Poplar
5 Cars 4 4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in)
5 Cars 4 4 No. 'i <:ommon or Shipping Cull Poplar
5 Cars 4 4 No. 3 Common and Sound Wormv Chestnut
18M (t. 5 4 Common and iJetter Plain Red Oak
8 Cars 4 4 No. 3 Com. Plain Red and White Oak
Write us for prices,
delivered any point
Stotz Lumber Company
KELLER BUILDING
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
Illostrated Catalog on Application
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
Albert R. Kamp!
Manufacturer
Hardwood IvUnil)er and Timber
Dimension Stock
Board ol Trade BIdg.. Louisville, Ky.
E. W. Rhubesky
Wholesale
Poplar. Rough and Dressed.
Oak. Chestnut and Other
Hardwoods
North Vernon Pump
4 Lumber Co.
Band Sawed Plain and Ouartered
Oak and Poplar.
North Veinon, Ind., and
Louisville, Ky.
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak. Poplar and
Chestnut.
l,ouisviUe, Ky.
1
HARDWOOD RECORD
CADILLAC
CELEBRATED FOR HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY AND MILL WORK
MICHIGAN RED OAK
C
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As fine stock as was ever cut
in the famous Cadillac district.
We have some of this choice 4-4
Red Oak which will soon be in
shipping condition.
If you are in the market, we
can please you both in quality
and price.
We also have some nice Soft
Gray Elm in 4-4, 6-4, 8-4 and
12-4. It's Bone Dry.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
Cummer, Diggins & Go.
=MANUFACTURERS=
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
c o -1 cu- .1 r 11 For Water Shipmenl:
For Rail Shipmeol Irom Ca .iliac. 120,000 teel or 4 4 Basswoud
2 cars 8 4 Maple, NO 1 Com. & Belter 160,000 feel of 4 4, 5, 4 and 6,4 Birch
15 cars 4 4 Maple, on Grades, 100,000 feet of 4/4, 8/4 and 13/4 Soft
2 cars 4 4 Basswood, No.2Com&Bet. Elm
2 cars Basswood, No, 2 Com. & Bet. 10,000 4/4 Ash.
MURPHY & DIQQINS
Offer all grades of the followiog special dry stock
MAPLE— 5,4, 6/4, 8/4. 10,-4, 12/4, 14/4, 16/4
GRAY ELM-4/4, 12/4
BASSWOOD-^/4
|BIRCH-»/4, 6/4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
DRY ST
OCK 1
Cadillac Hard Maple
88M 4-4 No. 3 Common.
26SM S-4 No. 1 & 2 Common.
325M 6-4 No. 1 & 2 Common.
lOSM 6-4 I's & 2's.
44M 12-4 I's & 2's.
3*M 16-4 No. 2 & Better.
The above stock is our own manufacture and we can ship promptly.
Be Friendly.
Write Us.
COBilS&HITCnELL
( INCORPORATnO)
CADILUG. MICHIGAN. ^^^
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE. HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd.
MANUFACTURERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS:
1,000,000 leet Soft Grey Elm, 1 to 3".
500,000 feet Unselected Birch, 1 to 3".
3,000.000 feet Michigan Hard Maple, 1 to 6".
350,000 feet End Dried White Maple, 1 to IW-
62S,0OO feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood, 1 to 3".
150,000 feet Selected White Basswood, 1", IM" and I'A"-
210,000 feet Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak, 1 to 2".
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
F. W. GILCHRIST, Pres. W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice-Pres.
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
Three States Lumber Co.
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwood Lumber
Cottonwood and Gum
Office
Tennessee
Trust
Building
GET OUR PRICES, TRY OUR LUMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED, RESAWED
COTTONWOOD==
GUM
W
E have in all thicknesses the following: kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
MEMPHIS YARD) I
Ash 680,000 feet
Quartered White Oak. . 75.000 feet
Plain White Oak 140,000 feet
Quartered Red Oak .... 226,000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410,000 feet
Cypress 225,000 feet
Cottonwood 200,000 feet
Poplar 308,000 feet
SELMA YARD
Poplar 409,000 feet
Bay Poplar 867,000 feet
RedGum 55,000 feet
Cypress 787,000 fe-it
BESCLAIB YARD
Bay Poplar 100,000 feet
Cypress 800,000 feet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 360,000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
Office and Yards: Sandolpti Road and I. C. R. R.
MEMPHIS. TENH-
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office.
Memphis. Tenn,
Mills.
Chancy, Miaa.
Address all correspondence to Memphis office.
STOCK
LIST
lOM ft.
OM ft.
33M ft.
150M ft
7IJM ft.
20M ft.
25.M ft,
KKiM ft
2,-.M ft.
4I1.M ft.
O-l-M ft.
4r.M ft,
l^,■l^t ft
(Jii.M ft.
ASH.
4/4" Clr. Stlis., 2>;," to .".i!;"
4,'4" Com. Stps., iVi" to 5^
COTTONWOOD.
S" & up
e" i up.
7" to 10".
11".
12"
7/S" 1st & 2d,
4,'4" 1st & 2a,
4/4" 1st & 2d,
4/4" 1st & 2d,
4/4" 1st & 2d,
4/4" 1st & 2d, 13" & up,
4/4" 1st & 2d, l.S" & up,
5/4" l.st & 2d, 6" & up.
5/4" 1st & 2a, 11" & 12".
6/4" 1st & 2d, 0" & up.
4/4" Wag. Box Bras., 9"-12
4/4" Wg. Box Bras., 13"-17
CYPEESS,
lOM ft. 4/4" Select.
25M ft. 4/4" Shops.
ISM ft. 5/4" Select.
U'.M ft. 5/4" Shops.
ANDERSON -TULLY CO. ^"t^S""
GUM.
411 ft. 3/S" 1st & 2d Rea, 16" up,
4M ft. 1/2" 1st & 2d Red. 16" up
lOOM ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps, 6"-12"
50M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2a Saps, 13"-15"
4<J.M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps, 16" up
50.M ft. 4/4" Wg. Box Brds., 13"-17",
200M ft. 4/4" No. 1 Common Saps.
20<iM ft. 4/4" No. 2 Common.
200M ft. 4/4" No. 3 Common.
RES OAK.
22,600 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2a Plain. 12" &
up, 14' & 16'.
32,300 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2a Pin., 6" up.
1,700 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2a Quarterea.
S.800 ft. 4/4" No. 1 C^im. Quarterea.
WHITE OAK.
e.B3« ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Plain.
10,7<H) ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Plain,
e.uotj ft. 4/4" 1st & 2a Quarterea.
11,000 ft. 4/4" Nt>. 1 Com. Quarterea.
POPLAE.
35.000 ft. 4 4" I'l.njuiun & Cull.
FENN BROS. COMPANY
MANUKACTCBKHS OF
Oak Flooring
QUARTERED WHITE HOLLOW BACKED
QUARTERED RED END MATCHED
PLAIN WHITE POLISHED
PLAIN RED BORED
Memphis, Tenn.
r. W. GILCHRIST, President
W. A. GILCHKIST. Vice President
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards, Cairo, Illinois
General OIfic& i Tennessee Trust Bldg.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
COTTONWOOD
J. B. Ransom, Prest. A. B. Ransom. V.-Presl. W. A. Ransom, Sec C. R. Ransoni: Tre*s.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Inc.
Manufacturers and Dealers m
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
Also make a specialty of Wagon Stock in rough, such as Tongues,
Axles, Reaches, Bolsters, and 6-4 to 16-4 Hickory.
HARDWOOD RECORD
c nn
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OF
I /^ T T 1 C^
& 1
L O LJ 1 v3
LARGEST
ALL HAKDWOOD MAKKE.TS
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OP ANGEIaICA STREET
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco "Building
We have the following Dry Steele for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD :
3 Cars 4/4 Common. 3 Cars 1" 1 and 2.
2 Cars ■1/4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17'' Box Board!.
G'UM : EI,M :
5 Cars 1" Common Red. 1 Car 6/4 Log Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4" Log Run.
1 Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
6 Cars l\ Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
Roland F. Krebs
Manager
Ozark Cooperage Co. ^
ardwood
Department
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
Four Inipectors in the Suuth
Direct Shipments < COTTONWOOD,
from mill stocks i CYPRESS. GUM. OAK.
MAIN OFFICE.
FRISCO BUILDING
WO /~'tJ T\7^\7TC Lesperance Street and Iron
. -IV. L^niV V lO, Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at abipping
point when amounts justify.
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Ban k of Co m m e rce
Wanted-Cypress, Ash and Cottonwood
Inspection at Point of Shipment When Quantity Justifies
Hafner Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attention.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
CHAs. F. immm hardwood mm company
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices: 148 Carroll Street
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
SIX M ILLION FEET
Ash, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
READY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND HALL STRHETS
HARDWOOD RECORD
Thomas Forman Company
MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH-GRADE
Maple and Oak
Flooring
New York Branch:
McGovern 4 Bowen. And Hardwood Lumber
29 Broadway
DETROIT,
MICHIGAN
Are You in the Market ?
Send us your inquiries for prices on
the following
HARDWOODS
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
75M ft.
25M ft.
25M ft.
50M ft.
50M ft.
lOOM ft.
50M ft.
50M ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
1" Com. and Better Quartered Bed Oak.
1" Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
IK" Com. and Better Quartered Red Oak.
IVt" Com. Quartered White Oak.
Ik" 1st and 3nds Quartered Bed Oak.
3' Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
3" Com. and Better Plain White Oak.
1" Com. Plain Birch.
I" Com. Bed Birch.
Vi" Com. and Better Plain Birch.
1" Com. and Better Hard Maple.
I'j" Com. and Better Hard Maple.
1" Com. and Better Soft Elm.
UPHAM ^ AGLER
Distributing Yards: CAIRO, ILL.
Main Offices :; American Trust Building, CHICAGO
AUGUST STOCK LIST
MAPLE
BIRCH
BASSWOOD
1 in. 8,000,000 ft.
1 in. 500,000 ft.
1 in. 300,000 ft.
I'A " 100,000 "
ig " 400,000 "
1^ " 100,000 "
I'A " 30,000 "
iK " 50,000 "
3 " 100,000 "
3 " 1,000,000 "
%y-, " 50,000 "
2 " 75,000 "
214 '• 300,000 "
854 " 500,000 "
3 " 75,000 "
3 " 4,000 "
ROCK ELM
4 " 400,000 '•
3 in. 35,000 ft.
GRAY ELM
BE£,CH
3<4 " 50,000 "
1 in. 300,000 ft
WHITE MAPLE.
154 " 200,000 "
I'A " 350,000 "
End Piled
3 " 800,000 "
154 " 400,000 "
1 in. 100.000 ft.
ASH
8 " 100,000 "
154 " 30,000 "
254 " 800,000 "
8 " 50,000 "
1 in. 500.000 ft.
KELLEY LIBER HH NCLE CO., Traverse City, Mich.
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
WE WANT TO
BUY FOR CASH
OAK
CYPRESS
ASH
MILL CUTS OB ROUND LOTS
9 1 0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
1217 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG,
CHICAGO
MEMPHIS
YARDS: NORTH MEMPHIS
TO NEW YOR.K OVER NIGHT
The 20th Century Limiteci
Via the LAKE SHORE and NEW YORK CENTRAL
The Route of the Government Fast Mail Trains
CHICAGO-NEW YORK 18-HOUR TRAIN
IT SAVES A DAY
FROM LA SALLE ST. STATION
CHICAGO
Leave Chicago at 2.30 p. m.
Arrive New York at 9.30 a. ni.
From GRAND CENTRAL STATION
Thk Only Terminal in New York
Leave New York at .3..30 p. m.
Arrive Chicago at 8.30 a. m.
W. J. LYNCH, Passenger Traffic Managfer, Chicago, 111.
HARDWOOD RECORD'
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BOSTON NEW YORK P H I L A D E, L P H I A 1
For Your Good Money
Wc Give You Good Value.
Let the quality of our lumber and the'good service we can give you
be the understanding between us. Do you want any of these to-day?
150.000 ft. Ash. from I to 6 inche thick.
3,875,000 ft. Chestnut, Common and Better.
1,420,000 ft. Poplar I and 2 and Common.
775,000 ft. White Pine No. I cuts and fine
Common and liettcr.
1,800,000 ft. White and Red Oalc.
J. Gibson McIIvain & Co.
56th to S8th Streets and Woodland Ave , PHILADELPHIA. PA.
JONES HARDWOOD CO.
INiOHl'UHATEIl
WANTS: Poplar, Plain Oak, 147 MILK STREET
Quartered Oak and Cypress. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Manufacturers please send slock lists and prices.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Buyers of
ROUND I,OTS
of
Hardwoods
No, 1 Madison
Avenue,
New York
ESPECIALI^Y IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RED OAK
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
147 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER ; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
WM. E. LITCHFIELD
MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS.
Specialist in Hardwoods
Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale
WE MUST MOVE AT ONCE
6 Ca^rs 4-4 I's aLi\d 2's Red OaLk
Hish Grade Stock, good widths and lengths
PIIICE RIGHT. Send us your inquiries
SCHOFIELD BROTHERS
1020-22 Pennsylvania Building, PHILADELPHIA
BALTIMORE
M AR YL A N
'. E. E. PRICE
BUYER AND
EXPORTER OF
Hardwoods, Poplar and Logs
I am always in the market for nice lots of dry and well manufactured
lumber. 1 inspect at point of shipment. Correspondence solicited.
Wistar, Underhill & Co.,
WHOLESALE
HARDWOOD LUMBER
8l6 Real Estate Trust Building, # PHILADELPHIA.
The West Florida Hardwood Co.
l|ickory
Mill on Apalachicola Rivek
MAllYSVlLl.E. FI.A.
Red and While Oak
Yellow Cottonwood
Red Gum
Tupelo Gum
LET US HAVE YOUR INQUIRIES
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the market for all thicknesses ot
OAK, ASH ami CHESTNUT.
313 Arcade Building,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
We are always in the market for round lots of well man-
ufactured stock, and shall be pleased to enter into corre-
spondence with manufacturers with a view to purchase.
PHILADELPHIA
New York, Boston, Pittsburg
HARDWOOD RECORD
T^^TA c>ii^ri¥ w "-^
i'Ni^^^^ll V I L^ L^ CZ,
HEADQUARTE.RS FOR ALL SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
JOHN B. RANSOM ^ CO.,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Wc want to move quickly the following old dry stock. All of it has been on
sticks 6 to 1 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. Wc are prepared to
furnish promptly mijted Cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds:
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4 '4 first and second
15 M 5/4 first and second
80 M 6/4 first and second
10 M 10/4 first and second
lao M 4/4 No. 1 Common
65 M 6/4 No. 1 Common
58 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10/4 No. I Common
70 M 5 '8 first and second Poplar
80 M 5/8 No. 1 Common Poplar
15 M 4 4 l.st and 2d Quartered Sycamore
10 M 4 4 No. 1 Com. Quart'd Sycamore
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M 4/4 first and second
58 M 6/4 first and second
15 M 8/4 first and second
95 M 4/4 No. 1 Common
84 M 6 4 No. 1 Common
72 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
50 M 4'4 1st and 2nd White
100 M 4/4 No. 1 Common White
100 M 4 4 first and second Red
100 M 4/4 No. i;Common Red
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co*
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand"
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville, Tennessee
INDIANA LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Office and Mills : Corner Oldham
Street and Cumberland River
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Tennessee Red Cedar Lumber a Specialty. Nash\'ILLE, Tennessee
LOVE, BOYD & CO.
Offtr :
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain White Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, Ash, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc.
Our Own Manufacture.
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock.
MAIN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUF.\CTURERS OF
COTTONWOOD
G\JIW AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stockt of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General Offices: MOW. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, 111., Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blytheville, Ark.
Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OP
POPLAB AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOOKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION
CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY
HARDWOOD RECORD
PITTSBURG
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA
A* M* Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to as. : i
Willson Bros* Lumber Co*
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA.
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
Hardwoods a Specialty
FOR SALE
POPLAR
125,000' 4 '4 lsand2s
40,000' 4, 4 No. 1 Com.
325,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.
228,000- 4/4 No. 3 Com.
150,000' ■• '4 Mill Cull
CHESTNUT
200,000" 4 4 Sound Wormy
80,000' 5, 4 Sound Wormy
100,000' «/ 4 Sound Wormy
48,000' 8/4 Sound Wormy
PLAIN OAK
60,000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
IS.OOO- 4/4 No. 2 Com.
QUARTERED OAK
2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com.
1 car 4/4 No. 2 Com.
OAK TIMBERS SAWED TO ORDER.
WRITE FOR PRICES.
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna.
STOCK LIST
4 4 Maple No. I Com. { Bel 192,000 It. 4 4 Poplar Log Run
4 4 Maple No I Common 4,000 II. 8 4 Poplar Log Run
5 4 Maple No. I Com. i Bel. 23,600 II. 12 4 Poplar Goad
5 4 Maple lals and 2nds 2.500 !l. 6 4 Basawood Log Run
5 4 Maple No. I Common 2,200 II. 8 4 Basswood Log Run
6 4 Maple No. 2 Com. ^ Bet. I Car 4 4 Basswood Log Run
6 4 Maple Ists and 2nds 62,000 It. 4 4 Cherry Log Run
8 4 Maple No 2 Com. £ Bel. 25,000 It. 5 4 Cherry Log Run
8 4 Maple No. I Common 23,010 It. 6 4 Cherry Log Run
10 4 Maple Ists and 2nds 26,000 it. 8 4 Cherry Log Run
12 4 Maple No. 2 Com. £ Bet. I Car 4 4 White Birch Isis e2nd9
FAVORABLE FREIGHT RATE.S TO THE EAST
Babcock Lumber Co.
12,500 It.
8,000 It.
48,000 II.
21,000 It.
12,000 It.
18.000 It.
3,000 It.
3.000 It.
29.000 It.
13.000 It.
15,000 It.
The Nicola Lumber
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
12,189 ft 4 '4 clear Quartered Oak 66,232 ft 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar
14,.570 ft 4, 4 1st & 2ds qtd. Red Oak 10,315 ft 6,4 1st & 2ds Poplar
30,302 ft 4 4 No. 1 Com. Red Oak .^6,000 ft 4. 4 1st & 2ds Cottonwood
63,204 ft 4 4No.lCom.Pl White Oak 119,000 ft 4, 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
4 417 ft 6 4 No.lCom.Pl White Oak 150,000 ft No. 2 Common Cottonwood
5 934 ft 6 4 No.l Com. PI While Oak 90,000 ft 4 4 Mill Cull Cottonwood
23,473 ft 4, 4 1st &2ds Plain Red Oak 110,000 ft 5 4 No. 1 Com. Cottonwood
14,168 ft 4/4 Ist & 2ds Poplar 40,000 ft 5/4 No. 2 Com. Cottonwood
American Lumber & Mfg. Co.
PITTSBURG, PA.
Flint, Erving & StonerCa
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
CO
HARDWOOD RECORD
CHICAGO
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
A floor to adore
For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floor-
in;: has been among the foremost on the market
Mid because it stands today "unequaled" is the
"■-t evidence that its manufacturer has kept
' iiljreast of modern methods and the advanced de-
mands of the trade. To convince yourself of the
above statements, try our polished surface floor-
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matched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'll
find it reduces the expense of laying and pohshing.
Our Booklet tells all about H ard-a'ood Flooring and
ho'L' to eare/or it — also prices— and is free.
The T. Wilce Company
22r\d and Throop Sts. CHICAGO, ILL.
John O'Brien Land & Lumber Co.
MANTFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Of All Kinds
OFFICE AND YARDS :
873 to 881 So. Laflin Street
MILL : PHILIPP, MISS.
Ch
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Harvey S. Hayden
IN THE MARKET FOR
POPLAR
25 M ft. 154" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths.
40 M ft. 2" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths.
26 M ft. 3!4" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths.
60 M ft. 3" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths.
WHITE ASH
30 M ft. 1" Is and 23, standard widths and lengths.
75 M ft. 6/4" Is and 2s, standard widths and lengths.
50 M ft. 6 4" Is and 2s, standard widths and lengths,
50Mft. 8 4" Is and 2s, standard widths and lengths. •
2.1 M ft. 10 4" Is and 2s, standard widths and lengths.
50 M ft. 16 4" Is and 2s, standard widths and lengths.
(We can use a small percentage of No 1 Common.)
511 Railway Exchange, - Chicago
PARK RICHMOND (& CO.
Wholesale
Hardwood Lumber
67 West Twenty-second St.
Chicago
J. Slimmer &^ Company
Hardwood
Lumber
Office and Yard :
65 W. Twenty-second St.
CHICAGO
R. A. WELLS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of All Kinds of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Fine Quartered Oak a Specialty
234 LA SALLE STREET
Yards at Canal and 2 1st Sts. CHICAGO, ILL.
have vou anything to offer in
hickory, white ash, thick plain
oak and \vagon stock?
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PLEASE SEND US YOUR STOCK LISTS
Ryan & McFarland
Office and Yards ^KS^!^ rir\
Robey St. and Blue Island Ave. V-'fllCa-gO
White Lumber Company
Dealers in Hardwood Lumber
ALL p:ii\ds
Cherry Lumber a
Speciality
ALL GRADES
Laflin ®. 2.2.A Sis.
Chicago
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Crandall & Brown
LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS
Yellow Pine, Oak, Poplar and Maple
We have in Chicago for quick delivery
100.000 U" 1st and 2nds La. Red Cypress, thoroughly dry.
14.000 3xl4'' Shop Com. Cypress
We are in the market for Ash and Cottonwood
Office and Yards : 3300 Center Avenue, CHICAGO.
CHAS. DARLING & CO.
Southern
Hardwoods
22nd Street and Center Avenue - CHICAGO
The Keith Lumber Company
HARDWOOD, POPLAR & SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER,
MAHOGANY,
REDWOOD,
RED CEDAR,
CYPRESS,
CHESTNUT.
SPRUCE.
MAPLE FLOORING, OAK TIMBERS & WAGON STOCK.
Office and Yards: Fourteenth and Wood Streets.
The Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Telephone
NORTH 223
HARDWOOD LUMBER
47 Dominick St.
CHICAGO
Ben C. Keator^ Wholesale Lumber
HARDWOOD AND PINE
1003-4 Manhattan Building, CHICAGO
CKslS. Miller
Miltoa Miller
MILLER BROS.
Hardwood Lumber
Main Office, 208 WILLOUGHBY BLDG.,
6 E. MADISON STREET.
NARDS;
Loomis St., S. of 22nd St.,
Chicago, 111.
Houston. Atiss.
Macon, Miss.
CHICAGO, ILL.
'Phone CENTRAL I 36 3
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MANUFACTURERS OF
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING :: CHICAGO
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BUY AND SELL
Yellow Pine and Hardwood Lumber
Want thick hardwoods and wagon box boards.
Morv&dnock Bids CHICAGO, ILL.
Heath-Witbeck Company
Hardwood Lumber
We have for quick shipment 170.000
feet DRY BIRCH, First and Seconds
and Common 2, 2^, 3 and 4 inch.
Main Office, 6 Madison St. Yards, Loomis and 22nd St.
CHICAGO
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co.
16-19-50 MARQUETTE BUILDING
Are now offering hone dry BIRCH, ROCK ELM, BLACK ASH. etc.. Wis-
consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QUARTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc,
from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers.
The only trade paper reaching all classes
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WELLS, MICHIGAN
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Published In the Interest of Hardwood Lumber. American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring.
Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery.
Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO. AUGUST 25. 1906.
No. 9.
Published on the 10(h and 25th oF each month by
THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
Henry H. Gibson. Presidem
Frank W. TUTTLE. Sec-Treas.
OFFICES
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General Market Conditions.
With the general uudeiiiable shortage of several varieties of
southern hardwoods the expected result has followed — an advance
in prices. The market condition eonmiittee of the Hardwood Man-
ufacturers' Association of the United States has suggested for
immediate eiifect an advance on poplar, 7 to 17 inch firsts and sec-
onds, of ^1^ a thousand, making the current price of inch f. o. 1).
Ohio river points, $i9 a thousand. No. 1 common jioplar is also
advanced $2 a thousand, or from ^30 to .$32. Selects are advanced
$1, or from $36 to $37. Saps, $1, or from $36 to $37. No. 2
common is advanced $1.50, or from $20..50 to $22. No. 3 common
is advanced $2, or from $17 to .$19. The same advance in prices
prevails on thicker than inch. Poplar squares are advanced in
price from $i to $.5 a thousand. Box boards $1 a thousand, making
the price $43 for from 8 to 12 inch, and $54 for 13 to 17 inch. No.
] and select 6 inch drop siding is advanced $1 a thousand, or $43
and $37 respectively, and No. 1 common is advanced $.50, making
the current price $28.50.
Basswood in firsts and seconds and No. 1 common takes a $2
advance, showing $36 and $26 respectively, f. o. b. Ohio river points.
No. 2 common basswood is advanced $4, or to $20.
No. 1 common, 1^4 and ll'o inch walnut is advanced $2 a thou-
sand, or to $58. while No. 2 common, same thickness, is advanced
$1, or to $32.
No. 1 common chestnut is advanced $1, or to $35 a. thdusainl.
Soft elm and soft maple show an advance of from $.50 to $1.
The price on Cottonwood is advanced $1 on box woods only,
which makes the current price on 8 to 12 inch, $40, and on 13 to 17
inch, $46.
Firsts and seconds jjlain white and red oak are advanced i)2, or to
$49. No. 1 eonmion is advanced $1, or to $32. No. 2 common is
advanced $2, or to $21. No. 3 common is advanced $.50, or to
$16.50. Oak strips in all grades are advanced $1, or to $37 for
clear face 2% to 5% inch, and $26 for No. 1 common 2iL' to oli;
inch. No change is recommended in the price of quartered white
and red oak.
Nos. 1, 2, and 3 common red gum are advanced $1, which makes
the price f. o. b. Cairo or Thebes respectively $17, $14 and $11.
Both hickory retiches and axles are advaticed $5 a thousanil.
which makes the current price .fSll for reaches and $55 to $70 for
axles.
The demand for all these items of stock, being in excess of the
siqiply, the ancient law therefore prevails and the prices suggested
are undeniably warranted, and it is contidently ex])ected that they
can be obtained.
I'^-diu tlie ]>revi(>us lack of organization among hardwood ope-
rators of the North there is no indication cjf a very material ad-
vance in these woods just at the present time, although they fully
deserve a manifest accretion in price. The extreme shortage of
poplar and Cottonwood in the South is helping basswood values
somewhat, but still it is comparatively cheap. The price being re-
ceived for gray elm and birch is still much lower than the merits of
ihese woods warrant. The hard maple of the North— that sterling
wood — is comparatively low in price. However, it is now definitely
l:no\vn that the stocks of northern hardwoods in sight are remark-
ably low, probably twenty-five per cent less than they were a year
■\go, and the only reason northern operators are not getting more
i'or their hardwood product is because they have not yet awakened
to the situation, organized thorcuighly and asked the price. On
the basis of relative value northern hardwoods are anywhere from
$5 to $10 lower than the prices being obtnineil for southern woods.
Denatured Alcotiol Proposition.
Congress at its recent session passed an act jiciinitting the use
of alcohol in the arts and industries free of tax when denatured,
which law will go into etfect .Ian. 1 next. The passage of the act
has created much interest in industrial circles, and in reply 1.o
the numerous inquiries that have been received by the several exec-
utive departments of the government, regulations for denaturing
alcohol are in process of jjreparation by the treasury department.
OtHcers of this department are also investigating conditions under
which the work is carried on in foreign countries. The Depart-
ment of Agriculture has engaged a Columbia University expert
to analyze and report on the possibilities of alcohol as a fuel.
Legislators prominent in securing the passage of the bill, which
was carried through both houses of Congress as a piece of ' ' good
politics," allege that they expected that large quantities of de-
natured alcohol would be used for fuel in small engines, automo-
biles and motor boats, and furthermore that the demand would
enable the farmer to utilize the by-products of the farm in the
manufacture of alcohol. The government proposes to publish the
result of its expert's experiments as well as those that have been
carried on in foreign countries, and it invites persons who have
patented vaporizers, carbureters or complete engines which it is
desired to test, to send their ajiparatus to New York, where the
tests will be conducted witlioiit expense to the owners, save ftu"
transportation.
In the tlaily consular and trade report of a recent date, pub-
lished by the government, are printed replies from several of our
consular officers located in the principal continental cities, covering
what information they have been able to collect concerning dena-
tured alcohol and its uses abroad.
The Milan consul reports that nictliyl (wood) alcohol has no
market in Italy, and it is impossible to quote prices from manufac-
turers to first hands. He says there is no demand for alcohol as
fuel in engines, autos, etc., in Italy.
The consul at Marseilles says that the last word in regard to the
industrial uses of alcohol has not vet been said, nor does he antici-
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pate that American expectations in reganl to the general practica-
bility of this fuel as a motive force are going to be at once real-
ized. The French government has created a commission of analytical
methods in regard to alcohol and is publicly offering prizes for the
discovery of a more advantageous method rendering alcohol unfit
for consumption than the one now employed. Another prize is
offered to the person who shall discover an improved means of
utilizing alcohol as an illuminant.
The consul at Berlin writes that about all the interest he sees
manifest in denatured alcohol for industrial purposes without pay-
ment of the industrial tax is the numerous requests from interested
Americans for names of manufacturers of apparatus in Germany
for the use of denatured spirits.
The consul general at Havana says that the principal consump-
tion of denatured alcohol up to the present time in Cuba is in the
domestic household, and that the consumption in motive power is
as yet insignificant as there are but few motors operated by the
combustion of alcohol. He thinks that when the Cuban planter is
convinced that there is money in using alcohol for fuel he will util-
ize the thousands of tons of saccharose in the making of it by set-
ting up distilleries in connection with sugar factories.
Tlie consul at Brussel.s, Belgium, reports that denatured alcohol
for fuel is not allowed there, so that there is no demand for it for
engines or autos.
If the foregoing reports are a criterion of others that naturally
will follow from different parts of the civilized world, it is safe
to assume that this tactful and patronizing government of ours has
let its legislative gun off half-cocked. The use of denatured alco-
hol for the purposes alleged on the basis of which this bill was
gotten through Congress is a very alluring subject of experimenta-
tion for many a scientific gentleman, but why the government of
the United States should take it upon itself to jeopardize the busi-
ness of a large number of its foremost citizens engaged in the man-
ufacture of wood alcohol by such a law as it has passed *is a good
deal of a mystery. It is almost impossible today to find a market
for such methyl alcohol as is now produced as the by-product in
charcoal making. From the facts in the case presented it would
look as though the denatured methyl . alcohol jiroposition would
never be very much of a business for anyone. If the government
should set itself to work in discovering new uses for the present out-
put of wood alcohol it would do the country a much greater service
than it has in fostering an attemjit to overstock thp wood alcohol
market with a substitute.
Evolution in Hardwood Inspection.
A general sentiment prevails among hardwood manufacturers that
changes in a number of details in the manufacture, measurement
and inspection of lumber can logically be made and that the tinie
is propitious for the introduction of such changes.
It is argued that hardwood lumber is now sawed a good deal
thicker than the trade demands yellow pine, hemlock or Pacific coast
woods to be cut, and further that the trade does not require lumber
passing for inch to be sawed from 1 1/16 to 1% inches in thickness.
It is also stated that approximately ninety-five per cent of all hard-
wood lumber is cut up into various smaller sizes before it reaches
its eventual use in the form of finish or furniture, and that invari-
abl}' the better side of the board is used for the face. Hence, it is
contended that in inspection it is Just to consider both sides of a
piece of lumber in making the grade. There is also a feeling mani-
fest that, inasmuch as hardwoods generally are cut up, producers
of furniture, finish and like products would in no wise object to an
occasional piece of odd length lumber. In recent years hardwoods
have been trinmied to regular two-foot lengths of 6, 8, 10, li, 14 and
16 feet. The innovation in length would mean that in place of trim-
ming off a bad end to the extent of 12 to 18 inches a 12-inch length
might be left on the board and thus effect a considerable economy
of material in the sawmill, lengthen the life of the forest, and still
render the lumber of the same or even higher value to the man who
cuts it uj'.
The jiroposed reforms contemplate the essentially fair proposition
of giving to the buyer all fractions of one-half foot or under as
shown on the board rule, and adding to the next higher foot measure-
ment of fractions over one-half foot. This is practically the old
give-and-take white pine method of measurement, save that all the
exact half-foot measure goes to tlie buyer. Again it is argued that
a just system of tally consists in making the surface measurement
on all thicknesses of stock a basis, and multiplying this surface
measure by the thiciness of the stock, as in the case of 1^4, 1%, 2,
214, 3 inches or thicker. Some manufacturers contend that to effect
economy of production a slight wane on one edge of an inch board
that will dress out should not constitute a defect.
T'here is nothing in these proposed amendments to hardwood inspec-
tion that in any wise reduces the quality of grades for the uses for
which they are intended, and it is specially suggested that lumber
sawed for wagons, carriages, implements and kindred work must be
inspected with a view to the adaptability of the piece for its pros-
pective use.
The question of sap is also arousing considerable attention. As is
well known, for a good many purposes to which hardwood is placed,
sap is not regarded as a defect. For example, the furniture man in the
building of his goods pays no attention whatever to eliminating sap
from dresser or table tops or other articles in furniture making. The
piece is made ' ' in the white ' ' with sap edges on a great many strips,
and then the wood is toned to a uniform color by the use of stains,
pigments and fillers. It is contended that in the past too much
lumber has been placed in a lower grade than need be by the provi-
sion that it shall be free from sap. There are some woods in general
use today, notably hard maple and tupelo gum, where the sap is the
good end of the product. It therefore seems logical that bright sap
should not constitute a defect in many kinds and grades of hardwood.
The question of stained sap is likewise under discussion and will prob-
ably always continue to be so. Stained sap that will surely dress off
is not a defect; stained sap that will not dress off just as certainly
is one. It is up to the manufacturing trade to discover an inspector
who is sure enough to determine from external appearance whether
stained sap will dress off or not. It would seem that in this case
the buyer should be given the benefit of the doubt, and it is certainly
up to the manufacturer to produce lumber free from stain.
It is logically argued that current grading specifications which
provide for a certain and increasing number of defects dependent
upon the width of a piece of lumber are unjust. It is contended
that the increasing defects permissible in a board should be depend-
ent rather upon the total area than on the width. That is, a 6-inch
strip 16 feet long may have the same number of defects as are
allowable in the grade in which a 12-inch board 8 feet long is placed.
There seems to be manifest justice in the argument.
There is nothing revolutionary proposed in hardwood inspection iu
any section of the country; rather, the proposed changes stick very
closely to the custom in the trade; but there are certainly points,
small in themselves, which in the aggregate mean a good deal to the
manufacturer who recognizes the necessity of forest and sawmill
economy — which will doubtless be worked out to his advantage.
There are a good many people who set up the contention that ' ' no
changes should be made in hardwood inspection, ' ' but such advocates
of alleged conservatism have no tenable ground upon which to stand.
Grading on all kinds of lumber has been subject to revolution ever
since lumbering became a commercial pursuit. In the old days when
nothing but the highest class timber was felled and sawed it was
]iossible to make much better grades than in succeeding periods.
With the present high value of stumpage and the necessity of taking
every mechantable tree out of the forests, grades cannot show the
old-time qualities in length, width or percentage of good lumber.
Consumers and manufacturers are helping out the hardwood oper-
ator by amending the construction of their output to meet present
lumber conditions. Formerly table tops, for example, were made of
one or two pieces of lumber. Today every manufacturer will tell
you that if his hardwood lumber reached him in boards 12 to 24
inches wide, Ijefore making them into furniture he would rip them
up into strips, as he has learned that he can make better furniture
from narrow, kiln-dried stock glued up than from wide boards which
are prone to check and warp. Today buyers generally -nill not pay
for wide lumber, as they have no use for it, except a few excep-
tional instances where it still seems to be a necessity, as in the man-
ufacture of automobile sides, wagon boxes, etc.
HARDWOOD RECORD
15
Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent.
Is It Any Sin?
God made man frail as a bubble.
i;u(I madi' love and love made (rouble.
(Jcid made wine — is it any sin
I'or man lo drinii wine to drown trouble in?
Disregarded.
"The world rolls round forever like n mill.
It f;rinds out death and life and good and ill :
yinn might know one thing were his sight less
dim ■.
That it whirls not to .suit his pett.v whim.
That it is quite indifferent to him."
His Extremity.
U ver.v weepsouii; was the Fate
Of .voung Abijah Uoot :
He sought the Hand of Sally Smith.
.\nd got — hei* Father's Foot.
LlPPINTOTT'S.
Necessary.
Inspiration acts as
a starter to the
wheels of industry,
but it takes perspira-
tion to keep them go
ing.
True.
Some men are
known by the work
tliev rpiuse to do.
Both Fall Down.
It takes a man to
preach constancy and
a woman to preach
consistency, but
neither practice eith-
er to anj' consider-
able extent.
The Test.
Very few of
lis
make good in
an
emergency.
Wild Oats.
The trouble about
sowing wild oats is
that you have to buy
your own crop and
pay a good price for
it.
A Hint.
The man who has
really made good
doesn't have to blow
his own horn.
Scandal.
A bit of scandal
gives a delightful
flavor to one 's coffee.
Saturated.
Some men's high-
est idea of good is of
itself evil.
THE QUESTION.
Vacations.
Most of lis would
eu.joy yoiug on a va-
cation more if we
didn't meet so many
people going to the
very place we are
leaving for tlieir va-
cations.
Not Always.
B 11 d ding genius
doesn't always bear
fruit.
Attractive.
A great many peo-
ple are interested in
the man whose prin-
ciple is for sale.
Something New.
There 's nothing
new under the sun —
except methods of dis-
torting the truth.
Always Employed.
He who attends to
his own business is
never out of a job.
Good Intentions.
W'lieu the average
man makes a mistake
lie tries to justify
liiniself by referring
to his good intentions.
The Time.
IIovv many people's
gratitude is greatest
just before you make
them a loan!
Do you love me for myself alone ?
Well Postponed.
Two tilings tluit arc
best left over for to-
morrow are fault-find-
ing and criticizing.
Spoiled.
A good story is often spoiled in the telling
by the man who sits nervously in the crowd,
afraid that he won't get a chance to spring
his own storv.
Egotism.
Egotism is a disease for which there
seems to be no cure this side of the grave;
anil even tlien it often breaks out on the
tombstone.
Not Needed.
So many men have the faculty of never
being on hand when wanted that the world
soon learns to get along very nicely without
til em.
Kara Avis.
Everybody has heard of the poor and
proud, but who ever heard of the. rich and
humble!
Takes Diplomacy.
People are like pitchers — there is a handle
to every disposition if you only know how
to take hold of it.
The Point.
Certainly a satisfied customer is an excel-
lent advertisement, but the difficulty is to
get the customer to satisfy.
Alike.
Opportunities are like eggs in that they
must be hatched while they -are fresh.
Opportunity.
"The space between a man's ideal and
1 lie uiau himself is his op|iovtunity. ' '
Quite So.
It isn't what a man owes, but what he
pays that kec|is him poor.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Tree Growth and the Vhysics of Wood.
Composition and Structure of Wood.
Aiiropos oi' the study of wood pliysies, Hei-
hert Stone, the eminent English authority,
says :
"It would be a difficult task to answer the
question why some plants possess the prop-
erty of forming wood, while others, nearly
related, do not. Why some plants run their
course in the brief period of a year, and per-
ish as soon as they have given birth to another
generation, while others persist and augment
their bulk year by year for centuries. There
is much food for reflection here.
' ' Such ])lants as are endowed with the fac-
ulty of secreting a substance which resists
decomposition for a long time, and of forti-
fying their tissues with it, play a very dif-
ferent part in the world 's economy to that of
tlieir herbaceous relatives, which to-day are,
and to-morrow cast into the oven. They exist
long enough to acquire an individual history.
This history may not be written in human
records, but it has a record of another kind,
which may be read in the structure of the
tree itself.' '
Wood is maile viji largely of hydrogen, oxy-
gen and oarlion. When cjuite dry, about half
its weight is carbon — the other half oxygen
and hydrogen in about the same proportion
as they are found in water. It contains also
about one jiart in a hundred, by weight, of
earthy constituents, and nitrogen in the same
proportion. Trees draw their nourishment
from two sources — the air and the eai'th. A
stick thoroughly seasoned has lost the water
it contained. If it is burned, only ashes re-
main. These two elements, the water and the
ashes, were derived from the soil originally.
Those parts which were obtained from the
air return, during the burning process, to
their gaseous form, while most of those which
came from the earth assume once more their
tangible existence, although some are con-
verted by the heat into gases and also escape
into the air.
If the dry stick be slowly smothered instead
of burned in the open, it will emerge from
the process as a piece of charcoal, with shape
and structure intact. It has become carbon,
with but one impurity — a trace of ashes.
The smothering to which it has been subject-
ed has caused what would otherwise have been
liberated as carbonic-acid gas to remain in
solid form, although flames have the power to
free it even in this form.
Possibly the most familiar feature noted in
wood structure is the annual ring with which
the tree surrounds itself during each year of
its growth. This periodical addition is a
conical sheath which encircles the entire
plant, partaking of the nature of tue ring-
preceding it, l)ut distinct from it. Thus it is
that while a tree may be described as very
ancient, the statement of its great age is true
only of its innermost stem, the outer ano
upper parts being but recently acquired. With
the advent of in'w li\ing' portions year by
year, certain inner layers lose their vitality,
jiartially or entirely, and become part of the
lieartwood of the tree.
The Autumn and Spring zones, as exhibited
by the annual ring, are not always distinct,
although in trees which grow in temperate
climates they are often exceedingly clear,
owing to the difference in rapidity and vigor
of growth between wood formed in the early-
spring and that produced later in the sea-
son. Although the term ' ' annual rings ' ' has
sometimes been called into question, it is un-
doubtedly correct, for so long as a tree is
healthy and thrifty a ring is formed each
vear. It is a fact that two false rings may
appear during one growing season. But they
are generally so much thinner than the rings
on each side that they may be easily detect-
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ed. Sometimes they do not entirely encircle
the tree, as does the true ring, provided the
tree is in good condition. When growth is
interrupted for a time, as is the case when
the foliage is destroyed by worms or when
the tree is subjected to a severe and pro-
longed ilrought — and then commences again
during the same season — a false ring is occa-
sionally formed. Insects inflict untold dam-
age upon forests every year, eating the sub-
stance of the leaves and buds. Caterpillars,
moths and beetles are among the most harm-
ful, as are also the borers which infest solid
wood, honeycombing it, and ruining it for
timber, or prying through the bark and sap-
I)ing the life of the cambium, which is so
vital to the tree's healthy existence.
After an annual ring has been covered by
other younger layers, it becomes gradually
darker and harder. Its cell openings become
clogged in such a manner that sap can no
longer circulate freely through them. From
the live wood, representing the active prin^
ciples of the tree, it becomes the so-called
' ' heartwood, ' ' which is dead, and therefore
not essential to the life of the organism, al-
though it forms part of the strong frame-
work which supports the living parts and
gives strength and substance to the tree.
Thus it is that hollow trees, if not subjected
to strain from weight or gale, may flourish
and even. bear perfect fruit.
The living portion of the structure, ' ' sap-
wood, ' ' decays more easily than does heart-
wood, because it absorbs water freely and
therefore contains elements of food which are
prone to decompose. Because the sapwood is
the outer portion and the vehicle through
which nourishment passes, the life of a tree
is easily destroyed by girdling. Not all trees,
however, form distinct heartwood, and in such
varieties girdling is often survived for several
years.
Every part of a piece of w'ood consisted
originally of cells, or tiny, closed cavities.
They are of various forms — some round, some
several-sided, others square or spindle-shaped,
aiul all bear some special relation to the life
nf the tree. Some of them conduct water
from root to crown, others merely strengthen
the structure. The wood of coniferous trees
— the pines and spruces — has but few varie-
ties of these cells, while the broadleaf trees,
or hardwoods, show a much more complicated
structure. With both, however, some of the
cells have thick walls and others thin. In
temperate climates, where a season of growth
is followed by one of rest, the cells of the
layer of new wood formed annually at the
inner surface of the cambium, are arranged
with great regularity. In the Spring a tree
makes thin-walled cells, through which the
abundant supply of water can rise rapiuly to
the new twigs and leaves. Later, when the
food store has become abundant, and the
demand for water is consequently less, the
cells formed are narrow and thick-walled.
Thus the W'Ood grown in summer is heavier,
stronger and darker than the spring wood
of many trees, notably the chestnut.
The chief feature of the wood of conifers
and hardwoods is the system of rays, which
are always jjresent, and which are exceedingly
important in the classification of different
species of wood. These rays bind the wood
fibres together and are an important factor
in the production of ' ' figure. ' ' Most trees
exhibit but one kind of ray, although in the
oak two kinds are evident, large and small.
The large rays are composed of irregularly
arranged small cells, while the small ones
are made up of larger cells. As the circum-
ference of the annual rings becomes greater,
the original rays become wider apart, and
new ones arise frequently enough to preserve
the proportion of rays to mass of wood.
These new ones have nothing to do with the
ALFRED DOBEUL-
LIVERPOOL, ENCBL-AMD
aUPPLCMENT TO
HARDVA'OOD Retoofjd
AUGUST 25, 1906.
ILLUSTRATING
BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY
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pith, for the latter Inay be destroyed without
interfering with their production.
The jiores of wood are minute tubes, which
run vcrticallj' through the stem, and which
convey air and fluids. All but tliose of very
new wood contain air, gums and resins which
have accumulated from rejection by the
leaves, or occasionally peculiar tissue, which
appears like a mass of bubbles. Jn certain
tropical woods, teak for example, another
sort of filling takes place, which seems to be
of mineral origin. It is exceedingly hard,
and dulls the edges of tools very quickly.
Specimens of wood have been found in which
accumulations of this substance have practi-
cally replaced the inner rings and formed a
heavy, stony mass. The pores do not arise
irregularly, but in ' ' rhythmic succession. ' '
They may be seen in graceful festoons in the
elm, or in tapering, plant-like clusters in
other woods. If a tree is observed in which
there are more pores iu the Autumn than in
the Spring zone, that fact is an indication
that the tree is a conifer, and the pores will
be found to contain resin, which is a further
indication of its family.
Stone says : " If certain woods be cut in a
radial direction, a row of closely arranged
pores may be exposed at the same time, so
that the wood will appear very 'coarse-
grained. ' On the other hand, if the cut be
tangential, the' radial row of pores will be
cut at right angles, and only one of the series
will appear ou the surface. Confusion can
easily arise from this cause, and no small
lieniand is made upon the imagination to rec-
oncile the differences shown by an oval-pored
wood cut on the quarter (radial section) with
its abundant coarse grooves and showy ' sil-
ver-grain ' and another piece of the same
wooil cut plank-wise (tangential sc<'ticiu) mi
which but few narrow pores and no silver-
grain are to be seen. ' '
Woods display great individuality in their
structure. Usually the fibres are parallel and
the wood is called "straight-grained." The
bundles vary in shajie and size in the same
species of oak, tapering and overlapping at
the ends, thus making that wood harder
to split than soft pine, for example, which
has regular, cylindrical fibres, meeting end to
end. Beside the natui'al irregularities in
straight gi'ain, caused by knots, there are
odd and abnormal forms. A wavy grain is
frequently exluliitcd; or the twisting of a
tree while growing will throw the grain
into spiral lines. The gums sometimes show
a strong tendency of the grain to veer for
a time to one side, then back to the other, a
process which causes a "cross-grain" almost
impossible to split. "Birdseye" and "cur-
ly" nmple present a beautiful pattern
and sheen when finished carefully, and in fact
any extreme irregularity adds to the value
of high-class woods, giving them a place
in decorative art, for which no substitute
can be fouml.
'Builders of Lumber History.
NUMBER XXXI.
Alfred Dobell.
(Sec Portrait BuppJcinint.)
As the subject of its pictorial supplement,
the Hardwood Record takes great pleasure
in presenting to the hardwood trade of the
United States the president of the Timber
Trade Federation of the United Kingdom,
Alfred Dobell, of Liverpool, England.
Mr. Dobell, the senior member of the firm
of Alfred Dobell & Co., was born in Liver-
pool in 1844. He is the seventh son of
George and Elizabeth Dobell, and serves to
illustrate the old tradition that the seventh
son is born to success in anything he un<ler-
takes. However, others of the family have
been famous as lumbermen, namely the late
Hon. Kichard R. Doliell. of Quebec, who had a
world-wide reputation.
Alfred Dobell was educated at Beltield
House, Bowdon, Cheshire. At the age of six-
teen he entered the timber office of Messrs.
Farnsworth & Jardine as an apprentice, and
four years afterward, at the end of his ap-
prenticeship, was ordered to the Mediterra-
nean and Egypt in search of health. He re-
turned in the spring of 1865, but again find-
ing the English winters too severe for him,
he sailed in Xovember of that year for Sa-
vannah, Ga., in the barque Lady Russell.
Arriving at Savannah in January, 1866, he
remained until the following May, when, after
a trip through the States and Canada, he
returned to England.
In November of this year he returned to
Savannah and entered the firm of Charles
Green & Sons' Company as a partner. In
1872 he returned to England and started in
business in Liverpool as a timber broker, and
to-day his firm is quoted as the largest of
its kind in the United Kingdom. He was,
while in Savannah, one of the pioneer ship-
pers of long-leaf pine to England, and after
his return he created a large and important
business in this wood. A few years after
ilr. Dobell commenced business in Liverpool
Charles E, Paynter, who had been associatei!
with him in his oflice, became a partner. I n
1876 Charles O. Hughes entered the office as
apprentice, and was made partner in 1899.
The London Timber Trades .Journal of re-
cent date says:
"We well rcuK'Nilicr Mr. Dobell 's ilcbiit as
a mahogany auctioneer on the 19th Decem-
ber, 1890, when the catalogue consisted of
only 56 lots of Panama mahogany,' and the
sale was upon the open quay of the Carrier 's
Dock. These were the days when public
sales were held either upon open quays or in
draughty sheds — the old time, when the auc-
tioneer moved ou from lot to lot with a
crushing, crowding concourse of customers
treading on his heels, and when the wielder
of the hammer sold 50 lots in an hour he
thought he was doing well. This method of
selling no doubt shortened the life of many
of feeble constitution. The credit for rem-
edying this barbarous method belongs to Al-
fred Dobell & Co., and they did it by erect-
ing a saleroom where the auctions could be
held with comfort and business-like decorum
and despatch. Now, instead of the old rate
of 50 lots an hour, the normal rate is 200
lots an hour. The innovation was so well
supported and appreciated by buyers that the
other brokers followed the example, and as
a result the Liverpool mahogany sales are
now conducted with such despatch and com-
fort that it makes us wonder why tne old
style of selling was allowed to exist as long
as it did. The strides by which Alfred Dobell
& . Co. have placed themselves in the front
rank of the mahogany brokers of the world
may perhaps be best illustrated by the growth
of their storage accommodation, which is
almost entirely devoted to mahogany. In the
old quarters at No. 1 Canada Dock in the
year 1890 their accommodation was less than
.^1,000 square yards. As steadily as their ma-
hogany business increased, so did they stead-
ily keep pace with its requirements. They
added area after area to their storage accom-
modation, and tlieir total storage space is
now no less than 21,000 square yards, or over
four acres of land, all of which is covered by
gantries and by steam or electric cranes. The
rapidity of despatch which is practiced both
in the in-coming as well as the out-going of
mahogany is marvelous, and would not have
been considered possible ten 3'ears ago."
In addition to their important pine and
mahogany trade, Alfred Dobell &- Co. do a
large business as agents for American hard-
wood shippers. Por this the experience of
Mr. Dobell iu his years of business in the
United States particularly adapts him. He
is conversant with American as with English
methods of marketing lumber. Realizing this,
,lohn E. Jloore & Co., of St. John, New
Brunswick, made the firm their English brok-
ers for their great spruce output. Alfred
Dobell & Co. are also buying brokers for the
entire timber requirements of the Great Cen-
tral Railway, and by the appointment the
English railroad officials paid compliment not
only to the good judgment and business
acumen of the Arm's personnel, but also to
their tact and integrity.
ilr. Dobell is married and has a family of
four boys and four girls. He never took a
very active part in politics but once in his
life, when the Hon. George Curzou (now
ijoril Curzon of Kedleston) first contested the
Southport Division of Lancashire. Mr. Do-
bell was then chairman of the Waterloo
Conservative organization, and this district
really won the election for Lord Curzon.
While Mr. Dobell has the reputation of a
business man of indomitable perseverance
and conservative judgment, yet his unfailing
tact and great geniality make him one of
the finest examples of the builders of lumber
lustorv.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Hardwood Record J\Iail Bag.
[Id this department it is proposed to reply
to such inquiries as reach this office from the
Hakdwood Record clientage as will be of enough
general Interest to wan-ant publication. Every
patron of the paper is invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in
a succinct and intelligent manner.]
Appreciative,
r , West Va., Aug. 15. — Editor Hard-
wood Record: We have your valued favor of
llie 13th relative to article published concerning
the Pittsburg Fuel Company, Delaware Hard-
wood Lumber Company, etc., and also received
tlie copy of your issue of May 10. We beg to
thank you very kindly for your attention to
this matter and assure you that same is ap-
preciated, as it has assisted us in locating to a
certainty a bunch of sharks that we shall al-
ways endeavor to steer clear of. We beg to
offer our commendation of your wideawake pol-
icy, as you have supplied us with information
tliat all of our commercial agencies have ovor-
lt)oked. Ll'.aiber CoiiPAXY.
Cigar Box Lumber.
Hamburg. Germany. Aug. 0. — Editor II.uid-
wooD Record : We would be greatly obliged if
you would give us the names of the firms in
your country manufacturing cigar boxes or deal-
ing in cigar box lumber or timber. Thanking you
in anticipation of your kindness, and always at
your service in return, we are, yours faithfully,
Company.
The writer of the above has been furnished
tlie names of several producers, and if any
others interested w-ish to communicate with
the Hardwood Eecord they will be furnished
with his address. — Editor.
Southern Oak.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 1-1. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : Kindly inform me where I can
get reliable information as to the quality of
hardwood timber in the different sections of the
South, if such can be secured at all. I am In-
terested in a tract of hardwood timber, princi-
pally oak, in White county, Arkansas, and wish
to find out what the quality of white oak in that
section is. Thanking you for the courtesy of a
reply, .
There is no cut-and-dried rule by means
of which the quality of hardwood timber
iu the different sections of the South
■ can be accurately analyzed from a distance.
The physics of timber depends primarily
upon the quality of the soil, rainfall, botany
of the wood, latitude or compensating alti-
tude. If you can supply the foregoing in-
formation, the value of the stumpage can be
closely estimated. Otherwise, the best way
to determine the facts would be to send a
competent man to analyze the proposition on
the ground, and report to you. There is no
published information that will cover these
points. "White and neighboring counties iu
Arkansas contain a considerable quantity of
very good oak. In this and other sections in
the same locality some of the oak is defec-
tive, chiefly from too rapid growth and from
wormholes. — Editor.
Wants Birch or Maple Dimension.
New Tore, Aug. 13. — Editor Hardwood Rec-
ord: We have an inquiry at present (or a car
of birch or maple dimension stock for shipment
within forty-flve to sixty days : stock to be clear
and free from all defects ; sizes to be exact after
I>i(-'ces have lieen dressed ou four sides. We
would exceedingly appreciate hearing from you
as to who would likely be able to execute such
an order. Specifications furnished on applica-
lion. and if the number of pieces given therein
would not constitute a carload, could easily
make up one. — Company. .
The above inquirer has been furnished with
the addresses of several concerns which make
a specialty of this stock. Any reader wish-
ing to communicate with the writer, however,
will lie furnished the address upon applica-
tion to this office. — Editor.
Wants Oak for Export.
.New Orleans, I.a., Aug. 11. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : As a subscriber of your paper I
beg of you to favor me with some addresses of
reliable manufacturers of plain white oak. 1
am in the market for about 500,000 feet of
strictly firsts and seconds for export.
& Co.
A better list of reliable mauufaeturors of
plain white oak could not be collated than
that which may be obtained by checking up
the advertising cards in the H.^rdwood Eec-
ord. There ai-e fully a hundred leading man-
ufacturers in this list who are reliable pro-
ducers of oak suitable for export. — Editor.
Mistaken Identity.
Glen Havex, Mich., .^ug. 13. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : I notice In your report of the
Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association
meeting held at Mackinac, Aug. S. you credit me
with some remarks ou the subject of rules which
were made by the gentleman who sat beside me.
[Probably M. E. Collins.] I am perfectly willing
to stand by my own utterances, but in this case
1 hardly agree with the remarks as made, and
wish you would make proper correction. Yours
very truly, D. H. Day.
The H.\RDW00D Eecord regrets this con-
fusion in regard to the author of the little
speech on rules given at the recent Mackinac
meeting. Singularly, both shorthand report-
ers who made the report, through mistaken
identity, credited the speech to Mr. Day. —
Editor.
Accused of Larceny.
Cadillac, Mich.. -Vug. 10. — Editor ILirdwood
Record : I note on page 28 of your last Issue
that you appear to be infringing on the ideas
established by our people in the use of narrow
flooring for stair steps. However, this may be
of benefit to someone and therefore you are at
perfect liberty to exploit it all you care to. There
is another idea advanced on page 28, and that
is the narrow steep emergency stairs. If a per-
son is sober enough to start right he will prob-
ably get to the bottom without any trouble, but
we note he is cautioned in this article to keep
his right foot forward. These little things ap-
pear simple t'o a casual observer, at the same
time they are quite often very important in a
large manufacturing institution and I believe
that little things of this kind are very readable
for your patrons. — Henry Ballou, Manager
Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc.
The Eecord will have to confess that it
purloined the idea of the use of short, nar-
row maple flooring strips for stair treads
from the writer of the above letter. Mr. Bal-
lon has tried out this system of building
stairs for many years, with the greatest
success. While confessing, it might as well
be stated that the idea of the recessed stair
treads, which was illustrated in the same arti-
cle, was taken from the practice of the Ber-
key «Ss Gay Furniture Company of Grand
Eapids, Mich., which has several of these
staircases in its factory. — Editor.
Some Problems of Veneer Making.
Every branch of the woodworking industry
has its problems, no matter how many of
them may have been solved. At times there
are more than at others, but it seems there
is never an entire absence of troublous ques-
tions. In the early stages of an industry
there arc of course many problems that need
solution. In the manufacture of veneer
topics that are getting considerable atten-
tion just now are the disposing of narrow
stock; the cutting of uniform widths in
quarter sawing and w-orking out some ra-
tional basis on which veneer can be cut and
kept in stock against possible needs.
The matter of narrow stock received quite
a little discussion at the recent meeting of the
Tcueer manufacturers in which it was brought
out that some users of veneer do not care for
stock unless it is 12 inches and up in width.
Below 12 inches they count it practically
worthless, for it costs as much to join and
work it up as it does to buy more stock of
the desired width. This is all very well for
the user, but not for the manufacturers, and
the grade committee having charge of the
specifications made it a point to include
widths from 6 to 24 inches in standard stock,
making that above these widths special, while
that below 6 inches, of course, is practically
worthless.
Taking the veneer panel, or the built-up
lumber proposition as a whole, in comparison
with hardwood lumber manufacture, it is
easy to deduce logically that the point where
the panel man gains in competition with the
lumberman is in wide stock. Of the widths
that come within the range of ordinary cut-
tings in sawmills, the sawmill man can fur-
nish panels of solid stock cheaper than the
veneer man can furnish the same panels of
three-ply stock. Especially is this true if
the panel is to be made both face and back
of the same kind of wood. If, for example,
the panel is to be made of oak % of an inch
thick, with iV-inch stock on front and back
of oak, it does not matter how cheap a
wood is used for the center, the cost of the
veneer panel exceeds that of the same panel
made of solid oak, provided the range of
width stays within the general run of lumber
stock at the mills. Veneer men do not al-
ways get more for such panels, but they
should, since the cost is heavier in compari-
son than to make lumber. Where very thin
veneer of extremely rare and expensive wood
is used for face stock only, it is more prac-
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tical luicl probably cheaper in some instances
to make even ordinary widths of built-up
lumber, because of the scarcity and high price
of the face stock. The built-up panel has the
most pronounced advantage, however, where
stock is wanted wider than the average
' sawmill man can furnish in anything like
large quantities.
All this, while it may explain why veneer
users do not favor narrow widths, aoes not help
in solving this problem. What veneer manu-
facturers need to get the right kind of
I)rofit and to incorporate the proper ele-
ment of economy of timber in the work is
a market for narrow stuff, and the needs in
this line are so urgent that some satisfactory
solution of the question is most imperative.
There is not a very great percentage of
narrow stock in rotary cut veneer, when com-
pared to the great proportion of narrow
widths in lumber from the average sawmill.
The percentage of veneer running under 12
inches in the average rotary plant cutting
nak, for instance, is thought by manufac-
turers to seldom exceed 10 per cent, and fre-
quently is not over 5 per cent, depending on
the quality of the timber and on how the
orders for stock fit in in working out so as
to make a close clean-up. However, even at
the lowest percentage given the narrow stock
is an item worth saving. The question is,
how is it to be done? The answer involves
the cooperation of the consumer with the
manufacturer. The con.sunier as well as the
manufacturer should look to the future and
he will see that unless this narrow stock is
taken care of now be will have to pay a
higher price for veneer very soon, than if he
lends his aid in the work of planning to use
stock down to the lowest practical width. It
may be difficult for panel manufacturers to
aid in this work, espeeiall}' where their trade
is in wide panels, not only because of the
expense in matching up but because it does
not give as even figured or good-looking a
face to make joints in a panel. There are,
however, certain other users of veneer that
can assist materially in taking care of nar-
row stock, prominent among whom are fur-
niture manufacturers. Although they require
some wide stock, very wide in some instances,
they also have numerous opportunities to
utilize narrow widths. An instance was cited
by a manufacturer recently of a purchaser of
his stock who maintained that he could not
use narrow widths, and yet a visit to his fac-
tory showed that he was not only psing 2, 3
and 4 inch widths, but actually cutting up
wide stock into %-inch strips for banding
table tops. This furniture manufacturer
might have used lots of what is termed scrap
stock that goes to waste, but he did not want
to buy it because he could always cut wide
stock down and make whatever smaller sizes
ho wanted, whereas, if he had bought some
smaller sizes he might not have been able
to use them up as rapidly as he would like.
It would seem that it is time for the buy-
ing trade to wake up and shake itself free
from contrariness of this kind and show the
right spirit and cooperation with the manu-
facturers. This does not mean that they
should knuckle down and let manufacturers
sell them anything, but that the user should
not insist on the wide stock regardless of the
welfare of the manufacturer, and each should
strive, insofar as practical, to assist the other
and aid in the economical use of wood prod-
ucts in the form of veneer.
In the manufacture of quarter-sawed veneer
a perplexing problem is to get uniformity in
width, color and figure. The greatest imi-
fonnity in width is obtained by sawing logs
into square-edged flitches and then working
these flitches on the veneer saw. This gives
one face of an even width and general tone
of color on account of coming from tho same
piece of timber. The ideal figure in (|uarter
sawing, however, comes from the sawing of
what are known as bevel flitches, obtained by
keeping the saw as near as possible at right
angles with the rings of growth, which in-
volves more frequent turning or tilting of the
quartered flitch and makes not only more nar-
row stock, but a different :vidth for prac-
tically every cut. Therefore, to get any great
number of a given width, it would become
necessary to select them from different
flitches, and this would give an undesirable
variety of color and figure. Wlietlier perfec-
tion of figure is to be sacrificed a little for .
uniformity in width, or whether uniformity
in width is to give way to perfection of fig-
ure remains to be seen and depends some-
what on the demands and requirements of
the users.
The problem of having standard widths of
veneer so that manufacturei's can cut rotary
stock and carry it against the future needs
of the trade is one that veneer manufacturers
and users have not as yet faced squarely.
Many seem to think that veneer can not lie
cut and kept in stock, because they do not
know- Just what the user is going to rail for,
consequently if is necessary to wait nnfil tli.-
order 19 in and then fill it. Delving back
into lumber history will reveal the fact that
something of th<! same idea obtained in re-
gard to cutting lumber in earlier days. There
were no standard specifications as a basis to
figure from, and when a man wanted lumber
he had it cut to suit his own ideas. But by
and b}' common usage gave certain ideas of
standard thicknesses and finally certain widths
and lengths, until the average user of Inniher,
instead of figuring out his wants according
to his own notion, got into the habit of look-
ing to the sawmill and fitting his wants to
the sizes that were generally cut and kept
in stock and he could get what he needed
without having to wait to get it etit to order
and .seasoned. There i.s, of course, a great
deal of special order stock, even in the lum-
ber business, and always will be, but there
is har<lly a mill that does nt)t also make large
quantities of standard stock that finds a
ready sale.
When the veneer men come to face this
idea just right they will find too that the
veneer business has jiossibilities along this
line. It will never be entirely fi'ee, and need
not aim to be, from cutting more or less
stock to order, but the idea of ileveloping
standard specifications so that the stock can
be cut in advance of sale with a fair degree
of assurance flint it will Hurl ;i market should
not only be kept in luiud but should be
pushed, bei.'ause if niejins more satisfactory
business in many ways. The buyer who is
iu a rush for a certain line of stock can
find it on hand scimcwlicri'. and the niainifac-
turer of veneer dniinj; slai-k times wIk n or-
ders are scarce, can. like the sawmill nir;n,
cut stock against the possible require:nents of
the future and not have to shut down his mill
jiart of the time and niti it o\ertinic when
the rush does conic. whiU' Tlic user nf veneer
liowls for stock.
'Beer and Jile StaVes.
Beer and ale staves are made exclusively of
white oak, and made in the rough by hand,
so that the oak must not onlj' be of the choice
white variety, but it must be smooth and
straight-grained, so that it will split well.
Kentucky produces more beer staves than any
other state in the Union, and might be termed
the center of operations in this industry, with
probably Tennessee coming next, and all the
other states having good oak timber con-
tributing more or less. No one has ever pre-
pared statistics of the exact amount of oak
timber used annually in beer staves. The
Forest Service estimates that there are be-
tween 12,000,000 and 13,000,000 staves made
a year, which probably represents tho staves
made to be ' sold on the open market. The
trade generally estimates the total product at
about 10,000,000 made by stave men and
about 10,000,000 made by beer barrel coopers,
who have tljeir own stave plants. It would
be a little difficult, however, even if exact
figures were available, to determine how much
timber is required fo produce this stock. Smuc
timber works up more economically than
others, and some crews of men can get more
out of the same amount of timber than
others, hence it would be almost impossible to
estimate with any accuracy the total amount
used, although it is undoubtedly much larger
than even the trade believes. Staves are
made in four sizes for beer and two for ale,
the lengths running from 16% inches for the
pony beer kegs to 40 inches for ale hogs-
heads. The sizes and specifications for beer
and ale stock, as adopted by the beer stock
association, are as follows:
Rules kor Inspection oi-- Hollowed, Eqcalizeb
AND Listed Beek St.ives .vnd Sawed Headi.vg.
Beer staves must be made from sound white
o.qk timber, free from short crooks and seed
holes : two sound worm holes in a stave ma.v be
allowed, but ninet.v per cent of each lot must
be free from such defects.
Grain — They must I>c straight grain, or as
nearly so as possible, .and will be classed as culls
if the grain has an angli' uf over 4.5 degrees.
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KILLETM I'lLED IN THE WOUUS HEADY FOIt
THE COMING OF THE FIXISHIXG PLANT.
Checks^TlK'.v imist br free from heart checks
o( such a nature as to make them unfit for the
purpose for which they were intended.
Streaks — Staves may have biack or red
streaks on the iuside. if they do not show
through at any point between chines, nor more
than a quarter of an inch deep at end: on out-
side if they do not show through at any point
lietwoen chiues. nor more than a quarter of an
inch deep at end.
Minimum widtli of barrel staves is to he 3'/i
inches; V;; and Vi harrel, 3 inches; 1/G and i/,
staves, 2^ incites: measurement taken on back
of stave at bilge, including y inch of sap.
St.vve Ih.mi:nsions.
Average Thickncps Shoulil-
Lentrth Wiiitli EHd Bilge er
Size In. in. in. in in.
Vk Hi'!; X 4 X 11^ X 1 X2U.
'4 2U 1/. X 4 Vi X 1 Vi X 1 3/ 1 6 X 3
>A 2.J '/a X 4 Vj X 1 % X 1 ->/lH X 3 1...
I-l 31 x4% xl% xl 7/10x4 '
Ale bbis 34 x4yoxl%
Ale hhds 40 x4iAxiys
Eeer heading, sawed or chipped — Specifications
as to grain and quality to be the same as in
staves, except tltat streaks shall be allowed on
one side only, if same do not pass through the
heads or through over one third of the thickness
of the heads at the ends of same.
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Size. Length. Width. Thickness.
% . . lOi/j inches x oVi inches x 1 % inches
Vi 13 inches x 6% inches x 1 V> inches
V2 16 inches x 8 inches x 1 % inches
1-1 18'/2 inches x 6I4 inches x 1% inches
The above widths mean clear of sap and apply
to two-piece heading, except 1-1 heads, which
apply to three-piece lieads.
All of the above dimensions are for green
stock, and a variation of 1,10 of an inch to be
allowed on all thicknesses.
The process of inanufactuve followed iu
liriiraieing- beer staves is in a class by itself.
differing materially from the manufacture of
other staves. When timber for beer staves
is secured, which is generally at a point
some distance from ;i railroad, a crew is
established and a mill set up, the timber is
cut, the logs sawed up into stave lengths and
these blocks split up into stave billets, right
on the ground iu the woods. This may seem
somewhat similar to the method iu vogue of
making other tight barrel staves. The dif-
ference is that the modern method of making
regular tight-liarrel staves is for the crew in
the woods to cut out stave bolts, that is.
sticks of timber that can be sawed up with
cylinder saws into a number of staves,
whereas the beer stave crew splits the stock
up into single stave billets or blanks.
Prior to starting a woods erew at work
till' foreman or manager of the enterprise
looks over the territory and figures out some
loc;itioii where he can set up a finishing plant
to ]uit these stave billets in shape for the
market. What he wants is some point where
he can concentrate a quantity of billets suf-
ficient to justify setting up a finishing plant.
In the early days it was figured that one
should get aliout 300 M staves to justify a set,
but tlu> scarcity of good timber of late years
has trimmed down that figure materially, and
to-day beer stave men are not only glad to
get 100 M staves in a set, but sometimes make
out with less.
The stave billets, as they are originally got-
ten out, ;ire sorted or inspected and piled up
in the woods right where the splitting is done.
Then the haulers, who follow the woods erew,
haul these billets to the point selected for
making a set. At the place for the set they
are piled up in long ricks like cord wood
at an old-fashioned woodyard to aw-ait the
coming of the finishing plant.
There :ire two methods of finishing beer
and ale staves; one is to put them through
what is kuow'u as a bueker, in which they are
driven endwise Ijy a power plunger between
two curved knives, one of which trims the sur-
plus wood off on the inside and one on the
outside, leaving the finished stave iu a cir-
cular form, as it is found in a barrel, on
tlie face and back, with the edges still rough.
This was the earliest method of. finishing, and
the staves were thus shipped to the cooper
shop for jointing and hollowing out. Some
staves are still finished in this wav, but the
rXLOADINC FINISHED BEER STAVES AT
THE RAILROAD.
majority of beer staves to-day are much bet-
ter finished and by a very different process.
The machinery equipment of the modern beer-
stave plant varies a little, but the essential
machines are an equalizer, to trim the stave
billets to exact length, a stave dressing ma-
chine and a jointer. The stave-dressing ma-
chine is the most complicated, and carries two
heavy cutterheads, somewhat after the style
of a lumber planer, the knives on one of these
heads being designed to give the curved shape
to the outside of the stave, and the other
shaping the inside as the blank is carried
edgewise between the two cutters, clamped
endwise between two cylindrical clamps. The
staves are trimmed on an equalizer before
they are put through the dressing machine,
and after passing it they go to a jointer,
which is an enormous disc wheel, carrying on
its face knives to trim off the rough edges
and sap and give it a smooth joint, at the
same time making it narrower at the ends,
thus giving what is called the bilge to the
jiackages made from it. And so perfect is
the work of these machines that staves taken
from different yards, made by machines in
different states, are as nearly alike as if made
on the same machine.
The machinery described above, together
with portable boiler and engine, usually rang-
ing in size from 25 to 35 horse power, con-
stitutes the modern beer-stave plant, and has
a capacity of from 3,500 to 4,000 beer bar-
rel staves a day, or about 5,000 half barrels.
With this capacity, the annual output would
lie large, but quite a good deal of the life of ■
sttch a plant is spent in moving from place
to [ilace.
A .MIlDEltN r.EEK STAVE FINISHING PLANT AT A SET.
FINISHED STAVES CROSS I'll. Ell FOR DRVlNi:
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Naturally, the stave billets dry consider-
:ilily while piled up waiting for the finishing
pl;iiit, but they are seldom dry enough for
marketing direct from the finisher, so they
are usually cross piled on the yard after be-
ing finished and left from 30 to 90 days, as
the occasion may require, before starting on
their journey to market. At some seasons of
the year, when hauling is best, they may be
taken to the railroad while green and piled
for further drying there, so as to be available
when wanted, but as these hauls are usually
over long distances, it is important to reduce
the weight as much as possible before haul-
ing; consequently they are usually piled on
the vard and alloAved to drv there.
Hardwood toothpicks.
.-Vlthough the common toothpick is a very
ordinary affair, it has formed an important
factor in the wood-working industry in re-
cent years. This is due to the demand for
special kinds of toothpicks, such as those
made of scented woods, specially designed,
nr engraved and elaborately stained and
packed. While manufacturers iu this coun-
try are not lacking in ingenuity in the pro-
duction of artistically designed hardwood
toothpicks, the most interesting kinds may be
seen in the Orient. Tbe natives are fini-
artisans in the line of engraving. Tooth-
[licks appear to be their specialty.
Fig. 1 is a form of headed hardwood tooth-
pick of Chinese design. The workman selects
billets of hardwood and tediously works out
the pieces with a single tool while squatted
cross-legged on the floor. He does not care
very much how long it takes; time is no object
to him. He makes various kinds of tooth-
picks and goes about peddling them. The
American manufacturer goes at it on a dif-
ferent scale. He undertakes to do away with
as much hand labor as possible. He intro-
duces machinery to work up the material and
finish it. However, in catering to the pre-
vailing demands of the market he must pro-
duce some elaborately carved and colored
toothpicks, many kinds of which must be
scented.
The feathered type of toothpick [ire.seuted
in Fig. 2 requires considerable material for
the shaping of its fan-head. This is an
American style of special toothpick, and the
fan-like form is readily stamped out by
means of cutters. The so-called "looped"
toothpick is a copy of a design used in
Manila. The hard, flint-like "bullett" wood
of the islands is utilized for making these
toothpicks by hand. The fiber of the tough
wood develops a series of small circles in the
tissue as shown, upon polishing. Among tlie
chiefs of the .Jolo island district can be seen
toothpicks finely cut from hardw-oods and
richly ornamented at the head with pearls,
as shown in Fig. -1.
The American manufacturer of hardwood
toothpicks has various trials to meet. The use
of unseasoned stock often brings on a
"liowed" condition of the toothpicks, illus-
trated by Fig. 5. Splits (Fig. 6) not infre-
quently prevail, unless a system of assort-
ment is followed and defective picks taken
jut. Broken toothi>icks are more common in
hardwood stock than in softwood. Stubs pre-
vail to some extent, but the popular form
of jiointed toothpick is shown in Fig. 9.
Majile and hic-kory are largely used in the
/oaiuifacturc of the common styles of tooth-
picks today. The bolts are prepared for the
machinery by luttiug the pieces as shown
iu Figs. 10 and 11. While it is essential that
(Stock which is free from knots be selected it
js practicable to run uneven stuff to a certain
extent. Much depends upon the character of
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the automatic machinery. Tlie liand-tooth-
pick makers can utilize chosen portions of the
stock, whereas machinery necessarily operates
iipon any sort of stock as it comes along.
For example, in Fig. l^J we exhibit the sheet
in a solid form at the left, and the partly
cut toothpicks at the right. In the event of
a knot or other defective portion coming un-
der the action of the knives, the liability of
the strip being broken is apparent. Hence
care is taken to select timber which will pass
through properly. Following the cutting of
the points conies the burnishing process in the
tumbler cylinder. Fig. 13. This device is
used only on special toothpicks. The action
of the rolling picks inside the cylinder tends
to make them smoother, especially if polish-
ing ingredients are introduced. The cylinder
bears on a shaft and the latter revolves in
bearings arranged in the uprights. The belt
operates on the tight and loose wheels (d),
and the wheel shaft carries the gear (c),
which meshes witli tlie large gear of the drum
as shown.
In the .saturation process, which gives the
required scenting to fancy toothpicks, the
contrivance shown iu Fig. l-l is employed.
This consists of bearings (e, e) which carry
rolls for supporting a moving perforated
apron. The toothpicks are carried along on
this apron in large numbers, evenly dis-
tributed. Tlie air blast is carried through the
pipe as shown, and this discharge carries with
it the perfumed vapors. The uozzle is ar-
ranged so as to play the scented vapors up
into the perforations of the moving apron (f).
The saturation is ample to penetrate the fibers
of the picks and each absorbs sufficient to
assume a delicate perfume. In Fig. 1.5 we
sliow the type of box ordinarily used for
jiacking scented hardwood toothpicks. Neces-
sarily they are more costly than the inferior
pine stuffs. The average hardwood tooth-
pick is even better made. The points are
truer and better finished. Odors which often
come from the pitch in pine are avoided.
Dentists say it is best to use carefully as-
sorted hardwood toothpicks.
NetsOs Miscellany.
The Wagon Industry. rinis..lidato, many of the smaller concerns dis-
Int( resting- statistics liavo l),.,.i, pivpared by "'"li""iing the manufacture of vehicles and con-
Ihr rensus Bureau of the United States regard- ""'"''' ""^"' ''"'"''' •'™'' '" '''"I"'"' '""' custom
iiiK tlie wagon and carriage industry of the ''""'''■ "^^^^ statistics, of course, do not include
eoinili-y. These figures are to form a part of ""' "Pei'^t'on'* "f wlieclwright plants, where all
the Census of .Manufactures for 1905. It will '"' "!* '''"*' "^'' '''"'''' ''"siness is the i-eiiairing of
bo noted that there has been a substantial in- vehicles.
crease in this line of manufacture in the past '^''"' ""SO" industry of the country, turning
live years. Follnwim; are the comparative fig- ""* "'*''"'" •l^l^^.OOO.OOO worth of products yearly,
uiM's for lOfiO aud llMi."): '** "" important factor in the consuuiption of
lOOr,. 1900. harihvoods.
•Number of establish- A Disastrous Fire.
™™'^*' ■*•''-"■' ''-O-i Fire of unkumvn origin destioved the con-
•'""»:'' $12G.320.G04 .i;i09.S7.-..SS.-; ,„,„« „nd building of the Baxter .Moulding Com-
Salar.pd officials, |,.,„y^ j.^ggj gj \Am\si. 111., August l.S, entailing a
clerks, etc: |,jj,j. ^j .$130,000, divided as follows: Building,
.Vninber ,-.,0.-„S 4,00.3 .f33,000 ; machinery. .140,000 : contents, .$55,000.
Salaries .-.,2,'!9.04:i .■',. 750,915 -pho company carried .$15,000 insurance on the
Wage earners: buildini; and .¥55,0(1(1 on machiuerv and stock.
Average number.... (J(1.722 (52,249 The officers of the company are :' C. A. Ander-
^^ "S^'^ 30,S7S.25.'3 251,145,281 son. president: Oscar Xienan, vice president and
Miscellaneous ex- ti(>asiirpr : J. C. Richards, secretary: F. Sattig,
Iienses 10.182,604 5,800.687 superintendent. The building was a two-story
Cost of materials used 01,215,170 53, 723, .311 brick, 450x150 feet, and was erected in 190.3
Products : Total value 1''"' f'lc manufacture of mouldings, picture frames
of 125,332,970 113,234,590 '""' t'™m<'d show cards. The company had Just
_„..,. ^, , ,, . , ' ' installed machinery aud stock costing $25,000
The fact that there is a decrease in the num- ,,„rt had completed an $8,000 contract for an
bcr of wagon manufacturing establishments is eastern concern, which was ready to load on
because there has been a nc.ticenhlr tinidcncy to cars. The factory will und.uilitcd'ly be rebuilt.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Michigan Hardwood
Meeting.
One of tlip ]jleasantesi
gatherings of the lumber
fraternity ever held was
the meeting of the Mich-
igan Hardwood Jlanii-
facturers' Association at
Mael;!nac Island. Wed-
nesd.ty. August 8. Many
of the attendants, al-
though lifelong resident.';
of the state, had never
before visited this at
tractive and historic
little island in the
Straits of Mackinac. A
large number of the vis-
itors arrived the day be-
fore and spent the after-
noon in driving about
and becoming acquainted
with the many points of
interest.
A large portion of
Mackinac Island is cov-
ered with a dense second
growth which includes
white pine, Norway,
spruce, hemlock, balsam,
cedar, oak, maple, birch, beech and in fact nearly
every variety of tree growth indigenous to the
state of Michigan. The most conspicuous feature
is old Fort Mackinac, which stands up almost out
of the face of the rocks on the west end of the
island. Arch Rock and Sugar Loaf are among
the famous natural curiosities. Mackinac is
fringed along the bluffs with fine hotels and the'
beautiful villas and cottages of people of wealth
who enjoy its delightful climate throughout the
summer season.
The Grand Hotel, a mammoth caravansary, is
the most prominent object on the island and it
houses thousands of resorters. The Michigan
Hardwood Manufacturers' Association held its
.session iu the old office building of the John
.lacob Astor House, now its ballroom. This yen-
erable hotel remains in nearly its original form,
having been made up of the warehouses and
office buildings of the old pioneer fur merchant.
It was at this trading post that the foundation
of the enormous Astor fortune was laid. The
buildings comprising the hotel have been stand-
ing about a hundred years and are still in a
most excellent state of preservation. The pic-
turesque little town of Mackinac clusters at the
foot of the cliffs on the west end of the island,
which is about nine miles in circumference and
in general altitude about 200 feet above the level
of the surrounding strait, and 728 feet above
sea level. Fine roads extend through the forest
to the various points of interest, as well as a
boulevard entirely around the island.
The place selected for the October meeting of
the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa-
tion, Traverse City, will probably prove fully as
attractive as Mackinac Island. It is one of the
most beautiful little cities in the state, and
igan, and also by the
I'ere Marquette. Grand
liapids & Indiana and
Manistee & Northeastern
railroads. Visitors at
the nest meeting can be
assured of a most de-
lightful time and a hear-
ty welcome from the
Traverse City members
of the association.
GROIP OF MEMBERS. TAKEN IN COURTVARD OF OLD JOHN JACOB ASTOR HOUSE
The Wilce End Match-
ing Machine.
The end matching ma-
chine manufactured by
the T. Wilce Company of
Chicago has been most
cordially received by a
large number of manu-
facturers of flooring.
It was built originally to
uieet the requirements of
the T. Wilce Company in
its own business. Later
the company went into
the business of manufac-
turing the machine for
of
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stands at the head of Grand Traverse Bay. It
boasts one of the best hotels in Michigan, the
Park Place, which will probably be the meeting
place of the convention. Traverse City is reached
l)y scvcr;il of the boat lines crossing Lake Mich-
the ma-
no t an
separate
for the
the trade.
Speaking
chine, Mr. Wilce says : "It is
attachment to a matcher but a
machine scientifically constructed
sole purpose of making a tongue and groove
on the ends of flooring. It is 2 feet 6 inches
wide and 11 feet long, strongly built, w'ith pipe
frame and flat or table top. When it is set
to do the end matching on flooring it is set
liack of tlie flooring machine far enough from
it to permit the easy and convenient handling
of flooring from 2 inches to twenty inches in
length as it comes from the matchers. It is
automatic in operation, making the end tongue
(ill the lefthand side and the end groove on
the right. The device for making the tongue
consists of a combination cut off saw and
matcher head, while the groove is made by a
saw and grooving head. These saws with the
matcher and grooving heads are set exactly at
right angles so that, when the flooring to be
longued and grooved on the ends is laid on the
top or table of the machine, one stroke of the
device is all that is needed to complete the
operation, and this cannot fail to produce a
perfect joint at right angles. The machine will
end match flooring and ceiling in thicknesses
fiom % inch to 1% inches and in widths from
% inch to 3M; inches. They require only one-
lialt' horsepower to operate."
W. S. Neely of .Tonesboro, Ark., has tendered
his resignation as manager of the Arkansas
Stave Company and with associates will engage
in the hardwood lumber business on a large
scale. Mr. Neely recently acquired extensive
timber holdings in northern Arkansas which he
will develop.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
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Handling of Hardwood Record Bulletin
Service.
As Ilie lumbei' advei-tiscrs iu the llAiaiwouu
Kkcord are aware, this publication is issuing in
serial bulletin form a list o( the names and
addresses of the chief wholesale hardwood lumber
consumers of the United States and abroad.
These bulletins are printed in pamphlet form, on
one side of the paper only, to enable lumbermen
to utilize them as a card index sj-stem, thus pro-
viding a correct, up-to-date list of addresses of
the principal users of hardwoods in the United
States, with their annual requirements of all
kinds of lumber by grades and thicknesses.
An excellent method of handling this service
is illustrated on this page. While this list will
undoubtedly cover the addresses of fully 12,000
(onccrns, the average lumberman will probably
not utilize more than 2.000 names. He there-
fore should analyze the bulletins, cuttiqg out
such addresses as interest him, have them pasted
on cards on which are printed the names of the
various woods, as shown in the illustration.
The different kinds of lumber employed by the
wholesale consumer should then be cheeked, pos-
sibly in red ink. the dimension stock require-
ments in the same wood in black ink and the
veneer requirements in some other colored ink.
These cards should be tiled between guide cards
bearing the names of the several states, a cwo-
drawer card index sys-
tem will carry 2,000 of
these addresses and a
second system can be
added if necessary. The
cost of the two-drawer
cabinet and necessary
cards is about S7.30.
These cards may be
added to on receipt of
each succeeding bulle-
tin. It is confidently
expected that this ser-
vice will be completed
within twelve months,
but after that it is in-
tended to furnish cor-
rections and the names
of new concerns regu-
larly.
In addition to this
lumber consump t i o n
pamphlet the Hard-
wooi) Record issues a
bulletin covering ail
new and improved pub-
lic, commercial and
private structures about
to be erected in all
the principal cities of
tlie United States. These bulletins tell the
character of the structures, the names of archi-
tect, owner or builder, making a valuable source
of information looking to the supplying of in-
terior woodwork, doors, flooring, etc., to be even-
lually used in the building. This service is
supplied to our interior finish and flooring ad-
vertisers and. like the lumber bulletins, it is
s'^nt free to advertisers.
.V third series of bulletins is being put out
flee to machinery advertisers in the H.iiiDWOOii
Uecobd, covering the list of new sawmills, plan-
ing mills, furniture factories and generally all
luslitutions employing woodworking machinery.
In the event that the Recobd has by any mis-
chance failed to supply any of its advertisers
with the particular bulletins which interest them
on notification they will be promptly supplied. A
limited numljer of copies of the bulletins which
have been issued within the last sixty days arc
still available and will be supplied advertisers
on request.
among the speakers being Charles W. Garfield,
.1. H. Martin, V. S. Udell, Prof. ]■:. II. Strong of
the state normal school, William Widdicomb of
the Widdicomb Furniture Company, the Rev.
V. P. Arthur, Prof. I'ilibert' Roth, state forest
warden, Mrs. JI. K. Campbell, and Walter C.
Winchester of the Uoster-Winchester Company.
The addresses were very interesting, the remarks
of Mr. Winchester, a lumberman of many years'
experience, who recently returned from a trip
around the world, being especially well received.
He spoke in part as follows;
•It certainly must be plain to everyone tliat
with the enormous amount of timber being cut
every year, both for our own use and for export
to foreign countries, that it will only be a short
time before all our merchantable timber will be
gone. By planting, and fully as much by taking
care of the young timber, it would not be long
before we would have returns. When Japan,
with 60 per cent of her land covered with for-
ests, and some of the European countries with as
large a per cent of timber, have adopted rigid
forestry laws, is it not time that we awoke to
the situation?
"I would advocate withdrawing from market
every acre of timber land owned by the United
States or by states and territories. Where the
states now own lands suitable for growing tim-
ber I would plant with trees best fitted to the
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manufactuiei s of pUuns, piano cases nod cabinets ; Mr, Koliler, himhei
buyer; loii.ooo feet 4 4. *;/4 and 8/4 No. 1 comraun basswood ; .".tt.ooo feet
4^4 No 1 'otniDcin rtiii birch; .'iO.OOO feet No. 1 common 4/4 white bircli
2."0.(i()t) feet 4/4. 0/4 atid K/4 sound wormy chestnut; l.'iD.Dlll) feet 3/4
firsts and seconds and No. 1 common red gum ; lOtt.bOO feet 4/4. .1/4. 6/4
and 8/4 No 1 common mahogany ; UIO.OOO feet .%/4 firsts and seconds haid
maple; T.'i.OOO feet .■)/4 and «/4 firsts and seconds soft maple; 2'>i).("i '
feet 5/4. t>/4 and 8/4 \o. 1 common plain white oak ; lint. 000 feet .">/4. 6/4
and 8/4 No. 1 common quartered white oak; :{."»o.0ti() feet 1-Inch firsts and
seconds and No 1 common (juarfered poplar. 2.*(0.0(lo feet 4/4 No. 1 com
mon 'poplar; ■300.ltt»n feet 2-Inch No. 1 common poplar; l.'.o.tlt)0 feet rt/4
flrst.s and seconds poplar; .'ino.Ollll feet 6/4. 10/4 and 12/4 Nn. 1 and 2
common poplar. Veneer and panel stock; .l.OOO.OOO feet j)opIar. biid,eye
maple, mahogany, black walnut and quarlered oak.
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An Interesting Speech on Forestry.
Forestry was discussed at a well attended
meeting of the Grand River Valley Horticultural
Society held at Grand Rapids, Midi.. August 11,
different soils and climates, adopting or improv-
ing on methods of reforestry in vogue in Europe.
Furthermore, I should urge the states to buy
back all the good lands suitable for forestry
as fast as the lumberman takes off the mer-
chantable timber.
"1 would sustain fire wardens and preserve
the timber that is useless to the lumberman, but
wiiich has taken from twenty to sixty years to
grow. There is plenty of such laud that could
be bought by tiie stales now before the fire has
run through them. The most important thing is
to keep the fire out — enact severe laws against
luiilding fires in timber lands everywhere.
"Now let us consider for a moment the object
lessons that the older countries of the world
afford us. Not a sign of a tree in the Holy
Land around .Terusalem and land tliat was once
in a high state of cultivation is a barren waste.
Wood is very scarce in Italy and lirush is brought
to town like hay for use as fuel.
"Switzerland has considerable pine and hard-
wood, a good deal of which has been planted.
When a tree is cut the limbs are sorted into
sizes, tied in bundles and even the twigs and
leaves are saved and the stump dug out and
utilized. There are extensive forests in Russia,
Norway and Sweden and these countries supply
ICuropc with a good deal of timber. The shores
of the Mediterranean are pretty well stripped
of timber.
"The traveler in China sees no timber except
around the villages. The teakwood of northern
Siam and Burmah is hauled from the streams
by elephants and after being allowed to dry for
a year is floated down the rivers and sawed
into .squares and carried to Ilurope. Teak is a
light brown, not black, as many people suppose,
and is a very valuable wood. No doubt there
is a great deal of valuable wood for cabinet pur-
poses in Australia, the Philippines, .lava, Su-
matra, Borneo and the islands in that vicinity.
India has hardwood iu the uplands, but with
the exception of .Japan and Manchuria none of
these countries has soft wood sudi as pine and
cedar, so that (he resources of the United States
are constantly being drawn on. In Java, the
.Malay peninsula and Ceylon the natives are
planting the rubber tree and iu seven years these
trees attain a growth of six inches and are
tapped.
"It remains for the little empire of Japan to
sliow us what may be done along forestry lines.
With the change in government forty years ago
there sprang up a great demand for timber for
building and mining purposes and for export to
China and Corea and there was considerable
indiscriminate cutting. Strict forestry laws were
enacted about ten years ago, the best methods
of Germany and some other European countries
being adopted. The ownership of the forests of
Japan is now divided
as follows : State lands,
one-half ; imperial
lands, one-eighth ; pri-
V a t e lands, three-
eighths. All of these
lauds are under govern-
ment control.
"The Japs are study-
ing and experimenting
with woods from vari-
ous countries, the prin-
cipal plan of reforesting
being to plant trees
that have grown in the
nursery from three to
five years. They had
407 of these nursery
beds in 1000, and are
lilantiug the cryptome-
ria and several species
of pine largely. The
cryptomeria is a spe-
cies of cedar with
straight body, some-
times reaching a height
of 200 feet and diame-
ter of six feet. The
hardwoods there are
about the same that we
Extensive forests of bamboo are
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"I looked up the forestry laws of Japan, some
of the salient points of which are as follows :
"No one is allowed to kindle a fire in a forest.
If anyone finds a fire has broken out the same
must be reported to the officers at once under
penalty.
"A forest that has become treeless or left
waste may be ordered reforested by the minister
within a prescribed time. In case this is neglect-
ed the government shall do so and charge up the
expense to the party or take the land. Any
such land ordered to be reforested may be ex-
empted from taxes for twenty-five years.
"When a public or private forest is to be cut
the minister supervising the forestry affairs for
the district shall direct the work.
"If anyone cuts timber in contravention of the
direction mentioned in the preceding article, the
minister may cause him to stop the cutting and
replant the spot where cutting has been carried
on.
"When replanting, provided for in the pre-
ceding article, has been neglected by the obligor,
the government shall replant. In this case either
the expense incurred shall be imposed on the
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obligoi- or the portion replanted may be made a
semistate forest.
"The government may constitute protection
forests wlien it appears necessary for Ihe follow-
ing purposes :
"I'reservation of soil on slopes and against
erosion : protection against sand drift, stones
and avalanches ; for the maintenance of a water
supply in springs and rivers ; for the views of
temples and old ruins. Laud taken for these
purposes is equitably paid for.
"Is it not strange that in our own country
nothing is being done to reforest or to save the
young trees which are left after the lumljerman
has cut off the merchantable timber? Michigan
is doing something, but it is in a very tentative
and ineffectual way. The strong hand of the
government is needed to stay the terrible slaugh-
ter by tire and ax that is going on."
Car Stake Equipment Case.
Financial sui)port has been aslced of lumber-
men all over the country to aid in the prose-
cution of the car stake equipment case before
the Interstate Commerce Commission. The
committee on ways and means has sent out an
appeal which states that so much labor, time
and money has been expended in this matter, and
as a great deal yet remains to be done in the
way of preparing evidence to submit to the
commission and to pay the mechanical experts
employed by the committee to discover the best
form of stake to be used, that the help of lum-
bermen must he sought.
It is estimated that an average sum of .$20
from each lumberman would be sufficient to
carry out these plans, but no limit is set ; the
sum may be .$20, more or less. I^hould the amount
contributed be more than needed, the surplus
will be refunded to the donators pro rata. Con-
tributions should be made payable to the order
of C. I. Millard, treasurer, or E. V. Perry, secre-
tary, and sent to 150 liroadway, New York City.
Hoo-Hoo at Oklahoma City.
.1. II. Baird, Scrivenoter of the Concatenated
Order of lioo-Moo, sends the H.vrdwood Record
the olHcial program of the September annual
meeting at Oklahoma City, which is as follows :
Sept. 8 : Morning, annual business assembly
of Osirian Cloister ; afternoon, annual Osiriau
initiatory session : evening, annual Osirian liau-
quet.
Sept. 0 : ^lorning, church service at overhol-
ser Opera House, conducted by Kev. II. A. I'orter
of First Baptist Church.
Sept. 10 : Morning, first business session of
Hoo-Hoo (open to the ppblic) at Overholser
Opera House, addresses by Mayor Messcnbaugh
of Oklahoma City, R. D. Inman, I. N. Holcomb,
A. D. McLeod, Scrivenoter's report, appointment
of committees : afternoon, annual concatenation,
reception for visiting ladies ; evening, concatena-
tion for selected candidates on stage at Over-
holser Opera House, session on roof and otlier
entertainment at Delmar Garden.
Sept. 11 : Morning, business session ; after-
noon, entertainment at Colcord Park, consisting
of match game of polo on Indian ponies and
steer-roping contest between Ellison Carroll, fa-
mous champion of the Southwest, and Clay Mc-
Conigill, twenty-year ehampi(m, defeated by Car-
roll in recent contest at El Paso : evening, vaude-
ville at Delmar Garden.
Sept. 12 ; Morning, business session concluding
with election ; afternoon, automobile ride for
ladies, trolley ride for men : evening, public in-
stallation of new officers and embalment of
Snark at Overholser Opera House.
.Mr. Nash makes an improved automatic round
stock sander with whicli he claims that a boy
can do the work of live men. jiroducing a tinish
tliat saves from tweniy-tive in fifty per cent in
paint and varnish.
Xo. 'i Sander is a lieavy IS-inch cylinder ma-
chine for veneered columns, cant-hook handles,
ten pins and other large work. It carries sand
belts from 2 to 5 inches wide, according to
length of work to be done, and will sand stock
from % to 4% inches in diameter, and can be
specially made to take in .j inches. No. 4 sander
is intended for furniture factories, chair fac-
tories and other places w'here they want to sand
short stock, and carries two sand belts from 3
to 4 inches wide, and will sand stock from %
to 2% inches in diameter. No. -j sander is a
regular handle sander and carries two ,">-inch
belts. It will sand stock <50 lineal feet per min-
ute, running from seven to eight thousand broom
handles per day. and any other work of the
same class in the same ]jroportion. and w'ill
sand stock from % to 21/. inches in diameter.
No. 4 sander can be made to take in work as
small as % inch in diameter and will sand and
polish fishing rods, walking canes, billiard cues,
hickory whip stocks and other very small
swelled or tapered work.
New Filing Boom Machinery House.
The Matteson Manufaituring Company, with
headquarters at 12.H-iau South Clinton street,
Chicago, was recently incorporated for the
purpose of manufacturing a line of modern ma-
diinery and tools for the care of saws and ma-
<'hine knives. As President Matteson aptly puts
it : "We are a new concern with a new ma-
chine. Although the company is scarcely nut
A Popular Machine.
Although ,1. M. Nash moved into liis new Mil-
waukee factory only a few months ago, he has
been compelled to build an additional wing of
almost sufficient capacity to double the output
of his present quarters in order to keep pace with
his increasing trade.
I.MPROVED AUTO.MATIC BAND SAW SHARP-
ENER, MANUFACTURED BY THE MAT-
Ti:SON MANUFACTURING COM-
PANY, CHICAGO.
of its infancy it has enjoyed an almost phe-
nomenal growth ever since the trade awakened
to the fact that the concern had a line of
equipment for the filing room which was worthy
of investigation. From the appearance of the
order book already it is evident that the claims
of the company have not been found wanting
by the investigators."
Tlie officers of the c(uupany are A. D. Matte-
son, president : A. E. Tliompson. treasurer, and
James K. Chalmers, secretary. The business of
the company will be under the personal man-
agement and direction of Mr. Matteson, who for
sixteen years was superintendent of E. B. Rich
& Son's plant. Although a mechanic himself,
he has surrounded himself with a competent
force of skilled workmen in every department.
The sales department is in charge of Mr. Chal-
mers, who is a recognized expert operator of
automatic machinery, also an inventor of sev-
eral new devices and attacliments, which he
will introduce to the public in the near future,
lie is also a practical saw maker, having served
ten .years in the factories of one of the largest
saw manufacturing plants in the world. For
the last two years he has been superintendent
of the filing room of one of the largest and
most modern equipped sawmills in operation,
and his knowledge undoubtedly will be of great
service in demonstrating the new line of ma-
chines. The accounting department is under
the personal supervision of Mr. Thompson. He
is a w'oll known business man of wide experi-
ence.
t>ne of the machines to which the new con-
cern is calling especial attention is an improved
band saw sharpener, of which is claimed : "For
neatness, durability, finish and simplicity this
machine far excels. It is e(]uipped with all
modern appliances and adjustable cams. The
unanimous approval of all purchasers of this
machine justifies our giving unqualified guar-
antee."
July Red Book.
The Lumbermen's t.'redir Association has is-
sued the July edition of their Red Book, which
<'ontains several improvements and additions.
it has been carefully revised and about 3,000
names have been added, .so that at present it
contains over 00,000. Persons who are known
as habitual fault-finders and as slow pay have
been properly reported niton, and many changes
made in financial ratings.
The association publishes a correction sheet
twice a week ; also a monthly supplement which
gives all changes to the first of each month. In
.■iddition to the foregoing excellent service a
collection department is maintained, equipped
with every facility for handling collections in
any part of the country.
Best 'Woods for Bending.
The following is an interesting article appear-
ing in a recent issue of tlie Barrel and Box :
The bending woods in this country in extensive
use are ash, hickory, white oak and elm. Ash is
used extensively in handles of various kinds, and
it is an excellent wood for bending. Ordinarily
it is a stitt wood, imtil it receives a steam bath,
when it becomes very pliable and can be bent to
almost any desired shape. This is partially due
to the soft growth between the grain, which
"gives" when under the pressure of bending.
Hickory is a standard for bending in some
branches of the industry. Owing to the close
grain it is somewhat stiflfer than asli, and will
resist the bending process much more. The best
results are obtained from the select part of the
tree. There are four distinct species of hickory
which furnish the best wood. They are the pe-
cannut, mockatnut, shell bark and the tight-bark
or nigment. The last named is extensively used
on account of its extreme tenacity, it being pre-
ferred for bending purposes. The shcllbark hick-
ory is very elastic and some parts of it are very
good for bending : it has a fine grain, but does
not carry its toughness very far tip the tree. The
best part of it. for bending for all purposes, is
found between the heart and sap. as indicated
above in the one-half inch from the sap. Hick-
ory to be of good, tough quality, must grow in
rich soil and on low ground.
While there are almost innumerable species of
oak grown in this and other countries, the kind
most generally used for bending and many other
purposes is white oak. It produces the best qual-
ity for bending when grown on rich soil in low
ground. Under steam treatment it becomes very
pliable and is a good bender. The best part of it
in trees of ordinary size is found between the
heart and sap. as indicated above in the hickory.
There is what is known as second-growth white
oak that is superior to hickory or the older oak.
Elm is of tlie hardwood family, and while not
as hard and heavy as the above-mentioned woods,
it has a fine, silken fiber, is easily worked and
finishes well in oils and varnishes. Its bending
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ijualitios cxcfl .all the others when put through
tlu' s!ime tremmeut. There are other woods suit-
abh- for beniliug not mentioned here, that ean
be utilized to a good advantage.
To make wood bending a sue('<'ss great i-are
should be used in seleeting the wood for the pur-
pose. By careful study of the above suggestions
mu<-h loss of time and labor may be avoided and
the percentage of breakage greatly reduced.
In the bending process the impression is given
that the wood stretches, and there has been some
discussion on the point. Whenever wood com-
mences si retching it is iu its tirst stage of break-
ing. Successful bending is accomplished by the
wood contracting. To force this contraction it
becomes necessary to use a support to the side
Ihe strain is on and to hold the ends from giv-
ing. It will be seen from experiments that the
<)utside of tlie curve is still the same length,
while the inside is shortened. If it is dressed off
on the side with a sharp plane it will he seen
that the wood is j)ressed together and shows a
wrinkled appearance. Trace the wrinkles to the
edge of the upper or r<iund side and they run
out into the straight grain. It will thus be seen
that this protection is necessary and should be
made sut1i<'iently strong for the purpose.
Woods of New South Wales.
it is said that the forests of New South Wales
have an abundant supply of woods which are
so varied in nature as to supply practically the
re(|uirements of the markets of the world. The
hardwoods especially are said by experts to be
Iiarlicularly valuable. The colony engages to a
consideralile extent in the exportation of its
forest products, which may In;- taken as iiroof
of the foregoing statements.
A wood wliich has lately aroused a great deal
of comment is mountain ash. which is admirably
adapted for the making of handles, for wagon
and carriage building, boat oars and sweeps and
numerous similar purposes, as it is light, tough
and very elastic. For these rea.sons it is claimed
that it should make a very satisfactory substitute
for .\merican ash. which is used almost univer-
sally for the purposes named, but which as is
only too well known here, is rapidly becoming
exhausted.
.Mountain ash, as the name implies, is cssen-
lially a timber indigenous to mountain ranges,
and grows in abundance in the higher levels of
the southern table-lands, more particularly with-
in the snow belt of the county of Selwyn (Tu-
raut district), where one large forest re.serve
known as '"Bago" exists, containing an area of
upwards of 72. .500 acres, densely covered with
this vahiable' timber. This reserve is situated
about thirty-five miles by road from Tumut, and
will in the near future prove a source of great
^'alue to the state.
The Holland Veneering Company.
■|"he Holland Veneering t'umpany. Holland,
^lich.. has been organized to succeed the Michi-
gan Toy A: Novelty Works, w'hich had developed
into one of the best paying institutions in tliat
city.
Lack of room and the desire to reach out for
more business prompted (he reorganization of the
I'ompany. The capital stock of the old concern
was largely increased, nearly all of which has
iieen subscribed.
The company has acquired the two-story brick
factory building formerly occupied by the To-
ronto Shoe Company, and the equipment will be
moved from the West Eighth street factory to
the new location early this fall. Additional land
was purchased adjoining the hew building and
it is the plan of the company to build an addi-
tion to the new factory thereon.
Some of Holland's most prominent business men
are identified with the new institution, for which,
judging from the almost phenomenal success of
its predecessor, a bright futuri' can be predicted.
Kiln Drying of Tupelo.
i'lie forest service has made a successful dcin
onstration of kiln drying tupelo, the experiment
l>eing undiutaken in cooperation with a lumber
manufacturer iu Louisiana, who <Uals in tupelo.
and with a wagon manufacturer in Michigan.
The lural)er was i-nt in the former state and
shippi'd directly t<i tin' lalti'f, when' it was put
through till- dry kiln without iiri'liminaiy sea
si>ning. Tupelo is a W'ood suited to many coin-
niercial uses, and one to be pr<itilably lumbered
in connection with cypress, with which timber
it occurs. A drawback 10 the use of tupelo has
li thi' dirticulty of seasoning, sinci' it is sub-
ject to warping, checking and staining in the
seasoning process. Hence a denn)nstration of
su<-cess in kiln drying the wood without any of
these defects is of great value to the tupi'lo in
ilustry.
In the experiments the kiln use<l is that liiuuMi
:is the blower type, operated on tlic ninisi air
principle of drying. The hot air is forced by
fans into the dry end, thence passes back through
the trucks of lumber to the wet end, and is re-
turned to the engine room through a large drying
chamber over the kiln itself. The whole structure
is as nearl.v air-tight as it can be made ; conse-
quently the saiue air, passing through the kiln
aiul hack over the steam-heating coils, is used
over and over again. The necessary moisture is
obtained from the green lumber as it is put intu
the wet end of the kiln.
The lumber should enter a temperature of
;iliiiut :i;', ilegrees I'ahrenheit at the wet end of
till' kiln. The temperature gradually increases as
the truck moves toward the dry end, where it
should stand iu a temperature of 140 degrees to
I0O degrees Fahrenheit for two or three days.
In the experiment described the average tem-
perature of the wet and dry ends was respec-
tively ys degrees and l.'io degrees Fahrenheit.
In this particular case the relative humidity at
wet and dry ends was S4 per ceut and '2'.} per
cent respectively.
As has been demonstrated in air-drying, so in
kiln-drying, the correct piling of lumber is of
utmost importance. The piles on the trucks
shotild be arranged so that the spaces between
the hoards are not obstructed by adjacent courses,
but remain open so as to give an upw'ard vent
to aid the circulation of the drying air. This
can be accomplished by piling the wide boards
apart from the narrow' ones, or by laying the wide
boards so they do not extend over the open spaces.
The old method of piling narrow and wide boards
together so as to get horizontal and criss-cross
circulation is satisfactory in the open air where
there are strong winds; but in a kiln, with only
a few inches of space about the stack for air
circulation, the lumber must be piled as openly
as economical operation of the kiln will allow.
The boards in this experiment were from
eight to twelve inches wide, one inch thick aiul
fourteen feet long. One truck was piled with
the cross strips twelve inches apart, and another
with strips eighteen inches apart. Equally good
results were obtained by both methods. The
lumber was in the kiln fifteen days, and when
taken out was dried satisfactorily without mold
ing. staining or stick-rotting. Only one board
was checked as much as one foot from the etid,
and none of the other boards showed checks more
than half an Inch in length at the ends, while
most were not cheeked at all. Five of the boards
on the top course were slightly warped. There
was a loss of 4,200 pounds, or one-third of the
green weight, and a shrinkage of 127.2 boarri
feet or 4.4 per cent of the original scale.
The method here described is that regularly
used at this kiln in the drying of red gum, which
occupied other trucks at the same time. Thus
it was shown that the tupelo can be kiln-dried
by the same methods that are used for the red
gum and with equal success.
There is now in preparation Forest Service Cir-
cular 40, a comprehensive treatment of the "Utili-
zation of Tupelo," which will soon be reaily for
ilislriliutioii.
Miscellaneous Notes.
A new veneer plant will be erected at Spring-
Held. Mo.
The .Mai-vel 1 'uniil iire Company is a new con
eern at .lameslown, .\. V. ; capital SlSll.tKiil.
The Kendallville ilnd.i Furniture Company
will locale a new furniture plant at I'eru, Ind.
Th.' Standard Veneer (•ompany of Stockhohu,
.Me., is building a new iilant at Winterville, Me.
The Schmick Handle & I.umlier c<unpany has
been organized at KIkins, W. V.i. : eaiiital. .f2."i.-
iMin.
'I'll' WilliHgliaiii Poor Couiiiauy lias lieen in-
corporated at Montgomery. .Ma.; capital. .^:!0,-
01)0.
The Disbrow Sash & Hoor Company has been
organized at Cedar Itaiiiils, Iowa, witli .«2.-|.(MIU
capital.
J'lie Wagon Stock iV; l.unilper Company has
lieen incorporated at .Nashville, Tenn. ; capital,
*1 0.000.
Fire in the Natiimal \'cuieer Company's plant
at Charleston. W. \'a., lau.sed a loss of .f 1110,000 ;
no insiM'auce.
The Eggers \'cnecu- Seating Company is mak-
ing extensive improvements and additions in its
plant at 1\vo Uivers. Wis.
The Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company
of Chicago has decided to I'rcct a woodworking
factory at Cassopolis, Mich.
The piano factory belonging to II. 1'. Nelson
,.V; Co.. at 177 isi iHvision street, Chicago, was
badly damage<l liy hi'c a few days ago.
The II. Schwarzer .Manufacturing Cotnpany
has iTeen incorporated at St. Louis, Mo., to manu-
facture i)laln and embossed wooil mouldings.
A. ,1. Brake. .1. M. Couchman. A. N. Couchman
and others have incorporated thi' Brake Handle
Comijany at Hough. Mo.; capital stock. .fl0,000.
The Empire Chair Coiupany of Elizabethton,
Tenn., has increased its capital from .'S20.000 to
ifao.iioo. The plant will be enlarged and new
equipment added.
Spokes, wheels, etc., will he manufactured by
the Eberley & Orris Manufacturing Company,
recenfl.v incorporated with .$12.j.00*> capital stock
at Mechanlcshurg, I'a.
Harry M. (Menu and others of Seneca, N. Y.,
have formed a company with a capital stock of
$30,000 to manufacture dump wagons. A new
fact<u'y will be erected.
The Monroe Lumber Company of Monroe,
La., will begin work at once on tlie erection of
new buildings to take the place of some of those
destroyed by Are recently.
The Kelsey Hickory Coiupany of Iietrolt has
been incorporated with a capital stock of ip')0,-
000. .Tohn Kelsey, Henry J. Herbert and W. II.
Hucharme are the directors.
The E. D. Albro Company of Cincinnati, O..
has been taken out of the hands of the receiver
and will henceforth be conducted under the style
of the .\lbro Veneer Company.
-August Krauke, .lohn Zapf, H. I'. Suit and
F. M. Steele are the incorporators of the Zapf
Wagon & Lumber Company of North Benil, O.
The concern is capitalized at $10,IJOO.
The Consolidated Furniture Company has been
incorporated at Greensboro, N. C with capital
if25O,000 to manufacture furniture. A new fac-
tory will be erected by the company shortly.
The Faribault Furniture Company of Fari-
bault, Minn., is erecting a large addition to its
factory there. The building will be three stories
and basement and 00 by 70 feet in dimensions.
The Northern Pacltlc Itailroad Company h:is
decided on the erection of a plant at Brainerd,
.Minn., for preserving tb-s and timber. The
l>uilding and machinery, it is said, will cost
.■i;7.'j,iiiio.
The Rock Falls Butter Tub Compan.v. recently
incorporated at Kock Falls, HI., with $l.s.000
capital, will build an addition to its plant SO by
100 feet in dimensions and install machinery for
the exclusive manufacture of butter tubs.
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The Andien-s Cabinet Company. Andrews. Ind..
has been incorporated by Kd. Colbert, with a
capital stock of .''S.'i.OOO. The company is now
employing an Increased force, and the incorpora-
tion was made to meet the growing demands of
the business.
The Litchtield Manufacturing Company of
Waterloo. Iowa, manufacturer of special farm
machinery, has under way the erection of an
addition to its woodworking department 50 by
100 feet, to cost $5,000. An equal sum will be
spent on equipment.
S. T. Alcus & Co.. box manufacturers of Xew
Orleans. La., whose plant was recently destroyed
at a loss of ¥73.000, will erect two new build-
ings, one of them to cost alioul .$100,000. Both
will be model factory structures, fitted up in
the most approved style.
A. L. Burford. of Mount Pleasant, Tex., has
recently filed a charter at Austin for the Cook-
ville Coal .S: Lumber Company, capitalined at
.^100, OOO for the purpose of mining lignite and
saiving hardwoods in Titus county. The timber
to be sawed is white and red oak.
The >Kelley Lumber & Shingle Company of
Traverse City has purchased of Eugene Brainerd
the timber on eighty acres of land fronting on
East bay, consisting of about 700.000 feet of
beech, maple and hemlock. The work of lumber-
ing has already commenced and the logs are
being towed to the company's mill at the head
of the bay.
The Southern Handle & Lumber Company has
secured a building at Corning. Ark., which will
be overhauled and equipped with machinery for
the manufacture of handles. About $20,000 will
be expended. The business will be carried on
under the title of the Corning Handle Company.
Especial attention will be given to export trade,
and sixty men will be employed.
The Planett Manufacturing Company of La-
porte, Ind.. organized about five years ago to
manufacture picture frames and room moulding,
was placed in the hands of a receiver August 7.
The failures of the Bank of America and the
Creelman Lumber Compan.v of Chicago are indi-
rectly responsible for the difficulty. The factory
will be continued in operation, however. It
employs about 200 hands.
The Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Com-
pany of Chicago is making an addition to its
woodw'orking department which will increase the
capacit.v in that line about 50 per cent. Xew
machinery will he installed and a new dry kiln
added. The company's woodworking department
man\ifactures parts tor goods of its own make,
such as lawn mower handles and rollers, wrench
handles, etc., and boxes for shipping these prod-
ucts.
The large hardwood mill of the Sullivan-San-
ford Lumber Company, near .Naples. Tex., is be-
ing rushed to completion. The foundation, which
is of brick, is laid and several miles of railroad
out to the timber is graded. The company is
capitalized at $500,000 and its promoters are all
men of integrity, so that any project they under-
take will be carried to a successful issite. They
are planning the establishment of a large furni-
ture factory as soon as the mill is started.
The lands of the Whittier Lumber Company,
in Swain county. North Carolina, were purchased
by Charles .1. Harris of Dillsboro for $449,024.05.
Mr. Harris' bid was made on behalf of the
Harris-Woodbury Company of Bryson City, N.
C. formed several months ago. The Whittier
boundary was sold at public auction at Bryson
City under a decree of the United States circuit
court. The property contains more than 70,000
acres of land and is covered with virgin forests,
including the more valuable hardwoods.
The Wilson Cypress Company of Palatka, Fla.,
will erect a new cypress mill at Mayo, in Lafa-
yette county, Florida. It will be located on Half
Moon lake. The work of construction will prob-
ably not begin until October. The company pro-
poses to ship the product of the new mill to
Palatka. where it will be loaded on vessels for
the northern market. The capacity of the new
plant will depend on the amount of timber to be
cut : the company already owns approximately
150.000,000 feet of cypress in that locality, and
if more can be purchased a mill of about the
same capacity as the Palatka plant will he
erected, if not a single band mill or one of about
half the capacity will be built.
Hardwood NeWs.
(By HABD'WOOD RECORD
Chicago.
F. C. Fischer, presideiu of the Yellow I'oplar
Lumber Company, Coal Grove, O., spent sev-
eral days in Chicago recently.
Edward Germain, the piano manufacturer and
lumberman of Saginaw. Mich., was in the city
on the loth inst.
Otis A. Felger. secretary of the Hackley-
rhelps-Bounell Company of (irand Rapids.
Mich., called at the IJecoup office last week. Mr.
Felger was euroute to the company's Evansville,
Ind.. and Helena. Ark., branches.
IX. E. Wood, president, and J. K. I*ainter. sec-
retary and treasurer of the E. E. Wood Lum-
ber Company of Baltimore, Md., spent a couple
of days in Chicago recently.
Lewis Doster left on Aug. 10 for a pleasure
I rip to eastern points. He will visit his mother
in I'hiladelphia before returning to (.'hicago.
.V meeting of the executive committee of the
.National Hickory Consumers' Association has
been called for ^^'ednesday. Aug. 29, at 10 a. m.,
at the Auditorium Annex. Chicago. The secre-
tary has sent out an urgent call requesting the
members of the committee to be present in full
force, as at this time tliey will be called upon
to decide just w^hat the scope of the work to
be undertaken by the association will be. Mem-
bers who cannot be present are asked to send
a representative empowered to act for them
without fail.
Although only a two-year-old, the Wisconsin
Timber & Liuuber Company occupies a promi-
iH'nt place in the lumber world in general and
Special Corraspondeats.)
Chicago lumberdom in particular. This lusty
infant was born at Jellico, Tenn., cutting Ten-
nessee hardwoods. The main office is located in
the Monadnock building, Chicago. In addition
to this the company has a buying office at Hous-
ton. Tex., and one at McHenry, Miss. The com-
pany is a welcome addition to the lumber circle
in Chicago. It manufactures and wholesales yel-
low pine, hardwood and Paciflc coast products.
Representatives of the hardwood associations
of the country met on Thursday of last week
at the Auditorium hotel, Chicago, to talk over
among themselves the matter of freight rates to
the Paciflc coast. A very interesting session
was held and a committee appointed from
among those present to draw up a report of the
meeting covering the recommendations decided
upon, which report will be submitted to all the
associations interested. The following were in
attendance : John B. Ransom. Xashviilc, Tenn. ;
E. P. Arpin, Grand Rapids. Wis. ; O. O. Agler,
Chicago : .T. G. Landeck, Milwaukee, Wis. ; J. M.
Pritchard, Indianapolis, Ind. : Charles A. Bige-
low. Bay City, Mich. ; G. F. Moore, Boyne City,
^lich. : Lewis Doster, Chicago.
.lames M. Schultz of Schultz Brothers &
Cowen is in Mississippi on business. James
C. Cowen of the same house is back from a
recent trip through Kentucky and Tennessee.
H. Murphy, president of the Alabama Hard-
wood Lumber Company of Mobile, made a visit
to Chicago last week.
O. O, Agler of Upham & Agler is home from
a visit in Lienver.
Ed Heath of the Heath-Witbeek Company,
who has been abroad for some time, has re-
turned to home and business, feeling much bene-
fited by the trip.
H. G. Sheldon of Fremont and E. M. Sprague
of Cincinnati, Ohio representatives of the Ed-
ward Hines Lumber Company of this city, were
in town last week and paid the Record a
friendly call.
William J. Wagstaff of Oshkosh, Wis., paid
the Record office a welcome call on the 21st.
Boston.
Frank Lawrence and Harry Wiggin of Law-
rence & Wiggin are spending the summer in the
neighborhood of Gloucester. Mr. Lawrence is
a guest at the Hotel Morelaud. Bass Rocks, and
Mr. Wiggin has his own cottage in Aunisquam.
W. R. Chester of W. R. Chester & Co., Bos-
ton, has returned from his vacation spent in the
Appalachian Camp, Lake Winnipesaukee. Harry
Chester of the same firm has been spending a
few days in Maine.
George H. Davenport of the Davenport-Peters
Company is enjoying his spare hours at his
summer cottage at Marblehead.
The executor of the estate of the late George
K. Xason. Willimantic, Conn., has sold the
lumber business to a new corporation known as
the Willimantic Lumber & Coal Company. P.
J. Twomey and F. J. Tilden, formerly yard fore-
man and bookkeeper, respectively, for the old
concern, with Judge L. J. Storrs of Mansfield,
are the incorporators of this concern.
L. Sweet of Sweet, Clark & Co., Providence,
R, I., who has been making a tour of the moun-
tains in his automobile, has returned.
Horace JL Andrews of Hartford, Conn., died
at his home August 1. He was one of the or-
ganizers of the Big Rapids Door & Blind Manu-
facturing Company, Big Rapids, Mich. He is
survived by a widow and one daughter.
John Vose of Marlboro, Mass., who for many
years was engaged in the lumber business at
Princeton, died at his home July 26. He is
survived by his widow.
Charles S. Wentworth of Charles S. Went-
worth & Co., Boston, is making a trip in Xew
P.runswick.
Hugh McLean of the Hugh McLean Lumber
Company, Buffalo, X. Y., visited the trade in
this city last week.
William E. Litchfield reports that the mill
owned and operated by Litchfield Bros., of which
firm he is a member, at North Vernon, Ind., has
been thoroughly equipped with modern machin-
ery and enlarged, and is now ready for opera-
tion.
The J. H. Blake Lumber Company, Hartford,
Conn., has been incorporated with a capital
stock of $30,000. This company is organized
chiefly to deal in southern timber lands. The
promoters are Noble E. Pierce, president ; James
R. Graham, Hartford, and K. L. Wolfe, Windsor.
J. J. Mead of Mead & Speer, Pittsburg, Pa.,
was a recent Boston visitor.
Charles O. Stone of Gardiner, Mass., has sold
his woodworking business to Waldo H. Lowe.
It is reported that Mr. Stone will continue in
the manufacture of ladders and pumps.
New York.
Quite a stir was created in local wholesale
circles recently by the announcement by one
of the trunk lines that it would curtail lighter-
age limits by cutting out all points on the
Gowanus canal, Brooklyn, one of the biggest re-
ceiving depots of the district, but through
bringing pressure to bear it is believed that the
decision will be reconsidered.
Labor troubles among the yards have broken
out intermittently during the past few weeks in
the efforts of the walking delegates to unionize
the hands, but in each case the efforts have been
vigorously opposed and all such cases are well
in hand and the yards operating as usual with
new help. There is no likelihood that the dis-
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lurbances nil! befffime at all general or affect
business. The lockout In Hudson county. New
Jersey. Is also well in hand : in fact, the vic-
tory is practically won by the dealers, who have
rearranged their labor on an entirely non-union
basis and are running on full time.
\V. W. Knight of tile I.ong-Knight Lumber
Company, Indianapolis. Ind.. and trustee in the
National Wholesale Lumlier Dealers' Associa-
tion, was here in connection with association
affairs this week.
U. AV. Higbie, 45 Broadway, has gone with
his family to spend several weeks in camp at
the scene of his new liardwooil operations near
Newton Falls, in the Adirondacks. His fine new
mill is fast nearing completion and will be in
active operation in the early fall.
David Goodman of Doernberg & Goodman has
returned from a two months' European tour.
Secretary E. 1". I'orry of the National Whole-
sale Lumber Dealers' Association spent several
days in Pittsburg beginning August 16 in con-
nection with the car stake conference and asso-
ciation affairs.
Sam E. Barr. I'latiron building, after an ac-
tive campaign in hardwoods, is spending a few
days with his family at Atlantic City, N. J.
The Northern & Southern Lumber Company
of this city, recently incorporated with a capital
of half a million dollars, has acquired an ex-
tensive tract of hardwood aud pine timber land
in Marion county. South Carolina, which they
will immediately take steps to develop. Head-
i|uarters will be maintained In this city.
The receivership of the Vossnack Lumber
Company, manufacturer and dealer in thin hard-
woods. Long Island City, has been terminated
with a final payment of 12^/. cents on the dol-
lar, making in all a total of 82% cents which
liie creditors have received. The total credits
paid amounted to .$27,000.
.lohn H. Ireland of the Cross. Austin & Ire-
Iimd Lumber Company, Brooklyn, accompanied
by his bride, sailed for Europe Aug. 2 for a
lengthy stay.
.lohn R. Glover of W. R. Adams & Co.. Brook-
lyn, has just returned from an extended pleas-
ure tour of the Pacific coast, Arizona and New
Mexico.
Di.xon & Dewey. Flatiron building, wholesalers
in hardwoods and Pacific coast lumber, just
<'losed a big deal for four million feet of Pa-
cific coast stock for the Philippine islands. They
rejiort both branches of iheir business very ac-
tive.
Ralph E. Sumner of H. H. Salmon & Co. is
taking a brief rest at Belmar. N. J.
Secretary E. M. Terry of the National Lum-
ber Exporters' Association, Jlemphis, is spend-
ing several weeks in this vicinity, making his
licadquarters at the office of Price & Hart, 18
Broadway. He reports matters in connection
with his association as very satisfactory.
Henry Cape. 1 Madison avenue, accompanied
by J. .M. Hastings of Pittsburg, left this \Peek
for a visit to the extensive operations of the
latter in Nova Scotia.
C. W. Manning of 66 Broad street has been
taking a brief rest at Tim Pond. Me.
Surveyor General George L. Smith of the Na-
tional Hardwood Lumber As.sociatlon has been
spending several days in town in connection
with the inspection bureau of that organiza-
tion.
M. B. Wilkinson of Asheville, N. C, has been
renewing acquaintances locally during the fort-
night.
George D. Burgess of Russe & Burgess, Mem-
phis, accompanied by Mrs. Burgess and their
son, sailed for Europe during the fortnight on
a business and. pleasure trip.
The Lamb-Fish Lumber Company has been in-
■ corporated in .Jersey City with a capital of
:S1,.:>00,000, to manufacture lumber, iron, steel,
etc. No official announcement as yet has been
made as to the backers of the enterprise.
The Yocum Company has been incorporated at
Newark. N. .1.. to manufacture lumljer. leather,
etc. Capital, .foO.OOO. Incorporators, J. H. and
V. K. Yocum and C. S. Coe of Newark.
I'". Mohr & Co., one of the largest furniture
manufacturing concerns of the district, is in
bankrupt<'.v through several suits filed by credi-
tors against the firm. Wilbur Larremore has
been appointed receiver of the assets, which are
placed at between $300,000 and $400,000. Lia-
bilities estimated at .$125,000. The firm h.as
stock on hand of .<50,000. as well as a large
number of orders for manufactured goods, and it
is believed will pay its creditors substantially
in due coitrse.
llankruptcy schedules of G. L. Schuyler & Co..
Inc.. of .Manhattan, who failed a year ago, show
liabilities of .$53,06.3. Owing to the fact that
the books and assets are in the hands of E.
lUumensteel, the court receiver, the assets are
not given, but at the time of his appointment he
estimated them at .$65,885.
Philadelphia.
Vicegerent Snark Jerome II. Sheip lias just
returned from a somewliat extended trij) to the
.Adirondacks where he went in search of health,
accompanied by Mrs. Sheip and his son Stanley.
.\. W. Vaudegrlft of Sheip & Vandegrift is
spending a two weeks' vacation at Eaglesmere.
John W. Coles has 'engaged the services of W.
A. Lawton as salesman for Philadelphia and
vicinity. Mr. Lawton was formerly with C. B.
Goad of Amelia, Va.. and also with Thos. B.
Hammer & Co. of Philadelphia. He is well
known in the local trade.
John B. Emery of Wllliamsport was a recent
visitor to the Philadelphia trade. He is lately
recovered from an attack of appendicitis.
N. W. Haws of Collerton. S. C, and Walter
W. .Mills of Kingston, N. C, visited the trade
last week.
It. W. Wistar of Wistar, Underliill & Co. has
been spending some time at Cape May where
lie participated in tlie golf tournament with
great credit.
The Evergreen Lumber Company of Ever-
green. N. C. for which Wistar, Underbill & Co.
are selling agents, has decided to erect a modern
planing mill, work on which will be begun
shortly.
Fred Pyfer of the B. B. Martin Company of
Lancaster. Pa., spent a portion of last week in
I'hiladelphia.
J. W. Diffenderter returned some time ago
from an extensive trip to West Baden, Ind..
where he went for his health. Later he spent
a few days at Beach Haven, N. J., enjoying the
line fisiiing at that resort.
The J. G. Brill Companj', manufacturer .of
cars, etc., has bought from the Schuylkill Im-
provement Company a tract of ten acres on the
south side of Woodland avenue, between Fifty-
eighth and Sixtieth streets. The land adjoins
the pi'esent plant of the concern, which extends
from Sixtieth to Sixty-third streets, running
back to the Pennsylvania railroad. It is under-
stood that a group of buildings will be erected
on the land purchased.
II. II. Mans of H. 11. Maus & Co. is on a
trip south and while there will give his atten-
tion t<) matters connected with the Virginia
mills of the concern.
Joseph P. Dunwoody returned recently from a
southern trip. The firm finds business decidedly
better than it has been for some time. S. Y.
Warner is making a trip of a few days' dura-
tion in Maryland.
II. \. Paftison of the Philadelphia Hardwood
Lumber Company is touring New York state.
Reports from him state that business is gener-
ally good.
Owen M. Bruner has issued his annual adver-
tising novelties which are always received with
great interest liy the trade. In the telephone
lists for this year Mr. Bruner gives prominence
to the National Hardwood Lumber .Association
inspector of the district.
Win. II. Fritz and E. B. Hayman of Wra. II.
Fritz & Co. are taking an extended trip for
business and pleasure through the south and
will visit the mill points in which they are
interested.
R. H. Schofield ot' Scliofield Bros, and Geo.
F. Lance, Jr., of the sales department of the
firm are spending some time at Atlantic City.
Visitors to the trade during the last fortnight
included: A. E. Pope of the Fairwood Lumber
Company, Marion, Va. ; F. J. Chapin of the
West Branch Novelty Company, Milton, Pa. ;
E. S. Ziegler of the Hoover Wagon Company,
York, Pa.
The Lumbermen's Exchange of Philadelphia
is now comfortably housed in the new quarters
in the Crozer building, having moved August 18.
Owen M. Bruner, who was the first of the trade
to call at the new quarters, presented the
exchange with a large and beautiful United
States flag which now waves over Chestnut
street from the window of the rooms.
The baseball game which was postponed on
account of bad grounds will be played on August
30, and is expected to be in every way a suc-
cess. John J. Rumbarger, the manager of the
lumbermen's team, has already taken in a con-
siderable sum and expects the receipts to mount
still higher before the day of the contest.
Baltimore,
J. L. Gilbert of the J. L. Gilbert & Bro. Lum-
ber Company, Canton and Bast Falls avenues,
died on August 7 of stomach trouble,
fiom which he had suffered for several years.
The deceased was within three days of 54 years
old and a native of Baltimore. After going
through the public schools he entered the em-
ploy of a lumber firm and in the course of a few
years he was able to establish himself in busi-
ness, becoming a member of the firm of Kuegler
& Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert later formed a partner-
ship under the name of Adams & Gilbert, and
in .January, 1885, he founded the firm of J. L.
Gilbert & Bro., having purchased the interest of
Mr. Adams, who retired. ' The firm was very
successful and in order to insure its continu-
ance in the event of death was transformed into
a close stock company under the name of the J.
L. Gilbert & Bro. Lumber Company, last year.
The deceased leaves a wife and six children. He
was a member of the Lumber Exchange, a Mason
and affiliated with other organizations. His
demise will not make any changes in the con-
duct of the business.
L, E. Lawler of Norfolk, Va., has been chosen
manager of the Memphis ofllce of Price & Heald
of this city to succeed Gustave A. Father, who
recently embarked in business on his own ac- ■
count. Mr. Lawler has for about ten years rep-
resented various firms in Arkansas and other
southwestern states, and is said to be well quali-
fied for the post. Frank Price of the same firm
returned two weeks ago from a trip to West
Virginia, southwestern Virginia and parts of
Kentucky and Ohio, where he visited the various
agents of the firm. He found that a great ma-
jority of the manufacturers have orders which
will keep them busy for months to come, and
that not a few are oversold. Thus, one millman
had taken contracts for not less than 9,000,000
feet, while others had assumed obligations to
furnish from 1.000,000 to 3,000,000 feet. Mr.
Price consequently reached the conclusion that
values will continue to rule high. He estab-
lished a yard at .\bingdon. Va. Richard W.
Price, the senior member of the firm, spent a
vacation of several weeks in Atlantic City.
A call has been sent out for a meeting of the
special committee of the local Hoo-Hoo appointed
to make a systematic effort to secure for Balti-
more the national concatenation next year. As
far as is known now, this city will be repre-
sented by Vicegerent Snark George R. Waters,
John L. Alcock and W. O. Price.
E. M. Terry, secretary of the National Lumber
Exporters' Association, was In Baltimore last
week and called on v.'irious members of the or-
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ganizatiou here with regard to the demands to
be made upon the trans-Atlantic lines. The
matter is in the hands of the transportation
committee, but it is deemed desirable to get the
opinions of the membership in order that the
committee will have something deflnite to work
on. It is considered likely that the next meet-
ing of the association will be held in this city.
Lightning set fire to the large planing mill
of the Norfolk & Western railroad at Roanoke.
Va.. August 9, and the plant was completely
destroyed. The loss is estimated at not less
than .$100,000, and 100 men are thrown out of
employment until the mill can be rebuilt.
D. W. Simmons of Detroit, Mich., has sold to
A. M. Nevin & Co. of Philadelphia the Sellwood
tract of timber land in Stafford county, Virginia,
near Fredericksburg, for .$7,000. The tract em-
braces some 1,300 acres and it is said that
nearly two years will be required to cut the
timber.
Pittsburg.
The Cheat River Lumber Company is negoti-
ating for a large tract of hardwood timber land
adjoining its plant at Burkevllle, Va. Its de-
mand for oak and hickory is such that one of
its mills will be put to cutting these woods ex-
clusively after September 1. The company's
hickory customers are mostly the wagon and
agricultural implement manufacturers of Uhio,
Indiana and Jlichigan. who are lively bidders
this month tor good stock.
The Blairsville Lumber & Manufacturing Com-
pany, which has offices in the Washington Na-
tional Bank building in this city, is going out
of business at Blairsville, Pa., and for this rea-
son is selling its stock and machinery at that
point. It has been cpiite a large manufacturer
of hardwood railings, balustrades and ornamental
woodwork. The Pittsburg offices will be retained
for the present.
The Germain Lumber Company is having a
good trade in oak and poplar. Louis Germain.
Jr., president of the company, has taken a large
block of stock in the newly organized Lewis Land
& Lumber Company, with headquarters at Mo-
bile, Ala. This company has a good tract of
timber in that locality and will push an exten-
sive operation this fall.
The Warland Luraljer Company has been
formed by C. D. Armstrong, M. K. Salisbury and
J. E. Quigley. It has a capital of .1!2.j.O00 and
will enter tlie Pittsburg field as quite an exten-
sive dealer in hartlwoods.
W. P. Craig, local manager for William Whit-
mer & Sons, Inc., has gone South again.
The J. M. Hastings Lumber Company has put
in a new circular saw at its mill at Jacksonburg,
W. Va., on the. West Virginia Short Line rail-
road. This mill cuts nothing but oak and at
its present rate of 20,000 feet a day has enough
timber around it to last three years. The stock
comes to the Pittsburg market largely.
J. J. Linehan of the Linehan Lumber Com-
pany is back from an extensive stay at the
company's mills in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Very few of the hardwood mills there are down
for "repairs, he reports, although a few of the
river mills have shut down temporarily the last
few days. Stocks are not large and the mill
owners in those states seem determined to keep
prices up to a profitable working notch.
W. D. Johnston, president of the American
Lumber & Manufacturing Company, is in the
South for two weeks.
Charles 11. and Gustave A. Bruckman and
Louis 11. Baer have applied for a Pennsylvania
charter for the Bruckman Lumber Company.
The concern is well and favorably known in
Greater Pittsburg and carries a big stock of
hardwood building lumber.
F. W. RuskaufE, president of the RuskauK
Lumber Company, has gone west, and will visit
the Pacific coast. His intention is to make some
desirable connections with the big lumber firms
in that district preparatory to pushing out his
company's trade this fall and winter.
The Raleigh Lumber Company is going to build
a railway up Piney creek, near Uinton, W. Va.
Its cost, according to the contract awarded, will
be fully !i;22D,000, and it will tap some of the
richest timber and coal lands in the southern
part of the state.
George W. Nicola, president of the Nicola
Lumber Company, has become interested in the
beautiful Sewickley Heights district, where he
recently purchased a GO-acre farm. Its location
is about 1,300 feet above sea level, and Mr.
Nicola intends to improve it next year.
Fred R. Babcock of the firm of E. V. Babcock
& Co.. is planning an aggressive campaign when
he returns from his summer's vacation. He is
president of the Merchants' & Manufacturers'
Association, which will make a week's tour
through West Virginia in October, and is also
chairman of the rapid transit commission which
was appointed by Mayor George W. Guthrie some
lime ago to analyze the subway and overhead
traction propositions as they are submitted to
the city by ambitious promoters.
Buffalo.
Scatcherd & Son find that the demand covers
the list of hardwoods pretty generally, though
they are as usual making efforts to meet the
demand for oak. which is always good and active
with them.
The receipts of the Standard Hardwood Lum-
ber Company from its Kentucky mills are al-
ready liberal in oak and poplar, though when
A. W. Kreinheder gets down there on his belated
trip the flow will increase.
T. Sullivan & Co. are doing the usual rushing
yard business in ash and birch, also in Washing-
ton fir, in which they are pioneers here.
The yard of A. Miller is always well filled
with general hardwood lumber from various
points, as he lays under contribution the South
as well as all his old districts in Pennsylvania.
The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company has
its office in its new yard at Memphis built and
is putting in a stock of oak and other hardwoods
found in that section and further south to aid
in the company's general trade.
The addition of cherry to the stock of Beyer,
Knox & Co. is right in their line of running an
all round yard, and they carry a large stock as
well as a finely assorted one.
There is always plenty of stock in the Buffalo
yard of the Empire Lumber Company, which is
still receiving from the Atlantic coast and Ar-
kansas quantities of oak, ash, poplar and the
like.
'i'he Hugh McLean Lumber Company is still
holding to its specialty of quartered oak. of
which it produces, through branch companies,
perhaps more than any other concern in the
country.
H. A. Stewart went into oak mainly on his
last trip to West Virginia, his firm making a
specialty of that of late, along with cherry, so
that high-priced lumber is the rule in that yard.
Quite a good lot of southern hardwoods, in-
cluding oak and poplar, liave come up of late
from Campbellsville, Ky., for O. E. Yeagcr. who
has long made that point one of his producing
centers.
The only general occurrences in the local lum-
ber trade of late are in the line of picnics, the
Lumber Exchange going to I^ckport on the 9th
for its final outing, making the trip by boat by
river and canal. The hardwood interests are
always best represented in these outings, as the
members are more closely united than the gen-
i-ral trade is. The chief incident of the trip
was the ball game, in which I. N. Stewart's nine
took a fall out of the nine of A. W. Kreinheder
to tlie score of 2M to S.
Grand Rapids.
The latest catalogue i.ssued by the St. Johns
Table Company of Cadillac shows that the com-
pany is making 111 different patterns of tables.
This multiplicity of patterns reduces the profits
of the furniture manufacturers everywhere.
J. II. Robbins of the Robbins Table Company,
Owosso, reports that business this summer is the
best that it has ever been. The factory is sixty
days behind orders. This condition is true of
nearly all the furniture concerns of the state.
W. W. Mitchell of Cadillac made the trip from
Northville to Traverse City recently in»his White
steamer in an hour and fifty-five minutes.
O. A. Ward of this city, dealer in hardwood
lumber, entertained a party of distinguished
guests at his summer home at Northport Point,
August 16. The party included Congressmen
William Alden Smith and R. P. Bishop, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction P. H. Kelly.
Representative A. F. Bunting and II. E. Gill,
president of the Northport village.
The Holland Veneering Company, recently or-
ganized at Holland, has bought a brick factory,
and land has been secured for a large addition
to the plant.
C. S. Bacon & Co. have started suit in the
superior court against the Crawford Chair Com-
pany, claiming damages to the amount of .$.5,000
on the sale of lumber.
The Grand Rapids Herald in a recent issue
pays a deserved tribute to J. F. Quigley for the
enterprise and x^ublic spirit he has shown in
helping to build up South Grand Rapids, in the
Oakdale Park district.
C. P. Limbert & Co.. furniture manufacturers
of Holland, have been incorporated; cajital.
$1011,000. The Limbert company recently re-
moved from Grand Rapids and employs loO
men.
The Lumbermen's Association of Grand Rap-
ids will hold its monthly meeting .\ugust 28 at
the Lakeside Club. It is expected that F. F.
Fish of Chicago, secretary of the National Hard-
wood Lumber Association, will be present.
Asheville. N. C.
An important meeting of the Asheville Lum-
ber I'lxchange was held in the offices of the
I'nagusta Lumber Company here August 11 to
consider plans for the more speedy collection of
freight claims and the more prompt placing of
cars for the loading of lumber, and the removal
of these cars. The exchange, after some dis-
cussion, decided to appoint a committee to in-
vestigate further the propositions and report at
a meeting of the exchange to be held early In
September. The plans under consideration were
not given out, the members deeming it wise not
to take the public into their confidence until
some definite action had been taken. The com
mifiee is composed of W. B. McEwen, C. A.
Schenck and C. H. Hobbs. The lumbering inter-
est in this section has been badly interfered
with at times 'by the inability to have cars
placed and removed proipplly. Among those at
the meeting were ; W. T. Mason, president of
the exchange; J. M. Burns, vice president:
George A. Murray. C. II. Hobbs, E. E. Quintan.
C. E. Quinlan, Dr. C. A. Schenck, F. L. Win
Chester. W. B. McEwen. E. II. Hall. A. J.
Coumbe, H. W. Fry. J. M. English. A. II. Win-
chester and Zeb Curtis.
The boundary of the Whittier Lumber Com-
pany, lying in Swain county, and containing
78.000 acres of finely timbered lands, was sold
at public auction this month for $449,000. The
Harris-Woodbury Company of Bryson City was
the highest bidder. The lands were sold to sat-
isfy outstanding notes and bonds held by the
Morton Trust Company of New York.
The trade remains quiet in this territory and
lumber dealers are shipping little lumber. Prices
are slightly off and the dealers say that they
are waiting for an increase that is sure to come.
Briston, 'Va.-Tenn.
William F. Rapp and A. A. Koop. represent-
ing the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company of Coal
Grove. O.. were visitors in Bristol this week,
making heavy purchases of hardwoods for their
company.
Joseph P. Dunwoody of Joseph P. Dunwoody
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& Co., Philadelphia, spent a few days in Bristol
and contingent tciTitory last week. Mr. Dun-
woody made numerous heavy purchases in this
section.
Work on the new plant of the American Cigar
Box Company at Johnson City is progressing.
and will he pushed to completion. This plant is
being erected to supplant the company's big
operation at Johnson City which was destroyed
by fire a few weeks ago.
E. L. Warren of the U. E. Wood Lumber
Company is spending several days in Bristol
on business. Jlr. Wjirren reports that the com-
pany's mills at Bularteen. Carter county. Ten-
nessee, are running regularly and turning out a
large amount of stock.
The Kingsport Lumber Company of this city
is putting on the market as rapidly as possible
about l.">.000.000 feet of hardwoods, consisting
chiefiy of oak and poplar, which lias accumu-
lated on their yards at Carreta. McDowell
county. West Virginia, since their band mill
was put in operation at that place some time
ago. The company also has circular mills in
operation in the same county.
Baumgardner Brothers, formerly of Akron. O..
have located at Oconee. (Ja.. where they liave
installed a band mill. The firm has purchased
considerable timber property near Oconee.
W. J. Cude of Kimmins, Tenn., has located at
Cude, Miss., where he has installed a large band
mill and is preparing to do an extensive manu-
facturing business.
The Came-Wymau Lumber Company, Ilie new
lumber concern of Bristol, has just consum-
mated a deal wiiereby they come into possession
of a tract of timber land of about S,000 acres
located at Elkanah. about eight miles from
Bristol, on the Virginia & Southwestern rail-
road. The company expects to put in a mill
at this place in the near future. In the mean-
time, however, the company will ship the logs
to Bristol and ctit them at its mill here. A
logging railroad five or six miles in length, ex-
tending from the Virginia & South Western
railroad line at Elkanah through the company's
timber land, will be built at once.
M. N. Offett of the Tug Kiver Lumber Com-
pany has gone on a business trip to West Vir-
ginia.
The Richland Lumber Company, recently or-
ganized in Bristol, which is headed by .T. A.
Cannon and J. II. Bryan, will begin manufac-
turing its timber on the Wateree river, near
Sumpter. S. C, very soon. Mr. Bryan, who
has just returned from South Carolina, states
that he expects to begin cutting by Oct. 1. The
<'ompany will have headquarters in Bristol, while
J. A. Cannon will go to South Carolina and
oversee operations and look after the interests
of the company at that place.
William R. and James A. Stone of the Stone-
Iluling Lumber Company have as tlieir guest
just now Sam S. Stone, who is one of the most
prominent architects of New Orleans.
Nashville.
John B. Ransom of John B. Ransom & Co.
has returned from a trip to Chicago. Chatta-
nooga and Memphis. Mr. Ransom leaves shortly
with his family for a pleasure trip through
Colorado and -Utah.
The Nashville lumbermen held a meeting Aug.
18 and appointed a special committee to take
action in regard to a recent advance in railroad
rates of three cents a hundred to Pittsburg and
Buflfaio territory. The members of the commit-
tee are : M. F. Greene of the Davidson-Benedict
Company, Samuel Lieberman of Lieberman, Love-
man & O'Brien and John B. Ransom of John B.
Ransom & Co.
Arthur Ransom, accompanied by his family,
has just returned from a trip to Denver.
Hamilton Love of Love, Boyd & Co. has re-
turned from a trip to Michigan and is now sum-
mering at a resort near Nashville. John W.
Love of this firm is still at Markland, Nova
Scotia.
The Blue Mountain Stave Company, which was
organized recently in Nashville, will operate ex-
tensively in Mississippi. S. G. Holland of Nash-
ville has been elected president of the concern
and J. McWright secretary. The sales offices
are on (lie tenth floor of the First .N'aticmal Bank
tmilding.
.s. Garth Gray, former assistant secretary of
the Nashville Board of Trade, has resigned to
accei)f a jiositiun with the '1'. J. .\slier iV Son's
Lumber Company at Wasiota, Ky.
Considerable loss was sustained by the Hill
Trunk Company recently by a fire which totally
destroyed the trunk factory. The projierty was
heavily insured.
Iteports from McEwen. Tenn.. state that over
a million feet of lumber have been shipped from
that point in the past thirty days. L. D. Baker
in the past monlh has shipped TOS.IIOO feet of
lumber. The i''. W. Black Lumber Company of
CliicaKo has shipped more than a (piarter oft a
million feet from that point in the past month,
and the Heath-Witbeck Company, also of Chi-
i-ago. shipped a like quantity.
A charter has been granteti to the Holston
River Lumber Company with a capital stock of
$M0.000. The incorporators are : W. B. Coon,
■|'. A. Cox, E. J. Vaught, J. R. Gardner and L.
.\rmhurst.
The Hankins-Spreck Lumber Company has been
organized at Livingston, Tenn., with a capital of
.fl.oOO. Tlie company will run a saw mill near
town and a planing mill in Livingston.
The Livingston Manufacturing Company is pre-
paring to install additional machinery.
The Griffin Cooperage Company of Shelby
county has been granted a charter. 'I'he capital
is ^2.000. Incorporators: John (Iriffin. M. J.
Griffin. B. J. Griflin, T. II. Griffin and 1.. T. Fitz-
hugh.
A new pin factory just opened up at Nolens-
villi'. Tenn., is doing a thriving business. Its
proprietor. Mr. Cooper of Alabama is jiroving a
hustling manager.
Several big local contracts have been captured
by the Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company
recently. This concern has supplied the firm of
O'Bryan Bros., which recently burned out, with
40.0(10 feet of oak flooring and is furni.shing the
liaudsome new structure of the Methodist Pub-
lishing House with 50.001.1 feet. The best of all.
however, is the contract for 200,000 feet of oak
flooring for the new Stahlman building, a mil-
lion dollar sky scraper being erected by the
Mecklenberg Real Estate Company. The company
also boasts of the sale of four cars of oak floor-
ing in London.
Work on the locks and dams tlie goveriiment
is building in the Cumberland river continues un-
abated, and lumbermen are viewing with satis-
faction the completion of work that will give
navigation all the year around to Cartilage, and
idtimafely to a point above Burnside on the
upper river.
Nashville parties have closed a deal whereby
they purchase tlje Daniel tract of timber lands
on White Oak Creek, near JIcEwen, Tenn.. for
.$32,000. There are 2,225 acres in the piece and
if is covered with valuable hardwoods.
A special from Harriman states that John Hat-
field of that city is now in Coldwater, Mich., in •
consultation with moneyed interests of that place
wifii a view of securing investments in timber
around Harriman.
A special from Bridgeport, Ala., to Nashville
says that negotiations are under way to dispose
of the old Bridgeport Pipe Works plant to At-
laufa and Bridgeport capitalists for the estah-
lishment of an up-to-date sawmill. The concern
is to be capitalized at $300,000. Another special
announces that the Tuthill & I'iifferson Manufac-
turing Company of Tuscumbia, Ala., has been
incorporated with a capital stock of .$1:00,000.
The company will deal in and manufacture lum-
ber of all kinds. Sheffield will be the site of the
Ijrincipa! office.
Memphis.
The Frisco system has issued a circular to
the lumber trade of Memphis, effective August
20, as follows ;
"A charge of .$5 will be made on lumber the
destination of which is ordered changed while
the car is in transit, or after arrival at first
destination, or at point where ordered held.
When change of destination involves a back-
haul, or movement (Uit nt the regular route, as
provided for in tlie faritl. an additional charge
of one-half cent jier ton per mile with a mini-
unim of $5 per car will be assessed for the
extra or additional service performed ; regular
car service r.iles to lie applied and charges
therefrom to be in addition to the charge tor
changing destination."
This action lias raised a storm of protest,
especially among wholesalers. They have very
little to say in regard to the back-haul charge,
recognizing this as somewliat Justifiable. James
!•;. Stark of James E. Stark & Co. has written
a very strong letter to General Freight Agent
\'orhees of the Frisco system at St. Louis. He
points out that it does not cost the railroad
anything for the shipper to change the con-
signee while in transit and declares that this
will impose a decided handicap on the shipper
who is often, as a matter of self-protection,
both shipper and consignee. If he is not al-
lowed the privilege of changing consignee Mr.
Stark declares that the manufacturer through
whom the shipment is made will get the name
of the consignee and thus take from the whole-
saler who placed the order the business which
he has been doing. (Jther wholesalers are up
in arms against the new ruling, and it is prob-
able that action will be taken by the Lumber-
men's Club of Memphis. Meantime, unless the
other roads follow with a similar circular, the
Frisco will have more difficulty than usi)al in
securing business from wholesalers of this city
and section.
The committee of the Lumbermen's Club of
Memphis, appointed to act with similar commit-
tees from other organizations with a view to
having the new minimum weight ruling of the
.\lissouri Pacific system rescinded, intended
Iiolding a conference with officials of the Mis-
souri Pacific in St. Louis August 20, but re-
ceived a wire from lieadquarters of the system
stating that the officials with whom the con-
ference was desired could not be seen on this
date, and the conference has therefore been
postponed. (ieorge C. Ehemanu, chairman of
this committee, received a letter from the secre-
tary of the Lumber Exchange of St. Louis to
the effect that he would arrange for a confer-
ence witli the oHicials in question and notify the
committee here. Mr. Ehemann has also received
from the secretary of the Lumber E.\change of
St. Louis a copy of a strong petition presented
to officials of the Missouri Pacific system by
that organization asking that this action be
rescinded, lliis petition is directly in line with
that of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis and
the Buffalo Lumber l-:xchange. Cither organiza-
tions to whicli appeals have been made are
expected to take similar action.
It is rather striking that, while the lumber-
men are making this fight on the railroads in
ijuestion, mutterings are beginning to be heard
regarding a car shortage. A prominent whole-
sale and manufacturing firm liere states that it
should have loaded ten cars on the Iron Moun-
tain the past week, but received only two cars.
A well-known cooperage firm here reports a sim-
ilar condition, declaring that it put in requisi-
tion the past week for nine cars and received
only one. The cotton crop of the south this
yeav promises to be of record proportions and
bu.vers in this territory must expect delay in
receiving what they want, as the railroads
simply will not lie able to handle lumber ship-
ments promptly when there is so mucli general
traffic ahead.
The Morgan-West Br^x Company has apjilied
for a charter with capital stock of $30,000.
'I'he following are the incorporators, most of
wliom are interested in the Anderson-Tullv
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• rimpauy or this cltj- : S. B. Anderson, H. B.
Andei'sou. W. B. Morgan. H. C. Ward and John
West. The compan.v has taken over the hold-
ings of the Walton-Knox Company at Madison,
Arli., and will operate the plant of this company
for the manufacture of shipping and packing
boxes and fruit packages.
The Anderson-TuUy Company has laid the
foundation for its big box plant in North Mem-
phis, which is to be a duplicate of its present
plant and which is to have a capacity of three
cars a day. It will be equipped with lock corner
box facilities. The machinery has all been pur-
chased and is now on the ground.
The Fourche Kiver Lumber Compan.v of
I-"ourche. Perry county. Arkansas, has purchased
from the Lindsey Land & Lumber Company of
Iowa about 24.000 acres of hardwood timber
lands in Perry and Pulaski counties for $261,-
1144.52. The purchasing company has executed
n mortgage to the Central Trust Company of
Illinois for .JliiO.OOO. covering the property.
The Fourche River Lumber Company has a large
plant at Fourche and has been for some time
engaged in the construction of a railroad about
forty miles long for the development of some
of its timber holdings.
The Coche River .Saw Mill Company has made
application for a charter, with capital stock of
.f20.000, copy of which has been tiled with the
register of this t Shelby) county. The incor-
porators are : T. .1. Orr, John E. Orr, J. R.
Thompson, A. W. and M. C. Ketchum. These
gentlemen are also the principal stockholders
of the T. J. 0:-r Land & Lumber Company
which for some months had headijuarters in this
ciry and removed from here to Heth, Ark.
The Wynne, Newport & Western Railroad
Company, capitalized at .S2S0.O0O, has filed
articles of incorporation with tile secretary of
slate of Arkansas for the purpose of building a
line from Wynne to Newport, a distance of 4.S
miles. Tire road will furnish direct connection
between the Missouri Pacihc and Rock Island
systems and will open up a section rich in
hardwood timber and mineral resources.
W. E. H.vde of the W. E. Hyde Lumber Com-
pany, South Bend, Ind.. has been in Memphis
during the past fortnight making arrangements
tor establishing a branch office in this city, in
charge of his brother. C. E. Hyde, who has
traveled southern territory for some time in the
interest of this tirm.
A. L. Foster of the J. W. Thompson Lumber
Company, who was called to West Point. Ark.,
a short time ago on account of the sudden
death of h'n brother, Aubrey Foster, has returned
to ilemphis. lie reports that bis brother's
death resulted fi'om neuralgia of the heart.
The deceased was engaged in the lumber busi-
ness, making a specialty of the manufacture of
cypress and cypress shingles.
Charles A. Price, for some years purchasing
agent of the American Car & Foundry Company
with headiiuarters at Detroit, Mich., has been
appointed manager of the Binghamton plant of
t he American Car & Foundry Companj' here,
one of tlie largest woodworking plants in this
city. He succeeds George L. Henrion, who goes
to Madison. Wis., to take charge of the plant
of the company at that point. The change is
effective September 1.
W. E. Smith, secretary of the Three States
Lumber Company and the W. E. Smith Lumber
Company, with headquarters in this city, is
quite ill in a northern sanitarium. Mr. Smith
left here early this summer suffering from ner-
vous prostration and. while he improved for a
time, his condition now is said to be quite
critical. Hopes of his recovery are entertained,
however, by his large circle of friends.
The A. L. Teachout Stave Factory of Jackson,
Tenn., will remove to Ackerman, Miss., within
the next few weeks, because of the scarcity of
timber in the section tributary to Jackson.
The Planters Lumber Company of Greene-
ville, Miss., has passed into the hands of the
< hicago-MissLssippi Land & Lumber Company,
and J. L. Strickland, formerly vice-president
and general manager of the concern, has been
selected to look after the interests of the con-
solidated companies. The statement is made
that the Neal interest in the Planters company
alone has been purchased and that Jlr. Strick-
land still holds the equivalent of his interest in
the old concern in the new.
J. C. Cowen of Schultz Brothers & Cowen of
Chicago : George Gall of the Gall Lumber Com-
pany. Toronto. Can., and James Hale, wholesale
hardwood lumbermen of New York City, have
been among the recent visitors in this city.
W. H. Russe. president of the National Hard-
wood Lumber Association and of the National
Lumber Exporters' Association, has returned
from a business trip to Chicago.
George C. Ehemann of Bennett & Witte is in
Cincinnati, where lie is visiting his mother and
where he is incidentally in close touch with the
headquarters of his firm.
W. R. Barksdale. president of the Lumber-
men's Club of Memphis, has returned from a
northern trip during which he did everything he
could in favor of the move for a rescinding of
the miuillium weight ruling of the Missouri
Pacific system.
W. H. Greble of the Three Stateg Lumber
Company and A. N. Thompson of Thompson &
McClure have returned from a recent trip to
points in Louisiana.
S. C. Major of the S. C. Major Lumber Com-
pany, who has been in the Northwest for some
time, is expected home this week.
James Thompson of James Thompson & Co.
has returned from a trip including Cincinnati
and Chicago and he reports the outlook as very
satisfactory for the fall and winter.
Weather conditions during the past fortnight
have been moderately favorable but there are
complaints yet of too much rain and bad roads
resulting therefrom. One prominent firm is
authority for the statement that none of its
mills is cutting more than 30 per cent of its
estimates and declares that the production of
lumber in the Memphis territory is really very
short for this time of the year. There are
numerotis reports of labor shortage and this
feature will probably become more pronounced
when cotton picking gets well under way.
Ne'w Orleans.
The Frank Brinker Manufacturing Company
has been organized in this city with a paid-in
capital of $50,000 and will very shortly begin
the manufacture of wagons here. The company
has purchased a fine site containing a square of
ground at Washington avenue and Claiborne
street and expects to be ready for business by
October 1. It will begin at once to build its fac-
tory. All of the necessary machinery has been
secured. It is stated that the company will
carry a stock of from seventy-five to 100 wagons
on hand at all times.
Fred Muller has resigned as secretary of the
Southwestern Lumber & Exporting Company and
has left for Europe to study the lumber export-
ing business from that side. The present sys-
tem of exporting at southern ports, as New
Orleans. Mobile, Pensacola, Gulfport, Port Ar-
thur, etc.. is said to be without organization and
cooperation among the exporters, and as a nat-
ural result depression of market prices occurs
at a time when the logical position of the lumber
business is bullish. L'pon his return Mr. Muller
will report his findings to the interests he repre-
sents and there is a strong probability that the
methods of exporting from these ports will be
subject to revolution. Incidentally, since so
many mills are suffering from the scarcity of
labor, Mr. Muller w'ill endeavor to locate desir-
able mill hands and will try to induce them to
emigrate to this country.
The Muller Furniture Company of New Or-
leans recently bought the building adjoining its
already large factory in North Roman street
and will make extensive improvements therein.
Work on the new addition will be begun shortly.
The Covington Contracting & Manufacturing
Company, a new concern at Covington, La., is
experimenting with gum as a substitute for oak
and locust in the manufacture of foot-blocks,
cro.ss-arms. pins and brackets for use by the
telephone companies. The new company is now
preparing a trial carload of blocks, brackets,
etc., and these will be shipped over the conti-
nent to be experimented with. The success of
this experiment will mean that an entirely new
market will be created for gum lumber.
The board of supervisors of Pearl River
county, Mississippi, has raised the assessment
on virgin timber lands to .$20 an acre.
The police in several of the timber parishes
have been devoting themselves to running down
timber depredators during the last few weeks,
and only a few days ago arrested at Crowley
four men who were charged with cutting timber
from the lands of the Pacific Improvement Com-
pan.v. The affidavit charging these men, Maurice
and Edward Darbonne, George Bourgeois and
Arthur Boudreaux, with cutting timber was
filed by W. W.- Duson, the agent for the Pacific
company. All four were released on bonds. Sev-
eral other men of this class are said to be oper-
ating in Louisiana and are giving timbermen a
great deal of trouble.
W. S. F. Tatum, buying for Wisconsin par-
ties, recently paid .$392,500 for a two-thirds
interest in a large tract of timber in Lamar
and Rankin counties. There is said to be a
large amount of hardwood on the tract. The
sellers were John Landers, Springfield, Mo, ; L.
N. Anson, Merrill, Wis., and George F. Kilkey,
Oshkosh, Wis.
The Royal Lumber Company, Ltd., has been
organized at Royal, ten miles east of Winnfield,
La., on the new line of the Tremont and Gulf
railroad. The company is capitalized at $50,000
and will build immediately a saw and planing
mill with a daily capacity of 50,000 feet. Dr.
D. E. James of Royal is at the head of the
organization.
George H. Spencer, a lumberman of Pearl
River, La., has filed a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy in the L'nited States courts here.
His liabilities will reach $15,152.50, while his
assets amount to $9,300. Mr. Spencer's sawmill
is listed at $G.000.
V. M. Scanlan, F. W. Williams and others
have organized the Lamar Lumber Company at
Purvis, Lamar county. Miss. The capital is
$100,000.
Advices reaching here from Beaumont, Texas,
state that a deal involving the transfer of a
newly completed sawmill at Hyatt, with 180,-
000,000 feet of standing timber is now under
way, but just who will get it has not been
determined. The Kirby Lumber Company and
several others are after it, and the bidding has
been very sharp. It is understood that the
Kirby people prefer to buy this and let one of
their new mills go by default.
W. D. Washburn, attorney for D. S. Lansden.
the trustee for the defunct F. E. Creelman Lum-
ber & Manufacturing Company, was here recently
looking around for assets of the insolvent con-
cern. He announced that the assets would not
be more than $100,000, The Creelman Company
borrowed nearly $1,000,000 from banks in va-
rious parts of the country-
Two big factories, one of which will cost
$100,000, will replace the factory of S. T. Alcus
& Co., which was destroyed by fire during the
latter part of last month, entailing a loss of
$75,000 to $80,000. One of the new factories
will occupy a fine site on the New Basin Canal,
while the other will very probably be built on
a site adjoining that occupied by the structure
which was destroyed. S. T. Alcus & Co. a few
days agt) closed a deal with the Illinois Centra!
Railroad Company which involved something
like $250,000 and by the terms of which Alcus
& Co. get two sites for the one they formerly
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occupied. For the property bounded by Napo-
leon . avenue, Leake avenue. Tchoupitoulas and
Jena streets and the Mississippi river the lumber
manufacturing concern gets .$138,000 cash and a
ten-year lease on nominal terms of ten squares
of ground on the new basin. It is here that the
$100,000 plant of the Alcus people will be built.
The former capacity of the Alcus factory will
be doubled and employment will be given to
about 350 men. The plant will consist of a
main building, 300x200 feet, constructed of wood
and steel ; a large warehouse, a boiler room and
an engine room. The rest of the property will
he used for the storage of large quantities of
material. It is stated that the new plant will
be ready for operation in ten weeks. The Alcus
people also bought recently a flue site adjoining
that which they sold to the railroad company,
paying $27,500 cash therefor. Their second
factory will in ail probability be erected here.
Louisville.
Mr. Overstreet of the Southern Lumber Com-
pany says that there is no trouble in selling
stock these days ; in fact, his company is not
making any effort to sell, but is bending all its
energies to complete what orders are on hand
and get a supply of lumber to the railroads
from inland mills to take care of the fall orders
as they come in. He says he expects to have
four million feet of poplar piled at Somerset
this fall. The company's oak output is already
sold ahead at satisfactory prices, so there is no
worry on that score.
The Stotz Lumber Company reports the hard-
wood market in excellent shape and says every-
thing it can get hold of sells readil.v at fair
prices. The concern finds the market especially
strong on poplar.
The W. P. Brown & .Sous Lumber Company
reports things rushing at its yard. The main
volume of the company's l)usiness is iu oak, but
it handles lots of poplar and other hardwoods.
The box factories here have been unusually
busy all summer, but ttie heads of some of the
institutions manage to get away for a little
rest just tie same. ('. C. Mengel has gone to
Europe for four weeks. II. r. Roberts of the
Mengel Box Company has gone to Denver on a
vacation trip, where his family preceded him,
and Secretary Armstrong of the Tyler Box Com-
pany is taking a trip to New York City, where
he will attend the summer meetiug of the box
manufacturers' association.
Minneapolis.
W. II. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Com-
pany says that while the volume of actual
transactions just now is rather light, there is a
big inquiry and every prospect of a splendid
business to start early in September. One large
customer has announced that he is ready to
make his usual fall contract for basswood.
Robert Corbett of I.adysmith, Wis., a well-
known hardwood producer, spent last week iu
Minneapolis, accompanied by Mrs. Corbett, and
took in every feature of the Grand Army
encampment. Mr. Corbett is a veteran and was
in line on the day of the great parade.
George E. Foster of the Foster-Latimer Lum-
ber Company, manufacturer of hardwood and
hemlock lumber at Mellen, Wis., was here on a
business errand a few days ago.
Among the visiting Grand Arra.y men in Min-
neapolis last week was B. Miller of Kansas
City, president of the L'Anguille I, umber Com-
pany, which lias a liardwood mill at Marianna.
Ark. Mr. Miller enlisted from Kansas and
after the war went into the southern lumber
field as one of its pioneers. Ills company makes
a great deal of red gum lumber, and Mr. Miller
says it is having a ready demand for everything
it can manufacture. The company exports con-
siderable hardwood by way of New Orleans.
The company's liand mill which was built
eighteen years ago was the first one in that part
of the country.
C. F. Osborne of Osborne & Clark is back
from a visit to their i-etail yards at and near
Erie, III. He is very well pleased witli the
outlook for retail trade in that section. They
are having a steady demand from the country
yards for hardwood yard stock, and the country
towns seem to be using more maple llooring
than last year.
F. II. Lewis, the local wholesaler of liarflwofid
and hemlock lumber, reports a much better
demand from the large factory buyers than is
usually experienced during August : also iu-
quiries wliicli indicate a desire to make con-
tracts and place large orders for supplies early.
E. l*ayson Smith of the Payson Smith Lumber
Company, whose trip to southern points was in-
terrupted by illness, returned from Hot Springs
last week, and a few days at home quickly
brought him around again. He is now making a
short business trip in Wisconsin.
Ashland.
The luinliermeu were disappoinli'd over the
small run of logs that came out of the Big
Sandy on tlie recent rise. A large number of
rafts were afloat, but the river fell too rapidly
for them to reach the market. Good poplar is
very scarce, and is bought up at any price. The
mills hope to be able to accumulate sutlicient
dry stock for tall orders, but at present stocks
are so broken that the.v can not fill orders for
carload lots. I'rices have advanced on jioplar
as follows :
$1.00 on firsts ond seconds.
$1.00 on No. 1 common.
$1.50 on No. 2 common.
$1.00 on No! 3 common.
$1.00 on box boards, both wide and narrow.
W. II. Hawkins and J. H. Kester. of the W.
II. Dawkins Lumber Company, are recuperating
and having a line time in the East.
S. M. Bradley and J. T. Reynolds, prcunineut
Morehead lumbermen, were among the week's
visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. K. Walker are grieving over
the death of their six-weeks'-old son, Eugene
Ernest. He was an only child, which makes the
blow doubly hard. The body was taken to Gal-
lipolis, O., for interment. Mr. Walker is con-
nected with the Keyes-Fannin Company.
Giles Wright is in Cincinnati nn a business
ti-ip.
.Mrs. Win L. Watson is speudins a lunuth at
Mahan, W. Va.. with her husband, who is
looking aftiM- his large lumber interests tluu-e.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kitchen have arrived
home from an extended trip through the East.
A deal has been closed iu Huntington. W. Va..
whereby Geo. I. Neal. John II. Holt. H. C. Dun
can and Claude (jaujot sold the timber rights on
10.000 acres of land on Pigeon Creek, iu
Mingo county, to C. Crane vV; Co.. of Cincinnati.
The Clearfield Lumber Company, of Morehead.
is pushing work on the Morehead and West Lib-
erty Railroad, recently purcliased. The name
has been changed to the Morehead & North Fork.
This company owns between 40,000 and 50.000
acres of tine timber laud in Rowan and Mor-
gan counties, and the railroad will be extended
to Paragon, the center of operations, where sev-
eral largo mills are located. Two long tunnels
are to be built, and a large electric light plant
lias been installed that work may go on uigbt
and day.
Sam Beswick, of lluntinglon. W. Va.. has sus-
tained the loss of his lumber yards at that
place by lire. Large quantities of lumber w-ere
totally destroyed. The engine room of the plan-
ing mill was burned down, and considerable
damage done to the machinery. The warero<inis.
which were filled with paints, oils and other
chemicals, together with their entire contents,
were destroyed. On account of the high rates,
Mr. Beswick carried no insurance on his lumber.
The engine room was covered by insurance. The
loss is estimated at from $15,000 to $20,1)00.
About six years ago Mr. Beswick Was burned
out in the same way. and in almost the same
locality. He will probably rebuild soon.
The Citizens' Bank & Trust Company has re-
cently been organized in this city ; capital stock,
$200,000. The incorporators are among the
most prominent and influential business men of
Ashland, including the following lumbermen :
W. H. Dawkins. president W. H. Dawkins Lum-
ber Company ; W. E. Berger, treasurer W. H.
Dawkins Lumber Company ; M. W. Thomas,
president M. W. Thomas Lumber Company ; John
W. Kitchen, treasurer "N'ansant-Kitchen & Co. ;
J. B. Kitchen, manager of the Standard Lumber
& I'lauing Jlill ; S. M. Bradley of Morehead ; H.
N. Fisher of Webbville. Ashland is a splendid
location for such a bank, being a manufacturing
center. It will be the largest bank iu the Ohio
valley outside of tlie large cities.
Hardwood Market.
(By HABD'WOOD BECOIID Exclusive Market Reporters.)
Chicago.
While there was a little slackening iu the
demand for hardwoods in the Chicago consum-
ing trade for July and the earlier part of
August, there has been a manifest improvement
in both inquiries and sales during the past few
days. Even the most conservative of the job-
bing trade believe that the Chicago wholesale
]]eople are going to have a remarkably strong
trade for the remainder of the year.
It is known that the furniture, interior trim
and flooring people all have booked heavy orders
and the call for hardwoods from these sources
alone will be enough to furnish a large volume
of business to those who make Chicago their
selling lieadquarters.
Chicago jobbers generally have taken advan-
tage of tlie slight lull in general demand preva-
lent during the past few weeks to scour the
producing districts pretty thoroughly, both per-
sonally and with the aid of their representa-
tives, with the result that they have made large
contracts for lumber in anticipation of a very
healthy demand. Some jobbers report that they
have a larger stock of lumber than ever before
in tlieir history, and all feel very optimistic
over turning tlieir purchases at a good profit.
The remarkable shortage of poplar has stimu-
lated the local sales in basswood and there is
generally a fair call for northern hardwoods.
Both southern naU and the minor southern
products are in excellent call with an advancing
tendency in values.
Boston.
There has been very little activity in hard-
woods in this vicinity during the past two
weeks. liuyers are in the market, but show
little anxiety to stock up be.vond immediate
needs. Prices are firm, witli the tendency in
some instances toward a higher level. The
export demand is moderate only ; for several
weeks new Inisiness for export has iieen checked
by the bigli prices. Furniture manufacturers
are in the market and will take lumber in
anticiiiation of future reciuirements if the price
is attractive. JIanufacturers of house finish
are fairly busy and anticijiate a good fall's
business as there is considerable Imikling in
progress.
Cypress is in stead.v d-'iiiaud with jirices for
the most part well held. It is reported that
dry stock at sliippiug points is ditficult to
secure. Whitewood is firmly held with the ten-
dency toward advance. Desirable stock at mill
points is not large. A moderate demand is
reported for maple flooring. I'rices hold firm.
Rough maple is not in large offering and quota-
tions are very firmly held. Chestnut is strong
with a very good demand reported. Native
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stock is uot plentiful. Quai-tered oak is quiet.
( ifft'i-ings in most instances are of fair size.
I'iain oak is not in active demand. A few fair-
sizi'd iniiuiries are received. Trices are not as
lii^h as tlie.v were two months ago.
New York.
Tlicrc is a decidedly belter tone to tlie liard-
wood siluatiou than a month ago. The improve-
ment liids fair to continue, as there is ever.v
indication that locai consumption will be of good
volume dnriujj the fall and winter, while reports
received from manufacturing centers leave no
doubt but that prices will be held stiff. Sup-
plies in many sections are badly broken and
short.
The local sash, door. trim, trunk, piano iind
general manufacturers have not accumulated any
supplies ahead and for the most part are buying
from hand to mouth, while the demands of their
business keep them in the market right along.
This class of buyers have purposely sailed close
to the wind with an idea that stocks would be
chi-aper as the season advanced, but such has
not been the case and the procrastination here-
tofore evident in this particular has to a large
extent passed away and transactions are more
free "at the market."
The stocks in lirst call are still led by chest-
nut, which is exceedingly scarce in the face of
a very heavy call. All offerings are absorbed at
good prices and plain oak has eased oB: a bit
in demand, but prices are still firm. Poplar is
fairly active : prices are well maintained, al
thousli there seem to be ample offerings for
rurrcnf wants. Quartered oak and maple are
slow .ind the market featnreles.s, generally
speaking. Birch is having its usual good run
and ash is quite readily salable, although its
market is somewhat limited.
Philadelphia.
The movement of hardwoods for the month of
.\ugust to date shows a tendency to increase.
The better class of houses that demand hard-
wood finishings are now in condition to take
this stock and the lumber in the retail yards
is Iielow the amount usually held. In spite of
I his. however, there seems to be a reluctance on
the part of many of the yards to buy just now
and this condition will probably result in hard-
ship later on when the rush of business comes.
From all indications here there will be a more
pronounced shortage of cars than usual this
season, owing to the enormous crops that are
to be moved. If the expected demand for lumber
occurs at the time that the railroads are en-
gaged in transporting the harvests, the shortage
will cause considerable trouble.
(')ak, chestnut and poplar are in good shape
and moving freely, especially good stocks of
these woods. Cypress seems to be holding its
own and good ash is in demand. Taken alto-
gether, the summer season this far, although
not notable for any remarkable activity in any
line, has exhibited a steady selling quality that
has caused satisfaction.
Baltimore.
.\'o changes of nolt.- luivc taken place in the
lumber trade of this city and section. All the
woods in general use appear to be moving
freely and the millmeu say that they have or-
(lers in hand for their output for months to
come. Itains, floods and other causes have
served to eurtail production, so that the quality
of lumber available is only moderate, while the
inquiry seems to be unabated and consumers are
apparently eager to secure supplies. Under the
circumstances it is only natural that the range
of values should be firm. Good oak takes the
lead. Railroads and other large buyers are in
the market for large quantities and the avail-
able supplies are comparatively small as a re-
sult. The export business is uneventful for the
reason that the needs of the domestic market
do not leave foreign shippers much in the wa.v
of available stocks, and prices are consequently
high. Ash is in excellent demand at good val-
ues. Poplar is holding its own remarkably well,
(iood stocks are in strong request and the mills
are able to dispose of their product without
difficulty. The quantity of lumber available is
rather small, while the consumption has tor
some time past attained an unusual volume.
lAimber in considerable quantities is being sent
abroad, and this helps to keep the local situa-
tion strong. Other hardwoods are firm, the
entire trade being exceptionally active for this
season of the year i\nd keeping close to record
figures in point of volume.
Pittsburg,
Vacation apathy is still strongly in evidence
in the Pittsburg market. The ma.iority of heads
of firms are away, and none can boast of any-
thing like a full count of men and women in
(lieir offices, for over half the forces are away
on vacations. Consequently business is not brisk.
Hardwoods are still in the ascendency so far
as demaufl in local offices is concerned. There
is a very encouraging firmness about hardwood
prices in general. Stocks are also low. It is re-
ported, and dealers look for still higher quota-
tions when the fall market is fairly open.
The building siluation in Pittsburg is once
more in an aggravating state of chaos. Sympa-
thetic strikes are the order of the day. A con-
stant warfare is on between the labor unions
and the Master Ituilders' Association, the occa-
sion being the contention of the latter that an
open shop policy shall rule and that the merit
system shall be put in force throughout the
Greater Pittsburg territory.
Oak leads the hardwood market in demand.
Common oak planking has shown a slighl weak-
ness the last few days, due to oversupply among
some of the main distributors in this territory.
This is only temporary and is a decided excep-
tion to all other lines of oak lumber, which are
extremely firm in price. Chestnut is firm with a
slight increase in demand. Maple flooring is in
uuich better call than the first of the month and
some good local jobs are being figured, llickorj'
is wanted throughout C)hio and Indiana and some
local firms are now preparing to make big cuts
.>f hbk(U-y this fall.
BuiTalo,
There is all of the former activity in llie
hardwood lumber trade, although dealers as a
rule do not feel like urging sales at this time
of the year as they would in spring or fall, as
prices are seldom as strong in warm weather or
in midwinter as they are the rest of the year.
The prices of hardwoods have been very
uniform for some time since chestnut came up
about lo the level of plain oak, poplar alone
continuing to advance. This is likely to
continue as the reports from poplar producers
are that logs are not coming in very freely and
the supply will be very short. Those having or
producing chestnut say that low grades are the
main product now, but that everything sells.
If the cheapest grades are wanted for nothing
else they go to the box factories for crating.
The quietest wood now seems to be elm. the
reason for this being the high price. However,
the cooperage trade utilizes large quantities at
prevailing high prices.
Basswood which had joined elm as an off
wood, also on account of the high price, is now
coming back into favor, probably on account of
the high price of poplar, as the two largely go
into tile same trade. Dealers say now that it
sells quite briskly again and are handling it if
the mill prices are not too stiff. Oak, birch,
maple and ash are as strong as ever.
Bristol, Va,-Tenn.
Trade conditions in this city and section re-
main practically unchanged. There is a fair
demand for all kinds of stock. A shortage in
lioplar and oak, more especially the former, is
apparent.
The car supply seems adequate and little
trouble has been encountered thus far in this
respect.
This has been a banner season for the country
mills. They are practically all running regu-
larly and many of them overtime, in an effort to
get out as much stuff as possible and get it to
the railways before the roads become impassable.
Some of the mills are complaining of an insuffi-
ciency of logs, but the majority seem to be well
stocked.
Nashville,
The usual midsummer dullness has failed to
materialize in the Nashville market this season.
Inquiries and orders are as plentiful as in the
busy spring. Though there are not as many vis-
iting buyers here now, mail orders are making up
for what they might purchase. Many of the
dealers have put more orders on their books
during the last two or three weeks than during
the two months preceding. Dealers are most
sanguine of the outlook for fall business.
'J'he market is absolutely bare of chestntit and
ash in all grades and thicknesses. Plain oak,
red and white, . common and clear, is bringing
good prices, and the demand is active. Most of
the mills have discontinued sawing quartered red.
There is little of it on hand, and no great de-
mand noticeable. Quartered white oak is mov-
ing at good prices. Dry poplar is almost un-
obtainable in any grade or thickness and some
advance in price is expected. There is a good
call for gum and sycamore, the former being
used for boxes and coffins and the latter for
tobacco boxes. Some gum ' is being used now
for flooring purposes with evident success. Re-
cent advances are noted in the price of hickory.
Memphis.
A better demand and increasing firmness are
the characteristics of the hardwood lumber
market in the Memphis territory. Consumers
are beginning to show more interest in securing
their requirements for the fall and winter and,
with hardwood lumber so scarce in stock ready
lor immediate shipment, it is anticipated that
there will he a lively demand during the next
sixty days. And it is generally conceded that
there is nothing to cause the price to give way
even temporarily. On the other hand the feel-
ing is gaining ground that there may be further
appreciation in values. The influences bearing
<n: hardwood consumption are very favorable at
this time and hardwood interests believe that
this means much for tliem. Stocks here are as
badly broken as they have been at any time
this season and, although production is Increas-
ing gradually, there is little likelihood that
there will be a return to anything even approxi-
mating normal holdings within the next four or
Ave months even if weather conditions should
prove better than usual.
Ash is exceptionally strong. It is much
wanted in all grades and thicknesses, with the
result that prices are very firm.
Plain oak continues an excellent .seller In all
grades, there being marked improvement in the
demand for No, 1 common. There is no surplus
of any grade, either red or white, and manu-
facturers are asking full prices for what they
have for sale. Quartered oak is attracting more
favorable mention in white firsts and seconds,
though there is no great demand for the lower
grades of white. .\ll grades of red are rather
slow, but manufacturers continue to adhere to
the belief that there will be a good demand
even for the quartered red, and are quietly
biding their time. There is no great amount of
either red or white in quartered stock and this
is regarded as a helpful influence.
Cypress is a good seller in all grades. There
is more of the lower grades available than of
the higher, but there is proportionately more
call for the former, with the result that prices
thereon are well maintained.
Cottonwood is in good call. This is particu-
larly true of the box grades which are much
sought by box interests. The supply is far
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below normal for this time ol: the yeai' and
with the small cut of the spring and summer
the outlook is for a continued shortage, with a
consequent good demand and iirm prices. There
is very little in Cottonwood hox boards for sale
and the market thereon is very firm. Wide
firsts and seconds are in good request and there
is likewise a very satisfactory call for the nar-
rower widths of the higher grades.
Gum is maintaining its recent pace without
difBcuIty. It is developing that there is no
great amount of gum lumber for sale in any
grade and manufacturers are having very little
trouble in disposing of well-liandled stock at
very satisfactory prices. Clear saps are perhaps
slower than anything in the gum line. Prices
obtained for gum are considered excellent in
view of tlie tigiu'es which have prevailed on
this .lumber during the past few years. Poplar
is without special feature, there being a mod-
erate demand at very satisfactory prices.
winter. There is an increased movement of Wis-
consin hardwoods to the eastern and middle
states this year, and trade in those parts is lar-
ger than it has been for a number ot years.
New Orleans.
Thf hardwooii market here is good considering
the season, and indications are that many of the
undesirable conditions which have prevailed here
recently are becoming extinct. The mills are cut-
ting considerable timber and stocks are being
replenished. Exports continne fair and prices
:n-(^ gfiod. Buyers are not especially active, but
if is expected that tliey will begin to be very
much in evidence within the next sixty daj'S.
Louisville.
August is the vacafi(Ui UKUith in the Louis-
ville territory and trading in lumber is usually
a little slow. Mill nnui in this territory are
striving to get their ordiu- books cleaned up and
get a little lumber on sticks to take care of the
fall demand. What they want now is lumber
and orders later on. because they do not see
any chance for prices to ease off. while they do
see some chances for them to become better sup-
plied for the brisk fall trade anticipated. There
is r|uito a volume of Imsiness being done in
small orders, and the whole situation is so s,at-
isfacfory to the millmen that they are taking
iliings easier as far as the market is concerned
than ever before at this season.
Present conditions point strongly toward an
unusual stir in gum this fall. Oum has not
kept step with the other hardwoods during the
summer and buyers have not apparently been
so anxious for it. but wlien the box manufac-
turers, the furniture people and other users of
common gum get to looking aro\ind for their
winter and spring supplies tliey will likely find
that they need more gum than usual. The box
trade has been unusually busy this summer, and
from this source the requirements will undoubt-
edly be large. Added to this is the scarcity of
low grade poplar and cottonwood, so that it
looks as if buyers will be forced to seek more
gum than usual. Poplar and chestnut are about
the stiffest items on the liardwood list here, but
everything continues in good shape and the mill-
men say there is no cause for complaint fm any
score.
Rhinelander.
Trade in hardwoods is moving along at a ver.v
fair rate considering the hot weather. Some
dealers report business quiet, while others have all
they can handle. Rirch is the staple here, and
firsts and seconds have been and are still bring-
ing good prices, but Xo. 1 common is dull and
not bringing what it is intrinsically worth.
There is some demand for hard and soft
maple. Bassvvood is selling well in the lower
grades, but not so in No. 1 common and better.
Two montlis ago basswood was the heaviest sel-
ler in this locality, but it has dropped to second
place now. Birch is the leader and promises to
continue so for the rest of the year. Soft elm is
moving to some extent, but at rather low prices.
Ash is strong, but not plentiful. Rock elm is
scarce. Certain manufacturers and jobbers prac-
tically cornered the market on this wood last
Minneapolis.
There is an activity in hardwood that is
really phenomenal in view of the extreme hot
weatiier of tlie past few days. It does not seem
to have stagnated the hardwood trade. Tlie
actual movement is not heavy, though it Is
better than usual at this season. The feature
of the market is the brisk inquiry for large
stocks tor fail and winter delivery. The fac-
tories generally have had a busy summer and
have worked up a large amount of hardwood.
Tiiey have not l)ought to keep pace witti con-
sumption and have allowed their stocks to run
low. The factory managers understand that
there is a very limited stock in all hardwoods
but birch and basswood, and so they are getting
into the ring early. The buying movement that
IS usuall.v opened along in September is under
way to a large extent now. The biggest rush
is for oak. Northern stocks are closed out, and
no longer in the market. There has been a
lively business in southern oak, and the mills
which look for business in this territory report
that they now have about all they can take
care of.
There is no disposition on the part of the
mills to rush business. Tliey are satisfied that
their stock can be disposed of at present prices
or better. Tliere is no surplus oak, ash or rock
elm in sight and at the rate maple flooring has
been going it will be well cleaned up also. The
retail yard trade is taking a great deal of
flooring as well as wagon stock, and this busi-
ness is sure to hold up well during tiie fall, on
account of the good crojjs and the prosperity
that is prevalent in all the farming communities
of the Northwest.
Basswood is going better tills year. Low-
grade boards sell themselves and there is a good
demand from factory users for upper grades.
There is also a better movement In birch, and
although stocks are plentiful in the Northwest
it looks as though all the birch would be
needed. Low-grade stock is now largely used
instead of pine or liemlock for grain doors, and
this demand cleans it up close. The sash and
door industry is using more birch every year
for interior finish, because of the scarcity of
oak, and the consumption of birch this summer
has been heavy. Buying is not lively just now
because the trade knows there is iilenty ( f liii-ch
to lie had when wanted.
Liverpool,
Considrralilf regret has been felt at (he death
of Arthur f'rckss of the firm of Robert Coltart &
Co. Aug. 7, at the early age of 49 years. De-
ceased had paid many visits to the United States
and' must have been a well-known figure to a
large number of American shippers. He will be
much missed here, for a more straightforward
gentleman it would be diflicult to find.
Trade has been very quiet during the last
week. Those who are not actually on holiday
trips are talking aliout them, and nobody seems
much inclined toward business. The mahogany
sale yards bear an extraordinary appearance
just now. Almost all the wood sold at the last
sales has been removed, which of course means
that the wood is going into consumption, and
the yards are practically bare of good stock.
Prices will inevitably rise considerably in the
next few months.
Four or five cars ot wagon oak planks have
arrived on consignment for different brokers. On
these cars ihey will no doubt get good prices,
but it seems extreme folly to ship on consign-
ment, as tills only tends to lower the price, as is
well known. I-'rom this side it is strongly ad-
vised that orders should be obtained before ship-
ping, and that American shippers should not be
led by brokers who promise excellent prices which
they have little prospect of obtaining. Ash
planks continue firm in price, but it is doubtful
wliether many can be sold at present values. It
would pay shi])pers best to fulfil the orders they
have on hand and then to lirmly decline to ship
any planks until they have an order. It would
pay, as they would surely get the order. Long
ash 21 feet and up would obtain a good price.
Quartered and plain oak boards find a fiuick sale
at good prices. Hickory is also liack at its old
figure. Birch is improving now that i lie import
of logs has almost finished.
Under date of August 1. .Vlfred Ilobell & Co.'s
timber report says that considering the restrict-
ing elfect of high prices conditions generally may
he said to he satisfactory. Supplies have come
forward during the past month on a fairly
liberal scale: stocks generally are nindeiale and
prices fairly steady.
Arrivals of round sunt hern wood in nnl; have
been moderate, and prices remain firm. I'.alll-
more waney logs are in demand and parcels of
tirime fresh logs of good specifications would
find a ready sale. Oak wagon planks are in
active demand: the arrivals whicli have been
heavy and chiefly under contract have gone
freely into consumption. Only coffin planks of
good specifications can be sure ot a market, as
stocks of medium and inferior grades are too
heavy now. Walnut logs of good size and
excellent specifications are in reiiuest and bring
satisfactory prices ; arrivals of planks and
boards have been moderate aud prices are firm.
The import of whitewood logs has been consid-
erable, and prices are lower. Stocks of white-
wood planks and boards are heavy, especially in
the inferior grades, with the demand only fair.
Ash and hickory logs have arrived heavily and
as the shipping season has passed parcels have
either been forced off the market at very low
prices or stored for shippers" account. Recent
auction sales of mahogany were well attended,
and nearly all the wood offered was sold at full
prices. Stocks are low in most varieties.
London.
At this time nf 1 he year liuyers aud sellers
are holiday making aud business is quiet. There
is very little change to note at the moment,
e.xcept that buyers are a little more inclined to
meet shippers' ideas of prices, as they find
that stocks on the docks are not heavy and their
requirements are diflicult to find. Those buyers
who held off filling their orders for cheaper
prices are now buying as small as possible.
Satin walnut is in good demand at fair prices,
and arrivals are small. Walnut arrives slowly
and if of fair quality realizes good prices. Only
prime veneer logs are wanted. Oak is steady,
at fair prices. Whitewood — the large stock of
planks which has been held here for some time
having gone into consumption, buyers are con-
tracting for fresh arrivals. Mahogany is very
firm, although there is little business passing.
Churchill & Sim's wood circular of recent date
states that trade during July may be considered
satisfactory on the whole, in that buyers gen-
erally have confidence enough in the future to
contract for their fall requirements at the higher
range of prices now prevailing. This does not
apply to the Ixmdon trade which still is far
behind that of lOOo. London merchants have
done a smaller business than usual, but on the
whole trade has been sounder and more remun-
erative than in some years of big figures. In
American black walnut, the circular states,
logs, if large and prime, would realize good
prices, but small rough wood should not be
sent : planks and boards are in active request
and stocks are low. Only small lots of large
and prime whitewood logs are needed to fill the
requirements of the market: there is a suf-
ficiency of planks but planed boards, under one
inch in thickness, are wanted. Arrivals of
mahogany have been very light for some time
past, and the market is in an exceptional posi-
tion, there being not a single entire cargo of
mahogany unsold: imports therefore would ar-
rive at a welcoming market.
34 HARDWOODRECORD
AT COST
IS AN UNCOMMON TERM AS APPLIED TO INSURANCE
But this is the actual price of Indemnity against Fire Loss furnished by the
Manufacturing
Lumbermen's
Underwriters
THE STRONGEST INSURANCE ORGANIZATION
TO-DAY IN AMERICA
The saving is not on a 6\ ^°'^ ^*'' ''"''' plants
small portion of J with adequate protection
your insurance but on the y a°d at least
entire line. j. five years timber
There are other advantages / supply are considered
equally interesting. ^ eligible.
FOR LIST OF MEMBERS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS
HARRY RANKIN 4 CO. Kansas City. Mo.
HARDWOOD RECORD
35
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Eight words of ordinary length make one line.
Heading counts as two lines.
No display except the headings can be ad-
mitted.
Remittances to accompany the order. No
extra charges for copies of paper containing
the advertisement.
EMPLOYES WANTED.
WANTED— EXPEEIENCED MILL MAN
Who uni]frstau(i?i banlwuods. lo take an in-
terest in a baml mill in the South, to saw for
us and own >i or Vi interest in the mill. This
is a good thing for the right part.v. 5 to 8
years' sawing in a city of 20.000. Must have
$4,000 or a good up-to-date band mill. Refer-
ences required.
J. A. BROWNE & CO., IXC.
North Manchester. Ind.
LOGGING CONTKACT TO LET.
We have 150 million feet mixed hemlocli,
hardwood and pine timber in northern Wiscon-
sin, to be logged at the rate of 12 to 15 mil-
lion feet per year. Want land cleaned of all
timber, including pulpwood, cedar posts, poles,
etc. Work to commence fall of 1007. Party
must be financially responsible and experienced
in logging mixed timber by rail. Send refer-
ences, stating whom vou have logged (or before.
Address "LOGGING CONTRACT,"
care Hardwood Record.
SALESMAN WANTED.
One who has had experience in both Mahog-
any lumber and Veneers. State age and na-
tionality, with information regarding previous
or present position. Willingness to travel,
habits, married or single, salary expected. Ad-
dress "VENEERS," care Hardwood Rkcord.
LUMBER WANTED
WANTED— CEATING.
Cut to dimensioned sizes : 4"x32", 2"x48",
etc.. inch stuff in basswood or any soft wood.
Will order in car lots.
NATIONAL WOODENWARE CO., LTD.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
WANTED.
White Oak logs and White or Gray Ash logs.
Write for specifications.
S. N. BROWN & CO., Dayton, Ohio.
WANTED— DIMENSION HICKORY.
Hickory Pole and Shaft Strips. Also good
man to travel, buying and inspecting same.
TOLEDO CARRIAGE WOODWORK CO..
Toledo, Ohio.
WANTED— HAEDWOOD LOGS.
200 M feet 2S-lnch and up White Oak logs.
200 M feet 12-inch and up Walnut logs.
50 M ft. 12-inch and up Cherry logs.
C. L. WILLEY.
Blue Island Av. and Robey St., Chicago.
OAK,
We are in the market (or plaiu sawed oak,
all grades and thicknesses.
P. G. DODGE & CO., 211C Lumber St., Chicago.
WAJ^TED.
Locust, Bols D'Arc or Osage Orange and
Mulberry, log run. Write (or speclflcatlons
and prices.
THE PILLIOD LUMBER CO., Swanton, O.
WANTED— DIMENSION HICKOEY.
Send for our specifications.
MUNCIE WHEEL & JOBBING CO.,
Muncle, Ind.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak : also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and Piling of all kinds.
CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO.,
1213 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago. III.
TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE
FOE SALE.
3,550 acres of Georgia hardwood, estimated
to cut as follows :
S..S00.OO0 feet White Oak.
.••,,."iun.000 feet Hickory.
.">.."iO(i,0(iu leet lied Oak.
1,750,000 leet White Ash.
High grade stock suitable for wagon aud
carriage manufacture.
S'/o miles (rom railroad; river joins tract.
Ten years to remove timber. Address
"H. II.," care HAiinwooD Hki'cird.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
FOE SALE.
200,000 feet couimou ami better tjuartered
White Oak.
SPENCER, YOUNG & CO., Glasgow, Ky.
EED OAK TIES FOE SALE.
I wisli to contraef at once with rclialjle party
a large fiuantity of Red iiak Ties.
.\ddress CH.\S. SMITH, Freetown. luil.
FOE SALE.
Oak Squares for Chair Stncl;.
E. DUNSTAX, Winona. Miss.
GUM AND SYCAMOEE BOAEDS.
200,000 feet o( 1-inch boards (rom 10 to 20
(eet long. Apply to
A. ROSENBAUM & SONS, Newport News, Va.
FOE SALE.
Common and better Hickory, 5,277 (eet of
2V2", 1,092 (eet of 3" and 1,024 (eet ol 4",
dry, good quality.
LOVE, BOYD & CO., Nashville, Tenn.
FOE SALE.
One car clear Hickory cuttings, dry. l"xlii"
xl9" to 24". 1"x1Vj"x28" to 30".
Also 3.700 pieces dry second growth Ash,
iyn"x3V4"x26".
THE J. A. & D. P. COOPER CO.,
Strutliers, 0.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
DESIRABLE LOCATIONS.
In the territory of splendid timber resources
reached by The North-Western Line are several
fine locations (or new industries, especially in
the woodworking lines. A suitable point (or
a large sawmill having excellent railroad ser
vice and a large tributary timber district is
one o( these. There is also a fine opportunity
(or securing a well equipped cooperage plant.
Re(erence lo these can be obtained upon re-
quest to the INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT,
C. & X.-W. Ky., Chicago.
HAEDWOOD TIMBEE.
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Belt Route. Tracts ranging from
five hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum, Cypress, some Ash,
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at very reasonable figures now — in
some cases at less than $1 per thousand stump-
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop-
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash bonus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for you.
E. W. LA BEAUME, G. P. & T. A..
COTTON BELT. St. Louis. Mo.
LtTMBEE YARD FOE SALE.
On good site for manufacturing concern,
lumber or coal yard. I'lanked with 2-inch
oak. Fine office worth .$2,500. .\ddress
"Y.4RD," care Hardwood Record.
BAND MILL FOE SALE CHEAP.
One of Smith, Myers & Schneir band mill,
with good power aiid all other necessary re-
quirements for a first-class mill in good con-
dition. Will send full description and price
on application.
SWAN CREEK LUMBER CO., Toledo, Ohio.
WANTED.
Party with small capital to take an active
interest in well established handle and lumber
business. Entire output sold for four years.
For further information write or call on
H. F. CLARKE, Okolona, Miss.
MACHINERY WANTED
AT ONCE.
If you are In need of machinery — new or
second hand — a (ew lines in this column will
place your wants be(ore those who have such
goods (or sale. For particulars address
Hardwood Record, Chicago, 111.
MACHINERY FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
Skewer machinery outfit. Stickers and
Pointers. Each machine guaranteed to turn
out at least 100,000 sticks" in ten hours. Ad-
dress W. ROBINSON.
1421 Main St.. liuffalo. N. Y.
FOR SALE.
Two Xichot's Dryers in first-class condition.
Can lie seen in operation until August 30 at
XATIOX.\L CASKET CO., E, Cambi'idge, Mass.
SAW MILL FOE SALE,
We have tlie (ollowing circular sawmill with
all appurtenances complete (or sale at Haber-
sham, on L. & X". R. R.. in Campbell Co., Tenn. :
One No. 3 Hart mill; capacity 25 M. per day.
One 45-horsepower boiler.
One 40-horsepower engine.
Three head-blocks with grip set rig.
One 64-inch Hoe saw — inserted tooth.
Two 64-inch Ohlen saws — inserted tooth.
One three-saw gang edger.
One two-saw trimmer.
One slab saw or cut-off.
One Hart (riction nigger or log turner.
SO (eet o( lumber rolls.
This mill is fitted with the (amous Os-
bourne (eed rig and has 150 (eet o( % cable
or rope (eed.
LOGAN & MAPHET LUMBER CO..
Knoxville. Tenn,
MANUFACTURERS
Contemplating establishing plants
In the West shoufd lake advantage
of ■ location on
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
which reaches the (amous
WATER POWERS,
COAL FIELDS,
IRON ORE RANGES,
HARD AND SOFT
LUMBER DISTRICTS,
MINING DISTRICTS
of the West and Northwest, and
■fiords the best means of transpor-
tation to the markets of the world.
fOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO
MARVIN HUGHITT, Jr., E. D. BRIGHAM.
Freight Tragic Manager, Gen' I Freight Agvnt,
GEO. BONNELL,
/ ndustria S Agent,
NW5I3 CHICAGO.
36
HARDWOOD RECORD
jidVertisers' Directori;
NORTHERN HARDWOODS.
Atuelicaii Lumlwr & Mfg. Company...
Aipin Hardwood Liimbei- Company
Babcock Lumber Company
Baruaby. C. H
Bever. Kiiox & Co
Bliss & Van Auken
Boyne City Lumber Company
Briggs A: Cooper ( 'ompauy
Brownlee & Company
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company..
Cadillac Handle Company
Cheat River Lumber Company
Cherry Kiver Boom 4: Lbr. Company..
ChivTls. W. II
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co
Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc
Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co
Crosby *: Beckley Company. The
Crosby. C. P
Cummer. Diggius & Co
Darling. Chas.. & Co
Davis. John U.. Lumber Company
DHeur & Swain Lumber Company
Dennis Bros
Dennis & Smitli Lumber Company
Dixon & Dewey
Duhimeier Bros
Dulweber. John. & Co
Elias. O.. & Bro
Empire Lumber Company. Buffalo
Evans & Retting Lumber Co
Fall. E. H
Flint. Erving & Stouer Company
Freiberg Lumber Company. The
FuUerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber
Company
General Lumber Company
Goldie. J. S
Haak Lumber Company
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company
Havden. Harvey S
Heatb-Witbeck Company
Holloway Lumber Company
Ingram Lumber Company
Jenks. Robert H.. Lumber Company..
Jones. G. W.. Lumber Company
Jones Hardwood Company
Kampf. Albert R
Keator. Ben C
Keith Lumber Company
Kellev Lumber A: Shingle Company..
Learl'tt Lumlier Company
Lesh ifc Matthews Lumber Co
Linehan Lumber Company
Litchfield. William E
Long-Knight Lumber Company
McClure Lumber Company
Mcllvain. J. Gibson. & Co
McLean, Hugh. Lumber Company
MacBride. XLos.. Lumber Company...
Malev. Thompson & Moffett Company.
Malev & Wertz
Martin-Barriss Company
Miller. Anthony
Miller Brothers
Mitchell Bros. Company
Mowbray & Robinson
Murphy & Diggins
Nicola Lumber Company. The
Nichols & Cox Lumber Company...
Norman Lumber Company
North Shore Lumber Company
North Western Lumber Company...
North Vernon Pump & Lumber Co..
O'Brien. John. Land & Lumber Co. .
Page & Landeck Lumber Company . .
Perrine-Armstrong Company
Peters. R. G.. Salt i Lumber Co...
Price. E. E
Radina. L. W.. & Co
Richmond. Park & Co
Rumliarger Lumber Cnmpany
Rvan & MoParland
Sailing. Hanson & Co
Scatcherd & Son
Scbofield Bros -
Schullz Bros. & Cowen
Simmons Lumber Company
Slimmer, J.. & Co
Soble Brothers
Soutliern O.ik Lumber Company.,,.
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co
Stephenson. The I.. Company
■' Stewart. I. N.. & Bro
« Stewart, Wm, H. & G. S
"•^ Stimson, J. V
oJ Sullivan, T,. & Co
55 Tegge Lumber Cumpaiiy
12 Turner. A. M,. Lumber Company
»1 Van Keulen A: Wilkinson Lumber Co..
* Vollmar & Below
50 Upbam & Agler
5= Wagstatr. W. J
•i Ward Lumber Company
^ Wells. R. A.. Lumber Co
1 Wentworth. Chas. S.. & Co
S White Lumber Company
5'i White. W. II.. Company
•* Whitmer. Wni.. A: Sons. Inc
11 Wiborg & Hanna Company....'
" Wiggin. H. D
■''> Willson Bros. Lumber Company
•' Wisconsin Timber & Lumber Co
11 Wlstar. UnderhlU & Co
'^^ Yeager. Orson E
S-I Young & Cutsinger
31 Young. W. II., & Co
^g SOUTHERIT HARD'WOODS.
:& Advance Lumber Company
53 American Lumber Company
.55 American Lumber & Mfg. Company,.,
Andersou-TuUy Company
51
.Atlantic Lumber Company 1
Nolan Hardwood Company 4 stimson. J. V
McClure Lumber Company
Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co
McLean. Hugh. Lumber Company ... .
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Company
Martin-Barriss Company
Miller. Anthony
Miller Brothers
Nicola Lumber Company. The
Norman Lumber Company
O'Brien. John. Land & Lumber Co...
Ozark Cooperage Company
Faepcke-Leicht Lumber Company....
Page & Landeck Lumber Company..
Price. E. E
Radina. L. W., & Co
Kausom. J. B.. & Co
Khubesky. E. W
Richmond. Park & Co _
Hitter. W. M.. Lumber Company •'<;
Koy Lumber Company 37
Rulibarger Lumber Company
Ryan A: McParland '"
Scatcherd & Son oo
55 Schoheld Brothers •
54 Slimmer, J., A: Co 1"
Smith, W. E.. Lumber Company 4
Southern Lumber Company 2
Southern Oak Lumber I'umpany 6
Standard Hardwood Lumber Company. 55
Steele & Hibbard 5
Stevens-Eaton Company 7
Stewart, I. N., A: Bro
Stewart. Wm. H. & G. S
54
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12
55
53
49
55
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53
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2
10
52
Bacon
Beck. E. E., Lumber Company
Beyer. Knox ■& Co
Briggs & Cooper Company
Brown, Geo. C, & Co .
Brown. W. P.. & Sons. Lumber Co..
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company
Carrier Lbr. Ac Mfg. Company
Cherry River Boom Ai Lumber Lo i
Chicago Veneer Company -ib
Chivvis. W. R • ,J
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co S3
Coleman. J. S.. Lumber Company 47
11
53
54
52
51
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51
10
11
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49 Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co. . . .
4.S Crandall & Brown
7 Crane. C, & Co ■ ■• .
2 Crosby & Beckley Company. The.
Cvpress Lumber Company
Darling. Chas.. & Co
Davis. Edw. L.. A: Co
Davidson-Benedict Company
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company..
D'Heur A: Swain Lumber Company
Dixon A: Dewey
Duhimeier Bros
Dulweber, John. & Co
Elias. G.. & Bro ■ ■ • . .
Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo.
Evans & Retting Lumber Co
Fall. E. H
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company
Flint. Erving Ac Stoner Company...
Freiberg Luniber Company
Frv-Buchanan Lumber Company
53 stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company. .. 5
Stotz Lumber Company. Inc 2
Sullivan. T.. Ac Co •>•;
Swann-Day Lumber Company »
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company ... 5
Thompson. J. W.. Lumber Company.. 4
Three States Lumber Company 4
Turner, A. M,. Lumber Company 9
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company 47
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51
54
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'.'. 52
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47
Fu'llerton-Ponell Hardwood Lumber
Company
Gayoso Lumber Company
Garetson-Greason Lumber Company.
Hacklev-Phelps-Bonnell Company .
54
4
5
51
Company 5
Hafner Manufacturiu,
Hamilton. J. V
Heatli-Witbeck (.'ompany II
Himmelberger-Harrisun Lumber Co... 1
Indiana Lumber Company S
Jenks, Robt. H.. Lumber Company 49
Jones. G. W.. Lumber Company 48
Jones Hardwood Company 7
Kampf. -Albert R -
Keator. Ben C H
Keith Lumber Company 11
Kentucky Lumber Company 53
Lane-White Lumber Company 52
Leavitt Lumber Company 12
Lesh A: Matthews Lumber Company... 11
Linehan Lumber Company 9
Litchfleld. Wm. E '
Long-Knight Lumber Company o4
Love, BoTd Ac Co S
Luehrmann. Chas. F.. Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 5
Upham A: .igler.
Ward Lumber Company
Wells. R. A., Lumber Co
Wentworth. Cbas. S.. A: Co
West Florida Hardwood Company...
White Lumber Company
Whitmer. Wm.. A: Sons. Inc
Wiborg & Hanna Company
Wiggin. H. D
Willson Bros. Lumber Company
Wisconsin Timber Ac Lumber Co
Wood, R. E.. Lunitier C"
"i-'eager, Orson E
FOFIiAS.
.\dvance Lumber company
Atlantic Lumber Company
Brown. W. P.. A: Sons. Lumber Co..
Cheat River Lumber Company
Chicago Veneer Company
Crane. C. Ac Co
Davis. Edw. L.. A: Co
Davidson- Benedict Company
Dawkins, W. H., Lumber Co
Havden. Harvey S
Kentucky Lumber Company
Ritter. W. M.. Lumber Company..
Roy Lumber Company
Rhubesky. E. W'
Southern Lumber Company
Stevens-Eaton Company
Swann-Dav Lumber Company
Thomas Ar Proetz Lumber Company.
Vansant. Kitchen A: Co
Wood. R. E.. Lumber Co
Yellow Poplac Lumber Company ....
. 49
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. 9
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COTTONWOOD AND GrOU.
Anderson-TuUy Company 4
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company .'>2
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co. . - 1
Luehrmann. C. F.. Hardwood Lumber
Company 5
Ozark Cooperage Company o
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company S
Smith. W. E.. Lumber Company 4
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company., j
Stotz Lumber Company. Inc .-
Three States Lumber Company 4
CTFBESS.
Crandall & Brown 11
Cypress Lumber Company 52
Hafner Manufacturing Company 5
Lothman Cypress Company 5
'Thompson, J, W.. Lumber Company.. 4
HARDWOOD FIiOORIVQ.
Bliss Ac Van Auken 12
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company 12
Cobbs Ac Mitchell. Inc 3
Cummer, Diggins &. Co 3
Fenn Bros. Company 4
Forman. Thos. . Company 6
Haak Lumber Company 51
Kerry & Hanson Flooring Company... 50
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co 8
Nichols Ac Cox Lumber Company 50
Pease Company. The 52
Schultz Bros. A: Cowen 46
Stephenson, The I., Company 12
Ward Bros 12
Wilce. The T.. Company 10
Wood Mosaic Flooring Company 2
Young. W. D.. A: Co 12
SAW UI^Ii MACHIBEBT.
Mersbvin Company The
Phoenix Manufacluring Comiiany 38
WOODWORKING MACHINERY
American Wood Working Machinery
Company - f 3
Berlin Machine Works, The 44 & 45
Defiance Machine Works 38
Matteson Mfg. Company .^ 39
Nash, J, M 33
Ober Mfg. Company. The 48
Schindler, A. J 38
Smith. H. B., Machine Company
VENEER 9IACHINERY.
Coe ManufioliiriUi; innjiiany 41
IiOGQING MACHINERY.
Clyde Iron Works 42
Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company.. 46
Overpack, S. C 50
liussel Wheel A: Foundry Company... 37
DRY KII.NS AND BI.OWERS
Grand K:.pi.l~ Veneer Works 40
Morton Dry Kiln ('ompany 38
IitTMBEB INS'UBANCE.
Adirondack Fire Insurance Company.. 1
Lumber Insurance Company of New
York 1
Lumber JIntual Fire Insurance Com-
pany. Boston 1
Lumber Underwriters l^
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual
Fire' Insiirance Company
Rankin. Harry, & Co 34
Toledo Fire A; Marine Insurance Co..
SAWS, KNIVES AND SUFF1.IES
Atkins, E. C. & Co 42
Champion Saw Company 38 & 40
Gillette Roller Bearing Co 40
Ilanchett Swage Works 40
.Marshall. Francis ^
Shimer. S. J. A- Sons 39
MISCEIiI.ANEOUS.
Barroll, H, C, & Co 12
Childs. S. D.. & Co 3i
Gillette Roller Bearing Co 40
Lacev. J. D.. A: Co
Lumbermen's Credit Association 3i
.Martin & Co *J
Pease Company, The oZ
Schenck. C. A.. Ac Co 47
Standard Audit Company
CHICAGO VENEER COMPANY
(iNCORrORATFD)
BURINSIDE, KErNTUCKY
Bored Poplar Posts for Porch Columns
66 to 96 INCHES LONG, 8 ani 10 INCHES DIAMETER
Write us lor Prices and Particulars
HARDWOOD RECORD
37
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You want to reach Buyers of
FURNITURE LUMBER
\V
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The HARDWOOD RECORD |
will do it for you.
WALNUT.
OAK,
ASH.
POPUR.
FOBS, POCKET PIECES
BUTTONS,
LETTER OPENERS,
SCARF PINS, TRAYS,
ALUMINUM GOODS,
PAPER WEIGHTS.
ALL A'/iir IDEAS
Send us 50c. and wo
will send you a
Beautiful Watch Fob
S. D. CHILDS & CO.
200 CLARK ST. CHICAGO.
RUSSEL WHEEL & FOUNDRY COMPANY
Builders of
Logging Cars
'"" Logging
Machinery
ARE AI.W.\YS PLEASED TO
HAVE OPPORTUNITY OF
POINTING OUT ADVAN-
TAGES OF THEIR
EQUIPMENT,
Detroit, Micli.
Locations for
Industries
THE ERIE, THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Erie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise with man-
ufacturers of specific products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable information, so as
to promote permanent traffic, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Railroad Company
1 1 Broadway, New York
Save Your Money
By Using tlie
RED BOOK
Published Semi-Annually
in January and July
It contains a carefully prepared list of the
buyers of lumber in car lots, both among
the dealers and manufacturers.
The book indicates their financial stand-
ing and manner of meeting obligations.
Covers the UNITED STATES and MANI-
TOBA.
The trade recognizes this book as the au-
thority on the lines it covers.
A well organized Collection Department
is also operated and the same is open to you.
WRITE FOR TERMS.
Lumbermen's Credit Association
Established IsTH
1405 Great Northern Buildine. : CUICAOO
16 Beaver Street, : NEW YORK CITY
MENTION THIS PAPER
HARDWOOD
TIMBER
There is no section with so fine and
large a supply of hardwood timbers
of various kinds left for the lumber-
men as that portion of the South in
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missis-
sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina.
Tennessee and Virginia served by the
lines of the
Southern Railway
and
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
There are oak. poplar, hickory, gum,
cypress, ash. elm, buckeye, balsam,
spruce, chestnut, and other varieties.
There are also availal.ile pine lauds.
These timber resources and many
other important features bearing on
the cost of manufacture and market-
ing give special advantages and oppor-
tunities for EVERY KIND of WOOD
USING INDUSTRY. We have infor-
mation about the best locations in the
country at towns in these States and
in Southern Indiana and Southern
Illinois, which will be given if request-
ed. All correspondence in regard to
timber lands or factory locations will
be given prompt and confidential at-
tention. Address your nearest agent.
M. V. RICHARDS.
Land and Industrial Agent.
Washington, D. C.
CHAS. S. CHASE. Agent,
622 Chemical Building,
St. LouiSf Mo.
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HARD.^VOOD RECORD
"DEFIANCE" WOOD -WORKING MACHINERY
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
HIGH GRADE TOOLS „w%*^-i,
■^ FOR MAKING ^
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops,
Wagons, Carriages, Handles, Bobbins, Spools,
Rims, Shalts, Poles, Insulator Pins and
Neck-Yokes, Oval Wood Dishes.
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
AUTOMATIC HOOP CUTTER
The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
Send for 500 Page Catalogue
TRIPLE HOOP PLANER
The Morton Dry Kiln
1
MOIST AIR SYSTEM
Recording
Ther-
mometers.
Transfer
Cars.
Trucks.
Canvas
Doors.
HOW TO DRY LUMBER.
A? exemplified in our Catalog D. Free on application
MORTON DRY KILN CO., Chicago, Ills.
Ten per cent
More Profit
The profits of a san- milt
can readily be increased ten
per cent by iisinp a band mill
instead of a, rotary. The
price of this mill with eix
foot wheels for saws eight
inches wide is readily within
the reach of all. It cuts
smooth and perfect lumber
and has a capacity of 25,000
feet to 35.000 feet per day. It
runs with less expenditure of
power than a rotary and putB
only half as much of the log
into saw dust as does the
irrular faw.
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
KNIVES
A man who has been in the presence of angels discloses the fact
by his action : lust one reason for our talking good machine
knives, good veneer knives or knives of any kind that do good work.
CHAMPION SAW COMPANY,
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
A machine that declares saw mill dividends
^ An inexpensive little device
that saves a dollar a day and
upwards.
^ Stops one of the biggest
profit leaks at the mill. Pays
for itself several times over
during a year.
fl Isn't it worth investigating?
AVTOMATIC SWING S.VW GAUGE.
FRANCIS MARSHALL, - - Grand Rapids, Mich.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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New Type of Combined End Matcher
SAVES 20 PER CENT. TIME, COST AND LABOR.
USED BY THE LARGEST FLOORING CONCERNS.
Write for particulars to
A. J. SCHINDLER, 441-443 W. 21sl Street, CHICAGO
STRONG, SAFE AND RELIABLE
The Shimer Cutter Heads
ARE BUILT FROM
FORQINQS OF STEEL
and are tiuished throu<;hout in the solid metal. This insures
accuracy, durability and perfect mechanical adjustments.
They are appreciated by the user because they hold up
under the severest tests. They cut easily all kinds of hard,
knotty and cross-grained lumber. If yon make single tongue
and groove Flooring, Ceiling and Wainscoting, buy THE
SHIMER CUTTER HEADS and you will have no disappoint-
ment.
We make Heads for every class of work. A copy of our
catalogue giving the uses to which they are put and the best
styles for certain classes of work, will be sent free on request.
SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS,
MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA
The Nash Automatic
Sander
FOR ALL ROUND STOCK WORK
A wonderlul labor-saving machine-
Pays for itself in a short
"time. For particulars
address
JM \T„c-t, 842=848 Tlilrtieth St.
. ill, i>aSn MILW.ALKEE.WIS.
Broom,
Hoe, Rake,
Fork and
Shovel
Handles,
Chair Stock,
Dowel Rods,
Curtain
Poles,
Shade
Rollers,
WhipStocks,
Canes,
Veneered
Columns,
Ten Pins, &c.
Improved Automatic Band Saw Sharpener
. ^ - _ _- Machines
Fully
Guaranteed
C
C
This machine excels all others for sin^rle cutting Band Saws
from 8 to U Inches. Its construction Is mechanically correct,
simple and dursible, and does not possess any of the intricate
complicated parts that confuse the operator. The head is ad-
justable so that straight wheels can be used with the same
results as concave.
This represents just one type of machine. We make In addi-
tion a complete line of modern tools for the care of saws.
For particulars address
MATTESON MFG. CO.,
120-128
S. Clinton St.
CHICAGO. ILLS.
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Hanchett
Saw Swage |
Every one made Pcrlect
The Swage with a Name
fl A poor Swage Kiiins a Good Saw, and
for that reason the manufacturers of the
HANCHETT ADJUSTABLE SWAGE
cmplo}' onl}' the Best Mechanics and use
onlv the Best Material in their construction.
If Pays Us
to make
The Best
Send for
Catalog
No. 10
It tells you all
about them
It Pays You
to use
The Best
MANUFACTURED BY
Hanchett Swage Works l
Big Rapids, Michigan
^ Nanchett -Hanchett- Hanchett <^
We Guarantee
to
KILN DRY OAK
IN A WEEK
by the application of a
new scientific principle
IN YOUR PRESENT
Old Kilns
Grand Rapids Veneer Works
DEPT. D., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Truck Truths
l-Framcd to Fit Frames
A box nailed up tight at ends, sides, top and
bo;tom is stronger than a box with top and
bottom left off.
A Gillette truck, like a tight box, is stronger
than a channel steel or wood frame truck, which,
like a box with top and bottom knocked out,
"has its failin's."
The cut shows the "why" of the strongest,
lightest and most compactly built truck ever
made. Ask for proofs and prices.
Gillette Roller Bearing Co.
Patentees and Sole
Manufacturers
Grand Rapids, Michigan
HARDWOOD RECORD
41
The Coe Knife Grinder
was designed for the finest grinding
and most exacting service. It is
built on new lines and has com-
pletely overcome the objections to
other grinders. The knife is held
rigidly while the stone travels back
and forth. There is no chance for
vibration, conse-
quently no un-
evenly ground
knives. Entirely
automatic in ac-
tion, no ropes or chains. All mov-
f.ig parts operated by cut steel
gears, noiseless in operation, will
grind straight or hollow bevel.
Feeds MOOO to 4-1000 for each
travel of the stone, very heavy and
compact, occupying small floor
space. Made in seven sizes to
grind up to 168 in.
It is fully described in our
catalog No. 5, which we will be
glad to send to interested parties.
The Coe Manufacturing Co. ^irSv Painesville, 0.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
%\M
. . THE . .
McGIFFERT LOG LOADER
has loaded as high as a quarter of a million feet of
logs in eight hours, and here are a few reasons why it
was possible: Being self propelling it can move itself,
its loaded cars, and spit its own empties, all on the same
track. (saOes StOitching) Con^ruaed entirely of
fleel, very powerful, it ^ands "crowding" and handles the
large logs as rapidly as the small. It SaOeS money
and repairs. Being simple in operation and of
few levers the engineer has absolute control at all
times without changing his position, and can
handle the logs as rapidly as the men
can hook them. saOes time
Our catalogue clearly illu^rates
and explains many other
good points.
Manufactured by
CLYDE IRON
WORKS,
Duluth,
^-4 » t, vjy N.^^^ Minn.
flAPPT
ATKINS
silyeSsteel
'Wa'rX'^
SAWS
"^^TKIH^^W
are happy saws all the way round. They run easier, cut
faster, and go longer without sharpening than any other
A PERFECT SAW FOR EVERY PURPOSE.
YOUR JOBBER HAS THEM OR WRITE US.
E. C. ATKINS (^ CO.. Inc.
THE SII,\'ER STEEL S AW P E O P I. E
HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY, INDIANAPOLIS, U. S. A.
Branches : Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Yorlt City, New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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AMERICAN
No. 4 ' J . Single or Double Surfacers for Producing extra fine work on all
hard woods.
A careful investigation will convince you of their superiority.
There is no finer Surfacer built.
For full particulars address nearest salesroom.
American
Wood Working Machinery Co.
New Orleans CKicago
New York
44
HARDWOOD RECORD
A Study in Feeds
THE BERLIN
EIGHT GeaLfs to Drive FOUR. Feed Rolls
Here's a picture showing- the construction of the feed works on the improved Berlin Matchers, Sizers, Insii
Moulders and stationary bed Double Surfacers.
Notice that only eight gears are used to drive four feed rolls. Now look at the picture on the right-hand pag
Here you find nine gears used to drive two feed rolls. The latter is the construction used on practically all machin
except the new Berlin Series
Study both illustrations carefully and note the advantages of the Berlin construction-
Each roll is driven by one gear about twice the size of the roll itself, and in no case is the power transmitt'
through one roll to drive another.
( NEW YORK
Branches CHICAGO
i BOSTON
THE BERLIN
BELOIT. W
HARDWOOD RECORD
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3rks Construction
THE OTHERS
NINE Gears to Drive TWO Feed Rolls
In the other machines, the bottom roll is driven b.\- one "ear outside the niaehine and the power to drive the top
is transmitted through the bottom roll- This is what we have heard some people call a "double-driven" feed
It is really only a "half-driven" roll.
We used to build our machines that way, until we discovered that it was a decided mistake. The pressure on the
h of the gears in the new construction is just about one-half as much as in the old, and the .years will wear about
e as long.
The yield of the top rolls to inequalities in the rou.gh lumber is about three inches on the Berlin to one inch on
r machines, making it impossible to damage the feed works by jamming in an extra thick piece or by getting one
e on top of another.
These are only a few of the good features. Let us tell you more about this new feed works and about the other
i features of these improved machines. The line includes Matchers, Sizers, Inside Moulders and Double .Surfacers.
WINE WORKS
IN. U. S. A.
SAM PRAMOISOO )
SEATTLE I
MEW ORLEAMS (
MAGOM, GA. >
Branches
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W. H. WHITE, Pres.
JAS. A. WHITE, Vice-Pres.
W L, MARTIN, Secy.
THOS. WHITE, Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocR Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White Keck Maple Flooring.
R.E. Wood Lumber Company
d. We own nearly a thousand million feet of virgin poplar, oak,
chestnut and other hardwood timber, and operate our own band mills
in West Virginia. Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.
^ Let us figure on your hardwood requirements.
GENERAL OFFICES:
CONTINENTAL BUILDING.
Baltimore, Maryland
Sch
1225 to 1240
ultz Brothers & Co^
WE 'VRE IN THE MARKEt TO BL'Y
POPLAR OAK ASH CHESTNUT
w^en
CHICAGO
AND OTHER HARDWOODS-ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
OLD COLONY BUILDING, ...---.
LIDGERWOOD MACHINES
WILL STOCK YOUR MILL
SKIDDERS
SNAKERS
YARDERS
LOADERS
PULL BOATS
CABLEWAYS
LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. ^
96 Liberty St., New York.
NEW ORLEANS ATLANTA SEATTLE
HARDWOOD RECORD
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EASTERN TENNESSEE— WESTERN NO. CAROLINA
ASHE.VILLE.
KNOXVILLE.
BRISTOL
HARDWOODS
From the famous Asheville district.
Superior in quality, manufacture and
g-radings. For stock list and prices,
address
J. S. COLEMAN LUMBER CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Vestal Lumber & Mfg»Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
of all kinds of
HARDWOODS
BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY.
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES
FOR DELIVERING.
Knoxvillc
Tennessee
All Lumbermen, Attention!
We do what you can't do.
We measure your stumpage correctly.
We make your maps correctly.
Bank references: Asheville, N. C.
L. A. OCnenCk ^ LO. North 'cl^ollna.
Fry=Buchanan Lumber Co.
INCORPORATED.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Hardwood Lumber
POPLAR SQUARES
A Specialty.
Choicest Varieties. .'. Full Grades.
Asheville, N. C.
On the Spot
We are located right in the heart of this inDun-
tain country producing the best hardwoods in
existence.
We are headquarters with ample stock, and
can interest you both as to assortment and
price. Write us.
American Lumber Company
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
SYMBOLS for GRADE MARKS
O
A
B
2
Adopted by the Hardwood Manufacturers Associa-
tion of United States.
Every Manufacturer should stamp the grade on
his Lumber.
Set of 10 Rubber Stamps, VA"xl'4" in size. Pad,
Pint of Inlc, and Spreader, pac]<ed for shipment
$3..50.
yviARriN & CO.
191 S.Clark St., CHICAGO, or
LEWIS DOSTER, Sec'y
1535 First Nat. Bank BIdg.
CHICAGO
A
C
Panel and Wide No. 1
Wide No. 2
lio Boards
I-. A. S. or Firsts & Seconds
Saps
Selects
No 1 Common
No. 8 Common
No, 3 Coiniiion
Nil. i Common
Wood Working Plants
Manufacturers seeking locations for Saw
Mills, Stave and Heading Factories and
other Wood Working Plants in the Cen-
tral Southern States, can secure full and
accurate information as to Sites, Timber
Tracts, Fuel, Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressing
Q. A. PARK, General Immigration and Industrial Agent,
Louisville & Nasiiville Railroad Company
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Industries are Offered Locations
WITH SATISFACTORY INDUCEMENTS, FAVORABLE
FREIGHT RATES, GOOD LABOR CONDITIONS
HEALTHFUL'.COMMUNITIES.^on the lines of
The Illinois Central R. R. and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.
For full information and descriptive pamphlet address
J. C. CLAIR, Industrial Commissioner, 1 Park Row, Chicago, III.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
\V I S C O N S I N
WHtRE THE FlNtST NORTHtRN HARDWOODS GROW
C. P, CROSBY
RHINELANDER : : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from I inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak. : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
HARDWOOD LUMBER" SZ*™
All kinds of Northern and Southern Hardwoods for sale.
Vn: ptill joiir iitti-ntinn lo the fulloniu^ itoms which mc have to fdfer, ro-wit:
30M fl. V,i" No. 2 Com. 4 Bel. Bickorr
30H fl. I'^" No. 2 Com. < Bel. Hickory
lOOM ll. 1" Com. C Bel. Plain Red Oak
I50M II. 1" Com. £ Bel. Qld. Red Oak
lOM II. 1" No. 3 Com. i Bel. Walnut
75M II. Ti" No. 2 Com. 6 Bel. Elm
150H fl. I" No. I Com. Red Gum
50H fl. 1" Curly Birch
SOM fl. 2" Com. and Bel. Plain Birch
80M fl. 2':" Com. and Bel. Plain Birch
I50M ll. I" No. 1 Com. Plain Birch
I2M ll. 2" Isis and 2nda Red Birch
200M ll. I" Com. and Bel. Hard Maple
ZOOM ll. 2" Com. and Bel. Hard Maple
SOM ll. 2" Bridge Plank— Oak
In addition to the foregoing, we have full stocks of Basswood, Birch and
Soft Him and a full selection of Red and Sap Gum. We guarantee our
grades to be made strictly in accordance with National Hardwood Associ-
ation rules of inspection.
G. W. JONES LUMBER CO., Appleton,Wis.
CHICAGO OFFICE: 1717 Railway Exchange.
John R. Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN
The Leading Manufacturers
Wisconsin Hardwoods
"SHAKELESS" HEMLOCK and WHITE CEDAR PRODUCTS
NOW READY
4/4 No. 1 COMMON AND BETTER BIRCH (RED IN)
4/4 No. 1 COMMON AND BETTER HARD MAPLE
4/4 No. 2 COMMON AND BETTER BLACK ASH
Mixed Cars, Even Grades
'^ Prompt Shipments
Write for our Price Lists
and Stock Sheets
WAUSAU, WIS.
BASSWOOD, BIRCH
We cut four million feet of each annually
Your Inquiries and orders solicited
MILL AND YARDS AT INGRAM, WISCONSIN
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, WISCONSIN
Saw and Planins Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis., on Soo Lines.
WRITE FOR OUR PRICES ON
THREE INCH FLOORING
I car Clear Plain Red Oak
1 car Factory Red Oak
3 cars Clear Birch
1 car Factory Birch
'A car Clear Red Birch
3 cars Common Maple
1 car Factory Maple
LUMBER
2 cars log run Hard Maple
2 cars 1" Com. and Bet. Curly Red
2 cars Com. and Bet. Red
1 car IK. I'A. 2" Curly
2 cars I'/t, I'A. 2" Com. & Bet. Red
1 car 2" Plain lOE run
lcar2!4 and 3" Plain
QUARTER SAWED RED O.^K
2 cars 1% and I'A" Com. and Bet.
a car m and 2" Com. and Bet.
VOLLMAR & BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood, Birch
and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
NORTHERN STOCK
Hemlock
Birch
Basswood
Rock Elm
Soft Elm
Ash
Oak
SOUTHERN STOCK
Quartered White and Red
Oik
Plain White and Red Oak
Sycamore
Poplar
Cypress
Gum
PAGE & LANDECK LUMBER CO.
Wells BuUdlng
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
North Western Lumber Co.
General Offices : EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
Mills at STANLEY, WIS.
BAND SAWED
Wisconsin Hardwoods
CAREFUL GRADINGS, PROMPT SHIPMENTS
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars V4" to 2' Scoot Hardwood. % car 2" Island 3d Clear Basswood.
1 car 1J4" No. 1 Common Basswood. Large stocU No. 2 Common Birch.
1 car IJi^" Island 2d Clear Basswood. Large stock No. 3 Common Birch.
HARDWOODRECORD 49
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C^LrLJ^vL-LArNLi
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF NORTHERN OHIO
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
Ihe Advance Lumber Co.
13th Floor
R^kei?n.r Bidg. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Memphis Office. No. 56 Randolph Building. J. E- MKADOWS, Mgr.
THE
ROBERT HJENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE
60 M leel 1" Isl and 2ds Poplar
223 M leel I" No. 1 Common Poplar
125 M leel I" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 M leel 2" Isl and 2nd Poplar, 14" and up
125 M leel 8 4" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
275 M leel I" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
153 M leel I" lal and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M leel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M leel 1" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red Oah. — We have a good assort-
ment of dry stock, y%Xo\ inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red Oak.
stock, ready for shipment.
-A limited amount of nice
FRAMES
FOR HARDWOOD RECORD
SUPPLEMENTS
Complete with backing, but without the glass, made
from Flemish Oak. are to be had delivered by ex-
press, charges prepaid to any point east of the
Missouri river, at 50 cents each ; or at the Hard-
wood Record office, at 30 cents each. Prepay orders
with two-cent stamps or postal notes, addressed
Hardwood Record, 355 Dearborn Street, Chicago
The Martin-Barriss Company
Importers a-nd MsLnufacturers
MAHOGANY
Send Fine H a.r d\vo o ds
This is a cut of the No. 10 OBER LATHE for Turning Fork, Hoe,
Rake, Mop, Broom and Ice Hook Handles, Pike Poles, Trolley Poles,
Tent Poles, Curtain Poles, Chair Bows, Dowels, Rods and similar work.
Simple, Strong, Durable,
Economical
We also manufacture other Lathes for making Spokes, Handles, and Variety
Work; Sanders, Shapers, Boring and Chucking Machines, etc., etc. Com-
plete Catalo.gue and Price List Free.
THE OBER MFG. CO., No. 28 Bell St., CHAGRIN FALLS, 0., U. S. A.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
MICHIGAN
FAMOUS FOR HARD MAPLE AND GRCY E.LM
SAILING, HANSON & CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Michigan Hardwoods
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN
"Chief Brand"
Maple Flooring
Will commend itself lo you and your trade on
its merits alone. •) Comprises all the features
desirable in trood flooring. 1 Made by the latest,
most approved machinery methods and best
skilled labor. \ We believe we can make it to
your interest to handle our "Chief Brand" and
will appreciate your inquiries.
Kerry ^ Hanson Flooring Co.
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN
DROWNLEE jD
U DETROIT C
Our Bargain
BASSWOOD
4-4 to 8-4
BIRCH
4-4 No. 1 and 2 Common
[ POMPANY
K U MICHIGAN
Counter:
SOFT ELM
6-4 log- run
12-4 No. 1 Common
HARD MAPLE
12-4 No. 1 Common
Evans & Retting Lumber Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers
Hardwood
Lumber
RAILROAD TIMBERS, TIES AND SWITCH TIES
Michrgan Trust Building Grand Rapids, Mich.
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
. Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES,
DETROIT, MICH.
MILLS AT: Healers, W. Va. Valley Bend, W. Va. Diana. W. Va. Parkersburg,
W. Va. McNull Siding, W. Va.
Michigan Logging Wheels
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rlFx-l
Have made them a-i years and know Q p ft 17 P P P A P If MANISTEE,
how. Easy and cheap way of logging. 0« v»« UV£/I\inlyI& MICHIGAN
YOUR VACATION
WHERE TO GO
HOW TO GET THERE
AND WHAT IT WILL COST
All this will be found in the book of specially selected vacation tours,
combining rail and waier routes,
ISSUED BT THR
Michigan Central
' ■ TIti: Niagara Falh Route
SEND FOR A COPY NOW
W. J. LYNCH,
Pass. Traffic Mgr.,
CHICAGO
O. W. RUGGLES,
Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
HARDWOOD RECORD
51
MICHIGAN
FAMOUS FOR RED BIRCH AND BASSWOOD
OUR MAPLE FLOORING
is as near perfection, in every particular, as it is
possible to make it, for we personally supervise
every step in its manufacture, from the stump to
the shipping of the finished product. Our prices
will interest and a trial convince you. • :
HAAK LUMBER COMPANY
HAAKWOOD, MICHIGAN
HackleyPhelpsBonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Maio Oltice, Michigao Trust Company Building
GRAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN
DEININIS BROS.
GRAND RAPIDS.
MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD LUMBER (by water or rail)
"NATIONAL" MAPLE & BIRCH FLOORING
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN THE FOLLOWING:
300M feet 4 4 Log Run Birch
186M feet 5 4 Log Run Birch
1 Car 8 4 No. 1 Cora. Birch
1 Car 1 4 Clear Birch
50M feet 4 4 No. 1 Com. Sap Birch
40M feet 4 4 No. 1 Com. Red Birch
AH thicknesses and grades Hard Maple
150M feet 5 4 Log Run Beech
2 Cars 4 4 No. 3 Com. Cherry
Main Office :
205 209 Michigan
Trust
Company
Building
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HARDWOODS
IN MICHIGAN
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
BIRCH
This is our specialty. We are in the heart of the best Birch
section. Have (food stock, Common and better,
4-4, S-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, and 16-4.
Let us figure with you.
Simmons Lumber Company
SIMMON.S, MICHIGAN
McCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main Ollices. DETBOIT. MICB.
Mills, : EUTAW. ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
3 cars 8" Red and White Oali 2 cars 2" Black Ash
3 cars 2", Z'A". 3" and 4" White Ash 10 cars 1" to 4" Dry Hard Maple
2 cars 1" 6/4 White Ash 5 cars 1" Log Run Birch
1 car 6/4 and 8/4 Hickory
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
=^^=^=== FOR SALE BY ===^=^=^
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE. MICHIGAN
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
Manufiictun-rs and WtioK'salcru of
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Complete Stocks of Michigan Hardwoods — Maple, Beech, Birch, Elm,
Ash and Basswood for sale.
Grand Rapida, : : : Michigan
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGE CAPACITY PROMPT SHIP.MKNTS RAII, OR CARGO
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac.
Michigan.
SPECIAL PRICES on 500M pieces
1" to 3" Maple Squares 16" to 27" long.
1" to 3" Soft Elm Lumber.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED FOB MICUIOAN LUMBEB.
52
HARDWOOD RECORD
/'^ ¥ 1^ T d'^^ ¥ IK. T 1^ T A 'TT^ ¥
cirNCirNiNA 1 1
THE. GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
^TJIJ A TTl/f Js to ship the highest standard of
\J \jS\, aXIYL lumber at lowest consistent price
We are manufacturers and ship direct from our band mills
Indiana Oak. IA/ H X> f ^ ^t AA/APt ''''"'°"'- A''''^""^
Kentucky Poplar. M. lla Ot U. Om jl WCll I Long Leal
Oak, Ash Main OKlcc: Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S A. Yellow Pine
~ /€^^\
FRAMES,
ii'mmj^'^
PAINTS.
SASH, DOORS,
BUILDERS' HARDWARE,
BLINDS. MOULDINGS.
11 Bhmwwjib
MANTELS. ETC.
COLUMNS. GIASS,
\\ VlrffflpTV
LARGE CINCINNATI FAC-
STAIRWORK.
^^y^
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
INTERIOR TRIM.
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD
Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Hemlock, yellow pine.
COLUMBUS a OHIO
LANE- WHITE LUMBER CO,
l-T-af(4\T7nrk(4c always in the market
1 lalUWUUUO FOR WALNUT LOOS
MAIN OFFICE AND BAND MILL at FORT SMITH, ARK.
OAK. ASH AND WALNUT
OUR SPECIALTY
^
For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood
Machinery, you will find it advantageous to
write our advertisers. Get in touch !
"BUY GUM"
We are in the market to buy
Dry Gum Lumber in any
quantity, from a single car
load to a million feet. Will
take all grades and thick-
nesses. We receive lumber
at shipping point, pay cash
nnd are liberal in inspection.
THE FARRIN-KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General Office, Yarda,
Planing Mills, Dry Kihis.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Purchasing Ofllce,
Randolph Building.
Memphis, Tenn.
Cypress Red Gum Oak
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak, Yellow Poplar,
Yellow Pine, Walnut, etc. Mills in Tenn., Ala. and Va.
OFFICE AND YARDS, OEST AND DALTON AVE.. CINCINNATI, OHIO.
The Farmer In the
Southwest Prospers
Because he pays from $8 to $15 an acre for
land that produces as good crops as land in
Illinois and Indiana which sells for $75 to $100
an acre. The mild climate gives him earlier
crops and the short winter makes stock-raising
less expensive.
You have the same chance to prosper
that is being taken by hundreds of the north-
ern and eastern farmers.
Write for free copies of our illustrated
books on Texas and Oklahoma.
Low rates to all points in the Southwest
on the first and third Tuesdays of each month
via
FRISCO
CHICAGO (a. EASTERN ILLINOIS R. R..
W. H. RJCHAKDSON. G. P. A.. Chicago, UI.
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND. KY.
HARDWOOD RECORD
53
i"^ I IX-T i'^ I 1X.T 1N.T A 'TP I
OirNOlfNiNA 1 1
THE. GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Officei
I2J9 West Sixth Street
Yards:
Sixth Street, below Harriet
L. W. RADINA & COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of
Wanted for cash— desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades,
Especially 1 J{-inch stock, for immediate shipment.
-CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE- :
■■^s^^''?mmmi.
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers ot
Tabasco Mahogany
SSSiiiBil -A J iil 1 i-_ J laDasco Manog!
§p|*%||i%^^ Walnut. OaK
^^>:..!/'' '^^'iS'-^-'-'SSi^-^ily Poplar, Mcl,ean and Findh
Findlay Ats.
CINCINNATI, O.
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI, OHIO
PLAIN
AND
QUARTER
SAWBD
White and Red Oak
I CHESTNUT
POPLAR
GUM AND
CYPRESS
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
THE
MALEV, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always in the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS.
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS,
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI.
OHIO
Kentucky Lumber Co.
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Wholesale Buyers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
ALWAYS IN THE MARKET
TO BUY
WRITE US WHEN YOU ARE READY TO SELL
WHAT HAVE YOU FOR SAI<E IN
Red and White OAK Qtd. and Plain
Al,SO POPLAR, CHESTNUT, WALNUT, ETC.
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., QNCINNATI, OHIO
Cash Imyers for stock in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
GEST AND SUMMER STREETS
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers
Finely llgurt-d quarter sawed oak veneers a Bpeclalty.
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash Buyers
Poplar^ Oak^ Chestnut
And Other Southern Hardwoods
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES. WE BUY MILL CUTS.
Poplar, Oak,
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore,
W. Va. Spruce,
Pine and Elm
C. Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
2,000,000 feet Dry Oak
2.000,000 feet Dry Poplar
Mostly heavy slock. Quolalioos Solicited.
MILLS AND YARDS
CINCINNATI, 0.
VEARLY CAPACITY
180,000,000 FT.
\Sm BILL STTFP
A SPECIALTY
54
HARDWOOD RECORD
$ INDIANA ^
-WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW-
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart'r'd White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
lONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet — Hardwood Specialties
The largest Band Mill in Indiana. FORT WAYNE, IND.
I. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG, IND.
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
HARDWOOD RECORD
55
BUFFAUO
THE GRE-AT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO,
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
1075 CMNTON STREET
L N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 ELK STREET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY
specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
60 ARTHUR STREET
ORSON E. YEAGER
Specialties: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 EI,K STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
Office and Yards, 69 I,EROY AVENUE
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO,
We want to buy for cash :
Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
518 RANDOI,PH BLDG., MEMPHIS, TENN. 940 SENECA STREET.
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN and QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
1142 SENECA STREET.
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
95.5 TO 1015 ELK STREET
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STREET
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
893 EAGLE STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard, 1655 SENECA STREET OfEce, 886 ELLICOTT SQUARE
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
COLUMBUS, OHIO
6,000 Car Loads
Sawed and shipped yearly of band-sawed Yellow Poplar, White Pine, White Oak, Basswood,
Chestnut, Hemlock and Ash. Planing Mills and Dry Kilns. C. If you are in a hurr>' to get
your order placed, call our nearest salesman.
Salesman Headquarters Tdephorii
Fred A. Wilson '. .. Portsmouth, Ohio Bell 4392
E. E. Eaton New York City, 158 W. 81st St Riverside 7390
James B. Patton Buffalo, N. Y., Rockford Hotel Bryant 1335-R
A. Wallace Irwin Baltimore, Md., Eutaw Hotel •
Frank B. Pry or Pittsburgh, Pa., 7th Avenue Hotel
E. E. Ginn Jamestown, Ohio Bell Phone
A. J. Williams Cleveland, Ohio, Eastman, Detroit St Ridge 593-R
L. G. Anderson Franklin, Ohio Bell 482
James H. Lang Detroit, Mich.. Hotel Ste. Claire
W. H. Matthias Chicago, 111.. 1448 Addison St Lakeview 1493
Geo. H. Huganir Philadelphia, Pa., 901 N. 50th St.
F. H. Browning Columbus, Ohio Main 7874
W. T. Baker Graham, Va.
Vansant, Kitchen & Co.
Old-Fashioned
SOFT
YELLOW
POPLAR
. ^^JHi^H
J
NEW ASHLAND M11.1.
Ashland, Ky.
5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK, SPECIALTY
YELLOW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 44, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Lath and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stock.
COAU OROVE, OHIO, U
OOPYRIGHT. A U 1906 BV THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
flaMiilRW
Eleventh Year. I,
Semi-monthly. \
CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 10. 1906.
(Subscription $2,
ISIngle Copies, 10 Cents.
CHERRY
C. K LLOYD, JR.
Manager Salaa
RIVER
West Vikginia
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
offices: Philadelphia, Pa
LUMBER
tllminelDer^er-lldrrlsoii Lumlier (o.
Red Gum
Specialists
Morehouse.
Missouri
PROFIT-SHARING CONTRACTS
Our Policies
PENNA. LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL FIRE INS. CO.
923 Drexel Bldg.. Philadelphia, Pa.
RUMBAROER LUMBER COMPAINV
Asb.
I oar 4/4. littlo 5/4, some 8/4, Nos. 1 &
2 &. No. 1 Common.
Basswood.
.'iO cars 4/J, loe: run. I,.'! rnv n/4, las run
Beech.
."> cars 4/1, log run; choice slock.
17 cars 4/4, Ing run; worinv stork.
Birch.
71 cars 4/4, loff run. 4 cars 5/4, log run,
■■; cars G/4, loj,' run. 12 cars 8/4, log run.
Cherry.
~ ) cars 4/4, log run. '^ car S/4, log run.
I lioico wide Rto<-k. Will sell on prades.
Cucumber.
:: r-ars 4/4, log run.
Uaple.
r. cars 5/4. log run. 10 <-iirs 0/4, log run.
:;.'{ cars 4/4, log run. 11 cars 8/4, log run.
Chestnut,
."i cars 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Common.
I car 4/4 & 8/4. Nos. 1 vt 2 and No. 1
■ ■oninion; Imlf s,4.
7 cars 4/4, sound wormy.
2 cars 6/4. sound wormy.
Plain Red Oak.
IVi cars 4/4. Nos. 1 & 2.
:: rars 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
;; cars fi/4, Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
1 caj- 4/4 & 5/4, Nos. 1 & 2 and No. I
common; half each thickness,
ll-s cars 4/4, No. 1 Common.
1 car 4/4. No. 2 Common.
S cars 4/4, log run.
Plain Red and White Oak.
1 car 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2.
.■> cars 4/4. No. 1 Common.
.Mostly red oak, only snnill percent
white oak.
Plain White Oak.
1 o.ir 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Common.
\'_! car 4/4, No. 1 Common.
2 lars 4/4, No. 2 Common.
2 rar.s 4/4. Ing run.
Plain White and Red Oak.
1 c.ir 5/4, 0/4 & S/l. Nos. 1 A: 2 & No. 1
Common; mostly W. O. only small
percent R. O.
" 2 & No. 1 Common;
only small percent
only
mostly W. O
O.
each white
1 ciir 8/4, Nos. 1 &
mostly W. O.,
R. O.
-1 cars 4/4, log run;
small percent R.
4 cars 4/4, No. 2 common
oak and red oak.
Quartered Red Oak.
1 c;;ir 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2.
I car 4/4, clear strips (narrow).
I cars 4/4, No. 1 Common.
Quartered White Oak.
1 car 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2.
2 cars 4/4, clear strips (nnrrou i
I) cars 4/4, No. 1 Common.
White Pine.
210,000 ft. 4/4, log run.
46.000 ft. 6/4. log run,
46.000 ft. 8/4, log run.
I.'MH».00<J ft. 4,4 to S/4 sorted as to grades
and widths; rough or worked.
Poplar.
2 cars 5/8, Nos. 1 & 2.
4 cars 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2.
% car 5/4, Nos. 1 & 2.
1 car S/4, Nos. 1 & 2.
1 car 5/8, clear saps.
9 cars 4/4, clear saps.
Vi car 5/4, clear saps.
7 cars 4/4, No. 1 Common.
.i cars 5/4, No. 1 Common.
1% cars 6/4, No. 1 Common.
2 cars 8/4, No. 1 Common.
7 cars 4/4, No. 2 Common.
4 cars 6/4, No. 2 Common.
1 car 16/4, Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Common.
11 cars 4/4, log run.
1 car 4/4. Nos. 1 & 2, 24" to 36" wide
Clear Spruce,
1/3 car 7/8. 1 car 4/4.
1 car S/4.
Spruce Box.
.10 cars 4/4, rough. 10 cars 4/4, S 2 S.
5 cars 4/4, S 1 S.
Main Office: 808 Harrison Bldg.,.t5th and Market Sts , Philadelphia, Pa. New York Office: 8018 Metropolitan Bldg., 1 Madison Av. Pittsburgh Office, 701 Keystone Bldg.
The combined facilities oi the stuck lumber insurance e<»]upanies
LUMBER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
and the ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
and allied organizations, constitute a great insuring opportunity for any owner of a first-class lumber or mill risk
LUMBER INSURERS GENERAL AGENCY, Underwriting Managers
Ask for lines and rates.
Advertisers' Classified Directory FoMo^va Want and tor Sale Advertisins Section.
Hardwood record
I /^ ITIC^X/II I r~7
LCJUl^V ILrL^li
' MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
We wish to move and will make close prices on:
1 Car 8 4 Ist and 2nd Qtd. Wblte Oak
•J Cars 8 4 Common Qtd. White Oak
'/2 Car 5 4 Common Plain Bed Oak
(4 » ar 3 4 Common Plain White Oak
1 Car 6 4 Common Plain Red Oak
1 Car 4 4 Loe Bun Ash
3 Cars 4 4 \o. .T Common Plain Oak
We are moving our local yard and wish to ship this at once.
See Page No. 5 1 for list of Hardwoods for future shipment.
t Car 8 4 No. 3 Common Plain (*ak
1 Car 4 4 No. 3 Common Plain Oak
3 Cars 8 4 No. 3 Common Plain Oak
3 Cars .5 4, 6 4 and 8 4 No. 3 Com. and Sound Wormy
Chestnut
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Common Poplar
1 Car .5 4 No. 3 Common Poplar
1 (^ar 4 4 Common and Better Bay Poplar
Stotz Lumber Company
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
Illaslraied Catalog on Application
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
Albert R. Katnpi
Manufactvirer
Hardwood t,iitnber mid Tiinlx r
Dimension Slock
Board o[ Trade BIdg., Louisville. Ky.
E. W. Rhubesky
WlioU-sale
Voplar. Koiigliand Diesstd.
(\ik, Cliestnntand Oilier
Hardwoods
North Vernon Pump
^ Lumber Co.
I-.ind Sawe.i Plain and Ounrter.'Ni
Oak and Poplar.
North Vernon. In<l. .ml
Uouisville. Ky
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak. Poplar and
Chestnut.
I.ouisville, Ky.
_
Dry Stock w. P. Bfowii & SoRS LuHibcr Co.
Louisville, Ky.
PLAIN RED
50,(X)U' 1" 1st &
25,0(10' IVi" 1st
43.0.10' H(." \st
.'iT.iilH]' 2" 1st &
IS.OOO' 2W 1st
le.CKXJ' 3" 1st &
131.000' 1" No. 1
84,000' IVi" No.
44.000' 114" No.
47,000' 2" No. 1
8.000' 2%" No.
15,000' 3' No. 1
OAK.
2na.
& 2d.
& 2d.
2a.
& 2d.
2d.
Com.
1 Com.
1 Com.
Com.
1 Com.
Com.
qijarti:hed bed oak.
10,<K)(i- 1 • Ist & 2d.
All IhickiK sses in cull poplar, ash, chestnut.
14.000' iV-" 1st & 2d.
.1,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
1.1.000' 1" No. 1 Com.
7,000' IV." No. 1 Com.
13.000' 2" No. 1 Com.
PLAIN WHITE OAK.
80,000' 1" 1st & 2d.
28,000' 1%" 1st & 2d.
12.000' IVi" 1st & 2d.
42,(:K)0' 2" 1st & 2d.
•J3,Sll0' 2V." 1st & 2d.
lO.UOO' 3" 1st & 2d.
-'27.000' 1" No. 1 Com.
00,000' IVi" No. 1 Com.
.SO.OOO' I'/'" No. 1 Com.
50,000' 2" No. 1 Com.
17,000' 2V^" No. 1 Com.
22.00(1' :;■' No. 1 Com.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK,
.')0,000' 1" iBt & 2d.
28,000' ]%" Ist & 2d.
45,000' IM" 1st & 2d.
49.000' 2" Ist & 2d.
19,000' 2M;" 1st & 2d.
18,000' 1" No. 1 Com. ,
30,000' IVi" No, 1 Com.
40.000' IM" No. 1 Com.
22,000' 2" No. 1 Com.
10.000' 3" No. 1 Com.
ASH.
o.ixjo' 1" iKt & 2d.
O.-i.OUO' 1V4" 1st & 2d.
10,000' IV." 1st & 2d,
10,000' 2" 1st & 2d,
.S,000' 2y," 1st & 2d.
14,000' 3" 1st & 2d.
6,000' 4" 1st & 2d.
4.000' 1V4" No. 1 Com.
10. (Kite 1 i.j" X,,. 1 ciTpi.
S.OOO' 2" No. 1 Com.
POPLAR.
l2.(.(Ni' 1" 1st .t 2d.
Your Inquiries will be appreciated.
12.0011' 1'4" 1st & 2a.
11,000' 11/j" 1st & 2d,
12,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
KI.(K)0' 2'.:." l.st «: 2d.
1(1. ((00' ri" 1st & 2d.
.10,000' 1" No, 1 Com,
28,000' 114" No. 1 Com.
10,000' l¥z" No, 1 CoDl.
10,000' 2" .V.i. 1 Cniii.
15,000' 1" IS" & up 1st & 2d,
S,000' 2" IS" & np 1st & 2d.
0,000' 2" 24" & up 1st & 2d.
4.000' 1"4" IS" .t up 1st & 2d.
3.O0O' 111" 24" .% up l.st & 2d.
Prompt delivery guaranteed.
The Norman Lumber Co.^ Inc,
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Lo^s and Lumber
Office and Ifards! Third Street, H to K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY,
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
OFFER K
POPLAR.
30.000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
50,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
15.000 ft. 6/4 Common.
aUARTEEED RED OAK.
60.000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK.
60,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
10.000 ft. 6/4 1st & 2d.
20,000 ft. 6/4 l«t & 2d.
10,000 ft. 8/4 1st & 2d.
50,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
6,000 ft. 5/4 Common.
6.000 ft. 6/4 CommoD.
20,000 ft, 8/4 Common,
10,000 ft. 2%" Common.
40.000 ft. 3" Common.
1 car Hickory Plank, 1% to 4"
8' to 16".
OLLOWING STOCKS;
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12.000 ft. 4i4"j4i2"— 12'. 1—6 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3 x4 " — 12', 12 — 18 mos. dry.
400 ft. 3%i4i<i"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
300 ft. 3%z.4Vt"—i2', 12—18 mos. dry.
250 ft. 3V>l4y.-— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
800 ft. 314x4%"- 12'. 12-18 mos. dry.
ISO ft. 3x4" & Lgr.- 14', 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and lareer, dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger, dry.
HICKORY AXLES,
1,500—3 x4 "—&', 1—6 mos. dry.
1,500 — 354x4%' — 6', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
2,000 — 4 x5 "—5', 1 — 8 moe, dry.
1,000 — 4%x5%"— 6', 1— « mos. dry.
1.000 — 5 16 " — S'. 1—8 mo«. dry.
HARDWOOD RECORD
MICHIGAN RED OAK
c
a
Ab tine stock as was ever cut
in the famous Cadillac district
W'c liuve some uf this choice 4-4
Red Oak which will soon be in
shipping condition.
If you are in the market, we
can please you both in ijuality
and price.
We also have sotue nice Soft
Gray Elm in 4-4. 6-4, 8-4 and
12-4. It's Bone Drv.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
Cummer, Digglns & Go.
=MANUFACTURERS=
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Birch, Soft }\\m and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
„ ,.„ For Water Shipment:
For Rail Sbipment Irom Cadillac. 12O,U0a feet of 4 4 Uiisswood
2 cars 8 '4 Maple. No ICom. &Beuer 160.000 feel of 4 4, 5 4 und 6, 4 Birch
l.T cars 4/4 Maple, on (irafles. lOOOOfl feet of 4 4. R 4 and l'.' 4 Soft
:; cars 4/4 Bas.swood. No 2Com&Uet. Elm
2 cars Basswooci, No. 2 Com. & Bet. 10,000 4 4 Ash,
MURPHY & DIQQINS
Offer all grades of the lollcwirg special dty slock
MAPLE^S, 4, 6, 4, », 4. 10 4. 12 4, 14,4. 16/4
CRAY ELM-4/4, 12 4
BASSWOOD— 4/4
[BIRCH » 4.6 4
Our own manutaclure. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
DRY ST
Cadillac Hard Maple
SSM 4 4 No. 3 Common.
26SM 5-4 No. 1 & 2 Common.
325M 6-4 No. 1 & 2 Common.
lOSM 6-4 I's & 2's.
44M 12-4 Is & 2's.
UM 16-4 No. 2 & Better.
The above sto^k i^ our own manufacture and wc can ;ihip promptly.
Be Friendly. WriJe Vs.
COBBS&MITCtlELl
(INCORPORATED)
CADILLAC. MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE, HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
F. W, GILCHRIST, President
W, A. GILCHRIST. Vice President
W. E, SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills< Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards, Cairo, Illinois
Gsneral Oflice. S> Tennessee Trust Bldg.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COTTONWOOD
J. B. Ransom, Prest. A. B. Ransom, V.-Prcst. W. A. Ransom, Sec. C. R- Ransom Tress.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Inc.
Manufacturers and Dealers In
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
Also make a specialty of Wagon Stock in rough, such as Tongues,
Axles, Reaches, Bolsters, and 6-4 to 16-4 Hickory.
Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd.
MANUFACTURERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS:
1,000,000 feet Soft Grey Elm, 1 to 3".
500.000 feet Unselected Bircli, 1 to 3".
3,000.000 feet Michigan Hard Maple, I to 6".
350 000 feet End Dried White Maple. 1 to IVi".
625.000 feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood, 1 to 3".
150.000 feet Selected White Basswood, 1", IH" and \K".
210,000 feet Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak. 1 to 2".
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
F. w. GILCHRIST, Pres. W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice-Pres.
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
Three States Lumber Co.
MANl'FACTUKHRS OK
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Hardwood Lumber
Cottonwood and Gum ^^^
Ollice
Tennessee
Trust
GET OUR PRICES, TRY OUR LUMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH, dressp;d. RESAWED
COTTONWOOD:
GUM
W
E have in all thicknesses the following kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
MEMPHIS yard:
Ash 680,000 feet
Quartered White OaU. . 75.000 feet
Plain White Oak 140,000 feet
Quartered Red Oak.... 535,000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410,000 feet
Cypress 225,000 feet
Cottonwood 200.000 fee t
Poplar . , aii« 000 feel
SELMA YARD
Poplar 409,000 feet
Bay Poplar 867,000 feet
Red Gum .55.000 feet
Cypress "87.000 feet
BERCLAIR YARD
Bay Poplar 100.000 feet
Cypress 800,000 feet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 3.50 000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
DUice and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C. R. R.
MEMPHIS. TENN.
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Maiuifaoturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office.
Memphis. Tenn.
Mills.
Cliancy. Miss.
Address all correspondence to Memphis office.
STOCK
LIST
ANDERSON-TULLY CO. ^\'2S!:'''
ASH.
GUM.
lOM ft.
4/4"
Clr. Stps., 2'A" to 5H"-
4M ft. 3/8" 1st & 2d Red, 16" up.
6M ft.
4/4"
Com. Stps., 2«." to 6W
4M ft. 1/2" 1st & 2d Red. 16" up.
COTTONWOOD.
lOOM ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps, 8"-12".
oO.M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps, 13"-15".
33M ft.
7/8-
1st & 2d. 8" & up.
4UM ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps, 16" up.
150M ft
4/4'
1st & 2d, 6" & up.
oOM ft. 4/4" Wg. Box Brds., 13"-17".
7IIM ft.
4/4'
1st & 2d. 7" to 10".
200M ft. 4/4" No. 1 Common Saps.
20M ft.
4/4'
1st & 2d, 11".
200M ft. 4/4" No. 2 Common.
25M ft.
4/4'
1st & 2d, 12".
200M ft. 4/4" No. 3 Common.
10<]M ft.
4/4'
1st & 2d, 13" & up.
RED OAK.
25M ft.
4/4'
1st & 2d, 18" & up.
22,600 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Plain, 12" .V
40M ft.
b/4'
1st & 2d, 6" & up.
up, 14' & 16'.
54 M ft.
b/4'
1st & 2d, 11" & 12".
32.300 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Pin., 6" up.
45M ft.
6/4'
1st & 2d, 6" & up.
1,700 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Quartered.
150M ft.
4/4'
Wag. Box Brds.. 9"-12'
. 8.800 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Quartered.
60M ft.
4/4'
Wg. Box Brds., 13"-17'
WHITE OAK.
CYPEESS.
6.530 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Plain.
10.7(K) ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Plain.
lOM ft.
4/4'
Select.
6.000 ft. 4/4" l9t & 2d Quartered.
25M ft.
4/4'
Shops. ■
11,000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Quartered.
15M ft.
!)/4'
Select.
POPLAR,
15M ft.
5/4'
Shops.
33,000 ft. 4/4" Common & Cull.
FENN BROS. COMPANY
MANIKACTUHERS OF
Oak Flooring
QUARTERED WHITE
QUARTERED RED
PLAIN WHITE
PLAIN RED
HOLLOW BACKED
END MATCHED
POLISHED
BORED
Memphis, Tenn.
HARDWOOD RECORD
c* nn
•
OF
f rf'^ T T T C?
d I
L CJ U 1 ^
LARGEST
ALL HARDWOOD MAKKE.TS
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantitv Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
CHAS. I mmm hardwood mm company
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices : 148 Carroll Street
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OF ANGELICA STREET
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco "Building
We have the following Dry Stock for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD:
3 Cars 4/4 Common. 3 Cars 1" 1 and 2.
2 Cars 4, 4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17'' Box Boards.
GUM: ELM:
.S Cars 1" Common Red. I Car 6 4 Log Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4' Log Run.
I Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
6 Cars 15i Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
Roland
Manage
.agf,""' Ozark Cooperage Co* "="a«mit
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
I-our Inspectors in the South
Direct Shipments 5 COTTONWOOD.
from mill stocks i CYPRESS. GUM, OAK.
MAIN OFFICE.
FRISCO BUILDING
WU /^PJT\7'\7TQ Lesperance Street and Iron
• A^' VjOlV V Ivj,. Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping
point when amounts justify.
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Ban k of Co m m e r ce
Wanted-Cypress, Ash and Cottonwood
Inspection at Point of Shipment When Quantity Justifies
Hafner Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attention.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
SIX MILLION FEET
Ash, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
READY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND HALL STRHETS
HARDWOOD RECORD
T^
H
N
E
NEW
1-^ A C* HP
I
t A & 1
BOSTO
YORK PH I L A D E. LPH I A
The Crosby & Beckley Company
HARDWOODS
We are
In the Mairket for Choice Stock
WRITE US
No. 1 Madison Ave.,
New York, N. Y.
New Haven,
Connecticut.
WM. E. LITCHFIELD
MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS.
Specialist in Hardwoods
Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale
H* D, Wiggin jMsBk Hardwoods
Specialties: Poplar, Chestnut, Canadian
Hardwoods, and Mahogany Veneers.
FISKEBniI<DING BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
HARRY S . DEWEY
We are not Wizards in making new grades to fit a price.
No tricks in our methods of making shipments. The
straight grades are good enough for us.
If you will give us a trial order for POPLAR, OAK,
ASH, CHESTNUT or OAK, MAPLE and YELLOW
PINE FLOORJNG, we believe we can demonstrate our
ability to please you.
DIXON & DEWEY
716 and. 716 A, Flatiron Building,
NEW YORK
JONES HARDWOOD CO.
INCORPORATED
WANTS: Poplar, Plain Oak, 147 MILK STREET
Quartered Oak and Cypress. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Manufacturers please send stock lists and prices.
James & Abbot Company
Lumber and Timber
No. J 65 MILK ST., BOSTON, MASS., and GULFPORT, MISS.
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
147 Milk Street
" BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER ; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
R.E. Wood Lumber Company
CL We own nearly a thousand million feet of virgin poplar, oak,
chestnut and other hardwood timber, and operate our own band mills
in West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.
— 4L Let us figure on your hardwood requirements.
GENERAL OFFICES:
CONTINENTAL BUILDING.
Baltimore, Maryland
HARDWOOD RECORD
THE EAST
BOSTON
NEW YORK
PHILADELPHIA
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
We arc always in the market for round lots of well man-
ufactured stock, and shall be pleased to enter into corre-
spondence with manufacturers with a view to purchase.
PHILADELPHIA
New York, Boston, Pittsburg
JOHN L, ALCOCK & CO.
BUYERS OF BLACK WALNUT LOGS,
BOARDS AND PLANKS
Inspection at point of
shipment. Spot cash.
Baltimore, Md.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Buyers of
ROUND I,OTS
of
Hardwoods
No I Madison
Avenue,
New York
ESPECIALLY IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RED OAK
For Your Good Money
We Give You Good Value.
Let the quality of our lumber and the'good service we can give you
be the understanding between us. Do you want any of these to-day?
1 50.000 ft. Ash. from I to 6 inche thick.
3,875,000 ft. Chestnut, Common and Better.
1,420,000 ft. Poplar 1 and 2 and Common.
775,000 ft. VV hite Pine No. I cuts and fine,
Common and Better.
1,800,000 ft. White and Red Oak.
J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co.
S6th to S8th Streets and Woodland Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the marlEet for all thlcknesaes of
OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT.
312 Arcade Building,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
J. J. SOBLE
H. I. SOBLE
SOBLE. BROTHERS
Wholesale Hardwoods
911=912 Land Title Bldg. PHILADELPHIA
WANTED: 20 cars Common and Better Chestnut, all thicknesses.
WE MUST MOVE AT ONCE
6 Ca^rs 4-4 I's acnd 2's Red Oa.k
High Grade Stock, good widths and lengths
PRICE RIGHT. Send us your inquiries
SCHOFIELD BROTHERS
1020-22 Pennsylvania Building, PHILADELPHIA
Wistar, Underbill & Co.,
WHOLESALE
HARDWOOD LUMBER
8l6 Real Estate Trust Building, d» PHILADELPHIA.
Thomas Forman Company
MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GUAUE
Maple and Oak
Flooring
N.w York Branch : DETROIT
McOovern < Boweo, And Hardwood Lumber ,.,,..,
29 Broadway MICHIGAN
W. M. GILLESPIE LUMBER
HARDWOODS COMPANY Farmers Bank Bldg.
Oak a Specialty PITTSBURGH, PA.
The West Florida Hardwood Co.
Ash
Hickory
MiLi. ON Ap.\i.achicola River
MAHYSVILLE, FLA.
Red and White Oak Red Gum
Yellow Cottonwood Tupelo Gum
LET US HAVE YOUR INQUIRIES =
HARDWOOD RECORD
1^ T A C:> I 1 A7 ft f IT?
1 iNA^riVlLLfc
HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Tennessee Red Cedar Lumber a Specialty. Nashville. Tennessee
INDIANA LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
Office and Mills : Corner Oldham TVT A CtXl7TT T IT TTTrKTM
Str.ct and Cumberland Riv«r INAOrlVlLLn., 1 CININ.
LOVE, BOYD & CO.
Offer :
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
1.000,000 ft. Plain Wliite Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, Ash, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc
Our Own Manufacture.
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock.
MAIN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
JOHN B. RANSOM 4 CO.,
NASHVILLE., TENNESSEE
We want to move quickly the following old dry stock. All of it has been on
sticks 6 to 1 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. Wc are prepared to
furnish promptly mixed cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds:
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4/4 first and second
15 M 5/4 first and second
80 M 6/4 first and second
10 M 10/4 first and second
120 M 4/4 No. 1 Common
65 M 6 4 No. 1 Common
58 M 8 4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10, 4 No. I Common
70 M 5 8 first and second Poplar
80 M 5/8 No. 1 Common Poplar
15 M 4/4 1st and 2d Quartered Sycamore
10 M 4/4 No. 1 Com. Quart'd Sycamore
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M 4/4 first and second
58 M 6/4 first and second
15 M 8/4 first and second
95 M 4/4 No. 1 Common
84 M 6, 4 No. 1 Common
72 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
60 M 4 41st and 2nd White
100 M 4/4 No. 1 Common White
100 M 4/4 first and second Red
100 M 4/4 No. r.Common Red
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co.
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand*'
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville, Tennessee
Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
POPLAB AND OAK
PIANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOOKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION
CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONNVOOD
GUAl AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stocki of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General Offices: ) 40 W. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, 111., Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blytbeville, Ark.
HARDWOOD RECORD
The Tegge Lumber Co.
MILWAUKEE
WI SCONSIN
BUYERS OF
ALL KINDS OF
HARDWOOD LUMBER
SEPTEMBER STOCK LIST
MAPLE
BIRCH
BASSWOOD
1 in. 2,000,000 ft.
I'A " 100,000 "
ig " 400,000 •'
2 " 1,000,000 "
2>4 " 200,000 "
2S^ " 500,000 "
3 " 600,000 "
4 " 400,000 "
1 in. 500,000 ft.
ly, " 100,000 "
2 " 100,000 "
254 " 50,000 "
3 " 75,000 "
ROCK ELM
2 in. 25,000 ft.
1 in. 300,000 ft.
I'A " 30,000 "
ig '• 50,000 "
2 •' 75,000 "
3 " 4,000 "
GRAY ELM
BEi:CH
1 in. 500,000 ft.
1!4 " 250,000 "
ig " 400,000 "
2 " 100,000 "
2^ " 200,000 "
2'4 " 5O,0OO "
WHITE MAPLE,
End Piled
1 in. 100,000 ft.
1^ " 20,00O "
2 " 50,00O "
1 in. 300,000 ft
154 " 200,000 "
3 " 200,000 •■
ASH
1 in. 500,000 n.
KELLEY LOMBER & SHINGLE CO, Traverse City, Mich.
Now
for a fact
Do yovi know the a.ctua.1
rf\ill cost of yo\ir prodvict?
or
Has yovir business outgroNvn
yovir system of accounting?
Let us talk with you
tandard Audit Company
Suite 335
Marquette Building, CHICAGO
Are You in the Market?
Send us your inquiries for prices on
the following
HARDWOODS
lOOM ft.
lOOM It.
76M ft.
25M ft.
25M ft.
50M ft.
50M ft.
lOOM ft.
SOM ft.
60IU ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
1" Com. and Better Quartered Bed Oak.
1" Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
V4" Com. and Better Quartered Bed Oak.
IV Com. Quartered Wliite Oak.
Hi" 1st and 2nds Quartered Bed Oak.
3' Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
3" Com. and Better Plain White Oak.
1" Com. Plain Birch.
l" Com. Bed Birch.
I'A" Com. and Better Plain Birch.
1" Com. and Better Hard Maple.
I's" Com. and Better Hard Maple.
1" Com. and Better Soft Elm.
UPHAM 4 AGLER
Distributing Yards: CAIRO, ILL.
Main Offices :: American Trust Building:, CHICAGO
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
®
WE WANT TO BUY FOR CASH
OAK
CYPRESS
ASH
MILL CUTS OK BOUND LOTS
9 1 0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1217 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG,
CHICAGO MEMPHIS
YARDS: NORTH MEMPHIS
lO
HARDWOOD RECORD
CHICAGO
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
Kave vou anything to offer ir\
Kickory, white ash, thick plain
oak arvd wagon stock?
WE ARE CASH BUYERS
PLEASE SEND US YOUR STOCK LISTS
Ryan & McFarland
Office and Yards
Robey St. and Blue Island Ave.
Chica-go
White Lumber Company
Dealers in Hardwood Lumber
ALL ?;iNDS
Cherry Lumber a
Specia.lly
ALL GRADES
Laflin <a 22d S«s.
Chicago
A floor to adore
For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floor-
ing has been among the foremost on the market
fiid because it stands today "unequaled" is the
"St, evidence that its manufacturer has Icept
iliieast of modern methods and the advanced de-
mands of tlie trade. To convince yourself of the
il'ove statements, try our polished' surface floor-
ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with
matched ends and holes for bUnd nailing — you'll
find it reduces the expense of laying and poU.shing.
'":■;'■ Our Booklet trlh all about Hardwood Flooring and
^ lio7u to care for it — also prices— and is free.
The T. Wilce Company
22i\d arvd Throop Sts. CHICAGO. ILL.
Harvey S. Hayden
IX THE MARKET FOR
POPLAR
25 M ft. \W No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths.
40 M ft. 2" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths.
25 M ft. "ZVi" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths.
60 M ft. 3" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths.
WHITE ASH
30 M ft. 1" Is and 2s, standard widtlis and lengths.
75 M ft, 5/4" Is and 2s, standard widths and lengths.
50 M ft. 6 4" Is and 2s, standard widths and lengths.
50 M f t. 8 4" Is and 2s, standard widths and lengtlis.
2.i M ft. 10 4" Is and 3s, standard widths and lengths.
50 M ft. 16 4" Is and 2s, standard widths and lengths.
(We can use a small percentage of No I Common.)
511 Railway Exchange, - Chicago
PARK RICHMOND <&
CO.
Wholesale
Hardwood Lumbei
r
67 West Twenty-second St.
Chicago
John O'Brien Land & Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IX
Hardwood Lumber
Of AH Kinds
OFFICE AND YARDS :
873 to 881 So. Laflin Street
MILL : PHILIPP, MISS.
Ch
ica go
J. Slimmer &^ Company
Hardwood
Lumber
Office and Yard :
65 W. Twenty-second St.
CHICAGO
R. A. WELLS LUMBER CO,
Manufacturers of All Kinds of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Fine Quartered Oak a Specialty
234 LA SALLE STREET
Yards at Canal and 2Ist Sts. CHICAGO, ILL.
HARDWOOD RECORD
ii:
CHICAGO
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
Heath-Witbeck Company
Hardwood Lumber
We have for quick shipment 170,000
feet DRY BIRCH, First and Seconds
and Common 2, 2yi, 3 and 4 inch.
Main Office, 6 Madison St. Yards, Loomis and 22nd St.
CHICAGO
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Southern
Hardwoods
22nd Street and Center Avenue - CHICAGO
Crandall & Brown
LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS
Yellow Pine, Oak, Poplar and Maple
We have in Chicago for quick delivery
100,000 U" 1st and 2nds La. Red Cypress, thoroughly dry.
14,000 3x14" Shop Com. Cypress
We are in the market for Ash and Cottonwood
Office and Yards : 3300 Center Avenue, CHICAGO.
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consin stock. Also PI,AIN AND QU.ARTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc .
from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers.
The Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Telephone
NORTH 223
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Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO. SEPTEMBER 10, 1906.
No. 10.
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COMING HARDWOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association
The eleventh annual meeting of this association will be
held at Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Wis., Tuesday, September
18, at 10:00 a. m.
Hardwood Manufacturers' Association
A district meeting of this association is scheduled to be
held at Cape Girardeau, Mo., Tuesday, September 25.
National Hardwood Lumber Association
A semi-annual meeting of this association will be held
at Hotel Havlin, Cincinnati, on Thursday and Friday.
October 25 and 26.
General Market Conditions.
As evidenced by the reports from nearly all hardwood centers of
the United States, general hardwood conditions may be regarded as
entirely favorable, especially when the season of the year is consid-
ered. The slight lull in demand of the last two months is giving
way to a steady inquiry and increased sales of hardwood from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Wood workers in all lines are enjoying
a very remarkable trade, which has been secured at prices based on
current lumber values. The little hesitancy in buying which has
prevailed owing to a hope of diminution in prices seems to be giving
way, and orders are being freely placed at as good prices as have
prevailed at any time during the year.
The extra effort that has been made in the oak producing sections
to increase stocks on hand has not been successful owing to bad
weather conditions. The country is just as short of oak today as it
has been at any time during the past two years.
The shortage of poplar and Cottonwood is so marked that trading
among manufacturers and wholesalers at the top of the price list
prevails to a considerable extent. There surely is not enough of either
wood in sight to go around, and there is little hope of an increase in
stocks for months to come.
The minor southern hardwoods are all in good call, of which
hickory is perhaps the scarcest item. A part of the northcrti hard-
woods are doing very well, but still there is little accretion in value
anywhere along the line.
The hardwood ilooring factories are still very busily employed, as
the vast number of new high-class structures being erected throughout
the country is making a tremendous call for both maple and oak
ilooring.
The veneer and jjanel people are having a good volume of business,
but very few of them are satisfied with the prices being received.
Mahogany lumber is increasing in consumption, as its unusual
merits and relative low cost as compared with high-class domestic
^voods become more fully realized by the trade at large. There also
seems to be an increased demand for black walnut for both home
and foreign consumption. The price of neither mahogany nor walnut
is showing any advance.
Cypress is well pieked-up and the prices ruling are high. It is
doubtful if ever cypress comes on the market again in sufficient
quantities to depress current values. Considering prevailing general
commercial conditions the hardwood trade may be said to be enjoying
its full measure of prosperity, and the fall trade in sight augurs to
carry this condition forward for the remainder of the year.
Association Meetings.
At the head of the editorial columns of this issue of the Hardwood
Record will be found the announcement of three important hardwood
meetings. The first is the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Hardwood
Lumbermen's Association, which for many years has been an impor-
tant function of the hardwood fraternity of the Badger state.
This meeting, coming just before the opening of the fall trade, will
probably call out an unusually large number of manufacturers and
jobbers.
Another meeting announced is a district conference of the Hard-
wood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, to be held
at Cape Girardeau, Mo.
The third meeting noted is an innovation of the National Hard-
wood Lumber Association — a semi-annual meeting at Cincinnati. The
executive board of this association, in response to many requests,
have deemed it wise to call this general meeting for the considera-
tion of many subjects of importance that have transpired since the
annual meeting held in Memphis early in May. It is understood that
one important topic of consideration will be the admission of whole-
sale consumers of hardwoods throughout the L^nited States as asso-
ciate members. There are also some changes in the constitution and
by-laws projected. This meeting will doubtless call out an attend-
ance second only to that of the big Memphis annual meeting.
Conservatism of Michigan Hardwood Men.
Early in July leading hardwood manufacturers of Michigan gath-
ered in a conference to thresh out among themselves certain points
of manifest interest. While the hardwood producing section of
Michigan is of comparatively small area, although the annual out-
put of the state is upwards of 600,000,000 feet, it was found that
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very few operators were acquainted with each other. Primarily,
therefore, they assembled together to promote acquaintance. Next,
they determined to thoroughly analyze the conditions that surrounded
their business. They desired to find out the total quantity of lumber
of all kinds and grades in stock with hardwood manufacturers of the
state, how much of this lumber is sold, and how much each man
proposes to manufacture during the coming year. Furthermore, they
wished to analyze requirements in the various kinds of lumber they
produce. In other words, this conference was held for the purpose
of getting at the question of supply and demand, that values might
be intelligently fixed. This work has already progressed to a very
satisfactory point.
Next in consideration came the always open jiroblem of amending
the manufacturing system and the. rules of measurement and grad-
ing. These are points that the average coterie of lumbermen can
rarely agree upon, but thus far the Michigan hardwood operators
have handled the proposition with the utmost skill and finesse, and
undoubtedly, when they fully determine what they consider best for
their own interests, their recommendations will be found advan-
tageous to the people who buy and utilize Michigan hardwoods as
well, and much more satisfactory than the want of system which has
prevailed in the past. Conservatism is marking every movement of
these men skilled in the lumber manufacturing business. The grad-
ing committee of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa-
tion, which thus fax has had these matters in charge, has not
advanced even a suggestion that is radical. Everybody is working
on lines of conservatism and fairness. It seems to be the general
desire to simply make the current and recognized hardwood trade
ethics of the country universally standard. The grading committee
announces that before it will even propose for adoption rules govern-
ing manufacture, measurement and grading, they shall be thor-
oughly tried out and satisfactorily demonstrated on the lumber pile.
These Michigan people have started in to do business on business
principles, and it is the prophecy of the Hardwood Record that
within the year they will have achieved more for the benefit of the
manufacturing element of the state and for the consumers of Michi-
gan hardwood products than has been accomplished in all the years
of the past.
A Pressing Need.
No graver problem is to be contended with in the lumber industry
today than that which confronts the hickory interests. It is almost
needless to recite again, as it is so well known generally, that the
present stand of hickory is perilously near exhaustion. As no authori-
tative statistics have ever been collected on this subject, it cannot
I>e stated with any degree of accuracy just how long this stand will
last, but the statement has been made by those who are in position
to know that thirty years would be a liberal estimate.
Hickory is a slow-growing tree, and while reforestation would be
of great value to future generations, curtailment of consviniption by
the substitution of other woods for hickory and the introduction of
more economical methods of manufacture are more rational- methods
for the immediate solution of the problem. The manufacture of
handles, carriage and wagon woodwork and kindred lines utilizes
enormous quantities of hickory annually. In these uses the need of
substitution is most urgent, and even though it be found necessary
to leave the United States in search of woods suitable for these pur-
poses, the effort would certainly be worth while.
Thus it will be seen that there was an urgent need for the National
Hickory Consumers' Association, recently organized at Chicago,-
and that it has before it a future of broad usefulness. The mem-
bers of this organization are taking up the work with enthusiasm,
and undoubtedly by the coiiperation which the Forest Service
promises the association much will be accomplished and great
benefit will accrue to the trade at large.
Hardwood Rate to the Pacific Coast.
The hardwood manufacturing and wholesale trade is just awaken-
ing to the importance of securing a more favorable freight rate from
the iianhvood producing centers of the country to the Pacific coast.
This project, originally agitated by the Wisconsin Hardwood Lum-
bermen 's .\ssociation, has latterly secured tlie cooperation of the
National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, the Hardwood Man-
ufacturers' Association and the National Hardwood Lumber Asso-
ciation.
Under the interpretations made of the new interstate commerce
law it is still questionable if the transcontinental lines can be legally
forced to reduce the west-bound rate, and therefore all logical means
should be exhausted to coax these roads into making a lower rate
without having recourse to the law.
A ease has recently been decided by the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission, in which the question was a rate of forty-three cents per
hundred pounds on unwashed wool from Fort Wayne to Philadelphia,
and an exaction of sixty-two cents per hundred pounds was made
on the same product from Philadelphia to Fort Wayne. The commis-
sion held, upon the evidence presented, that the west-bound rate was
nijt shown to be unreasonable or unjust, and dismissed the complaint.
The commission said that, while the law requires all rates to be
reasonable and just and forbids unreasonable discriminations, it does
not prescribe any measure or test of reasonableness in either case.
It is manifest that the reasonableness of every rate or discrimination
called into question nuist be determined and measured by the cir-
cumstances and conditions affecting the business. It analyzes that
it cannot be required in reason that rates must in all cases be the
same in both directions between the same points, any more than
they can be made on a strictly uniform mileage basis. It is alleged
that the cost of moving freight must be considered, as the differ-
ence in grades may in some cases justify a higher rate in one direc-
tion than in the opposite one; that the general movement of traffic
in one direction may so preponderate as to require the movement of
empty cars with its attendant expense; and that a great and in-
creasing volume of freight is a factor of much influence towards
the depression of rates.
In the existing contention for a lower freight rate on west-bound
lumber, the railroads can set up very little claim on the ground of
difference in grades, or that they would have to transport empty
cars to the east for the sake of securing loads for the west.
About the only logical argument they can present, according to the
analysis of the commission, would be the preponderance of east-bound
lumber shipment over that of west-bound.
It would seem both in equity and law that the west-bound freight
rate on lumber should be reduced to a parity of that of kindred
east-bound products, but it certainly would not be wisdom on the part
of the various lumber associations to enter into a legal controversy
with the transcontinental lines until all amicable means are exhausted
to coax them into doing justice to the hardwood trade.
The Car Stake Equipment Case.
Referring to the suit pending against railroails, instituted primarily
by the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association and sup-
ported by nearly all the other lumber associations of the country, as
well as by many individuals, it cannot fail to be noted that on the
whole the hardwood trade has been somewhat lax in its enthusiasm,
as evidenced by their general want of financial aid in carrying
forward this litigation.
From the fact that comparatively small quantities of hardwoods are
shipped in open cars, the average hardwood man does not seem to
realize the importance of a favorable decision to the lumber trade in
this case. If a hardwood shipper does not forward niore than ten
cars a year on flat and gondola cars, a favorable outcome of this suit
would be equivalent to $.')U a year to him. He certainly should Ije
w-illiug to contribute at least a ten-dollar bill to assist this desid-
eratum. The committee having this suit in charge, after having done
a tremendous amount of work and liaving spent a large sura of money,
finds itself embarrassed for funds to continue its action. Tliis very
result is what was both hoped for and possibly expected by the defend-
ant railroads. The present status of the case would indicate that the
shippers can reasonaldy hope to win their contention if they have
reasonable financial aid from those who will be manifestly bene-
fited, and its appeal for material support should not go unrecognized.
The Hardwood Record trusts that its clients who are shippers of
hardwood lumber will interest themselves in this matter and take it
up by mail with E. F. Perry, secretary of the committee, 66 Broad-
way," New York city, and tender him their contributions.
HARDWOOD RECORD
15
Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent.
"Tbore is no fool like an <)ld fool I"
When tlio siren on him smiles
And around him casts the netwuflv <if her
fascinating wiles.
He forgets his hoary whiskers and his MraR-
gling lot ks of gray.
And in apeing yoiitli and vigor gets ridicu-
lonsly gay.
Me imagines she is smillen witli liis many
manly charms.
And is longing for the clasp of liis emaciated
arms :
Longing for his age-dried kisses, tliat w«.'nld
fall upon her lips
From a pair as far from ripeness as a pair
of hick'ry chips.
T/te Old Fool.
•There is no I'ool like an old fool '."
Though his joints he stiff and dry,
Tiiongh of ardent manly energy and vigor lie
is shy.
Though his shoulders may tie cii-opiiing and
his sight he growing dim.
He imagines there's a fountain of perpi'tual
youth in him.
lie will meel tile smile of siren with an age-
enfeebled grin.
And will stroke the bunch of whiskei's. tiiue-
frostbitten on his chin,
And his eyes will try to goo-goo. try to an-
swer 10 the goo
Of the goo-goo, shy and tempting, in her eyes
of liquid blue.
•■'I'here is no fool like an old fool !"
.\s he signs each asked-for check
Deeper sinks the dart of Cupid in the wrin-
kles of Ills neck.
For the sly god when the grand dad wiili ihe
siren plays a part.
.Never aims his pointed arrows at the old.
enfeebled heart.
Then thi<re comes Ihe sad awakening from his
idiotic driTUii.
And he learns thai lovely women are not al-
ways what they seem :
As he figures up his losses, he remarks with
surly gruneh :
"There is no fool like an old fool, and I guess
I lead the bunch '."
Common Property.
Anylioily possesses
the abilit}' to be as
big a fool as he
pieases.
Usually.
When a man 's re-
ligion interferes with
his business, the
chances are it needs
to.
Poor Advertising,
Advertising t h e
shortcomiugs of
others Joes uot help
us to dispose of our
own.
THE PITY OF IT.
Tantalizing.
A wasted oppor-
tunity always comes
home to roost.
Mecessarily.
A true man is al-
ways a truthful man.
Companions.
When opportunity
knocks at your door,
responsibility stands
immediatelv behind.
Hardly.
Talk isn't neces-
sarily cheap when
money does the talk-
ing-
Alike.
The scorn of ego-
tism is as harmless
as the slur of iguo
ranee.
That's AJl.
There is only a
few dollars' differ-
ence between ennui
and laziness.
Hot Air.
Some |ieople 's wis-
dom all escapes at
the mouth before it
has a chance to in-
fluence their actions.
Kind of 'Em.
Popular ministers
avoid touching the
sore spots of their
congregations.
Or the Manager's.
It 's usually a
man '3 sense that en-
ables him to accumu-
late dollars.
He Has the Time.
If a man is too
lazy to work he sets
himself up :is a phil-
osophy dispenser.
Easily Pleased.
Most people who
are satisfied with
themselves d o h ' t
want much.
A Separator.
A successful finan-
cier is a man who
separates other men
from their h a r d-
earned coin without
using a sandbag.
Take a Chance.
Chances are
against the man who
refuses to take
chances.
The poor little chap is just waking up to the fact that be has been riding to
ruin — and hasn't been driving at all.
It Is, Indeed.
One way to get
rich is by attending
(to one's own busi-
ness— but it is aw-
fully monotonous.
Knows Her Subject.
Although the law holds a man innocent
until he has been proven guilty, a man's
wife is apt to hold him guilty until lie has
proved his innocence.
The Real Reason.
Most people could get along tolerably
well without servants, but it would deprive
them of a never-failing topic of conversa-
tion.
Inexcusable.
There may be some excuse for blowing
about what you have done in this world, but
surely there is none for bragging about
wliat you arc going to do.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
AMERICAN FOREST TREES.
Norway or Red Pine.
Pinus rciiinosa — Ait.
Xorway pine grows from Newfoundland
and the northern shores of the Gulf of St.
Lawrence through Ontario and Manitoba
and other southern Canadian prov-
inces; through the northern states
of the eastern section of this coun-
try, and as far west as Minnesota,
"Wisconsin and Michigan; as far
south as Massachusetts, the moun-
tains of Pennsylvania and sections
of Ohio. It reaches its highest de-
velopment and greatest abundance
on the northern borders of the first
named states. In southern Massa-
chusetts and southward it is rare
and local.
This tree thrives best in light
sandy loam or upon rocky ridges.
It is usually found scattered
through forests of other northern
conifers; when in groves, rarely
covering any extensive area.
Various names are applied to
trees of this botany. In Vermont,
New Hampshire, New York, Wis-
consin, Minnesota and Ontario they
are called red pine; in Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont Massachu-
setts, New York, "Wisconsin, Mich-
igan, Minnesota and Ontario, Nor-
way pine; in "Wisconsin, hard pine;
in England, Canadian red pine.
The leaves of Finite resinosa are
needles, five to eight inches long,
slender and flexible; simple; gla-
brous; growing in groups of two
along the branches, and having a
long sheath at the base of each;
the under side is hollowed, the top
surface rounded. The leaves elus-
tervery thicklj' along the branches,
particularly at the ends, their bold,
vigorous outlines scarcely being ex-
celled in beauty by the palm.
The bark is reddish brown, its
appearance being responsible for
the name "red pine" given to the
tree in many localities. It is very
smooth when young, but grows
scaly with age.
The flowers of Norway pine ap-
pear in May or June. The staminate
ones grow in dense spikes and are dark
purple in color; the pistillate are scarlet,
growing upon short stalks. The fruit of the
tree is a cone, two to three inches long. In
shape it is ovate-conical. Its scales are
rounded at the base, devoid of prickly
points, and are glabrous. They shed their
seeds early in the Fall and usually remain
on the branches until the following Summer.
The seeds are oval and winged, with a thin
dark shell.
In general appearance the tree is exceed-
THIETV-SIXTH PAPER.
ingly handsome, with its tall straight trunk
and .thick spreading branches, "pendulous,
clothing the young stems to the ground and
forming a broad irregular pyramid; in old
age, an open round-topped picturesque
TYPICAL FOKEST (JUIlWTH NuKWAY Pl.NE. NORTHERN
WISCONSIN.
head." Norway pine is often planted by
landscape gardeners, especially in parks, and
is considered by them the most desirable
pine tree for ornamental purposes found in
tlie northern states.
The wood is light, hard, durable and not
very resinous. Its grain resembles that of
short-leaf yellow pine. In color it is pale
red, the sapwood much lighter. The medul-
lary rays are numerous and pronounced. The
grain is very close. A cubic foot of seasoned
wood weighs thirty-one pounds. Norway
pine makes excellent flooring, and is particu-
larh- adapted to construction requiring great
strength — car sills, bridges, piles, masts,
spars, posts, girders, sills and joist.
The wood is sometimes commercially han-
dled with white pine, and is ex-
ported in considerable quantities
from Canada to Great Britain. It
is an unimportant factor in the-
manufacture of turpentine and
resin, although its botanical name
would indicate otherwise; the bark
contains considerable tannin.
Notably in Chicago and surround-
ing territory, Norway joists, tim-
bers, strips, etc., constitute an im-
portant part of lumber commerce.
"With the diminution of the forest
area supplying Norway pine, the
requirements formerly met by this
wood are being filled very largely
by yellow pine. Chicago is still
the most important center for the
distribution of Norway in the
world, the Edward Hines Lumber
Company of that city being the
chief factor in the trade.
The first illustration accompany-
ing this article depicts a perfect
specimen, although not of unusual
size, of Norway pine forest growth,
and was photographed on the prop-
erty of the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell
Company, near Hackley, "Wis. The
pictures on the opposite page were
taken at operations of the Edward
Hines Lumber Company of Chi-
cago ; one showing skidways of
Norway pine logs on a northern
Wisconsin property and the other
unloading fine Norway timbers
from a vessel at the company 's
Chicago yards. The etching shows
a closed and an open cone, and a
bit of straw.
The Smallest Tree.
The midget of the entire tree
family is said to be the Greenland
birch. The bluffs along the east
and southeast coast of Greenland
are covered with a dense growth
of this diminutive species of
woody plant. Under the most
favorable conditions of growth the
seldom ha.s been known to at-
tain a height exceeding ten inches, and the
general run are from six to eight inches
high. However, it is well proportioned, and
is in every sense of the word a perfect tree.
It lives from seventy-five to one hundred
and thirty years. Dense thickets of the
species are found in Greenland in places
where the soil is very poor and frozen from
eight to ten months out of the year, which
nevertheless flourish half a century without
exceeding four inches in height.
tree
HARDWOOD RECORD
17
UNLOADING NuKWAY TIMUiatS. VAKD.S EDWARD IllNliS LCMLUJU
COMl'ANV, CHICAGO.
^KUiWAY OF .NORWAY LOi.;S, EDWAIiD III.XES LU.MCER COMPANY,
NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
J^ational Hickory Consumers' Association Organized.
Delegates leiii-eseiitiug the largest holders
of hickory timber as well as the largest con-
sumers thereof met on Wednesday, August
1^9, at 10:00 a. m. in the Auditorium Annex,
Chicago, and effected an organization to be
known as the !\ational Hickory Consumers'
Association. This meeting was the out-
growth of that held at Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
July 13, when initiatory steps were taken
toward the organization of the hickory in-
terests, for the purpose of conserving the
present supply of hickory stumpage, to pro-
mote the future growth of the wood and to
determine the most economical methods of
manufacture. The new association will work
in harmony with the Forest Service in its
efforts to provide a future supply of
liickorj-.
The first session of the meeting was
called to order at 10:00 a. m. in the Green
Eoom of the hotel by John W. Herron, Jr.,
of the Royer Wheel Company, Cincinnati,
president, pro tern. O. B. Bannister of the
Muncie Wheel Company, Muncie, Ind., acted
in the capacity of secretary.
After the minutes of the Niagara
Falls meeting had been read and ap-
proved. Chairman Herron explained the
objects of the organization for the benefit
of those who were not present at that time.
He then called upon the attendance for an
expression of their opinions individually re-
garding the helpfulness which would be
received by those who participated in tlie
work of the proposed association. This dis-
cussion brought out some interesting in-
formation on the prevailing condition of
the hickory industrj'.
H. C. Staver of the Stavcr Carriage Com-
pany of Chicago made some interesting re-
marks concerning hickory growth, which
were occasioned by the statement often
heard, although not based on reliable statis-
tical data, that the present stand of hickory
timber will be exhausted in twenty years
at the present rate of consumption, anci that
to reproduce the stanci would require thirt\'
years, thus leaving ten years interim. Mr.
Staver said that he had practically lived
in the woods since boyhood and that from
observation he knows that it takes hickory
saplings as long to reach a diameter of
three inches as it docs for them to grow
from three to ten inches in diameter. For
this reason the hoop pole industry is one
of the chief factors in the destruction of
merchantable hickory. He gave it as his
opinion that hoop pole manufacturers should
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be induced to substitute other wood for
hickory, thereb.y effecting a great saving.
J. S. Dort of the Imperial Wheel Company
of Flint, Mich., in a short but valuable talk,
agreed with Mr. Staver in this view, as did
also several others.
H. B. Holroyd of the Forest Service who
is conducting a series of experiments in
testing timbers, at Lafayette, Ind., was
called upon to give an outline of the work
which might be accomplished by the govern-
ment with the assistance of the , hickory
interests in promoting the growth, preserva-
tion and economical use of hickory.
Mr. Ilolroyd said that the Forest Service
had as vet secured but little data relating
liarticularly to hickory growth, but he
thought that a great deal could be done by
the government along this line, and that in
the work the manufacturers and consumers
of hickory could materially assist if they
were so inclined, especially through such
an organization as was now about to be per-
fected. He hinted at some tests which had
been and were about to be made by the
service which would give the exact break-
ing strength and resiliency of hickory and
other woods, such as oak and long-leaf pine,
with a view to their possible substitution
for hickory.
The work before the association was dis-
cussed by F. A. Curtis of the Vehicle Wood-
stock Company of Chicago. He urged that
the preliminaries of organization be dis-
posed of as quickly as possible so that the
real work might be undertaken. One of
the first things to be accomplished, he be-
lieved, is the collection of statistics on the
amount of hickory timber now standing,
as it is impossible to tell at present whether
the supply will last ten years or forty. He
stated that he considered that it would be
foolish to do anything toward providing for
future supplies before it was known, at least
approximately, how long the present stand
will last.
C. S. Hartnell of Hartwell Bros., Chicago
Heights, 111., said that in his opinion the
deadening of hickory, as practiced in the
southern states, was a matter which the as-
sociation might with profit take up with the
government. He said that in the southern
country thousands of acres of good timber
was treated in this manner, the ground
thereafter being rented for $5 or $6 an acre.
The planting of trees was discussed at
length, Mr. Holroyd suggesting that the
Forest Service in cooperation with the mem-
bers of the new association should select
species of fast gi-owing, good quality timber
best adapted to the sections to be forested.
Upon motion of Mr. Curtis, amended by
Mr. Witmer, a commit tec of three was then
appointed liy the chair to act with the
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temporary officers iu drafting a constitution
and bylaws, and to' report at the afternoon
session. The committee consisted of E. W.
MeCullough, J. A. Sanford and F. A. Curtis'.
The meeting then adjourned.
Afternoon Session.
On roassombling in the afternoon i liair-
nian Herron requested Mr. Holroyd to de-
scribe the work of the Forest Service iu
maliing tests on hicltory spokes. Mr. Hol-
royd produced two parcels of inch oak
spokes, embracing the grades A, B, C, D, E,
and culls; also a blueprint on which were
indicated in grams the results of various
tests on individual spokes, a record having
been made of the maximum load and the
maximum strain at the elastic limit. This,
he explained by statiug that some spokes
had been subjected to pressure sufficient to
break some of the wood fibers, this being
ilesignated the maximum load test; others
had been subjected to a strain almost to the
breaking point, although no break actually
occurred. The tests were arranged on the
blueprint so that at a glance the relative
strength and resiliency of the various grades
of spokes might be seen.
Mr. Holroyd stated that it was a very
common idea in the trade that red spokes
are inferior to white, but that this is not
true. He said that he would not say that
red were better than white, but that they
were certainly just a.s good. In a test re-
cently made of 500 spokes, part red and
part white, it was found that the red spokes
were aiiproxiraately of the same strength as
the white, if there was any difference it
was iu favor of the red. He explained
that it was not altogether the strength of
the wood but the stiffness which determined
its value as a spoke material. Mr. Curtis
volunteered the information that the trade
would pay 20 per cent more for white oak
singletrees than for red, which statement
was borne out by others present.
Mr. Holroyd said in connection with the
explanation of the varying strengths of the
different spokes that, their thickness being
equal, the difference in the strength of the
same species of wood was due to the density
of the fibers, or in other words to the
weight of the wood. This statement called
forth the suggestion from Chairman Herron
that grades might be determined by
weight instead of according to present
methods.
Mr. HolroyJ made the statement that
where defects occurred in a spoke its
strength was decreased in the ratio of 10
per cent to 25 per cent as they occured at
tlie ends or in the middle.
The tests so far made at Layfayette have
inclnded only Indiana hickor}-, but the
service now has in view the testing of
northern and southern hickory to ascertain
their relative strengths. These tests are
<juite expensive, costing about .$1 a spoke,
and this fact has restricted operations con-
siderably, as the appropriation for this work
is not large.
Speaking of jjoles Mr. Holroyd said:
"We tested ten hickory poles, ten oak
jioles and ten southern pine poles. The
idea in that line of tests was to get the
relationship ijetween the select poles, the
common and common trussed and tlie rela-
tion that the southern pine bears to the oak.
We vested these poles by subjecting them to
maximum loads at the breaking point and
maximum loads at elastic limit, that is to
say, in the former case we loaded the poles
as heavily as they would bear the weight,
even if they split a little, and in the latter
we subjected " them to a strain which re-
sulted in them being perma'nently deflected.
Comparing oak select with the oak common
for maximum load, the former of course is
better, but the oak select and the oak com-
mon run about the same at the elastic limit.
Longleaf southern pine is a little stronger
than either the oak trussed or the oak com-
mon and nearly equal to the oak select. The
pine used in the test was not wholly long-
leaf and as longleaf pine is the strongest
of the pines, this fact is still more in its
favor. ' '
O. B. Bannister read a very interesting
paper setting forth the advantages to be
gained by the establishment of a government
laboratory at 'Washington to be used by the
Forest Service for experiments in the season-
ing and preservation of timber. This matter
was brought before Congress at its last ses-
sion, but unfortunately it failed to pass, and
a vigorous campaign is now being under-
taken by the various trade associations.
The National Hickory Consumers' Associa-
tion voted the appointment of a committee to
work with committees from other associations
in the hope of influencing Congi-ess to make
an appropriation for such a laboratory. The
chair appointed as such committee Edward
Stinson, E. S. Darlington and Fred A. Curtis.
The Committee on Constitution and By-
laws then presented its report embodying a
draft of the constitution and liv-laws, which
was adopted, as follows:
Whkheas. It is recognized that the supply of
hicliory timber is being rapidly exhausted : and
Wherpjas, There is no known substitute for
hickory ; and
Whkiieak. a complete depletion of this ma-
terial would greatly disturb and probably de-
stroy the industries as now- operated consuming
this material, which would be a national calam-
ity : and
Whhkeas. We, the users of approximately
250.000.1MU.( feet per year, and representing prac-
ticnll.v all lines consuming hickory, here assem-
bled, recognize these conditions and the impor-
tance of taking drastic measures to insure a
future supply, be it
Resolved, That we form an association for
the purpose of protecting, fostering and preserv-
ing the present supply of hickory timber and to
encourage its future growth and to influence the
government through its forestry department to
make a commercial study of the hickory prob-
lem ; be it further
Rrsolcctl. That we cooperate both with the
government and among ourselves in seeking
ways and means for the further economical use
of this material.
CONSTITUTION.
AlITICLE I.
This association shall be known as the Na-
tional Hickory Association.
.VRTICLE II.
The object of this association shall be the pro-
motion of the common interests of the consumers
and producers of hickory timber.
ARTICLE III.
Membership.
Sec. 1. The active members of this associa-
tion shall be persons or concerns engaged in the
production or consumption of hickory timber in
this country.
Sec. 2. The association may by vote admit
to honorary membership any person who from
eminence or for distinguished services shall seem
entitled to such consideration : such honorary
members shall have the benefit of all the rights
and privileges of the association except that of
voting.
ARTICLE IV.
The officers of tills association shall consist
of a president, a vice president, a secretary and
a treasurer. The Executive Committee shall
consist of the foregoing officers with three ad-
ditional members. An Advisory Committee shall
consist of one representative of each of the va-
ried interests represented by this association.
ARTICLE V.
The constitution may be altered or amended
by a two-thirds vote of those present at any
annual meeting, a notice of such change having
been given to each member of the association in
writing at least thirty days before the date of
said annual meeting.
BY-LAWS.
ARTICLE I.
The president shall preside at all meetings of
the association ; in his absence the vice president
shall preside.
ARTICLE II.
Sec. ]. The duties of the officers shall be
such as are common to such officers.
Sec. 2. It sbilll be the duty of the Executive
Committee to see that the objects of the associa-
tion shall be carried out to , the nest of their
ability.
Sec. 3. The duties of the Advisory Committee
shall be to represent the particular interests with
which they are allied in an advisory capacity.
ARTICLE III.
Membership Dues.
The annual dues of ten ($101 dollars shall be
pay.ible in advance on the first day of November
of "each year.
All applications for membership shall be made
to the secretary of the association and shall be
accompanied b.v remittance covering the annual
dues for the current year.
ARTICLE IV.
These by-laws may be changed or amended at
any regular meeting of the association by a
majority vote of these present.
It was moved and seconded that the chair
appoint a nominating committee which
should retire and make nominations for of-
ficers for the first year. Chairman Herron
appoiilted as such committee J. S. Dort, E..
W. MeCullough and George Kile. They
named J. AV. Herron, Jr., for president; E.
W. MeCullough for vice president; 'W. A.
Snyder for treasurer, and 0. B. Bannister
for secretary. Mr. Bannister requested to
have his name withdrawn, on the plea of
not having sufficient time to devote to the
work to handle it creditably. The name of
F. A. Curtis was substituted, and with this
change the nominees were declared unani-
mou.sl}' elected.
An executive committee consisting of E.
C. 'Witmer, O. B. Bannister and Peter Lesh
was chosen by the new president. This
committee was authorized to appoint an
advisory committee, which consisted of the
following:
Western wheel manufactui'ers — C. D. Fischer,
Wapakoneta. (ihio.
Eastern wheel manufacturers — E. Stinson,
Baltimore. Md.
liim manufacturers — B. 1". Vcm Behren,
Evansville. Ind.
'iear manufacturers — D. P. Cooper, Struthers,
Ohio.
Shaft and pole manufacturers — W. A. Snyder,
Piqua. Ohio.
Wagon manufacturers — E. W. MeCullough,
Wilmette. III.
Spoke manufacturers — Peter Lesh, Memphis,
Tenn.
Carriage manufacturers — H. C. Staver, Chi-
cago.
Singletree and neckyoke manufacturers — C. S.
Ilnrtwell. Chicago Heights. 111.
Hammer handle manufacturers — William F.
Heather. Louisville, Ky.
Sucker rod manufacturers — George Kile, Ak-
ron. Ohio.
Dimension stock — Lewis Doster, Chicago.
This, closing the work of organization
and incidental business to which it had
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given rise, the meeting was deelareil ad-
jonrned.
,4niong' thcise in attendance were:
E. W. llef'iillongli. secretary National Wagon
Euildcrs' Association. Wilmette. III.
(ieorge Kile, .Sucker Kod Cornoration, Altron,
Oliio.
C. S. Hartwell, Ilartwell Bros., Chicago
Heiglits, III.
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Sanford. secretar.v National Association
cnienr Mnnufaetnrers, Chicago.
Curtis. X'ehicli' Woodstock Co., (^hicago.
Nolan. Wagon Kuilder. New York.
W. Herron, .Tr., Royer Wheel Co., Cincin
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Ilolroyd. Washington, II. C.
Allen. Wilmette, 111.
Staver. Staver Carriage Co.. Chicago.
Hannister, Muncie Wheel Co.. Muncie,
jyiuck Rake Department,
The Postal Authorities Step In.
The daily press of Atig. 23 announces that
tlie Tobaseo-Chiapas Trading & Transporta-
tion Company, an alleged $2,000,000 ship-
building, eoflfee-growing ami river-trading
Mexican plantation concern, with head-
quarters at 18 River street, Chicago, and
with branch offices in Philadelphia and
Mexico City, has tumbled down with a
crash. The institution is charged with
fleecing 2,800 stockholders out of $8.^1,000,
using 32 per cent of this vast sum to pay
dividends which were never earned. On
Aug. 22 it was raided by the United States
postoffice authorities. Henry T>. Bushnell,
( 'hicago, president, and Isaiah B. Miller,
Chicago, treasurer of the company, w-ere ar-
rested by a deputy United States marshal
on the complaint that they were using the
mails to defraud the public. It is said that
J'ully fifty agents of the Tobaseo-Chiapas
( onipany claim that they have been de-
frauded of .$1,000 each and have received no
part of the $200 monthly salary promised
them.
The principal complainants are W. S. Sin-
clair of Boston, and A. L. Ensign, Chicago,
• who were stockholders to the extent of
$4,000 each. There are forty or fifty other
complaints beside the agents. Warrants are
also out for other principals in the concern.
Postoffice Inspector William Ketcham,
who investigated the affairs of the com-
pany and caused the arrest of the officers,
puts the case this way:
The government contends that this company
secured titles to a piece of land in Frontera,
Mexico, and capitalized under the laws of Ni^w
Jersey for $1.ii(io.OU(l. The company represented
in the mails that it was earning suthcient money
to justify it in I he last five years in paying
dividends amounting to .$LOO.OUU. Upon these
rosy representations it realized .'jiSol.OOO in cash
sales of stock.
The dividends paid never were earned from
the shiphuilding, transportation and coffee in-
dustries of the company, and dividends were
paid out of sales of stock to induce the public
to purchase more stock.
A feature of the game was for the Lu-Me-Ha
Mills Compan.v. a subsidiary "coffee" business,
to promise agents ^js'JdO a month. When the
agents secured .jobs tliey were forced to invest
SI. (100 in stock. The agents complain that when
they got to tht branch office they failed to liear
from the house and received no salaries. We
also charge that the company produces no coffee
on its land, but buys in New York, and tmly
gets its coffee in Chicago by paying for it in
advance.
The man Bushnell is also president of a
Mexican Plantation Association, with offices
at 18 Eiver street, and of the United States
Peat Fuel Company, 134 Monroe street.
Isaiah B. Miller, it will be recalled from the
exposures which the Hardwood Record has
been printing for months past, is one of the
powers behind the throne of the Interna-
tional Lunilier & Development Company of
Philadelphia. These companies nameil are
only a part of the various graft corporations
which have been engineered by Bushnell,
Miller and John D. Markley of Chicago, in
which apparently the public has been fleeced
to the extent of millions of dollars.
.\ sad feature of these "get-rieh-quick ' '
enterprises is that the stockholders are gen-
erally people of the poorer classes who have
invested their savings with the companies
in the hope of getting large returns from
small investments. All the energies of this
crowd have been devoted to the flotation
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and sale of stock upon which they have de-
clared dividends from stock sales and which
apparently never have earned a dollar.
The Hardwood Record has been aware for
months that the International Lumber iS;
Development Company was but one of a
chain of kindred institutions that were
being handled by this bunch of grafters,
but inasmuch as the Philadelphia institu-
tion was the only one in which "lumber"
was made a basis of inducing stock sales, it
felt that it had no right to butt in on enter-
prises outside of the lumber business. This
attack b.y the federal authorities will un-
doubtedly end in winding up the entire
coterie of Mexican fake enterprises and will
involve serious loss to many thousands of
credulous investors throughout the United
States, and should bring at . least deep
humiliation to indiviiluals of former high
i-haracter who have loaned their flames and
acted as stool pigeons for these deals.
The Mobile Register, Mobile, Ala., of
Aug. 23 gives credit to the Hardwood
Record for probing into the affairs of the
International Lumlicr & Development Com-
pany for the benefit of the public, which
has resulted in the raid of the postal
authorities.
Markley, Miller & Co, have been trading
at Mobile for some time as "contractors"
for the International Lumber & Develop-
ment Company, but it has been understood
that they were the actual promoters of the
institution. They, have a re-built second-
hand sawmill in commission at Mobile, in
which they have been sawing mahogany tim-
ber secured from the lands of the San Pablo
Company in Mexico, which was optioned to
the Internatioual Lumlier & Development
Company of Philadelphia. This timber was
transported to Mobile by means of a little
steamer, either owned or controlled by
Markley, Miller & Co.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed
against the Tobaseo-Chiapas Trading &
Transportation Company, but through some
chicanery the information of this step was
withheld by the counsel in the case for some
days. The liabilities of the company are
alleged by the creditors to be more than
$800,000. It is probable that the Bushnell-
Miller syndicate has gotten away with such
residue as they have not paid out as ficti-
tious dividend earnings. It is understood
that these people have been turned loose by
the authorities on comparatively small bail
lionds, which snndy is unfortunate, as their
financial operations certainly should be
classed with those of Stensland. the Mil-
waukee .\venue State Bank wrecker,
whom the United States government is now
attempting to extradite from Morocco.
The only feature of the case that is de-
plored by the Hardwood Record is that it
could not have secured more prompt action
on the part of the postal authorities and
tiuis save many thousands of dollars to in-
nocent and credulous investors.
Hardwood Record Moil 'Bag.
[In this department it is proposed to reply
to such inquiries as reach this office from the
Hardwood Kecobd clientage as will be of enough
general interest to warrant publication. Every
patron of the paper -s invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
natters of interest to the hardwood trade. Id
a succinct and intelligent manner.]
What Kind of Trees Are Hardwoods?
I.KSSLKV. .Miss.. .Vug. 'JO. — Kditor IIaudwuud
Ukvord : I have been referred to you for an
opinion that would be authoritative on the fol-
lowing questions ;
Which of the I'olhjwing timbers are strictly
hardwoods : Hickory, blue and yellow poplar,
white and red oak. elm. hackberr.v. pine, linn,
uuignolia. cottonwood. cypress and sweet gum?
If ytiu should buy the right to cut the liard-
wo(>d timber from a Iract of land on which all
of lliese varieties grew which trees would you
cut and wliat aiuhority would you cite in sup-
port of your l-ight ti» do so?
Is there a commonly adopted commercial classi-
fication <u* custom or a technical definition of
the terms hardwood and softwood that would
govern in such a transaction? —
There is no botanical classification be-
tween haril an.l soft wooils, but commer-
cially, all broad leaf trees are recognized
as haritwonds, while needle and cone bear-
ing trees are known as softwoods. This
distinction is recognized by the government
Forest Service, by the lumber trade press
and liy all lumber associations. The only
exception to this rule is cypress, which is a
cone bearing tree but is ordinarily classed
among the hardwoods, as it is very largely
handled by the hardwood trade and its rules
of grading, price lists, etc., are published
either b\- exclusive cypress associations or
by the hardwood associations.
Thus, among the woods mentioned, hick-
ory, blue and yellow poplar, white and red
oak, elm, hackberry, linn (linden), willow,
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magnolia, Cottonwood and red gum are all
classed as hardwoods. Pines of all varie-
ties are classified as softwoods, while as
before noted the classification of cypress
would, perhaps, be questionable. You can
get further information on this classifica-
tion from Giflford Pinchot, chief of Forest
Division, United States Department of
Agriculture; from Lewis Doster, secretary
of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa-
tion of the United States, First National
Bank Building, Chicago; from Frank F.
Fish, secretary of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association, Sector Building, Chi-
cago; from A. E. Beebee, secretary of the
Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Asso-
ciation, McMillan, Wis.; from Bruce Odell,
secretary of the Michigan Hardwood manu-
facturers' Association, Cadillac, Mich.;
from J. X. Pritchard, secretary of the In-
diana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association,
Indianapolis, lud. — Editok.
The Irrepressible McMahon.
Philadeli-hia, Aug. 27. — Editur Hardwood
Record : We are enclosing a communication just
received from J. O. McMalion, which is interest-
ing as an invitation to lumber dealers. We re-
ceived a communication not long ago from this
Bame party saying that he had a trade among
wholesalers, retailers, consumers, builders and
everyone else you could think of. We thought
perhaps you had a representative in Xew York
who could look up this man and post some of
the hardwood mills about the country concerning
him.
Enclosed with this letter from our es-
teemed Philadeljiliia correspondent is a
wretchedly printed circular letter from J.
O. McMahon, "attorney and counsellor at
law," 1387 Madison street, Brooklyn, N.
Y., in which he says he has calls for the
lumber products described within and asks
for prices f. o. b. New York, Syracuse and
Bochester. Very ingenuously he closes his
letter with "do you offer these bargains to
the wholesale or retail dealers?" In his
communication he alleges that "large deal-
ers in New York have given me their
schedules of immediate lumber needs." and
he would be happy to connect manufactur-
ers with large dealers in New York "who
want to buy what you want to sell." His
list of stock includes poplar of all grades,
ash, red gum, plain and quartered white
and red oak, yellow pine, cypress, spruce,
wormy chestnut, soft elm, sycamore, hick-
ory, birch and "any similar kind of lum-
ber."
The Hardwood Record has never heard
of any business that has been transacted
by this limb of the law and would-be lum-
berman, but it is possible that he may
break into the lumber trade of New York
and cut considerable ice. Other people who
apparently had no more lumber sense than
he evinces have done so in the past, with
success. — ^Editor.
The writers of the above letter are
among the largest producers of hardwoods
in Missouri, and the Eecord has supplied
them with the names of a few purchasers
of this wood and would be glad to have
those who have need of this class of stock
supply their address, when it will be fur-
nished to this company. A considerable
portion of persimmon goes into export for
the manufacture of golf heads and shuttle
blocks and is exported iu the form of bolts.
— Editor.
Virginia Scnib Pine for Pulp Wood Pur-
poses.
PURCELLVILLE. Va.. Aug. 20. — Editor Habd-
WOOD Kecord : Is there a market for the scrub
pine which abounds in this state for pulp wood
purposes? The people I buy for use only poplar,
which is getting scarce in this section. I have
asked the parties to whom I ship poplar but tbey
do not .seem to know, or it they do will not tell
The above correspondent has been ad-
vised that so far as the Hardwood Record
knows there is no market for Virginia scrub
pine for pulp wood purposes. There has
been a great deal of money spent in ex-
perimenting in the use of many varieties
of yellow pine for this purpose, but thus
far without commercial success, so far as
is generally known. The difficulty in re-
ducing yellow pine to pulp seems to be
that in eliminating the resinous gums con-
tained in the v\-ood the strength of the
fiber is so far disintegrated as to render
the resultant product of no value for the
purpose. Undoubtedly experiments with
woods now unemployed for pulp purposes
will eventually meet with success. — Editor.
Investment in Saw Mills in the United
States.
Philadelphia, Aug. 19. — Editor Hardwood
Record : I want to know if you know and will
advise me how much money is invested in saw-
mill plants, including the entire equipment but
not including timber lands, in the United States ?
The latest available data on this subject
is Bulletin No. 203 of the twelfth census
of the United States, published June 24,
1902. In table 13 of this report is sum-
marized by states the invested capital in
sawmill properties, based on statistics gath-
ered in 1900. In this report the investment
iu planing mills and timber camps is' ex-
cluded. The summary alleges that in 1900
there were 31,833 distinct sawmill establish-
ments in the United States, in which there
was invested capital of $30.5,78.5,226. It is
more than likely that the figures embraced
in these government statistics are much be-
low the total sum invested at the present
time. — Editor.
Wants Maiket for Persimmon.
St. Lodis, Mo., Aug. 24. — Editor Hardwood
Record : We are sawing some persimmon logs
at our mills and will ask if you know of any
parties who handle this wood.
Can Supply OaK, Hickory and Ash.
Crab Orchard, Ky.. Aug. 20. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : In your mail bag section of July
23 is a query from someone who wants 1 to 4
inch flrst and second oak, hickory and ash, 10
inches and up wide, 12 to 20 feet long. I wish
you would have them write me. as I can furnish
more or less of the stock, particularly in oak.
Am also able to supply chestnut and red oak ties
for trolley line purposes. •
The Hardwood Record's files fail to re-
veal the author of the communication re-
ferred to and has so advised its correspond-
ent at Crab Orchard. If the writer of the
original communication printed in the Hard-
wood Record of July 25 will kindly supply
us his address it will be exchanged with our
Kentucky correspondent. — Editor.
Wants Market tor Magnolia Lumber.
Saxdersville, Miss., Aug. 28. — Editor Hard-
wood Record : As a subscriber to your paper I
beg to inquire whether you are able and would
be so kind as to give me some information on
the following : I am sawing a good deal of mag-
nolia, which is very nice stuff. It is band sawed
and kiln dried. Can you tell me the name of
some good concern using this class of lumber?
It looks to me that it would make a very good
substitute for poplar, as it runs very clear and
very wide. — • .
The Hardwood Record regrets that it
cannot at the present time suggest a market
for magnolia lumber. Incidentally, it is
known that magnolia is a wood of good
grade, light in color and soft in texture,
that grows in considerable quantity in the
Gulf coast country. Throughout Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiaua and Texas
there should be a market developed for the
wood, and it possibly would make a very
good substitute for poplar, Cottonwood and
basswood. The H.vrdwood Record will de-
scribe this wood more fully in an early
issue, with illustrations, and will analyze
its wood physics and the possibilities of its
use for a variety of purposes. In the mean-
time if any reader is interested in experi-
menting with this new lumber material he
will be put in communication with the
writer of the above letter on application. — ■
Editor.
Wants Cedar for Boat Building.
Dlsseldokf, Germaxv, Aug. IG. — Editor Hard
WOOD Record : We beg to inform you that we
have a demand for practically clear white cedar
for boat building purposes and would be much
obliged if you could put us in connection with
a good firm manufacturing this stock. .
I anticipate that your inquiry may possi-
bly be for the white cedar of the north. If
such is the case, I fear that you will have
considerable difficulty in securing suitable
qualities of this wood for boat-building
purposes, as it runs rather defective in char-
acter. A concern which might be able to
supply it is the I. Stephenson Company, of
Wells, Mich. If your inquiry is for west-
ern white cedar, would refer you to the
Simpson Lumber Company, of North Bend,
Ore. It could supply both the quality and
' quantity you require. If your requisition is
for white cedar of the lower Atlantic coast,
which is known locally as juniper and which
is a very excellent cedar for boat-building
purposes and the one usualty employed by
the United States government for its
launches, would refer you to the John L.
Roper Lumber Company, of Norfolk, Va.,
or the Richmond Cedar Works, of Norfolk,
Xa. — Editor.
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NeWs Miscellani;.
New Kiln Drying Process.
The Grand Rapids Veneei- Works, Grand Rap-
Ide, Mieb., have advertised iu the IIahdwood
Recohd for several issues past : "We guarantee
to liiln dry oal! in a weeli by the application of
a new soientitic principle in your present oid
kiln."
Z. Clark Thwing, vice president and manager
of the Grand Rapids Veueer Works, believes that
he has brought to perfection a new and decidedly
improved process applicable to old kilns for the
seasoning of hardwoods in an entirely satisfac-
tory manner and on an economical basis. Mr.
Thwing sends the Hakpwood Recuiid two speci-
mens of lumber dried by this system. One is a
sample of burr oak, notoriously the most dithcult
of ail oaks to season thoroughly ; and the other
is a sample of .Michigan black ash. From the
end of both of these specimens, one-eighth inch
sections have been sawed and these thin pieces
have been placed on an engine cylinder for an
hour and a half. Even after undergoing this
intense heat, the test pieces again applied to
the ends of the lumber from which they were
removed show not the slightest variation from
the original pieces.
The specimen of burr oak in question was iu
the kiln hve days and Ufteen hours, with the
steam off over Sunday. The black ash was in
in the kiln forty-eight hours. .Mr. Thwing is
very anxious that the trade should understand
what he has discovered in the way of kiln
<irying and that the results, as compared with
ordinary Kiln drying, are a little short of mar-
velous.
The specimens sent by the Grand Hapids Ve-
neer Works would inulcate that the process
opens the pores of the wood and that the sap,
albumen and other properties that contributed
to the growth of the tree have been extracted
without injury to the wood hbre, as the speci-
mens are sott and have been seasoned Hat and
straight w.tuout the least evidence of checking.
Accompanying the specimen of burr oak is
the dial irom liie recording thermometer, indi-
cating the temperature prevailing in the kiln
during tne time ol seasoning. It indicates that
from a p. ni. on !■ riday until ti p. m. on the
following Thursday a temperature of HtJ to ItitJ
degrees was maintained v>ith comparative uni-
tormuy, save that between a p. m. on Saturday
and midnight of Sunday there was no steam on
in the liilus.
From the reputation of the Grand Rapids
Veueer Works management and from the speci-
mens showing resulis of their kiln drying, il
would seem that every hardwood manuiacturer
should be enough interested in this new process
to at least invesligaie >ir. 'Ihwings claims.
The specimens relerred to are at the office of
the liAiiuwouu Rkcuuo, and it will be a pleasure
to exuibit them to any one interested.
Annual Meeting Wisconsin Hardwood Lum-
beiiuen's Abtociation.
According to the anuouuccmeut of Secretary
A. E. lieebee. made by order of E. 1'. Arpin,
president, the eleventh aunual meeting of the
Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association
will be held at the Hotel I'lister, Milwaukee,
Wis., Tuesday, September 1(>. The first session
will be called at 10 a. m.
It IS announced that many matters of impor-
tance are to be brought before the meeting and
it is earnestly requested that every memuer of
the association be present.
At this meeting will be presented a report
showing the quantity of dry and green lumber
and the logs now on hand in the state.
This association is one of the most energetic
hardnood organizations in the country and is
doing e.\celleut work for its members. While
Secretary Beebee's invitation does not so express
itself, it has been the custom in the past, as it
probably will be at the coming meeting, to wel-
come all hardwood lumbermen, whether members
of the association or not, as guests to its con-
ference.
West India Mahogany Company.
The West India Mahogany Company is the
name of a new corporation organized at Belfast.
Me., with a capital stock of .f.jOO.OOO. The
officers of the company are : Arthur Peer, pres-
ident, Deal. N. .1. ; Henry S. Park, vice presi-
dent, Stockton Springs, Me. ; G. Foster Sanford,
secretary, New York City, and James Wall Clow,
treasurer, New York City.
The company owns extensive timber conces-
sions in IXayti. producing mahogany, lignum
vita*. Spanish cedar and logwood. The general
offices of the company are located in the Broad
Exchange building, 25 Broad street, New York
City.
Lumbermen Accused of Fraud.
A local daily newspaper, under dale of August
ai, announces that Philip l^feil, president of Hie
I'fell Hardwood Lumber Company, witli offices
in the .Masonic Temple, Chicago, was arrested
on the previous day, charged with having se-
cured $21,000 on forged bills of lading. The war-
rant was issued on the complaint of Glen C.
Forgy, a capitalist witli offices in the First
National Bank building.
Pfeil alleges that he is innocent, but insists
that he is the victim of a i|-21,000 robbery by
II. Edwards, manager of one of his plants at
I*'ay Star, .\la. It seems that Forgy advanced
Pfeil $21,000 on bills of lading, calling for
lumber of an alleged value of .'52o,000. Later,
when he presented them, he was informed that
no lumber had been shipped and that the bills
were forgeries.
.Mr. I'feil is not well known in the Chicago
lumber trade, hut it is alleged that he has
grown old in the lumber business. He does not
ueny securing the money from Forgy, but claims
that tills man Edwards has, without his knowl-
edge, sttilen the money dispatched him for
weekly pay rolls, and in order to temporarily
hide his thefts, forwarded him fictitious bills
of lading for lumber to cover the amount.
New Hardwood Operation.
T. J. Ellis iV (.'o.. who for siiini.. years have been
manufacturing cypress lumber, shingles and lath
at Hudspeth, .\rk., have sold their sawmill and
closed up their business at that place.
The concern has purchased U.OOO acres of
hardwood timber lands In Bradley and Calhoun
counties, Arkansas, near Levit, Ark., and are
now putlliig in a uew Smith, Meyer & Sclinier
sawmill of .jO.OOO feet daily capacity at Levit on
tlie new extension of the Rock Island railroad,
'llie firm will build Ave miles of logging railroad
through their timber, and have bought a new-
Shay locomotive and logging cars for stocking
the mill. They expect to have their mill in
operation by November 15. The company's post-
otUce address is Bab, Calhoun county, Arkansas.
New Kentucky Hardwood Concern.
The Henderson Lumber Company has been
incorporated at Henderson, ICy., with .$70,000
capital stock, ot which amount one-half has
already been paid In. The officers are William
K. Elliott, president ; G. T. McCain, vice presi-
dent ; C. L. Clay, general manager, and C. K.
Elliott, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Elliott, presi-
dent of the company, is president of the Farmers'
Bank of Henderson ; Mr. McCain, the vice presi-
dent, is a well known capitalist of Kentucky ;
.Mr. Elliott, the secretary-treasurer, is a promi-
nent tobacconist, and General .Manager Clay is
a well known sawmill operator, having operations
on the (ireen and I'ond rivers in Kentucky. The
board of directors consists of these gentlemen
and .Tolin Heichert. a prominent tobacco manu-
facturer of the state ; H. Klcymeyer, a large
brick manufacturer of Kentucky, with yards at
(Iwensburo, Henderson and Louisville, and James
W. Clay, a foremost lawyer of the state.
The company has closed a deal with Russell
E. Gardner of the Ozark Cooperage Company
and the Banner Buggy Company of St. Louis.
Mo., for 7,000 acres of hardwood timber lands
In Grant, Cleveland and Dallas counties, Arkan-
sas. The property abounds In hickory, gum,
cypress, elm and ash. and there are large
i|uantltles of fine white oak. The company will
at once begin the manufacture of its hickory
timber, which will be disposed of largely to the
various concerns In which Mr. Gardner Is Inter-
ested. Early next year the company will erect
a modern sawmill on the recently purchased
tract with a daily capacity of 50,000 to 75,000
feet. Headquarters of the Hender»on Lumber
Company will be maintained at Henderson, Ky.,
and a mill be kept in operation near Rison. .\rk.
August Building Operations.
The ILiRDWooD Recokd is indebted to the
American ..ontractor, Chicago, for the record
of building operations in the chief cities of
the United States for August. This list Is
not as complete as usual owing to Labor Day
intervening, but is indicative tliat prosperity
continues in tlie building trades. Wliile some
cities show a falling off. the loss Is overbal-
anced more than two to one by gains. The
present sliowing is exceedingly favorable'
.\ngust. August. Per Per
IU08, 1905. cent cent
(Mty — cost. cost. gain. loss.
.\tlaDta :«lll,-f44 254.12,S 57 '. .
Uridgeport 3«4.:)HI1 132.130 176
Buffalo 37-1.075 885,053 .. 67
Chicngo 5.430.175 6.401,150 .. 15
Cincinnati 800.740 749,790 7
Davenport 2S,S20 51,023 . . 45
nenver 807.316 490,338 03
Detroit 1.043.000 945.<X)0 10
Duluth ].3o,77S 192,449 21
Kvansvllle 112,2.80 30,953 201
ciraiid Kaplds 144.380 149,576 .. 3
Ilarrisbiirg 118.830 406.523 .. 70
Hartford 232.805 343.810 .. .'a
Ivansas City 811.040 1,025.015 20
Louisville 424.195 863,373 .. M
Los Angeles 1,470.522 1.414.821 4
Milwaukee 834.738 840.577 Hi
Memphis 324.203 274.438 l.s
•Mobile 207,461 19,032 1305
New Haven 183,197 154,545 18
.Newark 1,106.386 759.749 40
New Orleans 334,373 1,013,906 .. 67
New York —
Manhattan 7.203.050 12,349,303 .. 40
Alteratlou 1,734,990 1,102.227
Brooklyn 7.312.(X)7 7,165,680 2
.Minneapolis 1.147.893 684,443 117
Omaha 472,750 425. 0S5 11
Philadelphia 3.434,405 2,876,200 10
Paterson 30.296 180,283 . . S3
Portland 717.041 369.154 94
St. Louis 2.2.33.900 1,856.430 20
.Seattle 734,359 449,778 68
Scrantoii 1.34..803 286,401 .. 46
South Bend 296.717 83.370 250
Syracuse 2411.273 129. .380 93
Topekii 70.323 120.800 .. 45
Toledo 809.210 235,969 280
Taeoma ,373,295 205.470 82
Washington 1,003.425 954.600 14
Worcester 190,920 181.955 5
Wilkesbaire 101.312 86.678 122
*.\ $200,000 office Imiklhif; is Included In the Mobile
figures for last month.
The Hoo-Hoo Annual.
.\s the H.\iaiwo(iii Rixiuiti goes to press the
hosts of Hoo-IIoo are engaged in the annual
meeting at Oklahoma City. Among the
notable affairs of this meeting is the produc-
tion of a sijectacular play in three acts, en-
titled "Hoo-Hoo." written by a founder of
the order and that prince of good fellows.
Boiling Arthur Johnson. It Is with regret
that the H,viiUwooD Rkcoud, owing to the date
of this meeting, is nrecludeH from publishing
a full account of it
A Unique Booklet.
The .\rthnr Hardwood Flooring Company of
Memphis, Tenh., an extensive manufacturer of
oak flooring, is putting out an attractive little
booklet bound in llie similitude of a piece of
tliree-eighths incii Hooring, with covers of oak.
it is handsomely printed in red and green, and
contains views of the company's main factory
and power building, the dry kilns, warehouses
and office structure. The little book should
prove of great value to users of flooring, as it
embraces much information of practical worth.
Its contents include a short sketch on how to
lay and finish oak floors : a price list ; rules for
grading oak flooring : a quick computation table,
as well as other interesting matter.
The .\rtliur Hardwood Fhioring Company is
an exclusive manufacturer of oak flooring. Its
plant at Memphis is a model in convenience of
arrangement and completeness of equipment.
The company constantly studies the best in-
terests of its customers, a recent evidence of
which is the arniiii;i'inent wliich has been made
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witb Several of the leading lumber nianufactur-
iug concerns of Memphis To ship its flooring in
cars with their himber. thus making it possible
for buyers to get less than carload shipments
of flooring at carload prices. The perusal of
the pages of this novel booklet give truth to
the statement made by the company that "Ar-
thur Memphis stamped on a piece of flooring is
a guarantee that it is a little better."
Snap for Porch Column Builders.
In its manufa<turt' of liigh-<-lass veneers the
Chicago Veneer I'ompany of Burnside. Ky., has
as a resultant product several carloads monthly
of cores from their poplar logs. These cores are
eight and ten inches in diameter and run in
lengths of 60. 60. 72. 78. S4. 90 and !t6 inches.
As they are from the highest grade of poplar
veneer logs and are solid heart, they eonstitute
a very desirable basis for their speedy completion
into sections or entire porch columns. The Chi-
cago Veneer Company has placed a boring ma-
chine in commission at its big Burnside plant
and bores these cores with a 3-inch hole to
prevent cheeking, and offers them to the porch
column building trade :it a price very much be-
low the cust nf jtoplar squares. Only strictly
Xo. 1 cores are bored and shipped.
S. <i. Ulanton, who represents the Chicago
Veneer Company in I'hicago, with offices at 810
Great Xorthi^rn l)ui!ding. will bo pleased to call
on any of Tbr trade in Chicago or vicinity which
is inlerest<'d in This product.
Miscellaneous Notes.
Kir'- in ih"- plant of the Clarksville Hardwood
properly to th'- extent of .'i;4,(HMi. insurance
ii;:{..">oo.
The Amory Hardwood Company nf Amory.
Monroe county. Miss., has been organized by
A. <i. Thompson. K. 1). Elmore and others ; capi-
tal, .'S4.0()0.
The Oval Wood Dish Company of Traverse
City. .Mich., is making preparations to operate
on the hardwood tract north of Hessel, Mich.,
which it purchased some time ago. It is esti-
mated that there is a ten years' cut on the
tract.
Till' Tuthill & I'attison .Manufacturing Com-
pany has been incorporated under the laws of
Alabama to manufacture and deal in lumber of
all kinds, to manufacture special articles of
hardwood, also veneers and veneered goods.
The authorized capital is $:.'00.000. of which
.'t;! 20.000 has been paid in. .John U. Tuthill of
Florence. Ala.. Jesse A. Tuthill of Sheffield.
Ala., and A. B. I'attiscm of Aurora. Ind.. are thi*
incorporators. Headquarters will be maintained
at Sheffield.
The Itankin Lumber Company of Henderson.
Ky.. is erecting a large sawmill on the Louis-
ville & Nashville railroad about tive miles from
Brownsville. Tenn. The company recently pur-
chased what is known as the .Shaw tract of
timber lands in Haywood county, Tennessee, for
!|;22.000 cash, and it is this property which the
new mill will cut from. Oak. gum. hickory,
cypre.ss and poplar are the principal woods on
the tract.
A band mill with 200,ooi) ft-ct daily capacity
is being erected at Hampton. Tenn.. by the
\V. >L Kitter Lumber Company of Columbus. O.
Work is being pushed on the erection of the
planing mill at Mountain drove. Mo., which the
Ozark Lumber t'ompany is building to replace
the one recently destroyed by fire.
The sale of ."(.537 acres of timber land in
Craighead county, Arkansas, was recently made
by Moore & McKerren of Memphis. Tenn.. to
tlie Allison Land Company, a concern allied to
the Decatur Egg (;ase Company of Decatur. Ind.
The purchase price was .'};i06.,s(Mi. The timber
on the property consists principally of gum, Cot-
tonwood, cypress, ash and oak, and the tract is
unimproved except that Moore & McFerren have
cut a small quantity of timber for use in their
mills at Memphis. The purchasers will con-
struct a railroad t^) the tract ten miles long,
frcmi Cardwell. Mo., the nearest point.
The Standard Stave & Lumber Company of
Charleston. W. Va.. has been incorporated by
D. E. Matthews. Itaniel ^Lltthews and T. C.
Matthews of Cliarleston and .J. IL Maxwell. A.
A. Maxwell and .1. H. Wagner of Tango ; capital.
.S.'iO.OtJO,
The Lamb Hardwood Company of Minneapolis,
Minn., is erecting a plant l(» develop a tract of
10.000 acres of timber land.
The manufacture of caskets will be undertaken
by B. Tanner of Sturgis. Mich. He will begin
work shortly on the erection of a factory there.
'M) by so fept in dimensions and two stories high,
which will be fitted up with new machinery.
The lumber mill and basket factory of the
Henry Starke Land & Lumber Company at Ar-
cadia, Mich., was burned to the ground August
.1. The loss is estimated at .-piOO.ooo. only
partly covered by insurance. The company, it is
reported, will rebuild immediately.
(ieo. Webster & Sous of Swanton. Vt.. have
purchased a tract of timber land and a sawmill
near Malone. ■ N. Y.. and will operate thereon
this season. The timber op the property in-
cludes a variety of hardwoods and considerable
spruce.
The Spartanburg Lumber Manufacturing Com-
pany of Spartanburg. S. C, has been incor-
porated with !i;2.).000 capital stock. Sash, doors
and blinds, in addition to lumber, will be manu-
fai.'tured.
A factory building '\'l by l.jO fpet in dimen-
sions and three stories high will be er?cted by
the Waverly Woodenware Company of St. Joseph.
Mich., ft»r the manufacture of washing machines.
The Wycoff Lumber & Manufacturing Com
pany of Ithaca, N. Y.. has been incorporated
with $2."j.000 capital stock to manufacture port-
abb* houses and deal in lumber. Two large
buildings arc beiug constructed by the company
in Hhaca. which will be equipped with the latest
machinery.
The plant of the Eureka Kefrigerator Com
pany at Indianapolis. Ind., was recently destroyed
by fire. r>ntailing a loss of about .fOO.OOO.
The Bvirke-Crain Furniture Company has been
incorporated at Nacogdoches. Tex., to manufac-
ture furniture: capital stock, $15,000. Ed
liurke is at the head of the concern.
The Weber Brothers Piano Company. Okla-
homa City, Okla., has arranged for the erection
of a new $30,000 factory.
T. R. Van Cleave and others have incorpo-
rated under tlie name of the Van Cleave Saw
Mill Company at Little Rock. Ark., and will pro-
ceed to erect a plant. The capital stock of this
corporation is .1^1.1.000.
Wagner & Wiek. Rich Hill, Mo., have begun
the erection of an addition to their factory at
that place.
With a capital stock of $100,000, the Houston
Casket & Manufacturing Company has been in-
corporated by John McKallip and others of
Houston. Tex. A large factory will be erected.
L. H. Murphy of Chicago, general manager of
the American Seating Company, announces that
the plant at Wabash. Ind., will be transferred
to Chicago.
The Hastings Cabinet Company is a new con-
cern at Hastings, Mich., formed by Lewis D.
Waters, who has been interested in the Na-
tional Woodenware Company of (Irand Rapids.
Mich. The <-ompany has a capital stock of
.^30.(100. and will erect a large factory.
The Lakeshore Woodworking Manufacturing
Company is a- new concern, incorporated by
William Burney and others, to be located at
\'criniliou. (►. : capital stock, .$20,000.
On Aug. 31 the mill property of the Empire
Lumber Company at Empire. Mich., owned by
the T. Wilce Company of Chicago, was destroyed
by fire ; loss. .S60.000.
The Carman Manufa< turing Company's hard-
wood lumber mill at Tacoma. Wash., was de-
stroyed by fire Aug. 24. the company sustaining
a loss of "?60,ooo.
The Highland Carriage Manufacturing Com-
pany has been incorporated by Saul Zilonka and
others at Elmwood Place. Cincinnati; capital
stock, $50,000.
Hardwood NeWs,
(By HAHDWOOD BECOBS Special Corraspondeuts.)
Chicago.
It is with the sincerest regret that the Hard-
WOOD Rkcoici) makes announcement of the death
of F. C. Fischer, the eminent lumber magnate at
thcTiead of the YeTlow I'oplar Lumber Company
of Coal Grove. O. Mr. Fischer had been seri-
ously ill at the Auditorium Annex. Chicago, for
some weeks and about a month ago submitted to
an operation on the nose for catarrhal trouble.
The operation itself was not of serious nature,
but unfortunately infection of the blood pre-
vailed, and Mr. Fischer's condition rapidly be-
came exceedingly critical. He was later re-
moved to the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore,
where he died Monday morning. September 10.
The funeral services will be held at Ashland,
Ky.. September 11. at 3:30 p. m. Mr. Fischer
was one of the most prominent men connected
with the hardwood industry, and his unfortunate
death will be mourned by a host of friends and
business ass(»ciates.
W. M. Kelley of the Kelley Lumber & Shingle
Company. Traverse City. Mich., was in Chicago
on business last week and dropped into the
RiH'oiui office on Friday for a friendly call.
John <\ Spry of the Southern nak Lumber
Company and an extensive timber land holder
of the Chamber of Commerce Building, is ex-
pected to arrive home from an extended Euro-
l»ean trip Sept. 11.
The McCauley-Saunders Lumber Company is
the name of a new concern organized with
.'5;.")0.ooo capital stock to engage in the cypress
l)usiness. The incorporators are Irvin McCauIey.
D. ii. Saunders and John <i. Hale. Mr. McCau-
Iey has been identified with the Chicago trade
for the past three years in connection with the
D. (I. Saunders Lumber Company, which concern
the new company will succeed. The company's
otfices are in the Fisher Building.
K. W. Pratt. Jr.. of the Pratt-Worthington
Company of Crofton. Ky., was a Chicago visitor
Sept. 3 and made the Record office a friendly
call.
C. :\1. Clark of the Swann-Day Lumber Com-
pany of Clay City. Ky.. spent a few days in
Chicago last week en r<uite home from a trip to
the Pacific Coast and Alaska, and paid the
Hardwood Rkcord a welcome visit.
The Rkcord offices received a pleasant call on
Saturday last from A. C. Fuller, advertising
manager of the Hanchett Swage Works of Big
Rapids, Mich.
Boston.
ileorge D. Emery of the George D. Emery Com-
pany. Chelsea, made an assignment Aug. 25 to
Charles A. Vialle, president of the National Bank
of the Republic and a director in the company,
and Charles W. Noj'es, an attorney. Mr. tlmery
is a stockholder in the First National Bank of
Chelsea, which was recently forced to close its
doors. It is stated that Mr. Emery has property
enough to more than offset his liabilities. Mr.
Noyes has stated that this personal assignment
will not affect the company in any way.
F. E. Parker of Mershon. Schuette. Parker &
Co. of Saginaw, Mich., is visiting the trade here.
Charles C. Batchelder of the Boston Lumber
Company is spending two weeks in Maine.
The Associated Lumber i'ompany, Boston, has
been incorporated with a capital stock of $20,-
oo(t. The directors are Arthur Lyman. Daniel
U'Hara and Michael J. Connolly.
The Washburn & Haywood planing mill, Brock-
ton, has been visited by fire, causing a loss of
$ir..O(H). The insurance Is placed at .$1,700.
William E. Litchfield left early this week for
a trip to Washington and Virginia. Mr. Litch-
field recently acquired large timber holdings in
Virginia and has gone there in the interests of
this purchase.
The William A. Hall Lumber & Fiber Com-
pany has been incorporated under Vermont laws
with a capital stock of $200,000. The main
offices of this concern will be at Bellows Fails.
Vt.
Alfred Ackerman. who for several years has
held the position of state forester in Massachu-
setts, has resigned and has accepted the Peaboiy
Chair of Forestry in the Tniversity of Georgia.
The Somerset Timber Company has been in-
corporated in Maine with a capital stock of
$30n.ooo. The incorporators are : William J.
Lanigan. Waterville : Frank E. Boston, Gardi-
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iit^r. line] William T. Ilaynes and I.uthor O. Koper
of Wattn-villo.
Charles Holyoki\ dealer in hardwood lumber,
has ri'inoved to his new office, room 407, 14"
.Milk strocl, Bostou.
I'ri'derifk .lefts of Worcester. Mass.. died at
Ills home Aug. 2S. at the age of 81 years. Mr.
-h'fts had the n-piitatiou of being the first maun-
faiiur.T in tin- country to make solid hardwood
doors. He lirst eame into notice in this respect
by si-curing a contract for 7(10 doors at the time
that Wellesley ('ollego was built. At that time
a contract was given for 700 doors to be made
of pine and hardwood veneer. Mr. .lefts agreed
to furnish solid ash doors for less than the
yeneer doors and in this way secured the con-
tract. Late years the style of the firm has been
F. .lefts & Sons, lie Is survived by two sons,
Orlando A. and Elmer F.
New York.
W. M. Hitter, tlu- distinguished har<lw<ioil
manufacturer of 4'olumbus. Ohio, president of
the W. M. Uitter Lumber Company, sailed from
this port on August 30 for an extended Euro-
pean trip.
Secretary Lewis Doster of the Hardwood Man
ufacturors' Association of the Fnited Stales,
with headquarters in Chicago, has been visit-
ing in the city for several days in connection
with association affairs, after a visit to his
mother at Itidley Park. I'a. While here he con-
ferred with W. M. Uitter. the hig hardwood
operator of Columbus, previous to the latter's
departure for Kurope. He reports association
matters in excellent shape.
The J. C. Turner Lumber Company. 1 1 1':;
Hroadway. is receiving big cargoes of cypress at
its Jrvington yards and has piled up in the
neighborhood of 40.000.0(M) feet for the fall and
winter traile. The company has also just pur-
chased :1L'.">. 0(10,000 feet additional stumpage in
the South, bringing its total holdings up to a
l)inion feet.
i\ A. Murray, who has been conducting a
whiilesale business at 18 Broadway for several
years, has assumed management of the hardwood
department of J. S. Barron vV Co.. city, effective
Sept. 1.
Franklin Cremwood. manager of the Cypress
Selling Company. New Orleans, has been in
town several days Interviewing the various rej)-
resentatives of the company in this territory.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Greenwood.
W. M. Crorabie of W. M. Cromhio & Co., S]
New street, sailed for Europe on Aug. I'l with
Mrs. Croml)ie for a five weeks' trip.
James Breen of William Breen's Sons, Brook-
lyn, is back from a stay at Sound Beach.
Conn.
L. (i. .Tones, the veneer wholesaler of Avenue
r> and Tenth street, is on a European pleasure
I rip and is expected home on the l.">th.
Frank I'. McNulty, who has been associated
with I'rice & Hart of this city for some years.
has joined forces with the hardwood depart-
ment of the Stevens-Eaton Company, 1 Madison
avenue, and will assist T. S. Miller in the man-
agement of that branch.
Gardner L Jones of the Jones Hardwood Com
pany. Boston, and J. W. Dickson of the J. W.
Dickson Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn.,
have been here visiting the trade during the fort,
night.
Philadelphia.
Tlie annual baseball game between teams of
the Lumbermen's Exchange of I'hiladelphia and
I he Buildei-s' Exchange was played August ^^0
and resulted in a victory for the lumbermen by
a score of 8 to 4. The proceeds of the game
were divided between the Children's Country
Week Asso{'iation, the Bed Bank Sanitarium and
the Sterilized Milk Association. The contest
this yc'ar yieldi-d over $500. making the total
amount contributed by the games almost .'?.">, 000.
John .1. Uumbarger. manager of the lumbermen's
team, received many congratulations on the
good showing made by his nine in the game.
On Thursday. August 30. a special meeting
of the hoard of directors of the Lumbermen's
Exchange of I'hiladelphia was held to take ac-
ti<m on the seven new candidates proposed for
admission. The committee on membersliip re-
ported favorably on all names and all were
4-leiied to membership. The first regular meet-
hiii of the board of directors in the new location
took place on September 0. The occasion waa
made a house warming and a lunch was served
• to those in attendance — almost the full member-
ship of the association. Since the removal of
the Exchange up town several innovations look-
ing to the comfort and benefit of the members
have been inaugurated. A roster has also been
established for the purpose of registering the
names of visiting lumbermen, who are Invited
to make the Exchange their headtpiarters while
in town, meet their friends there, and attend to
their mail.
The midsummer statement of the Pennsylvania
Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company
reveals the splendid financial conditon of that
institution and reflects great credit on the work-
ing force and directors. The resources of the
company are :
Approved stocks and bonds ( cost » . . .. 1^18:^.447. 1 1
Cash in banks on interest ;il ,07!t.8:{
Cash in office 1 70.t(."»
Cash value reinsurance policies tJ-'iLTtri
I'remiums due 11,668.40
.'i;227,2t7.61
Contingent assets 431,477.28
.i;6r)S,(!94.fi!)
Liabilities : Estimated loss 200.00
^6.j8,4V)4.8'.t
Insurance in force. $6.608,955. L^.
I'remiums in force, .$143,825.76.
The I'hiladelphia Hardwood Lumber Company
experienced in August one of its best months.
11. N. Pattison is now down in Virginia looking
after the shipments of the company at the
mills.
John Sehofield of Schofield Bros, is spending
some time in the South looking over a timber
tract in which liis firm is interested. He will
return in two weeks and again take charge of
his end of the business.
C. M. Hawkins, one of the buyers for the
Kumharger Lumber Company, is in town con-
ferring with his firm. Mr. Hawkins is being
transferred from the Norfolk & Western to tlie
West Virginia and Pittsburg division of the
Baltimore & Ohio. He will have his headquar-
ters n{ Burnsville, W. Va.
I, D. Miller, for a long time In business in
Philadelphia but who two months ago took U|t
headquarters at Baker's Mines, Va., was a wel-
come visitor to the trade during the last week.
Samuel H. Shearer of Samuel IL Shearer \:
Son is back from his vacation and again at
business with his customary energy. The com-
pany has had a very prosperous season and looks
forward to a greatly increased ti-ade in the
fall.
William IL Fritz has returned from an exten
sive trip through the South, where he spent his
vacation, combining business with pb'asure.
During his absence Mr. Fritz visited mill points
and made arrangements for future trade.
Joseph P. Dunwoody has returned from a trip
to Boston tin business for his firm. S. V. War-
ner has lately returned from a short vacation
in the South. Business with this firm has been
good during the summer and prospects for a
brisk fall trade are bright.
Baltimore.
There is an animated fight in progress be-
tw^een D. W. and G. H. Thomas, building
contractors, on the one hand an<3 Building
Inspector Preston on the other. It was caused
by a dispute over the maple flooring being
put down by the contractors in the new
Eastern High School. Mr. Preston contended
tliat the flooring did not come up to speoi-
tications. and that it lacked uniformity in
color. The contractors protested that the,
flooring was of the quality called for in the
contract, and maintained that inasmuch as
the floors were to be stained, the color of the
wood made no difference, since after stain-
iug all would ' look alike. The upshot of
ihe matter was that the building inspec-
tor has served notice on the firm Ihat
its contract was cancelled, which he said
be had a right to do under the ordi-
tijince providing for the erection of the school,
tile firm having refused to take up the floor-
ing and relay it. as demanded, 'i'he dispute
of course will not end here, but will l)e taken
into the courts. The outcome is awaited
with much interest since the decision will
go far to determine just what constitutes
No. 1 maple flooring.
R. P. Baer & Co.. hardwood dealers and
manufacturers, have moved from the Knick-
erbocker Building to the Keyser Building,
whei'e they have secured a fine suite of rooms
on the tenth floor. The change leaves only
Price & Heald in the Knickerbocker Build-
ing of all the lumber firms once there. M.
S. Baer of R. P. Baer & Co., has gone on
another extended southern trip, which will
take him as far as Mobile, where the firm is
interested in a sawmill.
The Baltimore I^umber Exchange held its
quarterly meeting Sept. 3. in the Merchants*
Club. A large number of the members were
in attendance and considerable routine busi-
ness was transacted. The exchange considered
the car equipment case, and decided to make a
further contribution to the fund to give practical
equipment tests.
Word has been received here that A. Tem-
ple Dobell. son of Alfred Dobell, and Mr.
Ravenscroft of the Liverpool firm of Alfred
Dobell & Co.. have sailed for New York and
will make an extended tour of the United
States and Canada. They will first go to the
Dominion and afterward visit the states.
J. K. Painter, secretary of the R. E. "Wood
Lumber Company of this city, was on a tour
of Pittsburg and other northern cities re-
cently and placed a considerable number of
orders for stocks. Last week he went on a
short visit to his mother.
Some of the exporters here have received
notice that the Norfolk .<: Western Railway
will issue no more through l)ills of lading
until various points embodied in the new
Hepburn rate law have been determined by
the Interstate Commerce Commission. The
decision of the railroad will cause serious em-
barrassment to shippers along the line.
Richard W. Price has been appointed co-
receiver of the Hiss Company, manufacturer
of fine furniture, which got into the bank-
ruptcy court not long ago. The other re-
ceivers are Milton B. Williams and Charles
D. Fenhagen. the latter of the InternationaJ
Trust Company. The liabilities of the com
pany are placed at $16L0OO and the assets al
$14b.00f). The latter are expected to undergo
an increase, as the company has various prof-
itable contracts in hand.
S. Void Peterson, son of Laur O. Peter-
son, a well known lumber importer at Copen-
hagen, has opened an office in the Carroll
Building, this city, and established connec-
tions with various hardwood firms liere as
well as in other cities with a view to making
purchases of lumber for his firm. Mr. Peter-
son first came to Baltimore on a visit and then
decided to establish regular headquarters. He
is expected to remain here for some time.
Pittsburg.
The Nicola Lumber Company is considering
several very large timber propositions and may
close the purchase of one or more tracts this
year. (Jeorge W. Nicola, president of the lumber
company, is enthusiastic in his survey of the
field this fall and looks for some record breaking
prices for hardwoods before spring.
Willson Brothers are pushing their hardwood
business with the kind of vim that means suc-
cess. Manager 1. F. Balsley of the hardwood
department has introduced some new methods
with striking success, and bids fair to roll up
a big total of sales the next four mon(hs.
The contest between the planing mill owners
and their carpenters is still unsettled, although
many of the mills in Allegheny county are work-
ing. The carpenters have made one concession
in their demands. When they went out in May
they asked $4 for eight hours, instead of
.S.'1..">0 for nine hours, which they then received.
I'Mnally they agreed to take .$4 for nine hours,
but their employers are exercising their right to
use the merit system in employing carpenters and
do not bind themselves to rer-ognize the carpen-
ters" brotherhood. Some :toO planing mill car-
penters in the county are now being carried on
the "leafer" of the brotherhood at $12 a week.
The Kendall I-umber Company has within the
last week cleaned up its entire stock of hardwood
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at its plant at Crellin, Md. Most of the lumber
went into the eastern market. One of the last
orders booked by the company was for ten ear-
loads of eight quarter sound wormy chestnut,
for which they received $1 more than the list
price. This was for western delivery. J. H.
Henderson, secretary of the company, has just
returned from an extended trip to the Pacific
coast.
W. E. Terhune of the W. E. Terhune Lumber
Company is in the East on business.
J. .1. T. Penney of J. E. Mcllvain & Co. Is
now in West Virginia replenishing the stocks of
tlie company.
The Ohiopyle Company, which was formed
two years ago with a capital of .$60,000 by the
Kendall interests, is making itself felt at Ohio-
liyle. Pa., where its big operation is located. It
recently bought 1,800 acres more of hardwood
timber land, making over o,000 acres at this
point. Its circular mill is now cutting about
40.000 feet a day. most of which is white oak.
This lumber is handled at Ohiopyle by D. H.
Ilorton. secretary of the company, and much of
it gets into the Pittsburg market.
Tlie Cheat River Lumber Company is getting
its new mill at Burkeville, Va.. in good shape
and is shipping three cars of hardwood a day
from that point. Much of this is hickory which
goes chiefly to Ohio towns. Robert Herbertson
has .lust returned from the mill, where he went
to get his brother, M. L. Herbertson, who was
I'onfined there with malarial fever.
The C. P. Caughey Lumber Company last
week bought a small tract of virgin white oak
timber on the Panhandle railroad in Washington
rfninty. which it will cut off shortly.
Members of the Flint, Erving & Stoner Com-
pany are still absent on their vacations. ,1. B.
I'lint's family is still at Lake Simcoe in Ontario.
Can.: E. II. Stoner is taking a canoe trip
tltrough Canada aud R. H. Erving with his fam-
ily is at his summer home at Lake Baumaris,
Ont. Mr. Flint has been at the company's big
operation at Dunlevie, W. Va., most of the time
for the past two months. Over 200 men are now
employed there, many of them on the fifteen
miles of railroad which the company is building
to connect its big tract with its mills. The
tract is said by experts to be the finest in the
Miiuntain state, as it is nearly level, making the
cost of stocking the logs fully $1 less than at
most of the plants In that vicinity. The com-
pany w'ill sliortly build a score or more of houses,
as its twenty-six dwellings in the town are not
sufficient to care for the help in the winter.
The Paine Lumber Company, Ltd., whose local
manager is ,1. W. Anderson, is forging to the
front. It has just opened four new stocks of
Its famous "Korelock" doors, at Butler, Pa.,
Altoona, Pa., Charleston, W. Va., and Hunting-
ton. W. Va. Three more agencies are to be
started shortly.
The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com-
pany has ,iust bought 1.300.000 feet of soft
yellow Cottonwood to be cut under contract in
Indian Territory and distributed to its trade
generally. The wide boards will go to wagon
manufacturers and the common stock to imple-
ment makers. The American has lately added
to its list of helpers. Charles Crookshank. for-
merly sales manager for S. F. Minter of New
York, who will be assistant hardwood manager.
.1. G. Darling, manager of the hardwood office
of the American at Baxter. Tenn.. dropped oft
in Pittsburg a few hours last week.
Buffalo.
A. .T. Elias visited the city councilmen in
their first September meeting, but only in a
social sort of way. He came to introduce his
friend. Bird S. Coler, president of the borough
lit Brooklyn.
O. E. Yeager is looking closely to his assort-
ment of birch and maple, as they are found to
be the two woods that can be used most readily
in place of the others that are getting so scarce.
There is business in plenty on both sides of
the specialties of T. Sullivan & Co., ash and elm
coming down the lakes and Washington fir com-
ing east from the Pacific coast. Brisk demand
is the rule all along the line.
H. A. Stewart is off south again, looking after
oak and cherry for his firm of I. N. Stewart &
Bro. From Pennsylvania southward he is al-
ways able to find enough to provide a fine yard
assortment.
A. W. Kreinheder is still detained here by
sickness in his family and Is hardly expected to
attend the HooHoo annual at Oklahoma City.
He is also booked for the Kentucky mills of the
Standard Hardwood Company.
There is always a good lot of lumber coming
up from the South for the yard of Beyer, Knox
& Co., so that the active sales do not reduce the
assortment. Trade has been good all summer.
Manager Hopkins, with his landed interest in
the Isle of Pines, is naturally much interested
in the Cuban rebellion, but he sticks to his desk
and works on the problem of getting oak and
selling it for Scatcherd & Son.
A. Miller is getting hold of a large amount of
elm and basswoort from the West, which he
finds to be very good sellers again, after some
time of slow movement on account of high mill
prices, basswood leading as yet.
The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company is
getting lake cargoes of birch in tor yard stock
and finds that both inch and five-quarter maple
is a good seller. It looks as though the demand
for maple was going to be heavy.
The Hugh McLean Lumber Company is still
able to report an assortment of ash and chestnut
in yard, though it is not as large as it might be.
as the demand for both always exceeds the
supply unless great effort is made.
H. S. .Tanes is again in Arkansas looking after
the lumber interests of the Empire Lumber Com-
pany, which are in fine condition. The plan
now is to push southward into Louisiana and
extend the company's railroad that way.
The Hardwood Lumber Exchange is preparing
to resume its weekly meetings this month,
though the business is so nearly social in char-
acter that no regular reports of the proceedings
are given out. There are a dozen interests in
the Exchange and a very solid body is thus
made up.
Saginaw Valley.
The two sawmills of Kneeland-Bigelow Com-
pany and the Kneeland, Buell & Bigelow Com-
pany at Bay City require fifty-five carloads of
logs every twenty-four hours to keep their saws
in motion. Bliss & Van Auken are manufactur-
ing 8,000,000 feet of hardwood logs this year, and
W. D. Young & Co. consume hardwood logs
enough to produce 19,000,000 feet of manufac-
tured lumber. This firm is to install a band
resaw in its plant, which is worked day and
night. A good portion of the maple is worked
up into flooring, the firm having a large business
in this commodity, shipping a good portion of
the output abroad. It finds the flooring trade
satisfactory this year both as to price and de-
mand. The raw material comes from the vicin-
ity of Vanderbilt on the Mackinaw division of
the Michigan Central.
The Kneeland-Bigelow Company will operate
five logging camps this fall and winter and
I"rank Buell. who logs for the Kneeland. Buell
& Bigelow Company and others, will operate
eight camps.
The S. L. Eastman Flooring Company will
manufacture 12.000,000 feet of hardwood this
year, a good portion of which goes into flooring.
Mr. Eastman has disposed of his interest in the
Mershon, Schuette. Parker & Co. syndicate and
is devoting himself entirely to his own hardwood
business, which is remarkably successful.
The Batchelor Timber Company started Its
sawmill at West Branch last week. The mill
was purchased last spring of the Gale Lumber
Company, the latter having exhausted its timber
holdings" tributary to the mill. The purchasers
made extensive repairs, amounting almost to a
rebuild, and have a ten-year cut for the mill In
sight. All of the members of the firm reside In
Saginaw and were cradled in the lumber busi-
ness.
The H. AI. Loud's Sons Company of Au Sable
has bought a four-fifths interest in the sawmill
property of Paul II. Hoeft at Rogers City, and
several thousand acres of hardwood timber In
Presque Isle county. The new company to be
organized to take on this business will not
become effective until September 2, 1907. A
logging railroad will be built meantime. The
object of the postponement is to enable Mr.
Hoeft to clean up a lot of logs and lumber and
odds and ends of timber not included in the
deal. The Louds are putting a lot of hardwood
lumber on their docks at Au Sable.
Grand Kapids.
A new Michigan corporation is the Wisconsin
Tie & Pole Company of this city ; capital, .$20.-
000. The oflicers are as follows ; President, C.
A. Phelps : vice president, W. A. Phelps ; secre-
tary and treasurer, C. C .Tuxbury. The com-
pany will operate in northern Wisconsin. Secre-
tary Tuxbury is now at Hackley, Wis. C. A. and
W. A. Phelps are respectively manager and presi-
dent of the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company of
this city.
L. L. Skillman of the Skillmaii Lumber Com-
pany left this week on a short buying trip south.
George A. Loud of Au Sable has been renomi-
nated for Congress in the Tenth district.
Milwaukee.
State Senator Daniel E. Riordan of Eagle
River will on October 1 assume the office of
secretary-treasurer of the G. F. Sanborn Com-
pany of Ashland. The company has a sufficient
supply in sight to keep its mills busy for years.
It recently completed a deal in timber lands
involving upwards of $400,000. Senator Riordan.
to enable him to devote all his time to his new
duties, has given up his position as counsel for
the North-Western railroad.
The new dry kilns of the John Schroeder
Lumber Company, which will increase its output
almost 100 per cent, are fast nearing comple-
tion. This firm is having a steady run on hard-
wood flooring this season. Other manufacturers
are also reporting increased demands, due to the
fact that many building contracts are nearing
completion.
Bristol.
The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Colum-
bus, O., which recently purchased the big double
band mill of the James Strong Lumber Company
in South Bristol, has dismantled same and
shipped it to Baum, W. Va., where it will be
operated. The mill has a daily capacity of
1,">0,000 feet. The company is preparing to op-
erate extensively in Carter county, and has pur-
chased a large boundary of timber land on
'I'iger Creek. A big band mill is being put in
Mt Hampton, near Elizabethton, and a railroad
from Elizabethton to Hampton, a distance of
eight miles, and from Hampton up Tiger Creek
to the timber lands, a distance of twelve miles,
is being built. W. M. Pryor of Avondale, W.
Va. : E. II. Mortimer of Panther, W. Va., and
George W. Litz, also of Panther, were in the
<ity this week en route to Hampton to look over
the situation. The company now has about five
hundred men at work on the mills and railroad
and hopes to have same in operation by Jan. 1.
James A. Stone of the Stone-IIuling I^umber
Company has returned from a business trip in
the interest of his company.
B. B. Burns of the Tug River Lumber Com-
pany has returned from an important business
trip.
H. W. Xeiiy. who has been manager of the
Rumbarger Lumber Company of Philadelphia In
this section for some years, has resigned his
position to become associated with George H.
Mell of Kane. Pa. Mr. Nelly will have head-
i)tiarters at Mountain City. Tenn. Mr. Mell is
iiperating extensively in eastern Tennessee and
in Mitchell county. North Carolina, and has
mills at Swanannoa, N. C.
St. Irf>uis.
Capt. C. F. Liebke of the C. F. Liebke Hard-
wood Mill & Lumber Company, who has been
slight seeing at Colorado Springs, returned
home Aug. 23, much refreshed with his month's
tramp over the mountains.
William H. Steele of Steele & Hibbard, who
has been up in Michigan for a month, returned
Aug. 25.
George W. Stoneman, who has been suffering
from an attack of malaria, has again taken up
the business cares of the Stoneman-Zearing
Lumber Company.
E. H. Luehrmann of the Chas. F. Luehrmann
Hardwood Lumber Company has returned from
Mackinac Island, where he spent his vacation.
Thomas W. Fry of the same concern has been
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at New Orleans and other southern points dur-
ing the last month and is expected home in a
tew days.
K. ,T. O'Reilly, vice president of the Mosberger-
O'Reilly Lumber Company, has returned from
quite an extended pleasure trip along the eastern
coast of Massachusetts. Mr. O'Reilly also vis-
ited at several points in New Jersey.
The Druhe Hardwood Lumber Company re-
ports a rush of trade for .Tuly. with a fallback to
normal coudiliivns of trade tor August. The
company's mill at DeKalb, Tex., has been run-
ning to its limit this .season. They handle ash
very largely, but also luindle cypress lumber to
some extent, and rei>ort that they are supplied
with nearly a million I'cei o£ the Louisiana
product.
The Lothman Cypress Company reports that
it is quite satisfied with trade conditions in the
cypress line. Not <iuly has there been a heavy
•Icmaud for stock from tank builders, planing
mills and sash and door factories, but there has
also been a heavy demand from the yard trade.
C. E. Strifler, until recently engaged in the
hardwood lumber business in this city, but now
of Alhambra, near Los Angeles. Cal., where he
is engaged in the veal estate business, was in
St. Louis the latter part of last month on busi-
ness connected with the winding up of his
affairs here. The company which bore Mr.
Strifler's name has been succeeded by the Krug
Lumber Company, with Louis C. Krug, formerly
vice president of the Strifler concern, as presi-
dent. The new company continues business at
the address of the old company, North Market
and Main streets.
W. W. Dings, secretary of the Garetson-
Oreason Lumber Company, reports unusually
good trade conditions in the hardwood lumber
line this .season. There is a "rift within the
lute. " however, or, more properly speaking, two
of them. The first is that the car supply is very
inadequate, and the second is tliat his company's
mills are located in the "wet belt." the rains
greatly interfering with the company's manufac-
turing operations. Complaint comes in from
several districts in the South, particularly from
points in Arkansas.
Theodore I'lummer. president of the Plummer
Lumber Company, reports that business has in-
creased twenty per cent over that done by the
concern last season. The company has found
trade conditions unusually good during this sea-
son right here in SI. Louis, there being a heavy
demand for their specialties, cypress and pop-
lar. Mr. Plummer is sanguine concerning the
prospects of the trade for the fall, though he.
too. looks for a shortage on cars.
A. Hader. whose operations in the hardwood
lumber business are confined to the local trade,
particularly the box factories, has returned from
a trip to I'aradise, Mo., where he owns a small
saw milling plant, and reports having made con-
tracts with two outside mills for 4.000,000 feet
of hardwood stock. Mr. liader recently filled
an order from one of the box factories for
LOOO.OOO feet.
Nashville.
E. V. Dodge of the P. G. Dodge Lumber Com-
pany of Chicago was here during the past week
looking after the opening of a small distributing
yard in North Nashville.
Harold Greene, son of M. F. Greene of the
Davidson-Benedict Company, and who is in
charge of its Vine Hill yard, will be married on
.September 26 to Miss Marguerite Winsted, a
young lady who has a host of friends and is one
of the city's most talented musicians.
.John P.askettc, general manager of the Prew-
itt-Spurr Manufacturing Company, was one of
the prominent business men of the city to at-
tend the exercises held at the Nashville Board
of Trade on September 1, when Nashville's an-
nexation bill went into effect. On that occasion
a solid mahogany key, two feet long, with silver
plates on either side bearing appropriate in-
scription, was presented by President Hume of
the Board of Trade to Mayor ilorris. The key
was made by the E. & N. Manufacturing Com-
pany, Nashville's leading interior finish and
woodworking plant, and was the gift of llillai-y
Howse, a member of the big furniture firm of
Howse Bros, on Broadway.
Nashville lumbermen are not much worried
over the annexation of new territory by the
city. Many big plants which had heretofore not
paid city taxes will now have to come to time.
It has been held in Tennessee, however, that
lumber itself, being a product of the soil, cannot
be taxed before it is manufactured into some-
thing. This Is why the dealers are not appre-
hensive about greatly increased tax receipts.
The city now embraces seventeen square miles,
has a population of about 160,000 and practic-
ally every big lumber concern in the county is
now in the city limits.
The Bradford Wholesale Furniture Company
has been incorporated with a capital stock of
.flOO.oiHi. The concern has a big salesroom on
Broadway, and two factories, one at Baxter,
Tenn.. and the other at Hie crossing of the
' North Carolina & St. Louis railway tracks and
Twenty-second street.
John B. Ransom and family have gone for a
trip to Denver and the West and returning will
go East for about a month.
K. W. Haralson & Son's saw mill at Browns-
ville, Tenn., says a special to Nashville, was
destroyed by fire recently. The origin of the
fire is unknown. Loss $3,500, no insurance.
Samuel A. Epperson, formerly a prominent
manufacturer, died recently at his home in
Theta. Tenn. He was known as the organizer
of the Nashville Spoke & Handle Factory and won
an enviable business reputation. He leaves five
children.
The John B. Ransom Lumber Company is
sawing some hackberry timber now. and using it
in place of linn or basswood. Hackberry is plen-
tiful in the South, and formerly was used only
for stove wood. It is tough, but uot particularly
hard.
The Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company
recently sold to the Warioto Cotton Mills 40,000
feet of beech tlooring and 20.0110 to the hippo-
drome skating rink. Many of the mills are now
using beech in place of maple and the experi-
ment is proving most satisfactory. It takes a
pretty polish and of course is cheaper.
John W. Love of Love, Boyd & Co. has quite
a party of Nashville visitors at Marklaud, Nova
Scotia, where is located his summer home.
Minneapolis.
The annual sale of state timber for Minne-
sota will be held at the state capitol on Oc-
tober 11 at 10 o'clock a. m. It will be con-
ducted by State Auditor Iverson, who will be
able to furnish lists of all tracts to be offered
lor sale after September IT. The selections are
now being made.
E. Payson .Smith of the Payson Smith Lum-
ber t'omp;iny has returned from his southern
trij) much improved in health. The force of
the I'aysou Smith Lumber Company is being ex-
lianded by the addition of new buyers, who wil'
jnovide a larger stock for the company's cus-
tomers. C. L. Schaab has entered the employ
(pf the company as a southern buyer and will
travel througli .southern hardwood districts pick-
ing up stocks. H. L. Le Duke of East Prairie.
Mo., has also .ioined the staff as a buyer and
will cover some river territory. W. J. Welsh,
an experienced hardwood man. will represent the
company in Wisconsin, buying north'Tn hard-
wood. (;eorge S. Agnew will also represent the
company in this city and on the road.
The Industrial Lumber Company, which lo
cated here in the summer, has closed its offices.
The company had stocks of two yellow pine
mills in Louisiana to offer the trade, and also
h.'id hardwood connections.
C. F. Osborne of Osborne & Clark says they
are enjoying a fair trade right along from the
retail yards, but factory business is rather
quiet. There is demand for everything that is
scarce, but birch is ratlier quiet yet. He looks
for a first-class fall business.
. I. P. Lennon of I. P. Lennon & Co., whole-
salers of hardwood and hemlock, says trade
in the manufacturing centers is rather slow
.just now. but there is a good prospect for fall
business and a scarcity in most lines of hard-
wood.
W. II. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Com-
pany says that nearly all its hardwood output
is sold on contract, so it is not rushing busi-
ness much. He expects to see a good business
this fall with rising values.
cinnati Lumliermen's Club has been completed by
President Moffett and he has made a very wise
selection.
The trade is awaiting with interest the out-
come of a suit filed at Martha, W. Va., last
month by Cole Blankenship & Co. of Cox's Land-
ing. O.. against C. Crane & Co. The plaintiffs
alleged that the Crane company had the Guyan
Klver obstructed with logs in such a manner
that they could not send timber to their mill.
Only .$300 is involved, but on the court's finding
will hinge the right of log men to have logs In
the river.
Additions to the plant of the M. B. l^arrln
Lumber Company will be completed shortly and
will give the company a greater capacity. Their
present business is In excellent shape, according
to Jlr. Farrin.
Improvements and additions are being made by
the Wiborg & Hanna Company, which will ma-
terially facilitate the concern's mammoth busi-
ness. Several new storage yards have lately been
acquired.
The police on .\ug. 25 captured a man in the
offices of the Bosken Lumber Company in Cum-
minsville, who had a kit of safeblower's tools in
his possession and therefore his capture before
he did any damage was fortunate. The Bosken
company is experiencing great success with its
new veneer mill.
The Evans-Kendig Company has begun business
on Reading road, taking over the business con-
ducted by Benjamin Evans. George R. Rendig
and Benjamin Evans have charge of the new
company.
The J. M. Asher Company, formed several
weeks ago by J. M. Asher and others, has opened
officers and yards at Bank street and Western
avenue. It has excellent railroad facilities and
its business is In a healthy state.
A. L. Stone of the Nicola. Stone & Meyers
Company of Cleveland. O., visited the local oflice
for several days recently.
The W. H. Perry Lumber Company has been
organized in this city by W. J. Perry, William J.
Reilly, Walter E. Johns, H. K. Blum and Frank
A. McGee.
Thomas J. Moffett. president of the Maley,
Thompson & Moffett Company, is back from a
fortnight's trip to New York. Mr. Moffett vis-
ted th.:' company's New York office.
The II. L. Mickle Company. A. M. Lewin & Co.
and Harry Brown, lumber dealers in this city.
. have filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition in
the Federal Court at Covington against the New-
port & Dayton Lumber Company of Dayton, Ky.,
whose plant was destroyed two months ago by
flre. Sale of property which the defendant adver-
tised has been prevented by injunction. The as-
sets amount to about .$2,000 and liabilities
.$8,000.
The Bacon Lumber Company has removed its
offices from Cincinnati to Bastroup. La., where
their holdings are located. L. A. Bacon is presi-
dent of the company.
Cincinnati.
The list of standing committees for the Cin-
Memphis.
The vigorous movement inaugurated by the
Lumbermen's Club of Memphis against the new
minimum weight basis of the Missouri Pacific
system and the earnest cooperation of organi-
zations have resulted in a pronounced victory.
Everything was being arranged for a conference
between the committees of the lumber organiza-
tions and the oflicials of the Missouri Pacific
system, when advices were received from St.
Louis that tlu^ .Missouri Pacific had decided to
restore the old basis of minimum weights, ef-
fective October 1. The Cotton Belt route has
taken similar action, also the Rock Island.
The St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)
railway. Missouri I'acific and Rock Island sys-
tems have followed the lead of the Frisco sys-
tem in the issuance of amendments to their
tariffs calling for a charge of $5 per car for
the changing of destination of cars of lumber
while in transit, etc. This circular was pub-
lished in full in the H.^rdwood Record im-
mediately after it went into effect June 20.
There is still some protest against this circular,
but the trade appears to understand It better
than at first and it is probable that no official
action will be taken thereon, at least for the
present.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
The export rate situation is in ttie same
position as wben tlie new rate bill went into
effect and wliere export shipments of lumber
are beins made they are on local bills of lad-
ing to the ports and tlience on ocean bill of
lading. 'I'he cotton men are protesting vigor-
,Misly against the withdrawal of the through
hill of lading and a committee has been ap-
pointed by the Memphis Cotton Exchange to
appear before the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission at Washington September 12. when a
ruling will be made by that body in regard
to export shipments of this commodity. Lum-
bermen here are awaiting with interest the out-
come of this meeting, because they feel that
the ruling of the commission with respect to
export rates on cotton will be broad enough
to cover shipments of lumber to foreign coun-
tries. The plan of shipping on local bill ot
lading entails considerable delay in drawing
against foreign shipments of lumber, because
it takes from three to five weelis to get thi'
ei-ean bill of lading back to Jlemphis, whicli
will prevent drawing against these shipments
for that or a greatei- length of time.
The ratton-Tully Transportation Company,
capitalized at .flOO.dOO. has been granted a
charter under the laws of this state. The in-
corporators are; L. E. Patton. C. .1. Tully. S. H.
Anderson, C. E. I'attop and II. H. Anderson.
Mr Tnlly is vice-president of the Anderson-
Tullv Company : S. I!. Anderson is president
,,f the same company, and I.. E. I'atton is a
prominent steamboat man of wide experience.
The c<impany is already doing business, but will
purchase more boats and enlarge its scope of
operations. It will handle both freight and
liassenger business and will make a specialty
of purchasing timber and hauling it to various
points along the Mississippi. Messrs. Ander-
sim and Tullv are the principal stockholders
in tlie Memphis Barge & Towing Company,
which has played an important part in the
bandling of river business of tlie Anderson-
Tully Company.
The Ilrown-Uenderson Improvement & limbei
Companv of Nashville, Ark., has closed a deal
with the lUerks Lumber & Coal Company for
all the holdings of that lirm east ot the Saline
river and south of the Center Point & Lockes-
burg road, consisting of the timber on 0,000
acres of land, also 800 acres of land and the
timber thereon, Tlie I'onsideration was ap-
proximatelv $37,000. The purchasers announce
that they will establish a large plant at Nash-
ville. Ark.
(leorge C. Ehemann of Heunott & \^ itte re-
turned a tew days ago from Cincinnati, where
he visited his mother, and the home office of bis
tirm. He has since left for a business trip to
Cairo. 111. , , ,1 „
S C Major of the S. C. Ma.ior Lumber Com-
pany returned a few days ago from an extended
trip to northern and northwestern lumber con-
suming centers, and is now looking after the.
interests of his firm in Arkansas.
.T. W. McCIure of Thompson & McClure is
spending the week in Arkansas.
L. B. Lesh of Lesh & Matthews of Chicago is
in the city.
C W Stover, who went East some time ago
to look after the flotation of the bond issue
of the Corner Stone Lumber Company, capi-
talized at $:500.000, has returned to Memphis.
W W. Knight of the Long-Knight Lumber
Companv. Indianapolis, and chairman of the
inspection bureau of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association, is here looking for lum-
ber for bis firm.
New Orleans.
Tlie first cargo of African mahogany that has
ever come through the port of New Orleans will
arrive here next week and will be shipped from
here to the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company ot
I ouisville. This announcement was made two
or three days ago by II. W. Mengel of this com-
pany, who, "was in the city. The company has
beeii shipping mahogany from Central American
points through New Orleans for several years,
but has never before brought its African timber
through tliis port. In a short interview regard-
ing the shipment of this mahogany Mr. Mengd
said • "We have secured extensive concessions
along the gold coast in Africa and as an experi-
ment have chartered a ship carrying over l.LoO.-
(Kin feet of maliogany to come to this port. If
the experiment is a success we will establish a
regular line from Africa to New Orleans. It is
also the intention of my company to bring ma-
hogany from the Congo Free State through this
port if it is possible to arrange it. In the past
the only way in which we have been able to get
this Uiinber has been through the brokers in
I'.elgium. and the Belgian government has taken
almost all the profits. We want to branch out
and secure all the mahogany lands we can and
we expect to ship most of our timber through
New Orleans." Besides its African concessions
the Mengel company holds titles to extensive
mahogany lauds in British Honduras, Yucatan
and other Central American countries.
One thousand mill employees are out of work
and seven big Lake Charles plants are idle as
the result of a strike which occurred in that
district Sept. 1. The strike immediately fol-
lowed the refusal of the mill 'owners and oper-
at(U-s to grant to tlie men a ten-hour day and a
weekly pay day. They are now working eleven
hours" per day." Perfect organization is said to
exist among them and it is stated that they will
hold to the last for their demands. So -far only
one of the mill owners has made any concession
to the men. C. U. Winterhalder. manager of the
L. B. Menefee mill has offered to give the men
a weekly pay day if they will withdraw their
demand for a ten-hour day. As yet the men
have not accepted this proposition.
The rnion Manufacturing & Supply Company,
which will manufacture sawmill machinery, has
tiled articles of incorporation In Mississippi and
will 111' domiciled at Hattiesburg. It has a
capital stock of .f.'OO.OOii. The company will
have large shops at Hattiesburg. where sawmill
machinery of all descriptions will he manufac-
tured. A site has been secured and construc-
tion of the buildings will begin at once. The
incorporators are W. F. Post, O. R. S. Pool and
U. 1'. Anderson, representative citizens of Hat-
tiesburg, of long experience in the mill supply
business. Henry T. Tracey, .7. H. Whitehead.
Edgar .1. Clayton and others are also largely in-
terested.
Advices from Satartia, Miss., state that be-
tween L'lO.OOo and 200,000 staves are now at
that place awaiting transportation to New Or-
leans. This town is in the heart of the stave
district of the Yazoo Basin and hundreds ot
thousands of staves are brought annually from
there to New Orleans. The presence of the
staves now awaiting transportation has dispelled
the belief that Satartia was about to take its
place on the retired list of stave centers. Tim-
ber lands which have already been worked over
several times are again being worked over for
staves.- It is admitted, however, that stave tim-
ber is becoming very scarce and the time is not
far distant when the wine cask manufacturer
will have to find some substitute for the stave
cask.
A. L. Staples, receiver of the defunct Scran-
Ion State Bank, and a number of others have
petitioned the I'niled States courts in Missis-
sippi to declare J. T. White & Co.. a well known
lumber firm of Moss Point, Miss., bankrupt.
The petitioners allege that their claims against
the companv amount to .11.57.000 and that the
nrm is unable to meet its debts. I'nited States
Marshal Buckley has taken charge ot the assets
iif the tirm.
The Home Lumber Company of Montrose.
Miss., has filed an amendment to its charter, in-
creasing its capital stock to .$10,000.
At Marks. (Quitman county. Miss., the Uiver-
side Lumber Company lias been organized with
a capital of $10,000.
Ashland, Ky.
Mrs. I!. H. Vansant and children are sojourn-
ing at Pence Springs, W. Va.
W. K. Vansant ot the W. U. Vansant Lumber
Company is very ill with typhoid fever. He
lias just returned from North Carolina, where
he had been on a big timber deal.
A number of damage suits have been insti-
tuted by Chapman Fry of Huntington, W. ^ a.,
a well known timberman. against <!. W. Sutter
and I.. Merrill, doing business as the L. Mer-
rill Lumber Company. The damages aggregate
$2."i.iioo. Three suits are in assumpsit and one
ciia'rging trespass on the case. The suits are
for alleged breaches ot contract and for im-
pairmi-nt of credit in lumber deals.
Tbi' W. M. Uitter Lumber Ciunpany of Co-
lumbus. O.. has a big force of men at work ar
the mouth ot March Fork of Slab Creek, in
Wyoming county, West Virginia, clearing off
twenty acres of land upon whicli a town of sixty
commodious dwelling houses will be built.
Hayes & Vansant have cut out all their hold-
ings on East Fork, some f.Oii.iioii feet of oak
timber and a little poplar.
A large number nf ties have been purchased
in northeast Kentucky and in West Virginia by
the Panhandle and Pennsylvania railroads, and
they are lieing shipped at the rate of three to
live cars per day.
Cliapman i'ry's log and lumber yard and saw-
mill located on" White's Creek, in Wayne county.
West Virginia, were washed away in a recent
storm and scarcely a stick of timber was left.
\V. E. Berger of the W. H. Hawkins Lumber
Company of this city is at Atlantic City. N. J.
Louisville.
\lbert R. Kampf took a week off recently
and made a trip to his home in New York.
He says the demand for hardwood is active
■\nd it is well for millmen not to be too anx-
ious to load up on orders for future delivery.
He says he has turned down lots of orders
that might have looked good a year ago, but
which are not up to his idea of market values
Charles Gates of the Turner. Day & Wool-
worth Company, says the hickory handle
business is in good shape and prices on hick-
ory products are advancing. In tact, the only
so'urce of worry in the hickory business is to
get the raw material, but as this concern has
more of this already than any other institu-
tion in the country it is not doing much wor-
W P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company has
been unusually busy getting stock in its yard
here as well as shipping out on orders the
past two months, and as a result it is" now
well fixed. The company has in its yard here
a heavier stock of lumber titan ever before
at this time of the year, especially in oak.
with a good string of orders ahead to work on.
The Kentucky Hardwood Flooring Company
is making good progress with its new plant
here and has already gotten in ciuite a bunch
of oak so as to be ready for business as soon
as the machinery is installed.
James B. Hall. Clay City. Ky., prominent
as a beer stave manufacturer, aijd vice-
gerent for eastern Kentucky, held an un-
usually successful concatenation at Winches-
ter Friday night. August 31. There were
twenty-five kittens to be initiated from Jack-
.son a"nd Winchester. The twenty-five initi-
ates were hauled to the gardens of Hoo-Hoo
in four mammoth cages mounted on four
lumber wagons and were then given all that
was coming to them in the most approved
of bluegrass methods.
The Brodhead-Garrett Lumber Company
has been more fortunate than most of the
river mills this year and has been able to
bring down logs on the summer tides right
along, so that it has not only kept running
steadily while other mills have had to close
for lack of logs, but has in booms now a
supply sufficient to last during the fall.
The Capital Lumber Company, Frankfort.
Ky.. h.as rebuilt its planing mill recently de-
stroyed by fire on an enlarged scale and is
having a 'prosperous business. This company
operates a sawmill, planing mill and lumber
vard, the moving spirit being Ed Elliott, a
lumberman full of enterprise.
J. W. Clarkson. Boxer. Ky., reports pretty
busy times up in the woods these days and
says he is expending all his thoughts ami
energies toward getting out hardwood lumber.
Most ot the product of his concern is handled
by the Linelian Lumber Company. Pitts-
burg, Pa.
Wausau.
Ilollis and Krueger ot Wausau are erecting a
mill near Parish. Some years ago the Brooks
& Hoss Lumber Company cut all the pine timber
in that section, but left enough hardwood to
supply several mills for years to come.
The largest timber deal consummated in the
North in years has been closed. Holland &
Graves ot Byng Inlet have purchased of the
Sarnia Bay "Lumber, Timber & Salt Company
live townships ot land of thirty-six square miles
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earli for $1,500,000. Tho lands are situated in
llie <;eorgian Bay distriit of Canada and are said
to be wi'l! timbered, largel.v witli liardwood.
W. C. ilinman. one of llie sloelvliolders in the
Upham Manufacturing C'ompan.v of JIarshiield"
lias purchased of C. V. Duubar of Wausau ten
forties of hardwood lands in Ta.vlor ccninty. said
lo lie eover.'d witli 4.(ii"i.il(Hl feel of timber. The
I'pliani Mamifaelnring Company deals largely in
hai-dwuod lumber, furniture and liardwood novel-
lies.
'i'lie Ivi'-I Woodi^nware Company of Kiel has
decided to liuild another factory near .Marsh-
lield. The company yearly consumes a large
amount of elm lumber in making cheese boxes,
oil can .jackets, etc.
'l"he Kaiidy Manufacturing i'ompaiiy of (jrand
liapids, which lately moved to tliat city from
Ncillsville. has started its factory in operation.
.\ large amount of new machinery has been
:idded. which will greatly increase the output of
the plant.
Suit lias lifcn brought by 1'. II. .loliuson of
i;iiiiiclaiiilrr agaiiisi tic Marshtield Land cV;
Lumber Company and the Upham Manufacturing
Company of .Marshtield to compel the fulfillment
of an option said to liave been given the plain-
tiff by tile defendants on hardwood lands owned
by them in Lincoln and Taylor counties and
recently sold to the Copper River Land Com-
pany tor a consideration of $.'il)(l.()00. It is
claimed by the plaintiff that in .luly. 1 !»)(!. the
defi'udants gave an option on the property to
.1. S. Crosby of Creenville. Mich., for .f.'iOii.ooii.
the term lieing for one year. F. II. .Johnson,
tlie plaintitf. acquired the option Jtnd was en-
gaged in looking over tlie lands when they were
sold to the Copper River Company. Tlie suit
is lirought to compel a speeiti(t performance of
contract. Tlie complaint alleg<'s that the lands
are reasonably worth .f l.tioo.ooo and the plain-
titf asks that eitber tiiey lie solil to liim on liis
option price of .f.'.lio.ooo or that di<fendants he
forced to pay him .^."ido.iMii.i. the dilTerence be-
tween Ills ojit ion ]irice and the aUeged value of
tlie iiroiirily.
Hardwood Market*
(By HARDWOOD RECORD Exclusive Market Reporters.)
Chicago.
Local conditions in iiardwoods remain some-
what ■■spotted." Those who liave well-assorted
stocks or good sources of supply arc enjoying a
very fair trade at good prices. Dak and poplar
are the strong sellers. There is a fair call for
northern hardw-oods, hut some items are drag-
ging, notably incli and a half gray elm. The
local trade is not at all worried over the situa-
tion, as it has had an tinusuaily good summer
trade and sees ahead of it <i most excellent fail
demand.
Dwing to the remarkably largo quantity of
cheap furniture made in this market, there is
an unusual call for the sound coarse end of
hardwood products in nearly all varieties of
wood. These manufacturers are constantly ask-
ing for lumber that is cheap. On the whole the
demand for iiardwoods in the Chicago market
runs comparatively light for firsts and seconds
and fancy varieties. The present demand is no
exception to this general rule.
Boston.
There has been a slight iniprtivemeiit in the
local hardwood market, but the demand is still
far from active. In this section then' has been
considerable building going on this summer,
which will naturally call for interior finish dur-
ing the fall months. The manufacturers of house
finish are very busy and have been for two or
three- weeks past. In some instances orders
placed the first of .August have not been deliv-
ered. Furniture manufacturers are in the mar-
ket picking up anything tiiat looks like a bar-
gain, but they are not buying freely In anticipa-
tion of future requirements, as the ma.jority
have very good sized stocks on hand. The local
yards are carrying fair stocks but are beginning
to make inquiries with the idea of preparing for
an iictive fall business. Prices tliroughout the
market are more firmly held, and In many cases
mills are asking higher prices tlian they did a
month ago. Cypress is in moderate call witli
prices well held. Maple flooring has not been
in active call and otferings are not large. Prices
are fairly well held under the firm market for
rough maple. Quartered oak has begun to show
some Improvement. There is much more export
inquiry for common quartered oak and sales of
black walnut are reported for export. Plain oak
is firmly held. Whitewood still moves in a mod-
'■ritte way, but prices are firmer and advices from
mill points state that holdings of dry stocks are
small. Chestnut Is in very good demand. Deal-
ers report fair inquiry for thick stock.
New York.
Tile general movcnicnt of iiardwoods con-
tinues good, particularly In the manufacturing
Tiranch. where the makers of pianos, furniture
and novelties are busy with their holiday goods.
The general yard trade is fair and there is a lit-
tle more activity noted in purchase than for the
past few weeks. .-it hardwood manufacturing
points, according to returning buyers, there are
no surplus slocks, and tlicrc is a lit lb' Ifss
ttndency towaril concessions ur forcing tlic mar-
ket than Is usually the case. Wholesalers hav-
■ ing any amount of good hardwood stocks are
aware of their value and the ' inability to re-
place them In time for the fall and early
winter trade, and are therefore liolding them
for the best prices. Tlie excessive rains and
the general demand of the country for hard-
wood lumber have broken stocks considerably,
especially in the better grades, and the outlook
is in favor of firm prices during the ftiil and
winter trade.
The stocks in most call at the present time
are ash. birch and chestnut. They are ruling
firm at good prices. Plain oak is not quite so
active as it has lieen, but prices are steady.
Poplar is moving fairly well, but there seem to
lie ample offerings for current wants, and the
market Hni'tuates a little. Quartered oak Is in
lilentiful supiily, and is not active. Maple is in
iiincti iln' same position.
Philadelphia.
t 'onsidi'rabie slock is coming into the market,
owing iirobalily to the good weather at mill
points and the brisk demand from wliolesalers.
The trade reiiorts prices firmly held and business
slightly better than a fortnight ago. I'oplar is
in demand, as are also chestnut and oak.
Cypress is still coming on the market in quan-
tities and finding ready takers, and there have
been rather large quantities of basswood sold.
Nearly all the firms report that their business
has been steadily increasing this year in the
aggregate and. although the summer montlis
showed a slight falling off in di'inand, the
general average of sales made during the year
Is In excess of that of last year.
The retail yards are buying, but not in great
quantities, although a resumption of heavy trade
is expected in the course of the month. The
general feeling is that a prosperous fall trade
will oci-iir.
Baltimore.
ISriskncss continues to In- iliaracterislic of
the hardwood trade in this section, and there is
prospect of further increase in the volume of
business as autumn approaches. It is not easy
to see, however, Ikivv material additions to the
trade can i)e made since the demand htis all
along absorbed tl nlpnt of lb.- nulls, though
they were run at rull i-apai-ily. nf course, if
the weather improves, manufiicturers will be
able lo increase production. So far the Inquiry
has been eiitirel.\' up to the outjuit and niueh
competition for stocks at iioints of manufac-
ture has been the rule.
Good oak in particular is eagerly sought,
bringing satisfactory prices. So large is the
consumption of oak on the part of domestic
users that exporters find it difficult to obtain
lumber for shipment al^road.
Ash is hardly less active than oak, all the
mills having orders enough on hand to keep
them going for some time, and prices being
attractive. Chestnut and all the other -woods
in general use are likewise freely called
for. Poplar has lost none of its snap. The
prevailing prices of walnut serve to bring
out lumber and log.s in large quantities, and
the export trade in this wood is as receptive'
as usual.
Pittsburg.
Firmness prevails throughout thr entire list of
hardwoods. It Is safe to say that never before in
the history of Pittsburg has tlie fall market
opened with liardwood conditions so uniformly
satisfactory. Witli ,. flier dealers, the hardwood
men are sharing the disappoint niiuit that comes
from unsettled conditions in the tiuiiding world
in llreater Pitlshiirg, dni- to the carpenters'
strike and sympatbctii- labia- agitations. But
this is more than offset liy the big inquiry from
outside points for hardwood for manufacturing
purposes.
Prices are uniformly firm, with a steady ten-
rlency upwaril. For oak it is a matter of daily
occurrence to hear of pic>mlums being paid for
prompt delivery. Poplar is also a banner wood
in market. Chestnut is an active seller, and
the better grades are now comtnanding fancy
prices. The call for maple continues excellent,
and Hooring is one of the best sellers in the
market the last two weeks. Since August 1
there has been a wonderful increase in the bulk
of business done by local firms in southern hard-
woods, and tliere is every prospect that this
business will be tremendously increased before
.Tannar.v 1.
BuiTalo.
The liartlwood lumber trade here is in excel-
lent shape. The general supply is (inite as
good as could be expected and more, no doubt,
than was thought possible last spring.
There is no longer fhi- overstock of maple
that there was last year, and there is now con-
siderable movement to elm and basswood. Pop-
lar, being so scarce, it has been necessary to
return to basswood, though prices at the mills
are still called high.
Birch is quite plentiful and is increasing in
use. in place of more expensive hardwoods,
especially mahogany and oak. Some very fine
birch veneer doors are going iufi. use here at
ver.v low prices.
Some very nice whit.- and black ash is now
coming down the lakes, hut it will be very hard
to get enough of eitlier to make a fair stock, as
the demand is so great. Washington fir is
being substituted for ash and maple is used
where great strength is not needed. The oak
supply is fair, quartered always being in good
assortment. There is not mucli chestnut unless
it be of the low grades.
Cincinnati.
There was no dullness visible in this market
during the summer months, but with the opening
of tile fall months improvement is noticeable.
The only discouraging element is the shortage of.
cars. Firms ordering ten cars are fortunate in
getting two within a day or two, while they
have to wait a week for their full quota.
The building situation Is In excellent shape.
Consumers are becoming anxious regarding
tlieir fall and winter requirements and a lively
demand is expected to spring up within a short
rime. Stocks are reported in bad sliape. unbroken
lots of any size being liard to find. There is gen-
eral opinion that advances in prices are sure to
materialize.
Plain oak within the past two weeks has con-
tinued the dominant feature of the market.
Stocks are low In both red and white. Quartered
white oak finds a free outlet for the better
grades, but common is inclined to quietness. Red
quartered has been only moderatel.v active, but
manufacturers are confident regarding the future
and have not urged consumers t juie into the
market.
Ash has been very strong under a big demanii
extending to all grades and thicknesses. With
stocks at a low ebb prices have been maintained
on a strong basis.
Cypress has sold well and the same can be
said for chestnut.
Firms dealing in maliogany are well pleased
with the outlook. The demand is constantly
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growing and the market evinces firmness.
Cottonwood in box grades has been active and
as supplies are sliort quotations have been easily
sustained. Red gum is a good seller at fine
prices.
The poplar movement continues to increase.
Offerings arc being snapped up at manufacturers'
prices.
Minneapolis.
There is a temporary lull in the wholesale
trade here. The factories are not in the market
at present for large stocks. Where they felt
any uncertainty as to supply they got orders in
and insured themselves against a shortage some
time ago. Now (hey feel comparatively secure,
and are only buying for actual needs.
There is a decided scarcity of rock elm, ash
and northern oak. There is some northern red
oak still offered at good prices, but the white
oak is cleaned up. The trade is taking oak
right along, and southern mills are being drawn
upon heavily. The railroads are buying oak tor
car shops, for timl)ers and ties, and this line
of business is lively. The iiuiet is most no-
ticeable in birch and basswood. There is not a
big stock of basswood, however, and prices are
tirm. Culls are moving well at advanced prices,
and the upper grades are not over plentiful.
Low grade birch Is scarce. There are plenty of
upper grades in stock, but the prospect is for
a good steady demand this fall and winter, and
there is no weakness in prices noted here.
Maple is in fair supply.
The retail yards are taking hardwood in
mixed cars, mainly, and are calling for about
the usual amount of oak wagon stock, maple
wagon material and flooring.
are running overtime In an effort to get out as
much stuff as possible before the bad weather
sets in.
Saginaw Valley.
There has been less activity in hardwood in
this location of late than has l)een manifested
in pine and hemlock. This does not signify ex-
ceptional dullness in hardwood, but rather more
than ordinary activity in the commodities named.
Some hardwoods have been firm and taken as
fast as olt'ered during the season, notably ash
and oak. but local supplies of these commodities
are limited. Even now parties in the valley
are scouring the northern portion of the state
for oak for piling and bridge work to fill an
order for the Michigan Central railroad. Manu-
facturers state that maple has been dull, they
assert due to overproduction. Many if not all
of the flooring manufacturers contracted for
their maple early in the year and the remainder
goes into the hands of dealers who appear to
have been loaded up with maple, and this caused
an accumulation of stock and falling off in de-
mand. There is a picking up in beech and birch
lumber, some lots of the former having been
sold recently at $14. There is more in
qulry in fact for "all kinds of hardwood
stocks and dealers say the market is healthy in
tone with prices holding steady and fall pros-
pects good. There is considerable inquiry for
basswood, which is bringing good prices, and
the fortunate owner of ash can get any price
his conscience will permit him to ask. Consider-
able quantities of beech culls are being cut up
into box shooks, two or three firms here using
large quantities of them. Elm is steady. While
there are no material changes in quotations as
yet. it is noted that there is more inquiry and
a manifest disposition to buy more freely.
Milwaukee.
The market is beginning to assume a firmer
tone with Increased demands, though prices re-
main practically at a standstill. It is expected,
however, that within a few weeks an advance
will make itself noticeable all along the line.
The demand for hardwood flooring is very active,
but manufacturers are not taking advantage of
the situation and quoting liigher prices.
Bristol.
Market conditions in this section are generally
satisfactory, though even better conditions are
looked for in the fall and winter. A scarcity of
cars is reported on the lines of the Virginia &
Southwestern and Norfolk & Western, though
the situation has not as yet reached an acute
stage.
The mills are all running regularly and some
Nashville.
Cumberland river has enough water in it now
for boating or rafting, but little timber is being
brought down to market. The suppl.y up the
river this fall is said to be considerably short ;
not more than a third, in fact, of what it gener-
ally is. This is one of the contributing causes in
keeping the price of lumber up here in all lines.
The market is quite firm in all departments and
practically nothing is dragging. Both quartered
red and quartered white oak are ready sellers.
Those who have dry ash are getting most any-
thing they have a mind to ask for it, as the
market generally is bare of this wood. Good
chestnut, which is fast becoming a popular fin-
ishing wood, is also scarce and bringing stiff
prices. The best grades of poplar are still be-
ing rapidly taken at quotations and quite a
demand is noticed for seconds, the box men
using the latter. Nashville dealers are full up
on orders and business for August, 1900, is
nearly double that in August, 1905. Mail or-
ders are coming in and the market is being vis-
ited each week by many buyers from a distance.
The outlook for fall business is entirely satis-
factory, as the lumbermen know they can sell
all they can get, and more too. The matter of
getting the stuff is the question.
Memphis.
Thert^ is a very satisfactory demand for south-
ern hardwoods and prices are generally well
maintained, with a tendency toward advance.
•Stocks of dry lumber in this territory are very
low and this scarcity is perhaps more largely
responsible for the firmness of the market than
the extent of the demand. With weather condi-
tions only fair and with production still consid-
erably below normal for this time of the year,
there is little prospect for accumulation of hold-
ings before next January. Some of the interior
mills are shut down altogether and others are
operating only part time, while the shipments
of lumber are quite equal to the receipts. The
export demand is not particularly active, but
there is a very satisfactory movement of plain
white oak. red gum and ash, as well as quarter-
sawed white oak, into foreign channels at good
prices.
Some forward delivery business Is being
hooked, but in such cases sellers are protecting
themselves against inability to secure the lumber
by making provision for delayed shipment. The
scarcity of cars is pronounced and promises to
become more so, and this is another reason why
it is necessary for lumbermen to protect them-
selves against possible delay in delivering lumber.
I*lain oak is in very satisfactory call, with
tlie market firm and with offerings rather scarce
in both red and white. There is some call for
(luarter-sawed white oak in the higher grades,
with the remainder of the list receiving increas-
ing inquiries. Ash is one of the strongest items
of the list. .\ll grades and thickaesses find a
ready sale at top prices.
Cypress holds up well. It is not as scarce as
ash. but the demand takes up what is offered at
prices which are considered very good.
Cottonwood and gum are both good sellers in
all grades. Cottonwood box boards are very
scarce, w-bile the lower grades are hard to secure
aad are bringing good prices. Firsts and seconds
Cottonwood are not showing as much snap as
the lower grades, and the same is applicable to
gum. However, firsts and seconds red gum are
commanding good prices, and offerings appear
to be scarce. Poplar is still in fair request.
New Orleans.
In the last fortnight more of the hardwood
mills in tills section have resumed operations,
and stocks are being added to gradually. How-
ever, stocks are not half what they were at this
season last year. The foreign trade is slack and
exports are not even fair. This is due largely to
the increase in ocean freight rates brought about
in anticipation of a big foreign cotton move-
ment. The interior demand is good, and the
same applies to prices. The big demand from
the interior is making up in a large measure for
the poor foreign trade, and the mills are kept
busy, notwithstanding the small amount of ex-
ports.
Knoxville.
A fair amount of hardwood is in sight In
local lumber yards and prices are steady, with
a very good demand for all grades. The de-
mand is brisk and dealers are behind on ship-
ping orders. The export demand for walnut is
especially strong, and the local demand tor
building woods is improving this month.
Louisville.
During the past fortnight the hardwood mar-
ket in Louisville has improved considerably and
at present it looks as though the fall buying
will be in full swing about a month earlier than
usuaL Furniture men and other manufacturers
using hardwood who generally come in late in
September and October looking for stock are
now ready to place orders early in September.
Buyers are out earlier than manufacturers ex-
pected, so that lumbermen are taken unawares
and are a little slow about accepting orders for
large quantities. Naturally under these condi-
tions prices are holding firm.
Poplar has scored more advances than any
other wood on the list. No. 1 common having ad-
vanced $.5 per thousand during the last thirty
days. Poplar as a rule is in short supply. Proba-
bly there is less excitement in quartered oak than
anything else. While quartered oak is good and
has been improving right along during the sum-
mer, the demand for this stock does not carry
with it the same snap as the call for plain oak
and other hardwoods. Plain oak is selling
briskly with more in sight probably than was
expected, but not more by any means than the
trade is in need of. The advance in gum pre-
dicted in these columns recently is now begin-
ning to be manifest, and some sales have been
made recently at figures |2 above what could
be obtained earlier in the summer.
Ijverpool.
Trade here was quite brisk during the last
two weeks. Salesmen all report that they have
made large sales. Mahogany continues brisk and
in good demand. An incident which happened
last week should be taken to heart by buyers of
this wood on your side. One large shipper of
this wood was busily engaged in chopping the
lot numbers off the logs. They could only be
doing this for one object — to make a profit on
the measure in selling to American buyers. As
many of your buyers may know. Liverpool ma-
hogany sale measure gives an advantage to the
buyer of at least 20 per cent. Buyers should
not only insist on the lot numbers being left on
the logs, but should ask the firms from whom
they buy that wood for the brokers' cards, which
are provided by the auctioneers. Ash and oak
logs are in better demand. Ash and oak planks
continue strong in price and other woods leave
nothing new to report.
London.
Although this is generally considered to he
the slackest time of the year, being holiday
time, it must be acknowledged that there is a
fair amount of business doing. Strange to say.
while shippers are still asking higher prices
for all goods, there is a good deal of stock arriv-
ing on consignments that can be picked up at
very low prices on the quay.
The Rappahannock has arrived and is the first
of the Furness-Leylahd line to discharge her
cargo in the Greenland docks of the Surrey
Commercial Dock and it must be said that con-
sidering the facilities offered and the declaration
on the dock company's part that they are mak-
ing a bid for the hardwood trade of the port
of London, the trade is to be congratulated upon
the fact that this dock company is at last
able to give them these facilities.
The best seller at the moment is oak and the
parcels arriving are quite equal to the demand,
but 3 and 4 inch planks are not coming forward
as fast as they are wanted.
Whitewood is not in great demand and buyers
are not inclined to face the higher prices asked.
The cheaper grades of satin walnut are in
fair demand at the moment, but there is no
great call for prime. Hickory and ash are in
fair demand at good prices.
"Around in silent grandeur stood
The stately children of the wood/'
Typical Birch Growth
WISCONSIN HARDWOOD FORESTS
HACKLEY-PHELPS-BONNELL COMPANY
"... Krelglitetl are Ihi; liver-ways
With gold ot eliiiH and birches from the maze
Of forests."
.^o
HARDWOOD RECORD
a
T is the privilege of the Hardwood
KeCOED to depict by picture and
pencil the operations of one of
the foremost hardwood lumber pro-
ducing houses in the T'nited States — the
Hackley -Phelps -Bonnell
Company, of Grand
Rapids, Mich.
This company is a
comparatively new in-
stitution and was organ-
ized in 1904 by the con-
solidation of the timber
and lumber interests of
W. A. Phelps, his son
C. A. Phelps, and asso-
ciates, of Grand Rapids.
Mich.; of John H. Bon-
nidi and associates, also
of Grand Rapids, and
of the late Charles H
Hackley, of Muskegon.
Mich. While Mr. Hack-
ley never took an active
interest aside from a
financial one in the con-
cprn, his name was
])laced first in the com-
pany's title in ciefer-
ence to his distinguish-
ed history in commercial lumber affairs.
The Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company
has had a history of successful expansion
since its inception that has scarcely been
equaled by any similar concern in the
country. While its financial and s;encral
business headquarters have been main-
tained at Grand Rapids, Mich., it has ex-
panded in all directions until today it is
one of the largest hardwood stumpage own-
ers in \\isconsin, with an immense indus-
WOODtJ HORSES AND HAKL'W'iJULi HUll.W.W
trial operation at Hackley, in that state,
which, considered from the viewpoint of a
complete utilization of the forest, stands
first in that part of the lumber producing
countrv. It has some minor mills in the
state of IMicliigan and operates also in In-
diana, Kentucky, Arkansas and Mississippi.
The company maintains a southern branch
office and two large yards at Evansville,
Ind., where it assembles the cuts of
tlip various mills which it operates in In-
diana and Kentucky.
It also has a southwest-
ern branch office at
Helena, Ark., where it
has two large yards
and where a large por-
tion of the Arkansas
stock is centralized.
The company has an
extensive operation in
Leflore county, Missis-
sippi, where it is inter-
ested in a large sawmill
and a full parapher-
nalia of logging rail-
roads. Back of this
operation is 6, .500 acres
of fine delta timber
land. The company
also owns a 4,000 acre
tract of i-ypress and
oak in Arkansas coun
ty, Arkansas, where it
is getting out some of
the highest class
cypress and oak found in the Southwest.
In addition to its own southern milling
operations it controls the cuts of numerous
other mills in Kentucky, Indiana, Missis-
sippi and Arkansas.
Altogether the Hacklc_y-Plic)]is-Bonnell
BASSWOOD.
GREY ELM.
HARD MAPLE.
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31
Company is one of the most catliolic lumber
institutions in the United States, manufac-
turing annually in the North Country up-
wards of 30,000,000 feet of birch, gray elm,
hasswood, maple, white pine, Norway, tam-
arack, hemlock and
cedar; in the South
Country it is equally
]ir()minent in the pro-
duction of oak, red gum,
I vpress, ash, cotton-
wood, hickory and pop-
l;ir.
This article will treat
|ia: ticularly of the
splendid hardwood for-
ests and manufacturing
operations of the Hack-
Icy-Phelps-Bonnell Com-
pany centering at Hack
ley. Wis. Hackley is
the termiuus of a ten
mile branch of the
Gogebic division of the
Chicago & Northwestern
Railway, 370 miles north
of Chicago. This branch
leaves the main line at
the little town of Con-
nver.
Hackley is picturesquely .situated at the
upper end of Big Twin lake. This beauti-
ful body of water, with the timber-clad
hills surrounding it, is about five miles in
length, and the town of Hackley, witli its
lumber vards, sawmills, executive ami
merchandising buildings, hotel, warehouses
and homes, occupies a stretch of lake front
more than a mile in length.
The timber holdings of the Hackley-
Phelps-Bouncll Company in this section
THE McGIFFERT STEAM LOG LOADER.
comprise upwards of 40,000 acres in Vilas
country, Wisconsin. The holdings of the
company extend over the state line into
Iron county, Michigan. These timber prop-
erties liave lu'i'U selected with a great deal
of care during the past six years and repre-
sent as a whole as fine a body of hardwood
timber as grows in the northern country.
Vilas county is a part of the picturesque
lake country of Wisconsin and abounds in
numerous small lakes. The land is of a
very high type from an
agricultural viewpoint,
and eventually the en-
tire section will be
transformed into one
of the finest farming
regions of the state. Of
the timber the magnifi-
iM'nt red birch predomi-
nates. Next in import-
ance is the white bass-
wood, for which north-
ern Wisconsin is so
celebrated. Of third
importance is the graj'
elm, which nowhere
grows of better quality.
In this mixed forest
h.-inl maple is found to
some extent, and inter-
spersed are a consider-
able quantity of mag-
nificent white pine,
Norway, hemlock, tam-
arack, balsam and
cedar. The entire area is of a slightly
rolling character, thus making logging rail-
road construction comparatively easy. The
company has already built nearly twenty
miles of standard gauge railroad, in main
line ami lir.i nclios, into its tiniVier holdings.
HACKLEY, WIS.. LUMBER YARD AND MILL FROM DOCK FRONT.
32
HARDWOOD RECORD
The woods work of the Haekley-Phelps-
Bonnell Company at Haekley is conducted
on superior lines, marked by efficiency in
every particular. Its camp is a model, the
company recognizing
that it pays to house
and feed its woodsmen
ill the best possible
manner. The company's
equipment of engines,
log loaders, etc., is the
best that money will
buy.
The sawmill is of the
double band type, of
the most approved con-
struction and equip-
ment. The logs coming
from the woods are
dumped in a boom at
the mill. The yard is
one of the best "drying
yards" in the countr}-,
receiving air from all
sides and especially
from the wide expanse
of lake. It is laid out
with geometric accu-
racy, the lumber is piled
with skill, the trams are well and sulistan-
tially built. In fact, every detail of this
great operation impresses the visitor with
the quality of good housekeeping. To
Delbert Hankin, superintendent of the
Haekley operations, is due in no small de-
gree credit for the excellent character of
tlie great Haekley branch.
Between the big lumber yard and the
town of Haekley and facing the lake front
the company has set aside a few acres of
park, which has been thoroughly shaped
up as a pleasure ground. This park
abounds in a tine sapling growth of white
jiine, Norway, spruce, balsam and birch
■lUAIN OF LOi;S IN Y.ARD .VT ilACKLEY.
and is one of the beauty spots of this model
lumber town. Beyond the park is the com-
pany 's big mercantile structure, in the wing
of which aie located the general otiices.
The second tloor of this building is devoted
to a commodious sitting room and a dozen
well appointed bedrooms for the use of the
managers and principal employees and
guests. The sitting room boasts of a great
open grate, and is attractively ornamented
with tropliies of the chase, handsome pic-
tures and other articles of virtu. The en-
tire front of this room is lighted with
leaded glass windows, beneath which runs
a long and comfortable window-seat. Well
appointed bath and
toilet rooms complete
1he equipment of this
second floor of the mer-
cantile building. The
entire structure reflects
great credit on Man-
ager Phelps and on his
lielicf that it pays a
laisiness man to live
comfortably, even if his
undertaking is located
far from commercial
centers. In this general
mercantile establish-
ment is kept a stock of
goods that in variety
.iliiiost equals the metro-
politan de p a r t m e n t
store, and the trade it
enjoys is second to no
like establishment in
the country. The store
is the pet hobby of the
company 's president,
W. A. Phelps, and distinctly shows his
early training in mercantile pursuits. The
entire establishment is heated by steam
and in evei'y respect is of model character.
Across the street from the general mer-
cliandising establishment is a cafe, in the
second floor of which is a handsomely ap-
jiointed amusement hall where very fre-
quently the residents of Haekley are enter-
tained by dramatic performances, lectures,
sterooptii-on shows and kindred amusements.
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF LUMBER YARD AT HACKLEY, WIS.— DC
HARDWOOD RECORD
33
Back of the geueral store is a large ware-
house in which are carried surplus stocks
of merchandise and a part of which is occu-
pied as a general freight station. On the
main street, a block in
the rear of the cafe, is
the company 's hotel and
boarding house, whicli,
like all the other insti-
tutions of the village, is
handled in a model way.
Stretching along beyond
this general commercial
center of the town and
facing the lake are
rows of white painted
workmen's homes, every
one substantially and
attractively built and
which every employee
seems to take pride in
maintaiuiu};. Of these
houses there are 150, all
of which are owned by
the company and rented
at a low rate.
On a rise of ground
back of the sawmill is
situated an immense
chemical plant. o\vne(i i)y ;iii .-illii-d com-
pany. This is one of the largest wood
chemical plants in the United States, the
primary product of which is cliarcoal, and
from the gases in the burning of which are
produced large quantities of wood alcohol
and acetate of lime. Beyond the sawmill
is a large structure devoted to tlie manu-
facture of barrel heading, where waste mill
products are utilized. Nearby is the com-
pany's planing mill.
The Haekley-Phelps-Bonnell Company is
conducting a big operation and a long lived
one, as it owns in northern Wisconsin up-
wards of 300,000,000 feet of standing tini-
STORE AND OFFICE BUILDING AT HACKLEY,
1 cr and is constantly adding to its hold-
ings. The strictest lines of forest and
sawmill economy have been adopted.
Every form of tree growth is utilized. The
saw timber is converted into lumber and
the refuse of the sawmill is either made up
into dimension stock in the form of head-
ing, etc., or utilized in the chemical plant.
Tlie eordwood of the forest is all saved,
and after being seasoned is shipped in
great lack cars to the cliemical plant,
where it goes into the retorts on steel cars
and is there converted into charcoal. This
cdiemical plant is one of the most interest-
ing features of the entire operation, as it
is built quite largely
on new and improved
plans. The water em-
|doyed in handling the
chemicals is drawn from
two immense artesian
wells and reaches the
coolers at almost freez-
ing point. The charcoal
output of the company
is sold under a long-
time contract to one of
the iron furnaces at
Ashland, while the wood
alcohol and ai-etate of
lime, produced under
like contracts, go large-
ly into export.
Thi' tiiiiliiT pictures
shown with this article
were not selected as re-
marknlile tree types, but
simply as specimens
typical of the Hacklcy-
Phelps-Bonnell forest,
and only the principal growth is illustrated.
Here grows the red birch of the North in
its highest perfection, and as this wood con-
stitutes fully 35 per cent of the company's
holdings it will perforce be a very import-
ant factor in the production of birch for
many years to come. The quality of the
basswood of tliis section is too well known
to need much comment — it is the highest
class timber of this variety existing in the
world. The elm is also of high quality.
D MILL .Vr UIGHT— STORE, HOTEL AND RESIDENCES AT LEFT.
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HOTEI- AND BOAKDING HOUSE AT HACKLEY.
OPERA HOUSE AND ('AFE AT HACKLET.
The maple is of a very good type, but con-
stitutes only about 1.7 per cent of the total.
White pine is scattered among the hard-
wood growth and is of splendid character,
and the hemlock, cedar and other "woods
are likewise excellent.
The illustrations accompanying this arti-
cle are generally self-explanatory. The
titlepage exhibits the magnificent type of
red birch in which the Haekley-Phelps-Bon-
nell Company's forest abounds, and the pic-
tures on the following page are typical of
the basswood, gray elm and hard maple
growth.
The illustration showing the great roD-
way of hardwood logs with the fine teams
of horses in the foreground was photo-
graphed with particular reference to show-
ing the high class of live stock that the
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company employs
in its woods work. The picture of the great
steam loader handling logs exhibits a stand-
ard type of the McGiffert log loader, manu-
factured by the Clyde Iron Works of Du-
luth, Minn. This machine is performing
very effective service and materially econo-
n izes the cost of log loading. The large
illustration on the third page of this article
was made in front of the company's gen-
eral store and office building and shows the
dock front on Big Twin lake, with the ad-
mirable lumber piling in the yard and the
Ills: sawmill in the distance. The broadside
INDIAN WOOD CHOPPERS AND WIVES.
view of the plant was taken from the upper
floor of the still house of the chemical
works, and shows only the sawmill and
lumber yard. At the right of the picture are
the cooperage plant and planing mill, while
at the extreme left are the numerous houses
which make up the village of Haekley. It
will be observed by the illustrations of the
mercantile and hotel and other structures
that the buildings are unusually high class.
The picture of the interior of the store at
Haekley illustrates fully the possibilities of
a modern mercantile establishment located
in the woods country. The little picture of
the naphtha launch owned by the company,
which is utilized on Big Twin lake, was
taken in a particularly beautiful cove of
this delightful little body of water, and
s.ated in the craft are President W. A.
I 'helps, General Manager C. A. Phelps, W.
!•:. Barrett of W. E. Barrett & Co., Chicago,
nnd Gen. W. E. Bobbins of the C. A. Paltzer
l^umber Company of Chicago.
There is quite an Indian settlement in
Vilas county and such of them as can be
<'oaxed into working are employed in chop-
]jing wood for the chemical plant. These
Indians are almost invariably accompanied
in the woods by their wives and papooses.
The little picture of the group of Indians
was made beside the company's store at
Haekley. The illustration of the retort
lionsp r,f the chemical ]ilant shows the way
INTERIOR OF STORE AT llACKLEY.
MANAGEFiS NAPHTHA LAUNCH ON BIG TWIN LAKE.
HARDWOOD RECORD
35
RETOKT HUUSK OF CHKMICAL I'LANT AT HACKLEV.
CHARCOAL AS IT COMKS FROM 'J'HE COUI.ICRS.
in which tlie eordwood is loaded on steel
ears as it is switched into the retorts for
reduction into charcoal. The picture along-
side shows the cars of charcoal as they arr
released from the second set of coolers. It
will be noted that the bulk of the wood has
been reduced about one-half in its char-
coal form. The charcoal produced by this
company, being exclusively of liirch ami
hard maple, is regarded as the highest class
product made anj'where in the United
States and is especially esteemed by pro-
ducers of high grade iron.
The picture of the still house presentnl
will convey some idea of the i]nniense sizi'
of this structure, which is devoted to tlic
rectifying of the crude spirits into wcmd
alcohol and the production of acetate nf
lime. The picture of the coojierage plant
shows the modern character of this struc-
ture. The little mid-page picture of one of
the company" 's camp cooks was photo-
graphed at a tent camp utilized by the coin-
|iany for summer work. This is entirely
under canvas — cook shanty, sleeping bunks
and stables — and is admirable for summer
use. The large picture on the eighth page
of this sketch shows the modern otfice
Imilding of the Michigan Trust Comjiany,
at Grand Kapids, Mich., wliere the general
offices of the Hackley-l'helps-Bonnell (,'om-
pany are located. A very handsome suite
of seven rooms, on the lifth floor of this
THE COOK AT A SIM.MEU CAMI'.
Imilding, is occupied by the Hackley-Phelps-
Honnell Company, and the interior of the
office of Sales Manager Fish, as shown in
rhe illnstration, is typical of the entire
suite. The company maintains a yard at
Grand Eapids, Mich., to take care of the
hunv-iip orders of tlie iniiMenius large fur-
nitmc jilants at Graml Ka]iiils. and here are
stori (1 ;ill \'arieti('s iit* fuiuitui'e woods.
Tt IS pertinent to speak briefly of the
people who have bronght the great Ilackley-
Phcl|)S-Bonnell (.'ompany's enterprises to
such importance in the hardwood industry.
The president of the company is William A.
Phelps, whose poi'trait appears as a supple-
ment in this issue of Ihe Uakdwood Record.
Mr. Phelps was Ijorn .at Law-rence. Mich.,
October 10. 1S44. He w-as raised on a farm,
.ind attended the village schools until he was
fourteen years old, when he entered the gen-
eral store of Chadwick Brothers, where he
remained Ave years. The tirst year he re-
ceived a salary of $36 per annum, and the last
two years this sum was advanced to $50 a
month and board. He was next employed in
the general store of Abbott & Mauley at De-
catur. Mich., where he stayed for the succeed-
ing two years. At the age of twenty-one he
started in the mercantile business on his own
account at Lawrence, Mich. Two years later
he sold out and located .a general store at
Hartford. Mich., under the name of Phelps
& Ooortnough. This establishment was burned
out the second year and reorganized under
the name of Phelps Brothers, which concern
had stores at Hartford and Keeler. Mich.
He sold out the Hartford store to his brother
STILL HOUSE OF THE CHEMICAL PLANT.
COOPERAclK I'LANT AT HACKLEY.
36
HARDWOOD RECORD
in 1870, and i-emoved the Keeler
stock to Montague, Mich. The flre
that destroyed the business por-
tion of that town shortly afterward
burned up liis establishment.
In the spring of 1873 he opened a
general store at Whitehall. Mich.,
under the firm name of Phelps &
Parker. In connection with this
store he handled hemlock bark,
shingles, railroad ties and cord-
wood. From Whitehall he shipped
the first cai'go of cedar shingles
and ties that was sent to the Chi-
cago market, which were consigned
to Goodenow ct Hinds, in 1S74.
Mr. Phelps shipped the first hem-
lock bark ever handled by railroad
in western Michigan. This was
forwarded over the Pentwater di-
vision of what was then known as
the Chicago & Michigan Lake
Shore Railroad, now a part of the
Pere Marquette system. This bark
was transferred from cars to ves-
sel by team at Whitehall and for-
warded by lake to Chicago and
Milwaukee. He continued in this
business until 1882, when he sold
out his general store to Black-
marr & Banks and continued to
handle lumlaer and other forest
products at Whitehall.
In 18SS Mr. Phelps moved to
Grand Rapids. Mich., and. in part-
nership with N. B. Clark, engaged
in the handling of all kinds of
lumber and forest products. In
1891 he was one of the organizer."
of the Michigan Bark & Lumber
Company, from which concern he
retired in 1894. The same year
the Grand Rapids Bark & Lumber
Company was organized, with W.
A. Phelps as president and C. A.
Phelps as secretary and treasurer.
In 1902 he was one of the or-
ganizers of the Wisconsin Lumber
& Bark Company, of which he was
president. In 1904 the Grand Rap-
ids Bark *i Lumber Company and
the Wisconsin Lumber & Bark
Company were merged into the
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company.
Mr. Phelps is also vice-president of the
Wisconsin Chemical Company, president of
the Shelby Improvement Company and vice-
president of the Wisconsin Tie & Pole Com-
pany. He was married in February, 1866, to
Miss Nancy T. Andrews of WhitehaU, Mich.,
and has two children, Charles A. Phelps and
Maude Phelps Barstow. Mr. Phelps is a man
MICHIGAN TRUST COMPANl' BI'ILDING. GRAND
MICH.. LOCATION OF GENERAL OFFICE HE
QUARTERS HACKLEY-PHELPS-BONNELL
COMPANY.
of higli character and ability, who has made
a marked success in every enterprise in which
he has been engaged.
Charles A. Phelps, chairman of the board
and manager of the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell
Company, is a son of William A. Phelps, and
was born at Hartford, Mich., March 11. 1869.
With his parents he moved to Montague in
1870 and to Whitehall in 1873. He
attended the village school at
Whitehall, and moved to Grand
Rapids in 1888. He took a four
years' commercial and literary
course at Albion Colleg?. graduat-
ing in 1890. At the age of twenty-
one he took charge of a lumber
interest at Stony Creek. Mich. He
was one of the organizers of the
Michigan Bark & Lumber Com-
pany in 1891, holding the office of
secretary and treasui-er. He sold
(tut his interest in this company in
1894 and became one of the or-
ganizers and secretary and treas-
urer of the Grand Rapids Bark &
Lumber Company. In 1902 he as-
sisted in organizing the Wisconsin
Lumber & Bark Company, in which
he was interested, and which in 1904
witli the Grand Rapids Bark cS: Lum-
lii-r Company was merged into the
J lackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company.
Charles A. Phelps has other and
important interests besides the
management of the Hackley-
Phelps-Bonnell Company. He is
treasurer of the Wisconsin Chemi-
cal Company of Hackley. Wis.;
president of the Century Fuel
Company. Grand Rapids. Mich.;
treasurer of the Greulich Company.
Grand Rapids, Mich.; secretary and
treasurer of the Toomey Lumber
& Coal Company of Tennessee:
secretary and treasurer of the
Hackley Cooperage Company.
Hackley. Wis.; president of the
Wisconsin Tie & Pole Company; a
director of the Grand Rapids Na-
tional Bank. Grand Rapids. Mich.;
a director in the G. F. Sanborn
Company, Ashland. Wis., and a di-
rector in the Michigan Lithograph
Company of Grand Rapids. Mich.
He is a member of the Peninsula
and Lake Side Clubs of Grand
Rapids, and served two years as
a member of the Board of Public
Works and five years as a mem-
ber of the Board of Police and
Fire Commissioners of Grand Rap-
ids. On July 6, 1904. Mr. Phelps was mar-
ried to Miss Roslyn Mack of Portland, Ore.
While Mr. Phelps neglects none of the vari-
ous enterprises in which he is interested, he
gives special attention to working out the
great problems involved in the handling of
the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company's great
enterprises at Hackley. Wis. To him more
RAPIDS
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P
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., YARD.
OFFICE SALES MANAGER FISH.
WILLIAM A. PHELPS
C3i=?AMD RAf=lDS. MICH.
supplement to
•arowood Record
SEPTEMBER 10, 1906.
ILLUSTRATING
BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY
HARDWOOD RECORD
37
WILLIAll A. I'UELrS. PRESIDENT.
CUAS. A. THELFS. CHAIRMAN OP BOARD.
HENRY IDEMA, VICE PRKSIDENT.
than to any other is due the fine character of
the splendid operation which has, within the
last few years, been installed in the northern
Wisconsin timber field.
The secretary of the Hackley-Phelps-Bon-
nell Company is Otis A. Felger. Mr. Felger
was born in 1S65 at Genesee, 111., and is of
German-American birth. He was valedic-
torian of the class of 18S9 of the Northwestern
Normal School. His first employment was as
clerk in a general store in Geneseo. At the
age of twenty he entered the poultry busi-
ness. He taught commercial branches during
his school life and was a pedagogue for a
year after his graduation. He afterward en-
tered the employ of McNeil & Higgins.
wholesale grocers of Chicago, and eventually
became general clerk and railroad teller of
the National Bank of Illinois at Chicago. In
1892 he accepted a position with the Widdi-
comb Furniture Company of Grand Rapids.
Mich., and he added to his lumber experience
in the office work of a pine and hardwood
operation at Leroy. Mich., for some time
afterward. In 1S94 he assisted in organizing
the Thompson & Bonnell Lumber Company
and the Hackley-Bonnell Lumber Company.
which succeeded it, acting as secretary and
treasurer for both concerns. On the merging
of the interests of the Hackley-Bonnell Lum-
ber Company with the Wisconsin Lumber &
Bark Company and the Grand Rapids Bark
& Lumber Company, Mr. Felger was chosen
secretary of the new corporation. Mr. Felger
was married in 1889 to Miss Bertha Spickler
of Geneseo. 111., and has three children. He
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church and is identified with various social
and business clubs of Grand Rapids. Be-
sides being interested in the Hackley-Phelps-
Bonnell Company he is also a stockholder in
several furniture manufacturing establish-
ments in Grand Rapids and vicinity. Mr.
Felger pays especial attention to the southern
operations of the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell
Company.
Portraits of other individuals associated
with the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company ac-
companying this sketch are those of Treas-
urer John H. Bonnell, who has spent the
greater part of his life in Grand Rapids and
has been identified with the lumber business
for many years; Henry Idema, vice-president
of the company, who is a well-known banker
and capitalist of the Furniture City; and
Dudley E. Waters, a director of the company,
who is also a well-known Michigan banker,
being president of the Grand Rapids National
Bank, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Another portrait is that of W. N. Sayles. a
director of the company, who generally cares
for the Michigan interests of the corpora-
tion. Mr. Sayles was born in Kalamazoo
county. Michigan, in 1858. He spent his boy-
hood in Oceano county, where as a young
man he taught school. He has followed the
lumber business practically all his life and
has been identified with the enterprises of
the Messrs. Phelps for the past fifteen years.
The general sales manager of the Hackley-
Phelps-Bonnell Company, whose picture is
also presented, is Charles W. Fish. Mr. Fish
is a Canadian by birth and parentage and
has spent his life in the northern Michigan
woods. He commenced his lumber career
with the G. W. Jones Lumber Company of
Appleton, Wis., at Elcho, and was afterward
engaged in business on his own account In
the Fish & Mullen Lumber Company, of
which he was president. He has been identi-
fied with the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Com-
pany since 1895. He is married and has three
children. Mr. Fish is achieving exceptional
distinction in his particular field of manager
of sales. It is his earnest endeavor to analyze
very carefully the special requirements of
every one of the numerous customers of his
big corporation, and is handling the Indi-
vidual wants in such a painstaking way that
once a customer is gained he remains a cus-
CORNER OF HELENA, AUK., VAUli.
38
HARDWOOD RECORD
OTIS A. FELGER, SECRETARY.
DUDLEY E. WATERS, DIRECTOR
J. N. BONXELL, TREASURER.
tomer for all time to come. Between the
intimate acquaintance of Mr. Felger and Mr.
Fish with the wants ot the furniture and
other wood working* lines it has become
almost axiomatic in the trade that these two
people are authority on the subject of the
kinds of stock that are best suited to this
class of manufacture, and it therefore hap-
pens that a large portion ot both the northern
and southern lumber output of the Hackley-
Phelps-Bonnell Company is sold directly to
the furniture, interior finish, flooring and
kindred trades employing hardwoods in their
work.
This sketch is published iu the Hardwood
Record for the purpose of placing before
the wholesale consumers of the country the
details of the great and varied lumber enter-
prises which the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Com-
pany is operating. It is done with the espe-
cial intent that lumber consumers of hard-
woods may know that when they deal with
the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company they
are buying "close up to the stump"; that
they are dealing with a concern that is spe-
cializing in lumber for their particular re-
quirements; that this concern knows the
needs of the consuming trade as well as
any house in the country; that it is painstak-
ing in learning the wants of new trade and
will attempt to supply practically everything
in hardwood lumber needed by any manufac-
turing institution.
DELBBUT UANKIN, SUPT. HACKLEY PLANT.
CHARLES W. FISH, SALES MANAGER.
W. X. SAYLES, DIRECTOR.
A. ARCHER, MAXAGER HELEXA BRANCH. U- H.
HAMILTON, MAXAGER EVAXSVILLE
BRANCH.
HARDWOOD RECORD
,1V
AT COST
IS AN UNCOMMON TERM AS APPLIED TO INSURANCE
But this is the actual price of Indemnity against Fire Loss furnished by the
Manufacturing
Lumbermen's
Underwriters
THE STRONGEST INSURANCE ORGANIZATION
TO-DAY IN AMERICA
The saving is not on a Only well built plants
small portion of J with adequate protection
your insurance but on the 0 and at least
entire line. I fiyg years timber
There are other advantages / supply are considered
equally interesting. v9 eligible.
FOR LIST OF MEMBERS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS
HARRY RANKIN 4 CO. Kansas City, Mo.
40
HARDWOOD RECORD
WanMaMFopMe
-SECTION-
Advertisements will be inserted in this
section at the following rates :
F»rone insertion 20 cents a line
For two insertion* 3B cents a line
For tliree Insertions 60 cents a line
For tour insertions 60 cents a line
Eight words ot ordinary iengtii make one line.
Heading counts as two lines.
No display except the headings can be ad-
mitted.
Remittances to accompany the order. No
extra charges for copies ot paper containing
the advertisement.
EMPLOYES WANTED.
WANTED — iJXi'EfllfiNCiiD MLLlj iviain
Who understands hardwoods, to take an in-
terest in a band mill in the South, to saw for
us and own Vt or Vj interest in the mill. This
Is a good thing for the right party. 5 to 8
years' sawing in a city of 20.000. Must have
^4,000 or a good up-to-date band mill. Refer-
ences required.
J. A. BROWNE & CO., INC.,
North Manchester, Ind.
LOGGING CONTRACT TO LET.
We have 150 million feet mixed hemlock,
hardwood and pine timber in northern Wiscon-
sin, to be logged at the rate of 12 to 15 mil-
lion feet per vear. Want land cleaned of all
timber, including pulpwood, cedar posts, poles,
etc. Work to commence fall of 1907. Party
must be financially responsible and experienced
In logging mixed timber by rail. Send refer-
ences, stating whom you have logged for before.
Address 'LOGGING CONTRACT,"
care Hardwood Record.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED
FIRST CLASS BAND SAWYEE,
10 years' experience. Hardwood and Yellow
Pine, wants position in modern mill. Strictly
temperate. Addre.ss
LOCK BOX 22. Farmers. Ky.
LUMBER WANTED
■WANTED— CRATING.
Cut to dimensioned sizes ; 4"x32", 2"x48",
etc., inch stuff in basswood or any soft wood.
Will order in car lots.
NATIONAL WOODENWARE CO.. LTD.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
WANTED.
White Oak logs and White or Gray Ash logs.
Write for specifications.
S. N. BROWN & CO., Dayton, Ohio,
WANTED— DIMENSION HICKORY.
Ilickorv Pole and Shaft Strips. Also good
man to travel, buying and inspecting same.
TOLEDO CARRIAGE WOODWORK CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
WANTED— HARDWOOD LOGS.
200 M feet 28-lnch and up White Oak logs.
200 M feet 12-lnch and up Walnut logs.
50 M ft. 12-inch and up Cherry logs.
C. L. WILLEY,
Blue Island Av. and Robey St., Chicago.
OAK.
We are in the market for plain sawed oak,
all grades and thicknesses.
P. G. DODGE & CO., 2116 Lumber St., Chicago.
LOG RUN ELM WANTED.
Dry or green, mill culls out. 2x12 standard
lengths, and 3x12 standard lengths.
AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO., Pittsburg, Pa.
DIMENSION STOCK WANTED.
.5 H." rotary cut basswood. Send for speci-
fications.
DERBY DESK CO., Somerville, Mass.
WANTED.
5 cars 2y<.x2%x30 Oak Squares.
5 cars 4/4" Sound Wormy Chestnut.
20 cars 4/4" No. 2 Common Gum.
10 cars 4/4" Log Run Gum.
6 cars 4/4" No. 2 Common Poplar.
C. H. L. BECKERS.
429 Victoria Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.
WANTED— DRY CYPRESS.
2x5" and wider, S or IC Hrsts and seconds
or selects or sound common.
AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO., Pittsburg, Pa.
AXLES AND POLES WANTED.
Hickory axles nxO — 6 ft., and Red and White
Oak poles 2/4x4x4 — 12 ft., to be full in thick-
ness. McCLUUE LU.MBER CO., Detroit, Mich.
WANTED SOFT MAPLE.
A few cars of 2" Soft Maple, No. 1 C. & B.
THE WICKS LBR. CO., Battle Creek, Mich.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak ; also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and Piling of all kinds.
CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO.,
121 S Mnnndnock Bldg.. Chicago. III.
TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
3,550 acres ot Georgia hardwood, estimated
to cut as follows :
8,.SoO,(iOO feet White Oak.
;!, 5(10, DUO feet Hickory,
5,5(10,000 leet Red Oak.
1.750.000 feet White -•^sh.
High grade stock suitable for wagon and
carriage manufacture.
31/, miles from railroad: river joins tract.
Ten years to remove timber. Address
"II. II.." care H.\rdwuod Rkcord.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
OAK TIES FOR SALE.
G.OOO Red and White Oak Ties, Ox',> — 0' 8",
mostly Red Oak,
McCLURE LUMBER CO., Detroit, Mich,
RED OAK TIES FOR SALE.
I wish to contract at once with reliable party
a large quantity of Red Oak Ties.
Address CHAS. SMITH, Freetown. Ind.
GUM AND SYCAMORE BOARDS.
200,000 feet of 1-inch boards from 10 to 20
feet long. Apply to
A. ROSENBAUM & SONS, Newport News, Va.
WALNUT FOR SALE.
One car load of S/4, 10,'4, 12/4, 16/4 firsts
and seconds. Exceptionally nice stock, good
and dry. C. J. FRANK,
2440 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE.
One carload Clear Black Walnut Logs. 16"
to 25"xS' to 16' long. One carload firsts and
seconds Hickory Hi". IVz", 2". ■2V2". 3" and
4"xS" and wider; 10,000 ft. Plain White Oak
No. 1 Coinmon 4/4. All choice stock.
BERING & FRANK LUMBER CO. (Inc.),
Hopkinsville, Ky.
FOR SALE.
100.000 feet 5/4 Log Run Plain Red Oak.
100.000 feet 4,'4 Sound "ft'ormy Chestnut.
SOUTHERN LUMBER CO..
312 Keller Bldg.. Louisville. Ky.
TIMBER FOR SALE
HARDWOOD STXTMPAGE FOR SALE.
The timber on a compact tract ot o\-er 30.-
000 acres in Tennessee, largely poplar, oak
and chestnut; with other woods of value.
For particulars apply to
"S. 611," care Hardwood Record.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
DESIRABLE LOCATIONS.
In the territory of splendid timber resources
reached by The North-Western Line are several
fine locations for new industries, especially in
the woodworking lines. A suitable point for
a large sawmill having excellent railroad ser-
vice and a large tributary timber district is
one of these. There is also a fine opportunity
for securing a well equipped cooperage plant.
Reference to these can be obtained upon re-
quest to the INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT,
C. & N.-W. Ry., Chicago,
~ HARDWOOD TIMBER,
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Belt Route. Tracts ranging from
tire hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum, Cypress, some Ash,
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at very reasonable figures now — In
some cases at less than $1 per thousand stump-
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop-
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash bonus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for you.
E. W. LA BEAUME. G. P. & T. A.,
COTTON BELT. St. Louis, Mo.
MODEL LUMBER YARD.
Planing mill or factorj- location, N. W.
corner Brook and "A" street.s. on L. & N.
R. R.. 200x340; switch of 3 cars, shed ca-
pacity 1,000.000 ft. lumber, ware room and
office's; stable of 7 stalls and loft; electric
lights and water. ■ Piling space in open for
3.000.000 ft. lumber. For lease 1 to 4 years.
Moderate rent. Apply
STOTZ LUMBER CO..
Keller Bldg., Louisville. Ky.
~~ WANTED.
Party with small capital to take an active
Interest in well established handle and lumber
business. Entire output sold for four years.
For further information write or call on
H. F. CLARKE, Okolona. Miss.
MACHINERY WANTED
AT ONCE.
If you are In need of machinery — new or
second han(J — a few lines in this column will
place your wants before those who have such
goods for sale. For particulars address
Hardwood Rbcobd, Chicago, 111.
MANUFACTURERS
Conlemplatlng eslabllahing plsnts
In the West should take advantaoe
ot a location on
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
which reachea the lamoua
WATEft POWERS,
COAL FIELDS,
IRON ORE RANGES,
HARD AND SOFT
LUMBER DISTRICTS,
MINING DISTRICTS
of the West and Northwest, and
affords the best means ol transpor-
tation to the marketa ot the world.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO
MARVIN HUGHITT, Jr., E. D. BRIGHAM.
Freight Traffic Manager^ Gen' I Freight Agent,
GEO. BONNELL.
I nduotria I Agent.
NWS13 CHICAGO.
HARDWOOD RECORD
41
Zl jidVertisers' Directory
KOSTHEBir HABDWOODS.
Alcocb, Jolm L.. A: Co 7
American Lumber & Mfg. Company... 56
Arplu Hardwood Lumber Compuiiy.... 55
Babcock Lumber Co 56
Barnaby, C. H 62
Bt'ver. Knox & Co 63
Bliss & Van Auken 12
Boyue City Lumber Company 5!t
Briggs & Cooper Compauy 4
Browiilec & Company 68
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 63
Cadillac Handle Compauy 3
Cheat Uiver Lumber Company 56
Cherry River Boom & Lbr. Company.. 1
■ Chivvis, W. It 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co 61
Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3
Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co 11
Connor, R., Lumber Compauy 54
Crosby & Beckley Compauy, The 6
Crosby, C P 5.^
Cummer, Diggius & Co 3
Darling. Chas.. & Co 11
Davis, John R.. Lumber Compauy 55
Dells Lumber & Shingle Company.... 55
Dennis Bros 59
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company.... 58
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Company 62
Dixon & Dewey ■. 6
Duhlmeier Bros 6<)
Dulweber, John, & Co 61
Klias, C, & Bro 63
Kmpire Lumber Company. BufTalo.... 63
Evans & Retting Lumber Co 5S
Kail. E. H 57
Flint. Krving & Stoner Company 56
Freiberg Lumber Company, The 61
Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber
Company 62
General Lumber Company 60
Gillespie. W. M., Lumber Company... 7
Goldle. J. S 59
Haak Lumber Company 59
Hackley-Phelps-Bonuell Company 59
Ilayden, Harvey S 10
Heath- Witbeck Company 11
Holloway Lumber Company 7
Ingram Lumber Compauy 55
.lames & Abbot Compauy 6
Jenks, Robert H.. Lumber Company.. 57
Jones, G. W.. Lumber Company 55
.Tones Hardwood Company 6
Kampf. Albert R 2
Keator, Ben C 11
Keith Lumber Company 11
Kelley Lumber & Shingle Company... 9
Leavitt Lumber Company 12
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co 11
Linehan Lumber Citmpany 56
Litchtield. William E 6
Ix)ng-Knlght Lumber Company 62
MacBride, Thos.. Lumber Company... 51>
Malev. Thompson & Moffett Company, 61
Maley & Wertz 62
Martin-Barriss Company 57
Mason & Donaldson Lumber Company. 54
MeClure Lumber Company 59
Mcllvain. J. Gibson. & Co 7
McLean, Hugh. Lumber Company 6.T
Miller. Anthony 63
Miller Brothers 11
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Mowbray & Robinson 61
Murphy & Diggins 3
Nichols & Cox Lumber Company 58
Nicola Lumber Company. The 56
Norman Lumber Company 2
North Shore Lumber Company 58
North Vernon Pump & Lumber Co 2
North Western Lumber Company 54
O'Brien, John. Land & Lumber Co 10
Page & Landeck Lumber Company.... 55
Perrlne-Armstrong Company 62
Peters. R. G., Salt & Lumber Co 59
Price. E. E
Radlna, L. W.. & Co 61
■Richmond Park & Co 10
Rumbarger Lumber Company 1
Rvan & McParland 10
Sailing. Hausnii & Co 58
Scatcbord & Sun d?.
Schofield Bros 7
Schultz Bros. & Cowen 52
Simmons Lumber Company 59
Slimmer, J.. & Co 10
Soble Brothers 7
9
. . 63
. . 12
. . 63
. . 60
. . 62
63
Southern Oak Lumber Company
Standard Hardwood Lumber Co.
Stephenson. The I.. Company...
Stewart, I. N., & Bro
Stewart, Wm. H. & G. S
Stimsun, J. V
Sullivan. T., & Co
Tegge Lumber Company 9
Turner, \. M.. Lumber Company 56
Uphani & Agler 0
Van Keulen & Wilkinson Lumber Co.. 59
Vollmar & Below 55
Wagstaff. W. J
W'ard Lumber Company 11
Wells. R. A.. Lumber Co 10
Wentworth. Chas. S., & Co 6
White Lumber Company 10
White. W. H.. Company 52
Whitmer. Wm.. & Sons. Inc 7
Wlborg & Ilanna Company 61
Wiggin. H. D 6
Willsnn Bros. Lumber Company .^6
Wisconsin Timber & Lumber Co 11
Wistar. Underbill & Co 7
Yoager, Orson E 63
Young & Cutslngcr 62
Young. W. !>-, A: Co 12
SOUTHERN HABDWOODS.
Alcock. John L., & Co
Advance Lumber Company
American Lumber Company
.Vnierican Lumber & Mfg. Company...
Anderson-Tully Company
Atlantic Lumber Company
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company
Beck. E. E.. Lumber Company
Beyer, Knox & Co
Briggs & Cooper Cx>mpany
Brown, Geo. C, & Co
Brown, W. P.. & Sons, Lumber Co...
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company..
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company
Cberrv River Boom & Lumber Co
Chivvis, W. H
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co
Coleman, J. S.. Lumber Company
(\)lumhia Hardwood Lumber Co
Crandall & Brown
Crane C. & Co
Crosby & Beckley Company, The
Cypress I-umber Company
Darling. Chas.. & Co
Davidson-Benedict Company
Davis. Edw. L.. & Co
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company
D'Heur & Swain Lumlier Company...
Dixon & Dewey
Duhlmeier Bros
Dulweber. John, & Co
Elias'. G., & Bro
Empire Lumber Copipany. Buffalo....
Evans & Retting Lumber Co
Fall, E. H
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company
Flint. Erving & Stoner C^impany . . . ._.
Freiberg Lumber Company '.
Fry-Buchanan Lumber Company
Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber
Company
Garetson-Greason Lumber Compauy. . .
Oayoso Lumber Company
<*illespie, W. M., Lumber Company..
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company ....
Hafner Manufacturing Compan.v. .....
Heath-Witbec-k Company
Himmelberger-narrison Lumber Co. . .
Indiana Lumber Company
James & Abbot Company
Jenks. Robt. H.. Lumber Company. . .
Jones. (;. W.. Lumber Company
.Tones Hardwood Company
Kampf. Albert R
Keator. Ben C
Keith Lumber Company
Kentucky Lumber Company
Lane-White Lumber Company
Leavitt Lumber Company 12
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Compauy... 11
Linehan Lumber Company 56
Litchfield. Wm. E 6
Long-Knight Lumber (Company 62
Love. Boyd & Co 8
Luehrmann. Clias. F., Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 5
McClure Lumber Company 59
Mcllvain. J. Gibson. & Co 7
McLean. Hugh. Lumber Company 63
.Maley. Thompson & Moffett Company. 61
Martin-Bari-iss Company 57
Miller, Anthony 63
Miller Brothers U
Nicola Lumber Company, The 56
Norman Lumber Company 2
O'Brien, John. Land A: Lumber Co.... lo
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company 8
Page & Landeck Lumlnrr Company... 55
Price. E. E
Radlna. L. W., & Co 61
Ransom. J. B., & Co 8
Rhubeskv. E. W 2
Richmond Park & Co 10
Hitter. W. M.. Lumber Company 64
Roy Lumber Company 42
Rumbarger Lumber Company 1
Ryan & McParland 10
Scatcherd & Son 6.S
Schofield Brothers 7
Slimmer. J.. & Co 10
Smith, W. E.. Lumber Company 4
.Southern Lumber Company 2
Southern Oak Lumber Company 9
Standard Hardwood Lumber Company. C;i
Steele & Hibbard 5
Stevens-Eaton Company 7
Stewart. I. N., & Bro 63
Stewart, Wm. II. & G. S 60
Stimson. J. V 62
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company . . 5
Stotz Lumber Company, Inc 2 & 51
Sullivan. T.. & Co 63
.Swann-Day Lumber Company 8
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company... 5
Thompson. J. W., Lumber Company.. 4
Three States Lumber Company 4
Turner. A. M.. Lumber Company 56
Dpham & Agler 9
Vestal Lumber & Mfg.. Company 53
Ward Lumber Company 11
Wells. R. A.. Lumber Co 10
Wentworth, Chas. S., & Co 6
West Florida Hardwood Company 7
White Lumber Company 10
Whitmer. Wm.. & Sons. Inc 7
Wiborg &: Ilanna Company 61
Wiggin. H. D 6
Willson Bros. Lumber Company 56
Wisconsin Timber & Lumber Co 11
Wood, R. E.. Lumber Co R
Yeager, Orson IC 63
POP^AB.
.\dvance Lumt)er Comp:iny 57
.Vtlantic Lumber Company
Brown, W. P., & Sons. Lumber Co... 2
Cheat River Lumber Company 56
Chicago Veneer Company 41
Crane, C. & Co 61
Davidson-Benedict Company
Davis. Edw. L.. & Co 2
Dawkins, W. IL. Lumber Co 60
Hayden. Harvey S 10
Kentucky Lumber Company 61
Rhubesky. E. W 2
Ritter. \V. M., Lumber Company 64
Hoy Lumber Company 42
Soutliern Lumber Company 2
Stevens-Eaton Company 7
Swann-Day Lunil>er Company 8
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company... 5
Vansant. Kitchen & Co 64
W^ood. R. E.. Lumber Co 6
Yellow Poplar Ijimber fnnipany 64
COTTOirWOOD AND OOM.
Anderson-Tully Cnnipaiiy 4
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood C<'inpany 4
Farrin-Korn Lumber <"ompany 60
Ilinmielberger-ITarrisfiii Lnmljor Co. . . 1
Luehrmann. C. F.. Hardwood Lumber
Company li
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber C-ompany 8
Smith. W. E., Lumber Company 4
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company. . .%
Stotz Lumber Company. Inc 2 & 51
Three States Lumber Compauy 4
GTFBESS.
Crandall & Brown 11
Cypress Lumber Company 6m
Hafner Manufacturing C<impany 5
Lothman Cypress Company 5
Thompson, J. W., Lumber Company.. 4
VENEEBS
Chicago Veneer Co.. Inc 41
Wisconsin Veneer Compauy 54
HABDWOOD FIiOOBINO.
Bliss & Van Auken 12
Currier Lbr. & Mfg. Ctiuipany 12
Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3
Cummer. Diggins & Co 3
Fenn Bros. Company 4
Forman, Thos., Company 7
Haak Lumber Company 59
Kerry & Hanson Htwring Company... 58
Mitchell Bros. Compauy 3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co 8
Nichols & Cox Lumber Company 58
Pease Company, The 64>
Schultz Bros. & Cowen 52
Stephenson. The I., Compauy 12
Ward Bros 12
Wllce, The T.. Company 10
Wood Mosaic F'loorlng Company 2
Young. W. D.. & Co 12
SAW MII^I^ BCACHINEBT.
Mershon. W. B., & Cu 50
Phoenix Manufacturing Company 43
WOODWOBKINO MACHINEBY
American Wixtd ^\'ol■kin^; Machinery
Company 47
Berlin Machine Works. The
Defiance JLichine Works 43
Matteson Mfg. Company 44
Nash, J. M 43
Ober Mfg. Company. The
Schindler. A. J 44
Smith, H. B.. Machine Ccnipany 4S
VENEEB UACHINEBT.
Coe Manufacturing I'DUipuny 41)
Z.OOQINa UACHINEBT.
Clyde Iron Works 52
Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company.. 45
Overpack, S. C
Russel Wheel & Foundry Company... 42
DBT KII.NS AND BLOWEBS
Grand Rapids Veneer Works 46
Morton Dry Kiln Company 43
I.irMBEB INSUBANCE.
Adirondack Fire Insurance Company.. 1
Lumber Insurance Cumiiany of New
York 1
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany. Boston
Lumber Underwriters 12
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual
Fire Insurance Company 1
Rankin. Harry. & Co 39
Toledii Fire & Marine Insurance Co..
SAWS. KNIVES AND SUPP1.IE8
Atkins. E. C. & Co 50
Champion Saw Company .'.40 & 46
(Mllette Roller Bearing Co 46
Hanchett Swage Works 46
Marshall. Francis 44
Shimer. S. J.. & Sons 44
MISCEIiIiANEOnS.
Barroll. II. C, & Co 12
Childs. S. D.. & Co 42
Gillette Roller Bearing Co 46
Lacey. J. D., & Co
Lumbermen's Credit Association 42
Martin & Co , 53
Pease Company, The 60
Schenek. C. A., & Co 53
Standard Audit Company &
99
A Porch Column "Snap
^ In the manufacture of our hig-h-grade veneers, we produce two cars
monthly of clear, solid heart, bored Poplar Posts, 8 and 10 inches
in diameter, f)6 to ^i> inches long.
^ On this product we will make a price that will appeal to every
manufacturer of porch columns.
CHICAGO VENEER COMPANY, Inc.
BUFeiNSIDE, KErSTUCK-Y
HARDWOOD RECORD
XovatiCS fonADVCiinj^iis
FOBS, POCKET PIECES
BUTTONS,
LETTER OPENERS,
SCARF PINS, TRAYS,
ALUMINUM GOODS,
PAPER WEIGHTS.
ALL NEir IDEAS.
Send us 50c. and we
will send you n
Beautiful Watch Fob
S. D. CHILDS & CO.
200 CLARK ST. CHICAGO.
LOC^
WALNUT.
OAK,
ASH,
POPUR.
4| You want lo reach Buyers oi
I FURNITURE LUMBER
I The HARDWOOD RECORD
will do it for you.
Save Your Money
By Using (he
RED BOOK
Published Semi-Annually
in January and July
It contains a carefully prepared list of the
buyers of lumber in car lots, both amonK
the dealers and manufacturers.
The book indicates their financial stand-
ing and manner of meeting obligations.
Covers the UNITED STATES and MANI-
TOBA.
The trade recognizes this book as the au-
thority on the lines it covers,
A well organized Collection Department
Is also operated and the same is open to you.
WRITE FOR TERMS.
Lumbermen's Credit Associatioi
Established 1878
1405 Oreal Northern Buildiol, CBICAOO
16 Beaver Streel. NEW YORK CITY
MENTION THIS PAPER
HARDWOOD
TIMBER
There is no section with so fine and
large a supply of hardwood timbers
of various kinds left for the lumber-
men as that portion of the South in
Alabama, GeorEjia, Kentucky, Missis-
sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia sen-ed by the
lines of the
Southern Railway
and
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
There are oak, poplar, hickory, gum.
cypress, ash, elm, buckeye, balsam,
spruce, chestnut, and other varieties.
There are also available pine lands.
These timber resources and many
other important features bearing on
the cost of manufacture and market-
ing give special advantages and oppor-
tunities for EVERY KIND of WOOD
USING INDUSTRY, We have infor-
mation about the best locations in the
country at towns in these States and
in Southern Indiana and Southern
Illinois, which will be given if request-
ed. All correspondence in regard to
timber lands or factory locations will
be given prompt and confidential at-
tention. Address your nearest agent.
M. V. RICHARDS.
I,andand Industrial Agent,
Washington, D, C.
CHAS. S. CHASE, Agent,
622 Chemical Building,
St. Louis, Mo.
Locations for
Industries
ON
THE ERIE, THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Erie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise with man-
ufacturers of specific products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable information, so as
to promote permanent traffic, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Railroad Company
11 Broadway, New York
RUSSEL WHEEL & FOUNDRY COMPANY
Builders of
Logging Cars
^"' Logging
Machinery
ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO
HAVE OPPORTUNITY OF
POINTING OUT ADVAN-
1 TAGESOFTHEIR
EQUIPMENT.
Detroit, Mich.
HARDWOOD RECORD
43
"DEFIANCE" WOOD -WORKING MACHINERY
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF f fftfl
HIGH GRADE TOOLS
Jt FOR MAKING Jt
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops,
Wagons, Carriages,
Rims, Shafts, Poles,
Neck-Yokes,
Handles, Bobbins, Spook,
Insulator Pins and
Oval Wood Dishes.
ISSL'LATOR PIS LATHE
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
Send for 500 Page Catalogue
Al'TOMATIC THREADING MACHINE
The Morton Dry Kiln
MOIST AIR SYSTEM
Recording
Ther-
mometers.
Transfer
Cars.
Trucks.
Canvas
Doors.
HOW TO DRY LUMBER.
As exemplified in our CafaloK IX Free on application.
MORTON DRY KILN CO., Chicago, Ills.
Ten per cent
More Profit
The profits of a saw milt
can readily be IncrcaBed ten
per cent by iisinKH- band mill
instead of a rotary. Th8
price of thin mill with six
foot wheels for saws eifrht
inches wide isreidily within
the reach of all. Jt cute
smooth and perfect lumber
and has a capacity of 26,000
feet to 35,000 feet per day. It
runs with leps expenditure of
power than a rotary and puts
only half as much of the loj
into saw dust aa does the
circular saw.
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE. WIS.
The Nash Automatic
Sander
FOR ALL ROUND STOCK WORK
A wonderful l:ibor-pavint,' machine.
Piiys for itself in a short
time. For pariiculars
address
JM \T „£,!., 842-848 Thirtieth St.
. iVl. i>aSn MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Broom,
Hoe, Rake,
Fork and
Shovel
Handles,
Chair Stock,
Dowel Rods,
Curtain
Poles,
Shade
Rollers,
WhipStocks,
Canes,
Veneered
Columns,
Ten Pins, &c.
^_l
■ KNIVES ■
A man who has been in the presence of
by his action : Tust one reason for our
knives, good veneer knives or knives of any
angels discloses the fact
talking good machine
kind that do good work.
C H A
M P I O N SAW
BEAVER FALLS,
COMPANY,
PA.
44
HARDWOOD RECORD
A machine that declares saw mill dividends
^ An inexpensive little device
that saves a dollar a day and
upwards.
^ Stops one of the big-gest
profit leaks at the mill. Pays
for itself several times over
during a year.
^ Isn't it worth investigating?
AUTOMATIC SWING SAW GAUGE.
FRANCIS MARSHALL. - - Grand Rapids, Mich
^
m
"^
#
Improved Automatic Band Saw Sharpener
All
Machines
Fully
Guaranteed
c
a
This machine pxcels all others for single cutting Band Saws
from 8 to 14 inches, lis construction is mechanically correct,
simple and durable, and does not possess any of the intricate
complicated f>arts that confuse the operator. The head is ad-
justable so that straight wheels can be used with the same
results as concave.
This represents just one type of machine. We make In addi-
tion a complete line of modern tools for the care of saws.
For particulars address
MATTESON MFG. CO.,
120.128
S. Clinton St.
CHICAGO, ILLS.
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THE COMBINATION OF MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES
FOUND IN
The Shimer Cutter Head
Has forced it Co the front as a never failing wood cutting tool to make »ngle tongue and groove Flooring,
Ceiling, Siding and Wainscoting. ^ • i j
It applies especially to the various patterns that come within the line of mUl work where irregular and square
offsets occur. We duplicate Cutters to the nicety and furnish at uniformly low prices. All kinds of knotty and
cross-grained lumber is neatly and smoothly finished using faster feeds— reduced costs.
SAMUEL J. SHIMER ^ SONS, - - Milton, Penn.
New Type o! Combined End Matcher
SAVES 20 PER CENT. TIME, COST AND LABOR.
USED BY THE LARGEST FLOORING CONCERNS.
Write for particulars to
A. J. SCHBVDLER, 441-443 W. 21st Street, CHICAGO
HARDWOOD RECORD
45
Skidders
Snakers
*►• l..oce«"0»''
Lidgerwood Machines
Will Stock Your Mill
Lidgerw^ood Skidders
Lidgerwood Snakers
Lidgerwood Yarders
Lidgerwood Readers
Lidgerwood Pull Boats
Lidgerw^ood Cablew^ays
LIDGERWOOD MFQ. CO.
NEW YORK
ATLANTA
SEATTLE
NEW ORLEANS
'XlLtii&mLi.
Loaders
Cableways
46
HARDWOOD RECORD
Truck Truths
2--Bearing on Bearings
There is but one way to make a perfect truck bearing—
the Gillette way.
Take two malleable iron wheels; machine bore and
ream them to secure a perfect bearing surface.
Use only the best cold rolled steel for the axles and
rollers. When these (Kig 1) are in place, fit the retain-
ing caps into the notches in the wheels ; set the wheels
UD in the frame ; and you have a perfect truck— the Gil-
lette— a truck snugly protected at every point by patents,
affording protection both to you and to us.
It will be noticed that the caps I Fie. 1) are interposed
between the rollers and the truck frame — move with
the wheel— and prevent the rollers from sticking fast or
twistino; across the axle.
If "anything" will do in trucks, you can buy them "any-
where." If you want the best, they can be had only of the
Gillette Roller Bearing Co.
Patentees and Sole
Manufacturers
Grand Rapids, Michigan
imwiaiPimwiHTWMm
Hanchett
Saw Swage
Every one made Perfect
The Swage with a Name
•I A poor Swage Kuins a Good Saw, and
for that reason the manufacturers of the
HANCHETT ADJUSTABLE SWAGE
employ only the Best Mechanics and tise
only the Best Material in their construction.
It Pays Us
to make
Ttie Best
Senfi for
Catalog
No. 10
It tells you all
about them
It Pays You
to use
The Best
MANUFACTURED BY
Hanchett Swage Works
Big Rapids. Michigan
Eh.mmm'.wmmmmn.m
^
We Guarantee
to
KILN DRY OAK
IN A WEEK
by the application of a
new scientific principle
IN YOUR PRESENT
Old Kilns
Grand Rapids Veneer Works
DEPT.ID., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
HARDWOOD RECORD
47
American
48=inch Band
Re=Saw
For
other and
more
complete
information
address
nea.rest
salesroom
The ideal machine for
Accuracy, Volume, and
Conveniences. A few
features are Six Rolls,
all geared above line of
cut. It is the heaviest
of its size on the mar-
ket. Variable BELT
Feed, not friction.
American
Woodworking Machinery Co.
New Orleans CKicago
New York
48
HARDiWOOD RECORD
SMITH of
SMITHVILLE
The Profit Builder
SMITH of
SMITHVILLE
N0.I05-A, EXTRA HEAVY 12-INCH MOULDER
T HAS been our purpose during the last half century to develop
a line of wood working machines containing the best work-
manship and material that American skill and wisdom can
affoi'd. This fact we are proud to say is well established in
the minds of our many pati'ons. We have, however, now
exceeded ourselves by the development of a remarkable Moulder, the
excellence of which is due to our obtaining written suggestions from more
than a thousand operators throughout America. This machine stands alone
as being the composite idea of the thinking operators of this country. One
year's test of its work has convinced us that it is impossible for you to
compete successfully against the Smith Moulder with any other machine.
Can't we send you prices and literature ?
Branches :
New Yorh, Chicago,
Boston
H. B. SMITH MACHINE CO.
SMITHVILLE, N. J., U. S. A.
HARDWOOD RECORD
49
The Coe Knife Grinder
was designed for the finest grinding
and most exacting service. It is
built on new lines and has com-
pletely overcome the objections to
other grinders. The knife is held
rigidly while the stone travels back
and forth. There is no chance for
vibration, conse-
quently no un-
evenly ground
knives. Entirely
automatic in ac-
tion, no ropes or chains. All mov-
Lig parts operated by cut steel
gears, noiseless in operation, will
grind straight or hollow bevel.
Feeds I- 1000 to 4-1000 for each
travel of the stone, very heavy and
compact, occupying small floor
space. Made in seven sizes to
grind up to 168 in.
It is fully described in our
catalog No. 5, which we will be
glad to send to interested parties.
The Coe Manufacturing Co. ^^^ Painesville, 0.
HARDWOOD RECORD
YOU CAN'T KNOW HOW GOOD ATKINS' SILVER STEEL CROSS-CUT SAWS ARE UNTIL YOU THY
THEM WHY DON'T YOU? ORDER TO-DAY. YOU' LL B E D ELIG HTE D-C AN T LOS E M UC H-PER H A PS
YOU'LL SAVE THEIR COST-MILLIONS HAVE. IT'S WORTH TRYING. WHY DON'T YOU DO IT 7
E. C ATKINS d. CO.
INCORPORATED
HOWIE OFFICE AND FACTORY: INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA
BRANCHES CARRYING STOCK AT CHICAGO, ATLANTA. MEMPHIS. MINNEAPOLIS AND NEW ORLEANS
ALSO NEW YORK. PORTLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE AND TORONTO.
M E R S H O N
Band Resawing
Machinery
for all requirements
WM. B. MERSHON
4 CO.,
Saginaw,
Michigan
MERSHON NEW HORIZONTAL BAND! RESAW FOR SAW MILLS
ALL1S.CBALMERS COMPANY. Seallle. Wash.. Ajenls lor Norlhern Pacilic Terrilory. THE EBY MACHINERY CO.. San Francisco. Cal.. Agen.s lor Calilornia and Nevada.
HARDWOOD RECORD
51
For shipment October 15th
We have the following stock in pile,
ready for market about October 15th
QUA
RTEB
.ED WHITE OAK.
PLAIN
WHITE OAK.
PLAIN RED OAK.
50 M
12/4
1st & 2nd
35 M
12/4
1st & 2nd
10 M
12/4
1st & 2nd
10 M
10/4
1st & 2ud
20 M
1.0/4
1st & 2nd
5 M
10/4
1st & 2nd
50 M
8/4
1st & 2nd
45 M
8/4
1st & 2nd
60 M
8/4
1st & 2nd
20 M
6/4
1st & 2nd
30 M
6/4
1st & 2nd
50 M
6/4
1st & 2nd
10 M
5/4
1st & 2nd
20 M
5/4
1st & 2nd
10 M
5/4
1st & 2nd
200 M
4/4
1st & 2nd
300 M
4/4
1st & 2nd
400 M
4/4
1st & 2nd
100 M
3/4
' 1st & 2nd
60 M
3/4
' 1st & 2nd
75 M
3/4
' 1st & 2nd
100 M
5/8
' 1st & 2nd
50 M
5/8
' 1st & 2nd
60 M
5/8
' 1st & 2nd
100 M
1/2
■ 1st & 2nd
40 M
1/2
' 1st & 2nd
45 M
1/2
' 1st & 2nd
75 M
3/8
' 1st & 2nd
25 M
3/8'
1st & 2nd
30 M
3/8
' 1st & 2nd
50 M
1/4
' 1st & 2nd
30 M
1/4'
' 1st & 2nd
30 M
1/4
' 1st & 2nd
50 M
12/4
No. 1 Com.
40 M
12/4
No. 1 Com.
15 M
12/4
No. 1 Com.
12 M
10/4
No. 1 Com.
20 M
10/4
No. 1 Com.
5 M
10/4
No. 1 Com.
65 M
8/4
No. 1 Com.
60 M
8/4
No. 1 Com.
75 M
8/4
No. 1 Com.
30 M
6/4
No. 1 Com.
50 M
6/4
No. 1 Com.
70 M
6/4
No. 1 Com.
11 M
5/4
No. 1 Com.
30 M
5/4
No. 1 Com.
15 M
5/4
No. 1 Com.
260 M
4/4
No. 1 Com.
400 M
4/4
No. 1 Com.
560 M
4/4
No. 1 Com.
150 M
3/4
' No. 1 Com.
80 M
3/4'
No. 1 Com.
80 M
3/4
' No. 1 Com.
150 M
140 M
5/8
1/2
No. 1 Com.
No. 1 Com.
60 M
50 M
30 M
5/8'
1/2'
3/8'
No. 1 Com.
No. 1 Com.
' No. 1 Com.
80 M
60 M
30 M
5/8
1/2'
3/8'
' No. 1 Com.
No. 1 Com.
No. 1 Com.
80 M
3/8
No. 1 Com.
30 M
1/4'
No. 1 Com.
20 M
1/4
' No. 1 Com.
40 M
1/4'
No. 1 Com.
200 M
4/4
No. 2 Com.
200 M
4/4
No. 2 Com.
5(rM
4/4
No. 2 Com.
30 M
6/4
No. 2 Com.
30 M
6/4
No. 2 Com.
50 M
4/4
1 & 2 Strips
30 M
8/4
No. 2 Com.
30 M
8/4
No. 2 Com.
40 M
4/4
Com. Strips
50 M
4/4
1 & 2 Strips
50 M
4/4
1st & 2nd Strips
QUARTERED RED OAK.
CHESTNUT.
POPLAR.
20 M
8/4
1st & 2nd
75 M
4/4
1st & 2nd
30 M
4/4
16 to 18" Wide Box
10 M
6/4
1st & 2nd
10 M
5/4
1st & 2nd
50 M
4/4
13 to 15" Wide Box
5 M 5/4
1st & 2nd
ir, M
6/4
1st & 2nd
25 M
4/4
11 & 12" Box
75 M
4/4
1st & 2nd
10 M
8/4
1st & 2nd
50 M
4/4
9 & 10" Box
40 M
3/4"
1st & 2nd
100 M
4/4
No. 1 Com.
50 M
4/4
7 & 8" Box
35 M
5/8"
1st & 2nd
15 M
5/4
No. 1 Com.
125 M
i/4
1st & 2nd 7 to 18"
20 M
10 M
1/2"
3/8"
1st & 2nd
1st & 2nd
20 M
15 M
200 M
6/4
8/4
4/4
No. 1 Com.
No. 1 Cora.
No. 2 Com. & S.
W.
25 M
25 M
25 M
5/4
6/4
8/4
1st & 2nd 7 to 18"
1st & 2nd 7 to 18"
1st & 2nd 7 to 18"
10 M
1/4"
1st & 2nd
20 M
5/4
No. 2 Com. & S.
W.
30 M
4/4
1 & 2 18 to 40"
60 M
8/4-
No. 1 Com.
25 M
6/4
No. 2 Com. & S.
W.
10 M 5/4
1 & 2 18 to 40"
30 M
6/4
No. 1 Com.
15 M
8/4
No. 2 Com. & S.
W.
10 M
6/4
1 & 2 18 to 40"
15 M
5/4
No. 1 Com.
20 M
4/4
No. 3 Com.
15 M
8/4
1 & 2 18 to 40"
130 M
4/4
No. 1 Com.
500 M
4/4
1 & 2 Bay Poplar
50 M
4/4
Clear Sap
40 M
3/4"
No. 1 Com.
600 M
4/4
No. 1 Com. Bay Pop.
400 M
4/4
No. X Common
20 M
5/8"
No. 1 Com.
800 M
4/4
No. 2 Com. Bay Pop.
30 M
5/4
No. 1 Common
20 M
1/2"
3/8"
No. 1 Com.
No. 1 Com.
40 M
50 M
6/4
8/4
No. 1 Common
15 M
No. 1 Common
15 M
1/4"
No. 1 Com.
It you are interested in any of
the
400 M
4/4
No. 2 Common
50 M
4/4
No. 2 Com
above, we sha
11 be glad to quote
you.
40 M
5/4
No. 2 Common
20 M
4/4
1 & 2 Strips
We are also in
position to talk with
vou
50 M
6/4
No. 2 Common
on Hardwood Flooring, all kindsof Yel-
50 M
H/4
No. 2 Conunon
20 M
4/4
Com. Strips
low Pine, Cypress and Coast Products.
50 M
4/4
No. 3 Common
Stotz Lumber Company
INCORPORATED
Louisville. Kentucky
52
HARDWOOD RECORD
Schultz Brothers & Cowen
WE ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY
POPLAR— OAK— ASH— CHESTNUT
AND OTHER HARDVOODS— ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
1225 to 1240 OLD COLONY BUILDING,
CHICAGO
W. H. WHITK, Pres.
JAS. A. WHITE, Vice-Pres.
W. L. MARTIN, Secy.
THOS. WHITE, Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardw^ood and Hemlock Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White F^ocK Maple Flooring.
7 McGIFFERT Log Loaders are now doing the
loading for one of the larjJest operators in the world.
He bought the first machine because he thought it was the best loader
inade.
He bought the second because, by experience, he A^ne»*' that it was.
He bought five more because— w^ell, because he couldn't buy better ones
OLir Booklet Tells You Why.
Manufactured by CLYDE IRON WORKS, Buluth, Minn
HARDWOOD RECORD
S3
EASTERN TENNESSEE— WESTERN NO. CAROLINA
ASHtVILLE. KNOXVILLE. B R I S T O I.
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
of all kinds of
HARDWOODS
BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY.
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES
FOR DELIVERING.
Knoxville
Tennessee
On the Spot
We are located right in the heart of this moun-
tain country producing the best hardwoods in
existence.
We are headquarters with ample stock, and
can interest you both as to assortment and
price. Write us.
American Lumber Company
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
All Lumbermen, Attention!
We do what you can't do.
We measure your stumpage correctly.
We make your maps correctly.
Bank references: Asheville, N. C.
L. A. oCnenCk ^ LO. North cl^ollna.
HARDWOODS
From the famous Asheville district.
Superior in quality, manufacture and
g-rading-s. For stock list and prices,
address
J. S. COLEMAN LUMBER CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Fry=Buchanan Lumber Co.
INCORPORATED,
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Hardwood Lumber
Choicett Varieties. .*. Full Grades.
POPLAR SQUARES
A Specialty.
Asheville, N. C.
SYMBOLS for GRADE MARKS
A
G
d
(4
O Adopted bv the Hardwood Mauufacturfrs Associa-
tion of United States.
Every Manufacturer should stamp the grade on
^ liis Lumber.
/^ Set of 10 Rubber Stamps, 15i"xl!<" in size. Pad,
BPiiit of Ink, and Spreader, packed for shipment
$3.50.
yVlARXIlN & CO.
2
191 S. Clark St., CHICAGO, or
S LEWIS DOSTER. Sec'y
1535 First Nat. Bank BIdg.
CHICAGO
I'anel ami Wide No. I
Widt; No. 2
Box Boards
FAS or I'irsts & Seconds
Saps
SeleLts
No 1 Cuiiimon
No. S Common
No, 3 Common
No. 4 Lommon
Wood Working Plants
Manufacturers seeking- locations for Saw
Mills, Stave and Heading Factories and
other Wood Working Plants in the Cen-
tral Southern States, can secure full and
accurate information as to Sites, Timber
Tracts, Fuel, Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressing
Q. A. PARK, General Immigration and Industrial Agent,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Industries are Offered Locations
WITH SATISFACTORY INDUCEMENTS, FAVORABLE
FREIGHT RATES, GOOD LABOR CONDITIONS
HEALTHFUL_COMMUNITIES,^on the lines of
The Illinois Central R. R. and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.
For full information anil descriptive pamphlet address
J. C. CLAIR,' Industrial Commissioner, I Park Row, Chicago, III.
54
HARDWOOD RECORD
WISCONSIN
WHE.RE THE FINEST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW
Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Northern Hardwoods
Birch a. specialty
RKinelander. - - Wiscorvsin.
R. CONNOR CO.
WHOLESALE M A N V F A C T V R F. R S
Wisconsin
Hardwood
PINE AND HEM-
LOCK LUMBER
Auburndale.Wis.,on W.C R.R M;)r<hriplH Wi<
Stratford. Wls.,oiiC.&N.W.R.R. I'lai 3IIM1.1U, ni3.
Wisconsin Veneer Co*
MAXTTACTURERS OF
Rotary Cut Vcnccrs
ia Bircb, Elm, Ash, Basswood
Maple and Oak
Rhinelander,
Wisconsin
North Western Lumber Co.
General Offices
F.AU CLAIRE, WIS.
Mills at
STANLEY, WIS.
BaLrvd Sa.wed
Wisconsin
Hardwoods
Careful Gradings.
Prompt Shipments.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS
1 Car lyi inch No. 1 Common Basswood.
yi Car 1/i inch No. 1 Common Basswood.
yi Car 2/^ inch 1st and 2nd Clear Basswood.
1 Car 1]4 inch 1st and 2nd Clear Basswood.
1 Car VA inch, 15^2 inch and 2 inch No. 3 Soft Elm.
LOCATIONS FOR
NEW INDUSTRIES
can be secured on the lines of the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4
St. Paul Railway
in the great middle west. It reaches the Copper Country and the
pine and hardwood areas of Northern Michigan, the lead, zinc and
iron regions of Wisconsin, the coal fields of Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri.
Traverses the great agricultural and manufacturing states of
Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Operates 7.000 miles of
thoroughly equipped railroad.
Correspondence Is solicited with eastern manufacturers who de-
Hire to move their factories to, or establish branches in the West.
Co-operation with Business Men's Associations on the lines of this
railway in all matters affecting mutual interests Is assured.
Inquiries should be as definite as possible.
Address
Industrial Department
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul Railway,
Room 1327, Railway Exchange
Chicago
HARDWOOD RECORD
55
WISCONSIN
WHE.RE THE FINE.ST NORTHE.RN HARDWOODS GROW
NORTHERN STOCK
SOUTHERN STOCK
Hemlock
Birch
Ba&swood
Rock Elm
Soft Elm
Ash
Oak
Quartered White and Red
Oak
Plain White and Red Oak
Sycamore
Poplar
Cypress
Gum
PAGE & LANDECK LUMBER CO.
Wells Building
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
For Sale:
NATIONAL
INSPECTION
3,000,000 ft. inch Birch.
100,000 ft. inch Black Ash.
50,000 ft. inch Soft Elm.
All No. 1 Common and Better.
20,000 ft. Ix4andwider,6ft., 1st & 2nd Birch.
Dells Lumber ^ Shingle Co.
EAU CLAIR.E. WISCONSIN
C, P, CROSBY
RHINELANDER s : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from t inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak. : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
HARDWOOD LUMBER- :='""
All kinds of Northern and Southern Hardwoods for sale.
We enl\ j«iir ntti'iitiun lo the follawiiiK itfius Mhich wl- have to offer, to'tvit:
;■■ No. 2 Com. 4 Bet. Hickory
■■ No. 2 Cora. 4 Bel. Hickory
Com. £ Bel. Plain Red Oak
Com. C, Bel. Qlil. Ret) Oak
No. 3 Com. & Bel. Walaul
" No. 2 Com. £ Bel. Elm
No. 1 Com. Red Gum
50M It. 1" Curly Birch 30M fl. I<
SOM II. 2" Com. and Bel. Plain Birch 30M II. 1 '
80M ll. 2'." Com. and Bel. Plain Birch lOOM II. I"
150M II. I" No. I Com. Plain Birch I50M II. I "
I2M II. 2" Isis and 2nds Red Birch lOM II. I'
200M II. I" Com. and Bel. Hard Maple 75M ll. 1'
200M ll. 2" Com. and Bel. Hard Maple 150M 11. I'
SOM 11. 2" Bridge Plank-Oak
In addition to the foregoing, we have full stocks of Basswood, Birch and
Soft Khii and a full selection of Red and .Sap Gum. We guarantee our
grades to be made strictly in accordance with National Hardwood Associ-
ation rules of inspection.
G. W. JONES LUMBER CO., Appleton,Wis.
CHIC-VGO UFl'ICE: 1717 Il.\iLw.\Y Exciunge.
John R, Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN
The Leading Manufacturers
Wisconsin Hardwoods
"SHAKELESS" HEMLOCK and WHITE CEDAR PRODUCTS
WK HAVE THE FINEST BLOCK OF
4-4 UNSELECTED BIRCH
ox THIC M,\KKK I
Write for our Price Lists
and Stock Sheets
Mixed Cars, Even Grades
Prompt Shipments
^i^J^mim^d^
WAUSAU, WIS.
BASSWOOD, BIRCH
We cut four million feet of each annually
Your Inquiries and orders solicited
MILL AND YARDS AT INGRAM, WISCONSIN
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GRAND RAPIDS. WISCONSIN
Saw and Planing Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, on the Soo Line. Offer
r. cars 1" 1st vV 2(1 lied Birch.
1 far 1V4" 1st & 2d Red Birch.
1 par IH" (Tommon Red Birch.
1 car IV." 1st & 2d Red Birch.
l.OiKi' IV-." Common Red Birch.
2.5nr>' i%" Com. & Btr. Red Birch.
r..(XiO' 2" 1st & 2d Red Birch.
2 cars 2Vj & 3" Plain Birch.
2 cars 2V-J & 3" Log Run Unselected
Birch.
r» cars 1" Cfinimnn Red Birch.
1 c;ir 2" Plain Loff Run Birch.
2 rnrs '.'," Clear Plain Birch Flo<irlug.
1 car 3" Clear Red Bhch Flooring.
1 car '.V Factory Birch FKiorlnR.
1 car 3" Red Oak Factory Flooring.
1 car iVi & ^Vy quarter sawed Com.
and Btr. Red Oak.
1,2 car 1% and 2" Com. & Btr. quar-
ter sawed Red Oak.
1 car Ti" Clear quarter sawed Red
Oak Fhxirhiff.
I'j car each 1 v^" Com. & Clear Maple
FlfdirlnK-
We make a specialty of high grade Maple, Birch and Oak Flooring, Bass-
wood, Pine Siding, Ceiling and Finish ; also Moulding.
VOLLMAR & BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood, Birch
and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
56 HARDWOODRECORD
r^ I T^ nr^ c^ i~> i t rT> /^
l-'ll l^r^UKCJ
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA
The Nicola Lumber
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry i band
sawed. Send your inquiries.
A* M^ Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to us- : t
FlinttErving & Stoner Co*
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
Willson Bros* Lumber Co*
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA.
Hardwoods a Specialty
FOR SALE
POPLAR
125.000' 4 '4 Is and 2s
40,000' 4 4 No. 1 Cora.
325.000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.
228.000' 4/4 No. 3 Com.
150,000'^ '4 Mill Cull
CHESTNUT
200.000' 4 4 Sound Wormy
SO.0OO'F> 4 Sound Wormy
100.000' fi 4 Sound Wormy
48,000- 8 4 Sound Wormy
PLAIN OAK
60,000' 4 4 No. 1 Com.
18,000' 4, 4 No. 3 Com.
QUASTEBED OAK
2 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com.
1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com.
OAK TIMBERS SAWED TO ORDER.
WRITE FOR PRICES.
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg. Penna.
STOCK LIST
12,500 It.
8.000 II.
48,000 il.
21.000 II.
12.000 II.
18.000 II.
3.000 II.
3.000 il.
29,000 II.
13,000 II.
15,000 II.
4/4 Maple No. I Com. JS Bel 192,000 II. 4
4 4 Maple No 1 Common 4,000 II. 8
5 4 Maple No. I Com. t, Bel. 23.500 II. 12
5 4 Maple Isis and 2iids 2,500 il. 6
5 4 Maple No. 1 Common 2,200 il. 8
6 4 Maple No. 2 Com. 4 Bel. 1 Car 4
6 4 Maple Isis and 2nd9 62,000 il. 4
8 4 Maple No. 2 Com. i Bel. 25,000 II. 5
8 4 Maple No. I Common 23,010 II. 6
10 4 Maple Isis and 3nd9 26.000 il. 8
12 4 Maple No. 2 Com. £ Bel. I Car 4
4 Poplar Log Run
4 Poplar Log Run
4 Poplar Good
4 Basswood Log Run
4 Basswood Log Run
4 Basswood Log Run
4 Cherry Log Run
4 Cherry Log Run
4 Cherry Log Run
4 Cherry Log Run
4 While Birch Isis < 2Qd9
FAVORABLE FREIGHT RATES TO THE EAST
Babcock Lumber Co.
MSHTOL/\, F»/\.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
4S,492 ft. 4,1 1st i ;:ds gtd. White 711,812 ft. 4/4 No. 1 Poplar.
4S,49:
124,982
69,793
79.341
128,402
119,<X)1
8,942
11.312
41.028
38.793
29,423
21,971
29,824
21.974
4,1 1st i 2d;
Oak.
ft. 4/4 No. 1 Com.Qtd. VThite
Oak.
& 2ds Qtd. Red
1 Com. Red Oak.
1 Com. PI. W. O.
1 Com. PI. R. O.
1 Com. PI. Red &
•(l,S12
14,1.82
118,121
24,128
21,903
19,246
78,433
4,284
126,094
49.021
ft. 4/4 1st
Oak.
ft. 4/4 No.
ft. 4/4 No.
ft. 4/4 No.
ft. 5/4 No,
White Oak.
ft. 6/4 No. 1 Com. PI. Red & 61,975
White Oak.
ft. S/4 No. 1 Com. PI. Red & 98,194
White Oak. 129.481
ft. 5/S 1st & 2ds Poplar. 49,200
ft. 5/8 No. 1 Com. Poplar. 48,205
ft. 5/S Saps Poplar. 94.389
ft. 5/8 No. 2 Com. Poplar. 242,841
ft. 4/4 1st & 2ds Poplar. 181.921
ft. 4/4 No. 1 Popi!
ft. 6/4 1st & 2ds Poplar.
ft. 4/4 Sound Worm.y Chestnut.
ft. 6/4 1st & 2ds Chestnut.
ft. 7/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut.
ft. S/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut.
ft. 6/4 Sound Worm.v Chestnut.
ft. 8/4 Sound Worm.v Chestnut.
ft. 4/4 1st & 2ds Cottonwood.
ft. 4/4 13 to 17" Box Boards,
1st & 2ds.
ft. 4/4 8 to 12" Box Boards,
1st & 2ds.
ft. 4/4 Sap Gum. 1st & 2ds.
ft. 4/4 Sap Gum No. 1 Com.
ft. 4/4 Sap Gum No. 2 Com.
ft. 4/4 Red Gum. 1st & 2ds.
ft. 4/4 Red Gum. No. 1 Com.
ft. 4'4 Bay Poplar, 1st & 2ds.
ft. No. 1 Com. Bay Poplar.
American Lumlter & Mfg. Co.'""%^,"'"'-
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OLLiV LiLArNU
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTtR OF NORTHERN OHIO
THE
ROBERT H. JENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE,
(0 M feet 1" Isl and 2d9 Poplar
223 M led 1" No. I Common Poplar
12S M leel 1" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 M leel 2" 1st and 2nd Poplar, 14" and up
125 M leel 8 4" Sound Wormr Cheslaut
275 M leel 1" Sound Wormy Cheslnut
153 M leel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M leel 1" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M leel 1" No. I Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red OaK.— We have a good assort-
ment of dry stock, ^ t0 4 inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red OaK.— A limited amount of nice
stock, ready for shipment.
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
Ihe Advance Lumber Co.
RockeWl'er Bldg. CLEVELAND. OHIO
Memphis Oflace, No. 56 Randolph Building. J. E. MEADOWS, Mgr.
The Martin-Barriss Company
Importers a.nd MaLnufacturers
MAHOGANY
a>.nd Fine Hak.rdwoods
H. FALL
EXPORTER
. . . OF . . .
WALNUT, POPLAR
==:^^== AND =====
BIRDSEYE MAPLE LOGS
Cash paid for Black Walnut Logs at poiDt of shipment. If you have
any walnut logs to offer, write me.
I have some Sycamore, Red Oak, Ash and other hardwood logs which
I am prepared to saw to order. Correspondence solicited.
Can also supply Black Walnut lumber, sawed to any specification
required.
PORT CLINTON
OHIO
TO NEW YORK OVER NIGHT
The 20th Century Limiteci
Via the LAKE SHORE and NEW YORK CENTRAL
The Route of the Government Fast Mail Trains
CHICAGO-NEW YORK 18-HOUR TRAIN
IT SAVES A DAY
FROM LA SALLE ST. STATION
CHICAGO
FROM GRANDCENTRAL STATION
The Only Terminal in New York
Leave Chicago at 2.30 p. m.
Arrive New York at 9..30 a. m.
Leave New York at .3.,30 p. m.
Arrive Chicago at 8.30 a. m.
W. J. LYNCH, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago, 111.
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HARDWOOD
RECORD
M
I C H I
JS FOR HARD MAPL
G A N
FAMOl.
E AND GRE.Y E, L M
The North Shore Lumber Co.
MA^fUFACTURERS
Hardwood and Hemlock
Lumber^ Cedar Products
Rail and water shipments
THOMPSON
MICHIGAN
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES.
DETROIT, MICH.
MILLS Al- Bealcrs. W. Va. Valley Bend, W. Va. Diana, W. Va. Farkeraburf.
W. Va. McNull Siding, W.Va.
SAILING, HANSON & CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Michigan Hardwoods
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN
"Chief Brand"
Maple Flooring
Wtll commend itself to you and your trade on
its merits alone. *l Comprises all the features
desirable in fTood flooring. ^ Made by the latest,
most approved machinery methods and best
skilled labor. ^ We believe we can make it to
your interest to handle our "Chief Brand" and
will appreciate your inquiries.
Kerry ^ Hanson Flooring Co.
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN
B
ROWNLEE
DETROIT
&C
OMPANY
MICHIGAN
Some "snaps" we are offering:
BASSWOOD
BIRCH
4 4 Ists and 2nd.s, llicluiiing one cur 1x12 and
wider.
4 4 Log Run; also No. 1 and No. 2
Common.
HARD MAPLE 3-inch No. 1 Common; 6 4 and 8/4 Ists and
WHITF X'iH 4 4 No. 1 Common and better; rather narrow.
All Bone Dry and at Bargain Prices to Close Out.
Evans & Retting Lumber Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers
Hardwood
Lumber
RAILROAD TIMBERS, TIES AND SWITCH TIES
541 and 543
Michigan Trust Building Grand Rapids, Mich.
YOUR VACATION
WHERE TO GO
HOW TO GET THERE
AND WHAT IT WILL COST
All this will be found in the book of specially selected vacation tours,
combining rail and water routes,
ISSUED BY THE
MiGHTGAN Central
'Tiu^ Niagara J-alh A'oi/tir
SEND FOR A COPY NOW
W. J. LYNCH,
Pass. Traffic Mgr.,
O. W. RUGGLES,
Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
CHICAGO
]
HARDWOOD RECORD
59
M
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JS
C H I
FOR RED BIRCH
G
AND
A
BASS
N
F AMO I
WOOD
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
=^==== FOR SALE BY ===^^==
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE. MICHIGAN
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac, :: Michig&n.
SPECIAL PRICES on 500M pieces
1" to 3" Maple Squares 16" to 27" long.
1" to 3" Soft Elm Lumber.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED FOB MICHIGAN LUMBER.
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGE CAPACITY
PROMPT SHIPMENTS
RAII, OR CARGO
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
— ■— M;iimfiift.uriTn jiih! "VVliok'sakTs of
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Complete Stocks of Michigan Hardwoods — Maple, Beech, Birch, Elm,
Ash and Basswood for sale.
Grand Rapida, : : : Michigan
OUR MAPLE FLOORING
is as near perfection, in every particular, as it is
possible to make it, for we personally supervise
every step in its manufacture, from the stump to
the shipping of the finished product. Our prices
will interest and a trial convince you. ■ :
HAAK LUMBER COMPANY
HAAKWOOD, MICHIGAN
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Main Office, Michigan Trust Compaay Building
GRAND RAPIDS : . . , MICHIGAN
DEIVIVIS BROS.
GRAND RAPIDS. : : : MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD LUMBER (by water or rail)
"NATIONAL" MAPLE & BIRCH FLOORING
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN THE FOLLOWINQ:
300M feet 4 4 Log Run Birch
186M feet 5 4 Log Run Birch
1 Car 8 4 No. I Com. Birch
1 Car I 4 Clear Birch
50M feet 4 4 No. I Com. Sap Birch
40M feet 4 4 No. I Com. Red Birch
All thicknesses and grades Hard Maple
150M feet 5 4 Log Run Beech
2 Cars 4 4 No. 3 Com. Cherry
M»in Office :
205-209 Michigan
Trust
Company
Building
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HARDWOODS
IN MICHIGAN
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
BIRCH
This is our specialty. We are in the heart of the best Birch
section. Have g^ood stock, Common and better,
4-4, S-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, and 16-4.
Let U3 figure with you.
Simmons Lumber Company
SIMMON.S, MICHIGAN
McCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main Ollices. DETROIT. MICH.
Mills. EUTAW.ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
5 cars 1" Isl « Zods < Cora. Qld. While Oak 10 cars I Log Run Brown Ash
; "" i '■J.'^"* *" *"■''« ^'h ID "" I" lo 4" Dry Hard Maple
2 cars 1 " While Ash 10 cars I " Lot Run Birch
1 car I J and 2 No. I Com. Brown Ash 10 cars I" Log Run Basswood
4 cars 2. 3 and 4" Isl and 2ndi and Ho. I Com. Green While Oak
2 cars 2" Log Run Soil Elm
6o
HARDWOOD RECORD
t^* ¥ IV T i'^ f 1%^T IN^T A *TP 1
C/irNOirNiNA 1 1
THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD
Are what we waut. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
/VTyo A TTUr 's to ship the highest standard of
\J\JI\. AliVi lumber
at lowest consistervt price
We are manufacturers and ship direct from our band mills
Oak
Poplar
Ash
W.H.&G.S. Stewart
Main Office ; CInelnnall. Olilo, U. S A.
Cfaeslnut
Basswood
Yellow Pine
FRAMES.
SASH. DOORS.
BLINDS, MOULDINGS.
COLUMNS. GLASS.
STAIRWORK,
INTERIOR TRIM.
PAINTS.
BUILDERS' HARDWARE.
MANTELS. ETC.
LARGE CINCINNATI FAC-
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
HEMLOCK, YELLOW PiNE.
COLUMBUS a OHIO
LANE- WHITE LUMBER CO.
OAK. ASH AND WALNUT T-Ta rrlwmnflc ALWAYS IN THE MARKET
OUR SPECIALTY lla.IUWUUUO [OR WALNUT LOGS
MAIN OFnCE AND BAND MILL at FORT SMITH, ARK.
^
For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood
Machinery, you will find it advantageous to
write our advertisers. Get in touch !
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
Plain and Quartered White and Red Oak. Yellow Poplar,
Yellow Pine, Walnut, etc. Mills in Tenn., Ala. and Va.
OFFICE AND YARDS. GEST AND DALTON AVE.. CINCINNATI, OHIO.
"BUY GUM"
We are in the market to buy
Dry Outn Lamber in any
quantity, from a single car
load to a million feet. Will
take all grades and thlck-
nesBee. We receive lumber
at t<hipping potiit. pay cash
and are liberal in inspection.
THE FARRIN.KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General Office, Yards,
FlaniDg Mills, Dry Kilns,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Parcbasing Office.
Randolph Building.
Memphis, Tenn.
Cypress Red Gum Oik
The Farmer in the
Southwest Prospers
Because he pays from $8 to $15 an acre for
land that produces as good crops as land in
Illinois and Indiana which sells for $75 to $100
an acre. The mild climate gives him earlier
crops and the short winter makes stock-raising
less expensive.
You have the same chance to prosper
that is being taken by hundreds of the north-
em and eastern farmers.
Write for free copies of our illustrated
books on Texas and Oklahoma.
Low rates to all points in the Southwest
on the first and third Tuesdays of each month
via
FRISCO
CHICAGO ®, EASTERN ILLINOIS R. R.
W. H. RJCHAKDSON. C. P. A., Chicaso, Dl.
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
HARDWOOD RECORD
6i
POPLAR, OAK, ASH, CHESTNUT, BASS=
WOOD, BUCKEYE, CYPRESS. GUM
-W AN I i;i> Wt -
KENTUCKY LUMBER CO.
CINCINNATI, OHIO
We will send man to receive stoclc at shipping poini
when quantity justifies.
WE PAY CASH
WRITE US
C. Crane 4 Co.
Poplar, Oak, i
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore, | ^y^ would like to buy
... ,, . 2,000,000 feet Dry OaR
W. Va. Spruce, 2,000,000 feet Dry Poplar
Pine and Elm Mostly heavy stock. Quolations Solicited.
MILLS m YARDS
CINCINNATI, 0.
VEAIILY CAPACITY
1(10,000,(101) FT,
LONG BILL STIFF
A Sl'ECIALTY
L. W. RADINA & COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of
Wanted for cash — desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades.
Especially l}^-h\ch stock, for immediate shipment.
=CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE =
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Office:
1219 West Sixth Street
■ Yards:
Sixtti Street, below Harriet
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
M.^Tiiifnaiirers .-1
MSJiTS I 'ill " *t. \ Tabasco Mahogi
^p^fB'<^,V.:i. f<ij^»^g:.ii;^ Walnut. OaR
^^y=;/ '^J!«i;i^-- fff- ijc' Poplar. Mcl.eau and Findh
^•SiC" 4tc» -^i^ "^^-t- f CINCINNATI, O.
>gany
[lay Avs.
WHAT HAVE YOU KOR SAI.E IN'
Red and White QAK Qtd. and Plain
AI,SO POPLAR, CHE.STNUT, WALNUT, ETC
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI, OHIO
PLAIN
AND
QUARTER
SAWED
CHESTNUT 5
POPLAR !
GUM AND 5
CYPRESS J
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
THE
MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
A'wiys in the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS,
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS,
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI,
OHIO
Cash buyers for stock in o ii r line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
,KST \NI> ^r-MMlR STKKEl^
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber. Veneers
l''ini'l> ligLivt-d -luarter sjiweil oiik vtiieei'.'; a specialty.
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash Buyers
Poplar, Oak, Chestnut
And Other .southern Hardwoods
ALI, GRADES A.N'D THICKNESSES.
WK BLY MILL CUTS.
62
HARDWOOD RECORD
^ INDIANA ^
.WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW.
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart^f^d White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
, PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
V Long Timber up to 60 feet — Hardwood Specialties
The largest Band Mill in Indiana. FORT WAYNE, IND.
J. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG. IND.
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
HARDWOOD RECORD
63
BUFFALO
THE GRE.AT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Ked and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tnpelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plfiin and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard, 155li SENECA STREET Office, SS6 EI.LICOTT SQUARB
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
1075 CLINTON STREET
L N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 ELK STREET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY .
Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
50 ARTHUR STREET
ORSON E. YEAGER
Specialties: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 ELK STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
Office and Yards, 69 LEROY AVENUE
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO,
We want to buv for cash ;
Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point. •
518 RANDOLPH BI,DG.. MKNfPHIS, TENN 9-10 SENECA STREET.
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN and QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
1142 SENECA STREET.
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
9.V1 TO 1015 ELK STREET
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STREET
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
YELLOW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4. 8-4, lO-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Lath and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stock.
COAL GROVE, OHIO, U. S. A
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
COLUMBUS, OHIO
6,000 Car Loads
Sawed and shipped yearly of band-sawed Yellow Poplar, White Pine, White Oak, Basswood,
Chestnut, Hemlock and Ash. Planing Mills and Dry Kilns. C. If you are in a hurrj^ to get
your order placed, call our nearest salesman.
Salesman Headquarters Telephone
Fred A Wilson Portsmouth, Ohio Bell 4392
E E Eaton New York City, 158 W. 81st St Riverside 7390
James B. Patton Buffalo, N. Y., Rocktord Hotel Bryant 1335-R
A. Wallace Invin Baltimore, Md., Eutaw Hotel
Frank B. Pryor Pittsburgh, Pa., 7th Avenue Hotel
E. E. Ginn Jamestown, Ohio Bell Phone
A J Williams Cleveland, Ohio, Eastman, Detroit St Ridge S93-R
L. G. Anderson Franklin, Ohio Bell 482
James H. Lang Detroit, Mich.. Hotel Ste. Claire
W H Matthias Chicago, 111., 1448 Addison St r Lakeview 1493
Geo. H. Huganir Philadelphia, Pa., 901 N. 50th St.
F. H. Browning Columbus, Ohio .■ Main 7874
W. T. Baker Graham, Va.
Vansant, Kitchen & Co.
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Old-Fashioned
SOFT
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Ky.
5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK, SPECIALTY
COPYRIGHT, A. D 1906, BY THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
flaMwoMReiM
Eleventh Year, t
Semi-naonthly. i
CHICAGO. SEPTEMBER 25, 1906.
I Subscription $2.
ISlnde Copla*. 10 Centa
CHERRY
C. E. LLOYD, JR.
Manager Sal**
Gkows im
WxsT Virginia
RIVER
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
Offices : Philadelphia, Pa.
LUMBER
tlimmellier^er-tliirrison Lumlier (o.
Red Gum
Specialists
Morehouse.
Missouri
PROFIT-SHARING CONTRACTS
Our Policies
PENNA. LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL FIRE INS. CO.
923 Drexel Bldg.. Philadelphia. Pa.
The Davidson-Benedict Company
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Everything in
Southern Hardwoods
POPLAR, CHESTNUT, ASH, OAK
(Plainand Quartered.) Straight or Mixed Cars.
DRESSED POPLAR ANY YOU get what you buy from
iJKcaanL^rurLAK AiN T ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ delivered
WAY YOU WANT IT. prices, any railroad point.
WE WANT TO MOVE -
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
126.000 1 inch Ko. 1 and No. 2.
500.000 1 Inch No. 1 Common.
300,000 1 inch No. 3 Tommon.
100,000 2 inch No. 1 Common Red Oali.
400,000 1 Inch Sap Culi Poplar
STOCK TWO YEARS DRY.
THE ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.
2 Kilby Street,
BOSTON, MASS.
The combined facilities of the stuck luniher insurance companies
LUMBER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
and the ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
and allied organizations, constitute a great insuring- opportunity for any owner of a first-class lumber or mill risk.
Ask for lines and rates. LUMBER INSURERS GENERAL AGENCY, Underwriting Managers
66 BroadvA/ay, INS'ya/ Yot-tt
Ad-TertUers' Classified Directory Follow* Want and Vor Sale Advertlsiof Section.
HARDWOOD RECORD
f /'^ T T T c: X7 II I r~M
LCJLJl^VlLLLJr
MANHFACTUKING AND DISTKIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
The Norman Lumber Co*, Inc.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Lo^s and Lumber
Office and f ards : Third Street, H to K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
EDWARD L. DAVIS & CO.
pQpTAP
30,000 ft. 4/4 1st & M.
50,000 ft. 4/4 Common.
15,000 ft. 5/4 Common.
aUAETEEED RED OAK.
50,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
60.(100 ft. 4/4 Common.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK.
BO.OOO ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
10,000 ft. 5/4 lat & 2d.
20,000 ft. 6/4 iBt & 2d.
10,000 ft. 8/4 1st & 2d.
50.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
B.ooo ft. 5/4 Common.
B.OOO ft. 6/4 Common.
20,000 ft. 8/4 Common.
lO.OuO ft. 2%" Common.
40,(-W0 ft. 3" Common.
1 car Hickory Plank. lU to 4"-
8' to 16'.
OFFER FOLLOWING STOCKS:
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12,000 ft. 4i4"i4i2"— 12'. 1—6 mos. dry.
800 ft. 3 x4 "—12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
400 ft. 314j4^4"— 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
300 ft. 3ViS4V4"— 12'. 12—18 moa. dry.
250 ft. 3y.i4%-— 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
800 ft. 314x454''- 12'. 12—18 mos. dry.
180 ft. 3i4" & Lgr.— 14'. 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larger, dry.
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger,
HICKORY AXLES.
1.500 — 3 x-i "—8'. 1—6 mos.
1,500 — &l4x4V4"— 6', 1—6 mos.
2.000 — i i5 "—5', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
1.000 — 41415%'' — 6'. 1 — 6 mos. dry.
LOCK) — 5 i6 " — 6', 1 — 6 mo«. dry.
dry.
dry.
dry.
We wish to move and will make close prices on:
1 Car 8 4 1st and 2nd Qtd. White Oak
2 Cars 8 4 Coraraon Qtd. White Oak
f^ Car 5 4 Common Plain Red Oak
'/i C ar 5 4 Common Plain White Oak
1 Car 6 4 Common Plain Red Oak
1 Car 4 4 Log Run Ash
3 Cars 4 4 No. 3 Common Plain Oak
1 Car 8 4 No. 3 Common Plain Oak
1 Car 4 4 No. 2 Common Plain Oak
3 Cars 8 4 No. 2 Common Plain Oak
3 Cars 5 4, 6 4 and 8 4 No. 2 Com. and Sound Wormy
Chestnut
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Common Poplar
1 Car 5 4 No. 2 Common Poplar
1 Car 4 4 Common and Better Bay Poplar
We are moving our local yard
and wish to ship this at once.
Stotz Lumber Company,
Keller Building,
Louisville, Kentucky
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
Illastraled Catalog on Applicalion
WOOD = MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
Albert R. Kampf
Manufacturer
Hardwood Lumber and Timt)fr
Dimension Stock
Board ol Trade Bldg., Louisville. Ky.
E. W. Rhubesky
■Wholesale
Poplar. Rough and Dressed.
Oak. Chestnut and Other
Hardwoods
North Vernon Pump
^ Lumber Co.
Band Sawed Plain an.l Qijirterc^
Oak and Poplar.
North Vernon. Ind.. and
Louisville. Ky.
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak, Poplar and
Chestnut.
Louisville, Ky.
_
Dry Stock vv. P. Bfowii & SoHS LuHibcr Co.
Louisville, Ky.
14,000' IV"" 1st & 2(1.
5,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
15,000' 1" No. 1 Com.
7,000' IV." No. 1 Com.
13,000' 2" No. 1 Com.
PLAIN WHITE OAK.
80,000' 1" 1st & 2d.
28,000' 1>4" 1st & 2d.
12,000' IV2" 1st & 2d.
42,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
23.800' 2%" 1st & 2d.
16,000' 3" 1st & 2d.
227,000' 1" No. 1 Com.
6«.0<M' 1%" No. 1 Com.
80,000' IW No. 1 Com.
All thicknesses in cull poplar, ash, chestnut.
PLAIN KED
OAK.
55,000'
1"
1st &
2nd.
25,000'
IV,
" 1st
& 2d.
49,«j0'
JV.
" 1st
& 2d.
57,000'
1st &
2d.
18,000'
2V.
' 1st
& 2d.
16,0()0'
3"
1st &
2d.
131,000'
1"
No. 1
Com.
84,000'
IV4
' No.
1 Com.
44,000'
1%
' No.
1 Com.
47.000'
2"
No. 1
Com.
8,000'
2%
' No.
1 Com.
15,000'
3-
No. 1
Com.
atTART'CEED RED OAK
10,000'
1'
1st &
2d.
50.000' 2" No. 1 Com.
17,000' "JM" No. 1 Com.
22,000' 3" No. 1 Com.
aUAETEEED WHITE OAK.
50,000' 1" 1st & 2d.
28,0<I0' H4" 1st & 2d.
45,000' ly." 1st & 2d.
49,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
19.000' 2%" 1st & 2d.
IS.OIX;' 1" No. 1 Com.
30,000' 114" No. 1 Com.
40.000' 1%" No. 1 CoiD.
22,000' 2" No, 1 Com.
10,000' 3" No. 1 Com.
ASH.
!),000' 1" l.st & 2d.
65,0IK)' 1%" 1st & 2d.
16.000' ly." 1st & 2d.
10.000' 2" 1st & 2d.
S.OOO' 2V." 1st & 2d.
14.000' 3" 1st & 2d.
6,000' 4" 1st & 2d.
4.000' IVi" No. 1 Com.
I6.OOO' li/i" No. 1 Com.
8,000' 2" No. 1 Com.
POPLAR.
12,(100' 1" 1st & 2d.
12,0ou'
11,000'
12,000'
10,000'
10,0IX)'
50.000'
28,000'
10,000'
10.000'
15,000'
8,000'
6,000'
4,000'
3,000'
" 1st & 2d.
" 1st & 2d.
1st & 2d.
" 1st & 2d.
1st & 2d.
No. 1 Com.
" No. 1 Com.
" No. 1 Com.
No. 1 Com.
IS" ,& up 1st & 2d.
18" & up 1st & 2d.
24" & up 1st & 2d.
" IS" & up 1st & 2d.
" 24" & up 1st & 2d.
Your inquiries will be appreciated.
Prompt delivery guaranteed^
HARDWOOD RECORD
-'
CADILLAC
CELEBRATED FOR HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY AND MILL WORK
MICHIGAN RED OAK
c
c
As fine stock as was ever cut
in the famous Cadillac district.
We have some of this choice 4-4
Red Oak which will soon be in
shipping condition.
If you are in the market, we
can please you both in quality
and price.
We also have some nice Soft
Gray Elm in 4-4, 6-4, 8-4 and
12-4. It's Bone Dry.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
Cummer, DIgglns & Go.
=IVIANUFACTURERS=
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
„„..„,. , - ,.„ For Water Shipmenl;
For Hail Shipment Irom Cadillac. 120,000 feet ot 4, 4 Basswood
2 curs 8 4 Maple. No. 1 Com. & Better 160.000 feet, of 4, 4, 5/4 iind 6,4 Birch
l.=i cars 4 4 Maple, on Grades. 100,000 feet of 4/4. 8/4 and 12/4 Soft
2cars4 4 [?ass\vood No 2Com&Bet Elm
■2 cars Basswocid, No. 2 Com. & Bet. 10,000 4 4 Ash,
MURPHY & DIGQINS
Offer all grades of the (ollowicg special dry stock
MAPLE— 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10, 4, 12/4, 14/4, 16/4
CRAY ELM-4/4, 12/4
BASSWOOD-4/4
;BIRCH-»,4, 6 4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
DRY STOCK
Northern Michigan
Soft Gray Elm
What our old cork pine was tii the rcj^ular
white pine — such is our Soft Gray Elm to
ordinary soft ehii. Buyers who gladly discrim-
inate in favor of something better than the or-
dinar)'. will be interested. We have
10 cars 8=4 firsts and seconds.
1 car 10=4 firsts and seconds.
2 cars 12=4 firsts and seconds.
Wide, choice stock, our own product, seasoned right,
bone drv.
WRITE US .4 BOUT IT.
COBBS&MirGHELL
( INCORPORATro)
GADILUG, MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE, HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
STOCK
A
L M^I^\M^^%n
TTwwllmr f^f^ Memphis
LIST
P
Lnaersoii'
- 1 Uliy KjO, Tenn.
ASH.
GUM.
9.40fl ft.
4/4"
Cir. Stps.. 2li"-5W'.
50M ft. 4/4'' 1st & 2d Red, 6" up.
5,400 ft.
4/4"
Com. StpB.. 2l4"-5'/.".
50M ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Red.
!50M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps, a"-12".
50M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps, 13"-16".
23M ft.
7/8-
1st & 2(1 8" & up.
50JI ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps, 16" up
loo.M ft.
4/4'
1st & 2rl 6" & tjp.
1.30.\1 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Saps.
5IIM ft.
4/4'
1st & 2d 12" & up.
150M ft. 4/4" No. 2 Com.
60M ft.
b/4"
1st & 2d 12" & up.
SUM ft. 5/4" No. 1 Com. Saps.
4c:i.M ft.
6/4'
1st & 2d 6" & up.
50M ft. 4/4" Box Brds., 13"-17".
20M ft.
4/4'
Wag. Box Brds.. 9".
BED OAK,
'35,000 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Plain.
40M ft.
4/4'
Wg. Box Brds.. l.l"-!?
CYPRESS.
2,400 ft. 4/4" 1st i 2d Quarleied.
12M ft.
4/4-
Select.
4,400 ft, 4/4" No. 1 Common.
3.5M ft.
4/4'
Shops.
■WHITE OAK,
I.iM ft.
iV4'
Selects.
10,600 ft. 4/t" Ist & 2d Quartered.
13,900 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Quartered.
POPLAH.
8,700 ft. 4/1" I9t & 2d Plain Red &
50M ft.
4/4'
Nos. 1 & 2 Coiu.
White "worm.v."
FENN BROS. COMPANY
.MANUFACTURBRS OF
Oak Flooring
QUARTERED WHITE HOLLOW BACKED
QUARTERED RED END MATCHED
PLAIN WHITE POLISHED
PLAIN RED BORED
Memphis, Tenn.
r. W. GILCHRIST, President
W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice President
W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITtl LUMBER CO.
M a n u f
turers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills. Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards, Cairo, Illinois
Oeneral Oflice, d Tennessee Trust Bli)£.
MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY
COTTONWOOD
J. B. Ransom, Prest. A. B. Ransom, V.-Prest. W. A. Ransom, Sec. C.R. Ransom Treas.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO,, Inc.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
Also make a specialty of Wagon Stock in rough, such as Tongues,
Axles, Reaches, Bolsters, and 6-4 to J6-4 Hickory,
Briggs & Cooper Company^ Ltd.
MANUFACTURERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS:
1,000.000 feet Soft Grey Elm, 1 to 3".
6110.000 feet Un^elected Birch, 1 to 3".
3,000.000 feet Michigan Hard Maple, 1 to 6".
3M 000 ftet End Dried While Maple, 1 to ly,".
625.000 feet No. 1 Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswood, 1 to 3".
150.000 feet Selected White Basswood, 1", IM" and \M".
210,000 feet Plain and Quartered While and Red Oak, 1 to 2".
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
F. W. GILCHRIST, Pres. W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice-Pres.
■W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
Three States Lumber Co.
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Teanessee
MANDFACTURERS OF
Hardwood Lumber
Cottonwood and Gum
Otiice
TeoDessee
Trust
BuUdiof
GET OUR PRICES, TRY OUR LUMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED, RESAWED
COTTONWOOD:
:GUM
W
E have in all thicknesses the following kinds and
ainounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us 'your inquiries.
MEMPHIS yabd:
Ash 680.000 feet
Quartered White Oak. . 75 000 feet
Plan WhiteOak 140,000 feet
Quartered Red Oak .... 225.000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410,000 feet
Cypress 225.000 feet
Cottonwood 200 000 feel
Poplar 308.000 feet
SELMA YABD
Popla r 409,000 feet
Bay Poplar 867.000 feet
RedGum 55.000 feet
Cypress. 787,000 ie-'X
BERCIAIR YARD
Bay Poplar 100.000 feet
Cypress 800,000 feet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 350 000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
Office and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C. R. R.
MEMPtllS, TENN.
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office,
MeiDDhis, Tenn.
Address all correspondence to Memphis office
Mill*.
Chancy. Ml*s.
HARDWOOD RECORD
C* HP
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L O U 1 ^
LARGEST
ALL HARDWOOD MARKE,TS
Wanted-Cypress, Ash and Cottonwood
Inspection at Point of Shipment When Quantity Justifies
Hafner Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attention.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Bank of Commerce
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
CHAS. F. L
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices: 148 Carroll Street
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
KOOT OF ANGEIaIGA STREEia'
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco "Building
We have the following Dry Stock for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD :
:\ Cars 4/4 Common. :i Cars 1" 1 and 2.
2 Cars 4/4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17'' Box Boards.
GUM : EI.M :
5 Cars 1" Common Red. I Car 6/4 I,og Hun.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4'' I^og Run.
1 Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
6 Cars l^i Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
Roland
Manager
^a,?/"' Ozark Cooperage Co. i^-"-
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
Tiiur lililiCi t.'^ri m tlie Suiith
Direct Shipments ( COTTONWOOD,
from mill stocks < CYPRESS. GUM, C
MAIN OFFICE.
FRISCO BUILDING
W. R. CHIVVIS.
Lesperance Street ami Iron
Mountain Railroail.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping
point when amounts ju.stify.
SIX M ILLION FEET
Ash, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
R E .'^ D Y FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND H.\I, L STRBETS
HARDWOOD RECORD
Are You in the Market?
Send us your inquiries for prices on
the following
HARDWOODS
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
75iM ft.
25M ft.
25M ft.
50JI ft.
60SI ft.
lOOM ft.
60M ft.
BOM ft.
10031 ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
Com. and Better Quartered Red Oak.
Com. and Hotter Quartered White Oak.
Com. and Hotter Quartered Red Oak.
• Com. Quartered White Oak.
" 1st and 3nds Quartered Red Oak.
Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
Com. and Better Plain White Oak.
Com. Plain Birch.
Com. Red Birch.
" Com. and ISetter Plain Birch.
Com. and Better Hard Maple.
" Com. and Better Hard Maple.
Com. and Better Soft Elm.
UPHAM 4 AGLER
Distributing- Yards: CAIRO, ILL.
Main Offices :: American Trust Building, CHICAGO
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
WE WANT TO BUY FOR CASH
OAK
CYPRESS
ASH
MILL CUTS 08 ROUND LOTS
9 1 0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1217 TENNESSEE TRUST BLDG.
CHICAGO
MEMPHIS
YARDS: NORTH MEMPHIS
SEPTEMBER STOCK LIST
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2
3
4
1 i
•i
354
MAPUE
in. 2,000,000 ft.
" lOO.OOO "
" 400,000 •■
" 1,000,000 "
" 200.000 "
" 600,000 "
" 500,000 "
" 400,000 "
BEE.CH
n. 500,000 ft.
" 250,000 "
" 40»,000 "
" 100,000 •'
200,000 "
BIRCH
1 in. 5O0.000 ft.
1}^ " 100,000 "
2 " 100,000 '<
2'A " 50.000 "
3 '• -5,000 "
B.OCK ELM
2 in. 25,000 ft.
2'4 " 50,000 "
WHITE MAPLE.
End Piled
1 in. loo.oooft.
154 " 2o,ooo "
2 " 50,000 "
1 i
1S4
3
BASSWOOD
in. 300,000 ft.
i " 30.()00 "
J " 50,000 "
" T5,000 "
" 4,000 •'
GRAY ELM
in. 300,000 ft
200,000 "
200,000 "
ASH
500.000 ft.
KELLEy LIBER & SHINGLE CO., Traverse City, Mich.
Thomas Forman Company
MANUFACTURKRS OF HIGH-GRADE
Maple and Oak
Flooring
New York Branch ;
McOovern 4 Bowen. And Hardwood Lumber
29 Broadway
DETROIT.
MICHIGAN
Millmen with round lots of well manufactured stock to offer,
are sure of a square deal with
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
Branches: NEW YORK, BOSTON, PITTSBURG
Girard Trust BIdg. PHILADELPHIA
HARDWOOD RECORD
nr* ¥— ¥ w"!^ r^ A c> 'tt*
IlIL:: LiA^l
BOSTON NEW YORK P H I L A D t. L P M 1 A
Time To Take A Brace
For Good Fall Trade
The rountry is prosperous — (.-rops are excellent — liilior is all employed.
Our lumber business never fulls behind others at any time. We have
good lumber and good service for all customers.
1,680.000 ft. Red and White Oak, 4 4 to 16 4, (trades.
775 000 ft. Vellow Pine. I'loorjne, Ceiling, Hoards and Sizes.
7.10.000 ft. Maple, 4 4 to 4 inches, Boards, Plank and Flooring.
750,000 ft. W hite Pine, 4 4 .o 4 inches, grades.
See September Lumber News — Write to-daj'.
J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co.
56th to 58th Streets and Woodland Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The West Florida Hardwood Co.
Mn.i. ON Ai'Ai Arnicoi,A I;i\kk
Ash
Hickory
MARYSVILLE, FLA.
Red Gum
Tupelo Gum
LET US HAVE YOUR INQUIRIES =
Red and White Oak
Yellow Cottonwood
BALTIMORE
M A K Y L A N
o E. E. PRICE
BUYER AND
EXPORTER OP
Hardwoods, Poplar and Logs
I am always in the market tor nice lots of dry and well manufactured
lumber. I inspect at poini of shipment. Correspondence solicited.
WM. E. LITCHFIELD
MASON BriI.DIN-C, BOSTON, MASS.
Specialist in Hardwoods
Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale
JOHN L, ALCOCK & CO.
BUYERS OF BLACK WALNUT LOGS
BOARDS AND PLANKS
Inspection at point of
shipment. Spot cash.
Baltimore. Md.
JONES HARDWOOD CO.
INCORPORATED
WANTS: Poplar, Plain Oak, 147 MILK STREET
Quartered Oak and Cypress. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Manufacturers plea.se send stock lists and prices.
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Buyers of
ROUND l,OTS
of
Hardwoods
No I Madison
A^'enue.
New York
ESPECIALLY IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RED OAK
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
J47 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LU.MBER; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the marKet tor all thicknesses ot
OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT.
31- Arcade Building.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
WE MUST MOVE AT ONCE
6 CaLFS 4-4 I's e^nd 2's Ked OolU
High Grade Stock, good widths and lengths
I'lilCE KltJHT. Send us your iniiuiries
SCHOFIELD BROTHERS
1020-22 Pennsylvania Building. PHILADELPHIA
James & Abbot Company
Lumber and Timber
No. 165 MILK ST., BOSTON, MASS.. and GULFPORT.MISS.
Wistar, Underbill & Co.,
WHOLESALE ^===
HARDWOOD LUMBER
8l6 Real Estate Trust Building, d» PHILADELPHIA.
n
For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood
Machinery, you will find it advantageous to
write our advertisers. Get in touch !
W, M. GILLESPIE LUMBER
HARDWOODS COMPANY Farmers Ba-kBIdg,
Oak a Spedalty PITTSBURGH, PA.
8 HARDWOOD RECORD
IX T A C?' I_l "V 7 f f I T^
fN /V ^ tni V 1 JU L r"-
HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
JOHN B. RANSOM 4 CO.,
NASHVILLt, TENNESSEE
Wc want to move quickly the following old dry stock. AU of it has been on
sticks 6 to 1 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. We are prepared to
furnish promptly mixed cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds;
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4/4 first and second
15 M 5/4 first and second
80 M 6/4 first and second
10 M 10/4 first and second
120 M 4/4 No. 1 Common
65 M 6/4 No. 1 Common
58 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10/4 No. I Common
70 M 5 8 first and second Poplar BOM
80 M 5/8 No. 1 Common Poplar 100 M
15 M 4 '4 1st and 2d Quartered Sycamore 100 M
10 M 4/4 No. 1 Com. Quart'd Sycamore 100 M
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M 4/4 first and second
6/4 first and second
8/4 first and second
4/4 No. 1 Common
6/4 No. 1 Common
8/4 No. 1 Common
68 M
15 M
95 M
84 M
73 M
PLAIN OAK
4 '4 1st and 2nd White
4 4 No. 1 Common White
4 4 first and second Red
4/4 No. i;Common Red
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co.
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand**
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville, Tennessee
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Tennessee Red Cedar Lumber a Specialty. Nashville, Tennessee
INDIANA LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Office and Mills: Corner Oldham
Street and Cumberland River
LOVE, BOYD & CO.
Offtr :
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain White Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, Ash, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc.
Our Own Manufactur<
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock.
MAIN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONWOOD
G\JIW AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
General Offices: 1 40 W. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, 111., Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blytheville, Ark.
Swann-Day Lumber Company
Manufacturers or
POPLAR AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOOKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION
CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY
HARDWOOD RECORD c
D 1 T* HP c: r^ f T o /^
l-'ll l^L3Ur<0
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA
STOCK LIST
12.500 fl.
8.000 II.
48,000 II.
21.00011.
12.000 II.
I8.0no It.
3.000 II.
3.000 II.
29.000 II.
13.000 II.
15.000 ll.
4 4 Maple No. 1 Com. t, Bel 192.000 ll. 4
4 4 Maple No I Common 4.000 ll. 8
5 4 Maple No. I Com. 4 Bel. 23.500 ll. 12
5 4 Maple Isis and Znds 2.500 ll. 6
5 4 Maple No. I Common 2.200 ll. 8
6 4 Maple No. 2 Com. € Bel. I Car 4
6 4 Maple Isis and 2nds 62.000 11. 4
8 4 Maple No. 2 Com. ti Bel. 25.000 ll. 5
8 4 Maple No. I Common 23.000 ll. 6
10 4 Maple Ists and 2nds 26.000 ll. 8
12 4 Maple No. 2 Com. « Bel . 1 Car 4
FAVORABLE FREIGHT RATES TO
4 Poplar Log Run
4 Poplar Log Run
4 Poplar Goad
4 Basswood Log Run
4 Basswood Log Run
4 Basswood Log Run
4 Cherry Log Run
4 Cherry Log Run
4 Cherry Log Kun
4 Cherry Log Run
4 While Birch Isis i2ais
THE EAST
Babcock Lumber Co.
The Nicola Lumber
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries.
A* M* Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. 11 you have anything
to offer, please submit same to us. : i
Willson Bros, Lumber Co,
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. i: PITTSBURG, PA.
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
■1/1 1st & 2U8 Qtd. White
Oak.
ft. 4/4 No. 1 Ck)m. Qtd. White
Oal£.
& 2ds Qtd. Red
1 Com. Red Oak.
1 Com. PI. W. O.
1 Com. PI. R. O.
1 Com. PI. Red &
70,
14
118,
24.
21
19,
78.
4.
126,
49
S12
1.S2
121
128
9IJ3
246
433
284
094
,021
69,793 ft. 4/4 1st
Oak.
79.341 ft. 4/4 No.
128.402 ft. 4/4 No.
119.001 ft. 4/4 No.
8,942 ft. 5/4 No,
White Oak.
11,312 ft. 6/4 No. 1 Com. PI. Red & 61.975
White Oak,
41,028 ft. 8/4 No. 1 Com. PI. Red & 98.194
White Oak. 129.481
38.793 ft. 5/8 1st & 2ds Poplar. 49.200
29.423 ft. 5/8 No. 1 Com. Poplar. 48.205
21,971 ft. Ii/8 Saps Poplar. 94.389
29.824 ft. 5/8 No. 2 Com. Poplar. 242,841
21.074 ft. 4/4 1st & 2ds Poplar. 181,921
ft. 4/4 N... 1 I'oi.lar,
ft. 8/4 1st & 2d.s Poplar.
ft. 4/4 Sound Wormv Chestnut.
ft. 6/4 1st & 2d3 Chestnut.
ft. 7/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut.
ft. 8/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut.
ft. 6/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut.
ft. 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut.
ft. 4/4 1st & 2ds Cottonwood.
ft. 4/4 13 to 17" Box Boards,
1st & 2ds.
ft. 4/4 8 to 12" Box Boards,
1st & 2ds.
ft. 4/4 Sap Gum, Ist & 2ds.
ft. 4,'4 Sap Gum No. 1 Com.
ft. 4/4 Sap Gum No. 2 Com.
ft. 4/4 Red Gum, 1st & 2ds.
ft. 4/4 Red Gum. No. 1 Cora,
ft. 4,'4 Bay Poplar. 1st & 2ds.
ft. No. 1 Com. Bay Poplar.
American Lumber & Mfg Co. ''"'fj'jf-o
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co.
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
Hardwoods a Specialty
FOR S A t, E
POPLAR
125,000' 4/4 Is and 2s
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No. 11.
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COMING HARDWOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
Hardwood Manufacturers' Association
A district meeting of this association is scheduled to be
held at Cape Girardeau, Mo., Tuesday, October 9.
National Hardwood Lumber Association
A seini-annual meeting of this association will be held
at Hotel Havlin, Cincinnati, on Thursday and Friday,
October 25 and 26.
General Market Conditions.
General reports from all over the country indicate that the hard-
vrood trade is entering on a season of prosperity that will fully equal
any of late years. The lack of confidence in the prices ruling during
tlie summer, which had a tendency to prevent buying in some parts of
the country, has apparently given way to a belief that prices will
remain firm for an indefinite period, and the buying consequent on
this state of affairs has given a decided impetus to the market.
The demand for plain oak continues to be strong in all grades, and
there seems to be no difficulty in disposing of what stocks there are
on hand. Quartered oak seems to be in better shape than it was
some time ago, reports from most hardwood centers showing it to
have picked up considerably. The veneer and panel business is firm
in nearly all markets, good prices and stiff demand prevailing. Ash
and hickory continue to be snapped up whenever possible.
The oak and maple flooring business continues very active. The
unusually heavy building operations during the summer and the num-
ber of Iniildings of the better class that are now in condition to take
flooring stock will continue to render the market steady for a long
time to come.
From a review of the conditions prevailing in other lines of
business it may be said that the hardwood trade is receiving its share
of the general prosperity.
New Uses for Woods.
There is a (Constant effort to broaden the uses to which various
kinds of woods can be placed. Many products of the forest that
were regarded as valueless until within the past few years have
now become standard commodities. Twenty years ago maple was
regarded as either an incumbrance or useful only for fire-wood.
Today it has become the standard flooring material throughout a
very largo portion of the United States and abroad, being used
in many of the highest class structures, as well as for wagon and
agricultural machinery building, etc. Hemlock, a wood despised
for years as being practically worthless, is a standard building ma-
terial today. Red gum, but very recently introduced as lumber,
was unsalable up to within the last five years. Now the broad-
ened demand is so active that many grades of it show a shortage
in the market. The despised tupelo gum has recently become a
valuable commercial product, with every prospect that within a few
years it will be so appreciated as to command as much money as
cypress does today.
It is the constant study of users of wood to find cheaper substi-
tutes for certain standard commodities, by means of which they can
turn out their manufactured product at a diminished cost. Some
manufacturers have succeeded in substituting other wood for oak.
Chestnut and red gum have been the principal kinds used for this
substitution. Yellow pine and poplar have largely taken the place
of white pine, and now Pacific coast woods are substituting the
pines and hemlock. Box makers who formerly used soft woods
exclusively have recently learned that they can employ gum, cotton-
wood and a large variety of other hardwoods advantageously. Sub-
stitution is going on constantly, and probably will continue to the
end of time.
The tamarack of the North has been a despised wood in the past
few years in spite of its strength and lasting qualities, and has
even been rejected as a building material. It has been but recently
discovered that tamarack makes a most excellent material for tanks,
and for this purpose it is coming into quite general use at much
higher prices than it ever would have brought in the form of joists
and scantling.
Experiments are now being made with maple for car decking. It
is strange that this trial was never given the wood before, for it
certainly will prove an ideal material for this purpose. It will rot
no quicker than yellow pine, Norway ot fir, and will stand ten times
as much wet and rough usage as any of the woods named. Both
northern and southern hardwood manufacturers are creating a con-
siderable demand of late for the coarse end of their hardwood prod-
ucts for sheathing purposes, and some of the woods are being quite
generally used in the form of ship lap and bevel siding with good
results.
There is a crying need for a substitute for hickory in the wagon
and carriage making trade. It seems scarcely possible that any con-
siderable quantity of undiscovered wood suitable for this purpose
will ever be located in the United States, but it is logical to prophesy
that a vast quantity of material excellent for this purpose can be
secured in Mexico, the West Indies and the northern portion of
South America. The forests of these countries are all rich in minor
hardwoods of very dense character, which are tough and not subject
to speedy decay. Undoubtedly the wagon maker who wants to per-
petuate a source of supply should cast his eyes in the direction
noted.
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Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent.
Money may not make men happy,
Money may not make men wise ;
Money may not, when it's gloomy.
Cause the clouds to leave the skies.
Money may not bring cool breezes,
When the trying days are hot ;
Money may not give men gladness,
Hut it always helps a lot.
The Futility of Wealth.
Money may not make us healthy.
Money may not make us great ;
Money may not make them love us
Who have cause to cherish hate.
Money may not serve to cleanse us
When we've smeared ourselves with shame ;
Money may not bring us glory,
But it's helpful, just the same.
Money may not quench our sorrows,
Money may not ease our pains :
Money may not cause tlie dampness
To diminish when it rains :
ilonoy may not bring the maidens
Who are fairest to bestow
All their sweetest smiles upon us —
It is very helpful, though.
The Old Maid Again.
It was an old maid
who said she'd
rather be regarded
as one, than as the
better half of a fool.
ENTIRELY SATISFIED.
A Potent Argument.
Campaign funds is
usually a very., good
argument for a can-
didate to put up on
election day.
Inconsistent.
The discovery of a
corkscrew in the
pocket of a prohibi-
tionist might be
termed circumstan-
tial evidence.
Yes, Indeed.
And even the man
who is good for
nothing is good for
something — as a hor-
rible example, for
instance.
Uuappreciative.
Though from the
beginning of time
woman has freely
given to man a piece
of her mind, the man
was never found who
appreciated the gift.
Unsophisticated.
Don't kick at be-
ing taken at your
word — there are still
some people in the
world who have faith
in humanity.
Alike.
Water seeks its
own level, and so
do brains.
The Only Season.
The average man
spends so much of
his tinif trying to
cover up his past
that he hasn 't a
chance to boast of
his future.
True.
It takes a brave
man to marry for
money, but a braver
one to marry with-
out it.
Appropriate.
(lossips might be
v je r y appropriately
termed misfortune
tellers.
As Others See Us.
What a miserable
crowd of pessimists
we would be if we
could see ourselves
as others see us.
Poor Show.
All men are cre-
ated equal, but a boy
has only one chance
in 40.000,000 of
growing up to be
President.
Even More So.
It 's always well
for the business man
not to forget that
collections are as es-
sential as sales.
This is the first summer vacation I ever had when prices advanced enough
during my absence to pay for it.
Overseasoned.
It has been said
that human imper-
fections add spice to
life, but too many
lives are overseasoned.
The world bestows its big prizes in money
and in honors for but one thing — initiative.
"What is initiative? It consists in doing the
right thing without being told. The next
best thing to doing a thing without being
told is to do it when you are told once.
Some people never do a-thing until the_y are
To Which Class Do You ■Belong?
told twice; such get no honors and small
pay. Then there are those who do the right
thing only when necessity kicks them from
behind. This class spends most of its time
jjolishing a bench with a hard-luck story.
Still lower down in the scale is the fellow
who will not do the right thing even when
someone goes along to show him how, and
stays to see that he does it; he is always
out of a job, and receives only the contempt
he deserves, unless he has a rich pa, in
which case destiny patiently waits arouud
the corner with a stuffed club. — Elbert Hub-
bard.
HARDWOOD RECORD
15
AMERICAN FOREST TREES.
Mahogany.
i< wide Ilia niahoijaiii.
Khaua sciuijalcnsis.
Soymida fcbrifaga.
There are three principal species of ma-
liogany: Central American or true mahog-
.■my, Swietenia mahogani; African mahogany,
Kluiya senegalcnsis, and Indian mahogany,
Noi/mida fcbrifaga. These are the mahog-
anies of commerce. Tliere are a
number of minor species called ma-
hogany, but they are of no impor-
tance in tlie trade.
Mahogany is essentially a tropi-
cal tree. It reaches its highest de-
velopment between the latitudes of
11° and 23° 10' north. Trees found
nearer the eqimtor are not usually
of such fine quality as those in the
real mahogany belt. It is one of
tlie most plentiful of the finer hard-
woods since it thrives throughout
the tropical zone, which is the larg-
est of the zones, and comparatively
little of it has as yet been cut off.
There are no mahogany forests, and
individual trees are often widely
scattered, making the cost of log-
ging exceedingly high, especially
since it is found in undeveloped re-
gions where transportation facili-
ties are usually lacking.
The tree is one of great beauty,
its tall trunk broadening out a few
feet from the ground into huge but-
tresses, much as does the cypress of
our own country. It varies in
height in the different countries of
its growth from fifty to one hun-
dred feet, in diameter from three to
e^■en twelve feet.
Central American or true mahog-
any, Stcietenia mahogani, is con-
fined to tropical America — in Cuba,
Honduras, Santo Domingo, Ja-
maica, central and northern South
America and Mexico it is found in
luxuriant growth and of excellent
physics. There is a scattering
growth of this species on the Flo-
rida keys which is the only ma-
hogany native to the United States.
It is known as Madeira and used
principally in boat building, but is
not of superior quality.
The leaves of Siuwtenia maliogani
are »fompouud, four to six inches
long, composed of three or four
slender, sharp-pointed leaflets. They are a
pale yellowish green above and darker be-
low, smooth and glossy. The bark is a very
dark reddish brown. The small white flowers
grow in delicate sprays, and appear in July
or August. The fruit is a four-valved cap-
sule, as shown in illustration, four to five
inches long and two and a half inches broad.
It is a dark red-brown in color, has a thick,
TH IKT V-SEVKNTIl PAI'IJK.
hard covering and is full of winged seeds. The
generic name of the species is so-called in
honor of Baron von Swieten (1700-1772), the
distinguished Dutch physician noted as the
founder of the Botanic Garden of the Med-
ical School at Vienna.
In all the various classes of mahogany
known to the trade, such as Mexican, Cuban,
African and Indian, there are various species,
TVr
ICAL FUKKST GliOWTII MI'AKAGUAN MAHOGA
CENTRAL AMERICA.
all distinguishable among themselves by
slight differences in color, texture and weight.
Cuban mahogany is not as highly figured as
the African wood, but by many its figure is
thought to be finer. It is used where color,
strength and good surface are required. It
is noted for its hardness and the polish that
can be given to it, and when worked up the
wood is exceedingly rich under finish.
.\V
The Mexican wood, as a general rule, is
slightly darker than the Cuban, but lighter
in color aud of a softer texture than the
African product. When worked its surface
surpasses in figure that of the Cuban wood
and it is used where high polish antl good
markings are required. It is jjrobably the
most generally used mahogany in the United
States.
There are several dittVrent kinds
of African mahogany, but the most
highly esteemed species is the Lagos
wood. The tree is very large and
its maikings are excellent. It is
aliout as heavy as the Mexican wood
and not quite so hard as that of
Cuba. It has a rich, dark surface
and its figure is umrfi variegated
and beautiful than that of other
\H)0ds.
Indian njahogany, which has been
liitherto importeil comparatively Ut-
ile into this country, is of a rich,
ilark color. It is called Vermilion,
being of the exact shade of that
color, and is very heavy. When
made up it has a remarkably fine
appearance, the color aud finish be-
ing of the best.
The mahogany imported into the
United States is of course largely
of the American varieties, although
of late African has come to be quite
extensively used. The African field
was the last to be entered and wood
from this source is rapidly gaining
in favor all over the civilized world,
most of it being distributed through
English markets, of which Liverpool
handles the largest quantities. At
tlio periodical auction sales at Liver-
pool and Loudon it is disposed of to
liuyers ]iot only from the principal
J"]uropean countries but also to rep-
resentatives of the large consuming
interests of the United States.
Gutting mahogany in any of its
native haunts is a laborious and ex-
pensive process, but most especially
is this true in Africa, where there
is not only the usual problem of
transportation facilities but also the
even more distressing one of insuf-
ficiency of labor.
ilahogany has long been the most
popular of the expensive woods used
in England, where it was introduced
the latter part of the seventeenth
by a prominent London physician.
The doctor had a brother
ceutury
Doctor Gibbons.
who -was a captain on a vessel plying between
India and England, who on one of his trips
took to England several logs of mahogany as
ballast. The doctor was then building in
Covent Garden and his brother suggested that
the wood might be of value as beams. It
w-as experimented with, but the workmen
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claimed that it was too hard to be worked
with their tools and the logs were rolled into
the garden out of the way. Here they lay
for a long time, apparently discarded, until
one day the physician had need of a candle
box and suggested
that the mahogany
logs might furnish
good material. But
the cabinetmaker com-
plained as the others
had done that he could
not work the material
with his tools. The
doctor then interested
himself and ordered
that heavier tools be
made. The eandlebox
was finally completed
and proved to be so
handsome after being
finished and polished
that a bureau was
made from another of
the logs. Thereafter
a craze for mahogany
set in which has con-
tinued even to the
present day.
There are so many qualities that have con-
tributed toward putting mahogany in the
exalted position it occupies today that it is
almost impossible to state which is the most
important. The great beauty of the wood as
regards color, figure and texture, its hard-
ness, durability and unusual size, make it
the ideal wood for furniture, railway cars, in-
terior finish and a variety of uses requiring
the highest class wood. Mahogany seasons
readily, warps so little after proper season-
ing as to be almost free from that trouble-
some trait, and is without a peer in the mat-
ter of taking glue. For these reasons, to-
gether with the unusually large size of the
tree, it is especially valued for veneers and
panels, and a very large percentage of the
mahogany consumed is utilized in this form.
For railway car panels, counter tops, store
trimmings, pianos, high-class furniture and in
fact for every purpose where veneer of large
size and excellent quality, beauty of figure
and color is required, mahogany is the wood
chosen.
Mahogany is a rich red in color, rather
light but darkening gradually with age and
exposure. This fact has led dealers in furni-
ture to impregnate the new wood with stains
and finishes which give the darker tone of
the old, much-used wood. This practice was
indulged in originally to imitate Colonial
furniture, but it has become very common
and not only is a vast quantity of mahogany
furniture now so finished, but cheaper woods
are stained the same dark hue and sold as
' ' real mahogany. ' ' During the last two or
three years mahogany furniture in the natural
finish has come into vogue, and it is probable
that this mode of finish, which is really the
more beautiful as the wood acquires the dark-
er hue in time and vsnth a mellowness of tone
that cannot be imitated, will eventually take
first place.
Considering the heavy cost of cutting and
transportation and the high class of the wood,
mahogany is sold on the markets of the world
lilAXT MAH0G.4NY TREE, BLUEFIELDS, CENTRAL AMERICA.
today at remarkably low values. In the
United States the use of the American spe-
cies is more general, owing, of course, to the
fact that the source of supply is so near our
borders, although of late years the African
wood is being widely introduced, as is also
the beautiful vermilion mahogany of India.
JIAIIOGANT FRUIT, ONE-THIRD ACTUAL
SIZE.
In the School of Experience.
Deflection in Wood.
M'ith 100 pounds placed in the middle of a
stick 2x2 inches. 4 feet long, supported at botli
ends, the stick will deflect about Vs inch on a
medium grade of ash ; 200 pounds will bend it
14 inch ; .'JOO pounds,
% inch. This proves
that deflection varies
according to the
weight ; liowever, a
point is reached where
an additional 100
pounds add more than
% inch to the deflec-
tion. When this is the
case, the limit of elas-
ticity has been reached.
Talie anotlier piece of
the same straight
grain, and perfectly
plain planli, and the
same size as given
above, but S feet long
instead of 4. A load
of 100 pounds will de-
flect this piece 1 inch;
double the length re-
duces the stiffness
eighrfold ; stiffness,
therefore, decreases as
tlie cube of^ the length
increases.
Cutting out a piece
2x4 inches, 4 feet long,
and placing it flatwise,
so that it is double the
width of the tiirmer stick ; then load this with
100 pounds, and it will bend 1-16 inch only.
Doubling the width doubles the stiffness. — Car-
riage Monthly.
Inlaying.
A writer in the Practical Carpenter says that
everyone has noticed that in ordinary inlaying
there is a very ugly glue joint, equal in its width
to that of the saw used, which runs around the
wliole of the inlaid pattern. This, of course,
looks bad, and further it involves the use of a
very tine saw to reduce the width as much as
possible. This again involves the use of com-
paratively thin wood. To avoid this, tilt up the
saw-table a little on one side — say the right ;
with it in this position cut out tlie right side
of a letter — say the capital I ; obviously the
uppermost of the two pieces of wood on which
we are operating would have its eye slightly
broader than the bottom one. Then finish the
letter, being always careful to make the cut
"sun about," as the phrase Is — i. e., in the same
direction as the hands of a clock move. We
now have an I cut out of the top piece slightly
iiroader and longer than that cut out of the
lower one ; if we have proportioned the amount
of tilt to the table, with due regard to the
thickness of the saw and of the wood used, the
upper eye will Just fit neatly and tightly into
the space left in the lower piece. Apply plenty
of glue and gently tap the letter or monogram
Into its place, and we have a glue joint which
will be barely visible. The amount of slope re-
quired in the table is very slight, and one soon
tinds out the happy medium.
To Clean Hardwood.
Spread paralHn oil on the soiled wood and let
it stand for an hour or more to soften the dirt,
then wash with soap and warm water and wipe
dry.
Next rub on a mixture of paralfln oil and
turpentine — one-third turpentine and two-thirds
oil. Polish with soft old flannel. Let it rest
an hour or two. then polish with soft old linen.
If the surface is very dull, dirty and scratched,
instead of washing with soap and water, add
more oil and sprinkle powdered rotten stone
over it. Kub gently and regularly, flrst with a
circular motion and then with the grain of the
wood. When the surface is smooth and bright
wipe off the rotten stone and finish as you
would after washing with soap and water. — Ex-
change.
ROBEIRX EI. WOOD
BALTIMORE, M D.
supplement to
Hardwood Record
SEPTEMBER 25, 1906.
illustrating
Guilders of lumber history-
HARDWOOD RECORD
17
'Builders of Lumber Histort;.
NUMBER
Robert E. Wood.
(See portrait supplement.)
"Some men are born great, some achieve
greatness, and some have greatness thrust
upon them." Of the classes thus desig-
nated, Americans may be said, as a general
rule, to belong to the second. They are the
men who achieve greatness. A review of
the life histories of the successful business
men which have been presented in the
Hardwood Eecord from time tu time re-
veals the fact that these men, in the ma-
jority of cases, were of humble origin, and
made their way to success by dint of
strenuous work — by a combination of brawn
and brain.
As another and most worthy example of
this type, this sketch will tell something
of the early struggles and final success of
Eobert Elmer Wood, president of the R.
E. Wood Lumber Company and the Mont-
vale Lumber Company, of Baltimore, Md.
Mr. Wood was born July 30, 18U5, at White
Pine, Pa., situated eighteen miles north of
Williamsport near the Susquehanna river.
He is of mixed English and Holland an-
cestry. His father was a farmer-lumber-
man at a time and in a place where inces-
sant toil was necessary for existence. He
owned a little farm on which he lived and
supported his family of seven boys and six
girls by carrying on a small business in
lumber in conjunction with his farm work.
Under these circumstances it was impos-
sible for the father to give his children
more educational advantages than could be
gained by an attendance of a few terms at
the district school, and Robert early recog-
nized the necessity of work. When he once
saw his duty he embraced it with the de-
cision and vigor that have always been
characteristic of the man, and at once went
to work in the old Beaver mill at Williams-
port, pulling lath at fifty cents a day. At
the time he was only sixteen years old.
Later he secured a place in the W. H. Jen-
kins sheathing lath factory at Williamsport,
where he received a salary of $35 a month.
Always of an inquiring turn of mind and
with an insatiable thirst for knowledge he
soon became master of whatever work he
had in hand, and while still a boy was re-
warded with the post of inspector for Kline
Bros., of Williamsport, manufacturers of
furniture. When he was 20 he set up a
business for himself on the mountain side
near the old homestead, with a home-made
still of the most primitive type, and became
a producer of birch extract, made from the
limbs and smaller growth of the black birch
and commercially known as the oil of birch,
or more commonly, wintergreen oil. For
two years he practically lived in the woods
in a little shack of his own construction, '
felling sapling birch, splitting it up into
small bits, packing it into his still and
making wintergreen oil. The business, al-
though small, was a success. He made good
oil and got a good price for it. He rigged
up appliances to economize labor, even to
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the extent of a tram road and a car to
carry the wood and brush to the still. Aftei
the distillation was complete, he sold the
wood refuse for firewood. The experience
was valuable for the work he was to do in
after life, for besides early revealing his
self-confidence, it developed the qualities
of method, economy and grasp of detail
which afterward made his leadership in
wider lumber affaiis pre-eminently a safe
one. In Januar}', 1S91, when Mr. Wood was
between 2.5 and 26 years old, he went to
Lynchburg, Vt., to take a position with the
West Lynchburg Furniture Company as a
buyer and inspector of lumber. He re-
mained with this concern until June, 1893,
when he became foreman of Denman &
Ritter's little semi-portable saw mill at
Welsh, West Virginia. In the fall of 1803
he graduated to a position of log scaler for
the Elkhorn & Sandy River Coal & Tim-
ber Laud Company, and in July, 1894, he
entered the service of the Panther Lumber
Company at Panther, West Virginia, as
grader. For some time after this he made
his livelihood and something to spare by
estimating timber for various people.
At this time Mr. Wood felt that he was
thoroughly equipped for the lumber busi-
ness and, with the few hundred dollars
which he had saved, he began business on
his own account. His first venture was on
May 6, 1895, when he bought of C. L. Ritter
and the estate of W. J. Denman a car of
oak lumber which he sold to the Wood &
Johnson Furniture Company, of Lynchburg,
Va. He continued to trade in lumber in
this way for three years. He was his own
buyer, his own salesman, his own inspector.
During all this time, the personality of the
man and his steady application to business,
besides winning for him many friends
among the more powerful dealers in the
lumber world, was steadily widening his
trade.
As a lumber manufacturer Mr. Wood's
first venture was a small portable saw mill
which he hired on Indian Creek, in south-
ern West Virginia. He bought logs from
the small operators of that section, had
the lumber sawed in the little portable mill
and sold the product. Like his previous
undertaking, this enterprise was a success
and it was not long before he was the owner
of a saw mill which he put in at Sandy
Huff, West Virginia, in 1898. From this
date his operations took in a constantly wid-
ening field. He commenced to buy timber
and supplemented his original portable mill
at Sandy Huff with a band mill at Huff
Creek and eventually with a third mill on
Lick branch of Cub Creek. This latter or-
ganization was known as the Harman Branch
Lumber Company. Since that time he has
cut over 30,000 acres of the splendid poplar
and oak timber of McDowell and Wyoming
counties. West Virginia, and has manufac-
tured, during the last six years upwards of
150,000,000 feet of lumber.
' For the sake of giving some of his em-
ployees an interest in his enterprises, Mr.
Wood organized in June, 1902, the R. E.
Wood Lumber Company, which has grown
to be one of the best and most favorably
known of the poplar and oak producing lum-
ber houses in the United States. The com-
pany still owns some 25,000 acres of virgin
timber in McDowell and Wyoming Counties,
besides having valuable holdings in Carter
County, Tennessee, equipped with modern
mill and railroad facilities.
In November, 1903, Mr. Wood organized
the Montvale Lumber Company, and asso-
ciated with himself in the enterprise are
the well-known Williamsport banker, Allen
P. Perley, F. L. Winchester, J. K. Painter,
G. Leidy Wood, H. L. Bowman, Clarence E.
Wood and E. L. Warren. The Montvale
Lumber Company, of which Mr. Wood is
jiresident, acquired by purchase on the
south slope of the Blue Ridge, in the Sap-
phire country. South Carolina, near the
North Carolina line, 53,000 acres of virgin
timber land, a new double band saw mill,
and a complete equipment of dry kilns and
j)laning mill located at Oalhoun, South
Carolina. The timber- of this extensive
]iroperty is chiefly poplar, oak and chestnut,
but also contains quite a quantity of white
and yellow pine. The company also bought
extensively in North Carolina, having hold-
ings in Cherokee County, with an estimated
cut of 12,000,000 feet and a mill of 30,000
capacity now running. This operation is on
the Murphy line of the Southern Railway.
At Eagle Creek, in Swain County, on the
new line of the Southern Railway, now
building, the company has a holding esti-
mated at 140,000,000 feet, on which they
are constructing a mill. They have also an
extensive property on Bone Valley, a tribu-
tary of Hazel Creek, which is a heavily tim-
bered tract located in the line of future
railroad construction.
Personally Robert E. Wood is a most in-
teresting man. Although his various enter-
prises keep him extremely busy, he always
has time to greet the stranger or friend
who calls upon him, and his hospitality and
good fellowship are proverbial among the
wide circle of his business and social
acquaintances. He is a deep student and a
profound and intelligent reader, singularly
well versed on the important matters of the
day. Always fond of outdoor life, his chief
diversions have been a good saddle horse
and an automobile.
In business Mr. Wood has met with great
success. He is recognized as a progressive
lumberman, yet as an example of his safe
methods it can be stated that the entire
losses of his companies during the past five
years have not amounted to one-tenth of
one per cent on bad sales. Starting with
absolutely no capital, his courage, persist-
ence and foresight, combined with a rare
talent for making friends and an inflexible
honesty, have won him an enviable place
among the greater leaders of the lumber
trade. It is therefore with pleasure that
the Hardwood Record takes this opportu-
nity of presenting to its readers this sketch
and portrait of Mr. Wood as a type of man
who is honored by his associates in the
hardwood lumber field of this country and
who is, himself, no less an honor to the
business he has selected as his life work.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
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[In this department it is propose-J to reply
to such inquiries as reach this office from the
Hardwood Record clientage as will be of enough
general interest to wan-ant publication. Every
patron of the paper "s invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in
a succinct and intelligent manner.]
Criticism of New York Inspection Methods.
New York. Sept. 4. — Editor H.\rdwood Rec-
ord: It is not surprising that. there are so many
firms who refuse to ship lumber to the New
York market, for they have realized by sad ex-
perience in the past that their stock has been
"slaughtered." But few millmen are conversant
with the manner of inspection in New York, and
when the inside workings are known there doubt-
less would be fewer who would be willing to ship
lumber to New York to be inspected upon arrival.
The inside workings are peculiar, to say the
least.
There is an organization in New York known
as the New York Lumber Trade Association
which is about as big a farce as ever existed. A
lumber yard having its own inspector has only
to apply to the association for a "license" for
that particular mau and he is duly inaugurated
as a "licensed inspector of the New York Lum-
ber Trade Association." He has blanks printed
with his name iu large letters as a "liceusod"
Inspector. This man only does work for the
yard in which he is employed and receives a
salary in proportion to the amount of money he
can earn for his employer. Some of these men.
until they become proficient in grading lumber,
receive about $15 per week and from that up
to $50 per week.
A manufacturer of lumber ships a car to New
York ; It is inspected by a "licensed inspector"
at a cost of 50 cents per thousand and a cer-
tificate forwarded by his employer to the ship-
per. The shipper cannot account for the grade
being so very poor, but as the lumber has been
inspected, as he supposes, by an impartial in-
spector, he is forced to "take his medicine."
There Is hardly a yard in the city of New York
which does not have its own private, special in-
spector duly "licensed" by the association. The
jobber who buys lumber from the manufacturer
and sells to a New York lumber yard, after re-
ceiving an inspection of a car forwards it to the
shipper and tells him that this is the inspection
of a "licensed inspector." He takes particular
care not to mention the fact that the "licensed
inspector" is an employee of his customer, and
the 50 cents "earned" by inspecting goes to his
employer.
The writer of this article Is located in New
York and has been selling the metropolitan trade
for a long while past and is thoroughly con-
versant with the methods employed for "making
money" in grading stock. In nine cases out of
ten where his firm is forced to allow deductions
they are unjust, but to "keep iu" with the trade
they allow them, but the shipper knows nothing
whatever of the matter. Suppose the shipper
wants to have the car which has been inspected
by the "licensed Inspector" (employed by his
customer) reinspectcd by an unprejudiced per-
son, how can he have this done? lie calls upon
the secretary of the New Y'ork Lumber Trade
Association, explains the matter to him and is
advised that as soou as an inspector who is not
engaged can be found he will be glad to bave
the lumber rcinspected. In Greater New Y'ork
there is but one public inspector, who, iu the
opinion of the writer, is unprejudiced and will
give the shipper "a square deal." In talking
with this inspector recently about the farce of
the New York inspection, he stated that this
thing could never be remedied because the lumber
yards wanted their own Inspectors and would
have them. This man is so busy that it is
necessary to file an application with him about a
month before you can get a car inspected. There
are a number of men who have licenses from the
association and w'ho are not employed by the
lumber yards, principally because of their habits.
The National Hardwood Lumber Association
is hardly known in New York, It is true, how-
ever, that they have one inspector here to do the
work for a place having a population of approxi-
mately five millions of people. We recently
received an inspection of four cars of lumber
which we shipped to a large concern in this city,
the inspection having been made by their em-
ployee, a "licensed" inspector of the New York
Lumber Trade Association. We were not sat-
isfied with this inspection and called for a re-
inspectlon. The work of inspecting 42.000 feet
of lumber was done in less than two hours, the
inspection certificates made out and, the 50 cents
per thousand collected from our customer, which
was deducted from our invoice. This charge is
In addition to the one paid our customer's
"li<-ensed" inspector. The inspection was iden-
tically the same to the foot and grade as the
licensed inspector who was an employee of our
customer. We venture to say that the first man
who Inspected the lumber, if he should relnspect
the cars every day for two weeks (without the
lumber having been marked to designate his
former grades) that in every single car there
would have been some difference.
Let us compare the farce of the New Yoirk
inspection with the inspection in Boston. No
yard in the city of Boston has cr could have, if
desired, a licensed inspector on a salary basis.
In Boston there is a surveyor general, an ap-
pointee of the governor of the commonwealth,
who is an up-to-date lumberman and who has an
ntlice at SS Broad street. This surveyor general
has nineteen deputies who are experienced lum-
bermen and impartial. We venture to say that
if a lumber dealer in Boston who had had a car
of lumber rejected should request the surveyor
general to send a certain man to inspect the
car. that his suggestion would be spurned, and
the man who was most familiar with that pai--
tl.ular kind of lumber and best qualified in the
iudament of the surveyor general would be sent
to do the work. In Boston it is only necessary
to call the surveyor general by telephone and
request him to send an inspector to survey a
certain car of lumber; within twenty-four hours
a certificate is delivered to your office. This is
the way business is done in Boston. In New
York you chase around at night to the inspec-
tor's iiome, climb three, four or five flights of
stairs and are informed by the wife of the in-
spector that he is not at home, but will probably
he found at the saloon on the corner. Imagine
the surveyor general in Boston having a deputy
whose business address was at some saloon I
We contend that the New Y'ork Lumber Trade
Association should refuse to issue a license to
emtdoyees of any lumber concern.
We recently had a car of lumber rejected and
the yard to 'whom we sold the stock insisted
upon having (heir paid Inspector go over the
lumber, hut we would not agree to this and.
owing to our being unable to locate a public in-
spector, finally agreed that we would leave the
matter of inspection In the hands of a certain
inspector who was an employee of another .yard.
We then applied to his employer and asked if he
would accommodate us in the matter and he
replied that he was so busy with his own lumber
that he could not spare him. This is the way
things are done iu the Great Metropolis. — New
York .Jobber.
The foregoing letter is from a well-known
New York jobber of lumber. The Lord
knows there is enough to criticize in the
method in which New York Lumber Trade
Association inspection rules are applied in
the Metropolis, but the arraignment made
1 y our correspondent must be regarded con-
siderably in the light of ex parte evidence,
as he has evidently been the victim of par-
ticularly irregular methods in the applica-
tion of the New Y'ork system of inspection.
In New Y'ork, as in all large commercial
centers, there is a deal of business trans-
acted in lumber that is "on the level,"
while there are of course other methods that
are open to criticism.
The statement made that the National
Hardwood Lumber Association is hardly
known in New Y'ork and that they have
only one inspector there to do the work, is
not borne out by the facts, as, during the
month of August, two licensed, salaried in-
spectors, viz., F. P. Southgate, 472A Greene
avenue, Brooklyn; W. T. Holahan and two
extra inspectors, were employed by the Na-
tional Association to handle New York hard-
wood inspection. SuflBce it to say that hard-
■ wood inspection conditions in New York
City are gradually improving, and in the
course of time it will be possible to ship
hardwood lumber to all buyers in that mar-
ket with the assurance of a square deal.
Today it is the part of wisdom ou the part
of lumbermen to know the purchaser pretty
thoroughly before shipments are made.
The favorable comment the correspondent
makes about the method of application of
inspection rules in Boston is just, but it
must further be recalled that the inspection
rules themselves, known as "Boston Sur-
vey," are extremely severe. Shippers to
either market are advised to make, as a
part of their selling bargain, a specification
not only of the system of grades con-
templated in the sale, but also who shall ap-
ply the grading rules in the event of a
dispute. — Ebitoe.
Concerning Laurel.
Louisville, Kv., Sept. G.— Editor Hardwood
Uecord : We should like very much to know
where laurel wood grows, and where we can
obtain some of it. If you can give us this in-
formation we shall appreciate it very much. —
COJIPANT.
Without naming the botany of the wood re-
ferred to, it is diflScult to tell what particular
variety is meant by the common name laurel.
There are half a dozen varieties of American
tree growth which might answer to this
name. The best known of the laurels of
course is the mountain laurel (Kalmia liti-
folia, Linn). This is the great flowering
underbru.sh growth of the lower Appalachian
region which bears the great masses of beau-
tiful blossoms in early June. The wood is
reddish brown, heavy and fine grained, but
so far has not been adapted to commercial
use. The roots of this growth are employed
quite extensively in the manufacture of
' ' French ' ' briar pipes. It is found in great-
est profusion in southern We^t Virginia, east-
ern Tennessee and western North Carolina.
Or it may be that the great flowered mag-
nolia or "bull bay" (Magnolia foetida, Sar-
gent), which in some sections is known as
' ' big laurel ' ' and in others as ' ' laurel-leafed
magnolia," is meant. The range of growth
of this variety of magnolia is along the coast
region of North Carolina, south of the Cape
Fear river, to Florida and as far south as
Tampa bay, westward in the gulf coast re-
gion to Texas and through western Louisiana
and southern Arkansas. The wood of this
magnolia is more valuable thau that of any
other of its genus. It is strong, somewhat
fibrous in its nature and very light in color,
and is worthy a place as a cabinet wood.
The address of the above correspondent will
be supplied upon request to anyone interested
in the class of material sought. — Editor.
Wants Beech Lumber for Plane Stock.
New York, N. Y.. Sept. 13. — Editor Hardwood
Record : Please give ns the names of a few
firms handling beech lumber for plane stock
(manufacturing planes). Thanking you in an-
ticipation of your courtesy, etc. — .
The above inquirer has been supplied with
the names of several concerns manufacturing
beech lumber; on application the addre-ss oi
this correspondent will be furnished to firms
making a specialty of beech lumber for plane
stock. — Editor.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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Veneer ^Department in the SaWmilL
Altliougli all admit the veueer business
lias come to be an important branch of the
hardwood industry, it is generally looked
iipon as something aside from sawmiliing,
Tvhen in reality the cutting of veneer, and
•especially the sawing of quarter-sawed oak
veneer, really belongs to and could be ad-
vantageously carried on in connection with
sawmiliing.
Oak flooring, especially quartered oak,
and veneer fit together nicely and make a
^•lose clean-up of timber. The best plan
is to work the narrow stock into flooring,
?ince in flooring wide stock is not needed,
leaving the wide stock for veneer flitches
where it is not practical to use the narrow.
Thus it will be seen that the two work
together remarkably well, and it is strange
that the plan has not been adopted more
<'xtensively. Probably one reason is that
flooring stock must be thoroughly dried be-
fore it is worked, and it is preferable on
account of weight in shipping to dry it con-
siderably even before shipping it from the
mills to the flooring plant when the mill man
is not a manufactuix'r of flooring, as is quite
frequently the case. In such instances the
sawmill man might pile the narrow stock
for flooring and load up the veneer flitches
while they are green and ship them to the
veneer plant. This is especially good ad-
vice for small portable mills which would
hardly find it practical to install a veneer
saw, and which might profit by this same
idea by getting out stock or flitches for
veneer mills in connection with oak flooring
stock. But in an oak mill of any preten-
sions, especially if it is cutting quartered
oak, it would certainly be worth while to
investigate thoroughly the possibilities of
adding a veneer department where the wide
quartered stock could be immediately cut
into veneer. The future use of oak in cabi-
net work will of necessity be more and more
in the form of veueer since oak is getting
so scarce, and consequently high in price,
that there is no other way to make the sup-
ply meet the enormous demand upon it for
any length of time. Moreover,- built-up
work with a fine veneer face for cabinet
work or any purpose where it is protected
from the elements really has qualities not to
be found in the solid wood. But what more
directly interests the sawmill operator is
that the chances are decidedly in favor of
getting more money out of this fine quar-
tered oak by cutting it into veneer than by
cutting it into lumber, and especially if the
practice heretofore has been to cut it into
thick quartered lumber. The demand for
thick quartered oak probably will never
again be what it once was, as steel has re-
placed wood <juite extensively in the manu-
facture of numerous lines, such as tanks and
casks for breweries, where large quantities
of this oak were formerly used, and two,
three or more plied veneer stock is also being
substituted for thick oak for a great many
uses. This deterioration of the thick oak
market is not to be seriously regretted, as
this same stock can be manufactured into
a product that will bring better returns
than the thick oak ever offered. It is a lit-
tle diflicult to give exact prices on sawed
veneer, as so much depends on figure, grain
and general quality as well as thickness,
but as a rule quartered oak stock cut into
veneer will bring better returns than when
made into solid lumber, and hence if the
process of manufacturing and handling does
not cost too much or lead to excessive
waste, it should offer an inviting field to the
sawmill man making oak lumber.
Generally speaking, the oak that has the
best figure is the brash oak, and it also
w"orks easier than some of the tougher varie-
ties, so that where it can be handled right
it is .sometimes best to work the tough butts
into some line of stock requiring strength
rather than figure. On the other hand, there
is a chance of taking on a confusing variety
of lines, and in some cases it will undoubt-
edly be found best not to try to assort for
figure, but to take all the clear quartered
stock where it runs wide, say 8 inches and
up, and put it into veneer. One can fre-
quently find a sale for the veneer mill-run
so that the user of the veneer will himself
do the sorting for special figure, and thus
save the millman considerable tedious detail
that requires expert knowledge. The people
who study the fine arts in veneer make good
money by carefully sorting veneer and sell-
ing that of fine figure for fancy prices,, the
prices being largely influenced by figure.
However, unless the sawmill operator has
some special talent and inclination in this
direction it is advisable for him to figure on
selling the mill run for a given price, with-
out making any attempt at sorting out and
passing exjiert opinion on each sheet of
veneer.
With the idea of assorting for special
figure eliminated, the process of manufac-
turing quarter-sawed veneer is really very
simple and requires only a small crew. Two
men handle the veneer saw, and while the
work may seem slow and tedious as com-
pared to sawing lumber, they turn out quite
a large quantity of stock, depending of
course on the width of the flitches, the con-
dition of the mill, etc.
After the veneer is sawed for flitches,
which must be done while it is green, not
only because it is easier to do the sawing
then, but because thick lumber checks more
or less in drying, which spoils some of the
veneer, the only thing that remains is to
dry the stock and tie it up into bundles
convenient for handling.
The usual method of drying veneer is to
edge-pile it in racks, and practically the
same method is followed whether the stock
is dried in the open air or in a kiln. A kiln
or hothouse for drying veneer can be made
very easily without a great deal of expense
by simply making an enclosed room with
an open floor and steam pipe coils under-
neath to give heat and providing some
method of ventilating. In a room of this
kind the same piling racks may be utilized
as are used in open-air processes and drying
done regardless of tlie weather. Some manu-
facturers expose the veneers to the direct
rays of the sun and others protect it in
sheds. It is probably better to have the
drying racks under sheds where air drying
is adopted, because this thin stock dries out
very quickly and the intense heat of the
sun in the summertime is often found to be
injurious. Big veneer concerns of course
have special kilns and special methods for
drying veneer, all of which are worthy of
consideration to those going into the busi-
ness on an extensive scale, but the average
sawmill putting in a veneer cutting depart-
ment may, without great expense, provide
means for drying stock as indicated above.
In addition to means for drying there
must, of course, be provided : warehouse
room for storing veneer, which should be a
clean, dry place with the floor enough above
ground to keep it free from moisture. The
veneer after being dried should be tied up
securely in bundles, of a size convenient for
handling, as this not only facilitates loading
and snipping, but serves in a measure to
pi-oteet the veneer, which being thin and
frail is subject to damage in handling.
In connection with this subject it is in
order to say that quarter-sawed oak veneer
is not by any means the cheapest, is not to b"
compared in price to veneer in general anu
is, in fact, the most expensive veneer made
from the same wood. This is partly due to
the fact that veneer sawing is a much
slower process than veneer cutting, and
necessarily cuts away and wastes generally
as much in sawdust as is made in veneer.
Xotwithstanding this, however, the demand
for quarter-sawed veneer is growing rapidly,
since in quality there is absolutely no com-
parison between that and cut stock. Sawed
veneer when faced up shows a surface ex-
actly like that of solid lumber. It has quali-
ties that no cut veneer possesses, and this
point should be remembered when selling it,
so as not to make prices on a basis of those
obtained for cut veneer.
The usual thickness for quarter-sawed
veneer is 1/20, 1/18 and 1/16 of an inch for
thin stock, and % and ^4 of an inch for
heavy stock, such as is used for doors and
various kinds of planing mill work. Before
beginning to cut anything of this kind, of
course, it is best to find a prospective mar-
ket and see just what it uses and what
quantity and widths in the various thick-
nesses. At the present time there is not
much demand for narrow widths, say 6
inches and under, notwitlistanding the fact
that large quantities are used by the fur-
niture trade, they evidently figuring on
getting the narrow stock out of working the
wide. This is another reason why, as stated
above, veneer and flooring may, ip- worked
in combination to great advantage in mak-
ing the most economical utilization of
timber.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
In JVorthern Wisconsin and Michigan.
LOGGING SCENE AT STANLEY. WIS., OPERATIONS,
WESTERN LUMBER COMPANY.
NORTH
MILL AND LOG POND, NORTH WESTERN LUMBER
COMPANY.
Probably there is no other place in the
United States where the rugged battle with
nature has been waged more successfully,
or where men of finer mold have been en-
gaged in the work of converting vast
stretches of virgin timberland into wealth
than in the great woods of the north. The
opportunities of the region and the obstacles
to be overcome seemed to have called out
the best qualities of those who have made
the marketing of timber their profession.
In the old days when the forests were first
invaded the men who laid ax to the trees
were of a sturdy pioneer type, full of cour-
age and perseverance. During these latter
days it takes men of no less resourcefulness
and business capacity to push on to a suc-
cessful conclusion the operations whose
foundations were laid a generation ago.
North Western Lumber Company.
The North Western Lumber Company of
Eau Claire and Stanley, Wis., is one of
the largest concerns in the state. It had
its origin some thirty years ago when D. E.
Moon, S. T. McKnight and Gilbert E. Por-
ter formed a partnership and purchased
what was then known as the Porter mills,
located some four miles from Eau Claire on
the Chippewa River. At that time it was
only a small circular mill, but under the
wise management of these two veteran lum-
bermen it steadily grew until it became one
of the largest plants in that section of the
country. Of the original founders of the
company, Mr. Moon and Mr. Porter have
passed away, but Mr. McKnight still lives.
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LOG LOADER IN OPER.VnoN, NORTH
WESTERN LUMBER COMPANY.
hale and vigorous, in Minneapolis, where he
is enjoying a well-earned retirement from
active business life.
The progressive traditions of the firm are
still maintained under the direction of the
now active management. The officers, G. T.
Barber, president; S. Y. Moon, vice-presi-
dent and treasurer; C. D. Moon, secretary,
and George H. Chapman, manager, are all
well known in the business life of the state.
From its inception until the present time
the company has enjoyed a rapid and de-
served progress. When the old Porter mills
were closed down, the plant had been en-
larged to several times its original capac-
ity. The single circular sawmill had grown
into two modern mills and a planing mill,
all equipped with the most modern and ef-
ticipnt machinery. When the timber adja-
cent to the first plant had been depleted, the
company bought a mill at Eau Claire, oper-
ating a two band gang mill. Later it pur-
chased a plant at Sterling, twenty miles from
Stanley, known as the Sterling Lumber Com-
|riny, which consists of two band mills and
sj.ing with a capacity of 50,000 feet every
t( n hours. The operation has also a plan-
ing mill and dry kilns.
The North Western Lumber Company is
one of the largest operators in the state.
It owns large tracts of standing timber and
stumpagc in the upper part of Wisconsin,
and owns and operates a logging road with
a main line forty-five miles long, besides
various branches, known as the Stanley,
MILL AND YARD, INGRAM LUMBER COMPANY, INGRAM, WIS.
LOG TRAIN, INGRAM LUMBER COMPANY, INGRAM,
HARDWOOD RECORD
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Merrill *: Phillips Railroad. Besides its
purely lumber activities, the, company oper-
ates a daily schedule of passenger trains
which pass through one of the wildest and
most beautiful routes in the northern woods.
Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company.
The ci'iteiiou of every man 's ahi]it\' is
tlie (pialily nt work hp does. A f:illnw field
GEOUGE W. .MASON, PKES. MASON DONALD
SON LUMBER COMPANY. ItlllNE-
LANDER, WIS.
ni;iy contain the possibilities Of a rich liar-
vcst. but unless the labor is expended to
render it productive, it will remain barren
to the rnd. So with men. There may, per-
haps, be characters of great ability hidden
ill obscure positions, but, as a general rule,
it will lie found that the reason of their
failure tu rise is because of the .lack of
some distinguishing characteristic of initia-
tive or readiness to grasp an occasion that
in a country so pregnant with opportunities
as ours almost invariably marks the suc-
ii'ssful man.
The reward that comes from thorough pre
paredness and hard work is illustrated in
the career of the Mason-Donaldson Lumber
f'ompany of Ehinelander, Wis. A little
more than three years old, it has achieved
a positioti of conimandiiig imjiortaiu'e in the
Iniiiliei' trade of the state. In 1905 the
cnmpany handled over 35,000,000 feet, and
in 1P06 will probably handle 60,000,000 feet.
It also manufactures lumber, and last year
anpiircd the liigh capacity mill of the Wil-
l.iir Lumber Company, at State Line, Wis.,
where it owns 9,000 acres of hemlock and
hardwooil timber. Connected with the oper-
ation is a narrow gauge railroad, fuUj-
equipped for logging purposes, by which the
logs are hauled to the mill. Besides the
holdings mentioned, the company has an ad-
ditional stumpage in the same locality,
which brings the total acreage up to i;i),000,
and is expected to furnish work for the mill
for the next twenty years.
Hoth (ieo. W. Mason, president of the
■ •om|iany, and Carl H. Donaldson, secretary
and treasuier, know the business from the
uniund up. Their dominant characteristic
is energy. Ceo. W. Mason entered the em-
ploy of Brown Brothers when he was six-
teen years old and remained with them for
seventeen years, working both in the office
auil on the road, and in both .positions ac-
(|uiriiii; knnwled.ge that afterward became
inxaluahic to him. Carl H. Donaldson also
worki-d fur Brown Brothers, beginning in
the yards and working through all the de
tails of the business upi to the position of
sales manager. It is characteristic of both
men that in the highest as well as in the
more subordinate positions they showed
cpialities of foresight and resourcefulness.
Besides tlie general offices of the company
at Rhinelander, a branch office is maintained
in Chicago, in charge of A. C. Q\uxley.
The E. Connor Company.
No statement of buuber operations in
VViscousiii is complete without mentioning
the li. Connor Company, which is at once
one of the oldest and largest concerns in
the state. The firm owes its origin to Rob-
ert Connor, father of W. D. Connor and
Robert Connor, Jr., the men who are now
the active spirits in charge of the enter-
|.rise. The father was born in Scotland, but
earlv in life came to America and settled
ill I he Wisconsin woods, at that time only
thinly settled liy white men, where he
adcijiti'il the profession of farming. In those
early days there was practically no market
for the valuable hardwoods of the country
and the majority of the settlers burned tim-
ber to secure farming lands. Robert Con-
nor, however, with rare foresight, invested
in tract after tract and ultimately when the
needs of the market warranted it, erected
a sawmill at Auburndale, ten miles east of
Marshfiidd. Wis. His work was not unre-
C. IL DON.\LDSON. SEC.-TREAS. MASON-
DONALDSON LUMBER COMPANY,
RHINELANDER, WIS.
warded, for the business grew to propor-
tions unheard of in those days, and when
the sons, W. D. and Robert, Jr., were grow-
ing to manhood they received an education
as lumbermen that included every detail of
the business.
Tlie company successfully weathered the
panic of 1S93 and when the recurrent years
of prosperity swept over the country, was
in position, from its extensive holdings in
hardwoods, to supply the most exacting
needs of the trade. From that time the his-
tory of the firm has been one of continual
progress. During 1894 and 1895 the ac-
tivities of the R. Connor Company included,
ill ailditioii to the plants at Auburndale and
Stratford, two mills in Clark county and
seven other mills, with a total yearly out-
put apjiroximating 50, (HID, 0(10 feet. The hold-
LUMIJKK KKADV FOR SHIPMENT, NORTH SHORE LUMBER
COMPANY, THOJIPSON, MICH.
IdADIXG \ESSEL AT DOCKS OF NORTH SHORE LUMRER
COMPANY, THOMPSON, MICH.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
PAXOKAJIiC VIEW PLANT WISCONSIN LAND & LUMBER COMPANY, HERJIANSVILLE, MICH.
ings of the company in that section are still
sufficient to keep it busy for several years.
At Stratford, in Marathon county, there is
enough timber to keep the mill of 20,000,000
feet yearly capacity running fifteen years
longer, and the holdings of the company at
Laona, where the concern has lately acquired
extensive tracts, will supply the mill for
probably thirty years to come. The opera-
tions here, which began in 1901, consist of
a double band mill and a shingle and lath
mill, besides a planing mill. It has twelve
miles of logging road and an annual capac-
ity of 20,000,000 feet. The company also
controls extensive holdings in Iron, Ashland
and Oneida counties and many thousands of
acres in the novtheru peninsula of Michi-
gan.
W. D. Connor has become well known not
only through his successful business opera-
tions, but also because of the services he
rendered the state in the recent stormy po-
litical times. His devotion to the cause of
the people has won him many friends
throughout the entire commonwealth, and as
a result of his good work he has been made
the candidate of the Republican party in
his state for lieutenant-governor.
Eobert Connor, Jr., was born on the farm
at Auburndale in 1878. He attended the
district schools and later entered Hanover
College, at Madison, Ind. His experience
in lumbering was gained, like that of his
brother, by actual work at the mill and
yard, and then by passing through the va-
rious subordinate grades in the executive
end of the business.
The E. Connor Company is conceded one
of the most powerful factors in the lumber
life of the state. The men at its head are
thorough masters of the business. They
have an intimate knowledge of the work
and control holdings of such an extent that
the future will see their influence aug-
mented rather than decreased.
Ingram Lumber Company.
At Wausau, "Wis., are the main offices of
the Ingram Lumber Company, a concern
which, during its comparatively short life,
has made a notable impression in hardwood
lumber circles. C. S. Curtis, president; F.
H. Pardoe, vice-president, and A. H. Clark,
secretary and treasurer, are all splendidly
equipped for their work. They are men of
such experience in the business that there
can be no doubt of the important part their
company will play in the lumber markets
of the country.
Their main timber holdings are located
just outside the town of Ingram and con-
sist of a tract of some 16,000 acres, bear-
ing basswood, birch, elm, ash, oak and hem-
lock. The operation includes a modern saw
and planing mill, having a capacity of 14,-
000,000 feet of mixed stock annually, with
eight miles of logging road and every mod-
ern device for handling the stock from the
tree to the market. The future of the busi-
ness is bright, not only because of the valu-
able holdings of the company, but also be-
cause the men in charge of the work are
conversant with market conditions and can
be trusted to make the most possilile out of
their holdings. ,
Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company.
The offices of the Wisconsin Land .Sc Lum-
ber Company are located at Hermansville,
Mich., at the .iuuction of the Soo and Chi-
cago & Northwestern Railways. Here also
are the two large sawmills, shingle mills
and hardwood flooring factory of the con-
cern. The village is practically owned by
the company, nearly all the inhabitants be-
ing employed at the works, and all the in-
dustries of the town being under the super
intendence of the owners of the lumber op-
erations. The company conducts a general
merchandise store, meat market and machine
shop, besides the mills that are engaged in
producing lumber products. It also oper-
ates a logging railroad with locomotives and
rolling stock.
Dr. George W. Earle, of Hermansville, is
president of the company, and the history
of the operation is largely the story of his
pvogressiveness and ability. Dr. Earle was
graduated from the Bufi'alo Medical College
in 1872 and took up the practice of his pro-
fession in Onondago county. New York,
where he speedily secured a large clientele.
Through his father-in-law he made a heavy
investmeut in the operation of the Wiscon-
sin Land & Lumber Company and, believing
that his health could be benefited by the
change, he removed to Hermansville. While
there he also took occasion to study the
lumber business. The company was in finan-
cial difficulties, with a he.avy load of debts
to care for, bonds having been issued from
time to time in settlement of its obligations.
Matters became so serious that Dr. Earle
was invited, on the reorganization of the
company, to become vice-president and as-
sistant manager. He took up the work, but
the associated management, after struggling
for some years, gave up the task as hope-
less. Foreclosure being threatened on sev-
eral mortgages, the principal stockholder
determined to turn his interests over to the
creditors and advised Dr. Earle to do the
same. The latter, however, against all ad-
vice shouldered the responsibilities of the
company and began an up-hill battle against
the accumulated indebtedness. He was so
successful that he not only discharged the
liabilities, but the second mortgage bonds,
before considered worthless, were paid, dol-
lar for dollar. The company was then re-
organized under Michigan laws and since
that time has had a successful career. Dr.
Earle occupies a high place among his con-
temporaries and his worth as a business
man was recognized when his associates of
the Maple Flooring Association elected him
to the office of president of that organiza-
tion.
An Opportunity in Southern Hardwoods.
Good hardwood timber lands are now
scarce and every year is adding to the
difficulty in locating hardwood timber
accessible to railroad or other transporta-
tion facilities. The Western National
Bank, of Louisville, Ky., offers an excel-
lent opportunity for the hardwood manu-
facturer who wishes to procure a location
with these advantages for manufacturing.
The bank has a tract of oak timber land
which is located within a short distance of
three railroads. The tract is rich bottom
land and would be valuable for cotton rais-
ing after the timber has been removed.
HARDWOOD RECORD
23
Meeting of Wisconsin HardWood Lumbermen's Assn.
Tlie eleventh annual meeting of the Wis-
fousiu Hardwood Lumbermen's Association
was held on Tuesday, September 18, at the
Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Wis., with a fair
number of members in attendance. Presi-
dent K. P. Arpin called the meeting to order
rKK.«;iPEXT E. p. AKt'IN, ARPIN HARD-
WOOD LUMBER COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS.
at 10 o'clock and, after the minutes of the
last meeting at Marshfield had been read
and approved, made a short talk on the
progress of the work of the association.
President Arpin 's Address.
Thp past year has been one of exceptional pros-
perit.v for the entire country, and the hardwood
lumber industry prospered fully as well as most
of the other industries. The demand has con-
stantly kepi ahead of the supply, and the result
has been in some cases that there has been a
lack of supply, especially in ash, while the
supply of dry, plain oak has never been up to
requirements.
When we consider the fast diminishing source
of supply and the immense demands on it
through the natural growth of this country, it
can readily be seen that the situation will
always be strong. Those who are fortunate
enough to have timber holdings have become
alive to the fact that the supply is being nar-
rowed down yearly and will always prefer to
hold their timber rather thao to sacrifice it.
The value of the associaiion work has been
manifested in many different ways during the
past season. The committee appointed by the
National Lumber Manufacturers' Association to
take up the subject of equipment of flat and
gondola cars have already been offered a con-
cession by the railroads of an allowance of 500
pounds on each' car. This allowance is now
being made by most all the leading lines. As
you all know, the committee having this in
hand will endeavor to secure an order from the
Interstate Commerce Commission requiring the
railroads to equip the cars with permanent
stakes or pay for such equipment when fur-
nished by the manufacturers.
A meeting before the Interstate Commerce
Commission will he held in Chicago tomorrow.
September 10. Your committee, appointed by
this association to secure the cooperation of the
National Limiber Manufacturers' Association
and the National Hardwood Lumber Association
on west coast rate matters, was successful in
securing the cooperation of these associations.
I attach herewith a report signed by I". H.
Pardoe, George E. Foster and E. R. Week, mem-
bers of the association, who attended the meet-
ing of the National Lumber Manufacturers'
Association at St. Louis on May .S and 9.
This committee showed remarkable energy in
securing the passage of a resolution before the
National Lumber Manufacturers' Association,
thereby securing the cooperation of the thirteen
ainilated associations in this matter. The com-
mittee appointed by President William Irvine
of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associ-
ation to meet with the Transcontinental Freight
Bureau consisted of John B. Ransom, of .Nash-
ville. Tenn., Eugene Shaw of Eau Claire, Wis.,
and your president. The committee met at two
difTci-cnt times in Chicago in connection with a
similar committee appointed by the National
Hardwood Lumber Association, viz.. O. O. Agler
of Chicago, .7. M. Pritchard of Indianapolis and
G. .1. Landcck of Milwaukee: also Lewis Dos-
ter, secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers'
Association of the United States.
At the first meeting they ascertained that
the Transcontinental Freight Btu'eau bad post-
poned its meeting until July Ui. Our commit-
tee secured a hearing on July l.><, at which time
the subject was entered into fully, and we were
in hopes from what encouragement we had ob-
tained through interviews with the tratfic mana-
gers of the different roads that we would be
successful. Later on, however, we were ad-
vised that our petition for lower rates had been
rejected.
Our committee afterward met (or the third
time in Chicago to draw up a plan of action and
make a report to our respective associations.
VICE I'HESIDENT B. W. DAVIS, JOHN R.
DAVIS LUMBER COMPANY, PHILLIPS.
This time new developments occurred which
seemed to warrant the postponement of draw-
ing up a special report, and it was left to a
special committee consisting of your president
and O. 0. Agler.
We are now informed by the traffic managers
of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and
Canadian Pacific that they are about to grant a
rate of (50 cents per hundred from Chicago and
common points, based on a minimum weight of
.■jO.OOO pounds. We believe that the other lines
will also make concession at this rate, and that
it will eventually result in our securing the
reduction we are asking for.
William H. White, president of our newly
organized ilichigan Hardwood Manufacturers'
Association, requested your president to attend
their meeting held at Mackinac Island on Aug-
ust S. There was a good attendance at this
meeting, and the result will no doubt be that
the Michigan association will soon be perma-
nently and strongly organized and the result
win be beneficial to the entire trade.
The most important subjects that came up at
this meeting were those of grading and inspec-
tion rules. The manufacturers were strong in
the opinion that common and better lumber
should be graded from the best side of the
board and that a board measuring one-half inch
in width should go into the higher unit, and
iliose below should go into the next lower one,
I hereby establishing the give and take prin-
ciple on this question of measurement.
They appointed a committee to confer with
the National Hardwood Lumber Association to
take up the question of rules and, as this ques-
tion is bound to come up before long, think it
wituld be advisable to have a committee from
this association prepared to consider this im-
))ort:int question when the proper time arrives.
I feel that I have received hearty cooperation
from all the members in the work required, for
which I am duly thankful.
The lumber press has always been active and
diligent in furthering the interests of our asso-
ciation work and has given us valuable aid, for
which it is entitled to a vote of thanks.
The report of the secretary being next
in the order of business, the president
called on Jlr. Boebee, who submitted the
following:
Report of the Sscretary.
After the thorough manner in which President
.\rpln has taken up the several matters of In-
terest to the association, it barely seems neces-
sary for the secretary to make a report on the
same questions, therefore such matters as car
stake equipment, etc., will be omitted from
this report.
Liuring the last year this association has lost
five members on account of the firms going out
of business. During the same period we have
gained nine new members, and our present roll
of membership now consists of the names of
sixty firms. Recently the secretary sent out
blanks for collecting statistics in regard to dry
and green lumber and logs in the hands of
members of the association September 1, 1900.
We have received thirty-tour replies, and the
following is a summary of the varinns reports;
Mill Run, No. 3 Com-
mon !iud Better.
Dry Green
Lumber. Lumber. Logs. Totals.
.\sh 2.057.00(1 7-17.000 :iO,000 2,.S34,oOO
B.asswood . 16.S83.000 4,247.0110 825.000 21,7.->8.Oii0
Birch . . 32,590,000 6,0211,000 1,823.0011 40.442.000
Butternut . 50.000 174.000 18.000 242,000
Kock Elm.. 1,760.000 471.0<X1 6J,(HlO 2 20.').000
Sort Elm.. 7,541,000 1,445,0011 022.000 !l. 608,000
Maple S.976,000 4.188,000 2,;i51.0lMI 15,515.00.1
Red Oak. . . 1.680,000 906.000 1:16.000 2,722,000
■White Onk. 658.000 99,000 138,000 895,0:0
72.19o;000 1S.3IJ7.000 5.807.000 96,309.000
SKCUKTARY A. E. BKEUEE, B. F. McMILLAN
i BRO., McMillan.
It may be of interest at this time to state
that a stock report gathered March 10, 1905,
in which thirty-seven members reported, showed
a total stock on hand of 230,129,000 feet.
After a motion had been made and passed
that the report of the secretary be received
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HARDWOOD RECORD
aud filed, the report of F. H. Pardoe, George
E. Foster and A. K. Week, the committee
appointed to attend the meeting of the Na-
tional Lumber Manufacturers' Association
at St. Louis, May 8 and 9, was submitted.
Wausat, Wis.. May 16, 1906.
Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association.
E. P. Arpin, President. Grand Rapids, Wis.
Gentlemen : — Your eomn\ittec. appointed to
attend the National Lumber ^Lanufacturers' As-
sociation at St. Louis. Jlo.. Ma.v .S aud 0. submit
the following report for your worthy considera-
tion :
Tbe meeting was most pleasant aud profitable
and was attended by about fifty delegates repre-
senting the various allied associations from all
sections of the I.'nited States, whose combined
production aggregates 12.000.000.000 feet annu-
ally.
Mr. Kellogg of the Government Forestry De-
partment had prepared for the occasion statis-
tical tables showing the annual production of
the diefereut kinds of woods by states, togetloer
with the supply of each kind of woods by states,
together with the supply of eacb kind on hand
January 1. 1SI05, whicb showed the annual pro-
duction in board feet to be about 27,000.000.000.
and estimates that his figures represented be-
tween 80 per ceut and ',)0 per cent of the total
amount produced in the United States annually.
A committee consisting of one member from
each association was appointed to report on the
credit rating department inaugurated some time
GKORGE E. KOSXKK, !• OSTEK-I.ATIMER
LUMBER COMPANY, MELLKN.
ago by the National association. (George E.
l''oster of this committee represented your asso-
ciation in that capacity.) That committee re-
ported the credit rating department in a most
satisfactory condition, it having cost about
.f27.000 up to date, aud tbat it could without
doubt be disposed of to competitive credit cor-
porations for a sum considerably in excess of
the actual cost. They further recommended that
the outstanding indebtedness be retired by an
issue of five year 0 per cent interest bearing
bonds to the amount of .$30,000. and the estab-
lishing of branch agencies through several dif-
ferent secretaries of allied associations for the
convenience of members w'ho cannot communicate
with the St. Louis othce readily. The commit-
tee's resolution was adopted by the association
and the secretary was instructed to carry this
work forward. Tbe amount allotted to tlie Wis-
consin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association was
!f.">00. of whicb .$.?00 has now been subscribed.
Tbe delegates present representing other associ-
ations pledged the full amoimt of their respec-
tive associations, and at first your committee
was doubtful as to tbe advisability of pledging
this amount, as no such autbority bad been
delegated to it, but upon further consideration
it was the unanimous opinion of tlie committee
that tills association could not afford to be
behind in this important work, and pledged the
amount allotted to this association and respect-
fully asks your support of their position.
Your committee also secured the adoption of
a resolution protesting against the present west
bound freight rates on hardwood lumber from
Chicagti and common points to the Pacific coast
territory, and the appointment of a committee
consisting of E. P. Arpin. Grand Rapids, Wis.,
chairman : John B. Ransom, Nashville. Tenn. ;
Eugene Shaw, Eau Claire. Wis., to take this
matter up with the Transcontinental Freight
Bureau and its allied lines and secure a reduc-
tion of west bound freight rates. We were
ably assisted in this movement by the delegates
representing the Hardwood Manufacturers' As-
sociation of the United States, as the committee
nn resolutions had declined to report our reso-
lution and we were obliged to place the matter
hefure the open meeting. It was introduced on
I lie floor by I!. H. Vansant of Ashland. Ky.. and
supported by the members of your committee,
and was finally adopted.
Your committee is also indebted to J. E. Defe-
baugh. editor of the American Lumberman, tor
his active support of this resolution, and also
to many others present whose influence was
favorable to our resolution.
We are also pleased to state that William
Irvine of Chippewa Falls, Wis., was elected
president, and George E. Foster of Mellen. Wis..
was chosen to represent this association on the
board of governors for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted,
F. H. Pardoe,
George E. foster.
A. R. Weeic.
After the reading of the rejiort of the
committee it was ordered filed, ou motion,
and the treasurer's report was then presented.
The statement of receipts and disbursements
was as follows:
Treasurer's Eeport.
KIXEIPTS.
From W. J. Colby, treasurer $231.46
From left over, 1905 25.00
Fnim members 24.00
From sale of books of grading rules 3.00
From 1 906 dues 307.50
■I'otai $.590.96
nISlSURSEMENTS.
For stamps $ 46.30
I'or printing, stationery, office supplies,
* etc 112.65
For National Lumber Manufacturers' as-
sessment 100.00
I'or assessment to car stake and equip-
ment committee 100.00
For secretary's salary for one year 120.00
For balance on band 112.01
Total $590.90
After the secretary's report had been
lead and filed Mr. Beebee congratulated the
members on the fact that all dues had been
paid up.
This being the annual meeting of the as-
sociation and the election of new officers
being in order, President Arpin then ap-
pointed a nominating committee, consisting
of Eugene Sha-w, Geo. H. Chapman and Geo.
E. Foster.
Remarks of Lewis Doster.
Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association of the United
States, was called on for a speech and re-
]died, stating the objects of his organization
and the progress lately made in their work.
He called special attention to the value of
the information bureau established and the
means taken to protect the members from
unjust dealings, stating that in this last
effort the association had been especially
successful. He closed by assuring the Wis-
consin organization that his association
stood ready to work together with them on
any points that .might benefit the hardwood
trade at large.
O. O. Agler Talks.
0. 0. Agler, first vice-president of the
National Hardwood Lumber Association,
also responded to an invitation to address
the meeting and made a short reply, stating
that, although he did not come to the meet-
ing as a representative of the National As-
sociation, he was glad to call attention to
what that body was doing to perfect an in-
spection department. In regard to the
strength of the association he stated that it
has now over 600 members. He closed by
stating that, although not of that state, he
had always been interested in Wisconsin
woods and believed that whatever the Wis-
consin Association would do would be for
the best interests of all concerned.
On motion the meeting adjourned until 2
o 'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Officers Electedr
When the meeting was called to order
the report of the nominating committee
was presented, recommending that all the
old officers be retained in their positions,
and a motion to that effect was made and
passed. President Arpin was called upon
to say a few words in regard to his re-
election and in rejily thanked the associa-
tion for the honor it liad conferred upon
him, recalling to them that wdieu he ac-
cepted the post last year he lealized that
GFDRGE H. CHAPMAN. NORTH WESTER.N
LUMBER COMPANY, STANLEY.
there was considerable work to be done. He
stated that the work was even more than
he anticipated and thought it would be a
good thing if the association would take
into consideration the appointment of a sec-
retary who could devote his whole attention
to the work, getting information, making
statistics and otherwise providing data for
the association.
Expense Accomits of Committees.
In the course of tlie consideration of the
work of the various committees who have
been going from place to place attending to
the business of the association, the question
arose as to the expense account of the
various members when looking after the in-
terests of the organization, and it was
finally moved by H. C. Hunii)hrey that the
association pay all the necessary expenses of
such committees in attendance on the work
of the association, the expenses to be passed
upon by the Board of Directors. The motion
was passed, and the meeting proceeded to
the consideration of grading and inspection.
HARDWOOD RECORD
Gradiirg and Inspection.
Fi-i>si(lent Arpin called the attcntiou of
the meeting to tlie importauce of tlie ques-
tion and stated that he would be glad to
liear from any of the members who had
anything to say on grading from the bet-
ter side of the board. In response to a
qncstion as to what the Michigan people
;ire doing, he stated that as far as he could
leavn they are in favor of grading from
tlie better side of the board, but that they
had taken no official action and thought that
they would take none until their association
was better organized.
In regard to inspection au animated dis-
I iission was carried on, many of the speakers
favoring a system of inspection under tlie
Wisconsin Association itself. President
.\rpin called attention to the fact that tfie
question had arisen last year and that after
I he meeting inquiries had been sent to the
\ arious members of the association and that
Ihe replies received showed that most of the
Ti'.cmbcrs were ojiposed to it, but that he
would be glad to hear any further discus-
sion on the subject.
IldWKI.L C. HU.Ml'HUEY, G. W. JOXES LUM-
BER COMPANY, APPLETON.
After a discussion in which the merits of
t he different kinds of inspection were passed
upon, it was moved by Mr. Pardee that a
committee of three be appointed to go over
the matter carefully and formulate a plan
if, in their .iudgment, it is advisable to
establish some plan of inspection in con-
junction with the National Association. The
motion was seconded and carried, and F. H.
I'ardoe, Geo. H. Chapman and Geo. E. Fos-
ter were appointed a committee.
There being no further business, the body
:idjoiirned.
Attendance.
K(i. .7. Yciiuig. .Madison. Wis., P.rittiugham A:
Vuuiig Co.
George E. Foster, Mellen, Foster-Latimer Liim
her Co.
.1. E. Gillett, Eau Claire, Dells Lumber &
Shingle Co.
II. C. Humphrey, Appleton. G. W. Jones Lum-
ber Co.
A. H. Ruth, Chicago, G. W. Jones Lumber Co.
R. T. Doud, Winona, Minn., Doud, Sons & Co.
A. H. Barnard, Minneapolis, Minn., A. H.
Barnard.
A. K. Owen. Owen. John S. Owen Lumber Co.
\V. \V. llfluemanD, Wausau, B. Heiuemann
Lumber Co.
F. J. Byrne, II.ihdwood Record. Chicago.
Eugene Shaw, Eau Claire, Daniel Sliaw Lum-
ber Co.
A. !•:. Becbcc. McMillan. B. F. McMillan &
Bro.
L. H. Wheeler. Wansau, Wheeler-Timlin Lum-
ber Co.
George Maxsou, Dunbar. Girard Lumber Co.
C. II. Donaldson, Rhinelander, Mason-Donald-
son Lumber Co.
F. II. I'ardoe, Wausau, Fenwood Lumber Co.
George H. Chapman, Stanley, North Western
Lumber Co.
B. W. Davis, Phillips, John It. Davis Lumber
Co.
William C. Klann, Milwaukee. Rietbrock Land
& Lumber Co.
V. .1. Aburg. Milwaukee. RietbrocI; Laud &
Lumber Co.
W. E. McGraw. Sopcri.m. Mcn.iniinee Bay
Shore Lumber Co.
J. D. R. Stevens, Eau Claire. William J. Starr.
J. F. Hughes, Owen, John S. Owen Lumber Co.
E. P. Arpin, Grand Kapids, Arpin Hardwood
Lumber Co.
L. E. Fuller, Chicago, American Lumberman.
.1. F. Hayman, Minneapolis, Mississippi Valley
Lumberman.
O. O. Agler, Chicago. I'pham & Agler.
Lewis Doster, Chicago, Hardwood Manufac.
tiirers' .Association.
A. R. Owen on New Price List Adopted by
His Firm.
Jn discussing conditions after the meeting
liad adjourned, A. E. Owen of the John S.
Owen Lumber Company, of Owen, Wis.,
called attention to the prosperous condition
of the hardwood trade during the past year
and in particular to the bright outlook for
the trade of the Wisconsin lumbermen. In
s]ieaking of prices he stated that his firm
would advance ash in log run and firsts and
seconds and No. 1 common $1. In birch a re-
duction of ,$1 would be made on log run, $2
reduction on firsts and seconds and No. I
common. Butternut will remain unchanged. In
basswood log run will be advanced .'iO cents,
making it .IsSl, and in firsts and seconds and
Xo. 1 common there will be an advance of
.+1. In rock elm they will add $1 to the
]'rice of log run and also advance firsts and
seconds and No. 1 common $1. bridge plank
also takes an advance of $1.
In all the other items the price will remain
about the same. Mr. Owen stated that he
thought the condition of trade warranted
the advance and felt that his firm could get
if, although he could not say what the other
firms would do in the matter. The_ prices,
however, he said were fair and might be
taken as an average of what the lumber was
worth. The changes suggested by Mr. Owen
are embodied in the following schedule,
prices lieing f. o. b. Wausaw. Wis., freight
rate:
ASH
1
1
I'/i
litg run ( X(i
and I'Vi' in.
Comuiou outj .
. $U0.0O
1st
and 2nd
No. 1
Com.
No. 2
Com.
No. 3
Com.
in. and thicker
in. log run (mixed color. .No. 3 Common out).. 18.00
in. ( red out )
in. and 1 V;. in
$.S!1.00
41.1)1)
42.00
47.00
.1!26,no
2.S.n()
29.0(1
Kl .00
$14.00
lO.OO
10. oo
10.(1(1
S1 1.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
1 in. red . . . .
1 'i in. and 1 %
2 V" in. and thicker
f'nrly birch, red and white
29.00
31.00
32.00
38.00
40.00
40.00
42.00
73.00
10.00
18.00
:o.oo
26.00
28.00
28.00
30.00
."lO.llO
12.00
12.00
13.00
l.-).00
l.T.OO
15.00
1 5.00
25.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
BUTTER-
NUT
RASSWOOn
SOFT ELM
1
1
1 It in.
in. log run (Nn
I'lunmon out) .
25.00
and 1 % in .
Common out) .
, S ft. to 10 ft.
21.00
38'.(K)
in ■.■•;•• •-.'-'
in. Box Common i .\"os. 2 and 3 Com. mixed i. i.i
For sorting basswood to lengths of 10 and 12
00
1 in. log run ( No. :
1 in.. 5 in. to 11 in
12 in. and wider. . .
1 % in. and 1 V2 in. .
2 in.
1
For sorting
ft. add $2 per M ft
1 in. log run ( No. 3 Cummon oui ) . . . it??D
1 >4 in.. IV, in. and 2 in. lug run (.No. 3 Com. out) 21.00
1 Vi in.. 1 V2 in. and 2 in
2 V. in. and thicker
1 in. log run (No. 3 Common out)..... .\ r>i?w,
I'i in.. IV. in. and 2 in. log run (No. 3 Com. out) 2i.00
1 " '
11
35.00
40.00
42.00
25.00
30.00
32.00
15.00
20.00
22.00
12.00
13.00
12.00
30.6()
21.00
10.00
iV.oo
'34.(m')
30.00
25.00
17.00
16.00
15.00
14.00
20.00
in. 00
1K.0O
11.00
32.00
21.00
1 3.00
11.00
33.00
24.00
13.00
11.00
I in.
ROCK ELM r.
and 11
and thicker.
Bridge' p1ank,' 2'Yn":,' ali ■lengths. 1 V.OO
Bridge Plank. 3 in. and thicker, all lengths 19.00
of one length add .$2.
1 in ■•■•
1 "4 in. and 1 Va iu
30.00
24.00
15.00
10.011
40.00
20.00
17.00
1(1 110
40.00
28.00
10.00
10.00
43.00
33.00
22.00
10.00
RED OAK
wiii'ii:
and thicker. . .' 1 ■-';.;,
wormv Common and bettor ,■.■/• i.AA
in, in and 2 in. wormy Common and better 1 1 .00
30.00
53.00
55.00
fiO.OO
38.00
41 .00
43.00
48.00
27.00
30.00
32.00
37.00
9.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
in. and 1 '
J i._. in. and thicker
I'.riilgc Plank. 2 in., all lengths
Bridge Plank. 2'/; In. and 3 in..
Of one length add .f2.
43.00
49.00
51.00
55.00
33.00
39.00
41.00
45.00
23.00
27.00
2t).00
n.oo
10.00
10.00
17.00
21.00
HARD
MAPLE
SOFT
MAPLE
all lengths. . . .
run (No. 3 Common out I 14.00
1 in. to 2 in. loi
1 1 J in. and 1 '/i in
2 Vj in. and thicker
1 to 2 in. log run (No. 3 Common out) 10.00
1 to 2 in
24.00
20.00
26.00
30.00
14.00 11.00
16.00 11.00
16.00 11.00
20.00 16.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
12.00
9.00
26
HARDWOOD RECORD
NeWs Miscellany.
Cape Girardeau Meeting.
The previously announced district meeting of
tlie Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, about
the date of which there has been considerable
confusion, has been ofHcially set for October '.}.
A CORNER OF THE IXTEKIOIt.
The conference wili assemble on that date in the
rooms of the Commercial Club. Cape Girardeau.
Mo., at 2 :30 p. m. In view of the fact that
there are several questions of more than passing
interest to be discussed the attendance will
probably be large.
The "Lumber Yard" at the Cinciimati Fall
Festival.
The members of the Lumbermen's Club of
Cincinnati are proverbially hospitable to the
stranger within the gates of their city. The
recent Fall Festival, from August 28 to Sep-
tember 22, an event held almost every year by
Cincinnati merchants and manufacturers for the
FLAT CAR WITH HARVEY STAKE COL-
LAPSED.
purpose of bringing out-of-town visitors to the
city, they made the occasion of special interest
to visiting lumbermen both in a social and
business way. Invitations were extended the
trade to visit the headquarters of the club dur-
ing their stay in the city and an attractive little
booklet, bound in imitation veneer, was gotten
FLAT CAR WITH HARVEY STAKE IN PO-
SITION.
up, containing the names of the members of the
club and citing the advantages of Cincinnati
as a lumber center.
As an exhibit they erected a "lumber yard"
at the Festival. It appeared to be simply a
row of lumber piles, but, on approaching, en-
trances were found on both sides leading to a
hollow square where were displayed all kinds
of woods handled in that market. The exhibi-
tion was not only interesting from a layman*s
I)Oint of view but w-as of such trade advantage
that the technical schools of the city asked for
tlie privilege of giving object lessons from the
display and begged the donation of the materials
at the end of the Festival. The "yard" was a
point of great interest to visitors and the pro-
gressiveness of the Lumbermen's Club was com-
mented upon not only by lumbermen but by
merchants in other lines of business.
The Hoo-Hoo Annual.
The fifteenth annual meeting of the Order of
Hoo-Hoo began at Oklahoma City, Okla., on
September 9. with an attendance of nearly a
thousand members. The local arrangements for
I he entertainment of the visitors were perfect,
the various games and theatrical representations
being especially enjoyable. ' The officers elected
for the coming year were : Snark of the Uni-
verse. A. C. Ramsey, St. Louis. JIo. : Senior
that there will probably be a joint conference of
all the traffic managers at an early date, when
a committee will be appointed to meet the com-
mittee of lumbermen.
After the adjournment of the commission the
railroad men were taken to view the equipments
designed by George Harvey and John Toomey,
engineers employed on behalf of the lumbermen.
The Toomey stake has been thoroughly tested
EXTERIOR VIEW LUMBER.MEN'S EXHIBIT
AT CINCINNATI FALL FESTIVAL.
Hoo-Hoo. T. n. Rogers, Oklahoma City, Okla. :
.lunior Hoo Hoo, W. W. Everett, San Francisco,
Cal. : Bojum, George M. Duncan, Houston, Tex.;
Scrivenoter, J. H. .Baird, Nashville, Tenn. ; Jab-
berwock. Charles Wolflin, Evansville, Ind. ; Cus-
tocatian. George E. Youle, Seattle, Wash. ; Ar-
canoper, .John L. Alcock, Baltimore, Md. ; Gur-
don. R. W. Polk, Little Rock, Ark.
Atlantic City was chosen as the next meeting
place of the annual.
Five Hundred Pounds Conceded hy 'Westem
Roads.
When the Pacitic Coast Lumber Manufactur-
ers' Association opened its case against the west-
eru railroads before the Interstate Commerce
Commission in Chicago, September 19, the rail-
roads asked for time on the ground that they
were not yet prepared to bring witnesses to
prove their side of the case. While the ques-
tion was being argued, counsel for the railroads
professed their clients' wish to meet the lum-
bermen fair mindedly, and it was arranged to
postpone the case and appoint a committee from
the railroads and one from the lumbermen to
meet and devise some means of securing a satis-
factory equipment for the cars, as was done
in the cases against the eastern and southern
roads. The railroads, through their attorneys,
also stated that they were willing to allow 500
pounds to be deducted from the total weight of
the shipment as the weight of the equipment.
This concession was agreed to by all the rail-
roads but the Union Pacific, which had no rep-
resentation at the meeting. Chairman Knapp of
the commission stated, however, that they would
take it for granted that the Union Pacific would
agree to the concession and adjourned the case
to some day to be hereafter fixed.
It was announced on the part of the railroads
-K.NOTHER INTERIOR VIEW OF THE EX-
HIBIT.
and has successfully carried four loads. The
Harvey stake has not as yet been put to a
I borough test. On Sept. 22 a party consisting
iS L. L. Earth of the Edward Hines Lumber
Company of Chicago, John Toomey and George
Harvey, engineers, and Walter Ross, counsel for
the various lumber associations, representing the
lumbermen, and M. K. BarnuBi, assistant to sec-
rind vice president of the C, B. & Q. ; C. A.
Sihroyer, superintendent car department;. C. &
N. W. : J. F. Be Voy, mechanical engineer, C,
-M. & St. P.; R. H. Aishtou, general manager
c. & N. W. : C. F. Rice, superintetident train
siTvice. C., B. & Q. : D. L. Bush, general super-
intendent, C, M. & St. P., representing the rail-
L ^„^
^^Kit &■ *^~
I'f
'^iIf i .^^^^^^^^H
\ 1
1 l^^^^^^^^^^^H
m
j^^H
GONDOLA CAR WITH HARVEY STAKE COL-
LAPSED.
roads, went to the Rock Island railroad yards
and viewed the Harvey equipment. The general
opinion was that the stakes were entirely prac-
ticable, and tests will be made in the near future
on various railroad lines. In the course of the
next few days a committee of one from each of
the complainant lumber associations will be ap-
(lONDOLA CAR WITH HARVEY STAKE IN
I'OSITION.
pointed to meet the railroad men and both sides
will select a sub or working committee of prob-
ably four men who will take charge of the actual
experimental work to be done.
New Tenoning Machine.
The single end tenoner shown in the accom-
panying cut is made by the H. B. Smith Machine
Company of Smithville. N. J., and is the result
of nearly sixty years" successful experience in
HARDVvrOOD RECORD
27
tho manufacture and construction of thousands
of machines of the same class. It displaces the
previous widely copied N'o. 2 tenoning machine
made by this company, and. while retaining all
the valnalilp features of its predecessors, lias
metal ; those for the teuou-head spindles are
six inches long next to the heads and five
inches long on the outer ends. The belt eom-
peusating tightener of the spindles is also self-
adjust ing to all positions of the belt. The copes
The special advantages in the line of new
construction and improvement are certain t»
make the present machine as great a favorite
with the trade as have been Its predecessors.
NEW TENONING MACHINE MANUFACTUREll BV THE H. B. S.MITH
MACHINE CO., SMITHVILLE. N. .1.
added many hitherto unanticipated improvements.
It is especially suited for tenoning sash, door
and blind work, for use in the cabinet depart-
ments of car shops and for all general cabinet
and joinery framing. The frame is of iron,
massive and pedestal in form, with base 30x34,
wide enough to support all projecting parts.
The extension for supporting the table is curved
from the operator so as to admit of following
the work through the cutters, and a chute is
cast within the frame for directing the shavings
to the outside.
The table is the chief advantage, being an
improvement over any hitherto made, and is
the feature which gives superiority to the ma-
chine. The principal advance in construction
Is the application of the roller bearing. The
table must always move square across the ways
because the rollers are connected together and
kept square or parallel by a guiding or riding
frame. Therefore, if the rolls move at one end
they must also move at the other, and hence
the whole carriage must move, no matter where
it is taken hold of or how much weight is upon
it. A man could sit upon the table and the
operator could take hold of the outer end of
the gauge bar, and with two fingers move the
table in either direction, perfectly sijuare the
entire length of the ways. The rolls next to
the cutter head are grooved to prevent end
motion, and all are protected perfectly from
shavings. They are also provided with leather
scrapers for removing any accumulating dust.
The table is quite heavy, so that it cannot spring
when clamping the work on, and has a traverse
movement of thirty-three inches, the roller bear-
ing moving only slightly more than one-half
that distance. The end of the table or carriage
next to the cutters is provided with a covering
that extends below and adjusts to a projection
on the ways, so that the table cannot lift up
when operating. The table is provided with the
usual clamp for holding the material and also
with a gauge bar of usual dimensions.
The headstocks are substantial and movable
up and down by two screws so arranged that
they may be moved in either direction, both at
one time or separately, thus perfectly controlling
the size and position of the tenon. The cutter
spindles are all made of high carbon steel,
turned and ground accurately to perfect round-
ness. The bearings are all compensating and
self-lubricating and lined with the best Babbitt
are attached to the main headstocks and adjust
with them, but they have both vertical and
lateral adjustments controlled by suitable screws
with hand wheels. The tenon-heads may be
used double or single and have Tl-o-inch cutting
circle. When the machine is fitted with double
heads it will cut tenons as long as six inches ;
when fitted with single heads it will cut tenons
only as long as 3 ','2 inches. The upper and
lower heads expand or separate to take in stock
as thick as five Inches, and the table movement
will, admit to cut tenons on stock as wide as
20 Inches by 1 inch thick. By passing material
through twice tenons may be cut as long as
eight inches. The knives are placed on the
heads so as to make a smooth drawing cut, and
are readily ground to the required shape. A
cut-off saw may be applied to the rear. The
usual equipment is supplied with this machine,
consisting of wrenches, cutter heads and cutters.
Concerning the Atlas Engine Works.
Perhaps the foremost builder of high-class
power plants in the United States is the Atlas
Engine Works of Indianapolis. It is said that
this company builds the most complete line of
engines and hoilers made by any one manu-
facturer in the world. .
The H.iRDwooD Record is in receipt of the
company's latest bulletin. No. lai. on the At-
las single valve engines, which is now ready
for distribution. It will be found a very inter-
esting and instructive document for all users
of engines, and can be had from the com-
pany on application.
Incidentally, there have been several changes
in the executive force of the Atlas Engine
Works of late. Death has overtaken E. T.
Hannam, the inventor of the Atlas water tube
boiler, one of the best known of the com-
pany's power plant equipments. Mr. Hannam
died on Saturday, Aug. 18, at Chicago, of heart
disease, and at the time of his death was
assistant manager of sales of the water tube
boiler department.
J. P. Johnston, recently sales manager for
the Weber Steel Concrete Chimney Company
of Chicago, has become sales manager of the
water tube boiler department of the Atlas
Engine Works, with headquarters at Indian-
.ipolis.
The company's Chicago sales offices which,
for several years have been located in Suite
930-902 Fischer Building will, upon the com-
pletion of the new addition to this structure
in November, be iticreased by the addition of
several large offices. Frank H. Baker Willi
continue as the manager of the Chicago office
and will be assisted by J. F. Davis, formerly
located at the company's Pittsburg office.
Howard E. Troutman. for several years man-
ager of the Chicago office of the Buckeye En-
.gine Company, has become the sales manager
of the Corliss and high-speed engine depart-
ment of the Atlas Engine Works, with head-
quarters at Indianapolis, and J. M. Broucher
of the Brownell Company, Dayton, C, goes
to the big Indianapolis concern as assistant
general manager of sales.
New One-Knife Shavings Grinder.
In the cut below is shown the new oneknlfe
shavings grinder or hog, designed for cutting
up shavings ffom hardwood flooring scrapers.
The machine has been put on the market by A.
F. Bartlett & Co. of Saginaw, Mich., manufac-
turers of the well-known sawmill hog or edgings
grinder and other sawmill machinery. The ma-
chine is attached to the scraper by a hood and
(onnected directly with the blower system. As-
the shavings pass through the hog, they aTfr
cut up in such a manner that they can be easily
NEW ONE KNIFE SHAVINGS GRINDER, MANUFACTURED BY A, K.
LETT & CO., SAGINAW, MICH.
r.ART
together with a countershaft, with tight and
loose pulleys.
The machine shown In the illustration is
known as No. 225Ce. The style Is double heads
with two copes and the weight 2,000 pounds.
The floor space required is 6 feet 8 Inches by
.5 feet, and the average horsepower Is from
21-2 to G.
blown to the dust collector or directly to the
boilers. The machine Is built in one plec?,
allowing a free delivery to the blower pipe. It
has a hinged door on top which allows the oper-
ator to get a good view of the working parts
and to make any necessary adjustments, and has
au outside bearing which makes it a very smooth
running machine.
28
HARDWOOD RECORD
Death of Aaron T. Bliss.
Kx-Governor AaroD T. Rliss of Sajiinaw, Mich.,
died in a sanitarium at Milwatiliee, Wis., Sept.
16. For a long time lie was one of the most
prominent lumbermen in the state, but for two
yeais prior to his death had not been actively
identified with the trade because of poor health.
Aaron T. Bliss was born on a farm at Smith
KX KOVKUNOK AAIION T. BLISS OK SAC.IXAW
WHO DIED SEPT. 16. 1906.
field, .Jladison count.v. N. Y., May 22, 1837. Hr
received the common school education that the
district afforded and at the age of seventeen de-
voted himself to mercantile pursuits, taking a
position with a business house at Boukville,
N. Y. At the outbreak of the Civil War he en-
listed in the Tenth New York Cavalry and
served throughout the war with distinction,
finally rising to the rank of captain.
After the war he went to Saginaw aud identi-
fied himself with the lumber business, becoming
one of the best known men in the trade. His op-
erations were extensive. Between 18S6 and 1900
the timber holdings of the concerns in which
he was the chief figure amounted to l.")n.OOO,OI)0
feet. Some years ago he attiuire 1 36.000 acres
of timber land in Arkansas and founded the
Chicot Lumber Company and a saw and planing
mill were erected at Blissville, where a lumber-
ing town was started and a logging railroad
constructed. When his health began to fall two
years ago his interest in the concern was bought
out by Bliss & Van Auken, A. I'. Bliss of that
firm being his nephew, and the company was
reorganized, becoming the Bliss-Cook Oak Com-
pany, now one of the largest operators in Arkan-
sas.
Governor Bliss was a republican and active in
politics, being successively state senator, con-
gressman and governor. It was to the overwork
incident to the duties of this latter office that
the physical breakdown was due that resulted
in his death.
Governor Bliss was a benefactor to many
worthy charitable enterprises and by the terms
of his will, which was made public on Sept. 21.
gave bequests aggregating $."J0.000 to educational
and other institutions.
The funeral occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 19,
and was attended by Governor Warner and staff,
the Knights Templar and other Masonic bodies
of which he was a member, the past commanders
of the G. A. R. and men prominent throughout
the state.
The Coe Manufacturing Company.
The year 1006 marks an epocli in the veueer
business. The organization of the trade Into a
harmonious and aggressive association has done
much toward the advancement of the industry.
The large number of mills recently started has
severely taxed the capacity of the Coe Manufac-
turing Company of Palnesville. O., one of the
largest manufacturers of this class of machinery
in the world. Only by adding several large build-
ings to its plant and running twenty-four hours
a day has it been possible to keep abreast
of orders.
The company recently furnished com-
plete outfits for the Asheville Veneer Com-
pany, I'.iltmore, X. C. and the Pittsburg
& Southern Veneer Company of Narrows.
Va., two concerns recently organized
which bid fair to become among the fore-
most in the country. Money has been
spent freely by both companies on ma-
■ liinery and buildings, and they are in
linsitioQ to turn out orders in first-class
shape. The entire machinery outfit for
the niew mill of the Virginia Veneer Com-
liany at Keezietown. Va., was also sup-
I)lied by the company, as well as count-
less orders for single machines all over
the country.
Evidence of the widespread popularity
oi Coe veneer machinery is shown in the
order just received for a veneer saw to
be shipped to the Kiusliiu Railway Com-
]pany at -Moji, .lapan. Without doubt this
is the first veneer saw ever ordered for
shipment to Japan.
The Coe Manufacturing Company has
lieeu gradually building up a foreign trade
imtil its machinery is now well known
in many parts of the world.
.\mong the recent export shipments are
two veneer lathes to Paris ; box board
machine and veneer clipper to Reval, Rus-
sia : veneer lathe to Moscow ; 100-inch
veneer lathe, clipper and grinder to Lon-
don, England : veneer clipper to Cologne.
Germany, and a complete outfit of veneer
machinery to the Island of Ceylon.
The new catalog issued by the Coe Man-
ufacturing. Company. Painesville, O., is
interesting and instructive reading and
may l>'' had u|)on request.
The Robert W. Higbie Company.
The Robert W. Higbie Coilipany. in
corporated by Robert W. Higbie and
others of New York City some months
ago lo develop a tract of 32.000 acres
of timber lands in St. Lawrence coun-
ty, in the .Vilirondack region, has be-
gun sawing lumber. It is not expected,
however, that deliveries of dry stock
can he made before early spring. The
tract is covered with a heavy growth
of virgin hardwoods and hemlock and
a modern mill. 48x120 feet, fitted with
a band saw equipment, has just been
completed. The power house is de-
tached from the main building, is of
brick and equipped with three boilers
aggregating 250 horsepower and one
engine of about 2U0 horsepower. The
company is now at work on the con-
struction of ten miles of new railroad
lo tap this timber, and a modern plan-
ing m.Il is lo be built at once, equipped
with a full complement of flooring ma-
chines, as the company proposes to
turn out a line of maple, beech and
birch lumber, a portion of which will
be worked up into flooring. A post-
oflice has been established near the
operation which has been officially
designated "New Br-ldge," St. Lawrence
county. New York,
The officers of the company are :
Robert W. Higbie. president and treas-
urer, aud .J. E. Bickers, secretary. The
output of the mill will be handled en-
tirely through the office of Robert W.
Higbie. 4.J Broadway, New Y'ork City.
bride. .Mrs. Cooper is well known in I'hiladel-
phia and the East as a (.'hristian Settlement
worker. She is a graduate of the Moody Bible
Training School and has been prominent in set-
tlement work in Hartford. Conn., and New York,
and while deaconess of a Presbyterian church
in Saginaw became actiuainted with Mr. Cooper.
The groom is one of the best known lumber-
men in .Michigan, being president and general
manager of the Briggs & Cooper Company. Lim-
ited, with general offices in i^aginaw and branch
yards and offices in Chicago and Memphis. He
is very prominent in assor-iatinn work, having
been twice president of the Sagiuaw Valley
Lumber Dealers' Association, and is a member
of both the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers'
.Association and of the National Hardwood Lum-
ber Association.
The Hardwood Rkcoud extends its heartiest
congratulations to Mr. Cooper and his bride and
wishes them a most happ.v future.
Death of Ferdinand C. Fischer.
Ferdinand C. Fischer, president of the Yellow
Poplar Lumber Company of Coal Grove, O.. who
died September 10 at Baltimore, was one of
the most widely known and influential men in
the hardwood industry of the country and an
important factor in lumber association work.
He was a tliorough lumbermau. He had not
only the minute grasp of affairs that made it
easy for him to keep informed on all. the details
of his various enterprises, but he had the wider
comprehension and foresight that made him
invaluable as a leader and organizer when pro-
jects of great importance were under considera-
tion.
His entire life w^as given to the Iimiber busi-
ness from the time he left the Fniversity of
West Virginia in 1876 and took a position as
bookkeeper for the firm of Lay & Moore, lumber
dealers in Oil City, Pa., until he attracted the
attention of the trade by his m.asterly handling
of the problems that grew out of the financial
difficulties of M. T. Greene of the Chicago Lum-
ber Company some years later. At the time of
the Greene failure, the First National bank of
Marriage of James Cooper.
The Hardwood Record takes pleas-
ure in acknowledging the announce- g
ment of the marriage of Miss Laura
Catherine Myers of McVeytown, Pa., and
.lames Cooper of Saginaw, Mich. The cere-
money took place at the home of the
bride's parents and was performed by Rev. J.
.Vli'-n Myers of .Itmiata College, a cousin of the
IIIF LATE FKRUIXAXD C. FISCHER. PRESIDEN'I
YELLOW POPLAR LUMBER CO.. COAL GROVE, O.
Chicago, as trustee, took over the Yellow Pop-
lar Lumber Company of Coal Grove, O. The
affairs of the company were in a deplorable con-
dition, law suits and entanglements of various
kinds threatened its disruption. Mr. Fischer,
as manager and treasurer, took up the task of
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straightening vut conditions, and in a remarlv-
alily sliort time succeeded in putting tlie att'airs
of the conceru on a sound basis.
After the indel>tedneBs to the bank Iiad l)t'en
cancelled, Mr. Fischer took over the company
himself, becoming president and cliief stock-
holder, and under liis li-adership the concern
attained the reputation of being one of the
strongest lumber companies in the country. He
enlarged and extended its liusincss and made it
one of the -most successful manufacturing con-
cerns in the United States.
Mr. Fischer was prominent iu the formation
of the Hardwood Manufacturers" Association of
the United Slates, and at the time of his death
was treasurer of that organization. The funeral
took place on September 11 from the home of
his brother-in-law, I.. X. r)a\is. at Ashland, Ky.,
and was attended liy prominent citizens of Ash-
land and Irotiton and by many well-known lum-
bermen.
Miscellaneous Notes,
The Ureal Lakes Veneer Company has been
Incorporated, with .$10(1,000 capital stock, to
manufacture veneers al Muuising, Mich.
A new concern at Lyiuis, .Mich., is the llerrick
Casket Company; capital ,'(;10.0(iO.
The three-story brick factory building al 510-
518 West Twenty-fourth street, N'ew York City,
occupied by the piaiui wood manufactory of
.loseph W. Courtard. was badly damaged by fire
recently. Mr. Courtards loss on machinery and
lumber will approximate Ifo.OOO.
The Consumers' Lumber & Veneer Company
of Apopka, Fla'., by the recent installation of
new machinery has doubled its daily capacity
of lumber and crate inaliu-ial. .Additional limber
supplies luive been secuncl by the purchase of
a large tr;ict of laud iu the vicinity of Bay
Uidge, and the compan.\ has a force of men
now at work constructing a roatl from Ray
Uidge to Apopka, a distance of ten miles.
1>. S. Iloiid of Crowson, Okla., has taken the
contract, sublet to him by C. II. Drinker of
Heggs, to cut 100,000 feet of oak lumber for
export 1<» I'^ugland. The work is to be rushed
to coini>Ieiion and the lumber stacked for ninety
days' before sliipnieut.
I'ire in lite factory of the Athens Veneered
Uoor Company of Athens, O., damaged building,
lumber and macliiuery valued at between ,']>12,000
and ?15.ooo. Tlie loss is said lo be well cov
ered by iiisiu-ance, and it is likely thai the
company will rebuild very soon. The buildings
were erected only last spring, when they were
completely equipped with new machinery, the
heaviest loss in this tire being on the ina<'hinery.
The origin of tiie tire is unknown.
The linn of Mohr & Ziemer of Wausau, Wis..
which recently moved into more commodious
quarters, will continue its old line, manufac-
turing line wood fluishiiigs and cabinets on a
more extensive scale and brancliiug out on new
lines,
R. 1'". INiol of Cameron, Tex., is building a
hardwood sawmill on the ,Iones farm, about
six miles from .Marlin. Timber rights on a
large tract of land, rich in elm, ash, cotton-
wood and other hardwoods, have been secured.
Machinery is now being delivered at the plant
and the manufacture of boxes and cj-ates for
fruit and vegetable shippers will begin shortly.
D. M. llartman of San Diego, Cal., who re-
cently retired from the general contracting busi-
ness, lias decided to enter the lumber trade
and will handle hardwoods exchisiveiy. He has
already made several big sales. He lately
bought two lots in San Diego on which he has
erected a warehouse for storing hardwood floor-
ing and veneiM'ed doors.
Hardwood NeWs.
(By HASDWOOD SECOBS Special Corrd&pondents.)
Chicago,
Leopold Mayer-Iiinkel, sou of Gustav Mayer-
Uinkel of the firm of JIayer-Dlnkel & Dreyfus.
.Manheim, Germany, was a recent caller at the
office of the llARUWodP Kecokh. The Arm of
which the young man is a representative is well
known as an importer of American woods, and
it is to obtain accurate information regarding
the liardwoods and yellow pine of the United
States that .Mr. Mayer-Dinkel is now making a
visit lo this country. The firm is contemplating
going into the business of handling hardwoods,
principally plain oak and gum, on an extensive
scale and if the results of Mr. Mayer-Dinkel's
investigations are satisfactory it is probable
that his company will establish an agency in
this country to facilitate the handling of these
woods.
J. V. Stimsou of llimtingburg, Ind., while in
Chicago last week paid the liKciutD office a very
welcome call. Jlr. Stimsou expresses entire sat-
isfaction concerning the 1906 lumber operations,
both past and prospective.
An unique card is being distributed among the
trade by the Nashville Hardwood Flooring Com-
pany, Nashville, Tenn., in the form of a pol-
ished metal sign for hanging. The color decora-
lion is a rich green which sets oul in strong
relief the "Acorn llrand" trade mark and other
wording. The company is to be congratulated
upon the production of this choice bit of adver-
tising.
The death was announced last week from Ger-
many of Peter Schuttler. president of the Peter
Schuttler Wagon Company of Chicago, well
known as one of the important figures in the
vehicle manufacturing world. The company of
which Mr. Schuttler was president was founded
by his father in 1843, and gradually grew to
mammoth proportions, .\fter the death of his
father Peter Schuttler continued the business
along the same lines aiul iu 1903 greatly ex-
tended the activities of the firm, building a Jae-
tory at Twenty-second and Kockweil streets,
which is said to be the largest wagon works in
the United States. The body will be brought to
this country and the funeral will take place in
Chicago from the late residence of the deceased
at or. Lake Shore Drive.
•I'lie well iiiiiiuii hardwood lumber manufac-
turer. Samuel lltirkholder of Crawfordsville, Ind.,
found opportunity to call at the Uecord office
while on a hasty business trip through Chicago.
While Mr. Burkholder reports business as very
good, lie Is to be congratulated upon his ability
to retain the same patronage year afier year
regardless of high or low prices. .Mr. Burkholder
knows his trade thoroughly and therein lies the
secret of his success.
The G. W. Jones Lumber Company lias had an
exceptionally good season, the average of the
year's business to date surpassing tliat of last
year. The mills at Nettleton and Forrest Cit.v,
.\rk., are running full time and the cut is all
that could be desired.
.lames C, Coweu of Schiiltz Bros. & Cowen is
spending some time in Mississippi looking after
some matters that need his attention. Trade
with the firm lias been excellent an.l shipments
good. I'rospecls for a future fall trade indicate
tliat tlie amount of business done this year will
surpass that of last season.
Lewis I)os:er returned from the East recently,
where he had been visiting his mother. On his
way home he stopped iu Kentucky on the occa-
sion of tlie death of Ferdinand C. Fischer, presi
dent of lite Yellow I'oplar Lumlier C'ompany of
t'oalgrove, O.
The car equipmint suit brought to Chicago
many well known lumbermen, among them Lewis
liill, Baltimore, Md. : R. II. Downman, New Or
leans : Samuel R. Ely. New Orleans ; William
MacKenzie, Beaumont, Tex, ; C. I. Millard, St.
Louis ; Edgar Dalzell. Minneapolis, Minn. ; E.
I''. Perry, New York ; M. S. Tremaine, Buffalo.
N. Y. ; Willard I. Church. Kansas City, Mo. :
W. W. Knight. Indianapolis, Ind,
Boston.
Owing to the death of Mrs. Harry Wiggin's
mother, the office of Lawrence & Wiggin, hard-
wood dealers, was closed l*'riday, September 14.
Warren C. B. Bobbins, matiagcr of the Sun-
cook Valley Lumber Company and secretary of
the Massachusetts Lumber Dealers' Association,
has returned from a vacation spent in the Prov-
inces.
Apploton P. Williams of Upton, Mass., is a
candidate for the Republican nomination for
state senator. .Mr. Williams is well known in
the lumber industry, being treasurer of the
Upton Manufacturing Company. The plant of
this woodworking company is one of the best
in the east.
Frank William Rane has been proposed as
tile successor to Alfred .\ckerman as state for-
ester of .Ma.ssachusetts, .Mr. Rane is well fitted
for the position. He is an honorary member
of the New Hampshire Lumbermen's Associa
tion. Ralph C. Hawley, who has been assistant
stale forester under Mr. Ackerman, has resigned
to accept a position in the Yale faculty in the
department of forestry.
Whob'sale lumber dealers are complaining of
slow shipments from the hardwood centers of
the country, due to a shortage of cars. Sev-
eral shippers write in respon.se to calls for more
prompt delivery that it is impo.ssibIe to get
cars enough from the railroads. One road is
reported as being in receipt of a demand for
about 400 cars a day at one point and cannot
supply half the number.
Charles S. Wentwortb of Charles S. Went
worth & Co., one of the must popular hardwood
dealers in this city, is taking his first real va-
cation in seven years. He is making a trip
through in White .Mountains with his wife.
,1. C. Walton of ,T. R. Walton & Co., Anderson,
Ind., manufacturers of hardwood lumber, has
been visiting the eastern trade.
Gardiner I. .lones of the .lones Hardwood
Company of this city has been on a business
trip to New York.
William E. Litchfield, who has recently ac-
quired large bardwooii timber lands in Virginia,
returned about ten days ago from a trip to his
property.
A. M. Moore, with William E. Litchfield of
this city, recently spent a week visiting Wash-
ington and New York. He also spent a short
lime in Philadelphia.
Walter U. Jcnness has started in the whole-
sale lumber business and is at present making
his headquarters in .Somerville. For several
years he was in the employ of Edwin H. Buzzell.
The Northeastern I.,umber Comijany of this
city has moved to larger quarters at 88 Broad
street. It was formerly located in the Old South
building.
The woodworking plant and machinery of L.
A. Hayden, South Carver, Mass., has been pur-
chased by Harrison Shurlleff of Middleboro,
Mass.
The Nashua Lumber Company of Nashua, N.
II., has purchased a large tract of timber in the
vicinity of Milford, N. H.
The I'erham Lumber Company has been or-
ganized at I'orliand. .Me., with a capital stock
of ^20,000.
The woodworking plant of A. C. Leonard St
Co., I'rovldence, R. I., has been destroyed by
fire, causing a loss of about .f20,000.
New York.
R. W. Hlgliie, tlie liardwood manufacturer of
45 Broadway, is just back from a lengthy stay
at his new hardwood oiieration at Newton F'alls,
in the Adirondacks, and states that the plant
has started up, cutting about 40,000 feet of
birth, beech, maple and liemlock per day from
the 30,000 acres of fine timber land back of it.
Tlie ten miles of railroad which have been
under course of construction will be completed
about Octolier 1, assuring the plant a steady and
Itermanent supply of logs. It is also his inten-
tion to install a flooring plant and dry kiln in
a short time. The product of this mill will
be distribuled through Mr. lligbie's local ofSce.
C. W. Manning of ('i(i Broad street has Just
returned from a lengthy vacation in Maine
and is planning a business trip into the south-
ern hardwood belt next month.
The annual meeting of tlie New York Lumber
Trade Association will occur at the association
rooms, 18 Broadway, on October 10. This is
the twentieth anniversary of the organization of
the association and a large and representative
attendance is expected. The business session
will be preceded by a Delmonico lunch, and the
reports to be rendered will cover one of the
most active and successful years in the history
of the association.
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Secretary E. M. Terry o£ the National Lumber
Exporters' Association left hiere September 14
after a lengthy stay in this vicinity, combining
vacation and business. Just before leaving he
attended a hearing of the Interstate Commerce
Commission on export cotton and lumber rates
under the new law. and expressed himself as
very well satisfied with the prospects of benefit
to the export trade under the new railroad law.
There was much rejoicing among local Hoo-
Hoo last week when it became known that the
recent annual convention at Oklahoma City had
chosen Atlantic City. N. J., for the Hoo-Hoo
annual in 1907, with the eastern members of
the order as a collective host. Steps will be
taken immediately to organize a general recep-
tion committee from Boston, Philadelphia, Nor-
folk, etc., to give the members a right royal
welcome next year.
E. A. Pfiug, nephew of Louis Bossert, the
well-known Brooklyn retailer, has joined the
selling staff of the Holcomb & Caskey Lumber
Company, wholesalers, 12 Broadway, Manhat-
tan.
H. C. Kane, who is prominently associated
with the wholesale house of Dixon & Dewey,
Flatiron building, was united in marriage on
September a at Elizabethton, Tenn.. to Miss
Hattie Clark, .daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Kane have returned to
this city, which they will make their future
home.
F. P. McNuIty. formerly with Price & Hart.
18 Broadway, has joined the selling staff of the
Stevens-Eaton Company, 1 JIadison avenue,
where he will assist T. S. Miller, manager of
Ihe hardwood department, in the selling end.
There has been an organized plan of lumber
theft going on in the West Side which has just
been brought to light with the arrest of three
drivers in the employ of the S. E. Kellar
Lumber Company, and one Hess. It seems that
the drivers in making deliveries would drop a
few pieces off of each lo.ad and on the way
back would pick them up and deliver them to
a yard kept by Hess, where they would be paid
for it. Late information seems to indicate that
the Kellar Lumber Company was not the only
sufferer and that it has been a regular organized
plan to mulct a number of dealers.
W. R. Eddy of the firm of Eddy Bros., Staple-
ton, S. I., died at his residence in that place
September 15.
R. H. Downman, prominent cypress manufac-
turer of New Orleans. La., passed through the
city last week on his way home after an outing
with his family at Loon Lake. N. Y.
John F. Cronln. eastern representative of the
Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, Coal Grove,
O., has been spending several days in town dur-
ing the fortnight on business.
L. G. Jones, the veneer wholesaler of Avenue
D and Tenth street. Manhattan, has just re-
turned from a lengthy trip abroad.
During his recent visit here. Secretary Lewis
Doster of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation of the United States, spent considerable
time in consultation with J. V. Hill, chief in-
spector of the association, during which plans
were gone over looking to an expansion of the
eastern inspection work of the organization.
W. W. Lockwood, head of the Rice & Lock-
wood Lumber Company, 11 Broadway, announces
the appointment of a sales representative for
Boston and vicinity. J. L. Barney has been
appointed to that position.
Dixon & Dewey, Flatiron building, are enjoy-
ing a good volume of trade both in hardwoods
and their Pacific coast product. They report
a very fair movement of all kinds of stock at
firm prices.
William Wilms, president of the Hardwood
Manufacturers' Association of the United States
and principal in the extensive hardwood inter-
ests of the Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company,
Chicago, is here this week to meet his brother
from abroad, whom he has not seen for sixteen
years. Mr. Wilms spoke most favorably of
hardwood trade and conditions.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against
Lynn P. Hollowell, dealer in lumber and veneers
at 540 First avenue, by the Astoria Veneer Mills,
a creditor to the exteut of $1,106. It was al-
leged that he is insolvent and on August 27
transferred all his stock, valued at $10,000, to
the Indiana Lumber & Veneer Company, a credi-
tor, to prefer it. Mr. Hollowell was formerly
vice president of the Indiana Lumber & Veneer
Company of Indianapolis, became manager of the
New York branch in 1901, and has been in
business on his own account for about a year.
Philadelphia.
H. I. Soble lately returned from a trip to the
South where he spent some time inspecting the
progress being made at the new plant of the
Okeeta Planing Mill Company at Honaker, Va.
The operation is expected to be in working order
in a short time.
The Righter-Parry Lumber Company expe-
rienced one of its best months during August.
Conditions have been such that the firm is con-
templating an extension of its business, and
during the next month or so will probably make
arrangements af shipping points that will enable
it to offer considerably more stock to the trade.
A committee consisting of President George
F. Craig, Emil Guenther, Edward F. Henson.
W. L. Rice and Robert C. Lippincott was ap-
pointed at the last meeting of the Lumbermen's
Exchange of Philadelphia to confer with the
commissioners of the president of the United
State during their visit to Philadelphia, the
latter part of September, on the advisabiity of
the proposed routes for the canal between the
Delaware and Chesapeake bays. The committee
was also authorized to expend such sums as it
thought proper for the entertainment of the
commissioners during their stay in the city. At
the first annual tall meeting of the exchange
Emil Guemher, who had just returned from a
seven months' trip to Europe and the Holy
Land, presented the exchange with a ga.-ei made
from the wood of an olive tree from Jerusalem.
The gift was accepted and the thanks of the
body rendered Mr. Guenther by President Craig.
The end of the summer season sees many
of the well-known lumbermen returned from
their vacations. George F. Craig is back from
a two months' stay at his mills at Winterburn ;
W. M. McCormick is back to his ofllce again
after a vacation spent in Maine : George W.
Kugler has returned from a four weeks' trip to
Newfoundland.
Henry Whelptou of the Owen M. Bruner Com-
pany is making an extensive trip through Canada
and northeastern points. During his stay there
he will buy considerable timber. The company
will also make arrangements in a short time to
supplement its hardwood stocks and place Itself
in position to supply the needs of its growing
trade.
The Coppock-Warner Lumber Company has re-
moved its office to 1018 Land Title building.
The business of the company during August sur-
passed expectations and the volume done during
the first part of September, if continued through-
out the month, will make it the banner month in
the history of the company,
F. S. Underbill of Wistar. Underbill & Co.
reports that the business of the firm during the
summer was all that could be desired. The
company notes a decided quickening in trade
during the last few weeks and have no doubt
but that the fall season will be fully equal to
the trade experienced here in other years. Mr.
Underbill lately took an end of the summer vaca-
tion at Ocean City, where he created consterna-
tion among the finny tribes by his determined
and successful assault on them.
Mr. Lukenbach of Frank C. Gillingham & Son
Company left a week ago for a five weeks' trip
to Maine. S. B. Vrooman returned ten days
ago from a two months' trip to Europe, where
he went in the interests of his firm. While
abroad he looked up foreign woods. Among the
visitors to the trade during the last two weeks
have been : J. Edward Libbey of Georgetown,
Washington, D. C. ; Jerome Moltz of Williams-
port, Pa., and Ralph Bush of Royersford, Pa.
The I'hiladelphia Veneer & Lumber Company
had an exceptionally good month during August.
Francis Goodhue, Jr., secretary and treasurer of
the company, took an extended trip through the
New England states some weeks ago and in
discussing conditions there stated that he found
all the trade very busy. The Philadelphia Ve-
neer & Lumber Company does a big business
with the furniture factories of the East, and
Mr. Goodhue is making arrangements to extend
the business considerably during the coming
year.
Baltimore.
The Oakland Planing Mill, at Oakland, Gar-
rett county, Maryland, was destroyed by fire
September 14, together with all machinery and
a quantity of lumber In the .vard. The loss Is
estimated at ?3,000, fully covered by insurance.
The destruction of the plant will iuterfere ma-
terially with building operations at Oakland,
as the mill supplied much of the material, being
owned by a number of prominent residents of
the town.
E. B. Beckley of the Crosby-Beckley Company,
New Haven, Conn., was here recently and paid
his respects to various hardwood firms. He
was on a trip down the coast and also visited
a number of cities in the interior.
The controversy between D. W. & G. H.
Thomas, contractors for the erection of the
Eastern High School, and Building Inspector
Preston over the quality of the maple flooring
put into the building, which for a time gave
every promise of having to be fought out in
the courts, has been satisfactorily adjusted by
reference to the board of awards, which gave out
the contract.
John L. Alcock and George E. Waters, the
latter vicegerent snark for Maryland, the two
representatives of Baltimore Hoo-Hoo who at-
tended the concatenation in Oklahoma, have
returned and express themselves as delighted
with the reception accorded them out West.
While they regret the fact that Baltimore did
not get the concatenation next year, they feel
comforted by the reflection that Atlantic City,
being only a few hours' run from Baltimore,
will offer an opportunity for nearly every mem-
ber of the order here to attend.
W. D. Young of W. D. Young & Co., Bay City,
Mich., one of the largest maple flooring firms
in the country, was in the city during the past
fortnight, being on an extended trip East, and
called on various firms here. He spoke most
encouragingly of the business outlook and ex-
pressed the belief that values will remain strong
with a brisk demand.
Pittsburg.
The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com-
pany has filed a petition in bankruptcy against
the Knickerbocker Contracting Company of
Philadelphia in the United States courts, which
is the sequel to the failure of the Real Estate
Trust Company of Philadelphia and the suicide
of President Hippie. Adolph C. Segal, the pro-
moter, is treasurer of the Knickerbocker Con-
tracting Company. This company, through Se-
gal, it is said, sold the Real Estate Trust Com-
pany of Philadelphia $500,000 worth of mort-
gages on property in South Altoona. Pa., where
another of Segal's enterprises was developed.
The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com-
pany claims the Knickerbocker company is in-
solvent and wants it declared a bankrupt. C. H.
Hamor of Altoona and other eastern people
joined in the petition. The total claims are
said to be large, but those filed by the American
and its allies amount to only $10,000.
The Hart Planing Mill Company of Pittsburg
has applied for a Pennsylvania charter. Its
incorporators are : A. B. Manherz, H. J. Bort,
J. A. Meyers, William Weitzel and A. C. Defe-
baugh. The company will manufacture hard-
woods to a considerable extent.
The C. P. Caughey Lumber Company has been
one of the busiest hardwood firms in the city
all summer. Its contracts for oak and beech
to be used in the four new dams being con-
structed on the Ohio and the Monongahela rivers
near Pittsburg have taken all the oak it could
get out of its plant in Washington county, Penn-
sylvania, on the Panhandle. Last week it
bought an additional 100.000 feet of oak in this
county and will cut it off at once.
The A. M. Turner Lumber Company looks for
a good fall in lumber dealing. Its inquiry is
keeping its office force busy, and all lines of
hardwood lumber seem to be in good call on its
books. The company's operations in the South
are progressing finely and from present pros-
pects, with the improved machinery that has
been installed, a record breaking cut will be
made this fall and winter.
Dry stocks are low is the report that comes
from the Flint, Erving & Stoner Company. This
concern's cut of spruce and hardwoods at its
West Virginia plants, and especially at its new
plant at Dunlevie, will be much the largest in
its history.
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The L. L. Satler Lumber Company, which
recently bought 9.000 acres of timber land at
Blackstown, Va., put out 1.200.000 feet of lum-
ber in August aud expects to make a larger
showing from this time forward. Mr. Satler has
been at Blackstone much of the summer, but
operations there are now being watched by J.
S. McNaugher while Mr. Satler is at the home
office. Seven mills are now in operalion, in-
cluding three planing mills at Blackstone, Crew
and Dunwiddic, where the product is centered.
The mills at Blackstone are shortly to be greatly
improved and new machinery will be installed
in two of the other plants. The company's
operations in this territory are under the per-
sonal supervision of Benham Jlorris, who was
formerly secretary of the Blackstone Lumber
Company, and who is regarded as one of the
most thoroughly posted men on timber and
lumber operations in the country.
The Linehan Lumber Company is booking
some fine orders for oak and poplar. Hardwood
values in general are better than last tall. The
company reports a special scarcity of hickory,
every car of which is taken before it is loaded
by wholesalers at the mills. The firm's call
for maple flooring is also indicative of a very
healthy tone in the hardwood market.
The James I. M. Wilson Co. have secured the
order tor all the hard maple flooring to be used
in the skyscraper of the Union National bank,
now going up at Fourth avenue and Wood street.
The building is twenty stories high, and the
order calls for about 125,000 feet of lumber.
The Cheat River Lumber Company, to replen-
ish its timber supplies, is now figuring on buy-
ing a large amount of land adjoining its opera-
tion at Burkeville, Va.
The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com-
pany, through its sales manager, J. N. Wollett,
booked an order last week for 750,000 feet of
car sills for eastern delivery. Its sales of oak
car stuff are larger this fall than last, and
during the last three weeks Mr. Woollett has
booked orders for over 1.000,000 feet of oak,
mostly square stuff.
The hub factories of northern Ohio are get-
ting active again. There is an unusually large
inquiry this fall from the manufacturers for
hubs. Concerns in Michigan and Indiana are
ordering from 30 to 50 per cent more stock
than in former years. The supply of good hub
timber on the Western Reserve of Ohio is get-
ting well nigh exhausted, but the tew tracts
that are left are being cut down rapidly. One
of the most acllve men in this line is S. C.
Reid. of Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, whose
big mill on the main line of the Erie railroad
is a target for shippers for forty miles in all
directions, and is now filling up with a fine
lot of second-growth elm.
The Stoval Lumber Company, with a capital
of $50,000, has been formed at Connellsville,
Pa., by the following oflicers. President, H. M.
Kerr ; vice president, James W. Buttermore ;
secretary and treasurer, J. R. Davidson, all of
Connellsville. The manager is N. M. Cupp of
Addison, Pa. The company has taken over
50.000,000 feet of oak and yellow pine timber
in Granville county. North Carolina, and pro-
poses to push the development of the operations
there with all speed.
Buffalo.
I. N. Stewart has been looking over the ground
with regard to attendance at the Cincinnati
meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Asso-
ciation and finds that a large delegation will
go, including himself. H. A. Stewart is in West
Virginia completing some oak and chestnut
deals.
A. Miller agrees that there is considerable oak
in yard here, but it will all be needed. He finds
the demand for all hardwoods good and Is get-
ting a large stock in to make good his sales.
A return to the lake trade, but mostly as
handlers of ash and birch, makes T. Sullivan
& Co. very active on the docks this fall. These
woods are among the best sellers in hardwood
and one is lucky to get a supply, especially of
ash.
The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company has
been making all haste to get in a stock of oak
and now feel that the right thing has been done
when the report comes in from the Southwest
that business is held up by car shortage.
The yard of O. E. Yeager has been very busy
of late, especially in shipping out stock, though
receipts have been good, both by lake aud rail,
so that the yard assortment is as good as ever.
Angus McLean is back from his jaunt to the
Pacific coast. He did not go for business, but
naturally saw lumber when it was in sight and
noted the fiict that the mills on that coast ship
lumber close to the saw.
J. N. Scatchcrd is now able to get about after
the automobile accident that Injured him so
severely some time ago. It will be some time
before he will be able to look after business
regularly.
Beyer. Knox & Co. are still able to report a
full yard on account of their good southern and
Pennsylvania connections. They will be ready
for more lines on that country when these are
off.
The sympathy of all goes out to A. W. Krein-
heder of the Standard Hardwood Lumber Com-
Itany. continued sickness in his family this sea-
son having culminated in the death of a little
(laughter, the result of whooping cough.
F. W. Vetter Is brlnsing lumber in by lake,
mostly birch and ash. He is expecting to take
a trip to North Carolina to look after the lumber
lUtting there for the Empire Lumber Company.
Saginaw 'Valley.
E. E. Koch of Sandusky, O., who is engaged
in the wholesale trade, was in the valley Sat-
urday on his way home, having been up In the
northern part of the state buying lumber. He
complained of the lethargy which to some ex-
tent characterizes the trade and said he bought
some maple firsts and seconds at a marked re-
duction compared with last year's quotations.
He said there was more inquiry for birch, but
nothing tempting in the way of prices to prices
to the seller. There are manufacturers who sold
their output for the year months ago who are
not affected or particularly interested in this, as
are the dealers who are endeavoring to turn
their stocks over.
John J. Flood's mill at Bay City, which has
been idle six weeks, is about to start up on a
hardwood contract for Sailing, Hanson & Co. of
Grayling.
The S. G. M. Gates mill at Bay City has been
sawing hardwood steadily through the season.
The logs are brought down on the railroad.
Bliss & Van Auken are having a successfi?!
run at their Saginaw mill and their flooring fac-
tory is busily employed. They have also added
a flooring mill at the plant at Blissville, Ark.,
where they will manufacture oak flooring.
The H. M. Load's Sons Company of An Ssible
last week shipped a cargo of maple lumber to
Tonawanda. This concern has cut out a number
of million feet of maple btiildiiig material this
season for eastern concerns. The lumbering op-
erations tributary to the Au Sable plant, the
building of a new railroad and the preparation
of a stock of logs for the mill recently bought at
Rogers City, will give the concern about all the
business it will be able to handle during the
winter and spring.
It has been excessively dry and warm for
many weeks and fires in the forests have done
considerable damage. C. F. Bach had a camp
destroyed near Sebewaing and eighteen hundred
acres of hardwood timber swept away by fire
Friday, involving a loss of several thousand dol-
lars. Many small timber owners have suffered
material loss. "
Peters & Son of Saginaw are moving their
small sawmill from Bridgeport to Smith's Sid-
ing, near Gladwin. They have let a contract for
cutting and hauling timber to the mill and it
will be in operation In a few weeks. It has a
long cut ahead.
At Alpena extensive repairs are being made to
the Bradford fiooring and planing mill and in
the meantime the Gilchrist flooring factory,
which obtained its power from the Bradford
plant, is idle.
Miss Laura Catherine Myers of McVeytown,
Pa., and James Cooper were married at the home
of the bride last Saturday. The bride is well
known in Philadelphia and Wilmington as a
Christian settlement worker and is a graduate
of the Moody Bible Training School. While
deaconness of the Presbyterian church in Sagi-
naw she met Mr. Cooper. The latter is presi-
dent of the Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd.,
of Saginaw, one of the most extensive hardwood
lumber concerns In the West, and operating a
yard also at Memphis. They will reside at
Saginaw and will he at home after Dec. 1.
The car famine is becoming acute and affects
the lumber shippers quite seriously already, and
there is every reason to expect that it will handi-
cap business for months. Great difliculty is
being experienced in getting cars to load and
even after they are loaded and sent east It is
almost impossible to get the empty cars back,
the tendency being to take them on west.
Mershon, Schuette, Parker & Co. are operating
a box factory in connection with their planing
mill at Bay City and manufacturing box shooks
from beech culls, having a contract with the
Knccland, Buell & Bigelow Company for the raw
material.
Grand Bapids.
A number of prominent table manufacturers
of Michigan met in this city Sept. 19 for a con-
ference with G. M. Petrie of the St. Johns Table
Company, Cadillac, president of the National As-
sociation of Table Manufacturers. Trade condi-
tions were reported excellent in the state, and
in some cases the factories have about all the
orders they can take care of until the opening
of the spring season in January.
The town of Buckley, formerly known as New
Wexford, though only fifteen months old, has
two sawmills, a factory, salting station and
several stores In different lines. At present six
business buildings are in course of construction,
brick and cement blocks being used. The town
has sprung up through the enterprise of the
Thomas MacBride Lumber Company of this city,
whose mills are located there.
The new factory buildings erected at Muske-
gon by the Chamber of Commerce of that city
for the Brunswlck-Balke-Collender Company have
been turned over to the Chicago concern and
the machinery is being installed. Close to $60,-
000 was paid by the city of Muskegon to secure
the big woodworking concern.
A dispatch from Iron Mountain says : "The
hardwood forests of the Menominee iron range
are being drawn on to supply the fuel markets
of Chicago and Milwaukee and during the past
two years one firm alone, operating in the Gran-
ite Bluff and Sagola districts, has filled con-
tracts for 25,000 cords of maple wood. The
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company maintains three
camps the year round to supply cord wood for
its blast furnaces at Marquette and Gladstone,
these plants requiring about 050 cords a day,
216.000 per year, or the cutting over of about
7.000 acres. Although the scars left annually in
the forests are growing larger, there Is hardwood
enough in sight to last for some decades to
come.'*
The Lumbermen's Association of Grand Rapids
will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday
evening. Sept. 25, at the Lakeside Club. It Is
planned to have the ladies in attendance at
this gathering.
George S. Wilkinson of the Van Keulen & Wil-
kinson Lumber Company returned Sept. 22 from
an extended business trip through northern Mich-
igan and Wisconsin.
Indianapolis.
W. W. Knight, secretary of the Long-Knight
Lumber Company of Indianapolis, has returned
from a trip to Memphis, Tenn., and other south-
ern points which he visited in the interest of his
company.
The Newcastle Casket Company of Newcastle
has just been formed with a capital stock of
$50,000 to manufacture coffins. Harry Burris
of Newcastle and W. D. Williams and Arthur
Kennedy of Richmond are the stockholders. The
new company will give employment to 100 men.
The Cardwell Lumber Company of Decatur has
been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000
with the following directors : Rufus K. Allison,
John W. Vail. Joseph E. Thomas, Aaron T. Vail,
Charles S. Niblack, French Quinn and Don L.
Quinn.
The Island saw and planing mill plant at Jas-
per. Ind., was burned on the night of Sept. 19
and several thousand feet of lumber consumed.
Much of it was valuable finishing lumber wait-
ing to be planed. The total loss is estimated at
.$3,000. Hamilton Glezen and Walter Cooper op-
crated the plant.
A called meeting of the National Veneer Man-
ufacturers' Association was held at the Grand
Hotel in Indianapolis September 20. The meet-
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ing was held simply lor tlie discussion of tlie
coaditious of trade. It was aunounced by one
of the members that the meeting had nothing to
do with the fixing of prices. The officers are as
follows; I'resident. O. M. Pruitt. Indianapolis:
vice president, C. H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind. ;
secretary. U. B. Millikan. Indianapolis, and
treasurer. C. C. Boyd, Cincinnati.
The Montgomery Hardwood Lumber Company
of Crawfordsville has tiled articles of incorpo-
ration with a capital stock of $15,000. The di
rectors arc Thomas Hill, Edward A. Sterzick,
Harry M. Schqiler, Waller L. Neible, Charles
Hammond and Itobert (J. Porter. The incorpo-
rators arc all from Flat Rock. Ind., and recently
purchased the Evorson sawmill at Crawfordsville.
Milwaukee.
A. C. McComb of Oshkosh has secured a tract
of about JS.OOO acres of pine and oak lauds in
Texas c(juuty, Jlissouri., which lie purchased
from A. J. Johnson, the Champion Land & Tim-
ber Company and others. It is estimated that
it will cut 50,(100.000 feet of yellow pine and
20.000.1100 feet of white and black oak. A branch
of the Frisco iinc is now building past thi.s
tract from Winona, Mo., northward.
Dealers are looking forward to a stiffening of
prices as the demand for hardwoods is con
stantly increasing. Hardwood is being put to
more uses than in former years, but the supply
is not increasing in the same ratio. Manufac-
turers of hardwood flooring are Hndlng ready
sales for their waste material at $4 a load,
many people preferring this wood to coal, claim-
ing that if gives the same amount of heat for
less money.
Nashville.
A disastrous tire occurred Sept. 23 in the
yards of Liebermau, Loveman & O'Brien, which
destroyed 5.000,000 feet of quartered oak and
poplar, a dry kiln and three drying sheds, en-
tailing a loss estimated to be between $125,000
and $150,000, covered by insurance.
Two Nashville lumbermen who have been tak-
ing extensive vacations and have returned home
ready for the fall business are John B. Ransom
and John W. Love.
Henry E. Sanford of the firm of Sanford &
Treadway of New Haven, Conn., was in the
city during the past week looking over stocks.
His company has a yard at Elizabethton, Tenn.
W. M. Hopkins of the Theo. Fathauer Com-
pany of Chicago was in Xashville last week visit-
ing local dealers.
A. T. Haas of the Williams ii, Haas Lumber
Company of Fayetteville, Tenn., was in the city
Friday. His company has recently inaugurated
a big interior finishing plant and is equipped to
handle large contracts.
Itown on Cumberland River things look like
old times for the lumbermen and the boatmen.
There is a rise of several feet and the low boats
are hustling to get down every stick of timber
they can reach. The Chauncy Lamb, one of the
tow boats of the Xashvijle Transportation Com-
pany, of which John B. Ransom is president,
came down last week with a million and a half
feet of lumber and staves. The boating season
will hardly be on in full blast, however, until
about November, as the present rise is tem-
porary and does not extend all the way up, the
water being reported as falling at Burnside.
The furniture establishment of G. M. Dame
at Jasper, Tenn., has been destroyed by fire,
entailing a loss of about $2,500, with $1,000 in-
surance.
A syndicate of gentlemen of Galnesboro, Tenn,,
in Jackson county, have purchased a timber
reservation in Van Buren county. Arkansas, pay-
ing about $10,000 for their holdings. The syn-
dicate is headed by J. E. Stafford, a well-known
Gainesboro merchant.
John B. Ransom & Co. report the biggest
month in their history during August. It is
understood that the business done by this influ-
ential firm for the one month was considerably
over $100,000.
Hamilton Love is building a pretty home on
West End avenue, not many blocks from the
handsome residence of his older brother, John
W. Love, both of the firm of Love, Boyd & Co.
Capitalists from Chicago, comprising what is
known as the Alabama Coal, Iron & Railroad
Company, ha\'e closed a deal purchasing 30,000
acres of timber lands in Jackson county, Ala-
bama, says a special from Scottsboro, Ala.
George E. ilcXeil and Jesse L. Austin, both of
Chicago, are respectively president and secretary
and treasurer of the company. The land is
timbered with oak, gum, hickory, poplar, walnut
and chestnut. A nine-mile branch railroad is
to be built to the tract from the Southern Rail-
way at Gurley.
The Kentucky Stave Company of Louisville is
putting in a stave mill at Clarksville, Tenn.
Several timber tracts have been acquired near
that place. For the present the timber will be
worked in the rough and a .finishing plant will
be built later.
A factory to manufacture scrubbing brushes is
being establishi'd at Oliver Springs, Tenn. Vanu
& Gai'dner are the proprietors.
Charles S. ilmman, formerly a traveling sales
man for Love, Boyd & Co., but now in the lura
ber business for himself at Homer, N. Y., was a
recent visitor -to the Xashville market.
Memphis.
The ruling of the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission in connection with export shipments of
cotton, which was looked forward to by lumber
exporters as throwing some light on their ex-
ports of lumber, has not served to materially
clarify the atmosphere. However, the statemeut
of the commission, that it concerns itself only
with the inland rate and that through bills of
lading can be issued on the joint rate, including
the inland and ocean rates, has been received
with much interest, because, under this ruling,
those roads which run via Xew Orleans can issue
through bills of lading and are doing so riglit
along on both lumber and cotton exports. The
roads running to the eastern ports, however,
are, with one probable exception, refusing to
handle either lumber or cotton for export ship-
ment, pending further devehipiuents. The official
order of the <-ommission, setting forth the posi
tion of this body, has not been received here and
this is the cause of much uncertainty and is
the occasion of the unwillingness of some roads
to handle export shipments of any kind.
James S. Ilavant, commissioner of the Mem-
phis F'reight Bureau, who went to Washington
with tlie Memphis cotton committee, was au-
thorized by the Lumbermen's (^'lub of Memphis
to enter its protest against the enforcement of
the thirt.v-da.v notice required under the Hepburn
rate bill on export lumber shipments. E. M.
Terry, secretary of the National Lumber Export
ers* Association, appeared before the Interstate
Commerce Commission also, and this is probably
responsible for the statemeut contained in press
dispatches from Washington to the effect that
"the petition of lumber and cotton seed prod-
ucts' interests is denied." In speaking of this
matter this afternoon, a prominent exporter
made the statement that the Washington meet-
ing was peculiarly one for the corton people and
that the lumber Interests of the country did not
voice their sentiments. He holds therefore that
the commission, before handing down such a
sweeping denial of the so-called petition of the
lumber interests, should call a meeting at which
the lumbermen of the country could enter their
protests. He further expresses the belief that
the National Hardwood Lumber Association, the
National Lumber Exporters' Association and the
other large organizations would take part In
such a conference, and he is of the opinion that
I he lumbermen will make such a protest against
the stand the commission is alleged to have
taken without giving the lumbermen a proper
hearing.
Feeling here regarding the reconsigning charge
of $5 per car which has been made effective on
the Frisco system, St. Louis. Iron ilountain &
Southern. St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)
Railway and the Rock Island system has become
more friendly, largely because of a better under-
standing of the meaning of the ruling. The fol-
lowing explanation, which lias been made by
officials of the interested roads, is largely re-
sponsible for the changed sentiment : "When a
car is shipped to a junction point or other point
and ordered delivered to any railroad for pur-
poses of reconsigning and forwarding instruc-
tions are given to the agent of the road in whose
care the car is billed, the charge does not apply ;
nor does it apply when cars are billed to any
point and ordered delivered to a consignee other
than the one to whom originally billed. The
only place it applies is in cases where the ship-
per, after having originally shipped a car to
one point, decides for some reason to change the
destination and requests the railroad company
to divert the shipment and protect the through
rate from original shipping point to final desti-
nation."
The Lumber Exchange of St. Louis has writ-
ten a letter to the Lumbermen's Club of Mem-
phis protesting against this reconsigning charge
of $5 and asking tliat the local organization
join with il in fighting the proposition. If it
should be discovered that the new ruling is
w^orking a hardship on lumber interests in St.
Louis, the local organization wiil undoubtedly
fall in line and render whatever aid it may be
able to give. The additional charge, as out-
lined above, is regarded here as justifiable be-
cause the railroads are performing an additional
service and are entitled to compensation there-
for. And further, it is pointed oiU liy a mem-
ber, there are ver.v few cases in which the addi-
tional charge will apply because there are very
few times when the destination of lumber has to
be ordered changed.
There will be a meeting of the Lumbermen's
Club of Memphis next Saturday evening at the
Hotel <.;ayoso. the first regular meeting of the
fall season. The communication from the Lum-
Ijer ICxchange of- St. Louis will be laid before the
body, and it will then decide what action shall
be taken in connection therewith. The Lumber-
men's Club enters the new business year with
the largest membership in its history.
Secretary E. M. Terry of the National Lumber
ICxporters' Association, who left Memphis sev-
eral weeks ago, has returned after an extended
trip including Cin<inuati, Buffalo, New York,
I'hiladelphia. Baltimore, Norfolk. Washington,
Knoxville and Chattanooga. He met many mem-
bers of the association and reports that he found
everything in splendid shape and learned that
members of the organization are much pleased
with the manner in which the association is
handling the various iiroblems which have arisen
from time to time.
Rapid progress is lieing made on the enlarge-
ment of the plant of the Memphis Saw Mill
Company, successor to Hugart & Kendal, New
South Jlemphis. The company hopes to be in
operation by Oct. 1. The plant has been closed
down for improvement work for about five or
six weeks.
Russe & Burgess resumed operations this week
after a shut-down of about ten days resulling
from the installation of new machinery. During
the shut-down the firm received heavy shipments
of logs and now has enough timber on its yards
to insure steady operation for some time.
The Alabama Coal. Iron & Lumber Company
of Scottsboro, Ala., has purchased 30,000 acres
of timber, coal and mineral lands in Paint Rock
A'alley, near the Alabama-Tennessee state line.
A railroad, nine miles long, is being built
through the valley. It is estimated that the
tract contains three-quarters of a billion feet
of hardwood lumber. The company is organized
under the laws of South Dakota and has strong
financial backing.
The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Rail-
road Company has employed P. J. Denison and
Thomas A. Enochs of Lexington, Tenn.. to get
out a large quantity of ties to be used on the
western portion of its l>ne. The contract calls
for an annual output of 125,000 ties, which are
to be delivered at various stations in West Ten-
uessee. The employes are empowered to pur-
chase the necessary timber lands and employ
persons to get out the ties in the woods.
The Tennessee Stave cSc Box Company, which
is capitalized at $200,000, has purcliased a large
tract of land in South Memphis on which it pro-
poses to erect one of the largest stave and box
factories in the city. There will be two prin-
cipal buildings, one SOx-00 feet and the other
.'JOxSO feet, and the cost will be approximately
$75,000. The company is backed largely by
Chicago capital. A. H. Kersting. E. J. Hastings
and others are the incorporators.
S. B. Anderson. C. J. Tully and W. B. Morgan
of the Anderson-Tully Company have purchased
the Memphis Stave Company, including its plant
in North Memphis, from George M. Brasfield.
and have taken over the operation of the fac-
tory. George P. Markham. who was with Mr.
Brasfield for some years, will be one of the
managers of the company under the new regime.
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This purchase vhlually gives stockholders in
the Anderson-Tully Company control of the
slack cooperage industry of tliis city.
The Chapraan-Uewey Lumber Company has
purchased a circular sawmill at Marked Tree.
Ark., and will convert this into a band saw-mill
with a daily capacity of about tJO.OOO feet. The
machinery has not yet been purchased but the
company is now securing estimates thereon and
bids will soon be asked for.
Angus McNeil of the Corning Handle Company.
Corning, Ark., has purchased tlie old bos fac-
tory of the Marked Tree Lumber Company at
Marked Tree and is now making preparations for
operating this at an early date. Considerable
ash stumpage was secured at the time the plant
was purchased.
The Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, which
is putting in a planing mill, sawmill, veneer
plant and bo.\ factory at or near lilytheville.
Ark., is maklntr rapid progress thereon and some
parts of the phiLt will be in readiness for opera-
tion within the ntxl few weeks.
Harold Petri of Quintel & Petri, Antwerp.
Belgium, has arrived in Memphis, and it is un-
derstooti that he will remain here for some time.
Mr. Peti-i is well known to the local trade, hav-
ing had headquarters here for some years prior
to his return to Europe, two or more years ago.
Max Sondheimer. president and general man-
ager of the K. Sondheimer Company, has been
east for some time. Rudolf Sondheimer. who
recently returned from a trip to Murope. is look-
ing after the busines's of the firm during his
brother's absence. ,
New Orleans.
That New (iileans will receive large (luanti-
ties of the lumber manufactured by the new-
Mexican Chicle & Mahogany Company of Mexico.
and that two ships will be chartered in the
near future to handle the lumber, was recently
given out here by Dr. Lorenzo B. Spyer, a
w-ealthy ^lexican banker who is heavily inter-
ested in the new firm. He stated that the
Mexican Chicle & Mahogany Company is capi-
talized at .lil.000,000 and has a very 'large tim-
ber acreage in Quintano Koo territory. Yucatan,
covered mostly with oak and chicle growth and
some mahogany. ,7. S. Codifer and a number of
otlier New- Orleans people are interested, and
local headquarters w-ill be established with
Mr. Codifer in charge. This is the same com-
pan.v that proposes to introduce the chicle rail-
road tie into the -American market. I'his tie is
said to be much more durable than the cypress
tie : the average life of a chicle tie is said to
be more than thirty years. Dr. Spyer stated
that within tlie next w-eek or so the company
would start a big saw-mill on its propcn-ty and
that it n-ould shortly prepare a shipload of
chicle ties to be sent to the United States for
use on the railroads.
John Koper has been appointed as receiver
for the Southw-estern Lumber & ExT>ort Com-
pany of New Orleans. Mr. Koper's bond has
been fixed at .$10,000 and he has taken charge
of the affairs of the concern. The appointment
of a receiver was brought about by the suit of
Charles E. & W. E. Peck, Ltd., who sued for
premiums alleged to be due on insurance poli-
cies and who charged that the defendant com-
pany was insolvent and unable to fulfill its
contracts and meet its debts. The president of
the company. George .Turgens, admitted to the
court that the company could not fulfill its con-
tracts and the receiver w-as appointed.
A serious car shortage prevails throughout
this territory and advices received from points
in Louisiana and Mississippi state that the car
shortttge Is becoming alarming. It is stated
tliat iniless condithms improvi' a number of
failures in the lumber mills may result from
the fact that the mills are unable to market
their output. The Gulf & Ship Island road,
one of the principal lumber carrying roads in
Mississippi, was short more than 400 cars one
day recently.
The new plant of the Brinker Wagon Manu-
facturing Company, at Washington avenue and
Claiborne street, I his city, will begin operations
Octolier 1. The company Is lapitalized at
$.j0.iioi) and its oflicers are: Frank Brinker,
president: Henry Stetfeldt. vice president; Ed.
Miller, secretary and treasurer.
Plans are now being laid by the Decmer
Manufacturing Company of Weiisboro, Pa., to
develop its 41.000 acres of oak and liardw-ood
limber land in Neshoba county, Mississippi. This
company is one of the largest timber holding
(-orporations in tiic state of Mississippi and
has close on to 400.000,000 feet of hardwood
limber on its big tract. It is proposed to erect
.-ind equip on the tract a mill of large capacity,
that tt-111 cost complete .$100,000. The tract is
near Philadelphia, the county seat of Neslioba
(-ounty. One of the principal ow-ners is ,T. L.
Snyder of Tioga county. Pennsylvania, and In-
will lake entire charge of the development of
the lands. He expects to begin work on the
big mill in a short time.
liecenl ailvices from the .\ugola State Convict
l'"arni at -\ngola stale that quite a success has
been made there in manufacturing lumber. The
mill at Augola is cutting about ,S0,000 feet per
day and the convicts are proving excellent saw-
mill hands. It cosls comparatively little for
ihe slate to manufaclure this iuml)er and. inci-
ilmtally. it is not bolhered by labor questions.
It. V. Turner and .John .T. Herlihy. lumbermen
i>f prominence at Taylorsvllle and Fenton. Mi.ss..
r-ispectively, were in New Orleans last week.
H. II. Welle. .Tr., of Mobile, and Hampton I).
I'hving of Northport. L. I., recently purchased
at Mobile, from .Tim Hand of the Hand Lumber
Company. 50.000 acres of fine timber land lo-
cated in the vicinity of Bay Minette, Ala. They
paid $147,000 for the land, w-hlch contains it
great deal of valuable hardwood timber.
D. W. Walker, manager of the American
llardw-ood Lumber Company, has returned from
bis vacation and again taken charge of the
company's big plant at Southport.
The Mexican steamship Oaxaca. Captain Ybar-
reto. consigned to the Otis Manufacturing Com-
l)any. arrived here yesterday with SOO mahog-
any h^gs.
Ashland.
The funeral of Ferdinand C. Fischer, presi-
dent of the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company,
Coal (Jrove, O., brought to Ashland many men
prominent in the lumber industry of the coun-
iry. The funeral was held from the home of
his brother-in-law, L. D. Davis, and the honor-
ary pallbearers were J. E. Defebaugh, editor of
I be American Lumberman; C. Crane of Cincin-
nati. W. H. Nigh, fronton; W. A. Smith, Cat-
lettsburg ; R. H. Vansant. Ashland : Clinton
Green, Cincinnati, and .1. W. Mayhew. Colum-
bus.
The Baker & Spitler planing mill at Hunting-
ton, W. Va., has been transferred to the C.
.M. Calloway Lumber Company. The new com-
pany incorporates at $25,000. of w-hich .$15,000
is paid up stock. The change in management
has already begun. Mr. Calloway has been
engaged in the lumber business in Raleigh
county for some time, and has two large lum-
ber yards in that county as well as something
like S. 000. 000 feet of uncut timber to operate
oil. besides options on several thousand acres
of valuable timber laud. The largo timbers
which Mr. Calloway has been holding from lack
iif proper means to reach the market will be
shipped to lltintingtun and put into shape for
use by local builders in the l»ig Imildings now
in construction in that city. The mill will
make a large addition to the force of men al-
n>ady employed at the planing mill.
Michael Eole.v. a leading citizen of Cork, Ire-
land, and haying timber interests in Logan
county. West Virginia, lias been a local vis-
itor.
Lloyd Qneensberry of the C. M. Calloway
Lumber Company will remove soon to Central
City. W. Va.. to lake charge of the lumber plant
recently purchased from Baker & Spitler.
The Giles Wright Ltimtier Company has pur-
chased the ,\Iabaii sawni'll at Chaffee, which
will be rebuilt and enlarged. The Ashland office
will be removed lo the mill about October 1.
The Lock Haven Development Company of
Lock Haven. Wayne county. A\'est Virginia, has
been chartered (o manufacture timber, operate
railways and conduct stores. The capital stoi-k
is $100,000. The incorporators are ; .7. W. ^I.
Stewart. AI. F. Fleming. S. S. Willis. Loti Wil
son !im! Tliomas Boggess of Ashland.
The Front street saw-mill at Gallipolis. O..
oi)erated by William Mills, was l)urned down
iind valuable lumber destroyed. It was used as
a dimension mill, cutting up stock for chairs,
tables and a variety of stuff of that kind. The
machinery and stock are estimated to have
been worth from $2,500 to $3,000.
C. Crane & Co.. Ashland, Ky., lost several
thousand logs by a recent sudden flood in the
Guyandotte river. The greater part of them
were caught at Huntington, and the remainder
nearly all caught before they reached Ironton, O.
Louisville.
J. N. Struck & Itro., prominent planing mill
men here, who make a specialty of hardwood
trim, are now making a feature of the red gum
door, which they call the "Struck-it." It Is a
built-up veneered door, furnished either in the
natural finish or stained, and seems to be meet-
ing with favor.
F. M. Platter, who was in town from North
\'ernon. Ind., last week looking after affairs at
the mill of the Platter-Powell Company here,
says the company has all the orders for hard-
wood it can take care of.
The Stotz Lumber Company says it has com-
lileted the grading on its new yard and expects
Ihe architect to have plans completed for the
new flooring plant in a few days. The demands
in hardwoods have been very active and the
company has its hands full taking care of or-
ders.
.\lbert It. Kampt had the misfortune to lose his
.\uburn saw-mill by tire Thursday, September 13.
The loss is about $5,000. with no insurance, and
at this writing Jlr. Kampf has not decided
whether he w-ill rebuild the mill at Auburn or
go out into the country iwai-er the timber when
he sets it to work again.
Will McLean has just returned from a trip up
among his Canada timiier holdings. He was
accompanied by Edw-ard L. fiavis and a few
others. While in the woods the party enjoyed
several days' fishing and all report a rery
enjoyable time. In regard to business, Mr.
McLean says they have lots of orders for lum-
ber, flooring and everything else and are kept
busy all the time.
Edward L. Davis reports they are building
another sawmill down in the country about
twenty miles from Glasgow, Ky., where they
have bought several million feet of timber,
mostly white oak. He says the demand for
hardwood is excellent, and they are up to their
eyes in work. The Berry-Davis Saw Mill Com-
pany has been making some extensive improve-
ments to their pow-er plant here.
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis lumljei-men are the incorpcn-alors
of the Hawkins Lumber & Land Company, which
has just been organized with $50,000 capital,
and will build a mill to manufacture its timber
at Hawkins, Wis. The mill will be in operation
this winter and by next spring will have on
the market a stock of maple, elm. birch and
hasswood lumber. The company has extensive
hardwood holdings tributary to the mill. It is
incorporated by W. F. Meader, M. C. Meader,
George F. Meader and George C. Farnham.
C. P. Coon, the w-ell known manufacturer of
Glen Flora, Wis., was in Minneapolis on busi-
ness a few days ago. He says many woodsmen
have left the Wisconsin camps to find what
they think will be better conditions on the
Pacific coast. Men will be scarce in the hard-
wood camps this winter, and wages will be
higher than ever.
The Radford Sash & Door Company of Chicago
and the allied interests at Oshkosh, Wis., and
Duluth, Minn., have opened a sales ofiice In
this cit.y in charge of L. B. Craven, an expe-
rienced traveling salesman for sash and door
products.
Albert La Bergc. a manufacturer of hai'd-
wood and hemlock luml)er at Stelsonville, Wis.,
was a business visitor in .Minneapolis a few days
ago.
I). F. Clark, of Osborne & Clark, the Minne-
apolis wholesalers, says that business w-ith them
is not above Hie averttge for this time of year,
but is satisfactory. There is an ample supply
iif birch on the market, btit beyond .a doubt
tliere w-ill be a market between now and spring
for all the hardw-ood now on hand. There
seems to be an Increased use of oak for finish
and in veneer work, and practically all of it
is coming from the South.
E. Payson Smith of the Payson Smith Lum-
ber Comp.any has returned from a trip to Chi-
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cago and other large consuming points. A. S.
Bliss o£ the same company says their September
business has been excellent, and that it has been
good in the Northwest as well as in the East.
They have made some excellent sales of maple,
.Tnd find that wood not abundant and firm in
price. Birch is also rather diminishing, and
not many stocks remain unsold. They find a
steady demand for southern oak from the north-
ern factory trade.
Wausau.
W. Wilson of Rhinelander has purchased a
large tract of hardwood lands from the Paine
Lumber Company of Oshkosh. The lands are
located in the vicinity of Stella and he will
erect a mill at that place. He has enough tim-
ber to keep the mill in operation for several
years.
T. C. Nebrbass of the Nehrbass Casket Com-
pany, I'ond du Lac, died recently.
The Upson Lumber Company is a new corpora-
tion formed to do business in Iron county. The
incorporators are Martin Brecke. Andrew Brecke
and Elmer Stone. Tbey reside at Stetsonville
and have bought the mill and timber holdings
of the Star Lumber Company at Upson.
The Roddis Veneer Company of Marsbfleld has
already placed crews of men in the woods to cut
next year's supply of logs, but is greatly ham-
pered for lack of hands. It will furnish em-
ployment for 300 men this w-iuter, if they can
be secured. Its plans call for 12.000,000 feet
of lumber, an increase of 3,000,000 feet over last
year. About 750,000 feet of grades of hardwood
heretofore not cut at the mill will this year be
worked up into veneer for new styles of furni-
ture.
This is the season when lumbermen of north-
ern Wisconsin begin preparing for their win-
ter's work and the greatest difficulty facing
them this year is the scarcity of labor. Perhaps
not since "the civil war has the "lumberjack"
been as scarce in this section as at present.
Employment agencies have booked many orders
for woodsmen, but this source of supply wil'
avail the lumbering interests but little. Log-
ging operations are paying better wages than
they have for years, with transportation and
excellent board and accommodations, but they
no doubt will be compelled to draw on the Ital-
ian and other foreign labor of the big cities. In
fact, even at the present time whole camps in
logging districts often consist of laborers speak-
ing a foreign tongue, with the camp boss, the
cook and the scaler as the only Americans.
Crews such as these do not give satisfaction.
It recjuires weeks, often months, for the men to
become accustomed to the work and the effect
as concerns the season's cut is- plainly apparent.
Since lumbermen have entered so largely into
the cutting of hardwood there is almost as
much work in the woods as when pine was su-
preme, but the old-time "lumberjack," who in
years past was the lumberman's reliance, has
disappeared and has been partially succeeded by
men less skillful with logging tools. It Is
claimed that the large lumbering operations that
are opening up in tlie South and West have taken
him from Wisconsin.
A. E. Beebee of McMillan, Wis., secretary of
the Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Associa-
tion, is the republican candidate for member of
the assembly from the first district of Marathon
county. His qualifications and record are a
guarantee that he will be an excellent addition
to the legislative body of the state, if elected,
and the Hardwood Record wishes him success
in his candidacy.
Hardwood Market.
(By HABDWOOD RECORD Exclusive Market Reporters.)
Chicago.
The last few weeks has seen the rush of fall
business actually begun. Most of the firms are
busy getting out their orders with more speed
than usual this year on account of the car short-
age, which is beginning to be felt, and which
will undoubtedly increase as the season pro-
gresses. In almost all items the market is
strong. There are complaints about the slow-
ness of quartered oak, although there is no evi-
dence of the prices being anything but sound,
and it is thought that the active trading of the
next few weeks will serve to put the article on
a better footing. Plain oak is firm and a con-
siderable number of concerns that are making
the stuff in heavy quantities have no difficulty
whatever in disposing of their product. The
general opinion among the local trade and their
experience thus far with the state of trade is
tbat the coming season will be a remarkably
good one.
Boston.
While the local hardwood market lacks that
snap needed to make an active market, the de-
mand shows an improvement in many lines as
compared with a month ago. There has been a
general hardening of values due largely, it is
reported, to a short supply of desirable stock at
mill points, available for prompt shipment.
Dealers express more encouragement regarding
the future than for several weeks. The yards
in this vicinity are not overstocked, although
many of them have a fair supply on hand.
Mauufaclurers of house fini.sh are very busy at
present and have been for several weeks past.
Some are behind with deliveries. There has been
quite a little building going on this summer that
has about reached a stage where the interior
finish is wanted. Furniture manufacturers are
busy and the outlook is that they will run full
during the remainder of the year at least.
A very fair demand for mahogany is reported.
Imports at Boston during the past month have
amounted to about two hundred logs. A steady
market is found for plain oak. although the
demand at present is not brisk. No lower quota-
tions are expected. Quartered oak has been in a
little better demand of late and prices are firmly
held in most instances. Birch is in moderate
inquiry. In some places this wood is being used
as a substitute for mahogany. A good demand
is reported for brown ash. Whitewood is very
firmly held. The demand is not brisk, but deal-
ers have but little trouble in getting full asking
quotations, as offerings of desirable stock are
not large. Cypress is held in strong hands, but
the call is not brisk. Maple flooring moves in a
moderate way. No large orders are reported In
(he market this week. Chestnut is in very good
demand.
New York.
The salient feature of the market during the
past fortnight has been the money question,
due to the building trade requiring funds to
complete structures in hand, a condition which
is always prevalent at this time of year. The
stringency in the money market, coming as it
does toward the end of a very active building
period, has made itself strongly felt in the
large number of mechanics' liens filed with the
county clerk. At this writing the money market
is not high and it is believed that within a
very short time this undesirable feature of
trading will pass away.
As to the hardwood market itself, the situa-
tion during the fortnight just closed has revealed
no weakness, both demand and prices being
steady. The wholesale trade reports stocks in
hand and at mill points very much broken and
holdings of first-class, well-manufactured stock
in the better grades are being held very strongly
as a general thing. Of course here and
there will be found small offerings from
small mills at slightly shaded prices, but
a majority of the trade who are con-
versant with conditions at supply points
are perfectly satisfied to keep their stock off the
market rather than to make any concessions.
Taking the bu.ying trade as a whole, however,
purchasing is quite free and every indication
points to a good fall and w'inter trade. There
is a little weakness shown in maple and quar-
tered oak, and there seems to be more than
enough stock to go round. In birch, the demand
is strong, with good stock in desirable sizes very
scarce. TIte demand has been unprecedented for
this stock for a good many months and the cur-
rent sitimtion shows no change in that respect.
Ash is in fair call and some inquiries are hard
to fill in the better grades, owing to the scar-
city of available supplies. Beech is having a
very good run, especially in thick plank for
temporary work. Plain oak is firm, but stocks
in the hands of buyers seem ample for early
fall demands and the market is a little easy.
Poplar is holding its own, with the better
grades in good demand and the lower grades
moving quite freely. Prices are firm and the
general outlook indicates that it will enjoy a
very fair movement during the balance of the
year.
Philadelphia.
During the past fortnight sales have mate-
rially increased, especially in oak and chestnut.
Good prices are being obtained for all woods,
the lists being strong in all items. Basswood
is again becoming a factor after the quiet period
of sales experienced in the wood during the past
month, and poplar especially good dry stock
is in active demand. The outlook for a busy
season is favorable and the trade as a unit feel
confident that the brisk demand that is begin-
ning to usher in the fall business is the fore-
runner of a prosperous, steady season. The
stocks in the yards are at a comparatively low
ebb, and orders from them are beginning to be
receiyed in larger volume.
Baltimore.
The favorable conditions that have distin-
guished the Baltimore hardwood trade all sum-
mer still prevail. There is a brisk demand for
practically all items of stock, and the mills
apparently find a ready market for their entire
output, though some of the dealers incline to
the view that production has gained somewhat
on consumption and that stocks are more plen-
tiful than they have been for some time. For
the present the inquiry is brisk at figures that
are perhaps a shade easier, but that do not
depart materially from the range of values
which has prevailed during the whole summer.
The competition at the mills for stocks is still
very active, though the offerings are said by
some lumbermen to be more liberal. Oak. ash
and other woods in general use are eagerly
sought and the distribution is large, though in
the southern states the car shortage is causing
more or less trouble. Poplar has lost none of
its snap, being in strong demand at figures
that yield a satisfactory profit. Large quanti-
ties of lumber are going abroad, though the
quotations there are not relatively as high as
on this side. The prevailing prices for walnitt
serve to bring out lumber and logs in fairly large
quantities, the supplies being taken up in part
for domestic consumption, as the home revival
in the use of the wood is still in evidence. The
local requirements in mahogany are fairly satis-
factory.
Pittsburg.
In the midst of sultry summer weather the
fall market for hardwoods shows a very encour-
aging aspect. It is doubtful, in fact, if there
has been a fall for ten years when the hardwood
dealers of Pittsburg had reason to hope for a
better trade than just now. Inquiry is broad-
ening and prices are stiffening. Furthermore,
stocks of dry hardwood are too small to be
counted on to furnish a supply for any consid-
erable period. This augurs well for the quick
sale of the entire output of the hardwood mills
this fall and winter. Pittsburg firms are exert-
ing themselves to get their mills and mill con-
nections in the best possible shape before winter
sets in.
Prices of all hardwoods are firm with a con-
stant tendency to higher quotations. There is
not a break in the list, except, perhaps, sound
wormy chestnut, which is offering rather more
freely than the market demands just now. Oak
is a strong leader, all grades being In excellent
call. The best grades of chestnut are bringina
better prices than a month ago. The small
stocks of hickory that are occasionally located
about Pennsylvania and Ohio are grabbed up
eagerly by local dealers and as quickly resold
at prices that are usually named by the seller.
Maple flooring is one of the best sellers on
the hardwood list. Considerable beech is being
sold through Pittsburg agencies, chiefly for
construction work on the local rivers. Birch is
wanted from eastern points, but its scarcity
makes sales small. Both elm and ash are com-
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lug to the front this month sincp the mills o£
Ohio and western Pennsylvania have resumed
operations, and large quantities are being sold
to the wagon and buggy trade and the handle
manufactories.
Buffalo,
Sales in all lines are increasing in spite o£ the
large amount of lumber sold during the summer.
Hardwoods have been in good demand all during
the past season. Hardwood dealers here are very
active and they appear to work to good purpose,
for the supply of lumber they obtain and pass
on to the retailer and consumer is much greater
than would be supposed possible, with all hard-
wood lumber so scarce. Prices do not change
to any extent, nothing but poplar going up, and
that still lower than the prices that were put
on it some years ago by the producers.
Everybody is still looking to birch for helping
out in most directions. It takes the place of
any wood used for inside finish and seems to
grow more plentiful with its increasing use.
Washington fir is coming into much the same
use. while its strength puts it into the ash
trade, which is disappearing on account of
scarcity.
Chestnut is not more plentiful and sells about
on a par with plain oak. There is a good re-
port from cherry, and walnut is still an occa-
sional seller. Maple sells well, goorl reports
coming from the flooring mills. There is some
increase in the demand for basswood, with elm
still rather quiet. They will both be wanted in
good time and would never have been laid aside
but for the high price asked for them at the
sawmills.
The great point in the entire trade is the
rapid consumption. The eastern retailer is not
stocking up. This is shown by the hurry-up
orders given with purchases. He wants the
stock for the consumer. Buffalo was never
building so generally all over the city as now
and though extra competition is cutting down
the earnings of the door mills the work Is heavy.
Saginaw Valley,
Trade is a little bi-ighter as regards orders
and inquiries than it has been for some time,
but quotations show no perceptible appreciation
in the matter of values. There is some call for
beech and birch, a number of sales being reported
in this last wood. Maple is weak. It can be
bought, so buyers assert, at interior mills at a
figure less than was asked last spring. On the
other hand, it is claimed that this is only small
scattered lots, but that the general market is
holding up well and at fair prices. No. 2 common
and better being firm at $16 and $1S. Elm is
still sold around the .?2'J to $2G mark, and bass-
wood at :?23. The demand for basswood culls by
box manufacturers has helped that commodity.
Beech is moving better at .'iil4 and birch at $20
to $2.'J.oU. Ash is strong at $27 and $28 and
not much offering. There is ample stock to meet
the requirements of the trade and timber owners
are making preparations for the usual output
this fall nud winter in the woods,
Indianapolis.
The hardwood lumber situation here is entirel.v
satisfactory to dealers. Indeed, the volume of
business done during tlie summer season was
larger than was anticipated and all Indianapolis
firms have apparently prospered. There is con-
siderable building being done here now and as a
result demand for all grades of hardwoods is
good. I'rices are steady. The fall buying by
manufacturers is now on and numerous orders of
this nature have been placed with local dealers.
Plain and quartered oak are both in good de-
mand.
Nashville.
A strong market, stiff pric(>s. good demand and
no surplus of slocks are the characteristics of the
local market at this writing. Orders by mail
and from salesmen on the ground are plentiful
and are from all parts of the country. The only
question is that of being able to get the stuff.
I'"or some time chestnut has been in great de-
mand in this market. This wood has proved to
be useful for interior finish, as it does not cost
as much to work as it does oak, and at the
same time good widths and grades are obtain-
able. Good black locust poles are in heavy de-
mand, having replaced cedar as telephone and
telegraph poles and as railway and highway
piling. The ends are being creosoted and the
wood is found to last comparatively well. Pop-
lar is bringing the full list price and all the
dry stock, firsts and seconds, is being accepted
liy ready buyers. The heavy building that has
characterized this section as well as the entire
country has made quartered oak flooring in great
demand, both in firsts and seconds and strips and
common. All grades of ash and hickory are be-
ing bought wherever obtainable. A tide is on
now and a good deal of badly needed timber is
coming down the river. Every tow of it is
welcomed eagerly and enthusiastically too, as
the supply this fall and winter is said to be
about one-third of what was expected and is
usual. September trade is holding up about as
briskly as did the remarkable business scored
during the month of August, which was a rec-
ord breaker for Nashville lumbermen.
Memphis.
The demand for hardwoods in Memphis and
vicinity continues excellent and the market Is in
a very healthy position from a price standpoint.
Stocks continue rather light in shipping and
bone dry. Although weather conditions during
the past fortnight have been more favorable for
production, there is not as much lumber on
slicks as there should be at this season. The
domestic demand is better than the foreign, but
there is a very satisfactory business reported
in export circles. There are more mills oper-
ating in this territory than there have been tor
some time, owing to the more favorable weather,
but nothing like all of them are in operation and
almost everybody in the trade admits that there
will not be any accumulation of lumber this win-
ter unless it results from something that affects
the demand.
The car shortage is perhaps not quite so pro-
nounced as was expected by this lime, but it is
bad enough and lumber from interior points is
rather slow in moving. In Memphis proper there
is very little trouble so far.
Plain oak is a very ready seller in all grades
and thicknesses of both red and white. Prices
have been maintained with comparative ease,
and there is not enough stock to prove a weight
on the market for some time. Quarter sawed
white oak is selling more readily, especially in
I he higher grades, but quartered red is easily the
dullest item ou the list. Ash is a very ready
seller. There is not much of this available and
those who have any for sale are disposing of it
at as high prices as have prevailed at any time
during the past twelve months. Cypress moves
without difficulty at very full figures and in all
grades. Cottonwood is in excellent demand in
both box Ijoards and Nos. 1, 2 and 3 common.
The supply is very light. The box manufactur-
ers, who are the largest consumers, state that
they do not know where 500,000 feet of dry low
grade cottonWood could be found in this section.
The box men are doing a phenomenal business,
the largest in their history, and this is one of
the stimulating factors in the Cottonwood sit-
uation. Gum is a splendid seller in the lower
grades, deriving part of its strength from the
scarcity of low grade cottonwood. Firsts and
seconds red are also in good demand, with a
large movement in ihin stock and inch lumber.
Clear saps are dull, however, ana prices on
these are low compared to the upper and iowki
grades of this wood.
New Orleans,
Excepting that more lumber is being cut by
reason of the fact that more mills are in opera-
lion, there has been litMe change in the condi-
tion of the hardwood market in the last fort-
uight. Exports are improving slightly and the
interior demand remains about the same as it
was two weeks ago. Like all the other mills
throughout this territory, the hardwood plants
are experiencing some difficulty in moving their
cut because of the shortage of cars. This is
affecting in some degree the supply to the
interior. Prices are a little higher and it is
expected they will continue to go up.
Louisville,
Manufacturers and dealers here report that
there are lots of buyers in the hardwood market
now, and it is practically no trouble to dispose
of anything in the hardwood line at fair prices.
The furniture men, as noted heretofore, started
in buying earlier than usual this year, and car
stock people are scouring the country for stock
right along. It is also noted that the demand
from the building trades for structural work
of various kinds is taking more oak than usual
this year, so that the manufacturers are able to
find a ready market for rough stock In framing
and timbers. There also appears to be a very
active demand for small dimension stock, espe-
cially for chair stock of one kind or another,
though of course the prices attached to these
inquiries are not always as inviting as manu-
facturers think they ought to be. It all indi-
cates plainly, however, that the buyers are much
more anxious for stock these days than the
mlUmen are to sell. There is a fair supply
of plain oak among the yards here which will
unquestionably come in handy since the
car shortage has become general, and the yard
men who have put forth unusual energies to-
ward accumulating stock the latter half of the
summer feel justified in their action. Poplar
dry stock is bringing some fancy prices and
there is probably not a man here but what
could sell twice as much as he can get.
Minneapolis.
For some reason which hardwood dealers are
not able to explain, the demand for hardwood
lumber from the sash and door plants and other
manufacturing concerns has not been In propor-
tion to the amount of business they have done
this summer. Apparently a large proportion of
their product has gone into pine and western
lumber. The factories have all had a good
season, and are running at full tilt with an
excellent outlook for fall and winter business.
They still buy hardwood, however, on a light
scale, and mostly in small lots to fill Immediate
needs. Business is fairly good and prices are
firm. In fact, most of the manufacturers are
holding off with the idea that prices will ad-
vance after the holidays, so there is little
eagerness on the part of either buyer or seller.
There Is no real abundance In any kind of
hardwood. The most plentiful thing Is birch,
and the trade is beginning to realize that
unsold birch stocks are not very large and
numerous. In all probability the birch now
manufactured will be well cleaned up by next
spring. There is a fair call for basswood, which
Is firm in price and in smaller quantity than
usual at this season of the year. The supply of
rock elm, ash and northern oak is extremely
limited, and for all practical purposes they are
about wiped off the slate. Maple in most sizes
is also getting scarce. There is a good demand
for fiooring, and the country trade is taking a
fair proportion of wagon stock with its regular
fall stock orders.
Liverpool,
Three mahogany auction sales have taken
place during the last fortnight. They were well
attended and higher prices ruled generally. How-
ever, the top has undoubtedly been reached and
lower prices may be expected toward the end of
the year.
It is well to again refer to the practice of
merchants here of obliterating the lot numbers
of logs bought by American buyers, who should
lake it to heart that where this Is done in al-
most every case it means that they are being
"had." They should insist ou lot numbers being
left on the logs, and to ask for the brokers' meas-
urement cards, as was stated in this department
in the last Issue of the Hardwood Record.
Ash and oak planks are in active demand and
are commanding high prices.
Several large orders have been placed for prime
quartered oak boards, but low prices only have
been obtained. A very curious position is to be
found in this wood. We have a very large stock
bought at much lower figures than they could be
replaced for, but in spite of this if one Is to
cjbtain orders one has great difficulty in finding
a profit. This, however, will undoubtedly right
itself in due course.
Ash logs are selling at a figure which is alto-
gether too low. Suffering from the excessive
import ou consignment wagon oak planks in
suitable lengths are absolutely unobtainable and
will bring higli prices.
Oak and ash dimension timber is also In much
request and any cutters of this could obtain
large orders.
36 HARDWOODRECORD
AT COST
IS AN UNCOMMON TERM AS APPLIED TO INSURANCE
But this is the actual price of Indemnity against Fire Loss furnished by the
Manufacturing
Lumbermen's
Underwriters
THE STRONGEST INSURANCE ORGANIZATION
TO-DAY IN AMERICA
The saving is not on a _. Only well built plants
small portion of J with adequate protection
your insurance but on the ^ and at least
entire line. ) five years timber
There are other advantages / supply are considered
equally interesting. ^ eligible.
FOR LIST OF MEMBERS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS
HARRY RANKIN 4 CO. Kansas City. Mo.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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No display except the headings can be ad-
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Remittances to accompany the order. No
extra charges for copies of paper containing
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EMPLOYES WANTED.
SALESMAN WANTED.
A Bangup Hardwood Salesman, cue acquaint-
ed with the mills in West Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee. Good wages for good man.
Answer fully.
W. M. GILLESPTE LUMBER CO..
Farmers' Bank BIdg., Pittsburg, Pa.
TALLYMEN WANTED.
Two tallymen who understand grading hard-
woods. Good wages and steady work.
W. O. KING & CO.,
Loomls Street Bridge, Chicago.
LOGGING CONTEACT TO LET.
We have 150 million feet mixed hemlock,
hardwood and pine timber in northern Wiscon-
sin, to be logged at the rate of 12 to 15 mil-
lion feet per year. Want land cleaned of all
timber, including pulpwood, cedar posts, poles,
etc. Work to commence fall of 19U7. Party
must be financially responsible and experienced
in logging mixed timber by rail. Send refer-
ences, stating whom you have logged for before.
Address "LOGGING CONTRACT,"
care Hahdwood Recokd.
LUMBER WANTED
WANTED.
Basswood, 200,000 ft. 1" firsts and seconds.
7" and up wide. Hard Maple Axles, 4x5 and
4y.x5i/. — 6 ft.
McCLURE LUMBER CO., Detroit, Mich.
WANTED— HANDLE BILLETS.
Hickory for hammer, hatchet, ax. pick and
sledge bandies. Maple and hickory for miners'
pick handles. White ash for shovel handles.
THE PITTSBURG SHOVEL CO., Lecchburg, Pa.
OAK AND ASH BALUSTER STOCK.
Wanted, any quantity l?4xl% — 24" long, for
cash. G. CANS, 200 Diamond St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
■WHITd OAK CAR FRAMING.
And timbers wanted for cash, from reliable
mills located in Louisiana, Alabama and Mis-
sissippi. AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO.,
Pittsburg, Pa.
WANTED.
White Oak logs and White or Gray Ash logs.
Write for specifications.
S. N. BROWN & CO., Dayton, Ohio.
WANTED— DIMENSION HICKORY.
Hickory I'ole and Shaft Strips. Also good
man to travel, buying and inspecting same.
TOLEDO CARRIAGE WOODWORK CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
WANTED— HARDWOOD LOGS.
200 M feet 28-inch and up White Oak logs.
200 M feet 12-lnch and up Walnut logs.
50 M ft. 12-inch and up Cherry logs.
C. L. WILLBY,
Blue Island Av. and Robey St., Chicago.
OAK.
We are in the market for plain sawed oak,
all grades and thicknesses.
P. G. DODGE & CO., 2116 Lumber- St., Chicago.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak ; also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and Piling of all kinds.
CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO.,
121,S Monadnock Bldg., Chicago, III.
TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE
HARDWOOD TIMBER.
20,000 acres Southwest Louisiana hardwoods
— White Oak, Hickory. Ash, Yellow Pine — on
railroad and navigable stream. Saw mil! of
:!0,oyo capacity — new.. Town site. One of the
finest tracts to be bad in the Southwest. Write
us for price. CUAVANNE INSURANCE
AGENCY. Established 1899. General Insur-
ance — Real Estate — Rentals — Loans — Invest-
ments.
No. 316 Broad Street, Lake Charles, La.
FOR SALE.
10.800 acres .\rkansas virgin oak timber-
land. Railroad runs through the property.
Rare opportunity to purchase one of the best
tracts o£ timber in the Southwest. Fine cot-
ton land wheu cleared. Write us promptly, as
we are going to sell.
WESTERN NATIONAL BANK, Louisville, Ky.
FOR SALE.
• 3,550 acres of Georgia hardwood, estimated
to cut as follows :
8.81)0.000 feet White Oak.
3,500,000 feet Hickory.
5,500.000 feet Red Oak.
1.750.000 feet White Ash.
High grade stock suitable for wagon and
carriage manufacture.
3% miles from railroad: river joins tract.
Ten years to remove timber. Address
"II. H.." care Haiidwood Recobd.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
ORDERS WANTED.
For short leaf pine ami white oak car fram-
ing, bridge timbers, switch ties, etc. Mill in
Miss. D. B. MURPHY & CO., London, Ky.
WALNUT FOR SALE.
One car load of 8/4. 10/4. 12/4. 16/4 firsts
and seconds. Exceptionally nice stoclt. good
and dry. C. J. FRANK,
2440 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE.
100,000 feet 5/4 Log Run Plain Red Oak.
100,000 feet 4/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut.
SOUTHERN LUMBER CO..
312 Keller Bldg., Louisville. Ky.
TIMBER FOR SALE
HARDWOOD STUMPAGE FOR SALE.
The timber on a compact tract of over 30.-
000 acres in Tennessee, largely poplar, oak
.and chestnut; with other woods of value.
For particulars apply to
"S. Gil," care Hardwood Record.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
HICKORY.
If you want a good location for a Hickory
mill write us for further information.
STONEMAN-ZEARING LU.MBBR CO.,
203 Frisco Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.
DESIRABLE LOCATIONS.
In the territory of splendid timber resources
reached by The North-Western Line are several
fine locations for new industries, especially la
the woodworking lines. A suitable point for
a large sawmill having excellent railroad ser-
vice and a large tributary timber district is
one of these. There Is also a fine opportunity
for securing a well equipped cooperage plant.
Reference to these can be obtained upon re-
quest to the INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT,
C. & N.-W. Ry., Chicago.
HARDWOOD TIMBER.
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Belt Route. Tracts ranging from
fire hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum, Cypress, some Ash,
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at very reasonable figures now — In
some cases at less than $1 per thousand stump-
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop-
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash bonus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for you.
E. W. LA BEAUME, G. P. & T. A.,
COTTON BELT. St. Louis, Mo.
WANTED.
Party with small capital to take an active
interest in well established handle and lumber
business. Entire output sold for four years.
For further information write or call on
H. F. CLARKE, Okolona. Miss.
MACHINERY FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
Six foot Band Mill, steam feed, entire plant
complete with equipment, filing machinery,
saws, rip saws, etc. Plant can be conveniently
seen now in running condition. Address
"HAND MILL." care Haudwood Record.
MISCELLANEOUS
FACTS FROM PRACTICAL MEN.
The Hardwood Record is always in the mar-
ket for articles on any and every feature of
the hardwood industry. It wants practical
statements of fact from practical men wh*
know how certain things can be done in the
best way. Literary quality not essential. Lib-
eral pay for acceptable articles. Address
Editor Hardwood Rbcobd.
MANUFACTURERS
Conlemplallng «stabMshlno plant*
In the Wast should take advanlago
of ■ location on
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
which reaches the famous
WATER POWERS,
COAL FIELDS,
IRON ORE RANGES,
HARD AND SOFT
LUMBER DISTRICTS,
MINING DISTRICTS
of the West and Northwest, and
affords the best means of transport
tatlon to the markets of Iho world.
FOR FURTHEH PARTICULARS APPLY TO
MARVIN HUGHITT, Jr., E. D. BRIGHAM,
Freight Trajfio Maniiger, Gen' I Freight Agent,
GEO. BONNELL,
I nduatrla I Agent,
NW513 CHICAGO.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Advertisers^ Directory
NORTHERN HARDWOODS.
AliXKk. John L.. & Co 7
AiiMM-ioan Lumber & Mfg. Company... 9
Arpiii Hardwood Lumber Company.... 49
IiatjriH-k Lumber Cumpanv 9
r.anialiy. C. H TA
Jieyer, Kuox & Co 55
Bliss & A'au Auken 12
Eoyne City Lumber Company 51
Briji^s & Cooper Company 4
Brownlee & Co n')
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 55
r'adillae Handle Company 3
rheat River Lumber Company 9
f'berrv River Boom & Lbr. Company.. 1
Chi vvi'j. \V. R 5
<"incinuati Hardwood Lbr. Company.. 5:J
lobbs & Mitc-belL Inc -!
I'nhimbia Hardwood Lumber Company 11
ri^iiMor. R.. Lumber Company 4S
rinsliv & Becbley Company. Tlie
iiusby. C. P 49
(.iinmier, Diggins & Co :i
Darling. Cbas.. & Co 11
Diivis. .John R.. Lumber <'ompany.... 4!>
Dells Lumber & .Shingle Company.... 49
Dennis Bros .^1
Dennis & Smith Lumber Company.... 50
D'Henr & Swain Lumber Company... 54
Dixon & Dewey
Duhlmeier Bros 52
Dulweber, John. & Co 5:;
Elias. G., & Bro 55
Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo.... 55
Evans & Retting Lumber Co 50
Fall. R. H
Flint. Erving & Stoner Company 9
Freiberg Lumber Company, The 53
Fnllerton-PoweU Hardwood Lumber
Company 54
General Lumber Company 52
Gillespie, W. M., Lumber Companv... 7
Goldie, J. S 51
Haak Lumber Company 51
Hac-klev-Phelps-Bonnell Companv .... .">1
Hayden, Harvey S 10
Healh-Witbeck Company 11
Hollnway Lumber Company 7
Ingram Lumber Company 4!f
James & Abbot Company 7
Jenks, Robert H.. Lumber Company.. 47
Jones, <j. W.. Lumber Company 49
Jones Hardwood Company 7
Kampf. Albert R 2
Keator, Ben C 11
Keith Lumber Company 11
Kelli'V Lumber A: SIiint:Ie Company... ti
Leavitt Lumber Com|iany 12
I-esh & Matthews Lumber Company... 11
Linehan Lumber Companv 9
Litchfield. William E 7
Long-Knight Lumber Company 54
MacBride, Thos.. Lumber Company... 51
M'aley. Thompson & Moffett Companv. 53
Maley & Wertz 54
Martin-Barriss Company 47
Mason & Donaldson Lumber Company. 4S
McClure Lumber Company *. . 51
Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 7
McLean, Hugh, Lumber Compan.v 55
Miller, Anthonv 55
Miller Brothers 11
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Mowbray & Robinson 53
Murphy & DJggins 3
Nichols & Cox Lumber Company 50
Nicola Lumber Company. The 9
Norman Lumber Company 2
North Shore Lumber Company 50
North Vernon Pump & Lumber Co.... 2
North Western Lumber Company 4S
O'Brien. John, Land St Lumber Co. ... 10
Perrine-.A.rmstrong Companv 54
Peters, R. G., Salt & Lumber Co 51
Price. E. E 7
Radina. L. W., & Co ,53
Richmond Park & Co 10
Rnnibarger Lumber Company
Ry:in & McParlaud 10
Sailing, Hanson & Co .50
Scatrberd & Son 55
Schofleld P>ros 7
Schultz Bros. &. Cowen 45
Simmond Lumber Company 51
Slimmer, J,, & Co 10
Soble Bros
Southern Oak Lumber Company 6
Standard Hardwood Lumber Company. 55
Stephenson, The 1.. Company 12
Stewart. I. N., & Bro 55
Stewart. Wm. H. & G. S 52
Stims%on, J. V 54
Stone. T. B., Lumber Company 52
Sullivan, T., vS: C'o 55
Tegge Lumber t.'ompany
Turner. A. M.. Lumber Company 0
I'pham & Agler 6
Van Keulen & Wilkinson Lumber Co. . 51
Vollmar & Below 49
Wagstaff. W. J 49
Ward Lumber Company 11
Wells. R. A., Lumber Company 1<>
Wentworth. ('has. S., & Co 7
White Lumber t'ompany 10
White. W. H., Conipany 45
Whitmer. Wm., iV: Sons. Inc 0
Wiborg iJt Ilanna Company 53
Willson Bros. Lundier Company 9
Wisconsin Timber & Lumber Companv 11
Wistar. Cnderhill & Co 7
Yeaser. f)rs(in E 55
Young. W. D.. & Co 12
Y'oung & CiitstiiL-i-i 54
SOUTHERN HARDWOODS.
Advance Lumber Company 47
Alcock. John L.. & Co 7
American Lumber Company 4G
American Lumber & Mfg. Company... !i
Anderson-Tully Company 4
Atlantic Lumber Company 1
Bacon-Nolau Hardwood Company 4
Beck. E. E.. Lumber Company 53
Beyer, Knox & Co 55
Briggs & Cooper Companv 4
Brown. Geo. C, & Co S
Brown, W. P., & Sons, Lumber Co... 2
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 55
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Company 12
Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co 1
Chi wis. W. R 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co 53
Coleman, J. S., Lumber Company 46
Columbia Hardwood Lumber Companv 11
Crane. C, & Co 53
Crosby & Beckley Company. The
Cypress Lumber Company 52
Darling. Chab'.. & Co 11
Davidson-Benedict Companv 1
Davis, Edw. L., & Co 2
Dennis t& Smith Lumber Company.... 50
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Company... 54
Dixon & Dewey
Duhlmeier Bros .52
Dulweber, John. & Co .53
Elias, G., vV' Bro 55
Empire Lumber Company. Buffalo.... 55
Evans & Retting Lumber Companv... 50
Fall. E. H
Farrin-Korn Lumber Compan.v 52
Flint. Erving & Stoner Company 9
Freiberg Lumber Company 53
Fry-Buchanan Lumber Companv 40
Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber
Compan.v 54
Garetson-Greason Lumber Company... 5
Gayoso Lumber Company 4
Gillespie, W. M., Lund)er Company.. 7
Hackley-Phelps-Boniiell Company .... 51
Hafner Manufacturinc Companv 5
llrath-Witbeck Company " 11
Iliniiiielberger-Harrison Lumber Co... 1
Indiana Lumber Company S
James & Abbot Company". 7
Jenks, Robt. H.. Lumber Company... 47
Jones, G. W., Lumber Company 4')
Jones Hardwood Company 7
Kampf, Albert R 2
Keator. Ben C 11
Keith Lumber Company 11
Kentucky Lumber Company 53
Lane-White Lundier Company 52
Lenvitt Lumber Company 12
Lesh & Matthews Lumber Company... 11
Linehan Lumber Company 0
Litchfield. Wm. E 7
Long-Knight Lumber Companv 54
Love, Boyd & Co S
Luehrmann. Cbas. F., Hardwood Lum-
ber Company 5
McClure Lumber Company 51
Mcllvain, J. Gibson. & Co 7
McLean, Hush. Lumber Company.... 55
Maley, Thompson & MoCEett Company. 53
Martin-Barriss Company 47
Miller. Anthony 55
Miller Bros. 11
Nicola Ijunber Company. The 9
Norman Lumber Company 2
O'Brien, John. Land & Lumber Co.... 10
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Companv 8
Price, E. E 7
Radina, L. W\, & Co 53
Ransom. J. B.. & Co S
Rhubeskv, E. W 2
Richmond Park & Co 10
Ritter, W. M.. Lumber Company 56
Roy Lumber Company 39
Rumbarger Lumber Compan.v
Ryan & McParland 10
Scatcherd & Son 55
Schofield Bros 7
Slimmer. J., & Co t 10
Smith, W. E., Lumber Company 4
Southern Lumber Company 2
Southern Oak Lumber (Company 6
Standard Hardwood Lumber Company. 55
Steele & Hibbard 5
Stevens-Eaton Company 7
Stewart, I. N., & Bro 55
Stewart. Wm. H. & G. S 52
Stimson, J. V 54
Stone. T. B., Lumber Company 52
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company . . 5
Stotz Lundier Company, Inc 2
Sullivan, T.. & Co 55
Swann-Day Lumber Company S
Thomas & Pi-oetz Lumber Company... 5
Thompson, ,T. W.. Lumber Company.. 4
Three States Lumber Company 4
Turner. A. M.. Lumber Company 9
T'pham & Asler 6
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company 46
Ward Lumber Company 11
Wells. R. A., Lumber Companv 10
Wentworth. Cbas. S.. Si. Co 7
West Florida Hardwood Company.... 7
White Lumber Company 10
Whitmer. Wm.. & Sons. Inc 6
Wiborg Si Hanna Company 53
Willson Bros, Lumber Company 9
Wisconsin Timber & Lumlier Co 11
Wood. R. E.. Lumber Company 45
Yeager, Orson E 55
POPLAR,
Advance Lumber Company 47
Atlantic Lumber Company 1
Brown, W. P.. & Sons. Lumber Co... 2
Cheat River Lumber Company 9
Chicago Veneer Company 38
Crane, C, & Co 53
Davidson-Benedict Company 1
Davis. Edw. L.. & Co 2
Dawkins, W. H., Lumber Company... 52
Hayden, Harvey S. H)
Keutuckv Lumber Companv 53
Rhubesky, E. W 2
Ritter. W. M.. Lumber Company 56
Roy Lumber Company .39
Southern Lumber Company 2
Stevens-Eaton Company 7
Swann-Day Lumber Company 8
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company... 5
Vansant. Kitchen & Co 56
Wood, R. E., Lumber Company 45
Yellow Poplar Lumber Company 56
COTTONWOOD AND GUM.
Andersnn-l"iilly Company 4
Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Company 4
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 52
Himmelberger-IIarrison Lumber Co. . . 1
Luehrmann, C. F., Hardwood LumVter
Company 5
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber (.'ompany S
Smith, W. E.. Lumber Company 4
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company. . 5
Stotz Lumber Company. Inc 2
Three States Lumber Company 4
CYPRESS.
Cypress Lumber Company 52
Hafner Manufacturing Company 5
Lolhman Cypress Compnny 5
Thompson, J. W., Lumber Company.. 4
VENEERS.
Chicago Veneer Cumpany. Inc 38
Wisconsin Veneer Cunipauy 48
HARDWOOD FLOORING.
Bliss & Van Auken.... 12
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Companv 12
Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3
Cummer, Diggius & Co 3
Fenn Bros. Company 4
Forman, Thos., Company 6
Haak Lumber Company 51
Kerry &■ Hanson Flooring Company... 50
Mitchell Bros. Company 3
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co 8
Nichols & Cox Lumber Company 50
Pease Company. The 52
Schultz Bros. . & Cowen 45
Stepheu-son, The I., Company 12
Ward Bros 12
Wllce. The T.. Company 10
Wood Mosaic Flooring Companv 2
Y'oung. W. D., & Co 12
SAW MILL MACHINERY.
Mershon. W. B., A: Ci'
Phoenix Manufai'tnriii;; Cipinpany 40
WOODWORKING MACHINERY.
American Wood Working Machinery
Coiiipiiiiy 41
Berlin Machine Works, The
Defi.-ince Machine Works 40
Mattesou Mfg. Company
Nash, J. M
Ober Mfg. Company. The 47
Schindler, A. J 40
Smitli. H. B., Mnchiiic Company
VENEER MACHINERY.
Coe Manufacturing Cnmiiany 43
LOGGING MACHINERY.
Clyde lion Works 44
Lidgerw(Xhd Manufacturing Companv.. 45
Overpack, S. C 50
Russel Wheel & Foundry Company... 39
DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS,
Grand Kapids Veneer Works 42
Morton Dry Kiln Coniii;iiiy 40
LUMBER INSURANCE.
Adirondack Fire Insnrjvnce Company.. 1
Lumber Insurance Company of New
York 1
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany, Boston 1
Lumber Underwriters 12
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual
Fire Insurance Companv
Rankin, Harry & Co .36
Toledo Fire & Marine Insurance Co. .
SAWS, KNIVES AN5 SUPPLIES.
Atkins. E. C, & Co 44
Champion Saw Company 42 & 52
Gillette Roller Bearing Company 42
Ilanchett Swage Works 42
Marshall. Francis
Shimer, S. J.. & Sons 40
MISCELLANEOUS.
Barrnll. H. C, & Co 12
Childs. S. D.. & Co 39
Gillette Roller Bearing Company 42
Lacey. J. D., & Co
Lumbermen's Credit Association 39
Martin & Co 4Q
Pease Company, The 52
Schenck. C. A.. & Co 46
St;indard Audit Company.
9>
A Porch Column "Snap
^ In the manufacture of our high-grade veneers, we produce two cars
monthly of clear, solid heart, bored Poplar Posts, 8 and 10 inches
in diameter, 66 to 06 inches long-.
fl On this product we will make a price that will appeal to every
manufacturer of porch columns.
CHICAGO VENEER COMPANY, Inc.
BURINSIDE, KElNXUCtCY
HARDWOOD RECORD
39
XovaxiCs roRADV(iins^ns
FOBS, POCKET PIECES
BUTTONS,
LETTER OPENERS,
SCARF PINS, TRAYS,
ALUMINUM GOODS,
PAPER WEIGHTS.
ALL yi:it IDKAS.
Send us 50c. and we
will send you a
Beautiful Watch Fob
S. D. CHILDS & CO.
200 CLAHK ST. CHICAGO.
WALNUT.
OAK,
ASH,
POPLAR.
THERE IS NO BETTER WAY
BETWEEN
CHICAGO
INDIANAPOLIS
AND
CINCINNATI
THAN THE
Monon Route
/f TRAINS A DAY /•
standard and Compartment .Slfcp-
ers on Night Trains. Parlor and
Dining Cars on Day Train.
CiiAs. H. Rockwell, Franic J. Rei.:d,
Traffic Manager, Gen. Pass. Agent,
CHICAGO
/
ft! ^
9> You want to reach Buyers of
i FURNITURX LUMBER |
/Is
%
The HARDWOOD RECORD
will do it [or you.
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You
read
this=
=others
will,
too.
They
would
read
your
ad.
Try it.
RUSSEL WHEEL & FOUNDRY COMPANY
Builder s of
Logging Cars
^'"^ Logging
Maciiinery
.-^RE ALWAYS PLEASED TO
HAVE OPPORTUNITY OF
POINTING OUT ADVAN-
*' TACKS OF THEIR
EQUIPMENT.
Detroit, Mich.
HARDWOOD
TIMBER
There is no section with so fine and
large a supply of hardwood timbers
of various kinds left for the lumber-
men as that portion of the South in
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missis-
sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia ser^-ed by the
lines of the
Southern Railway
and
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
There are oak, poplar, hickory, gum.
cypress, ash. elm, buckeye, balsam.
spruce, chestnut, and other varieties.
There are also available pine lauds.
These timber resources and many
other important features bearing on
the cost of manufacture and market-
ing give special advantages and oppor-
tunities forKVKRY KIND of WOOD
USING INDUSTRY. We have infor-
mation about the best locations in the
country at towns in these States and
in Southern Indiana and Southern
Illinois, which will be given if request-
ed. All correspondence in regard to
timber lands or factory locations will
be given prompt and confidential at-
tention. Address your nearest agent.
M. V, RICHARDS.
I,andand Industrial Agent,
Washington. D. C.
CHAS. S. CHASE. Agent.
622 Chemical Building.
St. Louis, Mo.
Locations for
Industries
ON
THE ERIE, THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Erie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise with man-
ufacturers of specific products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable information, so as
to promote permanent traffic, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Railroad Company
1 1 Broadway, New York
Save Your Money
By Using (he
RED BOOK
Published Semi-Annually
in January and July
It contains a carefully prepared list of ttie
buyers of lumber In car lots, both among
the dealers and manufacturers.
The book indicates their financial stand-
ing and manner of meeting obligations.
Cover.s the UNITED STATES and MANI-
TOBA.
The trade recognizes this book as the au-
thority on the lines it covers.
A well organized Collection Department
is also operated and the same is open to you.
WRITE FOR TERMS.
Lumbernien's Credit Association
KsTABLISHEU ISTS
1403 Great Northern BuildiD«, : CHICAGO
li Beaver Street. : NEW YORK CITY
MliNTION THIS PAPER
40
HARDAVOOD RECORD
"DEFIANCE" WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
HIGH GRADE TOOLS
Jt FOR MAKING ^
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops,
Wagons, Carriages,
Rims, Shatts, Poles,
Neck- Yokes,
Handles, Bobbins, Spools,
Insulator Pins and
Oval Wood Dishes.
PATENT OVAL WOOD DISH MACHINE
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
Send Sor 500 Page Catalogue
12" RIM. HOUND AND BOW BENDER.
New Type of Combined End Matcher
SAVES 20 PER CENT. TIME, COST AND LABOR.
USED BY THE LARGEST FLOORING CONCERNS.
Write for particulars to
A. J. SCHBVDLER, 441-443 W. 21st Street, CHICAGO
STRONG, SAFE AND RELIABLE
The Shimer Cutter Heads
ARE BUILT FROM
FORQINQS OF STEEL
and are finished throughout in the solid metaL This insures
accuracy, durability and perfect mechanical adjustments.
They are appreciated by the user because they hold up
under the severest tests. They cut easily all kinds of hard,
knotty and cross-grained lumber. If yon make single tongue
and groove Flooring, Ceiling and Wainscoting, buy THE
SHIMER CUTTER HEADS and you will have no disappoint-
ment.
We make Heads for every class of work. A copy of our
catalogue giving the uses to which they are put and ihe best
styles for certain classes of work, will be sent free on request.
SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS,
MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA
Ten per cent
More Profit
The profits of a saw mill
can readily be increased ten
per cent by us in ^ a band mill
instead of a rotary. The
price of this mill with six
foot wheels for saws elpht
inches wide isreTdily within
the reach of all. It cuts
smooth and perfect lumber
and iiafl a capacity of 26,000
feet to 35.000 feet per day. It
runs with less expenditure of
power than a rotary and puts
only half as much of the loff
into saw dust as does the
circular saw,
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
The Morton Dry Kiln
MOIST AIR SYSTEM
Recording
Ther-
mometers.
Transfer
Cars.
Trucks.
Canvas
Doors.
HOW TO DRY LUMBER.
As exeniplifie<l in our Catalog D. Free on application.
MORTON DRY KILN CO., Chicago, Ills.
HARDWOOD RECORD
We Guarantee
to
KILN DRY OAK
IN A WEEK
by the application of a
new scientific principle
IN YOUR PRESENT
Old Kilns
Grand Rapids Veneer Works
DEPT.ID., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
ii
Burn your old trucks"
was the advice given by one of Michigan's greatest
lumbermen — "burn them and buy Gillette's." He
had used both and knew that the Gillette Roller
Bearing Lumber Cart lasted so long and moved so
easily as to make it the cheapest cart on earth.
The reason why for the asking.
The Gillette Roller Bearing Co.
Patentees and Sole
Manufacturers
Grand Rapids, Michigan
j.rmmm'.mjtfmmm
A.i\
Hanchett
Saw Swage
Every one made Perfect
The Swage ivith a Name
^ A poor Swage Kuins a Good Saw, and
for tfiat reason the manufacturers of the
HANCHETT ADJUSTABLE SWAGE
employ only the Best Mechanics and use
only the Best Material in their construction.
It Pays Us
to make
The Best
Send for
Catalog
No. 10
It tells you all
about them
It Pays You
to use
The Best
[manufactured by]
Hanchett Swage Works
Big Rapids, Michigan
ma!B!B!i!wawia!ffl
HARDWOOD RECORD
43
The Coe Knife Grinder
was designed for the finest grinding
and most exacting service. It is
built on new lines and has com-
pletely overcome the objections to
other grinders. The knife is held
rigidly while the stone travel? back
and forth. There is no chance for
^'^^fc^^*
vibration, conse-
quently no un-
evenly ground
knives. Entirely
automatic in ac-
tion, no ropes or chains. All mov-
f.ig parts operated by cut steel
gears, noiseless in operation, will
grind straight or hollow bevel.
Feeds I -1000 to 4-1000 for each
travel of the stone, very heavy and
compact, occupying small floor
space. Made in seven sizes to
grind up to 168 in.
It is fully described in our
catalog No. 5, which we will be
glad to send to interested parties.
' u'ii-a"
g**-'
The Coe Manufacturing Co. ^^^^ Painesville, 0.
44
HARDWOOD RECORD
7 McGIFFERT Log Loaders are now doing the
loading for one of the largest operators in the world.
He bought the first machine because he thought it was the best loader
made.
He bought the second because, by experience, he Knew' that it w^as.
He bought five more because— w^ell, because he couldn't buy better ones
Our Booklet Tells You Why.
Manufactured by CLYDE IRON WORKS. T>uluth. Minn.
^^--^^2^:^^;=^^^
">i
^SOLVER,
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD ATKINS' SILVER STEEL CROSS-CUT SAWS ARE UNTIL YOU TRY
THEM. WHY DON'T YOU? ORDER TO-DAY. YOU'LL BE D ELIG HTE D C AN 'T LOSE MUCH PERHAPS
YOU'LL SAVE THEIR COST- M I LLION S HAVE. IT'S WORTH TRYING. WHY DON'T YOU DO IT?
E. C. ATKINS & CO.
, INCOnPORATED
HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY: INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
BRANCHES CARRYING STOCK AT CHICAGO, ATLANTA, MEMPHIS, MINNEAPOLIS AND NEW ORLEANS
ALSO NEW YORK, PORTLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE AND TORONTO.
HARDWOOD RECORD
45
R.E. Wood Lumber Company
C We own nearly a thousand million feet of virgin poplar, oak,
chestnut and other hardwood timber, and operate our own band mills
in West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina,
d Let us figure on your hardwood requirements.
GENERAL OFFICES:
CONTINENTAL BUILDING.
Baltimore, Maryland
Schultz Brothers & Cowen
WE ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY
POPLAR— OAK— ASH— CHESTNUT
AND OTHER HARDWOODS— ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
1225 to 1240 OLD COLONY BUILDING,
CHICAGO
W. H. WHITE. Pres.
JAS. A, WHITE, Vice-Pres.
W. L. MARTIN, Secy.
THOS. WHITE, Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocK Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White BcOcR Maple Flooring.
*■
UDGERWOOD MACHINES
WILL STOCK YOUR MILL
SKIDDERS
SNAKERS
YARDERS
LOADERS
PULL BOATS
CABLEWAYS
LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO, .M
96 Liberty St., New York.
l..ocr»''0°°
NEW ORLEANS
ATLANTA
SEATTLE
46
HARDWOOD RECORD
EASTERN TENNESSEE— WESTERN NO. CAROLINA
ASHE.VILLE:
KNOXVILLt
BRISTOL
On the Spot
We are located right in the heart of this :nDun-
tain country producing the best hardwoods in
ex'stence.
We are headquarters with ample stock, and
can interest \ou both as to assortment and
price. Write us.
American Lumber Company
ASHEVILLE. N. C.
Vestal Lumber & Mfg»Co»
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
of all kinds of
HARDWOODS
BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY.
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES
FOR DELIVERING.
Knoxville
Tennessee
Fry=Buchanan Lumber Co.
INCORPORATED.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Hardwood Lumber
Choicett Varieties.
Full Grades,
POPLAR SQUARES
A Specialty.
Asheville, N. C.
HARDWOODS
From the famous Asheville district.
Superior in quality, manufacture and
tradings. For stock list and prices,
address
J. S. COLEMAN LUMBER CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
All Lumbermen, Attention!
We do what you can't do.
We measure your stumpage correctly.
We make your maps correctly.
Bank references: Asheville, N. C.
C. A. OChenCk ^ Co. Nor?h 'cTrollna.
SYMBOLS for GRADE MARKS
O
A
B
2
Panel and Wide No. 1
Wide No. 2
Box Boards
FAS or Firsts & Secoi
Saps
Adopted by the Hardwood Manufacturers Associa-
tion of United States.
Every Manufacturer should stamp the grade on
his Lumber.
Set of 10 Rubber Stamps, V4"xl%" in size. Pad,
Pint of Ink, and Spreader, packed for shipment
S3.50.
A\ARXIIN & CO.
191 S.Clark St., CHICAGO, or
LEWIS DOSTER. Sec'y
1535 First Nat. Bank Bldg.
CHICAGO
A
G
d
nmon
Selects
No ICo
No 2 Co:
N ■. 3 Common
Nil. 4 Common
Wood Working Plants
Manufacturers seeking- locations for Saw
Mills, Stave and Heading- Factories and
other Wood Working Plants in the Cen-
tral Southern States, can secure full and
accurate information as to Sites, Timber
Tracts, Fuel, Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressingf
Q. A. PARK, General Immigration and Industrial Agent,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
LOUISVILLE, KENTLCKV
Industries are Offered Locations
WITH SATISFACTORY INDUCEMENTS, FAVORABLE
FREIGHT RATES, GOOD LABOR CONDITIONS
HEALTHFUL COMMUNITIES, .on the lines of
The Illinois Central R. R. and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.
For full information and descriptive pamphlet address
J. C. CLAIR, Industrial Commissioner, 1 Park Row, Chicago, III.
HARDWOODRECORD 47
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t^LLJ^V LiLrArNU
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTE.R OF NORTHERN OHIO
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
Ihe Advance Lumber Co.
Rockefeu'er Bldg. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Memphis Office, No. 56 Randolph Building. J. E. MEADOWS, Mgr.
THE
ROBERT HJENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE.
60 M (eel 1" Isl and 2ds Poplar
223 M feel 1" No. 1 Common Poplar
}25 M !eel I" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 M [eel 2" 1st and 2nd Poplar. 14" and up
125 M feel 8 4" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
275 M feel 1" Sound Wormy Cheslnul
153 M feel I" 1st and 2nd Plain While Oak
85 M feel t" Isl and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M feel 1" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red OaK. — We have a good assort-
ment of dry stock, j'i t04 inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red Oak. — A limited amount of nice
stock, ready for shipment.
FRAMES
FOR HARDWOOD RECORD
SUPPLEMENTS
Complete with backinp, but without the glass, made
from Flemish Oak. are to be had delivered by ex-
press, charges prepaid to any point east of the
Missouri river, at 50 cents each ; or at the Hard-
wood Record office, at 30 cents each Prepay orders
wilh two-ceut stamps or postal notes, addressed
Hardwood Record, 355 Dearborn Street, Chicago
The Martin-Barriss Company
Importers and Ma.nufacturers
MAHOGANY
a.nd Fine He^rdwoods
This is a cut of the No. 10 OBER LATHE for Turning Fork, Hoe,
Rake, Mop, Broom and Ice Hook Handles, Pike Poles, Trolley Poles,
Tent Poles, Curtain Poles, Chair Bows, Dowels, Rods and similar work.
Simple, Strong, Durable,
Economical
We also manufacture other Lathes for making Spokes, Handles, and Variety
Work, Sanders, Shape's, Boriny and Chucking Machines, etc., etc. Com-
plete Catalogue and Price List Free.
THE OBER MFG. CO., No. 28 Bell St., CHAGRIN FALLS, 0., U. S. A.
48 HARDWOOD RECORD
'\'« r ¥ C> d'^^ ^"^ 1V.T C> ¥ T^ T
w i^woiN^irs
WHE.RE THE FINE.ST NORTHE.RN HARDWOODS GROW
R. CONNOR CO.
^\' H O I, !■: S A L E M A N U F A C T L' R E K S
Wisconsin
Hardwood
PINE AND HEM-
I.OCK LUMBER
Mills at
Aiiburndale. W
Stratford. Wis,
''o„c"7n';v k1: Marshfield, Wis.
Wisconsin Veneer Co*
RHINELANDER, WIS.
Largest and best equipped Veneer
cutting plant in the country. High-
grade product from Birch, Maple,
Elm, Basswood, Ash and other na-
tive woods.
Veneers for Door Work a Specialty.
Mason -Donaldson Lumber Co.
Manufacturers arvd Wholesalers
Northern Hardu^oods
Birch a. specialty
RKinelander. - - Wiscorvsirv
North Western Lumber Co.
General Offices
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
Mills at
STANLEY. WIS.
Ba.rvd SaLwed
Wisconsin
Hard^ivoods
Careful Gradings.
Prompt Shipments.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS
1 Car lYi inch No. 1 Common Basswood.
yi. Car iX inch No. 1 Common Basswood.
/^ Car 2/^ inch 1st and 2nd Clear Basswood.
1 Car xVi inch 1st and 2nd Clear Basswood.
1 Car VA inch, IJ^ inch and 2 inch No. 3 Soft Elm.
LOCATIONS FOR
NEW INDUSTRIES
can be secured on the lines of the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4
St. Paul Railway
in the great middle west. It reaches the Copper Country and the
pine and hardwood areas of Northern Michigan, the lead, zinc and
iron regions of Wisconsin, the coal fields of Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri.
Traverses the great agricultural and manufacturing states of
Iowa, Minnesota. North and South. Dakota. Operates 7,000 miles of
thoroughly equipped railroad.
Correspondence is solicited with eastern manufacturers who de-
pire to move their factories to, or establish branches in the West.
Co-operation with Business Men's Associations on the lines of this
railway in all matters affecting mutual interests Is assured.
Inquiries should be as definite as possible.
Address
Industrial Department
Chicago, Milwaukee ^ St. Paul Railway,
Room 1327, Railway Exchange
Chicago
HARDWOOD RECORD
49
>VI S C O N S I N
WHE.RE THE FINtST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GRAND RAPIDS. WISCONSIN
Saw and Planing Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, on the Soo Line. Offer
5 cars 1" 1st & 2d Red Birch.
1 car U4" 1st & 2d Red Birch.
1 car l>/i" Common Red Birch.
1 car Ih^i" 1st & 2d Red Birch.
1,000' IV." Common Red Birch.
2.500' 1%" Com. & Btr. Red Birch.
5,000' 2" 1st & 2d Red Birch.
2 cars 2i^ & 3" Plain Birch.
2 cars 2^- & 3" Log Run Unselected
Birch.
5 cars 1" Common Red Birch.
1 cur 2" Plain Log Run Birch.
2 cars 3" Clear Plain Birch Flooring.
1 car 3" Clear Red Birch Flooring.
1 car 3" Factory Birch Flooring.
1 car 3" Red Oak Factory Flooring.
1 car 1% & ly." quarter sawed Coin,
and Btr. Red Oali.
14 car 1% and 2" Com. & Btr. quar-
ter suwed Red Oak.
1 car 5" Clear quarter sawed Red
Oak Flooring.
Vl» car each IVj" Com. & Clear Maple
Flooring.
We make a specialty of high grade Maple. Birch and Oak Flooring, Bass-
wood, Pine Siding, Ceiling and Finish; also Moulding.
VOLLMAR & BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood, Birch
and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
Wagstaff
Lumber
Oshkosh
Wisconsin Basswood
Early sawetl; good color;
choice stock; log run or
on grade
Wisconsin Birch
All grades
Ask for my prices on any
other Wisconsin hardwoods
before placing your orders.
For Sale:
NATIONAL
INSPECTION
3,000,000 ft. inch Birch.
100,000 ft. inch Black Ash.
50,000 ft. inch Soft Elm.
All No. 1 Common and Better.
20,000 ft. 1x4 and wider, 6 ft., 1st & 2nd Birch.
Dells Lumber 4 Shingle Co.
EAU CLAIRE. WISCONSIN
C. p. CROSBY
RHINELANDER s : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from 1 inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak. : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
HARDWOOD LUMBER- ST""
till .>0
All kinds of Northern and Southern Hardwoods for sale.
iitiun to tliL- fullonin^ itoius tvhirli wt' have (o oficr, r«-Mil :
30M fl. I
30M fl. 1
lOOM II. r
150M II. r
lOM tl. 1
75M II. 1
'4" No. 2 Com. £, Bel. Hickory
' ■" No. 2 Cora. C Bel. Hichorv
' Com. £ Bel. PlaiD Red Oak
' Com. 4 Bel. Qld. Red Oak
" No. 3 Com. 4 Bel. Walnut
'.'■ No. 2 Com. 4 Bel. Elm
ISOM II. r' No. 1 Coo. Red Gum
50M II. 1" Curly Birch
50*1 II. 2" Com. and Bel. Plain Bircii
80M il. 2<2" Com. and Bel. Plain Birch
I50M fl. I" No. I Com. Plain Birch
I2M II. 2" Isis and 2nds Bed Birch
20I)M II. I" Com. and Bel. Hard Maple
2I)0M II. 2" Com. and Bel. Hard Maple
50M II. 2" Bridge Plank— Oak
In addition to the foregoing, we have full stocks of Ba.sswood, Birch ami
•Soft Klin and a full selection of Red and Sap Gum. We guarantee our
grades to be made strictly in accordance with National Hardwood Associ-
ation rules of inspection.
G. W. JONES LUMBER CO., Appleton,Wis.
C1IIC-\G0 OFFICE: 1717 R.mlway E.xch.\nge.
John R. Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN
The Leading Manufacturers
Wisconsin Hardwoods
"SHAKELESS" HEMLOCIC and WHITE CEDAR PRODUCTS
\Vi; HAVE THE FINEST BLOCK OF
4-4 UNSELECTED BIRCH
ON THE MARKET
Write for our Price Lists
and Stock Sheets
Mixed Cars, Even Grades
% Prompt Shipments
WAUSAU, WIS.
BASSWOOD, BIRCH
We cut four million feet of each annually
Your Inquiries and orders solicited
MILL AND YARDS AT INGRAM, WISCONSIN
50
HARDWOOD RECORD
MICHIGAN
FAMOUS FOR HARD MAPLE AND GRE.Y i:,LM
Special bargains in the following:
200 M 4-4 No. 2 C & B Birch
SO M 8-4 No. 1 C & B Birch
100 M 4-4 No. 2 C & B G-ev Elm
50 M 8 4 No. 1 C & B Grey Khn
140 M 4 4 No. 2 C & B Beech
500 M 4-4 No. 2 C & B Maple
50 M 8-4 No. 2 C & B Maple
Above piled for water shipment, but the 4-4 Beech and 8-4 Maple can
be sliipped by rail. Write us for prices.
The North Shore Lumber Co. ITc^n^aV^
B
ROWNLEE
DETROIT
&C
OMPANY
MICHIGAN
Some "snaps" we are offering:
BASS WOOD
BIRCH
4 4 Ists and 2nds, including one car 1x12 and
wider.
4 4 Log Run; also No. 1 and No. 2
Common.
HARD MAPLE 3-inch No. 1 Common; 6 4 and 8/4 Ists and
2nds.
4 4 No. 1 Common and better; rather narrow,
but very cheap.
WHITE .ASH
All Bone Dry and at Bargain Prices to Close Out.
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yards. FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES,
DETROIT, MICH.
MILLS AT! Healers, W. Va. Valley Bend, W. Va. Diana, W. Va. Parkersburf,
W. Va. McNull Siding, W.Va.
SALLINQ, HANSON & CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Michigan Hardwoods
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN
"Chief Brand"
Maple Flooring
Will commend itself to you and your trade on
its merits alone. H Comprises all the features
desirable in i-'ood flooring. ^ Made by the latest,
most approved machinery methods and tjest
skilled laDor. ^ We believe we can make it to
your interest to handle our '"Chief Brand" and
will appreciate your inquiries.
Kerry ^ Hanson Flooring Co.
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN
Michigan Logging Wheels
Standard
for a
Quarter
Century
Chrapaiid tra->y lOiiKiiiiJ.
Wiite for circular & prices.
S. I. OVtRfACK
MANL VrEE,
MICH.
Evans & Retting Lumber Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers
Hardwood
Lumber
RAILROAD TIMBERS, TIES AND SWITCH TIES
Michrgan Trust Building Graud Raplds, Mich.
HARDWOOD RECORD
51
MICHIGAN
FAMOUS FOR RED BIRCH AND BASSWOOD
BIRCH
WE WANT YOUR ORDERS FOR
4-4 and 5-4 No. 1 Common
Birch
A No. 1 STOCK
Simmons Lumber Company
SIMMONS, MICHIGAN
McCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main Offices,
Mills. :
DETROIT. MICH.
EUTAW.ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
5 cars I" Isl 4 3ii(]s C Com. Qld. While Oak 10 cars I" Log Run Brown Ash
2 cars 2'i, 3 and 4" While Ash 10 cars I" lo 4" Dry Hard Maple
Whie Ash 10 cars I" Loe Run Birch
and 2" N(i. I Com. Brown Ash 10 cars I" Log Run Basswood
4 cars 2. 3 and 4" 1st and 2nds and No. I Cum. Green While Oak
2 cars 2" Log Kun Soil Elm
2 cars I
1 car 1
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
=^^^==^^= FOR SALE BY ==^^=^^^=
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE. MICHIGAN
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac, :: Michigan.
SPECIAL PRICES on 600M pieces
1" to 3" Maple Squares 16" to 27" long
1" to 3" Soft Elm Lumber.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED FOB MICHIGAN LUMBER.
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGE CAP.^CITY
PROMPT SHIPMENTS
RAIL OR CARGO
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
MunuracturiTs ami Wliok'saliT^:! '.if
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Complete Stocks of Mictiigan Hiirdwoods — Maple, Beech, Birch, Elm,
Ash and Basswood for sale.
Grand Rapids, : : Michigan
Do You Need Maple Flooring?
Then send us your order and you will receive
a product that is not excelled.
We manufacture by
Pk SPECIAL PROCESS
This costs us more but our prices are as low as of
any other first-class manufacturer.
We also have a stock of firsts and seconds Maple 4-4, 5-4, 6-4.
8-4 and 10-4, which is bone dry and very fine.
Haak Lumber Co., Haakwood, Mich.
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Main Ollice, Michigan Trust Company Building
GRAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN
DEININIS BROS.
GRAND RAPIDS. : : : MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD LUMBER (by water or rail)
"NATIONAL" MAPLE & BIRCH FLOORING
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN THE POLLOWING:
3llil\I Wf\ 4,4 l.iiK linn Birch
IKCi.M (eel 5 4 l.oK Hnn Birch
1 ('ar 8 4 No. I Com. Birth
1 ("iir 14 (;ipar Binh
60M fpet 4 4 No. I Com. Sap Birch
40.M fi-et 4 4 No 1 Com. Kid Birch
All liiicknesses and grade> Hard Maple
150M feet 6 4 Log Kun Beech
2 Cars 4 4 No. 3 Com. Cherry
Main Office :
205 209 Michigan
Trust
Compmy
Building
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HARDWOODS
IN MICHIGAN
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
CINCINNATI
THE. GATtWAY OF THE SOUTH
THE HOUSE OR STOINE
The One of Good Grades and Prompt S^iipments
Solicits Your Inquiries for
Yellow Poplar, Oak, Chestnut. Cottonwood, Ash, Basswood,
Cherry and Gum
T. B. STONE LUMBER CO. """Tikcl^ZTto!"'
««
BUY GUM"
We are in the market to buy
Dry Gum Lumber in any
quantity, from a single car
load to a million feet. Will
take all grades and thick-
neasee. We receive lumber
at shipping point, pay cash
and are liberal in inspection.
THE FARRIN-KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General Office, Yarda,
Planing UilU, Dry Kilns.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Purchasing Office,
Randolph Building,
Memphis, Tenn.
Cypress Red Gum Oak
PLAIN OAK— BASSWOOD
Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
'Main and Quartered White and Red Oak, Yellow Poplar.
Yellow I'ine, Walnut, etc. Mills iu Tenn., Ala. and Va.
OFFICE AND YARDS. OEST AND DALTON AVE., CINCINNATI. OHIO.
/XTTip A TTUr 's 'o sl^'P **^® highest standard of
imber at lo\vest consistent price
We are manufaL-turcrs and ship direct from our band mills
Oak
Poplar
Ash
W.H.&G.S. Stewart
Main Office : Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S A.
Chestnut
Basswood
Yellow Pine
~ /^>^*^\
FRAMES.
PAINTS,
SASH. DOORS.
BUILDERS' HARDWARE,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS.
II i[tjiijp3B)m
MANTELS, ETC.
COLUMNS. OlASS.
\\ VifImPtv i
LAROE CINCINNATI FAC-
STAIRWORK.
xh>INt»^/
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
INTERIOR TRIM.
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
LANE- WHITE LUMBER CO.
OAK, ASH AND WALNUT Hjl rrl\T7nn(4«: ALWAYS IN THE MARKET
OURSPECIALTY lla.lUWUUU;> lOR WALNUTLOOS
MAIN OFFICE AND BAND MILL at FORT SMITH, ARK.
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Heivilock, Yellow Pine.
COLUMBUS
/^
OHIO
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
KNIVES
I
A man who has been in the presence of angels discloses the fact
by his action : Tust one reason for our talking good machine
knives, good veneer knives or knives of any kind that do good work.
CHAMPION SAW COMPANY,
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
HARDWOOD RECORD
53
/'^ 1 TV. T /"^ 1 IX. T IV. T A ^I"^ 1
cj^irsioirNrNA i i
THE. GATtWAY OF THE SOUTH
THE
MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always in the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS.
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS,
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI,
OHIO
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash Buyers
Poplar, Oak, Chestnut
And Other Southern Hardwoods
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES. WE BUY MILL CUTS.
C. Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
Poplar, Oak,
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore,
,,, ,, - 2.000.000 feet Dry OaK
W. Va. Spruce, . 2.000,000 feet Dry Poplar
Pine and Elm ' Moslly heavy slock. Quolalions Soliciled.
MILLS AND YAKIIS
CIM'INNATl, (I.
Var.LV CAPACITY
100,000,000 FT.
LONf! DILI STCFF
A SPECIALTY
IF YOU HAVE IT TO SELL, WRITE US
POPLAR
ROUGH AND DRESSED
Will take any quantity, from a carload to ten million feet.
Will receive at shipping point when quantity justilics.
KENTUCKY LUMBER CO.
CINCINNATI, OHIO
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Office:
1219 West Siztii Street
Yards:
Sixth Street, below Harriet
L. W. RADINA & COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of
Wanted for cash — desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades,
Especially 1^^-inch stock, for immediate shipment.
CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE-
r^
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers ot
Tabasco Mahogany
Walnut, Oak
,. , „ 7T^ . J^-J Poplar, McLean and Findlay Ats.
. ^fg, A^ 'ig^^-p CINCINNATI. O.
WHAT HAVE YOU FOR SALE IN
Red and White OAK Qtd. and Plain
ALSO POPLAR, CHESTNUT, WALNUT, P:TC,
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., QNCINNATI, OHIO
Cash buyers for stock
in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
(ii:ST ANll ST'MMKK STREl/IS
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers
Finely figurt-d quarter .eawed oak veneers a specialty.
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI. OHIO
! PLAIN
! AND
! QUARTER
', SAWED
White and Red Oak \%M
< !
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
54
HARDWOOD RECORD
$ INDIANA ^
•WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW-
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart'r'd White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manufacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Oak a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
lONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet — Hardwood Specialties
The largest Band Mill in Indiana.
FORT WAYNE. IND.
J. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG. IND.
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
HARDWOOD RECORD
ss
BUFFALO
THE GREAT WHOLESALE LUMBE,R CENTER OF THE EAST
Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwocxi
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Blaek Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
893 EAGtE STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard, 1655 SENKCA STREET Office, 886 ELLICOTT SQU.\RB
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
1075 CLINTON STREET
L N. STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 ELK STREET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY
Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
60 .\RTHI:r STREET
ORSON E. YEAGER
Specialties: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 ELK STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
office and Yard!!, 69 LEROY AVENUE
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
We want to buy for cash :
Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses,
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
518 RANDOLPH BI,DG., MEMPHIS, TENN. 940 SENECA STREET.
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN »nd QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
1H2 SENECA STREET.
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
y.66 TO 1016 ELK STREET
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STREET
Vansant, Kitchen & Co,]
NEW ASHLAND M I L I,
Old-Fashioned
SOFT
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Ky.
5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK, SPECIALTY
YEllflW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, lO-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Latli and Squares
Specialty, Wide Steele.
COAL GROVE, OHIO, U. S. A
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
COLUMBUS, OHIO
6,000 Car Loads
Sawed and shipped yearly of band-sawed Yellow Poplar, White Pine, White Oak, Basswood,
Chestnut, Hemlock and Ash. Planing Mills and Dry Kilns. C. If you are in a hurry to get
your order placed, call our nearest salesman.
Salesman
Fred A. Wilson
Headquarters
Portsmouth, Ohio
Telsphoni
Bell 4392
E. E. Eaton
James B. Patton
New York City, 158 W. 81st St
Buffalo, N. Y., Rockford Hotel
Riverside 7390
Bryant 1335-R
A. Wallace Irwin
Frank B. Pryor
E. E. Ginn
A. J. Williams
Baltimore, Md., Eutaw Hotel
Pittsburgh, Pa., 7th Avenue Hotel
Jamestown, Ohio
Bell Phone
Ridge 593-R
L. G. Anderson
James H. Lang
W. H. Matthias
Geo. H. Huganir
F. H. Browning
W.T.Baker
Franklin, Ohio
Detroit. Mich.. Hotel Ste. Claire
Chicago, 111., 1448 Addison St
Philadelphia, Pa., 9C1 N. 50th St.
Columbus, Ohio
Graham, Va.
BeU4S2
Lakeview 1493
Main 7874
noPYRIGHlV A D ISKW BY THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
flaMwolRoilfl
Eleventh Year.
Secai-raonthly.
CHICAGO. OCTOBER 10, 1906.
(Subscription $2.
t Single Copies. 10 Centa
CHERRY
C. K LI.OYD. fR.
Manager Sal«a
Grows in
West Virginia
RIVER
Sold by
Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Co.
offices : Philadelphia, Pa.
LUMBER
Himmelliertertldrrisoo lumher (o.
Red Gum
Specialists
Morehouse.
Missouri
Why not grasp the opportunity for sa^virvg in cost of
your irvsurak,nce ? Make a, tria.1 ak.nd be convinced.
The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Of Boston, Mass., 141 Milk Street.
CASH DIVIDENDS TO POLICY HOLDERS NOW Uy^ PER CENT.
RUMBARGER LUMBER COMPAINV
Ash.
1 .-ar 4/4, I" tie 5/4, some S/4, Nos. \ &
'2 & No. 1 Common.
Basswood.
30 cara 4/4, log run. 1/3 car 5/4, log rmi
Beech.
5 cars 4/4. log vud; choice stock.
]7 cars 4/4, h'g run; wormy stock.
Birch.
71 cars 4/4. log run. 4 cars 5/4, log run.
3 cars 8/4, log run. 12 cars 8/4, log run.
Cherry.
20 cars 4/4. log run. V2 car 8/4, log run.
Choice wide stock. Will sell on graties.
Cucumber.
3 cars 4/4, log run.
Maple.
'} cars 5/4, log run. 10 cars G/4, log run.
33 cars 4/4, log run. 11 cars 8/4, log run.
Chestnut.
5 cars 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Common.
I car 4/4 & 8/4. Nos. 1 & 2 and No. 1
common; half 8/4.
Main Office: 808 Harrison BIdg., 151h and
7 cars 4/4, sound wormy.
2 cars 6/4, sound wormy.
Plain Red Oak.
ly. cars 4/4. Nos. 1 & 2.
M cars 4/4. Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Com.
;; cars 6/4. Nos. J & 2 & No. 1 Com.
1 car 4/4 & 5/4, Nos. 1 & 2 and No. 1
common; half each thickness.
11*2 cars 4/4. No. 1 Common.
1 car 4/4, No. 2 Common.
8 cars 4/4, log run.
Plain Red and White Oak.
1 car 4/4, Nus. 1 & 2.
■i cars 4/4, No, 1 Common.
Mostly red oak. only small percent
white oak.
Plain White Oak.
1 car 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Common.
14 car 4/4, No. 1 Common.
2 cars 4/4, No. 2 Common.
2 cars 4/4, log run.
Plain White and Red Oak.
1 car 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4. Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1
Market Sts-. Philadetphia. Pa. New York
2 & No. 1 Common;
only Bmall percent
mostly W. O., only
, o.
'4 each white
Common; mostly W. 0. only small
percent R. 0.
1 car 8/4. Nos. 1 &
mostly W. 0.,
R. O.
3 cars 4/4, log run ;
small percent R
4 cars 4/4, No. 2 common
oak and red oak.
Quartered Red Oak.
I car 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2.
1 car 4/4, clear strips (narrow).
4 cars 4/4, No. 1 Common.
Quartered White Oak.
1 car 4/-i, Nos. 1 & 2.
2 cars 4/4, dear strips (narrow 1.
9 cars 4/4. No. 1 Common.
White Fine.
21o,fH>0 ft. 4/4. log run.
46.000 ft. 6/4, log run.
46.000 ft. 8/4, log run.
1,'Mxt.OOO ft. 4,4 to 8/4 sorted as to grades
and widths; rough or worked.
Office: 8018 Metropolitan BIdg., 1 MadfSon
Poplar.
2 cars 5/8, Nos. 1 & 2.
4 cars 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2.
Mi car 5/4. Nos. 1 & 2.
1 car 8/4, Nos. 1 & 2.
1 car 5/8, clear saps.
9 cars 4/4, clear saps.
14 car 5/4, clear saps.
7 cars 4/4, No. 1 Common.
3 cars 5/4. No. 1 Common.
1% cars 6/4, No. 1 Common.
2 cars 8/4, No. 1 Common.
7 cars 4/4, No. 2 Common.
4 cars 6/4, No. 2 Common.
1 car 16/4, Nos. 1 & 2 & No. 1 Common.
11 cars 4/4. log run.
1 car 4/4, Nos. 1 & 2. 24" to 36" wide.
Clear Spruce,
1/3 car 7/8. 1 cur 4/4.
1 car 8/4.
Spruce Box.
30 cars 4/4, rough. 10 rars 4/4. S 2 S.
5 cars 4/4. SIS.
Av. Pittsburgh Office. 701 Keystone BIdg.
The combined facilities of the stock lumber insurance companies
LUMBER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
and the ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
and allied organizations, constitute a sreat insuring- opportunity for any owner of a first-class lumber or mill risk.
Ask for lines and rates. LUMBER INSURERS GENERAL AGENCY, Underwriting Managers
66 BroacJ\A/e»y. TS&\aj Yoi-k.
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Hardwood record
LOUISVILLE
MANUFACTURING AND DISTKIBDTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY
Dry Stock vv. P. BrowH & SoRS Lumber Co.
Louisville, Ky.
PLAIN BED OAK.
55.000' 1" 1st &
2D.(Xjii' 1 14" l3t
4^.0.10' 1V4' (at
BI.iKXI' 2" 1st &
IS.IKjO' 214" 1st
lO.Oim' 3" 1st &
131.0(10' 1" Nu. 1
SJ.lHiO' 1V4" No.
«.00U' 1V4" No.
47.0I1IJ' 2" No. 1
S.OOO' 2W No.
15.000' 3" No. 1
2ud.
& 2d.
& 2d.
2d.
& 2d.
2d.
Com.
1 Com.
1 Com.
Com.
1 Com.
Com.
QTJAET.XEED BED OAK.
10.0<HJ' !• Ist & 2d.
All thicknesses in cull poplar, ash, chestnut.
14.000' Hi" 1st & 2d.
5.0OO' 2" 1st & 2d.
15.UO0' 1" No. 1 Com.
i.OiiO' IVj" No. 1 Com.
13.000' 2" No. 1 Com.
PLAIN WHITE OAK.
80.000' 1" 1st & 2d.
2S.()<XI' 114" 1st & 2d.
12,000" I'A" 1st & 2d.
42.000' 2" 1st & 2d.
23.800' 2V." 1st & 2d.
18.1HI0' 3" 1st & 2d.
227.000' 1" No. 1 Com.
00,000' 114" No. 1 t'om.
So.ooO' 1V-" No. 1 Com.
50,000' 2" No. 1 Com.
17.000' 214" No. 1 Com.
22.000' 3" No. 1 Com.
aUAETEBED WHITE OAK.
80,000' 1" 1st & 2d.
2S,0o0' 1>4" 1st & 2d.
45.00<J' 114" 1st & 2d.
4a,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
10.000' 2%" 1st & 2d.
IS.OlW 1" No. 1 Com.
30.000' 114" No. 1 Com.
40.<iO4J' 114" No. 1 Com.
22,000' 2" No. 1 Com.
10,000' 3" No. 1 Com.
ASH.
9,000' 1" 1st & 2d.
65.000' 114" 1st & 2d.
16.000' IVo" 1st & 2d.
lO.oOO' 2" 1st & 2d.
S.OOO' 214" 1st & 2d.
14,000' 3" 1st & 2d.
6,0o0' 4" 1st & 2d.
4.000' 1V4" No. 1 Com.
16.000' 114" No. 1 Com.
8,000' 2" No. 1 Com.
POPLAR.
12.000' 1" 1st & 2d.
Your inquiries will be appreciated.
12.000' 114" 1st & 2d.
11.000' 114" Ist & 2d.
12,000' 2" 1st & 2d.
lO.OIjO' 214" 1st & 2d.
10,000' 3" 1st & 2d.
50,000' 1" No. 1 Com.
28.000' 114" No. 1 Com.
10,000' 1%" No. 1 Com.
10.000' 2" No. 1 Com.
15,000' 1" 18" & up 1st & 2d.
8,000' 2" IS" & up 1st & 2d.
6,000' 2" 24" & up 1st & 2d.
.4.000' H4" IS" & up 1st & 2d.
3.000' ly," 24" & up Ist & 2d.
Prompt delivery guaranteed.
The Norman Lumber Co., Inc.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers of
Hardwood Lumber
FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Walnut Lumber
WANT TO BUY
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory and Poplar Lo^s and Lumber
Office and fards ! Third Street, H lo K Streets
LOUISVILLE, KY.
E. L. DAVIS LUMBER CO.
POPLAE.
30.000 ft. 4/4 l8t & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Common.
15,0<jO ft. 6/4 Common.
QUAETEBES BED OAK.
50,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2d.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Couumon.
QUABIEBED WHITE OAK.
60.000 ft. 4/4 Ist & 2d.
lo.ooO ft. 6/4 1st & 2d.
20.0O0 ft. 6/4 Ist & 2d.
lo.OOO ft. 8/4 Ist & 2d.
60.0IKI ft. 4/4 Commcjn.
6.OO0 ft. 6/4 Common.
5.0OO ft. 6/4 Common.
20.000 ft. 8/4 Common.
lO.OoO ft. 214" Common.
4o.(HH) ft. 3" Common.
1 car Hlckorj Pl»nk, 1% to 4"-
8' to 16'.
OFFER FOLLOWING STOCKS:
OAK WAGON TONGUES.
12.000 ft. 4i4"i4i2"— 12', 1—6 mos. dry.
8oO ft. 3 j4 "—12', 12—18 mos. dry.
400 ft. 314J4V4"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
3110 ft. 3141414"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
250 ft. 314I414-— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
800 ft. 314i4!)4"— 12', 12—18 mos. dry.
180 ft. 3i4" & Lgr.— 14', 12—18 mos. dry.
REACHES.
1 car 2x4" and larger, dry,
BOLSTERS.
2 cars 3x4" and larger, dry.
HICKORY AXLES.
1.500—3 s4 "—6'. 1—6 mos. dry.
1.500— 3141414"— 6' . I— « moa. dry.
2.000 — ) i5 "—5'. 1 — 6 mos. dry.
l.lKKl — «l4i514" — 6', 1 — 6 mos. dry.
I.OiO — 5 x6 ' — «'. 1— (1 mo«. dry.
We wish to move and will make close prices on:
1 Car 84 1st and 2nd Qtd White Oak
2 Cars S 4 Common (}td. White Oak
!4 Car 5 4 Common Plain Ked Oak
!i I ar 5 4 Common Plain »Vhlle Oak
1 Car 6 4 Common Plain Ked Oak
1 Car 4 4 Log Run Ash
3 Cars 4 4 No. 3 Common Plain Oak
1 Car 8 4 Xo. 3 Common Plain Oak
1 Car 4 4 No. 2 Common Plain Oak
3 Cars 8 4 No. 2 Common Plain Oak
2 Cars 5 4,64 and 8 4 No. 2 Com. and Sound Wormy
Chestnut
1 Car 4 4 No. 1 Common Poplar
1 Car 5 4 No. 2 Common Poplar
1 Car 4 4 Common and Uetter liay Poplar
We are moving our local yard
and wish to ship this at once.
Stotz Lumber Company,
Keller Building,
Louisville, Kentucky
Ornamental Hardwood Floors
400 STYLES AND PATTERNS
Illnstrated Catalog on Application
WOOD=MOSAIC FLOORING CO.
Rochester, N. Y. New Albany, Ind.
Albert R. Kampf
Manufacturer
Hardwood Lumber and Timber
Dimension Slock
Board of Trade BIdg., Louisville, Ky.
E. W. Rhubesky
Wholesale
Poplar, Rough and Dressed.
Oak. Chestnut and Other
Hardwoods
North Vernon Pump
4 Lumber Co.
Dand Sawed Pl^in and Quartered
Oak and Poplar.
Nonh Vernon, Ind .and
Louisville. Ky.
Southern Lumber Co.
Oak, Poplar and
Chestnut.
Louisville, Ky.
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I
HARDWOOD RECORD
CADILLAC
CELEBRATED FOR HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY AND MILL WORK
MICHIGAN RED OAK
c
c
As fine stock as was ever cut
in the famous Cadillac district.
We have some of this choice 4-4
Red Oak which will soon be in
shipping condition.
If you are in the market, we
can please you both in quality
and price.
We also have some nice Soft
f-Jray Elm in 4-4. 6-4, 8-4 and
12-4. It's Bone Dry.
Mitchell Brothers Company
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN
The Cadillac Handle Co.
. . Band Sawn . .
Michigan Hardwoods
__.,„•.. .1 r jii For W«ler Shipmenl:
For Rail Sbipmenl Iroin Cadillac. ijn.ooo feel o( ■) 4 B i».-,wo..d
2 cars 8 '4 Maple, No, 1 Com. & Belter lau.OOOfeei of 4 4. 5, 4 nnd 6,4 Birch
1.5 cars 4/4 Maple, on Grades. 100,000 feet ol 4/4, 8,4 and 1^,4 Sett
2 cars 4/4 Uasswood No,2Com&Bet. Elm
2 cars Basswood. No. 3 Com. & Bet. 10,000 4/4 Ash.
MURPHY & DIQGINS
Offer all grades of the followicg special diy slock
MAPLE— 5/4. 6,4, 8/4. 10'4, 12/4, 14/4, 16/4
ORAY ELM— 4/4. 12/4
basswood^/4
;birch— » 4, 6 4
Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades.
LET US nGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS.
Cummer, Diggins & Go.
=MANUFACTURERS=
"CUMMER" MAPLE
AND BEECH FLOORING
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS
Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready
for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech,
Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry.
SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
DRY ST
V Vil
OCK J
Northern Michigan
Soft Gray Elm
What our old cork pine was to the regular
white pine — such is our Soft Crat/ Elm to
ordinary soft elm. Buyers who K'a'Hy tliscrim-
inate in favor of something better than the or-
dinary, will be interested. We have
10 cars 8-4 firsts and seconds.
I car 10-4 firsts and seconds.
3 cars 12=4 firsts and seconds.
Wide, choice stock, our own product, seasoned right,
bone dry.
WRITE US ABOUT IT.
COBBS&HUGtlELL
( INCORPORATrO)
CADILLAC. MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD RECORD
MEMPHIS
THE, HUB OF THE HARDWOOD WORLD
w
E have in all thicknesses the following kinds and
amounts of lumber at places designated. Kindly
send us your inquiries.
MEMPHIS YARD.
Ash 680,000 feet
Quartered While Oak. . 75 000 feet
Pla n WhlteOak KO.OiOfeet
Quartered Red Oak.... 225.000 feet
Plain Red Oak 410.000 feet
Cypress 225,000 feet
Cottonwood 200 000 feet
Poplar 308.000 feet
SELHA YARD
Poplar 409.000 feet
Bay Poplar 85".00<rfeHt
RedGum 66.000 feet
Cypress. . . 787,000 fe-!t
BERCLAIR YARD
Bay Poplar 100.000 feet
Cypress 800,000 feet
OTHER YARDS
Plain Red Oak 3.50 000 feet
J. W. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
OUice and Yards: Randolph Road and I. C. R R.
MEMPHIS. TENN.
BACON-NOLAN HARDWOOD CO.
Manufacturers of
Band Sawn Oak, Ash
Gum, Cypress, Etc.
Office,
Meraphls. Tenn.
Mills,
ChBncy, Mlas.
Address all correspondeuce to Memphis office.
STOCK
LIST
9.400 ft.
6.400 ft.
23M ft.
llKiM ft,
5I1M ft.
60M ft,
40M ft.
20M ft,
40M ft.
12M ft,
35M ft,
15M ft,
15M ft,
50M ft.
Anderson-TuUy Co.
Memphis
Tenn.
4/4'
ASH.
Clr. Sfps.. 2H"-5%",
GUM.
4/4" Com, Stps,. 2W'-5'A"-
COTTONWOOD.
7/8" 1st & 2d 8" & up,
4/4" 1st & 2d 6" & up,
4/4" 1st & 2d 12" & up,
5/4" Ist & 2a 12" & up,
6/4" 1st & 2d 6" & up,
4/4" Wag, Box Brds,, 9",
4/4" Wg, Box Brds,, ]3"-17'
CYPKESS,
4/4" Seloft.
4/4" Shops.
5/4" Selects.
5/4" Shops.
POPLAR.
4/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com.
50M ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Red. 6" up.
50M ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Ked,
50M ft, 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps. 6"-12",
50M ft, 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps. 13"-18",
5(]M ft, 4/4" 1st & 2d Saps. 18" up.
15IIM ft, 4/4" No, 1 Com, Saps,
150M ft, 4/4" No, 2 Com,
5<IM ft. 5/4" No, 1 Com. Saps,
50M ft, 4/4" Box Brds,, 13"-17",
BED OAK.
"35,000 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Plain,
2.400 ft. 4/4" 1st & 2d Quartered.
4.400 ft. 4/4" No, 1 Common,
WHITE OAK.
10.6(10 ft. 4/1" 1st & 2d Quartered,
MMK) ft, 4/4" No. 1 Com, Quartered,
S.700 ft. 4/1" 1st & 2d Plain Ked &
White "wormy,"
FENN BROS. COMPANY
MANrrrACTURERS or
Oak Flooring
QUARTERED WHITE HOLLOW BACKED
QUARTERED RED END MATCHED
PLAIN WHITE POLISHED
PLAIN RED BORED
Memphis, Tenn.
r. W. GILCHRIST, President
W. A. GILCHRIST, Vice President
W. E, SMITH, Sec'y and Treasurer
W. E. SMITH LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Mills, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Distributing Yards, Cairo, Illinois
bfoeral Olfice, $ Tennessee Trust BIdj.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COTTONWOOD
J. B. Ransom, Prest. A. B. Ransom, V.-Prest. W. A. Ransom, Sec. C. R. Ransom Tie«s.
GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Inc.
MAMrFACTUBERS AND DEALERS IN
SOUTHERN
HARDWOODS
Also make a specialty of Wagon Stock in rough, such as Tongues,
Axles, Reaches, Bolsters, and 6-4 to 16-4 Hickory.
Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd.
MANUFACTURERS
HARDWOODS
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
GET OUR PRICES ON THESE ITEMS;
1,000,000 feet Son Grey Elm, 1 to 3",
6110.000 feet Un«elected Birch. 1 to 3",
3,000 000 feet Michigan Hard Maple. 1 to 6",
3,t0 000 fret Er.d Dried White Maple, 1 to IVj".
625,000 feet No, I Common and Better Winter Sawn Basswooa, 1 to 3"
160,000 feet Selected White Ba,';swood, 1". IM" and 154".
210,000 feet Plain and Quartered White and Red OaU, 1 to 2".
YARDS AT
SAGINAW, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS
F, W, GILCHRIST, Pres, W. A, GILCHRIST, Vice-Pres.
■W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and Treas.
Three States Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Mills:
Missouri
Arkansas
Teanes!»ef>
Hardwood Lumber
Cottonwood and Gum »«
OUice
Tennessee
Trust
GET OUR PRICES, TRY OUR LUMBER
WE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED. RESAWED
COTTONWOOD:
:GUM
HARDWOOD RECORD
ST. LOUIS
LARGEST OF ALL H A B. D W O O D MARKETS
'^z^"' Ozark Cooperage Co. -i
rdwood
Department
WE BUY STOCKS READY CUT OR CONTRACT FUTURE OUTPUT
pour Inspectors In the Soiitli
Diiect Ehiciuenl, ( COTTONWOOD,
fiom mill stocksj CYPRESS. GUM. OAK.
.\I A I S O F F I C H.
FRISCO B U I L D 1 .\ C.
WTj /'^UT\r\7IC Lesperance Street and Iron
• rV. ^^rll V V lO, Mountain Railroad.
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
BLACS WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy
Walnut and Ctierry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping
point when amounts justify.
Wantcd-Cyprcss, Ash and Cottonwood
Inspection at Point of Shipment Whe.v Quantity Justifies
Hafner Manufacturing Co.
CYPRESS, HARDWOODS
Mail orders receive our immediate
attention.
YARDS: FOOT OF DOCK STREET
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Co.
203 Frisco "Building
We have the following Dry .Stock for sale piled at our mill:
QTD. WHITE OAK : COTTONWOOD:
:( Cars 4/4 Common. 3 Cars 1" I and 2.
•2 Cats 4/4 Common and Better Strips. 1 Car 1x13 to 17'' Box Boards.
GUM : EI,M :
5 Cars 1" Common Red. I Car 6/4 Log Run.
1 Car 1x13 to 17" Box Boards. 4 Cars 4'' Log Run.
1 Car 2" 1 and 2 Sap.
ti Cars X% Common and Better Sap.
This Stock is All Band Sawed and Equalized
Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
GUM LUMBER
OUR SPECIALTY
Carload Shipments Direct
from Our Own Mills
519 Bank oi Commerce
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.
CASH BUYERS OF OAK, ASH, CY-
PRESS, POPLAR, CHERRY AND ALL
HARDWOODS
Send Inspector When Quantity Justifies
Office and Yards : Hall and Angelrodt Sts.
CHAS. I
Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are
constantly in the market to purchase
large blocks of stock for cash. Are
also the largest manufacturers of
the famous St. Francis
Basin Red Gum.
General Offices: 148 Carroll Street
LOTHMAN CYPRESS CO.
AIR DRIED
Louisiana Red Cypress
FOOT OF ANGELaICA STREET
SIX
MILLION
FEET
Ash
R E A
, Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Etc.
DY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT
STEELE & HIBBARD
NORTH BROADWAY, DOCK AND H A L I, STREETS
HARDWOOD RECORD
HP
H
N
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NEW
IZ? A ^ T^
1
Li A ^ 1
BOSTO
YORK PHILADELPHIA
JOHN T. DIXON HARRY S. DEWEY
We are not Wizards in making new grades to fit a price.
No tricks in our methods of making shipments. The
straight grades are good enough for us.
If you will give us a trial order for POPLAR, OAK,
ASH, CHESTNUT or OAK. MAPLE and YELLOW
PINE FLOORJNG, we believe we can demonstrate our
ability to please you.
DIXON & DEWEY
716 and 716 A, Flatiron Building,
NEW YORK
The Crosby & Beckley Company
HARDWOODS
We are
In the Market for Choice Stock
WRITE US
No. 1 Madison Ave..
New York, N. Y.
New Haven,
Connecticut.
Thomas Forman Company
MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH-GRADE
Maple and Oak
n
ooring
New York Branch:
McOovern fi.Bowen. And Hardwood Lumber
29 Broadway
DETROIT.
MICHIGAN
Millmen with round lots of well manufactured stock to offer,
are sure of a square deal with
WILLIAM WHITMER & SONS, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HARDWOODS
Branches: NEW YORK, BOSTON, PITTSBURG
Girard Trust Bldg. PHILADELPHIA
R.E. Wood Lumber Company
C We own nearly a thousand million feet of virgin poplar, oak,
chestnut and other hardwood timber, and operate our own band mills
in West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.
C Let us figure on your hardwood requirements.
GENERAL OFFICES:
CONTINENTAL BUILDING.
Baltimore, Maryland
HARDWOOD RECORD
HP 1 I F^ 1~- A C^ HP
lilt fcA^I
BOSTON NEW YORK P H I L A D £. L P H I A
J. J. SOBLE
H. I. SOBLE
SOBLE, BROTHERS
Wholesale Hardwoods
911-912 Land Title BIdg. PHILADELPHIA
WANTED: 20 cars Common and Better Chestnut, all thicknesses.
W, M, GILLESPIE LUMBER
HARDWOODS COMPANY Fanners Bark Bldg.
Oak a Specialty PITTSBURQH, I'A.
James & Abbot Company
Lumber and Timber
No. J65 MILK ST., BOSTON, MASS., and GULFPORT, MISS.
The West Florida Hardwood Co.
Ash
Hickory
Mill ox Apalaciiicola Ki\lu
MAllYSVILLE, FLA.
Red and Wliite Oak Red Gum
Yellow Cottonivood Tupelo Gum
LET US HAVE YOUR INQUlRIEti
Always Looking for Business
Good Things for Fall Trade
We want your orders for lumber because we have tlie stocks aiui
can give you good service. Our rail and water connections are favor-
able to customers.
3,920,000 ft. Chestnut, 4 4 to 8 4, Sound, Wormy - Com. and Bet.
216.000 ft. Asli, 4 4 to 6 inches, mostlv I and 2-Com. and Bet.
1,560,000 ft. Poplar, 4 4 to 4 inches. I and 2-Coin. and Better.
156,600 ft. White Birch, 4 4 to 4 inches, mostly I and 2 and Com.
See October Lumber News — Write us to-day.
J. Gibson McIIvain & Co.
56th and S8th Streets and Woodland Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
BALTIMORE
M A R Y L A
KE 17 17 DD 1/^17 UUYER AND
ND Ej. til. rrVlVxIli EXPORTER OF
Hardwoods, Poplar and Logs
I am always in the market for nice lots of dry and well manufactured
lumber. 1 int^pect al point of shipment. Correspondence solicited.
JOHN L. ALCOCK & CO.
BUYERS OF BLACK WALNUT LOGS
BOARDS AND PLANKS
slir^t^reiu" spofcash' Baltimore, Md.
WM. E. LITCHFIELD
MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS.
Specialist in Hardwoods
Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale
STEVENS-EATON CO.
Buvers of
ROUND LOTS
of
Hardwoods
No I Madison
Avenue.
New York
ESPECIALIvY IN MARKET FOR PLAIN RED OAK
JONES HARDWOOD CO.
IN<i>Hr')l{ATKl>
WANTS: Poplar, Plain Oak,
Quartered Oak and Cypress.
147 MILK STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Manufacturers please send stock lists and prices.
Holloway Lumber Company
WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
In the market for all thicknesBes of
OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT.
312 Arcade Building,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Charles S. Wentworth & Co.
WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS
147 Milk Street
BOSTON
We are in the Market for POPLAR, PLAIN OAK, CYPRESS
and NORTH CAROLINA PINE LUMBER; also OAK, MA-
PLE and BIRCH FLOORING, and would appreciate corre-
spondence from manufacturers in position to supply any of the
stock named.
J. H. SCHOFII
LD
K. W. SCHOFIELD
SCHOFIELD
BROTHERS
LUMBER
WHITE PINE
AND HARDWOODS
1010-1020 Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Bldg.,
Wistar, Underbill & Co.,
WHOLESALE
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Sl6 Real Estate Trust Building, 4 PHILADELPHIA.
HARDWOOD RECORD
NASH VI LLE
HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL SOUTHERN HARDWOODS
INDIANA LUMBER CO,
Manufacturers Lumber
DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Office and Mills : Corner Oldham
Street and Cumberland River
GEO. C. BROWN & CO.
MANTFACTUKERS ANI' WHOLKSAI.E DEALERS IN
Hardwood Lumber
Tennessee Red Cedar Lumber a Specialty. Nashville, Tennessee
JOHN B. RANSOM ^ CO.,
NASHVILLE., TENNESSEE
Wc want to move quickly the following old dry stock. All of it has been on
sticks 6 to 1 8 months. Write us for delivered prices. Wc are prepared to
furnish promptly mixed Cars of rough and dressed hardwoods of all kinds:
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
90 M 4/4 first and second
15 M 5/4 first and second
BOM 6 '4 first and second
10 M 10/4 first and second
120 M 4/4 No. 1 Common
65 M 6, 4 No. 1 Common
58 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
20 M 10/4 No. I Common
70 M 5, 8 first and second Poplar
80 M 5/'8 No. 1 Common Poplar
15 M 4/4 1st and 2d Quartered Sycamore
10 M 4, 4 No. 1 Com. Quart'd Sycamore
QUARTERED RED OAK
100 M 4/4 first and second
58 M 6/4 first ai d second
15 M 8/4 first and second
65 M 4 '4 No. 1 Common
84 M 6/4 No. 1 Common
72 M 8/4 No. 1 Common
PLAIN OAK
50 M 4 4 1st and 2nJ White
100 M 4/4 No. 1 Common White
100 M 4/4 first and second Red
100 M 4 '4 No. l.Common Red
LOVE, BOYD & CO.
Offer :
5,000,000 ft. Quartered White Oak.
2,000,000 ft. Quartered Red Oak.
J.OOO.Oi'O ft. Plain White Oak.
1,000,000 It. Plain Red Oak.
1,000,000 ft. Poplar.
2,000,000 ft. Chestnut, Ash, Hickory, Red Cedar, Etc.
Our Own Manufacture.
Prompt Service.
Dry Stock.
MAIN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Co.
Manufacturers of
*'Acorn Brand"
THE FAMOUS FAULTLESS FLOORING
IN OAK AND BEECH.
Car Lots and Less Than Car Lot
Orders Solicited. Write for Prices.
Nashville, Tennessee
Swann-Day Lumber Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
POPLAR AND OAK
PLANING MILL STOCK, BOX SHOOKS
AND HARDWOOD DIMENSION
CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY
PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONWOOD
GUM AIND OTHER HARDWOODS
Large stockt of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills.
Ceneral Offices: J 40 W. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, 111., Marked Tree, Ark.,Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Bly theville, Afk.
HARDWOOD RECORD
JOHN C. SPRY
JOHN D. SPAULDING
SOUTHERN OAK LUMBER CO.
I-N i'ilK .MAIiKin l(l|; MILL CUTS OR lidT Ml LOTS. Inl; CASH
POPLAR HARDWOODS cypress
910 Chamber of Commerce
CHICAGO
INSPECI'ION Al' MILL
YAliD.S: NDUTM MLMl'llLS
1217 Tennessee Trust Bldg.
MEMPHIS
The 1 egge Lumber Co.
MILWAUKEE
WI SCONSIN
BUYERS OF
ALL KINDS OF
HARI
)WOOD LUI
ViBER
OCTOBER STOCK LIST
MAPLE
1 in. 2,000,000 ft.
1,000 "
i,O0O "
" 1,000,000 "
a!4 " 300. ooo "
500,000 "
3' " 500,000 "
4 " 400,000 '•
1'4 "' 'ioo',o
1J4 " 40O,fl
k
BEE.CH
1 in. 500,000 ft. 1
IJ^ " 400,000 " 2
2 " 100,000 •'
BASSWOOD
in. 300,000 ft.
75,0OO "
WHITE MAPLE,
EdiI Piled
154 in. 20,000ft.
BIRCH
1 in. 100,000 ft. 1 in.
154 " 50,000 " l5i ■'
2 " 20,000 " 3 "
GRAY ELM
.'{00,000 ft.
30,000 "i
200,000 ••
KELLEY lyMBER & SHINGLE CO., Traverse City, Mich.
Are You in the Market ?
Send us your inquiries for prices on
the following
HARDWOODS
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
75M ft.
25M ft.
2BTSI ft.
SOM ft.
50M f*.
lOOM ft.
SOM ft.
SOM ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
lOOM ft.
1'' Com. and Better Quartered Red Oak.
I" Com. and Better Quartered White Oak.
I ''4'" Com. and Better Quartered Red Oak.
IK" Com. Quartered White Oak.
i]ri" 1st and 2nds Quartered Red Oak.
3" Cora, and Better Quartered White Oak.
3" Com. and Better Plain White Oak.
1" Com. Plain Birch.
1 " Com. Red Birch.
IV Com. and Better Plain Birch.
1" Com. and Better Hard Maple.
I's" Com. and Better Hard Maple.
1" Com. and Better Soft Elm.
UPHAM 4 AGLER
Distributing Yards: CAIRO, ILL.
Main Offices :: American Trust Building, CHICAGO
s
ch
ultz
Brothers
&
Cowen
WE ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY
POPLAR OAK ASH CHESTNUT
AND OTHER
HARDVOODS-ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
1225 to 1240 OLD COLONY BUILDING, - -
-
-
CHICAGO
lO
HARDWOOD RECORD
1
CHICAGO
THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD
Harvey S. Hayden
IN THE MARKET FOR
POPLAR
25 M ft. in" No. 1 Common. st,;ic]dard widths and lengths.
40 M ft. 2" No. 1 Cc.mmon, standard widths and lengths.
2i M ft. 2'/i" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths.
60 M ft. 3" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths.
WHITE ASH
:;0 M ft. 1" Is and 2s, standard widtlis and lengths.
75 M ft. 5 4" Is and 3s, standard widths and lengths.
.50 M ft. 6 4" Is and :.'s, stanuard widths and lengths.
.=)0 M ft. 8 4" Is and 2s. standard widths and lengths.
■2:> M ft. 10 1" Is and 3s. standard widths and lengths.
50 M ft. 16 4" Is and 3s, standard widths arid lengths.
(We can use a small percentage ot No I Common.)
511 Railway Exchange, - Chicago
PARK RICHMOND (Si, CO,
Wholesale
Hardwood Lumber
67 West Twenty-second St.
Chicago
J. Slimmer ^ Company
Hardwood
Lumber
Office and Yard :
65 W. Twenty-second St.
CHICAGO
R. A. WELLS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers of All Kinds of
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Fine Quartered Oak a Specialty
234 LA SALLE STREET
Yards at Canal and 2 1st Sts. CHICAGO, ILL.
have vou anything to offer in
hickory, white ash, thick plain
oak and wagon stock?
WE ARE CASH BUYERS
PLEASE SEND US YOUR STOCK LISTS
Ryan & McFarland
Office and Yards f^V\ie^^K rirt
Robey St. and Blue Island Ave. ^^lll«.,<XBU
A floor to adore
For thirty-three j'ears Wilce's Hardwood Floor-
among the foremo.st on the market
"t stands today "unequaled" is tiie
that its manufacturer has kept
modern methods and the advanced de-
mands of the trade. To convince yourself of the
above statements, try our polished surface floor-
ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with
matched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'll
find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing.
(_)i4r Booklet tells all about Harthuood Flooring and
how to care tor U — atw prices— and is free.
The T. Wilce Company
22nd and Throop Sts. CHICAGO, ILL.
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aW W r\V W ^ ^iid becaui^e il
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White Lumber Company
Dealers in Hardwood Lumber
ALL KINDS
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Main Office, 208 TILLOUGHBY BLDG.,
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We have for quick shipment 170.000
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Published In the Interest of Hardwood Lumber, American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring,
Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Cheraicals, Saw Mill and WoodworKing Machinery.
Vol. XXII.
CHICAGO. OCTOBER 10. 1906.
No. 12.
Publislied un the lOlll and 25lh of pacli miiTldl hv
THE HARDWOOD COMPANY
Henry H. Gibson, President
Frank W. TUTTLE. Sec-Treas.
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COMING HARDWOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
National Hardwood Lumber Association
A semi-annual meeting of this association will be held
at Hotel Havlin, Cincinnati, on Thursday and Friday,
October 25 and 26.
Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association
An important meeting of this assoc tion will be
held at the Park Place Hotel, Traverse City, Mich.,
commencing at 10 a. m. on Wednesday, October 31.
General Market Conditions.
All analysis irf tlie hardwood market coiulilioiis iin-vailiiiK in all
tlif liavihvood consuming centers nf tl'c country rcxM-als tliat tlir
general demand is strong, with prices firm. The neathi r conditions
prevailing in the South during the last two weeks, wliich liave varied
from a heavy rainfall to a hurricane, liave jiractieally shut off hinilicr
production over a' large area of hardwood territory. Condi tiotis in
northern hanhv.iod production and demand icinaiii aljout nurinal.
The Editor of the H.vrdwood Recokd has just returned from a
month's cruise in the hardwood [iroducing sections of Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Virginia, western Kentucky, western Tennessee, east-
ern Korth t'aroliua and northern South Carolina, and has paid especial
attention to the" condition of stocks in tlie hamls (if producers in
the various sections named.
There never has been a time in the histoiy nf the linnlwdDd industry
when there was such a manifest shortage in all of the staiulard liard-
woods in those sections as there is at the jn-esiMif tinn-. In the great
trammed yard <if the Burt & Brabb Lumber Coniiiany at Ford, Ky..
there are acres of bare foundations and the stock of poplar is of the
most meager description. The same condition jirevails in the yards
of the Swann-Day LumlM>r Company at Clay City, Ky., in the several
yards at Coal Grove^ Ashland and Ircjulmi, and in the entiri' lumber
producing section of the Appalachian range, which nnlurally at this
lime of the year would show many millions of feet of pophir, oak and
chest nul. In stock unsold there apjii-ars to Ite but a paucity of lum
iiri- in I'ilc, ami even . n large proportion ' of these suuill stocks is
iiLirkcd up as having I)een sohl.
K'e|HOls coming from Nashville, Cairo, Memjihis and scnithwestern
(listriits |irodncing oak. Cottonwood and gum would imlicato about
I lie sMiiii ndition of all'airs prevailing in that region. Huyers can
tlieiid'ore be assui'cd that lliere is no possible chance of an overstock
of any varii'ty of liai-dwoo<ls for the i-i'maindci- of this yi'ar, and can
make their piin-hascs with the assurance that the (hanaud is alreaily
in e\ci'ss of supply and \vith cM'ry i iidical inn thai \alues will
streiiHlhi'ii as the year ad\aii<-es.
A Heart to Heart Talk by the Editor.
Ni'arly all the sharjis of the bunlier press liavc> had Iheii- say on
hardwood inspection. To be s\U'e they do not know nuu-h ahoiit the
subject, but tlien it is an interesting topic. While 1 spent a gooil
many years of my life with a board rule in one hainl and a marking
stick in the other, T am not sure that 1 know very much more than
sonu' other people about the just way to grade hardwoods. However,
1 feel constrained to discuss the subject.
.V coujile of years ago Billy Bennett, who is the nuist geuercnis man
in the world — with advice — told me how to run a lumber news|iaper.
' ' Trimarily, " he said, "let associations alone. Let inspection
systems alone — entirely alone. The whole scheme doesn't amcnnit to
much anyhow. You go ahead and attend to your ow'u business. Sjiend
mighty little money on your paper — get profit out of it.'' Up to
date 1 have ]n-etty nearly followed Bennett's advice, save that I
liave spent a lot of money on my newspaper and have not made much
money out of it.
I have a letter from an esteemed friend at Detroit, who is insistent
upon knowing how manufacturers of hardwood lumber can benefit
consumers. The answer to this inquiry gets me deep into the in-
spection problem.. The inquiry, which is undeniably made in gooil
faith, is from a man who has s|:ient his lifetime in nianufactnriug
and jobbing liimlier. lie is a mighty clean man commercially and
if lie ever shipped a "salted" carload of lumber 1 never heard of it —
but more about his letter later.
T -was talking with a small furniture manufacluriu- in Chicago a
fiMv days ago and asked him what he was paying for oak. He
told me that ho was buying firsts and seconds delivered at his factory
at $4'_: a thousand.
" ^'(nl .an' not buying straight firsts and seconds at that in'iee, are
you?' '
"1 certainly am, and I know the yrade is right liecause T in-
spected the lumber myself.''
1 hioki'd over the shipment carefully. The stock did not show
Iwenty-five per cent of firsts and seconds by any standard of grading
in use.
The man was paying fully five dollars more a thon.sand than if he
had bought the relative proportion of grades which the shipment con-
tained at current market prices.
What are you going to do with a case like this.'
^ ->; ^:-
A Pittsburg jolibi'r showed me something of the ins and outs of the
hardwood trade a few weeks ago by exhibiting an invoice from a. West
Virginia maiinfactnrer for a little less than 2,000 feet of firsts and
s( nds, plain red and white oak, and 12,000 feet of No. 1 coniinon.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
plain red and white oak, mixed, and shipped in one car. He also
displayed a copy of his invoice to a fuAiitiwe manufacturer of this .
same car of approximately 14,000 feet, billed as firsts and seconds,
and then exhibited to me the returns on the shipment. The con-
signee regretted that he had to make a complaint, but he failed to
find but about 12,000 feet of firsts and seconds in the car, and alleged
that it also contained 1,600 feet of Xo. 1 common and 40O feet of
No. 2 common.
"Are you going to let a man get away -with a kick like thih?"
I asked.
■'Well," he replied, "there's a couple nf hundred dollars lu the
sale and I guess I Tvill let it go."
"What about the shipper? Are you going to let him soak.ynii with
400 feet of No. 2 common V '
"He is a pretty good fellow and I guess I will also let liim off."
What's to be done in a case like this?
-.^ * *
In discussing the matter of uniform inspection a foremost Mem-
phis jobber told me a while ago that during that day he had sold
three lots of firsts and seconds white oak to three difEerent people,
at three different prices, and that each man would get a different in-
spection. He is a good National association man and "hollers"
louder than anyone in the bunch about the good work of liis associa-
tion in establishing uniform inspection.
Wliat 's to be done in a ease like this?
i^ * -a
A good Buffalo National association man, whom I esteem as highly
as I do any man in the hardwood industry, said to me some mmitlis
ago that the buyer of a prominent consuming house was in his office
recently and said to him that he was ready to place his order for liis
season's requirements of quarter-sawed oak. He said he knew the
stock was worth ilS a thousand, but ho wanted to place his order at
$73. He concluded by observing. "You know what I can use."
My Buffalo friend said to him, "Why don't you buy a straight
grade and pay the price?" The buyer said to him, "Back of me is
a board of directors and they know what the price of quarter-sawed
oak is just as well as you do. I want to hold down my job, and I
can best hold it down by demonstrating to them that I am smart
enough to buy .standard grades of oak lumber at five dollars a thou-
sand less than the market price. ' '
My Buffalo friend made the sale.
What's to be done in a case like this?
A friend of mine in East Tennessee, who is a large manufacturer
and merchant in hardwoods, tells me that he deals almost exclusively
with eastern jobljers. He says that ninety-five orders out of one
hundred come to him specifying a certain proportion of one grade of
lumber, and another proportion of a lower gi'ade, with the invariable
injunction attached, "thoroughly mixed in the car."
What are you going to do in a case like this?
I was in the office of a well-known Chicago jobbing house about
three months ago when the ruling price of four quarter first arad
second white oak was $45 a thousand on this delivery. A sale was
made of a car of this alleged grade of lumber at $43 a thousand. I
iisked how it could be done, and it was explained to me that the car
sold was an "old purchase" and contained 7,000 feet of firsts and
seconds on straight National association inspection, for which they
paid $43 a thousand, and 7,000 feet of No. 1 common, for which
they paid $29 a thousand. It wa.s shown to me that the profit on this
transaction was seven times the difference between $43 and $2!t.
What are you going to do in a case like this?
These citations are not exceptional cases. They are the every day
transactions of a big majority of the hardwood trade. They are dis-
cussed as openly as a man invites a friend to step in next door and
have a highball. It would seem that the smartest man in the
business is the one who is able to work in the largest proportion of
lower grades in the sale of an alleged higher one. This way of
doing things may be good ' ' business ' ' — may be good hardwood
ethics, but I must confess that I am old-fashioned enough not to be-
lieve it. It is possibly because I was educated in the lumber trade
to deliver one thousand feet for ev^'y ten hundred sold, and to give a
man uppers when I sold him uppers that I cannot be accounted a dis-
tinct success as a lumberman.
My esteemed contemporary. The Lumber Trade .Journal, gives credit
to the allegation that ' ' fully seventy-five per cent of the hardwood
lumber sold throughout the country is on National inspection. ' ' If it
ean be demonstrated to me that seven and one-half per cent of the
hardwood lumber sold throughout the country is inspected and shipped
on straight National hardwood inspection, I will guarantee to go
to New Orleans and jump across the Mississippi Eiver — or, at least,
I will stand on the bank and jump as far as I can.
Now aliout the letter. Here it is:
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 14. — Editor Uakdwood ISecokd: In
your issue of Sept. 10 you make the editorial prediction that
"within the year" the new Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers'
.\.ssociation "wiil have achieved more for the benetit of the man-
ufacturing element of the state and for the consumers of Michi
iian hiirdHOOil products than has been accomplished in all the
years of the past.
The italics are my own.
The manufacturers can benetit themselves <pnl.v hy raising the
price or lowering the grade, or both.
Whore does the consumer come in?— Squaiib Deal.
'I'hc (ibser\ation was made advisedly. I was brought up in the
state of Michigan and I know the character and temper of Michigan
liartlwood manufacturers, and I know they are in deadly earnest t«
reform their sales system and to correct the evils of it. I assert
tluit they will speedily do more ' ' for the consumers of Michigan
liarihvood products than lias been acc(iin|ilished in all the years of tin-
past. ' '
■ These people have siient a lot of time and intelligent work in pre-
paring,a system of just and equitable grading to be applied to their
product, and from this time forward it is absolutely safe to prophesy
that the larger proportion of Michigan hardwoods will be inspected
on a uniform basis, and in grades that will be best suited to flu-
requirements of the consuming trade; tliat hereafter "salted'' or
manipulated cars will not be loaded out of that state; and if need be,
consumers will be educated to know what constitutes jti.st grades of
hardwoods.
The manufacturers of Michigan can benefit themselves and tlie
iiinsumer by making fair grades and asking fair prices for them,
and seeing to it that their product goes into the hands of the con-
sumer without being manipulated.
Now alx)ut tlie jobbers of hardwood lumber. There always has
been and always will be room in the commercial world for the
merchant. He has always made a good living for himself and always
wiU. The merchants who have made money in this world, however,
have been the men who have done business on the level. The scalawag
merchant has never made a success and never will. There is room and
always will be for the hardwood merchant who buys mill cuts and
round lots of lumber and resells the product to the consuming trade,
but there is not room in the hardwood trade for the scalper who
manipulates and "salts" lumber and b.v misleading representations
succeeds in grafting profits out of irregular transactions. Even the
honest scalper is all right, his calling is legitimate, but for the fakir,
the grafter, the thief of the hardwood lumber trade, I have no use.
^■;- w *
Hanging up in the private oilice of my esteemed friend Gardner I.
.loues of Boston is one of those impertinent legends which reads: .
DOX T T.VKE YOURSELF TOO OAM SERIOUSLY.
That sign of Jones" has kept me from speaking my mind about
hardwood inspection and hardwood methods for a good while, and
I am truly glad that I am far enough awa.y from Boston so that
for once I have eased mv conscience. — H. H. G.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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Verts Pertinent and Impertinent.
The Whole Trouble.
Some folks cau't miud thcii- biisiiioss :
The reason is, you'll find,
They cither have no business
Or else they have no miud.
- ratholio Standnrcl and Times.
And That's So.
There are no birds in last year's in'sls.
No fun in last year's jokes ;
.\nd -weep for him who pays the bills
No wives in last years cloaks.
— Houston Post.
Only Two Classes.
'I' wo men there are who never can
Forget themselves, I wist :
.Viul one's the perfect gentleman
.\n(l one's the egotist.
— Philadelphia T^edger.
Giving.
A .haritabU- man
jjives iiceordiiig to
his means, a miser
accorfHn}» to liis
meanness.
Pessimistic View.
To the jiessitnist,
whatever isn't is
right; whatever is is
wrong.
"Close."
.V elosc friend is
Mue who refuses to
h'ucl.
Silence.
There are times
when it isn't neces-
sary to speak the
truth — but at such
times it isn't neces-
sary to speak at all.
Good Plan.
Vdviec is very
iriuch like opportuni-
ties, the capable pro-
vide their own.
Pride and 'Vanity.
I^ride is the knowl-
edge that no one can
do you a favor; vau-
it\' is the belief that
no one can do you
an injury.
True.
There are a good
many noughts in the
sum total of the
world 's inhabitants.
Well Known.
Fortune knocks
often at tlie door of
the man who keeps
his name and ad-
dress in the adver-
tisiag columns.
IS HISTORY TO BE REPEATED?
[■'The nue.stioii of admitting wi
and action." — News Item.)
(iwood coiismiicr^ to ini-iiiln r^hip will conic 111* ioi- di^ciis.Moii
"Will you walk into my parlor says the spider to the fly?'
Secret of Success.
Instead of trying
to dodge your work,
try and devise some
'■asicr method of ilo
iug it — that's one of
the secrets of suc-
i'OSS.
Doubtful.
yomc, people seem
to think that specti-
lation in futures is
equivalent to buying
experience.
Drinking.
The philosophy of
drinking consists in
knowing when to
treat and when to
retreat.
Real Difficulties.
Two things which
arc equally haVd to
do in this life .ire to
Ucep up appearances
and to keei> down
expenses.
Always.
The fellow wlio in-
tends to succeed
works without a
lime tabic.
Hosts of Them.
There arc plenty
of people wlio would
lie proud of being
arrested for exceed-
ing the speed limit
in !iu automohik'.
The Way.
If you must argitc.
choose a subject you
know something
ahout and then keep
your moiitli shut and
listen.
1 wonder how a man would feel
To have no cause at all to worry,
'fo sit down to a three-course meal
.Vud know he didn't have to hurry ;
I'o smoke thereafter at his ease
.\nd tell the world to go to thundei--
To t(o exactly what he'd please.
I wonder !
IDE/\L.
I wonder how a man would feel
To have the debts all paid he's owing.
To fear no creditor's appeal.
To have a bank account that's growing,
To know that he was right on top
Of all he had been squirming under
.\nd had no chance to slip and drop.
1 wonder !
I wonder how a man would feel !
I think il would seem mighty tunny
To know I had for once a deal
Of leisure time and lots of money.
Tli.-vt plea.sant state of things and T
.lust now are pretty far asunder.
So 1 can only wish and sigh :
"1 wonder !"
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HARDWOOD RECORD
AMERICAN FOREST TREES.
Chestnut Oak.
ijncrctis Priuii'i — Liiiii.
The ilist.vibution of chcstmit oak nuiKi'S
h-oni the i-oasl of southein Maine and the
nine Hills of eastern Massachusetts south-
ward to Delaware and the District of Co-
lumbia; along the Appalachian inonntains
to northern (teorgia and Alabama; west-
ward to the shores of Lake ('ham]ilain and
the valley of the Genesee river,
N'ew Vork. along the northern
shores of Lake Erie and to cen-
tral Kentucky and Tennessee. It
is rare and local in Xew England
and Ontario, but jdentiful on the
lianks of the lower Hudson river
and on the Appalachian hills from
southern New York to Alabama.
It is known as rock oak in XeW
York; as rock chestnut oak in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island;
as rock oak and rock chestnut oak
in Pennsylvania and Delaware; as
tan bark oak and swampy chest-
nut oak in North Carolina and as
rock chestnut oak and mountain
oak in Alabama.
The chestnut oak is a tyiic of a
group of wliite oaks whose li>aves
are very mmdi like those of the
chestnut tree, as may be seen in
the accompanying illustration. The
leaves are alternate, five to nine
inches long, and obovate. with
coarse teeth rounded at the to]..
At inaturity, they are tliick and
lirui .ir subcoriaceous; yellow-
yrecn and rather lustrous on the
u]i|>er surface, paler and usually
pubescent beneath. In the aul-
nmu before falling, tlu'y turn a
dull orange color or rusty brown.
The llowers appear in May and
are solitary or paired; staminate
.yellow; pistillate on short spurs;
with short, ilark-red stigmas. The
fruit or acorn is solitary or in
pairs, one to .two and one-half
inches long, very lustrous and of
a bright chestnut-brown color.
The acorn cup is thin, downy-
lined and covered with small
tuburcnlar scales. The kernel is
sweet and edible. The bark of the
chestnut oak is thin, smooth, purj>-
lish-brown and often lustrous on
young stems and small branches,
becoming a thick, dark,
brown, or nearly black
and divided into broad
ridges, separating on the surface into
small, closely appressed scales. The bark
of the tree is so dark in color and so deep-
ly furrowed that it has often been mis-
taken for one of the black oak group, al-
though its wavj- leaf margins and annual
fruit clearly differentiate it from that spe-
cies. The bark of the chestnut oak is one
THIRTY-EIGHTH PAPEB.
of till' higliest valued tanning materials
ami is used extensively in the manufac-
ture of high-grade leather. The bark is also
incorporated with that of some other varie-
ties of oak, hemlock and chestnut wood
in the ju'eparation of tannic acid extract.
The chestnut oak is a vigorous tree ami
grows rapidl.N in dry soil, finding its nuist
aiiindant growth and l;irg(st sice in the
reddish
on old
TYI
trunks,
rounded
ICAL L-OUEST (iltoWTlI ( IIEST^•UT OAK. SWAI
COr.NTY. NOItTIT CAKOLIXA.
lower slopes of the mountains of the Caro-
linas and Tennessee, where it often forms
a great part of the forest. It is not as
large in size as the white oak or red oak,
but is a splendid tree, its bole being very
symmetrical and holding its size well. It
grows usually to a height of from sixty
to seventy feet and sometimes 100 feet,
with a diameter of from two to five feet
and occasionally as large as seven feet.
In its fiehl growth it Muuetimes splits into
two or nuiie larger limbs, fifteen to twenty
feet from the groiinil and shows a broad
spread of foliage. The wood is heavy,
hard, strong, rather tough, close-grained
and durable in contact with the soil. In
cohu' it is ilark. reddish-brown, with con-
spicuous medullary rays. The saj)Vvood, as
is the case in most other trees, is much
lighter. A cubic foot of the seas-
oned wood weighs about forty-
si.x pounds.
From its comparative cheapness
and hard, strong and rather tough
character, chestnut oak lumber at
the present time is attracting the
attention of the leading wagon
ni.-ikcrs of tlu' country and they
are employing it very extensively
ill vehicle building. In many re-
sjiects it is even better than the
highest type of white oak for this
purpose, the only drawback to its
use being its somewhat refrac-
tory character in seasoning. Care
must be used in air-drying it, and
special caution be taken in dry-
kiln operations to avoid season
cliecking.
Chestnut oak has become quite
a favorite in the markets of Great
Britain and continental Europe
for wagon-making purposes and
is there classed, as it is in the
Ihiiiic trade, as a variety of white
'i.ik. It is probable that its use
till wagon material will constantly
broaden, as it tmdenjably is the
best substitute that this country
affords for oak used in the eon-
Ntruction of wagons, save the very
highest type of white oak.
Some furniture manufacturers
are also interesting themselves to
a considerable extent in using
< he.stnut oak for furniture mak-
ing and there is one large con-
cern at Connersville, Ind., that
employs the wood exclusively in
a large line of ehiflfoniers.
The large remaining area of
timber growth in which chestnut
oak .-ipjiears is the Appalachian
range through eastern Tennessee
and western North Carolina, and the
f; fact that it is coiiiparatively plenti-
ful in the forests of the Appalach-
ian range will tend to bring it
more and more into jirominence as a factor
in the building of wagons as the other oaks
become scarcer.
The beautiful specimen of forest growth
with which this article is illustrated was
photograjihed recently by the editor of the
H.\RDW00D Record on Eagle Creek, in Swain
county. North Carolina, on the timber hold-
ings of the Montvale Lumber Companv of
Baltimore, Md.
PORTER B. YATES
BEL-OIT". NAZIS.
EfPotEMENT TO
lARDwooD Record
OCTOBER 10, 1906.
ILLUSTRATING
UAKBRS OF MACHINERY HISTORY.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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Makers of jVfac/?fnert; History,
Porter B. Yates.
{••ice I'uitruit ,s II ii/ilc incut.)
NIMBKR V.
In Ilis w(]rk — priiiiarilv in the ciireful iiiak-
Wherever woodworking inadiinery is iiscil
the trademark "Berlin" is invariably known
as murkini; liijjli-ilass tools. Closely a.sso-
ciated with this word is the name of tin-
town in which these ai)i)!ianees are manntae
tured^Beloit, Wis. In this issne of th(
Haudwood KECOiy) are published u numlin-
of lialf-tone engravings and a sketch telling
sometliing of the woodworking mac-hine man
ufactnring hou.se of that city, which will
lirove interesting to many thousands of users.
In connection with this article it is i)erti-
ncnt and timely that a brief sketch be given
of the master mind of the institution, who
has brought into such universal iiroininciice
the Berlin woodworking tools, tor, in spite
uf the fact that a very great measure of
success has attended their making, there are
few people who know anything abovit the
man v,-ho i.s responsible for their ]irestige.
This is because he has always been reticent
when his own achievements were under dis
cussiou. He has avoided publicity, and it is
doubtful if ever before the picture of Porter
H. Yates, president of the Berlin Machine
Works, has been seen in print.
.Mr. Yates was born in Schenectady, >.'. Y..
in 1S.56, his parents being Joseph and Jane
K. Yates. While Porter was still a child the
family removed to Berlin, Wis., where as a
boy he attended the common schools of the
district, finally passing through the high
school, from which ho was graduated at the
age of seventeen. This ended his school
I lays, for immediately after graduation he
liii-ame clerk in a retail hardware store
nuned by his father and a partner named
I'oute. In 1S77 he became his father's ])art
ncr, llr. Foote selling out his interests.
In 1884 Mr. Yates bought a small machine
^hop at Berlin, known as the Berlin Machine
Works, which manufactured a single drum
sanding machine. In 1887 the business was
oigani'.ed as a stock company capitalized at
$100,000. In 18S8 the com]]any removed to
Beloit and established its jilant in a small
two and one story stone building. The floor
space occupied by the factory was only tiox
140 feet, with a wing 40x100 feet, but the
little shop was practically the begiuning of
the Berlin Machine Works, which now cov-
ers two large city blocks and has a ca.sh
paid-up capital of $2,.50O,00O. The jilant is
equipped with hundreds of the highest (dass
and most mcxleru iron and steel working tools,
which turn out annually thousands of the
finest woodworking ajipliances.
Physically, Mr. Yates is a s()uarely built
man who invariably gives the impression of
being extremely alert and forceful. He is
typical of the keen, accurately minded Amer-
ican business man, and the success which has
attended the making and marketing of the
products of his factory has been largely due
ing of the machines, and afterwards in the
vigorous exploitation of their merits. He is
easilv the first i-itizen of his own town, and
I'ltiNT XU'' CHESTNUT OAK LEA1<\
as a manufacturer of wiiuihyorkiug tools,
ranks fort most in the country.
By training and inclination Mr. Y'ates is
])reeminently a business man rather than a
mechanic, but he has surrounded himself
with the best men that money and merited
promotion can attract, and as a cousequen<-e
he has a staflf of workers that includes the
most skillful men in every detail of the
production of woodworking tools.
Mr. Yates 'talks very little, and that mod-
estly, about himself. His life has been de-
voted to making high-grade tools for wood-
workers, and in the constant effort to better
his product and extend its market he has
found ample scope for hjs energies. The
fact that he has succeeded in building up a
vast and profitable business and forced a
>vorlil-wide recognition for his machinery, is a
better tribute to his personality, and a more
enduring monument to his business sagacity
than any that could be conceived. His sue
cess is the more commendable when it is con-
sidered that the wide market for his pr<id-
iicts was won against a number of veteran
iKuises that had occupied and covered the
Held for years. In order to make any prog-
ress viith his machinery he recognized that
his tools would have to be better than any
then being produced. He devoted his ener-
gies to this end, with the result that the
products of his factory have become remark-
able for their excellence.
One of the mo.st striking features of Mr.
Yates' personality is his ability to infuse his
employes with his own energy and enthusi-
asm. Every man of the great corps of work-
ers is a firm believer in Berlin tools, and
<'very one knows the details of their constrm -
tion and can talk about them intelligently.
.\Ir. Yates is married and lives at Beloit in
.1 modest way. He is entirely domestic in
Ilis tastes, but to his friends is a host par
excellence. He travels extensively both ou
business and pleasure, and he has branch
houses scattered all over the T'liited States
and agencies in many foreign countries. He
is a member of the Union League VAvtit of
Chicago, and has the respect of his competi-
tors and the esteem of his patrons.
A Lumberman's Letters to His Son.
Chic.u.o. Uct. 6, 1906.
JIy Dear Son : It occurs to me, bright
and blessed, that the longer you are in the
liardwood game the less sense you have about
the business, (lur swamp oak is none too good at
best, and what I want you to do is to have it
shipped out on Just as high a standard of
grade as can be made. IJou't you do any
more "salting" of cars at your end of the
line. This Arkansas mill proposition has got
to .stand on its own bottom. 1 am perfectly
competent to manipulate grades after they
reach me. You need not butt into that at all.
X am just home from a little selling trip
over in Michigan and Ohio. The furniture
people are jiutting up a lot of loud noise over
the i>rice of oak and, as a consequence, are
liuying at their own prices — but on the ship-
]ier's grade. The wholesale con.sumer W'ho
gets a shipment of first and second with less
than fifteen per cent of No. 1 iu it is tickled
to death.
Your report indicates that you are away in
the soup on the woods end of the operation.
1 have told you for months to keep ahead
with your log sujiply. You ought to know
that we are going to have weather in Arkan-
sas for some months to come that will have
burrs on it. If you keep the mill running
steady for the next thirty days you will iln
better than I expect you will.
Let me again impress on you that the only
secret of successfully running a .sawmill in
the swamp or mountain country is to kee]i
your mill stocked. This is the ))lace where
nine operators out of ten fall down. Next
sjiring you will fully realize thu forc(> of this
observation.
Get on to another thing. When you get a
little short of labor, don't go to raising the
scale. You will get more work down in Ar-
kansas with low-priced labor than you will
with high-priced. All they want is money
enough to live on, anyhow, and if they can
support themselves by four days' work you
can bet your life they won't work six. <'ut
wages.
Your aft'ecticjuate I'athf.k.
l-". S. — No, i shall not suggest to your
mother to buy you that pigeon-blood ruby
scarf pin at Peacock's. A chicken-blood gar-
net is good enough for Arkansas. You can
buy that a. Memphis.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Hardwood Record JSlail Bag.
[In this department it is proposed to reply
to such inquiries as reach this office from the
Hardwood Recoed clientage as will be of enough
general interest to warrant publication. Every
patron of the paper 's invited to use this de-
partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt
will be made to answer queries pertaining to all
matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in
a succinct and intelligent manner. 1
Wants Iiifonnation About Veneers.
China Ghou:, X. C, Sept. 10. — Editor ll.viui
wood Recoiu) : Will you kindly advise me it tli'>
veneer workers prefer a sawed veneer in quar
tered stock to a sliced cut veneer? Ivindly stati'
what advantage if any the sawed veneer has
over the sliced and why it is better. Does it
give a better iinish (o furniture? Do manufac-
turers of high grade goods prefer tlic sawed
veneer to sliced cut? What thicknesses of sawed
veneer are more generally used by the furniture
trade? What is conceded a good average width
for quartered veneer? Can you advise mo where
I can get the market prices ou all widths of
sawed quartered veneer. 1/20" and 1/16" thick?
Company.
Veneer ;Yorkers prefer sawed veneer to
sliced or rotary cut stock, because there is
no break in the grain of the wood in the
manufacture, as is always more or less the
ease in sliced or rotary cut. Some woods arc
susceptible of production into very hand-
some veneers under rotary cut processes, and
of course the only way to produce quarter-
sawed veneers is by sawing or slicing. Sliced
veneer invariably has one "weak" side,
while the sawed always has two "strong"
sides, which enables the veneer maker to
open out his corrcspoiidiug sheets and pro-
duce a ' ' figure. ' '
Again, sliced or rotary cut veneers are
made from stock that has been steamed or
boiled, which disintegrates and distributes
the tannic acid aud other coloring matter
contained in the wood, which often results in
deteriorating effects. Sawed veneers are in
all respects better than sliced veneers, and
command a much higher price. They arc
therefore preferred by jiroducers of high
class furniture, interior finish, piano work
and railroad car.s. Sawed veneers are used
in thicknesses varying from one-eighth to
one-twentieth of an inch, and thinner. Eight
inches is a good average width for quar-
tered veneers.
I think if you will write to I). E. Kline,
Louisville, Ky., president of the National
Veneer & Panel Association, that he can give
you the informatiiui about market prices. —
Editor.
Suggestion for a Substitute for Hickory.
FOKT ScoTT, Kax., Sept. U'4. — Editor Haud-
wooD RECora> : I notice in the last issue of
your paper the article entitled "A Pressing
Need," which I have read carefully and have
given considerable thought. I would like to
say for the benefit of the National Hickory Con
sumers' Association that I believe Sapodilla,
/which grows abumlnntly in the Central .American
countries, would lie a good substitute for hick
ory, and for the manufacturing of all kinds of
handles, better, if anything, than the real thing.
The te.xture, or grain, of sapodilla is about the
same as hickory, and is fully its equal in
strength and durability. It is dark red in color
and susceptible of poli.sh, and Imudles made
from this wood, in contrast with white and black
handles, would make an attractive display in
the show-case or window of an.y dealer. 1 have
seen ax handles made by the natives in Hon-
duras that liad been in use for years and were
still in good condition.
lienerally speaking, sapodilla is a large.
siruiglit ii-cc sometimes fut feet to tlie first limb,
and could be brought to Ibis country at less
'■xpenso than to pick up small and scattered lots
of hickory at home. It is a heavy timber, how-
ever, and could not be floated down the rivers
as mahogany is, but could be bronglit down witlt
tloatcrs or in short Iilocks corded in cribs, as
I he natives bring down logwoof. These meth-
ods, however, 1. think, would be unnecessary for
some time, as tliere has been little or none of
that variety of timber shipped out of the coun-
try, and for this reason it could be secured in
largo quantities in localities where the trans
portatiou question is practical. I have speci-
mens of this wood which I will send for inspec-
tion, and would he jjleased to correspond with
anyone interested. — .1. V. Hamilton.
The foregoing is worthy of consideration
on the part of the hickory interests, coming
as it does from Mr. Hamilton, Avho should
he quite au authority on the subject, since
he .spent several years in timber research in
Central America. — Editor.
In Market for Wagon Stock.
IlAiiRixciTux, Wash., Sept. 2~. — Editor Hard
WOOD Recokii : Can you place us in communica-
tion with dealers from whom we can purchase
wagon stock in car lots? Following is a list of
what we use :
Second growth hickory spokes, B grade, 2 ' i ".
2%" and 2%".
Wood hubs in oak or birch, .Si~."xll", 9"xl 1"
and 9l2"xl2".
Sawed felloes in oak, :)" face, 2i.i deep x :!'
and 3'S" high.
Sawed felloes in oak, P," face, 2 v. deep x 3'4"x
4' high.
-Vxle stock, hickory, 4"x.'>"xC'.
I'ole plank, 4" ; also 4"x5" rougli poles.
I'lank in hickory and oak not over 6" wide.
•2 " any length, any width, not under 0".
21/2" any length, any width, not under 6".
3 " any length, any width, not under C".
fiVs" any length, any width, not under 6".
4 " any length, any width, not under 6".
Tliis company has already been supplied
with the names of several manufacturers of
wagon dimension, but any one interested, on
application will be put into coninuinicatiou
\\ith this buyer. — Editor.
Wants White Ash.
t'cjKxwAi.i,, OxT., Sept. 24. — lOditor Hardwood
Record : We would be greatly obliged to you if
.von could supply us with the names of dealers
from whom wo could buy white ash suitable for
the manufacture of baseball bats. —
(.'ompaxy.
The above correspondent hae been furnished
tlie names of several concerns which handle
tills class of material. Readers of the Hard-
wood EECOliD who are interested in this in-
quir3r will lie put into communication with
this bityer on iiiijilication to this office. —
IOditor.
Wants Information About Hickory Growth.
I'lTTSBURO. I'A.. Sept. 10.- Editor IIakdwood
Record : Can you give mo an idea where the
liest tracts of hickory timber may be found?
If you can give me some information on this
subject 1 will bo greatly obliged to you. —
(if the country, notably the lower Appa-
lachiau range in eastern Tennessee and west
ern North Carolina, there is a scatteriui;
growth of hickory intermingled with poplar,
chestnut and oak, but which will rarely show
more than fifteen per cent of the total stand.
There are some properties of considerable
size timbered with this character of woods
that can still be had at reasonable prices. —
Editor.
Who Knows About These Concerns?
AsiiEViLi.E, .\. C. Oct. :^. — Editor Hard
WOOD Record; One of our representatives-
has an inquiry for lumber from H. J.^
Smith & Co.. Easton, Pa. H. ,T. Smith of this
concern claims to have been associated with
Lawrence Fiske & Co. o£ Washington, D. C, and
refers to tliem as to his financial responsibility.
Can you give us information about the standing
of either one of these institutions? We have
lieeu caught several times by smooth letters
from unknown parties and do not want to get
catiglit again. —
Diligent inqttiry through couimereial
agency sources fails to reveal anything very
definite about either of the concerns named,
but the Hardwood Record would suggest to
its correspondent that the disposal of hard-
wood lumber at a good price is so easy now-
adays that it is not necessary to take chances
with unknown concerns unless the commer-
cial agencies are able to give very satisfac-
tory information concerning them. — Editor.
The Delaware Hardwood Lumber Co.
St. Louis, ilo., Oct. 4. — Editor Hardwood
Record ; We would bo very glad it you could
give us any supplementary information othci
than that yon have printed coucerning either
the Pittsburg Fuel Company, formerly of Pitts-
burg, Pa., or the Delaware Hardwood Lumber
Company, the probable successor of this insti
tution of Wilmington, Del. We made a hand
some loss with the Pittsburg institution and now
have an attorney on the case at Wilmington and
are trying to establish the fact that ,T. C. Harris
is a member of botli firms. .
Any additional information that the Record
has concerning this Imel-Harris bunch and
their doings is the fact that it is still flood-
ing the mails with inquiries for lumber, and
during the last few weeks has sent out
numerous inquiries for coal in carload lots.
From the fact that the Delaware Hardwood
Lumber Company makes no denial of its in-
terests being formerly identified with the
Pittsburg Fuel Company, it is safe to say
that it is an institution with which lumber-
men should become well acquainted before
doing business with it. — Editor.
You doubtless know that hickory does not
grow in a pure stand, but is found inter-
mingled witli other hardwood growth. Ar-
kansas probably contains more hickory than
any other state. In that locality it some-
times shows a stand of fifteen to even twen-
ty-five per cent with oak, Cottonwood, cypress,
asli. gum and other woods. In other sections
Weight of Lumber From Given Quantity
of Logs.
(JSAKA, Va., Oct. :!.- -Editor Hardwood Rec
oRD : Suppose you get a carload of logs and thej
weigh 45,000 pounds and saw them into inch
boards, what would the lumber you get from
them weigh? — J. R. Lego, Superintendent Stone
ga Coke & Coal Company.
The best test and only absolutely certain
rule to determine the question of this cor-
respondent is to take 45,000 pounds of logs,
saw them to inch boards, and weigh the
resultant product. Seriously, 45,000 pounds
of logs will result in approximately 30,000
pounds of inch lumber if well manufactured.
Of course, the result is entirely determin-
able by the thickness of the saw and the
accuracy with which the stock is edged and
trimmed, having reference, of course, to the
quality of the logs and to tlie proportion of
worthless lieart. — Editor.
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GK.NKUAi. \ nav I'r.wr i'.kri.ix \iai mxi-: wmiKS. r.Ki.oi'r. wis.
Where 'Berlin Wood Working Tools Are Made.
About ninety miles northwest of Chi-
oago, oil the Chicago ic Northwestern and
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, is the
cleanly, thriving and energetic manufac-
turing town of Beloit, Wis. It is a city in
which things arc done — in which things
are done well. One of the chief industries
is the Berlin Machine Works, which manu-
factures a great variety of woodworking-
tools. The monster plant of this institu-
tion covers an area of two large city
squares and from its several entrances
there pour forth each night more than a
thousand workmen.
It is with pleasure that the Hardwood
Record takes this opportunity of dejjict-
ing with camera and pen some of the
salient features of this great institution.
The accompanying illustrations will convey
ail excellent idea of the model character
of the plant. While it has been erected
section by section, a general plan was out-
lined at its inception according to which
each succeeding structure was builded,
• nntributing its special functions to the
whole, harmonizing with it, and adding
increased conveniences and efficiency. The
great works stands as a nioiiiiiiieut tn the
Text and PiioTOGRArMs nv Editor Hahdwood Hecokd.
.ncuuicii, forcefulness and commercial sa-
gacity of its projector, Porter B. Yates,
the president and managerial genius of the
I'uterprise.
The Berlin ilaehine Works had its in-
ception in a little machine shop at Berlin.
Wis., which was purchased in 1884 by Mr.
Yates. In this plant was built the first
power feed sanding machine over made.
It was the invention of two cabinet mak-
ers who were employed in a burial case
factory at that place. About 187G they
conceived the idea of making a machine
for finishing tlie curved sides of burial
cases. The owners of the coffin factory
bore the expense of having a tool made
for this purpose and a small local machine
shop executed the ideas of the mechanics
in the form of a single drum sanding ma-
chine. Naturallj', it was crude, but after
a fashion it did the work for which it was
designed. The inventors of the machine
secured a little financial assistance from a
local banker, took out a patent and built
two more machines. These tools were s61d
to other manufacturers and at once a de-
mand was created for tliom, especially
;imong the furniture trade. In ISSO tlie
Muichine was improved Ijy I lie addition of
.■>. second drum currying a different grade
of paper, and a few moi'c machines were
made and installed. By this time wood-
workers generally began to realize that no
plant was complete without a power Sand-
er. The business of manufacturing thesi-
tools was continued until 1884, when the
works were taken over by the financial
b.ackers and sold to Mr. Yates, who incor-
porated under the name of The Berlin Ma-
chine Works. This, then, was the incep-
tion of the present gre:it business at Be-
loit. ti;i which |ioiiif tiic [ilinil was moved
ill 18SS.
The little one-story stone structure pic-
lured herewith was a wing of the building,
in which The Berlin Machine Works was
installed, and is now used as one of the
shipping rooms. The main shop was two
stories and had a lloor space of only 00xl4i>
feet. Less than two score of workmen
were originally employed. In 1891 Tin-
Berlin Machine Works increased its line
liy adding the m.'inufacture of cabinet
|ilajiers, glue jointers and other minor tools
Ksed largely by furniture makers, and as
time jiassed. const;int!y added to its line
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SCENES ABOUT THE PLANT.
(1) Tm: OiiiGiNAi, Building. (2) Fieeproof Tatteen Vaults.
(31 THE JlAIX- POUXDRV.
1)1' ()iit].iit until today it has become one of
I he foremost producers of jilaiiing mill
iiiachinery in the country.
Some details of the great Beloit indu.stry
are worthy of special mention. The gen-
eral plan of construction is in the form
of a hollow square. As before noted the
]>!ant oeeujiies an area of two large city
squares, a street liaving been closed to
iiccommodate it. One of the accompany-
ing pictures shows a corner of the fireproof
pattern vault building, which lias an area
of. 72x136 feet. This structure is three
stories in height, is built entirely of steel,
cement and brick and is divided into twen-
ly-four fireproof vaults. i 'niiimunication
with this Iniilding is bad only through an
cievato!- and from the inin lialconies and
staircases on the outside. In the unlucky
event of a conilagraticui in one room, the
patterns in 1hat room miglit lie destroyed
with no possibility of endangering the con-
tents of the remaining vaults. Thus the
company has providcti that no contingency
covering the destruction of ]iatterns shall
interrupt its business.
Another picture shows the main foundry
nf the institution, a single well-lighted
steel building with a floor area of 72x30il
t'( et. It is equipped with two electric
cranes, one having a capacity of ten tons
and the other fifteen tons, which greatly
expedite the work of handling the large
one-piece castings, flasks, patterns and
crane ladies. This building has a wing,
40x60 feet, and there is also a second foun-
■ liy structure, 66x2o0 feet in size, in which
I lie smaller castings aie nuide. This great
foundry space is rendered necessary by the
fact that The Berlin Machine Works pro-
duces all its own I'astings. An especial
feature of its work in this line is that
many of the frames of its tools from the
minor one weighing 1,000 pounds to the
gigantic frame for a sizer which weighs
t,000 pounils, are cast in one piece; This
method of construction has such manifest
i.ilvantage over sectional framework bolted
together that it scarcely needs comment.
It makes a machine that is absolutely
rigid and which may be successfully oper-
ated with or without a substantial founda-
tion. In carrying castings or entire ma-
chines from one jiart of the ]dant to
another, a system of electric I'ranes is
used, as shown in the illustration.s, which
can deposit the iron and steel not only in
any room of the liuililing bnt in .•my part
nf a room.
A striking feature in connection with
the foundry is the thoroughly equipped
chemical laboratory which is under the
supervision of an expert metallurgist.
Here are analyzed all materials used in
the construction of Berlin machines. Any
consignment of iron, steel, coke or other
material, which does not test up to stand-
ard is rejected. This is a feature which
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cannot be too carefully consiclerecl by iisei's
of woodworking machinery.
Sections of the three floors of the great
machine shop are shown in a series of pic-
tures in connection with this article. This
liuiUling is three stories in height and
(3ti.\20O feet iu size. On the ground floor
arc long lines of monster planers capable
of finishing the framework of the largest
woodworking tool manufactured by the
company. On the next floor are located
lines of lathes and other tools essential
in boring and fitting shaftings, pulleys,
gears, etc., while on the top floor arc lo-
cated the lighter tools producing the minor
]i:irts of the machines.
To illustrate the genius in molding cm
ployed by The Berlin Machine Works an
engraving is shown of a single-piece cast-
ing of the framework of a giant horizontal
baud rosaw. In a tool of this cimraetor
the manifest advantage of the rigidity
secured by this form of construction is
readily appreciated. A pile of single-
jjiece frame castings for planers and match-
ers is depicted in another illustration.
Perhaps the feature of The Berlin Ma-
chine Works that most forcefully impresses
1 lu' visitor is the vast erecting room pic-
tured on the first page of this sketch. It
ccvers an area of 300x400 feet, equal iu
size to an ordinary city square, and from
wall to wall in close array are long lines
of various types of woodworking machin-
ery in process of ei'ection. It is a splendid-
ly lighted room, being of the saw-tooth
roof style and most admirably answers
I lie purpose for whieli it was constructed.
The Berlin ilachine Works at tliis time
produces eighty sizes and kinds <if two
.'ind four side })laning machines, frum the
moderate-sized furniture planer to the im-
mense timber sizer, and from a small
moulder to the heavily constructed hard-
wood flooring machine; fourteen kinds nf
band resaws and baud ripping uiaehinos,
ranging from the tool utilized in a furni-
ture factory to pony band mills and the
mammoth resaws designed for sawmill use,
and ten sizes of triple drum sanders, all
.built on the spiral drum design, rangiun
in width from 30 to 102 inches. In addi-
tion to this the company manufactures
cut-olf saws, rip saws, buzz planers and a
variety of other small tools.
As before noted, P. B. Yates, president
• if The Berlin Machine Works, is the man-
agerial genius of the institution. He is
an incisive, forceful, typical Ameri<an
business man, and his accomplishments are
tully manifested in the success he has
achieved for his company, and from the
fact that the Berlin tooLs are well ami
favorably known ihrnugh all parts of the
civilized world. The secretary and treas
urer of the institution is L. D. Forbes, who
.-ibly handles the financial end of the busi-
ness. The ))ractical man in charge of de-
signing is H. B. Ko.ss, the vice-president
of the coniiianv. TIniler his direction are
.M.\<inNi-; KiiiiM nrn.iiiN(.:.
I 1 I I'.Mcr OF TUB Third Fi.ooit. (2) I'aut of thk Second l'"t.oon.
(."I I'.MiT OF TUK First Ki.oon, Showing Long Line op Giant Iron
J'l.ANKnS.
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four expert designers with their corps of
subordinates; one whose specialty is plan-
ing machines; a second, band-sawing ma-
chinery; a third, sanders, and another
small tools. The. construction of all ma-
chinery is in charge of F. L. Lane, gen-
eral superintendent.
It has never been the good fortune of the
v/riter to visit and inspect a better organ-
ized, more orderly, and a more fully
equipped machine manufacturing house
than that of The Berlin Machine Works.
The systematic manner in which every
part of the business is conducted is mani-
fest to even the casual visitor. In con-
struction, an analysis of the tools of the
IJerliu Machine Works is also a particu-
larly noticeable feature. Primarily every
tool seems to be built for strength and
rigidity. It seems to be in the mind of
the designer that if a 3,000-pound frame,
bolted together on lugs will stand the
strain of a fast running machine, a 3,500-
pound solid cast frame will do it better,
tlierefore the better plan is adopted. It
seems to be in his mind that if an eight-
inch narrow gear will carry the load of
driving a feed-roll, that a twelve-inch
wide gear will do the work better and
FRAME or noRlZON'T.\L BAND RESAW
CAST IN A SINGLE TIECE.
safer, and the better plan is therefore
adopted.
Simplicity is another feature of the
tools. Wherever one piece, even at a
higher cost, will take the place of two,
the one piece is used. One could go on
without end in discussing the details of
the construction of Berlin tools. He could
tell of the self-hardening steel employed
in its knives, the avoidance of objection-
alile gears in band resawing construction,
the simplicity and strength of parts in a
hundred other tools and yet could not
finish the stocy in the brief scope of a news-
liaper article. In short. The Berlin Ma-
chine Works is a well-ordered, well
equipped and mammoth iilant which pro-
duces wood-working tools of quality.
The Berlin Machine Works maintains
blanch stores and oflSces at Seattle and
San Francisco; branch oifices at Chicago,
New York, Boston. New Orleans, Spokane
and Macon, Ga. Traveling representatives
are located at Columbus, Norfolk, Minne-
apolis, St. Louis and Little Bock, Ark. An
allied house is The Berlin Machine Works
of Cau.ida, which is about to erect a large
plant at Hamilton, Ontario, which will
manufacture a line in duplicate of that
of the [larent institution.
LONG LINE OF SANDERS READY FOR SHIDMENT.
NeWs Miscellany.
Brazil Market for Office Fittings.
Tlie Amei-iciin consul .stationcil at Uio .lanicro
states tUat American manufaetui-ers of olHce
fittings should have little difficulty in introduc-
ing their goods, and once rc-coguized there would
undoubtedly bo a constant demand for them. He
writes as follows :
"There is a wave of improvement ou in Brazil
generally and especially iu Rio de Janeiro. A
large number of modern office- buildings are being
constructed, creating a demand for new office
appliances, which will be mo.sHy made in Brazil,
but an aggressive campaign iu behalf of Ameri-
can roll-top desks and similar conveniences would
probably be successful. Manufacturers of patent
files, especially metal files, and other office aoDll-
ances should do a good business. The lariff is
high. Ou an office desk, for instance, the duty
would be $0 to $40 gold, specific, and an addi-
tional SO to GO per cent ad valorem, depending
upon the nature of the article. However, high
prices are common on everything. The business
men of Rio de .Taneiro will buy American office
fittings when once tliry are led to ajipreciate
their merits, high prices or not. In a commu-
nity whore business affairs are dominated largely
by conservative foreigners, however, the intro-
duction of modern American conveniences will
not be accomplished without effort, [American
manufacturers desiring to enter the market in
such goods should write to some of the firms
named by Mr. Anderson, the addresses of which
are obtainable from tlte Bureau of Manufac-
tures. 1 Correspondence should be in Portu-
guese, if possible, otherwise iu French, and in
English only as a last resort,"
German Discrimination Against American
Lumber,
lleitry A\'. Diederich, formerly .\merican consul
at Bremen, called the attention of .\merican
lumber and timber shippers to the fact that
under the rules of the Prussian railways a
special and higher rate of freight was collected
on American pitch pine, yellow pine, hickory
and black walnut for inland transportation than
was charged tor wood coming into Germany from
European countries. In this report it was
Inrlher stali'd tliat inasmuch as nearly all the
PILE OF SOLID SINGLE CASTING FRAMES FOR PLANING
MACHINES,
railroads engaged in this transportation were
owned and managed by the government this spe
cial freight tariff was in reality a discrimination
against American lumber. .\s the new German
tariff law went into effect on March 1, 1906, it
may be of interest to lumber shippers to know
that, although the import duty on hardwoods
has l>een increased considerably, no change has
boon made in regard to this special freight tariff.
■ Vicc-Consul Frederick Hoyermann writes that
by the terms of the new German tariff the im-
port duty on hardwoods has been raised from
.$1,14 to ¥1.37 per cubic meter (35,314 cubic
feet).
Reforestation in China,
China has been destitute of tree growth for
so many years that the action of the Germans
at Tsiugtau, where they maintain a fortified
garrisou, in providing for the reforestation of the
district under their control is to be most heartily
commended. The authorities have been conduct
ing a department of forestry since their occu
pation, with the result that the barren hills of
a few years ago are now covered with young
forests. Millions of young trees have been set
out .and the work has been taken up by the
Chinese, who are planting trees themselves under
the supervision of the Gorman authorities.
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Some Historic Trees of Tennessee.
Tennessee can boast of having some historic
-k! trees that bear testimony of events of the
lung ago. Near Reelfuot Lake still stands the
black oak where Davy Crockett had a tight with
a l)ear. In Sumner county near Tyree Springs is
a spreading elm under which PresUlent Andrew
.lackson, Felix (Irundy and other notables estab
lished a mock court, after a notable political
campaign, and by the fines imposed on all in the
"lurisdiction" of the tribunal, kept themselves
and the ladies supplied with the choicest fruits
and melons. .N'ear Nashville stands the large oak
under which the famous Judge John Haywood of
Mie Tennessee .Supreme Court was accustomed to
lie on a bull hide aud examine applicants for
l.iw licenses. Just out of Uallatin Is a huge
hollow sycamore known as "Spencer's tree." This
I rank was for years the home aud retreat of
Spencer, n noted trapper and Indian lighter. He
was a man of gigantic size and many wonderful
siories are related of his feats. An old beech
ir.^e standing on l!oono's Creek in East Tennes-
see is known today as "lioone's tree." On It is
carved the quaint inscription : "D. Boon tUiled
.\. Bar On Tree in Ihe Year 1700." lu the
Watauga valley in Kast Tennessee also stands
au old locust tree that marks the site of the old
I'ort of the Watauga settlers, the first distinctive
landmark in the history of the state.
jimerican Pianos in Brazil.
In a recent report Consul General G. E. An-
derson of Rio de Janeiro calls attention to the
fact that the twenty per cent reduction in tariff
tluties on pianos entering that country from the
Inited States ought to prove beneficial to the
.\merican exporter. This is a preferential re
duction and does not apply to instruments com
lug from other countries. American pianos here-
tofore have not suited the Brazilians in size,
.shape, finish or decoration. A small and light
piano can he more easily sold because of the
■ litHculty of transportation, the instrument fre-
'luently going into interior villages and towns
where means of carrying are primitive, while
Ihe natives also like a more ornate decoration
than is usually found in the American stock.
According to Mr. Anderson there is at present a
decidedly favorable opportunity for the intro-
liuetion of the Amiu-icau product into the coun-
try because of the high price and uniformly poor
instrument that is being sent there from other
countries, and because the American manufac-
turers, besides making a Ijetter instrument, have
Ihe benefit of a preference in tariff. A list of
l!io de Janeiro dealers can be secured from the
liureau of Manufacturers.
Hardwoods in Santo Domingo.
In speaking of llie various hardwoods to be
found on the Island of Santo Domingo, Vice-
Consul A. W. Lithgow, writing from Puerto
riata, says that those chiefly exported besides
mahogany are lignum vita;, lancowood. fustic,
greenheart and mora. The largest diameters
lirocurable are, in cedar, sixty inches ; in ma-
hogany, thirty-five inches, and in lignum vitie.
ten inches. On the northern side of the island
iiuantities of large timber can be procured about
ten miles from the railroad. It is expensive to
draw out the wood, and as there are no roads,
paths have to" lie cleared through the forests.
'I'iie people usually drag the logs wltli hulls, but
the more intelligent tise two large wheels on an
;ixle, on which they hang the timber. Roads
could be made in the woods for wagons, hut as
this would he expensive it would all depend on
the extent of the enterprise.
In some sections there are rivers on which
the logs may he floated, but one has to wait for
a freshet, which often delays for years. The
facilities and price of getting out the wood de-
pends entirely on the location. Where one owns
the trees, tlie medium cost of felling, squaring,
hauling from forest, railroad freight and de-
livering alongside sliip is about thirty dollars.
.Vuieriean money, for I.ttOO feet of mahogany or
cedar. Trees can be bought standing at from
twenty -five cents to one dollar per tree, depend-
ing on the size, condition and location. It is
preferable to purchase the right to fell over an
extent of land, lirst going over same to estimate
liie amount of timber that can be gotten out, or
one can buy it at the rate of ,|.j per thousand
feet.
Establishment of New Mahogany Trim
Plant.
The Mahogany Interior Trim Company of In-
dianapolis, Ind., has established a new manufac-
turing plant at that place for the purpose of
making high-grade quarter-sawed oak and ma-
hogany Interior trim as well as to do work in
otlier precious woods.
The new mill is especially well supplied with
veneer machinery and intends to make a specialty
of furnishing interiors for high-class residences,
othce and public buildings. The company has a
braui'h oflice at 132 La Salle streel, Chicago.
New Veneer Department.
The Butfalo. Hardwood Lumber (^'ompany of
Buffalo. N. y., has lately added to its business
by establishing .a veneer dejiartment and is carry-
ing a large and complete stock of sawed and
sliced veneers in quartered oak and mahogany.
The veneers, which are of various thicknesses,
have been especially selected for figure and qual-
ity by the company's own experts, and they are
cut from squared flitches so that stock in each
flitch runs in uniform width, giving au advan-
tage and saving that cannot fail to bo appre-
ciated.
Tlic company also has mills witli a daily
cajiacity of upwards of 200,000 feet, manufactur-
ing rotary cut oak, poplar, ash, elm, gum, bass-
wood, maple, beech, and in fact all domestic
woods, in thicknesses from 1-30" to %".
Ne-wr Secretary American Forestry Asso-
ciation.
tJwing to pressure of personal business, H. JM.
Suter, formerly secretary of the American For-
estry Association, found it impossible to devote
suthcient time to the work incident to that office,
and some time ago signified his desire to resign
as soon as a successor could he chosen. On
Sept. 1 Dr. Thomas E. Will took up the secre-
taryship of the association as successor to Mr.
Suter.
Dr. Will has spent the greater part of his
liti.' in teaching, lecturing, writing and adminis-
trative work, having held professorships in va-
rious schools and colleges all over the country.
In July, 1S105. he entered the Civil Service at
Wnsliington in the lUireau of the Census. He
was soon transferred, however, to the editorial
department of the Forest Service, where he re-
mained until his recent appointment. The past
summer he lectured on forestry, under the au-
spices of the Forest Service, in North Carolina.
Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas. He
is au enthusiast on forestry, of -which subject
he has made a close sttidy, and as secretary of
tlio .\merican P'orestry Association should ac-
complish much for that organization. Dr. Will's
headfimirters will be the offices of the associa-
tion, ."iio Twelfth street X. W., Washington,
D. I'.
Kecent Timher Pit: chases of D'Heiir &
Swain Lumber Co.
The D'ileur v^ Swain Lumlier Company of Sey-
mour. Ind., always on the lookout for Ihe best
ihuber that grows in the far-famed Indiana sec-
tion, has concluded the purchase of the Bailey
farm, located about seven miles northeast of
Bedford. This timber property runs very heavily
to poplar and walnut, and is reputed to be the
finest tract left now in Indiana. It is virgin
timber and has been held out of the market for
many years. The poplar runs as high as sixty
inches in diameler and the walnut thirty-four,
averaging from four to six logs to the tree. The
limber will be shipped to the D'Heur & Swain
Lumber Company's mill at Seymour for sawing.
■Walnut Timber Purchase in Ohio.
The Miami Lumber & Veneer Company of
Dayton, O., has just concluded the purchase of
a tract of timber land near that city in which
walnut largely predominates. It is regarded as
Ihe largest and best walnut timber tract standing
in tile L'ullcd States. The trei's run from twenty-
eight to forly-four inches in diameter with a
few larger specimens, and, of course, it is the
old fashioned, rich-toned, mature, black walnut
that has become so scarce in this country during
the last twenty years. The Miami Lumber &
Veneer Company has for many y(^ars made spe-
cialties of both oak and walnut, and ships quite
a portion of its output to Great Britain, the
t'ontinent and to t'anada, besides enjoying a
large domestic trade, it has a finely equipped
band sawmill and veneer plant at Dayton.
Meeting of Michigan Hardwood Manufac-
turers' Association.
The ii.vanwouD Record is advised by Bruce
Odell of Cadillac, secretary of the Michigan
Hardwood ilanufacturers* .\ssocIation, that its
next meeting will be held at the Park I'lace
Hotel, Traverse City, on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
The first session will be called at 10 a. m. At
this meeting the grading committee will submit a
set of grading rules for discussion and probable
adoption, which will cover every variety of
-Michigan hardwood growth.
There will also be submitted by the secretary
a report of stocks on hand Oct. 1, 190G, and a
comparison made with the stocks of July I.
There will also be a discussion on the subject
of values and an effort will be made to establish
a basis commensurate with existing conditions.
A general invitation is extended to every
manufacturer and stumpage owner of hardwoods
in Michigan to be present at this meeting. Un-
doubtedly it will be the most important meeting
of this association that has yet been held, as
the legislation forwarded will be of vital im-
portance to every hardwood producer of the
state. From the manifest interest shown by
the larger proportion of the hardwood people of
^Ilchigan a very large attendance is already as-
sured.
Traverse City at this time of year is a most
delightful place for a gathering of this sort and
the Park Place Hotel is a particularly excellent
hostelry at which to hold the meeting.
The North Shore Lumber Company.
Due of the strongest liardwood concerns of
northern Michigan, witli important and extensive
operations, is the Nortli Shore Lumber Company,
formed some eighteen months ago to cut out a
timber tract at Thompson, Mich. The tract,
which is a large one. consisting of hardwoods
and liemlock. was purchased in 1000 by Paul
Johnson and included a sawmill and logging
railroad, .\fter the property had been secured
by Mr. Johnson, the mill was entirely rebuilt,
the rallixtad was impro\ed and the holdings were
turned over to the new company, which began
Ihe work with a capitalization of .fl.'iO.OOO, of
which .'i;iOO,000 was paid in.
The officers of the company arc Paul Johnson
of Tliompson, Midi., iiresident ; A. M. Ches-
brough of Toledo, O.. secretary and treasurer,
and D. D. Flanner of Toledo, vice president.
.Mr. Johnson is widely knowu in Michigan,
where he has had a long aud successful career
In the management of hardwood and hemlock
operations. A. M. Cheshrough is vice president
of the National Bank of Commerce of Toledo,
O., and is splendidly equipped to handle suc-
cessfully the finances of the company. He was
also familiar with lumber operations before the
present venture, having largo sawmill interests
at Emerson, Mich., where he oiierates in connec-
tion with bis brothc^r under the firm name of
Chesbrough Brothers. D. D. Flanner of Toledo,
<»., has a wide reputation in the hardwood trade
is president of the Rib River Lumber Company
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<if Toledo, and is the senior ijartnei' o£ the tiim
111' Flannel- & Reeves.
The company both in its personal fquipnu'nt
and financially constitutes one of the strongest
factors in the Michigan trade. It has an annnal
output of approximately 20,000.000 feet, which
is shipped to market l>y both rail and water.
In the last issue of the Hakdwood Kkcmkh
wei-e siiown photographs illustrating lumber
ready for shipment and vessels loading at the
docks of the North Shore Lumber Company a I
'J'hompson. Mich.
Removal Case Lumber Co,'s Headquarters.
The headquarters of the Case Lumber Com
|iany. wliich, since its inception three years ago.
liave been at Chattanooga, Tenn.. have been
removed to liirmingham, Ala. The change wa:.
made so as to be nearer the chief source of sup-
\Ay\ A little over a year ago the company com-
|ili't«'(l a tine band mill at Birmingham, where
it owns a large boundary of liardwood timber
lands. This mill is operated under the style of
I he FowlerPersonett Lumber Company and is
said to be one of the finest hardwood mills in
I he state.
The Case Lumber Company has been one of
Tennessee's most successful lumber firms. The
president of tlie company is .T. D. Case of Indi-
ana ; M. M. Erb is vice president and sales man-
ager; A. B. Irwin, secretar.v. and William I'ow
b'T-. treasurer and general manager.
Purchase of Hardwood Timberland.
The Henry Maley Luinher Company of lOvans
ville, Ind., has just completed the purchase of
a valuable tract of hardwood in Mississippi, con-
taining approximately .S.OOO acres, .and it is
understood that the price paid for the property
was .1-140,000. The company, which includes
Henry Maley, Claude Maley. Daniel Wertz,
l''rank Cutsinger and Bedna Young of Kvausville
and Messrs. Barney and liiui'S of Memphis. Tenn..
already has extensive interest at Evansville, Jlem-
phis and at t.irenada. Miss. Arrangements are
being completed by the Illinois Central liailroad
to run a line into the timber and open up Hie
tract so that the company can ship the logs to
their various sawmill poluls. where it is intendi'd
to cut nj) the stock.
Claude Maley spent siuni' timr in the South
recently before buying the present tract and
while there looked over other timber lands, with
a view to extending the holdings of the company.
The Government Recovers 'Walnut Logs.
The suit instituted at Tecumsi'h. Dkla.. some
time ago by the T'uitert States government to
recover walnut logs alleged to have been illegally
cut on the reservation of the Kaw and I'onca
Indians has been decided in favor of the federal
authorities. Two carloads of logs had already
lieen shipped from the reservation and sixty-ftve
more were in process of being hauled out when
the business was stopped by the United States
marshal. For some time there had been a steady
business in the cutting of walniit logs on the
reservations for shipment to Germany, selling the
less valuable ones on the home market. The
federal department in cliarge of the reserva-
tions has positively forbidden anything of the
kind and there is nothing to be cut or sold on
the reservation for such purposes. A suit at
iiklahoma City is still pending to recover the
remainder of the logs, and, as the issues are
just the same as in the one concluded, it is ex-
pected that the government will ultimately gain
possession of the entire quantity.
Consolidation of Memphis Hard-wood In-
terests.
The Lamb Hardwood Lumber Company, the
Baeon-Xolan Hardwood Company, and the Guirl
Stover Lumber (I'ompany have announced in a
circular letter that they have consolidated then-
various businesses, in<-Iuding timber lands, mills,
stocks on hand, etc., under the name of the
Lamb-Fisli Lumber Co. The three companies
have been operated together recently under a
working agreement I'stablished some time ago.
and the new corpoi-ation announces that the man-
agement will be the same, and that, on comple-
lion of the large Iciii.iioii feet capacity band mill
at t^'harleston. Miss., it will have four mills in
operation. The headcpiarters of the new con-
cern will remain in tlie Memphis Trust Build-
ing, Memphis.
LaFayette Lamb, president of the consoli-
dated interests, accompanied by his son, C. li.
I.amb, together with a number of friends,
readied Memphis early this week, after a tour
of inspection which included the mill at Lam-
bertsville, about twenty-live miles above Mem
phis. They also sjient some time in Charleston.
Miss., in company with H. E. B-acon. general man-
ager of the I-amb-Fish Lumber Company, when-
I he company is erecting its new hardwood plant.
Temporary Discontinuance of Box Factory.
The new box and shook factory, together with
I he engine and boiler houses, of the Garetson-
• ireason Lumber Company at Fisk, Mo., was
destroyed by fire on Sept. i.3. Owing, to the
fact that it would require several months to
rebuild and a great length of time to secure
the special machinery necessary for operation,
the company has decided to discontinue that
branch of its business, and lias notified its
customers of tlie cancellation of all existing
contracts for boxes and shooks.
New Maple Flooring Factory.
Tlie Manistee I'laning .Mill tAuiipany of .Manis-
tee, Mich., is erecting a maple tlooring factory
in connection with its planing mill, which will
lie In operation about Xov. ,1. Tlie new plant
will have a capacil.\- of about 4,000,000 feet
a year and will be equipped with the latest
improvements in kilns and machinery. The
company has already employed a force of thor-
oughly experienced men and expects to manu-
facture a superior product from the start.
Miscellaneous Notes.
The McKinnie Veni-er I'ackage Company of
Mechanicsburg. Ky.. sustained a loss of over
•fl.'i.OOO by fire recently. The factor.v, which was
a frame structure 20i)x2.50 feet in dimensions,
was badly damaged and considcu-able finished
stock destroyed. The company was not insured.
Hugh Murphy, .lames A. Lewis, D. B. Scott
and L. .1. Gregor are the incorporators of the
Alnliama Hardwood Lumber Company of Mobile.
Ala., recent l.v organi'/ed with a capital stock of
.1(20,000.
The .Smilh-Snyder Company of Sandusky. O.,
and the Akron Woodworking Company of Akron
liave merged their interests and filed articles of
incorporation at Columbus a few days
ago, with a capital stock of .$150,000.
The machinery of the Akron concern will
he removed to Sandusky and installed in
the present plant of the Smith-Snyder
Company. The new concern, for which a name
has not yet been chosen, will manufacture sash,
doors, screens, grille work, hardwood flooring
and engage in a general woodworking business.
The Mitchell Hardwood Lumber Company of
Mitchell. Ind., has been incorporated with .$15.-
1100 capital stock to manufacture lumber, buy
and sell timber. lumber, etc. F. (i. Cline, F. X.
Newman and Morton ,1. Traub are the promoters
of the enterprise.
Fire, entailing an estimated loss of $30,000,
destroyed the factory of the Anderson 'Veneer
Iioor Company at .Tamestown, N. Y.
The Union Ilh-kory & Lumber Company is a
new concern at Corning, Ark., capitalized at
$3,000. T. W. Fry is president of the company :
H. C. Dow, vice president and secretary, and
.T. W. McKee. treasurer.
The plant of Parker & Barnes at Lowville, N.
Y.. was partially destroyed by fire on Sept. 7.
The sawmill, planing mill, broom handle factory,
pulp mill and boiler house w-ere badly damaged.
The loss is estimated at $20,oao, with only
$5,000 insurance.
The t^larksvilie Hardwood Lumber Company.
ClarksvlUe, Tenn.. will rebuild at imce its plant
which was damaged b.v fire late in August.
The style of the Great Lakes Veneer & Panel
Company of Grand Marals and Munising, Mich.,
has been changed to the Great Lakes Veneer
Company, operations to be continued at both
places as heretofore. The concern has an author-
ized capital stock of $100,000.
The Ohio Manufacturing Company of Ashe-
viile. N. C, has been incorporated with $25,000
capital stock and tlie following officers: A. F.
Hall, president : F. Llttleford, secretary, and
S. J. Taylor, general manager. The company has
for some time been operating mills at Whittier.
X. C. and Morristown, Tenn.. manufacturing oak
and hickory wagon dimension stock, and is con-
templating the increase of the capacity of botli
plants in the near future.
George Strable, whose maple flooring factory
at Beed City, Mich., was destroyed by fire in
•Inly last, is building a large maple flooring and
crate plant at Saginaw, Midi., which he expects
will be read.v for occupancy by December 1. The
plant will be modern in ever.v respect and will
have a capacity of 30.000 feet of maple flooring-
and 20.000 feet of crating a day.
Tile Ferd Brenner Lumber Company, formerly
of Chattanooga. Tenn., but now of Norfolk, Va..
has recently established a branch .yard at Salis-
bury. N. C. In addition to its regular export
trade, which has grown to such enormous pro-
portions, the compan.v is fast building up a
profitable business in supplying material to the
furniture factories along the Atlantic seaboard.
The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Rail-
way Company has employed P. ,T. Dennison and
Thomas A. Enochs of Lexington, Tenn.. under a
yearly contract to buy ties for that system
from Hollow Rock Junction to Mempliis and
from Lexington to Perr.vville. The contract calls
for an annual output of 125,000 ties.
The contract to log 4,000,000 feet of hard-
woods was recently taken by Mark Ilessey of
Iron River, Wis. The timhi'i- in question lies
about ten miles northeast of that city on the
Washburn branch of the Northern Pacific rail-
way, and will be shipped via that line to the
WebstiT Manufacturing Coiii|iany of Superior.
Wis.
The Turner. Day & Woolworlh Handle Com-
pany of Louisville. Ky.. recently purchased a
tract of land at Paragould, .\rk.. on which it
will erect a new handle factory.
The firm of Pritchett & McDonald is a new-
concern w-hich will handle hardwoods on com-
mission, witli oflices in the Macheca building.
New Orleans, La. F. M. Pritchett. formerly
with the Forest Lumber Company of .Tackson,
Ala., and more recently with McDonald Bros,
of Helena, Ark., and Charles JIcL»onald, a
hardwood lumberman witli a lifelong experience
who has lately been engaged in logging opera-
tions near Washington. T,a.. are the organizers
of the firm.
The Montgomer,v Hardwood Lumber Company
lias been incorporated at Craw-fordsville. Ind..
to manufacture and buy and sell hardwood
lumber. It is capitalized at $15,000 and Thomas
Hill, Edward A. Sterzick. Charles Hammond,
Walter J. Neibie, Harry M. Schooler and Robert
G. I'orter are the directors.
Work has been started on the erection of a
sawmill at Richmond, Tex., for Dr. Ziegler. The
plant will he equipped for the manufacture of
hardwoods, and it is probable tliat a planer will
be installed later.
The Grace Furniture Company is the name
of a new^ concern at Salisbury, N, C, which
will operate a large factor.v there in the manu-
facture of furniture. The capital stock is
$100,000.
An investment of .S: 10.000 will be made b.v
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S. R. Lown of Norfolk, Va., in the erection of
a sawmill 26x100 feet, a planing mill 50x80
feet and a dry kiln 22x100 feet and their ciiuli)-
ment.
The Advance I.uml)er Company of Cleveland.
O., has increased its capital stock from iSioO.OOO
to JoOO.OOO.
The I'orbes Manufacturing Company of Hop-
kinsvllle, Ky., is erecting a new wagon factory
.■;16xl60 feet in dimensions, of brick and two
stories high, which will be equipped with new
machinery, giving the company an annual out-
put of 10,000 wagons.
The National Lumber & Manufacturing Com-
Ijany of Walnut Uidge, Ark., has purchased
the plant of J. .T. Moore at that place, on which
it will make extensive improvements. The
company also contemplates the erection of a
woodworking factory.
The HofTman Il^-Mdinc: & Stave Company has
been incorporated with $150,000 capital stock
at Mount Pleasant. Tex. The company has de-
I'ided on the erection of a factory at Mount
ricasant and the building of a tram road sixteen
miles long to its timber holdings, which are rich
in wliiti' oak growth. The addition of a barrel
and wagon factory la a future possibility. Frank
lioodricb of Dexter. Mo., is president of the
compiiny. and John V. Moore of Mount Pleas-
ant is manager and superlnti'ndent of the rail
road.
W(U-k on the bardwiiod mills of the Sanford-
Sullivan Lumber Company at Naples, Tex., is
progressing rapidly, and what will undoubtedly
be tlie largest hardwood plant in the state will
soon be In commission. The establishment ot
this operation at Naples has given building an
imoetus and Naples bids fair to become quite a
Imsiness center.
Hardwood NeWs.
(B7 HASDWOOD BECOBD Special Corraspondents.)
Chicago.
H. J. Clark, president of the I'euinsuiar liark
& Lumber Company of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich..
was a welcome visitiu- at the II.vuDwoot) Recokii
offices on Sept. 2s.
C. E. Lloyd. .Jr.. second vice president of
the National Ilardw^ood Lumber Association and
sales manager of the Cherry River Boom &
Lumber Company of Philadelphia, Pa., was a
Chicago visitor on the 30th ult., en route to
St. Louis, and dropped into the Rkcohd offices
lor a friendly call. Mr. Lloyd reports business
excellent in the ICast. with prices advancing,
especially on the coarse end of poplar.
Frank W. Vetter, the popular president of
the Empire Lumber Company. Buffalo. N. Y.,
was a Chicago visitor on Monday.
Henry E. Bacon of the Bacon-Nolau Hard
wood Company of Memphis, Tenn.. stopped in
Chicago a few days on his way home to Mem
phis the latter part of the month, and found
lime to run into the Kkcokd office for a little
chat.
W. A. Gilchrist of the Three States Lumbi'r
Company, Memphis. Tenn.. was among the prom-
inent Chicago visitors during the past fort-
night.
The manufacturer of tlie automatic swiuK
saw gauge. Francis Marshall of Grand Rapids.
Jlich., was in Chicago Sept. 20. and called 011
I lie Record. As the desirable features of Mr.
Marshall's valuable appliance become known to
the trade, bis sales increase with surprising
rapidity.
That trade in hardwoods is active not only
in his home state but all over the country is the
report which genial Jesse Thompson of the
J. W. Thompson Lumber Company of .Memphis
gave out on a recent trip to Chicago.
W. Hollis of the Pine Plume Lumlier Com
pany of Montgomery. Ala., was In Chicago and
paid a welcome visit to this office a few days
ago.
The irresistible "Wagstaft of Oshkosh" was
a Chicago visitor on Oct. 2 and lionored the
KIXORD offices with a call.
James C. Cowen of Schultz Bros. & C!owen.
Old Colony Building, has just returned from a
three weeks' southern buying trip.
The warehouse ot the Morgan Sosli iV; l>oor
factory, at Twenty-second and llalsted streets,
was destroyed on Oct. 7. causing a loss esti
mated at .$100,000. The tire is thought to have
originated from a fault in the electric wire
installation.
I-'. J. Roys, sales manager of the Fullerton-
I'owell Hardwood Lumber Company of South
Hend, Ind.. was in town on Oct. 4. in consulta'
tion with the local manager of the house. F. P..
McMnllen of the Chamber of Commeree liuibl
ing.
John li. Spanlding of the Southern oak l.uni
ber l'onii>aoy Is liolne from a southern trip
during which be visiteil bis company's plant
at Memphis.
John 11. .lenks. vice-president of the Robert
II. Jenks Lumber Company of Cleveland, O..
was a Chicago visitor on Oct. ;i. Mr. Jenks
reports general lumber conditions in exccllenl
shape aud Is especially well pleased with tln'
hardwood end of his enterprise.
The n.\iin\vo(iii Uecoed received a call a few
days ago from C. D. Boynton of St. Louis,
manager of the Boynton Lumber Company of
Boynton, Ark., and incidentally litterateur, bon
vivant. raconteur, royal entertainer and good
himlierman of the northeast corner of Arkansas.
Mr. Boynton's company owns a solid township
of virgin oak, gum, Cottonwood, ash, and hickory
In Washington county, which It is turning into
lumber at the rate of upwards of 40.000 feet
a day. He reports sales clear up to green
lumber at the present time and. while he has
a large stock of logs in sight for his mill, he
Mntlcipates that the weather for the remainder
of the season will i)reclude any but the mosl
moderate log output in his section. He looks
for a manifest shortage of all varieties of hard-
woods in the southwest for months to come.
The llABiiwooD Recohii desires to present its
compliments and apologies to Southwest of
Houston, Texas, for purloining and publishing
witbiuit credit an article on the subject of
black walnut in its issue of July 2.j last, which
was printed in the publication named In Its
following August issue. However, the blunder
is liapplly corrected by Forestry and Irrigation
In its September issue, whicli reprints the arti-
cle, and credits it to our more or less esteemed
southwestern contemporary.
C. E. Le Crone, representing the J. W. Thomp-
son Lumber Company. Memi)his. Tenn., was a
laller at the RucuiiD office Oct. .S. Mr. Le Crone
has just returned from an extended sales trip
through the Mississippi valley and reports an
unusually good business with a notable call
for oak.
Among the recent lumbermen visiting Chicago,
were, D. J. Peterson of Toledo and H. W.
Reeves of Detroit.
C. U. Danaher. the well known tiniberman of
t'hicago. who has acquired large interests on
Ihe I'aciflc Coast during the last few years,
has closed his office in Ihe Title & Trust
ISuilding in this city and will make bis futiMM'
headquarters at Tacoma. Wash.
J. N. Woodbury, recently of St. Louis, for-
merly in the hardwood business on his own ac-
count and. at one time, manager of the Ozark
Coopi'rage Company, has joined forces with K.
H. Lombard in the wholesale hardwood trade tit
21:1 Itailway Exchange. Mr. Woodbury will be
manager of the business. He has b.-id a long
experience and his success wilb .Mr. Lombard
should be assured.
Fred. W. Black of the Fred. W. Black Lumber
Company has recently returned from a trip
among the Tennessee mills. Mr. Black has ac-
cumulated a nice stock of hardwoods at his
Blue Island and Robey streets yards and has
secured a line source of supply fov rhi- fall
trade.
J. L. Lane of the Lane White Lumlter Coni-
pany. Fort Smith, Ark., who has been ill for
some time has relttrned t<> his Chicago office
for a protracted slay.
Wood Heal ot J. H. I.aeey & Co. has Just
relurned from an outing to the Pacific Coast
and Yellowstone Park, in which he was ac-
companied by his wife and mother.
C. L. Wllb'y. the well-known Clii<'ago viuu'er
and fancy wood man, is just back from a trii>
to Oreat Britain, wliere he made exiensivi' ma-
hogany log purchases.
Secretar.v Fish of the National Hardwood
Luml>er Association spent last -week in Mem-
phis on association business, and this week
is visiting SI. Louis, Evansvllle and Louisville.
Lewis Doster. secretary of the Hardwood
.Maiiufacturers' .\ssociatlon, is out of town on
a s<mtbweslern trip among the sawmills.
.\s thi' HAKUwooti IlE<'oiU) goes to press the
iliirteenth anhual convention ot the Nathmal
.Association of Agricultural Implement & Vehicle
.Manufacturers is in session at the Auditorium
hotel. The delegates number aliout 2."iO nn<\
represent twenty-two states.
Boston.
The C. W. Leatheroee Lumber Company has
removed its wholesale office from 70 Kilby street
to 107 Atkinson street, Roxbury, In order to con-
.solidate the office force. The retail yard and
mill ot the company Is located on Southampton
street. Roxbury.
Charles S. Wentwoi-lh of I'liarles S. Went-
worth & Co. made a trip through the White
Mountains late in September.
William E. Litchfield, hardwood manufacturer
;uid deali'r and president ot the Massachusetts
Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Associalion. is vis-
iting his mill at North Vernon, Ind.
Hugh .McLean ot the Hugh McLi'an Lumber
Company. Buffalo. N. Y'.. visited this market
■ early in the month.
Henry E. Sanford of Sanford & Tredway, New
Haven. C(mn.. made a trip through the South-
west early in the month.
.-V circular letter has been sent out by the
creditors ot Ihe Vergennes School Seat Company
of Vergennes. Vt.. stating that the affairs ot
the company have been In an unsettled condition
for several months. They also make an offer to
settle their Indebtedness on a basis of ."0 cents
on the dollar.
C. H. .Vnnable. who has conduct c>d a lumber
business in Springfield, Mass.. for several years,
has incorporated his company under the name
of the C. H. Annable Lumber Company with a
capital stock of .$2."i.00O. In addition to thi'ir
present property a retail yard will be estab-
lished. .Mr. .\nnable Is ireasuri'r and manager
of the new company.
The woodworking establishment and ware-
houses ot Silliker & Co.. Amherst, N. S.. have
been destroyed by lire.
Knott & Sampson of Boston have uicoip..
rated a company under the name of the Knott
Sampson Lumber Company with a capital stock
of .fl 0.000.
William Edgar Lawton. who has been in the
em|)loy of Burrows & Kenyon, Providence, R. I..
for many years, as salesman and deputy sur-
veyor of lumber, died at the home ot his brother
In Orange. .Mass.. Sept. 22.
Edward C. Hammond was married Sept. '_'(> to
Miss Daisy G. Dutcher, Worcester, Mass. Ale
Hammond is the son of Edward J. Ilammoiw
l)rominent In Boston lumber circles, and is m
sociated with his father In business.
The W. A. Hall Lumber Company has been
incorporated at Bellows b'alls. VI., with a capi-
i.-d stock of 1*200.0(10.
HARDWOOD RECORD
Tlie Boston & Maine Railroad Company has
liled witli the Interstate Commerce Commission
note of a tarifE of $1 per net ton on southern
lumber from Boston to Rockland, Me. The same
rate is made also on lumber from Boston to in-
termediate points where there is water competi-
tion.
Frank Lawrence of Lawrence & Wiggin, Lind-
say H. Shepard and Willis C. Bates, Boston
lumber dealers and members of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company, Boston, attended
the regular fall outing of the latter company,
which was held in Atlantic City last week. Mr.
Lawrence on his way home stopped off in New
Vork for a few days.
J. L. Barney, formerly connected with the
Northern Lumber Company of Boston, has en-
tered the employ of the Rice & Lockwood Lumber
Company of Springfield, Mass. Mr. Barney will
represent this company in eastern Massachusetts.
Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
Howard L. Piatt, secretary of the New Britain
Lumber Company, New Britain, Conn., and sec-
retary and treasurer of the Naugatuck Lumber
Company, has been elected director of the Con-
necticut Lumber Dealers' Association.
The yard of the E. P. Reed Lumber Company.
North Abington, Mass.. was damaged by Are.
causing a loss of about .$10,000. Two of the
buildings filled with lumber were destroyed. The
loss is covered by insurance.
William Bacon of Davenport, Peters & Co..
Boston, who has been spending three weeks'
vacation in Nova Scotia, has returned.
Horace Bearse of Owen Bearse & Son, who
has been absent in Europe for about five months,
returned this week.
Corn-
New York.
lOarl Palmer of the Ferguson & Palmer
piiny of Paducah, Ky., and ex-president of the
National Hardwood Lumber Association, was a
visitor in town last week accompanied by Mrs.
Palmer.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against
I ho Keables & Bayer Piano Company, manufac-
turers at 1901-1905 Park avenue, Manhattan.
The company was organized in March. 1904, with
a capital of $10,000, succeeding the Milton Piano
Company. The liabilities are said to be $20,000
and the assets $4,000. J. C. Coleman has been
appointed receiver of the assets.
H. A. Savage, who for several years past has
been associated with the Cypress Lumber Com-
pany of Boston, has engaged with Gouveneur E.
Smith, hardwood wholesaler at 17 Battery place.
Ibis city, to represent him in the New England
territory and to that end has opened an office
at .SIO Broad Exchange Building, Boston.
All efforts to find heirs to the estate of John
W. Russell, for many years a prominent whole-
saler of this city, who died recently, leaving no
will and an estate of $100,000, have proved
without avail and as a result the estate will go
ti> the state of New Jersey and the Dominion
of Canada unless some relatives come forward
to claim the same.
.Tohn B. Ransom, the prominent Nashville
hardwood lumberman, and head of the extensive
interests of John B. Ransom & Co., was in town
for several days last week in the interest of
business.
Charles F. Hotferberth of the hardwood firm
.if Charles Hofferberth, 50'2 West Twenty-second
street, is one of the incorporators of the Hof-
fcrberth-Troy Company, incorporated last week
with a capital of $300,000, to conduct a general
limber business. The directors are Charles F.
Hotferberth, F. W. Troy and F. R. Wood of New-
York. The headquarters will be at Troy, N. Y.
R. H. Downmao, the prominent New Orleans
cypress manufacturer, was a recent New York
visitor in the interest of business. He reports
Imsiness in cypress very satisfactory.
Horace F. Taylor of Taylor & Crate, Buffalo.
N. Y.. spent several days here during the fort-
niaht in the interest of busine.ss and insurance
affairs. Mr. Taylor is vice president of the
Lumber Insurance Company and the Adirondack
Fire Insurance Company. 66 Broadway, city.
The Rubin Grau Company has been incorpo-
rated at Brooklyn with a capital of $40,000 to
succeed to the large trim business previously
conducted by Rubin Grau in that city. Mr.
Grau recently tiled a petition in bankruptcy
personall.v and it was arranged b.v the creditors
to make a settlement on the basis of notes in
a new corporation for their debts and the new
corporation has now been organized with that
end in view.
Charles H. Finch, head of Charles H. Finch &
Co., Brooklyn, died at his residence, 326 Strat-
ford road, on September 26, in the .31st year of
his age. He had been associated with the Brook- '
l.vn lumber trade since 18ST with various firms,
and organized Charles H. Finch & Co. three
years ago. Much regret is expressed in whole-
sale circles at his untimely death. The firm is
a member of the New Y'ork Lumber Trade Asso-
ciation and in accordance with the usual custom
a prominent committee attended the funeral rep-
resenting that body.
The twentieth annual meeting of the New
York Lumber Trade Association will be held at
the association rooms, this city, on Oct. 10, pre-
ceded by a Delmonico luncheon. Indications
point to the largest attendance in the history
of the organization.
Franklin Greenwood of the Cypress Selling
Company, Ltd., New Orleans, was a recent vis-
itor in the interest of business aud while here
met the various representatives of the company
in this territory. He reports conditions in the
Louisiana cypress belt very satisfactory, with
the demand constantly increasing.
E. ('. Mershon of W. B. Mershon & Co., band
resaw manufacturers of Saginaw. Mich., arrived
in port Sept. 25 after an extended European trip.
While abroad he enjoyed the sights of France
and Switzerland and had a generally fine time,
and returns much benefited.
William E. Marsh of Marsh & McClennen
arrived last weeli after a lengthy stiiy at the
California operations of his firm.
Benjamin G. Hitchings, the Brooklyn manu-
facturer, has just installed a fine new twelve-
iuch S. A. Woods moulding machine, which is an
important addition to his mill.
S. F. Minter. the hardwood wholesaler of 1
Madi-son avenue, was married Sept. 20 to Mrs.
Jennie M. Morten in this city. They have just
returned from a wedding journey in Maine and
will take up their residence in this city.
Moses Hatch of Kornthal & Co.. extensive
casket manufacturers of this city, died suddenly
Oct. 3. while attending a theater in Buffalo.
He was a prominent figure in that branch of the
local hardwood trade and well known there.
The Charles F. Fischer Lumber Company ex-
panded their hardwood yards in Manhattan by
the opening up of a new storage yard at the
north side of 134th street, between Madison and
Park avenues, whereon they are accumulating
additional choice stock of hardwoods.
Philadelphia.
With a few exceptions the local lumbermen
are all back from their vacations and regard the
outlook for fall and winter business favorably.
J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. are busy. Hard-
woods are active and prices stiff. The mills of
this firm, on account of a general demand from
all quarters for good hardwoods, have been
unable to accumulate stock but are looking for-
ward to more rapid shipments as the season
opens up.
Miller & Miller, who are now thoroughly set-
tled in their new quarters, regard the outlook
bright. Orders are coming in in good shape.
J. Clark Miller of this firm has just returned
from South Carolina, where he has been making
new connections, which will place his company
in a position to meet the increase in business.
C. E. Lloyd. -Jr.. Philadelphia manager of the
1 'lit-rrv River Boom .Sc Lumber Company, has been
spending a few days at the main oflBce in Scran-
ton. Pa., and is now ou a business trip through
the western territory.
B. C. Currie, Jr., Philadelphia manager of
R. M. Smith & Co., is touring Pennsylvania in
the interest of the firm, whose headquarters is
in Parkersburg. W. ^'a. Reports emanating from
this office show a prosperous season.
T. N. Nixon of W'istar, Underbill & Co. is
traveling through West "Virginia and North Caro-
lina buying for his firm. H. E. Bates of this
company spent two weeks in New York state vis-
iting the trade and has now gone to Canada
looking up stock. Orders are coming in and in-
dications arc very favorable for the fall and
winter business.
William H. Fritz & Co. report a steady in-
crease in business, their hardwood department
progressing favorably and general conditions en-
couraging. B. B. Ilayman of this firm is taking
his u.sual trip through the state.
R. W. Schofield of Schofield Bros., is indulg-
ing in a short rest at Atlantic City, N. J. His
lirm is anticipating a steady demand for good
hardwoods during the coming season.
The Philadelphia Hardwood Lumber Company
is coming to the front. It reports a considerable
number of now orders and that the volume of
business will far exceed the previous year.
Francis Goodhue, Jr., of the Philadelphia
Veneer & Lumber Company is enjoying a pleas-
ure, trip through the state of Massachusetts.
The company is rushed in cigar box lumber,
which wood, however, is scarce and prices stiff.
Franklin A. Smith, president of the Producers
Lumber Company. Is taking a trip through th>-
state of Maine. He will be gone two or three
weeks.
J. H. Garing of the Weston-Garing Company.
Jacksonville, Fla., has been visiting the local
irade during the last week.
Frank Buck of the Daniel Buck Estate has
recentl.v returned from a three months' tour of
ICurope.
The Keystone Casket Company called a meet-
ing of creditors for Oct. 3 in the office of Wil-
liam H. Peace, attorney. The company showed
the following statement of its affairs : Liabili-
ties. $25,266.78. and assets, $17,350.96. An
offer was made of forty per cent in cash, to be
paid in thirty days, to the merchandise cred-
itors, and twenty-five per cent in cash, to be
paid in thirty days, to the borrowed-money cred-
itors. This offer comes from an outsider, whose
name was not given. He proposes to take over
the business and the old company will be dis-
solved. A committee was appointed to examine
the books and report at a meeting adjourned to
Oct. 5. The company is only a few years old.
was chartered under Pennsylvania laws ; author-
ized capital. $30,000. of which $19..500 was paid
in.
The Henry H. Sheip Manufacturing Company
suffered a disastrous fire on Sept. 24. when one
of the smaller buildings was destroyed. The
conflagration occurred at an unfortunate time,
lor the building was stocked with finished work
to be sent to the varnishing department and
made ready for shipment. This will cause K
ilelay of a week or more, and as all departments
are working full force the company will un-
doubtedly receive a setback when they come to
get out their orders. It is difficult to obtain
any definite figures as to the fire loss, but a
careful estimate gives over $100,000 as approxi-
mating the mark. The company makes it a
rule to carry full insurance, therefore it is
thoroughly protected.
Jerome H. Sheip of Sheip & Vandegrift has
just returned from a business trip to Knoxville.
Tenn., where his firm has extensive interests in
band and veneer mills.
The Rumbarger I..umber Company has recently
added some S.OOO acres of timber lands in west
ern North Carolina to their already extensivr
holdings in this state, making a total in thi-s
immediate locality of 30.000 acres. Frank T.
Rumbarger of this company is traveling through
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wi'stei-n Xortli Cai'oliua aud eastern Tennessee,
looking after the various interests of his com-
pany in these sections.
Max L. Pease of tile Galloway-Pease Com-
IPiuiy of Johnson City, Tenu., is calling upon the
I'liiladelphia trade. F. F. Fish of the Alton
Lumber Company of Buckhannon, W. Va., is here
also for a few days. Charles Carroll Cross, sales
manager of the Santee River Cypress Lumber
Conipany of Ferguson, S. C, is making a round
uf ihe trade.
'I'lie removal of the Lumbermen's Exchange to
ils jjresent quarters is much appreciated by out-
of-town as well as local lumbermen. This is
evident from the many callers. During the last
few weeks the following out-of-town visitors paid
ilieir respects to the exchange: R. S. Cohn of
ilie Roanoke Lumber Company, Norfolk, Va.;
.lulius Dietz of the Builders' Planing Mills Com-
jiauy. Buffalo, X. Y. : W. G. Underwood of the
.VIbemarle Lumber *_'ompany, Hartford, N. ('. ;
Iloraco Smedley of Smedley & Mebl, Ardmore.
I'M., and Air. Kimball of Kimball, Prince & Co..
Viueland, N. J. The regular monthly meeting
was held on Oct. 4 with a very fair attendance.
President George F. Craig presided. Routine
business only was transacted. The committee
previously appointed to draft a new set of by-
laws handed in their report. Each item was
thoroughly discussed, several amendments added
and the matter was continued for further action
at the next meeting. Horace Smedley of Smed-
ley & Mebl, Ardmore. Pa., was elected a member
of the exchange. The appointment of two boards,
one for sales and the other for wants, is an
iunovation in the work of the exchange, and
that it is a success is shown by the appearance
already of sales of special cargoes and the list-
ing of wants in certain Hues.
Christopher J. Heppe, the widely known or-
ganizer and president of the Heppe Piano Com-
pany, died on Oct. 4 of heart disease. The
Heppe instruments, organ and piano, have a far
and wide celebrit.v for superiority of construc-
tion. This fact in connection with the distinc-
tion of Mr. Heppe as a leader of music and a
large benefactor of organized charity has kept
him for long in the public eye.
Baltimore.
The hurricane which swept the (Uilf and South
Atlantic coasts last week was particularly dam-
aging to the lumber interests. A number of
mills were completely destroyed, while others
sustained serious losses in lumber, logs and build-
ings. Structures were blown over and stocks
washed away, while at sea a small fleet of lum-
ber laden vessels was lost. Baltimore interests
suffered in common with others. At the plant
of R. F. Baer & Co., Keyser Building, this city,
at Mobile, Ala., considerable damage was done.
There was only a trifling loss on lumber, while
the damage to the mill amounts to about .$500.
The shut-down necessitated comes at an oppor-
tune time, as the firm intended to change the
cqtiipment from a circular saw to a band saw,
and operations would have been suspended to
permit of the alteration. R. P. Baer of the firm
left Baltimore last Tuesday on a southern trip,
visiting mills in various states and gradually
extending his journey as far as Mobile.
A number of the other plants in the vicinity
of that city fared far worse, those of the
Queen & Crescent Company and of the Vaughn
Company, among others, being almost entirely
destroyed. Their loss includes the wrecking of
mills and the drifting away of many thousands
of feet of lumber and logs. The Eddy Lake
Cypress Company at Eddy Lake, on the Little
Pee Dee River, South Carolina, sustained some
damage, the smoke stack being blown down and
a tank wrecked. William M. Burgan and Nor-
man James of this city, both of whom are largely
interested in the company, left last Monday for
Eddy Lake to see tor themselves what the sit
nation is and how the plant fared.
The Iron Mountain Lumber Company, owned
by the same interests which control the hard-
wood Arm of Carter, Hughes & Co., this city, and
which has been for some time past operating a
mill at Troutdale, Xa., under the personal super-
V sion of David T. Carter, has begun flie opera
tlon of anotlter plant at Jotbniada, tirayson
county, Va., about s;x miles from the older
plant. The new mill has a circular saw equi])
ment and has a capacity of about 20.000 feet
"f hardwoods a day. It connects with the Vir-
ginia Southern Railroad and has three miles of
wooden tram road. I'liilip Littig, formerly of
Baltimore, is superintendent of the mill.
(;en. G. AV. Curtin of the Curtin Lumber Com-
pany of Curtin, W. Va., was in town last wee's
:.ud called on a number of local firms. He spok,>
in most enthusiastic terms of existing trade cou- "
ilitious as well as of the outlook, but added that
trade is much handicapped by a scarcity of ears,
which makes delivery subject to vexatious de-
lays. The new mill which the company built to
lake the place of the one destroyed by Are last
.laiiuary is about ready for active operations and
will start up in the next few days.
The firm of Kimball. Tyler & Co., nianufac-
inrers of barrels, with a large factor.v at High-
landtown, a Baltimore suburb, has been suc-
^ded by the Kimball-Tyler Company, a cor-
poration. The same interests, however, will con-
tinue in control and the business will be con-
ducted as before.
Among visiting lumbermen in this city re-
icutly were George L. Fish of the Alton Lnm-
lier Company, Buchannon, \A'. Va., and F. S.
I'addock of Wise. Va.
Henry S. Hiss, president of the Hiss Manu-
lacturing Company, maker of fine furniture,
which went into the hands of receivers on July
.11) last, on September 29 applied for the benefit
(pf the bankrni)tc.v law. His liabilities are placed
at $17n.3,'')4.02 and his assets at .$1.8,275.
G. L. Wood, general manager of the R. 1-".
AVood Lumber Company, with headquarters at
.\sheville, N. C. was here last week for tlii'
transaction of important business matters.
The managing committee of the Baltimore
Lumber Exchange held ils moutlily meeting last
Monriay : only routine business was transacted.
The J. L. Gilbert & Bro. Lumber Company has
purchased the propert.v at the northwest corner
of Eastern and Ea.st Falls avenues and will use
it for a lumber ,varti, the old place at Aliceanna
street and East Falls avenue having been pre-
empted by the city for a pumping station.
Pittsburg.
Tlie Meudelssobu Planing .Mill ('oinipauy of
-Mendelssohn. Pa., is going to stop operations.
its propijetor going into business in the West.
The Jacol) Herbst Lumber Company has been
formed by Jacob and .lobn Herbst, Peter Yonker
and Magdaline Yonker and will be organized
under a Pennsylvania charter to operate in
I'ittsburg.
The Pittsburg Retail Lumber Dealers' Asso-
ciation banqueted the Pittsburg Wholesale
Lumber Dealers' Association at the Nixon cafe.
Thursday, October 4. E. M. Hill of the Re-
tailers presided aud A. M. Turner ofliciated for
the Wholesalers. The banquet was given as a
result of a ball game lost by the Retailers in
the summer. To show their further esteem the
Retailers gave their guests a handsome loving
cup decorated with baseball emblems.
The Nicola Lumber Company is having a very
active fall trade in hardwoods. E. C. Brainerd,
formerly sales manager for the old Nicola Broth-
ers Company, is now hunting customers for the
beautiful sites of the Schenley Farms Company
in which F. F. and O. P. Nicola are largely in-
terested.
The Linehan Lumber Comi»any finds no time
lor lomplaint at its Kentucky plants. Both
the Linehan brothers are on the road much of
the time and find hardwood conditions more
favorable to the wholesaler than a month ago.
The one drawback in this respect is the car
shortage which they in common with many of
the large firms are feeling seriously on the
Soul hern railroads.
I. l-'. Balsley. hardwood manager for Willson
Brothers, lately bought 2,000,000 feet of hard-
wood on sticks and 15,000,000 feet to cut uuder
contract at a mill on the Coal & Coke railroad
in West Virginia. Mr. Balsley reiiorts trade in
common oak a little slow but finds other lines
of hardwood esiiecialiy strong. Sound wormy
chestnut is coming to the front and recent
orders have been booked at .$1 advance over list.
.\sb is also in good demand and hickory is
badly wanted but is handled but little by Pitts-
burg dealers owing to the small profit there is
in the scattering car load lots they are able
lo secure at the country mills. Alex. Willson
of WilLson Brothers is the recipient of general
symiialhy this week owing to the deatli of his
wife Mrs. Elinore Hauiilton Willson who passed
away very suddenly Saturday evening, Sep-
tember 2!). The couple had been married less
than two years and resided in a beautiful
home on .Sipiirrel Hill,
The Flint. Frying & Stoner Company has
ils mills in operation in Cambria and Clear-
Held counties. Pennsylvania, Pattim, Millport,
Ebensburg and Tunnel Siding. In addition the
company has Just bought a tract of timber
near Ligonier, Pa., which will also be cut off.
These mills are supplying the company's Pitts-
burg trade in hemlock and hardwood.
George W. Ilavnar of the Reliance Lumber
Company, is back from an extended trip through
Wisconsin and Minnesota. The company is in
good shape for a busy season in hardwood and
lias steadied its sources of supply by making
some good purchases in West Virginia. Its
lake trade is increasing at a most satisfactory
rate.
The A. M. Turner Lumber Company by O. H.
Itectanus reports a much better general demand
for all kinds of lumber this month. Hardwood
is sharing liberally in this increase and the
company looks for a prosperous six months
aliead. Its southern operations are progressing
finely barring the extreme inconvenience from
' ar shortage on all .southern roads.
W. E. Hammer who has charge of the Buck-
hannon, West Virginia, plant of James I. M.
Wilson & Co., reports a big cut of oak and
poplar in that section. Stocks are fair, he
says, but are not increasing at too fast a rate.
Both basswood and chestnut have taken quite
a spurt in demand lately and Ihe former is in-
creasing in price.
William Whitmer >>< S.uis. Incorporated, are
pushing operations at their four mills and will
make this month a record period. The following
changes have been made lately : M. L. WooUtten
has been made manager at a new branch office at
.Mobile, Alabama. W. F. Wagner, who was
connected with the AVbitmers for some time,
is with them again doing the Pennsylvania
trade. M. C. Morgan, formerly of the Ameri-
can Lumber >& Manufacturing Company, has
been working up orders iu Ohio and West
\'irginia.
The L. L. .Satler Lumber Company now has
eight sawmills, three iilaning mills and 100 men
hustling day and night on the old Blackstone
operation at Blackstone, Va. It is getting out
1.500.000 feet a month, and prai-ticaily all this
lumber goes to manufacturers.
W. E. Penfield of the Pine Tree Lumber Com-
imuy of Little Falls, Minnesota, visited the
Pittsburg trade last week. He says that the
logs are running fairly well at the Jlinuesota
plants but that there is no ovcu-production of
lumlier. Aloving the enormous wheat crop has
caused a severe car shortage and firms in the
northwest find it extremely difficult to fill mixed
car orders.
Piu-haps the most encouraging feature of thc>
hai'dwood situation in I'ittsburg just now is
Ihe steady increase and the determined spirit
manifested in the incpiiry from manufacturers.
Firms that cater largely to the furniture trade
say tliat the pro.spects for heavy winter sales
in this direction were never so good. Traveling
salesmen who reach the thriving towns of Ohio,
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Indiana :ind Michigan are confldcnt iliat tlw>
domanc] for hardwood from carriage. \va>;on
;iud implement manufacturers is going to l)e
exceptionally hard to till during the next six
months. The effect of this is alread.v showing
in a slight but gradual stiffening of price on
llie minor hardwoods which have to be s 'cured
largel.v from the smaller countr.v mills.
Buffalo.
Messrs. .1. S. and M. M. Wall spent some tim.'
in New York last week. Their yard is ver.v
biis.v with hardwood lumber, with oak leading.
A. W. Kreinheder has gone south (» look after
Kentuck.v and Tennessee lumber. He intends to
be at the Cincinnati mer'tins and hopes to get as
far west as .Memphis.
I. X. Stewart & r.ro. are including in their
.vard stock a lot of good walnut lumber, which
came up from Alabama. It sells well, especiall.v
along with cherr.v. with which the .yard is al-
ways well supplied.
F. W. Vetter is among those who are looking
to the lake route for filling up the Empire com-
I)any's yard here. lie is spending some time on
the Laki' Huron shore shipping some cargoes of
birch, black ash and maple.
G. Ellas & Bro. Hnd that it is not much use
to depend on timber orders from the South. As
a conseijueuce they have a big yard stock on
band.
O. E. Veager is showing his usual full stock,
having a lot of birch coming in to swell the
former assortment.
Hugh McLean is making the round of tln'
southern sawmills of the McLean interest.
Scateherd & Son are dealing heavily in oak.
often having large consignments of it on the
road. The Memphis mills are doing as well as
could be expected. Mr. Scateherd will soon be
back to business.
A. Miller is finding more sales tor basswood
than he did awhile ago and looks for it to return
to full favor if the jirices do not run too high.
He is stocking up with a good supply of south
ern hardwoods.
J. F. Knox has returned from a trip to I'euu-
sylvania. where he bought considerable maple
Keyer. Knox & Co. expect a heavy trade in maple
;ind are jireparing for it.
Detroit.
fieorge L. McClure of McClure Hrothers rc-
IMjrts that over .fl.OOU.iXIO worth of building
is being done in Detroit every month. The
boom Is general. Even the manufacturing branch
is benefiting by the i-usb. The wagon trade is
especially active.
T'nder date of Oct. 4. tlie Detroit News prints
a highly colored story of the life of Rasmus
Hanson, the millionaire member of the famous
hardwood firm of Sailing A; Hanson of Grayling.
.Mich. A four-colunxn at the head of the story
reads : "Hardheaded Dane, riling I'p Millions
When Most Men Are (Jslerized. Is Hanson, of
Grayling. Michigan's King of Hardwood."
Local manufacturers report plain and quar-
ler-sawed white and red oak are scarce.
Detroit boxmakers. who maintain a protective
association among themselves, are planning to
better divide the demand for shucks, by combin-
ing two firms. A big sale is expected this
month. It is expected the Vinton interests are
In-anr-hing out.
Saginaw Valley.
A .^ood deal of maple has reci'utly gone into
timber for buildings and bridge work and thi'
government has taken a number of million feet
from the valley for harbor work. One concern
supplied over 3,000.0U() feet for Lake Erie gov-
ernment purposes. Within two weeks the H. M.
I.oud's Sons Company of An Sable has shipped
1..1IMI.00O feet of maple to Tonawanda. Thus
ii will be seen this wood is selling, even if
manufacturers are objecting to the demand
and price. There has been less activity and
vim also to the flooring market though the
plants are all doing a steady business.
The repairs on the AV. I). Young & Co. saw-
mill which include a band re-saw. will increase
the capacity of tlii' mill one-third. The sawmill
has been shut down while these repairs were
being made but the flooring mill lias been oper-
ated witbiuit interruption.
The Flood sawmill at Kay city has taken a
c(mtra<-t to cut out a lot of hardwood logs fm-
Sailing. Hanson & Co.. of (irayling. and is
expecti'd to run during the greater part of lie'
« infi-r.
Southi'rn Michigan parties havi' arranged for
the purchase of the Willis hardwood mill plant
on the east branch of the An Gres on the bay
shore, and will make extensive improvements,
increasing the capacity of the plant.
The demand' for box material is calling for
all the heecli and basswood Culls manufactured
in this liMalily. The Kneeland. Huell & Bigelow
lilaut has a contract for Hve years to furnish
beech and basswood culls to the box factory
operated l)y ilershon. Schuette, Tarker & Co.
at Bay Cit.v. and the latter firm sold a lot of
basswood culls to other box flrtns at .f;l.j a thou
sand.
The HIiss & Van .\ukcn plant lias been ste.'ul
ily employed day and night during the entirr
season manufacturing hardwooil and flooring
and th<> firm has had a very satisfactory busi-
ness.
The liafchelor Timber Company is install-
ing a complete electric lighting plant in its
sawmill and mill premises at West Branch.
The II. M. Load's Sons Company at Au Sable
recently jiurchased a four-fifth interest in the
sawmill at Itogers City and timber in rresquc
Isle county of Herman Hoeft, I'aul Hoeft re
taining a one-fifth interest. The new concern,
however, will not begin operations under the
contract for about .i .vear. Meantime Paul II.
Hoeft is starting nine camps to keep the mill
in operation until next fall.
The scarcity of labor will affect the
luatter of putting in logs this winter. It
is almost impossible to get men at $26 to $:!2
a mimtb and north of the straits ^35 and .f.'^T
is being offered for good men. They are scarce
at that figure even. It is so everywhere in
the lumbering districts.
Some exceptionally fine haidw.iud logs are
being brought down the Mackinaw division of
the .Michigan Central for mills on this river.
Something like L'lili cars ar.' Iironght down
overy 24 hours.
Ground has been broken on Holland avenue.
Saginaw, for a new maple floiuing plant tor
(Jeorge strable, formerly of I{<.ed City. Then^
will be four principal buildings in addition to
the dry kilns, sheds, etc. The main building
is to be ,")0x250 feet, constructed of brick and
concrete, one story high and basement. Three
dry kilns each T."! feet long are in progress of
erection, each to be provided with solid con-
crete floors. The boiler house is to be 32xli4 feet.
and no wood will be used in its construction.
It will be equipped with two Wickes Bros.
nater tube boilers of 200 horse power each
and motive power will be a :\'>i} horse power
Harris-Corliss engine. The warehouse will be
,50x200 feet with steel sides and concrete floors.
The Detroit & Mackinac Railway has just
received and placed in service three high-powered
freight locomotives built by tlic Rogers Loco-
motive Works, Paterson, X. .1. They have a series
of eiglit driving wheels, fifty-seven inches in
diameter, a fire-box beating surface of 21. S
square feet and a boiler diameter of eighty-one
and one-half inches. The capacity of the tender
is fifteen tons of coal and 7,000 gallons of
water. The immense weight of the locomotive,
which together witli its tender is I,-|S tons, and
the unusually large heating sui-face which pro-
vides an ample supply of steam at all times,
makes it possible to haul trains of from eighty-
five to ninety loaded freight cars. The fact
that the Detroit & Mackinac roadlted is unsur-
passed by any in the state, being laid with
eighty-five and ninety-pound steel rails, with
practically no curves or grades, makes it cer-
tain that the maximum of efiiciency can be
olitained from the new locomotives.
Grand Bapids.
William II. White and wiff of Iloyne City were
in (Jrand Uapids Oct. 4.
Rush Culver, president of the Northern Lum-
ber Company of Marquette, called on his friend
and business associate, W. F. .McKnight in this
city Oct. y.
Fox & Mason, furniture nurnutacturers of
t'orunna. Mich., announce their intention to
build a new factory costing .flSO.OOO at Arcadia.
Benzie c<uinty. for making cheap and medium
grade dressers, chiffoniers and sideboards. Work
on the new plant will begin at once. The offlcers
of the concern are as follows : President, John
Mouat. Arcadia : secretary. George D. Mason.
Corunna ; treasurer, Adolph Hasse, Arcadia ;
superintendent, S. I. Fox. Corunna.
Muskegon now hopes to secure the removal
of another branch of the Brunswick-Balke-Col-
lender Company to that city, the branch devoted
to the manufacture of bar-room fixtures and
biiwling alleys.
E. (;. Shorrey of Kalamazoo. Vicegerent Snark
for Michigan, announces a Hoo-Hoo concatena-
tion (in- Grand Rapids on Oct. 20. This is a
postponement from Sept. 28 and a double dose
of pleasure is coming to the members.
George Engel. president of the Engel Lumber
Company, will leave Oct. 10 for Englewood,
where the company's mill is located. He will be
accompanied by E. F. Miller, who has had charge
of the offices in this city. Mr. Miller goes south
to spend the winter at the Englewood office.
The Stearns Salt & Lumber Company has
transferred its new camp outfit on wheels from
Ludington to the scene of its logging operations
on the Klondike branch of the Pere Marquette,
in Kalkaska county. This logging outfit is
nnique in Michigan lumbering operations. The
train was fitted up at Ludington, ordinary flat
cars being made over into dining room, kitchen,
blacksmith shop, sleeping room, hospital, office
and steam heating plant, the latter being placed
in the center of the train and supplying heat
to all the cars. The car platforms are extended
four feet on either side and the camp is well
equipped with modern conveniences. The train
is sidetracked, of course, and tuoved as the log-
ging progresses. The company has a tract of
fine liardwood timber in tliat section, the cut
being estimated at ten years. The logs will be
shipped to Ludington for cutting.
N. J. G. Van Keulen of the Van Keulen &
Wilkinson Lumber Company reports early fall
busini'ss exceptionally good. Trade is especially
brisk in crating stock at this time.
.1. L. Retting of the Evans & Retting Lumber
Company reports an unusual scarcity of cars, so
that their business out of Vanceburg, Ky., over
the Chesapeake & Ohio, is greatly restricted.
A number of Grand Rapids lumbermen are
planning to attend the semiannual meeting of
the National Hardwood Lumber Association to
be held at Cincinnati Oct. 2."! and 20. They
li'ave this city Oct. 24.
The Gibbs. Hall & Allen Company of this city
is operating three portable mills and will start
two more soon, cutting the scattering tracts of
hardwood that remain in northern Michigan.
R. .1. Clark, president of the Peninsula Bark &
Lumber Compan.v, Sault Ste. Marie, was in the
city a few da.vs ago. lie was on his way to
Buffalo and eastern points.
II. R. Blacker of Chicago and I'atrick Noud of
Manistee were in Grand Rapids, Oct. 4.
M. F. Butters of Ludington, president of the
Mason & Oceana Railway Company, states that
prospects are now bright for extension of the
road to Grand Rapids. Tlie road will he stan-
dard gauge : surveyors will begin work on the
right of vva.v within a few days.
Cotifinitcil on juitjf .)5.
The Poiiliir. towerinp to the skies,
,The fury of tlie wiiuf defies,
.From iii'e to age, in virtue strong,
•Inured to stand, and suffer wrong.
) — Montgomery.
rr-PICAL POPLAR GROIVTH
Hardtaood Forests
R. E. Wood Lumber Company
The Tulip-Tree, liigh up.
OfJened in airs of June, lier multitude
Of golden chalices to humming liirds
.\nd silken-winged insects of the sky.
— Bryant.
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HARDWOOD RECORD
Hardwood Lumbering Along the Appalachians
FR.OM THE COAL FIELDS TO THE COTTON COUNTRY
A PEN AND PUTXIHE SKETCH OF THE OPEHATril\s OF
The R. E. iVood Lumber Company and The MontVale Lumber Company of "Baltimore, Md.
D
N THE last issue of the Hardwood
Recokd was jiublislied a biief
biographical sketch of Eobert E.
Wood, iircsiilent of the E. E.
Wood Lumber Company and the Montvale
Lumber Company of Baltimore. Md.
Mr. Wood made a friendly call at the
office o£ the Hardwood Record some two
months ago. I have known him about ten
years, but so little did I know of
his affairs th.nt I was surprised
when, by dint of questioning. I
discovered that instead of being
a comparatively small poplar and
hardwood operator in West Vir-
ginia, his commercial affairs
have grown by leaps and bounds
until he has become one of the
foremost timber owners and
hardwood lumber producers in
the United States. It was only
after vigorous peisuasion that I
prevailed upon him to permit me
to print a brief biographical
sketch and his portrait. When I
further appealed to Mr. Wood to
permit me to visit his timber
properties ami sawmill operations
lying along the lower Appala-
chian Eange in AVest Virginia,
Tennessee, North Carolina and
South Carolina, w-ith a view of
telling the lumlier ]iurchasing
))ublic of his gigantic enterprise,
he balked at the ]iublicity anil
said :
"I have always done business
in a very unostentatious way. I
am not a man who seeks the lime-
light. I am not seeking distinc-
tion for my achievements. I
have always lived in the woods.
I have earned my way in the
world by hard and strenuous en-
deavor. Every piece of timber
property that I ever operated I
luive bought only after a
thorough and systematic exami-
nation, and my judgment of tim-
ber values has been based on the
experience that has arisen from previous
purchases and thc-ir operation. My busi-
ness has been one of gradual and steady
growth. I started for myself by the pur-
chase of a single carload of lumber, and
made a profit on the transaction. A little
portable sawmill that I leased was a suc-
ceeding venture. I first bought a few trees,
then a small area of timber. I bought a
small mill and then others; then more tim-
ber. 1 eventually arose to the dignity of
owning a band mill and bought more tim-
I'Cr. Ail during my business career I have
kept myself poor — lumber poor, timber
];oor. Today myself and the young men
who are associated with me in the R. E.
Wood T.,umber Company and the Montvale
Lumber Comjiany have tracts of timber in
the mountain districts of almost all the
()tILL ROSE AND HIS -MOWIXG MACHIXE'— IWMOUS BEAR HUN
TEH OF EAGLE (KEEK— TYPICAL IIO.ME XOKTII
C.^ItOLIXA BACKWOODSMAN.
southern states. We have nearly 12o,000
acres of as fine poplar, oak and chestnut
forests as grow in the country. Every acre
of it is virgin timber, carefully selected,
for its quality, its undepredated nature
and its availability to lines of transportatiou,
and hence the ready and economical means
by which the lumber can be placed upon
the market. We are at present operating
three sawmills, each with a daily capacity
of from tliirty to forty thousand feet, and
are about to put in a fourth operation to
convert another timber tract into lumber.
We are marketing lumber all over the east-
ern part of the United States and shipping
large quantities abroad."
"Give me the privilege," I uiged, "to
visit these jiroperties, to ]iii-ture and de-
scribe the qualities of your forest, to
photograph your saw'mills, to tell
something of the work involved
in producing lumber from the
(■(umtry in which you operate,
.Mild to inform the lumber buying
jpulilic of what you have and
how you do things. ' '
Tlie small, wiry man winced at
this idea of iiublicity and depre-
lated the fact that either he
or his affairs were a matter
of public interest. I eventually
jiersuaded him that he was wrong,
in his assumption, and that the
exploitation of his timber prop-
rrties and lumber operations
would be a matter of more than
]iassing interest to the great lum-
ber buying public. Thus I have
been permitted to visit not only
his sawmills — which is about as
far as the average lumber news-
paper writer or lumber buyer
ever goes — but also to cruise his
forests in a general way from the
■oal fields of W'est Virginia to
I he cotton country of South
I arolina.
My trip lasted nearly a month,
and veteran timber cruise r
though I am, I must say that I
imve seen more magnificent pop-
lar, oak and chestnut timber than
1 ever saw before in my life
within the holdings of the Wood
cor|iorations.
The West Virginia Operation.
1 landed with my c-anu'ra from
the Norfolk & Western train at
laeger, McDowell county, \V. Va.,
and was welcomed l)y G. Leidy Wucul and
Clarence E. Wood, brothers of R. Ji. Wood,
and respectively general manager and as-
sistant general manager of the R. E. Wood
Lumber Company. We took the morning
tiain (uit of laeger, and shortly after noon,
after traversing twenty-five miles of the
laeger & Southern branch of the Norfolk &
Western Railroad, carved most of the way
out of the rocky sides of Dry Fork creek,
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rorr.Ai!
WIIITK OAK.
MOfNTATN (ItKHi (lAK.
I'HKSTM I'.
Characteristic Timber Growth on the Wood ylppalachian Properties.
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reached Eift station, from which point the
E. E. Wood Lumber Company has a rail-
road to its mil] site at Keno, some two
miles distant. This laeger & Southcin di-
vision of the Norfolk & Western road was
built at large expense to open up not only
the timber properties lying along the upper
reaches of the Dry Fork and its branches,
but also to make an outlet for the magnifi-
cent coal Avhic/h iimlerlies that portion of
West Virginia.
The Dry Fork timber property of the E.
E. Wood Lumber Company was purchased
from the Pocahontas Coal & Coke Company
in September. 19(12. It comprises about
50,000,000 feet of counted and branded po])-
lar trees. The purchasers have thirteen
3-ears in which to remove the
timber. In aildition to these
timber rights the company is
constantly adding outlying and
snmller timber tracts, whicli will
afford a source of timber supply
for its Keno mill for many years.
The coal land of this section is
leased by the Illinois Steel Com-
pany, the Berwin-White Com-
pany and other lai'ge mining con-
cerns. A group of pictures
printed with this article reveals
the model character of the Keno
sawmill operation. The central
picture shows the Clark band
mill, fully equipped with all
labor-saving devices; at the left
may be seen the well-arranged
yard, stocked up to this date en-
tirely with poplar lumber, and
the right-hand jiicture shows the
well-equipped machine shop anil
commissary, the boardirrg house
and the railroad leading up the
valley to the timber property. It
was at this operation that 1 hail
my first view of the splendid
poplar holdings owned by the
Wood cor|)ir.ations.
Under the guidance of G. L.
and C. E. Wood, I spent the
greater part of two days,
mounted on the latter 's favorite
saddler, in prowling along the
company's new tram road aud
up various coves ricli with
splendid poplar timber. The tree
pictures herewith shown are typical of tlie
character of this growth. In these photo-
graphs no attempt was made to select and
picture ti'ees of unusual size; only those
indicative of the general character of the
growth of wdiatcver section was traversed
were chosen. In these upper reaches aud
creek coves of McDowell county, embraced
within the property, is found poplar timber
that is unsurpassed in maturity, size, texture
and character by any poplar that ever grew
in the United States. It is absolutely vir-
gin forest, undepredated in any way. As a
logging proposition, as mountain logging
goes, it is a very easy one — the slopes are
gentle and there are no rocky promontories
to obstruct in any way economical ojjerat-
ing. Opening into the main valley on both
sides are ' ' draws ' ' which contain the rich
poplar timber in profusion, all readily ac-
cessible to practically- one main line of
tram road.
The mill at Keno has been in operation
since midsummer of this year, and the com-
pany has just commenced filling orders from
the accumulated stock. The poplar lumber
is wide, soft and of the peeuliarl.y rich yel-
low variety known and valued the world
over.
The Tennessee Operation.
To the jdant of the E. E. Wood Lumlier
Company at Buladeen, Carter county, Ten-
Cl'l'UK WI11TE\V.\T1;U I'WLL.S, .lACKSOX COUNTY, N. C,
nessec, was the next step. (_!. L. Wood and
myself left Bristol, Va.-Tenu., on the morn-
ing freight of the Virginia & Southwestern
Eailroad (which line, by the way, has just
been absorbed by the Southern Eailway),
1 ound for Elizabethtou .'ind up the Stony
Creek branch of the railroad to the
picturesque milling town of Buladeen. The
journey through the valleys of eastern Ten-
nessee was alluring — we rode in the cuiiola
of the caboose — and all the way was spread
out beside us the beautiful little valleys and
sparkling streams, the farms and the tim-
ber-clad slopes of the Holston mountains.
Buladeen is the terminus of the branch line,
and it is here, in the bottom lands of upper
Stony creek, that the mill and j-ards of the
conrpany are located. A panoramic view of
this plant is shown in connectioir with this
article. From scenic considerations it is
most beautiful and its selection as a mill
site, from a utilitarian viewpoint, is equally
fortunate. I^p the creek from the Buladeen
plant is run a forty-i)ound steel narrow-
gauge road some two miles, and then ])ene-
tratiug the various timber coves are
projected wood-rail tram roads.
This Carter county property of the E. E.
Wood Lumber t'ompany is about thirty-five
miles from Bristol, and the timber rights
were purchased from the Boston Iron & ,
Timber Company in .lanuary, 1905. The
mill has been in operation since August,
1005, and the company has al-
ready shipped considerable lum-
1 or' from it. The boundary con-
sists of fi,700 acres, with an esti-
mated yield of 40.000,000 feet of
merchantable timber, of which
about 5,000,000 feet have already
tern uumufactured. This timber
is of mixeil growth, running
cjrite heavily to jioplar of splen-
did physics, but interspersed
with it are mountain (red) oak,
white oak, chestnut, white pine
and hemlock. The ipiality of
this growth is well illustrated bj'
the timi cr jiirtures acconrpany-
ing this article, which are dis-
tinctive of the general character
of the forest.
The equi]inu/nt of the plant, at
Bnladecu is a 9-foot Sinker-Davis
band mill, with n full comple-
iiiciit (if lath maihiuery, aud all
l.-ilor-saving appliances that go
to make up a first-class single
band mill. The standard gauge
railroad runs up to the lumber
yards, arrd switches penetrate be-
tween each row of piles.
Incidentally, in all the opera-
tions of the Wood corporations.
Climax locomotives, American
Car & Foundry Conrpany logging
cars and Decker log loaders are
employed. In the Carter county
proposition the coirrpany has fif-
teen years to remove the tim-
ber, ties and tan bark. The
topography of tliis property varies ma-
terially from that of all the other timber
holdings of the Wood companies, as the
valleys are narrow and the slopes of the
mountain sides quite steep. Timber felling
is commenced at th? top of the slopes, and
almost of their owir weight logs slide down
the incliire to within reaching distance of
the log loader on the tram road, thus mak-
ing unnecessary the use of live stock. This
method leaves the accumulation of tree tops
and other debris clear of the timber located
lower on the hillsides, and makes a com-
paratively clean operation until the last
trees are cut along the tram roads. One of
the pictures accompanying this article
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33
wiirn-: tine.
SHOUT LEAF VELLUW PINE,
HEMLOCK. Ct'CU.MBER.
Characteristic Timber Growth on the Wood Appalachian Properties.
34
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sliows the log loader at work in one of these
deep coves, and another illustrates the com-
paratively cheap way in which the grade
is made for extensions of the logging rail-
road. It will be seen that a three-cornered
( ut is made in the lower angle of the hill-
side, thus making a roadbeil for the ties
and rails.
This Carter county property, it is figured,
will develop fully 10,(100,000 feet of a re-
markably high-class southern white pine,
which is of exactly the same botany as the
white pine of the North. To a great extent
the white pine of the South produces but a
small proportion of good lumber, but at
this operation the many piles of uppers,
selects and fine common and shop himbcr
of excellent quality in the yard
proves that this is one of Jlie
best tracts of southern white
pine in the country. None of the
timber on this property i.s of un-
usual girth, but as the coves are
deep the length of the tree
bodies is remarkable. Tree after
tree of poplar, white pine, white
oak and red oak show a iban
bole of from eighty to a huiidii'<l
feet before the branching nf a
limb. The chestnut and lieuilm-k
is also of most excellent tyiH'.
an<l from the bark of these twi>
varieties .and from the chestnut
wood a large source of revenue
is derived.
The North Carolina Operation.
li. Leitiy Wood accompanieil
me as far as Asheville, where
the Wood corporations' general
southern oifice is located, and
there turned me over to F. L.
Winchester, superintendent of
the North Carolina and Soutli
Carolina operations of the Mont-
valc Lumber Company, an insti
tution allied to the E. E. Wood
Lumber Company. At this writ-
ing the Montvale Lumber Com-
pany has but one timber tract in
operation, as it is chiefly a tim-
ber holding company.
Under the guidance of Mr.
Winchester, 1 visited the sawmill
and timber holdings of the Mont-
vale Lumber Company at Tomotla, Cherokee
county, North Carolina, on the Murphy
branch of the Southern Railway, IIS miles
west of Asheville. This is a comparatively
small timber area, embracing rights on
about 3,.500 acres of land and an additional
fee simple purchase of an adjoining pro|i-
erty of about 1,500 acres, making a total
boundary of .5,000 acres. This property is
estimated to have upwards of 12,000,000
feet of merchantable poplar, oak, chestnut,
hemlock and short-leaved yellow jone. ex-
clusive of the tan bark, crossties, chestnut
acid wood, etc., which the company has a
period of ten years to remove. The saw-
mill at Tomotla is the only circular mill
operated ^>y the Wood corporations, and
was built with especial reference to speedily
clearing the tract, Mr. Wood deeming a cir-
cular rig more economical in handling the
general class of timlier on this holding than
a band equipuirnt. Tliis operation is car-
ried on in the same general way as the
others, with tiam roads. Climax engines
and logging cars. A small portion of the
poplar timber on this tract was logged
some years ago and it is the only timber
owned by the Wood corporations that has
been depredated. This applies only to that
jiortion of the boundary in which the eom-
))any has 'timber rights; the property owned
ill fee simple is virgin timber, but has not
^et lieen reai-he.! liv tlie tr:iiii rnad. Tliis
WIIITEW.VTER FALLS. 350 FEET IN HEIGHT
ENT W.nEK POWER OX THE WOOD I'ROrERT
<:)CO.\EE COfNTY, S. C.
o[ieration will probably be cleaned up
within iive years at a very handsome profit
to its owners.
Swain County Timber Holdings.
The Southern Kailway has about com-
pleted the grade and cement abutment
work for bridges and culverts for a double-
track low-grade line from Marysville,
Tenn., u]! the Little Tennessee Kiver to
Bushnell, N. C, on the Murphy branch of
its system. This section of the new line
of the Southern Kailway is now practically
leady for the lies and rails, and active
work is in progress over every mile of the
way to put it speedily in operation. It is
designed as the company' 's future through
line on an excellent grade from Knoxville
via Marysville (to which point it has had
a road in operation for many years) to its
main line running between Atlanta, Ga..
and Charlotte, N. C. This road will shorten
the distance greatly and improve the grades
for the immense through traflic of the com-
pany from Memphis, Nashville, St. Louis,
Louisville and Cincinnati to the Southeast
and East. There is positive assurance that
trains will be running over the new line by
.January first next. It is on this new ex-
tension of the Southern road, from ten to
sixteen miles from Bushnell and less than
seventy-five miles from Knoxville, that the
Moutvali' Lumber Company has two mag-
nificent holdings of virgin tim-
ber. The one is known as the
Eagle Creek property, and is a
boundary of 19,.5()0 acres pur-
chased in fee in July, 190."). In
anticipation of the early opera-
tion of the Southern Railway's
new division, the company has
already' made surveys for a log-
;;ing railroad uji Eagle Creek,
which, with comparatively few
branch lines, will jienetrate the
entire area of tindjer on the
property. The mill site has been
selected and plans are already
well under way for the erection
of a model baud sawmill^ with a
daily capacity of 50,000 feet,
aliout one and one-half miles
from the mouth iif Kagle creek.
From the mill to the main line
of the Southern road a standard
j;auge railroad will be built.
This boundary of timber is one
of the finest holdings of the
Montvale Lund.er Company, as
it is absolutely virgin, there
teiug but eleven settlers in the
entire valley. The poplar is of
a jiarticularly fine quality and
the white oak, red oak, chestnut
oak, chestnut and hemlock is not
surpassed in quality or quantity
per acre by any similar property
in the entire Appalachian range.
This tract is estimated to cut
15l>,000,0()0 feet of merchantable
timber, exclusive of tan bark,
ties and extract wood.
Adjoining this property, the coni|iany
owns a boundary of aluiiit 5,O00 acTes
known as the Bone Valley tract, which was
purchased in fee in June, 1905, This proji-
crty is timbered in much the same varieties
of woods as the Eagle Creek holdings, ex-
cept that in growth it is even more prolific,
as the estimates show upward of 50,000.000
feet of merchantable timber. This jimduct
will come down the valley of Hazel Creek,
which is parallel to Eagle Creek, and seven
miles distant from the new extension of the
Southern Railway. There is a large
boundary of timber up Hazel Creek, above
the Bone Valley property of the Montvale
M.\(;xni
HCS,
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CIIESTNTT OAK.
WATER BIRCH.
I',i;i:,|l I'.l.ACK LOCUST.
Characteristic Timber Growth on the Wood Appalachian Properties.
36
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Lumber Company, and a charter for a
standard gauge road up this valley has
already lieen issued anrl tlie road will
probably be eoustrufted within the next
year. Another feature of the Eagle Creek
and Bone Valley jiroperties of the Mont-
vale Lumber Company which promises
eventual returns of value is the faet tliat
copper in paying ijuautities has been dis-
covered at several jioints upon them and
many thousands of dollars have already
beeu expended by copper people in opening
some of these mines. The location is a
very favorable one for the establishment
of a tannic extract plant and one is already
projected. Altogether the prospects seem
very favoralile for the speedy opening up
of the Hone Valley holdings of the com-
pany without the necessity of its construct-
ing a railroad to the month of Hazel Creek
on its own account.
Outside of comparatively little rock work
that will be necessary in railroad construc-
ilCTUUKSyUE AND
tion at the mouths of Hazel and Eagle
creeks, the railroad jiroposition into botli
these holdings is a very good one. After
the first mile of the creek mouths is passed
the slopes of the mountains are very
favorable for both railroad construction
and logging operations at low cost. The
slopes of the mountains are not .severe in
any place and show little or no rock pro-
truding over any of the property itself.
In fact, Mr. Winchester and myself on
horseback traversed a large portion of
both tracts over blind trails with the neces-
sity of dismounting on account of obstruc-
tions less than a half-ilozen times in a
three-days' journey. The forest is a re-
markably clean one and I do not recall,
outside of an occasional small tree on some
of the ridge trails, having encountered dur-
ing the entire journey a single fallen tree
by reason of hypermaturity or windstorms.
The country is delightfully alluring and
the illustrations of several phases of the
WEr.I. ORDERICI) li.Wli SAWiMlLI. I'LANT OF R. E. \
SA\Y.MILr, OF THE MONTVAI.E LUMBER COM
THE rorLAK LUIIBER YARD.
THE B.
FINE SAW.MILL AXD POPLAR OPERATION OF R. E. WOOD LUMI
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(II i,i-Mi'.i:i: rdMr.wv at r.ri..\i>i:KN. i-.\kti;i! cor.NTY, tennkssee.
l'i('tures<mc beauty of th.; land will be full}'
appi-pciatcd by the readers of the Hard-
wood Record. Kvery foot of tlu- way it is
\'ii'y;iii timber, uiis]t(iil('il by scjuattei'S, lire
''scalds" or (ieiiredat ioii. It is doubtful if
there ever cxisti'd a timber area in the
Tlnitcd States of a higher type or of more
intrinsic worth than Kagle Creek and Bone
\'alley. I ^;it nn my horse on one sIo)h'
in Kagle Creek and within the range of
vision counted more than lifty majestic
|io|dar trees langing from three to six fi'et
in (iiauK'ter, the great I oles towering
straight up to the sky to such a height tleit
the shapes of the leaves eonld not be ilis
tingnishe.l by llie naked eye. Tlir. average
Ic-nglh (if I ole w.-is TKore than ninety feet.
This scene was well nigh duplieated so
ni.'iny times on the journey that giant Jiop
lais, t)aks and eliestnuts seemed almost nre
liniilcil in nnml er. and had I not Ivnnuii
]u>\v fast tiniier .-ireas are actnaih' bidng
('eidd.Ml. I w.Mild aln;..st havi' s;iid Mial
■CY AT TOMOTLA, fllKlti IKKIO COUXTV, N. C.
there was timber enough in those two val-
leys to stock a big sawmill for a century.
lliglu'r np along the ridgi-s 1 funnd a
inagnilicenl giowlh nf ninunlain n.-ik — the
sph'iidiil reil ciak of the lower .\ ppalacliians
— chestnut oak and locust, and along other
n.ountain sides were beautiful oases of
uhiti' pine 111 I ,\ci'llent i-liaractei', while
[dwer dnwn in snnie nt' the cii\-cs, intef
mingled willi Hie poplar, (dieslnni, while
oak and birches, were monster hemlocks.
.Altogether these two valleys contained the
linist timlier I lia\e e\-er srvn in size, qual-
ity and pliysi<-s — and I have traversed a
good deal of timber land in my time.
J retnined to .Asheville witli Mr. Win
Chester after having traversed the ('herokee
and Swain county properties of the Mont-
vale laimber Company ami there liaile good-
I ye 111 (ine uf llii' l;esl piisted timbermen
and crniscis with whom 1 e\'er hail the
pleasure of making a jourm^v.
MiLr>.
COMI'A.NV AT liKxNO. lleDOWELL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.
MAOiiixt: siiops^ S'roitr, ami iioauiiini: iiih'Sic.
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The Lower Blue Ridge Properties.
About sixty miles south of Asheville, on
ilie Transylvania branch of the Southern
Railway, is Lake Toxaway, a mountain
pleasure resort situated on a lake of irregu-
lar contour some fifteen miles in diameter,
:iimI in a pass iif the lower Blue Ridge of
I lie Appalachians. At Lake Toxaway and
in the vicinity are some half-dozen resort
liotels. The railroad has been completed to
this point only a short time, but the Toxa-
way district, located in Transylvania
county, one of the great southwestern coun-
ties of Noith Carolina, has already become
a famous resort for pleasure and liealth
seekeis. At this point is tlie source of
the Toxaway and the Whitewater rivers,
which run southward across tlie
state line into Oconee county
and eventually join, forming the
Keowee river, which is a main
stem of the Seneca river. The
two streams first named, fiom
the Lake Toxaway coiiiitiy to
tlieir mouths form really one
main valley situated in Transyl-
vania county, North Carolina,
and in Oconee and Pickens coun-
ties, South (.'arolina. Oconee
county is the mirt iuvcstcrn
county of South (arolina ami
Pickens county joins it nn the
east. North of Oconee county
and joining it is Transylvania
county. North Carolina.
I reached Lake Toxaway at
noon ami, in company with
George T. Reid, custodian of the
Montvale Lumber Comjiany 's
South Carolina jiroperties, dined
at the mountain honu' of .loscpli
McGnire, in charge of the Nortli
Carolina holdings of the com-
]iany. In June, 1903, the Wood
corjioration.s purchased in lee
."),810 acres of timber land, with
a contract from the seller to de-
liver an additional 5,70.3 acres,
or a total of 11,513 acres in
Transylvania county imme<liately
south and adjoining Lake Toxa-
way and extending to the state
line of South Carolina. This
property lies within one and a
half miles of the terminus of the
Transylvania branch of the Southern Rail-
way. In February of the same year the
company purchased from the Benedict-Love
• 'ompany 23,(100 acres in fee and the tim-
ber rights on 17,000 acres in Oconee and
Pickens counties. South Carolina, which
join the North Carolina purchase. These
several tracts embrace practically the to-
tality of the southern timber area of the
u|>]ier valleys of the Toxaway and White-
water rivers, save some small holdings
amounting to about 5,000 acres which the
comjiany has since acquired. The total
acreage of this boundary is nearly 55,000,
and it presents a sui prising area of a great
variety of timber growth. The deep coves
are prolific in poplar, oak, hemlock and
chestnut, while higher up in the range white
pine and mountain oak abound in various
sections. Lower down on the very edge of
the cotton country there is an extensive
mixed growth of oak and short-leaf yellow
pine. Again, on the higher levels there is
no inconsiderable quantity of white pine.
The altitude of Lake Toxaway, the sonice
of the streams that penetrate this, as it is
sometimes known, .locassee Valley, is only
a little above 3,000 feet, and it is therefore
surjirising to see woods of far northern
habitat growing here in profusion and of
excellent quality, intermingled lower down
with tinil.er that ordinarily exists only in
Kouthem latitudes. The richest and most
i!E.\ciiES OK \viHTE\v.\ 1 IK i:i\i;i;, (i((im:i:
SOUTH (AKiiLINA.
valued of the timber in this great section
is poplar, which of course grows in the up-
per and deeper ilraws of the small streams.
Incidentally, a word about pojjlar: Un-
like nearly all other wood growth, poplar
seems never to git too old to be high-class
merchantable timber. The poplar veterans
of the forest, langing from 800 to 1,000
years old, nay become somewhat hollow
tutted close to the stump, but all around
this hollow butt is most excellent wood,
and a short butt log almost invariably re-
moves the defect. The remainder of the
tree is siunul. rich, yellow wood. This de-
scribes the general character of the poplar
of this Trans^dvania, Oconee and Pickens
county area of the Montvale Lumber Com-
pany.
On the higher levels of the tract is an
extensive growth of hickory which a con-
ser'v-ative estimate would place at nearly
fifteen per cent of the total forest. It is
apparently of young, thrifty trees and does
not show a single specimen of what is com-
mercially known as ' ' shellbark. ' ' The
short-leaved ^-ellow pine, which abounds
generally in the western portion of Oconee
county, is intermingled with oak, is of a
very good type and covers a lange of well
towaril 15,000 acres of the total. Inter-
mingled with the poplar in the deep drains
are scattering specimens of magnificent
beech, often showing a bole of upwards of
three feet in diameter and from
seventy to eighty feet to a limb.
The timber over this entire
tract, notably the poplar, chest-
nut and oak, is ordinal ily of
good size, thirty inches to four
feet, but there arc occasional
specimens of poplar which are
more than six feet in diameter
at the stump line. Several speci-
mens of this timber grow-th are
pictured in this article and are
typical of the. whole.
The original owners of the
South Carolina jiroperty erected
a fine dmtble 1 and mill, complete
with rlry kiln ami planing mills,
at Calhoun, where the river
draining the property crosses the
main line of the Southern Rail-
way between Atlanta and Char-
lotte, and there started to utilize
the low-er streams as log water-
ways to stoidc the mill. They
cut out of the property some
2,000,000 feet, largely poplar.
When the holdings fell into the
hands of thv Wood corporations
the pn'incipals did not deem it
wise to continue this form of
operation and therefore closed
the mill, after sawing and mar-
keting the remainder of the logs
in the river. This mill has since
remained closed and will soon
be removed to a location in near
proximity to timber.
Mr. Wood is not a believer in
attempting to use mountain streams for log-
ging purposes. He can see no economy in
ir, as he figures that the only way to thor-
ougldy and economieaUy utilize a forest is
to take out of It all the merchantable tim-
ber it contains. Hence he is by training
a railroad operator, and uses to the last
limit tram roads. He invariably places his
millh at the very closest consistent point
to his timber holdings, being well aware
(hat lumber can be moved to main lines of
transportation much cheaper than can logs.
]5y this method of operation he is enabled
to handle all his valual le hardwoods out of
a timber property and thus handsomely in-
crease earnings over an cqieration where
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HARDWOOD RECORD
39
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rASCAIlK IN HAZEL CKEEK. BELOW BONE VALLEY.
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CALHOUN'S ISLAND AND KDKD, LITTLE TENNESSEE KIVEU.
r.EArill 11, VIEW ALONIi LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVEU.
Picturesque Features of the Wood yippalachian "Properties.
40
HARDWOOD RECORD
West Virginia Scenes.
LOOKING VV Tl.MliKIt COVE, LONG CKEEK VALLEY, W. VA.
SOLID MOUNTAIN SIDE OF TIlIBEIt, UPPER DKY EOHK, W. VA.
HOME AND FAMILY OF WEST VIRGINIA SQUATTER.
odIv the floatable woods are taken from the
forest.
This great lower Blue Ridge timber hold-
ing; of the Moutvale Liiiiiber Company is not
designed by the Wood fonipanies for im-
mediate operation, but rather as a reserve
source of timber supply for some years hence.
Hovever, the opening up of the Jocassee Val-
ley appears to be imminent. The great trend
of visitors to the Toxaway and Sapphire coun-
try iif Transylvania county, Xorth Carolina,
which southerners from New Orleans" to
Charleston are making a sort of summer
Mecca, dcir.ands that a slioiter route from
the youth and Southwest shall be afforded
them to reach this n'.ouiitain fastness. At
the ] resent time visitors must go by way of
Aslievillc or llendersonville by a very circuit-
ous loute to get to Lake Toxaway. The South-
ern road has already surveyed a line on a very
good graile from Walhalla, Oconee county, a
terminus of one of the Southern's branch
liiii's. to Lake Toxaway, wliich will give it
a direct route only ^^() miks long from At-
lanta tlir(uigli the center of the Wood tim-
ber lioldings. This extension from Walhalla
to Lake Toxaway will be about thirty-live
miles long and will connect the terminus of
the Transylvania road at Lake Toxaway with
the main line of the Southern at Seneca.
The roail will also develop a large freight
f lunagi' from its very ince]ition in tiinlier,
hnuler, bark and tannic acid wooil. It is
.■stimated that the timber holdings of the
Wood comiianies in Transylvania, Oconee and
Piidcens counties will cut upwards of 315,000,-
111)11 fi'ct.
Valuable Water Power.
Piitured in this article are views of two
magnificent waterfalls on the Whitewater
river. The one inscribed "The Upper Falls"
is in Jackson county. North Carolina, and
is not located on the property of the Mont-
vale Lumber Company. The other and larger
one. sliowing a sheer descent of more thiiii
:5.'>n feet, is in Oconee county. South ('a:o-
lirm. and is owned by the Wood interests.
Keccntly Mr. Wood has had hydraulic en-
gineers make a survey and estimate of this
great water power and they place it at the
lowest water stage at upwards of 32,000 H.
P. The break in the mountains where these
falls are located is the only really "rough"
sjiot on the entire Wood timber holdings.
The parallel Toxaway river, a few miles <lis-
t.int from the Whitewater, shows no such
cascades in its entire course. It is figured
1 V the engineers passing on the water power
cf the lower Whitewater falls that it will
pro. luce an electric power delivered at At-
lanta, about 100 miles distant, of sufficient
c.ipacity to run the entire street car and elec-
tric light system of that city. Financial in-
terests are already at woik contemplating the
organization of a company to transfer this
splendid power to Atlanta. Mr. Wood has
thus far decdined to make any price on this
power, but it promises to become a valuable
asset.
HARDWOOD RECORD
The Wood Methods.
One feature alout the Wood tiiiilicr linlil-
ings is especially comniendabk'. Mr. Wood
has apparently sought to l.iiy timber on
streams where it has not lie< n pillaged and
where the growth is of a tliiifty eharactcr
and best fitted for thi' manntact\ne of high
class lumber. The thing particularly notice
able about the lumber operations of his com-
panies is a ma.ximum of efficiency with a
minimum of cost. There is no concein in the
hardwood imlustry tliat makes and cares f(0-
its lumber any better than the Wood institu-
tions, and there is none that iigures its cost
of equipment and production any (die.'qier.
At all times mills and logging equipment
seem to be regarded as tempo:arv affairs
and they are built just substantially enough
to complete the clearing of the forest without
having a mass of valueless railroad and saw-
mill machinery to charge to profit and loss
when the operation is ended. Good housi'-
keeping marks every detail of all the oprrn-
tious; everything is orderly, everything is
systematic. Kach detail of operations is
carefully analyzed and goes forward to tlu'
head office at Baltimore in the form of daily
reports. A labor report shows the daily cost
of ski<lding, cutting, tramming, tram building,
sawing and piling, loading dry lumber, build-
ing construction and planing mill work, while
a second mill report shows the numl. er ot
hours run, the nuuiljcr of men on (bity and
their cost in the cutting, skiilding, traniiiiiii^,
sawing and piling, building and repairing
trams, loading mill orders, mill rejiairs and
planing mill work, all of which is totallnl.
The same sheet shows the log scale of various
kinds of lumber; it shows the shipments of
dry rough lumber, of bill luuilicr and diessed
lumber; it shows the total of dry lumber for
shipment; it shows store sabs. It further
exhibits the mill cuts by thicknesses ami
grades of the various kiiuls of lumber and
the totals of eacdi kind and thickness in stoi-k.
These daily reports go into every detail, even
including the infinitesimal items of hnnlci
delivereil for local building operations, mill
culls and tram roads; and shows in final, the
total daily cost per thousand feet of lumber
production delivered ready for sliipinent. .\o
less complete is the statistical work by means
of which cost and profit are figured at the
general offices of the company at Baltimore.
Here every item of sales is as carefully an-
alyzed as is its cost of production. It is a
comprehensive and accurate system of laisi-
ness and reflects credit on both Mr. Wood
and his efficient corps of subordinates.
To the marketing of lumber the principals
have given a most analytic study. In oak
lumber the company caters to the furniture
and car trade very largely. Its basswood, ot
which it has a eonsiderai)le quantity, is sold
chiefly to the picture frame manufacturers.
The chestnut goes to the coffin making, house
finishing and furniture trade. The poplar is
sold direct to the automobile maker, the
wagon maker, the furniture trade and to re-
tail lumber yards; the white and yellow pine
M.MvlXi;
In the Timber Operations.
Vtm KXTUXSIOX OV LOGGING UO.U).
DIOCKEU STKAIM LOG LO.\I)Er! A'l' WOItlv
I'AUT OF 'lltAliN I
IN A COVK.
,OAl) OK I'.IG ri)l'LAK LOGS.
HARDWOOD RECORD
COIINKU 111-' TIIK LU
CONNERS
In the North Carolina Country.
MRliU VAIUl AT TOMOTI.A.
CASCADE, CKOSSED BY I.DGtil.VG KOAli.
LOGGING RAILROAD BRIDGE ACROSS CREEK NEAR TOMOTI.A.
and henilook are sold almost exclusively to
retail yards, with whieli the company has a trade
I'idin Boston to Cim-innati. Beyond this from
•!ii lo 1.1 ]ier cent of the coiiiiiany's oak and
|i"|ihir is iiKirkcteil al.>road in such principal
rrade centers as Liverpool, London, Hamburg
and Botterdam. So carefully has the sales
department been conducted that its total losses
froiii bad debts during the past five years have
amounfcd to less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.
Incidentally every detail of operation of
the Wood enterprises is handled by machinery,
and manual labor is minimized wherever pos-
sible. Steam skiddeis and log loaders, logging
engines, log turning devices, log haul-ups, live
rolls and all steam mechanism that can be
employed is utilized to economize on the
uumlier of men em]iloyed. All the company's
mills are cciuijipid with lath and cut-up ma-
chinery, where all Woods and sawmill waste
is utilized. The bark from the oaks, chest-
nut and hemlock is all carefully peeled and
snld to tanners in the vicinity of the plants.
The refuse chestnut wood is harvested and
sidd to tannic acid plants, and the tie timber
is also taken out and converted into railway
ties. Waste timber in the Wood operations
is practically nil. Tlie several structures, local
office buildings, lioarding houses, store build-
ings and houses for the employees, are cheaply
Ijut substantially built of cull himl>er and
building pa]:ier. Neither on the exterior nor
interior ot any of these structures is seen
eitlu'r the result of the planing machine or
p:iinter's brush. They may be called crude,
but they answer the purpose and are cheap.
111! the whole, it is my opinion that from the
|riiint of cost in equipment and operation the
K. K. Wood lumber enterprises are the peer
of any in the United States.
Personnel.
In eoniiectiou with this article it is per-
tinent that something be said concerning the
princi|)als and subordinates of the E. E. Wood
l,und;er Company and the Moutvale Lumlier
( 'ompauN'.
KoBERT E. Wood.
The liiipgraphical sketch giving ilr.
Wood 's commercial history presented in the
last issue of the H.'^rdwood Record covered
his career quite fully. Little need be added
save that he is a careful, painstaking man,
thoroughly t'-aiued in his calling of timber
ex|iert and lundier manufacturer. He is the
eiiiliodimeut of dynamic force. His woodsmen
tell me that in cruising he can tire out the
huskiest landlooker in his employ. He is in-
ureil to hardships and spends a great portion
of his time in looking timber properties. He
has a reputation for fairness in all his trans-
actions. The fact that has most impressed
itself npon me during my visits to his various
operations and in my talks with his subordi-
nates has been the loyal friendship mani-
fested by every employe. From woods fore-
man to "tote boy" I gathered expression of
fidelity to the "boss." By them he is looked
upon as an exacting but kindly employer, and
everyone loves iiini.
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43
A. I'. i'i:uM-:v. viCK i-iiKsibK.\'r .mu.ntwm,
Lr.Mr.IOK COMl^AXV.
<;. !.. woui..
.\[r. Wuoii is tiu' noxt ytniii>;<'i- linHlin- iil' IN.li-
I il !•;. WiHul. and has j;ru\vn up willi him in
Ihc limber ami lumtii'r business. On "Leidy,"
as hv is affeftiunately calh'd. has devolved the
riiilway buildinj;. higging, snwmilling and ship-
[)injf of lumber ; in fad. a general supervision
over the entire operations of tlii' \Voo{l corpora-
tions. He is a young man of physieal activity
and mental alertness and to him falls a largo
share of the credit due to the surpassing man-
ner in which this department of ihc business is
conducted.
Ct.akkmi: i:, \\
<'larence K. Wood, the third bi'ulher of Ihe
Wood family, acts as chief assistant to G. L.
Wood, lint devotos his time and especial atteu-
1 ion to executing the work at the Keno, Dry
Fork operation. Mr. Wood is as iiuUistrious and
forceful as his two elder lu-otliers and the ad-
miraltie way in which his work is conducted
bi'S[)eaks volumes for his futnri' in Ihe liardwool
industry.
V. L. \\'iNrni:s'ri:i;.
K. L. Winchester is a veieran in ihr limber
and lumber business of Ihe Appalachian range.
For many years he was a stockholtler and gen-
eral manager of the Loomis & Uari Manufactur-
ing Company at (. hattanoogn. Tenn.. a concrn
I hat has made no inconsiderable lumber history,
lie retired t'r«mi Ibis house some years ago on
aicctunt of ill health induced by overwork and it
is only within the last few years that he has
again taken up active life in woods work.
Although of a very ipiii'l disposition and gen-
ilcmanly manner, he is a genuine "mixer" with
Ihe people living in the great Smoky and HUk-
Uidge country of the lower Appalachians. lie
has the eontidenee and respect of every laud
owner and settler in the entire region and the
limber deals that would bo Irapossittle to the
C, 1.. WniHi. CDXKUAL MANACiKli K.
WiKH' I.TMBEK COMPANV.
s. ranger are carried out by him with diplomacy
and Hnesse. I have never had the pleasure of
trailing the fores! with a more competent and
agreeabli' woodsman Ihan F. L. Winchester. II'
has immediate charge of the North Carolin.i and
Soiiib r.-irolina timb.r and lumiier i perations of
Hie .M"iitvale Linnber Tompany.
OrilKK K.MI'l.OVKS IN THE W<iOPS W'UiK.
Incidentally I met and was very favorably
impressed wiih the per.sonality and the manner
in whieh I hey conduct iheir share of the work
of the Wood enterprises, W. Tj. Leilzell. super
iiiteiidenl of the Keno manufacturing operation:
W. W. I'riiel I, superintendent of the lUiladeen
[tlant, and W. J. Wright, chief accountant at
the same operation; .7. A. Uobertson. superin
lendent of the Tomotia plant, and Kyle ('onner.
I lu' logger at the same operation ; (leorge T.
Ueid of Jocassce, S. C. the stalwart custodian
of the Souih Carolina properties of the Moutvale
Lumber Comiiany, and Joseph Mcduire. who oe
en pies the same position in the Transylvania.
X. I'., j.roperty of the company. To those named
above and nmny others who contributed to my
coiuforl. pleasure and information 1 wish to
return sincere thanks.
Tmt: Kxi:<t"Tivi': Foitii:.
While ilir Wood companies are Ihoinuglily or
ganized in Ihe woods and operating end ul* (lie
business, it is no less true that the executive
staff is equally well organized into an ellicixuit
eor|is Ihat reflects credit on the sagacity r»f
i;. F. Wood, in selecting assistants.
A. r. I'KllLKY.
A Mian in whom 11. K. Wood owes no lilile
delii lit gialilude is the vice president of Hie
Mi. ul vale Lumber ('omi)any. A. L. I'erley. of
Willi;i]MS|torL Fa. Mr. Lerley is the well krioun
bardie]- of eastern Feunsylvania, lieing president
of the West Uraneh National l!ank of Williams
\\nnl. ASSISTANT GF.XIOKAL MAXA
t;i':u u. iv wiKHt i.iMi'.i:u iomfaxv.
port. He is an able linancier and a banker of
rejmte. as no banking institution in eastern
Feunsylvania stands higher or has luid a better
t<'(ord than lias his institution.
Mr. I'erley began his hnuber career in Wil-
liamsport. Fa., as a bookkeeper for one of the
large lumber c(unpanies of that city. Later he
entered the business on his own account as part-
ner in the hrin of Howard & Ferley, which con-
cern acijuired valuable timber holdings on thi'
Susijuehanna river and its tributaries, and en-
gagi'd extensively iir the manufacture of lumber.
At the time of the organization of the Mont-
vale Lumber Company of IJaltimore, February '2,
FM14. Mr. Ferley was elected vice president of
Hiis eompany and still acts in this capacity.
Mr. Ferley has had a wide lumber experience,
which together with his jtosition as head of
sill h an enl erprising instit ution as the West
Ilraneh Xational F>ank. which is very favorably
known throughout Feunsylvania, merits for him
the appreciation he enjoys of being a good ad
\iser in commercial enterprises.
H. L. FuW.MAN.
Ambition to succeed, coupled with untiring
energy and thorough honesty, arc the dominant
traits of character of Ihe man now at the head
of the sales depart ment of t he Wood corpora-
lions. Mr. Itowman was horn and roared
at Lynchburg. Va. After reaching man-
hood be became interested in the iron
industry, which business he followed for a
number of years. In November, 1891, he entered
a new field of endeavor and became engaged
witli the West Lynchburg Furniture Company as
secretary and treasurer, retaining that position
until the year F.Ml'J. when he accepted the posi-
titui of sales manager wiHi Mr. Wood, continu-
ing ill ilnil capacity until the organization of
Hie |{. F. Wood Luud)cr C<nnpauy, at which time
he w.is niatle general sales manager for that com-
HOW FOrT>AU SAFS AKF "UlCKFI)" T(i I'i:i:\i:XT STAINING.
I'Ki.M i'ii\ i: \\.\ii:i; Fn\\i;i: s.\wmii,l xI':ak f.flahken, tenn.
HARDWOOD RECORD
\vi.\riii:s'i'i:i:. siphkixthndent
XOUTII AM) SIICTII CAKOI.INA (W-
EUATIONS MONTVAI.E I,I-MKEU
COMrANV.
pany and l:u:^i- for Hit* Montvah* Liimbi.'r Com-
pniiy.
J. K. rAINTEK.
.7. K. 1 ainti>r. si'i ivtary and treasiu-pr of tlio
Wood corporafions, was born in 1871 in Wytli ■
county. Virginia. Here he grew to manhood,
aoijuiring tlie -sterling qualities so often devel-
ojjcd in men of that mountainous portion of the
old Diuuinion.
In the spring of lSir.1 Mr. Painter accepted
a responsible position with the I'ittsburg l' at:
Glass Company at its plant at Ford City. la.,
where he remained until forced by ill heaUh to
seek a change of climate. In the fall of liUXI h:'
entered upon the duties of bookkeep.'r and gen-
eral office man for I;. E. Wood while the head
quarters of his luis'ncss were still located in
West Virginia. In this work Jlr. Painter con-
tinued, proving by his character and business
integrity to be well deserving of the trust
reposed in him by the promotion to the offlc
of secretary and treasurer of the H. E. Wo;)d
I^umber Company at the time of its organizalion
and later to the same office in the .Montvale
l-aimber Compauy-
E- L. \V.u:hi.;n-.
E. I.,. Warren, purchasing agent for the Wood
companies, was born at Emory. Va., in 1.S74.
lie was educated at Emory and Henry Colleges,
and launched on his business career at an earl.v
age. He sought for and found a field for his
untiring energy in southern West Virginia, which
was Just then being opened by the building of
.1. K. PAlXIEl;. Si:cnE'IAKV Axn ■riilOAS
IKEI! It. E. WDOIi LIMBEU CO.MPAXY
AXIl .MOXTVALI': I.rMKER
CO.MPAXY.
the Pocahontas division of the Xorfolk & West
ern Uailway. Here he received hs first train-
ing in the lumber indusvry. gaining rapidly by
dint of hard svork an exp.u-ience and knowledge
of the practical manufacture of lumber which
promptly recommended him to Mr. Wood, with
whom a warm pirsonal friendship had begun
during tile tirst months of their acquaintance.
I'^arly in l!.»oy Mr. Warren was made purchas
iug agent for the Wood corporations, which de
partment he conducted ably, buying lumber and
stiperin'-endiug the shipping in the Tennessee
and Xorth Carolina territory, until the recent
addition of new plants required his attention.
He is not only energ.tic and hard working, but.
better still, is versatib^ and has greatly assisted
the general management in the many different
tields of the company's operations.
Mr. Warren is a niemlier of the excdilive
board of the It. E. Wood Lumber t.'omijauy and
the Montvale Lumber Company.
.7. II. Yost.'
Mr. Y'o<l was born in Wythe eonuty. Virginia,
in I.ST.'i. liis parents moving to Washingiim
coimty in th" same state when he was but two
years of age. He obtained his edmation at
Weaverville College. North Carolina.
In l.snil hs entered the employ of R. E. Wood
at Sandy Huff. W. Va.. as clerk in the commis-
sary. I!y his strict attention to business and
his mastery of detail in that department, he
was soon promoted to the position of general
store manager.
1.- l;ilW.MAX. SAI.IOS .MAXACEK I!. E.
Wlllil) I.CMHER COMPAXY AXL)
-M(iX'l\-|l.LE I.r.MREE
COMI'AXV-
In June. 100.'!, shortly after the organization
of the It. E. Wood Lumber Company, Mr. Yost
was appointed to the important post of general
accountant for the company and transferred from
West Virginia to Baltimore, to the general offices
of the company. 'Ibis position he still retains,
tilling it with the same d?gree of efficiency
which has characterized all his work for the
\A'ood interests.
W. L. T.iii.or..
At the head of the legal department is one
of those earnest and energetic workers whose
habits of life were termed under the strenujus
londitions natural to development in the rural
mountainous regions of southwestern Virginia.
At tli:> ag.> of twenty-four W. L. Ta.vlor began
the practice of law at Pe.'ryville. the county
seat of McUoweii count.v. West Virginia. Two
years later, when the court house was removed
to Welch, he followed this center of interest, be-
< oming therebj' a pioneer in the section in
which R. E. Wood began the moulding of the
great business which is the subie<'t of this story.
Mr. Ta.vior has been legal adviser and gen-
eral attorney for R. E. Wood and the companies
un ler bis control since the beginning of opera-
tions in West A^irginia. Because of his thorough
familiarity with thai country and his excellent
attainments as a lawyer and man of business
h;s labors in the up building of these interests
have over been marked l:y most successful ac-
coniplishirrnt.
WARREX, 1 UliCllASIXC At;
THE WOOD COMPANIES.
L. TAYI.DU. ATTUKXEY FOR THE WOOD
COMPANIES.
YOST. CIIIEE ACCOUNTANT
WOOD COMPANIES.
■'OR THE
HARDWOOD RECORD
4.S
HARDWOOD NEWS.
Vontijinftl (I'ljub pufjv ^S.
The Imperial Kurnilurt' Company of this city,
manufacturing tal)Ies. is oporatlni; its plant
thirteen hours a day. Some of thi- other fac-
lorifs are also runnius overtime.
Bristol, Va.-Tenu.
K. L. Edwards of Imylon. < >., Is spending:
some days in this .si-iiion. Mr. Kdwards han-
dles the output of a nviinber of mills throughout
i^ast Tennessee and Western North Carolina.
The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company is work
ing hard in an effort to have their new l)and
mill at Hampton. Carter County, Tennessee,
completed and ready for operation hy .Tanuary
1st. A railroad (standard gauge) is being buill
from Klizabethton lo Hampton, a distance of
about eight miles, and a narrow gauge railroad
is under course of construction from the com-
pany's mill site at ITampton. up Tiger's Creek to
its timber lands, a distance of some twelve
miles.
A charter has been granted lo the White Top
llailway Company, which is being built through
Washington, Smyth and Grayson counties, Vir-
ginia, by the Hassingi-r Lumber Company, of La-
mona, I'a. This company has purchased one of
the biggest tracts of timber in southwest Vir-
ginia and is preparing to develop same. The in-
corporators of the new concern held a meeting
at Abingdon, Va., on September 2r>. and elected
the following ortieers : I'resident. W. A. Hass'n-
ger. Abingdon. Va. ; vice president. .1. H. Has-
singer, Lamona. l*a. : secretary. .1. Iby Hurt.
Abingdon, Va. ; t rea.su rer. L. C. Hassinger.
Azen. Va. The principal offices of the company
will be at Hazen. Vn. The company will con-
struct a large band mill and will begin cutting
timber as quickly as possible.
W. S. Feagin. of Ilristol. lias closed a deal for
1.000,000 feet of lumber in the lower end of
Sullivan county, about seventeen miles from
Ilristol. This stock will be manufactured at
ISristol, and shipped from there.
U. F. Clapp. of Tauther. West Virginia: < >- C.
Hathaway, of Hampton, Tenn. ; H. H. Andrews,
of I'anther, and K. tl. Page, of Hampton, ofh-
<-ials of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company,
nf Columbus. Ohio, spent part of last week in
Lristol on important business.
W. O. Price, of the W. O. Price Lumber Com-
liany, of Baltimore, Md.. was a visitor in the
_ rity last week. Mr. Price is buying hardwood
sioek in large quantities in this section.
L. R. Bylor. purchasing agent of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, was a recent visitor to the local
market. Mr. P.yloi- has bought 1^00,000 feet of
line oak at Gate City, and is making numerous
other purchases in this district. The lumber is
being shipped to Altoona. I'eunsylvania, for use
in the construction of Pennsylvania railroad
'■i|uipment.
The Douglas Lumber Comijany has coustruett-d
a twelve-mile line of railroad extending from
the company's mill near Laureldale. Va.. into
a richly timbered section of southwest Virginia.
The Came-Wyman Lumber Company is con-
structing seven miles of standard gauge rail-
road from Swastika, near Bluff City, ten miles
south of Bristol, into its timber properties.
The company lias piu-ehased a 3,000 acre tract
of timber near Elkanah and the logs will he
brought out over the new road to the V. &
S. W., and thence direct to Bristol, where they
will be cut at the hand mill of the Bristol Door
iS; Lumber Company. The company has already
purchased the larger part of its railniad equip-
mi'ut. and is contemplating the eretion of a
hand mill on their timber tract.
The Collins Lumber Company has i>urchased
ibe property of the Klkhurst I'lauing Mill Com-
pany, at Elkhurst. W. Va. The company now
has one of the best equipped wood working
phinis in West Virginia.
Franklin I'. Pishion. of the Tug River Lum-
ber (.'ompany. leaves this week for an important
business trlj) to I'hiladelphla and New Vt)rk.
Paul W. I'^leck of Philadelphia wns a recent
visitor to the city.
Cincinnati.
'I'he proposed belt railroad and thi? trans
liortation question in general were discussed at
the meeting c(f the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club
held Monday nigiit, Oct. L nt the P.usiness Men's
Club. .lames T. McHugh. who Is rhairmnn of
the TeriUinal Committee of thi- Businr-ss Men's
Club, spoke on the belt road, and E. E. Wll
liamson. c()mmlssloner of the Receivers' and
Shippers' Association, spoke on general trans
portatiou.
Thi' following new members were jidinii leil :
The Sterritt Lumber Company, lb.- Uii-mciei-
Lumber Company, the X'. S. 'riiiilicr Coini»iiiiy
ami Wildberg Lumber Company.
Presidi'nt Moffett appointed B. F. Dulweber.
<'bester F. Korn and W. W. Stone delegates to
the ultio State Railroad Commission meeting ai
Columbus on Oct. 18. At this meeting the re
consignment charge case against the B. tS: O-
S. W. Railroad will be heard. Other questions
in which lumbermen are vitally interested will
also be discussed.
The lumber movement for Septc-mber was as
follows: Receipts, (>.I'J4 cars; shtpmenis, 4. 7^11
cars. For tiie same months Inst year receipts
aggregated 0,292 cars and shii>mi'nts 4,lH)ri cars.
The exhibit of the Lumbermen's Club at the
fall festival which ended Sept. 2s was donated
to the <'incinnati University of <'incinnati f(»r
the instruction of students. The exhibit at
traded more than 200 lumbermen from other
cities during the month's run of the festival and
club members secured much business. George
Ltttleford was chairman of the committee in
charge of the exhibit.
C. Crane & Co. have 200.000 logs along thr
Kanawha River and part of them will be tloate 1
down as soon as the tide reaches a suital)b'
stag!'. "Fortunately we do not need the logs
right now," said C. Crane. "General luml)ei-
business is in excellent shape with us.'"
Tln' Wildberg Lumber Company, a new cori)o
lation at Arlington Heights, a suburb, is enjoy
ing a fine business at present. Horace Wildberg
and brothers are at the head of the firm.
The Freiberg Lumber Company, with mills ;ii
poplar, Findlay and McLean avenue, has re
sumed operations after a shut-down because (if
no logs. They have a fine assortment now and
will he kept busy for some lime Tlu' lirtn is
specializing in mahoganj'.
The Baldwin Piano Company has acquired
considerable additional property and will estab
lish yards where lumber can be kept for yenrs.
Tliey will also build new woodworking shops.
(>. V. Uurd of O. P. Hurd. Jr.. & Co.. Cairo.
HI., spent Ills vacation here last mouth. The
Hurd conipany was located in this city until a
yeaj- ago.
Nashville.
The skating rink fad has n-sulled in a heavy
demand for beech and other hardwood lloor
ing. Orders for new rinks are reported to In-
coming in all the time and the demand for
beech, which is used for the flooring, has result-
ed in advanced prices. Beech makes excellent
flooring, takes a high polish and is hard and
durahh'.
.John B. Ransom of .lohn B. Ransom tfe Co..
returned Saturday night from a stay of several
days in Xew York, where he attended a meeting
of the special oonimittee of the .Methodist
Episcopal Cliurch, South.
Arthur B. Ransom is attending the annual
session of the Tennessee Conference at Lebanon.
Tenn.. thirty miles from Nashville.
Richard Wilson of the Nashvilh; lIardwo()d
Flooring *"ompany. accompanied by Mrs. Wil-
.son. is making an extended stay in New York.
.liihii W. Love of Love. Boyd & Co. reports
business very good, with an exceptional di'niand
for plain oak.
W. J. Cude of Kimmins. Tenn.. is in Louis-
villr atti'udiiig a meeting of the creditors of^
I be Stokes Lumber Company.
W. A. Ransom, head of the Gayoso Lumber
Company of Memphis, was a recent visitor to
ibi' city, accompanied l>y John Laskey. one of
the salesmen for that concern.
J. R. Russell of Bowling Green. Ky.. was
a recent visitor to the local market. He is
looking around for beech flooring for a skating
link to be built there.
One of the most attractive booths and ex-
hibits at the big Tennessee State Fair, which
took place on Monday and continued for a
week, is that of tlic Nashville Hardwood Floor-
ing Company. In a space 10 by 12 feet square
the company lias laid a lot of fancy flooring in
squares and strips, with plain and fancy bor-
ders, all highly polished. Wax and felt brooms.
floor wax and other items incident to floor
keeping, are included in the exhibit.
A special from (.'loyd's Landing. Ky.. stales
that K. E. Turner & Co. have bought a tract
of timber lands near there containing several
million feet. They have erected a saw mill
on it ;iiid will market tin- rimbt-r at an early
dair.
l-'rank Kyle, son of Hugh Kyle, a prominent
lumberman of Celina, Tenn., at the mouth of
lb'- famous nhed river, was in the city Satur-
day.
Ill till- recL'UI heavy rains around Middle
Tennessee a hirge quantity of staves were lost
near White Bluff, Tenn., Joseph Brown at that
l)lace losing a quantity valued at $14,000.
Not only were the staves washed away, but
the factory was badly damaged by water and
mud.
I.ii'berman. Loveman & O'Brien, who recently
sustained a severe loss by fire, are handling
their usual big business as though nothing had
happened, drawing from their five other yards
ii! this section.
The Abbott Luml>er Company of St. Louis
has bought the planing mill of the O. G. Gard-
ner Lumber Company of Jackson, Tenn., and
will enlarge the capacity of the same. The
firm has contracted for 100,000,000 feet of
hardwood lumber for delivery at Jackson.
Josepli Whited has sold his stave mill at
White Bluff to George (Jiltiland of Nashville.
The Lamb-Fish Lumber Company of New
Jersey, capitalized at $l.oOO,000. has registered
Its charter at the state capital for the purpose
uf engaging in business in Tennessee.
Mwing to the excessive rains of the past two
or three weeks there is a good tide on in the
Ciunberland river and (piite a quantity of logs
lijivr come down.
Memphis.
Secretary E. M. Terry, of the National Lum-
ber Exporters' association, is back from an
lOastern trip on which he combined business
and pleasure. He visited Cincinnati. Buffalo,
.Niagara Falls. New York. Philadelphia. Balti-
more. Niu'folk, Washington, Knoxvilb' and Chat-
tanooga. He nwX nearly all the members ()f
tlu' association and got much closer in toueli
with tliem and their work than he had been
previously. While at Norfolk he took up with
Ibe I'nited Sliipping C(!mpany the (piestion of
lestoring gum to fho liardwood list and today
he received ofliclal advices from that concern
to tlu' effect tliat it had taken this action.
.\!l the .southern sleamship Hues with the ex
(■ejition of those operated by the United States
Shipiuug Company out of Norfolk have been
<-lassifylng gum as a hardwood and giving it
ihr' hardwood rate and this fact was used with
t filing effect on the management of the com-
))aii\. Mr. Terry also during his trip appeared
lief on- the interstate commerce commission at
Washington Sei>t. 12, when the question of
export rates was under advisement. He repre-
sented tlie association liefore that body, al-
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though the meeting was called explicitly for
the purpose of considefing rates ou eottou
exports.
At a recent meeting of the Lumhermen's Club
of Memphis President W. H. Russe, of the
National Hardwood Lumber Association, called
the attention of the membership to the fact
that the semi-annual meeting of that organi-
zation would be held in Cincinnati Oct. 2o-2G
and urged that there be a good representation
from the local club, which now seems assured.
Three new members were received, W. C. Talmer,
of the Wiborg & Hanna Company, a branch of
the Cincinnati firm of the same name ; A. L.
Foster, of the J. W. Thompson Lumber Coin-
pany, and W. A. Stark, of James E. Stark &
Company. The committee which had charge of
the minimum weight contest with the Missouri
Pacific system, consisting of George C. Ehe-
mann, chairman, E. E. Goodlander, James E.
Stark, S. C. Major and J. W. McClure, was
given a vote of thanks for the able manner
in which it had performed its duties and dis-
charged.
Rapid progress is reported on the grading
of the Memphis, Paris & Gulf Railroad which
was incorporated some time ago for the pur-
pose of building a line from Nashville to Ash-
down, both Arkansas points, a distance of 28
miles. Nine miles have been completed and
rail laying has begun, while the remainder
of the grading is under contract. The road
runs through a splendid timber section and will
prove a factor in the development of it.
The Illinois Central has given notice to ship-
pers that it will not accept shipments in its
cars for points which are not reached by its
own lines. The only exceptions are the Balti-
more & Ohio and the Pennsylvania system,
exclusive of the Vandalia lines of the latter.
This move Is made because the Illinois Central
fears a decided shortage of cars and desires
to conserve its own rolling stock as far as
possible, but lumber shippers are very much
handicapped by this action and there is some
discussion of taking the matter before the
■interstate commerce commission. Lumbermen
fear that other roads will follow the course
of the Illinois Central and in that event it
would be almost impossible to make shipments
of lumber at all.
Harold Petri, of Quinot & Petri, Antwerp,
r.elgium, who was located in Memphis for sev-
eral years, has opened headquarters at the
Hotel Gayoso for a while. He has come over
to this country to buy lumber and says he will
remain until he has secured his requirements.
He has been south of Memphis during the past
few days.
Stockholders in the Merchant's Trust Com-
pany, which closed its doors here during Christ-
mas week last year, have been officially notified
by the receiver of that institution that he is
ready to declare a dividend of between 40 and
30 cents on the dollar in their favor. This is
a rather better showing than anticipated some
time ago. A number of lumbermen held stock
in the bank and were also large depositors. All
deposits were fully met a few months ago.
Max Sondhcimer, president and general man-
ager of the E. Sondheimer Company, has re-
turned from an extended eastern trip. He also
passed through Chicago. While he was away
Rudolf Sondheimer looked after the interests
of the company here. Mr. Sondheimer reports
an excellent demand for hardwood lumber and
predicts the greatest shortage in the supply
of southern hardwoods for the late winter and
early spring trade witnessed in recent years.
Clay & Elliott, of Henderson, Ky., have pur-
chased the hardwood timber holdings of Russell
Gardner, of the Banner Buggy Company of St.
Louis, in Saline, Cleveland, Dallas and adjoining
counties in southeastern Arkansas. The price
is not known. The purchasers propose to put
in a large spoke factory and band saw mill
at Rison. Ark., a few miles from Pine Bluff.
Ark.
The property of tlie C. B. Kelly Lumber
Company of Homan, Ark., which passed into
the hands of a receiver some time ago, con-
sisting of timber land holdings, a hardwood mill
and a tram-i'oad. has been sold, under order of
the federal court for the western district of
Arkansas, to William F. Wood, of Chicago, for
.$40,000. The estimated value of the holdings
at the time of the failure was $150,000. The
failure of the lumber company resulted in the
suspension of the Bank of Newport at Newport,
Ark., this firm being the largest creditor of that
institution.
The Fee-Creightou Company of Newark, O..
has decided to establish a hardwood specialty
manufacturing plant at Newport, Ark., which
is to have a monthly payroll of between $5,000
and $10,000. A representative of the company
has been south for some time looking over the
lield and was so impressed with Newport and
its facilities that he made a proposition to
locate there in the event business men donated
a site. This was immediately accepted, fifteen
acres being given the Arm. Work on the plant
is to be begun at once. Mr. Creighton, a mem-
ber of the firm, will make his permanent resi-
dence at Newport and will be in charge of the
plant.
Eastern capitalists have sent agents into the
Mississippi valley for the purpose of investigat-
ing and making an exhaustive report on the
gum forests of that section. These gentlemen
are connected with the lumber industry and
the statement is made that if the investigation
proves satisfactory they will establish plants
for the manufacture of gum lumber and various
products made therefrom. Their plans are said
10 contemplate also the erection of vulcanizing
and creosoting plants for the treatment of gum
to be used as cross ties, the claim being made
that their process will give gum ties as long
life as those made of oak.
A meeting of the Lumbermen's Club was held
at the Hotel Gayoso Oct. 6. A communication
from the Lumber Exchange of St. Louis, asking
the local organization to join with that body in
a protest to the railroads against the enforce-
ment of the reconsigniug charge of $5 per car,
was brought to the attention of the meeting.
There was considerable discussion of the matter,
and a committee consisting of James E. Stark,
chairman, A. L. Foster and George C. Ehemann.
was appointed to investigate the bearing of the
charge on the lumber Industry of Memphis
and to confer with the committee appointed
by the Lumber Exchange of St. Louis.
Secretary E. M. Terry of the National Lum-
bi.r Exporters' Association attended this meet-
ing and was called upon for a talk on the
subject. It was resolved that the Lumbermen's
Club put itself ou record as in favor of the
restoration of the basis which prevailed before
the new rate law became effective, and the
president was authorized to appoint a com-
mittee to go to Washington on Oct. 10 to at-
tend the hearing of the interstate commerce
commission.
It was also decided to extend an invitation
to the National Lumber Exporters' Association
to hold its next annual meeting here in Jan-
uary, 1907, as the guest of this body.
Besides Secretary Terry there were two other
visitors present, Harold Petri, of Quinet &
Petri, Antwerp, Belgium, and W. A. Bennett,
of Bennett & Witte, Cincinnati.
It. J. Darnell of R. J. Darnell, Inc., has
just returned from an extended business trip
lo Europe.
The National Lumber Exporters' As.sociation,
owing to the short notice it had in reference
to the meeting of the interstate commerce com-
mission and the consequent difficulty of com-
municating with its widely scattered member-
ship, decided to present its case regarding
the equalization of lumber export rates before
The commission through a written statement
iustead of through personal representation.
This action was taken in response to a
telegram received by .Secretary Terry, inform-
ing him that the as.sociation could take
up the matter either through personal appear
a nee before that body or through a statement
tiled with it. If the statement is not effective.
it is highly probable that all the lumber organi-
zations will get together and make a strong
effort to obtain the equalization of export rates
vn lumber because they realize that, unless there
is equalization, all the business from this ter-
ritory will have to go through New Orleans,
I bus causing congestion which will prove ex-
ceedingly costly to the exporters of lumber.
\'isitiug lumbermen to Memphis recently in-
cluded : W. E. Douglass, of Douglass & Walk-
ley of Columbus, O. ; Allen Vinnedge. of A. R.
Vinnedge & Company, Chicago; H. S. 'Janes,
"f the Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo, N. Y. ;
V. F. Fish, secretary of the National Hardwood
Lumber Association, Chicago : C. F. Korn, of the
1 arrln-Korn Lumber Company. Cincinnati; W.
A.Bennett, of Bennett & Witte, Cincinnati; W.
Dixon Smith, of Parkersburg, W. Va., repre-
senting Alfred Dobell & Co. of London, Eng. :
M. Neely, of McDonald Brothers, Helena, Ark.
F. E. Gary, vice-president and general man-
ager of the Baker Lumber Company, has gone
lo Chicago to look after plans connected with
the rebuilding of its big baud sawmill at Turrell.
Ark., which was destroyed by fire Sept. 30. The
loss is estimated at about $50,000, covered by
insurance. There were about 6,000,000 feet of
lumber on the yards which was saved through
tiie heroic efforts of the employees.
J. W. McClure of Thomp.son & McClure has
returned to Memiihis from an extended business
trip "down Fast." He came back via Chi-
cago.
New Orleans.
The timber interests in Louisiana and Missis-
sippi suffered lieavy losses in the hurricane which
swept over Mobile, Pensacola and other places in
this territory last Wednesday and Thursday.
The yellow pine operators in Mississippi were
the heaviest losers, the damage to hardwoods
throughout that state and Louisiana being com-
paratively slight. In some sections of Alabama
and Florida the destruction of hardwoods was
considerable. In most cases lumbermen are erect-
ing small portable sawmills on the devastated
property to cut the fallen timber.
With the charge tliat the action of the Illi-
nois Central Railroad in deciding to use its cars
on its own lines and there only was unfair, lum-
ber manufacturers of Mississippi recently met
and resolved to take steps to have the railroad
company set aside this order. Probably fifty
manufacturers were present at the meeting,
which was held in Hattiesburg, and these de-
nounced the action of the railroad company.
The car shortage problem was discussed, and it
was generally agreed that the lumbermen of
the South were facing a serious situation. It
was finally resolved to protest to the traffic
manager of the Illinois Central and to call upon
him for aid in the matter.
One of the largest timber deals consummated
in Louisiana in some time was closed at Monroe,
La., Oct. 1. when the Standard Lumber Com-
pany in Catahoula parish sold its C0,000-foot
capacity sawmill, 52.000 acres of land and six
miles of railroad to the Louisiana Central Lum-
ber Company of Clarks, receiving something over
$1,000,000 for its properties. It is understood
that the Louisiana Lumber Company at Rochelle
is interested in the deal to the extent of one-
fourtli of the purchase price. The timber is in
one of the hardwood sections of the state, though
there is considerable shortleaf pine on the prop-
erty. The purchasers will eularge the plant to
double its capacity.
Advices from Meridiau, Miss., state that a
$100,000 furniture manufacturing company will
probably succeed the Meridian Coffin Factory.
Among those interested in the movement are
B. V. White, W. Meeds, E. Cahn, S. A. Gray,
F. J. Burke, Sam Greenwald and W. A. Gough.
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11 is pui-posi'd lo liquidate the affairs of the
Meridian Coffin Factory.
Dispatches from Macon, Ga., state that the hig
plant of the Central City I'lanlng Mill & Lumlier
*'umpany, the largest in that section, with all
its machinery and a large amount of lumber, was
(It'stroyed hy tire recently, entailing a loss oi
.•^100,000.
George Long, a Vicksburg real estate dealer,
recently sold for Campbell, Ureunan & Allen
2,100 acres of timber on the Big Black and
Yazoo rivers to Ed M. Maxwell and E. L. Powell
of Milwaukee. There is considerable hardwood
on the tract.
Pritchctt & McDonald, a new hardwood firm,
liave opened offices in the Macheca building and
will handle hardwood lumber on commission.
The firm is composed of F. M. Pritchett, for
merly with McDonald Bros, of Helena, Ark., and
Charles McDonald, an experienced hardwood
man.
The C. H. Wright Stave Company, Inc., which
olierates a big plant at Hollow Rock, Tenn., is
removing to New Albany, Miss., where it will
continue operations. New machinery will ]>■■
purchased and the capacity of the plant will br
.me carload of staves per day.
The Robert Nixon Lumber Company has been
organized in New Orleans with a capital of
.f;i.MK),000 to buy, sell and develop timber lands
iind to manufacture lumber of all kinds.
Another new company here is the Welch-
Scbmide Company. Ltd., which has been organ-
ized with a capital of $25,000. It will deal in
timber lands and also manufacture staves and
lumber. Rudolph U. Schmide, Delos A. Welch
and Joseph R. Schmide are the principal stock-
holders.
Other new corporations organized in this vi-
I inity recently are :
Sunflower Delta Land Improvement Company,
ilomiciled at New Orleans, capital stock .foOO.OOO,
lo do a general timber and land business; incor-
porators, Albert DeMore, Edward E. Carriere
and Frank A. Daniels.
Roberts Lumber Company, capitalized at $50,-
iiuO and domiciled at Allis, a new town on the
Santa Fe, near Leesville. The officers and di-
rectors are B. H. Lyons, president ; J. S. Rob-
.•rts. vice president ; C. T. Allis, seci-etary and
treasurer; G. R. Ferguson and Frank Miller.
.lackson Lumber Company, domiciled at Bayou
Si'ie, Sabine parish. La. Capital .'jilO.OOO. to do
a general lumber manufa<'turing business. Offi-
cers, J. P. Towery, president ; W. M. .lackson,
vice president ; R. T. Crow, secretary.
Lena Lumber Company, domiciled at Lena.
Uapides parish. La. ; to do a general lumber
business ; capital, $lt!.()00. Officers, John Bro-
gan, president; Thomas Cleveland, vice presi-
dent ; Dayld W. Love, secretary, and William
Iv Brogan. treasurer.
Louisville.
Railroad matters are pretty troublesome in
this section of the country. Besides the usual
annual battle for cars this year there is an
adiled difficulty that comes from the new rail-
way rate bill.
.\niong the Point mills. Kirwan Bros, sawed
out their logs a few days ago and are now wait-
ing until they get more from up the Big Sandy
Itiver. which they hop'_- to do in a short time.
The Ohio Valley Sawmill Company and the
Louisville Point Lumber Company have good
^<iipplics of logs yet, the latter Arm especially,
which has all it can possibly handle this winter.
.\11 the mills report a good demand for hard
wood lumber and have no trouble in finding a
market for everything cut.
The Kentucky Hardwood Flo.u-ing Company
lias secured a contract to furnish oak flooring for
the Stewart Building, one of the big dowu-town
liuildings now in cour.se of erection. This fur-
nishes the new company a nice bit of work to
start its plant with, and it is now installing
machinery and dry kiln equipment so as to get
started as .soon as possible.
.\lhert I£. Kampf has put a new mill (litwn in
the woods near Auburn, Ky., lo take the place ol'
the one he recently lost at that place by Are.
II. M. McCracken of the Kentucky Veneer
-Mills says the veneer business is coming along
very nicely, "both for rotary cut stock and quar
ler .sawed.
George N. Welch of the Welch Stave & Head
ing Company, Monterey, Tenn., who was a vis-
itor in town a few days ago, says his company
is not doing much with its sawmill right now.
giving most of its attention to getting out staves.
.Some lumber is being shipped out now on con-
tracts which were on hand, but the company is
not at present operating the mill.
Z. Clark Thwing of the Grand Rapids i.Mich.)
Veneer (Company was in town recently. As well
as being big factors in the line face veneer busi-
ness, these people are promoting a now system
of kiln drying liardwoods. Tlie new Kentucky
Hardwood Flooring Company is putting in one
of tile <*ompany's kilns liere. Mr. Thwing ad-
\:inces some startling ideas on kiln drying lum-
liiM-. and says he is ready to stand back of them
Willi a guarantee that if (he kiln is not as
represented it will not have to be paid for. lie
is very enthusiastic over the new kiln, but that
does not keep him from doing a big business in
tine face veneers. He says the veneer trade is
in very good ^iliape and the outlook bright.
Ashland.
A charter has been issued to the Dana Lumber
Company, a big enterprise just established by
well-known Charleston, W. Va., men ; its chief
works to be located in the Maiden district. The
capital is .$880,000, all of which has been sub-
scribed and .flio.OOO paid. The incorporators
are all iiromincnt business men.
The Tygarts River Lumber Company of Mill
Creek, W. Va.. has acquired the rights to 60,000
acres of valuable timber land near Huttonsville.
closing a deal with Col. Elihu Uutton and Wirt
c. Ward, both of Huttonsville. The amount
ptiid for the timber rights was $100,000.
The Kentucky Land, Timber & Coal Company
was recently organized with headquarters in
this city. T. N. Fannin is president, J. 1'.. Wil
lioit, vice president and attorney. ;ind .1. W.
perry, secretary and manager.
.M. A. llayward, vice president and manager
of the Kenova Poplar Manufacturing Company,
lias resigned and removed his family from Ke-
nova to Columbus.
W. E. Berger of the W. H. Dawkius Lumber
Company is on a business trip to New York.
F. O. Clapp of Scituate, Mass., was among
recent callers to this market.
Minneapolis.
10. Payson Smith of the I'ayson Smith Lumber
Company is absent on a business trip in north-
ern Minnesota, looking after some stocks. George
S. .\gnew of the same company lias relin-ned
from a vacation spent at Lincoln and Denver,
where ho visited relatives. A. S .Bliss of the
same company reports that they are rapidly
acquiring new stocks lo supply their growing
trade, and that their new buyer in Wisconsin has
bought some good slocks of pine for them, which
will be something of a new departure. They
liave also acquired a stock of butternut, for
which they expect to find a ready sale. They
have had an excellent run of fall business iu
hardwood, and find that while birch is inclined
to be weak there is not much unsold stock in
the country.
C. E. Le Crone of the J. W. Thompson Lum-
ber Company of Memphis, Tenn., lias been in
.Minneapolis on business this week.
L. C. Nolan of the Bacon-Nolan Hardwood
Company, Memphis, Tenn., has been visiting his
former home iu St. I'aul for a few days and
looking after some business matters. He re-
ports that they are having a prosperous season
with their new property.
Damage of .$30,000 was done to the plant of
the North St. Paul Table Company on Oct. 4
by fire, which destroyed the building used as a
warehouse tor the finished product and for oil-
ing and finishing. The factory building Itself
was saved, and the loss on the other section of
I lie works is covered by insurance. The plant is
iiwiied by John, Joseph and Frank Luger, who
have operated it for tlie past twenty years.
.Minneapolis building permits tor September
showed a temportu-y falling oft'. They came to
an estimated value of .$711,,">25. Last year iu
September they were valued at .$797,225. The
total for the nine months is still half a million
larger than last year. St. Paul is also running
stronger than last year, and the September total
was one of the best of the year, S^S87.921.
against .$482,^89 last year.
A. F. Hein of the John Ilein Lumber Company.
Tony, Wis., one of tile leading iiardwood pro-
ducers of this section. w:is a business visitor in
.Minneapolis this week.
H. Booream of the liriu of llalsted .S; Booreani.
hardwood wholesalers, with offices at St. An-
thony Park, St. Paul, has gone to New York to
lake charge of an eastern ofliee they have opened
at 100 Broadway. The firm has developed such
a large market for its stocks in eastern centers
that it was deemed advLsable for one of the
partners to be near this trade jind give it close
tittention. Mr. Ilalsled remains in charge of the
main office here.
C. F. Osborne of Osborne & Clark, the local
wholesalers, returned this week from a visit
lo the retail Imiilier yarsd of the comitany in
Illinois.
A. E. Beebee of .McMillan. Wis., secretary of
the Wisconsin Hardwood Llimbermcn's Associa-
tion, has been honore<l with a nomination to the
Wisconsin assembly. This action is a guarantee
of electi(ui.
Hardwood Market.
(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Exclusive Market BeportexB.)
Chicago.
Hatilwood affairs locally are in vc'i-y good
shape. While trade is fair there is no rushing
demand. Prices are vei'y well maintained, al-
though there is some concession in price appar-
ent owing to manipulated grades. This is nota-
bly true iu oak, which wood is still in short
supply. A good many jobbers have secured
stocks enough at manufacturing centers to pro
vide for a normal fall trade, while others are
still scurrying for lumber. Poplar is in good
call, very few dealers having any of this wood
to offer. Northern hardwoods are in reasonable
demand, with maple as perhaps the slowest seller
of the list.
Boston.
I Miring the past two weeks there has bi'cii a
stiglit improvement in the market for hardwoods.
This belter feeling has not been confined to any
one wood but is shared by all. A moderate ex-
port business is in progress, one of the large
exporters stating that the demand is not quite
as active as it was last month. .Several lots of
oak have been taken for export. The furniture
manufacturers are all busy and in the markei
for good sized blocks of hardwoods. In many
instances they ask for prompt shipment, showing
iliat their stocks have been allowed to run down.
.Manufai'ttirers of interior finish arc all well
filled up with orders and in .some cases are
obliged to work their plants at nights in order
to get orders off wlien promised.
t^uartered oak remjiins in rather quiet de-
mand with prices steady, while the demand for
plain oak is active. The inquiry for brown ash
is of moderate proportions only. Maple flooring
is ill fair cb'tnand. Whitewood is very firmly
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lield in most instances at outside figures, and
offerings of desirable grades are not large.
Cypress is firm with the call moderati. Xo one
is trying to increase his business Ijy offering
lumber at concessions. Dry stock is not plen-
tiful. Mahogany is in fair call and firm.
New York.
The general tone of the local market for the
liast fortnight has sliown improvement and re-
ports throughout the district indicate a very
lair volume of both present and prospective
business, with prices well maintained. There
is less complaint heard regarding conces-
sions in prices and a forcing of the market than
is usually the case. The yards are in possession
of a very fair assortment of stock, but buying
is active and good stock is rapidly snapped up.
.\ll reports received from those who have made
recent visits to producing points are along the
same lines, namely, a scarcity of good, well
manufactured hardwoods in shipping condition.
In the manufacturing fields a large percentage of
the mills are behind on their orders and those
having any accumulation of stocks have all sold
out weeks ago. with the result that those whole-
sale houses having at the present time any
amount of good hardwood stocks in hand real-
ize their value and are holding out for the
best price possible. Tile hardwood situation is
certainly in very fair shape as regards this
part of the country.
The stocks enjoying the most activity at this
writing are ash, birch, chestnut, poplar and plain
(.ak. Stocks are only in nominal supply and
prices are very firm. IJuartored oak. while
showing some improvement over its midsnmmer
<ondition is still not up to the mark, although
prices are tending to more firmness. Maple
seems to be more plentiful than demand and
prices are a little off. Red gum is moving
in larger quantities right along, and cottonwood
is also active in this part of the country.
Beech is enjoying a good run particularly in
thick stock for temporary plankiug or construc-
tion work. The rise whicli this latter wood
had had in jiopular favor is really remarkable.
the same month of li)0.j. the Bureau of Build-
ing Inspection reports that the last nine months
show an increase of over .fy, 000.000 over the
corresponding period of last year.
Philadelphia.
As the fall season advances, a decided im-
provement is noted in the general market. Yards
which have been somewhat backward are be-
ginning to buy more actively. Good hardwoods
are in demand, with prices stiff and climbing
upwards. Prices are better on all but red cher-
ry, birch and ash. while quartered oak has been
slightly lowered. Chestnut and number one oak
are somewhat scarce, while plain oak is more
plentiful. Gratifying reports are coming in
from the eastern Pennsylvania furniture fac-
tories, which are all busy and buying more
freely ; conditions in this line having conse-
quently a briglit outlook. As was feared, the
shortage of cars is already being felt here, ship-
piTS receiving but one-half their allotment, and
being anxious to get out back orders. In the
Pennsylvania district a great many cars were
leased to the coal mining companies until Oc-
tober 1, and after this date the tension should
be relieved. It is, however, up to the railroad
companies, who are allowing loaded cars to re-
main standing In yards, with no certainty as
to when they will be moved.
The terrific gales passing along the southern
coast during the last few weeks, wrecking somi'
of the mills located upon the coast line and
sinking lumber vessels, have given rise to new,
luiexpected, and xmavoidable conditions. Xo
general report has been received as yet as to
I he extent of damage, but local lumbermen in-
terested in mills exposed to coast storms, have
become uneasy and await anxiously definite tid-
ings, which they fear will prove detrimental to
speedy shipments. Building operations are ac-
tive, and a better grade of hardwood finisliings
is used than has been the case for some .vears.
Though Sepiember shows a decrease in the value
of building permits of 5>10S.!)0.">. compared with
Baltimore.
No decided eban{;e lias taken pbice in the
hardwood situation. All the leading woods
continue in good demand, while the range of
\nlues is very satisfactory. Heavy rains in
man.v of the hardwood producing states have
interefered m.atcrially with the operation of
mills, so that the output has not exceeded mod-
erate figures, while the requirements of tlie
trade have been unabated. This ims served to
keep the market in fine shape and has contribut-
ed not a little to keeping up. prices. The large
needs of the railroads and other heavy consum-
ers have done the rest. Some lumbermen main-
tain that values are quite certain to' ease off in
consequence of an accumulation of stocks, but
the great majority incline to the view that the
quotations will be sustained and tliat even an
advance is not among the improbai)ilities. Dur-
ing recent weeks tlie feeling has been a shade
easier, tiiough no decided decline in prices has
taken placi*. In some directions an advance
is to be noted, sucii being the case with poplar.
It was possible during the summer to buy mill
culls for .flO or thereabouts per 1.000 feet, but
latel.v the holders of stocks have received as
high as .'S21 and $22. Furniture manufacturers
and other users of hardwoods are in the market
buying with comparativi- freedom, and the out-
l"(.)k is very promising.
Oak is moving freely. .Nearl.v all the mills
have plenty of orders ou hand, and the tendency
in values is upward. Stocks in the hands of
local dealers suflice to meet current wants, but
no great surplusage is reported and the receipts
are not gaining on the distribution. Ash is a
strong second to oak, being in urgent request
and bringing remunerative returns. Chestnut
and other woods are likewise buoyant, the move-
ment keeping up with the production. The ex-
port business is without any special features,
(juiet continues to prevail as to oak and some
of the other woods, while poplar is being
shipped in fairly large quantities, though at
prices that are relatively lower than those in
the domestic market. Walnut is still in active
demand at home as well as abroad, the revival
in (he use- of this wood among American con-
sumers having so far shown no abatement.
Pittsburg.
.\s the fall market opens Pittsburg hardwood
men see further indications of a brisk business
ahead for the coming year.
Since September l."i the most noticeable im-
provement in market conditions has been the
inquiry from manufacturers. Every hardwood
firm in the city reports a better trade, larger
orders from the furniture, handle, spoke, car-
riage, wagon and implement factories through-
out the Central West as well as in the Eastern
cities. In the Pittsburg district the glass fac-
tories whose fires started Septimiber 1. are
also active liuyers cliiefl.v of box and crating
stuff. The trade in lieavy timbers and ties has
not fallen off to any appreciable extent, but
it has been sidetracked temporarily by the more
urgent business from the factories.
I'riees are firm throughout the list. Oak con-
tinues to be the favorite seller and all grades
with the possible exception of No. 2 common
arc in first class demand. Chestnut is showing
up better on the books and .iudgiug from inquiry
spruce and poplar are going to be big sellers
this month. Among the minor hardwoods there
is noted, a scarcity of hickory and a conspicu-
ous increase in inquiry for ash and basswood.
Buffalo.
Hardwood lumbermen are ver.v iuisy this
fall and will be until there is some change in
the state of general business to sliut off tlie
di'uiand.
There is very little trouble with prices, for
fliey have not changed much of late and do not
promi.se to change much right away. It is all
a question of how to get a supply of stock.
There are some special drawbacks just now.
Dealers with southern interests are afraid that
the late storms there will cut down the supply
of oak and possibly of some other hardwoods,
at least for a while. At the same time they are
speculating over the chances of lumber being
plentier and perhaps lower when the forests
tliat have been thrown down by the late hurri-
cane are worked into lumber to save them.
Another diffleulty is the scarcity of men and
cars. It is almost impossible to get the men
needed to keep the yard business in shape and
the cars are growing more and more uncertain.
The dealer who can get his lumber in by lake
is very fortunate. He may have to pay a good
freight, for lake rates are going up, but the car-
goes come in promptly when loaded and they
turn out stock fast. Shipments from Canada are
also pretty prompt, .as compared with other di-
rections. The supply of birch comes from that
direction as well as others, but not much else
now in hardwoods.
I'oplar is scarce, but may be helped by the
southern rains. Basswood is doing better, but
elm remains quiet.
Saginaw Valley.
No fiuctuations of note are recorded in the
hardwood list. Beech and birch are in greater
demand and a little firmer in price. Maple is
steady and basswood is doing very well. Elm
is in fair call. There is enough stock coming
I'lu-ward to take care of the demand and not
luucli complaint is being lieard as to trade in
hardwood, whicli is generally regarded as
healthy. The great handicap just now that
cimfronts the trade is the famine in care. It is
impossible for shippers to get even one-third of
the cars wanted.
Asheville.
Trade conditions in western North Carolina
(ontinue to improve and the lumbermen in this
section are looking forward to another prosper
ous season. Business shows marked improve-
ment lint dealers in this city and on the Murphy
branch of the Southern Kailway are hard put
for cars, and many shipments are in arrears.
The Asheville Lumber Exchange has taken up
in serious manner the question of car supply,
and is making effcu'ts toward a solution of the
liroblem. A meeting of the exchange was held
late in September, when reports of committees
were presented and accepted and resolutions
concerning the situation passed. Just what ac-
tion was taken relative to the car supply ques-
tion has not been made public. The officials of
the exchange deem it wise to withhold this
information until defiuiti- action is taken.
Tlie failure of the railway company to give
adequate car service in this territory has been
a source of continual annoyance this year. It
is a fact tliat the lumber business in western
Nortii Carolina has grown beyond even the ex-
pectations of the lumbermen and the railroad
ofliciais. While this is true lumberiHen take
the position that three years is a sufficient
length of time to enable the railroad company
to place its shipping facilities on a par with
the requirements of the tratfi<- and iielieve that
the time has come when it is expedient to force
the railroad to provide better service. Lumber-
men say that it is impossible to secure a regular
and dependable supply of cars. When they
ask for 125 or 1.50 cars they are given 25.
Though they have complained bitterly for a long
time that tliey have been ' given no relief or
even promise of relief. T"nder the present con-
ditions it is not unusual for loaded cars of lum-
ber billed and ready for shipment to remain
on the sidetracks unmoved for days. In many
instances more tlian a week's time has been
lost in this manner. The lumbermen of this
section of the state have become tired of the
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many inconveniences and loss of prestige and
I rade caused by the poor sprvi.ce granted tlicni
liy the Southern railway and arc preparing to
act now in a conccrtcii maiim-r.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn.
'I'hc lumbermen in this section are generally
pleased with trade conditions and entertain a
roseate view of the prospects for winter busi-
ness. Demand is holding up and prices are
lirm. The bad weather has not set in as yet and
the country mills are busy getting their stock to
ihe railroads before tin- hpa\y fall rains make
the roads impassable.
Tlie car supply is by no means what it shouhl
be and, while it has not yet assumed a serious
aspect, it is feared that business generally will
lie handicapped by the usual car famine this
fall .ind winter. Tlie Southern Railway is do
ing everylhing possible to relieve the situation
and an order for 4.000 cars was placed some
months ago in contemplation of a sluu'tage this
fall. The shortage on the Norfolk & Western
and X'lrginia A: SoiitbweKtern is causing mtlcli
ilelay.
Cincinnati.
Lumbermen who have lieen indiilgiug in vaca-
tions liave returned and fall business is on in
earnest. In(iuiries are being received from big
consumers and many heavy orders will be placed
before the end of the m<uith. according to indi-
cations. Weather conditions continue favorable
.•md building operations are going <m uninter-
ruptedly. Nearly all firms are carrying fair-
sized stocks at this time and it is probable that
many logs will be received before the end of
September.
I'rices have been firm in all ilirectious during
Ihe past fortnight and plain oak has continued
I lie best seller, and quartered oak has not
ilragged by any means. Ash and chestnut are
moving well. Ited gutu has met witli brisk in-
>iuiry. In fact, all the . hardwoods have main-
tained excellent positions.
Nashville.
After a rainy spell of almost iiuprecedcnted
duration renewed activity prevails in all dirce-
lious. There has never been any dearth nf
■ irders and all the dealers have their books full,
but tile delay in shipments will cause consider-
.ilile trouble. Little change, is noted in the mar-
ket. Plain white oak is bringing good prices
and is in most excellent demand, with quartered
white oak commanding higher prices than has
lieen the case recently. ijiiartercd red oak is
moving well and there is a noticeable demand
for all low grades of oak. the furniture dealers
taking readily all they can get. I'oplar is both
scarce and high, and there is plenty of demand
for it. It is hard to get it in all thicknesses
and what there is of it in the Nashville inarkei
is in the hands of comparatively few people.
Some ash has lieen coming down the river on the
rt'cenl tide and tiie local suppl.v is said to be
larger (ban usual, which, however, does not
make it large at that, as ash is always high
.■ind scarce in this mai-ket and in .great deinaiul
Memphis.
Tiii're is a very satisfactory ibiiiaiid fur
.sontliern hardwoods, and the markei is linn
with a higher tendency to prices following tlie
iulerruptlon of logging due to the recent heavy
rainfall throughout the .Mississippi valley. The
scarcity of available slock, both actual and pros-
pective, gives the real strength to the market,
and promisi's to remain a feature for at least
the noxt si.\ months. Thi' e.\port demand is re
porleii to be somewhat slow, but there is a good
call from domestic sources. Yard stocks here
are much broken and receipts within the next
few weeks will be very light. The interruption
to milling and logging . operations here is bad
enough in its effect on the market, but the sit-
uaticni is further complic.-itivl by the knowledge
that there has been remarkably heavy precipi
lation throughout \hr llbiip i-ivcr valley and well
down into the Virginias. A shortage of lumber
has been apparent for some time but it is now
conceded on almost every hand that it will be
more pronounced than at tirst anticipated.
Tiiere is no diliiculty in selling plain oak in
any grade or thickness al excellent prices. The
demand is active, while offerings are compara-
tively light. There is no large demand for
(piarter-sawed oali, but there is some improve-
ment noted in the call for (|uartered white in
both the higher and lower grades. (}uarter-
sawed red is dull and raliicr neglected, luii there
is no great (luautity of this available.
Ash is a very ready seller In all grades and
thicknesses atid is commanding fancy prices.
This lumber is particularly scarce. Cypress sells
with case at well maintained figures. There is
no great amount of it ici be bad. .Ml grades are
in request.
Cottonwood shows an upward tendency. Stocks
are light, while there is an excellent demand.
I'rices are being advanced by most manufactur-
ers, and they are hardly able to supply the de-
iiiaiKi. 'I'lie Cottonwood mills are now nearly
all closed down on account of the rainfall. The
demand is good for till grades, but, if anything,
the lower are relatively stronger than the higher
because of the phenomenally large demand for
liox material. There are very few box boards
to be had and prices on these have reached a
liretty high level.
The gum situation is very healthy. The de-
mand for the upper grades as well as for the
lower is splendid, though there is apparently
little interest manifested in clear saps. Low-
grade stock is gradually gaining ground, owing
to tlie increasing consumption of this class of
material in box fa<-'tories and the whole gum
list is being sustained by tlic fact that new
uses are being found almost every day for this
Iniuher which was once regarded as almost
worthless from a commercial sttindpoint. There
is very little poplar for sale liere and the demand
for the limited offerings is quit'' satisfactor.v.
I'rices are wi'll maintained.
New Orleans.
There is little change lo note in tin' eouiiition
iif the hardwood market during the last fort-
night. Tile interior demand is still active, ex-
ports have improved a ^■eI■y little and prices
are good. ,\lan.\' of the mills are busy cutting
timber, and stocks art' being incre.-iseii.
Louisville.
The call for hardwood in this toi-ritory con-
tinues unabated. The main source of worry for
the manufacturers comes from unsatisfactory
weather conditions. Hains continue to interfere
with opi'ratlons in the woods and make hauling
very ditticnit among the country mills. Some
of Ihi' river mills here have a supply of logs
"II liand. bill others are .sawed out and are
waiting for a tide up in tlie mountain streams
to get another supply started. Gen<'ral market
e(uiditions are unchanged, with nnue buyers
in sight than sellers for practically evi'rythiug
on the hardwood list. The most plentiful items
.■ire in quarter-sawed lumber and quarter-sawed
veneer. Manufacturers do not manifest any
special anxiety to dispose of these items unless
they can do so at good prices. This is espe-
cially true of veneer, where the cost of quartered
liilches is so extremely high that it makes the
veneer man's margin rather close, unless he
can get a pretty stilf price for his stock. 'The
nature of the poplar market is too well known
generally to ivqiiire furtlier comment at the
present time. The plain oak market is in good
sliape, and the demand for railway stock is
very activi^ botii in tlie domestic and in the
f<u-eign trade.
Minneapolis.
The only weak spot to be detected in the
market is in birch. There is a good demanii.
larger probably than last year, but Ihe supply
has been hetivier tind has come from a wider
leiritory. It is bi-lievei| by well pnsti'd hard-
wood men that dry hircb will all lie needed be-
fore the next spring cut is availatile, and if
birch stocks were all in strong hands prices
would be maintained. .\ canvass of the mills
sliows that Ihei'e is not much stock unsold.
but tlie trouble is that a good deal has been
lioughl or contracted for by small jobbers who
are In a hurry lo make sales, and are eager
to close out at small margin. .Ml other stocks
are strong, and are being picked up rapidl.v b.v
the factory trade. Basswood is firmer than in
years, and advances in price are noted, t.'ulls
are a dollar higlier than in the summer, and
sell readily. The upper grades arc also some-
what higher in price. The closest search of
Wisconsin falls to reveal any unsold stocks of
I'itbcr red or white oak in large quantities,
lilack ash is otf the market and customers liave
orders placed with ever.v .tobber, asking for
a chance at the first stock that may turn up.
Rock elm is also cleaned up by the implement
factories. Maple is in fair supply and is mov-
ing briskly. The factory trade is better now
than that from the country yards, but the
eountr.v trade when it buys is anxious for quick
delivery. Shortage of ears is holding back ship-
ment, and is making it hard to get stock out
of tlie mills in small towns.
Liverpool.
.Mahogany sales weri' liehl on the 2Tlli and
JSth ult.. and despite all the "bullish" talk of
merchants and auctioneers here tliat the prices
were going higher I bey barely held their own.
Good advice to American buyers would be to
cover themselves for immediate wants, and buy-
ing at present prices until the end of the year
is undoubtedly advisable. With the turn of the
year priivs will doubt less take a downward
riMirsr
.VII hardwoods ar-' tiiiii. Oak is in as strong
demand as ever and commands very high prices,
but large quantities remain to be delivered on
contract, and until these deliveries are made few-
orders can be expected.
Hock elm is in active call and large orders
eould he obtained for dimension stock : also for
logs.
Birib is tinner and will lie baek at its i^ld
price before the mouth is out.
Mapli' logs, after being slow for some time,
are now in active demand again. This is a
trade in itself, and shippers should be careful
not to ship logs until they are certaiji as to what
tills market requires both as regards qualit.v and
size. Maple manufactured boards are firm in
price and some large lines have recently been
lilacc'd. _
London.
The (iemaiid shows slight iiiiiirovement and
accumulated stocks are becoming light at the
docks, as most of the goods arriving are going
direct to the consumers, and buyers are becoming
more inclined to pa.v the advancing prices asked
by shippers.
There is a gooii deuiand tor plain oak boards
and planks in No. I <onimoii. but low-priced
goods are neglected. Slii[)iiients are light in
walnut, but prices are tiriii. and there is more
call for this wood.
There is fair business in wiiittrwood passing
for prime dressed stocks and the market is now-
bare of planks, but no shijinients should be made
unless previously sohl. Culls jire in good de-
mand at high prices, but there is not niucii of
this stock arriving. Satin walnut in all grades
is in g 1 demand al fair prices.
Mahogany prici's are well iiiaiiUained and
stocks are ligiit.
Robert M. Turner has c iinenced business as
a timber importer and agent on his own account
under the name of I!. M. Turner & Co.. and
Intends to make a specialty of teak and Ameri-
can Imrdwoods. Mr. Turner is_ well known in
the timber trade of Great Britain and fitted
tlirongh long experience to conduct his new
business successfully.
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EMPLOYES WANTED.
SALESMAN WANTED.
A Bangup Hardwood Salesmaiij, one acquaint-
ed with the milly in West Virginia. Kentucliy
and Tennessee. Good wages for good man.
Answer fully.
W. M. GILLESPIE LUMBER CO..
farmers' Ban!; Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa.
LOGGING CONTRACT TO LET.
We have 150 mlliion feet mixed hemloelt,
hardwood and pine timber in northern Wiscon-
sin, to be iogged at the rate of 12 to 15 mll-
iion feet per year. Want land cleaned of ail
timber, including pulpwood, cedar posts, poles,
etc. Woi'k to commence fall of 1907. Party
must be financially responsible and experienced
in logging mixed timber by rail. Send refer-
ences, stating whom you have logged for before.
Address "LOGGING CONTRACT,"
care Hardwood Record.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED
WANTED— CONTRACT.
Of sawing with heavy portable mill.
A. L. BUCHER, Morenci, Mich.
LUMBER WANTED
YELLOW PINE POLE STOCK.
Wanted, from reliable mills in Florida,
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas, No. 1
pole stock, clear and straight grain quality
for prompt ca.sh.
AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. Co., Pittsburg, Pa.
WANTED.
Basswood, 200,000 ft. 1" firsts and seconds.
7" and up wide. Hard Maple Axles, 4x5 and
■l^xSM;— 6 ft.
McCLURB LU.MBER CO., Detroit, Mich.
WANTED— HANDLE BILLETS.
Hickory for hammer, liatchct, ax. pick and
sledge handles. Maple and hickory for miners'
pick handles. White ash for shovel handles.
THE PITTSBURG SHOVEL CO., Leechburg, Pa.
WANTED.
White Oak logs and White or Gray Ash logs.
Write tor specifications.
S. N. BROWN & CO., Dayton, Ohio.
WANTED— DIMENSION HICKORY.
Hickory Pole and Shaft Strips. Also good
man to travel, buying and inspecting same.
TOLEDO CARRIAGE WOODWORK CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
WANTED— HARDWOOD LOGS.
200 M feet 28-inch and up White Oak logs.
200 M feet 12-lnch and up Walnut logs.
50 M ft. 12-inch and up Cherry logs.
C. L. WILLEY,
Blue Island Av. and Robey St., Chicago.
OAE.
We are in the market for plain sawed oak,
all grades and thicknesses.
P. G. DODGE & CO., 2116 Lumber St., Chicago.
OAK WANTED.
3 and 4 inch White Oak ; also Mixed Oak ;
also 12x12 Timbers and I'illng of all kinds.
CONIINENTAL LUMBER CO.,
1213 Munadnock Bldg., Chicago, III.
TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE
ALL TIMBER ON 12,800 ACRES
in Citrus county, Florida. On river, and six
miles to railroad. Exijcrts esUmate lifteen
niilllon feet Cypress; twenty million Pine.
Tract also contains Oak, Gum and Ash, not
estimated. Twenty .years for removal. For
further particulars write
FINLEY & RALEY, Cheraw, S. C.
FOR SALE.
10,800 acres Arkansas virgin oak timber-
land. Railroad runs through the property.
Rare opportunity to purchase one of the best
tracts of timber in the Southwest. Fine cot-
ton land when cleared. Write us promptly, as
we are going to sell.
WESTERN NATIONAL BANK, Louisville, Ky.
rOE SALE.
3,550 acres of Georgia hardwood, estimated
to cut as follows :
8,800,(100 feet White Oak.
.'i.r.uO.OOO feet Hickory.
."..."lOO.ooo feet Red Oak.
1.750,000 feet White Ash.
High grade stock suitable for wagon and
carriage manufacture.
3 Mj miles from railroad: river joins tract.
Ten years to remove timber. Address
"H. II.." care Hardwood Record.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.
10 M ft. 1", 1st and 2nd Soft Elm.
10 M ft. 2", 3" and 4" Hard Maple, Com.
& Bet.
10 M ft. 1" Hard Maple, Com. & Bet.
20 M ft. 4/4, 5/4, G/4, 8/4 1st & 2nd Red
Oak.
10 M ft 1" 1st and 2nd Basswood.
10 M ft. 1", 1st and 2nd White Oak.
10 M ft. 2", 3" and 4" 1st and 2nd White
Oak.
10 M ft. 1", 2", 3", 4" Black & White Ash,
1st & Cnd.
10 M ft. 1" Com. Quarter-sawed White Oak.
10 M ft. 1" Common White Oak.
5 M ft. 2", .'!", 4" 1st & 2nd Hickory.
10 M ft. 2>/." and 3"x30" Wh. Oak squares.
SMITH & RANDALL LUMBER CO.,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
ORDERS WANTED.
l-'or short leaf pine and white oak car fram-
ing, bridge timbers, switch ties, etc. Mill in
Miss. D. B. MURPHY & CO., London, Ky.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
HICKORY.
It you want a good location for a Hickory
mill write us for turflicr information.
STONE.MAN-ZEARING LU.MBER CO..
203 Frisco Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.
HARDWOOD TIMBER.
A number of good mill propositions along
the Cotton Belt Route. Tracts ranging from
tire hundred to twenty thousand acres, princi-
pally Oak, Hickory, Gum, Cypress, some Ash,
Cottonwood and other hardwoods. Can be
secured at very reasonable figures now — In
some cases at less than $1 per thousand stump-
age. Choice openings for hardwood lumber
mills, handle and spoke factories, slack coop-
erage plants and other hardwood enterprises.
A number of points on the Cotton Belt offer
free sites or will raise cash bonus or take stock
in practical propositions. Let us have your
wants and see what we can do for you.
E. W. LA README. G. P. & T. A.,
COTTON BELT. St. Louis, Mo.
WANTED.
Party with small capifal to take an active
Interest In well established handle and lumber
business. Entire output sold for four years.
For further Information write or call on
II. F. CLARKE. Okolona, Miss.
MACHINERY FOR SALE
A SNAP IN 2D HAND MACHINERY.
One Stearns Saw Husk and Mandrel, with
Top Saw, two 40" Top Saws, one 5G" Circular
Saw, two C2" Circular Saws, Automatic (irind-
i-r. Emer.v Wheel, Saw Swage. Hammering An-
vil and Hammer. Widiln 100 miles of Mem
phis. Will sell for cash or exchange for lum
bor.
BACON LUMBER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.
VENEER MACHINERY FOR SALE.
owing to changes iK-ing made in our \'f'tioer
Jliii, we offer for sale —
One 50"xG4" Coe Veneer Machine.
One (54" Power Feed Clipper.
t)ne 00" Giant Wringer.
The above are practically new and in first-
class condition and to dispose of them prompt-
ly that the space can be utilized, we will sell
at a substantial sacrifice. For further par-
ticulars address "VENEER MACHINERY,"
Care Hardwood Record.
FOR SALE.
Six foot Band Mill, steam feed, entire plant
complete with equipment, filing machinery,
saws, rip saws. etc. Plant can be conveniently
seen now In running condition. Address
"BAND MILL," care Hardwood Record.
THERE IS NO BETTER WAY
BETWEEN
CHICAGO
INDIANAPOLIS
AND
CINCINNATI
THAN THE
Monon Route
TRAINS A DAY
standard and Comi)artment Sleep-
ers on Night Trains. Parlor and
Dining Cars on Day 'i'raiu.
CiiAs. H. Rockwell, Fhank J. Reed,
Traffic Mana^'er, Gen. Pass. Agent,
CniCAGO
52
HARDWOOD RECORD
JidVertisers' Directory
POPLAR.
Advance Lumber CouiiJanj\ CT
Atlantic Lumber Company
Brown, W. P., & Sons, Lumber Co... 2
Cheat River Lumber Company 65
Chicago Veneer Company 52
Crane. C, & Co 73
Davidson-Benedict Company
Davis. Edw. L., & Co 2
Dawkins, W. II., Lumber Company... 72
Hayden, Harvey .S 10
Kentucky Lumber Company 73
Rhubesky. E. W 2
Ritter, W. M., Lumber Company 76
Koy Lumber Company 53
Southern Lumber Company 2
Stevens-Eaton Company 7
Swanu-Day Lumber Company S
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company... 5
Vansant. Kitchen & Co 7(j
Wood, R. E., Luujbor Company i',
Yellow Poplar Lumber Company 76
COTTONWOOD AND GUM.
Anderson-TuUy Company 4
Bacon-Nolan Ilardwood Company 4
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 72
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co. . . 1
Luehrmann, C. F., Ilardwood Lumlxn-
Company 5
Ozark Cooperage Company 5
Paepeke-Leieht Ivumber Company 8
Smith. W. E.. Lumber Company 4
Stoneman-Zearing Lumljer Company . . ">
Stotz Lumber Company, Inc 2
Three States Lumber Company 4
CYPRESS.
Cypress Lumlicr Company 72
Hafner Manufacturing Company 5
Lothman Cypre.'^s (.'ompany 5
Thompson, J. W.. Lumber Company.. 4
VENEERS.
Chicago Veneer Comi'any. Ino r.2
Wisconsin Veneer Conipanj- (ii)
HARDWOOD FLOORING.
Bliss & Van vVnken 12
Carrier Lbr. ik Mfg. Company 3 2
Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc :;
Cummer, Diggins & Co :;
Fenu BroH. Company 4
Forman, Thos., Ciunpany 6
Haak Lumber Company WA
Kerry & Hanson FliM.iring Company... 71
Mitchell Bros. Company \i
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company 8
Nichols & Cox Lumber Company 70
Pease Company, Tlie 72
Schultz Bros. & Cowen i»
Stephenson, Tlie I., Company 12
Ward Bros 12
Wilce, The T.. Company lo
Wood Mosaic Flooring (Company 2
Young, W. D.. ^ Co 12
SAW MILL MACHINERY.
Mershon. W. Ii.. A: I'o .^C
I'lmenix IManufarluriii:: iniiip;in.\ . ... 61)
WOODWORKING MACHINERY,
American W'«>it Working :\I;ii-IiJncry
Company '. rj7
Berlin Machine Works. The 02 & 63
Defiance Machine Works !i4
Matteson Manufacturing Company.... 54
Nasb. J. M 09
Ober Manufacturing Company, The..
Schindler. A. J. . . '. " .'i4
Smith, II. B.. Machine Comjiany 01
VENEER MACHINERY.
Coe Manufacturing ) 'nnipan.A 50
LOGGING MACHINERY.
Clyde Iron Works 6i>
Lidu'erwix)d Manufacturing ("omiMiny.. G4
Ovcrpack. S. C *. . .
Itusst.-I Wheel A: Foundry Company...
DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS.
iJrand liafii'ls Veneer Works ,5S
Morton Dry Kiln Cnmpany i;i;
New Yurk Blnwi-r Cimipany 50
LUMBER INSURANCE.
Adirondack Fire Insurance Company.. 1
Lumber Insurance Compunv of New
York 1
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany, Boston 1
Lumber Underwriters 12
Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual
Fire Insurance Company
Rankin, Harry & Co 50
Toledo Fire & Marine In?urani-e Co. . .
SAWS, KNIVES AND SUPPLIES.
Atkins. E. C, & Co 00
Champion Saw Company 58 tit 72
Gillette Roller Bearing Company .58
Hanchett Swage Works .58
Marshall, Francis 50
Shimer, S. J.. & Sons 54
MISCELLANEOUS. -
Barroll, II. C. & C^o 12
Childs. .S. D.. & Co 5;i
Cillette Roller Bearing Company 58
Lacey. J. D., & Co 55
Lumbermen's Credit Association .53
Martin ik. Co 67
I'ease Company, The 72
Schenck. C. A.. & Co (iO
Standard Audit Company 11
SOUTHERN HARDWOODS.
Advance iJinilier ('onipiniv 07
Alcock. .Inliu L.. .S: Co, . .' 7
American Lumber Company 66
American Lumber & Mfg. Company... 65
Anderson-T\iIIy Company 4
Atlantic Lilmber Company
Bacon-Nolan ILirdwood Company 4
Beck. E. E., Lumber Company 73
Beyer. Knox & ijo 75
Briggs & Cooper Company 4
Brown. Geo. C. & Co ,S
Brown, W. P., & Sons, Lumber Co... 2
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 75
Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Comjiany 12
Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co 1
Cliivvis. W. R 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co 73
Coleman. .7. S.. Lumber Company 66
Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company 11
Crane. C, & Co '. 73
Crosby ^; Beckley Company. The 6
Cyiui'ss Lumber Company. 72
Dnrlini.'. Clias., & Co 11
Daviilwoii-I'.enedict Company
Dayis. Edw. L., & Co 2
Dennis? & Smith Lumber Company.... 7u
D'lleur & Swain Lumber Compaiiy... 74
hixon & Dewey ", . . . 0
Dudley Lumber Company 70
Duhhneier Bros 72
Dnlweber, .Tohn. & Co 7."!
Elias, G.. & Bro 75
Empire Lumber Company. Buffalo.... 75
Evans & Retting Lumber (Company... 70
Fall. E. H ■ 67
Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 72
Flint. Erving & Stoner Company 65
Freiberg Lumber Company 73
Fry-Buchanan Lumber Company 66
Fuller ton- I'owell Hardwood Luml>er
Company 74
Garetsoii-Creason Lundier Company. . . 5
Caynsi, Lumber Company 4
(iillespie. W. M.. Lunit)er Company... 7
irii-'Lley-I'lielps-Boniiell Company .... 71
ILifiicr .\l;iinilaeiiirini.' Company 5
Ileath-Witbcek Company 11
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co. . . 1
Indiana Lumber Company S
.Tames & Abbot Company 7
.Tenks, Robt. H.. Lumber Compan.v... 67
Jones, G. W.. Lumber Company 68
Jones Hardwood Company 7
Kampf. Alliert R 2
Keator. Ben C 11
Keith Lumber Company 11
Kentucky Lumber Company 73
Lane-White Lumber Company 72
Leavitt Lunibei- C.miiany 12
t..**sh & Matlliews Lumlier Company. . , 11
l.iuehan Lundier Company 05
i.ilchticld. Wni. E
Long-Knight Lumber Company
Love, Boyd & Co
Luehrmann, Chas. F., Hardwood Lum-
ber Company
.McClure Lumber Company
McIIvain, .7. Gibson. & Co
McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company. . . .
Maley, Thompson & Moffett Company.
Martin-Barriss Company
jMiller, Anthony
Miller Bros
Nicola Lumber Company, The
Norman Lumber Company
O'Brien. John, Land is. Lumber Co....
Ozark Cooperage C<»mpany
Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company
Pri '■ ■•
Kadina. L. W.. & Co 73
Ransom. J. B., &. Co 8
Rhubesky. E. W 2
Richmond Park A: Co 10
Ritter, W. AL. Lumber Company 70
Roy Lumber Company ")",
Rumbarger Lumber Company 1
Rvan & McParland 10
Scatcherd & Son 75
Schofield Bros 7
Slimmer, J., & Co 10
Smith, W. E., Lumber Company...... 4
Southern Lumber Company 2
S-^iuthern Oalv Lumber Company 0
Standard Hardwood Lumber (kjuijiany. 75
Steele & Hibbard 5
Stevens-Eaton Company 7
Stewart. I. N., & Bro 7r»
Stewart, Wm. H. & G. S 72
Stimson. J, V 74
Stone. T. B.. Lumber Company 72
Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Comi>any . . 5
Stotz Lumber Company, Inc 2
Sullivan, T.. & Co 75
Swaim-Day Lumber Company S
Thomas & Proetz Lumber C4.>mpany... 5
Thompson. J. W.. Lumlier Company.. 4
Three States Lumber Company 4
Turner, A. M.. Lumber Company 65
Upham & Agler {>
Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company 66
Ward Lumber Company 11
Wells. R. A.. Lumber Company in
Wentworth. Clias. S.. & Co 7
West Florida Hardwood Company 7
White Lumber Company 1<)
Whitmer. Wm.. &; Sons. Inc 0
Wiborg ife lianna Company 73
Willson Bros. Lumber Company 65
AVisconsin Tindier & Lumber Company 11
Wood, R. E,, I-umber Company 0
Yeager, Orson E 7-"i
NORTHERN HARDWOODS.
Ak-ock. .Tohn L.. & Co 7
.Vmerican I.,undier & Mfg. Company... 05
Arpiu Hardwood Lumber Company.... OS
Babcock Lumber Company 65
Barnaby. C. H 74
Beyer. Knox & Co 75
Bliss & Van Auken 12
Boyne City Lumber Company 71
Briggs .& Cooper Company 4
Brownlee it Co 7U
Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 75
Cadillac Handle Company 3
Cheat River Lumber Company 65
Cherry River Boom & Lbr. Company.. 1
Chivvis. W. R 5
Cincinnati Hardwood Lbr. Company... 7;!
Cobbs is Mitchell, Inc 3
Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company 11
Connor, R.. Lumber Company Oil
Crosby Sc Beckley Company, The 6
Crosby. C. P 68
Cummer. Diggins & Co 3
Darling. Chas.. & Co 11
Davis. Jolin R.. Lumlier Company... OS
Dells LnmiM-H" i"c Shingle Compnuj.... OS
Dennis Bi'os 71
Dennis & Smith Lumber C4>mpany.... 70
D'Heur & Swain Lumber Compan.v... 74
Dixnn & Dewey 1:
Diidle.v" Lumber Company.. To
Duhlmeier Bros
Dulweljer. John, & Co
Elias, G. , & Bro
Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo.
Evans & Retting Lumber Companv
Fall. E. II
Flint, Erving & Stoner Company...
Freiberg Lumber Company, The...
Fullerton- Powell Hardww>d Lumber
Company
General Lumber Company.
<;illespie. W. M.. Lumber Company.
(kildie. J. S
Haak Lnmtier Company
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company . .
Hayden. Harvey S
Heaih-Witbeck Company
HoUoway Lumber Company
Ingram Lumber Company
Jaiues & Abbot Company
Jenks. Robert H., Lumber Company
Jones, G. W., Lumber Company....
Jones Hardwood Companv
Kampf, Albert R
Keator. Ben C
Keith Lundier Company
Kelley Lumber iV- Shingle Company.
Leavitt Lumber (.'ompany
Lesli \: -ALittliews Lumber Company.
Linehan Lumber Ctunpany
Litchfield. William E
Long-Knight Lumber t'ompany
MacBride. Tlios., Lumber (Company.
Maley". Thompson & Moffett Company
Maley & Wertz
Martin-Barriss Company
Mason ik. Donaldson Lumber Company
.McClure Lumber Company
McIIvain, J. Gibson, &. Co
McLean. Hugh, Lumber Company.
-Miller. Anthony
Miller Bros*
Mitcliell Bros. Company
Mowbray & Robinson
Murphy & Diggins
Nichols & Cox Lumber Company..
Xicola Lumber Company, The....
Norman Lumber Company
North Shore Lumber Company ....
North Vernon Pump A: Lumber Co
North AVestern Lumber Company.
O'Brien, John, Land A: Lumber Co
I'errlne-Armstrong Company
I'eters, R, G., Salt & Lumber Co.
Price, E. E
Radina. L. W., & Co
RiehTuniid Park & Co
Rumbiiiger Lumber Company
Ryan iV Mrl'arland
Salliiur. Hanson & Co
.Seatehenl & Son
S«-botield Bnis
Scliult/, Bros. & Cowen
Simmons Lundier Company
Slimmer. J., .fc Co
Soble Bros
Southern <lak Lumber Company..
Standard Hardwood Lumber Company
Stephenson. The I., Company
Stewart, I. X.. & Bro
Stewart, Wm. II. & G. S
Stimson. J. V
Stone.' T. B., Lumber Companv
Sullivan. T.. & Co
Tegge Lumber Company
Turner, A. M., Lumber Company...
Upham »\c Agler
Van Kculen & Wilkinson Lumber Co
Vollmar & Below
Wagstaff. W. J
Ward Luml>er Company
Wells. R. A., Lumber Company....
Wentworth. Chas. S.. & Co
White Lumber Company
White. W. IL, Company
Whitmer. Wm.. & Sons. Inc
Wiborg & Ilanuft Company
Willson Bros'. Lumber ("ompany
Wisconsin Timber & Lumber ('ompan
Wistar. Underbill & Co
Yeager. Or^on E
Voiiiil:. W. 1',. tV Co
A Porch Column "Snap"
^ In the manufacture of our high-grade veneers, we produce two cars
monthly of clear, solid heart, bored Poplar Posts, 8 and 10 inches
in diameter, ()6 to 96 inches long.
fl On this product we will make a price that will appeal to every
manufacturer of porch columns.
CHICAGO VENEER COMPANY, Inc.
BURINSIDE, KEINXUCKLY
HARDWOOD RECORD
53
HARDWOOD
TIMBER
Thf re is no section with so fine and
large a supply of hardwood timbers
of various kinds left for the lumber-
ineu as that portion of the South in
Alabama, Georeiia, Kentucky. Missis-
sippi. North Carolina. South Carolina.
Tennessee and Virginia ser\ed by the
lines of the
Southern Railway
and
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
There are oak, poplar, hickory, gum.
cypress, ash, elm. buckeye, balsam,
spruce, chestnut, and other varieties,
There are also available pine lands.
These timber rtsonrces and many
other important features bearing on
the cost of manufacture and market-
ing give specinl advantages and oppnr-
tuiiiiies for EVERY KIND of WOOD
USING INDUSTRY. We have infor-
mation altout the best locations in the
country at towns in these States and
in Southern Indiana and South*- rn
Illinois, which will be given if request-
ed. All correspondence in regard to
timber lands or factory locati ns will
be given prompt and confidmtial at-
tention. Address your nearest agent.
M. V. RICHARDS,
Land and Industrial Agent,
Washington, D. C.
CHAS. S. CHASE, Agent,
622 Chemical Building,
St. Louis, Mo.
Locations for
Industries
THE ERIE, THE COMMERCIAL RAILROAD
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
The Erie Railroad System's Industrial
Department has all the territory traversed
by the railroad districted in relation to
resources, markets and advantages for
manufacturing, can advise with man-
ufacturers of speciiic products as to suit-
able locations, and furnish them with cur-
rent information of a comprehensive
nature dealing with the project in its full
relation to manufacture and commerce.
The Erie is one of the greatest of trunk
lines. Its own rails connect the two
largest cities of America. Every section
of the System has its particular merits.
Profitable locations exist. It has great
general and coal, oil and natural gas
resources.
It is important in this age of modern
facilities for manufacturers to locate
where they can obtain side tracks so as
to receive from and ship directly into
cars at the factory. Information can be
promptly furnished in this connection
about every point on the system between
New York and Chicago.
Manufacturers' inquiries as to locations
are treated in strict confidence and
absolutely reliable informatiim. so as
to promote permanent traffic, is furnished.
Address
LUIS JACKSON
Industrial Commissioner
Erie Kai'road Company
1 1 Broadway, New York
WALNUT.
OAK,
ASH,
POPUR.
FOBS, POCKET PIECES /■
BUTTONS,
LETTER OPENERS,
SCARF PINS, TRAYS,
ALUMINUM GOODS,
PAPER WEIGHTS.
ALL A'KW II>EAS.
Send us 50c. and we
will send you a
Beautiful Watch Fob
S. D. CHILDS & CO.
200 CLARK ST. CHICAGO.
* You want to reach Buyers of
I FURNITURE LUMBER
I The HARDWOOD RECORD
will do it lor you.
'^ €S€€ $!*$!§€$: SiSSSSJ^i^SSSS*
MANUFACTURERS
Contemplating establishing plants
In the West should lake advantage
of a location on
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
which reaches the famous
WATER POWERS,
COAL FIELDS,
IRON ORE RANGES,
HARD AND SOFT
LUMBER DISTRICTS,
MINING DISTRICTS
of the West and Northwest, and
affords the best means of transport
tallon lo the markets of the world.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO
MARVIN HUGHITT, Jr., E. D. BRI6HAM,
Freight Trajfic Manager, Gen'l Freiyht Agent,
GEO. BONNELU
/ndtislria I Agent.
NWS 13 CHICAGO.
Do You Need
Maple Flooring?
Then send us your order and
you will receive ii product
thvit is not excelled. We
manufacture by
A
Special
Process
This custs us iiiurt'. bulour
prices are as low as of any
other first-class mamitac
lurer. We al.so luivc a stock
of firsts and seconds Maple
4-4, 5 4, 6-4. 8-4 and 10-4. wllicli
is bone dry and very tine.
Haak Lumber Co.
Haakwood, Michigan
You
read
this=
^others
will,
too.
They
would
read
your
ad.
Try it.
Save Your Money
By Using the
RED BOOK
Published Semi-Annually
in January and July
It contains a carefully prepared list of the
buyers of lumber in car lots, both amonK
the dealers and manufacturers.
The bool; indicates tlieir Unancial stand-
ing and manner of meetins obligations.
Covers the UNITED STATES and MANI-
TOBA.
The trade recognizes this book as the au-
thority on the lines it cover.s.
A well organized Coiled ion Department
is also operated and the same is open to you.
WRITE FOR TERMS.
LumbermeD's Credit Association
Establish Ki> ISTs
1405 Great Northern Building, CHICAGO
16 Bea»er Street. : NEW YORK CITY
.MENTION THIS PAI'KR
54
HARDWOOD RECORD
i(
DEFIANCE" WOOD -WORKING MACHINERY
^n IJI
26' DOUBLE SURFACE PLANER.
Plant's 26" wide x 13'' deep.
Has Cut Gears Lhrougliout.
Has Sectional Peed Roll and 12" Rinj:
Oiling Beariiifis.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF
HIGH GRADE TOOLS
^ FOR MAKING j*
Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops,
Wagons, Carriages, Handles, Bobbins, Spools,
Rims, Shatts, Poles, Insulator Pins and
Neck-Yokes, Oval Wood Dishes.
INVENTED AND BUILT BY
The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS
DEFIANCE, OHIO.
Send for 500 Page Catalogue
PATENT PLOW HANDLE BENDEH.
ni
The Shimer Cutter Head Expansion
Is a Mechanism of Beauty, Completeness and Accuracy, registering
by stops and figures and automatically locking the
head sections at every stop.
You 'u'n the adjus'ing rut encircling the hub to the right to enlarge, or to the left to reduce, the tongue and groove thicknesses.
The Reliable Expansion Device is not only a dsirablt feature in The Shimer Cutter Head, but ir is al o a great convenience and time
saver. It takes you away Irom the practice of putt ng washers und r the Bits for making the tougue ani groove variations. It permits of
greater ac uracy in the adjuslmcn s than can possibly be obtained by m^ans of wa heis.
All ihis for a song — only $2.00 extta for each head. Can you afford to do without it? Full information given in our Catalogue.
ADDRESS
SAMUEL J. SHIMER 4 SONS, Milton. Pa.
New Type of Combined End Matcher
SAVES 20 PER CENT. TIME, COST AND LABOR.
USED BY THE LARGEST FLOORING CONCERNS.
Write for particulars to
A. J. SCHINDLER, 441-443 W. 21st Street, CHICAGO
mm-^.
mm-f
#
mm
im-f
m-f
Improved Automatic Band Saw Sharpener
All
Machines
Fully
Guaranteed
C
C
This machine excels all others for single cutting Band Saws
from 8 to 14 inches, lis construction is mechanically correct,
simt le and dumble. :ind does ni t possess any of the intricate
complicated parts that confuse the operator. The bend is :id-
justable so that straight wheels can be used with the same
results as concave.
This repre-entsjDst one type of machine. We make in addi-
tion a complf te line of modern tools for the care of saws.
For particulars address
%
^
MATTESON MFG. CO., s.'^T^^^sx. CHICAGO. ILLS.
HARDWOODRECORD 55
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
APPALACHIAN
TIMBER
VIRGIN POPLAR, OAK, CHEST-
NUT AND OTHER HARDWOODS
In boundaries of from 1 0,000 to 50,000 acres, either
for investment or operation, would be pleased
to have you consult us. A few tracts
of Pacific Coast Fir, Pine,
Cedar and Spruce
for Sale.
James D. Lacey & Co.
James D. Lacey Wood Beal Victor Thrane
608 Hennen Bldg., NEW ORLEANS 507 Lumber Exchange, SEATTLE
1200 Old Colony Building, CHICAGO
56
HARDAVOOD RECORD
Power
Money
Saved
S a ved
factory;
BUCYRUS, OHIO
Heating, Vetit'latintc, Mechanical Draft,
Shavnigs and Convtxini,'
FANS AND EXHAUSTERS
of every description.
New York Blower Company
CHICAGO OrFICEI
25th Place and Stewart Avenue
A machine that declares saw mill dividends
AUTOMATIC -SWING SAW GAUUE.
^ ^Vn inexpensive little device
that saves a dollar a day and
upwards.
fl Stops one o£ the biggest
1 )rofit leaks at the mill. Pays
for itself several times over
during a year.
^ Isn't it worth investigating;':'
FRANCIS MARSHALL, - - Grand Rapids, Mich.
M E R S H O N
Band Resawing
Machinery
for all requirements
WM. B. MERSHON
7
MERSHON NEW HORIZONTAL [BAND! RESAW FOR SAW MILLS
Saginaw,
Michigan
ALLIS-CHALMERS COMPANY. Seallle, Wash.. Agenis lor Northern Pacific Territory. THE EBY MACHINERY CO.. San Francisco, CaL, Agents lor Calilornia and Nevada.
38
HARDWOOD RECORD
We Guarantee
to
KILN DRY OAK
IN A WEEK
by the application of a
new scientific principle
IN YOUR PRESENT
Old Kilns
Grand Rapids Veneer Works
DEPT ID., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
jimiiBiaimawiBiPwgiHiyj
Hanchett
Saw^ Sw^age
Every one made Perleet
The Swage with a Name
C| A poor Swage Ktiins a Good Saw, and
for that reason the manufacturers of the
HANCHETT ADJUSTABLE SWAGE
employ onlj' the Best Mechanics and use
onlv the Rest Materialin their construction.
It Pays Us
to make
The Best
Sfjid loi
Catalog
No. 10
It tells you at
about them
It Pays You
to use
The Best
IjIANUFACTUnED in J
Hanchett Swage Works
Big Rapids. Michigan
^ Nanchett - Hanchett - Hanchett «^
}S. $$ The Pocketbook Test $$
The average man who buys largely, buys carefully.
Manufacturers who have expended $4,000.00 to
$5,000.00 each on Gillette Roller Bearing Lumber
Carts know why they did it. So do we. They are
the lighest running, longest lasting carts made. Like-
wise they are marketed at honest, money-saving prices.
INVEST in Gillette Carts— Don't WASTE money
on others. What's your address?
The Gillette Roller Bearing Co.
Patentees and Sole
Manufacturers
Grand Rapids, Michigan
HARDWOOD RECORD
59
The Coe Knife Grinder
was designed for the finest grinding
and most exacting service. It is
built on new lines and has com-
pletely overcome the objections to
other grinders. The knife is held
rigidly while the stone travel? back
and forth. There is no chance for
^yj^'T^
Kwy-
/ GRAND PR!Z^ .
VENEER MAGHY
?*IHE5VILL£.bHI0.
vibration, conse-
quently no un-
evenly ground
knives. Entirely
automatic in ac-
tion, no ropes or chains. All mov-
ing parts operated by cut steel
gears, noiseless in operation, will
grind straight or hollow bevel.
Feeds I -1000 to 4-1000 for each
travel of the stone, very heavy and
compact, occupying small floor
space. Made in seven sizes to
grind up to 168 in.
It is fully described in our
catalog No. 5, which we will be
glad to send to interested parties.
The Coe Manufacturing Co. '^iiy Painesville, 0.
6o
HARDWOOD RECORD
YOU DONT KNOW HOW GOOD ATKINS' SILVER STEEL CROSS-CUT SAWS ARE UNTIL YOU TRY
THEM. WHY DON'T YOU? ORDER TO-DAY YOU'LL BE D E LIGHTE D CA N 'T LOSE MUCH PERHAPS
YOU'LL SAVE THEIR COST MILLIONS HAVE. IT'S WORTH TRYING. WHY DON'T YOU DO IT 7
E.C.ATKINS & CO.
INCORPORATED
HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY: INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
BRANCHES CARHVING STOCK AT CHICAGO. ATLANTA. MEMPHIS. MINNEAPOLIS AND NEW ORLEANS
ALSO NEW YORK, PORTLAND. SAN FRANCISCO. SEATTLE AND TOBONTO.
/^
Thu rc;il ••meat"" in any pioduction de
especially is thi.s true in loj;j;inj;. The
McGIFF
gets out the nic
reduces svcitcl
kirjicly on the cost the method of producinj.; and
W Log Loader
^l^lls." Propelliiif; itself, ill rushes the work anr
niplc to operate tjil'^vcrage engineer soon
ith fevx- helpeis.'
;> 1 50.000 fect/^ ••'
000 has been.
HARDWOOD RECORD
6i
fr™°{ The Profit Builder
NO. 105-A, EXTRA HEAVY 12-INCH MOULDER
T HAS beeu our imrpose duriug the last half century to develop
'Rk a line of wood working machines containing the best work-
Sl\\IP/Al' mauship and material that American skill and wisdom can
afford. This fact we are proud to say is well established in
the minds of our many patrons. We have, however, now
exceeded ourselves by tbe development of a remarkable Moulder, the
excellence of which is due to our obtaining written suggestions from more
than a thousand operators throughout America. This machine stands alone
as being the composite idea of the thinking operators of this country. One
year's test of its work has convinced us that it is impossible for you to
compete successfully against the Smith Moulder with any other machine.
Can't we send you prices and literature'
Branches :
New YorR, Chic&go,
Boston
H. B. SMITH MACHINE CO.
SMITHVILLE, N. J., U. S. A.
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Berlin No. 182
The most powerful Double Surfacer made!
That sounds like a pretty strong statement, but the machine backs it uj) with results.
To begin at the bottom — the frame is cast in one piece, like our No. 94 ^latcher, which is
one of the principal reasons why the working parts do their work so well.
They have a sohd foundation, which prevents vibration and insures perfect alignment.
The feed works are similar in general construction to those used on the No. 94.
The rolls are 10 inches in diameter and each one is driven by a gear almost twice as large.
This reduces the pressure on the teeth of the gears to about one-half what it is on other machines .
BRANCH OFFICES
New York, Chicago, Boston, Seattle,
San Francisco, New Orleans, Macon, Ga.
The Berlin f
HARDWOOD RECORD
63
>ouble Surfacer
Result — the gears wear about twice as luug.
In no case is the power to drive one roll transmitted through another.
Compare tliis with any other macliine made and \()u will find that their double-driven rolls
are in reality only half -driven.
The bottom head cuts first, making it possible to accurately thickness stock, as the sizing
is all done by the top head.
The sectional pressure bar over the bottom head helps materially to take stock out of wind.
The working parts are all on top of the machine, easy to get at and simple in construction.
We will gladh' send you a large picture and more conijilete description of this macliine for
the asking, ^^llat is vour address ?
chine Works
BELOIT, WiSCONSiN
U. S. A.
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Skidders
Snakers
># 'tei
Lid ger wood Machines
Will Stock Your Mill
Lidgerwood SKidders
Lidgerwood SnaRers
Lidgerwood Yarders
Lidgerwood Roaders
Lidgerw^ood Pull Boats
Lidgerw^ood Cablew^ays
LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO.
NEW YORK
ATLANTA
SEATTLE
NEW ORLEANS
Loaders
Cableways
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f~> I HP HP ^ T~> I T r^ /^^
1-^11 l^r^lJi<Cj
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA |
= ^-. ■)
Willson Bros. Lumber Co.
MANUFACTURERS
WEST VIRGINIA
HARDWOODS
FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA.
Hardwoods a Specialty
FOR SALE
POPLAR
125.000' 4 4 Isand 'is
40,000" 4 4 No. ICom.
325.000' 4/4 No, 2 Com.
Z>.S,000' 4/4 No. 3Com.
150.000' ''4 Mill Cull
CHESTNUT
200.000' 4 4 Sound Wormy
80.000' 5 4 Sound Wormy
100.000' fi 4 Sound Wormy
48,000' 8, 4 Sound Wormy
PLAIN OAK
60,000' 4 '4 No. 1 Com.
18,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.
QUARTERED OAK
2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com.
1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com.
OAK TIMBERS SAWHU TO ORDER,
WRITE FOR PRICES.
CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna.
STOCK LIST
12,500 ft.
8.000 II,
48,000 II.
21.00011.
12.000 II.
18.0110 II.
3.000 II.
3,000 11.
29.0011 II.
13.000 II,
15,000 ll.
4^4 Maple
4 4 Maple
5 4 Maple
5 4 Maple
5 4 Maple
6'4 Map'e
6 4 Maple
8 4 Maple
8 4 Maple
10 4 Maple
12 4 Maple
No. I Com. 4 Bel
No 1 Commoo
No. I Cora, e, Bel.
Ists and 2ods
No. I Common
No. 2 Com. (, Bel.
Ists and 2nds
No. 2 Com a Bel.
No. I Common
Isis and 2ads
No. 2 Com. 4 Bel.
192,000 11. 4
4.000 II. 8
23.500 II. 12
2 500 11. 6
2.200 11. 8
I Car 4
62.1100 II. 4
25.000 11. 5
23.0110 11. 6
26.000 ll. 8
I Car 4
4 Poplar Log Run
4 Poplar Log Run
4 Poplar Good
4 Basswood Log Run
4 Basswood I og Run
4 Basswnod Log Run
4 Cherry Log Run
4 Cherry Log Run
4 Cherry 1 og Kun
4 Cher-y Log Run
4 While Bircn Isis 42ads
FAVORABLE FREIGHT RATES TO THE EAST
Babcock Lumber Co.
The Nicola Lumber
Company
One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar.
Can be shipped log run, or sold
on grade. Bone dry ; band
sawed. Send your inquiries.
A. M. Turner
Lumber Company
Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods
as well as sell them. If you have anything
to offer, please submit same to us. : t
Dry Stock for Quick Shipment:
4»,4U2
124.982
69,793
79.341
12,S.402
119.1101
S,942
11,312
41,028
38.793
29.423
21,971
29.824
CI. 4/4 l8t & 2d8 Qtd. White 7U.M2
Oak. 14.1,'(2
(t. 4/4 No. 1 CoiB. Qtd. White 118.121
Oak. 24.128
ft. 4/4 1st & 2ds Qtd. Red 21.u<>3
Oak. 19.246
ft. 4/4 No. 1 Com. Red Oak. 78.433
ft. 4/4 No. 1 Com. PI. W. O. 4.2S4
ft. 4/4 No. 1 Com. PI. B, O. 126,004
ft. 5/4 No. 1 Com. PI. Red & 49,021
White Oak.
ft. 6/4 No. 1 Com. PI. Red & 61.975
White Oak.
ft. 8/4 No. 1 Com. PI. Bed & 98.194
White Oak. 129.48]
ft. 5/8 Ist & 2dB Poplar. 49.2<«l
ft. 5/8 No. 1 Com. Poplar. 48.205
ft. 5/8 Saps Poplar. 94.389
ft. 5/8 No. 2 Com. Poplar. 242.S-11
~ ■ 181,921
4/4 1st & 2dg Poplar.
American Lumber &
ft. 4/4 No. 1 Poplar,
ft. 6/4 Ut & 2dB Poplar,
ft. 4/4 Sound Wormy Chestont,
ft. 6/4 Ist & 2d8 Chestnut,
ft. 7/4 No. 1 Com. CheMlnut.
ft. 8/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut,
ft. 6/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut.
ft. 8/4 Suuud Wormy Chesmut.
ft. 4/4 Ist & 2da Cottonwft.d.
ft. 4/4 13 to 17" Box Boards,
1st & 2ds.
ft. 4/4 8 to 12" Boi Boards,
1st & 2ds.
ft. 4/4 Sap Gum, 1st & 2d>.
ft. 4/4 Siip Gum No. 1 Com.
ft. 4/4 Sap Gum No. 2 Com.
ft. 4/4 Red Gum, Ist & 2d8.
ft. 4/4 Red Gum. No. 1 Com.
ft. 4'4 Bay Poplar. 1st & 2ds.
ft. Nn. 1 Com. Bay Poplar.
Mfg Co. w"-*"'*
Flint, Erving & Stoner Co*
Wholesale Lumber
Northern and Southern Hardwoods
Beech and Maple Timbers a Specialty
Linehan Lumber Company
PERFECT
MAPLE FLOORING
SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES
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EASTERN TENNESSEE— WESTERN NO. CAROLINA
ASHE,VILLi: KNOXVILLE. B R I S T O I,
Fry=Buchanan Lumber Co.
INCORPORATED.
Manufacturers anJ Wholesalers
Hardwood Lumber
POPLAR SQUARES
A Speciiilty.
Choicest Varieties. .'. Full Grades.
Asheville, N. C.
On the Spot
We are located rigfht in the heart of this moun-
tain country producing the best hardwoods in
ex'stence.
We are headquarters with ample stock, and
can interest vou both as to assortment and
price. Write us.
American Lumber Company
ASHEVILLE. N. C.
HARDWOODS
From the famous Asheville district.
Superior in quality, manufacture and
g-rading-s. For stock list and prices,
address
J. S. COLEMAN LUMBER CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Vestal Lumber & Mfg^Co*
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
of all kinds of
HARDWOODS
BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY.
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES
FOR DELIVERING.
Knoxville
Tennessee
The Morton Dry Kiln
MOIST AIR SYSTEM
Recording
Ther-
mometers.
Transfer
Cars.
Trucks.
Canvas
Doors.
HOW TO DRY LUMBER.
As exemplified in our Catalog: D. Free on application,
MORTON DRY KILN CO., Chicago, Ills.
All Lumbermen, Attention!
We do what you can't do.
We measure your stumpage correctly.
We make your maps correctly.
Rank references: Asheville, N. C.
L. A. OCnenCK ^ LO. North clrolina.
Wood Working Plants
Manufacturers seeking locations for Saw
Mills, Stave and Heading Factories and
other Wood Working Plants in the Cen-
tral Southern States, can secure full and
accurate information as to Sites, Timber
Tracts, Fuel, Transportation Facilities,
etc., by addressing
G. A. PARK, General Immigration and Industrial Agent,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Industries are Offered Locations
WITH SATISFACTORY INDUCEMENTS, FAVORABLE
FREIGHT RATES, GOOD LABOR CONDITIONS
HEALTHFUL COMMUNITIES,.on the lines of
The Illinois Central R. R. and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.
For full information and descriptive pamphlet address
J. C. CLAIR, Industrial Commissioner, 1 Park Row, Chicago, III.
HARDWOOD RECORD (>y
f^ f 1~- '\ 7 T~^ I A IN^T r^
OLL-2*v LaLArSU
HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTtR OF NORTHERN OHIO
THE
ROBERT HJENKS LUMBER
COMPANY
FOR SALE.
60 M leel 1" Isl and Zds Poplar
223 M leel 1" No. I Common Poplar
<25 M feel 1" No. 2 Common Poplar
25 M feel 2" 1st and 2nd Poplar, 14" and up
125 M feet 8 4" Sound Wormy Chestnut
275 M feet 1" Sound Wormy Chestnut
153 M feel I" Isl and 2Qd Plain While Oak
85 M feet 1" 1st and 2nd Plain Red Oak
125 M feel 1" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak
Quartered White and Red OaK. — We have a good assort-
ment of dry stock, )^ t0 4 inches thick. Your inquiries solicited.
Plain White and Red Oak.— A limited amount of nice
stock, ready for shipment.
SYMBOLS FOR GRADE MARKS
Adopted by the Hardwood Manufacturers Association of United States
ZA Selects
Q Panel and Wide No. I
/\ Wide No. 2
ri Box Boards
9 FAS or Firsts and
^~ Seconds
^ Saps
\^ No. i Common
(^ No. 2 Common
(b No. 3 Common
{4- No. 4 Common
Every Manufacturer should stamp the grade on his Lumber.
Set of 10 Rubber Stamps, l'4".xU4" in size. Pad, Pint of Inlc, and
Spreader, packed for shipment $3.50.
yV\AF?TIIN «fe CO. LEWIS DOSTER, Scc'y
191 S. Clark St., CHICAGO, or 1535 First Nat. Bank Bldg. CHICAGO
H . FALL
E-XPORTER
. . . OF . . .
WALNUT, POPLAR
:^^=^^^^^^ AND =^^==
BIRDSEYE MAPLE LOGS
Cash naid for Black Walnut Logs at point of shipment. If you have
any walnut logs to offer, write me.
I have some Sycamore, Red Oak. Ash and other hardwood logs which
I aTi prepared to saw to orde*-. Correspondence solicited.
Can also supply Black Walnut lumber, sawed to any specification
required.
PORT CLINTON
OHIO
The Martin-Barriss Company
Importers aLnd Matnvifacturers
MAHOGANY
&.nd Fine Ha.rdwoods
Do You Want It ?
What?
Money?
What have you in lumber to
exchange for it ? We want
particularly Plain Oak, Chest-
nut, Poplar, Basswood, Ash.
What Have You?
Ihe Advance Lumber Co.
l«h Floor
RockefeMer Bldg. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Memphis Office, No. 50 Randolph Building. J. E- MEADOWS, Mgr.
A HANDY THING
TO HAVE IN YOUR DESK AND
IN YOUR TRAVELING BAG 1-^
A TIME TABLE FOLD'-R OK THE
/WiGHiGAN Central
The Direct Line to All Important
Points of Mictiigan and Between
CHICAGO, DETROIT, NIAGARA FALLS, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, BOSTON
and NEW ENGLAND POINTS.
SEND FOR A COPY NOW
W. J. LY^NCH,
Pass. Traffic Mgr.,
O. W. RUGQLES,
Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
C H C A G O
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HARDWOOD RECORD
WISCONSIN
WHE.RE THE FINE,ST NORTHE.RN HARDWOODS GROW
John R. Davis Lumber Company
PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN
The Leading Manufacturers
Wisconsin Hardwoods
"SHAKELESS" HEMLOCK and WHITE CEDAR PRODUCTS
Wl IJ.WJC THF I'INi:ST ItJJiCK OI'
4-4 UNSELECTED BIRCH
ON THE MARKET
Write for our Price Lists
and Stock Sheets
Mixed Cars, Even Grades
Prompt Shipmen s
WAUSAU, WIS.
BASSWOOD, BIRCH
We cut four million feet of each annually
Your inquiries and orders solicited
MILL AND YARDS AT INGRAM, WISCONSIN
ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, WISCONSIN
Saw and Planing Mill at Atlanta, near Bruce, on the Soo Line. Offer
5 cars 1" l8t & 2d Red Birch.
1 car 114" 1st & 2d Red Birch.
1 car H4" Common Red Birch.
1 car 1%" let & 2d Red Birch.
l.fltXI' 1V6" Common Red Birch.
2.5<10' ]%" Com. & Btr. Red Birch.
5,01)0' 2" 1st & 2d Red Birch.
2 oars 2% & 3" Plain Birch.
2 cars 2% & 3" Log Run Unselected
Birch.
5 cars 1" Common Red Birch.
1 car 2" Plain Log Run Birch.
2 cars 3" Clear Plain Birch Flooring.
1 car 3" Clear Red Birch Flooring.
1 car 3" Factory Birch Flooring.
1 car 3" Red Oak Factory Flooring.
1 car 1% & 1^" quarter sawed Com.
and Btr. Red Oak.
Vi car 1% and 2" Com. & Btr. quar-
ter sawed Red Oak.
1 car 5" Clear quarter sawed Red
Oak Flooring.
V2 car each IV^" Com. & Clear Maple
Flooring.
We make a specialty of high grade Maple, Birch and Oak Flooring, Bass-
wood. Pine Siding, Ceiling and Finish; also Moulding.
VOLLMAR & BELOW
MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
Basswood, Birch
and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
C. P, C ROSE Y
RHINELANDER ; : WISCONSIN
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Hard Maple a Specialty in all thicknesses from J inch
to 4 inch. Finest Birch in Wisconsin. Black Ash,
Rock Elm, Soft Elm, Red and White Oak. : :
DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY
For Sale:
NATIONAL
INSPECTION
3,000,000 ft. inch Birch.
100,000 ft. inch Black Ash.
50,000 ft. inch Soft Elm.
All No. 1 Common and Better.
20,000 ft. 1x4 and wider, 6 ft. , 1st & 2nd Birch.
Dells Lumber ^ Shingle Co.
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
Mason -Donaldson Lumber Co.
Manufacturers arvd Wholesalers
Northern Hardwoods
Birch a. specialty
RKinelander. - - Wisconsin
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vv i4;:3^^v^i'N<3ii^
WHE.RE THE F1NE,ST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW
North Western Lumber Co.
General Offices
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
Mills at
STANLEY, WIS.
Batnd Sa.wed
Wisconsin
Hardwoods
Careful Grading-s
Prompt Shipments.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS
1 Car ll4 inch No. 1 Common Basswood.
/4- Car 1/i inch No. 1 Common Basswood.
yi Car 2>2 inch 1st and 2nd Clear Basswood.
1 Car 1% inch 1st and 2nd Clear Basswood.
1 Car VA inch, ll4 inch and 2 inch No. 3 Soft Elm.
HARDWOOD LUMBER-srSr""
All kinds of Northern and Soutliern H:ird\voods for sale.
Wc call jour atu-nlion to the foUoning items nhieh tve tiaie to offer, to.»it:
30M li. IVr' No 2 Com. £ Bet. Hickory
30M ft. I '2" No. 2 Com. i Bel. Hickory
lOOM ft. 1" Com. i Bel. Plain Red Oak
ISOH It. 1 " Com. i Bet. Qlil. Red Oak
lOM it. I" No. 3 Com. C Bet. Walnut
75M tt. I'i' No. 2 Com. <! Bel. Elm
150H ft. 1" No. 1 Com. Red Gum
50M It. I" Curly Birch
50>l II. 2" Com. and Bet. Plain Birch
80M ft. 2:2" Com. and Bet. Plain Birch
I50M II. I" No. I Com. Plain Birch
I2M It. 2" Isis and 2ndi Red Birch
20IIM It. I" Com. and Bet Hard Maple
mm tt. 2" Com. and Bet. Hard Maple
30M ll. 2" Bridge Plank— Oak
In addition to the foregoing, we have full .stockF of Basswood, Birch and
Soft Klni and a full selection of Red and Sap Gum. We guarantee our
grades to be made strictly in accordance with National Hardwood Associ-
ation rules of inspection.
G.W.JONES LUMBER CO., Applefon,Wis.
CHICAGO OFFICE: 1717 Railway E.xchange.
Ten per cent
More Profit
The proflta of a san- mill
ciin leiiiiily be increaBed ten
pur cent by iisinfer a hand mill
instead of a rotary. The
price of thi8 mill with six
foot wheels for saws eijrht
inches wide is re 'dily within
the reach of all. It cuts
smooth and perfect lumber
and has a capacity of 25,000
ff et to 35.000 ff et per day. It
runs with less expenditure of
power than a rotary and putH
only half an much of the logr
into saw dust as does the
■ ircular saw.
PHOENIX MFG.
COMPANY,
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
R. CONNOR CO.
WHOLESALE M A N ir F A C T TI R E R S
Wisconsin
Hardwood
PINE AND HEM-
I,OCK LUMBER
Mills at
Aiiburnc
Stratford. Wis., on C. & N.W.R.R,
A„l,u,nda!e,Wis.on_W,C R.R MaFShfiCld, WJS.
Wisconsin Veneer Co^
RHINELANDER, WIS.
Largest and best equipped Veneer
cutting- plant in the country. High-
grade pioduct from Birch, Maple,
Elm, Basswood, Ash and other na-
tive woods.
Veneers for Door Work a Specialty.
nn
The Nash Automatic
Sander
FOR ALL ROU.ND STOCK WORK
A wonderful l:ibor-.«aving machine.
Pays for itself In a abort
tirae. For particulars
address
JIM XT-c^t, 842-848 Thirtieth St.
. JTI. i>aSn MILWAUKEE. WIS.
Broom,
Hoe, Rake,
Fork and
Shovel
Handles,
Chair Stock,
Dowel Rods,
Curtain
Poles,
Shade
Rollers,
WhipStocks,
Canes,
Veneered
Columns,
Ten Pins, &c.
70
HARDWOOD RECORD
M I C H I a A N
FAMOUS FOR HARD MAPLE AND GRE.Y t L M
SALLING, HANSON & CO.
MANIFACTURERS OF
Michigan Hardwoods
GRAYLING, JI I C H I G A N
DUDLEY LUMBER COMPANY
HAS FOR SALE
MempKis Yard— Plain «nd Qtd. Oak
Grand Rapids Yard MicKlgarv Hardwoods
Hk.mlock Lumber Also A Specialtv
OFFICES: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
n
For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood
Machinery, you will find it advantageous to
write our advertisers. Get in touch !
Evans & Retting Lumber Co.
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers
Hardwood
Lumber
RAILROAD TIMBERS, TIES AND SWITCH TIES
Michigan Trust Building Gfand Rapids, MlcH.
B
ROWNLEE
DETROIT
&C
OMPANY
MICHIGAN
Some "snaps" we are offering:
BASSWOOD ^ .■* 1^'^ ''"'' -'i'^^' including one car 1x12 and
RIRCH 4 4 Log Run; also No. 1 and No. 2
^ Common.
HARD MAPLE 3-inch No. 1 Common; 6 4 and S/4 lit5 and
WHITE ASH * ■* ^°- ^ Common and better; ratlier narrow,
but very cheap.
All Bone Dry and at Bargain Prices to Close Out.
DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO.
Wholesale Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yards. FOURTH AND ttOLDEN AVENUES.
DETROIT, MICH.
MILLS AT! Healfrs. W. Va. Valley Bend. W. Va. Diana, W. Va. P«rker»bar«.
W. Va. McNull Siding. W. Va.
W. H. WHITE, Pres.
JAS. A. WHITE, Vice-Pres.
W. L. MARTIN', Secy.
THOS. WHITE. Treas.
W. H. WHITE COMPANY
BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocK Lumber, Cedar Shingles,
White F^ocK Maple Flooring.
HARDWOOD RECORD
MICHIGAN
FAMOUS FOR RED BIRCH AND BASSWOOD
DEININIS BROS
GRAND RAPIDS,
MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD LUMBER (by water or rail)
"NATIONAL" MAPLE & BIRCH FLOORING
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN THE FOLLOWINQ:
120M feet 4 4 Log Run Birch
125M feet 5 4 Log Run Birch
2 Cars 8 4 Common ;uid Better Birch
1 Car 1x4 Clear Birch
2 Cars 1x7 and Wider No. 1 Common Birch
140M feet 5 4 Log Run Beech
150M feet 4/4 Log Run Soft Elm
Hard Maple— All grades and thicknesses
Main Office :
205-209 Michigan
Trust
Company
Building
Thos. MacBride Lumber Company
H E A D Q IT A R T K R S FOR
HARDWOODS
IN MICHIGAN
Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
BIRCH
WE WANT YOUR ORDERS FOR
4-4 and 5-4 No. 1 Common Birch
A No. I STOCK
Simmons Lumber Company
SIMMONS, MICHIGAN
McCLURE LUMBER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hardwoods
Main Offices, DETROIT. MICH.
Mills. EUTAW. ALA.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
5 cars I" Isl 4 2nils i Com. Qld. While Oak 10 cars I" Log Run Brown Ash
2 cars 2'J, 3 and 4" While Ash 10 cars I" (o 4" Dry Hard Maple
2 cars I" White Ash 10 cars I'' Log Run Birch
I car I ' : and 2" No. 1 Com. Brown Ash 10 cars 1" Log Run Basswood
4 cars 2. 3 and 4" Ist and 2Dd8 and No. I Com. Green While Oak
2 cars 2" Log Kun Soft Elm
SOFT ELM AND ROCK ELM
=^^==^= FOR SALE BY t===^^
The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co.
EASTLAKE, MICHIGAN
J. S. GOLDIE.
Cadillac.
Michigan.
SPECIAL PRICES on 500M pieces
1" to 3" Maple Squares 16" to 27" lonf;
1" to S" Soft Elm Lumber.
INQUIRIES SOLICITED FOR MICHIGAN LUMBER.
BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY
BOYNE CITY
MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS
LARGE CAPACITY PROMPT SHIPMENTS RAIL OR CARGO
"Chief Brand"
Maple Flooring
Will commend itself to you and your trade on
its merits alone. *i Comprises all the features
desirable in t-'ood flooring. ^ Madebytbe latest,
most approved n'achincry methods and i.est
skilled labor. ^ We believe we can make it to
your interest to handle our '"Chief Brand" and
will appreciate your inquiries.
Kerry 4 Hanson Flooring Co,
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN
VAN KEULEN & WILKINSON LUMBER COMPANY
— MautifuctiiriTis and Wliuk-sakTH of
HARDWOOD LUMBER and CRATING STOCK
Complete Stocks of Michigan Hardwoods — iVIaple, lieech, Birch, Elm,
Ash and Basswood for sale.
Grand Rapids, : Michigan
HackleyPhelpsBonnell Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Northern and Southern
Hardwood Lumber
Main Otlice, Michigan Truit Company Building
GRAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN
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HARDWOOD RECORD
/\TT"p A TTUT fs to ship the highest standard of
jmber at lowest corkslstent price
We are manufacturers and sbip direct from our band mills
Oak
Poplar
Ash
W.H.&G.S. Stewart
Main Office : Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S A.
Cheslaol
Basswood
Yellow Piae
THE HOUSE OR STOISE
The One of Good Grades and Prompt S'lipments
Solicits Your Inquiries for
Yellow Poplar, Oak, Chestnut, Cottonwood, Ash, Basswood,
Cherry and Gum
Mnfrs. and Wholesalers
CINCINNATI, O.
T. B. STONE LUMBER CO.
PLAIN OAK— BASSWOOD
Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot
cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices.
DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0.
THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY
HARDWOODS
Hemlock, Yellow pine.
COLUMBUS a OHIO
FRAMES,
SASU, DOORS.
BLINDS, MOULDINGS.
COLUMNS. GLASS.
STAIRWORK,
INTERIOR TRIM.
PAINTS,
BUILDERS' HARDWARE,
MANTELS. ETC.
LAROE CINCINNATI FAC-
TORIES MAKE PROMPT
SHIPMENTS POSSIBLE.
"BUY GUM"
We are in the market to buy
Dry Gum Lumber in any
quantity, from a single car
load to a million feet. Will
take all grades and thick-
nesses. We receive lumber
at shipping point, pay cash
and are liberal in inr-pection.
THB FAPRIN.KORN
LUMBER COMPANY
General Office, Yai-ds,
Planing M.lla. Dry Kilns,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Purchasing Otfice.
Randolph Building.
Memphis, Tenn.
Cypress Red Gam Oak
CYPRESS LUMBER CO.
Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress
<^lain and Quartered White and Red Oak, Yellow Poplar,
Yellow Pine, \Vahuit, etc. Mills in Tenn., Ala. and Va.
OFFICE AND YARDS, GEST AND DALTON AVE., CINCINNATI. OHIO.
LANE-WHITE LUMBER CO.
OAK. ASH AND WALNUT T-T^ rrl\i7r»rkrlc: always in the market
OURSPECIALTY XlClIUVVUUUO lOR WALNUT LOOS
MAIN OFFICE AND BAND MILL at FORT SMITH, ARK.
W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of Band Sawed
Yellow Poplar
ASHLAND, KY.
KNIVES
A man who has been in the presence of angels discloses the fact
by his action : lust one reason for our talking good machine
knives, good veneer knives or knives of any kind that do good work.
CHAMPION SAW COMPANY,
BEAVER FALLS, PA.
HARDWOOD RECORD
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wIINOIINrNA 1 1
THE. GATE.WAY OF THE SOUTH
THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY
CINCINNATI. OHIO
! PLAIN
; AND
J QUARTER
! bAWED
White and Red Oak
•CHESTNUT !
! POPLAR !
! GUM AND J
! CYPRESS s
Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads.
THE
MALEY.
THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO.
Always in the Market for
BLACK WALNUT LOGS.
SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS,
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
CINCINNATI.
• • •
• • •
OHIO
THE E. E. BECK LUMBER COMPANY
Cash Buyers
Poplar, Oak, Chestnut
And Other Southern Hardwoods
ALl, GRADES AND THICKNESSES. WE BUY MILL CUTS.
Poplar, Oak,
Ash, Chestnut,
Sycamore,
u/ u. eo,.,«. 2.000.000 feet Dry OaK
W. Va. Spruce, 2,000.000 feet Dry Poplar
Pine and Elm Mostly heavy stock. Quotations Solicited.
C. Crane 4 Co.
We would like to buy
MILLS AND YARDS
CINCINNATI, 0,
VEARLY CAPACITY
100,000,000 FT.
LOXG Rill STCFF
A SPECIALTY
WE WANT
HARDWOODS
ALL THICKNESSES, ALL KINDS, ALL GRADES.
Write for Prices
KENTUCKY LUMBER CO.
SUITE 507, FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Cincinnati, O.
L. W. RADINA & COMPANY
Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of
Wanted for cash— desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, alt grades,
Especially 1^-inch stock, for immediate shipment.
CLARK STREET AND DaLTON AVENUE-
THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO.
M.tiuil,iCturtTS nl
gany
'; /..Sm^llr--'n J ilj 'i'tr^ \ Tabasco Mahogi
,AlC''feaF^'^"c*':iiAV'i--Ca,'M Walnut, OaR
^^^^^^A^ '*-^»'«.| «^-' P-, J^ Poplar, McLean and Hindi:
^^e?6#
^-^^ fef;
dlay Ats.
CfNXINNATI.O.
IN THE MARKET FOR
OAK-ASH-POPLAR
ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES
MOWBRAY & ROBINSON
Officei
1219 West Sixth Street
Yards:
Sixth Street, below Harriet
WHAT HAVE YOU FOR SALE IN
Red and White OAK Qtd. and Plain
ALSO POPLAR, CHESTNUT, WALNUT, ETC
JOHN DULWEBER & CO., QNCINNATI, OHIO
Cash 1 ) n \ c r s for stock in our line.
Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co.
OEST AND SVMMF.R STREETS
Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber. Veneers
Finely llgurt-d qiiaiter f*awe»l uuk viiit-eis u si)tciiiU.\.
74
HARDWOOD RECORD
$ INDIANA ^
-WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW-
THE WOODS FOR
WHICH INDIANA
IS FAMOUS.
Quart'fM White Oak
Plain White Oak
Quartered Red Oak
Plain Red Oak
White Ash
Poplar
Black Walnut
Cherry
Sycamore
Red Gum
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Veneers of
Indiana Hardwoods
YOUNG & CUTSINGER
Manufacturers and Wholesalers
Our Specialty Fine Figured Quartered Oak
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CHARLES H. BARNABY
Manutacturer of Band Sawed Hardwoods
Quarter Sawed Indiana White Dale a Specialty GREENCASTLE, IND.
D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Wliolesalers
Our Specialty Quartered Oak and Sycamore
SEYMOUR, IND.
LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak a Specialty
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
MALEY & WERTZ
Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of Hardwood Lumber
EVANSVILLE, IND.
FULLERTON-POWELL
HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
PERRINE-ARMSTRONG CO.
Long Timber up to 60 feet — Hardwood Specialties
The largest Band Mill in Indiana. FORT WAYNE, IND.
J. V. STIMSON
All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Manufactured
HUNTINGBURG. IND.
HARDWOOD RECORD
BUFFALO
THE GREAT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST
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Manufacturers and
Dealers in
Ash
White and Brown
Basswood
Birch
Red and White
Butternut
Cherry
Chestnut
Cottonwood
Cypress
Elm
Soft and Rock
Gum
Red and Tupelo
Hickory
Maple
Hard and Soft
Red Oak
Plain and Quartered
White Oak
Plain and Quartered
Black Walnut
White Wood
Poplar
HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY
Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK
940 ELK STREKT
ANTHONY MILLER
HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS
893 EAGLB STREET
SCATCHERD & SON
HARDWOODS ONLY
Yard, 1565 SENECA STREET Office, 8,46 ELLICOTT SQUARE
STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT
10T5 CUNTON STREET
L R STEWART & BROTHER
Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK
892 ELK STREET
T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY
Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE
60 ARTHUR .STREET
ORSON E. YEAGER
Specialties: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR
932 ELK STREET
BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
Office and Yards, 69 LEROY AVENUE
BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.
We want to buy for cash :
0-<k, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses.
Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point.
V. O. Box 312. MEMPHIS. TENN. 940 SENECA STREET
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialties are PLAIN %nd QUARTERED OAK and ASH.
1142 SENECA STREET.
G. ELIAS & BROTHER
BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS
955 TO 1015 ELK STREET
W. M. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY
COLUMBUS. OHIO
Although our Stocks, generally, are lower than for severa! years past, we still have the
following DRV and ready for PROMPT shipment.
POPLAR
44. 64. 84, 1 and 2
44 Saps.
44 No. 1 Common.
44 No. 3 Common.
POPLAR BEVEL SIDING
4 inch, No. 1.
6 inch Selects.
4 inch Selects.
BASSWOOD
44, 1 and 2, 10 and 12 feet.
44, 1 and 2, 14 and 16 feet.
54, 1 and 2, 10 to 16 feet.
54. No. i Common. 10 and 12 ft.
5^4. No. 1 Common, 14 and 16 ft.
PLAIN WHITE OAK
44, 1 and 2.
44, No. 2 Common.
44, No. 3 Common.
WRITE \JS TODAY FOR PRICES.
PLAIN RED OAK
44. 1 and 2.
44, No. 1 Common.
QUARTERED WHITE OAK
44, 1 and 2.
44. No. 1 Common.
WHITE PINE
54. 64, 84 B and Better.
44, 54, 64 -C" Selects.
Vansant Kitchen & Co.
NEW ASHLAND MII.I.
Old-Fashioned
SOFT
YELLOW
POPLAR
Ashland, Ky.
5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK, SPECIALTY
YELLOW POPLAR
Manufacturers
BAND SAWED
POPLAR LUMBER
ALL GRADES
DRY
5-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4, 16-4
Bevel Siding, Lafh and Squares
Specialty, Wide Stock.
COAL OROVE, OHIO, U
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