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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Bemis & Vosburgh and other Pittsburg firms. 

 The action was rather unexpected in this city 

 as the Cheat River was supposed to be in fair 

 shape. Up to one year ago the company dis- 

 counted its bills and had a good business. 

 Through the efforts of its president, W. H. 

 Herbertson, the Cheat River plant at Lynch- 

 burg, Va., was at about that time taken by Mr. 

 Herbertson's brothers, M. H., M. L. and R. L. 

 Herbertson, who gave in exchange for it their 

 stocli in the Cheat River. Since then the Lynch- 

 burg operation has been conducted under the 

 name of the Herbertson Ijumber Company, and 

 is said to be a good buyer. W. H. Herbertson 

 left Pittsburg the last of March and has nut 

 been seen in this part of the country since. 



Buffalo. 



F. A. Beyer, who is just back from his oak 

 mills at Pascola, Mo., finds that his company has 

 been active there and the returns are good. He 

 will have a yard here before long. 



H. S. Janes has been looking closely to the 

 mills of the Empire Lumber Company of late, 

 both in Arkansas and North Carolina. He is 

 running them slonly but with good results. 



The burning of the mills of the Bathurst 

 Lumber Company in New Brunswick has cut 

 out the active business of the company for a 

 season, but the mill will be rebuilt and it la 

 thought that the delay will be an actual benefit 

 to the owners. One lumberman says it is worth 

 .?2 a thousand to the company. The fire occurred 

 on the 14th, involving a loss of $50,000. Man- 

 ager Preisch and Vice-President Carrier are 

 back from the scene of the fire. 



R. F. Kreinheder of the Standard Hardwood 

 Lumber Company was a delegate to the republi- 

 can state convention and President Wendt of 

 the company was made a presidential elector at 

 the convention. Trade with the concern Is 

 fair. 



A. Miller made a trip east in the interest of 

 business lately and Is active in putting in stock 

 as it goes out. Basswood Is a pretty good 

 seller and his yard has always been well sup- 

 plied with It. 



Manager Wright of the Memphis Interests of 

 ScatcLerd & Son paid a long visit to the home 

 office and his old home lately and will get busy 

 at the mills there as soon as he returns. 



F. W. Vetter sticks to his plan, formed when 

 he went in for himself, of keeping a stock just 

 large enough to cover the hardwood trade gen- 

 erally. Sales have been fair and the sources 

 of supply are always open. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company is 

 making more of a specialty of gum than ever, 

 finding that it can be sold in the Kast as it 

 could not in times past. It is low-priced and an 

 all-round wood and should go. 



Hugh McLean is back on the road again after 

 quite a general waiting for the demand to re- 

 turn, and .\ngus McLean is most of the time 

 in Canada looking after the mills of the McLean 

 interest down the St. Lawrence. 



L N. Stewart has returned to business aftCi 

 a pretty bad winter fighting the grip. He re- 

 ports that there is a fair demand for his special- 

 ties, such as cherry, oak and walnut, with a 

 good stock of it all In sight. 



A. J. Ellas Is taking a prominent part in th» 

 union passenger station meetings, having fur- 

 nished the map that seems to be the basis of a 

 plan most favored by the business men of the 

 city. 



The yard of Beyer, Knox & Co. is still pretty 

 well beset by grade crossing operations, but so 

 far nothing has been done towards a new site, 

 as business goes on as usual in spite of draw- 

 backs of that sort. 



O. E. Yeager has worked hard on the National 

 Inspection rules and has drawn up a set that 

 should go far toward settling the differences In 

 that line. Business has been very fair with 

 him. 



The car trade with Canada is good at the 

 yard of T. Sullivan & Co., as elm, basswood 



and black ash are coming in from there ; also 

 some Washington spruce that goes direct to 

 destination, the yard stock of it being good. 



Detroit. 



Detroit hardwood men realize now that busi- 

 ness this year will not be anywhere near what 

 it was a year ago. Trade has been dull for 

 the past three or four months, and although 

 indications now are that conditions will improve, 

 lumbermen are far from satisfied. Prices have 

 been cut some, but with building operations 

 taking on renev,ed life, the dealers look for 

 better things. 



Thomas Forman of the Thomas Forman Com- 

 pany says that, while trade is by no means 

 booming, he looks on the situation optimistically. 



The wholesale lumber dealers of Detroit have 

 effected a settlement of their long-standing diflJ- 

 culties with the Longshoremen's Union, and 

 boats will be unloaded without hindrance this 

 year. H. L. Wilton and C. W. Kotcher repre- 

 sented the dealers in the negotiations with the 

 union. 



There are 225,000 feet of hardwood flooring in 

 the new 18-story Ford building, which is hearing 

 completion. 



Lowrie & Robinson have bought the Delray 

 yards of the Restrict Lumber Company for 

 if 3 00.000. The property comprises fourteen 

 acres and is on the bank of the River Rouge. 

 The power plant, planing mill, dry kilns, etc.. 

 on the premises are included. The property 

 has been used as a lumber yard since 1885, 

 when the Delta Lumber Company established 

 a wholesale business there. C. W. Restrick 

 bought It six years ago. 



"Trade is rather quiet In hardwoods," said 

 Mr. Brownlee of Brownlee & Kelly, "but I look 

 for It to improve." 



The increasing popularity of hardwood floors 

 in residences has caused local agents of fire 

 Insurance companies to issue a warning to 

 householders relative to polishing floors. The 

 Insurance men say that many fires have been 

 caused in this city lately by carelessly leaving 

 about oil-soaked rags used In polishing floors. 



Bay City and Saginaw. 



The 



lufacturlng business is livening up a 

 little. The new mill of Ibe Richardson Lumber 

 Company at Bay City started operations April 

 20 and will be operated during the season. Mon- 

 day, April 27, the Kneeland-Rlgelow Company 

 will begin sawing day and night, and a con- 

 siderable portion of the cut has already been 

 contracted for, 6,000,000 feet of maple going to 

 one flooring concern. The Knceland. Buell & 

 Blgelow Company mill also starts April 27, and 

 will run ten hours a day. 



The single band mill of W. D. Young & Co. 

 has been running several weeks, and now an- 

 other band saw outfit is to be added, the mill 

 having been designed as a double band mill at 

 the outset. The flooring department of this 

 big plant has started operations also. Last 

 week the firm sliippnd n number of carloads of 

 their famous ninyO.- iiM.Tin- to Europe, where a 

 good portion . i ih.ii .iiii,.iii will be marketed. 

 When the ulil mill uln.h i.urned last September 

 was In opcralion lliis iirm shipped seventy-five 

 per cent of its flooring output to Europe, and 

 with the connections the company has abroad 

 a fine market Is provided for its product. The 

 plant now is one of the most modern in the 

 United States. 



Bliss & Van Auken are getting logs by rail 

 from the North and their plant Is being oper- 

 ated steadily. The output may not be quite 

 as large this year as last, owing to general busi- 

 ness conditions. 



Maple flooring manufacturers note an in- 

 creased movement in that commodity. Opera- 

 tions have been carried along under check dur- 

 ing the winter, but of late orders are coming 

 in and plants are getting busy. The Eastman 

 Flooring Company has made some large pur- 



chases of stock to convert into flooring. The 

 winter was quiet in this industry, but trade is 

 picking up and there is more inquiry for stock. 



The Strable Manufacturing Company is doing 

 a fair business, and Bliss & Van Auken are 

 always busy. Up at Grayling the Kerry-Hanson 

 Flooring Company, a plant in operation only two 

 years, is doing some business. 



The stringency of the times has checked 

 stumpage investments for the time being. Last 

 year the Ward estate figured to put 77.000 

 acres of heavily timbered land on the market, 

 containing several hundred million feet of tim- 

 ber, but after selling off a small portion, it is 

 understood the property has been taken off the 

 market for the present. Some 8.000,000 feet of 

 hardwood logs put in by the Ward estate last 

 winter will be railed to W. D. Young & Co. to 

 be manufactured. 



Southern Michigan men and A. T. Bound of 

 Brimley, at the mouth of Kaiska river, are ne- 

 gotiating for a lumber plant at that place. The 

 plan contemplates a sawmill and planing mill 

 and woodenware factory. There is ample timber 

 available for a long run. 



Despite the depression in Industrial lines. 

 there has been a good deal of hardwood timber 

 put in during the winter in eastern Michigan 

 between the Saginaw river and the Straits of 

 Mackinac. The lumber firms at Alpena have se- 

 cured very nearly if not quite the normal stock, 

 about 25.000.000 feet. In the Saginaw valley about 

 .".0,000.000 feet of hardwood logs will be con- 

 verted Into lumber. At Onaway, Gardner. Peter- 

 man & Co. will have about 5.000.000 feet, and 

 the Lobdeli & Churchill Manufacturing Company 

 over 12.000.000 feet. At Au Sable the H. M. 

 Loud's Sons Company will handle about C- 

 000,000 feet. This firm lumbers during the sum- 

 mer to some extent. Gardner & Richards at 

 East Tawas will have a stock of 2,000.000 feet. 

 The Mlchaelson & Hanson Lumber Company at 

 I.ewlston, about 10,000,000 feet, and the Sailing- 

 Hanson Company at Grayling, about the same 

 amount. McTlver & Hughes at Onaway will 

 have 3,000,000 feet of hardwood logs to manu- 

 facture. 



Grand Baplds. 



Governor Warner has named James B. Angelf 

 of the state university, Charles B. Blair of 

 Grand Rapids and Chase Osborn of the Soo as 

 delegates to the national conference for conserv- 

 ing national resources, to be held In Washing- 

 ton next month. Mr. Blair Is secretary of the 

 committee of inquiry into forestry condition* 

 of the state. 



J. S. Stearns recently purchased a touring 

 oar In Grand Rapids, making the trip to his 

 home at Ludington in the new machine. It Is 

 Liiiliii^i 11 : 1-1 :ir. though It is reported scv- 

 eriil - I - - ; purcha.scd this spring. 



11 I I Illness of the Cabinetmakers" 



r(ini]iiii> iiiiiiini.iriiirers of mahogany library 

 and dining room furniture, located at Kent and 

 Newberry streets, have been sold to W. C. Grob- 

 hiser of Sturgls. Mich. The factory will con- 

 tinue operations for the present under the man- 

 agement of J. G. Robinson, who was manager, 

 for the Cabinetmakers' Company. 



The Luce Furniture Company of Grand Rap- 

 ids has a large contract to make tables, desks 

 and sideboards for government army posts. 



Ed Allen's mill, located on the G. R. & I. rail- 

 road between Tustin and Leroy, completed its 

 season's cut last week, and also has probably 

 made its last run. Sir. Allen is a member of 

 the lumber firm of Gibbs, Hall & Allen of Grand 

 Rapids. 



Herman Allen Is removing his shingle and 

 sawmill from Dlghlon to Cadillac, and It wilt 

 be in operation by June 1, employing flfteen 

 men. It is located on the north shore of Lake 

 Cadillac. 



W. D. Y'oung & Co.'s new flooring plant at 

 Bay City turned out Its flrst flooring April 17. 

 The plant when In full operation will employ 

 400 hands. 



