HARDWOOD RECORD 



ings to cost $436,338, brick and stone, 49 per- 

 mits to cost $324,030 and additions, 321 permits, 

 to cost $99,056. 



The Advance Lumber Company notes that 

 the hardwood export business is helping out the 

 concern materially on total amounts to be put 

 out this year. A number of good orders for 

 hardwood have been received from abroad and 

 ai-p being cut at the company's mill at Bascom. 



Kenneth McLt-od. president of the American 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, returned this week 

 from a trip through northern Michigan. Re- 

 garding the future operations of his company, 

 Mr. McLeod says that the company will start 

 its mills as soon as general improvement in 

 trade is more definite. He says that nothing 

 will be done in August, but in September he ex- 

 pects that his company will he operating at 

 nearly full capacity. The American Hardwood 

 Lumber Company has 44,000 acres of valuable 

 timber lands in Arkansas, composed principally 

 of red and white oaks, hickory, gum and cy- 

 press. The company was organized last fall, 

 shortly after the beginning of the panic, and 

 decided not to operate its mills until business 

 conditions become nearly normal. Its officers 

 are much encouraged over reports of improve- 

 ment in general trade, and believe that the time 

 is near at hand when they can begin opera- 



S. D. Morgan of Kile & Morgan Company re- 

 turned last week from Detroit. Mich., where 

 he spent several wii'ks in tlii> int.r.sts .if his 

 company. Mr. Moruan i- imi. li .nr.. ir:nrr,i over 

 the outlook for bn^iiirs- wiih itn. lurnilure 

 dealers and says that liis rMinp.aiiy will soon 

 Ije in the market for large quantities of lum- 

 ber. Mr. Morgan is of the opinion that pros- 

 pects are decidedly bright at Detroit for good 

 fcusiness during the fall months. He left last 

 Saturday in his automobile for a trip through 

 eastern Pennsylvania and northern Ohio and will 

 spend a great. r iiait .jf the month of August 

 at his cot!;i, ~ ! i^ky, Ohio. 



H. C. < : . I'ith & Co. returned 



this week • trip to St. Paul, 



where he i: -'■ Masonic gathering. 



Regarding bu-iies-, Mi. rreith says that the 

 market is decidedly lietter than it was six weeks 

 ago, prices higlier and tlie outlook good. He 

 says that buyers realize that the bottom level 

 of the market has been reached and are now 

 after all the lumber they can get their hands 

 on at the present market prices. 



One of the most important events of the 

 week was the announcement that the United 

 States government will spend $700,000 on new 

 buildings to he erected at the Columbus bar- 

 racks. These buildings will probably be erected 

 within the next twelve months and will re- 

 quire large quantities of lumber in their con- 

 struction. The building situation here shows 

 considerable improvement, and It now looks as if 

 activity would be witnessed In operations dur- 

 ing the fall months. Prospective builders are 

 convinced that building material will never be 

 cheaper than it is now and are bustling to avail 

 themselves of the opportunity. 



The Powell Lumber Company reports an active 

 demand for yellow pine and better inquiry for 

 other woods, but that the general market will 

 probably remain quiet until September. 



The Sowers-Leach Lumber Company says that 

 business is picking up and that values are 

 stiffer all along the line. It expects a gradual 

 improvement from this on. 



MILWAUKEE 



Fire In the big lumber yards of the Sawyer- 

 Ooodman Lumber Company at Marinette, on 

 August 1, burned over ten acres of yards and 

 destroyed nearly 20,000,000 feet of lumber val- 



ued at between $300,000 and $500,000. It is 

 believed that the are originated from a spark 

 from the waste burner in one of the mills. 

 A heavy wind was blowing all day and Are de- 

 partments and fireboats were of no avail tintll 

 the wind changed. All losses of the Sawyer- 

 Goodman Company are fully covered by insur- 

 ance. The mills will be operated day and night 

 to again fill the yards with stock. 



Wisconsin lumbermen believe that the new 

 state commission, recently appointed by Gov- 

 ernor Davidson to conserve the natural resources 

 of the state," includes most satisfactory names, 

 and that all the members will look to the 

 forestry problem of the state. The commission 

 consists of the following members : William 

 Irvine, Chippewa Falls, lumberman : President 

 Charles R. Van Hise and Dean E. A. Birge of 

 the University of Wisconsin : George A. Whiting, 

 Appleton, paper manufacturer ; E. M. Griffith, 

 Madison, state forester ; Senator James H. Stout, 

 Menominee; lumberman, and Senator H. P. Bird, 

 Wausaukee, lumberman. The new commission 

 was appointed in accordance with the action 

 taken at Washington at the national conference, 

 and it will co-operate with the national com- 

 mission, of which Gifford Pinchot, chief of the 

 federal bureau of forestry, is chairman. 



Senator Isaac Stephenson, the millionaire 

 lumberman, and Wisconsin's "grand old man," 

 is making a successful flglit for reelection to the 

 United States Senate. Practically the entire 

 lumber fraternity of the state is for him. The 

 fact that he has had such remarkable success In 

 the lumber industry, that he has never had a 

 labor strike in his mills and that his plants 

 have been operated when others were closed, have 

 won the support of many lumbermen without 

 regard to party politics. 



The Filer & Stowell Company of Milwaukee, 

 well-known manufacturer of sawmill machinery, 

 is constructing sawmill engines for various lum- 

 bering companies over the country. Orders are 

 now awaiting the building of a 259-h.-p. engine 

 for the Brooks & Ross Lumber Company of 

 Scofield, Wis. ; sawmill machinery of 7,500 feet 

 dally capacity for the Salmen Brick & Lumber 

 Company of SUdell, La., and similar machinery 

 having a daily capacity of 150,000 feet for 

 the Bluff City Lumber Company of Pine Bluff, 

 Ark. 



The Pawling & Harnlschfeger Company is 

 putting out many large traveling cranes used for 

 carrying lumber. One is now under construc- 

 tion for the Grayson-McLeod Lumber Company 

 of St. Louis, the crane having 6,300 feet of 

 track. 



The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad will 

 asylst the state of Wisconsin in the creation of 

 another great forest reserve In the northern 

 part of the state. E. M. Griffith, Wisconsin 

 chief forester, started the movement. An auxil- 

 iary police force will be created out of the 

 track force of the Xorthwe-stcrn road In the 

 vicinity of the reserve. The plan is attracting 

 the attention of lumbermen all over Wisconsin, 

 and it is believed that It will be a success. 



The Milwaukee Counter Company has been 

 incorporated, to be located here. The capital 

 stock is $100,000 and the Incorporators are 

 Charles B. Quarles, J. A. Dietrich and Louis 

 Quarlcs. 



The new firm of John Jennings & Co., Just 

 organized at New London, has purchased a plant 

 and will move the buildings to a newly acquired 

 site, where other buildings will be erected .and 

 the manufacture of Interior finish engaged in. 



William Irvine of the Chippewa Lumber & 

 Boom Company of Chippewa Falls has presented 

 Irvine park in that city with sufficient money 

 to erect a large pavilion. Mr. Irvine donated 

 the land for the park some time ago. 



Practically all of the chair manufacturing 

 plants at Sheboygan are now In full operation, 

 with prospects of a steady run. The Crocker 

 Chair Company, operating the largest chair fac- 

 tory In the world, has resumed In both of Its 

 plants. The Phoenix Chair Company is again 



running on a ten-hour schedule and the American 

 Manufacturing Company's establishment is now 

 operating on the same schedule. The Sheboygan 

 Chair Company has once more resumed after 

 completing its semi-annual inventory. 



The W. E. Allen Lumber Company, recently 

 incorporated to do a general wholesale and com- 

 mission business, is now located in a new suite 

 of offices in the Majestic building. W. E. Allen 

 is president and James I. Fitzsimmons is secre- 

 tary and treasurer. The company is incorpo- 

 rated with a capital stock of $10,000. 



S. C. Major of the S. C. Major Lumber Com- 

 pany, well-known hardwood firm of Memphis, 

 Tenn., recently called upon the Milwaukee trade. 

 Senator J. H. Stout of Menomonie, Wis., one 

 of the best known lumbermen of Wisconsin and 

 a member of the newly appointed Wisconsin 

 conservation commission, was a recent Milwau- 

 kee visitor. Senator Stout believes that the 

 question of forest conservation is one of the 

 greatest problems now before the country. Sen- 

 ator Stout expressed himself as being in favor 

 of granting to large owners of cutover lands 

 some inducement in the form of lower taxation, 

 in order that the work of reforestation might 

 be encouraged. 



O. L. Raymond, manufacturer of the Raymond 

 Log Loader at Marinette, is meeting with con- 

 siderable success in the sale of the machine. 

 Two loaders were recently sold to the Interstate 

 Lumber Company of Columbus, Miss. 



The Frost Veneer Seating Company of Sheboy- 

 gan, whose plant at Antlgo was destroyed by 

 fire recently, has decided not to rebuild. Efforts 

 are being made by the citizens of Antigo to re- 

 tain the plant. 



Loren Robeck, lumberman of Marinette, Wis., 

 lately called upon Milwaukee dealers. Mr. Ro- 

 heck reported that the lumber business in and 

 around Marinette to be greatly improved, with 

 every prospect of a successful season. 



David M. Phlnney, formerly a resident of Mer- 

 rill, Wis., now a citizen of San Antonio, Tex., 

 was a recent Milwaukee visitor. Mr. Phinney 

 brought with him some sixty specimens of Mexi- 

 can woods presented to him by the Mexican 

 government. He is endeavoring to arouse Ameri- 

 can interest in the unlimited supply of the Mex- 

 ican forests. 



The Cleveland Woodenwarc Company, to be 

 located at Cleveland, Manitowoc county, Wis- 

 consin, has been incorporated to succeed the 

 Frome Manufacturing Company, whose plant at 

 Howard's Grove was destroyed by Are some 

 weeks ago. The new company will erect a large 

 plant at Cleveland and engage In the manufac- 

 ture of rheepc boxes and fiirn'tiire. 



T. B. Stone, president of the T. B. Stone 

 Lumber Company of the Union Trust building, 

 has returned from a successful business trip to 

 the South. W. W. Stone of the company says 

 that business has shown Improvement, and with 

 more confidence among the consumers there is 

 little reason to look for anything but a con- 

 tinued Increase In business. 



J. W. Darling and J. B. Grant of the J. W. 

 Darling Lumber Company left last week, the 

 former for a business trip through the South, 

 the latter for a canvass of the East. During 

 Mr. Darling's sojourn he will visit the yards 

 of the company at Joppa, 111. R. M. Gilbert 

 of the same company has returned from a north- 

 western business trip. He says that business 

 with the company has been good and that prices 

 on several items have Increased during the last 

 week. Both Cottonwood and gum are in better 

 demand now than for some weeks, with prices 

 a shade firmer. The concern has recently leased 

 larger offices here. 



Ben Dulweber, president of the Lumbermen's 

 Club and of the John Dulweber & Co., left last 

 week for a business trip through the northern 

 states. 



