HARDWOOD RECORD 



Ill-ought back, while the lumber concerns are 

 making no efforts. lie will be tried in Canada 

 on a charge of swindling people there. Pishion 

 is a graduate of West I'oiut and a relative of 

 I lie famous Alger family of Michigan, lie was 

 Jcnmerly employed as traveling auditor by the 

 \V. JI. Ritter Lumber Company of Columbus, 

 uliio, and came here well recommended. 



Among the recent visitors on the local market 

 were : O. .T. Mann of the Mann-Caven Lumber 

 Ccimpany, New York; E. R. Herman, Big Stone 

 liap, Va. : L. II. Snodgrass, Buck & Snodgrass 

 Lumber Company. Johnson City, Tenn. : II. R. 

 Eisenhauer of Eisenhauer & MacLea, Baltimore, 

 and B. R. Smith, Mead & Spear Company, Pitts- 

 burg. 



C. H. Smith Jr., has resigned his position 

 ,vith R. A. & J. J. Williams, Philadelphia, and 

 ;;(ine with the Tipp City Lumber Company, at 

 .\ltapass, N. C. 



The Whaling Lumber Company was organized 

 liere last week by Irving Whaley and incorpo- 

 rated with a capital stock of $15,000. The offi- 

 cers are : J. B. Bumgardner, cashier of the 

 Citizens" bank of Bristol, president; C. C. Eng- 

 lish, late of Brown & English, timber dealers, 

 vice-president ; Irving Whaley. secretary and 

 general manager. The new company has opened 

 offices in the First National Bank building and 

 win do a wholesale business for the time being, 

 but expects to soon purchase limber and operal<^ 



LOUISVILLE 



i\ C. Mongcl <>t Bro. Cii. :ire ir-ceiving their 

 usual shipments of mahogany from British 

 Honduras, and the supeiinttndf-nl of the 

 Louisville yards said that the temporary de- 

 jiression is not being allowed to affect the 

 development of their tracts. M. de Benedetto, 

 who is in charge of the work at Belize, has 

 reported that extensions of the 18-mile rail- 

 road into the interior are progressing. Much 

 lit the timber land that the Mengels are now- 

 going over was cut into by the English 50 

 years ago. but the work then wa.s less accu- 

 rate. Reference to the maps of the Mengel 

 concessions shows that only a small part of 

 the available territory has been touched, and 

 that they will be able to send their 15,000,000 

 reot to Louisville annually for many years to 



<". C. Mengel has gone abroad to remain 

 until October. He is accompanied by mem- 

 iii-rs of his family, and will tour England 

 and visit a few of the continental cities. C. 

 K. Mengel, who has been on the Pacific coast, 

 will return to Louisville shortly. 



Gamble Bros, report that business is dull, 

 but that the outlook is somewhat more cheer- 

 ful. Their sales of dimension lumber of 

 manufacturers of furniture and similar 

 branches have fallen off to less than 50 per 

 i.nt of last year's sales, but the activity 

 which is being renewed in building circles has 

 resulted in considerable sales In that direc- 

 tion. The planing mill of this company is 

 now being worked full time. 



■Business is improving fast." was the re- 

 port of W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Com- 

 pany. Though prices are no better, they 

 have found evidences of an increased de- 

 mand. Plain oak is in greater demand, and 

 manufacturers are buying in larger quanti- 

 ties, having apparently used up most of their 

 reserve stock. Lumber, particularly white 

 oak, is reported to be scarce. Large orders 

 are being filled by the Browns, and large 

 shipments received. 



J. D. Brown is laboring under an attack 

 • if liay fever. 



The mills of the Wood Mosaic Company are 

 I mining full time, including those at High- 

 land Park and in New Albany, Ind. They 

 .ire producing about 500.000 feet a month. 

 The trade in quartered white oak is espe- 

 ■ ially brisk. Their lumber tracts, situated 



at various points through Kentucky, offer 

 stock for a year's production yet. 



The Kentucky Veneer Works report that 

 business is quiet. The works are not run- 

 ning full time, and tlie demand on the part 

 of the furniture manufacturers is not strong. 



Though business in Louisville has not been 

 particularly active, the vacations of the local 

 lumbermen have not been extended beyond 

 Iheir usual length, and most of those con- 

 nected with the larger firms are now back 

 at their desks. Louisville dealers suggest 

 that this is a good stopping point for buyers, 

 as it is so located that it can be re.-iched by 

 travelers passing north or south. • 



Li-on Isaacson, vice-president of the Yellow 

 I'oplar Lumber Company. Coalgrove. O., was a 

 business visitor in the city this week. Mr. Isaac- 

 son reports business steadily improving and ad- 

 vises his company feels very much encouraged 

 that business will continue to get better. This 

 company has enough logs to run for several 

 months. They are operating their plant in all 

 departments full time. 



The Wright-Saulsberry Lumber Company has 

 not as yet detinitely decided on the location of its 

 new sawmill, but will do so now in a very short 

 lime. It Iins bi'iMi nnilirst.iod that the company 

 i.; tliinkin^ ..i i... ninj n, A-;bland. 



\V. I!. \:iii III ii ,i>Miiill man from Rush. 

 Ky., was a Im- i,. - i-n i ui the city this week. 

 .\lr. Vansnni i.|j.iiIm iniMiieos improving and is 

 running' his mill steadily at this time. 



T. N. Fannin of the Keys-Fannin Lumber Com- 

 pany, has n-tiirued from a few daj's' stay at the 

 bn-:;.- I Ml I ■.:.. iiiii.iii^ ill llcrndon, W. Va. 



I.. ' ^ '•■ .1 I'lniii. 1 iiiiiii of Paris, Ky., was 



a liii-ii- - .--III. I 111 1 III' lily this week. 



.liiliii \l iiiiiini. :ir "11.- time a lumberman of 

 this biiiiliiy but who is now located at Way- 

 cross, Ga., is a business caller in the city this 

 week. 



W. H. Dawkins Lumber Company has resumed 

 operations at its band mill in Ironton, O. The 

 company has a supply of logs in the los harbor 

 at till- mill that will last for several weeks, and 

 sbiiiii' '<■ ill Ml.- river expects to re- 



(.■i\ - which is now along 



tliv ii; iiiy reports receiving 



W. 1.. \Vai>uu of tlie Malum Lumber Company, 

 Mahan, W. Va., spent a few days in the city 

 this week. .Vftcr the usual two weeks' shutdown 

 for repairs operations are again resumed and 

 will very likely continue steadily. 



T. J. Boldman of Ironton, O., passed through 

 the city this week, en route to Pike county, hav- 

 ing been called to that place by telegram stating 

 that his sawmill had been entirely destroyed by 

 lire. Mr. Boldman carried no insurance what- 

 ever on his mill and w^as very fortunate to save 

 the large stock of lumber he had on band. lie 

 expects if there is sufficient timber to justify re- 

 placing the mill at the same place, to proceed 

 to do so at once, otherwise the mill will not be 

 rebuilt. 



The railroad proposition which has been long 

 talked of and looked for through "The Breaks " 

 of Big Sandy, will be a sure thing at no distant 

 date. After two years' lull the South & West- 

 ern, which won the right-of-way from the C. & 

 (). from Elkhorn City, the terminus of the C. & 

 <».. and through the rich coal liil.ls ..i" VirL;inia 

 and other southern states, muv Im- i iin.r cif 

 civil engineers with the head nHi,i.iN [..MkiiiK 



over the ground, and it is undeisi 1 iliat some 



of the contracts have already been let for the 

 construction of the road. This road will open 

 up rich coal fields and large timber lands and 

 will tend to make business lively in that section 

 of Kentuck.v and West Virginia, and not only 

 that, but it will be a great thing for the Big 

 Sandy valley and make it one of the b«6t sec- 

 lions of Kentucky. 



The Ashland Lumber Company resumed opera 

 tions at its mill last week, but could not saw- 

 but a few days on account of the very low 

 w-ater. The mill is now closed indefinitely. 

 .i«-aiting a rise in the river. The company 

 expects to saw a large amount of lumbc-r feu- 

 the General Lumber Company as soon as the 

 river will permit getting.' logs into the mill 

 harbor. 



The month of August was far from satisfac- 

 tory as to shipments and receipts of lumber to 

 and from this market, according to the reports 

 compiled by the Merchants' Exchange. The re- 

 port follon-s : 



The receipts of lumber at St. Louis by rail 

 for the month of Augiist this year were 10,870 

 cars, as compared w-:th 13,883 cars during the 

 same month last year. This shows a falling off 

 of 3,007 cars in receipts by rail as compared 

 with last year. There were 150,000 feet of lum 

 her riT.iviil liy ii\.'r dm ins: August this year, 

 as ioiii|.,u,.ii Hiiii iMiiiiiii !".-r-t received by river 

 last \ 111. 11, is >ii,,H- ,, :;iiiiug off this year of 

 7!)4.!i;i'.i 10, I ii,,;,-ivril l,v liver. During August, 

 1008, there were 7,syN cars shipped by rail as 

 against 9,721 cars shipped by rail last August. 

 This shows a falling oft this year of 1,883 cars. 

 There were 111,000 feet of lumber, shipped by 

 river during August this .year, as against 47-1. 

 000 feet last August, a falling off of 303,000 



Notw-ithstaiidiii- .\iil;iisi is considered tile 

 dullest moiiili In iiiililii,^ .ontractors, figures 

 compiled by iIm' si l...i;i~ liiiilding commissioner 

 for the month rmliim An:;iist .'11, show that there 

 were about twenty more brick building permits 

 issued during August than in August last year. 

 and the aggregate cost of construction will be 

 considerably more. 



There were 2U3 permits issued in Augusi. 

 with an aggregate cost of $1,216,000, against 

 148 permits and buildings to cost $1.211,0()1 

 in August, 1907. 



The total amount of construction, includiuu. 

 all classes of buildings, whether new struc 

 tures, additions or alterations, for the month 

 Just ended, was )fl,41.'j,CS4, against $1,315,80:. 

 for last August. The falling off on the total 

 amount of construction is accounted for by the 

 few additions to brick structures this season. 

 TTie building commission! r predicts a general in- 

 crease in the building line this fall. It will be- 

 gin to revive this moutli, he says, but in October 

 there will be a far better gain. Architects are 

 wiorking on many now structures and con 

 tractors ai-e fl.guring on many others. 



It is pointed out by the contractors that now 

 is the best time to build. All classes of build- 

 ing materia! are down. "As a general proiJosi- 

 tion," one of them said, -lumber is now beini; 

 sold for 10 to 15 per cent less than during last 

 year, while other stuff is proportionately less, 

 fhc home builders are discovering this and 

 within the next month there will be a great 

 revival of business." 



According to the report furnished by A. 11. 

 Bush, secretary of the Lumbermen's Exchange 

 of St. Louis, the follow-ing is the number of 

 feet Inspected and measured by the exchange tor 

 the last month : 



Plain while oak 7'J.."i4:! 



l|lain red oak ss..s47 



(Juanered' white oiil; '.'.'.'.'.. j:'.]S~\ 



Quartered red oak 1 .■..JC. 



-Maple ijiji; 



Hickory ...'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. ^7o 



Pecan : .Til 



'".vpress i-J,77:t 



Yellow jiine .1 1.;;:;7 



