HARDWOOD RECORD 



The Automatic Bed Company of Greensboro, 

 N. C, which recently began operating a factory 

 In that city tor the manufacture of automatic 

 beds. Is so rushed with orders that night work 

 will soon be started. The plant Is now being 

 stocked with an electric lighting system, and a 

 force of hands will soon be put on to work until 

 midnight. Other woodworking concerns of 

 Greensboro report greatly improved business con- 

 ditions. 



There has been a decided building boom expe- 

 rienced in all the larger cities of the CaroUnas. 

 A prominent dealer in building supplies at Green- 

 ville, S. C, says August marked the biggest 

 month's business for his concern, and that there 

 is no let-up In building activities. In a reccm 

 Interview he said : "In August we supplied 

 twenty building contracts for houses ranging in 

 cost from $300 to $5,000. Our contracts for the 

 month will agj;regate $70,000 to $80,000." This 

 is the report for only one of Greenville's six 

 large concerns engaged in the manufacture of 

 builders' supplies. It Is estimated these concerns 

 have handled contracts aagregating $300,000 dur- 

 ing the past three months. The report for Co- 

 lumbia, S. C. ; Greensboro, Wlnston-Salem, Ashe- 

 vllle, Durham. X. C. ; Spartansburg, S. C, and 

 other leading cities of the two CaroUnas, Is 

 equally encouraging. Here In Charlotte It Is 

 conservatively estimated that over one million 

 dollars' worth of new buildings have been con- 

 tracted for since the first of the year. The con- 

 sequence of this revival In building activities is 

 that lumbermen throughout this section have all 

 the orders on their books they can handle, and 

 few of them nre suffering any longer from the 

 effects of the recent panic. Prices on the differ- 

 ent grades of hardwoods reflect heavy gains over 

 quotations a few months ago, the Increase on 

 some grades ranging from $1 to $5 per thou- 

 sand feet. 



The Improvement Is again shown in the marked 

 Increase In shipping. An official of the Southern 

 railway at Spartanburg recently said, in an inter- 

 view : "Freight business on the Southern has 

 almost doubled in the past few months. We are 

 handling nearly twice as many cars, and every- 

 thing on this line Is moving. I think the Nor- 

 folk & Western and other roads operating In 

 this section are also doing a largely Increased 

 business." 



A gentleman prominently connected with the 

 Industrial progress of Georgia speaks of the 

 Improvement In the lumber Industry In thai 

 state : "Many sawmills In southern Georgia had 

 to dose down a year ago. Railroad construction 

 had stopped. Building operations had ceased. 

 Itailroad cross-ties are piled high beside the 

 roads. Today new lines of railway are being 

 projected ; new freight cars are being built ; new 

 railroads are under construction. The result Is 

 marked by a great Increase In activity among 

 the mills. One of the largest concerns In Georgia 

 states It Is now running on a basis of ten hours 

 a day, with about elghty-flve to ninety per cent 

 full force, and reports constantly Improving con- 

 ditions. In the northern part of the state great 

 syndicates are buying up virgin timber lands ; 

 tram roads and flumes nre being built through- 

 out that section." 



The same story may be told of the changed 

 conditions In the CaroUnas, for equal depression 

 was felt several months ago to that recounted 

 In Georgia, and equally rapid strides have been 

 made towards Improvement In the lumber Indus- 

 try, which is one of the leading industries In 

 both states. Lumbermen were hard hit by the 

 panic, but they are living now In a new season 

 of prosperity. 



.\ very large new lumber plant has recently 

 been established at Willow Springs, near Ka- 

 lelgb, N. C, on the Raleigh & Southport railway 

 and near the Durham & Southern railway. 



H. Green, a gentleman prominently Identified 



with the lumber buglnes» at Wilmington, N. C, 



states that mlUmen of that section have entered 



Jnio an agreement that on and after October 15 



Ihey will pay $7 and $ 



logs. For several months logs of this variety 

 have been bringing $6 and $4 per thousand, so 

 that log getters and land owners note with pleas- 

 ure the Increase. Increases in prices of other 

 timber have been made recently. 



CLEVELAND 



Bids 

 pletlon 



ill bp received November .-) for the com- 

 f the interior of the new postoflSce. on 

 which $2,250,000 has already been spent. Thesum 

 of $775,000 was voted by Congress at its lust 

 session for the completion of the structure. 

 This will Include the marble and bronze work 

 and the Interior hardwood finishings In both 

 noorlng and furniture. The plans are avail- 

 able at Washington at the office of the super- 

 vising architect of the treasury department, 

 J. Knox Taylor. 



Guy and Ralph Gray of the Guy & Ralph 

 Gray Lumber Company have been at the bed- 

 side of their father at Port Huron, as he Is 

 critically 111. 



Among visitors to Cleveland the past week 

 were R. L. Akers. president of the Akers 

 Lumber Company, Lynchburg. Va., and T. T. 

 Crenshaw of the Missouri Land and Lumber 

 Company, Columbus, Ohio. Both report busi- 

 ness as rapidly Improving. Another visitor 

 was Lee Bennett of the Cincinnati Poplar 

 Company of Cincinnati. 



H. C. Christy, general manager of the Ad- 

 \ance Lumber Company, who was 111 for sev- 

 eral days, has rtoovered and Is again at his 

 desk. He reports that the company has closed 

 a contract with a big furniture manufacturing 

 concern for half a million feet of gum for 

 furniture purposes. 



There will be no advance in lumber freight 

 rates on the lake boats for some months yet. 

 if present Indications count for anything. 

 Many vessels are lying Idle In the lake ports, 

 with little prospect of getting cargoes until 

 next spring. It Is usual for rates to advance 

 as the stormy season approaches. 



E. G. Prasse of the Prasse Lumber Com- 

 pany and W. H. Teare of the Potter-Teare 

 Company have returned from trips In Wiscon- 

 sin and the West, where they were looking 

 over the lumber fields. They report the rav- 

 ages by forest fires as being very severe, and 

 look for a big boost In lumber, prices, particu- 

 larly hardwoods, next year. 



A new lumber firm at Ilattlesburg. Miss., 

 has claimed a Cleveland lumberman. W. B. 

 Kollansbee, for several years with the R. H. 

 Jenks Company, has associated himself with 

 the Follansbee Lumber Company of that 

 place. With him are his brother, H. K. Fol- 

 lansbee. and H. S. Hagerty. the well-known 

 hardwood man. The company has been In- 

 corporated with a capital of $50,000. The new 

 company will handle hardwoods. The north- 

 em sales agency will be at 506 Chamber of 

 Commerce. Detroit, Mich. 



James A. Mahaffey of Akron, Ohio, a large 

 furniture merchant, has filed a petition In 

 bankruptcy at Cleveland In which he alleges 

 that his liabilities reach $21,365, while his 

 assets are only $12,864. Hard times and poor 

 collections are blamed for the failure. 



The suit brought by the Cleveland Lumber 

 Company to restrain the city from enforcing 

 that portion of the building code prohibiting 

 the piling of lumber within 100 feet of any 

 dwellings has been taken to the supreme court 

 by the lumber company. The company de- 

 clares the lOO-foot rule to be unreasonable. 



The Ohio Sash & Door Company, which for 

 years has had Its place of business on Mer- 

 wln street In the flats, has fallen Into line 

 with several other big lumber concerns and 

 has moved up town. A fine office has been 

 opened In the Strleblnger block on Prospect 

 avenue just west of Ontario street. A unique 

 thousand for pine feature of the office Is a complete Jrame cot- 



tage about 12x20 feet in size and one story 

 high. Hardwood doors and finish and attrac- 

 tive furniture used throughout have produced 

 a pretty effect. J. J. Wemple, secretary of 

 the company, was one of those who accompa- 

 nied tlie Wholesale Merchants' Board of the 

 Chamber of Commerce through eastern towns 

 and cities last week, calling on the trade In 

 Krie. Ashtabula. Conneaut and other points. 

 W. A. Cool, the well-known hardwood lum- 

 ber man, was another dealer who accompanied 

 the party. At W'estfleld, N. Y., Mr. Cool de- 

 serted the party and went to Rochester on 

 business. 



Will Martin of the Martin-Barriss Com- 

 pany, dealers In hardwoods, reports that trade 

 continues fair, though no very large orders 

 are being received. Factories using hard- 

 woods continue to extend their operations, 

 and the spring promises to see a great re- 

 vival In trade. Mr. Martin says his company 

 is in receipt of an especially fine lot of Afri- 

 can mahogany logs which will be at once 

 ■worked up for the trade. 



C. M. Lewis, who has been traveling sales- 

 man for the Ohio Box Company, has become 

 connected with the Smeed Box Company In 

 the same capacity. Most of the Cleveland 

 box concerns report business as being much 

 more active than thirty days ago. 



Coopers are buying very little hardwood 

 stock just now. A prohibition wave Is sweep- 

 ing Ohio. In two weeks twenty-two of the 

 eighty-eight counties of the state have voted 

 themselves dry. Many more are scheduled to 

 follow the same course. As a result the brew- 

 ery Interests are badly frightened and the 

 coopers are getting few orders. Slack cooper- 

 age Is also quiet. Ohio coopers have been 

 furnishing few barrels for apple-packing In 

 New York state. Coopers have Invaded the 

 apple district and are selling slack barrels 

 ilellvered for 35 cents. This sort of competi- 

 tion cannot be stood here, and the concl■r^ 

 are not trying to stand it. 



Improvement contiii.i.s In the local lumber 

 trade and conditions arc very satisfactory, 

 compared to what they were prior to Septem- 

 ber 1. The Columbus lumber companies say 

 that new orders are being received with bet- 

 ter regularity and that values are well main- 

 tained throughout the list. It Is generally 

 admitted that the uncertainty of the outcome 

 of the election Is holding business somewhat 

 In check, but after the choice for the presi- 

 dent has been named It is believed that finan- 

 cial men throughout the country will then 

 know what the policy of the government will 

 be during the next four years, and they can 

 then make their plans accordingly. With the 

 presidential election so near at hand, the local 

 lumber trade Is showing excellent form, and 

 no complaints are heard from any source. 



At the offices of the Kile-Morgan Lumber 

 Company It was announced this week tliat the 

 company will start Its mill at Earle, Ark., 

 about October 15. and expects to run full time. 

 This company will give Us attention to the 

 manuf.icture of hardwoods, of which timber 

 It has a large tract In the Arkansas district. 

 S. D. Morgan of this company left Tuesday eve- 

 ning for an extended trip through the timber 

 districts of West Virginia for the purpose of 

 looking over the lumber business in that local- 

 ity and visiting the mills of the comp.iny. 

 which are now In operation. The Kile-Morgan 

 company reports business as brisk and condi- 

 tions very satisfactory. 



H. W. Putnam, manager of the General 

 Lumber Company, returned several days ago 

 from Huntington. W. Va., where he made « 

 thorough investigation of the lumber trade. 

 He says that there Is a decidedly good" feel- 



