THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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USE OF MAHOGANY. 



Furniture maiiut'arturrrs iln not consider 

 the question of a future bardwootl for 

 their use with the same degree of interest 

 as they do future fads in finish. Manu- 

 facturers of fine goods are constantly be- 

 coming heavier users of maliogany. and the 

 necessity of an American hardwood to take 

 the place of oali, which is becoming so 

 scarce and expensive as to be a serious 

 matter to manufacturers of medium-priced 

 goods, is daily becoming more imperative. 

 Old-time furniture men recall the fact that 

 o\'er thirty years ago manufacturers of 

 ■walnut parlor frames in New York and 

 Cincinnati finished them mahogany and 

 rosewood for the New Orleans market, and 

 in the later years, before the modern era 

 of oak, how cherry, birch, beech and even 

 elm were mahoganized, ebonized and scan- 

 dalized to take the place of the disappear- 

 ing walnut. Neither of these woods ever 

 proved very successful finished natural, 

 neither of them were plenty in the lumber 

 markets of the country, neither of them 

 furnished much large lumber, and for these 

 and other reasons neither of them ever ap- 

 pealed very strongly to the furniture trade 

 or to the public, and the demand created 

 for them was short-lived and never really 

 l)opular. "The abundant oak came at good 

 time, but manufacturers, as a rule, adopted 

 it simply as a necessity and considered it 

 only as a temporary expedient. In less 

 than twenty years it is a stronger factor 

 than walnut ever was, not only with the 

 trade, but with the public. It has loaned 

 itself to so many pleasing finishes and has 

 l)een popularized to the public under so 

 many fancy surnames that the thought of 

 supplanting oak is not a pleasing one. 

 Whatever wood attempts to fill the field 

 must be susceptible of as numerous and as 

 striking finishes as oak has been. It will 

 be many days before any finish will gain 

 the popular favor to the extent that 

 ■■golden" oak has done, and yet how few 

 dealers can give a very clear idea of the 

 proper shade of the much-lauded "golden." 

 Jlany manufacturers will have an experi- 

 mental stage, covering several seasons, be- 

 fore they can render a decision, and many 

 will call to their aids professional finishers 

 and makers of these goods before that 

 decision is reached. When will another 

 American hardwood liold supremacy in the 

 cabinet trades of the country for over 

 twenty years? — American Cabinetmaker. 



TORBENS LAND TRANSFER SYS- 

 TEM. 



Professor .Tames H. Brewster, of the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan, read a paper at the 

 annual "round-up" of the Michigan State 

 Farmers' Institute, at Owosso, February 

 ■J)-27. in which he described the Torrens 

 system of land transfer, and advocated it 

 for the state of Jlichig.-in, He said the 

 leading features of the Torrens system 

 were that it cleared titles, registered titles, 

 and facilitated and cheapened the transfer 

 of titles. The system provides for an offl- 

 cial examination of the title. When the 

 fiuestion as to the person in whom the 

 titles rest has been settled, a certificate is 

 to be filled out setting forth the fact, this 

 certificate to remain with the ■'register of 

 titles," and title only to pass upon a regis- 

 tration on tills certificate by the proper 

 public officer, instead of upon the delivery 

 of a deed, as is now the case. 



The owner of the property in each in- 

 stance has a duplicate of the certificate 

 which records the transfer Of title, and all 

 indorsements made on the original must 

 also be made by the register on the dupli- 

 cate. In this way the material facts re- 



lating to the title appear upon the face 

 of ever.v certificate, and no examination of 

 title is required. The title is, so to speak, 

 pisted, and a single p:Tge of the register 

 shows its condition at any time. 



After registration, no title to the land 

 can be acquired by prescription or adverse 

 possession. An owner of registered land 

 niay convey, mortgage, lease or otherwise 

 deal with his land as freely as if it had not 

 been registered; but no title passes until 

 duly noted on the certificate of title by 

 the recorder. Deeds and other instru- 

 ments aft'ecting title amount under this 

 s,^ stem to contracts simply. Title does not 

 pass on the delivery of the deed^ as now. 

 but only when on the authority of the 

 deed, the transfer is made on the certifi- 

 cate in the register's ofiice. 



Upon the death of a registered owner, 

 his lands may be registered by the court 

 in the name of his heirs or devisees. There 

 is generally provided an assurance fund 

 by requiring that on original registration, 

 and on registration in favor of heirs or 

 devisees, 10 per cent of the assessed value 

 oC the land shall be paid to the public 

 treasurer. From this fund compensation 

 is to be made to anyone who, without neg- 

 ligence on his part, sustains loss or dam- 

 age through fraud or negligence in the 

 registration of the title. 



The Slack cooperage stock situation is 

 practically as serious as in tight stock. 

 The fact of the want of snow in the North 

 and the scarcity of timber has put raw 

 material at a top notch. It is certainl.y go- 

 ing to give an opportunity for the southern 

 manufacturer of elm and gum staves to 

 push his product, and Cottonwood stave,~, 

 too. if they can afford to pay the price for 

 Cottonwood logs and make them into staves, 

 considering the price of lumlier. The prices 

 of these southern iiroducts are near the 

 jioint where they ought to be, considering 

 the troubles brought about b.y high water 

 and other conditions, each of which should 

 be counted in the cost of the product at 

 the southern mill. — Barrel and Box, 



The A. Rudd Lumber Company is one 

 of the valuable enterprises of Yazoo City. 

 Miss. They have been located one mile 

 north of the cit.v at Vintonia. Jliss., and 

 are operating a large hardwood manufac- 

 turing plant at that point, employing be- 

 tween tiO and 70 hands. The company 

 contemplates an enlargement of their pl.int 

 in the near future to meet demands of th(> 

 tradi'. 



Forest fires are reported raging in th(> 

 nortlu'rn peninsula of Michigan, and in 

 the northern section of Wisconsin. No 

 very serious damage has occurred so far. 

 Ill rennsylvania, as noted in our Phihidel- 

 liliia correspondence, was more disastrous. 



Tlu' ('. W. Sowles Lumber Company of 

 Cincinnati commenced sawing with their 

 big I land mill on May 4. in Howan County. 

 Kentucky, where the.v have many thousand 

 acres of fine timber. 



The Mobile & Ohio Kailroad advertise' 

 low r.-ites to New Orleans on May 10 to 22. 

 .•ici-ount (if I'nilcd Confederate Veterans' 

 -Vssociaticiii. 



The Cody mill at Pine Bluff, Ark., has 

 licin purchased by T. .\. IJose & Co., 

 I'.iducah, Ky. They will improve and ex- 

 tend the plant. 



BRITISH AGENCY. 



Mr. G. Y. Tickle, of Tickle, Bell & Co., 

 mahogany and lumber agents, Liverpool, 

 England, expects to be in the United States 

 and Canada during May and June. 



Firms desiring active British representa- 

 tives may arrange interview by writing 

 Mr. Tickle, care Hardwood Record. 



The Langstaff Wagon Company has been 

 incorporated at Greenwood, Miss., with a 

 capital of $50,000, to manufacture wagons 

 and carriages. 



Chas. D. Fuller of Kalamazoo, Mich., is 

 at the head of a big company that has 

 recently purchased 20.000 acres of timber- 

 land in the vicinity of Asheville, N. C. 

 Their headquarters will be at that point, 

 and they will build a large saw mill, con- 

 struct a railway and establish a com- 

 missarv. 



EXCURSIONS TO BOSTON. 



For the N. E. A. meeting at Boston, 

 July 6-10, 1903, the Wabash road will sell 

 tickets at one fare plus $2 for the round 

 trip. Choice of routes. Write for hand- 

 some illustrated folder, giving full par- 

 ticulars. 



F. A. P.M.ilER, A. G, P. A.. 

 97 Adams St.. Chicago. 



/<^^BI^Q?: 



WALNUT, 

 OAK, 

 ASH, 



POPLAR. 



JOHN S. BENEDICT 



WAGON STOCK 

 and HARDWOOD LUMBER 



ALWAYS IN THE MARKET. 



135 N. HALSTED ST.. 



CHICAGO. 



J. A. Tennes and S. B. Lee have formed 

 a partnership to manufacture hardwoods 

 at Utica, Ky. 



MANUFACTURERS 

 AND SETTLERS 



will tlnd extraordinary luducements for lo- 

 cation In Nortliern Wisconsin along the 

 Wixronsin Central L.lne8 Tliere are 

 plenty of fine lands for farming as well as 

 large beds of Cla!/. Kaolin and itarl. tiiielher 

 with fine Hardwood timber for manufactur- 

 ing purposes. 



Pamphlets and -complete Information can 

 be obtained by writing 



W, H. KILLEN, 

 Deputy Land and Industrial Commissioner, 

 Colby Ji Abbot Uldg., Milwaukee, Wis., or 



JAS. C. POND, G. P. A., 



Milwaukee, Wis. 



