THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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there is more building going on than usual 

 at this time of the year. A large propor- 

 tion of these Ijuildings are offlee buildinss 

 and residences, which are rented or sold 



as soon as finished. 



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The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany report business good, also that they 

 have a large consignment of Michigan ma- 

 ple about due. 



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The new dock of Taylor & Crate on the 

 Nia.gara River front is showing signs of 

 life. They are now receiving northern 

 Iiardwoods there and a new office is being 



Ijuilt. 



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J. B. "Wall is giving most of his time 

 -and attention to the business of the Buffalo 

 Desk & Table Company, which. l>y the 

 way. is developing into one of the big in- 

 stitutions in its line. 



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Tlie Hoo-Hoo annual, wliieli is to be 

 Leld in Buffalo this year, is being talked 

 •of in the trade now-. Mr. O. E. Yeager. 

 who is a member of the supreme nine, is 

 taking the lead and a meeting will be 

 ■called for an early date to lay plans. 



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Gardner I. Jones, of the 11. M. Bickford 

 Company, Boston, was a visitor on the 

 market last week. 



grounds tliat they are hooked up right. 

 They intend also to enter largely into the 

 railroad tic timber and car material busi- 

 ness. 



CHATTANOOGA TO THE FRONT. 



"I 'llaltanll(l,^a has begun to lie recognized 

 by dealers in the North and East as one 

 •of tlie leading hardwood markets in the 

 United States," is the .statement attributed 

 to Jlr. P^red Arn, secretary and treasurer 

 ■of the .T. M. Card Lumljer Company, by 

 the Cliattanooga News. He further stated 

 that the business was rapidly increasing, 

 tile difference being noticeable from 

 anontli to month. 



In this connection it can properly be ob- 

 served that the J. M. Card Lumber Com- 

 pany has also grown to be one of the 

 largest institutions in the South. Besides 

 having large yards in Chattanooga, they 

 bave a big band mill at Ilollywodd. Ala.. 

 jind a circular mill at .Vkron. Ala. 



A NEW LUMBER FIRM. 



The JIississipi)i Valley I-nmhrr Coni- 

 j)any, incorporated, wholesalers" and manu- 

 facturers' agents, have just completed or- 

 ganization and have announctHl headquar- 

 ters at 'Xil Lincoln Trust bnilding. St. 

 Louis, Mo. Walt M. Manuel, for 20 years 

 connected with Knapp Stout & Co., is 

 president and treasurer; .T. E. McKinney, 

 •of the McKinney Bread Co., vice-presi- 

 dent, and T. C. Skein, formerly St. Louis 

 agent of the American Lumber & Mt^. 

 Company of Pittsburg. I*a., secretary. 



'i'lic .Mississipju A'allcy Lumber Com- 

 pany will represent a number of the larg- 

 est and most reliable manufacturers of 

 cypress, cottonwood, lir. gum. maple, oalv, 

 -white pine and yellow jiinc. and are mak- 

 ing a special bid U>v business on tlie 



ST. LOUIS 



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SI. I.duis. yi,K. .lunc 17. I'.Ki;!. 

 There was a meeting in this city to-day 

 of the Hoard of Governors of the House of 

 IfiMi-IIoo. which was called for the pur- 

 pose of reviewing the work tlius far done 

 and to outline plans for tlie future. The 

 report of the secretary showt^l that about 

 .'I.tHiil m<"Uibers are still needed to complete 

 tb<' niciuliersliip list and he was instnicted 

 t'l use all possible haste in completing his 

 jiart of the work. All reports showed that 

 very satisfactry progress has lieen made in 

 all departments and this indication favors 

 a more cdniplete success to the project 

 than was at tirst contemplated, as the idea 

 is growing and new methods of increasing 

 tile benetits of membership are constantly 

 being added. Applications from many as- 

 sociations of manufacturers have been re- 

 ceived for rooms to be finished with their 

 lirodiK-ts. and nearl.v all of the rooms in the 

 laiiMing ai'e now taken. In fact, such suc- 

 c( ss has crowned the efforts in this direc- 

 tion that the building promises to be a 

 more complete exposition of the commer- 

 cial woods of the United States than was at 

 tiist anticipated. The secretary was in- 

 structed to try and complete the member- 

 sliij) list during the ne.\t si.xty days, and 

 this is entirely within reason, in view of 

 tlie number of members applying during 

 tlie past thirty days. Great jirogress is 

 I/eing made, and it is advisable for those 

 contemplating joining this club to no 

 longer postpone action on the matter, Init 

 to join at once. 



Tlie l-:ik U.ipids Iron Company of Ellc 

 Ilapitls. Mich., have secured the services 

 oi; !•;. (i. Uust to succeed H. B. Lewis as 

 general manager of their business. 



Mr. Bust is a man of large experience, 

 having been connected in a managerial and 

 engineering capacity with some of the 

 largest institutions in iron and steel in 

 the <'ouiitry, his latest connection, prior to 

 c(.ining on to Elk Uapids, being with the 

 t'olor;id(i l''iiel iV: Iron Co, at Pueblo, Colo. 



Th<> tenth annual piciii<' of •the St. Louig 

 lumbermen which was annouiued to take 

 place on .lune 1 has been postponed on ac- 

 count of high water, the picnic grounds 

 at Cottage Grove being Hooded. It will 

 occur as soon as the weather permits, and 

 the date will be set and announced later. 



The saw mill of Benjamin Cohii at AI- 

 biona. Pa., was burned June ]."), entailing 

 a loss of about $!t.OOO. 



TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE. 



HERE'S A BARGAIN. 



Tlilrty ilioiisaiui aci-o.>: on the l)Oundai-y 

 lietween North Carolina and Tennessee : 

 railroad runs tlirougli it; can commence 

 operation at once ; it lias never been on 

 tlie mai'ltet tiefore; absolute titles and care- 

 fully estimated l>v a Wisconsin lumberman 

 to cut IL', 00(1. 1100 wbite pine, 15,000,000 

 poplar, 2,r)00.000 chestnut, l,.=iOO,000 oali, 

 1,000,000 basswood, i;^,000.0U0 hemlocli, 

 a. 0110.000 yellow piue, 800,000 ash; other 

 woods sucli as beach, bircli, liuckeye maple, 

 hioliorv. cherry and walnut not included in 

 the estimate ; the tract will cut about two 

 cords of chestnut barls per acre, which 

 brings $8 per cord on a 21,4 cent rate to 

 tannery, or .$2 per cord in the tree. The 

 chestnut oak can be used for export, bridge 

 and car timber or railroad ties ; man on the 

 property to show it ; price $100,000, half 

 cash, balance on easy terms. File 213. 

 TIMBER AND COAL LANDS, 

 Twenty thousand acres in Southern Vir- 

 ginia. Will cut 0,000 feet of yellow poplar, 

 3.000 feet white oak, and 4,000 feet of 

 other kinds of tiral>er to the acre. The en- 

 tire tract is underlaid with coal. Five 

 openings have been made, the principal 

 vein being over ten feet thick and all of the 

 Pocahontas seam. Twelve miles to one sta- 

 tion, 22 miles to another. Title perfect, 

 fee simple. Price. $2r> per acre. File 209. 

 POPLAR TREES. 

 Five thousand poplar trees in Kentucky, 

 20 inches and >ip. Each tree is branded 

 and measured and will cut 7.000,000 feet. 

 Warranty deed, perfect title, $23,000. File 

 155. 



200,000 OAK AND POPLAR TREES, 

 Ou the I'.ig Sandy Kiver. in I';astern Ken- 

 tucky, along the new line of the C. & u. 

 Ry. For sale outright or a half interest. 

 Price, .$1.23 per tree from 16 to 21 inches ; 

 .«1.73 for all from 22 up. Terms, half cash, 

 balance in two annual payments at G per 

 cent. Our contracts call for all oak. pop- 

 lar, Ivnn, ash, buckeye and cucumber. Title 

 absolutely good. Owner will pay all ex- 

 penses of investigation if titles are found 

 defective. 

 1,280 ACRES IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, 



MISSISSIPPI. 

 This land is situated six miles from 

 Charleston, ten miles from the 1. C. R. K. 

 and three miles from the Tallehatchie River. 

 The average on this tract will be about 

 5,000 feet to the acre, and consists of 

 white oak, ash, and short-leaf pine. Price, 

 $7.50 per acre. File E. I>. M. 



A BARGAIN IN HARDWOODS, 

 Five thousand acres hardwood on Cumber- 

 land Mountain, within three miles of rail- 

 road ; estimated to cut 10,000,000 white 

 oak, 3.000.1100 poplar. 3.000.000 chestnut 

 and 3.230.000 hickory and other timber, in- 

 cluding walnut : a portion underlaid with 

 coal : price. $.'123 per acre. I-"ile 23. 

 PINE, OAK AND POPLAR, 

 We offer 1,4-40 acres of stumpage within 

 75 miles of Chattanooga, Tenn., at $G.oO 

 per acre cash. It will cut 1,730,000 feet 

 yellow pine, 1,500,000 white oak, 1,100,000 

 'poplar Logging easy, can be cut and 

 logged to miir site for $230 per M ; level 

 road to railroad, team can make four trips 

 a day. Put in a mill and go to work. File 

 123. 



STUMPAGE, 

 One thousand to 1,000 acres of hardwood 

 timber stumpage at $2.. 30 per M feet as 

 cut Only a nominal payment down as evi- 

 dence of "good faith. Balance can be paid 

 as timber is cut and marketed. Here's an 

 opportunity for a man and mill to go right 

 to work. "Iteter to File No. 1. 

 NORTH CAROLINA DEAL, 

 We have for sale !),000 acres in Hender- 

 son and Transylvania counties, N, C, of the 

 finest virgin hardwood timber at $5.50 per 

 acre This is live miles from the railroad 

 and will cut :1.000 feet to the acre of mer- 

 chantable lumber. Title perfect. File No. 1. 

 MICA. 

 Five thousand acres of hardwood In 

 North Carolina, estimated to cut ;!,000 feet 

 to the acre. This tract contains two veins 

 of excellent mica, which has been opened 

 up in two places, and several lilocks ol 

 mica have been taken out. Price, with min- 

 eral riiihls reserved. $:!-25 per acre, or 

 .<3 per -jrr,' ih-i in fee sinipl.'. I ilc No. 1- 



SOUTHERN LAND COMPANY, 



134 Monroe street, CHICAGO. 



.1. !■', Ol^ic^n. fornuTlv agent for the I.aiul arul 

 Inaustrlai Departmeiu for Ihi' Soutbern and 

 Mobile .*. Ohio Hallways. Manager. Uealers In 

 Southern timber, mineral and farming lands 



