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111:, HAKUWUUU KliCURD. 



From Nea^r aLnd Fa^r. 



CHICAQO COMMENT. 

 'I'lic'ii. I'luiiiini'i', |iri'si(li>iii iir llic I'hiiii' 

 iiirr-Hcni'«liot I.tiuilit-r ('(iiii|uiii.v uf St. 

 I.oiils. pnssoil tlirmiKli I'liloiiKu » ••miplo of 

 weeks jiKo »ii his way to tin- liike resorts 

 iiortli. where lie Intends to take n lirlef 

 rest from the eares of liusinesis, wlileli, liy 

 the way, have been rather Klreniioiis for 

 the past six months. Most of tho Theo- 

 don's. wc know, however, are of that 



strennoiis hulld. 



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Karl Palmer, of the Fergnson A; I'alnier 

 Company, rndneah. Ky., was another t'hi- 

 eaKo visitor, returninj; from a vacation in 



Wisconsin. 



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Ceor^c K. Zearin;; of De Vails Itluff. 

 .\rk., aeeompanied l>y his wife, spent a 

 eouple of weeks anion.? his friends in Chi- 

 cago and visiting with his parents in 



rriin-elon. 111. 



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\V. \V. WhieUloii, former assistant sm- 

 veyor-general of the National association, 

 was a caller at the Record office this week. 

 Mr. Whicldon is now oiierating a hardwood 

 mill at Becton. Ark., under tho firm name 

 of the Eureka Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany. They own a large amount of tim- 

 ber in that section and are putting out a 

 fine stock of hardwoods. Mr. Whieldor. 

 was on his way into Pennsylvania, where 

 his family resides, and will take two weeks 

 to renew acquaintance with them. 



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Charles P)arling. wholesaler of hard- 

 woods in and around Chicago, took his va- 

 cation down in Indiana, where, as he says, 

 he was able to pick up a few deals at the 

 same time. The business habit is going 

 to get the better of Darling if he doesn't 



watch out. . 



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"Theo. Fathauer is in Michigan on busi- 

 ness. He reports salable stocks in very 



light supply. 



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Heath, Witbeck & Co. recently shipi)ed 

 a whole trainload of maple out of Manis- 

 tique. Mich., which originated on the other 

 side of the lake. That is the way holes 

 are made in the supply of maple. 



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.Tohn S. Benedict has just returned from 

 a trip among the mills in the Sonth and 

 reports that consideraljle headway is being 

 made in getting the supply up to where 

 it will meet the demand. 

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A. J. McCausland is now with .Toliii 

 O'Brien & Co. of this city, who only re- 

 cently purchased the Delta cooperage plant 

 at Phillips, Miss. Mr. McCausland is at 

 the mills this week. 



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Among other visitors to the Chicago mar- 

 ket not mentioned above were: F. W. Mow- 

 bray, of Mowbray, Robinson & Emswiler, 



) 'ineliinali. ii.; .lohn Stratton. Campbells- 

 burg. Intl.; U. C. .lackson. representing the 

 W. M. Weston Compiiny. Boston, MasK.; 

 .Tiio. IC. WilllaniH, editor of the Lumber 

 Trade .loiu-nal of New tlrleans. iji., and 

 11. A. nagenian, representing Indiana 

 l.unilier & \'eneer Company. liiillana)Mills, 



hill. 



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The Ueeonl office acknowledges the re- 

 ceipt from Mr. V. H. Cass, the gentle- 

 manly lumber agent of the C. & E. I. Ry., 

 one of the llncst freight ami iias.senger lines 

 in the- country, of a lim- bunch of flowers. 

 Wc are not well posted in lloral matters, 

 and don't know what kind of flowers they 

 are. We are only positive that wc can 

 identify two kinds of (lowers, roses and 

 .lohnny-jurap-ups, and these flowers are 

 neither the one nor the other; but they are 

 mighty line flowers, and Mr. Cass is a 

 niii;lity fine man, and the C. & E. I. Uy. is a 

 mighty fine road. We are very fond of 

 flowers, and next to things to eat we like 

 to have our friends and admirers send us 

 flowers. 



PITTSBURG PACKET. 



The Pittsburg district is this summer 

 experiencing the greatest scarcity of rail- 

 road ties ever known. A few years ago 

 West Virginia was able to supply all the 

 good white oak ties needed for this market, 

 but now large shipments are being made 

 from the Southwest and Northwest. So 

 hard has it become to get ties that several 

 railroads have lately applied to the gov- 

 ernment's bureau of forestry to help them 

 solve the problem of getting good ties at 

 reasonable rates. Under the direction of 

 Dr. Herman Von Schrpnk this department 

 is now co-operating with the following rail- 

 roads in experimenting in timber season- 

 ing and preservin.g: Pennsylvania. Erie. 

 Baltimore «!c Ohio. New York Central. Illi- 

 nois Central. Santa Fc, St. Louis & San 

 Francisco, Missouri. Kansas & Texas, 

 Northern Pacific and Chicago, BurliiTgtou 



& Quincy. 



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The local scarcity is largely due to the 

 orders placed by the Pittsburg, Carnegie & 

 Western Railroad Company for its new 

 Wabash line to Pittsburg. This road has 

 found it necessary to place big orders 

 within the last few months hundreds of 

 miles from Pittsburg in order to get sea 

 soned timber in time for its use. The Bal- 

 timore & Ohio and Pennsylvania are also 

 using large quantities of ties in extending 

 their lines and making improvements in 

 the city. Added to this are the gi-eat 

 number of street c:ir lines being built in 

 and around Pittsburg. Firms which deal 

 exclusively in ties have been unable to 

 book half the orders ofl'ered them since 

 June 1 and are away behind their business 

 now. As high as GO cents has recently 



been .ilTiMd for <-roSKtles sawed or hewed 

 :iii4l ■!. ll\. ic(l where they urr needed. 



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.\ .iilililigent of PIttHblirg rapltllllsls 

 heiitled > .. Willliini (i. Hamilton are mak- 

 ing a «ti"iig I'lTort to secure representa- 

 tion III I In- directorate of the Anierh'an 

 Lunibi'i I 'iiiii|iany. which waH llnanced 

 with ,<s.i;i«i.iiiHl to develop :i(»0,00() acres of 

 virgin " liile pine timber land in western 

 New Mi\ico. .Mr. Hiiiiillton represents 

 the Kln>ii::est llnanclal Interests uf the com- 

 pany mill has been In Pittsburg recently 

 consult iiil: with his colleagues about the 

 scheme Senator Matthew t^miy and Fran- 

 cis 3. 'li'rrauce of Beaver, Pa., and Pitts- 

 burg, r>spiilively, are largely interested, 

 too, in .1 railroad which will give a direct 

 outlet III the Southwest from the limber 



tract. 



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The .Mr.Millaii Lumber Company has 

 starteil 12."> men working on its new tract 

 of tiniliir near Wilson. W. Va. Three 

 mills Mild running night and day cutting 



hardw Is mider the ilirection of F. O. 



McMillan. The company is doing a big 

 business in bark and expects to rush the 

 work ,iif clearing of its tract .-is f:wi as 



possible. 



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TIm Ti- is a noticeable increase in the 

 price •<( shingles the jiast year In Pltt.s- 

 burg. Wliite pine shingles are very scarce 

 and rate fully ten per cent higher than last 

 year. Red cedar are also up ten per cent 

 or UKiii' and are very hard to get. Most 

 of the red cedar, 10 and 18 inch, come 

 from Washington. The pine shingles, 18 

 inch, iiinie from Michigan and Wisconsin. 

 Owing to the tact that no shingle roofs 

 are allowed in the city except where repairs 

 are being made, the local market is chiefly 

 for till- suburban dealers. There the de- 

 mand Is good, although very few shingles 

 are now used in the walls of houses, 

 whereas two years ago brick and shingle 

 houses were very common. 



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The Wabash Ivumbor Company has been 

 granted a charter with a capital of $(),(X)0. 

 It was formed by officials of the Pittsburg. 

 Carnegie & Western Railroad Company to 

 develop a tract of several htindred acres of 

 timber iieiu- Washington. Pa. 



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The Cherry River Boom iV Lumber Com- 

 pany is arranging to double the eapacit.v 

 of its mills at Richwood, W. Va., and run 

 double turn. The company is turning niii 

 a large amount of spruce which it markets 

 in the East. Its mills are also cutting con- 

 siderable hemlock and hardwoods for the 



home market. 



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The Cheat River Lumber Company has 

 closed a deal for 2.000 acres of timber 12 

 miUs above Point Marion, W. Va. The 

 timber is mostly oak. with some poplar. 

 It will be rafted down to the company's 

 mills at Point Marion, where 40 men are 

 no-w employed. The mill at this point will 



