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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



:'t the ipnornncc niul Incnpnclty of the la- 

 i .>rliiK man tlmt lio lins let the grafic.-s 

 ..•t n ;.Tlp on Ills unions. TUoy have hml 

 .\ on by the tliront for years, and you 

 . Inlni to lie pretty smart. 



Those harjworklnp men who compo.se 

 I lie liil>or \inion.>i must join with those 

 linnlworkins men who coniiiose the eni- 

 I)|oyei-s" nssoi-iations to drive out tlu' 



i;iafters who are working uight and day 

 l.> set their dirty clutches on the labor 

 sli nation. Put the boots to them and the 

 only menace In labor unionism will be 

 ciiminated. 



.\s before stnted. the men In the line 

 of tjie Labor Day parade did not appear 

 to me to be a menace to anyliilnc inilcss 

 it \^c.n!(l lie .■! ■^'>'n\ mess of victuals. 



From Nea^r aLnd Fa^r. 



CHICAGO COMMENT. 

 We are in receipt of notice from Frank 

 M. rri^lman. wholesale lumber, to the 

 effect that he has secured larger quarters' 

 at and moved his office to 005 Merchants' 

 Loan and Trust Building, 135 Adams 

 street. His new telephone number Is Cen- 

 tral r)(Mn. 



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F. II. Cass, lumber agent of the C. & 

 E. I. Railroad, is on a hunting expedition 

 in the wild and woolly West. He expects 

 to land at least one mountain lion. It is 

 as well to be ambitious if it were not for 

 the disappointment afterwards. 

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The Soutli Side Lumber Company, who 

 were recently burned out, are planning to 

 erect what is said will be one of the finest 

 hardwood flooring plants in the country. 

 It will be built on the old site at Ashland 

 avenue and Twenty-second street'and the 

 ■ onstructjon will commence at once. 



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H. C. Jackson, representing the W. .M. 

 Weston Company of Boston, has just re- 

 turned to Chicago from a trip throughout 

 Wisconsin. He reports a decided scarcity 

 in hardwoods in that section. 

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Willis F. Biedermau, one of the best 

 posted lumber agency men in the business 

 and a former neighbor of the Record, but 

 now superintendent of the Credit Rating 

 Department of the National Lumber Man- 

 ufacturers' Association, witli headquarters 

 at St. Louis, was tramping around over 

 old territory last week, and that is how 

 it happened he got into the Record office. 

 He states that the new department of the 

 association which he has in charge is mak- 

 ing splendid progress and will be in shape 

 to give their members complete and valu- 

 able service by January 1, 1904. 

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The inspection bureau committee of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber .Association 

 held a called meeting in Chicago on 

 Thursday, September 3, the following 

 members being present: J. W. Thompson, 

 M. M. Wall, A. J. Lang, Wm. J. Wagstaff, 

 C. H. Stanton, W. W. Knight, E. A. Swain. 



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Earl Palmer, of the Ferguson-Palmer 

 Company, Paducah. Ky., was in Chicago 

 on business last week and was a welcome 

 caller at the Record office. 



PHILADELPHIA POST. 



Philadelphia business men, and lumber 

 dealers in particular, are jubilant over 

 the prospects of having a clireet line of 

 steamers between this city and New Or-, 

 leans. The project has been a matter of 

 discussion for a long time, but during the 

 jiast week the establishment of the line 

 has practically become a certainty. This 

 assurance was given by the special com- 

 mittoe of the New Orleans Board of Trade, 

 which was sent to this part of the coun- 

 try to inspect the various ports with the 

 view of selecting a terminus for the new 

 line. Although both New York and Balti- 

 more offered many inducements, the com- 

 mittee has decided that this city gives the 

 most advantages. 



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Business men are already beginning to 

 forecast the benefits that -will accrue to 

 this port as a result of the new water- 

 way. Lumbermen have long experienced 

 (lifliculties in securing shipments of hard- 

 woods and other lumber from tlie South- 

 west, all of which will be obviated by 

 llio new line. The vessels will have a 

 greater carrying capacity tli.in tlie rail- 

 roads, with the surety that the consign- 

 ment will arrive in bulk. Consignments 

 will also reach their destination near the 

 .scheduled time, as there will be no de- 

 lays by having the freight sidetracked, as 

 .so frequently happens. 



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The use of hemlock for the construction 

 of buildings in which large crowds of per- 

 sons are apt to congi-egate was severely 

 condemned by a jury of six builders who 

 were called upon to investigate an acci- 

 dent at the Philadelphia Ball Park. An 

 overhanging balcony gave way under the 

 weight of the crowd and twelve persons 

 were killed and several hundred injured. 

 The balcony had been supported by hem- 

 lock joists, which, however, had been in 

 jiositioh for eiglit years and exposed to the 

 rain and weather. The finding of the jury 

 was partly as follows: 



•■This jury recommends that the Biu'can 

 <it Building Inspection allows no hemlock 

 lumber to be used in the construction of 

 stands of a permanent nature or buildings 

 in which large assemblages congregate?' 



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.\s a result of the high prices of hard- 

 woods, the railroads in this vicinity have 



been forced I ' :iImii.i :ik ties and use 



instoad pine sleepers. The wear ami tear 

 on the latter wood Ih much greater ami 

 will only RUlllce until other wood can b'-- 

 secured. .Mmut (lO.fHKJ acres are cut down 

 each year for the use of the railways and 

 the drain Is being severely felt by the 

 linos that do not have timber on their 

 roads. Tin- railroads in the South have at 

 jiresent Ji practlciil mono|)oly of the oak 

 and the other roads are compelled to pay 



greatly In advance for their ties. 



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Edwin n. Land has resigned his position 

 wlUi till- Pottstown Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, wlierc he was secretary and general 

 manager, to come to this city to engage in 

 the lumber business. 



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George 11. Iluganir has succeeded John 

 I. Fleming as the local representative of 

 Wiley, Ilarker & Camp Company. F. W. 

 Aldrich, of the Galloway-Peace Comiiany 

 of Johnston City, Tenn.. has taken the 

 position formerly occupied by Mr. lluganlr 

 with Bliss iV Van .\uken. 



GOTHAM GLEANINGS. 

 Trade is beginning to revive and local 

 conditions have improved so much that the 

 retail yards are taking heart. They are 

 not overdoing the matter, though, by giv- 

 ing very large orders for luihljer. but still 

 there is a tendenc.v to get over the fear 

 that there will be no building done this 

 autumn, simply because a few of the big 

 unions prefer to be idle. If the strike 

 should end one of these days, we will see 

 tlie biggest boom known for many moons. 



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As piano makers use considerable hard- 

 wood, it is of interest to note that the 

 Aeolian. AVeber Piano & Pianola Company 

 was incorporated at Trenton, N. J., re- 

 cently, with a capital of .$10,000,000. The 

 new concern embraces the Aetilian Com- 

 pany of New York, which had already ab- 

 sorbed tlie Pianola ("onipany, Votley Or- 

 gan Company of Carwood, N. J., and the 

 Vocalian Company, AVorcester, Mass. The 

 Weber Piano Company includes the 

 AVheelock and Stuyve.sant Piano Com- 

 panies, Oichestrelle Company of London, 

 and Choralion Comjiany of Berlin. The 

 officers .ire: President. Harry B. Tre- 

 inaine; viie]>resideiit. Atherton Curtis, and 

 treasurer, i;. ]!. A\ heelock. 



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M. B. FaiTin, the prominent hardwood 

 lumberman, sailed for Europe about ten 

 days ago. Ho goes abroad for pleasure, 

 and will be absent about si.K weeks or 



more. 



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Charles G. Horton of 002 West Thirtieth 

 street, this city, who will bo remembered 

 for his alleged chronic disinclination to 

 pay the lumber manufactiiivrs of the 

 AVest and .South for stock delivered, and 

 who was prosecuted by the National 

 AVholesale Lumber Healers' Association 

 some three j'ears ago, has filed a petition 



