THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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Nashville yard the company will make a 

 specialty of red cedar. 



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Through the efforts of A. H. Baird. (il 

 the Southern Lumber Company, and Hun. 

 B. A. Enloe. fair commissioner, the Nash- 

 ville lumbermen are beeomin.s interested 

 in a prospective forestry exhibit for the 

 St. Lxinis World's Fair. The first namecl 

 gentleman who maiiped out the arran^'i- 

 ment of the Tennessee Centennial exhibit 

 will probably arrange this one. Amoiiii 

 the firms who have signified their Intention 

 of makin.i;- an exhibit are: The Davidson- 

 Benedict Lumber Company, the Prewett- 

 Spurr Mannfactiu'ing- Company. .Tohn 1'.. 

 Rransom iV- Co.. Love, Boyd & Co., tlii' 

 Indiana I-umber Company. Licbcrinnii. 

 Loveuian &: O'Brien. 



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The saw mill and nearly 1,00<I,UOO I'ci'l 

 of lumber belonging to Tucker, Riddle »V 

 Gentr.v Imrned near Erwin, Ala., a few- 

 days ago. 



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L. M. Caraway, a lumber dealer of Bueiin 

 Vista. O.. has just closed a contract with 

 the Davidson-Benedict Lumber Company 

 for all the hickory timber on .500 acres of 

 land a few miles south of Monterey, Tenn. 

 Mr. Caraway is considering the erection ni' 

 a mill .-It Monterey to work uii the sann>. 



PHILADELPHIA POST. 



Tlir I.nnibcrnien's Exchange has ili' 

 clared itself to be unanimously in favor of 

 deepening the Delaware ifiver in order to 

 provide a thirty-five-foot channel to the 

 sea. The improvement of the river and 

 harbor is regarded as a matter of vital 

 importance by the lumbermen, as many 

 shipments have been prevented liy the 

 shallow waterway. The following reso- 

 lution was adopted by the exchange at its 

 last monthl.v me<'tin;r on Krida.v. Octo- 

 ber 2: 



"Kesolved, That we are in heart.v ac- 

 cord with the movements in progress look- 

 in.g towards securing a thirty-five foot 

 deep channel up the Delaware River to 

 this port, and hope that the efforts will 

 lead to a successful and speedy conclu- 

 sion." 



The planin.g mill owned by F, S. Ham- 

 mond & Bro. at Rosemont, Pa., was de- 

 stroyed by fire, together with a stable and 

 wagon shed, on October .3. The loss is 

 estimated at .$10,000. partially fovered by 



insurance. 



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The Russell Kress Box v^ Lumber Com 

 ])any has sm-ceeded the Speer Box & Lum- 

 ber Company at McKees Rocks. Pa. 



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The rejiort of tlie Bureau of Building In- 

 spection for the month of September shows 

 the total estimated value of operations for 

 which ]>ermits were issm'd during the 

 month to be .$2,0.'59,(V2."i. This is an in- 

 crease of .$.561,290 over the same month of 

 last year, but it is accounted for by 

 the fact that a large portion of thi> build- 

 ings going up are school Imildings and 



that much of the month's work constituted 

 repairs and alterations. 



Henry F. Bruner. of the linn »( owcii 

 .\1. Bruner & Co., died at Coliunliia, I'a.. 

 on September 21, after a brief illness. Mr. 

 I'.runer had extensive interests in the lum- 

 ber business and at one time he was re- 

 garded as the largest coal dealer in this 

 city. He was also interested in several 

 large corporations. He was 7<l .vears <il(l. 

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George W. Kugler & Sons, box manufac- 

 turers, have secured plans for the erection 

 of a large plant at 918-0'2S North Front 

 street, running to Newmarket street in the 

 rear. The plans provide for a two-story 

 factory, one-stor.v oifiee, engine room, hnn- 

 bcr shed, shavings vault and stable, 

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Fire, believe to have l)een of incen- 

 diary origin, destroyed the i)lant of the 

 rianing Mill ComiKiny at Roaring Sju'lng. 

 near Altoona. Pa., on September 24. The 

 loss amoimted to $15,000. part of which is 

 covered l)v insurance. 



AT MINNEAPOLIS. 



.\. H. Ruth, traveling representative of 

 the (i. W. .Tones I-umber Company of .Vp- 

 lilelon. Wis., was in Minneapolis Septem- 

 ber :iO and remained several days visiting 

 I onsumers and jobbers in the interests of 

 ilieir products. He says that in oak they 

 .lie still unable to supply the demand, and 

 that they are enjoying an active tr.ulc in 

 all the other woods they handle. 



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A. S. Bliss, representing the R. Conncjr 

 Company of Marshfield, AVis., in this terri- 

 lor.v«,says they are getting a nice trade in 

 oak, birch and basswood, and find no oc- 

 casion to cut prices in order to get business. 

 He does not believe that an order for ten 

 cars of basswood "uppers" could be filled 

 by an.v dealer in the Northwest. 



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C. F. Osborne, of Osborne & Clark, the 

 local hardwood wholesalers, has returned 

 from an inspection of their retail .vards in 

 Illinois. He says the retailers are calling 

 lor maple flooring pretty steadily Ibis fall. 



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The strike in the HoiU' mills has clo.sed 

 down all the Minneapolis cooper shops, 

 and there is nothing doing now in the 

 cooperage market. Elm staves and bass- 

 wood heading could still be sold if sup- 

 plied. 



.lohn M. Woods, well known in tlu! hard- 

 wood hnnbor trade throughout the country 

 and operating as .John M. Woo<ls & Co.. 

 Fast Cambridge. Mass.. has lieen accorde<l 

 distinguished honors in the way of -in 

 unanimous nomination for stale senator 

 from the district in Avhich he resides. We 

 don't know what kind of a body the Mas- 

 sachusetts .senatorial Ixxiy is. but Mr. 

 Woods will be a credit to it anyway, and 

 we hope he will be elected, for the good 

 of the state. 



GEORGE B.ZEARINQ 

 COMPANY, 



Manufacturers and Dealers In 



Qum, Oak, Ash 



AND COTTONWOOD. 



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BROWNSVILLE, TENNESSEE 



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