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Shipbuilding and Shipping for 1912 



The annual report ot the Bunau of Navigation of the United States 

 Department of Commerce and Labor sliows that there was an increase of 

 135 in the number of vessels of all classes constructed in the United 

 States during the year 1912. There was. however, a notable decrease in 

 total tonnage. 



During the year theie wore constructed in the United States 1,727 

 vessels, with a total tonnage of 292,477 tons. The figures for 1911 show 

 that 1,592 vessels were constructed, totaling 309,640 tons. The steam 

 vessels of steel construction showed a decrease in 1912 over 1911, while 

 steam vessels of wooden construction showed an increase. 



From British sources ofilcial reports are published which confirm the 

 prediction for the year 1912 that it would be the most disastrous for 

 shipping since marine insurance began, nearly two-and-a-half centuries 

 ago. The Isnowa losses aggregate $35,000,000, and it is believed that 

 when the undetermined claims are made, the loss will reach $40,000,000. 

 This includes casualties to vessels not exceeding 500 tons, which num- 

 bered 6,061. 



Leases Cincinnati Yard 



The .Johns-Mowbray-Xelsou Company, wholesaler of hardwood lumber, 

 with offices in the Provident Bank building, Cincinnati, O., has leased 

 yard space from the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. The location of the 

 yard will be at the corner of Eighth and Horn streets, Cincinnati, at the 

 lower end of the McLean avenue lumber district. It is expected that it 

 will afford room for piling five million feet of lumber. 



The Chesapeake & Ohio Kailrond will install a private switch for ship- 

 ping. R. W. Lucius, southern manager for the company will be placed 

 in charge of the yard office. 



This step is a further demonstration of the fact that the .lohns-Mow- 

 bray-Nelson Company is growing and growing fast. 



National Inspection for December 



The inspection bureau of the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 has issued a statement of inspection for the month of December, 1912, 

 through President Charles H. Barnaby and Secretary F. F. Fish. The 

 report shows a total of 15,890,954 feet of hardwood lumber inspected 

 under the bonded certificate of the association for the month. This is 

 an increase of 5,275.753 feet over December, 1911. During the year 1912 

 the increase in inspection work exceeded all previous records. 



The statement of inspection by months follows i 



Feet 



January, 1912 9,780,831 



Februarv 9,194,333 



March 9,045,383 



.'\.pril 11,213,270 



May 12,187,874 



June 13,249,177 



July 15,909.500 



August 18,041.552 



September 20,639,850 



October 19,489,975 



November 17,180,640 



December 15,890.954 



Total for 1912 171,823,339 



The total amount inspected during the year 1911 was 126,360,448 

 feet. Thus the gain in inspections for the year 1912 over 1911 was 

 44,462,891 feet. 



Tile books of the inspection bureau show that the bureau was operated 

 at a loss seven months of the year, and at a profit five months of the 

 year. The net result o£ the operation was a cost to the association of 

 .$807.75 in excess of the earnings of the inspectx)rs. The figures talte 

 inio account the salaries and expenses of all Inspectors, Including the 

 chief inspector, as against the fees and necessary expenses charged mem- 

 licrs for the service. 



A Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary 



In the Pasadena, Cal., Star ot Friday. January 3. 1913, an article was 

 given of the sixtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Boyle, the 

 celebration taking place at their attractive home. Mr. and Mrs. Boyle 

 aue approaching the eighty-fourth milestone along life's way, and they 

 received numerous letters, telegrams and presents, with a number of 

 callers. In the evening there was a charmingly appointed dinner party. 

 An informal rcccplion was held after the dinner and the hosts were pre- 

 sented with a handsome cake with sixty candles from the members of the 

 Westminster Presbyterian church. Numerous other gifts were also re- 

 ceived. The house was decorated with crimson carnations, Christmas 

 bells and greenery, with an especially prelly arrangement for the table. 

 Covers were laid for sixteen and among them were Mr. Boyle's sons and 

 daughters now residing in California. Mr. and Mrs. Boyle were married 

 sixty years ago in Indiana, and for a great many years Mr. Boyle was a 

 prominent lumberman in the hardwood trade, lie operated in walnut for 

 a number of years in Indianapolis and later on operated at O'Brien, 

 Tenn., and Boyle, Miss. He moved to California about twenty years ago. 

 Since that time he has been living in Escondido and at Pasadena. The 

 only absentee from the wedding was his son Clarence Boyle, who is con- 

 nected with D. K. Jeflris & Co., Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Boyle are in 

 excellent health. en.ioy life, and have promise of many more years of 

 happiness. 



Change in Philadelphia House 



Jerome H. Sheip, Incorporated, was chartered under Pennsylvania laws 

 Jan. 4, 1913. It is capitalized at $150,000 and has as its officers : Presi- 

 dent, Jerome H. Sheip ; first vice-president, H. S. Best ; second vice-presi- 

 dent, S. S. Koller; secretary, Stanley S. Sheip; treasurer, W. H. Ramsey. 

 The company takes over the whole business heretofore carried on by J. H. 

 Sheip, composed of the cigar box lumber plant at Choctaw Point, Mobile, 

 .\la., and his wholesale lumber business in Philadelphia. 



Jerome H. Sheip, for many years of Sheip & Vandegrift, and the Phila- 

 delphia Veneer and Lumber Company, is one of the best known and liked 

 men in the business ; a man who has made a study of the cigar box 

 lumber for many years, and his reputation in the trade for honest dealing 

 and all time reliability has made him one of the most respected of busi- 

 ness men. 



H. S. Best, a practical lumberman, came from Wiiliamsport, Pa., a few 

 years ago, where he was employed as superintendent by the Central Penn- 

 sylvania Lumber Company, and associated himself with the Sheip concern, 

 becoming manager of the Mobile plant. He is reputed one of the best 

 hardwood manufacturers in the country. 



Stanley S. Sheip. son of tJie president, after his graduation from Har- 

 vard College, a few years ago, adopted the business of his father, which 

 he has learned from the ground up. He is now secretary of the new 

 company, with headquarters at Mobile. 



JEROME H. SHEIP. PRESIDENT JEROME H. 

 SHEIP, INC., PHILADELPHIA. PA, 



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BEST. FIRST VICE I'EtESiUKNT .IE 

 ROME H. SHEIP. INC.. PHILA- 

 DELPHIA. PA. 



STANI.EV S. SHEIP. SKCRET.Mt V .lERO-NHO 

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