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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The total estimated feetage standing in the National forests is 539,000,- 

 000,000 feet, and the total owned by the government, by states and on 

 Indian reservations is 90,000,000,000 feet. 



Eleven groups are shown as owning varying amounts of the standing 

 timber of the country. The largest group owned is from 13.000,000,000 

 to 25,000,000,000 feet, and the smallest less than 60,000,000,000 feet. 

 In the first group are included the Southern Pacific Company, the 

 Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and the Weyerhaeuser Timber 

 Compan.v. 



In speaking of the rise in value of standing timber during the last 

 twenty years, the report says that the increase has been nothing less than 

 enormous. For southern pine varying reports have shown an increase 

 in value during the last twenty years as follows : From $0.1214 to $4 

 a thousand : from $0.10 to $3 a thousand feet : from $5 to $20 an acre ; 

 from $1.50 to $20 an acre. 



The report says that the original Federal grants to the North Pacific 

 and to the present railroads of the Union Pacific — Southern Pacific System 

 — alone amounted to over 90,000,000 acres of land, and of this nearly 

 69,000,000 acres have already been patented, and that the remainder will 

 ultimately be obtained. 



The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company now owns 1,945,000 acres. In 

 Florida 1S2 holders have 16,990,000 acres of land, of which 4,200,000 

 acres are owned by only three holders. The holdings of this group of 

 Florida owners have 60.000.000.000 feet of standing timber on it. 



Late Liverpool Market 



The market position is quite brisk again, with a fairly large volume of 

 trade. Prices, on the other hand, can hardly be described as firm as in 

 the later months. In fact, there has been a distinct tendency toward 

 slump in one or two directions. One might point to hickor.v as a typical 

 -example. Last November buyers were tumbling over one another to buy 

 at 3s, but this week wood was on offer without being purchased at 2s 9d. 

 Present requirements are just being met and buyers have been led to 

 believe by the heavy shipments on consignment that there is a lot of 

 jvood on offer, which accounts for the present weak position which is 

 typical of many other items also. 



The mahogany sales last week were very well attended and prices were 

 "well maintained on the current high level. Sound ash is a very good 

 point. The price asked by brokers for forward delivery is 2s 6d per 

 cubic foot, although it is thought this price has not been paid nor will 

 \>e paid. However, something about 2s 4d would get orders. Round oak 

 has been rather overdone and shipments are not recommended. The 

 prices of other stocks are much as previously reported and no great change 

 has been noted. 



A Publication of Beauty 



"Steam Machinery" is the name of a publication of unusual merit, the 

 first issue of which has Just come from the Steam Machinery Publishing 

 Company of Duluth, Minn. The purpose of the magazine is revealed by 

 the title. 



The first issue is a beautiful exposition of the possibilities of the 

 printer's art. It is printed on high quality paper and gotten up in an 

 unique and effective style, each page of printing being inserted in a panel 

 surrounded by a border of delicate brown tint. An effective design is run 

 on the front cover, and the whole is pleasingly illustrated with catchy 

 sketches. 



New Arkansas Hardwood Mill and Oak Flooring Factory 



A strictly up-to-date sawmill is now under construction at Pine Bluff, 

 Ark., by the Saline River Hardwood Company, which is allied with the 

 Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber Company, one of the subsidiary concerns 

 of Long-Bell Lumber Company. The mill is being built and the operation 

 will be in charge of Howard W. Coles, formerly manager of the Bliss-Cook 

 Oals Company of Blissville, Ark., and more recently in charge of one of 

 Long-Bell's southern yellow pine mills. 



The new hardwood plant at Pine Bluff is intended to be a model one 

 in every respect. The frame is massive and the equipment will be 

 furnished by the Filer & Stowell Company of Milwaukee, Wis. 



The Saline River Hardwood Company has hardwood timber holdings of 

 upwards of 30,000 acres, which runs very heavily to forked-leaf white oak, 

 the best type of oak growing in the South, and a considerable percentage 

 of red gum. 



As an adjunct to the mill there will be an oak flooring plant, with 

 which line of production Mr. Coles is not only thoroughly familiar, but an 

 expert. Also involved in the details of the operation, the company is 

 putting in a wood steaming cvlinder manufactured by The Kraetzer 

 Company, Chicago, to secure prompt and accurate drying of its hardwoods, 

 and the oak utilized in the flooring plant will have a subsequent dr.v-kilning 

 through a battery of kilns that are also being built. This will be the 

 first plant in the country to eliminate entirely the lumber yard per se, 

 as the output will be stuck on trucks at the chains, forwarded to the 

 steaming cylinder and a large portion be advanced onto storage tracks for 

 blowing out in the open, while the remainder of the lumber will go to 

 dry-kilns and from there by means of transfers from the tail-end of the 

 kilns be forwarded some two hundred feet to the flooring factory. 



Other hardwood manufacturers are watching with marked interest this 

 distinct evolution and advancement in lumber handling methods. It is 

 thoroughly believable that in low cost and efficiency the new plant Mr. 

 Coles is installing at Pine Bluff will involve the cheapest, most 

 ■expeditious and satisfactory hardwood operation in the United States. 



Tim'ber Purchased by 'William 'Whitmer & Sons 



A timber area aggregating 15,000 acres in Pennsylvania designated as 

 the "Washington Furnace" tract is reported to have been purchased by 

 Williaiti Whitmer & Sons, Inc., of Philadelphia. The transaction was 

 made by the .American Estates Association of New York and is the result 

 of negotiations that have been under way for some time. 



It is stated that the company will develop the tract by installing a 

 plant and will utilize the water power obtained from a small stream 

 running through its land. 



Meeting of St, Louis Clu'b 



Many innovations to benefit the Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis were 

 suggested and endorsed by the members at the regular monthly dinner 

 and business meeting of the club, held Feb. 4, at the Mercantile Club. 

 .Vmong them were free information to be furnished through the secre- 

 tary in regard to traffic matters such as rates, demurrage, switching 

 charges, expense bills, railroad claims, as well as legal advice and notary 

 public services. 



The chairmen of the various committees also reported the plans they 

 had mapped out for the coming year. 



The speaker of the evening, Eugene Hale, a member of the Municipal 

 Assembl.v, gave a talk on The Municipal Situation, as Viewed from a 

 Legislative Standpoint. 



During the evening W. E. Barns read a forestry bill, which will be 

 presented to the Missouri legislature. The bill has been presented by 

 Mr. Barns to the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association and has been 

 endorsed by it. He offered the following resolution, which was passed : 



Whereas, Most of the states have given careful and intelligent atten- 

 tion to the conservation of the forest resources by the preparation of 

 authentic inventories of their standing timber, by the acquisition of non- 

 agricultural cut-over lands as a basis tor reforestation, by the organiza- 

 tion of forestry boards and the employment of trained foresters and the 

 education of public sentiment along conservative lines ; and 



Whereas, The members of the Missouri State Board of Forestry, who 

 have served in this state for eiglit years past without a cent of expense 

 to the state, now earnestly desire the co-operation of all good citizens in 

 securing the passage of the bill before us at the present session of the 

 Legislature, 



Resolved, That the Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis heartily endorse 

 this bill and recommend its adoption as a measure that will bring Mis- 

 souri into line with her sister states and the national forest nolicy. 



By a unauimous vote the bill was referred to the committee of public 

 affairs with authority to act. 



The statistical committee of the club will figure up the St. Louis lum- 

 ber statistics and the data furnished by it will be given out later on and 

 will be distributed broadcast so as to show that St. Louis is the logical 

 lumber center. 



Twenty-one new members were elected to membership. 



The entertainment committee announced what it intended furnishing 

 in the way of entertainment to the members during the year. 



The meeting was one of the most enthusiastic held for some time and 

 from indications the club this year will be one of the most prominent 

 lumbermen's clubs in the country, not only in membership but in the good 

 it will do for the lumber fraternity. 



Hardwood ^ews ^otes 



•< MISCELLANEOUS >■ 



The Conneaut Lumber Company has increased its capital from $10,000 

 to $25,000. 



The Timber Products Company has been incorporated at Chicago with 

 a capital of $35,000. 



The Derry Lumber Company of Saginaw, Mich., has increased its 

 capital stock to $25,000. 



The Original Cabinet Company has been incorporated at Evanston, 

 111., with a capital of $12,000. 



The Blue Ridge Lumber Company. Neola, W. Ya., was incorporated at 

 $217,000 to develop timberlands. 



The Arkansas Mill & Lumber Company is incorporated at Little Rock, 

 Ark., with a capital of $100,000. 



The Sicklesteel Lumber Company has been incorporated at Detroit, 

 with a capital stock of $20,000. 



The Nassau Milling Company has been incorporated at Hemstead, 

 N. Y., with a capital of $50,000. 



The Moline Wagon Company of Moline, 111., has decreased its capital 

 stock from $1,000,000 to $600,000. 



The Kent Furniture Company of Lenoir, N. C. hag changed its name 

 to the National Furniture Company. 



The J. H. West Lumber Company of Warren, Pa., has increased its 

 capital slock from $50,000 to .$100,000. 



The Hamilton Ridge Lumber Corporation is a new concern at Rich- 

 mond, Va., with a capital stock of $500,000. 



The Breeee Manufacturing Company, Portsmouth, O., has increased 

 its capital stock from $100,000 to .$300,000. 



