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that in addition to the $24,500,000 in improvements nearing completion, 

 the company intended to spend in the next few years beginning with 

 June 30, about $27,000,000 more. Of this total .$7.50.000 will go for 

 Baltimore terminals and $100,000 more for light and power. A double 

 track bridge over the Alleghany river at Pittsburgh will cost $2,500,000 

 more. The Chicago terminal betterments contemplated will call for an 

 outlay of $1,000,000. and the construction of fourteen and one-half miles 

 of double track from Orleans Road to Little Capon, W. Va., will be the 

 largest single item to be undertaken, requiring not less than $7,000,000. 

 Stations are to be erected at various places, and other improvements 

 made. 



Building Operations for February 



Official reports from some fifty cities throughout the country, com- 

 piled by The American Contractor, Chicago, show a gain for February of 

 9% per cent in the aggregate, as compared with February, 1912; and the 

 first two months gained 14 per cent as compared with the same months 

 of the past 'year. The gains and losses were about equally divided in the 

 list. Gains of over 100 per cent, for February, were made as follows: 

 Akron, 221 per cent ; Cleveland, 193 ; Indianapolis, 484 ; Newark, 128 ; 

 Pittsburgh, 112; St. Joseph, 108; Seattle, 209; Sioux City, 186; Syra- 

 cuse, 225. For the two months the largest percentage of gain was 

 scored by Indianapolis, 244. and Sioux City, 294. Tarticulars will be 

 found in the following tables : 



February, 1913. February. 1912. Per Cent 



City — Cost. Cost. Gain. Loss. 



Akron $ 188,10.''. $ 58,475 221 



Atlanta 516,681 402,337 28 



Baltimore 72.S,13o 532.070 35 



Buffalo 347.000 1,228,000 ... 70 



Cedar Rapids 106,000 115,000 ... 8 



Chattanooga 134,85.5 3.57,410 ..'. 62 



Chicago , 4,668.600 3,777,100 23 



Cleveland 1,142.725 389.920 193 



Columbus 225.890 210.251 7 



Denver 213,800 446,500 ... 52 



Duluth S3..500 114.630 ... 27 



Fort Wayne 72,000 87,800 ... 17 



Grand Rapids 142,500 157,555 ... 9 



Harrisburg 42.575 95.875 ... 55 



Hartford , 114.560 180.085 ... 38 



Indianapolis 479.053 82,040 484 



Kansas City 488,000 OrW.llO ... 51 



Los Angeles , 1,693.582 2.1.52.063 ... 21 



Louisville , 553.320 909.800 ... 44 



Manchester 26,390 .57.380 ... 54 



Memphis 248,475 002.-21 ... 59 



Milwaukee ...., 518.836 430.020 20 



Minneapolis 361,590 330,855 9 



Newark 1,094,009 478.432 128 



New Orleans 387,906 149.045 93 



Manhattan 9,100.535 0.977,040 31 



Brooklyn 2.294,8.50 1.894.407 21 



Bronx 2,422,185 1,087.840 21 



New Tork 13,877.570 10.S59.9.53 27 



Norfolk , 317,359 335,088 ... 5 



Oakland 594.814 518.572 14 



Omaha 230.988 219,195 8 



Philadelphia Ii414,e45 2,029,385 ... 30 



Pittsburgh 769.161 302.147 112 



Portland. Ore 690.240 1.128,176 ... 38 



Rochester 463.024 644,076 ... 28 



St. Joseph 40.115 19.235 108 



St. Paul 218.686 269.994 ... 19 



San Antonio 127. .390 171.310 ... 25 



San Francisco 1.298.4.50 1.704.252 ... 26 



Scranton 09,730 144.790 ... 51 



Seattle 1,468,500 473.940 209 



Shreveport / 97.129 05,90.5 47 



Sioux City 93.0.50 32.750 186 



South Bend 8.000 5,370 60 



Syracuse 444.200 130.080 225 



Toledo , 400.280 230,917 71 



Wilkes-Barre 22,520 113.305 ... SO 



Worcester 181,502 112,525 61 



Total , $37,414,160 $34,084,505 9% 



Forest Products Exhibition in Pennsylvania 



The Pennsylvani,T Forestry Association is planning to give a Forest 

 Exhibition in Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, during the week from 

 May 19 to 24, inclusive. The association has the co-operation of the 

 United States Forest Service, the Pennsylvania Forestry Department, 

 Pennsylvania State College, Philadelphia Commercial Museum, University 

 of Pennsylvania, Chestnut Tree Blight Commission of Pennsylvania, the 

 National Reclamation Service, Philadelphi,i Ijumbermen's Exchange, 

 American Association of Nurserymen, Pennsylvania Railroad, American 

 Wood Preservers' Association, and various civic and social organizations. 



From this it will be seen that the plan is not merely to give an 

 exhibit on forestry, but also on its kindred subjects, in other words, to 

 make the exhibition comprehensive as far as the field of forest products 

 is concerned. 



Most of the above named associations and organizations are planning 

 some kind of an exhibit. The exhibition will not be on a commercial 

 basis, but is given from a standpoint of educTtion and instruction. 



Besides the subjects set forth, there are a number of others which 

 the Pennsylvania association is endeavoring to touch upon by means of 

 exhibits, such as wood pulp, manufacture of paper, the various uses of 

 sawdust, spraying .ind other apparatus, and by-products of the wood- 

 working industry. 



Hardwood Lumber Directory 



The National Hardwood Lumber Association has just issued from its 

 Chicago office the new Hardwood Lumber Directory, just off the press. 

 The directory is volume sixteen and dated February, 1913. It contains 



interesting data as to what the association has accomplished during the 

 last six months, and what it expects to accomplish in the near future. 



The character and working arrangement of the new reporting depart- 

 ment are duly described in the directory. This is undoubtedly the most 

 notsible feature of the issue. 



The directory also contains an official list of the membership to date. 

 Including the names of 102 new members who have joined since the 

 annual meeting last June. This list shows not only the bulk gain of 

 the association, but also how rapidly the association has gained favor in 

 various important markets. Progress in Canada has Ijeen of an appre- 

 ciable character. 



Extensive Timber Deal in Wisconsin 



An important timber deal was consummated last week between the 

 Edward Hines Luml>er Company of Chicago and the Atwood Lumber 

 and Manufacturing Company of Park Falls, Wis. Tlirough this deal the 

 Edward Hines Lumber Company has become owner of what is probably 

 the largest tract of standing timl>er held by one company in the state 

 of Wisconsin. According to what are classed as conservative estimates, 

 the stand includes 600,000,000 feet of timber. Of this, one-third is 

 in counties east of Park Falls, while the remaining two-thirds are sit- 

 uated in the counties of Ashland, Iron, Rusk, Oneida and Sawyer. The 

 concerns involved in this deal, besides the Edward Hines Lumber Com- 

 pany as purchaser and the Atwood Lumber and Manufacturing Company, 

 are the Mississippi Logging Company and the Chippewa Log and Boom 

 Company. The deal, besides timber, involves the Atwood sawmill and 

 railway. April 1 is the date set for the transferral of the holdings. 

 The Hines company will, after that date, immediately begin preparations 

 for the operation of the mill at Park Falls. This mill has a capacity of 

 from 175,000 to 200,000 feet daily and the Hines company is planning 

 to run it at least eleven months out of the year. The mill at Park Falls 

 will be stocked from the timber east of Park Falls and about one-half 

 of that lying west of that point. The balance will be manufactured at 

 the plant at Hayward. Wis. 



Big Cypress Deal in Florida 



On Feb. 12, J. C. Turner, head of the J. C. Turner Lumber Company 

 of New York City, purchased 100.000 acres of high-grade cypress timber 

 situated in Florida. James D. Lacey & Co. of Chicago acted as mediary 

 through which the deal was consummated. This deal represents the 

 transferral of the largest single body of standing cypress in the United 

 States. 



Messrs. Burton and Swartz of the Burton & Swartz Cypress Company, 

 Burton, La., large operators in cypress, are associated with Mr. Turner 

 in this deal. The purchase is in the nature of an investment as Mr. 

 Turner and his associates are not planning to operate in the near future 

 or until such time as their already extensive cypress holding.s are cut out. 



This purchase, together with a purchase consummated a short time 

 befor,e, as noted in the last issue of Hardwood Record, gives Mr. Turner 

 the standing as the largest individual owner of cypress timber in the 

 country. The two deals referred to were consummated after an extended 

 trip through southern points on the part of the principal purchaser. 



Building Conditions in an Ohio City 



While the weather remains good and suitable for building at Cincinnati, 

 0., still contractors hesitate to start work except in a few cases, preferring 

 to wait a few weeks for weather to settle. The result of this inactivity 

 .imong the building trade.^ has been a ligltt demand for millwork. Planing 

 mills, however, have been very busy during the lull making up stock sizes 

 for spring business, and will continue right along up to capacity, as the 

 run on special work lor current business continued so long last season thai 

 all plants were completely sold out and had little time to make up stock. 

 They have done considerable more buying of this class of stock this year 

 than for several years. There is every indication of a big year in the 

 building field. The regular "home building" companies that build for the 

 market are very aclive this year, and then there are one or two additions 

 of subdivision operators who expect to operate on a large scale in this 

 section. 



In addition to this speculative building all architects are very busy and 

 many contracts for good sized work liave been let for an early start, with 

 much more to follow. The general opinion is that there will be plenty of 

 work for the millwork dealers (his year. All of the popular finishes are 

 t(; be used as usual, and yellow pine and cypress will be much in evidence. 

 'J he demand for hardwoods is very strong even in the cheaper class of 

 homes, whicli will result in much oak being used, but owing to the high 

 price of this class of finish and the success that has been attained by the 

 use of red gum for interior finish will make gum loom up stronger than 

 ever before. 



Lumbermen's Underwriting Bulletin 



Bulletin No. 61, issued by the Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance 

 of Kansas City, Mo., analyzes the much talked of reports on the "arson 

 trust," which it has been shown exists pretty much throughout the 

 country. The bulletin points out a very striking difference between tlie 

 methods pursued by the average stock company as contrasted to the 

 methods of the Alliance. The remedy advocated by the municipal fire 

 commissioner of New York City, in (pealing with- this question, is that 

 ihe fire insurance companies should stop issuing policies without a pre- 



