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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Escanaba Lumber Company Will Build New MiU 



The sawmill of the Escanaba Lumber Company of JIasonville, Mich.. 

 which was burned about a year ago, will be replaced shortly according 

 to an official statement emanating from the offices of the Escanaba 

 Lomber Company. It has not been definitely decided as yet whether the 

 new mill will be erected at Masonville, Escanaba or some other point. 

 The company has recently made large purchases of timber, and it desires 

 to have the mill as convenient as possible to these holdings. The com- 

 pany is arranging for the purchase of a complete equipment for the 

 proposed new plant. This machinery will consist of two band mills and 

 a resaw. It is planned to have the equipment and arrangement equal 

 to that of any mill on the upper peninsula. 



The recent timber deal in which the Escanaba Lumber Company was 

 Involved, secured for it extensive stands of timber in Alger, Schoolcraft 

 and Luce counties. The consideration amounted to $230,000. 



Building Operations for March 

 Official reports from forty-five cities throughout the country, compiled 

 by The American Contractor, Chicago, show a loss for March of 3yo per 

 cent, as compared with March, 1912, and the first 3 months, as com- 

 pared with the like period in the past year, show a gain of 5 per cent, 

 the cities gaining being as follows : Akron, 7 per cent ; Baltimore, 40 ; 

 Buffalo, 21 ; Cedar Rapids, 38 ; Chicago, 83 ; Grand Rapids, 13 ; Harris- 

 burg, 3 ; Indianapolis, 96 ; Los Angeles, 8 ; Manchester, 10 ; Milwaukee, 

 52 ; Nashville, 143 ; Newark, 94 ; Omaha. 9 ; Philadelphia, 32 ; St. Joseph, 

 179 ; St. Paul, 54 ; Scranton, 31 ; Seattle, 33 ; South Bend, 18 : Toledo, 

 51 ; Wilkes-Barre, 6 : Worcester, 00. For the three months the largest 

 percentage of gain was scored by Duluth, 558, St. .Joseph, 179, and Nash- 

 ville, 143. Particulars will be found in the following table : 



March, March, 



1913. 1912. Per Cent 



City. Cost. Cost. Gain. Loss. 



Alsron $ 235.060 $ 190,710 23 



Baltimore 814,871 561,375 45 



Buffalo 1,694,743 . 507,000 234 



Cedar Rapids 151,000 124,000 22 



Chicago 7,690,600 4,743,600 62 



Columbus 307,328 458,966 . . 33 



Denver 322,400 591,650 . . 46 



Duluth 1,797,205 114,125 ' 94 



Ft. Wayne 209,672 293,000 . . 28 



Grand Rapids 184,750 123,780 49 



Harrisburg 141,555 99,075 43 



Hartford 453,505 830,100 . . 43 



Indianapolis 754,305 558,780 35 



Kansas City 911,260 616.730 48 



Los Angeles 3,034,213 1,687.780 80 



Manchester 91,480 73,801 24 



Memphis 573,321 499,000 15 



Milwaukee 655,389 430.987 52 



Minneapolis 755,885 1,272,215 . . 41 



Nashville 186,654 75,163 148 



Newark 1,173,888 790,234 47 



New Haven 289,482 806,455 . . 64 



New Orleans 553,301 772,790 . . 28 



Manhattan 9,287,233 17,142,599 . . 46 



Brooklyn 3,018,295 4,686,495 . . 36 



Bronx 3,290,178 3,400.245 . . 3 



New York 15.595.706 25,229,339 . . 38 



Norfolk 378,177 256,740 47 



Oakland 812,394 673,146 21 



Omaha 265,575 254,400 4 



Paterson 137,187 311,245 .. 56 



Philadelphia 6,206,500 3,091,895 41 



Pittsburgh 716,817 1,517,452 . . 53 



Portland 868,760 1,782,441 . . 51 



Kochester 732.941 1,506.838 . . 51 



St. Joseph 78,370 22,085 255 



St. Paul 1,063,286 455,014 112 



San Antonio 193,830 221,360 . . 12 



Scranton 86,306 55,950 54 



Seattle 768,850 848,985 . . 9 



Sioux City 155,535 72.145 116 



South Bend 33,802 3Sr700 .. 13 



Toledo 382.255 417,271 . . 8 



Wilkes-Barre 167,311 101.776 64 



Worcester 469,812 263,199 78 



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Total $52,095,281 $53,441,297 



Kentucky Lumber Company Loses Logs 

 The log booms of the Kentucky Lumber Company at Burnside, Ky., 

 broke on Mar. 31 due to the excessive rise of the Cumberland river. 

 Fifteen thousand logs were swept away. Most of these wore high-grade 

 oak and poplar and every effort was made immediately to again get hold 

 of them. As a result of strenuous efforts a large percentage of the 

 logs were recovered, and the loss was comparatively slight. The Ken- 

 tucky Lumber Company's headquarters are at Cincinnati, O. 



Philippine Timber Company Ready for Operation 



It is announced that a company of eastern capitalists is' forming a 

 gigantic organization for the purpose of exploiting the hardwood timber 

 of the Philippines. The active representative of this proposed concern 

 is D. A. Utter, surveyor-general of Idaho. Mr. Utter recently returned 

 from a trip to the Philippines where he spent five years investigating 

 the forest resources of the islands, and laying out the best possible plans 

 for milling and transporting of forest products. 



It is probable that a line of freight steamers will be established 

 bringing the lumber to various ports of this country and abroad. The 

 backers of the proposed company are now negotiating for two tracts of 

 500 square miles each on one of the islands. 



New Pittsburgh Concern 



The Manufacturers' Lumber Company is the style of a new organiza- 

 tion which has just begun business at Pittsburgh. The company will 

 have offices in the Park building, and will carry on a general wholesale 

 lumber business. C. M. Pomeroy is president, E. J. Flautt, vice- 

 President and A. E. Murphy, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Pomeroy has 

 been connected for sometime with the Babcock lumber interests. Mr. 

 Flautt has been associated with the Goodyear Lumber Company, Butfaln. 

 while Mr. Murphy has conducted a concern in Pittsburgh under his 

 own name. 



There will be no connection between the new concern and any of the 

 old companies represented. 



Issues New Manufacturers' Rules 



According to the latest bulletin of the Hardwood Manufacturers" 

 .Association of the United States, dated Mar. 26, the new issue of the 

 grading rules is about ready for distribution at this date. These rules 

 will become effective May 1. It is suggested by the bulletin that mem- 

 bers requiring copies of the new issues send in their requests for the 

 same as promptly as possible in order to give an idea of the number of 

 books which will have to be printed. 



There are quite a number of interesting changes, and the bulletin 

 further advises that if any information is wanted regarding the inter- 

 pretation of the new rules, the office of the association will be glad to 

 explain further. 



New Road for Memphis Concern 



The Batesville and Southwestern Railroad connecting Batesville, Miss., 

 ou the Illinois Central, and Charleston. Miss., on the Yazoo & Mississippi 

 Valley, will soon be completed. This road runs through the timber hold- 

 ings of R. J. Darnell, Inc.. Memphis, Tenn.. and will tap a richly tim- 

 bered area. It will enable Mr. Darnell to secure a vast quantity of logs 

 in territories which he has not worked up to this' time. 



Hardwood 'News Notes 



:-< MISCELLANEOUS y- 



The Florence Wagon Works is reported to be reorganizing at Flor- 

 ence, Ala. 



The Ludington, Wells & Van Schaick Company is organizing at 

 Menominee, Mich. 



The C. O. Biggs Chair Company, Dexter, Mo., has incorporated with a 

 capitalization of $8,100. 



The Elkhart Furniture Works. Elkhart, Ind., has been incorporated 

 with a $10,000 capital. 



The Hrownlee Company will succeed the Brownlee-Kelly Company, De- 

 troit, Mich., on Apr. 30. 



An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the Rockford 

 Novelty Works. Rockford, 111. 



The capital stock of the Allegheny Lumber Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., 

 has been increased to $50,000. 



The Charlevoix Lumber Company, Charlevoix, Mich., has incorporated, 

 the capitalization being $500,000. 



The Knoxville Veneer Company, KnoxviUe, Tenn. has increased its 

 capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000. 



The Booker-Cecil Lumber Company. Louisville, Ky., has incorporated 

 v\uth an authorized capital stock of .$50,000. 



At Asheville, N. C, the Wolf Manufacturing Company has been 

 incorporated with a capital stock of $150,000. 



The Unique Furniture Manufacturing Company has been incorporated 

 at Flint, Mich., with a capital stock of $150,000. 



The Carolina Veneer Company has been incorporated at Biltmore, N. 

 C. This company has a capital stock of $50,000. 



The Snyder & Fuller Furniture Company, Lake Odessa, Mich., has been 

 succeeded by the Denton & Chappell Manufacturing Company. 



A decrease in capital stock has been made by the Compressed Wood 

 Preserving Company, Cincinnati, O., from $200,000 to $50,000. 



The Ovid Furniture Manufacturing Company has been organized at 

 Ovid, Mich. The company has a capital stock authorized of SB" OOO. 



