May 23, 1910 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Dry Stock Ready for Immediate Ship- 

 ment. Straight Grades Guaranteed 



37.493' 8/4" No. 2 Com. 

 11.019' 10/4" Shop 

 15.012' 10/4" No. 1 Com. 

 4.516' 10/4" No. 2 Com. 

 7.350' 12/4" FAS 

 16.770' 12/4" Sel. 



COTTONWOOD 

 32.425' 1x9—12" Box Bds.. 40% 11". 12" 

 49.354' 1x6—12" FAS 

 13.400' 5/8" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 

 3.800' 5/4" FAS 

 13.520' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 



HACKBERRY 

 73.370' 1" Nos. 2 & 3 Com. 

 8.2.50'8/l" Log Run. largely No. 2 C. 



HONEY LOCUST 

 27.400' 6/4" LoB Run 



TUPELO ■ 

 110.350' 1" No. 1 Com. & Sel. 

 17.240' 1" No. 2 Com. & Sel. 

 12.800' 1" No. 3 Com. & Sel. 



FIGURED RED GUM 

 26.241' 1" No. 1 Cora. & Sol. Plain 



BED OAK 

 73.126 rt. 1" FAS 

 121.062 ft. 1" No. 1 Com. & Sel. 

 119.007 ft. 1" No. 2 Com. 

 266.149 ft. 1" No. 3 Com. 

 132.147 ft 8/4 No. 1 Com. & Sel. 

 26.092 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Com. 

 87.987 ft. 10/4 FAS 

 92,096 ft. 10/4 No. 1 Com. & Sel. 



PECAN HICKORY 

 26,300 ft 1" Log Bun 



144.190 ft 8/4 Log Run 

 11.550 ft. 10/4 Log Run 

 10,143 ft 12/4 Log Run 



MISSISSIPPI ELM 

 57.116 ft 6/4 Log Bun 

 39.142 ft 6/4 No. 2 Com. 

 46.992 ft. 8/4 Log Bun 

 34,414 ft 12/4 Log Run 



QUARTER SAWN BLACK GUM 

 11,421 ft 8/4 FAS 

 19.140 ft 8/4 No. 1 Com. & SeL 

 13.291 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Com. 

 12,146 ft 1" Log Run, Plain 

 WHITE CANE ASH 



8.141 ft 1" Log Bun 

 55.142 ft 1" No. I Com. & Sel. 

 54.296 ft 1" No. 2 Com. 

 14.283 ft 1" No. 3 Cora. 



8/4 DOG BOARDS— SMALL % 6/4 

 11.261 ft. Cypress 



7.440 ft Elm 

 23.280 ft Sap Gum 

 33.860 ft. Sycamore 

 23.040 ft Hackberry 



3.840 ft Ash 

 12.196 ft. Tupelo 



SYCAMORE 

 59.403 ft 6/4 FAS 

 104.937 ft. 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Sel. 

 60.528 ft 1" No. 2 Com. 

 19,249 ft 5/4 No, 2 Com. 

 48.104 ft 6/4 No. 2 Com. 

 12.146 ft 6/4 No. 3 Com. 

 13.107 ft 4/4 No. 3 Com. 



Clean Dealing 

 is Our Business 

 Policy. 



Aberdeen Lumber Co. 



MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS 



PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 



FIVE MILLS: Ten Million Feet on Sticks, Oak, Gum, Cypress, Cottonwood, Sycamore, Elm 



Investigating Strength of American Woods 



F. W. Powell. British Trade Cojumission, lias made announcement of 

 hi.s purpose to investigate the relative strength of Baltic and American 

 woods, for the benefit of British builders. Scantlings and other timbers 

 are of <lifferent sizes, when cut in America and when cut in the Baltic 

 countries, and the purpose is to inform builders of the strength of the 

 woods so that they ma.v specify sizes large enough and no larger. 

 Remarkable Financial Record 



The comptroller of the currency has niaile public the fact that only 

 two national banks in the United States have failed within the past 

 sixteen months. The record i.s regarded as remarkable. The comptroller 

 adds by way of comment : 



Assured of healthy banking ctjnditions. and an abundance of money 

 and credit to meet all natural and legitimate requirements, the commer- 

 cial, agricultural and industrial enterprises throughout our entire country 

 can proceed with their plans for the present and the future with unprece- 

 dented confidence and assurance. 



Building Permits for April 

 That building is getting under way is shown by the building permits 

 for April. Official reports to the American Contractor from 149 cities 

 of the United States give a total of $73,077,974 for the month as com- 

 pared to a total of $41,028,999 from these same cities for April permits 

 in 1918. These figures show a gain of 93 per cent over last year. March 

 of this year showed only a 71 per cent gain over March, 1918 ; February 

 showed a 48 per cent gain and January showed a 12 per cent loss. 



It must he noted, however, that 191S was an exceedingly dull year. 

 The following table gives a comparison of the current April's figures 

 with those of previous years. 



Aruii. Permits 



No. Cities No. of Estimated 



Year. Reporting. Permits. Value. 



1919 149 34.814 $79,077,971 



1918 149 22,327 41.02.s.fl!lli 



1917 121 29,823 SO.IOO.OL'."-. 



1910 109 21.081 89.812,902 



1915 109 29,385 77.050,478 



1914 78 05.531,427 



The average value of .\pril permits per city for the years 1914 to 1918. 

 inclusive, is $071,970. The average value per city for April, 1919. is 

 $530,724. By this comparison April of this year is 79 per cent normal. 

 This comparison has as its weakness the fact that a city is not a fixed 

 base to draw comparison from. 



The average value of projects for April is .$2,271. This is an improve- 

 ment as compared to the average of $1,700 for January of this year, and 



is also an improvement over the average value of $1,838 for April of 

 1918. But compared with either January or April figures for 1916 the 

 projects for this year are shown to average small in value. The average 

 value per permit in January. 1910, wa.s about $4,000 and the average 

 for April of that year was $4,200. 



Out of the 149 cities for which April comparison is shown only 26 

 show a loss for current April from April of last year. Among the most 

 important ones registering losses are Buffalo, Charleston, Davenport, 

 Iowa : Des Moines, Iowa ; Hoboken, Louisville, Ky. ; Sacramento, Cal., 

 and Springfield, 111. 



Heavy gains are recorded in many important cities. Boston, Chicago, 

 Cleveland. Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, 

 New York City, I'hiladelphia, South Bend, Indiana. :inri Topeka. Ivans., 

 show healrhy gains. 



March Exports of Wood 



The exports of lumber and other forest products in March of this year, 

 compared witli the correspruiding m<mth last year, are summarized below : 



1918 1919 



Round logs $ 36.968 $ 85,368 



Square logs 174.075 62,824 



Railroad ties 232.i;,-)4 114.395 



Sawed luinher 3.643.202 3.139.027 



Doors, sash and blinds 67.525 27,186 



Wooden furniture 235.417 372.446 



Handles 60.184 250.220 



Barrels 60.321 88.827 



Box shooks 191.409 190,614 



Barrel shooks 367.762 670,423 



Staves 296.528 555,887 



Total all wood exports $0,630,810 $7,112,119 



Hardwood News Notes 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Muuroe Body Company, Pontiac. Mich., has changod its name to 

 the Pontiac Body Company; that of the Carriage Woodstock Company, 

 Oweusboro, Ky., to the Amos Body Corporation ; the Radtke Lumber & 

 Supply Company. Monroe. Mich., to the Wolverine Lumber & Supply 

 Company. 



The Hooten Hardwood Company of Terre Haute, Ind.. has gone out of 

 business. 



