June 10, 1919 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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feet of undressed lumber, was only slightly damaged. The sawmill had 

 been idle for some time past, but the planing mill was in operation. 



Richardson Brothers, Sheboygan Falls, manufacturers of fine furniture, 

 have incorporated their business under the style of the Richardson Bros. 

 Company, with a capital stock of $120,000. The incorporators are Egbert, 

 Jarius, Lemont and Sarah Richardson, who own the stock and occupy 

 the principal ofiBces. 



The Black River Falls CWls.) Box & Manufacturing Company has started 

 work on its new plant, which will cost about $30,000. The main factory 

 will be 80x180 feet, one story high. The general manager, J. S. Thompson, 

 formerly was in business at Grand Rapids, Wis., conducting the Badger 

 Box & Lumber Company, which lost its plant by fire last fall. 



George L. Waetjen, head of George L. W'aetjen & Co., manufacturing 

 veneer panels at 110-120 Reed street, Milwaukee, represented this industry 

 on the seventeenth annual trade promotion tour of the Jobbers' Division, 

 Milwaukee Association of Commerce, June 2 to 7. The party consisted of 

 ninety leading business men of Milwaukee and traveled in a special train, 

 covering 1000 miles. At Ashland, the northernmost point of the route, 

 a special entertainment was provided by Fred J. Schroeder, John Schroeder 

 Lumber Company, Milwaukee and Ashland, who preceded the party several 

 days and returned with it. The Schroeder sawmills are located at Ashland 

 and were inspected by the Milwaukee visitors. 



The Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Lumber Company, Phelps, Wis., recently 

 resumed operations in its large sawmill, which was closed for a month for 

 a general overhauling and the installation of additional facilities. The 

 yards also were improved and about 2500 feet of new tramways con- 

 structed. 



The Hardwood Market 



CHICAGO 



Chicago firms are unanimous in their opinion that hardwoods will con- 

 tinue to be good property for considerable time to come. Seemingly the 

 local building situation has not opened up as briskly as might be expected 

 in a city of this size, but everywhere there is evidence of resumption of 

 building activity, which so far has run mainly to small apartments and 

 dwelling construction. There have been reports of plans for large struc- 

 tures for various purposes, including ofiice buildings, large apartment 

 work, etc., but in the main this has not as yet gotten well enough under 

 way to have become a very real factor in the situation. However, the 

 probability is that this line of building work will open up briskly during 

 the summer months and that a good deal of it will be roofed under ready 

 for interior work next winter. 



In other woodworking lines great activity is manifest, with buyers 

 seemingly anxious to avail themselves of offerings of hardwoods to cover 

 up on requirements for some time ahead. 



Flooring factories are doing a good business and operating on a sub- 

 stantial basis. 



BUFFALO 



For the first time in several years the stock held in yard by Buffalo 

 lumbermen, especially hardwood, looks peculiarly good. It has always 

 been ready to supply sudden eastern want, but that was its chief value. 

 Even as late as last January there was some question as to value of 

 stock in yards, which meant that the price had not advanced of late. 

 Now there is a Jump in prices that takes care of all that slackness and 

 considerably more and the yard man who has been playing into the hands 

 of the yardless dealer feels that he has come back to his own again. 



The worst part of it is that it is hard to tell what the price ought to 

 be, for every quotation received from the South or West is an advance, or 

 perhaps the withdrawal of all quotations, instead. The eastern demand 

 is not yet what ought to be warranted from the situation further west, 

 but it is bound to come, and everybody agrees that it is not far away. It 

 is already enough to satisfy all shippers and would clean them out all too 

 soon if they could not get good supplies promptly from the mills. Many 

 of the mills are reporting an oversold condition. 



PITTSBURGH 



Hardwoods are not making such an exceptional showing in comparison 

 with the pines as they did six months ago. The furniture business is 

 lagging somewhat. Automobile trade is better this month. Yard trade 

 has shown considerable increase. Industrial trade, however, where a 

 large part of the good hardwood goes, is rather poor, due to the depressed 

 condition of the steel and coal business. Hardwood mills are fairly busy 

 in tri-state territory but have little dry lumber to sell. Shipments of 

 gum and Cottonwood from the Southwest have been greatly delayed and 

 prices may go up for this reason. 



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