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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 25, 1919 



has been opiTiiliiit: lu New York state and neighboring timber tracts, now 

 has three saw mills running — two in Alleghany eiiunt.v, New Yorlt. and one 

 near Tondersport. l*a. The timber cut is largely maple, with some oak. 

 birch and basswood. These mills have about a year more to cut and the 

 territory will not be exhausted even then. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company recently withdrew stock for sale 

 at its two southern mills and e.\peils that there will be quite a scarcity 

 of hardwoods later in the year. 



The HnlTalo Lumber E,\cliange committees Tor the coming year have 

 liecn appointed by I'resident Clark \V. liurd .■mil the chairmen are as fol- 

 lows: .Membership. II. L. Abbott; unloailing. Ilniry I. Ceorge ; arbitration, 

 A. .T. Klias; I'ntcrtainnicnt. W. r. lictts ; tiiiancc, A. W. Kreinheder ; trade 

 relations. .T. II. Wall: Iransportatlon. M. S. Burns: transit privilege, O. E. 

 Yeager. The annual outing of the exchange will be held in July at a 

 date to he lixed by the entcrlainment dunmittee. 



Henry Hamlin. sec(uiil (ddesi banker in Pennsylvania, died at Smeth- 

 port on June 17. aged eiglitynine .years. Ue was a director of the Great 

 Southern laimber rompany. liogalusa, La., and interested in oil, gas and 

 other commiTcial lines. He is survived by a widow and tour children. 



PITTSBURGH 



uid believe that prices of 

 unt of the real shortage of good 



W. .\. Wilson & Sons rcpnrl nH>rc. activity 

 hardwoods are going to stay up "m 

 hardwood lundier. 



J. N. Woollett. president of the Aberdeen Lumber Company, .says that 

 gum and Cottonwood prii-es have increased from $.5 to .«10 per M on the 

 better grailes during the past three months. This is on account of the 

 big curtailmeni in production in the Southwest because of the heavy rains. 



Lehman Hurreii liabcock. aged eighty-five, father of Mayor E. V. 

 Babcock of this city, dii'd at Marysville, Teun., recently. He was well- 

 known to numy I'ltt.sburgh wholesalers. Besides Mayor Babcock he leaves 

 three sons, O. H. Bal)cock and Fred R. Babcock of the Babcock Lumber 

 Company of this city, and C. L. Babcock of the Babcock interests of 

 Marysville, Tenn.. and one daughter, Mrs. Van Nuss of Fulton, N. Y. 



A tire .auscd by lightning destroyed the office and lumber yard of the 

 Stockdale Lumber Company at Stockdale, Ta., with a loss of $50,000. 



One of X\w biggest industrial projects in tri-state territory is the 



recently ann.,unc..,l ish.n of the .Midvale Steel & Ordnance Company to 



spend J.S.OOo.liiMi f,,,- ,,i,-,„( injpi-nvements at its Cambria Works at 

 Johnstown, I'a. 



The Mahoning Valley Lumber Company, lately organized with a capital 

 of .$200,000, has secured a location at New Castle, Pa., where its main 

 plant anil yards will lie located. 



Frank Sndlh, luvsident of the Miners' & Manufacturers' Lumber Com- 

 pany, reiiorts some increase in demand, but says that stocks are verv short 

 In all lines of hardwoods. 



The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company, one of the biggest manufac- 



urers and distributors of hardwood in this section, reports a constantly 



increasing ilemand, especially for oak. This does not come from the 



railroads, but mii.'h of it from the industrial plants and some from the 



yards. Bridge building is going to take a lot of lumber for this purpose. 



Ihe I)u(piesne Lumber Company is getting a splendid trade, this coming 

 from lis eastern headipiarters in rhiladelphia. Sales Manager Herrmann 

 says that conditions the past month havi 

 around. 



sliown much improvement all 



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h„.i ,""' /'""""■'■ '■'""I'"n.v reports pric'cs up to stay on all lines of 

 hardwoods. Any considerable gain in the demand from imlustrial con- 

 cerns will also have a tendency to push prices further up the scale 

 according to I'resident II. F. DomhofT. 



I uMdl.v.n' n""ri'"l' ^''""■''""^ Lumbermen's Association and the Retail 

 •■V 1,"" , '''ttshurgh. on June 14, held their annual outing at 



I nnb • ■ '"""","'' ""'"' "f '""■''■"■" ^- '^' Bibcock of the Babcock 



Three Degre".",'."", '" \T ''"'• ""^ '^-»"«>" »->« - situated on the 

 tnree Degree load, and has as one of its attractions a tine deer preserve. 



BALTIMORE 



slon n the «■ . '■"""'" '■'■'"" "■■"•i"""-'^' «hows continued expan- 



h s to emu ;, ';';;"■'"""" "''"""" "■'■ """"''•^'"^ ^^■"'^■•^ ">e trade still 

 V lumeas «•»'' ""'■'y indication that the shipments will gain in 



fi^-t th t ,H "*^'' ^^"r """■" ••""■""'>''' '"' ™"-^°t ""--ds. Despite 

 the fact that prices m the home market are going up rapidly there is a 



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the war",m a T "■""""•' """^' "' '""^ "">-'' "'•S''°t '''°d. Before 



States ha „ ,;;,,""'' " ™"-^'":™'>"= ""■■» »* «^e struggle the United 



with iVm.iu , , ' "''"' ^^'"' '" *"« '"*« ^"th 1**^.000 teet. oak 



ee Not liv r;: ZZ^n'''' '"''""^ "^'' '""' ^^^''"•""" -'"^ 1'03«.000 



hrc£€~''- 



which was to have held a conference at Washington with oflBcials of the 

 United States .Shipping Board relative to the allotment of vessels to 

 individuals and the providing of more tonnage, especially for the Hampton 

 roads ports, has not .yet discharged its mission, owing to the absence of 

 the officials whom it desired to see, but the situation is reported to have 

 undergone much improvement, other shippers besides Ben May getting 

 vessels and other craft being ordered to points where they were most 

 needed. This has afforded considerable relief to the exporters," with further 

 assistance in sight. One of the things done by the Shipping' Board to aid 

 shippers is the designation of G. A. Reinhart, manager of the Inter- 

 national Mercantile Marine Corporation at Norfolk, to handle the vessels 

 of the board and others, which arrangement is expected to result in 

 exporters being more promptly advised of available facilities. 



Among the visiting lumbermen here in the last two weeks was Chester 

 F. Korn of the Korn-Conkling Company, Cincinnati, who came to look 

 after some shipments for his company intended for export, and who suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining steamer space. He stated that the inquiry for hard- 

 woods was very active. 



E. B. Smith, secretary and treasurer for the Massee-Felton Lumber Com- 

 pany, Macon, Ga., another visitor, stated that his company had sold out 

 and was not in a position to take additional orders for the present, while 

 advices received from the Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company, which 

 makes its headquarters at Williamsport, Pa., and which is one of the largest 

 producers of hemlock in the country, were to the effect that the price had 

 been marked up to the .$37 base, and that all the available stocks had been 

 disposed of, this in spite of the fact that the corporation has a mill ca- 

 pacity of not less than 1,200,000 feet per day. 



IVI. S, Baer of Richard P. Baer & Co.. has sailed for Europe. His stay 

 abroad is likely to extend over six weeks, and he wdll visit not only the 

 British centers, Init may also cross over to the continent. The mill of the 

 company at Bogalusa, La., is now running about at full capacity on gum, 

 and a considerable part of the output will be distributed abroad. 



The linited States Shipping Company which handles the Donaldson 

 Line of steamers, has made an important concession in waiving the guar- 

 antees which it sought to exact from exporters by announcement issued 

 in April. Pnder this guarantee the shippers were obligated to pay all 

 expenses incidental to the return of a shipment of lumber, if tor any rea- 

 .son the British government refused to admit it, and also to pay the cost 

 incurred by other means of disposal. At the time the requirement was 

 called for, the British government had ceased to require permits, and 

 there was no occasion for demanding the guarantee. 



The municipal authorities here have been induced to take a hand in 

 the housing situation, and an ordinance has made its appearance in the 

 City Council, which approiiriates .'jll.000.000 for the erection of houses 

 to relieve the shortage. The author of the measure admits that this sum 

 would not go far, but he believes it would tend to stimulate private enter- 

 prise to a degree which would be productive of real relief. 



The steamer Thistlemore, of the Johnston Line, arrived here ten days 

 ago with eight mahogany logs, several of which weighed not less than 

 four tons each. The logs came from Africa and had been held up in a 

 British port a long time by the war. 



COLUMBUS 



The Northern .Manufacturing Ciunpany, Tippecanoe City, has been char- 

 tered with a capital of ,$100,000 to manufacture furniture and other 

 wooden products. The incorporators are A. R. Garver. J. C. (iarver, 

 Thomas H. Canby, John H. Rohrer and Charles O. Davis. 



The authorized capital of the East Ohio Lumber Company, Niles, has 

 been increased from .$100,000 to .$175,000. 



The Stryker Lumber Company. Stryker, has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $10,000 by J. E. Alspaugh, W. D. Campbell, S, L. Campbell, W H, 

 Campbell and J. W. Campbell. 



William M. Ritter, W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, has been placed on 

 the Industrial Board of the U. S. Department of Commerce and Labor, 

 which will suggest prices that the government will pay for principal com- 

 modities during the period of reconstruction. He was head of the hard- 

 wood section of the War Industries Board during the war. 



A. R. Rouch, formerly connected with the Mills-Carleton Company, 

 Cleveland, is now representing W. S. Nichols & Co., of South Boston, Va , 

 in Ohio territory. 



D. S. Fellows, familiarly known as "Dave." has returned from military 

 service and is now representing the Lake Shore Saw Mills & Lumber Com"- 

 pany of Cleveland. 



The Cullen & Vaughn Company, Hamilton has been reorganized by the 

 election of F. M. Sayrc, presblent and treasurer, and D. W. Wright, assis- 

 tant treasurer. A. W. Ilenneberger is genera! manager. 



The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a steady demand for all 

 hardwoods, with prices ruling Arm in every particular. The demand from 

 factories is strong and buying is mostly for immediate shipment. Retailers 

 are also in the market. 



EVANSVILLE 



• irimwood & Ilinton, log importers and exporters and hardwood lumber 

 manufacturers of this city, recently purchased a tract of timberland on 

 the Steinkamp farm near here, which is estimated to contain between 

 MOSm and 400,000 feet of logs. Some of the poplar logs that have been 

 cut on the tract measure over forty inches in diameter. These are the • 



