HARDWOOD RECORD 



33 



H. D. WIQQIN 



WHOLESALE 



HARDWOODS 



SPECIALTIES 



Poplar, Chestnut, Canadian Hard- 

 woods, and Mahogany Veneers. 



Fiske BIdg., BOSTON, MASS. 



WHITING MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



BAND SAWN STOCK WIDTHS IN 

 HARDWOODS AND WHITE PINE 



ELIZABETHTON. 



TENNESSEE 



fcOTTONWOODJ 



GUM and HARDWOODS 



PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER CO.! 



Mills: 

 ' Cairo, 111. 

 Marked Tree, Ark. 

 Arkansas City. Ark. 

 BlytheviUe. Ark. 

 Greenville. Miss. 



GeDeral Olfices: 



Tribune Building, 



CHICAGO 



i2J 



Wr inakt- a Specialty uf 



Sound Wormy Chestnut. 



If in the market to buy or sell, write us. 



A. H. DAVID LUMBER COMPANY. 



GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 



WALNUT. 

 OAK, 

 ASH, 

 POPLAR. 



fflie John M. Smith Lomber Co.l 



(Incorporated) 

 Manufacturers of 



Rough and Dressed 

 HARDWOODS 



NASHVILLE 



A 



TENNESSEE i 



a stimulus to basswood. Quotations liere are 

 now on a basis of $13 and $15, and one dealer 

 leports a sale In Chicago at $1G,50 tor shipping 

 tulls and .tl3..50 for mill culls. Northern oak 

 is about out of the market. What stock there 

 is sells at toi) prices if customers can be found. 

 but manufacturers have turned to southern stock 

 and do not like to change unless they can get 

 northern oak in some quantity. Red oak lirst 

 and seconds have sold here recently for $50. 

 Birch is stronger, chiefly because the small deal- 

 ers and manufacturers who have been demoral- 

 izing the market are sold out, and what stock 

 remains is in strong hands. Quotations are now 

 .$1 higher than a week ago. Owing to the 

 scarcity of oak. a great deal of first and second 

 and common birch has been going into finish. 

 Even culls have picked up, and there is a strong 

 demand for them for use in grain doors. Soft 

 elm .Tud ash are rather scarce, and are strong 

 in price. While southern oak is offered here 

 steadily, the stock sheets do not indicate a very 

 large supply, and there is every reason to think 

 the price will remain strong. 



The country yard trade is quiet. The demand 

 for wagon stock is light, and it is not expected 

 to revive until after the holidays. Flooring is 

 still selling to retailers in fair quantities. Hard- 

 wood dealers who handle cooperage stock have 

 no trouble now in disposing of it, especially 

 hoops and heading. The local demand is strong 

 and promises to continue active. 



Yards and Mills 



I NashviUe, TenD. RichmoDd. Teon. Bohenwald.Teno | 

 OicksoD, TeDD. Bells LaDdiag.'' Beloit's Bend, ]] \ 

 Auburn. Tenn. While BluH, " Nuonelly, " \ 



GUS. KITZINGER 



Michigan Hardwoods 



By Car or Cargo. Manistee, Mich. 



Louisville. 



The hardwood market in Louisville is fair : 

 prices are well maintained and stocks plentiful, 

 with possibly one or two exceptions. 



There is a wide difference of opinion ex- 

 pressed here in regard to the quartered oak sit- 

 uation. Some members of the trade say that 

 quartered oak is plentiful and likely to be a Ut- 

 ile slow of sale for some time. Others are of 

 I he opinion that the available supply is limited 

 .Tiid inasmuch as many manufacturers are turn- 

 ing their attention to plain oak, the time is not 

 lar distant when there will be a decided scarcity 

 in quartered oak. 



The demand for plain oak is strong. A rise 

 in prices seems ■ probable, although buyers are 

 lighting it strenuously. The approach of bad 

 v.eather. with the resulting slow deliveries, while 

 the demand grows in volume continually, make 

 Ihe advance seem sure. 



The call for chestnut appears to be in excess 

 of the supply ; good prices prevail for anything 

 in dry stock. Poplar is a little slow In spots, 

 but taking the trade as a whole it shows signs 

 of improvement. There is a slight let-up in 

 the demand for poplar siding, occasioned by the 

 approaching close of the building season. A 

 more active demand for factory stock is noted 

 and the outlook is so good that the more opti- 

 mistic dealers are holding on to stocks in hand, 

 feeling sure of better prices later on. 



The cooperage trade is brisk. There is noted 

 a decided improvement in oil cooperage, which 

 has been quiet all summer and fall. 



Iios Angeles. 



A condition bordering on the sensational 

 has developed in the hardwood flooring situ- 

 ation of this city the past ten days. Ship- 

 ments long- promised did not materialize and. 

 a3 if to enhance the situation, consumption 

 of maple. be°ch and plain and quartered 

 .lak flooring has increased unprecedentedly 

 in the last fortnight, completely depleting stocks 

 .it a number of firms. Wires between this city 

 and eastern manufacturing points were kept hot 

 urging deliveries on back orders. It now ap- 

 pears that manufacturers will not make any 

 gains in deliveries this year. 



A fair business at firm prices is being trans- 

 acted in eastern oak staves. The recent ad- 

 vance is now well established with indica- 



tions that there will be no retraction in 

 price for .some time to come. 



The hardwood situation continues practi- 

 cally as heretofore, with mills using a some- 

 what larger volume than for some weeks 

 past, at prices well up to recent quotations. 

 Oak and ash seem to predominate in sales. 

 A number of substantial birch and walnut 

 orders were also consummated, the latter 

 proving especially active. The orders were 

 about equally divided between local and 

 country consumption. The immediate future, 

 however, will see an unusually large local de- 

 mand for hardwoods on account of the large 

 number of buildings nearing the point where 

 hardwoods will be required. Recent arrivals 

 of several carloads of rough hardwoods ma- 

 terially lessened the tension this market has 

 been undergoing for some time. 



Ashland. 



There is quite a revival of operations 

 among portable sawmills throughout east- 

 ern Kentucky. The C. & O. Railroad is ex- 

 tending its Une through the Big Sandy val- 

 ley, and a great many mills are being re- 

 moved into the territory opened up. , Pros- 

 pects are good for a second railroad through 

 this section before long. 



Prices are very firm on standing timber, 

 which would indicate that prices of lumber 

 through this section will be firm during next 

 season, as nearly all mills going into new 

 territory are paying good sound prices for 

 timber. There are quantities of oak on the 

 timber tracts in this section. 



River mills are about sawed out with no 

 prospect for logs until spring rains. Stocks 

 of lumber on hand are unusually small. Dry 

 lumber of all kinds is very scarce, which is 

 especially true of oak, with no prospects of 

 this wood being more plentiful for some time, 

 as a great proportion of the lumber cut is 

 shipped direct from the saws. 



London. 



There is a steady improvement noted in the 

 London hardwood market, although trade is by 

 no means brisk. Arrivals of all lumber have 

 been ligbter, and buyers are showing an inclina- 

 tion to select from stocks which have accumu- 

 Jated at the docks. 



Prime plain oak boards, also good medium 

 quality, are in demand at fair prices. Culls are 

 not wanted. Oak planks are also inquired for, 

 and some good business is doing at very fair 

 prices. Quartered oak is still quiet. 



"walnut is coming forward slowly, but the de- 

 mand at the moment is not great. 



Whitewood — prime dressed boards are selling 

 well ; culls are difficult of sale at almost any 

 price and planks are not wanted. 



Liverpool. 



Farnworth & Jardine report that recent mahog- 

 any sales have been well attended and that com- 

 petition was active, with prices well maintained. 

 The import has been moderate of late, and ar- 

 rivals of Honduras and Guatemalan wood would 

 be welcome. Mexican mahogany stock is ex- 

 hausted and logs of excellent quality and good 

 sizes would sell easily. Demand for smaller aver- 

 ages is better. African wood sells freely at 

 full prices. 



Cedar is in good demand, the stock being 

 exhausted. Demand for rosewood is quiet. The 

 same may be said of satinwood. Padouk is not 

 arriving, and prospects are not encouraging, the 

 stock being heavy and demand light. Stocks of 

 redwood are sufficient, and there is but small 

 demand. Thin sapped lignum-vita! of prime qual- 

 ity and good dimensions would be eagerly pur- 

 chased at full prices. Thick sapped wood of 

 good specifications would also sell fairly well. 



American walnut arrivals have been light, 

 and inquiry is good for logs of prime quality 

 and large size. For other descriptions the de- 

 mand is not rushing, and prices are low. 



