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where operations are mainly carried on, is still 

 a wilderness. The dense forests consist more 

 largely of pine, spruce, balsam and hemlock 

 than of hardwoods, although there is a scatter- 

 ing growth of bircli and maple. The southern 

 part has been devastated extensively, and this 

 section was most prolific of hardwood growth, 

 and rich in variety of species. The north, while 

 not producing a great variety of woods, has for- 

 ests which cover vast areas and which show a 

 large stand to the acre. 



In points of commercial importance and value, 

 white pine stands lirst among the coniferous 

 products of northt'i-n Ontario. Although the 

 quantity remaining is but a small part of what 

 originally grew there, a larger amount of it 

 may be found in this region than anywhere else 

 in America. Spruce is exceedingly abundant, 

 and becomes more plentiful toward the north. 

 After the height of land is crossed, a continu- 

 ous forest of it is found, which extends to the 

 Hudson bay. probably the most extensive in the 

 world. Ontario spruce is greatly in demand for 

 the manufacture of wood pulp, employed in 

 making paper, textile fabrics and an infinity of 

 other things. The great spruce forests bid 

 fair to be of even more value than the pine 

 growth in adding to the wealth of the province 

 and promoting the lumber industry. So dense 

 are these forests timt the trees are prevented 

 from attaining remarkable size, and are conse- 

 quently sold for wood pulp production chiefly, 

 although in places trees suitable for sawn lum- 

 ber are found. The thinning out of the growth 

 would of course permit them to increase in size, 

 but the pulpwocd industry is coming to the 

 front so rapidly that, the very small trees are 

 valuable. 



One great advantage of spruce over pine is 

 that it may be planted from the seed and cut 

 within twenty-five years, rendering it possible to 

 produce two crops of spruce to one of pine. The 

 Canadian forests cover such a great area that 

 with this quick developing power they are prac- 

 tically inexhaustible, pi-ovided conservative and 

 approved lumbering methods are employed. 



BrazUiau Woods. 



Brazil abounds in rich cabinet woods of many 

 varieties, comparatively easy of access. Because 

 of the lack of enterprise among the Brazilians 

 only small quantities have been exported, and 

 little is known of their quality. American capi- 

 tal is gradually becoming interested, and a com- 

 pany with $5,000,000 capital is now undertaking 

 the exploitation of some of the best sections. By 

 the application of modern milling methods and 

 up-to-date transportation facilities, it will doubt- 

 less meet with success. An elevated swinging 

 railroad will carry the logs from the woods to 

 the mills which will be located near or on good 

 roads. 



Polished Hardwood Floors. 



It is an unusual thing to find a modern house 

 which does not have hardwood floors in at least 

 some of the rooms. A fitted carpet is a thing 

 of the past in most homes. Keeping hardwood 

 floors in prime condition is necessary to their 

 cleanliness and beauty. To have them attended 

 to by an expert is an expensive matter, and it is 

 therefore necessary for the majority of people 

 to know something about this process. It is far 

 cheaper in the end to have good materials used 

 upon floors, even though applied by unskilled 

 labor, than it is to employ workmen who will 

 guarantee to do the entire job cheaply, and who 

 will therefore use inferior materials. 



If a floor has never been correctly finished 

 and is rough or sticky in places, the only way 

 to treat it is to completely take off the original' 

 stain by means of a good solvent, which will 

 soften it and permit it to be rubbed off. A 

 steel wool will best accomplish the removal of 

 every bit of color and will usually leave the 

 floor looking like new wood. Next, a first-class 

 filler should be applied. This will fill up the 

 pores and grain of the wood and induce a 



smooth, hard surface. Wax should be applied 

 slowly with a cloth and within a few minutes 

 the floor should be polished by means of a 

 weighted brush, which is far superior to cloth 

 for this purpose in producing a brilliant finish. 

 The wax comes in light or dark, and should be 

 selected with regard to the final result required 

 — a dark or light finish. 



If this process be carefully followed and the 

 work done slowly and thoroughly, it will insure 

 a fine looking floor and one which can be easily 

 kept clean : its brightness may be preserved by 

 merely applying wax, and polishing once or 

 twice a year. ^ 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



Guy Baldwin of Bellevue, la., recently sold a 

 carload of fine hardwood lumber to the Bellevue 

 Piano Company. 



The Oak Lumber Company announces the re- 

 moval of its principal ofiices from Los Angeles 

 to San Bernardino, Cal. 



The B. & M. Cabinet Manufacturing Company 

 is a new concern at San Francisco, Cal., with a 

 capital stock of $50,000. 



The Miami Lumber & Veneer Company of Day- 

 ton, Ohio, announces the increase of its capital 

 from $50,000 to $100,000. 



E. D. Maxon of Sioux City. S. D., is look- 

 ing over territory in the vicinity of Vicksburg, 

 Miss., in quest of desirable hardwood timber. 



The Osage Handle Company, w'ith a capital 

 of $2,500, has been organized at Eldon, Mo., by 

 K. S. Harvey, W. E. Harvey and Allen Itussell. 



Charles Smith of Knowelhurst, N. Y., is filling 

 a' big order for fifteen-foot hardwood logs for 

 boat bottoms for Finch, Pruyn & Co. of Glens 

 Falls, N. Y. 



The Baltimore Veneer Panel Company, Balti- 

 more, Md., recently purchased a factory site 

 200x200 feet on which a large building is al- 

 ready being erected. 



The new ski factory at Ashland. Wis.; is work- 

 ing on a contract for 3,000 skis for a Minneapolis 

 firm. They are made of Norway pine, white 

 oak, black ash, birch or hickory. 



The kitchen cabinet factory of Day & Cross 

 at Greencastle, Ind., was totally destroyed by 

 fire recently. Only a small amount of insurance 

 was carried, so that the loss is heavy. 



F. W. Greber has disposed of his interests in 

 the Buckeye Handle Company of New Bremen, 

 O., to the other stockholders, and has retired 

 from business on account of poor health. 



The Acme Handle Company has been incor- 

 porated at St. Louis with a capital of $15,000. 

 Promoters of the enterprise are William D. Dig- 

 gers, James B. Duffries and L. I. Ulackmer. 



The Curtis Bros. Lumber Company of James- 

 town, N. Y., has closed a deal with the Florida 

 Lumber Company, Mobile, Ala., for 6,000,000 feet 

 of hardwood lumber. The shipping will begin 

 shortly. 



The Saxton Hardwood & Handle Company has 

 been incorporated at Saxton, Pa., by S. B. Stot- 

 ler, Isaac IC. Little, David M. Stotler and Philip 

 A. Barnett, all of Saxton. It is capitalized at 

 $10,000. 



The sawmill plant of the Chandlerville Hard- 

 wood Lumber Company of Chandlerville, 111., 

 recently destroyed by fire, has been rebuilt and 

 new machinery installed and is now running at 

 full capacity. 



The Hanchett Swage Works of Big Rapids, 

 Mich., is preparing a new and complete catalogue 

 of its output of filing room machinery and tools. 

 It is expected to have it in the hands of the 

 trade by the first of February. 



P. C. Scott is president ; Theodore Lohman, 

 vice president ; James II. Duffee, secretary, and 

 S. B. Bradburn, treasurer, of the Paragould 

 Handle Company, recently organized at Little 

 Rock, Ark., with a capital of $5,000. 



Inducements are offered at Washington Court 

 House, Ohio, for the location of a high-class fur- 

 niture factory. Particulars can be obtained by 

 addressing Frank Bosley of the J. W. Willis 



Lumber Cnaipany, Washington Court House, 

 Ohio. 



Hale & Nevins of Frankfort, Mich., who own 

 timber lands in the vicinity of Chatham, Alger 

 <'0unty, expect to start their shingle and saw- 

 mill in a few weeks. The mill will have a ca- 

 pacity of about 40,000 feet of lumber a day, 

 exclusive of the shingle output. 



The Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company has 

 resumed operations at its Park Falls, Wis., saw- 

 mill which has been closed down for the past 

 three months. The company is putting in the 

 largest stock it has ever had at this point 

 and expects to cut eleven million feet this season. 

 Thomas H. Bradley of Lexington, Ky., pur- 

 chased all the walnut timber on the Nantura 

 Farm of the late Col. Frank B. Harper in Wood- 

 ford county, Kentucky. There are 375 trees, 

 from which it is estimated 185,000 feet of lumber 

 will be cut, the best of which will be exported 

 to Germany. 



A company composed of eastern and local capi- 

 talists has been formed at Jackson, Miss., to 

 deal in lands of all kinds — delta, pine, hardwood, 

 farming, etc. It has unlimited capital and has 

 already purchased 340,000 acres of land. W. W. 

 Simonton will be manager of the ofl5ce at Jack- 

 son. 



Frank W. Blake, 303 Citizens' Bank Building, 

 Norfolk, Va., handles a very comprehensive list 

 of hardwoods. Oak, walnut, poplar, ash, hickory, 

 gum, maple, red and white cedar, locust, holly, 

 dogwood and persimmon are among the woods 

 which figure in his great domestic and export 

 business. 



The new veneer mill of the Capitol Box Com- 

 pany, Tacoma, Wash., has been completed and 

 is now in operation. The new plant, which was 

 built to replace the one destroyed by fire last 

 August, is a distinct improvement over the old 

 one and will enable the company to take care of 

 its constantly increasing business with facility. 

 Lester Lee of Birmingham, Ala., formerly with 

 the Louisville & Nashville railroad, has gone 

 into the lumber manufacturing business, having 

 recently erected a mill near Reid's Gap, a few 

 miles north of Birmingham. He will manufac- 

 ture hardwood lumber, having contracts already 

 which assure him of steady operation for some 

 time. 



The Guerrero Lumber Milling & Manufactur- 

 ing Company, composed of a number of Utah 

 capitalists, owns .SS4.000 acres of timber land in 

 the state of Guerrero. As described the timber 

 is of most remarkable growth and consists of 

 three kinds of pine and oak, Mexican walnut and 

 red cedar. The trees are immense in size and 

 out of one oak tree 22,000 feet of lumber was 

 sawed. The company now has a traction road, 

 with a steam traction engine in cperation for 

 thirty-five miles into the timber. The road con- 

 nects with the Mexican Central and Rio Balsas 

 and the company i;i now delivering railroad ties 

 and other timber to the railroad. 



The reduction in the bridge and ferry tolls 

 by the fourteen railroads composing the Ter- 

 minal Association of St. Louis, together with 

 the giving of its companion piece, a through bill 

 of lading to and from St. Louis, tool; effect Jan. 

 1. This reduction, which amounts to from 

 twenty-five to seventy-five percent on all freight 

 hitherto subject to toll-taking at this river 

 crossing, had been tentatively proposed some 

 weeks ago by the Terminal Association as a 

 basis of compromise between that organization 

 and the shippers of St. Louis. On lumber the 

 new rate will effect a large saving to local ship- 

 ping yards. In this commodity there is a reduc- 

 tion of 1% cents per hundred weight for the 

 river crossing to % cent — lowering the tariff, in 

 other words, exactly 1 cent per hundred pounds 

 on all shipments to eastern territory and by as 

 much, of course, on the small shipments hither 

 from the same territory, p^rom southeastern ter- 

 ritory to St. Louis the roads have been absorb- 

 ing the bridge arbitrary now for several years 

 past. 



