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work of the rommiUec- during tbe past year 

 had resulted in the amicable adjudication of 

 most of the matters brought before It, and inci- 

 dentally suggested that a great many subjects 

 presented were controversies of a trivial char- 

 acter whicli could and should have been set- 

 tled between the parties themselves. 



W. W. Knighi, chairman of the Committee on 

 Terms of Sale, made a report on the status of 

 terms of sale as practiced in various parts of 

 the country, and reported the recommendations 

 on this subject endorsed by the National Lum- 

 ber Manufacturers' Association anil submitted 

 the entire nialter to the association without re 

 commendation. 



The several reports were accepted and re- 

 ferred to the proper committees. 



E. F. Pendleton of New York delivered an 

 address on the subject of compulsory pilotage, 

 in which he advocated the enactment by con- 

 gress of the bills now pendini; looking to the 

 abolition of compulsory pilotage as being not 

 only unnecessary but discriminatory toward sail 

 ing vessels. 



On motion of Henry Cape a vote of thanks 



J. P.. WALL. TRfgTEE. HUFFALO, N. Y. 



was tendered Mr. I'endleton for his analysis 

 and recommendations on tbe subject, and on 

 motion of Robert \V. Iligbie a resolution was 

 adopted by the association endorsing the sugges- 

 tion made by Mr. I'endleton. 



Pendennis White addressed the convention on 

 the subject of its finances, recommending an In- 

 crease in it.s annual dues from ?.'?0 to .$.50 a 

 year. Mn his motion an amendment was made 

 to the by-laws authorizing this change in the 

 dueo. 



On nioiinu of A. L. Stone the tru.stces were 

 authorized to formulate a new set of by-laws to 

 be submitted lo tbe members for adoption or 

 rejection in a vote by mall. 



Robert <,'. l,lpi)incolt. Lewis C. Slade and 

 Robert W, Iligbie then delivered tributes to the 

 memory of the lale Col. Charles W. Betts of 

 Philadelphia and Ernest M. Price of New York, 

 two valued members of the association who 

 have passed lo the great beyond during the 

 past year. On motion these tributes were or- 

 dered reroi'ded In the archives of the association 

 to become a part of the records of the meet- 

 ing. 



On motion of F. R. Babcock the chair was 

 aulhorlzed to appoint committees of live each on 

 nominations and resolutloDS. 



Adjournment "^i" tli'^n taken nnlll T! :.'!0 p. m. 

 AFTERNOON SESSION 



On reassembling ut ?> :30 p. ni. a r«-port was 

 received from K. .T. Eddy, ti-nfflc manager, cov- 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



ering tiie work that bad come within his depart- 

 ment. 



Report of Traffic Manager. 



!■'. U. U.vBcorK. Cbairuiau. liailniad and Trans 

 portation t_'ommittee. Pittsburg. Pa. 

 I herewith present the report of tbe Trans- 

 portation P.urcau for the i)asl twelve months, 

 and inasmuch as my connection with the bureau 

 began on Ihc lirst of June, 1 have divided the 

 report and made one i^art of it to cover the 

 period from tbe iirst of April to the lirst of 

 June, and the other part of it to cover the re- 

 maining nine months. 



During the year the bureau has received 42' 

 new claims against transportation companies, the 

 total of which amounted to ^14,;j'J2.9G. The 

 bureau has collected during this period claims to 

 tbe amount of .•?:!. OUd. 



During the lirst three months of tbe year 

 there were received claims, total of which was 

 .$3,025, and the total collections amounted to 

 ?258. 



During the past nine months there have been 

 received claims, total of which was .$12,142.70, 

 and there have been collected ?2,800, making an 

 average monthly collection during tbe time in 

 which 1 have been in cliarge of .$.310. 



Tbe gross collections for the past four months 

 were $1,717, or an average of ?430 per month, 

 or on a basis of :?o,UOO per year. 



In all about six weeks' time has been given to 

 tbe car stake and equipment matter, under direc- 

 tion of Mr. Perry. Mr. Ross and the chairmen of 

 the execullve committee of the Car Stake and 

 l-;(]ui]>mcnt Complaint. 



The attention of tbe bureau is called to the 

 fact that two rates have been in force on lumber 

 from some southern points to eastern water 

 points, and that there is a difference of four 

 cents per hundred weight in these two rates, 

 the two routes I»eing one by way of Pinners 

 I'oint. Va.. which is the more favorable rate, and 

 the other way being via Alexandria. Va. This 

 dilTerence in rate not only has caused great an 

 noyauce to our memliers, btit has put them to 

 considerable expense because the roads seemed 

 to prefer to route by way of Alexandria, unless 

 written directions are given for the Pinners 

 Point route. Tliis matter has been taken up 

 personally with the principal traffic officials of 

 tbe roads at fault, and is now in a fair way of 

 adjustment. In fact, the traffic manager of the 

 Southern railway advises that acting on our 

 request he will have a note inserted in his tariff 

 so that cars must be routed via Pinners I'oint. 

 If this matter is satisfactorily adjusted, as it 

 doubtless will be, it will be of considerable 

 licnefit to our members. 



More claims are presented to tbe bureau be- 

 c.TUse of overcharge in weights than for .aity 

 other one reason, and these claims are the most 

 difficult of collection of any which come to the 

 bureau. In order to tr.v and induce the railroads 

 to agree upon some basis for settlement of these 

 claims, tbe bureau has endeavored to get an 

 accurate estimate showing weights of all kinds 

 of lumber. This estimate is nearly complete, 

 and a list of approximate estimated weights was 

 sent out to each of otir members early in Feb- 

 ruar.v. in which the members were asked for 

 criticisms and suggestions. I'p to tbe present 

 writing we hare beard from a large number of 

 our members and we hope to have Ihls table of 

 estimated weights complete in a short time, after 

 which wo will use our best endeavors to secure 

 its practical adoption by claim departments of 

 the various roads, as a basis for settlement of 

 these overweight claims. It may I»e of interest 

 to our members to know that at the present 

 time the railroads have no uniform plan of 

 handling tliese claims : in fact, no two roads 

 treat them exactl.v alike, and if It is possible 

 to reach an agreement with tbe roads It will 

 undoubtedly result In great advantage to the 

 uiembers. 



On request of some of our members a success- 

 ful effort was made to get tbe R. & O. railroad 

 to reduce the rates on railroad ties. 'I'be result 

 of that effort Is that this road has Issticd a 

 supplement to Its tariff makiivg the rates oti ties 

 the same as are In force on lumber, whir'b Is a 

 reduction from fifth class to that of flat com- 

 modity rate. 



In addition to the above matters, the bureau 

 has furnished Information of various kinds to 

 some Jit our lucmhers. such as quoting rales, 

 tracing cars anil other similar kinds of Informa- 

 tion. The business of ihe bureau is constantly 

 Increasing, ns is shown by the number of claims 

 filed with tbe bureau during the month of Feb- 

 ruary. l">in-lng this month a larger number was 

 lecclved from a larger nundier of members than 

 during nn.v preceding month. 



Wllhouf going Into details. Ibis report now 

 shows the most Important mtitters wblr-b the 

 bureau Is handling, and I believe Ihe prospects 

 for the new year arc very brlgbt. Very truly 

 yours, E. .7. Edot, Traffic Manager. 



A Report on Hardwood Inspection. 



.T. V. Sllmson, on bi^half of M M, Wall, 

 chairman, made n report of the Committee on 

 Hardwood Inspnillon. slating that during the 



past year tbe association bad worked in har- 

 mony with tbe National Hardwood Lumber As- 

 .sociatlou along tbe line of establishing fair and 

 uniform inspection. Some few corrections in 

 the grading of almost all kinds of wood had 

 been made, which seemed fair, and the com- 

 mittee believed that tbe rules were now brought 

 up to date in a thorough manner. The com- 

 mittee deplored that New York City and Phil- 

 adelphia had not officially adopted the rules of 

 the association, and it thought steps should be 

 taken to urge upon these two cities their adop- 

 tion. 



M. S. Treraaine, chairman of the Committee 

 on Membership, made a report on this subject, 

 which showed that the association bad made a 

 net gain in membership during the past year of 

 (iffy. 



Tlie several reports were accepted and ordered 

 filed. 



T'wro Conunittees Appointed. 



The chair then announced the following Com- 

 mittee on Resolutions : Pendennis White. Rob- 

 ert W. nigbie. W. W. Knight, J. V. Stimson 

 and A. L. Stone. 



He also announced a Committee on Nomlna- 



<;ai;i)xeu i. jones. iidston. mass 



lion of Trustees as follows: J. L. Kendall, l*'. 

 I!. Babcock, Ceorge H. Davenport, R. C. I.lppin- 

 lott and Alfred B. Cramer. 



Previous Term.s of Sale Reaffirmed. 



A lengthy discussion then ensued on tbe sub- 

 ject of terms of sale, and 11 was eventually 

 decided, upon motion of Lewis C. Slade, to re- 

 affirm the terms of sale previously adopted by 

 the association, which provide for sixty days' 

 time on lumber sales: It-j per cent discount for 

 cash fifteen days from shipment, or 1 per cent 

 cash discount at thirty days from date of ship- 

 ment ; freight in all instances lo be counted 

 as net cash. 



.\djonrnmciit. 



THURSDAY'S SESSION. 



At 10:30 on March S the meeting reassembled. 

 The first business olTered was a report from 

 • ieorge F. Craig, chairman of the Committee on 

 Forestry, which Is her(!wlth reproduced. The 

 report was received and adopted: 



Report of Forestry Committee. 



The general iiUcrest In fnieslry has Increased 

 t(» such an extent and there are In consequence 

 now so many sour<'cs of public information on 

 the sui)ject that anyone seeking after tile prln- 

 ciiiles of tills latter-day science rends as he runs. 



For this reason it has seemed best to your 

 I iiniiniliec to consider more particularly Ihc 

 jn-nctleal side of the qiH>s(ioii as possible and 

 prolliable lo the operating lumberman. 



The work of fbis cominlltce has been largelj- 

 earrled on by correspondence among the mem 



