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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10, 1916 



SwAiN-RoACH Lumber Co. 



Manufacturers and Wholesalers 

 Of All Kinds of 



Indiana Hardwoods 



A Large Stock of Dry, Plain and 

 Quartered White and Red Oak 

 always on hand. 



S P E C I A r 

 Quartered Black Gnro 

 the Indiana Mahog:any 



Seymour, Ind. 



Mutual Fire Insurance 



Best Indemnity at Lowest Net Cost 

 Can B« Obtained From 



The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 

 The Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Boston, Mass. 



Mansfield, Ohie. 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



The Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, 



Van Wert, Ohl» 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Oar location maltes possible quick delivery of anytfajng In timbers 



and hardwood lumber 



The Tegge Lumber Go. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



from the southern states, where the cotton crop is good, are most flatter- 

 ing. The retail lumber business has been fairly good all fall and building 

 operations are active. The sash and door men. as well as the yellow pine 

 dealers, say they have had a very good season and that, in fact, they have 

 no room to complain. 



< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The volume of building operations in Imlianapolis for the last month 

 provides ample proof of the contention of hardwood dealers that the 

 demand is excellent. A report just compiled by the department of build- 

 ings shows an increase of 50 per cent in building operations over the 

 corresponding month of last year. .V total of G8.5 permits was issued last 

 month in comparison with 552 during October, 1915. The total value of 

 building operations for November was $787,227, as compared with $532,777 

 for the corresponding period of 1915. Not only do the building trades 

 continue to be heavy buyers of hardwoods, but the consuming plants are 

 using even a larger proportion of the products of the mills. The fur- 

 niture industries in Indianapolis and throughout the state are thriving 

 more than they have in recent .vears, and a pessimistic statement is not 

 heard from any of the hardwooil manufacturers. The car shortage con- 

 ditions continue to be the only handicap. Prices have not advanced, 

 and the demand for walnut, hickory, oaks and mahogany continues 

 excellent. 



=-< NASHVILLE >= 



Hardwood lumber firms in this market report a goud tone to business. 

 Building operations have been large, and manufacturers and others have 

 l>ought lumber freely. Some improvement has been noted in the trans- 

 portation situation, after a period of the severest shortage ever known to 

 the South. Conditions are better, and a good many more cars are being 

 furnished. Plain oak is the best seller. Chestnut has been picking up, 

 and demand has been noted for poplar in good volume. Fair demand Is 

 mentioned for other hardwoods. Prices are fairly well maintained. 



=-< LOUISVILLE y- 



Except that it is very hard to obtain cars in which to move orders, 

 the Louisville hardwood market Is in a satisfactory condition. Prices are 

 well In line at this time and are giving promise of going higher. It Is 

 claimed that prices, if anything, will be stronger at the first of the year 

 and will (ontinue so until next spring, while the demand should last 

 throughout the winter, from the present outlook. At a recent meeting of 

 hardwood lumbermen It was stated that about five orders were being 

 receive<I to one shipped Just now. but, due to the high market and the 

 scarcity of clear grades, no cancellations of orders unshipped are looked 

 forward to. (Sum continues the best seller in the market, with ash, 

 elm and Cottonwood in good demand. Poplar is far better in price and 

 demand, and the same condition applies to oak, which Is good In red 

 and white plain varieties. Quartered white oak is also showing up well. 

 In the fancier woods walnut and mahogany arc moving along at a good 

 clip, and veneers of nearly all kinds are active, with the mills operating 

 to capacity. There has been no let-up in the demand from the fur- 

 niture nmnufacturers, who are reported to be having consldcM-able trouble 

 in obtaining enough skilled labor to keep going at capacity. The build- 

 ing demau'l is also better than it has been for some time, the past two 

 months having shown a nice increase in liuilding over the entire district. 



=-< MILWAUKEE >= 



The situation in the local hardwooil m.-irkot is s;itisfactory as far as 

 the volume of business transacted Is concerned. The condition in the 

 <-onstructIon line continues to improve and paturally the lumber market 

 feels the effects. In Milwaukee l)uililing operations during the past 

 )nouth were far in excess of those for the corresponding month a year 

 ago. There were 438 permits Issued for work to cost ,$1,630,587. as com- 

 pared with 307 permits and $037,9.^7 a year ago. Such activities are not 

 common ut this late season an<l in<licatc that the record for construc- 

 tion work here this year will lireak previous records. The total to 

 Nov. 1 for this year has reached 3,559 permits and $11,902,584, a gain of 

 122 permits and $l,713„5n2 for 1910 to date over last year. October did 

 licit show any large construction put under way and the erection of smaller 

 buildings means that the increased volume in building produced a cor- 

 responding increase in the use of lumber. News from various centers 

 tbniugliout the state indicate great activities in frame residence con- 

 stniction. Rhinelander has started a movement to secure a large num- 

 l)er of additional homes. .\t Peloit twenty-five of the 400 new homes 

 to be built for workmen are under construction. 



Transportation problems and labor shortage continue to be the Im- 

 portant factors of the situation here and throughout Wisconsin. Sev- 

 eral large contracts have been awarded for logging operations in addition 

 to the great activities planned by the lumber companies themselves. 

 A number of concerns are figuring on cutting for two and three seasons, 

 some contracts for logging having been awarded to cover a period of three 

 winters. The high cost of operations and the present fair price of bark 

 has caused several of the big operators to consider disposing of the bark. 

 The sale of this by-product will somewhat relieve the high costs of labor 

 and food supplies at the camps. 



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