November 25, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Baltimore Exchange to Hold Annual 



The nominating coniinitteo nf the Baltimore Lumber Exchange, ap- 

 pointed by President Rufus K. Goodenow. has put up the following ticket, 

 to be voted for at the annual meeting of the exchange, on the first Jlon- 

 day in December : 



President — Parker D. Dix, Surrv Lumber Company. 



ViCE-PriESiDENT — Pembroke M. W'omble. 



Treasurer — L. H. Gwaltney, American Lumber Company. 



Man.^ging Committee — P. M'. Womblc. Eufus K. Goodenow. Canton 

 Box Company ; .John L. Alcock. John L. Alcock & Co. : William M. 

 Burgan ; David M. Wolf. Canton Lumlier Company : H. D. Dre.ver. H. D. 

 Dreyer & Co. ; Philip Green. Wm. C. Stherer & Co., Inc. ; John J. Kidd, 

 Kidd & Buckingham Company : Lewis Dill, Lewis Dill & Co. ; Theodore 

 -Mottu. Theodore Mottu & Co. ; George E. Waters, George E. Waters & 

 Co.. and F. A. .\scherfeld. James Lumber Company. 



The managing committee elects the secretary, and there is every ex- 

 pectation that L. H. Gwaltney, the treasurer, will be continued in this 

 capacity, with J. H. Manken to aid him. 



The meeting will be held at the Merchants' Club, on German street, and 

 the house committee has been instructed to arrange an elaborate enter- 

 tainment program, in addition to the banquet, which is always a feature 

 of these occasions. Prominent speakers are to be secured also. 



The Inter-Insurance Exchange 



The report of Manager Simonson of the National Lumber Manufactur- 

 ers' Inter-Insurance Exchange, shows practically twice as much business 

 in force at this time as a year ago, with a loss ratio so far this year of 

 only seventeen per cent, due to very careful inspection and selection of 

 risks. All losses incurred have been promptly paid upon the report of 

 the adjusters and a substantial surplus has been invested in high-grade 

 readily convertible bonds which give a good return, and thus increase the 

 income of the exchange for the benefit of the subscribers, and at the 

 same time keep all assets in quickly available form. The committee ap- 

 proved the employment of K. J. Rasmussen as western representative of 

 the exchange, to he stationed at Portland. Ore., after December 1 for 

 the Inspection of risks and the solicitation of business in that territory. 



Inter-Insurers' Association 



The fire insurance eomniittec of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association is working toward an inter-insurers' association in the inter- 

 est of the membei-s, to give them fire insurance protection at cost. The 

 committee in charge of this work is as follows : M. E. Preisch. chair- 

 man. Haines Lumber Company, North Tonawanda, N. Y, ; Gordon C. 

 Edwards, W. C. Edwards & Co., Ottawa, Ont. : R. L. Sisson, A. Sherman 

 Lumber Company, Potsdam. N. T. ; A. L. Stone. Nicola, Stone & Myers 

 Company, Cleveland, Ohio ; F. S. Underbill, Wistar, Underbill & Nixon, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Protest on Cumulative Demurrage 



W. S. Phippen. trafiic manager of the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association, New York, N. Y.. has instituted a protest as follows 

 on the proposed cumulative demurrage charges : 



Your attention is directed to the fact that the railroads have filed 

 cumulative demurrage tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 to become effective December 1, 1916. These tariffs increase the demur- 

 rage charges, after the expiration of the free time, to the following 

 rates : $2 for the first day : $3 for the second day ; $4 for the third 

 day ; $5 for the fourth and each succeeding day. 



At points where track storage is provided for, it is proposed to assess $2 

 per day in addition to the track storage, but the $3, $4 and $5 charges 

 will apply only when the addition of $2 to the storage rates makes a 

 sum less than the advanced demurrage charge. 



On behalf of the members of this association, we have filed a protest 

 with the Interstate Commerce Commission and have petitioned that body 

 for the suspension of these tariffs pending hearing and investigation. 



It is important that we have your opinion on this subject, together 

 with any facts which you may have with regard to unreasonable delays 

 in transit, etc. 



Carriage Makers' Christmas Dinner 



The Cincinnati Carriage Makers' Club, at its monthly meeting held at 

 the Business Men's Club recently, voted the sum of $50 to the fund being 

 raised b.y citizens of Cincinnati to "save the Zoo." 



Plans for the annual Christmas dinner were discussed and it was 

 finally decide<l that this year the women folks would be invited to attend 

 the affair, which will be held on December 21. at the Hotel Gibson. 



President Charles A. Fisher appointed a committee to draft resolutions 

 memorializing the late James F. Taylor, a former vice-president of the 

 club. 



Among the speakers was Theodore Luth. president of the Carriage 

 Builders' National Association, who urged a large attendance at the 

 coming convention of that body at the Hotel LaSalle, at Chicago. 



Washington's Wood-Using Industries 



Clark W. CJould. Forest Service examiner, has compiled a report of the 

 wood-using industries of the state of Washington for the year 1914. No 

 summary of uses by species is given, and it is difficult to tell how much 

 hardwood is consumed in the state ; but the following hardwoods are the 

 most important : Oak. ash, maple, teak, eucalyptus, alder. Cottonwood, 

 birch and mahogany. The total of all woods covered by the report is 

 348.160.741 feet, w'hich is 11.000,000 feet more than was consumed in 

 1911, according to the report of that year's operations. Nearly three 

 times as much Japanese as American oak is used in the furniture busi- 

 ness. Furniture makers consume 285.000 feet of alder a year. This 

 wood is not used in the eastern part of the United States. 



New Sawmill to Be Built 



It is reported that Kiernan Brothers of Wainvillc. W. Va.. will build a 

 sawmill on Back Fork of Elk river, in that state, to operate on a tract 

 of timber in that region. The mill and the timber cutting will give 

 employment to from thirty to forty men. 



Furniture Factory May Be Built 



It is reported that a furniture factory may he put in operation in the 

 near future at Kingsport. Tenn. The matter is under consideration by 

 E. W. Dodd. C. L. Berrier, and J. C. Lane, late of Bluefield. W. Va. 



Sash and Door Factory at El Paso 

 Plans are said to be under consideration by the El Paso Sash and Door 

 Company, El Paso. Tex., to erect a factory at that place to manufacture 

 doors and sash. The mill as It is planned will cost .$100,000 and it will 

 be one of the large wood working plants of that region. 



Grand Rapids Company Reorganized 



The Veit Manufacturing Company of Grand Rapids. Mich., has been 

 reorganized, with a capitalization of ?30.000. Articles of association 

 were filed on November 14 with the county clerk. The concern will 

 manufacture, buy, sell and deal in all kinds of office, bank, store and 

 public building furniture and fixtures. Its principal places of operation, 

 will be in Holland and Grand Rapids. The stockholders are John. 

 Tazelaar. Frank Hengsbach and Arthur D. McAllister. 



Canadian Manufacturer Dies 



On October 22. 1916. occurred the death of Samuel May of Samuel May 

 & Co., Toronto. Canada, in his eightieth year. He was a pioneer manu- 

 facturer and was the first maker of billiard tables in Canada, and it is 

 claimed that he was the oldest billiard table manufacturer in America, if 

 not in the world. 



Pushing Big Wagon Factory Merger 



Further measures to effect a combination of wagon manufacturers in 

 Cincinnati were taken last week at a meeting of wagon manufacturers^ 

 who are backing the project, at -iblbrandt's Hall on Elm street. 



It was decided that each manufacturer in the proposed merger should 

 have an inventory taken of stock on hand as the most practical method 

 of determining the extent of his interest in the contemplated combination. 



Attorney Emil Hauck reported that, in addition to twelve manufac- 

 turerers who had proposed a combination of the character contemplated, 

 others in the business had signified to him their intention of becoming 

 members as soon as the preliminary details had been worked out satis- 

 factorily. According to present indications, the venture seems an assured 

 success. 



Furniture Manufacturer's Wife Dies 

 Mrs. Elizabeth Streit. wife of Charles F. Streit. president of the C. P. 

 Streit Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of furniture in Cincinnati, 

 died last week at her home in H.vde Park, following an illness of five 

 weeks. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller. She was 

 born in Cincinnati seventy-two years ago. 



Fridman Lumber Plant Destroyed 



The entire pUtnt of the Fridman Lumber Company, located at New 

 Richmond, O., was destroyed by fire last week, with a loss estimated at 

 about $7,000. The sawmill alone was valued at about $5,000. Fine 

 hardwood lumber and considerable yellow pine, stacked in adjoining yards, 

 were consumed, the lumber being valued at about $1,000. Officials of the 

 company said that there was probably $4,000 insurance on the plant and 

 lumber. As near as can be determined, the fire started in the engine 

 room, but the exact cause is not known. 



About one year ago, the Fridman Lumber Company went into the hands 

 of a receiver, following the failure of the First National Bank, of New 

 Richmond, Ohio, in which the Fridmans were interested. 



Inspect Logging Operations in Upper Michigan 



To give the students of Wyman's School of the Woods (Munising, Mich.) 

 an opportunity to study the different logging operations as actually car- 

 ried on in the north woods, the entire school went on a week's packing 

 trip thru the upper peninsula of Michigan and inspected some of the 

 largest camps now in operation in that region. The foreman, or walking 

 boss, was usually willing to part with some of the information he had 

 gained in the University of Hard Knocks, and the embryo woodsman got 

 many good "pointers," some of which can never be taught in the class 

 room. The excellent cuisine found in all the camps was a surprise to 

 those not accustomed to logging camps. The scarcity of woods labor 

 caused one of the foremen to remark that he would like to hire the whole 

 "bunch." Twenty-five miles was the longest trip taken in one day. 



The trip ended with a visit to Manistique, Mich., where the manufac- 

 turing end of the lumber business was studied In the large mill of the 

 Consolidated Lumber Company. Other industries visited were the box 

 factory, handle factory and chemical plant. 



A vacation during the first week of the hunting season was granted 

 the students and nearly all took the opportunity to secure the one deer 

 allowed b.v the law. 



Recitations for the winter term began November 20. 



