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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 25, 1916 



The FERD. BRENNER 

 LUMBER COMPANY 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



High-Grade OAK 



and other 



HARDWOODS 



ALEXANDRIA, LA., U. S. A. 



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RUSSE & BURGESS 



INCORPORATED 



Memphis, Tennessee 



We are manufacturers of 



OAK 



White and Red, 

 Kraetzer cured 

 or Air Dried 



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divisions, of which there are thirty in ail. All have now been organized 

 with the exception of three. The assocLition now has more than 400 

 members. 



The cold weather has apparently shut o£E some new building work, al- 

 though many projects are proceeding rapidly. Building permits show a 

 marked increase over the corresponding period in 191.5. Beginning with 

 the spring there are several large building projects on the carpet, prin- 

 cipally a $500,000 interurban terminus and exhibiting hall combined. 

 Apartment houses and several family hotel buildings are projected. 



The Marysviile Wire Fence & Lumber Company, JIarysville, O., has 

 sold its lumber business to C. H. Bodley of Plain City, O. 



Arch C. Klumph, president of the Cuyahoga Lumber Company, Cleve- 

 land, and president of the International Kotary Clubs, attended the gath- 

 ering of Rotarians at Knoxville, Tenn.. the early part of November. At 

 the same time twenty-five members of the Cleveland Kotary Club jour- 

 neyed to Pittsburgh, where they celebrated '■Klumph Day" in his honor. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a good 

 demand for all varieties and grades of hardwoods with the tone of the 

 market generally satisfactory. Shipments are slow because of lack of 

 cars. Factories are good customers at this time. 



The Yellow Poplar Lumber Company of Ironton, O., has notified all 

 of its employes that their wages will be increased 2V4 cents per hour, 

 effective at once. 



Rusher & Cook Lumber Company, Lima. O., has opened a branch in 

 Toledo to take care of that section of the state. 



President John L. Vance of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association 

 announces the date and place for the annual meeting of the organization 

 at Huntington, W. Va., November 24 and 25. The objective of the or- 

 ganization is to secure a nine-toot stage in the Ohio river from Cairo 

 to Pittsburgh the entire year. Much interest centers in the meeting be- 

 cause of the appropriation to be asked from Congress to prosecute the 

 work that has been started. 



The Clinton County Lumber Company. Wilmington, O., has been incor- 

 porated with a capital of ,$25,000 to deal in lumber. The incorporators 

 are H. R. Allen, R. W. Allen, Adwiu Johnson, R. A. Lewis and Philip 



C. Rond. 



The Acorn Supply Co., Toledo, has been incorporated with a capital 

 of $30,000 to deal in lumber. The incorporators are E. B. Mitchell, D. 



D. Gotshall, George D. Palmer, R. C. Bowlus and Floyd A. Williams. 

 The Cellna Sawmill Company, Celina, 0., has been incorporated with 



a capital of $10,000 to operate a sawmill. The incorporators are John 

 P. Diener, D. .M. Smith. E. Radabaugh. J. C. Marian and B. .\. Myers. 



The Bcnnhoff Wagon Company, Cleveland, has beeu incorporated with 

 a capital of $5,000 to manufacture wagons. The Incorporators arc Fred, 

 (Justav and Otto M. 'Bennhoff, Martin Deter and Fred W. Kamman. 



The Crystal Supply Company, Warren, O., has beeen incorporated with 

 a capital of $3,000 to deal in lumber. The incorporators are L. D. Shef- 

 field, R. F. Linzt. II. D. King. B. J. Sh.-ifcr and II. V. Weir. 



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With a view toward facilitating the handling of its wholesale business 

 in an easier manner, and also with the idea of extending to a much 

 greater extent this branch of its hardwood business, the C. 11. Foote 

 Lumber Company. Cleveland. Ohio, has taken new ofllces in the down- 

 town section of that city. The new offices are at mvi Columbia building. 

 The offices at the yards, Scranton and Carter roads, in The Flats, will 

 be continued. 



The change also is made because of the inconvenience in reaching the 

 Flats, following the wrecking of the West Third street bridge. Offices 

 in the Columbia building will be temporary until pernument offices have 

 been obtained. -Mthough going into the wholesale end of the business 

 on a much larger scale, this tirm will continue its retail business as well. 



Protest against the change in demurrage charges instituted by the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission is expected to be launched by the en- 

 tire lumber trade of Cleveland, following the announcement of the changes 

 by the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. A committee has been ap- 

 pointed by the Cleveland Board of Lumber Dealers to confer with D. 

 F. Ilurd, traffic _commlssioner of the chamber, to see if this radical 

 change can be modified. Reason for this action is based upon the fact 

 that the lumber industry, of all others, is hit hardest, while the rail- 

 roads, theniKclvcs at fault, are freed of any responsibility. 



The committee that will thrash out the matter includes F. T. Peltch, 

 F. T. Peitch Company ; E. E. Teare, Potter, Teare & Co., and C. H. 

 I'rescott. 



The members of nil branches of the trade in Cleveland feel that they 

 must take drastic action against the proposed changes, which become 

 effective December 1, on the ground that letters of protest from all parts 

 of the country against the proposed changes have been received at the 

 Cleveland board. 



"The reason our members here feel the proposed charges are unfair 

 is because the railroads have been giving us practically no service at 

 all for months back," says J. V. O'Brien, secretary of the Cleveland 

 Board of Lumber Dealers. "Cases are frequent where it has taken more 

 than a month to bring a car from Chicago to Cleveland. We believe 

 here that lack of equipment and working force is responsible for this 

 condition. 



"In spite of the fact that the yards here have had to wait unprece- 



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