November 25, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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manufacturing mill machinery. C. E. Cleveland, president of the com- 

 pany, and Henry Rueping, secretary and treasurer, have disposed of 

 their holdings and retire as officials. M. M. Cory of Chicago has assumed 

 the management of the plant, which will be enlarged and the capacity 

 increased at least one-third. The plant now employs 336 men and is 

 operated twenty-three hours daily, in two shifts. 



The John Weeks Lumber Company of Stevens Point, Wis., has pur- 

 chased from Ole J. Be.stul a 240-acre tract, containing about 1.500,000 

 feet of timber. It is located in the town of Helvetia and part of it will 

 be logge<l this winter. The company is preparing to make a big cut this 

 winter and has the work well under way. The camps at Moon, west of 

 Mosinee and near Unity are in full operation. Bert Austin of Rozellvllie 

 is cutting for the Weeks company under contract, and Peter Korntved 

 has a million feet contract for the same interests. About six million 

 feet were sawed this season and the mill lias been closed down for repairs 

 before reopening. The new cut will exceed that of a year ago, being 

 principally hemlock and hardwood. 



The Kenfleld-Lamoreaux Company of Washburn, Wis., will make im- 

 provements at its plant in that cit.v. They will include the installation 

 of a number of new box machines to increase the output, made possible 

 by securing a new source of supply of material. 



The Wood Products Company of Ladysmitb. Wis., has installed seven 

 additional lathes, operating automatically, tor producing a variety of 

 wooden specialties, such as handles tor talking machines, shaving brushes, 

 fly swatters', rubber stamps, organ stops, etc. 



The Schneider Furniture Company, North Milwaukee. Wis., which was 

 recently petitioned into bankruptcy in the federal court in Milwaukee, 

 lias filed a list of assets and liabilities. The schedule shows liabilities 

 consisting of wages due, $842 : secured claims, $11,500, and unsecured 

 claims of $15,419 ; a total of $27,761. 



The Hardwood Market 



< CHICAGO >- 



The car shortage still occupies the major consideration locally, as 

 with the wholesale and yard element so strong in Chicago, the service 

 end is a very important consideration. The relative movements of the 

 various northern and southern woods are not materially changed, although 

 the local oak situation is pronounced healthier than it had been before. 

 Local lumbermen are genuinely optimistic over the situation and expect 

 that when the inventory season is over there will be business aplenty 

 for all. 



=-< BUFFALO >= 



The hardwood demand is not showing much change and is fairly good, 

 but a scarcity of labor and cars causes some difficulty in this as well as 

 other markets. Cars are more plentiful here than in some markets, 

 owing to the large grain and general freight movement, but the rail- 

 roads are having much trouble moving stock at present. The lake lum- 

 ber season is about over, the last cargoes coming in at unusually high 

 freight rates. Lumber prices are holding firm and some yards have been 

 advancing their quotations. 



The list of leading woods includes maple, ash, plain and quartered oak 

 and poplar. Oak remains in the lead, though the activity is not great. 

 Elm is moving a little better than it was a short time ago, and fair 

 sales of basswood are reported. Some of the hardwoods are experiencing 

 a good deal of competition from yellow pine In the building trade, as 

 the latter wood is used to a large extent for interior trim. The demand 

 for oak and maple flooring is said to be fully as large as It was a month 

 ago. 



:•< PITTSBURGH >.. 



One thing stands in the way of a very satisfactory business in hard- 

 woods at present. That is the general car shortage. Demand for hard- 

 woods is getting better every day, and is such as to make wholesalers and 

 manufacturers feel decidedly good. Few contracts have been placed for 

 next year. The outlook, however, for big sales of hardwood for the com- 

 ing season was never better. Automobile plants are already getting into 

 the market with enormous inquiries. Farm implement concerns are very 

 large prospective buyers. The furniture trade is active and will consume 

 much more lumber than last year. Yard trade in hardwoods Is picking 

 up steadily, and the good weather has started a large amount of new 

 building. Manufacturing and industrial concerns , are buying heavily. 

 Prices are going up, and there Is no surplus of stocks at the mills. 



=-< BOSTON >.= 



The hardwood trade of this district shows no marked changes In the 

 last fortnight. The difficulties in transportation continue to Increase, 

 culminating in an embargo placed by the N. T., N. H. & H. R. R. on 

 November 9. Some quallfleations of the embargo are noted, principally 



Specializing in Heavy 

 Ash, Oal<, Hicl<ory and 

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