January 



1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



49 



Westminster, E. C. It is helil tliat hardwoods grow rap'a !^_ja^tlxfi__ 

 warm, moist climate near the Pacitic coast, aurt the lilantatlons set out 

 now will supply the needs of the people in the future when natural 

 forests of hardwoods have been depleted. 



France Buys Flooring 



It is reported that the French government has lately purchased floor- 

 ing in considerable quantities, and negotiations for additional supplies 

 are on foot. The purchases are said to have been consummated on a 

 cheap basis, but exact figures are not quoted in available reports. The 

 purchase of this flooring and of other lumber recently reported is 

 interpreted to mean that the French believe the end of the war is not 

 far off. and that the coming of peace will restore business to a solid 

 basis. 



Wooden Bicycle Tires 



Owing to the scarcity and cost of rubber in Germany, the bicycles in 

 that country are being equipped with wooden tires. Different patterns are 

 in use. Some tires are in one piece, others are built of sections. Because 

 of lack of elasticity, it is necessary to devise springs to take up the jolts. 

 The single-piece wooden tires retail at from 95 cents to $1.43 per pair. 

 The sectional tire contains forty-.seven parts, including the wooden pieces 

 and the metal fastenings. These tires cost $4,G4 a pair. Then there is a 

 wooden tire covered with leather. It costs $8.57 a pair. In addition to 

 these, there are all-steel tires, canvas tires, and combination tires of vari- 

 ous sorts ; but not one of them successfully takes the place of rubber. 

 -Automobiles are likewise equipped with wooden tires in Germany. 



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Hardwood ISlews ISlotes 



•< MISCELLANEOUS > 



The Ilanna Handle Company has been incorporated at Macon. Ga. 



-\t Forest, Miss., the Forest Hardwood Lumber Company has recently 

 organized and will erect a mill. 



The style of the I5iggs-.\shford Lumber & Manufacturing Compan.v, 

 Franklin, Ky., has been changed to the Ashford Lumber *'ompan.v. 



The Indiana & Arkansas Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Marianna, 

 Ark., has sold out to the Miller Lumber Companj-, that city. 



Carl Lee Brother.s, England, Ark., have sold out to the Arkmo Lumber 

 Company of Little liock. 



A voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the liothscliild 

 Brothers Manufacturing Company. Nashville. Tenn. 



H. .M. Ilafl: and others have organized the Cretonne Furniture Com- 

 pany, Ludington, Mich. 



A loss reported at $4.'J00 was sustained through fire at the Minueapolis 

 branch of the Phoenix Chair Company, Sheboygan, Wis. The company 

 carried insurance. 



.\t Blanchard, Me., the Blanchard Woodworking Company has been 

 incorporated. 



The Buckstaff-Edward Company, casket manufacturer, Oshkosh, Wis., 

 had a flre at its Minneapolis branch, with a loss estimated at ¥2:J,OOU, 

 but insured. 



W. J. McBridc, president of the Michigan City Car Company, Michigan 

 City, Ind., died recently. 



.\t Tampa. Fla.. the Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Company has 

 incorporated. 



The Lansing Wagon Works, Lansing, Mich., sustained a damage by flre 

 estimated at $15,000. 



The Kinder Lumber Company is a new coi'poration at Grand Kapids, 

 Mich., capitalized at $5,000. 



The death is announced of President E. A. Smith of the H. B. Smith 

 Woodworking Machinery Company, Smithville, X. J. 



The Cambridge Furniture ;Manufacturing Company, Cambridge, O., has 

 sold out to the Suitt Brothers Manufacturing Company. 



The T. C. JIartin Furniture Compan.v has been incorporated at Poca- 

 tello, Idaho, with a capital of $120,000. 



A liewly incorporated concern at Wilmington, N. C, is the Atlantic 

 Veneer & Packing Company, capitalized at $10,000. 



The capital stock of the Parker-Kellogg Lumber Company, Minneapolis, 

 Minn., has been increased to $100,000. 



At Brooklyn, X. Y., the Aetna Woodworking Company has incorporated, 

 its capitalization being $10,000. 



=-< CHICAGO >■ 



Frank Purcell of Kansas City, Mo., who is well known in walnut circles, 

 passed through Chicago on Monday on his w^ay East. Mr. Purcell attended 

 the exporters' meeting at Pittsburgh and is to meet his wife and family In 

 New York at the end of the week. 



As previously reported in H.4RinvooD Record, W. M. Hopkins has resigned 

 as secretary of the Theo. Fathauer I'ompany. Chicago, having sold out his 

 Interests to Mr. Fathauer. Mr. Ilrtpkins left last week for a southern trip 

 that will probably extend over a couple of months. Most of the time will 

 be spent in Florida. Mr. Hopkins was succeeded by C. B. Roy. 



— An executive committee m.?eting of the Northern Lumber Sales Mana- 

 gers' Association was held in Chicago on Monday and Tuesday. January 

 22-2.3, for the purpose of formulating recommendations of stock reports. 

 On Monday the committee met with a similar committee of Michigan 

 hardwood manufacturers in order that the consensus of opinion might be 

 presented to the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association in ses- 

 sion at Detroit on the twenty-third. The general meeting of the body 

 took place on Tuesda.v to make similar recommendations, on Wisconsin 

 woods exclusively, to the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 convention to be held at Milwaukee on the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth. 

 A. R. Oelhafen of the Oelhafen Lumber Company, Tomahawk, Wis., 

 stated while in the city last week that his company's mill has resumed 

 operations. 



W. P.. Boland of the Boland Lumber Company. Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 is doing some selling around town In the hardwoods which his company 

 carries. 



Walter Heineman of the B. Helneman Lumber Company, Wausau, Wis., 

 and Ed Heineman of the Helneman Lumber Company, Merrill, represented 

 that family very well in Chicago last week. 



F. H. Schneider, who Is in the wholesale hardwood business at Wausau, 

 is spending part of this week in Chicago. 



F. A. Dark of the J. S. Stearns Lumber Company, Odanah, Wis., is 

 putting In some time around the Windy City this week. 



C. E. Curtis & Brothers Company has Incorporated in the city recently. 



An increase in capitalization has been effected by the Hall Lumber Com- 

 pany. cit:i-. from $25,000 to $30,000. 



The National Picture Frame Company has Incorporated locally with 

 $10,000 stock. 



A loss by flre has been sustained by the International Picture Frame 

 Company, Chicago. 



E. M. Vestal of the Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Knox- 

 ville, Tenn., passed through Chicago on Wednesday on his way from 

 Omaha to the Manufacturers' annual at <'inclnnati. Mr. Vestal was In 

 town long enough to close up some fine orders for Tennessee red cedar, 

 lie prophesies a great year for oak, saying that stocks are badly used up 

 and that in the face of a big demand prices are climbing steadily. 



=■< BUFFALO >= 



Henry C. Turner was appointed ancillary receiver, January IS. for 

 Hamilton H. Salmon & Co., Inc., which concern had been adjudged bank- 

 rupt In the southern district of New York. It formerly had a wholesale 

 yard here under the management of Frank T. Sullivan. When the Salmon 

 company stopped business Mr. Sullivan continued the yard on his own 

 account. 



The builders of this city have formed a mutual welfare association, 

 which promises to be of much advantage in promoting sociability and 

 acquaintanceship, as well as pointing out the advantage of those who rent 

 becoming owners of their owh homes. The new association is the result 

 of the recent dinner given by the Buffalo Lumber Dealers' Association 

 to the contractors, a committee having been appointed at the time to 

 arrange for the formation of a new I>ullders' organization. 



The Buftalo Hardwood Lumber Company states that inquiries arc show- 

 ing Increase in a number of riifferent woods. Trade is expected to be on 

 an active scale for the first half of the year at least. 



Taylor & Crate report business a good deal better than a year ago. The 

 firm has a large stock of hardwoods at the mills In Mississippi and Is 

 getting several million feet in the new j'ard at Buffalo. 



O. E. Yeager will go to Washington late this month to attend as a 

 national councilor and delegate the fifth annual, convention of the Cham- 

 bers of Commerce of the United States. He reports Improvement in hard- 

 wood trade. 



G. Ellas & Bro. state that the hardwood demand is fair, but the build- 

 ing business has dropped off consideral)ly on account of the severe weather 

 of the past few weeks. 



Vice-President E. B. Lott is looking after the oflice business of the 

 A. J. Chestnut Lumber Company at present, as Mr. Chestnut has not 

 been In his usual good health lately. Active business Is reported in 

 Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. 



Hugh McLean has been spending two weeks at Argenta, Ark., where 

 the company's mill is now in active operation. Demand Is said to be 

 fairly good In plain and quartered oak. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company states that business is a 

 little better than It has been. The company has a large stock of hard- 

 woods, with more at the South to be shipped northward this spring. 



The National Lumber Company has been selling quite a stock of hem- 

 lock recently, in addition to maple and oak flooring. Demand for flooring 

 is said to be as good as .a month ago. 



Blakeslee. Perrin & Darling state that maple, oak and ash are now in 

 chief demand at the yard. Stocks of ash have been moving rapidly and 

 additions are now being made. 



T. Sullivan & Co. are making fair shipments of brown ash and while 

 inquiries are not heavy at present an exceptionally good spring trade 

 is looked for. 



Miller, Sturm & Miller have completed their annual inventory and find 

 that stocks are showing up better than a year ago, while the demand 

 Is also on a larger scale. 



