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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 10. 1917 



Walnut 



Of Character and Color 



Manufactured at Kansas City, U. S. A. 



Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness 



Thirty-five years' experience 



IN WALNUT ONLY 



Prompt Shipment, and 

 Guaranteed Inspection 



FRANK PURCELL 



515 Dwight Building. KANSAS CITY, MO. 



of the Island City Lumber Company at CumbcrlanJ, Wis. H. G. Wilsie is 

 the new manager. 



Leo &'choenbofen. formerly sales manager of tbe Roddis Lumber & 

 Veneer Company, and the R. Connor Company, Marshfield, Wis., who re- 

 cently joined the Langlade Lumber Company, Antigo. Wis., has returned to 

 Marshfield as manager of sales for the Bissell Lumljer Company, which 

 until February 1 was known as the Bissell-Wheeler Lumber Company. 



C. W. Coye has retired as general superintendent of the plant of the 

 I'nye Furniture Company, Stevens Point, Wis., and is succeeded by Irven 

 E. fe'pencer, Benton Harbor, Mich. 



The R. L. Kenyou Company, Waukesha, Wis., portable buildings, camp 

 furniture and fibre furniture, intends to make a large addition to its plant 

 this year. 



The Monroe (Wis.) Woodworking Company recently has booked such 

 large orders for card tables and other furniture specialties that the plant 

 will be kept in operation twenty hours a day indefinitely. The company 

 recently closed a contract for $40,000 worth of raw material. 



Andrew J. Kaul, Jr., & Co., Merrill, Wis., have resumed operations in 

 their hub mill and plan on a capacity run until late in the fall. 



The Piqua Handle Manufacturing Company. Marquette, Mich., has 

 awarded contracts for the erection of a new plant, 60x320 feet in size, with 

 new dry kilns, power house, etc., designed by Wernett, Bradfield & Mead, 

 architects. Grand Rapids, Wis. 



The John Week Lumber Company, Stevens Point, Wis., started up its 

 sawmill on January 29 and plans to cut 8,000,000 feet, an increase of ap- 

 proximately 2,000,000 feet over the previous season. All but 800,000 feet 

 will be hardwoods and hemlock. 



The Willow River Lumber Company, Hayward, Wis., has arranged to 

 begin the new season's cut on March 1, and plans to saw 20,000,000 feet 

 of logs, principally hardwoods, from its extensive timberlands in Grand 

 View, where four camps employing 350 men have been in operation for 

 several months. 



C. A. Goodman, manager of the Sawyer-Goodman Company, Marinette, 

 Wis., says that the shortage of railroad cars rather than a shortage of 

 labor in the logging camps is the most serious problem at this time. It is 

 estimated by Mr. Goodman that the shortage of cars easily is fifty per cent 

 of the number necessary. 



The Bekkedal Lumber Company, Couderay, Wis., has resumed operations 

 in its sawmill at Eddy Creek after a shut-down of two months for over- 

 hauling and replacements. 



The Rice L«ike (Wis.) Lumber Company started on its annual cut of 

 hardwood late in January, but thus far has been unable to attain capacity 

 because of the dilBculty in getting adequate supplies of logs from its camps, 

 due to the extreme cold and car shortage. 



The following stock is in excellent 

 condition, ready for immediate shipment 



4/4 No. 3 Elm & Ash 24,000 



S/4 No. 3 Elm & Ash 35,000 



6/4 No. 3 Elm & Ash 74,000 



8/4 No. 3 Elm & Ash 3,000 



4/4 No. 1 & Btr. Birch 51,000 



4/4 No. 2 Birch 250,000 



4/4 No. 3 Birch 202,000 



5/4 No. 3 Birch 28,000 



4/4 No. 3 Basswood 25,000 



6/4 No. 3 Birch 8,000 



4/4 No. 3 Maple 1,000,000 



S/4 No. 3 Maple ....'. 387,000 



Ideal 

 Hardwood 



Sawmill 



Are puttlni In pllfl wwy month 

 two and on«-half million feet of 

 oholoest Northern Michigan Hardwoods 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



'VWi^C!WTOSWi)i^">tl!TOtBtgtl3^^ 



The Hardwood Market 



-< CHICAGO >• 



Large centers like Chicago from which are directed so many and such 

 diversified businesses, would naturally feel the vibrations from the present 

 political situation sooner and more keenly than more scattered points. 

 Chicago has been affected but in the main only so far as interruptions and 

 placing of future contracts. This result naturally followed immediately 

 upon first news of the new situation, and has not so far resulted in any 

 demoralization to speak of. The lack of flurry and a steadfastness of pur- 

 pose sive more stability than might be anticiiiated and it is doubtful If there 

 will he any very startling effect no matter what the eventualities may be. 



=-< BUFFALO >•- 



The hardwood market shows more than usual activity for this time of 

 year, although there is a greater number of railroad embargoes to contend 

 with than lumbermen have known in a long time. The movement of stock 

 from the South, as well as the West, is discouragingly slow at times, so 

 that stocks in yard have been getting considerably broken. Cars are not 

 always so plentiful as they ordinarily are, but this market has been favored 

 with a fair distribution most of the time. Lumber prices are holding up 

 well and show an advancing tendency, partly because of increased labor 

 '■osts at the mill; 



The wood which sells most readily is maple, which in some grades is 

 getting to be worth about as much as plain oak. It is expected that oak 

 prices will ccmscquently go higher _soon and some yards have already been 

 advancing their quotations in it. The scarcity of maple continues and 

 stocks are being added to as much as possible. Birch is selling well at 

 yards which make it a specialty. Basswood, chestnut and poplar are mov- 

 ing better and elm is also in good request, with stocks getting well sold up. 



:< PITTSBURGH >.. 



Hardwood men are certain of one thing. That it is very much easier to 

 sell luuihcr of any sort now than to deliver it. The matter ot record- 

 breaking high prices even is not so serious as the question ot getting cars 

 and shipments. 



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