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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



received a great many answers to his cir- 

 cular letter regarding the proposed state 

 association, asking for information re- 

 garding the plans for the organization. 

 These plans have not as yet been per- 

 fected, but will be got Into shape as soon 

 as possible, when a mass meeting of lum- 

 bermen will be held, probably in Louis- 

 ville, to make some definite action. 



* * * 



According to the books of Assistant 

 building Inspector Samuel Webb of Louis- 

 ville, the total cost for construction of 

 buildings in this city during the month of 

 October was smaller for that month than 

 for the same month during the past sev- 

 eral years. Although the cost was smaller 

 the number of permits was greater. The 

 total number of permits for 1904 was 188, 

 and the total cost was $198,575. 



* * * 



The Louisville Board of Trade has 

 passed a resolution protesting against the 

 use by railroads of the non-negotiable 

 bill of lading, and calls upon all shippers 

 to refuse to receive freight or to honor 

 any draft for commodities to which the 

 new non-negotiable bill of lading is at- 

 tached. This new measure vitally affects 

 the lumber interests of the city. The 

 Board of Trade will also send delegates to 

 the conference arranged by the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission in Philadel- 

 phia. November 21, to discuss the subject 

 relating to differential freight rates to 

 North Atlantic ports. 



# * * 



The Commercial Club of Louisville, at 

 its meeting last Wednesday, adopted the 

 report of the Belt Line Committee, which 

 was investigating the feasibility of the 

 construction of a belt line railroad to con- 

 nect all the railroad lines in the city with 

 the river above and below the falls. The 

 report was in substance that the railroads 

 be appealed to with a view to having 

 them jointly construct the belt line. How- 

 ever, several of the roads are known to 

 be opposed to interchangeable switching. 



and unless they recede from their stand, 

 the project will fail. In this event it is 

 proposed that the Commercial Club pro- 

 ceed to raise the money necessary for 

 the construction of the proposed belt line. 

 It is estimated the line will cost between 

 $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. The lumber 

 men are largely Instrumental in attempt- 

 ing to secure the belt line, as it would 

 be of immense value to them, as well as 

 to other shippers. 



PITTSBITEG PACKET. 



(Special Correspondence.) 



Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 7, 1904. 

 The Forest Lumber Company, which 

 owns 1,500,000 feet of timber in West Vir- 

 ginia, has arranged for the output of a 

 large mill at Cherry Grove, Forest County, 

 Pa., near the state line. 



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The International Mahogany Company 

 is arranging to build a standard gauge 

 railroad from Punta San Juan on the 

 northern coast of Cuba, 18 miles into its 

 tract, and later to connect it with the 

 main east and west line running across 



the island. 



* * * 



A few of the West Virginia mills are pre- 

 paring to shut down for the winter. The 

 Curll & Lytle Lumber Company is one of 

 the lucky firms which has a big pond of 

 warm water to protect its mill against the 

 winter freezing and will continue to make 



a big cut all winter. 



^ * * 



The H. C. Huston Lumber Company is 

 delivering an order of 200,000 feet of lum- 

 ber for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 

 shops at Glenwood, in the Twenty-third 

 ward of Pittsburg. 



* * * 



The Cheat River Lumber Company is 

 putting in a mill at Point Marion, Pa., to 

 cut 20,000 feet a day. The company owns 

 12,000,000 feet of chestnut, poplar and oak 

 in West Virginia. 



* * * 



The planing mill of the Monongahela 



River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company, 

 near Brown station, on the Baltimore & 

 Ohio Railroad, burned. The loss was esti- 

 mated at $30,000. 



DIKECTOKS' MEETING. 



At a joint meeting of the board of man- 

 agers and the inspection bureau commit- 

 tee of the National Hardwood Lumber As- 

 sociation, held at Chicago, on November 

 10, 1904, the resignation of Mr. C. H. Stan- 

 ton as surveyor-general was accepted. 



An arrangement has been effected 

 whereby Mr. Stanton will continue tem- 

 porarily the duties of that office, under 

 the supervision of Mr. M. M. Wall, Buffalo, 

 N. Y., former surveyor-general, until such 

 time as the inspection bureau committee 

 are able to fill the vacancy. 



This arrangement will continue the 

 proper conduct of this important office 

 and will fully protect the best Interest of 

 all members of the association. 



The following gentlemen were present: 



Earl Palmer. Paducah, Ky. 



O. O. Agler, Chicago, 111. 



J. Watt Graham, Cincinnati, O. 



W. S. Darnell, Memphis, Tenn. 



A. R. Vinnedge. Chicago, 111 



W, A. Bonsack, St, Louis, Mo, 



Gardner I. Jones, Boston, Mass. 



W. A. Bennett, Cincinnati, O. 



J, W. Thompson, Memphis. Tenn, 



E. E. Goodlander, Memphis, Tenn, 



D. F. Clark. Minneapolis, Minn. 

 O. E. Yeager, Buffalo, N. Y. 



E. F. Dodge, Chicago, 111. 

 W, E. Smith. Cairo, 111, 



W. J. Wagstaff. Oshkosh, Wis, 

 \V. W. Knigiit. Indianapolis, Ind. 

 M. M. Wall. Buflalo. N. Y. 

 R ('. (\)lcord. St. .Albans, W. Va. 



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