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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



of their buying will be along their own in- 

 dividual lines and will not enter into the 

 general market much. The local yards 

 are carrying fair stocks and are beginning 

 to buy considerably in anticipation of a 

 larger winter trade. There is an excellent 

 spirit in the air, and dealers expect to see 

 a marked improvement in conditions soon. 

 FHILASEIiFHIA. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 5, 1904— (Special Cor- 

 respondence). — While the volume of busi- 

 ness for the local lumber trade for the 

 past month has not been as large as for 

 the corresponding weeks of the past year, 

 the dealers are nevertheless very optimis- 

 tic over the outlook, and say that there is 

 a better color in the conditions than has 

 prevailed for months. While business in 

 general has been more or less dull, there 

 can be no question about its gradual in- 

 crease day by day, with the gradual ap- 

 proach of winter. The yards have of neces- 

 sity been busier than usual, and though 

 they are not carrying large stocks, the 



demand has been so absolute in so many 

 quarters that they have been compelled to 

 buy. Spruce has been the strongest fea- 

 ture of the local market, and is one of the 

 few lines which is viewed with satisfac- 

 tion by the dealers. While there is but a 

 slight current demand for hemlock, the 

 stock is far more active than it has been 

 for some time, and the dealers feel that 

 there will be a heavier demand in the next 

 few weeks. The new list is being lived 

 up to, and the wholesalers say that they 

 are meeting with no trouble in maintain- 

 ing it. The demand for the hardwoods 

 lar exceeds that of the past few months, 

 and though this increase is not of a revo- 

 lutionary nature, it indicates an even 

 larger trade for the future. Oak and chest- 

 nut are must wanted, but none of the 

 dealers are overstocked with these. The 

 yellow pine outlook is brighter than it has 

 been since early spring. Prices are 

 stronger and the demand fair. Poplar is 

 scarcely moving, even at the prices of 

 early spring. 



W.R..CHIVVIS 



Successor to B. J. Ehnis 

 WANTED AND FOR SALE 



Hardwood Lumber 



ASH, OAK, POPLAR, CYPRESS, 



AGRICULTURAL AND WAGON STOCK, 



Wa.ln\it a-rvd Cherry. 



LESPERANCE STREET 



AND THE 



IRON MOUNTAIN RAILROAD TRACKS, 



ST. LOUIS. 



BUFFALO. 



Buffalo, November 7. 1904.— (Special cor- 

 respondence.) — During the past two weeks 

 there has been but very little business 

 doing on this market, which is accounted 

 for by the fact that the campaign has been 

 drawing to a close. As a matter of fact, 

 there has been but very little effort made 

 toward getting business, the salesmen 

 thinking it more profitable to put in their 

 time fixing up their stock list and getting 

 ready for business after the election. 



There has been no change in the price 

 situation and everybody seems to think 

 that after election there will be a good 

 healthy improvement in demand and it 

 is a certain fact, admitted by all, that 

 the supply will hardly be sufficient to meet 

 any material growth in the trade. 



There are some two or three items in 

 the list of hardwoods that are weak now, 

 basswood and poplar 'being the chief of 

 these. There is no fear regarding these 

 woods so far as any slump is concerned, 

 but the strength shown in oak, ash and 

 other southern hardwoods is not expected 

 in the matter of poplar and basswood. 



NASHVILLE. 



IMPORTANT BEMOVAL NOTICE. 



Chicago, 111., Nov. 5, 1904. 

 About November 15, 1904, the Chicago 

 office of the Chicot Lumber Company will 

 be moved to Little Rock, Ark. We, there- 

 fore, Idndly request that on and after No- 

 vember 15 all correspondence for this of- 

 fice be addressed to the Chicot Lumber 

 Company, People's Building and Loan As- 

 sociation building, Little Rock, Ark. 

 Please bear the above in mind when com- 

 municating with the Chicago office. 

 • Thanking you for the courtesies shown 

 us in the past and assuring you of our ap- 

 preciation of same, beg to remain, 

 Yours very truly, 

 CHICOT LUMBER COMPANT. 



Nashville. Tenn.. Nov. 7, 1904 — {Special 

 Correspondence). — The lumbermen in this 

 part of the country will be glad when the 

 election is over to-morrow, one way or an- 

 other. Between now and the first of the 

 year they expect some picking up in trade. 

 Some lumber is in active request. Oak 

 and chestnut both are firmer in price than 

 seven or eight months ago, and the de- 

 mand is fair. There is some improvement 

 in the tone of poplar. Only one or two 

 firms in Nashville export very heavily, but 

 these receive advices now that indicate a 

 brightening up in the export situation. 



McCLURE LUMBER CO. 



Wholesale Dealers In 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



OFFICE AND YARDS: 520 to 530 Franklin St., DETROIT. MICH. 



Correspondence invited on all hardwoods. 



HOO-HOO CONCATENATION. 



On the evening of November 19, a con- 

 catenation will be held at Great Bend, 

 Kan. This will be the first concatenation 

 to be held in the short-grass region of the 

 Sunflower State. It is really the introduc- 

 tion of Hoo-Hoo in a new territory. Mr. 

 Chas. C. Isley, of the Arkansas "Valley 

 Lumber Company of Great Bend, and the 

 Louisiana Red Cypress Lumber Company, 

 is the man at the head of the local ar- 

 rangements. He is well backed up by the 

 vicegerent for Western Kansas. J. R. Mc- 

 Lauren of Ellsworth, also ex-Vicegerent 

 ,1. E. Marss of Winfield, John L. Harwich 

 of Wichita and Henry A. Gorsuch of Kan- 

 sas City, who will probably act as Junior. 

 The meeting is being widely advertised all 

 over the state and an elaborate banquet 

 has been ai-ranged for. to which the ladies 

 will be invited. 



NEWS STJmiARY. 



The C. V. McMillan Company has been 

 incorporated at Fond du Lac, Wis., with a 

 capital of $200,000. by B. F. McMillan, F. 

 S. McMillan and others, to conduct a gen- 

 eral lumber business. 



The Stave, Veneer & Package Company 

 has been incorporated in Ashland. Wis., 

 with a capital of $40,000, by Milwaukee 

 capitalists and will establish a plant there. 



The Mountain Lumber & Heading Com- 

 pany has been incorporated at Cortland, 

 N. Y., by John E. Davis. Walter S. Hay- 

 den and Frank E. Price. 



The C. R. Cummins Export Company 

 has been incorporated at Houston, Tex., 

 with a capital of $300,000, by C. B. Cum- 

 mins, W. C. Huff and others, for the pur- 

 pose of manufacturing lumber. 



TIMBER LANDS ALONG THE COTTON 

 BELT ROUTE. 



White oak, ash, hickory, gum, cypress, 

 Cottonwood. Sites and locations for mills 

 and hardwood factories. Let us put you 

 in touch with some good propositions in 

 hardwood timber and timber lands. Write 

 for full information, stating about what 

 you want. 



E. W. LA BEAUME, G. P. & T. A., 

 Cotton Belt Route. 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



