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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



Miscellaneous Notes, 



Adventurers in the Hardwood Trade. 



The American Lumberman has done a 

 splendid and mtich appreciated piece of 

 newspaper work during the last few weeks 

 in exposing the rotten condition of a half 

 dozen or more adventurers in the hardwood 

 lumber business in Buffalo and other parts 

 of the east. The exposure came as an ab- 

 solute surprise to the coterie of moral and 

 financial bankrupt amateurs and fakers in 

 the eastern hardwood trade. The result has 

 been to close the doors of most of the in- 

 stitutions. It is the regret of the editor of 

 this publication that he could not have had 

 the opportunity, which he certainly would 

 have embraced, to have done this work on 

 behalf of the hardwood manufacturing and 

 jobbing trade of the country in the Hard- 

 wood Eecoed. As it is, it is with pleasure 

 that he congratulates the American Lum- 

 berman on the work that it haS done. 



The times are propitious for chicanery in 

 the lumber business, and it requires extreme 

 watchfulness on the part of manufacturers 

 and jobbers to escape getting caught by 

 fake mushroom houses whose only object in 

 life seems to be to separate lumbermen from 

 their money, and do it promptly. 



The Great Black Cat. 



There's evidently going to be doings in 

 Hoo-Hoo land in the near future. A. J. 

 Chestnut, vicegerent for western New York, 

 holds a concatenation this evening in Buffalo. 



Dan F. Miller, of Somerset, Ky., will hold 

 a concatenation in that town some time 

 during February. 



L. M. Bostwick, vicegerent for southern 

 Illinois, expects to hold a concatenation at 

 Mount Vernon, February 2, at the time of 

 the annual convention of the Southern nii- 

 Dois Eetail Dealers' Association. 



V. G. Clifford, of West Virginia, will hold 

 a concatenation at Elkins some time during 

 February. 



William H. E. Metz, vicegerent for south- 

 ern California, will hold a concatenation at 

 Los Angeles February 25. 



T. A. Moore, vicegerent for eastern Mis- 

 souri, has two concatenations in prospect, 

 one of which is to be held at Cape Girar- 

 deau on January 15, and the other at St. 

 Louis February 1. 



Vicegerent T. M. McGill promises a con- 

 catenation in Chicago February 14. 



L. I. Parminter, vicegerent for southern 

 Mexico, will hold a concatenation in the 

 City of Mexico during this month. 



Wisconsin is to have a concatenation dur- 

 ing the session of the Wisconsin Eetail 

 Dealers' Association, which holds its meet- 

 ing February 28 and March 1, at Milwau- 

 kee, which will be under the direction of 

 Vicegerent A. E. Ahrens and Frank N. 

 Snell. 



W. H. Matthias, vicegerent for southern 

 Indiana, will hold a concatenation at In- 

 dianapolis tomorrow evening. 



Louis Doster, vicegerent for central Ohio, 

 will hold a concatenation at Dayton, Janu- 

 ary 18, at the time of the meeting of the 

 Union Association of Lumber Dealers. Mr. 

 Doster expects a very large class, and he 

 certainly will give the new kittens "a run 

 for their money." 



Log Haul Equipment. 



The accompanying illustration is repro- 

 duced from a photograph made from a cable 

 chain log haul, installed in the mill of the 

 Asher Lumber Company, at Pineville, Ky., 

 by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, of 

 Columbus, Ohio. 



This conveyor, or log haul, as it is com- 

 monly called, is about 125 feet on centers 

 and brings the logs up out of the boom 

 into the saw mill. It is constructed of a 

 1x7 heavy steel cable chain with special 

 spurs at intervals. The method of operat- 

 ing this conveyor is to draw one end of the 



LOG HAUL UP. 



logs to the receiving end of the conveyor, 

 which is submerged in the water, until it 

 comes in contact with the spur, which then 

 picks up the log and carries it up into the 

 mill. The conveyor is provided with a fric- 

 tion, so that it can be stopped and started 

 instantly with ease, and the log placed in 

 the exact position desired. This outfit is 

 a very substantial one and tj'pical of a 

 large number installed bj' the Jeffrey com- 

 pany. 



It also furnishes slab conveyors, sawdust 

 conveyors and a general line of pulleys, 

 shafting, gears, lumber truck wheels, etc. 

 Catalogue 57 A, pertaining especially to the 

 lumber and saw mill industry, will be 

 mailed upon request. 



New Branch OfiSce. 



The Southern Saw Mill Company, Ltd., 

 whose principal office is at New Orleans, has 

 opened an office in room 4057, Metropolitan 

 building, No. 1 Madison avenue, New York, 

 under the management of O. H. Williams, 

 vice president of the company. The South- 

 ern Saw Mill Company, Ltd., is a large do- 

 mestic handler and exporter of cypress and 

 southern hardwoods. This company has en- 

 joyed a fast developing trade in the east 

 for several years, and it is now felt that 

 the business has grown to be of sufficient 

 importance to warrant the opening of a 

 branch office. It will handle to the trade 

 oak, ash, cottonwood, and tupelo gum, but 

 cypress will be its specialty. The company 

 will have for distribution during the com- 

 ing year, approximately 15,000,000 feet of 

 cjTjress, 3,000,000 feet of cottonwood, and a 

 considerably larger quantity of oak, ash 

 and tupelo gum. Mr. Williams proposes to 

 give his undivided, individual attention to 

 the tradQ of the Metropolitan District and 

 vicinity. This company will be an addition 

 to the hardwood coterie of New York. 



Buffalo Hardwood Contingent. 



On the inside back cover of this issue of 

 the IIAKDWOOD Eecokd will be found the 

 advertisement of ten representative manu- 

 facturing and wholesale hardwood houses of 

 Buffalo, N. Y. This list of dealers consti- 

 tutes the greater part of the responsible 

 hardwood element of that city. Many of 

 the concerns therein represented are among 

 the oldest hardwood houses in the United 

 States, and every one is financially responsi- 

 ble for its requirements. The history of 

 this better element of the Buffalo hardwood 

 trade has been an enviable one. It stands 

 for straightforward methods and honest deal, 

 ing. It is with pleasure that the Hardwood 

 Ekcord commends every one of those con- 

 cerns to the confidence of both the hard- 

 wood manufacturing and buying public. 



Tlieie Is much Interest being manifested In 

 lumber association circles over the proposed 

 government railroad regulations as to rates, 

 which has been such an imponant topic in com- 

 mercial circles since the Issuance of the Presi- 

 dent's message to Congress. It is, of course, a 

 weli-known fact that the National Wholesale 

 Lumber Dealers' Association, and other lumber 

 organizations throughout the country, have been 

 woriiing along these lines for some time, with 

 good results, although the recommendations of 

 the President on the subject are considerably In 

 advance of anything which has yet been put for- 

 ward on the subject. 



Chicago Hardwood NeWs. 



The first and a most welcome caller at the 

 new offices of the Bardwood Uecokd was J. V. 

 Stimson, of Iluntlngburg, Ind. Mr. Stlmson op- 

 erates hardwood band saw mills both at Ilunt- 

 lngburg and Owensburg, Ky., and is president of 

 the Indiana Hardwood -Association. 



Theodore A. Schneider, who for the past three 

 years has been general salesman for the Keliey 

 Lumber & Shingle Company, of Traverse City, 

 Mich., was in Chicago last week, lie has Just 

 allied himself with the BrunswIck-Balke-CoUen- 

 der Company, of Chicago, the well known manu- 

 facturers of billiard tables, bowling alleys and 



bar fixtures. In the capacity of lumber buyer. 



John M. Dawson, salesman for the Bluff City 

 Lumber Company, of Pine Bluff, Ark., was In 

 town last week. Mr. Dawson has made his home 

 at Kokomo, Ind., for some years, and is Just 

 removing to Chicago for headquarters. The 

 Bluff City Lumber Company, which Mr. Dawson 

 represents, is situated In one of the best hard- 

 wood districts of Arkansas, about fifty miles 

 southeast of Little Rock, and produces a high 

 quality of white oak, hickory and rod gum. 



The H. C. Jackson Lumber Company, formerly 

 of Grand Rapids, Mich., has removed to Chlcaso 



