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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Western Cooperage Company. at Aberdeen. 

 Wash., and Helton, Ore. : perhaps a few are 

 also got out at the company's works at Seattle. 

 Wash. 



The Los Angeles Cooperage Company of this 

 eity. which is lue largest concern in its line 

 south of San Francisco, uses quite a large quan- 

 tity of these small staves and heading to match 

 and they make a very fine package, probably as 

 good as an.v eastern oak. But no large staves 

 or heading from the north ever reach here. 

 This company gets all its oak staves larger than 

 those mentioned from Little Rock. Memphis and 

 other cities along the Mississippi valley, and it 

 uses a good many carloads during the year, its 

 works being large and run entirely by machinery, 

 only two hand coopers being employed alK>nt 

 the establishment. 



There has been a great increase in the man- 

 ufacture of fine furniture within a year, and 

 much less is beimr imported from eastern factor 

 ies than a year ago. A good deal of pretty good 

 furniture is made of Oreg<)n fir and spruce but 

 there has been a great increase of late in the 

 making of wliat is called "mission style" of 

 furniture from oak brought from the East. 

 There are several establishments in this city 

 and at least two in Pasadena which make a 

 specialty- of putting up furniture of the most 

 artistic style, both after the old Spanish mission 

 pattern and the best antique designs. Both of 

 these styles are in great demand, as very many 

 of the residences are built after those styles 

 and require that kind of furniture particularly. 



Memphis. 



E. E. Taenzer of E. E. Taenzer & Co. and 

 Geo. D. Burgess of Kusse & Burgess, this city, 

 under their appointment from President U. J. 

 Dainell of the Lumbermen's Club have been 

 at Nashville this »(el< c interring with the leg- 

 islators toward securing I he enactment of some 

 trajnc meapurea Insuring promplnesi) in the pay- 

 ing of overcharge claims back to the shippers 

 and toward enacting other laws of convenience 

 and necessity to shippers and receivers. The 

 measures previously had been otticially In- 

 dorsed by the club and the freight bureau of 

 Memphis' commercial body. 



The Cochran Lumber Company reports the 

 Eltuatlon on Cottonwood growing stronger all 

 the time and say Its 1m).\ business Is showing 

 the results of an improved market. 



The O. G. Gyrdner Lumber Company at .Tack- 

 son, Tenii., Is running its renovated and prac- 

 tically new plant at that point these days and 

 Is doln;^ considerable hardwood business in 

 Mississippi !in(i at Mercer. Tenn.. near Jack- 

 sou. 



J. T. Wiilingliam, president of the .Memphis 

 Collin Company, and well known in woodwork- 

 ing circles of the city, heads the "red ticket " 

 for president of the Business Men's Club in 

 this city. 1 ast year the honor was had bv 

 S. B. Anderson, president of the Anderson- 

 'lully Company. So this shows that the lum- 

 bcranen are duly prominent in the commercial 

 bodies of the city. 



Elliott Lang, who was re-elected secretary 

 of the National Lumber Exporters' Association 

 » few days ago, has returned from St. Louis. 

 Mr. Lan" has his office In the Southern Express 

 building lure. 



'J'hc American Car & Foundry Company, lo- 

 cated In the suburbs of Memphis, Is preparing to 

 Increase tlic capacity of Its plant to 25 cars 

 pel day. This Is a large Industry for Mem- 

 phis and a consumer of various classes of lum 

 her stock. 



The Iloyt-Woodin Manufacturing Company, 

 represented here by W. 11. Martz with a suite of 

 rooms in the Randolph building, are busy on 

 hardwoods and cypress In Mississippi and Lou- 

 isiana with several mills in oneration. 



Several barges of lumber from the Missis- 

 sippi country have- been going by Memphis and 



others will pa.ss when the cold weather has 

 broken to a greater extent, for this feature has 

 retarded manufacture and shipments to some 

 extent though cars have at all times been plen- 

 tiful this season. In the way of competition 

 tor shipments, the lumbermen of the city are 

 pleased that the famed Lee Line, a steamship 

 company here, will put in two $100.00U freight 

 boats at an early date. The company has 

 for years operated a line of steamers on the 

 Mississippi. Capt. James Lee was one of the 

 pioneers in this business. His estate now con- 

 templates erecting a twenty-two-story sky 

 scraper at the corner of Main and Madison in 

 commemoration of his identification with the 

 commercial life of the Mississippi valley. 



E. Sondheimer Company will establish a large 

 mill In Ix>ulsiana for the cutting of hardwoods 

 at an early date. A million dollar bunch of 

 timber lands is reputed to have lately changed 

 lifuds in that state and it Is on this land that 

 the mill In question will operate. 



Boston. 



Surveyor General Ralph L. Abbot of Boston 

 shows In his report the amount of hardwood 

 lumber surve.ved for the past four years. It 

 will be observed that the amount surveyed 

 has not varied much In the average. The re- 

 port follows: Whltewood, 1901. 4,138,011. 

 1902, 3,793,058: 1903, 3.672,435: 1904, 3,834.- 

 (I2S. Cypress. 1901. 7,512.214: 1902, 9,038,- 

 597; 1903. G.G37,333 : 1904, 5,178,095. Mis- 

 cellaneous hardwoods, 1901. 7.110.949; 1902. 

 7,557.047; 1903. 0,720.934; 1904, 7,757.856. 



New Orleans. 



The American Hardwood Lumber Company of 

 St. Louis has a yard here with quite a large 

 stock of hardwoods. It slarled Its yard here 

 last August, and feels well satisfied with the 

 business. It Is selling both to the export ami 

 domestic trade. 



Lucas E. Moore & Co.. exporters of staves 

 and hardwoods, say tlieir business in the lumlwM- 

 line Is rather slow. They feel business will 

 Improve In the near future, as the foreign 

 market Is working off the surplus stock re 

 lelved on consignment last year, and will then 

 be ready to buy at the advanced prices quoted 

 now. 



The Murphy Lumber Company of this city re 

 cently closed a contract for about 000 M feet of 

 tupelo gum. I understand the stock is In- 

 tended for export. It Is from the Mobile neigh- 

 borhood which furnishes a much better quality 

 of tupelo gum than the Mississippi valley. 



Sutherland Innis Company, Ltd.. are busy ex- 

 porting staves and lumber. Their export busi- 

 ness apparently moves along steadily at all sea 

 sons. 



The exports In the hardwood line are run- 

 ning largely to plain sawn white oak. with 

 some movement in the other woods, but the 

 lotal Is below normal. Ocean freights arc 

 iiigh now. as a great deal of cotton and corn 

 Is beina shipped from this port. - 



There Is a wood preservative plant here thai 

 does a large business. The product Is largely 

 shipijed to Central American countries. 



According to the figures recently Issued for 

 llie year 1904. by the New Orleans customs 

 house, the exports of manufactured luml>er and 

 timber during the pa.st twelve months amounted 

 to ?1. 205. 720. Exports of slaves, etc.. amounted 

 to 23,492,7.30. valued at $2,505,981. Exports 

 of boards, deals and planks. 104. 325.000 

 feet, valued at ,f2,S75,380. Against this the 

 imports show, credited to mahogany logs, 5,925.- 

 000 feet, valued at $280,741. 



The New Orleans Wood Preserving Company 

 has been organized in New Orleans with :i 

 capitalization of $125,000, and the following 

 incorporators: R. W. Walmsley, T. 11. Samp 

 son, William McCracken, Joseph 11. llammelt. 

 and several others. The company Is organized 

 to manufaiture wooden articles requiring longer- 



HOTEL WALTON 



PHILADELPHIA 





YUUR ^■-tmiiienJation in the past, only makes renewed 

 efforts for your comfort and pleasure the endeavor of 

 the management. 

 Sitii:\te(l on South Broad Street in the midst of Phila- 

 delphia's commercial palaces, less than 300 feet from the 

 Be llevuc- Stratford, where the meetings of the National 

 HardwwKl Lumber Dealers' Association will lie held on 

 Thursday and Friday. March 2<i and 3d. 1905. 



Vour patronage solicited. Kates lor this orcasion as 

 follows: 



Single Rooms, without bath. $1.50 and up 

 with " 2.50 



Double " without " T.OO 

 with *' 4.00 



Reservations made at once will insure the best in ihc 

 hfiuif, an. I will be promptly acknow Icil^jed. 



GEO. W. SWETT, Manager. 



WE MANUFACTURE 25,000,000 

 FEET BAND SAWED 



COTTONWOOD, 



POPLAR AND 



CYPRESS 



PER ANNUM 



Are always in position to supply the 

 trade. 



National Hardwood Association 

 Grades Quaranteed and certificates 

 furnished wlien requested. 



JEFFERSON SAW MILL GO. 

 Ltd. 



Front and Robert Streets 

 NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



PIERCE LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers In 



HARDWOOD LUHBER 



^r"Wc win 8«\v Red and White Oak 

 rxcliislvely for the lu'xt your. 



OFFICE and MILLS. 



OLYPHANT. ARK 



