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HARDWOOD RECORD 



iif land in Alger and Scboolcraft counties to 

 tlie Superior Veneer & Cooperage company of 

 Muuisine for $28,000. The timber will be man- 

 ufactured in the Superior plant at Munising. 



The Munising Paper company has bought 14.- 

 liOO acres of hardwood and hemlock timber from 

 I he Osage Mining company for S.iO.OOO. The 

 lands are situated between L'Anse and Marquette 

 along the shore of Lake Superior. 



Arrangements have practically been completed 

 for the starting of a factory by a company of 

 Michigan manufacturers for the manufacture of 

 toothpicks, butter dishes and other wooden- 

 ware from white birch at Ashland. Wis. 



Chattanooga. 



Many of the river mills have now a short 

 .supply on hand and unless there is another los 

 supply in the very near future these mills will 

 ugaiu have to suspend operations. 



The Case Lumber Company now has an east- 

 ern representative who writes from the East 

 that conditions in that section are better than 

 they have been for si.\ months and he expects 

 considerable activity in the near future. M. M. 

 Erb, the eastern representative, is now in Wasli- 

 ington. He will go to rhiladelphia, New York 

 and other eastern cities before returning home. 

 The Case Lumber Company, which recently pur- 

 chased the plant of the Tennessee Lumber and 

 Coal Company of Crab Orchard. Tenn.. has or- 

 ganized a new company which will operate 

 the plant at Birmineham. Ala., with a capital 

 stock of $30,000. The following are the incor- 

 porators: J. D. Case. Edwin Payne. Arthur It. 

 Trvin, W. W. Swiss. George Personett. all of 

 Hushville. Ind.. and W. M. Fowler, manager of 

 the Case. Lumber Company, and M. M. Erb. 

 Chattanooga. Tenn. The new company will 

 operate under the name of the Fowler-Person- 

 ett Lumber Company. The company has pur- 

 chased a site in Birmingham and tlic plant at 

 Ci*ah Orchard is now being removed to Itirming- 

 ham. 



The Fred Brenner Lumber Company has in- 

 creased its stock of hardwoods to u.iiOO.OOO 

 feet. The stock consists principally of oak lum- 

 ber. 



The 'Willingham Lumlwr Company is erecting 

 a large dry kiln consisting of a frame building 

 at its plant on Boyce street. 



The Chattanooga Lumber Company has one of 

 the most complete dr>- kilns in the south. It 

 consists of a large brick building being eiiuipped 

 with all modern devices for dry kiln purposes. 

 The improvements were completed at a cost of 

 about J.'j.OOO. 



The Lookout Planing Mills is erecting an 

 addition whereby the floor space of the concern 

 will be doubled. A new and larger engine and 

 boilers are being Installed besides new planers. 

 cut-otFs. a carving machine, band saws, routers 

 and other machinery. One of the machines will 

 cost about sii.tiOO. A new finishing room is also 

 being added to the plant. The improvements 

 will involve an expenditure of about $(5,000. 

 the excellent sleighing. 



Indianapolis. 



Recent incorporal ions of lumber companies 

 here have been the following : 



Arthur L. Wright I'laning Mill Company of 

 Indianapolis with a capital stock of $.">.OtMi. the 

 incorporators being Arthur L. Wright. Winlleld 

 S. iloffet and Liliie B. Wright. 



The Majestic Wood Fiber Company of Indian- 

 apolis with a capital stock of $50,000, the in- 

 corporators being W. 1'. .Tungclaus. ,T. II. Stahl. 

 W. 11. Burton, T. \'. Thornton and W. II. Orr. 



The Sperry Slanufacturing Company of Fort 

 Wayne. Ind.. capital slock $2.>.00ci. the incor- 

 porators t)eing C. W. Sperry and It. II. Grubb. 



.T. M. Pritchard of the Long-Knight Lumber 

 Company is out of the city in the interest of his 

 concern. 



A new departure in imported lumber here Is 

 the receipt of a carload of Cuban mahogany by 

 the Walnut Lumber Company. 



Hardwood Market. 



(By HARDWOOD BECOBD 



Memphis. 

 The market at Memphis does not show any 

 <>.special activity beyond a good normal busi- 

 ness. Possibly it does not move along with 

 as much rapidity, the volume of business, a.s 

 some had expected, but to the olil stagers in 

 the lumber business here the situation is <|uite 

 satisfactory now. Some features arc noted here 

 and there about woods, that a month and two 

 months ago were in a far difTereul i>osltion 

 frooi the way they are now. (,'ottoiiw<xid is in 

 much firmer place. Cypress is having a brisk 

 trade. The demand tor gum in almost evei-y 

 thickness is good, though the price changes 

 to the l)etter are not noted so much on some 

 lower stocks. Ash is in good demand. There 

 is not much poplar here though it Is in smaller 

 Uemand and at weaker prices relatively than 

 the other woods. (Quartered white oak is in 

 firm condition. Plain oak is still the scarcest 

 and firmest wood on the market. It has oc- 

 cupied this place for weeks. The export busi- 

 ness is improving In a small way only, but 

 the exporters in .Memphis, and this Is quite 

 a large market fi)r the export trade, find signs 

 of better conditions. Some of the firms here 

 have their representatives abroad now. The 

 winter building trade here is unusually good. 



Chattanooga. 

 The lumbcrmifu ot Ibis city have not done a 

 very heavy business during the last week or 

 so on account ot the very inclement weather. 

 Logs are scarce owing to the fact that the 

 ■weather has been so severe that log men could 

 not get out the usual supply. Since the snow 

 and ice are beginning to melt rapidly In the 

 mountains It Is expected that there will be a 

 buiall logging tide within the next few days. 



Exclusive Market Reporters.) 



The lumbermen i.f this section continue to 

 have a roseate view ot tlie prospects for a 

 thriving trade within the next few weeks. They 

 believe that the spring will open with greater 

 demands for lumber. There Is little building 

 now going on in this section and throughout 

 the country. Plain oak is still holding its own, 

 but there is little or no stock on the market. 

 The indications are that oak will continue to 

 increase In prices. The furniture factories are 

 now beginning to purchase their supplies, after 

 several weeks' delay in the matter, hoping that 

 the prices would begin to fall. Poplar Is 

 rapidly being displaced by the use of cotton- 

 wood, basswoijil. gum and other woods which 

 are used to advantage in the place ot poplai 

 lumber. Tlte poplar timber which Is being 

 received here now is ot an inferior grade. 



St. Louis. 

 When the adverse weather and stock condi- 

 tions are taken into consideration the volume of 

 business luiLsacted during the latter halt of 

 .Isnunry i.i/d thus far during February ha-s 

 been somewhat above expectations. This has 

 been the coldest winter St. I/ouls has experi- 

 enced for several years and, further than this, 

 the city has been almost snowbound during 

 a large pEic ot the time. Despite this, how- 

 ever, shiptnents for January compare very 

 favorably v. ith the same month of former years 

 and there has been a marked advance In prices 

 since Jan. 1. The weather which has prevailed 

 for the past ten days has been especially bad 

 and. In addition to the shutting off all river 

 receipts, the receipts by rail have been al- 

 most nil. The wholesalo yards have been able 

 to ship I'Ut but ill lie lumber during this lat- 

 ter period and report thai orders have piled 

 upon them to a considerable extent. It can- 



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