THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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of tie Saginaw valley, is carrying a stoclc of 

 over 5,000.000 feet of choice basswood and has 

 had a very satisfactory trade during the winter. 

 He can till almost any order in the basswood 

 line. He buys ail over northern Michigan and 

 the stocli is handled exclusively by rail. 



The deep snows and storms in lower Michigan 

 the third week in February held up the move- 

 ment of hardwood logs and lumber, as the rail- 

 roads were blocked. Things have improved, 

 however, the snow is gradually disappearing 

 and logs and lumber are moving again. J. J. 

 Flood is cutting maple logs for W. D. Young & 

 Co. at West Bay City. 



The Embury Startin Lumber Company at Che- 

 boygan is operating,' a hardwood sawmill on the 

 upper I{l.ii.k river a few miles from Cheboygan. 

 Jt will finish the winter cut this month. 



The hardwood mill of the Wylie & Buell Lum- 

 btr Company at Day City ran every day last 

 month and despite the weather shipped out the 

 usual quantity of stock. This company has 

 erected one of the finest mill office buildings in 

 the state and is now occupying it. 



The Gilchrist mill at Alpena is being put in 

 condition for sawing. It is receiving 30 to 40 

 <:ars of hardwood logs a day. Over 2.000.000 

 feet have been hauled to the mill and 5.000,000 

 feet of hardwood is banked on the railroad to 

 be hauled to the mill. 



The Cheboygan Xovelty Wood Turning Works 

 has built a small sawmill which is being oper- 

 ated in connection with the other plant and 

 began sawing last week. It is cutting birch 

 timber. 



The Tyoga Lumber Company is to build a 

 sawmill of 5U,000 feet daily capacity about 

 twenty miles from Marquette, where it has ac- 

 <iuired 30.000,000 feet of timber, a considerable 

 portion of which is hardwood. 



Cook, Curtis & Miller have secured a site for 

 their hardwood plant at Grand Marais and the 

 order for a portion of the machinery has been 

 placed. The machinery is to be all new and 

 that ordered includes a Garland band mill com- 

 plete, one edger, two trimmers, two 18x24 cylln- 

 <3er .Mlas engines and a battery of boilers. 



Nashville. 



Some of the local manufacturers are watching 

 with interest an imitation of quarter-sawed oak 

 which some of the retailers are putting on the 

 market. A Pennsylvania firm has patented a 

 process of burning plain oak and graining it in a 

 manner that will well nigh fool any but an ex- 

 perienced hardwood lumberman. This Pennsyl- 

 vania firm has sent some of this goods to Nash- 

 ville. 



There have been no heavy tides on the Cum- 

 berland during February and as a result there 

 are fewer logs than usual on the market. In 

 fact, it is estimated that not over 75 per cent 

 of the usual crop will be brought down, while 

 a few manufacturers are even more conservative 

 In their figures and state that the crop will 

 not be over 50 or 60 per cent of what it usually 

 Is. The Cumberland tide, which brings the bulk 

 of the lumber to Nashville, begins in November 

 and is generally over after the usual June rise. 

 There is generally good water in January and 

 February, but this season the snow and Ice 

 melted so gradually that no rise of any conse- 

 qneBce resulted. The Nashville Transportation 

 Company, of which John B. Ransom is presi- 

 dent, has a fleet of sixteen barges and two tow 

 boats. Last week this line brought 150 car 

 loads of lumber and staves to Nashville. The 

 timber brought down was mostly oak and pop- 

 lar. One of these sixteen barges can bring down 

 abont thirty-five cars of timber. The Cowling 

 is now up the river at McMillan's Landing wait- 

 ing for a tide. She will bring down about 

 1,000,000 feet. 



It Is doubtful if the Nashville lumbermen can 

 secure enough lumber to fill their orders. One 

 i5rm reports more orders for car load lots than 

 it lias bad for the past twelve months. Many 



shipments are being made to eastern and middle 

 states' markets. Inquiries are numerous. In 

 fact, it is generally conceded that business is 

 looking better than it has since 1903. 



One of the reasons assigned for the scarcity 

 of timber, in addition to lack of tides, is that 

 lumbermen at the head of the river are now 

 hauling timber much farther than formerly. In 

 some instances logs are being brought fifteen 

 and twenty miles through the woods, as the 

 big timber near water is being rapidly cut out. 

 A big rain will help matters wondetfully, how- 

 ever, for the tow boats and barges will get busy 

 then. 



Another important factor in improving the 

 1905 business of the lumber dealers and manu- 

 facturers is that a real estate and building boom 

 is on in Nashville. More lumber is being used 

 just now in Nashville than ever before. Many 

 handsome houses are being built and these of 

 course call for hardwoods. 



The local stave market is I'eported off a bit, 

 for it is a little overstocked. The A. L. Hayes 

 Company has twelve car loads on its tracks. 



An old trouble is bobbing up in river circles 

 which may worry manufacturers a little. The 

 negro roustabouts are demanding more money 

 and are laying otE, many of them, until they get 

 it. At times in Nashville it has been impossible 

 to get a boat or bai*ge crew and such a situation 

 is greatly dreaded by rivermen. The lumbermen 

 have a remedy, however, for when the negroes 

 lay about and refuse to work they are "run In" 

 on the charge of vagrancy. They generally pre- 

 fer to work on the river than on the streets. 



The Cross Tie Company at Crossville, Tenn., 

 has suspended operations until April 1 on ac- 

 count of the muddy weather. 



Carthage, Tenn., is soon to be added to the 

 list of lumber markets on the Cumberland. A 

 sawmill and hoop factory has been organized 

 there with a capital stock of §10.000. This 

 point is on the Tennessee Central railroad as 

 well as the Cumberland. 



Jackson, Tenn., is soon to have a handle fac- 

 tory with a capital stock of $10,000. 



Quite a number o£ Wisconsin lumbermen and 

 friends passed through Nashville this week on 

 their way to the Mardi Gras at New Orleans. 

 They stopped over a day and took in the city. 



Simon Lieberman, the veteran lumberman of 

 Nashville, has returned from a fishing trip at 

 Silver Kiver and St. Petersburg, Fla. He re- 

 ports fine luck and backed up his fish tale by 

 shipping a barrel of the finny tribe home to his 

 friends. 



James Baird of the Southern Lumberman, I3 

 in New Orleans enjoying the pleasures of the 

 Mardi Gras season. John Love of Love, Boyd & 

 Co. is also in New Orleans. 



C. B. Benedict of the Davidson-Benedict Com- 

 pany is recovering from an attack of the grip. 



John B. Ransom, Hamilton Love, M. F. Greene 

 and W. V. Davidson are back from a three weeks' 

 fishing trip on Indian river, Fla. They made 

 famous Rock Ledge their headquarters. John B. 

 Ransom, being a steward in West End Meth- 

 odist church, refused to relate much about the 

 trip other than to say they had "good luck." 

 Hamilton Love, however, relates some exciting 

 experiences. 



"You never saw any trout until you get hold 

 of one of those Indian river follows," says Ham- 

 ilton. "We caught one that weighed 28 pounds 

 and he nearly turned the boat over, running 

 under it and bumping into it. They call them 

 sea bass down there. I hung one fish, they 

 said he was a 'sergeant' (but he pulled like a 

 general), and the big fellow tore my tackle all 

 to pieces ; broke my pole and line as well. We 

 caught thirty-eight of those sea bass in one day. 

 Florida's about the best ever when it comes to 

 fishing." 



about $5,000,000. There were some 200 car- 

 loads of lumber burned, a large proportion ot 

 which was oak. 



George Burgess and E. E. Taenzer of Mem- 

 phis were in town last week checking up their 

 losses in the fire. Mr. Burgess said the worst 

 feature of his loss would be replacing the busi- 

 ness stock, as it was largely dry oak. 



The Mardi Gras is in full swing, which means 

 no business and all play. The city is full of 

 visitors from the north, and as there is a good 

 proportion of lumbermen among them, there Is 

 iilenty of action. 



Mr. L. MiHendy of St. Louis is In town 

 looking after his extensive export business and 

 enjoying the carnival. 



W. I. Cook lumber agent of the Pullman Com- 

 pany, is also here. 



The local dealers are very busy, and as we 

 have had fair weather for the past two weeks 

 they are catching up with their orders. 



In spite of the bad weather during February 

 the volume of business was fully as large as a 

 year ago. 



St. Louis. 



The Massengale Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated with a full paid capital of |20,- 

 000. The incorporators are Jno. E. Massen- 

 gale, James R. Massengale aud Wm. H. Rich- 

 ardson. This company has been doing a hard- 

 wood business in St. Louis for some time, hav- 

 ing succeeded to the business of the Russell- 

 Massengale Commission Company on the death 

 of George P. Massengale some years ago. The 

 business has heretofore been run by James R. 

 .Massengale, John E. Massengale having former- 

 ly been connected with the Tennessee River 

 Packet Company. William H. Richardson is 

 also well known to the local hardwood trade, 

 having beea identified with it for the past 

 twenty years or more. 



L. Methudy of St. Louis is in town looking 

 after his extensive export business and enjoy- 

 ing the carnival. 



Kansas City. 



II. W. Jacques of tlie Meruautile Lumber and 

 Supply Company will leave here on the Sth for 

 St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul on railroad 

 business, and will be gone about a week. Mr. 

 Jacques reports a decided improvement in the 

 railroad demand, and an active call for wagon 

 and implement stock, the demand in this line 

 being about 50 per cent better than this time 

 last year, and the price from S2 to §3 per 

 thousand higher. 



A. L. Houghton of the A. L. Houghton Hard- 

 wood Lumber Company left here on the 7th 

 for a business trip to Albuquerque. New Mex., 

 and will be gone about a week. 



J. H. Tschudy has returned from a two 

 weeks' trip among the hardwood mills. He 

 went as far south as Vicksburg. Miss., and 

 says he found the mill men feeling pretty inde- 

 pendent, with plenty of orders on hand at good 

 prices, and with stocks short enough to preclude 

 any possibility of their having more lumber on 

 hand than they can dispose of to advantage 

 during the next few months. 



A. H. Connelly left here on the night of 

 March 5 to visit various hardwood mills In 

 .^kansas, Kentucky and Tennessee, to look 

 after the shipment of some orders and make 

 some new contracts for the year. He expects 

 to be away about two weeks. Before leaving. 

 Mr. Connelly expressed himself as more than 

 pleased with the way business is opening up this 

 spring, and he looks for an unusually active 

 demand through the entire season. 



New Orleans. 

 On the night of Feb. 26 the Stuyvesant 

 docks, the Illinois Central Railroad terminals at 

 this point, were burned, entailing a loss of 



Boston, 

 State Senator John M. Woods, known to the 

 trade as ".Tohn M.," is unusually active these 

 da.vs dividing his time betweeu the demands of 

 his large business aud his legislative duties, 

 which are particularly absorbing, as Senator 



