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thing, because of their inability to haul logs in 

 .je present wet condition o£ the ground. An- 

 other week of such conditions, however, will 

 make further improvement in the situation and 

 witness tie operation of a considerable num- 

 ber of plants which are now closed down. 



S. B. Anderson, formerly president of the 

 Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, was the only 

 delegate who attended the National Wholesale 

 Lumber Dealers' Association in Philadelphia. 

 Messrs. Burgess and Thompson were prevented 

 from going because of the tire in New Orleans, 

 to whifli reference has already been made. 



Philadelphia. 



The national convention was the absorbing 

 topic of conversation last week. The perfect 

 arrangements made by the committee in charge 

 greatly added to the comfort and pleasure of 

 the visitors, who agreed the meeting was a 

 grand and harmonious success. 



The offices of the lumbermen took on an as- 

 pect of midsummer by the absence of the 

 heads of concerns attending the convention. 

 The many inquiries for stock were looked after 

 between the sessions and much business was 

 laid over until this week. A number of the 

 visitors hustled out of town immediately after 

 the banquet or in the early morning trains, 

 while others remained to renew old acquaint- 

 ances and look over the Held and prospects 



here. 



The carpenters are out with a circular letter 

 making more demands for shorter hours and 

 more pay. While there is no threat of a 

 strike, the letter is none the less a demand. 

 Hours from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.. at 45 cents per 

 hour, which is the minimum. Xo work on 

 Saturday afternoon. After .■■. p. m., time and 

 a half ; after midnight, double time. Double 

 time for Sundays, Independence day and Christ- 

 mas, but under no consideration is work on 

 Labor day to be exacted. All employes must 

 be paid weekly on jobs where working, at or 

 before quitting time : no laborers shall do car- 

 penter's work, and employers must buy all mill 

 work in the city. 



Finding their large and Increasing business 

 demanded more office space. Schofield Bros, have 

 added an adjoining room to their present quar- 

 ters in the Pennsylvania building. The firm 

 has lately secured the services of George !•". 

 Lance, Jr., formerly of Reading, Pa., as sales- 

 man for the hardwoods exclusively. The Arm 

 having made arrangements to handle all the 

 hardwoods, gives Mr. Lance a wide scope in his 

 new connection. 



Samuel B. Vrooman of S. B. Vrooman & Co.. 

 Ltd.. the retailers, sailed for a European trip 

 on Feb. 28. Mr. ■\'rooman will not return until 

 the early part of the summer. Business at 

 the yard was not very brisk during I'ebruary 

 owing to the weather, but trade has assumed 

 more activity the past teu days. 



J. Randall Williams of .1. Randall Williams 

 & Co. looks for a large volume of business this 

 spring and summer. Mr. Williams says the 

 early promises held out in January are about 

 to be realized with the opening of the weather, 

 but the trade will feel the effects of the past 

 storms and the car shortage until late in the 

 spring. 



Frank T. Rumbarger of the Kumbarger Lum- 

 ber Company, who still has his leg in a plas- 

 ter cast, was again compelled to take to his 

 bed on account of an attack of grip. A fair 

 demand for poplar is reported by the company, 

 and miK'h activity and large movements oi 

 other hardwoods is also reported. 



The monthly report of the Bureau of Build- 

 ing Inspection is gratifying when the weather 

 conditions of February are considered. There 

 were granted ;i22 permits for .">58 operations, 

 entailing an estimated cost of .fl, 362.423. This 

 is an Increase over February of last year of 

 !ti454..'i40. when $907,885 was expended. 



R. Wyatt Wistar of WistarUnderhill & Co. 

 Is making some new contracts for his company 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



in the South. He finds the mills very active 

 and the demands on them heavy. Large ship- 

 ments are not permitting of any accumulation 

 of stock except where the shippers are unable 

 to forward promptly the stock owing to the 

 railroads' inab-ility to furnish a sufficient num- 

 ber of cars. Mr. Wistar will attend the Mardi 

 Gras before returning north. 



Business is on the increase with Edwin P. 

 Slocomb & Co., though February was not a dull 

 month by any means. Mr. Slocomb says that 

 the orders now being received are for immedi- 

 ate delivery, and is satisfied there will be a 

 rush of business when the season shall open 

 up altogether. 



Horace A. Reeves of R. B. Wheeler & Co. is 

 sanguine of this year's future business and 

 better weather will quicken the trade. More 

 hardwoods are being shipped l)y the company, 

 than last year, with better demand for all 

 grades. 



After several weeks' illness death claimed 

 Charles B. Mench on Feb. 22. Mr. Mench was 

 a prominent furniture manufacturer and had 

 been retired from active business for several 

 years but had devoted himself to scientitic re- 

 searches, in which field he was also well known. 

 He was Si) years old. 



Ellwood B. Haymann of William H. Fritz 

 vt Co. remained in town last week to attend 

 the convention. Mr. Haymann finds the call 

 for hardwoods in good shape and some inquiry 

 is being made for poplar. 



The congested condition of the railroads is 

 being coniplalned of by the southern and west- 

 ern shippers. Inability to get sufficient cars 

 and to move them after being loaded is the 

 complaint heard in all lumbermen's offices. One 

 shipper has been for the last ten days trying 

 to get four cars for a shipment from a West 

 Virginia mill, but as yet he has been unsuc- 

 cessful. What will happen when the spring 

 rush shall come is a (piestiim the dealers would 

 like lo solve. 



Cincinnati. 



Local hardwood lumbermen are breathing 

 easy, so to speak, again after three weeks of 

 intense worry over the river situation. The 

 i)lii(j river here is clear of lee now for the first 

 time since the early part of December, while 

 lidvices have been reielved stating that like 

 conditions prevail in The numerous streams in 

 the mountains of Kentucky and West '\'irginla. 

 where Io<'al concerns had thousands of logs 

 . moored. It was expected that when the ice 

 moved out, many logs would be carried along, 

 but excellent preparations to resist the rush had 

 been made, and it Is estimated that not more 

 than ,$1,000 damage will devolve on Cincinnati 

 firms. C. Crane & Company are credited with 

 being the biggest individual losers, but their loss 

 will not run above ,$4i)0 or $500. A number of 

 barges of ccittcinwood and gum belonging to the 

 Farrin-Korn Ccmipany. in the Ohio, near Kvans 

 vllle. Ind., were moved into the Green river ^nd 

 suffered no damage. 'ITiey will be started for 

 this city as soon as possible. 



The movement of lumber by railroad in this 

 market for February was as follows: Receipts. 

 3.88!> cars ; siiipments. ,'{.282 cars. The figures 

 for the same mouth last year were ; Receipts. 

 4.100 cars; shipments, 3.079 cars. 



The monthly report of the Building Inspector 

 slwwed a big increase in building operations for 

 February of this year, as compared with that 

 of 1004. This February 313 permits were 

 granted for new buildings, valued at .$081.70.5, 

 against 205 permits, valued at .$123,200 for the 

 month last year. 



The regular monthly dinner and banquet of 

 the (^inc-lnuati Lumbermen's Club, which was 

 to have been held .Monday evening. March 6. 

 was |)c]stponed until Wednesday. March 1."). It is 

 expected that at this meeting the appointment 

 of the new lumber inspector for this city will 

 be announced. 



C. Crane & Co., of this city, has won a suit 



against Fred Zweigert of Maysvllle. Ky. The 

 suit was for five sawlogs, whicii Zweigert is al- 

 leged to have caught in the Ohio river at Mays- 

 vllle. By the court's order he gave up posses- 

 sion of the logs. This was the first case for 

 some time of "log pirating" in which a local 

 company was interested. Last spring in the 

 West ^'irginia courts the Crane Company se- 

 cured the conviction of an organized gang which 

 preyed upon the property of various lumber com- 

 panies. 



T. J. Moffeet of the Maley, Thompson & 

 Moffett Company, returned from a six weeks 

 trip to Cuba the early part of March. En route 

 home he slopi>ed in New York for several days 

 to look over the hardwood sittiation. .Mr. Mof- 

 fett stated that affairs on the island were never 

 in. a more prosperous state. The firm of which 

 he is a member holds valuable mahogany con- 

 cessions in Cuba, which are in first-class con 

 dition, according to him. 



The executive committee of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United States, 

 consisting of R H. Van Sant. .\shland, Ky., 

 chairman: William Wilms. Chicago: H. M. Car- 

 rier, Sardis. Miss. ; Clinton Crane of this city, 

 and Lewis Doster of Columbus. O.. met here 

 on Feb. 25. After a lengthy discussion and in 

 accordance with the views expressed by mem- 

 bers who had been canvassed, it was announced 

 that no change of published values would be 

 made for the March list, which was a re- 

 affirmation of the list adopted cm Jan. 25 at 

 Nashville. 'Hie president was authorized to ap- 

 point eight delegates to the national conven- 

 tion, which will be held in Chicago on May 9, 

 upon representation of timber acreage. 



The John C, Thorn Company of this city 

 was Incorporated at Columbus on March 6 

 with a capital stock of $15,000. They will deal 

 In a general line of hardwoods, but as yet no 

 desirable location has been found. The in- 



Oak 



We have a full line of both quar- 

 tered and plain, Red and White, 

 THOROUGHLY DRY, also some 

 fine wide POPLAR and CHEST- 

 NUT. 



JohnDulweber&Co. 



CINCINNATI, O. 



H.C. HOSSAFOUS 



MiuuifacturcT and dealer in 



Quartered Oak. Dimension Stock Ash, 



Plain end Quartered Oak, Walnut, Cherry. 



DAYTON, OHIO 



lill O. G. GARDNER 

 LUMBER GO. 



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DEALERS IN 



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TIMBERS AND DIMENSION STUFF 



Dressed Lumber, Mouldings and Turned Work 



N., C. AND ST L. R. R. FOOT OF LIBERTY ST. 

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