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HARDWOOD RECORD 



to Kentiuky and other states in the Middle 

 West, during which he visited a number of 

 the mills and tooic up large quantities of lum- 

 ber suitable for export. He reports that he 

 found the demand for all )<inds of lumber im- 

 proved and that the millmen felt greatly en- 

 couraged over the outlook. 



The annual meeting of the National Lumber 

 Exporters' Association will be held on Jan. 

 25 and 2G at AVashington. D. C. preparations 

 for the event already being under way. The 

 organization is more prosperous and stronger 

 than ever, and it is thought that the attend- 

 ance will be exceptionally large. 



W. O. Price, a hardwood exporter of this 

 city, who was ill for some time, has recovered 

 and is back in harness once more. He is now 

 away on a business trip in Virginia. 



COLUMBUS 



The report of thr dty buildinf^ department 

 for the month of Novi-mlier shows a falling oCE 

 from the records of Ihe previous month. During 

 Xovember of 11)10. 215 permits were issued 

 having a valuation of $306,500. while In Mo- 

 vember. 1911. there were 170 permits issued, 

 representing a valuation of .$241,076. Up to 

 Dec". 1, 1911, there were 2,597 permits issued, 

 having a valuation of .$4,538,605, as against 

 2.219 permits, having a valuation of $4,642,000. 

 in the corresponding period in 1010. 



The Sowers-Leach Lumber Company has re- 

 moved its offices from the tenth floor of the 

 Columbus Savings & Trust building to its yards, 

 located at 438 Neilson street. 



John U. Gobey, head of the concern bearing 

 bis name, has returned from a business trip 

 to New York City. 



R. B. Peck of the H. R. Allen Lumber Com- 

 pany with headquarters at Akron, O., was a 

 visitor in Columbus recently. 



R. \V. Ilorion. sales manager for the cen- 

 tral division for the W. M. Ritter Lumber Com- 

 pany, says that "there has been a fair business 

 during the past fortnight with prices ruling 

 the same as for several months. The factories 

 seem to be buying better now and the same 

 is true of the yard trade. Orders are coming 

 in for delivery after the first of the year. 

 Stocks in the bands of both the retailers and 

 factories are not very large. There is a good 

 'novement of the lower grades of hardwoods, 

 although the better demand is still for the bet- 

 ter grades." 



II. C. Huskirk, salps manager of the CJeneral 

 Lumber Company, returned recently from a visit 

 to the mill of the company at .\shland. Ky. 



The Jeffrey Manufa<-turing Company of Co- 

 lumbus, O,. announces the opening of another 

 branch located at 1201 American itank build- 

 ing, Seattle, Wash. Percy E. Wright has been 

 made manager of the branch. This makes thir- 

 teen branches which have been established by 

 the JetTri'y Company. 



Notices have been published in Ihe news- 

 papers of the dissolution of the corporation 

 known as the B. A. Leach Lumber Company. 

 The concern has been merged with llie Sowers- 

 IjCaeh Lumber Compan.v. 



Edward I". Xl.vers of the Ward Lumber Com- 

 pany of Ironton, <)., has resigned his po.sitlon 

 with that company to become Identilied with 

 Ihe Highland Lumber Company of Arkansas, lie 

 will resblr. .Tl Helena. Ark. 



CINCINNATI 



Commissioner I*:, l^. Williiuii.son of the Ke. 

 cclvcrs' and Shippers' Association, has resigned 

 to enter a law llrm as traffic manager, with 

 ofllces at Washington. The firm Is making a 

 specialty of Interatatc Commerce questlonH, and 

 Mr. Williamson being recognized as one of 

 the foremost rate experts In the country will 

 lie In charge of that department. His services 



during the past nine years have been of in- 

 estimable value to lumber shippers. 



The Illinois Central railroad is preparing to 

 build a spur into the rich stone belt of Mon- 

 roe and Lawrence cotmties, Indiana, in which 

 Chicago and Cincinnati companies are inter- 

 ested. 



The Howard & Barber Lumber Company is 

 now eomfortabl.v quartered in a neat suite of 

 offices in the Provident Bank building. Mr. 

 Barber was formerly representative of Illing- 

 wortb. Ingham & Co., of Leeds, England, He 

 sa.vs that his former employers have been clos- 

 ing up their American contracts and will with- 

 draw from the American trade. The Howard 

 & Barber company is doing an excellent for- 

 eign business, and is also steadily building up 

 a domestic trade in hardwoods. 



Preparations for the meeting of the Hard- 

 WMuil Manufacturers' Association in January 

 are engrossing the attention of the office force 

 at the headquarters in the First National Bank 

 building. Here is one place, at least, where 

 the lumber business is "busy."' 



J. Shiels of C. F. Shiels & Co., who Is one 

 of the old-time hardwood men of the city, says 

 that business in carriage and wagon hard- 

 woods is slow, especially locally. 



One of the largest contracts in buililing lum- 

 ber that has been let in this city in recent 

 years, is that of furnishing the itimber for 

 building the molds for the new concrete grand 

 stand being erected at League Park. The 

 stand when completed will seat 30,000 people, 

 and will bo one of the finest in the world. 

 The Uimber is being furnished by The J. B. 

 Dopifcs Sons Lumber Company. It is stated 

 that more lumber is consumed in building the 

 molds than would be required to erect the 

 stands entirely of wood. 



Frank Scott will move his office to his new 

 ground on Dayton street, where he will have 

 a switch through the yards connecting with 

 the Cincinnati & Southern railroad. 



TOLEDO 



The month of November was a very quiet 

 one in the building business in Toledo as com- 

 pared with last year. During the period 102 

 permits were issued for new structures, valued 

 at $197,915, as compared with 113 permits of 

 an estimated valuation of $382,200. The sea- 

 son, as a whole, shows an increase over last 

 year, new work for the first eleven months of 

 1911 amounting to $3,580,779. as compared with 

 $3,129,451 in 1910. There is still some build- 

 ing under way and a large amount is assured 

 for the opening of spring. 



.\ concatenation of the Hoo-Hoos of northern 

 nhlo has been called by Vi<'egerent Frank 

 Spangler, to be held in Toledo, Jan. 6. Ar- 

 rangements have not yet been completed for 

 the affair, but it is expected that a couple of 

 hundred IIooIIoos will be present. The con- 

 catenation is called for initiation purposes. 

 Then' will be a banquet and a general big time 

 f<illowlng tlu- business session. 



The lOast Clinton Lumber Company is a new 

 (■oi'inu'atbm opened for business at Port Clin- 

 ton. O. The concern Is capitalized at $40,000. 

 The newly elected ollicers are Benedict Peter- 

 sen, president : Robert llelnli'In, vice-president ; 

 11. J. (Joodman, secr<tary and treasurer: IJeoige 

 Bock, manager. A planing mill will be oper- 

 ated In connection with the i)lnnt. 



The Booth Coluiun Company, mir of the leinl- 

 ing concerns of lis kind in this secibui of the 

 eounlry, will reorganize and liieorponite luider 

 Ihe laws of Olib) within the next few weeks. 

 The cone<'rn which has been doing biislni'ss In 

 Toledo for eight years has been iqieratlug under 

 a charier from Arizona, secured originally be- 

 cause of the stockholders' doubb' liability law 

 In force In Ohio at that time. The iililo law 

 has since been changed and the company will 

 become a domestic rrnporallon. The reorgan 



Ization has been temperarily delayed on account 

 of the absence of David Trotter, a member of 

 the concern, who Is making a tour around the 

 world. It is expected that the change will be 

 completed by the first of the year. 



The lumber yard and planing mill of the 

 Big Seven I.iunber Company at West .Mansfield, 

 ()., was recently burned to the ground, involv- 

 ing a loss of $5,000 with no insurance protec- 

 tion. The plant was one of the largest indus- 

 tries in the village. The fire originated In an 

 overheated stove in the office. 



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INDIANAPOLIS 



John M. Talge, president of the Talge Mahog- 

 any Com])any, has returned from a trip to 

 Jlissouri. 



Mr. and Mrs. II. li. Burnet have just re- 

 turned from a six months' trip to E'urope. 



I'nder the name of the R. S. Foster Lumber 

 Company tlie lumlier business conducted for 

 many years b.v C. C. Foster has been reorganized 

 and incoriinrated. The capitalization of the new 

 company is $25.0*10. Those interested are 

 Cbapin ('. Foster. R. S. Foster. George Miller, 

 Oscar Schmidt and R. L. Wilson. 



Building permits issited by the city the first 

 eleven months of this year were about $75,000 

 less than for the corresponding period of last 

 year. The year 1911 promises to show a loss 

 in building operations, the first year to do so 

 since the building department was organized. 



Hardwood lumliermen of the state are inter- 

 ested in a rehearing of a case involving freight 

 rates between Inilianapolis and the Missouri 

 River, now pending before Special Examiner 

 Geery of the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 in this city. 



EVANSVILLB 



T. J. Christian of :Maley & Werlz. South Bend, 

 was in tlie city visiting the home office a few 

 days this week. 



The case of Young & Cutsinger vs. the Louis- 

 ville & Nashville Railroad Company was re- 

 cently decided by tlie Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission and an order was issued giving reason 

 for not granting the request of complainants. 

 The case was based on milling-in-transit rates 

 in effect from stations on the Louisville & Nash- 

 ville railroad to Evansville. The shipments In 

 question were from Humboldt and McKenzle, 

 Tenn.. from which there were no milling-in-tran- 

 sit rates in effect at time of shipment. 



G. O. Worland, formerly of Evansville and 

 now with the Ja<'ks(ui Lumlxu* l^'oinpany of Jack- 

 son, Tenn.. was in the city this week. 



The next meeting of the Evansville Lumber- 

 men's Club will be held at the New Vcndomc 

 hotel on 'I'uesday, Dec. 12. 



IT. J. Schaefer of Y'oung & Cutsinger of Jack- 

 son. Tenn., was in the city last week. Mr. 

 Schaefer says prospects for business are brighter 

 than foi some time, and that November was the 

 best month they have had this year. 



KNOXVILLB 



v.. 1.. Edwards <.l Unyton. ().. was a visitor 

 In Ibis clly this wei>k l.iokliig after the Interests 

 of bis concern. 



Col. G. T. Cobbett of the firm of Cobbett & 

 i'o., large wholesaler limiber merchants and ex- 

 porters of London, Kng., was a guest in this clly 

 last week. 



I.d Maphet of Ihe Logan-Maiiln't I.unibi'r 

 Coinpany has been In Clnclniiall during thi' last 

 week looking after business In that vicinity. 



The Dunn Brothers Lumber Company of Wal- 

 laiul, Tenn., Is opiuallng new mills hi this vicin- 

 ity anil Is cutting cimslderahle oak and white 

 pine. Most of Its product Is consumed by the 

 Knoxville market. 



