HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Handy Things Company of Ludington, Mich., 

 and the wood products business of R. Alden 

 & Sons ot Bruce, Wis. The company will now 

 increase its output and will manufacture wood 

 turnings and enamel handles in addition to its 

 previous line. 



The Bekkedal Lumber Company of Couderay 

 has purchased 40,000.000 feet of standing tim- 

 ber on the Couderay Indian reservation. About 

 half the timber is hemlock, the balance being 

 birch, basswood, oak and pine. The timber 

 will be sawed in the company's two hardwood 

 mills at Couderay and in the two small saw- 

 mills on the reservation. 



The Christenson Manufacturing Company of 

 Neenah, manufacturer of staves and heading, 

 has made a voluntary assignment for the benefit 

 of its creditors. Nominal assets are given at 

 $15,000. while unsecured claims are scheduled 

 at $G.0O0. Arthur D. Paul of Xeenah has been 

 named assignee. 



SAOINAW VALLEY 



The weather has l)oeu moderately cool since 

 early in November, and there is plenty of snow 

 in the woods for log hauling. About the aver- 

 age quantity of hardwood timber will be cut 

 during the winter. 



The plant of the II. M. Loud's Sons Company 

 at AuSable was wiped out by tire in July last. 

 A clean sweep was made ot the two mills, lum- 

 ber on dock and in the yards. About 5.000,000 

 feet of logs were left in the river and these the 

 company has taken out and shipped by rail to 

 Bay City, where they are being manufactured hy 

 the Kneeland-Bigelow Company and Ross & 

 Wentworth. The Loud company has some 50.- 

 000,000 feet of standing timber on the tribu- 

 taries of the AuSable and has been figuring to 

 obviate the necessity of building another mill. 

 Last week the company closed a deal for the 

 sale of the greater portion of its logs to be put 

 in this winter by two camps of one hundred men 

 to Koss & Wentworth, and it is intimated the 

 buyers are likely to arrange to take the greater 

 portion of the remaining standing timber. It 

 will be railed to Bay City. 



The two Kneeland-Bigelow sawmill plants at 

 Bay City will put out a little over 40.000.000 

 feet of manufactured flooring. The company 

 has been furnishing the S. L. Eastman Flooring 

 Company of Saginaw S.000.000 tjp 12,000.000 

 feet of maple lumber for flooring the last two 

 years. 



The Gates sawmill at Bay City is manufac- 

 turing .3.000.000 feet of lumher for the Lobdell 

 & Churchill Company of Onaway. The logs are 

 hauled to Bay City by the Michigan Central. 



The hardwood sawmill of T. E. Douglas & Co. 

 at Loyells, on the Lewiston branch of the 

 Michigan Central, north of Bay City, was re- 

 cently destroyed by fire, involving a loss of 

 about .$8,000, with an insurance of $5,000. It 

 is the second time the mill has burned within 

 a recent period. 



The Mershon-Bacon Company. Bay City, is 

 manufacturing a largo quantity of hex material 

 from hardwood cull lumber. The plant has had 

 a busy season. 



The hardwood plants on. the river have been 

 operated steadily for months, the conditions for 

 the hardwood trade having been exceptionally 

 good. 



Knapp & Scott at Bay City have been operating 

 day and night shifts through the season, cutting 

 lumber for the Ward estate. A considerable por- 

 tion of the manufactured stock goes into the 

 Hanson-Ward Veneer Company's plant. 



CADILLAC 



Murphy & Diggins have bought a block of 

 thirty-five acres of timber of Lewis Nelson in 

 Cherry Grove township, which they will cut and 

 haul to this city and manufacture at their mill. 



.\. f. Anderson, who some time ago liovight 

 a large block of the Ward timber in Antrim and 

 Otsego counties, states that he is not in a hurry 

 to manufacture it, as he believes the timber 

 will be worth more money a year or so from 

 now than it is at the present time. Mr. Ander- 

 son expects to return to Seattle. Wash., shortly, 

 where he will remain with his family this win- 

 ter, returning here next spring. 



The Cadillac Veneer Company's plant is being 

 pushed to Its capacity in order to take care of 

 the orders for its customers. The company's 

 veneers are of a high quality and demand good 

 prices all over the country. 



Mrs. D. F. Diggins and F. A. Diggins of 

 Cadillac have recently exchanged residences, Jlr. 

 and Mrs. F. A. Diggins moving into the large 

 brick house built by the late Delos F. Diggins 

 several years ago. Mrs. D. F. Diggins contem- 

 plates a new residence on the site of the F. A. 

 Diggins' propert,T, w'hich was formerly the home 

 of Wellington W. Cummer. 



Heap & Sons of Grand Haven have built an 

 addition to their factory preparatory to install- 

 ing a new fireless cooker plant, for which they 

 are to receive a bonus of $5,000 from the board 

 of trade. They will move their plant from Mus- 

 kegon to Grand Haven. 



A. E. Carrier Sons' Company of Ludington 

 plans to build a permanent dam at Hamlin Lake. 

 Work was commenced this fall, but it has l)een 

 suspended on account of winter setting in. This 

 dam will not only insure protection to the prop- 

 erty owners adjacent, but will also form the 

 basis of a water power that will he of great 

 service to Ludington and vicinity. 



The Corl Piano Company of Battle Creek has 

 been purchased by Henry Beckman, Charles C. 



(ircen. Attorney George Mechem and Vice-Presi- 

 dent Morton of the City Bank ot Battle Creek 

 lor an investment. 



A large amount of Jlichigan Birdseye maple 

 goes to France each -year to be used in manu- 

 facturing furniture. This maple is shipped from 

 the Crystal Falls district of the Menominee 

 range. Birdseye maple is very scarce and it 

 sells as it stands in the tree at $25 a thousand, 

 a figure that is largely increased by the time the 

 logs are cut and transmitted to the railroad 

 tracks. 



(iwinn. Mich., is to have a hoop factory with 

 a capacity of 2.000.000 hoops a year. The hoops 

 will he made of ash. hemlock and cedar, of 

 which varieties of timber there are large sup- 

 plies in that district. Henry Luke is at the 

 head of the concern and will employ from twenty 

 to thirty men. 



The South Shore Cedar Company has been 

 organized and a new lease of life given to the 

 town of Dollarville, Luce county. M. R. Bissell 

 of Escanaba Is president of the new company. 

 The company will manufacture cedar ties, 

 shingles and other cedar products and will also 

 produce pulpwood. Camps are already in opera- 

 tion. The company has enough timber for a 

 five years' cut and more cedar is available in the 

 district. 



Fifty years ago the Ford River Lumber Com- 

 pany started operations in Delta county, and 

 has just sawed its last log. The Ford River 

 Lumber Company was organized in 1860 and has 

 cut many million feet of lumber and vast quan- 

 tities of shingles and other products since that 

 time, but now has exhausted its timber, and as 

 soon as the books are closed this month the 

 company will go out of existence. 



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CmCAQO 



Local hardwood trade is in fair volume for 

 this time of year. Stocks in the hands of yard 

 men are getting to be considerably broken, and 

 it seems to be hard to replenish certain items at 

 a price on which dealers believe they can secure 

 a reasonable profit. 



The hardwood flooring manufacturers are only 

 reasonably busy, and there is a considerable ac- 

 cumulation of both maple and oak flooring in 

 warehouses. 



Interior finish manufacturers are not very 

 crowded with orders, but still there is a fair 

 business. 



Furniture manufacturers are reasonably busy, 

 notably finishing tip orders induced hy the holi- 

 day trade, but there is not a great volume of 

 business in sight. Buying generally is from the 

 hand-to-mouth variety for local use. 



There is an increased call for oak car and 

 other railroad material, but prices are ranging 

 very low. On the whole the hardwood market is 

 in very good shape, considering the time of year, 

 although the margins of profit are still very 

 unsatisfactory. 



cak is still plentiful, and prices are fairly well 

 held. The hardwood flooring market is strong, 

 and there is a fair movement ot stock for 

 export. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood trade is displaying a little 

 less activity than it did last month. Buyers 

 are holding off just at present on account of 

 the inventory season heing so near. It is ex- 

 pected that the volume of business for this 

 month will not show up very large. At the 

 same time quite a number of yards are report- 

 ing that their year's business is ahead of that 

 of 1910. 



Plain oak prices are holding quite firm, and 

 quartered oak is bringing fair prices in the 

 higher grades, though trade in it is small. 

 Birch and maple continue to sell at about the 

 same strong prices. Ash. chestnut and elm 

 are in fair demand. Poplar is rather quiet, 

 especially wide stock. 



PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 



There has been a much better tone to the 

 hardwood market during the past fortnight. 

 Tliere has been better inquir.v and a larger vol- 

 ume of orders placed, but buying is still con- 

 fined very largely to actual needs. Stocks in 

 good lumher are not over-plentiful, and while the 

 low-grade market could he stronger, the general 

 situation seems to he fair. Ash and basswood 

 are moving well. Plain oak is strong, and 

 birch and maple are moving freely. Quartered 



The month of November has shown a tan- 

 gible improvement in the lumber business. The 

 limited buying, so much deplored, shows signs 

 of changing to more liberal orders and for 

 future shipment, many of them being placed 

 for delivery up to May, 1912. Much of the 

 buying, however, still continues on a quick- 

 delivery basis. 



Although it is reported of the hardwood 

 end, that values in some lines are a little un- 

 steady prices generally are well maintained, 

 and there is no disposition on the part of the 

 manufacturers to force the market. Those who 

 have wisely familiarized themselves with the 



