HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Chicago Lumbermeu's Club Organized 



Chicago lumbermen assembled in the conven- 

 tion hall of the Auditorium hotel on Thursday, 

 Jan. 18, for the purpose of organizing a trade 

 club for purely social purposes. About tifty of 

 the local fraternity were present, with Robert H. 

 Gillespie in the chair, and E. H. Klann acting 

 secretary. A total of 187 names was listed as 

 charter members of the club. Most of the busi- 

 ness done was necessarily merely preliminary in 

 its nature. It was definitely decided that the 

 name of the association should be The Lumber- 

 men's Club of Chicago. It was further decided 

 positively to close applications for charter mem- 

 berships on Feb. 13, after which time an addi- 

 tional initiation fee of $50 will be charged. 



The chair was authorized to appoint commit- 

 tees to draw up a constitution and by-laws, and 

 to locate suitable quarters for the club after 

 its final organization. 



A second meeting is to be called in about two 

 weeks, at which time the formal establishment 

 of the club will take place. E. E. Hooper, sec- 

 retary of the Lumbermen's Association of Chi- 

 cago, was elected chairman of the general com- 

 mittee on organization. 



Change in Working System 



The ilcMullen-Powel! Lumber Company is 

 the name of a hardwood company just organ- 

 ized in Chicago, with headquarters at 1103 

 Cliamber of Commerce, to conduct a general 

 jobbing business in hardwood lumber, the 

 managerial head of which is F. B. McMullen. 



This organization is an allied house of the 

 Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 South Bend. Ind., and is made to give just 

 recognition to Mr. McMuIien, who has been in 

 charge of the company's sales in this section 

 of the country, with Chicago as his head- 

 quarters, for several years. 



The company, under Mr. McMullen's direc- 

 tion, will take over the sales end in this dis- 

 trict of the Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber 

 Company, South Bend, Ind. : of the Powell- 

 Meyers Lumber Company. South Bend. Ind.. 

 dealer in car stock material, and of the Hol- 

 lister-French Lumber Company, South Bend. 

 Ind.. dealer in northern hardwood, and will 

 also do an independent hardwood jobbing busi- 

 ness. 'The oflicers of the concern are C. G. 

 Powell, president : F. B. McMullen. vice-presi- 

 dent and general manager, and F. J. Roys, 

 socrr'tary and treasurer. 



Mr. McMullen is well and favorably known 

 in the local trade, and this organization is not 

 only a recognition of his abilities by the parent 

 house, but will give him an opportunity to 

 broaden his operations. Mr. McMullen's many 

 friends will wish him increased success in his 

 new departure. 



Meeting New Orleans Lumbermen's Club 



The first meeting u£ the Lumbermen's Club 

 for 1912 was held Tuesday evening. Jan. 9, at 

 the Gem restaurant. After an enjoyable din- 

 ner the meeting was called to order by President 

 Haymann, who extended a New Year's greeting 

 to the club and its members. He also read a 

 communication from ex-President Iloshall ex- 

 pressing his regret at being unable to be present 

 and extending good wishes of tlie season. 



The treasurer reported a healthy condition of 

 the club's finances. 



Chairman Foxley of the membership committee 

 reported favorably upon the name Oi A. E. 

 Boadle, who was elected to membership. 



BIr. Terriberry made a lengthy address upon 

 the matter of representation on the Public Belt 

 Commission, outlining the course he thought 

 should be taken to press the matter further. 

 Among other things, lie suggested that , the club , 

 should incorporate. The matter was left to 

 the executive board, whicli had previously been 

 given authority to take steps to that end. -Dis- 

 cussion developed a general disposition to con- 

 tinue elforts to secure representation on the Belt 



Commission ; the situation was canvassed thor- 

 oughly and a plan of campaign mapped out, the 

 work being apportioned among the various mem- 

 bers. 



The secretary then read the reply received 

 from the Dock Board relative to suggestions 

 made by the club in the matter of the lumber 

 wharf. As that question was under considera- 

 tion by the finance committee of that body, the 

 secretary was instructed to communicate with 

 the board further and endeavor to arrange for 

 a conference. 



The question of payment of dues was brought 

 up. It was suggested that a return be made to 

 the former rule of paying monthly instead of 

 quarterly, as at present. A constitutional amend- 

 ment being necessary, notice was given that at 

 ihe next meeting of the club a motion would be 

 made to amend the constitution to that effect. 

 .\ suggestion was then made that a portion of 

 the funds of the club be set aside as a reserve 

 fund to meet extraordinary expenses. After dis- 

 cussion a motion prevailed that the setting aside 

 of such a reserve be left to the discretion of the 

 executive hoard. 



K IS. McMUl.r.EN. VK'E-I'RESIDEXT McMUl 



LENIOWELI. LIMBER COMPANY, 



CHICAGO. 



The chair called attention to the vacancy exist- 

 ing in the chairmanship of the law and insur- 

 ance committee, on account of the election of 

 Mr. Toung as first vice-president, and the chair- 

 manship of the statistics and publicity commit- 

 tee by the removal of Mr. Tully. and stated that 

 an election was in order to fill such vacancies. 

 Byron Black was elected chairman of the law 

 and insurance committee, and James Boyd was 

 elected chairman of the statistics and publicity 

 committee. 



Notice was given that at the next meeting of 

 the club a motion would be made to amend the 

 constitution making the dues of non-resident 

 members one dollar a month. 



Building Operations for December and the 

 Past Year 



Reports from fifty building centers through- 

 out the United States, which have been regularly 

 quoted by The American Contractor. (Hiicago. 

 as a barometer for the activities in the build- 

 ing industry, show a decline of fifteen pm- cent 

 for the past year as compared with 191 ri. The 

 same cities show an aggregate loss of sixteen 

 per cent for December last, as compared with 

 December, 1910. The losses and gains in the 

 cities listed are about equally divided. The 

 principal gains for the year were made in Cam- 

 bridge, 24 : Cincinnati, 67 : Cleveland. 21 : Dallas. 

 ;;i : Evansville. ,12; Hartford. 29: Louisville, 



112 : Milwaukee, 2.j : New Haven, 33. The 

 principal gains for December were : Baltimore, 

 78 ; Bridgeport, 95 ; Buffalo, 185 ; Cambridge, 

 128 ; Cleveland, 225 ; New Haven, 290 ; Pater- 

 son, 73 ; Rochester, 113 ; Scranton, 93. Par- 

 ticulars will be found in the following tables : 

 December, December, 



1911. 1910. Per Cent 



City. Cost. Cost. Gain.Loss 



.\tlantu ? 324, 67S $ 650,658 .. 50 



Baltimore 702,810 394,625 78 . . 



Birmingham 102,277 299,480 .. 65 



Bridgeport 152,000 ■ 77,575 95 . . 



Buffalo 1.304.000 4S8,000 185 . . 



Cambridge 183,175 80,050 128 .. 



Chic ISO 6,805,300 12,287,900 . . 44 



Cedar Riipids 238,000 800,000 .. 70 



Cincinnati 694.560 333,145 .. .. 



Clevelanil 2,3.30.800 715.035 225 . . 



Columbus 129.637 481,810 .. 73 



Dallas 163,710 374,728 . . 56 



Denver 370.150 439.245 .. 15 



Detroit 1.083.700 1,480,155 .. 26 



Duluth 97,010 155,375 . . 37 



ICvansville 75,235 94,353 . . 20 



Crand Rapids 117.522 111.210 5 .. 



Hartford 206.130 245.830 .. 16 



Indianapolis 759.418 559,699 35 



Kansas City 436.800 1.005.920 . . 56 



Los Angeles 1,431,525 1,472.791 .. 2 



Louisville 222.720 153.750 44 .. 



Manchester 58,715 78,400 .. 25 



Memphis 315.000 460,825 . . 31 



Milwaukee 794,089 496,173 60 .. 



Minneapolis 400.225 575,2.30 . . 30 



Nashville 33.053 35.325 . . 6 



Newark 814,124 2,482,701 .. 67 



New Haven 257,320 91,320 290 . . 



Manhattan 7.1S8.121 7,175.977 1 .. 



Brooklyn 2.618,949 1,988,888 31 . . 



Bronx 2. 180,230 870,950 160 . . 



New Yolk 11,897.300 10,035.815 19 . . 



Oakland 517.539 420,612 23 . . 



Oklahoma Cit.v 146.855 206,710 . . 28 



Omaha 164,000 110,850 47 .. 



Pateison 128.113 73,813 73 .. 



Pittsburgh 867.419 638,364 35 . . 



Portland. Ore 1.293,526 4,720,420 .. 72 



Rochester 696,005 325.845 113 .. 



St. Louis 6.35,408 836.879 .. 24 



Salt Lake Citv 35.600 240,300 .. 85 



San Francisco 1.207.420 958,758 25 . . 



scranton 227.325 116,250 95 . . 



Seattle 326.890 752,503 . . 56 



Spokane 74,080 134.650 . . 44 



Tacoma 88,565 111,703 . . 20 



Toledo 141,757 824,171 ... 82 



Wilkes-Bnrre £16.698 165,873 30 .. 



Worcester 287.017 218.176 31 . . 



Total $39,745,213 $47,813,790 .. 16 



1911. 1910. Per Cent 



Citv. Cost. Cost. Gain.Loss. 



.\tlanta .? 6.215.900 $ 7.405.E50 .. 16 



Baltimore 9.32n..S33 9,798,312 .. 4 



Biiiiiirgl.am 3..5.'\4.1.57 3.524.053 1 .. 



lUidgeport 2.4.3S.552 2,267,488 7 . . 



Buffalo 10.364.000 9,222,000 12 . . 



Cambridge 2,903,.525 2.341.425 24 



Chicago 105.209.700 96.932.700 8 . . 



Cedar Rapids 2.021.450 2,608,050 . . 22 



Cincinnati 13.484.923 8.048.010 67 . . 



Cleveland 16.094.677 . 13,948.413 21 . . 



Columbus 4,668.242 3.124.828 . . 8 



Dallas 5.523.373 4,199,040 31 .. 



Denver 6,084.260 11.319.933 . . 46 



Detroit 19,012,639 17,515,945 S . . 



Duluth 2.563.338 13,311,264 . . SO 



Evansville 2,006,966 1,317.010 52 . . 



Grand Rapids 2.508.714 2,255.621 11 . . 



Hartford 5.896.244 4.541.979 29 .. 



Indianapolis 8.349,477 8,194,311 1 .. 



Kansas Citv 13.310.791 13,783.196 . . 3 



Los Angeles 23,004.185 21.684.100 6 .. 



Louisville 8.951,123 3,690.032 142 . . 



Manchester 1.486,781 1.334.530 11 .. 



Memphis 5.859.146 6.2S0.498 . . 6 



Milwaukee 12.336.098 9.797,581 25 . . 



Minneapolis 13.735.285 14.363.830 ... 4 



Nashville 1.209,609 1.623.79G . . 25 



Newark 10.975.334 13.394.812 . . IS 



New Haven 5.868.519 4.386.065 33 . . 



Manhattan 11L290.40S 108.643.096 2 .. 



Brooklyn 37,711.067 39.796.840 .. 5 



Bronx 24,413..307 45.432.530 . . 46 



N(w York 17.3.414.782 193.872.465 .. 10 



Oakland 7.118.197 7.078.635 1 .. 



Oklahoma Citv ... 2.S2S.150 3.493.203 .. 4S 



Omaha 5.426.863 6.250.988 . . 13 



Paterson 2.263.597 2.199.756 2 .. 



Pitt'lburgh 11.706.898 12.790..599 . . 8 



Portland. Ore 17.419.090 19.766.998 .. 11 



Rochester 9,3.89,775 10.082.528 . . 6 



St. Louis 18.607.333 19,600.063 . . 5 



Salt Lake City 3.159.600 4,461,400 .. 29 



San Francisco 20.915.474 20.508.556 2 . . 



Scranton 1.7,33.870 2.085.948 . . 15 



Seattle 7.491.156 17.163.080 .. 56 



Spokane 3.314.780 5.883.484 . . 44 



Tacoma 1.707.644 2,685.051 . . 36 



Toledo 3,722,5.36 3.933.622 . . 3 



Wilkes-Barre 2.104.277 2.052,180 2 .. 



Worcester 5,002,985 4.304,207 16 . . 



Total $550,272,098 $633,648,557 .. 15 



•Pnhitli. $10,000,000 steel works permit issued 1910. 



■Veteran Lumberman Dies 



L. II. Gage, widely known as a pioneer in 



the lumber business, died at the Vcndome ho- 

 tel. Chicago, on Jan. 12. The cause of his 



