HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The sawmill o£ the Forman-Earle Company of 

 Heidelberg, Ky.. was destroyed by five reeenlly 

 with a loss of between $30,000 and $40,000, pari- 

 ty insured. The plant is owned by lumbermen 

 of Detroit, Mieh. 



The Maysvillc (Ky.) Noyelty Company has 

 completed its plant at Second and Bridge streets 

 and is working full capacity. The machinery is 

 of the most modern type and is operated by 

 electricity. The plant will turn out wooden 

 flower pots made of willow. 



The entire property of the bankrupt Washing- 

 ton Manufacturing & Mining Company of I'arks 

 Ferry, Ky., was sold recently at auction, netting 

 about $20,000. The Deposit Bank of Parks Ferry 

 acquired twenty acres of land, on which is lo- 

 cated a plauing-mill and a sawmill, besides 

 numerous buildings. Lumber merchants pur- 

 •chased 2S6 stacks of lumber. Holdings of real 

 estate and timber in Morgan county, Kentucky, 

 were also bought by the Deposit Bank. The sale 

 will be effective with the conlirmation of A. M. 

 Cox, referee. 



The Paducah Cooperage Company, Taducah, 

 Ky.. has filed amended articles of incorporation, 

 <lecreaBing its capital stock to $12,5,000. 



ST. LOUIS 



The Central Illinois Lumber Company, of Belle- 

 ville, 111., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $42,000. The incorporators are Francis 

 B. Carr, C. A. Ewing, B. \Y. Zimmermann, N. C. 

 Zimmermann and Lee Montgomery. The Central 

 Illinois Fence Company tiled articles of incor- 

 poration at the same time, with the same incorpo- 

 rators excepting Francis B. Carr. Its capital 

 stock is $3,000. 



Walter L. Jones Ivis been added to the travel- 

 ing staJf of the F. G. Hanley Cypress Company, 

 to cover southern Illinois and tributary country, 

 where he is well known and popular. 



A good demand for almost all lines on the 

 hardwood list is reported by the Chas. V. 

 Lnehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company. The only 

 drawback to business is the weather. When that 

 becomes more pleasant tiJide will certainly pick 

 up. 



Stannard & Sumner, who started in the whole- 

 .sale lumber business a few weeks ago, are having 

 a nice run of business. The firm represents in 

 St. Louis, Kile & Morgan of Providence, R. I. ; 

 the Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company, of Rhine- 

 land. Wis., and the Craig Mountain Lumber Com- 

 pany, of Spokane. Wash. Mr. Stannard has been 

 connected with the American Car & Foundry Com- 

 pany, of Jacksonville, Ind., and the G. W. Jones 

 Lumber Company. Mr. Summer has been iden- 

 tified with such well-known lumber firms as the 

 Massengale Lumber Company, and the Steele & 

 Hibbard Lumber Company. 



The factory of the National Chair Company 

 will move from its present quarters. Main and 

 Spruce streets, to a four-story building at Main 

 and Clark avenue, as soon as alterations on the 

 new building are completed. 



In the monthly letter to the members of the 

 Lumbermen's Exchange by Secretary George Mc- 

 Blair. he calls attention to the inspection depart- 



ment of the exchange, which during the unusual 

 si'vi'rity of this winter has been frequently idle. 

 Wliili- .lanuary. 1912. he states, is within 45,000 

 I'eri of the corresponding month last year, X'^eb- 

 ruary is materially behind, inspections for the 

 month totalling :!60,i)41 feet, compared with 639,- 

 U:i4 feet last February. 



MILWAUKEE 



The J. S. Stearns Lumber Company of Odanah 

 and Washburn, Wis., has been granted the right 

 to transfer logs cut on the Bad River reservation 

 to \^*ashburn for sawing. The permission was 

 granted at a special council of Indians at Odanah 

 called by the gnverumi-nt agent. The grant means 

 Ihat the big Washburn mill of the Stearns com- 

 pany will continue in operation for some time to 

 come. 



The Iron River Lumber Company at Iron River. 

 Wis., has started operations for the 1912 season. 

 The cut during March and April will be confined 

 to hardwood and hemlock. 



Camps throughout northern Wisconsin have 

 practically all been broken up. Small forces are 

 still on the job to load steam haulers, which are 

 now in general use. The winter has been espe- 

 cially favorable to loggers, although the early 

 snows prevented work on marshes and in swamps. 

 This has resulted in a small shortage of cedar 

 and hemlock. Hemlock is believed to be ready 

 for a decided advance because of the small amount 

 of logging. Dealers are holding their liemlock on 

 the theory that the timber cannot go lower. 



The Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company has 

 disposed of all equipment in its Chippewa Falls 

 plant and the yards have been cleaned out. It is ^ 

 believed that the buildings will be moved or razed 

 in the spring to make room for the proposed ex- 

 tensions of the Omaha road. 



W. H. Bissell and son, Frank H. Bissell of the 

 Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Company. Wausau. and 

 W. D. W^heeler, purchasing agent and business 

 manager of the Vollmar & Below Company of 

 Marshfield, are organizing a $25,000 company to 

 do a wholesale lumber business. The headquarters 

 will be at Marshfield. 



The W. J. Durham Lumber Company of Wau- 

 toma, Wis., has equipped its planing mill for the 

 manufacture of silos. All contracts for lumber 

 have been placed. 



Caspar Faust of Oshkosh, Wis., has purchased 

 the right and title of lien holders in the sawmill 

 of the Antigo Lumber Company of Antigo. to- 

 gether with the real estate. The mill will be re- 

 opened and operated to full capacity. 



The Racine Manufacturing Company of Racine, 

 Wis., manufacturer of automobile bodies, piano 

 stools, etc., is considering the erection of several 

 new buildings this year because of the large 

 increase in its business. The company is capi- 

 talized at $800,000. Two years ago the entire 

 plant was destro.yed by fire, but a plant much 

 larger than the original is now established. 



The Paul H. Smyth Lumber Company, Kenosha. 

 Wis., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $25,000. The incorporators are Peter Fischer, 

 Jr., Irving Tower and S. A. Longbridge. 



CHICAGO 



The apparent shortage in various lines of dry 

 hardwood lumber, and the extreme difficult.v in 

 deliveries of late, have evidently had a very 

 stimulating effect on inquiries in the local mar- 

 ket. Buyers seem to realize. that there is a pos- 

 sibility not only of higher prices, but of actual 

 difficulty in securing certain lines of hardwood 



stock. As a consequence orders are of an in- 

 creasingly large volume. 



Generally speaking, the sentiment in Chicago 

 is decidedly cheerful. Prices are not particu- 

 larly higher than they were, but there is every 

 reason to believe that they soon will be. The 

 presidential mix-up seems to be considered en- 

 tirely beside the question as far as business Is 

 concerned. There is no disposition to admit the 



possibility that the coming nominations and elec- 

 tions will have a demoralizing influence. 



One Chicago lumberman recently said that t^e 

 way orders are coming in was a relief and that 

 he had not found it as ea.sy to get business since 

 lOOG and 1907. 



It certainly seems that the period of mere 

 spasmodic improvement is over, and that the 

 improved situation, as it exists today, will 

 ^tiadily uiow and be nourished into really "good 

 liusiness conditions." 



NEW YORK 



The loc-al hardwood market shows a very fair 

 volume of trade. Wholesalers are enjoying a 

 good run of business due to the short supplies in 

 the hands of buyers, but trade runs largely on 

 the hand-to-mouth order. Stocks, especially in 

 good lumber, are scarce at mill points, but prices 

 are strong. However, the feeling is general 

 among the holders of hardwood lumber that the 

 spring market will be very stiff, which belief is 

 !>orne out by the reports of buyers returning 

 froiu producing and wholesaling centers. Plain 

 oak in good shipping condition is scarce and 

 prices are showing an upward tendency. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood trade is fair considering the 

 very unfavorable weather conditions. Shipments 

 are coming in slowly, as the railroads report a 

 lack of sufficient cars to keep lumber moving 

 with any degree of promptness. Many orders 

 have been postponed until better weather pre- 

 vails, and when these arrive there should be 

 enough business to make the yards quite active. 

 Most hardwoods are manifesting firmness and in 

 some places there is much strength. Plain oak, 

 maple and birch are moving well. A little more 

 activity is being displayed in basswood. Low- 

 grade poplar is stronger than a short time ago. 

 Chestnut, elm and ash are in good request. 



PHILADELPHIA 



There has been no salient change in the hard- 

 wood situation during the last fortnight. Stocks 

 of the standard grades continue scarce and prices 

 are well maintained. The lower grades of hard- 

 woods have stiffened in value, and the demand has 

 considerably increased, but a scarcity in many 

 lines is noticeable. Although there has been a 

 slight reduction in sales compared with the latter 

 part of January, a surprising volume of lumber 

 has heen moved considering the adverse weather 

 conditions, and sales have been made at an ad- 

 vanced profit. A view of the situation on all 

 sides serves to strengthen the growing opinion 

 that a substantial trading may be looked for soon. 

 Oak continues in good demand. Chestnut is 

 active, and sound wormy shows improvement. 

 Poplar is gaining a little, but is slow to become 

 a leader ; the low grades show more life. Ash is 

 picking up. Tupelo and red gum are in good call 

 and cypress continues steady. 



PITTSBURGH 



Industrially the situation in the Pittsburgh dis- 

 trict continues to improve. This is bound to 

 affect the hardwood business favorably a little 

 later on — in fact, with the situation of the coal 

 strike just now about to take place April 1, activi- 

 ties are such as to bring forth larger inquiries and 

 orders for good hardwood, particularly in rail- 

 road and trolley construction work and mill build- 

 ing. Hardw'ood men in general think the situa- 

 tion is much better than last year, particularly 

 as to inquiries and prospective business from the 

 implement, vehicle and furniture manufacturers. 

 The yard trade is, of course, waiting on the 

 weather. 



