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HARDWOOD RECORD 



maplo, birch, dm and other hardwoods in its pond to l^eep running until 

 winter. 



The Randolph Wagon Woi-I;s Company will d^'liver from 6,000 to 8,000 

 wagons during the next year according to the plans made at the meeting 

 of the officials. J. J. Blochwitz was elected president : C. E. Hutchinson, 

 vice-president ; R. F. Eoberts, secretary ; Wm. Pritcbard, treasurer : 

 Charles Anspach, Ownc Pritchard, K. T. Uoberts, O. A. Sasada and James 

 E. Barstow, directors. 



The sawmill and 4,000 feet of lumber belonging to .Julius Streblow and 

 located on the Little Twin lake was recently destroyed by fire when 

 lightning struck the mill. 



WA NT E D 



All Kinds of High-Grade 



HARDWOODS 



S. E. SLAYMAKER & CO. 



Representing: Fifth Avenue Buil<l!n<r 



WEST VIRGINIA SPRUCE LUMBER CO., '^""^ Kn-i.^VUnii *' 



CasB, West Virginia. NEW YORK 



Kentucky Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, RED AND SAP 

 GUM, ASH, CHESTNUT, BASS- 

 WOOD, HEMLOCK, WHITE PINE 



Mills at 



Bumside, Ky. Williamsburg, Kj . 



Isola, Miss. 



Sales Office 

 Cincinnati, O. 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



MANUF.*CTURERS 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock 



Band Sawed Slock RIDGWAY 



PENNSYLVANIA 



MILL FACILITIES 

 COMPLETE PLANING 



AT HALF PRICE 



STEAM SKIDDER 



AND LOADER COMBINED 



Clyde Modern Equipment. Used 

 about sixty days. Operations dis- 

 continued. No further use for it 



For Particulars Write 



GOGEBIC LUMBER CO. 



GRAND RAPIOS, MICH. 



The sawmill o£ the Bergland Luraher Company. Milwaukee, burned re- 

 cently at Bei'sland, Mich., on Lake Gogebic. The loss o£ Jf-^o.OOO is 

 nearly covered by insurance. 



The Suburban Lumber Compsny, Thirty-third .street and Villard avenue. 

 North Milwaukee, suffered a lots o£ $20,000 by fire recently. A shed and 

 a half of lumber was destroyed, the fire probably starting from cinders. 

 William J. Koerper is president of the company. The loss is corered by 

 insurance. 



The Hardwood Market 



-< CHICAGO >■ 



The quiet tone of the local market conliuues without auy particularly 

 prominent features. Nothing of a drastic nature has occurred to give the- 

 local trade cause for undue alarm, nevertheless the local buying element 

 does not seem to be in the market under present conditions for any large 

 purchases. l"his does' not mean that they arc not using a considerable 

 (juantity of lumber, for the.v are buying a good deal of stock mostly for 

 immediate shipment. In fact, a great many of the orders taken within the 

 last few weeks hy the local trade have been marked "rush" and are 

 designed for iuunediate use. 



It is probably a fact that finances have more to do with the present 

 state of trade than anything el.se, as almost without exception Chicago 

 lumbermen are reporting collections to l)e in very poor shape. The logical 

 deduction from this fact is that the buying trade is not overburdened 

 with any undue suri)lus of cash. Their ordinary policy under these 

 circumstances is to invest as little money as i>ossiI>le in raw material, as 

 there is not much chance of the general prices of lumber rising, while on 

 the other hand tliey feel that they are not losing anything hy waiting in 

 the hope tiiat prices will break. 



So far the general run of sales does not show any general depression 

 of market values, and it is the prediction tliat trade will continue on the 

 present basis for five or .six weeks, and that the fall will see a. very 

 marked improvement. 



The factory trade has been In very fair shape as far as its own business 

 is concerned, although It did not report any remarkable orders. On the 

 whole, however, it is not depressed and it is safe to assume that the 

 predictions of excellent fall business of the ma.jiu'iiy of the lumljcrmen of 

 tills market will become a fact. 



=-< NEW YORK y 



The local hardwood market reflects the dullness that has Iweu evident 

 in other lines of lumber for the past two or three months, though to a 

 lesser degree. The financial condition is having its effect on the lumber 

 trade, and banks are refusing to make building loans. While Ibis affects 

 the building lines in lumber more than it does the hardwood end, never- 

 theless this action on the part of the hanks is responsible for the in- 

 activity in tiie local trim manufacturing trade and lend.s to curtail the 

 consumption of hardwood lumber. Some are Inclined to believe that 

 greater New York is at present overbuilt, while others think the action 

 of the banks is due more to political conditions. 



Hardwood prices in most cases remain unchanged btit for the first 

 time in a great many months plain oak shows a decline. The reduction 

 in the price of this stock, however, is only slight and is traceable to mill 

 conditions which, report has it, show more and better stocks on hand. 

 Some items of mai)le flooring are also quoted lowi-r than a month ago, 

 but with these exceptions the list remains unrhMiued and no complaint 

 is made of going prices. 



=-< BUFFALO y 



Some of the members of the local lumber trade are inclined to com- 

 plain of the rather slow movement of the trade, but others agree that 

 being midsummer It is good enough. Still others are expressing th,» 

 belief that the slackest part of the season is alread.v over. They say that 

 the fttrniture exposition reports are especially encouraging and if Con- 

 gress would only get its work done and go home the crops would restore 

 entire confidence in business generally, and lumber would sell briskly. 



There are a few members of the Buffalo trade who feel that they can 

 afford to mass up all the stock they can find. They say that the amount 

 iif it, especially hardwood, in sight is small and when the fall trade sets 

 In it will take all tlii' surplus, if it is as active as thi\v lliink it will be. 

 t.'ertain good hardwood salesmen are coming home from eastern trips and 

 reporting a good list of orders, all of which looks good. 



The demand for hardwood flooring is decidedly active. Cypress is dull 

 and there is iH)t much moveiiient of most I'aclfic coast woods, although 

 California and Idaho pines are moving pretty well. Prices are stationary, 

 as they usually are In summer, for it seldom pays to urge sales by cutting 

 the price. Plain oak leads as usual. The demand for ash and maple is 

 good, but elm and hasswood move slowly. There is B, good activity In 

 I'ennsylvania hardwoods niul hemlock moves at a good rate. 



