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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



derfully strong at the present time and tliat 

 all indications point to improvement in the 

 near future. He, along with the others in 

 this niarlcpt, i.s paying the greatest atten- 

 tion to the buying end of the line. 



E. H. Hill, of the Ilallett Lumber Com- 

 pany, says his Arkansas mill is turning out 

 a tine quality of oak and is making a go of 

 it. It has passed the experimental stage 

 and is settling down to work. 



CINCINNATI CONDITIONS. 



Cincinnati, O., May 13, 1902. 

 The local lumber dealers say that busi- 

 ness is good and that orders have come 

 in with- increased activity during the past 

 two weeks. This spurt seems to have af- 

 fected some hardwoods more than others. 

 Cottonwood was without doubt the most 

 favored of the hardwonds during the past 

 few weelis and some enormously large 

 sales have been coMSummatcd. Dry stocks 

 have suffered some serious inroads lately 

 and the market will soon have a difficult 

 proposition to face in the matter of secur- 

 ing dry lumber. Firsts and seconds have 

 been selling with great freedom, but the 

 box common grade is meeting witli the 

 greatest demand. Mill culls are also ad- ■ 

 vineiug in price. 



The demand for poplar is very heavy 

 but very few sales are being effected, as 

 the advance in prices has put this lumber 

 out of the reach of the U'ade and other 

 woods are being commonly substituted. 

 As a result some of the large mills will 

 accumulate quite a lot of good lumber, 

 which in Itself is not a bad thing, as dry 

 stocks in poplar have been scarce for some 

 time. 



Oak is meeting with steady and consist- 

 ent sale and there is practically nothing to 

 report about this wood. The demand has 

 never been stronger, and taking this into 

 consideration prices are not too high. Dry 

 stocks in this wood, as in all others, are 

 very scarce, tjuartered red oak is im- 

 proving. 



It was predicted not so very long ago 

 that gum lumber would soon be in heavy 

 demand. It seems as if the time is al- 

 ready here, and large orders are being 

 daily entered for this wood. Just at pres- 

 ent red gum in the common grade has 

 the call, although firsts and seconds red 

 is also meeting with ready sale. Mill cull 

 gum also shares in the general activity. 

 It is being extonsivelj' used for crating 

 purposes. Sap common gum has taken a 

 little rest and clear sap gum seems to be 

 keeping it company. 



Ash lumber, especially iu thicker stock, 

 is being sought after. Inch stock also 

 shows a slight improvement. 



Among the other hardwoods sycamore 

 seems to be enjoying the best call. 



On Monday evening, ilay 12, the 

 monthly meeting and banquet of the Cin- 

 cinnati Lumbermen's Club was held at 

 the Hotel Alms. It was also the occasion 

 of the annual election of officers, and most 

 of the members were in attendance. After 



reading of the various reiwrts, the election 

 was held and resulted as follows: 



President, F. M. Fossell, of Gage & Pos- 

 sell. 



First vice-president, L. G. Banning. 



Second vice-president, B. A. Kipp, of B. 



A. Kipp & Co. 



Secretary, E. A. Swain, of Bennett & 

 Witte. 



Treasurer, C. F. Korn, of Farrin, Korn 

 Lumber Company. 



The following members bf the club were 

 present: T. B. Stone, F. M. Possell, C. W. 

 Tomlinson, H. P. Wiborg, E. A. Swain, 



B. A. Kipp, B. Bramlage, L. G. Banning, 

 E. P. Kausom, W. T. Hanna, C. W. Blair, 

 E. .1. Thoman, L. E. Casselbery, Myron 

 Banning, C. L. Barr, .T. H. Eekman, D. H. 

 Reese, John Willy, J. B. Cochran, James 

 Buckley, J. A. Porter, A. E. Hart, J. W. 

 Darling, J. T. McRoberts, C. E. Morris, 



C. F. Korn, W. S. Sterrett. 



Stone & Veith of Newport, Ky., who 

 conduct a lumber and planing mill busi- 

 ness, had a receiver appointed to adjust 

 difference between the partners. 



Robt. J. Kidman of London, England, 

 representing Churchill & Sims, wood brok- 

 ers, spent a few days in Cincinnati iu the 

 interest of his firm's lumber business and 

 succeeded in placing several orders before 

 he left. 



Another visitor from across the pond 

 was Vernon Ti-avers, of Vernon Travers 

 & Co. of Liverpool, England. He also 

 managed to get pretty well acquainted with 

 the local lumbermen before he left. 



NASHVILLE NE"WS. 



Nashville, Tenn.. May 12, 1902. 



Trade is brisk at this market. Stocks 

 are being rapidly diminished. Poplar is 

 the best wood in price. The oaks hold 

 their firm position in price and are scarce 

 all down the line. 



A. L. Hayes Lumber & Stave Company 

 have begun work on their $10,000 plant, 

 that will be built on the site of the Bene- 

 dict Bros.' old yard on the east side of the 

 Cumberland. 



All the Nashville firms will likely be rep- 

 resented at the St. Louis hardwood meet- 

 ing. A resolution will be presented there 

 indorsing the inspection rules of C. L. Mc- 

 Connell. manager of the lumber depart- 

 ment of the Prewett-Spurr Manufacturing 

 Company. These are the rules that were 

 adopted at the recent yellow poplar meet- 

 ing in Kentucky. 



An amendment was granted the J. M. 

 Buck Lumber Company of Washington 

 County. Tennessee, increasing- the capital 

 stock to $40,000. 



The East Fork Lumber Company of 

 Fentress County has been granted a char- 

 ter. Capital stock, $10,000. The incorpo- 

 rators are N. Dodge, L. C. Albaud, Artlnu- 

 Grant, Burno Grant and Max Coklitz. 



By ti'ausactions just closed at Salisbury, 

 Md., a two-thirds interest of the Jackson 

 Lumber Company of I/ockhart, Ala., ha.s 

 been sold to Edward S. Crossett and J. W. 



Watzek of Davenport, la. The price paid 

 was on the basis of a million and a half 

 dollars for the entire stock of the com- 

 pany. A new company will be formed to 

 operate the tract, which comprises 114,000 

 acres of timberland in Covington County, 

 Alabama. 



The planing mill of the Central Manu- 

 facturing Company of Chattanooga burned 

 Saturday night last, entailing a loss of 

 .$55,000. Insurance, $30,000. 



J. M. Ewing, lately of Ohio, has erected 

 a new saw mill near Tennessee City. Tenn. 



The National Casket Company of Nash- 

 ville is about to begin the erection of a 

 handsome new factory here. 



MEMPHIS MATTER.. 



Memphis. Tenn., May 13, 1902. 

 The business in hardwoods is very steady 

 at ttrm prices. Cypress is getting more 

 active as the full summer season ap- 

 proaches. Cottonwood in the boxboard 

 grades is very firm. Poplar is one of the 

 best woods in price. Quartered and plain 

 oak are as scarce as anything else. Ash 

 iu the thicker grades shows something of 

 activity. 



Memphis will be well represented at the 

 St. Louis hardwood meeting. Of course, 

 all the Memphis crowd will go loaded with 

 suggestions from the greatest market ou 

 earth. 



W, W. Whieldon, of the National Hard- 

 wood Association, is now on a southern 

 trip establishing inspectors for the asso- 

 ciation. The Inspectors for Memphis are: 

 R. J. Ryan, R. W. Rickettes and E. C. 

 Rogers. 



The twenty-acre tract of the Bodley 

 Wagon Works, coming here from Virginia, 

 in the southern part of the city, is being 

 transformed into a scene of greatest activ- 

 ity now. 



Another new concern about to be located 

 here is a manufactory of refrigerators, to 

 cost $150,000. Wm. Katzeuberger and 

 eastern capitalists are interested in the 

 enterprise. It will be the only establish- 

 ment of the kind in the South. Hardwoods 

 will be used iu the manufactures. 



James M. White. ;. lumberman of Ozark, 

 Ark., was here this week, bringing over 

 a large shipment of stock. 



J. G. Leavitt, manager of the Arkansas 

 Lumber Company of Warren, Ark., was 

 here a day or two since en route home from 

 a business ti'ip to Chicago. 



It is stated that a large furniture fac- 

 tory is about to be located at Union City, 

 in the western section of this state, by 

 Copeland & Burgiu of Rocheser. N. Y. The 

 concern is capitalized at $100,000. 



The Lake City Lumber & Shingle Com- 

 pany will rebuild the plant they recently 

 lost by fire at Lake City, Ark. 



Braughton & Co. will bring to Memphis 

 their mill they have recently been operat- 

 ing at Baldridge, Miss. The same firm 

 have started a new mill at Henry, Tenn. 



George A. Ady, proprietor of twelve 

 lumber mills in the White River district of 



