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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



MEETING OF CINCINNATI LUMBER- 

 MEN'S CLUB. 

 On Friday eveniBg, June 13, the Cincin- 

 nati Liimbernicii's Club held its montiilv 

 meeting and banquet at the clubhouse of 

 the ZooIo2:ical Garden. As tliis was ti.e 

 last meeting before the summer adjourn- 

 ment, it was decided to invite the ladies 

 and to prove the popularity of this move 

 it need only be stated that eighty guests 

 were seated at the festal board. W. D. 

 Hurlbut of Chicago, head of the now 

 freight traffic bureau of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association, was the guest 

 of honor. In a brief and concise manner 

 he explained the objects and purposes of 

 the new traffic bureau. He also outlined 

 as Uioroughly as his time permitted his 

 methods of procedure and told of the re- 

 sults he expected to accomplish. His re- 

 marks were very well received, as is at- 

 tested by tlie fact that several signature^ 

 were added to the guarantee fund. The 

 club also voted as a whole to indorse his 

 worlc and go on record to that effect. The 

 president also called on members of the 

 club for short speeches, and everybody, 

 present spent a very enjoyable evening. The 

 following gentlemen were present: F. 11. 

 Possell, T. B. Stone, G. O. Vreeland, 0. H. 

 Schatzman. .1. T. McRoberts, Chester F. 

 Korn, B. A. Kipp, Dr. S. A. Stuart, L. T. 

 Anderson, E. K. Prichett, W. D. Hurlbut, 

 T. J. JNIoffett, Frank Ackley, A. E. Hart E. 

 J. Thoman, C. W. Tomlinson, O. P. Hurd, 

 Jr., J. E. Tuthill, Ben Bramlnge, A. B. Ide- 

 son, W. A. Bennett, H. P. Wiborg, J. W. 

 Darling, Alyron Banning, B. P. Ransom, 

 D wight Hinckley, E. W. Oesper, Jr., J. M. 

 Asher, Fred Pieper, P. J. Bachellor, J. Watt 

 Graham. E. A. Swain, W. J. Eekman, D. C. 

 Tappe, Chas. W. Blair, Jas. Buckley, G. 

 M. Morgan, E. L. Edwards, A. V. Fuhr- 

 mann, J. B. King and F. W. Mowbray. 



The Royer Wheel Works at Aurora, Ind., 

 were completely destroyed by fire a few 

 days ago. The losses are given at over 

 $50,000, only partly covered by insurance. 

 It has not been decided yet whether they 

 will rebuild or not. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I., AND RETURN, 



$18.90. 

 On account of the B. Y. P. U. meeting 

 at Providence, the Wabash will sell excur- 

 sion tickets from Chicago as above, July 

 7, 8 and 9, via Niagara Falls. Return 

 limit, August 15. Write for B. Y. P. U. 

 illustrated folder, containing maps and full 

 information. City Ticket Office, 97 Adams 

 .street, Chicago. 



SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY. 



The firm of E. O. Atkins & Co. of 

 Indianapolis beg to announce for the 

 months of June, July and August, their 

 works and office will close at noon on 

 Saturdays. They therefore request their 

 customers to kindly arr.ange their orders 

 as far as possilile to reach them in time 

 for early Satiu-day shipment 



NEW SYSTEM OF MEASURING 



AMERICAN HARDWOODS 



IN LONDON. 



The London section of the Timber Trade 

 Federation of the United Kingdom have 

 decided to adopt the American system of 

 measuring hardwoods, and the following 

 regulations, effective July 1, were agreed 

 to between them and the London and 

 India Docks Company: 



1. The measurement of lumber shall be 

 ascertained by the "American Board Meas- 

 ure Rule," but with the odd feet in the 

 lengths marked. 



2. No allowances are to be made for de- 

 fects. 



3. The contents shall be returned in 

 superficial feet; all parts of a superficial 

 foot up to and including a half shall be 

 disregarded, and over a half shall be reck- 

 oned the next foot. 



4. All lumber under 1 inch in thickness 

 shall be measured to the eighth of an- inch; 

 1 inch and up to quarter inches. 



5. The lengths shall be taken to the 

 full foot only, odd inches to be disregarded: 

 (a) A board measuring 12 feet 11 inches 

 must be returned as 12 feet long; aud (b) 

 a board measuring 13 feet 11 Inches as 13 

 feet long, and so on. 



G. In ascertaining the measurement of 

 tapering boards and planks the same shall 

 be taken, as regards width, one-third from 

 the narrower end. 



7. The Docks Company shall return 

 planed lumber as actual size: (a) Planed to 

 %-inch; (b) planed to i/o-inch, and so on. 



S. Piling to thickness. Up to 1 inch to 

 be piled and returned separately to Vs-inch; 

 above 1 inch to 2 inches, to be piled and 

 returned separately to 14-inch; 2% inches, 

 2V' inches and 2% inches to be piled and 

 returned together, 3 inches to be piled and 

 returned separately; 314 inches, 3y2 inches 

 and 3% inches to be piled and returned to- 

 gether; 4 inches to be piled and returned 

 separately, and so on, the even inches be- 

 ing piled and returned separately. _ In 

 cases where pieces of more than one thick- 

 ness are piled together they are to be so 

 shown on the Dock Company's return. 



!i. When wood is piled to widths, the 

 widths shall be returned in quarters of an 

 inch, up to and including 6 inches; over 

 6 inches all fractions of an inch shall be 

 disregarded. 



10. When lumber is stack-piled at re- 

 duced' rates, the Docks Company will not 

 be required to show the widths unless 

 .specially requested to do so, in which c.ase 

 a charge may be made for returning the 

 widths. 



11. In the absence of special instruction 

 from the owners or agents of the goods, the 

 quantity in a stack-pile is to be regulated 

 by the description and thickness of the 

 wood, say, 800 superficial feet of 1-inch 

 oak, 1.000 superficial feet of 1-inch wal- 

 nut, 1,200 superficial feet of 1-inch white- 

 wood. Other descriptions and thicknesses 

 of wood to be in about the same propor- 

 tion. 



For some time past, and this season in 

 particular, we have missed the breezy 

 presence and genial sociability of the 

 American lumberman sojourning in Eu- 

 rope. Notwithstanding that London is full 

 of visitors from across the Atlantic, to 

 assist at the Coronation festivities next 

 month, we cannot yet hear of any prom- 

 inent lumbermen in our midst. The mem- 

 liers of the American lumber trade can and 

 do enjoy themselves in a frank and hearty 

 manner, but they do not lielong to that 

 leisured class who can take a vacation 

 merely to witness medieval pageanti-y- 

 They are mostly busy men, and whilst 



traveling for pleasure prefer to do a little 

 incidental business on the way, if possible. 

 At the present time the lumber trade in 

 the States is enjoying a period of great 

 prosperity, and the export ti-ade, without 

 being neglected, is not so eagerly sought 

 for. In fact, this trade is being conducted 

 on a sounder basis, and a larger propor- 

 tion of the export is to fill contracts, and 

 consignment business is, happily for all 

 concerned, just now at a discount. In 

 fact the pendulum is swinging the reverse 

 way, and several of the principal firms 

 who handle American lumber in this coun- 

 try are at the moment represented in the 

 States. Much good has been done to the 

 trade by the frequent visits of American 

 lumbermen to this country, and much will 

 also be achieved by the men now at the 

 centers of production in educating the 

 manufacturers in the exact requirements 

 of the European markets. The return 

 swing of the pendulum of trade will come 

 in due course, and we shall be able again 

 to greet our American lumber friends.— 

 Timber Trades Journal, London, England, 

 May 31. 



NEWS SUMMARY. 

 The American Sash & Door Company, 

 a newly organized concern, has purchased 

 the plant of the Decatur Furniture Com- 

 pany at Decatur, 111. This is the combina- 

 tion mentioned in our last issue, which in- 

 cludes such mills as Lockland & Strick- 

 land Calumet Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company and Von Platen & Dick, all of 

 this city. 



W. J. McBride, representing the Ameri- 

 can Car & Foundry Company, has pur- 

 chased 750 acres of timberland near Bak- 

 ersport, Ky. The company will erect saw 

 mills at once. 



The equitable Land & Lumber Company 

 of Boyd County, Kentucky, was incorpor- 

 ated recently at Louisville. Ky. The incor- 

 porators are S. H. & E. K. Nigh of Hunt- 

 ingburg, W. Va., and Jeff Golden of Catt- 

 lettsburg, Ky. 



There is a probability that the Turn- 

 bule Wagon Company of Defiance, O., will 

 locate a large wagon factory at Greeri- 

 \ille, Tenn. 



The Indian Creek Lumber Company of 

 Irwin, Tenn., are negotiating for ten to 

 twelve thousand acres additional timber- 

 land, and are also building three or four 

 miles of tramway from their present mill 

 location to the O., R. & C. Ry. 



The saw mill at Bear Lake, Mich., which 

 has been operated by George W. Hopkins 

 many years, has gone out of commission, 

 the timber being exhausted. Mr. Hop- 

 kins has purchased two large tracts of 

 land in Florida and will engage in stock 

 raising in that state. 



The Carr, Ryder & Adams Company of 

 Dubuque, la., contemplate building a 

 large factory in Des Moines, la., for the 

 manufacture of a similar line of work, in- 

 cluding sash, doors and general wood- 

 work. 



