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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



and liave been running steadily all season, 

 it is not necessary to state tliat this has 

 been a prosperous year. Mr. Douglas says 

 tlieir principal difficulty is in securing com- 

 petent labor. 



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Ralph Jlay, representing May, Thomp- 

 son & Thayer of Evansville, was in Chi- 

 cago last week, looking after business 

 matters for the firm. He reports excellent 

 trade conditions, particularly in quartered 

 oak. 



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We beg to acknowledge receipt of a very 

 handsome souvenir card from the Thomas 

 Forman Company, Ltd., Detroit, Mich. It 

 is a work of art and in keeping with their 

 own manufactiu-ed article of hardwood 



flooring. 



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Fire damaged the Rittenhouse & Em- 

 brees' big plant at Thirty-fifth street and 

 Center avenue, to the extent of about $0,- 



000, last week. 



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George T. Houston & Co., who were re- 

 ported in a previous issue as giving up 

 their yards at Center avenue and Twentj'- 

 second street, are now occupying their 

 new suite of offices in the Tribune build- 

 ing. They are commodious and finely ar- 

 ranged, and in keeping with the progresslve- 

 ness of the company. Their new band 

 mill at Vicksburg is about completed. 



The board of general managers of the 

 Lake Lumber Carriers' Association, which 

 met in Chicago two weeks ago, failed to 

 advance rates for the transportation of 

 lumber during tlie last weeks of naviga- 

 tion. Such action, it was declared, was 

 deferred until their next meeting, which 

 will convene in Detroit next Tuesday. 

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The Chicago Hardwood Lumber Ex- 

 change held an executive meeting Thurs- 

 day of last week, and talked prices and 

 transacted other important business. 



MARKET FOR GAS LOGS. 



Dear Record:— The following item is 

 from Timber. Loudon, September 13, 

 and is under the head of Market Repoits. 

 I suppose they are now wondering what 

 new kind of wood the Yankee will send 

 next. 



I hope none of the Memphis crowd 

 sent these on consignment. Their "gas," 

 like with most of us lumbermen, is pretty 

 heavy at times, but I never heard our 

 sending it over in the log before. 



EXPORTER. 

 Huskisson Dock. 



Lucauia @ New York, a quantity gas 

 logs— order; 265 pes. lignum-vitae, 5 pes 

 large wood— Yorch & Co., 2.200 staves- 

 order. 



It does sound like it might have come 

 from Memphis, but one of our Memphis 

 friends assured us that there was one 

 distinct ear mark missing— that is to say, 

 they never ship "a quantity"— they count 

 evei-ything that goes out of their yarcjs. 



A NEW VENEER FIRM. 



One of the most recent and important 

 factors in the veneer business is tlie firm 

 of George W. Stoneman & Co. This house 

 made its debut as sellers of high-class 

 veneers on July 1 last. From the start 

 the business done by the firm has been ex- 

 ceptionally satisfactory, Mr. Stoneman 

 says. 



George W. Stoneman and G. W. Noble 

 comprise the firm. The last named has 

 been long and favorably known to the 

 trade through his association with the Chi- 

 cago Veneer Company and with R. S. 

 Bacon & Co. Mr. Stoneman has been en- 

 gaged in the hardwood lumber business 

 in Chicago for a period of fifteen years. 

 Incidentally that department is still con- 



birdseye maple and other high-grade ven- 

 eers. They enjoy a large acquaintance 

 with the trade, and, while their veneer 

 business is comparatively new, they have 

 found immediate favor with users of high- 

 class veneers. 



The firm anticipates shortly becoming 

 the agents of Maley, Thompson & MofCatt, 

 the Cincinnati house, which is erecting a 

 large mill in Havana for the production of 

 Cuban mahogany. 



WELL, WELL, BOYS: 



A new lumber yard is started, in Gil- 

 more. It would seem the lumber was or- 

 dered by parties interested in the Gilmore 

 hank, immediately after the fire and the 

 burning out of the Willis Lumber Com- 

 pany. The Willis Ijumber Company are 



OFFICE AND WABEHOUSE OF GEO. W. STONEMAK & CO., CHICAGO. 



ducted by the firm separately from its 

 veneer industry. 



At 76 to 82 West Erie street the arm 

 occupies a two-story and liasement struc- 

 ture of pressed brick. The building has 

 a storage capacity of 20,(X»0 square feet. 

 and it is heavily stocked with veneers. 

 The firm acts as the exclusive selling agents 

 for Chicago and the Northwest for the 

 Talge JIahogany Company of Indianapolis. 

 Ind. This company's stock is the genuine 

 Tabasco mahogany. Their representative 

 is constantly in Mexico and purchases only 

 the best class of logs, and ilr. Stoneman 

 says that the Talge Company's lumber has 

 no superior in the market. 



Messrs. Stoneman & Co. carry a large 

 stock of mahoganj-. quarter-sawed oak. 



on the ground now and think Gilmore 

 needs another bank and proposes to start 

 one. Clare is not the only town where 

 Tilings are overdone, sometimes. People 

 'liould remember that one's time is his 

 most valuable asset and the only ques- 

 tion that should determine action is "will 

 it pay'.'" and "will it do the other fellow 

 1111'?"— Clare (la.i Tribune. 



A LUMBER YARD LOST. 



A. I?. Dickson was down from Elmwood, 

 Saturday, looking after a lumber yard, 

 while his brother. Frank Dickson, was in 

 Plattsmouth.^ Weeping Waters (Neb.) Re- 

 publican. 



The .John Cathcart Lumber Company of 

 Decatur. Ala., have purchased a steamer 

 and will operate her on the Tennessee 

 River in the interest of their business. 



