August 10. 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



29 



F. M. Baker of the same company returned on July 30 from Berrien 

 Springs, Mich., where he spent a vacation of two weeks with Mrs. 

 Baker and their son. 



CLEVELAND 



I. Babin, of the Babin-Zill Sash and Door Company, has Just re- 

 turned from a business trip through the East, and he says that 

 everywhere he went he found the hardwood industr>' in excellent 

 condition. 



Increased activities are being planned by the Empire Flow Com- 

 pany of this city, and H. B. Haas of this company says that a large 

 amount of red oak will be needed by this concern. Mr Haas is unable 

 to divulge further details until complete arrangements have been 

 made which will probably be about the first part of September. 



"At the present time, many buildings which have been started 

 earlier in the season are at the stage when interior decorating is 

 necessaiy," says F. H. Peters, of the Peters Mill Work and Lumber 

 Company, "and most of our calls for hardwood are in this field. We 

 find that birch, red gum and walntit are the three woods in greatest 

 demand at this time. 



W'. C. ^^'agner. of the Singletary Lumber Companj', also reports 

 a noticeable improvement in the hardwood business. "The demand 

 for hardwood has increased in the last month, and maple which we 

 have found little call for in the past is now jumping into popularity. 



Furniture men must also be given credit for increasing the demand 

 for hardwood according to G. B. Wallace, secretary of the Martin- 

 Barriss Company. He states that this company has found a big 

 outlet for mahogany among these manufacturers. 



W. B. Martin, president of the Martin-Barriss Company, is in New 

 York on a business trip, and is expected to return soon, 



"A big demand for gum and birch is felt by the Marquard Sash 

 and Door Manufacturer," says Fred Marquard, salesmanager for the 

 company, "in fact the demand is so large that we find it rather diffi- 

 cult to keep our stock up on these two woods." 



W. K. Palmer, of the Cleveland Window Glass and Door Company, 

 also reports that birch and gum are in demand, and says that a great 

 deal of work is being done in the interior of buildings by this 

 company. 



BALTIMORE 



M. S. Baer, of the hardwood firm, of Richard P. Baer & Co.. was 

 down at the sawmills of the Baer affiliated corporations at Mobile. 

 Ala., and Bogalusa, La., recently to see what is being done there and 

 to get direct information about lumber trade conditions in the south. 



Harvey M. Dickson, secretary of the National Lumber E.xporters' 

 Association, is back at his desk after a vacation of about two weeks 

 spent with one of his sons in New York. He derived great benefit 

 from the rest and has since then pitclied into the mass of work of 

 the association again. 



James J, Lannon. wholesale hardwood dealer, with yard and office 

 at Aliceanna and Eden streets, which was one of those burned out 

 by the fire of June 23, has had the wreckage cleared up and is busy 

 getting in new stocks. The interior of tlie office is also being re- 

 stored, and he is transacting business virtually as usual. 



John H. Zouck, a wholesale dealer on Eastern avenue, sailed last 

 August 2, for Bermuda witli his wife, and is expected to be away 

 from home for several months. 



Hardwood flooring is to be manufactured by the Rowland & Buck 

 Company at Port Deposit, Md. The company has been incorporated 

 recently with a capital stock of $250,000. 



Richard Arthur, who has been with the Morgan Millwork Company 

 of Baltimore for a number of years, advancing steadily and holding 

 a very responsible position, has connected himself with C. C. Cool- 

 baugh & Son, a sash and door concern in Philadelphia, and will in 

 the near future remove to the Quaker City. It is indicated that the 

 Philadelphia firm held out some very flattering inducements. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Richard E. Edwards, president and manager of the Peru Chair Com- 

 pany, Peru, Ind., has been named first vice-president of the First 

 National bank of that city. 



The Udell Works of Indianapolis, manufacturer of cabinets for talk- 

 ing machine records and music rolls, desks, bookcases and other lum- 

 ber products, has re-opened with a full force after three weeks of 

 enforced idleness during which repairs to the boilers were made. The 

 company employs about 200 men and orders on hand will make pos- 

 sible an uninterrupted operation of the plant to at least January 1. 

 according to Tom Griffith, .sales manager. Mr. Griffith said that the 

 Udell Works did not face the danger of a suspension of operations as a 

 result of the coal strike. 



Notice has been given that the Bank Furniture Company, this 

 city, will change its name to the Wiegel Cabinet Company. The 

 Detition to change the name will come up for hearing in the courts 

 September 11. 



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HIGH HUMTDITY DRY _ 



The Mrt with a circulation you can understarf^ 



Take pianos for instance 



You know the condition of the 

 wood that good makers must put 

 into their instruments. Let's see 

 what some of them have to say 

 about the results they get, drying 

 lumber in a Sturtevant High Hu- 

 midity Dry Kiln. 



"We cut our case stock to 

 piano lengths before putting into 

 the kiln and this we would not 

 do if we had any checking, as 

 it would be a waste of lumber." 



"They have proved very 

 satisfactory indeed to us * * * 

 have demonstrated all that they 

 were represented to do." 



"And they are giving very 

 good satisfaction." 



Bulletin 282 is chock-full of in- 

 formative data on lumber drying. 

 Your copy is here for the asking. 



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HYDE PARK, 



BOSTON, MASS. 



