August 25. 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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National Inspection Records Steady Recovery of Hardwood 

 Business 



•"The prevailing and prospective tendency of the hardwood industr.v 

 is certainly upward," declares the Official Eulletin of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association, in reference to the steady increase during the 

 past few months of the volume of luml>er inspected by national inspectors. 

 "This has been evidenced," the Bulletin says, "by the steady augmenta- 

 tion of the work of our Inspection Department for the past several 

 months. In fact, pracliciilly since the beginning of the calendar year. 

 In .\pril, total original inspection reached 17,160,502 feet; in May, 19,- 

 138,010 : and in June, 20,904,719 feet, all of which records overreach any 

 given month of the entire year of 1921." 



The July inspection report is as follows : 



"Total original inspections for the month of July were 21,686,822 feet, 

 of which 17.508,585 feet was the work of our salaried inspectors and 

 4,178,237 feet was fee service. Reinspections were made on 188,572 

 feet. 



"These figures show that July, 1922, was the most active our Inspec- 

 tion Department has had in nearly two years — since August, 1920, when 

 original inspections reached a total of 21,902,219 feet. In comparison 

 with the month of July of last year, the figures of last month Indicate 

 approximately a 100 percent increase." 



With the Trade 



Saw Mill Company Organized 

 The Trevlac Bao-d-Saw Mill Company has bi'eu organized in Indianapois. 

 for tile purpose of operating a saw mill. The company has a capital 

 stock of $10,000 and the directors are Elmer W. Hughey. Augustus Jen- 

 nings and Oren E. Evans. 



Overseas Rates Advanced 



The conference ocean rates on lumber moving via Gulf ports to the 

 United Kingdom were advanced from 30 to 35 cents, eff:>ctive August Id. 

 according to announcement made by the Amrrican (Overseas Forwarding 

 Company. 



All of the lumber booked prior to that date, amounting to a considerable 

 quantity, will move on the old rates. 



Additional Transit Privileges 



The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association annouuci s that transit 

 privileg' s, effective August 15, 1922, have been granted at North Vernon 

 and Edinburg, Ind. The new tariffs authorize protection of the Louisville 

 (Kentucky) combiii:ation, plus the stop-off charge of $6.30 per car. 



This organization also announces the following rate reductions and 

 adjustments : 



A 29^^ -cent rate on lumber from Burnside, Ky., to Chicago, 111., Elkhart 

 and South Bend, Indiana, via Louisville and the C. I. & L., has been 

 obtaiaed. A 9-cent rate on logs from Petros. Tenn., to Burnside has also 

 been announced. 



A reduced rate of 29 cents on hardwoods from stations. Baton Rouge, 

 La., to Shrewsburg, La., inclusive, to Bristol and Greeneville, Tenn., will 

 be made effective September 6, 1922, by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley 

 in conformity with the Association's recommendations. 



The Southerai Freight Rate Committee has approved the reduced rates 

 on cross ties from Alabama stations on the L. & N. to Mobile, effective at 

 some later date. 



Ri'duced rates on lumber, forest products, etc.. from points on the G. M. 

 & N. R. R. to destinations on the L. & N., intermediate to the Ohio River, 

 have been obtained by the Association. In general the rates are the same 

 as to south bank, Ohio river crossings. 



Cedar Gets Common Lumber Rate 

 Transcooitinental carriers will put into effect September 30, 1922, rates 

 on cedar lumber from points in the Southeast and the Southwest to des 

 tinations on the Pacific coast equivalent to rates on common lumber, 

 according to announcement by the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. 

 This change iai classification, according to Cecil A. New, assistant secre- 

 tary, will mean a reduction of about 20 cents per hundred pounds. 



New Hardwood Firm at Memphis 

 The McClure-Peltier Hardwood Lumber Company has been formed al 

 Memphis. Tenn., by H. E. McClure. of Detroit, Mich., and F. A. Peltier, 

 of Memphis, formerly sales niaoiager of the Tustin Hardwood Lumber 

 Company. The company proposes to specialize in elm, maple and other 

 woods used principally by the automobile industry, but it will also handle 

 all other hardwoods available in the southern field. Mr. McCIure will be 

 in charge of sales offices at 306-307 Lincoln building, Detroit. Mr. Peltier 

 will remain in Memphis. He has temporarily opened offices at his home 

 there, 1C19 Waverly place, but he will obtain suitable quarters in the 

 downtowQi district as soon as these can be secured. 



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