AUffust 25. 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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pontd until October 2. This aiinounerment was mad ■ rccputly by -1. C- 

 West, president of thf organization. 



E. H. Elliott has been transferred from the local olBc' of th ■ Krauss 

 Brothers Lumber Company to the Philadelphia branch offic . 



The J. B. Doppes Lximbcr Company now occupies its n; \v bungalow 

 type ntfic ■ n t l'J50 Gest street, adjoining its yard. The building is of 

 re-inforeid c<»n<-rete and brii-k on the exterior, while the woodwork is of 

 walnut. 



William Boiling of the Boiling-Griffith Lumber Company lins been 

 1 lected to membership in the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerc ■. 



Samuel Richey. pr sident of the Richey, Halstead &. Quick Lumber Co.. 

 has motored to Vancouver. B. C. with his family, where they wil siiend 

 a month's vacation. 



Roy Thompson, president of the Thompson Hardwood Lumber Company, 



Dwight Hinckley, president of the Dwight Hinckley Lumber Company, 

 is spend'.ng bus vacation on a yacht trip on Lake Michigan with Harry 

 Leyman. Cincinnati autoui(d)ile dt-ab r. 



CLFA'ELA^D 



"Local jobs in Imilding are coming in in great numbers." says F. II. 

 Petirs, of the Peti rs Mill Work and Lumber Company, "for much buildin.u 

 is being done in CI veland at the pr- sent time. Birch and poplar seem to 

 be in the biggest demand at the present time, but oak is picking up." 



"Business in general has picked up during the last few weeks, and this 

 is especially true of the hardwood trade. In fact since the first of August 

 more hardwood has been sold than during the previous sixty days. Thtse 

 orders were all for interior work. Oak. birch and gum ar.' in big demand. 

 but little bnsin! ss is being done in map'e and ash." explains W. C- Wagner 

 of the Singletary Lumb r Company. Mr, Wagner has just returned from 

 a motor trip through the East. 



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

 the hardwood business is once more back on a normal basis. "Birch and 

 gum are finding a big market at the present time, in fact all woods ar- 

 now in good demand." 



"Chair makers have been running low in the last week or two. and 

 orders have begun to come in from them. This probably accounts for the 

 increase which has been noted during the last few weeks." says G. B. 

 Wallace, secretary of the Martin-Barriss Company. Mr. Wallace fi-ids that 

 mahogany is the best seller. 



W. B. Martin, president of the Martin-Barriss Company, has just 

 returned from his trip to New York. 



S. O. Oliver, of the Cuyahoga Lumber Company, left this week for a 

 vacation. He will return around the first of September. 



F. Gruss, of the Theodore Kundtz, who has been away on a business trip, 

 is expectf d to return this week. 



EVANSVILLE 



Paul W. Lubring of the Luhring Lumber Company has returned from 

 a motor trip to Chicngo and the northwest. 



Daniel W>rtz of the Maley and Wertz Lumber Company is back from a 

 business trip to Indianapolis and the central part of the state. 



The new addition that is being erected to the plant of the Never-Split 

 Seat Company here will greatly enlarge the capacity of the company. 

 Last year was the best year in the history of the company and it is pre- 

 dicted that the volume of the business this year will be much larger than 

 that of last year. The company sells its products in all parts of the 

 world. 



Spoke pnd hub manufacturers in this section are looking for a good fall 

 business. Orders and inquiries are coming in nicely and they report a 

 rapid improvement in trade despite the railroad strike. 



A. V. Burch, manager of the Blount Plow Company, who is vice- 

 chairmai; of the Indiana State Highway Commission, reports that work on 

 the $500,000 bridge across White river at Hazleton. Ind., a few miles 

 oorth of Evansville, is progressing nicely. 



LOUISVILLE 



The Inniher trade is fairly well tied up as a result of the railway situa- 

 tior. The Cumberland Valley division of the Louisville & Nashville R. R.. 

 and all southeastern Kentucky divisions of the road are tied up by its 

 strike of trainmen over the road maintaining armed guards. There was 

 also a trainmen's strike of a few days in western Kentucky, and a threat- 

 ened walk-out in the eastern Kentucky division. The Illinois Central is 

 open for coal, food and perishables, but is steadily under embargoes. The 

 C. & O.. Big Four. B. & O., and other lines are having steady trouble, and 

 the Southern Railway is practically at a standstill. The Pennsylvania 

 and Monon can handle shipments north from Louisville, but connecting 

 linns can't bring them this far. and there has been practically no lumber 

 moving farther north than Nashville for some days past 



Hardwood men are of the opinion that yard stocks located at points 

 ■where delivery can be easily made will be cleaned up to a considerable de- 

 gree, and at slightly stiffer prices. However, buyers are laying off for the 



BLAIR 

 LUMBER CO. 



Hardwood 

 Manufacturers 



CHATTANOOGA, TENN. 



time l-ieing. It is indicated tliat car shortage will be severe this fall 

 whether the strike is settled or not, and demand should start in much 

 Ijetter shortly, which will make for higher prices. 



Scottsburg. Ind., on August 16, reported a $50,000 fire loss at the plant 

 of the White Wood Products Co., which manufactures handles and other 

 wood products. Several departments were gutted, but boiler room, saw- 

 mill, enamel room and large storage house were saved. 



The Static Lumber & Supply Co., Montago, Perry County, Ky., capital 

 $25,000. has been chartered by J. R. Richards, M. S. Richards, J. C. 

 Stacey, of Montago. 



The Louisville Planing Mill Co., Louisville, as a result of the milling-in- 

 transit privilege at Louisville, is going after milling-in-transit business 

 here in surfacing, resawing, edging, kiln drying, etc., and reports that 

 such business is of especial advantage right now, in that it supplies wood 

 waste to operate the power plant for the general plant. 



J. S. Thompson, manager of the Louisville division of the Southern 

 Hardwood Traffic Association, is making a motor trip to Southern Illinois, 

 where he will spend a two weeks' vacation with relatives. 



H. P. Roberts, with the Mengel Company for several .vears, and J. F. 

 Riddell, connected with the Embry Lumber interests, are among the char- 

 ter parties in the Embry Motors Co., chartered with a capital of $15,000. 



The Star Woods Products Co., Louisville, manufacturers of poplar sid- 

 ing, millwork and general wood products, has secured permits for further 

 additions to its plant and lumber storage facilities. 



Preston P. Joyes of W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co., Louisville, reports 

 that the company is operating steadily at its southern mills, but is able 

 to ship hardly anything as a result of the embargo situation, and is prac- 

 tically making no sales eCfort at the present time. 



NEW ORLEANS 



Gordon K. Gould, son-in-law of C. H. Sherrill. president of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Institute, managt r of the Chicago office of the Sherrill 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, has been transferred to the New Orleans 

 office of the company, the Chicago office being closed temporarily. 



The Louisiana Red Cypress Company, New Orleans, announces that it 



is soon going to remove its hardwood department front M' mphis. Tenn., 



back to the Crescent City, where it was situated until less than a year ago 



when it was moved to Memphis. The company also announces the appotnt- 



(Contiiiind OH pa'je 51) 



