H A K D-W-O O D RECORD 



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Hoo-Hoo In Great Britain. 



Mnx S.iiHllii'liiuM-. Ilio w.'ll kniiHii and poimliir 

 lumbi'rninii of Mfni|ilils hiis Iummi ndilini; ni>w 

 laiirols to Ills aliendy liirsi' oii.wii by Ills pro- 

 motlon of IIiH> Iloo Intcipsts aliioiul. On (irtobor 

 4 ho (iltlrliiti'd 111 H most siKicssfiil ( oncatena- 

 lion lu'ld at Ihe Calcty Itcstaninnl. London, whon 

 twenty-six new niemheis neie taken Into the 

 order — seventeen from London. Hve from I/lvei'- 

 pool. and one each from Cincinnati. Leeds, Ant- 

 werp and XIaneliester. Another meeting will 

 soon be held, when It Is thouKht the membership 

 will be still further Inerensed. 



A rtne dinner was served after the conratena- 

 lion and Ihe rest of the evenlni; passed In a 

 rteilKhtfully Informal way. .Several inleiestinjr 

 speeches aiul toasts were given, chief among 

 which was that of .Mr. Sondhelmer. who ad- 

 dressed the Hrltons In his usual breezy and cap- 

 tlvatliiK manner. He was tile recipient of much 

 applause and many congratulations on his suc- 

 cess In hringinK tlie various elements of the 

 foreign trade loueliier in such « iiappy manner. 

 The gocd work which he lias inauguraled will 

 be continued, and it Is .1 matter of great satls- 



MAX SONDIIKI.MKK. MEMI'III.S, WHO IS 

 HODSTINi; IIOU-IIOO ABUOAU. 



faction to Hoo-Hoo, both in the States and 

 abroad, that this particular expansion of the 

 order lias been effected. 



In addition to .Mr. .Sondhelmer. the .American 

 contingent was i-epresented by M. Zupke of the 

 liiirneli 'i'acn/.er Liimlier t'ompany. Memphis, and 

 .John Hawkes of C. H. Burton & Co., Clncin 

 natl: the Belgian trade liy Autoine Govers of 

 Antwerp: the Liverpool contingent motored up 

 to London in a body and added greatly to the 

 pleasure of the occasion. Telegrams and letters 

 of regret wore read from members In the States, 

 Belgium, tjermany and Scotland, and altogether 

 the gathering attracted the altention of Hoo II(m) 

 all over the world. The guests were well enter- 

 tained by a vaudeville performance during the 

 evening. 



The ofllcers of the wcasion were: Snark, 

 i:dwin Haynes ; Senior Hoo-Hoo, Col. G. T. B. 

 Cobljeti ; .lunior lloo-lloo, .Maj.-Gen. Max Sond- 

 helmer : Bojum. U. L. WIthnell ; Scrivenoter. 

 H. W. Klalau : .labberwock. H. J. .Munro : Custo- 

 catlan. r. C. Zupke ; Arcanoper, Norman Wright ; 

 tlurdon. .1. H. .Ashton. 



New Louisiana Company. 

 The Cheney Lumber Company liiis been organ- 

 ized at Monroe. La., liy Charles K. Cheney of 

 Alpena. Mich., wiio has been elected president 

 and general manager; 11. I'. Cheney, also of 

 Alpena, who was chosen vice-president, and 

 G. B. Haynes of Monroe. La., who is secretary 

 and treasurer of the company. 



The entire holdings of the Chcniere Lumber 

 Company, incorporated four years ago at Den- 

 ver, Colo., Incluillug a small sawmill which was 

 never operated because of litigation, have been 

 purchased by the new company. 



There arc 4i>.uuo acres o£ cypress, said to be 

 the best in north Louisiana, with considerable 

 gum, oak and about 125,000,000 feet of short- 

 leaf pine. The property Is northwest of Mon- 

 roe, and the recent purchasers have started the 

 construction of a nine-foot Aills-Chalmers band 

 mill with a Mershon gang saw, the plant to 

 have a dally capacity of about 100,000 feet. 

 Slilngle and lath mills will be installed, but not 

 until later. 



Building Operations for September. 



Ullicial building reports from tifty-live ieudiug 

 dill's throughout the country received by the 

 American t^ontractor, Chicago, compiled and 

 tabulated, show that building operations con- 

 tinue decidedly active wlih the exception of 

 New York City, where there is a notable shrink- 

 age, amounting to $7,000,000, or 40 per cent, 

 as compared with September of 1900. Leaving 

 out New York City, there Is a slight gain in the 

 aggregate. 



Th.s shows local causes for both gains and 

 losses, and indicates an ailogelher healthful - 

 condiiion. The loss in New York is but a con- 

 tinuance of conditions that have prevailed 

 there for many months. During the past two 

 J ears buildina there was very extensive, and 

 this, toactlier with difliculty experienced in 

 securing building loans, accounts for the loss. 

 Chicago, where more liberal tinanciai conditions 

 prevail with regard to real estate loans, shows 

 a gain of 20 per cent. One of the most notable 

 gains is reported from Baltimore, amounting to 

 c.:? per cent. 



Sept., Sept., Per Per 



1907, 1806, cent cent 



City. cost. cost. gala. loss. 



Baltimore $ 824,213 .$ 4US,.'?7" 63 



liirmiughum lUJ.:ilO Uii.735 iiO 



Buffalo BSS.OUJ 6i7.u7.J 



Chicago 5,623,t!03 4,5aj.i00 2 1 



Cambridge 2ol,250 iUi',3i5 21 



Cleveland S74,1U3 871,428 3 



•Chattaaooga U6,o70 37'.i^tj.i3 . 74 



Cluciunatl 401.931 400.233 12 



Davenport 33,030 81,373 .. ."iJ 



Dallas 2J1.75J 24ti.524 14 



Heaver 472,230 3S6.010 24 



Detroit 1.1D1.3UJ 7S1,3.J0 32 



Dulatli 3US,4jS 103,135 199 



Evaasvllle 91,2U0 S.i.7S2 8 



Cliina liapWs 237,323 12U.4S5 96 



llanlsbarg lOl.OOJ 134,830 .. 34 



llartfo.il 1.570.120 179,950 772 



luiliauuiJOlls 441.559 438.2(;9 



Kansas City 922, 4a7 781,340 IS 



••Little KocU 146,d63 i>7,792 153 



I.ouisviUe 1S4.0SJ 234.325 . . 21 



Los Angeles 1.116,901 1.020.774 9 



.Mllwaakee .-)SU,134 633,3ii5 .. 8 



MeuipUis • 2S0.2T6 261.014 7 



.Mobile 41.1.0 80.176 4M 



.Newark 62B.US3 732,4.M 14 



New Orleans 163, 8J2 267,773 . . 39 



.Manliattan 3.203.903 10.739.110 .30 



Brooklyn 3.783,6.,0 4,961.830 .. 23 



Bron.v 1,21)2.369 1,663.130 .. 22 



New York 10.341,964 17.363.110 40 



Omaba 3i)6.133 335.450 IS 



PllUadelphla 3.113,810 2,414,3,30 2S .. 



Pittsburg 1.124.632 1,23J,2JS 9 



I'ueblo 13,093 2J.210 . . 48 



Portlaud 941.793 440.440 113 



Ucadllig 61 .351" 143.400 .".7 



Itocliester 476,525 348,525 36 



St. Joseph 119.945 79.262 51 



St Loals 1.968.956 2.0:il,U«9 3 



St. Paul 410,512 887.921 . . 33 



.San Autonlo 243,240 101.iM)3 141 



San Francisco 2.697,217 6.307,013 Tn 



Scranton I14.209 130,965 IS 



Seattle 1,206,874 423.272 187 .. 



Spokane 416.610 26;!,975 57 .^ 



South Bend B3.oai 72.825 17 



Syracuse 234.740 279.949 , , 10 



Salt Lake City 207.8 10 2<>9.1.-.0 1 



Topeka 75.286 83.430 . . ft 



Toledo 325.133 2.-s,310 23 



Tcrre Haute 96.490 99.960 . 3 



Tacoma 30:).495 2ll2.l:!0 4S 



Trenton 171.231 l.',n..-.83 13 



Washlngotn 446.118 .S64.794 48 



Worceiter 113.330 181.172 .. 37 



Wllkesba: r.' . 103,.36<) 170,866 . . 39 



Total »43.26n.l61 »4S,5.14.<rrO 10 



•Cliatmiiooga. Sept., 1906; one $.300.0110 porralt. 

 ••I.ltllc Hork. .Sept.. ino7l one »ln3.noo permit. 



Will Be-enter Hardwood Business. 



.loliii .1. Kumbarger. formerly associated with 

 the lluniiiarger Lumber Company of I'hiiadeiphia, 

 has decided to enter the harilwood lumber busi- 

 ness on his own account. This surely will be 

 pleasant news to the host of friends of that 

 genial, capable and energetic lumberman. Mr. 

 Kumbarger Is not only one of the best-known 

 lumberinin In the country, but he has a knowl- 

 edge of the finesse of the trade e(iuale<l by very 

 few. His well-known reputation for fair deal- 

 ing, his popularity and his energy will stand 

 him in good stead in his individual effori, and 

 there is no one in tiie trade who will not wish 

 him umiualilied success. 



.Mr. Kumbarger will make his headquarters at 

 Philadelphia and announce his ofllce location and 

 business nllianies wiibin a few days. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



To construct a railway which will penetrate 

 a country as yet absolutely undeveloped, reach- 

 ing from Dawst'U City to Edmonton, about l,oOO 

 miles, is the latest project in the development 

 of the Canadian Northwest. This is the project 

 of a London company, and for several months 

 they have had a representative In the Yukon 

 country collecting the necessary data and look- 

 ing over the ground. The land is rich in min 

 erals and timber, which are useless at present 

 owing to their great distame from transporta- 

 tion, and it is expected that this line will open 

 up vast resources. 



The latest fact to be brought out In connec- 

 tion with the search for suitable railway lies 

 is that beech, when chemically treated, can be 

 utilized for this purpose to good advantage. 

 This discovery is expected to place a higher 

 price upon this timber and increase tlie demand. 



The Michigan Handle Company has com- 

 menced operations at Millersburg, Mich. It will 

 luanulacture handles for the cuntliooks which 

 they make at Evart and will be managed by A. 

 Baldwin. 



Whitaker Brothers Copmany of Meridian, 

 Miss., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of .f.^d.OOO to manufacture wagon and buggy 

 spokes in that city. A large number of hands 

 will he employed and some line timberland has 

 been secured. 



lloopes Brothers & Darlington of Jackson. 

 Miss., will erect a new factory for the manu- 

 faclure of spokes and handles at Dotlo, a sub- 

 urb, to be in operation before the lirst of the 

 year. Thomas Keddington will be manager. 



The Wapakoneta Wheel Company, an Ohio 

 concern, after sending their timber inspector 

 through several southern states in search of suit- 

 able hickory timber, bought half a section of 

 land and located a small mill on it near Augusta, 

 .Vrk., some time ago. So well has the product 

 salislied that the company has now located a 

 large factory in the town and will make spokes, 

 rims, felloes and hubs there. It will employ 

 about fifty men. 



The National Neck Yoke Company of Daven- 

 port, Iowa, Is erecting a One new factory. It 

 retentiy purchased some tlmberlands in Arkan- 

 sas. 



The Standlsii factory at Bay City, Mich., is 

 manufacturing liardwuod into dimension material 

 for a chair factory in lictrolt. 



The Walters Timber Company, recently in- 

 corporated at Huntington, W. Va., with $.-|O.000 

 capital stork, has purchased 4,500 acres of oak 

 and poplar timberland in .Martin and Johnson 

 counties. Two stave mills and two mills for 

 cutting quarter sawed lumiier and cross ties will 

 be installed on the properly and ten miles of 

 narrow-gauge road will be constructed for han- 

 dling tlie timber. W. L. Walter of Whltehousc, 

 Ky., Is general manager of the company. 



■I'he Dixie Sawmill and Lumber Company of 

 Houston, Tex., witli *12,000 capital stock, has 

 been organized by W. C. Corbett, George W. 

 Graham and John Keown. 



!••. E. Moore of Clminnatl. Olilo, has purchased 

 Ho. 110(1 acres of timber and coal lands near Har- 

 rlman. IVmi . for eastern capliallsts wh.. will 



