HARDWOOD RECORD 



But todny thinss are ilKTerent. The lumber Is 

 nimost Invnriiibly edyed on a "Tower" gauR 

 .'ilser, till' sanif as in a larKo mill, and the main 

 sow keeps steadily at work lUttlnK up logs. The 

 lirmrds are reduced to standard lengths and 

 the ends squared on a "Tower" one-man two-saw 

 trimmer, the result being lumber that looks bet- 

 ter and commands a higher price and lower 

 freight charges, because the weight has been 

 decreased by the removal of the Irregular ends. 



The "Tower" line of edgers and trlmmeis, 

 consisting of forty dilTcrent sizes and styles, Is 

 manufactured by the Gordon Hollow Blast Grate 

 Company of Greenville, Mich., who will be glad 

 to send f\ill particulars to parties Interested. 



New Credit Rating Book. 

 The National Lumber Manufacturers' Credit 

 i^oiTor.ition has just issued the eighth edition 

 of its credit rating book, containing a classi- 

 lied list, with capital and pay ratings, of all 

 manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers 

 In lumber, and factories which buy lumber in 

 carload lots. A very important new feature 

 has been introduced in the form of a double- 

 page colored map for every state, which 

 ereatly facilitates the locating of towns, 

 routes, etc., and which will be particularly 

 ippreciated by subscribers. The book has in- 

 creased by thirty pages since April last, and 

 the entire volume has been thoroughly revised. 

 It reflects great credit upon the work of W. 

 K. Biederman, superintendent of the corpora- 

 tion, under whose direction it was prepared. 



Salvador Furniture Trade. 



The natives of San Salvador are skilled in 

 the manufacture of chairs, bureaus, tables and 

 •iher fine furniture, and the native hardwoods 

 ■iipply a great variety of grain and color, so 

 I hat it Is possible to turn out handsome work. 

 The natives carefully peruse catalogues from 

 foreign furniture houses, and can copy any de- 

 sign that appeals to them, even to the carving, 

 at a cost much less than the article could be 

 purchased for and delivered. 



The woods used are similar to rosewood, ma- 

 hogany, ebony and walnut, and finish and iiolish 

 beautifully. The natives do not take as much 

 care as they should in drying woods, but are 

 learning rapidly. Local prices of such furniture 

 cannot be given, as they depend upon amount 

 and kind of work, carving, etc. However, they 

 are always lower than imported material, and 

 usually handsomer, so that American furniture 

 manufacturers would not find a very profitable 

 opening in San Salvador. 



Supply Of Birch in Maine. 



S. T. Dane of Portland. Me., connected with 

 the forestry department of the government, has 

 been investigating the growth and distribution 

 of the white birch of .Maine, and has found that 

 there is a go<jd supply of It. He finds that white 

 birch Is plentiful in the vicinity of Bangor, as 

 well as along Kennebec and Androscoggin 

 waters. Although big inroads have been made 

 on the supply in some sections, the young trees 

 are growing to maturity about as fast as the 

 old ones are cut down, and Mr. Dana thinks 

 there Is no danger of the extermination of the 

 tree in this state. 



Birch Is more extensively cut along the Pe- 

 nobscot and Androscoggin rivers than along the 

 Kennebec, where lumbermen seem to be letting 

 It grow. In this section of the state most of 

 It is used in the manufacture of spool bars, 

 while In the western part it is used In the manu- 

 facture of dowels, spools and wooden novelties. 

 The cutting In the western part of the state Is 

 very extensive, and much more birch Is cut than 

 any other hardwood. In places where the cut Is 

 very large the forestry experts will take steps 

 to replenish the growth. 



.Meaford, t)nt., was totally destroyed by fire re- 

 cently. A large amount of dry lumber was con 

 sumed. 



The large mill of the Dells Lumber t^'ompany 

 at Eau Claire. Wis., has shut down temporarily 

 to make necessary repairs. The IMoneer Furni- 

 ture Company's plant susi)ended work for a day 

 or two for the pinpose of making a large num- 

 ber of photographs. A local correspondent says 

 that the temporary closing of the plants led a 

 certain class of croakers to work overtime pre- 

 dicting "hard times" for the coming winter, and 

 giving out that these factories had perhaps shut 

 down for good. Business men competent to 

 -speak on the subject .say that the outlook Is far 

 from discouraging. 



Fire In the lumber yard of the Beldenvllle 

 Lumber Company at Bruce. Wis., recently de- 

 stroyed a large amount of lumber. 



The Schoch Lumber Company of Manitowoc, 

 AYis., has erected new buildings and installed 

 eight glue machines, to engage in the manufac- 

 facture of interior milhvork of all kinds. The 

 concern is an old and large one. 



The Norton Lumber Company of Greenville 

 are about to build a hardwood mill near that 

 place. 



The Star Lake Lumber Company of Star Lake, 

 Wis., has purchased the plant of Salslch & Wil- 

 son at that i)lace and will operate it manufac- 

 turing hardwood and hemlock lumber as soon as 

 market conditions improve suflicieutly to warrant 

 starting the plant. 



An up-to-date plant, consisting of five large 

 buildings, is being erected by the American 

 Casket Company, recently Incorporated with 

 $200,000 capital stock at Fort Worth, Tex. A 

 force of 175 men will be employed at the out- 

 set. 



William J. Francis has recently taken up the 

 manufacture of veneers at Williamston, N. C. 

 Ue has a well-equipped factory and has already 

 made desirable contracts. 



The Bacon-Underwood Veneer Company of 

 Mobile, Ala., which recently increased its capital 

 stock from $00,000 to $100,000, has purchased 

 10,000,000 feet of standing timber, which will 

 give the company an almost inexhaustible sup- 

 ply of timber. 



The Wells Higman basket factory at Traverse 

 City, Mich., has just completed a very heavy 

 run, and is having its machinery rebuilt. 



The Auderson-'Ililly Company is rebuilding its 

 burned box factory at Vicksburg, Miss. The 

 capacity of the new plant will be about 25 per 

 cent greater than the old. 



More than 2,000.000 seedlings are now being 

 grown in the nur.series of the Pennsylvania de- 



partment of forestry, a large portion of which 

 will be ready for transplanting In the spring to 

 the forestry reserves. The principal trees being 

 lalsed are white oak, white pine, white ash, 

 white hickory, tulip trees, Norway spruce, re<l 

 oak, chestnut and Douglas flr. 



W. B. Williams, S. G. Holland and Pitt Hens- 

 lee of Nashville and Dickson, Tenn.. have pur- 

 chased the timber on 8,000 acres of land east 

 of Fort TowBon, Okia., and will cut the white 

 oak on It for barrel slaves. 



Foster & Ayre of Granil Rapids. Mich., arc 

 erecting a sawmill near Tula, which will be 

 ready tor work by .lanuary 1. There are mllcg 

 of virgin timber north and south of It. 



Articles of Incorporation have been tiled by 

 the National Wood Works Company of Sioux 

 City, la. The capital stock will be $100,000. 

 The company will manufacture and sell olBcc 

 fixtures and building material. 



N. B. Hall 4; Sons of Decatur, Ala., will at 

 once commence rebuilding their box and basket 

 factory, whlcli was recently destroyed by fire. 



The maple timber on a 2,000-acre tract near 

 Corbett, Pa., has been purchased by a Couders- 

 port lumber company. It will be cut and mangle 

 rollers manufactured from It. 



Tickle, Bell & Co., a prominent Liveniool 

 concern, in sending out an account of the 

 last mahogany sales held at that place, had 

 the following to say on market conditions In 

 that wood: "Owing to the flnanciai position 

 existing in the United States there has been 

 a great falling oft in the volume of orders 

 from your country, with the result that there 

 has been a decided break In prices. 



"We are strongly of opinion that at the 

 auctions, which we expect will be held here 

 on tlie 12th and 13th of December, such an 

 opi)ortunity will be presented of making pur- 

 chases at reasonable prices as will not occur 

 for quite a considerable period of time. When 

 the conditions on your side Improve early in 

 the new year it is quite certain that there 

 will be a rush of orders to fill up absolutely 

 necessary requirements. By this time the im- 

 port will be nearly at an end and very high 

 prices are sure to prevail." 



Sam W. Russell, who has been connected with 

 the Skinner-Russell Company of Loulsvlll.-. Ky.. 

 for a number of years, has withdrawn from that 

 organization and will devote his time to other 

 pursuits. The company, which does a wide busi- 

 ness In oak and hickory wagon stock, will operate 

 under the old name for the time being. The 

 concern reports conditions fairly satisfactory^ 

 demand good and an ample supply of stCK-k on 

 hand. 



Hardwood NeWs. 



(By HABD'WOOD KECOSS Special Corrsspondants.) 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



Voters of Sontlj Haven. .Mkh., have decided 

 to bond the city for $12,000 to bring the Overton 

 Wood Carving Company of Chicago to that loca- 

 tion. 



The factory of the Seaman-Kent Company of 



Chicago. 



Hardwood lumbermen visitors have been very 

 numerous in Chicago during the last few days. 

 Among those in attendance at the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association managers' meet- 

 ing were the following: C. E. Lloyd, Jr.. of 

 Philadelphia ; Sam E. Barr of New York ; Gard- 

 ner I. Jones of Boston ; W. A. Bonsack of St. 

 Louis ; Earl I'almer of Paducah, Ky. ; C. U. 

 ISarnaby of Greencastle, Ind. ; C. F. Sweet of 

 Grand Rapids, Mich.; O. E. Yeager of Buffalo; 

 (J. J. Landeck of Milwaukee; (Jeorge W. Stone- 

 man of De Vails BluH, Ark. ; F. A. DIgglns of 

 Cadillac, Mich. 



The Rkcuuu enjoyed a call a few days ago 

 from J. Gibson Mcllvaln, Jr., of J. Gibson Mc- 

 Ilvaln & Co., the big veteran hardwood house 

 of IMilladelphla. Mr. .Mcllvaln Is making quite 

 an extensive trip, analyzing trade conditions, 

 and Incidentally doing some business for his 

 house. He says that while trade la now some- 

 what demoralized In the East, he Is very opti- 

 mistic over the year to come, and believes that 



business will very soon resume its normal 

 trend. 



Among Chicago visitors of the last few days 

 were W. D. Young, the well-known maple floor- 

 ing manufacturer of Bay City, Mich., who was 

 accompanied by his wife. Bert Whedon, sales 

 manager for .Mr. Young's house, was also In 

 town a few days ago. Mr. Whedon says they 

 will start up their sawmill within u few days, 

 and that the wheels of the big flooring factory 

 win be turning not later than February 1. A 

 good deal of Interest Is aroused over this new 

 plant, which has been built with the idea of ex- 

 celling all previous cfTorls In hardwood sawmill 

 and flooring plant structure and equipment. 



John N. Scatcherd. the hardwood magnate of 

 BulTalo, speut December 5 In Chicago en route 

 to his .Memphis sawmills, where he will spend 

 some days. 



W. II. .Mershon of Saginaw spent a day In 

 Chicago last week. Mr. Mershon was bound 

 for Louisiana on a quail hunting expedition. Ue 

 was accompanied by his wife aud a party of 

 friends, all traveling In Mr. .Mersbon's private 

 car. 



