HARDWOOD RECORD 



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fruiii Hfllnire, Olili). billed for Liverpool, KiiB- 

 lnn>l Miiiiy of tlie logs were uot over one foot 

 III ilhimeter iinil 11 few yeiirs ago would Inive 

 lieeii eoiislileii'il worthlis!!. Several of tlieiii 

 were not more than six feet Ions. The farmers 

 i.f oliio are llndlns out tliat their old walnut 

 trees are the most valuable timber by far that 

 Ihey have and are carefully saving and peelln;; 

 ei-oryfhlng that ean be called a log. for which 

 hitherto exorbitant prices are freely paid by 

 buyers for the forelsn trade. 



The tierinaln ("ompany reports some Inqniry 

 for timber, but .says that actual orders are coiu- 

 Ing slow. It is followin;; up every possible line 

 of lips on the lumber business and finds its ef- 

 forts are well rewarded. 



\V. M. (illlesple Lumber Company reports 

 more hniuiry in the last ten days than since the 

 hard times besan. This Is chiefly for bridije tim- 

 bers, one requisition l)clnK for several million 

 feet. The bis railroad companies are not getting 

 Into the miirki't to any extent yet and it is the 

 mills and mainifactuiers that are putting in a 

 large proporlimi of the inquiries. 



T. M. Ilellinger of the Nicola Lumber Com- 

 pany Is at (_'ambridge Springs, I'a.. recuperating 

 from an attack of the grip. This concern is 

 looking for the trade in building lumber to be 

 the best feature of the local market this winter 

 and next spring and is well prepared to meet 

 such conditions. 



The Xewell ISrothers Lumber Company be- 

 lieving thai it "will lie a hard light to get busi- 

 ness this year." is going afl.^r it with a deter- 

 mination that is winning out. Hardwood di- 

 mension stuff Is away ahead in its inciuiries. 

 The company finds the yard trade extremely 

 slow but says that collections are much im- 

 proved. 



J. C I-'orgie says that within the last two 

 weeks there has been quite a call for bardwoid 

 bill stuff from riilladelphia firms. Much of this 

 Is apparently wanted for shipbuilding purposes. 

 The I'orgle opei-ations in Washington c(uinty. 

 I'a.. arc shut down for a short vacation but the 

 firm has a fine li>t of white oak and other hard- 

 wood lumber on hand. 



The C. r. Caughey Lumber Company, through 

 its manager. S. A. Seaman, is quoting on sev- 

 eral lots of hardwood lumber that if landed will 

 make them feel prosperotis for many weeks. 

 This consists mostly of oak and bridge ties, one 

 of the calls being for 41i.iMiii feet of bridge ties 

 sxS and from eight to seventeen feet long. Mr. 

 Seaman says that the steel mills which have 

 been down for a few weeks for repairs are tak- 

 ing advantage of the chance to get in some 

 bills of timbers and hardwood which have been 

 ordered for months. The Caughey Company will 

 start another hardwood mill in Washington 

 county, rennsylvania, in two weeks ami a third 

 mill about March 1. 



rittsburg wbole«ilers are watching with gnat 

 eagerness the bill now iiending in Congress pro- 

 viding money for the improvement of the Ohio. 

 Monongahela and -Mlegheny rivers. If it goes 

 through it means that there will be an opening 

 to sell the government enormous amounts of 

 hardwood and pine lumber for river construction 

 work. Even if this bill Is not passed at this ses- 

 sion thei-e is certain to be a considerable anii.unt 

 of work done on the three rivers, especially on 

 the Monongahela, where the government has 

 found it necessary to rebuild several of the 

 locks and dams. 



Buffalo. 



O. 1;. Yeager reports the hardwood trade Im- 

 proving slowly but steadily, with a good show- 

 ing of inquiries every day to encourage the deal- 

 ers In believing that the wmst Is over and every 

 step taken now Is iqiward. 



Both members of the firm of I. N. Stewart & 

 Bro. have been victims of grip of late, but busi- 

 ness goes on. and President Stewart was in bis 

 place at the Hardwood Kxchange meeting on 

 the LStb. 



The business of T. Sullivan & Co. has to do 



largely Just now with the sale of a fine lol of 

 black ash. that Is one of the easy sellers In this 

 sb>w season. Oi course other hardwoods and 

 racllle coast specialties are going at the same 

 I i me. 



.\. Miller is getting In a few ears of thick pop- 

 lar as he finds it one of the liest sellers on the 

 list. In this way it will be easy to keep watch 

 of the whole trade and be In line for anything 

 else that may be wanted. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company is 

 showing faith In the trade tiy sending a sales- 

 man on the road again, and it Is found that he 

 can do business, which is ])roof that trade Is 

 improving at a fair rate of speed. 



.\ngus McLean Is at the Bonaventure saw mills 

 of the McLean Interests on the Bay of Chaleurs 

 in Canada, his business being largely that of 

 mill watcher. It is felt that the trade will soon 

 be aitlve again, though the change will not be 

 rapid. 



^i. Kllas & Co. are very busy in their mill de- 

 partment, though the midwinter season has now 

 reduced the city building to some extent. The 

 idea is that the worst is over, but the return of 

 demand will lie simiewhat slow. 



F. W. Vetter spent much time lately with his 

 sou in the Adlrondacks, who Is there for special 

 treatment. The yard operations are in good 

 hands in the meantime, with sales fairly satis- 

 factory for the season. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company Is 

 getting lumber from the South again, believing 

 that there will be sale for It soon, as the de- 

 mand is steadily increasing. The Buffalo table 

 factory is at work on a good lot of orders. 



Scaliherd & Son are Increasing their stocks, 

 esiiecially oak, at Memphis, and finding sale 

 for it in the general market, as a rule depend- 

 ing on supplies nearer at home for the supply 

 of the Buffalo yard. 



The oak mills of Beyer. Knox & Co. are not 

 idle on account of the slow business, a-; it Is a 

 certainty that the demand will be in full swing 

 again before long and then the lumber In sight 

 will go fast. 



Bay City and Saginaw. 



Tile Bliss \ Van .Vukcn mill at Saginaw has 

 been operated right through the year. The two 

 plants of the Kneeland-Bigelow Company, and 

 the Kneeland, Buell & BIgelow Company at Bay 

 City are being operated, one days and the other 

 day and night. The continuance of operations 

 win depend upon business offering. The plants 

 have been cutting on contracts not yet quite 

 filled, and what follows when these are com- 

 lileted will be determined by the course of 

 events: 



The new Ulchardson Lumber Cimipany's mill 

 at Bay Cit.v. recently finished, has not started 

 sawing yet. but is likely to in the near future. 



It is said there Is less activity in lUioring 

 than was expected but this branch of the In- 

 dustry is expected to pick up shortly. 



The two Kneeland-Bigelow and Buell plants 

 manufactured i;4,i»iii.00t) feet of hardwood lum- 

 ber last year, anil the shipments aggregated an 

 enihe .season's output. The concerns have about 

 1 ."i,i)(iii,000 feet In hand now but a portimi of it 

 is sold. 



The Salllng-Hanson Company at' tirayiing 

 manufactured practically 10,1100,000 feet of 

 hardwood last year. This firm operate througli 

 the year. 



At AuSable the 11- M Loud's Sons Com- 

 pany Is running one mill during the winter. 



The Johannesburg Manufacturing Company 

 cut T.OCO.diai feel of fine hardwood lumber last 

 year and will cut about the same quantity the 

 current year. 



In the lumbering districts In the northern 

 portion of the lower peninsula loggers are In 

 Ihe dumps owing to the mild weather and ab- 

 sence of snow. In many camps operations are 

 piactleally at « standstill. 



.\ goiid many million feet of hardwood culls 

 will be converted Into box shocks this season. 



Owing to the high pm <- ni pmc hardwood Is 

 being extensively iitlll/.eil In this Industry. The 

 hitx business Is in the best shape of any depart- 

 ment of the lumber trade at present and box 

 men say It Is picking ufi and many orders are 

 being booked. 



Columbus, 

 The flhlo I-'oreslry .Vssociatlon. which held 

 Its annual meeting In the Board of Trade Au- 

 ditorium, Columbus, last week adofited resolu- 

 tions asking for steps to lie taken to restore the 

 fr;rest-i of the stale. It was urged that the 

 shortage of hardwoods such as oaks, ash, hlck- 

 or.v, chestnut, etc., would soon amount to an 

 absolute famine unless measures were taken to 

 protect the forests. .Vddresses were delivered 

 by I'rof. W. It. Iji/.enby, of Ihe Ohio State I'nl- 

 verslty ; I'rof. W. ,7. IJreen. Wooster : I'roL A. T. 

 Bolsen, Washington, I). C. : Prof. Kdmund Sc- 

 grest, Wooster; II. C. Rogers, Mechanlcsburg. 

 and others. 



A large number of lumbermen arc in town to 

 attend the annual meeting of the T'nion Asso- 

 ciation of Lumber Dealers, which convened In 

 regular session January 21. 



A committee of Columbus wholesalers com- 

 posed of W. L. Wbltaker, M. A. Ilaywartl. John 

 U. (iobey. A. G. Krllscbey and B. J. Th-oop. 

 was nanuMi to look after tiie entertainment of 

 the delegates. 



At the annual meeting of the Columbus Saw- 

 mill Company held last week, the present di- 

 rectors and officers were re-elected for the com- 

 ing year. A dividend of 10^ per cent was de- 

 clared. Plans for building an office linilding 

 and large lumber sheds were ajiproved and It 

 was decided to handle heavy timbers for scaf- 

 folding and heavy construction work. The large 

 mill operated b.v the company will be u-;ed for 

 the re-manufacturing. It was also decided to 

 establish a department for wagon building and 

 all materials of that character will be kept In 

 stock. 



Columbus firms which have mills located In 

 southern states are making preparations to re- 

 sume operations. The W. M. Itltter Lumber 

 Coiupauy, which has mills in Kentucky, West 

 Virginia, Tennessee and other southern states, 

 will lUdbably resume operations to a limited de- 

 gree in a few weeks. The Ueneral Lumber Com- 

 pany, which has mills at .Vshlaiul. Ky.. may re- 

 sume operations soon also. 



V. lOverson I'owell of tlie Powell Lumber 

 Company, discussing the outlook for the future, 

 said: "Conditions are materially brighter In 

 every branch of the lumber trade. Collections 

 are some better and orders are larger, Ueports 

 from the country show that stocks In the hands 

 of the dealer are small, which means that Ihey 

 must buy soon or be entirely out of lumber, A 

 better demand for almost every variety is ex- 

 jiected soon." 



Evidence of resumption of factories is uot 

 lacking, wlilch condition Is lielng reflected on 

 the hardwood trade generally. While many of 

 the plants are still using stocks accumulated 

 before suspending operations It will not be long 

 before Ihey will be In the market for m.ire 

 lumber. 



Indianapolis. 



Benjamin Lukens, of c Iniiicastle, has been ar- 

 rested on complaint of Ihe Taige Mahogany Com- 

 pany, of this city. It is charged that he re 

 celved ?l.."i'io in advance on an orilcr for ."lO.diici 

 feet of veneer lumber and was then unable to 

 fill the whole order. 



After blowing open an unlocked safe in the 

 ofllce of the Ciieer Wilkinson Lumber Company. 

 Morrlslown, a few nights ago, burglars obtained 

 10 cents In money and some postage stamps. 



Because of the scarcity of timber In Indiana. 

 Ihe Coddes & Haefele Stave and Ilcsip Company 

 is moving its plant from Hazleton to Itogers, 

 Ark. It has been operating In Ilazleton for 

 fifteen yenr.s. 



The Stevens-Bllsbt Lumber Company has been 



