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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



September 25, 1921 



LONG-KNIGHT 



LUMBER COMPANY 



WALNUT- HARDWOODS 



Veneers 



Mahogany, American Walnut, Quartered White Oak 

 Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Indianapolis, Indiana 



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RODDIS Heavy Tops 



are built right. We can supply the 

 highest quality of desk and case 

 tops in a concealed or exposed cross 

 band, mitred or square corners. 

 This is a specialty with us. We in- 

 vite your inquiries. 



REPRESENTED: 



GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. . .F. K. TINKHAM 



CHICAGO, ILL G. M. PALMER 



ROCKFORD, ILL K. E. KNUTSON 



Send us your inquiries 



Roddis Lumber & Veneer Co. 



27 Years at Marshfield, Wis. 



Grand Rapids Will Reach Far West Via Canal 



Gra/id Rapids furniture manufacturers have found a way of beat- 

 ing the excessive railroad freight rates and as a result will soon be 

 reaching the Pacific coast cities at a rate which will make it pos- 

 sible to do a business there largely in excess of what has been 

 possible during the last few^ years. Freight rates have heretofore 

 almost cut the Pacific coast off the furniture map so far as eastern 

 manufacturers are concerned and buyers from California and 

 Washington and Oregon have come here to see and to learn but 

 have been forced to buy sparingly because of the expense of getting 

 their orders out there. 



With the last of September, however. Grand Rapids furniture 

 manufacturers w^ill make their initial shipments to Los Angeles, 

 San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, Portland and on up into British 

 Columbia by way of Mobile and the Panama canal. The deal w^as 

 closed for this routing early this month and \vill represent an 

 economy in freight charges of almost 50 per cent. Meantime it 

 will take but from three to five days longer for shipments to reach 

 their destinations which is of course more than offset by the saving 

 in freight rates. 



The all rail rates at this time are $4.20 per cwt. while the 

 Mobile-Panama rate is but $2.2 7. While it is expected the rail 

 rates will be reduced to $3.78 in the near future, it is still so high 

 that the Mobile-Panama rate will be a great advantage. Under 

 most favorable conditions the all rail shipment is from I 6 to 18 days 

 from Grand Rapids, while under the same conditions, shipments 

 via the Mobile-Panama route will go through in from 20 to 21 days. 



The loadings will be in 30,000 pounds minimum lots, equivalent 

 to two to three cars. The first shipment which will go the last of 

 September will be of five or six cars. It is expected Grand Rapids 

 will be shipping by this route from 50 to 60 cars a month, straight 

 through the year. 



