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HARDWOOD RECORD 



August 10, 1921 



Minu' of It rises to ii height of i,.jU() li.-l. The district Is said to be «s 

 sparsely settled as nn.v east of the Mississippi Hlvcr. 



Fire ou July 30 l-aiisixl damage of .fl. '■0,000 to the last factory of Odell 

 & Uddy, Arcada, N. V., one of the leading business enterprises of the 

 lown. Some of the buildings and n stock of lasts and bloclis were saved. 



Memljers of the hardwood trade were out in full force to atti-nil 

 the outing of the Ituffalo Lumber Kxeliangc at the Canoe Club. Point 

 Ablno. on July 2<;. Special arrnngenn-nts had been made for the ladles 

 and nuiny were in Ilie (■utlng party, which numbered not far from 125. 

 The trip was made by the Crystal I'.each steamer at 10 ;15 a. ni., and 

 iiy smaller vessel from the beach to I be clubhouse. Lunch was served 

 al)out 1 o'doclt and the afternoon was devoted to a variety of amusements, 

 chief of which were card playing and hjiseball. Tlie c.*iptalns in the latter 

 sport were Harold Ihuicnsteln and ('. Ashton McNeil, the hitter's slilc 

 winning by 3 to 2. The battery fur llauenstein was (ilmniel, pitcher, 

 and K. Chase Tayloi', catcher; for McNeil the pitcher was Porter Hurd and 

 Ihe catcher Walter .Sloan. The umpires were C. Walter Betts and Cily 

 Treasurer I. N. Stewart. Among those at the outing were Councllmen 

 .\. W. Kreinherter and Ross Graves. 



Plans were filed here recently for tlie new llotel Statler, on Niagara 

 S(|uare. at an estimated cost of .$4,000,000. It will cover a whole block 

 Mild be the costliest building ever erecteil here. The excavation has been 

 '.ioing on for a number of weeks and foundations are now being laid, 

 other large buildings under way or soon to start amount to about .fl.OOO,- 

 uOO noire, so that I'.ulTalo will go ahead of its reccml this year in the 

 Mnionnl ni new runstrurtirin under \\:iy. 



PITTSBURGH 



K. V. Habcock. prfsidoiit of the IJabcock Lumber t'oinpaiiy. is up to his 

 i-ars in the present political campaign now he is Maym- of Pittsbursh antl 

 is taking a very active part. Frod R. Babcock, of tlio same c.impjiny. 

 lately returned from a two weeks" rest in the East. 



President H. F. Domhoff. of the Acorn Lumber Company, reports hard- 

 wood buying very slow, but says that business with the country yards is 

 better tlian in the city. 



The Kendall Lumltcr Company, according to President J. L. Kendall, is 

 'getting some very ^ond Inisiness from eastern points. Mr. Kendall believes 

 I bat buying may improve quite a little during the next mouth. 



Franklin Dickey, secretary of the Pittsburgh Lumbermen's Club, ad- 

 dressed the Pittsburgli Advertising Club at the Hotel Chatham. July 2fi, 

 on the relations between capital and labor. 



The Universal Lumber Company reports about three-fourths of its 

 hanlwood business this month is being done with the retail yards. Indus- 

 irial trade is very slow. 



The Monongahela Lumber Compauj-, according to its manager. W. .T. 

 llorrington, declares that competition is very Iceen and that prices of hanl 

 woods are being cut hard as a result. 



Nelson E. Bell, who lately resumed business as manager of the Saw 

 MiHs Products Company, of 42S Fourth avenue, is bustling bard among 

 his iuilustrial friends picking up what little business in hardwoods is 

 being oflFered. TTe rinds general inquiry extremely low at this time. 



CINCINNATI 



BALTIMORE 



The outlook for a hca\ier d<'inand for hardwoods here as well as else- 

 where has been improved by the action of unions In the building trades 

 in proposing a redui'tion of ten percent In pay to stimulate construction 

 .■lud thereby encourage^ the freer use of lumber along with all other build- 

 ing materials. There is only one hitch, this being the continued opposi- 

 tion of the ijricklayers. who still demami .$1.25 an iiour for an eight-hour 

 ■ lay : but the expectation is entertained that this obstacle will be overcome. 

 The ciintractors intimate that the cut of ten percent may not suffice 

 lo get building operations started, and it is indicated that a further reduc- 

 tion will be demanded. The prospect, however, is that building activities 

 will not be retarded or altogether stopped by a general strike. . 



The Magazine Hardwood Company, a corporation controlled by the firm 

 "f Uichard P. l!aer iV: Co., this city, has discontinued operations at its saw- 

 nnll lu'ar Mobile. .\la., so that both of the plants owuoil by interests con- 

 nected with the firm ari' now closed down, the other mill being at Eoga- 

 lusa. I,a. The i-eason giveii for stopping sawmill work alTogether is that 

 Ihe prevailing prices do not suflice lo cover cost of manufacture and dls- 

 iribution. Frank Heim of the firm is on a trip to West Virginia, seeing 

 Held representatives and also inquiring into manufacturing operations and. 

 possibly, taking up stocks that are likely to be needed. 



Hugh Leary of the Loudon timber firm of C. Leary & Co. was in Haiti- 

 more last week, having stopped here in tlie course of a tour he is makin.g 

 of the various hardw.ood sections and distributive centers. 



U. E. Wood, president of the R. E. Wood Lumber Company, has gone to 

 his Fontana, N. C, sawmill, which is not being operated at the present 

 time. 



Complaint having lieen made about the piling up of lumber ou portions 

 of streets here, the municipal autliorities have begun an Investigation to 

 determine the extent of this practice and whether the latter has been 

 productive of objectionnble results. If such is found to be the case, all 

 the permits for such storage may be withdrawn. .V chemical manufac- 

 turing concern here liad complained that the piles of lumber nearby were 

 causing the insurance companies to increase its risk. 



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The Daly Lumber Company, Cincinnati's newest hanlwood concern, hiM»t.- 

 been incorporated with a capital of .^10,000. The company, whicli hasir- 

 opened an ofllce in the Andrews building, will conduct a wholesale hiisi^j^ 

 ncss, dealing in West Virginia and southern hardwoods. P. F. Reaganrtr 

 is president and treasurer, and I'alrlck A. Uutlcdge vice-president. These 

 uBicers, together with William Marschheuser, M. J. Paly and George H. 

 Uothert. i-oinpose .the board of directors. Mr. Kulledge was secretar.v and 

 treasurer of the Huskirk anil Uutledge Lumber Company, now the Buskirk- 

 Heyser Lumber Company. Mr. Reagan was traffic manager and in charge 

 of the plank and railroad material department of that same company. 

 Messrs Daly. Rothert and Marsihheuser are newcomers in thp himher 

 business. 



The Ohio Dak and Maple Flooring Company, of wbiili William N. Ames, 

 former manager of the flooring department of the M. I!. Farrin I, umber 

 Company, is president, has awarded a contract for the construction of a 

 w'arehouse for the storage of hardwoods at the southwest corner of Blair 

 and Rldgeway avenues, Avondale. The improvement will cost SIO.OOO. 



Edward J. Maphet, ofl years old, vice-president uf the Hay Lumber 

 <'ompan.\, St. Hernard. die<l at his residence, 20;<ij Eu< lid avenue, of 

 Bright's disease. -Mr. Maphet, who was well known in lumber circles here, 

 had been ill several months, lie is survived by his widow, a brother and 

 a sister. 



.\rthur B. Coner.v, sales managi'r for the George C. Miller Carriage Com- 

 pany, of this city, was shot anil killed by two highway robbers while he 

 was bringing his wife to this city from Connersville, Ind., to show her 

 their new home on Albany avenue, Avondale. The shooting took place at 

 a point on the Middletown Pike, two miles north of llainiiton. O. Police 

 said the crime was one of the most rutliless in the history of the depart- 

 ment. 



W. F. Gammage of the W. F. Gammage Lumber Company reports some 

 small export business, consisting of one and two car lots, moving direct. 



Roy Thompson, president of the Thompson Hardwood Company, has 

 returned from a month's vacation in the East with his family. Mr. Thomp- 

 son visited practically all of the large eastern summer resorts during his 

 trip. 



.Toseph Lineham, sales manager of the ilowbray and Robinson Lumber 

 Company, made high score in a golf match held at the llvde I'ark Country 

 Club recently by local lumbermen. J. C. West of the West Lumber Com- 

 pany was second and Newell Ilargrave of the Klrkpatrick Lumber Company 

 third. 



The Morrison-Waters Piano Comiiany has lieen taki-n over by the Smith 

 and Nixon Corporation of Ciiicago. B. C. Waters, secretary and treasurer 

 of the Cincinnati cuucern. in making this announcement, also said that 

 the Chicago corporation would have complete charge of the local fac- 

 tory, which is located at 034 McLean avenue. Both .Mr. Waters and F. A. 

 Morrison, president, said that they did not know as yet if they will con- 

 tinue to be affiliated with the supercedlug company. The Morrison-Waters 

 Piano Company was organized in .\ugust. lOl.s, and it was during that 

 .vear the compan.v took over the assets of the Knahc Brothers, who oper- 

 ated a piano factory in Norwood, on the outskirts of Cincinnati. The 

 capital has been increased from SloO.OOO to .^.'iOO.iiiMi. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



H. T. (IriffitU. sales manager of the T'dell works, makers here of talk- 

 ing machine cat>iuGts, says in regard to business : "That the business 

 machinery of the country is rapidly becoming energized was liemonstrated 

 without a doubt by the buying at the Grand Rapids and Chicago markets 

 last month. These two were truly stabilizing markets. Dealers and manu- 

 facturers agreed that liquidation was over. Furnitui-e prices have reached 

 rock bottom. In many oases gooils were sold to dealers ar below actual 

 production costs. Retailers can not expect lower pri<es. 



"On the (ither hand, it is equally true that conditiuns puint to a rap- 

 idly quickening demand which soon will overtake the demnralizert produc- 

 tion of furniture in this country and soon lead to a condition where it 

 will be hard to get goods. There isn't a factory in rbe cnuntry with a 

 surplus on hand. You may find here and there some faetories with talking 

 machine cabinets or special lines of one kind or antdber. where they have 

 stock on band, but as a general condition the manufacturers have been 

 unwilling to work very far ahead of their actual orders. 



'Retail dealers at the shows report a good six mouths' business. There 

 was hardly one who did not say that his business up until July was far 

 ahead of what he actually thought it would be. They have been buying 

 from hand to mouth, however, and they must quicken their purchases for 

 fall and winter trade. Many of the dealers went into the market and 

 bought in large quantities. Some of these said that they could see a 

 shortage in two or three months. Others bought for only thirty to sixty 

 days' needs, 



"It is pointed out that many dealers this year are making the mistake 

 of merely buying dimensions when the furniture industry as a whole is 

 endeavoring to foster better furniture movement. Price isn't everything 

 in furniture, although every one admits that it is of particular impor- 

 tance this year. The quality of the products by all means should I>e 

 taken into consideration along with the price." 



The LaBelle ^!anufacturing Company, organizetl for th. purpose of 



