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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Octolipr •25, 11)18 



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MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS 



HARDWOOD - HEMLOCK - PINE 



Wausau, Wis. 



Walnut 



Of Character and Color 



Manufactured at Kansas City, U. S. A. 



Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness 



Thirty-five years' experience 



IN WALNUT ONLY 



Prompt Shipment, and 

 Guaranteed Inspection 



FRANK PURCELL 



515 Dwight Building, KANSAS CITY, MO. 



In both of which there Is a strong demand tor construction, due directly 

 or indirectly to war work. The same reason applies to most of the other 

 cities that make favorable comparisons. At some of these, as at Camden, 

 N. J. ; Erie, Pa. ; Davenport, la. ; Huntington, W. Va. ; Norfolk, Va ; 

 Youngstown, Ohio, the government has engaged in, or urged, extensive 

 housing operations. In other cities, industrial expansion, due to war 

 needs, has given a decided impetus to construction. Among the more 

 important cities that gained last mouth in the building permits issued were 

 Atlanta, Ga. ; Birmingham, Ala. ; Columbus, Ohio ; Dayton, Ohio ; Des 

 Moines, la. ; Duluth, Minn. ; Jackson. Mich. ; Kansas City, Kans. ; Law- 

 rence, Mass. : New Orleans ; Richmond. Va. ; San .\ntonio, Tex. : Schenec- 

 tady, N. Y., and Waterbury, Conn. On the Pacific coast there was a 

 steady continuation of activity in construction work, Seattle, Tacoma, 

 Portland, Oakland, Los Angeles .and Long Beach all showing gains, due 

 to activities for the government, mainly shipbuilding. The large increase 

 at Des Moines was due to a permit for the $800,000 MlUane hotel. At 

 Camden, N. J., 100 houses for shipbuilders accounted for $312,000. The 

 permit for a $200,000 railroad shop at Jackson, Mich., occasioned the gain 

 there. Queens borough, New York, made a substantial increase. 



In these 133 cities reporting, the total number of permits issued was 

 18,358, compared with 19,057 for September last year. 



Substituting Machines for Hand Woodwork 



From clothing and food for poor Belgian refugees to sawmills is a long 

 jump in relief work, but it is typical of American Red Cross service. 

 The Belgian commission of the Red Cross has just authorized the installa- 

 tion of a complete sawmill at the refugee colony of old men, women and 

 children at Chartreuse, France. 



The men at Chartreuse manufacture wooden shoes for the living and 

 coflins for the dead. They supply a number of Belgian colonies. At 

 present the workmen at Chartreuse cut 2,000 blocks of wood per mouth 

 by hand for wooden shoes, but many pieces are spoiled. Moreover, poplar 

 suitable for this work now costs $40 as compared to $30 a few months 

 ago, but it can be bought in the rough for $10. With the sawmill the 

 loss from hand cutting and the saving from buying wood in the rough 

 will both increase the output of wooden shoes and materially lower their 

 cost. 



Importation of Balsa Wood 



The War Trade Board has, by a new ruling, placed restrictions upon 

 the importation of balsa wood, including ceiba wood and other light woods 

 usually designated as balsa wood. 



.\11 outstanding licenses have been revoked as, to ocean shipment from 

 abroad after <.)ctotier 10. 1918, and no further licenses will be issued, 

 except to cover shipments made from abroad on or before October 10, 

 191S, shipments frojn Canada or Jlexlco by other than ocean transporta- 

 tion, shipment from Europe or Mediterranean Africa when coming as re- 

 turn cargo from convenient ports where loading can be done without 

 delay, and shipments not covered by the above provisions to a total of 

 not to exceed 1,000.000 board feet. 



The amount permitted to come forward will be allocated by the Bureau 

 of Imports. 



Hardwood ^ews ^otes 



< MISCELLANEOUS > 



The Moore Crate Company, Bald Knob, Ark., has surrendered its 

 charter. 



The Morrison Waters Piano Company with a capital of $50,000, has 

 succeeded the Knabe Brothers Company, Cincinnati, O. 



At Buffalo, N. Y., the Victor Box & Mill Company has been Incorporated 

 with $5,000. 



The Suncrest Lumber Company Is organizing at Crestmont, N. C. 



The deaths of the following have recently been announced : H. W. 

 Glese of the H. W. Glese Hardwooil Lumlier Company, St. Louis, Mo.; 

 George A. Doyle, president of the Winyah Lumber Company, Georgetown, 

 S. C. ; A. D. Weber, vice-president and treasurer of the O. M. Weber Com- 

 pany, North Wales, Pa. 



The name of the Wisconsin Duplex Auto Company, Oshkosh, Wis., has 

 been changed to the Osbkosh ^lotor Truck Manufacturing Company. 



The Mocksville Furniture Company, Mocksvilie, N. C, has sustained 

 a loss by fire as has also the Salisbury Woodworking Citmpany, Salisbury, 

 Md. 



At Beaumont, Tex., the Nechcs Shipbuilding Company has been incor- 

 porated. 



The Scarritt-Comstock Furniture Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., has filed 

 an involuntary petition in bankruptcy. 



The Little River Land & Lumber Company has been incorporated at 

 Fort Smith, Ark. Other incorporations are: The Steinlt;i tehee I^umber 

 Company, Clara, Fla. ; the Bradley I^umber & Manufacturing Company, 

 -Vshepoo, S. C. ; the Texas Crate & Basket Company, San Antonio, Tex., 

 capital $36,000 ; the Dominion Lumber & Handle Company, Bristol, Tenn. 



=■< CHICAGO >• 



The visitors at French Lick this fall as usual included a number of 

 prominent lumbermen. During the month of October we discovered R. L. 

 Jurden and wife of Memphis, Tenn. ; Frank R. Gadd, assistant to the 

 president of the Hardwood Jlanufacturers of the United States, Cincin- 

 nati ; Chester Young of the Korn-Conkling Lumber Company, Cincinnati ; 

 Charles M. Smalley of the E. A. Thornton Lumber Company. Chicago, and 

 Herman II. llettler, the distinguished chairman of the lumbermen's com- 

 mittee responsible for raising over $4,000,000 to the Fourth Liberty Loan. 

 Mr. Ilcttlcr left shortly after this splendid result had been accomplished. 



The National Phonograph Company, city, has increased its capital stock 

 to $30,000. 



The local lumber trade was well represented in the Liberty Loan parade 

 which took place on Saturday afternoon, October 12, starting at noon. 



There has been a change in ownership in the Progressive Screen Com- 

 pany, city. 



Among recent visitors in Chicago from various parts of the country 

 were the following : From the North, C. A. Bigclow of the Kneeland- 

 Bigelow Company, Bay City, Mich.; H. N. Ilalsted of the Halsted-IIughes 

 I^uniber Company, and Robert Blackburn, both of Milwaukee ; J. H. 

 OMella of the J. II. O'Melia Lumber Company, Rhinelander, Wis. ; II. F. 

 Below of the H. F. Below Lumber Company, Marinette, Wis. ; W. C. Boden 



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