February 10. 1919 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



39 



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RED GUM U 



lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 



PLAIN 



12M' 8/4 FAS 



PLAIN 



3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. 



PLAIN 



lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 



QUARTERED 



15M' 8/4 FAS 



QUARTERED 



8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. 



QUARTERED 



We have the above amounts on 

 hand in dry stock, manufactured 

 on our own band mills, and can 

 make 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



MILLER LUMBER CO 



MAR I ANNA. ARK. 



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its effect here, (nnminr Smitli rmw H'-wn ir.mi Alliany a lew days ai;o 

 and gave a hearing to citizens .at which they presented their views on 

 various legislative matters. Buffalo has a gooil many staunch barge canal 

 supporters, among them ex-State Senator Henry W. llill, who with others 

 easily showed what an injury a deep waterway north of us would do to 

 this territory and our own ocean ports besides. It was the old Erie Canal, 

 drawing not more than six feet of water, that made New Yorlc city our 

 leading seaport, and our new canal will continue this advantage, if It is 

 handled properly and is not offset by competition. Governor Smith there- 

 fore promised that he would malse every effort to induce the Legislature 

 to request representatives in Congress to oppose this measure. 



A. J. Elias was one of the citizens present at the meeting of protest 

 held here and made a few remarks in favor of a larger use of the Erie 

 barge canal by shippers. 



=^ PITTSBURGH >-= 



The annual convention of the Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of 

 Pennsylvania will be held in the William I'enn hotel, tills city, next week. 

 A splendid program of speakers has been arranged. 



The woodworking plant of the Ea.stman Manufacturing Company, Union 

 City, Pa., was damaged .$3000 by Are January 20. A large amount of 

 finished hardwood lumber was consumed. 



The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company reports that railroad business 

 in hardwoods is picking up rapidly. Inquiries this month are very much 

 better than in January. 



The plant of the United States Chair Company at Corry, Pa., was burned 

 January 21, with loss of .$40,000. .\ carload of finished chairs was 

 de-stroyed. It is likely that the plant will be rebuilt at once. 



The Peoples Lumber Company of Columbiana, Ohio, will shortly locate a 

 big yard In Wellsville. Ohio. 



The Homer D. Biery Lumber Company of Pittsburgh is doing a nice 

 business in railroad ties, but finds that mining trade is slumping off con- 

 siderably. 



The American Lumber & Manufacturing Company says that business is 

 just about one-half what it ought to be at thi.s season. General Manager 

 Harding looks for a big buying movement to start in the early summer. 



The Burnsville Rim & Spoke Company, capital $5000, has been organ- 

 ized at Burnsville, W. Va., to operate a dimension and planing mill. The 

 members are : J. C. Remage of Gassaway. R. M. Johnson, M. W. Hefner, 

 John S. Bender and W. S. Barnes, all of Burnsville. 



A new handle factory will be built soon at Hillsville, near Llgonier, by 



. I anus I'.erk of Hillsview and other men of that place. It will manu- 

 facture axe, pick and hatchet handles. 



The Acorn Lumber Company reports industrial business in hardwood 

 trade slow this spring. There is no demand and wholesalers are not trying 

 to push the situation, but are going to wait until business conditions are 

 better, adjusted. 



.< BALTIMORE >■= 



F. L. Winchester of the Champion Fibre Company, who makes his head- 

 quarters at Asheville, N. C, was in Baltimore last week. He stated that 

 operations were proceeding satisfactorily and the outlook was good. 



Frank Heim of Richard P. Baer & Co. has returned from a trip of five 

 week.s spent at Mobile. Ala., where the firm operates a sawmill as the 

 Magazine Hardwood Company, and at Bogalusa, La., where a big plant 

 for the manufacture of gum lumber especially is about to be put Into 

 operation. Work on this plant has been greatly delayed, but it is expected 

 that actual sawing of lumber can be commenced within a very short time. 

 Mr. Heim states that the labor situation in the South still presents diffi- 

 culties, the shipbuilding yards in particular being able to offer high wages 

 and attract workers in large numbers. Otherwise the outlook appeared to 

 be quite promising. 



Building operations here still proceed at a very moderate pace, the stated 

 value of the new structures for which permits were issued by the build- 

 ing inspector during January being not more than .1114,058. Included 

 in the structures to go up were forty-six two-story brick dwellings, twenty- 

 four garages, a one-story brick warehouse, a one^tory store building and 

 a frame stable. Additions and alterations called for an outlay of about 

 $170,000 more. The outlook is regarded with much hopefulness, and In 

 this connection the statement is made that a number of new building 

 projects are in contemplation. 



Campbell V. Helfrich, who virtually managed the lumber tirm of George 

 Helfrich & Sons, on West Baltimore street, this city, died January 23 

 after an illuess of only a few days of influenza. He was tbirty-seven years 

 old and leaves a widow and three children. His father, Samuel D. Helfrich, 

 has been in ill health for a number of years. 



=-< COLUMBUS >- 



The Sandusky Sa.sh, Door & Lumber Company, Sandusky, has been char- 

 tered with a capital of $100,000 by Martha M., Mary A. and Edward H. 

 Weitmeier, William J. Fisher and Mary ,F. Meyer. 



The partuer.sbip of E. J. Jones & Co., located at 406 West Spring street. 



