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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Fpbniciry 25, 1919 



leasing an additional floor and installing much new machinery and equip- 

 ment. The company is planning to build a new plant on another site 

 ■within the coming year, since it is possible to extend its facilities in the 

 present leased quarters only with great difficulty and inconvenience. 

 Clem F. Romadka is president and Stanley E. Roth, secretary and treas- 

 urer. 



Frank Abbott, for many years active in the management of the Mat- 

 thews Brothers Manufacturing Company, 61-75 Fourth street, Milwaukee, 

 a large manufacturer of bank and store fixtures and hardwood finish, 

 died at Los Angeles, Cal., on February IS, at the age of seventy years. 

 Mr. Abbott went West in October last. He was a brother to William 

 I*. Abbott of New York, president of the Matthews company. 



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We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- 

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The Willow River Lumber CoDipany, Hayward, Wis., expects to resume 

 the operation of its main sawmill in that city on March 1. The company 

 has been greatly handicapped in its logging work by mild weather, but 

 the recent cold wave has made it possible to 1511 all camps and proceed 

 with loading at the rate of about thirty carloads a day, employing three 

 loaders. 



The Schlecht & Wilson Lumber Company, Mlnocqua, Wis., has started 

 the work of rebuilding its logging camp buildings, which were destroyed 

 by fire late in January, retarding its woods operations materially. 



The Kenfleld-Lamoreaux Company. Washburn, Wis., operating one of 

 the largest exclusive box and crating factories In the world, has taken 

 steps to insure an ample supply of logs for operations during the re- 

 mainder of the year by contracting with H. Marion Juel, Cornucopia, 

 Wis., for a large quantity of hardwood logs now being put In at Bark 

 Bay. More than ITS, 000 feet already have been cut. The Washburn 

 company operates its own sawmill. 



The Eust-Owen Lumber Company, Drummond, Wis., shut down its 

 sawmill about ten days ago for repairs and overhauling after a continu- 

 ous run of ten months. The mill will be reopened about March 1 or & 

 and the company expects to carry on operations at maximum capacity 

 throughout the remainder of the year. 



The Fuller-Goodman Company, Oshkosh, Wis., manufacturing lumber 

 and operating line yards in northeastern Wisconsin, has increased Its 

 capital stock from .$100,000 to .$200,000. Frank A. Fuller is president, 

 and Robert B. Goodman, secretary-treasurer. 



Victor Jacques, logging jobber, Walsh. Wis., has concluded work on a 

 large contract with the Goodman Lumber Company, Goodman, Wis., by 

 which more than 1,000,000 feet have been put in for the purposes of the 

 Goodman mill during the present year. 



Edwin Reynolds, a pioneer lumberman of the Door County peninsula 

 in northeastern Wisconsin, died at his home in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., on 

 February 7 nt tlie age of sixty years. After devoting several years to 

 logging and lumbering in Florida. Mr. Reynolds and his father took over 

 the .\. W. Lawrence mill at Sturgeon Bay and operated it as the Rey- 

 nolds Lumber Company. Later the operation was transferred to Minne- 

 sota, with headquarters at Duluth. Mr. Reynolds retired about ten years 

 ago. 



The Hardwood Market 



< CHICAGO >- 



Orders are showing up in a little greater volume each week in spite 

 of the fact that no real improvement in the building situation has de- 

 veloped. There is a very strong movement on locally, however, in the 

 interest of resuming building and it appears that the proper forces are 

 behind the movement to make it economically logical for this campaign 

 to bear fruit. Chicago rents have climbed materially and the result is 

 that speculative builders may be suflSoiently attracted to building invest- 

 ments, in view of the absolute dearth of accommodations, to go ahead 

 on a fairly sub.stantial scale. 



The factory trade locally is doing very well in the matter of orders, 

 although the trading is still pretty closely restricted by the immediate 

 needs of the buyers. However, these needs are being maintained in very 

 substantial proportions and the result is a good total movement of lum- 

 ber. Prices locally are not showing any falling off to speak of. in fact,, 

 the growing knowledge of decreased mill stocks and prospective short 

 cut this winter is having a stimulating effect on quotations except where 

 individual tirms may face the necessity of making a quick turnover. 



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There is no marked activity in the local hardwood situation at the 

 present time, but values are holding firm, and it is expected there will 

 be considerable demand before another month elapses. Buyers, with a 

 few exceptions, are holding back and average stocks at present are rather 

 low. This applies particularly to dry lumber. Some lines, notably 4x4, 

 5x4 and 6x4 birch are almost off the market, and prospects for replenishing 

 these sizes are not very promising. The mild weather and absence of 

 snow in many parts of Ontario have delayed logging operations to a con- 

 siderable extent, and the season's cut in hardwoods will be from twenty- 

 five to thirty-three per cent below normal. Factory work is rather quiet, 

 but a number of good orders are expected for export as soon as ocean 

 tonnage is available. Buying is largely on present requirements only. 

 ■Certain mills are holding very firm and declare there will be an advance 

 of five per cent on maple and birch before the spring opens up. Manu- 

 facturing costs are as heavy as ever, while wages and other operating 

 items show no sign of a decline. 



The importation of southern hardwoods in which two or three firms 

 in Toronto specialize is limited at present. Furniture manufacturers, 

 implement men, wagon makers and grafaphone producers are purchasing 

 only for immediate needs. Thi;^ is in accordance with the spirit prevailing 

 in many trades in wliich hinilier cuns;umers are not different from other 



