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HARDWOOD RECORD 



July 10, 1917 



different kinds and a ejuoit-pitcliing match, all being held as on past 

 occasions on the driving-park , track and grounds. The caterer of the 

 Chamber of Commerce prepared a beefsteak dinner, which was much 

 enjoyed. 



The A. J. Chestnut Lumber Company has bought two quite extensive 

 tracts of hardwood and hemlock tinil)er in the Genesee A-alloy, between 

 Portage and Olean, and is adding ii third tract. Considerable work has 

 been done in developing the first one, which is c-ipected to produce 3,000,- 

 000 feet of lumber. The sawmill will be built for starting up in August. 

 Bark-peeling and other cutting is now in progress. 



Frank A. Beyer, who was formerly a member of the hardwood trade in 

 this city, has become secretary and general manager of the Merrimack 

 Lumber Company, with head offices at Salamanca, N. Y. He is a lumber- 

 man of long experience and was formerly president of the Hardwooil 

 Lumber Exchange ot Buffalo as well as a director of the National Hard- 

 wood. Lumber Association. His associates are Frank Morrison, Warren, 

 Pa., and John B. and Thomas M'cCabe, of Salamanca. 



Howard T. Jackson, who is connected with the hardwood business ot 

 Jackson & Tindle, and a son of one of its members, George A. Jackson, was 

 married on June 19 to Miss Mary Becker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank- 

 lin Becker. An eastern motor trip followed the ceremony, which was 

 performed by the Rev. Samuel G. Trexler at the home of the bride's 

 parents. 



The Charles G. Feist Lumber Company, recently incorporated here to 

 carry on a wholesale lumber business, has taken offices in the mutual Lite 

 building. The members ot the company are Mr. Feist and James M. Briggs, 

 both ot whom are well-known in the local trade. 



The Buffalo building permits for June showed a total cost of $1,344,000, 

 which is 20 per cent behind the same month of last year. The same decline 

 has been witnessed for the first half of the year. 



There is a prospect of building wooden ships in Buffalo again. H. S. 

 Kerbaugh, Inc., has obtained a site, most of it in shallow water, on the 

 lake front, well-protected by the long breakwater, and will have a ship- 

 yard in operation as soon as the work can be done. The plan is to go 

 to building wooden vessels tor the government some time this season and 

 probably to add steel construction as soon as conditions warrant. The 

 company declares that it is able to secure suitable workmen for this 

 enterprise, and as the outlook is now it ought to be in operation a long 

 time, though no details are given out at present. The site is not wide, 

 but the vessels will be launched in a slip extending into the pupperty. 



The receipts ot lumber by lake during June were 11,003,000 feet, which 

 is about 25 per cent more than was received during the same month ot 

 1916. The incoming stock has not included much hardwoods, as the 

 prices at the mills, as well as the freight rates, have been so high as to 

 be almost prohibitive. Lumbermen have been having great difficult.v in 

 finding tonnage this season and this condition is expected to continue 

 while the war is on, unless some ot the new concerns which are planning 

 to build vessels are able to add materially to the number already in use 

 on the lakes. Many former lumber vessels are now carrying other freight, 

 particularly coal. 



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A regiment ot forestry engineers and operators is being enlisted by 

 State Forester F. \V. Rane of Boston ; this organization, unlike the 

 sawmill units which recently left here, will be a military element de- 

 signed to provide adequate instead ot accidental ability to handle the 

 large amount ot timber operation by the expediti(mary forces in France. 



New firms organized include the I.,eominster Woodworking Company 

 at Leominster, Mass., and the .\ustin Sutherland Lumber Company at 

 Lawrence, Mass. 



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Building realty totals in Pittsburgh in June made quite a little gain 

 over those ot June, 191G, providing a pleasant surprise to the general 

 public which was looking tor a slump. 



H. E. Aust, manager ot the Mutual Lumber Company, reports that 

 hardwood manufacturers are taking a lot of stuff at present and are 

 willing to pay high prices for quick deliveries. 



J. N. WooUett, president of the Aberdeen Lumber Company, says that 

 prices on gum and Cottonwood have advanced fully 100 per cent during 

 the past year. Manufacturers who use these woods are now trying 

 hard to cover their tall and winter needs. 



J. H. Henderson, secretary ot the Kendall Lumber Company, announces 

 that the company's new plant at Cheat Haven, Pa., is now cutting 50,- 

 000 feet ot lumber every day, most of it being oak. " 



The Nufer Cedar Company of this city now has five plants in the 

 Pittsburgh district manufacturing crates and boxes for the tin plate 

 mills. It uses No. 3 hardwood which is brought direct from mills in the 

 woods. 



The Joseph W. Cottrell Lumber Company will start a hardwood 

 operation at Lumber City, Ga., on the Southern railroad about July 15. 



The Duquesne Lumber Company reports tliat business in general has 

 fallen off some the past two weeks. Manufacturing trade is still very 

 good, especially in Cleveland and Detroit. 



E. V. Babcock, head ot the Babcock Lumber Company, has announced 

 himself a full-Hedged candidate tor mayor of Pittsburgh, subject to the 

 Republican primaries in September. 



P. L. Gillespie & Co. was one of the hardest workers in the recent Red 

 Cross campaign and helped very much in putting the total ot subscrip- 

 tions way above the point which was estimated. 



The Mahoning Lumber Company, capital $100,000, is a big wholesale 

 concern at Youngstown, Ohio, recently incorporated by M. L. Galley 

 and others of that city. 



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state Forester F. W. Beslcy, ot Maryland, is engaged in recruiting 

 trained woodsmen to complete the roster of the Tenth United States 

 Regiment ot Forest Engineers for service in France. Preliminary list- 

 ing of men has been in progress tor the last month, and while a consider- 

 able number ot desirable recruits have already been obtained, the ranks 

 are by no means filled. The duty ot this regiment will be to get out the 

 timber needed by the American forces fighting in France and those ot the 

 Allies. The work of the men will be performed behind the battle lines, 

 but they may also be called upon to render service in the danger zone. 

 Recruits must be white, between the ages ot eighteen and forty years, 

 and will be required to Join for the period ot the war. They will be 

 subject to the regular army physical examinations. Recruits will be sent 

 to the nearest recruiting station by Mr. Besley, beginning July 9, to be 

 directly enlisted in the forces ot the United States. The pay will begin 

 at once, and the men will be sent to depots tor approximately three 

 weeks ot preliminary drill, outfitting with military clothing and medical 

 attention. About August 1, they will be assembled at one ot the battalion 

 headquarters, the eastern regimental and battalion headquarters being at 

 the American University in Washington. The men required include axe- 

 men, teamsters, sawmill and planing mill operators, loggers and others 

 with practical training in the manufacture ot lumber and in timbering 

 operations. A drive is being made through the different counties of the 

 state and a number of additions to the ranks have been secured in the 

 last week. 



.\rticlcs incorporating the Manasota Land and Timber Company were 

 approved by the Maryland State Tax Commission recently. The in- 

 corporators are Enos S. Stockbridge, Roland II. Brady, and William 

 Lentz, all of Baltimore. They will constitute tbc board ot directors also. 

 The company will carry on a general lumber, tanning iind milling business. 

 J. Henry Strphraeyer will be the resident agent and the main office will 

 be in the Maryland Casualty Tower. The capital stock has been fixed at 

 2,000 shares ot 7 per cent non-cumulative preferred shares of a par 

 value ot $100 and ."i.OOO shares of common stock ot no par value. 



Walter L. Wessels returned last Saturday tor a tew days from a trip 

 through the South in search of stocks for tlie James Lumber Company of 

 this city. Though he tO()k up mainly yellow pine lumber, he also arranged 

 tor a number ot lots of hardwoods, which are needed in the company's 

 business. He had been away since May IG. 



Among the visiting lundiermen here in the last ten days was G. E. 

 Bartlett, a wholesaler of Philadelphia, who has an assorting yard at 

 Norfolk. Jlr. Bartlett was in search ot hardwoods and saw some of the 

 dealers and producers ot such stocks here. 



While practically all ot the lumber used in the construction of the 

 great concentration camps in various parts of the country will be yellow 

 pine, these undertakings are ot interest to the hardwood trade in conse- 

 quence ot the tact that some stocks in which they are Interested are 

 likely to be called tor. In any event, the withdrawals ot great quantities 

 ot yellow pine will mean a depletion which will certainly be reflected in 

 a more energetic inquiry tor Irardwoods, where prompt delivery is re- 

 quired. The encampment going up at .\nnap(dis Junction, aliout seven- 

 teen miles from Baltimore, is expected to call for not less than 2.'). 000,000 

 feet ot lumber ot various kinds, together witli enormous quantities of 

 other materials. 



The planing mill ot John C. Foster, three miles from Federalsburgh, 

 Caroline county, Maryland, was destroyed by fire June 25, with a loss of 

 $7,000 and no insurance. Mr. Foster has already made arrangements 

 to rebuild. The plant was the seventh burned during the time he and 

 his father, the late Elbert G. Foster, have been in business. 



Important changes are to be made in the building code ot Baltimore, 

 if the recommendations ot the municipal housing committee, which has 

 had the problem under consideration for some months, are adopted. 

 These recommendations aim at the elimination of inside dark rooms and 

 their practical effect will be to encourage the erection ot the semi-de- 

 tached style ot dwelling, which has lately found introduction in the 

 newly developed sections. All sleeping rooms are to have direct openings 

 to the air and there is to be sufficient vacant ground to prevent con- 

 gestion or overcrowding of the lot. The provisions in question will 

 be applied to tenement houses, as well as apartment buildings, hotels 

 and otlier establishments. The ordinance emliodying the changes is 

 expected to be ready tor the city council next month, and will have the 

 backing of the city adminstration. including the mayor, the city solicitor 

 and the city health commissioner. The change's will, ot course, necessi- 

 tate structural departures and will doubtless affect the specifications, 

 including the woodwork, in the new houses. 



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W. M. Ritter, president ot the W. .M. Kiilir Lumber Company, bas 

 been designated one ot the executive members of the subcommittee on 

 lumber and forest products of the Council of National Defense. In this 



