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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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THEO. FATHAUER CO. 



1428 CHERRY AVENUE 

 Telephone Diversey 1 824 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



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CAR AND CARGO LOTS 



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three out of every twenty-tour hours, anil even with this condition, we are 

 not able to keep up with all of our orders. Offerings of gum in the open 

 market are quite scarce and so far as Cottonwood in the lower grades is 

 concerned, it can scarcely be said to exist at all so scarce is it." Demand 

 for both sawn and veneered shooks appears to he coming from practically 

 every source and there is nothing to indicate that there will be any slow- 

 ing down in the call for these products. Trices are on a very satisfactory 

 plane and box manufacturers have little of which to complain beyond the 

 fact that there is a scarcity of the material used In their plants. 



Reports from Mississippi Indicate that a number of the hardwood mills 

 in that state cutting ash are finding an exceptionally large demand there- 

 for for use in the manufacture of aeroplane frames and other parts. 

 Similar reports are received from some of the firms at Memphis making a 

 specialty of this particular wood. The call appears to be partii'ularly 

 active for stock ly^ inches thick and 12 to 14 feet in length. Some of 

 the manufacturers of veneers here reported some time ago that they 

 were receiving orders for ash veneers for use in aeroplane manufacture 

 and that there were inquiries also for Cottonwood veneers for the same 



purpose. 



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Charles M. Morford, formerly president of the Nashville Lumbermen's 

 Club, but now of McMinnville, Tenn., because of his knowledge of the 

 lumber trade, has been appointed to a position in the government bureau 

 of supplies and accounts at Washington to give expert advice in the pur- 

 chase of lumber supplies for the navy. Mr. Morford will advise with the 

 purchasing officials about grades, quality and kinds of lumber, market con- 

 ditions In the trade, where to buy, who can deliver the goods and other 

 technical questions. Mr. Morford was formerly a large hardwood operator 

 in Nashville, and was also connected with several manufacturing concerns 

 and was very popular with local lumbermen. 



Houston & Liggett Company of Lewisburg, Tenn., has been incorporated 

 with authorized capital stock of $100,000. C. C. Houston, W. G. Liggett 

 and others are incorporators, and the purpose is to manufacture pencils 

 and cedar products. 



Highland Coal & Lumber Company of Nashville has Increased Its cap- 

 ital stock from .$25,000 to $250,000. The company is composed of W. V. 

 Davidson and others, and was organized for development purposes. 



There has been considerable activity in organization of new companies 

 In this territory, the following being noted : Sea Bird Timber & Logging 

 Company, Nashville, capital $150,000, organized by M. P. O'Connor, W. A. 

 Webster and others ; San Juan Timber Company of Nashville, capital, 

 $17."). 000, organized by same as foregoing; Jorgonsen-Bennctt Company of 



Memphis, capital, $25,000, organized by H. J. M. Jorgensen, E. T. Ben- 

 nett and others ; Cockrum Lumber Company of Knoxville, organized 

 by W. A. Cockrum and others. 



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While residence and commercial building operations have not been 

 up to normal in Louisville there has been a good demand from out 

 in the state, but the feature of the local lumber demand has been the 

 heavy orders handled in connection with the military camp at this 

 point. Many of the retailers sold their stocks almost clean to job- 

 bers who managed to get together enough material to supply the early 

 orders for lumber at the camp, but the big orders placed with the 

 Emergency Bureau are now coming in fast enough to keep the con- 

 tractors going. However, special stock and a few odd cars here .ind there 

 are being purchased, and some of the hardwood operators have been 

 so busy supplying this lumber that they have not had much time to de- 

 vote to the lines specialized in. The cantonment demand has been the 

 big interest with all of the local handlers of soft wood tor some weeks, 

 and in addition to the government orders the Southern Railroad is 

 planning to erect warehouses close to the camp grounds, and the Y. M. 

 C. A., will erect an auditorium and a number of frame buildings inside 

 of the camp. 



One of the few slumps encountered in the general demand for hard- 

 woods has been in flooring manufacturing where the demand has been 

 curtailed somewhat due to the slump in building operations. Quartered 

 oak is stronger in price, due to a short supply, many manufacturers 

 having curtailed this season. 



In an effort to get construction work and building moving at normal 

 pace the Louisville lumbermen along with the architects, engineers and 

 general building trades have undertaken a campaign to offset the fatal 

 economy idea which appears to be imbedded in the mind of the person 

 figuring on building residences, etc. Alfred Struck of the .\lfred Struck 

 Company, lumber dealers and contractors, and Capt. B. B. Davis, 

 architect, are among the leaders in the movement, which has resulted 

 in several meetings of the allied interests, and a campaign to show the 

 consumer that building matej^als will be in such demand after the 

 close of the war that prices will hold up. It seems that everyone is of 

 the opinion that property erected at this time will never be worth what 

 It cost. The need for construction work for normal pursuits is In 

 reality as great now as It ever was. but has almost been eliminated with 

 the result that when peace is declared the domestic and foreign demand 

 for materials wilt probably be so great that prices will be even higher 

 than ,Tt this time. "The Biiy-a-Home" movement cost the local inter- 



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