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HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 25, 1917 



E. A. Mercadal Lumber Co. 



WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION 



953 National Life Bldg., CHICAGO 



Northern Hardwoods Southern Hardwoods 



3 cars 8/4 No. 1 Com. & 



Better Birch 

 2 cars 6/4 No. 1 Com. & 



Better Birch 

 5 cars 1" No. 3 Maple 

 1 car 1" No. 2 Birch 

 1 car 6/4 No. 2 Com. Oak 

 1 car 4/4 No. 2 Com. Oak 



1 car 4/4 Fas Tupelo Gum 



1 car 4/4 No. 1 Common 



Tupelo Gum 



2 cars No. 2 Merchantable 



Hemlock 

 2 cars 1x4 Merchantable 



Hemlock Strips 

 1 car 1" Fas Basswood 



Strips 



Jackson & Tindle 



ELM and BIRCH 



4/4 to 12/4 All Grades 



Well assorted stock 



4/4, 5/4, 6/4, & 8/4 No. 3 

 Hardwood 



Mills at PELLSTON, MICH. 

 MUNISING. MICH. 

 JACICSONBORO, ONT. 



Main Office 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Send your inquiries to 



SALES OFFICE: 303-304 Murray Building 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLERAIN AVENCB 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our location makes possible auick dollvery of anythlna In timber and hardwtod 



lumber 



The Tegge Lumber Col 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ^ 



Industrial accidents in Wisconsin during tlie fiscal year ending July 1, 

 showed an increase of 25 per cent over the previous year, numbering 20,560 

 against 16,051. The Industrial Commission of Wisconsin is using the 

 showing to encotirage employers to redouble their efforts along the lines 

 of safety and sanitation. 



Harold J. Week has been elected secretary and treasurer of the John 

 Week Lumber Company, Stevens Point, Wis., to succeed his father, Andrew 

 R. Week, who died September 3. Mr. Week has been a member of the 

 company for many years, but during the last six years resided at San 

 Benito, Tex. Stoner Virum. logging superintendent of the Week com- 

 pany, who died at Stevens Point on the same day that Mr. Week passed 

 aw'ay, is succeeded by John Strand, lola. Wis., who has been camp foreman 

 for the List eighteen years. 



The Joerns Bros. Manufacturing Company, Stevens Point, Wis., which 

 recently purchased the interests of the Coye Furniture Company, has 

 appointed Fred E. Noble superintendent of the Coye plant, now known 

 as factory A. Mr. Noble was superintendent of the plant from 1904 to 

 1910, but during the last seven years has been engaged in paper and 

 pulp mill work. 



T. R. Begley. who has been sales manager of the Rib Lake Lumber 

 Company. Rib Lake, Wis., for several years, resigned on September 15 

 to accept a similar position with the Policy Lumber Company at Missoula, 

 Mont. Mr. Begley came to Rib Lake in ISO" and Joined the Rib Lake 

 company in 1906. 



A new shipbuilding industry will be established at Milwaukee during 

 the nest few months by a new company, to be known as the .\mpco Ship 

 r.uilding Companv, which is being organized by interests identified with 

 the .\mpoc) Rolling Mills Corporation. It is said that .$100,000 will be 

 expended in the construction and equipment of doclis, shops, and other 

 facilities. The exact location is not divulged, but it is said the new 

 yards will be situated in or close to Milwaukee on Lake Michigan. The 

 company's offices arc at 408 Security building, Milwaukee. 



Dr. A. W. Schorger, of the chemistry section. Forest Products Labora- 

 tory, Madison, Wis., has resigned to become associated with the Burgess 

 Laboratories, Inc., at Madison. He is succeeded by Dr. S. .\. Mahood, a 

 graduate of the University of Nebraska and Cornell Cniversity. • Armin 

 Elmendorf. of the college of engineering, Cniversity of Wisconsin, has 

 been appointed on the staff of the timber testing department at the 

 laboratory. 



Reports that the Oconto Company, Chicago, might .suspend operations 

 at Oconto, Wis., have been denied and preparations are being made for a 

 heav.v season's run at that point. The company has encountered serious 

 difficulties in providing adequate transportation facilities between its log- 

 ging camps and the mills, but it Is believed that these will be adjusted 

 satisfactorily within a short time. 



Tlie mills of the Sawyer-Cioodman Company at Marinette, Wis., again 

 are idle because of labor troubles. A short time ago the planing mill 

 resumed operations, following a shut-down because of strikes, but it was 

 found impossible to proceed under existing conditions. Charles A. Good- 

 man has issued a statement to the effect that the company does not intend 

 10 operate its business subject to the control of the timber workers' 

 union. 



Charles Bernhardt Ilentschel. president the C. P.. Tlontscbel Manu- 

 facturing Company, cigar boxes, Milwaukee, died at his home in She- 

 boygan, Wis., on September 12 at the age of eighty years, lie was horn 

 in fJerma^y and . amc to .\merica in ]8."t4. Mr. Ilentschel served thi'ough- 

 "\it the Civil war. The family was preparing to celebrate the flfty- 

 lightli anniver'sa,-y of the wedding on Septomlier 17 when death Intervened. 



The Hardwood Market 



-< CHICAGO >■ 



Although opinions differ as to the prospects for tradf in the local mar- 

 ket thoy seem to ho rather unanimous that hiisiness in hardwoods con- 

 tinues to shirken. This is commonly attributed to stnu'nation in building 

 construction and lessened demand for factory products in general. A 

 dispn.sition tn cut prices is noted, hut the trade at large is confident that 

 continued low stocks at mill points and the likelihomj that many mills 

 may be closed down for many months, duo to labor and car trouhlo, and the 

 tremendous d'-niand for government needs in hardwoods which has hardly 

 begun yet to show itself will totally prevent any accumulations and that 

 the man wlio loses his nerve now is exhibiting in a<hJition to lack of 

 courage, very poor judgment. It Is a significant endorsement of this 

 general attituvh' that there continues to be great diflioulty in securing 

 sufficient stocks in most of the common assortments of hardwoods entering 

 this market. 11 is equally significant that prices as a whcde are remaining 

 firm and that some companies which have retained their full confidence 

 in the situathm are not only asking hut continuing to get further increases 

 in their selling prices. 



=•< BUFFALO >•- 



The hardwi 



Iiig nctivit.\' ii 



'd trade is showing up fairly well, in spite of lack of any 

 llie building or furniture lines. The cbieC outlet for stock 



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