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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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hii-n Inrncllng tho North will be moving with the sun — back to the warm 

 illmatP of tho southern states. 



I'rank t". Wright. vlce-|in'slilent of the liangor and Aroostook Unllroatl 

 with headquarters lii finiigor. Maine, has been spending cunslderahli' time 

 anmnd lake states hanlwitbd operations latel.v. Mr. Wright l.s ilesirous of 

 Interesting praetical operators who have succeeded in the lake regions 

 bill have the prospect of lieiiig soon cut out. In the splendid birdi. m.i|iie 

 and beech timber wlilcli aliouiids In the region served li.v his road. This 

 tiinlier Is not being touched, the operators In Maine contenting themselves 

 with the softwood and pulpwood operations. There .seems to he a strik- 

 ing analogy between conditions In Maine toda.v and those which existed 

 In Ihe lake states in the old pine da.vs. 



i'rank Piirceii of Kansas Cit.v. Mo., famous In walnut circles hit Chi- 

 cago this week on a hurried trlj) east. lie paused long enough to show 

 bis entliuslasm over the present po,sltlon and prospects for .American 

 black walnut. 



Sam -V. Tlionipson, manager for the Anderson-Tully Company of Mem- 

 phis, Tenn., was in Chicago this week. Mr. Thompson is beginning a 

 tliree weeks' trip through eastern markets. 



The Columliia Cabinet Company, city, has changed Its name to the 

 Columbia riionograph Cabinet Company. 



The Jennings Screen Company has incorporated locally. 



'i'he Wilson Brothers Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Is the style 

 under which the business formerly conducted as the Wilson-.Tacobs Drum 

 Manufacturing Company is now operated. 



X. J. Wall. A. F. Nelson and Martin R. W'all are the incorporators of 

 the Centennial Desk Company at Rockford, III., with a capital of $:iO,000. 



=■< BUFFALO >■ 



Hardwood concerns have been making some fairly large purcha.ses of 

 stock and some are beginning to arrange for next year's business. Cer- 

 tain woods are expected to l)e in steady demand as long as the war lasts 

 and all hardwoods are regarded as good property, even though the war 

 should continue through next year. The labor shortage at- the mills has 

 cut down the output and it is expected to be a long time before any sur- 

 plus of hardwood lumber is found. 



Frank T. .^ullivan has added to Ills regular lumber business the Aero- 

 plane Lumlier Company, a new .?! 0,000 corporation, doing this because 

 he controlled quite a large amount of white ash timber in this state. 

 which he knew was in much demand for flying machines. He is associated 

 with Henry J. Turner, manager of the D. S. Hame Company. Buffalo, and 

 Warren Ross of Jamestown. The plan is to use the Ross sawmill for 

 working up the lumber and prepare a regular line for aeroplane uses. 



Receipts of hardwoods by lake have been very light. The scarcity of 

 boats and the high freight rates are causing the diversion of shipments 

 to the rail lines. 



Tlie campaign for the second I.,ibert.v Loan in tins city raised 

 ?fi0.212.000, or if."i. 000.000 more than the amount set by the government. 

 This good work wa.s accomplished I)y a thorough co-operation among 

 banks and business men of the city. The lumbermen's subscription 

 amounted to over ?1,000,000. 



Buffalo is likely to take a step forward soon in the construction of 

 steam vessels built of wood. The Union Drydock Company has not taken 

 up wood construction and proliably will not do so, but is engaged in 

 liuiiding mine-la.ver.s for the government, two of which, about l.^.^ feet 

 long, will be ready in a few days for passage to the ocean. The Empire 

 Enginei'ring Company, formerly II. S. Kerbaugh, Inc., is working hard 

 on a shipyard located at the lake front, back of the Terminal elevator, 

 and will lay foundations for wooden-vessel construction at once. 

 Weather permitting, a large amount of vessel building of wood, mostly 

 small and moderate sizes, will go on tills fall and through the winter. 

 The .vard and dock will be well protected, but very cold and stormy 

 weather will hold the work up. 



The Ahertiiaw Construction Company of Boston, has a contract for tlie 

 erection of a largi> manufacturing plant on Vulcan street, outside the 

 city line, in Tonawanda, to be operated by the Fore River Shipbuililing 

 Company. Tlie jilant will in reality bi' owned by the United States Cov- 

 ernment. and lurliliies for the operation of destroyers will be manufactured. 

 It Is expected lo be in operation within three months. The principal 

 building will be 700 feet long and SOO feet wide and other buildings of 

 smaller size will also be put up. The site covers twenty acres and was 

 bought of the .1. H. Williams Company, whose factory it adjoins, Tlie 

 new concern will give employment to at least 2,000 men, most of whom 

 will be skilled niecbanic-s. 



Stanley 11. (iraves, salesman for (Iraves, Manljert, Oeorge & Co., and 

 son of Luther V. flraves, whose death occurred last spring, died on 

 (ictoher 24, aged thirty-one years, lie left a wife and two children, his 

 liiotlier and several brothers and sisters. 



:< PITTSBURGH >-= 



A. Rex Fllnn, president of the Imquesne Lumber Company, has eiilisleil 

 in the Offlcers' Reserve Corps, and Is now stationed at Fort Meyer, Va. 

 Sales Manager Herrmann of this company, reports Pittsburgh demand 

 somewhat lighter than in the East. 



The Aberileen Lumber Company looks for iiuite an Increase In baying in 



January from big manufacturing concoros which are now rapidly using 

 up their stocks of gum and Cottonwood, and will soon be In the market 

 for more lumber of this kind. 



The Kendall Lumber Company Is running all Its mills and is doing a 

 nice business witii the mining companies. In general, howi-ver, It finds 

 trade pretty slow. 



The Breltweiser Lumber Company Is not rushed with business, accord- 

 ing to Sales Manager Smith. A. G. Breliwelser. formerly n member of this 

 company. Is now with the Brooks Run Lumber Company, a hardwood 

 concern In West Virginia. 



Tiw rittsliurgh Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association and the Pitts- 

 biirgh Lumbermen's Club are going to unite soon in a movement to pro- 

 mote house building In this city next spring, especially among wage 

 earners. .\ big campaign of puliiicity is being arranged. 



R. J. Rodgers, treasurer of the .Mlegheny Lumber' Company, has entered 

 war service, and is stationed at Waslilngton where he Is learning to be 

 a United States .\rmy Payma.ster. 



The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company- keeps its country mills busy, 

 and reports an unusually good demand for oak tiniliers which are lirlng- 

 ing most any old price. The tendency in general oak quotations Is about 

 Ihe same as last month. 



D. F. and F. E. Sites have bought a nice tract of hardwood tindier near 

 Seymoursvllle, W. Va., and will cut off the lumber in the near future. 



The E. H. Shreiner Lumber Company reports from a recent trip from 

 among West Virginia mills that oak is beginning to pile up in the mill 

 yards of that stati-, and that quotations are somewhat easier this month 

 as a result. 



Tho Sattier-IIamilton Lumber Company, Bessemer Bldg., is getting con- 

 sideraide good business from the manufacturers and L. L, Saltier believes 

 that demand and prices will readjust thcnuselves if they are given a fair 

 niiii longer clianco. 



=■< BOSTON y- 



A complete new schedule of charges for surveying by the state in- 

 spectors has been prepared and will be petitioned for at the Incoming 

 Ma.ssachusetls legislature. All hardwoods (except loose strips! 'will be 

 oOC per .M. with a varying charge of :»< to 40 cents per M. on other woods 

 in car and cargo lots, and Tof per m'. on hardwood floors or strips if the 

 bundles are to be opened. The revised scale is the subject of considerable 

 attention and comment by the trade. 



A iiardwood mill, dry-house and storehouse is to be erected immediately 

 by the Northern Woodenware Company at .Mattawaumkeag. Me. Gov. 

 Carl E. Miliiken and his associates in the large local lumlierlng opera- 

 tions are interested in the new enterpri.se which will employ about 100 

 hands and is expected to be running early in lOlS. 



The Wm. E. Bent Company of Springfield. Mass., is reported having 

 assigned for the benefit of creditors. 



On November 1. the N. Y., N. II. & II. K. R. raised its embargoes to 

 New England points as^it is now working under a joint committee with 

 the Pennsylvania R. R. and the Eastl>iiund Lumber Coufi-reiu-e Committee 

 at Norfolk, the oiiject being to furiiisli the maximum number of permits 

 that will be operative on all participating roads when issued. Richard 

 Ilackett. chairman of the New Ilavi'n committee may be addrcs-sed at 

 Room 10(1, Gen. Office Building, N. V.. .\. 11. & 11. u. K.. .New Haven. 

 Conn. 



=•< BALTIMORE >= 



The statement of exports of lumber from Baltimore during September 

 shows no Improvement as compared with the preceding months. On the 

 contrary, the movement continues to narrow, anil has now sagged to 

 purely nominal proportions. The list is again reduced lo four items, 

 with spruce alone shipped in conslderaide quantities. In fact, sjirucc 

 makes up all but $3,000 of the whole exhibit, a total of :{10,000 feet hav- 

 ing lieen sent out, of a declared value of .f 10,.").">0, as against the whole 

 declared value of not more than ,f22,SGl. Gum lo the amount of i:i,000 

 feet, 2,-.. 000 feet of oak and 15,000 feet of white pine make up the balance 

 of the list, as against six items of a declared value of .?»,'!,0j9 in Sep- 

 tember, I'UG. 



Secretary Harvey M. Dickson of the National Lumber Exporters' As- 

 sociation had a conference in New York on October 2;! with Conuop 

 (iuthrie. the British minister of shipping, on Ihe subject of the lifty- 

 seven cars of hardwoods, which had lieen lield up at different ports since 

 March, lliKi, under a British order In council. The promise that the 

 car.s would be released and that space on steamers would be provided in 

 order that they might go forward, had been made, but coinplnlnts were 

 piling up In the office of Jlr. IHckson tiiat nothing was being done to have 

 tile lumber go forward. Jlr. Dickson went over tile whole situation with 

 111.' minister, with the result that arrangements were made to start a 

 number of the cars in short order. Tliere being no cargoes loaded at 

 .Newport News that require dunnage, the cars there are to be transfi'i-red 

 to otlier pons, and it now looks as If the last of the lumber would be 

 moving In a comparatively short time. Concerning additional exports, 

 however, .Mr. Dickson expressed the opinion tliat notiilng could be hoped 

 Un: 



In Ibis connection It Is to be stated that Mr. Matthews ot L. 0. Smith, 



