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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Novoinbpr 10, 1917 



WE MANUFACTURE bandiawed, plain and quarter aawatf 



WHITE AND RED OAK AND YELLOW POPLAR 



We ni»ke a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- 

 ment, Wa{OD and Vehicle Stock in the rouch. 

 Y •ur Inqulrlea ••Molt* d 



ARLINGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky 



Wistar, Underhill & Nixon 



Real Estate Trust Building 

 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 



CHOICE DELTA GUM Dry and Straight 



>t Co.. rarkpi-sljurg. W. Va., ami W. J. Gallon. New Orleans, were here 

 aliinit the same time to look after some export shipments which had been 

 dela.vod and whloh thc.v desired to have moved, 



.\t the Baltimore office of the Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Lumber rompany, 

 Cincinnati, it was stated last week that the corporation is making ex- 

 tensive shipments abroad of walnut and ash, the former wood being used 

 In the manufacture of aeroplane propellers, and the other tor such pur- 

 poses as gun carriages, stretchers and other war materials. The British 

 military authorities have not followed the lead of Americans in the use 

 of oak for propellers, regarding walnut as very much better and as in 

 fact the only satisfactory wood. Walnut in considerable qnantities is 

 gotten out In the eastern states. West Virginia producing more than any 

 of the others, though the entire East falls below the quantity produced in 

 Indiana alone. It was stated that most of the shipments are sent by 

 way of New York, under arrangements with steamship lines there. The 

 company maintains a yard in the southwestern section of the city, where 

 stocks are assorted, and those that will not do for the export trade are 

 yarded. 



Joseph Trimble Peters, president of the Bridal Veil Liunber Company, 

 Portland, Ore., visited relatives here last week. 



\n interesting compilation on the factories in Maryland has just been 

 made by Tunstall Smith, executive secretary to Mayor Preston, of Balti- 

 more, It shows that in the ten .years from 1904 to 1914 there was an 

 increase of 347 in the number of factories, of 8,719 in the number of 

 wage earners and of $10,002,000 in the value of the amount of wages 

 paid to them in the city. The increase in the state was 945 in the num- 

 ber of factories, 17,411 in the number of employes and $17,648,000 in 

 the amount of wages paid. In other words, the gain in the city was 

 considerably larger than that in the counties. And the fact is also to 

 he mentioned that the statistics do not cover the period of tlie war, dur- 

 ing which there lias been even greater growth than before. 



The Maryland Contracting Company has obtained the contract for the 

 clearing of the ground, the erection of foundations for the guns, the rear- 

 ing of buildings and other work on the 35,000 acre tract which the 

 government has taken over in Maryland as an artillery testing ground. 

 The sum available for the land and improvements is $7,000,000. 



Smith, Ilauser & Mclsaac, builders of the cantonment at Camp Meade, 

 Maryland, have secured the contract to erect some eighty buildings for 

 the big military stores establishment which the government plans at 

 Curtis Bay, Just outside of Baltimore. According to estimates the im- 

 provements will call for an outlay of $3,000,000. 



< COLUMBUS >- 



An advance spot-light upon the activities of the Real Estate and Build- 

 ing Show, to be held in Columbus, Jan, 21 to 30, 1918, reveals an interest 

 far beyond that expected at this date. The show will not be limited to 

 an exhibition of Ohio building materials, for a large number of firms 

 and individuals without the confines have a.sked for spacious reservations. 

 The Columbus Lumbermen's Club in connection with the Ohio Retail Lum- 

 ber Healers' Association has tiiken half of one of the largest buildings, 

 and plans to feature miniature houses in its exhibits. 



The Fostoria Lumber Company, Fostoria, O., has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $50,000 to deal in lumber. The incorporators are ; 

 John B. and Raymond B. White, Edward D. Bradbeck, Elbert H. Burch 

 and Oscar T. Shutt. The concern has taken over the business of the 

 Standard Lumber Company. 



The Delphos Bending Company of Delphos, O., has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $150,000 to do a lumber and bending business. The 

 incorporators are : H. S., Ida N. and D. L. McLead, C. W. Obermeyer 

 and Mary J. Justus. 



The capital of the Harvard Lumber Company, Cleveland, has been 

 reduced from $50,000 to $30,000. 



William F. Galle, a well-known lumberman of Cincinnati died at his 

 late home after an Illness of about five years. He founded the firm W. 

 F. Galle & Co.. about thirty years ago. 



R. W. Horton, of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, reports a good 



demand for hardwoods from manufacturing establishments. Buying on 

 the part of retailers is not active as they are only replenishing broken 

 stocks. Prices are firm along the line. 



Charles L. Shelton, proprietor of a box manufacturing concern, 231 

 Fletcher street, filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy In federal court 

 recently. Ills llaliilltles are $15,529 and assets 3,400 according to the 

 petition, 



li^ve hundred bomns will be erected on a 30-aere site, provided by the 

 government, near Camp Sliennan for the families of enlisted men, it was 

 announced from the headquarters of Major General E. F. Glenn. The 

 homes are to be built with money pledged l)y Ohio club women, representa- 

 tives of whom were in conference with Major General Glenn. 



The Capital Hardwood Company, Columbus, has been incorporated with 

 a capital of $10,000 to deal in hardwoods. The Incorporators arc : M. 

 L. Knotts, B. P. Broadman. Samuel Weil, J, L. Murray and Fred M. Mc- 

 Sweeney. The headquarters of the concern will be located in Columbus. 



-<, INDIANAPOLIS >• 



A campaign of general interest to the hardwood trade of the entire 

 country was launched here late in October at a meeting of the executive 

 committee of the National Real Estate Association. The organization 

 appointed a special committee, which will seek to form what will he 

 known as an allied committee of all forms of business interested in home 

 building for the purpose of starting a nation-wide "Own Your Home" 

 campaign. Members of the committee said that all associations of lumber- 

 men would be urged to co-operate in the movement. In addition to lumber 

 organizations, this committee hopes to interest organizations represent- 

 ing the following t.vpes of business and professions in the movement : 

 Hardware, furniture, paint, brick, cement, and banking. After the allied 

 committee representing all of these Interests is formed it is proposed to 

 induce national advertisers that would be benefitted by extensive home 

 building to insert in advertisements copies of the "Own Your Home" 

 slogan. In addition, local associations of real estate men and lumbermen 

 would be asked to conduct local advertising and publicity campaigns to 

 supplement a national publicit.v campaign, in which would be featured 

 the publication of interviews by well-known persons relative to the ad- 

 vantages of home ownership. 



J. Panahker, a hardwood lumber dealer of Logansport, Ind., has been 

 busily engaged recently in buying up large quantities of walnut to be 

 used in manufacturing parts for aeroplanes for the government. He 

 recently purchased a large number of walnut trees from a tract of land 

 near Dunkirk, Ind., and this timber will be placed at the disposal of the 

 government as soon as possible. 



The Indiana Hardwood Company of Shelby, Ind., last week filed pre- 

 liminary articles of dissolution. The company's charter will he sus- 

 pended in a few weeks. 



The Beuham-White Company of Carothersviile, Ind., was Incorporated 

 last week with a capitalization of $17,000 to manufacture woodenware. 

 The Incorporators are Clyde W. Keach, Harlan B. 'White, and Alex W. 

 Benham. 



The Kewanna Lumber Company of Kewanna, Ind., has been incorporated 

 with a capitalization of $20,000 to buy and sell lumber. Directors of the 

 company are John W. Long, Ralph W. McConnell, and Bert H. Thompson. 



=-< EVANSVILLE >■= 



The regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club will 

 be held at the new Hotel McCurdy, Thiysday night, November 13. Presi- 

 dent Worland will appoint several vacancies on standing committees and 

 John C. Keller, traffic manager, will make a report on several important 

 rate cases. 



W. A. Black recently resigned his position as general manager of the 

 Greer-Wilkinson Lumber Company, at Princeton, to engage in other busi- 

 ness. 



A large force of men is at work on the large Orr Estate in Knox county, 

 Ind., a few miles north of here cutting a large strip of timber. The logs 

 are being hauled to Kelley's Ripples on the Wabash river and as soon as 

 there is sufficient water in the Wabash the logs will be taken by boat to 

 Mt. Carmel, 111., and from there they will be shipped to Paris, 111., and 

 Marion, Ind. Ash logs will be sent to Marion where they will be used for 

 the manufacture of handles for the United States government. There 

 is some talk of a large sawmill being built at Mt. Carmel to handle the 

 logs from the Orr Estate. The timber on this estate Is said to be the 

 largest remaining tract of hardwood timber in southern Indiana. 



Bert Tisserand, who has charge of the hardwood end of the J. C. Greer 

 Lumber Company, says trade has been good all fall and he is looking for 

 a nice business the balance of the year. 



J. H. Moeller, former stave manufacturer at Mt. Vernon, Ind., who was 

 here on business a few days ago, says he has not abandoned the idea of 

 organizing a company to erect a factory at Mt, Vernon that will manu- 

 facture veneer, spokes, baskets and butter dishes. He has also taken an 

 option on a piece of property at Mt. Vernon for the site for the new 

 factory. 



The annual convention of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association was 

 held in Evansville, October 24 and 25. Resolutions were passed urging 

 Congress to speed up the work on the Ohio river and to make larger an- 

 nual appropriations for this work. The government dam that is being 



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