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might as well dn so. The railroads will not carry sand or gravel and 

 It Is feared that other building material may follow in the 8ame way. 

 Hardwood dealers are picking up all the birch and maple they can find. 

 The increased scarcity of cars naturally attracts much attention to the 

 enlarged Krie canal, which Is to be completed liefore navigation opens 

 next spring. When it was at first projected, caplljil seemed rather eager 

 to take It up and there was fear that the railroad truck lines, through 

 their lake lines, would try to monopolize It with fleets of their own, 

 and there were propositions to forhiti it by law. Nothing was done, 

 however, and now no organized etCort is being made to place fleets on 

 the enlarged waterway, much as shippers are likely to need It next 

 season. The present canal and its predecessor have been famous for the 

 amount of lumber they floated. For a long time the Erie canal made 

 the rates for grain and lumber across New York state to tidewater, and 

 it Is hoped now that someone will provide the enlarged tonnage needed. 



:< PITTSBURGH >-. 



The .MiliiT linen Electric L'onipn;iy. inc.. lias bought 18,000 square feet 

 on Le.\iugt»>n avenue and is having plans prepared by the C. D. Cooley 

 compi;ny of this city for a plant to cost $40,000. 



The L. C. i;raves Company of Sprlngboro, Pa., manufacturer of com- 

 mercial bodies for Ford cars, has been reorganized and the new owners 

 are E. C Sweeney and F. C. Eckels of Conneautville. Fa. They have 

 secured the old chair company plant for their new industry there. 



The city of Erie, Pa., has landed the first government owned and 

 op<'rated steel plant. A site of 200 acres has been purchased by Robert F. 

 Devinc of the Erie Forge Company and the $3,000,000 plant will be built 

 there soon. 



Wholesalers all over Pennsylvania arc elated at the recent election of 

 E. V. Babcock. president of the Babcock Lumber Company as mayor of 

 Pittsburgh. Mr. Babcock has promised a thorouglily-clean business-like 

 administration and what E. V. says always "goes" with the "boys." 



The Erie Hailroad Company Is arranging to spend about $200,000 for 

 a new roundhouse and additions to its other buildings at its Ferrona 

 yards near Farreii. Pa. 



The Engle .\lrcraft Company, which lately took over the plant of the 

 Niles Car Company at Xiles. O., and which has a capital o£ $1,000,000, 

 has started work on a second big addition to its plant there. 



Two large factories are promised for the Point Breeze Section in 

 Pittsburgh. The Ward & Mackey Biscuit Company has bought 46,000 

 square feet of space on Lexington avenue and will build a plant at once 

 to cost $330,000. 



=■< BALTIMORE >= 



The annual meeting of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange will be held on 

 December 2. Arrangements are now being made by the house committee 

 and in all probability the affair will lie held in the Merchants' Club. On 

 account of the war the social features are likely to be less elaborate than 

 usual. Oflicers will be elected and other business transacted. 



M. M. Davis & Son, shipbuilders at Solomons, Md., have joined forces 

 with Moses, Pope & Trainer, marine engineers of New York, and have 

 been incorporated under the name of M. M. Davis & Son, Inc. One result 

 of this action will be an extension of the yards at Solomons and a cor- 

 responding increase in the activities of the concern. The officers of the 

 new company are : M. M. Davis, president ; Clarence E. Davis, vice-presi- 

 dent ; J. N. Trainer. .Jr., secretary and treasurer. New York offices have 

 been opened at 36G Fifth avenue. 



Fire on November 19 destroyed the plant of the F. X. Hooper Manu- 

 facturing Company, maker of the rotary press used to print on wooden 

 packing boxes at Glenarm, Baltimore county. The damage is estimated 

 at $100,000. 



Forest fires have been raging for three days in the mountains west of 

 Thurmont. Frederick county, Md., and much damage to standing timber 

 has been caused. 



The statement of exports of lumber and logs from Baltimore for October 

 shows a markeil Improvement over all of the other months of the current 

 year. Spruie continues to be the main item on the list, but there are 

 others that aij.l materially to the total, among them oak and poplar 

 boards, which liave not figured to any extent for a long time. The ship- 

 ments of implement and too handles are apparently on the increase. The 

 statement for last month shows a total value of $12!),.'i01 as compared 

 with $87,700 for October, 191f;. 



=-< COLUMBUS >- 



Columbus building activities showeil a slump of aiiout 30 per cent in 

 October, compared to October, 191G. This decrease, based on building 

 costs, is slightly In advance of the average decrease throughout the 

 country, but Is smaller than shown In many large cities. Building permits 

 issued in Columbus during the last week, however, showed a return to 

 something near the former weekly mark here, and many building activities 

 involving considerable sums are now planned locally. 



The Acorn Lumber Company will go out of business on December 1. 

 The city will require Its present site for use In widening the channel of 

 the Scioto river. 



Columbus lumber Jobbers, while seeking to get shipments hurried from 

 mills In the South, have been advised that, aroused to the necessity of 

 greater elTorts If the nation's wooden fleet plans are not allowed to drag 



dangerously, southern lumber manufacturers have Inaugurated a speeding 

 up program by which it Is hoped to increase the output of ship timbers 

 from .S.'.o,000 feet to 2,000,000 feet a day. 



Following the incorporation for $150,000 of the Brasher Lumber Com- 

 pany, with offices in the Columbus Saving and Trust building, the com- 

 pany proposes to take over an .\laliama sawmill and manufacture lumber 

 for its own account. The Incorporators are 11. D. Brasher, president ; 

 Geo. K. Hedges. H. B. Walker. Dana F. Ueynolds and E. D. Howard. 



M. C. Brandenburg, who has for the past fifteen .years been connected 

 with various lumber companies in Cincinnati, has branched out in busi- 

 ness tor himself. Mr. Brandenburg will do a wholesale and commission 

 business In cypress, yellow pine and hardwoods, and expects to make a 

 specialty of handling consignments for the mills. His present address 

 is 2241 Cleneay avenue. South Norwood, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



The Trotter Lumber Company, Toledo, has Increased Its capital from 

 $10,000 to $.'50,000. 



The Bennett Road Lumber Company, Toledo, has been Incorporated 

 with a capital of $10,000 to deal in lumb.er. The incorporators are 

 Rupert Holland, Thomas H. Thompson, James C. Martz, Emmltt C. Sayles 

 and Benjamin Seipel. 



The Capitol Hardwood Luml>er Company, Columbus, has been incor- 

 liorated with a capital of $10,000 to deal in lumber. The incorporators 

 arc M. 1.. Knotts, B. P. Boardman, Samuel W'ell, S. L. Murray and Fred 

 M. Mc.><weiney. 



The -Mid-West Box Company, Cleveland, has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $230,000 to make boxes. The incorporators are L. C. Shields, 

 Joseph E. Kewley, W. F. Minor, John E. Ryan and Paul F. Bauder. 



K. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter I^umber Company reports a good 

 demand for hardwoods, principally from manufacturing concerns. Fac- 

 tories making boxes and furniture are buying rather liberally, and the 

 same is true of implements concerns. Retail trade is also sprucing up 

 to a certain extent. Retail stocks are not large. Embargoes and car 

 shortage make shipping a slow process at this time. 



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