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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Fcbiuarj lu, I'JIS 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our location makes possible ouick delivery ot anything In timber and hardwood 



lumber 



The Tegge Lumber Co^ 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



liilivnis to be rocriiitcMl. In spite of appeals that have been made through 

 I he trade press and by clreiihir reeruitinj;. tills important I)ranch of the 

 -ervlie is going very slowly. Men are belnj; asked to transfer from the 

 branches of the service they are now in to the Twentu'th l-^nylneers if they 

 have had Imnberlny experience. Their reluctance lo do this, and in general 

 I he slow recruiting Is attributed to the fact that the men do not relish 

 thi' prospect of leaving officers and comrades with whom thev are nc- 

 (lualnted for strangers. 



.Tohn Wec]<erly. Whitchouse. O.. has sold out his luiiiiier business to 

 I'.Hcher & Stnder. 



The Slagel Lumber Company. I,lnia. O., has tal<en over the business of 

 the iloblnson & Curray I.,umber Company at Marysville. 



.\1 the annual meeting of tlie Tnion .Vssodation of Lumber, Door and 

 Sash Sak'snien. Iieiil in Columbus tlie latter part of .January in conjunc- 

 tion with the annual meeting of the Ohio Association of Ketuil Lumber 

 Dealers', the folltiwing officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: 

 President, C. E. DeLong of Toledo; vice-president, W. B. Stewart of 

 Oayton ; secretary-treasurer, John P. Bartelle of Toledo. The directors : 

 .T. I). Farh-y. Cincinnati. <!?orge C. Schweiger, Cleveland. 



A communication from the National .\ssociatlon of Lumber & Sash Door 

 Salesmen was tabled, and the m.-itter of an outing at Cedar I*olnt in the 

 sumnu'r of lOl.S was left to the officers for deterniinatk)n. 



Salesmen of long ago. a large proportion of wliom are lundjer salesmen 

 of the present, attended a luncheon at Columbus during the meeting ot 

 the two Ohio lumber associations for the purpose of renewing old acquaint- 

 ances. It was decided to form an organization known as the Old Guard. 

 llorris A. Ilayward of Detroit, formerly of Columbus, was elected presi- 

 dent and Allen A. Smith of Toledo vice-president. John P. Bartelle of 

 Toledo was elected secretary-treasurer. The call for the meeting came 

 from W. K. Ford of Slanslield. one of the old timers. In all sixteen of 

 the old timers were present to unite with the new organization. 



R. W. Ilorton of the W. M. Uitter Lumber Company reports a fairly 

 cood demand for hardwoods, especially from manufacturing plants. Box 

 and implement factories are the best customers at this time. Prices are 

 firm. Shipments are' slow because of emljargoes and railroad congestion. 



The Emory River Lumber Company, Cincinnati, has increased its capital 

 from $200,000 to .$400,000. 



The following firms in Cleveland report an increase in capital stock: 

 The Barner-Mead Lumber Company, from $40,000 to $100,000 ; The Wick- 

 liffe Lumber Company, from $25,000 to $50.000 ; The Central Lumber 

 Company, from $25,000 to $.50,000. 



The Winn Cypress Company, Dayton, has increased its capital from 

 $3,000 to $10,000. > 



The James Oklen & Sons Saw Manufacturing Company, Columljus. has 

 increased its capital from $12,000 to $200,000. 



The Green Tie Company, capitalized at $12,000. and The Portsmouth 

 Tie Company, capitalized at $12,000, both of Portsmouth, have been 

 incorporated to deal in ties. The incorporators of both firms are E. H. 

 Green, V. S. Taylor, L. C. Smith, L. Taylor and Frank 'R'. Moulton. 



=-< CLEVELAND > 



Cleveland bardwood intfi-osts am joining with all Uinilit^r ropresentativos 

 in this district in the niDVpnicnt of the Cleveland Board of Lumber Dealers 

 to increase buildiny^ operations, and consequently bigger demand for lum- 

 ber materials, through more liberal loans from financial institutions. Facts 

 gathered by a survey committee of the board shows that while there is more 

 than $oOO,OOO.noo in national and state banks in the Cleveland district, 

 there is less than $30,000,000 in the savings and loan associations, which 

 are considered the natural medium through which real estate operation 

 loans are made. It is the aim of the board here to get increased deposits 

 for the savings and loan associations, so that more money will be available 

 for building purposes, as well as to increase the showing as compared with 

 other cities in Ohio. Plans are being considered by J. V. O'Brien, secretary. 



Fred P. Potter of Potter, Teare & Co., chairman of a committee formefl 

 to ascertain the cost of doing business in the past year, advises that in 

 1917 the average cost of handling lumber in the Cleveland district was $10 

 per thousand, which is twice that of 1015. 



E. M. Carleton of the Mills-Carleton Company has left for the South, 

 where he will remain the balance of the winter. 



O. T. Jenks, who has been sales manager of the C. H. Foote Lumber 

 Company, has resigned to engage in other business. 



< INDIANAPOLIS > 



James 1. Dissette last week piachased the jihuit of the Inferior Hard- 

 wood Company in Indianapolis for the use of the Indianapolis Wirebound 

 Box Company. The property was valued at from $50,000 to $60,000, and 

 stands on an excellent nianufacluring site ot two acres. The plant is 

 composed of three modern brick liuildings with a floor space of 50.000 

 square feet. The Interior Hardwood Company had been engaged in the 

 manufacture of hardwood flooring for the last twenty-flve years. 



The Imperial Desk Conii>any of Evansville, Ind.. has increased its cap- 

 italization from $100,000 to $200,000. General business expansion is 

 planned by the company. 



The furniture manufacturing industries of Evansville, Ind., are facing 

 a serious situation as a result of the fuel shortage. The D. L. Conrey, 

 the Danziger Furniture Company and the ShelbyvlUe 'Wardrobe Company 

 are now closed because steam coal cannot be obtained. Other furniture 



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