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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Kt'liniiir.v 10, 1!)18 



Walnut 



Of Character and Color 



Manufactured at Kansas City, U. S. A. 

 Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness 



Thirty-five years' experience 



IN WALNUT ONLY 



Prompt Shipment, and 

 Guaranteed Inspection 



FRANK PURCELL 



515 Dwight Building. KANSAS CITY. MO. 



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I Plain & Qtd. Red & White j 



OAK 



AND OTHER 

 HARDWOODS 



i Even Color 



Soft Texture = 



MADE (MR) RIGHT 



OAK FLOORING 



We have 35,000,000 feet dry stock— all of 

 our own manufacture, from our own tim- 

 ber grown in Eastern Kentucky. 



= PROMPT SHIPMENTS = 



i The MOWBRAY I 

 I & ROBINSON CO. i 



lugs, ilorived from its four logfing camps near the Onclda-Pricc county. 

 lino. The logs are hauled twenty-nine miles hy rail, mostly over the com- 

 pany's own tracks. "Business is l)oon)ing and tlie ilemand Is sliarp and 

 prices firm," said Mr. Burhach. 



The Tigorton Lumlier Company, Tlgerlon, Wis., started hauling logs from 

 its camps near Summit Lake, Wis., late in .January, a large steani liauler' 

 lulug employed. Jlore than 3,000,000 feet of logs had ln-en dcckeil in the 

 WMods when hauling started, iusuring an ample supply for Ilie mill for 

 the season. 



The Holt Lumber Company, Oconto, Wis., has completed the installation 

 III' another large generating unit in its planing ndll for the purposes of the 

 Occmto Electric Company, which supplies the city and private consumers. 

 The new unit gives tlie company three separate and independent sources of' 

 power in case of emergency. 



The Kiel Woodenware Company, Kiel. Wis,, has completed important 

 improvements in its ndll at .Melliii, Wis., and imreased the working force 

 from seventy-live to more than 10(1 operatives on Fehruary 1. The improve- 

 ments includeil tile installiition of a 200 hor.sepower Corliss steam generat- 

 ing unit. 



The Crocker Cliair Company, Chicago, issued notice to all plants recently 

 that full pay bo given to employes who are kept idle because of the Garfield 

 coal-saving order. This does not affect the company's sawmills at .\ntigo 

 and Klton, Wis., which are enabled to operate on Mondays, because their 

 fuel supplies are derived almost entirely from wood waste. 



.\'. 1>. Sergeant, Springbiook, Wis., has purchased a large portable steam- 

 operated sawndll outtit ami expects to cut from (iOO.doo to 750,000 feet of 

 logs in tliat vicinity clui'ing the coming season. Mucli of the log supply 

 in sight consists of hardwoods. 



The Shawano Hub Manufacturing Company, Shawano. Wis., has been 

 reorganized as the Shawano Box Company and will discontinue the manu- 

 facture of hubs and bolts in favor of boxes and veneers. F. C. Werbeiow 

 has lu'fn appointed general manager and will be assisted by Henry Neu- 

 nieier, who had charge of the plant under the former policy. 



The W. .T. Campbell Lumber Company, Oshkosh. Wis., has increased its 

 <apital stock from $00,000 to $120,000. Delwin Towie is secretary. 



The Hardwood 'Market 



--(, CHICAGO >-= 



Chicagii is j;(*ttiny; im re ami muro into war runsi(lcrati<in. A good 

 (leal of UimlxH' liundlod through this market is going into boxes and coa- 

 tainers. The section in and around Chicago has a great many producers 

 of wagons and other vehicles used by the government in its war work. 

 The result is that there is a good deal of activity around here looking 

 towards the lining up of stock for such purposes. 



There is ileveloping some hope of building renewal as building weather 

 • omes on. Without iloubt this hope will materialize to a degree. Sales 

 and prices are promising, with strength hohling as well in the northern 

 as in the southern woods. In fact, lumbermen familiar with the local 

 situation express real enthusiasm over the conditions and possibilities of 

 the market. 



=-< BUFFALO > 



Many difficulties are standing in the way of carrying on hardwood trade 

 at present, one of the chief ones being the embargoed conditions on all the 

 rail lines. The weather 1ms been intensely severe dining the past weeks 

 and winter temperatures have been uniformly low since November. As a 

 consequence the railroads have been unable to keep freight moving and 

 their engines have been frozen to the tracks. About all the business that 

 can be done Is in local or close-by territory, and naturally there is not 

 enough to go around and give everybody a large part. 



Because of the scarcity of stocks coming from the mills and the deple- 

 tion of yard stocks, prices have been on a high level. Where customers 

 had to have lumber immediately they have lately been paying unusually 

 high prices and no i)rospect appears to exist of any break in the market. 

 Wholesalers are hopeful that the rail situation will improve within the next 

 few weeks, but so long as the weather remains on a zero basis not much 

 opportunity foif a change exists. 



Woodworking plants have had much trouble in getting sufficient fuel 

 supplies during the' past few weeks. In some cases factories have had to 

 shut down for a few days as the result of coal shortage. The outlook is 

 not at all favorable to a plentiful supply of coal in the near future, and 

 so far as can be seen the order to close down inilustrial establishments 

 for five days and on successive Mondays has not brought about the relief 

 that was hoped for. It was not much hardship for many plants to shut 

 down, because the railroads are unable to move much freight where fac- 

 tories are open. 



=-< PITTSBURGH >-= 



= (INOORFORATEO) = 



I CINCINNATI, OHIO I 



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All Three of U> Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



Much ...mplaint is lieard about shipments. The difficulty of getting 

 lumber through to its destination is greater now than at any time this 

 winter. It would be bard 1" conceive of tying business in a harder knot 



