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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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.< CHICAGO > 



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'>' Lome from a vlalt of two 



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iMiny, l"t. Wn.viif, Inrt., »ix>nt 



■ mill now of I<« 



'. on bUHlnoHH. Mr, 



mil liikInK up 



rrturoM] to Npw York, aflrr ■ l.- 'nj at the compaor'a oOe* bera. 



Kuino fliKirIng !• iiuw Ix-lns lurocd out at tb« CauadUn mill, but trade 

 In It la Dot active. 



W. K, JackaoD of JiuLaon it Tlmllp baa latelr b<<<>n In Cauailn, looking 

 nflcr tbf Inlcrota of llie Drm, which bai a large colonltallou and timber 

 tract Id the Dorthern part uf Oatarlo, CondlUooi are rathor quiet there 

 lit pD'urnt, ow'hiK lo the war. 



=— ■< PHILADELPHIA >• 



.., i:,. ■,,...... ..„■., . ..„,|..,.,.. . linnvllle, Ky.. 



nto for oni' iliiy In confcrcnct- wllb ofnccm of the 

 : M.inufncturem' Axuoclntlon, 



iKh. rn.. pnnKi'U tbroueh riilruKo on Iil8 wn.v 

 where be nttonded the mvcUui: of the Northern 

 Hemlock nnd llnnl>%o>iiJ .Miiiiiifiirt'inTs' Assc-cliitlou. 



C, Ik Faust of fh.- Fnust Brothers Lumber Company, JncksoD, XIliis,, spent 

 -vcraldn)-. ■ k In ChlcuRO on business. 



U. S. Wii- tary of the Little Kock Lumber nnd Mnnufncturlns 



Ark., ivns In the rlty for a fen- ilnys ii w.^k ago. 

 rom uutottown who uttondtHl tin' funirnl of O. O. 



V ,:r. . .1. . .11. lud., and Enrl Palmer, rnducah, Ky. 



ll.vuDwo- ipt of "Wood Construction." volume 



I No. 1, I- "n of Itctall Lumber Dculers. The 



book contains n complete story of lUe recent iinnunl meetlnu of that organl- 

 ration and a great deal of Intcrestlns rending matter along other lines, 



J, V. StlmsoD, Huntingburc. Ind., large and well-known operator lu 

 I irdwoods and veneers In Indlann, Kentucky nnd Tennessee, was In the 

 clly May S. He says that be Is running his Huntlngburg mill on double 

 shift. In fact, he has run it on double lime for eight weeks since the drat 

 of the year. lie also stated that quartered oak is moving In splendid shape 

 and tbat be is getting for it every cent that be secured before tbe war. 



=-< NEW YORK >: 



The iDterstate Ccmmcric Commission hiis aij.nin suspended tlie tariffs 

 carrying new regulations covering delivery of freight by lighter in New York 

 barhor. These are the tariffs which the lumber trade opposed because of the 

 extra charge of twelve cents per ton for loading or unloading lumber from 

 tbe boats to the dock. 



The hardwood trade of Memphis must have heard of some great attraction 

 up this way — if one is given to rending signs. We have rerently had as 

 visitors hero S. C. Major, S. C. Major & Co. ; Ii. .M. Lockwood, Memphis Hard- 

 wood Flooriag Company, and M. B. Cooper, Three States lumber Company, 

 II prominent In tbe Tennessee hardwood trade. All were here on business 

 and reported some improvement in the general eastern district. 



Capt. W. II. Bell, one of the Metropolitan district's oldest lumbermen, died 

 May 3 at bis home in this city. Capt. Bell was In his ninetieth year and 

 luring his life in the local trade had seen two generations of lumbermen 



•me and go. lie was in the retail business on the upper east side of the 

 i.wn. Before entering the lumber business be was a seafaring man and a 

 master at tbe age of twenty-three. He was commodore of the fleet of tbe 

 star Line to New Orleans which operatwl the finest steamers afloat at that 

 time. He is snrrived by a widow nnd two children. 



-.-<, BUFFALO y- 



T. Sullivan & Co. have been receiving good-sized stocks of brown ash 

 by rail recently and will soon bavo some of this sort of lumber by lake. 

 E. W. tierlltz has returned from Michigan, where he sold a large stock 

 of hardwoods to be shipped direct from the mill. 



Miller, Sturm & Miller state tbat the hardwood demand has shown a 

 good improvement lately and fair sales have been made in the local 

 market, especially in plain oak and maple. 



The new office building of Davenport & Ridley has been completed and 

 was occupied May 1. It contains the headquarters of tbe McLean Ma- 

 hogany & Cedar Company as well. 



Tbe Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company states tbat business has been 

 better during tbe past two weeks. The yard has been getting in stocks 

 of Tennessee cedar and red gum. 



G. Ellas & Bro. are now completing extensive additions and improve- 

 ments to their planing mill, which will be much more commodious than 

 before. A pretty fair building trade in this city Is now reported. 



The Veagcr Lumber Company flnds the hardwood trade holding up well, 

 tbough no brisk bnsldess has started yet. Ash, oak and cypress are in 

 fair demand. 



Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling state that there Is a better inquiry for 

 hardwoods than a few weeks ago. The better grades of chestnut arc 

 In Improved demand. 



Horace F. Taylor of Taylor & Crate has returned from a trip to the 

 firm's operations In Mississippi. He stated that some basswood and 

 birch will be brought down the lake by the firm this season. 



E. B. Lott, vice-president of the A. J. Chestnut Lumber Company, bas 



Building work lu the muuth of Ai<ril exceeded .\prll of ln«i year by 

 f-loii.oiMi. nperullona Hlnried durliii: tbe month numbered l,hl'U and 



cost )f:!.44t.l The Onit four niouili« of thia year ahow 0,2.'ia opera- 



tlonn eoBiliig !fl'.',.'IL':t,"00, uD Incfeaae of »l,01'D,;)7ri over the correapondlDg 

 period of 1U14. 



l.oenl luiiibennen iuleresteii In oMiiiulng a .lOfoot channel In tbe 

 Delaware river were disappointed when Information waa received here 

 to the effect that the amount askiil for lind been cut down to $250,000 

 by the appruprlntlonK coiiinilllev In the Atale senate, at llnrrlaburg. It 

 was said the amount now culled for in the bill la tentative ond will be 

 iucreuseii If tbe leglshiture in able to pass bllla that will rnlne more 

 income for the state. 



The Wedding of Miss Edith Stephenson, daughter of Mr. and Mra. 

 Arthur Herbert Stephenson of Overbrook, and Mr. V. Hice WliKIng of 



.Mnrli.ii. will Ink.- |>lj ti Siicuiilin .Miiii.i;. June ."«, ut the Kil/.-Cnrlton 



hotel. Mr. Whiting is secretary-treasurer of the Whiting Luml)er I'ompiiny. 



ii. C. .MiigrudiT. who bus been doing Ijuslness for himKelf with an olllee 

 in West I'hlhideipbia. has entered tlie employ of the Woodland Lumber 

 Company, Commercial Trust building, as a salesman. 



The West End Planing Company of Huntingdon, cupitallicd at |S,000, 

 has been granted a state charter. 



John O. Sbeatz, former state treasurer, haa been appointed permanent 

 receiver for the luternatlonal Lumber & Development Company, whose 

 former olBcers and promoters were sent to Jail. Mr. Sheutz will niiike a 

 trip to Mexico and look over the land to see whether it is worth uperuting. 

 He is to make a report to tbe United States district court within ninety 

 days. 



The Thomas E. Coale Lumber Company, Bellevue-Court building, on 

 May 1 purchased tbe yord of the Whiting Lumber Compony, northwest 

 corner of Twentieth and Dauphin streets. This marks the entry of tbe 

 Conle company into the retail field, but the wboie-salc business will be 

 carried on as formerly from the downtown offices. No decision hns been 

 made as yet concerning who will be In charge at tbe big uptown yard. 

 .Vll the Whiting employes have been retained. It is said that Frank K. 

 Whiting will devote bis time to bis lumber manufacturing operations 

 along Lake Huron. F. Ulie Whilint', liis sou. lias not announred as yet 

 bis exact plans. 



-^ PITTSBURGH y 



The Mutual Luniher Company Ua^ bteii slUpplng a lurge amount of 

 lumber to the automobile coocerns In Detroit, Toledo and other cities. 

 Manager H. E. Ast is very familiar with this trade and has found it very 

 profitable to work this year. 



The big sawmill of the Kaul & Hall Lumber Company at St. Marys, 

 Pa., which has been shut down for a year, has started up with twenty- 

 five men employed. The company will run the plant on the hardwood 

 cut for at least two months. 



The Acorn Lumber Company Is pushing its hardwood business this 

 .vear, especially in the East, and is meeting with excellent success. The 

 price situation is the worst feature of tbe business, according to President 

 H. F. Domboff, who docs not believe in selling lumber without a satis- 

 foctory profit. 



PlttslJurgh wholesalers are much encouraged by. the big Industrial 

 announcements which have been made here the past two weeks. In 

 addition to the enormous wor orders which have been placed with Pitts- 

 burgh firms and which ore bringing hundreds of thousands of dollars to 

 Pittsburgh, file big steel companies have announced Important extensions 

 to their plants and the railroads arc arranging to spend money in old 

 time fashion. The Carnegie Steel Company has ordered big plants to be 

 built at Duquesne, Pa., and New Castle, I'a. 



W. H. Deeter of Meyersdale, Pa., has sold to the Grlder Lumber 

 Company of Parsons, W. Va,, 3,000 acres of timber which is a part of 

 the old Kendall & Deeter Lumber Company holdings. There is much 

 hardwood on the tract and it is probable tbat operations will be started 

 shortly. 



The Kendall Lumber Company bas resumed operations at its plant at 

 Thornwood, Pa., which has been shut down since last December. The 

 company has a woods force of about 100 men working and also a large 

 mill force. 



The ToppIlffEly Company, manufacturer of children's vehicles, has 

 started work on a $25,000 addition to its plant at Washington, Pa. The 

 company uses a large amount of hardwood in its plant. 



The W. P. Craig Lumber Company is liquidating as a corporation. 

 W. P. Craig will continue the business at 1104 Empire building Indi- 

 vidually and will handle a fine line of hardwood and general lumber. 



The West Penn Lumber Company reports n pretty good market for 

 lumber among tbe manufacturing concerns. Prices are unsatisfactory, 

 however, and demand Is pretty Jerky. 



