June 10, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Company, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and president of the Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' .Association ; W. II. Wcller, secretary of the same organization ; 

 R. B. Goodman of the Goodman Lumber Company, Goodman, Wis., and 

 J. F. Mclntyre, president of J. F. Mclntyre & Sons, Inc., Pine Bluff, -iris. 



-<, BUFFALO >-- 



W. L. Sylies, president of the Emporium Lumber Company, Utlca, 

 N. T., accompanied by his wife, has been spending some time In this 

 city. 



George Repp, for a long time connected with the business office of the 

 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company, has resigned his position to become 

 the secretary of the Erie Savings & Loan Association. 



G. Elias & Bro. have given a deed to property along the Buffalo River 

 to the city, thus assuring development of the channel of that stream, 

 which is greatly needed. 



R. D. McLean of the McLean Mahogany & Cedar Company, has gone 

 South on a business trip of about two weeks, during which he will look 

 over the lumber situation. 



The Yeagor Lumber Company reports that white ash h;\s been in fairly 

 good demand of late. The chief interest in hardwoods comes from con- 

 cerns that are profiting through war orders. 



Blakeslee, Perrln &. Darling have Issued a stock list showing the 

 largest amount of dry lumber of good quality the firm has yet carried. 

 Trade Is reported to be gradually Improving. 



Anthony Miller's yard is carrying a good assortment of general bard- 

 woods, though it is stated that trade Is slow for this time of year and 

 shows little sign of betterment. 



Hugh McLean returned about a week ago from a weeks' trip to the 

 Pytonga Club, near Quebec, where be was accompanied by E. B. Holmes 

 and several other Buffalonians. 



T. Sullivan & Co. report an Increased sale for brown ash, which Is 

 one of the special woods handled. A cargo of 300,000 feft of hemlock 

 recently arrived on the Our Son. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company's dry kiln has been In 

 active operation recently, as there is a fairly good demand for dry 

 stocks of several hardwoods. 



The Atlantic Lumber Company is giving a good deal of attention at 

 present to the New England market and has sold large hardwood stocks 

 there. 



< PHILADELPHIA >■ 



The annual base ball game between teams representing the wholesale 

 and retail firms In the Lumbermen's Exchange was held on the Straw- 

 bridge & Clothier field, Sixty-second and Walnut streets, on Wednesday, 

 June 23. The proceeds, as usual, went to charitable institutions. 



J. Gibson McIIvain & Co. report hardwoods In slightly better demand, 

 although trade is not any too brisk owing to the uncertain business 

 conditions. 



The Jackson-Wyatt Lumber Company, Franklin Bank building, reports 

 oak and chestnut as leading the demand among the hardwood Items at 

 this time. 



The R. T. Jones Lumber Company, North Tonawanda, N. Y., has been 

 admitted to membership In the Lumbermen's Exchange. 



The sales department of Whitmer & Sons, Inc., reports trade on a 

 firmer basis, with the outlook encouraging for continued improvement, 



Howard B. France of the Monarch Lumber Company, Harrison build- 

 ing. Just returned from a selling trip. He reports trade better and 

 prospects tor a good summer run of business bright. 



:< PITTSBURGH >-. 



The Allegheny Lumber Company reports yard trade slow but a decided 

 Increase in inquiry from industrial corporations which is producing some 

 very good business. President E. S. Dunn and Treasurer R. J. Rodgers 

 of this concern attended the convention of the National Hardwood Asso- 

 ciation at Chicago this week. 



The Kendall Lumber Company is making big shipments on Its con- 

 tract orders with automobile concerns in Detroit and in the East. Local 

 business is reported slow. .411 the Kendall mills are running full at 

 present. 



The C. E. Breitwieser Lumber Company is pushing hard to keep Its 

 share of eastern trade in hardwood. Frank E. Smith, manager of this 

 department, has been in the East much of the time for the past month. 



President W. D. Johnston of the American Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company has returned from an extensive trip to the Pacific Coast. The 

 American will be represented at Chicago next week by John M. Mont- 

 gomery. 



The Germain Company is shipping steadily on its foreign orders and 

 would like to see more business of this kind coming along. It reports 

 trade throughout this territory as rather quiet and no special change 

 In the price situation. 



The steel situation throughout Tri-State territory is greatly Improved. 

 Operations are on a considerable larger scale and repair work and new 

 construction is being anounced that will require a large amount of 

 lumber soon. The biggest project that has come to light for a week is 

 that of the Carnegie Steel Company which is having plans prepared for 

 a $10,000,000 plant at Girard, Pa., where the company bought more 

 land last week. 



West Virginia Hardwoods 



JVc have rcadv for prompt shipment 



25,000' 4/4 Log Run Ash 



45,000' 4/4 Is and 2s Chestnut 



50,000' 4/4 No. 1 Common Chestnut 

 240,000' 4/4 Wormy Chestnut 

 120,000' 4/4 No. 3 Common Chestnut 



28,000' 5/4 Is and 2s and No. 1 Common Chestnut 



75,000' 5/4 Wormy Chestnut 



25,000' 6/4 Wormy Chestnut 



15,000' 5/4 Log run Maple 



48,000' 10/4 Log run Maple 

 2,500' 12/4 Is and 2s and No. 1 Common Maple 



50,000' 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar 



60,000' 4/4 No. 1 Common and Better Red Oak 



24,000' 5/4 No. 1 Common Red Oak 



68,000' 6/4 Is and 2s and No. 1 Common Red Oak 



15,000' 6 4 Log run White Oak 



15,000' 8/4 Is and 2s and No. 1 Com. White Oak 



15,000' 8/4 No. 3 Common White Oak 



50,000' 8/4 Sound Square Edged White Oak 



36,000' 8/4 Slock Widths White Oak 



13,500' Is and 2s Poplar 



75,000' 7x9 Hardwood Switch Ties 



75,000' 7x9 White Oak Switch Ties 

 100,000' 3x4 and 3x5 Oak and Hardwood Mine Rails 

 3 cars l-i" Slack Barrel Staves, 40 and 42" long 

 9 cars Chestnut Telephone Poles 



Alton Lumber Company 



Lock Box No. 86 

 BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA 



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Mill Creek, W. Va. Xodd, West Va. 



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