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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Juuc 10. lOlS. 



"Made in Bluefield 



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We are Manufacturers 

 of 



Oak Flooring 



Interior Finish Poplar Siding 



Ceiling and Dimension 



Boards 



CAN SHIP MIXED CARS OF ROUGH 

 AND DRESSED MATERIAL, ALL FROM 

 STRICTLY WEST VIRGINIA TIMBER 



Planing Mill and 

 Dry Kiln Facilities 



The McClellan-West Lumber Co. 

 Bluefield, W. Va. 



Peytona Lumber Company 



Huntington 



West Va. 



—MANUFACTURERS— 



PLAIN SAWN r\sxr 



RED AND WHITE W^-Tk- 



YELLOW POPLAR 

 BASSWOOD 

 CHESTNUT 



ASH AND MAPLE 



BAND MILLS: 



Huntington, W. Va. Accoville, W. Va. 



by 11 s.i.ri- wliuTHtoriii, the nttondnncc wns InrRo. and the event waa 

 enjnji-d to th.» full. Now tliiit wnrm wouthcr huH coiile, the club li 

 ox|i''*l<'<l to follow Its usual plan of having most of Its meetlni;. at 

 Buburbiin resorts. 



A IiIk iitlendiincc of LoulKvllle lumbermen la achcduled for the annual 

 convention of the Notional Hardwood Lumber Aasoclatlon Id Chicago 

 this week. T. M. Brown of the W. T. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, 

 who Is H member of the executive committee, went up a day ahead of 

 the principal delegation, to attend a meeting of the committee. Mr. 

 Brown hns become one of the "wheelhorBes" of the organization. 



Clyde Smith of the Southern Star Lumber Company of McKoiiile, 

 Tenn., was In Loulsvlllo recently. The other nicnibor of the llrm la 

 RoBcoc V. Smith, both having formerly been with the Ohio Klver Saw- 

 mill Company. They are making good nt McKenzle. 



II. H. Barclay, secretary of the Wood-Mosnic Company, was out from 

 the Kochestcr ofllce recently, and sold that condltlonH In thot part 

 of the country arc rather unsatisfactory. The factory trade at present 

 Is much better thon the Interior flnlsh business. 



Lumhormon arc muili Interested in the next exhibition of thf furni- 

 ture manufacturers, which will be held In Orand Itoplds, Chicago and 

 other points next month. The colilnet trade has been dull thus for 

 this season, but It Is hoped that a considerable Improvement will be 

 In evidence at the shows. The hardwood trade Is favorable to a change 

 from two shows to one a year, o movement to that effect hovtng at- 

 tained considerable force among the manufacturers of furniture. The 

 shows seem to Interrupt business for an excessive length of time. 



J. Crepps Wlckllffe, secretary of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, 

 Is in Liverpool. If the good ship New York has arrived there without 

 mlshnp. Mr. Wlckllffe left for England on the American liner May 29, 

 his object being to handle the sales of a quantity of African mahogany 

 logs which have been shipped there from the Axim branch of the com- 

 pany. The company has recently amended Its articles of Incorporation, 

 Increasing Its capitalization from ?1,700,000 to $3,500,000. Of the In- 

 crease, .11,150,000 Is preferred stock. This Is to be put on the market. 

 It will pay 7 per cent dividends, and may be retired nt the option 

 of the company at 125. 



The Lewis County Fire Protective Association, formed recently at 

 Vanceburg, Ky., is the latest addition to the list of timber owners 

 who have gotten together for the purpose of reducing Are losses. The 

 timber interests In southeastern Kentucky have had several mcetlnga 

 at Jenkins for the purpose of elaborating plans along the same line. 



Creditors of the Lucas Land & Lumber Company, at Paducah, Ky., 

 have received ?3,050, realized from the sale of a towboat and other 

 equipment ot the company. The alTairs of the concern are In the 

 bands ot Muscoe Burnett, receiver appointed by the Federal court. 



The Interstate Commerce Commission held a hearing at Padncab. Ky., 

 last week of the complaint ot the Paducah Board ot Trade, which is 

 complaining of rates from Louisiana and Arkansas to Paducah, alleging 

 that Cairo Is given a better rate. The Illinois Central was the chief 

 defendant. J. Van Norman, the Louisville attorney. Is In charge ot 

 the case for the Paducah lumber Interests. 



The senior class ot the Pennsylvania State College of Forestry has 

 completed its month's stay near Quicksand, Ky., where the mill of the 

 Mowbray & Robinson Company Is located. The students camped In the 

 woods, and in addition to studying the trees they planned the practical 

 operation of the timber in that section. The graduating class at the 

 college next year will come to the same location for a month's work 

 before getting their sheepskins. 



=-< ST. LOUIS >• 



Building operations for the month ot May show a big falling off as 

 compared with the corresponding month last year. The estimated value 

 ot buildings tor which permits were taken out during May, for new 

 buildings and for alterations, was $937,676. Last May the total esti- 

 mated value ot permits amounted to $1,496,603, a falling off of $5.')8,927. 

 The total number ot permits issued in May this year was 835, a falling 

 off when compared with last May, when the total number of permits 

 taken out totaled 1,125. This shows a falling off ot 290 permits. The 

 permits taken out were mostly for small buildings. Last year permits 

 were taken out for quite a number of large buildings. 



May receipts ot lumber in St. Louis as reported by the Merchants' 

 Exchange, were 15,901 cars of lumber as against 15,418 cars during 

 May last year. Shipments were 10,495 cars, as compared with 11,768 

 cars last May, a decrease ot 1,273 cars. 



=-< MILWAUKEE >= 



The Consolidated Lumber Company experienced a loss ot about $30,000 

 recently when fire destroyed its yards at Danhury, Wis., together with 

 1,000,000 feet of lumber. 



The receivers ot the Paine Lumber Company ot Oshkosh, Wis., will act 

 until January 1, 191G, according to action taken recently by Judge 

 Burnett after he had' listened to the report of the receivers and the 

 explanation of Attorney William C. Quarles of Milwaukee. Figures filed 

 by the receivers show that the company's assets total $4,396,000 and 

 Its liabilities $1,209,000. 



The big sawmill of the J. S. Stearns Lumber Company at Washbarih 



