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HARDWOOD RECORD 



July lu, 1111 



F. M. CUTSINGER 



SUCCESSOR TO 



YOUNG & CUTSINGER 



Manufacturers of 



Southern Hardwoods 



We Have Specialized in 



High Grade 

 Quartered Oak 



For the Last 12 Years 

 Draw Your Own Conclusions 



EVANSVILLE, 



INDIANA 



West Virginia Hardwoods 



Ready for Prompt Shipment 



lO.flOO' 4 4 In hikI >» i N... 1 C'iMiiitiim .\«li 



9,000' 4^4 Is and »s Ba8s»o<i(l 



30.000' 4/4 Is and 2s Chrstnut 



300,000' 4 4 Wo'riny Chestnut 



100,000' 4/4 No. 3 Common Chrstnut 



2«,000' 3/4 Is and 'Js i- N<i. I Ciimmon Chestnut 



50,000' S/4 Wormy Chestnut 



30,000' 8/4 No. :i Common Chestnut 



15,000' 4/4 I.oerun Maple 



1.5,000' 5/4 I.ocrun :Muple 



48,000' in 4 l.ni-rlin M;l|ll>' 



2,. WO' 12 4 Is and 2s & No. 1 ( oninion .Mu|ile 



I'W.OOO- 4/4 N"o. 1 Common Poplar 



14,000' 4/4 Is and 2s Poplar 



08,000' 4 4 iH and Ss & No. 1 Common Ked Oak 



48,0()0' 6/4 Is and 2s & No. 1 Common Ked Oak 



12,000' 0/4 No. 2 Common Ked Oak 



15,000' 8/4 Is and 28 & No. I Common White Oak 



13,000' 8 4 No. 3 Common White Oak 



30,000' 8/4 Sound. Square KiiKeil While Oak 



32.000' 8/4 Stoek Widths While Ouk 



60.000' 3x4 & 3\.-. Oak & Hardwood Mine Rails 



3 cars Vy Slack Karrel StJives, 40 Ai 42" lone 



7 ears Chestnut Telephone INdes 



Alton Lumber Company 



Lock Box No. 86, Buckhannon, W. Va. 



Band Mill: Mill Creek, W. Va. Circular Mill: Todd. W. Va. 



Mention Hardwood Record when writing 



Htuiic Turk, Kllliinllil. iiii< . n i.>ii. . up the .\lle|:lieny river on Satur- 

 du.r, June l^il. The ehieriMliinu iii rnuimliiee Included: .lohii 1*. (inrllnE 

 ut tinrllnc & Splane ; J. II. Mnuluouiery of the Ainericiin I.iiniher & Manu- 

 facturliiK ('oni|inn,v, and J. Ci. t'risic of the Interior I.tiiiilier Company 

 for the tvholesulers, iind I'arl Van der Vorl, II. lO. .McHrlde inid t". W, 

 luihH for the rolallcrs. .lohn i'. Koukch 1» iiresUlont uf the wliolcKalc 

 »ii80clutluu and Charles II. llrucknuin of tbe lunihernion'H club. Tliv fun 

 was fast and furluun and IncludtHl liasehall and fooihall KamcH, a tug-of- 

 wur, hattle royul, poker Kunies anil a line Innch furnished b}' the Joyce 

 Catering Company of this cltv. 



=-< BALTIMORE >■- 



Tlic North Fork LuuiImt ' oruipiiiiy of Itojer, W. Va., has been In- 

 corporated with a capital stock of f MliU,Uiiu to encaKc In lumberlni; opera- 

 tions. The Ineorpuralors are John W. Mci'ullouKb of Uoyer, formerly of 

 Krlcndsvllle, .Md. ; A. I>. Xclll and Oscar batt of KIktns, W. Va. ; H, G, 

 Bowers of Pun.\atnwney, I'a., and G. C. Hamilton of Itunier, W. Va. 



Tbe I'ursous I'ulp iS: Lumber Company of Parsons, W. Va., and Lukcns, 

 Md., Is arranging to build a large hardwood mill ut Ilorton, W. Va., 

 according to iuforniatlon received here, to cut out the vast acreage of 

 hardwoods tbu com|>auy owns In that section, Tbe mill and machinery 

 being dlsninutled ut I.ancville, w. Va., arc being moved to Morton and 

 will be used there. The plant Is to have a dully capacity of obout 40,000 

 feet, and It Is estimated that twenty years will be required to saw out 

 tbe stunipuge in tbls section. Tbe soft wood mill nt Ilorton is running 

 full time and a number of men arc employed In the consfructton of the 

 new plant and In other work. 



J. II. Mackelduff of the Case-Fowler Lumber Company of Macon, Ga., 

 was a visiter In Baltimore ten days ago and saw some of tbe hardwood 

 men here. He stated t^jat be found business rather quiet, though tbe 

 market had an undertone of strength. 



David T. Carter of the wholesale bardwoqd firm of David T. Carter & 

 Co., Law building, has been on a week's trip to mills In the South taking 

 up stocks and gi'tting Information at first band In regard to tbe feeling 

 at producing points. Mr. Carter Is receiving condolences on the death of 

 Ids father, Jobn M. Carter, a Mason of blgb standing and an attorney 

 of prominence. 



T. M. Vansant, for years connected with the Morgan MlUwork Com- 

 pany and well known In the sash and door trade, has connected him- 

 self with the Barker-Burgan Company, 1022 Fawn street, Baltimore. Mr. 

 Vansant has the best wishes of the trade In bis new venture. 



Cooperation In Are protection received thorough consideration at a 

 forestry conference held at Montreal, N. C, two miles from Black Moun- 

 tain station, July 6 to July 'J. Lumbermen from North Carolina and 

 a number of other states attended, all those who bold interests in the 

 timber area of tbe old North state having a special reason for sending 

 delegates. R. E. Wood, president, and G. L. Wood, general manager 

 of the R. E. Wood Lumber C'omi)any. Baltimore, were among those 

 in attendance, as well as Wni. L. Hall, who has charge of the federal 

 forest area in the Kast ; J. <i. Peters, in charge of co-operative Are pro- 

 tection In North Carolina under tbe Weeks law, and W. W. Ashe, from 

 tbe Forestry bureau at Washington, together with a number of local 

 federal ofticcrs, and the subject of protecting tbe timber regions from flres 

 was discussed in all of Its i)earlngs. The purpose of tbe conference Is to 

 have the state of North Carolina, tbe federal government and the private 

 owners of the timber areas In tbe state work together, employing Are 

 wardens, paid by the three interests and devising an efficient system of 

 Iiatrol. This, it Is felt, will he tlie means of preventing much of the 

 destruction now caused annually by forest flres, and will go far to pre- 

 serve tbe timber wealth of tbe region. One of the diversions of the con- 

 ference was a trip up Mount Mitchell, tbe highest point east of the Rocky 

 mountains. Important lumbering interests are located at Black Moun- 

 tain, and operations there will be inspected by tbe members of the 

 conference. 



=-< COLUMBUS >•- 



Papers have been flled with tiie secrelary of state increasing tbe 

 capital of the Marquette-Kerr Lumber Company of Youngstown, Ohio, 

 from ?23,000 to $75,000. 



The Union Sash & Door Company of Cleveland has been Incorporated 

 with a capital of $10,000 by B. A. Oberlln, W. A. Downes, John Branden- 

 burg, E. .\. Oberlln, Jr., and Margaret Mullen. 



The control of the Buckeye Mill & Lumber Company of Jackson, C 

 has been purchased by a syndicate of Jackson business men. Work will 

 start on the construction of a new mill to replace the one destroyed 

 l)y fire. 



J. T. Hamilton has recently entered the commission business at 

 Delta, O. 



The Amei'lcan Lumber Company is tiie name of a new concern which 

 has taken over the business of tbe American Lumber & Supply Company 

 at Canton, O. 



Steps are being taken to secure a large appropriation for the Ohio 

 river from the coming ses.slon of the federal congress. At a meeting of 

 business men in Cincinnati recently the campaign was started. The 



