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HARDWOOD RECORD 



July M, iinr. 



Building Operations for June 



Thp ofllrlnl bulldInK poriulln Ismivd by Irnillne rItliN for Jiini> of tlilx ycnr, 

 ax ii>iii|iII<hI Iiv "■ >•■ l-iiii Conlriirlor, «'lilciii:i). kIiow tlii' Inniii'mv of n 

 varlft.v uf n-Kti to 'jfiiiTtil liii(iliH'!«tt coihIIiIoiih. The ttiilk llRurrs 



wi-rr *:.-l,74U,:i" n-t ;;i,l'4a,141 for Juno, lltH. Thin Is ii \u»» of 



l>;i |>cr crnt for JUDo, lliiri, hut the column of i:"!" hIiowh Home Iiuti'iisIiik 

 tcntlcnrli'N. Elovon iitl.>ii roslKlercd C'llne FXr"i'<llnE 2.'i ikt coiit. clKlit of 

 thmr an ovpr .10 iM-r cent, iiikI tlir<w' nrc over 1<)0 \wr ii'iit, llic smiillrsi 

 gnln Ix-lDi! L' iK-r t-cnt. tin- lienvli'St ^17 per cent. 



It In notlf-i'fihU' U|Hin tht> fnoo of the monthly tlcuros thai Iossck lire widely 

 dlKtrlliute<l, In some iiisis iix low iis 1 per wnt nnd In eliveii Inxtiinei s only 

 running beyond oO per "-eiit. 'ITiore swms to be no 4llstlnetively seetlonal 

 Kaln or loss, the iiverimes belnt qiille evenly distributed «« lo both features. 

 The Increases run In spjts, two of the henvlcst of these belni; In Ihi' Kast. 

 ami two In the far West. OhlcnBO Is In ivccEslon less than *2.000.01M). 

 lirooklyu a little over $l,U0U,0O0, St. LouU, a like amount, and Mlnneap- 



oli!i less Uian $3U0,0UU. 



June, June, Per cent. 



1915. 1014. Gain. Loss. 



Akron * 3ri.%.L';r. f 4L'4,LM.'. 16 



Albany 3011,40.-. »(10,U8.'. 58 



Atlanta SS4.:;4U 411l.U.'.4 20 



Baltimore 557,11711 1170,1(41) 42 



Buffalo ].IM)7.0oo I'.r.Ull.iMlo 80 



Cedar Rapids 135,000 270,0110 00 



ChHll.anooga U1.4S5 000,4.10 90 



ChlcaRo 7.013,000 0,538,300 .. 20 



Cincinnati 040.035 1.110,085 10 



Cle»el«nil 2,S7H.5IO 3,126,500 .. 24 



Columbus 41O.370 025,000 .. 34 



Dallas 142,125 588,045 76 



Denver 170.745 274.015 .. 34 



DCS Moines 150,252 103,475 22 



Detroit 2,000,205 3,140,110 15 



Duluth 307,240 251.205 08 



East Orange 06.730 04.000 30 



Evansvllle 08,777 133,150 .. CO 



Ft. Wayne 173,250 304,400 . . 56 



Granil Rnplds 210,008 203,227 7 



Harrlsburg 221,050 131,350 00 



Indianapolis 520,200 841,238 37 



Kansas City 752,245 1,032,700 .. 04 



Lincoln 137,207 138,800 .. 1 



Los Angeles 1(07,240 1.082.007 41 



Louisville 332.710 020.010 .. 37 



Monch. ster 31(i.017 188.807 08 



Memphis 28.%,275 283,012 



Milwaukee 838,841 887,880 .. 



Minneapolis 1.3.50.535 1,004,105 .. 16 



Nashville 108.401 315.440 66 



Newark 770.884 580.220 .32 



New Haven 451.025 440.271 



New Orleans 270.731 354.51(0 .. 21 



New York City 12.355.004 l.-..8Il.ai3 21 



Manhattan 4. .302.100 4.255.301 3 



Bronx l,2HC..o41 2.882.347 .. 65 



Brooklyn 4.52li.ii7T 5,028.803 20 



Queens 1,834,27." 2.735,044 .. 33 



Richmond 311-..78I 310.208 2 



Oklahoma 85.327 30.500 133 



Omaha .504.300 404,025 47 



Philadelphia 3,873..S0o 3,779.035 2 



Pittsburgh 1,212,472 2,4.10,281 00 



Portland 400,000 834,435 .. 40 



Richmond 264.308 172.030 53 



Rochester 960.032 1.020.327 .. 5 



Salt Lake City 100.058 233.000 14 



San Antonio 98.310 240.290 .. 50 



San Francisco 891.007 1,308,882 32 



St. Joseph 74,085 52,009 42 



St. Louis 1,465,695 1,008,025 8 



St. Paul 1,150.040 2,048.011 .. 43 



Schenectady 01,883 157.000 .. 42 



Scran-.on 343,121 108,303 217 



Seattle 681,045 1,103.105 .. 40 



Sioux City 150,250 238,08(1 37 



Spokane 240.200 83,025 189 



Springfleld, III 102,060 293,500 .. 45 



Syracuse 414.119 230.935 75 



Tacoma 50.828 80,011 29 



Toledo 702,845 881,113 13 



Topeka 39,005 72.050 40 



Troy 93,475 88,003 5 



Utlca, N. Y 272,400 320,815 17 



Washington 1,142.428 942,325 21 



Wllkes-Barre 58,111 410,811 .. 80 



Worcester 344.148 740,.508 .. o4 



Total 154,740,303 $71,240,141 23 



A New Idea in Treating Poles 

 Since the decay of a pole is most severe at and near the ground line the 

 preservative treatment of Just that portion should prove very economical. 

 To this end the Germans have devised a small portable machine for im- 

 pregnating a 3-foot portion of a pole with creosote. A small uprisiht 

 boiler at one end furnishes steam for opcratin-.; a pump, also for keeplnj; 

 the oil at the proper temperature. At the other end of the truck is placed 

 the treating machine with two rings for holding the pole in place. Around 

 the part to be treated is fastened a canvas jacket which is tightcne<i se- 

 curely at each end to keep the oil from escaping when It is pumped into 

 the jacket. A pressure of about six pounds per cubic foot can be secured 

 and while the penetration is not great (depending, of course, on the 

 species and drynes.s of the wood) it gives much better results than brush- 

 ing or dipping and Is economical in the use of oil. The time required for 

 the actual treatment is ten minutes. The apparatus will treat poles from 

 seven to twenty-four inihe.^ in diameter. 



Valuation Placed on Property of Fraudulent Companies 

 Frank L. Noisier, William N. Little and Charles l'\ Lane, who were 

 appointed appraisers by the federal court in this city to inspect and place 



a Tuluc on the plimtnllon In Campeehe, .Mexico, and olhpr proporljr In San 

 I'ablo, of the InternntlonnI Luinlnr & Hevelnpmcnt l.'oinpnny, linve Oled 

 their report In i-ourt. The total valuation placed on nil the company'* 

 property in .Mexico Is |T:i8,7."IC>.80. Jidin O. Shealx, receiver for the com- 

 pany, will llle Ills report later. Wlieilier Ihp work of rnnnlnR thr pinnia 

 lion will be reHumed will depend larRi'ly upon sugKCstluns made by .Mr. 

 .Shcat/. 



The report of the apprnlaem In nuiiiiiinrlzlnit the properties of the 

 roiii|iaiiy slates that they cover 21t.',."44 acres. There has been no Mic 

 of land In larKe tracts In this section of .Mexico In recent years such a* 

 might be taken as an Indication of the value of this tract as undeveloped 

 land, but on the basis of IncliidliiK In Its value all stniidlng timber, dye 

 woods nnd natural nnd arlinclnl' KrnsH lands, the appraisers fixed the 

 value of the land at f 1 an am-. 



The henequen idnntatlon on an h< reage of IS,(12.'5 was appraised at 

 $2!>.'i,«5ii. Inable to obtain iblnlbil maps showing the precise location 

 of the tracts, the aiipraisers performi'd tb.'lr work by m.^ans of a blueprint 

 map. The lands for growing lieiiiiiueii, fruit, lliiiber and other prmlucts 

 of the company were In such a run down condition that the appraisers In 

 acquiring iireclse Information were obliged to appraise at the best obtain- 

 able vantage |>olnt. 



"It is impossible lo verify the extent of each tract, as It was Impracti- 

 cable to penctrade the dense undi-rgrowth which had overgrown the hene- 

 queu to reach outlying boundaries, " was the report. "Where the bene- 

 quen flelda had been cleaned, the acreage of such cb-aned portion was 

 determined by counting the rows and the number of plants to a row." 

 In the Judgment of the appraisers, a rubber plantallon of 000 acres Is 

 worth only a dollar. Olilcials of the company told the appraisers. It is 

 asserted, that the BOO acres were planted with rubber. The appraisers 

 found that the plants were grown too close together, and were not 

 properly cleaned of underbrush, and only a few trees properly developed. 

 To make the plantation productive It would be necessary to cut away 

 half of the trees now standing ami to clean out the underbrush. Even 

 then, all the acres would not be iiroductlve, some of which cannot be re- 

 claimed, and at least ground would not yield In less than two to five 

 years. 



The same condition, report say.s. Is true of the coconut plantation, 

 few trees being developed, and many have died. The ground Is unproduc- 

 tive and a nominal value of one dollar Is placed upon It. 



Two fruit orchards, one at San I'ablo and one at Kilometer Twelve, on 

 Colon Lake, are valued at ?500 aggregately. The one at San I'ablo Is on 

 fifteen acres, ten of which have not been properly cleaned. If this Is 

 done, the report says, It will be more productive than at iiresent. The 

 one at Colon covers 300 acres for growing bananas, but lire has destroyed 

 most of the fertile ground. No separate value is placed on artificial 

 pastures, they being included In the value of undeveloped land, but the 

 report says they arc suQIclent to graze 2.000 head of cattle. 



Tram lines owned by the company, .some in fair operating conditions, 

 others needing new rails, are estimated to be worth $211. 873. A value of 

 .$1,002.50 Is placed on a portable track used for temporary laterals in 

 the hencquen fields. The motive power and rolling stock are worth 

 $4,000. The boats of which the company boasted so proudly In Its 

 literature to investors as being of modern equipment, are valued at $7,200. 

 It was impossible to round up the cattle on the plantation, and basing 

 their count on observations when the opportunity offered, the appraisers 

 have estimated the live stock to be worth $14,474. All the stock is 

 claimed by Felipe Beltramo, who Is now operating the plantation. Dif- 

 ferent brands are on the cattle, mules and horses, and the appraisers 

 were unable to determine by whom they were owned. Furniture and 

 fl.\turcs have been valued at $1,520. Other valuations made are : Tele- 

 phone lines. $2,260 ; manufacturing plant, $31,030 ; saw mill, $2,300 ; 

 tannery, $450 ; miscellaneous tools and equipment, $2,385. 



In their tour the appraisers found 300 bales of manufactured hencquen 

 in a warehouse in I'henkan, and 130 bales at San I^ablo. The total 

 weight of the hencquen Is 102,000 (lounds, marketable at four cents a 

 pound, and upon this basis the appraisers fl.xed a value of $0,480. 



J. H. P. Smith Leaves the Babcock Lumber Company 

 J. H. r. Smith, who for two or three years has been the Chicago 

 representative of the llabcock Lumber Company interests of Pittsburgh, 

 recently tendered bis resignation and the Babcock company Is now con- 

 sidering several other men to till the i)Osition. O. H. Babcock of this 

 company was in Chicago this week making arrangements for the con- 

 tinuance of the Chicago office and for the selection of the proper man 

 to succeed Sir. Smith. 



Will Investigate Lumber Rates 

 The plan recently announced by the classiflcation committees of rail- 

 roads to increase the freight rates on dressed lumber, will probably not 

 be put into execution in the Immediate future. The Interstate Commerce 

 Commission intends to make a general investigation of lumber rates, 

 and dressed lumber will be included. It may be taken for granted that 

 the railroads will make no move in this matter while the commission 

 is at work on it. The investigation will not begin, according to announce- 

 ment, until some time next fall, or later. Since the question would have 

 to go to the commission for a ruling anyhow before an increase In rates 

 could go into cfiFect, it is fortunate that the commission has decided to 

 make the investigation at this time. 



