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HARDWOOD RECORD 



AORunt 10, torn. 



West Virginia Hardwoods 



n V have ready for prompt shipment 



25,000' 4 4 Log Run A>h 



45,000' 4 4 1> and 2> Chrttnul 



50.000' 4 4 No. 1 Common Chctlnul 

 240.000 4 4 Wormy Chpilnul 

 120.000 4 4 No. 3 Common Chrtlnut 



28.000' 5 4 t« nnd 2» nnd No. 1 Common Chcitnul 



75.000 5 4 Wormy Chestnut 



25.000 6 4 Wormy Che»tnut 



15.000' 5 4 Log run Mnplc 



48.000' 10 4 Log run Mapir 

 2.500' 12 4 Is nnd 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 1» and 2i and No. 1 Common Red Oak 



15.000 6 4 Log run While 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 Stock 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 '•> " Slack Barrel Staves. 40 and 42" long 

 9 cars Chestnut Telephone Poles 



Alton Lumber Company 



Lock Box No. 86 

 BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA 



Band Mill Circular Mill 



Mill Creek. W. Va. Todd. West Va. 



MENTION HARDWOOD RECORD WHEN WRITING 



SPECIAL PRICE 



FOR QUICK SALE: 



No. 1 Com. Hickory: No. 2 Plain Oak: 



Scars 1/2" to 4" 5 cars 1" 



No. 1 Com. Poplar: 



15 cars ys" to 4" No. 1 Common Ash: 



No. 1 Plain Oak: 3 cars 2" 



20 cars 1" to 4" 1 car 2^" 



Goodlander-Robertson 

 Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



Yards and Office: 



Kansas Avenue Memphis, Tenn. 



=-< PITTSBURGH >.= 



Till' MiitunI Uiiiilur Company lini (■■'en <loliiK n Kplpmlld IiiihIih-hh In 

 iiiitoiiiiihlli- liiirdnomlH iill numiui'i. Miiiiiiuer II. K. .\*l iiiiiki'K rri-iiiieiit 

 trlpn to Kotrolt iinti otlicr lame iiiiliiiiiolilli- iniiiiiifiirliirInK (.•eiiti'rii. 



The KruuiptoiiKoBtiT Lumber I'liiiipaii.v 1» nuiiiliii: IIh i-oiiiilry iiilllii 

 riKlil ilii'oiiuli llii' liiirvi'Ht M'niiiiii iiiiil Ih xliliipliiK >> liiriji' iimiiiinl of 

 Muck fur coimtriii'lliiii mid rntlroiiil piirp<isi-K, ri-pci'liilly tin- liiltiT. It» 

 Hlilpnu'iilK vt uiik till' piiKt fi'W iiiiiiillii liiivc liiM'ii <'Hpi'i'liilly ■■lit'>iiiriii;liiK. 



Till' Ki'rr-Miinpii'lli' Kumlicr Cuiiipiiii.v. wliloli Iiiik IiiuI m'vcriil Imrdwimil 

 npi'iiilloiiK III III!' <'iiiiiii'l|Hvlllc, I'll.. cllslrU't till' pnst fi'w yiiirn, liiix 

 lioiik'lil lil.iiiiii iiiri'ii of heavy tliiiln'rliiiid In Ni'Ihihi eoiiiiiy, VIritlnlH, 

 uliout tlilrly iiiili's from LyDcbburi;, mid will move U* npenilloiiH In tlinl 

 scetlou sliortly. 



The Kdinuiulsoii-.Miitliion Compmiy liiis lieeii orgnnl/.ed here by K. J. 

 I'^diiiiiiidsiiii. .1. V. .Miittxon nnd .Mfri'd M. l.ee to efiKuge In a Rcneral 

 liiinlier iiikI IiuIUIitn' supply bUHliii'SK. 



The AlxTileen LuiiiliiT Company. lurordliiK to I'l'i'dlili'iit J. N. Woollilt. 

 (inds ti'iule |.ri'tly sliiw at present and 'Iui'k not anticipate any Hpolal 

 ^■aln In drinnnd iH'furi' ."September 1". 'Hils In the opinion of mont hard- 

 wood wholi'saU'i's In this district. 



The Alleuhcny Lumber Company reports some Kaln In Kenernl denmnil 

 for hardwood and says that yords are hcglnnlne to nibble much more 

 lively than a few weeks ago. 



The American Lumber and Manufncturlnp; Company, nccordiuK to W. I>. 

 .TohnstoD, nnds some improvcincnis in trade, ('specially with tlie manu- 

 facturlns concern.s which arc now netting really busy. Mr. Johnston 

 anticipates that there will be a fair to good trade in all lines of liaid- 

 wood. 



The Kendall lumber interests ore starting work on their Immensp 

 hardwood operation In Oregon. It will be one of the largest on the 

 FaciQc coast. J. II. Henderson has been appointed western sales agent 

 for this operation. 



The Camp Manufacturing Company has been hooking some nice orders 

 with window glass concerns lately for next .year's business. These manu- 

 facturers seem disposed to place contracts now for a considerable dis- 

 tance abead. which Is a sure sign of increasing business. 



=-< BOSTON >■- 



George li. Guilford, president of the Guilford Lumber Company. Lynn. 

 Mass., died recently In that city. He was stricken Just as he left his olliri' 

 and did not recover consciousness. Heart disease aggravated liy the 

 extreme heat is assigned as the cause. He has l)C'cn a.ssoelated with this 

 Hrm for nearly forty years, having when a young man entered the business 

 which was founded liy his father. 



Sylvester .1. Wood, a local Inniln r salesman, died suddenly in Boston, 

 having been found unconscious on I ho street. He was one of the younger 

 men in the trade and h'> will he greatly nii.ssed. 



New enterpiises which will take increased supplies of hardwood arc con- 

 stantly starling in New Englond. The following are tile more important : 

 The Davis Woodworkiii'.- Company, at Lynn. Mass.. Wm. H. Davis, prcsi- 

 uent. and G. II. E. Davis, treasurer, capital .?10.000 ; the American Air 

 Craft Company. Ltd.. at Boston, Mass., E. G. Davis, president, and .Tos. 

 Weeks, treasurer, capital $100,000 : the .Synchona I'ompiiny of America 

 at Providence, 1!. I., capital $10(1.000. and the llardman Itallroad Tie 

 Company of Fall River. Mass., and Newport. K. 1.. with capital of SiS.OOil. 



It is reported that E. G. Parkhurst has Ix'cu appointed receiver for the 

 Household Cabinet Works of Providence, It. 1. 



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John H. Burrell of the Liverpool linilnr firm of John II. Uurrcll & Co.. 

 according to information recelveii lieie in the last few days, has beet* 

 appointed a member of the Mersey Hock and Harbor Board of Liverpool. 

 to take the place of the late C. E. Painter of Alfred llohell & Co.. who 

 was lost on the Lusitania. The dock and harbor board fixes the charges 

 for the use of docks, assigns ves.sels to births .ind in other ways regulates 

 and supervises the management of the docks, which are among the finest 

 in the world. Mr. Burrell, like Mr. Painter, was chosen as the represen- 

 tative of 'the lumber trade and is regarded as possessing exceptional 

 qualifications for the work because of his long connection with the timber 

 trade. He is known personally to a number of the Baltimore exporters. 



Captain Gowan, of the Johnston Line steamer Swanmore. which was in 

 Baltimore a week ago. sailing thence for Liverpool, reported that on June 

 23 he sighted the Norwegian hark Kotka. lumber laden, of Frederickstad, 

 abandoned and water-logged, with all sails set. The port how sbewcd a 

 number of holes, as though she had bi'on made a target for the shells of a 

 war vessel. 



It is reported here that H. A. McGowen & Co.. IxiuisTllIe, Ky., have 

 leased the planing mill of the Peter McCain Lumber Company at Bristol. 

 Va., and will work out a contract to supply the French and British gov- 

 ernments with walnut gunstocks. This work has already been reflected in 

 a greatly increased demand for walnut within a hundred miles of Bristol, 

 information having reached here that tliis wood is much more sought after 

 and higher. The supply is stated to I e by no means large, and a consider- 

 able section will have to be covered to fill the contract. In this connection 

 it is to be said that an effort was made some time ago to have some of the 



