August 10, 1015. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



37 



warring countries, anions thorn Great Britain, t:ik<' red ^um for gunstocks. 

 The matter was brouglit to the attention of thr proper authorities, and 

 officers in charge of the vvorlj undcrtoolj tests willi red gum, the results ol' 



Hum was found to have 

 fl in some other respects, 

 walnut in England and 

 war departments, which 

 placing of the large cou- 



whlch prompted a decision to stick to walnut, 

 much less tensile strength and to bo poorl.v suit 

 At that time it was stated that the supplies o 

 France were adequate for the purposes of the 

 could hardly liave been the ease in view of the 

 tract with the Louisville concern. 



That the Pacific coast woods are receiving increasing attention in the 

 East was evidenced two weeks ago by a visit liy .T. F. Bertles of Bertles 

 & Bertles, Spokane, Wash. Mr. Bertles' firm manufactures Pacific coast 

 white pine, and he stated that trade had been rather quiet, largely because 

 of the prevailing scarcity of vessels. It was very dllficult, he said, to 

 obtain tonnage, and the high freight rates served to militate against the 

 distribution of Pacific coast woods. Some of the mill men on the coast 

 were chartering craft of all kinds to make cargo shipments to Europe. 



Another recent visitor was C. W. Grearaer of the Santee River Cypress 

 Lumber Company, Ferguson, S. C. - Mr. Creamer really makes his head- 

 quarters in Detroit, where he keeps in touch with such large consumers 

 as the Ford .\utomobile Company anil others. Having occasion to como 

 to the East, he extended his trip to Baltimore. He said he had found 

 trade rather quiet. 



V. L. Hammond of the Byrd-Matthews Lumber Compan.v, Helen, Ga., 

 stoppetl in Baltimore last week to see some of tlie hardwood men. 



=-< COLUMBUS >- 



.\ccording to the report of rho *'(»iunit)us building inspector for the 

 month of .Tuly, there were 1^40 permits issuo<l <luring the montii for 

 buildings estimated to cost .$ri04,095 as compared with 200 permits and a 

 valuation of .$503,355 for July of 1914. Since the first of the year the 

 department has issued 1,09;! permits of a valuation of $2,990,44.", as 

 compared with 1,780 permits and a valuation of $o,714,'J10 lor the 

 corresponding period in 1914. 



The Massillon Chair and Desk Company has boon formed for the pur- 

 pose of taking over the Hardest.v Jlanufacturing Company and the A. B. 

 Miller Seating Company, both of Canal Dover, o. Chairs and all kinds 

 of school furniture will be made. The capital stock of the company is 

 .$300,000. 



The new rate law governing freight rates in Ohio, passed by the Ohio 

 General Assembly, became efteetive July 30. The new law permits of a 

 suspension of thirt.v days before a new rate goes into effect. Tlie time 

 is for investigation on the part of the Ohio Ttilities Commission. If 

 thirty days is not sufficient, another suspension of thirty days is per- 

 mitted. Heretofore carriers have boon required to file revised freight 

 scheduled onl.v ten days before they were to become effective. 



J. D. Elliott and E. H. Wean have purchased the Toledo propert.v and 

 business of the Empire Lumber Company and will operate it under the 

 name of the Elliott-Wean Lumber Company. 



Chester F. Korn of the Korn-Conkllng Company, lumber exporter of 

 Cincinnati, left early in August on a business trip to England. 



L. B. Schnieder of John R. Gobey & Co., spent the last week in July 

 and the first week in August on his annual vacation. 



The capital stock of the Marquette-Kerr Lumber Company of Youngs- 

 town, Ohio, has been increased from .$25,000 to $75,000. 



F. B. Prior of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a fairly 

 good demand for hardwood stocks in central Ohio territory despite the 

 business depression. He says the records of July were up to those of 

 June but not equal to those of the corresponding period last .vear. 



"The result of the recent Interstate Commerce Commission's decision 

 is to increase the freight bills of Cincinnati box makers and furniture 

 manufacturers by thousands of dollars annually," declared Guy M. Freer, 

 traffic manager of the Chamber of Commerce, after a study of the full 

 decision. It was at first thought that Cincinnati shippers would save 

 a large sum because of the decision, inasmuch as the news dispatches 

 announced that the commission had refused to grant the proposed in- 

 crease in lumber rates from Cincinnati to the East. But the granting 

 of the increase to the roads of the Southeast on shipments to Cincinnati 

 means bigger freight bills, for the Cincinnati users of cottonwood and 

 gum in particular. The increase on cottonwood and gum amounts to 

 perhaps three cents, while on lumber generally it amounts to about one 

 cent a hundred pounds. Cottonwood and gum heretofore enjoyed a lower 

 rate than tho others. Millions of pounds of this sort of freight are re- 

 ceived in Cincinnati annually, the cottonwood being used largely in box 

 manufacturing and gum in furniture making." 



=-< TOLEDO >- 



The building department of Toledo issued l.r,41 pormits with a total 

 valuation of $4,503,468 between the dates of January 1 and July 31, 1915, 

 showing a gain over last season for the same period of time of $176,664. 



H. J. Ellis, who was for a short time manager of the Booth Column 

 Company, after its reorganization, is no longer with the firm and the posi- 

 tion is being filled by IT. W. Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard is the son of Wm. T. 

 Hubbard, known throughout this section as one of the leading hardwood 

 dealers of Toledo. The son seems to have inherited much of his father's 

 hard business sense as well as his love for lumber. 



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