HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 10, 1015. 



Kentucky Oak 



results in 



Satisfied Artisans 



mcanini 



Money Saved 



I TS growing conditions ENl-t>KLl'. an nnvaryiny ti 

 ' uniformity of color and grain. Its tf.xture has a h 

 ilky softness that delights and contents your workers. 



r TS beautiful, clean boles make possible unusual 

 1- widths and lengths in which we specialize. 



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All Kentucky Stock Should Attract You 



1 cnr .'■/■• No. 3 Com. & Bet- 

 ter Poplar 



:i cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Poplar 



1 car •!/■» Clear Sups & Selects 

 Poplar 



1 car 4/4 ARTlcullural Poplar, 

 11" and up 



1 car ft/4 Sound Wormy 

 Chestnut 



6 cars 4/4 Sound Wormy 

 Chestnut 



** cars 4 '4 No. 1 Com. 

 Chestnut 



:. cars 4 4 No. 1 Com. & Bet- 

 ter Chestnut 



1 car 6/4 Common & Better 

 Chestnut 



1 car 8/4 Common & Better 

 Chestnut 



1 car 8/4 Sound Wormy ^ 



Chestnut s 



3 cars r»/4 Soun»l Wormy Oak = 



cars 4/4 Sound Wormy Oak = 

 HI cars 4/4 No. 3 Com. Oak S 



r, cars .'1/4 No. 3 Com. Oak m 



3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Plain ^ 



White Oak m 



10 ears 4/4 No. 1 Com. Plain = 



Red Oak 

 10 cars 4 '4 No. 



Red Oak 

 10 cars 4/4 No. 



White Oak m 



1 car 4/4 Ists & 2nd8 Plain = 



Red Oak. all 10 ft. p 



•T cars C/4 Lot? Run Beach = 



3 cars 8/4 Lop Run Hard = 



Maple = 



Com. Plain S 

 Com. Plain M 



I E. R. SPOTSWOOD AND SON I 



I M.-\.\UF.A.CTURERS I 



I LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY | 



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F. M. CUTSINGER 



SUCCESSOR TO 



YOUNG & CUTSINGER 

 Manufacturers of 



All Kinds of Band Sawn 



Hardwood Lumber 



We Have Specialized in 



High Grade 

 Quartered Oak 



For the Last 12 Years 



Would Be Pleased to Have 

 Your Inquiries 



EVANSVILLE, INDIANA 



Till" t'orest Clly Wivckliiit & I.tiinln'r Cmiipnn.v, Clev<>liiii<l, Oliln. has 

 hein liicnrporntcU uitli n capital uf $10,000 ti> ilo n Ki't'crul lunilu'r I>u8i- 

 ni'Ns, l)y .Vrlliur 10. Itvrke, liiTiiian Kohn, KiiKcnc Hoker, .Mallilns Kcrk 

 aiKl Jusepli K. KleJD. 



At I,ni]cnsii'r, Ubiu, J. II. Oriiiiin & Dro. fllcil suit for (IlKsolutloii of 

 imrtiurslilp and for nppolntment of roeelvi-r. 



=■< CINCINNATI >.= 



Tlic llrat mcetlug uf the BulldliiK UwmrH uud Mniiai;erN. fulluwlag 

 the usual suiiiiucr vucullun, was culled fur .'~i'pli>nibi'r T, nt the I'ulace 

 huti'l. Dinner was Horvod ut G :.'iO, after which the rcKUlur bUBlnc88 

 rouliiie wns taken up. The Kouurul bulUlin;.- sltuatioD was tnkeu up In 

 Uctnll and scriTuI new uicmlHTs were added to I he orgunlzatlou. 



W. II. Wollcr, secretary of the Hardwood .Manufacturers' Axsoclatlon 

 of the U. S.. with hcadiiuarters In Cincinnati, recently made a business 

 (rip tbrougb Indiana. lie was agreeably surprised with the manner In 

 wiiich business is plcklnt; up l)irout;hout the stiite, but from reports 

 he ^atliered the sUunlion closely resembles that ol the Cincinnati ills 

 Irlct, a gradual recovery but the market still being considerably buck 

 of what It should be. .Mr. Weller also announced that the annual sali's 

 report of the association would be sent out about the llfteenth of the 

 present month. 



,lohn rowers, who for some time has bein connected wllli the Uul- 

 weber Lumber Compony, recently severed his connection with that con- 

 cern to engage in the hardwood business for bhnself. Mr. Towers bas 

 leased the spacious Scott yards in the west end, in the vicinity of York 

 and Dalton streets. .Mr. I'owers has made n wide aecjualniance In the 

 lumber world and tbc entire Cincinnati colony wishes him success in 

 his new venture. 



Good news was brought into the lumber market the latter part of the 

 week, when it was announced that at last the building commissioners 

 In charge of the erection of the new East Walnut IIllls high school were 

 practically ready to serve notice to vacate to property owners now on 

 the site of the new school. This means that actual work on the large 

 new structure will soon be under way. This project has been banging 

 fire for many months. Concrete and brick of course will be used Aore 

 extensively than any other material in the construction of the school, 

 but many luindrcds of feet of blgbcr grade lumber will be employed In 

 the interior finishings. 



B. F. Dulwebcr of the Dulwcber Lumber Company will constitute the 

 Cincinnati representative of the committee of four, which is to take 

 up the cudgel for the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, when the 

 National Lumber Manufacturers' Association meets in Chicago, In com- 

 mittee work, to take up the reclassification of forest products. The ob- 

 ject of tlie committee meeting Is to delve Into the subject most thor- 

 oughly, and if the present classification is found to be unjust to the 

 lumber interests, the matter will be brought before the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission for a possible readjustment. The committee of which 

 Mr. Duhveber is a member, will look out for the hardwood Interests dur- 

 in;; the discussion. Other members of the hardwood committee are W. E. 

 Weakley, Columbus, Ohio ; W. B. Burke, Charleston, Miss., and F. R. 

 Gjidd, Chicago. 



The William Iloman Manufacturing Company, on Hubert avenue, an- 

 nounces an addition to its large factory in the near future, entailing a 

 cost well into five figures and of a nature which will necessitate con- 

 siderable lumber construction. 



A two-story addition to the new seven-story building at the south. 

 west coruer of Seventh and Race streets, at a cost of $70,000, soon will 

 be under construction. The building Is of fireproof construction, but 

 there is considerable inside wood finishing. The onnouncemcnt of the 

 addition was received with considerable satisfaction by the local h.ird- 

 wood dealers. 



-< INDIANAPOLIS > 



Kitclien oaliin.i'^ will be manufactured ;it Sali-m by the newly-organ- 

 ized i^alem Cabinet Company, incorporated with $25,000 capital by W. H. 

 Paynter, J. W. Benham aud F. P. Houk. 



The Greer- Wilkinson Lumber Company is equipping the superintendents 

 of its thirty-three retail yards with motorcycles, to be used in developing 

 their respective districts. 



Building permits issued by the city in August aggregated $463,072 as 

 compared with $572,4.';6 in August, 1914. From January 1 to September 

 1 permits aggregated $4,425,004 as compareil with $6,698,619 for the 

 first eight months of 1914. 



Two changes are reported at Elkhart, where the Newman-Monger Lum- 

 ber Company has taken over the .T. B. Martin Lumber Company and J. B. 

 Martin and R. W. Monger have taken over the Monger Lumber & Coal 

 Company. 



The Nappanee Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Nappanee, has filed 

 a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against thirty- 

 one railroad companies, alleging unreasonable freight rates on silo mate- 

 rial to points in Illinois. Indiana, Kentucky. Michigan, West Virginia, 

 Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. Minnesota and New Tork. 



An illness of several months terminated September .3 in the death of 

 Major Lereno Dwlght Fiaser of this city, a member of the firm of Fraser 

 Brothers & Colborn, organized in 1880. He was seventy-eight j-ears old 

 and is survived by his widow at;d one daughter. 



