September 10, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



37 



been getting a fair amount o£ business lately, and Is doing better than 

 expected. 



The construction of the Louisville Automobile Speedway is said by the 

 promoters to be an assured fact. If it goes through, it will mean a big 

 sale of oak for the work, as the tracls is to be made of that material. 

 George L. Martin of Mueller & Martin, who is looliing after the organiza- 

 tion of the company, said that the stock has been taken in such amounts 

 as to insure the track, being built. It is likely, however, that no con- 

 tracts will be let before November 1. The track will be built of two- 

 inch oak, set on edge. The material will be creosoted. 



State Forester J. E. Barton is planning to attract the attention of 

 visitors at the state fair in Louisville the week of September 13. The 

 nursery, which has been conducted adjoining the fair-grounds, has non- 

 developed sufficiently to be worth seeing, and the forestry department 

 is emphasizing the commercial character of the work in the salability 

 of the seedlings which have been produced. Mr. Barton also has access 

 to exhibits of the Forest Service, which are to be made use of in cou- 

 necUon with the state fair. 



Sawmill men in Ixiuisville, who have not found the purchase of logs 

 an especially easy task, were intercsti'd to note that at Seymour, Ind.. 

 a short distance north, arrangements have been made to keep log prices 

 posted as a matter of public information, so that the down-trodden farmer 

 will always get what is coming to him. A news item from Seymour 

 stated the proposition as follows : "Owners of timbcrland in .Jackson 

 county have perfected an arrangement through the county agent's office 

 by which tliey hope to secure the full market value of all timber sold. 

 It has been discovered that owners have in the past sold valuable trees 

 for many times less than their value. By the new .Trrangoment a mar- 

 keting schedule has been placed on file, and a seller may know in ad- 

 vance the market price for various kinds of timber. The schedule is to 

 be kept up to date by the county agent." 



The Eastern Kentucky-Virginia Forest Protective Association, which in- 

 cludes in its membership a number of counties on the border, met recently 

 at Jenkins, Ky., for the purpose of completing plans for the construction 

 of look-out stations in the mountains. These are to be built at once. 

 and are expected to be of great help in anticipating conflagrations by 

 noting small Brcs as soon as they start. The look-outs will be connected 

 by telephone with .Jenkins, and in case of trouble an organization for 

 fighting the fires can be easily put in the field. Eight counties in eastern 

 Kentucky now have separate forest protection associations, the main ob- 

 ject of which is to prevent the destruction of timber by Are. 



The American Box & Crate Company of Louisville has filed amended 

 articles of incorporation, fixing its capital stock at ?30,000 and its limit 

 of indebtedness at $15,000. 



Workmen's compensation for Kentucky seems to be a foregone con- 

 clusion, as all interests appear to be committed to the enactment of a 

 law on this subject at the next session of the state legislature, which 

 begins in January. A commission representing the Kentucky Manufac- 

 turers' and Shippers' Association, the Kentucky Mine Owners' Associa- 

 tion, the State Federation of Labor and the attorney-general's oflice has 

 been working on a measure which it is thought will be acceptable to 

 everybody, and this will probably be put through the legislature without 

 difficulty. 



=-< ST. LOUIS y 



August receipts of lumber in St. Louis as reported by the Merchants' 

 Exchange were 15,915 cars of lumber as against 17,270 cars received 

 during August last year, a loss of 1.325 ears. Shipments were 10,970 

 cars compared with 11,905 cars last August, a loss of 935 cars. 



Frank J. Liebke of the Liebke Hardwood Lumber Company recently 

 purchased a handsome country home out in St. Louis county, near the 

 Log Cabin Club. There is an eight-room residence on the tract. There 

 is a lake of about one and a half acres on the place, stocked with bass 

 and crappie, a beautiful grove, shrubbery, flower gardens and other at- 

 tractions. 



The Eetail Lumber Dealers' Association moved on September 1 into 

 suite 1208-9 Syndicate Trust building. Tenth and Olive streets, from its 

 old quarters, which have been occupied since the Wright building was 

 built, several years ago. The association wanted more room and also 

 desired to be in a building where there was a restaurant, which will be 

 needed when the federation is organized, which will probably be within 

 the next thirty days. There are two restaurants in the Syndicate Trust 

 building and members of the association not only can have luncheons 

 served in its headquarters, when they desire, but committee meetings, 

 which are held several times during each week, can adjourn to private 

 dining rooms in the restaurants and have meals served to them while 

 they are transacting business. An arrangement has also been made with 

 the management of the building for an additional adjoining room, when 

 the federation is in working order. 



There was a slight increase in local building operations during the 

 month of August compared with those of August a year ago. While it 

 was not much, nevertheless it was a gain. There was also a slight gain 

 in the number of permits issued. Last month's estimated value of new 

 buildings and alterations was $932,441. while a year ago the estimated 

 value was $797,165, showing a gain this August of $135,281. The num- 

 ber of permits issued during August this year was 808, compared with 

 797 a year ago, a gain of 11. 



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