HARDWOOD RECORD 



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JANNEY = WHITING LUMBER COMPANY 



WHOLESALE CASH Bl'YERS OF 



SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN WHITE PINE AND HARD 



WOODS. SQUARES. BALUSTER STOCK. ETC. 



Yard and Office 1151 Beach Si. Pier 52 Norlh Wharves 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



WHITING MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



BAND SAWN STOCK WIDTHS IN 

 HARDWOODS AND WHITE PINE 



ELIZABETHTON, 



TENNESSEE 



...Oak Wanted... 



We are in the market for 

 500,000 feet nicely figured, 

 dry Quartered White Oak 

 for prompt shipment. : : 



JOHN DULWEBER 4 CO., 



CINCINNATI. 



OHIO. 



H.C. HOSSAFOUS 



Manufacturer and dealer in 



Quartered Oak, Dimension Stock Ash, 



Plain and Quartered Oak, Walnut, Cherry. 



DAYTON, OHIO 



IF 



SI 



COTTONWOOD 



GUM and HARDWOODS 



PAEPCKE LE1CHT LUMBER CO. 



Mills: 

 Cairo, 111. 

 Marked Tree, Ark. 

 Arkansas City, Ark. 



Etheville, Ark. 

 enville, Miss. 



General Offices: 



Tribune Building, 



CHICAGO. 



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WALNUT. 

 OAK, 

 ASH, 

 POPLAR. 



ONSULT our list of ad- 

 vertisers, page -39, also the 

 W. & F. S." section page 38. 



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lowing this paper there was a call for questions. 

 W. T. Hanna of the Wiborg-Hanna Company 

 asked if a $2-trackage charge by a raflroad on 

 lumber was a just one. Mr. Williamson took the 

 ground that it was not ; that the charge of 

 switching included a car. a track on which it 

 might stand and the moving of it. This was 

 opposed by Mr. McLeod, who maintained that 

 the charge was properly a freight charge and 

 was not included in the switching bill. The 

 matter was argued pro and con, several members 

 taking nart in the discussion. At the end of 

 the argument T. J. Moffett urged the members 

 to join the Receivers and Shippers' Association 

 in order that matter of rates might be adjusted 

 by them. 



The Standard Millwork Company of Norwood. 

 a suburb of Cincinnati, sustained quite a loss 

 from fire, April 11. The flames were first no- 

 ticed issuing from the windows of the veneer- 

 ing room, which contained great quantities of 

 oil and varnish, besides the finished product of 

 doors, window frames, etc. The loss, which is 

 estimated at $4,500, is fully covered by insur- 

 ance. 



Kansas City. 



The new mill of the Penrod Walnut Corpora- 

 tion at this place was started up on April 10 

 and is running steadily. This mill replaces one 

 that was entirely destroyed by fire last November, 

 and it may be mentioned in passing that it is 

 said to be the largest walnut mill in the country. 



R. Conner of the R. Conner Company, Marsh- 

 field. Wis., was in Kansas City a few days ago 

 in the interest of the birch and maple trade, of 

 which this company is an extensive manufac- 

 turer. Mr. Conner says that his trade in north- 

 ern territory has been quite active this season. 



Jess W. Thompson, the well-known hardw T ood 

 lumberman of Memphis. Tenn.. was in Kansas 

 City last week visiting the hardwood people. 

 Mr. Thompson takes an optimistic view of prices 

 and thinks that the market on several kinds 

 of lumber will show higher values later on. 

 Mr. Thompson is a heavy shipper of ash into 

 eastern territory, and says that the demand Is 

 good and fully as active as a year ago. 



C. J. Connelly of the Connelly Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Company left here April 16 for California, 

 to be away for about three weeks, and will re- 

 turn with his parents, who have been wintering 

 at Pasadena, Cal. 



J. H. Tschudy returned home April 20 from a 

 business trip of several days to Memphis. He 

 says that Memphis people report a slight fall- 

 ing off in the demand during the past week or 

 two, also that logs are scarce at many of the 

 mills owing to low water. 



Hon. S. F. Prouty of Des Moines, who is a 

 large stockholder In the American Walnut Com- 

 pany, and one of the leading walnut men of 

 the country, spent several days in Kansas City 

 last week. ■ Judge Prouty says that there is an 

 active foreign demand for walnut at the present 

 time, also that there is a noticeable increase 

 in the domestic demand, and that American 

 furniture manufacturers and others seem to be 

 just now awakening to the fact that walnut is 



the best lumber obtainable for high-grade fur- 

 niture, and for other decorative purposes, espe- 

 cially in hand-carved work. 



Minneapolis. 



C. F. Osborne of Osborne & Clark, the local 

 wholesalers, has just recovered from a week's 

 tussle with the grippe and Is struggling with a 

 pile of orders from the retail lumber dealers, 

 who are keeping up the gait they started about 

 a month ago, and are taking hardwood yard 

 stock steadily. Oak is the main factor in this 

 trade, with maple wagon stock and flooring also 

 active, and birch selling well. Mr. Osborne says 

 that when the building now started progresses 

 to the finish stage there will be a heavy factory 

 demand. 



A. H. Barnard of Barnard & Strickland, local 

 hardwood men, says the factory trade, in which 

 they engage principally, is rather quiet at pres- 

 ent, as the consumers are only taking stock in 

 small quantities for immediate needs. The sup- 

 ply of lumber is not large, but prices have not 

 been affected. 



P. R. Hamilton of the Minneapolis Lumber 

 Company says the factory trade is seasonably 

 light with them, due he thinks to the fact that 

 the furniture and sash and door people are 

 waiting for the new stocks to come on the mar- 

 ket and make prices easier. He does not believe, 

 however, that the market is going to change 

 materially even when new stock comes. W. H. 

 Sill of the same company is down in Illinois 

 this week on a business trip. 



-Mr. Guider, traveling representative of Steele 

 & Hibbard of St. Louis, was in Minneapolis 

 this week calling on customers. He found local 

 reports correct as to the quiet demand from 

 consumers. 



F. H. Lewis of this city has returned from 

 a short business trip over into Wisconsin, look- 

 ing after some stocks he is handling. 



Evansville. 



Mr. Wedding, representing C. L. Willey of 

 Chicago, was here recently, purchasing some spe- 

 cial stock for veneers. 



Mr. Holmes of the J. A. Holmes Lumber Com- 

 pany of St. Louis was in this market this week 

 and called on all the lumber firms of this city. 

 He was favorably impressed with the Evansville 

 market. 



Frank Snepp of the Kentucky Veneer Works 

 was in the city recently taking up several cars 

 of flitches for his firm. He reports business 

 conditions in Louisville very favorable. 



The Henry Maley Lumber Company of this 

 city have been exporting some fine walnut logs. 



Claude Maley of the Maley & Wertz firm has 

 recently purchased one of the finest residences 

 in the city for his future home. 



Q. Y. Hamilton, representing a Chicago lumber 

 firm, is a guest at the Acme Hotel. He was 

 formerly with the Evansville Lumber Company 

 and for years had his headquarters in this city. 



B. R. Thompson of the Thompson Lumber 

 Company, Ltd., of Grand Rapids has been call- 

 ing on Evansville lumber dealers and reports 

 business in Grand Rapids very flourishing. 



HardWood Market. 



(By HARDWOOD EECOED Exclusive Market Reporters.) 



Chicago. 



The only change in the local market situation 

 to be noted is a strengthening demand and 

 increased volume of sales. A good many large 

 sales during the last two weeks are reported. 

 Nearly all Chicago wholesalers are on the still 

 hunt for oak, in which particular they do not 

 differ from buyers in other sections. However, 

 there is a fair stock of oak in the hands of some 

 dealers in Chicago, which they are apparently 

 holding back, anticipating a still further ac- 

 cretion in value. The good end of poplar is in 



increasing demand, and fair values are being 

 obtained. Practically every jobber in the city 

 is doing a good volume of business, and every 

 one feels optimistic over the present situation 

 and the prospective demands of the season. 



New York. 



The local hardwood market continues to show 

 steady improvement, and both the wholesale and 

 retail dealers seem well satisfied with the volume 

 of business being transacted. Orders seem to 

 keep well apace with dry stocks in many items. 

 With the natural increasing demand as the sea- 



