HARDWOOD RECORD 



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™l O. C. GARDNER 

 LUMBER CO. 



INCORPORATED 



DEALERS IN 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



TIMBERS AND DIMENSION STUFF 



Dressed Lumber. Mouldings and Turned Work 



N.. C. AND ST. L. R. R. FOOT OF LIBERTY ST. 

 JACKSON, ... TENN. 



CYPRESS 



We make a specialty of rough or 

 dressed Cypress Lumber and Cypress 

 Shingles in straight or mixed cars. 

 Your inquiries solicited for single car 

 orders or good round lots. Can also fur- 

 nish Sound Cypress Dimension Stock. 



The Borcherding Lumber Co. 



Northern Office, 



CINCINNATI. OHIO. 



* We have what you want * 



THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST, 

 AND WE HAVE THE BEST 



The Red Book is the recognized authority 

 on lumber credits. Published in January and 

 July and covers the United States and Man- 

 itoba. It contains the names of dealers and 

 manufacturers who purchase in car lots and \ 

 gives you their financial standing, also indicates 

 their manner of meeting obligations. 



The book is devoted exclusively to the line 

 you are interested in and it is not necessary for 

 you to wade through information you are not 

 interested in. 



Remember we also have a well organized 

 Collection Department and solicit your 

 business in this line. 



Lumbermen's Credit Association, 



Established 1876. 



1405 Great Northern Building, Chicago 

 16 Beaver Street, New York City 



(Mention this paper.) 



Indianapolis. 

 The Indianapolis hardwood lumber situation 

 has not clanged any from what It was two 

 weeks ago. Dealers report thai a fairly good 

 volume of business was transacted during the 

 lirst three weeks of April, Hardwood men still 

 continue to look into the future hopefully, for 

 they feel that the building boom which is now 

 on in Indianapolis will naturally bring them 

 some gucid business. Just at the present time 

 more buildings are being erected than ever in 

 the city's history. Many of these are cottages, 

 ranging in price from $1,000 to $2,500. There 

 are also many double houses being built. Prices 

 for the various hardwoods remain much as they 

 were a fortnight ago. There is a good demand 

 for poplar. Most of the dealers have a fair 

 stock "f lumber on hand and hence are able to 



All orders for almost any kind of itardw 1 



tor which there may be a demand. Ne.ariy all 

 the Indianapolis factories report that they are 

 running to their full capacity to till cite orders 

 which they have at the present time So the 

 outlook for hardwood lumbermen appears good. 



Memphis. 



The hardwood lumber situation here is 

 healthy. There is not as much business as 

 some members of the trade anticipated, but the 

 volume is above the average for this time of 

 year, and prices are quite steady in everything 

 except low grade poplar and low grade cotton- 

 wood. There is no let-up in the urgency of the 

 demand for plain oak in all grades at prices 

 recently p~r.vailing, while quarter sawed red oak 

 is coming into greater prominence again. The 

 demand for quarter sawed white oak is mod- 

 erate. The ash situation is reported excel- 

 lent, with a good demand for all grades, and 

 with offerings only moderately large. Cypress 

 moves with readiness, and there is a good de- 

 mand for the upper grades of Cottonwood, in- 

 cluding box boards. The low grades, owing 

 to the competition with other low-priced woods 

 experienced by' box factories in the Missis- 

 sippi valley, are in rather modesi request, and 

 there are complaints about the slowness with 

 which this stock moves. The upper grades of 

 poplar are considered good property by lum- 

 bermen here. Gum is holding its own, with 

 prices maintained at the recent level. The 

 export situation is still rather slow though 

 somewhat convalescent, the bulk of the busi- 

 ness going into domestic channels of consump- 

 tion. 



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Buffalo. 



There is all the former demand for plain 

 oak and more than the former scarcity, so that 

 hardwood dealers are buying it green and mov- 

 ing it in that condition If ii is necessary to 

 secure it. There seems to be no prospect of 

 getting a supply right away. The southern and 

 southwestern mills of the Buffalo dealers are 

 doing what they can. but the total production 

 is not very large, and only a little of it comes 

 here, as there is so much call for it that ship- 

 ment can be made direct to the retailer or 

 consumer wilholil the wail ami expense of a 

 transfer here. 



The consumer continues to refuse quartered 

 oak as a substitute for plain, buying it sparingly 

 when obliged to, evidently looking on the price 

 as i no high, and as there is really no other 

 wood to put in, unless it is chestnut, the quest 

 of plain oak must go on without any let up. 

 Tin- faci that chestnut is not selling very briskly 

 shows that it is not very acceptable as a sub- 

 stitute. 



As a rule, there is a good demand for other 

 hardwoods, unless it be basswood, which still 

 refuses to move in quantity. Some dealers find 

 maple a good seller, while others are calling 

 it slow, which shows that different cuts or 

 grades of it are selling at different rates. There 

 is a great demand for birch, and some good 



lols an- coming in. 1ml ii is never plenty enough 

 i" meel the demand. The same is true of ash 

 ami elm. All that comes in goes quick. 



As to southern woods, the demand is every- 

 where active. Cypress is doing much better 

 than it was a while ago. The southern pine 

 mills are as far behind their ordi and 



the better supply of poplar i-- stimulating activ- 

 ity on the part of Jobbers. For a while there 

 was so little tn lie had that it was hardly 

 worth while in go en i in- i oad celling it. 



JNasnville. 



The local market litis shown a decided im- 

 provement in the last few day's. Che feature 

 Is the renewed demand for quartered oak. for 

 until recently most of the .alls were for plain. 

 Healers are holding the poplar for better prices, 



as the market on that particular w 1 at this 



time is a trifle sluggish. There is a good de- 

 mand for chestnut and ash. as well as plain 

 oak. Owing to the thawing weather in the 

 West ami Southwest, great damage has been 

 done to brides, country roads, etc., and heavy 

 orders are being placed for piling. The cross tie 

 market is quite brisk, as railroad building is 

 active. Several carloads of piling have been 

 shipped daily from Nashville for the past sixty 

 days. The stave market i> reported lirrn. 

 About 1,500,000 feet of lumber has been brought 

 down the river during the past two weeks. and t 

 the railroads have brought in a large quantity. 

 Local lumbermen can hardly fill the local orders 

 for stuff. It is not a question of how much 

 they can sell, but how much they can deliver. 

 The local demand is great on account of the con- 

 tinued building boom. Many orders are being 

 shipped East, and foreign business is reported. 

 first class. Prices in all lines of lumber are 

 holding their own, and conditions are quite sat- 

 isfactory. 



Evansville. 



The past month has shown a decided increase 

 in the volume of orders received and shipments 

 made in this locality, and with the continuance 

 of the fine weather we have been having, a steady 

 improvement is expected in business conditions. 

 All the factories and sawmills in this locality- 

 are busy, and prices are being maintained all 

 along the line. Logs are coming into Evans- 

 ville slowly, owing to the scarcity of cars, but 

 with the good river conditions the river mills 

 are securing plenty of logs and traffic in this line 

 is very satisfactory. 



Grand Rapids. 

 Plain oak continues in lone the call, while 

 quartered stock is quiet. It was not so very 

 long ago that conditions wen- tin- reverse. This 

 leads some of the dealers to speculate as to 

 how long it will be before the pendulum will 

 swing back again. An increased inquiry is re- 

 ported for basswood and thick maple. Good 

 four-quarter elm continues scarce. 



Minneapolis. 



The feature of the hardwood market bete i 



Unites to be in the country yard trade, which 

 is livelier titan ever. It seems as though every 

 retail yard in the Northwest has run out of 

 hardwood stock and finds it necessary to replen- 

 ish. Most orders are for oak wagon stuck. 

 flooring, birch and to some extent basswood, 

 to in' shipped in mixed cars with white pine or 



sasli and d ■ orders. Tl nstant drain on 



oak stocks has cleaned them out well, and 

 there is very little dry oak left. The car sit- 

 uation has improved within the last month, and 

 some stocks that could not be moved at that 

 tune have been put on the market, so that abso- 

 lute famine has not occurred, alt] gh dry oak 



will lie badly wanted bi " stock is really 



lit to ship. Flooring of all kinds is moving 

 remarkably well for the time of year. It Is 

 attributed to the fact that a good many build- 



