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HARDWOOD RECORD 



the center o£ the cut, and the third the left 

 edge of the cut, and thus are rotated. Being 

 set In this manner, the diamonds take the place 

 of teeth in the ordinary saw, and when in con- 

 tact with the stone produce a kerf about a 

 quarter of an inch wide. The diamonds used in 

 these saws come from the South African dia- 

 mond mines and cost about $6 each. The value 

 of each saw complete is in the neighborhood of 

 $1,000. 



Hawaiian Koa Wood. 



Hawaiian koa wood is to be brought to the 

 attention of the wholesale hardwood trade of 

 the United States, and it is said that it will 

 compete with mahogany. The wood is to be 

 exploited by a corporation which has been estab- 

 lished at Honolulu. 



A. Richley, an architect of Hllo, is the ex- 

 ploitation agent of the wood and is now in this 

 country, where he proposes to visit Chicago and 

 other cities in the interest of the new lumber 

 corporation. He anticipates being able to sell 

 the wood at a price somewhat less than that 

 commanded by mahogany. The company has the 

 lease of the Bishop estate koa forests on the 

 island of Hawaii, which comprise 4,500 acres, 

 and the options include considerable other tim- 

 ber ana. Involving a totality of some 20,000,000 

 feet. It i- I to build a mill near the 



Volcano Bouse, Hawaii, as the land slopes from 

 all directions to that point, which will afford 

 comparatively easy and economical logging. 



It is alleged that koa wood can be used for 

 Interior work or for any other purpose where 

 mahoganj | i with success, and that the 



wood in reality is Hawaiian mahogany. 



Late London Market. 



The hardwood market shows a little more 

 activity, and stocks are being moved on*; bi 

 are seeming to realize that they cannot lill all 

 their ins from the stocks held here 



and are contracting for arrival, and If consign- 

 ments are kept within bounds prices will fall 

 more i n t ■ , a line with those asked by Bhip] 



Plain oak boards Mill hold the lead, ami buy- 

 ers are keenly looking for dry stork-, which are 

 and seem likely t" be very scarce 'Juartered 

 is L-oing into consumption, bul sio.ks are suffi- 

 cient. 



There Is a fair demand for prime planed 

 whitewood, but there is no change in i 

 lower grades are dull and difficult to sell. 



Walnut is in fail- demand, and tie- tow par- 

 arriving are being disposed of Lmi [lately. 



a walnut (red gum) is in fair demand 

 and finds a ready sale, and will hold its price If 

 shipments do not arrive too freely. 



Mahogany -Several parcels of small knotty 



Cuban have i a disposed of by forced sale, and 



although what mlghf seem to be very low figures 

 prices were good for such poor 

 quality. Sizable and good quality wood is still in 

 good demand at fair prices. 



May Building Operations. 

 Reports fsom Lite i the coun- 



try show a decidedly satisfactory condll 

 building operations, and this applies to all sec- 

 tions. The percentage of gain over the corre- 

 sponding month of last year, as appears from 

 the accompanying table, compiled from < 



Itractor, Chicago, 



Is lame and decidedly encouraging. In some 



insta' i a loss, but this is 



chargeable to local usually to the 



circuit ons last year, from one 



cause or another, were unusually large. Thir- 



mllllon dollar line, while 



several oth rly approached it. In 



New York the enormous figures of $25,92S,408 



ware reached, being an increase of 70 per cent, 



while the operations In Chicago exceeded 



$4,000,000, those of Philadelphia being even 



\ grat If j Ing feature ^.-neral 



laller and middle class 



•Paterson, N. J., figures include a $22 



I irary tor 1904, otherwise the gain 

 wool. I be 167 per cent. 

 Rebuilding. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



The Grand Rapids W 1 Carving company 



has Increased Its cap i m $25,000 to 



I en thou ' - of this amount will 



be used In building a three-story addition to 



the factory which the company's rapidly in 



ng business made necessary. About three 



i. undertook the man 



ture of furniture and the growth of this de- 



le enlargement. 



A timber deal has just been closed whereby 



John H. Hoyt of New Jersey has acquired 4.000 



acres of the finest timber in south Georgia, lying 



j llsr east ' Oi mulgee river. 



The timber is oak, hickory and ash, and will be 

 used in the manufacture of spokes, poles and 

 wheels. The purchasers contemplate the erec- 

 tion of a large mill to manufacture this class 

 of goods. 



Pope county is said to be the best timber dis- 

 trict in the state of Georgia. In the northern 

 part are virgin forests of fine white oak and 

 other valuable hardwoods. 



J. M. Harb of Corning, Ark., recently pur- 

 chased 1,500 acres of hardwood timber land In 

 Desha county. Ark., from Leigh & Arnold of 

 Little Rock, the consideration being $10,000. 

 Mr. Harb has not decided whether he will oper- 

 ate a mill on the property or let the purchasers 

 of the timber cut it. 



The Janesville Sash & Door Company, Janes- 

 vllle, Wis., has a contract to supply interior 

 finish for 147 houses to be built this summer In 

 Oak Park, III. This is perhaps the biggest con- 

 tract ever taken at Janesville, and will keep a 

 large force of men busy during the summer. 



The quantities of locust, mulberry and oak 

 timber in Sumner and adjoining counties of 

 Tennessee will find a ready market at Gallatin, 

 Tenn., where J. T. Durham and W. W. Pardue 

 of the latter place will erect a factory in the 

 near future to manufacture telephone, tele- 

 graph and electric light insulator pins and 

 brackets of these woods. 



The Chlpman Company, Ltd., of Tasmania re- 

 cently tiled suit against the Turner, Day & 

 Woi [worth Handle Company of Louisville, Ky., 



-]. a In h of contract being charged. 



Curtis Morrill recently sold thirty-seven flue 

 black walnut trees on his farm southeast of 

 Onion City, Mich., for $3,000 cash, which Illus- 

 trates the great inn-ease in the value of natural 

 timber In the state. In preparing the land 

 for cultivation fifty years ago, Mr. Morrill says 

 he felled and burned up several thousand similar 

 one farm, and he estimates that 



Hi iginal black walnut timber on the farm, 



if [eft growing, would now be worth about 







The National Handle Company has begun 

 on a now warehouse at Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 to cost $1,500. 



The Mi. i. imber ,\ I [ber Company re- 



cently purchased 25,000 acres of hardwood tim- 

 ber land In Vilas county, Wisconsin, from the 

 G. I Sanborn Land Company of Ashland, Wis. 

 The purchasers may establish a pulp mill at 

 Marenlsco, Mich. 



The now factory of the National Veneer 



• any at Mishawaka, Ind.. is being pushed 



to completion. The Lake Shore side track to 



the site is now finished, so that material can 



be delivered on the spot. 



Fire In the factory of the Nicholson Manu- 

 factui Mii.i. Detroit, Mich., destroyed 



about $1, of hardwood lumber and in- 



terior finish. 



There Is a railway line In West Mexico with 

 ebony sleepers tnd ballast of silver ore taken 

 from ng the track. The rails of 



the Mexican Gull Railway are laid ™ mahogany 

 sleepers, and the bridges built of white marble. 

 In constructing these roads, since there was no 

 Other mat. -rial available, the engineers found It 

 per to use these extravagances than to Im- 

 port the ordinary materials. 



George D. McNeil of Keyser, w. Va., recently 

 purchased 1,900 acres of timber lands in Tucker 

 county, w.st Virginia, the consideration being 

 $25,0oo cash. Only the timber, which is mostly 

 oak and pi Included in the deal. 



A number of capitalists of Charleston. W. Va., 

 have completed a deal whereby they secure 

 22,000 a. res of land on the north fork of the 

 Kentuckj rlvei The lands are covered with an 

 alum. Ian; growth of poplar, oak and beech tim- 

 ber, and are rich In cannel and bituminous 

 coals. The work of developing the tract will 

 he begun in the near future. 



A great ton fire in the vicinity of Dennls- 

 ville. N. J., ha .-novel some 2,000 acres of 



