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HARDWOOD RE30KD 



as dry stocks are low in oak especially, but also 

 in birch and elm. Consumers seems to be having 

 :i great deal of difficulty in getting tbe sort of 

 stock they want. 



F. II. Lewis, the local wholesaler of hard- 

 woods and pine, reports that stocks of dry hard 

 wood, especially oak aud birch, are exceptionally 

 scarce and held at strong prices. While trade is 

 not strong, it is rapidly taking up the available 

 supply, and it will not be long before consid- 

 erable green stock will have to be placed on the 

 market, whether it is in the best shipping con- 

 dition or not. 



The Minneapolis Cedar & Lumber Company 

 has bought Miller & Pit-Ill's sawmill and planing 

 mil] plaut at Gagen, Wis. Tbe purchase in- 

 cludes a large stock of manufactured pine, hard- 



n I and hemlock lumber and three thousand 



acres of stumpage, which includes considerable 

 \'>od and elm. The mill cuts in all about 

 10,000,000 feet a year. 



F. IL Lusk, formerly with the Wisconsin Oak 

 Lumber Company of Frederick, Wis., has pur- 

 chased an interest in the Waterman Hunter 

 any, a local sash and door manufacturing 

 establishment, and has been elected treasurer of 

 the company, which is expanding its plant with 

 a new planing mill and machinery. 



W. 11. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Com- 

 pany says their Chicago trade is down to one- 

 third of its normal volume on account of the 

 strike, but the local demand Is fair. As far as 

 stock is concerned, evi *tween hay 



grass," and there Is little dry stuck to be 

 found i 



Wausau. 

 ive saved lumbermen of northern 

 Wisconsin tnd Michigan from great loss by for- 

 es! Hres, although considerable damage hail al- 

 ready resulted. At York Siding, south of Ash- 

 land, thou- rds of tan bark and cord 



w 1 were destroyed and by strenuous efforts 



the crew ol the Scott & Taylor mill saved the 

 mill and the camp outfit ol the Poster Latimer 

 er i lompany. The latter concern 



000 feel of mixed bardn 1 logs decked on skid 



at M. ll.n. The estimated loss of other 

 hanl i rs In thai vicinity is $15,000. 



The sawmill at Auburndale, Wis., has been 

 overhauled and will i ed for five 



longer, ent owners, the R. Connor Lum- 



ber Company, having purchased a thousand 

 acres of standing hardwood, five miles north 



of the village. The 1,5 , feet 



on It and i hauled by rail. This 



mill Is the oldest ID centra] Wisconsin, and 



"i-ne a charmed existence, for it has been 



i fire by locomotive sparks and from other 



sources, but each tin scaped destruction. A 



crew will he kept at work all summer cutting 

 logs t.i supply the mill. 



\1 \\". Walte of Milwaukee and Edward Xeff 



01 Ami",., have secured an option on the prop- 



il tbe T. D. Kellogg Lumber Company, at 

 Antlgo. A deal has been practically completed 



whereby they become owners of the property 

 and they are now making arrangements which 

 will keep the mill in operation for a number of 

 years. The property consists of 78 lots, saw- 

 mill, yards, pond and water rights, hub mill, 

 planing mill, etc. 



The Hafer & Kalsched mill at Marshfield has 

 closed down after the shortest run in the mill's 

 history. The season's cut was 1,000,000 feet of 

 mixed hardwoods. 



Fire started in tbe rolhvay of the Northwest- 

 ern Cooperage & Lumber Company at Escanaba 

 and threatened the destruction of 1,000,000 

 feet of logs. Surroundiug towns sent aid and 

 the fire was extinguished with tbe loss of 

 $5, 



Braun Bros. & Co. of Athens purchased this 

 season's cut of hardwood lumber of the Quade 

 Land & Lumber Company, which operates a 

 mill near that village. The mill of the latter 

 concern was recently overhauled and has again 

 been put In operation. When the Quade com- 

 pany purchased the property last fall title to 

 20,000 acres of fine hardwood lands was also 

 acquired. Since then more land has been 

 bought. 



The Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company of 



Ilermansville has purchased all the logs cut the 



past winter by the William Mueller Company. 



which has yards at Marinette. The logs are at 



ut being delivered at Hermansvllle as fast 



ley can be loaded on cars. There are 8,000,- 



feet In the lot, mostly of the better variety 



of hardwoods. 



A new corporation, the name of which has 



not been determined upon, which will be capi- 



l at $30,000, is being organized at Mari- 



for the purpose of manufacturing inven- 



ol .1 W Arney of lireen Bay. The cor- 



lon will he composed entirely of local 



men and a factory will he built al once. Mr. 



Arney has nine Inventions, many of them novel- 



ildren, such as the •'merry wave," a 



suit ol merry-go-round, and for the manufacture 



of all of them large Quantities of hardwood will 



be consumed yearly. The company will buy of 



...1 mills in that vicinity. 



London. 

 Burl v Brabb Lumb Con pany are now 

 shipping and contracting for some of their well 

 u brands of whltewood, which find great 

 favor owing t.. being so well manufactured and 

 of uniform grading. It seems that shippers often 

 lower tin grade to lit the price, which Is not 

 appreciated, as buyers prefer to pay a better 

 price rather than to receive stock "off" grade, 

 which should l,e taken into consideration by 

 [ling orders if tbey wish to give 

 satisfaction. 



.1. N. Penrod, accompanied by Mr. Abbott, Is 

 mdon this week visiting friends interested 

 in walnut. 



Mr. English of Knorvllle, shipper of white- 

 w 1, i- tils,. •, visiter at tbe moment. 



HardWood Market. 



(By HARDWOOD RECORD 



Chicago. 

 To state tie- matter mildly, the Chicago hard- 

 ii very unsatisfactory shape, re- 

 strike, 

 which has Involved the union drivers of lumber 



ess In 

 all dli 'tid it is doubtful if the trade 



of tbe current month will equal fifty per cent 



le lumber being 

 received, as shipments from points of production 

 have been ordered suspended. Deliveries to 



ring Instil 

 provide for Immediate and pressing needs, as 

 manufacturers are entirely In doubt of their 

 v to ship their productions In any quan- 



Exclusive Market Reporters.) 



tlty. The trade is entirely hopeful that tbe 

 will be ca ed of] within a very few days 

 and ' 33 will again resume the activity 



tint prevailed previous to the strike and fulfil 

 the promise of the large volume which the early 

 season promised. 



Notwithstanding the strike, there Is a vast 

 deal of building going on in Chicago which re- 

 quires a large quantity of hardwood lumber In 

 the way of flooring and finishing material. Dp 

 to the time of the strike the numerous furniture 

 and other large industrial institutions using 



large quantities of hardw I- were well supplied 



with orders, and with the settlement of the 

 strike situation the year should still be a good 

 for tbe hardwood trade. 



Boston. 



The volume of demand shows a slight de- 

 crease under that of last week, but the supply is 

 still uncertain in a number of items. Brown 

 ash is still shy and inconstant. Quartered 

 white oak has been offered more frequently dur- 

 ing the past two weeks and the supplies of quar- 

 tered and plain red oak have increased. There 

 has been an unusual number of red oak offer- 

 ings. Inch ones and twos quartered white oak 

 has ranged in price from $75 to $80, the ruling 

 price for standard grade being $7S.50 to $79. Buy- 

 ers get what they pay for in quartered oak and 

 in whitewood, except in some instances, where 

 prices appear unusually low and where buyers 

 get somewhat less than they anticipated. Plain 

 white oak continues in short supply at $50 to 

 s 52 for inch ones and twos. The feeling gen- 

 erally prevails that this item will be easier to 

 buy in the near future. Brown ash dry boards 

 inch ones and twos are in excellent demand at 

 $50 t.i $51.50. White ash, $48 to $40. Good 

 cherry is much sought after at $95 to $100. 

 A number of maple flooring manufacturers have 

 reduced the minimum length of flooring from 4 

 feet to 2 feet while maintaining price based on 

 s:;7.r,ti fur 2 i, -inch face clear stock. Burlington, 

 Vt.. maple flooring is bringing a higher price 

 than the above, the excellently manufactured 

 stock of such concerns as the Shepard & Morse 

 Lumber Company bringing $38 and higher. 



Elm is in good demand and ones and twos are 

 selling a. $38.50 to $40, the grades being, how- 

 ever, good common with all the "better" In. 

 Whltewood is drifting around in grading and 

 in price until it Is hard to place its market 

 value, $48.50 for inch standard grade ones and 

 twos being a fair base for calculating rough 

 whitewood values. 



The price of cypress has broken — upward — 

 according to the red, white and blue lists which 

 when compared with each other show a variance 

 of 50 cents or more. Inch ones and twos being 

 quoted at $48 to $48.50. The selling price of 

 cypress is at present ruling at $44 or a trifle 

 lower. Furniture manufacturers generally are 

 not especially busy, although there are some 

 Instances of crowding. The market cannot be 

 characterized as comparatively active, although 

 It Is almost an exaggeration to call it dull. 



New York. 



The local hardwood market continues to show 

 a good tone throughout all branches of the trade 

 and in some respects the past fortnight has been 

 the \" I ol the year thus far. The poplar 



market has shown more activity since our last 

 report than lor a long time, although poplar has 

 been steadily improving since the first of the 

 year. There was closed in the local district last 

 week one of the biggest orders for common and 

 sap poplar which was ever placed, and' it was 

 taken by a firm who have long held the reputa- 

 tion of being not only handlers of the very best 



grades and i hardwoods but are likewise 



known a- high-priced people. Exact figures at 

 which this order was taken are not available, 

 but it was acknowledged that they ruled close 

 t.i what is termed the market price, which is at 

 present stated to be $34 to $35 for No. 1 com- 

 mon and $35 to •*::" for inch saps. In addition 

 to this, several other local houses report a con- 

 tinually Improving demand for poplar. 



Oak is still the leader, with plain stock in 

 the same active demand which has characterized 

 It for months, and available stocks are as scarce 

 as ever. Holders ol stock are getting better 

 prices right ah.ng. There seems to be enough 

 quartered oak for current wants, but the way in 

 which prices are being maintained is evidence 

 that there are no excess stocks to cause uneasi- 

 ness. 



Ash Is ruling firm with supplies of white ash 

 fair. Ian brown ash is almost out of the market. 

 Birch Is still moving actively In the furniture 

 and other m tiring trades with the yards 



