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HARDWOOD RECORD 



explanation is sent make any kick, but the 

 necessity of writing lengthy letters in explana- 

 tion, as I have suggested, incurs more expense 

 than the amount involved would cover. This Is 

 but a minor matter, but should have attention, 

 and the change 1 propose will eliminate a matter 

 which occasions trouble far out of its importance. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



J. H. Baikd, Scrivenoter. 



Reorganization Big Chicago Concern. 



The Leavitt Lumber Company is the title 

 of a new Chicago wholesale manufacturing 

 hardwood house which takes over the assets 

 and liabilities of the Wisconsin Oak Lumber 

 Company, and of the Richardson & Leavitt 

 Company. It virtually is a consolidation of 

 these two houses. The new company has a 

 paid-up capital of $100,000 and is organized by 

 the following stockholders and officers: Presi- 

 dent, H. B. Leavitt; vice president, B. F. 

 Richardson; secretary. Elmer 11. Adams. 



The object of the consolidation, according 

 to the announcement of the new company, is 

 to prevent confusion, to systematize the joint 

 business, simplify the work, and especially to 

 serve patrons with more promptness and n 

 ciency than heretofore. The company will 

 continue its office and large yards on Centre 

 avenue near Thirty-fifth street. From its 

 stock .-it thai point I ibled to handli 



either the car or teatn trade promptly. 



The company also takes over the extensive 

 sawmill and hardwood timber property at 

 Frederic, Wis. This is one of the few remain- 

 ing tracts of white and red oak in Wisconsin, 

 and the mill produces annually from 12,000,000 

 to 15,000,000 feet. This deal, however, con- 

 stitutes but a small part pi the handlings of 

 the old companies or the proposed business 

 of the new one, as their southern lumber in- 

 is have grown largely it, ,,f the 



northern cms. 



H. B Leavitt, president ..t this concern, is 



one of the best known hardw I men In the 



try, having been int.,,- id , n many large 



enterprises, of which ho has i lading 



figure. Almost equally well known is Mr. 

 Richardson, who was formerly a member of 

 the firm of Crandall & Rlcl i this 



city. Mr. Adams is the well known lumber 

 attorney of tl cit Tie ni w org u 

 thoroughly and adequate!} equipped for not 

 only carrying on but Increa Ing the large 

 business that they have heretofore enjoyed. 



Building Operations for August. 

 The building operations in the various cities 

 of the country, as shown by reports to : he 

 American Contractor, Chicago, covering the 

 building permits issued during August as com- 

 pared with the corresponding month of last 

 year, fairly surpass the expectations raised by 

 the remarkable record of July. In the aggre- 

 gate, the building operations <>r this country are 

 now more extensive than at any previous time 

 in its history. Almost universally then 

 been a gum over last year, and in many in- 

 stances this is simply astonishing. The per- 

 mits issued in Greater New York amounted to 

 $25,296,674, being almost exactly double ih.ee 

 of August, 1904. in Manhattan the gain was 

 134 per cent ; In Brooklyn, 26 per cent, and in 

 the Bronx 258 per cent. Operations in Chicago 

 are second only to those of the metropolis, 

 amounting to $6,401,150, a gain of 80 per 

 cent. riiiladelph.a follows Chicago with per- 

 mits amounting to $2,876,200. St. Louis re- 

 ports $1,855,980, a gain of 25 per cent. This 

 Is especially gratifying, showing as it does that 

 the large building operations there during the 

 past two years were not carried on at the ex- 

 pense of the future, as was freely predicted. 

 That the building prosperity is as wide as the 

 country Is shown from the following list of 

 permits, with the percentage of gain: Buffalo, 



$885.05... 44 ; Dallas, $274,825, 77 ; Denver 

 $430,350, 25 ; Detroit, $945,000, 30 ; Duluth 

 $192,440, 79 ; Harrisburg, Pa., $406,525, 250 

 Hartford, $343,810, 223; Indianapolis, $742, 

 S4'.t, 131; Louisville, $863,373, 197; New Or 

 leans, $1,013,906, 250 ; Newark, N. J., $759, 

 749. 57 ; Scranton, Pa., $286,401, 14 ; Salt 

 Lake City, $281,934, 72; Winnipeg. Man.. $1.- 

 224,500, 28. In view of the fact that the yel- 

 low fever has been raging in New Orleans, the 

 showing made by that city is very remarkable. 

 The losses are comparatively small and, in almost 

 all instances, seem chargeable to local condi- 

 tions. Baltimore is the only large city which 

 shows a loss, amounting to only 14 per cent, 

 and due to the rebuilding operations of last 

 season. 



August, August, 



19 '•. 1904, Gain.Loss, 



City — cost. cost. % % 



Allegheny, Pa $ 198,770$ 245,500 ... 19 



Baltimore, M.l 1,460,000 1.692.O00 ... 14 



.port. Conn 132.14o 106.550 24 .. 



Buffalo. N. Y 8S5.055 612.561 44 .. 



Chicago. Ill 6,401,150 3,548.280 So .. 



Calnl.ii.lge, Mass 72.550 70eSe" ... .1 



('ineinnati.il T4'.l.71li) 606,870 23 .. 



Columbus, it .... 746,785 725.365 3 .. 



port, Iowa 51,625 55.870 ... s 



i Tei 274,826 155,363 77 



192, tin 

 i 19,578 



742,849 



1,025,015 



104,130 



863.373 



Denver, Colo 



i Mich 



Dnlntb, Minn 



Grand Rapid 



I I Tex 



1 P 



Hartford, Conn 



l-.IIs. lilt] 



I I \ 1 , , 

 Knowiiie. Tenn 



He. Kv 



•eles, Cal ill 1,82] 



Lowell Mass. 65.7ir, 



Manchester, N. 11 105.329 



Milwaukee \\ - 



' 684,445 



Nashville, Tenn 212,849 



I 



Newark. N. .1 7..H.7t!> 



N.w Orleans, La 1.013,906 



S .,rk — 



Manhattan 12 



Alteratlons 1,202 227 



Brooklyn 7 



Kiel | 1 KM 150 



Alterations 



< Ireater New "i ork 



Omaha, Neb 



lelpbla, Pa 



on, N.J 



Pittsburg, Pa 



er, N. 1 



si. Tosepb, Me 



SI I. -lis. Me 



St. Paul. Minn 



San Antonio, 't < \ 



n. I 'a 



Spokane, w 



Bend, lnd . . . . 



Y 



126 25 . 



723.100 30 .. 



107.096 79 .. 



is.,.2tr, ... 19 



174.665 ... 29 



116.000 250 .. 



106.775 223 .. 



321,150 131 



si" 27c 26 



87,425 p. 



290,710 197 .. 



1,182.111 111 .. 



165.100 ... on 



:;s..:7o J70 .. 



1,003.828 ... 10 



580 28 .. 



t ::..:::.7 :.7 .. 



272,920 ... 44 



is:;.;hmi :.7 .. 



289,911 250 



5.308.715 134 .. 



192 si2 



245 20 .. 



1,228,600 258 .. 



iv. rtah. 281,934 



Toledo, O 



u ash 205 17-. 



i. N. J ::ss ci7 



Washington. 1). C 954 600 



Wilmington, Del 112, s7n 



Wilkesbarre. Pa scots 



Winnipeg, Man.... 1,224,500 



2. 2"H'7i 12,7:;:: 722 [no 



12;. us:. 123,11 ■ ':i 



2 876 2i»i 2,187, Is . ;;l . 



is'..2s:: 175.930 



1,276,301 1,228.645 1 



iK.7 117 217. 72S II., 



7..72-I Im;.7ii7 . . 27 



1 855 980 1 is; ,,.,s 



514,321 461.525 11 



9 : ::»; .'.7.7si. 63 



1..1 2..I 760 1 1 



188.510 162.585 16 



84,240 162.640 , 16 



12-1 58 I 98 "•.;.; :i 



72 



2l..7'i7 12 



162.546 17:i 



1 217 11 



32. 7 1 1. 250 



e lltl 



00 28 



Increase in Facilities. 



The linn, ■hott Swage Works, the pioneer 

 manufacturing bouse in this line, with head- 

 quarters al Big Rapids, Mich., which Is engaged 

 in tiie manufacture "i a line of swages, side 

 ml Sling machines that are known 

 wli. r.vei saws a re used, is undertaking sundry 

 new developments which will put the house still 

 further in the lead among manufacturers of 

 saw to. .is. At Big K:ii. ids the Banchett Swage 

 \V..il. 1 nly completed an entirely new 



plain [or the production of Its various appli- 

 ances, The several structures consist of a new 

 brick building two stories high, 65x100 feet. 

 Near by is a foundry 100x130 feet. Other 

 buildings are a large warehouse and a pattern 

 house. The new plant will be run by water 

 power from the big dam across the Muskegon 

 river at Hig Rapids. Among the details of the 

 new operation is an individual electric light 

 plant. In all this will constitute one of the 

 finest Iron and steel working plants in the 

 country, and it will be complete In every de- 

 tail. 



In addition to this new enterprise the com- 

 pany has purchased mtrlght the entire plant 



of the veteran saw tool manufacturing house 

 of E. B. Rich & Son, located at 50 and 52 W. 

 Washington street, Chicago. This house is one 

 of the oldest in the country and has for years 

 made a staple and valuable line of filing room 

 machinery. For the present the plant will be 

 continued under the old name at its present 

 location, but it is within the realm of possibili- 

 ties that eventually the two plants will be con- 

 solidated at Big Rapids. This deal gives the 

 Danchett Swage Works an opportunity to be- 

 come the foremost manufacturer of saw fitting 

 tools and filing room machinery equipment In 

 the United States, and it goes without saying 

 that th.- reputation built by the house in the 

 past will he fully maintained in its new venture. 



New Enterprise at Cadillac. 

 The Cadillac Lumher Company is the name 

 of a corporation just organized at the beauti- 

 ful northern Michigan metropolis. The con- 

 cern will erect a large and modern remanufac- 

 turlng plant there, to convert Michigan forest 

 products mi" finished materials, and will also 

 engage in the retail lumher trade. Of this- 

 concern S. \V. Kramer, a retired dry goods 

 merchant of Cadillac, is president: Morris E. 

 Thomas, sales manager for Cobbs & Mitchell, 

 inc., is vie. president : C. D. Burrltt of Tut- 

 t le & Burrltt, the well known retail lumber 

 .: Lapeer, Ulcb., is treasurer and gen- 

 eral manager; and Fred S. Lamb of Cadillac. 

 judge .,i probate for Wexford county. Is seer., 



tary. The opening is a tine one, and the i 



pie Interested are well known and competent 

 business men, Who will make a success of the 

 enterprise. Mr. Burrltt will soon remove to 

 Cadillac and actively manage the operations 

 ••I ll any. 



New Chicago Hardwood House. 

 Fred W. Black, secretary of the Wisconsin 

 Oak Lumber Company, has disposed of his 

 stock holdings in that concern to II. B. Leavitt, 

 i the firm, and retired from the com- 

 ; taking the preliminary steps 



toward organizing the Fred W. Black Lumber 

 1 :,i .p. n, .1 an office at 300 Old 



Colony building, where he will do business as 

 individual until his corporation is complete. 

 In Hi . ..i equity With the Wisconsin 



i'ii Lumbei Company, Mr. Black takes over a 

 4.000 acre trai t of red and white oak timber in 

 Lewi Sou i ncssce. on the Centerville 



branch of the N. C. & St. L. Ry., fifty miles 

 south of Dickson, and is now engaged in erect- 

 ing a sawmill which will be ready for opera- 

 tion iv. 1. Mr. Black also took over 

 a co quantity of southern lumber 

 owned bj the old company. He will conduct a 

 general hardwood manufacturing and whole- 

 sale busln 



New Hardwood Manufacturing Venture. 



The F. McDonnell Lumber Company, of 

 Columbus, O., i ily purchased 10,0'JO 



acres of hardwood timber lands in Blount 

 county, Tennessee, and will at once put in a 

 complete band mill and logging equipment. 

 The land is well located, and besides the 

 ellaneous hardwood growth contains a 

 largi quantit] of white pine, yellow pine, pop- 

 lar and oak. It is regarded as one of the 

 best bunches of timber In Tennessee. 



The company has alreadj commenced cut- 

 ting logs In anticipation of the early com- 

 ii of its mill. 



Through the Hoosier State. 



Bearing the IlAitDwooD Recoud's usual com- 

 mission to "see everybody connected with the 

 hardwood industry," the writer left Chicago 

 with Frankfort as ii is destination. 



D. I. Neher, who conducts a dimension stock 

 mill there, in the course of a brief chat, ex- 

 pressed himself as \.ry much pleased witli ill 

 business outlook. 



