HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Important Association Appointment. 



It is officially announced P in, R. n. 



Vansant of the Hardwood Manufactui 

 riatlon of the Onlted States thai he lias ap- 

 pointed J. C. Burchette assistant secretary, to 

 take effect immediately. 



Mr. Bnrchette is a native Kentucklan, having 

 been born hi the early seventies along the head 

 waters of the Big San.lv river. His first inti- 

 mate knowledge of lumber was acquired in plan- 

 big mill work, in which he was employed for 

 s..me time "hustling lumber." During 

 be spent at this work he gained a verj i 

 lu-nsive knowledge of poplar, oak ami other 

 hardwoods, and was eventually advanced to 



planing mill inspector, which position b ten 



pied for two years. Subsequently In' bad charge 

 of the shipments from the Panther, W. Va., 

 plant of the W. M. Rltter Lumber Company. 

 which place he tilled for one year. In April. 

 11)04, he became associated with the D. i: 



.1. C. BUKCHETTE, ASS'T SEC. UABDWOOD 



MAM'FAlTI IIEKS ASSN. 



Murphy Lumber Company, as southern repre- 

 sentative, with headquarters at Chattanooga. 



II" acted as buyer ami inspector for ibis com 

 pany until the summer of 1905, when In- engaged 

 to do held work for the Hardwood Mauufaetur 

 • i s' Association His work in this position has 

 been so satisfactory that be has now been pro 

 moted to the assistant secretaryship. Mr. Bur 

 chette is eminently fitted for the position t. 

 which he has been appointed. His headquarters 

 will be the association's general offices in the 

 Harrison Building. Columbus, 0. 



Building Operations for September. 

 The strong building movement of last month 

 continues, witli little if any abatement, as ap- 

 pears from reports received by the American 

 Contractor, Chicago, from the leading cities of 

 i In- country, showing the building permits issucil 

 during September as compared with the corre- 

 sponding month of last year. The uaitis shown 

 are general, decidedly large and so distributed 

 as to show that the impetus to building opera 

 tious is not ilito to local causes. In Greater New 

 York the gain is s.", per cent, as against 100 per 

 rent in August. This is really a most gratifying 

 showing, since with winter tear at hand, when 

 perations are conducted witli greater difficulty, 

 a doubling of last year's figures could 

 be expected. Permits aggregating more than 

 twenty-one millions at tie' beginning 

 is a remarkable and most promising showing. 

 Chicago reports $7,349,150, a gain of Ml per 

 as against 80 per cent last month, but even this 

 gain is remarkable when tin- season of tl 

 is taken into account. The following figures 

 press the percentage of sain of the cities 



make Allegheny, til 



falo, i to : Cleveland, (JO Dallas, si ,, 



93; Duluth, 110; Harrlsbnrg, Pa., 158; Kansas 



City, 63 : I ■ , . i i | _• ... 



172; 133 ; N'ewark, 2S2 New 



54; Philadelphia, 14; St. Paul, 102; Syracuse. 



237; Wilmington I it thus ap 



the present building prosperity is widely, 

 almost universally distributed. In -, 

 vllow fever, N. « Orleans -bows a d. 



are few. and. with tl Iceptloll of 



the smaller cities In 

 September, 1904, a single permit ol $3,.' 



Issued in i i,„,k is 



bright. s.p,.. 



1905, 



Pi - !.._■ son s L'lt .•»>" it i 



171 987 191,553 ■•! 



Buffalo, N ■> S.H5.440 ;;,;,;. .-,:;,; | ,„ 



l» 7.349,150 .".,.".07 I.",.. :i 



Cincinnati, Ohio 178,740 la 



nd. "Id" 949 100 ".71 515 till 



Columbus, Ohio ; ::. ,625 ">7 5«5 Is 



•;7 irr. si ,,s7 in 



I 17" ■■'..: 92 7n; s, 



243,453 201 



Detroit, Mich 1.368,900 707.500 93 



Duluth, Minn IU8.395 til 7'. 



' •'■ nol Rapids Mil I, . 212.445 Is s 



Harrlsburg, i v. 142,390 .v..ti7.". ISM 



Hartford, C 101,525 L'i7.a7.". 



Indianapolis, Ind. 961 182 103 167 



Kansas CItJ . Mo . I : 145 



Knoxville, Trim 112.31 . 905 155 



Li ulsl ill.'. Ky. 302 828 174,270 7 



Los Angeles, Cal I 1 is, i:;l 1,281,482 



Manchester, v II 27,730 30,895 10 



S84 677,295 112 



Mobile. Ala 193.756 71 795 172 . . 



lie, T-'ini. J S.S90 89,91 



New Haven. t'onu.... 12.".. 71" 228,860 



Newark. N. .1 J. .;. 17J 62.419 _ 



New Orleans, La 26S.499 i7tsjc ,-,i 



New fork 



Manhattan 12.040.870 5.303.55U 124 



Alterations 7 - 991 



la.- 1,1'. i. j 981.525 3.792.950 59 



Bronx 2.064.735 !sl:i 835 I :i 



Altera liona 152 25 I Is, too 

 Greatei 



I'atersoa, \ J |:|9 21 247.200 



Philadelphia, I'.t 14 . 



Pa 132 77. 5 077 . 7:: 



St. .lose, ill. Mo 1 J 195 



St Louis, M" 7 .. 



St. Paul. Mian IS2.2S9 ::» :7i; 192 



San V' i i 7 : ss . , 



Scrautot Pa 164 12 I 156 



Seattle. Wash 199.073 '".7 



Sontii Bend. Ind 77.150 >;ii::. 



Syracuse, N Si. 337.012 lno.350 237 .. 



Topeka, Kan 66.018 30.315 120 



Toledo Ohio 218.819 196 686 tl .. 



lene Baute, Ind 128.675 eii.SM n 



i Wash. 128.481 171.081 25 



Wilmington. Del 103,978 20 



Worcester. Mass. 208.735 249,705 18 



Wllkesbnrre, Pa 215.423 82.5tni 16 



Winnipeg Man. 728.900 592.650 



New Knoxville Veneer Plant. 

 The new brancli reneer plant of Adams & 



Raymond ol Indallapolis. which lias been in 



for -alb ii 



ly tritium- i 

 Ind ana plant I -., 



pi lie iptiU deem II w I 



Where Ibey will 111! '. ■ 



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The New Snark of the Universe. 



ompanylng tin- paragraph Is the 

 portrait ..i I; n In'man of Portland 

 distinguished pit 



lumber manufai the Im 



I'oiiis.-ii Lumber ' omp inj U 

 the wise choice I 



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recent ann ind Mi In 



is one "i* the foremost lumbermen ..n i i 



i oast . and In- .!• v .a ion fo] 



ing to tl rder of Hoo Hoo fnlt 



i. .a given linn ind 



j that In- will mat and 



efficient chief of (he lumhi 



The Porter Tie Plug. 

 Railroad track men In lining np rails and 

 in slipping ties where the spikes are loosened 

 have learned by experience that the simplest, 

 most expeditious and useful procedure I 



plug II Id spike hole with WOOd. I'M' 



section men have i n sen chopping up old 



ties for the makiiiL' of these plugs, or cb i 

 about lb" right of waj for saplings which m 

 be converted to ibi- use. During th< 



■ plugs has become bo man 



able t"t the purpose, nnd Ijeliig shaped o 



form Indicated b.v the ski 



int.. bundles, ani 



when carried along the track than 



plu::- I ' ■ 



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 It Is found that the us. ..t tb- pluai 



mat. - in I'l'-'l' 



tie. but that a sptl- 



or In bin ilate proxituitv ml! bold murn 



i, an when drlv. I 



The Porter Tit Plug 



it. si that several manufacturers ban 



prepai Ing plugs « 



sold ; "- purpose ll 



than dan I bv the time 



lion 

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