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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Ashland. 



Since the completion of the branch line o£ 



the Chesapeake & Ohio railway up the Big 



ly valley there has been a notable advance 



lie value of timber lands in that section, 



and several transfers of timber tracts have 



been made recently, among which was a deal 



whereby the American Car & Foundry Company 



secured 15.000 fine oak trees. This timber is 



now being cut and conveyed to Huntington, W. 



Va., where it will be manufactured into car 



building stock. 



A meeting of the executive board of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association was held 

 at Cincinnati on October 7. at which time im- 

 portant business relating to association matters 

 was transacted and its future work outlined. 



J. B. Kelly of tbe Chesapeake & Ohio Lum- 

 ber Company has disposed of his interest in 

 that company to the Wlnton Lumber & Manu- 

 ring Company of Morehead through its 

 president, I P- Morgan. The transaction cov- 

 valuable timber lands in eastern Kentucky, 

 w A. Cool of Cleveland, O., was among lum- 

 bermen who visited the mills in this section 

 last week 



T l le Kej I ''»' Lumber Company ol 



Huntington. W. Va.. lias I n incorporated with 



(25,000 capital Btock. the incorporators being 

 , it. vTyatt, R. L. Hutchinson, W. B. Locke, 

 r. R. Knapp and D E. Hewitt, all of Hunting 



This ipany has purchased a large tract 



aluable umber In Pike county, Kentucky. 

 and „ i . , ... I,, and • ngage in the man 



ale. 



1 .i Mead of the Mead & Si r Company. 



Pittsburg, was a recent visitor In Kentuckj 

 West Virginia lumber centers whih' ou a trip 

 in tii- Interest ol his Arm. 



Edward Jones, who for Borne time pas) has 

 general manager at the plan! of the 



Dimension Lumbei I pan; Catlettsburg, 



Ky.. which is a branch of the Standard 1'urni 

 lure Company, has resigned bis position there 

 and returned to bis former home at Little 

 I alls. N. 1 



YV. J. Fell of Salt Lick. Ky.. and S. M. Brad 

 ley of Morehead, Ky., were visitors In Ashland 

 and vicinity last week, transacting business 

 with local lumbermen. 



J. W. Kit.hcn has returned from a successful 

 business trip to Chicago and nearby points. 

 selling quite a lot of stock for Vansant. Kitchen 

 



Louisville. 



The Crescent Manufacturing Company, which 

 has been busy all summer erecting a plant here 

 of quite extensive proportions to manufacture 

 wood and iron novelties, is now putting In ma 

 chinery and making preparations to begin opera- 

 tions. This companj has been buying a little 

 maple and other hardwoods and will add 

 materially to the local consumption of hardwoods. 

 They will make, in addition to wood and iron 

 novelties, show cases, bank fixtures, store shelv- 

 ing, etc. 



Jesse K. Brown, formerly with the Robert H. 

 Jenks Lumber Company. Cleveland. O.. has moved 

 his family to Louisville. Mr. Brown originally 

 intended to engage in the lumber business for 

 himself, but he has changed bis mind for the 

 time being and has accepted a position with the 

 Lyon Cypress Company to travel in Indiana. He 

 will make Louisville his headquarters. 



A. E. Norman of the Norman Lumber Company 

 says his Arm is fairly busy at the mill. Mr. 

 Norman and other Louisville lumbermen have a 

 complaint against some of the local railroads for 

 discrimination in certain log and lumber rates 

 which Is to be beard at an early date by the 

 Kentucky Railway Commission at Frankfort, Ky. 



Mr. Dow of the Louisville Point Lumber Com- 

 pany says bis company Is very busy. 



Albert R. Kampf Is adding new machinery to 

 his plant at Auburn, Ky., to manufacture small 

 dimension stock and lath. 



The Tyler Box Company Is getting a regular 



winter hump on itself and is very busy in all 

 departments, and tbe best of it is that the indi- 

 cations are that it will continue very busy from 

 now until Christmas. 



_ John Sloninger. with tbe Chicago Car Lumber 

 Company, was in Louisville a few days ago. His 

 present home is at Lima, O., but he is thinking 

 of moving to Louisville if he can find a place 

 that suits him, as it will be a better location to 

 work in and out from than Lima. 



•Little Willie" Ballard of Wehmoff & Ballard 

 is looking for somebody that wants to buy a mil- 

 lion feet of mill run Cottonwood. 



Los Angeles. 



The Patent .Murray Fixture Company has se- 

 cured contract for furnishing all labor and ma- 

 terials for counters, railings, seals, booths, wick- 

 ers, doors, flooring, etc. for the American Bank 

 and Trust Company. Pasadena. Cal. 



All the interior planing mills and fixtures man- 

 ufacturers report an increasing business. Among 

 those doing the largest business may be men- 

 d the Murray I'atent Fixture Company. 

 Home Building Mill & Improvement Com- 

 pany. University Planing Mill Company, Pa- 

 cific Coast Planing Mill Company and Cal- 

 ifornia Planing Mill Company. Some very 

 elaborate Interior hardwood trimming is 

 being turned oul by tbe mills mentioned 

 for the Lone Beach Hotel, tbe State Capl 



tol at Sacrai to, the V. M. C. A. Building of 



this city, the Bllllcke-Rowan Fire-Proof Hotel. 

 the ui ia. Cal., Metbodisi church, ami 



for other structures in and about this city. A 

 large proportion of mlllworb entering into local 

 buildings Is manufactured in the Fast and 

 shipped to ibis section: ibis is owing to local 

 mills being swamped with divers work. To 



re ,ly the slow progress of filling orders some 



oi the mills are considering operating their mills 

 on two shifts The feasibility of this move i- 

 quest loned, however. 



Wausau. 



H. It. Ilolroyd. Washington, I'. C., employed 



in tbe United States government service, has 



been in Wisconsin of late investigating the woods 



In tbe Implement and vehicle trade, to assist 



manufacturers on the question of substitution. 



Some timber, notably hickory, is becoming so 



ami high as to compel manufacturers to 



use steel or cheaper kinds of wood. Mr. Hol- 

 royd started his investigation Aug. 2, and ex- 

 pects to get through some time this month. He 

 will then go to the government wood testing 

 plant and institute a test of the strength of dif- 

 ferent woods. Then he will join a party from 

 another branch of the service and go south to 

 study tbe mill question. Others are now investi- 

 gating box, basket board and cooperage woods. 



Tbe J. I. Case Manufacturing Company of 

 Racine, manufacturers of hardwood implements, 

 will send E. E. Russell, Its assistant general 

 sales agent, to Russia to open an office and 

 warehouse. This move was decided upon after 

 the Russian government had removed the retal- 

 iatorv duty on American wares. The company 

 will also erect a factory near Winnipeg, Mani- 

 toba. 



The Jacob Mortenson Lumber Company, Wau- 

 sau. has purchased of the estate of the late 

 Walter Scott a tract of land in I.onglade county 

 on which it is estimated there is 15,000.000 feet 

 of hardwood. The timber will be cut this win- 

 ter and shipped by rail to Wausau and cut up 

 into lumber in the company's mill. The cut of 

 this mill was formerly exclusively pine, but is 

 now running largely to hardwood. 



The Wausau Lumber Company will build a 

 mill ihis fall at Rib Falls to saw the timber on 

 a tract of land the company recently purchased 

 near there. Tbe firm owns 15,000.000 feet of 

 standing timber, largely maple, oak and elm, 

 and with what will he purchased of farmers it is 

 lated that a run of at least five years is 

 assured. The company has a mill in the village 

 ^f Edgar, five miles distant, sawing hardwood. 



Talk of removing the Manitowoc plant of the 

 Wisconsin Chair Company has aroused the people 

 of that city, and measures have been taken to 

 enable the company to erect a larger plant. 



the i iiy of Marinette, whose census figures 

 ed a decrease over five years ago. wants 

 new industries and Is willing to spend biglhoney 

 io gel them. At a special election the proposi- 

 tion I,, bond ilo- city for $100,000 to buy factory 

 siles v-as carried by i large majority. The bonds 

 will be issued and the chamber of commerce will 

 start a campaign for new industries. The first 

 tblng will be the purchase of thirty acres of 

 river frontage for factory sites. There are still 

 thousands of acres of hardwood adjacent to the 

 Marinette market. 



HardWood Market. 



(By HARDWOOD RECORD Exclusive Market Reporters.) 



Chicago. 



The demand for hardw la in Chicago during 



the last fortnight, while not as active as in 

 man] other commercial centers of the country, 

 h;i> shown a marked improvement. With t lie 

 manifest scarcity of <:ik, manufacturers are ap- 

 parently having recourse to larger purchases of 

 northern hardwoods, which is having a stimu- 

 lating effect on birch and elm values. Wisconsin 

 oak is very closely picked up. There have been 

 il large sales of Inch maple made to the 

 flooring factories during the last few weeks, and 

 the call for thick maple Is better than It has 

 been during any previous time of the year. Good 

 basswood In first hands is apparently now pretty 

 well in the hands of consumers, hut there is still 

 some surplus of No. 1 and 2 common. 



The local outlook le very good for a contin- 

 uance of an excellent business until late into the 

 win t it. 



Boston. 

 The demand for hardwoods has shown a 

 material Increase. Wholesalers have been pre- 

 dicting a better demand, and for this reason 

 have not been willing to make concessions in 

 price, Slocks in the yards are not large, and 

 furniture manufacturers have no surplus in re- 

 serve. Since the first of the month Inquiries 



have become more numerous and dealers who re- 

 ported business quiet two weeks ago are now 

 satisfied with the outlook. Prices throughout the 

 list are well sustained. 



Plain oak is receiving more attention again. 

 Several ears which came in and had to be un- 

 loaded because of a lack of business have now 

 changed hands. One inch ones and twos are held 

 ;ii (50 to $52. Quartered white oak one inch 

 ones and twos is In better demand. Prices vary 

 materially, a few ask as low as $74, while oth- 

 ers hold for $80. Average prices range from $76 

 to $78. The demand for both brown and white 

 ash is good. They are both quoted at about $50 

 for inch ones and twos. 



There is no noticeable change in maple floor- 

 ing so far as prices are concerned. The last 

 advance tended to check the demand for a few 

 days, but now inquiries are becoming numerous 

 again. Rough maple is also in good call. In 

 some instances the demand has become more 

 active. Since the higher prices were announced 

 on rough whitewood consumers have been oper- 

 ating in a quiet way. Offerings of one inch saps 

 and better are small, but the lower grades are 

 in rather large supply. One inch saps are quoted 

 ii $88, and in a few instances at $39. One inch 

 ones and twos are quoted at $48 to $4!) ; 6-4 to 

 6-4, $50; 8-4, $51, and 10-4 to 12-4 at $55 to 

 $56. Stained saps arc held at $33 to $35. 



