HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 2.i. I(i2(i 



BRISTOL 

 TRI 



DIAMOND TENNESSEE BRAND 



GUARANTEED 



BRISTOL 

 DOOR & LUMBER CO. 



BRISTOL, TENN. 



REPRESENTATIVES 



J. W. TURNBULL LUMBER CO Philadelphia, Pa. 



1. N. CHASE LUMBER CO Boston, Mass. 



SIMONDS 



Inserted Tooth 



SAWS 



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SiMONDs Manufacturing Co. 



••THE SAW MAKERS" 



FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS 



MEMPHIS, TENN. CHICAGO, ILL. NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



R. W. Florton of the W. M. Ritter J^uniber Companj- reports a rathrr 

 quiet trade in hardwoods, with orders restricted to immediate needs only. 

 Buying on the part of retailers i.s the best feature of the trade at this 

 time. Prices arc showing some variation. Shipments are coming out bet- 

 ter as a result of improved car supply. 



E. H. Hammond, formerly in Ohio territory as a representative of the 

 J. J. Newman Lumber Company, has taken a position with the Central 

 West Coal & Lumber Company of Columbus. He will look after the rail- 

 road trade. 



The Glcdhill & Kime Lumber Company of Creslino, Ohio, recently pur- 

 chased the yard at Shelby, Ohio." formerly owned by E. W. Wiggins, and 

 will place a stock of lumber and building materials at that place. The 

 mill work will be done at the Cre.sline i)lant. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Defective wiring is supposed to have been the cause oi tho tire October 

 4 at the warehouse of the Hadley Furniture Company at Ft. Wayne, Ind.. 

 which resulted in the entire buihling and its stock being destroyed. An 

 open elevator shaft served as a flue through which the flames spread 

 quickly to all floors of the building. 



Walter B. Stern, building commissioner, and J. H. Ililkene. director of 

 fire prevention, are working out a revision of the Indianapolis building 

 code. They are working in conjunction with the bureau of municipal 

 research of the Chamber of Commerce, of which John R. Welch is chair- 

 man. 



An increase in the valuation of building permits for the month of Sep- 

 tember this year over last year is reported by the city building inspector. 

 The number of permits was fewer by seven, but the valuation was half a 

 million dollars greater. The third quarter of tlie present year showed 

 new building oflf more than a million dollars when compared with the same 

 period of last year. 



Articles of incorporation will be filed soon by the Indianapolis Housing 

 Corporation, an organization originating with the Indianapolis Chamber 

 of Commerce and designed to remedy the hou.sing shortage of this city. 

 The corporation will be capitalized at $1,000,000, with half common and 

 half preferred stock. The corporation plans eventually to operate its own 

 lumber yards and mills. 



The Sanders-Egbert Company of Goshen. Ind.. dealers in hardwood lum- 

 ber, recently paid the sum of $13.0(t0 to Burt R. Throckmorton, a Goshen 

 pliotographer, as a settlement in full for injuries sustained about a year 

 ago when Throckmorton stepped in a steam vat while he was walking 

 through the woodyard at the plant to inspect a freight car of lumber. 



EVANSVILLE 



Building operations have shown some sign of improvement in Evaus- 

 ville during the past two or three weeks. A rush has been made this 

 mouth to take out permits for new^ building. The value of yie permits 

 thus far this month is over $50,000, which is larger than for the corre- 

 sponding period of last year. Edward C. Kerth, city building inspector, 

 says that while the prices of building materials have not decreased mate- 

 rially, that he believes that the prices will tumble during the next few 

 months and that this will mean increased building for the cities and towns 

 in southern Indiana, southern Illinois and western and northern Kentucky. 

 The plan of the Allied Building Contractors* Association^ recently an- 

 nounced, whereby a man who wishes to build a home will take out a life 

 insurance policy, this to protect the company building a home for him. is 

 expected to greatly stimulate building in Evansville. While the con- 

 tractors and architects do not believe that building will show a great 

 improvement this year they are looking for a big improvement In the 

 building line next year, and say that 1921 ought to witness a great deal 

 more building than this year. There has been a great shortage of dwell- 

 ing houses in Evansville during the past month, and tliis situation has not 

 improved any. To demonstrate the shortage of housos bere, it might be 

 stated that the Rev. J. W. Moody, who came to Evansville eight months 

 ago from Madi-son, Ind., to accept the pastorate of the Bethany Christian 

 church, handed in his resignation a few days ago. giving as his reason 

 that he was unable to find a house in the wliole city for his family, and 

 he decided to return to Madison and join his family. There are several 

 dwelling houses in the city that are empty at the present time, but in 

 most instances they are owned by real estate agents who have improved 

 them and they now have "For Sale" on them. The ow^ners figure now 

 is a good time to sell this property and for that reason tbpy do not want 

 to rent these houses. Reports from many towns in tbi' tri-state section 

 say that the house shortage problem is stil! acute and that not much 

 relief is expected along this line until some time next year. Many pros- 

 pective home owners have been holding back building from month to 

 month in the hope that prices of building materials will get lower. 



A son was born the other day to Mrs. KoUker, wife of Henry Kollker, 

 secretary of the Mechanics Planing Mill Company, and one of the directors 

 of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club. This is the first son in the Kollker 

 family, although Mr. Kollker is the father of several daughters. 



Daniel Wertz, head of Maley & Wertz. hardwood lumber manufacturers 

 of this city, and former president of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club, 

 lias returned from a business trip to New York and other points east. 



Announcement was made a few days ago of the approaching marriage 



