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$1,040,000. This compares with 477 permits and $1,380,000 in the sauio 

 month of last year, or a loss of 24 per eent. The first eleven mouths of tliis 

 year are stiJl ahead of the same period of 1019. the costs heiiij: $12,608,000. 

 as against $12,213,000. Xot much huildiuK is in t^ight for Heoember. :il 

 though the weather has been favorable so far this month. 



One of Buffalo's architects says the building ordinances art- to l)lani»' f"r 

 part of the lack of construction work iu the city. He says that if thi- 

 liigh cost of building was to be reduced hero it would be necessary t»i 

 reduce the "live load" weights which the oj-dinnncr.s call for on each tlonr 

 of buildings. In Milwaukee the capacity which floors must bf capable of 

 hearing is one-half what it is in Buffalo. The cost of school bulhlings is 

 10 cents higher per cubic foot than it is elsewhere because of the higher 

 carrying capacity called for per cubic foot of floor space. 



A new state park Is proposed in Southwestern New Tork to cover 30,000 

 acres, much of which has a large supply of second-growth timber. The 

 idea is favored by many persons interested in forestry and game life. 

 Edward F. Brown, head of the camp department of the Palisade Interstate 

 Park, has been inspecting the property at the retluest of a committee which 

 is promoting the project. 



The Domino Lumber Co.. which recently went into business here at 

 1066 Broadway, has filed plans with the city for a frame office building 

 and sawmill. The company owns a timber tract in Allegany County, 



BALTIMORE 



Harvey M. Xrtckaon, of Baltimore, secretary of the National Lumber Ex- 

 porters* Association, was in Washington November 23 to see about matters 

 in connection with the hearing on the bill of lading, which took place be- 

 ■fere the Interstate Commerce Commission on November 15 and 16, which 

 he also attended. All interested parties have been requested to file briefs 

 not later than Jan. 1, nest. At the hearing the steamship and railroad 

 lines as well as shippers all over the country were represented by attor- 

 neys. The railroads filed one form and the National Industrial Traffic 

 League another. One day was* set aside for the railroads and the other 

 for the shippers. Later on an effort will be made to harmonize existing 

 differences, so as to bring all of those interested behind a bill. 



Ines Crlchton, Liverpool representative of the "W. M. Ritter Lumber 

 Company. Ltd., stopped in Baltimore November 23 prior to sailing for home. 

 He had been in the United States for about one month conferring with 

 other officers of the company at headquarters in Columbus, O., on trade 



•■onditions on l>oth sides of the Atlantic, and left the impression that busi- 

 ni'ss was very slack on the other side. 



The Manning Lumber Company, which was incorporatefl under the laws 

 (if Maryland with a capital stock of $450,000, has organized by electing 

 Hliif L. Peterson president. William H. Ilarwick secretary and James 

 V. Ilasmussen treasurer. The headquarters of the company, which is ex- 

 Iiected to carry on mill operations in Florida, are at 215 West Building, 

 Jacksonville. Frank E. Walsh, Jr., is the resident representative here. 



Information has been received here that the Richmond Cedar Works, of 

 Richmond. Va., has reduced the wages of all of its 800 employes there 25 

 percent. The reduction became effective at once. 



William Alexander Wilson, a pioneer lumberman of Wheeling, W. Va., 

 died there November 25 at the age of 75 years. He stood high in the 

 Masonic fraternity. 



The Hercules Timlier Corporation has been chartered under the laws 

 of Maryland with a capital stock of $500,000 by William H. Grannis. 

 Robert F. Leach, Jr.. and Malcolm J. Coan. The incorporators are at 3 

 East Lexington street, this city. 



COLUMBUS 



The Shelby Ilanhvooil Company, of Shelby, O., has starfetl a retail 

 lumber business. The company plans the Installation of wood working 

 ni.achiuery, 



H. K. Allen is now the sole owner of the stock of the H. R. Allen) 

 Lumber Company, of Columbus, having purchased the interests of his 

 partner. 



The authorized capital of the Scott Lumber Company, of Bridgeport, O., 

 has been increased from $75,000 to $500,000. 



The Crystal Pari Lumber & Coal Company, of Canton, has discontinued 

 its retail business and will hereafter handle lumber in a wholesale way 

 only. The name of the concern will be the Forest Products Company. 

 The concern will represent the Saari-TuUy Lumber Compan.v, of Portland, 

 in Ohio and adjoining states. G. L. Helbner is general manager of the 

 • company. 



The Slagle Lumber Company, of Lima, has purchased the plant of the 

 Ada Lumber & Coal Company, at Ada, and will operate it as a branch of 

 the Lima concern under the management of J. L. Ferrel!, who has been 

 yard superintendent of the Lima plant. 



Innis Creighton, manager of the Liverpool branch of the W. M. Ritter 



